8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 18S1 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TE!.%".It At'H PRINTING CO. Telegraph Building, Federal Square E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager GUB XI. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor A. R. MICHEN'ER, Circulation Manager Executive Board 3. P. McCULLOUGH, BOYD M. OGELSBY', F. R. OYSTER. GUS. M. STEINMETJ.. Member of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local published herein. >ll rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. A, Member American . Newspaper Pub — lishers' Assocla tion, the Audit Bureau of Circu ffjjf!gfSl"SKlift lation and Penn r'S sylvanla Associ f§l ated Dallles will Msaa l* AvenSe Building' HnSr&Mjyip Western office, oBBBSMSi'Ig story, Brooks & Finley, People's - Chicago, ?ii!- dmBr ' Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a week: by mail, $5.00 a year in advance. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1918 When we talk about "getting on," we mean getting more money. Christ never "got on." —Hugh Price Hughes. He is the freeman, whom the truth makes free REGRETTABLE INCIDENT THE dismissal of two respectable colored boys from Dickinson College, where they had been students —one for three years and the other for one —because they were negroes, and for no other reason, is a regrettable thing, but it is worse than that when all the circumstances are considered. Both boys, sons of reputable and self-respecting par ents, are admitted by the president of the college to be young men of character and his only excuse for sending them back to their home at Steelton was the alleged changed conditions at the institution, the in troduction of military training and the segregation of trie races. But Dr. Morgan missed an im portant and fundamental point in his weak explanation of the deplorable incident that has caused so much unfavorable comment. He fails to even refer to the fact that the father of the two boys had taken up with him on two occasions before the opening of the present term, the possible complications or the fur ther fact that he had advised with the Washington authorities and been instructed to induct the boys into the battalion, since they were already on the roll of the college. Surely, there was no occasion for the humiliation of two industrious and ambitious boys who were doing their utmost in preparing themselves >ot useful citizens. It's a late day to raise the race issue at Dickinson College, or elsewhere, particularly when the colored American soldier on the tighting front and his loyal and patriotic folk back home are standing shoulder to shoulder with their white brethren in a world war for Justice and liberty and humanity. Of course, the brothers will not return to Dickinson, they will com plete their education at Howard University, and because they are self-respecting and upstanding boys, they will be spurred by the slight put upon them to even greater ef fort and we shall not be surprised some day to have them point back ward to the day when they were re quested to leave ancient Dickinson, with all its honorable traditions, as the beginning of their real progress .toward useful goals. The report that the Hughes-Greg ory investigation had been completed seems to have been premature—at • least, the public is not getting access to the facts. COMPLETE SURRENDER THEKE is a universal demand throughout the country for un conditional surrender on the part qf Germany. Xo other sort of peace will be satisfactory to the American people. President Wilson's i response to the Berlin peace pro posal has brought to the surface the real sentiment, and while there are differences of opinion as to methods in the conduct of the war, there is no difference whatever regarding the limit of force to be exercised against the Hun. t, Undoubtedly there are many Americans who would have prefer red that no attention be. given the German proposal at this time save a repetition of the President's previous • straight-from-the-shoulder declara tion. Xo negotiation with the pres ent government of Germany will be satisfactory to the American people. They have na more confidence in the good faith of the Berlin group than has the President himself. Secretary Lansing puts the thing in a nutshell when he says: I believe in a God of Justice as well as a God of mercy. When the time comes to balance the account —and It seems to bo drawing near as the vassals of Germany seek refuge from the day of wrath— the authors of the frightful wrongs committed against man kind should not be forgotten. The Secretary of State has like wise indicated the conviction of those SATURDAY EVENING, ' In authority in his statement that the German military leaders and their forces will be defeated, that the hour of triumph is drawing near and that the day of the war lords is al most over. Because this Is true there is a natural feeling of anxiety in many minds as to what trickery Germany may resort to in a pretend ed compliance with the President's terms. Everywhere the German lines are crumbling and we are now in the most critical hour of the war. Any mistake at Washington might mean the actual defeat of the Allies tnrough an unwise cessation of hos tilities. It is the belief of his countrymen, however, that the President, now fully advised as to the real attitude of the people, will avoid any act which might further the plans of the retreating foe. Berlin will not be heartened or encouraged in the slightest degree by the emphatic ut terances of men and women of all classes regarding the peace terms. It may be that within the next few days the most important develop ments of this titanic struggle will have occurred. The solidarity of our people has never been so clearly demonstrated as during the last forty-eight hours. Their demand is unconditional surrender of the Kais er and all he represents. Not only are the people of the United States de termined to crush the Beast of Ger many; our allies are equally insist ent that there may be no peace save one which will mean the utter* de struction of militarism and repara tion for the ruin of the coun tries which have been invaded dur ing the last four years or more. The German government and the Ger man people are one. On this propo sition a great authority has just de clared: There has not been one minute when Germany, and all of Ger many, including all the German people, have not been ready to share in the plunder whenever and wherever her war bandits were able to seize it; no time when they have not approved oppression and the frightfulness of their armies wading through the blood of women and children to reach the spoils. The attitude of the whole Ger man nation was deilant and unre lenting when her armies began the drive in March It was not until after the turn of the tide at Chateau-Thierry in July that she began to relent, and as she was swept on further and further, boldness turned to fear, and boastfulness changed to whining. And now, with Bulgaria out and the shell cracking. Germany turns, or pretends to turn to parliaments and popular representation, as a hypocritical means of wresting an armistice from the avengers. After Germany has surren dered. whether the swords are handed in by a German parlia ment or by Hindenburg. there should be not an ounce of pity for the German people. They must pay the price—a bitter price—for all the horrors for which they, as much as the Kaiser, are to blame; for they supported him in his brutal policies to the very last, and will have adopted the subter fuge of a People's Parliament only because the sword of the avenger hangs over them. So it naturally' follows that our people are disturbed over anything that looks like negotiations with Berlin. They will not be content un til the air is once more clear as to our purpose and every vestige of hope that might have been enter tained by the Kaiser and his gang shall have been dissipated by some such answer as was made by an American officer when a blindfolded prisoner was sent from the German line to the surrounded Americans on the west front with a demand to surrender— "Go to hell!" * WE MUST DO IT THE whole HarrisHirg district is below its liberty T.oan quota. "We must make up the deficit; we must buy our rfh-.ire of the bonds." says Chairman Patterson; and with that we all agree. We must meet that quota. We must buy more bonds. This means all of us. Hunt up the nearest committee man or the nearos' Lank and sub scribe for at leaSt one more bond. Wear last winter's o\ efcoat, or suit, if need be. I.et. your family worry along without some of the i things the members think they ought to have. But bay more bends. There are twb classes of people in this town who. have not fully met their duty. One is made up of the men who bought only one $5O bond when they should have bought two, three or four. The other is made up of large Investors whose credit is good at bank lor almost any amount within reason, who have withheld money they should have put Into bonds for the reason that they are looking for more profitable invest ments. The bond committee ought to go over its lists ("e carefully end 'summon to headquarters everybody who can buy more bord.s than he has bought. Manifestly. ex-President Taft and his predecessor in the White House. Colonel Roosevelt, believe that the less communication we have with Berlin the better it will be for our fighting forces and the folks back home. President Wilson has asked for a showdown, and to that extent the answer to the German peace pro posal may be Important, but In deal ing wi<h a tricky and unscrupulous foe. the language he best understands Is force. Don't *boast unless you have bought so many bonds you don't know how you are going to get 'em all paid for. i You're face Is good in any bank. Go in and experiment by buying a Lib erty Bond on credit. T >MOes IVh.lt4uLa.lua. By the Ex-Committeeman Plans for the Republican state candidates to start their campaign work next week have been material ly affected by the influenza outbreak and the State Health Department's (order against meetings of any kind and the indications are that the tours which were deferred because of the Liberty Loan may not begin before October 21. Democratic state committee officers say that nothing will be done, for a week at least on i their side. ! It had been intended to have the | Republican state candidates speak in the central and western counties, among the places listed being the jGratz fair in this county, but ac- I cording to word received here to-day everything has been canceled. New arrangements will be made next week. | Democratic state headquarters ( men say that beyond tentative plans - for the meeting of the executive I committee to fill vacancies, nothing (has been arranged.' | According to western newspapers. Dr. E. J. Fithian, the Prohibition j candidate for Governor, is making ; tours in Somerest and other coun i ties. ' —The fact that New Jersey state ' authorities have started to mail bal [ lots to 120,000 New Jersey soldiers | in camps and cantonments and over j seas does riot affect the situation in j regard to the ballots for Pennsylva- I nia soldiers because the two states | have very different laws relative to taking the votes of citizens in mili tary service say officials here. Un der the Pennsylvania law the men must vote on one day and be given the ballots except at that time. The New Jersey law permits ballots to be mailed. Governor Brumbaugh has not given any signs as to when he will name the com missioners to take the Pennsylvania soldiers' vote, but it is believed it will not be long delayed. The spe cial ballots are being printed and supplies assembled. —Four members of the State Com [ mission of Agriculture spent several hours here on Thursday in an ef fort to find out what was in store for the commission and along what lines the prospective reorganization of the Department of Agriculture to put it on a more efficient basis would be worked out. Members of the commission had an idea that they were to have an active part in the administration of the department, but they were speedily enlightened and the commission in the long run has exercised little authority. The agricultural board had a talk with the Governor about what he had in mind and then went to the depart ment where estimates of what it will cost to run the department were solemnly gone over, although the next General Assembly will deter | mine what sums shall be voted, i —Governor Brumbaugh is not ex ' pected to name any one to perma nently fill the place of Fire Mar ! shal G. Chal Port, one of the most popular men on the Hill, but will [ likely designate Chief Assistant J Charles D. Wolfe to act. —Gossip is already being heard here about changes on Capitol Hill when the Sproul administration conies in. William I. Shaffer is gen erally believed to be the man in line for Attorney General and Dr. Wil mer Krusen, of Philadelphia, fori Qommissioner of Health. Dr. Krusen is said to have been offered the health commissionership some time ago, but was not ready to take it. The belief among men well posted in politics is that Acting Health Com missioner B. F. Royer, Insurance Commissioner Charles A. Ambler, Superintendent of Printing D. E. Long and Secretary of Agriculture Charles E. Patton will be among the first to be replaced. —According to the Philadelphia. Record, Philadelphia City Councils may take a hand in the recreation board fuss and demand that the Mayor submit the names of recrea tion chiefs. —Women are now replacing men as members of health boards in some of the smaller towns, especially in Eastern Pennsylvania. —Concerningregistration the Phil adelphia Bulletin says: "In consider ation of the fact that political cam paign activity in Philadelphia has been wholly suspended, and that the war and the influenza overshadow everything else in the public mind, the registration of more than 240,- 000 voters for the November election is not small as compared with the 275,000 in the campaign of last autumn. It is particularly to be borne in mind that not fewer than about sixty thousand men from Philadel phia have gone into the Army and the Navy, and that the decline of thirty-four thousand in the electoral lists would thus be readily account ed for. In view of the adverse cir cumstances it is a matter of wonder 1 that the registration did not turn out [to be much less than what it is." —Writing in the Philadelphia la quirer, George J. Brennan gives tiri's interesting bit of political history: "Congressman W. W. Griest a few days ago called Senator Sprout's at tention to an articld in the Columbia Spy, of Columbia, Lancaster coun ty, which stated that the late Senator J. Donald Cameron renounc ed his voting residence in Harris burg and enrolled as a voter in the Maytown district In East Donegal township, Lancaster county. Al though he was infirm, he went out to vote at the last primary election in the village of Maytown. where his father, the late United States Senator Cameron, was born. At the polls he greeted the bystanders and made known his preference for William Cameron Sproul, now the Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania. He told his friends that Senator Sproul's name came near being Simon Cameron Sproul. Senator Sproul's grandfather, "Squire Samuel Slokom, of Sadsbury town ship, Lancaster county, was a strong Cameron partisan and for many years was chairman of the Republi can county committee of Lancaster county. When the present Guberna torial candidate was born, Septem ber 16. 1870 and Squire Slokom found his latest grandchild was a .husky boy, he wanted him named after his trlend. Senator Simon Cam eron, 'Squire Slokom's daughter, the Senator's mother, was not impressed with the first name, so a compromise was made, and the future Governor of Pennsylvania was called William for his father, and Cameron for General Cameron. Senator Sproul's mother, who lives with the Senator at Lapldca, his homo near Chester, says that she still thinks she made a wise choice bf names," HARRISBUKG TELEGRAPH T THE WORLD'S GREATEST DRIVE • * . THE STATE CAMPAIGN [Altoona Tribune] The registration of voters in the city of Altoona slightly exceeds 6,000. When it is remembered that not less than 2,000 of our voters are now serving their country in the field, it will be perceived that the falling off was little more than might have been expected. The reg istration in other cities has undoubt edly shown similar results, so that the total vote in November will be the smallest, one may suspect, that has been cast at a gubernatorial election for many years. True, ar rangements are being made to take the vote of the soldiers, but that vote is not likely to prove a very considerable factor, since the men now overseas or on the way will be disfranchised. Thus far the campaign has pro gressed with singular quietness. Sen ator Sproul and his colleagues on the Republican state ticket have made scarcely any political speeches yet, whatever talking they have done having been in the interest of the Liberty Loan campaign or on behalf ; of a vigorous prosecution of the war. It had been their intention at a later period to make a short tour of the state and this plan may be carried into execution yet, although the epidemic of influenza and other matters may lead to its indefinite postponement. Judge Bonniwell, who thinks he is going to poll a big \ote by reason of his opposition to prohibition, is the only candidate who has been preaching politics. It is quite well understood that this is going to be a great Republi can year in Pennsylvania. The con duct of Judge Bonniwell has of fended thousands of self-respecting Democratic citizens and i f ver y b ° d> ,' except the candidate realizes that his candidacy is a farce. Democrat c leaders, including the Democratic state committee, have repudla ed him and there is no -reason to sup pose that he will poll half the nor mal Democratic vote. The idea of a judge running up and down the state exhibiting himself as the ram pant champion of the brewery and 1 the saloon is repugnant to the fine feelings of the people of all parties. There is a widespread impression that judges should be nonpartisan, one who is owned by the liquor forces is peculiarly noxi °" B ' ft . Fortunately the character of the Republican standard bearer. Senator William C. Sproul is so malted, his reputation for statesman ike ties and widespread practical knowl edge so general, that no campaign The clrcumstances are all favorable to a sweeping Repub lican victory. Even shoulc l tb ® r ® ' no sneaking campaign on the part of the Republicans it is well " ndeb : stood that the high eharaoter of their candidates is in Itself suffi cient to command general support. Senator Sproul and his colleagues on the Republican state ticket bave all been so intimately associated with the conduct of the state gov ernment that they will prove d " rlb S the coming four years so efficient in every brunch of their work as to win a greater-degree of fame nartv they represent. What the> have done in the past is the guar antee for the future. It is true the vote of Blair county promises to be short on election day. but -we are pretty sure it is going to be decidedly one-sided. Wireless Around the World (From the Philadelphia Evening y Bulletin.) One of the greatest achievements of modern science seems to have passed almost unnoticed. A ines- Sage was sent from Cornwall to Aus tralia. a distance exceeding 12.000 miles and was received perfectly. As the waves go equal distance in all directions, this is eq " l . % ' a,eb L ■ sending a message around the entne globe. It is hardly more than a score or years ago since Marconi was ac* counted a hare-brained enthusiast because he'proposed electrical com munication without wires. Now every battalion going into action, every signal airplane with the lery and other units are directed by wireless (often by wireless tele phones) from the base. Recently Philadelphia-made heavy guns have been bombarding Metz with great ac curacy, and the flight of shells could be directed from airplanes with com plete precision in order to save the civilian population and hit only mill tary buildings. In four years great progress haß been made in wireless, and there is no reason to believe that perfection lias been attained. If past experi ence is to be repeated, we are en terlng upon a new era of scientific development which will surpass the . uunted achievements of the nine teenth century. FOCH A GREAT STRATEGIST There is no longer any doubt of Foch's superiority, both in strategy and tactics, to the German! com manders opposed to him. I\ was demonstrated most brilliantly when he anticipated the German assault on the night of the national fete, July 14, 1918. He read the purpose of Ludendorff to strike when all France was in celebration. The Ger mans reasoned that . the French wouald be caught unawares. Foch's intelligence department had ap prised him of the enemy's prepara tions. for a major movement. He calculated that the blow would fall upon the night of the national fete, and by capturing prisoners he learn ed that ten minutes after midnight was the time set. Foch's artillery opened Are first with a terrible bar rage. The Germans, nevertheless, came on, to find the.first line lightly held, to finfl the second line a stone wall. There was no surprise after all —except for the Germans. And four days later Foclt launched his coun ter offensive, which has been kept up unintermittently on the whole front, first here and now there—the most wonderful battle ever fought by a great commander, the scale tremendous, the results prodigious. To-day the fate of the German army in the tfest trembles in the balance. A superman this Frepchman, if the term can be applied to any hu man being and yet he is not con sciously great. At heart and" in man ner he is the same man who was known in the classroom as a teacher of the art of war not many years ago. Happily he has never been a pedant: he has been able to change Knocking B. K. Focht [From Progress, the official maga zine of Brotherhood's Relief Fund] The Harrisburg Patriot is now making a miserable effort to crack Benj. Focht, who is the Republican nominee for Congress from the 17th Congress'onal district at Penna. We are wondering what kind of dope the Patriot will try to rani down the throats of organized labor, for it is a fact that Focht has a most enviable record in Congress in regard to his attitude and work in behalf of labor. Geo. Rowand, B. of R. T. Legisla tive representative for Penna., says Focht has a splendid labor record and we believe Rowand's word will count for more than that of the Patriot, as George knows. Ben. Focht had the vision of thought to introduce an old age pen sion bill in Congress, and sooner or latter tills grand country of ours will have just such an old age pen sion system in vogue, not alone be cause Ben. Focht introduced it, but because a nation which prides itself in the advancement of humanity will realize its utter necessity, and until we do adopt -it, we are still in that class of countries who arc lag ing'in this respect. THE STATE CAMPAIGN [From the Wilkes-Barre Record.] There is not an intelligent Demo crat who believes that his party s state ticket has the ghost of a show, and it is quite generally conceded that local candidates will go down in the state crash. Even the pros pect that Judge Bonniwell will have the votes of some proliquor Repub licans, together with the full strength of the liquor element in the Democratic party, does not seem to lift the pall of dismay. The fact that the Palmer-McCormick faction in the Democratic party has declar ed war on BoQniwell and that a host of temperance Democrats unlnflu-. enced by pahy strife will either not vote at* all or support Sproul, is ! enough to convince the piost stead fast Democrat that the die has al- I ready been cast. The party leaders in Luzerne ! county will concentrate their efforts i upon the election of congressmen \ and representatives, but here too i there is reason for abject discourage ! ment. The light Democratic regis- I tratimn shows that the voters have ■ relatively small interest In these i campaigns, apd added to this is the 1 fact that Democratic candidates for 1 Congress have never been on frlend- I ly terms with the local forces in con trol of the organization. The worst enemy of the Demo cratic outfit could hardly wish for a more hopeful outlook than that j which has appeared, mainly by reason | of conditions brought about by the I Democrats themselves. The most I that the Republican leaders now ] need fear 1b that the rank and tile ! of the party will take it for granted i that victory is certain and relux , their efforts for the Noven\ber elec | tion, *' 1 his formulas, to adjust himself to I new conditions of warfare. If his officers have learned a great deal in the war, so has he. He could now discard much'that he used to teach at the Ecole de Guerre, where his pupils, some of them now in high command, worshiped him. If there was any danger of Foch's rusting as a professor of war, it ceased when the command of the Thirteenth divi sion at Chaumont was given him in 1911. Promoted to the head of the ' Eighth corps, he was later trans | ferred to the responsible post at I Nancy, headquarters of the Twen tieth corps. There he was at the outbreak of the war, nnd his friends knew that he was destined to play a leading part in the conflict upon which the salvation of France de pended. No one knew Foch's value better than his predecessor in the supreme command. It was Joffre "who select ed Foch to foil the determined effort of the German high command to get to the sea in the autumn, of 1914. There began that association with British Generals, French, Smith- Dorrien, Haig, Byng, Rawlinson, Allenby, and others, which ripened into esteem for their efficiency and faith in their trustworthiness. They all came to admire Foch, officer and gentleman and comrade. He never failed them in emergencies, they never failed him. They were for him to a man when the question of the unified command had to be settled. They could serve under him, know ling that he was not only France's I best but a consummate master of thre art of war. TRADE BRIEFS An important fusion will shortly take place within the Swedish bbllj bearing Industry, the Nordiska Kul lager A-B having bought the major- j ity of shares in the Baitiska Kullager | A-B. The Baitiska Kullager A-B hasi a capital stock of 8,000,000 crowns, and the Nordiska Kullegar A-B will therefore have to extend its capital with 4,000,000 crowns, whereby the capital of this company will be 22,- 000,000 crowns. Last year Nordiska Kullager A-B paid a dividend of 10 per cent. A member of an American trade organization in Italy wishes to be placed in communication with Amer-. lean lumber exporters und importers. An agency is desired bj) a man in France tor the sale of aluminum and enameled household articles. Increased cost of labor and ma terials during thb war has had the effect of producing the highest bill for the maintenance of canals in Scotland for the past twenty years- Traffic has fallen off, particularly on the smaller systems. The larger canals, such as the Caledonian and Crinan, make a better showing, the I Caledonian having a record of 2,605 vessel passages (included 548 ves sels on Admiralty service, for which no dues were received), compared with 2,105 for the 1917 fiscal year. The ordinary receipts of this canal for the year ended April 30, 198, ; were $30,000. or $250 less than ip ■>l7; the total expenditures $55,000, i or nearly $15,000 more than in the I previous year. The loss in revenue on the Crinan Canal amounted to $1,500; vessel passages numbered 832, compared with 1,185 for 1917. A man in Cuba desires to repre sent American manufacturers of fruit extracts, syrups and flavors. Imports of cotton into Genoa, Italy, from January 1 to August 1, totaled 185,339 bales, according to a. | report from Consul General David F. | Wllber. Of this amount 120,131 bales were received from the United States, 48,048 bales from India and 17,160 bales from gypt. Editorial Comment' Junkerdom is beginning to realize that it is a trifle easier to begin a world war than to win and end one. —New York Sup. There can be no peace with Ger many except the peace of uncondi tional surrender. —Kansas City Star. AU-the-year-round daylight-saving is now advocated in Congfess. But what does Congress do wilh all the daylight it saves? —New York World. Though the New York Times op posed the giving of the suffrage to the women of New York, it earnestly urges them, now that they have it, to make use of it. The flrst day's registration indicated that they are not preparing to make full use of their privilege —Js'ew Tor* Tiroes. OCTOBER 12, 1918 OUR BOYS IN FRANCE Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, the famous English cartoonist who has seen service in France, says of the American army: "This great organization of yours came into the war like a fairy god mother," he said. "The moment when the States came in was a pretty dark time for us. Hussia was going to pieces; things were hard; I never had any doubt of the ultimate victory, but it looked as if it would take a long, long time. Then you came. And—well, X feel pretty enthusiastic about an early finish. 1 feel more than ever en thusiastic since I reached New York. It's cheered me up tremendously! "They are a fine healthy lot, too, the American soldiers, y healthy and cheerful and strong in every way. And 1 want to say how well-cared for they are. Everything that the army authorities and the Govern ment back home do for them seems to be done in the very best way. They are thoroughly well looked after. • "I feel very strongly about the cheerfulness of the Americans over there," Captain Bairnsfather added. "J admire It very deeply. I know what it is like to leave one's home and friends and go off to fight In a foreign land., I've had my share of war, and I know It's hard. But tor me. and for all of us. It was only across the Channel; we were always next door to home. Tour men are 3,000 miles away, in a thoroughly strange country. And they are just as cheerful as the best of us, or more so." When Captain Bairnsfather reach ed New York, a few days ago, he felt even more strongly than he had felt in France the suicidal ignor ance, as he calls it, of Germany In "allowing such a thing to happen" as America's getting into the % war. He saw in Europe, he explains, that we had splendid fighters; but when he reached this country he couldn't help sensing at once the united and organized nation behind those fight ing men in France. OUR DAILY LAUGH LOOKED THAT Tommy Buzz * Viyr * ' / —My what a L blg bug lives on wjf* that shelf. /|P|l' NO WONDER. CpVjA Miss Porcu- EOir I've been stand 'n S under the aKSSy mistletoe a n L& hour, and no one has kissed fCOMPENSA- Llfe's mrH On every side When the ice The coal man MISUNDER j Mrs. Fussbody 1 j aV/' —Did you call up |< , dCAfo and ask how* Old ll Mrs ' 81ckttbe(1 i# - V as I told you? V Friend Husband y.y'ftnfljft —Tes, and she 11 sald ltjß nono your business how TjifewP old she is. That M she's at least tvfo years younge. L } H than you are, anyway, [Ewnmg (Mjai Boys who try to demonstrate their prowess as marksmen by means of the old-fashioned "slingshot" will °"'y et into trouble with local authorities, but be arrested by State Game Protectors and State Police men if they shoot at protected birds. Officers of the Game Commission to duy made this plain as the result of numerous complaints of the activ ity of the juvenile sharpshooters and reports that robins, warblers and other insect-destroying birds had been targets for Btones and bullets from slings. From all accounts there hus been an increasing number of such shooting and game girds have alpo been attacked. There will also be an effort made to prevent any aliens from obtaining licenses as has occurred in the past. The number of aliens arrested for having firearms in their possession has been large this year, due mainly to the activity of the wardens and policemen be cause of the war conditions, but there have also been quite a number of complaints heard about their hunting of game out of season. Con ditions are generally reported favor able for the small game. In eastern counties there has been an unusual i number of statements about quail and pheasants. They are mainly protected in the western counties Squirrels and rabbits are abundant and in some sections woodcock have been seen. The duck hunters have found good sport, although the sea son is early and have thus far es caped any collision with federal au thorities over the bag limits. Deer and bear have been reported in the mountain counties. Plans are being made to buy a number of pheasants to distribute next spring. They will be held on preserves during the win ter. • * • . "Bert" Blough, who has attained some heights as a Liberty bond salesman, was doing business in a brisk way in front of the court house the other afternoon and was "kidding" Abraham Lincoln Holler about being "slow." It happened that Mr. Blough had to take a man Uito Sheriff Caldwell's office to sign him up and in his absence Mr. Hol ler sold some bonds. Suddenly he sighted a well-dressed woman com- • ing along the street and started to sell her a bond. Mr. Holler was per sistent and was just about to show the lady where to sign her name when Mr. Blough happened to come out of the courthouse. "Great Scott," he shouted, "Look at Holler trying to sell a bond to my wife! • • • Down in the eastern end of the * county there lives a man who has property, a sense of security under our laws and noncombatant ideas when it comes to buying Liberty Bonds. He had refused to buy. He does not believe in war. Down on the man's farm there isa hen house and until a few evenings ago there was a fine flock of hens. About the darkest hour the other evening some one stole the hens. Down the road to a lawyer came the man, indignant, demanding pro tection for property as an American citizen. "Say, can't you git the State Po lice to come out and watch around my place," said he to the lawyer when he told how unknown mis creant Huns had cleaned out the roost. The lawyer was the man from whom he had refused to buy even one of Uncle Sam's bonds and the lawyer could not resist. "Get State Police?" Why, man, the State Police don't care what happens to you any more than I do," was the way he hit back. • • • W. Grant Rauch, of the Common wealth Trust Company, who has given up business to help the State Department of Health fight influ enza, as representative of the Dau phin County and State Councils of Defense, is now gaining a rare amount of experience. Mr. Rauch has been worjting some sixteen hours a day and among his jobs , have been to get a special train to go, from Harrisburg to Pottsville .along about midnight: to supply au tomobiles by long distance telephone to doctors 100 miles away; to see that nurses are met by some one in getting off at stations in the coal regions and keep a flock of mes sengers ready to handle messages and keep lines open in these con gested times of communication. • * • "The fact that the reports the trust companies and state banks made to.the State Commissioner of Banking as of September 21 showed a general gain in assets and in de posits in the face of a decline in the number of depositors is one of the finest things I have seen in a long time and it should be remembered by every person when the Liberty Loan men come around," said one of the city's bankers. "Indeed Pennsylvania has shown up remark ably in its banking records when one considers that it has 300,000 men in national service and that virtually all business is now on a war basis. The old state has al ways been there with the goods and the bank report reflects a fine con dition." | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Jacob Seldomridge, of the Lan caster fair, was among Capitol Hill visitors. —Dr. Adoph Koenig, of Pittsburgh, a member of the State Med ical Bureau, is directing the influ enza campaign in Allegheny county, —Andrew S. McSwigan, promi nent Pittsburgh man and past state deputy of the Knights of Columbus, has gone to France to represent the K. of C. —F. H. Bell, the Lycoming coun ty farm bureau agent, had arranged a hen laying demonstration when the influenza order came along and prevented any crowd gathering. —Samuel I. Spyker, of the State Workmen's Insurance Fund, is one of the state organizers of the new bank at Alexandria. —Dr. O. O. Feaster, advanced to be a major in the medical corps, is only 25 aqd graduated from Jeffer son Medical College two years ago. —Samuel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, has been elected a director of the Southern Pacific. —The Rev. Dr. W. B. Lower, of Lqgan, has been appointed religious director at Fort Myer. i [ DO YOU KNOW —That Hnrrisburg's first se rious epidemic was yellow fever about 1700? HISTORIC HARRISBURG —When people in Hafrisburg thought sanitary conditions were not good they tore down dams and buildings and paid for them after wards.
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