14 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE. rBLEOKAPII PRINTING CO. Telegraph Bulldlnei Federal Square E. J. BTAGKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief F; R. OTSTER, Business Manager OUR M. STEINMBTE, Managing Editor A. R. MICHENEn, Circulation Manager Executive Heard J. Pi MeCULLOUGH, BOYD M. OGLESBY, Fi R. OYSTER, GUS, M. STEINMETZ. Members of the Assoei&ted 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 fiaper and also the local news pub- Ished herein. ▲ll rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. t Member American Newspaper Pub- Assocla fatlon and Penn sy! vanta^Assocla- Bastern office |ltory. Avenue Building^ Gas' Building Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as seeend class matteri i By carrier, ten cents a week: by mall. $3.00 a | year In advance. THURSDAY, JULY Ift, 1919 What eonrernrfb every man ts nof trbefJter he fail or succeed, but tbaf he da fcis duty.—lan Mac-Laren. COAL SHORTAGE LAST February we were Informed that the demand for anthracite had fallen off to such extent that the mines could not be op erated to capacity. Now we are told that the country is face to face with another coal famine. Millions of tons are being shipped abroad, it is explained. Coal selling, like char ity, begins at home, or should. We who are near the mines should never be lacking a supply. But why a shortage, in any event? The operators must have know-n that prospects were bright for European orders, even as early as February last. Were they merely juggling prices? It doesn't have a good sound. SHIKELLIMY SHIKELLIM Y is an excellent choice as a name for the Y. M. C. A. boys' camp, if it does noth ing more than rouse the boys of Harrisburg to a course of reading regarding the life and character of this most famous of Indian chiefs with whom the white settlers here abouts had to deal in the early days. ShikelMmy was a perfect type of Indian, as pictured by Cooper In his Leather Stocking tales. He was all that was good, brave and true. No boy will be hurt by a study of shikellimy. We know all too little of our local history and the heroic figures it produced. NEW LAW PAVES WAY APPROVAL by Governor Sproul of a bill permitting second and third class cities, bor oughs and counties to acquire and operate playgrounds, gym nasiums, public baths, swimming pools and indoor tcrreation centers Is another step tbward general rec ognition of a growing conviction that the government which regu lates a man's working environment must also provide some means of healthful recreation for his leisure hours. -We In Harrisburg are seri ously lacking in this respect, espe cially with regard to the winter sea son and its activities. We must find a substitute for the park in the winter. The situation is urgent. THE BUILDING PROBLEM HARRISBURG'S housing prob blem, insofar as it is related to mere supply. Is slowly be ginning to solve itself. Numerous building permits testify to the de cision of private builders to attempt to meet the situation by going ex tensively Into the erection of dwell ings. Doubtless there would be more building if contractors could procure! deliveries of material. Those who bought early, realizing that prices were going up rather than down, were fortunate. Builders only re cently waked up to the fact that lumber stocks are low and have be gun buying agutnst their future needs. The result has been a general scramble on the part of consuming buyers and a consequent freukisli ness in the market, with no fixed values. The warnings of the past few months from manufacturers us to the threatened shortage of lumber have been regarded by many us prop aganda to force up the prices, where as, as a matter of fact, the condi tions of stocks were ruther under stated. Not only upper grade stock is very low, hut the low grades have been drawn upon heavily. The de mand for building materials hus been prodigious und muny oiders are now being returned unfilled. Pro duction and shipments have both been running below orders for some time und the recent slight decreuse In orders hus been simply the result • f low stocks. In ionic sections there nave been two buyers for every THURSDAY EVENING, BABRISBURQ WV TELEGKXFH JULY 10, 1919. board and the situation has been ag gravated In the south the past few weeks by the heavy rains which have made logging operations very difficult and even Impossible In some places. Labor shortage Is also an Important factor In some sec tions. Although building operations have started at an enormous rate, with two or three times the volume of a year ago. the situation Is In general far from satisfactory. In the first place, the buyer finds prices high jand uncertain and feels that advan tage is being taken of him! the deal er himself does not know what the market is, and the wholesaler Is not able to fill orders and does not feel Justified In sending out his men to get new ones. If the buyer realizes | that the present topsy-turvy condi ; tlon is out of control of the producer land manufacturer, he will not feel thut he is being victimized, but will I know that the fault Is partly his l>e j cause he did not buy earlier, when I he was urged to do so, because he j believed that prices would go down. {Conditions will right themselves I soon, but there is no Indication that a lower price level will be reached In the near future. The wise build er will put In hlB orders now for de liveries he desires for late summer. THE SECRET OF SUCCESS THE American Exchange Bank, in a pamphlet addressed to "The Young Men of America," offers this bit of sage advice: If the aver; ge young man de i sires to be successful he must I | submit to the conditions which i success imposes. These primarily j are honesty. Industry and econ omy, the practice of which Is a cardinal necessity in the forma tion of character. That is true. The young man who begins early to practice honesty, industry and economy is bound to get ahead. The man who neglects any or all of these is giving hostages to fortune. He who nails these watch words to his masthead has an ever growing handicap over the chap who has neglected any or all of them. Add a kindly disposition, a willing ness to serve and breadth of view and you have a combination that is an asset beyond price in the great game of getting along in the world. And what has all this to do with banking, that the institution quoted should show such a remarkable in terest in the future of the young manhood of the country? Oh, that is simple. The thrifty man Is in variably a bank depositor, the hon est man is one to whom the bank likes to lend money and the indus trious man invariably increases his deposits. It's a good thing to inter est a young man in banking. Give him a bankbook and he is apt to spend his evenings in a manner that will not cause an overdrawing of his account. The bankbook, next to the Bible, is the best little book in the world. Its language Is understood the earth around. It is a fine bit of literature to have about tlwi house. - Would that more banks went out into the highways and byways in 1 search of the young depositor. Too many of them discourage him be cause his dealings are small, dis regarding the fact that the small depositor of to-day is the large de positor of to-morrow. NO CAUSE FOR WORRY REPORTS from Germany to the effect that German officers are committing suicide in large numbers seem almost too good to be true. In the first place the yel low-streaked bully seldom, if ever, puts an end to his own career. Sec ondly, it is strongly suspected that former German army officers are hoping for a return of autocracy and militarism, with a resultant restoration of their lost prestige. But if the reports be true, let's not con sider ways and means of stopping the practice. The sooner the Prus sian military breed runs out the better for the world. UP TO THE MAYOR THE people of Harrisburg are long sufferipg and kind in their attitude toward their public of ficials, but they will not much longer overlook the indifference to their comfort in "the public-be-damned" front of those who appear to think the anti-noise campaign is without justification or reason. Police officials can stop the cut-out and other racket in twenty-four hours by simply enforcing the regulations and imposing stiff fines and imprison ment, if necessary. Mayor Keistcr has promised the Rotary Club his support in that or ganization's anti-noise campaign. All the noise is n6t made by motor cycles and automobiles, although they have been a source of constant trouble. The Mayor has shown a disposition to go along with the club in its effort to make the town reasonably quiet, and if he is really in earnest he will issue or ders to his policemen to enforce the rules to the letter. The urrests that have been made have had a salutary effect. If the mayor will make a few examples of flagrant violators and at the same time take up the matter of regulation with in dustries making more noise than seems neceßsury much good can be accomplished. It Is very distinctly up to him and the police, und a fair start hus been made. PEACE POGROM AN officer of the British General staff numes twenty-three wars that were going on coincldently with the peace conference. Jt ought to be known us the Peace Pogrom. "There Is one thing we are certainly going to find out before discussion of the League of Nations has ended, |and that is whether the United Slates Is a une-mun government. IT>oUUc* i% 'pe.n.KOi^CaanXa By the Ex-Committeeman j Visits of Senators Penrose and . Vbre to the Governor to discuss the Philadelphia legislation and the malte-up of the board of registration commissioners have served to attract ■ State-vrlde attention to the Phlladel -1 phla situation. Many people are | commencing to tit back and watch 1 for the start of the stren-ous cam- j | palgn right awa}\ Senator Penrose intends to take a part In the battle and It Is the bo lief of his friends that under the new charter and with the new j registration commission that the Yare strength can be clipped. The Philadelphia mayoralty is a prelim inary to next year's contests when a presidential delegation Is to be elected and Senator Penrose conies up for re-election. The State will j then elect a Stale Treasurer and Auditor General. —Pittsburgh's bond election was attended by a. light vote but the whole $22,000,000 Issue was approved by a decisive majority, even the i $6,000,000 subway Item having a | comfortable margin. This Is the] item which was opposed by the j Pittsburgh Dispatch and a certain | element. It Is not regarded as likely, that there will be any contests In court. The Improvements will be started in a very short time. —The Philadelphia Press says regarding the mayoralty: "In trying to poll the city on a suitable candi date for next Mayor the City Club I gets votes for some t'hirty more or less prominent citizens. This is en couraging as an evidence that we have plenty of talent, and a good deal to spare. But what is going to be necessary is that the people get together; the political leaders won't scatter their choice." | —The Lehigh County Democrat Committee re-elected Jonathan E. Frederick as county chairman; Arthur R. Berlin, secretary, ar.-d Arthur J. D. Koenig, treasurer. The old crowd seems to be in control. —People at the Capitol are breathing more freely now that it is announced that Governor William C. Sproul will give immediate attention to the general appropriation bill which carries the payroll. —The Senate bill providing pro cedure for changing of polling places, one of the bills irr the series known as Philadelphia bills, has been approved by the Governor. It provides that county commissioners may change a polling place within three weeks of a general, municipal or special election; on petition of ten electors of the precinct or divi sion and after written notice to the owner or occupant of the place. No change, however, can be made if a petition signed by a majority of the electors of the district is pre sented. Commissioners are given authority to submit the question of a change to the voters of the district. —The Governor has also approved the bill providing that the Auditor General may name the clerks and other persons, other than appraisers, to assist registers of wills to collect jnheritqqce taxes ,in all counties except Philadelphia. This is one of the bills in the Auditor General's series of revenue raising measures. The Auditor General is also to fix the compensation. —Governor Sproul's bill providing that the Governor shall have au thority to employ consultants, ex perts, accountants, investigators, in spectors and clerks on various public works to advise him has become a law by approval of the Governor. This is one of the measures urged by the Governor to enable him to ' secure advice on big public works and to study conditions affecting public welfare. An appropriation of $25,000 is placed at the disposal of the Governor. —Governor Sproul last night an nounced appointment of H. Walton Mitchell, of Pittsburgh, to be or phans court judge of Allegheny, succeeding the late Judge James W. Over as president judge. Judge member of the court, succeeds Judge Over a spresident judge. Judge Mitchell is one of the prominent members of the Allegheny bar, a law partner of Ex-Speaker George E. Alter and has for years been a trustee of State College, of which board he is now chairman. He has been prominent in church affairs and active in the bar associations. Many attorneys of Allegheny had en dorsed him. Judge Mitchell will qualify at once. —District Attorney George W. Maxey, of Lackawanna county, is the first candidate for a common pleas judicial nomination to enter a nom inating petition at the State Depart ment. He will be a candidate for the term of ten years caused by expira tion of the term of Judge James J. O'Neil, of that county. —lmportant changes are made in the nonpartisan ballot law by the Governor's approval of the Senate bill making amendments to the act of I 1913, which was designed primarily to clarify the provisions relative to computing the vote for determina tion of "sole nominees." Under the new law all votes cast for nonparti san candidates, whether on the party ballot in the nonpartisan group or on the separate nonpartisan bal lot shall be counted and added to gether and the total certified. Any judicial candidate who receives a number of votes greater than one half of the votes cast for such of fice shall be the sole nominee. When two or more judges are to he nom inated all who receive more than one-half of the total votes cast for the office shall be the sole nominee for one of the vacancies in such of fice. The number of votes cast for the respective candidates for'the office of Judge at the primary shall de termine the precedence of names of such candidates on the ballot for the election following. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall head the list. The hill also provides for printing nonparti san nominations on all party prlmnry ballots bh well ns separately, the latter to be for voters not registered or enrolled under a party name. Men reentered or enrolled are not to receive nonpartisan ballots. Pro vision Is nlso made for determining position in event of tie votes. Esther Becomes the Queen Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hc gai, keeper of the women. And the maiden pleased him: and he pre ferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the wo men. And the king loved Esther above all the women, und he set the royal crown upon her head.— Esther 11, I to 17. IT HAPPENS IN THE BEST REGULATED GOLF CLUBS .... By BRIGGS I\'\l£~7zrir PLCMTYU I SM.UT6 \ f WHAT IDO You SAY) (OP COURSE. I'M ONLY I ' gTnr*s?r AUJAY J B,LL / V Go / I COMe ouER You IT/ ( Too GLAD "Co Go. I M / J ALWAYS \T.. ™vou^y WORRY AaouT/ ) 1 Tonight J \ (0 (~ D QOT / \ QeT y_y j ) \ Lf I OMUY . LAH-H-Hve | |flPjS(f iw THE ) \ W®v.t- ! ) C. Vou- lAHVt? ME AwD TriuM J ——. so YOGA* - You A Big Day at Quarryville The first airplane to condescend to i visit Quarryville touched the suburbs | one day recently. Its arrival over : the town was not unexpected. In j fact, Its coming had been heralded, i but only those on the inside had ! know ledge of the flier's intention to j alight. It was a busy day In Quarry- ; ville and tho morning time, when j the metropolis of the lower end is. alive with people from the sur- j rounding country, but when the ! machine descended upon John Mc- . Guigan's field of timothy, which is on the outskirts of tho town, the population w - transferred in the j twinkling of an eye to the scene of | the landing. From every neighbor- j ing township, nook and corner, fac- j tory and field, they came in ma- | chines, on horsebeck, on foot and on . the run to see the monster. A fly-j ing machine in repose was a sight j the natives had long been hoping j to see and it was, indeed, a sight. The pilot was accustomed to meet- j ing with the common people, but it i remained for Quarryville to open the i flier's eyes, to contemplate a cool 1,000 gazers of all ages, from elder- | ly ladies, who had suffered with j rheumatism for years, to babes too ; young to have their pictures taken. | That timothy of John McGuigan's j covered twenty-five acres, and it stood four feet high. Substantial fences encircles the field, and a babbling brook did little babbling, hidden beneath the grass and under brush: comparatively few people were acquainted with its existence until they plunged into it. The fences went down with the crowd piling on them. Horses were hitched to everything, from a bean pole to a barbed-wire fence, automobiles in mud puddles congested all travel from Camargo to Tanktown, tres passing was the disorder of the day. Altogether it was one of the great est affairs Quarryville had ever seen, and the show was continuous. 1- or hours the pilot tried in vain to raise his plane from the timothy, and finally he found it necessary to deal with Farmer McGuigan to make hay hurriedly. A path of sufficient width was mowed, and about 3 p. m. the machine arose, to soar north ward. Nothing but the arrival of the devil on the back of the Kaiser j could have occasioned greater ex citement in Quarryville than the ini- | tlal descent of an airplane front the , clouds. —George \V. Hensel in Phil- i adelphia North American. Theaters Behind the Times England is no less weary of the bedroom comedy" of the present day stage than is America, if one may accept the word of G. R. Mal loch, writing in the Evening Stand ard of I>ondon. Mr. Malloch, in an article in appreciation of John Drinkwater's play, "Abraham Lin coln," which is having great success in London, says: "The. life of the crowd is, as Tehekov said, higher and more in telligent than the theater of today. People do not want the vapid stuff that is fed to them in many theaters they accept It simply because It is there and nothing else offers. Thea ter going is a habit strongly rooted in the population of a great, city, an integral part of their social life, and It takes a great deal to drive them out of the theater. They will accept the inferior because the bet ter sort Is not available, but when worthy fare is set before them they crowd to it. What attracts them In 'Abraham Lincoln' Is that they find the highest kind of drama in it spiritual drama. "In this seemingly tame chronicle , lies the conflict of spirit with spirit, of the great soul with the myriad little souls, the soul of the one with the soul of the mob. The protag onists are tendencies, causes, striv ings of the world spirit. It is on the plane of the elemental: there Is an Inescapable fascination for men in the workings of these great causes, dimly felt and seen darkly. We come away from the spectacle digni fied. Who ever left a revue or a bedroom comedy of today in that frame of mind?" A Book and a Sermon "Books in the running brooks!" "Sermons in stoneH!" Thus sang the poet In his most ap pealing tones. I tried to read a running brook and what it said, I think, Was "Little drops of water will be I all you'll get to drink." I I scarce believe In poets, so 1 wanted Ito be shown How It Is possible to find a sermon In a stone. I had an altercation with a friend, j It was a shock I When he silenced all objections as J he hit me with a rock. ' —Washington Star. "White Church of Paris" Is Shrine of All France Prophecy of a Seventeenth Century Nun, Long Ignored, Was Fulfilled With the Building of Sacre Coeur, Ac cording to Believers, Who Give Thanks in the Basilique For Victory Over the Huns SACRE COEUR, "the white church of Paris," is the shrine of all France now, the place to which millions turn their thoughts if not their feet when they give thanks for the victory for world democracy. This is why: Back in the Seventeenth Century Marguerfte-Marie, a nun in the monastery of Paray-le-Monial, said that Christ had appeared to her in a vision and told her he wished a church consecrated to his heart erected in Paris, from which it would radiate his love over all France. It also was revealed in the vision, the nun said, that France could not be happy and peaceful until that wish was complied with. King Who Laughed Fell The story spread and finally reached the king, but he laughed at it. Then came the revolution, in which the ruler, Louis XVI, was killed. In those days of turmoil all who had faith in the prophecies of Marguerite-Marie revived her story, but the revolutionists were not much interested in things religious. In every time of trouble which followed, the effort to have the church erected was revived, but not till the German conquest in 1871 did the nation turn to it, as a last desperate hope. Immediately after that disaster the raising of money for the proposed church began all "CANCELITIS" [Harvey's Weekly] "Cancelitis" in its most improvi dent and virulent form has been running riot in the War Depart ment, according to a number of business men who are in a position to know whereof they speak. They charge, further, that Secretary Baker was directly responsible for inoculating the Army bureaus with this malady, which is defined as "a hysteria of cancellation." It is contended that improvidence and a complete lack of business sense characterized the sweeping or ders of the Secretary of War to cancel all orders, once the armis tice was signed; with the result that business has been unnecessarily dis organized, labor thrown out of em ployment, and great loss occasioned the government. This loss has re sulted from the reduction of ex cess profit taxes us well as from the consequent necessity of going into the market to buy staples at higher prices than those of goods previously contracted for, and from purchasing, in haste, spot goods al ready made up, instead of those manufactured according to govern ment specifications under strict mili tary inspection. It is pointed out, for Instance, that in the case of a manufacturer of staples whose profits hud amounted to $1,000,000, and who had invested that sum in plunt, equipment und raw material, his tuxes would have amounted to SBOO,- 000 had not his contract been can celled. Cancellation, however, re sulted in his writing off a fifty per cent loss, which reduced his taxes to $320,000, involving a loss of revenue to the government of $480,000 —to which must be added the allowance made for partially manufacturer! material, und the further loss be cause of Increased prices which it bec.uue necessary to pay for the same goods only a short time later. It is asserted that in the case of shoes, clothing and other staples, losses of this character have been extensive. There were, of course, contracts lor purely war materials —ordnance, ammunition, etc.—which had to be cancelled, but so violent was the hysteria of cancellation nnn HO sweep'ng were the orders of Secre tary Baker thut officers Were not permitted to limit cancellations to goods of thut character, and as a result, much less favorable ' rush or ders" have had to he placed since the armistice was s gned. Judge Not Judge not, and ye, shall not he Judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned; foigve, nnd >'• shall be forgiven.—Luke vl, 37, over France, and its construction began at once. Now it stands on the crest of the highest and most historic point in Paris, Montmartre (Mount of the Martyrs), on which St. Denis and two others who brought Christianity to France were put to death in the days of the Roman occupation. Be cause its towers gleam white in the sunshine it can be seen farther than even the Eiffel Tower. The Germans came close enough to Paris to see it through glasses, in the great war. Sec tlic Prophecy Fulfilled It has been building only fifty yeurs, which is very young for a church in France, so it is not yet complete, but it is nearly finished, and is a place of wonderful and beautiful workmanship. Every day now it is crowded with French sol diers and the- families of French soldiers, who come there to give de vout thanks. "The prophecy has been fulfilled," they say. "We were building it— und this time we were victorious. France never again will be humili ated or unhappy." Many khaki-clad American sol diers mingle in the crowds of blue clad French soldiers and black clad French women. Every day several hundred American soldiers take the Y. M. C. A. s'ghtseeing trip through historic Montmartre, and the Basilique au Sacre Coeur is the place in which every party lingers longest and most reverently. Senator Penrose Aids Reform I From Philu. North American] lf The North American needed any Justification for having expressed approval of Senator Penrose's work in Harrisburg, it would be found in the co-operation he had from the independent legislators. Those men have surrendered none of their prin cples; they are today, as they have always been, implacably against Pen rose ism. But above the require ments of factional opposition they put the serving of the public inter est, and they welcomed, as did this newspaper, the assistance in a good cause of the man whom they had consistently fought and will" fight again if need be. It is quite possible that, as our friend warned us. Senator Penrose at some time in the future will at tempt to use for his own purposes the cap'tal of good repute, he has recently accumulated. If he does so, then The North American and all good independents will stand against him as they did in the past. But it is our deliberate judgment, and has been for twenty years, that the most effective way to get sound, progres sive legislat'on is to make those who attain power understand that it is more profitable to serve the public welfare than to Herve special, sinister, anti-social interests. Louisiana Oil Output Grows [From the New Orleans Item.] According to late information, the daily production In the North Louisl erneetel| v .chen •he rioohn nere- dream'no the Amec. • enn •••>* closin- In op him would "•ere. his eren"des WUV beyond the er n e.lln~ doU'hlwV Who WHS tickled to death at the s"ceer, „f ])| a own American way of fighting." • Abetting (Wfal " Over 100 Iron washers and aboul fifty pieces of cardboard carefully cut to the size of a cent have been discovered in the penny in the slot paper cup vending machines in the State Capitol at the end of the monthly roundup. In addition two persons contributed a nickel each and one person gave a dime for a .cup. A large collection of pennies was found but indications are that Father Penn is out a certain amount of money and some one haa more paper cups than the law allows. I The washers were found all over the | building, every machine having been | worked." The use of the paper pennies" is a new one. The paper cup machines are an accommodation more than anything else. They I realize a couple of hundreds of dol lars a year, but they cost the State, including supplies and maintenance * of the machines considerably more. • • * "Roasting ears at fifty cents a dozen do not appeal to me," said a Harrisburg man in the Chestnut street market yesterday, as he turn ed away from a stall whereon sev eral dozen ears that looked to be about the size of popcorn were dis played at the price named. "Well," said the farmer, "if you strl 'Sgled the way I did to get that corn through the spring wet spell when the thermometer was near freezing and right afterward when the weather turned hot and dry, I think may be you would want * a dollar a dozen for corn. Relieve me it was some job." Corn, he forecasted, will fall in price very rapidly: Much has been planted and the victory gardens are also full of it. The season for later corn has been generally favorable and the quantity will bring the fig ures asked yesterday rapidly down to something like reasonable. The first home-grown corn is always high In price. • • tiio'wrm lteiT V, about the beauty of Au,if l. Vi 11 enn b'Shway between Andty Hall and Newport, is all true, and then- Some," said a Harrisburg ► haS J a cabin along that stretch of road, "but believe me I'll be sorry to soe the link rebuilt. For t* years we have had our hut in a se cluded district not far from the rixer opposite I.osh's Run. but when road £° es through we will be i right out on the public road, and cntin bave to ,ind a ncw lf >- hriw lj ' ebuilt highway also will ,„ "f tbe B °yd camp for boys which is now in a faraway corner off from the road, right down to the State highway within easy reach of Har- SK ? oyd cam P is built in kt.L r ; haS a b ig fireplace, rs fnr K u° om * looping quar ters for many boys, board porches and good water. It is an ideal camp- , the rn i* Wha t will be its fate when it inf nf° es . ÜBh ' bringing with known. ° autoni °bHe traffic, is not • • * A recently returned Harrisburg at a war U 'l ed "i'" °" e the ° ther '" v strong! The^old^r ,it is worth' ' S PaSSed a, ° ng for what It seems that said soldier was in Paris en route to rejoin his regiment but having met a Red Cross can teen worker of his acquaintance he desired to stay over a bit longer' So together he and the canteener walk ed down to the office of the M P on . ?* ue s t- Anne. The girl waited outs.de while the soldier wenMn to talk >t over with the M. P. officer on duty- After waiting in line for about a "n a Ur ' reached the desk and pulled a weak story about expecting ° rd ® rH in Pari " but not get* ting them, could lie wait," and all that sort of thing. Rut the M. P was ring" 1 ' rh ° re WaS no,hi "P "tlr- So . the Yank, with a ]onf - face went back to the girl. He found he% talking to another M. P. officer. Aft th/hln nß t h j W he had niisKp fi out, tho \r p ll® }° leave. Suddenly i ?' ca lcd bim back. "Say buddy, he whispered, "come back " in about half an hour and I'll fix for,y :f lKht bonrs more That girl is worth staying a week in Paris. And that is exactly what happened, yet people say the Red Cross aren't doing so much in ranee. • • • ' ♦„ < i apit ° l . Pa, ! k extension seems 1 If) Rrowln g in favor as a p.ace for parking automobiles. Almost every day a dozen or more cars are stood along Fourth or Walnut street and until the work of landscaping starts there will probably be more. The. State set an example by parkin*- the ' Army trucks which Uncle Sam'sent ' here to be distributed for highway milking and maintenance purftnses These trucks are commencing to move out to various places in this section of the State They have been loaned for road work. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ —Sheriff H. C. Ransley, of Phila delphia. who was here yesterday, Is one of the active men in politics in that city. He has been in the game since he was twenty-one. —Dr. Thomas E. Flnegan, the new Superintendent of Public In struction, is being compelled to de cline many invitations to speak this summer because of the pressure of the work of reorganizing the school system. —Samuel C. Todd, chief clerk of the State Department, has returned from a visit to his old home town of Rrownsvillc with a sido trip to Charleroi. , —Prof. Smith Burnham, of the West Chester Stato Normnl school was guest of honor nt a dinner ten dered him by the Chester County Histortal Society In honor of his work. [ DO YOU KNOW ' —That Ilarrlshurg steel is to he used in rehabilitating French cities? HISTORIC HARRISBURG —Early courts were held In John Harris' mansion when this waa a part of I-ancaster county. A Michigan Lesson in Law fFrom the Houghton Mining Ga zette.] A man running a blind pig in Montculm county heard one of his > customers boast that he was a pa role violator from Marquette and had him promptly arrested and re turned. We thus see how Impor tant it Is that the proprietors of owy „ I "blind pigs" should be men of char acter. with n due regard for the , sanctity of the law.