6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by TBK TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph BalMlng, Federal Sqaare E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief T. R OYSTER, Business Manager QCS. M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor A. R MICHENER Circulation Manager ExeeatlTe Beard I. P. McCULLOUGH, BOYD M. OGLESBY. F. R OYSTER GU& M. STEINMETZ. Members of the Associated Press—The Aaaociated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub lished herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. I Member American Pub syLMS nU I] Assoc la- Eastern flee Avtniis Building i Chicago. 111. 1 ' n *' Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg. Pa., as second class matter. carrier, ten cents a week: by mail. 13.00 a year in advance. SATTRDAY. MAL 24, 11 But nontght is so utterly cheeriest That i oe may not look for the dawn. —Phoebe Carey. LOOKING FOR A "GOAT* OF course we all know that the Railroad Administration has fallen down on its job. That's the reason President Wilson is so desirous of getting the roads back into the hands of their owners. And we all know, too, that the Railroad Administration has been for some time looking for a "goat" on which to place blame for its awful failure to make good. But who would have thought its members would stoop so low as to try to shoulder the blame on the shapely shoulders of lovoly woman? Now it is unquestionably true that train service has been slowed up since the Government took charge Nobody would deny that for a mo ment. But it required a most in genious "goat hunter" to charge train delays up to tight skirts worn by good looking ladies who like to appear in the height of fashion. "They take so long to get on and so long to get off," says the Commis sion. "that train service is held up." Yes. but dear Commission, you fail to take into consideration the fact that fewer ladies ride on your trains since the fares have been boosted and excursion rates largely discon tinued. It would require a million aire to finance both a fashionable wardrobe and frequent railroad rides under Government prices, and we respectfully submit that there are not enough millionaires travel ing these days to delay many of the way trains. You will note, also, that the pas senger trainmen rgise no objections to the tight skirts. They are mostly bright, good-looking young men who know a good thing when they see it. McAdoo has been retained by heirs to break the will of a multi-million aire out in the Pacific Northwest. Per haps he has given up having the Presidency bequeathed to him. and isn't afraid of establishing prece dents in the will-breaking process. GERMANY WAILING GERMANY continues to wall over the peace terms imposed by the Paris conference, but even in Hun land there are those who comment with disgust on the pro testa of their countrymen. Having utterly destroyed a large part of the manufacturing area of France andr Belgium the Germans are now com plaining of the hard economic pro visions of the peace treaty. They set out deliberately in the beginning of the war to destroy the most prosper ous sections of the neighboring coun tries. This was done with the defi nite purpose to destroy competition in the after-war period. It comes with mighty poor grace from such a source to bewail the alleged injus tice of the Allies in imposing just terms upon those responsible for the barbarism of a nation. President Wilson is constantly ] quoted as the one to whom the un-| regenerate Hun looks for aid and comfort and it is even intimated that he has in a telegram to .t lot of pacifists at Berne intimated that the peace treaty which he has been assisting in formulating is rather harsh in its terms. If our ambitions and autocratic chief magistrate has sent any such telegram It is not more surprising than his several ef forts to discredit the representatives of the allied countries with whom he has been associated in the peace negotiations by appeal over their heada to the peoples whom they represent. Apologists for the Wilsonian atti tude are prone to criticise all who choose to differ with their idol, but with the present Congress deter mined to re-establish the powers and functions of the legislative branch ©f our Government at Washington, we max expect the kowtowing to SATURDAY EVENING, HAJUUSBURG tfmW TELEGRAPH MAY 24, T9TO. the man in the White House to cease. He has invited the turning on of the light through Congres sional Investigation and the su per-man idea is due for a severe jolt when the people learn the truth. i Secretary Redfield thinks it strange that laws to prevent restraint of trade ace construed so as to prevent com binations for promotion of trade. Was it not his party that denounced the | "trusts" which organized in such a | manner as to enable them to take ad- I vantogo of any opportunity to market ! their surplus products in other lands? OLD AGE PENSIONS U-p|HE Pennsylvania State Cham- I ber of Commerce has just is ! sued a pamphlet for the benefit |of its members, the Legislature and I the public at large, dealing with old | age pensions and health insurance, I that covers the subject in a most .thorough manner and should be read by everybody interested. The work I has been done in a painstaking I manner, outlining fully what has j been accomplished in this direction lin Europe, the pros and cons of [compulsory old age insurance vs. non-contributory old age pensions, the arguments for old age pensions, I special references to publications ! dealing at length with the subject nnd an extensive table showing ju%t ■how each nation that has attempted I legislation along this line has pro ceeded and the results achieved. The Chamber makes no argument for or against the idea; it simply presents the facts and is content to let the reader form his own conclu sions. The attitude of the Chamber [is well set forth by its president- Alba B. Johnson, in an accompany ing letter, of which the following is a part; Anything which tends to in crease the burdens of taxation or to limit the rewards -of legiti mate effort or to reduce the self dependence of the people is con trary to good public policy. A new principle is, however, com ing to be recognized, viz: that a large proportion of those who are unfit for the competition of life are so through no faults of their own. but because of faults in the social system for which they have no responsibility. Their incom petence is part of the burden which should be carried by the more competent and the more fortunate. In our complex civili zation there are also many who are rendered unfit by occupation or by accidents unavoidable in the processes of industry. The unde served penaltv therefor should be borne by the community as an essential part of the cost of pro duction. Upon this principle are based the Workmen's Compensa tion Acts already adopted by a number of the states. It is a proper subject of inquiry whether the enforced idleness caused by sickness and the helplessness of old age are misfortunes which should be shared by the commun ity at large, and to what extent their amelioration at the cost of the public will, if at all. dis courage thrift and remove that powerful incentive to industry, the desire to provide in advance for the. sickness and old age of oneself and of those who by fam ily ties should be one's depend ents. This report represents an earnest effort to present those phases of the subject which must V.e considered in order to reach an intelligent judgment upon this important problem. In view of the attention now being devoted to the subject of old age pensions and health insurance, the Chamber has performed a notable service. It has not attempted to prejudice the minds of its members, either for or against the enactment of such laws, but it has presented the subject clearly for those who have not had opportunity to go deeply into the matter. The topic is going to loom so large in public discus sions shortly that everybody ought to familiarize himself with it, and the Chamber's bulletin offers an ex cellent opportunity for the forming of unbiased judgment. CAPTIOUS CRITICISM ANOTHER captious critic sends the Harrisburg Telegraph a complaint against Mr. Burle son's personally conducted postal service. He quotes the following item from the Weekly Herald, of Beaver Springs, and wants to know if this newspaper does not consider the instance "another evidence of the wretched incompetence of Mr. Wil son's poor excuse for a Postmaster General: A business concern of Mc- Clure, Pa'., sent a letter contain ing a check to a party in Har risburg. Pa., on Dec. 31, 1918, at 3 p. m. This letter was cor rectly addressed and perfectly legible, but did not reach its destination until May 14, 1919, at 4.30 p. m., consuming 4*4 months to traverse about 80 miles. Inquiry from a postal official at Harrisburg as to the cause of the delay brought the response "that he could not ac ' count for it, as the letter just arrived." It was postmarked plainly "McClure, Pa.. Dec. 31, 1918." and the date of the check enclosed corresponded with the postmark. Do we think this an example of "wretched incompetence?" Not at all; not at all, dear reader. We ex plained a day or two ago that we believe the Postmaster General simply hasn't been able to get out from under, the Christmas rush, and this communication only seems to prove the theory. Note the date of sending, please. The Postmaster General has to have time to get over the Christmas rush, hasn't he? Well, then. AS TO MEMORIALS GOVERNOR SPROUL'S views on permanent memorials to the heroes of the war, as expressed in his inaugural address, are em phasized in a special bulletin of the American Civic Association, which likewise urges care in the selection of these memorials even if such care involves delay In their erection. Tho general thought of all who are giv ing serious consideration to this matter, is that haste may result in improper decisions and unfortunate choice of designs. Pennsylvania Is likely to avoid much of this sort of thing thro </gk. the recent creation of an Art Cony mission by the Legislature at the ( instance of Governor Sprout and the impreeeive memorial viaduct which will be a part of the Capitol Park improvements, with its majestic pylons dedicated to the men who served in the great war,, will prove a substantial demonstration of the importance of care in choosing per manent memorials. It is an open question to-day whether any art commission would ever have approved the placing of the Barnard statuary, chiseled out of marble, against the granite front of the Capitol, and it is obvious errors of this sort which are to be avoided through more care in plac ing lasting memorials. IfoUtU* U By the Ex-Committee as No action is likely to be taken by the Senate committee in charge of the House resolution to fix June 19 for final adjournment during the coming wcelf, but work will be shaped tip to close the session soon as possible. Th.e appropriation 'committees are preparing to send out the bills carrying the various appropriations as soon as the final estimates of the revenue available for impropriation are approved by the jvernor. Members of the House will ask that the Senate act upon the resolu tion and there is talk of a request for June 12. Some expressions of opinion that the Legislature may not adjourn until June 26 are heard. June adjournments have occurred in 1913 and 1917, which have meant that bills were not disposed of by the Governor for a month later. Keen interest is being manifested at the 'Capitol about the bill to re peal the nonpartisan election feature for third-class cities and many let ters and telegrams on the subject are being received at the Governor's office. This bill has attracted more attention than any of the thirty awaiting action. The number of bills recalled from the Governor for amendment this session has broken records, being now over fifty. One of the unusual features of the calendar of the House for Monday night is that there are forty-five bills, or half the number of bills on the calendar, on the postponed lists. Twenty-six of these are on final passage postponed stage and 18 on third reading postponed stage. The bill creating the Department of Conservation will be in the House next week, having been ordered re ported from the appropriations com mittee. —County commissioners of every j county in Pennsylvania which would be able to show a population between 150,000 to 1,000,000 will yet salaries of $5,000 a year if the Legislature passes the Ramsey bill the way the House committee on counties and townships has amended it. The bill originally applied to counties hav ing between 150.000 and 250,000. The salaries of these counties now vary. The effect of the bill would be to give the $5,000 salary in Cambria. Berks, Fayette, Lacka wanna. Lancaster, Luzerne, Mont gomery, Schuylkill and Westmore land. Next year it is expected that the census will show 150,000 popu lation for seven or more counties and their commissioners would ben efit too. These counties which are reasonably sure of 150.000 are: Dauphin. Deleware. Erie. Northamp ton. Washington and York, with good chances for Lehigh. —Aa part of the revenue raising program of the State. Auditor Gen eral Charles A. Snyder will ask passage of his program of mercantile appraiser legislation. His pathlinder was the Dithrich measure giving him authority to appoint five ap praisers for Allegheny county. This having been approved by the Gov ernor. several other bills will be pressed in the House. At present the city treasurer of Philadelphia and the Auditor General Join in the ap pointment of five appraisers for that county. .Mr. Snyder has a bill giving him the sole power of appointment. Another bill would allow the Auditor General to appoint one mercantile appraiser in each of the remaining 65 counties of the State. In these counties the power of appointment now rests in the county commission ers. A third measure authorizes the Auditor General to investigate mcr cantile appraisements when he finds that through fraud, mistake or acci dent. a deager failg to make an ac curate return or an apppraiser does not make a proper report. Tax on the revised appraisement would then be collected. —Several other bills designed by the Auditor General are also on their way through the House. One bill provides that when the Auditor Gen eral suggests, the Attorney General would have authority to begin quo warranto proceedings to oust from office city or county officials or pro thonotary of the Supreme Court, who neglects or refuses to make monthly return of moneys collected for the State in accordance with the provi sions of the act of May 24, 1893, It is made mandatory on the court to remove such officials, if it is shown they have repeatedly refused to make these reports. —Friends of Senator Penrose ex- j pressed themselves to-day as de lighted over his victory in the United States Senate yesterday, where the framing of Senate Repub lican committee slates was reported completed by the Republican con ference committee on committees. The program, it was stated upon re liable authority, proposes Senators Penrose and Warren for chairman ship of the Finance and Appropria tion committees, respectively, de spite the opposition of the members of the old Progressive party. It is reported that the seniority rule is being followed with but few ex ceptions. A dispatch from Washington to the Philadelphia Press says: "The committee slate will be presented at a conference of Republican Sena tors to be held next Monday before convening of the Senate. The Pro gressives at that time are expected to take final action in opposition to Senators Penrose and Warren, but it is reported that the factional troubles would be settled in the con ference and probably not reach the Senate floor. "Under the reported agreement. Senator Page, instead erf Senator Polndexter, would head the Naval committee by reason of strict adher ence by the committee on commit tees to the seniority rule. Last mo ment changes in the committee as signments also placed Senator Smoot at the head of the public land com mittee instead of the appropriations body for which he had been men tioned. "Three new members of the For eign Relations committee reported ►chosen were Senators New, Indiana; Harding. Ohio, and Moses, of New Hampshire. "The committee on committees decided to hold a majority of three Republicans an the Finance, Xnter- A , 1 DAYS OF REAL SfORT By BRICCS > . fSSp Sh. \ a I past -rxtfc ) \skjm Imm \v I Mirvje C-FF *fi i /4 65,-, BAREFOOT - . __ ~~ Of THC cSEASOM state Commerce, Foreign' Relations and Elections committees, but in compliance with requests from Democratic conference, agreed to reduce the Republican majority on other committees to two members." Saga of the Flying Fleet Into the fog of the Banks they | zoomed. Where the winds blew cold and the ; billows boomed Over the old wrecks sand entombed. | The NC-3 and the NC-4 And the NC-1, with a rush and roar. Where never a plane has sped be fore. Bellinger, Read and Towers, all 1 three True blue sons of the salty sea, Versed in its moods and mystery. The dead ships' rocked in their oozy; graves. And the fishes fled to the darkest caves As their great wings ruffled the roll ing waves. The soul of a Norseman, veiled In spray, Rose from the foam and led the way Over the waste of heaving gray. Out of the mist to port they came. Clear in the moonlight's silver flame. One was missing and one was lame. Fayal under the lunar light Thundering welcome across the; night, Xasbon ending the ocean flight Oh! what a memory to keep. That first wild voyage across the deep. The navy plane's prodigous leap! Brave commander and dauntless crew, Yankee sailors who dared to do, The hats of the world are off to you! —Minna Irving. Marriage and Divorce The latest statistics of the National . Census Bureau (19161 are said to show 1050 marriages and 112 divor- i ces ta each 100,000 of the popula-1 tion, in other words one divorce to i every nine marriages, a considerable i increase since the previous tabula- j tion in the ratio of divorce to mar- ! riage in the United States. Over against these figures is to be set the judicial consciousness that eight women out of ten, provided their husbands are kind, affectionate, so ber, and faithful, will stick to them through thick and thin, because such is woman's nature, which, as I have already indicated, has blossomed . afresh with buds of efficient tender- ; ness in the forcing process of uncon- ; ventionallty occasioned by the war. And yet, especially among nice people, who would no more expect to become associated with the statu tory causes for divorce (unless in fidelity or desertion) than with shop lifting or arson, there has been a swift growth of the doctrine that it is incumbont on a man to retain his fife's affection, and that if he fails to do so he must not be surprised or unduly annoyed if she likes some one else better. This has been the prevalent note in Anglo-Saxon fic tion for some time, especially and more openly in Great Britain, but also frequently here, the distinction being that the British heroine .is apt to burn her bridges, whereas her American sister, who has told her husband that she is tired of him and has become attached to another man, prefers to motor back to quasi-re spectability over the causeway of a collusive divorce. Here Is a tendency over which both the courts and the church have ordinarily little con trol. A husband was always free to leave his wife if ready to pay for the luxury of supporting her upart. To-dav the privilege is nearly recip rocal in that there is no bar except public opinion to prevent a wife from forsakinff "her husband if she can maintain herself or get some one else to maintain her, and, provided she mend her fences (sometimes even if she does not), public opinion, before condemning her, almost in variably inquires: why did she have From "The lAmits of Fem inine Independence," by Robert Grant, in the June Scribner. YES, SHE HMS THERE Mrs. Wilson was privileged to wit ness the peace treaty ceremonies. Somehow or other this bit of news seems to be the least popular of the entire fabric —for when all is said and done, the distaff side of the Presidential expedition has been the hardest one for most people to swal low. Which, by the way, is said to be as true of the French as It te of the Americans —and the French are reputed to be uncommonly gallant— Lowell Courier-CitUen. FLYING SIX MILES HIGH HOW it feels to fly approximately six miles high is explained by Major R. W. Schroeder, who believes that, with due preparation he can climb to an altitude of more than 30,000 feet. The story of his flight for height he tells in Popu lar Mechanics as follows: "I have been connected with avia tion since 1910, and during this time I have worked as a mechanic for some of America's leading pilots and gained a very valuable training. 1 was always keen to learn all I could, and I dare say that all my past experiences were beneficial to me in my efforts to establish a new world's altitude record. The last world's altitude record held by- America was made in August, 1911. when the late Lincoln Beachy made a climb of 11.642 feet at the big aviation meet in Chicago. Since that time G. in France, made a climb to 20,258 feet on December 28, 1913. "In order to take an airplane to a higher altitude tjian any other pilot in the world I found that more than one or two attempts would be nec essary. I made three, the first tak ing me to an altitude of 24,000 feet, the second to 27.000 feet, and the last to 28.900 feet all of which would have been world's records, and now I feel certain that with a few changes and improvements I can get to 30,000 feet. "The following experiences and sensations which I noticed during my flight were due to lack of oxy gen. I took off at 1.45 p. m., Sep tember 18, 1918, and made a steady westerly climb, passing through clouds at 8,000, 12,000 and 16,000 feet. At 20,000 feet, while still climbing in large circles, my gog gles became frosted, making it very difficult to watch the instruments. The temperature at this altitude was eighteen degrees centigrade below zero. When I reached 25,000 feet I noticed the sun growing very dim, I could hardly hear my motor run, and I felt very hungry. "The trend of my thought was that it must be getting late, that evening must be coming on, and that this was the reason the sun was getting so dim. Rut I still was climbing, so thought 1 might as well stick to it a little longer, for I knew I could reach my celling pretty soon. Then I would go down, and even though it were dark I could land all right, for X had made night land- THE SALVATION LASSIES You've seen them, I know, as you pass to and fro. The Lassies with bonnets of blue; They're doing the work that most of 1 us shirk. And bravely they're doing it, too. They seek out the people that no one J el Be wants, Their Master in each face they see, ] "Insomuch as ye did it to one of these souls, The same ye have done unto M—" And when our own soldiers went over 1 the sea To fight for the loved ones left here. ' Oh, the Lassies went too, to cook, bake and brew. With never a doubt or a fear. So now they are asking your help in - their drive. i So that others they'll help if they ; can, For "Down, but not out" Is their slo- : gan to all— Their message from God unto man! —Nita Guernsey Symonds, in New , York Times. The Story oj the. Flight Fog on the sea is trouble enough for the staunchest ship with the most experienced commander. Fog in the air is the discouragement. If not the despair of the aviator. For baffled i Commander Towers and Lieutenant. 1 [Commander Bellinger of Seaplanes [ INC-8 and NC-1 on their strong, [winged flight to the Azores. In clear weather they would have made their goal at Ponta Del gad a without dlffi [culty, according to the information [at hand.—From the New York I Times. Emigration Movement While many argue that immigra tion is an immineht peril to the country, emigration has become a much more Immediately pressing question. The tendency of recent im migrants to return to their homes, already noted, is increasing rather than diminishing. Out-going shtps, especially to Mediterranean ports, are crowded with passengers and as soon as the traffic Is restored to nor mal, the number of these will in crease.—From the Philadelphia In- H"* I ~J 1 ings many times before; and so I went on talking to myself, and this I thought was a good sign to begin taking oxygen, and 1 did. 1 was then over 25,000 feet up and the tem perature was twenty-five degrees centigrade below zero. "As soon as I started to inhale the oxygen the sun grew bright again and my motor began to ex haust so loudly that it seemed some thing must be wrong with it. I was no longer hungry, and the day seemed to be a most beautiful one. I felt like singing with sheer joy as 1 gazed about through the small portion of my goggles which had no frost, due to the drop of oil which had splashed on them from the motor. "X kept at it until my oxygen gave out. and at that point I noticed my aneroid indicated very nearly 29,000 feet. The thermometer showed thirty-two degrees centigrade below zero. The lack of oxygen was af fecting me and I was beginning to get cross. I could not understand why I was only 29,000 feet after climbing for so long a time. X re member that the horizon seemed to be very much out of place, but I felt that I was Hying correctly, and that I was right and the horizon wrong. "About this ttme the motor quit. I was out of gasoline, the propeller stopped, and everything was quiet; so down I went in a spiral. When I had descended to about 20,000 feet. I began to feel much better, and realized that the lack of oxygen had affected nie. I passed down through the clouds at 16,000 feet, and. as I remember, it was snowing from these clouds upon the next layer some 4,000 feet below. "During the entire trip I did not see the ground from the time 1 went up through the clouds above Dayton, until I came through the clouds again, at 4,000 feet above Canton. 1 landed near the house of a Joseph Schario, and one of his little daughters came running up to me. but she was speechless. I asked her, "Where am X?" and she replied. "Canton, Ohio." Well, it almost I took the wind out of me to think I had drifted over 200 miles from where I started. I reached my greatest height 105 minutes after I started. It required twenty min utes to come down. I was in the air 125 minutes, flying in a weslerly direction practically all the time, and came down 200 miles east of where I went up." Salvation Army's Appeal [From the New York Sun.] That the Salvation Army well de- j serves the $13,000,000 it asks for its Home Service Fund is'the popular! judgment expressed by the enthu siam with which its cause has been taken up by people of every station in life in every part of the United States. Its services to the soldiers in the war made its services among the unfortunate more widely known, and its work is now receiving the recognition it merits. New Y'ork's share of the amount which it is sought to raise is only $1,500,000, a very small sum indeed in comparison with the good the money will do when expended by this self-scariflcing and capable organ ization. New York is certain to give as much as this, and really should give a great deal more. An important fact to bear in mind is that with the $13,000,000 in Its treasury the Salvation Army will be relieved of its greatest burden, .that of soliciting funds by the methods it has been obliged to practice in the 1 past. It will then be able to devote 'all its time to the work it knows best how to do. that of relieving suffering humanity. The Essential Thing Germany cannot exist very long at the present peace. It is quite evident that people do not work, but loaf and draw unemployment allow ances and spend their time in po litical agitation. They have im mensely important industrial plants; they are personally skillful and in dustrious and thrifty, and if they will get to work, as several of their <jwn leaders have told them, they will be better, happier and able to pay the indemnity. The essential thing for Germany Is to get the war ended on any terms and go to work. —From the Philadelphia Record. Lack German Financing American businessmen venturing down into Mexico to look up their Investments there report that condi tions are much more favorable for foreign business there now, and we presume that no source of finances for trouble-makers to take the place of the German has yet been found. —From the Columbus Dispatch. „ Has Haig Forgotten? [From the Pittsburgh Dispatch] The complete report of Field Mar shal Sir Douglas Haig. copies of which have reached Washington, is said to have astounded American officers. The only reference the marshal makes of Americans, if he has been correctly reported, is that they occupied Coblenz after the armistice. He calmly" assumes that "it is the great battles of 1916 and 1917 that we have to seek for the secret of our victory in 1918." He ignores the fact that it was in the spring of 1918 he had to issue his dramatic appeal to his retreating armies: "We are fighting with our backs to the wall." He ignores also the American divisions which fought under him and took the lead in the final drive on Cambrai. Nothing is said to recall the well known and then admitted fact that the Allies were virtually "all in" when Amer ica in response to frantic appeals rushed its armies to the rescue, that in the "race between Wilson and Ludendorff," as Lloyd George de scribed it, America won, that it was Pershing's insistence on an offensive that compelled the Allied command to revise its program for postponing the supreme effort until 1919, and that it was the Americans who checked the German rush at Chateau-Thierry, who in a few days wiped out the St. Mihiel salient that had defied the Allies for four years and who stormed and captured the Argonne in the face of Allied opin ion that it was impregnable. This amazing mydpia on the part of Sir Douglas Haig is the more in teresting because it bears out ex actly the statements in the Thanks giving Day article in the Dispatch recording the impressions of Amer icans abroad gathered by the editor of this paper on his tour of the war zone. These observers, commenting on the European disposition at that moment to minimize America's part in the war. remarked upon the fail lire to give credit to the American soldiers and the tendency to assume all the glory for themselves. That tendency, as predicted in that ar. ticle, has grown since until now Field Marshal Haig can only see the Americans entering Coblenz after the armistice, and claiming the war won in the battles of 1916 and 1917 which landed him with his back to the wall just before the Americans got into the fight. Haig, if correctly reported, is neither just nor gener ous. v SOMETIMES Sometimes, when going a weary mile. We wonder, if we should rest awhile And seek old friends whom we used to know Away back there in the long ago. And seek a stream where we used to wade. And rest awhile in the grateful shade, And hark awhile to a wild bird's song- Would ail of the world we're in go wrong? If we should stop for a chat and smile With friends who once made the world worth while. If we should go for a day out far Where the meadow-blooms and the children are. Where trees are tall and the skies are fair. And drop all worry and drop all car*. Would all we're working to win and do (Go whirling wrong and be all askew? Friends were so fine in the old, old days! The resting trees and the blossom ed ways. The wlldbtrd song and the care free times, The rushing streams and the moun tain climbs — And now we're meshed in the gears of life. The rush and crush and the work] and strife We sometimes, going a weary mile, Wish we might turn from the way awhile. , —The Houston Post. The Longest Way One of the longest'wars, or rather one of the longest existing states of hostilities. in history is about to come to an end. The Republic of San Marino has officially requested Senator Sclaieua of Italy to represent her at the exchange of credentials with the Austrian delegates. San Marino joined Italy in the war in the last century against the Hapsburgs, but when the peace treaty was signed Austria refused to recognize San Marlho und her name did not appear on the document. Thus since ! 1860 San Marino has been in a state of war with Austria.—From the New [York Bun, £betttttg (ttlfat More co-operation between farm* ers, cattle dealers and veterinarians has been ofctained in the last three weeks by the State Depart ment of Agriculture as the result of a drastic quarantine against hog cholera in sixteen counties than ever known before and if the results, as far as indicated by early reports*, materialize it will mean the saving of thousand of dollars to the farm ers of tho Lehigh, Cumberland and. Schuylkill valleys. The quarantine, which was established last month as the result of a series of outbreaks among the being extensively ruised in those sections because of the war-time demand for food, has proved so effective that no ship ments of hogs have been made ex cept for purposes of immediate slaughter and then only after medi cal examination. A number of dis tricts have reported a big decrease in the number of animals dying and next week State inspectors will make inquiries as to how the situa tion stands. There is no thought of raising the quarantine for awhile and it may only permit the sale and shipment of hogs which the veterinarians And all right. Ac cording to Secretary of Agriculture Fredrik Hasmussen, "The farmers of Pennsylvania are losing good dollars that they may as well have in their pockets every time a hog dies of cholera and just what that means per hog It t present prices for pork and products can be worked out." The Secretary says that scores and even hundreds of hogs raised to reap advantage of prices have been lost through lack of ordinary care when animals are sick and because or failure to observe precautions in buying. The average man who is connected) with Capitol Hill these days is re garded by the general public as a. bureau of information. Men, and women, too, who are in State offices get all kinds of inquiries from how to get jobs on and off the Hill, the method of applying for workmen's compensation, where to pay city tax,, what is the limit on trout catches, how fast an automobile may go and which is the best kind of soil for beans. But the most singular of all are the inquiries as to personnel of the State government. The prize question asked the other day was whether the Governor was paid a I salary or only expenses. District Attorney Charles H. Clip pinger, of Franklin county, who also is chief draft inspector at the State Selective Service Bureau here, is short and stout, but alert and, when the occasions demands, can be pug nacious. He doesn't mind being short and that his Rppearance is boyish. While the combination may drive patrons to lawyers of greater physical proportions, the District At torney says it cannot be helped and, furthermore, that it doesn't matter. What he seriously objects to. how ever, is being called "Bub." He was on bis way to a train for Green castle the other day. He wasn't hurrying particularly and it wasn't any too light in the shed of the Pennsylvania railroad station. But he was sure of his -ground and had no thought of being mistaken for a traveler groping in the dark. Therefore, he was nearly knocked off his feet when a hand was laid on bis shoulder and a voice said: "Here, Bub, this is the way to the train." His dignity was offended at once and he turned about to the train man in uniform and said in a deep, bass voice: "Whose boy do you think you are?" The railroad man's hand fell from his shoulder at once, and he realized the District Attorney needed not one whit of assistance. Highway Commissioner Lewis 8. Sadler has a fine sense of humor and a full appreciation of the difficulty of pleasing everybody interested in good roads. That he has been re markably successful in meeting tho requirements of those who favor improved highway, is a compliment to his keen intelligence and a tribute to his never-failing energy. A writer in the Juniata Valley, discussing a particular execrable section of road along the Jun'ata river between l.ewistown and McVcytown. declares that "Commissioner Sadler, of course, is not responsible for the sins of ommission and commission of for mer administrations and bis actions with reference to this particular sec tion of State road are yet to he weighed in the balance of perform ance before be should be consigned to limbo with others who have pre ceded him in the office." This writer speaks of 57 varieties of bumps to the mile and declares profanity is on tho increase as a result of the failure of the State to put the town-McVeytown pike in proper shape. Notwithstanding the fact that tho State draft headquarters is closed in accordance with the orders of tho War Department, telephone calls and telegrams are coming to this city from people.wanting to talk to Major- Murdock. Because of the wide ef fect of the draft, the Major becamo< a sort of guide, counsellor and friend of lots of people and they can not . understand why they cannots consult him now about the record of re'atlves and the numerous other matters which arose In the admin istration of tho draft and which, w-hile not of Importance except to the persons themselves, got careful attention from the Major. The result is that there are numerous Inquiries which are suspended somewhere with the Major's office closed and the inquirers having no place elaei to go. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1] —Col: W..H. Zeldt, well known lnj< National Guard circles, is In charge of the new employment service Inj Wilkes-Barre. He recently return ed from France. —Warren P. Laird, University ofl Pennsylvania professor of architec ture, is working on plans for tha new Delaware River bridge. —Provost Edgar F. Smith, of that University of Pennsylvania, re ceived telegrams from university alumni all over the State yesterday in honor of his birthday. —W. A. Kessler. who presided atl the convention of Pennsylvania post-1 masters, is postmaster of Homesteads | DO YQU KNOW 1| —That Harrisbnrg steel has been used for cargo ships for the now merchant marine? HISTORIC HAKKISBUKG Harrisburg was a center of gellstic effort over 150 years ago meetings being hehl on the rive* bank.
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