6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A XBWSPAPBR FOR THB HOUB Founded lift Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH FRISTING CO, Ttlecrttk Building, Federal Sqaar*. E. J. STACK POLE, Prtft 6r Bditrr-tn-Chitf P. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ. Manor": Editor. Member of the Associated Press —-The Associated Press is exclusively en title*' 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 right* of republication of apeclat dispatches herein are also reserved. Member American Newspaper Pub t Ushers' Assocla- Eastern of flc £ JEntered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a C®oEsss£3k> week; by mall. 15.00 a year in advance, SATCRDAY, JCLY 27, 1918 yo man's religion ever survives his morals. — ROBEBT SOUTH. FORWARD! THE Harrlsburg Chapter of the Red Cross needs workers. The appeal it made yesterday through the columns of this newspa-! per ought not to be in vain. ( Doubtless the work has lagged! through thoughtlessness rather than intent. This is the vacation season and many women who, gave gener ously of their time in the forepart of the year are out of the city for a few weeks' rest. But there is no rest fr the soldier and war knows no such time as vacation. Our armies are engaged in a vast offen sive. That means wounded men and immense quantities of Red Cross supplies to properly care for. them. Italy's heroic counter-blow has made necessary the shipment of medicines and materials by the shipload. Rus sia is to be the scene of Red Cross ministrations on a large scale, and Secretary Baker talks of an Amer ican Army of 5,000,0#0 men. The Red Croas must double, and treble and multiply many times its already heroic efforts. America Is the great reservoir from which tfie world must draw succor for the suffering, as well as the might with which to crush the Germans. We at home must not fail In the crisis. We must! meet the demands of the local chap- j ter without stint, even though at, personal sacrifice. Our boys over! there do not halt because they-are' tired or hesitate because the weather is hot. They go forward; always forward, and so must we. Making the country safe for the Democratic party has paralyzed the old Democratic principle opposed to , the centralization of power. Are we • hypnotized or—what? SMITH BEATS TAMMANY THIS has not been a happy year for Democratic machine lead ers. First Bonniwell beats Mc • Cormick, Palmer and their pals in Pennsylvania, and now Alfred E. Smith routs Tammany in New York and with the aid of up-state Demo • crats forces himself on the New Yo„rk | ity bosses as the party's candidate for Governor. Tammany would not . have accepted Smith if it could have • avoided such a move, but the Hearst candidacy brought about a condi tion which enabled the better ele ment of th party to name him as , their candidate, even in spite of the fact that Tammany had turned him down last fall as the Democratic j nominee for Mayor of New York City. The result will be control of New I York State by the Republicans next • year, unless all signs fail. < But, despite their Internal dissen • sions, the Democrats of the Empire State are to be congratulated upon their repudiation of Hearst. A man whom the Kaiser said "has helped our cause very much In America" | Is not the man for public trust, • whether or not he Is sincere in his ' protestations of patriotism and loy • alty. To that extent at least the . New York Democratic convention was ' a highly successful gathering. In which every American, no matter t what his politics, may take pride. Neither Democrats nor Republicans want to have anything to do with anything or anybody smacking of pro-Germanism. The official supervisor of the min ing industry In Pennsylvania, Mr. Button, Is out of tune with the White House. He says the output of the mines would be increased 20 per cent, by cutting out booze. STEAM HEAT RATES IT'S a rather warm period to dis cuss the cost of steam heat, but this community is not feeling too comfortable over the proposed Increase In rates by the local steam heat corporation. Consumers are like the man from Missouri—they want to be shown. As was indicated by this news paper when the announcement was first made of the proposed increase, the community Is perfectly willing to meet Increased war costs of any commodity, hut will not submit to SATURDAY EVENING, extortion or unfair rules which di rectly or Indirectly Increase the cost to the consumer. It has not been forgotten that the merger of the two electric light companies resulted al most Immediately in certain "scien tific" charges which Jumped mate rially the monthly bill of the aver age user of electricity. It Is understood the Chamber of Commerce is Investigating the mat ter and it will be the duty of that body to safeguard the interests of the citizens in any increase of rates. It is safe to assume that this organi zation of businessmen is thoroughly competent to deal fairly with this public utility or any other which de pends upon the community for Its franchises and Its earnings. Harrisburg consumers are In a somewhat different class than those of almost any other community, ow ing to the fact that the local steapn heat corporation obtains Its fuel In large part from the Susquehanna river supply. While there may be reason for some increase as a result of higher labor costs and the war prices which prevail for all mate rials, It Is regarded as doubtful whether there is justification for the large increase proposed in the sched ule submitted to the Public Service Commission. However, it is only fair that the matter should be thoroughly threshed out, to the end that a square deal may be given the com pany and the consumer. Sq George Creel wants to censor the contents of the magazines also? Well, why not let George do It? He has- seen McAdoo take over the rail roads as his particular job, in addi tion to running the treasury and the express companies. George has like wise observed the telegraph and tele phone systems pass under the eontrcl of Burleson, the "politician master general." as Colonel Harvey writes it. and naturally Creel feels like grab bing a little more power while the grabbing is good. , HARD TO STAY WITH so much happening in France and with the cry for men becoming louder and j more persistent, it is harder to stay j than to go, these days. The call of the great adventure has gotten into the blood of many men who know in their souls that the time has not come for them to go, but who are straining at the shackles which hold them to their jobs while hundreds of thousands of their fellows are having in France.the greatest exper ience in the whole world. It Is difficult to understand that "they also serve who only stand and wait" and that "some must always stay with the goods." The eagle is screaming in France and men with red (blood in their veins long to re spond. Many a man who goes un complainingly to his dr&b tasks day after day, feeling that age, family cares or business responsibilities have robbed him of a wonderful op portunity, would breathe a sigh of relief if the draft were advanced to an age that would leave him with no i alternative but to don the uniform ! and shoulder the rifle. Fuel Administrator Hickok feels confident that this community will have sufficient coal before next winter. Let us pray that his confi dence Is not misplaced. THEY CAN'T GET BY THERE are in every community —and-Harrisburg is no excep tion—certain men and women who are bluffing along as to their war activities and deceiving none save themselves. With tho tremendous responsibility resting upon the American people those who are failing now must re-i member that after the war they shall j have to give years to explanation of why they had no part In the great struggle, either at the front or at home. It is for this reason that those men who have endeavored to get into the service and who have been rejected for physical disability should be per mitted to wear some definite, au thorized insignia which would be understood by all who look upon the button or ribbon. The man who j fails to be accepted by his country is entitled to honor, but so long as he has no distinguishing mark he is often confused with the "slacker" and the patriotic pretender who does nothing, excusing himself on ihe score of business. The time has come when every man, woman and child must lino up and the wheat Is going to be sifted from the chaff in no uncertain fash lon. Again the Federal Trade Commis sion has called attention to the wasteful practices of certain pub lishers in view of the serious condi tions surrounding the newspaper in dustry. The Commission states .that recent figures indicate some publish ers are not yet curtailing wastes as much as must be done. Many are accused of throwing papers about promiscuously like circulars, allow ing return of copies unsold and other practices which Are contrary to the recent conservation order of the War Industries Board. * All tourists passing through Har, risburg admire the dignified propor tions of the Penn-Harrls Hotel, and go on their way to tell their fellow travelers of the fine place of enter tainment soon to be opened here. No recent public improvement has done more for Harrisburg than this fine hotel. It is not only a business en terprise; it is a great civic achieve ment. One of these fine times the wheat less, meatless, coalless days are going to end In a long succession of warless days. If you are having no part in the im portant work of the Red Cross, why not? Already they are calling him Gover nor SprouL. Sounds well, too. * ftUtUi IK By the Kx-Committeeman Judge BonniwU, the Democratic candidate for Governor, will be in vited to attend a meeting to be held Vithin the next week by the Palmer- Donnelly faction to draft the party platform for the next election. This statement was made yesterday by Lawrence H. Rupp, of Lehigh coun ty. chairman of the resolutions com mittee. at a preliminary conference held in Philadelphia for the purpose of discussing the forthcoming liter ary efforts of Charles P. Donnelly, who is a member of the committee. The decision to invite Judge Bon niwell was made in spite of the fact that the Judge has already an nounced in full the platform on which he will go before the voters of the state in the approaching cam paign. The resolutions committee has until September 1 to complete its job. Friends of Judge Bonni well have all along declared that the Palmer-Donnelly crowd have noth ing other in view than a trick plat form, which will discredit the party's canvass with the voters. The per sonnel of the committee was hand picked by State Chairman George R. McLean, with Palmer and Don nelly at his elbow and, in addition to Donnelly, himself and Chairman Rupp, it contains the following: Parke H. Davis, of Northampton county: Charles F. Uhl, Jr., Somer set; E. B. McGinnls, Allegheny: Thomas Ross, Bucks, and Chester H. Ashton, Tioga. —Although the committee is un der instructions to "report back" to ,the state body at a meeting to be held not later than September 1, It is asserted by the Bonniwell adher ents that the real plan of the Pal mer-McCormick wrecking crew is to jam through some sort of a phony document which will stand as an em barrassment to the effort of genu ine Democrats to put their ticket across in November. —The Judge's own platform leads with a declaration of opposition :o the ratification of the proposed pro hibition amendment and calls for the abolition of all &tate government sinecures and the promotion of the civil fervice on purely business and efficient lines. It is t>elteved that a Palmer-Donnelly "platform" con taining a prohibition plank may be forthcoming, and it is regarded as a certainty that the Judge will pay no attention to if whatever. —The announcement by Chairman Rupp that the resolutions commit tee had decided to ask"" the aid of Judge Bonniwell in the drafting of th Palmer-Donnelly platform is taken as a reply to the Judge's as sertion, made in a statement issued on Thursday, that he has never yet been consulted upon any phase of the alleged leaders of the party. It is understood that Judge Bon niwell has no intention of conferring with the resolutions committee, and that he will not permit his own platform to be tampered with. —Commenting on Judge Bonni well's call, the Democratic Philadel phia Record turns vigorously on the McGcrmlck crowd In the following editorial: —Democratic voters of Philadel phia and Pennsylvania have it with in their power to accomplish won ders if they will heed the will of Judge Bonniwell, the party nominee for governor. Organization is fore ly needed, for without efficient and honest organization no such clean up as is needed in Pennsylvania can be accomplished. —There are many thousands of independent voters in Pennsylvania who are anxious to help elect Judge Bonniwell governor, and who are ready to help. Their aid can be se cured, and there will be added hopes of victory before the dog days have passed if the Democratic voters of every section of the state will give immediate attention to the presrelng need of an organization whole-heart edly in favor of a success. —The move to organize has not been started too soon, and if the Democrats of Pennsylvania are not immediately responsive they will be losing the best opportunlty'they have had to count in this state in many years. —"The Democratic Philadelphia city committee will pay no attention whatever to the statement issued by Judge Bonniwell." said Edgar W. Lank, of Philadelphia, speaking of the Democratic candidate's letter calling for the complete reorganiza tion of the Democratic party In Pennsylvania. —"I am interested in building the party up in Pennsylvania. We are j for harmony, and Bonniwell is try ing to throw a monkeywrench in the machinery. —"As for his characterization of the city committee as a 'disreputable organization,' he didn't say what he Is, did he?" —Chairman Lank left yesterday on a motor trip. He said that none of the committee would pay any at tention to Bonniwell's appeal. —Bonniwell's letter, which wasi sent to evft-v precinct and division committeeman in the state and to every registered Democrat in Phila delphia. called for a complete reor ganization. It stated that the state committee does nothing to air the ticket, hut its chairman was picked by party bosess. and that the action in recognizing the Philadelphia city committee is proof that victory is not desired. * Right; Keep 'em Out! A member of the crew pf one of the vessels torpedoed oft the Jersey coast says a majority of the crew of the submarine were German-Ameri cans, who lived in Jersey City &nd Brooklyn before the war, the "fami lies of some of them still being there. An officer of another vessel says one of the officers of the sub marine told him he had lived in the United States, that he was engaged to a Philadelphia girl and that as soon as the war is over he is going to settle in America. The immigra tion laws prohibit the entry of mur derers or other persons convicted of infamous crimes, and every member of a submarine crew is ant- actual or potential murderer and should be treated as such. It is none too soon for Congress to enact measures pro hibiting German immigration for a specified term after the close of the war, and making It Impossible for any man who has served In any ca pacity on a submarine forever to en ter the country.—North American Beview's War Weekly. No Doubt Who Has 'Em One general says the side with the last reserves will win; and America is raising 5,000,000 reserves.—From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Let's Look at It This Way If the Kaiser builds bigger Ü boats the American gunners will find them easier to hit.—From the Des Moines Register. HAKRISBURG tliUßfl TELEGRXPH AINT IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELIfP? .... BY BRIGGS •J * BooT ( I ficuhs. iv/e (MV AMemoM IT LAST T l,f **** / U>*T ffooo <3oUF I * L,Pe IS TAKe j VERY" FIRST To LeARK ,TB / IT S P EW R \ RCALIZBD-'I-M* - KEBP IT "TAWCS UP AFTER, YOU rtwe . tbo*. H/STBO PARTMBR THI,I "RU/AU m aV Tet.L ° fJC£ ,M FIFTY TaAW. MORS YBAIUS IF TOoetvm OR THE TROTH AFTOR. _ YOOARB OM *TV(c TWTereisi Ve/Kfti Vou HAv/e been AROOMD ~ \ \A/AnriN.feo / tl J* \ A iJIKiE - JO,AS y/ 1 iCL ./ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SI'PPRESS MOB LAW To the Editor of the Telegrafit: I have read with a degree of pleas ure your editorial, "A Just Petition" in this evening's Telegraph, which was inspired by a resolution from the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania Colored Knights of Pythias, now in session in this city, praying that the President "address a special mes sage to the country on the import ance of exercising self-restraint and preserving public order during the war crisis." I thank you for support ing this petition and urging its fav orable consideration by the Presi dent. You have always championed the cause of righteousness and jus tice regardless of race or color; but at this crucial period in the world's history your advocacy of a square deal for the black race in this coun try not only "during the war crisis" but for all time, is greatly appre ciated. I do not know whether the "Win the-War" petition presented to Con gress by the National Colored Lib erty Congress *has been brought to your attention—l enclose herewith a copy for the perusal of the friends of "Justice" through the medium of the Telegraph. This congress met in Washington, June 21-29. Messengers from thirty-three states attended. The petition speaks for itself. It was brought .o the attention of the House of Representatives 'by Congressman Gillett, of Massachusetts, and Is in corporated in the Congressional Rec ord of June- 29. Our own Senator ! Penrose will see to it in the Senate. E. LUTHER CUNNINGHAM. Note —The enclosure is a copy of j the petition presented to Congress j by Mr. Giiiett in the name of thej liberty Congress, representing 12,- 000,000 colored people, praying for suppression of lynch law, which at tracted wide newspaper attention on the date of its introduction, June 29. America Must Save the World Margaret Deland, writing from France, says in the August Woman's Home Companion: "The French nation—soldiers, and young housekeepers, and old moth ers—knowing values, has endured. "Are we going to endure? "I haven't the slightest doubt of it! Only, looking back now from France at American comfort and character, it does not seem to me as if we have quite wakened up yet to the full meaning of that word 'endurance.* We have risen to the world demand upon us splendidly. I think we can afford, privately, just between tur | selves, to buy that to each other; be cause we know it isn't just the boast ing of which our allies with cynical ■Kood natute accuse us. We are not boasting, we are stating facts, we really are meeting the situation. But all the same, compared to the French, we were, when we went Into the war, soft, and therefore we have got to think out carefully all to which that word 'endurance' commits us. "As we learn our lesson, we will say humbly that we have been spoil ed. Then we shall ask ourselves how we can most quickly recover from that spoiling? Of course, every in dividual will make an Individual answer; but we shall agree that, col lectively, we have got to eliminate fuss about Inconveniences, and we may agree to say over to ourselves, every day: 'We are face to face with the most extraordinary opportunity that has ever confronted a nation— the opportunity to save the world." "Does this sound like more Amer ican brag? It la not; I A>uld almost And it in my heart to wish that it were! But I beg you to believe that it Is not. It Is the terrible truth. Let us face It. Germany has got her second wind; England, France, Italy (for Russia is out of it) are wind ed. Unless America comes with ships, with food, with men. with ammunition, with sacrifice of the su perfluous, with endured hardship, with spiritual suffering, with sol emn readiness to give up whatever Isi most precious to us, unless we can do this, all that is worth living for will be lost. We shall be a conquer ed people. Can Americans bear that word? "A subject people! We shall have to bear It, unless we realize that If we do not save others we cannot save ourselves. Realize that unle we stand shoulder to shoulder with England and France, America will be an enslaved nation.. Freedom will perish from the earth. Civilization will go under. "America must save the world!" We Weren't Very Anxious By bringing their U-boat war to this side of the Atlantic the Huns have brought It where we want it— ' From the Dallas New*. Trouble Brewing in Germany's Rear From the Literary Digest GERMANY has won battles in France and Flanders largely because she has been able for the first time since the outstart of the war to concentrate her entire military strength against her western enemies. But her opportunity (has passed, and now from the arctic coast to the Ural mountains, from the Caucasus to the Adriatic, vari ous troubles are sending calls for German soldiers, which, our press writers believe, can only be disre garded at the cost of Germany's eastern conquests. With allied forces in Kola and Vladivostok, with a thousand miles of the Siberian ral road held by the Czecho-Slovak forces, with the allies what may be a major offensive in the Balkans, with formidable risings in the Ukraine, with a murdered Ambassador in Moscow as proof of rising anti-German sentiment in Great Russia, with demands for Teuton aid in the Caucasus, to say nothing of Austria's needs after her Italian disaster, Germany will soon realize, our editors think, that her eastern front is being re-established. For months military intervention in Russia has ben demanded by a large portion of the press in all al lied countries. To-day, some editors declare, intervention is t fact, and it only remains for the allies to fol low up and to make the most of the situation. At two widely separated points allied forces threaten German rule in Russia, in each case through a peculiar combination of unfore seen circumstances. It is "perfectly i plain" to the Boston Transcript that "the hour has struck for concerted allied action in Russia." If the Ger mans send an army to block the Czecho-Slovaks and other anti-Teu ton elements in Siberia, they will "at once reconstitute the eastern battle line, and that is precisely the chief necessity of the military situation to the entente." for "*'it would compel, the presence of a very large German army in Russia." We have now, con The German Beast [Philadelphia Public Ledger] Leave the dead unburied! Aban don the wounded to writhe in agony under the burning midsummer sun, without water, without succor, with out pity! Shoot down the Red Cross stretcher parties! These are official German orders. This Is the sort of enemy our boys are fighting In France. Hre Is the text of this In human order cabled by P#rry Rob inson, the London Times-Public Led ger correspondent with the British forces in France: "Henceforth the enemy is not to be allowed to recover his dead and wounded except behind his own posi tion, even under the Red Cross flag. If stretcher parties go out a warn ing shot is to be fired. If no attention Is paid to the shot, the enemy must be thoroughly engaged at once." These orders were actually carried out at VUlers-Brettonneux. "The enemy must "be thoroughly engaged at once." Nothing could bet ter Illustrate the nauseating hypo crisy, the bloodless formalism un convlnclngly covering a bloodthirsty savagery, which so constantly char acterizes the Prussian beast. LABOR NOTES, Average daily wages In Germany's metal Industry at $1.32. Female membership in British trade union Increased 130,362 in 1916. In 1913 Geripany had 771 labqr un ions; it now has about.4so. Six London (Eng.) firemen are to be trained In smoke helmets at a colliery rescue station. In France the working time of female munition workers is ten hours a day. A new union of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen has been formed in Buffalo. Centralla (Wash.) Typographical Union has just' negotiated a scale for $28.50 per week. North Wallbottle (Eng.) miners have threataned to strike unless conscientious objectors are dismissed. Up to the present #OOO of the 20,- 000 British shipyard workers (froni ls*! from th *rmy have been re turned. tinues The Transcript, noting other recent events on Russia's arctic coast, an opportunity to execute "a flanking movement from the north as well as a frontal movement from the east." The Boston paper points out that the port of Kola is ice-free, and is connected by rail with Petrograd, and that the allied military force now stationed there threatens the Ger man control of Finland "and men aces the wholes scheme of German conquest on the Baltic." The rather involved story of Fin land and the operations in the prov. ince of Archangel may be gathered from various dispatches and special newspaper articles. In the New York Globe Louis Edgar Browne observes that while the whole "Fin nish-German-AUled question is com plex," its origin was simple enough —the lack of food. The allies were unable to meet Finnish demands for food last summer. The Finns then said they would be forced to turn to Germany. "The Finnish Senate did turn to Germany, but the Fin nish laborers, the Finnish Socialists, turned to Soviet Russia. Civil war resulted and Germany came with armed force to the aid of her secret ally, the Finnish Diet. The Red Guards, with red ribbons on their hats and rifles, fought for the prole tariat government with supplies fur nished by Soviet Russia; the White Guards, similarly decorated with white, defended the rule of the prop erty-owning classes and depended on material assistance from Germany, With the German camel's nose once in the tent, the rest of the animal soon followed. German officers came through Sweden in civilian garb, and, according to Mr. Browne, "it was not long before General Manner helm, the commander of the White forces, had a full staff of German advisers." Finland was un der German control, and rumors of a German King, or a Finnish decla ration of war against the allies, seemed plausible. But the realities have been serious enough. AMERICAN OPTIMISM [From the Ohlq Journal] The New Ycfrk Times solemnly and at length warns Americans against indulging in optimism over the news from the front. The Times has turned the of many of our people, who see in it, with no partic ular reason for the vision, the growing dawn of victory and the sunburst of peace, as our contem porary phrases It In Its poetic way: the road to victory will still be long and toilsome. The Times' fear is that America feels so sure now that the Hun is beaten that there is danger that she will relax her efforts towards the early consumption of that desirable and end. We do not be lieve there Is much ground for such a fear. The American temperament is naturally optimistic, prone to ex aggregate the cheering phases of the outlook and t4 ' Atlantic City? * ™ ON THE DOCKS. What are you 'ffll throwin' your fish |LH back In the river wjEra' iJ Aw * if 1 take 'em home, Maw'U „ i maktt me clean TIED. They say he's |H r\\ tied to his wife's KJL apron strings. His wife is far jj too rich to wear v®" Jj j k aprons. Purse I \ strings Is the term. fWhen de moon d a r k n e sa o'er de land An' you don't smell no po- Den's de time to play your UNDERSEA OOSSIP. j Shad: So Mr. Eel got In a tight place. Pickerel: Yes, but he managed to wriggle out j|r Ebptihig (Hljat This Is the birthday of Major Wm. G. Murdock, in charge of the Staie Draft Headquarters, and while Har risburg people have known him for little more than & year there will be hundreds wish him "many returns of the day." Major Murdock came here from Milton when the draft headquarters was organized, immediately after the adoption of the act. At that time there were three in charge of the organization work, but it was soon demonstrated that Murdock was the man for the Job and in due time the others were relieved and the Milion man was rewarded with a majorship In the United States Army. He Is an indefatlguable worker and is acknowledged a master of the vast detail of the draft operations in this state. Ho was formerly postmaster of Milton and prominent in the affairs of his home town. Since mov ing from the old cramped quar ters in Locust street into the Board of Trade building Major Murdock has systematized his work until there is no more complete or more up-to-date office in the city. With all his trials and tribulations, and they have been many, the ma jor manages to maintain a cheerful disposition and is thoroughly good natured, even under the provocation of much night work in torrid weath er. The work of the past month has been very heavy, due to many calls for men, it being the duty of the major to oversee the work of com puting the draft quotas in addition to multitudinous other matters per taining to the war. • • The Harrisburg Rotary Club's re cent entertainment at Y. M. C. A. headquarters at Camp Colt, Gettys burg. was so successful that the Knights of Columbus stationed at the same place havo asked the Ro tarians to repeat it for them. At the meeting of the directors at the Harrisburg club yesterday the matter was referred to a committee with In structions to arrange for a club visi tation later in the summer. The Knights of Columbus tent at Gettys burg is a busy place and the Rotar ians will make it as pleasant as possible for the Tank men who make it their headquarters. The Rotarians themselves, have many members in the army and at the next luncheon will give them a postcard shower. Ex-Mayor Bowman, a director of the club, will give the organization nn honor roll bearing the photo graphs, names and rank of members and sons of members with the colors to be hung on the wallß of the Y. M. C. A. assembly room where the club lunches. A service flag will also be bought. The club has among Its soldiers a lieutenant colonel and two majors, in addition to officers of lesser rank. • • ■ Captain Henry M. Stlne has a little daughter who writes verv good verse. Her name is Bettina and she is aged eleven years and nine months. Like her father she is pa triotic to the core. The other even ing she wrote the following stanzas and sent them to her father whose numerous duties keep him in town while daughter is enjoying the woods in camp under canvas: Only a flower that sprang from the ground, only a rose that bled; But petals are only part of It, Way down deep in the heart of It, The soul is not dead. Only a baby with big blue eye*, only a baby that grew; But big blue eyes aren't the -jrhole of it. For 'way down deep is the soul of It, The soul so true. Only a heart that lives for you, only a heart of love; The face is only the sight of It For 'way down deep there's the light 1 of it, Light from above. 1 Only a flag of red, white and blue, only a flag that doth wave, | But the colors are not the aim of it, ; For 'way down deep is the fame of It, The hearts of the brave. Pretty good. for so small a girl, don't you think? • • • Violators of Pennsylvania game and fish codes will have their names, offenses and penalties print ed in a monthly list to be compiled by the State Game Commission and issued by the State Printer, This drastic step, which has been au thorized after having been consid ered for some time and carried out through aid of sportsmen's Journals, is expected to end some of the In fractions of the law by means of publicity. From all accounts there have been some violations of willful character by men of prominence. Officers have been busy co-operat ing with the fish wardens with the result that many arrests were made In the trout season for catching short fish and exceeding basket lim its, and also Just before the open ing of the bass season on July 1. T'rotectors have also been busy con fiscating foreigners' firearms. Considerable st)r seems to have been created In the western half of the state over the prohibition of use of triple hooks as a burr of three points is now rated as three hooks. A number of men who did not know of the ruling complained about It. It Is also probable that the ques tion of what shall constitute a day's catch of trout or bass will be tested In the courts this year. Harrrisburg is firm and solidly based in everything but the benches in the park along: the river. In at tempting to sit down on those benches one cannot be free and un concerned, but must be "keerful" as Josh Billings said, and see if the bench, in the matter of legs, is quad ruped, trlped or only biped, and if Its back part Is buttressed to pre vent a fall on the sward. Some of the benches look sad as though knowing their defects; some look rakish and some as if they have al coholic propensities. DO YOU KNOW —That Hoffman's woods, the little patch of woodland left standing at Sixth and Division streets, used to be a pop ular plonks and campmeetlng, ground? WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —Chief Burgess R. D. Zimmer man, of Shamokin, has taken the initiative in a movement to erect a permanent "Roll of Honor" for the young men of that town serving with the colors. —The Rev. John N. Levan, of Lebandn, who Is well known in Har risburg, where he has spoken several [ times, is setting an example by I working ten hours In ths mills each I day except Sunday,