8 tURRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by T SB TGI.fiQRAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph BallStaa. Federal Sgaar* E. J. STACKPOLtt President and F. R, OYSTER, Butinete Manager OUB M. STEINMETZ. Managing KdUor A. R. MICHENEK. Circulation Manager Executive Board 3. P. McUULLOUGH. BOYD M. OOELBBY, F. R OYSTER, GUB. M. STEINMETZ. Member of the Associated Press— The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local n#vs published herein. All rights of republication of speclel dispatches herein are also reserved. A Member American Vjl . Newspaper Pub- Ushers' Assocla tlon, the Audit TEr : s>SfilHn Bureau of Clrcu fSt mHßntt lotion and Penn- PgwWW Assocl i ? HSff M Eastern office, I Mae jjg fB Fi°[ y ' Br< FKtf c SB! § Mo MP Building Western office, Flnley, Peoale's A ~ fri <"-t'-Jgy Oa s Building, Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a CEnjfeweek; by mall. MOO a year In advance. Nothing that is worth having ever Comes to one except as the result of hard work. —Booker T. Washington. ts"L ■■■" ■ ' • ~~~ r ' - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1919 ANOTHER STEP WARREN J. MANNING, the city's expert, having approv- cd the City Planning Com mission's proposal for the acquire ment and development of the Ital ian park area in the northern part of the city, another step has been taken In the process of developing the present swamp into a beautiful recreational and residential center.. It is a good influence that can change a frog hole into a lake, a swamp into a boulevard, a wet mea dow into a charming homo sito. This is the work of the Planning Com mission. Harrisburg fifty hence will bo a much finer, better place in which to live because of the commission. Would that it might have come into being a half century ago. W. R. Hearst is apparently not the most popular citizen in the United States. Many of the prominent men of New York City have refused mem bership with him on Mayor Hylan's committee of reception to welcome re turning soldiers because of Hearst's record during the war. Those who per sisted during the hqetlllttes in a more or less pro-German attitude aro not going to escape public scorn , now that peace has come. A CONSTRUCTIVE YEAR WITH the opening of another year Harrisburg is going to take up the many construc tive things which have been held In abeyance during the war. These Involve the welfare and prosperity of the community, and with one ac cord the people favor a go-ahead policy. Fortunately for rll con cerned, there is a disposition on all sides and among all classes to co operate in this new and greater era of the city's development. After eighteen years of steady ad vance we can all Join in the for ward movement which will mean so much for every man, woman and child in this community. But unless all pull together there must be less of achievement than would other- be the case. It ought to be the ambition and desire of every one of our citizens to be a part of the new day and to contribute In every possible way to the better things which are in contemplation. What are you going to do about it? Discussion and exchange of views wilt get us nowhere unless we re solve planning Into action. Many admirable things have been done during the eighteen years since that early time in 1901 when the city determined that the old order must pass and that the city should take its real place among the municipali ties of the country. Harrisburg has done more than simply keep up In the progress of events; it has led In many respects. It is now for all of us to bend our energies and devote our thought to the upbuilding of a still better city—better In housing facilities for the people, better In the conduct of our municipal uftalrs, better In pro viding educational facilities for our children, better in doing those things which make for a happier and mort prosperous and contented people. The year which has Just passed Into history was one of great events and it may prove the turning point lit the development of a new world —a world largely divested of selfish ness and greed and Indifference of one to the other. Each one of us can contribute hie or her might in the making of this year one of the red letter periods In human history, • —a year of higher civilization end enlarged vision. Harrisburg must maintain tta position and we have no doubt with the spirit which now { 'wetdnesday EYENTTTO. prevail* In thia community It will measure up to it* opportunities. Donald McCormlck, as the Food Ad ministrator of Dauphin county, has ceased from his labors In this Im portant arena of public activity with the assurance of the confidence and good-will of the people. It was no small undertaking to dlreot the food conservation of this section during the war period. The Job Involved great difficulties, and Mr. McCormlck dem onstrated real ability and oourace in the discharge of a moat exacting pub lic duty. He was Impartial, sensible and untjrlng in the performance of the task assigned to him and may feel assured that his work had the ap proval of the publlo. SHOULD HAVE MORE PAY THE most Important duty of the school teacher of to-day Is to teach the pupli Americanism — to instill Into Its character love of country, devotion to Its Institutions and belief in the benefits of demo cracy. But how Is the teacher to do this who Is not convinced that the government is treating the teach er himself fairly? Here we have a prime reason why the teacher should have more pay. Just now he is the most poorly paid Individual In the employ of the peo ple. He gets less and la required to give more than any other public servant. His salary has not kept paco with the rise in prices, but he Is Importuned to stick'to his job and to render even better service than ever. Unless the teacher 1b superhuman the outcome must be either an advance In pay or a let down in schoolroom results. "We can afford to economise any place but In the foundations of the na tion, which are laid by the teach ers in the'classcs of boys and girls entrusted to their care. Robert S. Spangler, the Y'ork As semblyman, who will probably pre side over the next House on Capitol Hill, favors a short and business ses sion of the Legislature. Mr. Spangler Is evidently a discerning public ser vant and his advocacy of a short ses sion of the Legislature Indicates the character of his public service and his ability to meet present day conditions. HARRISBURG PROSPEROUS DESPITE their wonderful work for the Llbejgy Loans, their de- votion to the interests of the nation rather than to those of busi ness alone, the past twelve months, the bahks of Harrlsburg show an in crease of $37,000,000 through the clearing house. Prosperity is writ ten through every unit of those fig ures. They mean that the city is facing the reconstruction period witW ample resources to meet its This encouraging report comes at an opportune time. The ♦ffect will be to Increase public con fidence and to prompt men to go along with their plans for the com ing year regardless of the few sur face ripples that for the moment are stirring the waters of the world of finance and trade. A dispatch from Berlin advises us that a "league for the protection of the personal liberty and life of the Kaiser'' has been formed, with Prince Henry or von Hindenburg as its presi dent. This league will Issue an appeal to the former advisers of the exiled Emperor to submit all possible docu ments to prove his Innocence of bring ing about the war. Maybe this group of highbinders can continue to de ceive the world, but they will awake some day to the fact that they have overplayed the game and that they constitute the finest body of liars since the beginning of time. LEAVE IT TO THEM SENATOR PENROBE is not given to chasing now fads, and it is not surprising that he op poses any hasty effort to revise the Constitution of Pennsylvania. In this reconstruction period it may be a serious question whether tamper ing with the fundamental Instru ment is either wise or necessary. He properly calls attention to the fact that thousands of the voters of the State are absent In military or naval service and declares that the return ing soldiers are bound to be a domi nant force and Influence and should have opportunity to express their thought, "not only as men to whom we owe so much for the successful outcome of the war, but because of the experience and knowledge they have gained." Senator Penrose agrees with many others that these disciplined men will constitute a new progressive thought In the body of the electors. Representative-elect John R. K. Scott U headed In the right direction. He proposes to introduce a bill for military training in the schools of Pennsylvania as soon as the Legisla ture meets. Mr. Scott may not always be right In his political activities, but he Is dead right on this proposition and we wish him well. Military train ing will do a lot for the youth of America, and now is the time to settle the question In the right way. It was a great occasion at the Penn- Harris last night and will not soon be forgotten by all who participated in the formal opening of this great hotel —at once the expression of community spirit and the progressive quality of our citizenry. > Wonder if it won't be neceesary to send for Tumulty sooner or later. Too bad to have him miss the trip en tirely. There is one advantage Ford war ships have over Ford cars—you don't have to orank 'em on cold days. The Telegraph wishes you a very happy New Tear. Get ready to writs It ltlg. ■ i ig | ToUUctU ftiMttfLxuua, By the Kx-Oommltteeman Everybody connected with the State Legislature la working on the theory that the session will be short and businesslike. The word has gone around that the legislators will be finished and ready to go home in the early spring and It would not be surprising if a date for final ad journment would be fixed very soon after the House and Senate set down to business following the Inaugura tion. The leaders with whom the Idea originated are so well pleased with the general approval from memberfi and the public that they are more than ever determined to get the session over as soon as pos sible. "I believe the coming Legis lature will break all records for brevity," said one well-known state official to-day, who is In touch with the situation. —Much favorable comment Is ap pearing in the newspapers of the state regarding the rumor that Gov ernor Sproul does not mean to have a military staff. The Governor's staff has been for many a year merely a means f permitting the Governor to confer favor upon personal or po litical friends. It has no particular duties and appears to be looked upon with disfavor by all the upstate newspapers that have commented upon the matter. The Pennsylvania Council of Na tional Defense, Committee of Public Safety and many kindred organiza tions In the state disbanded yester day, after serving the Government In its war activities at home. It was said the historical commission, ap pointed by the council to produce a history of Pennsylvania, to be writ ten by Governor Brumbaugn, will continue its work until all legal matters affecting the action are set tled. More than 20,000 prominent Pennsylvanlans are members of the council. The council grew out of the Committee qf Public Safety, with which It merged when the state ap propriated $2,000,000 to continue its activities. A good part of this money has been expended on motor trans port service, for voluntary home de fense police, medicine and hosplial expenses. The officers of the coun cil are George Wharton Pepper, chairman; Lewis E. Beltler, secre tary; Effingham it. Morris, treasurer, and Louis S. Sad'.cr, executive man ager. —lt was learned yesterday that the Philadelphia Board of Revision of Taxes had appointed Common Councilman Fred Schwarz Jr., of the Forty-fifth ward, to be real estate assessor to succeed Select Council man Henry J. Klos, also of the Forty-fifth ward, who resigned. —Revision of Philadelphia's char ter is to be the most Important sub ject before the Legislature which convenes for organization on next Tuesday, according to the view of Senator Penrose, expressed yester day. "I believe," he said, "the'vari ous Interests of Philadelphia will get together in action upon a revision of the city charter, and that will be the big thing for the Legislature to consider. The police and other men of city departments should be elimi nated from politics. That, to my mind, is the big Legislative program before the Legislature at Harrisburg this winter. The issue not only af fects Philadelphia, but all the state." AMERICA,WORLD BANKER [From Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.] Co-operation of Government and business Is to become closer, If Pierce Williams, commercial at tache of the American embassy In Paris, has not been misled as to the basis of future commercial relatiohs between the United States and France. Mr, Williams includes Belgium with France in his discus sion, but It Is fair to Infer that con ditions which control foreign buying in thoso countries will be approxi mated in the rest of the war states, and to a degree will be extended practically throughout the globe. Collective selling is the only way In which American manufacturers can get their products Into the re construction work, he says, and for two reasons—first, the French gov ernment has decided that purchas ing must be on a collective basis; second, "most of the French busi ness will be done on a five-year set tlement basis." The second factor is the all-Important one. Consid eration of It leads to certain con clusions. The selling agency must be financially stronger, than It Is possible for almost any single com mercial house to become. That means combination, which is under way. Necessarily resort will have to be had to illimitable and impreg nable banking resources that are found only in the national system over which close Government super vision is exercised. Washington will thus secure an extraordinary dominance in foreign commercd which will continue to be, nominal ly, carried on by private enterprise, and that means a degree of domi nance over domestic trade. And SB to our customers, thoy will be vir tually the governments of the coun tries in which we dispose of our wares, for the governments will have to stand back of the business houses which receive the goods. A complete overturning of the world's business system Is forecast, the ef fects of which will be very far reaching. Politics and business will be con- Joined as never before outsldo of some of the European countries, notably Germany, and political con trol of the economic destinies of na tions will rise as a power for good or evil to give tho thoughtful much uneasiness. The economic weapon could become more powerful than any military machine ever before thought of. The country that was the world's banker would be the world ruler if it cared to exercise its power. For tho time being we need s.uffor no anxiety. The United States will be the world banker for some time to come, but it will not hold that distinction unchallenged when others now In reduoed cir- have had opportunity to "get on their feet." Then the com petitive struggle will become fiercer than ever and governments will be the real trade contenders. Possibly the result of the pending Peace Con ferences will enable a contest of altogether friendly character. Poems of a Parent When nothing else will still our child. HIB old man lifts a chantey wild And sings until he stops his yell And yields hlipself to musio's spell, Or till his Ma, with wrathful eye. Remarks, "I'd rather hear him cry." it- —New Torlt Tribune. > s I &AJIRISBURG TELEGRAPH WHAT DOES A MAN THINK-ABOUT THE MORNING. OF JANUARY IST? bTJ*CCS| I^, oBtt dMI m X TT m ' 'P' N#m " Into the Ditch With Kitchin (From the N. Y. World) There Is nothing Improbable In the report that Chairman Kitchin angrily threatens to hold up the new Tax BUI Indefinitely unless the Senate agrees to the restoration of the zone system for nowspaper and magazine postage. This vexatious and burdensome device was Imposed upon press and people In the first place by Mr. Kitchin not so mucn for revenue as .for revenge, and the further exhibition of intolerance now promised is natural and logical. Postal rates upon intelligence in creasing rapidly' with the distance from offices of publication, thus dis couraging if not destroying a nati onal press, are in keeping with the parochial ideas of taxation which have governed the House under Mr. Kitchin's leadership. In his per sonal, political and sectional pre judices too readily accepted by his associates he and the Democratic Party may find the reasons why the new Congress is to be Republi can in both branches. Obstructing the enactment of the new Revenue Bill to nurse a grudge against a press which has been too outspoken to please him will inflict hardship upon every element of tho population. Mr. Kitchin's revenges, therefore, are no longer specific, and it is possible tlfftt in this fact his colleagues will find reason at last to repudiate a leadership at once bigoted and destructive. A defeated party' can hardly afford to make the people regret that they did not impose more dras tic punishment upon it. Democrats may live down the memory of their Kltchip in time, but they will not shorten the period of disfavor by following them into the last ditches of obstinacy. TAXATION OF SHIRTS [From the New York World.] From the new revenue bill we learn that the Democratic United States Senate's idea of luxury on the part of an American citizen is a shirt costing more than |3. One rea son why many such garments bring higher prices than meet the ap proval of the Senatorial haberdash ers is that taxes of all kinds are represented in the costs. By imposing ten per cent, upon what is paid for clothing and other necessary articles beyond the amount fixed by law as adequate, Congress only heaps taxation upon { taxation, and to that extent dis courages Industry and trade. If tho lovy should chance to be prohibi tive as to high-priced necessaries generally, it would operate to de crease rather than Increase the na tional revenues. There might be an excuse for such taxes as these upon overcoats, suits, hats, shoes, underwear, nook wear and hosiery if wo were still in a death grapple with the enemy, but with peace at hand and economic and industrial reconstruction press ing upon us they appear to bo wholly unwarranted. Bcsldco su perimposing one tax upon others, they emphasize classlsm In the mar kets, where the best interests of ail classes are most truly served by giv ing economic forces and individual initiative the freest play. Whore in the creed of American democracy is authority found for putting a discriminating and emu lative tax upon the purchaser of a $4 shirt or a M hat, or for exempt ing motor tractors from taxation be cause farmers a-e Just beginning to buy them? LABOR NOTES Cotton pickers are so scarce in Mississippi that a price of 42 per 100 pounds Is being offered. The State Federation of Labor and the railroad brotherhoods have Joined hands in a fight against proposed changes in the .Arizona compensation law. The British Agricultural Wages Board recently issued orders fixing minimum and maximum rates for women workers for the whole of Great Britain and Wales. Twenty-four hundred motormen and conductors employed on the Cleve land trolleypars quit work because the company refused to discharge the women conductors. The wage award of the Shipbuild ing Adjustment Board provides for qn approximate average Increase of 17>4 per cent, for every worker in Amor loan yards. The German Socialist program pro vide* for state monopolization of all banks and Industries of any fmport- ISM Electric Railway Fares JOHN P. FOX in the City Club, Bulletin, New York, writes as follows of electric railway fares! "The electric railway situation, both In New York City and through out the country, is one of extreme complexity today, and the City Club, with Its long experience in transit matters, should continue Its efforts to work out the best solution of the problem. "The question as to whether higher fares should be permitted in New York City Is simplified by the fact that fare increases similar to those proposed here have proved an ad mitted failure all over the country as a means of raising additional rev enue, as seen in Boston, Springfield, New Haven, Albany, Reading, St. Louis, etc. People simply will not pay more than a nickel for a ride. The flat five-cent fare, after all, is the best revenue getter the electric railway industry has produced, and the sooner the companies return to the old fare the quicker they will recover their traffic. "The health and prosperity of American cities also demand an Im mediate return to the old flve-ccnt rate. Nothing has been a greater menace to the healthy growth and development of urban communities than the ill-advised insistence of so many companies on higher fares, with the consequent tendency to make people move into the con gested sections, the evils of which American cities have been striving so hard in recent years to over come by means of city planning, zon ing and tenement house regulation. One of the best things New York City ever did was to insure on the rapid transit lines a five-cent fare for any distance up to 27 1-7, miles, and this live-cent fare should be ex tended so as to cover all the transit lines intde the city limits instead of being raised, as desired by the companies. "The question today is. not what An Allied. Merchant Fleet [From the Philadelphia Press] The derision reached by the Al lied Maritime Council to sail Aus trian and German ships under a dis tinctive flag of its own is epoch making In Its way. It Is the first step toward International control of shipping. It paves the way for fur ther co-operation between nation and nation, which Is the basic idea of a League of Nations. The newly-created International fleet starts with more than 2,000,000 tons of Gorman and Austrian ship ping. Obviously, it cannot be put to commercial uses. The only uses to which It may fairly be put under prosent conditions aro the cotiimon service of all the nations. The transport of food for the relief of starving peoples and the traffic of war supply wou'd seem to be the limit of the fleet's activity until some definite plan of international maritime, co-operation is reached and rutifiod at tho Peace Confer ence. • But there is no work in the world moro important at present. Amer ica's own problems of transporting her troops and supples from France and sending her food surplus abroad are but a slight measure of the great need for shipping which peace has brought in all quarters of the globe. Tho Maritime Council has done wisely, indeed, to releaso the enemy merchant ships for this work under the temporary trusteeship of the separate nations. SPRING IT IS Spring it is, That chirping thrill of birds again, In flight so swift across the window ledge, The children's voices in the square, at play * Remotely ringing through a hollow space They All with' golden echo. This 'soft and silent morning. "December, now," you say And tell me, here it is Writ plain upon the calendar! I tell you—lt is spring! Eternal spring Perennial burgeoning, in sensona of the soul Which takes no thought Of written pages, marking time or place Where light, warmth, oolor, song. The polgnanf presence of Love's very self, Shall treed to-day In all her flowering alchemy. ELIZABETH GANNON, r In Public Ledger. fare Increase should be allowed in order to produce a fair return to the investor, because practically all in creases have failed; but instead, how can the five-cent fare be made to pay. This question was never a difficult one to solve for any really progressive company. The truth is that short-sighted managements thought it was more trouble to econ omize In operation or encourage traf fic by up-to-date business methods than to try to increase revenue by simply raising rates,-disregarding the fact that ten years of experience with higher fares in Massachusetts had most conclusively proved the fail ure of that method of increasing revenue. "The simplest way for the electric railways to meet their increased costs is to fall in lino with the revo lution in the industry, started by tho competition of the Jitney, re sulting in the remarkable develop ment of the one-man car, whose in creased earnings and economies have proved so great in some western and southern cities as to pay for the new ldoa of one man to a car is nothing new, for it has long been one of the chief factors in keeping dotyi the labor cost on elevated and Subway lines. The application to surface cars is new, but the results are even more promising than on rapid transit lines. By using the economies In labor, power, and other expenses to im prove tho service, traffic and re ceipts have been increased as much as 50 and 60 per cent, in some cities, with a five-cent fare too. "It would take some adjusting of routes and service to got the greatest benefits of one-man operation in a City like New York, and the prin ciple has not been tested out yet on surface lines with mor* thun a hun dred cars an hour. liut in one-man operation lies the greatest financial hop* of the companies, and the greatest benefit to the public In fas ter, safer and more frequent service. IS GERMANY BANKRUPT? (From the Omaha Bee) Estimates as to the bill that prob ably will be presented to Germany as liquidated war damages are mount ing higher day by day. These will be , subject to a Una' scaling by a com mission, which will determine even tually the amount to be exacted from tho Germans as reparation and Indemnity. In anticipation of this Interest centers on the ability of the Germans to meet tho demands that will be made upon them. Dr. Walter Rathenau, the great est of the scientific captains of in dustry of the empire, says his coun try is bankrupt. English and French authorities insist the capital and re sources of Germany are scarcely impaired us a result of the war. Man-power has been considerably diminished, but may be replenished, temporarily at least, by tho employ ment of men from neighboring countries whose industries were de liberately destroyed by the Huns, who systematically wrecked factor ies of all kinds wherever found, that the empire would have a market for its wares when peace was restored. It has been discovered that the German plea for food was largely a sham, and it may be found that the poverty now set up Is also ficti tious. Careful Inquiry will be needed to determine the value of Dr. Rath cnau's assertion. He is right as to one thing, that it is tho worst calam ity.. that has befallen Germany in 2,000 years, but this will not "relieve the Huns from the debt they owe. Restitution and reparation will be strictly and justly insisted upon. Payment of the bill will require the product of generations of Germans, and they may outgrow their notions of another war by the time the lost claim is settled. Must Handle a Big Wash [From the Providence Journal.] The appointment of a washerwo man as Mlnistor of Education in the Duchy of Brunswick suggests that there is a good deal of scrubbing to be done to prepare Germnn edu cation theories for practical use in the future. Overtime Ahead For Sculptors [From the Boston Transcript.] I With every state, city and town planning body to erect a soldiers' memorial. It looks as if our gculptors and architects should plan to Ignore union hours and work overtime and DECEMBEIK, ' THE FLU The Atchison County (Mo.) Mail j shoulders the responsibility for the ] following: * I This poetic outburst dedicated to , the malady which has prevailed throughout the country for so many , weeks is from the pocket of George , Chamberlain, who claims the au- thorship, but stands with crossed ( fingers while claiming it: j , When your back is broke and your j eyes are blurred, And your shinbonea knock and your j tongue is furred, And your tonsils squeak and your . hair gets dry, , And you're doggone sure that you're . going to die, [ But you're skeered rou won't and afraid you will, i Just drag to bed and have your chill And pray the Lort to see you , through. When your toes ciiri up and your belt goes flat. And you're twice lis mean as a Thomas cat, And life is a long aid dismal curse, And your food all tgites like a hard boiled hearse, When your lattice iches and your head's abuzz. Add nothing is as it ever was— You've got the flu, boy, you've got the flu. What is it like, this Spanish flu? Ask me, brother, for I've been through. It is rr\isery out of despair, It pulls your teeth and curls your hair, It thins your blood and breaks your bones i And fills your craw with groans and moans; And maybe sometime you'll get well; Some call it flu—l call it—well, We've had ours, have you? EXCISING OF EXPLETIVES [From the Cleveland Plain Dealer] There was a well-loved chaplain in the American Army in France who lias been quoted as saying, "If swearing will win the war, I'm for swearing." The war having been won, the Stars and Stripes the offi cial organ of our fighting men across the water, suggests that the time has come for a readjustment of the profanity output. The official organ doosn't advocate breaking off ull at once, after the fashion of the us ual New Year resolution, but sug gests a gradual return to normal verbal conditions. That our Army, like that earlier army described by Uncle Toby, swore terribly in Flanders, is quite possible. That there has been a lavish war-time use of what a not ed magazine writer calls "the siz zling stuff," we all know. It was not confined to the Army, however. It was in evidence everywhere—a result of the war tension, of over wrought nerves. of resentment against detested conditions. Now that those conditions have been abated, the practice of profan ity might well be cut down. When used too often it not only weakens the mother tongue; it weakens it self. It becomes, as the poet said, flat and stale asd unprofitable. It may. ns a supply train drtvor feel ingly urged, be an essential to the guidance of Army mules, but there is no doubt that peace can be safe ly adjusted and prolonged without World liuled by Imagination [From the New York Evening Post.] If the world is still ruled by the Imagination—and it is—the frater nising now going on betwoen Eng land and the United States Is of the highest augury. Prosident Wilson's demonstrative reception by the un demonstrative English Is, of course, purely symbolic. He himself hastens so to interpret it. In acclaiming him, the English democracy hails that of America. The two have fought and suffered and triumphed side by side, and now have the in stinctive and overwhelming feeling that, united, a great world mission Is placed in their hands. To trans late this emotional solidarity iuto common alms and common practical action is now ths task of the states men of the two nations. Reminder For Germant [From the Chloago Dally News.] Germans who grumble because their dally sots are now somewhat circumscribed in occupied territory should recall that thalr erstwhile Emperor once tried to tell Uncle Bam which way the stirlf>s on his vessels should run at*| how many ta nsUtf. 11 I liming (EJfat George 8. Relnoehl, Om new preel- J dent of the Harris burg Chamber of ' Commerce. ha two hobbteo—one U !?' ®J 11 Telephone Company end . *,° tb,r • fishing. Mr. Relnoehl i would eooner fish than •'bono" ■■*- 4 Particularly difficult telephone I velopment which Is eaylng a lot K. J it-1 Z and form er President J. WB- M 11am Bowman have much, oh, very V much. In common. Aa often mm their ■ business and the weather will per- W quit ® ott *a when they 1 don t—the president and the L president may be seen with their rods under their arms fiwd'ng far the river or some of the nearby j creeks. Both are members of &'-*•< ™. or or >" known Bullhea? .A Fishing Club. "Why," asked Mr. Relnoehl, "do you call It a Bullhead club?" "Well," responded "Bob" Lyon, who comes as near being president as any man ever gets In that uni que organization, "aren't bullheads fish?" "Yes," said Relnoehl, "but J thought may be It wae something more personal." "That being the case," returned Lyon, "you are elected." Yes," said Mr. Relnoehl yester day, "It's true. X am fond of fishing. Mr. Bowman provides the automo bile, Mr. Lyon the tackle and I sug gest when It Is time to go." • • • ' "E>o you know what made Harris burg such a center of hotels In the early days?" asked a guest at the Penn-Harris dinner last evening who had read the Telegraph's Evening Chat article yesterday on old hotels In Harrlsburg. "First It was the ferry which Harris conducted, which made Harrisburg a center of cross state traffic. Then It was the stage • routes, which found a hub here. Next came the rafts, then the canal and t finally the railroads. We had | thought that thus we had seen the™ 1 - final development of the city as a. 1 center of traffic, but now the auto- , mobile has come along and no doubt ■ the aeroplane will be a matter of I only a short time. Always and ever the traffic center will have hotels ; and many of them, if Its people ful ■ fills their duty and have an eye to the prosperity of the community." • • • Lieutenant Governor Frank B. • 1 McClaln, who played Santa Claus at 3 Lancaster for the children of one of the homes on Wednesday, told the ? story of how ho came to adopt that j J role for the first time. "Early in ' £ December, nine years ago, when I ;;j was mayor here," he said, 'Sccre- . J tary Wharton, of the state board of j charities, came to pay a visit to the I county prison. Afterward I per- r suuded him to go with me to the J Children's Home. I was standing apart from Mr. Wharton and the )l matron when the youngsters began I crowding around me asking mfc- 1 what X was going to give them for, 1 Christmas. I didn't understand what ■ to grow long and white before Christ- jl mas, they accepted my fat face and ■ red cheeks without suspicion. stantly a howling mob was at , heels and I had difficulty In out alive. Then I inquired whether* these little folks ever had a real* ,' Christmas with real toys, real dolls, V real turkey and real Ice cream. matron replied In the negative. resolved then and there that youngsters were going to have t Christmas celebration every und that 1 would turn Joke Into reality." * * * A splendid tribute to Pennsylva-' nla National Guardsmen has been paid by Col. Asher Miner, former > legislator, who left a leg on the ® e \ of battle whilp commanding the _ 109 th artillery, the old Ninth Penn sylvania. Speaking of the battle or A Apremont, where the regiment lost heavily and he was wounded, he \ . said: "The Germans soon got the < ' range of our position and sent In a terrific fire. You should have seen the behavior of the National Guards p men In that battle. I am proudl Jo > be a National Guardsman and proua - of my companions In the state aer vice. They were among the most - n efficient troops in the American ad ® vance and the way they stood up un t der the terrific barrage the Germans r kept up incessantly was Inspiring. The state is making an attempt to , 18 buy quail, but not much has been e heard In that line. Better e nected in the matter of pheasants " and it is believed the 8,000 aimed 1 at will be secured. The qrd ® r " uuail have been given to three '* in Mexico and the birds, as already il announced, will be brought in ' when the climate Is right. One of the in r terestlng things ab . out . "?'■ '• hunting was that owing to the scar c cify of quail some hunters did not go a after the bifds, giving them the same - consideration that they did grouse, which are protected until next falL 8 The number of arrests ° iad ® r - shooting grouse, it may be "***•* a incidentally, will be over twenty-flv*. They were mainly* people W J*° through ignorance, although killed from "puro cussedneas. e _ n THREE GENERALS OR ONE [From the Boston Globe] i, American precedent Is threatened It by the movement to make the ran* 1- of general permanent ln the ouw ie of Pershing. March and Bliss, all •e whom now hold this highest mm 5- American titles temporarily, jt The United States sparing of this rank. Washington was only a lieutenant-general und/ „ the Federal Government Wino el* n gcott held the same title as Waah l Ington, but by brevet In cur whole ' history three soldiers, and they onU one at a time, have been genet-oka r " Now it Is proposed to create tX\j*X at Grant was the first general of th L" American Army, but not until after " the war, when the title was create* for him In 18. °n Grant " "* nation to accept the Prc "J da *fJ~l i, Sherman became general, ana *aj he retired, Sheridan was given h °Slml!arly, there have been b*n three admirals of the Fmr -3n ragut wns the first, then Porter Uk. finally Dewey. . , to France and England are chary or nl their highest military titles. French .. and Halg are both field marshal* It Is only In theory that every pollu has a marshal's baton lnhts sack. Joffre, Foch and Petaln play them to-day. ,-J se Back to Work i ™ (From the Knoxvllle Journal an