6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A'NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph Building, Federal Square R J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER. Business Manager QVB M. BTEINMETZ, Managing Editor A. R. MICHENER. Circulation Manager Executive Board J. R McCULLOUGH. BOYD M. OGELSBT. F. R. OYSTER, GUa 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. Member American iiiijr ff Ushers' Associa- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn ri. j-JuE sylvan la Assocl ' ££B ™ ated Dailies. mfl jjjt J Eastern office, 9 Building, Western office, Sitory, & Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a * ' week: by mail, 15.00 . a year in advance. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1918 This world and all our powers in it are far more awful and beautiful than even we know until some acci dent reminds us.— G. K. CHESTERTON. e CAMOUFLAGE THE railroad rower has been broken and railroad men are now free," declared the grand iloquent A. Mitchell Palmer in justi fication of McCormick and himself, j But he didn't say a word about the i McAdoo order forcing railroad men j to refrain from being candidates for office or accepting appointments in civil life not denied other men. Free, indeed. "The liquor traffic is a vicious in terest," said Palmer in the same speech, but while repudiating Bonni well, its champion, the makers of the Democratic platform, denouncing many other alleged evils, carefully avoided uttering a word against the liquor traffics—"a vicious Interest." Rousing cheers, we are told by the McCormick newspaper organs, fol lowed this Palmer peroration— It Is time for us to wake up. Let us say we are free and are not controlled by the liquor In terests! Then this committee, absolutely controlled by Palmer and his Har rlsburg pal, the Democratic National Chairman, adopted a lot of high sounding resolutions without a peep about booze and unctuously rolled ) their eyes heavenward as McCor mick slapped his chest and boasted that "the Democratic party will pinch the Penrose and liquor salient as General Pershing has pinched the St. Mihiel salient in France!" But not a word about this "vicious interest" in the platform dictated by these heavenly twins. "Stand by the President and the Democratic party," wailed Chairman McCormick, who was deeply con cerned about the next Presidential election and terribly exercised about the liquor interest, because of which he and Palmer repudiated the party's nominee for Governor. But not a sentence or a syllable in the whole platform favoring the adop tion of the prohibition amendment! Camouflage, but so transparent. I Auditor General Snyder and Sena tor Beidleman, in recent speeches, have presented some strong statistical' reasons for the return of the Repub lican party to power at Washington and its support elsewhere. The fact that the Republican party has given such steadfast support to the Govern ment in all war activities has been noted by the people, and the efforts of the McCormicks and Palmers to throw dust into the eyes of the people are about as futile as their efforts to conceal their chagrin over Bonni well's repudiation of their leadership. WHEN WINTER :OMES SOME time during the winter, which is not very far off, there will be a family shivering be cause it has no coal. We have as surances, which seem to be very well founded, that there will be coal suf ficient for the city's winter supply, provided care is exercised in its use and the administrative system of the fuel authorities can be trusted to see that there is no hoarding or unfair practices. The average man is care ful about his coal and our experi ences and the conditions brought about by war have made everyone cautious. In a short time there will be some coal in the bins of every one who can afford to buy. But there are always a few in •every town who must live restrict edly and whose means, even now when there Is well-paid work for wery pair of capable hands, do not permit of purchase In quantity. The first snow may fly with cellars bare of coal and mid-winter may find do serving poor with no fuel because of Illness, Inability to work or causes ever which they have no corftrol. It was bad enough last winter when people could buy only small amounts of coal, but the situation for some TUESDAY EVENING, feAMUSBtJRG tgS&&Z TELEGICXPH! . SEPTEMBER 17,1918. , may, through misfortune, become such that they will have not even the means to purchase limited stores. Harrlsburg Is generous with Its charities and Its aid Is well organ ized. Few cases of a deserving char acter go without relief, but the de mands are going to be heavy and the cash at h&nd haa to be spread thin to provide food, fuel, medicines and necessities. The suggestion has been made that Harrlsburg should have a coal fund. We have shown where there is need for It. It can be put into the control of the Associ ated Aids or some other agency fitted for investigation and for systematic relief. This fund need not be made for this coming winter alone. It should h*i made permanent. It can bo en dowed. It can be added to by cash. The point is that it ought to be es tablished. It is a form of practical community benefit which should be taken care of promptly and com mended to those who have that which they can not carry away with them when the reaper comes around. Think it over. Senator Sproul. In all his speeches, has emphasized the need of capable Republican representatives at Wash ington to give force and effect to those principles for which the Repub lican party has stood since its founda tion. The next Governor never fails to dwell upon the importance of the great work which must be done after the war when an American peace shall ■have been consummated. PEACE WITH VICTORY Take up our quarrel with ttfe foe! To you, from failing hands, we throw The torch. Be yours to lift it high! If ye break faith with us who die,' We shall not sleep, though pop pies grow In Flanders' fields. This message from Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, since dead at the front, flings back to those of us who must carry on at the front or back of the lines the call to duty. We are- now confronted with the German peace offensive. Every American must stand like a rock against the insidious and serpent like propaganda. Captain "Billy" McCreath declared in his modest speech yesterday that "the Germans will never make an other offensive!" He meant a mili tary offensive and he is right, per haps, that the Hun has lost the ini-j tiative for the remainder of the war; but there is another offensive which he has already launched —a peace offensive —and to repel this on slaught all must be alert. The sacrifices already made will have been in vain if through a false peace we shall give Germany the starting point of another war. "The Germans know that they are going to be beaten, as well as the Allies knQW it," says a thoughtful writer. "For months, however, Ger- j many has hoped, and she still hopes, that by some chance she may make a peace which will favor her to a greater or less degree. Gerniapy knows that the spiritually civilized world did not want war and long ago came to hate this war forced upon it- It is here that we must heed the voice of those who lie in Flan ders' fields. 'lf ye break faith—'! " We shall not forget those who have fallen nor those who have suffered untold agony. Germany has sown to the wind and must reap the whirl wind. It must be peace with vic tory! An unconditional surrender. New York is arranging to send com missioners to France and Italy and • England to canvass the votes of the New York troops in the field. Surely Pennsylvania men in the service should have the same right to partici pate in the election this year. A SERIOUS CHARGE A MITCHELL PALMER made a # very serious charge before the State Democratic Committee Saturday when he asserted that "there is in the very shadow of the national capitol" a newspaper co vertly financed by the liquor inter ests for the purpose of fighting the battle of booze in tongress. Mr. Palmer has been given so much to talking vaguely before Democratic gatherings that ordinarily his utter ances might be taken as those of one speaking with "political license," to give an old phrase a new twist, but he was so specific in his declara tions in this instance that he must know whereof he is speaking and if he does it becomes his duty as an American citizen and a representa tive of the United States Govern ment to lay bare the full facts con cerning this outrageous condition. The free American press is a bul wark of liberty; a controlled press would be the first step toward rob bing the people of their freedom. It is all very well for this or that inter est, or this or that group of politi cians to own and control newspaper organs, perhaps, when they are la beled on their face as such. Indi viduals or groups of individuals are entitled to the use of printers' ink to set their views before the public. Many great governmental and other reforms have been wrought in this fahhion. But when a newspaper pretends to be free and independ ent, when it sets itself up as the champion of good morals and public rights, the while it Is merely a tool in the hands of selfish men or self-1 ish interests, then it becomes the greatest instrument for evil in the land. If Mr. Palmer's charges are true, the guilty publishers should be exposed. In these days of pro-Ger man intrigue it is especially import ant that the press of the country he above suspicion and that the people know their newspapers for what they j are. "Calm exchange of views" w'lth the Prussian cut-throats and thieves. "We have Just begun to tight," suggests the New York Herald, and the aver age American feels the same way about i "po&fctc* Lk By the Ex-Committeeman Every Indication is that the filing of the withdrawal of J. Washington Logue, Democratic nominee for lieu tenant governor, as a candidate for Congress In the sixth district, means the opening of the Stato Democratic Committee's campaign of concentra tion on Logue and the other men who are favored by the machine as opposed to Judge Eugene C. Bon nlwell. The executive committee is getting ready to round up congres sional and legislative candidates who are "leary" of the broil which has been caused by National Chairman Vance C. McCormick and National Committeeman A. Mitchell Palmer and will also try to get some supreme court aspirants out of the way. The indications are that Mr. Logue will make speeches and Pal mer and his pals will get some big guns in fro in Washington to invade Pennsylvania during the campaign for the sake of making a contrast with the Bonniwell campaign, which the judge plans to conduct in his own energetic way without muoh help from the national administra tion. Judge John W. Wescott, of Camden, may be one of the men to speak for him together with some congressmen." The Democratic state machine leaders know that they are going to run against a demand for a party reorganization this coming winter and propose to have a few stones lying around to throw themselves. —Judge Bonniwell is going to hoe his own row. He is going to the Center Hall picnic to meet the folks and will swing around the state many times. <His friends are arrang ing all sorts of gatherings and he will be given as noisy an ovation as possible. —State Chairman Lawrence H. Rupp is in an unpleasant situation because of his activity on the side of McCormick and Palmer. Rupp wants to be judge of Lehigh. This county is inclined toward Bonniwell and there are signs of a cat and dog fight between the factions. In this connection a dispatch to the Philadelphia Ledger says; "Every day the chances look brighter to his friends for the re-election of State Senator Horace W. Schantz, who is also the Republican county chair man. Four years ago, when he routed the Democratic organization and became the first Republican State Senator Lehigh had had in 100 years, the sentiment for him seemed much less pronounced for him than at present. He stands well with the labor vote in addition, he now has the advantage of the split among the Democrats." In writing to the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times concerning the Dem ocratic State Committee meeting Walter J. Christy observes "The one thing of interest concerning the platform adopted is its silence on the ratification of the prohibition amendment to the Federal constitu tion. This is a tap on the of Judge Bonniwell because he is standing on a sloppy wet plank A real blow would have been the in corporation of stralghtout declara tion for ratification. With Messrs McCormick and Palmer claiming strong adherence to the "dry" cause Uieir failure to aid ratification in dicates that they were afraid some candidate for Congress might suffer by the action. They were in a posi tion to-day to write into the platform a ," yth ' ns they desired to place there. In calling the committee to order State Chairman Lawrence H Rupp said he 'hoped all that we do to-day will rebound to the glorifi cation of true democracy.' Some one laughed." —No citizen of any city In the state can vote at the November elec tion who does not register this fall. V", registrations prior to September 5, 1918, are void. The registration on that day was a disappointment in the number registered. It is estimated that less than 78,000 were then en rolled in Philadelphia. _ —Charles B. Lenahan, of Wilkes- Barre candidate for justice of the State Supreme Court, who conduct ed a campaign tour of Western Pennsylvania counties during" the last week, left Pittsburgh yesterday and will visit Greensburg, Latrobe, Johnstown, Cresson, Loretto and Al toona on his .way home. Receptions have been arranged for him in all these towns. Mr. Lenahan said last uight that he was well pleased with the situation in Western Pennsylva nia, as he found strong sentiment for his candidacy. The Philadelphia Record says to-day that, after being "fired" by the State Democratic Committee, and "because of the failure of the Democratic State Committee to in dorse his candidacy, Judge Bonni well yesterday sent out a call for a meeting of loyal members of his party in this city next Monday morn ing. A state committee will be formed and steps taken to com pletely reorganize the party ma chinery wherever needed. "Following the action of the state Committee on Saturday In openly re pudiating the candidacy of its guber natorial nominee. Judge Bonniwell has received scores of letters, tele grams and telephone calls, urging him to begin a reorganization of the Democracy of Pennsylvania. Late yesterday afternoon letters were sent out by Judge Bonniwell and instruc tions were given for sending repre sentatives to next Monday's meet ing. *• "The new committee will be form ed precisely along the lines of the .Democratic State Committee. A chairman and other officers will be selected, as will also an executive committee. In the letter to his friends Judge Bonniwell suggested that the loyal Democrats of each county should select as many com mitteemen as the district is entitled to. In the event the man chosen is unable to attend the organiza tion meeting, the representative sent here must be armed with a proxy. "The twenty-one Democratic State Committeemen who supported Henry C. Niles for state chairman at the regular meeting in Harrisburg on June 19. and who otherwise sup ported Judge Bonniwell, are invited to attend. These men will probably be the nucleus of the new organiza tion. Among them are some of the most prominent Democrats in the state. The twenty-one faithful Dem ocrats include William J. Brennen and. Patrick r. Brcnnan, of Alle gheny county: Ira 1. Kutz, of Read ing; ex-Senator Webster Grim, of Buckß county, and Magistrates Els enbrown and Boyle, of this city." SOMEBODY !S ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE Byßriggs I I WANT row Tb sTf*iC3-LY J I I ? I ENPote'e TMS WORK OR/ , * J / s 1 F6HT ORDER- ARREST / ,/ I* tj / / X \ BOOT MOT 6N6A46P1 / /X) s / /X ' (lr\ I Q I \ V J \ I / Ilb vAJOf?K - AMD COT 1 _. . \ • * / \ I / I Th< = LOAFHS/j MvSVn. OSo \ I Must Be No Compromise [From the New York Times.] There can be 110 compromise. Mr. Lloyd George said last Thursday: "There are some men who say 'drop it and let us have peace by negotiation.' There is no compro mise between freedom and tyranny, no compromise between light and darkness. X know that it is better to sacrifice one generation than to sacrifice liberty forever. That is what we are fighting tor, and Heaven grant that we fight through to the end." So beyond her renunciations and restorations of territory in the west, Germany must give up the east. That is the irreducible minimum of allied demand, the indispensable condition of peace. It involves the breaking up of the preposterous Austrian Em pire that has long overstayed its time, for that land is under Ger many's thumb, and with 125,000,000 people in the heart of Europe di rected by one will and moved by a common purpose the world would not be safe. The Allies have recog nized the Czecho-Slovaks as a nation, the Jugo-Slavs must be freed, the Italian provinces restored- German Austria may go to Germany if she so wills. President Wilson has said than an independent , Polish state should be erected, guaranteed by international covenant. There will be no throne in Finland for a Ger man king. If the Ukraines estab lish an independent state there will be a chain of barrier nations between Germany and Russia, furnishing to the Russians a needed protection against German designs while thoy are striving, possibly through trying years, to set up a stable government. The treaties of Brest-Litovsk and of Bucharest must be annulled. The Austrian prop removed. Bulgaria and Turvey can avoid the inevitable reckoning with the Allied Powers only by throwing off German con trol and German sympathies. Germany will be shut off froiv the east. Her plan and her design are plain to the view. With that vast re cruiting ground, rich in resources and in men. she would be able to look upon defeat in the west as a temporary rebuff. Already she has marked out her pathway toward In dia. Seed Corn For 1919 The unfortunate experience with seed corn this year should cause every farmer to plan now for the coming year. As a result of bad seed many fields are spotted, either showing large open areas or of un even growth, due to planting in. Again there has seldom been a year when we have had such a vari ety of corn. Owing to the bad seed, and the warnings given regarding it, growers went long distances and bought in strange varieties. The re sult is we have some excellent fields, and an opportunity to select superior seed for the coming year. This should be done from your own field or neighbor's field now, marking the best for harvest later. It would be well worth w"hile to drive around the country with this in mind or consult the county farm manager for information as to the best stands. Corn so selected is worth care. I have a friend who not only gives great care to the selection of seed, but also bores out the center of the cob, to hasten the drying. Then it is stored in a warm dry place. This extra precaution pays well. The high cost of labor, fertilizer and every thing that goes into the cost of pro ducing an acre of corn, emphasizes the need of great care in the selection of the seed.—F. R. Stevens, agricul tural director, Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce. LABOR NOTES Street car men at Columbus, Ga., have formed a union, A <labor paper has been launched at Portsmouth, Ohio. Toronto (Canada) phone girls have a union of 700 members. Railroad Telegraphers' Internation al has a membership of 60,000. Wilmington, N. C., painters have organized a union. Brewery workers at Trinidad, Col., have a 100 per cent, organization. Salt Lake City, Utah, cooks and waitresses have been granted a 9- hour day. Carpenters at Vancouver, B. C., ask $6.50 for an eight-hour day. Pullman car porters are to be re placed by women Thumbs Down X. Y. World.—The awful tragedy of this war is not thus to be adjusted. No lie is to come triumphant from the field where so many brave men have perished. Without trustworthy recognition of this fact in Berlin, the discussion and the decision may safely be left to force—force even to the utmost—to which Germany itself appealed in the first place. X. Y. Herald—The answer will be a firm and decisive negative. There will be no "calm exchange of views." I X. Y. Tribune—lt is evident that Germany has abandoned the ambi tion to conquer the world. Shall the world be grateful on that account? Shall it parley with the thing it re solved to destroy for reasons which, if they are valid at all. require free people rather to perish than to com promise? To do so would stultify democracy beyond the imagination of its posterity. Cleveland Plntn Dealer—Let the Hun whine, let him sing his song of peace and brotherhood. Our answer to his peace twaddle shall be more war. We shall reply to his whimpers with machine guns. Against his flimsy structures of whining decep tion we let loose our armies with renewed viger. Baltimore Sun—What the instinc tive answer of the average red-blood ed American will be we have no doubt. He will repeat Grant's words and say that no terms will be ac cepted but an immediate and uncon ditional surrender. Phoenix (Arizona) Republican.— It cannot be expected that. Germany will at this time in any peace con ference surrender that dangerous power to rise again to trouble the world, and the Allies, .after their sol emn declarations, cannot accept any thing less than such a surrender. Albany Press—We are glad to know that the fear of God has be gun to penetrate the Teuton heart, if there is such an organ, but we have other business on hand at this time than to pay more than passing heed to the protestation of Satan. Chattanooga Times—The answer to this bit of Teutonism should be un conditional surrender. Then a con ference may be held to arrange the details. America, England, France, and Italy can do no other than insist upon this. Hartford Courant.—After spread ing hell over thousands of miles and making deserts out of smiling gar dens, these savages suggest a halt. It isn't for them to say. There may be pacifists who will advocate such an agreement. Put them down for friends of Germany the moment they begin their sentimental or treason able talk. Why should Germany be consulted on how to terminate the war? Terms must be for her to obey, not to make. The Austrian dodge de serves notice only as an admission of defeat. i Eliminating Nonessentials (Pittsburgh Sun) The nation is fast eliminating non essentials and the gratifying feature is that most of this elimination is taking place voluntarily. New Or leans has dropped its Mardi Gras un til after, the war, and many other cities have given up demonstrations which did not contribute to the win ning of the war, or which were li able to make a demand upon labor or materials needed'in some more es sential pursuit. Coney Island also has suspended plans for holding a Mardi Gras this year. Many business men had contributed to the fund for the carnival, which has become al most as fixed an institution in the New York section as the New Or leans carnival was to Louisiana. There is little doubt but that the calling off of the affair means finan cial loss to those whose business it is to promote such things. There was no coercion used by the government. The voluntary action is just another evidence of American citizens mak ing a practical demonstration of their patriotism. How' Did It Guess It? The Frankfurter Zeitung for July 11, 1918, makes this penetrating re mark: " Can we blame our enemies if they regard the Reichstag as a mere orna ment and conclude that Germany is in reality governed according to the ideas of the Eighteenth Century? Once in a while a German news paper talks like an ordinary rational human being.—Kansas City Times. Butte Miner.—The only durable peace that can be obtained is a dic tated peace and this dictation must be done by the Allies at the point of their guns. Cheyenne State leader.—Our an swer should be a stiffening of our of fensive on all fronts and a still great er determination on the part of those at home to do their part in pushing this struggle unfalteringly until Ger many is not only crushed but crush ed beyond all possibility of restora tion among the nations of the world. Then only can we have real peace. Idaho Statesman.—Only one an swer is possible, and that answer must be an emphatic refusal. Wo know enough of Austria and Ger many to know that they cannot be negotiated with. They are beyond the pale. Acceptance of the proposal would be foolish and dangerous. Charleston News anil Courier.— True Americans will take their stand promptly and unmistakably. We are not going to bargain with the blood stained gang of thugs and pirates In high places who deliberately and after long and careful planning ulunged the world Into war in Jul>T 1914. • • • We are going to smash them utterly and completely. Omaha Bee.—lf the Central Pow ers recognize In the military situa tion the hopelessness of their case and are willing to submit to terms, the approach will be without espe cial difficulty. But they cannot be admitted to a conference on a status other than that of the vanquished. Indianapolis Star.—Any non-bind ing parleys now would serve only to becloud the issues and be productive of no good. The enemy should under stand that peace is not to be merely a matter of trading. We are fighting for right, and we cannot compromise right or Justice. Washington Post.—Germany start ed this war; civilization will finish it. The spirit that animates the al lied millions, which commands them to get into battle and conquer, is the spirit of liberty. That spirit is now aflame throughout the world, and in outraged majesty is driving its sword straight toward the heart of its as sailant. Who will attempt to stay Liberty's hand? Who is the states men or ruler who will dare to stay the execution of the assassin? Who is the man who will try to interfere with God's will as voiced by His People? . Portland, (Me.) Press.—The I cry will not be heeded by American ears. America long since came to. the con clusion that the terms of peace should be dictated by France and Belgium, and not by Germany. These are the two nations which have suf fered the most from Teutonic bar barity and lust for power. It is for these long suffering people to de termine when the punishment the Prussian war lords have invited shall be ended. The Yankees on the Marne (According to T. Atkins) Oh, the English and the Irish, and the 'owlin' Scottles, too. The Canucks and Austryleyuns, and the 'airy French Poilu— The only thing that bothered us a year before we knew. Was 'ow in 'ell the Yanks 'ul look, an' wot in 'ell they'd do. They 'adn't 'ad no trynein', they didn't know the gyme, They 'adn't never marched it much —their shootin' was the syme; An' the only thing that bothered us that day in lawst July Was 'ow in 'ell the line'd 'old if they should run aw'y. My word! it 'appened sudden w'en the drive 'ad first begun; We seed the Yanks a-runnin'—Gaw blimy! 'ow they run! But the only thing that bothered us that/Seed the chase begin Was 'ow in 'ell to stop 'em 'fore they got into Berlin! So we're 6tandin' all together in a stiffish firin' line. If anyone should awsk you, you can say we're doin' fine. • • The only thing that bothered us don't bother us no more; It's why in 'ell we didn't know the Yankee boys before! Saved by Grace For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.—Ephesians 11, 8. Wilson Papers Distressed [Philadelphia North American.] Newspapers of the better class among those which support Presi dent Wilson through thick and thin are just no-.v afllicted by his politi cal activities and are severely cen suring his dictatorial interference in congressional contests. Thus the New York World sees in it "grave danger," the Times is "more than a little perplexed to find the clue and key to Mi*. Wilson's selections, in dorsements and repudiations of can didates," while the Evening Post, of that city, makes stern protest. * Cold-blooded politics, of course, dictated the sacrifice of Secretary of War Garrison, who insisted upon urging a policy of preparedness to meet the inevitable war, and the putting in his place of a pacifist. For at that time the administration was making ready the issue for the 191G presidential campaign, and a Baker, not a Garrison, was required to make harmonious the appeal to the indifferent millions on the platform of having "kept the country out of war." * * * The series of episodes presents, in our judgment, an unwholesbme spec tacle of pernicious executive aggres sion, as even the Wilson newspapers are competent to admit. Yet we con sider them relatively unimportant. Far more reprehensible, far more ominous, than isolated and confused attempts to build a partisan ma chine in Congress is the administra tion practice of playing politics with vital issues involving the destiny of this nation and the security of the world. . OUR DAILY LAUGH THE OLD. OLD Owens that he never JWNjff tells the same JraSh .M knows differently. In HIS LAST | VACATION. pTTT^ Rastus: Boss y7i/\ kin Ah take a ■^J)f/y(1 short vacation? // [k\ \ Ah, wants to git // married. The Boss (who I vv— Is married): Cer- J —"y/1 r "■ i tainly, Rastus, for [U //J I I it will undoubted- )\/f , ly be your last. ■ tfi QUEER. ' Your wife I ■£?• seems to have a 1 A mind of her own. {fl Yes, and al |j though she ** changes it often It never seems to leave her posses- SLIGHTLY (■ 7~3 ") BURNT " )^->* Hubby 11 thought you had given up burntli wood art, dearie? Wifey Ferdi- KtSf jQI X; nand. Hpw can jg rSmKh you bo so heart- A less. This Is a pie. . NO CHANCE AFTER THAr - Pa > why did *HL rou never be /d tr 1 guess I mar ried too young in lEirottmj (Eljat From all accounts there Is aot much danger of many poople exceed ing the catch limit of bullfrogs In Pennsylvania this year. The new bullfrog and terrapin law, trader which, by the way," the snapping tar tie is not to be classed as terrapin, forbids the hunting of "bullies" with lights at night and there have been many more frog voices raised in peaceful chorus at night this sum mer than known in many years. In some sections which have been noted for the splendid "frog sticking" in times gone by it would seem than the nocturnal concert has been more ex- , tended, the tones more far reaching and the splashes of the trogs more aggravating because they cannot bo speared by the light of a bullseye, electric flash or a plain old torch. The catch Is fifty in a season and twen ty-five in a day and they must be hunted without tlve aid of a light. State fishery authorities have ar ranged to begin the shipment of small mouthed black bass and blue gills from the Union City hatch cry during the next week. There is an abundance of these fish in this hatchery. The shipment of trout from four to six inches in length from the Bellcfonte and Corry hatch eries has assumed better proportions than hoped lor and thousands are being DUt into streams by fishermen, who have volunteered to help bo cause of the shortage of men in the fisheries department. Later on it is expected to start shipment of large numbers of sunfish from Torresdale hatchery. • • • The fact that the official birth rec ords of Hax-r'sburg do not go beyond 1875 has become public information in tlio last few days and has caused considerable surprise as it was tbo general opinion that some attentiou had been given to such matters af ter the Civil War. One result of the failure to maintain records in fhoso days has been that persons seeking copies of certificates in the matter of registration in order to substan tiate their ages have been forced- to either do without or fall back upon family Bibles, baptismal records and even the advertisements of births which used to be printed in those days by many well-regulated fami lies. In. this city there has been more or less embarrassment because some men who were sensitive about their ages a few years ago are now some what insistent upon getting the facts to establish that they are older than they really look. • • • Harrisburg friends of "Thee" Brown, the old University of Penn sylvania pitcher, will be interested to know that he Is in France in charge of important work for the Y. M. C. A. He is an engineer who was for merly at Fteelton and when the Americans got into the war he went out with the Y. M. C. A. handling the construction end. Now he is the head of it and is spending about $16,000,000 a year. • • • Pennsylvania, is getting rid of its infantile paralysis outbreak, accord ing to reports coming to the State Department of Health and it has no! been bothered with the Spanish in fluenza. During August there were eighty-three cases of infantile para lysis reported, but at the present rat? September will not have half that number and some of them were old cases from the previous month which had been delayed in reporting. No new cases have been reported for three days and the only two centers of any account are Pittsburgh and Chambersburg. Chambersburg had a dozen cases Friday, but none has been reported since. Of the August cases it is interesting to note that fifty-five were urban. With the coming of cold weather It is believed the disease will abate. State health authorities say that nothing like Spanish influenza has appeared at any port as far as known, but offi cers have been instructed to watch for It. • • • F. R. Stevens, who Is In charge of organization of the farm labor and community work of the State Council of National Defense, says he is get ting more first-hand Information on the characteristics of the people ot tlio Keystone State than he evei dreamed of when he was in charge ol the farming and industrial work ol the Lehigh Valley railroad. Mr. Stevens has been traveling about and finding much war spirit. • • • The Philadelphia Public Ledger says in Its Current Topics column: "I've got a thousand dollars in my money belt." said a "Y" man, starting from Philadelphia for the front, "which good Philadelphia women gave me for the poor in France. "Whenever I see a bunch of tat tered and hungry refugees I am to help them, as far as the money will hold out. "I was in a store on Market qtreet a few days ago when a woman came in and ordered 10,000 little twisted wire puzzles 'for our boys over there.' "That's what I call a real and practical religion—the sort thai counts in these piping times of war." 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Dr. George B. Moreland, who is presiding at the Homeopathic So ciety convention at Pittsburgh, is a resident of that city. —B. J. Newman, secretary of th Pennsylvania Housing Association, has been given leave to be an-inves tigator of the sanitary conditions ol munitions factories throughout th state. —Bishop W. H. Fouke, well knowt here. Is presiding at the United Evangelical conference at Franklin —H. G. McGowan, former legisla* tor, has been made adviser in agri. cultural matters for the Allentowt district appeal board. , —Colonel George H. Paine, one ol the recently promoted Army officers is a Scrantonian. He was named t West Point from the Lackawanni district. —The Rev. Dr. Maitland Alexan der, prominent Pittsburgh pastori has arranged to go to France foi the Y. M. C. A. He recently return ed. —Judge Harvey W. Whitehead, <* the Lycoming county courts, hax been ill. —Congressman John R. Farr, ol Scranton, is home from the war dis tricts. , -Ex-Congressman P. M. Pseer of Oil City, has been made head o! the committee on co-operation of th< Petroleum organization. [ DO YOU KNOW | —That Harrisburg stool has been used on the government railroads In France? HISTORIC HARRISBtTRG In old days the churches, taverni and flrehousea were chiefly located .In Front street.
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