8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Id. H&WBPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 18SI Published evenings except Sunday by TBK TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph Building, Federal Sgmare E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief V. R. OYSTER, Business Manager OUS. M. STSINMETZ, Managing Editor JL. R. MICHENER, Circulation Manager K* .Executive Board P. McCULLOUGH, BOYD M. OGLESBT, P. R. OYSTER, GUS. M. STEINMETZ. Members of the Associated Press— Tho Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this fiaper and also the local news pub ished herein. All rights of republication of special | dispatches herein are also reserved. I Member American Newspaper Pub- Assocla latlon and Penn- Assocla- E&stern office Story, Brooks & Avenue Building, Story. Brook I Chicago, " l u l ll<^ lns> Sintered at the Post Office in Harris burg. Pa. as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a week; by mail. 13.00 a year in advance. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1019 Be merry, man, and tak not sair in mind The wavering of this wretched warld of sorrow; To Ood be humble, and to thy friend be kind And with thy neighbors gladly lend and borrow His chance to-nlcht, it may be thine to-morrow. — WILLIAM DUNBAR. OUR NOBLE WOMEN WITH the dropping of the cur tain, so to speak, on the home war activities to-day the soldiers who have returned should be reminded of the splendid work of the canteen division of the Red Cross in this city. Not only have these good women looked after the comfort and welfare of the sol diers of Harrisburg and vicinity dur ing the long months of fighting and anxlons waiting for the conclusion of hostilities; they have met on the trains passing through Harrisburg thousands of soldiers to whom they have ministered in many ways. The grateful appreciation of these men has frequently taken the form of the most touching and sincere letters from men at home and abroad. No finer page in the history of the war will be written than that having to do with the unselfish devotion and the tireless service of the noble women of the various organizations formed for the purpose of minister ing In every way to the men called to the national defense. Harrisburg is proud of its women >nd to-day while we are honoring the boys there is a large place in our hearts for the mothers and wives and sisters and sweethearts, whose inspiration did so much to maintain the morale of the American soldiers. Storage of food is not hoarding, says Attorney General Palmer. He has been taking note of the squirrels and the other animals that provide for "seasonal requirements." BERLIN SETS EXAMPLE A WOMAN has succeeded Joseph Friedrich Naumann as chair- i man of the Democratic party. This is in Berlin, however. If a woman should succeed Homer Cum mings as chairman of tho Demo cratic party in this country, tho Democrats would put up a better fight next year and the billingsgate and rough-house tactics would be replaced by something approaching dignity and courtesy on the part of the Democratic pilot. WO SIDES TO IT FARMERS selling their wares in Harrisburg are opposed to the •establishment of a wholesale market. While there are many ar guments to the contrary, the vle\v3 of the farmers must stand, for with out their support a wholesale mar ket could not be maintained. Just how such markets are successfully operated in other cities to the bene fit of the consumer it might He in teresting to develop, but since all that is beside the point it would be j fruitless to attempt to compare con ditions here while the producers are opposed to the idea and determined 'to hold out again it. The farmers simply will have none of it and, willy nllly, tho rest of us must comply. Bdt when the farmer demands the rephal of the anti-forestalling ordi ximice he is going beyond his rights ■nd he will find the people of the city as heartily opposed to that re quest as he is to the opening of wholesale markets, and quite as de termined to have their way. Perhaps the anti-forestalling ordi nance has not produced all the bene fits expected of it, but it has ba\Ted from the markets the mere profiteer, axiA'ln time it will work out to the 'benefit of the community as a whole, nhe farmer who opposes this ordi nance is also against the establish , tag of a wholeealo market, but, • strange to my, the only reason he MONDAY EVENING, favors the things which the fore stalling ordinance Is designed to pre vent, is because he desires to sell wholesale in a manner that the city people have ample proof has had the effect of running up prices to the consumer in the city -markets. Everybody wants to see the farmer get a fair price. Everybody wants to see him encouraged to produce, and it does seem that there ought to be a way oilt of the difficulty, although to date nothing but an tagonism between the city dweller and the fruit and vegetable grower has resulted from the effort to bring them closer, which is not good for either. The consumer realizes that the farmer must make a fair profit if he is to continue growing market produce, which is the most perish able of all farm crops and therefore | involves the most risk of loss, and the farmer must come to the under standing that food prices have reached a figure in the city past which many people cannot go. The middle man is the enemy of both when he operates in the city market merely as a profiteering in fluence, and it is at him that the pub lic hns directed the shafts of tho anti-forestalling ordinance. This measure is their sole protection, poor though it be, against the man who is simply interested in price boost ing for his own selfish benefit and they will not stand quietly by and see it repealed. If the farmers have something better to offer, the people of the city will hail it with delight. One naturally turns to the great State and City Memorial Viaduct about to be erected here and to the Harrisburg memorial at the eastern approach of tho imposing bridge on this home-coming day. WELCOME HOME THIS is "Welcome Home" day in Harrisburg and not a serv ice man or woman who at tended the meeting at Island Park yesterday will doubt that the home folks are glad from the bottom of their hearts to have them back in the old town once more." A year ago we were hnnging over the newspaper dispatches, watching every fresh advance in the Argonne and on the other fronts in Franco with rejoicing that the Hun at last was receiving his death blows, but sad of soul when we thought of the price the Americans were paying for the deadly execution they were de livering. And so, to-day, wc are proud and happy and have set about making a holiday to let those who wore the uniform know how we feel that at last tho fighting is over, that they won, that so many of them have come back safe home again and that it was our boys who started the German hordes on the back track and stopped not until the enemy threw up his hands in abject surrender. The only sorrow we feel is for the lads who will not answer when their names are called to-day. We weep with their friends for their absence, but we rejoice that there are "Amer icans who do not hesitate even in the face of death when the country calls. It is of such stuff as this that the men who built these United States were made. And just as these men who have died and these- many others who have come back triumphant faced the foe with no thought in their hearts but to win, so the homefolks, we would have them know, set their faces to their duty in a thousand different ways at home. The whole city concentrated upon the beating of the Hun. Working or at leasure, day or night, men and women talked and labored with that end only in view. Never has there been such a unanimity of effort in the city. With firm resolve and an enthusiasm that swept everything before it our peo ple got back of the men who carried the guns. It would have been a heartening sight could those with the colors have caught a glimpse of the forces at home, tho second line of defense that kept advancing with its food and supplies and money, and men even before the need was manifest. It is in that spirit that we cele brate to-day. It was our war, too, which the men we honor to-day fought to such a glorious conclusion. They are our sons and neighbors. We backed them up to the extent of our energies and our abilities. Our hearts were with them when they were away and our hearts are with them as they come back home. My, but it is a "grand and glori ous" feeling to know that we have finally rung down the curtain of the great conflict in Harrisburg, that our men are with us once more and that we may now turn to, the mak ing of peace with all the vigor and enthusiasm with which we made "Welcome home," sendee men and women, and may you find the old town all you hoped, and more. THE CITY'S GREAT NEED J YORK is up against the housing • problem in about the same -way as Harrisburg and the Chamber of Commerce of that city is endeav- \ oring to interest builders and others in the construction of homes. Mer chants, manufacturers, real estate agents, bankers, architects and oth ers are having a conference to-day in order to form some definite plan o provide a large number of houses for those who need them. * Harrisburg and other cities are all suffering from the underhoused conditions and we must realize here, as they do at York, and elsewhere, that our future prosperity and growth depends absolutely upon an increase in the number of dwellings. It is admitted that there will be prac tically no reduction In the cost of building for years, and this being conceded there ought to be some way found to provide the necessary 'homes. We must provide the dwell- lings or suffer from arrested develop ; ment. It would seem that corpora | tions and large employers in Harris j burg who are dependent upon con tented labor for their own growth and prosperity should co-operate with the Chamber of Commerce in working out real building plans that will meet the shortage of homes within the near future. Ik ) I By the Ex-Commlttceman j State officials do not expect the "sole nominee" question to be settled this fall without going to the court. At the Capitol it is held that the act of 1913 and the amendments mean that where there are two candidates for one seat on the bench that the one receiving the smallest number of votes is eliminated and that where there are three the two receiving the highest votes are to go on the ballot. Numerous Inquiries have been made here as to what should be done in regard to Allegheny and Phila delphia judicial nominations, but the State authorities intend to certify from the returns those whom they consider to come within the law and to be prepared for any contest in the courts. In spite of the ruling that judicial nominations can not be made except at the primary, there have been a number of nomination petitions taken out by friends of judicial can didates. Some of these will pre sumably be made ready in event of any test of the' law + court, so that if a decision shouid create va cancies, means to put names on bal lots would be at hand. —Whether the proposed abolition lof the 10 per cent differential in fuvor of the State Insurance Fund |is to be made effective on January 1 next, as outlined by Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. Donaldson ;in his recent letter to tho State Fund Board, or on the first day of 1921, will be decided this week- Governor William C. Sproul plans a further conference with members of the board, which includes tho Insurance Commissioner, at which the Attorney General will be present and questions of construction of the act of 1919 relative to State control of rates and rating bureaus will be submitted to him. Not only are there questions of expediency re garding abolition of the differential, but also of authority under the act of 1919. Insurance Commissioner Donaldson, who fears a multiplicity of rates and confusion, is inclined to put all on the samo basis on the ground that the State Fund is now self-supporting, able to pay back half a million the State advanced it and also to compete with any insur ance concern. Others want tho fund made a little stronger. —Writing of the great Republican vote in the Philadelphia moyoralty, Congressman J. Hampton Moore says that in Washington "it is the feeling among Republicans that the result will be a good thing for the Republican party throughout the country. In the Senate and House the impression prevails that care must be exercised to set the Re publican party straight and avoid discord wherever possible prior to the presidential campaign of next: year. It is still doubtful whether President Wilson will run for a third term, and it is quite certain that no Republican candidate upon whom all elemenbi can agree is yet in sight. The spirit of unrest is abroad, but Republican leaders are hopeful that in due course the elements will get together for a winning campaign in 1920." ■ —The Philadelphia Bulletin makes this interesting comment upon a jurist who was well known to many living in this city; "The late D. i Newlin Fell, formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of this State, i sat on the bench qf one of the Com- J mon Pleas Courts of this county for many years before he went to the higher tribunal. More tlian thirty years ago he was one of the mem bers of the famous first 'Liquor, Hi cense Court,' and it is to be noted that at this late day all its other three members—Wilson, Bregy and j Gordon—still survive. Justice Fell j was a careful, conservative man who came of Quaker stock and whose career as a jurist was successful and respected. He originally made his appearance in local public life as a member of Common Council from the Twentieth ward. More Judges of our courts have come out of councils than we usually realize." —Governor Sprout's Chester Times rises to remark: "Some one wants to know what has become of thd political candidate who used to give ox roasts and invite the v/hole county? Well, last heard from, with present cost of meat, he was ac cepting with great alacrity and promptness, all invitations to at tend basket picnics." —Tho Philadelphia Inquirer says Vare men have given up any chance of Moore's nomination being upset by the official count, and the Press says the chief interest is in the MacLaughlin independent moves. The Public Ledger says much the same thing. It was announced at the MacLaughlin headquarters that its invitutions to the successful Re publican county nominees to have their names placed on the Mac- Laughlin. ticket in addition to the Republican had been accepted by Coroner William R. Knight, Jr., and Recorder of Deeds James M. Haz lett. Controller Walton said he had not had time to consider the matter, while Clerk of Quarter Sessions Cun ningham and Robert E. Lamberton, Republican candidate for sheriff, de clined to go on the ticket. The two men who have accepted the Mac- Laughlin invitations are the two successful Vare candidates. The two who have declined are of the Pen rose and Independent factions. Con troller Walton, who has not given a positive answer, was endorsed by factions in the recent primary. —Berks county leaders are trying te account for 4,500 men .who did not vote in primaries, but who were I qualified. —Just 120 Schuylkill candidates must draw lots because of ties in the primary. Set the Date [From American Legion Weekly.] A young Swede in South Dakota who had been sent out to collect bills for the general store returned with this report: "Yon Brown, he say he pay when he soil his wheat; Ole Oloson, he say he pay when he sell his oats; and Yon Yonson, he say he pay in Yanu ary." "In January," repeated the pro prietor, surprised. "Why, he never set a date before. Are you sure he said January?" "Veil, Ay tank it bane Yanuary. Ha say it bane dam cold day when you cat your money." HXXtXUSBURG CfaSSSS TELEGRXPE WHEN A FELLER HEEDS A FRIEND BytRKGSj No Wonder Germany Quit By MAJOR FRANK C. MAHIN Of the Army Recruiting Station A few days ago I heard a very fa- j mous army chaplain speak, and in his speech he referred to the very naughty word "damn." The chap lain said he did not believe, and he had higher authority for It, that the word "damn" as commonly used was profane, but was merely a very forceful adjective. A famous Gen eral then got up and told a story on the chaplain in which "the oliap lain ha<J remarked to the General that they had "to damned many chaplains around there." These re marks reminded me of a personal experience. Early in October a lot of troops were being swung over to the west side of the Meuse to par ticipate in the pleasant little Donny brook fair going on in that vicinity entitled the Meuse-Argonne battle. That part of the smiling French landscape for lo! these many miles in every direction was swarming with khaki-clad Yanks who were doing their bit to lick the tar out of of the Roche. During the days we lay in woods or villages, mostly woods full of mud, supposedly rest ing and hiding from the inquisitive Roche airplanes and at dusk each night we crept forth, furtively onto the roads, formed up and hiked all night long. Since every village was filled to capacity and so was every | woods, and even the orchards, it I made a (tantinuous procession once j we got straightened out on the roads. Any little block at any point j in the column made a nasty jumble ; and delay which would spread back, j constantly gett'ng worse over the twenty or thirty miles of troops on that road. Now it so happened that like mnny other outfits we had been pretty badly shot up in tl\e past and ; consequently were trying to make j many square pegs fit roTThd holes, j Most of them soon got their corners ! worn off and fitted snugly, but it I took time and Jime was one of our larest commodities. My new supply officer was % good man and a nice fellow, but a few months before he find been a chemist for a sugar com pany. He had charge of the trains and supplies but what he didn't know about animals would have filled a book. The wagon master, a | sergeant, 1 fear had been a ribbon j Clerk, and on a rolling kitchen 1 j had four big Missouri mules and a I so-called teamster who I am sure j had been a chaperon in a young ladies' seminary. Now none of these three perfectly estimable young men had any idea of how to talk the only language under the sun that a Missouri mule can understand. One evening as we started out of our vil lage I noticed that the colemn had broken, the rear part being halted. Putting the spurs to my fiery steed captured in the St. Mihiel, I tore . back and found those mules jammed i and balking between two houses at a | narrow part of the road. Doing a! Douglas Fairbanks dismount I j staggered up to find my supply of ficer, wagonmaster and teamster so j peevish at those mules that they were threatening to slap them on the fore fetlock. Those mules were looking at them with one long ear dropping forward and laughing at them if ever an animal did. Having j had more or less mulish experience , over a quite a number of years I | stepped in front of the leaders, i looked them in the eye and began to i talk real mule" talk. After about ' two minutes, without having repeat ed myself once, I picked up a bar rel stave and stepped along side the near leader. I remarked pleasantly, "now you blankety. blank, blanks, giddap." and hit that mule in the ribs. The teamster had been so fas cinated at real mule talk that he was sitting on the kitchen with an open mouth and staring eyes. "Wlion 1 said "giddap" those mules got; they disappeared down the road in a cloud of mud. but the teamster, after turning n pretty somersault backward, landed head down in a lovely mud puddle in which he near ly drowned, as hts moifth was still open when he landed and he was too dazed at the mule talk to even think of closing it. Rut as I started to remark, profanity is not neces sarily implied by the, use of certain vorai; they may be merely foroe- G. A. R. Head in World War C. E. Adams, Who Served in ' 61, Has Rank of Colonel Now (From the Columbus Dispatch) OLD enough to fight in the Civil War, young enough to servo In the war against Germany, fifty-eight years later—that's C. E. Adams, commander-in-chief of the Republic. Veteran of the conflict of 1861- 65 and the Indian Wars following the War of the Rebellion, Com mander Adams is still on active duty as a member of Uncle Sam's Army, serving as legal representa tive of the board of contract and re view in the settlement of outstand ing government contracts. He holds j the rank of colonel and is in charge | of the territory from the Mississippi to the Pacific. Proud of his record in the Civil War, he also takes considerable pleasure in his record in the Euro pean war. When he enlisted, army surgeons pronounced him as fit as a man of 30, and after the armis tice was signed the War Department sent him a letter praising him for the credible manner in which he handled his job, which was direct ing inspection in the quartermaster and ordinance stores, and of over fill adjectives whose use will keep an army moving. BOOKS AND MAGAZINES*] Education' Greatest Problem Schools aro established for the returning heroes of the A. E. F. Shops and factories ard installing training schools for their employes. Fraternal organizations are placing teachers in social settlements. America is at last awake to the fact that it can be no greater than the average intelligence of its people. Suppose the people could bo shown all that education means not after reaching manhood and wo manhood but while they were still In school? In "High Benton" William Hey liger has wr'tten as good a school story as has ever been penned. It is a boy's book, an epic of education, a gripping tale of a boy who lives his life and fights his battles in a small New' Jersey town. It is a story that handles the theme of edu cation as it has never been handled before, that emotionalizes it with human touches, that Bhows the boy just how much he misses when he drops books at 14 or 15 and chases after the quick dollar. For America it is one of the most important books published this year. This is an Appleton book. Safety Insured The methods and achievements of the State Constabulary of Pennsyl vania aro defined most interestingly and thrilllngly by Miss Katherine Mayo in her book of true stories, "The Standard Rearers," published by Houghton Mifflin Company. If Massachusetts were so fortunate as to have its safety insured by such an organized body of men as these "heroes of law order," its im portant business and industrial men would not be vacating their desks to keep peace in the streets. A State Constabulary such as is de scribed in Miss Mayo's book would be a valuable asset to every State in the union at this tipie of uni versal unrest, of strikes and of un safety. The President's Return [From the Philadelphia Press] The illness of President Wilson is a matter of sincere regret to the country, and it will everywhere be hoped that his recovery may be swift and complete. In the light of hts physical breakdown it has become clear how imprudent was his under taking of that strenuous Western speaking tour so soon after the long spell of his exacting duties abroad. [ What adds t* ou r it that \ seas shipments in the eleventh mili tary zone. He is also quite proud of the fact that General Pershing was a mem ber of his staff back in the '9os, when Pershing was first lieutenant of cavalry. Commander Adams enlisted in the Fifth Wisconsin Light Artillery in 1861. He served under General Thomas, later under General Grant and finally under General Sherman. He remained with General Sherman until the end of the war and was present at the surrender of General Johnson at Raleigh, N. C. He was also present at the grand review in Washington, May 24, 1865, after the close of the war. The engagements in which he par ticipated in the Civil War were: Chattaliooche River, Stone River, Peach Tree Creek, Perryville, At lanta, Franklin, Rome, Ga., Resacca, Dallas, Brush Mountain , Rocky Fork Ridge, Mission Ridge, Chick amauga, ten days' battle at Kene saw Mountain, Rig Shanty, Jones boro, Alabama, Sherman's march to the sea and campaigns of North and South Carolina. He is now a lawyer and cattle man in Nebraska. the President's health had to be wasted on such an ineffectual and wholly unnecessary project. For all his illusions to the contrary, the Western tour advanced neither his own prestige nor the Nation's wel fare. He heard large audiences ap plaud the President of the United States and thought he heard only approval for his League of Nations policy. He saw great multitudes turn out to greet him and mistook them for partisans of an unamended treaty. What he failed to hear and seo was his speaking tour had only focused wider public attention on the Treaty question and crystallized popular sentiment for Treaty re vision. He reached the climax of his fu tility in Colorado when he declared ho would consider that any reserva tion to the Treaty was antamount to total rejection. They Would Like to Be Back [From the New York Times] A military* question with another and a deeper interest than the one just discussed was raised by the little poem entitled "Mustered Out," printed on this page the other day. After telling briefly, but with evi dent feeling, about the hardships and horrors that formed so much of service at the front, the writer— who is still in a hospital as the re sult of wounds received abroad— ended by asking his late companions in arms— Don't you wish—sometimes you were back? The inquiry was obviously not less an expression of personal feeling, and whoever chooses to interrogate any considerable number of re turned soldiers, officers as well as privates, will be Surprised to dis cover how many of them confess to a little aching discontent with civil ian life —a discontent that amounts, when articulate, to a confession that if they answered the poet's question frankly the answer would be in the affirmative. This is not, however, because they love war or really want any more of It. The explanation seems to be almost certainly is the, one hinted in "Mustered Out": It is fine to be back in God's coun try once more. And yet it is just a bit tame To be plodding along as you did be fore— "* It never be Just the same! And, of course, it will not. The case of the soldiers is not unlike that of Arctic explorers. The latter don't have in the Far North what any sane man would call a "good time," and always they aro glad and grateful to get bnek alive. But, for all that, practically every one of j them is an eager volunteer for the I da** Axpeditioiv. SEPTEMBER 29, 1919. Triad by Late P""fißiiphia Press.] It is a strange utterance to come from the Attorney General of the United States, when the occupant of that office declares that the wrath of the people will compel a verdict in court. Yet that is the statement with which Mr. Palmer is credited. He was speaking of the evidence which has been collected in the case of the packers' companies. "When it I is laid before a jury," sa'd Mr. Pal mer, "the wrath of the American people will compel a verdict of con- j viction." That is hardly the idea of law and evidence that is held by the people of the country, no matter what is the case that is on trial, no matter who is the offender, or what the offense. There is a well-grounded principle in the nation that a verdict depends upon the evidence that is presented to the court and the impression that it makes upon judge and jury. What the Attorney General hints at is trial by newspapers and orators and propaganda, something that is for eign to the spirit of American insti tutions. Conviction is the result of duo process of law, based upon evi dence that establishes beyond rea sonable doubt the guilt of the ac cused. Popular opinion and popular wrath have no place In the legal trial of cases In court. To admit that a judge or Jury should be in fluenced or directed by elements out side the courtroom is to lay down a rule of conduct that would be a travesty on justice, and substitute popular passion for tho law of evi dence. It may be that Mr. Palmer did not Intend to have his statement point in such direction. But It is very un fortunate that the Attorney General should be the author of such a sen timent. Absolute respect for the law and Its forms and safeguards is es sential to the man who holds the position of the chief law officer of tho United States. Verdicts should never be the result of compulsion. "Popular wrath" will not be substi tuted In this country for Judge and Jury, for that would condone lynch ing and the other means by which tho law is taken into illegal hands. The Attorney General should set an example in respect for law. That is one of his plain duties. The Boy Has Come Home 7 The Boy has come home! And the door stands wide, And the old house shakes to his hob nailed stride, And the old farm smiles from side to side, For the Boy, back home, at last — Home from the broken homes of France, From the ravaged fields of the Huns' advance, The shattered woods o'er whose drear expanse * " The short stumps stand aghast! The Boy has come home—and he's "home to stay"! And he'll "never want to go away"— Not in "forever and a day"— From the peace of the old home soil; And the mother smiles, with a heart at rest. Her cheek .to his khaki shoulder pressed, • And a glad heart beats in "Dad's" worn breast As he turns to his lightened toll. The Boy has come home, and his heart Is hefe. And he's keen for the tasks of the full farm year. To sow, and mow, with a soul of cheer. And bear the hard work's brunt; But into bis eyes a look will come. Swift 'mid the workday's cheerful hum. And his mother sees, and watches dumb — She knows he's back at the Front! The Boy has come home, and his heart's true blue. But it holds, with the old, the mar velous new, And his clear eyes sweep o'er a wider view Than once was their utmost span: And he thinks world-thoughts that afar he found— He knows that the still old farm is | bound With every farm in the world's wide round — Since the Boy came home—a Man! —Minnie Leona Upton in the New York Times. LABOR NOTES The Dockers' Union in Denmark has been declared bankrupt for refusing to pay ( a fine of $972,000 for calling aft un lawful strike. Employers consented to reduce the fine to maintain principle, but ths dockers refused the offer. A special effort is being made to or ganize the cabinet workers of Toronto, Ontario. It is estimated that there are about 100 in that city and only a very few organized. Inff the olden days this was one of the largest unions in the city. The British Labor party has a total membership of ever 3,000,000, an in crease of half a million on last year's figures. This Increase is due partly to the affiliation of new trade unions to the party, but mainly to the growing membership of unions already in it. During the war only 39 new unions have joined the Labor party, and the number now affiliated Is 131, but its trade union membership has grown in four years from 1,500,000 to over 3,- 000,000. EDITORIAL COMMENT It is predicted that eggs will be one dollar a dozen next winter. The hens are getting a sweet revenge for the indignity of having to sit on porcelain eggs.—Worcester Gazette. The fear that the Germans have been cruelly treated is being ex pressed by a number of gentlemen who have an interest in the elections to be held a year from this fall.— Philadelphia Public Ledger. The great question in the Socialist party at present is what is left.— Springfield Republican. We are with tho ministers If they strike fcr better-paid sermons, un less they ask time and a half for overtime. —Detroit News. The Allies still love Kolchak, but not with the ardent passion that thrilled them when he was making good.—Asheville Times. The railroad men seem to have overlooked the fact that It isn't the strikes, but the runs, which win the game.—Columbus Dispatch. The little pig that went to market in the old days now has descendants who spend all their time in the cold storage plants.—Dallas News. Great Britain has removed all re strictions on beer, and is ready to renew her proud title of "tight little Island." —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Now, if Congress would only amend the law of supply and de mand so that we would have more supply and less demand, the solution of our troubles would be simple.— JBi Paw Tim— Editing (Efyat If tradition and the record of events goes for anything, Harria burg is going to be right up to the mark in the welcome to its soldier, sailor anck marine sons, its welfare workers and its army nurses, now that almost everyone that can bo looked for is home from the war. This community has had men in every war from the time "our land became a Nation," as the State song writer sings and the folks who stayed at home poured out their money and their substance to back up the fighting men. The story of the welcome home of the men who were with Washington and Wayne at Yorktown has not been written here, but has come down in family tradition. It took place in front of John Harris' mansion on Front street #nd a big feast with some accompaniments that would not go in these days of prohibition was the feature. The Oracle, the Chronicle and other early newspapers of the return of General John E. Forster's men in 1814 and how the people went to greet them on the last lap of their march from York. That welcome home, the first of which we have any record, ended in Market Square. The return of Captain E. C. Williams' Harrisburg company in the Mexican war is well recorded and the close was a supper for all hands, the populace included on the east front of the State Capitol. There are some in this city who remember when the 127t1i and other Harri;- burg regiments came home from the Civil War and how the townsfolk* welcomed them, scenes which were repeated when the Governor's Troop and Companies D and I returned to Harrisburg after Spanish War serv ice. The Troop and I Company were in the Porto Rican campaign and Harrisburg just took the day and night off when they returned. We have a few recollections this year of return of overseas men, but as they came in contingents we will turn in to-day and make one big home again greeting that will furnish the newspaper reader of fifty years hence an idea of the pride the State Capital took in fighting sons and how all united to do them honor. • * • People accustomed to crowds in Harrisburg, say that the number of persons on the Island for yester day's ceremonies was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, ever gathered in one place in the city. There have Wen few moj-e remark able demonstrations and many men long used to open-air affairs say that it resembled a great fair crowd. The parade alone took up a con siderable part, but there were thou sands standing on the outside of the ring of Boy Scouts, to say nothing of the many in the stands and on tho bleachers. While most of Harris burg turned out for the demonstra tion, there were many visitors from nearby towns. • • A number Of veterans of overseas service who remained in the service ' came home for the day. Some of them were sailors who did not get a chance to get in their names for the Harrisburg medal or whose families had failed to return the cards to the Chamber of Commerce. To care for them the offices of the. Chamber were kept open last eve ning. • • • * The rooms of the Dauphin County Historical Society were open to-day to take the data regarding service men for the history of Dauphin county in the war, which is to be printed by the State Historical Com mission. The society is collaborat ing with the Chamber of Commerce in this work, which is quite distinct from the commercial propositions now under" way in various parts of the country. The records made here will be part of the archives of the Historical Society and be preserved here, while copVs will go to the ! State authorities to form the basis |of the official authoritative record. "Service men should avail them selves of the chance to make state ments at the rooms of the society," said B. M. Nead, the president, to day. "That is what it is for, and any man unable to go to the rooms with his data should write out and mail it. We want the name and record of every man in the war." • * * "What impressed me most." said a former Harrisburg man who came home yesterday to see the welcome, "was the number of men HaVlsburg sent. I had no idea there was any thing like it until I saw that long line of men, all Harrisburgers marching on the field. It was won derful. Think of a city having less than 75,000 population sending that many men into the army or navy. And they were not all in line. I saw many men in uniform on the streets and many men wearing the Legion button who were not in uni form. It is a pity they were not all in line. From what I hear, these are over 3,4 00 registered at the Chamber of Commerce. That is some showing for Harrisburg to talk about in years to come." * * * Almost every divisional insignia in the army seemed to be represented yesterday at the Island. There were marks people here had not seen, while the Sunset and other far west ern divisions, the Rattlesnake and the Wildcat were there with tho figure 1, the Indian head, the Marne and other regular division marks. The Keystone, the Lorraine Cross, the Blue Ridge and tho Buffalo appeared to predominate, f WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Asa Don Dickinson, the new librarian of the University of Penn sylvania, served in libraries abroad. D r- j. G. Sanders, who made study of potatoes abroad, has spent years investigating plant diseases. Dr. Walter L. Donaldson, the new secretary of the Htate Medical Society is a Pittsburgher and active in affairs in that city. judge C. D. Copeland, of West moreland, will be one. of the first men in the State to go from an or phans' court to common pleas. —Mayor H. L. Trout, B of Lancas ter who was renominated, suc ceeded Lieutenant Governor Frank B. McClain as executive of that city. —Senator E. E. Jones, of Sus quehanna, here last week, has aspir ations for renomination. Gabriel H. Moyer, new national president of the P. O. S. of A., is a former legislator. | DO YOU KNOW —That PUiladclplUa pajv-m say that Harrisburg is becoming noted for its hosiery for export? HISTOID O HARRISBURG —Trading with Indians, ferrying wagon repnlring and wheat raising were Harrlsburg's chief industries one hundred and fifty years ago. J *
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