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MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1918.
Keep your face with sunshine lit,
Laugh a little bit.
Gloomy shadows oft will flit
If you have the wit and grit
Just to laugh a little bit.
J. E. V. Cook.
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NOT A ONE-MAN NATION
HOW far do the personal admir
ers of President Wilson intend
to go with their kowtowing?
The resolution of United States Sen
ator James Hamilton Lewis to place
the Senate O. K. on anything and
everything that the President has
done or may do in the prosecution
of the war or discussion of peace
proposals is the limit. Surely, the
Senate as a co-ordinate branch of
the government will not sidestep its
responsibility in any such unprece
dented manner.
President Wilson may have un
usual wisdom, but it would be set
ting aside the duty and the solemn
obligation of the Senate to confer
upon the Executive such extraordi
nary power. He already has quite
enough.
If the greatest parliamentary body
in the world lias become a mere de
bating society—a sort of American
reichstag—the country should un
derstand the situation and permit
the Senate to take an adjournment
until the mental equilibrium of the
country shall have been restored.
So far as Pennsylvania is concerned,
we trust its two representatives in
the upper branch of Congress will
cling tenaciously to the old stand
ards and insist upon their share in
determining the grave problems con
stantly arising in this crisis.
Ours is not a one-man govern
ment and never will be. We are d
ing our best to eliminate an autoc- ;
racy in Europe. Let us be careful
that we do not unconsciously erect
one here. With the day of settle
ment in sight, the Senate must safe- |
guard as never before its constitu- i
tional prerogatives. Indeed, now is
the time when the President should
not only consult our Allies on every
important move, but should also
call into conference on every vital
move the leaders of the Senate and
House, but particularly those of the
Senate, without regard to party or
faction. His countrymen expect him
to do no less.
Secretary of War Baker, accord
ing to a story from Washington, is
said to have stood watch as a lookout
on a transport on which he returned
ifrom France. One of the best things
that could happen the present admin
istration at Washington is to keep
some one on the wateh tower who
can discern public opinion and like
wise the submarine of German pro
paganda.
NO TIME TO LET UP
UCH is coming out of Ger-
JVI many recently which Indi
cates a feverish condition of
the public mind, if there is such
a thing left in Hunland. But we
must not take too 'seriously these
indefinite rumors of a final collapse
of the German autocracy. The crim
inals in control of the country know
that there is nothing to expect from
. their conquerors and they will hold
on until the last in the hope that
by some freak of fate they may es
cape the punishment in store for
them. ,
It is the job of this country and
its allies to whip the Prussian
hordes so that they will understand
that it is not a question of what
terms they shall offer, but what
terms will be imposed upon them.
Decent negotiation with such a peo
ple is out of the question. When they
realize that they can go no farther
in their bloody career the yellow
streak which has already appeared
on many occasions will show and a
finish of the awful chapter may
then be anticipated.
There should be no letup any
where in our preparations for a vig
orous prosecution of the war. The
L successful flotation of the fourth
MONDAY EVENING,
issue of Liberty Bonds would do
more to strike terror Into the hearts
of the Hun leaders than anything
else that can transpire outside ac
tual physical contact with the Amer
ican soldiers and those with whom
they are fighting.
We must continue our work at
home with the same earnestness
and vigor that characterizes the
fighting lines on the Western front.
It is not time to palaver about peace
when every consideration calls for
war. Force and still more force,
force to the utmost.
LET FOCH SPEAK
CABLES from Switzerland are to
the effect that when the Ger
man newspapermen were called to
gether to prepare the minds of the
people for the latest pcaco offer, it
was with the distinct understanding
that the armistice sought was merely
intended to tide the German armies
over the winter and prepare them
for a fresh assault "ipon civilization
in the spring. The object of the
German government was to talk
peace while preparing for a renewal
of the war under conditions far
more favorable to Germany than
those under which Von Hindenburg
and Ludendorf find themselves at
present.
Talk, talk, talk—iliat is the Gor
man game. Germany \Ants to talk,
to discuss, to negotiate. For that
very reason, if for no other, we
should have no more debate. Presi
dent Wilson has answered for the
Allies and answered in a way that
leaves no opportunity for misunder
standing. There .can be no excuse
for another note, uuless the Presi
dent sees fit to condense his former
reply into the two words with which
the whole Allied wc-ld is ringing—
"Unconditional surrender.'*
There would be no danger that
Germany would misunderstand that,
and there could be no debating such
an ultimatum. Lee understood those
terms at Appomattox: the Bulgarians
understood what the French meant
when they wrote their peace note
in those two words a few weeks
back, and the German people would
understand them just as well. Any
other reply to the forthcoming effort
of the German government to pro
long the peace "conversations"
would be worse than fruitless; any
other reply might easily lead to tit#
disaster of an inconclusive peace.
The German authorities have
proved themselves the grossest liars
the world has ever known. Discus
sion with such as they In terms'
other than those in which Foch is
speaking from one end of the west
ern front to the other would be
worse than a waste of time. The
President placed himself firmly on
record as favoring a clear-cut mili
tary decision when he told Prince
Max that the only way an armistice
could be reached would be through
agreement with Foch. under condi
tions that would guarantee the su
premacy of the Allied armies In the
field. He should let it stand at that.
Let Foch do the talking from this
on. All the negotiations in the world
for all time to come would not have
driven the Hun out of France. But
Foch's arguments have proved ef
fective. Let Foch keep talking to
the Hun through the business ends
of six million rifles ar.d his thou
sands of cannon, and by and by wo
shall write our own peace treaty,
in our own way, from the throne
room in Berlin.
RED CROSS BENEFICENCE
THAT the Red Cross is doing
more than war work is demon
strated by its effort of the pres
ent week to raise funds sufficient to
relieve the distress caused among
the poor by the influenza epidemic.
The society is asking for $25 sub
scriptions to aid the widows and the
orphans left without means by the
sudden death of bread Winners.
"Charity begins at home" is an old
saying, and surely there could be no
more worthy charity than this—the
caring for the helpless little ones of
our neighbors who have been sud
denly called frcm their every-day
duties by the ruthless summons of
death, leaving hungry mouths to
feed or suffering little bodies to
succor.
DOING GOOD WORK
THE rapidity with which Harris
burg officers in France are be
ing promoted is not only grati
fying to a people that is intensely I
proud of its fighting men, but indi
cates a high state of proficiency
among the officers turned out by
the old National Guard, as well as
the younger men of the officers
training camps and Plattsburg. Not
one Harrisburg officer has been de
moted since the war began and most
of them have been advanced or have
won citations for bravery and dis
tinguished service.
To the Pennsylvania troops have
been assigned many of the most dif
ficult tasks of the summer and fall
campaigns of the First American
Army, and men and officers alike
have acquitted themselves with
jcredit. Particularly the National
I Guard and the Plattsburg mon who
were prepared through long prac
tical experience and careful train
ing have come through the trying
ordeals with flying colors. It will
be a glad, glad day when Harrisburg
can martial its citizenship to wel
come these heroes hqme and to tell
them, man to man,.how proud the
city is of them.
By the Ex-Committeeman
Senator William C. Sproul will
I make very few* speeches during the
remainder of the campaign in Penn
sylvania this year and the extent of
his tours of the state and the par
ticipation of other candidates will
likely be determined within the next
forty-eight hours. The death of the
gubernatorial nominee's son-in-law
and the influenza outbreak have
forced the abandonment of plans
which had been made by the "Re
publican state committee.
The scope of the Republican cam
paign is to be discussed in Philadel
phia to-day by Senator Boies Pen
! rose and other prominent Republi
cans who are gathering there. James
F. Woodward, the nominee for sec
retary of internal affairs, was here
last night on his way to Philadelphia
and said that he was ready for any
thing which should be decided. Sen
ator Edward E. Beidleman, nominee
for lieutenant governor, is awaiting
the call In this city.
The influenza outbreak has forced
a similar cessation of activity by
Democratic candidates and the can
cellation of the meeting of the
Democratic state executive commit
tee on Saturday is taken to mean
that like the Republicans the Demo
crats intend to wait the outcome of
the influenza epidemic.
—Senator Penrose while in Phila
delphia yesterday said his reports
from the interior of the state indi
cate that, while there is natural
apathy resulting from war conditions
and the influenza, the Republican
lines are intact and that Senator
Sproul, the nominee for Governor,
and all of his colleagues on the Re
publican slate ticket will be elected
by large majorities and the Repub
licans will certainly make gains in
the congressional delegation and in
the State Legislature. The Senator
said he expects to come to this city
immediately upon Congress taking
its recess over the election and give
as much attention as possible to the
furtherance of the Republican cam
paign.
—This is the last day upon which
a candidate for any place to be filled
at the November election can with
draw and there are going to be some
surprises for men who have been,
thinking over the situation and in- j
tending to act later in the week.
—The fact that there is no Dem-;
ocratic candidate for Congress in the
Dauphin-Lebanon-Cumberland dis-1
trict the ' home" district of National
Chairman Vance C. McCormick isj
causing comment in many places, j
Men in other states have been re-1
marking upon the situation. And I
now on top of its comes the state-!
ment that Vice-Chairman Cummlngs I
is going to run the congressional i
campaigns and McCormick will de
vote time and talents to the Wat I
Trade Board
—David Phillips, who lost the !
contest for the Republican sena- j
torial nomination in Lackawanna, is !
out in a statement that he will sup
port Albert Davis, his successful
rival. •
—Death of Municipal Court Judge
Bernard Gilpin in Philadelphia
makes another vacancy for Gover
nor Brumbaugh to fill. The West
moreland county judgeship is re
garded as having been placed in cold
storage until Representative D. J.
Snyder can legally assume the place
by expiration of his legislative term.
—Writing in the Philadelphia I
Press J. O. Hauser comments upon
the quietness of the campaign and
says: "The vote this year .can
scarcely fail to. set a new record
for Gubernatorial elections. The
registration is everywhere reported
to be far below the normal for a
general election year. Still, there
are apparently some thousands of
people who intend to vote. There
will be a mild flurry the morning
after election until the returns are
all in, and then politics will once
more settle down into innocuous
desuetude, where it will abide until
the inauguration of the new Gover
nor and the opening of the Legis
lature at Harrisburg galvanizes it
| into life for the moment. Alreadjt
there is talk that the approaching
legislative session will 4 be held
down to unprecedented shortness
and lack of fuss and feathers. One
of the subjects the Legislature will
probably take up will be certain
reforms in the direct primary law.
As the law stands in Pennsylvania,
one of the details that has brought
the most friction is the matter of al
phabetical position on the ballot."
—The Philadelphia Ledger in re
marking on the abandonment of
political meetings this week in Phil
adelphia says: "Republican leaders
have not yet decided whether they
will a campaign in the state.
A conference of Senator Sproul's
supporters will be held to-morrow
or Tuesday to decide whether the
campaign, called off when the
Liberty Loan drive started, will be
resumed. Several prominent Dem
ocrats came to Philadelphia yester
day to attend a meeting of the execu
tive committee of the state com
mittee, but found it postponed be
cause of the epidemic."
—William I. Schaffer, of Delaware
county lawyer, who is active in the
| Sproul • campaign says things are
looking very well. He also said the
counties had all been well organized,
and he looks for a large and hand
some majority for Sproul. He also
said there can be no question of
getting out the vote, because the
Sproul forces have been well organ
ized in every section in the state.
In Delaware county as well as Ches
ter county, Senator Sproul will re
ceive such a vote of which any
man running for public office might
well be proud.
—Blair county Republicans are
planning a big series of receptions
for Senators Sproul and Beidleman
late this week. If plans can be
carried outltherc will be a meeting
at Altoona mi Friday.
—The Prohibition people do not
seem to ,be doing much toward
defeating Representative M. J.
Ruddy, an avowed "wet" in Lacka
wanna. John Purtell, Ruddy's
Washington party opponent, has
withdrawn.
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|.POTSDAM'S 'REVOLUTION'
[From the N. Y. Tribune]
( Germany's "political revolution"
defines the laws of levitation. A true
revolution is the result of pressure
I from below. Discontent deep down
within the iron frame of government
becomes volcanic and bursts the op
pressive container wide open. But in
Germany to-day the "democracy and
parliamentarism" are being called
down from the clouds by a group of
divine right sovereigns and their
political handy men.
The reason for this is obvious. The
absolutist government of Germany is
being "popularized" for dynastic rea
sons. The kings and grand dukes are
following the counsel of the mili
tary leaders. We are seeing a political
revolution carried through for mili
tary purposes. The military caste
wants to save the German army at
all hazards. The kings and grand
dukes need th 6 army and the Ger
man military system to prop their
shaking thrones. Hindenburg and
Ludendorff have said that the armies
in France can be extricated only
through a speedy suspension of hos
tilities. The German rulers have rea
son to think that the Allies will ne
gotiate only with a German govern
ment which has stolen the clothes of
!the radicals, kocialisists and parlia
imentarists. So the princes are taking
[off their uniforms and are putting
ion frock coats and silk hats. Prince
Max, the new chancellor, would not
i balk at delivering a eulogy on Bebel
or at walking down Under den Lin
den arm in arm with Liebknecht.
The Kolnische Zeitung blurted out
the truth when it said: "Only mili
tary reasons • could compel us to
accept President Wilson's condi
tions." Military reasons only induced
the Kaiser to shelve von Hertling for
Prince Max, to send his old political
partner, Gott into the wings and to
summon portly Germania, wearing a
Liberty cap and waving a red flag,
into the spotlight. If this little diver
sion will win him a peace conference
and get his armies back out of
France he can well afford to swal
;iow for the time being his amour
propre as the divinely ordained head
of the Hohenzollerns.
It merely helps along the Kaiser's
window dressing for the Kreuz-
Zeitung, the organ of Prussian junk
erdom, to declaim lugubriously:
"Prussia as a state is dead ♦ • •
Prussia will exist no more, or, at
least, only as a geographical expres
sion. The work of all our famous
men, from Frederick Ahe Great to
William 11, lies in ruins. From the
throne of the King of Prussia the
jewels have toeen ripped out."
This is only the patter of the bar
ker outside the theater. If the Al
lies should take seriously the revolu
tion staged inside, Prussia would still
be Prussia for years to come and the
Hohenzollerns would still be the
German ideal of Godgiven leaders.
William II himself is an actor by na
ture. Nothing wovild please him bet
ter than to be the stage" manager of
a German "revolution" of his own,
which would qualify him, in his
opinion, to pose at a council of na
tions as the chief of a new. Central
European "democracy."
The prfesent revolution is made in
Potsdam. It is the old Imperialism
camouflaged for military advantage.
It does not come from the heart or
will of the German people, who are
still infants in the business of real
revolution. We shall not be dealing
with the German people except as
pawns when we deal with the Kais
er's new "democracy." Let the pawns
become masters, as they may if the
war is really brought home to them.
Then we shall make no mistake.
Only a de-Hohenzollernized Ger
man can be either democratic or rev
olutionary.
LABOR NOTES
Over a million and a quarter wom
en have replaced men in British in
dustries.
Labor unions in Australia have a
membership of almost 560,000.
There ure almost 150,000 coal min
ers employed in India.
The death rate of miners in the
union of South Africa U 2.79 per
1 1,000.
Much Money in Escheat
At least a million dollars will be
secured for the State Treasury and
thousands of dollars annually will
come to the Commonwealth if the
stale wins the suit testing the con
stitutionality of the escheat law in
opinion of officials connected with
the legal and fiscal departments of
the state government. The appeal
from the decision of President Judge
George Kunkel, of the Dauphin
county court upholding the statute
and deciding that it did n<: ■ iolate
either federal or state constitutions
is being prepared and will be entered
in a few days with prospects that
the argument will be heard by the
supreme court during the winter.
Judge Kunkel decided in favor of
the act some months ago, but the
case was returned to the Dauphin
courts for discussion of the various
points raised against the law, which
was upheld in every question.
It is expected that the appeal will
act as a supersedeas except in the
matter of reports from banks or
others such as trustees having val
uable property which is unclaimed.
These reports were called for by
the auditor general a year ago and
although some objection was made
at the time some were filed prompt
ly. They covered unclaimed bank
deposits, money and securities. The
amount disclosed, as a whole, was
not what was expected. There were
some people who looked for the re
ports to discover, in a legal sense,
a mint of money, but they were
disappointed. Enough was found,
however, say fiscal officials, to -war
rant proceeding with the endorse
ment of the act as a valuable source
of future revenue as well as to ob
tain for the Treasury a sum which
would come in handy at war time.
The mountainous unclaimed bank
I deposits which were referred to
I during the legislative sessions at
which the act was discussed were
SAME OLD KAISER
[From the New York Times]
By their fruits ye shall know
them. It is the Kaiser, the dynas
ties of the several states, that pro
pose these not even specious
changes in the German Constitution.
They do so on the order or after the
confession of the General Staff. So
the Conservatives in the Prussian
Diet protend to make a great conces
sion to "patriotic duty" in consent
ing to the reform of the Prussian
three-class franchise. That is of no
interest to true democracy. The
Prussian Diet is of little real impor
tance. The essential German sys
tem of legislation is law proposed
and passed substantially by the ex
ecutive.
It is not constitutions made or
tinkered delusively by Kings and
Princes and Generals, by Junkerdom,
all the time pretending to wall as if
it were really giving up substance
and not shadow; it is. not inventions
and pretenses and shams put for
ward in the desperate hope of sav
ing a doomed and outworn order; it
is not dilatory motions made in be
half of a criminal government that
can dupe the free nations now on
the point of striking that criminal
down. Free government must be
won by the people, not dangled be
fore them and then withdrawn by
the becrowned and betitled tribe of
German Bill Sikeses.
The Prussian Junkers consent to
equal franchise "in order to insure
a harmonious front against the
whole "world." A harmonious
front, an elaborately "democratic"
facade on the same old palace of au
tocracy, militarism, Pottsdamery.
As political stage carpenters the
Germans have something of the airy
grace of German diplomatists.
Instead of amending paragraph
this and paragraph that of the Con
stitution, Germany should strike out
and cast out the Kaiser and all his
house and works, all the gang of
megalomaniac homicidal Imbeciles
that have brought her to ruin. *
found not to exist except as one
.Capuol Hill attache put it "on sus
picion."
The auditor general's department
will call for reports from the banks
and others having property which
might be unclaimed and be valuable
enough to escheat or to claim for
the Commonwealth in the lack of
claimant or known heirs. The his
tory of escheats in the last decade
or so, except in the Economy case
from Western Pennsylvania, does not
show the state receiving the money
which is commonly supposed to
drop into the coffers. Moneys es
cheated to the Commonwealth go
along with revenue frm the forests
and sales of state property, to the
Pennsylvania Permanent School
Fund, which was established by the
iSchool Code of 1911 and which has
been heavily invested in Liberty
Bonds since the outbreak of war.
The actions to test the constitu
tionality of the law were begun in
equity in the Dauphin county courts
on behalf of two Pittsburgh and one
Philadelphia flnancial Institutions
which took the lead in the move to
obtain a review of the law. Frank
M. Eastman, of this city, has been
engaged as special counsel in charge
of escheat matters at the attorney
general's department. He is an ex
pert on state taxes and one of the
■well-posted men on escheat matters
in Pennsylvania.
Escheat acts have been in con
tention here for ten years. They
have been agitated in successive
legislative sessions and the act of
1915 was passed as an amendment
to earlier enactments on the sub
ject after numerous hearings, some
controversy and redrafting of the
measure. The act of 1917 was sup
plemental, designed to cure some
defects in operation of the law
passed two years ago. The notice
and advertisement features were the
chief bones of contention.
TRANSPORTATION
[Pennsylvania Farmer]
It seems a pity but it is neverthe
less true that a great deal of pro
duce of different kinds has been a
total loss the past season because it
was impossible to get it to distant
markets. It may be that the condi
tion was unavoidable because of the
great demands made upon transpor
tation by war necessities. Never
theless, the situation was respons
ible for the loss of much perishable
stuff on the farms and was also
partially responsible for the abnor
mally high prices in the cities. For
instance, early apples have been sell-,
ing at unheard of prices all summer
and fall —bringing $4 to $8 per bar
rel, while thousands of bushels rot
ted under the trees within 150 miles
of Philadelphia.
Another record price made was
that of the New York hay market;
No. 1 timothy, baled, reaching the
unheard of price of $46 to $4B per
ton. This was a local price and was
due to the short supplies on the mar
ket at that place and not due to a
short crop in the country. All this
helps to increase the wonder at the
order which diverts ghlpplng from
the new barge canal to the railroads
so thut the railroads may be more
profitable. It is said that the canal
is being operated at about 20 per
cent, of its capacity.
Bonniivell and War Work
Judge Bonniwell has started a
campaign for the collection of "used
playing cards" to be sent to the
front for the lads in the trenches.
With great feeling he observes that
there must be many decks of old
and discarded playing cards in clubs
about town that could be diverted
to patriotic uses.
Dear, dear! Doubtless there are
many dog-eared poker decks that,
might be so diverted. There may
be stale cigars, too, and broken po
ker chips unfitted to the uses of gen
tlemen who frequent political clubs
but good enough for soldiers at the
front. — Evening Ledger.
OCTOBER 21, 1918.
Yanks No Longer Kissed
[From the Washington Times]
Diplomats among the marines in
France have eliminated one of the
horrors of being a hero. The an
nouncement was casiially made in
a report from marine corps head
quarters describing the winning and
award of thirty French War Crosses
to members of the American legion,
known to the Germans as devil dogs.
To be blunt about it, the news is
this: No longer do French officers
kiss on each cheek an American who
has won the Croix de Guerre. In
stead the officer conferring the hon
or pins the bronze decoration in the
left breast pocket of the hero and
then shakes his right hand.
As yet the official files of the
marine corps have not disclosed the
name of the diplomat who brought
about the change in French tactics
in dealing with American heroes.
It is understood, however, that he
is an officer of no mean rank, who,
lately returned to the United States.
According to the information at
hand, the first occasion upon which
the French adopted the hand-shak
ing tactics of the American as an
expression of esteem was in May,
Just a few weeks after a company
of marines sent in to relieve a de
tachment of their pals had driven
off a storm battalion of Germans
who had tried to stampede them.
The men were ordered to a sec
tion of woodland to receive ther
hard-won war crosses. A blare of
trumpets greeted them. Then after
a few words of commendation, the
French officers approached the
Americans and pinnod the medals.
Some of the young heroes were
ready to turn the other cheek, but
to their surprise they found them
selves being shaken warmly by the
hand.
It was no surprise when the
Americans at the end of the cere
mony gave a cheer, and a strong,
lusty one, too.
Armenia and Allies
[From the Philadelphia Ledger]
The head of the Armenian Na
tional Council, Boghos Nubar Pasha,
requested that the British govern
ment would let the truth be known
regarding the conduct of the Ar
menians at Baku, and Lord Bryce,
in transmitting the request to the
Foreign Office, added his own ear
nest word of remonstrance. After
rehearsing the story of Armenian's
suffering and of the service which
the afflicted people have rendered
the cause of the Allies, Lord Bryce
says: "It would be a grave discour
agement to the Armenians, both in
France and in European Russia, who
are doing their best for the Allied
cause, were it supposed that a stig
ma was being placed on the Armen
ian nation as a whole."
The Baku Armenians were help
,ess in the clutch of the Turk. The
conduct of these Armenians —whom
Lord Robert Cecil calls "an isolated
remnant" —was the cunning of the
weak. Against their defection in
the face of overwhelming numbers
must, in all fairness, be placed the
consistent loyalty of Armenians else
where to the cause of the Allies.
The Armenians have for centuries
been an utterly unmilitary folk.
They have adhered to a literal ful
fillment of the biblical precept, and
have turned the other cheek to the
!oppressor. When they would have
made a protest effectual by force
of arms, the Turks, in fear of an
uprising, have deprived them of all
weapons. In the present crisis,
nevertheless, they have developed an
efficient body of troops which brave
ly fought under General Andranik
in the Caucasus.
Early Declines
(From the Dallas News)
If the truth could be discovered,
probably it would be found that one
reason why a woman, lives longer
than a man is because she doesn't
pay any attention to statistics.
Miss Pinky Doubles
(From Ghurubusco (Ind.) Truth)
Miss Pinky Slimmer sang a duet
in the Ncwlight choir last Sunday.
I OUR DAILY LAUGH
\> JL EVERT.
V WW) BODY'S
VvV, SATISFIED.
'*' Chestnut
u t,|. Hello! What
jt\ are you?
* Robin I'm a
little bird.
Sfeii -iy W- Chestnut
That's funny;
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/( burred, too.
INJUSTICE.
Beaver Fur
Is in fashion. '< jj \
Fox —And wo Vfi
who have to
have it natural- . NM J
ly don't get a
chance to wear L
lh
THEIR INTEN
. TIONS.
I don't Intend
0 A t0 be married
f'V A until after I am
/ ifilk And 1 donM
(- intend to b
f ~ J" —'wm J; thirty until aft
8r 1 am mar "
A SLAVE.
Poor, dear, Bt] ft
she is so tied !ea\
Yes. She has ¥
one of those ft —I ASi
old - fashioned tIJJJ 7^/ t /R|
husbands who
inslsts on com
ing home to
JUW HAVE A CARE
f a Dorothy —He
fry C. II 1 says he will love
1 1 j'| // /Vv me
if A W-/4k/'j careful. You
'J? know how the
vi- lift v I "tyles change in
'ft IV 'I I huobands. He's
j .V-iShyj UBt tbo k! nd
(J I] that would ln
tyrrv J lt on keeping
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Euemttg (Et|at
The famous "Prophecy of Jo
hannes," hundreds of years old and
much referred to during the present
war becauso of the direct bearing it
seems to have upon the conflict, has
been invested with a new signifi
cance by a well-known Harrisburg
man, a student of history and of
wide reading. This prophecy fore
tells the struggle of the nations
which are designated by various
birds and beasts. What Interests us
is that the black eagle, generally un
derstood to mean Germany under *
the dominance of the black eagle of
Prussia, is to be finally vanquished
by the white eagle. "Now," re
marked this Harrisburg man, "we
have always considered Russia to be
the white eagle. The eagle is our na
tional bird and he is certainly a
white eagle and in a white cause.
He is to be from the North. We are
North Americans and the eagle is a
northern bird. To my mind, he is
the one which will defeat the black
eagle. And further more, the proph
ecy says that the white eagle shall
reign at Constantinople. Napoleon
said that the nation which has that
city dominates the world. The na
tions have been unuble to agree upon
who should have it or the Turk
would have been kicked out long
ago. Now hero we are not inter
ested in the brawls of the old world
and interested in getting the square
deal. Why would it not be possible
for our white eagle to be the em
blem of the power that is to hold the
Dardanelles in trust for the rest of
mankind. Read the prophecy and
think over what I have said."
• •
There is a good bit of truth in
the Associated Highways Associa
tions which is calling to the atten- *
tion of the people of Pennsylvania
the vital importance of the *50,000,-
000 road bond issue. It carries as its
slogan, 'The road to Berlin is
through Pennsylvania*" Harrisburg
ers who were in Germany years ago
used to remark upon the familiarity
with Pennsylvania, its iron and coal
industries, its railrouds and roads,
possessed by every Prusstati army
officer with whom they talked. Now
it is recognized that the roadfe that
carry the men, the supplies, the
munitions that are blazing the path
to the capital of the Hohenzollerns
are through Pennsylvania. It only
takes a glance at the map to see
what crosses the Keystone State be
tween Lake Erie and the Delaware.
It is a gateway as well as a place
of great production and the passing
of new trains of army trucks over
the state highways is only the com
mencement of a traffic that will
grow greater as the war continues.
* * *
Harrisburg hotels are showing the
effects of the influenza outbreak in
reduced numbers of guests. The
registers of the hotels hero have
been showing dwindling lists for the
last ten days and there were fewer
men in the hotels over the weekend
than usual. This is a serious propo
sition for the hotelmen as Harris
burg is not noted as a week-end
town. Traveling men have been
having trouble with trains and now
influenza is injuring their work,
they say. "We," said a hotelman
yesterday, "are getting it all around."
• •
Game pirates, unlicensed hunters
and hunters with licenses and no re
gard for the game code have been
giving the state's game protectors
and state policemen considerable
trouble, especially in mining regions ,
of the state and imposition of some
stiff penalties upon the men who
have been making the trouble will
be asked by state officers fcausing ar
rests. Throughout the southern tier
of counties there have been raids
on wild turkeys and even some grous c
have been reported shot, while in
western counties closed counties have
had annoyance from reckless hunt
ers and men who could not restrain
themselves. The northern tier has
not reported many violations. The
game hogs have also been increased •
by the number of boys who have
been killing songbirds and insect
eaters by slingshots. Dozens of ar
rests have been made for this kind
of misdirected sport and magistrates
are being asked to do what they can
to break up the practice. Robins
have been the chief prey of boyß.
Vicinity of tho state game preserves
in Perry and Dauphin is being
watched just now to prevent raids
on the game which is straying
around in the woods and fields. This
has been a very successful year in
the game preserves and excellent re
sults have been obtained so that
state officials feel that the public
is entitled to the sport and not men
who violate the game code in letter
and spirit. In some sections the deer
have been driven and shot at while
in others coveys have been chased
by dogs. Sunday hunters have been
giving trouble up the Susquehanna.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1
—Charles M. Schwab says that ho
is convinced that if he loses his Job
he can make good as a bond sales
man.
—The Rev. Dr. John R. Davies,
prominent Philadelphia clergyman,
named as general secretary of min
isterial relief, is pastor of Bethle
hem Presbyterian Church and well
known here.
—Captain J. W. Good, of Phila
delphia, just advanced to he a ma
jor, was formerly commander of the
old Second City Troop of Philadel
phia.
( DO YOU KNOW
—That Harrisburg knit goods
arc used In army camps and arc
much in demand?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Fifty years ago there were half a
dozen iron manufacturing establish
ments along the canal in Harrtsburg
alone.
TO LIVE IN GOLD
(Ancient Italian Lore)
Oh, what is it to live in gold?
Some flower first the secret told;
They gave the Sun's gold ray away.
And golden flowers they shine to
day.
Oh, what is it to live in gold.
Those birds that no sweet note wHI
hold.
Are golden birds with golden songs,
For what they give to them belongs.
As by its gifts the heart Is known,
"What we give most is called our
own:
And good bestowed creates a grace,
The heraldy of a grand race.
Oh, what Is It to live in gold?
The miser's soul, for riches sold,
Is ignorant of wealth like this;
He dies, and never knows the bliss.
Oh, what is It to live in gold?
To live in giving hundred fold.
Gold words, gold deed, the coinage
pure.
Of blessedness that shall endure.