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MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY »
POLITICAL BOSSISM
LOUDER and still louder grows
the protest of tho rank and file
of the Democratic and Wash
ington parties In Pennsylvania
against the boesism that has charac
terized the preliminaries of the pri
mary campaign.
Democrats of prominence and news
papers of the same political faith are
outspoken in their denunciation of the
domineering and arbitrary methods of
tho three or four men who have not
only dictated the nominees for all the
important places, but have bestowed
upon themselves the chief honors,
brushing aside all others as unworthy
their consideration.
So unexpected and audacious was
the move at Washington that Demo
crats for several days stood aghast
and speechless, but they have recov
ered and all over the State are heard
the most ominous threatenings
against the group of bosses who, de
nouncing bossism and all its works,
have made all other political bosses
look like tyros in the game.
Yet Mr. Palmer has the sublime
nerve to insist in a public statement
that "no atterypt at dictation has been
resorted to by the Democratic party!"
Similar domination and bossism are
charged against the Progressive party
managers in this State, and protests
have been uttered all over the Com
monwealth against the efforts of a few
men in the conference held in this city
to put a ticket in the field in advance
of the State-wide primary which was
demanded in vociferous tones by these
same bosses.
If the day of the political boss is
at an end, as liaa been asserted by
these two parties in Pharisaical terms,
then It is up to the voters to rebuke
those who would violate In its very
essence and spirit the new system of
laws providing for wide-open pri
maries and direct nominations.
Down York way the City Council has
decided to rip out fifteen of the Repub
lican police officers and give their jobs
to the same number of Democrats. And
the Republican Mayor is making the
same wailing sound that floats from
Mayor Royal's office. In York the
fifteen are to go "for the betterment of
the service."
ANTHRACITE PRICES
SHIPMENTS of anthracite last
month were 1,160,687 tons less
than in January IDI3. The dif
ference of over a million tons is
flue to the difference In the weather
the first month of last year and this.
Yet there was no reduction in price
because the sales fell oft. In other
words, supply and demand do not seem
to have much effect on anthracite.
The economic law that is supposed to
regulate prices in conditions of this
kind somehow doesn't seem to apply.
We pause for information.
"President Wilson is no* interfering
In the Internal affairs of the Demo
cratic party in Pennsylvania," says the
Washington correspondent of the Phila
delphia Record. But he is putting up a
sufficiently good imitation of the real
thing to fool a majority of Pennsylva-
Blans.
A COUNTRY-WIDE MOVEMENT
MUNSON HAVENS, in his admir
able address before the new
Chamber of Commerce at its
first noonday luncheon on Sat
urday, told his audience that the move
ment which has resulted In the aban
donment of the old Harrisburg Board
of Trade for the newer and more
effective organization is but part and
parcel of a country-wide movement
In which wide-awake and progressive
cities everywhere are participating.
Those who have been active In the
formation of the Chamber of Com
merce knew this, but it was probably
first-hand information for many busi
nessmen present, some of whom may
have questioned the wisdom of the
change and who may have looked
upon the new body in the light of a
doubtful experiment.
Mr. Havens told his hearers that
live communities everywhere are
abandoning their old organizations for
new ones formed along the lines
adopted here. The old boards of trade
had served their purposes well
•nough, he said, but times have
MONDAY EVENING,
changed and the needs of to-day differ
from those of yesterday. So the mod
ern and more efficient form of busi
ness co-operation of Individuals for
the benefit of the whole has been de
vised to meet the new conditions.
Mr. Havens' talk was not prepared
especially for Harrisburg. His re
marks were general in their nature,
but they applied as well to Harris
burg as though he had been con
j versant with alt the conditions that
I led up to the formation of the local
| Chamber of Commerce and had been
, identified with the movement from its
Inception. He is a man of wide ex
! perience and big ideas, and the fact
that he sketched the ideal Chamber
of Commerce along the lines upon
j which the new organization here has
j been drafted ought to be very gratify
ing to those who fathered it and
should stand as well as a guarantee
of its future usefulness.
Another evidence of Democratic
methods for the improvement of the
Government service is shown by the se
lection of E. E. Grejenawalt, an Inex
perienced Democrat, of Lancaster, to
supercede John J. S. Rodgers. United
States Commissioner of Immigration, a
man of twenty-five years' experience,
who is to be ousted because he is a He
publican.
AS TO THE PLATFORM
UNDER the new system of nomi
nations, the duty of promul
gating, the party's principles
and the things for which it
stands wjll devolve upon tho Republi
can Stkte committee when it meets
here In ; a few weeks.
This platform must be no milk and
water pronouncement. The time has
come to meet fairly and squarely the
issues which are presented, and the
party leaders cannot hope to sidestep
or postpone action.
' •Of all the questions which are
pressing for solution In some sane
way the most Insistent is the control
and rogulatlon of the liquor traffic.
Even now this discussion has gone
i beyond the local option stage and the
' party leaders are being urged to con
sider an amendment to the Constitu
tion prohibiting the manufacture and
sale of Intoxicating liquors in Penn
sylvania.
Then comes that other "paramount
issue" —the woman suffrage amend
ment—and upon this question many
prominent leaders have also changed
their views. A plank favoring suf
frage may be adopted.
Altogether it is a period of political
upheaval, and what would have been
considered radical in the extreme a
few years ago is now regarded as
quite conservative and logical from
the party standpoint.
The Rev. Dr. James Ely recommends
Dr. Anna Shaw for a place in the Wil
son Cabinet. And wo had thought that
Dr. Ely was the President's friend.
PENNSYLVANIA APPLES
SOMETIMES we suspect that our
old friend Dr. Wiley is contract
ing the Bryan Chautauqua habit.
It is doubtless pleasant to hear
oneself talk when every word falls like
the jingle of a sliver dollar into a
banker's till. Also, to insure a "re
turn date" it is unquestionably true
that one must please one's audience.
Which is doubtless why the emi
nent food specialist journeyed from
Now York clear through Pennsylvania
to tell Ohio folks that the Ohio apple
is the best in the world. The Ohio
apple show managers hired him to do
it and doubtless they were well pleased
with the job.
However, it might be well for Dr.
Wiley to do his advertising frankly
is does his fellow publicity expert
Elbert Hubbard, who makes no bones
of. being an "ad" writer and who
"gets away with it" to the tune of
thousands of dollars every year.
Doubtless Dr. Wiley knows that the
Pennsylvania apple stands fit the very
head of the list in point of flavor and
keeping qualities. The New York
apple is popular. So is that of Oregon,
which for size and careful packing
leads the market. But who ever
heard of the Ohio fruit in serious
competition with that of Pennsylvania
where the two are soid in the same
market?
Come now, Doctor, what would you
say If the Pennsylvania Horticultural
Society were to ask you to deliver a
lecture on the Pennsylvania apple?
Every employe of the great Pennsyl
vania Railroad system must feel a
sense of personal achievement in the
remarkable record that of 111,000,000
passengers carried last year not one
was killed in an accident. Think of
operating 800,000 passenger and as
many more freight trains and not one
passenger killed in a wreck. Every
railroader must feel a bit chesty over
such a record.
Thomas Lynch Montgomery's reap
pointment as State Librarian was a
proper recognition of the admirable
fitness of Mr. Montgomery for this im
portant office, and at the same time a
tribute to his whole-hearted service for
the State.
Just how the Progressives can
stomach Rupley and Kelly, with their
Democratic tariff records, is troubling
some of the managers of the third party
at the present time.
Hans Schmidt has been found guilty
of murdering Anna Aumiller. Another
Instance of the remarkable ability of
the law to prove after long deliberation
the truth of a self-evident fact.
"Palmer, McCormlck and Company Is
a firm that Pennsylvania does not want
to do business with," says the Phila
delphia Inquirer. But which, it might
have added, is very desirous of doing
business with Pennsylvania.
A Philadelphia museum is showing a
model of life In an Eskimo village.
Harrisburg gave a pretty good Imita
tion of Eskimo life to-day without re
sort to a museum.
"The Aim of the Suffragist" is the
title of a new book, and we respectfully
suggest as a sequel, one entitled
"Teaching the Suffragist to Throw
Straight."
If Mr. Burleson keeps on we'll have
to enlarge the name of the postal ser
vice.
evening c box
Those who have noticed the bill
board pictures of General Grant with
the accompanying suggestion, "Thlß is
what one poor boy accomplished, what
fi Fe .vf. ou doing with better opportuni
ties . will be interested in the story of
George P. Lumb, deputy superintend
ent of the State police, who has Just
passed the rigid examination of the
supreme Court bar and been admitted
to practice In the courts of Dauphin
county. Literally hurled by death and
misfortune, at the age of eleven, from
a home of refinement to the life of a
newsboy, he commenced to battle for
an existence and an education, and at
eighteen enlisted in the United States
cavalry and served four years in Texas,
where he turned the vicissitudes of
army border life to such account that
at twenty-one he was physical director
or the squadron. During the war with
Spain Dumb participated in three night
11 u? C w ts . an( * " le ' ar >d battle of Manila
which led to the surrender of the city
s°.n American forces on August is,
l!>98. Then came the Philippine in
surrection with seventeen engage
ments to the credit of Lumb, and the
Uoxer uprising in China with six more
tights, making a total of twenty-seven
battles and engagements for this mod
est, unassuming soldier. On return
ing to the United States Lumb be-
S? 1 ?? pos * school teacher at Fort.
r c * r i rj ' where he met the girl
trom Maryland who changed his whole
career. In 1904 he was promoted
from corporal to sergeant-major of
the artillery corps, which is the high
est rank in the noncommissioned staff,
and, on the recommendation of his
post commander, regulations were
ignored which prohibited any man un
der the grade of sergeant from taking
the examination. In 1905 Lumb was
sent to Fort Flagler, Wash., as ser
geant-major, but after being there less
than a year secured his discharge in
order to get a start in civil llfo that
would enable him to marry the girl
from Maryland, who, by the way, is
the present Mrs. Lumb. When John
U Groome organized the State police
foice Lumb s record landed him an
appointment as first sergeant. After |
the famous fight at Florence in 1906!
two of t ' le State police were
Killed and three others wounded Lumb
was promoted to lieutenant. Perhaps
lu to place of safety of
the body of a comrade who lay in the
direct range of the assassins' guns had
something to do with it, for this is
just what Sergeants Lumb and Marsh
did, and Marsh, by the way, is a lieu
tenant now. Later Lumb went to
Greensburg as a captain in command
or Troop A, where he made such a
record that on January 1, 1908, he
was brought to Harrisburg as deputy
s i l P e f immediatley de
cided that this was a good place to
live and took up the study of law.
burning the midnight oil to master
the subjects that the examinations re«
quired. His duties called him away
on one strike after another; friends
r?H . his ult| mate success; but
kicking over the barriers of precedent
and denying himself even the ordinary
recreations of life, he has won out
And do you know what he says? "If
I had any other woman for a wife I
could not have done it," Captain
Lumb is prominent in Masonic circles,
an active Odd Fellow, an honorary
member of the Woman's Pennsylvania
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals and popular with the
members of the local bar, who wel
come into their midst any man of grit
and achievement. Some of the youth
or this city who spend their time in
poolrooms and on street corners would
do well to ponder on this newsboy,
who, without preference or pull, has
risen to be a prominent State official
and lawyer, served his country, raised
a family and made good in true
American form. When asked for his
creed Captain Lumb said: "Well vou
get what you deserve in this world
and you deserve what you get, there
fore; Deserve.
L ntil some idea of the scope * the
proposed maneuvers to be held by the
regular army and the militia of sev
eral other States in the vicinity of
Baltimore and Washington, can be
given it will be impossible to make
any outline of the part Pennsylvania
will play in this latest of the war
games. The announcement that the
maneuvers are to be participated in by
division of Pennsylvania militia
has attracted the greatest attention
throughout the State and the Adjutant
General s office has been asked a
dozen times a day for further in
formation. Adjutant General Thomas
J. Stewart says that while he has
been asked to make some estimates
of the cost as far as the National
Guard of Pennsylvania Is concerned,
he has not been informed as to the
duration of service or what transpor
tation would be required. As soorr as
It is known at what point the Penn
sylvania troops are to mobilize and
what will be required in the way of
stores and what auxiliary arms of'ser
vice are to be utilized some definite
statement will be forwarded to Wash
ington. Meanwhile State officials are
as keen as guardsmen about the scope
of the maneuvers.
The office of James Sweeney, State
chief of standards, at the Capitol look
like a store these days. So many
cities and counties are naming sealers
and sending In their standards to be
attested that the place Is piled high
with boxes and the grains and other
things used to get the exact contents
or weight are being worked in viola
tion of the eight hour law every week
day. Mr. Sweeney has been called
upon In addition to give first hand
instruction to many sealers and his
job is anything but a sinecure. From
letters sent to him the appointment of
sealers is saving the housekeepers of
this State a good many thousands of
dollars.
JUDGE TREXLER
(Philadelphia Bulletin)
Although there is natural regret I
that Governor Tener did not see fit to
recognize the claims of Philadelphia
for recognition on the Superior bench,
his selection of Judge Trexler of Al
lentown, is that of a man worthy in
personal character and training for
the position. Judge Trexler's retire
ment from the common pleas bench
in the last election generally was re
garded as one of the flukes incidental
to the nonpartisan act as applied to
the nomination and election of judges,
and no doubt the Governor was in
fluenced in his choice, in some degree
by that fact, and the opportunity
which offered to retrieve the blunder
and retain a competent judge in the
public service.
(Philadelphia Ledger)
Governor Tener in naming former
Judge Frank M. Trexler, of Allen
town, to succeed ex-Governor Beaver
to the Superior Court has made an
admirable "appointment. Judge Trex
j ler will occupy this important post
| only a few months unless he shall be
| nominated under tiie so-called non
■ partisan judicial nomination act in
| May and elected by the people next
| Fall. Governor Tener in his selection
placed -upon the bench a worthy
judge, competent and trusted.
[Philadelphia Record]
In appointing ex-Judge Frank M.
Trexler, of Lehigh county, to the Su
perior Court Governor Tener has not
only honored a competent Judge, but
has given to the Eastern section of the
State a fairer representation in this
tribunal than It has hitherto enjoyed.
AN* EVENING THOUGHT
The sin ye do by two and two
ye must pay for one by one.—
Kipling
HARRISBURG ffiiftl TELEGRAPIf
EARLY START PLMI ,
FOR CANDIDATES
Palmer, Pinchot, Ainey and Ryan
Will Start Making Speeches
Without Delays
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer
and Gilford Pinchot evidently believe
In the early start in politics, and al
though the primaries are not until
May 19, they have already planned
their speechmaklng campaigns. Pin
chot got under way at Bloomsburg
on Saturday and Palmer plans to make
a series of speeches commencing to
morrow at Easton and running
through most of next week. From
that time on he will be busy on the
I stump and will only go to Washington
to see that the right kind of appoint
ments are made.
1 Congressman W. D. B. Ainey, who !
is a candidate for the Republican
nomination, will start his campaign
by a speech at Willlamsport on Feb
ruary 12, when a big Republican din- ,
ner will be held. <
Michael J. Ryan's campaign com
mittee announced yesterday that he
would canvass the whole State, and
that his itinerary would shortly be
made public. It includes meetings in
every county in the State, including
Harrisburg, Lebanon and Carlisle.
Vance C. McCormick will go to Phila
delphia to-night or to-morrow to talk
over campaign plans with Palmer and
State Chairman Morris. It is not an
nounced whether he will take the
stump.
diaries S. Duncan, who was a na
tional delegate, has been slated for
the postmastership of Gettysburg, and
it is expected that his
appointment will be
announced within a Duncan For
very short time. Dun- Gettysburg
can is a man well Post Office
known in Ada in s
county and the Pal
mer crowd expects the candidacies of
the slate to be aided by his selection,
although there are about fourteen
people who wanted the office and who
will doubtl«""} bo hereafter for Ryan.
The appointment of the Carlisle post
master 1h expected to be arranged very
soon and then others in this district
will bo put through. The Wasbers
confirmation for York has not come
along as yet, but is looked for. Mean
while the list of people seeking places
in the revenue service is being
scanned, it being the idea to name
men who can deliver the goods.
Wellington Hartnian, a stalwart
Democrat of Schuylkill Haven, is out
in a public letter scoring President
Wilson for interfer
ence in the Democratic
Wilson Has politics of Pennsylva-
Aronsed ilia. He says: "Presi-
Autngonism dent Wilson denounced
bossism until he got
Into a position In
which he can be boss, and immediate
ly starts to dictate who shall hold all
the offices, clean from constable in
the township of his own county to
that of Governor of Pennsylvania.
"His lieutenants 'in this county no
doubt will take their orders and shout
throughout the length and breadth of
the county, O. K. Amen.
"But let me tell you that many of
Schuylkill's Democrats have opinions
of their own and can no longer be
bossed and driven by orders from one
who presumes to be a bigger boss than
we ever had in Pennsylvania.
"While Mr. Ryan is not known to
myself or many Democrats in Schuyl
kill county, the fact that he announces
his candidacy and asks the people's
support, and not the bosses', should
cause every Democrat who is free and
uncontrolled to rally to his support
and once for all teach such a lesson
to upstart Democrat bosses that will
never be forgotten."
Congressman Palmer, who was one
of those who put through the bill re
quiring President Taft to abolish four
internal revenue
districts on the
Democratic econ- Palmer Changes
omy policy, is now Front When lie
urging Congress- Sees Patronage
men, in and out
of committee, to
restore the Scranton or Twelfth dis
trict, on the plea that business de
mands it. When Palmer helped put
through the bill abolishing it he
scouted the business idea. Now the
Democrats are in power and he is a
candidate with hungry job-hunters
barking at his heels. Hence, he
changes his tune Just like a certain
mourning Democratic newspaper,
which used to inveigh against every
thing called organization, now furious
ly assails those who would "disrupt
the organization." AVhether Palmer |
can get away with his scheme to make
more Jobs for Democrats at public ex
pense to help him win the senatorial
prize remains to be seen. Incident
ally, Palmer is facing a tremendous
row In his own district over his ef
fort to slate Penn C. Evans, a na
tional delegate in 1912, for the Demo
cratic nomination for Congress. Last
fall the voters of the Monroe-Pike
judicial district slaughtered R. L.
Burnett, whom Palmer sought to
make Judge in place of Judge C. B.
Staples, and Palmer had to put Bur
nett into the Federal attorneyship to
keep him quiet. This made a fuss,
and the bald-faced effort to slate I
Evans, who comes from Carbon, has I
started up J. Davis Brodhead, of Gas
ton, and Horace D. Lentz, of Maucli
Chunk, and all the other foes of Pal
mer, who will unite to down his rub
ber stamp candidate.
tPoLitlCAb:BloeUfthrß^J
—Flinn will be In Philadelphia tills
week to assist in the elmlnation work.
—"Palmer and his associates have
helped Ryan by their actions at Wash
ington in making a slate in violation
of the principle of nomination by di
rect primary votes," is the way the
secretary of the Ryan campaign com
mittee puts it.
—John Rogers, dropped as immi
gration official at Philadelphia to
make a Job for E. E. Greenawalt, had
been in tho service under four Presi
dents, Including Cleveland.
—Creasy is said to be sore on the
effort to name him for Secretary of
Internal Affairs Instead of Lieutenant-|
Governor.
I —Mayor Armstrong, of Pittsburgh,
talked over things with Penrose yes
f erday.
—J. B. Taylor, ex-superintendent
of .Philadelphia police, may run for
the House.
—Penrose seems to have adopted
the watchful waiting plan, too.
—Calling upon Senator Penrose to
retire in the interest of harmony in
i the Republican party, the Williams
port Gazette and Bulletin suggests for
consideration in selecting a successor,
John Wanamaker, George S. Graham
and Philander C. Knox.
—Dick Quay as a mediator between
warring Bull Moosers is a cause for
laughter. The leder Quay would have
knocked heads together.
—Alney will have local option as
one of his planks.
—Perhaps the slating of Sterling for
Cotigress-ai-large is because he can
not beat Senator Crow. Or perhaps
it is to quiet Mestrezat's friend*. *
—Billy Wilson and Pinchot will
make a team on the vaudeville singe.
I A-urn,&-noDß6nae i
Her friend from the country had
been telling her of the trouble he ex
pected to have with his corn this
Bcason, but he only laughed at
her when she suggested any re
liable chlropedlst might help him, but
then she mustn't expect, she knew, that
country people would know much about
city things.
"H'HBN CORA BEAT 'EM TO IT"
' By Mine Dinger,
The folks in County Cumberland,
A very modest clan.
Are startled o'er a woman
Masquerading as a man.
It seems one Cora Dayton,
Unto the Sheriff went.
And told him of the costume
In which six months she spent.
But why should folks be startled
About a thing like this.
For really I can't see where
There's anything amiss.
I've looked at Cora'skpictuve,
And truly, I must say,
Her togs look far much better
Than many worn to-day.
The reason why the women
In such a wrong light view it,
I think must be that Cora
Did simply beat 'em to It.
With present rates of progress
In women's clothes, the day,
I guess, is not far distant
When all will dress that way.
D6W«-DIBPATCf)6S
-OF-Tfte-- CIVIL,* VP Alt
[From the Telegraph of Feb. 9, 1864.]
Drawing the Noose
Richmond, Monday, Feb. B.—Rich
mond is threatened by the enemy.
Our pickets were driven in on Satur
day night at Bottom Ridge, twelve
miles from Richmond. The enemy
crossed the York river railroad near
Dispatch Station. A large force
massed at Barliansville moved forward
to Talllsville yesterday afternoon and
was then advancing.
Just a Respite
The enemy has ceased firing on the
city, but continues working on the
batteries and hauling ammunition.
'ItVbARRWBURft-fMPTy-
y&AR3 - AfrOfO-DAy
[From the Telegraph of Feb. 9, 1864.]
An Observation
The season of lent will commence
on Wednesday, 10th Inst., and con
tinue seven weeks. It is generally
observed by the Roman Catholic and
Episcopal denominations.
Colonel Uartranft in City
The Fifty-first Regiment, Pennsyl
vania Volunteers, commanded by
Colonel J. F. Hartranft, arrived in
town last evening. This regiment has
been connected with Ninth Army
Corps and did good service in all the
battles in which the corps was en
gaged.
PRESIDENTIAL, IMTEKFGRKNCi!
[From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.]
It was not necessary to wait for these
recent developments for proof that the
administration is supporting; one fac
tion of the party here. The patronage
has been turned over to the Palmer-
McCormick reorganise™ for such uses
as they see fit to make of it, and they
have been taking care of their own in
the distribution of offices. President
Arthur, even though New York was his
own State, was hardly more deeply im
plicated in the factional squabbles there
than President Wilson is in Pennsylva
nia. Although the Now York fight had
caused the death of Garfield, Presi
dent Arthur did not hesitate to take
sides In the struggle and force the
nomination of Folger. His stupendous
blunder made Grover Cleveland Gover
nor and then President. It killed Folger
because of chagrin at his overwhelm
ing defeat, and It prevented an effective
reunion of the two wings of the party
for ten years.
The Presidents since Arthur's tima
have profited by his fatal mistake, for
they have refused to interfere in State
contests, save occasionally in their own
States when conditions seemed to make
It safe. Not only is it political folly to
pursue a different course: it is an Inter
ference with the freedom of the States,
for It la an attempt to coerce the voters
Into surrendering their convictions un
der pain of disfavor in Washington.
However Rood the end desired and how
ever worthy of preference the reorgan
izes are, Presidential Interference in
purely State nominations pending a
choice at the primary election is not
justifiable, either In ethics or expedi
ency.
kweLL-Known^peopifvTi
—John C. Cronin, member of tho
State Industrial Board, is ill of appen
dicitis at Philadelphia.
—John J. Gheen, the Chester county
Roosevelt leader, Is an ardent fox
hunter.
—Postmaster John M. Thornton,
of Philadelphia, was guest of honor at
the postmen's dinner.
—J. B. Ritchey, superintendent of
McKeesoort schools, urges a new
$250,000 high school.
C. E. Foster, tho Bradford brick
manufacturer, is tho new president
of the Eastern Paving Brick Associa
tion.
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Before trying to get the
consent of your prospec
tive father-in-law, snow
some sense of the obli
gation you are about to
take by Insuring your life.
He's more likely to say
"yes."
PENN MUTUAL LIFE
103 IV. Second St.
Isaac Miller, 1 I,ocal
F. O. Donaldson, I Agents.
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IIKADQUAItTERS FOR
SHIRTS
biDES & SiD&»
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FEBRUARY 9,1014.
H. MARKS & SON'
Fourth and Market Streets
Clearance of Odds and Ends
8 Overcoats. (Hart Schaff- 12 Short Overcoats Includ
ner & Marx Rainproof.) ing Finest Chinchilla Mack-
Values $25 to $35 at inaws, Values sls to S3O
S IOOO " to CA
24 Suits in Blue Serges and 5U
Fancy Gray Pattern,; Not n of the Finert Chinchilla
Overcoat, Made. Value.
& Marx Make.) Value S2O $ 2 5 to $45 at
tos3sat eir AA
SIO.OO $15.00
4 Marmot Fur Lined Over- Muskrat Fur Lined Over
coats, Persian Lamb Collars. ®® ats » Collars.
Values $55 & $65 at Values SIOO to $125 at
$30.00 $65.00
9 Blue Serge Suits Made by 25 Sweaters, All Colors,
Society Brand. Some Silk Jumbo Knit. Values $5 to
Lined. Values $25 to $35 at $8 at
$15.00 $3.50
17 Har. Schaf fner & Marx 2 Quilted Satin Lined Over-
Black Silk Faced Overcoats, coats, Persian Lamb Collars.
Values $25 to $35 at Value S4O at
$15.00 $20.00
See These Things in Our Front Window
No C. O. D/s No Approvals
THREE PS IN A POI)
[From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.]
Were three peas in a pod ever so un
like as the three Senatorial P's—Pen
rose, Palmer and Pinchot? Here's a
grouping of Harvard, fcSwarthmoro and
Yale.
Physically, Penrose, who is 64, is the
biggest, but Palmer, aged 42, is one of
the heftiest sons Swarthmore has pro
duced, while Pinchot, who is not yet 4!),
meets the old English novel writer's
notion of how a girl should be—tall,
slender and Just a bit drooping.
Two of the Ps are encased In a golden
pod—Penrose and Pinchot Both are in
dependently rich the former largely
The Advantage
Of Two Coal Yards.
By having two coal yards one on the
Pennsylvania Railroad and the other one on
the Reading Railroad we are enabled to han
dle the best grades of coal from each road.
If our customer finds the Hard coal he
has been using is inclined to clinker we can
easily give him a different grade that will
suit him.
Two yards give us room for just another
time as many different varieties.
You will always be able to get the kind
of coal you want if you tell us your condi
tion.
United Ice & Coal Co.
Porater & Cowdcn Third & Una.
15th A Chestnut Hummel & Mulberry
ALSO STEELTON, PA.
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In no other room li the convenience of
electric light more apparent than In the
bedroom. In the sick room or nursery It
is almoat a necessity. By using the new
Edison Mazda Lamps every home can af
ford the unequaled conveniences of elec
tric lighting.
The new Edison Mazda Lamps give twice
as much lgiht as ordinary Incandescent
lamps In addition to being strong enough
for all ordinary usage.
Come in and see the new lamp that Is the
Sun's Only Rival.
Harrisburg Light and
Power Company
through mining enterprises in whlcl,
his brother has amassed a greater for
tune than himself, but Pinchot's caine
in that easiest way—lnheritance.
These two Ps—Penrose and Pinchot—
pronounced by hlnlpelf as if spelled
Pinshow—are unmarried, but the third
is not so unblessed, for there Is a Mrs.
Palmer.
TAFT AS A KEFOHiIKH
[From the New York Sun.]
In spite of my past history I am
struggling now to be a reformer.—
William Howard Taft.
Mr. Taft spoke jocosely, but the fact
is that he was one of the slneerest re
formers who ever occupied the White
House.