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TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18
PIFFLE !
VANCE C. McCORMICK. Demo
cratic candidate for Governor,
is quoted as making this asser
tion at the Path Valley reunion
on Saturday, where he violated the
request of his host by talking politics
when he was asked not to do so:
It is no longer possible for a po
litical party to let two or three men
go off in a room by themselves and
select candidates for us.
McCormick has evidently relegated
to the realms of his inimitable for
gettery the little conference at Wash
ington last winter at which President
■Wilson, Palmer and McCormick se
lected Palmer and McCormick as the
Administration ticket in Pennsylvania.
Possibly, also, the Invincible One has
allowed to slip from his memory the
bulldozing, money-squandering cam
paign that forced the White House
Twins as nominees upon the Demo
crats of the State. Or, mayhap, he
was foolish enough to make himself
believe he was gulling the farmers.
But, for the sake of argument, let
us accept the assertion at its faee
value and agree that "it is no longer
possible for a political party to let
two or three men go off in a room
and select candidates for us." What,
then, becomes of McCormlck's oft
repeated declaration that Dr. Brum
baugh and Senator Penrose are "boss
chosen" candidates? McCormick has
no other argument against Dr. Brum
baugh than his charge that the Re
publican candidate was chosen by
somebody other than the voters. He
knows that Dr. Brumbaugh is a thor
oughly honest, able man and that he
Is better equipped in every way for
the high office to which he aspires
than any other of the gubernatorial
candidates. McCormick knows also
that his only hope is to place the tag
of boss rule on the Republican nomi
nee. So he goes up and down the
State parading his own virtues and
shrieking "boss rule" at every turn.
In one breath the Invincible One
asserts that Dr. Brumbaugh was nom
inated by "bosses" and in the next
he declares that "it is no longer pos
sible for two or three men to go off
In a room by themselves and select
candidates." Logical, isn't he?-
There is just one word descriptive
of the campaign speeches with which
Vance McCormick is entertaining the
rural populace these midsummer days
and this is it —PIFFLE.
When the little men who have
usurped the management of the Demo
cratic party in Pennsylvania meet the
party workers in the field at the No
vember election, they are certain to feel
the wrath of men who asked for bread
in the distribution of patronage and
got a stone.
PREPARING THE WAY
CONSTRUCTIVE statesmen and
the industrial and commercial
giants of the United States are
fully alive to the opportunities
now presented as a direct result of the
European war. Already the National
Foreign Trado Council, organized in
June to co-ord"lnate the trade activi
ties of the nation, is busy and an im
portant conference has been called for
September 15 in New York city. It is
the purpose of this body to bring into
harmonious co-operation the produc
ing, manufacturing, transportation,
merchandising and financial elements
engaged in or affected by foreign trade.
Every business house, every firm,
whether in trade or in the professions,
every manufacturers' association, board
of trade, chamber of commerce and
commercial organization—in fact, every
man. woman and child in the United
States has a vital Interest In the fur
thering of our export f.ade. It has
yearly assumed a more important po
sition among the factors which deter
mine the welfare of the country. It
annually becomes more Impressive in
Its function as a balance wheel to our
constantly recurring periods of trade
prosperity and depression. The ob
jective of the Council is a greater
national prosperity through greater
foreign trade.
Nor is this the only significant de
velopment of the suddenly-created
trade opportunities on this side the
Atlantic Ocean. Loaders in commerce
and Industry all over the country are
wide awake and there is tremendous
fcctivity in the preliminary steps that
TUESDAY EVENING,
must be taken to assure the benefits
that are In sight.
The fact that our foreign commerce,
though neutral, has suffered almost as
must as If this was a belligerent na
tion is largely due to the fact that the
country has not paid enough attention
to the systematic development of its
fdreign trade to think out in advance
what should be done in such an emer
gency. The National Foreign Trade
Council is now devoting its energies to
the relief of this situation and to the
attainment through co-opcrative effort
of the permanent economic* independ
ence of our foreign trade.
The Council consists of thirty-five
nationally representative manufactur
ers, merchants, railroad and steamship
men and bankers, collectively standing
for the general interest of all sections
of the country and all elements en
gaged in, or affected by, foreign trade.
It seeks to co-operate with the gov
ernment and with commercial and in
dustrial organizations in pursuit of
greater national prosperity through
greater foreign trade.
Surely out of this Intelligent and
forceful direction must come rich
trade returns.
If ever tills country needed big men
at Washington, now is the time, but
the people may be excused for doubting
when they think of the eminent Chau
tauquan now sitting on the lid of our
foreign relations,.
DEVELOPING PENNSYLVANIA
S an outcome of the great war
/V In Europe there may be de
/ \ veloped two important transpor
tation agencies in Pennsylvania
—one at the port of Philadelphia and
the other in a ship canal from Lake
Erie to the South. This State is
deeply interested in all matters mak
ing for its inevitable development and
all the people, whether they live in one
section of the State or the other, must
be interested in the creation of a great
port at Philadelphia and the opening
of a ship canal in the west.
Philadelphia is the natural outlet
for the products of the State to the
sea and the lands beyond. It is for
this reason that the Legislature has
always favored every movement for
the building up of a proper port in the
metropolis of the Commonwealth.
As to the ship canal, which would
be largely constructed by the States of
Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia,
it would furnish an outlet for the great
area west of the Allegheny mountains,
and whatever benefits the two wings
of the State aIBO benefits the important
central section, which includes many
of the smaller cities and towns.
It is estimated that the tonnage
which will be carried by the pro
posed ship canal from Lake Erie to
the Ohio river would be double that of
either the Panama or Suez canals and
as the project seems entirely feasible
it may be expected that some definite
plans will be worked out in the near
future.
The South American trade prize Is
almost in our grasp, and the opening of
the Panama Canal, so modestly ac
complished last Saturday, was an au
spicious clinching of a business oppor
tunity.
WHY NOT?
REPRESENTATIVE government is
fast disappearing under the
Democratic paternalism that is
overspreading the country. Wil
liam F. McCoombs, chairman of the
Democratic national committee, is also
chairman of a committee which is
preparing a platform to submit to the
New York Democratic conference on
August 26 and which has decided
definitely that the short ballot plank
will recommend that all State officers
be appointive except the Governor,
Lieutenant-Governor and Comptroller.
The tentative platform will say also
that the Governor ought to have the
power of appointment and removal
without concurrence hy the Senate.
Why not wipe out all elections at
once and permit a few rich men to run
the government without let or hin
drance?
Japan is showing an anxiety to go to
war that Is hardly consistent with its
recent peaceful protestations.
HEALTH CONSERVATION
AT the recent conference of the
English National Association for
the Prevention of Consumption
and Other Forms of Tubercu
losis, Sir William Osier, regius pro
fessor of medicine at the University
of Oxford, made some noteworthy
statements.
He said that so widespread was the
bacillus that practically all human
beings, by the time they reached adult
life, somewhere harbored the germ of
the disease, but all did not die be
cause of having certain powers of re
sistance, or what is called immunity
from the disease. The disease in some
was active enough to produce symp
toms, with the possibility, however, of
arrest or cure. In others again the
disease so progressed as to mark them
as doomed persons.
In his concluding words Sir William
indicated the causes of this bane of
humanity in the following solemn yet
hopeful dicta:
We have tracked the enemv and
know his every stronghold, and we
know his three allies—poverty,
bad housing and drink. But though
the ravages have been reduced it
remains man's most powerful
enemy. Before us a long, slow, hun
dred years' war—or even longer
in which, however, co-operation and
enterprise will win out just as
surely as It has done against typhus
and typhoid.
In this great war Pennsylvania has
taken front rank. Its Health Depart
ment, led by Dr. Dixon, has been
waging a winning fight against the
disease for years. It is only one of
tho great conservation movements
fathered by Pennsylvania and it shows
that our public officials are thinking
along advanced lines and are putting
their thoughts into effective practice
for the benefit of all our people.
AN EVENING THOUGHT
"To be good company for our
selves we must store our minds
well; fill them with pure and
peaceful thoughts; with pleasant
memories of the past and reason
able hopes for the future. We
must, as far as may be, protect
ourselves from self reproach,
from care and anxiety."
—Sir John Lubbock.
1 EVENING CHAT
People who have gone about the
Susquehanna in motorboats or in row
boats have been rather surprised to
see wild ducks breeding in this sec
tion. Not only is it surprising to see
ducks here at this time of the year,
but that they should select this por
tion of the liver, which isgirded by rail
roads, spanned by numerous bridges
and constantly traversed by the sand
and coal fleets, is rather remarkable.
Men who observe game say that the
fact that the birds have remained here
during summer is due to the fact that
they were not hunted or shot at last
spring, the new federal regulations on
migratory water fowl having reduced
the season to the fall months. Some
of the ducks have been observed fly
ing close to the city, as though they
knew that they were perfectly safe
from the hunters. Under the new
regulations the shooting of ducks will
be legal in September and if the fowl
remain in this section there should be
good sport. It has been a long timo
since any water fowl were known to
be here in summer months or to breed
In this vicinity. The new regulations
will prevent the shooting running very
late into the winter and will prevent
any spring shooting at all.
Except for raccoons, snipe and
ducks, there will be precious little
shooting this year until the middle of
October. The blackbirds, which used
to afford some prime shooting in the
first few weeks of September, are now
protected by law because of the serv
ices they do the farmer by destroying
insects and pests, an act of 1913
recognizing their work. The grouse
and squirrel seasons start the middle
of October, but rabbits and quail can
not be shot until November 1 and deer
not until November 10. A hunter has
to take a book of game laws into the
woods with him these days just as
must a fisherman, .is the laws are
changed so frequently that even the
wardens have to think rapidly to keep
posted.
People whose conduct and remarks
caused removal of the benches which
stood in front of the State Museum
building have deprived the public of
one of the pleasant gathering places
in the State's park. This spot has
been a. popular one for Sunday serv
ices, for meetings of various sorts and
for people to rest in the afternoons
and evenings, while it has always been
a favorite place for children to go to
feed the squirrels. However, investi
gation shows that the removal by the
park authorities was amply justified
and that for some time there have
been complaints about the remarks
emanating from the benches.
The fact that Pittsburgh is going to
celebrate the two hundredth anniver
sary of Its settlement in 1916 calls to
mind that this city and vicinity have
been passing by some interesting an
niversaries without so much as a no
tice. Only two years ago it was ion
years since the State government was
removed to Harrlsburg and various
towns in this part of the State have
been passing up their centennials
without even a flag being put out.
Unfortunately, there is no public rec
ord easily accessible which permits
people to learn exactly when these
anniversaries occur and consequently
important dates are lost sight of.
Paving of Derry street has crawled
by Twenty-first street and it has two
more blocks to go and then the neces
sity for making the detour by way of
Greenwood street will be ended. And
in passing it might be remarked that
next time it is necessary for the march
of improvement to force travel on an
other highway steps should be taken
to put it into good condition. Some
of the macadam dug from Derry
street could have been used on Green
wood to advantage and it is a wonder
that the city has not been sued be
cause of damage to automobiles.
Excursions run to Hershey and other
points in the vicinity of Harrisburg
have had the effect of bringing thou
sands of visitors to the State Capitol
from places in Central Pennsylvania
and the register of the guides at the
State House shows the names of people
from half the central counties. For
a long time the railroad people did
not realize the interest of the people
of the State at large in the new Capi
tol and they persistently refused to
grant stop-off privileges for the pur
pose of visiting the big granite pile in
the center of the city. A few years
ago some new passenger men came
here and worked up the officials with
the result that now stopovers are
granted on application. The result
has been a series of visits to the Capi
tol and pleasure for many people.
[ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1
—Warren Worth Bailey, the Johns
town congressman, who would tax all
land for government revenues, is a
publisher.
—District Attorney R. H. Jackson,
of Pittsburgh, has started a probe of
food prices in his city.
—A. J. Kilgallon. mentioned for
head of the A. O. H. at the Dußois
convention, is prominent in Pittsburgh
affairs.
Wolf, the Philadelphia
business man, celebrated his fiftieth
birthday at his summer home in Lake
Placid.
- —lgnatz Gressner. one of the Allen
town First Defenders, was given a
reception when he reached his seventy
ninth birthday Sunday.
i frair&Ti
[From the Telegraph, Aug. 18, 1864 ]
CAPTURE REBELS
Fortress Monroe, Aug. 18.—The
steamer Thomas A. Morg arrived here
yesterday from deep bottom with
twenty wounded soldiers of the Tenth
corps. Our forces on the north side
of the James river has continued se
vere skirmishing every day this week.
Our army has captured more prisoners
than have been heretofore reported,
but have no definite statement of the
number.
PREPARE FOR DEFENSE OF CITY
Cairo, Aug. 18.—A meeting of the
citizens of this place is called for
this evening to provide for the defense
of this city from the attack of the
rebel army. An expedition has gone
In pursuit of Johnson's guerillas, who
captured the boats at Salino Bar.
1 YEARS R 'A 3 GO -0 AV 1
50 YEARS AGO
[From the Telegraph, Aug. 18, 1864.1
BOY KILLED BY TRAIN
A boy named Fink was killed on the
Broad Top Railroad on Monday. He
was asleep on the track when a fast
train came along and ran OVOB him.
UNION HOTEL SOLD
The Union House Hotel property was
sold this afternoon to Benjamin Buck,
the present occupant, for the sum of
$15,550.
VOLUNTEERS ARRIVE
A company of volunteers from Ship
pensburg arrived here to-day.
A VACATION AT THE SEASHORE
Pennsylvania Railroad five-day ex
cursion to Atlantic City. Cape May
Wlldwood, Ocean City and other re
ports. Next Thursday. See the Ticket
1 Agent.—Advertisement.
RARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
M CORMIGK SHY ON
KNOWLEDGE OF STATE
Didn't Know What He Was Talk
ing About at Elain
Picnic
PENNA. IS NO LAGGARD
Soil Conservation Has Been Given
Careful Study by the
State
Not only has it been established
that Vance C. McCormlck, Democratic
candidate for governor, did not know
what he was talking about when he
said at the Blain farmers' picnic that
"Pennsylvania had lagged behind the!
other progressive Commonwealths" In
enactment of legislation for the gen
eral welfare, but It is apparent that
he has not been well informed about
what the government of the Key
stone State has been doing for con
servation of agriculture. The Tele
graph has shown what a really mag
nificent work this State is doing for its
farmers, how the educational work
has been brought right to the farmer's
dooryard, how hundreds of thousands
of dollars of value have been added
to orchards, how pests have been con
trolled, how cattle diseases have been
stamped out and how in numerotis
other ways the State government has
been aiding the farmer and all through
legislation enacted during Republican
administration.
One of McCormick's stock addresses
is on agricultural conservation and
while posing as a farmer because of
residence on a country estate half a
year, he has glibly discussed the ne
cessity for conservation of the soil and
inferentlally attacked the State gov
ernment as lagging behind.
As a matter of fact the study of soil
conservation occupied the attention of
experts of the department of agricul
ture long before
McCormlck was out of
college and for several
Whole Book years the soils have
on Soils been studied and men
Coming Out have lectured about
what should be done
with various soils to
retain their fertility, while the State's
demonstrators have made soils their
theme at all kinds of meetings, even
carting samples of various soils around
with them to show what they are good
for. And in spite of the McCormick
criticisms there is even now on the
press a State report on the soils of
Pennsylvania which will show the
character of soils in each county, the
geology, the chemical constituents
with statements as to what soils are
best adapted for potatoes, corn, wheat
and the rest. The study of the soils
was undertaken a few years ago at the
direction of Secretary of Agriculture
N. B. Critchfield because he saw the
necessity of placing within reach of
people who could not hear the lectur
ers a comprehensive statement regard
ing the soils of Pennsylvania so that
they might know where certain soils
were located and what would grow
best upon them. This book will show
the limestone soils of Dauphin county,
the sandstone soils and other soils and
tell farmers of what they are compos
ed. And the study of it was actually
begun when McCormick was "reor
ganizing" the Democratic party. Yet
he has no more to say about it than
has "Farmer" Creasy to tell about the
failure of the national administration
to force through the oleo bill which
the Grangers have endorsed and which
is one of the things a Democratic ad
ministration has not done for the
farmer.
The Telegraph showed the other
night how crassly ignorant of what
Pennsylvania has done for the general
welfare along with the
other progressive
Commonwealths the MeCormlck
Democratic candidate in Batl All
for governor appears Along Line
to be. The charitable
view to take is that he
did not know just as he was not aware
that Dr. Dixon was working out the
plan for organizing the great Bureau
of Housing when he made his speech
at Blain. As to the long list of what
sucossive Republican administrations
and legislatures have done for the
farmers of Pennsylvania, the Demo
cratic candidate prefers to go and
speak hts piece regardless of what the
statute books and State reports, the
official documents, contain for the in
formation of the public.
A Wilkes-Barre dispatch says, "War
has been declared between rival fac
tions of the Democratic party in Lu
zerne county and an
open break between the
Luzerne followers of Congress-
Democrnts man John J. Casey and
Fighting A. Mitchell Palmer
promises to be. carried
on to a finish in the No
vember elections.
"Trouble between these factions has
long been brewing. Casey is an out
and out Garmanite and is really in
debted to the judge for the opportun
ity which made him a Congressman.
But Casey has been trying to carry
water on both shoulders. He has al
lied himself wjth the Oarman forces
and he has likewise been trying to get
into the good graces of the McLean-
Kirkendall wing, despite the fact that
he beat McLean for the Democratic
nomination two years ago.
"The backers of Palmer dared not
come out openly and opnose Casey, for
it would have been considered po
litical suicide to draw swords po
litically with the Congressman. How
ever, there has been no great desire
to get together and a real political
war is being fought under cover."
The Indianapolis News in a review
of political conditions in Pennsylva
nia says that the Washington party
is going to pieces and
remarks: "There seems
Indiana Man to be little doubt at
Says It's Dr. this lime that the Re
lirunibaugh publicans will elect
their State ticket,
which is headed by Dr.
Martin O. Brumbaugh, and thaf they
will also hold their Congressmen and
Invade the Bull Moose's delegation of
six members and the Democratic dele
gation of twelve members. A num
ber of sets of surveys indicate a gain
of at least four Republican Congress
men, and some estimates go up to six
or seven.
"The Democrats here have their
troubles. There are factional splits and
there have been delays in dispensing
federal patronage from Washington
that have made trouble—as In New
York. The "old gang" Democrats also
insist that President Wilson forced
Palmer as a candidate for senator, and
Vance C. McCormlck as a candidate
for governor, on the party. McCor
mlck. after a bitter fight, defeated
Michael J. Ryan for the nomination.
This was not only a defeat for the old
guard Democrats, but a defeat for one
of the leaders of one of the greatest
of the patriotic Irish organizations In
Pennsylvania."
STATE GIVES AID TO
PUZZLED FARMERS
Secretary Critchfield Tells Them
How to Overcome Short
age of Potash
WAR HAS SERIOUS EFFECT
Germany Has Been Supplying the
Most of 340,000 Tons
Used Here
Steps were taken to-day by Secre
tray of Agriculture H. R. Critchfield
to straighten out the tangle caused
in the fertilizer trade by the cessation
of shipments of potash from Oer- ,
many. It is estimated that at least I
ninety per cent of the potash used in I
fertilizers in this state comes from the j
w._r torn empire and in order to con
se-ve the stock in this country manu
facturers will be forced to use a
smaller portion than has been done.
To facilitate matters Secretary Critch
field has issued a circular in which a
way is pointed out for the marketing
of fertilizers for the fall trade with
out making a new registration with
all that such procedure entails.
It is estimated that 3-10,000 tons of
fertilizer are used annually in Penn
sylvania and a large portion of this is
potash so that the effect of the war
can be ascertained. In 1913 about
three quarters of a million tons of
potash of various kinds were imported
from Germany alone and there will
be very little this year. The imports
last year were: kalinite 465,850 tons;
mauriate of potash 23!),413: manure
salts 111,646, and sulphate of potash
44,283 tons.
The letter of the secretary on the
subject is as follows:
This Department recognizes the fact
that with the shortage there is likely
to be in the amount of potash avail
able this fall manufacturers will find
it difficult to prepare their goods for
the fall trade so as to meet the re
quirements of the registration made
at the beginning of the year, and to
realize this situation as far as possible
this Department shall be entirely
satisfied to have manufacturers of
fertilizers reduce the per cent, of pot
ash they put in the goods they place
on the markets for the fall trade of
the current year without making an
additional registration of the same,
provided that no change is made so
far as the other elements of plant
food are concerned and that they
erace the figures that are now printed
on their sacks showing the potash the
goods contain and attach to the
sacks with good, strong twine or a
wire tag on which is plainly printed
the revised analysis of the goods the
sacks contain and provided further
that they send to this Department
notice of any change made in the per
cent, of potash, specifying the brands
of goods in which such change is
made."
"Where the change made in the
amount of potash is less than one per
cent, it will be satisfactory to this De
partment to have the decimal or frac
tion erased, leaving the percentage
expressed in whole numbers."
"For example, in case of sacks pre
pared for a brand of fertilizer, the
potash guarantee of which is 2.50,
the .50 can be erased leaving the flg
ure 2 stand showing that the potash
content is 2 per cent."
In such case it will not be neces
sary to attach the tag spoken of."
i OUR DAILY LAUGH )
*
Trouble Some
where
Any luck, Jim?
Naw! An' Uncle
Eben Snitzer sez
bark in 1869 he
got a couple of
nibbles right in
this spot.
Kxeltlngr
The Native
'Fish? Why, say,
| 80, the fishes
bite so 'roun here
you have to get
behind a tree to
| bait your hook!
Wot Work
Rev. Rightly
My boy, it's a
shame you have
to dig a well on
the Sabbath.
Johnnie—Well,
nuthin". I'm after
fishin' worms.
Tm
Sad
Peggy hasn't a
thought for any
body nowadays
except her new
car. She's perfect
ly in love with it.
Another case of
man being dis
placed by ma
chinery.
HARDLY MEBMS SO
Respectable Party—Tell me do you
drink anything?
Fuller Sudds—Yes, anything.
WHERE THE WAR BEGAN
[From the St. Louis Republic.l
Just suppose that when Austria ~ot
Servla to the point where she conceded
every demand except the presence of
Austrian officers on Servian tribunals to
try alleged conspirators. Berlin had
wired a quiet Intimation to Vienna that
Germany would not support Austria if
she stirred Russia up by going to war
with Servla over so small a matter.
k Would there have been any wy7
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For ten days at the shore—
For those who will be left behind
More work will be In store.
And I am one of those poor boobs
Who'll be imposed upon,
While other fellows are away
Having all kinds of fun.
Of course, I know my turn will come
To s*p of pleasure's cup,
But, gee, I wish time would throw In
High gear, and hurry up.
ITALY AND AUSTRIA
[From the Philadelphia Record.]
There is nothing surprising about
Italy's attitude toward Austria-Hun
gary, her late ally in the Triple Alli
ance. and with whom she may soon be
at war. Leaving out of account old
grudges from the days of Italy's weak
| ness, it was only three years ago, when
i she had her war with Tripoli on hand,
I that the chief of the. Austrian war staff
I read in the Chamber of Deputies at
I Vienna a plan for invading Italy and
i taking from her by force of arms the
| provinces of Lombardy and Venetln,
which were once under Austrian con
trol. No action was taken on this cold
blooded proposal, bvt, of course. It has
not been forgotten. Such incidents in
I Austrian history go far to explain why
I that nation Is so disliked by all her
neighbors except Germany.
TARIFF GHOST RETURNS TO
PLAGUE
[From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.]
There Is no room for academicians in
this crisis. Raising the custom duties
will not only bring in revenue, as the
Democrats desire, but It will assist
American manufacturers, now face to
face with an emergency, as the Repub
licans desire. Both parties should be
for it. Call It a war measure or any
tiling else, the conditions demand it.
The political economy of peace has
been interrupted. It does not
is a world catastrophe that our finan
ciers and statesmen face.
No bond issue, no robbing of pos
terity to preserve a revenue policy
which, right or wrong in peace, Is cer
tainly wrong when the world is at war.
An adequate revenue we must have.
The nation looks to Washington to
throw prejudice and, theory Into the
waste basket. It expects Congress to
meet the exigency without faction. The
cataclysm demands *in immediate. If
temporary, revision of the tariff up
ward.
EDITORIAL. COMMENT
If Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bryan hold it
Is a violation of "the true spirit of
neutrality" to lend to a belligerent funds
that will be used to buy foodstufTs. for
example, why is it not equally a viola
tion or that spirit to sell a belligerent
foodstuffs?— New York Sun.
No wonder the barbers want to
charge more for shaves when the war
and the increasing cost of food are
making every man's face twice as long
as usual.—Philadelphia Ledger.
FOUNTAIN NYMPHS TO TEACH
AT CITY SWIMMING HOLE
An added attraction has been arrang
ed for the girls' swimming hour on
Thursday afternoon, when the Foun
tain Nymphs, appearing at the Colonial
Theater this week, will cavort, dive and
splash around at the Island to show the
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This War May Effect
Coal Prices
We have just been advised as follows from
a large wholesale coal company:
"Eighty per cent, of the foreign laboring
men in this country are single, and liable for
military duty in their home land. They are
now leaving causing a scarcity of labor in the
coal and coke districts and prices may ad
vance sharply."
It is impossible for us to predict just what may
happen in the way of price and quality of coal this
winter and we advise you to send us your orders
at once and be on the safe side.
On September Ist, the price of all coal, except
Pea and Buckwheat, will advance 20c per ton.
The price of everything seems to be going up so
don't delay if you want good coal at present low
rates. i
United Ice & Coal Co.
Forater and Cowdrt Third and Boas
15th and Chestnut Hummel and Mulberry
ALSO STEELTON, PA.
local girls how easy it Is to swim and
win Carnegie medals.
There are three expert swimmers in
the diving act and tWoy have consented
to go over to the island Thursday aft
ernoon, when girls over 16 only are al
lowed, and there give exhibitions of
swimminit and diving. The divers will
be on hand at .1:45 slid will probably
remain until about 7 o'clock. They
•will gladly answer questions, as well
as freely offer instructions to amhltious
swimmers. The Fountain Nymphs are
really clever acrobatic divers and fancy
swimmers, ami are Interesting conver
sationalists, due probably to their ex
tensive traveling and many varied as
well as exciting experiences.
B' """ 'g
ANOVER
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I - IWRITF. OR WIRE YOUR RESERVATION .
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Richelieu & Ontario Division
Vacation Trips
New Schedule
(Effective July 28th)
< Every Sunday, Tuesday,
Thursday nud Saturday.
Steamer "Rochester" leaves
Toronto and Charlotte
(Rochester Port) and Clayton
for Thousand Islands, and
through the Rapids to Mon
treal, Quebec, Saguenay River,
Gulf of St. Lawrence and
Labrador.
For particulars write:
IS East Swan Street.
(Ellicott Sq.), Buffalo.
V. r. CLONEY, District Put. Ajeot
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