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We would have misery cease Yet toil! not cease from sin. —Matthew Arnold. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1818 CUT THROATS THE Peace Conference has stooped to commerce with cut throats. The unthinkable has happened. As well traffic with the Kaiser himself as with Trotzky and Lenlne. What can be back of the disgraceful agreement to meet wit this pair of outlaws? Americans who have stood aghast at the crimes of the Bolshevikl can not but wonder at this latest move of the Paris delegates. What can President Wilson mean to agree to confer with a party of renegades beside whose tyrannies the crimes of the Kalesr pnle to snowy white ness. Anything can happen in Paris .after this and we shall not ho surprised. What pledges of good faith can t heso terrorists carry to the Princess Islands? As well trust Jesse James at a convention of unarmed bank ers. No, there can be no such thing as civilization covenanting with bar barity. Crime and virtue cannot sit at the same table and virtue remain unstained. Democracy and autoc racy are utterly foreign. We can not fight to make democracy safe for the world one day and the next agree to recognize the validity of the most outrageously autocratic form of mlsgovernment ever foisted upon a helpless people. MAKES NO DIFFERENCE THE fact that the Democrats have put a candidate for the State Senate into the field will cause the friends of Frank A. Bmlth, the Republican nominee, no anxiety. Mr. Smith's election Is as certain as anything political can be. Not only is he much better known through out the city and county than lilb op ponent, but ho has at his back the normally big Republican majority of Dauphin county, and this is a normal year. The Republicans were never more harmonious nor better organized than now, and Mr. Smith has the full and unstinted backing of both the organization and the rank and file of the party. The Democrats, on the other hand, are sadly disorganized. There is no leadership in this city or county worth the name. The former boss has deserted his old machine and it has gone to pot. At least twenty districts throughout the county are not even represented on the county committee and there is serious divi sion in the remnant of a committee as it does exist. The candidate nominated yesterday was led to the slaughter. He will get his name on the ticket and in the papers, and that is about all. A PROPER PROTEST THE more we see of Governor Sproul, the more we admire him. He is a man of action. He has the courage of his convic tions. His letter to Secretary of Labor Wilson yesterday protesting against a general advance in freight rates on materials that go into road con struction at a time when the federal government is urging the resump tion of public work in order to pro vide Jobs for returning soldiers and employment for men released by munition factories, raises a very per tinent point. Governor Sproul has decided (hat Pennsylvania shall get her road program under way at the earlidbt possible moment and, if possible, $25,000,000 will be put into perma nent highways in this State the coming year. This will materially nid in stabilizing business and in caring for the needs of labor. But the Governor does not mean 1 that an undue amount of the State's i road fund* shall be poured the i coffers of the Ebderal Railroad Ad- I SATURDAY EVENING, ministration In order that it may thereby tax the Commonwealth to make up for some of the deficits it has created through extravagant management. WHAT KIND OF A HOME? RESPONDING to the question, What shall we substitute for the saloon? the Rev. B. H. Niebel, of the United Evangelical Church, replies unhesitatingly: "The home." Very good. "Homekeeping hearts are happiest," we are told; but what kind of a home shall we sub stitute for the dramshop? There Is all too much truth in the saying that "the saloon is the poor man's club," and thousands of men have been attracted thither as much by the bright lights, the warmth and the opportunity for sociability as by the desire to drink. Drinking for them has been a secondary consid eration at first, although all too fre quently the first consideration at last. Frequenters of saloons have come, many of them, from dirty, insani tary, overcrowded homes —places so drab and drear that they offer no inducement to the cultivation of family life. We must improve our housing conditions if we want folks to stay at home evenings. But, unfortunately, while we are talking housing improvements, such changes for the better are slow in developing, while prohibition is just around the corner. So we must look elsewhere than to the small and ofttimes tumble-down home to replace the saloon, at least until every family shall have been provided with a decent place in which to live. Many agencies will be utilized —the churches, church clubs, the T. M. C. A., the T. W. C. A., social cen ters, community clubs —what not?— and all of these, working together, will tend toward betterment of housing conditions by lifting the people to new desires and prompting them to demand the kind of homes to which they are entitled. Dr. Niebel is right. The home Is the ultimate substitute for the saloon, but there are intermediate steps that must be taken for the benefit of those people whose homes now are mere mockeries of the word. GADSOOKS, SIR JOHN! THE announcement that General Pershing appears in the British "Who's Who" as "Sir" causes somo curiosity as to how it will be received by certain "original Per shing" men who have hustled to pre sent the name of the commander of the A E. F. as a candidate for the presidential nomination in 1920. It is the custom of most of the newspapers, when the presidential campaign is on, to carry at the head of the editorial colimn the names of the presidential and vice-presi dential nominees of the party* to which the particular paper acknowl edges allegiance. It might be astonishing—but what other feeling would it create?—to a people who hove subjected titles to a constitutional inhibition to read at the head of the editorial column of their favorite morning paper: For President: General SIR John Joseph Pershing, G. C. B. DELIVERED YOUNG THE American Livestock Associa tion has gone on record in op position to government owner ship or operation of railroads. The livestock growers want to know that when they put their stock on cars the cars will go to their destination with the least possible delay. The People's Forum, made up of leading colored people of Harrlsburg, will pay tribute to-morrow to the memory of Colonel Roosevelt. The Forum keeps Itself abreast of the times. Itjs 100 per cent. American, and is doing a good work In this com munity. The presence of the talented Mrs. Nelson, who was the wife of the late Paul Lawrence Dunbar, the dis tinguished poet, should draw a large audience to the services to-morrow. RE-EMPLOYING SOLDIERS THE problem of employment for returning soldiers, sailors and marines is very properly re ceiving the attention of the Harris burg Chamber of Commerce. These young men went Out at the call of their country and they are deserving of consideration when they return. Many of them are anxious to get back. Thousands of them have de pendents. Employers should take thought now of the men in the ser vice who may come back to them, singly or in groups, within the next few months. Now is the time to make plana. The co-operative employment of flee conducted by the State and federal authorities nt Third and North streets will help solve the problem, but In so far as possible returning soldiers should not bo per mitted to reach that extremity. Katurally, all men cannot go back to their old places. There /ire many reasons for this. Many of them will not desire to do so. Others were not Itted for the work they were doing! I when they wont away. Still others are looking for opportunity to better themselves. Working conditions, ton, have changed and hundreds of Jobs have been abolished since the men went away, while hundreds more have been created. The question is a big one, with angles, but in the last analysis the employer who sent men to war must consider himself the biggest and most important element in their re employment. "potttict Mv "~ptKK44f£trcuua By the Ex-Ooinm It teems* j Many Interesting: little stories are going the rounds of Capitol Hill and among men who follow politics about the events leading up to the passage by the House of Represen tatives of the resolution to ratify the prohibition amendment. Among them are reports that the liquor people, resentful of their defeat where they had been able to dom inate, propose to take the sdalps of Republican State leaders and to do all sorts of dreadful things the rest of the session and at the primary and general elections. Time is a great test of threats. Senator William E. Crow, of Fay ette, the Republican State chair mun, who was one of the men who bluntly told the liquor leaders that he meant to support the amend ment and to urge its ratification, wns one of the men visited by some men high in "wet" councils and when he refused to change his po sition because he felt that the time had come to act favorably he was given some impressions of feeling toward him. In reply the Fayette senator was vigorous. As a result of the Fayette sena tor's position and because Senator E. H. Vare and Lieutenant-Gover nor Beidleman and others were telling men the amendment resolu tion should be voted for it is said that an attempt was made to get Senator Boles Penrose to interfere. Gossip says that it waa Hans Rldall, a Pittsburgh brewer, who sought the intervention of the senior sena tor. It is a pity that a stenographic record of the reported conversation can never be read. Ridall, if re ports are correct, picked the wrong time, lie called the senator on the long distance about 1 A. M. when the senator was sleeping. The conversation is said to have been in the nature of a call for succor by Ridall. The world was tumbling down and he wanted the senator to intervene, interfere or anything to avert the cataclysm. The senator is reported to have ex postulated with his early morning telephonic caller and to have rep resented that he should not be dragged out of bed at that time. Further urgent pleas from the Plttsburgher for aid to head off the wreck are said to have been ans wered by the statement that the senator had been working hard all day on such matters of national importance as the revenue bill and that he should not in the interest of his health be hauled from bed on such situations as had developed in the banks of the Susquehanna. Mr. Ridall Is said to have made ono more effort to secure some assur ance of help or even a word to the men who were backing the amend ment resolution to slow up, but the senator is reported to have said that the work he was doing in the national capital was something of concern to the whole American peo ple and that in order to handle it properly he needed sleep and should not be subjected to Interruptions of essential repose. The story has been much related, but the main features seem to ad here to each recital. REGENERATION Before I went to war I lived with my life In luxury and softness, seeing naught Of the despair and sad, unceasing strife Of thousands with whose lives my ease was bought. Before I went to war I took no thought, But heedless, careless, dallied on with sin; Saw not the price at which a soul Is bought; Nor knew the souls men buy as mine own kin. I went to war—tore out my dying roots From the stagnant soil the flesh was heeded in. I'd thought to find my comrades uncouth brutes— Instead, found men, and learned that sin is sin! And Liberty—l learned to know thy call Is God's own call to help the world in pain. So, God, I pray thee not to pardon all. But do not let me close my eyes again! Lieut. John H. Binns in the New York Times. LABOR NOTES Reports from virtually every pro during field in tlie nation to the Na tional Coal Association- indicate that not less than 100,000 mine employes entered the military and naval ser vice during the last year. Of this number at least 80,000 were taken in under the draft law. The Worthlngton Pump and Ma chinery Company of Hassleton, Pa., in suspending many hands following the completion of its shellmaking contracts for the Government, hand ed each of the dismissed employes an extra week's pay and refunded money hold for Liberty bond sub scription instalments. The great scarcity of labor in ag riculture and essential industries and of clerical help in Government offices, banks, etc., has caused the issuance of a vice-regal decree in Italy requesting civilians to register for voluntary labor. The United States Shipping Board has fixed wages to be paid wireless operators on American vessels oper ated from Atlantic and .Gulf ports at 1110 a month for all chief oper ators, and SBS a month for all assist ants, without bonuses or sliding scale. Recent investigations show that the net hours of labor in nearly all industry groups >in Germany were between 9 and 10 hours. Tliey were less thaß 9 hours in the chocolate and confectionary' trade, the cloth ing And lingerie industry and in in-* due tries working up fin* metals. RAJUUSBrrRG CJHiftl TELEGRAPH AFTER THE FIRM OF JULY ...... .... ByBRIGGS I r Houj Boor a) . f~TTS A FirJS I>AY rofi \ f ) I GA-Vl6 OF GOLF] / LF Q ET o<O VOOR u A RPTTIR I V Jim - ? >ss? s^. e , l a l ( hat amD COME OOT- >vt 'SETT'e j ■— bsen like ths ,- But after July first as follows fTs-MO ~HAI>7 f~ThCfte 7 NOTHiMsI Cr. , - .rp7pM : T o'ciLF -) 6U6RVTHIK<S / / To TME CLUB / Ps . *_* J / EVERYTH.NG I^ZJ™ „„ f £6 —7^~* The.House's "Dry" Vote (From Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.) As it is conceded that the Pennsyl vania Senate will ratify the prohib ition amendment, passage of the res olution by the House yesterday may be accepted as definitely establishing this states attitude on the liquor question. No charge that some of tho 110 affirmative votes are to be attributed to an admitted human de sire to bo on the popular side can have any merit. Ratification at Har risburg reflects the demonstrated will of the people of this common wealth that the liquor traffiic shall be abolished. The fact that action now really count for nothing in accom plishing nation-wide prohibition, rat ification having been completed on January 16 when the thirty-sixth state gave its approval to the amend ment, has no sinister significance. Had it been possible to call up the resolution and dispose of it early last month there is every reason for con fidence that the result would not have been different from that record ed yesterday. So, while we are dis appointed that Pennsylvania was not among the first states to ratify, we are proud that the representatives of the people have so positively signi fied this state's adherence to the great reform. The practical value of ratification even as the forty-fifth state to so act, is that the Legislature positively commits Itself to the duty of enact ing laws to make constitutional pro hibition effective. Having approved the amendment, it cannot do any thing that would tend toward nulllfV catlon that would not be stultifica tion. The law makers unquestion ably will proceed with further legis lation on this subject In good faith. Spending Ihe Drink Money (From the New York Evening Post) Amateur economists are amusing themselves In guessing how will be spent the millions heretofore paid out for drink. On candy, some be lieve. Others predict an outbreak of unaccustomed dandyism; still others a mania for grnphophones. The pes simists suggest that increased taxes will take carc of the surplus. The South has experienced prohibition and begins to contribute data that serve hs a basis for less imaginative forecasts. At the conclusion of Georgia's first dry year her Governor pointed to the immense reduction in the cost of maintaining courts, pris ons and police. Moreover, he cjted reports from department stores and banks showing an astonishing in crease In the volume of business and the number of depositors. These cheerful facts ho embodied in an epistle to, the Virginians, who had just put prohibition into effect. Other states that have tried prohibition are similarly calling out, "Come on in, the water's fine!" A Diary of Eight Words (From the Cincinnati Times-Star) Tucked away In Theodore Roose velt's diary, written a number of years ago, but just come to light, were four entries, covering four days. Theso entries comprised in all but eight words. But these eight epitomized the tremendous will power and grit of the man as fully as might have done pages from the pens of great writers. While in the wilds of Africa, Col onel Roosevelt .was stricken with a tropical disease. It came upon him at a time and at place of peril. But this is all we find recorded: July 16—Fever. Wrote. July 17—Fever. Wrote. July I&—Feeling better. July IS—Five hippos. A story In eight words, cortiplete In itself, and i.eeding nothing to drive home its point. QUEER LETTERS Here are some extracts from au thentic letters received at the War Risk Insurance Bureau, Washing ton, from the wives of soldiers claiming support. A reader of the register vouches for them. "Please let me know if John has put in his application for a wife and child." "I am writing to ask why I haven't received my elopement." "You have taken away my man to fight and he was the best fighter I ever had." "My boy has been in charge of a spittoon: do I get more money?" : "Dnte of birth? Answer, 'Not yet, ( but soon.' " "Dear Mr. McAdoo, I have a wife and nine children. I should have more or less." "By boy is In France, where he Hf liable to be sent into maternity any minute." —From the Christian .Register. , THE TEXAS RANGER, LONE SURVIVOR OF ANOTHER AGE For More Than Half a Century tlic Picturesque Body qf Gun Fighters Has Guurthsl the Frontier of the JXHIC Star State and Has Made It self Feared Alike by Bandits of America and Mexico. LAST" survivors of the pictur esque age of the open trail and the 2-gun man, the Texas Rangers are fighting to keep from being crowded into the yesterdays. The third attempt in ten years is heing made in the Texas Legislature to disband this little body of hard riding, straight shooting frontiers men. For while their shaggy "chaps'* and flapping sombreros have been discarded for plain blue serge suits and soft black Stetsons, in them still lives the spirit of the frontier. There is nothing about these soft spoken, somberly clad men of gentle mien to distinguish them from their Innumerable fellows of the present it is their swarthy cheeks and steady eyes. At home they are plain citizen of the Lone Star State. There is no braggadocio In their speech—no swagger in their man ner. But in the saddle, their carbines swung beneath the skirts of their saddle, the rangers are the incarna tion of the chase/ Silently, untiring ly they follow the trail of the law evader as relentlessly as ever did the wolf of the old plains days fol low its quarry. Their only one thought is "to get their man," and the ranger is proud of his organiza tion's record of unvarying success. Their story is woven inseparably into the history of their state. Even before secession of Texas from Mex ico, the rangers had been organized as a vigilance committee to protect the whites from the depredations of Mexicans. In the Mexican War they made themselves so feared that ever since It has been their humor ous boast that the Mexicans declare they could whip the entire Untied States If It were not for Texas. And after that war, the rangers were re tained by the state as a frontter pa trol. Gave No Quarter tn keeping the border cleared of bandits they have permitted nothing 7*l International boundary T' , t ?„i ßte * f ® re w,th their work, as in 1875, when Captain L. H. Mc- Isally was ordered to make a gon eral cleanup of the foraging bands from across tho border who were terrorizing the frontier. He adopted a policy of no quarter and fought Indiscriminately in both Texas and Mexico. Chgsing a bnnd of fifty thieves across tho border, McNsllv and his rangers killed twenty-nine of them without losing a man. His official reports were short and to the point, as when he sent word to the Governor of Texas: "Just spent three dovs on Mex ican soil after cattle thieves and a herd of two hundred nnd fifty stolen cattle. Killed five Mexicans, wound ed one." ' Thrilling in all it fetalis. the his tory of the rangers, sometimes, he. comes grewsome. ns when McNallv returning from another chase into Mexico. J>rou*ht back the bodies of thirteen Mexicans nnd exhibited tlietn in the plaza nt lirownHVillo as an object lesson to their compatriots But it hasn't been the Mexican alone who has feared the ranirer Train robbers, cattle rustlers and ab! scondlng bank clerks have found life unhealthy in the Lone Star State John R. Hughe*. another captain' was chasing a band of cattle thieves up in the 818 Bend country, when late one afternoon a messenger broußht him word of a train holdup near Dryden, one hundred and fifty miles away. In ten minutes llußhes and his rangers were in the saddle, headed for Dryden. They covered lxty miles before daybreak. Twenty miles out of Dryden they picked up the trail of the train robbers, de toured around a body of United States deputy mnrshals. nnd on the fourth day, after a 300-mile chase, caught up with the two bandits. A Picked Body of Men Tn tlio ensuing revolver duel one robber was killed, nnd the other, .lumping on the rock behind which he had sought shelter, shot himself. Three days later Hughes and his band were following the cold trail of the rustlers back in the Big Bend district. The rangers, for, the moat part are .recruited from former cattle men. But more than a quick finger on the trigger a steady hand and the ability to stay in the saddle twenty-four hours at a stretch is required of a ranger. He must have proven his stamina, sobriety and courage be fore he is admitted to the organiza tion. "I can look in a man's eyes and tell whether he has the right stuff in him to make a good ranger," de clared Captain W. J. Mac Donald a few years ago, but Captain Mac Do nald, with all other lcadeis, demanded some more tangible proof of the fit ness of candidates who came before him. The man who aspired to wear the ranger's badge must have proven by past exploits that he could keep a cool head under fire. While the rangers have been valu able on the border in recent years, thero are those in Texas who declare their days of usefulness are over. And there have been rumors of ac tivities that would not bear the light of publicity. With no trouble ready made for them, the rangers have been tempted to create a. little ex citement of their own, these oppo nents say. "The rangers have committed more outrages In tho border counties thnn the Germans perpetrated in Belgium," declared Representative J. P. Canales of Brownsville in the Texas Legislature the other day. And so it is that the ranger may follow the 2-gun man, the Indian and the buffalo into the happy hunt ing ground of the yesteryear. Task of Americanization (From the New York Globe) In this state are nearly 600,000 persons who are unable to speak English, more than half a million of whom are above tho age of twen ty-one. Of these, 360,000 are—un able to read or write any language. No wonder Governor Smith should receive with favor the suggestion for a comprehensive campaign against this illiteracy! There is no more Important ques tion than the one of Americaniza tion, and it is time this state took It up seriously. I 1 literacy is, as Gov ernor Smith says, a standing menace to the proper development of the economic and social intorests of the state. Our compulsory education law is gradually meeting tho problem so far as the rising generation Is concerned, but there is immediate need of doing something to correct thef situation as it concerns the adult population. The national govern ment should co-operate, but with the states chiefly is educational re sponsibility. One stumbling block in the past has been the foreign-language news paper. Many foreigners who other wise would have learned our lan guage have not felt the necessity of doing so on account of the ease with which thoy have been able to obtain a newspaper printed in their native tongue.. They are willing to adopt' this country as their own but not to accept its customs or its language, the foreign-language newspapers could be made an Important factor in the scheme of Americanization by compelling them, for instance, to print lessons in English and to pub lish part of their cotitents in the ver nacular. Americanization of foreign ers in this country never will be completed as long as we foster the existence of national groups. Publishing New Guide Books I [From the New York Evening Post] Convinced that "no one will here after want a German guide book," English publishers are feverishly preparing to supplant Baedeker.. With their hearts in their months they read the daily goaslp from Parla, wondering what town be longs on which may, what country will devour which others and what galley of text should go where In each particular volume. The Job roqulres haste. It must be com pleted in time to catch the impend ing rush of tourists. Dry. wordy and too encyclopedic, Baedeker not only rulned-your eyes with its fine print, but tormented you with its needless bulk and weight. English publish ers should improve on the German guide book or American publishers will; and if they perish in the at tempt they will have deserved well of their country. FEBRUARY 8, 1919. SHORT STORIES (From the New York Sun.) Danny I-yon went away from far East Sixteenth street twenty years ago,- because a successful business man In the West, recently returned to visit his fioyhood haunts, met an old friend, Mrs. Murphy, reintro duced himself, and ufter a long gossip about old acquaintances asked: "And Paddy Sweeney? What be came of my old pal Paddy?" "He was a conthractor. Made a millyon dollars and was drowned." "Paddy made a million! Why, he couldn't read nor write!" "Nor swim." Anyway, the makings of this kind of stbry will disappear Jan uary 16, 1920. Two rounders were seated at a table in their club cafe, and after a long, silent and very wet session one asked: "Shay, you kncAv Brown?" "Wha' Brown?" "Cecil Van Rensselaer Dykemart Brown." "Huh, Cecil Van Rensselaer Dyke man Brown? Know 'im well. Splen did fel', ol' Cecil Van Rensselaer Dykenian Brown What's his name?" A British Cabinet officer who toured the Western States during the war on propaganda work is said to be telling his colleagues in Lon doh that this incident actually hrp pencd: "On one of our trains we had no dining car and stopped at Oreen River in Wyoming, I think it was, for lunch in the station restaurant. My waiter seemed to be quite a typical cowboy, recruited for tho emergency, and when he asked me what kind of pie I'd have for des sert I asked what kind of pie he had. " 'Mince and apple,' he replied. "After some hesitancy, which seemed to arouse his ill will, I asked for apple pie. " 'Say, stranger,' he responded with unmistakable menace, 'what's the matter with the mince pie?' " Typical Roosevelt Letter The following typical letterr was received from Colonel Roosevelt by Major General Haan of the 32d Division (Michigan and Wisconsin), in France, In reply to a letter Gen eral Haan sent Colonel Roosevelt, with a mup showing the location of the grave of Quentin Roosevelt after the enemy had been defeated on the ground by the Thirty-se.'ond Divi sion. "My Dear General Haan: I am very much touched, indeed, by the trouble you have taken in the mid dle of your absorbing work. I ap preciate your letter. I appreciate the sketch of Quentin's grave. It was dreadful to have Quentin kill ed, but I would not for anything in the world have had him not face death and take his chanoe. "I most heartily congratulate you, my dear sir, on the work of your division. By George, you men have hit hard. Will you thank the divi sion for mo? Will look forward to seeing you at Sagamore Hill when you return, my dear General, I ad mire and, I fear, I envy your rec ord. Faithfully yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Our Anthem in Italian (From the Red Cross Bulletin.) The strains of "The Star Spangled Banner," sung In an excellent Italian translation, can now be heard throughout Italy. A year ago, the, song was a little known foreign anthem. To-day, it is part of the traditional music of the people. The visitor hears it sung by peasants in remote parts of Calabria. It is part of the exercises in the schools. It is proverbial that Italians, young and old, are born singers. The nation of beautiful songs has now made "The Star Spangled Banner" its own. The translation, made by Prof. Frank 0.. Perret, finds a ready sale in all the princi ple cities. Sometimes it can be found In the smallest country stores. Here are the first few lines of the I anthem in Italian, along with the literal English translation: O dlte se ognor Oh, say it ever Nel rosslgno albor In the rosy dawn II Slmbolo flero dl nostra speranza The first symbol of our hope Con stellato splendor With the splendor of the stars Ormal vlncltor Now and for ever victorious. A New Product The distillers might turn some of their plants into orphans' homes. Thflr are responsible for ' lots at them.—From the Philadelphia In quirer. iEmting (Elfat Capitol park improvements will D under way | n three separaio and stinct phases within a month un der the stimulus of Governor Wil liam C. Sproul's announced inten tion to get things started so that the oltlcial center of the state shall not only have an unequalled set vutL'* '"i 1 BUtHclen t room be pro .. for the ofilcee scuttered cltiea^Bn 11 .' lla,rlabu 'K and other °K n!"" ch ul costing the State J/5,000 a year In rent. The ot governor Is to ina rent"® 8 S"" 1 " anU " Bto P W' rb " 1 ' Ahe governor htta given h tf" ♦"S the P' elllnl nary work to and f e t "J 1 th ° Mt ' niorta l bridge and the borings to ascertlng what ™,Vi\ i . ntiaUona wiil be required will begin Monday or Tuesday The engineers have been ordered' here, Arnold W, Brunner, the architect, was directed to make the plans for the twin olflce buildings and ar rangements will bo made by Super intendent George A, Shrelner to th ar^a Contr ? ctß for the changes In the old park and the formal en trance at Third and State streets. Propositions will mark real worn on Improvements for which Plans have been In preparation for over two years, awaiting the time when the State can go ahead. The governor does not think that there will be any better time and that it will give men work and also start Ji? 1 "® B ,' The Brunner plans call for L l , "* 8 ln the Parlt extn sion but they are ln the future. The two authorized to be planned, v 2,- . wlu ho started this year, will be 215 by 70 feet and each contain approximately 75,000 square feet of lloor space. The first build ing to be constructed will likely be on the southern side of the park and wll be In accord with the big building. It will oost a million dol lars in opinion of peoplo here, but save big rental item's for offices and also for storage for which the state government is badly off, being forced to rent lofts in Harrlsburg. This building would Jut out from the south wing with an arcade con necting it with the main structure. It could care for the Health De partment, which occupies the most space and have twice as much left over. • • • German language newspapers are going to have a very hard fow to hoe in Pennsylvania as far as re quirement of official advertisements is concerned when the present leg islature gets through with thorn Judging from tho bills which are making their appearance in the gen eral assembly. Already a -Mzen to remove all mandates of the law to publish official notices in German newspapers are In the hands of tho Judiciary special committee of the House, which will take them up during the coming week. These bills are an Interesting study. They refer to acts passed anywhere from ten to one hundred years ago. A century ago there were numerous German newspapers and thev were influential and in the middle per iods of the last century they secured the enactment of laws for publish- In# of ofliciul news. Harrlsburg had several and I,ancaster, Lebanon and Berks counties quite a few. Late ly the number of such newspapers has declined owing to the stoppage . C, ®r man immi ff r ation and tho Tact that the younger generations grew up to speak English. Even repeal of special acts relative to publication of legal notices in Ger man newspapers in Berks county is now sought. A couple of bills have also appeared to require every PU i i r>ub,ic schools to be edu cated in German language. This Is said to be aimed at a few districts W £ e r, e ~ he P°Pulatlon is almost wholly German, although descended from people who settled in Pennsyl van la many years ago. • * * Somo of the returned soldiers who are visiting in the city are of the opinion that there will be no trou ble about getting veterans of tho war interested in the new National Guard. One soldier from this city said that Iho men in the service would probably want at l. Ast a bat talion located in llarrisburg. • * # It is not regarded as probable that any armory construction will he undertaken in Capitol Park ex tension. The plans as approved by the state authorities provide that only buildings for purely state ad ministrative purposes will be erect ed in the park. It is also improb able that the State Armory Board will ask for any appropriation for an armory ln Harrisburg. It Is the view at the Capitol that such a matter should be initiated here. In other places county and city or borough authorities have provided proper ties which have been deeded to the state which has constructed armor ies. It goes without saying that an armory fronting on Capitol Park would be a very handsome thing. ... The combining of the Garman and Quinn complaints against the Har risburg Railways Company means that all of tho cases which have arisen ln this city will be decided at once Just as has been done in com plc'nts from other towns and as will be done with the Valley Railways Company cases. r WELL KNOWN PEOPLE | —Mayor E. V. Babcock, of Pitts burg, is planning a bond issue of over JV0.000.000 for Improvements. ' —Mayor A. T. Connell, of Scran ton, says be • intends to run down and see the legislators one of these days. He used to be a member of the House. —Mayor G. S. Lysle, of McKees port, took active steps in regard to a trolley situation. He just stopped the ears. —Mayor John D. Carr, of Union town, Is having some trouble to get the city sealer ousted. The sealer will not recognize the authority of council under the present mayor. —Mayor W. S. McDowell, of Ches ter, has been asked to have his city pay SIOO,OOO toward new houses. | DO YOU KNOW ' —That the new Capitol park will be a reality by the end of autumn? , HISTORIC HARRISBURG —The first police foree was or ganised In this place about 1795 and men who were in the Revolution were members. Militants En Tour The women militants who liave "done time" for breaking the law ln connection with suffrage agitation at Washington have named the special train in which they are to tour the country "Demooratlc limited/' From the Springfield Republican "*• . i
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