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THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1919
Endure hardness, as a good soldier
of Jesus Christ.—2 Tim. 11, 3.
AN EXCELLENT CHOICE
DR. FINEGAN. chosen by Gover
nor Sproul to be State Super
intendent of Public Instruction,
made a most favorable impression
upon those with whom he met at the
Chamber of Commerce luncheon
yesterday. His address matched up 1
fully with all that has been written |
and published of him. His reception
was most enthusiastic and he will
have the full co-operation of the
people of Harrisburg in whatever
plans he develops for the up-build
ing of the public school system of
Pennsylvania. His welcome yester
day is only an earnest of what is to
come in the way of public support
for the constructive program it is,
his purpose to evolve.
Some of the newspapers of the]
State have expressed surprise that ;
Governor Sproul thought it necessary
to go outside of Pennsylvania for
an educator of sufficient strength
and ability to reorganize the Depart
ment of Public Instruction, but the
point 's not well taken. There are
many men in this State who would
have graced the office and who would
have done work above reproach. But
the Governor, by going to New York
for an appointee, gives full assurance
that his choice is without political
significance and that he is actuated
only by a desire to give Pennsylvania
the best school system that money
and brains can develop. Also, he
has brought new blood, new ideas
and new energy into the conduct of'
our public schools by the choice of
a man of Dr. Finegan's caliber, who
comes here free from personal obli
gations or prejudices to do a big
job in a big way.
CThambersburg is about organizing
a board of trade and the metropolis
of the Cumberland Valley is certain
to feel the impulse of development
that invariably follows the getting
together of the public-spirited peo
ple of any community. Harrisburg
has never been able to fully measure
the substantial benefits that have
been derived from the activities of
a live Chamber of Commerce and the
incidental co-operation of the ener
getic citizens banded together for the
public welfare.
PRESIDENT AND BOOZE
PRESIDENT WILSON has brought
down upon his own head the
wrath of the anti-liquor ele
ment, who are intensely angry over
his recommendation for the repeal
of war-time prohibition.
But the temperance people should
not have been surprised. A glance
at Wilson's career will prove con
clusively that he never has been
friendly to prohibition, but has al
ways played close to the liquor in
terests.
His attitude on war-time prohibi
tion is an illustration. Congress gave
him power to shut breweries and
distilleries early in the war. in order
to save foodstuffs at a time when
Wilson's own food administra
tion Was telling us that the world
was on the verge of starvation and
when millions, of tons of coal were
going into the making of booze thht
were needed to heat homes and keep
the wheels of industry turning. He
declined to take advantage of this
opportunity until forced to do so by
public opinion, universally and vig
orously expressed.
Naturally, at his earliest oppor
tunity, he drifts back to the defense
of the bar room.
Yet there are those who would
have us believe that Mr. Wilson is
a great and good man. actuated only
by the highest principles and the
purest morals.
Harrlsburg is an exceptional city
in anything that involves the generai
working together of all classes „f
our people for the upbuilding of the
community as a whole. Men and
women, as well as the girls and hoys,
are ever ready to touch elbows in
every movement having for its pur
pore the Improvement of the city.
Individual readiness also finds ex-
_ If '
THURSDAY EVENING,
pression in the constructive efforts
of the several civic organizations,
including the Chamber of Commerce,
the Rotary Club, the Kiwanis Club,
the Civic Club and other associations
| whose common purpose is the push-
I ing forward of every substantial in
• terest of Harrisburg.
GOOD NEWS
CHARLES M. SCHWAB breezes
into the dull atmosphere of stag
nated steel mills like a spring
j zephyr into a closed room, and with
| equally refreshing results. With his
| coming doubt and depression vanish
j and in their places are confidence in
I the future and a lively faith in the
-
| great iron master's ability to make
! his visions of prosperity and ex-
I
j pansion come true.
Mr. Schwab's visit to Steelton yes
i terday was worth thousands of dol
' lars to the people of this community.
| His cheerful forecast of better days
! ahead for the steel trade in general
i and for the local mills in particular
I
| will-have a stimulating effect on
; business throughout all Pennsyl-
I
t vania.
And why should it not? Men
follow great leaders without much
question, and Mr. Schwab is such,
i If Schwab, with his inside knowledge
of world conditions and his un
doubted ability to apply knowledge
of the present to conditions of the
future, has faith in'the midst of a
period bf depression in the steel trade
to spend his millions in preparation
for a great revival of the Industry,
less favored business men in other
lines are naturally influenced in the
same direction.
It was foolish ever to have thought
that Mr. Schwab meant to abandon
or minimize Steelton as a steel pro
ducing center. He would not have
bought the Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany's plants there had he not in
tended them to be a part of his
general scheme of development for
the Bethlehem Company. Nor, hav
ing them, would he have spent
millions more In modernizing and
enlarging them. From the very first
he has predicted great things for
Steelton and again he has set at
rest the gloomy views of the pes
simists by announcing further ex
tensions for the mills that mean so
much to that town. Mr. Schwab
is always the bearer of good news.
Both Harrisburg and Steelton hope
he will make his visits more frequent
Some of the tilings said of Mr. Wil
son in Japan must make him wish his
sedition law could be enforced in that
country. Why not incorporate such a
law in the League of Nations, so that
the people of any member nation will
be forbidden to say what they think
of the Chief Executive of another?
COMMUNITY HOUSES
IT IS reported by a Now York
committee of a Nation-wide
character, that some four hun
dred cities and towns in the United
States have either made definite
plans for the erection of community
houses as war memorials or are
seriously considering the proposal.
Harrisburg has not yet come to the
final consideration of its memorial
in honor of the soldiers of the great
war, living and dead, but this com
munity may be trusted to give care
ful consideration to the form which
its memorial shall take.
Obviously, the sentiment through
out the country is increasingly hos
tile to the stilted designs which have
served as memorials of an earlier
day. Communities everywhere are
being urged to exercise care in the
selection of those who will be en
trusted with the duty of planning
war memorials.
It is pointed out in a recent dis
cussion of war memorials by a lead
ing municipal magazine, that where
it is decided to erect a memorial
the first step of the individual or
committee having the matter in
charge is to seek the advice of some
one trained in the arts to act as an
advisor and to confer with him in
regard to the location and type of
memorial and all other important
considerations.
An Interesting feature of thp pres
ent drive for the Home Service Fund
of the Salvation Army is the interest
which "is being shown by the business
community. Kx-Mayor Bowman is
acting chairman of the fund and the
expenditures "will all he made under
the direction of a local committee.
As the giving of the community has
been placed upon more of a business
basis since the war. there is an In
creasing liberality which is believed
to be due to public knowledge that
the money given will be wisely ex
pended.
Having selected a supervisor for
all the schools along the West Shore,
our neighbors across the river are
certain to see a marked improvement
in their educational progress. Harris
burg is greatly interested in all that
concerns the welfare of the West
yhcre communities. Inasmuch as these
districts must eventually be a part
of the Greater Harrisburg as. in
deed. they are to-day. i
fotiiZc*. in,
"PutKOi^cuiia
By the l£x-Committeeman
Members of the Legislature are
not taking kindly to the course that
has been mapped out in regard to
tho Philadelphia bills, which have
held up legislation more than any
thing else this year, and are inclined
to be insustent that while the
amendments agreed upon are being
put into shape that the revenue pro
gram be outlined and the appropria
tion bills started. It is possible that
some appropriation bills for hospit
als may be started out next week
to quiet the impulsive.
The resolution for June 19 may
be insisted upon and any attempt
to extend it will be resisted in the
House, although when it is realized
that a close on the nineteenth means
killing many bills, some may decide
not to object when the roll is called.
The situation is, that the Phila
delphia bills are to be amended ac
cording to the ideas of the commit
tee picked out by the Attorney Gen
eral, next week and that will bring
the bills up for linal action after
Decoration day. The only things
not agreed on are the size of council
and control of contracts.
—The listlessness of the House
yesterday, which was also noticeable
the day before, was claimed by some
observers of the Legislature, to be
the result of the irritation of mem
bers at the dragging along of the
session and the fact that so many
members of the House went home
before 2 P. M., and prevented an
afternoon or night session, was much
commented upon. The House ac
tually adjourned before the Senate
for the week, the first time this
session.
—Opposition to the Hess bills, to
remove the Supreme and Superior
< ourts to this city, is being worked
up among lawyers in Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh, and some resolutions
and other things may be expected
in a day or so. The bills will he
acted upon by committee next week.
r —An odd coincidence is that Dr.
Nathan C. SchaefTer, the late State
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion, was a Democrat and held of
fice most of the time tinder Repub
lican governors. Dr. Thomas E.
Finegan. the new superintendent,
was also raised a Democrat, but does
not work very hard at it.
—Governor William C. Sproul,
in discussing municipal legislation,
late yesterday, said that what he
was interested in seeing Philadelphia
secure, was the right to regulate its
own affairs and get a good work
able charter which its people, if
they saw fit to register and vote un
der, could correct conditions which
might be complained of. The Gov
ernor said that he thought it a
mistake to put on too many limita
tions and that he did not expect the
Republican organization in Philadel
phia to be entirely satisfied with
what was enacted. The size of coun
cil, he did not regard as one of the
essentials.
The Governor said that he had
not made up his mind about the bill
to repeal the third class city non
partisan law, but remarked that
some cities had had experience un
der it. He said that if he should
sign the repealer, it did not neces
sarily mean that he would sign a
similar bill for second class cities.
—ln regard to compensation
amendments, one of the big propo
sitions of the session, the Governor
said that he hoped to see the com
pensation bills now pending in the
Senate, passed. There is decided
opposition to these bills, which de
veloped at the hearing. Tuesday, and
which will be manifested more next
week.
—With the departure of Miss
Eliza D. Armstrong, of Pittsburgh,
bead and front of the campaign
against the woman suffrage amend
ment resolution for Washington, the
fight against the resolution ends in
the Senate as far as the "anti" or
ganization is concerned. Miss Arm
strong will take part in the national
battle. The resolution, which passed
the Pennsylvania House, is now in
the Senate and it is believed that it
will pass without difficulty.
—"Wet" and "dry" leaders claim
that President Wilson's recommen
dation to lift the ban on the war
time prohibition law. which was to
go into effect July 1, would have no
effect upon liquor legislation in the
Assembly. While the liquor legisla
tion has been shelved at the insti
gation of Governor Sproul the lead
ers of the opposing forces plan to
try and force action. "I expect to
call up my prohibition enforcement
hill at a favorable opportunity," said
John W. Vickerman, leader of the
"drys" in the House. "It is going
to be passed. The State will need
such a law beginning next year no
matter what Congress does." Rep
resentative William T. Ramsey, the
"wet" floor leader, also is optimistic.
"My bill defining beverages contain
ing not more than 2 3-4 per cent,
alcohol as being nonintoxicating, is
not affected in any way that I can
see by the action of the President.
My bill would not take effect until
next year and I expect to call it up."
Schools For Soldiers
More than 200,000 soldiers in the
American forces overseas are en
rolled in the schools which the Gov
ernment has established to equip
them for better positions and wages
when they return to civil life. To
most of these young men these
schools offer a greater opportunity
for cultural and vocational training
than would have been theirs if they
had not entered the army.
These schools are so graduated
that they afford instruction in ele
mentary subjects, academic courses
and training in a great university
established near Paris, and post
graduate careers in the foremost
French and British universities.
While serving their country as sol
diers, these young men may at the
same time benefit themselves as stu
dents. They are combining mental
-improvement with physical well-be
ing and wholesome discipline that
will safeguard them from the evils
of life in barracks.
Reports to- jthe War Department
show that these young Americans
are testifying to their appreciation
of the advantages presented to them
hy their attention to their studies.
Those whose commands are ordered
back to the United States may apply
for transfers to continue their edu
cation.
This is the first time in history
that provision lias been made by the
United States for the education of its
soldiers.— the Scranton Times.
Warship Worship Ended
With her navy practically done
away with, and with no prospect of
being allowed to build it up, doubt
less Germany will now give her at
tention to something more truly
constructive and forget ( her former
growing worship of the' warship.—
From the Boston Transcript.
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MAKING CASE COMPLETE i
[From the Kansas City Times] (
Victor Berger has addressed an !
open letter to members of Congress,
presumably with the purpose or ex- ;
pectation of influencing their de
termination of his right to a seat in
that body. Presumably his letter j
makes the best of his case and con
tains nothing he does not believe to :
be in mitigation of the offense for ]
which he was sentenced to twenty |
years in Federal prison.
But Mr. Berger's notions of mak- j
ing a case for himself probably will ;
strike Congressmen as rather curi- I
ous. He tells them the war "was i
simply a struggle between England j
and Germany for the control of the !
world markets and for the control j
of the raw materials of the world." |
Surely this ought to be convincing |
proof that Mr. Berger has repent- j
ed his error and is entitled to a i
pardon and a seat in Congress. But j
his case is not yet made. He pre- I
sents other proof that the jury |
which convicted him misunderstood ;
his views. He states it as his belief !
the American people "were plunged ;
into the war by the "plutocrats and ;
profiteers of the country—their j
demagogic agitators. their press,
their photoplays, their advertise- |
ments and other instruments of !
public expression."
What more is needed to show that I
Mr. Berger has been misjudged? ,
Nothing, of course. But to make sure I
he adds with his customary moder- I
ation. that "it was especially ab- |
horrent to us, as to every decent I
American, that the war and the !
blood of the American boys were ]
turned into profits for the very |
plutocrats who dragged us into the j
war."
If Congress doesn't conclude from
this that Mr. Berger has made his
case, then Congress must be as
prejudiced as the jury. We had
thought that Mr. Berger's case was
complete before. But if it wasn't he
has made it so.
A Professor's Queer Notions
Another professor rises to inform
the United States as to its national
duty. This time it is Herbert A.
Miller, professor of sociology in
Oberlin College. At a conference held
at the Department of the Interior
in Washington he said:
"The foreign born resident needs
fr'om America an insistence that
there be an adequate Dengue of Na
tions to eliminate the injustice of
the past in Europe. He will never
forget the land of his birth so long
as injustice prevails there. He will
always be longing to help those of
his racial brothers left behind."
America has kept its doors open to
unfortunate Europeans on the gen
eral theory that they could gain
happiness here and, by becoming
Americans, benefit this country.
Most sensible immigrants proceed to
forget, as soon as they can, the
evils from which they fled and to
devote themselves to the pursuits
of happiness. If the immigrant longs
to "help those of his racial brothers
left behind" he sends to them
enough money to pay their passage
hither and then finds a Job for
thein.
Any foreign born resident who
will not be a good American until
he receives assurance that America
is going to make herself a busy
body in the affairs of Europe ought
to be sent back to Europe.—From
the New York Sun.
Laymen to Be Preachers
A most significant movement to
make preachers of twenty thousand
laymen affiliated with the Methodist
Episcopal church (South) has just
been launched. These men who are
business and professional people are
to be invested with all the privileges
of preachers in so far as there priv
ileges extend to preaching in the
rural churches of the denomination.
They will attend their business six
days in the week and on Sunday
they will become preachers. The
leaders of the denomination declare
the laymen will make all the more
forceful preachers because they will
take the experiences of a busy week
among busy men into the pulpits
with them and their sermons will,
therefore, be practical and to the
p<yint.
The Idea of enlisting twenty thou
sand everyday business and profes
sional men as preachers in the
Methodist Episcopal church (South)
developed because the church has
twenty thousand churches and only
five thousand pastors. The rural
churches are taken care of by cir
cuit riders, who can only visit them
every four or five weeks. But, by
enlisting twenty thousand laymen in
the work, these laymen can go out
into the rural districts and fill the
pulpits every Sunday. From the
Dallas News.
What The Germans Left Behind
In Their Retreat From Belgium
The Wastage of War in Materials Tliat May Be Salvaged to Reduce tlie
Costs of War—What Tidying Up Means
AH Along the IJ ne
THE civilian public never has had,
and never will have, the faint
est copception of the enormous
number of different kinds of things
which are necessary to the existence
of modern armies in the field. Still
less, fortunaely perhaps, has the pub
lic any idea of the amount of wast
age of material involved in any re
treat, however deliberate, says a
writer in the Dondon Times, who
continues:
There are at this moment in Bel-!
gium a number of dumps, containing
material abandoned by tbe Germans
in their retreat. This material con-;
sists, in the first place, of the con
tents of some 800 barges, each of]
200 to 300 tons, packed with warlike
stores fresh from Germany or with ,
things which the Germans sought,
but had not time, to carry away.
The Isabelle Brunei dump, at |
Namur itself, runs for several hun
dred yards along the river bank,
Here, as elsewhere, the unloading
and sorting are done by German
prisoners, who do their work con- j
scientiously, though without any con-;
spicuous display of energy. One can ;
only liken this dump to a collection ,
of samples from all the hardware!
shops in the world. There are 400
tons of bolts, there are mountains
of stoves, there are forges, mining;
lamps, enrpenters' tools, pumps, gas
alarms and speaking tubes, there are
paper sandbags and lithographic |
stones for printing maps. There are
barges full of shovels and barges!
full of timber.
All these things, and such other
of the booty as is not restored to the
Belgians upon proof of proprietor- i
ship, are on sale. Good prices are'
obtained, buyers coming from Ru
mania. In some cases the sales are:
held weekly—as fast as the stuff can |
he got out of the barges and ar- :
ranged.
At Fort Dave, Namur. one of I
Brialmont's latest achievements, an]
impressive mass of concrete and j
cupolas of the type which at Diego
was to succumb with surprising oom-|
pleteness to the attack of unexpect-,
edly heavy artillery, there is one of j
the largest ammunition dumps in
the country. Most of the shells are!
German, but there is also a consid-I
erable amount of stuff taken from us
in our retreat, and now again in our
hands. The job of collecting and !
examining the mass of miscellaneous j
ammunition scattered about Belgium,
some of it, especially the small Ger- j
man shells, being of uncertain tern-;
per, is a particularly unattractive
one. „ Accidents, however, are fewer
than one would have expected.
On the rolling uplands of Cognelle
stand thfee Zeppelin sheds. They
held the airships which nttacked
England in 1916. They are 116 yards
long, over forty yards high and
more than eighty yards wide, and
their structure is interesting, being
that of an inverted V. The side::,
of which the bottom edge runs on
railß, were raised by hauling on
winches placed at intervals on either
side within the shed. It is remark
able to see how much lighter the
Germans found it possible to make
the internal iron girders which sup
port the sides after their experience
with the first of these sheds which
they erected. These gigantic halls
are now filled with R. A. F. stores
of every description. They also con
tain 100 abandoned German air
planes in various stages of decom
position. Among them are some
machines made, wings and all, of
three-ply wood. Others are remark
able for having solid wooden tires.
As one drives about the. country
one passes continually abandoned
German transports. There are parks
of derelict Red Cross vehicles and
lines of lorries of which nothing is
left but old iron. The work of mov
ing all this inert and rusting ma
chinery will be laborious, and it is
hard to say how much of the stuff
will be worth repairing.
By the riverside, near Huy, stands
the Corphelle Zinc Works, a magnifi
cent new Austro-Belgian concern in
perfect order. In this, .with the aid
of 500 German prisoners, is being
collected another assortment of hard
ware. One sees barges full of picks
and shovels, stacks of horseshoes,
piles of Thermos food containers,
rolls of insulated cable, cases of tools,
gun parts, lanterns and every con
ceivable kind of ironmongery line
the enormous sheds.
At the Ateliers des Constructions
Electriques, at Carleroi, on® of the
largest in the country, is lying more
than a millions pounds' worth of
electrical plant, it seems that all
dynamos and motors, whether
brought from Germany or looted
from Belgium, were sent here for
repair. Here also are many British
tools, captured from us and recap
tured from the enemy. There is a
park of looted agricultural machin
ery. But one of the two most inter
esting things about the place, which
was worked by tljc Germans up to a
recent date, is the file-making plant,
concentrated here from all parts of
the country, indicating the enemy's
intention of obtaining entire posses
sion of the file-making industry in
Belgium. He was busily engaged in
turning out files of all sixes when
circumstances forced him to leave
for home. This was one of the
places where Belgian women had to
choose between working for th*
enemy and deportation.
The other remarkable and alto
gether characteristic "exhibit" in a
huge stock of iron stoves cast on the
premises. These have on them—be
it carefully noted—the astounding
insorition. "Made in Britain!" Such
is the international and commercial
morality of the gentle Hun.
After this it seems hardly worth
mentioning his ingenuity, as revealed
by many of these dumps of stores,
in employing substitutes for the ma
terials which he lacked. Paper
stringbags and mattresses abound;
there are cases in which he has
found it possib'e to use 7,ino and
aluminum instead of copper. As for
his thoroughness, it is well illustrat
ed hy a consignment of white paper
shrouds for the dead. There is some
thing indescribably unpleasant in the
sight of the perforated stamped-out
margin which represents the usual
lace.
The business of tidying up after
the war is a very serious one. Tn
spite of its dimensions and the hun
dreds of thousands of articles, from
tractors to tin-tacks, which have to
be handled, the work is being care
fully done, and it will be some small
eonso'ation to the taxpayer to reflect
that, bv the sale of as much as pos
sible of the spoils of war. he is "get
ting a bit of his own back."
BISMARCK'S FBI'ITS
[From the Kansas City Star.]
The latest biographer of Bismarck,
C. Grant Robertson, calls attention
to the way In which the great Ger
man chancellor was responsible for
his own destruction. It was Bis
marck's aim to build, not a constitu
tional government, but an autocracy.
In himself he concentrated the whole
power of the state.
Then came the young William II
to the throne, restless and ambitious.
The two clashed. Had Bismarck been
the parliament made minister of a
constitutional sovereign, it would
have been William who would have
had to give way. For the chancellor
had the confidence of the nation.
But, as Mr. Robertson says, while a
plebiscite would have retained him
in office, the nation could not save
him. He had made that impossible.
As a result of his fall Bismarck
denounced as "Byzantinism and
Caesar worship" this very irrespons
ible power which it had been his
life work to build up.
The same Ironical fate might be
traced in the further development of
Bismarck's handiwork. The state
which he founded on iron and blood
came to ruin by attempting to ex
pand his policy.
In his "Memoirs" Bismarck re
cites how he tried to induce the
King of Prussia to undertake the
war against Denmark by pointing
out to the king that each of his an
cestors had added something to the
territory of Prussia. It was in fol
lowing out that immoral principle
that the grandson of the king over
threw his empire.
In the long run, honesty is the best
policy, even In International affairs.
GRANT AND LEE
General Grant and General Dee
didn't sit under the Appomattox ap
ple tree for six months. They signed
up and sent the boys home in time
for the spring plowing.—National
Republican.
BY FAITH
The just- shall live by faith.—
Romans i, IZ,
MAY 22, 1919.
J Republicans Repudiate Pairs
| 1 From the Philadelphia Inquirer.]
j W'hen the Senate meets to-day
| there will be a parliamentary strug
gle of great importance. Rcpubli
j cans in caucus have agreed that no
( pairs shall be recognized in matters
!of organization. This has driven the
Democrats to the verge of frenzy,
because they anticipate four absen
j tees who supposed themselves pro
| tected by pairs of last session or new
ones to be arranged. If this policy
is persisted in, it will give the Re
j publicans a very substantial majority
iin the work of organizing the new
1 Senate, as compared with their nom
inal majority of only two.
Republicans will recognize pairs in
voting on legislation, but insist that
other procedure must be conducted
by members present and it is believ
ed every member will be in his seat.
Democrats consider this a violation
of the "honor of the Senate," but
they have little ground for such con
tention. Pairs are not recognized by
law and are purely a matter of pri
vate agreement which the body as a
whole has accepted for many years.
It has been subjected to many abuses
and long ago efforts were made to
abolish the policy, but it is too con
venient for practically every Senator
at some time or other to bo dis
pensed with.
Carried to the extreme the prin
ciple of pairing would permit legis
lation by the few who constitute the
numerical majority present were it
not that a majority of the whole
body must vote if a roll call is de
manded. Often this is not done and
many important measures are passed
nem. con. with few Senators in at
tendance. This is a result of the
pairing* policy hv which Senators are
only on hand when they have some
important personal measure to de
fend or attack.
The Republicans are wholly justi
fied in their contention, but they
could go much further and with
great advantage if rules were passed
which would ensure a larger con
stant attendance during sessions.
There is an enormous waste of time
in our legislative bodies which
should be conserved.
LABOR XOTES
Wages of over 1800 teamsters in
Seattle, Wash., have been advanced
25 cents a day.
Spanish establishments comprise
the cotton, wool, linen, hemp, dye
ing. bleaching and associated, of
which there are about 8,000,
During the third year of the Penn
sylvania Workingmen's Compensa
tion Daw there were 1 84,84 4 acci
dents reported.
As a result of the increased wages
granted to telephone operators and
electricians, the users of telephones
in New England will be compelled
to pay higher rates.
The minimum wages of tank teet
ers in Canada is 90 cents an hour,
and their helpers from 47 to 65 cents
an hour.
In order to prevent the accumula
tion of coal reserves, the miners in
Australia are prohibited from do
ing only a certain amount of work.
This is being done so as to prevent
the miners from losing anv time,
which would necessarily happen if
the output was not restricted.
Practically all the big pottery fac
tories in Australia have banded to
gether and formed one big firm.
In the last 18 months the Meat
Cutters and Butchers' Union has in
creased its membership from 6,000
to 100,000. In that time wages have
also been increased 50 per cent.
First-year men employed on the
trolley cars in San Antonio, Texas,
have received an increase in wages
of 95 cents a day, while those em
ployed for more than a year will re
ceive an advance of 65 to 70 cents
Retail clerks In Chicago have re
ceived an increase in wages amount
ing to 20 per cent., in addition to u
54-hour working week.
About 250 Journeymen tailors In
Washington have suspended work
because of an attempt to reduce
wages SO per cent, and to Increase
the working hours from eight to nine
a day.
Women cleaners In private offices
in Boston receive a minimum pay of
30 cents an hour for night work and
26 cents an hour for dao- work.
Boston wood, wire and metal lath
ers, who are at present receiving 75
cents an hour, are now demanding
that they be paid $1 an hour.
Etentng (Mfat
Everyone is saying things about
tlie weather, but there are a lot of
owners of farms and gardens and
orchards who are bearing it wltK
equanimity, because it will not only
cause everything to grow and grow
splendidly, but every day of rain pre
vents the irruption of the brood of
seventeen-year-old locusts which are
due to atllict us this year and which
have been turned up in many places
where people did not suspect they
existed. The locusts are going to
be a nuisance this year, everyone
who lias observed their appearance
from time to time believe. The
larvae have been getting very close
to the surface and men who have
been plowing and digging around,
declare that they are active and show
signs of being in quantity. The
naturalists declare that the locusts
will be present in numbers this year
and that they will attack tbe young
trees and probably cause much
damage. There Is only one way to
get rid of them and that is to kill
them when found. Many so called
I remedies and preventives have been
heard of, but there is only one way
to kill locusts and that is to kiil
them by stocks or to bundle them
up and burn them, at least men
who have tried to fight them say.
Contrary to the popular belief the
locusts do not eat leaves, but split
the young twigs. Tf the weather had
been normal, the locusts would have
been flying around in numbers long
before this. So Harrlsburg and its
vicinity have something to look for
ward to in the next few weeks.
The roses arc commencing to
bloom on the State street (trass plots.
These roses are of a tamed wild
variety, as one man put it. and are a
sight when the bushes are all bloom
ing. They are strung along West
State street, where some flowers are
already to be seen; they are in num
bers on State street east of Thir
teenth. where they grow as high as
the car windows, and they arc in
the parks. It was one of the finest,
things that the park people did when
they laid out the shrubbery, to real
ise the beauty of the roses not only
as flowers, hut as foliage and now
Harrisburg people are enjoying it.
Considerable growling about the.
condition of the river and the state
of the weather is to be heard along
the river front these days. It comes
from boys who have been just long
ing for that early swim. Some time
ago, when the mercury forgot itself
and soared to some unusual heights
for April, there were several launeh
ings of the swimming season, but
the Susquehanna had not been con
sulted and promptly rose in displeas
ure. Now the weather man is hav
ing his innings and spoiling manv
outings. However, there will he
some early June swimming and the
boys are trying to push the calendar
around.
The fact that the last carloads of
shells are being sent out from Har
risburg and Steelton works just now
is rather interesting. These shells
were contracted for last year and in
spite of the numerous orders to sus
pend production, which occurred
when the armistice was signed, they
were finished up here. It would be
interesting to know how many shells
were turned out here after the first
peace move was made. No one will
ever know how many were made
here during the war. but the know
ledge that this district turned in
and was a mighty maker of muni
tions and did it so well that its work
went on for months after the peace
conference assembled, is worth re
membering when we talk about the
home industries.
Passengers on n Third Street ear
were almost capsized the other night
when a stout woman and her pet
poodle came into the ear. The
poodle immediately aimed for a
young eouple seated near the door.
Aftei the way of canines, he sniffed
inquisitively and let out a few barks
which didn't allay the fears of the
pair. Then he paid a social call
to an old man nearby, and barked
vociferously. "Pull in ycr rope," the
conductor called, and with much
muttering at the impudence of street
car people, the woman complied.
The ear proceeded down Third street
when a colored policeman hoarded
it. sitting next to a young man,
dressed in the height of fashion.
A minute or later another policeman
came in, sitting on the other side
of the young rhap. And as a climax
his best girl climbed in at Boas
street. She froze Into silence when
she saw the policemen by the young
man. Finally her curiosity over
came her compunction and she
walked over. "Oeorge, what are
you in for?" she whispered. Where
upon she was informed with much
feeling, that the two policemen were
not on business bent. Whereupon
the dog proceeded to hark at him
(
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—R. Nelson Rcnnett, who has been
taking a prominent part in the third
class city legislation discussion, has
been in the Wilkcs-Rarre city gov
ernment for a long time. \
—Major David A. Reed, here
the compensation hearings, served
in the United States army in Franeil
for over a year.
—H. V. White, the former corny!
missioner of agriculture, who waftj
here yesterday to visit the Capitol,,
says the fields arc looking splendWhc.
'—Ex-Representative C. Vlctpr
Johnson, of Crawford bounty, %traa.
among visitors to the CapitoU
—J. D. Hicks, commander
Rtate O. A. R., is a prominent Al
ton n a lawyer and former Congress
man. .He has issued his annual
proclamation for Memorial Day.
—C. I.aßue Munson has heen re
elected chancellor of the Episcopal
diocese of Harrlsburg. ,
—Chief Justice J. Hay Brown, who
presided at the Supreme Court ses
sions this week, is an authority on
Uancaster history.
DO YOU KNOW
—That llarrisbiirg bread pro
duction has Increased rapidly
in the Inst few years?
HISTORIC HARRISRURG
—General Anthony Wayne once
owned what, are now parts of
Dauphin and Debanon counties.
A Sunflower Road to Wealth
We've often thought what a pity
It Is that a man can't dispose of his
experience for as much as it cost
him.— From the Eskridge Independ
ent.
Preaching of the Cross
The preaching of the cross Is to
them that perish foolishness; but •
unto ue which are saved It Is the
power of God. —X. Corinthians X.U+