8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH SEWS PAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Telcgrafk Building, Federal Sguare E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief P. R. OYSTER, Business Manager OUB. M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor A. R. MICIIENER, Circulation Manager Executive Board J. P. McCULLOUGH, BOYD M. OGLESBY, P. R. OYSTER, GUS. M. STEINMETZ. Members 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 f'aper and also the local news pub ished herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved, A Member American I New-spaper Pub-. Eastern fe e^ I Chicago, ®u! ,< * >ln * Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. yiflgaglK By carrier, ten cents a week; by mail, $3.00 a year in advance. The reward of a thing well done ts to hove it done. —Emerson. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 119 CENTER OF DISTRIBUTION THE opening of another gen eral freight warehouse, hav ing a capacity of 300 or more carloads, in Harrisburg marks an other step in the development of this city as a center of dlstrlbu tloft. It is needless to explain the accessability of Harrisburg from a railroad standpoint and re-shipping point. But while wo are rejoicing in our fortunate situation and noting with satisfaction the increas ing number of firms that are es tablishing branches here, let us not forget that we are rapidly nearlng the end of our freight siding facil ities along the Pennsylvania rail road and that the frontage we do have is for the most part too ex pensive to prove very attractive to seekers for plant locations. Some years ago there was talk of a belt line around the city, leav ing the main line of the Pennsy at a point near "Wildwood Lake, swing ing out beyond the insane asylum property and coming back to the main line at the lower end of the city. The time was not then ripe But we are rapidly approaching the time when this or some other plan of the kind should be considered. We must devise a means of pro viding cheap railroad Itontago for looking for mill sites and at the same time open up new territory for the quartering of work men in model homes. We wi'l not get many more big manufacturers until we do some such thing, be cause we have now few sites that would appeal to the men looking for a factory location. AMONG FRIENDS HARRISBURG is proud to be the capital city of the great State of Pennsylvania and It is happy to entertain for more or Cess brief periods every two years the members of the House of Rep resentatives and the State Senate who gather here for the sessions of the Legislature. It would have Its visitors feel at home, and to that end it has arranged with the mem bers of the Chamber of Commerce acting as hosts, a reception, lunch eon and entertainment at the Penn "Harris hotel next Tuesday e\ening. The doors of the city's best hotel will be thrown open to them. The best the city has to afford will be theirs. Harrisburg rejoices in having its own representative in the progres sive Sproul administration in the person of Lieutenant-Governor E. E. Beidleman, who will Introduce Governor Sproul to the people of the city. We are therefore linked tip more closely than ever with the affairs of the State in a per sonal way. Just as we are more closely related in a material way since city and State have agreed to Join hands in the development of the Capitol Park area. We are go ing to do a big thing together and there is every reason why we should be thoroughly acquainted and on a friendly footing one with the other. The coming reception should s help a lot in that direction. "LUXURY TAXES" IT is reported that the miscalled "luxury taxes" are to be passed by Congress only to be promptly repealed —the passage being per mitted to prevent undue delay of the revenue bill. These taxes ought never to have been Introduced, and most certainly if they are enacted into law they should be stricken from the books. Even while we were at war there was a marked difference of opinion concerning the necessity and wis dom of classing articles of common daily use as "non-essential." Now L ' that the war has ended and the need Lof curtailing production has given W piece to an obligation on the part _ TUESDAY EVENING, business in order to find work tor the Boldier boys coming out df Uncle Sam's service there is an over whelming weight of public opinion against r- \j upon consumption, but that c>bMon will not protect" the public unless it is forcefully ex pressed. In the case of the "luxury taxes" the new revenue bill sots up/wholly arbitrary standards of price on all sort of common articles—carpets and rugs, umbrellas, hats for men, mil linery, hosiery, shirts and many other articles of this type—which, if sold at prices higher than those which Congress deems necessary, must carry a percentage of tax to be paid by the purchaser. Thus, if Mrs. Brown, who is care ful of her appearance, should pur chase a pair of silk hose at more than $2, she must pay ten per cent, upon that part of the purchase price which exceeds $2. It may be that Mrs. Brown has no more money than Mrs. Jones who isn't so par ticular about her appearance and finds the stockings she wants at $1.89, but, nevertheless, Mrs. Brown Is obliged to pay a tax on part of the price of her stockings, while Mrs. Jones pays no tax. Perhaps the husbands of these two women earn exactly the same and both are taxed upon their Income, and yet when their wives go to the store one must pay an extra tax for indulging her natural craving for an article of a little better quality while the other pays no tax. , This is only one example of one of many objectionable features of the "luxury taxes" as they would weigh upon the public. There are many more objectionable features, for the luxury taxes muSt be col lected from the public. This is speci fically provided in the bill. These taxes are going to prove a trouble some kind of taxation whleh will greet consumers at every point, for the retail stores will be powerless to do other than enforce the law when ever Mrs. Brown desires anything which, in the judgment of certain members of Congress, she does not vitally need. The "luxury taxes" are not fair taxes, because s they appear In the bill they show many Inconsistencies. For example, the working girl who, by dint of saving and sacrifice, is able to gratify her natural longing for a little better quality in shoes, stockings, umbrella, parasol or pocketbook, will be obliged to pay a tax. On the other hand, the wealthy woman may. If she chooses, pay a thousand dollars for a dress without being required to pay a tax. Besides the obvious burden the "luxury taxes" will place upon the public, they will also operate to in crease the cost of desired merchan dise because the business of com puting and collecting and making re turns to the government for the taxes collected will prove so difficult that some retail merchants figure the cost of collection will be almost as great as the tax itself. Ultimately this too must be paid by the public In the form of a higher aost of dis tribution. If Congress is wise It will let Its hands off these so-called "luxuries" and the report that the taxes are not to be collected Indi cates that at least some of the Con gressmen have their ears to the ground. MATTER WITH RUSSIA OUR old friend William Allen White, he of "What's the mat ter with Kansas" fame, has been designated by President Wilson to find out what's the matter with; Russia. We opine that if he gives a full report he will require more space than the few hundred word editorial in which he once told the world about the of Kan sas. "What's the matter "with Russ-.a" is a hard question and the ass'gn ment is a big one for even so gifted a newspaperman as Mr. White. But we shall expect more of him than the stereotypde stuff that has Been coming out of Russia from the regu lar correspondents the past fetv months. We don't believe the Amer ican government should have sent anybody to treat with the lawless, lying, murderous Bolsheviki, but if somebody had to go the best man for the mission we can think of is this same quiet, observing, clear thinking Kansas newspaperman. SUFFRAGE DEFEAT THE suff-—e amendment, de feated by one vote in the Sen ate yesterday, will be adopted, in all likelihood, by the next Con gress, which will have a Republi can majority aiid none of the South ern prejudices that unquestionably were largely responsible for the failure of the measure yesterday, although northern votes could have saved it.. But if leaders of the suffrage movement are sincerely desirous of winning the vote they must put a foot hard on the tomfoolery of the Washington militants who have building bonfires of presidential speeches and burning President Wilson in effigy before the White House. This sort of thing is disgustng and tends only to give the impression that women are flighty, disorderly and not lo be trusted with the ballot—which is not the truth. The Irrepressibles at the national capital are not truely representative of the women of the country. They are ultra-radicals of the type tha.t turns up in every reform to injure the cause they profess to champion. If not hunting votes with dog and gun they would be wild-goose chasing in some other direction. The next Congress may turn a deaf ear on suffrage unless the hand of amazons at Washington Is repressed. foUtlcsU *pth-M4£toaiua Bjr the Ex-Committeeman I The manner in which Governor [ William C. Sproul has been setting at rest matters which it was thought would disturb the serenity of the session and the quiet way he has been getting what he wants with out much fuss are being commented upon about the Capitol and among men who follow politics as one of the most hopeful signs for a session In accord with what the Governor suggested in his inaugural address. It is possible that the session may end in April with a minimum of laws and a great measure of accomplish ments. v The Governor settled very con clusively the apprehensions excited by stories that a new ripper was to be enacted for Pittsburgh and he also allayed some feelings about the Philadelphia charter revision fight by suggesting to certain of the advo cates of a radical change in munici pal government for the metropolis of the state that they be "practical." Some of the rural members are even commencing to indulge in the hope that the everlasting fight over con trol of the city government of Phil adelphia may be kept out of this Legislature by agreements reached before the bills come in. Othere be lieve that would be no more possible than for the Philadelphia Record and the Harrisburg Patriot to agree upon affairs of the decadent Demo cracy of Pennsylvania. Governor Sproul also ended the speculation over the Public Service Commission by saying in Pittsburgh Saturday night that he did not see any reason for cutting it down to five. —Senator Vare's reported state ment that Philadelphia police should be taken out of politics has called forth from the Philadelphia Inquir er a very tart comment. It says; "With the advent of the Legislature there is the usual talk about police in poltics and—again as usual— some eminent citizens are drawing up a bill to keep them out." —The Philadelphia Ledger, which had caused some comment by the attention it gave to the Rorke bill for Sunday entertainments of an "educational" character, indulges in ths comment on the charter re vision: "Opponents of a smaller council for Philadelphia have said a great deal during the pending dis cussion about their willingness to give the 'what the people want.' But they are hazy in their explanations if they offer any at all. of the manner in the wishes of the people are to be mani fested." —The Philadelphia Press, which does not favor the administration bill to fix the salary of the next Governor at $lB,OOO, would put liim on the same plane of compensation as the mayor of Philadelphia. It also adds: "The very familiar and intimate items of personal expenses which appear in the accounts Of the Auditor General in the last your years should never.again encumber the official records of the state." —Teaching of German in the pub lic and normal schools of the State will be stopped by a bill which was presented in the House by John T. Davis, of Indiana county. He will make a fight for the passage of the measure. The bill would amend the School Code so that the State Super intendent of Public Instruction, all school directors and school super intendents would be "prohibited from arranging or adopting any course of study which shall provide for or include the teaching of the German language or the teaching of any subject in the German lan guage." Similar provision is made to prevent Germans getting into the course of the normal schools. ■—John A. Berkey, former state insurance commissioner and much mentioned as a possible judge for Somerset county, was at the Capitol. —Attorney General Schaffer has decided that investigation of regis tration in Carbondale is a matter for Lackawanna county authorities. He has declined to interfere. —The row over Allegheny's two Judge bill attracted a crowd last night, second only to that which appeared in the House when the Prohibition amendment was up. —Governor Sproul and Lieuten ant-Governor Beidleman go to Wil liamsport to-morrow to speak at the Lincoln day dinner. The Governor will be in Philadelphia on other days in the week. —James Brislin, Democratic mem ber from Wllkes-Barre, is an old baseball player. He starred In the Susquehanna league several seasons ago. —Senator Wallace Barnes, of Wayne, id'the first Republican to be sent to the Senate from the Wayne- Pike-Monroe-Carbon district. He defeated J. Purdy Cope, hotelman, backed by A. Mitchell Palmer. —Public Service Commissioner M. J. Ryan and Judge John M. Carman, of Wilkes-Barre, are to be St. Pat rick's Day orators at a dir.ner of the Pittston Irish-Amertcaw, March 17. —Representatives Stadtiander and Trach have exchanged committee assignments, the former going on banks and banking and the latter on education. —The Allegheny Judgeship de bate attracted much attention as many thought that it was a move by John R. K. Scott to win some support among the <p-State "drys" for the Vares when the time comes to fight over the Philadelphia city charter. It wis ;*ticed that sev eral Vare men V.ile saying they were in favor of the bill were ear nest in their espousal of the Viek erman proposition to recommit Ditli rich's bill for a hearing as a mat ter of "right" and "square deal." Just what effect the Scott' tactics w4ll have on the Leslie forces from Allegheny county is being discussed. The Leslie people wanted a char ter revision of their own and still want it. although the Governor says he is against it. —The Philadelphia charter revi sion men held a discussion last night, but did not select any chair man. Many Horses Will Stay Not all our fighters will return to the land of their birth. Most of the men—those who are living will come home, but many of the horses will not, for there is great need of draft animals in the reconstruction work In France and Belgium, and there are plenty of war-worn horses that a fgw weeks or months of rest will restore to usefulness. The Red Star Animal Relief organization in New York is interesting ltse'f in the pleasant task of getting the poor old horses into fresh fields and pastures green. —Youth's Companion. Uxrrisburg telegraph Alirx IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEEWPT ... ... By BRIGGS AFTCR 6P£MPfJ6 -Vooft - ANO TOUR AFTeRrJooKJS AS . OB T)L<RI ,^ EIK , / . T- _ MORNIW6S LtIJeS HOfiTftSS AT OFF.CGR'I • VALOe OF CArt LI M^PLE OP SOUD.WS AT C+O TeerJ AYS HEM.MG AH. ABOUT COFF**/ VSTH SOMP IF WHO TRYHS/<3 TO WORK UP THAT SOR^E orue 5 GIRL WAS IM THE 6U4/M£.SS eeroßC iOMiCSoDV S BoV M F£6LiwG j * THC \AJA^ APTER MORt - too QET A CABLE THAT 6V/CAJIM6S DAINJC• iv/C> YOUR OVYN S OAJ HIS WAY '' ■ ~ WTr HOMCILCH NAVAL OFFICERS L, K H0 .,„ ARON T>, y OL . -i - Be.irJ<L uei*Y SW6CT awD AU , BaC MO e AW ° ° (]R-R" R'R HAD HIS REWARD (From the Columbus Dispatch.) Some one asked Henry Watter son in New York the other day whether he did not regret that he had not left the Courier-Journal years ago and become identified with a greater newspaper. The New York er always seems to think that the great newspapers are those of the metropolis; he wonders why a great editor like Watterson should not lo cate in New York City. But that is not to the point. Here is Mr. Wat terson's reply to the question: . "The Courier-Journal occupies a peculiar field among the people of healtliy ideas. They believe in the newspaper and they believe in me. I have written my opinons fearless ly and the Courier-Journal has printed them without trimming the corners. I have tried to make men and women better by my plain and straight-from-the-shoulder language. Sometimes X wished._that 1 might have been a bigger frog in a bigger puddle. But I love the South, the Southern people and I love the Courier-Journal. I have had my reward for a life I believe well spent." Whether Henry Watterson would have been a bigger frog in the New York puddle, no man can say. Cer tainly tlffere is not to-day in the New York puddle a frog anything like so big as Mr. Watterson—not a writer n the city who has so great an influence as Mr. Watterson has had. But the thing is, he has had his reward. For fifty years this man nas been a militant editor of a great news paper. He has been neutral in noth ing, but independent in all things. He has favored and opposed; he has made friends and enemies. He never accepted a penny from any man for his opinions. He has never allowed his personal likes or dislikes to influence his opinions. He never was moved by a hair's breadth from a course through fear of personal vio lence or loss of profits. And for fifty years he had a tremendous influ ence in his field—a greater influence, perhaps, than was ever wielded by any other American editor. It is no secret that for thirty or forty years no man entered public office in the South if Henry Watterson op posed htm. Governors, senators, con gressmen, Judges, cabinet officers— all of them had to be approved by- Henry Watterson or they did not get into office. At least it can be stated in all truthfulness that his opposi tion defeated those whom he de cided should not be in office. It was not until late years, after he became less actve, that men were elected or appointed against his opposition. The Open Boat "When this here was is done," says Dan, "and all the flghtin' through, There's some'll pal with Fritz again as they was used to do: But not me," says Dan, the sailer man; "not me," says he; "Lord knows it's nippy in an open boat "on winter nights at •sea." "When the last battle's lost an' won, an' won or lost the game, There's some'll think no 'arm to drink with squareheads Just the same; "But not me," says Dan, the sailor man, "an' if you ask me why Lord knows it's thiruty in an open boat when the water-beaker's dry." "When all the bloomin* mines is swep' an' ships are sunk no more, There's some'll set them down to eat with Germans as before; But not me," says Dan, tho sailor man;* "not me, for one— Lord knows it's hungry in an open boat when the last biscuit's done." "When peace i t- signed and treaties made an' tra-l i begins again There's some'll shake a German hand an' never see the stain; But not me," fay Dan. the ea'lor man; "not me, ai God's on high— Lord knows it's bitter in an cpon boat to see your shipmates die.'' —Celia F. Smith, in Punch. Mabel Has an Idle Moment Sfow is the time for ail ood men to come to the aid of the party of the country to the aid of tho coun try WSSWSSWSSim &7!b7)!sms I wish I had I wish he had we had a million onemlllion 1,000,000,000,000,- 000 dollars I do I do Ges£rude Stan dish Gertrude Edwards Mrs. James B. Edwards Mrs. Jimmy Edwards Private James B. Edwards Machine Gun Company 316 A. P. O. 777, A. E. F., France sunny France Armis tice Armistice Armistice Peace i Jimmy dearest Mrs. Jimmy Edwards & 4-4tt>& Ontario Post i " What's the Matter With Father" WHEN we can teach boys to be a little more careful in the selection of their parents we will have made great strides to wards the solution of 'The Boy Problem,'" says M. D. Crackel, of Cleveland, who, because of the astounding interest in the Father and Sons movement, has made some original studies. 'Someone has said that 'Any kind of a man will do for a father, but takes a good woman to be a mother.' There is nothing more false, but some boys seem to act on this assumption and then a little later in life—say, along about twelve to sixteen—they awaken to the fact that they have a wayward father on their hands. This is not to be an arraignment of fathers, but rather a simple setting forth of some ideals for fathers and these ideals come from the young er sons of these self-same fathers." Three hundred and twenty-two boys collaborated in preparing a list of ideals for Mr. Crackel. They represented "Jew. Gentile, Pro testant, Catholic, Mede and Elam ite and the dwellers in Mesopo tamia." Their papers were turned in without names or marks of iden tification. To the question. "What one thing about your father do you like best?" they answered as folloWs: About thirty per cent, referred to goodness, kindness and right treatment, while twenty pet* cent, gave such economic reasons as; "He gives me a living," "he buys me clothes." "supports me," and "gives me money." The other fifty Germany Must Pay the Bill [From the Elizabeth Journal] The cost of the war Germany forced upon the world, as Gedrge Harvey points out, must be paid. It must come out of tho pockets of somebody. It must be paid by Ger many, the aggressor, the guilty of fender, who is responsible for all that the war has caused of agony and destruction, or by the victims of it. f i Unless Germany is compelled to pay the bill, the Allied nations must settle it. France, that suffered so much because of German lust, must help pay it. Belgium—devas tated and desolate Belgium—must help settle -it. Great Britain, that has already spent so much in blood and treasure to save civilization from the Hun peril, must help pay it. Italy must help pay it. A large part of the bill will come out of the treasury of the United States. Colonel Harvey is right, and his opinion is approved, when he silys that tho hill must be assessed against Germany and collected, oven though it requires long decades for that country to make restitution for all the wanton waste and destruction it has wrought. It is a false, maudlin sentiment that has been expressed by those who say Germany has already suffered sufficient punishment for her crimes. The sufferings of the Ger man people are not to be compared with those of Germany's victims. Germany prepared—deliberately and in cold blood—for her campaign of loot and lust. Preparations for what Germany has done have gone on throughout fifty years. All Ger many entered into that work. The awful crime that Germany has committed was premeditated. Civilization will suffer greatly un less an example is made of Ger many because of all it has deliber ately done. THE SPREAD OF IDEAS A Czech soldier at Mount Vernon was seen to fill a little box with earth from the tomb of Washing-! ton. "I am taking this home," he Said, "to sprinkle it on the soil of Bo hemia." The incident may be symbolic of the general spread of American ideals. The salt of freedom in these dayß is being sprinkled the world over.—Pavid Starr Jordan in Sun set Magazine. False Rumor We put no faith at all in reports which apparently •emanate from the Senate cloak rooms that President Wilson cifrtatled his original Euro pean itinerary because he had been warned that a republic might be set! up in America if he should prolong j his stay indefinitely. Harper's 1 Weekly. per cent, were divided among such answers as these: "He does not drink" was mentioned twenty-tvfco times. "He does not smoke," "he is honest," "he is companionable," "he helps me to do right," "he loves me," "he is strict,' 'his personal ap pearance," "he is kind to mother," "his love of children" and "his cheerfulness" are other suggestive good qualities. But one lad sourly answers, "Nqthing about him to ad mire." "What one thing would you like to have your father do that he does not do?" was the other question put to these experts in judging what is the matter with father. Forty-four wanted him to "Go to church" while forty wished father would "stop using tobacco." In the light of the recently adopted na tional prohibition, it is interesting to note that twenty-five hoped their fathers would "quit drinking and stay away from the saloons," while eighteen wanted them to "read the Bible" and twelve to "stop swear ing." Plenty to eat and wear evi dently are not enough for any father to provide his offspring, for these bovs wanted father to "be more jolly and good natured," to "come home earlier of evenings," "not be so extravagant," "take more exercise," "go out more with mother." "sleep more at night." "not work on Sunday," "clean his teeth" and "have more self-respect." "The average father," concludes Mr. Crackel, "has some difficulty in getting his boy to live up to his ideals: but here the son has shown that he has ideals for bis parent. Will he live up to them?" THE FRENCH POSITION General Gouraud stated the French position in an address to the American soldiers thus: "Now when peace is signed .you are going home across the sea. The English are going home, too. But France stays where she is. "Marshal Focli has told you that France is the barrier protecting civilization, and so France and civ ilization must be protected. "You gentlemen have seen the character of the Germans along the Rhine. You know there is no de mocracy in their hearts. You know that their fawning attitude is as false as it can be. And so I say Jo you, France wanls no such peo plegin her republic. 'we don't want to annex Ger many up to the Rhine, but wo do intend to see that the German mili tary machine stays behind the river. That is what Marshal Foch meant, "I believe. If we don't have that protection, France must maintain always an enormous army to guard civilization. "With our great loss of life in the war that would be a terrible bur den for France. We must have a natural barrier or else It would be madness to demobilize our army. "I hope that Americans will see it in the same way. I hope that the soft words of the Germans will not convince the Americans that the leopard has changed his spots. So far I mm unconvinced that the Ger mans of to-day are not the Germans of yesterday, the foes of the ideals of America, the ideals of France, the ideals of civilization, the foes of all that is desired in the hearts of mankind." It could not be put more suc cinctly. Germans Must Accept Even the most thick-headed Boche of them all should under stand that it is worse than useless for Germany to try to influence the course of the Peace Congress, and that it is ludicrous for her to say that she will refuse to accept any terms beyond those in our Presi dent's Fourteen Commandments. The armistice Itself was not com mitted absolutely to those terms; It could not have been, for nobody was able to say what they meant: and the armistice cannot for a moment be considered binding In all details upon the Peace Congress. Tho Ger mans will do well ito understand that they have simply got to accept without demur whatever terms the Congress may prescribe.—Col. Har vey's Weekly. ' Teutonic Tools Maximilian Harden says the Kal i ser was a mere tool In the war. He might have added that the Crown | Prince was a sort of monkey iwrench.—From the Chicago News. FEBRUARY 11, 1919. I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR MORE PAY FOR TEACHERS To tin Editor of the Tdigraph: The following extracts from the "Reports on Teachers' Salaries" of the National Educational Associa tion are heartily endorsed and ap proved by the joint comgiittee rep resenting the School Board and teachers of Harrisburg: "The critical situation of our schools will never be genuinely rem edied so long as teachero' services are regarded as a commodity to be purchased at the cheapest obtain able rate in the open market. The teacher must come to be taken for what he is—a public servant, per forming a task of unsurpassed im portance to the nation, and on that account Just as fully entitled to ade quate compensation, or its equiva lent, as the soldier, the legislator or the judge. "It is a day of big things. It is pre-eminently a day when those who are serving the state must be granted the right of way. The teach ers of the country are not only serv ing the state now, they have been serving all of their lives. A nation without education is a coast with out a lighthouse." "How can the child be expected to have respect for the things of the mind when he sees those who have devoted a lifetime to them refused the reasonable comfort of exist ence "Why shoura I go into teach ing ' a high school girl is reported to have asked an aunt who was urg ing the girl to adopt her vocation. 'Why should I go into teaching, when I can get $2.50 a day more than you are getting after teaching twenty-one years?' ' "Why should I want an educa tion ' a boy who had left school for the mines retorted smilingly to the teacher who was trying to impress on him tlip need of a high school education for success in life. 'Why should I want an education? Why, my dear teacher, I'm making a good deal more than you are now.' What could the teacher say? Mr. Voter, do you know that right here in Harrlsburg many girls in the cigar factories who can only speak broken English are making much better wages than your av erage grade teacher? Are you going to trust the train ing of your boy and your girl to those to whom you are not willing to pay a living wage? Do you know that the teacher is only paid for a part of the year, but has to live the entire year? Would you like to be forced to be idle from two and one-half to four months a year without any income? You want tho teacher of your boy and your girl to be well read and progressive, to have an interest in the affairs of the community, to have a weil-iriformed, attractive personality whose influence for good is felt beyond the confines of the schoolroom. TTou have a right to demands teacher who will inspire your sin and daughter with the highest (ideals in life. In return for this are you willing to use your influence to see that ade quate recompense is made for these requirements? Such a b'll is now before our leg islative body, a bill for Increasing the salaries of teachers. Better salaries mean setter teach ers. Better teachers mean that better-equipped boys and girls will go forth from our schools. Mr. Voter, can you hesitate to instruct your representative to vote for this bill as it now stands or with suit able amendments? INTERESTED. \ . LABOR NOTES A large number of Irish carpen ters over military age have gone to England to work on government buildings. It is stated that next season wom en will be used as grooms and ex ercise "boys" at all the American race tracks. British co-operators and trade unionists have made a compact to run a candidate for Bath at the next election. The United States Ordnance De partment IS calling for women for emergency shift hours from 10 to 12 a. m. and from 1 to 5 p. m. The British Government, begin ning with December 10 and contin uing for six months is paying men and women out of work sums rang ing from a trifle over $6 to $l5 a week, the latter going to the head of a family with several children. , Stoning Cttljat The streets are commencing t, disappear from Capitol Park exter" slon and it will not be loner befonf all that will be left of some of the smaller highways will be electrle lights at the former intersection! and memories. The plan of the stat authorities has been to allow the streets to remain as long as possible so that traffic would not bo disturb* ed. but with the filling in of the spaces to form the two highways crossing the extension, only State and the boundary streets remained* Then states men began to tear up things in general and the streets speedily became lines, the paving blocks being carted away and the curbing taken out. Next will come the removal of the north and south streets and It is astonishing the amount of traffic that still flows across the park by" way of FifA." Cowden and Filbert streets. People must have gotten into the habit < ÜBing them to get to the Seventh ward or to the State street bridge because there are few moments of the day that folks are not to ba seen walking along. It all goas to show what a chunk out of the heart of Harrisburg has been taken by the Capitol Park extension and how deeply this city is interested in It. While the Capitol Park extension plans are developing rapidly at the present time the whole project has been a matter of years of study. In Ills annual report of 1903 Major Isaac B. Brown, head of the De partment of Internal Affairs, dwelt at considerable length on the sub ject and recommended to the state the purchase of the property which his since been acquired for park purposes so that the city and the state have been constantly working together to effect this great import ant improvement. It is fortunate that years have elapsed since the matter was first broached so that the people lckrned to understand what the proposition' means and how it should be carried forward with the energy of a great Common wealth. Adjutant General Frank D. Beary Is receiving considerable support in his plan to have the flags of the Pennsylvania organizations in the war with Germany placed in the ro tunda of the Capitol. The general will bo in Washington this week and will ask as.,to the plans for the dis position of the flags carried in France. The state authorities would like to be the custodians, of these standards. Meanwhile is pushing along the inquiries as to the colors carried by the National Guard regi ments before they were merged in the Federal service. Among mem bers of the Legislature the plans to group the flags here is highly rec ommended. • • To-morrow being Lincoln's birth* day it is interestng to refer to the visits of the great Presidents to Harrisburg. Lincoln was here In the fifties to make an address, being then a congressman. His most fa mods visit was that paid on the oc casion of his Journey to Washington for his inauguration. His last was a little more than four years later when ills body lay instate in the Capitol. The visit paid on the way to the capital was on February zz, 1861. He arrived at 1.30 in the af ternoon and was taken in a barou che drawn by six gray horses to the Jones House, later the Common wealth. The station in those days was at Second and Vine streets, not far from the Gilbert establishment of to-day and the route was lined by his Harrisburg friends, many of whom were armed, although tha did not become known until later. Market street and the Square were decorated with arches and flu S B .? nd banners and streamers. risburg Telegraph gives an Inter esting story of the day, especially of how the soldiers of the nar of 1812 raised the flag on the State House and cannon were fired at the arsenal, then in the Capitol Park. Mr. Lincoln made a short s b e ®fhat the Jones House and later tap Canitol. It was while he was at the Jones House that the fa mous 'conference was held and the plans for the President-elects Jour ney to Washington were changed Ld he went to Philade phta. mak ing his trip in spite of his foes. He was saved by plans of Cameron and Curtin and the ,w" rk do, i e . by p lc ®' President "Tom Scott, of f.*3 n " sylvania, and President S. M. * elton, of the Philadelphia. Wilmington and Baltimore, the father of Edgar C. Felton, long head of the Stcelton works. . . , Senator James S. Boyd, of Mont comery county, is an admirer of Harrisburg'6 River Front. He takes frequent walks along it and nya that the manner in which Harris burg has handled the matter should interest other cities. "It is not °* to n ihnt a cltv has a chance to save its waterfront. You are luckyand you have handled it right, said he. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE John Hampton Barnes, promi nent Philadelphian, is at the head of the committee which will decide what war work to continue. John BJ Townsend, formerly manager of the Philadelphia Press, is now an officer in one of the trust companies of that city. —Secretary of Agriculture Ras mussen is to be one of the speakers at farm week at State College. Alvan Marke, the Hazleton coal operator*- gave all of his commis sions as tax collector to the Red Cross. It wfts over *3,600. F. h. Stoneburn, elected head of the State Poultrymen at the meet ing here recently. Is speaking on poultry raising in various sections oc the state. —Judge F. A. Bregy. oneof th* oldest Judges on the Philadelp**, bench, will shortly retire. Hal White, of Indiana, is tak* ing an active part in the new State organization of horsemen. He Ml prominent In the Stato organiza tion of county fairs. C. Laßue Munson. the W*^ liamsport attorney, has been nams* as head of the Lycoming coutW branch of the League to Enfoat""* peace. —The Rev. J. F. Brihan, Yor clergyman, is home for a visit after Y. M. C. A. work along the coastsldo soldiers and sailors sta tions. DO YOU KNOW 1 —That Harrisburg is'getting to be a big truck distributing center? HISTORIC HARRISBURG General Arthur St Clair used to visit here every year after the Revo lution. He had men from this coun ty in his command.
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