6 ARRISBURG TELEGRAPH XEWBPAPER FOR THE UOMB Founded I 831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph Building, Federal Ignore E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager GUS. M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor A. R. MICHENER, Circulation Manager Execntlre Board J. P. McCULLOUGH, BOYD M. OGLESBY, F. 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 fiaper and also the local news pub- Isned herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. I Member American Newspaper Pub- Assocht- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn syl^anhi^Associn- Eastem office. Story, Brooks & Building, Western office! Story, Brooks A Finley, People's Gas Building. I Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a CTKRviSSHD week; by mail, $3.00 a remr ln a< jvance. SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1919 God give us men.' A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands, Men whom the lust of ofiicc docs not kill; Men tehom the spoils of office can not buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor, and who will not lie; Tall men, sun-erowncd, who live above the fog In public duty and in private think ing! — J. G. HOLLASD. A HAPPY ENDING THE New York Sun suggests that that an interesting book could be written on the lives and achievements of our postmasters general. "But," observed the Sun, "it would bo a story with a sad end ing," referring, of course, to the Burleson fiasco. True, all too true; but that could be arranged and a happy ending provided by writing the book down to finis and leaving room for a line or two to be added at the proper time; "P. S. —Mr. Burleson has gone back to Texas. "Second P. S. —He's gone to stay." The Harrisburg Chamber of Com merce should have the 400 new mem bers It has Invited to Join the organ ization. The new hotel, the housing campaign now under way, the com prehensive program outlined by the directors and the war work of the . boys are all bids for popular support. Men and money are required to do the things the chamber has planned and which the pubjic approves, and a limited membership would be a great handicap. ARE THEY CONVINCED? IT IS to be hoped that the spokes men of the Democratic party are right in asserting that "no more is there to be internal conflict on tariff." If the statement is true, it is true because the Democrats have de cided to abandon their historic op position to an "America First" im port duty on goods produced abroad at costs below those prevailing in the United States, where higher wage scales and higher standards of living prevail. The Republicans have not, and will not, abandon their advocacy of a protective tariff that represents at least the difference in cost of production here and abroad. Democratic assurance that there is to be no more conflict on this issue would be more encouraging if it came direct from the dictator of the Democratic party, who has not yet given a clear interpretation of the plank ln his peace platform in which he demanded a "removal of all economic barriers, so far as pos sible." The American protective tariff policy does not depend for its sup port upon spokesmen or dictators of any party. It continues in popular favor because the rank and file of the American people believe that the American producer should live ac cording to higher standards than are observed in most of the other countries of the earth. It con tinues In popular favor because the far-seeing businessmen of America appreciate the importance of perma ■ nent home markets for home prod l ucts. It continues in favor because I there is still fresh in the minds of v the American people the disastrous I effects of the low-tariff law of 1893, the equally disastrous effects of the "Wilson-Underwood act of 1913, which wrought ruin to American industry until the outbreak of the , war put up. a trade barrier more f-i SATURDAY EVENING, fective than nny protective tariff law over enacted If there is u> l>e no internal con flict on the tariff, it is because the Democrats are ready to acknowledge their error in assuming that it is to the best interests of this country for its people to buy in the markets where they can buy the cheapest. Upon this issue there has been and will be no yielding by Republicans. To promote by every legitimate means the use of goods "Made in America" has been and will con tinue to be the aim and effort of the Republican party and its representa tives in Congress. The protective taViff is the most effective means to that end yet devised. The spokesmen of the Democratic party may con fidently depend upon the enactment of a protective tariff law that will provide such import duties as are deemed necessary to prevent com petition destructive of American in dustry, and if the dictator of the Democratic party exercises his power of veto in order to continue the removal of economic barriers, the responsibility will rest with him. The Red Cross has asked for con tributions of old clothes—the easiest request to meet the organization could make, for every house has some clothing that has passed to the trunk or the garret and ought to be put back into active service. The war stricken people of Europe need this clothing and need it badly. You couldn't occupy an hour or two to morrow in better way than to look over the discards and choose what you can spare. RUS IS FOR URB ALTHOUGH Congress adjourned without passing the legisla tion to provide soldier-settle ments on swamp lands, Secretary Lane intends to urge the passage of this bill next session. While this scheme might benefit a few, as a practical plan for benefiting a large number of discharged soldiers, it can never figure to any great extent. Thousands of men not only know nothing about farm work, but they do not want to live on a farm. There is more truth than poetry in that popular song, "How You Goin* to Keep 'Em Down on the Farm, After They've Seen Paree?" It can't be done on the extensive and ex pensive Lane scale. Then, too, it would take years be fore the men could make a decent living. The people are ready and willing to be taxed to almost any extent for appropriations with which to help the returning soldiers, but they are not ready to be taxed for wild-cat schemes. Give the men money and help them get the job they are best fitted for—which will bring not only set tled conditions, but happiness and contentment to the men themselves. A New Jersey woman has been ar rested for scolding and for blaming all the faults of her own household on the neighbors. Let's see, isn't there somebody else from Jersey who scolds a lot and blames other folks for his own mistakes? PRUSSIANIZED ARMY EVIDENCE even more startling than that unearthed during the war was discovered by the Senate Military Committee in its in vestigation of the sentences imposed by military eourtsmartial. The grossest abuses in the exercise of autocratic power were disclosed. One of the worst cases was that of a young man, not yet a month in the Army, who was discovered smoking a cigaret under circum stances prohibited by the regula tions. He was ordered by a second lieutenant to surrender the pack age of cigarets, and when he re fused was hailed before a court mar tial and sentenced to forty years in prison. In considering such cases Senators recalled that conscientious objectors, who consistently refused to perform any military duties whatever, were recently given honorable discharges by the Secretary of War, after be ing paid in full for the time they were in the army. The ugly contrast between Mr. Baker's actions in the two cases is going to be sifted thoroughly by the Military Committee. China wants to fix its own tariff, Germany has decided to put up the bars and England already is doing so. And yet, they tell us that the tariff has ceased to be a political issue. DEMORALIZED LONG AGO ON March 18, more than four months after the war ended, the War Risk Bureau dis missed 1,400 of its 15,000 employes, and set up a cry of demoralization of the work because of lack of funds. With-half of the army de mobilized, it would seem that more than a ten per cent, reduction in force should have been effected within four months after the war ended. That's right, Philadelphia: the Twenty-eighth division is deserving the biggest reception in the history of the State. And Harrisburg is go ing to do its part. Turn your clock an hour ahead when you retire to-night and there by gain an hour of daylight every day during the coming spring and summer. What we need in Paris is more ac tion and less debate. Nero fiddling while Rome burned was a piker be side the peace delegates. Wllhelm thinks that had he held out until January all "the American troops would have been withdrawn." Where from? Berlin? After the weather of the past few days we no longer wonder that the March 'hare went mad. The man who made garden last week ia BOW making excuses. IK By the Ex-Oommltteemafli Workmen's compensation bids fair to loom large in the work of the concluding weeks of the Legisla ture of 1919. Efforts were made last session to change the law by Increasing allowances, but it was deemed best to allow the code of 1915 to stand the test of time. This year the trend of the times is to make the changes, experience o-f the last year having shown the need of some alterations, while the claims for a larger measure of compensa tion are being made insistently. Action on workmen's compensa tion law amendments will have im portant political consequences. Sev eral bills for changes are already in hand and more are likely. The State board has drafted its own proposed changes and also aims to make a separate department of compensa | tion activities, severing it from the Department of Labor and Industry. —The drafts of the proposed changes drafted by officers of the board will be submitted at a hear ing in the Supreme court chamber on Tuesday. They contain not only an increase of compensation to sixty five per cent, decrease of the waiting period of seven days and free medi cal or surgical attention for thirty days, but also provisions clarifying the relations of contractors and sub contractors and increased authority for the board in the matter of ex empted employers. There is also a clause inserted which will give the board more power in what is term ed "the vexed question" of depen dency. —One of the features of the changes is a supplemental act which provides that "any employe who is engaged in agricultural or domestic service may agree with his employer to accept" the provisions of the original act. This agreement must be in writing. It will enable farm laborers and servants to come under the act if they so elect and the em ployer is willing. —ln regard to contractors it is urged in behalf of the proposed change that an employer can require a contractor to produce a certificate of insurance, which it is claimed would protect owners of a premises occupied as a residence from pay ment of compensation to the em ploye of a Jobbing carpenter or plumber making repairs or improve ments for instance. In regard to exempted employers the board be given right to call for such self insurance as would maintain a re serve in line with Insurance depart ment requirements. The new rates would accord with those in States adjoining Pennsylvania except New Jersey which is considering such a change. Children's compensation is increased from 25 to 35 per cent, with a maximum of 65 per cent.; widows to 40 per cent, with advances for parents while grandparents are given the same right as brothers and sistei-s. Claim for burial expenses may be made against employer. The board is given power to order pay ment to any minor dependent which it is said will obviate necessity of having guardians named for small amounts. It is stated that depen dency is settled by "providing where an employe who has been a member of a household of his parents and who has within the last six months prior to the accident or death con tributed any part of his earnings to its maintenance shall be conclusively presumed to have been a depen dent." —The periods in which compen sation is payable in case of a widow, widower, parent or grandparent has been advanced from 300 to 400 weeks and it is stipulated that if a widow remarries she is to be given a lump payment in lieu of part of compensation then payable. It Is claimed that insurance companies with the greatest experience in such matters are favorable to this provi sion. In the recodification the pow ers of the board in review have been enlarged and changes made broaden ing powers of courts. Numerous administrative changes have been made. —National Committeeman A. Mitchell Palmer has written from the Attorney General's Department endorsing the movement for the Philadelphia city charter revision. This is as expected and much will be made of it. The Democratic strength in the whole Legislature is less than thirty. —Mrs. Walter L. Hill, Scranton's first woman school director, has re signed and T. B. Rodham has been chosen in her place. —Just now punch boards seem to be occupying the attention of Ches ter police probers. —The Philadelphia Press takes Senator Vare to task this way: Sen ator Vare's ridicule of a business ad ministration for the municipality seems hardly becoming, in view of the fact that the administration he has given us is purely a business ad ministration; it is in the bonding and contracting business up to its ears. The Senator may not quite realize the situation, but what seems to be the public demand is an administra tion that will do business for all the people, and not for selected private interests. —John Keim Stauffer, Reading councilman, who has engaged in a series of rows with Mayor Filbert, is said to be contemplating running for mayor on his own hook. —Lively times are ahead for the House Military Committee has re ported favorably to the lower branch of the Legislature the John R. K. Scott bill for military training amended so that it contains almost word for word the provisions of the Daix Senate bill as it was amended some weeks ago. It is the idea to have hearings on the subject to as certain the sentiment in the State. Originally, the various military training bills provided for a course in all high and normal schools and colleges in line with the War De partment ideas, but It was found that the cost of Instructors would run into millions even if the govern ment did furnish arms and assign In the cost of the camps. The feature wherein the Scott bill, as amended, differs from the Daix bill is that it makes it optional for the commis sion, which it creates, to establish courses. The Daix bill makes it mandatory. The comission is to be composed of the Commissioner of Health. Adjutant General, Superin tendent of Public Instruction and such other citizens as may be named by the Governor. Authority is given to employ "a supervisor of military and health instruction and training" and such others as may he needed. An appropriation of $200,000 is pro vided. the act to become effective on September 1. The commission may establish summer camps and Imay exempt members of any re ligious seat from the training. —The upshot of the matter may he that the schools of the State will I establish courses of preliminary 'physical training such as men had BAJEUUSBURO TELEGRAPH "I HEAR YOV CALLING ME" ~By BRIGGS at camps during the war, while ad vanced military training may be tried at the colleges. Blonde Vampires, Be Warned Judge Boettner, of Newark, N. J., has begun a crusade against vam pires, and, being a wise man, has attempted to establish at the begin ning of his effort a definition which shall enable anybody to identify these dangerous creatures at a glance: "A vampire is a woman who flirts in the streets with men, bleaches her hair, camouflages her face and disguises herself with clothes and gives wrong names, but is, unable to change her eyes or dimples." For many the Sun has applauded every effort to protect men from the onslaughts of flirtatious women, and we wish Judge Boettner the greatest success in his laudable en terprise. Nevertheless, his definition does not square with the highest motion picture understanding of the appearance of a vampire. The most accomplished, success ful, alluring and conspicuous vam pire of the screen is a lady of the pronounced brunette type. She has vamped her way through thou sands of miles of film and become familiar in her professional activi ties to millions of young, adolescent and aged Americans. To them she is the pattern and model of all vam pires, and the exclusion of dark women from the Boettner classifica tion will not inspire the multitude with confidence in his experience or judgment. Perhaps Judge Boettner intends to begin the great anti-vampire drive against blondes only, and eventually hopes to widen the field of his activities to include the bru nettes. If this is his purpose, he has committed a tactical blunder. He sl#>uld have started out against the brunettes, because to-day the great heart of the people recognizes in the brunette the queen of all the vampires. However, let the protection of man go on. It is a hopeful sign of the advancing times. —New York Sun. ARTICLE X The high contracting parties shall undertake to respect and preserve, as against external aggression, the territorial integrity and existing po litical independence of all states members of the league.—From Arti cle X, constitution of the League of Nations. Under this provision of the consti tution France could not have helped America win its freedom in the Revolution. The United States could not have rescued Cuba from Spain in 1898. Poland might sum mon us to defend her from a Czecho slovak invasion, or Italy to defend Fiume from the Jugo-Slavs. Do you, as an American, want to assume such obligations? Read Article X and see whether you think the constitution should be adopted with this article included. —Kansas City Star. Not Only in Snagtown We have lots of people living in Snagtown who when they are travel ing ask if the empty seat next to you is occupied. (Hot Springs) Arkansas Thomas Cat. Forty-Second Division National Guard of 26 States and , District of Colum bia. Divisional headquarters ar rived in FVance fm November 1, 1917. IM M/ Activities: Domba. /■ ml sle - Luneville - St. /■■/ Clement - Baccarat < ' sector, February 21-March 23, 1918 (under the French Bth Army and 7th Army Corps) Baccarat sector, March 18-June 21; Souain and Es perance sector July 5-17 (German offensive east of Reims, July 15-16) Trugny and Beauvardes, July 25- August 3 (front of 4th Army corps on Ourcq) AnsauviHe, Essey and Bois do Pannes (St. Mihiel salient) September 12-30; south of St. Georges-Landres-et-St. Georges Cote de Chatillon (Argonne-Meuse of fensive) October 13-31) Autruche, Grandes Armoises and Matsoncelle, south of Sedan, (Argonne-Meuse of fensive) November 5-10. Prisoners captured: 15 officers, 1,303 enlisted men. Guns captured: 25 pieces of artillery, 495 mnchine guns. Total advance on front line: 55 kilometers. • Insignia: Parti-colored quadrdnt, suggesting the arc of a rainbow, after "Rainbow Division." A NEW ARABIAN KNIGHT Helen E. Anderson in World Outlook for March ANOTHER chapter to "Arabian Nights" is unfolding. Prom Arabia, land of the desert, birthplace of Mohammed, comes Prince Feisal, son of El Hussain ibn All, king of Hedjaz—not in search of a beautiful damsel to be rescued, but to settle state affairs. For Arabia wants to be "the youngest independent state in Asia." Fired by the spirit of self-gov ernment, Arabia wants to set up its own kindgdom, and, above all, to be freed from the hated despotism of Turkey, the rule of a meagre three thousand Turkish officials over three and a half millions of sons of the desert. The Arabs have never borne Turkish supremacy with meekness. In the eighteenth century they won an independence which lasted for a hundred years, and as late as 1906 there occurred an Arab uprising so serious that it drew 100,000 Turkish soldiers into the field. And while Turkish military suc cess was at its height in the great war, Arabia bravely commenced hostilities. Her soldiers fought side bv side with English Tommies, and the British recognized her independ ence. In the last offensive they not only took forty thousand prisoners but by a rapid march cut oft the Turkish line of retreat, enabling the Fearless Knights and Flawless Not as the laureled legions who slew for regal Rome, March they who come from battle, keen for the joys of home; There are no captives with them, no Caesar at their head, With lions padding softly, to fill the mob with dread. Their victor hands are guiltless, they've made no peoples slaves. They're white souled as the children they loved across the waves. No city less a city that they were captains there; They passed, but there's no wailing of women on the air. Heed ye the babes of Flanders, the aged of Lorraine— They pray the saints In sadness our sons may come again! They used the might of heroes, but not the hate of Huns, And Frenchmen loved their laughter as Vandals feared their guns. You've seen their smiling faces, you've met their eyes that seem Somehow to hide behind them the shadows of a dream; You've watched them swinging past you, crusaders that we hail As fearless knights and flawless who saved the Holy Grail. You laud them for their valor, but this your greater pride— In conquering a Caesar to Christ they crucified! —Edward S. Van Zile. in New York Times. LABOR NOTES In California there are 39,352 ir rigated farms. Wire Weavers' International has a membership of 330. The French Confederation of La bor will send delegates to the next meeting of the American Federa tion of Labor. Girls employed in the British munition works in some districts cultivate the waste ground around the hotels. Support of organized labor is to be given to Canadian policemen and firemen in the maintenance of their claim to form unions. Canadians are discussing the ques tion of having aliens now in intern ment camps In Canada employed on the highways of Canada. Santiago Ingelesius, a member of the A. F. of L.. has returned from Mexico. He reports a good out look for union of the labor element. Thirty-six per cent, of the employ es of the Government of Great Brit ' ain, outside the munition factories, at the beginning of the present year were women. Thirty-one of the branch offices of the Federal employment service now have women's divisions, each in charge of a capable woman skilled In placement work. Skilled metal workers in Leipzig, Germany, get 32 cents an hour. A few pieceworkers earn as much as 47& cents an hour. British to capture seventy thousand more. Prince Feisal, delegate for Arabia to the Peace Conference, voices the hopes and ambitions of not only Hedjaz but of the other provinces of Arabia—Yemen, Nejd, Syria, and upper and lower Mesopotamia. Their dream is a great federation of all Arab states from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf —free from Turkish dominion and possibly un der the protection of the United States. "The youngest independent state in Asia will be self-supporting," says the prince of Hedjaz proudly. "Arabia has large quantities of cop per, iron, mineral oils, and a little coal. With irrigation much of our desert land can be changed to fertile farming country." Disowning the leadership of the Caliph of Constantinople, spiritual head of the Mohammedans, Prince Feisal from Arabia, the cradle of Islam, is turning toward a western civilization, a Christian country. "We have complete faith in Ameri ca," he says. "At this moment the eyes of the whole East are turned toward her. It is up to her now to show that our faith is not mis placed." The new chapter In "Arabian Nights" may mean a new era in the fight of Christianity against Mo hammedanism. Who Makes War Epigrams? fFrom the St. Joseph Gazette] The production of war epigrams was ahead of all estimates, as well as of the requirements. It is usually thus, but the great world war reg istered what Secretary Baker would call quantity production of sayings of fighters calculated to catch tho public fancy—far, far back of the lines. Who makes the war epigrams? Nobody seems to know. The gen erals and admirals and other great ligiils to whom they are accredited always come around in due time and acknowledge their ignorance of the origin of the "famous sayings." It is said that General FYancis Marion never sa'Jl what he is said to have said at the sweet potato dinner. The Decatur story appears to have sim ilarly sound foundation; ditto the Washington profanity story, the Lawrence saying, the Sherman "War is hell' slogan, nd countless others. Now Admiral Sims says he didn't say "We got teady coming over." In every war there is an early arid a poillfic crop of "words of warriors." The noncombatants roll these sentiments under their tongues ana repeat them in public meetings for the purpose of enthus ing one another. Everybody stands up and cheers wildly when some struggling orator, unable to get any thing else out of his system in recognizable form, falls back upon a "famous saying" as a last resort and coughs it at the crowd. He known he can get an ovation with it —just why it is not easy to explain. He doesn't know; nobody else knows. The fact of the matter doubtless is lha humanity loves epigrams. We are not particular as to their origin —why look a gift mouthing in the face? We know the thing is trite, lo the point and soul-stirring, for it stirs us. We know we should have said those very words had we been in command at the bridge, or the pass, or on the quarterdeck, or fac ing the foil that had to be taken without regard to the loss of lifa necessary. Se we quote the senti ment, und we have a poor opinion of the noted man who at last denies that he 6ver uttered it, or ever thought of uttering it, or ever had the cppoitunlty to do so had ho thought of it. The Wit of Douglas Jerrold Douglas Jerrold's wit had a dis creet malice of its own. Asked at a party who it was that was dancing with Mrs. Jerrold, he replied laughingly: "A member of the Hu mane Jloc'ety, i think." At another function he saw a very tall man dancing with a very short lady. "Hulloo," ho rapped out, "there's a mile dancing with a mile stone." ' Once he was disturbed in his edi toral room by a young poet rushing in and asking: "Have you seen my 'Descent Into Hell,' Mr. Jerrold?" "No sir, I have not," was the reply, "but I should very much like to." Some of Jerrold's epigrams are brilliant. Here is a choice one: "The man who takes the goose from the common goes to the House of Cor rection; the man who takes the common from the goose goes to the House of Lords." —From the Liter i ary Guide, MARCH 29, 1919. BOOKS AND MAGAZINES "He Made His Wife His Partner" is the title of a new book by Henry l>odg"e to be published immediately by the Harpers. Mr. Dodge, who will be Joyfully remembered as the author of "Skinner's Big Idea," has taken for his new theme the big back-to-the-land movement that is to be felt on ail sides. He tells the tale of a young man who is driven from his life on the farm by the overbearing nature of his father. He becomes a draughtsman in a big city store, but though he makes good headway, he still longs for the land. He eventually marries and returns to the country where he and his wife take over a small farm. By making her his partner in everything, they pull together and make a big success of their venture. "He Made His Wife His Partner" goes to prove that scientific and business-like methods are as necessary to agriculture as in any city undertaking. E. P. Button & Co., are publishing an American edition of a little book by Stephen Paget, the famous Eng lish surgeon, called "Adolescence." It contains one of a series of lectures given to Oxford University Extension students in the summer of 1917 whose general theme was the various phases of the reconstruction of British life in the near future. The particular problem with which this lecture deals, the right hamdling of young people during those critical years of the middle 'teens when they are de veloping into the consciousness of manhood and womanhood, is one that is always with fathers and mothers and teachers of every nation, and Dr. Paget's name and understanding advice will be found peculiarly help ful by every one who carries that particular burden. He thinks that fathers, mothers and teachers should meet frankly, seriously and with reverence the puzzled and question ing minds of children about God and sex and should be prepared to meet their questions with the truth. "The greatest thing of all he says, "is careful preparation. To answer a child with evasive or lying nonsense is to offend the child; and we have it on good authority that we deserve for that ofTense the millstone around our necks and the depth of the sea." Houghton Mifflin Company take 1 pleasure in announcing the publica tion of another book by the famous [ and beloved author, Mrs. Eleanor H. Porter. "Dawn" Is the name of this new story. Being the tale of a boy who grows blind, later learning to rise above the tragedy in usefulness, j this book comes to the world at a peculiarly opportune time. Ever since Mrs. Porter's first appeaTance in print, her philosophy of cheer and "compensation" has furnished com fort to her thousands of readers. "Indian History for Young Folks" is the title of a new book to be pub lished Immediately by the Harpers. Beginning with the discovery of America the author gives a descrip tion of the Indian tribes as they then existed and their connection with the first white settlers. There are vivid accounts of the many up risings, coming down in point of time to the big Apache outbreak of 1883 and the Sioux uprising of 1890. "Indian History for Young Folks" is illustrated by reproductions of draw ings by Howard Pyle, Frederic Rem ington, Zogbaum and others; with portraits and interesting prints that serve as an historical and pictorial commentary to the narrative. Coming Avalanche of Autos Suppose Henry Ford should suc ceed in his declared intention of producing a motorcar in the next year or two to sell for $250 or $30)? Suppose the numbers of cars inKan eas City shculd Jump to thirty or forty thousand? How would the city handle the traffic? Yet something of this sort is easily within the range of possibility. F. E. Moiskovit*, of the Marmon Com pany, one of the leading motor en gineers of the country, remarked in a recent interview that the one cylinder car is one of the probable developments of the war. In experi menting with the Liberty motor it wis found that a single cylinder, | counterbalanced, gave the requisite smoothing of motion. If Ford riaesn't cife' elop the possibilities of this inexpensive and simple motor somebody else undoubtedly will. Wf must look forward to the day when the automobile will be several times as plentiful as it is to-day. Wo must get ready for that time by planning for wide streets and com prehensive traffic ways. If we don't this city may choke with motors, and the cost of the remedy may be al most prohibitive. A modern city can't afford to do withou' a city-planning commis ■ sion.—From the Kansas City BUr, Brotituj QUjai Every draft board In Pennsylvania is closing up its business to-day. Under the orders of the War De partment the draft boards are to " discontinue their work on Monday and for the last month they have been making up their final records, destroying such Government prop erty as is ordered to be mutilated, selling others and shipping the rec ords which are required to be dis patched to Washington. A number of the boards, which finished this work several days age, have notified Major W. G. Murdock, the State's chief draft officer, that they will send additional historical matter for the chronicle of the draft in Penn sylvania. Major Murdock to-day commended the work of the draft boards. "These men have been most self sacrificing and have completed a work in which future generations can take pride. The story of how Pennsylvania fulfilled every call made will be a splendid one," said he. • • • Plans being made by Adjutant General Prank D. Ileary will insure the medals provided by Pennsyl vania for its soldiers who partici pated in the Mexican border service as members of the National Guafd being received by them soon after the Keystone Division lands in this country. The Adjutant General pro vided for 15,000 medals and about 2,500 have been placed in the hands of men who served on the border and who did not get into Federal service or who did not get over seas duty or members of their fami lies. It is estimated that practically all of the remainder can be right fully claimed by men who are in the Keystone Division. Researches have shown that close to 12,000 of tho men entitled to the medals are in the Keystone Division. General Beary intends to send Chief Clerk Benjamin W. Dcntming, of his de partment, to the camp where the Pennsylvanians go as soon as they arrive to personally distribute the medals to the men and they will be able to wear them when they pass in the home coming review. • • • The Philadelphia Inquirer has this to say about Ex-Auditor General A. E. Sisson who was here this week: "General Sisson has a very comprehensive and elaborate prop osition for a permanent record of war- activities in which Pennsyl vanians participated. Besides the chapters covering the army and navy he would have in detail the story of the work of men of the Keystone State in every other line of service. This would include the wonderful achievements of General W. W. Atterbury, vice president in charge of operation of the Pennsyl vania Railroad, in tho reconstruc tion of the railways of Prance and the development of the transporta tion system of the American expedi- , tionary army and the individual rec ord of every one of the trained specialists who enlisted from tho yards and shops of Harrisburg, Al toona, Pittsburgh, Renovo, Reading and other railroad centres in the in terior of the State, and of the execu tives from the main offices of the various railroads that were attached to his staff. It is General Sisson's idea that there should be a separate compiliation of such data for each county in the State with a complete enrollment of every man who enlist ed and the full list of committees of citizens who were in any way identified with the State's part in winning the war." • • Major General C. C. Parnsworth, the commander of the 37th or Ohio National Guard division which went through a tremendous lot of fight ing in Prance and has just returned to this country, is non other than, the army officer who was inspector instructor of the Pennsylvania, National Guard in 1912 and 1913, stationed in this city. He com manded at Camp Lee for a time. While in this State he made the study of drill regulations and did much to bring the Guard up to a high standard. • • • The athletic classes for business men at the Y. M. O. A. are grow ing steadily.' For the convenience of those who cannot take time off in the late afternoon Physical Direc tor Miller has organized a noon, class. "Tf the classes continue to grow the coming year as they have the past twelve months they will simply push out the walls of the gym," said he the other day. The talk of a new Y. M. C. A. building with swimming pool and other con veniences continues to be heard. • • • The boys work committee of the Y. M. C. A., headed by J. William Bowman, will soon be looking about for a good camp site. Already there are indications that the camn next summer will be larger than that of last year and the committee de sires to find a place within easy reach of the city where there is good water, pretty scenery, boating and swimming. Arch Dinsmore, phy sical director, desires to accumulate a camping eautoment to he the prop erty of the "Y" and which can ha used from year to year, thus cutting down the cost of the yearly outing. Considerable equipment was bought last year but present prospects nra that it will have to be greatly in creased to accommodate the large number of hoys who want to take the trip. [ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —N. M. Edwards, of Williamsport, well known here, has taken a prom inent part in the movement against: Sunday moving picture entertain ments. —John C. Boyd, manager of th< Philadelphia Clearing Ho ise, is cele brating his twenty-third annivers ary in thnt position. —Dr. E. L. Anthony, of State College, will go to West Virginia to entor one of the college faculties. —Magistrate John McCleary, of Philadelphia, was dined on his sixty first birthday by friends. —Lewis Dillinger, long head of the Bethlehem Democratic organi zation, has been re-elected. —P. C. Mederia, prominent lrt State coal affairs, is home from Florida. 1 DO YOU KNOW —That Harrishnrg was a seat of courts before the county was erected because the people up here objected to the long trip to Lancaster? HISTORIC HARRISBURG —Harrisburg has had three courh , and never A cltj hall, . J
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