10 HARRISBDRG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Teltcrish Building, Fcd-rl Square E. J. STACK POLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager CDS. M. STBINMETZ, Managing Editor A. R. MICHENER, Circulation Manager Executive Board I. P. McCULLOUGH, BOYD M. OGLESBY, F. R. OYSTER, GUS. M. STEINMETZ. Members of the Associated Press—Tho 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. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. A Member American Newspaper Pub- Associa- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Associa ated Dailies. Eastern office Story. Brooks & Avenue Building. Western office' Story, Brooks & Chicago, 111. S Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. B y carrier, ten cents a week; by mail. $3.00 a year in advance. TUESDAY, JULY 29. 1919 Character is an atmosphere rather than a sum o/ qualities. —Anon. REWARDS FOR FARMERS THROUGHOUT the Common wealth there is increasing in terest and enthusiasm in the comprehensive plans of Governor Sproul and his administration forces for the development of a wonder ful system of modern highways. In addition to the direct appropria tion of some millions of dollars— approximating $100,000,000 in all and covering new mileage of about 600 miles—the Legislature has pro vided and the Governor has approved a system of rewards for townships to encourage the authorities of the lesser community units in the con struction and improvement of the "back" roads and the building of township bridges. An appropriation of $1,000,000 will be available for this purpose after December first next. This law provides rewards equal to one-third of the cost of the local improvements not to ex ceed specified amounts per milek These branch roads extending into the remoter rural districts will be made of sufficient width to assure their use as practical highways. Highway Commissioner Sadler has been getting around considerably since the Legislature adjourned and with his keen business sense is giv ing such personal oversight as will result in first-class construction in every direction. While the State is about it, why not encourage the owners of lands along the main State highways to plant trees that will provide shade for all who use these modern roads. New ork had a law some years ago, which may still be in force, that re lieved farmers and other owners of land abutting on the State road of taxes as a reward for planting and caring for the trees. The result was magnificent avenues of fine trees in every part of the State. Such a plan might easily be adopted in Pennsyl vania. There exist innocent people who are wondering why the Government persists in its effort to get whole on the extravagant war prices which were paid for foodstuffs that are now gorging military w-arehouaes. It would seem that the consumer, who it also the taxpayer, might have the benefit of the necessarily reduced prices of the canned goods now de teriorating in these big warehouses. REPUBLICAN LINES FIRM PENNSYLVANIA is going to take its proper place in the nomination of a candidate for the Presidency next year. Harmony prevails throughout the party and only inexcusable stupidity will check the return of sanity in the direction of its affairs. Members of the old Progressive party, which returned in a body to the Republican fold under the in spiration of the lamented Roosevelt, are in conference in Harrisburg to day with a view to arousing inter est in the preliminary campaign of 1920. May we not hope that the riore conservative and astute repre sentatives of the Progressive element will avoid any action that may be construed as an invitation to further controversy and party division. It is regrettable, on the threshold of such a conference, that the former State chairman of the Washington party has assumed to speak for the Roosevelt men of Pennsylvania. His statement, put out with all the old trimmings, has encouraged the Democrats of the Wilson brand to believe that there is about to de velop another fatuous and unneces- sary Republican split. Mr. Detrich, as the oracle of the so-called Pro gressive wing, declares "what we want to do at this time, and what we feel as a strong duty, is to lend our organised aid to the national success of the Republican party." Wherein any good Republican dif fers on this proposition we are not able to see. All Republicans have been and are now contributing their TUESDAY EVENING, best efforts to the vitalizing of the great principles upon which the party was founded and which it has continued to uphold. Mr. Detrich, as usual, sees things where they are not and imagines difficulties which do not exist. He talks glibly as has always been his custom about the "reactionary" to whom "the advancement of prin ciples is only secondary to his per sonal success, and his party success," | he adds, "is only considered worth ! while when he can dictate its policies." Mr. Detrich was probably looking 1 in his own mirror when he dictated i that particular paragraph. It will i be recalled that he lost no time in I landing a position on the State pay roll in the last administration on i Capitol Hill, and the fact that he is ! not now occupying that position may | account for his sudden outburst on I the eve of to-day's conference. "We have no present quarrel with j anybody," says the former Washing ■ ton party chairman," but we strong ly believe in preparedness. Absolute ' ly there is nothing new in that declaration nor has it the flavor of I originality. All Republicans have j believed in preparedness and from I Xational Chairman Hays down the | line the leaders of the party have | been urging a strong stand in be ! half of Americanization and the de j velopment of a vigorous American ; spirit among our own citizens. Mr. ! Detrich and his associates have no | monopoly of patriotism or the virtues !of the Republican party. They have : returned to the fold and in large ! numbers are contributing to the up | huiiding of a virile party organiza tion. But such statements as the one in question are not calculated to harmonize elements which in years past have honestly differed as to methods and policies. For some in scrutable reason the former chair man of the Washington party, speak ing for such of his associates as may be still laboring under the delusion that the Republican party is not a united organization, reverts in his unfortunate statement to 1908 and the succeeding national campaigns, indulging in the old, old fulmina tions which were better left on the musty shelves. Mr. Detri.h concludes that "in 1920 Pennsylvania may confidently be trusted to send a delegation which will be truly representative of the Republican party." Right you are! This good old State, with its splen did record of supreme partiotism and devotion in the stupendous war for righteousness and justice, will do just that thing. National Chairman Hays and all stalwart Republicans are standing together with the great Progressive leaders at Washington for the maintenance of enduring principles the observance of which preppared this country for its part in the winning of a wonderful tri umph for all that is worth while. Mr. Detrich need not worry about the Pennsylvania delegation next year. It will be representative of the best thought of the Republican party, and insofar as the conference to-day acts wisely and in harmony with sane Republican policies will "the action of Pennsylvania's Pro gressive Republicans be followed by similar action in many other States." Such conferences as that held here to-day may achieve much of real benefit providing there is no tend ency to arouse old animosities and encourage factionism. Discussion of fundamental party principles and careful avoidance of personal aggrandizement cannot result other wise than in the enlivening of party spirit, but the fewer statements of the Detrich type that are issued the better for all elements of the Re publican party. POINDEXTER LOOMING UP SENATOR MILES POINDEX TER, of Washington, is regard ed as the strongest candidate for the Presidential nomination by Charles S. Barrett, of Georgia, president of the National Farmers' Union. Mr. Barrett has been-at the head of his organization for thir teen years, and the correspondence he has had with the 2,500,000 mem bers of the Farmers' Union gives great significance to his estimates of popular opinion. "No candidate for the Presidency stands stronger with the farmers than Senator Poindexter," declares Mr. Barrett. "In my own section of the country, the Southeast, Poindex ter is especially strong. He would stand a good chance of carrying Georgia, for example, which is going some for a Republican. The fact that he is a native of Tennes see, although he has spent most of his life amid northern political environments, adds to his strength in the South." "Senator Poindexter's popularity with the farmers of the South and the United States generally lies in the fact that throughout his entire career in Congress, first in the House and then in the Senate, he has always stood four-square for the things in which farmers are interested. He has met all tests, and to please the farmer element is a difficult task. They know what they want and why they want it, and they are not deceived by false promises from any man in public life. They gauge performance as against mere words. I know per sonally thousands of farmers throughout the United States, and I know how they regard Poindex ter." GOULD STIRS UP P. O. D. THE introduction by Representa tive Norman J. Gould of a re solution to suspend the opera tion of the Burleson orders regard ing rural routes, and which caused heated hearings before the House Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, has had the effect of bring ing about the desired results in the form of promises on the part of the Post Office Department to send out ! inspectors through the rural dis- ! tricts of the country to rearrange j the system. The tinal decision came when i James I. Blakslee, fourth assistant j Postmaster General, was closely questioned by the committee and put on record its promising for the department speedy action to restore the system to a, practical basis. Many cases were cited to show the error of the Postmaster General in doing away with many rural routes and extending others to such length that it has been impossible for the carriers to cover their routes except with mail one or more days late. BIRDS OF A FEATHER THE radical Socialists, the Bol shevists, the German propa gandists, the Internationalists, the 1. W. W. and a varied lot of hyphenated Americans are conduct ing a campaign that dovetails so j perfectly that one might almost think they have a complete under- | standing and agreement. And the sum and substance of ! their work is anti-American. Secretary of Internal Affairs Wood ward is going right to the front in the preliminaries to make the Susque hanna River navigable. Pennsylvania is a progressive Commonwealth and the record of the Republican party in this State is one of creditable achieve ment in the development of Its enor mous natural and industrial resources. Mr. Woodward, as one of the stal warts, is injecting a lot of pep into his department and has abiding faith in the ability of the several bureaus under his direction to further develop the public works of the State and its great mineral deposits. In, By the Ex-Committeeman Reorganizations of department# of the State government affected by acts recently approved by the Gov ernor have been definitely put off until September. Some were sched uled to be made early in August, but in accordance with Governor William C. Sproul's desire the chiefs of departments will first submit their plans to him. As a result a number of changes which would have gone into effect the first two weeks of August have gone over un til after the vacation period, some people getting a new lease of life as State attaches. One of the reasons assigned for the postponement of changes is the Governor's desire that departmental methods shall not be upset and that new systems which have been under consideration and in accord with ideas of modern business shall become effective with new people. In the case of the Department of Agriculture there will be much new work undertaken. The Workmen's Compensation Bureau will operate as it has been for the present; the officers having been renamed. Auditor General Charles A. Sny der, who returned to. pq day, "is preparing !o j>dt into effect the changes in the taxation and similar laws which have been authorized by recent acts. He will not make any moves in regard to the mercantile appraiser appoint ments until fall. Dr. Thomas E. Finegan, the new Superintendent of Public Instruc tion, also plans to begin the changes in his department this fall. —The Seranton Times savs: "The reappointment of John Durkin as postmaster meets with very general approval. Mr. Durkin during the past four years of his incumbency has made a splendid postmaster and given unsparingly of his personal at tention to the office. He has served well during a trying period. Mr. Durkin is the seventh postmaster of Seranton since the formation of Lackawanna county. It may be said he is the first Seranton 'post master to be reappointed." —Councilman P. J. McArdle, Rob- ,?* rl * nd ' John H - Henderson. \\. 11. Robertson and Daniel Winters of Pittsburgh, who are candidates to succeed themselves, have enter ed into an agreement to conduct a joint campaign in the September primaries and the November elec tion. —The Johnstown Tribune, com menting on Bryan's plan for Fed eral supervision of newspapers, sajs: ' Not even the existing Dem ocratic autocracy has broached such a plan. It has gone the limit in censorship, but has not proposed a permanent news bureau to take the place of existing agencies for the collection of news. The Somerset judicial campaign is all upset. John M. Berkey and Norman T. Boose had the field to themselves until a few days ago A Somerset letter says: "The situa tion was changed over night, when Attorneys Ernest O. Kooser and Charles F. Lhl became candidates for the nonpartisan nomination, and there is now abundant material from which the most fastidious voter may select his man for judicial timber. One thing is now as certain as anything can be: No one candi date will receive 51 per centum of the votes cast in the primary elec tion and the threatened catastrophe is thus happily averted." —Berks county, the citadel of the Democracy in Pennsylvania, is fur nishing an interesting example of the way the once famous organiza tion has been split up the back by factionalism. There are two well defined factions in that county, both of which are well organized, and which will tight to a finish, probably even after the primary, because of the bitterness displayed. One of the Democratic factions is headed by Lott W. Keiff, who is United States naval officer at the port of Philadel phia, and the anti-lieiff contingent is led by Ira W. Kutz, former District Attorney, and prespective aspirant for the Congressional nomination next year, and John F. Ancpna, for mer county chairman. The latter two are folio weds of Judge Bonni well, of Philadelphia, while Keiff represents the Palmer-McCo'rmick element. —Chester city politicians are all heated up over the endorsement given by Governor Sprout's news papers to the new Chester Republi can League. The Philadelphia Press •says: "While the platform of the new political orgunizution is general in its character, having for its prin cipal purpose better men for Mayor end City Council In Chester and for good men for the county offices, yet in the background the underlying object of the league is the forcing HARJUSBURG TELEGRAPH WONDER WHAT A SIXTEEN MONTHS' OLD BABY THINKS ABOUT? By BRIGGS I M MOT IN G - AND ME |VE NEW ~ HOK)EST 1 <£^ 3RR & ° MUCH INTEReST IN ThiS We HER OOESN'T PALR OF SHOES" AllO'T MUCH V G6T lIREO THINGS + IVE GOT A- HELP MATTERS- THEY SWELL- 800 OC HEARING, - , MOTHER TOOTH COMIMG LOOK" ITS ?> ' RH T Hoo-Hoo- WHAT WE § UT ' ItJ A'NO IT PAINS ALL BACK TAEPG- TEETH FOR AlWHOOl" L T " TO'DAY THE TIME - RVE. BETN CAM'T 8w SPHA BLS t DiD d t ANY A N.CE R.DE ToD^R BAWLIWG FOR A WEEK VU.TM a h "° ALL THE T'r*\e - • THE OLD THING " SOMSTIMB S I JRJS7 -• WHAT DO TOO THIMH- -HE GETS ME SO HURTS ALL THE Tirvfe- P ° * LITTLE BIT OF I HEARD HIM TELL MV SORE - vJLST WHFU I HATF KFFP UP WHIMPERING LIKE MTHER- HT" SA.D HE FR , ERVJDS ' *JR ° 5 OUT THIS MOSTLY AT GOESSED THE REASON ,_^. THIS BFT\NUN)6 BU NIGHT- Gee IT GET'S ! BAWLED SO MUCH DAW* "VN HO ° RIET H - A FATHER'S GOAT WAS HALF MEAN-NESS RUJ - W HOO LITTLE - OAUJ- HOO* of the liquor interests of Chester either to withdraw as leaders of the Republican party or to select better men for office." The McClure element does not like the league a bit. —From all accounts the Vares have been just waiting for the com mittee of 100 to be named so that they could get their lines formed. A meeting of Vare leaders can be looked for within a few days to put forward candidates. The Philadel phia Press has been running a gal lery of mayoralty possibilities, in cluding ex-Governor Edwin S. Stuart, who refuses to listen. —"Lieutenant Colonel James P. Kerr has accepted the call of the citizens of Allegheny county and will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for County Commission er in the September primaries," says the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. "He will at once begin an active cam paign with the assured support of thousands who are desirous of en couraging men of his high type to take up the burdens of public office." —Register and Recorder George C. Irwin has caused a stir in Blair eouhty political circles by dismiss ing his first deputy, James P. Bart ley. His reason for taking summary action was the candidacy of the deputy for the Republican nomina tion for Register and Recorder. Mr. Irwin, who is a former Legislator and well known to many here, ex plained that his friends object to Bartley being in the office while a candidate against his chief. Four years ago Irwin was defeated for the Republican nomination for Register and Recorder by Harry A. Thomp son, but ran on an independent ticket. Bartley was also defeated by Thompson at the primaries, but was nominated by the Democrats. He retired in favor of Irwin, and the combined Democratic and inde pendent vote elected Irwin. Bartley served nearly twelve years as a deputy in the Register and Record er's office and wants the real job. There will be a strenuous battle. —Uncle David Lane, the sage of the Republican party in Philadel phia, celebrated his 80th birthday and 60th anniversary in the councils of the organization and gave some notable interviews. He said that he was an organization man and would be for the men it selected. He reit erated some ideas about reformers and said that he did not like them. —The Philadelphia Press says: "The Democratic State Committee is after money: so is everybody else, but only a Democratic committee can squeeze money out of Demo cratic officeholders." —Allegheny politics have been stirred up by an announcement by ex Mayor Joseph E. Armstrong, of Pittsburgh, that he will be a can didate for county treasurer, coupled with this comment: "Nobody runs my business except myself, and what I told the Mayor is what I am tell ing the people, namely, that X am a candidate. He talked about the need of holding party conferences and getting good men to run for the various offices, but X told him that so far as my affair was concerned it was settled, and that I am an active candidate. I believe I shall have his support but with or with out I am a candidate to the finish." —ln McKeesport no announce ment that a city treasurer was to be elected was made until a few days ago. Now candidates are bus>. To Duplicate Lost Bonds [From the New York Times.] The sailors and officers who lost more than SIOO,OOO worth of Liberty bonds when the cruiser San Diego was sunk after striking a mine off Fire Island, July 19 last year, will have their losses made good by the issuance of duplicate bonds, accord ing to State Senator Martin Saxe, who acted for the sailors in present ing their claim. After the sinking the Navy De partment decided not to try to tal vage the vessel, but instead dropped thirty depth bombs on the wreck. A diver later found that uuch extensive destruction had been caused as to make it certain the Liberty bonds had been destroyed. This enabled the Treasury Department to agree to duplicate the bonds, as the law permits duplication of coupon bonds when they are destroyed, but not when lost. God's Thoughts Are Precious How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sura of them! —Psalms exxxix, XT. Focht on Pinchot Lewisburg News in receipt of a long interview with himself sent out by Giff Pinchot, who is endeavoring to attract attention to his personal asspirations by calling together "a conference of Pennsylvania 'Bull Moose.'" Later in the interview with himself the old chap Giff says he wants to do things exactly as Colonel Roosevelt would do them if he were here. From this interview with himself it is to be taken that Giff intends taking Colonel Roose velt's place, and doubtless to his own mind doing things ever better than the Colonel would be capable of doing them. Unfortunately for the Pike county political piker the sentiment that was fast crystalling favorably for the nomination of Colonel Roose velt for the Presidency next year, did not involve the counsel, much less the leadership, of such party dis organizers as Gift, who in one place in his interview with himself says he wants party harmony, while in another place he calls for "a con ference of Pennsylvania 'Bull Moose' " only. When in Washington a short time before his death, in the parlor of the home of his daughter, Colonel Roosevelt expressed to the writer sentiments that were anything but favorable to any such program Giff would like to now pull off in Har risburg in the name of the Colonel. It was most gratifying to find Colonel Roosevelt eager for party unity with the complete control of the Republi cans uppermost in mind, and he had no time for repudiated agitators and party trouble breeders of the Giff Pinchot stripe. The Republican party is now solidly united and will remain so for long years to come. Right now is a bad time for professional party smashers to do much at their regu lar business of starting something. Pinchot's game is well understood, and so far as the prospect of suc cess is concerned, his name is mud. The Cost of Food [From Harvey's Weekly.] When we think of the cost of food, we think first of all of the cost of beef. But the cost of beef, we are told, is conditioned upon the price of pork. Now the price of pork, ac cording to Mr. Armour, is largely determined by the price of corn, up on which the porkers—saving the razor-back variety—are fed. No,v corn is at a top-notch price partly because of the higher wages of farm hands, but still more because of the sympathy between it and wheat, which is, after all, the real basis upon which food values are deter mined. And the Government, says Mr. Armour, is responsible for the high cost of wheat, because of its guar antee of $2.26 a bushel for it; to make which guarantee good. Con gress has appropriated a billion dol lars of the people's money. So then we have the taxpayers of the country paying a billion dollars to keep up the high cost of living! What was it that Lewis Carroll had the mob in Sylvie and Bruno cry? "Less bread! More tuxes!" Meantime, without in the least dis crediting Mr. Armour's diagnosis, which is no doubt largely true, it will be well to consider also the re lationship between high prices of food and all commodities, and in flation of the currency. For it is a well known principle that an in flated currency, and a depreciated currency means high prices. Your Face to Me [From the Nation.] Your face to me is like a beautiful city Dreaming forever by the rough wild sea, And I the ship upon a wilderness of waves Heavily laden with memories. • • • I roam all over the earth Making rhymes of you, and singing songs, Because your face will never let me rest, Because I cannot frame it in a star Surrounded with my cloudy reveries. Because I may not pluck it like a flower To breathe the incense of its per fumed soul— Y"our face is like the carved hilt of a sword Whose sheath is in my breast! —lris Tree. Fashion Note [From the Arkansas Thomas Cat.] There was a time when the corset started up near the collar bone and ran down to the hips. But nowadays the corsets starts ut the hips and runs down to the knees. No Wonder Germany Quit Number Thirty-Two "Many ar."d strange were the sights and peoples encountered by our troops in the war," said Major Frank C. Mahin, of the Army Recruiting Station, 325 Market street, Harris burg. The equal of any were the Indian troops, British territorials, who withe their odd raiment, mystic religions, and even more mysterious customs, were a constant source of surprise, and wonder to our- men. Our first strange sight was that of the Chinese coolies, laboring on the water front of Bolognc, France. This hardly prepared us, however, for the picture presented us when our troop crain stopped enroute to Arras be side a large camp of Indian fight ing troops—Gurkhas. Arrayed in all his glory, which consisted of many trinkets, such as bracelets, necklaces and earrings, in profusion, and which, however gaudy and varied in color, were matched by some part of his many-tinted Joseph-like costume. One of these straight-limbed, towering warriors approached our train, with curiosity hardly equal to our own. A mu tual inspection followed. By him, in the hesitant, yet calm, stoical, in scrutable manner of the East, we were examined from head to feet. We, on the other hand, scrutinizing as thoroughly as he had, were more frank and obvious 1 about it, and, too, we, in American fashion, were quite as eager to fraternize as to inspect. After a short interval, filled with pantomime that spelled friendship and embellished with smiles, which it must be confessed were as much from amusement as from our desire to show friendli ness, we won the confidenc of this Strang ally. His trust in us was enough to enable us to persuade him to remove a great bronze ear ring that we might substitute for it a new, bright padlock. This latter pleased him greatly and he seemed to regard the snap-locking of it as a particular piece of new magic. Hardly had he shown his approval and we our magnanimity when the peanut roaster whistle of the dinky French engine sounded, and all scrambled aboard the train. It was some minutes afterward before we awoke to the fact that we had failed to leave the key of the lock with our new friend, and we had visions of him—perhaps even call ing upon Allah to dismiss the magic spell and open- the heavy lock. Americans are not wholly unre ligious, yet in their impetuosity and eagerness and singleness of purpose they are likely to ignore or rather to be unaware of the religiousness of others. So it happened that they nearly caused a riot by transgress ing upon a sacred precir.-ct of these Indian troops. It happened on the Somme, where our men were oper ating with the British. Nearby was the town of Albert—famous for its cathedral, upon which an enormous image of the Virgin, scraped by a Boche shell, hung over the street, held in place by a slender steel rod —seemingly supported only by the ten-acous spirit of the people who there worshiped. Just outside of Albert were the remains of the once beautiful estate of Baron Roths child —at this time the camp site of some Indian labor troops. Where once the Baron's racehorses grazed, these Indians pastured their goats. It will be remembered that some of these goats, with attendant religious rituals, are prepared for food, but others are inviolate, symbolic and sacred in the Indian beliefs. The strenuous days preceding ar.-d dur ing the Cambrai drive had been rife with periods of short rations. Thanksgiving Day approached. Wo heard of the turkey and fixins' provided for the men stationed in the rear and knew they would not come to us. Our prospect of a lean Tliar.-ksgiving became more and more unbearable. Our men resort ed to an old practice—rustling. We celebrated the first feast day of our Pilgrim Fathers with eating of a blessed goat—yes, blessed and sa cred. A veritable storm followed the discovery of what to us had been rustling—to the British was theft—and to the Indians —where are words that can describe the in tensity of feeling that has made pos sible the fanatical religious wars? As can be imagined, the incident passed, leaving all haqds with some what hurt and ruffled feelings. Like every other incident of the war which caused discomfort or suffering, this one pointed the fact that the Boche was the cause of it all, and resulted in adding fuel to the fire that eventur"" was to burn the wings of the wicked German ambitions. . JULY 29, 1919. Stay Out of Germany Annie S. Peek, writing to a New York newspaper, says: "It seems to me high time that some one was organizing another society or that the American De fense League should pass around a pledge—a pledge that should re ceive 100,000 signatures in a week, 1,000,000 even without delay . "This pledge is one that will hurt the Germans' feelings, I hope, and make them realize how the rest of the world regards them, which as yet they do not understand. This society should take in all of America and much of Europe, too. Neutrals can here show their feelings. "Here is the pledge, a simple and easy one: Not to go to Germany within ten years unless compelled by business. That will injure no one. Of course we don't expect the Ger man-born to sign, or any who have near relatives there. Some men, per haps a few women, must gt on busi ness, but they can sign. The Ger mans must manufacture, must buy and sell if they are to pay their debts. But I purchase none of their cloth, which may have been made on stolen Belgian or French looms. "Why not go to Germany? Why should one go? There are no bat tlefields to visit, no desolate villages, ruined cities, fields laid waste, for ests destroyed. Spend what money you can afford for travel in helping the poor peasants, the innkeepers, the factory workers of France to restore their shattered homes and l desolated country; those in Belgium, in Italy, in Serbia, too. "And let the Germans know that they are held responsible by the whole world for the millions of lives lost, the saddened homes, the pov erty and starvation in many quar ters, the waste of billions of money, the anarchy rife the world over. They all rejoiced over the deadly work of the submarines, the bomb ing of Paris and London, the liquid fire and gas and all the rest, sup porting the kaiser and the junkers up to the last moment. They are sorry they lost, but not one word or sign of repentance have they given. Do the soft-hearted say 'forgive'? Christ said, 'lf thy brother repent forgive him.' Let us not try to im prove on that, but strive to deal | justly. "I think it would be just as well, too, if the pro-Germans and Ger mans over here should understand that we do not care to have any | better acquaintance with the Ger man spirit and kultur than we have now." President Violates Treaty [From Harvey's Weekly.[ Does President Wilson regard the Franco-American Treaty as a mere scrap of paper? If not, why did he deliberately violate one of its most important provisions within a fort night after he, as "President of the United States," and Mr. Lansing, as "Secretary of State of the United States," attached their official signa i tures to the agreement? That he did that every thing there can be no question. Article 4 of the Treaty reads: "The present Treaty will be sub mitted to the Senate of the United State ut the same time as the Treaty of Versailles is submitted to the Sen ate for its advice and consent to ratification." Did he keep it? He did not. This is what he said and all he said re specting the Treaty on July 10, when he submitted the Treaty of Ver sailles to the Senate: 1 shall presently have occasion to lay before you a special treaty with France, whose object is the temporary protection of France front unprovoked aggression by the Power with whom this treaty of peace has been negotiated. Its terriis link it with this treaty. 1 take the liberty, however, of reserving it for special explication on another occasion He did not submit the Treaty- he did not divulge its terms; hefiid'not even summarize it; he simply "took ithe liberty" of violuting it. No Tips in Barber Shop The Volunteers of America, an off shoot of the Salvation Army, have started a barber shop in Pittsburgh, Pa., that does only hair cutting—no shaving. And tipping is taboo. The customer is not supposed to hand any 'mall change to a barber before or after having paid the cushicr. Be sides the shop will cut the liair of poor children free. iEtiettmg Cljat | ■ Harrisburg people, who are trc mcndously interested in everything fl pertaining to the war and the men V who won it, will be glad to learn v that Colonel W. F. Harrell, who * started the Harrisburg recruiting station on its way to the top of the f ladder, is back In the United States, colonel of the Sixteenth Regular Infantry, in which regiment ho started when he left West Point and in which he served through mQst of his life. When he left here for Syracuse to help reorganize the regi ment for war he was Captain Har rell and both he and his family had many friends in Harrisburg. He was known as one of the greatest hust lers in the army and no one was surprised when word came here that he had been made major and then i y lieutenant colonel of a regiment which has a history extending over 120 years and which has been in the thick of every war. It is only neces sary to say that this regiment was J. in the First Brigade of the first i Army in France. Colonel Harrell. / who succeeded to the command when the fighting was hardest, is declared by the New York Times to be known among the army officers as "Two Gun" Harrell, a tribute to his fighting ability. Other New- York and Philadelphia newspapers refer to him as "the grand old man of the First Army," and say that the South Carolinian only put on wound stripes when ordered to do so. Then he put on two. He was ordered to put on seven, but he did not think there should be more than , two. A significant paragraph about this former Harrisburger is that ho r came home "wearing many decora tions." Mrs. Harrell and her daugh ters are in Denver where Colonel Harrell will join them. • * One of the odd growths of traffic Is that when a driver of a horse gels i>n a street he does pretty much as Tie pleases. Whether this is because he drives a horse because he does not have a motor vehicle and wants to inform the public of the fact or else that he grows confused no one can say, but motormen and police- m men are authority for the statement that drivers of carriages in Second and Market streets do more to muss up traffic than anything else. Often / . drivers of horses, wishing to keep away from the cars stacked along curbs, take to the trolley tracks and hang there. Occasionally they try to turn up alleys. But the motor men swear that every man who drives a horse takes to the trolley track and makes him ring the gong several times to clear the way. * * * What has became of the old time street ear conductor who used to help women with children oft the car platforms and pass down the market baskets? There are some of them left, but the younger genera tion of car operatives either has been well trained in that respect or does not care. Almost any day women with youngsters can be seen struggling to get them off the .out steps and watchtng for automobiles at the same time while the motor man stands on the platform wait ing for them to clear the platform. The other evening a motorman on Second street helped Ave women, all * with little folks, off his car and Sunday night another motorman al lowed men passengers to leave their seats and help the women and chil dren while he stood by fiddling with the brake. Some of the Steelton and Hummelstown motormen think noth ing of losing half a minute to help their passengers and there a few in the city lines that do the same thing. Its surprising how much good feeling can be built up by a little thoughtfulness displayed by motormen and how they will gain friends all along their route, friends I who will go to the front for them if need be. I ... Mrs. Edith B. Bergstresser, the new police matron, went on duty un- ' officially the other night. The story is told that during the parade of the "Pink Goats" a man wearing one of the pink wrappers that were worn by that unusual organization proceeded to cut some capers. Ho carried on right near Mrs. Berg utrcsser who told him: "Here, put down your dress, you ought to know better." "I'm too young" responded the man. Some one tipped him off that the new matron was standing there and the way he resumed his place In line resembled a pay day rush at a mill. ... Some of the automobile drivers of Harrisburg are getting a chance to see and enjoy one of the finest rides in the county and to be wondering why they did not take it before since the detour was established back or >' Dauphin and over Peter's Mountain to avoid the work in progress be tween the lower end of Dauphin and Clark's Ferry. The road has been fixed up and it really gives a party using it a chance to see the great central section of the county and far over the Susquehanna into Perry county. The drop right straight down from back of Halifax over the mountain into Dauphin by the rear way goes through a rich tarming section and then over tho mountain unfolding views of which the average Harrisburger never heard. ... Midnight swims along the Susque hanna are not unknown these days and nights when the mercury is up and people living along the river front have been surprised when the noise of speeding automobiles and motor cycles with cut-outs open has been punctuated with shouts and laughter of people enjoying the cool waters of the river. Sunday night there were some late swimmers and some went pretty close to morning hours. There were probably more people in the water yesterday morn - ing before breakfast than for a lone time. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer is to be the orator at Wilk insburg's welcome home celebration in September. —Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, will be the Labor Day orator at Pittsburgh. —The Rev. Mark B. Roy, of Wash- * ington, who has been in missionary work in Egypt, is home again. 1 DO YOU KNOW —Tliut Harrisburg knit goods arc sold in every State in the Union. HISTORIC HARRISBURG I* j —Harrisburg began to make nails in the twenties.
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