10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph Building, Fed-rnl Square —■ E. J. STACK POLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager GUS. M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor A. R. MICHENER, Circulation Manager Executive Board • . P. McCULLOUGH, BOYD M. OGLESBY, F. R. OYSTER, GUS. M. STEINMETZ. Members of the Associated Press —Tha Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this fiaper and also the local news pub ished herein. ▲ll rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. t Member American Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa tion. the Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Associa ated Dailies. Eastern office Story, Brooks & Finley, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City; Western office, G a J' I Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa„ as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a week; by mail, J3.00 a v n£Sfcii£-' year in advance. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1919 "Having thus chosen our course, without guile and with pure pur pose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear and with manlg hearts.'' — LINCOLN. PIFFLE f/"|3 OLSHEVISM may hit us rS yet," said Judge Gary, of the United States Steel Cor- poration. With all due respect to the dis tinguished gentleman quoted, he is talking piffle and nonsense. America is in no danger of Bol shevism and Mr. Gary knows it. But he does a lot of harm, stirs up trouble and encourages the disor derly element when he talks like that. He is old enough and experi enced enough to know better. A FITTING CHOICE THAT was a graceful act the Welcome Home Committee performed when it invited George W. Rhoads, commander of the Grand Army Department of Pennsylvania, to be chief marshal of the parade to be held in connection with the home-coming celebration for Harrisburg soldiers, September 29. The Grand Army, made up of men who saved the union, is entitled to a place in line with the brave young men who rescued the world from the dominion of the Hun. It is fitting that the Department Com mander, representing the great or ganization of Civil War veterans, shoud ride at the head of the column of which all the Grand Army men would be a part had not their ad vancing years prevented them from taking up arms against the Kaiser and his hosts. MR. MOORE WINS THE nomination of Congressman J. Hampton Moore as the Re publican candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia is pleasing to a great majority of "up-State" Republicans. Mr. Moore has been a constructive influence in Congress ever since his first election many years ago. He is about a half-century ahead of his time in the development of inland waterways .and has done a large amount of arduous but valuable pioneer work along those lines. More than that, his nomination is a promise of better things in Philadelphia politics, for which the State-at-large will be duly thankful. If Mr. Moore, as Mayor of Phila delphia, can weld the Republican forces of that city with those outside, so that the everlasting bickering that has for years marked Philadel phia affairs in the State Government may be eliminated, he will stand out as one of the biggest men in the public life of the Commonwealth. His victory at the primaries, it would appear, is a step in that direc tion. Likewise it makes Senator Pen rose, who was back of the Moore candidacy, the dominating political leader in Philadelphia. THE LEGION EVERY" man of Harrisburg and vicinity who saw service during the war should be present at the mass meeting this evening at 8 o'clock in the Court House when General Beary will speak on the American Legion and its objects. Additional interest is given to this meeting by the fact that President Wilson has Just signed the bill in corporating the organization and that the first State convention of the society will be held here October 2, 3 and 4. The Legion already has a mem bership of over 350,000 and the campaign this week, of which to night's mass meeting will be a part, is designed to bring it up to the million mark. This is the minimum which those back of the movement have set, but there can be no doubt that within a short time the Legion will be us popular with Americans who saw service in the war with THURSDAY EVENING, Germany as the Grand Army Is with Civil War veterans. "One million members. That is our objective. Membership is the goal. 'Let's stick together* 'is the slogan. September 15 to 20 is the time to put it across. A member ship appeal means this—an appeal delivered with terrible punch, an ap peal that will jar the entire country into focusing Its attention, nation ally on the American Legion for six days. It means an appeal that will reach each individual man and woman who is eligible for member ship and grip them so forcefully that they will be uncomfortable until they do enroll. It "means a com posite national enthusiasm for the American Legion made up of thousands of community and dis trict and county enthusiasms." This is the ringing call to the campaign which is designed to bring to the front a youpg organiza tion that in a few years will play a part of practical patriotism in the life of the Nation such as the Grand Army has performed during the half century past. Its members will be men who have placed themselves between the guns of the enemy and the flag of their country and who will stand at all times for the preservation of the Nation which they risked their lives to save against military foes either without or within. Membership in the American Legion will be a badge of honor as long as the organization exists. Every man in this vicinity who wore the uniform during the trying days now happily ended should be a charter member of the organ ization. To-night's the night. THE NEXT MAYOR ALDERMAN GEO. A. HOVBII TER, whose slight indisposi tion following his vigorous campaign has laid him up for a day or two, will find when he is able to get about again that his election in November is practically assured. Having carried the city on the Re publican ticket by an overwhelming majority he comes before the public as the nominee of that party at a time when Republican candidates are in high favor here. Mr. Hover ter's dignified statement previous to the primaries has done much to give him the confidence of many who are not well acquainted with him per sonally. He has left no doubt in the mind of the public as to where he stands on any of the questions that will in all likelihood come be fore him and City- Council within the period of his term of office. His views on the future growth and development of the city arc precisely what enthusiastic citizens of Harrisburg would have their chief executive express. It is re freshing to find the man who will be mayor of the city so optimistic as to the good things the next few years will bring for the city. Another point in Mr. Hoverter's statement of principles that will ap peal to the voter is hia. ; i^eq Ksv^fi economy in government. ' nizing that police department hear ings are not the most agreeable part of a mayor's duties he never theless proposes to perform them himself, thereby saving to the tax payers some six or seven thousand dollars that can be well utilized in some other direction. Mr. Hoverter has made a very good impression at the outstart of his campaign. He is a man of good j habits, honest and respected in the community. The party he repre* sents is in tremendous majority. lie j will go into office with a vote as large, if not larger, than any cast for a mayor of this city and with the good wishes of thousands of Har risburg people for a successful ad ministration. His campaign before the general elections promises to be little more than a formality, for it is not thought that the Demo cratic nominee, under the circum stances, will have temerity to tako his candidacy seriously. THE LEAST OF THEM THE Harrisburg Chapter of the Red Cross has undertaken to do for the poor and ailing, and especially the little ones of the Har risburg district, what the American Red Cross has done and is doing for the poor little waifs of de vastated Europe. Under the direction of Mrs. William Jennings and Miss Mar garet Ringland, it is going out into the by-ways of this and nearby counties in search of those who need its services. With loving kind ness and the tact of trained diplo mats these motherly women are gaining the confidence of the par ents and the trust of the children who are to be benefited, and one by one the suffering boys and girls are being brought to the great hos pitals of this and other cities to be made as nearly whole as the most advanced medical science finds pos sible, The tiny appropriation of S3OO which was given to the Home Service Department for what many re garded as a doubtful experiment has been expended over and over again, but still, like the widow's cruse, it is as large as It was when the work was begun. The Harris burg chapter is a pioneer in this kind of work in America. The na tional officials are watching its re sults with the purpose of extending this branch of home service work to the country as a whole. An im mense good can be accomplished if the movement is made national. Countless children, otherwise doomed to a hopeless life, handi capped beyond the possibility of muklng for themselves a decent livelihood, will be saved from the ranks of dependents and made use ful citizens of the community. It is in line with the magnificent ac complishments of the Harrisburg Chapter that this work should be in augurated und carried to success under its auspices. IK By the Ex-Committeemen Probably the most striking thing about tho primary elections in the State on is the huge vote polled by the Republicans in the cities and in many of the counties. Communities which have always been regarded as Democratic strongholds like Reading, Allen town, York and the like registered and voted probably more Repub licans than ever before, while in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh new registration records were estab lished. The vote in those cities is expected to be shown by the official count to be unprecedented for a pri mary. The showing made by the Demo crats in various cities will probably be seized upon as a reason' for a de mand for a new reorganization of the Democracy in Pennsylvania. It will be recalled that the present ruling clique of the State Democracy seized control of the machine and incidentally won the presidential convention delegation by a carefully prepared and very noisy propaganda against party management in 1910. The decline of the Democratic vote was then much lamented and made cause for a change. History may repeat itself or try to. -—lndependent Republicans smash ed the Vare machine at the primary election Tuesday not only by nomi nating J. Hampton Moore, Indepen dent Republican candidate, but also by nominating a majority of the candidates for the small council of twenty-one members, the Public Ledger says this morning. —Mr. Moore was nominated by an estimated majority of 1,571 over Judge John M. Patterson, the Vare candidate. —Mr. Moore's majority, slight though it is, was greeted by Inde pendent forces throughout the city us a tremendous victory, a victory which meant the end of cort-actor domination and machine rule in Philadelphia and the elimination of the stigma placed upon the city in the eyes of the nation. —lt will be interesting to watch the course of the Vares in Phila delphia and also to read how vari ous newspapers will regard the re sult in the Quaker City and its effect on State politics for next year. It can scarcely be said with much foundation except factional hopes, that the results of Tuesday will in jure Senator Roies Penrose. But some one will say it, as usual. —Another object of interest will be the speculation of independent tickets. There is always an out break of such talk after a close fight or a bitter campaign, but judging from votes this is not going to be a good year. —Official counts start to-morrow with judges sitting in a majority of counties, as county commissioners are candidates and in many a district this computation will be necessary to establish victory. —The more important judicial contests in the State appear to have resulted as follows: Philadelphia J. P. McCullen (C. P.), George Henderson (O. C.); T. P. McNichol and C. H. Bartlett, renominated (M. C.) Allegheny—J. A. Evans, renomin ated: J. C. Haymaker, renominated; J. B. Drew, Stephen Stone and Charles H. Cline, with possibility of Henry G. Wasson also being on tbef ballot for common pleas; H. Ealton Mitchell (O. C.), T. C. Jones (C.C.) Lancaster—C. I. Landis, renomi nated (C. P.) Berks—G. A. Enlish and G. W. Wagner, renominated (C. P.) Schuylkill Mac Henry Wilhelm, renominated (O. C.) Juanita-Perry—J. M. Harnett de feating J. N. Kellar, Brumbaugh ap pointee, to common pleas bench. Westmoreland —C. D. Copeland, present orphans court Judge, de feating D. J. Snyder, Brumbaugh appointee, to common pleas bench. Cambria —S. L. Reed, Sproul ap pointee, probably wins over James W. Leech, former compensation commissioner, for new orphans court. Washington J. I. Brownson, Brumbaugh appointee to common pleas, nominated for full term with out opposition; new orphans court judgeship in doubt. Lackawanna—J. J. O'Neil, renom inated (C. P.) Lehigh—H. W. Schantz and Mil ton A. Henninger named to fight it out for new common pleas place. Luzerne —J. M. Carman, renom inated (C. P.) Monroe-Pike—S. E. Shull, Brum baugh appointee (C. P.) Somerset—J. A. Berkey (C. P.) It will take official counts to set tle most of the associate judge bat tles. There were such primaries in twelve counties. Superior Court Judge W. H. Kel ler was nominated for the full term of ten years without opposition. —The chief mayoralty nomina tions made Tuesday were: Philadelphia—J. Hampton Moore, R.; Henry D. Wescott, D. Allentown —R. C. Peters, R.; M. W. Gross, D. Altoonn—John W. Blake, R.; D. S. Brumbaugh. D. Bradford—S. M. Degollier, R.; F. P. Isherwood, D. Carbondale—C. R. Munn, R.; John Loftus. Chester—W. T. Ramsey, R.; Coatesville —A. H. Swing, R.; Dußois —Adam J. Haag, R.; Louis E. Boyer. D. Easton —S. S. Horn, R.; C. A. Bachman, D. Erie—Dr. Elmer Hass, R.; Miles B. Kitts, D. Harrisburg—G. A. Hoverter, R.; G. W. Hartman, D.; W. D. Mc- Nalr, L. Johnstown —Charles A. McKeown, R. and D. Lancaster—H. L. Trout, R.; re nominated; G. Sheaffer, D. Lebanon —Colonel Marshall L. Case, R.; George F. Krause, D. Lock Haven—Clarence Dunn, R.; W. E. Zimmerman, D. Oil City—D. J. Bolton, R. Reading—John K. Stauffer, R.; W. A. Witman.; J. H. Stump, S. Williamport—A. M. Hoagland, R.; J. J. Heintz, p. York—E. H. Hugentogler, R. LABOR NOTES The jute trade in Great Britain em ploys over 10,000 people. .In Japan there are over 2300 chem ical manufactories which employ in the neighborhood of 125,000 hands. Great Britain has gone much further In the irvlustrial employment of women than has the United States. Miscellaneous factories in North Carolina employ over 55,000 people, of whom over 11,000 are women. The State Assembly has defeated a bill empowering the Wisconsin Indus trial Commission to set wages for-men. Wages for women are now set by the Commission. ffIIMUBBTTRO (AiAl TELEURAFH A HANDY MAN AROUND THE HOUSE By BRIGGS n FA_,V" / _ ' I / I COULDN'T FIND MV f f LUCULLUS' jCLornks i vxas + _ 1 I! I No Wonder Germany Quit ,By MAJOR FRANK O. MA 111 N Of the Army Recruiting Station "Once in a long time the Boche used to treat us real nice, lip in the Vosges mountains, where things were usually nice and quiet we had a real good time. The dugouts were | good, we had electric lights, water | was plentiful, and the chow came in j plentifully and regularly, so every- • body could get a full tummy twice a day. The scenery was perfectly | beautiful and during four years the | French had figured out defense sys- j terns that were so good one had i time to really enjoy the pure moun- j tain air and the sights. Of course | sometimes the air wasn't quite so j good after a few hundred gas shells | had come over, and people used to I get killed or wounded every once | in a while. I went eleven whole days without having a man hit, at one time, but that was too good to last and the next couple days made up for those eleven days of immun ity. There was just enough doing to make life thoroughly enjoyable. | If the Boche hadn't shelled us oc- j casionally life would have gotten ; monotonous and stale especially as ] there wasn't a woman, even an old | peasant woman within miles. In fact we didn't see a woman for six weeks at one stretch and everybody knows how dreary life gets without a chance for any female society un less things are happening fast enough to keep your mind on some thing else. And also since we were over in Germany all along the front in the High Vosges the French had helped themselves to furniture years before and many dugouts had real chairs, tables and beds in them. Wherever possible the dug outs were put on the reverse side of a hill so the Boche shells would i go sailing harmlessly overhead and I burst well out in front. These dug- ! outs would have vine clad porches l on which we would loaf and bet on j where and when the next shell | would strike. As the Boche had ! worked up a real good 'Hate' for j the Yanks we seldom had to wait j very long to settle a bet. In one | sector in addition to everything. else we had a charming little moun tain lake covering a couple of acres with a flat bottomed boat in j which to go riding. The water was i bitterly cold in the lake, but for a | few minutes it was fine swimming. Immediately to the North of the lake was quite a hill, the south side of which was honeycombed with nice large, airy dugouts, room enough for a battalion but only oc cupied by a company and a few casuals. The Boche couldn't reach those dugouts with their shells, but they used to pepper the lake with commendable frequency. And it was thanks to the Boche that we used to be kept fairly well supplied with nice fresh fish out of that lake. Every time a shell burst in the wa ter it would kill some fish, as an; explosion under water always does. Out we would go in our boat and gather them up. It was probably from there that the glad tidings were spread up and down the front that if you had an offensive grenade—containing 4 ounces of T. N. T.—and a stream with fish in it you were all set for a meal. Pick a nice likely looking pool, pull the safety pin of the grenade and heave it in the water; five sec onds later every fish in the pool was floating white side up, dead as a door nail, and all you had to do was wade out and gather your crop. The trouble Is it kills little ones as well as big and is therefore a wasteful way of fishing. It got the goats of thrifty French peasant so completely that they got a law passed prohibiting fishing with grenades, but naturally there was no one up in the trenches to keep one from fishing that way if you could find a stream with any live fish in it. Another thing for which we had to thank the Boche was their generous use of fire works. Frequently for weeks at a time we didn't have to shoot off a flare as the Boche were so scared we were coming over they would keep No Man's Band lighted up all nigt.t. with their star shells. Then every few minutes they would send up some kind or other of a rocket, evidently to tell those in the rear that the twice accursed Yanks hadn't gobbled them up yet. So each night you could sit out on a hill side and hnve a perfectly good fire works display, as long us you didn't forget, yourself and start to light a cigarette. If you .did have a momentary aberration it only took a couple of seconds for the i Boche to convincingly inform yon that you bad better move and move fast if you couldn't remerqber at all times that he was there." The American Legion [From the Clevelan-d Press] THE G. A. R., formed half a century ago, has a splen did and notable history of vigorous, patriotic influ ence on the national life of the United States. That strength and influence now has a new birth in the American Legion, a national organization of sol diers, sailors and marines who served the Nation in the war with Germany and her allies. Nearly all its members are men who were civilians before the war, and are now again civilians. It makes 110 distinctions of rank, and no distinctions between overseas men and those who did not get overseas. It is not military. It is not political. Its voice in all mat ters is the majority voice of its members. Its will is their will. The American Legion, in a word, is American. It seems destined to become a most vigorous and effective force in the national life of the United States. Its purposes are set forth in the preamble to its con stitution adopted at a national meeting at St. Louis last May. These purposes are: "To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. "To maintain law and order. "To foster and perpetuate 100 per cent. Americanism. "To preserve the memories and incidents of our association in the Great War. "To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the com munity, State and Nation. "To make right the master of might. "To promote peace and good will on earth. "To safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy. "To consecrate and sanctify comradeship by devotion to mutual helpfulness." Inventor Vindicated [From the Boston Herald.]' As long ago as when Charles J. | Bonaparte, of Baltimore, was secre tary of the navy, the flies of his of fice show that Carl Wheaton, of Waltham, arrived in Washington to submit pians for the use of gas in warfare. He went before both the army and navy. His proposal to the army was for the firing of gas shells, substantially as used in the late war. His proposal to the navy involved the use of a submarine and the boring of a hole in the bottom of a batticship for the injection of gas. The army authorities, at that time, held that it would be impos sible to pollute the atmosphere with enough gas to have any military ef fect. The navy authorities con tended that it would be like putting salt on a bird's tail to get under a battleship and inject the gas. So Wheaton spent some months in Washington in useless efforts to at tract attention. Although he died several years ago, he lived long enough to see his idea applied in actual warfare. The story of his submissions comes to us from one of the officers of the navy department who sympathized with his association at the time in re jecting the gas theory. Work Long Hours [Forbes Magazine.] The biggest jobs in America are not 8-hour jobs. Judge Gary, Chair man of the United States Steel Cor poration, does not come down to his office unusually early and leaves, as a rule, between 4 and 5 o'clock, this does not mark the beginning and the end of his working day. Every now and then you can pass Judge Gary's home in the early hours of the morning and see a light, indi cating that t\je head of the great est industrial enterprise in the world is hard nt work. Not long ago, the Judge delivered a wond<fully com prehensive, well-thought-out, ably written uddress before a learned body, and someone who became in terested in finding out how long it took to compile so effective a paper finally learned thut Judge Gary got out of bed at 3 o'clock one morning, took paper and pencil, and had the whole thing finished by breakfast. He gets up at any hour whenever he feels moved to get through a piece of work which calls for solitude and deep thinking. On such occasions he will sometimes work 7 or 8 hours at a stretch, from 1 or 2 in the morn ing until 8 or 0 or even 10 o'clock and then go through another day's work at his office. Bright Colors Return [Philadelphia Public Ledger] The color card of the United League of America, a national or ganization of manufacturers of wo men's waists, is ready for distribu tion to the trade throughout the United States. The new color card is for spring of 1920 and is the re sult of conference between the man ufacturers of raw materials and waist manufacturers. In place of the somber shades which were in vogue in the spring of this year, the new color card will strike a more cheerful note. In fact it touches the high spots and promises to re-establish the bright hues which were in evidence in the pre-war days. Bright, delicate shades to indicate victory are repre sented in the color card and the league recommends and indorses the use of the twelve shades as be ing suitable for the wholesale trade as well as the retail trade of the country for next spring. The new colors are follows: Ivory, flesh, bisque, blue dawn, league gold, peachblossom, Adri atic, apricot, orchid, Bermuda, sil ver gray and navy. "The 1920 spring color card," said Mr. Mosessohn, of the league, "is certainly a triumph for the commit tee which labored almost six weeks in getting it out. When the lady of fashion sees the colors this spring she will be delighted because of the bright and cheerful effects produced. I do not hesitate in predicting that the women of the country will ex press their gratification at the re mit." Altoona's Way [From the Altoona Mirror.] In some cities in Pennsylvania politics is a live issue all the year round. This is true of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and Johns town. We often wondered if the people in those centers of popula tion did not get tired of trying to fol low the sundry and divers political moves, but apparently they do not, for the papers are printing political news all the time and they usually know what the people want. Here in Altoona and Blair county the citizens take their politics in small doses. They like a short, in tensive campaign. They are too busy with other things to be bothered more than a week or two before the primaries and again at the election with the importunities of the candi dates. And they experience a sense of relief when they cast their bal lots. And it is the better way, we think. SEPTEMBER 18,1919. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Two Sides to It To the Editor of the Telegraph: In response to your petition Or an extra hour of sunshine which ap peared in the Telegraph of Friday, September 5, 1 wish to ask you a particular question in regard to the effect this petition will take on the furmers, as to whether you believe in your opinion that that daylight saving law will not injure the in terests of the farmers. By reason of prevailing weather conditions, such as wet in the mornings, wheth er they have any crops that are sub ject to spoilage. But what I consider most seriously is that all the hired men, either yearly tenants, monthly hands or day laborers, are not of the same opinion in obedience or abiding by their master's command. When it comes to the point of working over time on a farm to produce some special results highly Important In order to avoid a lot of unnecessary work after a rain shower or helping to save a crop in the harvest sea son, they are like other workmen. What the farmer and his hired men can't do in the dew of the morning they must do in the evening. A farmer is supposed to be the main and sole supporter of the whole country, and this is one distinctive point many city people do not realize. Now, I wish to say that, as far as my reasons are concerned I do not believe that all classes of sport, such as amusements or base ball games, are not to be compared with the farmer's Interests. So, much as 1 would be pleased with the daylight saving law myself were I to live and conduct my trade in the city, when it comes to working on a farm then I make it my practica to follow the country rule. So in this way it would seem necessary that there should be two rule 3 one for the farmer and one for the city. So you may add me on the list of the city daylight saving law sup porters, but I request that you adopt a separate petition as a rule for the farmers, under three different points relating to their necessary business affairs. I remain yours verv truly, J HERMAN P. DORWALD, JR. Harrisburg, Pa., care General Deliv ery, West Fairvlew, Pa. Favors Old Time To the Editor of the Telegraph : I noticed a few days ago a good article by one who signed himself "A Taxpayer" on this much talked of subject of "Daylight Saving" and I agree with him entirely over this agitated question or meddling with the clocks. I know the farmers, truckers and any other hard worker all say it is a curse to have to get up an hour sooner and be deprived of their much needed rest and then when their help comes in the morn ing it is generally too wet or early to work in fields or lots and then when they might work to a good ad vantage and convenience later in the day to have their help stop an hour sooner; in fact, they lose at both ends of the day, I have a nephew who owns a fine large truck farm within a few miles of Trenton, N. J„ who is put to a great deal of in convenience over (to me) a foolish interfering over old "Sol's" ravs who has had his supreme way for all time! It might do for younger people—or, as this gentleman says, for those in office, etc., who do not have to get to their work so early, but conditions and circumstances alter cases always, and it certainly "goes against the grain" to have to change our clocks and rise an hour sooner when there is really no need for it —no garden to hoe, or even balls to bat, in many cases. And be sides I cannot see where there is any saving from the transaction, but a great loss in more ways than one, and as before quoted, if those who must have their recreation, let them get at it an hour sooner in the even ing, rather than upset other peo ple's days. A FRIEND OF OLD "SOL'S." Versatile Traveling Man [From Kansas City Star] Punch, London, quotes this adver tisement from a provincial paper: I "Lubricating and Edible Oil Trav eler, with connection, Desires change," and offers this suggestion: "Why not try the Cannibal Islands?" Would Save Money [From the Edinburgh Scotsman.] Prospective Bridegroom (in furni ture shop) These prices make me give up all thoughts of marriage. I now realize it'll be cheaper to let her sue me for breach of promise. iEmttng (Ei|at I More preliminary work for the improvement of Capitol park and the erection of the new building and the bridge is under way about the State's domain, than the average man realizes and although there are numerous inquiries as to what is be ing done little is known. What is really needed to show that things are doing is some "flying dirt," es pecially on Walnut or Third streets, L upon which the city of Harrlsburg is ' anxious to get to work and which lo "S been watched by resi innu °. city for soma oppor now to , co -° p eate. Engineers are w,7J nn ng ,. the lines 'he new m he , trees which will be nh! f^ W P ?, rk and for 'he changes Hon whi s r ?. ark - This later opera in th i? invoke some changes " , lb . e ' ine of the historic "board mnkp <iT made of concrete, will make the park one of the old toM ii P ountry - Many of the new mi will come out and some Inter DPH Wh ' Ch flt ln with the pUnted The m of ,hing8 ' will be Saks" e n ea of the "K'rdle of U to hf' Gdlca ' ed to the Governors , ° th b l cflr .t e out. While eventu ally there will b© rows of oak trnpc aUon ted win I h° Ma "- The next °Pe' - atlon will be the boring for the which will be east of the Library the ehnrn 7 will be to determine eln r ter of the stone for the she nrnn S m d w,n be an exten s inkPP r Ho'es will be thpii. ?. , or the terrace so that chnno-e i . no more chance of the r? ? foundation than in tree Capitol itself. The bor for the State House were a big engineering proposition in them ouirett r Tl 6 ldea of what was re mnv he • new Memorial bridge thnt Vh galned from the statement made fe >re were forty-two borings the that structure. They ran Filhert way from the old line of inn , treet to the brow of the a ri.le th Went . d ° Wn many feet - As eleven they struck slat o and occa sionally some limestone. The data oetn? ? n , the resu its is an inter m.Vnn g f ol ° gl< : al Study for this com munity in itself. • • • h,, the l e aa one P'ace in Harris burg yesterday where a seesaw was f^ b ° d t ,th® best emblem, it was the Ki f® were P e °P le in the big building from every section of Pennsylvania and each one had something on his mind regarding the primary and as most people had to leave early to get hero for busi ness everyone wanted the "latest" and the "latest" varied much. At one time the Moore people at the Capitol were Jubilant over the result Philadelphia and the next minute the Patterson people would get a new story. And then it would go the other way. It was the same in regard to various other contests and people indulged in much "kidding." In one instance a man paid a bet and found out that the "latest" made him a winner. * • • It's a fact that many more people well known throughout the coun try have been visitors to Harrlsburg since the opening; of the Penn- Harris than ever known before, at least since stage coach days. The word that Harrisburg has a real hotel has gone forth and almost every day there is a car from a dis tant state and quite a few with "N. Y." and "D. of C." license tags to be seen. And by the same token, the State Capitol has been visited by more men of affairs who "always wanted to see it, but didn't want to come here because of the roads" than one imagines. Judges from New York, officials from Washing ton. bankers from Ohio and busi ness men from southern states are to be found registered here whereas a year ago they would have made Gettysburg their main point. • • • Congressman J. Hampton Moore has written this paragraph about a camp well remembered by Pennsyl vanians: "Major William Reese Scott chaplain. U. S. N. f has been made superintendent of education of the Camp Meade schools. An attractive booklet, compiled by him and print ed by command of Major General Grote Hutcheson, has just been is sued, which tells of the vocational and educational training now being done at the military camp named for Pennsylvania's famous general The departments of education pro vided in the Camp Meade schools in dicate that common sense efforts are being made to give the boys in khaki a chance to equip themselves for civil life while also undergoing military instruction. The Young Men's Christian Association, the Knights of Columbus, and the Amer ican Library Association are co operating in this work. • • • ' This is the season of bonfires and it is well to be careful when burning brush that the fire is not too close to barns, stables or chicken houses " warn officials of the State Fire De tection and Prevention Bureau. Ac cording to records of the bureau, fires due to carelessness in burning brush caused losses of thousands of dollars and numerous burning acci dents last year. People living in built-up communities are especially urged to use care. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Judge William H. Keller of the superior court, nominated yes terday, Is a Center countian by birth. —W. D. George, Allegheny county food administrator, may become head of the fair price committee in his city. —Ex-Governor Edwin 8. Stuart has been thanked by General Persh ing for the splendid welcome given him in Philadelphia. —Judge G. A. Endlich, renomi nated in Berks county, is one of the oldest judges in service in the State. —A. C. Gumbert, renominated for county commissioner in Allegheny county, used to play league baseball. —Lieutenant Governor E. E. Beldleman is to speak at the Man chester home coming. —District Attorney W. J. White house, of Schuylkill county, was among visitors here yesterday. —M. C. Brush, head of the ship building corporation, denies closing of Hog Island and says that more ships will be built there. Dr. Leo S. Rowe, University of Pennsylvania professor and Treas ury official, is being congratulated on a birthday. \ DO YOU KNOW —That Ifarrisburg's memo rial to its soldiers and sailors will have one of the command ing places in the city? HISTORIC HARRISBURG. —Camp Curtin had several his toric buildings, but sites are almost forgotten.
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