8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH 'A. NEWSPAPER FOR TEE HOME Founded 18S1 „ Published evenings except Sunday by THB TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph. Building. Federal Square E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief T. R. OYSTER. BuMntu Manager GCS M. STEINMETZ, Managing editor L R. MICHENER. Circulation Manager Executive Board 3. P. McCULLOUGH, BOYD M. OOELSBY, 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 nAvs published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Member American Newspaper Pub- Assocla latlon and^Penn- Eastern k"' C & Building, Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a week; by mail, 86.00 - a year in advance. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1918 The man who can not forgive any mortal thing is a green hand n life. —ROBEBT LOUIS STEVENSON. THE ANALOGY FAILS DEMOCRATIC newspapers have been defending President Wil son's plea for a Democratic Congress to help him win the war on the score that President McKin ley made a similar appeal during the Spanish-American war period. But the comparison fails vitally in at least two particulars. In the first place, the 1898 appeal was made by Republican party lead ers. President McKinley had noth ing whatsoever to do with it. Sec ondly, President Wilson has at his elbow a Republican delegation in Congress that has stood by him in all his win-the-war policies even more staunchly than the men of his own party, many of whom failed him at critical moments, whereas Presi dent McKinley was opposed by an antagonistic Senate. When the Republican leaders ask ed tor the return of a Republican Congress they did so that Mr. Mc- Kinley might have the support he deeded in the upper house to nego tiate a peace treaty that would res cue the Philippines from Spanish misrule. The war was over and the peace negotiations were under way. The Democrats in the Senate re fused to stand by the- President. It was urgent. If the United States Sen ate was not to lose all its newly gatned prestige in Europe, that a Republican Congress be elected. But beset as he was, President Mc- Kinley made no appeal. That was done by the Republican leaders, and It was entirely within those bounds of good taste which President Wil eon In this Instance admits he has violated. The Democrats In 1898 were de manding an inconclusive peace. JThe Republicans to-day want noth ing less than unconditional surren der. The analogy falls completely. XT. 8. Senators Knox and Penrose were Justified in their severe arraign ment of the man in the White House for bis partisan attempt to gather about himself a Congress which will ba subject to his every whim. Penn sylvania has never been accustoified to that sort of thing and it will not now -change its attitude at the behest of one who at a single stroke has done more to destroy public confi dence In his disinterested patriotism than all his enemies. The record of .Republican loyalty and earnest sup port of the War program of the ad ixainlatration Is made up on the offl ;lal pages at Washington and this record 1s the most damning answer to the President's appeal. LIFTING THE BAN HARRISBURG will rejoice that the influenza quarantine ban is to be lifted in the near future Our people have accepted their hardships uncomplainingly and have willingly suffered heavy losses of business for the public good. There was pone of the foolish balking at law and order here which charac terized the officials of Lancaster, Chester and Philadelphia. Our people i place lives above dollars. They to be congratulated upon their ; spirit of self-sacrifice and good tem ;p#r under ttying circumstances. ! The Kaiser is said to be looking for A new job. Why not try stoking; he'll Igome to that anyway. A LOOK IN THE MIRROR SINCE the unfortunate and wholly indefensible appeal of Presi dent Wilson for a Democratic Congress the people of the United Wtate are more than ever deter mined to have their will expressed la gll future negotiations with the Berlin government. The one-man theory of govern ment will not be considered one moment and the President must understand now that he has invited .plain speaking on the part of his THURSDAY EVENING, fellow countrymen. At this junc ture a paragraph from Woodrow Wilson's "History of the American People" In which he refers to Jef ferson Davis has a most significant meaning. Discussing the leader of the Confederacy the man now in the White House said; He had the pride, the spirit of Initiative, the capacity in busi ness which qualify men for leadership, and lacked nothing of indomitable will and Imperious purpose to make hts leadership effective. What he did lack was wisdom in dealing with men, willingness to take the Judgment of others in critical matters of buainess. the Instinct which rec ognizes ability in others and trusts it to the utmost to play Its independent part. He too much loved to rule, had too over weening a confidence in himself, and took leave to act as if he understood much better than those did who were In actual command what should be done In the field. He sought to control too many things with too femin ine a Jealousy of any rivalry In authority. Just now the American people will read this estimate of Jefferson Davis and wonder whether another name might not be substituted for the leader of the lost cause. It seems to fit another distinguished American and to describe accurately certain manifest weaknesses of this same personage now very much In the limelight of "pitiless publicity." More and more as the American people realize the temper of the present administration at Washing ton they understand the danger of unbridled ambition. The President's partisan appeal on the eve of an election Is. now clearly understood as part of a well-conoeived political offensive In which not only the man In the White House but all who sneeze when he takes, snuff are en gaged. * Nor by any twisting of language or misrepresenting of the facts will it be possible for President Wilson and his apologists to escape the contempt of an aroused citizenry without regard to party. Many of his most severe critics are Demo crats. These believe that he has irretrievably damaged the party In power. When a wag in the cloak room of the House of Representatives the other day proposed this toast, "Here's to our Czar, last in war, first in peace, long may he waver," he was jocularly giving expression to an undercurrent of public senti ment which has now come to the surface with a rush as a result the President's fatuous appeal for a Congress of his own selection and of his own party. "Unconditional Surrender" is the proper slogan of all patriotic citizens and to the masthead of the Republi can party has been hoisted a ban ner bearing the challenge "Win the j War Now!" There is to be no fur ther parley and the response of the people is almost universal. Only here and there does one hear a faint apology for the President's awful blunder. Patriotic Republicans are going to send to Washington men who will insist upon an American peace and a peace which will he in harmony with the sentiment of the country everywhere. Perhaps President Wilson has done the country a service which he never contemplated when he uttered this partisan call in the very crisis of the war. Instead of apathy and absolute lack of interest in the cam paign there is now intense appre ciation of the importance of cast ing next Tuesday an intelligent bal lot that will safeguard the funda mental principles upon which our Government rests. We are not surprised that Secre tary of the Treasury McAdoe, the son-in-law of the President is anx ious that his distinguished father-in law should have absolute power. We are gradually putting a crimp into the autocracy across the ocean and we certainly are not going to estab lish one on this side. "FLYING WITH SHAFFER" THOUSANDS of the people of Pennsylvania who, through the columns of this newspaper, have been "'Flying With Shaffer," read with regret last evening that mis fortune has overtaken the gallant young Dauphin aviator. But they will rejoice In the thought that the "guardian angel" of whom the young adjutant so often spoke in his letters, took care of him and enabled him to land safely, although behind the Hun lines. Congressman Kreider and the Red Cross authorities have undertaken to get into communication with the German government through Switz erland to learn of the flyer's fate, and it is confidently expected that it will be found he is safe and sound in a German prison camp. The fact that aviators are usually given better treatment by the Germans than men of other branches will he consolation to his friends in their period of anx iety. The Telegraph joins in the hope that he will be delivered safely at the end of the war and that his experi ences in the air will be supplemented for the benefit of readers of this newspaper by recitals of his exper iences In wartorn Germany. The President has written across the head of the Republican ticket "Verboten," and Republicans will pay about as much attention to It as small boys do to "keep off the grass" signs. More and more the word Ludendorff sounds to us like the name of a cough drop. A PROPER MOVE PRESIDENT ANDERS, of the School Board, has acted In ac cord with public opinion in ask ing for the resignation of Director Bretz. Under the circumstances Mr. Bretz should have gotten out of the board long ago. His usefulness there Is at an end and his place should be filled by ft man m whom the public has full confidence. The tact that Mr. Bretz may be conducting Uimeelf in a manner entirely above reproach has nothing whatever to do with the matter. President Wilson has eollfled the Republican vote In a most remark able manner. Even hundreds of those who tor one reason or another were disposed to cut' their ticket are now rallying to the party colors. Republican organisations are aroused as they have not been Aroused for several years and all because a Pres ident descended from his high digni fied station to Indulge in the cheapest form of partisan politics. ut. Buckling down to work on the part of Republican-leaders in every section of Pennsylvania coupled with the resentment aroused by the Pres ident's partisan appeal for election of Congressmen and the Bonnlwell campaign methods have clarified the situation In this state and the elec tion of the whole Republican ticket by a majority that will be more than emphatic and a gain on Congress men are Reports received at Republican state headquarters from'the counties and based upon oold, hard facts demonstrate that the Democratic games, national and state, have failed. . . State Chairman William E. Crow and Secretary W. Harry Baker, of the Republican state committee, who have been in touch with every section of the Keystoie State, say that the task now is to make the Republican vote as big as possible so that the whole country may know where Pennsylvania stands. Senator Penrose in his final review predicts a real fine majority for the Republican state ticket and a gain of four Congressmen and John Wana maker is out in a statement that Sproul "keeps the faith." —ln Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and other places the Bonniwell peo ple have been holding meetings in disregard of the influenza regula tions and in marked contrast to the ■tanner in which the Republicans have followed the health mandates. In Philadelphia yesterday Judge Bonniwell made a speech before the Democratic city committee which was almost as bitter in its denun ciation of the Vares and other Re publicans as some of his recent ut terances against the titular leaders of his own party in Pennsylvania. i —ln Pittsburgh the Bonniwell meetings have called forth a sharp | blast from the Rev. Dr. B. L. Scott, head of the Anti-Saloon League in j that section of Pennsylvania for their : disregard of general regulations. In other parts of the state similar crit icisms have been made of the Bon niwell crowd's tactics. —On the other hand there is noth ing but praise from all sides for the manner in which Senator Sproul and Senator Beidleman have conducted their campaigns and Republican Congressional candidates who have refrained from the old style meet ing plan have won general support. It looks as though Pennsylvania will show the President and the Palmer- McCormick group just where they stand on partisan matters. —The chief plea made for Demo cratic Congressional Candidate S. S. Leiby by Democratic National Chair man Vance C. McCOrmick's newspa per is that he will stand by the Pres ident. As Congressman B. K. Focht has not only supported the Presi dent in every war measure, but been ahead of the President in the mat ter of preparedness for war, as shown by the Congressional Record, the people of the Seventeenth dis trict may as well retain an experi enced man at Washington. Indica tions are that they will and that Focht will carry every county in the eight county district. —The general impression is that Congressman John R. K. Scott's in tended return to the Legislative fleld means that he will have a speaker ship boom. —One of the most interesting things about the present campaign is that the Prohibition state chair man, the Rev. Dr. B. E. P. Prugh, goes away the week before election to the middle west to, take the votes of soldiers by appointment of the Governor. Evidently the Prohibi tion state campaign does not need the chairman's guiding hand. —Franklin county lawyers have declared for Justices Simpson and Fox in a statement issued. —The Dorsett declaration for the road bond issue amendment made the Democratic windmill lose a lot of strokes and the Democratic wing of the State Grange flap mournfully to-day. —Overseers have been named for the election in some sections of Phil adelphia because Democrats were afraid of conditions. —A liquor man's campaign against Congressman John R. Farr is caus ing trouble in Lackawanna. Liquor men are backing the Democratic candidate. —Senator Penrose to-morrow will go to Bedford and on Saturday will speak in Somerset county to urge the election of Samuel A. Kendall, who is opposing Bruce F. Stirling, Dem ocrat, in the Somerset-Fayette- Greene Congressional district. Pen rose returns to' Philadelphia on Sun day. —Lew R. Palmer, who was dis missed by Governor Brumbaugh as chief of factory Inspection, seems to be in demand at Washington, Mr. Palmer was asked last night to go to Washington to discuss with na tional officials such matters as re habilitation of disabled soldiers, em ployment of women, and the prob lems attending labor mediation as well as the community labor boards. He will also discuss federal employ ment, inspection of Pennsylvania munitions plants and other estab lishments. Mr. Palmer has also been urged to accept places in various big corporations. The former acting compiissioner has been specializing in lines about which Washington au thorities have sent for him. —The State Capitol has commenc ed to assume its "end of the cam paign" aspect and many of the of ficials and attaches left to-day for their homes to take a part in the canvass. The departure of quite a few is later than usual owing to the conditions brought about by influ enza, but when most of the depart ments and bureaus close for the week to-morrow night they will not reopen on Monday, as Tuesday will be a holiday most religiously observ. Ed at the Capitol. —Governor Brumbaugh, Lieuten ant Governor 'McClain and other prominent officials will vote at their homes. The Governor will spend the weekend in Philadelphia and re main there over election day. —No hearings will be bold Mon day by any of the state boards. HAHRISBDRG tfiljiSJ TELEGRAPH AINT IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEEUm By BRIGGS ' '..Tl —* -v. \/->j I $ /Vvnomdsr ✓/ /7fiuess I HW6N T I "xN - [ TneV'D like T KID HAS GOT\ HAD a \ ) • /V..' \ J7 \ To~"ee oven here • another LETTER FROM ) )>> I A > -ll| ' \ AND NEVER GET M/M - PaccovV^BY T : OH-H-H Boy?. 1 aim*T IT V / PU-BOOYJtoowo \ r - AGR R RAND t> "" . /jf I letter BUT ne J \~\ ] HERE* A | GLOR-R-R^ OAS a C ( ' —"X ( */hkt D™ / U / BUn/olb FeeuMi .... \ BouT That \ OF mail . jftp l I ' / Germany's Great War Prize ! [From the New York Tribune] With all her defeats and check-1 mates, the melting of the dream of; a Mitteleuropa, of an empire through ' to the Indian Ocean, the larger ec onomic conquest of the empire to the north if all but within the grasp of Germany. Is this why sho is precipitately seeking peace? It is something to consider. Reflect a little upon tht pawns. Belgium has six oh seven millions. How much would it profit Germany to have economic control of this little coun try? The coal fields of Lorraine are of great value, but they may appear | insignificant when the great wealth of Eastern and Southeastern Russia I is developed to the same degree. The coal mines of France are of ho great moment compared with Ger many's own. But to have free run of the largest empire in the western world, to control the products and the trade of a nation of 150,000,000 —this would be a prize beyond the fondest dreams of the pan-German ists of four years ago. From sundry reports which have come back from that distracted land We know that the Germans have been making prodigious efforts to fasten their tentacles upon Russia so wide and deep that they can never be shaken loose. They have bought up the factories, the banks, the lines of transportation—every thing that they could lay their hands on, and, of course, not at bargain prices, but at panic prices. It was a marvelous opportunity to sack a nation under the full protection of commercial law! Why does Ger many seek the peace table now? Is it merely fright, the threat of retribution to come, or is it a shrewd perception that perhaps now is the ideal moment to bargain prostrate Russia for the peace of Europe? What else is behind the furtive talk of opening "negotiations"? And note the cunning with which' the German leaders now seize upon the President's peace terms precise ly to grasp and hold this splendid prize—"complete autonomy for the different races and peoples," "the removal of all economic barriers"— no bar, In brief, to the hordes of German hucksters who have bought up everything in Russia worth buy ing save the land! What an ideal opportunity for Germany to clinch her possessions! Here, as we see it, is one of the greatest of the Allies' problems. If Germany can gain at the peace table only an innocent "hands oft" in the north, "self-determination," "no economic barriers," she will have carried off the great prize. DEMOCRAT TO BOLT A specific illustration of how Pres ident Wilson's appeal for support of Republican ticket was supplied by Walter L. McDermott, a lawyer, in Jersey City, yesterday. Mr. Mc- Dermott, said there were many others who felt as he did. Mr. McDermott is a son of the late Allan L. McDermott, for several terms a Democratic mem ber" of Congress from New Jersey, Yesterday he asked to bfe excused from serving as a Democratic election • officer. He explained to Judge James J. McCarthy that he had been appointed as a Demo crat, but that as a result of the message of the President, he intend ed to vote the Republican ticket.— New York News Items. LABOR NOTES Investigations show that women operatives on drill presses and mill ing machines are from 25 to 50 per cent, faster than men. Increased wages and improved working conditions have been se cured by organized brewery workers in Steubenville, O. By amendments to the McAdoo award 30,000 Canadian railway shop employes will receive another $10,000,000, making their increases nearly $60,000,000. The National War Labor Board favors the adoption of a dividing line between the war industries in which women should be employed and those in which they should not. Organized bookbinders in Montana have secured a new wage agreement with their employers. Journeymen rates are $350 and foremen's $39 per week. Five and one-half per cent, of the married women in this country work for their living, while the unmar ried ones* number 46 per cent, and of the divorced ones, 55 per cent. The Hole in Uncle Sam's Pocket By I*. G. FAB4VARSOX, Chairman HarrUburtt Chamber of Commerce Fire Prevention Committee. IT IS one thing to borrow money, - and it is another thin& to pay it back again. Uncle Sam has just carried on the biggest money-borrowing campaign ever known. He has succeeded be cause the need was urgent and his credit was good; everybody knew that he would pay the interest and return the principal, but we are all concerned in'helping him to do it, for "Uncle Sam," after all, means nothing more Jjor less than all of us put together. Let us study the problem. Four and one-quarter per cent, interest upon six billion dollars is $255,000,- 000 a year. This is a vast sura in it self. Suppose, however, that somebody should discover a wonderful treas urehouse of wealth sufficient to pay this huge interest charge without adding a single cent of taxation to anybody. That sounds like a dream, doesn't Last year, the fires of the United States destroyed about $250,000,000 worth of property. This year the amount probably will be more un less something is done. If this amount could be saved, it would al most exactly take care of the inter est charge upon six billion dollars. But can it be saved? Those who give the subject most study believe that in a large measure it can. They say that it is foolishness to have fires; that fires are due to careless habits of the American people; that almost every fire is a result of conditions that would not have existed if peo ple had taken the proper precau tions. They say, in other words, that LIBERTY , At first we wuz gay as the ship slipped away. From the land where we'd lived all our lives. An' we laughed ag' we sang till the whole harbor rang, And threw kisses to mothers and wives. But after a while, as we stood there in file, An' the people wuz a blur, Things sort o' calmed down, an' we Jus' watched the town Till we couldn't see nothin' o' her. Say, then we felt blue, an' you couldn't tell who Felt the worst, fer we all darn near cried; 'Twas Jus' like when night is a-comin' in sight. An' you've been where somebody's died. First thing we knew came a roar, an' it grew Till I'll bet that the kaiser could hear; Fer there oft one side, lookln' at us with pride, Wuz Liberty! Who wouldn't cheer? 1 s'pose she's still there with the crown in her hair An' her lamp givin' light to the land; That may all be so, but there's lots of us know How we still feel the touch of her hand. Sometimes in the night when there ain't any fight. An' we're standin' on guard all alone. Like an angel o' grace she comes near, an' her . face Cheers our hearts which wuz colder'n a stone. In the thick of a scrap, with sweat oozin' like sap, She puts her cool hand into ours; An' like that everywhere, we o'n feel that she's there With her help, and her smile like the flowers. —Sergt. Frederick W. Kurth In the Stars and Stripes, France. The Comb Toter Miss Myrtllla says she might in time grow to love a man who totes a little comb around in his pocket to comb his mustache with in public, but she's not going to try it unless there's a law passed requiring her to.—From the Macon Telegraph. 10 Million Dollars for a Breeze At an estimated cost of 10 millton dollars it is proposed to level a hill which the people of Rio de Janeiro say deprives them of the cool winds to which they are entitled.—From the Ohio State Journal. Uncle Sam, meaning you and me, is losing enough money through a big hole in his pocket to pay the Inter est upon a six-billion-dollar loan, and that this hole can be sewed up if he will practice care and study fire prevention. It seems worth while, doesn't it? Perhaps you will say that this is good as far as it goes, but that* it takes care only of the interest; we must-also provide a sinking fund to repay the original loan. We must save all of five hundred millions a year, if we are to do that. Well, that is really what we shall be doing, for the hole is much big ger than it appears at first sight. Fire causes more loss than that of the amount of property destroyed. There is tremendous incidental expense such as that of fire departments. When risks are great insurance rates must also be high. Perhaps more than all, there is the demoralization of business, the interruption of in dustry, and the general lost motion that comes from hundreds of thou sands of fires each year. What can we do about it? We can do many things, but two are the most important—clean up our premises and cultivate habits of carefulness. Rubbish and litter are signs of fire hazard; clean yards, basements and attics are always found in safe towns. And remember that careful people rarely have fires. Uncle Sam would rapidly grow richer, safer and happier if he would give up the expensive habit of pre ventable fire, and that is really up to you and me. Saturday, November 2, is National Fire Prevention Day. Yeast Keeps Influenza Away [From Syracuse New York Herald] The use of yeast as a preventive against and cure for Spanish influ enza is suggested by Dr. Frederick H. Knoff, a leading specialist of disease of the lungs and physician to the Tuberculosis clinic. Yeast, Dr. Knoff said, has been used with success for many years in the treatment of acute bronchitis, diseases of the skin and gastro intestinal diseases. He advises people to eat three yeast cakes, one with each meal. The free use of yeast, the doctor claims, will ward off possible attack of Influenza. The product increases the white blood corpuscles, which attack the disease,"and thereby adds to the power of resistance in the body, Dr. Knoff explained. "Many doctors here and elsewhere are administering yeast in treating various infectious diseases." Dr. Knoff said, "and report exceptional results. - "There are many physicians who eat yeast with each meal while treat ing infectious diseases. Some, whose duties bring them in contact with infectious diseases at intervals, re main on the yeast diet throughout the year. The number of doctors who do this is greater than the pub lic appreciates. "Records show that yeast has been used with success in previous epidemics of ' influenza here and abroad and it seems that if it were to be administered freely in the present epidemic conditions would soon be remedied. "Spanish influenza, which is ordi narily prevalent in young adults, makes its appearance almost an nually in Germany during June and July. Spain experiences an epidemic of the disease practically each year during the months of July nud Au gust, at which timfes about thirty per cent, of the population M af fected," Dr. Knoff said. Covered By The Appeal [From the Kansas City Times] The President's appeal to the country to return a Democratic majority in Congress is an invita tion to elect. Champ Clark, speaker of the House, who fought conscription and said that "jn the estimation of Mis sourians there is precious little dif ference between a conscript and a convict." Claude Kitchln, Democratic floor leader and chairman of the com mittees that handles taxation bills, who voted against the declaration of war. S. H. Dent, chairman of the com mittee on military affairs, who was against the draft and was super seded by Representative Kahn, Re publican, in managing the Draft Act In the House. George Huddleston, Democratic congressman, from Alabama, whose war record was such that the Pres ident publicly opposed, though un successfully, his nomination. r OCTOBER 31, 1918, Preach Liberty Ernest Poole, in the Red Cross magazine, quotes a Russian school master as saying: "We must do all we can to help de feat the Germans. All over Russia we must teach, 'War or slavery,' we must say, in every village, every hut —until at last the peasants rise. You Americans have years of blood be fore you, and whether you win or lose will depend on whether Ger many can recruit her armies here In Russia. We have twelve million fighting men. Two million may de cide this war. Who shall get them? America or Germany? "If I-were an American I would say, 'By the love of Christ and lib erty, these Russians shall be made our friends! By our deeds we will make them understand.' "Every school should teach Eng lish. every library should have Eng lish and American books to offset the ones that'the Germans are giving us. If you believe in liberty as the Ger mans believe in their devil's kultur, you Americans will come over here and prove your belief by the things you do. You had a great man, .Lin coln. Each time that a German speaks of his kaiser one of your peo ple should be on the Spot to say: 'Now let me tell you of a great American peasant. Abraham Lincoln was his name.' " Wages Into a Bag With Holes Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat but have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. —Haggai i, 5 and 6. I OUR DAILY LAUGH HIS LONG RUN. Cf, And how long a jjSglU *- run did he make down yesterday? \9Z£pyuji He ran clear 5j tnjf over Into the sec- Gfislifri ond column on | the next page. It fjPJj j| was only maga- •TE|w*=*4- zlne football, you jfl SUBTLE § IMPOLITENESS. Brlggs always agrees with any thing I say. Yes. It's his way of Intimat ing that ho doesn't consider your views suf ficiently Import ant to be worthy of an argument TFE ONLY . THING. Pa, what Is an An echo, my^La 7 son, Is the onlyfln ; ▼ / thing that can { /bCA Cheat a woman // U out of the last I §ls your wlf* Very. Look at the clothes she makes me wear. THE Dim. f* CULTY. MJY&F Poet—Why It tlrk It that you never / ' V print anything rfrHer—nl : W 1 that I write? giM^m Editor—Well, I 1 1 guess It must be 1 because you never U write anything It | that I print, Etimttg Otyat • *-== l To-night will bo the first Hallo* we'en In a long, long time in Har rlsburg that the boys and girls have been unable to have some tun on the streets and the parades and corn throwing are things of other years. Between influenza bans and war conservation orders the oniv fun left is dressing up In costunw* and looking out at the street as even pumpkin lanterns are taboo by the federal authorities. "Tlc tac" night, made miserable by the weather, anyway, passed with. pre cious little observance and except for some squads of youngsters who were out on their bicycles and mighty fleet in their mqvements there was practically none of the traditional funmuking. To-night It is possible that there will be very little of the bobbing for apples and holding of lighted candles because Hnllowe'en parties when bridge gatherings are under a ban and there are sick In many homes do seem somewhat out of line. The year 1917 was put down in many a juvenile book as ,a year when a lot of things had to be given up, but this year is a good bit worse and the things th{it are being said about the regulations of war and epidemic are rather rough. But, as Dr. Royer remarked to-day, there will probably be a chance for lots of fun on New Yea,r's eve. • / Governor Brumbaugh in suggest ing that on the two huge pylons which are to be placed at the west ern end of the Memorial bridge which will be part of the Capitol park extension program be inscribed with the names of the cities and the counties told an interesting story. "When they built the bridge over Rock Creek at Washington they used up some discarded stones from the Capitol and the architect inscribed them with the initial of each of the thirteen original states. Pennsylvania's stone was the key stone," said he. "I think it would bo a fine idea to have the names of the counties on one pylon and of the cities on the other. It would give the bridge a state significance." The amount of "oleo" sold in Har risburg these days is far greater than a good many people imagine, said a man interested in the food trade. There was a time, said this citizen, when oleomargarine was a product which no one would buy, but which owing to cheating by people a great many folks ate with out knowing it. Now it is served in many places and eaten with as much relish as it was by a former State Secretary of Agriculture, who un wittingly used it on his bread in York and remarked what fine butter it was. *' * • The Philadelphia Inquirer prints this interesting story about Henry K. Boyer, who was quite a figure in Harrisburg as State Treasurer and speaker of the House. It says: "It was while he was State Treasurer that he undertook to frame legislation to meet the grow ing needs of the state and the var ious counties for additional reve nue. At ? that time there was a three mills tax upon money at in terest. mortgages and bonds and capital stock of Pennsylvania cor porations, and of the moneys col lected by the state from these sources one-third was turned back to the respective counties from which the taxes were collected. Under the Boyer bill the tax levy was increased to four mills, and instead of one-third it was provided that three-fourthp of the total amount of taxes raised in any county must be returned by the state to such county for local pur poses. 'There were great obstacles to be overcome, but we finally suc ceeded in passing the bill,' remark ed Mr. Boyer, a few nights ago in chatting about the enactment of this legislation." • • * The influenza epidemic has in creased the business of the local telegraph offices immensely and added to the lot of new* work brought by the war has almost swamped the offices. One of the most melancholy features of the increase is the number of telegrams telling of deaths. * , • A couple of young men who. like to go out and hunt on the first day are back from the mountains above the city and declare that they saw some wild turkeys on Second Moun tain and a flock sailing around on Peter's Mountain. These flocks have been reported annually for some time, but when turkey season comes they are no't about. The be lief is that they are part of the Perry county contingent. The "hoop pole" county and wild turkeys havo always been fond of each other and often turkeys have been traced from that county clear down into Leba non, the supposition being that they have crossed the river and gone along the ridges. |. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Senator William Q. Sproul is planning for a big extension of one of the steel plants at Lebanon in which he is interested. —William Decker, Lycoming man ufacturer, is much interested in the Susquehanna Trail project. —Fred C. Ritter, Allentown news paperman, has won promotion to tirst lieutenant with the forces in France. I —Attorney General Brown says ho will probably not get hunt ing this fall owing to the rush of work. DO YOU KNOW —That Harrisburg Is shipping more products from its yards these days than ever before. HISTORIC HARRISBURG Steel made In this city was early used in making experiments for steel rails. Hun Captives Are Ox-like (Arthur Conan Doyle in the Lon don Times) Once .through Templeux and 03 the main'road for Peronne things became less exciting and we drew ti* to see a column of nine hundred prisoners pass us. Each side of thw causeway was lined by Australians, with their keen, clear cut, falcon faces, and between lurches these* heavy jawed, beetle browed, uncouth louts, new caught and staring round with bewildered eyes at their deb onnaire captors. I saw none of that relief at getting out of it which I have read of; nor did I see any signs of fear but the prevailing impression was an ox-like stolidity and dullness. It was a herd of beasts, not a pro cession of men. It was indeed farcical to think that these uniformed bump kins represented the great military nation, while the gallant figures who lined the road belonged to the race which they had despised as being unwarlike. Time and Fate between them have a pretty sense of humor.
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