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FRIDAY, AOVEMBER 29, 1918 j
WORK FOR ALL j
IN the last cession of the Legisla- j
ture there was enacted an im- J
portant measure for the creation i
e; a, commission which will have to j
do with the extension of the public;
♦corks of the OomiaoTiwealth during'
jiertods of extraordinary uncmploy-j
knent. Thin commission comprises\
the Governor, the Auditor General, |
the State Treasurer and tho Commls- i
♦loner of Labor and Industry, and j
JMft.OOO was Appropriated to carry jj
An the work-
It Appears from a study of thej
act that the law contemplates a j
thorough Investigation of labor con- ij
cQGons in every part of the State, j
with a view to encouraging all man-,
ner of public work in order to give"
employment to those in enforced ji
Idleness.
This board will secure tentative
plans. In co-operation with other
State organizations, for such cxten
slon of the public works of the State I
ns shall be best adapted to supply
Increased opportunities for advan
tageous public labor during such
periods of temporary unemployment.
It is provided that no person not a
citizen of the United States shall be
so employed and he shall also have
been a resident of Pennsylvania fori
at least six months.
With the close of the war and the
gradual resumption of normal em
ployment conditions this commission
will be In position to perform thei
most helpful public service. As the
Telegraph has already 1 suggested la
connection with the after-war period.
Harrisburg and all other communi
ties should now prepare for the re
turning soldiers. Every man. whether
disabled or not, must be given op
portunity to work; and we must also
remember with appreciation and
similar provision for their employ
ment the canteen and other worker*
among the women and girls.
The commission organized under
the act in question can do much in
the way of industrial preparation;
and let it not be ald that Pennsyl
vania lagged In any respect before,
during or after the war.
THE PRESIDENT ABROAD
THERE are differences of opinion
regarding the propriety of
President Wilson going to
Europe at this time, but the general
belief Is that the President has dis
regarded the counsel of many per
sonal friends and almost unanimous
opinion of tne press of the country.
If he goes simply as the President
making a visit, it is one thing; but
It Is quite another matter should
he determine to take part in the
discussions at the peace table. His
presence at the conferenc with
representatives of other countries
might lead to an uncomfortable
strain of the pleasant relations which
now bind together the nations that
have brought the autocrats of Ger
many to their knees.
As some one has suggested,
politeness will forbid any protest
by the nations against the President
being present, but the fact will re
main that embarrassment must fol
low any active participation on his
part In the discussions.
America took no such part in the
war as would Justify Its dominance
•f the final settlement. President
Wilson Is In large measures going
contrary to the expressed convictions
and sentiment of his countrymen and
this Interpretation of his attitude
cannot fall to have a rather un
favorable effect upon the represen
tatives of other nations.
We must not be placed in the role
pt dictator at Versailles. We can
FRIDAY EVENING,
not believe it conceivable that the
President would project himself into
a situation that would reflect un
fortunately upon our good faith and
prove disastrous to tho overwhelm
ing tide of goc& feeling which has
followed the adverso attitude of
England and France and other
countries prior to our entrance into
the war.
America should be represented at
the peace table by the strongest men
in our public life and these should
be left free to engage with their
colleagues of other countries in a
broad and open discussion, of all the
matters at issue so that when the
peace shall have been finally pro
claimed there will be no bad taste
in the mouths of any of the partici
pants.
THAT COMFORT STATION
COUNCIL will be justified in pay
ing absolutely no attention to
the objections of those who
would spend $25,000 for a public
comfort station to clutter up tho
already crowded Market Square,
when a station can be provided in a
more accessible place at a fraction
of this cost. If at one time money
can be conserved and the Square
saved from the intrusion of a build
ing that will do no more than clog
travel and be In tho way of great
public demonstrations, there ought
to be no question In the mind of
anybody as to the wisdom of the
course.
Council should be, and no doubt is,
perfectly aware that there Is little
publia sentiment one way or the
other on the location of the pro
posed station. There are those who
would have the city officials believe
that there Is a public demand tor
the Market Square site. Tt is not so.
Those who want the station in the
Square give as a reason that some
other cities have similar structures
similarly located, but that is no
reason why Harrisburg should go
ahead and make whst would be
recognized as a grave error a month
after Us completion. If not before,
and which then would bring down
on the heads of those responsible
the wrath of every drL"er of a wagon
or automobile In the city, to cay
nothing of the indignation of pedes
trians, who would lie compelled to
cross the street at the busiest point
ta the city to reach the station.
Council is moving along proper
lines and It should pay no attention
to those who are determined to spoil
Market Square and spend a lot of
money unnecessarily in doing It.
CITY AND STATE JOIN
IT Ls most gratifying to the people
of Harrisburg that the officials
of the Commonwealth have in
viied the co-operation of the mu
nicipal authorities in the construc
tion of the great monumental via
duct at State street. The plana
adopted by the Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings contemplate
a dignified and impressive memorial
which will comport with the Capitol
and Its environments. This is com
bining the esthetic with the prac
tical In a common-sense fashion and
there can be little doubt that the
Legislature will approve what the
board has so intelligently designed.
The great monumental viaduct
which will give a proper extension to
the Capitol grounds over the tracks
of the Pennsylvania railroad and
the Paxton Creek Valley will prove
an appropriate memorinl for those
who fought In behalf of liberty and
justice as the sons of the Common
wealth. There is very general ap
proval of the proposition that the
great pylons shall contain on tablets
the names of all the Pennsylvania
boys who served In any branch of
the nation's defenders.
Now that the war la over It is
eminently proper that all the State
undertakings, which have been de
ferred until the close of hostilities,
should go forward with energy in
asmuch as the memorial feature
ought not to be delayed and the
work will, likewise, provide employ
ment for many of the men who are
coming back front overseas and the
cantonments and camps in this coun
try.
It is gratifying to realize that the
State and the city are ready to join
at every point in doing the things
which will make Harrisburg a still
moro attractive setting for the im
posing building on Capitol Hill.
Men and women returned from
service on the other side declare with
one voice that the boys have done their
part and It Is now up to the peace
commissioners to complete the work
In harmony with the Ideals which
actuated the fighters In conquering
the Hun.
President Wilson has not recogniz
ed the United States Senate as an
Important part of the treaty-making
power of the country and may yet be
forced into a humiliating position
when it comes to the adoption of the
Versailles conclusions.
On every side the economic factors
are entering Into the great period of
expansion In the Industrial world.
There Is confidence on all aides. The
war has been determined and with
the final settlement of the peace
terms will come tremendous develop
ment along the paths of peace. Penn
sylvania will have quite as Important
a part in the peace work as It took in
the' necessary activities of the war.
The approaching Legislature will
have much of constructive legislation
to consider and with Governor Sproul
guiding affairs we may expect satis
factory progress.
IK
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By the Ex - Coniml t tccma n j
History is repeating itself as far
as the rivalry of York and Lancas
ter is concerned, although the coun
terpart of the historic English strug
gle that is being waged in Penn
sylvania Democratic politics to-day is
bloodless, though wordy. This new
est war of the roses is centering upon
the offices of the Ninth internal rev
enue district and threatens to fur
ther ruffle the feelings of the bosses
of the disreorganlzed reorganized
Democracy of the Keystone state
which lost Congressmen in the face
of the President's direct appeal and
faces the largest Republican repre
sentation ever known m a Pennsyl
vania Legislature as a subject for
new year's thought. It is a question
as filled with grounds for speculation
as identity of the Pennsylvanians
and to have urged the President to
make his partisan call for election of
Democratic Congressmen and lose in
a day the prestige of six years of un
broken party leadership.
Ever since York secured a hand-
Bome federal building there has been
room in it to spare and the partisans
of the White Rose city have been
urging the Democratic bosses to
transfer the offices of the Ninth dis
trict from tho old quarters in Lan
caster. Now the city of the Red
Rose is the habitat of one Ben Davis,
the collector of revenue, who has
survived storms in the Lancaster
Democracy and drives against him
at Washington and who has been a
center of complaints, bickerings and
rows. Davis was a member of the
committee which brought about the
reorganization of the Pennsylvania
Democray in 1911 and enabled A.
Mitchell Palmer and his pals to get
control of the machine which this
year ran away with them. For this
service Davis has been near and
dear to National Chaijman Vance C.
McCormick and others of the bosses
whose leadership has been shot full
of holes again and has contrived to
hold on to the collectorship and to
keep the headquarters flag flying at
Lancaster.
Davis has managed to turn up
with the Lancaster members of the
state committee when needed and
has no qualms about sitting in meet
ings, although a Federal officeholder,
a further fact which puts htm close
to the bosses. Had not Congress
man A. R. Brodbeck, of the nearly
always Democratic York-Adams dis
trict, gone down to ignominous de
feat last month York might have
stood a show for the revenue head
quarters. While Davis' machino did
not do any too well in Lancaster, he
is in shape to fight back and now it
is announced that Lancaster is go
ing after a Federal building. But
York, with its many cigar factories,
is a big revenue raiser and it is
going to keep right after Lancaster
and keep Ben Davis awake at nights
a while longer.
■ —Comment In Philadelphia news
papers regarding the selection of
Governor Martin G, Brumbaugh as
director of the War Service Bureau
dops not seem to be of a kindly na
ture- The Public ledger repeats the
editorial attack of a few days ago
In even sharper tones and calls the
transaction "A raw proposition,"
while the Press objects to the way
the thing was done and remarks that
the Governor is "thrifty." The Dem
ocratic Philadelphia Record reiter
ates its charges of "a deal on Judges"
and says that Senator Edwin H. Vara
is the only apologist for the Govern
or. The Evening Bulletin says the
Governor "has shown neither dignity
nor propriety nor even on elemen
tary sense of what is becoming
either to himself or to the distin
guished oflloe which he will soon va
cate," The North American and
Evening ledger also oppose the
choice of the Governor.
—The Pittsburgh newspapers give
prominence to the story of the selec
tion and intimate that the paying
end of the Job may ena before it be
gins. The Democratic Post asks If
"Any other donations" from the De
fense Fund are contemplated ?
—Senator Sproul has given his ap.
proval of the personnel of the Phil
adelphia charter revision committee
named by City Solicitor John P. Con
nelly. The Inquirer says "The belief
is not geperat that the various forces
now working for revision will be
tween them draw up a satisfactory
program." Such a situation, need
less to say, would be hailed up the
state.
—David Lawrence, the Washington
correspondent, seems to have lost
his popularity with the McCormick
newspapers since he beg.\n writing
certain facts about the President and
his party.
—The Pittsburgh Post says with
the appointment of James Fagen as
a Pittsburgh registration commis
sioner "The Democrats regain two
places on the commission."
—Governor-elect Sproul has been
much sought by Interviewers since
his return from his vacation. He
said that he had no opinion to ex
press regarding Governor Martin G
Brumbaugh as a historian and when
it was remarked that much was be
ing printed about his plans for the
legislative session, the new Govern
or is said to have replied that it is
now the "open season" for reports
and rumors.
—John F. McEvoy, the deputy
revenue collector in Philadelphia
has quit. He also feels the need of
attending to private business.
—Just as an instance of tlie way
the Vare men from South Philadel
phia Intends to whoop it up for
Governor-elect Sproul on the occa
sion of his inauguration can be gain
ed from tho fact that Herman P.
Miller, the Senate Librarian, ha 3 ar
ranged quarters for 600 men. A
third of these men will be quarter
ed the new Penn-Harrls Hotel,
150 at tho Bolton and others to be
distributed. The leaders will be at
the new hotel, while the two bands
which will play for the downtown
host will be divided between others
The Vare people are generally fore
handed In making provision for vari
ous things and are getting ready to
make a display at the Sproul cere
mony almost equal to that they had
when the Brumbaugh inaugural oc
curred.
—Not only has the State Demo
cratic windmill been unuble to ex
plain how it happens that the Re
publican strength in the Legislature
is greater than known in many years,
but there is nothing coming as to
the loss of one Congressman in the
face of all the trumpeting by the
President's own personal bugle
.corps. The claim that Congress
man C. Clyde Kelly Is a Democrat Is
alAiost as amusing as the attempt to
Ign'ore the meaning of the Repub
lican sweep when the reorganised
Democracy of Palmer and McCor
mick was on trial before the state.
A demand for Democratic reorgani
zation Is sort of beinjr looked for.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
PRESIDENTIAL ORDER
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Wen I was a boy I found con
siderable difficulty in remembering
the order in. which the dilferent
Presidents came. While I could
mention all tho names 1 could not
always give the names in their prop
er sequence. I met a friend the
other day and we talked about this
matter. He told me how the matter
was made an easy thing for him by
reciting a line of rhyme for each
name. It struck me that perhaps
this was as good a thing for the
boys now as for the boys of my days.
I thought that probably you might
be interested enough In these lines
to print them at some opportune
time. To say the least the last line
Indicates that the present time Is
opportune.
George Washington was number
one.
Then Senator Adams next came
on,
Jefferson made the number three.
And Madison, the fourth was he,
Monroe, the fifth, to him succeeds,
While sixth, the junior Adams
leads.
Seventh, Andrew Jackson came.
And eighth, we count Van Buren's
. name,
William Henry Harrison was num
ber nine.
And next John Tyler fell in line,
Polk was the eleventh as we know,
And next was Taylor in the row,
Taylor died and Fillmore took his
place,
And Pierce was fourteenth in the
race,
Buchanan, the fifteenth, Pennsyl
vania's only man,
Great LJncoln, the sixteenth, the
first Republican,
Next came Johnson to the White
house door, '
Eighteenth, Grant, horo of the Civil
War,
Nineteenth, Ilay-es, of the eight by
seven call,
And twentieth, Garfield, beloved
by all,
Chester A. Arthur came next to hand,
And twenty-second came Grover
Cleveland,
Next, Benjamin Harrison, stalwart
and firm.
Twenty-fourth, Cleveland's second
term,
.Next William McKinley, a truly
good man,
Twenty-sixth, Roosevelt, hero of
San Juan,
Next in order William Howard Taft,
Ask Wilson the next how many
aircraft.
Something tells me that this might
make interesting reading for some
of the Telegraph readers and be
sides help a host of boys and girls
in their historical work.
Very truly yours.
Unconditional Surrender.
FOR A FITTING MEMORIAL
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
In . hearty accord with your sug
gestion of an appropriate memorial
commemorating the noble deeds of
our arms and the dawn of universal
peace. Allow me to suggest that in
whatever shape the same is event
ually decided, that the beautiful
statue fountain donated to the city
by M. S. Hershey and which has
so shamefully been kept in oblivion
by the powers that be, be incor
porated in the memorial and made
a part of same, and I would suggest
as a most suitable location the new
Capitol Park extension, and I be
lieve the sculptor, Donato, would
be glad to offer his services In mak
ing it a worthy memorial.
Yours very truly,
CITIZEN.
LABOR NOTES
The New York Board of Education
asks exemption from service for men
teachers, janitors and truancy of
ficers.
All enemy aliens engaged as hair
dressers In England have been or
dered to find work of national Im
portance.
Portland (Ore.) City Firemen's
Union has asked municipal authori
ties to install the two-platoon sys
tem.
The Victoria (Australia) Govern
ment has purchased 33,000 acres,
costing nearly $2,000,000. for a sol
diers' settlement.
Approximately 2,500 ernpldyees of
the Ford Motor Company of Canada
will benefit by the new $5-a-day
wage stale for eight hours.
Captured Germans and imported
laborers from Africa and China do a
i great deal of the heavy, unskilled
work in French mupltlon works.
Rosner and Hohenzollern
[From the New York Times]
Salutation und health to Mr. A. S.
Wheeler of the University of North
Carolina, who begs The Times to
"send a radio to Germany asking
Karl Rosner to forward at once an
uji-to-date account of the glorious
doings of the Kaiser." it is good to
see that the most Innocent of im
perial historiographers, the sweetest
of contemporary German poets, the
tenderest hand that ever steered an
Emperor to a film, is not forgotten
in the misfortunes of Germany. Be
cause William has abdicated —if he
has—shall Karl abdicate, jump off
the intellectual throne, hide from
tho world like Nebuchadnezzar gone
to grass?
What did Mr. Emerson say about
the great man's friend being greater
than tho great man? Nowhere else
does Wilhelm live so vividly and so
humorously as in the lyric rigmarole
of Karl. No doubt Karl is with his
hero now in Count von Bentinck's
castle, posing him for the film, pick
ing up the pearls and rubies that fall
from those seldom-closed lips. In
his busy days at his old job Wilhelm
had to pasß so much of his time
changing his uniforms that, with tho
utmost desire and volubility, he
could not utter all the thoughts that
arose in hint. Now shall not Karl
show him to us as a quiet, plain
country gentleman, a thorough bour
geois, the model of a democratic con
stitutional King and Emperor, pro
vided In any adjoining country the
A ROMANCE-FILLED SEA
[F. B. Bradley-Bivt. in "Through
Persia"]
Surely nowhere else in Oe world
Is there an arm-of the sea so fraught
with historic memories as that
which guards the approach to Per
sia on the south. Quitting India at
Karachi, one sails straight out into
another world, a world of Oriental
despotism and old romance.
Even at the outset, as one crosses
the Arabian Sea. historic memories
crowd thick upon one. This way
from the Indus, at whose mouth lies
Karachi, sailed Nearchus, admiral of
the great Alexander, In the fourth
i century before Christ, leaving so
' careful a record of his voyage that
1 ills course along the northern shores
can still be traced to-day.
From the opposite end of the Gulf,
from Busrah In Arabia, twelve cen
turies later, came Sinbad the Sailor,
of wide renown, on his seven voy
ages of far famed at venture to fur
nish nursery tales for all time to
come.
Early in the sixteenth century
there suddenly appeared upon the
scene the high-pooped vessels of the
Portuguese, first of European na
tions here as elsewhere In the rush
for empire in the new worlds east
and west.
Then at the beginning of the sev
enteenth century there followed in
the wake of the Portuguese the Eng
lish and the Dutch, eager to rob the
earliest pioneers of their hard-won
laurels and wrest from them the em
pire of the seas. From time to time
the French appeared like meteors
amidst the clash of warring ele
ments. making spasmodic efforts to
share the spoil and plunder of this
new world of • wealth, the fame of
which, magnified a hundredfold in
Oriental flower •of speech, had
spread far and wide over the west.
Throughout the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries this coveted
arm of the sea was the constant
scene of strife from end to end. With
varying fortunes, the Portuguese,
clinging with dogged tenacity to the
first footholds they had won. held
their own for a hundred and fifty
years. For a time the Dutchmen
swnt the seas. Then the English
succeeded to the supremacy of the
gulf.
The first i>ort of call Is the most
picturesque spot along all these
coasts. Barren, rocky, inhospitable,
the Arabian coast lino looms into
view, rising abruptly out of the sea.
Us huge, frowning masses of range
on range of hills, destitute of all sign
of life or vegetation, stretch gloomy
and forbidding as far as the eye can
reach. In this long, dead wall of
coast there Is something strikingly-
Impressive. And behind It .lies Ara
bia. that land of legend and romance
whoso secrets these towering walls
of cliff that stand between It and the
sea guard well with all tho tenacity
and suspicion of the east.
Time Is Here
The time is at hand when govern
mental interference with private
business Bhould cease. The peril to
democracy abroad having passed we
should give it p. free hand In Amer
ica.—Altoona Tribune.
political intelligence offices should
advertise for such an official?
Shall we not see fhe new Patriot
King taking his plain Dutch break
fast of cheese and gingerbread and
eggs with spinach? Behold on the
film the immortal mustache, mili
tary and heaven-defying no more.
It has been trimmed to symbolize
and regret the diminution of Ger
man territory. It droops at the ends,
indicating a noble sadness. As you
see him in his morning coat, not
too well cut, he might be a Socialist
Deputy, a member of the Socialist
Government, a retired head waiter
of the Adlon, a sausage seller with
a "poetical temperament. Changed
as is his exterior, " 'is 'cart is true
to Poll." "Ah, let the people hear
that in these grave hours I am near
and my wishes go with them."
"Yes, the Crown Prince is on an
island. He always was a collector
of Napoleoneana. I love the Arm
land. I wish to be near my people
when the hour of co-operation
ICarl shall tell us of the Emperor
that was, "listening to tho terrible
orchestra" of Count von Bentlnck's
cocks and guinea-hens and kennels,
serenading tho moon and the dawn
and Wilhelm. Karl shall go up to
a tower of the castle and hear once
more the beloved voice foretell "the
harnessing of the rays, of the sun
and the recovery of the ocean's in
nermost treasures." Especially of
the innermost treasurers. The fu
ture of Germany lies under the
water.
TO THE NEW EDITOR
[From the Kansas City Times]
We take great pleasure in extend
ing tho right hand of fellowship to
Mr. Henry Ford of the Dearborn
(Mich.) Independent. Mr. Ford is
the latest adjunct to the ranks of
the profession, having just pur
chased the Independent, together
with its subscription list and good
will. We understand Editor Ford
will continue to publish the Inde
pendent as a weekly.
In his salutatory, Mr. P'ord an
nounces that [)e has a great interest
in the future,' not only of his own
country, but of the whole world, and
that he has some ideas and ideals
which he wishes to give to the pub-
HQ wlthout'havlng them garbled, dis
torted or misrepresented.
We have often wondered why Mr.
Ford wanted to fool away his time
making motorcars, tractors and
money, while the newspaper field
awaited him. We are glad to wel
come him at last to the fold.
Of course, he will find that he has
entered the journalistic world at a
time which Is not so auspicious as it
has been. The price of print paper
has joined the aviation service, and
printer's Ink and supplies are almost
double the old price. Still, we hope,
prices will be down in the spring.
If there are those who are a bit
skeptical about the world sitting up
nights to read Mr. Ford's ideas,
there is one advantage being an edi
tor of a paper will give him. As edi
tor of a paper without a mortgage,
Mr. Ford can give the world his
ideas, whether it wants them or not.
However, as a permanent circulation
builder we would suggest that the
new editor perhaps will find It more
profitable to offer one of his house
hold necessities as a prize for sub
scriptions, rather than to depend
upon the world hunger for his news
paper editorials.
Nevertheless, there's a bushel of
fun In writing one's ungarbled.undis
torted and unmlsrepresonted Ideals
to the world, even If, as ye editor of
tho Dearborn Weekly Independent
will find out, the printer sends them
forth in cold type, garbled, distorted
ansl misrepresented. The world will
never know the difference, however,
as Mr. Ford also will find out In time,
for the world doesn't read them. It
reads the column marked: "Per
sonals." "Local Items," "Society
Gossip" and "From Our East Dear
born Correspondent," all of which
features Editor Ford will find it
profitable to maintain.
Get'the Facts, Doctor
Dr. Strnttor says that "old maids
are a result of man's undeslrablllty."
Has he never heard of the excess of
wopfen in the population In most old
communities, or is this a squint to
ward polygamy? Tut, tut, doctor:
count up the old bachelors first. —
New York Evening Sun.
Walk in His Commandments
And this is love, that we walk
after his commandments. This Is
tjie commandment. That as ye have
heard from the beginning, ye should
walk in it.—ll John J, .
NOVEMBER" 29,1918.
GREAT WAR MEMORIAL
(Philadelphia Inquirer)
It is fitting that the Capital of the
state of Pennsylvania should have
an appropriate and worthy memorial
of the soldiers and sailors of the
Keystone State who served in the
great war, and it was a happy
thought which decided the Board of
Public Buildings and Grounds to
utilize the proposed monumental
bridge, which is to be erected in con
nection with the Capital Park ex
tension, for the purpose. This bridge,
to be constructed by t/lie state, coun
ty and city, was to have been built
upon a large scale in any event, and
at the suggestion of Arnold W. Brun.
ner, architect of the extension, it is
to be so amended as to be a work of
art, as well as an object of utility.
The two massive pylons, whichjvlll
bo distinctive features of the brmge,
will bo dedicated to the army and
navy. The idea oT the sponsor for
the structure is to have each of these
pylons surmo mted by an appropri
ate group of statuary and to utilize
the large chamber of each one as
tho receptacle of panels to contain
the name of each Peunsylvanian who
served in tho war.
The idea is so good that it is to be
hoped that it may be carried to a
successful conclusion. The United
States has reached a stage in history
which deserves special commemora
tion, and it is highly desirable that we
go about it in the right way and with
an eye to its etTect upon the* outward
appearance of the cities of the coun
try. It must be admitted that most
municipalities are far from being
beautiful. We have been so intent
upon material progress that we have
neglected the finer things of life.
But with the close of the great war
a new era has opened and there is
an opportunity to make amends for
past neglect. After tho Civil
War we had memorials of the
heroic dead in practically every
liamiet and city in the land. Most of
them were granite shafts, surmount
ed by the statue of a soldier. Such
reminders are to be found in the
public squares of nearly every town
in Pennsylvania. They express the
heartfelt sentiment of the people, but
they are monotonously alike. We
have progressed since those days,
and our progress should be made
known by the variety and the artistic
effect of our war memorials.
Harrisburg is to be congratulated
on the prospect of possessing a war
memorial that will be both striking
and adequate. That city has made
wonderful strides in the last two de
cades, and it bids fair to become one
•of the most attractive cities in the
state. The building of the new Cap
itol gave a great Impetus to the idea
of the "city beautiful," and. its citi
zens and businessmen have enthu
siastically contribute 1 their share to
the work of creating a modern
municipality which is not only cred*
itable to them, but that will also
be a source of pride and satisfac
tion to all the people of the great
state of which it is the capital.
Belgium's "Foolishness"
[from the Kansas City Star]
King Albert and his associates in
the Belgian government in 1911 gave
the supreme exhibition of what
I many persons might have called
foolishness. Germany desired to
pass through Belgium in order to
strike France on its unprotected
frontier! It was ready to pt hand,
somely for the privilege. Tel. the
Belgian government refused the
bribe.
Its decision meant Louvaln, and
the long series of horrors that fol
lowed —the burning of towns, the
murder of hostages, all the terrors
that a brutal army could bring to a
conquered territory. But it delib
erately accepted the risk of the long
agony and destruction, rather than
peace at the price of shame and dis
honor.
To-day who questions the wisdom
as well as the righteousness of the
choice? The record written by Bel
gium in the hearts of men is an im
perishable gain to civilization. Is it
not too much to say that the little
nation's decision was a profound
moral significance to the world, that
the world is different because of it.
There are times in the history of
nations as well us individuals that
he that saveth his life shall lose it!
French Girls Good Listeners
A soldier who is coming home to
marry an American girl, says:
"The charm.of the French home
life Is a revelation. The French
girls stand the beauty test every
time. Their keen humor doesn't
take the form of the verbal spar
ring and the cheap banter of the
Amerloan debutante. They can talk
well and intelligently, and, what Is
more, they can listen,"—From the
Chicago Tribune.
hunting Glljat
When. Arnold W. Brunner, the dto
-tlnguished architect erfco {planned
the Capitol Park extension and erha
suggested that the memorial hrtdpe
with Its pylons to be dedicated U
the Army and Navy was asked how
he caine to think of that Idea tot
the commonwealth to show iti
gratitude to Its sons In the great
war, ho replied "Because its dif
ferent." Mr. Brunner created the
civic center of Cleveland and many r
of the ornamental features of New
York and other cities and admitted
while at the Capitol the other day
that he had been thinking hard about
the proposition. "I have figured
in several affairs wherein memorials
were planned," he said with a laugh.
"In most of them I ru* up against
friends of men who had designs.
In one State Capital which I shall
not name I found an array of
sketches which were in accord with
some of the monuments and
memorials which have been placed
throughout the land and the com
petition was brisk, nay, it was rag
ing. I struck one veteran who was
a partisan of one sketcher nud he
insisted that the best was none too
good. I agreed with him. Then I
agreed with another who had the
same fundamental thought. Then
I got them to agree with me that
to get the best in art we would have
to get the best In artists. So, to
make a long story short I induced
them to reject all of the 'sketches'
and we got five noted artists to
enter into a competition. Well, X
am proud of that memorial. It's
something different. Just, so thin
plan of making tho pylons the cen
ter of the memorial with appro
priate groups and the bridgo to be
a memorial in which tho whole stats
can take pride while the names of
its sons are perpetuated on the
panels in the pylons, occurred to
me as something different, that will
be enduring and that will be in
keeping with what this great state
should have."
• * *
If weather conditions permit sur
veys and borings for the state
memorial bridge to be constructed
as a part of the Capllol Park exten
sion and to be dedicated to the sons
of Pennsylvania in the Army and
Navy will be started within a week.
Engineers in charge of the prelimin
ary work are arranging to come to
this city within a few days to pre
pare the detailed studies and the
specifications on which to base the
estimates to he submitted by the
Board of Public Grounds and Build
ings to the Legislature and to the
Harrisburg city council, both of
which will have to make provision
for it. The lines for the bridge
have already been tentatively lo
cated, conferences having been had
with representatives of the Pajl
roads, Ihe city and the county and
when the information is compiled
there will be further conferences. It
is provided that the members of the
Harrisburg city council will be in
vited to meet with the Board of Pub
lic Grounds and Buildings within a
week to agree formally upon the
changes in city highways and the
approaches to the bridge on ?lie east
ern side. Should the weather re
main open the filling in of the park
extension will be pushed during the
winter so that landscaping can be
started, trolley traui ■ moved and
the foundations made for the sunken
garden on the lino of Fourth street
where it cuts the lower end of the
extended park,
• •
The extent of the decline in po
tato raising in Dauphin county this
year as compared with 1917, which
is interesting in view of the drop of
six million bushels in the Keystone
State production of "Murphys," is
shown by a State Department of
Agrlculturb report. In 1917 Dau
phin county raised 510,165 bushels
and this year 208,620, while Cum
berland which had 419,688 went
down to 237,445 this year. Perry
county dropped from 203,000 to
144,000. Another interesting thing
is that while Dauphin's corn crop
this year was 1,440,208 bushels
against 1,676,490 last year, Cumber
land rose from 2,550,511 to 2,714,224
and Perry lost 25,000 bushels. Buck
wheat raising has taken a jump in
Perry. Perry produced 23,263 bush
els this year against 22,281 last
year, but Dauphin fell off from 4,-
796 to 4,152. Cumberland seems to
raise but little buckwheat as only
504 bushels were reported.
* •
It's odd the way people answer
the telephones, especially in public
offices where there are numeroui
calls in the course of a day. In. one
city office there is a man who al
ways responds "Yes, brother," al
though deponent knoweth not how
he receives calls from women. In
another office the response is al
ways "Yes, doctor?" with a rising
inflection. In one state office the
man receiving calls pipes up with
"here," while another capltol clerk
has a habit of saying "Right."
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—General C. M. Clement, of Sun
bury, who is active in military train
ing matters spent a quarter of a
century in the National Guard
which he rose to command.
—J. M. Hanser, president of the
Standard Steel Car Company, at
Pittsburgh, has a habit of buying a
block of tickets and sending there
to orphans wh,en there is an exposi
tion. or big show there.
—T,r. Clyde L. King, one of the
state's authorities on milk supply,
is in western Pennsylvania in con
nection with price fixing studies.
—Col. G. L. Rlekards, command
ing the 112 th, has written to hli
wife that the regiment took twentj
no day and lost man;
valuable men.
—The Rev. A. J. Rinker, of Titus
ville, has taken a charge In New
Castle. He is a prominent Metho
dist.
—John W. MOorhead, owner oi
the Biairsville Enterprise, a news
paper more than fifty years old, BUS
pen.ded the newspaper because 1'
did not pay.
—John P. Short, United Statei
marshal for Western Pennsylvania
has been seriously ill at his home U
Clearfield.
\ DO YOU KNOW
—That some people think
Harrisburg and Its Immediate
vicinity sent close to 4500 men
Into the Army and Navy?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
—Harrisburg raised a regiment fi
the war of Jll3,