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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1919
WORK FOR SOLDIERS
IT IS good news that comes from
the Middletown aviation plant
where the men in the seVvice of
Uncle Sam are to be released to give
place to civilian workers. It, is un
fair to keep these young men who
'enlisted to fight the battles of their
•country employed as laborers at pay
far less than they would get for the
same work if they were not in uni
form. They did not go into the
army with the thought of taking the
places of civilians in the ordinary
work of the nation and it is proper
that they should be permitted to re
tina to private life.
There are in Harrisburg many dis
charged soldiers looking for employ
ment. These men should be given
first chance at the Middletown Gov
ernment depots. The Nation owes
the returned soldier, sailor or marine
work. They should be given pref
erence when it comes to putting on
men at Middletown and they should
be paid a fair living wage. We have
done much sentimentalizing over the
men who risked their lives in France
or were ready to go over when the
armistice was signed and not much
to prove the sincerity of our ex
pressions. AVhat the returned sol
dier wants is less sympathy and more
work at decent wages. In Harrisburg
tlie Government has opportunity to
do him a service along this line.
We suspect the anthracite operators
will change their minds on prices
about the middle of April.
The men who are back of the auto
mobile shew have no doubt as to
which way business is going to move.
"Drugged liquor makes men mad."
says a Philadelphia newspaper. Ac
tion only a little quicker, that's all.
' secretary Baker travels on a milk
train," according to a dispatch from
lowa, "and takes it good-naturedly."
Which, we wonder, the train or the
mi lk 7."
SIMS DIDN'T SAY IT
IT IS characteristic of Vice Ad
miral William S. Sims that he
should refuse to permit a historic
epigrammatic statement credited to
hint, and which he never uttered, to
go thundering down the ages with
out correction. It has been printed
over and over again that when the
first division of American destroyers
arrived on the other side the Amer
ican commander was asked by Ad
miral Beatty how soon they could be
ready for service after, their three
thousand mile voyage, the reply
was, according to the story, "We can
start at once; we made preparations
on the way!".
This was a mighty fine thing to
say and something very like it was
said, but not by Vice Admiral Sims.
He himself explains, in the interest
of Commander Joseph K. Taussig,
who was in command of the destroy
ers on their arrival at Queenstown
and was asked by thg Engjish Ad
miral when he would be ready for
service, that he replied he would
be ready as soon as his vessels were
refueled.
It was a characteristic American
answer, just the same, and Vice Ad
miral Sims is quite as proud of Taus
sig as any of his countrymen and
wants the Commander to have full
credit for the excellent condition in
which he brought his division of de
stroyers into the war zone. But
nevertheless the outstanding fact in
the whole statement of Vice Admiral
Sims i% his absolute fairness and his
manly refuse to accept for himself,
ven by silence, the glory of what
might easily have proved a historic
pigram.
He is coming home soon from his
distinguished service in European
waters and it is again a real pleas
sire for The Telegraph to call at
tention to the fact that Vice Admiral
Sims is a Central Pennsylvania boy,
0, Huntingdon county product, and
WEDNESDAY EVENING HARRISBtHRG TELEGRAPH MARCH 12, 1919.
no finer type of American naval man
has ever been developed itPany war
in which America has had a'part.
WE WILL DO OUR PART
HARRISBURG heard anew yes
terday and in detail just what
the State means to do for the
city in the way of beautifying Capi
tol Park and erecting at State street
a great memorial bridge in honor
of Pennsylvania soldiers and sailors.
In return Arnold W. Brunner, archi
tect in charge of the development,
asked: "Arid now what is Harris
burg going to do in return?" . .
Replying, it may be said that we
of this city will do our part, fully.
The people of this city appreciate
deeply what the State, through such
men as Governor Sproul, Auditor
General Snyder, State Treasurer
Kephart, Lieutenant Governor
Beidleman and others prominent ih
the counsels of the Commonwealth,
are doing for the making of a big
ger, better Harrisburg. They know
what such a beauty spot as is pro
posed will mean to the town. They
understand that great increases in
property values are bound to follow
the eapitol improvements. They
realize tha£ the State's authority
ends at the confines of Capitol Park
and that there the city must take
up the burden and work out the
problems of street lines, zoning,
building regulations and the like,
which are essential to properly pro
tecting the investment of the State
in the park and in making the
most of it for Harrisburg.
As an earnest of this intention on
the part of Harrisburg to do its
share. Commissioner Lynch yester
day presented to city council an
ordinance to pay for the widening
of Walnut street from Third to
Fourth, an improvement which he
rightly believes should be made at
once. Commissioner Lynch also is
ready to go ahead with Third street
the moment the State gives the word
and the city will turn over to the
State for the memorial bridge $300,-
000 as soon as the proposal can be
given the formal approval of the
voters. Nobody any longer consid
ers the talked-of Walnut street
bridge. The city's viaduct plans
have been subordinated to those of
the State and in all other things we
in Harrisburg stand ready and will
ing to go along to the limit in our
co-operation with the State in the
great enterprise proposed.
Architect Brunner made much of
the good feeling that exists here
between city and State officials, but
it would be more remarkable if it
were otherwise. The generosity of
Governor Sproul, General Snyder,
originaior of the memorial bridge
idea, and those Others who repre
sent the Commonwealth, their
breadth of vision and their readiness
to co-operate are matters with
which no community can quarrel.
It is fortunate indeed that we have
men of their caliber at the head of
affairs in Pennsylvania. Officials of
lower ideals or lesser courage would
have spoiled for all time the possi
bilities of which those at the head
of the great development are taking
advantage. They are laying the
foundations for the greatest Capitol
and Capitol setting in the country
and for one of the beauty spots
of the world.
It was a fine privilege which the
large group of business men had
through the good offices of the
Chamber of Commerce in hearing
from the distinguished designers of
the Capitol Park treatment their
outline of the splendid scheme which
has been so widely approved by peo
ple of all classes.
It is fortunate that out of the
spirit of producing something of
utilitarian value while retaining a
great memorial feature Mr. Brunner
and Mr. Greiner have given Penn
sylvania a worthy design which com
prehends all the features that are
desirable in this memorial under
taking.
Again, the Chamber of Commerce
in the proper exercise of its func
tions is deserving of praise for ar
ranging to have these experts as the
guests of the organization at one
of the series of luncheons which are
proving of real value to* Harrisburg
and the Commonwealth. ,4lore and
more the State and the municipality
are benefitting through the co-op
| eration that follows the getting to
gether of the officials of iboth in
friendly intercourse from time to
time.
Governor Sproul and the Board of
Public Grounds and Buildings are
naturally anxious that no time shall
be lost in launching the great work
which has been so admirably planned
by the eminent designers who
were the guests of the Chamber
yesterday. It is important in the
interests of employment "that every l,
important step shall be taken and as
rapidly as possible to the epd that
the actual construction work may
begin with the coming of spring,
now so near at hand.
f&HKCljttfCilua,
By the Ex-Committeeman
'•—Unrest and impatience which
have been growin in legislative halls
for the last ten days because of the
way things have been' going thus
far in the session and which some
people about the Governor have
been'unable to see culminated yes
terday in warm interchanges of
opinion among members of the
iHouse. Alrqost simultaneously sen
atorial leaders got busy on the ad
journment proposition and- instead
of putting in the resolution for M&y
15 began ttf talk about May 8. The
State administration late in the day
presented four of its proposed meas
ures which had been outlined a long
time ago.
—And about nightfall the harmony
which has hitherto existed arnong
the members of the Philadelphia
delegation was broken all to pieces
by a fight in the House elections
committee over the primary bill said
to have been drafted by George W.
Coles, active in the charter revision
and reform matters in Philadelphia.
This morning legislators of the Phil
adelphia factions were openly at
odds and predictions of battles such
as stirred up the last Legislature
when any municipal bills were con
sidered were heard.
—On top of this the second class
city non partisan election repeater
was reported as ready to come from
committee soon and unless changes
are made to it there will be plenty
of excitement. Hearings will soon
begin on the Philadelphia charter
revision bills and at the proper time
there will be action on the Scott
bills to take policemen and firemen
out of politics. A high old time
Is anticipated over the measures
which would forbid contributions to
political committees.
—The meeting of the third class
city members yesterday developed
the fact that the antagonisms which
were so manifest last session over
the attempt to eliminate the non
partisan elective feature from the
Clark Code of. 1913 were still around
and ready to pop out. The bill to
repeal the non partisan elective fea
ture will enter soon and be the
object of a battle.. The only thing
the third class city men seemed to
agree on yesterday was that city
treasurers should be elected by the
people.
—Members of the House Elections
Committee debated until long past
their supper hour before the com
mittee decided to report out the
three Brady bills making changes
in the primary and registration laws.
Messrs. Sowers. Glass and Cox. Phil
adelphia. all Vare men protested
vigorously against acting on the bills
at this time, claiming that two of
the most important had just been
presented and that no one had time
in the rush of legislative work to
digest them. The committee, how
ever, declined to hold the bills and
the fight will be carried to the floor
of the House.
—One of the hills provides a new
board of registration commission
ers for Philadelphia, which is now
with Pittsburgh and Scranton. The
two latter cities would be under
the old act. Numerous changes in
the registration law are also pro
vided. Another bill makes the
lourth Tuesday of September the
primary day. The third bill changes
the primary law and it was charged
would take from county commis
sioners the power of computing the
returns.
—Senator Frank E. Baldwin, who
is serving a second term from the
Potter-Tioga-McKean district, will
be president pro tern, of the Senate
for next session. The election takes
place at the close of the present
session. It is said Senate leaders
were considering a number of can
didates for the post including Sen
ators Daix and Salus, of Philadel
phia; Eyre of Chester, and McCon
nell, of Northumberland, and agree
ment was reached on Baldwin and
petitions circulated through the
Senate in his behalf received the
signatures of a majority of the Re
publican members. Senator Vare
signed the petition for-Mr. Baldwin
who is one of the most pronounced
Penrose men in the Senate and was
a member of the famous Catlin
Commission which de'.ved into Vare
contracts during the historic contest
for the mayoralty nomination in
1911 when Congressman W. S. Vare
was the choice of the Vare forces.
—The dinner held last night at
the Penn-Harris by the Legislative
League was the talk of the Capitol
today and predictions that it would
have some political effect were free
ly made. Sixty-seven of the legis
lators from the smaller counties,
some of whom call themselves rural
members and get mad when ant
one else calls them that, attended
the dinner and proceeded to talk
like the gatherings of previous
years. The Philadelphia-Pittsburgh
influence, the so called Big League,
was assailed as vigorously as'in the
days of Taylor North and his "Coun
try Club" and the rural members let
it be known that unless they were
given recognition there would be
bocks in the paths of some legisla
tion.
The dinner last night was a closed
affair, but if the talk given out after
ward by league members is an in
dication of what they have in mind
from now on a strong and well-or
ganized third faction in the House is
going to play both- ends and the
middle. "There is no definite
thought of organizing a third party
in the State." was the rather signi
ficant utterance of Robert L. Wal
lace. of New Castlo, recognized floor
leader of the league, "but the coun
try members have decided they must
stand together. The league is not
"dry" nor "wet," although a majori
ty of the members are "drys." It
is not the aim of the organization
to antagonize bills introduced bv
members from the large cities of
the State, but we are going to insist
we get our share of legislation."
—Among the speakers besides
Mr. Wallace were Benjamin F.
Bungard chairman of the House
Law and Order Committee; George
W. Williams, Tioga; Allan D. Mil
ler, Susquehanna. John F. Bigler,
Mercer; C. G. Corbin. Mifflin, and
Senator Plymouth W. Snyder, Blair.
"The speeches were strictly non
partisan." Mr. Wallace continued,
"but all reflected the general idea
that it is time the voters outside
of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Lan
caster, Harrisburg and other cities
of the State be heard from in un
mistakably terms." "The Demo
cratic party in Pennsylvania has no
standing and it is time for the ap
pearance of a strong organization
that will take a stand against so
called organization measures."
A number of Democratic legisla
tors are understood to hold mem
bership in the league.
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Office Created For Chum j
[Henry Watterson in the Saturday
Evening Fost.]
There flourished in the village life ,
or Washington two old blokes —no ]
other word can properly describe j
them—Jack Dade, who signed him
self "the Honorable John W. Dade of
Virgiifia," and Beau Hickman, who]
hailed from nowhere and acquired!
the pseudonym through sheer im
pudence. In one way and another
they lived by their wits, the one all
dignity, the other all cheek. Hick
man fell very early in his career of
sponge and beggar, but Dade lived
long and died in office—indeed, to
ward the close an office was actually
created for him.
Dade had been a schoolmate of
John Tyler—so intimate they were
that at college they were called "the
two Jacks" —and when the death of
Harrison made Tyler President, the
"off Jack," as he dubbed himself,
went up to the White House and said,
"Jack Tyler, you've had luck and I
haven't. You must do something for
me and do it quick. I'm hard up and
I want an office."
"You old. reprobate." said Tyler,
"what office on earth do you think
you are fit to fill?"
"Well," said Dade, "I have heard
them talking round here of a place
they call a sine-cue-ree—big pay and
no work—and if there is one of them
left and lying about loose I think I
could fill it to a T."
"All right." -said the President
good naturedly. "I'll see what can be
done. Cqme up to-morrow."
• The next day "Col. John W. Dade,
of Virginia." was appointed keeper of
the federal prison of the District of
Columbia. He assumed his post with
empress! ment, called the prisoners
before him :vid made them an ad
dress.
"Ladies and gentlemen." said he,
"I have been chosen by nty friend,
the President of the United States,
as superintendent of this eleemosy
nary institution. It is my intention
to treat you all as a Virginia gentle
man should treat a body of American
ladies and gentlemen gathered here
from all parts of our beloved Union,
and I shall expect the same consid
eration in return. Otherwise I will
turn you all out upon the cold
mercies of a heartless world and you
will have to work for your living."
AMERICAN SOVEREIGNTY
[From the Xew York Sun]
Out of all expressions of those
Senators and Representatives, how
ever, as conveyed to the newspapers
through the correspondents, there
do appear to be two things which
clearly and explicity defined. The
first is that entering the League of
Nations this country unquestionably
would surrender some of its sov
ereignty.
The second is that, in spite of that
surrender of sovereignty, no member
nation could be compelled to do any
thing unless such nation by its own
vote agreed that it should be thus
compelled to do it; that, in fact,
such nation could at any time with
draw from the League, presumably
thereby recovering its lost sov
ereignty, although defaulting on its
implied moral obligations.
If, in realty, the League never can
do a simple thing in regard to a single
member unless that member itself
concurs, it is in fact a toothless
League, a spineless League, a jelly
fish League. It is, then, perhaps a
mere sham devised to impose upon
the credulity of lesser and irrespon
sible tribal nations led to sec in it
heavenly visions.
Wherefore the Amerioan people,
any frank, straightforward, fair
dealing people, must be entitled to
demand of* President Wilson and his
fellow fabricators of the League of
Nations:
Why a surrender of our priceless
sovereignty for nothihg?
Why a surrender of our sov
ereignty for a thing which will not,
cannot prevent war?
Why a compromise of our moral
responsibilities for the mock privi
lege of contributing, in Mr. Wilson's
passionately emotional words, to a
promise to do all for all the peoples
of all the corners of the earth some
thing which will give them comfort
and happiness if we do it, which will
dissappoint and sadden them to the
depths of despair if we do not do
It?
"Give Them to France"
"The German battleships and bat
tleship cruisers must not be destroy
ed. Reckless waste has apparently
become .a habit of thinking to some
minds. Sinking $300,000,000 worth
of ships Is spoken of as lightly as a
suggestion to burn a pile of old
junk. France is not in position to
spend money In navy building, and
should be given the pick of the Ger
man ships."—Baltimore Sun. ,
Telegraph's Window Boxes Commended
ANY compliment regarding floral
decoration from the "N'ew
York Florist Exchange," the
leading medium of the florist indus
try in the United States is a compli
ment indeed. A writer in this mag
azine, who has recently been in
Harrisburg with his eyes open,
makes a pleasant reference to the!
famous window boxes of The Tele
graph Building in the following ex
tract and also describes the beauti
ful lawns and shrubbery at Hershey.
"Now I want to say a word to the
florist, not only in our city and
county, but in other localities as well.
"In the lirst place enequrage ail
kinds of planting around the home.
By doing so you will encourage the
sale of all kinds of'cut flowers and
plants grown under glass. People
who are accustomed to having
plenty of blooms around their homes
in summer will want some in the
winter its well; the same can be
said about flowering and foliage
plants. Boost the planting of porch
and window boxes, for many people
could have these who do not have
any room for flower beds. Take a
walk over the streets of our city,
how many will you see, Harrisburg
is far ahea,d of Lancaster in the
planting of porch boxes, and you
will find in city squares there al
most every porch with its box tilled
with foliage or flowering plants. The
Harrisburg Telegraph building is a
tine example of window box garden-
Celebraled Taverns
[From Answers, London]
At the famous Burford Bridge
Hotel at Box Hill, near Dorking, in
lovely Surrey, many a visitor has_
the honor of sleeping in the room,
a snug and quiet chamber overlook
ing a lovely garden, where Keats
composed the greater part of "Endy
mion." Xext to the poet's room is
the one occupied by Nelson before
joining the fleet at Portsmouth for
the cruise which ended at Trafal
gar.
Washington Irving is said to have
taken his ease and mused for hours
together in a tiny parlor at the Red-
Horse at Stratford-on-Avon; Doc
tor Johnson favored the lonely
hostel curiously called "Chapel
House," and the Red Lion, at Hen
ley-on-Thames, is inseparably asso
ciated with the poet, Shenstone.
The George at Samford, an inn of
high repute in coaching days, and
one that boasts that Charles I slept
there on his way to Xewark, is still
prouder of the fact that it was the
iavorite resting place of Sir Walter
Scott during his frequent journeys
between Edinburgh and London.
His room is stil shown.
The Cock Tavern in Fleet street is
inseparably associated with the late
poet laudeate, Lord Tennyson, who
! in his Bohemian days in London
used to get his chop and chips there.
I The head waiter, was a great friend
I of his, and to him was addressed
I "Will Waterproof's Lyrical Mono
i logue, beginning: .
I Oh, plump head waiter at the Cock,
To which I must resort,
! How goes the time? 'Tis 5 o'clock.
Go fetch a pint of port.
Whether or not Ben Jonson ever
drank sack and made merry at the
Shoe Lane inn which has so long
j been known by his name, it is quite
I certain "rare Ben" had axvery fa
vorite haunt at the Devil's Tavern,
| close by in Fleet street. Another of
| his haunts was the Mermaid Tav
| ern in Cheapside, where he and
I Shakespeare used to meet.
"K-k-k-katy"
If a man has been a good soldier,
|he has "carried on" without the
j buttress of any system. He has not
even troubled to investigate the re
moter implications of his own act,
either for himself or for his world.
A "Camel" or a "Fatima" has been
w r orth ten yolumes of sociology.
I His Egeria in his celibate world has
not been a highly idealized Colum
bia. But for him a certain
! "K-k-k-katy" has been the "blessed
!damozel" who has leaned out from
the golden bar of heaven and waved
him her heartening cheer. Not that
the soldier is wanting in a fine re
ligious and political Idealism, but
that, for the moment, "K-k-k-katy"
at the kitchen door has been a more
concrete and plausible incarnation
of democracy than a highly system
atized ■ Goddess of Liberty. The
civilians with their systems are born
Platonists. The soldier is an Aris
totelian. For better or worse, he
has had to live with concrete facts.
—Willard L. SDerry in the Atlantic
i Monthly.
• ing, every window having a box- of I
red Geraniums and Vinca vines, a!
| good advertisement for these two
| plants. You will likely ask. Why
j are boxes so popular in Harrisburg?}
It started in this way: The Berry
hill Nursery Company of Harrisburg!
several years ago offered prizes for!
the best locking porch box con-!
taining plant's purchased from them
or any other florist. This stimulated i
competition and rushed in the buy- j
ing of the best plants to begin with;]
then, after the people got accus-i
tomcd to having the porch boxes!
they would never think of neglecting
to fill them.
"The town of Hershey (in Dau- ]
piiin county) is an example of the'
,town beautiful. The lawns, trees, I
shrubbery and the hundred or more;
flower beds scattered over the ]
grounds have, perhaps, done more i
j for advertising Hershey's chocolate}
than all the bill board advertising j
that could have been done. They (
have also been the means of slim-j
ulating the florists' and nursery
men's trade in Dauphin and Leb-'
anon counties. Hundreds of visitors ;
to this town each summer have gone'
home resolving that they were going!
to have around their homes some]
of the same kind of plant or flower]
that they saw growing there. (This;
was the result of years of hard work)
by the author of this paper.—Ed.) ,
"The City Beautiful, The Country j
Beautiful. The Home Beautiful—go
hand in hand. To help any one of
these means to help the others." ]
J Care of Soldiers' Orphans
I [From the Philadelphia Inquirer.]
The number of American ehil
i dren who have been orphaned by j
this war will be nothing like the
proportion of those who were ren- ]
dered fatherless by the Civil "War. j
This is chiefly due to the fact that !
the army was largely made up of,
young and unmarried men. But:
there are many children who have]
i been deprived of fathers and it is
encouraging to know that in the,
State of Pennsylvania, at least, they
are to be given attention. Already
the Legislature has passed an act,
which has received the approval of
the Governor, extending the benefits
of the Soldiers' Orphan Industrial
School to orphans or destitute chil
dren of discharged soldiers, sailors
; and marines who participated in the
World War.
The measure has gone through so
quietly that the fact lias not been
I realized by many, but it is such a
] natural and proper step that it will
ibe welcomed by all. The Soldiers
| Orphan Schools in this State have
done a' good work, in spite of the
fact that some of them, at one peri
od, were made a source of profit to
those in charge. In the main they
have served their purpose, and at
the present time they are well man
aged, and are the means of giving
the children an education, and a fair
start in the battle of life.
The disposition of all patriotic per
sons will favor any method of aid
ing the offspring of those who have
made sacrifices in the cause of lib
erty, and there is nothing imagniable
that can be better than the care of
i the children who have been made
the victims of the horrors of war.
LABOR NOTES
Practically all • the railways in
Sweden are tied up owing to a walk
out of their employes, who are de
manding bigger wages.
Because of the high price of steel
the large rolling mills in connection
with the Canadian Steel Foundries
I have been closed.
The number of places reporting
surpluses of labor over demand has.
increased during the past two weeks
frqm 4 4 per cent, to 50 per cent.
The American Woolen Company
mills at Lawrence, Mass.,, temporary
closed down on account of cancella
tion of Government war contracts
and the fact that there is not
enough civilian work at present to
keep the men and women going on
full time.
Maintenance of way and shop la
borers on the Chicago. Minneapolis
and St. Paul Railway employed )n
Dubuque, lowa, have received an In
crease in wages from twentj-flve and
one-fourth 'cents a'fl*hnifr to 34/ and.
40 cents per hour, graded, accord
ing to occupation. i
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Need of Extra Session j 5
[From the Scranton Republican] |j
Leaving out of the question all ; j
political considerations it is evident 1 <
that an immediate session of Con- 1 1
gress is necessary for the substantial | j
good of the country at this crucial j
period in the nation's history.
If there were no other reason than ! <
the failure of the last Congress to i
pass the great appropriation bills :
that are absolutely necessary to 1
carry on the work of the govern- j t
ment an extra session, called at the , 1
earliest possible moment, would be 1 1
justified: but there are other prob-11
lems wh'ch plead powerfully at this 'i
time for attention at the hands of ] t
the National Legislature as well as j s
the Nation's Executive. '•
The postponement of an extra ses- 11
sion until after the President's re- | <
turn from the Peace Conference in]'
June, would, in the opinion of many p
persons, be disastrous to the great '
interests of the United States and j '
detrimental to the welfare of the '
people in whose behalf constructive '
legislation is urgently needed to en
courage enterprise and open up ave- ■
nues of "employment for the thou-i ]
sands of returning soldiers who have I '
a right to expect that the country 1
they have served so nobly at vast
sacrifices to themselves will not fail
to assist in their rehabilitation along 1
self-supporting lines.
While the work of the Paris Peace ]
Conference is most important and 1
no effort should be spared to safe
guard the rights of this country in :
any covenant for a league of nations
that may be adopted there, we must
not become so completely absorbed
in it as to neglect those internal af
fairs that are vital to the well-being
of the people of the United States.
The fact that the next Congress
will , have a Republican majority
should not deter the Executive from
calling it into the service of the
country at once.
The industrial and commercial
life of the nation, which plead
powerfully for the early restoration
of normal conditions and the healthy
resumption of business activity,
argue convincingly in behalf of an j
extra session to pass those measures !
which are essential in carrying on |
the work of the government.
Unless an extra session of Con- |
gress is called immediately to
encourage constructive enterprise
throughout this country, the difllcul
ties in the way of making the great
I Victory Loan a success will be
greatly increased. These considera
i tions, as well as the failure of the
I Slxt.v-fifth Congress to complete its
j work, make it imperative that an
; extra session of the new Congress be
called at once for the Nation's wel
fare.
Secretary and Soldier
[From the New York World]
| What Representative Gould of New
j York predicted in his recent letter i
j to Secretary of War Baker has come
!to pass. Samuel T t Ansel), holding
] the war rank of Brigadier General,
who as Acting Judge Advocate Gen
eral of the Army exposed and de
nounced the injustice of courts mar
tial, has been demoted by the clever
process of bringing from France a
superior officer, and the outspoken
soldier who last week was Brig. Gen.
Ansell is to-day Lieut. Col. Ansell
I of the regular establishment, as he
J was at the beginning of the war.
There is something worse than con
temptible in this exhibition of de
partmental vengeance. It is a de
fiance of Congress, to whose question
ings Brig. Gen. Ansell responded
honestly, as in duty bound. It is
an insolent notice to representatives |
of the people and to humape officers
alike that they inquire Into qr dis
close the facts concerning discipline
in the army at their peril. It furn
ishes unmistakable evidence of the
growth in the United States of that
rampant militarism against which the
whole world has risen in revolt.
Nothing In the career of Secretary
of AVar Baker justifies the belief that
this judgment is his own. He has
followed the martinets and has been
Influenced by men in the service who
sought not to be heeded in matters
like this. One reason why we have
civilian Secretaries of War is that
they are expected to resist these ten
dencies. Mr. Baker will never have
the reputation of a great warrior
He should be reluctant to sacrifice
what in his case would be the lofty
distinction of being a great citizen.
More Pep in Dinner Speeches
With only one-half of one per
cent, of "kick" in the banquet bev
erages, the after-dinner speeches
will have to contain several per
cent, more "pep" if they are to
awaken the degree of enthusiasm
that they have stirred up hereto
fore.—From the Boston Transcript.
Abetting (Sljat
Judging from what people in va
rious walks of life have to say
the advance of the clocks When the
"dstylight saving" period cornea
around will he welcomed. The only
objections seem to have come from
farmers and truck gardeners who *
are disposed to civil at the dis
turbance of their routine the'
contend gets them up with the sun
in summer time anyway and wi
force theni to rise an hour earlier
to come to the Harrisburg markets.
Street car conductors, who are in
the same boat us the farmers, are
for the change, one man pointing
out yesterday that •it would mean
more time in the evening when the
men who run the cars arc on morn
ing turn. Railroad men say that it
will make no difference to them and
seem to think very kindly of the
chance to do some work after sup
| per, while the men who work in
the steel mills are favorable to the
plan almost to a man. Some of the
young fellows who work in the
stores and ollices are not cheering
very much, but admit that when it
gets working they will have some
thing to look forward to in the
shape of long evenings. As for the
school children they are rather glee
ful about it because everyone knows
how unsuccessful was the effort to
legislate kids to bed when there was
still daylight last spring.
Miss Violet.Oakley, the artist, had
the unique experience yesterday of
hearing a Capitol guide explain her
series of mural paintings in the Gov
ernor's reception room. Miss Oak
ley was sittHir; in the reception room
waiting to see the Governor when
a guide brought in a party and pro
ceeded to tell all about the paint'
ings. Miss Oakley did not comment.
A year or so ago she heard a party
discussing the paintings and kindly
corrected some impressions she
heard.
•
Mayor Edward Lawrence, ol
Meadville, took dinner yesterday
with his uncle, A. W. Swengel, of
Harrisburg. brother of former Bishop
Swengel, of the United Evangelical
Church. Mayor Lawrence is prom
inently identified with up-lift work
in his home city, and has had much
>to do with cleaning up MeadviUe
and with keeping it clean. They
don't have much trouble with "dope"
salesmen or people or that ilk in
Aleadville because the Meadville po
lice department finds itself fully able
to cope with the situation. The
Mayor was on his way to Texas and
Oklahoma where he will combine
business with pleasure for a few
weeks, being interested in oil and
gas properties there.
4 *
Friends of V. Clark Swengel, son
of former Bishop U. E. Swengel,
who has been recuperating in an
army hospital, hear that he will be
home in a short time, he having
sufficiently recovered to go to Camp
Dix to be mustered out. Swengel,
who is one of the youngest soldiers
to volunteer from Harrisburg, Avent
into the signal corps at the begin
ning of the war and after a very
short training was sent to France
and was in the trenches during the,
great attacks and counter-attacks
of last spring and summer. He
wrote home that he was in a hospi
tal suffering from an attack ot
rheumat'sm, fearing the truth would
worrv his mother, but in reality he
was both wounded and gassed and
in a very bad way. He will come
through his experiences all right,
however, and although his adven
tures tvere thrilling in the extreme,
he will not allow account of any of
them J!> find their way into print.
* • •
And who do you think happened
into town yesterday with inquiries
for newspaper and professional men
active in Harrisburg a score of years
ago? None other than Dexter W.
Fellows, dean of all the circus press
agents of the country, successor to
the noted "Tody" Hamilton,
"Charlie" Davis and other noted
men of the sawdust ring. Fellows
broke into the press agent game
away back in 1593 and was Buffalo
Bill's right hand man for many
years, both in the United States and
Europe, and more recently head of
the Barnum and Bailey circus. This
year he has forsaken the big tent
'to tell the folks of the country the
virtues of the famous 369 th United
States band, the negroes of whom
Irving Cobb wrote so entertainingly
in his wonderful story of the colored
man in France —"A'oung Black Joe."
Harrisburg was the first citjr Fel
| lows visited when he became a press
agent away back in '93 and he will
I remain here a day or two renewing
j old friendships.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Representative AA'illiam Ben
ninger, of Northampton, is one of
the boomers of the State as a great
cattle raising Commonwealth.
—Senator George Marlow, of
York, is a strong backer of the Gov
ernor's plan to make the State Capi
tal the civic center of the State.
—Provost Edgar F. Smith, of the
University of Pennsylvania, was hero
yesterday to attend the McNichol
memorial.
—Ex-Lieutenant Governor Frank
R. McClain says that the activities
of the State Defence Commission
will attract national attention be
fore very long.
—Public Service Commissioner
John S. Rilling is an authority on
school law.
| DO YOU KNOy
—That JlnrrlsbttaSfcj ndUOwdl
trackage Is considerably larger than
it was a few years ago?
Historic Harrisburg
Qne of the first meetings to
back up the action of the Contin
ental Congress in 1776 was held by
people in the neighborhood of Har
ris Ferry.
The Rivers of France
The rivers of France are ten score
and twain, ;
But five are the names we know,.
The Marne, the Vesle, the
and the Aisne
And the Somme of the swama 1
flow.
The rivers of France from sag"—
to the sea, X,
Are nourished by many a rill.
But these five, if ever a drougj#-
there be,
• The fountains of sorrow would fla.
The rivers of France shine silvery
white,
But the waters of five are read
With the richest blood in the fiercest,
fight '
For freedom, that ever was shed.
Five rivers of France, see
names are Avrit
On a banner of crimson and gold,
And the glory of those who fashion
ed it
Shall nevermore cease to be told.
—H. J, M., In the Congressional
Recotd.