12 fIARRISBURG TELEGRAPH 1 A ffBtVSPAPER FOR THE HOME Pounded itfl rr 1 i Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO, Telegraph Building, Federal Sqmr. S. J. STACK POLE, 6r Bditor-tn-Chirf P. R. OYSTER, Busintss Manager. OUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press—The I Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. . Member American Newspaper Pub- Ch^cagoPin^"*' Entered at the Post Office In Harris- 1 burg, Pa., as second class matter. j ■ """ i By carriers, ten cents a week; by mall. >6.00 ] a year In advance, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1018 l I Make the true use of those a/flic- ] tions which His hand, mercifully se- , vere, hath been pleased to lay upon l thee. — Attehbury. c HE DIED FOR FREEDOM ( AGAIN is the war brought home ' to Harrisburg. With the death j c of Corporal W. O. Gorner. as j i the result of a wound on the field of j battle in France, the city realizes ( more keenly than ever that its young' men in arms are making sacrifices j 1 beside which the trifling hardships t of us who remain at home are as j r nothing. "The supreme price is be- f ing paid in the front line trencfies," said John R. Mott the other day, ' "and our Liberty Bond investments and our Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. c contributions count small beside t them." We who are not under arms j should be ashamed to complain when I men *die so gallantly in the great j* cause we as a people have espoused, j t ' Our all is so little as compared with £ the very 'east of their sacrifices. There is a patriotic story in this latest tragedy that should prove a ' lesson to all of us. Corporal Gorner was of draft age. He had a wife and he might have asked for deferred j classification. But like the patriotic j citizen he was he waived that claim | 1 and with the consent of his young 1 wife, put on the uniform and march- ■ ed away soon after war was declar- , ' ed, while she who had given him up went to work in an office as a means 1 of livelihood during his absence. Who are we—men or women— that we should stand back while our neighbors are offering themselves thus on the altar of the country? There is something for each of lis to do. Neither Corporal Gorner nor, his. devoted young wife had to be urged. They saw their duty and they did It. How about yourself? Hang out a French flag on Bastlle Day. REGULATING DOUGHNUTS THE Canadian government has forbidden the making of dough nuts. There was some talk of such a regulation in America until It was discovered that fully nine tenths of all quick lunch fiends would starve to death if deprived of their sole diet, the sinker. So tjie food administrator compromised by order ing reduction in size. But the bakers have found that there Is no restric tion as to the size of the fole and it is increasing so rapidK' that if - something is not done is will push out over the edges the whole of the doughnut Into the In visible realm of the Fourth Dimen sion. A catastrophe of the first mag nitude Impends. PRACTICAL RESULTS SCORE another for the City Plan ning Commission. It Is con stantly doing things for the benefit of the community at large without brass-band accompaniment, but with substantial results. Announcement has just been made of the fact that, with the co operation of Col. F. M. Ott, the Im portant future street now known as the Linglestown Road, extending from the Susquehanna river to the railroad,' will be placed on the map and dedicated as an eighty-foot highway. Also, it 1b interesting to observe in this connection that the owners of the Heister farm have dedicated an eighty-foot street on the line of Second street through that area, thus assuring a wide Sec ond street throughout Its entire length, and that Colonel Ott has .-idded to this 1,000 feet of eighty foot street through his property to the north. • And yet we occasionally hear silly people sometimes inquiring "What's the good of these commis sions?" THE GERMAN COLLAPSE IT may not come this month or next month er even next year, but he who runs may read the ;igns of the Inevitable defeat of the PruMlan autocracy and the Pots dam scheme to rule the world. FRIDAY EVENING, In a discussion of the situation, the New York Evening Sun. says: When the final collapse comes. it will probably be due to eco nomic rather than to military weakness. It will result from the wearing out of railways and rolling stock, the lack of raw ma terials and food, the shortage of the labor supply, the deteriora tion of machinery in the factories; in short, the impossibility of keep ing going the wheels of Industry. That the German armies are still capable of striking hard blows is no indication that the na tion is not facing disaster In the near future. Economic weakness would naturally manifest itself last of all upon the battlefront. In our Civil War, at the very time that Lee was fighting success fully at Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor, the Confederates were in terrible economic straits. A few weeks later they were forced to surrender. Events in Europe will probably take a similar course. The Germans may struggle on for months, perhaps for years, but the final internal breakdown is In evitable. There is no doubt anywhere of the smashing of the carefully-built machinery and everywhere the signs are multiplying of the certain fate of an inhuman oligarchy. We're not nearly so hungry for beef now that we may have it once a day. THE HOSPITAL REPORT THE annual report of the Harris burg Hospital, showing that It has done more work under the stress of war conditions than In peace times, indicates the growing importance of tliat institution. The hospital Is performing a vital service in the community. It reaches not only Harrisburg but the country for miles around. Its doors are open to the suffering of all the towns and the whole countryside roundabout. It should be and is supported by the contributions of many benevolent people throughout Central Pennsyl vania. The hospital is nearly always crowded to capacity. The problem of room is pressing and grows with the years. Among the big tasks the d city faces at the conclusion of the e war is the erection of a new hos- J pital. The'old structure Is delight- t fully located so far as the river front ° is concerned, but the increasing ac- s tivity of the railroad which flanks it ° makes the site anything but desirable '< from the standpoint of calm and quiet. I a It would appear, also, that the s city and the county should have a j big hand in the erection of the new a hospital when the time arrives, and that it should be a municipal-con- £ trolled institution. Private charity, assisted to small degree by corporate * contributions and public appropria- j tions, has maintained the Harrisburg j Hospital ever since its inception, and i hundreds of thousands of dollars J j have been given by generous people 1 j for the building and maintenance of the institution. But the time is past ' when sick or Injured should be de- i pendent upon charity. It is the duty J of the whole community to bear the 1 burden and an equitable arrange- 1 ment could be worked out to that 1 end by the city, the county and cor- j poratlons desiring to maintain beds in a publicly-owned hospital. The I trend of the times is all 4n tlils di- > j rection and both city and county of- I flcials should give the subject am ple consideration over a period of the next few years, in order to be ready when the time for action comes. The BolsheViki, like cornered rats, fight only for their own lives. A SUGGESTION OCCASIONALLY in the mail that comes in such generous quanti ties to the desk of an editor there is a suggestion containing the germ of an idea that might be work ed out with great practical value to the community. Of this class is ; the following: Sitting on a park bench, the other evening, between band cop cert numbers I engaged a gen tleman in conversation, who gave me an idea of his own which I believed worthy of consideration at the hands of the School Board. We were talking of our war gar dens and the need of more help on the farm, and my new-found friend said he believed the gar dens could be made much more productive and the farmers be greatly assisted during harvest season, at least, if the city would teach farming in the public schools. His plan was for the purchase of a thirty or forty-acre farm on the outskirts of the city for demonstration and study pur poses. where high school students so desiring could go for a course in agricultural training during the fall, early spring and winter, acquiring sufficient knowledge of scientific farming in a practical way to make them valuable as war garden advisers in the city, or take up farm work during va cation in an Intelligent manner. He said he is a practical farmer, and that he knows the right man on such a farm could make It earn all the expenses of operat > ing. taxes and teachers' or su perintendents' salary. Will you please give this matter publica -1 tlon In order that our school au thorities may have opportunity of giving It thought?. • The State school code makes , provision for agricultural study in 3 high schools, but few of those iri cities have sel*ed upon the .dfc , portunlty. There is, however, a growing Interest in agriculture in . the cities. "The time has come when E our young men will turn from the cities to the farm rather than from the farms to the cities," said a farm authority recently, and his view Is borne out by the statistics of the agricultural schools, such as State r College, where many Harrisburg youths are being educated as sclen -1 tiflc farmers. The desire for Independence, the growing love of out-doora, the con veniences the farmer now enjoy* ana the increased profits from farm ing all are turning the thoughts of cltybred lads countryward, and the time may be ripe for the considera tion of some such plan as suggested. At all events, the letter shows the trend of thought and is not without its practical side. The end is In sight. Germans have been notified there Is no more sauer kraut. ot By the Kx-Committeem; According to tie Pittsburgh Ga zette-Times, Dr. E. J. Flthian, the Prohibition nominee for Governor, thinks that he has a chance to win and is planning a tour by automo bile, a large white car, "with sleep ing, cooking and eating quarters and a rear platform for speech-making purposes" having been provided. Dr. Flthian is connected With a motor vehicle-making concern and intends to be real active, although if the proposed federal tax on gasoline goes into effect he may curtail some of his tour. The Prohibition candi date for Governor is the first of the nominees to say much about his plans and from all accounts he has been real active. The Pittsburgh newspaper In dis cussing his campaign says: "Mr. Fithian recently conferred with the Rev. Dr. John Royal Harris, presi dent of the "Dry" Federation of Pennsylvania, In the hope of secur ing the Indorsement of that body. Dr. Harris says that no promise was made, as the federation will pro ceed slowly in determining where its indorsement will go. The Anti- Saloon League will give its support to Senator William C. Sproul, the Republican nominee, who has de clared in favor of the ratification by the next Legislature of the prohi bition mendment to the Federal Constitution. His principal opponent is Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell. the Democratic nominee, who stands on a sloppy 'wet' platform. The in dorsement of Mr. Fithian by the 'Dry' Federation would mean the division of the 'dry' forces to some extent and would be helpful to Mr. Bonniwell. * * * Another part of the Fithian program is said to be the withdrawal of F. E. Whittlesey, of Corry, the Prohibition nominee for Lieutenant Governor, and the substitution of J. Washington Logue, of Philadelphia, the Democratic nominee for the office. Mr. Logue is 'dry.' " —Johnstown city councllmen and political leaders are In a quandry about the completion of the sewer svstem in that municipality. Some years ago the State Department of Health ordered a new system and a three quarter million bond Issue was voted. The work can not be completed for that amount and the government does not look with favor on more bond issues. —Erie and other cities seem to be having the same trouble as Har risburg and Johnstown in regard to police force vacancies. The number of applicants is smaller than ever known and jobs are going begging. —Dr. Philip Kamin has been named as Pittsburgh's police sur geon. He takes the place of a doc tor dismissed some time ago. —Lackawanna county authorities intend to go right into the charges of election frauds which have been made in that county as a result of the primaries. The court yesterday granted District Attorney George W. Maxcy's petition for advancing the session of the September grand jury so as to investigate the primary elec tion frauds. The order fixes August 19 for the jury tb convene. "Within an hour after the order was issued the district attorney's office started its machinery for the special session. County detectives and constables were instructed to be ready to serve subpenas to-morrow. About 1,000 i persons will be called to tell the grand jury what they know of the fraud. Included among them will be election board members in dis tricts where fraud was committed. —The Altoona Tribune, which maintained a neutral position in the primary contest, says: "Senator Sproul has won golden opinions everywhere since his nomination." —John E. Jenkins, attorney well known in eastern Pennsylvania, has taken charge of the Supreme Court campaign of Charles B. Lenahin, of Luzerne county. A committee of fifty has been formed. —A Scranton dispatch indicates an intention to contest the Lacka wanna senatorial nomination as counsel for Phillips, who lost, is quoted as saying an appeal would be taken to the Supreme Court, and he will seek to have the appeal act as a supersedeas. He said that Mr, Phillips is not through fighting. Dur ing the primaries Mr. Phillips re ceived one vote on the Washngton party. This vote was cast In Dun more and entitled Phillips to a plase on the ballot at the election next fall as the Washington party candi date. Mr. Phillips went to the office of the county commissioners and had himself certified as a candidate on the Washington party. In case .the Supreme Court upholds the local court and decides that Mr. Phillips is the nominee of the Republican party Phillips will run for the office on the Washington party ticket. —The Wilkes-Barre Record does not like the way things are being handled In the Chamber of Com merce expose of police conditions as it says: "The 'request' of the Civic Bureau that the citizens get behind the cleanup movement should have been made in the form of a demand. If the people content themselves merely with expressing surprise and some show of indignation, the mem bers of the Chamber of Commerce would be justified in throwing up their hands in disgust." Origin of a Name [From the Kansas City Star.] The familiar wash tie seems to have derived Its name from the fact that It always needs washing. Constructive Criticism Note [From the Albany Journal.] There are always many who pro claim that a certain thing ought to be done, to one who goes ahead and does It * Faint Cheer From Serbia [From the Marlon Star.] It must not be Imagined that the Italians have a monopoly of the re joicing over the Austrian defeat There aro the surviving Serbians, t Last Strokes Delivered [From the Grand Rapids Press.] It was to be expected, perhaps, that having done everything else to Russia the Hohenzollerns should now make it the goat. HARRISBURG Ji TELEGRAPH WONDER WHAT A WAITER THINKS ABOVT ... I " ' ' i' 1 '| 1 ALL R'SHT - MAYee BUT f* we ha D d * <3e.iv>eß*u_Y coive ACROSS TE LUCKY STIFF-/ HE'LL COMS ACROSS TAKBK A 3T£ A K . L ,KC. OMR \JUrtO GAT 3 lAjfTM A FOUR B ... Silver - Mice, .tips- mivJo 3ee A uTTi_e iw The Tir*E he took- • AC-riOlO- IT4 Goo O BUT IP He 3LIPS ME A WHATTVa KNOW 'BOuT F&ra. . AJGUY To HALF - I AIM' T GOT A GuY UKC THAT!.',? wo Kick Co/*iij' No Reasons for Wire Control [From Pittsburgh Gazette-Tin>es] Every day's delay by the Senate in acting on the resolution authoriz ing President Wilson to seize the telegraph and telephone systems of the country confirms public opinion against the proposition. The extra ordinary demand of the president and discussion of it, in and out of Congress, should have developed some evidence of necessity for such a ladical course. But none has been advanced, palpably because none ex ists. The case rests now where it did after President Wilson had writ ten his request. He wants the reso lution adopted because he wants it. And that is no reason at all worthy of consideration by Congress. Wire service goes on as it did be fore, with a degree of satisfaction to the public equal to anything we have ever experienced with a public utility. No atom of testimony has j been forthcoming tending to support the intimation that security of mili tary secrets has been or is endan gered by continued private manage ment of the country's systems of wire communication. Nor has any one ventured the suggestion that improvement of service is possible through bureaucratic control of tele graphs and telephones. A Senate committee has held a secret session to take testiVnony. Since the com, mittee chairman has made an apolo getic statement to the effect that it was not intended that newspaper men should be excluded from its I meeting, it is to be assumed the re- I port made of what was developed I tjiere includes everything relevant [to the issue. And that was nothing, beyond the statement of the presi dent of the Western Union Tele graph Company that he did not think there was necessity for the government to take over the tele- I graph wires, but that he would not I oppose it unless the design was to unionize the employes. STOP DRAFTING MINERS One would suppose it needed no argument to show the folly of draft ing men from the Pennsylvania coal mines. They are already doing the most essential of war work and ihey cannot be replaced from any existing source of labor supply. Yet the Miner's Bank, of Wilkes-Barre re ports that 1,000 miners have recent ly been taken from the anthracite region and that "it is probable that 30 or 35 per cent, of the men have been taken from the Wyoming Val ley." What kind of efficiency is this? Is that a wise foundation for "conserv ing" fuel? It ought not to takej many minutes to stop it —there is power to do so in the executive au thority—if It is still going on. Toi continue it will spell disaster. Cannot the various branches of I the Administration pull together?! Would cross purposes be possible ifj we had a War Cabinet? —New York Evening Sun. The Y. M. C. A.'s Call For Men The Y. M. C. A. is doing a splen did work for our troops in France. It is doing Its share —and a noble share —to surround our men with the atmosphere of home.—New York Mail. LABOR NOTES Government war workers at Washington, D. C., num'ber 150,000. Toronto (Canada) Builders' La borers' Union has 800 members at the front. Pascagorel (Miss.) Carpenters' Union has over 1600 members. There are now five local unions of railway clerks in New Orleans. On August 1, Rochester (N. Y.) plumbers will be increased to $6 a day. Union bartenders at Boston, Mass., are now paid $2 3 a week. • Mine workers at Nome, Alaska, demand union recognition. A national labor congress will, be held* shortly at Milan, Italy. Job printers at Eureka, Cal., will get S3O a week January 1, 1919. Iron and brass molders through-) out Colorado, have secured the 8- hour day. One hundred charters have been issued by Sheet Metal Workers since January 1. • • Over 100,000 women are employed in various capacities on Prussian railways. ♦ Sneer at Our Advertisers i Germany Is Planning to Get Ahead of American Salesmen From the Scientific American. IS Germany stealing our markets while we sleep? The question may seem absurd. With her in dustries paralyzed by war and cut off from the outside world by an impenetrable wall of steel, how could German products make any headway in foreign markets? The answer is to be found in two very significant paragraphs from German papers which were recently re-pub lished in "Printer's Ink." One of these, from the Berlin Tageblatt of April 26, reads as fol lows: "If the despised Yankee nation think they are going to win the war and force Germans out of foreign markets there is nothing to indicate this sentiment in their local and for eign advertising. Many of their advertising agencies have closed their doors through lack of patron age. Their much talked of captains of industry have canceled advertis ing* contracts everywhere. Germany and German merchants have in creased their advertising space in neutral markets and at home. It pays to advertise in war as well as in peace. The far-seeing merchant never stops advertising." The other item from the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger of April 20, reads: "Nothing is more acceptable to! the German nation than to note the| fact that the North Americans have abandoned advertising their goods in practically all of the foreign mar kets. In the Latin-American pub- the market which they have always tried hardest to acquire 'has been a heavy loss of advertis ing. . A widely known Buenos Aires I agency announces the fact that 83 per certt. pf the United States adver tisers have canceled their contracts. This is also true in the Orient, and a careful compilation of the de- "HER BOY" My lad was such a home boy; every night He'd curl up in that big, brown, shabby chair, And dream of knights and swords and maidens fair; When the war came, he would liken each grim fight With those his dear "Round Table" waged for right; And dreadful things his young heart couldn't bear. That happened babes and mothers "over there," Fired his gray eyes with Galahad's pure light. Of course he went to rescue in their need Those helpless mothers and their little ones; His chaplain wtote —l wished I'd seven sons To follow him, so proud I was to read! — "Because he loved his home with such romance. He gave his life to save the homes of France." —Charlotte Becker, In Llfo. Even Farther Than McAdoo [From the Nation's Business] Priorities in England have been extended to railway travel. Before hoarding a passenger train, erne has to tell the board of trade about the necessities of his case, and obtain a permit, byway of validating his ticket. Besides, If he is a com muter, either habitually or byway of convenience since Germany institu ted air raids on London, the rail ways have been given authority to refuse him a season ticket unless he buys one for six months. Not "Spurlos" This Time [Fron> Toronto Mail and Empire] Germany's impudent assertion that the Canadian hospital ship was sunk by a mine, probably a Brit ish mine, is an Indication that the instructions to. the captain of the U-boat were to sink the vessel with out .leaving a trace. His error in permitting one boatload of those aboard to escape will probably get him into serious trouble with the German Admiralty. Confusion Oh, Mr. Cltyrube salutes With Joy his garden fair. He pulls up the potato shoqts And hoes the weeds with care. , —Wa*hijagtori Star. crease in advertising there shows a greater depreciation than in South and Central America. In the United States itself there is not a paper which has not suffered a loss in its advertising lines, and that despite the fact that the last year showed an increase in the millionaire class of 973 individuals. In other words, the war has terrorized the • Ameri can nation, but not the Germans; for a perusal of our periodicals will show that manufacturers still adver tise even if they have not the goods to deliver, but with the idea of keeping their names before the public." Evidently, despite the handicap of war, German manufacturers are not only looking forward to the resump tion of commercial activity when peace is declared, but are now ac tually engaged in building a foun dation for future business. Apparently many of our own mer chants have overlooked the real sig nificance of publicity. A man who does not give the matter serious at tention is liable to think of adver tising only as a means of selling goods. He does not realize that his advertisement is not merely pur chasings customer, but is also pur chasing an intangible something goes by the name of "good will." Advertisements build hinv a reputation, and the only way to keep this reputation alive is to per sist in advertising, even when there is no immediate market for his products. Good will is like a tender plant that must be watered and cared for even when it is not flower ing; and*unless we are careful, the good will that our nferchants have established is liable to die during the long drought of the present war. If neglected too long it may never I flourish again. This is just as true I of domestic trade as of commerce in I foreign lands. "We Kill or Are Killed" - [New York Evening Sun.] v The Germans have discovered that the ideal of the American soldier is summed up In the phrase: "We kill or are killed." They admit that their experience of encounters with our troops proves this no vain boast. Our men are not soft fighters; they do not hold up their hands and howl "Kamerad!" when outnumbered or surprised. And they realize that it! is a fight to the death. They prefer death to capture. The casualty lists bear out the ac curacy of this diagnosis. The total of those missing in action, including prisoners, is only a little over 450, out of 9,600 casualties reported. When th'?ir full weight is felt by the enemy he is likely to realize that the end is certain and \hat, in due time, sentence will be executed upon him. "We kill or are killed," and most of us are not going to be kill ed. AN EVENING THOUGHT "We will never bring disgrace to this our city by any act of dishon esty or cowardice, nor ever desert our suffering comrades in the ranks. We will light for the ideals and sacred things of the city, both alone and with many: we will revere undj obey the city's laws and do our best to incite a like respect and rever ence in those above us who are prone I to annul or set them at naught; we will strive unceasingly to quicken the public's sense of civic duty. Thus in all these ways we will trans mit this city not only not less but greater, better and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us."— Oath of the Young Men of Athens. Getting Pretty Paternalistic [From the New York World.] Men In the Army and Navy will vote in the congressional elections this fall, so far as possible, without interfering with their duties, if their states have, made the necessary ar rangements. We need these occa sional reminders that there still are states. Its Being German Explains It [From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.] One of the things that would be inexplicable if it wasn't German Is the spectacle of Germany appealing to international law to Justify its criticism of our handling of the Von Rlntelen case. JULY 12, 1918 THE NATION'S DEAD Where lie the dead, Sentry? They lie yonder on the hill; The stars look down upon their rest, The night wind groweth chill — But the flag that led them proudly waves, For brave men follow still. How fell the dea.(f. Sentry? They fell fighting for the right; They followed a£ the heels of Death, Nor looked to right nor left; | And their country's grateful memory Shall keep their honor bright. How lie the dead, Sentry? The dead lie very still; The moon shines soft and tender O'er the graves upon the hill. While lone mothers weep in silence, As mothers always will. How sleep the dead. Sentry? The dead sleep very sound; The graves upheaved on yonder hill Have made it hallowed ground. And on the lips of unborn time The heroes' names shall sound. —Maitland Leßoy Osborne. NEW IDEALS War is in itself damnable a profligate misuse of the accumulated brain-stuff of centuries. Neverthe less, there's many a man who has no love of war, who previous to the war had cramped his soul with lit tleness and was chased by the "bay onet of duty into the blood-stained largeness of the trenches, who has learnt to say, "Thank God for this war." He thanks God not because of the carnage, but because when the winepress of new ideals was being trodden, he was born in an age when he could do his share.—Coningsby Dawson in The Glory of the Trench es. I OUR DAILY LAUGH He's getting iIO.OOO a year, 1/ \ md isn't worth it. "TV \ No man Is. Wlt 1 4 \ I quite agree HuU \f I with you. I'm get- j/ A ting S2O a week, \ i ANOTHER MEAN MAN. > /x>A VM "'Crooked teeth I 11 arß sat 0 \\ W- due to lnsuffl /V\ dent exercise ot yn | I I Women sel- I T 1 U j dom have 'em, I U *M s'pose. He (nervously) I think I'm going 1 to kiss you. | She: My, what I I I II A§#J in impulsive! 1 B'VAJSufIT fNOT FOR HIM. Naw! Dey say dat fame is a there's generally ■oap Is bubble* _ THE BITUA you hev a man dat was praetic fend you in de MMfIK [ Yaaa, Indeed. W He wu prac- J tiein' law, an' I. b wu de feller he i wa practicin' M. Ebettittg (Ctjat aan-p- i ... -J. Judging from what men who are In charge of big operations in this vicinity say the trouble with the unskilled labor situation in many respects is to keep men on the Job. The scarcity of labor is being grad ually overcome through the stabiliz ing plans of the State Council of National Defense and the work of employers and foremen. The mov ing of gangs of laborers from one ifcrt of tho state to another at the whim of a boss or under the blan dishments of a scout for an indus trial plant or an employment agency with a contract to till has been pret ty well checked. Men no longer come to work one day and leave tha next night for some other county, but tho trouble is now that they go from job to job in the same locality. There are few more interesting stud ies in human nature possible than in observing the way men act when le ceiving more pay than ever accus tomed to in their lives. Svne of them will work three to four days a week and develop illness. This is getting common as the weather grows warmer. But there are ways of correcting that. Now the trouble teems to be that men engaged on one branch of a big contract will hear that the men of another line of work in the same plant or operation are getting a couple of cents more per hour. The result is that the men in charge of the latter will probably have a lot of applicants who do not tell where they have been working but who are eager for jobs. And it Is only when the men in charge of employment get down to it that It Is found that one department fctands in a fair way to rob the other. But this is being corrected. An uptown pup of good breeding and careful attention at home was affected by a wanderlust the other day and came sixteen blocks down into the business section of Harris burg and went into a store. The people in the store thought he be longed to a customer and smiled at him until the dog noticed the cash carriers whizzing about the estab lishment. Some instinct from a bird dog ancestor stirred within and with a joyous bark he started down the aisle after the "bird," which prompt ly took an upward flight. Bui a minute later along came another with a series of short staccato barks the delighted dog started in pursuit. He did this a couple of times and then they tied him up and telephon ed the owner, whose name was on the collar. • • The June 27 number of the Manu facturers News, of Chicago, contains an extensive discussion of the Penn sylvania Workmen's Compensation [ system by Chairman Harry A. | Mackey. The article deals especially | with awards and is the first authori tative article upon the manner in which the Pennsylvania board has dealt with the problems arising out of the Keystone state's complex in dustrial conditions. In the course of his paper he says regarding a phase which interests everyone: "Claims are constantly presented ' asking for compensation for apo plexy, various forms of heart disease, pneumonia, tuberculosis, appendici tis, abscesses, nervous shock, nephri tis, peritonitis, paralysis, aneurism, and embolism. It is just as import ant to society that an unestablishcl claim be disallowed as that a worthy one should receive prompt compen sation. To that end there must be a complete and harmonious co-or dination of medical and legal learn ing producing final judgments that shall appeal to the common sense of the community. f • • State Fisheries Department offi cials have placed a ban on wooden minnows containing more than three hooks. The minnow with threo rows of hooks, each row contain ing three hooks, is considered as nine hooks and is against the law. A burr of three points is rated as three hooks. The treble hooks may be used in Lake Erie, but not in the streams within the state and under this ruling will do away with some of the old-fashioned fishing when men put out outlines with i dozen hooks and the wooden min nows with from six to a dozen hooks or points were common. The Fish 'eries Department has made this rul- , ing in reference to the use of what is termed artificial bait: "There is nothing in the act of July 28. 1917, (the fish code) prohibiting the sale of plug bait with three treble hooks. The only restriction is that they can not be used In the island waters of this Commonwealth with three treble hooks. The department con siders a burr of three points as three hooks." • * • From all accounts the bass fisher men have been having a good time in the Conodoguinet. This stream has not been affected by the rains as have the Juniata and the Sus quehanna and the bites are fully up to the reputation of the stream. The Conodoguinet has been noted for tlio fine quality of the bass to be taken in it and although people from oth er counties stumble over the name they like tc sit by its banks. The Susquehanna salmon do not appear to he biting very well as yet in this neighborhood. the coal dredgers probably having frightened them off for a while. [_ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~] —Walter B. Allen, of Altoona, who 1s making a census of black walnut trees for the government, is receiving word from many districts of the presence of trees. —L. B. Day, superintendent of Scranton detectives, was here for a day on his way to the state conven tion of police chiefs. —Grier Hersh, York food adminis trator, is an ardent golfer and sportsman. -—Alexander Farnham, nestor of the Luzerne bar, was chairman a I the Lanahan endorsement meeting. < —R. E. Cresswell, Johnstown law yer, is active in a committee which is running down alien owned prop- ■ erty in Cambria county. ' —Charles B. Prltchard, Pitts burgh director of safety, is engag ed in a controversy over the fencfl unit, which he says the city should not support | DO YOU KNOW —That Harrisburg has given many mechanicians to the air service? HISTORIC HARRISBURG Anthony Wayne once owned prop erty on the River Front near South street which was given to him for bravery. Leaves It Behind Him Our explanation , of the motor cycllqt's haste is that he is trying to run away from the noise he makes. —From the Kansas City Star.