6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME , founded 1831 Published evenings exeept Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph Building, Federal Square E. J. BTACKPOLB President and Editor-in-Chief V. R. OYSTER, Business Manager OUS M. STEINMETZ. Managing Editor A. R. MICHEN'ER, Circulation Manager Executive Board J. P. McCULLOUGH, BOYD M. OGELSBY. F. It OYSTER, QUa M. STEINMETZ. Member of the Associated Press—The 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. A Member American I Newspaper Pub ' jfWnynt Ushers' Associa f&'Ss tion, the Audit Bureau of Circu- BjaßfaeEHMk latum and I'enn rlJlW'gTSgSr® Assoei- CflS <5 fiBO M Eastern office, fSBS§SSHI Story, Brooks & 55 SSS f§l Finley. Fifth MS Avenue Building * jS-W KB New York City, Western office, F Story, Brooks & >WC3BI Finley, People's ■*"—Gas Building, - Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a C*psSiO£a£l> week; by mail, $6.00 a year in advance. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1918 When all the blandishments of life are gone, The coicard sneaks to death —the brave live on. —MARTIAL. •PATRIOTIC,NOT PARTISAN PRESIDENT WILSON must now look to Representative Kahn, of California, Republican, to lead his fight for the adoption of the ad ministration man-power bill in the House. The division in the Military Affairs Committee is so serious that the President's bill will fail unless Republicans come to his assistance. This will be a repetition of the sit uation which prevailed when the se lective service bill was before Con gress more than a year ago. It was a distinctly administration measure, but it was put through because Re publicans stood by the President when his own Democratic friends failed him. All good Republicans will rejoice in this patriotic response to the call upon their representatives in Con gress. The President's bill was drawn by General March, who knows what he is about and it ought to go through. Republicans in Congress are patriotic first and partisan second. If they occasionally raise their voices in criticism it is because they be lieve there is just cause for criticism. But when the President desires sup porters for a very worthy measure he invariably looks to the Republican side. This is not surprising. It is in full accord with the history of |he party from its very foundation. Germany is exacting from Russia an indemnity of ?3,500,000,000, in ad dition to the real estate taken over under the Hun plan of benevolent as similation. Yet the deluded Musko vites were led to believe that the Prussian highwaymen really meant what they said when they declared at Brest-Litovsk in favor of peace "with out annexation and indemnity." But Ivan is learning fast his terrible les son of German duplicity. Of the hope less character of the present Russian Government, or lack of government, the New York Sun says: Whatever the United States may be about to do in Russia, we cannot afford to sanction the apotheosis of folly which ,/ould be involved in promoting or toler ating the principles or methods of the Bolsheviki. Efforts are being made every day to win for them the approval of the President. We cannot believe that these schemes have any prospect of success. A POPULAR DECISION THE judgment of General March that an army of 3,600,000 in France, with its "reservoir of reserve man-power" on this side of the ocean, can go through the Ger man lines whenever it chooses and his decision to put such an army in the field will prove popular. The whole country is behind the govern ment in its war aims. Victory and victory alone, full and complete, will satisfy the American people, but they don't want to have the bloody job on their hands a moment longer than possible. They are making war be cause they are intense lovers of peace, and they are therefore anxious to apply themselves intensely to the nasty task and get it over,with. We are in much better position to increase our army to 3,600,000 men in France by June 30 of next year than we were to put a million men overseas by July 4 of the pres ent year. Last year this time the draft was an experiment. The gov ernment did not know fully the tem per of the people with respect to the operations of the selective system. Those entrusted with the vast task of raising and equipping an army powerful enough to meet the Hun had the foundations of their oper ating plant scarcely laid. The whole intricate machinery of war was lit tle beyond the blueprint stage. It is different to-day. We know now that the draft law works out splendidly in practice, that the nation is solidly behind the President in his prosecu tion of the war and the war machine has reached the stage where those in charge have but to press the but- WEDNESDAY EVENING. ton and a constant stream of weap-i ons. equipment and the ships to| transport men and munitions issues i forth. The United States as a nation is Just getting into its stride. The peo ple believe what General March says about our ability to smash the Ger man army next summer. Indeed, they had reached that general conclusion long before the General gave his ex pert opinion to Congress. They will heartily support every move designed to speed up our preparations for next year's campaign. They will give themselves and their dollars cheer fully, even enthusiastically, to that end, just as they would resent bit terly any delay of the war program. "Kaiser and Charles arrange for di vision of loot." says a headlne. Count ing the chickens before they are stolen, as it were. THE RICE RIOTS IT would not be surprising to find behind the "rice" riots of Japan a rising spirit of democracy. Ever since the war with China, the Imperial government of Japan has been taxing the masses very heavily in order to maintain the vast mili tary and naval machine with which Japan has been working out her pro pram as the dominant power in the East. Added to this are the very poteftt influences of occidental life which Japan has been at pains to introduce or which have forced themselves upon her, willy nilly. Im itating the dress and adopting the industrial and business methods of America, the Japanese very naturally came into close touch with thousands of Americans, read American litera ture, studied in American colleges and, perhaps, became Innoculated with the germs of American democ- J racy. The agency which has brought the people to an understanding of their power has been the constant repres sive measures of the very despotic | Japanese government and the en deavor of the wealthy class to keep profits up and wages down. Social unrest has been astir In Japan for the past four or five years, but it is not likely to go at this time much farther than disturbances and pro tests of the kind recorded. But one wonders, in the light of recent oc currences in China and Russia, if the government will be strong enough to maintain control indefi nitely without granting radical re forms and making many concessions to the aroused populace. The next five years promise to be highly inter esting to students of affairs in the Orient. The Czecho-Slovaks are almost as hard to beat as their name is to spell. GOING TO FRANCE? GOING to France? No? You're beyond draft age? That is no obstacle. If you can get away from family or business for six months there is a big job awaiting you over there. The Y. M. C. A. needs hundreds of men for all kinds of work. "Hut" secretaries, moving picture men, au tomobile drivers and repairmen, clerks, executives, stenographers, storekeepers—these and many other positions are going begging. The Y. M. C. A., with the Knights of Columbus, the Y. M. H. A., the Y. W. C. A. and the Salvation Army, is entrusted with the work of caring for the soldiers in France. Upon the efficiency of this service depends largely the morale of the troops. But even above that'eonsideration —which alone is vital to the winning of the war—is the thought of the soldier himself. He is making the great sacrifice and is worthy of our every care and consideration. Are you men who can get away from work or family without undue sacri fice going to let It be said after the i war that our young men were ready i with their lives in the nation's time of peril, but that the older men with held even their time and energies? The day has arrived, Mr. Beyond the-Draft-Man, when /ou must de cide whether this call means YOU. Rice riots in Tokio. Japan is rap idly beco/ning civilized. THE DIFFERENCE AN obscure five-line item in the newspapers announces the fact that Richard F. Cleveland, son of former President Cleveland, .has completed preliminary training at Boston and has gone to Quantico, Va„ to enter the officers' school of the Marine Corps. Only that; no long account of his distinguished an cestry. No mention of the sacrifice he has made. Only the bare news that he has done his simple duty as thousands of other American boys have done and are doing, and that he will be an officer In the ranks of the hard-fighting Marines—provid ing. of course, he makes' good in training camp. Always providing that, for there is no soft berth in the American Marines, no royal road to military honors. That is one of the differences be tween the United States and Ger many. The Kaiser's six sons, deco rated with all manner of "honorary" degrees and burdened with unearned military decorations, strut about like peacocks safe behind the lines, while sons of free-born Americans '•ho have held the reins of power for a day, but who have stepped aside at expiration of their terms as Pres ident, go forth in the ranks or as minor officers to fight shoulder to shoulder with the sons of other free men from the humblest walks of life. Forrqer President Taft's son is In, France, with the artillery, having er: listed as a private. One of fo.mer President Roosevelt's sons has bee,, killed, and two of them wounded— all of them having responded to thel call of country with the first call to arms. The Kaiser feels dreadfully cut up over the recent allied air raid on Frankfort, but that's not a marker compared with his feelings when al lied troops march into said town. Peace stuff from the Huns has about the same effect on the American fight ing man as a red rag on a bull. fotltUsU fe-KKHfleania. By the Ex-Committeeman While Judge Eugene C, Bonniwell Is out visiting the folks In a number of counties the chiefs of the reor ganization faction of the Democratic state committee are having a series of meetings to plan against his offen sive. whjch seems to be gathering considerable momentum. There are suspicions among a good many peo ple that the judge is running not so much for Governor as to put the Palmer-McCormick machine into the scrap heap and the federal jobhold ers' union is very busy trying to pre vent the calamity. The date for the meeting of the Democratic state committee in this city may be set to-day and It is be lieved it will be next Wednesday, although some men would prefer to wait until after Labor Day. Mean while efforts will be made to round up the v&rlous state candidates, who have failed to show any sympathy with the platform committee and It is even intimated that the bosses, if they see rocks ahead, may ditch the whole plan for a meeting of the state committee. —According to Philadelphia news papers efforts are again being made to force J. Washington Logue off the Democratic ticket as candidate for Lieutenant Governor. The idea is-that Logue is a "dry" man and if he stays on the ticket Judge Eugene C. Bon niwell and the "wets" will have to trot out a "wet" ticket which would put them Into the position of running in partial opposition to the Demo cratic state ticket named at the same primary and give the reorganization | bosses a chance to say things. Logue insists on remaining on the ticket knowing that if he is there some of the "wets" will balk at it. The Phil adelphia Record says: "It is claimed by leading Dem ocrats who are eager for party har mony that Mr. Logue is a candidate for incompatible offices and that he must make his selection within a short time. It is further pointed out that Mr. Logue was unopposed for the nomination for Congress in the Sixth district, while he won the nom ination for Lieutenant Governor over Howard O. Holstein, of Harrisburg, by only 210 votes. The official vote was: Logue. 70,039, and Holstein, 69,829. It is further contended that in 1912, Mr. Logue won a seat in Congress from the Sixth Congres sional district and that he should de vote his efforts to -contesting for this office." —Some of the news in the morn ing newspapers is interesting from a political standpoint. In Philadel phia Senator "Sam" Salus was before the federal grand jury which is in vestigating draft conditions, es pecially regarding draft boards in the section of the city where he holds political sway. He said he was glad to answer any questions. Ex- Mayor W. F. Shanaman, of Reading, was forced to give up some sugar he was hoarding. Scranton may have trouble in keeping its fire de partment intact because of wages. The Luzerne county grand jury ignored disorderly house cases in spite of instructions from Judge H. A. Fuller. Pittsburgh firemen threat en to strike Saturday unless pay is raised. —Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell is in York county to-day and will do all he can to organize his own friends, many of whom are openly at odds with certain candidates who wear 1 the reorganization colors. —Senator Boies Penrose will be lure next Tuesday night on his way to Lebanon to attend the P. O. S. of A. convention. Judge John W. Kephart, of the Superior Court, who is the busiest candidate for the Supreme bench since C. Laßue Munson's day, was here last night. The Judge has been in almost every county in the state recently. —At Republican state headquar ters. which will be formally opened on September 3. an itinerary for the visits of the candidates to the sev eral counties is being tentatively made up. It will be finally sched uled after there shall be a confer ence of the candidates in the second week of September. Meanwhile the candidates will go it alone and make such arrangements as they may see fit to meet the voters in accordance with their personal arrangements. For a number of years the annual meeting of the Republicans of Le high county has been attended by the Republican gubernatorial can didate and his associates upon the party ticket and there has always been a great gathering of the active Republicans of the county at this function. There will be no exception to the rule this year, when the Re publicans of Lehigh will meet at Neff's on Saturday next. Resolutions lauding Secretary W. E. McAdoo's services as Secretary of the Treasury and Railroad Direc tor. were adopted by the Blair Coun ty Democratic Committee Saturday. A. V. Dively, Altoona. was indorsed for Supreme Court Judge. P. J. Reilly, Altoona, was elected county chairman, John Condo secretary and D. S. Brumbaugh treasurer. —The Philadelphia Press says in its political column, written by "The Insider:" "In the efforts to be made in the Legislature to put through a new police bill, a small Councils' bill and other similar municipal reforms for Philadelphia, the Fifth ward trial, of course, will be trotted out and exhibited again. It can be pre dicted pretty confidently that, as said before, the Fifth ward case is des tined to go down the corridors of time as a favorite 'horrible example." We shall hear much of it between now and the next municipal election. And probably we shall all he thor oughly sick of the name before we hear the last of It." Telegraph's Policy Approved [From Young Republican. Phtla.] The Harrisburg Telegraph, of which E. J. Stackpole is editor-in chief. editorially appeals to the Re publicans of Pennsylvania to favor the ratification of the dry amend ment .by legislative action. The Re publican party throughout the coun try is committed to national prohibi tion, hence wise Republicans will follow the Harrisburg Telegraph's lead in this Important movement. • • The Telegraph has become one of the leading newspapers of the state, and very deservedly it prospers to a generous degree * • In the present instance the Telegraph ren ders an important service to the Re publicans of Pennsylvania. EtAKRISBCRG aSitsft! TELEGRAPH MOVIE OF AN OFFICER AND A LADY FRIEND By BRIGGS CAVT- RlCHie MSSTS (Sol DA SILVERS ST S OVJT FOR SALUTES PRIvJATE SWELL LITTLC gscx 'BJCWHOLT2. AfYcrajooaj \AIK SALUTES PvT. SALUTfiS PVT SALUTES PVT S/M.UTBS PVT. MICHAEL flYnr LUTHER PIoTZ- <sk>vanaji' <3IV/OTTI henrY apple Salutes Pvt. .Salutes Pvt. Salutes Pvt. fo^T^T) va/illiaaa Backus OSCAR NELsod Peter sossaaakJ V. K~aiseßJ Electors' Paramount Right (Pittsburgh Gazette-Times] Those who regard complatsantly President Wilson's interference with the free choice by the people of United States Senators and Repre sentatives ignore a prerogative of citizenship the preservation of which is imperative. That is the right of individual judgment as to ways and means by which an end shall be se cured. If that right is denied, the right of free speech, which no Amer ican will undertake to deny, must go by the board. In accepting the Wilsonian view that anyone in Congress who dis agrees with the President is an ob structor and should be relegated to private life, supporters of the Presi dent's recent political activities stand for the indefensible theory that Con gress should abdicate and the Presi dent be set up as a dictator. There is no question that the purpose of the people is to win the war, but there are, naturally, differences of opin ion as to methods that should be adopted to achieve that end. It is the duty of Congress to consider bills submitted to it for action. Consider ation calls for debatfe, for an ex change of views. Discussion brings ideas into prominence. When a vote is taken, if there has been proper discussion, the decision will reflect the intelligent judgment of the ma jority voting. Experience proves that usually wisdom has prevailed over unwisdom. That some members have not approved the White House pro gram does not argue that they are obstructors or disloyal. It is not for the President to decide that they have acted contrary to the best in terests of the country. As represent atives of their constituents they are responsible to the people who sent them to Washington, not to the President. Whatever the autocracy we must have in time of war should be strictly limited in its sphere. It cannot properly be extended to dic tation of the choice of Senators and Representatives. If it could be so .ex tended, why hold any elections? Why not permit the President to "draft" the men who shall go to Congress and do his bidding without thought of the wisdom of their acts? The objection of Mr. Wilson's at tempted dictation to the people of several states and congressional dis tricts is that it is an assault on our representative system. As to its excluding "undesirables" from the halls of legislation, who is ready to admit that all the knowledge of can didates is held by the President? Do the neighbors of these men know nothing of them? Is their judgment of their qualifications of no account? At least, it is their inalienable right to choose their own representatives. The President has no right to inter fere with that. To Talk to Mine Workers The anthracite industry is trying to do what amounts to almost a hu man impossibility and that is—to please everybody. In following up President Wilson's appeal to the mine workers that they accept deferred classification; speed up coal output to the best of their ability and work the agreed eight hours to do this for the nation's needs at war and the public's urgent fuel needs, the industry will make an intensive personal output campaign with its forces now in the region. It is the intention to see that each mine worker is personally inter viewed and the situation put up to him the same as is generally done in a political campaign. There are al ready enough committees in the an thracite region to do this work and, where the workers do not speak Eng lish, interpreters will explain urgent necessity for the greatest possible output of anthracite. The milters of Pennsylvania are largely of foreign birth, but now Americanised to a greatter or lesser degree. There has been'education of mine workers along patriotic lines and much good has already been accom plished. The operating companies will discuss the output question In every possible way with their re spective employes. A certain num ber will be interviewed each day. There are many good "four-min ute" men in the anthracite ir lust.ry who speak all the foreign tongues in the region. These men will make patriotic talks and hope to accom plish much good. It Happens Very Frequently While Karl and Bill are discuss ing ways and means of getting out of a tight place the Allies are mak ing it more difficult to accomplish. —Pittsburgh Sun. A SPLENDID VICTORY Louisiana's Ratification of the Prohibition Proposal Achieved Against Great Odds THE action of the Louisiana Legislature on the prohibition amendment to the Federal Con stitution is not to be regarded as meaning simply that one more State has been added to the number rati fying. It amounts to far more than that. It is, of no small tri umph that the ratification column should receive an addition at a time of year when the legislatures of the Union are supposed to be in vacation, for every new State counts: but Lou isiana's falling into line at this time takes on unusual importance, says the Christian Science Monitor, by reason of the extraordinary efforts made by the opposition to keep it out. Agricultural as well as commer cial interests were appealed to in Louisiana to save the State from coming under the influence of the "prohibition fanatics." Prohibition, it was held by the foes of ratification, would depress and perhaps destroy the State's industrial prospects. Mar kets for some of its principal pro ducts would be removed. The State would lose greatly-needed revenue. Taxes in communities would have to be increased to make up deficits re sulting from loss of license fees. It was this line of argument that brought about a Senate tie vote and prevented ratification last May in the regular session of the Legislature. But the great majority of the pe ople of the State were discontented with this outcome, and the senti ment manifested against letting the question rest was not only agreeable but convincing to Governor Pleasant, who called a special session for such action as would decisively reflect the popular will. His message to the Leg- THE HALLOWED FLAG By J. Howard Wert [The subjoined poem was publish ed in the Telegraph October 8, 1904. At that time it was copied by many papers in the middle and western states. The present seems an oppor tune time for its republication with the addition of a stanza commemo rating the American heroes now in France. —J. H. W.] Our flag more than one hundred years Unfurled 'mid storm and sun, • The flag the tyrant hates and fears, Shall never be undone. Stand by the flag while life remains. For It man every gun; Beneath Its folds, on battle plains. Our Union grand was won. CHORUS From sire to son, the flag hand down. And follow where It waves; Unsullied be its fair renown, Hallow'd our heroes' graves. God bless our flag of stripes and stars, Proud symbol of the free; No stain its dazzling record mars, Honor'd on land and sea; From eastern waves to western strand, Forever may it be Emblem of freedom pure and grand, Symbol of liberty. We'll ne'er give up our flag of fame, God speed its onward way; Accused be the hand or name That e'er disowns its sway. Beneath the starry banner's sweep, Waiting the judgment day, Four hundred thousand heroes sleep Who fell before "the gray." Honor the flag of Brandywine, That flew o'er Lundy's Lane, Whose added glories hrightly shine Beyond the tossing main; The charge at San Juan it led. Manila's land—lock'd bay, Brheld its splendor folds outspread Where his way J And now on Europe's battle lines, Amid the cannon's roar. The starry flag in splendor shines. Wh'lst rings, from shore to shore, The welcome of our valiant sons, Pledged to maintain the fight Against the Kaiser and his Huns Till victory crowns the right Holy with memories pure and grand, Hallow'd with blood and tears. In triumph, o'er our favor'd land. Wave on a thousand years. No freeman Ipit would gladly die Where bright our flag appears; And prouder yet well kiss the sky After a thousand years. islature on the assembling of that body last Monday is one of the ablest prohibition documents of the times. Viewing the liquor situation in Lou isiana in its relation to the country, and the liquor situation of the coun try in its relation to existing world conditions, the Governor pronounced the submission of the amendment to the States an act of patriotism and sound statesmanship. He did not, he said, believe that Louisiana was ready for mere state-wide prohibi tion. for the reason that the per centage of its population opposed to prohibition is too great for a proper enforcement of a state law to that effect, but he presented an unan swerable argument in favor of ratifi cation in these words: "In so far as nation-wide prohibi tion is concerned, the United States is ripe for such a policy. More than 80 per cent, of the territory of con tinental United States is already "dry," and about 70 per cent, of the nation's population live in "dry" ter ritory. She (the nation) is therefore in a position to secure the approxi mate enforcement of prohibition laws." The Legislature was properly im pressed by this logic. The contention' that prohibition in Louisiana could not be enforced was left without a leg to stand on. Other States now wavering, or likely to waver here after, will see the force of the point that, having the power of the nation al government behind it, prohibition must prohibit. The action of the Louisiana Legis lature therefore is not only a victory for prohibition in the ordinary sense; it means a triumph for the doctrine of nation-wide prohibition by con stitutional amendment. • PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH [From the Detroit Free Press.] "Pennsylvania Dutch," that curi ous combination of German, English and Yankee, which since Revolution ary times has developed in parts of Pennsylvania and Ohio, is going into the discard. For more than a cen tury it has been growing just as languages always grow, with use. It has corrupted words, made words, created forms, one might say a grammar of its own. It has not, it is true, produced a literature. But it has been the speech of a consider able number of persons in their homes. It long since ceased to be recognizable as German, and Eng lish it never was. In it, students tell us, are mangled German, English, Welsh, French and even Gaelic words. "Pennsylvania Dutch" has been the dialect of those German disciples of Peter Menno who came to Amer ica, some of them in pre-Revolution days, seeking religious liberty and political freedom. Some of these went Into Ohio during Revolution days, others into Canada, some as late as Civil War days. Their reli gious beliefs contributed to isolation. And they were largely an agricultu ral people. Now the word has gone forth among the Mennonltes that it is ho longer patriotic to speak "Pennsyl vania Dutch," and as fast and as thoroughly as possible these unbe lievers in war are discarding the speech of childhood and home asso ciations. The task is not an impos sible one to them, since all or nearly all of them have had some experi ence in the common schools, front among them 8,000 ypung men havo gone overseas to fight the oppressors of their ancestors and the barbarians who threaten their own liberties. The banning of "Pennsylvania Dutch" Is an impressive object les son to all Americans ' Let's all re solve to speak Another Souvenir Soon The Hum are advancing back word to Hindenburg's line And even that the Allies will be taking presently *s a souvenir of old times. —Baltimore American. Two Classes of Women In this country the women are divided Into two main classes—those who don't believe all their husbands tell them and those who haven't any husbands. —Indianapolis Netys. AUGUST 21, 1918. Ach! Nein! When the Kaiser declares that "every German must fight for the fatherland" he isn't thinking of Friederlch Wilhelni, Wilhelm Eitel- Friedrich, Adelbert, August, Oscar and Joachim von Hohenzollern. Nein. —Erie Evening Herald. U. S. Specializes Too By the time the Prussians get a few more dinges in theih military vanity they will stop sneering at others who are giving them lessons in their national specialty.—Ex change. All in Sport One thing about a flat-wheeled car is that it gives the passenger a suggestion of what the rider of a trotting horse endures in the name of sport.—Pittsburgh Sun. Another Foch Drive or Two About the only place German rulers seem to be popular is in Ger many, and the time is coming when they won't be very popular there.— Erie Dispatch. 1 OUR DAILY LAUGH AROUND AND AROUND. C You waltz y\ | beautifully Mr. j . '/n Y < Brown. Where [/ | did you learn? I practiced JnTX i with a revolving // j WL&i ! door. I find /y that better than [£ P\) HELPS A LOT. travel on wind? p useful in auto mobile tires " BURE ' Ist Bug: "* -i | What is it? IA \ A 2nd Bug: / 1 | Why I think it \ must be the i / ' I \ great white way Jivjg* we've heard so jt * much about! j AT THE L BANQUET ' jVj that girl's idea I ifwl j . UfckJs °' wit - says I B ' !! '-'RU® slle ate next to Efts Where's the harm in that?. KjjJ She ate nex' WOULD BE TARROWING. jjSA fif I wonder why Jr ; te seldom see a 1. /2> roman running A woman j 1 ould never bear ■< | n part with all 111 ( jj\ f hose bargains. S|jj| |jM 3Eimtutg (Hljat " It Is a matter of comment about Capitol Hill that some ot' the bor oughs within sight of the dome of the State House, have been the most backward In the Commonwealth In co-operating with the state in ob taining improved highways where It is the unfortunate lot of state main highways to be on the line of bor- ' ough streets. And to-day it was stat ed by one of the leading officials con nected with road administration that there was small chance of any Im provement being made this year, even if the municipalities did pre sent a belated agreement solely be cause the labor and material situa tions were getting beyond reach. Peo ple at the Capitol, and many in Har risburg, too, regard the attitude of the boroughs lying at the gates of Harrisburg as most regrettable. This city leads the whole state in number of miles of paved streets and radiat ing from it like the spokes of a wheel are splendidly maintained state highways. But on the highways are some few miles of borough streets which are a crime. For months State Highway Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil has been writing letters to au thorities of Paxtang, Steelton, Camp Hill, Penbrook and other places urging that they avail themselves of the cash in Father Penn's hands to join with the state in a "fifty fifty" contract for improvement. Now the state appropriations are commencing to go down and the prices of mater ial and labor to go up and nothing has been done except draw up some ordinances and mark time. The marking of time has gone on until it has been a waste of time. There are probably more people traveling by automobile into and out of Har risburg now than ever before and their expressions regarding the bumps on some of the borough streets before they reach Harrisburg asphalt would scorch this page. The Elmira Star-Gazette has voted "Bob" Hoy the best-natured man tn that stirring community. The Star- Gazette set out to find who was an A 1 man in good nature some time ago and it is interesting to note that the former Harrisburger beat out the mayor, Ex-Congressman J. Bloat Fas sett and some other luminaries. The newspaper says concerning the mat ter: "Judges of unquestioned integ rity, whose honesty has been tried and not found warning but who, for obvious reasons, wish to remain un identified, have reached a decision in this column's contest to determine the man in Elmira. Carefully weighing the merits of the many suggestions sent in, giving con sideration to every little detail that might have a bearing on the extreme ly important subject, ' they arrived at the conclusion that, of all the good natured men of which Elmira may Justly boast, Robert W. Hoy, man ager of the commercial department of the Elmira Water, Light and R. R. Company, is Just a little better natured than anyone else. And so 'Bob' Hoy is hereby crowned Elmira's best-natured man." • • * Miners in the Lykens Valley, who have long been noted for the patriot ism and many of whom are staying back to dig coal unwillingly, say that in their opinion one of the reasons why coal is short is due to the fail ure of the railroad authorities to fur nish the cars. The same story is in Schuylkill and Luzerne counties and it is common talk in the coal re gions that a lot of blame is being placed upon mining communities which belongs on railroad authorities in charge of car distribution. In the Lykens Valley the men say that they have not had the car supply which they could fill. It does seem strange that Harrisburg, the county seat of a county noted for its splendid coal and within forty miles of where it is dug, gets so little of it. Lykens coal can be bought in New York and other places, but it's hard to find any | in Harrisburg. In normal times hard ly any gets here, and government running .Of the railroads has not im proved matters. • • Men who have been following up Major W. G. Murdock's "work or fight" order in its relation to con ditions in Harrisburg express the be lief that it will not trim out as many people here as imagined. In the first place Harrisburg is a railroad town; then it is a manufacturing town; then it is an official center with a good bit of very necessary business going on. There has been such a de mand for men in the purely essential lines in this city for a year that the number of men engaged in work which comes under the ban is not as large as believed. Of course, there are some who will have to get new jobs and it is up to the local draft boards to administer the law. • • Among the appointments of officers in the army is that of Charles D. Brady, of Pittsburgh, to be captain and quartermaster. Mr. Brady is a native of this city and son of Mrs. Sarah A. Brady, 1629 North Front street. His brother is Frank J. Brady. Captain Brady is well known to many Harrisburgers and has qf recent years resided in Pittsburgh where he is an architect and has been active in home defense and similar move ments. • • • It does seem odd that after a winter of unprecedented severity and everything icebound for weeks that the supply of for this city should run down. There are a dozen or more big icehouses in what we may call the Harrisburg district and most of them are cleaned out Even the giant buildings at Ellendale Forge are about empty. In Cumberland and Lebanon counties the same sit uation is said to prevail. Perhaps people hereabouts have been de pending too much upon the capacity of the mechanical ice plants. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Commissioner John S. Rilling is in Pittsburgh where he is to hold hearings for several days. —Highway Commissioner O'Neil makes it a practice to ride over a different road to Harrisburg almost every time he comes here. —William C. Truxal, the Somen-* set company captain captured by Germans, is a Franklin and Marshall graduate and a Somerset lawyer. —General A. J. Logan will have charge of work of drilling drafted men in the Pittsburgh district. —R. W. Gardiner, the Allegheny county fuel administrator, is lam basting the national railroad author ities for not furnishing enough cars. DO YOU KNOW " —That Harrisburg shipments have Jumped* in the last year beyond what was expected in five? HISTORIC HARRISBURG General Sullivan came here dur ing the preparation of his expedi tion against the Indiana
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