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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1918
There are three kinds of people in
the world—the wills, the won'ts and
the cants; the first accomplish ev
erything, the second oppose every
thing and the third fail in every
thing.—WlLLlAM T. ELLIS.
GERMANY BEATEN
THE end of the war is so plainly j
In sight that fighting may come
to an end before these words
reach the public. Germany has been
unable to procure an armistice be
fore the defeat of her armies. The
military supremacy of the Allies has
'been clearly proved. German sol
diers are utterly defeated and in
panic-stricken flight. Even though
actual warfare ends to-day, the world
knows that the Allies have smashed
the Gerqtan military machine, and
that it is trying desperately to save
the remnants from utter annihila
tion. That is the big thing that his
story will record of these momentous
days. The legend of German invinci
bility is shattered.
Xnd the next biggest thing Is the
plight in which the German empire
finds Itself. It is in grave danger of
going the way Russia has gone. It
will be to the interests of the Allies
to save the nation from this disaster.
The Bolshevik Is a menace to the
world. Bolsheviklsm must be put
down If civilization is to live. A quick
cessation of the war, the occupation
of German territory by Allied forces,
the abdication of the Kaiser and a
complete democratization of Ger
many alone can save the country
from a deluge of blood from within.
We have no great pity for the Ger
man people In the misfortune that
has overcome them, but It Is our
duty to the world and to ourselves
to put down the international crim
inal wherever he may be found, and
the Bolshevik Is as bad as the Kaiser
himself.
Germany has broken with the shaky
Government of Russia, but having
stolen about everything that the
Prussian Invaders could lay their
hands on, they are probably quite wil
ling to relinquish any further respon
sibility. One of the specifications of
the peace terms with Germany should
be the sending of an enormous salvage
corps of the Allied armies to scour
every part of Germany for the plunder
which has been shipped back from the
Invaded territory. Germany will never
get what's coming to her until there
Is a thorough reclamation service es
tablished which will return, so far as
possible, the stolen property of the
neighboring countries.
ARE YOU READY?
ONLY those who are In Intimate
touch with the great wap work
program of seven wonderful
organizations have any real appre
ciation of the comprehensive char
acter of their big undertaking. Of
all the projects that have b'een
launched, however, none Is more
far-re&chlng than the determination
of the United War Work campaign
era to establish among the fighting
forces of the United States overseas
universities for the continuance dur
ing the period of demobilization of
the educational work which was in
terrupted with the breaking out of
the war.
Several thousand professors are
being mobilized under the direction
of the united campaign leaders for
educational work on the other side
of the ocean. All the Y. M. C. A.
and Knights of Columbus buildings
will be utilized as educational cen
ters and here the university work
; will on. Millions of dol
lars are necessary for this splendid
effort In behalf of the boys who have
been fighting the battles of freedom
and justice. Many of the young
soldiers will come back as a reaqlt
of this program ready for their de
grees or prepared to continue their
eollege careers without any serious
Interruption of their studies,
This arrangement will reproduce
In a way the military institute of
kven ma
I peace times where the educational
[ and the military are combined In a
wholesome and practical manner.
There are thousands of buildings
available for the soldiers and the
Importance of continuing at the
close of hostilities the welfare work
which has been so largely resport*
etble for maintaining the morale of
the fighting forces Is evident. When
our fighters come back they will
bo better men In every way than
when they left. But We must stay
with them until they get back homsl
There will not only bo oppor
tunity for the classical training of
the men: thero will bo vocational
training and every opportunity to
tit themselves for even better things
when they return homo than they
had before going Into the army. '
So the United War Work organi
sations are getting right behind the
men at tho most critical time to
prove to them that the people at
home are ready to back thein in war
or peace. The plans that have been
worked out to let our flghtors go
to school —to give men vocational
and technical training that will fit
them to earn more when they return
than they did before they left —the
opening of the English and French
universities for higher education —
the organization of correspondence
cobrses so that however isolated
a man may bo he can benefit by
these advantages—these are the
things which the great army educa
tional program of the United War
Work campaign contemplates and
which the people of the country are
now to provide for in their
contributions to the big drive that
will get fully under way next Tues
day, the 12th of November.
So it is up to you to show by your
willingness to help in the raising of
this great fund that you are much
interested in the fighting men who
are ready for peace as you were for
the same men who were pepared
to make the supreme sacrifice for
you on the fighting front.
The nearer peace conies the more
you must give—to make the period
of demobilization an asset instead of
a dangerous liability for our fight
ers.
THANKSGIVING WEEK
GOVERNOR RRUMBAUGH has
asked the people of the Com
monwealth to observe to-mor
row as Thanksgiving Day for the
passing of the influenza epidemic.
That is a good thought, but why not
enlarge upon it? Why not make the
whole of next Week a Thanksgiving
period for the victory that has come
to the Allied arms and the preserva
tion of civilization?
The man who is truly thankfol
gives. The ancient Hebrews offered
up sacrifices of the best that God had
given them. Let us emulate that
worthy example by giving something
of our plenty to those who need it,
and with the War Work committee
asking for SIBO,OOO from tho city
alone, it will not be difficult to de
cide where your gifts should go.
Be thankful to the soldiers and
sailors who have made our civiliza
tion secure and register the fervency
of your prayers by the number of the
dollars you give for their welfare.
Give as you pray.
] "
OF THE OLD SCHOOL
THE Telegraph published last
evening a poem by Prof. J. H.
Kurzenknabe, of Camp Hill,'long !
a resident of this city and known
and loved by thousands. If all the
people native to Germany were of
the kindly nature of the aged j
musician there never would have
been a war.
As Mr. Morgenthau, tlfe dis
tinguished former ambassador to
Turkey, said during his address in i
Chestnut street hall Thursday, the
German life of a half-century back
has been crushed by the military
teachers, who took the children at
the cradle and instilled into their
hearts and minds the damnable doc
trines that almost ruined civiliza
tion and are about to destroy the
forces that set them in motion.
Just now we are so sore over the
atrocities of the modern Germans
that we have forgotten for the
moment the older, kinder Germany,
but we are not so vengeful but that |
we hope the old days will return!
and after a period in sackcloth and !
ashes the Germans may again come
into their own. Prof. Kurzenknabe is
of the old school of Germans, but
ho is of the modern school of
Americans, all wool and a yard
wide.
THE ONION CROP
WESTERN Pennsylvania far
mers complain that they have
no market for the 75,000
bushels of onions they raised this
year, and they are at a loss to under
stand why. We think we know. Most
likely its because of the scarcity of
> good beefsteak. Steak smothered in
! onions used to be a favorite dish In
) many restaurants. But when the
army went to France and most of tho
fine cuts of beef followed! and what
was left at home shot up beyond
the price wo once paid for turkey,
the consumption of onions suffered
likewise. The remedy is equally
simple and scientific. Let the far
i mers who complain raise steers on
one half the farm and onions on tlie
other, and—presto—the problem Is
solved.
Or, the war coming to an end and
the supply of boef for home con
sumption being gradually increased,
why not an advertising campaign to
popularize the consumption of beef
steak smothered in onions, In which
the restaurant men and the growers
of French fried potatoes might Join.
Pictures of a prime broiled sirloin,
surrounded by steaming brown
onions, with crisp potatoes on the
side, together with a pot of coffee
and plenty of bread and butter—be
fore-the-war-slze orders —and the
line "Tender and julcyl fragrant and
wholesomei" or something like that,
ought to do the trlek. Which would
be profitable for the hewspapere as
well as the onion growers,
We know a lot about onion grow
ing and selling) ilo We not? We do
not,
r f > U[tic4'
"^KK^tcayua
By tlio Kx-Committeeman
Probably the thing which Is caus
-1 Ing the most comment among men
who have studied the returns of
Tuesday's election is that thero
should have been conditions ap
proaching panic among Republicans
in some sections of tho state a week
ago. There were places in Pennsyl
vania which were covered with a
blue haze seven or eight days ago.
Some Republican loaders of long ex
perience were over the
situation and Inclined to give ear to
the extravagant claims of Demo
crats and to disregard the predic
tions from the Republican state
headquarters.
A week ago State Chairman Wil
liam E. Crow calmly stated that the
Republican majority for the state
ticket was going to go close to 200,-
000, but observers, accustomed to
the vagaries of Pennsylvania politics,
took a different view and talked of
75,000. The truth of the matter is
that between the noise made by the
Democrats in their Insistence that
Democratic Congressmen had to be
elected to win the war and other re
markable pre-election statements
and the din made by the liquor in
terests and the "experlnced boost
rs" about Judge Bonniwell many
men were led astray.
The result has shown that State
Chairman Crow and the people at
Republican headquarters had their
ears to the ground a week ago and
got it right. Incidentally, Senator
Sproul, who made 150,000 as his
mark, received a very pleasant sur
prise in a majority which distanced
even his record vote over and above
his opponent at the primary.
The conclusions to be drawn are
that the Republicans were united and
did not realize how much the Presi
dent's appeal had damaged his own
party, already rent by the row be
tween McCormick and Palmer on
tho one hund and Bonniwell on the
qjher.
—Men who have followed politics
will regret the death of Samuel E.
Hudson, dean of political writers in
Pennsylvania. "Sam" Hudson, as <ie
was known to every man who ever
got anywhere in state or Philadel
phia affairs in the last forty years,
entered newspaper work early in the
seventies and Became noted as a
Washington correspondent for the
Philadelphia Bulletin and as a legis
lative correspondent. He was a varied
and prolific writer, most entertain
ing and with a fund of reminiscence
which he had lately been writing for
the North American's Sunday issue.
Mr. Hudson was connected with most
of the Philadelphia newspapers in
his day and was a figure at many
legislative sessions.
—lt will take the soldier vote to
decide the Luzerne county Congres
sional contest. Lackawanna's result
will not be changed by the soldier
vote and it looks as though the Dem
ocrats had won the seat.
—Mayor Smith is out for a lower
tax rate in Philadelphia.
—Pittsburgh people will demand
creation of a State Health Commis
sion to review acts of the Commis
sioner of Health ds a result of the
influenza controversy.
—James M. Hamilton, a figure in
the battles against the McClure peo
ple in Delaware county, has retired
from politics, it is said. He was some
fighter and cost the McClures wake
ful nights and large expenditures.
—The manner in which every
northern tier county went Republi
can is somewhat interesting because I
it means Republican peace even if
the perennial Philadelphia row does
try to break out again.
—The boom for Representative
Aaron B. Hess, of Lancaster city,
for speaker is said to be now In the
finishing shop. It will appear soon.
—The general impression is that
there will be very little opposition
to the nomination of Frank A. Smith,
former Republican county chairman,
for Senator to succeed Lieutenant
i Governor Edward E. Beidleman.
! There will be a special election in
1 the winter. Mr. Smith is favored
by many Republicans in city and
county.
—All expense accounts of the 126
commissioners dispatched to camps
and stations of the army and navy
and marine corps in this country
jto take the votes in the national
I service will be audited by the Dep
uty Secretary of the Commonwealth
and paid by the Auditor General's
Department without question, ac
cording to a statement heard to-day.
The appointment of commissioners
i was a matter in the discretion of the
Governor and there is over $12,000
in the State Treasury to pay the ex
| penses. The state allows ten cents a
I mile traveled. The stjte will be call
-1 ed upon to pay a 'pretty penny for
S expenses of some of the commission
| ers who were sent as far as Salt
Lake, Fort Sill, Fort Russell and
I other places in the Far "West where
few Pennsylvanians were reported,
while the cost of the six or eight
sent to Pacific coast states will run
high considering the number of
votes polled.
—The Philadelphia and Pitta
burgh newspapers print considerable
interesting speculation from Wash
ington about the figure Pennsylvania
1 will cut in the next Congress. The
Inquirer, for instance, says: "In
the House, where the latest returns
, show a net gain of two Republi
cans in the Pennsylvania delega
tion, Representative Thomas S. But
, ler, of Pennsylvania, doubtless will
be made chairman of the committee
on navql affairs. Representative
1 Benjamin K. Focht, of the Seven
. teenth Pennsylvania district, is
ranking Republican of the war
claims committee, which will In
crease in importance. Representative
J. Hampton Moore, of Philadelphia,
will loom large in the Investigations
which the Republicans will launch to
see how the war appropriations have
been expended. He has tried both
in the ways and means committee
and on the floor of the House to se
cure legislation looking toward the
creation of a joint committee on
expenditures, and has invariably
been blacked by the Democratic ma
jority. With control in the hands
of the Republicans the lid will be off
for a thorough accounting of the
gigantic war appropriations, and It
is expected Mr. Moore will be promi
nent in the investigation. New Re
publican faces In the Pennsylvania
delegation will be Edward S. Brooks,
who succeeds Andrew R. Brodbeck,
in the Twentieth district; S. A. Ken
dall, who follows Bruce F. Sterling,
and Willis J- Hullngs, who defeats
Earl L. Beshlln."
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ITALIA IRRIDEXTA
[From the Kansas City Star>
The complete and decisive victory
achieved by Italian arms, a victory
which, measured by its direct and
immediate results, must be account-1;
ed one of the greatest in the war's {
annals, will be accorded the fullest
recognition by the Allies and by his
tory. A year after the defeat of
Caporetto, in which German treach
ery accomplished what German and .
Austrian arms could not do, the'
army has shown the world how
slight was the crack opened up in I
the Italian defense by the elaborate j
propaganda and barrage of lies with ;
which the enemy had sought to 1
break it down, and how steadfastj
and unshaken Italian nationalism;
and the character of the Italian I
people remained thoughout the or- ;
deal.
The resolute stand on the Piave,'
after the retreat from the Isonzo, j
deprived the enemy of all the ex-,
pected fruits of his victory, pur-1
chased by deceit and intrigue. The |
army did not break, the nation stood I
firm and, instead of the sack of!
Venice arid the triumphant march to |
Rome the enemy had promised him- !
self, he was forced to devote his I
whole strength to holding a line,
that profited him nothing and kept j
from Germany the help that had I
been hnticipated from a released
Austrian army.
If Italy had done no more for the !
Allied cause, this canceling of Aus
trian, co-operation with the German
forces in other theaters would have
been an ample measure of service
from a nation without large econo
mic resources and deficient in war
material, such as coal and steel.
But Italy was not content with
that effort. Her soil was invaded.
Her ancient provinces were unre
deemed and she had lost the line of
her first brilliant advance. She re
sumed the offensive, forced the pass
age of the Piave, defeated and routed
a great Austrian army that occupied '
a front of more than a hundred j
miles, and in a campaign erf but a i
few days, laid Austria's military j
power in the dust. 'Germany's last j
ally, the power closest to her and on j
which which she counted the most,
was put out of the war, and, by
a poetic Justice, put out by the na
tion the Austrians had long oppress
ed and despoiled.
Italy is redeemed. The Italian
flag again floats in Trieste and the l
Trentino, and in the acclaim of the |
Italian people over this victory of J
Justice every Allied people wii l
heartily join its voice.
Both Were Proud
[From the Chicago Tribune.]
Anna, the maid, having picked up
a woolly sheep, a soldier boy, a
Teddy bear, and many kindred treas
ures strewn about, vigorously pro
ceeded to tidy up the apartment-
Mother came home and expressed a
warm approval.
Much gratified, the maid re
marked with pride: "It takes me
to clean up." ,
With equal pride Delia remarked:
"It certainly takes me to dirty up.
That gives you a lovely chance to
get praised by muvver."
LABOR SOTES
The convention of the North Caro
lina State Federation of Labor peti
tioned the State Legislature to pass
a free textbook law.
In the steel works at Hanyang,
China, common labor gets $3 a
month, skilled labor gets from $8 to
812 a month.
Traffic over the Tralee and Dingle
(Ireland) I.lght Railway was sus
pended for some days owing to a
strike of the employes.
It is estimated that in all lines of
Vork 1.442.0A0 women have stepped
in to fill the depleted ranks of indus
try in England.
The anthracite coal district has
lost 30,000 miners through the draft,
enlistments and by Inducements of
fered in other industries.
State administered workmen's
health insurance was Indorsed by
the Colorado State Federation of
Labor at Its recent annual conven
tion.
Pennsylvania railroad clerks in
Philadelphia are Joining the Broth
erhood of Railway Clerks in squads
and platdons.
There are 8.000.000 British wage
earners now being paid from the
public funds, either for service with
the oolors or in munition work and
other war trade*
Every Hut Will Be a University
Class Room When Victory Is Won
WHAT shall I do when I get
hack home?"
"Will I be all out of step?
"Will these warfare years unfit me
for making progress in business
when I return?"
These are the questions that boys
are asking over there —asking them
eagerly, half fearsomely. They
have given a year, or two, or three
years and of the best part of their
lives. Will it mean that they are
handicapped permanently because of
that sacrifice?
Not much! When the day of final
victory comes every "hut" in France j
will become a university class room.
Our belief in the necessity and value I
of this work is so great and our;
confidence in the backing of tho j
people so strong that the Y. M. C. A. }
recently ordered over two million j
dollars' worth of educational books j
to go to France now and be paid for j
out of the money to be raised in j
the forthcoming United War Work i
campaign. The leading educators of |
America have been across and laid
out the plan; the best teachers that
Our lighters haven't failed*you.
Don't fail them! When pcaoe
revues more than ever they will
need the entertainment and
educational work of these seven
organizations.
j
our schools and universities can pro- j
vide, have volunteered to go across. I
And with them will go a steady >
stream of the ablest American busi
nessmen. Together they will keep
the boy up to the mark. They will
give him the chance to come back,
a better trained, more resourceful,
more successful boy than when he;
wont away.
He has fought your battles forj
you and won. Will you send him the ,
men and the books that will help
him to win the battle of after life? |
Dr. John R. Mott has this to say j
of the great reconstruction move
ment for soldiers:
"The burning question to-day is, j
. shall the period of demobilization be •
a period of demoralization or not?
j We have sent more than 800 pro-1
What Have I Done?
[From the United War Work Cam
paign Literature]
What have you done, what have you
done
To help the boys "Behind the gun?"
Men who, fagged and travel weary.
Turned the tide at Chateau Thierry,
And those whose bleeding bodies
stood
The hail of death at Belleau Wood?
For these, the bravest under the sun.
What have you done? What have
you done?
What have you done, what have
you done
To back the men who stopped the
What have you offered —words or
deeds
To meet your country's urgent
needs?
Trenches in France are running red
With freemen's blood for freedom
shed.
They braved the blast of fire and
gun.
What have you done? What have
you done?
What have you done, what have you
done
Along the trail of the frightful Hun
To mend the bodies racked and torn?
What have you given, what forsworn
: To ease the hunger, pain and woe
j Wrought by a brutal, savage foe?
i Have you a heart, or have you none?
I What have you done? What have
you done? '
What will you have when vlct'ry's
won—
A record to show or one to shun?
Which shall it be to praise or blame,
1 A glow of pride or blush of shame?
I When war scarr'd heroes question
I you,
What will you say, what will you do?
Answer to conscience—every one,
"What have I done? What havo I
done?"
—AMfHI WRIGHT.
Retaining One's Confidence
Cast not away therefore your con
fidence, which hath great recom
pense of reward. —Hebrews x, 88.
fessors and teachers over there and
we need two thousand more. We
need five million dollars for text
books alone, for the American Army.
We need three million dollars for
books of reference. The educational
program ought to get one hundred
million dollars .by itself."
Among other plans originated in
Harrisburg for stimulating interest
in the United War Work fund and
raising the city's quota of SIBO,OOO,
and the district's quota of SBOO,OOO,
i the endless telephone story, which
was originated in Harrisburg by Mrs.
William Jennings, vice-president of
the district committee.
This telephone story is to be told
to thousands of women over tho tele
phone, with the approval of the
district chairman, E. J. Stackpole.
The district chairman for women
1
When tlie whistle blows, and
they cull it the end of the war, ,
don't expect Bill and Jim to l>e
morning. Think how long it took
us to get our lighters across. Then '
you'll realize how long It may
take to get them back. We want
th make the period of demobiliza
tion a line, helpful period for ev
ery Yank. Don't stop giving now.
Tills will be the time they will
need us most.
lines up her county .chairmen; the j
county chairman for women covers j
her county with sufficient workers,
using those already on the county
committee, and adding 'many moro,
so that the story may be carried to
the remotest home. For the rural
communities there will be a woman
for each school district. For cities
and towns the wards will be used
for the units.
The endless telephone story will
start November 11, each committee
member telling seven women the
United War Work story by telephone.
If any women called have heard it,
another woman will be called. Each
one will be told to tell the story
to seven others who have not heard,
| asking each Of them in turn to tell
I seven others, thus making the end
less telephone story. No soliciting
I for money or requests for contribu-
I tions will be made over the phono.
SAVE TIIE LEAVES
[From the Atlanta Constitution]'
The season when tho raking and
burning of fallen leaves is the order
of the day is upon us, but the house
holder, and especially the war gar
dener, who is provident and thought
ful, will rake the leaves that fall
upon and litter his premises, but he
will not burn them.
Instead, he will pile them in a heap
or put them in a pit—which is bet
ter—there tb let nature convert them
into plant food.
This applies not only to the leaves
that fall (Juring the autumnal sea
son, when the trees disrobe prepara
tory to their winter sleep, but to all
I manner of vegetation, such as weeds,
dry grass, dead stalks, etc., that clut
ter the garden' after having served
their immediate purpose. All are of
earth earthly, and all were Intjndect
to return into the earth again. That
is In keeping with nature s rcheiiie.
The agriculturist who is wise, re
gardless of the scale upon which he
operates, will conserve them and
make of them a valuable byproduct
of the year's output.
Going Up
[From the City News]
f Tho military party Jn Germany
(hat has screwed up its face, shut
its eyes and declared It won't take
the medicine under Its nose may
learn something by opening one eye
&nd taking a look at the armistice
terms imposed on Austria.
Armistice terms,' the kaiser and
I his may be Informed, are
I going up. They are a war com
modity and those that must have
them have to pay dear. Germany
must- buy in a rising market.
Bulgaria, Turkey and Austria have
swept the counter bare of anything
that could be called a bargain. They
didn't haggle. They were in such
a. hurry they didn't ask to have the
article wrapped up. Now the kai
ser will have to take what is left
and nobody will pretend it is a thing
he 'drill take any pride In having
sent home. But 11 he must
and at the price marked on It. That
is the only choice left to late comers.
NOVEMBER-' 1918.
'A Question of Law
[From the Pittsburgh Dispatch]
The food administration of Penn
sylvania which has admitted Itself
rebuffed in attempts at remedial ac
tivity by the absence of state laws to
restrain profiteers, believes a way is
opening to effect a change. A mass
of evidence is said to have been col
lected to prove the profiteering prac
j tie* common in Philadelphia, and
Congress will be asked to act upon
| it by providing legislation that will
give the food administration a legal
resource. The long list of regulative
orders issued from time to time has
given the public an impression that
the food administration had almost
unlimited powers, but Mr. Hoover
and his subordinates say the reverse
is true. When the beneficial results
of the food administration in New
' York were pointed to by victimized
Philadelphians the answer invariably
was that official activity in New York
I was through state laws.
Mr. Hoover and his assistants
i deplored from time to time that fed
! eral agents, acting in the national
| interest, were forced to rely for legal
i aid upon state laws, and solicited
i Congress to provide the necessary
| power which always was denied.
' Now the food administration believes
'it has collected enough testimony
on the widespread ravages of the
profiteering epidemic td satisfy Con
; gress that legislative necessity has
> been proved. The Pennsylvania Food
Administration has had field agents
: out for some time gathering prices
* on all staples and noting practices,
| and is able to establish the profiteer-
I tng fact whether Congress gives heed
| and supplies the corrective laws or
I not. The • administration also ex
presses the opinion that if Congress
I will furnish the legal weapon profit
eering in foods can be brought to
an end, the result consumers have
I hoped for without much hope in its
I consummation.
FOUR DAILY LAUGH
NO LONGER
COMPANY.
fpX U Do you know
V <j-y"jthein very well?
("Y . i W I think so.
*J 7 ' Sy) Whenever I go
•\ Fjk'N/ Q/tVere for dinner
| N ' I'm always ex
\ jjfl pected to help
~ 'u.y _|H with the dishes
• ,'Y afterwards. She
* k never thinks of
letting them go
tin morning to
entertain me. •
DUCKED
ANYHOW. rY
I wonder why )| ml
(ones always |fl| f
labors under the if| €Bnj&
(elusion that-bo (jyrfli *i JS?MP
6 in the swim ?
| fj*rd by a so
any rt'i. sJgtj
ILWIRAI'
J| 1 TIME WORKS
WONDERS.
f 1 thot Jones
IML _/ VY£Y ! ;)l S' was a militarist.
*w\}' /\ vi i t Ho was till he
§SFIS& ! got mayrled, but
Nia ij I now he's a pcaco
at-any-prico man.
| POSTING THJE
I BACHELOR. Y YpX
! But even a
j married man
I has a right to jlgSfiaM
! My dear fel- i|ra|M< v
I low, it isn't a iBPBIAYq
| question of |V!Uj'
'question cf 111 • I
lEimmtg (EJjat
The Lykens Valley anthracite min
ing region of Duuphln county -will
show a loss o( hundreds of thousands
of tons, possibly a million, as the re
sult of the influenza epidemic whioJ*
swept through that section wltn
grcut The ban was just
raised to-day on that territory, the
emmgency hospitals at Lykens and
Wiluamstown having been closed a
few days ago. There are dozens of
persons just recovering from the epi
demic and there will be weeks be- ,
fore the full tide of production of
coal can be resumed. In this city it
is estimated that there were 500
deaths and between 7,000 and 8,000
cases, while Steelton was hard hit.
Where housing conditions were not
good there were many fatalities.
Middletown, Hummelstown, Millers
burg and Hershey wore not so seri
ously affected us tho mining section.
In tho mining region tho men are
slowly getting back to work, and
Charles J. Price, the state mine in
spector, says that mining has been
much hampered by tho epidemic.
In Williamsport it is reported that
there -were forty-two deaths in a
population of 5,000, while Tower
City and vicinity, over the Schuyl
kill line, lfad about 115 deaths in
0,000 population. In Lykens and
Wieonisco there were fifty-three
deaths with a population of about
5,000. Several of the collieries were
actually shut down for from three
or four days to a week by the epi
demic and tho production of anthra
cite of a high grade, ordinarily 7,-
000 tons a day went down to fifty
per cent, for tho October working
days. Much 'expense will fall on
municipalities, but largely costs of
lighting the epidemic are going to
be taken out of the half million dol
lars or so to the credit of the State
Health Department. All these bills
will be paid and then sent to the
Auditor General for final auditing.
The cost to the state will not bo
complete for weeks owing to tho
widespread nature of the epidemic
and the extraordinary conditions
which had to be met.
♦ • •
People hereabouts are wondering
what effect the end of the war is
going to have on the plans of the
government and the great military
storehouses established at Middle
town and Marsh Run. Some very am
bitious projects for roau Improve
ment and other developments are in
the wind and if the national au
thorities determine to curtail or
abandon the plants there will bo
changes. The belief is that they
will be permanent,- at least for a
decade to come.
• • •
State Librarian Thomas Lynch
Montgomery, who is greatly inter
ested in the systematic organization
of efforts for collecting the history
of Pennsylvania, has begun prepara
tions for the meeting of the Penn
sylvania Federation of Historical So
cieties here next January. There
are almost fifty societies affiliated
with this organization and they are
being relied upon to assist the State
Historical Commission in assembling
the data relative to Pennsylvania
and the great war, a work of the
utmost importance because of the
tremendous part Pennsylvania men
and resources and products have
played in tho struggle. Captain H.
M. M. Richnrde, of Lebanon, is the
president of the State Federation,
and its first vice-president is a Har
risburger, Dr. Hugh Hamilton,
while .B. M. Mead, the lawyer and
historian, is chairman of tha oom
mittee on sites.
• • •
The white frosts which have
peared on the roofs and lawns of
Harrisburg the last few days brfog
home to us that tho eleotlon Is over
and yet in spite of the heavy char
acter of the particles to be found
on every surface before the sun gets
busy have failed to dim the glory
of the cosmos or tho colors of the
cluyjanthemums. The tall cosmos
jis to be seen peering over many a
' fence and hedge and is rivaling the
chrysanthemums in Insisting that
' this is an ideal autumn in tho Sus
-1 quehanna Valley. And similarly the
I foliage on the Islands show that
winter has not yet compelled the
lowering of the colors.
• •
Pennsylvania's State Capitol, de
dicated in the month of October,
twelve years ago, had fewer visitors
in the month just closed than ever
known in any similar period since
the building wqs formally opened
by Theodore Roosevelt in 1906.
This was due to the fact that tho
month had scarcely commenced be
fore the influenza ban was placed
upon it and all visiting except on
official business was forbidden, tho
"show" places and legislative halls
being closed tight and signs and
watchmen put at the doors. The
office of the guides and the register
on which people of every state and
every nation and every clime have
written their' names were locked up
ana the autumn automobile parties,
which have been a feature of every
year since the famous "penn*r a mile"
excursions instituted by the late
Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker,
were notable for their absence.
This has been a favorite time of the
year for farmers to come to Har
risburg as tho harvesting is ended
and they can visit the Capitol. Even
the State Museum with Pennsyl
vania birds and beasts and reptiles
and fishes had to close up and the
various educational excursions to
study tho exhibits were abandoned.
f WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Dr. Isaac Sharpless, head of
Haverford, says that William Penn
first proposed the" League of Na
tions.
—J. P. Gaffney, Philadelphia cIW
solicitor, says that this is the tin I .*
when salary inequalities should 1%
corrected.
—W. H. Donncr, the steel marni.
facturer, is giving much of his tim 4
to government work at Washington,
—Representative D. J. Bechtpld.
of Steelton, re-clccted this week, U
a native of Myerstown.
—Representative W. K. West, e~
Danville, hero yesterday, has served
three times in the House.
—S. Ddvis Page has been eleotj>*.
president of tho Colonial Social
of Pennsylvania.
f DO YOU KNOW !
-' - " * ■ ■
—Hint Harrfsburg-yvado gun
carriages* are in Pershing's
army? , ,
HISTORIC IIARRISBUJIG
The State Arsenal turned out much
ammunition here during the Civil
War.
Speed, the Parting Pest
Ring out, wild bell\
Across the snow!
The kaiser's goings—?
Let him go!
—Tennyson J. XML [