8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE. TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph Bedding, Federal Sgeare E. J. STACK POLE President and Editor-in-Chief T. R. OYSTER, Business Manager OUS. M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor A. R. MICHENER, Circulation Manager Executive Board i. P. McCULLOUGH, BOYD M. OGLESBY, F. R. OYSTER, GUS. M. STEINMETZ. Members of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub lished herein. UUI rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. t Member American Eastern office. Avenue Bu'ildlng! I Chicago, 111. B Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. . By carrier, ten cents s QEffikTiTSSffla week; by mail, $3.00 a ~~ year in advance. SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1919 Be perfected; be comforted; be of the same mind; live in peace and the God of love and peace shall be with j you. — ll. Cor. 13:11. MORE THAN ITS QUOTA TO DISPEL any misapprehen sion in the minds of those who criticise Harrisburg for failure ' to meet its quota in the recent Sal vation Army drive for peace time funds, the executive committee which directed the attack on the local pocketbook, has called atten?- tion to the fact that this city ex ceeded its quota by over fifteen per cent., based on the apportionment in effect for the five liberty loans and numerous war-work campaigns. The committee at the outset deter mined not to set any figure, realizing that the appeal was a popular one and relying on the generosity of the citizens of Harrisburg to contribute their bit without the necessity of gouging. Harrisburg responded mag nificently. rich and poor alike, with a net result of over fifteen thousand dollars. The unceasing labors of the com mittee of soldiers and civilians, cou pled with a sustained doughnut sale by the more attractive sex that net ted big returns, finds its reward in the satisfaction of having raised more money than was expected. The Salvation Army has come into its own. That the money will be well spent is assured by the character of the group of representative men who will compose the board of direction. OUR GREAT STATE THE May number of the National Geographic Magazine contains an article from the pen of John Oliver Lagorce, the associate editor, on Pennsylvania and its great re sources under the caption 'The In dustrial Titan of America." Mr. Lagorce is himself a Pennsylvanian and in a letter to the Telegraph says; 1 have counted it a rare privi lege to portray something of our Commonwealth's economic, civic and historic greatness in the 700,000 homes throughout America into which the Geogra phic goes, and in so doing I feel that I am only seconding the ef forts of every newspaper editor within the State's confines to gain for the land of Penn the honor it deserves. In this illuminating and com prehensive article the distinguished writer describes the vast natural re sources and immense industries of and dwells upon "the ' unconquerable spirit of progress that tends to create local happiness and national well being." He declares that the Keystone State challenges admiration and stirs the imagination. "One might add the populations of four far western states to that of all New England," says Mr. Lagorce, ."and still have fewer people than dwell in the land of William Penn." Discussing the foreign-born popu lation of this State and the impres sion that it is peopled with aliens, he declares that analysis proves that even with the influx of alien labor, Pennsylvania outranks every other State in the Union ... number of sons and daughters of native parent age. Even New York has a million fewer people whose parents were born under the aegis of the Ameri can flag. In this interesting survey of the development of Pennsylvania, the writer says, the census returns re veal the tact that it has more home owners than any other State, and that we are a thrifty people. . He adds that nearly 700,000 families live under their own roof trees, and that most of the homes are mort gage free. Referring to the speculation as to the elbow room of the American people when the United States shall have reached Its maturity, the writer rpays, Pennsylvanians know that there is room in the State for mil lions more and see no reason why the country at large cannot support a population as dense as that of the ' Keystone State to-day. Such a dens ity of population would make ours SATURDAY EVENING, a nation of half a billion souls more people than inhabit the entire continent of Europe. Throughout the article there is a tine appreciation of the important relation of Pennsylvania to the country and the world; its enormous production of coal and pigiron and the endless resources which have supplied the world with so much that has been needed for the comfort and happiness of mankind. A fine tribute is paid to the great manu facturing interests of the State and to its colossal industrial enterprises. Mr. Lagorce concludes that Penn sylvania is a veritable treasure house, its manufacturing industries, coupled with seemingly unending natural re | sources, having created great wealth. lOn a pre-war basis of values, the ! property in the Commonwealth is (estimated at $15,000,000,000 s4,- 000,000,000 greater than the aggre gate wealth of all New England and only $5,000,000,000 less than the ac tual wealth of all Italy. It is not possible in a short space to indicate the many interesting fea tures of this survey of Pennsylvania and every lover of his State should make it a point to obtain a copy of the May number of this useful maga zine and study for himself or herself the factors which have developed an imperial Commonwealth. The ar ticle is handsomely illustrated and is the first of a series on the states. Mr. I-agorce concludes his ad mirable study with this paragraph: "Of course, Pennsylvanians are proud of their State's role in the Na tion's activities. And the coming of peace will find them at the forefront of those who shall provide the world with the munitions of peace en gines and cars, coal and steel, a thousand commodities, in the mak ing of which Pennsylvania serves doubly herself and the whole world." THE FARMER OBJECTS OPPONENTS of the daylight sav ing regulation In Congress are i again busy in an attempt to have the measure repealed. Oppo sition to the increased daylight plan comes from the farming element and [seems to be largely a selfish propo sition. If you are interested in main taining the present daylight arrange ment, you should get into touch with your member of Congress and United States senators with a view to having j the movemint to repeal the daylight' saving law defeated. Thousands of industrial workers all over the country and thousands more who are compelled by their occupations to be indoors most of the day have hailed the daylight saving plan with rejoicing. These are in a large majority and the rural communities, even if they have a reasonable objection, should be will ing to surrender something for the benefit of those who are not in the open as much as the farmer. A GOOD ACT GENERALLY speaking, the third class city bill signed by Gov ernor Sproul this week is a good law. It provides for numerous changes that should have been in cluded in the Clark act as originally drawn and would have been had that bill been put together in work manlike manner. The many amend ments found necessary merely il lustrate the weakness of the whole Clark statute. Another session of the Legislature will find as many more faults to correct and finally the whole act will be junked and re placed by legislation framed in ac cordance with the needs of the peo ple and not to meet the ideas of a few theorists and the interests of men who seek opportunity to con tinue themselves in public office. The extension of the terms of councilmen from two to four years is a step in the right direction. A two years' term is entirely too short, as the experimentalists who designed the Clark law should have known. But it having been put into the law originally, considerable confusion will be caused the coming fall as to which candidates shall run for the long terms and which for the short. POOR SPORTSMANSHIP APPARENTLY Harry Hawker is not the good sport the world thought he was. The true sportsman does not belittle the suc cess of an adversary, especially when that adversary has complied with all the rules of the game and has won out under difficult circumstances and against great odds. It is hard to believe that the same Hawker who so modestly minimized his own he roic part in an efTort to conquer the Atlantic should go out of his way to deprecate the achievement of Commander Reed and the crew of the NC-4. Probably he was speak ing from the bitterness of defeat, but even so the world would have held him in higher esteem had he paid the compliment to his oppon ents that the flight from America to Europe so richly deserved. That his hearers felt Hawker had made a mis take and rebuked him by their sil ence is a fine tribute to the sense of fair play and which is a natural at tribute of the sport-loving English man. Hawker complains that destroyers guarded every mile of the Ameri can's flight, but we imagine there were times during his own experience when he would have been happy to know that the British Navy had been as thoughtful of him. The NC-4 did traverse a path marked off by sentinel boats, it is true, but that was because the United States Government did not wish the flyers to take more risks than were neces sary. It was a perfectly justifiable precaution against the possible-ac cidents of the greutest experimental flight ever before undertaken. The Americans did not have much faith in their engines, says Hawker; which is beside the issue, because the engines did what was expected of them and the machine did that which Hawker's failed to do at a critical moment. By all the rules of sport Hawker ought to have taken off his hat to the Americans, as all America has done for him. There was glory enough in his own exploit without trying to belittle the achievements of men who chanced to bo more successful. T>C ttile* LK ""PoiKOtjiccuua By the Ex-Committee man The General Assembly of Penn sylvania for 1919 will enter upon the month of June ar.-d its twentieth week on Monday with a date for final adjournment not yet agreed upon by the two houses and the appropria. tion bills yet to be reported out. This will be the third session of this decade to extend into June, those of 1913 and 1917 havln-g gone until the last week of the month. Other sessions which lusted until June were 1879, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1893, 1895, and 1901, all being closed early in the month, except the latter which was prolonged until June 27. The session of 1897, the year when the session was interrupted by the burn ing of the old Capitol, adjourned July 1, the only July session since 1842, when the session lasted from January 4 to July 27. The calendars of both houses for the coming week are large and the Senate contains a number of im portant bills, such as changes in the compensation code, the State police department reorganizer, increase of salary for members of the Legisla ture. effective In 1921, and constitu tional amendments. There are eleven bills on the postponed calendar. The House lias fifty-six bills on its postponed calendars, the largest number in a long period of time. Twenty-nine of these are on the final passage stage, and a meeting of the Rules Committee to discuss the situtation will be held during the week. There are forty-four bills on the third reading calendar t'ur Monday night in addition to thirty one on second reading. —While various things are being said in Philadelphia newspapers about the prospects on the charter legislation, it is declared by men who have been observing the situation, that the coming of United States Senator, Boies Penrose, will clarify it and that in the end the charter revision people will get most of what they ask. The Governor and the Senator are not out of accord as some publications indicate, it is' said by people close to both, but that they have very definite ideas of what should be provided for the govern ment of the city if its people see fit to use it. —The district attorney and other bills will be passed during the com ing week, and one prediction heard about the Capitol, is that if the jock eying goes on there may be a revival of the police commissioner bill. —The State Tolice bill which has been much amended is due to pass finally during the coming week. The rehabilitation bill, which has been changed so that it will not cost the State a big sum of money and apply only to people hurt in Pennsylvania and living here, will be acted upon in the Senate next ■yeek. —The Philadelphia Public Ledger which has been devoting much at tention to the Philadelphia Charter legislation is inclined to "go after"- Governor Sprout. In an extended review of the situation it says: "De velopments in the General Assembly during the week will definitely estab lish the status of Governor Sproul. If the Sproul administration is a Vare administration and Mr. Sproul a factional Governor, allied with the forces which not only are opposed to clean government in Philadelphia but seek to extend their power throughout the State, full acknowl edgment will be found in decisions which the Executive must make upon the Woodward charter-revi sion bills and other bills to make the new charter effective. So far the Vares have had the best of the game. Tb*e Jndependent-Pcnrose leadership has been flouted. Delay, secrecy and confidential negotiations with the Vares have postponed not only enactment of the charter bill, but all legislation of importance!, and the final result has been the elimination from the Woodward bill of a cardinal principle of re form and verbal disapproval by the Governor of the chief reform bills sponsored by the Penrose leadership. Those measures are the bills calling for the appointment of a police com missioner for Philadelphia and for dismissal of the Care-controlled Board of Registration Commission ers." —Calculations to see how appro priation bills carrying more than *125,000,000 can be made to fit in less than *90,000,000 are being made by members of the House Appropria tions Committee as a preliminary to reporting out the hundreds of bills for charitable, educational and sim ilar institutions and objects. While no determination has been reached as to how much money can be ap propriated it is believed that the *90,000,000 limit mentioned by Gov ernor William C. Sproul will stand in the long run as Auditor General Charles A. Snyder is confident he can raise that sum if given the leg islation he asks. The revision will be made as soon as possible and considered by men active in legisla tive affairs during the coming week and the Governor will then have a further conference with fiscal of ficers. It is the plan at the Capitol to clear up the revenue problem next week and have appropriation bills moving the following week. —Representatives of employers from all over the State are coming here next week to protest against the compensation bill in its present form and the self insurers tax. Still Faithful to Stuarts? [The Living Age.] There was once to be found, in Britain, a little group of romantic sentimentalists who remained faith ful to the Stuart line, and celebrated on January 30 a kind of Jacobite feast day. The writer remembers seeing postage stamps bearing the likeness of the "pretender," who happened to be a Princess of Ba varia. These were attached to the envelope by the side of the official postage stamp, thus constituting a nuisance to the authorities and a source of annoyance to the serious minded Victoria. Since the death of his mother, Maria Theresa of Bavaria, a few weeks ago, the ex-Prince Rupert of Bavaria is now the official Stuart pretender to the throne of Great Bri tain. The Muse of history has ever had a leaning toward irony. ftAJtRISBUKG TELEGRAPH MOVIE OF A MAN CHANGING FROM ONE SUIT TO ANOTHER By BRIGGS LOOKS tKI M.RO©P R6~6- pc~c iiAjAA*.teD lee* A.7 I C, asking Japan to withdraw from Port Arthur and the Llaotung Peninsula, 'for the sake of the peace of the East.' August 23 war was declared, and August 25 the block ading squadron took up position off Tsingtau. Troops were landed at Lungkow west of Chefoo, went in land, cut the railway at the poin-t nearest that coast, and took posses sion of the line and its stations up to Tslnan-fu and then landed and established a base at Lauschan Bay, fifteen miles east from Tsingtau just at the line of the leased territory and slowly closed in upon the fortress and its garrison of some four thou sand men. The whole campaign was so methodically carried out that mili tary men in Japan termed it 'autumn maneuvers. The Germane were twice formally asked to surrender and save useless loss of life, but refused. No tice was sent that bombardment would begin on a certain day, and they were invited to send out all noncombatants. women and children. A boatload of such, including the American consul and several priests, was transferred at the harbor's mouth to a Japanese destroyer, and the great guns began their play. At dawn November 9, just as the troops were about to leave their trenches at the' edge of town and sweep the place in a hand to hand assault, the white flag went up on tho governor's I flag staff. "Much damage had been done by artillery fire, but more was done by dynamite by the Germans them selves before the surrender, records were destroyed stores burned, the dry dock ar.-d the Austrian cruiser sunk, and the public utilities wrecked. "Twenty thousand Japanese troops were engaged in the Tsingtau expedition and Japan has since spent great sums in restoring repairing and putting the place in order. She has said in 1914 and to the peace conference In Paris in 1919, that she will return the leased territory to China, with the guarantee that Tsingtau shall become are interna tional settlement. Japan will retain the German railway and mines. In the articles signed with Japan, China agreed never hereafter to cede, lease or assign any bit of territory to any forelgr/ power—neither bay, island, port, harbor or market town." Brigands on Road to Jericho [From the Manchester Guardian.] Many of the demobilised men who were in Palestine with General Al lenby's troops were not sorry to bid good-by to the precipitous, aig-zag ging road running down from Jeru salem to Jericho. In summer it was intolerably dusty, and after rain its greasy surface was dangerous for motorists. At one part of the route the site of the Inn of the Good Samaritan Is still pointed out. Even in modern times the road is so infested with robbers as to be unsafe for travelers. In the days be fore the war tourists were rocom mended to apply to the sheikh, or headman, of the village of Bethany, lon the other side of the Mount of I Olives, for a mounted and armed escort. His charge, however, was i high, and on one occasion a party | not well off declined to pay it. They [declared they would go without es cort and chance it. Whereupon this wiry Oriental dispatched a messen j ger to the chief of the brigands tell— I him to be on the lookout for a j party of travelers. Of course, he and the robber chief shared the booty! AN INTERLUDE A redbird whistled and I forgot For a long, sweet minute that I was not A barefoot boy by the swimming pool That tempted my feet from the road to school. In spirit I climbed the old rail fence, I looked for berries and made pre tense Of picking flowers for teacher's desk. Between times watching the ara besque Of light and shadow the treetops made On the pool's smooth surface, I might have staid Till my youth came back, but the telephone Recalled me too soon to the mono tone Of a business tld, yet my soul was stirred By the carefr** song of a passing bine- Mrs, E. A. D. MAY 31, 1919. Business Viewed by Expert [Forties Magazine.] A trip to Middle Western points and talks with all sorts and con ditions of people yields the follow ing impressions and conclusions: First—ln most districts, including even the larger cities, work is avail able for every man who wants a job. Indeed, the almost universal com plaint is that capable, steady work ers cannot be had. Second —There is a veritable hous ing famine in nearly every city, in cluding such diverse centers as Chi cago and Indianapolis, a famine as acute as in New York City. Third—Active preparations are under way to launch what promises to prove an unprecedented building boom, the conclusion having been reached by architects, builders and others that the cost of materials is not likely to drop drastically in the near future. Fourth—Retail business Is report ed as quite active, ulthough most manufacturers find that buyers are holding off wherever possible. Fifth—the country's Bupply of food animals is the largest in its history and farmers are waxing rich from the unparalleled prices they are receiving for hogs and cattle, as well as for their wheat and other grains. Everywhere the agricultural community are evidencing signs of their great prosperity. Sixth—Whatever fears may have been felt concerning the danger of widespread appearance of ' Bol shevism, I. W. W. ism and suchlike revolutionary developments, have subsided. The general theory is that there will be no extensive un employment and that this will de prive agitators of effective ammu nition. i When the Saloon Goes [Charles Stelzle in World Outlook for May.] When one discusses the question of what is going to happen when the saloons are closed it is important to have in mind the causes which im pel men to go to the saloon, outside of what the saloon has itself to offer. For let it be remembered there are other social evils besides the saloon, in which men may iind refuge when the saloons are closed, unless the pressure of life are taken off. Will the strain of the day's work be relieved when the saloons are put out of business? It will for some men, undoubtedly. Will working men have better homes to go to? Many will, unquestionably. But for the great mass of men, the ordinary men of whom there are so many, these blessings may be a long time coming, unless society or the state as a whole sees to it that better so cial and economic conditions pre vail. The strong, independent work ing man will fight his own battles, and he will carry with him many others of his class, but he cannot do it all —the rest of us must help. It is planned to set up a practical, working substitute for the saloon in the "city street" at the 'Centenary- Celebration to be help by the Boards of Missions of the Methodist Epis-, copal churches. North and South, In Columbus from June 20th to July 13th, inclusive, which may be dupli cated in the average community where such an enterprise is needed. Too Much of a Good Thing [From the Nation's Business.] Coin of the realm is a handy thing and we all like to see it circulate, whether or not circulation is good for us in the opinion of the economic wiseacres. Ever.' so, there may be too much of a good thing. In 1860 bur fathers transacted business with currency which, on the average, amounted to $13.85 for each person in the country. The Civil War caused a man to need more money to buy the same goods as before, and in 1865 the circula tion per capita was $20.58. Then it began to decrease and in 1878 got down to $15.32. It could not get lower, however, and began to ascend until, in 1913, it was $34.56. With the beginning of the Eu ropean war there was such a pause of shock in human affairs that the amount of money in circulation at first tended to fall, but by 1915 the effects of war were in operation and the figure went to $35.44, bounded to $39.29 In 1916, ar.-d by April 1, 1917, when we were about to cast our lot for war, it had reached $45.34. At the time of the issue of each of our Liberty Loans circulation in creased abruptly, and by December 1, 1918, had reached its high point of $36.23. Declining gradually. It reached $53.58 on February 1, 1919, and then began again to climb, be ing at $54.56 on April L i Ebetttttg (Eljal Orders for abolition of five grade crossings on the Reading railway between Hummelstown and Swatara, which, as pointed out by the Harris burg Telegraph, form the most am bitious move made by the Public Service Commission In its campaign to get rid of death traps in the coun try, call to mind the fact that they affect a road which has a history of almost two centuries and that the crossings themselves have been In use more than fifty years. When the two subways replace the five grade crossings, the William Penn highway will be practically free of danger places between Harrisburg and Hershey. Just what this will mean to the many people who travel the artery of the State highway sys tem between Harrisburg an-d Leba non, Heading, Allentown and Easton, can be easily comprehended. It requires an outlay of 1300,000 but brings an end to the distressing list of accidents that have occurred at these crosslr.-ss year after year. The highway to Heading and Easton was traveled more than 170 years ago and along it flowed some of that tide of immigration that came from New York and New Jersey and following the Ulue Ridge, crossed the Susque hanna at John Harris" ferry and pro ceeded down the Cumberland valley to Virgln-ia and the southwest. In time It became a scries of turnpikes and the Berks and Dauphin, which was only abolished a few years ago when the State bought its rights and franchises and strip of roads, was incorporated about a century ago. When the Reading railway or the Lebanon valley as it was first knowrr cam,e along and recrossed the his toric road. For a long time cross ings were in constant xise, although in this city because of the "cut" bridges were erected. The Poorhouse Lane was among the earliest cross ings to be bridged. Some years ago the Rutherford subway was con structed an-d two bad crossings elimi nated and then the traction company and the Reading combined to get rid of the Paxtang crossing by a subway. And now the abolition move has gone on beyon-d Hummelstown and the men who laid out the old road and who incorporated the turnpike company would hardly know how to find the original lines. There seemed to be a good many ambitious gardeners about Harris burg yesterday. Indeed, the num ber of men- and women who wielded hoes and pulled weeds yesterday was legion and many of them even pass ed up the parade in order to get things into good shape for the com ing of warm weather. Delays in the summer schedule have upset many garden plans, but the man who had a plot ten feet square was making: up for lost time and rainy days yesterday jußt as much as the man with half an acre. The river front bathing season which has been alternately opening and shutting according to the cap rices of the weather was started again with a splash yesteraay from one end of the city to the other. In spite of the high condition of the Susquehanna and the mud and coal dirt, boys lined the islands and the sand bars and many went in from the "front steps." Visitors to the city said there was little doubt of the popularity of the bathing and that with the new authority given by the Wallace act for third class cities to establish bathhouses, Har rlsburg ought to be able to provide a dozen of them along its river front and as many more on the islands. Harrisburg was up to traditions yesterday in regard to peonies for Memorial Day. For many years this flower has vied with roses in fur nishing the chief decoration for the hallowed day and the weather con ditions seemed to fall just right within forty-eight hours because the warm wave brought out what ten days of rain "had prepared. There are some beautiful peonies to be seen in the gardens about Harris burg and the display at the resi dence of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Bailey, at Paxtang is even pret tier than last year. This garden has been noted for peonies for years and some of the rarest flowers are to be seen there. Pennsylvania produced a million dollars worth of maple sugar during the revival of the sugar industry in the woods of the State during the war according to reports for 1918 just summarised by the State De partment of Agriculture. The pro duction is given as 686,000 pounds of sugar and 318,000 gallons of syrup, which raised the State to fourth place among producers of sugar from trees. It is estimated that almost a million and a quarter trees were tapped and the produc tion would have been greater if the weather had been colder. The de mand for maple sugar and syrup jumped in the fall of 1917 and greater attention was given to the tapping in 1918 than ever before. Reports on honey production indi cate that during the winter of 1918- 19 the loss of colonies was much less than in the previous winter, aver aging only six per cent as compared with forty per cent, in the severe preceding winter season, i \ " [ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —Mayor A. T. Connell, of Scran ton, welcomed the American Slovak league to that city fpr its convention. —J. Fred Zimmerman, the Phila delphia theatrical man, is celebrat ing a birthday. —Daniel Crawford, Jr., Philadel phia builder, says that if the city council does not pass a loan bill, it will mean a loss of a building year to the municipality. —Ex-Lieutenant Governor L. A. Watres was chairman of the Salva tion Army drive in Lackawanna county. —General J. E. Kuhn, who com manded the 79th Division, is a Regu lar Army engineer officer. —W. W. McElree, Chester county lawyer who frequently appears here, has written a book on people con nected with that county whom he has known. [ DO YQU KNOW —That Harrisburg steel is going into some of the new torpedoboata being built for the Navy? HISTORIC HARRISBURG —The canal was opened to thla city just about ninety years ago. Plan to Hasten Peace [From the' Boston Transcript] Wouldn't a Joint debate rather than a letter-writing contest help the Peace Congress to get some where in less time with the garru lous Germans? yt