12 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A. NEWSPAPER FOR TEE HOME Founded 1881 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph Building, Federal Square E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief P. R. OYSTER, Business Manager GLS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor V. R. MICHENER, Circuiafion Manager Exeeutlre Board J. P. McCULLOUGH, BOYD M. OGELSBY, F. It. OYSTER, GUS. 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. t Member American Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa tion. the Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern office, Story. Brooks & Finley. Fifth Avenue Building. New York City; Western officer 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 > week; by mail, $5.00 a year in advance. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1918 Know that the love of thyself doth hurt still more than anything in the world. — Thomas a Kempis. KAISER'S LAMENTATIONS FHIS speech at the Krupp works the other day, the Kaiser dropped all of His bombastic predictions of a great victory and in dulged in a chapter of lamentations which any other people than the Germans would interpret as a con fession of defeat. <W course, he in sisted again that he was the anointed of the Lord, but he didn't make the statement with the same confidence that has ocen his custom heretofore. Among other things, he told the dis contented Krupp workers that while he did not know when the struggle would end there was one thing he did know—namely, that it was nec essary to fight the battle through. He wasn't telling them anything that they didn't already know, but he was indulging in a whistling game that was vastly aiflerent from his usual grandiose oratory. Showing that the Kaiser realizes the internal condi tions somewhat, he said: Everything now depends on bur final exertions. Everything is at stake and because our enemies know it. because they have the greatest respect for the German Army, because they see they can not overcome our Army and Navy, they are trying to overcome us by means of internal disintegration and to weaken us by false rumors. Further in his remarkable speech he almost begged the work ers to give no heed to the talk of disintegration and defeat. He boast ed that Serbia and Montenegro were finished, but he didn't say a word about the rapidly-advancing Ameri can Army on the west. He also pleaded that there should be no par ties and exacted a pledge that they would fight with him to the end. Of course, the Kaiser indulged in the usual peace talk and told his hearers how he had endeavored to bring about an honorable peace, but almost wept when he explained that the enemy would have none of it. He told them the truth when he de clared that the Allies refuse to listen to him and the thing that pains the Prussian gang now is the thought that the Hun machine is to be smashed beyond hope of reconstruc tion. There can be little doubt that the I Kaiser had heard of the deternura-' tion of England, France and Amer- ( ica to stand out against any compro mise of principle in the final deter mination of the war. Premier Lloyd j George has emphasized the opinion of the Americans in his declaration that we must win the war first and that when peace comes the allied nations must not be taken un awares. Speaking at Pittsburgh, Secretary McAdoo put into very vigorous Anglo-Saxon the attitude of our own people when he said: "The thing to do is first lick hell out of the Kaiser and then think about peace terms." This is proba bly the attitude of the average red blooded American, and it would be well for all of us. when we hear whispers of reace, to remember that we must now talk of war and war to the finish. Peace talk will come later. President Wilson cannot too often repeat the real aims and purposes of the United States in the war, espe cially the attitude of the people on the final determination of the con flict. Germany must feel the wrath of an outraged world, and no other course will satisfy the men who are doing the fighting and the millions who. are backing them in the struggle. Ex-Mayor J. William Bowman is chairman of a committee of the Coun cil of National Defense for Dauphin county, which will have to do with the very proper and important work of collecting and compiling the mili tary data of the war. When this com mittee shall have organized its work, it will have the earnest co-operation of all citizens, to ths end that the r FRIDAY EVENING, n history of JCL. Strugs--, > lal ' as It relates to Dauphin county, may be complete and accurate to the last detail. WE MUST GO ON THE message Lawrence Veiller, noted housing expert, brings to Harrisburg briefly put, is that the city is facing a serious housing con dition, but that the remedy is at hand, if we have but the courage and the energy with which to apply, it. The Chamber of Commerce has done a good piece of constructive work in bringing Mr. Veiller here and his preliminary findings, as out lined at the luncheon to-day, are in teresting and well worth while. But what the Chamber and Mr. Veiller have done constitute a mere begin ning. If we pause now all the effort put into the movement will have been for nothing. Houses do not grow on trees and a great housing development, such as Harrisburg must have if it is to keep pace with its opportunities, is not brought into being at small cost or in a moment's time. Our park develop ments, our sewers, our paved streets, our filter plant, the new Penn-Harris hotel —all these and others are illus trations of the time, the energy and the never-failing enthusiasm neces sary to carry any great public im provement to completion. So with housing; a tedious process of organ ization and promotion must precede actual results. There are many sides to the prob lem. We do not solve housing difficul ties simply by the erection of more houses. A building ordinance, mod ern and comprehensive; a zoning system, carefully framed by experts; means of forcing the renovation of unfit houses, and the selection of ground for industrial housing devel opments —all these and more are im portant factors in a correct solution. Harrisburg's needs along all these lines are real, vital and urgent. The duty of the city is to plan now. We have spent money with lavish hand on parks, playgrounds, filtered water, sewers, paved streets, great viaducts and public schools. Yet these are in the last analysis sub ordinate to the home. "Home is ■where the heart is," but there is very little heart in the dirty, run down shacks that many Harrisburg people by necessity dignify by that title. A well-housed city is a self respecting city; the opposite also is true. The labor turnover in Harris burg is five times what it ought to be. This can be greatly reduced, i More and better houses constitute the answer. Proper housing is both humanitar ian and "good business." It is our next big public movement. We must go at it with all the vim, the energy, the "pep" and the good judgment and breadth of vision that marked our earlier undertakings. We are at the parting of the ways. One leads to stagnation and the other to a bigger, better city. It is for our people to say which road Harrisburg shall take. Congressman Kreider is greatly in terested in the proposition to make \ the Susquehanna river navigable, and believes the project to be entirely feasible. In this matter, as in all others having to do with the pros perity and development of the district and the State, our representative at Washington is always alert. Mr. Brisbane, having been caught with the goods, proceeds to make a lot of noise about it. But that won't help. The people these days want honest newspapers, honestly owned and honestly managed, and all the yelling of the yellows won't change their ideas in this'respect. Superintendent Schaeftea in his Arbor Day proclamation, urges the people to plant trees this year to re place those required for war uses. Nor is the war the only agent of destruc tion, says Dr. Schaeffer. Another argument for a Shade Tree Commis sion. German newspapers profess to be "discouraged" by President Wilson's reply to the peace note, which is pre cisely in accord with the President's purposes in writing it. We haven't heard for a long time anything concerning the Serbians, but they seem to be still able to get the bulge on the Bulgars. A good banker and a musician are alike In one particular, at least; both know a lot about the value of notes. The German soldiers might adopt as their marching tune the stirring air of "Home. Sweet Home" foitttC4 tK "^CKK^IcdKUI By the Ex-Oommltteeman In spite of the flamboyant manner in which the newspapers controlled by the Palmer-McCormick machine are treating the action of the Demo cratic state committee here last Sat urday, there are some signs of nerv ousness apparent about the Demo cratic state windmill on Market Square. They indicate that some of the folks are afraid that there may be an accounting demanded by the influential segment of the party not interested in who bosses the dele gation from Pennsylvania to the next national Democratic convention. Deep-seated disgust is being display ed at the brawling of the leaders and the fact that the Democratic national chairman is one of the leading dis turbers of party peace in Pennsyl vania is much commented upon. There is little doubt but that the decision of Judge Eugene C. Bonni well, the nominee for Governor in spite of yie bosses, to have his own etate committee, was a blow to the people at the windmill and the meet ing at Philadelphia on Monday will be closely watched. The effect of this Bonniwell move will be to give Penn sylvania two Democratic state com mittees and to dim the prestige of the official end of the party and all that pertains to it in the eyes of the nation. —Senator Boies Penrose, who was here last night on his way to Pitts burgh, manifested considerable amusement at the plight of the of ficial leaders of the Democratic party. The Senator left for the West to-day accompanied by Senator Ed ward E. Beidleman and Auditor Gen eral Charles A. Snyder. Senator Sproul starts for Pittsburgh from Philadelphia to-day. —Judge Bonniwell Is out on the stump alrendy and is saying plenty about his opponents for the party leadership. —Regarding the campaign of the Republicans in Pennsylvania this fall, the Philadelphia North Amer ican, which has carried the "dry" standard for years, says: "Voters of the state will be asked to support the Republican nominees this fall upon the platfcrm of Senator Sproul, can didate for Governor. No separate platform will be made up by the state committee as has been done in other campaigns. This decision be came known yesterday as the re sult of conferences of the state lead ers, the party nominees and a large number of the state committeemen during the last few weeks. When the state committee met here last June, it was decided that a platform should be drafted by the resolutions committee, of which John R. Halsey, of Wilkes-Barre, was the chairman. This was to be submitted to the nominees and state committee at a subsequent meeting. State Chair man Crow has been ill at his home in Uniontown for several weeks, and the recent order of Secretary Mc- Adoo removing railroad employes from active participation in politics has prevented Halsey from calling a meeting of his committee, as he is counsel for the Lackawanna Rail road. The Republican nominees finally decided that they would be well satisfied to go to the voters upon the platform of Senator Sproul. This pronouncement of Sproul's views was given early last spring at West Chester before the primaries." —The Philadelphia Democratic city committee will meet next Mon day night to choose a successor to ex-Congressman J. Washington Lo gue as Democratic candidate for Con gress from the Sixth district. Mr. Logue won the nomination both for lieutenant goternor and district con gressman in the recent primary. He has withdrawn from the congres sional race and will run as candidate for lieutenant governor. Among the names most prominently mentioned to succeed Mr. Logue in the con gressional race is that of Joseph K. LoughlLn, a young lawyer of the district, which is safely Republican. —The Philadelphia Press to-day says: "That the Republican state committee is welcoming closer rela tions with 'he Progressive and in dependent wings of the party is indi cated by the appointment yesterday of two new members of the com mittee's subcommittee on finance. They are Thomas Robins, a close friend of Colonel Roosevelt, who sought nomination as a congress man-at-large In the recent primaries but failed to get it, and Powell Evans, known as a Republican, with independent tendencies, who was an active supporter of Mayor Blanken burg." —Assertion was made by Judge Bonniwell in a recent speech that Palmer and McCormick, had they lost the gubernatorial nomination in 1914, were ready to bolt the nomi nation of Michael J. Ryan. "This year the party," he concluded, "tried beyond endurance by a leadership selfish and incompetent, a leader ship concerned only in the acquisi tion of fat offices for themselves and their intimates seeking power and wealth with a shameless disregard for the reputaton of the party, has repudiated this pair of incompe tents, and they arrogate to them selves a repudiation of that choice. I welcome the repudiation. I have no desire for the support of two such men." —lt is said by keen political ob servers that the split among the Democrats in is daily grow ing wider. Many resent the "Fair Play" movement. There has always been in Lehigh a feeling against those who depart from party regu larity and kick over the traces, lo cally called "bellhommels." It is also evident that on account of the President's war order to stop brew ing and the imminence of prohibi tion the "wet" issue is losing its force, so that the Republicans, in spite of the fact that Lehigh is nor mally 1,500 Democratic, expect to carry the county for Sproul. No Time For Recreation One of the new magazines is called Country Life in the War, but we doubt whether there will be a de mand for it. Country life in the war, we learn, consists of working from 4 a. m. to 10 p. m. with only a little time off on Saturday afternoon to paint some slacker's barn yellow.-*- JTrom the Grand Rapids Preas. 1 *TA JtmSBtTRG UfiSjjSbl HXBQICXPB AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELING By BRIGGS WMSM MS was A fin/b _ xbivj he was Tmb "Amo at FiFTee* he I TeAR out) h-6 WAS a BAO BOY OF me Ibww WAS Tne ToWO TeRRoR AMt> A AMO uWOUtIMT Qo To LOAFER AnjD CUC-RVOoDY ' BuRBCm ' I I „ T ' -A0 H,S N " MS ,$ OH-H-H-H OUR BOY.'.' —AT TWEWTY owe y HE M OME PAPER* WITH HI a T=- HC cpouia~ret> im PICTURE-BECAose HB- WAS BeExj IT a The MARINES DECORATED Wth TH6 CROIX *mJ> DE GOGRRP FOR ©IaTINGVUSHSI) Y' . B*AU£RY iK> /XCTIOAF . OLOft"R*R*R ,OVJ 5 (sjjg Q^Y Nominees For Governor (From the Altoona Tribune) The Tribune wishes to be per fectly frank in the discussion of the political problems of the present and the future. If it has advocated and will continue to advocate the Republican cause it does so not only because it is a Republican, but also because it really believes the candidates it is supporting are bet ter statesmen, committed to better principles, more likely to render ef ficient service in every way than their opponents. Let us consider for a moment the gubernatorial situation. The Repub lican nominee is Senator William C. Sproul, of Delaware county, a gen tleman whose long service as a mem ber of the State Legislature has made him thoroughly familiar with the problems likely to demand the attention of the incoming executive. It is universally admitted that few men have ever gone into the guber natorial office so well equipped as Senator Sproul Is at this moment. His opponent is Judge Eugene C. Bonhiwell. of the municipal court of Philadelphia. Bonniwell's nomi nation was a pure accident. He happens to have been specially en ergetic in his canvass and succeded in winning by a few votes over his opponent, the candidate of the re organizers in the Democratic ranks, and a very reputable citizen. Bonni well has never been anything but a politician of the sort that has never met the approval of the people of this commonwealth. He is no more fit for the office of governor than for judicial position. Within the Republican party there is complete harmony. The members of the party are well pleased to have so admirable a standard-bearer as Senator Sproul. There is no present quarrel among the leaders. Faction alism has been sent to the rear. Sel dom has the party gone into a cam paign with such universal content ment existing in the ranks; such a widespread conviction that the head of the ticket is an ideal man for the position he has been selected to fill. Senator Sproul may well be congratulated upon the unity which has come to his party as one of the results of his nomination. And how about the Democratic organization? Well, from the begin ning Judge Bonniwell has refused to recognize the state committee which was elected at the same primaries that gave him the nomination for governor. He has again and again declared that he would run his own campaign and to that end has or ganized a new party known as the Fairplay party. He has likewise denounced his running mate, J. Washington Logue, the nominee for lieutenant governor, because he be lieves in getting rid of the brewery and the saloon. And he is running amuck against every Democratic citizen who agrees with J. Washing ton Logue. So scandalous has been the con duct of Judge Bonnlwell, so sub servient has he been to the liquor interests that at its last meeting the Democratic state committee declined to endorse his candidacy, while the national committeeman from this state openly denounced him. Things have reached such a pass that mem bers ' of the Democratic party who are sincerely favorable to the ratifi cation of the prohibitory amendment to the federal constitution and op posed to the scheme which would make their party a tail to the kite of the liquor men find it necessary to support Senator Sproul, who has declared emphatically in favor of ratification. The latter will sweep almost every county. LABOR NOTES Wallace, Idaho, hotel and restau rant workers have received the eight hour day. Women hosiery workers at Dury, Ireland, demand a 12% per cent, bonus. . Retail clerks at Fort Worth, Texas, have agreements with most of the mefchants. Brockton (Mass.) barbers have raised wages $3 a week. Women ice wagon drivers in In dianapolis are proving a success. Baltimore (Md.) yeast makers have secqred wage increases of 20 per cent. Kilmarnock, Scotland, has abolished half penny fares on the tramway cars. Large army trucks are being oper ted by women drivers in Detroit. Northampton, Mass, finds the com munity market plan a money saver. Chairman Hays to Republican Editors In a recent speech to the Repub- | lican Editorial Association of In diana, Will H. Hays, chairman of the Republican National Committee, said: "This country hhs to save the world. "The Republican press is the voice, far-reaching, of that political party constituting in all probability the majority of the citizenry of this country. "We are Republicans, we are proud of it. The history of the ac tions of the Republican party is the story of the progress of the nation. "A man could not have been more proud to have been a Republican in 1861, when the party was born to make men free, nor in 1898, when it gave its best to preserve the liberty of a down-trodden neighboring peo ple, than he is to be a Republican to-day.. "Deploring the socialistic tenden cies of the present government, we declare that while there is absolutely nothing in this country which should not be taken and used for necessary war purposes, such taking shall be for war purposes only, and that in such action there must be no even tual ulterior object. "We will move forward with a full appreciation of the new needs of the natioh, and with a full determi nation to watch well the ancient landmarks." "The fact that the Republic party in Congress has been able give a more generous war support I NO NEGOTIATED PEACE [From the New York Times.] Augtria and Germany have them selves to blame if. when they 'con fess defeat and propose peace, thej proposal is peremptorily rejected as, insincere. Sincerely, good faith,! truth, honor, common honesty, all these they are no longer credited j with. They have forfeited the last shred of reputation by bringing on this war and by the manner in which they have conducted it. They have themselves to blame if, when they propose peace, the most substantial guarantees of their good faith are; demanded. That is the meaning of the Associated Press dispatch from Washington published yesterday in whic]i it was said that, if Austria now makes another move by offering to restrict the discussion "to the prin ciples laid down by President Wil son as the only basis of peace," it. would be demanded that as an evi dence of good faith she and her a'- lies would have to give pledges that would leave no doubt about the mat ter. We quote from the Washington dispatch of the Associated Press: "It was said authoritatively to-day that such a proposition undoubtedly would be accepted. But this state ment was accompanied by a signifi cant reminder of conditions which must be met preliminary to at\v such discussion. These are that the Cen tral Powers "Must withdraw completely from all occupied territory in France and. Belgium, Italy, Russia and Serbia. "The Germans must drop the sub terfuge of the Brest-Litovsk treaty made by Germany with Russian agents hired to betray their coun try. • "They must loosen their hold upon the wheat fields of Ukrainia and the oil wells of Serbia and Russia. "And all this must be done before America would consent to talk of. peace, even upon the basis of the President's stipulation." These are conditions which the Times on many occasions has sug gested as necessarily antecedent to •any talk about peace: the conditipns enumerated at Washington "author itatyvely" are even more comprehen sive. Fair Season (From the Pennsylvania Farmer) The county and district ( fairs should he of greater educational value this year than ever before. There are graver farm problems be fore the agricultural public than ever before, and the good fair will present these problems to the com munity as no other institution can. Then, the Industrial exhibits, includ ing farm machinery, farm building equipment, and labor-saving devices about the farm are more impor tant and more needed this year than normally. Again, it has bean a busy season. than the opposition is not recited by Republicans in disparagement of the Democrats. By tradition, by train ing, by experience, by aspiration, and by actual performance, we have been qualified to do this. More is properly expected of us by reason of these things, and the fact that we have been true to our consistent rec ord of preparedness, patriotism and performance, though at times sub jected to the most narrow partisan attempts to deter us, does not entitle us to any more credit than that due for the discharge of any recognized duty. "I have pity, rather than any other concern, for those men who ac cuse Republicans of a lack of pa triotism and a failure in war sup port. Such statements, spawned in spite and uttered with the evident belief that a partisan advantage can be gained thereby, are the wails of ignorance and the woofs of selfish ness. They do no harm politically to those against whom they are direct ed. The contrary is true. "And we cannot'too often remem ber the Republican party's purpose. While striving first to win the war, and standing irrevocably against any peace based on a compromise of principles, we propose to prepare for after-war problems, and take such steps that in all wisdom should be taken now, to the end that while we fight to make certain forever the right of free government throughout i he world we shall not forget th&t we j have a republic to preserve in this I country." ___ LETTER FROM BLUE DEVIL [lndianapolis News] When the Blue Devils visited In dianapolis last May they were en tertained by .local citizens. Maurice I earlier was the guest of Martin I Rehfuss, Jr., County Fuel Admints j trator. He has wrftten a letter to J Mr. Rehfuss, a translation of which 1 reads: "Having returned to France, I j hasten to thank you very much for j the welcome you gave us while so- j journing in your beautiful United States. Never, never shall I forget your fraternal love. I have been so happy to notice that America and France are united, as a soul in the body, for the freedom of the world. "I have related to my fellow-citi zens of France all that you have done and what you are still doing for us. I have told them of your love. I have also told them that France has a big sister in big Amer ica, upon whom we can depend. I shall always tell my American friends how you received the Blue Devils in your city and I shall kiss them for you. You may be sure that in the field of battle our hearts beat and our blood flows together, be cause we are fighting with the same object, the security of the world and the crushing of this accursed race called German. "Once more, thank you. As to for getting. never! How can I forget? When I came back from my absence in France I found my family in a pitiful condition. Driven from their village by the Huns by shell and fire, they are now destitute without any resources. How we curse the Boches and we will never forgive them for their barbarism. Forget? Never! "Thank you, and much love from a Blue Devil." Slackerism in Mountains ] The New York Herald says the i only opposition to the draft is in iso lated mountain sections. In some of the mountain counties of Kentucky none was called under the first draft law, because all of the men between 21 and 31 had gone as volunteers.— From the Louisville Courier-Journal. May Need Army After the war it might be well to keep a few shock troops in govern ment service for the purpose of showing speed maniacs that with a little Judicious machine gunning the world can be made completely safe for democraoy.—From the Toledo Blade. Won't Even Look at 'em Teutonic bids for an inconclusive peace at this timo will be duly filed in the entente waste basket.— From the Chicago News. SEPTEMBER 20, 1918. * We've Got Them on the Run In Picardy and Flanders, Like frightened geese and ganders They flutter in the sun; They don't take time to goose-step; They take a long, quick, loose step — We've got them on the run! Though Hindenburg may scold them, His famous line won't hold them— They're making a home run; They're hiking for the Rhine land; Don't blame them —it's a fine land. Lies basking in the sun. Some day they'll rally—may be; Yet awful though that day be The battle will be won; And all the world, made free then, Will praise the deeds of free men Who overcame the Hun! —Joseph B. Gilder, in New York Times. Bet Papen Blushes at This This Franco-American offensive against the St. Mihiel salient should | remind Captain von Papen of "those idiotic Yankees." —From the Spring field Republican. OUR DAILY LAUGH | _ NO WONDER. S®3) Poor old Jonei yfmP cJA A lost every cent JW RK , JH he had In Wall \ it ' 1 Serves h1 re 'Wi\ rl^ht - Th< J 'f Hl| darned fool was " r . Sj playing th . game with hll ' j A l| own money. than 1 have this. I wonder where they have gone forter —Well, all we can do. Doc- ' 'lj| i&. 1 ENOUGH, (i . The doctor )} • &UW/ sa >' 3 I' m eating *\ ' jfn to ° mucll Bweet / \ JJIl i x stuff. Says sugar I \it •' makes you lazy. "I SjIC-' Think does? , 7f *&Vv Loaf sugar might. OUTOF ( \C How did you | WANT TO PUT T< wMi When the time comes there are mighty few men n Ww& who want to IHP Tea, I guess It's about the K. last thing a man /#. wants to do. VINDICTIVE. J^Sl Did you ever see a woman that I was tongue-tied? ; No, but I've ffv \l* : seen lots of them \t C 2 f that ought to be. j Aliening (Eljat Formal request for Governor Mar tin G. Brumbaugh to give a resident of an eastern county of Pennsylvania a "permit" for a quarter barrel of beer will be given a severely plain reply at the State Capitol, but the letter seeking gubernatorial ap proval of the purchase will be filed ont the Hill as one of the curiosities of the year. The Governor's office gets numerous crank letters and all sorts of requests. That has been the case for years and years and successive governors have had their mails bur dened with every kind of begging letter from blunt asking for $5 to intimations that an appointment to a well-paid Job without much work attached would be acceptable. But the letter asking the permit stands unrivaled. It is written in pencil and does not contain any punctua tion, although liberally sprinkled with capital letters. Under a rule of the office the name was not given out. The letter is as follows: "I write you to ask you if You would kindly give me a Permit ro get a quarter Barrel Beer as my little girl is two years old and I Would like to give her a Little time Just among ourselves and know body else will be their I would Thank you very much if You would do that much for me Kindly let me know for next Sunday and oblige me." • * * The old tradition that Pardon Board applications Nos. IS and 23 both cannot win and that either one is bound to go down has been broken this week. Both won. For a long time No. 13, ordinarily shunned in making pleas, has been a winner. The numbers are given arbitrarily in the office where the list is made up and while some people have ob jected to having No. 13 it has gen erally been lucky. And when not it has seemed as though No. 23 won. But as a rule both did not. This week the Board recommended clem ency In both instances. George D. Thorn, the compendium of knowledge on election laws and similar matters on Capitol Hill, tells a story of an Adams county woman who was not ruffled. This woman was called up on the telephone and a man exclaimed excitedly: "Right after you left the house the roof caught fire; it's on fire now." "What? Is that so? Is there any thing more?" she asked. "Well, that's all I can think of now," replied the astonished man. "Much obliged." • • • William H. Ball, secretary to the Governor, got a hew way of being identified other day. He had a letter at the post office or rather Uncle Sam had it for him and it was to be delivered to him alone as it was executive business. When he got to the office the man did not know him. There was no one in sight who did, either. And he did not have any letters in his pockets and not even a card. Suddenly he got a thought and handed his watch to the man. The clerk was a bit non plussed when the secretary unhitch ed the timepiece and when he hand ed it in he was still further up a tree. "There's my name; guess that will do." said Mr. Ball, opening the case. He got the letter. The propositions involved in tpe proceedings to test the reasonalfle ness of the new steam heat rates of the Harrisburg Light and Power Company are of a character which will mean the expenditure of hun dreds of dollars, thousands by the time it is ended, and it is in teresting to note that similar pro ceedings are under way in com plaints from at least twenty-five Pennsylvania cities or boroughs. It has come to be a common saying at the Capitol that whenever a rate is advanced a shower of complaints follows. • • • George J. Brennan, writing in the Philadelphia Inquirer, remarks upon the tremendous spread of interest in military training, especially of stu dents and schoolboys, and pays trib ute to the work of Gabriel H. Moycr, of the auditor general's department and other men who have been urg ing it. In the course of his enter taining column he says: "In Gov ernor-to-bo William C- Sproul, the champions of military training ex pect to have an ardent supporter. His son "Jack," who voluntarily entered the regular army shortly after hos tilities broke out, and won the rank of lieutenant, and who is just re covering from being "gassed" on the banks of the Marne, typifies the spirit of the Sprouls on the question of military preparedness. A mem ber of the Military Training Com mittee irt voicing the faith of him self and his colleagues in the sup port of the next Governor, said: "When Sproul lands in the Executive mansion there will bo an end to the pull-back policy of fossils who are now potential in the state edu cational department and a true American spirit will be injected into every branch of the state govern ment. It may be decided fn a plan of good will and fairness to pension some of the antiquated attaches of the school system, but there will be a broader and more democratic ad ministration all around as far as the schools are concerned. Sproul can also be counted upon to aid when the next drive is made against the mossbacks in the Board of Educa tion in Philadelphia, as well as those employes of the board who will have been mainly responsible for the de lay in the introduction of military training in all of the high schools." [ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —E. V. Babcock, who is host to many prominent men to-day at his farm near Pittsburgh, is a member of a family which is very prominent in the lumber business. —Captain J. Dickinson Este, who has been winning laurels in air fight ing, is president of a Philadelphia manufacturing company. —Col. I>ewis E. Beitler. of the Council of National Defense, has been visiting Camp Meade. —Dr. John P. Garber, .head of the ■ Philadelphia schools, says that edu cation must be kept right up to the top mark in spite of the war. —A. C. Bigelow, active in the movement for more sheep in Penn sylvania, has gone to North Caro lina to tell what this state is doing. ! r 00 yqu kn°w I J —That parts made in Harris burg are in use on cannon used In tile Marne offensive? HISTORIC HARRISBURG —The first post office was in Sec ond street near Chestnut and was opened in 1791, Some Plunge Headlong In Some people borrow trouble and othere apeak German in public.— From the Kanaaa City Star,
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