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10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH NEWSPAPER FOR THE H03IB Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sundaj by THA 'NSLKGItAPH PRINTING CO. V)SMk Building, Federal Bqaare a J. STACKPOLH Frttident and Editar4 CMef 8. OYSTER, BmMimm Jfoiwptr OUS. M.

STyjNMETA If aiWffinff rfttor A. MICHENEK, VlrcuMlcrt Jfonoper Executive Board i. IP. McCULLOUGH, BOYD M. OGLESBY.

F. R. OYSTER. QUS. M.

STSINMETZ. Jfembers of the Associated Press The Associated Pre is exclusively entitled to the use for republication Of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published All risrhta of renuhllcation of sDecial dispatches herein are also reserved. Member American Newspaper Publishers' Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Asaocle ated Dallies. Easts. office.

story, Brooks Finley, Fifth Avenue New York City; Western office. Story, Brooks Finley, People's Gas Building, Chicago, I1L Entered at the Post Office in Harris Pa as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a weex; oy man, 13.00 a year In advance. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1919 TPo tear our own ourdens more easily when tee help othcrt to bear theirs. Maey A.

Livebuobe. KEEP THEM STRAIGHT ITORNEY GENERAL SCHAF LX FER and State Banking Com missioner Fisher told representatives of the Philadelphia Tenants' Protective Association they mean to see to it that Pennsylvania Building and Loan Associations comply strictly with the provisions of the law under which they operate. The manner in which Mr. Fisher has got his inspections under way indicate that he intends to do just what he Bays, and he will have firm support in the office of the Attorney General. The building and loan association was created for the specific purpose of supplying the man who desires to own his home with the means of purchase.

It was not designed to finance large real estate purchases, however desirable that may be at times even with associations doing business) on a legitimate basis. If, as has been charged, the associations of Philadelphia or any other county, favor the large borrower to the exclusion of the man who wants to purchase a home, they are beyond their legal purposes and should be brought to book; particularly in cases where the officers are found to be accepting fees for approving loans and where the funds borrowed are being used for profiteering purposes. There are difficulties In the way of bringing the offenders to justice, but the very fact that the State authorities have announced their attention of going after the law breakers or evaders will have a beneficial effect on the situation. SEE WHO'S HERE WELL, well, folks, just see who's here! No less a per sonage than the bid friend who advises us to "do your Christmas shopping early." This time It is the New York Telegraph that waves the warning sign and bids us get busy. And the advice la good, at that.

Never In the history of the country were the stores so crowded during September as at present. The prospects are that as the season ad vances they will become more so. We are headed for the biggest hpllday business since Christmas buying began and December is just around the corner. It will be on us before we know It. So "do your Christmas shopping early" is not out of place.

It might be amended, however, to read, "do your Christmas shopping a little each week." GENERAL STRIKES ySE time Is inopportune for a general the Central labor Union of Boston an nounces in explaining why it is not supporting the strike of the police men In that city. It might have Seas) farther and said the time is newer opportune for a general strike. A general strike can not succeed in the United States and no condition can arise that would warrant It No man who is truly American would for a moment consider such a move, for a general strike is next door to revolution, and a revolutionist 1s a man to be shot on sight as a traitor to the best government man has ever devised. Tho Central Labor Union of Boston limply yielded to the inevitable. There can be no reason for a unionised police force.

Civil service tak care of police needs and anything beside can be threshed out between their own representatives and those of the public, whose safety they have, taken oath to preserve. Their duty is to protect the pub lie, regardless of rank or station, and they cannot be subservient to tho orders of labor leaders, They cannot serve two masters, and the public comes first; v'Tho Boston police put themselves beyond pardon when they left the flty at the mercy of tho. criminal They lost public support IS THURSDAY EVENING, nXIUUSDTJXIO TELEGIOLPn SEPTEMBER 25, 1919. and sympathy, without which no strike can succeed, the moment they left their posts. To have declared a general strike to enforce police demands woud.have been suicidal to union labor interests In Boston, and the heads of the Central Union were wise enough to see It.

GOOD ADVICE HE Labor Worid, of Pitts, burgh, a newspaper devoted to the Interests of labor In Amer ica, is trying to anchor the swaying sentiments of alien workmen and to lead them to understanding that there is no place like America; no place where opportunity is greater or where better chance to make a decent living offers, even under present abnormal conditions. Beneath the flare headlng "Some Reasons Why You Should Stay in America," the World Europe bankrupt financially' and a wave of Bolshevism has swept into every country there. Food and clothing are so ab normally high that Europe is having trouble in sustaining its present population with the bread of I'fe. Here are some high prices and conditions In the Ciecho Slovak Republic: Flour is 60 cents a pound, a cow costs 84,000, fat is 82 a pound, a horse costs $4,009, shoes are $40 a pair. Cotton and woolun goods aro not to be had, so the people are in rags.

Meat la very scarce, and a poor quality coats $2 a pound. Sugar, tea, coffee and other luxuries are not to be had. Drugs are very hign and in most places not to be had at any price. Beer and all kinds of liquors are scarce and so hlsh only the rich people can buy. The cronin is worth only 30 cents on the dollar and foreign merchants demand the French franc or the pound sterling.

The war taxes ire five times higher than they are in America. New farm implements are not to be had at any price. Seeds are scarce and of poor quality. Industry is at a standstill' and wages aro so far below the American standard that you would not be satlsilcd. Send for your friends and relatives and stay in America, where peace and plenty reign, with years of prosperity and good times ahead of you! It will take from one year to five years for the countries of Europe to go through the reconstruction period and get back on their feet! Stay in America! This, of course, was written for, the benefit of the alien who may be tempted to leave these shores to try his fortunes in his old home, and very good advice it Is.

Wise labor leaders want these men to remain with us, both for their own sake as well as for ours. We need them and they need us. But the met sages the Labor World addresses to foreign workmen is excellent reading for disgruntled Americans, as well. We are apt to become discouraged over the difficulties of present day conditions. Prices are high and taxes oppressive.

Making ends meet is a daily puzzle. But we nre so much better oft than the people of the rest of the" world that the poorest of us is rich by comparison. In stead of brooding over our' own troubles, if we gave a little thought to the rest of the world our con ditions would seem easy and our burdens light by comparison. ARMENIA AGAIN w. EDWARD RAFFERTY, just returned from Armenia, writes that a quarter million Christian people are in starving dition there.

The need is great and thousands of these must die unless America sends them food. The cry of two hundred and fifty thousand homeless, father less, motherless children is Armenia's great challenge to the youth of America. Probably one hundred thousand of. these do not know their names, Even recently babies have been 1 found deserted in caves and at the roadsides, living on grass and can ion. Every American boy and girl, every young man and worn an who has a home and parents should answer this appeal and make possible food, clothing, shelter and education for these destitute thousands, many of whom are now in orphanages In the very land where Jesus took the children in His arms and niesseu mem.

uroups or young people in Sunday schools, schoo's, Y. M. nd Y. W. C.

vnuFt. r.ot turn a deaf ear to this pathetic rail. I spoke one Sunday morning to seventeen hun died of these orp'nans in one orphanage at Aleppo, and dreamed of the new Armenia that sat in fror.t of me. Tl'e 1 young of America must go ino partnership with the younsr of Armenia to make possible the pernetulty of a nation whose God Is the Lord. In all probability more than scver.ty five thousand unfortunate Christian Armenian girls and women are yet held as Moslem slaves in the harems of Turks.

Kurds and Arnhs. Many of these found and photographed by the wri'f i born; the horrible tattoo mfrks Indicating Moslem ownership, even as a Western ranchman brands his cattle. Before ilifv were rescued and brought to' Refuge Homes they suffered In descrliinVe agon'es. The captives must be' set. free and th rescued ones miist be nurtured back Into health and wnolesnir nome lire.

Their need megsphories a pitiful chaUnge to American young people. America has never turned deaf ear to the suffering. We must give and give generously. Organized effort Is being put forth In this It should, and no doubt will, meet with prompt' and generous response. In the elder days Armenia.

'stood for Christianity when the re ligion 011 trial. In these days Christiana everywhere must recog nize their obligation AN INALIENABLE RIGHT wrm His American colonies declared I their independence In order lllfX. I il(C lUUWllbWMW lit V2 free to enjoy their Inalienable rights life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The Government was organized In constitutional form tn order to protect those rights, in the maintenance of life and the pursuit of happiness, work is necessary. follows, therefore, that the right to work Is inalienable must be protected by the Government and cannot, be denied by a labor union whose members decide that they will dlscontlnu their own employment, a i By the" Bx Ooaimittccmas Few questions of the many growing out of the count of the votes cast at the primary have attracted more attention throughout Pennsyl vania than the proposition that what is known as a "tick" or mark has the same value in marking of a bollot as the established by usage, custom and statute, which ruling has been made by Philadelphia judges sitting In the election count In the Quaker City.

For the time being this question has overshadowed in the minds of men who follow politics in this State the interesting situation which hasT developed through the demand of John R. K. Scott for the opening of numerous ballot boxes, the discovery of blunders and what are classed by some Individuals and newspapers as worse in certain wards and the closeness of the vote. Newspapers and lawyers do not believe that enough can be developed in Philadelphia to overturn the majority of Congressman J. Hampton Moore, but the delay of the count and the cropping out of political animosities will not be without effect.

The Philadelphia judges have determined to complete tho count in time for ballots to be printed and It may be that some of the mooted questions may come up later. The Philadelphie Record says concerning the ruling: "The judges yesterday, handed down a decision which is considered revolutionary, as far as the compilation of primary votes Is concerned. They ruled that a pencil marking, commonly referred to as 'a has the same weight and effect as a cross in the marking of a ballot. The question came up when it was found that 23 ballots in the Nineteenth division of the Second ward bore the "tick" marks instead of the ordinary crosses. Judges Audenried and Ferguson decided that the marking of crosses opposite the name of candidates is imperative only at general elections, and that the rule did not hold for the primaries." When Judge Audenried ruled that the "tick" mark had the same weight and effect as a cross, ex Judge James Gay Gordon pointed out that In the event a cross was marked opposite the name of Congressman Moore and "tick" beside the name of Judge i Patterson the second would invali 1 date the first and make both void.

Decisions were even read to show that In the past the taw has recognized only a well defined cross as a metnod of ballot marking. The Bvening Ledger Joins the Philadelphia Inquirer and Bulletin In demanding a clean up on elections in that city. It says: "Good daylight let in upon the methods employed in some of the wards at the recent balloting will reveal some amazing thtnj s. Judges Audenried ar.d Fcrgusoi. ar'1 to bo commendMl for their apparent determination to see the thing through, to take the lid off and let the people see what has been under It, lo, these many years.

The effect of such an examination as the court has ordered is sure to be felt at future elections. The day of the personally conducted election Is almost past. in Scrahton? but In various other cities results have been changed by the official count and there has been much dismay among some candidates. In Union town the school director candidates are not those thought nominated. Cambria county judges have refused to order ballot boxes reopened, although it was contended that the election was Illegal because county commissioners numbered both ballots and stubbs.

Johnstown papers intimate that there may be formal con tests filed. The general attitude of judgea is that ballot boxes can not be opened on Imaginary errors, but that there must be real cause shown. By 26 votes Councilman J. Campbell has been declared the fourth nominee' for council in Scrantoh. There were 24 candidates in the field and four were nominated.

The opening of ballot boxes from borough, districts In Mayfleld and Olyohant brought a switch in ant orougnt a swucn in the votes of four candidates ror tne Itepubllcan nomination for school directors. The two men shown to have been nominated by the sealed returns lost out on the recount In In Bucks county the official couht showed that not enough offl rial ballots were provided for somo districts, and upon using up their supply borrowed. from West Bristol townsnip, ior instance, exhausted its supply, of eight and borrowed from Bristol borough. Several up county districts wmch ran short of official ballots used sample ballots Instead. This procedure has raised the question whether other than official ballots cast are legal and can be counted and may be a question for the courts to decide, Col.

George Knox McCain says In the Evening Ledger this about a i 1 "Henry K. was one man who did riot hesitate to tell Quay just what he thought. And. hls exprcs slons were not always to quay liking. Boyer's fearlessness in this respect was due to his unswerving loyalty as a member of the organization Quay was aware that no matter what happened in the course of events at or elsewhere 'over the State, Boyer would stand by the machine.

Arid his faithfulness to 'the old man as the Senator was known among his Intimates, was rewarded with high offices. I once heard Senator Quay say that HarryBoyer waS the ablest parliamentarian that ever sat in the speaker's chair, and that Al Crawford came next" The Public Ledger speculates Pbout what the Governor will think about the returns from Vare wards In the Philadelphia judgeship election the Governor, having said that he would regard any organized effort against sitting, judges as an unfriendly act and some figures now showing that Vare men In certa'n wards voted heavily for. Eugene C. Bonnlwell, who was most emphatt mllv not favored by the Governor. Tho Governor has Hnid nothing, but hns been interested in me returns.

The Ledger remarks: "vare knif i or me luaicir.i candidates, sui? ported by Governor Sproul failed to do' them any injury Tuesday nrimary. Judge josepn r. Mccul len, in the Common Pleas Court; Judge George Henderson. In the Orphans' Court, sand Judges Thomas F.V.McNlohoLfind Charles E. Bart lAtt.

in the Mun'clpal Court ware rtominated and virtually elected despite the opposition of tho Organisation. Under "a recent decision of the Supreme Court candidates for judgeships no on the ticket in the general elections up opposed If they receive SI per cent of the total vote east In the primaries. All four received necessary 6 1 per cent and consequently will into office without 'further 1 I i AIN'T It A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEEL1N'? AFT6R A BUNCH OP TbuRtAT "FRiCNDS" XfcoP UN6PeCTEDt.r FOR Th6 WEEK 6nD AND YoO ABOUT FR5E5LE YOU FEET No Wonder Germany Quit By MAJOR FRANK C. MAHIN Of the Army Recruiting Station "Most people seem to think that the multi colored devices you see on the left shoulders of our returned oversees men are something, new." "As a matter of fact the particular patterns used are new, but the Idea is so old that it goes back before the days of history. In the days of the barbarians the men, from a certain village, clan, or district would each wear the tail of a raccoon, a boar's tusk, or some similar device that marked them as belonging to a particular group.

In the days of the early Egyptians the men of a corps each wore the sign of Isis, Osiris, or some other God. Each Roman le gionary wore a geometrical device of the same design as the standard borne by the legion's standard bearer. The standard of the legion corresponded to a present day flag. During the middle ages, as heraldry came into being each family or leader adopted some sort of device which his followers wore. Por many centuries these devices depended solely on the fancy of the individual leader, but about the time of the second crusade in 1147, an agrees ment was reached that each family of noble birth would adopt a family crest or.

coat of arms. Before these crests could be used they must be approved by the feudal sovereign and entered In the records of the School of Heralds. Thus all members of a noble family and thelf re tntnara' Ward fl uthortzed to wear, a Kit in; 1 certain Insignia and as there were thousands of these appro vea in. me course of centuries it became a matter for profound study and interest to trace out and co ordinate the heraldic devices. As modern armies came Into existence in the latter part of the seventeenth cen t.nnna were organized um and sauadrons nftmed for a dis each tf wh0h.nX Royal am trict or a member of the Royal 1am ily.

On the collar or levfeclor9 anjoujd his brigade or 8rhtt To this day In the English arma AnnVTition is carried out Organisations are known not asthe 11 Oth Infantry, but as the Argyle Highlanders, the Dublin Fusjleers, the Coldstream Guards, or what not. still wearing the insignia adopted centuries ago. Our earfy America units were distinguished by piping of a particular color on the seams of their uniforms and by patches of the same color on their cuffs and collars. Then in tne negu.ai they added about the time ot tne war of 1812 the numerals regiment and permanentlyignea 99 the distinctive coi or of each branch. For 'example, ine infantry was' ana is uim, yellow, the artillery red.

Since then the imaroon nas uu medical corps, buff for quartermaster corps, green for air service, purple for motor transport, etc. In bur Civil War special marks were adopted for each corps and division and these were worn on hats and caps. In this war each dllslon commander submitted a rawing for, his divisional lnsisular to the War Department, which, upOn ber ing approved became the official mark for all officers, and; men of that division. The reason for these markings is that it is ulway nter or.H fmnueniiv oi. im portance to know without having to t.nd ask to what organization n.cu belong.

For instance man becomes from organization and meets another soldier. He asks 'have you seen the 28th 'Sure, I saw ji bunch of Red Keystones in a woodsabout two miles up this In I ranee the military POce controlling traN fic at a crossroad would simply glance at the shoulder Insignia, of npproachlntr troops and point right, left, or straight ahead as Ills orders requicd. Some of the insignia ha ve special significance red for the First, a ''Keystone" for the Pennsylvania Division, ji "YD" (Yankee Division) for New Ertglanders. nr "Statue ofXib, erty" for "th of New York city, while others were chosen arbitrarily." A Suggestion to De Valera From London.) According to an report China raises loo muiionpigs an ii j. An xnert statistician cal culatea that, If the whole, 100 mil lion were gathered togetner tn a flock" and their UiM pulled.

very little would be heard. oV the Irish 1 Question. AND FAiEnO Wipe INFORMS You TM6RB IS ONUY ONE ThinG for You To Do awd that to qn Ths PAVCrP0T for The MttXT, THSEfi NIGHTS in) AnD TmEn on PAY They BiD GOOD BY? END TO NOTED OLD SHIP The Richmond, in Farragut's Fleet From the New I a few days the U. S. S.

Rich mond, once a part of Admiral David Q. Farragut's fleet, will be consigned to the scrap heap. After long service as a training ship the vessel has been sold by the Government to a Philadelphia firm of metal dealers. The Richmond, once the flower of the American Navy, on her last voyafee will depart from Norfolk and sail up the Delaware. to Brldesburg, where the dismantling will begin.

The Richmond made a proud war record in Admiral Farragut's fleet. In his attempt to open up the Mississippi river from its mouth, the Admiral first employed camouflage in smearing the sides of his ships with mud to conceal them from the enemy: So successful was this shrewd practice that when the fleet was later ordered in 1862 to the Southwest the mud bath was again repeated. The old Civil War "battle wagon" No "Innocent Bystanders" From, the Philadelphia Ledger 1 Efforts to represent the State constabulary of Pennsylvania as hirelings, eager and ready to interfere with 'the liberty of the people, are wholly unwarranted by their pres ent activities and their past history. Nothing is more dastardly than the w.ay In which a certain class of radical labor agitators apply such epithets as the troops of the constabulary. These leaders know better; but they assume that they can stampede the more ignorant by their shrill denunciation of a splendid group of State employes who merely obey the constituted authorities and only act to preserve law: and order and 'the common rights of every In every strike, when the irre sponslbles wish to do as they please and the innocent citizen goes where he has no business to go, tragedies occur: which these same labor leaders, the direct and indirect cause of them, blame on the supposed class hostility of the constabulary.

The facts, will not bear this construction. The public should remember that In the clash at North Clalrton the State Police were properly In town at the call of the burgess and were engaged in preserving law and order under his direction Moreover, the State Police De partment has done a puouc service in calling the attention of all citizens to the fact that In times of riot the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has decided that there are no "innocent bvstanders." If "Jnnocent bystanders" come to grief during a riotous outbreak it is through their own fault, and no amount of misrepresentation Bhould be allowed to obscure the fact that the State Constabulary of Pennsylvania has never been the Instrument of oppression of any citizen's rights, but Instead has been a bulwark against the disorder which respects no one's right, least of all the rights of the "average citizens" who make up that helpless thing "the public," which Is not a party to the industrial disputes from which it Is so apt to suffer without redress. THE BLUE JAY By Louise Driscoll. Villon among the birds is he, A bold, bright rover, bad and free; Yet not without such loveliness As makes the curse upon him If larkspur blossoms were a wlng, Tf Irln went adventuring. Or.

on some morning, we should see Heaven bright blue chicory 'Come, rifting by, we would for srlve Some little sins, and let them live! Verlalne among the birds la he, A 'creature of inquiry; And yet, what Joy for one who An orchid drifting through the trees: The bluebell safd a naught word In' mischief, and there was a bird. The blue sky laughed aloud, and Saw wings of lazuli. So fair a sinner surely win A Uttlo mercy for his sins. AnD You nearly DsuOCATe YOUR K6CK Ths THiRD You at New Orleans, to Be Scrapped. York Sun.

shows upon it scars received in the battle of New Orleans and of Mobile Bay, where it covered Itself with glory. In the Spanish American war the Richmond was stationed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard to serve as the receiving ship there. During the last war she afforded quarters for the training school for firemen at Berkly, Va. The Richmond first splashed water in 1860, her hull having been built by the Richmond Navy Yard and her engine constructed in Washington. In October, 1861, the Richmond fought the ram Manassas In the Southwest Pass.

Somewhat damaged in the battle, she emerged from convalescence with sufficient strength to join Admiral Farragut's fleet for the attack on New Orleans. Disabled in this battle by the terrific Confederate fire, she underwent further repairs and fought her last battle of the war, on Mobile Bay under the command of Capt. Thornton A. Dooley Sees the World From the Kansas Ciy Star. In his latest volume our old friend, Mr.

Dooley, discussing various matters, comes upon Mr. Bryan's peace proposals of several years ago. They Included an inter national police force. The philoso pher of Archie Road comes to this conclusion: "An' there ye ar re. I don't know whether ''twill succeed or not I hope so.

But there's wan thing I am afraid iv, Hinnissy. Ye see, me boy, the wurruld Is a pretty old hunk of mud an' wickedness, an' I've been here a long time an' I've observed this sad thruth. Ye don't have to lend a man money. Ye don't have to amuse him; ye don't have to take care lv him if he's sick; ye don't have to do anny thing f'r him but wan thing." "An' what's thrft?" asked Mr, Hennessy. "If he wants to fight ye, ye ve got to accommodate him," said Mr.

Dooley. The world is a pretty old hunk of mud and wickedness, and the man who fails to take this into the account Isn't going to get very far as a peacemaker. Wages and Production From the 'New York Sun Wages are not money. Wages are the commodities into which a day's work will exchange. If, to live the American people need 110,000,000 loaves of bread and 110,000,000 pounds of provisions a day, and the production, through whatever cause, fell to 65,000,000 loaves of bread and 65,000,000 pounds of other food you might raise average money wages to $50 a day, but that would not add a single ounce to the provisions.

The American people, on whatever money wage, would have to go hungry To Increase its reward which means to reduce Its cost of living mankind must increase its production. Under the laws of nature there Is no escape by a people from that economic compulsion. When labor Increases its production it has the right to insist upon getting that Increased production' as its. reward if labor alone achieved the Increase. It ought to exerc'se that right.

In the possession of Its faculties It will exercise It. But it will demand till doomsday what is hot produced, what does not exist and never get It. The Story of Midas McLandburgh Wilson in the New York Sun Midas, favored of his god, Walking on the autumn sod Touched the field of goldenrod. Bright It gleamed on every side, Glimmered far and shimmered wide Over all the land to Gold he sniffed with every breeze, Midss started in to wheeze, Snuffle, snort and weep and sneeze." Keener still his anguish grew TU1 he cried in sorrow true: "Gods, take bag your gift! Achoot" And ovvn Bed Oh IT A and FeeutrJ'? By BRIGGS Yoo.Can hop into YooR BOYMaJn't GR'R'R'RrNND 6L0JVR Rious The Boston Outbreak From the New York World What is happening In Boston can happen In any other large American city in like circumstances. The great majority of the people there as else where are predisposed to law and order and never need the restraints of law translated into terms of physical force.

But it is equally true that a numerous minority are held in respect for the personal and property rights of others only by compulsion, and when that is withdrawn they revert at once to the control of primitive instincts. For this situation of general mob rule and riot and looting and mur der the Boston police, 'organized as a labor union and acting as such in affiliation with other labor unions, stand forth as wholly responsible. They knew, exactly, what would result from their action. They delib. erately invited such a result.

They made the certain consequences all the more immediate and widespread by the very publicity and concert of their action so carefully and showily calculated. They not only deserted their sworn duties in the face of the enemy, but they did their best to inform the enemy of the precise time when the city was to be disarmed and delivered over to the mob. The developments In Boston are the Immediate concern of every city In the country. The Are there start ed demands precautionary measures everywhere against its spread. And what etarted the Are there will start it wherever tolerated.

Soon or late the Boston police union as a militant strike organiza tion will have to give way and dis solve. It is incumbent upon other cities to see thnt such unions are not allowed start. Dr. Finegan's Congress From the Philadelphia Evening Ledger. Doctor Finegan, the new State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Is reported as expressing the opinion that there should be an adjustment of the work of the schools to meet the new conditions that have arisen as a result of the war.

He has called a conference of men and women interested in education to meet in Harrisburg in November and to discuss the question for a week. Prominent college professors, high school teachers and city and county superintendent will be invited. It has not yet been announced whether any one save persons professionally interested in education will be asked to be present. The fact that the conference has been called should be encouraging to those who are hoping that Doctor Finegan will make the public schools of the State equal to those In any other commonwealth. He has come here with the hearty indorsement of educational experts as a man who knows how to get results.

His appointment of Dr. William D. Lewis, of the William Penn High School, as one of his deputies Indicates that he knows how to choose men to assist him. Doctor Lewis Is a man who Is not content to follow the methods that have been In vogue for a generation merely because they have been followed by his predecessors. He has been more intent on results than on method and has shown himself willing to discard everything that does not produce the results he is seeking.

Doctor Finegan is understood to be the same kind of a man. Why the Prices Are Up Knoxvllle Journal and Times With the men wearing silk shirts and getting tired of working, with women forgetting cooking and the family demanding the services of a chauffeur, with everybody studying how they can pass the buck to everybody else why shouldn't a fellow have to have more money to keep up the paces? A young man, or the older one, who works four days In the week, then off two days. to spend what he has made, will probably complain the longest and the loudest of hard times and the high cost of living. He spends much of his time In spending what he has earned and has received. He puts none of his earnings in the bank, carries it In his pocket, gets rid of It fearful that It might burn holes in his pockets.

Not That One From the New York World The kaiser's late war kitchen is to be added to the trophies at the Smithsonian institution. It is a field affair, of course, and not to be confounded with the culinary department In which Wllhelm and his generals cooked the goose of imperial Germany. 1 a Bernard Brady, who is now a resident of the United States Soldiers' Home at Washington, has sent official papers' from the War Department for record in the Pennsylvania State Capitol which officials of the State government believe make him the youngest soldier of the Civil War in the Union armies. The documents, which have been passed upon by the Adjutant General of the United States Army, give the age of Brady when enlisting as drummer boy in the Fifty Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers as eight years and eleven months, although his enlistment papers gave his ago as fifteen. Brady's claim mr.U.v him younger than were several otner.

men wno became notable as youth ful soldiers In the armv of tho Union, among them the late Captain jonn u. Jjeianey, long State factory inspector; John Clemm. the western veteran who figured at the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, and Daniel A. Clemmons, a Lancaster countlan, who enlisted in the Seventy Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers July 13, 1863, after following the regiment for some time because his father was one of the soldiers. The Brady papers which are supported by the War Depart ment notation and a certificate of his baptism at a Catholic church in Newark, show that he enlisted ut Suffolk, October 17, 1862, giving his age as fifteen; but that he was born in New Jersey, October 29, 1853.

and baptised the following November 30. After the war Brady went to Wyoming county, but soon entered the regular army, serving In the Fourth and other infantry regiments. While in the army he lost a leg and for years has lived at the Soldiers' Home. Jacob Stauffer. of the Ad jutant General's Department, who has looked up many records of soldiers, believes that Brady can safely lay claim to being the youngest soldier He is familiar with records of many Pennsylvanians and has fol lowed up the Brady and other claims.

Officers of the Adjutant General's Department have also studied the papers and Adjutant General Frank D. Beary Intends to see the veteran when in Washing ion. According to reports coming here from western counties, a law passed to prevent unnaturalized foreigners from hunting in Pennsylvania, which was passed because of flagrant viola tions or tne laws protecting game, has been found of value In curbing the foreigners in various industrial districts. In Mercer county the homes of foreigners were searched under, the law forbidding aliens to own or possess firearms and a car load of weapons seized. During the war this law was invoked in this city by the late Dr.

Joseph Kalbfus, secretary of the State Game Commission, on general principles and he took dozens of guns and revolvers from foreigners in Sibletown and other parts of the city. Similar steps were taken In nests of bad foreigners in Bedford and other counties during the war and now it is coming in handy in "pulling the teeth" of the foreign element which has armed itself and is making the trouble in the steel districts. It is not everyone who can pay out a two and a half dollar gold piece for a penny In street car fare and can get it back in ten minutes. Here is the story and it comes from a West Shore town, illustrating how street car conductors can win and hold the affections of the people who ride on lines. One of the Valley Railway cars was speeding up toward Camp Hill the other evening when the conductor suddenly called out to know who had given him a two and a half dollar gold piece in mistake for a penny.

The conductor was counting up his cash and spotted the gold coin. The passengers looked at each other and grinned, but no one said anything until a young woman made a convulsive grab at her pocketbook. glanced through it and declared she was "out." Identification of the gold piece was promptly made and the conductor was given a bouquet of remarks for being just right A number of the men who enlisted or were drafted In Harrisburg draft board districts and who have taken up homes elsewhere since returning from France have been writing to friends here asking all about the welcome home next week. A number of them will come here for the Sunday exercises and some may remain over for the Monday parade. The parade is going to be a most interesting one, as the second division will be entirely composed of veterans of the World War, who will be guests of the city and they will all have the same rank as far as that goes.

State laws and city ordinances do' not seem to have any terrors for some automobile drivers and motorcycle operators when it comes down to operating with cutouts open. They, do it every day, and night Front, Derry, Cameron and some times on Sixth streets. The way some of tho cars are driven is enough to make peoplo nervous, but when a cutout is open it is worse. TEe motorcycles that dash along the river drive with cutouts open seem to have things their own way and aeem to need a few policemen in plain clothes to bring home a lesson. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE Senator C.

J. Buckman, of Bucks county, who was president pro tern, last Senate, was here on legal business. Mayor A. M. Hoagland, of Wil llamsport, who is a candidate for re election, has been a prominent figure in Third Class City League affairs.

Representative Leopold Glass, of is taking part In the election count controversy. H. I. Koch, New Allentown councilman, has been secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of that place. judge Eugene C.

Bonnlwell will preside at the meeting ot the State Firemen at Lancaster next week. DO YOU KN0V That Harriaburg's war gardens were among the most productive of any city of its also in the country? HISTORIC HARRISBURG Canal boat service began here just about 90 years ago. Rewards For Mercy and Truli Let not mercy truth forsako thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favr and good understanding In the flight. of God and man. Proverbs ill; 3.