6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established itii 1 PUBLISHED BY THE TELEGRAPH PRIITTIJCG CO. E. J. STACK POLE fresident and Editor-in-Chief T. R. OYSTER Secretary OUS M. STEINIIETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun s day) at the Telegraph Building, 116 Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City. Hasbrook, Story St Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at SS.OO a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg. Pa., as second class matter. Sworn daily average circulation for the three months ending June 30, 191S •fir 21,231 it Average for the year Average for the year 1013—19,963 Average tor the year 1912—19,849 Average for the year 1911—17,563 Average for the year 1910—16,-61 The a hove Igorei are net. All re turned, unsold and damaged copies de ducted. THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 1 The mind that u anxious about the future is miserable. —Seneca. CONFIDENCE IN HARRISBURG F A GRATIFYING condition in an otherwise somewhat dull business season Is the report of the local Building Inspector, which shows that In June new building operations In Harrlsburg amounted to nearly a quar ter million dollars and that for the first half of the year the figures are near the million-dollar mark. This, of 'course, takes no account of suburban "building, much of which has been done <md Is now being done on the outskirts •of the city. New building for 1915 in Harrlsburg will exceed that of last by several hundred thousands of dollars, the Indications are. As everybody knows, this city has rot been blessed with an oversupply of prosperity this year. While some of our Industries have been busy as a re sult of war orders, and while public Improvements and railroad construc tion work have kept labor fairly well employed, business in general has not been what It might have been. It is all the more to the credit of those who •bava gone forward with their develop ment enterprises that they have not been deterred thereby. The con fidence they are displaying in the future of Harrlsburg Is distinctly en couraging to every line of trade and the optimistic Influences thus exerted radiate In all directions. Harrlsburg is not only a delightful place in which to live, but it also has bright possibilities in a way. With a restoration of prosperity throughout the country, the biggest boom In the history of the city Is bound to follow. The new building operations of this year are but as the ripples that precede the flood tide. American labor should be protected by tariff duties that at least equal the difference in cost of production at home and abroad. Temporary shortage of world supply may maintain prices for a time, as in the case of wool, but placing on the free list commodities produced in competition with cheap labor abroad must ultimately bring hardship to American industry. The American farmer should be aided In borrowing money at rates of interest as low as paid by others who give se curity equally sound, but It is more im portant that he be aided in securing such a price for his products as will relieve him of the need of borrowing except In case of emergency. EFFECTS OF COAL SLUMP THE Pennsylvania Railroad is a great carrier of soft coal and so " ' is the Reading. On both Har risburg depends for a large share of ■whatever degree of prosperity it en joys. There is. therefore, much of intereat locally In a digest of the bituminous coal trade issued to-day for the first six months of 19X5, as estimated by C. E. Lesher of the United States Geological Survey. He fixes the output as between 180,000,- 000 and 190,000,000 short tons, the rate of production having been from eighty-five to ninety per cent, of the average for the previous year. Thus the bituminous coal production during this six months' period has been con siderably less than for the correspond ing period in 1914 and the reflex is felt right here in Harrisburg. The rate of production this year decreased After January, reached low ebb in March and April, and Is now happily on the Increase. ... The States west of the' Mississippi k River, which In 1914 produced less I than 13 per cent, of the total, do not appear to have suffered from this de ft crease as much as the Eastern States— I reports from certain districts in the f West showing an increase over 1914. This is attributed to the Increase in metal mining and smelting, and to greater railroad activity. In Pennsyl vania and West Virginia the loss of bunlcer trade on the Atlantic seaboard, much of which passes through Har risburg. and the slowness of the Lake! season have been only partly offset by the increasing coal exports. The re cent activity in the iron business has been slow to affect the coal trade, al though coke has gained consideraby during the last i KO months and for the rest of 1916 the Increased output should continue. The anthracite producers have fared better than the soft coal oper ators, since it is estimated that the oat- j THURSDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JULY 1, 1915. put of anthracite has fallen oft only from i to 5 per cent, below the aver age for 1914. Whatever affects the soft coal trade affects Harrlsburg. When the mines are busy so Is our railroad population, and all of us are benefitted. The re verse is also true. Amont the many inconsistencies of the Underwood tariff is the fact that there Is a 10 per cent, duty on cattls, while all the Imports which constitute parts of the cattle are allowed into the country free. For example, while the cow Itself is subject to a 10 per cent, duty, yet the bones, hide, flesh, hoofs, blood, horns,- milk and hair of the cow are free. We are forced' to conclude with Representative Gardner, of Mas sachusetts, that "the countryman Is said to have accepted many a gold brick in his time, but nothing except his sense of humor will keep him from exploding when he hears of that 10 per cent, duty on cattle." POOR CONSOLATION EVEN the most resourceful mathe matician finds It extremely diffi cult, if not impossible, to use any comparative statistics in such a way as to bring credit to the present national administration. Some, however, make desperate efforts to put the figures to gether In such a way as to relieve Democracy of its burden of discredit. In an attempt of this kind one Demo cratic newspaper refers to the fact that railway earnings for April, 1915, were $33,821,308, as compared with $32,222,791 for the same month in 1914, an increase of a million and a half. Even though that Is comparing one Democratic month with another, and, therefore, proves nothing, the apparent good showing is entirely reversed when the Democratic editor finds himself forced to admit that the gain in net earnings "is not due to an increase in gross earnings, but to a decrease in op erating expenses." That decrease in operating expenses must mean either re duced wages, reduced purchases or re duced employment. In any event, it means less money for the workers on railroads or In railroad shops. Nor is that all, for the same editor goes on to admit that although gross earnings "were down only $2,000,000 for the month (April), they were down $79,000,000 during the preceding nine months," or an average of nearly $9,000,000 a month. While most people will be glad to know that the railroads as a whole, aided by increased rales and by re newed industrial activity due to the war, are not as badly off as they were, It is difficult to comprehend what sat isfaction a Democrat can get out of presentation of statistics showing the depths to which railroad business had sunk within recent months. The Constitutional Convention in New York has wisely voted down a proposition for a single-chambered Legislature. Ours is a government of checks and balances and if one wishes to know what is possible in legislation under a single-chamber system, when pressed by a dictatorial Executive, one has only to consider the half-baked measures thrust through the last House In Congress by Presidential mandate, only to be amended and put into shape In the Upper Branch. The Democratic convention of 1516 will have to perform some remarkable rhetorical stunts if it works a "Made ln-America" policy into its free trade .platform. CONSTRUCTIVE LEGISLATION NO other national legislation within the last quarter of a century has done more to protect and promote the health of the American people and prevent financial loss through fraud and deception than has the national pure food law, which was enacted In 1906 by a Congress that was Republican In both branches, and signed by a Republican President. This law was peculiarly a Repub lican idea, for It asserted the power of the general government to enact legis lation of this kind, a power which was denied by Democrats who were advo cates of the doctrine of States rights. President Wilson apparently overlook ed this law when he said recently that the Republican party had not had a new Idea in thirty years. The only votes cast against the bill were by Democrats, and one of those was by Congressman A. S. Burleson, of Texas, now Postmaster General, the only member of that Congress specially honored by President Wilson. While commonly referred to as a "pure food law" the act regulates the manufacture and sale of not only food but drugs, confectionary, medicine and liquors; insures purity, prevents mis branding, prohibits adulteration, re quires full weight and measure, and forbids use of poisonous and deleter ious substances. The law requires that if certain habit-forming drugs be contained in a medical preparation, that fact shall be plainly stated on the label and that the quantity of alcohol contained in medicine be specified. It prohibits removing part or all of the contents of a receptacle and substitution of another article different from that In dicated on the package. In the case pf foods put up In packages, it re quires that the weight or measure be specified on the label. Sale or packing of partly decomposed meats is for bidden. All these provisions were necessary for the protection of public health and for the prevention of fraud in the manufacture and sale of food and drugs. The enactment of the pure food law was laigely due to the persistent rec ommendations of a Republican Presi dent The bill which became a law was introduced in the Senate by a Republican Senator, Heyburn of Ida ho, and although It had only four negative votes in that branch of Con gress, those four votes were recorded by Democrats. The bill met more vigorous oppo sion in the House, where a minority re port was filed against it by Represen tatives Adamson, Bartlett and Rus sell, Democratic members of the Com mittee on Interstate and Foreign Com merce, who asserted that pure food I legislation is a matter within the Jur- lsdlctlon of the several States, and not within the jurisdiction of the general government. Only seventeen members of the House had the temerity to vote against the bill, but every one of these was a Democrat. The Pure Food bill was one new Republican Idea that they couldn't approve. Though heavy receipts from stamp, corporation and Income taxes have added to funds In the Federal Treasury, the balance on hand at the close of business Saturday, June 19, was only | $25,519,973.00 as compared with a bal ance of $137,312,883.86 on the same date two years ago, when Republican laws were in control of revenues and expen ditures. The deficit, as represented by the excess of all disbursements over all revenues, for the fiscal year up to June 19 waß $120,871,159.81. [ TELEQRAPH PERISCOPE "| —"The Astor baby carriage cost $600," says an exchange. What does the editor mean, printing things like that? Does he want to discourage the manufacturers who are cutting the prices of automobiles to something like reason? —lf the President makes as big a hit in New Hampshire as did Thaw he may carry the State next year. —Says the Houston Post: "It is bonehead work that has forced the Jackass on us as a party emblem." The court will please note that the 'prisoner pleads guilty. —lt's a very cold summer that doesn't have a Thaw. —On© swallow may not make a summer, but It Is often sufficient to start a hot old time. The Philadelphia Inquirer suggests that women are sure to get the vote in Indiana if a recent law out there that "the curtains of booths must be of sufficient helghth to make the lower limbs of the voter visible" Is carried out literally. Also, it might not be so difficult then to get men to serve on the election boards. OUR RIGHT TO THE SEA [Frtom the New York World.] In plain words, the British memo randum in relation to the lawless in terference with our ships and cargoes ie an Impudent persistence in wrong doing. Nobody is more conscious of this offense than the members of the British Ministry, for in answering us j now with sophistry and falsehood they . reverse the record of their own Gov- i ernment in like cases for many years. When the United States under inter national law has rights clearly estab- I lished. what can be more intolerable ! than to have a professed friend say that those rights will be invaded only with the minimum of inconvenience? What can be more insolent than to be assured by such a friend that on interrupting our lawful trade with neutrals it will graciously refrain from violence or confiscation? Is there any outrage that one nation can inflict upon another at peace more humiliating than to sub ject its legitimate commerce to a pirati cal censorship? No matter how many diplomatic notes may be written or how cleverly or falsely they may evade the real is sue. the British Government cannot justify the seizure of neutral ships laden with noncontraband goods bound from one neutral port to another. In ternational law recognizes and defines blockades, but It specifically declares that no blockade shall be operative against nations at peace. EDITORIAL COMMENT 1 If the Germans would whip the French it would help them out a lot. It doesn't do them any good to whip the Russians.—Florida Times-Union. The chief danger at this moment would seem to be that Germany and Austria may wear themselves completey out licking Russia.—Chicago Herald. Ambassador Bernstorff declares he will stay in Washington all summer. Hope he won't find It too hot for him.— Philadelphia North American. ARE YOUT By Wlug Dinger 'Aint been saying much to-day 'Round the office, bo, But to-morrow afternoon, I have planned to go 'Cross the bridge to Island Park And take In the game— Guess a bunch of other chaps Plan to do the same. Seems to me 'most everyona Whom I chanced to meet As I wandered 'bout the town, Up and down the street. Had a question to propound. Each time 'twas the same— So I'll ask you. too, "Are you Going to the game?" 1 LETTERS TO THE EDIToF CONDEMNS PRINTERS' INK WAR To the Editor of the Telegraph: Dear Sir —When will the foreigners 01' the warring countries ever become true Americans? From the letters of late In the papers and the English used In the composition of some I would Infer some of the writers have been In this country long enough to have better sense than to fight in be half of the lands from which they came with other would-ba Americans. They for the sake of peace should try to forget they ever came from a for eign land, and if they did not mean it from their hearts when they took the oath to become Americans at least should try to be Americans and not show their unfaithfulness to their oath by so much unnecessary printing ink wars about the countries they still seem to hold dearest to their hearts. It really is a sad state of affairs for the real American to think that there are so many of old home ties among the would-be Americans. They take tho oaths to become Americans and really In heart they are not. By this unnecessary printing ink war they give themselves awav and show oaths taken was not from their hearts, but for a purely selfish purpose; maybe that they might not be called back to de fend their home lands. May God pro tect our fair America from such awful false pretense, and may those would-be Americans get their thinking caps on and not continue this printers' ink war on each other any longer. It Is sick ening. They are here on the free, glorious land of the Stars and Stripes and expect protection and therewith ought to be contented and at least try to be what their oath to this coun try calls for. I was born la Canada In 1864, came to this country in 1884, took out my citizenship papers in 1889 and have been a real American ever since, In mind, heart, soul and body, because here I have lived, moved and have my being. What more can I ask ? Why should Canada and I have any pulling of strings so long as I have taken an oath to become an American citizen ? Stars and Stripes, United States, Oh, glorious land and free. I lift the old Canadian gates And now I'll live for thee. F. G. DARLINGTON. Harrlsburg,-Pa.. June 28, 1816, fMUctiK tMvO ifLraKUl By thu Ex-Commit Pennsylvania's four congressmen-at large got together yesterday at York for discussion of their interests and divided up the appointments which fall to tho members representing the whole State. They also planned a number of things In the interest of legislation for the State. Congress men J. R. K. Scott and M. M. Garland will name the appointees to West Point and Congressmen D. F. LaFean and T. S. Crago the alternates. The Annapolis appintments will be made next year. The congressmen were the guests of Congressman LaFean. It begins to look as though some I booms were being exhibited in Phila delphia to' draw out candidates for mayor. George D. Porter, the direc tor of public safety, was boosted yes terday at a luncheon and a downtown club boomed Congressman Vare. Porter Is backed by a number of In dependents and it is said that their activity is designed to get the mayor to endorse Porter. Lawrence county lawyers held a meeting at which the candidacy of ex- Judge W. D. Wallace of New Castle, for the Superior Court, was boomed. A. Mitchell Palmer says that he is going home to Monroe county to take a rest and that he is not bothering about politics. Just the same he was in Washington with State Chairman Morris looking after patronage early this week. Montgomery county's Democratic cjmmittee must have had a Joyous I meeting yesterday if the reports sent out from Norristown are true. Ac cording to one story "reorganization Democrats were in control at a ses sion of the Democratic standing com mittee of Montgomery county, and nearly precipitated a row among the few members present after Chairman Chrlstman had made a strong plea for harmony and a united Democratic part in the county in order to capture some of the county offices to be filled in the Fall. New rules formulated by the Rules Committee In accordance with the new laws were presented by the "Old Guard" and were turned down temporarily and ordered printed so that all the committeemen might di gest them before finally adopted. This action was opposed by Vice Chairman Clark, one of the Old Guard, who saw no necessity for the printing of the rules because, as he stated, there were no "jokers" in them, and only the date of the primaries had been changed. Mr. Clark said afterward that as a member of the Rules Committee he for one would not take the promises of any one for the payment of the print ing bill. Attorney Hartigan of Lower Merion. opposed the adoption of the rules on sight and offered to pay for the printing himself. Further parley was cut out by a motion to adjourn coming from the Old Guard and car ried." The Allegheny county campaign Is exciting more than ordinary interest this year because of the strenuous manner in which the candidates are working. It has reached the ex-roast stage and picnics and meetings are being held in every section of the county. The borough of Farrell has voted $50,000 for Improvements and th» borough of Berlin SS,OOO for improve ment of highways in conjunction with the State and county. A Reading dispatch to the Phila delphia Inquirer says: "Great interest is taken here in the decision of the Luzerne county courts in which all of their four judges agree, that Mayor John Kosek of Wilkes-Barre, may run for another term, as It is taken that the same ruling applies to Mayor Stratton, of Reading. Mayor Kosek was in Reading recently seeking legal advice on the subject, and it is be lieved that Mayor Stratton gave him some valuable pointers in reference to tho Clark Commission law of 1913, which has been construed in Luzerne as permitting Mayors of third-class cities to succeed themselves, setting aside the old law of 1889 In this re spect. Recently Governor Brumbaugh vetoed the Catlin bill, which directly specified Mjat Mayors be permitted to succeed themselves, but It is maintain ed that the Governor and many with him took the position that the Catlin bill was not needed to make Mnyors eligible to run again. The decision of the Luzerne courts has somewhat cleared the Mayoralty situation in Reading, and it is believed that Mayor Stratton will now announce himself for a second term, possibly as an in dependent Republican." WHERE THE COUNTRY GOES FISH ING [From the Birmingham Age Herald.] The Mann Presidential boom on the "wet" ticket will soon be jostling the Bryan Presidential boom on the "dry" ticket. NEITHER WILSON NOR BRYAN There Is a vast body of sentiment that is not represented by either the president nor Mr. Bryan. It may be said fairly that a majority sentiment is not represented by either or by both together, at least the majority has never so voted. If the president could speak for all the people who believe in a deter mined foreign policy and Mr. Bryan for all the people who believe the time has come for a new internation alism, it would be easy to determine the issues and proceed to the debate. But there are too many thousands of those who denounce Mr. Bryan who cannot accept the president for their leader, and too many thousands who subscribe to Mr. Bryan's general views In the present situation, who have too lively recollections of other points of difference to ever rally to his standard. Neither the president nor Mr. Bry an is able now or ever will be able to obliterate the past lines of political division in this country, the president because with all his admirable qualities he is a man of narrow range and pedagogical rigidity and precision, not enough a human being of flesh and blood, and Mr. Bryan, because with all his warmth and enthusiasm and abounding good Impulses, is possessed of the congenital defects of the orator, an impressionability and quick re sponse, that give him at times the ap pearance of Instability and want of executive capacity. If the president had been a bigger man he wotild not have broken with Mr. Bryan, and if Mr. Bryan had been more of a man of detail, more of a manager, he would not have broken with the president. It has been mu tual defects of temperament that have brought about the party disas ter, and those mutual defects of tem perament everybody has been quick to recognize. Therefore what la said In a general way In support of the president in this or that or in support of Mr. Bryan in this or that is not and will not be taken as the sort of indorse ment that will mean anything when the time comes, for the very men who may to-day be most outspoken for one or the other may be the men who will lead the opposition to both. The natural conclusion ought to be a national "line-up" behind Wil son and Bryan. But th e "line-up" will not be formed. Much more likely will be an overwhelming re versal for the friends of both, and a return to the old leadership. Neither the president nor Mr. Bryan can com mand the present situation. Des i Moines Register and L.eade& I THE CARTOON OP THE DAY "HERE HE IS AGAIN" T'i'VM'" f\'' • .< ;f 1 y ' l •*' If ! i't'tWityPlFiJ ;?[:< j fcssif&xti t : i 1 ;i • !ij «v ?» ;: J 0 m. V'-fejfr j L I 1 UttLjL I .4 te —From the Nfnv York World. WHAT IS CRUELTY? I DIDN'T know It was cruel!" said a Harrisburg woman to the agent of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, who had re monstrated with her for keeping her dog tied all day in the blazing sun. This 1b a common excuse. Many a failure to report Improper treatment of animals to the S. P. C. A. arises from uncertainty as to what consti tutes cruelty under the law. Frequent inquiry at headquarters of the society brings.the following suggestions: The surest preventive of cruelty is to Include animals in the working of that golden command on which hang all the law and the prophets. Culti vate Imagination. Put yourself In the place of horse, dog or cat. Then act as you would like to be treated. He Is cruel to animals who inflicts unnecessary pain. In defining the "necessary" It is safe to err on the side of "softness." Stoicism and Spar tan training may be good for man— who can answer back —it means, too often, cruelty to the animal. He Is guilty of cruelty: Who overworks, underfeeds or neg lects to provide plenty of good fresh water for any animal in his posses sion. HOW SLATON FA I MAY dig my political grave," said ex-Governor Slaton, of Georgia, to a friend, "but in this Frank matter I am not Jack Slaton. but the Governor of this State. People have told me that If I interfere in the Frank case I need never aspire to another political office within the gift of the State in which I and my fathers were born, and that efforts to resume the practice of law within Its borders would be futile. What have I to do with either of these? Jack Slaton will take the consequences of acting as Governor of Georgia." "The action is characteristic of the man," said Stephen L. Snowdon, sec retary of the New York Southern So ciety, yesterday. "For myself I am not expressing an opinion as to whether or not Frank was guilty. Opinion is di vided upon that question; but there is not doubt in the mind of any South erner with whom I have talked that Governor Slaton acted according to his best judgment." Slaton is a big man physically. He stands a little over six feet tall, Is broad-sl. >uldered and weighs about 200 pounds. He is an athlete, with out a pound of superfluous flesh on him. Morally he has shown his cour age a number of times, but never until the mob moved on his home in Peach tree road last Monday night was he called upon to exhibit his physical courage. "These are my people," he said. "Not a soul among them will do me harm. I am going to speak to them from the veranda and I am sure they will go away without trouble. It may be that a word from me will make them disperse and prevent possible bloodshed." Friends tried to dissuade him. His wife, Miss Sally Fanny Grant, as they still call her with the Southern pro pensity for continuing the maiden name of a woman even long years after she has married, sat tight-lipped. "What do you say, Sally?" he asked. "One bullet," interposed a friend, "from some Irresponsible man will be enough to do for you. Anybody might Are it. Stay inside." "If you think you ought to go and speak to them," replied his wife, "you go. A bullet may be a big thing, but not half so big as the thought that may come to you later that you were afraid of it. I know you're not afraid, Jack; show the people that you're not." So he went to the veranda and showed himself to the people who were threatening him. He comes of fighting stock. His father, the "Major," W. F. Slaton. served through the Civil War and then resumed his profession of teaching. He is living in retirement, but was one of the Scuth's most con spicuous educators. When Mr. Slaton was elected Gov ernor in 1912 the State's finances had become confused. A large bond issue was to mature in 1915 and the State treasury was wrestling with a deficit of about a million dollars. Governor Slaton urged that the method of as sessing property for taxation be re vised. His political associates advised against any proceeding that would change matter*,.pqinUng out that some years ago a Governoiihad advocated aoid put through a soViewhat similar measure and that subsequently the Governor, seeking rQ-electlon, had been overwhelmingly ddflrfted and the law revoked. Ir "Never mind," said people do not want do not have to have me. is right and T'm for it. This State needs, and if I can it this is what the State Is no matter what happens He staked the ministration upon the was enacted. The tax was passed and during its operation values $85,000,000. a large Ijvhlcb had sever, paid Who drives a horse or works him when his condition is such that suffer ing follows. Some of the things which make this unfit condition are: Har ness that rubs on a galled spot, lame ness, driving unshod on a hard pave ment or shod so that no footing can be had on an icy or slippery pavement; to keep horse standing unblanketed in cold or stormy weather. Who uses a bridle on a horse where the blinders crowd in on his eyes; who uses too tight a check rein, a bit that tortures, or a collar so tight that it chokes or so large that it plays about the neck. Who allows children to torment a dog or cat; or who closes a house for the summer without making proper provision for a domestic pet. Ignorance of law is no excuse for injuring men and should not be in the treatment of animals. No one so stupid or ignorant not to know when he is causing pain should be allowed to be with animals. Neglect or indifference is often as cruel as wanton blow or infliction of pain. To pass unheeding any suffer ing beast or bird is cruelty, though it is not amenable to law. —Supplied by the Harrisburg S. P. C. A. added to the tax levy, thus clearing up the State's fiscal difficulties. This, with other reforms he instituted, reduced the tax rate 10 per cent., and - every body in Georgia is now satisfied that the right course was pursued. There has been some prejudice against Mr. Slaton because he was not what is called In Georgia "a wool hat Governor," by which is meant a man from the agricultural districts. It is a tradition in that State that no man shall be elected to the highest office who was born and raised in a large city. Mr. Slaton is an Atlantan by birth. He is the first city man to fill the executive chair since the term of General John B. Gordon, a Southern soldier, who took office just after the close of the Civil War and who was elected upon his war record. Governor Slaton is wealthy. Not only has he amassed a comfortable competence from his law practice, but he married the greatest heiress in Georgia. His wife is still called "Miss Sally Fanny Grant," although they have been married for fifteen years and he is her second husband. Her first husband, Tom Cobb Jackson, died soon after she married him. Mrs. Slaton is the great-great-grand daughter of General James Jackson, one of the State's early Governors and a United States senator. A thorough Georgian, General Jackson resigned his place in the United States Senate to bt-come a member of the Georgia legis lature for the purpose of fighting the so-called "Yazoo fraud." His was the time of duelling and his activities in exposing the evils of the project led him into eight duels. He was wounded in several of thorn and finally died from the effects of his injuries, but not urtil he had accomplished his purpose. It was Mrs. Slaton's ambition that her husband should become Governor of her State. She had advised with him in every issue and to her Mr. Sla ton attributes not a small part of his success. Their home, about five miles from the center of Atlanta, in Peach tree road, is famous for its hospitality. LACK OF APPRECIATION After shaking hands at the depot one colored man inquired of another; "Didn't you marry de widow Jones de first of January?" "Dat's me—l did," was the answer, "but I've dun left her." "Why, how's dat?" "Well, de fust week she called me honey, de next week she sulked around and called me old Richards, the third week she cum for me wid a flatiron an' I'se kinder got a hunch she didn't like me."—Exchange. Our Daily Laugh • * I'JK * SPENT HIS 'Jj George has of fered m 0 .mm • That '" *ll be &■ ''ffijNj ' \ has left since he's been engaged to COMPET -1 l *' e " m ®' \ ble, how I stand with your sister. Bv Oh—about the DV] foot of the class, I should say. Ebpning CEljat To have Harrisburg in the Inter- 1 national League sets a rather unique I record In class AA baseball, ac- 1 cording to a baseball fan wno watches the leagues closely. Harrisburg has J an estimated population of 90,000, ac- I cording to the 1916 directory. To have this city included In the league would mean that Harrisburg would be the I city with the smallest population, as Richmond is next in size with a popu- ' latlon of about 150,000. The remain- i ing six towns in the league represent I cities of more than 200,000 people. I * * • fv7* I Notwithstanding the fact that uie I item of 122,000 for mural paintings for the State Capitol was vetoed by Governor Brumbaugh, there are nu merous applicants for the State's com mission to decorate the building. This Item was carried for several years in the hope that John W. Alexander, the former Pittsburgh artist, would be able to undertake the work, the idea being to have him paint fourteen lunettes showing the development of the industries of the Keystone State. Upon Mr. Alexander's death the Gov ernor decided to veto the item, feel ing that the State needed the money and that within the next two years the Board of Public Grounds and Build ings. could select some other Pennsyl vania artist to do the work. The north ccrridor is the only portion of the building for which paintings were planned which has not been decorated I or for which commissions have not been given. 1 • * •• ' Although the new State employment bureau will not be organized for some time, there are already a number of I requests being made for what aro termed "hands." Most of these re quests'are coming from the country districts and the Departments of Agri culture and Labor and Industry have been getting thenx, the writers being farmers who want to make sure that tliey will have men to help with the hay crop, which is now being cut, and with the wheat, which will come along , next. One farmer wanted to know from a State official if he could not get some "hands" to hoe potatoes. The 1 prize story is told of Highway Com missioner R. J. Cunningham, who re ceived a letter asking if some of the men working on state roads could not be turned in to help with harvest. Governor Brumbaugh has received some similar letters. • • » Colonel Lewis E. Beitler, secretary of the commission which made the Gettysburg reunion such a great suc cess. was here the other day looking after the new edition of the Gettys burg book. The Legislature, rec ognizing the great interest in the pub lication and the demands for it far in 1 excess of the supply, arranged for re printing. The editing has been in charge of the colonel, who was in the matter from the very beginning. He has added something like twenty more pictures and some additional matter, which will make the publication eagerly sought. . • • The fact that calls were issued for statements as of the same dav from all banking institutions under the na tional and state supervision is the first time such has occurred in six years. The last time was in April, 1909, when S the same day was chosen for the pur pose of getting a line on exact finan c!al conditions. The call made bv the State is the third this year. The flu ures secured from the statements called will be read with interest by many. . . • The new year book of the Engineers' ■ Society of Pennsylvania, which has . just been issued, shows that the club V has almost 800 memhers. The list com- fl prises not only many men of pron.i- M r.ence in this section, but number:!. ■ throughout the state. The most im- ■ presslve thing about the year book Is m the number and variety of the so- ' ciety's publications. All of its activi ties are not set forth, but the publi cation list is there In full. The society and its works are doing much for Harrisburg. • • • Two of the principals who sat on opposite sides of the counsel table in June divorce court had been employed together for years at an upper end shoe factory; 'twas there, the attor neys explained, that the romance that culminated at the altar had begun. The frequency with which the lawyers referred to the earlier work-a-dav as sociations of the pair finally aroused President Judge Kunkel's curiosity. "Seems to us," finally commented the court, "that the fact that they had wrrked together for so long in a shoe factory might have helped them to tread the path of life the more easily. ' "True, your Honor." quickly retorted one of the lawyers, "but it didn't last'" * • • John P. Gohl of this city attended the big meeting of the Master House Painters and Decorators at Pittsburgh this week. He was one of the first members of the organization. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Bishop Thomas Garland, of Phila delphia, will spend the month at At lantic City. —E. R. Crawford, head of the Mc- Keesport Tin Plate Company, an nounces big additions to his plant. J. B. Colahan, of Philadelphia, who took a prominent part in the State Bar association meetings, was one of the members of the Industrial Accidents commission. —R. E. Griscom. tof Philadelphia, has gone to Rhode Island for the summer months. | DO ,YOU KNOW "| That Harrisburg will be the first stop for the Liberty Bell? LABOR AXD MILITARY RULE [From the Philadelphia Press.] < Nothing more drastic has ever been attempted . under a militarist regime than the British proposals for settling the labor problems that have been perplexing the Government and handi capping the nation in the war. The men are told by David Lloyd-George, the most advanced radical In the Cabi net, that if they do not go to work voluntarily In the munitions factories they will be conscripted and forced to do so. This ultimatum has had the effect of inducing the labor leaders to ask for a truce of seven days In which to round up the workmen as voluntary laborers. If the efforts of the labor leaders are crowned with success, the next step of the Government will be to or ganize a volunteer army of work- men. These industrial soldiers will enlist for service during the whole \ period of the war, pledging them selves to go wherever they may be ordered by the Government. Strikes and lockouts in establishments for the manufacture of war material are made illegal and the making of mu nitions is to be organized on a strict ly military basis. Great Britain alms to manufacture more munitions than the countries of Central Europe, which are said to be turning out 250,000 -shells dally. These plans should have that result. CIVIC CLUB Fly Contest June 1 to July 31 5 Cents a Pint i Prizes of 95, $2.50 and several SI.OO ones ' duplicated by Mr. Ben Straus
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