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There are epidemics of nobleness
as well as of disease. —Froudc.
TUESDAY,' DECEMBER 10, 1018
!
ANOTHER TURNING POINT
WITH the formal opening of the
Penn-Hurris Hotel on New
Year's Eve Harrisburg will j
mark another step forward in its.
progress as a leader among the mu- j
nicipalities of Pennsylvania.
This hotel represents one of the
great needs of the city and its erec
tion at a time when most enterprises
were suspended by reasftn of war i
conditions demonstrates the energy |
and courage of those who have made
the hotel possible. Other great pro- !
jects undertaken at the beginning of ]
the war were abandoned altogether |
or postponed until the cessation of
hostilities, but the men who put their !
faith and their money into the Penn- .
Harris were neither discouraged nor
halted for a minute by the unprece- '
dented incidents that wrecked many
civic enterprises. It is a tribute to !
the public spirit und the vision of
these men that, recognizing the greatj
need, they were not to be held back
by the circumstances growing out
of the war. Harrisburg is an un- 1
usual city, and the fact that this'
great hotel has been erected and I
will be opened on the eve of the New j
Year is an illustration of the sub
stantial character of the community. I
One of the most distinguished Penn- j
sylyanians, writing the other day, j
said; "I fully recognize what a de- !
sirable and important public im-1
provement the Penn-Harris Hotel'
promises, not only for Harrisburg, '
but for the people of the State." |
This is the general sentiment of all,
who realize what a modern hotel will
mean for the city and the State at
large.
Harrisburg is more than a city. It
is the seat of government of a great'
Commonwealth and as such must j
provide entertainment for thousands
who pass this way. It is fortunate, i
also, that the Penn-Harris will be!
opened with the beginning of a new ,
State administration. It is the turn
ing of another page in the develop- I
ment of a progressive and prosperous |
community. All our people feel aj
sense of ownership and pride in the
hotel; it represents the spirit and
the aspirations of a new day, and i
those who have had the courage to
go forward against almost insuper
able obstacles deserve the apprecia- 1
tion of all who will make the hotel ;
a great gathering place and a social'
center.
FIOLSHEVIKI CONTROL
THE Bolshevik! are iivalmost un
disputed control in Petrograd.
The Bolshevikl are the people
who promised the poor peasants of
the country land, food and money,
If they were permitted to have their
way with the government. Deluded
souls, with visions of heaven and
earth in their minds, let them take
charge. Kill the rich and feed the
poor, was the slogan of the Bol
sheviki. But how have they suc
ceeded?
Conditions were bad in Russia
under the Czar, but they are ia
finitely worse under the rule of the
Bolsheviki. Every man with one
doTar to rub against another is a
criminal in their eyes. The prosper
ous working man of America would
be stood up against a wall and shot
for his possessions by the Bol
sheviki. Where the Czar killed his
hundreds, the Bolsheviki have mur
dered their thousands.
And the land and food and money
which the poor people were to have
are vanished. Men, women and chil
dren are starving. There is left only
one million of the two million resi
dents of Petrograd, and the death
rate from starvation is alarming.
TWB coming winter will bo a night
mare in Russia. The Bolsheviki are
Bearing the end of their string.
Government by classes never did
work well. When the Bolsheviki
snatched the administration of Rus-
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sia from the Czar, they turned out
the prosperous and in their place*
they placed the poor and the un
trained. Prosperity has no place in
Bolshevik! doctrine. To be virtuous
and worthy a mun must be in pov
erty. Such a government is as bad,
or worse, thun autocracy. The only
government that can succeed is one
in which all classes and all individ
uals have their part and their voice.
WHAT THE FIGURES MEAN
THE amazing majorities accord
ed Senators Sproul and Beidle
man at the November election
indicate the confidence the voters
of Pennsylvania have in the new
Governor and Lieutenant-Governor.
But the figures also illustrate the
dissatisfaction of the electorate of
the State with the national admin
istration and everything connected
therewith. The McCormick-Palmer
outfit cannot escapo responsibility
| by the assertion that it had repudi
j ated Bonniwell, the head of the
j Democratic ticket, for it gave its
, full and unstinted support to Logue
I for second pluce, and Senator Bcl
; dlemun defeated him even more
| decisively than Senator Sproul beat
| Bonniwell. The McCormick-Palmer
crowd lost every fight it made by
majorities that were overwhelming.
With the prestige of the administra
l tion und the whole of the Federal
i patronage and party machinery
back of them, and unlimited millions
at their command, they were de
feated to the point of repudiation.
If a Demoratic party reorganization
is not affected soon, there will be
nothing left to reorganize.
Studying the figures one is im
pressed with the utter inability of
the "liquor interests" to deliver any- J
thing to anybody in State politics i
in Pennsylvania. Senator Sproul
was openly "dry." Judge Bonni
well based his whole candidacy on
the "wet" plank in his platform.
The liquor crowd threatened Sena
tor Sproul with their power at the j
polls if he did not recede. He stood
firm. The "wets" lined up behind j
Bonniwell —and Senator Sproul was j
elected by the largest majority ever j
given a gubernatorial candidate in J
Pennsylvania. Never again will old |
John Barleycorn stand as a terrify- j
ing bugaboo in the pathway of a j
political candidate in this State. He ]
is as harmless as a last year's j
sea recrow.
Republicans are naturally jubilant j
over the outcome, but their rejoic- I
ings should be tempered by a sense !
of the responsibilities placed upon j
the party and its chosen represent- j
atives in this period of transition
from war to peace. The whole |
weight of the Government of the |
Commonwealth rests upon their;
shoulders. They must see to it that!
they acquit themselves as triumph- !
antly as they were elected, and the j
past performances of the men in!
question are ample guarantee of;
that.
A MUNICIPAL BUILDING i
I
ON another page of the Telegraph j
to-day is a reference to the i
the next important step in the |
development of Harrisburg—a com- J
bined city and county building.
We have talked about such a struc- j
ture for so many years that any fur- j
ther discussion would seem to be un- |
necessary. It is obvious that the con- j
centration of the city and county of-1
flees in one building is desirable from i
every standpoint. The wonder is that;
the people of Dauphin county and;
the city of Harrisburg have so long j
endured the incjavenience of the
present big-village arrangement.
Of course, it will be said that this j
obstacle and that stand in the way I
of such a project, but so long as the ;
people will stand for arguments of j
this kind they will be forced to lose
their time and patience and religion
in seeking out the municipal and
county officials scattered far and
wide in rented quarters.
We have talked snough about this
matter; now is the time to act.
WE MUST FIND A WAY
IT IS unthinkable that families
of soldiers should be permitted
to suffer during the absence of
their bread-winners in the service
of the nation. The complaints of
soldier pay being withheld, as recit
ed to the Harrisburg Red Cross,
should be investigated at once.
There is no good excuse for such
gross carelessness at Washington. To
be sure, the task of keeping up with
the army payroll is great, but it all
resolves itself into a question of
hiring adequate clerical forces, and
heaven knows nobody in the federal
service has been bashful on that
score. If want exists here and Wash
ington continues slow we must find
some way of meeting the situation
locally. It would be an outrage and
a disgrace to the community to per
mit the family of a single soldier to
lack the means of a livelihood.
THE DRAFT BOARDS
THE local draft boards close their
reports and seal their records
to-day, preparatory to filing
them with the Adjutant General at
Washington and going out of busi
ness. Nobody ignorant of the vast
machinery necessary to engineer the
draft has any true conception of the
magnitude of the task or of the!
difficulties attendant upon the in
auguration and operation of the con'
scriptlon law.
Conscientious draft board mem
bers, for nearly two years, have given
freely of their time and efTort that
the draft be honestly administered,
without delay and with the least
possible hardship to those affected.
Early and late they have labored,
peglectful of their own afTuirs and
with little public recognition or
commendation. They are the silent
patriots. "By their fruits ye shail
know them," and the local draft •
bosurds of Pennsylvania are t > be
congratulated upon the succeesful
termination of their labors, as well
as upon the fuct that everybody be
lieves the draft law to have been
honestly and efficiently enforced in
this State.
LOAN THEM OUR GOLD
THERE are good and sufficient
business reusons—aside from the
humanitarian —why the United
States government should accede to
the request of Secretary McAdoo for
a continuation of louns to our Allies.
! In the first pluce, the devastated sec
tions of France, Belgium and other
j invaded countries must be rebuilt
j before we can hope to resume nor
i mal trade relations with them. Sec-
I ondly, our gold reserve is such now
j that we can afford to let some of it
' go back to Europe, whence it came.
| To attempt to add to it now would
ibe to engender bitterness among
! people who are our friends. It were
i far better to follow Mr. McAdoo's
! advice, pluce our loans where they
I are most needed and at one and tho
j same time rehabilitate shattered
1 Europe and get the reconstruction
work at onee under way. We have
the opportunity here of doing a
generous thing and making it yield
dividends.
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By the Ex-Committeeman
Governor-elect William C. Sproul
while proclaiming that he proposes
to be a "regular Republican Gov
ernor," made it clear to the members
of the Philadelphia Republican City
Committee yesterday that he favors
a dropping of unnecessary or incom
petent officials in the state govern
j ment and that his ldear is that there
"should be fewer, better paid and a
I higher class of people in the state
j service." Among those in attendance '
[were candidates on the recently-j
1 elected state ticket and also Supreme ,
I Court Justice Alexander Simpson,
i Jr., and Justice-elect John W. Kep- j
i hart and Judg • William D. Porter, f
of the Superiui Court.
"1 ani extremely grateful for the
splendid support which you fellows J
gave the state ticket," Senator Sproul [
continued. "The whole result in the |
state is most gratifying. The ticket j
carried fifty-nine of the sixty-seven j
counties. It is a long time since the I
Republican ticket in Pennsylvania
has done so well. We want to con- |
tinue that sort of work so that Penn- j
sylvania may be the influence which
it should and must be in the affairs j
of the nation.
"One of the great things we must I
remember is that in the national j
crisis the Republican leaders, and, |
in fact, all Republicans of the coun- 1
try, were loyal, although at times j
they were almost baited to go wrong, j
and make mistakes, they did not do j
so. The Republicans in Congress and j
in the nation made no mistakes dur
ing the war. The minority party I
stood by tho government. It might ]
have been easy to make'mistakes, but I
we did not and we in Pennsylvania |
followed the flag more effectively
than was done anywhere else.
"I hav tried to attend to my Sena
torial duties, just as your leader, Sen
ator Vare, has tried to attend to his.
I am going ot take the duties of my
new office very seriously. 1 have been
looking forward to it for a long time.
David Martin and 'Bill' McCoach
were looking forward to it for a long
time also, und I don't forget these
things, and I wont forget them now.
I expect every man whom I call to
aid me to give lofty public service.
The government is somewhat loosely
hung together. There is a duplica
tion of effort and_Jost motion. My
thought is that there should be few
er. better paid and higher class peo
ple in the state government. I want
your assistance to help me do the
things which should be done for the
state." Senator Sproul said we in
Pennsylvania have stood by the Presi
dent and the government and that
war work had been most marked in
Republican states.
—The Governor-elect was loudly
applauded when he had finished
Justice Simpson briefly expressed
appreciation, of the support given
him at the polls and Justice-elect
Kcphart in a good-natured wav, told
of his efforts to garner votes in Phila
delphia from many of the men. in
the room, several of whom he men
tioned by name, but of their failure
to respond, they having turned in
almost solidly for Justice Simpson.
Justice-elect Kephart then paid a
tribute to the ability of his asso
ciate and as to himself said he took
the vote given him as an expression
of approval of his'course upon the
Superior Court bench and that ho
would endeavor in his new position
to justify similar popular commen
dation.
—H. C. Niles, of York, denies that
he contributed SI2OO to the late
Democratic state campaign. To a
reporter when his attention was
called to the printed announcement
that he had made such a contribu
tion to the Democratic state cam
paign fund of 1918. Mr. Niles said:
"I did contribute SIOO on October
18 for that purpose, and nothing
more."
—Says the Philadelphia: Record:
"That the Vares will oppose any at
tempt to provide a small Council in
Philadelphia by charter revision was
shown yesterday when Congressman
William S. Vare delivered an address
at the City Business Club luncheon
at the Adelphia Hotel. "Congress
man Vare was scheduled to speak
on "Inside the Political Game.'.' but
he declared there is no longer any
"inside," claiming that the primary
election system has- "cleared up" all
underhand political methods. The
Congressman also is against ■% com
mission form of government."
I Completion of the official count
of the vote polled at the November
election Is being awaited here with
some interest because of the effect
it may have upon the continu
ance of some parties upon the bal
lot. The law prescribes that to
maintain the right to make direct
nominations at a primury a party
must poll at least two per cent, of
the vote and in at least ten counties.
The Roosevelt Progressive and
Bull Moose parties, relics of the cam
paign of 1912, disappeared this year
and there are signs that the Wash
ington party may ulso pass as it does
not seem to have polled over 5.000
votes. The Fair Pluy party's right
will depend upon the showing in
Luzerne county. The Single Tax
I party will have to continue to use
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nomination papers as it did not poll i
| 2,000 votes.
Without Luzerne the total num
ber of votes polled was about 873,- 1
000 taking the votes for governor.
The total vote at the last guberna- i
tonal election, that of 1914, was!
1,111,252. Presidential totals have
generally run slightly higher.
!
The British Navy
1
[From the Kansas City Star.]
Two speeches yesterday by British ]
statesmen, one by Winston Spencer i
Churchill and one by Sir Eric Ged- j
des, indicate the sentiment in Great j
Britain regarding the question of J
limitation of the British navy.
'We do not intend," says Winson I
Churchill, minister of munitions, "no ;
matter what argument or appeals I
are 'addressed to us, to lend our- |
selves in any way to any fettering |
restrictions which will prevent the ]
British navy maintaining its well
tried and well deserved supremacy." I
Sir Eric Geddes, in his utterance, I
declared that the British navy was j
the pivot upon which the fate of the 1
world turned. 'The sea power of,
the British navy," he said "from i
the very outbreak of the war, held
all the fleets of the world in a silent,
grip, crushed the life out of the en- 1
emy countries and assured the free- i
dom of the world by its efforts."'
These two utterances may be |
taken as the answer of Great Brit- j
ain's answer us to the meaning of J
the term, "the freedom of the seas." |
In the United States there has j
been a class of statemen who have (
spilled much eloquence in Congress j
at times, touching the subject of the :
British navy. Particularly have j
waxed, wordy on the subject at such |
times as they desired to justify their |
voles against the building of our 1
own navy, and they pointed to Eng- |
land's supremacy on the seas as j
a menace to the "world's liberty."
But even these pacifist statesmen
lived to thank God for the British |
navy. In the darkest hours of the
past four years the British fleet, j
the bulldog of the seas, was the
hope of the world. "The silent 1
grip," which was crushing the life j
out of the enemy, was the one hold j
which was not weakened, the one j
hope which did not fail.
The whole world will agree with
Sir Eric Geddes in his conclusion
that the British navy was the pivot
upon which the fate of the world
turned, and will give thanks, so
long as the memory of the war lives, !
that the pivot held firm and stead
fast. It was the power which gave
to civilization the freedom of the
seas at a time when that expression
meant something more than a rhe
torical phrase.
Holland Misunderstands
(From the New York Tribune.)
It is reported from Amsterdam
that the Netherlands government
will offer to intern the ex-Kaiser
for life on some Dutch East Indian
or West Indian island. If this re
port is true. Holland entirely mis
understands the attitude of the- Al
lies toward the fugitive she is now
sheltering.
The precedent of Napoleon's exile j
to Elba syid then to St. Helena 1
does not interest the Allies. They
do not regard William II as a dan- |
gerous political prisoner., Na
poleon was a poor statesman, but |
he was a military genius. William j
II has no talents either as a states
man or a military leader. He can
do the world no harm. He has been
completely exposed as a pitiable in
competent.
The Allied powers do not want to
see him immured as a matter of
military precaution. They have no
dread of a Hohenzpllern restoration
in Germany. They want to see him
receive his deserts as a criminal.
LABOR NOTES
The Keystone Co-operative Asso
ciation has been formed in Pennsyl
vania to promote the sale ot labeled,
goods.
Wages of Kingston (Canada) car
penters have been Increased 10 cents
an hour making them 60 Cents j
an hour, or $4.80 day. •
Fifteen hundred Northumberland
(England) miners have resumed work
after a strike which lasted one week.
Irish munition workers who came
back from England when the con
scription act was passed are now
returning to England.
By a referendum vote the Interna
tional Glove Workers' Union has
postponed its convenion to August
of next year.
" The Great Army That Died"
PREMIER CLEMENCEAU stir
red the great heart of France
to its depths when he
added a few simple words to
his communication of the armis
tice terms in the Chamber of Depu
ties, says the Literary Digest. "Let
us honor the great army that died.
France in older times had soldiers
of God; to-day it has soldiers of hu
manity and always soldiers of
ideals." They were noble words,
says the New York World. "In that
moving phrase he spoke the inmost
feelings not only of millions of
French men and women, but of the
peoples of all the Allied nations that
shared in the winning of the war."
It continues.
"It is a time for universal rejoic
ing that the shedding of blood on
the battlefields of Europe has ceased.
It is also a time for reverent tribute
to the men who gave their lives that
the right should prevail. They have
made the supreme sacrifice. To them
has been denied the reward of join
ing in the final triumph and exulta
tion over victory. They have passed
beyond reach of the clamor of shout
ing multitudes, of pealing peace
bells, of the voices of loving friends
and kindred, and the touch of hands
they held dear.
'But they, too, wear the victor's
crown, though they failed to see the
hour of ultimate victory. They have
bequeathed to those left behind the
glory and the honors.
"In the men who return from the
war we shall show our pride, but
with Premier Clemenceau, may we
never forget to honor the great army
that died.'"
From another angle the Newark
News speaks of that unreturning
army and the pity that would "shield
the mothers of the sons who brought
precious victory with their death" —
"In the grand silence of the peace
so dearly won they sleep the war
rior's sleep. They will not again sit
about the hearth. Those of us who
are to clasp beloved hands once
more shrink at the thought of tne
loneliness of the mothers whose sons
return not.
"It is a kind and tender impulse,
but we are wrong. If in those
mother hearts there yearns the sor
row of loss, there triumphs the'
glory of sacrifice. The sons whose
lives were spent for the highest that
OUR HERITAGE
(From an address by G. B. Stadden
before the Association of Life
' Insurance Presidents.)
This generation has been rudely,
but jet us hope effectually, awak
ened to its responsibility in pre
serving and promoting the welfare
of the country by re-establishing
among all the people genuine per
manent habits of thrift so that
the comfort and enjoyment of the
present may be greater, and that
the heritage of the future may be
augmented.
True as this may be regarding
material things, it becomes even
more emphatic with respect to the
inherent rights of a people—fore
most among which is the inalien
able rights of personal liberty.
Having by th'eir thrift paved the
way for the further development
of this vast region, and by means
of that same thrift having firmly
established here that which "in
one form or another is the great
object of life" the homes of a
people those dauntless pioneers
unhesitatingly shouldered their
trusty muskets and stood defiantly
for the protection of that which
they had builded and which,
through countless generations,
should be their children's forever
"to have and to hold."
Art to Be Recovered
(From the London Times.
One of the arts which must be re
paired after the war is the art of
conversation. A subcommittee in
the ministry of reconstruction might
look into it. It will he to small
purpose that we have reclaimed
thousands of acres, achieved the
citizenship of women, improved the
art of cooking und performed many
other unexpected feats, if the gen
ial reflection of all this, and indeed
the very stimulius to action, is
dried up or muddy. The link be
tween cookery and conversation is
a notorious and net a freakish one.
It is the chef's aim to set us free
for Ideul pleasures. We must talk
at meals, but we need not talk about
our food. We have all been doing
that too long.
they knew are the sons of mothers
whose ideals they carried forward
with the banners of a just and holy
cause. They drew from the blood
that bore them the strength of will,
the firmness of purpose, the feur-
I lessness of death which we cele
-1 brate In this tremendous hour. They
\ fought and fell as the protagonists
of American motherhood, which
! their signal devotion now has vin
| dicated and enshrined. Their souls
! were steeped in patriot cradles and
! nurtured in homes where virtue and
! honor and faith were more than all.
'Forever living, incapable of death,
I are the noble boys who lie where
I freedom for the world was won.
; And joyful with a sacred joy are the
j mothers of sons who return not. The
1 God of battles is also the God of
[ compassion. They need npt the pity
[of men and women. He has raised
[ them up to greater heights by sac
j l-yice made perfect."
The American Army , assumes it a
duty to bring back to their native
soil the bodies of those who have
fallen. But Colonel Roosevelt and
his wife feel differently, and the for
mer has written to General March,
of the War Department, this letter,
1 which the press reproduces:
"Mrs. Roosevelt and I wish to en
' ter a most respectful but most em
phatic protest against the proposed
course, so far us our son Quentin is
I concerned. We have always be
lieved that 'Where the tree falls,
there let it lie.' We know that many
good persons feel entirely different,
but to us it is painful and harrow
ing, long after death, to move the
poor body from which the soul has
fled. We greatly prefer that Quen
tin shall continue to lie on the spot
where he fell in battle and where
the foemen buried him.
"After the war is over, Mrs.
Roosevelt and I intend to visit the
grave and then to have a small stone
put up saying it is put up by us, but
not disturbing what has already
been erected to his memory by his
friends and American comrades in
arms.
"With apologies for troubling
you,
"Verv faithfully yotfrs.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
The request, to which assent has
been given, may be pondered and
approved by many others who have
precious dead over there.
Things That Had Grown Little
The splendor of the little things is
back once more.
The Wonder of your luughing, or
knocking at my door,
The marvel of your glancing, or be
ing in the place.
Or speaking of the morning or of
my face.
The things that had grown little by
being often done,
! They are all made large for us at
last, each one.
Pain and grief for measuring rod,
how again
Can I underrate them as we both
did then?
The months I lay alone at night in
my fear
Made me know a single word's
worth was dear.
With war's hand upon you and
death's near by.
Have time and distance made you
wise as I?
! The splendor of the little things
now shines bright,
|Of your laughter In the morning,
and your touch at night,
But when kindly danger ceases
pushing you and me
To kiss, shall we grow careless, as
we used to be?
—Mary Carolyn Davies, Braith
walte's Anthology, Boston Trans
script.
son STUFF
CFrom the Philadelphia Inquirer.)
"The Crown Prince cried while
signing his renunciation"; "Ger
map envoys sobbed when they heard
the armistice terms": "Dr. Solf
pleads for help for Germany," .and
so 011 nnd so on.
One always expects a whine from
a beaten bully, but the concerted
bleat of the former German leaders
Is nauseating and disgusting.
Every Man a Neighbor
In that day. salth Qie Lord of
Hosts, shall ye call every man his
neighbor under the vine and under
the flg tree.—Zechariah, 111, 10.
The Disappointed
[From the New York Sun.]
There are a million and a half
men, more or. less, in the United
States, who were ready to go to the
front and could not. Hundreds of
thousands of them ensured the re
attaints of military iue cheerfully,
their spirits upheld by the thought
that eventually they would enter the
trenches. They underwent rigor
ous drills, prepared themselves for
the final test, and then were unable
to fulfill their ambitions because the
war had ended.
In Great Britain and in France
there are other thousands of Ameri
cans wh i have not reached the light
ing line. Aiany of them will >•-, re
turned to this country without hav
j ing been outside their training areas
! except on leave. The prize of per
| sonal participation in the struggle
I with the Germans was denied to
some of them only by days.
Here and abroad thousands of en
listed men and officers who since the
I beginning of the war have served at
posts which deprived them of any
I immediate chance of fighting have
| kept up their hope for active service.
| They have believed that somehow
i and somewhere they would be able
jto get to the field and on it give
| proof of their faith and valor.
All of these men are bitterly dis
appointed. They are not sorry that
an armistice has been signed, that
peace is to be made, but they deeply
regret that their own contribution
to victory was made in a manner
j that did not meet their highest aspi
rations. They wanted to have a
' hand in smashing the Germans in
| the way the veterans of General
| Pershing's combat troops did, and
! all their lives they will mourn the
fact that opportunity was not given
to them.
What these men did was essen
tial. The fight could not have been
won without them. Their labors,
their readiness, made victory possi
ble, and he is a narrow-visioned
American who does not recognize
the debt the nation owes them.
Was Willing to Serve
[From the Washington Star]
A Kansas representative was talk
ing about the war profiteers exposed
in the federal trade commission's re
port:
"And all these profiteers," he said,
"pretend to be patriots! They pre
tend to be helping on with the war.
What though they are making SOO
or 900 per cent profit, their motives
are as pure as snow.
"The profiteers, in their naivete,
remind me of Bill Fargus.
"Bill was summoned for jury duty,
and most of the farmers summoned
with him tried to back out; so when
it came Bill's turn to b,e examined
the Judge was pretty mad.
" 'I guess ye can't serve on ac
count o' yer hayin', Bill?' he snap
ped.
"'Hay's all in, Jedge," says Bill.
"'Wheat to cut then, I presume?'
" 'Wheat cut and threshed last
Tuesday, yer honor.'
" 'No fences wot hev to be re
paired ?'
" 'Nary, a fence.'
"The judge smiled in a dazed way.
" 'Why, Bill,' he said, 'ye don't
mean to say yer ready to serve on
the jury, do ye?"
" 'That's what I do, jedge,' said
Bill.
" 'Tell these rapscallions and
shirkers, then,' said the judge, "wot
motive prompts ye to this noble
i course, Bill, old man.'
" 'Jedge,' said Bill, in ringing
; tones, 'I believe it's every man's pa-
I triotic dooty to serve his kentry in
| any dooty to which he may be called.'
" 'That's rigbt, Bill.' And the
judge nodded heartily.
" 'Besides which,' suid Bill, draw
ing himself up to his full height,
'1 heer'd ye was goin' to fry Pete
Logan this term. The skunk wunst
shot a dog o' mine!"
Commerce Commission
[From the New York World]
After a long jind patient trial of
the administrative methods of the
Interstate Commerce Commission it
has been generally voted a failure.
Its membership changes from time
to time, the regulations and decis
ions that It Issues periodically un
dergo modifications, but- after all
these years its character and its
theory of operations remain the
same. It has made of itself a re
actionary body; it has proved a dead
weight in the development of the
railroads of the country, and it has
failed to justify Itself as an agency
that works for the public good with
the intelligent end of getting the
best results.
|Emming (MjatJ
When the new Memorial Bridfc..
to the Soldier and sailor sons of
Pennsylvania in the great war is
tinished Harriet)Urg will he as fa
mous for its bridges as It is for its
Klver Front. Throughout the State,
and in many other parts of the
country, there are people who ad
mire immensely the manner in
which the state capital lias treated
the banks of the Susquehanna,
which with the Riverside road
makes an ideal drive to points
rare scenic beauty in the Ble.*
Ridge. Completion of the MemorUS
Bridge will make six great bridge.*
here, and in time there will uc;
doubtedly be more. There are no-;?
four spanning the Susquehanna an=*
the new Heading bridge which wlf
repluce the structure just south cC
the Vanderbilt piers will bo almos-;
on' the lines of the historic ford
which was the genesis of Harris
burg. The Cumberland Valley
bridge is almost as well known as
the Rockville bridge, although be
cause of its four tracks that struc
ture will long be unrivalled. The
Mulberry street bridge is noted for
its curve and construction, which
has been much written upon by en
gineers. Some day when the Me
morial Bridge is built and the
growth of 1-larrisburg extends to the
northeastern section, which has
long been overlooked, there will be
a new bridge at Maclay street, too.
The Memorial Bridge, to use tho
words of Auditor General Charles
A. Snyder, will be "something that
the whole state can take pride in,
but come to visit, a bridge which
will lead right to tho State Capitol
and perpetuate every man who was
in the wai from this state." City
Solicitor John E. Fox, who has
traveled probably as extensively as
nny man in Ilarrisburg, is highly
pleased with tho designs for the
Memorial Bridge, which will bo
upon truly monumental lines. The
models and plans for the bridge are
to be made ready for the coming of
the Legislature and will be exhibit
ed at the Capitol. Governor-elect
Sproul, it may be said, is much in
terested in the proper improvement
of the Capitol park. .
E. B. Dorsett, the chief of the
State Bureau of Markets, believes
that the state's farmers are over
looking a good bet in not paying
more attention to the gathering of
honey. 'The outlay is so small and
the care of the bees requires such
a little time that the returns are
large. For the next year or two,
or maybe longer, there will be a
demand for honey which will make
it an attractive form of farming by
product. During the war the scarcity
of sugar caused many people to turn
to honey for various forms of swoet
ening and consequently they have
gotten to know its value and cheap
ness. This will cause a greater de
mund than usuul for honey and Mr.
Dorsett urges thut farmers having
colonies of bees take exceptional
care of them this winter.
• * *
Major W. G. Murdoch's calcula
tion that Pennsylvania registered 2,-
067,000 men for military service and
sent more than 350,000 into the
army by draft or enlistment is a
theme of much discussion these
days. This total registration is one
of (lie most remarkable showings
of the state's share of the draft for
it is about the total population of
the Colonies when the Revolution
ended and the aggregate of the in
habitants of the state's two big
cities.
♦ •
Evidently when the young Har
risburgcrs who are in camps now
in various states, come home they
want to continue their military
work and in all probability the same
desire will be manifested by men
who have been "over there." At
least letters have come from a num
ber of men in camps throughout the
southern states suggesting that
steps be taken to form more units
of the Reserve Militia here and also
that the Harrisburg Reserves ha
kept up. The interest in military
matters seemed to have been con
siderably whetted among men who
did notggett t overseas.
[ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE |
—Col. Henry W. Shoemaker, the
author and publisher, is engaged in
government work at Washington.
—George S. Davison, one of tho
new receivers of the Pittsburgh
Railways, was builder of a number
of electric lines.
—Senator Boies Penrose plans to
spend some time in Philadelphia
this week to discuss legislation.
—Ex-Speaker George E. Alter,
president of the Allegheny Bar As
sociation, presided at the opening
of the new quarters of the Bar As
sociation in the city-county building
in Pittsburgh.
—Robert S. Spangler, of York,
much mentioned for speaker, is a
lawyer und tennis is his favorite
pastime.
—Carter Glass, the new secretary
of the treasury, is a newspaperman
and comes from Lynchburg. He has
frequently spoken in this state.
—General Goethals says that the
reason Philadelphia does not get
more as a port for government
shipments is because of the high
cost of handling supplies.
—Captain John D. Hltchman,
well-known Westmoreland countian,
is on his way home from the war
zone. He was head of the supply
company of the 110 th.
DO YOU KNOW
—That Harrisburg has more
than doubled its bread making
capacity in recent years?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The first company sent from the
Susquehanna to join the army at
Cambridge was that mobilized at
Harris Ferry.
Potash Found in Spain
(Alonzo E. Taylor in the Saturdke
Evening Post.)
Everywhere in the world Uuj
search for potash has been under
tnken eagerly. It has led to one
great discovery in Spain. There
have been uncovered large iler*ieitp
of potash like those g,
furt fields of German- rsUmW
nary surveys have rmifl
the deposits are extensive?Vt
dilions of mining easy und the
composition of the salt favorable.
In addition Spain has relatively
cheap labor, and the deposits aro
! not far from seaboard.
Naturally, the Germans are
greatly concerned over the dlsi
covery of these deposits and
already attempting to secure ffiT*
uncial and economic control; and
there are already in the develop
ment of the potash interests in
Spain a pro-German party and an
anti-German party. We may as
sume that the Castillan paint of
View will never tolerate the sub
lection of Spnnlsh potash to the
interests of the Stassfurt syndi
cate.