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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.
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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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THE BA TTLE OF
G 1 ENERAL MARIE EUGENE j
DEBENEY, commanding the
First French Army, has written J
jan interesting review o£ the last;
I year's fighting in the World War j
| with a view to proving the crushing J
| defeat of the Germans. 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.