10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TKl.!laiLtrH IMIINTING CO. Telegraph Building, Federal Square E. J. STACKI'OLE President and Editor-in-Chief T. R. OYSTER, Business Manager QUS M. STEINMETZ. Managing Editor A. R. MICHENER. Circulation Manager Executive Board J. P. McCULLOUGH, BOYD M. OGELSBY. F. It. OYSTER, GUS. M. STEINMETZ. Member of the Associated Press—Tho Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of ell news dispatches credited to it or net otherwise credited in this paper and also the local nthvs published herein. . , , >ll rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Jl Member American Newspaper Pub- Ushers' Assochi <sWjKSjsl3|H Bureau of Clrcu lat|C!l' | aIUl _v| n i * Linlcy, People's Entered at the Post Office in Harrls burg, Fa., as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a 4 flgaii week; by mail, $3.00 a year In advance. -y. == He that docs good to another man does also good to himself; not only in the consequence, but in the vtry act of doing it, for the consciousness of well-doing is ample reward. —Scncca. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1918 THE FACT REMAINS AFTER all, 'be fact remains that the Arnold traffic report, which distinctly does not fa vor an isle of safety that would close Market street to vehicle traffic, ne\ er was given to the newspapers for pub lication. When this report was first filed with the Municipal League, the Harrisburg Telegraph made efforts to get it for publication, but never succeeded, and the inference was, and is, that there were some things In the report of this expert which those who had employed him did not approve. This is in strong con trast with the usual course of pro cedure in Harrisburg with the le ports or experts made to study local problems, all others of the kind hav ing been rushed to the newspapers with urgent requests that they be given all the publicity possible. Mr. Arnold did not believe the closing of Market street through the Square and the circling of all ftaffic around a proposed isle of salety to he advisable, for the reason that it would greatly reduce vehicular traf fic spuee through the Square, would increase the congestion and lender the crossings to the proposed isle of safely dangerous in the extreme. Of course, there should be a space in the Square where pedestrians may bo tftifc from vehicular traffic, and that is provided under present con ditions, but why it should be between the car tracks, involving a crossing and recrossing of tracks constantly crowded by moving cars, is some thing that no expert has ever yet been able to decide. ' public comfort -stations, if they are to be on the street ,ine, should be un der the surface and along the side walks. Their entrances should be as unobtrusive and take up no more room than the entrance to aPhHadel rhia subway line station. Council will be deceived if it bfelieves there is any public sentiment for anything more conspicuous or expensive. Over 5,000 residents of Steelton con tributed more than $29,000 in the re cent drive of the seven war-work as sociations. This is a splendid testi monial to the patriotism and gener osity of the of our industrial neighbor. LET'S BE UP AND DOING IT is the opinion of thoughtful citizens of Harrisburg who are interested in the prosperity and development of the city that we are entering upon an active period of expansion in many directions. To what extent this development will go depends upon the energy with which the various undertakings that are being considered shall be push ed. We must carry on with the same fidelity the interests of the community that has characterized the efforts of the people generally during the period of the war. It is no time now to show any letup in any direction. Our duty to the community demands Immediate con sideration of the possibility of ex pansion which arc opening on every Bide. Harrisburg is easily the best dis tribution center in Pennsylvania and we should fail in our own destiny as a city if we hesitate now to take advantage of the markets that are looking this way. For several years there has been a grad ual increase of distributing agencies here and all that is needed to bring about a still greater development along this line is a constructive policy on the part of the Chamber of Commerce and allied civic bod lea There is a big future ahead of the city; we must grasp our oppor tunity. The opening of the Penn- Harrls hotel in a few weeks will WEDNESDAY EVENING. herald the hew day and wo can no hold up our heads and nay to the world that no city of tho samo size anywhere presonts so much of attraction fov business, for resl dence, for manufacturing and dis tribution as our own. But Harrlsburg will not grow on tho momentum of tho past; It must havo now energy and now power and steady co-operation of all classes of our people to tho end that wo shall continue to bo a city known fr.r and wldo as progressive and prosperous. It all depends upon tho individual citizen. Thoro must be no "let-Goorgo-do-lt" atti tude. No individual merits any degreo of success who will not con tribute a measure of his service to the general welfare. Those who are simply barnacles and leeches should be scraped from the munici pal ship. They hinder its progress. What ore you going to do to help Harrisburg grow and to bo more beautiful and prosperous and healthful than ever before'.' Wait ing for your neighbor to do what you should do yourself is tho nat ural attitude of the pullbuek. An indifferent citizen is not a good citi zen nor is a "knocker" of much use !to the community. Constructive criticism is helpful and necessary; mere objection without reason or justlticatlon is harmful. So we must pull together; and with the lessons of the war still fresh in our minds we may expect larger good will and heartier co operation and a nelghborliness such as has never been known before in this community. Will you help or hinder? Public sentiment in the United States will reach Europe without re gard to congested cables, wireless breaks or any such thing. WALSH INSULTS PRESS THE Democratic lack of faith in the honesty and patriotism of the American press has been very apparent during the war. By their laws they have prevented the publication of war news except such as survived the tiltration process of the Committee on Public Informa tion, presided over by a gentleman selected by the President. Inde pendence of thought and a high standurd of professional ethics are not, according to Democratic lead ers, possessed generally by the press of the country. The latest bit of evidence of the low estimation placed upon journal istic probity by the party in power comes from the Senate. Mr. Walsh, of Montana, is one of the leaders of his party in the upper house. He has the confidence of the Presi dent, has been prominently men tioned as one of the peace com missioners, and his opinions may be justly considered authoritative and indicative of the general attitude of his party. The other day he was asked this question: "Does the Senutor believe that there is a press in every country, subsidized by the munition interests, powerful enough to affect public opinion?" "Why", replied Senator Walsh, "I have not the slightest doubt in the world about it." The statement was made during the discussion of the formation of a league of nations to preserve international peace. It was Mr. Walsh's argument that op position to such a league would come from a press controlled by munition makers whose business would be destroyed if the project met with success. Every newspaper man in the nation will blush with shame for his country that such a . charge should be publicly made in the United States Senate. It is a gra tuitous insult to the high character traditionally maintained bv the American press of which the news papers and the country generally have good reason to be proud. The influence wielded by editors in mold ing public opinion has force only because the people have confidence in what they read in the papers. There is no as&et of a newspaper more vital to its continued success than that of public confidence. That fact is realized by owners and edi tors. Those who trifle with it suffer the condemnation that is now being visited on the Washington Times, whose owner allowed himself to be controlled by German brewers. The Hearst papers throughout the country, while engaged in promot ing Democratic doctrines, have come under the influence of German propaganda that has brought them under general suspicion. But the derelictions of one paper or group of papers here and there only serve to emphasize the high standard maintained by the others. They are quickly ostracized by the papers of good standing and the public is seldom deceived by the tainted news that they print. In spite of the low estimate of news paper honesty held by Mr. Walsh there is no reason for the public to be alarmed over statements that editorials and news items are in spired by the moneyed interests. We haven't yet seen any announce ment of the ships which are to be utilized in returning to Germany the several thousand lovers of the Kaiser who have been interned here. As they have demonstrated their alleged devotion for the fatherland over and above any loyalty for the United States their room is far more to the liking of the average American citi zen than their company. Those long-range guns used by the Germans to bombard Paris and other cities should make flne souvenirs for the returning American troops. The l one that was utilized In shelling Paris might be set up in the United States as an object lesson for the pro-German element still permitted to befoul the nest which has shel tered them on this side of the ocean. When the Hun leaders scattered the seed of bolshevlklsm for the pur pose of destroying Russia they never dreamed that the seed would be car rled back Into their own territory by tha whirlwind which they arc noi/ reaping In blood and sorrow. What has become of that popular little ditty which we Used to hear trilled so sweetly at the outbreak of the Wat*. "I Didn't Raise My Boy*To Be BoldierT'' Most of the mutherd of America are mighty glad they raised their boys he the best soldiers in the world. IK By tho Ex -Committeeman According to the flnanclnl state ment for tho campaign of 11)18 filed ut the office of tho Secretary of the Commonwealth by tho Democratic state committee tho party's official organization received 810 contribu tions aggregating $38,120.08, ex pended $37,717.13 and has a bal ance of $102.85 with unpaid debts and obligations of $8,028.60, of which $B,OOO is styled "temporary loans" at tho Dauphin Deposit Trust Company, of which Democratic Na tional Chairman Vance C. McCor mlck is a director. Almost every federal officeholder of Importance In Pennsylvania and many Democrats aligned with the reorganization faction la listed as a contributor, although Palmer, Mc- Cormlck and other big bosses and holders of large-sized federal Jobs are not conspicuous. Postmaster Frank C. Sites, of this city, Is cred ited with $l5O, Lesser fry are In lesser sums. The lurgest Item of disbursement Is $14,210 for "transportation of voters to and from the polls." Other Items are contribution to tho na tional committee $5,100; traveling expenses, $6,126.60; printing, $l,- 996; stationery, $71.48; advertising, $4.50 postage, $1,610.80; telegrams, telephones, etc., $701.49; dissemina tion of information, $4; rent, main tenance and furniture, $1,519.78; payment of clerks, $6,364.55; and "special," $7.93. —Samuel R. Tamer, of Pitts burgh, Democratic candidate for Congress-at-Large, to-day filed an expense account showing that he had spent $278.23. The State Department has returned to a number of coun ties expense accounts of county com mittees which have been filed here by mistake. The statement is made that tliey arc to be filed in the counties. —To-morrow is the. last day for filing expense accounts for the cam paign. —Beaver county to-day filed its official return. There are five coun ties to hear from. —Penrose men throughout the state were smiling to-day over the manner in which Congressman J. Hampton Moore, of Philadelphia, had "put one over" on Congressman. William S. Vare in inviting Gover nor-elect William .C. Sproul to a dinner in Washington to meet the Pennsylvania congressmen next week. It will be recalled that four years ago Congressman Vare did the same stunt with a dinner for Governor Brumbaugh and gave notice to the state that the Gover nor was with his faction. This time the Philadelphia editor-congress man has the honor and it is said by newspapers that there were some people chagrined when the an nouncement was made. —The Philadelphia Record con tinues to have fun with the Vares. To-day it announces that Delaware county Republicans intend to make a display at the Sproul inauguration which wiil eclipse the Vares. Sen ator Vare is said to have smiled at the remarks and to have said that his 600 will be worth watching. The Record calls the Vare party to the inauguration "mummers." The Record says regarding the Dela ware plans "As far as numbers are concerned, the Vare delegation to the inuguration of Governor-elect Sproul will be eclipsed by the marchers from Delaware county. It was announced yesterday that more then 1,000 of the new Governor's neighbors wiil go to Harrisburg for the inauguration and march in the parade. The Delaware county paraders will hold no special drills, and no assessments will be made for the privilege of appearing in the procession." -—Chester's police investigation threatens to asrinie a serious phase. A number of policemen have bce> drawn into the situation. —The Philadelphia North Amer ican rakes Federal District Attorney Francis Fisher Kane, the Palmer- McCormick appointee, to-day, say ing: "After having fumed, fretted and fussed for weeks in various stages of virtuous indignation and protest about the falsehood of the report that he would not prosecute ifche German propagandists whose homes and offices he raided on August 7, United States Attorney Kane yesterday announced that as a matter of fact those propagandists will not be prosecuted. —The Altoona Tribune says: "Governor-elect Sproul has made his selection of Secretary of the Com monwealth, Attorney General and private secretary, as was announced on Sunday. The latter is his per sonal agent, the others were' ex pected." —Greensburg and other West moreland county newspapers, in cluding Democratic and independent papers, highly commend the reap pointment of Secretary of the Com monwealth Cyrus E. Woods. The Greensburg Review and Record both praise Mr. Woods. s —ln discussing the speakership situation the Pittsburgh Dispatch, which is not favorable to George W. Williams, of Tioga, says: "As the chances of Williams appear less fa vorable there have been apprecia ble gains in favor of Duncan Sin clair of Fayette county, and Rob ert S. Spangler, of York, both of whom have many friends among the older members of the House who have been active in soliciting support for them." —City Manager Hinkle, of Al toona, is preparing to install a new system of municipal bookkeeping and has some of the politicians dis turbed over it. —Pittsburgh is considering a big bond issue to provide for street pav ing. It will call for many thousands of dollars. A Record Without a Blemish Carl Brown, of The Atchison Globe, who Joined the army last week and probably will be discharg ed next week, declares his-intention of running for office on his sol dier record. —Kansas City Star, HARRIBBURG TEEBGKAPH AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELING By BRIGGS VJHCN Yoo HAUS - AnD PLAY -AMD GO To \ T®-. "AMD GIT AAOUMD : S G R2U J ,°° TENIR "' S ALU 6 zz s r Aß ' VOTJOS XSS* R^ FRENCW AS A COLVUMIST DAY FITGHT ONJ CAPTAINI'S OFJ A GRSAT PAY NEWSPAPER t AMD DODGE AIQPLAME -AMD COME BACK "***?_ F ~F'2IT C LI\ O OH"H A H MLNIHLC!! . KLP . AKJD PIMD TMI=Y VJE CO~=G PPOM FIV.R V/'l " r snT\ E, 9VT, MG S.*M6O AM,Sflce ASKIWG You To S .T MOT A \ - * AMD VAJO*V ABOUT CO^A Q ACK TO DELIGHTFUL SEMSATLQN . f .\ I i <?(= TTcMG A JOB TM£ COCYUNI .. 0 rffl P "Y <r A6AIJV ' flff 1 !! 1•*1J J Y ")'• _ . TA TATA •'5 TO STUDY SCHOOLS Dr. J. George Becht, secretary of the State Board of Education, who sailed Saturday for Europe, is ac companied by his lifelong friend, Congressman Edgar U. Kiess, of the Williamsport district. The State Board of Education au thorized and directed Dr. Becht to visit France, Belgium and England for the purpose of investigating and studying educational conditions with the special view of ascertain ing what readjustments war condi tions have produced in the systems of education in the several coun tries and what projects are being considered by those countries in preparation for future educational programs. Dr. Becht will confer with the Ministry of Education in the several countries ]to which he goes. He will give special attention to the study of the administration of Vocational Schools in England. In speaking of his trip Dr. Becht said: "It is very generally regarded that altogether the biggest problem growing out of the war is the prob lem of proper education. Increas ingly more attention will be paid to the schools. It was the opinion of England's foremost men that the most formidable institution to be fought in Germany was not in the arsenals of Krupp or in the yards in which they turned out submarines but the schools of Germany. They were the most formidable competi tors in business and the most ter rible forces in war. The future peace and security of the world de pend upon the type of education. Germany's failure was not due to the lack of efficient schools but to a false philosophy underlying educa tion. It behooves America to make her administration square with a right philosophy of education." A LOSG WAY TO GO [From the New York Times] There are many signs that that part of the German people which was comparatively sane before the war and which offers the best hope for Germany in the future is be ginning to see light and more light. The German moderates —mostly middle-class democrats, it appears— are on their way back to a state of mind that can be lived with; they nightly pitch their moving tent a day's march nearer home. But the road ahead of them is a long one, for when the Germans deviated from the pathway of respectability they traveled fast and far. A hopeful token is the establish ment of the German Democratic Party, concerning which Theodor Wolff has talked to The Associated Press correspondent. Its aims are "to support the republic," and to furnish a rallying point for the mid dle classes and keep them from be coming reactionaries. "The party will, naturally, oppose Bolshevism with all the means at its command." It will advocate the cutting up of great estates for distribution among war veterans, but with compensa tion to the owners. This is a good start; still better is the decision to exclude from Readership men who have been known as supporters of the military and annexationist parties, or of the unrestricted submarine war. Mean while the Frankfurter Zeitung, in an address to the returning soldiers, indicates that great lights have been seen in political matters. "We let the State take care of itself," says the article. LABOR NOTES Poor working conditions in the Cleveland cloak, suit and skirt in dustry caused these employers to maintain nearly two persons for every position, according to a survey by the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Although bound by a contract which has two years to run. the Toronto (Canada) Typographical Union has secured a war bonus of 6 per cent, for its ilewspaper members. Com mercial shop employers have de clined to follow suit. Substantial wage increases, an eight-hour day and time and a half pay for overtime labor were granted to the operators of the Canadian Pacific Telegraph Company by the la bor committee of the Canadian Bail way War Board. In order to meet the growing de mands for coal for the army, navy and munition factories and for the Allies, arrangements have been com pleted for the return of the mines of all British miners except those of the highest physical category. General salary increases for State employes and a minimum $4,000 a year salary for all elective state of ficials are recommendations to be made to the next Kansas Leglsla iure. "When the Boys Come Home!" What Will We Do With Them? (An extract from speech delivered by Fred Mason, president of Shredded Wheat Company, at the Annual Convention of American Spe cialty Manufacturers' Association at. Cleveland. Ohio.) THAT'S the question that Is rins ing in the ears of serious minded patriotic Americans, surging through the editorial col luntns of American newspapers. Its the one great problem of recon struction. It was easily and quick ly answered by at least one big pa triotic American. Speaking at the annual convention of the American Specialty Manufacturers' Associa tion at Cleveland the other day Fred Mason, president of the Shred ded Wheat Company, said: "Everybody's asking, 'What will we do with the boys when they come home?' Of course we will give them a roynl welcome, but these boys must have something besides a royal welcome. They must have work at good wages. No question about what the mother will do with her boy when he comes home. She has kept his little room immaculate and clean just as he left it waiting for the time when he would march home under the flag he fought for. No question about what his sweet heart will do with him when he comes home from, the war. Love does not hesitate or falter. It takes its own to its heart again and the world may look on and wonder at its lavish outpouring of an affection that is sweetened and strengthened by long absence fighting for his country's flag. Some of these boys will never come home. They have paid the supreme sacrifice. Empty rooms and empty chairs will testify to their glorious patriotism. "So far as our company is con cerned there is no question about what we will do with our boys when they come home. We will take back every boy who left us to go to the front. His job is wait ing for him. If he lost an eye we will give him a glass one; if he lost a leg we will get him a new one. Is there any employer in all this broad land of ours who would not give these bravo boys their jobs again?" 1 in calling attention to the loyalty of American food manufacturers as shown in their co-operation with the United Stutes Food Administration Mr. Mason paid a fine tribute to Herbert C. Hoover, when given the great responsibility of conserving food for the Allies, realizing his inability to cope with all the great problems of food distribution, call ed uround him a great organization of experts. He selected Theodore Whitmarsh, president of the Na tional Wholesale Grocers' Associa tion, to be chairman of the distri bution department of the food ad ministration. He placed George E. Lichty, former president of the Wholesale Grocers' Association, in charge of retail distribution. He chose F. H. Millard of the Dia mond Crystal Salt Company to rep resent the American Specialty Manufacturers' Association. These are all men of tried ability and experience who may be justly re garded as experts in the work as- They Lie in France Where Lilies Bloom They lie in France Where lilies bloom; Those flowers pale That guard each tomb Are saintly souls That, smiling, stand ("lose by them in That martyred land. And mutely there the long night shadows creep From quiet hills to mourn for them who s'.eep. While o'er them through the dusk go silently The grieving clouds, that slowly drift to sea; And lately round them moaned the winter wind. Whose voice, lamenting, sounds so coldly kind. Yet in their faith those waiting hearts abide The time when turns forever that false tide. In France they lie. Where lilies bloom; Those flowers fair For them made room. Not vainly placed, The crosses stand Within tl\at brave And stricken land. Their honor lives. Their love endures, Their noble death The right assures. For they shall have their hearts' desire, V They who. unflinching, braved the Are. Across the fields their eyes at last shall see, Through clouds and mist, the hosts of victory. —PERCIVAL ALLEN, in New York Times. signed to them. Mr. Mason con tinued as follows: "And when a group of the cereal manufacturers were called to Wash ington and were told they must op T erate under restricted production Mr. Hoover met all these men per sonally and made a personal appeal for their co-operation in the great work he had undertaken. Could any patriotic manufacturer refuse him? Our own company had just given advertising contracts amounting to nearly $400,000 to the newspapers for a national advertising cam paign. This advertising had run about fifteen days when Mr. Hoover made his* personal appeal for food conservation. There was no use advertising if we could not supply the demand created so we had to cancel by telegraph contracts with all these newspapers covering nearly all the cities and towns of the United States. "And right here I want to take off my hat to the newspapermen of America. As a result of this ex perience my opinion of newspaper publishers took a long jump sky ward. A finer example of loyal Americanism and business optimism I have never seen. The publishers not only took their medicine like men but nearly every one of them took the trouble to write our direc tor of publicity a letter commend ing our patriotism in stopping all publicity during the war, and giving expression to a lofty optimism and good cheer which I really didn't be lieve could come from newspaper men. "And now the dark days are past The light is breaking. The world war is ended and normal business conditions must soon return. Those who have sacrificed and suffered un der all sorts of burdens and re strictions must have their reward. The American people will not for get them and speaking for our country, it will not forget those who stood by us in the times of per plexity and uncertainty when we sould not tell what might happen to a great business that had been built up through twenty years of advertising." Honors Dolli [From the Pittsburg Dispatch ] The announced reappointment by Governor-elect Sproul of Cyrus E. Woods of Westmoreland county to be Secretary of the Commonwealth does honor to both, it is at once a demonstration of the incoming executive ability to recognize merit and a deserved tribute to a capable and effective public officer. In his four years' tenure. Secre tary Woods has consistently devoted his attention to the affairs of his office despite the distractions of po litical factionalism. The fact that he has been chosen by the new Gov ernor for another term will be ac cepted as corroboration of the con fidence that Mr. Sproul Will give the Commonwealth an administration based on business policies. DECEMBER 4, 19T. PROFITLESS OBSEQUIES (Cleveland Plain Dealer) No other man in American public life has had so many political fu neral orations delivered on his ac count as have fallen to the lot of Boies Penrose. Laying away the political remains of the Pennsylva nia boss is one of our most popular sports. Presumably, no one enjoys it better than Penrose himself. The Keystone Senator is prospec tive head of the powerful finance committee in the new Senate, under the seniority rule. The prospect pleases the reactionaries, but has no illusion for the progressive Re publican group. So Senutor Norrls and his coterie of would-be party managers are again saying oyer the old things. For the hundred and sev enteenth time the political remains of Penrose are being laid away at rest. The Penrose bier, wet with the honest tears of three genera tions of his evil-wishers, is sprinkled anew. Penrose has been in politics more than thirty years. He went to the United States Senate more than twenty years ago. In 1907 it was de clared in Pennsylvania that Penrose had no more than one chance in a hundred of being re-elected. "If the bill providing for the election of Senators directly by the people be comes a law, Penrose would not have the shadow of a chance," one party spokesman declared. Not only was Penrose re-elected the next time, but the time follow ing—the last time by direct vote of the people. When Boss Aldrich left the Sen ate in 1911 Penrose, his understudy, was next in line for the chairman ship pf the finance committee, in which committee is considered and reframed all financial und tariff leg islation. Again the Penrose knell was rung by his foes. Never could he be permitted so influential a post. Nevertheless he got the post. And so on through the years. Al ways Penrose is sitting bolt upright in his shroud disturbing the obse quies. Always, like a drowned cat, he is found purring on the doorstep of his enemies when they return from their errand of execution. Democratic victories at the polls made Penrose's sojourn in the chair of finance chairman of short dura tion before. Now the pendulum swings him into the position of heir apparent once more. But Norris says Penrose shall not be chairman; that the now hopeful Republicans cannot afford even to run the chance of having to go before the people in 1920 upon a platform ne cessarily endorsing financial or tariff legislation reshaped In the Senate by Penrose. Well, maybe. Time will tell. Pen rose has been buried so many times and come to life before the closing hymn, that one's confidence is sadly shuken. We shall see what we shall see! Ignoring Public Sentiment [From the Kansas City Star] Republicans in Washington are reported to resent the refusal of the President to accord their party ade quate representation at the peace conference. Their complaint is reasonable. Roughly there are two great bodies of national sentiment in the country, one Republican* the other Democratic. The recent elec tion showed a strong predominance of Republican sentiment. The President may regard this sentiment as mistaken in regard to the policy to be pursued in the peace conference. But he has no moral right to ignore it.. Most Re publicans regard his views as acade mic and Impractical. They have the right to a hearing. Under the circumstances the American position in the final coun cil ought to represent a compromise between the President and the op position. Before the election, he spe cifically asked for the election of a Democratic Congress as an endorse ment of his views on peace. This endorsement was denied him. lender the circumstances he has the lcgul but not the moral right to ignore the expression at the polls. As an exponent of international democracy he cannot consistently leave representative Republicans off the peace delegation. The First Germans to Come ' If the German vessels that are coming over here to take to Ger- 1 many foodstuffs which the Allies will permit Germany to receive are to be manned by German officers and men, the officers and men must not expect to be entertained ashore.— Boston Globe. David Anointed King And the men of Judah came and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. —II Samuel 11, 4. lEuwtng QU}at In a recent letter home a wounded Harrlsburg officer writing from Paris of the happenings on Novem ber 11, the day the armistice was signed, says: "Flags appeared mag ically from nowhere and soon the streets were a riot of color, the French and American colors pre dominating." "I thought of tho contrast be tween Paris and Berlin on this epoch-making day," says the writer, "and wonder what possible cheer there might be in the latter city of gloom. It is u just retribution that has come to them, however, and the months to come will convince them that they have been horribly fooled during tho past years, "From what I could observe from the window of our chariot, the sky was the limit. Promiscuous kissing seemed to be the order of the day. Gay soldiers of England, France and America, to say nothing of the fren zied French civilians, pressed hasty kisses on every girl within reach. Irresponsible Parisian demoselles returned the surprised kisses at ran dom. Many a poor wounded Ameri can on crutches was hemmed in by a bevy of French girls, young and old, and forced to undergo a series of osculatory operations while the Spanish flu germs doubtless hopped merrily from place to place in happy abandonment. 1 thanked my lucky stars I was safely ensconced in a moving vehicle because the ugliest of soldiers was not overlooked so long as he was in uniform. "1 actually saw a smile come over the face of a number of stolid Brit ons as they watched the fun. As for the Americans they made more noise than all the rest put to gether—from truck and street, wherever they chanced to be. "The nationalities were easily distinguishable from the manner in which they observed or took part in the spontaneous outburst and the kaleidoscopic effect of civilian garb, gay colors and uniformed fighting men was remarkable. Here a grim young poilu covered with decora tions, his faded blue overcoat sug gesting years in trench and dugout, made his way through a maze of . people. A flood of faces swept con stantly by our machine which forced a slow path through a black mass of humanity. Over there a bunch of French students dragged a can non through the streets offering rides to young and old, male and female, rich and poor. Again I spied with atnusement two worried French soldiers caught In the center of a mixed group of Parisians who joined hands and danced a wild ring around the bewildered Kultur-kill ers. To-night promises to be a wild night with lights on for the first time since the war began." ♦ * One of the unusual features of the State Dairy and Food Division's work the last few days has been the number of applicants for licenses for the sale of "oleo" for December. Generally, licenses are granted for a year or half year, but lately there have been many seeking three and even one month privileges. Indica tions are that the revenue produced by state supervision of oleomarger ine will run close to $475,000 this year and that the licenses will run hundreds in number beyond those of last year. Preparations to han dle a rush for 1918 licenses are be ing made. • * * , Prof. John Bach McMaster, the eminent historian, who is a member of the Pennsylvania War History Commission which started two months ago to collate the data rela tive to the participation of the sons of the Keystone State in the world war, has just published his latest historical volume. It is on the "United States in the War." The book is featured in the book reviews of the big newspapers and the New York Times which says that it is "annalistic rather than analytical," also says: "Nowhere have we seen a better account of the extraordi nary states of mind —wo must use the plural—that prevailed in Amer ica during the early part of the War. Nowhere has there been presented a more complete exposition of tho German propaganda and treacher ous criminality of which this country was the victim. The author cites the texts of many official and other documents and utterances and gives chapter and verso of numerous au thorities. His book is not free from marks of speed, if not also of haste, but these are seldom, if ever, serious blemishes, and the net impression is produced of grateful wonder at the possibility of producing so satis factory a work so promptly after tho events which it records. It must have an enviably commanding rank among the permanent records of tho war which have thus far appeared." * • This is the season of tlio year when the linemen and others who have to look after telegraph and telephone wires are on the watch for the hunters who like to practice on the insulators. There is more of this going on than the average man thinks and more disturbance of public service often occurs from the temptation to shoot at a glass insulator than the hunter imagines as he tries his skill. The deer sea son is a period when the lineman watches the glasses on the poles. [ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Fred H. Gates, city clerk of , Wllkes-Barre, well known here, is the secretary of the committee to arrange the Luzerne county wel come to its soldiers. —Howard J. Heinz, state food ad ministrator, was presented with a loving cup by the county administra tors in Pennsylvania. —Dr. S. H. Layton, city school superintendent of Altoona, is being commended for a paper he present ed to the ministerial association of the Mountain City on religious edu cation. —Colonel Edward Martin, of Waynesburg, who was in command of the Tenth Infantry part of tho time, is home on a furlough and being greeted in western counties. —Major Generul McAdrow, one of the five generals given the dis tinguished service cross, is a Scran ton man. —James B. Robinson, now In the Army, will be restored to his place , in the Philadelphia police system as soon as he returns. . T DO YOU KNOW —That Pennsylvania railroad men from this section helped lay tracks right up to the front line in France? HISTORIC HARRISBURG —This city had a Home Guard of 1,000 men in the Civil War,
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