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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1018
~
To he alive only to appetite, pleas
ure, pride, money-making, and not
to goodness and kindness, purity and
love, history, poetry, music, }lowers,
stars, God and eternal hopes, is to be
all but dead. —Maltbie D. Babcock.
RIGHT, MR. LANSING
SECRETARY LANSING struck a
popular chord yesterday when
he said there could be no peace
with the Kaiser or any of the
Hohenzollerns on the throne of Ger
many.
For those who read doubt into the
President's note to Prince Max and
who feared that the administration
might be venturing discussion of ;
peace terms with the military au
thors of the war, Mr. Lansing's
declarations, unquestionably bearing
the stamp of Presidential approval,
will clear the atmosphere and ren
der further explanations unneces
sary.
The Lansing speech is a clear-cut
statement to the world as to how
and with whom we shall talk # peace.
Either Germany must dethrone the
Kaiser and all his ilk, or we shall
dictate peace on German soil, from
the very throne of the Hohenzol
lerns, and with our troops holding all
the main cities and strongholds of
the empire.
These are strong words and a few
months ago might bpve sounded
much like what Europe used to be
fond of calling "American bluff."
Now they are the solemn statements
not only of' what we desire to do,
but what, with the assistance of our
Allies, we are well able to do.
Germany's fate is in her own
hands. She may stay the bloody
hand of doom by complete sur
render now. not only of her armies j
end her loot, but of her Kaiser and I
his villainous family as well, or she
may go on sowing the wind to reap |
the whirlwind that is gathering to |
encompass her.
In the excitement of what is hap
pening in France, we had almost' for
gotten that to-morrow marks another
anniversary of the discovery of
America, and we can imagine the
Kaiser now looks upon Columbus as
another enemy.
NO "OPPOSITION"
WHETHER or not Senator
Lodge spoke hastily upon
. the President's note to Prince
Max, his strong p'.ra for continua
tion of the struggle ue*il the attain
ment of a strong Aw'i&u is a
striking illustration of the unity of
American statesmen on the prosecu
tion of the war. The significance
of the Senator's speech is that it
clearly shows the minority party in
Congress is a party which is stand
ing by the war and backing the
Government and the President to
he limit in the prosecution of a
virile war policy.
In other governments "the minor
ity" during a national war, is syn
onymous with being "the party of
the opposition"—the party which, if
it could get control, would reverse
the war policies of the government.
Throughout this war the United
States has furnished a striking ex
ception to this rule. It has given
foreign countries an exhibition of a
government where the minority
party instead of being the party in
opposition to the prosecution of a
foreign war, was the party which
vied with the majority party in sup
porting every measure which had
for its object the vigorous prosecu
tion of the war to a victorious con
clusion, and in upholding the head
of the nation in his policy of using
force to the utmost arid in setting
his face against tho compromising
peace.
The public press of the various
allied nations has frequently com
mented upon this exhibition of
standing by the war which t.he mi
nority party in the American Con
gress has so frequently given. The
morale of America's allies has been
FRIDAY EVENING.
Immeasurably strengthened, while
that of Germany has been percept
ibly weakened by the knowledge that
in the United States there is no
such factor in the halls of national
legislation as "the party of opposi
tion."
The school boy is having all the best
of the influenza argument.
THAT SSO BOND
THE fifty-dollar Liberty Bond
was designed to meet the
needs .of the man or woman in
very poor circumstances, or the boy
or girl of small income, who desired
to contribute something toward the
winning of the war, but whose lim
ited means made large investment
impossible.
But it was NOT intended as a
SALVE for CONSCIENCE.
The fifty-dollar Liberty Bond has
its place in mighty few houses in
Harrisburg these days of high wages j
jnnd general prosperity.
To be sure, there are those who !
are dipping as deeply into their in- !
comes as it is safe to go when they |
put down their names for one bond j
—but they are not many.
A great majority of Harrisburgers !
who have subscribed only SSO worth I
toward the Fourth Loan should go j
Immediately to the nearest bank or j
| headquarters and sign up for at least I
one more bond of the same denonti- j
nation.
TWICE AS MUCH should be'sub
scribed this time as last. We simply
must give Uncle Sam this money.
Failure at home would be as bad as
I
defeat abroad. But we will fail un- I
less every man and woman in the |
land does his and her level best. J
Somehow, somewhere we ought to
be able to rake and scrape together
double the amount we raised last
spring. One way is for every man
who bought a SSO bond last time to
buy SIOO worth of bonds now. •
You don't need to pay cash. The
banks will let you have the money
at 4 14 per cent., the same as you re
ceive on your bonds, so that it will
cost you nothing for interest. Or
you may pay for your bonds at the
rate of $1 a week on each SSO bond.
Nothing could be simpler, nor
more liberal.
The only thing to which you have
to make up your mind is that you
must sacrifice. That is essential.
But for every dollar's worth of
goods you do not buy now, in order
to put money into Liberty Bonds,
you will be able to buy two dollars'
worth in the years of peace and
lower prices that are to come.
Every patriotic impulse, every eco
nomic principle urges you to buy
Liberty Bonds, and the necessity of
the moment demands that you buy
at least fll0& worth, and as much
jmore "as the Lord has prospered
|thee."
[ Turkey appears to be getting ready
to hid a tearful farewell to the only
ally in the world bearing a worse
reputation than herself.
PLANT A TREE
GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH has
again called attention to the
| importance of tree planting in
a proclamation fixing October 18
as a day for the special planting of
black and white walnut trees, espe
cially the former. Since the begin
ning of the war and several years |
previous thereto, the walnut trees j
of this country and throughout the
world have disappeared rapidly in
furnishing stocks for rifles. It is up
to the people to look after the future
supply and this can only be done by
immediate planting.
Not only walnut trees, but every
species of fine shade and ornamental
trees ought to be planted now, and
unless the municipal authorities of
Harrisburg choose to take a hand in
this important work it will be neces
sary for the people themselves to
undertake the planting of trees with
out further discussion. At the
] Island Nursery of the city there are
scores and scores of finest trees
iwhtch should have been transplanted
long ago, but which are permitted to
remain where they are not needed
while wo talk about tree planting
and wait for some careless or Indif
ferent official to make up his mind
(regarding the importance of a Shade
| Tree Commission.
j In his address ti the Senate, the
| President said: "1 tell you plainly
| that this measure (llie equal suffrage
j amendment) is vital to the winning
of the war." And forthwith twenty
Democrats, Including nearly all the
| Democratic leaders, proceeded to vote
against It. Later, they will undoubt
edly bo out. on the stump asking the
people of the country to return a
Democratic majority In both houses
of Congress In order to "stand by the
President," and the President will
probably be Joining with them In the
request.
It's a virtue to contract a big debt
—for Liberty Bonds
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"^t-KK^^CLKta
By the Ex-Commlttccman
Members of the Democratic state
executive committee art to be call
ed together for filling of vancancies
and discussion of the manner in
which the state Democratic organi
zation should conduct the campaign
next week. J. Washington Logue
and Asher R. Johnson, two of the
state candidates, may attend 'the
meeting. The meeting was to have
been held this week, nut owing to
the difficulty attending the discov
ery of any Democrat willing to be
a candidate for Congress in the Dau
phin-Lebanon-Cumberland district,
where H. H. Mercer withdrew at the
last minute and without warning, it
has been postponed until Democratic
National Chairman Vance C. Mc-
Cormick can be heard from as it is
naturally expected that he will take
an interest in securing a congres
sional candidate in his home dis
trict.
The Thomas bill to forbid large
campaign contributions was dis
cussed with something akin to panic
• about the Democratic windmill to
| day. The fact that the Democratic
| national chairman's newspaper does
I not pay much attention to it is
rather interesting.
Herman F. Anders, Socialist can
■ didate for Congress in the Sixth dis-
I triet; John R. Elliott, Washington
candidate for the House in the Sec
ond Blair, and Godfrey Springer,
| Prohibition candidate in the Sixth
| Senatorial district tiled withdrawals
; to-day.
j —The Wilkes-Barre Record ra
! marks: "Reports from the three
| cities of the county as to the light
| ness of registration last Saturday
I are not surprising. It was expected
:that the figures would be consider
ably below normal, due to well-un
derstood causes. The absorbing in
terests of the war, the business of the
I Liberty Loan campaign, worry over
I the epidemic of influenza and gen
eral listlessness due to the extra
ordinary political situation in re
gard to state affairs—all these ele
ments combined to put a quietus
upon accustomed activity. It is evi
dent from the reports that there has
been less interest in registration in
Democratic than in Republican cir
cles.
—Senator Edwin H. Vare has
.given it as his opinion that there
will he a quarter of a million voters
in Philadelphia's election this fall. |
I He looks for a big Kepublican ma
jority in the city.
The York city registration this !
[year aggregates 7,914 against 8,960 j
last year, the decline being due to i
the war and lack of interest in the
election. The Democrats show the
worst slump having only 3,713 reg
istered, while 3,853 Republicans
have listed their names.
—Altoona city registration is i
given as 5,943, which the Altoona
Tribune says is "light" and is ac
counted for by failure of citizens to
realize that they had to register per
sonally. The second precinct of the
Third ward leads the list with 293.
—Allentown, Rethlehem and Eas
ton all report a drop in registration.
Capitol Hill is going to have its
first real observance of the legal
holiday of Columbus Day to-mor
row. This holiday was the latest of
the list of legal holidays in the Key
stone State to be adopted, Charles
A. Snyder, the present auditor gen
eral, having been active in behalf of
its enactment when in the State Sen
ate. The plan is for all departments
when they close to-night to remain
closed until Monday. People con
nected with the State government
will be urged to devote their time
to working for the Liberty Loan.
—Appointment of A. G. Costello,
of Philadelphia, to be examiner-in
chief of the State Insurance Depart
ment, is taken here to mean that
the connection of A. Nevin Detrich
with that department has ceased.
Detrich is now oh the state leave list
being in the Army and entitled to
half pay of the post of chief exam
iner which is $4,000. It is pretty
certain that he will not return to the
("bpitol during the present adminis
tration and equally certain that he
will have no connection with the
next. In a number of other depart
ments acting officials have been
named to places of men who have
gone to war, but it is understood
that Costello gets an out and out
appointment.
—The United States Senate had
confirmed the appointment of John
F. Shert, of Clearfield county, to
succeed Joseph Howley as United
States Marshal for the western dis
trict of Pennsylvania and it is un
derstood that Mr. Short will appear
before the United States Court here
within the next few days and take
the oath of office. He will be re
quired to file a bond of $25,000.
I Marshal Howley would not comment
I upon the change. The appointment
of Mr. Short was made by President
|TVilson several weeks ago. Mr.
(Short is a widely-known Democrat.
He was a Pittsburgh newspaperman
and for years has published the
|Clearfield Republican, in Clearfield.
| —An item of political interest' is
jthe wedding of Revenue Collector C.
G. Llewellyn, of the Pittsburgh dis
trict. and Miss Jane Kissinger, sister
lof County Controller Kissinger, of
(Fayette county.
I —lt is said that federal judges in
[Philadelphia may throw out mote of
the draft case indictments which
have been found defective. Some of
the men indicted by District Attor
ney Kane's office may Insist upon be
ing cleared which will make more
trouble for the Palmer-McCormick
appointee in the Quaker City.
I —Fayette county has registered
• almost 28,000 voters.
I —Lenahan men are organizing
(committees to work for his success
j all through the anthracite region.
Lee Holeomh will be chairman for
Luzerne.
; UPPITY WID HIS FOLKS
[From the Birmingham Age Herald]
Roland YVinn, who is in a base
hospital at Mars-sur-Allier with a
wounded knee, which he got in the
fighting around Chateau Thierry, has
sent to relatives, here a translation
from a French paper of an incident
wherein an Alabama negro attempt-
I ed- to fraternize with an Algerian
trooper whom he piistook for an
"uppity" member of his race. It
rea.ds:
"Hoy, whah you com' from?"
asked the smoked Yankee, pleas
antly.
"Blarjrhy andhausj whutdugsy,"
the Algerian answered, or words to
that effect.
The American negro • frowned.
"Niggah, you listen to me. I'se
frum Bummingham. Alabuma. Just
'case y'all got heah fust an' done
learn this heah monkey talk, don't
you go pretendln' to me that you
done fergot how to talk y'own lan
guage. Y'all keep on acting uppity
wld me an' Ah'm goin' to bust you
right on th jaw, Wheh y'li com'
frum, niggah?"
"Kahbd shemfww vbgeucf," the
BAARISBtmG TELEGItXPH
MOVIE OF A MAN AND HI S QUESTIONNAIRE ■ By Brim
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After-War Adjustments
All European countries are build
ing for the after war period. At
the drop of the peace hat Germany
is ready to start the next race, just
as she began the present one—pre
pared. France is giving serious offi
cial thought to this problem. Eng
land has what practically amounts
to a Reconstruction Ministry, head
ed by Lord Balfour. The- United
States alon'e has ignored it. This
nation is as unprepared for peace as
it was unprepared for war.
Senator John W. Weeks of Mass
achusetts has just introduced in Con
gress a joint resolution calling for j
the creation of a Committee ol Re- ,
construction. It provides 'for a
committee of twelve, six from each j
house of Congress, the appointees
to be equally divided among the
Rpublicans and the Democrats. It
then apportions the reconstruction
problems in twelve departments.
The shortest way to glimpse the
magnitude of the problems is to
enumerate the Weeks classification
of them as follows:
1. Problems affecting labor, in
cluding:
(a) Unemployment which may
follow war. v
(b) Utilization of discharged
soldiers and sailors in civil
employments.
' (c) Conciliation and arbitration
of labor • disputes.
(d) The relation of men and
, women in similar employ
ments.
(e) Substitution of female em
ployes for male, and vice
versa.
(f) Feasibility of organizing per
manent employment agencies.
(g) Requirements for labor af
ter the war, both in Agri
cultural and industrial oc
cupations.
(1i) Distribution of labor,
(i) Employment of surplus la
bor on public works that
may be constructed or com
pleted.
2. Problems affecting capital and
credit, including:
(a) All matters relating to
trusts and combinations.
(b) Federal loans to private en
terprises.
(c) Federal supervision o? cap
ital issues.
3. Problems afffecttng public util
ities, including:
(a) The establishment of a rail
, road policy after the war,
and the relation of the In
terstate Commerce Commis
sion to the railroads.
(b) All questions relating to
communication by wire.
4. Problems resulting from the de
mobilization of our industrial
and military war resources, in
cluding:
(a) The d i s p o sfa 1 of surplus
Government properties and
supplies in this country and
abroad.
<b) The conversion of munition
industries into those of
peace.
(c) The demobilization of the
war strength of the army
and navy, and the disposl-
Algerian replied, so far as any one
knows.
The American negro sighed in the
manner of one confronted with a
disagreeable duty and sadly shook
his head. "Boy, Ah done warned
you," he said mournfully, and put
all he had into a righthand swing
to the Jaw. The Algerian dropped
and lay quiet.
"Ah done warned him," the
American negro justified himself as
he walked on, nursing his knuckles.
"Actin' uppity wid his home folks!"
THE PRESIDENT TO MAX
[New York Sun]
"We are ready to accept your well
known terms of peace as the basis
of negotiations," said Prince Maxi
milian. "Do you mean that you ac
cept those well known terms?" re
plies the President.
"We propose an armistice while
the negotiations are golnji on," said
Prince Maximilian. "There can be
no armistice," replies the President,
"while your troops uro in the terri
tory you have invaded."
"We are ready for parley with a
view to peace," said Prince Maximil
ian. "Of whom are you speaking?"
replies the President. "It Is vital
that we should know whether we are
parleying with the German people
or with the criminals who Involved
the civilized world in this awful war.
With them, devoid ,of honor, us I
have remr.rkcrt before, we have no
tion of the men who have i
been in the sendee.
5. Problems, affecting our foreign '
trade, including:
(a) The development of new j
markets.
(b) Combinations for the pur
pose of increasing our sell
ing facilities.
(c) Changes in our banking
facilities necessary to co
operate with such trade.
6. Problems affecting the continu
ance of existing industries and j
the establishment of new Indus- I
tries, including:
(a) The supply and control of
raw materials.
(b) The encouragement of the |
production in the United
States of articles that have
not been made in this
country heretofore.
(c) The encouragement of pri
vate enterprise in the devel
ment of the resources of the
public domain.
(d) The utilization of a tariff
on imports as a means to
protect and encourage home
industries.
7. Problems relating to agriculture,
including:
(a) Price fixing of food pro- ]
ducts. ,
(b) Federal loans to farmers.
(c) Distribution of food pro
ducts.
(d) The allotment of lands to
returned soldiers and sail- j
ors, and their establishment
In new homes on the public
domain.
8. Problems affecting the adequate
production and effective distri
bution of coal, gasoline and.
other fuels.
9. Problems relating to shipping,
including shipyards, especially
those bearing on the sale, con
tinuance of ownership or leas
ing of both yards and ships.
10. Housing conditions and the dis
position of houses constructed
by the Government during the
war.
11. War legislation now on the sta
tute books, with reference to its
repeal, extension or amendment.
12. And in general all matters nec
essarily arising during the
change from the activities of
waV to the pursuits of peace,
including those that may be re
ferred to it by the Senate or
House of Representatives.
"The United States can no longer
ignore the construction problem,"
said Senator Weeks, when interview
ed on his bill. Even if the major
ity of the people do not visualize
the important necessity they cer
tainly can have no (food reason for
opposing the projected forethought
of those whose business It is to pre-
I pare for the immediate future.
When peace comes it will not give
us any more time for preparation.
! If history repeats itself, as it doubt
less will, peace may be upon us
with dramatic suddenness slmtlur to
that which forced the war upon us.
In one day tho whole world scene
will change.
| UNITED WE STAND "
[New York Times]
| The country has rejoiced that In
[the loyal determination of both par
] ties to support the war policies of
I the Government, politics has been
! laid aside. The Republicans in Con-
I gress, who in time of peace would
i have been called the opposition
J party, have Joined the Democrats in
forming a great united Government
! party since we entered the war.
| Their conduct has deserved and 're
ceived unstinted praise. They have
been actuated by a noble spirit of
patriotism. We cannot believe jthat
they will show any different spirit
now.
' Handwriting on the Wall
[Front The Gazette-Times]
The Germans must now either
force the Inauguration of a German
Government responsible to the peo
ple and thus, setting aside the Ho
henzollerns, put themselves In a po
sition to accept the Allies' terms
honestly, or go on with the war un
der the oppression of their Prussian
masters. There are no two roads
open.
The President asks for informa
tion und the next act" in the greut
drama will show whether the Prus
sians are determined t tight It out
against the world and against the
j German people or recognize the
h ndwrltlng on the wall.
Belgians Slaves of Germany
! The Belgian government has issu
ed a statement that from the coast
Ito beyond the City of Bruges the
jmaie population between the ages of j
15 to 4 5 have been brutally torn]
.from their homes and forced to j
i labor on German military whrks. The j
jtext of the statement reads:
"The Belgian government has j
i been conferring for several weeks
past with the allied governments on i
the subject of measures which are i
necessitated by methods of systemat- j
ic destruction and pillage which the i
enemy is employing in territory he
j is obliged to evacuate.
"Belgium has been from the be
ginning of the war exposed to the
outrages of the German armies. At
the very moment the new imperial
(chancellor is proclaiming his anxiety
for the happiness of peoples and" his
will to work for the deliverance of
humanity, the Belgian government
receives news of fresh excesses on
the part of the German armies in oc
cupied Belgium. From the. coast to
beyond Bruges the male population
from 15 to 45 years is being torn
from their homes and subjected to
the most brutal treatment. These
men are compelled to work at forced
labor for the military needs of the
enemy.
"A vengeful clamotr would rise i
from the whole world if at the mo
rtient of leaving Belgian soil, the
I German armies renewed with re-
| doubled cruelty the excesses which
marked the invasion of Belgium, und
|if they undertook to consummate the
| ruin of the country by pillage, arson
land the wholesale deportation of tho
people."—Exchange.
THE WRONG MA X
Henrietta S. Lleber, writing to the
New York Times, says; "The new
German Chancellor seems to have
sailed into the good graces of the
Allies on the recommendation of
Ambassador Gerard, who, however,
distinctly named Prince Max of Sax
ony, brother of the reigning King
of Saxony, having met him in con
nection with his work i:i the prison
camps and found hint "a very hu
man person." Gerard himself does
not seem to realize that these two
are not one and the same person, for
in his Interview at Los Angeles he
ngatn recommends Prince Max of
Baden on account of his intercourse
with Prince of Saxony in the
prison camps.
"Prince Max of Saxony is brother
of the present King, and is a prelate
of the Catholic Church."
ONEBONDMORE
When Pershing's men come sailing
home.
They will not ask If you
Went through tho ' war in khaki
dress
Or In the navy's blue.
They will not envy you the job
That brought you plenteous pay.
While for a pittance they went
forth
On their death-haunted way,
With Just this blunt und simple test
Your mettle they will try—
"When bonds were sold to help us
fight,
How many did you buy?"
When Pershing's men come sailing
home.
Beware of camouflage
When they inquire how much you
poured
Into the gold barrage!
If you desire the knightly hearts
To count you one of those
Through whom, upon a night-wrap
ped world.
The star of freedom rose,
Prepare to say: "I could not plunge
Through shells, and gas, nn.l
gore—
But when I'd bought bonds till it
hurt,
I signed for one bond more!
DANIEL HENDERSON.
Scripture For the Kaiser
[Kansas City Star]
The Kaiser, in his speech to the
Krupp workers, showed himself
something of a student of the Scrip
tures. Has he happened lately to
turn to Ezekiel vil. 2 5 and 27? He
might learn something to his ad
vantage by doing so:
Destruction cometh. and they shall
seek peace, and there shall be none.
The king shall mourn, and the
prince shall be clothed with desola
tion and the hands of the people of
the land shall be troubled: I will
do unto them after their way, and
according to their deserts will I
Judge them; and they shall know
Jhat I am the Lord.
LKJTUtSEK. 11, 1918.
The Shotgun in the Civil War
A recent note of mine In your pa
per, (the New York Times), under
the above caption, has brought me a
| number of inquiries, and I blame
| myself for inexactness.
| I said that both Northerners and
j Southerners came to the field with
These were but temporary
| expedients, and abandoned as soon
as military arms could be secured,
j As to the .89 caliber musket carry
ing a ball and three buckshot; at
[the outset there were both Union
[and Confederate regiments so arm
jed. This musket soon disappeared,
I giving place to the then modern
[Springfield and Enfield, (English)
rifle, caliber 58. But I never saw or
iheard of a soldier, Northerner or
Southerner, who reprobated the
shotgun or the "buck-and-ball," (as
lit was called), gun on any conscien
tious or humanitarian grounds.
FENWICK Y. HEDLEY,
jNew York, Oct. 7, 1918.
Generous to Bulgaria—Huh!
Correspondent writing to a New
York contemporary says:
"A section of the American and 1
English press are saying a good deal
about the need for "generosity" to
| Bulgaria. May I suggest that it is
| easy to be generous at the expense
!of others, and that these "liberals"
j might well show their liberality by
their concern 'for the rights, not
only of Serbia, Greece and Rumania,
but of justice itself, which demands
the punishment of Bulgaria for the
unspeakable outrages committed
against her neighbors?"
I OUR DAILY LAUGH
CONTINUE,
HOWEVER. fjK\
Cast thy bread I
upon the
That Is Scrip
ture advice; /
Yet it seems one BBP
hadn't Iffl try
oughter jWj
At the pres-
UNKIND. 2 ijf
A fool and his \ pf
money are soon i I si ,T/\.
parted. \'l / I
Yep. Who got J l|f C 3
yours away *L I
from you?
UNANIMOUS.
"Who stood up for Jack when hi
married Miss De Flirt?"
"No one. Everybody called him ■
: fool."
A NEW ADVERTISING SCHEME.
"When did you get the new fliv
ver?"
'"Oh, it was given to me with
five gallon purchase of gasoline."
iEufttittg Cljat
John M. Phillips, the State Gams
Commissioner whose interest in the
movement for people to plant blade
walnut trees has attracted national
attention and brought out an Exe
cutive proclamation designating Oc
tober 18 as "walnut planting day,'""
is getting letters from people all
over Pennsylvania endorsing th®
movement and expressing the hop®
that it will be an annual affair. Out
in Allegheny county, where Mr.
Phillips lives, the Boy Scouts have ,
been planting trees on Sundays anil
have their elders considerably In
terested in the plans. Erasmus Wil
son, of the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times,
"Chief White Pine" of the Boy
Scouts, has written some very inter
esting things in his column about
the walnut planting in which h®
points out that forty years ago Ger
many began buying up all the black
walnut timber that could be found
for alleged veneering, but j n reality
for gunstocks. Mr. Wilson writes
very entertainingly about the work
done in planting walnut and hickory
trees in Lebanon county by the Wei
mer family mentioning the fact
that the father of Edgar A. Weimer,
former mayor of Lebanon and scien
tist, used to make a practice of.
planting walnut trees whenever a
tree was to be cut. He always re
placed it by a walnut. "The son,"
says Mr. Wilson, "still follows tho*
example set by the father and can.
point to trees planted by him that
have been tagged and reported as
tit for gunstock timber."
Interest in the movement for re
foresting the woods of the state with
black walnut,* hickory and other
hard woods is extending to the
beech and other nut bearing trees
which have rapidly been passing
from the extensive woods of the
state and attention is at last being
given to the problems attending the
destruction of the hemlock forests
which formerly covered counties.
The Wild Life League and other or
ganizations have taken hold of the
walnut proposition, which has been
strongly urged by such men as John
M. Phillips, the State Game Com
missioner. and have urged that boys
everywhere plant black walnut trees
and attempts have been made to
bring the importance of replenish
ment of the state with black wal
nut timber to farmers. It has taken
the war to wake up the state to the
loss it has sustained by the failure
to replace the hardwoods and now
there is a demand for walnuts with
the hulls on for planting which is
sweeping all over the state and there
have been many inquiries made at
the State Department of Forestry
and the Department of Agriculture
as to where seedling trees can be
secured not only of the black wal
nut, but the hickory, beech and
chestnut varieties. Many of the in
quirers seem to want to plant on
walnut day, October 18.
Newspapermen throughout the
I state and people at the Capitol will
I be interested to know that Ed Hart,
| the legislative correspondent 01
Scranton Times and now acting pres
ident of the Legislative Cor respond
ents' Association, has been appoint
ed district deputy of the Elks fot
northeastern Pennsylvania. The
Times says: "Pittston Elks receive
recognition from the new head of
the Elks' organization in the coun
try. Exalted Ruler Campbell an
nounced the appointment of E. J.
Hart, past exalted ruler of Pitts
ton lodge. No. 382, as his personal
representative in northeastern Penn
sylvania. As district deputy Mr. Hart
will look after the interests of the
grand lodge in the territory extend
ing from Easton to New York state
line. The new deputy is well known
in Elkdom. He has been active in
the affairs of the Elks of his home
city since attaining his majority, and
has been prominently identified with,
the work of the Pennsylvania Asso
ciation B. P. O. of Elks. Just re
cently he was named a member and
secretary of the war relief com
mission created at the reunion held
in Shamokin a year ago. This com
mission, headed by ex-Senator Ed
ward F. Blewitt. of this city, is
making every effort to have the
government establish a hospital for
returned soldiers in this end of
Pennsylvania."
• • *
The number of Liberty Loan but
tons being displayed on Capitol Hill
is greater than in any preceding
loans. There are very few depart
ments or bureaus which afe not 100
per cent.
* * *
Cassius A. Dunn, acting secretary
of Ahe Harrisburg Rifle Club, has
calred the members of the club to
come into the open air and shoot on
Saturday. Mr. Dunn has announced
the annual members' match for to
morrow, starting at 9.30 a. m. and
there will be a free issue of Krag
ammunition as a means of keeping
influenza germs off the range. Thir
ty-eight members of the Harrisburg
Rifle Club have gone into the serv
ice, of whom twenty-one are now
commissioned ottteers.
The old question of whether men
receiving commissions as mem.
bers of the volpnter state police by
appointment of the Governor should
pay a fee to the recorder of the
county wherein they reside or not
has bobbed up at the Capitol. The
state has no control over.the mat
ter, but as it Is commissioning the
men with heavy paper sheets bear
ing the seal of the state and some
official signature's and not charg
ing the silver dollar which the law
provides shall be the fee for aflix-
Ing the great seal, it has been held
by the Attorney General's oflice that
the recorder's of deeds should not
charge the fees. However, the stato
and the Council of Defense have left
it up to the members of the police,
who get no salaries and the record
ers who depend on fees to settle it..
| WELL KNOWN PEQfjg~ |
—John P. Forbes, former Hunt
ingdon newspaperman, is now on tlio
staff of the Stars and Stripes, the
American Army newspaper in
France.
—General S. W. Miller, formerly
commandant at Fort Niagara and
well known by reason of recruit
ing service here, has been trans
ferred from Fort Sill to Columbus.
Ga.
—John Wanamaker, the oldest
member of the Philadelphia Board
of Education, stirred up the mem
bers of the board by a demand for
an overhauling of the school finan
cial system.
—John H. Dniley, Pittsburgh,
councilman. Is protesting against the
use of pleasure cars in that city
saying there Is too much of it.
[ DO YOU KNOW
—That Harrisburg Is turning
out machinery to make rifles
ami big guns?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
This place was the council site for
chiefs of half a dozen clans of
Indians for yeurs before John Har
ris built hiq store and established
the ferry