8 HARRiSBURG TELEGRAPH A. NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph Building, Federal Square E. X. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief V. R. OYSTER, Business Manager OUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor A. R. MICHENER, Circulation Manager Executive Board 3. P. McCULLOUGH. BOYD M. OGELSBY, F. ' R. OY'STER. 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. Member American r _ Newspaper Pub 7IS lishers' Associa sß| tion, the Audit Bureau of Circu fcgBPWBEHHL lation and Penn svlvania Associ- IfiSSSS? $ ated Dailies. jags!! a- I 688 SS 6fiß Iml Eastern office, lEI2SSS"H! Story, Brooks & 'afiiSlfiO Wa Finley. Fifth 'l3s§es- Sk Avenue Building I®= New York City; Western office. CK? T rSSS'Ie Story, Brooks & Finley, People's a== fSSf !U>P Gas Building, 1 - Chicago, 111. Entered at tho Post Office in Harris burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a week; by mail, 15.00 a year in advance^ WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25, 191S 'Tis always morning somewhere, and j above The awakening continents, from shore to shore, Somewhere the birds are. singing evermore.—Longfellow. WHAT ARE YOU PAYING? WHAT have you paid for a seat at the big show?" asks an ! exchange of the man who is : viewing the world war from a safe j distance of 3,000 miles. The question is apt and well put. 1 The greatest spectacle of the ages j is being enacted. Mankind never ' lived through a more thrilling period. What have you paid for your seat j at the performance, you who view it through the columns of your news- I paper, on the screen at the movies | or in the letters from your lad over | there? What are YOU paying? j What is it worth to be alive and ! safely out of the frightfulness of j Europe? Ask yourself that. Then think it over. What is your seat in the grand- j stand worth, in Liberty Bonds, for ! instance? Six billions? Sure, we'll raise it. A GOOD INHERITANCE ANDREW S. PATTERSON, AS I president of the Chamber of Commerce, has done nothing better than to get Harrisburg's hous-t ing problem to the point of serious consideration. It has not been a j highly popular movement because; many have failed to understand its importance. Lawrence Veiller's able! address at the luncheon last week; cleared away all doubts and Mr. Patterson has the gratification of< seeing his pet project in the way of receiving the attention it deserves. He will pass it on to the new ad- j ministration of the Chamber, about! to come into being, and it will be one of the big projects for the Chamber] to "put over" next year. The fact that the war may not be over then should not deter those who will take up the work of the Chamber following Mr. Pat terson. Indeed, that should be mere ly another reason for speeding up. for housing is both a war and a, peace issue. The New Orleans Times-Picayune, I in a special article from London on the elimination of the slums of, that city, points out the immensity! of the housing task the government has assumed in the very face of the most burdensome war in all history. ] In Great Eritain, as in the United! States, thef-3 has been a determina-1 tion to close the slums, the restricted i districts and similar objectionable' quarters, as a protection to the sol-! diers and the general community;! but Great Britain has gone much further than we have done in this matter, for they are converting and rebuilding these condemned dis tricts so as to provide better homes for the working classes and prevent congested conditions that prevail in many parts of the poorer sections of London. Here in the United States, as Mr. Velller told us, we also have found it necessary to go into this building business to provide homes for work ing men and women in those local ities where there has been an in crease of population caused by war Industrie or additional government work, and Congress has voted a very large amount for these improve ments. The British movement pro poses not only to provide these ad ditional quarters but to do so by tearing down and removing the slums and converting them into residences for the working classes, it is a big job to undertake in the midst of a great war that is calling on the country In so many ways. Yet the London County Council Is so well satisfied with what it lias already done In the matter that it 1 WEDNESDAY EVENING. HAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 25, 1918. proposes to carry the project to the end. according to the Picayune cor respondent's information. It be lieves that it will more than pay for itself in the improvement that will result, in the reduced sick and death rate, that the council believes that it would be a great misfortune if it was abandoned at this time. The appropriation for this work was originally 17 Ms million dollars of which 10 million dollars has al ready been expended. The commit tee which has had charge reports that it has already cleaned up fifty five acres of slums of the most of fensive and insanitary character and has provided in this area homes for one hundred and sixty thousand peo ple at a cost of barely $6O apiece When it is considered how much this means in better health and better conditions, less sickness, less im morality and suffering, fewer crimes, it will be recognized that a war against insanitation, vice and suffer ing is as important in many re spects as the war against the Ger mans, and that it will materially in crease the effectiveness and produc tion of the British working man. "In this country," observes the Picayune, "we have closed many of the restricted districts and slums, but have done little towards bring ing these sections into general use again: and we are not likely to re-! store them to such use unless we adopt the methods of the London j County Council, to reconstruct und.i rebuild them. It is a matter worthy; of consideration in those cities which have such slums and unoccupied dis tricts and against which the com plaint is raised at the same time, that they have no homes for work ing people. Thus two birds can be killed with one stone —the clos ure of the slums and the provision of more homes for workers, and a general betterment of their con dition." Surely, if England can do so much under such great difficulties as pre vail there, we in this country can do more. To come back home. Harrisburg and its housing problem are so far removed from the war, as compared with England, that it is almost as though no war is being fought. Can we do what the Eng lish are doing for their working people? We can—and must. The Chamber of Commerce is the instru ment through which we must work. Mr. Patterson is leaving his successor a good inheritance. ] Charles S. Mellen complains in court that his wife "hit him with an old marble eesr." What's he kicking about? It might have been real. DOOMED! THERE are growing indications that the Kaiser does not trust the mettle of his troops before Metz and in the adjacent iron ore district of Briey. H?h recent visit to that sector, with his distribution of 400 iron crosses and his appeals to the German soldiers to "stop the Americans" means nothing less than that he fears the Yankees may re peat their St. Mihiel exploit on a new and vaster scale. But it will take more than the bombast and worth less trinkets of a discredited Em peror to heal the canker of dis couragement'in the German ranks or to halt the onrush of the victorious Americans. Metz and the nearby iron mines are doomed.. Yon Hertling says "Germany's situa tion is serious." and something tells us he's right. GIFTS FOR THE BOYS THE government has wisely de cided to permit the American soldier" in France to have each a Christmas parcel. Of course, there had to be teslrictions, for the reason that the number of ships to carry them is limited. If each man abroad at Christmas receives only one par cel the total will be more than iwo millions, the likelihood is. So, in order to control the flood of gifts that otherwise would make the handling of them impracticable, the department has decided only one package will be accepted for each man. General Pershing is forward ing coupons bearing the name and address of each member of the ex peditionary force, to be distributed to the next of kin. These couptjns must be-attached to standard containers, 9 by 4 by 3 inches in size, which will beprovided by local Red Cross chapters upon ap plication. All packages must be mailed be fore November 15, as weeks will be required to get them to ports of embarkation, across the Atlantic and to the various piaces in France where men are stationed. The packages will be small— pitifully small, as Christmas pack ages go, but the good cheer that can be crowded into a package is not limited by its size. Christmas is a season of sentiment and the lad in the trenches will rejoice as much in a little box from home as he.would in one of larger size, even though it may not be so satisfying from the standpoint of appetite. Beside, the same size box foe rich and poor will tend toward good feeling among the boys "over there." But i'f you must send your own lad something , "extra," there is no reason why you should not mail or cable him the money and let him buy his own feast. Secretary of War Baker says he "is amazed" at the United States' war preparations in France, and this itself is amazing. And now even "near-beer" is giving up the ghost, the Government having leased one big plant for a warehouse. Over In Cumberland county, the other day, a farmer drove a pig to market in the morning and drove a new automobile back In the evening, and now his neighbors ate" wonder ing— (r~ ii y otitic* u * yZKK*iflc&Kla, By the Ex-Committeeman Schemes of the Democratic state machine bosses to have the Demo cratic voters of the state concen trate upon one candidate for the Supreme Court to insure the main tenance of party representation upon the bench of the Commonwealth's highest court, and presumably, to make safe the candidacy of Justice E. J. F\>x. of Easton. went to smash at Philadelphia last night. The other candidates refused to agree to the plan and friends of CharleS B. Lenahan, of Wilkes-Barre, one of the strongholds of the' machine, is sued a statement that he was going to remain in the battle to the bit ter end. Partisans of other Demo crats who aspire to the bench joined in the resentment showti over the attempt of the bosses to boss the nonpartisan ticket as well as the Democratic machine. It is generally believed that Jus tice Fox was named by the Governor after the opinion of National Chair man Vance C. McCormick and Na tional Committeeman A. Mitchell Palmer as to his availability had been obtained. The trouble was that Democratic bosses of the other fac tion were not consulted and they are not inclined to go along at all. —The meeting yesterday was the first of the kind held in recent years. Leaders of no other party or fac tion ever had the.nerve to try what Palmer and his pals are commonly understood to have had in .their minds when they got the Demo cratic State Executive Committee to meet in Philadelphia. The row in the party over -the repudiation of the nominee of the Democratic voters for Governor by the men who control the titular organization of the party and the meeting to flout the official body of the Democ racy held by the Bonniwell men have made any agreement well nigh hope less and the party's condition in the state desperate. —Senators William C. Sproul and Edward E. Beidleman. the Repub lican nominees for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, toured Cam bria county yesterday and met with a reception every bit as enthusias tic as that given to them in insur gent Somerset the day before. They visited most of the towns and were given a noonday reception at Ebens burg attended by men of every party and in the evening the reception at Johnstown was a big affair in which Republicans and Democrats gathered to greet them. Senator Sproul. who is at Eddystone to-day, will be in Philadelphia to-morrow. —The Philadelphia newspapers all agree that the meeting was anything but a success. A. V. Dively, of Al toona. and Henry Budd, of Philadel phia, the latter a Bonniwell man. ignored it. Justice Fox was on hand with a number of iends and Lenah an was also around. State Chairman Lawrence H. Rupp, and other lead ers endeavored tQ make plain that the party was in danger of losing its representation oil the Supreme Bench, but the aspirants did not see why they should get out. What is disturbing Palmer and McCormick is that they are not only confronted with one of the worst breaks in the Democracy during their regime but there is a chance that for the first time in a century the Democrats may get into a place where they will have no justice of the Supreme Court in the Keystone State. It will be recall ed that it has been since the Palmer- McCormick crew was in charge of the machine that Lehigh county elected a Republican Senator, something un known in 102 years. And all this has come to pass in spite of panegyrics from Market Square about a united and harmonious party. —ln addition to spending much time in discussing the "freeze out" on Supreme 'Court the executive committee talked over the meaning of the Bonniwell meeting and it is reported that some unofficial emis saries were flitting about. However, it does not look as though any agree ment can be reached. —The Philadelphia Inquirer says the Democratic Supreme Court situa tion means a "free for all" tight, while the Press says no agreement was reached. The Record remarks that the meeting was not a success. Following the meeting, Lawrence H. Rupp, the new state chairman who presided, made the following state-' ment: "For the purpose of promot- j ing the intent of the constitutional j provision, the matter was discussed and it was decided to submit the mat ter to the candidates for such action as they desired to take." —The Record says regarding Bon-J niwell plans: "The members of the campaign committee, which is au thorized to take charge of the state campaign, will shortly be announced. Judge Bonniwell selected ex-Sheriff Love, of York, as chairman of the body, and Samuel R. Tarner, candi date for Congressman-at-Large, named two prominent labor leaders as his quota on the committee. This campaign committee was author ized at the meeting of the Palmer controlled state committee at Har risburg on June 19 last. It was de cided that Judge Bonniwell shall name the chairman of the body and each of the candidates two men to the body. Announcement was made yesterday that the new campaign committee will co-operate with all local county committees, and where necessary will organize bodies to work in the interest of all candi dates for state offices, as well as for Congress." —Nomination of Senator S. S. Leiby, of Marysville, subboss of the Perry county section gang of the Democratic machine, as a substitute candidate for Congress in the "shoe string" district, will not matter. The re-election of Congressman B. K. Focht is assured. Leiby got elacted to the Senate a couple of years ago when some people were off the job and has an idea that he can shine in Washington as much as he did in the Senate when he opposed the 'in vestigation" resolution. A. W. Auo ker, who was named for Congress at the last hour, withdrew because he 4 | age to become a f'|- Je lr ' nirata. 1 A NEW AC- QlOi COMPLISH- Ar-jyrS' MENT. £/ My son Is a iSf musical genius, IM he plays the pi- t\vN ano with one —-//h\ |Vi Huh, that's not so much, my ■ son can play with bis toes. Jk. •Euentng One of the finest signs of the spirit which is being shown by the men of Pennsylvania who signed up .; under the call of the President for national defense just twelve days * ago is that so many of them have returned their questionnaires to their local boards, was the comment of Major William G. Murdock, the state's chief draft officer, who has been visiting various cities and keep ing in close touch with the working out of the new draft. To all in- • tents and purposes the registration of September means a new draft. The older registrants, those of 1917, and June and August, 1918, will all be in camps or held home on de ferred classifl .ttions by the middle of October. The registrants of Septem ber, 1918, as those hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians who registered on September 12. will be officially known, will be called upon to go to camps late in October and during November and December. According to the major many of the local boards, which just began to issue the questionnaires the end of last week, have found their people very responsive and the tilled out papers have been literally rolling in on the members of boards. This has been made possible through the assistance of lawyers who have helped,the registrants, many of them as in the case of the attorneys of Dauphin county, at the sacrifice of their own hours of business and pleasure and even at loss of meals, as was the case with some men. The lawyers here have set a most com mendable example to people in other walks of life by going to the court house day after day and night after night to assist men in answering questions which would terrify the ordinary man. And it is no_w up to the boards of instruction to prepare to give the men advice in regard to personal matters, the insurance feature of the army and preliminary military training. Major Murdock has several times commended the fine spirit which is shown 'in Har. risliurg and the zeal of business and professional men to aid the young men of their country who are pre pared to go to camp. It is the kind which, army officers say, gets re sults. • • • Congressman B. K. Focht. of Lewisburg, tells a story about a Pennsylvania Congressman well known to many in Harrisburg, Charles H. Rowland, of the Clear field district, which illustrates how some men in staying home are called upon to face more than those who go. This is the way Mr. Focht tells it in his Saturday News, of Lewicburg: "The other day one of Pennsylvania's most popular Con gressmen, sturdy, stalwart in body and bigness of heart, met a test un der which one less brave, one less true ps an American, would have quailed. Congressman Charles H. Rowland, representing the Clear field-Center District, and whose home is at Philipsburg, went to Camp Meade to see his two sons who are in the service, and say farewell tot% one who was leaving for France. The young man, taking his father by the hand and looking into his kindly face, said, 'Good-by Dad, I am go ing and will not get back.' It took a brave, self-sacrificing American to go with such a premonition, and a father of undaunted spirit and cour age, to like a Spartan, embrace his loved hero son apparently unmoved but possessed of emotions which en gulfed his very soul." • • • Presence of Lieutenant Governor Frank B. McClain at the Capitol yes. terday attending a meeting of the War Board, caused a man conver sant with many activities about Pennsylvania to remark "Frank McClain could have made a couple of hundred thousand dollars of real money and fixed himself for the rest of his life if he had devoted to his business the time he has given to the work of the State Committee of Public Safety the last year." When asked what he meant this observer replied: "Well, McClain knows more about the livestock business than nine-tenths of the merf in that business and the coming of war opened rare opportunities for him. It also opened rare opportunities for him to be of public service. Mc- Clain would have liked to shoulder a gun, but he was not exactly of an age for such service. The State Pub lic Safety Committee, now the Council of National Defense, re quired just some one with the energy, brains, commonsense. ac. quaintance and experience of Frank McClain to sort of keep a hand on things. .The result was that before he knew it McClain by virtue of his office, and his willingness was giv ing two, then three, and then four days a week to the work of the Council. He is one of the few men who has its.whole gigantic busi- ' ness in his grasp and he is serving for nothing. Other States have their big men well paid for doing what McClain is doing just because the work is to be done. I hope when the next administration comes in he will be fittingly honored for what he has done." WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Major Charles T. Griffith, of the United States Army, has taken charge of the new student training class at the University of Pennsyl vania. —Representative James A. Dunn, of Philadelphia, has received word that his son, a sergeant in the Army, has suffered a shattered arm in France. . —James C. Rogers, chief paymas ter of the Pennsylvania railroad, is ill at his home in Germantown. —Dr. John Price Jackson, now a lieutenant-colonel, has three acad emic degrees in addition to military titles. —Dr. C. D. Koch, the new deputy superintendent of public instruction, has begn an educator from the days , he left school and was principal and inspector for years. —N. T. Folwell, prominent Phila delphia businessman, is not inclined to accept some of the statements of congressional financiers without dis cussion. —T. C. DuPont, head of the Johns town railways, expects to have women conductors on the cars on October 1. —R. F. Bigham, long connected with Allegheny county Republican affairs, will be secretary of the county committee again this fall. DO YOU KNOW | —That HArrisburg tin is being used to make utensils for the Army and Navy? HISTORIC HARRISBURG —John Harris organized the first corps of riflemen on the Susque hanna to protect his infant settle ment from Indians.