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WEDNESDAY, MAY H. 1919
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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
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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
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' 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 |
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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^.
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ME WHEN I SAY GOING TO FALT. .DOWA) , GOT OUEP THE IDEA OF
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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
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WHEN I DO. I CAN I LOOK AT'EM BY THE
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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
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[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,
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