10 lARRISBURG TELEGRAPH J. NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1&S1 'ublished evenings except Sunday by BE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. 'elegrapk Building, Federal Square E. J. STACK POLE President and Editor-in-Chief 1\ R. OYSTER, Business Manager 1 JUS. M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor .V. R. MICHENER, Circulation Manager Executive Baard J. P. MIOULLOUGH, BOYD M. OGLESBY, F. R. OYSTER, GUS. M. STEINMETZ. -'lumbers 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 Faper and also the local news pub ithed herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. t Member American Newspaper Pub- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn- Associa- Avniue Building! I Chicago, 111.' ii ' S Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. b Y carrier, ten cents a °r°L ! ij'l-I'T* week: by mail, $3.00 a year in advance. li e know what God is tike because we know the character of Jesus Christ. — Geokge Hodges. TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1919 MATTER FOR THE POLICE THAT there are eighteen girls in the "dope" ward of the county prison is deplorable and War den Hargest is to be commended for drawing public attention to the fact. But this disgraceful condition must not be taken as an indication that there are more morphine fiends and opium smokers in Harrisburg than in former years. Quite the com trarv is true. Before the United States, by the Harrison act, at-; tempted to put the ban on the sale; of habit-forming drugs every block j in the city housed persons addicted I to the use of "dope" in one form I or another. Countless men and women were victims and their num bers continued to increase so long as the drugs were readily procurable. But when the Federal Government shut down the lid few persons except those of the underworld, buying from "bootleggers" who sell smug gled morphine and opium, were able to continue the practice, and it' is from this class that the victims in the county prison have been re-1 cruited. What is the preventative? Simply! proper police protection. Vigilance on the pari of the police, local and federal, will go far toward break-; ing up the practice. "Dope" selling j can be made as rare as the making; of counterfeit money if sufficient! honest, intelligent attention is de- j voted to the problem. And if no j "dope" is sold, there will be no 1 victims. j If they don't soon get Wilhelm be- i fore the bar of justice the scoundrel' may die of old age. A PLACE OF HONOR SOME time next summer Harris burg will have a public recep tion and demonstration for its returning soldiers of the 28th and 1 79th divisions. At that time due and proper recognition should be given to the colored soldiers who received a warm welcome last week at the i hands of the membets of their own I race. Thousands of people of all I races turned out to cheer the dusky! heroes of the Argonne, but we owe them something more. In the great' home-coming parade these returned | colored troops should have a place! of honor. They are a fine-looking ! body of soldiers and their field rec- 1 ord is fairly up to their looks. They' must be made to feel that the city! is proud of them and grateful fori what they did. The meanest thief in the State is the fellow who robbed a poor Baptist minister, of Bellwood, of a $3O Liberty Bond. It will probably be found that he is some relative of the Kaiser. MUST NOT CUT ROADS COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS SADLER is determined that the boroughs through which the main roads of the Commonwealth are to be constructed shall not have the privilege of ripping open these improved highways for the installa tion of service pipes and all sorts of neighborhood conveniences which should have been installed before the roads were built. Harrisburg has had some exper ience along this line. Many of Its newly-paved streets have been silt open almost before the asphalt was cold in order to install sewers and service pipes of every kind that could Just as well have been put in before the paving was started. There is scarcely a street in Harris burg that does not show the mis treatment of paved highways as a result of the indifference of corpora tions or individuals to the City En gineer's warning to make all con nections before the paving was started. Charging a fee for opening a street once paved does not serve the purpose of protecting the fin TUESDAY EVENING, Hakrisburo TEEBQRXPH MARCH 11, 1919. ished surface. For one reason or another the asphalt is never re stored to its original condition. We expect to read in the New York World that the fellow who blew up a Mt. Carmel saloon was crazed by the thought of the rapid approach of national prohibition. A PIG IN A POKE DEMOCRATIC newspapers aro talking glibly about "Republi can opposition to a league of nations." They ought to know better. Republicans as a whole are not antagonistic to the idea of a league, but they are very much opposed to the formation of a hap hazard organization in which our American ideals and the very dis tinct naturalism that have made us the greatest country on earth may be lost in a sea of misty internation alism. Senator Lodge takes this position; All right-thinking people earn estly desire to do everything pos sible to secure the future peace of the world. We all hate war and wish to make it. if we can. impossible. But we must be careful not to create a new sys tem worse than the old. The ex treme gravity of abandoning our national system and limiting our sovereignty and independence makes it of the most vital im portance that no step be taken without the most careful con sideration of tne agreements which we are asked to enter in to. My desire is simply to have the constitution for a league, pro posed by the commission of the peace conference, thoroughly dis cussed and carefully considered. Republican National Chairman Hays in a speech last Friday, said: While we seek earnestly and prayerfully for methods lessen ing future wars and will go far indeed in an honest effort to that | end, we will accept no indefinite internationalization as a substi tute for fervent American na tionalism. Senator McCormlck, of Illinois, commented upon President Wilson's visit home as follows: During his week's visit to the United States President Wilson gave voice to a couple of rhetori cal rhapsodies, but he adduced no argument in support of any of the disputed articles. He made no specific answer to any specific objection. He explained nothing and he converted nobody. If our common hope to create some league of nations fails, the fault will be his. Here we have summed up briefly the thought of millions of Americans upon the League of Nations pro posal. They are not opposed to the formation of such an organization, providing it shall take from us none of the advantages that have made us a great people and providing, also, that we are not required by the agreement to up-hold principles in Europe for which we would not stand in America. Our young men must' not be made international policemen, compelled to help keep the peace between petty European potentates: nor can we permit them to become the pawns of European diplomacy, if those who are back of the League of Nations can guar antee these tilings Republicans, and Democrats, too,' will join heartily in support of the proposal. Much depends upon the underlying prln-| ciples. Certainly, the constitution asj originally drafted leaves much to i be desired. If the issue is becoming! partisan it is because President Wil son will not, or cannot, explain to the public just what the effects of the organization will be upon the world in general and America in par ticu'ar. The President is asking us to buy a pig in a poke. He must not i be disappointed if we demand a view of his wares before we bind the j bargain. ; "Secretary Baker is at the bar," ! savs the Philadelphia Ledger, edi | torially. This, however, is not to be ; taken that the honorable Sec. was \ caught setting 'em up. TRUE TO FORM SECRETARY OF WAR BAKER has demoted Brigadier General Ansell because that officer dared the wrath of the department by tell ing the country of the outrageous ! sentences imposed upon offending that smacked more of Russia or Ger that marked more of Russia or Ger many than the United States. The New York World, defender of the administration, tries to excuse Baker by laying the blame upon in feriors, but the excuse is lame. Baker is simply running true to form. He is the same Baker who kept Roosevelt out of France and who has tried in vain to put General Wood on the shelf. He has taken a leaf from the book of his superior, j whose notion of democratic practice I appears to be that any person dif fering with the powers that be ne cessarily must be wrong and should be punished. "Supreme Court upholds Debs' ten year sentence," says a dispatch. What a pity the Court wasn't empowered to extend it another ten. Despite the Government tax on fish ing hooks, we expect to be found at our accustomed spot at sun-up on the first day of the trout season. i _ "German opera unpopular in New York," says a news item. The dis cord in Germany appears to extend to' this side. Strange as it may seem, the fast young man seldom gets along very rapidly. *POT£T£C4 IK 'Pc4uw44^aitXa By the Ex-Committeeman Members of the Legislature have gotten to the point where the leaders have decided to discuss dates for adjournment. Administration measures are in sight and the last call will soon be sounded on appro priation measures. The desire of members of the two houses for a date toward which to work crystal lized today when it was announced that May 15 was being considered as the date to quit. The high cost of living and the program of the Gover nor for few laws, but ones which amount to something, have been the big factors in getting sentiment fixed. —Representative Wiliani T. Ram sey. chairman of the House Rules- Committee, announced that a reso lution will be introduced this week fixing the day of adjournment for Thursday, May 15, the date agreed upon by Republican leaders. The final date for the introduction of bills. Mr., Ramsey said, would de cided later. He expressed the opin ion that the Legislature would have ample time to dispose of the charter and municipal bills and the admin istration measures before May 15. —Ever since 1909 the House has fixed the final date for the introduc tion of bills before setting the day for adjournment. In the 1909 ses sion a resolution to adjourn on April 15 was adopted on the opening day of the House. During every session since then the adjournment date has not been fixed until well into April or May In 1913 the day of adjourn ment was agreed upon in May, but on the day fixed for adjournment in June's last week the House got into a row and had to extend the session one day longer, when it sat until daylight the next day. This was the first time in the recent history of the Legislature that the adjournment date had to be extended. —Municipal legislation, which seems to have gotten to first place in the matter of political discussion in Pennsylvania, will be much to the front in the Legislature the nextl fortnight. The plan is to have the Senate committee in charge give a public hearing soon and then to reach an agreement with the Gover nor on the bills. The Dawson bill to abolish the nonpartisan.system of electing eouncilmen in second class cities will come out of committee today and the third class city people opposed the retention of the non partisan system in the 1913 code will decide today about their legisla tion. The bill to repeal the clause is ready to go in. —The bills presented last night by Representative Brady to reform the primary law are companion bills to the measure to change around the Philadelphia registration commission. They bear the earmarks of the Com mittee of Seventy. In addition to making the fall primary later they would relieve courts of the necessity of counting the votes and clarify matters relative to intent! —Lieutenant Governor Prank B. McClain, presented with a grand piano in .the Senate chamber last night by his coiieagues of the upper house, had a fine time over it. Lieu tenant-Governor Beidleman, a close personal friend, made the presenta tion. referring to their early associa tion and reciting the interesting po litical career of Mr. McClain. In replying Mr. McClain twitted the senators on the coming "dry" time, saying that after July Ist he would be able to sing either "The Old Oaken Bucket" or "Xohody Knows How Dry I Am." He also said: "An old time philosopher, Isaak Walton, once said: 'Doubtless God could have made as good a berry as the strawberry, but doubtless he never did.' Doubtless there could some where in the world be a body in' which membership could be as de lightfu 1 as membership in the Sen ate of Pennsylvania, but doubtless, no such body exist." After the presentation, the Senate too],- a short recess during which Mr. McClain and the chaplain of the Senate sang several solos to the ac- 1 companiment of the gift piano. The former Lieutenant-Governor render ed his two favorites "When Sweet Marie was Sweet Sixteen" and "Sweet Adeline" and Chaplain Davis countered with "Killarney." Mrs. McClain aecompained them. The concert was resumed after the ses sion adjourned. —The Philadelphia Public Ledger does not like the result of the con gressionl election in the 22nd District a bit and editorially whacks the Re publican leaders of State and nation, as well as district, for not being on the job. The Ledger says in part that in consequence of what seems to have been a blunder "the outcome of this election is being wired and cabled and wirelessed everywhere as the first direct evidence of the atti tude of th e people generally toward any candidate who 'supports Presi dent Wilson's international policies," If the Republican leaders were in a conspiracy to produce such an im pression, they could not have done better than they have by letting this Butler election go by default." —One of the funniest things about the whole proposition is the solemn way friends of Democratic State Chairman Lawrence H. Rupp, of Al lentown, are taking credit for the result and declaring that it was due to his organising ability and fore sight that the Republican majority was overturned. The fact that But ler went for the Democratic candi date by one a few hundred votes seems to cause great gratification at Allentown. —Concerning the action of the Beaver court in refusing licenses on the ground of "lack of necessity" the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times says: "In any event, prohibition is so near that no hardship will be occasioned by closing any bars a bit earlier than the date fixed by Congress. This fact and Judge Baldwin's reasoning might well be considered by license court judges elsewhere in the State." —Mayor A. H. Swing, of Coates vilie, says no negroes were deported, but that some bad characters had to leave. Old Piano Becomes a Desk The first piano used in Rockland, Me., 103 years old. owned now by I Nelson B. Cobb, is being turned into i a desk. The piano was built of solid | mahogany, with rosewood trim mings. It will stand on its original I legs, which are beautifully carved, and have brass trimmings. In its new service as a desk. It will have secret drawers and a drop cover. —From the Minneapolis News. SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE Byßriggt GOT MV AT L 3 TWFF HAPPICST IT £Vfie CSEER-VS GooD J.AST-- . DF\Y OF MP L'PC- MOW ILL JC <3TT BACK /MTFC H'DFTY 1 I—-" / RFW . GO AMD PUT OM A MICE THESE OUX>S AGAIRJ I A IU JUIT OF CCOTHSG - AMD <?O (SEE* I'M A HAPPV GUV UP AWD * e * ,r ~ /" "" ~~ j VJ C <S II) ~ ( HOH£FV-\ /15 MISS AWNABELL elf NCT Y £T / TROUBU S3 BV OOIMG TO / ZOLLERLMS , VAJHP/ VAT HOME 7' BAC K FROJVI I WORK- I'LL GET BACK J I D'DN'T I C?J£T C ■ HER HONEY- OM MY OLD J Democratic Misrepresentation! [Pittsburgh Gazette Times] No one will begrudge the Demo crats whatever encouragement anil joy they may bo able to extract, from the result of the special election last week in the Twenty-second Pennsyl vania Congrssional District. A Democrat was elected in a Repub lican district. But it is nothing short of misrepresentation to display it as a popular indorsement of President Wilson's League of Nations consti tution as drafted. If that subject were an issue in the campaign, the conclusion must be that the people are not interested in it. The total vote cast was less than 55 per cent, of that polled by both Democratic and Republican candidates in the election of 1916. a Democratic year, when the Republican nominee was elected in the Twenty-second District by approximately 4,000 plurality; last fall the district again went Re publican by an increased majority. Last Tuesday no more votes were polled by both parties than were polled in 1916 by the Republicans alone. We have here, then, no convincing evidence either of approval of the League of Nations scheme or of any considerable interest in it on the part of the votes of Westmoreland and Butler counties. On the other hand, it is not to be concluded that they are not interested or that they disapprove of a League of Nations, either the Wilson type or any other. The simple truth is that the election went to a Butler county Democrat because some Butler county Repub licans were determined to rebuke the Westmoreland county members of the party who declined to give the nomination to the former county which felt that it was entitled to it. They seized a time to exhibit their power and (heir will when the loss of one seat in the national House of Representatives would not effect Re publican control of that branch of the lawmaking body. Had any national or party issue been involved they would have pocketed their dis appointment over the nomination and the Republican candidate would have been elected. Unfortunately the Democrats have been given opportunity to make capital out of the Incident through presumptuous claims given the np uearance of verity by President Wilson's congratulations to the win ner founded on the fiction that here has been demonstrated America's attitude on the league draft. Most Important Issue [Girard in the Phila. Press] ! Secretary of the Commonwealth I Cyrus E. Woods was in town yes terday. "What's the biggest thing up at Harrisburg?" I inquired. "Not only," he added, "is it the biggest thing at Harrisburg, but it will be the most crucial word from the bench in any State in fifty years." All the lawyers—and Secretary- Woods is a high-class lawyer him self—are talking just that way about this Bell telephone case. 1 mentioned it the other day after Attorney General Schaffer had argued it, but this is what the case means: Pennsylvania orders the telephone company, which was chartered by Pennsylvania, to do something. "1 won't do it" says the company, "because, since the war was begun, I am operated by the United Stales government." Thus it comes down to this —is the creature of a State greater than the State, and can the Postmaster General step over our Pennsylvania boundary and defy our local laws? Here is a real Home Rule ques tion for all of you. LABOR NOTES Owing to the light demand for an thracite coal the Delaware, Lacka wanna and , Western Railroad has shut down three of its largest mines, throwing over 5,000 miners out of work. The greater part of the textile in'" istry in New England is now operating on a basis of forty-eight hours a week. The enydoyes as sured the shorter hours number about 90,000. The German government contem plates strong measures to combat the growing strike wav, there, and will soon bring forward a bill com pelling men to vyork and severely punishing slackers. War History In a very interesting letter to the Harrisburg Telegraph, written by Sergeant G. R. Shunk. 1834 Regina street, of Machine Gun Company, 112 th Infantry, he recites the history of his unit, in which are many Harrisburg hoys. Sergeant Shunk says: "From July 3 the date on which the 28th entered the front lines until November 11 the date of the armis tice, the 28th Division Pennsylvania National Guard, served a total of 117 days out of 131 days in the front line. "We left our homes early in Sep tember, 1917, and were scut to a training camp at Augusta, Georgia, where we were known as the Penn sylvania Land Improvement Com pany. After things were all fixed up in fine shape we settled down for intensive training which lasted until May 1, 1918, when we were sent to Camp Upton, L. I„ and from there sailed for overseas. We land ed in Liverpool May 14, marched to railroad station and entrained for Folkstone, England, stayed there one-half day and were sent to Dover. Left Dover May 16, and crossed the English Channel to Calais, France, where our hard work began. We were quartered in an English rest camp where fifteen men slept in one tent ten by ten feet. Left 1 p. m. May 19, marched four miles to railroad station and entrained for Lumbres arriving there at 8 p. m„ hiking ten miles to Waterdale where we were Lillet eel in,tents and still hungry. Rations very poor, all we got was English hardtack and Cheese. Left Waterdale May 25 at 9 p. m„ hiked to Auesques where we received more hard tack and cheese, then hiked on to Le Wast. Here we lived with the cows, the bearded goat and the pigs shared our "De Hote.V Left here June 11, hiked three days arriving at Wav erns here we entrained for Trem blay. Left here June 23 for a hike to Busieres where we stayed until July 3, drilling every day. At 1 a. m. July '1 call to arms sounded, moved off at 2 a. m. hiked twenty miles to Fays wood, arriving there at 8 a. m. left that same day at 2:30 p. m. marching back eight ntiles to "La- Grande Forest," stayed here for the night until 3:30 a. m. then continued our hike back to Bussieres at 9 p. m. call to arms sounded again mov ed off at JO p. m. back to the Grande Forest where we were held in re serve under shell fire all the time, stayed in this position until July 8, then the second platoon moved into a new position above "Chezy sur Marne." Held these positions until July 13 when we moved up within six kilos of Chateau-Theirry. "We were in these positions when on the night of July 14, 'Jerry' made his drive for Paris. He left loose all the 'iron rations' available and from 11 o'clock that night until noon July 15th compelling us to wear gas masks for ten hours. Our casualties were heavy. Remained in these positions until July 18, then relieved by the 111 th Infantry and the 109 th M. G. Bn., moved back to "Courlorn." The first and third pin. toons were sent to positions, then on the 20th, "Jerry" had retreated and we moved that night. Left in trucks this time to "Charl.v sur Maine." arriving there at 12 p. m. At three p. m. we started once more on a hike through Bel leau Wood and Chateau Theirry 12 hours back of "Jerry." More casual ties. It was a bright moon light night and one would sec many dead Germans along the road, tires were still burning. Pulled in a large woods for the night, moved two miles further and pitched tents, at 2 a. m. Jerry started shelling and we hail to dig in. After digging In we received orders to move, left at 3:30 a. m. July 23. tiled through heavy rain until 2 p. m., arriving in big woods near Ktrepilly. The woods was full of dead Germans und horses. Moved ugaln at mid night July 23 was supposed to go into action 3:20 a. m. but moved back and forth all day. Stopping ut 8 p. m. in a wood back of Epleds where we relieved the 26th Division. Here we lost our first man (killed) five minutes after entering woods. Stayed here during the day. "Jerry" shelling occasionally. Moved at 9 p. m. four miles to rear. Just got out in time for "Jerry" let loose his iron rations and bombs again with tons of gas shells. From here we hiked to "Tere Woods" arriving there ut 4 p. m. July 26, was held in these woods under heavy tire until August 3, then moved at 5 p. m. through Courmont, Ciergers and Dravengny. Arrived in woods back of Dravengy at 3 a. m. Moved again at 9 a. m. August 5 to "Chery" and stayed for the night. Left Chery at 9 p. m. August 6th and hiked to Coulonges arriving there at 3:30 a. m. August 7. Stayed in the dugouts until 5 p. m. then moved up within two kilos of Fis mes. Here the first and third pla toons were sent into Fismes to help second battalion which had been caught in a trap, we fought like hell to get out. The second platoon stayed on hill overlooking Fismes. Here we established company head quarters, but only for a short period as "Jerry found our position and gave us more iron rations. On August it moved liie second platoon and company headquarters into Fismes under more heavy shell fire, at 2 p. m. "Jerry" made an at tack but failed. Our third platoon gun positions are in an old house and sure did pile up the enemy." We were relieved at 5 p. m. August 9 by~~lllth Regiment and moved back in a valley near Chery, better known as Death Valley, our casual ties totaled forty-seven men while in Fismes. On the thirteenth we moved back of hill to Longville, here we were caught in heavy shell fire and bombs. Stayed here until August 19. then moved into new positions.beyond St. Gilles. Were in these positions until August 23. Re lieved then by the 109tlt M. G. Bn„ and moved back through St. Gilles to center line of resistance. On the 24th Jerry sent airp'ane observ er over and located us. Bombed that night. Held this position till August 31, moved back to our for mer positions, beyond St. Gilles. On September 3 Jerry moved his artil lery back. On tbe morning of the fourth we woke up and thought the war was over, as the road which the night before was under heavy shell fire, was crowded with artillery, cavalry and infantry troops who had started after Jerry and drove him over the hills front Fismes to "Fismette." Relieved on sth by 111 th Regi ment and moved back to St. Gilles where the regiment assembled. On the night of September 7 a bombing plane came over and let loose the tall of his bombing plane and left us have five bombs killing five and wounding seven of our men. three of whom died. Moved on the morn ing of the 8 to "Jautgone" then on the 10 we moved from Jaulgone to wood near "Epernay. Reft Eper nay 6 p. m. September 12 in trucks for Maurupt-le-montoy" south of the Argonne Forest and near the Rhine-Marne canal, here we receiv ed thirty-five replacements. On September 16 we received orders to move north into the Argonne. This was a very long and hard hike. Hiked until noon September 17 with hald the men straggling a'ong in the rear. We then stopped in the Forest De Belneue ten kilos from Ravtgnv. Left the woods that night and hiked tyenty-six kilos farther, arriving at Brabant-la-Rel 4 a. m. September 18. I-eft that night 9 p. m. hiked twenty more kilos into Forest-De- Argonne stayed here In tents till September 25. Then received orders to move at midnight. At 11 o'clock our artillery let loose and sent over a million dollar barrage. We at tacked at 7 a. m. September 26 and Jerrv laid down his arms and ran for home. Hiked all day took up new positions. At daybreak Sep tember 27 lot of sripers took shots at us and later we were shelled out of our position. Moved on eve of the 27 to new positions near Mont blainville and made an attack at daybreak. First und second wave of infantry went over successfully, but when the third wave which consist ed of machine gun units started over, Jerry let loose with machine guns from pill boxes which were scattered everywhere and on top of this we had artillery tire which forced us to the rear for a short while. At 3 p. m. we started over again this time with success capturing Hill 240 September 29, lay on hill all night in the rain and with nothing to eat since the 25th of September. Was withdrawn from hill to let the artillery work. Moved then to the right into a valley. On the eve of the 4th while eating mess Jerry sent over more iron rations, two shells striking our mess line killing three men and wounding nineteen. At daybreak October 5 moved back of 77th to help get the Famous Lost Battalion out of their trap, losing one man killed and two in jured. Was then sent back to our old positions in the valley. That evening we moved toward Appre mont lay along the hill till duy break October 7 then went around Appremont put down a smoke screen and captured Hill 24 4 und the village Chatel Chahery, one pla toon occupied Chatel Chahery the others on the hill. There are lot 3 oj casualties here, us the enemy had everything mined. Held these positions till October 10, were then relieved by the 82nd Division. Started in this battle with full strength and came out with just fifty-three men. Every one "all in" not having enough sleep or eats. Was then sent to Vignot for a rest, but only stayed there three days. Here we received 100 replacements, then on October 15 we left Vignot for the St. Mieheil sector arriving in Pannes October 10. We then moved up further in woods near St. Benois. Stayed here one week then moved to St. Benois. On October 28 first platoon was sent to Haumont and that night Jerry raided out our gun positions-taking three of our i men prisoners. The second , and third positions were heavily gassed. Here we lost forty men gassed. On November 8 we moved to Xammes, while here the armistice was signed. Hunt Jobs For Old Men [From the Indianapolis News.] The United States employment service has established in New York what it calls a handicap bureau for the benefit of men who are under the handicap of advancing years. Formerly there Was a demand among employers for so-called pew blood. The men who had grown old in service found their jobs gone and young follows doing their work. The mari who coined the word "pep" did a great deal toward putting the older men on the shelf. When war came it was found that the older people were just as dependable, and in many instances just as rapid workers, as the young who had dis placed them. With the end of war and the return of the young man to the ranks of job hunters the elderly men again face the danger of having to hunt work. During the week ending February 1, 1919, the Federal Handicap Bu reau found permanent places for 153 men, whose average age was 51 years, at an average weekly rate of pay of 122.61. The lowest pay was $l5 a week and the highest $65. iTwo of the men were past 70. In vestigation showed that the 153 men thus placed had 331 dependents and that they had been qut of work lan average of thirty-nine working days. This work will be continued, and State employment officials will co operate with the Federal laaor rep resentative. There was a time when a man of 4 0 years was considered old. Now there are plenty of young fellows of 75 and 80 years who are holding responsible positions and have no thought of retiring. The older men may not move quite as rapidly as their younger brothers, but they have the advantage of ex perience and ripened judgment. The Practical Advantage Washington was hailed as the father of his country. "Can I claim $2OO tax exemption for each one?" he asked. | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Cameron Street Approach To the Editor of the Telegraph: As I am a businessman in this city, being manager of the taxi cab serv ice at the new Penn-Harris Hotel, I am taking this method of boosting for an approach leudlng to Cameron and State streets front the proposed new bridge which is to bo erected across the tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad. I have made a careful study of the plans for the new bridge and find that this is one of the most | important items that is lacking antl earnestly hope that steps will be taken immediately to correct this oversight, should that have been the case when the plans were drawn by the architect. My particular interest in that mat ter I will now explain: I have re cently purchased a plot of ground at the northeast corner of Cameron and State streets, upon, which I propose to build a garage for the accommo dation of the tourists who may visit the Penn-Harris Hotel, as well as for the housing of my own CRTS which ure now in the taxi cab service at that hostelry. In looking over the plans for the new bridge I find that it is utterly impossible to get to the main driveway of the bridge from Cameron and State streets and when one is In that locality and desires | to get upon the bridge he will be compelled to go to Thirteenth and .State or to Cowden and State streets by a round-about way. thereby caus ing much delay and time. An approach at his point. In my mind, will he a very Important fac tor. It will not only be a great accommodation to me but to all oth er business concerns in Harrlsburg which will be.coitipelled to do busi ness in that vicinity daily. Sincerely yours. C. H. SCANDALIS. i Ebgning <fffrtlt|[ Just exactly what the youth the central part of the city is going to do about a place to practice base bull when the Capitol park extension goes Into the hands of the scape architects is rather hard predict. The average kid learns to play baseball at early age and keeps at it. to theH| great advantage of himself in after HI years as was demonstrated when they started to show the from this section how to hurl grenades in France preparatory driving at the Huns. As a matter ofH| 'fact, places to play baseball l been growing increasingly scarce [the central part of the city. Twenty H3 I or thirty years ago there were plenty j of "diamonds" and if the policemen were not too aggressive there could be a game played in State street. H8 East or West, and possibly on Front street, while there were alwaysHjj games being played in the riverside parks. When the State's men start- HE cd to raize the houses in the sion there was joy among the boysH because they were able to not onlyH get in some practice, but to ha\eH games and diamonds and basket b&llH courts were laid out on sites houses and factories. Some of dead walls made dandy backstops and the police regulations which vented any more games in the streets H were not so severely felt. When Capitol improvements start it be a case of back to the Twelfth HI street playground for the boys if HI they want to have any fun. • • MBi People who live in the country say that they arc going to comH to Harrisburg this year for their supply of ice for the first time years owing to the mild weather HI which has come around. In some of HI the valleys up Dauphin county, asH| they say, there has been no ice H|j harvested and places which used to furnish considerable ice for Harris- H| burg uses will bo coming uround trying to buy a supply for their own Hi uses. Up the Cumberland valley and in Perry county farmers are ac-HI tually hoping for one good freeze HI even though it may mean trouble for HI the buds. 3|B • * * jm The Harrisburg Telegraph had Hi some job yesterday getting the facts H| about the refusal of Harrisburg breweries to furnish beer after March 31. Efforts were made at Hp several places, including the brew- Hj| ery, to get some news about this Hp sad state of affairs for some people. H| but while the effort was protracted H and interrupted it was interesting and, in a way, complimentary. One brewery when called up re- H torted over the telephone: "Tele-H graph's got a lot of gall to ask us H about this." And he hung tip. Another brewery said in reply H j "The Telegraph gets nothing from H| us." And lie hung up. Another place came back this way: H "Whadt hass Der Tclegraf to do mit H beer?" And he hung up. One dispensary fired hack: "Go the dry people you love so much andl git yer news." And he hung up. Its worth while being an advocate H of a dry Nation and State after nil. I • * • Technical high school boys lnjHf training for their spring sports the city a treat yesterday by cavort ing over the central part of the in rtywhTp"togs. The hoys attracted much attention and got some hands on Walnut street. Their legs made people want to shed coats. • • * "The people of the Camp Hill sec- H tion certainly have gone in for gur dens and chickens this spring," said H a conductor on the Valley lines last evening. "Every day one or two Hv of them get into such heated debates H" over favorite theories that they got Hg carried a block or two past their H. homes, and then blame me for not HI ruining my voice trying to make my- Hs self heard calling streets. Others of Br 'em sink their noses into catalogues H the moment they get aboard and Hi: there's nothing doing from them un- I til they land in town or at home. Hi It's a great life if you don't weaken. Hi and from the number of egg boxes Hi that get aboard at Camp Hill bound Hi cityward with passengers there are lots of folks over this way that can prove they stick close to the job and know how to make hens produce eggs. Ij the gardeners are anyway near as good we'll have to put on a trailer next summer." concluded the. conductor as he stooped to pick a seed hook off the floor and to warn a T.emoyne man that if he let his egg box in the aisles somebody was liable to tramp on them. • ♦ The sitting of the Superior Court here this week recalls the fact that next year will be the silver anniver sary of the tribunal. The court was created by act of 1895 and organized that summer, sitting in this city late in the year. - . [ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —Thomas Kennedy, miners' lead er, declares that it is not right for operators to suspend high cost col leries when things get dull and will ask the union to take steps to correct it. —Henry Tt. Edmunds, president of the Philadelphia school board, says that he is too old to serve any longer. He is eighty and has been a director for thirty years. —John C. Bell, former Attorney General, is home from a trip to Palm Beach. —Allen P. Perley, the chairman of the Williamsport 'loan committee, hns asked for tanks to help the Victory loan drive. —William A. Patton, for years with the Pennsylvania, has returned from a winter visit to Georgia. —Capttan Jesse S. Cotterrell, the new head- of the militiary intelli gence officer at Philadelphia, used to be a Washington newspaper corres pondent. 1 DO YOU KNOW —Tlint Harrisburg Is on a fair way to regain Its prominence as a pret zel center? HISTORIC HARRISBURG Grain was assembled here for the use of the American army when It moved on Yorktown. Perils of Pious in Oklahoma Mr. and Mrs. Olbert and family started to Olive Chapel Church Sun day morning and got stuck so they had to go back and get the team to pull them out, so they missed a fine sermon.—From the Enid Events
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