10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A. NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THK TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph Building, Federal Square E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager QVS. M. STEINUETZ, Managing Editor A. R. MICHENER, Circulation Manager Executive Beard 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 ished herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. I Member American Newspaper Pub- Assocla- Bur'eau of Circu lation and Penn ■ Associa- M c e^ Bu'lhHng 1 i Chicago, lib E Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a tTLi'ir:;' week: by mall, $3.00 a v year in advance. WEDNESDAY, MAY H. 1919 < j Abide in me, and I in you, j for icithout me ye can do nothing. — j John 15 :4, 5. HERE'S TO SUCCESS HERE'S to the success of the membership campaign about to be inaugurated by the Penn- I sylvania Railroad Young Men's, Christian Association. No institu- j tion in Harrisburg has a more excel- . lent record for services rendered and none is more worthy of support. Every railroad man in the city ought to be a member. The local drive is part of a pro gram of national scope conducted by railroadmen for railroadmen through the Railroad Young Men's Christian Association. The aim of the cam paign is "through unselfish service to cement in loyalty, contentment and happiness this great body of men and boys in a definite program for the welfare of all." The task is a big one, but "the railroad men of this continent in conferences have agreed to back these new plans and prove to the world what can be accomplished by their united effort," and so it may as well be taken for granted that the job is going to be done, for railroad men are indefatigable workers when they set themselves to it IN MICHIGAN LAST month there was a State election in Michigan, the polit ical significance of which ap pears to have escaped the people generally. From official reports the Republican vote was 506,342 and the Democratic 221,831. Last year the vote for Governor showed 266,738 for the Republican candi date and 155.142 for the Demo cratic aspirant. The startling increase in the total vote of the State is accounted for in large measure by the fact that it was the first time the women of Michigan had voted. But while the number of voters increased by over 71 per cent, the gain in Republican strength was over 8 7 per cent., more than twice the increase of only 4 0 per cent, shown by the Democrats. The Republicans added 239,604 votes to their strength, and the Democrats only 63,689, representing a net gain by the Republicans of 175,915. This remarkable increase in Re publican sentiment occurred during e time when the League of Nations and other Wilsonisms were most prominently in the public eye. OUR MINING INDUSTRY FRANK HALL, the Deputy Chief in the State Department of Mines, has Just issued an ex ceedingly interesting pamphlet on the mining industry of Pennsylva nia. He calls attention to many phases of this important industry that were not touched upon in pre vious issues and discusses efforts that had been made to provide a substitute for coal, as well as the humanitarian side of the industry evidenced by the sociological, edu cational and general community work. Reference is made to the abnormal conditions created by the war, particularly to the price of the commodity and wages of workmen, and In an interesting paragraph he tells of the first use of anthracite by a blacksmith in the Wyoming Valley, who successfully used coal in his forge. Not the least interesting thing brought out by Mr. Hall is the fact that the value of the output of coal In Pennsylvania for 1915 exceeded greatly the total value of all the copper, gold and silver mined in the United States during that period. He points out that the total output of copper, gold and silver amounted to $381,000,000 in round figures, while the total output of coal was valued at the mines at almost $500,- 000,000 and at points of distribution the value was about $750,000,000. Another interesting fact Is that the entire anthracite coal area, com prising about 450 square miles, was A WEDNESDAY EVENING, purchased by the Proprietary Gov ernment of Pennsylvania from the eix nations In 1749 for the insignifi cant sum of $2,500. He estimates the value of the coal thus far mined at $8,000,000,000. Mr. Hall discusses, among other things, the Americanization of the foreigner who is largely employed in the coal mines of the State and re gards the education of these aliens as of supreme importance. He thinks they should become acquaint ed with American ideals and Amer ican customs and habits, and em phasizes the opinion that the nat uralization of these men has really nothing to do with Americanization. "To accomplish the desired result as quickly as possible," he says, "every effort should be made to gain the confidence and esteem of these peo ple and in that way bring them to a realization of the real significance of the blessings and liberty of our great country." It is pointed out that there are thirty different nationalities repre sented in the mining region and the problem of assimilating them is a difficult one. which demands excep tional wisdom, tact and patience. Progress has been made, accord ing to this interesting State publi cation, in the living conditions among the miners. There has been material advance in the betterment of the conditions of the miner, both inside and outside the mines. Mr. Hall makes the pleasing statement that the improved living conditions arc revealed in the character of the homes, in the comforts and con veniences with which they are sup plied. and in the general appear ance of neatness and cleanliness that marks the present communal life in contrast with the disagree able and repeliant aspect of for mer years. There is much in this pamphlet of Mr. Hall's to encourage those who are interested in the improve ment of the conditions of those en gaged in a great State industry, and his intelligent handling of the subject is creditable to him as an official of the State. One statement which he makes will be of wide spread interest —that the cost of anthracite coal before many years, will become so great that this par ticular fuel may be classed as a luxury out of the reach of the or dinary consumer. Thi3 statement is the basis of a chapter on the sub stitutes for coal and leads to his conclusion that what the scientific thought of the world must devise is a genuine substitute for coal that can be manufactured independent of coal as a chief ingredient. Unless this is done he fears the world may some day face a real and permanent fuel famine. CAN'T COME TOO SOON THERE will be general approval of the proposition in Congress to change the present arrange ment so as to advance the session of the new Congress each year to March 5, instead of December of the year following the election in November. President Wilson's refusal to summon Congress in extra session after the 4th of March this year has forced the issue and it is the opinion of experienced men at Washington that two sessions to Congress—one short and the other long—are not sufficient to properly handle the na tion's business. When Congress failed to agree upon Important ap propriation and other measures be fore adjournment last March, the country was thrown into a serious plight and it is believed the legis lative branch should not be left helpless as to the matter of its own meetings. A consiitutional amendment may be necessary to make the change, but whatever the process or precedure it is almost certain that something will be done to prevent a recurrence of the serious situation brought about by refusal of the President to summon Congress in extra session after the failure to pass appropri ation bills last month. In short, the fixing of a date for the meeting of Congress should not be left to the President. HOME-COMING HOLIDAY IT IS entirely fitting that the date of the official home-coming of Pennsylvania's own division, heroes of Chateau Thierry and a hundred other desperate encoun ters. should be made a legal holiday in Pennsylvania. It is an occasion doubly significant to patriotic Penn sylvanians, who not only rejoice that the warriors are home again, but that they bring with them banners that may well be placed beside the standards of Pennsylvania troops at Yorktown and Gettysburg. They have written a new chapter in Penn sylvania's sacrifices for liberty. They have added new laurels to the repu tation of the Commonwealth for sturdy manhood and patriotic devo tion to the cause of freedom. They come home tempered by the fiery ordeal through which they passed and constituting as fine ma terial for citizenship as the State has ever known, to take their part in public activities at a time when their poise, their courage and their broadened vision will be of highest value. They hava done a great work in war; they have equally important tasks in peace. It is a fortunate day that brings them back to us. It is indeed mete that we should rejoice and make merry, and declare a public holiday. ALWAYS THE SAME ALWAYS when there is liquor legislation before the Legis lature there are ugly charges and insinuations of changes made in bills under shady circumstances, of votes cast that should not have been cast, of double-dealing and double crossing. The debate over the in sidious "search and seizure" clause of the Fox bill yesterday illustrates .. . • -; .1 ' the point. The bar-room and de jcency never did mix. It will be a J happy day, indeed, when we hear the : last of the liquor lobby on Capitol | ; Hill. ; ■ "potttutt Ik '"PtKivoijCtrcuua By the Ex - C'omml t tee man Legislative leaders from counties containing third-class cities and men active in politics, are just now in dulging in as interesting a program of guessing as at any time during the session over what the Governor xs going to do about the W'illson bill repealing the nonpartisan elective feature for third-class cities. The Governor is reported as say ing that lie would be guided by the sentiment of the people. The peo ple, as far as men in office are con cerned in a number of the cities, are endeavoring to convince him that it would be a great mistake to change the law, while other men are Just as insistent that it would be opportune to throw out the sys tem. The Governor, it is well known, is not an admirer of the nonpartisan system in third-class cities. On this latter fact and the rather em phatic vote by which the bill passed the Senate, many men are predict ing that ho will sign the bill. Much comment is heard about Hariisburg. In the days when the Clark act was being discussed, it was pointed out that Harrisburg was one of the few cities to operate suc cessfully under the old third-c'ass city act of ISS9 and its supplements. The fact that many people here do not like the nonpartisan feature much, is also being discussed. Aside from the effect of approval of the act, there is much interest in what the Governor will do because of possible indication of what may happen in regard to the first and second-class city bills. —The Legislature practically end ed its work at noon to-day. It goes to Philadelphia to-morrow morning to welcome the Twenty- Eighth Division and will not return until Monday. On Monday night, j the liquor bills will have the center ' of the stage and an interesting ses-' sion is anticipated, as the two en-1 forcement acts will come up and | then the Ramsey bill designating! when a drink is a drink. Passage! of the enforcement acts is being freely predicted. —The session of the House yes-! terday was marked by the choicest lot of parliamentary problems that have come before James N. Moore.! the parliamentarian of the House. J Mr. Moore faced a problem which j has not arisen for years in the' amendments to the Fox bill and something out of the ordinary was] cropping up every few minutes. —Speaker Robert S. Spangler last j night took to the war path because [ the Senate committee on agriculture 1 tfrrned down his bill to permit dogs to be held three days before being' shot because of lack of license. The! Speaker voiced his displeasure with j the action of the committee in no j uncertain terms and his wrath was; accentuated when the committee in ! charge of the McCall's Ferry dam! suit, took it off the calendar. He said that he would look over a few Senate bills himself when they came to the House. —The Speaker's attitude caused some apprehension and people re-j called that when Frank B. McClain j was speaker, he went on the war! path the last night of the session | over a Susquehanna river bill and brought about a last night situation 1 never equaled in legislative annals. I The Speaker said last night he! meant what he said. —The Philadelphia bills will have another hearing, which some mem bers hope will be the last, next' Tuesday afternoon before the House committee on municipal corpora- j tions. The second-class city bills i are duo to appear in the House! next week. —Congressman Thomas S. Butler, I of West Chester, was among the; Governor's visitors. James Scarlet, J the Danville lawyer, called on the Attorney General. —The big question now before the Legis'ature is whether there will be a tax on manufacturing capital or not. The revenue problem is not yet solved and nothing will be done on appropriations bills until it is. —Ex-Representative Charles Wal yer. of Franklin, visited the House. —Erie countians last night gave a white fish dinner to the newspa per correspondents at the Senate. E-Congressman Henry A. Clark presided and a number of prominent Erie men. including legislators, were nresent. John R. Ball. George ,T. Brennan. E. J. Hart and Wa'ter J. Christy made speeches on behalf of the ncribe>!. while Senator Nason and Marvin Griswold spoke for Erie and its growing port. —According to the Philadelphia Record the Varcs are not much per turbed ahout what may hanpen in the Philadelphia registration situa tion. They contend that Pierie. Walsh and Ledner will he retained if the ripper rips. Ladner Is one of the men to which Penrose men and Democrats have objected. —The Public Ledger says that five Congressmen from that city have agreed to move for an investigation of the mail system when Congress meets. —The Chester mayoralty Is tun ing up. There is talk of General W. O. Price as a candidate for the office. Mayor W. S. McDowell and Ex- Mayor S. E. Turner are also being spoken of. Mr. Turner is connected with the Pproul newspaper. —Speaker Sangier's warning to the sergeants-at-arms that they they have got to work and that members cannot excuse them was an awful jolt in certain directions. Some of the sergeants have regard ed their jobs as sinecures and the only requirements appearance on payday, if all the stories told are correct. A Generars Verdict As what may or may not be a final word on the burning courtmar tial question, we offer this statement: "Too many courts-martial in any command are evidence of poor disci pline and inefficient officers." The man who wrote that in his memoirs was in command of great armies at a time when over 10 per cent of the entire population of this country was under arms and was thought to be one of the greatest soldiers of his day. His name was William Tecumseh Sherman.—From Collier's Weekly. Hidden Things Sought Up If thieves come to thee, if robbers by n'ght (how art thou cut off!), would thev not have stolen till they had enough? If the grape gatherers came to thee would they not leave some grapes? How are the hidden things of Esau searched out! How are his hidden things sought up!— Obadiah 5 and 6^. ,v : 1 ... U . -ii HARRISBURO TELEGKXPH WONDER WHAT A YEAR OLD BA-Y THINKS ABOUT By BRIGGS I CAN SAY WORDS I'M STILL UNSTEADY WHEN I MY I P L(SL £) l O TS-OP NOW TMA-RL NO one BUR ON MY PINS BUT \ R P N6U6 LIKE TIMS— THIN 65 ON THE FLOOR - MY MOTHER AND FATHER MANASE TO SET AROOND LOO K THAT MEATJS I'M . U . LBPLL . O LV -E UND£STAND. MY NURSE AND IT MAKES MY HUNGRY— ALWAYS COMES FROM FINLAND AND POLKS AWFUL NERVOUS ® • . • IT 7WP SHE TALKS FINNISH TO CAUSE THEY TVHNK I'M * rICK EM UP DU T ME WHEN I SAY GOING TO FALT. .DOWA) , GOT OUEP THE IDEA OF * PVWLOPSW2L" THAT PUTTING 'EM IN _MY MEANS GOOD BY AND MY MOUTH excuse ME PARENTS- DON' T GET ME < • JVJSSA MWUTC I WONDER WHY FOLKS SPEAKING <JF LAUGHING I'M INTENSELY INTER- COME ON WITH MY UAU6H WHEN. I STooP I MAKE MY DAD LAUGH ESTEP IN GOLDFISH- -ROTTLE - I'M HUNGRY OVER- WHEN I X>O THIS TO HIM. A MOST WONDERFUL AND THERE'S ONLY ONE HE ALWAYS LAUGHS THING TO LOOK AT- £, A Y TO GET IT WHEN I DO. I CAN I LOOK AT'EM BY THE SAY JA-DA TOO 'CAUSE HOUR- I WONDER MY SISTER PLAYS IT WHAT THEY'RE FOR C>IU HER PIANO. i ifff J/i THE RETURNIXG SOLDIER I [From the Philadelphia Evening j Ledger.] It is fashionable to look with a sort j of awe upon the homecoming service ■ man, and to regard him as a mystery j of sorts. He is a new factoi in ! American politics. But he is now a ! mystery. He is an average man j a little wiser and a little more criti- I cal by hard and astonishing experi- j ences. In some ways he is different j from the men who welcome him l and wonder about his secret mind. j It has. always been observable, for | example, that such forbearance and | calm and charity as there was in the j war was to be found for the most ! part among the men who fought ' hardest and suffered most. Soldiers ] at the front rarely participated ift ; the fashionable hatreds of the last; few years. Their own experiences I helped them to a better understand- j ing of the general catastrophe. The ! best haters were at home in the l leather chairs. So it was and so it is with the jingoes. Who remembers ever hav- | ing met a returned American soldier j who consciously assumed the heroic j pose? The romantic glamour that I still colors a stay-at-home politician's j conceptions of war and war-rr.akers does not delude any man who saw ' modern fighting. "We don't want to parade. We ! want to go home!" That is the an- | swer of a majority in almost every returning unit, when the prospect of . a public review is suggested by the ! officers. But the men parade usually j in a spirit of tolerant kindness, to J do the home folks a good turn and j give them a thrill, even though they themselves feel a bit bored and a bit tired of the performance. The fact of the matter is that un der the O. D.'s of the service the free spirit of these free men was volun trily subordinated but never quite submerged. We hear a great deal of the illiteracy found in the new army after its organization, and often we fail to remember that, despite all, < the American Expeditionary Force i was the most intelligent, the keenest | minded, the fastest thinking and the j cleanest army ever organized. It | had superb self-control because it j was not a driven mass that disin- | tegrated and descended to disorder j and lawlessness at the moment when ; authority was relaxed or withdrawn, j I Each of its individual units was ani- | mated by a competent intelligence. | Within each soldier remained the j man who submitted his spirit to rig- j orous discipline and gave up his ; inherited freedom of action —yet re- j niained always the conscious ob server and the intelligent critic of ; all that he saw and felt and heard. He saw things that will remain | with him as long as his memory lasts. What he may bring back, in the way j of hopes or determination or con- j vietion, to his own country, it is ( hard to say as yet. A German-Russian Treaty? Before the French Chamber of Deputies recently. M. Pichon, mill-! ister of foreign affairs, quoted the prophecy of the Russian Socialist, Sairnkoff that if the Allies should! decide to refrain from intervention, in Russia, "there will certainly be, one country which will have a Rus- , sian policy—namely, Germany." | An apparent confirmation of this, prophecy has been found by the Warsaw correspondent of the lain don Daily Telegraph, who declares that a formal treaty has been signed between Germany and the Russian Bolsheviki, of which the principal terms are as follows: "The Bolshevist government shall applv a milder policy toward Rus sian " industry, munitions and arms factories in particular. "The Germans shall set in order the Russian railways system. "The Germans will send some thousands of mi'itary instructors to the Russian army. "Russia undertakes to send every year an agreed amount of provisions to Germany. "Russia binds herself not to enter into any negotiations with the En tente. "In case of need for the next twenty—that is. 'till 1939—Russia will provide Germany with military assistance. ... 'The last, paragraph deals with a guaranty that the treaty shall re main in force even in the event of the Bol°hevlki's being rep'aced by some other government. It is said that this paragraph is very satis factory to Germany." Far-Fetched We can't trail along with those careful reactionaries who seek to make out that the reason why for mer $45 suits of clothes are now selling at $75 is because sheep are not sufficiently protected from dogs. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. , Congress to the Rescue (From the New York Sun). WHEN he refused to permit a Republican Congress to be in session during his absentee Presidency Mr. Wilson did a very bad service to his country. Except for having Mr Wilson himself home, where he always has belonged instead of abroad intrigu ing for his league infatuation, there was nothing the Nation needed more than legislative government that would function with ability and wisdom—something it had not had, something the autocratic Chief Magistrate had not tolerated, since Germany pitched the world into war now nearly five years ago. Characteristically, then, after the American people, in the face of Mr. Wilson's adjuration against such ac tion, had turned out his incompe tent and submissive Congress last autumn the President defiantly de clared t* the American people that he would have none of their new Congress until he should come home from his self-appointed league mission. Meanwhile the domestic affairs of the United States have been go ing to the demnition bow-wows as fast and as perfectly as the most malignant enemy of this Nation could desire. The railways, operated by the Government with colossal loss, were without funds. The wire service, operated by the Govern ment with like loss, was without funds. The express companies, sim AMEXDS OFFICIAL TITLE [From the New York Sun] It will be observed that Presi dent Wilson is still signing execu tive proclamations in the subjoined conventional form, so familiar to the Sun's older readers through many administrations to seem ar chaic: "Therefore I, Woodrow Wilso.l, President of the United States of America, do hereby," &c, &c. "In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be af fixed. "By the President: "Robert Lansing. "Secretary of State." Is this right? Is it just to the President himself? Is it in conso nance with his principle of self determination? Does it express adequately the functions which the President of the United States is exercising, or is endeavoring to ex ercise, or desires to exercise in his own person ? How would this do? "Therefore I. Woodrow Wilson, President of the World League, Akhoond of Abyssinia, Armen'a, Anatolia. Assab and Assam, Begler beg of Beirut, Basra and Baanfu, Caliph of Constantinople and the Chad, Doge of Dalmatia and Du doza Island. Emperor Emeritus of Europe's Little Tribal Nations, Friend of the Faithful to the Four teen, Great Mogul of Gobabis and the Desert of Gobi, Honorary Hos podar of Hungary. Inca of Ichang, Ilfov and Ispahan, Judglsstmo of Justice everywhere, King of Ker guellen Land. Landamman of Lake Leman, Moderator of Montenegro, Nursissimo of Nursing and Nursable Nations, Overlord of Omsk, Omaru ru and the Oases. Paramount Pro tector of Paknampo, Quartermaster General of Quilimane. Qui-Nhon and Quthing, Regent of the River Cess, Sublime Soldan of the South ern Seas. Tetrnrch of Temesvar. Uplifter of the Uzbaks, Voivode of Vlashka. Woon of Wangdupotang and President in partibus of the United States of America." The seal should be that of the Wilsontan offlc'al composite, and the attestation, in place of the mere name Robert Lansing, should be rendered by all of Colonel House's geographical and ethnological staff. It seems plain to us that the American people have the right to insist on this, or on something like it. They are paying the bills. Our Ugly Language \ We speak an insufferably ugly language. It lacks both grace and I form. Many of our words in con stant use surely'have no place in i gracious speech. Who cares if they are in the dictionaries? Even so, we have no right to disturb the air with offensive noises.—Elwood Hendrick, in Harper's Magazine. Burleson Converted Him We suspect that in another year if one were to ask an old-time populist I if he still wanted government owner ship, the o. p. would land at least j one good punch before the bystand iers could stop him. —Houstoiji Post llarly operated by the government, and involving the support, the very livings, of many thousands of American soldiers and their depend ents, was without funds. The United States government had hundreds of millions of unpaid war bills coming in and hundreds of millions yet to come'in, w.th not enough funds, with nothing like enough funds, to pay them or to be gin to pay them. The United States government was in financial straits so desperate that if it had been a private enterprise its fate would have been to be closed up and sold out by the sheriff. But Mr. Wilson in wrath with the American people for taking away his Congress con trary to his injunction, in fear that a manful and courageous Congress, owing its duty not solely to him but to the Nation, might interfere with his League of Nations, deliberately allowed these shocking conditions to go on week after week and month after month while the Nation edged nearer and nearer to calamity. Now, at the supplication of the Secretary of the Treasury, who has been in despair during all these trials. Mr. Wilson at last consents to a restoration of legislative govern ment by the American people. One week from next Monday the Sixty sixth Congress, chosen half a year before by the American people, will be permitted to come to the rescue. May it be able, at this late day, to do the job! Advice to Men Over 45 Drink without eating and eat with out drinking. Five glasses of water a day, none with meals, will make you free of the doctors. Wearing the same weight of un derclothing the year around will save you a lot of colds. Dress cool when you walk and warm when you ride. Your nose, not your mouth, was given you to breathe through. Don't sit still with wet feet. Walk until you havo a chance to change. Never let a day pass without cov ering four miles on foot. See how high you can hold your head and how deeply you can breathe whenever you are out of doors. Getting anr"y makes black marks on the health. When you rob the tramway com pany by walking you add double the value of the fare saved to your de posit of health. Sleep woos the physical tired man; she flouts the mentally or nervously exhausted. Loose clothes, loose gloves, eas> shoes spell comfort and health. Open windows don't make half as many colds as closed ones do. Blood pressure does not come to the men who walk a lot out of doors: instead it looks for those who sit and eat a lot indoors. Nature won't stand for overdrafts anv more than your bank.- From the Senior Service Corps Instruction Book, by Walter Camp. Needed—A Social Conscience [From the World Outlook] Close up to the graves of revered ancestors are. crowded the smoke stacks of modern Japanese industry. Industry that takes little count of the lives it crushes in its speeding up systems: Industry that, save in a few isolated cases, makes no pro vision for the welfare of its workers. "Japan to-day is like the five fingers of the hand," says Ebaru Soroku, member of the House of Peers. "The army and navy, the schools, the courts, and the factories are like the thumb and first three fingers—a'l long and strong: but re ligion and morality are like the little finger—short and weak." How is the little finger to be strengthened? How Is Japan to ac quire the social conscience that will i make hor rpirituol growth keep pace j with her material achievements? | "I firmly believe we must have, religion as the basis of our national and personal welfare." is Baron Maejima's opinion. "And when I look about me to see what religion we may best rely upon, T am con vinced that the religion of Christ fs the one most full of strength and promise for the nation and the in dividual." New Definition For Eagerness Some acknowledgment should be made of the fact and discretion of the newspaper correspondent who says that President Wilson may "consent" to tour the country in the Interest of the League of Nations. — Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. MAY 14, 1919. Hun Waiters Are Waiting [The Rt. Rev. Bishop Frodsham in tho Churchill Magazine, London.] It is confidently believed that there is scattered all over the Rhineland an army of waiters with their bags packed ready to return to England when peace is declared! These must remember the days when they stood by the fleshpots of Picadilly and did eat bread to the fill. On one occasion a burgomaster in the zone of occupation allotted me a billet with the wife and daughter of a German who traded in London, but who is now in an internment camp. The two women had been deported to Germany against their own desire. "Will you never let us return to London?" pleaded the wo man, as though her fate rested in my hands. "We are so happy in Lon don. We are not at home here." "They say I speak German with an English accent," added the daught er, with mingled pride and resent ment. If I found it distasteful to damp the hopes of these German women who regarded London as home, I had no such repugnance in doing the same to the director of a big com mercial concern, who informed' me that 80 per cent, of his pre-war trade was with the British Empire. "We did not know that we would be at war with England," he remarked apologetically. To which I replied somewhat brutally, "You mean you did not know that England would defend France and that Germany t would be beaten." The fact remains, however, that a large number of Germans are I reckoning confidently on the reopen ling of pre-war connections With I England, and this mistake has a po litical value. Service Men's Insurance Returning soldiers and sailors should consider very carefully the maintenance of their life insurance policies, sold them by the Govern ment. These policies are really sold at less than cost, and it is expected that an annual tax must be levied to take care of the expense. The people of the United States will cheerfully accept this tax. There is complaint of the limita tions in the matter of beneficiaries, but this llmitatioh was adopted as a security for the nearest relatives of the man in service and to pre vent speculation on the part of the bloodless harpies on the lives of the men. It may be that Congress will authorize extension of this limita tion. As the policies stand, they are of great value and should be kept in force.—From the Johnstown Tribune. Is Italy "United!" It Is interesting to note one fact in the background in the Italian situ ation. This is a resolution reported to have been passed, a short time ago, by the executive committee of the Italian Socialist party. The committee recommends that the par ty withdraw from the International Socialist Bureau and affiliate with the Third International'' recently founded by the Russian communists and revolutionary groups of other countries. A chief reason for this action is that the Allied Socialists in the old International are too len ient toward the nationalistic and im perialistic programs of their gov ernments. It does not seem possible after this, that Italian opinion is now so united behind Orlando as we are told it is.—From the New Re public. THE WATCHER In toward Dingle a boat comes tackin', Dlppln' her bows in the scud an' foam. An' hero I sit in the yellow bracken Wonderin' will my lad come home. Out he went in the gay spring weather Ero ever a blossom was on the whin; Many a day have I sought the heather, H atchln to see his boat come in. Will it be today, will it be tomorrow, An' at what turn of the cream in' tide? An' still my heart cries out in sorrow— "Where do ye bide, oh, where do ye bide? But ever the wind flings back my tighin' In a plaintive, pitiful, keenin' way So here I sit, with the daylight dyin', Lookin' out over Dingle Bay. —Clinton Scollard in Beribner's Magazine. lEbmng (jtyat Although the war has not much longer to run as an official period, somo Interesting things are being turned up in connection with it, especially In regard to some of the precautionary measures. There is, for instance, still somo demand for certificates as volunteer policemen, although they arc good only until the end of the war. Some of these requests showed that the volunteer policemen had been called upon for local service qutie different from what was intended when the act was approved in 1917 and that they ren dered efficient servlco in conjunction with local officers. In half a dozen Instances, the chairmen of the local safety committees asked for police- men to be named and when Inquiry was rr.ade, it was found that they were acting as plain clothes men in some of the boroughs and small towns. Crap games, petty thieving and similar offenses were the lines of activity to which they were called and one Allegheny county town re ported that the volunteer policemen had been called upon by the local authorities to help break up games played by boys on pavements and vacant lots, in which pennies earned running f errands were changing hands in crap games and various pilfering going on. The boys were stated to have out scouts and to be able to elude the policemen. Tho volunteer policemen being in ordin ary clothing were able to got close to the games nnd to round up offen ders. In other instances, gangs of men making night hideous by "keg parties" and at other gatherings were cleared out by the volunteer officers at the call of the burgesses, while several times the men were mustered when disturbances were threatened by jokers. Operation of the law seems to have been without much difficulty in many counties of the State and. incidentally, there has been a demand on the part of men for the certificates as some thing to show as to what they did during the war. News that the Legislature con templates taking the protection off the red squirrels has been hailed with joy by dozens of youngsters, who like to hike to the country and who have been annoyed by the little animals running about in front of them just as though they knew that shooting them was against llie law. There are hundreds and hundreds of red squirrels to be found within a few miles of the city and Wild wotfTl park,the River Front, the roads to the oast of the city and the Cum berland shore are favorite grounds [for the red terrors. And when the bars are down, it vdl be worth | watching what happens. An interesting anecdote about the dedication of the Capitol is printed by the Philadelphia Inquirer this week. It wag told here by George J. Brennan, who says: "The presence of Leopold Stokow ski and his Philadelphia Orchestra appearing in the unsuccessful cam paign before the Legislature this session for Sunday concerts recalled an incident in connection with the ceremonies attending tho dedication of the State Capitol. Joseph M. Hus ton, architect, had worked out an elaborate program, which he sub mitted to the committee of which then Senator and now Governor William C. Sproul, Secretary of the Commonwealth Cyrus E. Woods, of Westmoreland, then president pro tem. of the Senate, and Prothonotary of the courts of Philadelphia Henry F. Walton, at that time serving in his third term as Speaker of the House, were among the active mem bers. The question of music came up. Huston said lie had communicated with Walter Damroch in New York with a view of having his orchestra figure in the ceremonies. "Why go to New York for music?" queried Pennypacker. "I have heard the Ringgold Band of Reading play at our National Guard camps and I don't think you can get any better music, anywhere," added the Gover nor. "But Governor," you do not want a brass band for an occasion like this," exclaimed Huston. "Here," the architect persisted, "we will have the fundamentals in art and the fundamentals in litera ture .and we should also have the fundamentals in music." "How much will it cost?" queried the Chief Executive. "I have an estimate here," replied Huston, "under which ws can bring Damrosch and his complete orches tra over with all expenses paid, for $3,000." "Well," Governor Pennypacker, after deliberation, replied, "probably the young man is right. Let us allow him his way." And Damrosch and his magic ba ton held sway over one of the most artistic recitals ever given in the Commonwealth, the orchestra being grouped under the great marble dome of the majestic structure. • • It's odd the way telephone calls get tangled up. Of course, nine tenths of the trouble is due to mis takes made by the caller in getting the number from the book. No one disputes that. It would not be worth while if they did. Anyway, the mistakes that are made are in teresting and entertaining, twenty four hours later. A well-known doctor received two calls for a priest: an undertaker was asked for *bome' lamb chops and an up town residence was repeatedly asked if it was a boiler works. A flor ist says that he is tired of answer ing questions about the price of tires, and a downtown home is con tinually getting complaints about the removal of garbage. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ] —Ex-Senator Joseph W. Stewart, „ of Greene county, author of the bill I to make the quail a songbird by legislation, was here to visit the Capitol. —John Swan, former legislator and now Director of Public Works of Pittsburgh, spent a few days here. —Postmaster E. R. Benson, of Mount Jewett, a former legislator, came here to see how things are done. —Representative C. G. Jordan, who presided at the dinner of the farmer legislators last night, studied law before he went into the mints try. —F. M. Riter. who was hero yes terday to attend a legislative hear ing, used to be a legislator from Philadelphia and is still bearing the banner of civil service reform. 1 DO YQU KNOW —That Harrlsbarg's methods in street paving are still the subject of Inquiries by officials from various cities? HISTORIC HARRISBURG —ln 1825 Harrisburg had three bi eweriet, or more than it ha* aeg, ' i
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