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Set it down to thyself, as tcell to create good precedents, as to follow them.—Francis Bacon. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1019 SHAFFER TESTIMONIAL THE testimonial to be given Wal ter Shaffer, the daring Dauphin aviator, no doubt will attract a crowded house. It is not generally known that Shaffer paid for his own training as an aviator, paid his own way to France and supported him self there until he could get into the French air service. Working nights on a: great New York paper as a printer, he spent every afternoon learning to fly and the actual time he spent in the training machine cost him $1 a minute. He was determined to do his part to crush the Hun. He saw his duty as an American long before most of us saw it and he made his choice cheerfully, with full knowl edge that in all likelihood he would have to pay with his life. That he did not is one of the marvels he will relate to his audience in the Or pheum theater Monday evening. Shaffer came back from the war SBOO poorer' than he went in. It cost him that to do his duty for his country and for France. His friends very properly feel that he should not be allowed to shoulder that financial responsibility alone. It is with the hope of liquidating this debt that the testimonial has been arranged. ALWAYS READY TO GIVE HARRISBURG is always ready to give to a worthy cause. The' success of the Rotary Club's drive for the Nursery Home and Children's Industrial Home is proof of thut. The club went out for $5,- 000 and the people cheerfully gave $7,000, which is no't a penny too much, the needs of the two institu tions considered. Frank B. Musser, chairman of the committoe, says j that the Rotarians never attempted to collect money that was subscrib ed more cheerfully. It is a fine community spirit that manifests it self in such a generous collection immediately upon the heels of the great Red Cross and United War Work Campaigns. OUR HANDS TIED IF the United States is to estab- I lish itself on a foundation of . rock during the trying days of reconstruction the government should not place a single stumbling block in the way of the progress of industries and the employment of labor. Such a policy is based, not upon theory or high-sounding phrases, upon good, sound, com mon sense. Whether the exacting problems of advocating a League of Nations idea is too occupying to lend time to consider the necessary problems at home, we shall not de termine. They undoubtedly must take tho better part of every twen ty-four hours, in order that the idealistic theories upon which they aro based shall not fall by the way side. But if we concede that they take twenty-three hours out of day, the remaining hour should at least be devoted to the necessary exercising of power, given during tho war, to right industrial condi tions and place them on their feet. We refer specifically to the ship building industry because it affords a concrete example. Senator Jones, of Washington, has cited several cases where these concerns are ready and anxious to build ships and to accept orders offered them by other countries. The shipyards are idle because they cannot get a permit from the United States Shipping Board to accept the orders. One of the gravest problems in the United States to-day is the giving of employment to discharged sol diers. If these yards could proceed with their wofk, thousands of men would be an opportunity to accept good positions. In this con- THURSDAY EVENING, nection, Senator Jones recently read I upon the floor of the Senate the following extract from a letter which he received from a large shipbuilding concern in Washing ton. Our yard is now practically completed and we are in a posi tion to take on contracts for three years' work the minute we are authorized to construct for foreign account, and, as you know, our yard will alone employ from three to four thousand men. and as we are going to give prefcr i ence to returned soldiers, there seems to me to be an additional legitimate reason why the shlp ! ping board should act. ' Norway wants ships. Italy wants - ships. France wants ships and yet, I after their capital has come to our J shipyards, they cannot build. Why ! are these permits denied? Senator i Jones answers that question for the ' Shipping Board by the following let ; ter, addressed to Senator Fletcher, ! chairman of the Committee on Com ' nierce, and signed by John A. Don- I aid, acting chairman of the board: I may say that ever since the signing of the armistice the board | has been constantly giving its interested attention to the sub ject touched upon by this bill. Those of us who are here are quite firmly of the conviction that permission should be granted to American yards for construction thcretn of vessels for approved foreign account. So, if the United States Shipping Board would grant these permits, i continued the Senator, "It would i remove these restrictions. Why ! does it not do it? Woodrow Wil son, President of the United States, will not let it." He then i quoted from another letter from the shipping board, showing them powerless to act, the relative part of the letter reading as follows: "This restriction remains in force temporarily by direction of the President, whose delegate the shipping board is in the exer ; cise of his authority. * ; So that even though the board j favors the removing of these restric tions, it cannot do so without the authority of the President and he has not seen fit to act. Neither has he deemed it necessary to give any reasons to the people for his at titude. A little less preaching to foreign countries on world policies and a little more attention to the severe necessities of labor and in dustry at home, might not be out of place. FRANK A. SMITH FRANK A. SMITH, nominated to-day for the State Senate "* vacancy caused by the eleva tion of Senator E. E. Beidleman to the Lieutenant-Governorship, may well feel that a distinguished honor has been conferred upon him. He will succeed, if elected, and his elec tion is as certain as anything polit ical can be, a long line of able and distinguished legislators, among i them Lieutenant-Governor Beidle man, Judge S. J. M. McCarrell and Senator John E. Fox. The Senator ship of Dauphin county has long' been regarded at the State Capitol as one of great Importance, being at the seat of the State government, with the multitude of • opportunities for political' and public service which that entails, and two Dauphin coun tiane within a comparatively few years have been honored with elec tion as President pro tempore of that body. Mr. Smith comes into his nomina tion well acquainted with the duties he will be called upon to assume. As member of the county executive committee and as Republican coun ty chairman during the historic 1912 fight he became thoroughly ac quainted throughout the district and learned politics from its practical side. As member of the State Com mittee and a clo.se personal friend of Senator BeldlemafT kaphas made thousands of friends throughout Pennsylvania, and because he has been a student of affairs op Capitol Hill he knows more about the in side workings of the legislative bod ies than many members of the Leg islature. He is a man of progres sive views and a friend of both pro hibition and of suffrage. He goes to the Senate admirably equipped for the influential place he will oc cupy and, unless the Telegraph is greatly mistaken in the man, will I make such a record as will win him the nomination for the full term when that time rolls around. A GOOD BILL THE Ramsey bill permitting the elective head of the police de partment to suspend patrolmen for ten-day periods without council manic hearing ought to be passed. Under the civil service act the po licemen have become practically a law unto themselves. They feel them selves above the mayor and council and the mayor and councilmen are natbrally hesitant about taking the officers before a councilmanic hear ing on trivial charges. Therefore the discipline of the whole force sags and with it the efficiency and often the trustworthiness of the individual officers who feel that If they can commit small offenses with immunity they can go to greater lengths with out punishment. By all means give the mayor au thority to suspend, if not actually to "hire and fire." Certainly we never had any more trouble under the old political spoils system than we have under the present civil service regu lations. "DAYLIGHT SAVING" THE Literary Digest believes farmers in general to be op posed to "daylight saving" on the ground that it robs them of an hour of rest In the morning and adds an hour to their working day In the evening. The farmer who lets himself be fooled out of an hour of sleep by the clock is a fool. The farmer does not work by the whistle. There is nobody to tell him when to report. He can regulate his hours by the sun —and does. He is early to rise in summer and later to rise in win ter. Also, he remains out of bed longer in summer and retires earlier in winter. What's to prevent him* from con tinuing his program no matter what the clock says? If it is dark at B, why he can sleep until six and work an hour longer at night, if he is so Inclined. The clock need not mean anything to him. But in the city 'it is different. There men work in masses and under superbision. Trolley schedules must be arranged for their conven ience. Restaurants must cater to their wants. In a hundred ways they must act in concert arid the efforts of millions of people must be closely co-ordinated. Daylight saving has been a boon to city dwellers and they are not going to surrender it without the hottest kind of a debate. foUUcv IK "ptHttiAj&ratua By the Ex-Committeeman An outburst of threats to prolong the legislative session has followed the rout of the liquor leaders in their attempt to prevent the House of Representatives from ratifying the constitutional amendment and to judge from some of the talk heard in the corridors of the Capitol these discomfited buccaneers intend to make things so interesting that the session instead of closing in the lat ter part of April or early in May may run into June. The state has had three June sessions lately and they have not been popular with the public and certainly not with the lcgislatofs, who have found it expen sive. Just how the legislators friendly to the liquor people would view a plan to stay in Harrisburg in those first real hot days in May and on into the month of roses at the present cost of living is rather problematical. Some of these men are inclined to be sore over being lined up against a "dry" amendment scheduled to go through and would probably resent any more dictation and rear up when regulatory legislation came along. Another thing which is contributing to the loosening of the bonds which have held some legislators to the side of the "wets" is the fact that the new Governor, just entering upon his administration with unusual prestige and fine prospects—and many appointments—is being cred ited by newspapers and the public with being the man who put over the amendment in the House. The folly of antagonizing Sproul for the sake of a lost cause is apparent, say some exprienced observers of legis lative matters. > —One of the reasons why th'e Sen ate will not vote until the week of February 24 on the amendment rati fier is that Senators Vare, McCon nell and others are getting ready to take their usual winter vacations and will be away until about that time. The belief is growing that the figure of thirty votes favorable to the resolution in the Senate will be too small when the vote is taken. The wrath being vented by some of the liquor leaders on Penrose, Sproul, Crow, Beidleman and Baker because the resolution passed the House is not calculated to diminsh the vote for the resolution in the upper House. —lt is possible that bills for addi tional judges which may be asked from the present legislature on the ground of increased criminal court business may l)&ve a .rocky road to go. There are counties where it is recognized that common pleas busi ness is extensive, but with prohibi tion coming it is natural to suppose that the criminal business will take a drop in the whole state Just as it has in counties which are "dry" and which have furnished news items about empty jails and grand jurors being sent hoAie because there is no business to keep them at the county seats. The police dockets in Harris burg during the arid period of the influenza outbreak furnish interest ing local evidence <of what may be expected. —Some of the legislators are of the opinion that the general assem bly will enact bills increasing the pay of jurors to $4. - In Philadelphia the long trials whicfii have attracted state-wide attention have caused much protest from men who have received the pay authorized by old statutes and which seems paltry in these days of high wages and the al titudinous cost of living. —Members of the House are com menting very favorably upon the prayers of Chaplain Feldman. The chaplain has been patriotic in all of his petitions and yesterday not only prayed for maintenance of law and order but that the lamentable con- j dltions in Europe may not cross the sea to America. —The Hazleton Ministerial Asso- | ciatlon has taken a fall out of the Powell bill to repeal the prohibition of sports on the Sabbath in the Blue laws. Others are expected to fol low. The Rorke bill, which appeared yesterday, would repeal that clause of the old act of 1794 that forbids entertainments and concerts of an educational nature. There is some question whether Rome's bill would not permit movies on Sunday nights. —James F: Woodward, secretary of internal affairs-elect, is assisting Chairman McCaig in the work of the House appropriations committee, of which A. B. Smith is the secretary and clerk. Mr. Woodward has had wide experience having been three times chairman of the -committee The committee is about up to the average ,at this time of a session in regard to bills.. —The Philadelphia charter revi sion people who were here the other day are said to be planning the final draft jot legislation which they dis cussed with the Governor. From what has been learned Messrs. Wins ton, White and Coles were told by the Governor not only to be practi cal, but to do their best to reach agreements on the main features of the bill before bringing it to Harris burg. , —Richard W. Williamson, of Huntingdon, has retired as counsel for the state in collection of main tenance from estates of inmates of state hospitals able'to pay. George W. Coles, who succeeds him is the secretary of the Philadelphia Town Meeting party. • Customs of People V-ain For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree oul of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.— Jere miah X. 3, HIRIUBBURG tfißAl TELEOKXPH! OH, MAN I /~WAAL WAAL B-l\ .- . . /YOIT Kouj~olt> ToP S sr..sssr.<?T■) te a ('?) hd^e^ji See Yen back To ( /~*n\ HovajS r6 / \ ' LS V i-/ \ CtAH. 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Such a detailed statement is need ed if Congress is to know and author ize such railway improvements as would meet, future traffic needs oft the one hand and employ labor on the other. • The proposed provision for additions and betterments in 1919 expressed in dollars is substan tially less than the new capital put into railway improvements even in the years immediately preceding the war, not to speak of years wherr net earnings were more favorable. Upon the level of labor and material cost now prevailing, the proposed esti mate of money would produce very greatly smaller numbers of equip ment and construction units, and hence employ proportionately fewer people in the industries than would have been the case in past years. Mr. Hibes should give the details of his plan. He surely must/ have figured how and where he.will use this money if it is put at his disposal by Congress. The government should make such allowance to the roads in terms of purchase that the cor porations will not carry the whole burden of war prices, while their income is based on that of the years that preceded our entrance into the war. Railroad purchases have been cut to the bone. Cancellation of rail road orders have been general. Un employment in the railway supply industries has already become serious and is spreading. Under such circum stances both the railroads and Con gress have a right to know what is the plan of the director general, and told in terms that will tell the story, not in a total number of dollars that reveals little or nothing. Congress should demand of Mr. Hines a bill of particulars before it hands over such an appropriation. {BILLBOARD ADVERTISING Billboards along the streets or the country highway are samples of Impu dent advertising, declares Dr. Frank Crane, in an editorial in the New Vorjc Globe. They destroy the beauty of the city and the countryside. It is pain ful for people who are out for rest* and enjoyment and have an inalienable right not to bo solicited in their hour of recreation. It is a lowering of the standing of business, which is honorable to any man. It is like a peddler cry ing his wares at church, or a woman who would pass out cardß of her hus band's drug store at the president's re ception. LABOR NOTES • Labor conditions of thfe near fu ture will most likely be based on a universal eight-hour day in all coun tries, both European and American. One man cdn handle four-ton loads with a new three-wheeled truck for factories and warehouses that has lifting apparatus operated like a Jack. Factory operatives in the Domini can Uepublic earn from 50 cents to $2 per day, depending on their skill and the class of work performed. There are 68 firms in Toronto, Canada, that were engaged in the manufacture of munitions and 3 in the shipbuilding industry which have retained all their employes. Most wooden toys in Japan are manufactured by hand in the moun tain regions of the country where wood is plentiful and cheap. The chief centers for toys made in fac tories are Tokio, Osaka, Kioto, Nagoya and Kanagawa. Of the 45,000 horse-power utilized in the Departnient of the Aisne, France, four-fifths are estimated to' have been employed in factories in that portion which was In German oocupatlon. The sugar refineries, of which thsre are over 80, employing nearly 16,000 people, have been severely damaged, and their res toration will be a serious problem. Deeper Susquehanna Will Not Mar City's Beauty By Major William B. Gray THE question has been asked. How will the "Susquehanna Navigable" effect the Front street residential sectidn of Harris burg. , First —what about the view? The beautiful view will be un changed, the water will flow as now, the islands vVill remain just as green in summer and as brown in winter. The Cumberland county hills will stand forth prominent, not on* green field or wooded hill or clustered village obscured. What a great background for boats and barges loaded with coal, iron, steel or farm produce. The wonderful sunsets will be just as wonderful, the moonlight just as bright; all na tures charms will be as visible and as enjoyable from the proches and lowns and windows of Front street homes when the river is made navi gable as they are to-day. Nothing will detract or mar. No boats will be tied up or permitted to land their cargoes or receive cargoes be tween the Pennsylvania railroad bridge at Mulberry street an the Linglestown road. The difference in the elevation of the water level and level of Front street, would compel this. It would be imprac ticable to have barge wharves built in the residential sections. Modern methods and modern barges in not be loaded or unloaded on the river bank promiscously at the op tion or fancy of the boatman or shipper. The harbor of Harrisburg would be regulated by a harbor master and a set of rules and, regul ations, the same as New York, or Philadelphia or at any port. The best location for wharves and docks would be selected; accessibility, railroad connections, availability and sufficient territory will be the THE CAMP AT BREST (From Detroit Journal) Is the fever camp of Chickamaufja in the war with Spain to be dupli -1 cated by the mud and squalor of the concentration camp at Brest? Is the tine showing of the cantonments at home to be shamed by the misery and filth and wretchedness of the place in France where 70,000 Yan kees await ships to carry them across the Atlantic. Writing in the Washington Post— one of the last newspapers in Amer ica which would offend the admin istration—George Kothwell Brown says the camp at Brest is the worst disgrace that has come to American arms in the war. It is located in a swamp. Not a dry spot exists in the area occupied. Men walk in mud, sleep in mud, have the stuff served them in their food. There has been grave mismanagement in provision ing the soldiers. The tents are thin and insufficient. Tasks far too heavy for soldiers ill-nourished and cold and utterly weary and depressed are imposed. Only one thing buoys up the spirit of the camp—the hope that the ships will come and the men may sail ,for home. A brigadier general is quoted as saying: "It Js the worst place which I have ever seen anywhere on earth, and I have traveled all over the world." . Nothing less than a breakdown in the organization of the army will ex cuse the condition of the camp at Brest. No cable censorship or threat against the press or talk of the "exl, gencies of war" ran prevent an in vestigation. And Congress should in vestigate at once, compel better treatment at Brest and punish those who have been guilty of this gross tude to the soldiers. French Mayor to Americans From an address to the American troops on Christmas, on the occasion of Christmas celebration for the chil dren 6f Buxiercs, France, by Mayor Sentlgnen: Messieurs les Americans—For four long years we haye been subject to the German rule. One glorious day we heard with joy that a glorious people, friends of liberty and justice had come to deliver us. We thank you for the sacrifice you have made for us. In the name of the little comrades I thank you for giving us this beautiful cele bration at Christmas time and assure you that the memory of it jvlll forever remain. The little compatriots of La Fayette will never forget. They will hold the memory o' your gifts always in their hearts." controlling features. Once the site is selected; wharves, warehouses and coal pockets, loading and un loading facilities will be built; well paved streets made to connect these wharves with the city streets. The plans for making the Susquehanna river navigable are large plans. They are of size with the river itself which'is the most considerable At lantic river. These plans are made to do no harm to any interests, private or public, but to add to the beauty of nature the beauty of util ity. • No resident or owner of property on Front street in the residential section need have a moments fear. The "Susquehanna Navigable," will be of great benefit to them as Well as to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and the Nation. Roost it, urge it, do not discourage it. The time is now, the mechanical appliances and en gineering skill make it possible, it can be done, it will be self-sustain ing, the conservation of water, the flood control, the power developed, the commerce and enterprise stimu lated justify the expenditure. De velope the power of the Susque hanna and its tributaries and save the coal. Canalize the Susquehanna river, put a lock through McCall's Ferry dam and you have solved the problem of a "fish way" much de sired in order to preserve the Shad and bther migratory fish so neces sary for food- The fish wjll use the locks, the money spent in "fish ways" will be spent in a much more practical way and one of general benefit if used to make the Sus-' quehanna river navigable for fish and freight boats. Have no fear the beauties of Front street will be preserved, and the view enlarged. Forecast Is For Still. Dryer [From the New York Tribune.] Water as a beverage is going to experience a tremendous popularity the coming summer if this thing keeps up: Everybody knows what is going to happen July 1 in the way of curtailing certain popular brands of thirst quenchers, but the end is not yet. Those who delight to sip the syrupy soda are going to have to pay dear for the de lectable compounds of chocolate and vanilla. Already the government is la>'- i ing plans for a 10 per cent, tax on ! every drink that goes over the counter of the soda water fountain.. That means that every 10 cent drink .will cost the consumer 11 cents, and 10-cent drinks are none too common at the fountain any more. Now comes the New Xork Legislature and purposes to get a small matter of $12,000,000 for the state treasury by taxing the matinee girl's favo rite confection. That is the amount that formerly wa3 derived from sa loon licenses. • If this plan is carried out it prob ably means another 10 per cent, tax added to that which the government is planning to exact. As it is so much "trouble to make change," the soda water dispensaries prob ably will follow- the plan adopted by many of the picture houses and make the price of the check "even" instead of charging 12 cents or 17 cents or 22 cents, as the case may be. Candy and .drug store are taking a gloomy view of the situa tion and predicting that the accumu lating taxes on soft drinks will mount to such a height that a large part of the public will be forced to restrict itself to the "unadulterated ale of Father Adam" with the re sult that some of the smaller dealers may be forced out of business. Forgetfulness of Emerson At the funeral of Longfellow Emerson went up to the bier and with his arms crossed on his breast looked down at the dead face. His memory was a mere blank. "The gentleman we have just been bury ing," he said, "was a sweet and beautiful soul; but I forget his name." —W. D. Howells in Literary friends and Acquaintances. Days Beyond Recall Maybe you also remember tho good old times when a person could buy a nickel's worth of chpese and crackers and get some of both.— . From the Dallas News. 6, 1919. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR PLEA FOR EXTENSION You are of course thoroughly familiar with the organization of the Council of Defense system through out the country. Under the Coun cil of National Defense in Washing ton, consisting of the Secretaries of War, Navy, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and Labor, and with Groesvenor B. Clarkson as Director, there has been built up under the governors of the forty-eight states a complete defense system now con sisting in addition to the state or ganization of 4,000 counties, 10,- 000 women's divisions, and some 164,000 community and municipal units. This great field machinery has represented the people of the United States in Washington and has carried through to the smallest community the problems and meas ures of the national government dur ing the war. In Washington the Council of National Defense lias created such vital bodies as the War Industries BoArd, the Aircraft Production Board, the Commercial Economy Board, acting in a sense as a great administrative laboratory; and other similar government war agencies. The Council of National Defense has been content to build these agencies and turn over to them the specific problems which come within their jurisdiction. It had not priginally been the in tention to continue the state coun cil of defense system beyond the date of the signing of the armistice. However, we find many problems that now require careful handling— problems in which the co-operation of the people throughout the Uni ted States is not only desirable but absolutely necessary. There is the problem of Americanization, the problem of unemployment, the transference of the $37,000,000,000 of war* risk insurance outstanding from a war to a peace basis, —in short it is no less imperative to meet the problems of readjustment than it was to prepare for war. For that reason Mr. Clarkson, Di rector of the Council, at the per sonal request of the Secretary of War, chairman eff the Council, has agreed to continue In office and has written the states suggesting that a special non-partisan, non sectarian bureau or commission be established in each state which will draw from the council of defense system already created those divi dends for* peace which the war ef fort of the nation has entitled it to Yours sincerely, D. W. REYNOLDS, Assistant to the Director. FOCH AND NAPOLEON [From the Knoxvllle Sentinel.] • Foch looked to Napoleon as his master in the military science. "Napolean was a prolific war maxim maker," says London Answers. His maxims numbers more than 100. Many of them are true to-day as when they were made." Foch adhered to his master s teachings closely and applied diis maxims religiously in his cam paigns: , . "In war," safd Napoleon, "there is never moijo than one favorite mo ment. The great art is to seize it and use it well." Foch seized the "favorable mo ment," and in a month not only saved the situation but turned the tables on the enemy. He "concen trated his troops and acted with energy," as Napoleon laid down. Common sense —the application of wisdom to circumstances —is Foch's maxim, as it was Napoleon s. Na poleon wrote: "Plans may be modi fied ad infinitum, according to cir cumstances, the genius of the gen eral, the character of the troops and the features of the country." Napoleon insisted upon the study of past campaigns. "The science of strategy," he said, "is only to be acquired by experience and by studying the campaigns of all the great captains of military history. In the spring he was acting up to Napoleon's dictum —"the measure which is not profoundly meditated in all its details produces no result." When Foch was ready he "dared at the Tight moment." For twenty years past Foch has been "profoundly meditating" the details of the strategy which has given him such signal succesf. Secretary of Education A cabinet officer in charge of pub lic education is about at badly need ed as the fifth wheel to a wagon, unless the states are to be relieved of all responsibility In the matter of establishing and maintaining schools,; —From the Omaha Bee iEuentttg (Efjat Not only has Pennsylvania fur- • nislied general officers to command armies and corps of the United States Army like Liggett and Mcno her and others whoso work is part of the history of the war, but it hag literally dozens of officers of high rank and valuable attainments in tr. divisions and brigades which are in the army of occupation now. Some ot .these men are just being heard of by the average man who does not know that they saw the light in the Keystone State. Every now and then something crops up to show! what Pennsylvania men are doing. I'or instance. Adjutant General Beary was talking the other day about Pennsylvania soldiers anil mentioned that the Thirty-third di vision had a number of Pennsyl vania's as high officers. The Thirty third is not much known by the peo ple here, but it is made up of tho men lrom the National Guards of Minnesota, Idaho, Nebraska, North and South Dakota. In the present A m ,' ts o,ficer s are General Henry ■ ' .'J. - a command "r 8 ' .5.? artillery brigade, a part or this middle western command; i nsv, r Roth > formerly of tho 108 th artillery, and a former captain or the Second Pennsylvania, who served with the Twenty-eighth Di~ f.v' Bli K a <le Adjutant Mechtel. with rank of major, who is a Berks countian and has command of tho motor transport, his adjutant being also a man from Berks; Col. Charles, Al 'en, assistant chief of staff, who was formerly in command of the h irst Pennsylvania and is a Philadel ? ?' hlle tlle commander of one ot the division's infantry brigades is General Edward L. King, who mar ■ried a former Harrisburger and was colonel and chief of staff of tho Twenty-eighth while it was at Camp it l r t | OC f'bero are probably other divisions of the army of occupation in which Pennsylvanians are to be found in high places. It all goes to shiny that the industrial state has lighters of tho first grade. • • In this connection it is interesting TL? 10 - 0 .. 110 ™ much the men of tho <; h infantry which was organized and trained at Camp Devcns. Mass., think of their colonel, who is nono other than Col. James B. Kemper who was stationed hero as inspector and instructor of the National Guard while on leave from the Third regu lars and who was lieutenant colonel or the Eighth Pennsylvania at El Paso. Col. Kemper was chief mus tering officer at Mt. Gretna in 1916 and while living here entered very much into the life of Harrisburg. The regiment had hard luck. Trained to the minute, its stuff on transports, it was reatly to sail when tho armis tice was signed and it was ordered j ifJ I,cins changed around and had a celebration the other dav The boys put out a booklet'and what they saw about Kemper would make line reading lor his friends here. * * The State School Directors Asso ciation and the organization of school board secretaries, which are meeting hero this week, were in real ity formed here. They came into be ing as a result of the activities of the State Educational Association and have been potent factors in affairs ot the districts, representing tho busi ness and administrative ends. Dan Hamnielbaugh and others active in school board work hero have been officers for years. • * * Capitol Park Extension seems to be an endless joy to the ygungsters in that part of the city and these fine winter afternoons there seems to be an effort to advance tho baseball season. Games are in progress al most as soon as the schools "let out' and tho boys are wondering whether state plans are going to in terfere with their games during tho coming summer. * # "People seem to have become aware of tho fact that if they do not license their dogs tho animals may be shot," remarked County Treas urer S. Mark Mumma. "The law is very plain and the dogs which are not licensed are under the ban. We have had some funny inquiries, but the law is plain." • Some folks do not seem to he aware of the fact that there has been a chango of administration at the Capitol. Letters are still coming ad dressed to Governor Brumbaugh and once in a while some one puts one over like a letter received yesterday wliicli was addressed: "Martin Brumbaugh, Governor, Pa." 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —John A. Berkey, prominently mentioned "for judge in Somerset, was born in that county and taught school there. Bromley Wharton, secretary of tho State Board of Charities, used to be a member of the First Philadelphia cavalry. —Senator Miles R. Nason.'of Erie is another man who began life as a teacher. —Representative Richard Powell went to work at nine in a coal breaker in Luzerne county. —Benjamin Golder, the Legisla ture's representative in the aviation corps, used to bo a basketball player at the University of Pennsylvania —David Fowler, the Scrunton leg islator, was in the Philippine cam paign with tho regular artillery and cavalry. | DO YOU"MOW [ —That Harrisburg is represent ed in American forties In Si beria? f HISTORIC HARRISBURG Harrisburg began to agitate for a water system other than wells carlv in the thirties. JAPANESE PHILOSOPHY Man's life is like tho journey of a i\an who, burdened with a heavy load, has a long way to travel. You should not proceed in a hurry. Sub mit to discomfort as the common lot of man, and you have little cause to complain. Should an inordinate desire arise in your mind, think of tho time when you were in need. Patience is the basis of peace and longevity. Regard anger as your foe. If you know only how to win, and know riot how to lose, calamity is sure to overtake you. Censure yourself rather than others.—From the New East. Probably a False Hope What we wonder is when it Is go ing to occur to Mr. Burleson that ho can't make enough money In pub lic life to support his family in the style to which it has been accus- J tomed. —Ohio State Journal.
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