6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOB THE HOME Founded JB3J Published evenings except Sunday by THB TKI.ViItAFH PRINTING CO. Telegraph Ilulldlag, Federal Sqaere E. J. STAOKPOLB President and Editor-in-Chief F. IL OYSTER, Butinett iianngtr GUB M. STEINMETZ, Manarfng Editor 4. R. MICHENER, Circulation Managsr Executive Board i. P. McCULLOUGH. BOYD M. OGELSBY. P. R. OYSTER. GUS. M. STEINMETZ. Member of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the uso for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also tho local niAvs published herein. >ll rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Member American _ Newspaper Pub __-r-CMLn?!® Ushers' Associa r.'.rr ■> tlon, the Audit Bureau of Circu- BtFlelWrC ~biMa iatlon and Penn "iXj aSfiSSr JS sylvanla Assocl m ated Dailies. Pililsi I C2SJ ® ESS M Eastern office, t Bsf E 15a HI Story, Brooks & 58ft 52 fiEK $5l Pinley, Fifth I SEE 19 lei ftS Avenue Building cSBlStiSi W New York City: Western office, pOWsJaSlMifi Story. Brooks & SsSCfc Ftnley, People's Gas Building, -- Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a CBmfenSiSD week; by mail, $5.00 a year in advance. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 118 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. — JOHN 13:35. NO TIME FOR TALKING THERE is a distinct note through out all the newspaper comment upon President Wilson's last reply to Germany's peace proposal adverse to any further communi cation with the thugs of Berlin. Obviously the American people are relieved, as ex-President Taft has said, that wc are headed in the right direction and let us fervently hope that the President will re strain a temperamental impulse to write more frequently than the con ditions would seem to warrant. He is mighty nimble with the pen, but the tendency of all persons inclined to slinging English is to overdo the thing. Short, direct and perfectly understandable language is much more to the point than Indulgence in rhetoric that sometimes has a pleasant sound, but falls short of conveying real meaning. From now until the time when Germany surrenders unconditionally we shall hope and pray that Presi dent Wilson will confine himself to short-arm jabs, the only kind that the Hun appears to understand and appreciate. The most heurtening feature of the iccent epistolary episode is the over whelming demand of the peopie of the United States for *orce and still more froce until the Kaiser and his unmitigated hellians are flat on their backs yelling "enough!" The late General Simon Cameron was a philosopher and experienced in political strategy. He once said to the writer that a political leader should first learn in what direc tion the people were going and then lead the procession. Public men of n later day are manifestly observing that rule of conduct. SHALL GERMANY PAY? TH E Manufacturers' Record thinks that "the entire cost of the war to America and the Allies should be placed upon Ger many. The Record suggests that this could be accomplished by the con fiscation of all bonds that have been issued by Germany, Austria, Tur key and Bulgaria for carrying on this war, and all prior bonds issued by those countries and held by their own citizens. The German people, "who have gloatingly subscribed to these bonds in hopes that they would be able to loot the world," should be saddled with the burden of this cost, or else no Interest should be allowed on those bonds until the Allies have been fully repaid. The Record goes farther and in sists that Germany should be com pelled to pay a pension to the fam ily of every man killed in the de fense of civilization in this war and of every Allied soldier permanently , invalided. "No one could object to the Ger man people having the opportunity to work unceasingly for the next fifty years in paying off this in debtedness." declares the Record, which believes that we and our Allies would thus be relieved of the entire bonded Indebtedness con sequent to the war and taxation would thereby be greatly diminished. It would also exercise a salutary effect on any country which might . have in prospect an era of such un bridled license, pillage and rapine as has characterized the German policy of terrorism for the past four years. 1918 REGISTRATION THE fact that registration In Harrisburg is approximately 1,000 less than last year Is large ly explained by the absence of sev eral thousand men of voting age In the army, most of whom entered the service within the past twelve months. • It is remarkable that the 'registration "has held up as well as ii has, under the circumstances. WEDNESDAY EVENING, ' Hahrisburo TELEGRXPI? OCTOBER 16, 1918, I The number of voters that have come out Indicates a very healthy Interest In public affairs.. Our prime interest, of course. Is In the winning of the war. In thous ands of homos the chief thought of the moment Is for the safety of Borne dear ono In the service. Our minds are far away. Our vision Is apt to follow our thoughts. But de splto all distractions, a very large percentage of the citizenship has not forgotten tho duty of suffrage. The result In November should be the election of men well Qualified for tho places they seek.. That usually Is the result when the electorate goes calmly" and determinedly to the polls without the confusion of cam paign excitement which so often be clouds the real and vital issues. THE PUBLIC SPEAKER THE day of flamboyant oratory may be past, but not so the popularity of public speaking. The more closely organized the community, the more good public speakers are in demand. Almost anybody can talk more or less effec tively if he has a message from the heart, but even the man who has "sold himself" a big idea may be embarrassed if he is suddenly called upon to convince a group of his fel lows by addressing them Jointly from dinner table or rostrum. Public speaking is both a gift and an acquired art. Just as the compo sition of English may be improved by instruction and practice, so may the amateur speaker attain the airs and graces of the polished lecturer by study and application. Nearly every man aspires to ap pear well before his fellows and even the humblest envies the man who is able to give ready voice to his ideas. These are reasons, probably, why the Y. M. C. A. class In public speak ing was such a great success last year and why the class continues to attract new students. The man who can't speak intelligently and fluently in public when called upon is labor ing under an unnecessary handicap, and in these days of many meetings and conferences the average man has come to understand this as never before. NO NEGOTIATION mHE air having been cleared of the miasma of negotiation with the Hun, America is now ready to press forward with ever, more en ergy than ever before toward the goal of a righteous peace and the suppression for all time of organiz ed murder and pillage- There is a rising tide of disgust with regard to any future community with the Prussian outlaws. The other day a forceful writer made this observa tion regarding the last peace pro posal, which illustrates the attitude of the average American citizen: Germany and her vassal, Aus tria-Hungary, have had the au dacity to submit another offer to the Allies for peace negotiations, and nn armistice. Switzerland humiliated itself In huudllng the German stuff, while Sweden per formed the same noxious service for Austria-Hungary. The au dacious elements of both ooze from every pore, and no more so than where the infamous Kaiser expresses his wllllugneas to agree upon "pence with honor,'* Just as though the ruling powers of Ger many huve any conception what ever as to the essence of honor, und again, w here lie Is quoted as willing to "extend his band," as though there Is any one In the Allied world who would touch his dirty hand—the hand already palsied by Its blasphemous up ralsnls toward a misrepresented "Gott"—drilled by the signatures to broken covenants und treaties, stained by the blood of millions of slnlu victims and desecrated by the ravishment, brutality and lust, which was encouraged and condoned, as performed by bis soldiery. Withdraw the foul bund you thus extendi It Is nauseous to sight .and sense, and we will huve none of It. Guilty 01 heinous crimes and without an atom of pity, these men are a menace to civilization, and President Wilson is absolutely light in declaring that there van be no negotiation with an autocracy such as has overruled the German people "to their own utter destruction. Anybody who has observed the de crease of arrests by the police de partment since the closing of the j saloons must be Impressed with what would happen in the event of na tional prohibition. Only fourteen ar rests last week and but three of these for drunkenness. It was stated at police headquarters that it Is not uncommon for the arrests to reach a total of one hundred In a week and there have been scores of arrests on a single day. BIG HOSPITAL NEEDED THE present epidemic of influ enza points the need of addition al hospital facilities for Harris burg in no uncertain way. Wo have been compelled to take over a school for the treatment of victims who cannot be cared for at home. It may be that other schools or clubs may also have to be utilized. The Harris burg Hospital, the Polyclinic and hospitals of a private character are all full to over-crowding. They are good institutions In their way, but they no longer meet the requirements of the growing city. < Dr. Raunick, city health officer, has been urging the erection of a joint city and county hospital for the treatment of contagious diseases. This, too. Is needed, but in consider ing such a proposal the city and the county authorities should give due thought of the advisability of meet- 1 ing the hospital needs of the com-' munity for many years to come by the Joint construction of a home for the infirm, to take the place of the antiquated and obsolete almshouse, and a general hospital, with a con tagious disease building for treat ment of such maladies as small pox, etc. The time Is fast approaching when the Harrisburg Hospital will have to be removed from Its present some what noisy locatioh. It has done and is doing an invaluable work, but the city is growing and It is not. Neither would It he advisable to go on add ing to the plant us it now stands. The thing to do, obviously. Is to have the Harrlsburg Hospital, the city and the county to join forces and erect, possibly on the "poor house farm," a great metropolitan hospital such as would meet the needs of all Cen tral Pennsylvania for years to come. When We begin to Improve the hospital facilities of Harrlsburg and vicinity let Us do It In a really big way, after a manner that will give our people the kind and else of hos pital their wealth and numbers de mand. • ""petowO-tjCccttua By the Ex-Committeeman ■—With the epidemic of influenza sweeping the state and the unusual war activities at this time the po litical campaign is cutting a mighty little figure. However, the senti ment in Pennsylvania is strong for the election of a complete Republi can delegation to the House of Rep resentatives at Washington. It is believed in Republican and Demo cratic circles that the time has come to unhorse the narrow Southern men who arc In control of Congress. Under any other circumstances many of the things which have hap pened during the last year would have been little short of scandalous but the disposition of the people generally to accept anything that looks like supporting the adminis tration in its war measures has kept down popular protest. Just the same Pennsylvania is going to have some thing to say about the organization of the next House and it will be up to the voters on the stli of Novem ber to express their choice for can didates for Congress and we shall not be surprised to see a solid dele gation on the Republican side. —Says the Johnstown Tribune: ".The spectacle of the candidate for governor of a part of the Demo cratic party running around cam paigning for votes and camouflag ing as a Liberty Loan worker, is not a pleasant one. Judge Bonniwell's campaign is not creditable to any self-respecting political party. —The members of the Democratic party are not such partisans as to permit reflection upon themselves and their party through the mis guided actions of Judge Bonnlwell. There Is more at issue in this coun try than the one idea upon which Judge Bonniwell bases his candi dacy. The people, and Republicans, will not approve of the spectacle of a candidate racing around, in the present emergency, l pleading for votes on an issue which affects the profits of only a few persons." —Colonel George Harvey is mani festly concerned about the where abouts of the National Chairman, Vance C. McCormick. In the cur rent issue of the War Weekly the Colonel asks: "What has be come of Dunce McCormick?" The cartoon in the same issue shows President Wilson us a school master punishing Postmaster General Bur leson, with Daniels and Baker as interested witnesses and McCormick occupying a dunce stool concealed under a dunce cap. —The situation in York county where a Prohibition candidate for the State Senate declines to get out of the way for the Republican can didate who is pledged to the sup port of the Prohibition amendment and all temperance legislation is an illustration of the general attitude of party Prohibitionists. Instead of supporting the dry Republican can didate against a wet Democratic candidate tot the Senate the short visloned Prohibition bosses prefer to take the chance of a possible de feat of the Republican by diverting votes t• F ' ,T FOR TM G- TRAIIVJ LOOK A FRISHT IK) THAT SLHT 1 AGAIU- - YEH- NEVI- . . >R >_ _ (LL TELEGRAPH - YES- I SHOULD JAY SHE UID* RO- JHSTL THR-R-REE . (BUSY ) HER -WCLL YOU BET YOUR SWJEET LIFE - F, V P _NI HIE - "TWO- •• ) X / I WOULDN'T POT UP VA/ITHIT - YOU KNOW \ ME CARRIE- "THAT S MIS ALL OV/ER . > H ABEL —AS THEV SAV- LISTSLC^GEOBEE / J**. __ _ A THE OLD BEAR '■£ To Laon—Prize of First Degree LAON, dominating the plains of Picardy from the height of her steep, isolated rock, 650 feet above the.level ground, is a military prize that is the greatest impor tance, commanding what is called the "trouee," or gap of the Oise and the highways and railroads leading to Paris, says the Christian Science Monitor. For the third time since the early part of the last century, Laon has endured the bitterness and humilia tion of German accupation, and for the third time she has known the happiness of the hour that freed her. From the shady promenades that crown her great limestone rock, on the site of the old medieval ram parts, one can imagine her citizens peering westward toward St. Qucn tin and tho forest of St. Quentin, |to see if, perchance, they could dis tinguish the khaki and horizon-blue of the liberators. At Laon, in 1814, Napoleon at tempted to reorganise the remnants of his Waterloo army, but in vain, for after a siege of 15 days the city was compelled to surrender, to Blucher. Again, in the disastrous year of 1870, Laon heroically barred the way to the- German avalanche toward Paris. Again she had to capitulate, not omitting, however, to exact the priee of admission from the unwelcome guest: as the Ger mans marched into the citadel an in dignant private of French engineers blew up the powder magazines. In war time Laon prides herself perhaps most on her fine military defenses, consisting of inner works on the eminence on which she is built, and of groups of forts that connect her with Rheims and witli the Aisne and insure her important position in the triangle of fortresses she forms with La Fere and Rheims. In peace time her chief glory is her cathedral. Notre Dame of Laon JOKES FROM COL. HARVEY [N. A. Review's War Weekly] When Vorwaerts called upon Am bassador Francis to withdraw from Russia and Uncle David remark ed inquiringly that ho was from Mis souri, not a German soul knew what he meant. Germany plunged the world into war when she was ready for it. We shall restore peace when we are ready for it. j As we were saying, On to Berlin! If Mr. Hoover could enforce the old-time Yankee maxim, "Clean your plate," he would conserve more food than by all of his orders, regu lations and impunities combineu. Now the President slaps the Poli ticalmaster General a second time by ordering restoration of the mall ser vifce, such as it is, to Miss Jane Addams' World Tomorrow. Quite right! We think as little of Miss Jane's doctrines as of the Nation's, but she is no less entitled to have her say about things. We suppose the Sun realizes that the country cannot "Get Rid of Kit chin" without getting rid of a Demo cratic Congress. Can that be what it really means? Hey, Burleson! If the Hun wants to talk peace let him talk while he is running. We can say all we want to say to him while wo are charging bayonets at the double quick. WHAT'S THE MATTER? [From the Savannah News] Its efforts to find out why New York women in greater numbers are not registering in order to vote is worrying the New York Sun. Al though the women of the city out number the men, now that so many men are in the Army and Navy, the first two days of registration showed, out of every 100 persons registered, 77 men and 23 women. Certainly, it would seem that women who are enabled to vote for the first time would be as eager to go through with all the necessary formalities as is the average man when he crosses the 21-year-old dead line, but either NeW York women are peculiar or else they don't care so much for the ballot after all. Can it possibly be that they wanted it because they didn't have it, and now that they can vote if they want to, they don't care very much about it? Some pert person is sure to suggest that if the poll tax should be quoted at #8 cents on the dollar, every eligl ble-to-vote woman in the country would promptly pay up. is one of the most famous Gothic cathedrals, its west front, consisting of three porches, the central one surrounded by a fine rose-window, being second to Notre Dame of Paris only, in purity of type. The cathe dral of Laon is built on the usual cruciform plan, but the choir ter minates in u straight wall instead of in an apse. Of the six towers calculated for in the original design, only four are completed, the square central forming a lantern within the church. The distinctive feature of the towers is the belfry with which each is surmounted, openworked, and decorated with gigantic sculp tured figures of oxen, symbolizing the days of construction when ox teams transported the building ma terial from the plains up the 6teep hill of Laon. Commenced In the middle of the Twelfth Century, Notre Dame of Laon was not finished until 1225. Its loveliness, that places it foremost in the history of Gothic architecture, is enhanced by match less specimens of Thirteenth Cen tury stained glass. The bishop's see of Laon was permanently done away with by the lawmakers of the Revolution and the bishop's palace, another fine Gothic edifice, is now the Hotel de Ville. The municipal library is renowned for its rich col lection of manuscripts. The hill on which Laon rests is singular in shape, being divided into two branches, one of which supports t"he town with the cathedral and the citadel, the other a quarter, called des Creuttes, built around the abbey of St. Vincent. It is difficult to asso ciate the depression between these two* eminences, with its smiling, gar den and vineyard-clad slopes with the rumble of cannon and the tramp of marching armies. That small green valley speaks of the peace and prosperity that were the share of Laon before the German came and whieh the great events to the pres ent are about to restore to her. TRADE BRIEFS Bicycles, electrical supplies, hard wares and food products are de sired in France. A cognac distillery in Chile is in the market for bottles, labels, sup-, plies und improved machinery. An organization in Italy desires to purchase shoemaking machinery [of all kinds for a shoe factory there. j A new chamber of commerce has been established at Sanchez, in the ! Dominican Republic, un important port on Samana Bay. This is the Ifourth chamber of commerce to be j organized in the Puerto Plata con 'sular district within the past year. | There is a decided lack of sheet music, musical instruments and ac cessories in New Zealand. The de !mand for sheet music is greater than jthe supply. i American manufacturers will find i practically no competition in the I field of metal office furniture in Ar jgentlna. One or two native firms . haye made some steel letter files (for banks but the tiles proved to be very expensive and do not give as |much satisfaction as the American jfile. There was a great increase in last lyear's production of olive oil at Malaga, Spain, and present condi tions point to another heavy crop yield. The increase in prices has I created a serious problem in the [olive oil trade. | The War Trade Board announces in a new ruling that cheese has been added to the export conservation j list. I Three important cement compan ies in New Zealand have consoli |dated, with a capital stock of $2,- 1919,900, and it is proposed to oper jate but one of the plants until the I demand for cement increases very [materially. ! Several Inquiries have been re iceived at the Cape Town consulate 'general for the names of American [manufacturers of machinery and [equipment for the manufacture of I starch. An American consulate is to be opened at Orane, Bolivia, by the Department of State, and Ross Haz eltine has been appointed consul. Experts of tin plate, terne plates and taggers tin from the. United: States during the first seven months' of 1918 have amounted to 390,805,- 210 pounds. ' Condensed milk and preserved meats am wanted In Italy. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR PROF. JAMES B. HARRY To the Editor of the Telegraph: Prof. James Brown Harry, for many years a resident of Harrlsburg, and very prominent here in the work of musical culture, died at Laurium, Mich., Sept. 15, at the age of eighty-nine. During the seventies i and eighties of the last century he conducted maany singing classes in J Harrlsburg and hundreds of the men | and women who read this tribute were then his pupils. With Professor Harry music was more than a science or an art. During a very long life it was with him a passion,—his whole being. He believed that music was one of the great means by which society might be elated and ennobled, and to it he dedicated his whole life. Naturally with such a father, all i his children were musical experts al-l most from Infancy. During the years of his Harrlsburg residence, th singing of the bright group of Harry children was a special feature of many entertainments. And, oh, how those Harry children could sing? Of that brilliant quartet but one is living to-day, Miss Emma Viola Harry, a musician and linguist of rare ability, and a prominent member of the faculty of the Calu met, Mich., high school. It was at her home in the adjacent town of Laurium, that Prof. Harry died, he having gone to his daughter in the Michigan copper belt, three years ago wheh the advance of old age prevented him from longer conduct ing the work of his avocation. A native of York, a decendant on I both his father and mother's side j of illustrious families of the era of | the American Revolution, Prof. Harry became a musical missionary.! very early in life. His greatest work 1 was done in the years prior to the Civil War. He organized schools ot musical instruction throughout York, Adams, Cumberland and the lower half of Dauphin counties, the princi pal centers of his activities being Shrewsbury, Diilsburg, Hanover, Gettysburg, New Oxford, York Springs, Fairlield, Littlestown, Car lisle, Mechanicsburg, Newville and Middletown. At the conclusion of each year of musical instruction he would have, a mammoth picnic of all his classes which was generally held in the woods ulong the Cone wago Creek near New Oxford, Ad ams county, and which was some times attended by as high as ten thousand pupils and their friends, j Traveling for years by horse and buggy from town to town, he knew every road of the four counties. When, in June, 1863, he encountered a column of Confederate troops swiftly approaching Wrightsville, he hastened, amid many dangers, to drive to Harrlsburg, and communi cated his to General Couch, Commanding the Depart ment of the Susquehanna, whose headquarters were in the Brady House, Third corner of State street, where now stands the Masonic Tem ple. In consequence of his informa tion orders were sent for the des truction of the Columbia bridge to prevent Lee's army from gaining a foothold east of the Susquehanna. For tills act he was hightly com plimented by President Lincoln when' the National Cemetery at Gettysburg was dedicated, Nov. 19, 1863; and the professor and his aged mother were invited by the ; President to seats on the rostrum | during the delivery of his immortal speech. Ills daughter brought Prof. Harry's body to his old locality for burial at Mt. Holly. The Rev. George Edward Reed being the of ficiating minister. J. HOWARD WERT. INJUSTICE: DONE To the Editor of the Telegraph: I I note with much gratilication the i stand taken by the Telegraph in the Dickinson-Jefferson incident and as sure you that your timely exposure of the gross injustice done these young men is more widely appreciated and far-reaching in effect than perhaps you and the Telegraph management may suspect. What Dr. Morgan lacks in appre ciation for the reelings of the Jef ferson boys, their parents and the colored oltizenry of this Common wealth, he also lacks in taCt and executive foresight and illustrates aptly how under present conditions, the elevation of little men to big places has wrought woeful Injustice and almost Irreparable damage both to the institutions and subjects over which they preside. He condemns himself both by the act and his ex planation of it when he admltß that the formerly agreeable atmosphere "might" change for the worse with the "expected" coming of southern students to the S. A. T. C. His own words and acts pave the way for the propagating of the very element which a big man would never permit so enter. The following may be of interest In this connection: "Telegram signed by Emmett J. Scott, Special Assist ant to the Secretary of War, under date of September 25—'The War De partment has not Issued any instruc tions preventing negro students from joining Student Army Training Corps at Ohio State University or any other institution. Any student mentally and physically qualified and'accepted by the school officials is eligible for admittance into any Student Army organization. Emmett' J. Scott. Spe cial Assistant to Secretary of War.' " Acts such as the Dickinson incident are common occurrences in the daily life of the American colored man and under stress of war conditions he grits his teeth and swears to bear the humiliation and insult as his por tion knowing full well that his part in this wonderful period of world historj'is not in vain. Every insult and stab in the dark brings him a new champion of the Telegraph type and focuses the rapt attention of many fair-minded Americans who otherwise pay but passing attention to the rank injustices to which the colored American is subject. I would suggest Mr. Editor, that !; ,r r ' Morgan feels that Dickinson College at this late date, is bound to cater to the whims of its south ern student body in its attitude to wards its student of color, that the great organization back of it, change , the location of the institution to South Carolina and give Cole Blease a Job. It is a great source of encourage ment and satisfaction to the citizen of color In this community and state, to know that there is in Harrisburg an organ of the influence of the Telegraph unafraid to tell the truth in defense of the right. Defending the colored American's rights for moral gain is not half so popular as exploiting his wrongs for material gain but in the end it counts for so much more in human progress and in "making the world safe for democ racy." Very sincerely yours, STEPHEN J. LEWIS. i Bondward, Christian Soldiers Bondward, Christian soldiers, march ing on our way, Though the price be heavy we shall gladly pay. On the fields of Flanders stand our gallant boys, Raising high our banner 'mid the battle's noise. Chorus. Bondward, Christian soldiers, march ing to Berlin, Though the price be heavy we will surely win. R. P. WEISENFLUE. Scranton, Pa. I OUR DAILY LAUGH A NATURAL QUERY. Kid Bug—Say papa, who chopped , [own that lovely palm tree? PAY AS YOU ENTER. ; "Should you insist on having A Irlend precede you In entering a I sar?" "1 consider it wise, anyhow. He's | ipt to pay the fare for both.". - U CHARMING RT LOCATION. Miss Sweet— This cold core doesn't seem In. V M JwiEHl dined to go 1 don't blamo It. Huptttttg (Eljat Olory of October is on the trees on the slopes of Blue Mountain and , übout the York Hills, in Reservoir [Park, the stretches in Wildwood Park and along the Reading Pike, the Riverside Driveway and the Chambers Hill Road. The trees have been rather late in turning, but the colors which have made au tumn a wonderful time for a drive or a tramp are to be seen on every hand about Harrisburg, while the clear air these brisk mornings seema to accentuate every hue. The scheme on Blue Mountain is re markable and the fact that a few evergreens remain is now apparent. Bunker Hill at the mouth of the Conodoguinet has a score of tints on the leaves of its trees, while Wildwood Park is a riot of color. If one had the time to take a morn ing walk to the crest of Oak Knob at the Reservoir the colors that would be seen would be surprising for their variety for even the islands in the Susquehanna are bringing their message that summer is over. This is also the time when the dah lias are in their glory and the pro gress of the floriculturists' art is shown by the fact that the deep red which used to bo the standard for years, until people in joke used to say we preferred it around here because it was the same tint as the Pennsylvania railroad's passenger cars, is now subordinated to the pinks, ochres, yellows, whites and other colors which have become as extensive in the dahlia like as they are with the gladiolli. The nastur tium, the zinnia and the geranium are now blooming with wonderful strength and the morning glory vines show their choicest blossoms as if in defiance of Jack Frost. Be tween garden and woodland nature has all the colors showing about Harrisburg now. Zoologists who have discovered the very destructive pest known as the oriental peach moth in orchards in the southern tier of counties are getting ready for an energetic cam paign against the bug which is de cidedly migratory in its habits and has a fashion of turning up where least expected. What makes the pest so destructive is that it does not confine itself to the peach, but attacks any of the class of "stone" fruits and obtained its name because it seemed to have a dangerous affin ity for peaches ip China. In opin ion of people at the Capitol what makes the moth such a menace at present is that all through the state on a line south of Easton and New Castle there has been much plant ing of peach orchards, especially in the southern counties and if the moth gets among these investments it will be more of a nuisance than the woolly aphis, the collar rot and San Jose scale and rank with the "yellows" as a means of damage. In the Cumberland Valley region and in western counties where peach orchards have been set out men will be given special instruction on means to tight the pest. Prof. J. O. Sanders, the state zoologist, is studying experience of other states and countries and reports of the damage done. in this part of the country. • * * The Pennsylvania hog is going to put a considerable amount of money into the pockets of farmers and truck gardeners who have been feeding pork on the side. Accord ing to reports which have been com ing to the State Department of Agri culture there are an unusual num ber of pigs being raised in the this year and quite a few boroughP have relaxed their local regulations so that they could be fed and used to increase the food supply while getting rid of the wastes. In the iron and coal sections of the state the pig pens have been next to the "war gardens" as a development of the war and the State Bureau of Markets has been asked a score of times since the first of this month to help in selling hogs on a "com munity" plan. Farmers and country raisers of pigs have found that the chances of getting better prices in large markets if they can make up a carload lot are improving and this scheme has been working very satisfactorily. Hogs have been mob ilized in half a dozen counties and shipped by the carload for the first time in many months. • • * Men connected with the State Highway Department are rushing things to get highways which it is believed will be much traveled this winter into good shape before freez ing weather comes and by like tokens contractors on state work are ad vancing their operations so that they will not be subjected to the new reg ulations which will be imposed on November 1. In a dozen counties construction and repair work which must be finished this fall is being pushed in every hour of daylight. State engineers and inspectors have been "speeding up" the conditions. • • State game wardens say that they have had very little trouble in the matter of the conflict of seasons be tween the federal and state game laws in regard to woodcock. The United States Government, on the theory that the woodcock is a mi gratory bird, established an inter state regulation which permitted woodcock to be shot from October 1. • • * The opening of the state's season for hunting bears yesterday calls to mind the fact that only a dozen years ago a oouple of bears were sighted out about the Manada Gap region of our county and that for several days hunters scoured the mountains. The bears are believed to have traveled long distances and to have come from the western side of the river. It is not so 'many years since bears were seen on the mountains in Perry county and have robbed hives in Schuylkill county. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Dr. W. W. Keen, the well-known Philadelphia surgeon, says he will not ever again wear or buy any Ger man made articles. —Governor Brumbaugh in a letter to Washington people on the mer chant marine says the American flag must go to every port on earth. —H. E. Paisley, head of the Phil adelphia Sabbath School Associa tion, has secured permission for ser vices to be resumed in some of the churches of that city. —Ex-Speaker George E. Alter wpp one of the men on the program at the opening of the supreme court room at Pittsburgh. —Dr. E. E. Sparks, president of State College, Is arranging for stu dent examinations for the army at the College. —Rabbi Ell Mayer, of Philadel phia, will go to Albany. He has been prominent in Jewish affaira in that city. | DO YOU KNOW —That Harrlsburg is furnlah machinery for big coast defense guns? HISTORIC HARRISBURG This city was an artillery repair base during part of the Civil War-