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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16. 1018
If only loe strive to tie pure and true,
To each of us there trill come an
hour
When the tree of life icill hurst
into flower.
And rain at our feet a glorious
dower
Of something grander than ever ice
knew. — AXON.
A "WAR ANGELUS"
THE Rotary- Club of New York
has asked the Mayor of that
city to declare a "War Angelus"
of one minute each day at eleven
o'clock, meaning thereby that one
minute at eleven o'clock each day
should be set apart for prayer for
the success of our arms in France.
The idea is good. It would bear
extension to every city in the land.
Harrisburg included.
Perhaps Personal Press Agent Karl
Rosner has gone on vacation.
VARDAMAN NO ISSUE
THE New York World is disturbed
lest the voters of Mississippi take
President Wilson at his word
and discredit his administration by
renominating Senator Vardaman. "I
should be obliged to accept their ac
tion as a condemnation of my admin
istration." said the President, refer
ring to the possibilities of Varda
man's endorsement for re-election.
But neither the World nor Mr. Wil
son need have fears. If Vardaman is
renominated the people of Mississippi
alone will be disgraced. The Presi
dent's record will be judged by his
own acts. happens to Varda
man counts for little, although the
country agrees with the President
that the Mississippian is poor Sen
atorial material.
The Germans are falling back to
the Hindenburg line, and if the Kaiser
is looking for an excuse he might tell
the folks at home that it is to get a
fresh start.
RICE IMPORTS BANNED
HAD it not been for rice flour
imported last year the people
of the United States would have
been sorely put to it for a wheat sub
stitute. Large quantities were used
in the manufacture of bread, pies
and cakes and millions of pounds are
still going into our bread and should
continue to do so until the close of
the war. It is cheap, palatable and
wholesome.
Yet rice imports are cut off and
a correspondent writing to the Tele
graph from Washington informs this
newspaper that hundreds of queries
are being received as to the reason.
"Is it," he says, "to save ocean
tonnage?" and concludes that it is
not, since 90 per cent, of our rice
comes from Asia and no other form
of import, not even including lux
uries brought in from that quarter
of the globe, has been disturbed,
even though our imports of raw silks
are three times what they were be
fore the war.
The average import price on the
whole amount of rice brought in las;
year was a shade under three cents
a pound, and of the cleaned product,
about 3.5 cents a pound. As a food
cereal it is one of the most valuable
grown, and as a substitute for wheat
its generous use has been earnestly
advocated by the Food Administra
tion.
Just why this most valuable food
cereal should be denied entry to the
United States at a time when foods
of all kinds are not only sky-rocket
ing in price, but are in some in
stances unobtainable because of scar
city, it is Impossible for the Capital
correspondent to imagine, unless the
War Trade Board is lending its
power over our foreign trade to boost
prices to the southern rice planters.
That it was potentially possible for
the Board to do this, was comment
ed on by certain newspapers at the
time the board was organized, and it
FRIDAY EVjeTNING,
Wat pointed out then how this con
trol over our commerce, if unscrupu
lously wielded, might aid the inter
ests of one section to the detriment
of other sections of the country.
Just before the ruling of the board
was made public the "Louisiana
Planter," in its review of the New
Orleans market, said:
"Owing to the scarcity of cereals
it can be hardly otherwise than that
the prices of rice will be well main
tained, and perhaps higher than ever,
but no business can be done to any
extent ungil the new crop supplies
begin to arrive," and the market re
port of the New York Journal of
Commerce, for July 25, (the day be
fore the board ruled against rice im
port) said: "With next to no stocks
to work upon the trade is forced to
wait for new crop which is still sev
eral weeks off." A pretty time, the
correspondent thinks, to prohibit rice
imports, with domestic stocks ex
hausted, and rice a cereal particu
larly adapted to hot weather con
sumption. Imagine what the price
of rice will be when the planters of
North and South Carolina, Georgia.
Louisiana and Texas come to harvest
their rice crops!
"Have not the Southern planters
reaped proflts enough from their cot
ton, which pays no war tax, and de
fies price-fixing?" asks the corres
spondent. "Does the chairman of
the War Trade Board, who is also
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, Vance McCormick. not
know that this action of his board
will be followed by profiteering in
rice, the price of which has not yet
been fixed? Will not the Northern
and Western farmers, who were de
nied $2.40 wheat, by presidential
veto, because they were said to be
too patriotic to require a, decent
profit, be justified in raising the cry
of sectionalism? Has not the impor
tation of practically every other food
product been encouraged?"
No reason is given, according to
the writer referred to, for the ban on
rice importation, and it is difficult
to see how the plea for cargo space
conservation can be shown to be an
adequate reason. In times such
as these the value of rice as food far
outweighs the relatively small
amount of cargo space conserved.
Unless this order is rescinded we
may expect to see the price of rice
go to unprecedented heights, and the
rice growers join with the cotton
growers in extortionate demands.
Perhaps Lenine and Trotzky remem
ber what happened to the late Czar.
THE MIXERS RESPONDING
THAT the anthracite miners are
responding to the appeal of
President Wilson to speed up
production is shown by the monthly
report of the Anthracite Bureau of
Information, gratifying increases of
production being noted over June of
this year and July of last year. The
record for last month was 7,084,775
gross tons, against 6.867,669 tons in
June and 6,724,252 tons July of last
year, the increases being respectively
217,106 and 360,523 tons, while the
shipments for July were the largest !
in the history of the industry for
July, and have been exceeded only
twice, once in March this year and
in October of last year, when a
special effort was made to get coal
to market before winter. The in- I
crease for the year to date is three- !
quarter million tons over 1917.
Nor is this increased production j
a mere striving for more pay on
the part of the mine workers, many
of whom the wage scale books show
receive less than the wages paid
for similar labor in other lines. The
picture of the miner as paid princely
wages, the scales show, is largely
, fanciful. Railroad men are more
highly remunerated than the miners
' as a whole and while here and there
ian especially skilled or fortunate
| miner may receive pay that puts him
j in the income tax class, the majority
are ro more than fairly prosperous.
! In the long run he gets no more
; than the dangerous character of his
| work warrants and the public is not
Iso much interested in the size of
I his wage as in the quantity he mines.
The mineworker. like other patriotic
1 Americans, is doing his bit because
he feels it his patriotic duty to do so.
i "Charles of Austria meets the
i Kaiser." And one time a mouse met
! a cat.
TO BE EXPECTED
THE Prohibition party having a
candidate of its own for Gov
ernor it was to be expected that
I the executive committee would en-
I dorse him in preference to the can
| didate of any other party, "dry" or
j "wet." But Senator Sproul is so
distinctly prohibition and Judge Bon
| niwell is so distinctly antiprohibi-
I tion that prohibition advocates who
want to vote for a winning candidate
i for Governor will have no difficulty
j in choosing between the nominees of
j the two older parties.
Senator Sproul says he hopes the
I Republican State Committee will en
! dorse the prohibition amendment,
j but whether it does or not he means
j to stand upon his own expressed dec
larations, which is a guarantee that
he will do what he can for the
adoption of the amendment resolu
tion at the hands of the next Legis
lature, although as Governor he will
have no vote nor will he even have
the pleasure of signing it, for it
needs no executive approval.
Friends of national prohibition,
therefore, need pay no attention to
the governorship fight. Senator
Sproul is a friend of the amendment
and a vote for the hopeless Prohi
bition candidate would be but a bal
lot cast in favor of Bonniwell. The
fate of the amendment will be de
cided in the Legislature. It js on
the Legislature, therefore, that ad
vocates of temperance must concen
trate. There is only one way in
which a prohibition Legislature can
be elected and that is by the choice
of candidates known to be favor
able to the amendment, and believ
ers in the prohibition principle must
look to that part of their ballot with
full knowledge as to where the vari
ous nominees stand.
ToClUc* IK
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By the Ex-Committeeman
People at the State Capitol regard
the general order of General Peyton
C. March establishing regulations fcfr
the taking of the vote of the soldiers
as virtually preventing the sending
of more than one or two commis
sioners abroad to take the vote at
best. It is believed that the appoint
ments of commissioners will be lim
ited to the cantonments and posts in
this country and that if the votes of
men in Prance or the Philippines are
to be taken they will be handled by
the military and turned over to com
missioners at headquarters.
In any event steps will be taken
immediately at the State Department
to provide for the taking of the votes
of about 200,000 soldiers and Chief
Clerk Thorn will have the instruc
tions, opinion of the Attorney Gen
eral and other supplies ready wheth
er they go abroad or not.
Military exigency is believed to
have been referred to by General
March as an indication that no one
can foretell what will be going on in
November.
—Senator William C. Sproul is ex
pected to pass through Harrisburg
late to-day on his way to Franklin
county to attend the Path valley pic
nic and will be joined here by sev
eral friends. The Senator has some
other speaking engagements of like
character next week and is doing
some informal campaigning. While
he is at work his Democratic rival.
Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell. is busy
in the western end of the state per
fecting his fences and getting ready
to set his own committeemen at
work.
—At Democratic state headquarters
in this city preparations are being
made for meetings of the Democratic
platform committee next week and
for a conference of candidates.
These will be held preparatory to the
meeting of the state committee here
the latter part of the month.
—The Philadelphia Inquirer prints
the following as showing that in
dustrial activity in time of war can
make even municipal jobs go beg
ging: "Unprecedented conditions in
the industrial situation of Philadel
phia are reflected in the news that
appointees as registrars by- the board
of registration commissioners are in
many instances taking their time in
qualifying for the positions, which
pay $lO a day. Never before has
there been any hesitation, every ap
pointee. almost without exception,
qualifying before August 15,
although he is given until August
30 if he so desires. The Forty-sixth
wards seems to have the largest
number of men who seemingly are
too prosperous in war occupations
to qualify for the registration boards.
In this ward forty-nine Democrats
and sixteen Republicans have so far
failed to put in an appearance."
-—State Chief of Mines Seward
Button is "sitting tight" in the midst
of the storm created by his recent
speech and is not inclined to answer
any of the attacks made upon him.
The chief refused to discuss them
while here this week, except to inti
mate that they were the work of
enemies. A dispatch from Freeland
tells of a movement to bring the But
ton speech to the attention of the
Governor. It says: "Among others
who have taken up the light against
Governor Brumbaugh's mining chief
is the Rev. Charles Jt Manley, pas
tor of St. Ann's Roman Catholif
Church. Freeland. In speaking from
the altar Father Manley declared
that the attitude of Chief Button in
relation to the miners, as shown in
published reports of statements at
tributed to him. was nothing short of
treasonable and the most dangerous
king of German propaganda. He de
nounced the studied attempt to hold
the miners up to contempt and lo
excite suspicions of people of out
side communities against them."
—Bail bonds aggregating $45,000
were entered yesterday at West
Chester for the seven Philadelphians
convicted Wednesday in the Fifth
ward conspiracy cases and the po
licemen went back to their official
duties. The sum of $lO,OOO each was
required for Isaac Deutsch and Lieu
tenant Bennett, and $5,000 each for
Uram, Murphy. WirtschafTer. Feld
man and Hayden, the patrolmen.
The Ledger says: "A lengthy con
ference among Congressman Vare,
State Senator Vare and their attor
neys in the law offices here of At
torney General Francis Shunk Brown
yesterday was an aftermath of the
conviction of the Fifth ward con
spirators."
—The Philadelphia Record inti
mates that the conviction of the po
licemen in the West Chester case
was a shock to the Smith admin
istration in Philadelphia and that the
Mayor is now opposed to going on
with a trial before winter.
—The Wilkes-Barre police airing
is to be resumed in court, it is said
up that way.
—lt took State Senator William
E. Crow just twenty days to recover
sufficiently from an appendicitis
operation to be discharged from the
Uniontown Hospital. The Senator
left that institution yesterday and
was whirled away to his mountain
home at Chalk Hill. His recovery
now seems to be a matter of gaining
strength, and it is believed he will
soon be able to look after his busi
ness.
—United States District Attorney
Kane has designated Magistrate Ren
shaw to sit as an acting United States
Commissioner to hear slacker cases
in Philadelphia. As a result. Com
missioner Long has his war paint
on and threatens to carry the mat
ter to the Judges of the District
Court, who, he says, are the only
ones who have the right to name
a commissioner. "I will not recog
nize any one appointed by Mr. Kane
as having a legal right to sit as a
commissioner." was Long's final dec
laration. "I had no thought of side
tracking Mr. Long as he seems to
think," said Mr. Kane.
They Wonder Why
It is said that returned travelers
from Germany report the people
there are asking why they have no
friends. And yet they held public
rejoicing over the sinking of the
I.usitania and the wholesale murder
of women and children, and can't
imagine why this and kindred facts
of frlghtfulness have not endeared
them to the outside world.—Balti
more American.
He Has—on Paper
German generals are still being
cashiered for not winning the war.
But why does not the All Highest
War Lord, of whom these unhappy
victims are but the humble instru
ments, win it himself?— Baltimore
American.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
THE PAR Iv SQUIRRELS
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
As the squirrels in the Capitol !
Park excite so much interest and are ;
especially attractive to the strangers I
within our gates, it may be worth :
while to relate wh'6n they first be- j
came denizens of the park and the
wherefore of their introduction.
During the administration of Gov
ernor Daniel H. Hastings Mr. James
K. Delaney, a clerk in the office of
the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
was a visitor in the city of Rich
mond, Ya„ and while there was
much interested in the squirrels that !
frequented the Capitol Park. In
fact, his interest was so great that j
one of the attaches of the Capitol !
Park there kindly offered to ship j
him a pair of them to this cit*.- to j
the end that they might be placed |
in our park. Mr. Delaney, it is need
less to say, quickly assented to this
arrangement. When the squirrels
reached here they were delivered to
the late Captain John C. Delaney,
the then Superintendent of the De
partment of Public Grounds and
Buildings. It soon became noised '
abroad that squirrels were to be
placed in the Capitol Park and the
writer, who was connected with the
Department, was called to the phone
by a party in this city who said he
had five squirrels in a cage that he
would like to sell to the state. He
was asked to produce them and
they became the property of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
forthwith.
These seven squirrels were placed
in the basement of the Library
building, where fo„r some time they
were carefully fed and looked after
until a certain day in the early
springtime, when they were, with
considerable ceremony, in the pres
ence of Governor Hastings and other
state officials, clerks, etc., turned
loose in the Capitol Park. Their fe
cundity was quickly demonstrated,
for from the original seven their
number grew with rapidity until the
present time, when they are not con
fined to the limits of the Capitol
Park, but may be seen in the city
parks as well. It frequently hap
pened in the early days of their
presence here that the department
would be called on the phone by
someone residing at a distant part
of the city to notify it that one of
the squirrels was in their neighbor
hood, and after thanking the in
formant the response to the kindly
message would be, "Let it alone and
it will come home and bring its tail
behind it."
Almost every one in Harrisburg
knows of the friendly relations that
have long existed between Judge
Hargest and the squirrels, for the
Judge can be seen almost every day
in the year in the Capitol Park feed
ing them, the pigeons, the sparrows
and a few blackbirds thrown in for
good measure. _
GEORGE F. ROSS.
LABOR NOTES
The union of women employes of
the bureau of engraving and printing
formed recently has grown to 2530.
Galveston (Texas) oil refinery
workers have completed a new union
comprising 100 members.
Fortv-one hundred journeymen
members of the Typographical Union
and 700 apprentices are now in the
military and naval forces of the
United States and Canada.
The minimum wage of adult ex
perienced female workers in Winni
peg, Canada, where foodstuffs other
than candies are manufactured, is
not less than $lO per week.
N*ew Zealand's dairy industry
owes much of its prosperity to the
success of milking machines, of
which between 8,000 and 10,000 are
in use there.
Planing mill workers in San Fran
cisco, Alameda. Contra Costa, San
Mateo and Santa Claro counties
were granted an increase in wages
ranging from 50 cents to $1.25 per
day.
Tacoma. Wash.. Teamsters' Union
has signed a new wage scale and
agreement with the Team Owners'
Association, which calls for an ad
vance of 30 per cent, and an eight
hour day.
Women doctors are in great de
mand in England. Municipal author
ities in all parts of the country are
advertising for women physicians to
take over the work of mett called
for military duty.
UNDER THE GERMAN SKIN
NEVILLE TAYLOR GHERARDI
Wife of United States Naval Attache in Berlin, In the Saturday
Evening Post
THE attitude of realizing how the
outside world was beginning to
despise them because of their
brutality was showing more and
more in a certain class of Germans.
They were continually asking us:
"Do you really think that the dis
like of us will go on after the war!"
And in so many people that I met
I saw that longing for peace—peace
at any price! Among the poor and
working classes I think I can fairly
say that that was the only attitude
I saw toward the end.
They had suffered enough, but
there seems no help for people who
have allowed themselves to be treat
ed like slaves for so many years that
they are unable to realize that they
can turn if they will.
The attitude of another class to-
German Rule
The German Rule began to be built
When the blood of Abel by Cain was
spilt,
And it extended its black domain
Under the Five Kings of the Plain.
The brutal Tartars and Genghis
Khan,
Who warred on heaven and beast
and man.
By whom the life of nations was
spilt,
Were partners of the Kaiser's guilt.
By sure descent and lineal claim,
By true inheritance of shame,
By pillage, rapine and torch-set-fires.
The Hun shows true to the form of
his sires!
HARRY KEMP.
Remarkable Remarks
Dorothy Dix —There is no way of
gauging the intelligence of a debu
tante.
Glen Buck—War makes widows,
but, oh, Algernon, widows also make
war.
Walt Mason —The pants I drew in
father's will are fit for ample service
still.
General Von Hindenburg—The
j country suffers. It is deplorable, but
it is for the best.
Enid Bagnold—When a woman
I says she cannot come to lunch, it is
because she doesn't want to.
John Hastings Turner—They say
we come naked into the world; it is
untrue. A woman is born with a kiss
in each hand.—lndependent, N. Y.
No Music in Chicago Cafes
There will be no more music in
hotel dining rooms and cafes in Chi
cago by a ruling of the state council
of defense, according to Louis M.
Stumer, director. Along with the
abolition of music, paper napkins are
to replace linen at the tables and
lunch counters. Just a new touch of
economy measures made necessary
by war, it is further explained.—
Tavern Talk. '
We'll Keep 'Em Moving
The hint that the Kaiser's armies
have decided to move back to the
Meuse may mean that Ludendorff
knows more about Foch's reserves
than lots of other folks. The next
step backward is into Germany.—
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
About as Effective
If the sinking of a few fishing
boats is the net result of the Kaiser's
carrying the war to America, while
troop ships go unmolested, the next
move will probably be an order to
shell stray rowboats to terrorize the
nation into surrender. Wilkes-
Barre Record.
What a Difference
A British brigade in Picardy cap
tured a German hospital with its
complete staff. But they refrained
from the reprisal of bombing it and
killing the staff.—Baltimore Amer
ican.
But Rather Noisy
The speed Hindenburg is making
looks as if the going is good.—
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
A Dear Little Wish
Here's hoping that every Boche
has to wear his spiked helmet wrong
side out!— Erie Dispatch.
ward peace was shown one day by
a woman of distinguished Austrian
family, connnected by marriage with
Prince Bismark's family, whd spoke
apparently as she had heard things
discussed by the men she 'was con
nected with. She said how foolish
it was of England to go on, when if
she would stop then negotiations
might be made that would be fair
ly satisfactory to her; but if she "went
on, the moment peace was declared
Germany had only to build subma
rines enough and then could really
starve England out with great ease,
which would be only a matter of
time. This shpws their intentions of
keeping this thing up always, even if
there is a peace. This impressed me,
as the woman was connected with
many distinguished German and Aus
trian families.
AJew Missionary Effort
A View worker In the missionary
field has just entered upon his ex
tensive labors in the West Indian
Islands. Dr. Jose Marcial, a native
of Spain, a graduate of the Univer
sity of Madrid, well known in liter
ary and religious circles, came to the
United States at the request of the
American Bible Society last winter.
After some months of study of the
society's methods and general mis
sionary activities in these islands, he
sailed for Porto Rico and we are
happy to announce his safe arrival.
He will visit the Virgin Islands,
where the United States has assumed
new responsibilities, Cuba, Haiti,
where remarkable changes are tak
ing place, and Santo Domingo before
returning to report on the needs of
this extensive field. The Spanish and
other Scriptures are in demand ev
er.t where and very wide circulation
wiil help to increase the harmony
already existing in those countries
with the ideals of the United States.
Less Limestone Is Produced
[From the Pit and Quarry]
Missouri, which ranks second to
Indiana in the production of lime
stone for building and which showed
gains of seventeen to twenty-five per
cent., respectively, in value of output
in 1915 and 1916, suffered a decrease
in 1917, according to figures com
piled under direction of G. F. Lough
lin, United States geological survey,
Department of the Interior.
The decrease, which was caused by
curtailment of building operations
due to the war, began in the spring
and has since reached a point where
erection of permanent high grade
buildings by private interests is now
practically at a standstill.
They Deserve It
A colored regiment at the front,
although under its baptism of fire,
acquitted itself with so much cool
ness. bravery and effect that the
whole regiment was cited as worthy
of receiving the War Cross. The
manner in which the colored troops
are giving an account of themselves
is reflecting the highest credit on
their race and will be remembered
by a grateful nation long after the
war is over.—Baltimore American.
Little to Boast of, at That
[From the New York World]
The World has not always agreed
with Joseph W. Folk, but he has tne
makings of a better Senator than
Missouri has had in Washington in
some years. Nominated by the Dem
ocrats, there should be no doubt
about his election.
Passing the Love of Women
Weep over Saul. How are tiie
mighty fallen in the midst of battle!
O Jonathan, thou wast slain In thy
high places. Thy love to me was
wonderful, passing the love of wom
en. How are the mighty fallen, and
the weapons of war perished!—ll
Samuel i, 24 to 27.
The Lord of Hosts Captained
Now glory to Americans
For whom such glories be.
The Lprd of Hosts has captained
them
Through crimson Plcardy.
From out the smoke of cannon,
grim.
Across the wounded plain.
In time with holy battle hymn
He leads them on again!
—Cotton Oil Press.
AUGUST 16, 1918.
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
lvhakl—(By Freeman Tllden—The
Mac William Company, $1.26. This is
a stirring war novel. It tells how
Tredick got into the war—Tredick a
sleepy, self-satisfied, complacent little
New England town which becomes on
the outbreak of the war alive with
sacrifice and idealism. A thrilling
plot against a patriotic background.
This is a splendid book for soldiers
everywhere, and for their fathers,
mothers, and sweethearts at home.
Henry Irving Dodge, author of
"The Yellow Dog," has just had word
that the movie cast for his book has
been definitely decided on. They had
a terrible time picking out the char
acters for "The Yellow Dog" he said,
"but one of the leading movie actors
has been chosen to play the part of
Walker. We will get the gospel of
the Anti-Yellow Dog into the head
of every Tom. Dick and Harry in
every city, hamlet, and town in the
United States." The gospel put for
ward in "The Yellow Dog." just pub
lished by Harper & Brothers, deals
with the cowardly American who,
knowingly or unknowingly, is doing
his best to spread German propa
ganda through America.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
SOME DOUGH.
She: Has he much money?
He: Say, he has so much money,
(hat when he walks into a First Na
tional Bank, the Liberty Bonds risg
up and say "Hello papa!"
IN UNDESIRABLE COMPANION.
Turtle —You say you don't care
br Mr. Goat?
Rabbit —No, he's always butting
a where he isn't wanted.
A GOOD ARGUMENT.
"Are you in favor of conserving
ihe food?"
By all means, It's too expensive
:o eat."
AMBITION.
"Pa, what is ambition?"
"Ambition, my boy, is that spirit
which prompts a young man to work
hard so that he can some day atop
working hard."
Aliening (Ehat
One effect of the war on the farm
labor situation, according to what
has been reported here this week
by men coming to the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, has been to<
get the harvest over unusually
In Dauphin and nearby agricultural
counties. This is explained by the
fact that farmers, being uncertain,
about where they were going to get'
help, bestirred themselves and also,
had the help of organizations, com
mittees and Individuals. In some
northern counties, where harvest is
generally late, tho fields are cleared,
up and the oats harvest is being
finished up in record time. The
conditions have also speeded up
threshing. Field work, except plow
ing and cultivating, is in fair shape,
although it is admitted here that
acreages have not been what was
hoped, because farmers could not
get the labor. Pennsylvania will
lead the state in buckwheat produc
tion this fall and for the first time
in years fields of that grain are to
be seen in the southern counties.
Prospects for a good-sized crop are
reported excellent and in event that
the prices should not be attractive
for it, it will supply a big source of
cattle feed. The buckwheat has
been seen in the Susquehanna, Juni
ata, Cumberland and Schuylkill val
leys in greater extent this year than
probably ever known before.
The situation in regard to the iron
and steel market may result in
changes of specifications for con
struction of some state • bridges.
Scarcity and uncertainty regarding
structural steel prevented bids be
ing presented in some instances and
what did come in were too high.
Concrete and stone may be specified,
although labor conditions may affect
prices for such construction.
People coming over the Mulberry
street bridge have a favorite guess-,
ing game these days, and that is
how high will the new Pennsylvania
railroad freight station be built. The
men at work on what is now the
top story have been making such
slow progress that many folks figure
out that the station will not go
much higher. On the other hand,
some of the observers contend thai
the derrick would not be so high
unless the building was to be very
large. It seems hard to realize thai
the tract where the station stands
was one of the first parts of Har
risburg to be built up and that 123
years ago it was an active part oi
the town, while later on it was the
site of the German Lutheran Church
and of a firehouse. Further back,
Meadow Lane is supposed to havs
been the result of an Indian trail,
and Harrisburg's first iron works,
which James Swank; the historian,
says was something like a "nail
ery," was about where the giant
freight station is being built.
• * *
Some of the tricks played with
the "stage money" at" the picnic ol
the Chamber of Commerce yester
day at John W. Reily's famoui
"cabin" were funny, indeed. Sonn
one handed "Rudy" Alleman a bait
and told him to keep it out oi
sight. 'He did until he saw Arthui
D. Bacon "flashing" it about rathei
recklessly. John P. Melick, being
connected with a financial institu
tion. was asked to take care of a
large amount of the "currency" foi
fear some one would steal it
Banker William H. Nell, of Steelton,
found a big packet of it stuffed in
his hip pocket. John S. Musser, who
was rather reckless in his expendi
ture at the games along "high
sports" row, went around borrowing
some of the green and yellow notes
.and John Heathcote wanted to
charge him six per cent.
William Grant Miller, of Shire
manstown, has written a letter to
the Philadelphia Public Ledger, it
which he makes some interesting
statements about what will happer
when Dutch meets Dutch, as might
be %aid. He predicts that when tho
men of the old Fourth Pennsylvania,
the "Pennsylvania Dutch" regiment
meet the Germans there will be a
Greek and Greek contest, in which
the Prussians will run. In tho
course of his letter he says: "In tho
Public Ledger of last Saturday yon
speak of the surprise that the Prus
sians feel when they hear themselvei
saluted in battle in the speech
known as 'Pennsylvania Dutch' bj
members of the old Fourth Infantrj
of Pennsylvania. This is not tho
first time that the old. reliablo
'Dutch Fourth' has come in contaci
with the Germans. It was in Porto
Rico, in the Spanish War, that a
number of German planters, hearing
'Dutch' being spoken by men of tho
Fourth Regiment, inquired of tho
writer, who speaks high German, ii
the men were all Germans. I re
plied in German: "No, not a onel
that we were only Americans." Ug
shot their hands, at the same timo
saying, "Non comprehenda! Noj
comprehenda!" I then told them
while the regiment had its Mick
leys, Bearys, Fischners, Stines, etc,
it also had its O'Neills, Shannons
Colliers, etc. I also tried to explail
to them what constitutes a good
American. But, sorry to say, it wai
all 'non comprehenda" to them. To
them it is only 'Deutschland übei
Alles in dem Welt.' Well, they havo
tried it, and the world will not stand
for it."
Col. Henry W. Shoemaker, pub.
lisher of the Altoona Tribune, wal
in the city yesterday for a shorl
time. Col. Shoemaker will repre
sent the state in an inquiry as to
defense against air raids in Europe
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Robert K. Cassatt, chairman oi
the War Savings committee of th
state, has been commissioned a
major and sent to Washington ii
charge of fuel production matters
—The Rev. Dr. W. L. McEwan
prominent Pittsburgh clergyman it
working among the soldiers from hit
end of the state in the camps.
—Dr. G. L. Omwake, head ol
Ursinus College, looks for general
military training in all of the cob
leges to be undertaken as soon aj
they open.
—Dr. W. F. Beck, of Altoona, hat
created some stir by declaring thai
people ought to be considerate of tlx
housewives who have to cook in hoi
kitchens and not make so
Sunday visits.
—S. Herman Alter has takei
charge of the labor bureau work il
Wijliamsport district.
—H. B. Worrell, of the Philadel.
phta Real Estate Board, has started
to name his committee tl
charge of Liberty Loan work.
—John P. Crozer, milllonain
manufacturer, has been named oi
the community labor board in thi
Chester district.
• DO YOU KNOW
—That Harrisburg steel is
used In torpedoboat destroyers?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Early revivals were held on tin
river front near Mulberry street ant
later in Market Square.