8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TBI.%3RAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph Building, Federal Square E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager CDS 51. STEINMETZ, Managing Eilitor 4. R. SIICHENER, Circulation Manager Executive Board J. P. McCULLOUOH, BOYD M. OGELSBY, F. R. OYSTER. GUS. M. STEINMETZ. 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 n<*v published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. M Member American uim Newspaper Pub -25 jEjjjft S| ® I' 4 * r g k" lc & lifil if Iflg flf A yen ue Building Chicago, n *' Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents o v * week; by mall, >6.00 a year in advance. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24. 1918 And be ye Kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you—Eph. 1:82. VICTIMS OF BAD HOUSING WHILE the influenza epidemic, has been no respecter of per- ■ sons and both rich and poor have fallen before its ravages, the State Health Department's observa tions indicate that bad housing has greatly Increased the sick and death rates. Where the housing has been unusually poor there the disease has been at its worst. Nor is contagion ' originating in slum districts con fined to the slums. It is like a snake that winds its slimy path from the gutter to the palace, spreading its poison as it goes. In other words, we, all of us, are now paying for the crime of bad housing. Not only are the poor people who must live in the hovels we have permitted to be built and rented in the community paying for their insanitary surroundings in sickness and death, but the germs originating there spread to all parts of the city. Never have we had such an object lesson, but the ques tion arises, will we, as the epidemic wanes, go back to our old ways or will we begin the elimination of the unfit house? The extent of the next epidemic and the percentage of deaths therefrom will depend upon the answer. Senator Sproul may be trusted to di rect a constructive highway program when he comes to Capitol Hill next January. He has been intensely in terested in the good roads question for years and the proposed loan upon which the people will pass at the No vember election ought to he one of the subjects carefully considered during the next few days. It ought to be adopted by an overwhelming vote. NOT FOOLED BY NOISE THERE are still those who be lieve that the prohibition cause in Pennsylvania has been some-! what damaged by the closing of the drinking places during the prevail- 1 Ing epidemic. This belief is based on the assumption that many per sons resent the increased cost of medicinal concoctions, especially whisky, and may emphasize their 1 disapproval by voting against the candidates who favor the prohibi tion amendment to tho constitution. No consideration Is given, however, to the important fact that since the elimination of iiquer there has been a marked and significant Improve ment in pubile order as well as effi ciency In Industrial and other bust-| neas establishments, Recently the eeke producers of the Uniontown district declared the removal of the iiquer menace was an imperative necessity if the Con. neilsville cake regions were to pro duce the maximum quantity ef eoke fuel, It was shewn that a new ton. nage reeerd for the Fayette eeunty legion was established during the first week of the enforced "dry"' period, when the output was within 600 tons of the 760,860 mark, this j reeord beating the previous high record ef September 10 by pearly 6,000 tons, and In the midst of a devastating epidemle, at that, Fuel administration efficlals eredit the gains of 81,457 tons, as compared with the output for the week ending October B, eu, almost entirely due to the establishing of q "dry" gone around that particular mining region through the enforeement of the health order. As a result ef these significant and impressive figures ths field rep. resentatives of the fuel administra. tion have been instructed to analyse conditions eritieally, with & view to making a complete and reliable re port on ths effects of ths health de partment's "dry'' edict upon the rank and file of the working men. A dis patch from Uniontown states that generally speaking the men were re ported to have worked more stead ily and with wore vigor than when an unlimited supply of intoxicants THURSDAY EVENING, could be had for the asking:. It Is also stated that the man power of the region was increased for the week in question from ten to thirty per cent and this result was attri buted almost exclusively to the ab sence of liquor. Right here in Harrisburg we have seen the beneficent effect of the clos ing of the saloons. Mayor Keister, would undoubtedly prove an impor tant witness against John Barley corn, as would also the officials of the police department. Warden Mcll henny reports that daily admissions at the county jail have fallen from 15 to 2 a day as a result of the "dry" order. There are those who vainly imagine the people are being de ceived by the noisy protests of the j pro-liquor element of the commun ity. Judge Bonniwell and those who pretend to believe he represents the "personal liberty" rights of our citizens are claiming a wonderful impetus for his campaign on the "wet" platform, but the Telegraph makes this prediction—that Senator Sproul's majority in Pennsylvania for Governor will be larger than the total of the Bonniwell vote. We shall not be greatly surprised to see some peculiar voting at the November election on the prohibi tion issue. Scores and hundreds of men who personally "take a drink or leave it alone" will cast their bal lots on the side of prohibition. It is not only a moral issue; it is an economic proposition and as such will be given the serious considera tion of thousands of thoughtful people. Also, those who count on the workingmen of Pennsylvania lin ing up behind John Barleycorn are headed for a big surprise. This problem is not one that can be differentiated as to classes of so ciety. Men and women have learned that the drink evil has touched every quarter and done injury in all, and they have numbered its days. The and the coal ad ministrator have been working in per fect harmony. Let's hope there will be no breaking off of negotiations. ON WITH THE WAR THE Kaisor and his lieutenants, who have been hiding behind the mask of a proposed popular gov ernment. will derive little satisfac tion from President Wi'son's latest note. They must unconditionally surrender or the emperor must abdi cate in favor of a ru'.er to be chosen by the voice of the people. In any event, the German military clique is to be crushed out of existence, find its power to again turn hell loose upon the earth is to be taken away. The import of the President's lat est message is "unconditional sur render," for it is difficult to be lieve that the HOhenzollerns and the Junkers will retire while their armies are intact, though battered, and they are still in power at home. The President's late't note leaves little to be desired, although it is disappointing to those who believe he should have ummed up his thought in the two words, "uncondi tional surrender." It is at once a notification that the Allies do not mean to be drawn into the folly of a negotiated peace with the Hohen zollerns and a bid fcr revolution in Germany. The only way the Ger man people can have a place at the peace table is by turning out beasts who have made the war pos sible. The President frankly says he knows he is dealing with a band of | liars whose word is not to be trusted, and that he does not mean to be caught by the vague promises of | those who regard solemnly-enacted international treaties as so manj "scraps of paper." He is willing that there should be an armistice, but j the armistice must be left to Foch, Haig. Pershing and Diaz, and is to be of such character as would guar antee the military supremacy of the Allies. It is not difficult to Imagine Foch's terms—the laying down of : German rifles, the surrender of Ger- j man cannon and the occupation of German strongholds by Allied troops. 1 This would amount to that "uncon-1 I ditlonal surrender" which the Allied world is demanding. Many will differ with the Presi dent in his bid for popular govern ment in Germany, feeling that we should leave hands oft there. But others will see in this part of the note an effort merely to split the liberals from the militarists in the empire and thus increase dissension. On this score, the speech of Prince Max in the Reichstag yes terday, vague and rambling as it Is for the most part, makes clear that Germany la not yet ready to ac cept a peace of the kind outlined by the President, Therefore, the war must be continued. It will not end this year. The probabilities are that, unless Germany breaks from within during the rigors of the winter or by internal disagreements much more serious at the moment than can be seen from this distance, a vig. 1 orous campaign in 1919 will be nec essary to bring the Kaiser to his knees. Forward with the war. then. Let * us at home emulate the soldiers In the field, who are throwing back the enemy on every front with one thought, and one only, in their minds —to beat Germany by force of arras. There is a task for each one of us. Unquestionably, the prolonged peace talk has slowed up war work In some directions. Let us set back to work with redoubled energy. Down with the Kaiser. On with the war. T>OUc*IK By the Ex-Committeeman A very wholesome state of mind ; seems to be now the rule among Re- I publican leaders In Pennsylvania ! and in the counties where elections ; have been more or less debatable as ; a result of the notes of warning | sounded by Chairman William E. ! Crow, of the Republican state com mittee. While the Republican state ticket has never been in danger the ! attitude of the liquor people has been such as to make possible a re duced majority and to jeopardize congressional and legislative elec tions. The state chairman has noti fied the men in charge of party af fairs to go to work. They seem to have started. i The Republican state campaign I is to he waged through the county j organizations and the Democratic I party will furnish the interesting ! spectacle of two campaigns. Judge j Bonniwell is touring the anthracite regions meeting voters and friends | in a manifest attempt to get around the effect of the influenza 4>an, which is being observed by the Republican state candidates. The Democratic state organization is boosting J. W ashlngton Logue and striving for election of Congressmen. The candidates tor Supreme and Superior Court are hoeing their own rows. In this connection it is inter esting to note that S. H. Huselton, who was supposed to have gotten out of the fight for superior court judge, is a candidate against Judge W. D. Porter, who will give him a thorough trouncing. Huselton has sent a letter to one newspaper deny ing that, he withdrew. And in the midst of it all Con gressmen Kreider, Griest, Focht and Rose, are marching right on to re election with chances excellent for Candidates Duy in the 16tli and Brooks in the 20th districts. —Charges directly accusing mem bers of u Philadelphiaa local draft board of inducting men opposed to them politically Into Army service are being made in the Public Led ger. It is alleged that a doctor who Is a Trainer follower in one of the downtown wards sent a Vare man who had defeated him for city com mitteeman to camp, revoking a de ferred classification. The Army offi cers sent the man back. —The campaign being made by Professor Francis A. March. Jr., of Easton for Congress against Con gressman Henry J. Steele is attract ing much attention. It is believed that March will come closer to win ning than has any Republican in that district in years. Some of his friends say there is no doubt of his success because of the Democratic split. —The Philadelphia Inquirer to day accuses the state health au thorities of "withholding home rule" for Philadelphia In the matter of lifting the ban against meetings of various kinds. It charges that Dr. B. F. Royer, the Governor's ap i pointee as acting commissioner of i health, refused to allow Philadelphia city authorities to raise the ban and gives much space to what it terms 'a clash of opinion" between state and city health officials. Inci dentally, Dr. J. S. Neff, one of the members of the advisory board of the State Department of Health, is quoted by the Inquirer as confirm ing Dr. Charles B. Penrose's version of the transactions with Dr. Royer. —The influenza ban is commenc ing to give considerable uneasiness to men high in the state administra tion. —The Philadelphia Record inti mates to-day that if Representa tive Thomas F. McNichol gets ap pointed to the Municipal Court bench in Philadelphia it will show whether are Yares are In or out of favor. —A Reading dispatch says: "The Sproul boosters say Bonniwell's ef fort to break up the regular Demo cratic organization and the forming of a new party has lost for him a goodly number of regular Demo- Icrats, who will vote for Sproul." —The appointment of Howard E. Butz, the Huntingdon editor, to be state fire marshal, seems to meet general approval. It is predicted that he will be among the few heads of departments to be retained under Sproul. —James F. Woodward, Republi can candidate for secretary of inter nal affairs, was here for a time yesterday. He says that Allegheny will go over 25,000 for the Repub lican state ticket. —The Philadelphia Press to-day ' days: "Thomas F. McNichol, Vare I floor leader In the House of Repre ! sentatives at Harrlsburg In the last j session, is desirous of a place on } the Municipal Court bench, and this l is the reason he recently resigned his | nomination for the Legislature. The subject was brought up for discus sion In political circles yesterday by the resignation from Select Coun cil of William J. Crawford, who will take Mr. McNichol's place on the legislative ticket." —The Philadelphia Press indulges In this editorial shot: "It might be Interesting to know that Democratic Leader Palmer and Democratic ■ Candidate Bonniwell are thinking on the armistice line just now. Every thing In their party Is so quiet that even if they should whisper It would be heard." —Withdrawal of George Franklin Brumm as Washington party can didate for Congress In the Schuyl kill district assures the election of John Reber, prominent manufac turer. The Democrats now realise that the, jig is up for them In that county. —Philadelphia has had to ad vance Its Interest rate from four to four and a half per cent for Its new bonds, ,—Hasleton city fathers had a dis cussion about flushing streets during Influenza, While the discussion was on the streets were flushed by those in charge, —Friends of Judge John W, Kep hart are predioting that he will go to Philadelphia city line with a nice majority over the field, —Northern tier prohibitionists are inclined to vote for Bproui, Similar sentiments are being expressed in some of the southeastern counties, HARRISDURG TELEGRAPH j MOVIE OF A MAN CALLING A TELEPHONE NUMBER By BRIGGS"] — BY GOLLY WHILB Rl* • I 0 1 HAVCWT FRO*\ *AU THOSE OPERATORS HERC IN KJEVJJ BSDFOR.O BE O SINJC6 TH£ T>O I$ BUST MY /M SOIM6 TO CALL UP FROM ME ~ COMFI 0,0 BAI•£•'"- <3,V6 ME W.MSLDV ..V %>... CETA Rs£ DOT •- V • UH-UH-OM OUT OF CENTRAL Support For Senator Sprout [From the Philadelphia Inquirer] It is not surprising to learn that thousands of the fellow-citieens of William C. Sproul, residing in the counties of Delaware and Chester, have resolved to cast their votes for him, regardless of political considera tions. Many of these neighbors of Senator Sproul have voted tire Dem ocratic ticket all their lives, but the opportunity of placing in the Gov ernorship a man in whom they have trust and confidence will cause them to ignore partisanship and support the candidate who is best fitted for the high office which is to be filled at the November election. It is no secret that this remark able condition of affairs has been brought about by the esteem and the affection in which William C. Sproul is held at home. He has been "everybody's friend" in the best meaning of that phrase. Successful himself to a remarkable degree, he has not permitted that success to affect the size of his hatband nor to warp his heart, but he has always, when possible, extended the cheering word and the helping hand to those who are fighting the battles of life, j In the course of years, therefore, and quite unconsciously, he has created friendships which money could not buy, and which are worth more than any office to which he could pos sibly be elected. But, quite apart from the strength which has come to him by reason o£ his engaging personality. Senator Sproul is going to poll a large vote through the state on nonpartisan lines. Thousands of Democrats will vote for him because they believe that he best measures up to the re quirements of the great office to which he aspires. He has political convictions, and he will stick by them, but these men who propose to vote for him regardless of party con siderations know that once he has been chosen by the votes of the peo ple that he will be the Governor of all the people, and that he will not permit narrow nor petty reasons to influence his official actions. They feel that he will do all in his power to give us a constructive adminis tration, that he will labor to build up the already great interests of the state, and that he will aim to have it keep abreast of the other progres sive states of the Union. They feel that he will not dissipate his strength upon small political wrangles, but that he can be counted upon to give us a strong, broad-minded adminis tration of the office. None of these things can possibly be hoped for at the hands of his op ponent, because that gentleman, from the very nature of things, would have to spend most of his time in "getting even" with his fac tional foes, and in making it warm for those who opposed his election. Senator Sproul, to a singular de gree, is in the position of a man who has no foes to punish or friends to reward. He will go into office without any handicaps. He will have every incentive to give the people a first-class, dignified and progressive administration, and those who know him have no doubt but that he will do these very things. It is because of these facts that he is going fo polt a Very large nonpartisan vote in Pennsylvania. LABOR NOTES Over 11,000 women are employed in factories in Chile, South America. Membership In the Austrian labor unions has declined 60 per cent, since 1913. , Dock laborers in the Dominican Republic are paid 80 cents a day. Detroit labor men have donated their library to Uncle Sam's soldier boys. The wage scale of organized car penters in Newark, N. J,, is now 70 cents an hour. Female employes in seven occu pations in France average 50 cents a day. The New York House Wreckers' Union has established strictly union conditions and raised wages 3 214 perl cent. On July 2, at Toledo, Ohio, Ameri can Flint Glass Workers' Union will convene. An Ever-Present Help "O God, thou art my God; earn estly will I seek thee; for thou hast been my help and In the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice."—Ps. 63; 1 and 7. ■ t How Can Germany Pay? By Henry Sterling Chapln of The Vigilantes. AS WE READ of the deliberate devastation of towns and de struction of personal property in France by retreating Germans, human nature revolts and the de sire to wreak equivalent vengeance upon the Germans when our turn comes—as we are sure it will—rises | in every man's mind as a sense of justice. Then our centuries of civilization assert themselves and we realize that it is not possible for the Allies to do anything tc German homes and villages that is equivalent to what the Huns have done to us. How can Germany pay? Here's a way. Assuming that we bring the war lords to their knees, we would de mand that German labor transport trees from Germany and plant thorn When the Colors Went By The great outpouring of French sentiment for Americans is de scribed by Lieutenant Frank O. Brig ham of the air service, whose home is in Oakland, Gal. He writes to his father, F. E. Brigham. and his letter ] is reprinted by the Literary Digest: I was in Paris July 14. It was a wonderful day in every way. The early morning was very dull and gray, but by the time the parade was started there was not a cloud in the sky. I never expect to see another spectacle like it unless I am for tunate enough to see an Allied en try into Berlin. Half the world — yes, more than that—was represent ed in line and represented by the best that each nation could bring forward. As the colors of each na tion went by, Paris seemed to get more and more excited until I be lieve that they had reached the ab solute heights of enthusiasm. English, Belgian, Italian, all of them took the city by storm, but away off down the line I heard a I hum that steadily grew louder and | sounded above all the rest of the I noise, a hum that somehow or other got inside of me and made me stand a little straighter, and then about a block away I saw a Hash of color, and oh! how wonderful it looked to me for the color resolved itself into the "Colors;" and then, my dear people I thought the heavens had broken loose. I have never in my life heard such an outburst of noise. It was not the high shouting that one usually hears, but a roar that started away down and gradually increased until when it broke the very windows rat i tied. It sounded like the organized yell of a million rooters, and then just as quickly as it had started it died down, and amid an absolute silence and with every civilian hat oft, every man in uniform, at a stiff salute, the colors of the United States of America went by. Write Cheerful Letters When you write to your soldier overseas, be cheerful above all else. Write as though he were in the next town on a business trip. Tell him how the house and garden l look, the talk of the neighbors, and who has been the latest one to en list; how the Liberty Loans and the Red Cross drives made out. But never, never write that you are hav ing a hard time. If you should bo having a hard time, apply for help to the Red Cross.—From the. No vember Red Cross Magazine. On Being a Martyr When we read, we fancy we could be martyrs; when we come to act, we cannot bear a provoking word. — Hannah More. The Casualty List I cried aloud to the wind (I saw it, I heard it roar), Begging it to be kind To the man child that I bore. Hands that plucked at my breast, Can it be they handle the sword? Milk fed atom at rest Is he a man in the Lord? i Babe I was Joyful to rear, Man 1 would save from the blast. Morning and evening a fear Fretted and felled me at last! Out of the soil of despair Blossomed life's flower I'd missed; And I could mother them all— All in the casualty 11*11 ! in France until every tree has been , restored. Demand that German buildings of appropriate character be torn downj 1 and their stones and plumbing and their contents be transported to . France until every house and every ; household in France has been re ' stored. 'I Make German labor perform this ! until it is completed, with provision only for the essential food, lodging and clothing, i In this way the destruction the , Hun has performed will be visited upon him without further economic loss and the lesson will be taught 1 in every German village from which the trees and houses are selected for deportation. Any indemnities for, damage to human life, such as are ordinarily computed at the end of a war, should be entirely independent of this phy sical reconstruction of Hun damage. This would teach the real lesson in the right way to the people of Germaav. THE STATE CAMPAIGN [The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times] Now the influenza epidemic pre vents the intensive campaign which had been planned for the last two j weeks of the pre-election season. | i Public gatherings are forbidden. There will be no spellbinding, no parades, none of the usual manifes tations incident to a political can vass. But the people must not for get the election. Before them are reared two prospects. Either they will flock to the polls and perform the duty of citizenship on November 5 by voting in accordance with their principles or they will stay away and make a mockery of the same. For Pennsylvanians the issue is clearly defined. Will you have good govern ment or will you have bad? Sena tor William C. Sproul, Republican nominee for Governor; Senator Ed ward E. Beidleman, for Lieutenant , Governor, and Representative James F. Woodward, for Secretary of In ternal Affairs, stand for good gov ernment. Senator Sproul's platform, with which all should be familiar, makes plain his high purpose, his splendid equipment, his intelligent comprehension of public questions and necessities, and displays the , lofty ideals of the patriotic citizen I that commend his candidacy to the [ thoughtful and solicitous for the ac- I complishment of best in public service. With thesiw.hree gentlemen ! of large experience*safely elected, ■ Pennsylvanians may feel that their 1 state is entering upon a better era, and they may be proud that other [ peoples soon to be freed can find i here a demonstration of the blcss ; ings of popular government which i will inspire them to higher endeav : ors. If we fail on November 5 we ' shall have done much to negative the promises of the war in which w are so unselfishly striving. Rockefeller and the Press In a recent talk before an import ant conference in New STork John D. Rockefeller, Jr., chairman for New York of the United War Work cam paign, outlined to about one hun dred and fifty editors of trade news papers the importune.) of their co operation in the November drive for *170,000,000. Mr. Rockefeller looks young. The record shows him to be in his forty fifth year. He could pass for thirty five. He is utterly Democratic, ut terly simple and earnest. He gave to his hosts on this occasion, and to their other guests the impression of a man coftsecrated to the one pur- ! pose of making this great war drive a complete success—financially and ; ethically. He depionstrated his broad vision through an appeal for co operation in the united drive on straight patriotic lines. He called for the elimination from this effort of every evidence of religious divi sion among our people. t Mr. Rockefeller took occasion to relate his experience with an im provised "newspaper cabinet" on the occasion of his personal investiga tion, some time ago, of industrial conditions in Colorado. That ex perience, he confessed, had given to him a new realization of the ser vice-spirit of the American newspa- j permnn. "I am increasingly impressed," he | said, "with the power of the press ; in moulding public opinion. I can ' say, from my own experience and observation, that almost always, this power is exerted for better ment." OCTOBER 24, 1918. SUNRISE IN BELGIUM [From "The Belfry of Bruges"] In the market place of Bruges stands the belfry old and brown, Thrice consumed and thrice rebuild . Ed, still it watches o'er the town. As the summer morn was breaking, on that lofty tower I stood, And the world threw off its darkness, like the weeds of widowhood. Not a sound rose from the city at that early morning hour, But 1 heard a heart of iron beating in the ancient tower. I beheld the Flemish weavers, with Namur and Juliers bold. Marching homeward from the bloody battle of the Spurs of Gold. Saw the fight at Minnewater, saw the White Hoods moving west. Saw the great Artevelde victorious scale the Golden Dragon's Nest. And again the whiskered Spaniard all the land with terror smote; And agtyn the wild alarum sounded from the tocsin's throat; 'Till the bell of Ghent responded o'er lagoon and dike of sand; "I am Roland! lam Roland! there is victory in the land!" Then the sound of drums aroused me. The awakened city's roar Chased the phantoms I had sum moned back into their graves once more. Hours had passed away like minutes; i and before I was aware, Lo! the shadow of the belfry crossed the sun illumined square. —HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. iIOUR DAILY LAUGH ifM DESCRIBED. i Pa, what is j ,/fy money-mania? 1 W|St' 1— \Blf\l An incurable iSw) tBS disease, my boy, v# and y ° Ur motll * r SMALL MATTER Wo thought the baby swallowed J'j/ a 15 gold piece TkL/ the other day. my'j.pijl IT / And you found PlM' / that he hadn't? (jD Y'es. It was IjlKr only a quarter. *?Wj HH j big iuem. i \ Can two live as I ) urLr"" cheaply as one? \ \ llklfe? s Well, another IK \ ln- j- passenger adds : nothing to the j upkeep of the I IH| motorcar. Cr* " ■* AN OLD RHYME " ' REVISED. For wilful waste makes woe- And you may You'll wish you You once let numn COMFORTS. info /O Daughter I rfj L. have a letter from JLfef J Lieutenant Pln- feather. He writes ,hat he Bleeps ln % , a pup tent - ® —What else / / cquld ho expect? / / When ho gets ■SttL / / ol< *cr has 'ijCW jr-m I moro sense they'll /* -yl 11 j [j) probably give htm a dog tent, or maybe a regu lar kennel. lEmthtg (Efyat Transition of the old three-story brick building at Second and Locust streets so long used by the United Evungelical Publishing concern into a home for the automobile registra tion and of the state government calls utlentlon to the fact that this structure has played a rather im portant part in Harrisburg life in its forty years of existence. A row of houses stood on the site of the building when it was bought in the early seventies by Washington Barr, who was the Col. John T. Ensminger in second hand goods of his day. <. Mr. Barr had a store in Second street near Walnut and stored various urticles from wagons to spinning wheels in yards in Front street one being between Walnut and Locust streets and another under Market street bridge. Mr. Barr's building was quite an improvement on Second street and it was soon noted as Barr's hall. It was a place for small meetings and various conven tions, but best known as the home of numerous dancing classes in this city. Many young people of the day learned to waltz and various steps in that old hall, while the Sun- day evening spiritualistic meetings are recalled by quite a few of our people. Later on an undertakers' school was held there. The first floor was occupied by Chambers Mullin as a grocery. Mr. Mullln was also a man of consequence in his day and was for a time in charge of buildings on Capitol Hill. The United Evangelicals have held forth in the building for years. • * * Ed ByCrs, historian in chief of the ■Western Union, remarked yesterday when the operating force was being moved up stairs in the building on Third street occupied by the tele graph company that it was the first time, barring an interval for repairs, that the knights of the key had not worked on the first floor in half a century. The Western Union has been in Third street for over fifty years and its operators have always held forth "down stairs." Now they will be "up stairs" and the commer cial department will have the first floor to itself. • • • While sawing a log from one of the old hickory trees that formerly stood in the old Paxton Presbyterian church yard at Paxtang, Howard C. Fry, the coal dealer, came upon a round bullet deeply imbedded in the wood. The ball had every appear ance of having been there for a long period and as the trees are for the most part from 100 to 200 years old, the piece of lead may have been fired into the tree by some early settler in search of game or in de fense of his cabin against Indian i attack. The bullet is perfectly round land of a caliber not used for many I years. It was used in the very old Istyl.e muzzle-loading rifles in vogue | before the breeoh-loaders came into I use. Mr. Fry has preserved the bul let in the wood as he found it and has It on exhibition at his residence in Paxtang. • • • Death of MBS. Charles E. Caro thers, wife of the deputy secretary of agriculture, recalls an interesting story about this estimable woman. When the deputy was sheriff of Washington cofinty Mrs. Carothers looked after the welfare of the pris oners and did It in a way that turned many a man back to right ways. She was a real matron, say people from that county, and more than /' one man who made good after leaving prison returned to call and to tell her about it. When she was taken sick and suffered throughout a long illness there were numerous bou quets and gifts *ent to her by men whom she had shown kindpess in days when they were under penalty of the law. • • • William H. Ball, secretary to the Governor, has received a copy of one of the propaganda newspapers dropped by German airplanes on French lines last summer from his son-in-law, Lieutenant Wesley Harding. The sheet is printed in t French and contains some rough cartoons, chiefly aimed at the Eng lish. The whole thing is a very manifest effort to make trouble be tween the French and their Allies. It is the first copy of the kind re ceived at the Capitol. • * • Howard E. Butz, the new state fire marshal, has the distinction of having traveled all over Hunting don county. He certainly knows more people in that county than almost any man and his acquaint ance in the Juniata valley is very extensive. In Harrisburg he is well known by reason of frequent visits and his service on the district draft board. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Senator C. Sproul started in newspaper work before he left college and used to be a cor respondent from a college town. —Congreßsman-at-Large Thomas S. Crago, of Greene county, is one of the authorities on military mat ters in the House. —Auditor General Charles A. Sny der served four years in a Pottsville company of the National Guard. —Representative John M. Flynn, of Elk, the oldest member of the lower house in service, is unopposed for re-election. —Senator C. J. Buckman, presi dent pro tern of the Senate, is not yet forty. —James F. Woodward, candidate for Secretary of Affairs, is a native of New Brighton and just fifty years old. —Col. H. I. Bears, who achieved fame by knocking down a German and making a battalion surrender, is a marine officer whose home is in Philadelphia. DO YOU KNOW —That Harrisburg steel fs in use on American destroyers? HISTORIC HARRISBURG —Pig iron made here was used for cannon balls in the Civil War. SPROUL THE MAN [From the Wilkes-Barre Record! There is no doubt in the minds of the great majority of voters as to the fitness of the two candidates for Governor. Mr. Sproul is so far above his Democratic opponent in general equipment for this high of fice that we may have entire con fidence that his election would mean intelligent and fair and square deal ing with the weighty after-the war problems that will concern the people of this Commonwealth. Mr. Sproul is one of the most promi nent businessmen of the state and a man of sterling Judgment. The only clement of concern is that ho may be defeated by overconfldence on the part of his friends.