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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1918
Jesus saith unto him, If I will that
'he tarry till 1 come, what is that to
thee.' follow thou me. — Joii.n 21:22.
" REPUBLICAN VICTORY
ALL signs point to an overwhelm
ing Republican victory in Penn
sylvania next Tuesday. The
personal popularity of SenatorSproul j
and the confidence of the voting pub
lic in his intention and# ability to
make good his platform pledges; the
undoubted strength of Senator
Beidleman, candidate for Lieutenant
Governor, the normal Republican
majority in the state, and last, but
KV no means least, the whirlwind of
indignation and protest that has been
stirred up in every county by Presi
dent Wilson's effort to drive Repub
lican votes to Democratic candi
dates, are All clear Indications. In
less than a week the attention of
the people has been attracted from
almost complete absorption in the
war to a serious contemplation of
political conditions at home. Apathy
on the part of Republicans who had
devoted their whole thought to the
winning of the war has given
place to general interest and
licans who might not have gone to
the polls are roused to the pitch
that they will permit nothing to keep
them away.
Indeed, so strong is the Republi
can tide setting toward big majori
ties for the heads of the ticket and
Congressmen that many legislative
candidates who otherwise might
have lost out on purely local issues
or because of their attitude on the
liquor question in all likelihood will
be swept into office on the wave of
• Republican sentiment that is being
rolled up. All other issues have been
r submerged by that which the Presi
dent has raised and even the pro
hibition amendment, close as it is to
the hearts of thousands of people,
may be lost sight of in some districts,
by straight-ticket voters, although
as a whole it will receive a tre
mendous advantage through the
election of Senator Sprotll as gov
ernor.
The liquor forces -have been en
deavoring to stir up the public as a
result of the temporary prohibition
we have been enjoying by reason of
the influenza quarantine, but nobody
is finding fault save the saloonmen
themselves and a few old topers
whose stomachs are so pickled In
booze that drink is more to them
than bread itself. These in any case
would not have voted for Senator
Sproul. But, granted that here and
there he may lose a few votes of
wavering ones, he has unquestionably
gained tremendously" by the support
of thoughtful men who have ob
served with favor the decrease in
crime that has been marked every
where as a result of the closed sa
loon.
The Bonniwell candidacy was a
poor thing at best, and it declines
steadily. Bonniwell has no organ
ized support save that offered him
by the brewers, the distillers and the
sellers of liquor. He will not have
as many votes as Senator Sproul
has majority.
If you have not yet indicated a de
sire to participate in the big United
"War Work drive, you are losing a
fine opportunity to help the boys who
are helping you.
A NEW SLOGAN
IN the campaign of 1916 the Dem
ocratic managers deliberately
Btarted out to deceive the people
on the Issue that President Wilson
had saved the country from parti
cipation in tHte world war. They
proclaimed from the house-tops "He
?Cept up out of War!" and it is to
longer a secret that they were fear
ful the truth would break upon the
people before the election and the
necessity for entrancs intq, the war
SATURDAY EVENING,
without further deluy would upset
their partisan plans.
It would seem now that an ap
propriate slogan for the Republi
cans In the campaign which has
been initiated by the President him
self would be "He Kept us out of
War —Too Long!"
Had the United States begun the
work of preparation in 1914 instead
of listening to President Wilson's
fatuous and misleading argument,
against preparation on the ground
that we were in no danger of being
involved in the great struggle the
war would have been ended much
sooner and with the saving of
thousands of lives and much treas
ure. Instead of writing notes after
the destruction of the Lusitania all
dealings with Germany should have j
been broken off in response to the j
widespread demand of the Ameri
can people for immediate punish
ment of the Hun monster.
Had we not been lulled by the
paciflstic propaganda of "peace
without victory" and "Too Proud to
Fight" and "I didn't raise my boy
to he a soldier" and a lot more of
the same sort the full power of
America would hove been felt long
before the present year and who
can doubt that with our entrance
into the war the happenings of the
last year in Russia and elsewhere
might never have occurred.
So that the Republican party can
very properly insist upon a new
slogan which will comprehend the
sentiment of the people now that
it is being expressed in no uncer
tain way- "He Kept us out of War —
Too Long!" When one considers
all the horrible things that trans
pired after the sinking of the Lusi
tania before America did enter the
war it is difficult to restrain the
deep-seated resentment that is
aroused over our procrastination—
a procrastination which placed us
in a false position as a people be
fore the world. Thank God, our
boys on the firing line have wiped
out the stain upon the patriotism
of the American people!
• " ' ■ -
"Leiby stands with Wilson," says
Vance C. McCormick's newspaper
mouthpiece.
The voting public is not so much
interested in Mr. Leiby's stand with
Wilson as it is in his stand on the un
conditional surr%nder of the Hun. The
voters know where Congressman
Focht stands, and his war record is
an open book. Lelby has no war
record.
MR. KREIDER UNOPPOSED j
SMALL wonder that Democrats at
Washington learned with aston
ishment that National Chairman
Vance C.. McCormiek is content to
lose his Congressional district to the
Republicans without a struggle at a
time when the President himself is
begging every Democrat to strain
every effort to elect Democratic Con
gressmen. How can Mr. Wilson hope
to arouse the interest of Republican
voters in Democratic candidates
when the man who should be his
chief lieutenant in this time of stress
for the administration has been at
no pains to see that his party is rep
resented by a nominee in his own
home district?
Of course it would be impossible
to elect a McCormiek candidate to
Congress in Dauphin, Lebanon and
Cumberland counties. The very
brand of McCormiek politics would
defeat him, for the voters here know
McCormiek and what he stands for
and have defeated him and his can
didates repeatedly ever since he and
Palmer took over the wreck of
the poor old Democratic machine
in Pennsylvania. But Democrats
throughout the country, however,
are not acquainted with these facts,
and it is but natural they cannot un
derstand the National Chairman's
apparent indifference to his party's
interests.
There is also another prime reason
why McCormiek did not think it
worth while to enter the Congress
ional lists this fall and that lies in
the splendid record and personal
popularity of Congressman A. S.
Kreider, who has represented the
district so well since the memorable
campaign of 1912 when he was
elected in a hot three-cornered fight.
Mr. Kreider is not only a staunch
Republican but he is a thoroughgo
ing American and his war plat
form is summed up in the words—
"Unconditional Surrender."
With a punch in the face and a
kick in the rear it is obvious that the
"imperial German government" is
likely Iff become more and more
groggy with the progress of the
fight.
BURNING UP MONEY
LAST year the United States lost
-through the burning of prop
erty, $250,000,000. This year
the damage may be larger.
This is a frightful 1068, all the
more to be regretted because it is
estimated that more than $190,000,-
000 of the damage was preventable.
That means the fires should not have
occurred. It means that somebody
was careless.
The problem comes right home to
each one of us. The next Are may
take place in your home or your
place of business or the factory,
office or store in which you work.
No matter how well covered by In
surance the property may be, you
would lose money by a Are, either
directly or through loss of employ
ment. , Each of its has something
to lose by fire, so It becomes the
duty, If only for selfish reasons, for
every one of us to do what we can
to prevent fire. Rubbish and litter
mean fire risk. Clean yards, base
ments and attics are safeguards any
of us may trfke.
"Careful people seldom have
fires," says an authority writing on
the subject. If that is true we must
have many careless persona In Har
irsburg, for the lire loss per capita
here Is twice as high us it is in
many cities this size.
*To-day is Fire Prevention by
the Governor's decree. What are
you going to do to observe it?
William J. Burke.
Thomas S. Crago.
Mahlon M. Garland.
Anderson H. Walters.
These are the Republican candidates
for Congrcss-at-Largc. They will
stand in Congress for the uncondi
tional surrender of Germany and the
punishment of the Kaiser.
The McCormiek newspaper, having
| no Congressional candidate at home to
! support, goes far afield Into Blair
county and thanks high Heaven that
[ with McAdoo in control of railroads
railroadmen are now free to run for
I office. Let's see; isn't this the same
McAdoo who brutally told railroaders
to stay out of politics and rescinded
his order in part only when he was
frightened into making some conces
sions?.
The conditions in Russia present a
fine commentary upon the influence
of the Prussian idea of government.
"pofcttw#- Ml.
By the Ex-Committeeman
Perhaps the most remarkable fea
ture of the very unusual state and
Congressional campaign which never
seenjs to have gotten started until
within ten days of the election is the
absence of newspaper comment, edi
torial or otherwise, in the leading
journals of the state. It has not been
for want of incidents. The develop
ments of this campaign have been
numerous and stirring. The Demo
cratic party in Pennsylvania, reor-,
ganized and disorganized; has fur
nished one of the most amazing sit
uations ever known in the state, the
national leaders and controlling
powers of the Democratic machine
having repudiated the choice of their
party for Governor at a direct pri
mary. The Republican party, which
started off with some differences,
has been solidified by the course of
the President and is on the home
stretch with chances of sweeping An
not only the state ticket, but all but
a few of the second largest state
delegation in the country.
The headquarters of the two big
parties have been busy places, as
business has been turned over to the
county committees, except in the
case of such Democratic county or
ganizations which do not happen to
be ill sympathy with the bosses of
the Democratic state windmill,
whither the federal officehold
ers have brought their cash.
The Bonniwell people, backed by the
liquor interests, which know no party,
seem to have ample funds and not to
mind what the Palmer-McCormick
tithe gatherers and distributors are
doing.
—Men connected with the state gov
ernment and who are in close touch
with the drift of politics in Pennsyl
vania are of the opinion that Presi
dent Wilson's partisan appeal for
election of Congressmen has injured
chances of Democrats in a third of
the districts of the state and Re
publican leaders are predicting that
the Democratic delegation from the
Keystone State will be cut down
from eight to three or four. The
trend in the where
the Democrats have displayed
strength the last two years, is now
toward the Republican candidates.
The factional fight between the Pal
mer-McCormick and Bonniwell ele
ments of the Democratic party will
have a weakening effect upon the
Democratic candidates in the two
sure Democratic districts and work
for defeat of Congressmen Lesher,
Sterling, Brodbeck and Beshlin. The
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh districts
are without contests, while the home
district of Democratic National
Chairman Vance C. McCormiek is
without any Democratic candidate.
—ln any ordinary year, when
there was no war or influenza or li- j
quor fight or split in the Demo
cratic party, such am issue as the
second submission within five years
of an amendment to issue $50,000,-
000 of bonds for road construction
would have stirred up Pennsyylvania
from end to end. Now there is not
nVuch discussion of it. An Attempt
by the State Grange, which is butting
against the proposal as usual, to!
influence public opinion seems to I
have aroused resentment in many
sections and to have been sup
ported chiefly by such political ax
grinding newspapers as those of the
Democratic national chairman.
—The attitude of the big news
papers of the state is generally in
favor of the amendment. The Phil
adelphia Public Ledger to-day sums
it up in an editorial which says in
part: "When this same amendment
was submitted in 1913 it was de
feated, mainly through the efforts
of the State Grange, and the same
forces are to-day arrayed against it.
The arguments of .the farmers are
ostensibly directed against a road
bond issue on the ground that be
cause of inequitable taxation meth
ods an unfair burden would be
placed on real property while per
sonal property is allowed to escape
its fare share. This argument wholly
ignores the vital need of good roads
and seeks to postpone one reform
because another remains in abey
ance. If the farming element would
devote as much energy in furthering
a sound revision of the state tax laws
as it is displaying in the present
effort to retard the good-roads move
ment it would render a far greater
service to the state as a whole and
to itself in particular."
—Another interesting 1 thing is
that the second amendment on the
list, which relates to Philadelphia
debt for improvements is opposed by
many Philadelphlans.
—Between ten and eleven tons
of supplies of various kinds, bal
lots specially printed; poll books,
voters' registers and other materials
and papers had to be prepared for
the voting of Pennsylvania soldiers,
sailors and marines at camps, can
tonments, training stations and de
pots and hospitals next Tuesday by
the department of the secretary of
the Commonwealth. The bulk of
these supplies are on their way to
the places where Keystone State
men are stationed in this country
in charge of commissioners and the
rest will be started tonight or to
morrow. The largest quantity will
go to Camp Lee, where there are
over 13'.000 Pennsylvanians re
ported. Eight or nine commissio.i
ers will go to that camp alone.
—The last of the commissioners
will be sworn in tonight. , It is
the plan to have all of the com
missioners reach their assigned
places by Monday so that they can
make their arrangements-and vot
ing be started uromDtly on Tuesday
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and conducted so as not to inter
fere with work at the camps. Thus
far no refusals have come from
camp commanders and ft is believed
that the inftuenzza ban will not pre
vent votes being taken.
Commissioners will be sent to
every place where there are 25 or
more fnen. They will be expected to I
return as soon as opssible.
—A sensation way created in
Lackawanna political circles yester
day when Joseph Brennan, Demo
cratic county chairman, sent a mes
sage to Governor Brumbaugh ask
ing him to permit an overseer to
accompany to camp James Cook,
one of the commissioners named to
take the vote of soldiers from that
county. The Democratic county
committee offered to pay the ex
penses of such an overseer, but to
date the Governor has not replied to
the telegram. Mr. Brennan's rea
sons for suggesting the appointment
of an overseer were due to the fact
that Democrats were displeased with
the manner In which Mr. Cook per
formed his duties as a vote commis
sioner at Camp Hancock a year ago.
Vote For Good Roads
[From the Philadelphia Inquirer.]
The State Grange—supposed to
represent the farmers of Pennsyl
vania—in sending broadcast a poster
urging the voters to cast their bal
lots against the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution authorized
a $50,000,000 bond issue for new
and improved highways, is guilty of
a narrow, selfish and reactionary
movement which deserves the con
demnation of all thinking citizens.
No class of citizens have been treat
ed with greater consideration than
the farmers; no class have had more
special legislation enacted in their j
interest, and the reason for this is |
based on the theory that they are ,
producers who deserve generous
treatment. That is as it should be,
but no one, will deny the present
prosperity of the farmers; house
keepers and consumers generally can
testify that they have been paying
war-time prices for their supplies,
and yet in the face of all this we
have the State Grange making this
narrow plea for the defeat of a sore
ly needed public improvement on the
ground, perchance, that it may in
volve increased taxes for the farm
er.
As a matter of fact, it will not in
volve anything of the kind. The bond
issue, if authorized, will carry itself,
because the fees for licenses for au
tomobiles in Pennsylvania already
amount to something like four mil
lion dollars a year, and with new
and, improved roads thoy will con
stantly grow larger. It has been
said, and it can be repeated with
confidence, that every individual and
home in Pennsylvania will be bene
fited by the proposed bond issue. By
a curious irony *of fate, no class of
persons in the state will derive so
much benefit from the improved
roads which are to be the outcome
of the bond issue as the farmers. It
will mean the saving of time and
large sums of money in hauling pro
duct from the farm to the table; it
will result In great economy in car
rying fertilizers and supplies to the
farm, and it will give the agricultur
ist an opportunity for better mar
kets for his products.
Those who are responsible for this
penny-wise and pound-foolish policy
of the State Grange should be
ashamed of themselves. It is only
fair to assume that the real farm
ers are not In sympathy with this
agitation of the political farmers,
and that they are in harmony with
other progressive Pennsylvanians in
the movement for the establishment
of up-to-date and modern roads in
every part of the .Commonwealth.
Unfortunately, epidemic conditions
liavc made It impossible to make the
right kind of an educational cam
paign for the good roads amend
ment throughout the state, and the
responsibility for the amendment
now depends upon the citizen when
he goes to the polls on Tuesday.
Look for the square designated as
Amendment No. 1 on the official
ballot, and be sure to put a cross
opposite the word "Yes." In that
way you will vote to put Pennsyl
vania in the forefront of the good
roads moverhent. It is a good busi
ness proposition, and it is the per
formance of a civic duty at the
same time. Don't be a clam! JJon't
be a reactionary* 'Cast your vote
for progress and good roads.
What the Lord Requires
He hath shewed thee, O man.
what is good; and what doth the
Lord require of thee, but to do
Justly, and to love mercy, and to
walk humbly with thy God.—Micah
vL 8.
Books For Soldiers
Hy THOMAS LYNCH MONTGOMERY, State Librarian.
ON the eleventh of November the |
united war service campaign |
for funds tp carry on the work
of the Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A„ Y. M. j
H. A.. Knights of Columbus, Arner- j
ican Library Association, Camp Li- i
braries, Camp Community Service,,j
and the Salvation Army service will j
be on. Never before in the history t
of the world have such associations
come together in a united effort to
secure civilizing surroundings in the
midst of such grueqome tasks.
The American Library Association,
for instance, works ih harmony with
all the other associations in addition
to maintaining forty-one camp li
brary buildings in the cantonments,
supplying 143 hospitals and Red
Cross houses, 315 small military
camps, 350 distributing points over
seas, 405 naval and marine stations
and ships, supplied 1,547 branches
and stations located in recreation
huts, barracks, and mess halls, 1,-
030,000 books over seas, 3,000,000
gift books, placed in service, and 5,-
000,000 magazines distributed. In the
early, rather reactionary, days it was
AUSTRALIAN VIEW OF IT
[From a speech in London by
Premier Hughes of Australia, re
ported in the Londbn Times.]
Germany, balked of victory by the j
sword, is frantically striving not only 1
to void paying the penalties of her j
crimes, but to win by craft that!
which she failed to win by force.
With infinite cunning she is trying
to persuade the people of the earth
that she has repented of her crimes
in sackcloth and ashes. The Hohen
zollerns. seeing fearful visions, speak
about the democratization of Ger-
I many. Hertling resigns. The
| Socialists of Germany, their hands
i red with the blood of the protelariat
1 of Europe, who have been and are
' the servile instruments of the kaiser,
are pushed forward to strut the stage
in a new part.
The scene has changed. ' The
kaiser in 1914 stood in the forefront
of the stage, clad in shining armor,
and brandishing his sword on high,
with blasphemous tongue said, "The
Holy Spirit has descended upon me
I because 1 am the emperor of the
| Germans. I am the instrument of
! the Most High. Woe' and death to
i those who resent my will." Now he
discreetly retires into the back
ground and pushes his tool, Scheidc
mann, or some other Socialist, into
the forefront. But all this hypocriti
cal maneuvering will avail nothing,
j It will -deceive no one who does not
[ wish to be deceived Not by such
i devices, or by any, can the Hun
j escape the penalty of his dreadfull
' crime. Before the bar of the civi
| lized world he has been adjudged,
t'oupd guilty, and must drink the
j cup to its dregs. Only In this way
can -Justice be done and civilization
be ensured against a repetition of
his crime.
That is tlje view, I hope, that the
people of the earth are taking of
this hypocritical maneuvering in
Germany to-day. It may be that
there will be a change. It may be
that the Hun will grant constitu
tional reform, but not one of these
things will put France back where
she was and restore her ruins and
her industries; will put Belgium
I where she was. or bring the hap
! less men and women who have been
butchered . Let them pay the price.
(Cheers.) And when they have done
that, so far as I am concerned, they
shall be welcomed Into the family of
the nations, just as any other crim
inal who has served his sentence is
received into the community of the
people. But until then —No. I
hope that the Allies are firmly de
termined to push this war to the
end, and that they will not be by
any means cowed out of their
august rights.
Isn't Even Shocking
It seems that the German Twenty-
Eighth Division glories In the name
of the "Flying Shock Division," but
so far as observers can detect it
isn't flying so very Ynuch faster than
any other division.—From the Kan
sas City Times.
Reduced to Chicken Gravy
One-half ounce of butter to each
person. Bang—there goes the bkk
ed potato.—From the 81. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
| thought that the soldier had no time
I to read. That this is fallacy has been
j proved by the results. Not only do
II he camp libraries distribute as many
| books as the public libraries in town
:of the same size, but the reading
j matter is of the highest type.
! Six hundred thousand books, most -
I ly of a technical nature, have been
j purchased and distributed for the
soldiers' use. Every transport has
its collection which is left on the
other side. The rooms provided by
all these various services are crowd
ed with those off duty for the mo
ment at all hours —but meal times.
All these interests must be gener
ously supported. The contributor
will receive no bond at 4 Mi per cent.,
but he will be conscious of a very
much higher premium in the di
version, instruction and entertain
ment of these wonderful lads who
are teaching the Hun how to fight
for a principle without expecting
reward.
Be sure that-you do your best for
this noble work.
BOOKS FOR SOLDIERS
in the C'B, ontlie seas, artti over the
The Hand of Judas
[From a sermon by the Rev. S.
Parkes Cadman, delivered in Brook
lyn, N. Y„ October 20.]
Some Ignominious correspondent
from Washington hints, in a local |
sheet, that we havg no desire to
punish Germany. As to that, some !
sins are punishable here, others go
forward to heaven's tribunal for
their punishment. But what do I
you think of the general situation? ,
Are we prepared to take the hand
of this Judas and begin to huckster I
with him? It has been suggested
that the Socialist party in Germany
will be the means of contact. Yet,
with some exceptions, and these in
dividual ones, no party has been
more recreant to its own teachings
than the Socialists of that empire.
They are foresworn themselves and
split their propaganda. I speak
under restraint, since none know
what a day or an hour will bring
forth.
But this much I say:. Germany
must make an unconditional sur
render and the Allied Powers must
dictate the terms of peace. If this
adjustment comes tomorrow, well
and good. But come when it may,
it is the only adjustment that can
satisfy the justice with we
set out and with which we must
keep step. When Belgium, Serbia,
the Slavonic peoples, Armenia, Po
land, the South American states,
Japan,.and the four great powers
of the Entente have agreed what
to do, that will be done. The pro
cedure, the forms observed, are
secondary.
Lord Reading said during the last
week that Justice is merciful when
there are extenuating circumstances,
but where there are none it be
hooves Justice to be stern. I take
it that you are ready to extend
clemency if any one will find the
ektenuating circumstances. 1 con
fess 1 Hnd few, except for the misled
and ignorant peasants of Austria
apd Germany.
And if we propose to make guilt
personal, how can the houses of
Hohenzollern and Hapsburg escape?
It is presumable that they will shift
their sails to the changing winds,
if possible, to save their dynastic
hopes by immolating those of the
peoples cursed by their sway. But
it seems clear that when we have
won the war, which we. have yet to
win, the kaisers and their families,
the sultan and his harem, and their
counselors and agents, must be
brought to the bar of an outraged
Christendom. Wo have no need to
demand more than that. Give them
an open and impartial trial, and
then let Justice, always Justice, pre
vail.
SO I SENT MY TRUE LOVE
Lips that still were laughing.
Eyes that still could dance —
So I sent my true love
On his way to France.
Through the days he needs me,
While we are apart.
He shall feel my laughter
Lifting up his heart.
He shall go unburdened
By any grief he knows,
Down the dusty roads of France
Singing as he goes.
All my love and laughter
Through his days shall flow—
If I cry before the dawns
He shall never know! s
—By Margaret Wlddemer in the
Pictorial Review.
NOVEMBER 2, 1918.
THE TRUTH
[From the New York Sun]
In his address at Carnegie Hall
last evening Theodore Roosevelt de
fined with absolute precision the
meaning of President's Wilson's
phrase "the leaders of the minority,
although unquestionably pro-war,
have been anti-Administration," as
used in Mr. Wilson's letter of last
Friday. Colonel Roosevelt said:
"Now, what does Mr. Wilson mean
when he speaks of these leaders as
being, although 'pro-war,' yet 'anti-
Administration'?
"He means that when the War
Department was administered with
utter ineitlcieney they investigated
the matter and insisted upon effi
ciency.
"He means that when they found
that nothing effective was being done
in shipbuilding the£ insisted that the
work be speeded up.
"He means that when they found
that $600,000,000 had been spent for
airplanes and yet that not an air
plane had reached our soldiers at
the front they insisted that our
soldiers should get the airplanes for
which the people paid.
"The entire offence of the Repub
lican leaders in Mr. Wilson's eyes
is that they have demanded that
inefficiency, waste and extravagance
be remedied. Such a demand he
treats as 'anti-Administration.' In
other words, th.o attitude which pa
triotic people regard as pro-United
States he regards as anti-Adminis
tration."
Nobody else has exposed with
greater clearness or more convinc
ing particularity the exact signifi
cance of Woodrow Wilson's words
than did Theodore Roosevelt in
these unimpeachable sentences; and
few Americans, tortured though
thousands of them are by their con
sciences, have the courage Theodore
Roosevelt displayed at this time in
uttering these unassailable truths.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
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climb up 'jQ (j. -wBW
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breath went
back on him.
STORM
WARNING.
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2.4 t* 1 .UK ta lovely bath
ing suit.
HOW HE GOT I|!lil||Mr I
gave you the
He: Nobody.
I . had to 'fight AC
CALLED.
t Emotional Pa
triot—My coun
try calls me.
Mlss | Keen—lt
shouldn't have
been necessary
to call if you
have any useful
service to per
form. You ought
to have been on
the Job,
A WAY TO
LEARN.
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do If I should j |/w s j7 \*//
To steal a kiss jj/J tfVfiß Jjk
from you V*4 ■ [ U
asked he. BgWi
"To answer that
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fumting (Eljat
Pennsylvania'* 1919 automobile
license tags will not only have a cob
or scheme which will be materiall]
different from that of former yeara
but will be changed in style so thai
such practices as painting old tagi
with the colors of the current yean
which have been reported here from
time to time, will be impotent to de
ceive. The new tags, which are com.
mencing to reach the warehouse ot
the automobile division of the Stat*
Highway Department by the thou
sands, have the name of the stat*
and the figures of the year with th
soft metal keystone for the manu
faeturer's number on the opposite
side from those which have been in
use the last few years. This is th*
second radical change which hai
been made in the style of the licen<
ses. Applications for the new licen*
ses for 1919 are commencing to ar*
rive, but tlio full tide will not stari
much before Thanksgiving Day. A*
far as possible, says Registrar G. Bi
Brusstar, the present holders oi
numbers will receive the numberi
again, but that does not seem to
have checked the requests of people
for special numbers. Among the re.
quests made have been for liguret
corresponding with house, post of.
tice box or other numbers, wtrrfe a
new line of requests is for the num.
bcr with the figures of a year where-
In the owner of an automobile got
married or graduated from college.
• •
The influenza quarantine appear*
to have been prolific of dispute in
many sections of the state and men
who have fallen out with local of.
ticials and with friends over phase*
of the quarantine have commenced
to write letters to various depart,
ments at the Capitol. The Health
Department mail has reached big
proportions, while the Governor'*
office Is also hearing from the folk*
at home. The Attorney General'*
Department, which gets all the legal
problems, refuses to give opinions.
• * •
Men who objected to the closing
of the counties of Pennsylvania ta
the hunting of the grouse hav*
changed their minds and now be
lieve not only that it was a mosl
timely and popular action, but thai
it will actually be the means of pre
venting the extermination of grous*
tn some sections. In opinion of cer
tain sportsmen who have sent result!
of their observations in the first ten
days of the small game season to
Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, secretary of th
game commission, a longer period
than a year should have been fixed
to permit of extensive propagation,
One of the most successful closed
seasons in recent years was that or
wild turkeys, which were protected
for two years during which tinu
purchases of birds were made and
sportsmen gave their aid to stepi
to care for the birds. The result hat
been that there have been more such
fowls shot than for years and ex.
eel lent sport has been provided. Dr
Kalbfus says that he has failed to
find any one who regrets the closing
of the state to grouse shooting and
that many of the hunters have re
marked upon the scarcity of th
birds. Young grouse have been seec
as conditions were favorable to
hatching and some attention wai
given to protecting them from harm
by wardens and sportsmen. The atatA
will make every effort possible in th
next year to increase the grouse and
if any can be bought they will b*
obtained, but Dame Nature is beine
relied upon to restore this greal
game bird.
"I don't think there has been at
much betting on the election in Har.
risburg this year as usual," said a
man who rather closely follows the
making of wagers and who is often
a stakeholder. "As a matter of fact,
the war has replaced the election
as a betting subject and men hav*
been betting more on the duration
of the war than on who is going to
be elected or the size of majorities."
• • •
And now right after hearing that
the sauerkraut crop in this part ol
Pennsylvania is going to be shy w*
are confronted with the news thai
there are not as many turnips as ex.
pected. There was a time when
saaierkraut and turnips furnished
I with potatoes were the backbone of
! many a winter meal in Dauphin and
! Cumberland counties. The war is
j working havoc in other fields than
I those of transportation and com.
I munication.
! | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Justice Alexander Simpson, Jr.,
started in life as a carpenter's ap
prentice and studied law in spare
time.
—Congressman Henry J. Steele, of
Easton, is a banker and active in
business in the Delaware and Le
high Valleys.
—Senator Marshal Phipps, of
Venago, is a former National Guard
officer.
—General C. D. Dougherty, one of
the election commissioners, has serv
ed in that capacity the last three
years.
—Walter McNichols, the acting
Commission of Labor and Industry,
began his business career in a Store
in Soranton.
—Congressman Thomas S. Crago
is one of the men most consulted by
War Department officials in regard
to army legislation for the war.
—Representative John M. Flynn,
of Elk, who Is unopposed, is a big
manufacturer who likfes public life
for the fun he gets out of it at leg
islative sessions.
—Henry K. Boyer, Montgomery
food administrator and former
State Treasurer has resigned office
owing to his health.
[ DO YOU KNOW 1
That Harrisburg Is malting
socks, leggings and shoes for
soldiers and shells and mounts
for cannons and even machinery
to manufacture airplane parts?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Maps of 1759 show three main **"
highways entering Harris Ferry.
Giving 'Enery 'ls Due
[From the Tld-Blts, London]
"Ow are you terday, Mrs. Jones?"
said Mrs. Muggins from the corner
house- "I'm very sorry to 'ear of
the death of your husband."
"Yes, dead and burled 'e is, too,"
said the widow, drying her eye*
with the corner of her apron. "Eh!
bless 'lm, I gev 'im a good funeral;
'e 'ad sixty followers."
" 'Ow did yer manage to feed
all them?" gasped Mrs. Muggins.
"Well, ter tell yer the 'onest
truth, Mrs. Muggins, I couldn't get
food no 'ow, an' I didn't like to
seem mean, 'cos 'Enery, bless 'im,
was well insured. W'ep we come
back from the cemetery I ups an'
tell 'em to go home for their tea,
an' then come back. 'ere. So to
show 'em it wasn't meanness, I
took 'em all to the 'lppedrome and
paid for 'em. Poor 'Enery, It wa*
a grand funeral, but none too good
for 'im, bless 'lm!"