14 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE. TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Teltfnpk Building, Federal Square E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief P. R. OYSTER, Business Manager GUS. M. STSINMETZ. 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—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. lAII rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. t Member American Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Associa ated Dallies. Avenue_ Building" Western office' Story. Brooks 4 Finley, People's Gas Building, i Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa-, as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a *K!vjiytr. week; by mail. $3.00 a year in advance. FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1919 All people that on earth do dicell, : eing to the Lord tcith cheerful voice. ! -—John Hopkins. A TREE CAMPAIGN THE President ot the American j Forestry Association, in an ad- j dress before the Springlake Garden Club, declared it was the forests of France that saved that country from the Boche invasion and stemmed the tides of many a battle for the French and Allied troops. Mr. Pack urged the insti- j tution of a National forestry policy j in this country and the plp.nt'ng of ( valuable trevs as memorials to tne | National war heroes. Everywhere interest in tree plant- i ing and forestation of our bare hill- , sides is growing apace and where once was indifference is now invest!- j gation and enthusiastic develop- ; rnent of tree policies. Here in Har- 1 risburg there has been a supineness j in official circles regarding the plant- ! ing and care of our trees which is j almost inconceivable, but there are j glimmers now and then of a grow ing interest in the subject which j may presage something like a defi nite program. With the joint efforts of the Chamber of Commerce, the Civic Club and other bodies devoted to the welfare of the Community, it is hoped that a real tree-planting cam paign may be inaugurated during the coming autumn. We have a City Forester who ought to be able t long before the tree planting period arrives to make a definite and com prehensive report on the conditions throughout the city. With this re port as a basis the campaign can then be organized along intelligent lines ar.d thousands of trees may then be planted through volunteer efforts of the civic organizations and individual citizens. Harrisburg will be due for a great reception to the soldiers in the com ing autumn. When all the boys come marching home again will be the time for the city to extend the glad hand. CARDS ON THE TABLE SO LONG as the Washington ad ministration plays the political game without regard to the real interests of the American peo ple. little progress will be made ia solving the grave problems which j concern every patriotic citizen. J President Wilson may imagine he is | successfully camouflaging his parti san activities, but the transparency of certain recent moves is obvious to any intelligent person. The President seizes the first op portunity to utilize the high cost of living developments to throw upon the Republican Congress the onus of responsibility for present condi tions. But he is not going to be permitted to get away with it. His own indifference regarding prompt action on important domestic ques tions last winter, when he sailed away to Europe after refusing to summon Congress in special session to deal with these matters, is still vividly remembered by his country men without regard to political af filiations. Now comes another effort on his part to shift responsibility by urg ing Congress to conduct an inquiry Into the railroad wage situation as related to the high cost of living. Again a palpable effort to pass th 3 buck from the White House *o the Capitol! But, by unanimous vote, the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee voted to decline to carry out the suggestions made by Prest dent Wilson, the chairman of that committee. Senator Cummins, being instructed to write a letter to the man in the H hite House informing him that it was the opinion of the committee that he and the Director of Railroads have ample authority to adjust the wage problem with out further power being vested through act of Congress. When the President wants to exe cute arbitrary power he manages to construe the laws pretty much FRIDAY EVENING, according to his own view, but when I he gets the hot end of the stick and the situation becomes more or less dangerous from a political standpoint, he attempts the old method of involving a co-ordinals branch of the Government in some sort of investigation through which i the attention of the people may be diverted from the main issue and their eyes blinded to those clothed with responsibility under the law. Administration Democrats were i as firmly opposed to the investiga- I tion suggested by the President is I were Republicans. Indeed, it was ; common comment among members of the Senate that the administra | tion was endeavoring "to pass the . buck" to Congress in handling the railroad wage situation; that the President hoped to convey the im pression that the responsibility for ! working out a solution rested with i the legislative body. Under the circumstances, and as • a result of the constant recurrence of partisan by-play on the part of ; the administration, there is little ; wonder that the union labor leader.* and all others capable of interpret j ing political moves sharply criticise i the President for his unfortunate j tendency to lose sight of the inter | ests of all the people in his trans- I parent desire to further the inter : ests of the Democratic party. It's a good thing, however, that ' the American people are at heart safe and sound. They will not be , swept from their moorings by any j hysterical or socialistic propaganda j from Washington or elsewhere. Too j many millions of patriotic citizens j have learned what liberty means, as i contrasted with license, to follow the ! dangerous leadership of those who would precipitate an era of Bolshev j ism upon an intelligent and thrifty | and prosperous people. Public sentiment may be tested out in any community and the re sults are certain to be indicative of the general sentiment of the country. Here in Harrisburg one , may hear at every turn common- I sense observations on the political flim-fiamming of partisans and de- j nunciation of efforts to upset Amer- I ican institutions for the silly phil- ! osophy of the degenerate malcon- J tents overseas. Now is the time for the average j citizen to keep his feet on the ground and avoid hysteria. This old world is going to continue to revolve with out let or hindrance from those who dwell on the surface and nothing will be accomplished through making faces at the moon or at each other. A FATAL POLICY A A LORDING to press dis patches, one of the results of the watchful-waiting policy j in Mexico is that American investors j are becoming discouraged and sell ing their oil and mining properties J to German and British capitalists, j with the result that soon the re-' sources of that country will be dom- | inated largely by European owners, ■ whose governments guarantee them protection under treaty agreements. It is estimated by geologists that within the next ten years the present : oil fields of the United States will j be exhausted. If their judgment is ; correct, this country will be in the i position of being compelled to buy fuel oil for its industries, gasoline : for its autos, fuel for its battleships and merchant marine, from British ' and German owners of oil deposits. j Not a very encouraging outlook, ' to be sure. Secretary Lansing was compelled; to admit in a hearing before a Senate j committee that the President was the j whole thing so far as the American delegat.on at the Peace Conference j was concerned. Secretary Lansing also spilled the beans on declaring that expediency, rather than moral obligations, ruled the negotiations. FRUITLESS SEARCH AND still none of the Demo- j cratic editors accepts the j challenge to print a list of j international questions on which ' President Wilson has stood firmly for ' "America First." Every soldier who served with the colors in the big war will undoubted- ! iy want to become identified with the American Legion, the natural sue-! cesser of the Grand Army of the Re- ! public. This organization is bound to be of great usefulness in the solu tion of after-war problems and the! maintenance of American ideals and institutions. An elaborate program has been mapped out for the 'Kipona celebra- : tion this year and with the greater use of the Susquehanna basin will j come a still more interesting aid! spectacular aquatic carnival year af- ! ter year. Young and old are already! manitesting an Interest in the Sep- ! tember event. Glad to see that the City Forester is invoking the aid of the people in making a complete survey of the shade trees of Harrisburg. Upon this survey will depend the tree-planting campaign of the autumn and every I good citizen should lend a hand in l completing the report. Hindenburg and Ludendorff are now j engaged in proving that each was in! possession of his nerves when the j collapse came last fall. Other tactless Hun chroniclers are evidently of the opinion that the aforesaid nerves of both officers were badly frayed. Universal approval has been given the proposed memorial to the soldiers of Harrisburg at Thirteenth and State streets. It will be an imposing and dignified companion setting for the great monumental viaduct to be erected by the State and the city. Rapidly the big poles are disappear ing and the streets of Harrisburg are beginning to show the beneficial ef fect of elimination of the overhead system ot wires. In view of the mosquito outbreak at Italian Park, the city cannot take over that tract too soon and convert I it into a real beauty spot. if" a fzilUctlK By the Ex-Committeeman ! Formal notice has been given by ! Secretary of the Commonwealth Cy i rus E. Woods that drawings to de termine place on the ballot of all judicial candidates will be held at his office next Wednesday at noon. La*SAK.i' U*v> -vCI OA lit 19 UiO paiicv. OA ! candidates, in case there is more j than one candidate, must be de -1 termined by drawings. The only 'county judge who will be on the i ballot, alone is President Judge ; Charles I. Landis, of Lancaster. Su i perior Court Judge William H. Kel ler is also unopposed. | It is not probable that many of ! the candidates will be here to draw, j as most of them will designate some •one to act for them, j The former system was to place names in alphabetical order, but ! that led to some singular situations in which candidates with names commencing with A or other letters early in the alphabet secured posi tions more advantageous than can didates widely known. Now the an | cient plan of drawing lots will be followed. —Plans to put into effect the new laws of 1919 relative to State tax ation of foreign corporations are being worked out at the Auditor General's office and it is estimated that there will be many thousands of dollars secured from companies ( chartered in other States and doing j business in Pennsylvania. Some of the new laws increase State tax on interest paid on bonds or scrip. t while others are designed to reach ■the stocks and bonds, for taxation ; purposes, of companies whose treas urers do not reside in Pennsylvania and have offices outside of the State. This has been one of the chief mat ters which has been concerning ■ State taxation officials for years. Others will change systems of re ports and returns on payments to ; residents of this State. The new laws are the result of the experience lof years in State taxation. Some | changes in domestic taxation laws which will tighten up places com i plained of will also be made. I —Auditor General Charles A. ! Snyder, in charge of the collection of the revenues, says that in his opinion they will be ample to meet the appropriations of $103,000,000 made for two years by the Legis lature which adjourned in June. —ln a straight-from-the-shoulder statement, in which he served notice that he will not be beholden to cither of the Republican factions. Congressman J. Hampton Moore yesterday announced himself as a candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia on the Republican ticket. —ln many respects his letter of acceptance is a unique document in the political history of the city. Not only does he make it clear that he will be his own boss as chief execu tive. but declares that if contractor government of the municipality ex ists it will not be tolerated by him if elected Mayor. He likewise affirms that he will put into full force and effect every provision of the new city charter. A square deal to party men and citizens generally is another unqualified promise. —Congressman Moore franklv ad mits that announcement of his" can didacy might offend some Republi cans. and in the event of his defeat he does not expect to be returned to Congress by those he will offend by running for Mayor. This, he says, should not weigh against the greater obligation to city and party. Es pecially significant is his assertion; "I have not asked any leader of faction or committee for his or its support and seem already to have incurred the opposition of some. I would not care, therefore, to swear in to any specific declarations that might please one element or another and then arise to plague me in the performance of my swor ndutv." —Mr. Moore says that his candi dacy is the result of solicitation upon the part of many earnest Republi cans who desire to vote for an un trammelled candidate at the prim aries and who believe he can be of greater service in helping to "Put Philadelphia Straight." that he could be by remaining as one of the city's six representatives in Congress. Con cerning requested affirmation of certain planks of a platform alleg ing contractor control of the city. Congressman Moore says he will be singularly free from "those pledges and irifluences which, when made in advance of an election, are usually the curse of a candidate." Our Russian Policy [Harvey's Weekly.] As we understand it, the conflict in Siberia has been between a large faction led by Admiral Kolchak and another directed by Lenine and Trotsky, neither of which has been recognized by our Government. While our troops have been in legions controlled by the Kolchak Government, and therefore osten sibly on terms of friendship if not of co-operation with that organiz ation, we have at times been trying to hobnob with Lenine and Trotsky, and actually sent the one-time Rev erend George Herron to enter into frindly diplomatic relations with them. It was a sheer case of "Good Lord! Good Devil:" Finally, we are said by the Presi dent to be keeping our troops there —at the request of Japan—to guard the railroads which are under the management of an American en gineer, who went thither under commission from the Russian Government. But the Russian Gov ernment which commissioned Mi. Stevens long ago went out of ex istence, and we are not informed i that he has been recommissioned by either Admiral Kolchak or Len ine and Trotzky; so that his stand ing would seem to be officially un certain. It is a pity that the President had not pursued a logical, courageous policy toward Russia which would 1 have enabled him to reply to Senator i Johnson's inquiry in a convincing and satisfactory manner, and in the only manner worthy of a great Na tion which professes to be striving for justice, righteousness and de mocracy among the nations of the world. Try a Sweater When father is a-cussin' An' brother is a-fussin' An' mother is as peevish as a cat: When the house is hot as hades An' you're envying the ladies Who can dress in silks an' voiles and things like that; When you wish that linen collars Were as scarce as silver dollars An' that coats were stored in moth balls every spring; Then sister comes a trippin'— In her sweater, looking rippin'— Down the stairs—a cool and dainty summer thing. CATHERINE EDELMAN. HAKRISBURG 9SSsS& TELEGRAPH OH, MAN! .... ByBRIGGS - (|) (p z^ - "A ~~~ V. / OH t GOT Through \ / it \ / A ( EARUV AOU decided I Now IVe Need Our Pipe [From the Kansas City Star.] Here's distressing news. The W. C. T. U. has tucked up its skirts and taken after Lady Nicotine with in tent to scratch the hussy's eyes out. An active campaign is to be made with slogans and posters and field workers and legislative agents and lecturers and literature and other propaganda to drive tobacco into outlawry in the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdic tion thereof. We wish the W. C. T. U. wouldn't do that. Somehow it seems like car rying regulation a little too close to the theory of Torquemada and per sons like him who wanted every body to think and do according to rules made for them—and used rather hateful means to make them do it. We've got troubles enough as it is and we need a pipe to help keep us in the mood of philosophy that seems to be necessary if we are to make the best of things. Probably the W. C. T. U. has no idea of the mollifying effects of a nose full of tobacco smoke when a man's up against the knotty problems of these post war days. Anyway, regulation when carried beyond the point at which public welfare is actually and manifestly involved is impolite and mischiev ious. It's been tried before and had the worst results. When the Round heads were running England they went to just such extremes and we know the reaction that followed. Parliament passed a law making it a crime to eat plum pudding. In tolerance prohibited dancing round a Maypole, the playing of musical instruments, the gayeties of Christ mas and half the field sports of England. Probably Americans are not ready for that sort of a yoke. If tobacco isn't good for them, neither is too much telling by Government what they musn't do. Somebody might get the Government to tell them they musn't use coffee, or put lemon in iced tea, or chew guin. or go to picture shows. These are not reg ulations for Government to make, according to American democracy's theory- The war took us a little out of democracy's regular track, but the war's over now—let's light the pipe of peace. War Risk Insurance The Secretary of the Treasury has ruled that discharged soldiers, sail ors and marines who have dropped their insurance may reinstate it within IS months after discharge without paying the back premiums. They will be asked to pay the premium on the amount of insurance to be reinstated for the month of grace in which they were covered and for the current month. Thus, if a man dropped SIO,OOO of insur ance in-January, 1919, and applies for reinstatement the first of August for $5,000, all he will have to pay will be the premium for January (the month of grace) on $5,000 and the premium for August on $5,000. He will not have to pay premiums in either case for the intervening months. Stipulation is made that the former service men applying for reinstatement be in as good health as at date of discharge. The new ruling does not automatically re instate; application for reinstate ment must be voluntarily made. The reason payment for the month of grace is required is that the insured was protected by reason of his in surance continuing in force during that month, the Treasury says, and that had he died during the period of grace, his policy would have been paid. Hays Cheers Republicans Will H. Hays, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, who returned yesterday from a two weeks' visit in the West, said that the Republican victory in the Eighth Congressional District of Kentucky, could not be regarded except as a good omen for the Republicans. "This district." Mr. Hays said, "was carried by the Democratic candidate last November by 1,597. It has long been Democratic. The Republican candidate was elected last Saturday, at a special election, by about 1,700. Think it over." The successful Republican candi date last Saturday, was Captain King Swope, who ran on an anti league and soldiers' bonus platform. His opponent was Circuit Judge Charles A. Hardin, of Harrodsburg, who is Chairman of the Democratic State Committee. Overheard [From the Boston Transcript.] "Isn't Brown an aimless sort of chap?" "Aimless? That guy spends half his time wondering what he's going to do with the other half," THINKING AMONG THE GUNS A Clergyman's Conversion to Universal Military Training By The Kev. Thomas Travis, Ph. D. The man who carried the first American- Flag under fire in Flanders No. 5. These are plain facts. Put the two pictures together if you have doubts about the wisdom of uni versal military education now the war is over. At the very hour when those boys in Flanders went against that ghastly trap, necessarily not fully trained and taught, you were sending icokies to be trained by a boy who had seen a machine gun put together just once and scarcely an otficer of them all had seen one in all its many phases of action. And at that —the fellow who had just one squint at a machine gun knew more about it than you and 1 and the likes of us, who were so abso lutely ignorant of military matters that we couldn't be made to see the value of even watching once when such a gun was exhibited. And it is so simple all this matter of military education—so valuable too, for peace as well as for war; so valuable just for general educa tional purposes. The setting up exercises are far more valuable than our half-heart ed, pointless fooling with dumbells and chest weights in a college gym nasium. The military subjects are far better mind trainers than are Greek ablatives. Any boy will study algebra and trigonometry and high er mathematics all the better for seeing them put to use on the mili tary" trainirtg ground. I studied plane-sailing in a book at college and never v.-as taught even to navi gate a canal boat in a fog. I studied geography and geology yet never was taught to go out and draw a correct map of even the cow field or to get through a swamp in the dark by means of a compass, or lay a ditch so that the water would drain properly, thousands of things which are just the logical cap and end of classroom studies were never taught us. And all history of wars was made simle jargon to us because we didn't understand enough of military tactics to see the why of the moves. And here is gist of the whole matter: I cannot see a single line of education which could not easily be pointed up and drowned by Ballade Against Critics You mourn for your hope's decay? Ambition and Fame are cheats? Some Critic has deigned to flay Your work in the public sheets. Come, don't be a lamb that bleats! The battle is gay and long. Remember (oh, sweet of sweets) The Critics are mostly wrong. The Critics? —and who are they? Usurpers that hold their seats An hour of a passing day; And what are their noble feats? Why, see what they did to Keats — And Byron, that Lord of Song! Apollo himself repeats. "The Critics are mostly wrong!" Aware of their feet of clay. When Critic with Critic meets They wink as they go their way To plot in their foul retreats. Then shout in the open streets. 0 ardent but inky throng. The truth that each heart se cretes; "The Critics are mostly wrong!" ENVOI Though skilled with the last that beats, And deft with the prodding prong. As sure as their moment fleets, The Critics are mostly wrong! —Arthur Guiterman in Harper's Magazine for August. Nut Shells [From the Columbus Dispatch.] A Methodist Centenary speaker at Ohio State University began an ad dress to the students the other morning in this way: "Now, I'm not going to talk very long, but if you get what I'm going to say in your heads you'll have the whole thing in a nutshell." And he looked surprised when a roar of laughter followed his unin tentional slam. 1, Myself, and Me—We Three [From Over There.] 1 am the best pal I ever had; I like to be with Me; I like to sit and tell Myself things confidentially; I often sit and ask Me if I shouldn't or I should. And I find that My advice to Me is , Always pretty good. teaching its application to military work, and at the same time be a better mind trainer, and a better education. , hy should not every boy and girl be taught at least first aid? Why shouldn't every boy be taught to shoot a rifle, it is one of the tools Wherewith we carved a nation out of a wilderness. Why shouldn't e\ ery boy be taught how armies move and are fed and trained? and something about those weapons of war that have borne an important part in human history, signals, wigwagging, compass. Scout lore that teaches self-control of muscles, often a man has saved his life by his knowledge of how to rise from prone to upright so slowly as to take half an hour to the job; how to ob serve things without having to have someone hit him on the head with a mallet to make him see them; how to gauge distances, and heights. Physical fitness ought to be made a part of every school curriculum from the first grade to the univer sity graduate and physical fitness in cludes mental tests and exercises which teach the youth alertness, in itiative, co-ordination and discipline; and this should be augmented and applied by a system of universal military training including stand ardized general exercises and sports. This training might be scheduled during the vacation period for school and college boys and some conven ient season chosen for older men until every boy and man in the country should have acquired a practical knowledge of every branch of service. Thus if the time should come, none need be sacrificed through ignorance of the rudiments of warfare as I saw them sacrificed in those dreadful days when I real ized how powerless was my one sided education. In fact with just a little change of curriculum our whole educational system would get point and purpose and practically and real educative value, so that when a crisis came, no one need be a stop-gap if he were able bodied and clear minded, but could do a man's job first for the old flag and then for humanity everywhere. Yearns For Republican Rule Herbert Spencer, writing from San Antonio, Texas, to Harvey's Weekly, gives these views of a former Demo crat:— "I hope you will continue pound ing away at Mr. Wilson and his band of satellites, who I think are re sponsible for much of the Socialistic, Anarchistic and Bolshevik senti ment now existing in this country. "This League of Nations is the most ridiculous, absurd, unreason able and un-American proposition that was ever put forth. Mr. Wilson has been wrong on nearly every vital question pertain ing to the war and its aftermath, and has revised himself in numerous instances. We do not want an Autoc racy in the United States. He is a past master of framing high-sound ing phrases and platitudes that tickle the ear and appeal to the emotional in human nature, but when boiled down they are as void of reason and logic as a bubble. In his eagerness to make the world safe for Democ racy he has made it unsafe for Americans, and particularly so as re gards Mexico. "I am a native of Virginia, born and reared a Democrat within' twenty-five miles of Richmond, but I am now convinced that the only salvation for this counry is a thorough going, old-fashioned ad ministration of the Republican party. Yours for America first, last and all the time." Englishwomen Buy Farms [From the New York Times.] Women in England are buying their own farms or their own truck and garden spaces in rather con spicuous numbers. And this is all an outcome of the tremendous work done by women on the land during the war. The general feeling is that there will not be much room for the common female farm laborer who has a littlo money and who looks upon farming as her profession and her life work there is excellent op portunity in this direction. In the first place, on account of the com pact location of the garden spaces and the cities in England, transpor tation of foodstuffs is easy. Then garden truck and flowers do grow so abundantly and profusely there. , AUGUST 8, 1919. Gompers and the Germans [From the Philadelphia Ledger.] All the world dearly loves a tight er for a good cause, as well as u lover, and most folk will take glim satisfaction in the way that Samuel Gompers is laying about him at the International Trades Union Congress in Amsterdam. There is no mealy mouthed crawfishing on the part of Gompers in refusing to accept the flabby explanations of the German trades union delegates that "they went along" with German militarism during the war." And in his uncom promising attack on this effort of the Germans to evade their full re sponsibility Mr. Gompers not only voiced the formal protest of the out raged Belgian workers, but he him self represents more nearly than anybody else the view of all work ers of all the Allied countries, who cannot forget or overlook the extra ordinary sheeplike attitude of their brethren in Germany, who like Bofl Toombs, loud mouthed and "invin cible in peace," were "invincible in war" and stood by while their com panions in Be'gium were actually bound into industrial slavery in Ger many before their very eyes. That they allowed this without protest arms Mr. Gompers with a case and enables him to expose this type of German hypocrisy as well as the amazing effort of the Holland ex tremists to save the face of the Ger man delegates by blaming the war on "capitalism" and even "American militarism." \Vhat the new group of international trade unionists need as they prepare to bury the old in ternational is to take a candid, open attitude toward facts and not to spend the time in the mere ventil ation of disproved and discredited theories. And it looks as if Mr. Gompers, whether they like it or not. is going to hold the delegates to this task. Gerard and Germany In a letter to the New York Times ex-Ambassador James W. Gerard gives old Admiral von Tirpitz some hot shots. He says: "A statement has been printed (not in your newspaper) to the ef fect that Very Much ExrGreat Adi miral von Tirpitz writes in his book that I stated 'before the Bremen Chamber of Commerce that strong opposition to a declaration of sub marine warfare need not be expected from America.' "Of course, those Germans who, in fear of trial and justice, already feel the halter settling about their necks, will endeavor to offer any ex cuse to save their thick skins or their thin reputations. "There are many, very many, Ger mans and pro-Germans who would like to involve me in their excuses. "I never was in Bremen, I never addressed the Chamber of Com merce there, I never made such a statement publicly or privately; but. on the contrary, I constantly warned the Germans that a resumption of what they themselves called 'ruth less submarine war' in my opinion would rouse the people of America against them. "I was right!" $28,000 to $m,000,000 Boston lt is understood that the actual cost to Henry Ford of the 6100 shares of minority stock of the Ford Motor Company was $130,000,- 000, or $21,300 a share. At this rate the market valuation of the entire 20,000 shares would be $426,000,000. And the entire original investment in the company was only $28,000. The sellers will have to pay an income tax estimated at about $25,- 000,000, which means that they will receive a full $100,000,000 net for their less than one-third interest in the Ford Company's capital. Net earnings of the Ford Motor Company in June, after taxes, are understood to have approximated $9,000,000.- This is equal to $450 a share for this 30-day period, or an annual rate of $5400 a share. The $75,000,000 borrowed by Mr. Ford to finance the minority stock purchase he expects to pay back by the time the notes mature. Danzig to Warsaw In the following effusion from the Philadelphia Ledger, Danzing is speaking to Warsaw: If Warsaw saw far more of war Than Warsaw sought to see. Another town more sore war saw Than Warsaw saw—that's me! For Warsaw saw the war seesaw. But Warsaw saw no sea; I saw war soar by sea and shore. So Warsaw's sore at me! The sore war Warsaw saw seesaw Was a worse sore war for me; I saw more war than Warsaw saw, For the war wore .Warsaw free. IBmtfwj (Efyai It's pretty warm to be talking about coal piles, but there are many people thinking about them in Harrisburg according to what the coal men say and what is to be seen about the streets. In fact, from what the managers of two of the big coal distributing firms of the city have to say the folks ill this city are not only inclined to "shop early" in warm days but to lay in their coal early. "The way orders have been coming to us from householders I am convinced that they read the advertisements," said one man experienced in the ways of Harrisburg. "This used to be one of the worst towns in the State to get people to lay in coal in sum mer, but the things they went through the last two years have caused them to wake-up and orders for immediate filling are numerous. AVe have calls for all kinds of coal and cellars are going to be well filled when Jack Frost starts to paint the trees." In addition to this domestic activity there are huge piles of coal being stored by tho electric and other companies and regular mountains are to be seen In the upper end of the city where it is hauled from the coal fleets that are so busy in the Susquehanna, at the big electric plants at Ninth and alnut and at Lochiel. In addition to all this there have been immense quantities bought by industrial con cerns and the river coal men will be busy until the river closes to fill the demands. Quite a few housekeepers are going to try to luin river coal, too. The yawning bins at the Capitol are also being filled up and George A. Slireiner, who has been buying extensively, says that he is going to be readv for any winter that comes along. The Capitol went through the hard est part of two winters ago without having to replenish the stock of coal in the bins and there are larger spaces now. • ♦ The Capitol park policemen have a winter uniform that is at onco useful and effective. Thev have been provided with long black rain coats and on the right arm is the State arms in bright yellow. It .3 a striking change from uniforms heretofore worn, but meets all de mands and identified the officers as easily as a cap with gold braid or a red coat. • • Just the other day. Mrs. Edna Groff Deihl the "Aunt Este" known to so many children by her stories In the Harrisburg Telegraph —was having a story hour with a l? rge .,_. liudie "ce of youngsters. Breathlessly they listened to tala after tale of fairies, soldiers, heroes of history and nature stories until Mrs. Delhi was nearly exhausted. Still their "satiable curiosity" was unsatisfied. "Just one more" beg ged the children, and one more was told. Now, Just ONE more" said they. "I'm all told out" said she. But rescue came. A small lad aroso "Aw what's the matter with youse," quoth he. "Does youse think she's a phonograph?" • • These are Capitol visiting days and the midsummer dullness that settles over many public places and in business establishments is not to be found about the office of the guides of the State House. Visitors are going through the big building in shoals and the guides are on duty from early morn until evening. Many of the tourists come to Har risburg by automobile, but there are whole parties that look suspiciously like car loads. They come from every county and the register is a list of post offices of Pennsylvania, the like of which is hard to find even at Independence Hall. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE i —Governor William C. Sproul, ; who has been in the west, plans 1 to leave the middle of next week for Salt Lake City to attend the governors' conference. —Secretary of the Common wealth Cyrus E. Woods has been enjoying his vacation on automobile tours. —Mayor E. V. Babcock, of Pitts burgh, has given up ideas of vaca tion until the primary is over. Adjutant General Beary plans to make some visits to various parts of the State to look up prospects for National Guard units. DO YOU KNOW —That Harrisburg made parts of machinery that equipped many munition plants during the war? HISTORIC HARRISBL'RG —Harrisburg made engines as far back as sixty-five years ago. Sea Fever I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky. And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; And the wheel's kick, and the wind's song and the white sail's shak ing. And the gray mist on the sea's face, * and a gray dawn breaking. I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea gulls cry ing. I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life. To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover. And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over. —John Mansfield. Eagle on Coin and Ensign [From the Nyack N. Y. Journal.] The first American gold coinage of eagles, half eagles and quarter eagles of the value of $lO, $5 and $2.50, respectively, was p!a<ed in circulation December 6, 1792. One and three-dollar gold pieces were formerly coined, but they were dis continued in 1890. The first coin called an eagle was used in Ireland in the Thirteenth Century and was so called from the figure of an eagle 4 impressed upon it, but it was made of base metal. The standard of the eagle was borne by the ancient Per sians, and the Romans also carried gold and silver eagles as ensigns, and sometimes represented them with a thunderbolt in their talons. Charlemagne adopted the double headed eagle as the standard of the Holy Roman • Empire. The eagle was the standard of Napoleon I and ' Napoleon 111. as well as of Austria, Prussia and Russia, - r
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