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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.
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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."
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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.