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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.
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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.