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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1918
I
All thoughts of ill; —all evil deeds.
That have their roots in thoughts
of illy-
Whatever hinders or impedes
The action of the nobler will; —
All these must first be trampled down
Beneath our feet, if ice would gain
In the bright fields of fair renown
The right of eminent domain-.'
—Longfellow.
WISE OLD SANTA
SANTA CLAUS is taking no
chances this year. A little while
ago the jolly old fellow was
frightened almost to death when
the War Industries Board threaten
ed to put the ban on Christmas giv
ing and frowned darkly upon holi
day shopping. So when the embargo
was lifted and the learned gentle
men at Washington decided that,
after all, perhaps, we could have a
war and Christmas all in the same
year, Santa got right busy and laid
in a full supply of gifts suitable for
bvery member in the family.
That's how it happens that all the
stores of Harrisburg are now show
ing Christmas goods and asking you
to shop early. And if you are as wise
as Old Santa and the merchants
aforementioned, you too will do your
Christmas shopping early. There's
no telling what kind of a govern
ment order may come along any
day. so it's just as well to do your
Christmas shopping while the shop
ping is good.
An apple costs almost as much these
days as a whole crock of applebutter
did years ago.
THE REPUBLIC FIRST
PENNSYLVANIA'S tradlt i on a 1
readiness to forego even con
stitutional rights when the re
public is in peril is splendidly set
forth in the opinion given to Sec
retary of the Commonwealth Cyrus
E. Woods by William H. Keller, the
Commonwealth's able first deputy
'attorney general, to the efTect that
in time of war the Inherent right of
soldiers to vote at a general election
can be set aside when it might in
terfere with military measures for
the national defense. In these days
we are hearing much from little
men about patriotism and some ut
terances emanating from individuals
cloaked with a little brief authority
sound like veriest squeaks beside
the lofty sentiments coming from
the great President at Washington.
Pennsylvania, within whose borders
lie Valley Forge and Gettysburg, has
not been free from noisy patriots,
some of whom talk with the ballot
In mind and the fear of loss of of
fice In retrospect We have heard
*a whole lot about protecting the
inalienable rights of the men at the
front who are busy with a gigantic
task and not bothering about elec
tion, and we have been treated to
disgraceful factional fighting by
leaders of a party which called for
adjournment of politics. In short,
we have some times wondered
whether some men did not think
more about what effect the war
might have on elections than about
ways to win the titanic struggle.
But Mr. Keller sums up the spirit
of the Pennsylvanian at the front
j and the right thinking man at home
when he sayß: "That right (the right
to vote), as well as many others,
must be enjoyed in such a manner
as not to endanger the existence of
the republic. If military operations In
which the soldiers from this State
are engaged are of such a nature
that, in the Judgment of the supreme
command, their success would be in
terfered with or imperiled by an
attempt to take the soldier vote,
then this right will have to be. for
the time, foregone. It. as well as
many other constitutional rights, is
i subordinate to the supreme duty of
the nation in time of
Mr. Keller scarcely needed
THURSDAY EVENIN'
to hark back to the days of the
Roman republic for a rule. He
could have found It in the mouth
of any plain citizen. In time of
national peril it does not matter
whether Pennsylvania has the right
to send commissioners over seas to
take ttye votes of soldiers in trench
and camp. The cargo space is far
more important, and as for the men
in khaki they are out to win the
war. not an election.
) If the War Department ruling
I that sending commissioners to
; France is "impracticable" that ends
I it, even if some favored individual
: does not get a hoped-for free trip to
the battlefields •of France. Mr.
Keller not only interprets the law,
but states the thought of the people.
The Sick Man of Europe now be
: comes the Dead Man.
UNTIL SUN GOES DOWN
THIS war must go on. whether or
not Germany asks for peace.
We cannot quit fighting while the
Kaiser's armies are on allied soil,
or before our soldiers reach Ger
many.
James W. Gerard, former ambas
: sador to Berlin, voiced popular con
viction when he said in a Liberty
Loan address in New York Tuesday:
"The United States and her allies
must force their way well into en
emy territory, despite all attempts
at peace, and must keep on going
until Germany bows to their will."
i •
The war must be carried to Ger
many. "Brutes can understand
nothing but brutality," declared Cap
tain Vint before the Chamber of
Commerce yesterday, and while no
body in allied lands favors the rav
aging of Germany as Germans have
ravaged Belgium, yet it is felt that
Germans must have a taste of what
war means at home. They must be
taught the meaning of the thing they
have done to France. They must be
punished in the only way they can
understand.
So the war must go on. And we
who are supporting it must continue
to buy Liberty Bonds. "I fear pre
mature peace more thin I fear Ger
many." sai4 Captain Vint, and we
feel the same way. We must, there
fore, lend our money to the Govern
ment to provide the means of carry
ing the war into Germany and the
American armies into Berlin.
"There is an old belief that a
snake does not die until the sun goes
down, and I think it is nearly half
past four for the Kaiser," observed
Captain Vint.
Yes, that's it; half past four for
the Kaiser.
But we must keep right on buy
ing bonds until the sun goes down.
One victory won't win this war;
neither will one Liberty Bond.
TREES AS MEMORIALS
DR. C. E. L. KEENE has done a
fine bit of patriotic work in of
fering to bear all expenses of
planting a tree marked with a spe
cially designed and properly inscrib
ed tablet to the memory of every
soldier of the Thirteenth Ward who
is killed or dies in the service. Dr.
Keene is a resident of that district
■ and has had a big share in its> af
-1 fairs, but he has done nothing more
praiseworthy than that which he
' now proposes.
What a fine thing It would have
been if Park Commissioner E. Z.
Gross would have fallen In with
the Telegraph's plan to observe Ar
bor Day this month by the planting
and inscribing of one tree for each
gold star on Harrisburg*s roll of
honor. The cost v ould have been
small and the effect upon the minds
of the participating school children
in a patriotic way would have been
marked. A stately elm to the mem
ory of each dead Harrisburg sol
died would be no mean memorial.
It is a pity the interest of the city
could not be aroused. Perhaps some
broad-minded official may come for
ward at a later day to do for Har
risburg in this respect what is being
done in a small way by Dr. Keene
in the Thirteenth Ward of our own
city and by many progressive com
munities throughout the land.
SOUTHERN PREJUDICE
SO Senator Williams, of the Sunny
South, objects to universal suf
frage for the reason that colored
women would then be allowed the
ballot!
And why should that be an argu
ment against suffrage? Have not
colored women as much right to vote
as white women?
It is to be suspected that the Sena
tor is thinking more about the safety
of his Democratic majority than he
is of the sensitive natures of his iy
white constituents. Perhaps Mr.
Williams might compromise on sepa
rate ballot boxes for whites and
blacks. Southern racial prejudices
sometimes cease to be tragic and
become funny. Senator Williams
has simply made himself ridiculous.
fUUlct
CnUQ.
By The Ex-Committeeman
=J
The state of Pennsylvania will not
be able to stnd commissioners to
France to take the votes of Key
tone state citizens now in the army
because .of the ruling of the War
Department that it is not considered
practicable to permit such officers
to go abroad to take the votes and
should submit cheerfully to the sit
uation according to an opinion given
to-day to Secretary of the Common
wealth Cyrus E. Woods by William
H. Keller, first deputy attorney gen
eral.
When Adjutant General Beary
was informed that the War Depart
ment did not deem it practicable to
have commissioners take the votes
of the soldiers in the field and that
it could not permit "the sending of
election commissioners abroad as re
quested by the state of Pennsyl
vania" Mr. Woods asked the Attor
ney General's Department for ad
vice. • Mr. Keller says that it
amounts to "a definite refusal" to
the proposition to send commission
ers. While soldiers have the right
to vote he says that right "must be
enjoyed in such manner as not to en
danger the existence of the repub
lic."
Mr. Keller further says "if mili
tary operations in which the soldiers
from this state are engaged are of
such a nature that in the judgment
of the supreme command their suc
cess would be interfered with or
imperiled by an attempt to take the
soldier vote, then this right will have
to be, for the time, foregone. It
as well as many other constitutional
rights, is subordinate to the supreme
duty of defending the nation in time
of peril."
"The state of Pennsylvania" con
tinues Mr. Keller "even if it so de
sired, has no means to force those
in command of the army of the
United States to permit its soldiers
overseas to vote. Even if it had
such power it should not exercise
it if those in charge of our military
forces state it as their deliberate
judgment that it is not practicable
to secure the votes of" soldiers until
military conditions have considerably
changed."
The appointment of commissioners
is in the hands of the Governor.
There is nothing to interfere with
naming men to take the votes of
the soldiers from Pennsylvania in
camps and cantonments and sta
tions in this country. 1
—Heads of political, committees
in every city of the state are starting
to call attention of voters and work
ers to the fact that Saturday is the
last day to register, and in more
than one place the men in charge of
political organizations have ex
pressed their dismay at the fact
that voters seem to be more inter
ested in the war than in the election
and that the Liberty Loan seems
to fill men's minds to the exclusion
of politics this week. However. It,
is to be noted that men in sympathy
with the "wet" Interests are finding
some time to urge men to get reg
istered and that they are boasting
that they will control the next Leg
islature. •
—Meetings are to be held to
morrow in most of the cities to
arrange for Saturday to be devoted
to registration work. The first two
registration days were marked by
very light registration in almost
every city, so light in some places
as to disturb political leaders.
—Governor Brumbaugh's decla
ration as to what he regards as the
qualifications a man must possess
to be selected by him to be a judge
is given much prominence in the
newspapers to-day. It is generally
believed that the Governor's re
marks. which were made at the
conclusion of the Westmoreland
county judgeship hearing at the j
Capitol yesterday, Indicate that Rep-1
resentative D. J. Snyder will be ap
pointed judge and that the Gov-,
ernor will not make any appoint
ment until December, when Snyder's
terms as a legislator will expire and
he can legally take the place. The :
Governor said that from what he
had heard the business of the courts
was not suffering by the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge Doty
remaining unfilled.
—Appearance of the Rev. C. D.
Scanlon. of Pittsburgh, national sec
cretary of the Dry Federation and
active in the "dry" cause, friend of
Highway Commissioner J. D. O'Neil,
and well known as a temperance
man, as an advocate of C. E. Whit
ten. yesterday caused perturbation
among the Snyder men and some
annoyance in the Governor's depart
ment. Mr. Scanlon made a strong
plea for Mr. Whitten, who is a man
of marked ability.
—State Chairman Crow yesterday
put his thoughts in regard to the
danger of apathy into writing and
warned committeemen to get busy
after the Liberty Loan drive.
—Judge Bonniwell made'a speech
at Lancaster fair yesterday. It had
some Liberty Loan flavor, but the
Jiidge took good care of himself.
He has some other Liberty Loan
county fair dates this week.
—Members of district appeal
board No. 2 pleaded guilty yesterday
at the start of their trial in federal
court at Philadelphia.
—According to Philadelphia news
papers there will be more arrests in
the controversy between Mayor
Thomas B. Smith and a number of
citizens of the Quaker City over the
way the Mayor handled the selec
tion of Edward R. Gudehus as head
of the playground recreation di
vision. The newspapers give prom
inence to the fact that ex-Judge
James Gay Gordon is the counsel in
charge of the prosecution and from
their accounts there was consider
able feeling displayed at yesterday's
hearing. The Philadelphia Press
says regarding the developments of
the day: "Mayor Smith was held
yesterday by Magistrate Carson in
his own recognizance in the sum of
$2,000 to dnswer in the Court of
Quarter Sessions the charge of "mis
behavior and malfeasance in office."
The case is in connection with the
examination and certification of Ed
ward R. Gudehus for supervisor of
playgrounds and the Xlayor's re
moval of one set of members and
appointment of another set to do his
bidding by the appointment of
Gudehus. In producing evidence
against the Mayor's desire to waive
a hearing, former Judge James Gay
Gordon representing Otto T. Mal
lery. treasurer of the Playgrounds
Association, who swore out the war
rant for Mayor Smith's arrest, ex
plained to the magistrate that his
purpose was to secure possession of
documentary evidence with a view to
preventing its destruction or disap
pearance." •
Not Much Difference
[From the Dallas News.]
As a general thing, it takes a mnr
rled man.a long time to get over
the idea that buying rugs isn't about
the same as wasting money.
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AMD RIDICULE IF I WERE! —<s ' TM, TVTA
1
Tinkering the Constitution
l Philadelphia Public Ledger]
! At the election in November, now
; little more than five weeks distant.
: the voters of Pennsylvania will be
! called upon to pass upon two im
portant amendments to the state
. constitution. Both of these pro- 1
posed changes have been acted upon
affirmatively by the Legislature at '
two successive sessions, and the vote <
to be taken in November will finally ■
determine their ratification or rejec- I
tion. One involves a radical change
in the financial policy of the stute.
the other concerns the city of Phil
adelphia alone and is in the nature
of an amendment to an amendment I
adopted in 1915, which in turn was
an amendment to the original con
stitution!
It is not the present purpose to
consider either of these pending
proposals on their merits, but to call
attention to them as evidence of the
pressing need of a general review
jof the state's fundamental law in
stead of the piecemeal method of
tinkering to which we have been
forced by the defects in that instru
ment and by the changed condi
tions since its adoption forty-five
.years ago. Since 1901, when the.
process of patching was begun, no j
, less than twenty-four separate j
amendments have been submitted to
the people, two more awaiting rati- j
fication, and at the last session of
the Legislature four additional
changes were passed on for action
by the Legislature of 1919. And as
already stated, one of the latter
proposals is to tinker still further
one of the two to be voted upon
next month:
Thig record alone would indicate
• that the time is more than ripe I
for a general revision of the con
stitution. The politicians, however,
have preferred to dodge the issue,
raising the pretext when the issue
was last mooted that "the radical
spirit of change progressiveness in
the land > made the time for revision
inappropriate!" Yet it is freely ad
, mitted that the present constitu
\ tion has long outlived its usefulness,
that it abounds in restrictions and
limitations that are a bar to pro
; gress, and that it is an obstacle to
that effectiveness in administration
which 1s the measure of good gov
; ernment. The state government as
i now existing is a hopeless jumble of
! divided authority and responsibility;
j it lacks the first principles of modern
| efficiency in action and is hope
] lessly behind the times,
i The need for a careful and delib
| erate study of the needs of the state
and for the formulation of a new
basis of fundamental law is grow
ing more urgent every year, and
the Legislature cannot long defer
the calling of a convention of the
j state's wisest and best minds to un
! dertake the task. The very fre
i quency of the amendments is con
! vincing proof of the pressing need
for action: but another reason is
i found in the unsatisfactory condi
j tions under which most of the recent
amendments have been acted upon.
The majority of the voters as a rule
take little interest in referenda of
this sort, and too often fail to mark
their ballots on the amendments.
| But a general revision and the pub
: lie discussions that would attend the
| process would concentrate the public
, mind upon the subject and insure
' greater interest and more attention
to the merits of the questions as
they shall be presented when the
draft of revision, shall have been
completed. The question ought to
receive the immediate attention of
the state and local bar associations,
of the Judiciary, and of all good
citizens to whom the present unsat
isfactory conditions in the state ad
ministration are a reproach.
LABOR NOTES
Arizona's governor vetoed a pro
posed work-cr-flght law.
Job printers at Winnipeg, Can.,
now get }2S a week.
Peoria fill.) carpenters have been
increased to 75 cents an hour. '
Steam and operating engineers at
Eureka. Cal , have organized.
A number of expert French girl
ammunition workers have been
Metal lathers at Vancouver, B. C.,
get 81% cents an hour.
The New York State Industrial
Commission corrects the claim that
employers on government work in
that state are not subject to New
York's labor laws. Thef commission
has instructed its legal department
and Its inspectors 'to enforce the
state law where women are employ
ed by private eontra"tor on
ment work |
Lauder Makes Report
Tells Britons Americans Say It's As Much Their
War as Great Britain's
Harry Lauder, the Scotch come-i
dian who toured America with a war
message from Great Britain, is back
home in John Bull's tight little is
land with the following written re
port to his fellow countrymen, which
has just been reprinted in the New
York American:
Ye mind the tale of the train
jumper who said he'was for Frisco
if only his trousers held out. Well,
when the folks in New York asked
me how much ground I was covering
I said: "The continent of North
America, if my voice holds out." And
it has held out. But my arm's sore
with the handshakes.
I think that every man and boy in
the United States over 10. must have
had a go at my paw. If I'm a bit dis
jointed the day, you must pit it all
down to the wedden. There's been a
wedden the morn. It's my wife's
niece, Mary Kerr Valtance (and a
bonny lassie she is). She's married a
braw soldier laddie of the name of
Hamilton. And a fine name,, too.
Well, I'm writing these casual
notes in momentary expectation of
being called out to form part of a
family group in the back garden.
Och! There they go. Will you just ex
cuse me for a minute?
Voice—Look pleasant, please.
Lauder—How can I look pleasant
with a crick in my
Click!
Well, thank goodness, that's over.
It was a wonder my voice held out.
for in traveling thirty-three thousand
miles I addressed two million people.
It seems to me that every British
propagandist in America should first
undergo voice training on the hills.
THE LONG ROAD
It took so long to part that day!
The door, the gate were both too
soon,
And so went a little way
Along the road
Where the still, autumn afternoon
About us glowed-
With slow steps and little said
We climbed the hill and stood a
while
Amid the gold and purple spread
About its crest.
And saw the road run mile on mile
Into the west.
And then said I, "I might have
known—
There is no place for us to part,
I cannot bear to tread alone
A road* so long.
For one grows faint and sick atjieart
Where two are strong.
"See how the road now runs between
The sunny meadows, green and
gold.
But plunges soon below a screen
Of forest night.
And last those strange, far hills
enfold
Its course from sight.
"So looking forward we may guess
Of hope and joy, of fear and woe.
But joy is greater, sorrow less
If shared, sweetheart.
Ah, may wc not together go
And never part?"
**•• • • . •
Close to the hills —the Hills of Rest—
I trace the road that now we know
In deep content, to that bright crest
Where once we two
Stood gazing, and she answered low—
"I go with you."
—Gorton Cr.rruth in the Youth's
Companion.
WE DO NOT NEED HIM
[From the Xew York Evening Sun]
The truth of the pertinent and
keen observation by a correspondent,
whose letter we published the other
day, that the experience of the past
four years has proved that Amertca
does not need anything the German
makes, is well illustrated by the
glass, porcelain and fire brick indus
tries. Formerly we imported most
of these things, but, as it was shown
at the Chemical Industries Exhibi
tion, we now make, them here, of as
good quality as any the German once
sold us. The same thing is true of
dyes and a score of minor necessities.
There is nothing "made in Germany"
that we cannot make ourselves p.r
buy from our friends. We do not
need the Bcche.
Room For Ben Davis
And we often wonder if the time
will come when apples are sold the
same as flour and we have to take
Ben Davis as a substitute.—From the
Chula, Kan., News.
| Still, I niay mention that when 11
started out you got'the best of every- 1
thing at the ljotels, and only a hy- ]
phenated waiter, who has since been;
interned, seemed to know there was
i a war on. When I came back six;
j months later I lived on brown bread,
j and attempted thefts of sugar,
j In money the results of the cam-'
paign were eleven million dollars for,
i the various war loans.
The effects don't end there. The
i Americans. like the Scots, are as pru-
I dent in the cash department as they'
i are reckless in the charge, and. hav-j
| ing put their money into the war.i
i they decided it was their war and put;
themselves in,' too —right in. And
j they're for keeps there.
You may take it from me, and I
j know, for I've been all over America,!
j that this is the spirit of the states:
' This is as much our war as yours. |
! It is more our war than yours, be-j
j cause there is more of us."
Yes, and I have another message—,
! a message of friendship—signed and'
sealed, and to endure forever. All the|
.| mists of prejudice between us and
; our cousins have been blown away l
jby the great guns of the war. The
j mist was the poison gas of German;
! propaganda.
It was the Germans tailght the
| Americans that we were all "Haw,
I haw. Johnnies." It was the Germans
Itaughtlus that the Americans were
Sail spseadeagle. cock-a-doodle, get
oif-the-earth hustlers.
We know better now. And the re
ception a simple Scottish comedian
: got from the American people is a
sign.
PUBLICITY AND WASTE
[From the Ohio State Journal]
The country will be well served if
the report that the Congressional
Record is to be printed in a way
! that will save paper proves to be
true. And if Congress really gets
I virtuous in this issue and shuts down
j on printing speeches never delivered
i and lumbering up the record with
I matter never read, it will be doing
its bit to wiu the war along its own
special and peculiar "gasless" lines.
At the same lime, if it takes up this
question of waste of paper it might
look into some of the publicity move
ments in the various Federal bu
reaus and departments which, de
spite all warning as to a paper scar
city, seem to have been galvanized
into a war activity of unusual pro
portions. Congressman Moore has
just called attention to the swollen
and plethoric character of much of
this publicity, and if he should ever
go in for physical exhibits on the
floor of Congress he can find some
choice examples immediately
to his hand thaf. will enforce any
argument against waste that he may
make. For instance, attention has
been called to activities of one bu
reau, that of Education, which sports
"School Life," a twenty-four-page
bimonthly, which is a rival to
"School Service," a sixteen-page
periodical issuing from the com
mittee on public information; and
now, with the inks scarcely dry on
these new Government periodicals,
out comes a twelve-page educational
bulletin devoted to "Americaniza
tion," which, of necessity, covers a
great deal of the ground normal to
"School Life," "School Service" .nd
the regular bulletins of the Educa
tional Bureau and Mr., Creel's com
mittee. It seems to be a very merrv
battle of the types indeed, with white
paper handy and lots of ink in the
pot, But the "why" of it all is some
thing that Congress might well look
into.
RISE OF GENERAL JONES
TFrorn the Youth's Cwnpanlon]
The career of Godfrey Jones, who
at 32 was a mine laborer In South
Wales and at 36 is a brigadier gen
eral in the British Army, is one of
the most surprising incidents of the)
war. What makes it especially re-'
markable is the fact that Jones, as|
a young man. was given a chance as
mine foreman, but failed -in that
position front apparent inability to
manage men!
His experience reminds us of our
cwn General Grant, who was a fail
ure in civilian life before the war. but
a successfui soldier from the first.
The rise of General Jones is also
a striking proof of the extent to
which the British Army organiza
tion. which has always been aristo
cratic In character, has been demo
cratized by the war.
OCTOBER 3, 1918.
MEMORIAL TREES
[From the Philadelphia Evening
Ledger]
Narberth has adopted in a modified
form the plan of honoring its sol
diers suggested by a correspondent
of this newspaper, who proposes that
a memorial tree be planted in Broad
street for o\vry Philadelphia soidier
who falls in the war.
Narberth has set out planting a
tree for every man who has gone into
the army, the navy of the marine
corps from the borough. A begin
ning has been made with four trees,
for the first man to enlist in each
of the three branches of the service
and one tor the first man to be
killed.
The plan is good. It keeps green
the memory of worthy Americans.
It also keep 3 before each of those
who return the example of a tree,
which grows with the years and
extends its protecting shade over
the weary in the heat of the day.
A Strong Argument
When we consider what we have
done with the money already spent
on the war, aren't we glad to invest
more? We are. —From the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Royally Recognized
When representatives of labor hob
nob with kings and queens, then is
democracy lifting up its head in the
world.—From the Baltimore Amer
ican. .
Got to Beg for Them
i
The kaiser has the wrong idea.
The war will end when he asks for
peace terms, not when he proposes
them.—From the Chicago News. i
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this 2d day of October. 1918.
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(My commission expires March 9,
1919).
lEimttng (Ehat
Hundreds of High school boys
from cities and boroughs in tho
southern und central counties of tho
state are out helping the orchard
owners of the "apple belt" in the
South Mountuin region of Pennsyl
vania to save their apple crops this
week. Scores have been passing
through Harrisburg every day the
last week, some of themcoming from
as far as the northern tier, while
the agents of the State Department
of Agriculture say that but for the
help the boys are giving many
thousands of dollars worth of fruit
would have been lost. All reports
indicate that there has been a big
yield of apples in the southern ap
ple district of the stnte. where ex
tensive planting of orchards has been
going on for the last decade and in
some sections owners were con
fronted with prospects of serious
loss until the appeal was made for
boys from high schools to give help.
The educational authorities have
arranged that the boys will be able
to make up their studies and for
them to do a certain amount of
work at .their books while in tho
apple district. This is the first year
in which boys have volunteered in
such numbers to help in the or
chards.
• • •
Perhaps the oddest of the letters
which have been received at the
Capitol since the general bracing
up of police service which followed
the outbreak of the war has
just been received by Secretary of
the Commonwealth Cyrus E. Woods.
Mr. Woods' department has charge
of the records of the state and is
sues the official copies of the laws
of the Commonwealth. A few days
ago the newly-appointed cheif of
police of Hustontown. a hamlet in
one of the southern tier of counties,
wrote for information as to the
duties of his office. Copies of sta
tutes were sent to him and in ac
knowledging them he stated that he
had desired to know the law so
that he could do right. Then he
added to his letter to Mr. Woods
"X wish you would send me at once
some handcuffs. I have only a
billy.
• J *
State and county police author
ities have had turned over to them
from the State Game Commission's
protectors in northern counties a ser
ies of reports of disloyal conduct
which are surprising even in the
list of those which have come
to this city lately. In one in
stance a man was reported as
having torn down an American flag
three times, but the game official in
seeking instructions suggested that
he be allowed to deal with him him
self. In another instance a woman
was reported as covering young
plants with an American flag to pre
vent them from being damaged by
! frost.
An abundance of nuts, especially
walnut and chestnuts is reported by
men who have been visiting I he
woods and mountains In this section
preparatory to the opening of the
hunting season and farmers have
also reported that the old Susque
hanna Valley saying that when there
are lots of horse chestnuts there are
to be found plenty of others seems
to be well founded. This fall was
marked by an immense quantity of
wild granes seen in the woods and
along .the foothills, according to
game officials, who also say that their
observation is that there will be
plenty of hickory, walnut, beech,
chestnut and other nuts where such
trees are to be found, although in
many sections they have been thin
ned out. Experiments with kaffir
corn for game have also been suc
cessful in many sections. The big
corn crop has been an attraction
for gray sqirrels which are very nu
merous and inclined to be predatory
on a greater scale than usual.
The twelfth anniversary of the
dedication of the State Capitol,
which falls on tomorrow, will be
marked by the lining out of some
of the new shrubbery plots which
will take the place of the flower
designs which have been such fea
tures of the park for the last forty
years. It is expected that the whole
decorative scheme of the state's
domain will be rearranged when the
extension of the park is laid out
and meanwhile the flower beds will
be replaced by native shrubbery.
The conservatories have been re
moved and the growing of flowers
except on a limited scale in space
leased in a greenhouse has been
abandoned. The ornamental plants
which have to be taken care of dur
ing the winter will be sold or put
in safe keeping.
Dr. Deo S. Rowe. who spoke yes
terday before the Chamber of Com
merce and who is now an assistant
secretary of the Treasury, used to
be a professor at the University of
Pennsylvania and a number of Har
risburg students listened to him.
"Rowser" as they used to irrevently
call him,was always noted for plain
sper';ing. He got to know the Latin
countries thoroughly and. of course,
a bunch in his class promptly stud
ied them up. When hts mid year
examination papers were given out
he had specialized in United States
stuff and proceeded to flunk a bunch
for trying ,to play to the galleries.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~
—E. B. Mills, acting superinten
dent of Philadelphia police, has
opened a school for policemen.
—Senator Charles H. Kline is
much mentioned as a possible can
didate for Judge in Allegheny county
next year.
—Provost E. F. Smith, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, says the.
American soliders are "crusaders in
the last crusade."
Col. L. W. Kolb, who has been
visiting the Governor this week, says
that this state needs considerable
rain to get the grain fields into
shape.
—Joseph Swain, president of
Swarthmore, presided at the induc
tion of the student body at the
opening exercises at the famous col-
C. Frick's big bond sub
scription sent to Pittsburgh has
caused Pittsburgh newspapers to say
that he still considers himself a
Pittsburgh man.
—B. Dawson Coleman, who Is in
charge of supervision of expenditures
on improvements for the Council ol
National Defense, used to be head
of big Lebanon iron Industries.
[ DO YOU KNOW
—That Dauphin County pota
toes are being bought for tho
army camps?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
When it was proposed to estab
lish a water works here many people
who owned pumps along the river
I objected strenuously to the expense.