16 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH UiNEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 (Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph Building, Federal Square E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief OYSTER, Business Manager GUS. M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor U. R. MICHENER, Circulation Manager Executive Board 2-1 P." McCULLOUGH, " n BOYD M. OGLKSBY. F. R. OYSTER, ' GUa 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. ~ All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. A Member American r} Newspaper Pub- I fishers' Associa- Bureau of Circu sylvginUi i Associa- Avenue Building" Chicago, 111. S Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. carrier, ten cents a week; by mail, 13.00 a year in advance. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 0, 1919 I It is right to he contented with j what wc- liape hut never with what I ■ ice arc. — ANON. i I THE CONVENTION CALMLY confident of the per- , manency of our constitutional i form of government, represent- j atives of the people of Pennsylvania ! are gathered to-day to recommend I such revision of the fundamental j document of the Commonwealth as j progress in thought and changed j conditions may indicate as wise. Un swerved by the little group of noisy j radicals who would upset our insti- j tutions and relegate to the ash heap , the form of government that has made us a great people, these men j have conic together not to cast aside any of those things which have, proved good, but to add to them j other provisions, the need for which j could not have been foreseen when j the constitution as it now stands was framed. No better demonstra- j tion of the sound Americanism of j the people of this State is needed . .than this —that they are going serenely about their business while j their duly chosen delegates come to-, gether for the purpose of tearing; apart and putting together again, with such additions as will make it, more responsive to the will and the needs of modern society, the consti tution upon which the very founda tions of the Commonwealth rests. They have faith in their Governor j and they knov# that the men to whom he has entrusted this great task will do it with thought solely | to the best interests of all. Every truly democratic govern ment is progressive. Time, with its never-ending changes, the growth and development of society, the edu cation of the masses —these and, many other factors combine to make it desirable that even the best of State constitutions shall be revised occasionally. But these changes j should not be made in haste or in , the heat of debate. Discussion, give- : and-take, compromise all have j their places in such a gathering as' convenes to-day, if the result of its labors is to be, truly indicative of public thought. This is the attitude ! of the men who have met here, and It is a fine thing for them to know' that the trust of the people in them is so great that the convention is permitted to get under way without effort to inject into its deliberations any of the cure-all nostrums now be ing offered to governments elsewhere as certain remedies for all the ills states and nations are heir to. Our constitution is to he revised, bpt. it is to be done as Americans always do such things, in an orderly and lawful manner and in full accord with those principles of right and Justice on which the United States of America is founded. Our idea of settling the coal strike at this stage of the proceedings is to let it settle itself. ENLARGING THE HOTEL ANNOUNCEMENT at the din ner of the Chamber of Com merce last evening that the Penn-Harris Hotel is to be enlarged and the certainty of a substantial dividend for both the operating company and the owners of the ■ hotel property are proofs conclu sive of the need for the big hotel In Harrisburg. The hotel requirements here have -grown enormously with the erection of the Penn-Harris, commercial . men taking advantage of its fame to stop here instead of going on to some other city, conventions tum bling over each other to take ad vantage of the facilities Harrisburg automobile and tourist traf fic increasing by leaps and bounds, ■until now we are face to face with another great shortage of accom modations. The Penn-Harris is big enough except for rooms, and rooms can be added at less cost than a general remodeling of the hotel had vl ' TUESDAY EVENING, 71 Its designer not been so generous In its other appointments. A modern hotel is a very compli cated structure, and while It may look simple to the average man, It is a greut box full of intricate pip ing and special features and the utmost skill and experience is , necessary to make all parts bal -1 ance. It is a compliment to the foresight and ability of the .men who built the Penn-Harris that it is capable, of enlargement in the way proposed without throwing the whole plant out of proportion. Business men are doing their ut most to overcome conditions which are in many cases most trying, but which are not insurmountable. Much uncertainty exists regarding the re turn of the railroads to their owners, but with the settlement of industrial strikes will come a better attitude toward the important industries of the country and incidents'ly an im proved situation with respect to the wage-earner himself. | DEPTHS OF IGNORANCE IT IS said that "where ignorance is bliss, 'twere folly to be wise." !' but there are exceptions. Take, for example, the easy of the pet son who in a letter to the editor | of this newspaper asks what is tt metzel soup. Here is what l.e says: 1 ant a newcomer in Pennsyl vania. but long ago 1 heard of the fame of Pennsylvania cooks and now that 1 have lived here al most a year 1 know there Is no such cooking anywhere. I thought | knew what good tilings were, until I came here, but now 1 know m.v iducation had been sadly neglected along culinary lines. I thought I knew all of your dishes, but the other day while buying butter in market I heard a farmer say to a woman who was evidently a regit ur cus tomer, as lie banded iter a pack age: "We butchered last week and I have brought you a metzel 1 soup." I have asked everybody I know what kind of soup this is and as i have a desire to try it will you not inform me liow it is made. Dear correspondent, you need not have mentioned the fact that you are u newcomer in Pennsylvania; we knew it at once. Thanks for the compliment to our cooks, tl.an i whom there are no better in the whole wide world. But liow did ! you get the idea t„hnt we served j soup iii packages in Pcnnsjlvania? | Your question puts a conundrum | into our mind. It's this, "When j is a soup not a soup?" And the i answer is, when its a metzel soup, j Ha, ha! Eaugh you Pennsylvania j folks, laugh! But for all that don't refuse a ; metzel soup if your tanner friend | offers one to you, soup or 110 soup. Generous, hospitable Pennsylvania folks know that a "nietzel" is one of the daintiest and most accept able of gifts, it happens like this. The Jones family has rour prize porkers and they are dated for slaughter on Tuesday, December 2, say. Along about 4 o'clock that morning the whole family turns out of bed to welcome the neighbors who are coming to help, and in cidentally to get three square meals, beginning witli breakfast. Tiie < fires are started early under the big black kettles, the hogsheads are lilted to the proper angle to receive scalding water and then the bodies of the hogs, the scaffolding from which to suspend the pigs is erected and the knives are sharpened. A big day lies Just a"head, hut by evening the lard is rendered, the sausage and the pudding are made, the meat has been, hung to cool and "Mother" Jones says to "Father" Jones: "Samuel, I think we ought to send tlie Smiths a nietzel soup," or may be she says just "nietzel" for short, and "Father" Jones agrees. After which they select the tenderest of the pork chops, a piece of the backbone, some spare ribs, pudding and sausage, pack it all in a basket and over it goes to the Smiths. That, dear correspondent, is a metzel soup, and if you think it doesn't outrank any "regular" soup you ever tasted go back whence you came, for Pennsylvania is no place for such as you. But we take it you won't feel that way about it. Grace' Methodist Church's memorial to its soldier sons is as practical as it is appropriate, Fiji ST, AS USUAL THAT the Republican National Committee la lo meet in ad - • vance of the Democrats to se lect the date nnd place for the next National convention indicates that the party management is in the hands of aggressive leaders who care nothing'for precedent ami intend lo be first in the Held with convention, candidates and platform. Ordinarily the party in power in the White House is accorded the lead in these matters. It has been more or less customary for the winners of the previous presidential election to arrange for their national convention first and generally to take the lead in arrangements for the ensuing cumpatgn. That the Republicans have decided to go ahead regardless of precedent or the plans of the common enemy in dicates that they mean to stand or fall on their own principles. They will nominate their candi dates ami adopt their platform ac cording to. the opinions of a majority of the delegates assembled, with lit tle or no thought as to what the Democrats may do. On the other hand, the Democrats will be forced by this policy to put themselves on the defensive and few, if any bat tles. either in war or politics, have, ever been won on those tactics. The man thrown out of work by the miners who won't accept a fourteen per cent, increase In wages is begin ning to understand what is meant by the "right to strike." And now. we suppose, the liquor people will charge the prohibitionists with having held up the Supreme Court's decision on the war-time law. ! I>©&t£co1 > ©&t£co IK by the Ex -Committeeman j Governor William C. Sproul's ap 'ipearance before the Republican Nu : tional Committee and his partlcpa -1 , tlon in the meetings of that body at I Washington as the proxy for United States Senator Boies Penrose us Na tional committeeman front Pennsyl vania are being much commented • upon. at Washington and throughout i'the country. The Keystone State L , Governor is already widely known {as a man with strong and sensible (views and his address is oeing I awaited with keen interest. . j The meeting of the National com mittee has caused a revival of d seus •slon of candidates for Republican '•National delegate, and between now land Christmas there will be much i talk of possible candidates for pany i honors. In addit.on to the Governor ! anil Senator Penrose, the names 01 i Bieu tenant Governor Edward li { UeiUleinan and the muyois of the ] two big cities are being beard of for National lielcgale-at-la. ge. Cotonol! | James Elterson, of the Philadelphia i 1 Inquirer, is strongly favored in Phiiu- • • tleiphia. —An interesting event in conncc- j i lion with the Governor's visit to ! I Washington will a dinner to be; | given in his honor by the Keystone j I State Congressmen. The dinner is i 'to lie lie.d on Wednesday evening l i and will have much polit cal signiti- ■ ; ennce, hint Washington papers. Sev- j K-rul State otlicials will attend. I —Now since ex-Senator W. W. j j Hindmun, of Clarion, has accepted; I the place of enforcer of the "dry"| | law there are many deserving Penn-: jsylvania Democrats who are on his j j trail for jobs. Eeo A. Crosson, of! j Scranton. becomes the district on-! {forcer, and if is believed that there! will lie many places. | —lt was not generally realized I | among flip Democrat c rank and riles iwhat chances for adding to the Fed-' I oral patronage in P'ennf ylvania lay I ( in the prohib't'on laws anil the Pal'-{ jmer machine will have n tine line of, I attractions just in advance of the j primary arid the delegate elections. ■ —While many of the niattets which will conic before the Consti • utlonnl Revision Commission will have politico I interest, there will he few that will attract more attention than the powers of the executive aml the legislative branches in relation to appointments. It is likely that the recommendations will settle bo vornl nil doubt the authority of the Senate in confirmation of appoint ments so that there will not be a chance for a repetition of oc currences in 1317. when the Sen ate rejected some of the Brum baugh appointments and the Gov ernor promptly named the men ••- jected after the Legislature ad journed. Governor Sprout was a member*of the Senate at that time, and it is believed that there will be much sentiment manifested for up holding author'ty of the Senate. —Removal of some county offi c'als from the list of elective offi cers will he another subject which will lie given close study. For a long time there has been an agitation lor the making of such offices as recorder of deeds and register of wills ap pointive officers. I —O,IIP of tlic interesting things in j ;connection with the meeting of tio 1 j Revision Commission is whether it j-will not recommend a constitutional! convention after all. The act allows; lit to recommend a general revision.'! I Tiiis plan wa.r favored during the last Legislature, but abandoned and [the revision commission proposition | adopted. Ip event that the oomnvs is'on favors a general revision it will i I likely suggest to the Legislature the | leaning of a constitutional conven-l , tion to which the peop'e would elect I •the delegates. If It is found that I I only a ser'es of amendments would I i bo neres>arv it will recommend that I ithe Legislature submit the proposed! I changes winch would take the course j followed with the road loan and; other nmAndr*entn. —ln the last twenty-four hours! I there has been considerable senli-i ment manifested for a general re | v ision, but nothing wMI be done until I the administration has a chanee to j tind out just what the revisers think, .and that will soon lie determined. The idea is lo have the committees named to-day to go to work at once and report buck by Thursday such [actions as they believe should stand without change. Then the sentiment ; will be apparent. > ! —Taxation of coal will lie one of lie b gget subjects before the com mission. anil the graded lax proposi- I tion. wh'eli was before the last Leg islature in the form of a proposed (amendment, will lie taken tin early —Secretory of the Navy Daniels, | who was here last night, is said not jto be without ambit ons. Mr. Dan ! iels snoke here several years ago. ndd -essing the Central Democratic h'lnh nnd ' made some impression, | which has been heightened by t'ue l coml- work of the Navy during the war. However, the Palmer parti sans do not intend to have the Sco •e'p-v. or William G. KeAdoo ether. for that matter, fish tip anything out of the troubled waters of Pennsyl vania Democracy. They are working industriously to iron out d'ffe-enees :'n a number of counties and sonic of , their scouts have gone into l.acka i warma an'' Luzerne to head off itrouble, while they n'-e honel'ti! of jreaolrng an agreement in Sehpy'kili. iTo all intents and purposes the Pal trier even have made up their minds ito light in the Rerks-Ijehigh district [because of the "tpt'de of Congr fs . men Arthur Ob Dewait and his ! friends. —Robert K T nmherton. the Phila delphia sheriff-elect. Las decided to elean house 'n that offi"e in the Phi'ade'phia Citv Hall, and fh's fact mnv have something io do wilh the bell'eerenrv manifested bv the Vares. -The decision of the new con troller of Lackawanna ronntv lo oust County Chairman R. j, Zim merman as solicitor nnd to replace ell attaches has created mo"e or less HIV in that county, where the feel ings am much ckhi to ihosc being manlfcs'ed in Be-ks by Democrats. —County Treasure-elect Oharle.t Phillips, of Northumberland, has ap pointed John R. Phillips. hi brother, as bis deputy. The new treasurer was severely wounded in France. —P. E Staymsker lias been elected (IR president of the Lnncuster Hoard of Ffh'CPt'en. The Phllndelnhln Press remarks that the new Charter party did not get very far in the campaign, but got u good ways In debt. I —Something scorns wrong in I,e --| high. Four men elected to the of- I flee of justire of the pence have re -1 fused to lift commissions. —-Leo A. Crossen. nssistant "dry" enforcer in Eastern Pennsylvania. New Jersey and Delaware, halls from Keranton. —Fred I<ewls, Allentown. Bull Mooser, says lis_ is for Lodge for President. SLOMISBTTRG TELEGRAPH OH MAN—AND WOMAN By BRIGGS f \ "" / MOW 'BOUT A \ / NO NO -|M / ( WELL HOUJ ABOUT \ ( GooO PLAV ? I / NQT GOING TO ANY S TH6 ULLY GIRL'IJ *\ \—_ > | GRANJJ> OPERA TO~ / THEY VSAY IT'S' JQH |SIQ I. * 1 \ 7 N>GHT- IT'S Too V^ ELL \ * GOOD Show- THOSE / LLITGRJ. ThcRE > / HIGHBROVJ - BESIDES (HEN \ GOOD MUSIC j/ | N P 0 P \ / ISN T A <SOOT> . / IT HAVE TO SUGGEST \TUN N Y,AMD- f) SHOWS / I OLD I / LIST'S SEE A C I HATE . \£. FINE LECTURE / / N^ 7 <6 N \ i rsrr F-™' • • y / AMO'THIS IS WHERE THEY WENT The Counlrtj School j [From the Pittsburgh Dispatch.] In asking County Superinten 'dent of Schools Samuel Hamilton .to contribute his views on the | needs of rural schools, the l)is [ patch felt that the service would be of service not alone to the t.- • SSO teachers and 700 school direc ■ tors of the county, but to the en tire rural population dependent upon the country school for educa tional opportunities. Many of the ' points he makes will compel in ; slant acceptance, as for instance, i the impracticability of expecting the pupils in the rural school to |assimilate, under untrained teaeh i ers, in J.iO days, the same course .that city children with good teach ers have IMiU days to encompass. I Also, considering the tendency to | quit school at 14 or 15, that the curriculum should have reference to that fact and aim to secure the best possible results within that time. The point that rural teach ers should be trained with a view to specialize on rural educational needs is nlso well taken. It is well enough to argue that the country child should have the -s.'ihie educational opportunity as the city child. No one denies that, ilut he or she cannot get it In the 'shorter time and with less experi | enced teachers. The practical ques tion raised by Superintendent | Hamilton is what is the next best | thing to be done? He inclines to i the opinion that the purely aca demic may be overemphasized | and that vocational education i would be more welcome, while at I the same time holding open for ! those who desire it the avenue to 1 high school. He meets the issue !of cultural education practically ! when he asks: "Does culture come 1 from studying certain types of aoa ! demic facts or is it the result of doing anything well which the j public really enjoys and which ought Ito be done?" This is a question that needs to be considered by all school authorities, not alone in the rural districts. The aim should lie | the best development of the indi ! vidua!, whether the bent lie aca ] demic or manual. The greatest error in modern pedagogy is stick | iqg to the theory that education I is a formula, when as a matter of jVact it is life. Next to that is the • mistake of acting as if children ! were all alike, mere molds for j "education" to be ladled into. Su ! perintendent Hamilton's sugges tions look to' getting away from that idea in the rural schools and j deserve careful study. | Xcyleclrd Power liesoiirces [Front the Public T.edter. ] i Secretary !.ane does well to dwell Iwlth especial emphasis In the an j nual report if the Department of the Interior upon the vital need for the adoption of some definite na tional policies affecting the pro jduction and distribution of power. I This is one aspect of our progressive 'development that has been almost I wholly without any directing intlu i once either for conservation jor for the application of modern ; methods that make for economy and j efficiency. With the facts of the i enormous increase, year by year, jin the drain upon our natural re sources of fuel—coal and oil—star ing the Nation in the face, little or | nothing iias been done looking to a 'survey of the situation or a study of | what ought to lie done to prevent i waste to-day and to guard against it he inevitable shortage in the not [distant future. We have "muddled along" thus fur. hut at an appal ling cost, of which the eoal short - I ages during the war. owing to trans- I portation difficulties, and to-day, as a result of a mine-wage dis | pule, have been formidable items in the account. Picturesque Indian Names [From the New York Sun.] The supervisor In charge of the j Black-feet agency at Browning, i Mon., has issued a circular adver-1 tising for sale certain Indian lands. The list of allottees shows that the j years have not driven out all the' picturesque Indian names. There i Don't Go Out among the old fash-1 are Chief All Over and Richard Calf Tail and Blanket Woman! Don't Go Out among the old fush ioned kind. But what sort of [name is Everybody Rooks at Mar-! I row Bones? It sounds like a song. I And Annie Rides at the Boor I might be the title of a poem. Lucy Iron Eater is no. name for a gen- I tie lady, but it is easier to write than Yellow Bird Takes Gun on Top or Strikes on Top Morning Eagle. Petrified Russell has a Puritan sound. Chipping Too Deep Night Shoots is too deep for us GERMANY A "ROTTEN APPLE" Anil There ts Danger of Contamination for Other Fruit on the Shelf. I Isaac F. Marcossun in the Suturday livening Post. J GERMANY, beaten and severed, remains a force to be reck oned with In the eternal strug gle to live which knows neither race, prejudice nor war hangover. Like the battle of busi ness it is a permanent thing. 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He has his itch to become a moving picture actor; he organizes a secret soeietv and strikes to compel the reinstatement of an expelled higli school student: he meets with his gang in the Hiding House and is overwhelmed with thoughts of ghosts; and his greatest blow comes on the occasion that his father's fiiend refuses to employ him when lie quits school without finishing his course. This manuscript has been read in advance and highly endorsed by a number of well-known educators and leaders of boys. ' The Crimson Tide, by Robert W. i Chambers. Pictures by A. L. Keller, $1.75 net: I). Appleton <£- Co., New | York. "The Reds —the Terror ! ists —the country crawls with tliein. ! They work like moles, but already, if i vou look about you can see the earth stirring above their tunnels. They j are here, everywhere, active, schem ing, plotting, whispering treason, | stirring discontent, inciting envy. 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"EmC Goldman No more shall Emma Goldman grace The "pen" of our fair state, Since we could not make Emma good We made her emigrate. —Kansas City Times. the possibilities—-it will not only mean anarchy in Germany, hut the kindling of a flame that may sweep England and the continent. The brotherhood of anarchy knows no geography. Its symbol is just as red in Italy and France as in Ger many and Russia. One touch of scarlet makes all the radicals kin. A red Germany might mean i n alli ance with red Russia. All Europe is on razor edge, and the advent of winter with a worldwide shortage of fuel and food—and cold and hun ger are the first aids to revolt—will not help to dull it. Once the terrible tides are loosed, the hordes of hate will only know one cause, aid that cause, destruction. As Germany goes these next few months, so will a considerably part of Europe so, politically and economically. To put it concretely Germany to-day is like a rotten apple. Isoluted on the shelf, she would decompose and cause no damage. But this pro cedure, unhappily, is impossible. Eco nomically she is in a basket of ap ples, and her taint, unless remedied at onee, is likely to contaminate the whole lot. -4s to Political Prisoners Recently the radicals in this country had the imaudence to pre sent, in a round-about way, a de mand upon the American Govern ment for the release of the "po litical prisoners," Emma Gold man and Alexander Berkman. The I. W. W. and kindred organiza tions have passed many resolutions demanding that these two notor ious anarchists Be discharged from custody. • The answer the Government is making is the proper one. It was right in its stand to get rid of these objectionable characters. They are not wanted here. They are firebrands and their mere presence in the United States acted as an incentive to the radicals to commit crimes. There is no reason for showing clemency toward these notorious agitators. There is every reason why they should be dealt with sternly and aggressively. A show of firmness with regard to them will have the effect of de ferring other agitators who are becoming far too This is a time when the iron hand must not even contain the silken glove. The more Gokl mans and Berkmuns we have in our midst the more out rages will be committed similar to those which recently plunged the State of Washington in mourn ing. The Triumph of France [From Harvey's Weekly.] We had thought of speaking of the triumph of the Tiger. Not the Tammany Tiger, which got pretty considerably scotched a few weeks ago, nor yet the Princeton Tiger, which did trumph over the Bulldog of New Haven: but the veteran Tiger of France. The French elections were indeed a trumph for Georges Clemenceuu, and such a triumph as few men in comparable circum stances have enjoyed. M. Clemenceau hdd fought the good tight himself. Mor<e" than any other governmental chief of any na tion, he was responsible for,the pol icy of his country during the last year of the war, and was the con crete expression of its hopes and aims. At the end. he asked a judg ment, not for his own continuance in office—for he had voluntarily de cided against that—but for the main tenance of those sane principles and policies of government of which he hud been the exponent. Mark, too, that he sought this Judgment at the hands of an electorate of nil in the world the most mercurial and the least bound by organized party ties. The result was one of the most im pressive arid significant approvals and ratifications that ever were re corded in behalf of any man or any policy. More Sugar [From the Philadelphia Press.] The new order of the Food Admin istration permitting the sale of all but Cuban sugar—which is con controlled by the government—at a half cent a pound above cost at retail is not an unmixed bles sing. It is certain to relieve to an appreciable extent the present sugar shortage. But it is also certain to bring higher prices. DECEMBER 9. 1919. The lied Regime • Hoi, 801, Bolshevik, — i 1 tweak The nose of all-that-is; and seek, Deep sinking dirty fang and pois oned beak, ] To pry apart | And low to lay : All that a world hath wrought of | , wealth and love and art | Since Adam's day, I Down, down! ! Not only rank and privilege and crown I And all abuse I Festered by centuried i (All such small tilings .1 equal rubbish count, with thrones and kings,) i I shall bring low | All who an inch or ell o'er my brute stature show. They must | Sink par with me in dung or dust j And bow ITo my rude clutch fuir head or lordly brow, j r cannot ken I Nature's or breeding's mark in men; ! lx>t pedigreed ! Be beasts of lield; but as for human seed. : They must sink swift j Beneath these sweaty, bloody fists 1 lift! Byain, genius, training, letters—tig for that! i Way for the proletariat,— j If any kind of mine shows bright, I'll brain the brat! < Marx, Engels and the rest I (Who spewed the Teuton gospel of unrest) j I get from them . Anathema on collar white or dress | with hem! , If anywhere or any time IA Shakespeare, Newton, Morgan, starts to climb, I'll rude repress I Them all to swineherd's lot—or less. I Mills, factories, I Not only shall i seize, ißut run Only at workers' whim and for their fun, ! Sans science, books or boss, ! With profit wholly turned to loss, j And, quite as wise, i The, other sex shall socialize | And down decree I The family! Whose dissents in any wise I'll terrorize, — I,ct blood be shed In torrents to baptize my era Red! Conception dim Of rectifying wrong, in fashion grim.— About as plain As mists that eddy in gorilla's brain, —- I feel white-hot; Hut I have not Aught else to wreak but ruin, lust and loot. The dark enthronement of the brute. And so I seek To crush the wise, the wealthy and the weak, — 801, Rol, Bolshevik! —Boston News Bureau Poet (B F GYiffin.) Friglilfulness in United States [From the Weekly Herald. Beater Springs, Pa.] Words fail to express our eon tempt for Oovernment officials who permit such vermin as the I. W. \V„ the "Reds," the United Order of Russia, the violent Socialists. An archists. and others a haven in this country. This may reflect upon the whole Congress of the United States, and-if it does, won't it, for the sake of our fallen heroes of the World War, and those of us who still sur vive, won't you, we say, enact legis lation immediately that will permit the officers of the law to cope with the skunks and perpetrators of these dastardly actions and deeds. It's a hard and heart-rending trial for the children of men to go through and the news coming from Genitalia, Washington state, where, at least four World War veterans were killed and a number injured by those imps of satan, will make the blood in any American's veins bpil to over-flow ing. If the Oovernment can't take care of men of this devil type, the mem bers of the American legion and Veterans of the World War would like to, and are just Itching for the chance. Don't waste time deporting them— line 'em up as fast as you can and give 'em hell with the compliments of a firing squad. Getting Them Together [l'rom the Brooklyn Kngle.] lawks as if the only way to get capltul and labor together Is to keep them from meeting. lawtfttg (Eljat Deer are so plentiful In Juniata and Cumberland valley counties that some hunters having: shot their legul game went home before the close of the first week of the hunting sea son. The State Game CommissioA has received several reports of this character and in other sections has heard of hunters who have decided to continue in camp, ulthough they have shot all the law allows. Deer have been reported as more than usually numerous, due to the State system of propagation and the fa-, vorable weather conditions, and t 7K o. G ° rdon > acting secretary of tne state Game Commission, to-dav estimated that there would be at least 3,000 bucks shot. "X think that is a fair estimate," said Mr. Gordon .i. a i" " Tlle reports coming here tell of many bucks shot the first few days, and as thede are more deer hunters out than I huve ever known and they are in counties where deer are most to be found X think we can look for several hundred more deer being shot than in any previous year." Mr. Gordon said that he ex pected some good bear hunting to "•low the announcement from his ollice that there were bears to be shot for very little effort and as a matter of public policy in the north ern tier. In some of the rural coun ties in Northern Pennsylvania farm ers have had to watch their sheep because of the activities of the hears and huve u:Jted the State Game COlll - mission to help them out. The Coin | mission has called attention to the j opportunity and looks for a record I kill of bears. This is the last week | of the season for deer and bears. Success attending the various sales of army and navy food, cloth ing, blankets and other property not needed for military purposes, where conducted by municipal authorities and committees named by mayors or others, will be made a subject of In quiry by State agricultural officials. Reports have come to this city of the manner in which large quanti ties of such articles were disposed of, some of them direct from rail road cars and it will be decided whether such sales could be con ducted by co-operation between communities and farmers or pro ducers of food in various sections of the State, provided carload or larger lots were taken and cost guaranteed. Marketing facilities have been seri usly considered by tlie State authori ties for the first time this year aad this investigation has turned up some instances where community buying occurred to meel emergencies and where farmers could not get the markets they wished for their pro duce. Williamsport and other up state cities which handled consid erable amounts of army food, Phila delphia and Pittsburgh where sales were conducted on large scale and various places where community committees secured foods for dis tribution will be the subjects of the inquiry. The reminiscences of Jacob It. Miller, who frequently contributes to The Telegraph, are of much in terest from time to time and his memory is very clear as to many happenings of the early days in Ilar risburg. Referring to the recent death of Mrs. Tom Thumb he recalls the visit of the famous General and his wife to this city in 1847. .Oil that occasion they appeared at the old Shakespeare Hall on the present site of The Telegraph Building. Mr. Miller tells of the wonderful little coach drawn by two spirited mouse colored horses. In the couch were General and Mrs. Thumb with an outrider and a footman. The Gen eral was clad in a full dress suit witli top hat alffi Mrs. Thumb was gowned in the style of the Victorian era. The appearance of the famous couple was always the signal for a great crowd. Mr. Miller also refers to the first show of a tribe of Indians in the old Shakespeare Hall and to Iho later appearance of Signor. Blitz, the great ventriloquist. The Indians were particularly thrilling because they shot coins thrown into the air with their bows and arrows and were a great attraction for the boys of the period. Front appearance of the country round about llarrisburg quite a few farmers have decided to brave the pests and the prices and have put in wheat for another year. T'ne wheat has been favored by the weather conditions and in sections of tipper York ami lower Cumber land counties especially, it looks very well. In the last few years there has been a pronounced jump in the acreage devoted to wheat in this part of the State and this year the farmers seemed to think it was up to them to continue. Safety standards in most of the industries of Pennsylvania will have to be overhauled its the result of ex perience during* the war, new in ventions and appliances and other changed conditions, according to State officials in charge of such mat ters who are active in the series of meetings to discuss the problem's of various industries during December. In some establishments rules which aroused criticisms as dangerous in novations and requirements a few years ago have been found inade quate and employes will be bound by as- many rules in regard to plant management as employers . The war operations enabled many things to be done without regard to feel ings and with only results in mind and some may be embodied in State codes when the revision ends. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Owen J. Roberts, tlie new mem ber of the Board of City Trusts in Philadephia, is an attorney and has appeared here in a number of cases.* —J. D. A. Morrow, formerly of Pittsburgh, is now vice president of the National Coal Association, hav ing headquarters in Washington. —Dr. J. T. Rothrock, State Forest Commissioner, is over 80, but runs his own automobile. , And daily, too. —Congressman H. W. Temple, who is attracting attention by criti cisms of National policy, Wt a Wash ington, Pa., college professor. —C. J. Stonebach has been elected president of the School Directors' Association. —Col. John R. Wiggins, Philadel phia builder, will take a trip to South America during the winter. —H. J. Gideon, of the Philadel phia educational system, has been selected as head of the National as sociation studying attendance prob lems. f DO YOU KNOW —Tlint Harrisburg had half a dozen big plants that handled nothing but Government orders during most of the war? HISTORIC HAKUISBUIIG —The first State Capitol was put under roof Just 100 years ngo this month.
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