Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-14
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An interesting idea of how the war
Is regarded in far-off Austria, the east
ern provinces of the empire, is afforded
by letter received by Joseph L. Kun,
Deputy Attorney General, from near
relative who is connected with the gov
ernmental service. Now as to this
terrible war" he writes, I'VE all should
ike TO see 1t end, but of course, not at
our expense. You ask when it will
end. Well, it would have ended long
ago II your American government
would have kept honest neutrality and
left all parties. as far as arms and
ammunition are concerned, to their
own resources Now ii seems that the
war will end only when the Germans
Will have sunk enough ships to pre-
vent the rest from feeding the guns OF
our adversaries." The letter makes
some terse comments on American
neutrality which helps the majority
and is really a secret enemy, in the
opinion of the writer. I'VE much de-
plore the sinking of the Lusitania,"
writes the Austrian gentleman, but
people had been warned in time not to
travel on it or on any other ship bound
to Europe during the war and bearing
war goods. What are to us 1900
drowned who were not compelled to
journey in these times when hundreds
of thousands of our brothers. whose
duty is to risk their lives, are bleeding
dip oSlhS ny Cilll6u states IHdue DdliS
/ really do not mean to offend your
patriotic feelings, but 1 cannot help
stating this fact. We don't care much
II our adversaries get embittered.
They will be even more so when they,
who-without strict necessity-came
to destroy us together with Germany,
will be beaten down all together, and
that will surely be the end. Don't
think l swagger but we are very
strong and very far from the end of
our resources"
Steelton policemen are working to
break up fishing for chickens by some
Of the foreigners living in the lower
end of Steelton. For some time past
this interesting and profitable amuse-
ment has been going on among the
men living on the Heights" and COM
plants reached the Office of the police
almost daily. The chickens would be
strolling about streets or alleys or on
vacant lots and would suddenly dis
appear, sometimes with a squawking
and sometimes Just gradually as
though they had some business in a
certain locality A watch was kept
ana 1t was discovered that the chick
! ems always disappeared after they had
discovered some corn. Finally the
police discovered some threads hooked
| into grains of corn. The men fed but
complaints were renewed.
|
Attorney General Francis Skunk
Brown is getting too popular as a
source of legal information for his
convenience and that of his deputies.
The Attorney General is the law officer
| of the State government and is the
man to whom the chiefs refer when
they want to know how to proceed or
to have someone tell them how to bear
the burdens OF official life. Lately
members of the Legislature have start
| ed writing to Mr.. Brown for infor-
nation on subjects not within the
scope of the state government. Let
ters from people wanting legal advice
without paying for it are not new but
this is the first time legislator has
come forward with a request for in
formation outside of state affairs.
Among visitors to the city yesterday
was John Townley, of the Pittsburgh
Press, who was here on his way to
Atlantic City by automobile. Mr..
Townley has been prominent in news
paper work and was chairman of the
| Pittsburgh Civil Service Commission.
The night concreting which has been
undertaken by the contractors for the
paving OF the Harrisburg Railways
share of the Derry street pavement
| has attracted much attention these
evenings. People get off the cars to
watch the machines at work and the
bright lights which surround the mix
ers and the piles of material likewise
attract many bugs which keep the
men busy People living in the neigh
borhood have fine time watching the
work pushed along yard by yard under
the electric light.
Edward NJ. Bigelow former State
Highway Commissioner. was here to-
day for short time with Mrs. Bige-
low. He was on his way to Werners-
Vile, where he will spend August.
Ex-Judge Allison O. Smith, of Clear
field, was another state visitor.