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TUESDAY, OCTOBER I. 1918
Take your part with the perfect
end abstract right, and trust to God
to see that it shall prove the expe
dient.—Wendell Phillips.
VOTES FOR WOMEN
ESI DENT WILSON reflects the
j thought of a vast number of
voters when he appeals to Con
gress for the passage of the resolu
tion to amend the federal consti
tution by the addition of a universal
suffrage clause. He is correct in the
view* that this is not a party issue.
Both great parties are committed to
it in their national platforms, but
in both parties there are representa
tives in Congress who choose to
place their own personal convictions
above party sentiment, which, of
course, is their privilege. But the
adoption or rejection of the votes
for-women proposal should not be
withheld from the individual States
by the few votes of a handful of ob
jecting members. We have been for
a decade or more headed toward the
day of full voting privileges for
women and President Wilson is cor
rect in his opinion that now is the
psychological moment.
We fought the Revolutionary W T ar
and proclaimed this a land of free
dom and independence. Yet we per
mitted black men and women to be
bought and sold like so many cattle.
We boasted what we did not have —
and we paid for the lie in the blood
and agony of the Civil War.
We are again waging a war for
liberty and equal privilege, and to
the winning of that war we have
called the women of America to
take the places of men who have
gone into the army. Not only that —
but we have asked for girls tnd
women to risk their lives in the hos
pitals and on the very edges of the
baUle zones of France. We have
asked others to work, and save and
sacrifice in their homes. Most diffi
cult of all, we have asked them to
cheerfully send their loved ones into
the hell of Europe.
We are fighting to make the world
safe for democracy, but there is no
true democracy where there is not
equal rights and opportunity for all.
We are demanding that women
shall do men's work. We must ac
cord them, then, the privileges of
men. We have asked Europe to ac
cept at face value our declarations
of democracy. We must stand ready
to prove our sincerity to our allies.
On this issue the expressions of
President Wilson and Senator
Sproul, the Republican candidate for
Governor of Pennsylvania, are singu
larly similar. Senator Sprout's plat
form contains a strong suffrage
plank and the amplification of his
views on the subject in recent ad
dresses clearly indicate that he be
lieves the time is here for the grant
ing of the ballot to women on equal
terms with men. This, as the Presi
dent says, is no party matter. It is
bigger than that. It is a national
issue and should be met in the way
the President proposes.
Our boys are doing more in France
than was expected of them; let us at
home buy more Liberty Bonds than
is expected of us.
WHY THIS SILENCE?
THE approach of the Thanksgiv
ing season gives rise to the
thought that in years past the
Kaiser has been prompted to an
nounce some months in advance the
city in which he intends to eat his
Thanksgiving Day dinner. If we
mistake not, Paris was the place us
ually mentioned in the advance no
tices issued by the Imperial press
agent, although love of truth
prompts the admission that accounts
of the Kaiser having fulfilled his
engagement are strangely lacking.
Or, maybe he expects to honor Ber
lin this year. At any rate, he it
headed in that direction. If per
chance he does get to Paris by
Thanksgiving Day one thing is suro
-L dously, overpowerinyly good.
Bulgaria is out of the war, Tur
key is wobbling. Austria is seeing
the ghost of ruin stalking through
the haze of military defeat, Germany
is in a panic. And all along the
great western frontier, from the
coast of stricken Belgium to Metz,
the gallant little Belgians, the fero
cious British, the courageous French
and the invincible Americans are
battering the German army to
pieces. The Hindenburg line has
been pierced in a dozen places. The
thoughts of Hindenburg turn toward
the Scheldt and the "Meuse, and he
j is wondering whether or not he will
Jbe able eventually to get out of
| France and Belgium with enough
jof his forces left to make a stand
i behind the Rhine.
The news from Europe is good—
tremendously good, as we look away
! across the Atlantic and study
through the eyes of the newspapers
the great work the alied armies are
doing.
The men "over there" are giving
good accounts of themselves. But
what of ourselves over here? The
best news we receive from them is
I that they are winning battles. The
best news they can receive from us
is that we are backing them up. It
would be almost as much satisfac
tion to the Kaiser to know that we
had fallen our quota on the
big bond issue as it is for us to
know that the Hindenburg line has
been smashed.
What is the news we ate going to j
send to France?
Our men "over there'" are doing j
twice as well as we expected them |
to do. Are you going to give them j
the same kind of good che?r they are
giving us by subscribing for twice !
as many. I-ibertv Eonds as we did
last campaign?
You just bet your last big, round
silver dollar we are!
IX THE EAST
WITH Bulgaria out of the war
and her railroads In the
hands of Jhe Allies. Turkey
may well turn her thoughts toward
separate peace, regardless of the
wishes of her imperial master. Tur
key and Austria will next feel the
weight of the allied armies in the
East unless they quickly sue for such
peace terms as England, Italy and
France may choose to grant. If they
do not choose to quit we may ex
pect soon to hear the cry of "on to
Constantinople,' and "on to Vienna,"
with every prospect of those objects
being attained
But even with only Bulgaria
beaten and the allied armies occupy
ing the country, the arch of German
supremacy ftom Berlin to India is
broken. The Pan-German dream is
over. Mittel Europa is a shattered
ambition. Bulgaria, herself a pawn
in the German game of world domin
ion, has played fast and loose with
j her friends and allies for geneva- j
tions. She turned on Rumania after j
j the tirst Balkan war in the hope ofj
grabbing territory for her own ag-j
grandizement, and at the outstartj
of this war Czar Ferdinand, in his.
ambition to make his kingdom the I
"Prussia of the Balkans," a dominant
state the central power in a league or
confederacy of Balkan states—en
forced or otherwise—deserted Rus
sia, which had freed Bulgaria from
Turkey, and entered upon a war of
conquest as an Germany and
Austria. Ferdinand declared war
when the star of the Kaiser appear
ed to be in the ascendency, and he
has just as treacherously struck his
colors to the Allies upon the first
successful attack upon his own su
premacy. Bulgaria deserves no more
consideration than Germany. She is
an outlaw among the nations and
should be treated as such.
However, the question of the mo
ment does not concern the ultimate
fate of Bulgaria; it asks what the|
next development in the Balkans will
be. With Bulgaria fallen, Turkey
tottering and Austria almost down
and out, great good news may
"break" in the East. The direction
of the next blow lies with General
Foch, and he has not spoken.
GOOD WORK
THE Rotary Club can perform a
useful service in the Americani
zation work it has undertaken.
The committee named has a big rask
on its hands. Its objects cannot be
attained in a month, or a year. The
Army is doing much for the young
man of alien birth within draft age
and the public schools are instilling
loyalty and patriotism in the hearts
of the ooys and girls of foreign
parentage. But there are in our in
dustries \ast numbers of men who!
need to be taught the great principles
of freedom and liberty upon which
the nation is founded, and to be
shown the opportunities for advance
ment which this to the
capable and the persevering. *lt is
to these that the Rotary Club is ad
dressing its efforts.
SALUTING THE FLAG
RIGHT. Dr. Schaeffer! Every
public school pupil should be
taught to salute the American
flag. The parent who teaches his
child otherwise is not a good citizen.
the ground of religious
scruples, but, acknowledging no dag,
he becomes to all Intents and pur
poses a man without a country, and
we have no room for leeches of
| that sort at this time. He prates
j much of religicus liberty and forgets
that it is the flag he declines to sa
lute that protects him in his right
to worship as he pleases.
*po titles IK
By the Ex-Committoeman
Members of fhe Democratic State
Executive Committee will be called
togethec within the next week to
fill more vacancies in congressional
and legislative tickets. The commit
tee met in Philadelphia about a week
ago and approved several substitu
tions for men who had withdrawn
and since that time there have been
other candidates retiring. The com
mittee will also determine what kind
of a campaign shall be made in be
half of J. Washington Logue and
Asher R. Johnson, its two chief
standard bearers. It is not the in
tention of the people at the State
Democratic headquarters to allow
Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell. the can
didate for Governor, to have the
Democratic stage all to himself by
any means, but to permit his cam
paign to develop and then to have
|atention called to the fact that Logue
| and Johnson are also Democratic
! nominees.
The withdrawal yesterday of H.
H. Mercer, the Mechanicsburg at
torney. as Democratic candidate for
Congress in this district, caused con
siderable surprise as this is the home
district of * Democratic National
Chairman Vjinee <?• McCormick and
It was generally believed that Mer
cer had McCormick's blessing and
consent. A meeting of Democratic !
leaders in this district to determine I
upon a successor is to be held.
I —William E. Crow, of Uniontown,
I chairman of the Republican State
Committee, yesterday conferred with
Senator Sprout, Republican nominee
for Governor, in Philadelphia. The
! state chairman yesterday made his
| first trip to this city since last June,
having just recovered from the ef
fects of an operation for appendi
citis. The governorship nominee
advised Chairman Crow that he will
be ready to devote his entire time to
[the campaign as soon as the Fourth
Liberty Loan drive has ended.
Senator Sproul has turned his entire
attention to the Liberty Bond sale.
The state committee will arrange an
itinerary which will take him
through the entire state. •
—W. Storm Miller, one of the best
known figures in Reading Repub
lican politics for many years, al
though he never held a salaried office,
died after u short illness of pneu
monia, aged 63 years. He was a
native of Highland, N, Y., and went
to Reading thirty-seven years ago.
He was a hosiery manufacturer, and
a charter member and past exalted
ruler of Reading Lodge of Elks.
—Senator Sproul is spending sev- i
eral days in and about Philadelphia
making Liberty Loan speeches.
—Thomas Z. Minehart, one of the
Democratic candidates for the House j
in Franklin county, has withdrawn. I
—lmportant action in regard to I
naming of Pennsylvania election'
commissioners to take the soldier i
vote is to be taken this week. Con-1
ferences on the subject are being
held by officials. .
—Mayor Thomas B. Smith, of
Philadelphia,' upon whom a warrant
for violation of city ordinances was
served yesterday, may start to "get
even" with the men who attack him.
The Philadelphia Record says to
day of his course: "The Mayor inti
mated to Magistrate Carson that he
will waive a hearing, wljen assured
that he will have to appear in per
son. The Mayor also indicated to
Magistrate Carson that, following
his arraignment to-morrow, he may
issue a warrant, for the arrest of
Otto T. Mallery, treasurer of the
Playgrounds Association, who
charges the Mayor, in the present
proceedings, with misbehavior and
misdemean'Or in office in the sev
eral acts by which he managed to
land Edward R. Gudehus, the for
mer Vare employe, in the $3,000 po
sition of supervising principal of
playgrounds. It was intimated \ast
week that the Mayor would retaliate
against his accuser and the group of
men whom he alleges have con
spired to cause nis arrest in the
present instance and in the past."
—According to the Philadelphia
Inquirer Dr. Charles J. Penrose,
chairman of the State Game Com
mission, will be named tp succeed
the late Dr. Samuel G. Dixom Com
missioner of Health, as president of
the Academy of Natural Sciences of
Philadelphia. The two men were
warm personal friends, kindred
spirits in many lines and years ago
hunted together. Dr. Penrose is gen
erally believed to have been the man
who induced Dr. Dixon to take the
commissionership, a place in which
he made a world-wide reputation.
—"All the forces of decerfcy
throughout the Commonwealth are
rallying to the standard of Senator
William C. Sproul, the Republican
candidate for Governor," says for
mer Lieutenant Governor Louis A.
Watres, in the Scranton Republican.
"The leaders of the Democratic
party in the state have repudiated
Bonniwell and Booze,' and the tem
perance element is strongly support
ing the Republican nominee. In view
of all the conditfons, as well as be
cause of the sterling merits of Sen
ator Sproul, his vote in November
should establish a high-water mark
for Republican majorities in Penn
sylvania. There can be no question
of Senator Sproul's election by a
record-breaking majority. Let us
make it unanimous."
—The Supreme Court Justice
contest has created some newspaper
comment and predictions. The
Insider says in the Philadelphia
Press: "In the event that Demo
cratic support is not centered on
one candidate, ft seems likely that
the Republicans will get both places,
Justice Simpson and Superior Court
Judge Kepharc being the men. Jus
tice Simpson will have the support of
the Vare organization in Philadel
phia and will get many votes from
independents. Judge Kephart will
have the support of the Penrose Stare
organization. These will be two
blocks of votes that the Democrats,
dividing their support, will scarcely
be able to overcome. Charles B.
l.enahan, unless he withdraws, will
be the strongest contender against
Justice Fox and is likely to receive!
considerable sQpport through the
northeast section of the state,
enough to defeat Democratic hopes
of success. The voter can vote for
only one candidate for Supreme
.Court Justice."
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MASY FOR JUDGESHIPS
[From the Philadelphia Press]
The limit of time permitted by law
for tiling petitions of candidates for
Judge of the Supreme Court expired
last Thursday. As the two places to
be tilled became vacant by death too
late to admit of nominations at the
May primaries, and as the law makes
them non-partisan offices, the tarty
committees could not make nomina
tion. as in the case of other vacan
cies, the ileld has been open to any
one ambitious for the high places,
and it wiil be conceded to be worthy
of any one's ambition.
Petitions have been tiled for a
considerable number of candidates.
These include Alexander Simpson,
Jr., and Edward J. Fox, who have
been commissioned by the Governor
to serve until -.he terms of the Judges
to be elected begins the tirst of the
coming year. Others in the list are
J_udge Joseph W. Bouton, of AicKean
Lount> . A. \ . Dively, of Blair County
bar; Judge John \\. Kephart, now
on the bench of the Superior Court'
Henry Budd. of the Philadelphia
bar. and Charles B. Lenahan, of
Luzerne. This is a sufficient variety
to satisfy all tastes.
We believe, however, that the bestl
interests n, the Commonwealth will
be subserved by the election of
Judges Simpson and Fox. whose ap
pointment a few months ago was
greeted with general satisfaction.'
Their high character and qualirica- !
tions for Judicial duties are recog
nized by all. They were selected
with the support of leading mem-!
bers of the bar of the state, and 1
there is no better authority on the!
qualification of Judges. The spirit; 1
of the Constitution, which intends'!
that Judges of the Supreme Court!'
shall not all be selected from one 1
party, was complied with in their!
appointments: one is a Republican ll
and one a Democrat.
But in both parties some oppo3i-l
tion to them has been indicated ''
This is apparently due more 10 re-!'
sentment of the fact that they were
named by thc Governor, who has
made himself unpopular, than to any!
personal or public objection to the i
Judges themselves. This should not!'
affect the people in their voting.
Whatever else the Governor may i
have done to discredit his adminls-;
tration he has most creditably acted!
in these two appointments to the
highest Judicial tribunal of the
state. It would be unwise for the
people deprive themselves of this
ability on the. bench purely as a mat
ter of personal or political resent
ment. •
"Men Wanted"
Men wanted, brave men. strong men.
men who fear.no foe;
Men who see beyond the cloud, and
dare to strike the blow.
Men who stand for ldyalty, nor fear
to trust and try;
Men who win not falter—none oth
ers need apply.
Men wanted, great men, big men,
men who stand for right;
Men who will not stoop to win, but
conquer in His might;
Men who forfeit selfish aims, and
heed a brother's cry—
This age demands such type of men
—none others need apply.
Men wanted, true men, sane men,
men of noble mien;
Men who see the future as it's'nev
er yet been seen;
Men who for America will dare to
fight and die;
This country calls for patriots!—
none others need apply.
—By M. J. Opie, Williamstown,
LABOR NOTES
Before the end of next year the
American Army will need 20,000 ad
ditional nurses, it is estimated by the
Surgeon General's Department.
An organized campaign is being
carried on in Wisconsin to rout out
all girl and women slackers who are
not doing anything to help the
country.
Miss Sarah Petrlkin, is the first
woman to be in line for promotion
to the post of conductor on the
Pennsylvania Railroad. She is now
a gate-woman.
Wives of munition workers at va
rious plants throughout the country
are demanding that girl workers be
forced to wear skirts over their
bloomers on the streets.
The United States employemont
service shows that private employ
ment agencies cannot cope with the
Government from the standpoint of
efficiency or economy
* ' *
Insure Your Business by Adrzrtising
TFrom the Editor and Publisher] j
lousiness during the war and after i
the war. can best be insured and|
safeguarded through advertising. The I
great problem of business today Is]
the problem of markets. If the busi-l
ness institutions of a nation can tina!
markets for their products, the chief i
problem of business is solved, and |
i goes forward and the people arei
prosperous.
Advertising has the power to cre-j
ate markets and maintain them, fori
markets are in muman minds. \d-i
vertising points out those things ]
desirable to have. Through adver- i
tising. the minds of buyer and seller!
meet.
Advertising, creator of markets, is!
therefore, the safeguard to business, j
That is the gist of a great war!
message which has been issued by
the Associated Advertising Clubs of
the World, which has recently been
given wide distribution, following its
adoption at the annual world con
vention of advertising.
This war message to American
business cites the fact that great
Speaks Through W. -4. IV. j.
(By William Allen White in the j
Emporia Gazette.)
"Politics," quoth our beloved
President, "has adjourned!"
And then up spakg the Democratic J
national committee with this non- !
partisan slogan; "Help Wilson Win!
the War!"
So politics reassembled. "And," i
says the common voter, says he to j
himself, softly like and under his i
breath;. "Who is this man Wilson, i
which lie would win the war?" And!
then History she fumbles over her j
pages and she remarks; "Him? Oh,!
he's the gentleman whom Congress j
has been endowing with more power! i
than is given to any other ruler on i
earth—not even to the Kaiser him- |
self."
"Well, well"—replies the average |
man, recalling recent events —"well, j
ain't it the truth; and who is this!
Congress which went ahead and i
done all this?
Again History turns to hr big
book and says she: "Congress is the
representatives of the people, all the
people, Republicans and Democrats,
and in giving the President all this
power, which it is a good thing to
give him in war time, for war is no
debating society, Republicans voted
just as strong as the Democrats.
They voted in a larger. proportion
for the war than the Democrats, so
far as that goes, and they voted
stronger man for man for conscrip- I
tion than the Democrats. But let!
that pass; that was the accident of
geography." "But," says History, I
says she. "in the matter of winning j
this war the Republicans gave the j
President just as much power to I
win it as the Democrats, which!
shows they really adjourned politics
and didn't just give it a ten minutes' j
recess in order to drum up a ma
jority." That was what History said |
—them very words—and she never |
smiled when she said it.
"So," thunders Logic, "now that)
you have given the President mi tnia
tremendous unprecedented
why not safeguard t hat P ow . er ' if >, I
not surround the President b I-
Republican Congress? The Repun
licans upheld him in the wai, the
Republicans co-operated to give him
all this power. Power unrestrained
is bad for any man. Power under
control and with the consent of the
governed is the essence of democ
racy. So why not. now that Con
gress has assembled the makings of
a tyrant—and no man is above tne
temptations of the flesh— why not
surround the President wit h a •**"
publican Congress, a Congress Just
as loyal. Just as reasonable, just as
keen to win the war as the President
himself why not surround the
President with advisers rather than
servants, with men rather than
patronage seekers, with Americans
rather than mere partisans, who in
the past ten months have played
party politics clear up to the limit."
Them was the noble words of
Logic, which you can't get away
from, dearly beloved.
Let politics really adjourn. And
i let the Republicans help Wilson win
• the war. This is no one party war.
If he won't have a bipartisan Cab
inet, why not have a.bipartisan gov
t ernment —Democratic in the White
■ House and Republican on Capitol
s Hill?
t Has anyone anything further to
offer?
bankers of the coitry, at this tins]
when increased cosof operating fa
tories calls lot lger credits, aai
recognizing that t. advertiser Is i
safer risk, fcr. fhugh advertising
he is selling to a distantly growin
market.
"Conversely." t message con
tinues. "the banketealizes that th
manufacturers wit a market unse
cured by public gel will, must de
pend on unusual inlands to mam
tain his expanded iume. Botn the
business and tinaial worlds tlow
know that adveising is a far
reaching force intrude, not only
insuring sales to tbcon timing pub
lic, but guarding id protecting the
channels through tich trade Hows.
"Advertising mes it obligatory
on the manufactur and the pro
ducer to maintaitjuality, thus guar
anteeing to lie people dependable
value recoazable by trade mark.
"Keepinjthe home tires burning
and keepirtlie home factories ope
rating arsynonymous and assure
for our rn who shall return frcm
the war, nployment at fair and liv
ing wag."
AFTk FOOD PROFITEERS
[Fronrhiladelphia Public Ledger.]
It isigh time that something was
done check the flagrant profiteer
ing itch is going on in many of
the Aauraats in this city; and it
Mr. StiYu-rs, the district agent of
the Depasnent of Agriculture, can
do it us win earn the graceful
thanks o thousands of victims.
There is . course no question that
increases in he price of food have
justified in any instances increases
in the nieniprice. let, making all
allowances r this factor, as well as
, the 'erhead charges upon
which so m : h stress is laid, it is un
aeniable.tiv some items have been
adcanced Vond all reason. When 1
the price ctresh vegetables is dou-:
bled in a ime of plenty, when u 1
cantaloupe which costs seven or!
eight cent j n mur i {e t brings
from fortito eighty cents on the
plate, it isbvious that the profits
are exorbita. -phe more expensive
restaurants lC . ad wlth a degree of
j eason tha music, flowers, cable
linen undther accessories add
greatly to t] expense. But the res-
tl "'hish none of these
things ofteshow a gi eater propor
tionate ris,-, prices Again * aß Mr .
out ' they have taken
if the food regulations to
~ i Y Vi. 0 P°"'ons of bread to
IhhoA- if H? tomer is lawfully en
fv ey have done !t with
insistent|j PEA I TO JJ ; .
loirdlv F i ' h Practices bear very
erate or P? h ° Se P ersons of ni ° d *
means who are obliged
once a d 0 a restaurants at least
?IML T LD IN NIAN >' CAS ES three
i wTvs in T of the innumerable
mw Jm.i ch the Government is
I vidua? it/ 18 the life of the indi
of this sdt^ to ch eck extortion
01 tms a< %n hardly be doubted.
M *V&fiPHOSIS
CFr ° m Club, in
The b oy ltic Morft-hly.]
Before §Lb ro ught our groceries
His pame*! ar began,—
The crdei ixi e . and he took
'And wrott from the cook,
, And car , h , s mu e book.
In which i thc can
He wasn t - p our kero sene.
. j neat and clean;
But now so/.
The boy wiA and clean he is.
And stanajJL owr groceries,
You'd never 8t B ra!gh ,,
Stoop-should :vf hjm (or the came
came,* j care less boy who
And often g
For bring) h { blame
He was so si 1 ' g0 , ate .
If he had ev ;gs> goodne ss knows
1 rushed his clothes.
But now a PO)
Ihe boy who , - , ia
And gone t h , r groceries.
Sunday he ca. "®ni Hun .
Good-by befoi ot a k to say
And POP shoo ° n t away;
As
' He is so soldieA
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LABOR NOTES
The Food Committee of Enfield,
England lias protested against no
supplementary rations being granted
to the women munition workers..
The present Constitutional govern
ment of Mexico incorporated in the
new constitution, promulgated on
February 5. 1917. the most advanced
labor legislation in the world along
the lines adopted by New Zealand.
The total cost of erecting the
American Federation of Labor head
quarters in Washington, which in
cluded the cost of the ' ground upon
which the building stands, was SIS 9,-
517.65. Of this amount S6O 740 has
been paid off. leaving an indebtedness
of $122,500.
The annual conference of the Min
ers' Federation of Great Britain
( unanimously affirmed the principle
[of a six-hour working day for the
Ifoal-mining industry, and action is
j:o be immediately entered upon to
I lecure legislation to come into opera
i lon within four weeks after the dec
l hration of peace.
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Closing of the United States Army
lecrulting btatlon here and the as
signment of Lieutenant, now Cap
tain Robert V. Lesher, to Fort Nia
gara, muks the end of an army estab
lishment In Harrisburg after more
than forty one years. There are few
places the size of this city which
have had a recruiting ottice for
"regulars" so long or so continu
ously and there is no district in the
whole United States which has a rec
ord of men furnished. Men who en
listed here are commissioned officers
or resting beneath soldier head
stones in many states, in Cuba, Ala
ska, China, the Philippines and <
France. The tirst recruiting station
was opened here about 1877 in tho
old Eby store building at Fifth and
Market, which was formerly the exe
cutive Offices of the Northern Cen
tral Railway. At that time the army
| was commencing tq be reorganized
| ufter the strenuous Indian lighting
| whicliv followed tlie Civil War and it
I was desired to get in young men.
Colonel Chambers McKibbon, later
i a general in the army, was the tirst
I recruitinsTotiioer here and then Cap
tain E. Polleck, \0 member of a well-'
j known llarrisburg family, came
| here. The recruiting station moved
i from the Eby store to the Ross
! building in Third street and then
to the old Eby residence at Fifth
and Market with some interims in
College Block, the llaldeman build
ing on Market Square where the
Central Democratic Club holds forth
and the Cumberland Valley Tele
phone building, going thence to the
Bergner building and then to the
Strouse building, where it has held
forth since before the war began-
In that time some distinguished offi
cers have been here among them Col.
C. O. Booth, the late Major \V. E.
Almy, General Samuel W. Miller, the
Fort Niagara commandant: General
William Ennis. of the artillery: Major
C. D. Parkhuvst, Major H. L. Roberts
and Major D. E. Holley, who are now
colonels: Col. Alexis R. Paxton;
Col. Archibald Campbell, Col. R. C.
Williams and Col. Robert Carmlch
acl. the latter in command of an
artillery regiment in France and Ma
jor W. F. Harrell, now in France
with an lntantry command. Dr.
Hugh Hamilton, of this city, served
as examining surgeon almost from
the day the station opened here
more than forty years ago and pass
ed upon regiments of men.
* * *
The manner in which young men
are getting up before the sun these
• days to get cracks at the wild ducks
' that are to be seen in the Susque
-1 hanna anywhere between Dauphin
rapids and the big islands below
Steelton shows that the sport has lost
[ none of its popularity with years.
5 Some days ago reference was made
| to the men who used to go out in
' "round bottoms" to shoot the ducks
• years ago. Recent developments in
dicate that duck shooting is not a
lost art about here by any manner of
® means.
• • •
The six-cent fare which goes into
1 effect on Harrisburg trolley lines to
day reminded the oldtinier yester
' day of the six-cent fares and the
® horse cars. It so happened that the
old horse cars and the six-cent fares
were what saved the local transpor
■ tation day for Harrisburg. The first
1 street railway in Haarisburg had i
! glorious smash and lost a lot of
: money for the people who started it
1 and six-cent lares were all that kept
• the company which succeeded it in
business. Since that time the nickel
has come to the front amazingly and
it is hard to break away from it. i
In some cities in the state advances *
in trolley fares have been made from
five to six and then seven and eight
and in one case to ten since the rtrst
of the year.
• • *
It's odd the way boys turn on what
has given them pleasure. Now that
the riverside bathing season is over
boys are busy bombarding the hath
house near Schuylkill street with
stones. It is subjected to more bom- %
bardments than Metz and the boys
seem to be storming it in relays.
Even the benches have not escaped
and if it were not for people living up
that way few would be left.
*
"Boys should remember that there
is a city ordinance against riding
bicycles at night without lanterns
just as older people should remem
ber that riding without means of pre
caution endangers both pedestrians
and riders. The gasolineless Sundays
lias'caused a marked popularity for
wheels again and the number run
ning in the evenings without lights is
too great to go without attention
trom the poiice department. A few
arrests and fining of offenders would
have an excellent effect.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~
—Major W. I. Forbes, formerly in
the National Guard and well known
in Philadelphia, is now stationed at
Fort Sill, Ok la.
—John Hampton Barnes, the noted
Philadelphia lawyer, is home front a
vacation spent in Maine.
—Col. Harry C. Trexler was the
m: rshal of the big Liberty Loan pa
rade in Al'entown.
—J. H-. Wilhelm, Lehigh Valley
paymaster, is celebrating forty years
in that company's service.
—General C. M. Clement, former
commissioner of the Keystone divi
sion, is making speeches for the
Liberty Loan this week in Central
counties.
—Dr. Joseph A. Wngner, former
surgeon of the Thirteelnth regiment,
is now serving in one of the Lacka
wanna draft boards.
' —John A. Keppleman, the food
administrator of Berks County, has
an effective way of dealing with
milk profiteers. He simply forbids
raising the price.
—The Rev. Dr. D. I. O'Dell, Pihi
adelphia Episcopal clergyman, is cel
ebrating his silver anniversary as
rector of his church.
—George H. Earle, Jr., Philadel
phia banker, is recovering from a
slight operation at one of the Phil
adelphia hospitals.
—John T. Leary, of Philadelphia,
active in publicity work, has been
ordered to France as a K. of C. field
secretary. ®
| DO YOU KNOW
— l That money subscribed for
Liberty Bomls is spent for muni- V
tions here? *
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
In the darkest days of the Revolu
t-on John Harris and his neighbor?
gathered provisions and forage foi
Washington's army here and took
bills in payment.
Patriotic Chewing
It has been estimated that by
reason of their neglect to chew theit
food sufficienily the people of tin
United States waste food to supple
all France and Belgium. Chewini
,will win the war! Fletcherlze anc
confound the kaiser!— From th<
Chicago News.