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SATURDAY, SETTEMBER 14, 1918

For the love of God is "broader

Than i'-c measures of man's mind,

And the heart of the Eternal

Is most wonderfully kind.? FABEB.

DEMORALIZED

THE Donnybrook Fair at the

Board of Trade this afternoonwill have the effect of complet-

ing the demoralization of Democ-

racy in Pennsylvania. The spectacleof two factions of petty politiciansfighting over the control of a politi-

cal machine, while they should be

standing shoulder to shoulder insupport of the war aims of the ad-ministration each claims to repre-

sent, is disgusting to patriotic citi-

zens.Nothing is involved in to-day's

"scrap" save who shall control theDemocratic party machinery inPennyslvania on the eve of the nextpresidential election. Palmer andMcCormick were ready enough tolink their political fortunes with

Bonniwell so long as they thought

Bonniwell could be made their will-ing tool. Bonniwell has no hope ofelection, and he is contending

with the Palmer-McCormick factionsolely with the thought of wrestingaway from them the party leader-ship in Pennsylvania. Neither is

better than the other, and both arebad. Each places party above pa-

triotism. It is time that an entirelynew group of Democratic leaders isdeveloped in this State if even theremnants of the minority party areto be saved.

Employment of prisoners in countyjails on county farms and highwaysis having widespread approval. Thereis no reason in the world why a lot ofable-bodied men should be living atthe expense of the taxpayers whilethe revenues of the same taxpayersare being consumed in public work.

The Prohibition party is still insist-ing. through its leaders, that a sepa-rate ticket shall be supported, not-withstanding the clear and unequivo-cal position of Senator Sproul, theRepublican nominee for governor, onthe prohibition amendment. Ofcourse, iy is immaterial this year,owing to the fact that thousands ofmembers of the cold water party willrefuse to follow their leaders in thismatter, but how would these leadersexplain the election of an outspokenliquor candidate should their votes

and those of men who adopt theirthird party suggestion happen . to

achieve that result?

CONFIDENT OVER THERE

FIELD MARSHAL HAIG, the

commander-in-chief of theBritish forces in FYance. has

issued an order to his armies inwhich he declares that "the enemy

has spent his effort." Like everygreat commander he thanks allranks of the fighting forces for theirsplendid efforts and assures histroops that "we have passed throughmany dark days together. PleaseGod these never will return." Thismessage of assdVance and confidencewill also hearten the allied forces onevery field.

There appears to be no doubt in

the minds of the leaders overseasthat the German machine is break-ing down. It is now the duty ofthe men and women back of thelines to throw into ail their activi-

ties their best endeavors, to the endthat the men who are doing thefighting may feel the strength whichcomes from the invisible force thatwill reach them from the unitedenergies of those at home.

In his reply to President Wilson'sinquiry as to a statement that he hadindicted the Democratic Administra-tion for favoring an inconclusivepeace settlement. Chairman Hays, ofthe Republican National Committee,makes it clear that he said nothingof the kind, but did urge a Joining ofhands by all parties in the prosecu-tion of the war. It has not been for-gotten that Mr. Hays agreed to aproposition looking to a practical ad-

journment of politics during the war.but the chairman of the DemocraticNational Committee was not permittedto Indicate a similar attitude. In fact,

while pretending to favor an adjourn-

ment of politics, the Democraticleaders at Washington have plungedinto the most active partisanship

throughout the country.

PREACHING KULTUR

AS the causes of the war become

better understood and the ef-forts of the Kaiser and his as-

sociates to throw the responsi-

bility upon other shoulders plainlydemonstrate their fear of the punish-

ment in store for them, extracts fromthe sermons of German preachers

may still further illuminate the situa-tion.

These preachers, whose sermons

have been reprinted by a professorof theology at the University ofCopenhagen and subsequently trans-lated from the Danish by Jesse Broh-ner, show conclusively the trend ofthe German mind and the obsessionof the German people.

These Hun preachers do not repre-

sent the ignorant class, but the so-called cultured element of the Ger-man people. They have been largely

responsible for the dissemination ofthe "higher culture" and assaultsupon the Christian faith in the wayof higher criticism have emanated inpractically every instance from Ger-many. Such sentences as these, takenat random from a number of thesermons, indicate the trend of Ger-man thought:

You have now the enemy inyour clutch, pass a just Judg-ment. Let the leaden bullets ofEast Prussia buzz, and let eachbullet account for the life of a foe.

The Germans are the first be-fore the throne of God?Thoucouldst not place the goldencrown of victory in purer hands.

We have become a nation ofwrath; we think only of the war.* ? * We execute God's Al-mighty will, and the edicts of Hisjustice we will fulfill,imbued withholy rage, in vengeance upon theungodly. God calls us to murder-ous battles, even if worlds shouldthereby fall to ruins. We arewoven together like the chasten-ing lash of war; we flame aloftlike the lightning; like gardens ofroses our wounds blossom at thegate of Heaven. We thank Thee,Lord God! Thy wrathful call ob-literates our sinful nature; withThine iron rod we smite all ourenemies in the face.

The war now shows the ele-mentary revolt against the moralidea of the world. We fight?-thanks and praise be to God?forthe cause of Jesus within man-kind.

Verily, the Bible is our book.Even if. for a long time, we did Inot value it as such, we now ac-knowledge that it was given andassigned to us, and we read in it ithe original text of our destiny,

which proclaims to mankind sal-vation or disaster ?according asWe will it! God's people willcome forth from thisstrengthened and crowned withvictory, because they stand on theside of God: but all God's adver- :saries will find out that God willnot be mocked, and that He rulesthe history of the nations accord-ing to His will.

To allow to the weak the sameright of existence as to thestrong, vigorous nation meanspresumptuous encroachment uponthe natural laws of

.

devel °P,T,<L,llt:The small nations have no right

of existence and ought to be swal-lowed up.

. . . __ ~

It is moral. Inasmuch as it is

reasonable, that the small statesin spite of treaties, should becomethe prey of the strongest.

And so the self-confessed high-

waymen, the barbarians of Prussia,

the slayers of children, the despoilers

of women, the inhuman vultuYes ofa grasping nation doomed to destriiw-

tion, betray the faith and outrage

the sacred calling of the Man ofGod.

So many interesting papers are be-

ing read before the Dauphin County

Historical Society that it's a pity

some arrangement has not been made

for issuing these papers in some form

that will give them wider considera-

tion. Of course, the society is treas-

uring this important historical mat-

ter, but a monthly or annual bulletin

containing important papers would

add greatly to the interest and im-

portance of the work of the organiza-

tion.

OUR CHIEF BUSINESS

CAPTAINHARRIS, tour times

wounded in the great war andhoping for another chance, told

members of the Chamber of Com-

merce yesterday that the chief busi-ness of the American people at this

time is ?'Killing Germans."It isn't a pleasant thought; war is

never pleasant. But it is true.

"War," the Secretary of War hassaid, "should be our one thought

and purpose," and the whole object

of war-making in the present in-

stance is to kill so many Germansthat the Kaiser will be forced to

surrender and acknow ledge hisdream of world dominion a vain

hope never to be realized. And

only by "killing Germans" can thisbe brought about.

Therefore, "killing Germans" is,

indeed, the chief business of the na-

tion; not only of its soldiers in thefield,but of its peopleback home. Thesoldier who missed shooting a Ger-man when the. chance offered wouldbe untrue to his oath. The Americanbusinessman who delays a govern-

ment contract is as guilty as the sol-dier who fails to shoot. The Amer-ican workman who does less than a

full day's work on any product thatis to go to the Army or the Navy

is failing in his task of "killing Ger-mans," for if the artillery does not

get the guns or the shells or theNavy does not get the ships our sol-diers will be delayed in their great

work. Every one of us is devoted to

the task of "killing Germans." Themore we kill and the quicker we do

it the fewer American boys will die

and the sooner the war will end.

SOAK 'EM HARD!

MORE power to the Department

of Parks in its effort to squelch

the rowdies who have taken

advantage of the absence of many

of the men at the front to override

the authorities here and there. Al-derman Landis, before whom a num-ber of these culprits have beenheard, has imposed some stiff fines

and ho would be justified in soaking

these loafers much more heavily.

SATURDAY EVENING, Harrisbitrg TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 14, 1918,

event to Imprisonment. Harrisburgis not going to stand for the break-ing down of its decency and moraleduring the war period any more

than it would have done in peace

times. We have no doubt that thecourts and the police authorities andall others charged with enforcementof the laws will co-operate .with theDepartment of Parks and all muni-cipal officials in preserving order un-der all circumstances.

So, again we say to AldermanLandls, and to all other charged

with the administration of law: Soakthem and soak them again!

foUtict Ck

By the Ex-Committeeman

Three booms of Democrats for theSupreme Court were very much inevidence among the members of theDemocratic state committee and thecounty leaders gathered here fromvarious sections of the state for to-day's meeting of the bellicose bodywith indications that the heralds ofanother would be present before thesun sets. Two Democrats have en-tered their nomination papers for thecampaign and the signatures for twoothers are being assembled in ascore or more of counties.

A. V. Divoly, Demalcratio statecommitteeman from Blair county,was here exhibiting his own boomwhich was formally launched a fewdays ago, while James Fox, of Kas-ton, brother of Justice E. J. Fox,who has also filed papers, was circu-lating with much vigor among theDemocrats and doing his best to keepthe boom out of the factional row.Friends of Charles B. Lenahan, whohas been in many counties, werehere telliug how acceptable he wouldbe to every one, while some of theBonniwell men were passing out theword that Henry Budd's paperswould be filed very soon.

The only Republican to file papersIs Justice Alexander Simpson, Jr.,but the Kephart papers are said tobe in the oiling.

?To-day's meeting of the Demo-cratic state committee is one of thebig things of national politics justnow. The course of National Comnilt-teeman A. Mitchel Palmer in repudi-ating the nominee of his party forGovernor of Pennsylvania at a directprimary and the approval and ap-plause given him by the Democraticnational chairman are such unheardof proceedings that men all over thecountry are watching the develop-ments in Harrisburg to-day.

?Some people here profess to seea new phase of presidential interfer-ence in party affairs. Heretofore thePresident as the leader of the partyhas taken a hand in primaries, butif he is at the back of the two bossesit will be the first tme that the pow-er and prestige of the chief magis-trate has been thrown against aman who holds the certificate ofnomination by the Democratic votersof a state in a direct primary, where-in the candidate defeated was thepet of federal Jobholders.

?The upshot of the matter willprobably be that the Democraticstate organization will conduct acampaign for a decapitated stateticket, while the nominee for Gov-ernor will run his own show. Suchan anomalous condition would be thelogical result of the management ofthe Democratic party in Pennsylva-nia in the last seven years.

?There are bets being made atthe Capitol that Pennsylvania willnot send any commissioners to takethe votes of the Keystone state sol-diers in France, but that steps arebeing taken to salve the feelingsof those who looked for excitingoverseas trips by nice assignments tocamps in the United States. Forsome time it has been the opinion,outside of the Governor's office, thatthe taking of votes would be con-fined to camps and cantonments suchas was the case last November.There will probably be fifty camps,posts, forts, stations and similarplaces, including colleges and schoolswhere men are getting special train-ing, to which commissioners will besent at ten cents per mile. Originallythe act provided that there shouldbe one man for each regiment, butthis was disregarded in assigningmen to go to the Mexican border sothat it has a precedent. The chancesare that the commissioners will benamed on a nominal basis of one toeach 1,000 men and as there maybe posts with less than 100 men thechances are good for several hun-dred men being selected to taketrips. The books and statutes andrulings on the subject are beingprinted and when all the nominationpapers are in and the various with-drawals and substitutions are accom-plished the special tickets will bimade ready. Compared to last yearthings will be simple. The state bal-lot will be the same and will havesome nine spaces while there will becongressional and legislative nom-inees together with the nonpartisanblocks.

?Senator William C. Sproul andSenator Edward E. Beidleman, Re-publican state ticket leaders, whoare to speak in Doylestown to-day,in Montgomery county Tuesday andthen go to Pittsburgh for the lasttwo days of the week, may visit Har-risburg and vicinity late this monthor early in October. No definiteplans have been made but Repub-lican leaders have been so impor-tuned for their presence that a seriesof meetings may be arranged. If themeeting can be planned it will befor a Saturday so that the people ofthe farming and industrial districtswill have opportunity to hear thetwo candidates. Owing to SenatorSproul's extended legislative serviceand his successful business andfarming enterprises near here hehas many admirers and Harrisburgis making bids for a place some-where up near the start of the cam-paign instead of coming along atthe end.

?Congressman Aaron S. Kreiderwill speak here with the state candi-dates. His own campaign is in ex-cellent shape and his course atWashington seems to be meetingsuch general approval that thereare doubts exnressed whether hisDemocratic rival, H. H. Amercer, ofCumberland, will get anywhere athome. Dauphin and Lebanon willgo heavily for Kreider. Mention ofthe name of Frank A. Smith as can-didate for Senator to succeed Mr.Beidleman when he becomes Lieu-tenant Governor, has been favorablyreceived all over the county.

?The compilation of the regis-tration of Dauphin county votersoutside of the city shows that 20,-151 have been enrolled this year, ofwhich 12,765 are Republicans, aremarkable showing when it is con-sidered how many young men havegone to war. The lack of Democraticorganization is demonstrated by thefac( that ther e were 3,285 registeredas Democrats and 3,538 as nonpar-tisan.

SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE By Briggs I

. /GLUL TMPVRFI f HOVAJ BOUT OUW)//VOP<S I CANT

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V'ALLOWED / HOW AM ) / SCOTCH/ WEAR HERE WE )

ANV 1/ I GO'NG / V. / AR= HU A CDB.V I

HER ANSWER(A reply to "A Letter Home," by

Grantland .Rice, Lieutenant 115thField Artillery, A. E. F.)Loved One, when you come back to

me,The sun will shine and soft winds

blow.And we will link the days of Then

With broken threads of Long Ago.Then ours will be a sun-kissed sky

Without a cloud or tinge of grayTo mar the perfectness of it?

When you come back?to me?

some day.

The hours will hold no dread ?nofear ?

Just waiting, with a Joy filledheart

And welcome for each coming day?For Time will tear cftirk clouds

apartAnd turn them into golden dreams

That later merge to twilight gray.And Now will be a curtained Past?

When you come back?to me?

some day.

The flame-shot blackness that en-gulfs

Shall disappear like sllv'ry mist.And paths?o'er which you slip and

slide ?

Will bloom with flowers?rare?-beauty kissed.

For clotted gore and stench-clothedforms

Shall breathe to life Earth's fair-est flowers?

And Vlct'ry sweet will banish nightBehind the hills and morn-bathed

hours. ?

And when you do return to me.As true as when you marched

away.With naught but mem'ry left?of

Now ??

Life will be one long, perfect day.

Then Love will take the place ofFear,

For Vict'ry flashlights all theworld,

And recompense for that which isWill be our flag?unstained?un-

furled.

And then, with all the struggle past.Through loyalty to flag and home.

Through bitterness and sacrifice,I know?My Loved One?you will

come.And dreams that were shall be ful-

filledDreams worth the parting, wait-

ing. pain,

And we will walk the old, lovedpaths

! When you come back?to me?-

again.?Mrs. Albert J. Schubring.

South Milwaukee, Wis.

Reward of Brains(From the Pittsburgh Post)

While some of the railroad execu-

tives who formerly received salaries

in the neighborhood of $lOO,OOO ayear from private companies are

now paid between $40,000 and $50,-

000 by the Government, a cut of 50per cent. in their compensation,nevertheless a great tribute has beenpaid to the brains in the business.

A Vocational War ReportA battalion of lawyers charged

traditionally, followed closely by acompany of ball players who scoredheavily. These were backed up bya platoon of swimmers diving reck-lessly into the fray, only \o havea squad of engravers rout the en-emy!?R. D. Washburn, in CartoonsMagazine.

LAB~6RNOTESSavannah (Georgia) machinists,

boilermakers and blacksmiths haveestablished the eight-hour day andsecured double time for overtime, im-proved working conditions and a 73-cent minimum.

The formation of an official all-women's council to deal with theproblems of women workers is an-

nounced by Miss Mary Van Kleeck,director of the women-in-industryservice of the Federal Department ofLabor.

An agreement has been reached be-tween the Imperial Munitions Boardand the .Toronto Aeroplane Wood-workers by which all differences havebeen settled. The wage scale will be65 cents an hour.

London (England) women school-teachers may strike as a result of thestand taken by them in laying al-leged discrimination between In-crease in salaries to men and womenteachers before the National Councilof Women

Honoring an Absentee(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Fiorello H. La Guardla was elect-ed to Congress as a Republicanfrom the Fourteenth New York dis-trict two years ago. This week hewas renominated by the Republi-cans and indorsed by the Democrats,though the district in normal tirpesis overwhelmingly Democratic. AndLa Guardia was 5,000 miles fromNew York during the entire cam-paign. It was an unusual compli-ment to pay a man who has not yetfinished his first term in Congress.

La Guardia is a major in theAmerican aviation service on duty inItaly. When the war came to Amer-ica he did not stand on his exemp-tion rights as a member of theHouse; he volunteered for activeduty and accepted service in themost dangerous arm of the service.Though his district has not had thebenefit of his counsel or his vote inCongress it has had the inspiration

of his example as a patriot and fighterin the cause of liberty. The Four-teenth district has been highly dis-tinguished and honored by its rep-resentative.

It is not supposed that La Guar-dia will return to America for thefall campaign; there is, indeed, noparticular reason why he should.It is possible he will not be able tosit in the next House. But his con-

stituents will be tontent. They arefurnishing an example of patrioticdevotion that might well be emu-lated elsewhere.

1 OUR DAILYLAUGHNO DECISION.

Wlfey How .

late you are,dearest. What ftjL \was the score? | )

Hubby?lt was Vvjj.a . tie game. iLjLpj fl|OLNeither side

scored In nineteen // i \\\innings. I ,| §&

Wlfey What U | Wka shame? Did \\ , , |-SAthey give you I '

your money

back 7

CANDOR.

Wt I In one respect

]a;ri, . 1 she's like all oth-Wh\\y\ jt f\ er women.

" 'jf\ 4 Moaning sheIn 1 Ivi thinks she's so

l/l ] |r IY ?' different.

THE USUALWAY. /sZ&sI glvo my wifo f V

half my salary VZ>/ ftSievery week to Jtf'lpspend on the 811housekeeping and ffijPSSapJt

j herself.And what do /_ /

| you do with the jSj M; other half ot ,

your salary? | s ffOh, my wife ' '

borrows that.

HER WISH.

UM Darling. I wishyou'd treat me

\ 1 don't get you,

, % TjliiS And blow me

Vi us °n to a dinner)| JP down town now

/ /1 v v and then.

SECOND

Is your husband interested /Ain the war news? \ Jm

Yes, indeed. /He always reads IIK jRvit the very first /1 FT'' . IM?-thing after the

baseball scores.

J THAT'S WHAT.

What is an ul-tlmatum, pa?

m *uIL t S w"lcn y°"

A| mother say# sheffkwants a now h#<

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Immature Peace a Colossal CalamityBy H. 11. Windsor, In the October I'opulur Mechanics Magazine

FOR every day the war is pro-longed some advantage is lost

to Germany when the time ar-

rives to write the terms of settle-ment. Not long ago a large portion

of our people were rather indiffer-ent to what those terms might beso long as the sacrifice of life, thedevastation of property, and the un-settled condition of the world atlargo were brought to an end. Thisfeeling was not due so much to acareless indifference of what thestruggle for world freedom had costthose countries who are now our al-lies, as it was to a lack of apprecia-tion of what they had suffered anda proper realization of the enormityof the offense against civilization.Busy as usual, even more so, in ouraccustomed occupations, we did nottake the time we should to think thematter out, each for himself.

We read with horror and repug-nance of one event after another inwhich acts of torture and barbarismhad been resorted to by the enemy,but absorbed in our own personalambitions we failed to comprehendthat these offenses were in realityas much directed against each oneof us individually as they wereagainst the immediate and directvictims of those efforts. Nor wasit through any intentional disregardof the great wrong being enactedthat we listened to the clang ofbells and scream of sirens as the Aredepartment rushed past our officesand homes to battle with the confla-.gration in a distant part of the city?so distant we could see neither thesmoke nor flame; and a momentlater, when the alarms had died

away, the most of us resumed ouroccupations and dismissed the mat-ter from our minds. A few drops ofrain had fallen but the lightning hadnot struck. That we might be mor-ally wrong in doing so did not oc-cur to many; probably it is humannature the world over to be senti-mentally sorry, but not to the pointof sharing another's burden.

And this was our national attitudeof mind four years ago today.

Steadily, but with progress so in-sidious and slow as to be at timesunnoticed, the storm approached ourown shores and homes, until itreached our very doors. Now thatan unscrupulous enemy lies in waitto sink hospital ships bearing ourown nurses and wounded; dropsbombs on our own hospitals behindthe lines, and in its effort to subju-gate the nations of the world is re-sponsible for thte casualty lists thatface us daily, do we slowly begin toabsorb and comprehend that feel-ing of indignation and hate whichpermeates to the remotest corner ofthe lands of our Allies. We at lastbegin slowly to realize the ColossalCalamity of an Immature Peace.Until the cancer has been cut out toits last fiber, until the Thing hasbeen utterly crushed, it were vain toeven think of peace.

For the present, then, civilizationhas but one effort, one purpose, andthat is to win the war. but when

i the day comes in which to considerthe terms of peace may we thinkwith deliberation and soberness, and

: not forget its awful cost, and thenecessity and responsiblity of a rightand lasting settlement.

Helping One Another(From the Portland Oregonian)The movement to utilize crippled

1 soldiers in reconstruction work and

, in aiding the recovery of woundedmen brought back from the frontrecognizes the principle that this isgood for both parties to the trans-action. The cripple who has mas-tered his disability is ijrneflted by

, the knowledge that lie is doing adefinite service to his fellowmen,and the convalescent is certain to beinspired by the example set for htm.Of all the factors operating againstrecovery, the surgeons tind that thefeeling of despair is the most seri-ous. When this is changed to hope,the problem of the convalescenthospital is much simplified.

There has not been as much dlf-. Acuity as might have been expected

in finding men equipped for the newtask. In no other army in the.world.

1 perhaps, would it be possible to Andi so many men who are unconquer-

able optimists. When such men as: these, who have made the sacrifice,

are employed in construction work,\u25a0 their inAuence is almost inAnitely

1 greater than that of those to whomthe great experience is still a closedbook.

"Blind teachers of the blind" con-veys a new meaning in the present

I situation. It already has been shown. that no instructor of a disabled

I man is so valuable as one who has\u25a0 been himself disabled similarly and .

. has triumphed over circumstances.! The opportunity thus to perform '

. real service is not the least of thosei which are being opened to the crip-

pled veterans.

A Word From F. P. A.(From the Philadelphia Evening

' Ledger). Speaking of humorists. Captain

Franklin P. Adams,'the well-known[ wit, is now doing conAdential work

in Department G-2-B at Pershing'sheadquarters in France. G-2-B, wepresume, stands for Giving tt to

[ the Boches. The American Press. Humorists at their recent conven-

tion sent a message of friendliness' to F. P. A., to which he replies:

. "It's a grand game to be in, andit is worth the privation of bathingin a split of Marne water to know,at Arst hand, that nothing in the

J world can keep us from wallopingthe Boche; or, as we uncouth war-

" rlors, in our slangy way, call him,

3 the enemy."

Those Fool Yanksa (From the Mason City Globe-

Gazette)There seems to be quite a good-

i sized American monkey-wrench in1 the perfect German military ma-

chine.

Hold Your Liberty BondsThe effort to separate Liberty

Bond holders not familiar with stockand bond values from their LibertyBonds has taken a new turn. Themanipulators instead of offering tobuy the bonds at inadequate pricesoffer in exchange for them thestocks and bonds of various wildcatcorporations, whose face value islarge but whose actual value is lit-tle or nothing.

The safest Investment in theworld is a Liberty Bond. For a pa-triotic American, Liberty Bonds are.the best investment in the world. Itis not only a wise thing to holdthem it is a patriotic thing to do.The soldier that takes a trench andthen voluntarily gives it up is not tobe compared with one who takes atrench and holds it against theenemy. An American who buys aLiberty Bond and then sells it is notso good an American as one whobuys a bond and holds it. This doesnot apply, however, to one who sellshis bond because of real necessity;there is legitimate trading in Lib-erty Bonds which the treasury rec-ognizes.

It was a wise and patriotic oldcolored American who refused tosell his $lOO Liberty Bond for $96,because he would not give up theUnited States' promise (his bond) topay him $lOO with interest for theUnited States' promise (currency)to pay him $96, and who refused tosell the same bond for $lO2, be-cause, he said, that the $lO2 mustbe counterfeit or else the would-bepurchaser would not be willing togive it for only $lOO. It is safe tosay that there are no gold bricks orwildcat securities among that Amer-ican's assets.

AMERICA(FYom the Buffalo Express)

Everyone has noticed the verylarge number of names of foreigncharacter in our casualty lists. Theygenerally outnumber what may becalled "native" names. "Native"names of Americans are now thenames found in every country in theworld, though we still persist inthe odd discrimination. Now notewhat the Treasury Department re-ports regarding subscriptions to thelast Liberty Loan. Eighteen per cent,

of that loan was subscribed for bypeople of thirty-eight foreign na-tionalities, with the Germans show-ing in the largest numbers.

No one needs to be told that thisland is full of men of German birthwho could not be more thoroughly

American if they had been bornhere. Just so with other thousandsof aliens. All are Americans: all be-lieve in America; to them Americais everything.

Ours is a wonderful country.

Slotting (ttljatPreliminary steps are being taken

at the State Capitol to obtain the of-ficial data regarding Pennsylvaniasoldiers and sailors for the makingof the history of the Keystone Statein the great War and In a short time *

It is expected that a complete rec-ord of the men who went out withthe National Guard units to CampHancock will be in hand. Then thecompilation of the enlistments in theKegular Army, the Navy and theMarine Corps will be sought throughWashington and each local draftboard will be usked to furnish namesof men inducted from its official rec-ords. The Adjutant General's De-partment is In charge of the collec-tion of the names of the State's Mili-tiamen who were mustered into Fed-eral service and in addition has com-piled extensive Information aboutMexican border service. The otherinformation will likely be gatheredthrough the committee of the StateHistorical Commission on the statehistory and the state draft head-quarters will have the records of theoperation of the selective service law.Experience with the records of menwho served In the Civil and Span-ish wars has enabled a system to boworked out and with the draft head-quarters records It is believed thatthe information will be available inmuch shorter time than after pre-vious wars.

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The Rev. Dr. Robert BagneTl, pas-tor of Grace Methodist Church, whospent three months In France andEngland on a tour to American troopcamps and army bases, has a num-ber of interesting stories of the ef-fective organization and work of theY. M. C. A. One soldier to whom hospoke said: "These 'Y' fellows cer-tainly are on the job. Why I be-lieve if a German bomb would blowme a hundred feet in the air I'd finda 'Y' secretary up there with a cupof coffee to hand to me." Speakingof the work of the Y. M. C. A. Insmall French villages where Ameri-can troops are quartered for a shorttime nnd then move on. Dr. Bagnellsaid the secretaries are always readywhen the men leave and go rightwith them. "As soon as the ordercomes to pack the worker gets hlaequipment together, goes right onwith the men and as soon as theyreach their next stop for a camp heis on the job. Sometimes the samenight the boys reach another townwhere they are to stay for a shortperiod the secretary communicateswith headquarters and sometimeshas a concert company or some oth-er entertainer or speaker sent out atonce. That the boys appreciate thisservice ts seen everywhere. Noneever had anything but praise forthe Y. M. C. A. work."

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In London the "Eagle" hut Is theleader Dr. Bagnell said. This is thelargest one in the world and hasmany buildings all connecting witha central one. There are rest rooms,billiard room 3, reading rooms, a bigauditorium, restaurant, in fact every-thing a soldier can want. Every ef-fort is made by the Y. M. C. A.workers to get the boys there whenthey come to London on leave. Theyare told in the camps in Englandabout the hut and secretaries givethem directions to it so that if a soldier once gets to the hut there islittle danger of him meeting anytemptations In the largest city in theworld. At the "Eagle" hut there arctwo women fully acquainted withthe city. One of them is a noted so-cial worker. When a soldier on leavearrives and wants to go sightsee-ing or visit certain places these twowomen map out his tour nnd in casea group of men are going a "Y"worker is sent along. In this man-ner soldiers on leave can see themost in the shortest possible time.

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As the uniform always attracts inevery city, and there are many pit-falls for the soldiers. Dr. Bagnelltold of the system which has beendeveloped in London. Workers pa-trol the streets at nights and whenthey see a soldier or sailor they stophim and inquire what he is doing.In case he has no mission and isjust wandering around he is takento a hut. Frequently men on leaveare found at night under the in-fluence of liquor. They are takento the hut also and kept there untilmorning.

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During his visit in the battle zonesDr. Bagnell met Representative M.Clyde Kelly, of Pennsylvania, whowas with the party of Congressmenwho went to France. Dr. Bagnellexplained that he did not take timeto visit the front line trenches In thebattle area because of the timewhich he would have lost in mak-ing the trip.

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While Dr. Bagnell did not go toItaly he had an excellent oppor-tunity to study the Italian situationhe said. He did not give any furtherexplanation, but in speaking of hisexperiences mentioned that onone part of the tour he had a fireview of the Alps. It was suggest-

ed that he must have been in South-ern France. He only smiled. Dr.Bagnell was under military regula-tions during hie entire trip and isyet so far as making any publicstatement of the places he visited.He gave that as his reason for notmentioning any towns or villages.

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Some neople are easily satisfied.A short time ago a man in New Jer-sey wrote to Deputy Attorney Gen-eral William M. Hargest for thelaws of Pennsylvania relative tomarriage, Mr. Hargest replying thatthey were to bo found In seven vol-umes of a standard digest. The Jer-seyman at once replied with thanks,saying that the Information was whafhe needed and suggesting that th<laws be at once placed at everj

courthouse or place where personiwould be likely to ask question!about them. He did not want other!to be as inconvenienced In gettinginformation as he had been beforwriting to Mr Hargest. ' Just wlunthe others of whom he was so solidtons would think of wading througlseven volumes is a little hard to worout.

1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE "1"?Dr. Wilmer Krusen, Philadol

phia health director, does not see anjdanger in the Spanish influenza apresent.

?Col. E. J. Lewis, of the retlrc<list of the Army, has been reealleito duty in the Inspector generaljoffice.

?Fullerton L. Waldo,phia newspaperman, is home from ivisit to the front in France.

[ DO YOU KNOW

?That Harrlsbnrg la sendingconsiderable steel to industrialand railroad enterprises as wellas to war?

HISTORIC HARRISBtTRGDemocratic state gatherings weiheld In Harrisburg as early as 18X1