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SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1915
Man-like is it to fall into si*.
Fiend-like is it to dwell therein,
Christ-like is it for sin to grieve,
God-like is it all sin to leave.
—Loswtuow.
LAND AND SEA STRENGTH
ITALY is developing strength
mightily on both land and sea.
Indeed, ever since the Italian
navy first faced the Austrians in the
Adriatic, the Austrians have been as
completely at a loss there as the Ger
mans have been in the North Sea.
Italian deeds of heroism on the water
have been equalled only by the dash
and skill with which the sea fighters
have carried out their daring enter
prises.
The ability of the Italian army to
"come back" and reverse the Aus
trian victory of last year is proof
also of the stamina and fighting
qualities of the Italians on land. If
the allies had been under one su
preme command from the beginning
of the war last year's catastrophe
would not have occurred and the
Italians would now be In Vienna.
The American people dearly love
those who are able to turn defeat
into victory. That Is one of the rea
sons why they cheered so lustily the
big, fine looking Italian contingent
in the Fourth of July parade. Italy
has come into her own. The allies
recognize her as one of them and
she will be entitled to the same
consideration and help from America
as this country has extended to
France and England. It is a hjippy
augury for future co-operation that
at last we have an American con
tingent in Italy.
Wonder how Von Terp.ltz felt when
he heard that we had launched on one
day more ships than the German
U-boats had sunk for us during the
entire war.
NO FIRES; NO VICTIMS
NOT a fire on the Fourth of
July.
Not one victim of fireworks
in the hospital. •
How much better it was to cele
brate the nation's birthday as Har
risburg did this year than to destroy
human life and property by the
crazy use of firecrackers as we did
a few years back.
Even when the government ban is
removed from the needless use of ex
plosives the public will never con
sent to go back to the old practice.
We have learned a great lesson. A
few more quiet Fourths and the coun
try will have abandoned as com
pletely its former folly as it has the
building of bonfires on - election
night.
NEVER BE FIRED
JOHN ERICKSON, noted Swedish
engineer, makes the statement
that the city of Berlin is defend
ed by an Immense number of big
guns cunningly concealed in under
ground chambers, which would in
dicate that the German high com
mand has not been as confident of
keeping the enemy out of Germany
as its vain boasting would have in
dicated.
But the big guns before Berlin
will never be fired. Long before the
allied armies reach the German cap
ital, the German armies will have
ibeen battered to pieces, the German
morale shattered and Kaiserism a
dead issue. The cannon will be silent
the day the allied forces march into
Berlin- It will be tho triumphal en
try of a victorious army into the
citadel of a defeated and surren
dered enemy.
Even in Austria they celebrated the
Fourth of July—with a hunger strike.
*HATS OFF TO tROWDER
HATS oft to General Crowder.
Here Is a real patriot There
have been few men so self
sacrificing in the history of this or
any other country. Military honors
are won In America by the hardest
kind of work and no one would have
begrudged General Crowder the mer
ited rank of lieutenant general which
Conpress stoody ready to give him.
That ha turned his back on promo-
SATURDAY EVENING,
tlon and cava ail the credit for the
great success of the conscription
act's operations to the draft boards
required self-abnegation of the high
est type.
But the public thinks all the more
of General Crowder for his action
and will sec to it that he comes into
his own in due season. Meantime, he
has won for himself even greater re
spect and fuller confidence than ever
on the part of the draft boards. No
more graceful or forceful compli
ment to their devotion and efficiency
could have been paid.
It is true, as General Crowder
has said, that the draft boards have
worked hard and faithfully. No
body But the members themselves
know the extent of their sacrifices.
Every day Blnce the law was passed
they have labored without thought
of reward. They have placed the
government's business first and their j
own second, and until General
Crowder spoke in their behalf they j
had received small praise and much
criticism as their reward.
The new Liberty Loan act is going
to give us a chance to express our
patriotism eight billion dollars'
worth.
SPEAKS FOR ALL
PRESIDENT WILSON in his
Fourth of July address voiced
the sentiments of the whole na
tion. Even the most faint-hearted,
and there are Jew of those, see the
folly of making peace with Germany
before the snake of militarism has
been scotched. The President has
vocalized popular thought to a very
marked degree. He may rest assured
that he has all America "With him
solidly on the sentiments he has so
forcefully expressed. The Kaiser will
find small comfort in his remarks,
but they are heartening to every
American and to the people of the
allied nations.
Many moons will wax and wane be
fore the great throng which wit
nessed the splendid patriotic spectacle
in this city on Thursday will forget
its impressive lessons. We are weld
ing together a great composite peo
ple and such occasions are doing much
to break down the barriers of racial
prejudice and the preconceived notions
of national superiority.
FROGS AND MONKEYS
EVEN as the Kaiser apes Atllla,
the Hun, so do the Crown
Prince and his official press
agent, Karl Rosner, imitate Baron
Munchausen.
In a recent dispatch the Beast and
his son are pictured standing side
by side on A hill near the front—
not too near—in earnest converse.
"Father," says the Prince, "even •
the frogs are loyal to the Father- *
land."
"I have long suspected Jt," says
the Kaiser, "but how did you find
out? Has our chief spy among the
frogs so reported?"
"Nay, better than that," quoth the
Prince, "recently when we were
dragging up our heavy guns for an
attack on the French the frogs in
the marshes croaked so loudly the
Frenchmen did not hear us. And
when we got into action they croak
ed even more loudly and drowned
the roar of the guns.
"Some" frogs!
Also, "some" monkeys!
WHO IS TO BLAME?
THERE Is no beef for supper.
Don't blame the food admin
istration.
Blame the Kaiser.
Only one spoonful of sugar to the
cup.
Don't blame Hoover.
Blame the Kaiser.
No coal in the cellar.
Don't charge it to the fuel admin
istration.
The Kaiser is responsible.
Your trolley car won't stop at
your favorite corner.
Don't "cuss" the traction com
pany.
Put the blame where It belongs,
on the Kaiser.
These and many other hardships
are of his making. That's why all of
us agree with President Wilson that
the Beast of Berlin must be put out
of business.
We suspect that the raspberry pie
will be a rare article of diet next
winter, if present prices are an
augury.
"Take the news from Russia with
a grain of salt," says an exchange.
It's too spicy now.
THE TIDE TURNS
THERE are indications that the
tide of bhttle in France is be
ginning to turn. Regardless of
whether or not the Germans may at
tempt another smash for the channel
ports or Paris, the allied high com
mand finds it possible to hit back
viciously at many points along the
line. In other words, the allies have
assumed the offensive, which they
were not able to do when the enemy
was at the height of his power last
spring. This is encouraging, both for
the reason that it keeps up morale
at home and in,the field and has the
Germans guessing all the time, with
the effect that they cannot easily
concentrate large bodies of troops at
any one point.
This change of policy on the part
of General Foch, no doubt, is due to
the rapid arrival of American troops
in France. A million of fighting men
is a mighty factor on the side of the
allies and a terrible handicap to Ger
man success. And all the time the
allied forces are going up the Ger
man armies are running down.
Which means that when we get two
million men on the other side Ger
many's fighting strength will be se
riously reduced while the allied hit
ting power ' '"ronred. Then the
end will '
•
The Sultu. ucau. The Kaiser
still lives. The devil takes care of
his own.
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Opinions seem to differ as to the
cause of the resignation of Morris
T. Phillips, of Chester county, as a
member of the State Commission of
Agriculture and In the absence of
any new outbreak among the Demo
crats the retirement of the Pomeroy
farmer is attracting some attention
from men who follow politics. It is
said by some that Mr. Phillips was
so occupied by his duties in connec
tion with the State Council of Na
tional Defence plans to aid farmers
that he 'did not get time to attend
meetings or to look after some of the
commission activities. Others say
that he is a friend of Chester coun
ty men who aided to defeat the Gov
ernor's candidates in the recent pri
mary. ,
In any event Mr. Phillips resigned
somo time ago and the Governor's
ottiee saiii nothing about it. Neither
did the Department of Agriculture.
It Is said that Mr. Phillips did not
wish to retire, but to have a leave of
nbsence while working for the gov
ernment.*
There are Intimations thaj. sev
eral members of other commissions
or boards have resigned lately, but
the fact is being held up. Certain
ones are known to have quit before
the primary.
—People who have been observ
ing things on Capitol Hill the last
few weeks say that there is a change
being manifested by some depart
ment chiefs in regard to approval of
appointments. Heretofore all ap
pointments in departments under the
Governor had to secure approval
from his office, no matter ..what the
size of the job. It is said that in
two or three departments people
have been put to work without any
waiting for executive approval, and
in one or two case?, without even
notice to the Governor's office.
About this time in an administration
it is generally realized that as far
as the political end is concerned, the
incoming governor will be really the
man to say who shall stay, and some
cf the men who have been marked
by activity In behalf of the Governor
in various campaigns will probably
resign about the end of the year.
The belief is growing here that the
McClure appointment was personal
with the Governor and that disap
pointments resulting from it will not
have unpleasant results. Judge Mc-
Clure Is said to be in favor with
many influential Republicans not
aligned with the Governor and his
confirmation by the Senate next win
ter would surprise no one.
It is evident that the gubernatorial
campaign is regarded on Capitol
Hill as settled, and attention is now
being given here to the Supreme |
Court selections. Much activity is |
being shown by friends of Superior
Court Judge John W. Kephart. Ef
forts are being made to get the Dem
ocrats to concentrate on Justice Ed
ward J. Fox, of Easton, although
the Democracy is so split over its
state campaign that it may be diffi
cult. All indications are for a stren
uous election with six or eight can
didates on a nonpartisan basis and
Judge W. D. Porter running vlr- '
tually alone for Superior Court :
again.
—Considerable sentiment for a
change in the third class city law
governing election of mayors and
councilmen is reported as prevalent
in the state by men who have been
here this week for various hearings
and meetings at the Capitol. The
chief objection appears to be to the
nonpartisan election and a demand
for a return to the old party system
is said to be likely when the next
Legislature meets. There will also
be some changes advocated in the
police civil service law because of
the failure to secure satisfactory re*
suits in some cities.
—lt is also evident that the next i
Legislature will be called upon to
provide considerable additional
funds. The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
in discussing the need for more
money for the schools says: "There
is a possibility that the next Legis
lature will levy a small tax on in
comes and excess profits to aid in
providing the $10,000,b00 a year
needed for the next two appropriation
years to give a 25 per cent, increase
in salaries to the 4 5,000 Pennsylva
niaVschoolteachers. This plan and
a tax on the capital stock of man
ufacturing corporations are two of
the schemes the friends of the salary
increase proposition have under con
sideration for submittal to the Leg
islature."
-i— James A. Fawcett, former mayor
of Oil City and well known here,
has entered the army, becoming a
major in the division in charge of
oil.
—Lehigh county Democrats are
holding forth to-day and there is
general interest all over Eastern
Pennsylvania in the sentiment man
ifested. If the row which came to
a head at the primaries in the Thir
teenth and Twenty-sixth Congres
sional districts shows any signs of
continuing, there will be a real old
fashioned Democratic fight and may
be a couple of Republican council
men. As yet the reorganization
bosses have not lined up behind the
Congressmen they tried to defeat for
renomination.
—Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh
will leave in about a week or ten
days for his vacation. The Governor
has been clearing up business and
getting things In shape for a pro
longed stay in the Maine woods. He
will probably go direct from the
camp of the Reserve Militia at Mt.
Gretna to Maine, Thursday, July 18,
will be Governor's Day when there
will be visitors from all parts of the
state and from New Jersey and may
bo from the Army. The Governor
is s said to plan to close up all ap
pointments, including vacancies on
various boards, before that time.
In this connection an Interesting
story is being told that the Governor
was informed just before he went
to Pittsburgh to attend the meetings
of the National Educational Associa
tion that the fiscal authorities would
require his personal signature on
various papers, especially those re
latifig to the filling of places.
Retribution For Germany
[New York Times.]
If there can be any degrees of
fiendishness in sinking hospital ships
and murderlrig their helpless people,
•the German submarine commander
who torpedoed the Llandovery Cas
tle deserves the most coveted, deco
ration the Kaiser can bestow upon
him. Like the hospital sHips Dover
Castle and Rewa, the Llandovery
Castle was ablaze with the electric
Red Cross over her bridge and with
strings of white and green lights
along her sides when she received
her death-blow wlthoiit warning.
The Dover Castle and the Rewa
were also torpedoed at night, the
first-named in the Mediterranean and
the other in Bristol Channel. Both
carried wounded, doctqrs, nurses,
and attendants.
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LUFBERRY'S FUNERAL
May 22, Lieutenant Kenneth P.
Culbert, American aviator, was
killed in action In France and
was decorated with the Croix de
Guerre, with palms. The day be
fore he died he wrote to his
friend, Professor C. T. Copeland,
of Harvard, describing, among
other things, the funeral of Major
Ruoul Lufbery. That part of his
letter,* reprinted in the Harvard
Alumni Bulletin, follows. Young
Culbert was a second lieutenant
in the Sixth United States Marines,
attached to the Second Aero
Squadron of the French Army.
He was in the class of 1917 at
Harvard.
Perhaps you'd like to hear of
Major Lufbery's funeral—you doubt
less know that he was shot down,
and fell from his burning plane into
a courtyard. He had done a great
deal in uniting the French and
Americans—he was tho greatest of
our airmen and seventh on the list
of French aces—he had all the qual
itles of a soldier, audacity, utter fear
lessness, persistency, and tremendous
skill—in every way, sir, he was a
valuable man.
As we marched to his Interment
the sun was just sinking behind the
mountain that rises so abruptly In
front of T ; the sky was a fault
less blue, and the air was heavy with
the scent of the blossoms on the
trees in the surrounding fields. An
American and French general led
the procession, following close onto
a band which played the funeral
march and "Nearer, My God to
Thee" in so beautiful a way that I
for one could hardly keep my eyes
dry. Then followed the officers of
his squadron and of my own—and
after us an assorted group of French
men famous in the stories of this
war, American officers of high rank,
and two American companies Bt in
fantry, separated by a French one.
I How slowly we seemed to march
as we went to his grave, passing be
fore crowds of American nurses in
their clean white uniforms, and a
throng of patients and French civi
lians! He was given a full military
burial; with tho salutes of the fir
ing squad, and the two repetitions
of taps, one answering the other
from the west. General E made
a brief address, one of the finest
talks I have ever heard a man give
—while throughout all the ceremony
French and American planes circled
the field. I have never heard taps
blown so beautifully as on that af
ternoon —even some of the officers
joined ,the women there in quietly
dabbing at their eyes. France and
the United States had truly as
sembled to pay a last tribute to one
of their soldiers. My only prayer
is that somehow through some
means X can do as much as he for
my country before X, too, wander
W e ß t—if in that direction I am to
travel.
THE FIRST MILLION
(Kansas City Star)
The disclosure by the President
and Secretary Baker (that more than
a million troops have been sent to
France will give lively satisfaction
to' every American. Particularly
gratifying as showing the national
! capacity for achievement under
stress is the fact that it has been
possible to send approximately seven
hundred thousand men within a
little than three months, or
since the German offensive in March
made the situation in France acute.
America can do it, then. The
first million is over. But in the pub
lic gratification let it not tye lost
eight of for a moment that it is
only the first million. We have be
gun, but we haven't finished. Every
ounce of America's strength must be
put into the task of triumphantly
finishing what is now begun, and
that means more millions of troops
must be sent across and as fast as
is humanly possible.
Battle Out of the Earth
In that day will I make a coven
ant for them with the beasts of the
field, and with the fowls of heaven,
and with the creeping things of the
ground; and I will break the bow
and the sword and the battle out of
the earth, and will make them to
lie down safely—Hosea ii, 18.
Would Do More Real Good
Some of the people who criticise
the war work so much could use
their tongue to better advantage
licking war savings stamps.—From
the Newark Advocate.
Another Problem of the Hour
[From the Grand Rapids Press.]
One great difficulty this rather dry
June is to park the baby and the
lawn Bpray so that their Juxtaposi
tion, so to Hpeak, will not overlap.
Jails For Sale
(From the Atlanta Constitution.)
THE next day after Bristol, Tenn.,
went dry the city officials of
fered the new jail for sale."
That significant paragraph has
been going the rounds, with editorial
comment like this, from the Com
merce (Ga.) News:
"Facts like that give the liquor
headquarters and the fellow who
said prohibition wouldn't prohibit,
cold feet."
While the advertised sale of a
"brand new jail," under the new con
ditions, might be considered a folly
of faith in expecting too much, all
at once, "of a good thing," it serves
to illustrate the feeling of the peo
ple, and their confidence In future
good results to the community.
And It isn't the first instance of
"dry town" authorities putting a
useless jail up at auction.
In pretty much all territory where
liquor has been banned by prohibi-
THE SCANDAL MONGER
A woman to the holy father went,
Consession of sin was her intent;
And so her misdemeanors, great and
small.
She faithfully rehearsed them all;
And, chiefest in her catalogue of sin.
She owned that she a tale-bearer
had been,
And borne a bit of scandal up and
down
To all the long-tongued gossips In
the town.
The holy father for her other sin
Granted the absolution asked of
him;
But while for all the rest he pardon
gave,
He told her this offense was very
grave.
And that to do fit penance she must
go
Out by the wayside where the this
tles grow,
And gathering the largest, ripest
one.
Scatter its seeds, and that when this
was done,
She must come back another day
To tell him his commands she did
obey.
The woman thinking this a penance
i light,
Hastened to do his will that very
night.
Feeling right glad she had escaped
so well.
Next day but one she went the priest
to tell;
The priest sat still and heard her
story through
Then said, "There's something still
for you to do
Those little thistle seeds which you
have sown
I bid you go regather every one."
The woman said, "But, father,
'twould be vain
To try to gather those seed again;
The winds have scattered them both
far and wide,
i Over the meadowed vale and moun
tain side."
The father answered, "Now I hope
that from this,
The lesson I have taught you will
not miss;
You cannot gather back the scat
tered seeds,
Which far and near will* grow to
noxious weeds,
Nor can the mischief once by scan
dal sown
By any penance be again undone."
LABOR NOTES
I Exemption of miners and mine
workers from military duty is being
urged upon the Government by
boards of trade, Officials of the Unit
ed Mine Workers and members of
local draft boards.
That women shall not be employ
ed on night runs and for no more
than eight hours on street cars as
conductors and motorwomen is the
decision of the Wisconsin Industrial
Commission.
Ottawa (Canada) Concilatlon
Board found in favor of the street
car men, granting an advance of 11
cents an hjur for the second and
third year men.
At Zanesville, Ohio, on July 8,
Glass Bottle Blowers' Association of
the United States and Canada will
meet in convention.
Three of the ships recently
launched at Oakland, Cal., bore the
label of the Boilermakers' Union.
Sheet metal workers employed In
Hannibal (Mo.) railroad shops have
organized. .
tion laws, the people realize that
they will have to contend with the
"tiger," but the battle proper has
been won, and there is only outside
skirmishing to round up the lawless
element. .
And where the law takes hold in
earnest, and gives the violators the
limit of sentence, just so surely will
the "tiger" be tamed, and put out
of business altogether.
With more jails to tho scrap-pile,
we'll be getting pretty close to the
millenium! But there Is no doubt
that, under widely prohibitive laws,
there will be more room than will be
needed in prison pens throughout
the country.
The faith of one town in a brighter
future, from a moral and commercial
standpoint, with whisky to tho dis
card, is based on the experience of
others.
And there is nothing like "folly"
in that faith!
COL. HARVEY'S VISION
The proposal to fly airplanes
across the Atlantic, instead of car
rying them on shipboard, is highly
interesting, from two major points
of view. One is the relief which it
would afford to our shipping. Air
planes, especially the large battle
planes which are being constructed,
are bulky, and the shipment ol'
some thousands of them would take
up a vast amount of cargo space,
which we should like to see utilized
for the transportation of men and
supplies. If all those planes could
go across with their own power,
through the air, the gain would be
immense. The other point is, that
if airplans could cross the Atlantic,
they could cross Germany. It is
suggested that planes should go
from Newfoundland to the Azores,
and thence to Portugal. Now the
distances from St. John's to Fayal
is about three times that from Ver
dun to Berlin. If, therefore, .1 plane
can fly frcm St. John's to Fayal
without a stop. and of course
there could be no stop between
those places, it could fly from
Verdun to Berlin and back again
without landing, and still have a few
hundred miles' to spare. Moreover,
Allied vessels could read a point
in the North Sea still nearer to Ber
lin. perhaps not more than 250
miles from it, and airplanes might
be launched from them. The pros
pect of a few hundred American
airplanes cruising over Berlin ana
Potsdam, depositing tons of high ex
plosives where they will do mast
Rood, Js calculated to make us thank
God and take courage, North
American Review War Weekly.
A Few Harveijisms
(From N. A. Review War Weekly)
The German government is con
sidering legislation to restrain emi
gration after the war. It should
worry! The other nations will see
to that.
The House did well to pass with
out a dissenting vote a bill authoriz
ing the deportation of alien Anar
chists no matter how long they have
been in this country. We should
hope so. There are some offences
for which there is no statute of limi
tations.
The greatest service Henry Ford
could render the greatest number of
people would be to install an addi
tional spring in each tin Lizzie!
Mr. Bernstein himself, in an in
terview in the New York Times, de
clares his own opinion without hesi
tation. "It is nonsense," he says,
"to talk about the Russians not
wanting the Allies to intervene.
Nine-tenths of the Russian people
would welcome the advent of the
Allies "with open arms."
The Frankfurter Zeitung declares
that if the Kaiser had told the Ger
man people in August, 1914, what
he now admits to be the truth con
cerning the origin and purpose of
the war, they would have supported
him as unanimously as they did. Ap
parently even the Germans are at i
last finding out what a liar Wil
liam the Damned Is.
At the Crossroads
By Grace Hazard Conkllng.
He was a little Belgian lad
Whom war had somehow failed to
mar.
Almost a baby face he had,
Bewildered now and vaguely sad.
"Where are you going in tho wind
And rain? And must you travel
far?"
He said, "I've started out to find
The country where the mothers
are."
JULY 6, 1918. 1
EDITORIAL COMMENT
i
General Von Bernhardi, whose
! book on "Germany and the Next
! War," first gave away Germany's
plans for world domination, has just
been licked by the British. That
wasn't planned in the book.—Kansas
City Star.
It's hard to see how anybody
could expect the Central Powers'
kings to win out over the Allies'
aces.—Nashville Southern Lumber
man.
We can't help wondering what the
circulation manager of the New
York American now thinks of its
editorial policy. Philadelphia In
quirer.
One trouble with the House of
Representatives is that it is equip
ped with a mighty small Kitchin.—
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Austria-Hungry is the new spell
ing.—Boston Transcript.
AMERICANS ARRIVED
In view of the magnitude of this
war and the number of powers, in
cluding those from overseas, that
are engaged, its end can hardly be
expected through military decisions
alone.
The cleanup of Belleau wood yes
terday with a bag of 264 German
prisoners by one of those "powers
from overseas" may be found helpful
in reducing Dr. Von Keuhlmann's
statement to simpler terms—which
are that enough American soldiers
have already arrived on and near
the fighting lines to cripple the Ger
man hope of ending the war by a
military decision In that quarter.—
New York World.
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While there la no means of tell
ing: just how many visitors came to
Harrlsburg for the Fourth of July
It is pretty safe In saying that the
number of people here was greater
than ever before. Parade events in
the last year or so have completely
changed the old order of things
when from fifty to 150 persons
ed at a demonstration of an exten
sive character for every one who
participated and the numerous pro
cessions, which have taken place In
the state's capital since the great
patriotic parade of April, 1917,
whetted Harrisburg's desire to do
something worth while on Inde
pendence Day. The President's idea
] of honoring the foreign born furn
ished a definite plan for the pageant
and the skillful manner in which it
was worked out and conducted calls
for the highest praise. It was
greater in numbers than anything
ever known here and will supply a
new time from which to make com
parisons, just as it will bo a theme
lor a long time not only among the
men and women from other coun
tries, who were honpred In so sig
nal a manner, but f6r the American
born who marched with them or
cheered from the sidewalks and
housetops. The parade took about
three hours to pass a given point
after It got into line and here it
may be stated that the plan of hav
ing the parade review itself and the
units fall in was the only way that
such a parade could have been
handled in a city presenting the
street problems of Harrisburg with
the railroads and the creek cuttinx
it in half and the trolley lines simply
requiring more freedom from inter
ference than ever} as a part of the
public comfort on the big day. In
any event it would take a good three
hours for more than 22,000 march
ers, many of them more or less in
experienced, to pass a given point
Captain F. H. Hoy, Jr., the chiel
of staff, who organized the parade,
says that his reports indicate that
over 20,000 marched and that they
were pretty closely formed.
Now as to the crowds here, there
were more visitors to Harrisburg
than there are residents by a good
bit. The towns about this city had
practically no celebrations of their
own that would conflict with the
capital and poured their people
here by railroad and trolley, team
and automobile. The Harrisburg
Railways Company is supposed to
have handled about 45,000 on its
suburban lines, although it will take
sometime to complete study of
reports. The Valley Railways
brought about 20,000 people here
I from its territory in Cumberland
and Perry counties and also brought
many from upper York county,
without counting in the Marsh Run
contingent in the parade. Tim
Reading Railway had every car it
could bring here crowded to the
limit, while the Pennsylvania Rail
road travel, which had to be re
stricted because of demands in many
unusual directions, was exceedingly
heavy. And another thing to con
sider is that there would have been
more if people could have gotten
here and that many of those WlM>
did come here came from as f4b
away as 100 miles. The bands, of
course, in some cases, came greater
distances. And there is simply no
way of estimating the number of
people who came here by motor,
horse, mule or leg power. It is safe
to say that there was ten persons
looking on for every one that
marched.
• • •
The girls of The Telegraph Print
ing Company who marched in the
Fourth of July parade were more
than proud o{ the Telegraph's ser\ -
ice flag containing thirty-one stars,
representing that number of the
Telegraph Family who have gone
into the service. Nor is that all.
Not a week passes but that the girls
by some little act of kindness let
the lads in uniform know that they
have not been forgotten. Last week
it was the turn of Bion Welker,
former city editor, in the artillery,
who was remembered on his birth
day with a handsome briar pipe, a
box of tobacco and a postcard album
bearing greetings from everybody in
the establishment.
• • •
Lieutenant Governor Frank B.
McClain, who, with Mrs. McClain,
and some friends, witnessed the pa
rade and some of the early exercises
of the Fourth, was more than de
lighted with the demonstration. The
Lieutenant Governor, who has been
in many such things, said that the
spirit of Americanism manifested
was very striking and that he con
sidered. the 'spectacle of the na
tive-born of the State Capital
marching with the men who camo
from other lands, something that
would live long in memories and do
much for the state.
I WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1
—Frederick W. Robbins, superin
tendent of Williamsport schools, has
been taking part in the national
education association meetings at
Pittsburgh.
—Postmaster R. M. Root, of
Pottstown, ended a dilemma for the
Red Cross of his town by giving it
a large room for work.
—James A. Gorman, the food ad
ministrator at Hazleton, knocked out
a trust of blueberry pickers by rul
ing that berries on mountains did
not belong to any one and those
who tried to prevent picking would
be arrested.
—C. URue Munson presided at
the celebration of Pine Creek In
dependence Day, at Lock Haven.
—Colonel R. S. Williams, who
was stationed here a year ago as in
spector of the National Guard, Is in
command of the 301 st Infantry.
—Dr. John Alleman, of Greens
burg, has been elected head of the
Unlontown schools.
DO YOU KNOW "fr
—►That Harrisburg was one of
the first towns to be supplied
with ooal from Wilkcs-Barro by
barges?
_ OTST°R IO HARRISBURG
n i tVi® years ago this city was
rilled with over 2,000 wounded and
?, ?£\ er ? ' rom the Gettysburg bat
tle, this being one of the chief points
for concentrating? them.
To Any Patriot
The flag is red
And white and blue;
Sugar is saved
And so are you.
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