10 iUKIUSBURG TELEGRAPH A. NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph Building, Federal Saare • E. J. STACKPOLB President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager QUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor A. R. MICHENER, Circulation Manager Exeeatlre Board J. P. McCULLOUOH. BOYD M. OGELSBY, F. R. OYSTER, OUS. M. STEINMETZ. Ifember of the Associated Press—The Associated Press Is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local n*vs published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. 4 Member American yl [Hi Newspaper Pub f g | Eastern office, w Avenue Building Chicago, Entered at the Post Office in Harris berg. Pa.,' as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a week; by mall. $3.00 a year In advance. One taper lights a thousand, . Yet shines as it has shone; And the humblest light may kindle A brighter than its own. —Hezakiah Butterworth. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 118 OUR NEXT BIG TASK SPEAKING before the Klwanis Club yesterday, Dr. H. B. Wal ter, former Select Councilman, voiced the sentiments of thousands of Harrisburgers when he said that the improvement of the housing conditions of Harrisburg should be ; one of our first peace moves. There has been much talk, he said, but little action on the part of indivi duals or organizations who should head the enterprise. Dr. Walter spoke with knowledge, having been for years a member of city council and as a physician getting into homes in all parts of the city. Better housing is not only a hu manitarian but an economical measure. There are better days ahead for this city. We have just begun our growth. So we must come to the understanding that we can not hope to maintain our prestige \ as a progressive city if we do not ' recognize our obligations as to prop er housing for our people. The war has brought with it a wider outlook. Men and women have toiled and fought for better things, and they are going to have them. It is no longer the belief of anybody that four walls and a roof constitute a home. "Home is where the is," and nobody puts much heart into a hovel. Health, oppor tunity, happiness—these ought to be the heritages of every American ' child. Paved streets, parks, filter- 1 ed water, sewers, schools, abundance I of work for those who want it— < these all make for a model city, but the very foundation of the com- ' munity is the home and it ought to 1 be our first consideration. Dr. 1 Walter is correct in his view. Bet ter housing conditions ought to be 1 our first thought in the reconstruc tion program following the war. "War has cost $200,009,000,000, says a news dispatch, and we wouldn't be grudge a penny of it were it possible to bring back to life all the gallant lads who fell in it. MEN OF VISION MAJOR WILLIAM B. GRAY and R. A. Zentmyer, chair man of the State Water Sup ply Commission, are men whose practical knowledge is supplement ed by a breath of vision of the type that makes dreams come true. There was a time when the telephone, the aeroplane, the wireless telegraph and many other devices now in everyday use, were regarded by mil lions as 'the idle notions of vjsion arles—good jokes for neighborhood comedians, but not for a moment to be considered seriously. So it has been for years with regard to the canalizing of the Susquehanna river. But those who heard Major Gray and Mr. Zentmyer speak before the Rotary Club and its guests Tuesday evening were convinced that they knew whereof they spoke and that the great project can be accom plished within a reasonable cost and with great profit to the people of the Commonwealth, and those who use their products the world around. President Ell N. Hershey, who has been entrusted with the selec tion of a committee of representa tive citizens to meet in Harrisburg shortly to prepare a recommenda tion for the Legislature having to do with preliminary work on the river deepening project, has an im portant work to do. If the plan Is pushed to completion, as there Is no reason to believe it will not be in the yeare to come, the gather ing of Suequehanna river delegatee here will be historical. The immensity of the task should frighten nobody. Major Gray told hia audience that the low grade line '.'■ ■■}." .' " •" ■>' •'" ■'•; -*••* •"• ' ( V- • ■' " • r->. • ' THURSDAY EVENING, lARRBIBCrRO (Ms& TELEGHAPII • NOVEMBER 21, 1918. he built for the Pennsylvania rail road a few yeare ago coet $1,000,000 a mile, and that no modern canal construction Costs that much. When It Is remembered that this line was built by private capital and that the great Commonwealth of Penn sylvania would be called upon to finance the Susquehanna project, the amount of money Involved does not setm so Important, especially in view of the accomplishments of the State in meeting its war-time loan quotas. We are no longer stagger ed by expenditures of a few mil lion dollars. Germany, of course, will be fed. but It Is our advice to anybody thinking of visiting Berlin to stay at home for the Thanksgiving dinner. THE BREWERYBUND IF any evidence were needed that the liquor trade is detrimental to public order and the general welfare of the country, it is provided by the investigation now going on at Washington. Testimony has been presented there to show that the brewery interests blacklisted, brow beat and otherwise injured or intimi dated those who had courage enough to openly favor, prohibition. Even one man who had given support to a Christian evangelist was placed on the blacklist. Iron works that required their employes to be temperate were listed for ruin, if the breweries could bring that about by steering business from them. A big automobile company was chalked up for the same reason. De tectives were put by the breweries into the mills of the United States Steel Company to stir up interest In beer drinking. The Delaware, Lacka wanna and Western Railroad Com pany was marked up because it in sisted that its men safeguard the lives of the public and the prop erty of the stockholders by remain ing sober. A big hotel was blacklisted lor the reason that it declined to fight against the closing of bars on Sun days. Isn't it time we put out of busi ness an interest that places Itself above the law and regards its own pocketbook as the sole guiding force of its activities? Isn't it about time that we recognized in this band of blacklisters an instrument of dis order bordering upon anarchy, and quite as bad as the spy system that Germany maintained in America be fore and during the war? Isn't it about time we got rid once and for all of this lawless brewerybund? Are we quite sure that the weed of Kaiserism has been uprooted in Ger many, or are we being lulled into a false security through cunning repre sentatives of the military caste. THE YELLOW HUN THE yellow streak In Germany is getting broader and broader with the passing days. "De vastated Belgium, her peqple en slaved, her children dying, her most precious possessions violently taken from her," says the New York Even ing Sun, "did not complain of her lot as much as the Germans have since the armistice was signed." Nor have the French people, with all their suffering, or Serbia, or Rus sia, or Austria-Hungary, or Turkey, or any other of the impoverished and stricken nations—the victims of Germany—displayed the mean and cowardly qualities of the Hun autoc racy. v As the Sun observes, "Germany howls' like a whipped cur, cringes before its conquerors, weeps creco dlle tears, begs, whines; all the yel low, all the aniline dye the works In all of Germany ever turned out couldn't make her yellower." When the former Kaiser boasted that he was responsible for the use of the slogan, the "Yellow Peril," re ferring to the Asiatic peoples, he was, perhaps, inspired by the color of his own makeup. Public opinion throughout the coun try will support the statesmen at Washington, who are beginning to in sist upon a reduction of national ex penses. During the preparation for and prosecution of the war. the peo ple naturally overlooked heavy ex penditure, due to haste and the neces sity of throwing our whole energy and force into the destruction of the Hun machine, but they will not continue to approve prfitgate or extravagant expenditure under the new conditions. The American people are generous to a fault, but they will also demand an accounting of the Government and will expect a proper stewardship. Again Harrisburg and the Central Pennsylvania counties have acquitted themselves admirably in the great campaign of the United War Work organisation. The Herculean task of raising approximately a million dol lars in this section upon the heels of a great Liberty Loan drive and the comollcatlons growing out of an epi demic and the peace demonstrations, offered problems of the first magni tude. But the patriotism of Pennsyl vania, as emphasized in this city and the surrounding counties, has been manifested in a way to make all of us feel proOd that we live here. In the Senate of the United States there is a determination on the part of Republican leaders to Insist upon open doors at the peace conference at Versellfes. There must be no secret sessions, unless these are absolutely necessary to reach a proper agree ment. President Wilson declared In the first article of his fourteen prin ciples that there should be no secret diplomacy. All the cards must be upon the table and the world should know just what has been done when peace shall have been finally con-' eluded. Gradually the eountry is coming to the realisation of the sectional at mosphere which surrounds the reve nue-making activities of Congress Represenative Kltchln, from the land of cotton, has made It his business to Impose upoa the North and East an unfair . proportion of the increased burden of taxation. Thfb is apparently done with Intent and with ho regard to fairness or equity, but the day that sort of fhing In Congress is hear ing an end, and the disposition to sse tlonalise the Government is bound to glvo way to a broader view of the conditions and the needs of the coun try as a whole. Republicans in the United States Sen ate are determined that the functions of Congress shell not be overruled by an executive government. This is in accordance with the sentiment of the country without regard to political opinion. Republicans are justified. In view of the President's insistence up on a Democratic Congress, in demand ing a proper observance of govern t mental functions. 5 —■ • r Some tart and significant statements have been made since the conclusion of the war. but nothing more pointed has appeared than the reply of Ad miral Wemyss, who retorted to the t German protest, "it is inadmissible j our ileet should be given up without . having been beaten," by observing j quietly: "It had only to come out.' 1 "Our invincible fleet" has gone to i Join "our shining sword." and the s Potsdam hyperbole is at least tempo . rarlly eclipsed. I ( By the Ex-Committeeman While Go'vernor-elect William C. Sproul is off somewhere near the northern state line enjoying a rest j and thinking over men and means to make his administration what the voters of the state willed, specula tion as to appointments under him has broken out again in Philadel phia. It seems to be generally agreed that the new Governor is going to bring about a pretty general reor ganization of the business methods j of the state government and that 1t j may be necessary to enact legisla : tion which would change the person ] nel of the most of the agencies of j the Commonwealth, but meanwhile I it is the open season for rumors and every man who does not like an other man has a chance to say some thing. Verily, as Attorney Gen- I oral Francis Shunk Brown, who has i reached a philosophic stage, re-' : marks; "The last couple of months j is a very interesting period for any- (' j one who has time to listen." Governor-elect Sproul has not vfet made any announcements. Hc>w -1 ever, Philadelphia is filled with re | ports of what he is going to do. ■' Likewise it is interesting to note ! that everyone agrees that Senator |C. J. Buckman will be re-elected ' I president pro tem. of the Senate and ! W. Harry Baker secretary, but that the Speakership of the House is in . doubt. With a considerable element in favor of Representative George W. Williams, of Tioga, there has been an up-state switch to Repre ■ sentatlve C. Jay Goodnough. of Cameron, a "dry" and a regular. There is also some mention of Rep ' resentatives Robert S. Spangler, of York, and W. Heber Dithrich, of Allegheny. The Hess, Ehrhardt, Stadtlandcr and Sinclair booms have not made much headway and Repre sentative W. T. Ramsey, of Chester, . says there is nothing doing. —ln discussing possible changes the Philadelphia Record says the Vares are backing Dr. Wilmer Kru sen, Philadelphia director of health, for commissioner of health, and re vives the whiskered story that the dairy and food bureau is to be placed under control of the health com missioner and a new chief named. Commissioner James Foust has sail ed through many stormy times, however, It may be noted. —The Record also prints this in teresting paragraph: "Considerable opposition has arisen ovej the sug gested reappointment of Frank D. Beary. of Allentown, as Adjutant General. It is claimed by many per sons of prominence in the state that Adjutant General Beary did not measure up to his position when called upon to handle the draft in Pennsylvania. It was only when Ma jor W. G. Murdock was placed in charge that the work incident to the movement of draftees was expedited. Because of the part he played fn sending Pennsylvania's quota to the cantonments and the efficient man ner in which he took over the work of the Adjutant General', Major Murdock is suggested for the Job by persons having at heart the best interests of the state." —Next in interest as a theme of political discussion is the proposed constitutional convention. The Phil adelphia Bulletin says that the mat ter should be taken up seriously and that the Governor-eleCt should push it through if he finds that the time has come. The Record says that the days of a "patchwork" constitution are over. —David H. Lane, the nestor of Philadelphia polities, is to be mar shal of the Philadelphia section of the inaugural parade, which is to- be unusually impressive. —Johnstown city officials have cancelled the Thanksgiving day peace celebration. —Congressman J. Hampton Moore is mentioned by the Philadelphia Press as a possible candidate for Mayor of that city. —Tho Pittsburgh Gazette-Times gives prominence to a demand for nfty more police for that city. Philadelphia's primary bill trial has developed the fact that more printing than needed was ordered. —M. Bogandoff, Vare leader, has been appointed Philadelphia sealer of weights and measures. —The Philadelphia Public Led- > ger is giving considerable promi nence to a campaign against the street cleaning methods in that city and to-day announces that the citi zens committee will demand the cancellation of the bids for 1919 street cleaning which are very high. ' It is stated in other Philadelphia newspapers that there Is rfot har mony tn the moves to obtain a new i city charter. The Committee of Seventy is back of one and the . city solicltoi back of another. It is also intimated that in order to raising the tax rate the city, may ; borrow money. —Presence of Senator James B. ' Weaver, of Latrobe, here to-day re vived Interest at the capitol In the : Westmoreland county judgeship on . which Governor Brumbaugh- has I maintained silence since the hear , ijig early In the fall. ,• * —Wilkes-Barre reports are that i an unofficial tabulation of the sol dier vote from Luxerne elects John J. Casey, Democrat to Congress by 88 votes. vhers will undoubtedly be a contest. Casey was formerly In Congress. —Oscar B. Helm has been elected , secretary of the Reading School Board. —"1 shall be a candidate for re election as president pro. tem. .of the Senate," said Senator C. J. |IT HAPPENS IN THEBEST REGULATED FAMILIES Z- By BRIGGS I OH- ALCWT? ive \ \ Jl E^\ CKTT "Tke T>AftUN6c*T) J Jhc is a J f / *•*. tlt-m . i \ —. rM $p T^X.ouA ((fy 7 */#. To Our Boys Who Died in the Training Camps . IN FLANDERS' FIELDS OUR CAMP HEROES T N B F t LAN T S ' fiC ' dS ,HC P ° PPiCS WOW F" K Between the crosses, row on row, JL i- A That mark our place; and in the sky xt nnn ui rea • The larks, still bravely singing, fly, P°PP es blow ' no songbirds Scarce heard amid the inins'belmv No din of carnage where they lie, heard amid the guns below * No bursting shells o'erhead. We are the dead. Short days ago . a I cu I it- <• j c n a „ ,1 B ut they are dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, T . O J . b . i' j . I hey were at camp; saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved; and now we he t ,l r Anders- fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe! T . •, „• •, .. £ , r , y c Iheir aim it was to fight the foe, tI° U : T n g ! h\ V .T° be u 'here failing hfnds could throw * Hye break faIUS i°s t T h bi( f We shall no. sleep .hough poppies grow be ; knSYo In Flanders fields. • Far, far Iron. Flanders' fields. —LT. COL. JOHN McCRAE, —MRS. MARY A. BACON, Killed in France. I , Harrisburg, Pa. Buckman ,of Bucks, in Philadel phia. "My colleagues were good enough to elect me to that office to serve during the interim and I shall ask them to continue me in the chair for the coming session. I have no thought of being chairman of the committee on appropriations." —Senator W. C. Hackett, of Northampton, will come pretty close to being the Democratic leader of the upper house this coming ses sion. —Chester is getting new experi ences. Now the federal authorities have started a cleanup of their own. —Senator Sproul, who is the old est Republican member of the State j Senate in point of service in that body, according to precedent, is ex pected to issue the customary call for the Republican senatorial cau-1 cus. He will participate! in the or ganization of the Senate before he signs to take the oath of governor. SEA POWER TRIUMPHS It Admiral Mahan could have liv ed to witness the events of thie last fortnight, says a Boston exchange, he would have seen a new and over whelming verification of his nota- j ble thesis that sea power has won most of the great wars of history. It was England's command of the ocean that vanquished Napoleon. It was the strictness of the northern blockade that throttled the South j during our own Civil War. It was j Admiral Togo's victory In the Sea of Japan that sealed the fate of the Russian army In the far east. And it was just as truly the Allied mas tery of the Seven Seas that ulti mately drove the two kaisers from their thrones. Without the silent, steady pres sure of the grand fleet the German people coujd not have been goaded by hunger Into revolution. Without supremacy at sea the steady flow of men and munitions from America ,would have been altogether out of the question. The most critical Junc ure of the whole struggle was the one at which a possible mastery of the sea lanes by submarines put the whole Allied cause for a few months In serious Jeopardy. When the sub marine menace was conquered the issue became one of time alone. For twenty years the German gov ernment devoted itself assiduously to the creation of a fleet which might some day hope to challenge England. It was the German hopo that attrition, accident or some fottunate circumstances their fleet might be enabled to face the Eng lish on something like equal terms. But that opportunity never came. The one encounter off Jutland bank was enough. The whole truth con cerning that sea fight has never been told but when the Germans are willing to give the world the real factt concerning their own losses there will be no need to ask why the Kiel flotilla kept close to shore for the rest of the war. England may have been slow In her mili tary preparations; her statesmen and soldiers may have bungled things In Mesopotamia and and the Darda nelles; but the handling of her great navy has been superb from first to last. As a demonstration of what sea power can do toward the winning of a war the world has never seen anything eo Impressive as the event of the last four years. "What Has England Done?" Strange, that in this great hour, when Righteousness , Has won her war upon' Hypocrisy, That some there be who, lost in littleness. And mindful of an ancient grudge, can ask: "Now, what has England done to > win this war?" We think we see her smile that Eng lish smile, And shrug a lazy shoulder and— just smile. It were so little worth her while to | pause |ln her stupendous task to make reply. What has she done! When with • her great, gray ships, Lithe, lean destroyers, grim, invinci ble. She swept the prowling Prussian from the seas; And, heedless of the slinking sub marine, j The hidden mine, the Hun-made I treacheries, j Her transports plied the waters ceaselessly! | You ask what she has done? Have you forgot That 'neath the burning suns of Palestine She fought and bled, nor wearied of the fight Till from that land where walked j the Nazarene | She drove the foul and pestilential j Turk? | Ah, what has England done! No need to akk! Upon the fields of Flanders and of France A million crosses mark a million graves; Upon each cross a well-loved Eng lish name. And, ah, her women! On that peace ful Isle, Where in the hawthorne hedges thrushes sang, And meadowed-larks made gay the scented - air, ✓ Now blackened chimneys rear thair grimy heads, Smoke-belching, and the frightened birds have fled Before the thunder of the whirring wheels. ;chind unlovely Walls, amid the din. Seven times a million noble women toll— With tender, unaccustomed fingers toil. Nor dream that thew have played a hero's part. Great-hearted England, we have fought the fight "ogcther, and our-mlngled blood has flowed. Full well we know that under neath that mask Of cool Indifference there beats a heart. Grim as your own gaunt ships when duty calls. Yet warm and gentle as your sum mer skies; Nation's heart that beats through out a land Where kings may be beloved, and Monarchy ! Can teach Republic# how they may ' be free. , Ah! What'has England done? When came the call. She counted not the cost, but gave he VILX)A SAUVAGE OWENS, [ AMERICANS AT MARNE One of the essential characteris tics of this battle must always be the part played in it by the Amer icans. For the first time on Euro pean soil a large number of Amer ican troops, formed into divisions, found themselves engaged in a mili tary operation on a very large scale; they were about to undergo a deci sive ordeal. From this ordeal they came out with flying colors, in every sense of the word. The gallantry with which they fought, the skill of their offi cers, the heroism of the men excited the wonder and admiration of every Frenchman who came into contact with them. Many of my comrades were delighted to bear witness of their valor and coolness. General Degoutte was for a long time in Morocco, commanding the celebrat ed Moroccan division, which is one of the glories of. our army; all its regiments have the"fourragere," and their flugs are • decorated with the Legion of ouor. In speaking of the American division which fought at Chateau Thierry the general de clared, "I couldn't have done bet ter with my 'Marocaine,' " and Gen eral Gouraud said of the men: "They are as good as the best of our pollus." "As to the Americans," Foch said, "you may say that they are admir able soldiers; I have only one fault to find with them—they want to go forward too fast —I am obliged to, hold them back. want to I push on all the time, and kill as j many Germans as they possibly | can." When these gallant American di- i visions received their baptism of fire, fighting magnificently beside the j war-hardened French troops, a de-1 cisive moment in the war had been reached. The comradeship, the brotherhood between the French and the Americans was strengthen ed upon the field of battle, and their blood, shed side by side for the same just cause, sealed forever the union of these two great nations. —From' "Marshal Foch und the Second Bat tle of the Marne," by Raymond Itecouly (Captain X), In the Decem ber (Christmas) Scrlbner. OH, BILL! Oh, Bill! Oh, Bill! Where do you. go to now? You've lost lost your throne, You'll have to roam. Whore can you go to now? Oh, Bill!' Oh, Bill! What are you "going to do? The Yanks have won And you must run, Bill, get a move on you! Oh, Bill! Oh, Bill! You and your rat-faced son Are out of a Job And facing a meb— Take to your legs and run. Oh, Bill! Oh, Bill! Look tor a hole and hide; It's the only place To hide your face In all the world so wide. Oh, Bill! Oh, Bill! What are you going to, do? From German-ee ' You had to flee. Bill, where are you going to? Oh, Bill! Oh, Bill! Nobody care# for you; You've lost your crown And tumbled down- Good bye Bill:—you're through. —J. Andrew Boyd, in Wilkes-Barre Record 1 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR~| A MEMORIAL HOSPITAL To the Editor of the Telegraph: It was with a great deal of inter e® that I read your editorial of last Saturday on "A Harrisburg Me morial." I feel as you do that a permanent memorial for those who fopght and bled, for the boys who >oftered up their last measure of de votion for their country and hu manity, "should not only be orna mental, but that it ought also to be useful." And what more worthy and useful memorial could be erected than a hospital building modern and well equipped? A city the size of Harrisburg should have a large institution ' hat can properly care for the sick. Such a hospital, also would be a fitting thanksgiving of fering to the good God who has guided us through the trials and perils of war to a just and victori ous peace. During the recent influenza epi demic I had the sad duty of visit ing the Harrisburg Hospital sev eral times a day. The manner in which the hospital staff—the phy sicians, nurses, etc., handled the critical situation was indeed very commendable and praiseworthy. The hospital authorities had an ex tremely difficult task, but they coped with it very admirably and efficient ly. The Emergency Hospital proved of very great benefit and assistance. But still the facilities were not ade quate. The demands mate upon every hospital in our community were very much greater than they could properly meet. It is true that tho epidemic was one of tremendous proportions—may the like of it never return to our community or any city. It is true that the hos pitals in the large cities could not take care of the enormously large number of cases. Our community, however, is growing. We are dis playing a very progressive spirit in many ways. Harrisburg is in need of a hospital which will be large enough to conform with the size of its population, an institution which will adequately meet the in ireasing demands of our city. The memory of our boys who have fallen upon the battlefield cotlld be perpetuated by calling such a hos i pital "Harrlsburg's WAr Memorial Hospital" or any other appropriate name that may be suggested after careful thought and consideration. An institution of this kind will re abound to 'he glory of our boys that have gone from our midst and it will be a worthy and fitting memorial of which Harrisburg will be able to point with pride and honor for many generations. ! A splendid opportunity is now at hand for ore or more of the civic bodies of Harrisburg to launch the I project suggested in your editorial. I I hope that it will meet with a speedy,* earnest and favorable con- Islderation. Very truly yours, LOUIS J. HAAS, Rabbi, Ohev Sholom Temple. LIGHT FOR POST OFFICE To the Editor of the Telegraph: Conservation everywhere has been practiced until tho putlence of the \ public is well nigh satiated. Just so long as there was a real cause for discomfiture and the many try ing ordeals, the writer acquiesced heartily and peacefully and en couraged • tho process. However, as a frequent visitor to the Post Office in the evening and early morning hours, among many other boxholders, he finds the lobby on the Third street side so poorly illu minated that it is almost Impossible to see and locate the box numbers. The boxholders in tho rear of the elevator are especially Inconveni enced. It is also a matter of regret that there is no light burning at the Third reet entrance early in the morning. It is sufficiently difficult to enter the portals of the office Af ter the entrance is reached by rea son of the peculiar construction of the doors, to say but little about the lack of proper light. Women and children And their strength taxed to the utmost in gaining admis sion. "PRO-BONO-PUBLICO." What Will Be Accomplished? "Abram S. Hewitt," said Mr. Tllden," Is never in doubt until he has made up his mind." Having made up his mind to go to France, President Wilson will now have time for doubt and reconsideration. The people of the country respectfully assent to his decision; we are sure they regret It. —New York Times. lEuptung CHljat "I don't know of any reason why the Susquehanna could not be made navigable by means of a channel. I have thought tor years that it could be made so and I studied it for a time as a matter of interest," was the opinion given here today by Joseph W. Hunter, first deputy highway commissioner. "I have been studying the highways of Penn sylvania for a good many years and u have also considered the waterways. They are capable of much improve ment." Mr. Hunter remarked he had gone along the stream for a good part of Its length In his many trips about the state in connection with highway matters and said that between Harrisburg and McCall's Ferry he believed that the stream could be cleared out by use of explo sives, applying some of the power ful kinds which have been developed during the war to this work. "I think that It would only require four dams between those two points. Up tho river there would be different conditions. In addition to the dams which would be required on the lower reuches the Vtute could get the use of some of the portions of the old canal which could be linked up. There are waters in that sec tion known as "Tho Levels' which could be used. The truth is that the subject has not been gone into us carefully as it might considering thes6 latter day means. The war has brought übout many things which would have been considered impossible. I know it has in some details of highway engineering and I guess it can be found so in regard to the Susquehanna. • * • People up the Susquehanna river are commencing to sit up and take notice of the project for improving tho navigation of the stream and men who have oome to Harrisburg the last few days say that people are recalling with more or less feel ing how coal used to be floated down from the Wlikes-Barre region and tho price per ton hardly pay for a scuttle now a days, while the times when the "garden sass' was landed on the river shore from farms miles away are brought back to memory with more or less point In view of wa£ prices. Some of the people living in the Sunbury dis trict say that steam navigation was considerably In vogue In that region seventy-flve years ago and that boats were run clear up to above Berwick. • • "Just exactly why this city can not use motorboats to get its vege tables from the islands and the farms lying along the shore I don't see" remarked a Susquehanna wor shiper yesterday. "Major Gray has opened up an interesting train of discussion and I hope he may be able to open up a channel. Now there are a dozen motorboats to be had cheap around here and as the old river don't freeze up except for three or four months what's the reason we can't have boats bringing vegetables down the Susquehanna or up or from the Conodoguinet? The motorboat can help cut prices around here Just like the motor truck that goes out and buys up • the produce at tho farm and saves the price of coming to town." • • • Major Gray has not only started the town talking about the Improve ment of the navigation of the wide branching river, but he has caused a somo of the folks living in the lower and eastern ends of the county to conjecturing what it would cost to put the old Union canal back Into business. The Union was one of the earliest canals projected in America and was built in the thirties. It was Intended to carry out a dream of William Penn, which called for the uniting of tho waters of the Susque hanna and the Schuylkill. By means of the Swatara and Tulpe hocken Valleys It did link the water ways and while it never was a roar ing paying proposition it had possi bilities and some engineering fea tures which made it notable. The ditch can still bo seen in many places . and as it was a well-graded line h might some day be revived. Paul Littlefield, secretary of the State Chamber of Commerce, who spent several days In Philadelphia and eastern counties, said to-day that he found a growing sentiment in favor of a constitutional convention. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE | —T. D. Harman, well known here, has been nominated for president of the Pittsburgh Board of Trade. —John C. Winston, who is chair man of the committee of seventy and prominent in the discussion of the new Philadelphia charter, has been active in publishing for years. —Judge John C. Haymaker, of Pittsburgh, was one of the team captains of Pittsburgh's United War work drive. —Georr- H. Burnham, Jr., presi dent of the City Club of Philadel phia is serving as a member of the committee to Investigate 1 e street cleaning in that citj. —Dr. Lewis Bayb Patten, who lived for years in Palestine, is in Philadelphia lecturing on the Brit ish capture of the Holy Land. [ DO YOU KNOW -Zl —That Harrisburg; rm.road men • have won laurels for them selves on the army railroads in France? , HISTORIC HARRISBURG In old days every family along Front street owned its own pumj and some of them were preferred for blocks around because of th< quality of water. LABOR NOTES Employment of women munltlol workers in France is left to mams facturers. , Pittsburg (Kan.) cooks and wait era have secured better working con ditlons. Women at ordinary work In I French munition plant earr from I to II francs a day. There are 17,000 women employs! in the Paris offices of the Frenol War Department. Thousands of women clerks era ployed by the railroads are to re ceive the same pay as men for sltn liar work. There was no State-owned employ ment service in France for recruit ing labor at the beginning of tin war. It is stated that probably 100,04 Porto Ricans will be available fa unskilled labor as soon as trani portation can be secured. Trade unioniata In Sedalla, Mo > have become interested In co-oper atlon and are selling stoek to start I store
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