14 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH i. NEWSPAPER FOR TBE BOMB Founded 1831 r Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph Building, Federal Square |f- 1 E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief J, F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager % OUS. M. STEINMETZ. Managing Editor J A. R. MICHENER, Circulation Manager Executive Board J. P. McCULLOUGH, BOYD M. OGLESBY, F. R. OYSTER. GUS. M. STEINMETZ. Members of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub lished herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. A Member American ri] Newspaper Pub fishers' Associa- JpjgSggEffl Bureau of Circu lation and I'fnn syl^anta^Associa- Bm| Avenue_ Building Western office' ! ■' Chicago, 111! 1 K _________ ' Entered at the Post Office in Harris ,, burg. Pa., as second class matter. <*< ooemmm— _________________. " By carrier, ten cents a <Tt>Sv, : .-.-- week; by mail. 13.00 a year in advance. _____________ FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1919 , All industry and earnestness will be useless unless they are consecrated by a resolution to be in all things a man of X honor. —Rusfcin. THE PRESIDENT S SPEECH THE President's speech before j the Senate yesterday is not; i such a clear-cut explanation of i ' the League of Nations and the Peace , Treaty that doubting Americans will be able from it to make up their I mands one way or the other with respect to its effects on the future life and policy of this nation. What the President said sounded all \ery * nice, but it was not what the situa tion demanded. It had not the ring of absolute uncontrovertable fact to back it; it was, like so many of the Presidents addresses, lacking in finished analysis and therefore not entirely convincing. The President must say more than he has if he ex pects his critics in the Senate to ac cept his views. Up to this time he has done very little more than urge that they be accepted largely be cause they are his views and there- Ifore he concludes, can not be open to reasonable debate. It is this at l titude, the utter failure of many of the President's policies and his en tire reversal of position on several vital questions that took some of the Senators as doubting Thomases to the chamber to hear him and left them in the same frame of mind. There can be no gainsaying that the President means well. Nor can it be said that a majority of Ameri cans are opposed to a League of Na tions in some form. Ever since the idea was first voiced by former Pres ident Taft. and afterward borrowed by Mr. Wilson without the form ality of credit to its author, theie has been a growing conviction in this country that some sort of alli ance for peace might help to keep the unruly members of the family of nations in order. However, there is no settled conviction that Mr. Wilson and his fellows at the peace table have reached a workable basis for such an organization. We must <■ know precisely how the I nited States is going to be affected by the proposed league before we adopt it. No matter what Europe or the Presi dent thinks about it. if the debate ' that is to ensue regarding the plan leaves the country convinced that f it is not good for the United States the whole thing must be thrown overboard, for what is not good for ' one member is not good for any and the plan would fail. However, it is not likely that ex termity will be reached. After thorough discussion of the whole matter, it is likely that some sort of agreement can be arrived at whereby the United States Senate will adopt the agreement with certain detinite * ly stated reservations and our own * interpretations ot some of the | clauses that might be construed in ways that would mean unnecessary trouble for us. Whatever the consequences we , must preserve the rights of the United States front being overrld ; den by the selfish interests of other countries. We must keep ourselves clear of petty European bickering and from becoming a tool in the hands of ambitious Europeun poli ticians. Up to this time the President it has not convinced many Americans that the league will do this. Until he does do so he must expect seri ous differences of opinion and strong opposition to his plan to bolt the entire dose without objection or change. Nobody objects to the league as * such, but all of us do want to be sure that It is not more harmful |_ than helpful before It is too late. We I v are entitled to that Information, and |■ ' If the President is wise he will pre serve his temper In the debate that v is to follow and let us have a purely ( logical explanation from his view- J' point of every question that may be i raised. .. , - His business experience is enabling l Governor Sproul to avoid many of thu 0, pitfalls which have plagued some ot his predecessors. One of the mess- FRIDAY EVENING, BQURIUBBtTRQ QfiAAft TOCEGIOPH JULY 11, 1919. ures Just approved gives him author ity to secure advice on big public vvcrks and the study of conditions af fecting public welfare. The Gover nor believes that the Commonwealth should liave 'the benefit of expert ad vice where large expenditures are in volved and important undertakings are under consideration. THE CITY S MEMORIAL ARNOLD W. BRUNNER'S de sign of a memorial for the Harrisburg soldiers and sailors who served in the big war has been universally commended. It will con stitute a fine memorial and also an artistic approach to the memorial viaduct of the Commonwealth and the city at State street. Again the i Chamber of Commerce has met | public expectation in the intelligent I handling of this important matter. All manner of suggestions as to a proper memorial were given full consideration and the Brunner. de sign was immediately accepted as ideal in every way. Nor has there been any question of the wisdom shown in choosing the site at Thir teenth and State streets. Of course, the Governor has ap proved the bill restricting the use of tractors with cleats upon the im proved highways of the State. He could not have done otherwise. Every motorist understands the wholesale damage which has ensued along the improved road through the careless use of farming machinery. The farm er is entitled to every consideration in the use of the roads, but unneces sary damage is inexcusable. NO PLACE HERE FOR THEM {{QirGNING the Feace Treaty with Germany has resulted in a decision by the De partment of Justice that the great majority of German and Austrian enemy aliens now at ! large under parole may be released from all parole obligations," says a Washington news dispatch. All very well, for thousands of so-called "enemy aliens" turned out to be pretty good Americans: but how about those we imprisoned be cause they wanted to wreck the country and turn it over to the Ger mans? These men were enemies of the United States when they were locked up and they have had no change of heart. Enemies of our na tion then, they are so now. Let us get rid of them by sending them lock to their "beloved Austria" v.rx 1 their "dear Germany." Field Marshal Haig insists that "England won the War." In a spepch the other day he deprecated what he considered an effort to minimize the British army's achievement in the war. "It is right," said he, "to speak of our allies, but it was the British army that won the war." Most Amer icans were npd-- the impression that the Yanks had some little to do with the winning of the war, but it may be as difficult in the near future to determine who won it as who started it. WIDER CITY POWERS GRADUALLY the Legislature, with the aid of the Govct nor, is removing the restric tions which have prevented cities like Harrisburg doing many things which the municipal authorities would like to have done. Under a bill just approved Harrisburg could have swimming pools, public baths, indoor recreation centers and public gymnasiums. The city is empow ered under this act to join the school districts and provide for bond issues or the levying of taxes for such purposes. Under another act cities may ac quire property or memorial build | ings or monuments and provide fo ; the erection of public auditoriums and libraries. A larger measure of home rule has been demanded by the cities of Pennsylvania for several years and in proportion as they are freed of legislative restrictions will they de velop in many ways. Slianiokln is to have a Chamber of Commerce and committees are now engaged in the enrollment of every business, commercial and professional man in the community. The mining town is headed in the right direction. Those who appreciate what the Cham ber of Commerce is doing for this city will not doubt the wisdom of organ izing such a center of civic activity in every ether town. SELLING THE SURPLUS THE government having rejected eighty-seven bids for the ap proximate 143,000,000 pounds of surplus canned and cured meats held by the War Department be cause the Director of Bales consid ered all of the prices offered for the meats too low. it is now the purpose of the government to dis pose of the surplus stock through negotiations. The highest prices of fered were said to have been about fifty per cent, of the cost to the government and in other cases the bids were as low as twenty-five per cent, of the cost. Exporters are of fering higher prices and It is prob able that much of the surplus stock now stored in the government ware houses will be sent out of the country. This will not serve to re duce the high cost of living in the United States, and every turn of the wheel seems to be against the con sumer. In disposing of surplus war ma terials the Director of Sules is charged with the duty of obtuining for the government as lurge a per centage as possible of the original cost price, but his experience with the bids for the surplus meat has convinced him that he can do better by negotiating than through the ac ceptance of sealed proposals, Fame is fleeting. A few months ago the world was ringing with the praise of Marshal Joflre, the brave eld French warrior. Now hie name la sel dom heard and even In the arrange ments for the great peace parade in Parts he seema to figure not at all. Are republic* ungrateful? IfMtlc* l*. ""poutdjlcawZa By the Ha-Co limn— As a result of amendments to the election laws approved yesterday by the Governor the time for filing nom inating petitions in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth and with county commissioners is advanc ed one day. | Petitions for judicial candidates I can not be filed luter than August | 7, whereas under the old law it was I August 8, this year. Nominating peti • tions required to be filed with county j commissioners can now be circulated i and must be filed not later than Au j gust 19. instead of August 20. Petitions for judicial candidates | are now being generally circulated I in districts where judges and usso | ciate judges are to be elected this | year, while thousands will be circu i lated for nominations for county, city, borough and other offices to be filed in November. As soon as possible the Secretary of the Commonwealth will have the changes in election laws printed and sent to county commissioners for their information. s Commissions for the new Phila delphia registration commissioners will be made out without delay at the State Department and sent to Messrs. E. Lawrence Fell, George G. Pierie, W r illiam Walsh, Ignatius A. Quin-n and Clinton Rogers Woodruff, who were appointed yesterday to comprise the board of five under the new act. In speaking of the matter the Governor said he was sure that the Board as now constituted would not be factional, that the best interests of the community would be thorough ly served and that every citizen would be protected in his rights. Mr. Fell, who may be considered as a personal appointee of the Governor, was born in Buckingham, Bucks county, irr 1867, and has lived in Philadelphia since he graduated from Swarthmore College, in 1888. He studied law in the office of Al fred Moore, but went into business as a printer and became one of the best known- figures in that trade, as president of the Franklin Printing Company, He retired from business at the first of this year. For three years he was president of the United National Typothetae. During the war Mr. Fell was director of com mercial economies in the War In dustries Board. In speaking of him the Governor said: "I have known Lawrence Fell for more than thirty years, an-d I know no finer nor more honorable man." —Counties of Pennsylvania are divided into classes according to population along the litres of the cities of the State under terms of the bill approved late to-day by Gov ernor Sproul. The bill, which origi nated in the House, stated that coun ties have been classified in legisla tion without uniformity ar.-d that hereafter laws may be passed ap plicable to classes of all counties in general. The new law makes eight classes as follows; First, 1,500,000 and over, which is Philadelphia: second, between 800.000 and 1,- 500,000, which is Allegheny: third, 250,000 to 800,000, Luzern-e and Lackawanna; fourth, 150,000 to 250,- 000, Berks, Cambria, Fayette. Lan caster, Montgomery, Schuylkill and Westmoreland: fifth, 100.000 to 150,000, Blair, Chester, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Lehigh, Northamp ton, Northumberland. Washington and York; sixth, 50.000 to 100,000; seventh, 20,000 to 50,000, and eighth, all below 20,000. The latter class will include eleven counties. The act pro vides that all laws shall remain in force and effect in the counties as prior to approval of the bill. —Governor William C. Sproul left for his home in- Chester last night to spend the week end after having cleared up c'ose to 100 of the 650 bills left with him by the Legisla ture in three days' work. He will re turn here Monday and take up ap propriation bills, attention being given- to the general appropriation hill which carries the funds for con duct of the State government and represents more than $44,000,000. This wilt be sign-ed before July 15 but it is probable that some reductions will be made in the items. Included in the bill are items of over a mil lion dollars each for the sinking fund and interest on the road bonds. The rest of the appropriation bills will be disposed of later. They com prise two-thirds of the bills on the Governor's desk. All of the election bills left by the Legis lature were signed before the Gov ernor left, the Philadelphia registra tion measure being the last to be acted upon., —Senator Boies Penrose, who had been here three days to discuss leg islation with the Governor and who talked over the election bills, also left for Philadelphia. —During his stay the Governor spent considerable time with heads of departments relative to bills In his hands and will meet others when he returns. —Approval of the repealer of the third class city nonpartisan law is the most important political matter of the whole legislative session for the smaller municipalities of the" State. There has been considerable discussion of the hill ever since it was presented on S*. Patrick's day and the bill had a somewhat varied career. The effect of It will bo to stimulate political activity in every city of the whole State. Philadel phia has been given new poltticai laws, Pittsburgh and Scranton gol a few and now the third class cities get something to stir them up. —Governor Sproul will prohabh be sharply criticised in some of the third class cities because of his ap proval of the repealer, but in a number of cities such as Harris burg. Chester and others there has been strong sentiment fo r the re pealer, —Judge William H. Keller, of the Superior Court, who was here yes terday is being backed by many friendH in central counties and hla jupers are In circulation. —Lebanon's Mayoralty situation is stirring ugain. Edwin H. SchrofT has entered the race. There are now three real candidates and moie coming. —ln Reading things have become so sluck that the police are asktnf for fewer hours. Prohibition did It —The Pittsburgh Dispatch is hav ing some fun woth Mayor Bahcock and other men active In behalf of the loan In that city who lost their districts on the subway Item which the Dispatch fought unsuccessfully. The figures on the loan show: No. Purpose For Against 1, street repaying.etc l 17,564 6,109 2, subway <5 dis tricts out) 15,588 12.49 C 3, parks. play grounds, etc 16,584 6,136 4, water extension. . 17,637 5,455 5, sewer extension.. 17.546 5,St | 6, hospitals 17,735 5,20 7, bridges 17,329 5,676 The heaviest vote was polled on the subway, with a total vote ja-jt f 2 8,278. MOVIE OF A MAN IN A STREET CAR WITH NOTHING TO READ ... By BRIGGS IN R USH FOR CAR READS ADS IN -AV_.SO ADS lA> TRYS TO DISCERN r> A CP,R T ° LeFT CAR To RIGHT READIM6 MATTER NEWSPAPER OR OF HIM | fyj rvEUISPAPeR. OP ANVTHINIS TO READ! PASSENGER OPPOSITE CURSES OPPOSITE pASSeiO&SR OPPOSITE PASSEIVJSBR NONCHALftNTI.Y WAI.KS -r- HOLDS PAPER IJ SUCH LEAVES CAR - ALSO ACROSS AiSUiL TOUJAAD ® s • SLANTIH6 PoSITLOrJ AS LEAVfcS PAPER OM SEAT. RCSTRAIMS REQUIRES scoochiws ' EAGeßioess povoiyj "To SUCCESSFULLY CONJTIIVUE RCAPIH6 £>P HEAOLINCS Movie Thrills on High Seas ! [Don Marquis in the New York Sun] | A ship comes galloping over the sea ' (Boots, brutes and a keg of pow- i der!) And none but Our Hero ts riding she! (Blood, mud and the Barbary j Coast!) He is spurring her hard, he is riding j her fast And her bloody flanks are raw to ! the blast From her martingale to her mizzen ! mast. (Rum, gum and a red, red roast!) I From a sunset ocean crimson and I green (Knives, chives and a bucket of | beer!) Rises a raging submarine (Gawd, Claude, there's trouble I here!) And a German spy at the periscope i Is spraying the ocean with poison ( dope; Our Hero loosens his lariat rope * j Huns, guns and a platter of tripe!) A glance to the East, a glance to ! the West (Heave, Steve, and port your hel ium!) And Our Heroine, very expensively dressed (Yes, Tess, I'll say you're a pip pin!) In an airyoplane falls from above And Our Hero sees her and falls in love • • • She sinks and moans like a wounded dove. (Steady, Eddie, and bean that walrus!) With his great shark teeth all yel low and bare (Swim, Jim, for the cops are com ing!) The submarine leaps for to gnash j her there! (Quick, Dick, the ice is breaking!) His mor'ls are so bad thev couldn't j be worse And he fetches - a gnash and he | fetches a curse, For he thinks that she is a Red Cross nurse! (Roister, oyster! you have no cares!) Our Hero has known the best and the worst (Bones, groans, and the Spanish Main!) He has been extensively Red-Cross Nursed (Back, Jack! Unhand her, villian!) And his manly heart swells in his breast; But his noble ship has galloped her best And she stumbles and sinks, she is sore distressed! (Hush! Tush! and a sob from the 'cello!) He leaps from his saddle without demur (Hike, Ike, or they'll get your number!) And he strips from his boot the glided spur (Swipes! Cripes! but I'm getting thirsty!) With his good sword held in his chiseled lips! „ Through a sea that is death to htm that trips. He switns with the speed of a hun dred ships (Hop, Pop! Here with the seltzer!) Tho struggle churns the seas to yeast A (Shake, quake, for the world is splitting!) But at last he has roped and tied the beast ' (Rest, breast! and cease your ; panting!) And he mountH the Hun and he I gallops again Through the midst of a trlvul hurri cane With Our Heroine perched on his bridle rein (Hell's bells! what a slothful bar keep!) • Cracker Fund For Parrot [From the New York Times.] Full permission to administer a "cracker fund to the best of your skill and ability." was granted by Judge Richard Doherty In Jersey Ctty to Henry Condict, senior mem ber of the law firm of Condlt, Board man & Condtct, executors of the estate of the late Mrs, Phoebe Grif fith. who died a year ago urei left a trust fund of $1,500 for a parrot named "Ethel." The "cracker fund, as Judge Doherty called it, had caused the executors of the estate considerable worry. The bird ts very healthy and Judge Doherty found on con suiting the highest authorities on parrots that thess creatures generally are lor.* lived. But the 11,500 will maintain Ethel In luxury for some Uttlo timo to como. Hurts Responsible for Nurse CavelVs Murder May Be Tried Following English Heroine's Burial in Westminster Abbey, the Bel gian Advoeutc Who Attempted Her Defense Told the True Story of the Tragedy. FOR twenty years Maitre de Le val was legal advocate of the British legation in Brussels, and after the war began he got an appointment in a similar capacity to the American minister, Brand Whit, lock, greatest of Miss Cavell's cham pions and friends. The Maitre said Miss Cavell had done more for the war by her death than many generals had done in liv ing. When she was warned of what she must expect if she were caught in the act of helping prisoners to get away home, her reply was sim ply, "1 know, but X must go on," and on the work went. After Mons and Charleroi, great numbers of Allied fugitives had to be collected in all sorts of dark and obscure places, and Belgian farmers found harboring any of. these were shot with the captives themselves. But nobody ever conceived of worn- ! en being shot for any such act of ] mercy. Maitre de made it clear at any rate that she was only one of a group concerned in the noble work of obtaining life and liberty for brave men who had risked their lives for the liberty of others, and he showed moreover what a clever plan was improvised by the patriotic Prince de Croy and his sister for succoring these men. Nurse Cavell Hiul no Counsel They brought them to their chateau, or somewhere near it, had them photographed, gave them i Flemish names, taught them the rudiments of the language, prepared false identity papers for them and even located their birth in places which never existed. When the majority of this de- j voted group were arrested—and i they were betrayed by a man said ] to be a Pole—the Prince de Croy i was one of the few who escaped, I and it was generally believed that ! the women would survive. Most j of them did, but one of them was I doomed from the first and knew it. j Nurse Cavell had no one near her to J tell her what to say. She owned to i saving these men's lives, two hun- i dred in all, and openly said it was ! her work and her duty in life. If 1 she had handed these countrymen ' of hers over to the Germans, she said simply, they would have been i shot. When remonstrance was made to | the Germans through American au- ; thorities, the reply was given that I there was no need for M. I,eval to , see her; besides, no political pris- j oner could be seen by anyone till sentence was passed, and in any j case, being a Belgian. M. de could not plead in a German court. When another man was obtained, M. Radl Kirschen. he was told the case was not very grave. Plotted Prom the .Start It is clear now that a game had j started to put her friends off and give the machinery of murder ! plenty of time to go forward. As a rule, even in German law, j the public prosecutor in military j courts was a man versed in the ' procedure and innocent of bias; but in this case a man named Stoeber was employed, whose son had been killed on the front, and he seems to have left no stone unturn ed to be revenged. He was an elegant, cynical. In competent unscrupulous ruffian, fashionably dressed, with a waxed mustache, nnd he set himself to bully Nurse Cavell in the most hor rible way. He treated her like a slave and told her she lied; he bul lied her advocate for using u word which was not German, and made the whole defense a mockery. There was no capital offense to be proved uguinst her, for she was only an accomplice In helping soldiers into neutral territory. Holland. Moreover, she never guided "enemy" troops Into enemy lands, as was al leged In order to bring her into the tolls. To Punish Nurse's Murderer* As a mutter of fact, a law was enncted only after her death to give wurrant for her sentence. She herself was In no doubt at any time as to her fate. lam Rn gllsh," she said, "and they wunt my life." Rearing the worst possibility, her few friends prepared a petition for her addressed to the governor. Von Hissing, and hi* creature. Von I.anck en. When they asked for Von Caneken (having heard the worst) he was at a frivolous play and sent word they must wait till the play I was over. Then he grumbled at be i log disturbed at that Uma of night, j From the time of her arrest by the Germans for aiding her countrymen escape from Bel gium, Nurse Edith Cavell's fate was sealed, according to Maitre de Leval, the intrepid Belgian lawyer who directed her defense. Many and conflicting stories have been told of the heroic role played by the martyred nurse, most of these have been unau thentic, and few have been com plete. But after the recent burial of Miss Cavell in Westminster Abbey, London, Maitre de Leval told England the true story of her death. As set down by j. P. Collins for the Boston Transcript, it follows in part: though it was her last night alive. First he denied the death sentence, but later admitted it, saying he could only be a messenger, and not even the kaiser could release her then. She was bound to a chain and fired at by twelve soldiers, but these are held blameless. They simply carried out orders. The men to answer for it all are the Kaiser, Stoeber, Yon Bissing and Von Sauberzweig, and it looks as if we are to have all four at the bar. TRADE BRIEFS Of the approximate 10,000 Japan ese in the Philippines 2,000 are said to be merchants. Merchants of Kobs, Japan, have formed a Philippine society to pro mote trade with the islands and es tablish closer relations generally. Among the various uses of cocoa nut oil in India is its application as a mange cure for dogs for which purpose it is said to be very effec tive. Consul Emit Sauer reports from Maracatbo, Venezuela, that accord ing lo estimates the stock of coffee on hand at Maraeaibo amounts to 165,000 bags. The declared exports from Chosen, Corea, to the United States in 1918 were valued at $307,928, as com pared with $154,102 in the preced ing year. I.eaf tobacco, of which 760,604 pounds, valued at $22,741, were shipped, made up practically the whole amount. The bee industry in Switzerland is very large, honey being a part of the daily diet of almost the entire population. An American agent could probably establish a satisfac tory and profitable business here for bee keepers' supplies if ho made a careful study of the Swiss methods in agriculture. As the Italian government intends to reopen the sea salt mines of lstrlo, the Venetians have requested the government not to forget those situated near Venice, which are cov ering about 700 hectares (1,730 acres) of ground and were produc ing several years ago about 100,000 quintals of salt a year. A sample of the type of blcyclo saddles offered for sale in Denmark by German manufacturers has been received by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce from Com mercial Attache Erwln W. Thomp son of Copenhagen. ThlH saddle may •be examined at the New York dis trict office of the bureau upon refer ring to File No, 20638. Come Fill Hie Cup- a Medley What would little Omar say In his nest at break of day If he chanced to peep this way? Omar'd say: "Delay no longer, Make your own brew, ntuks It stronger Thun you hud before. , . . If you brew a little longer, You can make it that much stronger." Ho we brew a little longer; Then he flies away. Double, double toll and trouble, Raisins boll, molusses bubble; Hlumber not until you've got Hell broth 1* the charmed pot. For men must stir and women must sleep; The sooner it's finished the sooner to sleep. While the empty her ts moaning. —From the New York Bun. The Song of Ihc Stars [Frank L. Stanton, in the Atlanta Constitution] A new-made world heurd the Sha dows say— A thousand-thousand years away. With desert-places in dim review (The dust of stars we never knew]: You're a wonderful world In your wild, wide sweep, And you startle the stars Jn the spaoes deep— But we dreamed all that Ere we went to sleep! "You have shaken Time's Shadows wide awake With a thunder of heavens as the heights you take. And you hold to the heights in the blaze o' the lights, And you order the days, bind and loosen the nights. "You're a wonderful world! Bike the Light in your leap To the gates where the keys Of all wonders they keep; But we dreamed all that Ere we went to sleep. "We climbed as you climb in the years without date—■' Since the First Man waved fare well to Eden's lost gate; And we said to the starlight that kissed dust and clover, That God Himself envied the earth we'd made over! " 'Twas a wonderful world! — Back to rest we shall creep, For we dwelt with old wonders, Now Time-hidden—deep: We were weary of wonders, And God gave us Sleep!" Hail, the National Guard [From the Philadelphia Press] The tlrst movement for the reor ganization of the National Guard of Pennsylvania is in the form of a call for commissiorted officers. No difficulty should be experienced in quickly filling the quota from the former officers of the National Guard and the National Army, while there are many cliglbles who belonged to the regular army. The newly com missioned officers will immediately begin recruiting the 7,000 men who are authorized for the first year. At the expiration of five years, 30,- 000, th'e full strength of a division, will have been attained by an order ly increase each year. Pennsylvania has abundant rea son to be proud of her National Guard in the war with Germany. The 28th Division won deathless glory in the hottest fighting which marked the last days of the terrific struggle. Thqy bore the brunt of battle in the Argonne and at Cha teau-Theirry. Those who returned are expected to resume their places in the National Guard by re-enlist ing after their discharge from the National Army. The Reserve Militia, which was organized to take the place of the National Guard for emergency duty at home, will prob ably furnish many recruits, but the physical tests will be more severe than for the militia service. All the probabilities indicate more offers to enlist than can be accepted under the terms of the National Defense Act of 19>16. HOW SIMPLE IT IS The other day a young womun of Spokane, Wash., wrote mo and ask ed how 1 get the material for the stories I write. Every once in a while some young woman who wants to be a great uuthor writes to ask me that. They usually say "The charucterH in your stories are so quaint and odd and yet so true to life. They seem so reul. How do you get the material?" I am so well establ'shed in the author busi ness now, and huve such a steady trade, that ut last I feel It is safe for me to give the secret to the world. 1 get the material for niv stories by putting on my hat and poking uround until I find a queer-looking character, and then I ask hint the story of his life. For exumple, I look in a window and see an old gray-headed shoemaker sitting on u bench, working away nt a pair of shoes. 1 go in and sneak to him. "Good afternoon," I say. "Are you a shoemaker?" "Yes." he says. "What did you think I was doing? Think I was painting a flagpole on a submarine? What do you ask fool questions for?" 'l'm an author," I say. "| write short stories and hooks. I'm gett'ng material for a short story now. but If you turn out to he Interesting enough I may make a whole novel of you."—From "Getting Material," by Ellis Parker Butler In the July Bookman. ©mtiug (Efyat ■> If there Is any one thing thai seems to be arousing the feelingg of the many housewives who go t* market in Harrisburg in with the good old custom of Wednes— day and aturday providing for thai family, it is thirty-tive cents for gi box of berries at the height of th <"** season. The prices charged for; strawberries this summer wera something not touched here in yearn and one result has been to increase the demand for plants to be set outi in gardens which will be done witlv some heartfelt reflections upon what it costs to "put up" the strawberry preserves this year. And now here in the midst of the berry belt people are being charged anywhere from, twenty-live to forty cents for a box i of raspberries or huckleberries and / the people selling them simply stand— ing pat and saying that the city folka are making all the money. Just what will happen when the blackberries come in, it is hard to say. One wayt <■ of getting even, according to men! ' who go to market because they brought up to do so and marriage has not caused them to change, is t® demand the price per quart and in sist on getting it. There are many I people under the Impression that tha. average berry box is a quart. Soma times there is a difference botween, the contents of a box and the stand ard quart and if the average mar keter in Harrisburg would buy by the quart and insist on the quarts there would he more money saved, in opinion of some observers. Al good story is told about a man In one * of the markets two weeks ago H® • # displayed some flne berries and ask ed so much per box. When asked the price per quart he added ten. cents. When told that his boxes wer® supposed to be quarts he refused; to sell. • • • Things have been almost as stren* uous on Capitol Hill, at least in cer tain offices, the last few davs where wn ?°;: orn 1 or has been acting on hi re i k £ ,m by ,he legisla ture as when the general assembly was in session. There have been tele and men have been here from the > [pL£, n r " ers thp R,a,e seeking about legislation in which they are in k„, t0 restrict his visit- , the flood' V f has checked ' trio noon of correspondence and | messages. Some of the messages, it may bo said, are coming "collect" • * father Penn has received all of ♦ k T, 0 o n L realized b y the sale of the sl-,000,000 road bonds made last month and constituting the first offering of Pennsylvania State se curities in a generation and in a jshort time the bonds will be in the hands of the buyers. The State got a premium of almost $425,000 ''l on the $12,000,000 of bonds and * when this month began received drafts for the whole sum, although the bonds had not even been print ed. Steps are now being taken to rush the completion of the work and meanwhile the buyers of the bonds are getting interest through certificates issued by State Treasurer H. M. Kephart. The Interest began on July 1 when the State had tha money in hand and much of it will , be spent in the next few months to meet bills presented by contract ors for road construction. The sl2 - 000,000 constituted the largest sin gle sum to reach the hands of Mr. Kephart since he became the cus todian of the strong box of the Commonwealth. There have been payments of a couple of millions of dollars by big corporations for taxes and occasionally at the close of a fiscal year or period of payment of $3,000,000 or even $5,000,000 has had to be handled, but $12,000,000 is as unprecedented to the people now handling Pennsylvania's cash at the Capitol as is a bond sale. As soon as the bonds are received, they will be properly signed, num- " bered and marked and then sent to the buyers for general sale. A reg istry of the bonds will be kept at the treasury for such persons as de sire registration. • • With the passing of Italian Park will go a spot which will long b remembered by the younger genera tion as a place full of mysterious persons and all manner of biood thirsty possibilities. In the davs when Sixth street was not built up as it is now and when the country surrounding Division street was a wild, wild waste, Italian Park was the darkest of the dark. Mothers cautious to the point of simplicity, told their children that kidnapers lurked in the woods and would un doubtedly grab them if they went 4 near the place. Innocent Bohem ians, traveling gypsies, were always under the greatest suspicion. The old woman who told foftunes if you crossed her palm with stiver was considered at least a witeh and prob ably one of the devil's right hand assistants. No more will we see the picturesque wagons, the steaming kettles over the log fires, the dark, mysterious foreign-looking people, dressed in bright colors. By soma they will not be missed, for they were not known, but by others the annual gypsy invasion will be like the loss of an old friend. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE f —Superior Court Judge W. I* Keller was among visitors to the city yesterday. He came here to see friends. —Ex-Judge James Gay Gordon, who wns here for the Thaw hearing, was much Interested it* the plans for Capitol Park extension whtch he mentioned while on the Hill. —Commissioner of Fisheries N. R. Ruller, says that the output of the State fish hatcheries Is going to brealg records this year. —Jumes S. Benn, the new Publld Service Commissioner, has relinquish ed newspuper work for the flrss time In over thirty years. 4 —Col. George Nox McCain, wha has been here the last few days, save that Pennsylvania Is going to make a record In Its rehabilitation pro gram for Industry. —Harry J. Dimm, prominent Berks county attorney, was almost drowned while on a fishing trip a a few days ago. * [ DO YOU KNOW ] ; —Thil narrlsbiirg's memorial may be among the first perma nent structure* of tlie kind to be crcctcl In the State? i HISTORIC HAiuusnmo —Anthony Wayno at on* tin*. 4 owned property in Front street nead the Executive Mansion.
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