10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH L VEWSPA.PER FOR THE HOME Founded 1881 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. T*kcraph Building, Federal Square E. J. STAGKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief P. H. OTSTER, Business Manager GPS. M. STEINI.IETZ, Managing Editor A. R. MICHENEIt, Circulation Manager Executive Board Z, P. McCULLOUGH, BOYD M. OGLKSBY, 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. WLll rights of republication of special , dispatches herein are also reserved. t Member American Newspaper Pub- Associa sy.vantn Associa- Aveniie Building Chicago, lib K Entered at the Post Office in Harrts burg. Pa, as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a week; by mail. J3.00 a year in advance. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21. 1919 The mark of a saint is not per fection, but consecration. —Bisiior WESTCOTT. ALIENS TO BLAME ADVICES from the large indus trial centers indicate that the real trouble-makers in the strike of steel workers throughout the country are aliens or men who have come to this country with i theories of government diametrically opposed to American ideals and the principles of American life. It was declared in one of the Catholic pul- | pits of Pittsburgh last Sunday that j the un-American forces behind the steel strike and those who take part In it as aliens drew large compcnsa- . tton for their labor during the war while patriotic fellow workmen went overseas to fight that American Ideals might live. This priest made an eloquent appeal to all service men to align themselves with the authori ties to preserve peace. He declared with emphasis that the strike was brought about by outsiders, by men who have no interest in the com munity and who do not have the welfare of the men at heart. This is the view of scores and hun dreds who have investigated the causes leading to the present unfor tunate industrial conflict. Thousands who have quit work have done so not because they are in sympathy with the strike, but because they <!o not care to be classed as "scabs," or in opposition to their fellows in the various industries who have made the Issue. Disregard of law and order Is one of the unfortunate phases of the early stages of the controversy. Already officers of the law are characterized as "Cossacks," an opprobious term coined by the Russian disturbers of the peace who have brought to America their radi cal theories of government which have aready thrown the country whence they came into an awful maelstrom of disaster and untold suffering. Americans who hold the institu tions of this country as the safe guard of their liberty and those of foreign birth who have come here with a determination to adopt our manner of life and enjoy the free dom of our people will not join hands with those who would destroy the peace and prosperity of the mil lions who have made this country an asylum for the oppressed of all lands. The reaction of the great war has left many In a confused and erratic frame of mind, so that they cannot see clearly, and therefore rush into situations which are neither sane nor Justified by anything which has developed during the last year. But the good sense of the American peo ple Is bound to assert itself and to eve.ntually overcome the present day tendencies toward the impossible panaceas introduced from the de moralized countries of Europe. Per haps some such thing as the clash among the steel workers was neces sary to arouse the people to an ap preciation of the menace of foreign Ideas, encouraged through prop aganda of those who would break down the splendid institutions which have been fostered and built up in thta country over a long period of years. The Individual has a duty to per form In keeping his feet squarely on the ground and maintaining the poise of the good citizen who is will ing to do his part in the maintenance of those principles which are abso lutely necessary to the development of American ideals and prosperity and welfare of all the people GET YOUR PETITION EVERT industry, store and of fice In Harrisburg should be represented in the Daylight Baving petitions now being circu lated as a result of the Telegraph's movement for a continuation of Daylight Saving next year. The petitions are going like wild fire. There is a rush to sign where -ovor presented. Ninety-five per cent. I WEDNESDAY EVENING, of all the people of the city will be jon the papers when the time comes to ask City Council to act, and no official can withstand public opinion so unanimously expressed. Get your blank petition at the Telegraph office, fill it out, send it in and thereby help save that pre- . cious hour of daylight in summer. ! : SEND IN THAT NAME THE Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce is enguged in getting the name of every man who went Into the service during the war from this city. The task is arduous enough at best, but it is being made more difficult by the care'.essless of those who should be most inter ested. Every man. woman and child in Harrisburg is interested in some soldier, sailor or marine, and they should see to it that the Chamber gets a record of his name, address and unit, if possible. These men are to be honored next Sunday and Monday by the community they went out to serve. The committee in charge desires to send each man a formal invitation to the festivittes, but this canngt be done if the name and address are not at hand. Of course, every man will be wel come. whether or r.-ot he has re ceived a formul invitation; but the committee would like to honor every soldier, sailor, marine and war worker who served with the co ors by presentation aiso of a medal, and the number of these to be ordered makes it necessary to have some accurate knowledge as to approxi mately the number of men who en listed from Harrisburg, whether or not they are now located here. Get into touch with your soldier and see that his name is filed with the Chamber of Commerce. Take no chances. Ask him about it. und, if he has been careless, you act for him. This list, both for the sake of the men themselves and for the ac curaev of the historical record, l ought to be complete. An egg is a day's work fur a hen. 1 according to the farm definition, and it would seem as though most hens > must be demanding higher wages. DEMANDS FAIR PLAY IN THE Navy, as in the Army, the views of the department as to which officers are most deserving of recognition by Congress do not coincide with the opinions held by j Senators and Representatives. The j War Department wanted to confer the rank of general upon General ! March and General Pershing, al- j though the former had seen practi- | cally no active service in the war. ( Now the Navy Department -ccom- j mends that the permanent rank of! admiral be granted only to Ad- j mirals Benson and Simms, utterly ignoring Admiral Mayo, who had | command of the Atlantic Fleet dur- j ing the war, and was in direct charge of the defense of our own | coasts. He has performed far more i j sea service than Benson, having 1 commanded everything from a light! i cruiser to a fleet, and it is admitted ] | that under him the American Navy ; I has reached the highest stage of j j efficiency in its history. Admiral ; Benson, on the other hand, has spent | but little time on a ship. His only \ ! important command was that of the I j battleship Utah, and that only for j j a short period. He has never been J { the ranking officer of a fleet, a divi- ; i sion or a squadron. Simms, how- j | ever, deserves everything Congress ! j can give him. In seeking a reason why Mayo was not recommended by the depart ment for special recognition, Repub licans point to the Tamplco incident, when he demanded an apology from the Mexicans for their insult to our flag, and then was forced by the administration at Washington to withdraw his ships without obtain ing it. Un another occasion Admiral Mayo appeared befort the House Naval Affairs Committee, compared j the Peace Conference at Paris to ! a "sewing circle," and urged that Americans should look to their own defenses rather than place reliance upon Paris. It is easy to infer that Mayo's independence of thought and action huve outweighed in*the minds of the administration officials any merit that he has won through effi cient management of the fleet. But the Republicans of the Senate have held up the nominations of Benson and Simms, and it is understood that they will insist that Mayo be re warded, even if it involves the drop ! ping of Benson's name from con j sideration for permanent honors . altogether. NO COMPENSATION, BUT!j DURING the attempt of Senator Robinson, Democrat, of Ar kansas, to defend the issuance of Nation-wide railroad passes to Mr. McAdoo and grown members of his family,' the statement was made that McAdoo is serving as "special counsel" without compensation and that he served as Railroad Admin istrator without compensation while he was Secretary of the Treasury. It is very pertinent to remark that although McAdoo served without any regular, stipulated compensation, the country never had a more expensive official than McAdoo proved to be. He cost the country hundreds of mil lions. May we never have another such official "without compensation." tn, "P&tuiiigtrtuua By the Ex-Committeeman Failure of Judge Eugene C. Bonni well to make the showing he hoped in the Philadelphia judicial contest and the rout of his followers in con tests in Philadelphia and Allegheny counties have rather dimmed the chances of the belligerent jurist iroiu the Quaker City of mussing lip the plans of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer und his col leagues to control the delegation from Pennsylvania to the next Dem ocratic national convention. Bon niwell's generalship was not good ill several instances, notably when he went out to Allegheny county and took part in a county commissioner ship battle against the candidate of Joseph F. Uuitey, who won. The Democratic leaders have been growing more cheertul as the pri mary returns develop and Palmer is said to teel more comiortable about the Pennsylvania situation than he did when the postmasters of the State held their convention. It Is likely, that signs of setting up dele gates will commence to be seen, al .iiough most 01 them will wait until aiter the general election. While a good bit will depend upon I he outcome of the struggle over the Peace Treaty, it commences to look as though Palmer will have things pretty much to himr.elf in running the Democratic State machine. Dem ocratic leaders have been edging to ward' ihat condition for some time and the Impression in Washington is that the Attorney General comes pretty close to being sole leader und that he has in Guftey, the McLeans, Sterling, O'Brien, Rupp, Parke Davis, Humes. Lynett, Kirkendall and others of that type pretty prac tical eounscllors and aides, and that he is not so far away from Don nely, Hrennen and other warriors. —Progress of the primary elee t"bn count in Philadelphia is fur nishing some interesting reading these days and some of the Phila delphia newspapers are commencing to show signs of impatience at the developments. Some of them are de manding that the count be pushed and the crooks be rushed. The tact that Allegheny county, where the light was most bitter, is not having trouble With its count is attracting comment when contrasted with Philadelphia. —The Philadelphia Bulletin voices the opinion of Philadelphians when it says: "But don't let us have a lot of mere wranglings and empty or .ilatory threatening*. So far as' in val dating Mr. Moore's nomination is concerned, the ease is clearly one of "Put up or shut up," and the public will expect ■ a speedy und legitimate production of those mys terious uondeis wh eh Mr. Seott has been intimating are to be performed in tlie Third, Eighth and Tenth and other wards." A Washington dispatch says that on h s return to Washington. Senator Boies Penros ■ "declined to discuss the political situation in Philadelphia und Pittsburgh, ex cept to say that he was highly grali lied with the result and looked upon the primaries as a foverunner of better politibal conditions, especially in Philadelphia, which c*ty enters upon what is considered the most progressive form of municipal gov ernment in the United States." —Writing in the Philadelphia In quirer. George j. Brennan revjews the primary contests in Pennsyl vania. He has th s to say about Daujiliin county: "Lieutenant Gov ernor E. E. Beidlentun and W. Harrv Baker, Secretary of the State Sen ate, scored personal triumphs in the Dauphin county contest. They were confronted with opposition of unex pected activity and each buckled down to the tusk of lining up his iriends for the primary vote. Their candidate, George A. Hoveter, de feated formVr State Representative Daniel L. Kiester for the nomination of mayor of Hurrisburg. Kiester, the present mayor, worked with the Vare-Brumbaugh outfit during the lust State administration. The Beiiileman - Baker combination named their full county ticket and are in tine form for the national delegate contest and the nomination of their legislative ticket next spring. As of yore, they will line up with the Old Guard of the stalwart con tingent of the Republican State or ganization. "Luzerne county presents its com pliments to Allegheny and wishes it understood that it has more con sideration for former State chair men than was shown in the west in the turning down of Judge Wasson for continuance on the Common Pleas bench. This hard coal county at the primaries last week paid an exceptional tribute of esteem to a one-time chairman of the Democratic State Committee, John M. Garman." —Things are getting strenuous in 1 Pittsburgh. Here is a paragraph i from the Gazette-Times: "Mayor' E. V. Babcock's attack upon Coiiu- i oilmen W. Y. English and John S. j lierron on September 6 is not to be allowed to go by default. Not hav ing replied to the request of council that his 'attack upon their integrity' be followed up by specific charges, he was again requested yesterday to come forward with any charges he may have to make, and Mr. English said he intended to press this de mand every week until the Mayor complied with it." —Lehigh *and Berks Democrats are showing signs of intention to go after the scalp of Congressman Arthur G. Dewalt, who has served several terms. Berks may have a candidate next year. Dewalt was a candidate for Judge but declined to make a contest. —The Beaver county court has ordered SherifT J. P. Bryan to bring in the bullot boxes from more than one-third of the precincts of Beaver county, to be opened by the otficiul computing board. Attorney L. M. Sebring presented an affidavit to day alleging irregularities in the Allquippa voting. This was the out growth of a borough squabble and had nothing to do with the county I voting, except as to the effect that j the possible throwing out of alleged | irregular votes will have. —Here is an interesting para graph from the Williamsport Ga zette and Bulletin, regarding an un usual situntion: "As Indicated yes terday morning by the early returns Hoagland is the Republican nomi nee for mayor and Heintz the Democratic nominee. Mr. Hoag laqd and Mr. He ntz were candi dates for the Republican nomina tion for mayor and both tiled pa pers asking the Democrats to en dorse them. The effect has been to make them nominees on the tickets of opposing parties." 77ie Canny Scot Again [From Punch, London] e The report that an Aberdeen child had become mentally affected as the result of swallowing a penny turns out to be incorrect. It is'the father of the child whose sanity is despaired of. BXHRBranRG lliiib TEEEGKSPH WONDER WHAT THE CHAP IN THE COLLAR AD THINKS ABOUT By BRIGGS - * ~ 5 ~ ■ _ You lu "have TO The. Girls in The i certainly have where do These admit I'M Good street Car& Go travelled a lot movie heroes get looking - I HAVE DIPPY OVER ME. AND I'VE SEEN A THEIR. REPuTATIOM A LOT OP FUN LOT OF FOLKS BUT FOR GOOD .LOOKS-J LOOKING AT MY NONE: iSO HANDSOME NNONPePFUL FEATVIRES AS I . I'M TWICE A-S GcoP IT'S REALLY A CRIME HOVAPDO YOO* D LAOGH TO LOOKING AS The FOR ONE PERSOro To HAIR?? ISN'T IT -j SEE 'ME' WITH THIS HANDSOMEST MAN HAVE A MONOPOLY COLLAR OFF- 1 LOOK ON THE STAGE IF I ON BEAUTY. . BUT IT U(< - AN PO SAY IT MYSELF ' OF ATTENTION ORDI SARY ■ PERSONJ , L No Wonder Germany Quit l!j MAJOR I'HAXR C. MAIIIN Ol' the A rill y Recruiting Station "Many and many a real hero lias j I never gotten so much as a citation i I much less a medal during this late [ I war. One case in particular is In- j j delibly stamped in my memory. He ( I was a stocky little fellow assigned to - regimental headquarters us a runner, j j Time affer time, that lad has come! j sliding down into my shell hole in the! ' middle of an intense barrage when j I I was most fervently wishing that; ; 1 were home with mother. With a ; cheerful grin he would hand me a j 1 message troni the Colonel and away j j he would go through shell and ma ! chine gun fire as as j hough he were walking down the | main street of his native town. As | he scrambled out of the shell hole jl would call out to him his famous I motto,'some gets you but most of j them misses you,' and with a cheer ful, 'that's right, sir,' and a wave of the hand and he would be gone. ; His motto came to light one day I when he arrived at regimental heau | quarters after coming down the side of a hill, in plain view, which was j being simply smothered with burst ! ing slie'ls. The Colonel had stood I there watching his unhesitating de scent and upon his arrival had asked the runner if he had not been scared on that hillside. His smiling answer became historic all through the. divi sion and really had a great deal to I do with the marvelous morale and [ determination shown by the men of i the Fifth Division in their crossing I of the Meuse on November sth and [their subsequent wonderful drive to | Wards Longwy. General Pershing said in his citation that the crossing, of the Meuse was the greatest div j isional feat of the war and many I thousands of the wearers of thq Red I Diamond attribute their success to I the spirit inspired by that runner's 1 motto even though they had no idea wliosaid it. Week after week through ' St. Miliiel and then in the Meuse- I Arsonne thin runner carried his mes ne ger-. by day and night, through i dense fire that made a perfect Hell 'on Earth, through mud, through rain [and darkness always cheerful, ul ; ways swift, apparently never tired I and never sleepy. Early in Novem- | 'her his comrades began to notice I ! that he had taken to snatching what j | sleep he had time to get, lying on his stomach and they also noticed that ihe never sat down. Finally on No- | j vember 6th, the sergeant in charge . I of the runner asked him why he | I didn't sit down and rest when he ; got a chance. The runner just ' grinned and answered that he never , got tired enough to want to sit down, i That made the young sergeant sus- Ipicious and he took our yoting ! friend over to see the doctor. The ' doctor made him take down his ! trousers and discovered to his horror I that a large part of one thigh had been eaten away by mustard gas. Imagine a burn as big as a dinner plate, a burn that had eaten into the flesh an inch and then, through lack of care, had turned into a huge running sore, a sore which every step cracked and made bleed, a sore which every step caused the man's clothing'to chafe and rub. At last the runner admitted that on October 16th a shell had knocked him head ■ over heels into a shell hole in which i he had Sat for a moment recover- I Ing his breath and senses which had ' been nearly knocked -out of him by I the concussion. It was in this shell : hole that he had unknowingly sat in i mustard gas and gotten his burns. | I for twenty-one days without a word | or a hint to nnyone of his condition, he had gone about his duty, always | cheerful, always on the Job. And it | was during this twenty-one days that | he had enuciated his famous motto that did so much to bring about the downfall of the Hun. i Is it any won der that with men against them whose fortitude and courageous en durance far exceeded that of the renowned Spartan youth who let a fox bite him to the heart without a murmur, that the Boche decided to quit while the quitting was good and while there were still some Boche ' left alive to make a Peace Treaty." Riches Under New York [From the Youth's Companion] In r'chness and variety of mineral wealth the land under New York City Is'second only to Lance Rock in Norway- The largest garnet on record wns found in 1886 at the cor ner of Seventh avenue and Thirty fifth street. Aquamarines and other beryls, tourmalines, smoky-quartz crystals, clear-quartz crystals, topazes and opals, all have been found in the ledges along Broadway. But the deposits of prec'ous stones are exas ! perntingly innreessib'e; the tremen-- dons value of New York real estate I will probably guard them forever against schemes of would-be miners. WHAT FOLLOWS THE "FLU?" JI'ST nothing at all; that seems to be the answer to this ques tion, if we are to credit an in vestigation recently made by the Board of Health of Buffalo, N. V., and reported by Dr. W. A. Evans, the author of the "How to Keep well" section printed in numerous dailies. The 34,000 who had the influenza last year in Buffalo—and survived it —are in better health to day, Dr. Evans assures us, than if they had had typhoid, or even measles, or than it they had gone through a major operation. "There is 110 other severe disease," he" says, "which would have left so few semi invulids in its wake. The results here discussed puncture, in particu lar, several popular fictions, of which perhaps the chief is that influenza renders its victims an easy prey to consumption. The Buffalo investi gators found absolutely no evidence of this. Says Dr. Evans: "In the early spring they (the Buffuo health authorities) threw a corps of investigators into the field to discover what had been the after effects of the 'flu.' There were 33,880 cases of influenza reported between October 1, 1918, and April 1, 1919. Of these, 3,179 died. An investigator called on each survivor and asked whether there had been any after-effects of the disease. There were 748 who claimed they had never been the same since they were acutely sick. " 'Flu' is a severe disease, and some after-effects can be expected. But there is no other severe disease which would have left so few semi , invalids in its wake; 748 out of 138,800 is a small proportion, i "The figures of this survey were ■ published in the April bulletin. The [June bulletin carries a follow-up 1 story. Twp months after the first I visit an inspector called on each of the 74 8 who claimed to be suffering Whose Dream? [From Kansas City Times] Is the Hon. J. Ham Lewis speaking by the cards when he predicts the President will soon advocate social ization of railroads, coal and oil? Or is he simply putting out a feeler for the administration, which can bo disavowed if sentiment proves hos tile? In any event, in view of the failure of the Government in its effort to give railroad service at a reasonable cost, it is difficult to believe the President seriously contemplates sug gesting an extension of Government operation to includd coal and oil as well as railroads. It is quite possible to take a pencil and paper and show how far the private handling of these three in dustries falls below the ideal. But in the light of the experience of the last two years it is also possible to predict with the greatest assurance that under Government operation the service would be worse and it 3 cost greater. • It will take many years for J.he public to forget its railroad grief sufficiently to get up and give three cheers for the proposal that the Gov ernment own and operate the rail roads, the coal mines and the oil fields. LABOR NOTES Nearly all the shipyards and metal trades plants on the Pacific Coast em ploy union men, but there has never been any agreement requiring all em ployes to belong to the union. The channel tunnel from Dover, Eng land, to Calais, France, is the biggest undertaking the British Government has broached in order to give employ ment to men liberated from the Army forces. Street railway men and other city employes in Berne. Switzerland, have joined the strike of chemical workers, and the sympathetic movement is gain ing rapidly and spreading to other cities. Organized culinary workers In Seattle, Wash., declare that the modern hotel and restaurant kitchen contains so much machinery that this calling can be classed as dangerous and should be Included In the State compensation act. It Is contended that the war has been for the spread of a spirit jf unrest among the women of France. Thousands who formerly wove cloth or made lace have declared their unwill ingness to go back to their old occu pations. They prefer to work in the factories and they now stand out for a minimum wage of $1.40 a day. where previously they Were content with 40 cents a day. from ■'after-effects of 'flu.' They were informed by 501 that they had 1 fully recovered; 216' reported that I they were improving; 4 had died. i "Of the original 748 there were; 220 who claimed to be suffering from one form or another of lung trouble. Examination showed that 28 had consumption. Of these 11 were on record as having had tu berculosis before they had the 'flu,' 8 were cases of new tuberculosis, al though several were in families where they were cases on consump tion. Eight cases of consumption could be expected to develop in eight months among 33,880 people who had never had the 'flu.' "The evidence indicates that influ enza does not Increase the tendency to consumption, as one person of the 748 had died from consumption during the two months' interval, but the evidence was that he had the disease before the epidemic of influ enza came along. "Of the 206 cases of rheumatism where it was claimed that the dis ease was due to 'flu,' 128 said at the second visit that they were well, and 78 that they were improving. "Of the 4 6 cases of heart disease, 26 said they were well, and 19 that they were still under the phjUician's care. ~"The second visit showed that the persons with eye. ear, nose and throat trouble which had been charged up to the 'flu' were about all well. Their troubles had not been serious. "It is very certain that 33,880 cases of pneumonia, typhoid fever, diphtheria, measles, or almost any other grave disease, or 3 3,880 major operations done under an anesthetic, would have left more after-effects, more organic disease of heart or kidneys, more consumption and more chronic bronchitis, more chronic in validism than followed in the wake of the epidemic of 'flu' in Buffalo." THE OLD ROAD [By Amory Hare.] Road like a vein, Tell me, where will you take me Beyond the broad plain? Will you mend me and make mo The merry-eyed, cherry-lipped gipsy again Who followed the jovial patter of rain Or the sun's ruddy burning? Will you give me your cloud mottled hills Where the wheat nods and bil lows; The brook that a shallow pool stills At the feet of the -willows? And show me the meadows that dance Mid the music of bees, Or the shadows that hover and glance To the laughter of trees? Will you give me the longing for home When the dark comes to daunt me? The urge to go forward and roam When the moon comes to haunt me? The ricks in the gloom by the barn, And the smell of the cattle; The carters that pause for a yarn Or go by with a rattle; The hail and the halt, the good will That they toss to the stranger? The k£en stabbing Joy of the thrill At the coming of danger? Road like a warm living vein. Tell me where will you take me. Beyond the broad plain? Will you mend me, and make me The merry-eyed, cheery-cheeked gipsy again? THE OPEN WAY [From the Baltimore Sun.] Keep you the open way. And the open heart and mind; A window open unto the day, That the breeze may toss the blind; That the flowers may creep to the sill. And the birds sing on the bough Because you have lived with an open will For the creatures of God, somehow. Ah, the open road that stretches Through the open glade and over The open hill to the open sky To the open fields of clover— And the open heart, that's best, For it's any path for the feet If only the heart in a fellow's breast lls open, and free, and sweet. SEPTEMBER 24, 1919. STATE SCHOOL SYSTEM [From the Philadelphia Inquirer.] One of the effects of the appoint ment of Dr. Thomas E. Finegan as State Superintendent of Public In struction has been to Inject fresh blood into an organization that has been in danger of dry rot, and it is gratifying to note that Doctor Fine gan has called an Educational Con gress to meet at Harrisburg on No vember 10, for the purpose of reor ganizing the State school system. This is not to be merely a gather ing of pedagogues who are some times apt to run too strongly to theories, but it is to include practi cal and successful men who have been active in building up the ma terial interests of the Common wealth. Thus the leaders in busi ness, industrial, financial, farming and professional life are to partici pate in the conference which is to discuss the present needs of the, Bchools in their relation to the in dividual and the State. The war has created new condi tions which call for drastic changes in the courses taught in the schools. What was desirable in 1864, and even in 190 4 does not fit in with present day needs. It goes with out saying that there must be changes in the courses in history and geography and things of that sort, but in addition the time is ripe for making new and firm foun dations in what the Superintendent calls "the fundamentals of school ing." The questions of finance and administration call for the highest executive ability, and there is every reason for believing that men who have won success in industry and in the professions will be able to \ contribute much sound advice to ward the solution of these important problems. The members of the con ference are to be divided into groups so that the educators may he able to confer with the men who are specialists In various lines of though and business. Most important of all Is the need of placing vocational training upon a new and broader basis. We need specialized training in vocational work, in agricultural, continuation and other schools. There is a new era in the history of the wqrld and it is the part of prudence to have a school system that will be able to cope with the needs of modern life. It would be premature to say Just what should be done at this time, but there is every reason for believ ing that Doctor Finegan Is going the right way in which to secure re sults. In- a multitude of counselors there is wisdom, and it will be strange indeed if the proposed con ference does not mark the begin ning of an epoch in the common schools of Pennsylvania. America Leads in Dress [From the Remaking of a Mind, Charles Scribner's Sons, by Henry de Man, Leader of the Belgian Labor Party] X am here on very controversial ground, yet I venture to affirm that American women generally dress with more taste than do those of Europe, perhaps not even excepting the Parisiennes. With regard to the furnishing of American homes, I have visited enough of all classes on both continents to be still more emphatic as to American superior ity In taste in this respect. Much more originality is displayed there than in Europe, where the tyranny of the conventional "styles" smoth er every attempt to individualize or even to consider practicability. There is nothing surprising about this if one asks the question wheth er any art can flourish where there is not a minimum of air, light, cleanliness and comfort higher than that which prevails in the so-called homes of the majority of Europe's population. . No, the relative imperfection of the sense of measure and nuances, above referred to, is but the price that America pays for her individ ualism and energy. Let her pay it gladly. The weaknesses of youth are the easiest to cure. Say what one will about the difference between American and European civiliza tion, there can only be one conclu sion: They compare with each other like youth and old age. It is not to the latter that the future belongs. Of all the lessons of the great war, perhaps none is so incontrovertible as this. A Wise Man [From the Edinburgh Scotsman] Wicks—Ffow did you manage to get your wife to give up her vaca tion? Wiseman —I gave her a potted fern for n birthday present, nnd she won't go away and trust It in the care of anyone else laroiuu} (Efyat;; Pennsylvania's State Medical So ciety, which is holding its sixty ninth annual meeting here this week, is one of the oldest organiza tions of the kind and has an unusual interest for Harrisburgers. Thy preliminary meetings for the organ ization of the society were held in Harrisburg years before the Civil War and some of the most prominent men of the profession met here dur ing the early days. At that time the society was nothing like as large, nor as influential, nor us important in the eyes of the community as it is to-day. The society is one of the strongest organizations and in thre ; wars had a roll of honor that gleamu brightly indeed. Most of the meet ings of the society held in Harris burg, which city has been the host upon several occasions in the last three decades and oftener prior to the eighties, have been held at the Capitol and have brought many em inent surgeons to this city. It is interesting to note that three H arris burg medical men have been presi dents, Drs. John W. Curwen, Henry B. Orth and John B. McAllister. A number have been honored by elec tion to the vice presidencies. Pennsylvania's Memorial Bridge which will be constructed at Stat ! street and form part of the Capitol Park development scheme, 'is being explained in detail to the hundred < of visitors who come to Harrisburg and visit the Capitol. Guides, wh > for years, have explained the variolic points of interest about the building, have now added another point o.' interest and they guide visitors to a convenient window on the east side of the building and point out just where the new bridge will be located. Txiter they take the visitors to thd Senate lobby where the model of the bridge is located. To say the least, visitors are astonished at the mag nificent plans for the bridge. Opening of bids for the Memorial Bridge yesterday m kes certain the construction of the great structure as a part of the Capiiol l irk improve ment and there was general satis faction expressed, not only at the Capitol, but in city offices that the figures were within the estimates of pr. J. E. Greiner. "We will be able to let a contract within a week. 1 think, and I am very glad that the figures ran the way they did," re marked Governor Sproul. "The bridge will be a go," was the com ment of Auditor General Charles A. onyder. Word of the figures was telegraphed to Arnold W. Brunner, the architect, in New York. Late reports coming to the State Department of Agriculture indicate that the potato crop in Pennsylvania, notably the eastern part of the State, is turning out better than expected and that in some of the regions quarantined for the potato blight there have been good yields. It was feared early in the summer that the crop would be hard hit, although there was a large acreage in coun ties where potato raising had been made a speciality. Late reports have Shown improved conditions. The reports coming in continue to tell of a fine corn crop generally, .1 to ° earl Y' say State offi cials, to make any estimates. State Agricultural experts are urging in department bulletins that seed po tatoes be selected this fall and that it is unwise to wait until next spring and also that as much fall plowing be done as is possible. The State of Pennsylvania has been asked to furnish relief for crickets. For the first time in rec °v lG tters have been received at the Capitol asking for information as to the best way to get rid of the insects Secretary of Agriculture i'red Rasmussen says that some of the letters are more appeals than anything else and that complaints are made not of noise, but of dam age to woolen clothing. Sweetened vinegar in a deep dish or uncooked vegetables dosed with arsenic are suggested by the State zoologists as ways to get rid of the crickets. Col. John B. Patrick, who attend ed the national encampment of tho G. A. R. at Columbus, met by acci dent one of the lieutenants under whom he served In the Civil War. He was standing in a hotel corri dor and heard a man say he was the only survivor, so far as he knew, of Captain W. R. Jones' independent company of the 97th Pennsylvania in the Civil War. Colonel Patrick said ho had been in that company, too. The man was Col. Eli Tor rance, of St. Paul, well known in this State and a national officer of the G. A. R. The Captain was the famous head of the Carnegie Steel Company blast furnace years ago, Captain "Bill" Jones. ( 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Senator Samuel W. Salus, of Philadelphia, was among visitors to Harrisburg yesterday. —Harry W. Chamberlln, promi nent Northumberland county lawyer, was here yesterday. —Emory R. Johnson, the new dean of the Wharton school of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, was sent greetings by alumni in this section. —Cyrus E. Woods, Secretary of the Commonwealth, took a promi nent part in the national conferences of Secretaries of State at Washing ton. ■—The Rev. Dr. Stewart, new moderator of Redstone Presbytery, is a McKeesport clergyman. —L. L. Price, prominent Pttts burgher, has been elected head of the Scoutmasters of Allegheny county. T DO YOU KNOW —That Harrisburg street pav ing specifications have been copied In many cities? HISTORIC HARRISBURG —The first coal wharf In Harris burg was at the foot of Market street and was used 100 yeare ago. Perfectly Simple [From the Washington Star.] Down in a coal mine Is plenty coal To fight all the chill that cold waves can unroll. The problem of fuel—quite easy I call it. All you want is the talent to dig it and haul it. ' Over the country are wide-spread ing fields To furnish us food In magnificent yields. These crops cauße us worries, but soon we'll dispel 'cm. All we need is somebody to tend 'em and sell 'em.
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