8 fiARRISBURG TELEGRAPH fagfBWBPJLPER FOR THE HOME. Founded 1831 Wmblished evenings except Sunday by Inß TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. fTelesraph Building, Pederal Squaye E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief Syi. OYSTER, Business Manager pus. M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor iUL R. MICHENER, Circulation Manager Executive Board fclgJ McCULLOUGH, >BOYD M. OGLESBY, 1 I, F. .R. OYSTER, GUS. M. STEINMETZ. £ttembera of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en ; titled to the use for republication P of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this jwsper and also the local news pub fcUl rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. H ; A Member American (V rl Newspaper Pub- Associa- JgßffflfTaTn Bureau of Clrcu- SWfIBBBS lation and Penn- BljW B Assocla j CSQ KG Eastern office. I His IfiSO 9m Story, Brooks & \ eq p Raiding, Sgl Western office' PWfg Story, Brooks & tf/ Gas' Building 3 —I Chicago, 111. t Entered at the Post Office In Harris bnrg. Pa., aa second class matter. i ' . mtPBTTr _ carrier, ten cents a j Week; by mall, $3.00 a " ' year in advance. w— j SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 119 | Rations cannot afford to leave jrifai problems to the haphazard Bt ethods of physical force. —Gvrdneb SMumrßY. I NO ROYAL ROAD MUST not expect too much ! yy from the labor conference In Washington. There ir no poyal road to the_ solution of the tdlfflcaltles that continually arise be tween labor and capital; between (employers and employes. There are po many phases of the problem, so (nrany elements to harmonize that At la impossible to lay down any gen eral rule of treatment. \ The Intelligent American work man thinks one way, and the newly brrfcrad foreigner another. The rule Bf >eqeon may apply to one, but not k> Am other, as & general thing. Btoa Chore Is the matter of the BeaaAoropenehop. That cannot be hMislel It must be one thing fr the ether, so that there can be e eetSement by conciliation boards men have set their heads on b closed shop while the employers are determined to have their places epea to all comers. The best that can come out of the Conference is a better understanding ion both sides, which may operate to avoid trouble and to teach both em ployer and employe that selfishness dops not pay, and that the public is petting tired of the whole unending dispute. According to the official statement |of the Government, we shall have four million bushels more of ripened orn than was promised at the be ginning of October. The yield is said fc- approximate 2,900,515,000 bushels. JThis will mean a tremendous in crease in cattle and, what is quite as Important for those who are fond of the golden grain, an abundance of mush and milk next winter. f HEFLIN SEES LIGHT r i CONGRESSMAN HEFLIN. of | Alabama, a vociferous supporter of President Wilson, has intro duced a bill "by request" providing tariff protection for graphite, an im portant Alabama product. Without discussing the importance of the graphite industry or the need of tariff protection for its development, It is Interesting to observe that the ißonthern free trader is such only so Pong as such a policy is advantage ous to his particular constituency. (Mr. Heflin has frequently been heard 1 do denounce the "robber barons of 9?w England" and the "steel barons Of Pennsylvania," but it is doubtful .Whether he will so characterize the graphite owners of Alabama. Protection is rapidly becoming a ■Bvs proposition in the South, owing Ito the increasing development of in id us trial enterprises in that section, <OO that the Heflins who have been so iJn> In their denunciation of the in iduatrtal and commercial leaders of Pennsylvania and other sections of the North are going to be greatly tombarrassed by the growing need of l protectlon of the expanding South ern Industries. It all depends upon Whose ox is gored. Beflln's Alabama friends have ap ;peered before the Ways and Means of the House in support ,0t the graphite bill and declare they iuritl be put out of business if they do not have a protective tariff •gainst foreign Imports. Of course, Mr. Heflin cannot whang his Ala bstna constituents over the head in .any denunciation of the "graphite Ifearons" of the growing industrial State which he represents at Wash ington. But how about dear old con sistency ? The administration organs in 'Pennsylvania are going to have all iklnds of trouble making their antl j tariff arguments harmonize with the |demands of their Southern associates. [However, consistency has no place In the philosophy of the present ad grtnlstiatlon in any sphere of its {activities, It has veered so often SATURDAY EVENING, during the last few years that Its bewildered advocates have frequently been compelled to explain In desper ation "we will stand with the Presi dent If he will only stand long enough for us to discover where and when." Protection is a live issue In the South and is altogether likely to be come a still livelier issue .through out the country. The United States is bound to develop Its enormous resources and will not permit any policy of free trade to Interfere with Its natural and logical expansion. We have been easy to the point of foolishness in our attitude toward foreign interests and foreign Immi gration and all the rest, and at the present time are reaping what we have sown. But this sort of thing is not going to go on indefinitely and the time is now ripe for the adoption of definite policies respecting all the matters which have risen since the pre-war period to disconcert and de moralize American business men. There are persistent rumors of an enlargement of the Penn-Harrls Ho tel as the obvious necessity of in creasing the rooming space in the big hostelry. Notwithstanding the im provements which have been made in other Harrisburg hotels, we are still short the necessary rooms for the in creasing hotel patronage of the city. The Penn - Harris has contributed greatly to the popularity of the city as a convention place, and the activi ties of the Various civic bodies as well as the official life on Capitol Hill have likewise augmented the natural demand for hotel accommodations. SIMS FOR ADMIRAL COMPROMISE when a principle is at stake is productive of in justice always. Thus it is that Rear Admiral Sims suffers through the inability of the Senate to agree upon proper honors for Rear Ad miral Mayo and Rear Admiral Ben son. Mayo and Benson are distin guished seamen, but it was Sims upon whom the burden of greatest responsibility rested during the war, and he acquitted himself In a man ner that won for him the apprecia tion and the admiration of the Bri tish admiralty. He shoultlliave been made an admiral of the United States Navy, the highest rank of the service, regardless of what rank may have been bestowed upon others. Compromising in the award of justly earned merit marks is like giving a skilled workman less pay than he has earned in order to please two other less skillful men who might be offended because of the difference in the size of the pay envelopes. SEND THEM BACK CONGRESSMAN CLYDE K EL LEY, of Pittsburgh, is respon sible for a bill just introduced into Congress providing for the de portation of all aliens who withdrew their declarations of intention to be come citizens for the purpose of avoiding military service during the war. He wants these alien slackers sent back to the places whence, they came and denied the privileges of this Government. This is a perfectly fair proposition. During the mobilization of the men of the United States we had examples right here in Harrisburg of aliens who had declared their in tention of becoming citizens only to change their minds on the entrance of this country into the war. They wouldn't fight for the homeland or the United States and placed them selves in the contemptible position of slackers by failing to become naturalized during the war. Their room is more desirable than their company, and the Kelley bill, which provides further that all aliens living in the United States shall declare their intention of becoming citizens of this country a"nd that they shall learn the English language and sup port our institutions, is a perfectly proper and logical measure. In Pennsylvania to-day most of the industrial disturbance can be laid at the doors of foreign-born workers who have no sympathy with or understanding of our institutions. Mr. Kelley's bill provides further that when these aliens come to us they must avail themselves of citi zenship or within a year after the time limit be deported. About 200,- 000 aliens who had taken out their first papers and were of draft age declared they were aliens and not subject to the draft. So be it. Let them go back and provide room here for thousands of immigrants who desire to come to this country of freedom and opportunity and adopt the United States as their new home, taking part in its development and acting as decent citizens. As Congressman Kelley has Indicated, we must have a Nation unified, de voted to definite principles and ideals and standing together under all con ditions. OUT WITH IT IN THE Mississippi Valley an as sociation of farmers has been organized with a great member ship for the definite purpose of smashing Bolshevism and the Soviet idea in this country. The head of the organization declared In a speech at Chicago: We are going to get the people back to the Constitution of the United States as interpreted in the light of the Ten Command ments. We are going to get away from the individualist quacks und political self-seekers and return to government by law instead of government by force in mass form. We are going to stand by the Constitution and see to It that It is maintained by each man and every man. no matter who he Is. We are going to see to it that the Soviet and what It stands for is smashed so flat you can't pick it up with a scoop shovel. Not only will the farmers of the Mississippi Valley endorse this policy, but all decent citizens, farm ers and true-blue Americans of every class will unite and are unit ing to suppress the outburst of an archy from overseas. fMties U j By the Kx-Committeeman Nominations for judges of the various courts for which vacancies will be filled at the November elec tion will be certified by the Depart ment of the Secretary of the Com monwealth on Monday, earlier dates of certification having been pre vented because of delays in the count and actions in court. The only nomination for superior court will be that of Judge William H. Keller, of Lancaster. There were comparatively few scattering votes. There .will also bo certified candi dates for common pleas, orphans, county, municipal and associate Judgeships, over a score of districts having elections. It Is expected that the decision in the action brought by Judge Henry G. Wasson, of Pittsburgh, to require certification of his name as a can didate for Judge of common pleas court in Allegheny county, will be handed down Monday. The cer tification will depend upon the de cision. Requests have come to the Capitol from several counties as to what to do in regard to tie votes where men did not appear to draw lots. The State authorities say that the law provides what shall be done and that county officials should act. —Writing in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin 6n labor move ments in politics, "Penn" says: "Such movements have never made much headway, however, in Ameri can politics in past years. As a rule their existence has been' noisy and brief. The results which they have produced have been altogether out of proportion to the largeness of the commotion in which they have had their origin. Long ago careful and intelligent labor leaders often reach ed the conclusion that in a nation like ours "Labor" is more likely to injure than benefit itself when it goes into politics as a distinct party. Whenever it has done so. it has been found difficult to hold it to gether after the first flush of en thusiasm has subsided." —Republican campaign head quarters in Lackawanna were open ed in Scranton by a meeting of the county candidates and general of ficers of the county committee. County Chairman R. A. Zimmerman, who presided, reported that the out look for success is extremely bright. "I "have been in touch with leaders of the party in all sections of the county and have had conversations with hundreds of the rank and file and they all are confident that we are going to win Novembert 4 by a good sized majority," said he. —George J. Brennan, writing in the Philadelphia Inquirer, makes this interesting observation on sane Democratic tendencies: "A. Mitch ell Palmer and his colleagues of the Executive Committee of the Demo cratic National Committee, who, at their Atlantic City eoriference a few days ago, seriously discussed a proposition for the abrogation of the two-thirds rule along with the unit rule by next year's Democratic National Convention, are simply fol lowing in the path of other party leaders who, when they came under control of Federal patronage, sought to use that power to continue them selves in the saddle. It is the old story of the "ins" and the "outs" of the office-holders and the office seekers, and when the Democratic national delegates are chosen the issue will probably be put up square ly to the Democratic voters and then bo fought out first in the Democratic National Committee and then upon the floor of the National Convention. With an army of Fed eral office-holders to rely upon. Palmer and the others of the ad ministration coterie would have no difficulty in naming the next presi dential ticket could they set aside the two-thirds rule and have the convention require but a majority vote to name the candidates." —Prediction thot Senator Boies Penrose, anions the seniors in the United States Senate, and not onlv the leader of the Republicans of Pennsylvania, but one of the most influential of the elder statesmen in the party's organization, will be a war horse of reform, is made In an extended article written for the New York Times by C. R. Michael, a Washington correspondent and for years engaged in newspaper work in Philadelphia and this city. Ho builds his story upon the victory won by the Senator in the Phila delphia mayoralty and says: "Phila delphia for years dominated the des tinies of Pennsylvania politics and big majorities have always been Given to the Republican ticket through the control of contractor leaders, Durham, McNichol, and finally the Vares. The first two are' dead, but the system inherited by Vares, street cleaning and utility company contractors, was still pow erful until their sway was slightly weakened with the election of Gov ernor Sproul. In the last primary in Philadelphia which nominated Representative J. Hampton Moore, supported by Senator Penrose and reformers, they went dowh to defeat and with them the machine built upon municipal contracts, the con trol of officeholders and assessment of police and firemen." —Tho Times says: "In an inter view, given after his return from the Philadelphia campaign against the contractor leaders, Senator Pen rose expressed great gratification over the overthrow of the machine, assured tho country that Pennsyl vania and Philadelphia would be come models for State and municipal governments, and added that he wanted to devote himself to impor tant problems affecting the welfare of the people—to be known as a statesman rather than a pplitlcal boss. That Mr. Penrose can take i front place in the if he de votes himself to legislation as assid uously as he hps to Pennsylvania politics, Is the belief of his associ ates, who look upon him as one of the ablest and strongest men in the Senate. So after one of the longest and most varied careers Penrose, honor man at Harvard, during the college days of President Roosevelt, Is striving to make for himself a record as a statesman." —The Prohibition party is dis cussed by the Philadelphia Press as something about to disappear. It says in an editorial: "The Prohibi tion party seems to have wasted very valuable time at Its recent con vention In debating the question of to be or not to be. It Is really of very little importance whether the RkkMSBUSG TELE6RXPH SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE By BRIGGS No Thins like K - I'm so {JLAd'W flUr m R>K l rft Today COZ y LIT TLE FLAT AMD Woo CAME HOMVE - , rOEED \ '^ D AFRATd Ac // A LfVtue WIRE 50MEOME To WHOM t I PoOOT To A To Go HOME TO apter a C anj TRouBLCS) \ HARP DAr Qt "D y _J W~PSOMEBOI>R S THE LANDLORD C#^-- S OO* (IS ALWAYS I MUST HAV/E LEFT I H A.S RAuSSD The / or o vr fl/ WATEP RUM 100 LOu6 'I REMT' AMD SATS VJCLI I TakmJ< ?: ' ' Jr |T 5 LEAKIM6 rHf?QU<SH/ \ H AV€.I Vo ; p A rljr CR, \ of .CifC our ceh>m<s AMD| / _y I t bcjT y V .Si/M PLY ROINIMS; I \ / S everything / ) party continues or disbands. It has been many a long year since it was a factor in the politics of the Nation. The cause which it advocated is now the law of the land, but not because of its efforts. It would seem that its excuse for holding on to life has disappehred. Its recent past giver, no hope." —Some aspirants for office have been caught napping through fail ure to file expense accounts. Tho time expired on Wednesday and men who were nominated may bo subject to challenge for their neglect. October Come out, boys, come out: Get all the troop together, The day is great and the sun is bright— Say, it's October weather. Buddy Jones —Go get him quick, And Bill —there he's a-calling. The burrs have burst, the wind is high, And the ripest ones are falling. Hurry them up: get all the bunch And bring them out—Where's Joe? Nuts on the ground are easy to .get— The sweetest the highest grow. Scout or squirrel, which one will win? It's the first one there that lands But a squirrel's feet should never beat ' A scout with his head and hands There's fun in the woods on a day like this: Miss it? who ever dreamed miss. Nature's in love with the whole wide world, For Winter gave her a kiss. Come out, boys, come out, It's a dandy sight to see The colors that Nature has wrought I And splashed on every tree. —Tobias Martin Bray in Boy's Life for October. Miracle Wheat Again (From the Toledo Blade.) An efficient swindle is never per mitted to die. Years ago "miracle wheat" was marketed to the farmers for a price that would dent the conscience of a Jood profiteer. The wheat turned out to be just ordinary, everyday seed—or worse. Finally, farmers rose up and made the seed sellers hard to catch. The affair received as much publicity as an actress re ceives. Yet here is the agricultural col lege of Idaho sending out warnings that marketers of "miracle wheat" are in the land and prospering amaz ! ingly. Experience, publicity, trials I and punishments the common knowledge of the countryside—seem |to count for nothing. "Miracle wheat" sounded well and the second crop of farmers bit as eagerly as the first. Paderewski's Adieu (From the Philadelphia Press] There* are times when being a patriot evokes distress as well as applause. While admiration slaps its hands at the sight of President Pnderewslci refusing ever to become again Paderewski the pianist, the lover of musical art must sorrow. Diplomats and military leaders ore born often, but a magician of tho keyboard is a phenomenon. Widows Get the Big Ones (From the Houston Post.) We are far from the seen and know nothing about the situation, hut the book we are laying is this: General Pershing is going to get married and it will be a widow. Widows permit the buds to annex the lieutenants and a few of the captains, but when it comes to the big figures of heroism they stand no foolishness. Pastoral or Bacchanal? (From the Boston Transcript.) If the law is going to permit the farmers to make as much as they like of hnrd cider for their own use, the "fack-to-the-farm" movement may receive a vigorous boost from an unexpected,quarter. Solomon Ascends to Throne Then rat Solomon upon the throne of David, his father; and his king dom was established greatly. I Kings, 11, IS. ROOSEVELT A GOOD SLEUTH HAMLIN GARLAND, in Every body's, for October, gives an in teresting description of a night trip he took accompanied by Jacob Riis and Theodore Rosevelt, who was then a New York police commis sioner, through the lower East Side. When they met at the rendezvous, ready to start on the night's prowl, Roosevelt was wearing a plain dark suit, with a soft hat pulled low over his face. In writing of the incident Gar land says: "As we walked, Roose velt talked of the police force and of what he was trying to make of it. He spoke in high praise of Waring, who, as street commissioner, had made Manhattan a cleaner city than it had ever been before. 'Waring's White Wings,' as the people called the street cleaners, were every where during the day, and the pave ment fairly shone with their brushes. It was plain that their work had in spired Roosevelt, strengthening his determination to clean up the city Trench of the Rifles [From the New York Tribune.] Have you heard of the famous, the historic Tranchee des Fusils —the [Trench of the Rifles? It is at Douaumont, France, and it lies to-day behind a humble wooden cross. The cross has been placed on a little plateau which once over looked the village of Douaumont, but I which now sees below it only a ! shapeless mass of splintered rock, of barbed wire writhing as if in tor ment, of nameless litter, through which poppies and bramble are thrusting upward. The cross looks over ground that was, from February to June, 1916, the bloodiest battlefield of the war. It has been placed on the little pla teau by the men of the 137 th Regi ment of the line, because close by their comrades are still mounting guard—there in the Tranchee des Fusils. At the high noon of that awful struggle when the earth shook to the cannonade and the very sky was ob scured, when the air was all levin and tempest and men moved in a hellish horror of noise, endlessly mounting in a monstrous crescendo, a section of the 137 th marched up to relieve guard. The men moved in Indian file along a narrow communication trench, bayonets fixed and rifles car ried at the "shoulder." As they ad vanced out of that horror of sound was borne a still more maddening gust of noise, and the earth shud dered under a hail of great projec tiles, cracked open and closed again, swallowing all. Yet not quite all. Thrusting above the ground, aligned as on that last march down the narrow way that led to death, are the bayonets of the section. They emerge above tho troubled earth by less than six inches, straightly held, save that one here and there inclines ever so slightly, as though its bearer had moved convulsively before the packed earth of that upheaval held him to immobility. It is for these men, still standing there, that their comrades of the 137 th have erected the cross. Tho other day Cardinal Dubois, Arch bishop of Rouen and former bishop of Verdun, blessed it, in the pres ence of General Valentin, com mander of the forts and the heights of the Meuse; of Monsieur Robin, I mayor of Verdun, and of a delega- I tion of the regiment. Coming and Going [Boy's Life for October] Professor M'Dome of St. Clair, . In five hours tracked a bear to his lair. Mister Bear was at home And Professor McDome Spent five minutes returning: from there. Buried Deep [From the Edinburgh Scotsman.] Journalist Queer saying that about truth lying at the bottom of the well. Lawyer—You wouldn't think so if you knew the amount of pumping we lawyers have to do to get at it. It's Sneezy Guess [Boy's Life for October] First Scout —What's the differ ence between a cold in the nose and a street car conductor? Second Scout —A cold stops the noso and a conductor knows the I stops. morally as "Waring had cleared It of its grime and refuse. "As we threaded the narrow and, to me, dangerous streets of the lower East Side, Roosevelt had a keen eye for the action of his 'cops.' At one point he indicated where two rounds men were chatting on a corner, and said: 'They are permitted a few minutes* talk at such meetings, but they are not expected to spend their time in gossip. We will wait here a few minutes and see what hap pens.' ''He was curt and stern with a man whom he saw coming out of a saloon. 'What are you doing in there? You are here for work,' he said, 'not to lean on somebody's bar.' "One or two offending officers were disposed to bluster. 'Who the hell are you?' " 'I am Commissioner Roosevelt,' he snapped out, with the incisive authority of a military commander, and his words produced all the ef fect which a novelist could reason ably expect. His name had already become a terror to the loafer and the crook." Wed German Girls [From the London Times.] A JLeeds soldier who has recently returned from the Rhine has made a remarkable statement on the way in which British soldiers there have been fraternizing with German girls, lie says he went to Cologne Cath edral, and there saw twenty-three British soldiers being married to German women. The cathedral was full bf people, and a German to whom he expressed surprise told him it w-as quite a common thing to see British soldiers marrying Ger man girls. The soldier went on to say: "One man who came home with me told the colonel that he would forfeit his gratuity and all his pay if they would allow him to remain in Cologne and marry a German girl. The colonel said he could not do that, but ex plained that when ho had been de mobilized at home he could get a passport, and return to Rhineland. That man is returning to Germany next Friday. When I told him what I thought about it he remarked that he had taken a fancy to a girl with plenty of money, and as he had 110 ties in England he might as well J marry her. Any night in Cologne, you can see our men with their arms' around German girls, and young of ficers seem as keen as the men. You can see dozens of them at the dances." Liberty Bonds [From the New York Herald] The change undergone in the market for Liberty Bonds of all issues in the last few weeks is one which ought to and will engage popular attention because of the di rect interest the people ,'have in ownership of these bonds. The bet ter quotations are due to the Gov ernment and all Government agen cies having urged the people to hold on to the bonds, and also to the fact that the country is full of "bar gain hunters" who have bid for bonds in the hands of many people unable to hold them. It goes with out saying that the United States Government bonds are the best in vestment in the world. Money Wanted [Boy's Life for October] "I tell you I must have some money," roared the King of Mari tania, who was in sore financial straits. "Somebody must cough up some." "Alas," sighed the guardian of the treasury, who was formerly the cpurt jester, "all' our coffers are empty." i Outside Help [From the Birmingham Age-Herald] "Personally, I don't believe gro cers ever put sand in their sugar." "They don't have to around here," answered old Mr. Putterby. "What with cars an' one thing an' another zippin' through Chiggersville from sunup to dark, all a groceryman's got to do is to leave the cover off his sugar barrel an' lot it accumu late." One of Those Yell-Oh! Ones [Boy's Life for October] Sam —How can you make a pump kin shout? Tom—Cut the lnsido out and I make it holler. OCTOBER 11, 1919. To Catch an Eagle In an Indian story which appears in the October issue of Boys' Life entitled "The War Trail of Lost Ar row," Remington Schuyler describes an Indian boy's preparation for the feat of catching an eagle: It was quite dark in the "medtcin" lodge. The maqy layers of blankets and hides shut out the hot prairie sunlight. Lost Arrow, an Indian lad of thirteen winters, swayed slowly as he chanted. As he sang, someone outside lift ed the coverings and thrust in a hot stone. The blankets dropped into place. The stone glowed dully red. Deftly Lost Arrow rolled it towards a water-filled hide. The stone hissed like serpents. A smoldering flash of vapor arose. The water smoked. It began to simmer—then boiled. Great masses of steam filled the small oval lodge to bursting. The sweet pungent smell of scorched buffalo grass grew stronger. Per spiration formed in tiny glistening drops on Lost Arrow's face arid body. He gleamed like polished copper. Steadily the hot stones appeared. I The air grew stifling. His hair hung limply plastered against his face and neck. He breathed with great dif ficulty. Slowly on the surface of the wa ter there began to form a dull in distinct something. Some form of a bird it was. He peered more closely. Boiling water splashed unnoticed on his face and chest. Finally he made it out. It was the barred war eagle of the Sioux. The vision faded. He sat for awhile considering. This was what he had prayed for so long. He rose abruptly, heaving up the lodge coverings. He shook free of the tangle and ran swiftly down the steep bank and plunged Into the clear waters of the Antelope. The sun set redly. Twilight deepened. The distant camp lay quiet. Lost Arrow built a little fire of sweet pine and fragrant bulTalo grass. Through the slowly ascend ing column of smoke he passed his arms and legs. Beside him in a "mellowed place" a small stuffed prairie owl lay oddly awkward on its back. It was his medecin. In the fitful firelight he seemed to see it shiver slightly, then roll over onto its face until Its bill sank into the soft earth. This was good. It was clear that he should go at once to the eagle-pit on Lone Tree Butte. War Risk Insurance Director Jones, of the War Risk Insurance Bureau, has recommend ed to Congress an amendment of the soldiers' insurance scheme whereby the beneficiary class of converted policies may Include in addition to those already named in the law, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces and all persons who have stood in loco parentis to a member of the military forces, and also that in case of the death of the bene ficiarv before full payment of the j polled has been accomplished, pay ment may be made to the estate of deceased He recom mends also that instead of the pres ent method of paying policies in monthly Instalments covering the period of twenty years, that the In sured be allowed the choice of hav ing his policy paid to his beneficiary in lump sum, in monthly instal ments covering a period of three years, or in the present fashion, stretching over twenty years. The Secretary of the Treasury has Just made a ruling that service men ■who fail to make payment of prem iums after their separation from military or naval organizations will have eighteen months in whtch to reinstate their policy. Reviving Niagara Falls [From the New York World] Is Niagara Falls to have a new baptism of fame as a result of the visits of foreign personages who have been the Nation's guests in connection with' the war? Most Americans may have forgotten that the country possesses this natural wonder, but it has figured in the itineraries of the various visiting missions from abroad; and now that the Belgian King and Queen have viewed it with eager interest, ex ploring the Cave of the Winds and Whirlpool Rapids and "overstaying by two hours the time alloted to them." perhaps native appreciation of the cataract will revive. Can't Get Another, Either [From Pittsburgh Gazette-Tlmea.] Prohibition has fairly taken some people's breath away. Stoning GUjat Some interesting facts about the way objects of note in the flrst court house building in Harrisburg were dispersed when the building was torn down to make room for the erection of the present temple of Justice sixty years ago were present ed to the Dauphin County Historical Society by B. M. Head, the presi dent, a few evenings ago and they illustrate the way such things turn up years afterwards, Mr. Nead was discussing the wanderings of the old court house clock which was pre sented to the Society by W. M. Hoerner and in the course of his remarks told how the Legislature took possession of the court house during the days of the war of 1812 when it came hero for its first ses sions in Harrisburg as the State Capitol. The clock, it seems, fol lowed the courts, probably because some one wanted to sell the State a more up-to-date timepiece. Per haps, the clock, s aid Mr. Nead, this clock "held telepathic converse with the dome of the old court house and inquired how it liked to serve as a summer house on Sylvan Heights or it held wireless communication with the spire, the weather vane that once capped the dome, the fierce In dian with his bow and arrow which years ago was elevated to a proud position on the roof of the old Calder barn still standing opposite the entrance to Reservoir Park. Mr. Nead says that these two ob jects are still in existence and in their places. The cupola of the court house is familiar to people who have visited the Sylvan Heights orphanage and the vane has been looked at in awe by many a Har risburg youngster going to the city's I park. The baseball score board at Chest nut street hall was the attraction for more prominent men In Harris burg affairs during the world's se ries than the average man realizes and there must have been many an office whose "boss" was oft the job during the closing days of the series at least. As a matter of fact, there are some very ardent fans among the prominent men of Harrlsburg and If they can not go to games at the Island they can at least see big games placed by electricity and a score board. President Judge George Kunkel Is not only known far beyond the borders of Pennsylvania as a jurist and throughout the State as a man profoundly versed in the ballot law and taxation acts of the Keystone State, but he is also a prophet. Thursday afternoon when the world's series was drawing to a close and the score was 10 to 1 In favor of the Cincinnati Reds, the judge had an inspiration. "We're going to see a garrison finish; now you watch," said he to Charles H. Bergner, who was pre paring to go home. "Guess not; maybe next year," re plied the eminent lawyer, who is somewhat of a baseball "fan," too. The Chicago team made four runs in the eighth and almost scored in the ninth. "I guess that decision will not be appealed," remarked the judge rather grimly to Sheriff William Caldwell when the game had fin ished. • • • "Bill" Klem, the umpire at the game between the Kline Choco lateers and New York here recently, is ready wltted. He was presenting a man at the bat and said, "The batter is one of the greatest pitch ers in the League, he is Mr. —, Mr.—, Mr. —" "Whafs his name? What's his name?" he whispered to the catch er. "Jess Barnes," said the catcher in a loud voice. "Oh, didn't you know me?" asked Barnes. "Yes, but not your first name," sallied Klem. • • • While Forrest C. Hausman, a Philadelphia business man, was set tling his father's estate, he un earthed some interesting documents which show that along some lines there have been other times when old Gen. H. C. L. also made siege of the people. The period covered in from 18G3 to 1873. The memo randa reveal that during the Civil War coal sold at $5.50 a ton, half the present price. In 1867 ham sold at 25 cents a pound, cambric, 16 cents a yard; muslin, 20 cents a yard; flannel, 53 cents a yard; eggs, 27 cents a dozen; sugar, 14 cents a pound; coffee, 35 cents; butter, 42 cents. The papers show that there was no perceptible drop in prices until after the panic of 1873 was well under way and times were hard. • • • In response to requests from a number of men who served in the army overseas and who went through special courses of me chanical instruction in army camps in France and also at schools in this country, the Harrlsburg Public Li brary trustees have ordered text books which will be placed at the disposal of the former soldier stu dents as soon as received. The greatest interest has been manifest ed in technical books by former sol diers, who say that they want to continue the studies which they took up in France and to supplement such instruction as is afforded at the Y. M. C. A. by reading. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE g. m. Vauclain, the locomotive builder, is taking an active part in the movement 'for a larger endow ment for the University of Penn sylvania hospital. —J. W. Harding, one of Lycoming county's oldest residents, celebrated his ninety-second birthday with con gratulations from many prominent W. A. Granville, president of Gettysburg College, was greeted by many friends while here this —John Wanamakor gave $5,500 to the expense fund of the State Sunday School Association. L. H. Palmer, of Baltimore, well known In electric matters in this State, was one of the chief speakers in the American Electric Railways meeting at the seashore. —Major W. T. Rees, of Pitts burgh, who served in the artillery in France, has been made a major in the reserve. \ DQ YOU KNOW That Harrlsburg junior high schools have been visited by directors from other cities to see how they operate? HISTORIC HARRISBURG The site of the Dauphin build ing was one of the first iron ware houses in Harrlsburg.
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