16 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH 4. NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday .by THK TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph Bnlldlnc, Federal Sqaare i ' . E. J. STACK POLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager GCS. M. STEIN MKT Z, Managing Editor A- R. MICHENER, Circulation Manager Executive Board J. P. MeCULLOyGH. BOYD M. OGLESBY, P. 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 I paper and also the local news pub- I lished herein. JAll rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. | 1 Member American | Newspaper Pub- | jff lishers' Associa- ' Bureau of Circu- PSR sylvanla Assocla | M Eastern fi c e I y Avenue Building s\>stern office ~~ Chicago, n"l. ildmS | Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa„ as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a week; by mail. $3.00 a ~ year in advance. FRrDAY, JUNE 20, 1019 No person is so sure that he can stop in time as the man uho has al ready gone too far. —Anon. THE AMERICAS, TOO ( (TT T E must cultivate a knowl \\ edge of European peoples through a study of their history; thus will Americans reach i a better understanding of their ideals j and aspirations, and a deeper svm- j pathy with their problems and their | difficulties," says a recent writer | commenting upon the ignorance of I the average American concerning I Europe, which, by the way, is not' to be compared to the general lack of knowledge concerning America displayed in Europe even hy such close students of world affairs as the former German general staff, who did not know enough about us to see In us a great potential fighting force. But that aside, we in Amer ica. have been much too intent upon our own affairs to pay a great deal of attention to the complexities of Europe. Henceforth it will be dif ferent. School histories will pay more attention to peoples, customs and government than to glowing tri butes to royalty. Europe will take care of itself in our schools and studies. What we must look to is a better under standing of the peoples on this side of the ocean—of Central and South America. We ought to know them better, but we cannot do that until we know their histories. Dr. Pizet. who, as ambassador from Peru, J spoke in Harrisburg on this subject j not many weeks ago, has gone to j South America to organize Rotary j Clubs in order that South Americans may gather together in conventions i and become acquainted with each , other in a friendly way. What are j we going to do to help? If we have j need of knowledge of Europe how much more is it important that we i know thoroughly our next door I neighbors? If our schools have been neglectful of Europe, they have left ; Central and South America out en- I tirely. Republican harmony is brooding on I Capitol Hill and. after the bitter fac- j tionalism which threatened disrup- ' tien over the Philadelphia charter leg- j islatton, the situation is regarded j with great satisfaction by the rank and file of the party. Governor Sproul i has emerged from a difficult situation j with great credit to himself and with I the achievement of a large part of his constructive program. It was hardly to be expected that there | would he an unruffled session, but the possibilities of demoralization were i several times apparent and the facT that final adjournment is in sight without the wrecking of important public measures is a subject for con- j gratnlstion. PUBLICITY HUNTING NORMAN H. JOHNSTON, secre tary of the Southern Whole sale Drygoods Association, | arising in his place and addressing , the chair in the convention of that j organization, briefly but feelingly i remarks among other things that the "paying of high wages to working girls is having a demoralizing effect upon them" and that the "wearing of silk stockings by working girls on occasions other than special so cial affairs is to be condemned." We dielike to think that the emi nent secretary had his eye more upon the reporters' gallery than he had his mind upon the eternal veri ties, but the appearances are against him and he stands convicted of pub licity hunting, upon circumstantial evidence. Every time a convention speaker wants to make sure of getting some thing into the papers he rattles off a few sentences about silk stockings and working girls. Of course, he succeeds, for it has to be admitted that the combination is attractive enough to make any bright young man of the press sit up and take notice, not to mention some who are not so young. Result everybody reads it, a few get mad, many are amused and the rank old chestnut gets for its most recent author a sheet of press clippings of a most FRIDAY EVENING, B33miHBT7RQ flffiSftg TEUbXiitAJPH JUNE 20, 1919. gratifying size; for aside from the purely advertising value who does not like to see his name in the paper? Senator Vare, speaking at a news paper dinner in Harrisburg not long ago, thanked the writers for what they said of him. "You touch me up more than I like." he said, "but I say bad of me if you can't say any thing good; say anything, but don't neglect mo: don't let me dry up In obscurity." So we suppose Mr. Johnston will he well pleased with this little no tice. despite the fact that we think what be says about high wages and silk stockings for working girls be ing pure tommyrot. It isn't high wages but the other kind that de moralizes girl®, and as for silk stock ings. why if a girl has the price and I the inclination she'll wear 'cm, any color, any time and any place and I nobody will he the worse for it. BULL AND PUSS A 1 N AMPLIFIER has been per fected which will increase sound up to 7,000 times by volume. It has long been the belief that Congressman "Tawm" Heflin, of Alabama, had one and Col. E. M. House needs one. President Wilson is going to tour the ccuntry in an effort to persuade people that his league of Nations, proposal is a perfect piece of diplom acy. One is almost forced to the con clusion that the President depends more upon his forensic talent than his constructive ability. FOOD AND PRICES THE welcome announcement of reductions in meat prices soon to be felt by the consumer re futes the gloomy forecasts of those who believe that the food question will become a serious factor in the peace of the world the coming win ter, The billion-bushel wheat crop is another bright spot on a dark | background. Rut aside from the meat and grain surpluses of Amer- , ica. the prospects of a world famine I are not nearly so serious as they j were a year ago. To be sure, Cen- j trnl Europe, Ruasia and the peoples j of the fighting zone generally were | and are in a had way, but the food i supply was and is more largely a ! matter of transportation than of pro- 1 duction. With ships again plying j freely between cities long closed to ■ commerce the wheat of Australia, J the vegetable fats of the tropics, the j beef of Argentine and the food- j stuffs of a thousand ports will again begin to drift rapidly to those points 1 where prices are highest, which is to j say where there is greatest demand j for them. But this in turn means that prices | for foods will remain generally high j in this country. The Kansas City j Star thinks that a general high price j level like the present means that the j dollar has been watered. In other I words, its value is less than it was j five years ago. The person with a fixed income from investments is the one who suffers mo6t. Wages go up. The business may increase the price of his product. The person in ac tive work can take care of himself. But the widow who is living on the j returns from her husband's life in surance suffers. Persons so situated have no way of protecting them selves. Such a situation works many cases of individual hardship. But. on the whole, isn't it better for the country that a premium should be placed on activity? From the standpoint of public policy, isn't it more whole- i some that active brain and muscle i he favored over fixed incomes from j investment? The answer is, of j course, yes, and this in turn leads \ hack to the old question—which would you sooner have, beefsteak at fifteen cents a pound and $1.25 a day for ordinary labor, or beefsteak at 35 cents and wages at $3 or higher? Of course the latter, for with high wages we can live as cheaply as we may desire, by exer cising thrift and self-denial, so that in the end we will have more money for saving or for uses outside a mere keeping of soul and body together, while with wages low, even though prices are down, there is little if any money to be saved, no matter how closely one calculates. So we are not so badly off after all, de spite the calamity howlers who see the world starving to death or the country going to the bow-wows by way of inflated prices. Assurance has been given that promptly on approval of the several appropriations for the Capitol Park iroprovemraents steps will be taken for the beginning of the work. There is practically no opposition to the measures as they now stand, the peo ple generally having placed their O K on the several projects for making the environment of the Capitol worthy the fine, structure which represents the dignity and authority of the State. Harrisburg is ready at the drop of the hat to do its part in the great under taking. Of course, all Harrisburg is ready for the Kipona, the great river carni val which will take place later in the summer. As the spectacular stunt of the Greater Harrisburg Navy the Ki pona must also be considered from the standpoint of its importance in creating interest in the development and improvement of the Susquehanna basin. When will the Hun get through his thick skull an understanding of his own plight and a realization of the crimes which he has perpetrated against millions of innocent people? His chatter about a "Just peace" is exasperating and has Its proper an swer in Clemenceau's vigorous state ment of the truth. Thousands of school children of Har risburg are the guests of the Tele graph at Paxtang Park to-day. With them are scores and hundreds of their parents who are enjoying with the children the big annual event which has been heartily commended by the State and muhicipal school authori ties. T>ot£TTC4 LK *PC-KKoiftca)ua Bj the T"i nrminillli < >■■!> People connected with the State government as well as many who follow politics in Pennsylvania, are commencing to speculate about the appointments which it is expected the Governor will send to the Senate before the close of the legislature. There is always a clearing of the desks at such a time, but this year owing to the circumstances attend ing the start of the new administra tion and the numerous bills passed for reorganisation of departments of the State government there will likely he some stirring announce ments. The closing week of the session of 1915 is remembered by men who observe politics in Pennsylvania and Just how many changes will be made next week provides an interesting theme for discussion on the Hill.. The general belief has been that there will he several heads of de partments named, but that further changes under the numerous reor ganizations will be deferred until later in the summer. N'ot in years has any legislature passed such extensive reorganiza tion measures as the present one and literally a third of the people connected with the departments on the Hill have been affected by new legislation. In some instances, such as Highways and and Indus try. the changes have been made, but there are many others pending. -—Woman suffrage proceedings af | ford an entertaining study. There I has .been just a hit of rivalry be tween the elements of the suffragists ; who differ on the policy for the : credit of "putting over" suffrage in Pennsylvania, and it will he inter- I esting to hear what is said after the Keystone State ratifies the Federal ! amendment. Governor Sproul is i everywhere given the credit for get i ting the Republican party behind jthe amendment and while some of I the liquor people have been aching I to throw a brick or two. they have | 'ound sentiment too strong. —The fact that Joseph C. Marcus, member from Pittsburgh, was given the honor of reporting out the suf frage ratifier hy the House Judiciary Special Committee, was much com mented upon. It was an unusual compliment to a first year member. Mr. Marcus has been secretnry to the committee, of which John R. K. Scott, is chairman, and which j has been very much on the map he cause of its lively hearings and the way it has manhandled some bills.! Mr. Marcus was congratulated by] his friends upon the privilege thatj was given him. Incidentally, the' adroit Mr. Seott did not lose any | prestige by the way he managed the i hill in the House yesterday and j staged his committee meeting at the I right time. —Members of the House of Rep resentatives have been making up for lost time the last few days. They have been in actual session as much as eight hours a day. And one of the chief sources of regret heard is that it was not done months ago. Many members are inclined to be lieve that the next legislature will fix a date for adjournment as soon as it meets. —Philadelphia people are now discussing the coming primary un der the new charter and It is ex pected that the Daix-Bradv registra tion bills will be a law "in a few days which will redouble the political interest. —The Philadelphia city council financiers cleared up some old bills the other day. The Philadelphia Record says: "William M. Hargest. Deputy Attorney General, who fought the suit for the city to a suc cessful conclusion and collected $1 .- 000,000 in disputed taxes from the Provident Life and Trust Company, after the lower court had decided against the city, and assured the city an income of $200,000 a year, was granted $25,000 for his victory! Ira Jewel Williams, who was a part ner of Supreme Court Justice Simp son. gets $5,000, approved by the committee, for the unsuccessful fight to make Register Sheehan disgorge some $200,000 in fees." —The expeditious manner in which both branches of the Legisla ture sent the Willson bill repealing the nonpartisan feature of the third class city law hack" to the Governor is taken to mean that the bill has an excellent chance of becoming a law. There was opposition to the return of the hill to the Governor and for a while the opponents of the measure were in fair shape, but the decisive vote of the House on the question simply demolished all cause for complaint and the advo cates of the measure' now look for favorable consideration. The Philadelphia Press In the cause of some Washington corre spondence has this to sav about a Harrisburger: "Charles P. Swope, Senator Penrose's new secretary, is the highest paid secretary in Con gress. His salary is more'than that received hv Senator Penrose, as a member of Congress. Mr. Swope. who comes to Mr. Penrose after a long experience as secretary for the late President McCrea, of the Penn sylvania Railroad, is a most in dustrious worker. He appears at his office at 7 a. m., dictates steady until 10 o'clock into a dictaphone, when his stenographers arrive. After that he attends to other matters, such as questions that must be taken up directly with the Senator or de partment heads. Senator Penrose averages 500 letters each dav, in eluding Sunday, or about 3.500 a week. Mr. Swope has a follow-up system which is employed In case replies to inquiries ore not received promptly. This system naf. worked so well in the departments that other Senators have asked Senator Penrose how he managed to get so much out of the Democratic Admin 'stration. Mr. Swope was reared in the Pennsylvania Dutch district and can use that language which he does when the correspondent requires it." Japan Bars Movie Kisses TFrom the Japan Bulletin! The police of Japan do not like to see kissing in public, and therefore film stars are not permitted to os culate on the screen. In six months up to March 1 the police censors re moved 2,350 kisses from films. Only one kiss was allowed to remain. It was a kiss granted to Columbus by Queen Isabella and was shown in Tokio only, as the censors deleted it before permitting the photo play "Cofumbus" to dicover the provinces. Three hundred and fifty-three em braces were omitted from films, states "The Far East." The titles of 2,144 photo plays were altered by the censors and 127 murder scenes were killed. Reels entirely prohibit ed numbered fifty-seven. Most films shown in Japan are from America and a large proportion of them orig inally contain a little kiss or so. ishowing the difference in standards between East and West. 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He says: i I It is most important that the event j which took place in 1918 should be ! ! realized. | As a matter of fact, many people | do not understand the sequence off J events and are surprised that the | war should have ended so suddenly. True to historical traition. they were always expecting the decisive battle ! which, named after a town or vit- j lage, would immortalize the German ; defeat. They wanted an Austerlitz or Jena, a Solferino or Sedan. They do not realize that these battles, which bear such great names, were fought .on a six. seven, or at the verv most a twenty kilometer front. Only 100,000 or 200,000 or 300,000 | i men were engaged in the most im- , portant of these battles, which lasted j one or tw*o days at the longest. j Now our battle extended from the sea to the Moselle, on a 400 kilome- j ter front, and 6,000,000 men were emploved in it. Little wonder, there- ! fore,"that it lasted severr and one-; half months. This, however, did not prevent j it from being one single battle. The j French, British, American and Bel- . gian armies fought incessantly un- | der a common leader. They formed j one huge army, which fought and ; won this unique and gigantic battle, j thereby obtaining the most bril- j liant victory in history. The battle of 1918 began on; March 21 and may be divided into j three phases. Until the middle of July—that is ( to sav. during four months —the Oer- ( mans took the offensive and obtained I undeniable successes, which were, ! however, always checked and local ized after a short time. On July 18 the situation was re versed. The great Allied offensive ] began on the left bank of the Oisc carried out by two French armies. ; The battle on the right bank was j conducted by two other French ar-! 1 mies and two British armies. In j less than two months the Germans , were everywhere compelled to re- j tire to the famous Hindenburg line. Tired Posing as a Ilero [From the New York Times] Sergeant Alvln York, well ad-j vised by judicious friends or taught; by his own good sense, has come to | the conclusion that he has had j enough of exhibiting himself to ad-I miring throngs. So he has brought; his wedding Journey to a sudden termination, and is going back to his mountain home as fast as the trains in that region will take him. That is not with vertiginous veloci ty, but the speed will serve, and though several expectant cities that had planned receptions for the Ser geant and his bride are left dis consolate, the inhabitants thereof must know in their hearts that his determination was wise. There is nothing surprising in his course. The Sergeant earned the glory he has received, even though one does feel that the whole story was not told when the amazing number of his captives was revealed. I He was a real soldier and a real j hero. But only human, after all. | and too long standing on the hero's pedestal would have affected even a head as hard and level as his own. His pastor, it is said, told him that he should resist "the vainglor ious call of the world and the devil.*' That is one way of putting the case—- a bit old-fashioned. perhaps. but not the worse for that—and the ta'l mountaineer will be happier in the jend, just ns any lowlander would j j be. for not exposing himself to fur- ; I ther scorchings by the limelight of! j publicity. London's Last Air Raid [From the London Telegraph] Whit Monday, May 19, last year, the German airmen made the twen ty-fifth and final air raid on London. In the metropolis alone a very large j number of premises were damaged, | twenty-nine explosive bombs were, dropped, thirty-four people were' killed and ninety-four injured. The! total death roll in town and country was forty-seven killed and 177 in jured. The Southeastern Station at Hithergreen and several churches were damaged. | from which they had started four ] ] j months before. } At this monier.-t the German at- ' I tack may be said to have tailed, their j; j men having been driven back to 1 I their former positions at the point :of the bayonet. The worst that even | pessimists could say was that the • ! battle was a draw. | But it was only the second phase: the third was about to begin. At the lliiidenhurg Lino ; , < It is well known that for three ; ■ years the Hindenburg line, which i the Germans called "Siegfried," had . been the real line of demarkation ! between the latter and the Allies, j The Germans regarded it as impreg- : ! nable, and behind this bulwark, or ganized and reinforced daily, they i had accumulated ammunition, con- j; structed defenses, and brought up a . ' formidable amount of material. In fact, they had stripped Germany of :! all its war equipment in order to : j pile it up in France and Belgium ! , in the sure protection of the Hin- | j denburg line. j On September 26 the Allies at- ' tacked the Hindenburg line at differ, i • ent points—the American army and ; a French army in Champagne, a | ; French army ami three British ar ; mies in the Saint Quentin-Oambrai | zone. j After eight days of terrific fight- i j ing the Allies succeeded in breaking .through the famous lines, shattering j them at every point. The German morale suddenly col- j ; lapsed, and on October 4 Ludendorff, ; | the commander-in-chief, asked his j j government to beg for an armistice, j It was too late, as the Allies were ! ! progressing fast. Along the whole I j front, from the Escaut to the ! J Meuso. their armies were engaged : j in widening the gaps, creating fresh 1 I ones and precipitating the German I | retreat. In Belgium a French army, j ! a British army, and the Belgian 1 'army were occupying positions in the 1 | line, thus extending the battlefield as j far as the sea, at a moment when ! the Germans were already lackirrg in j reserves to defend the vital sectors j , which were most threatened, i Everything gave way before this ! formidable advance; successive lines j fell back within a few days: artil , ler.v fire gradually diminished, and j on November 6 the pursuit became general, whole trains being captured High Prices and the People I [From the Scranton Republican] Recording breaking crops can be ; made the greatest factor Of the year jin the movement., contemplated j everywhere, to effect a material re- j j duction in the cost of living. The de- I votion of the agriculturist to his ! farm will provide foodstuffs in plen ty so that market schedules will he favorably affected by this ample supplies. It remains somewhat of a mystery why certain prices have remained stationary, while others have ad vanced materially since the armi stice was signed last November.' Scarcity will not account for much that is happening nor will the price > of raw material furnish the cause! for which so many are seeking. It is asserted hy some that gov ernment price-fixing is an unmixed evil, doing more harm than good. Whether or not that is true, the time may come when drastic action i by Congress will be necessary to re lieve the people of exactions due to \ 1 selfish greed and to a desire of men. | contro'ling the necessaries of life, to, i reap vast profits at the expense of ; ths groaning and tortured consumer. Predict Era of Contentment t [Springfield (Mass.) Republican] ! Elbert H. Gary, Fra,nk A. Vander-j lip, Charles M. Schwab, J. Leonard; | Replogle. John P. Ryan, John G. j Shedd and Secretary Rodfleld sayj this country is on the threshold of j ! great prosperity. The opinion off j such men must he heeded, j Judge Gary predicts a five-year, i era, the most progressive, prosper ous and successful in our history, j "astonishing even the most optimis tic of to-day. We are in an era of| prosperity hitherto undreamed of," he said. ; Charles M. Schwab says: "T am i strongly optimistic that tho future, sure!;, has in store success for Amer-j j icar, business. We are bound to ; ;hace prosperity." John C. Shedd, president of Mar-j -shall Field & Co.. savs: "Phenom lenal business in every line is hound to develop throughout the United States. I believe that the next half , century will be a period of the i greatest prosperity and contentment this nation has ever known "* sii bs & # in the Meuse Valley, at Hlrson, in Belgium, everywhere. It was a real victory, a complete victory, one beyond all expectations, j Since the commencement of the of- I tensive the Allies had taken about i 400,000 prisoners and over 6,000 ! guns. Victory and Capitulation But there is something better still; something better than victory. There i is capitulation. That, too, 'was to I come. On November 7 the German pleni-' potentiaries succeeded, after many ' difficulties, in crossing the French ] line extended in- pursuit of the en- | emy; on the Bth they presented ! themselves before their conqueror, j Marshal Foch, and on November 11 ! they hastily signed the acknowledg- i ment of the greatest defeat known j to history. Strictly speaking, the armistice of i November 11, 1918, is not an armis tice. It has not only been a ques tion of a suspension of hostilities; the German army has been com pelled to lay down its arms without ; any possibility of fighting again, j Such is tho capitulation of Novem ber 11. The Germans have surrendered 1 their guns, their aircraft, their j prisoners of war, their means of' transport. They have surrendered I their fortresses—Metz, Strasbourg, j Cologne, Coblenz, Mayence: they I have surrendered their fleet, and, i finally, their territory—the entire j left hank of tho Rhine. Moreover, I by abandoning three bridgeheads \ which guarantee the passage of the j Rhinb they have opened the road to j their military arsenal—Essen—and | to their capital. What is the capitulation of Sedan, where the defeated army numbered only 80,009 men, and after which fighting was again resumed for six months, compared to this debacle? The capitulation of November 11 is the most terrible disaster that an army has ever suffered. Such was the battle of 1918, such j j the victory won by the allied flags. ! Officers should explain to their men the absolute modern character ; of the unique battle which they have i won. They should look beyond their | own special sphere and prove the magnificent results of the efforts made by each regiment in its par- j ticular zone. Canada Generous to Soldiers In a letter to a New York news- j paper an ex-gunner of Greenwich, Conn., who served with the Cana- i dian overseas forces, says: "Having read so many complaints i j relative to the treatment of soldiers j and their settlements, I feel that 1 would like to say something re- ' garding the excellent treatment we were afforded by the Canadian gov- j ernment. "Men who had served from one : to three years were to receive, if j married, $lOO a month, for three > months, after discharged. If single, i $7O. And for three years and over, ! $lOO per month for six months. It j gives me great pleasure to say that i i ihis amount has been sent to me ! promptly each month. "I was also discharged one hour after arriving in Canada'from over seas, and equipped with my first month's gratuity, allowances, trans portation, and service badge; was on my way home to the United States ( |in 'jazz time.' We were also allow |ed $3O for civilian clothing. 1 am j ! now receiving $7O and my wife $3O j ! per month for the time stated. My ; i wife received $3O per month dur- i j ing my absence plus foreign ex- j ! change money. "I cannot speak too highly for | this wonderful country which treat ed us American volunteers like 'gen ! tlemen all.' " l Italian Cartoons Bitter [From the Kansas City Star] Italian magazines published at | the time of the Peace Conference j crisis over Fiume and the Dalmatian i Coast are just now reaching this j country, and they are devoting much ! space and energy to attacking Presi ' dent Wilson. The attitude of several of the magazines is that the Presi dent is wholly to b'ame for the re ifusal of the conference to give Italy jher own way along the Adriatic, and their attacks are very bitter. > Several of the cartoon and carlca | ture publications have devoted al l most all their wit against the Ameri | can executive, and ill feeling is plain ly apparent for the drawings, in sev-' oral cases at least, are anything but' good natured. The inference given is that the President is tricky, over bearing, and in one instance the in sinuation is made that Jugo-Slav gold was used in the deal. No Wonder Germany Quit NUMBER TEN WE sure did develop eopie won derful scouts over in France," said Major Frank C. Mahin, of the Army Recruiting station, 325 Market street, Harrisburg. "By the time we had been in the trenches two months we had a hundred or more really skilled men; men who knew the job of patrolling and had gotten complete confidence in thoir superiority over the Boche patrols. I had one gang of nine men—-a stocky, little Lieutenant, for many years a sergeant in the Regular Army, and eight men—who were known as the 'Clean up gang.' Every night they went out into 'No Man's Land' and lay low waiting for some other patrol to locate the Boche, perhaps way back in his third line trenches, and then the 'clean up gang' would get busy. This 'gang' was the pick of the whole battalion and a tougher, scrappier bunch of daredevils you never saw. They were a sight, dressed in rags all pin ned together with safety pins, never wearing helmets or gas masks on patrol because they were in the way. Hand grenades hung all oyer them, .45 pistols in holsters and Just stuck in their belts, trench knives, sawed off shot guns, automatic rifles, and big, brass Very signal pistols. They always wore their overseas caps pulled clear down to their ears, scratched, bloody leather jerkins, and an inch or so of caked mud. They looked more like a bunch of RUtoenth Century Buccaneers than American soldiers. One evening just before dark I got word from one of my daylight scouts that the Boche had come out .and formed an am bush just in front of our wire. He was in three groups of eight men each, twenty-four in all. and was in position at a , certain place. I sent for the Lieutenant of the 'Clean up gang' and gave him the dope on this ambush. I asked him how many men he wanted and his answer was 'Hell, the clean up gang will teach them to stay out of No Man's land.' He gathered his clan, talked to them for a few minutes, and away they went, out of our wire and straight into ihe arms of the waiting Boche. It was not as foolhardy as it sounds, because those particular nine men knew exactly what the systematic Boche always did in an ambush. A couple of minutes after our men went out into No Man's Land it sounded as though a general attack had started. You could hear the roar of exploding Boche grenades, the sharper sound of our own, the pop of the Boche pistols and the deep roar of our ,455, the dull pop of our shot guns and the crack of Boche rifles. Suddenly there was a silence for perhaps twenty seconds and then for the first time came the rattle of two Chauehat automatic rifles and the sound of .45s and pump guns going just as fast as they would work. The noise died down and drew farther away. A man came stumbling hurriedly up to me through the dark and reported they had killed fourteen Boche and we had more casualt'es than usual; one man had a scratch on the wrist from which he had managed to squeeze one drop of blood. And the Boche had learned their lesson." Preparing For Trade [From the New York Times] Whatever may be be the actual state of competition between Amer ican business interests and those of other countries in foreign trade, the fact is emphasized daily that the ground work for great exports is being made more sound every day. At least, the machinery for exports is being extended and perfected. The many new corporations announced in the last few months, whose pur pose is to make the most of the Webb-Pomerene law, shows this. In banking circles the opinion prevails that once peace is signed and pre liminary credit arrangements aro completed, the outflow and distribu tion of goods will open the eyes of the world to this country's earnest ness in opening new trade fields. LABOR NOTES Toronto, Canada, has over 2000 men employed in the automobile business. Occupations taugnt returned injur ed soldiers by the United States now number 250. More than 80.000 women office workers nave Joined trade union or ganizations duiing the past year. Large numbers of women and girls, on being demobilized from piunitlons and other Government wqrl*, are be ing absorbed in the different branches of needlework. I J . .... Ebening (Etfal The Kipona, Harrlsburg's water festival which was an annual affair previous to the outbreak of the war, Is to be resumed the coming sum mer. Even now J. William Bowman, admiral of the Harrlsburg Navy, the organisation formed some five or six years ago for the promotion of river sports in Harrlsburg, is getting the preliminaries under way, As soon its possible a movement will be started for the opening of a channel broad enough even for the use of the coal fleets through the rapids at the up per end of the city all the way up to McCormlck's Island, No date has been fixed for the water carnival, but it will be ir\ the latter part of the summer when the water is still warm enough for swimming, and the weather is settled so that there will be little Jikelihood of a sudden freshet to spoil the plans, A bigger and more entertain ing program than ever is in con templation. Members of the Koyal Areanun\ in Harrlsburg have invited the pew Supreme Councilor la, B, Geisen berger, of Lancaster, a member of Conestoga Council. Mr, Geisenberg er is well known in Harrisburg, His election took place recently at At lantic City when the supreme coun cil of the order met there. This is twice within a few years that Cen tral Pennsylvania has been honored with a supreme councilorship, the other occasion being when Frank H- Wickersham, tho well known Steel ton attorney, was elected to that office and served with distinction. Oeisenberger, like Wickersham, has been for a long time a devoted and enthusiastic member of the order. He was elected to the grand council in Pennsylvania In 1905 and }as attended every session. He was elect ed supreme representative from Pennsylvania In 1908-09 and made his debut at the session In St. Louis. In 1013 he was elected grand vtee regent of the society In this State, and at the meeting In Chicago last year was made supremo vice-regent. Charles E. Metzger and George H. Dunham wont trout fishing up near New Germantown the other day. They did not oatoh many fish, hut they did get a rattlesnake. It was four feet long and had eight rattles and button. And it fought. The lot of the car dispatchers of the Harrisburg Railways Com pany is not a happy one at any timet but Saturday was one of the worst days they have endured. The truck parade threw cars out of whack and then the accident at Second and North streets upset that line. Then came the firemen's parade followed by a fire. The storm then inter, fered and about the time the eve ning rush was on it rained and rained. Many people had come to town for Ihe various parades and when they were all going homo there was another fire. One only gets an idea of the motor truck traffic that passes through Harrisburg by getting up early in the morning. There afe regular frail:s that go through this city passing out Market street or up along the Riverside road, some of them numbering half a dozen trucks. These trucks go on Sifndavs as well as week days, and yesterday morn ing there was a long string of steel trucks owned by a New York firm going up the river. The idea of an early start is firm in the minds of the drivers. There have been strings of machines with contractors ma chinery and any number of moving vans to be seen in morning hours and it is a good bit like last year when army trucks on the way to ports passed through Harrisburg. Grand army man and National Guardsman will unite to make the unveilinpr of the statue of the late General Thomas J. Ptweart at the Capitol a notable event. The statue is in place, covered with an Ameri can flap and the idea is to h,ave the ceremony later in the summer with every unit of the Keystone division represented. W. M Ogetshv, Andrew R. Patter sou and Howard A. Rutherford, the committee named by Zmbo Temple, of the Rhriners. to make a study of the buildings of various temples, are in Pittsburgh to-day where they are guests of officers of Svria Temple. Thev will go from Pittsburgh to Fort Wayne. This is the start of the movement to give Harrisburg's tem ple a building befitting its size and importance. "Crirards", writinp in the Phila delphia Press has this to say on a topic much discussed at the State Capitol: "A list of 336 American towns in which public ownership proved a flat failure has been pre pared by H. .T. Gonden. Philadel phia's pas works pets the triple star as the prize failure of the whole hunch. By irasinp its pas plant to President Bodine's wide-awake company our city now pets a yearly revenue of about 33.000.00(1 whereas, when the politicians operated the pas works they earned a loss for the city of about $400,000 a year. If the day ever comes when a shoemaker can better tune your piano, a. blacksmith repair your watch and the soda fountain clerk make your clothes, then you can expect your politicians to run your business bel ter than your business men can run it." [ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —Col. Georpe C. Rickards, who will be one of the new National Guard hripadiers. lives in Oil City and has been in State militia service twenty years. —Col. Georpe Nox McCain, the writer and lecturer, is a preat ad mirer of the State Capitol buildinp. —Col. Kdward Martin, the State Commissioner of Health, has half a dozen rollepiate deprees. —Col. Aslier Miner, of Wilkes- Barre, has resumed practice of law since his return from France. —Col. T.. A. Wat res, of Scran ton, is interestinp himself in a proper memorial for the men "of overseas service in his city. r DO YOU KNOW 1 DO VOX 7 KNOW That Harrisbursr has a fine change to lnnneh Its memorial to Its soldiers when the State starts its improvement program? HISTORIC HARRISBTTRG —General Arthur St Clair was one of the men formerly interested i in real estate In this place.
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