6 RARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Establithti lift PUBLISHED BY THK TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO, E. J. STACKPOLH Priridtnt and Editorin-Chnf F. R. OYSTER Stertiary GUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except dun day) at the Telegraph Building, 21# Federal Square. Both phones. Ifember American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook, Story A Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at <EffiSTj»TGntE> six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year in advance. Entered at the Post Offloe in Harris burg. Pa., as second class matter. Sworn dally average circulation for the three months ending Jane 30, 191S ★ 21,231 ★ Avernge for the year 1014—21,888 Average for the year 1913—10,9*3 Average for the rear 1912—19,649 Average for the year 1911—17.5563 Average for the year 1910—11^2*1 The above figures are net. All re turned, unsold and damaged copies de ducted. THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 8, Poison is drunk out of gold.—Seneca. THE CASE OF HOLT FRANK HOLT not only provided the newspapers with a seven days' sensation, but he has be queathed to science a problem in men tal balance that no doubt will furnish food for lengthy discussion in medical circles. Holt is an extreme among paranoics. History presents few such complexities. Sane enough to fool the professors of a half dozen uni versities and to conduct his classes In a manner that won him nothing but commendation from his superiors, he was nevertheless one of the most dan gerous lunatics of his day. It is difficult to imagine the mental qualities of a man who could live a life abox reproach in a community where the whole trend is toward the moral and the Intellectual, while spending his nights plotting and plan ning, with all the care and thought an expert chemist would put upon an in tricate problem of his profession, the destruction of his fellowmen. Ordinarily even the most cunning lunatic Is easily discovered. His very pretense of sanity Is in itself trans parent. Only here and there Is there anything on record approaching the case of Holt. And the most peculiar part of this very peculiar Incident, is that a man sane enough to hold his place unquestioned in the faculty of one of the great universities of the land, sane enough to devise a bomb so skillfully that It would explode with out the crudity of a clock attachment at precisely the moment he desired, should be mad enough to wreck his life on the false premise that one American capitalist individually had but to speak and the war in Europe would stop. There have been many maniacs of the Holt type, but none in whom sanity and insanity were more perfectly blended nor so well balanced. For years, appar ently, the crazy individuality which dwelt In Holt's brain, and which led him Anally to his igr omlnlous death, came out only wli?n Holt gave the word. Strange, but the day after a man paints the town red things usually look blue. RECLAMATION RESULTS DISPATCHES from the far west Indicate that millions of dollars' worth of crops will be raised this year on reclaimed soil. Ground that prevlo\is to Irrigation work on it was worthless for farming purposes is yielding foodstuffs In great abundance at the time when the world stands In sore need of every penny's worth that can bo produced. Among the numerous achievements to which the Republican party can justly point with pride is the enact ment of the reclamation law, passed In 1902 by a Republican Congress and signed by a Republican President. .Under the provisions of the law reclamation projects have been con structed affording water supply suffi cient for 1,300,000 acres of land. During 1913, the crop production on land already supplied with water ex ceeded in value $15,700,000. This production was from an area of only 700,000 acres then under culti vation. The last annual report of the Reclamation Service shows that with relatively small additional expense, the total acreage supplied with water 1 can be Increased to 3,000,000 acres. Considering the Immense amount of work to be done In the construction 1 of reclamation projects on a plan de signed to be permanent, It is remark able what rapid progress has been made. Tho first considerable amount of irrigation on government projects was reached In 1906, when 22,000 acres of arid land was supplied with 1 water. In 1913 which is the latest ' dat© for which statistics are available, the total of 700,000 acres was reached. ' The reclamation of arid land under government projects is still in Its in fancy, and has necessarily been slow because both the government officials and the farmers have been compelled to learn by experience what methods are most successful and satisfactory. ■ Development will be far more rapid In future. Vast areas of land (hat was previously abandoned to sage brush, rabbits and coyotes, will, for all THURSDAY EVENING, tlm® to com«, make pleasant homes for thrifty American farmers, produce food for residents of American cities and add enormously to the total wealth of the nation. These Irrigation farmers are raising alfalfa, fruit, grain, vegetables—prac tically every farm product that can be grown anywhere. The alfalfa sup plies feed for live stock. The live stock furnishes raw material for the packing houses. The laborers in the packing houses are buyers of all kinds of food and clothing, and other neces saries of life. The $15,000,000 of pro ducts on irrigated land in 1913 was but the beginning of a chain of busi ness that furnished profitable em ployment for thousands of men and women. The framers of the reclamation act anticipated that development must be slow, and, therefore, they provided for settlement by homeseekers under a plan of payment by Installments cov ering a ten year period, which period Congress has since extended to twenty years. The purpose of the act was to provide more farm homes and extend the area of productive lands. While the act was a departure from ac cepted ideas as to the proper scope of government, experience has proven the wisdom of government initiative in an undertaking so large that private enterprise could not be expected to In vest unless given concessions that might ultimately be found against the Interests of homeseekers. Although President Wilson has de clared that the Republican party has not had a new idea in thirty years, the Reclamation Act stands upon the statute books alongside the pure food law, the postal savings bank law and the parcel post law as a mute but per manent evidence of the constructive policies of that party. "Eumme; furs for glrla ara the height of feminine folly," says an exchange. How about the high, stiff collars men are wearing? A COMMON SENSE DECISION THE State Supreme Court has set Its foot down hard on the at tempted practice of the Legis lature to reapportion the State's judi cial districts in piecemeal manner when it declared unconstitutional the recent act of Assembly designed to attach Clinton county to the Potter county district. By the high court's ruling Clinton county remains a part of Judge Harry Alvan Hall's district, with Elk and Cameron counties, and Potter county continues as a separate district, with Judge Albert S. Heck presiding over its courts. The test of the act to change the two districts came about through the refusal of Judge Heck to hear a law case from Clinton county. This is a common sense decision. Had the act been allowed to stand, no judicial district would have been safe at the hands of the Legislature. Any member or senator with swing enough to get the votes could have played drake and ducks with the present ar rangement and unquestionably much Injustice would have been done. A St. Louis blind man has written a book entitled "The Optimist." Evidently it Is possible even for a blind man to look on the bright side. THE HUMMELBTOWN VERDICT CORONER ECKINGER very prop erly has certified to the Public Service Commission the verdict of the Jury which last night investi gated the grade crossing accident at Hummelstown in which six people were killed. Whether or not the commission is responsible to any de gree for the unguarded state of the crossing, this verdict ought to form the basis for a thorough investigation of similar conditions elsewhere. Grade crossings at their best are po tential death traps. As well protected as it is possible to render them they are dangerous enough. If the rail roads and the public cannot reach an agreement for the construction of either subway or bridge, then certain ly somebody must see to It that other precautions are taken to prevent such tragedies as that which occurred at Hummelstown Monday night. A Towanda girl died after eating a picnic lunch. The only remarkable thing about this is that the picnic lunch Is so seldom fatal. SENATOR OLIVER'S RETIREMENT THERE will be general regret among Republicans throughout Pennsylvania over the an nouncement of Senator George T. Oli ver that he will retire from public life at the expiration of his present term In the United States Senate. There had been intimations from time to time that he would not stand for re-election, but many of his friends and those who have regarded with satisfaction his great service for the State believed that ho might be in duced to change his mind. Senator Oliver has made it clear, however, within the last few days that under no circumstances will he continue in public life. He feels that the time is appro&hcing when he should have a respite from arduous duties. Modestly, efficiently and with devotion to the best interests of the people this unassuming statesman has discharged with fidelity the very exacting duties involved in a proper representation of an imperial Commonwealth at Wash ington. OUR ROAD SYSTEM AUTOMOBILE tourists who have been traveling over the fine highways of New England for several years, and returning by way of their own State, are awakening to the fact that Pennsylvania also Is fast coming along with good roads in every part of the Commonwealth. Scienti fic highway methods are being adopt ed in pushing forward an active cam paign under the direct Inspiration of Governor Brumbaugh, who is admir ably supported by Highway Commis sioner Cunningham and his force. There Is now, with the exception of a few miles here and there, a fine highway between Hurrisburg and [Philadelphia by way of Lancaster.! This road is a Joy to all who ride over It and It Is a sample of what can ' be done in Pennsylvania with proper I methodo and the right sort of con struction. The old i*ea of building a good road and then allowing It to deteriorate Is giving way to careful maintenance and prompt repair, • thus saving thousands of dollars through out the year. Governor Brumbaugh is determined that Harrlsburg shall be the hub of the best highways In Pennsylvania. In this he Is absolutely right, and his de termination to place the Capital City upon the Lincoln Highway will be ap plauded by every citizen of the State. As the seat of government of a great Commonwealth all the highways lead ing to Harrlsburg shbuld be In the best possible condition all the time. And these highways should be marked so that every tourist can r6ach Harrls burg without the slightest difficulty. [ TELEORAPH periscope ~ —The suffragists say their bell Is a real "ringer" for the Liberty Bell. But the Liberty Bell is no ringer. —After one gets a reputation for early rising he may sleep late a few mornings without being accused of laziness. —"Don't be blind to a man's faults," says Beatrice Fairfax. Superfluous ad vice, Beatrice, entirely superfluous. —The postal deficit would have been greater If it had not been for Burle son. Burleson says so. We suppose he was referring to the money saved by a reduction In the number of janitors and scrub women. —"The burned child dreads the flre," but this does not apply to firecracker victims. —lt would be entirely too harsh to say that Frank Holt and Mrs. Thaw have crowded Bryan off the front page —so we won't say it. | EDITORIAL COMMENT Now one can figure out what those canals on Mars really are. They are the trenches where the embattled Mar tians have dug themselves in.—Chi cago Daily News. boi nbs of laughing-gas hurled by the trench produce laughter for fifteen minutes followed by blinding tears. The theatrical syndicate will want the patent.—Brooklyn Eagle. Since the war began Germany has added six battleships to its comple ment. If the war holds out long enough Germany may have to enlarge the Kiel canal.—New York Telegraph. There are 20,000,000 to 25.000,000 loyal citizens of the United States who are In sympathy with Germany and Aus- Independence Union. \\hat of it, if they are loyal citizens? —New York Evening Telegram. MILITARY OFFICERS WHO RESIGN [Washington Post.] Secretary of War Garrison has acted sensibly in asking the Attorney Gen eral to settle, once and for all, the question whether army officers have an Inalienable right to resign in time of peace. Two conflicting opinions have been given on the same subject by the judge advocate-general of the army and the judge advocate-general of the navy, the former holding that a resig nation must be accepted and the latter holding that it may be refused. While the opinion of the Attorney General with regard to this mooted point will not be final, it will at least serve the purpose of establishing a precedent for future action by the Sec retary of War. If the Attorney Gen eral holds that a resignation may be refused and this course is followed by the Secretary of War, It will not be long before a test case Is brought In court and decided with finality. No one would argue that American army officers are paid very good sala ries. But the salaries are fixed by law and are known to every young nian who decides to enter the "army. There is no deception about It. When a young man accepts the support of the government at West Point or An napolis he owes it to his country to make an adequate return latjer on and not yield to the first temptation to sell the experience which the government has given him for a higher price than the government itself is willing to pay. CABdNETS FOR THE GOVERNORS [lndianapolis Star.] Former President Taft recommend ed to those who are to shape the new Constitution for the State of New York that the federal cabinet be adopted in connection with the Em pire State Government. He would have the Governor appoint the heads of the State departments. They would be directly responsible to him. Authority would be concentrated and with that concentration of responsi bility might be expected Increased efficiency. The suggestion is worth serious consideration in all States. It is in line with the arguments made on be half of the short ballot. At present the voter is called upon to choose a larger number of public officials who should be selected because of special training or fitness rather than on the basis of political strength. The voters know comparatively few of the can didates, and often have neither the data nor the ability to enable them to act intelligently in naming men for some offices. The voter generally knows what he is doing in marking his ballot for the gubernatorial candidate. If the list were reduced more than at present there would be less chance than at present for 111-advised voting. DOWN GRADE [Cleveland Plain Dealer.] The year is going down hill. Ever since a week ago when it attained the summit of its cyce, it has been dropping away toward winter. The decline at first is very slow; it would not be noticed through any natural sign. But the calendar does not lie.' The days are several minutes shorter now than they were a week ago. It is going to extremes to reckon June 22 as the beginning of autumn Yet, if the year is to be measured with a tape, there is no escape from the conclusion. When the sun reaches its highest place it can go no further. It is now receding day by day and winter is coming. Why, then, does the real summer come after the prime of the astron- , omical summer Is past? For the same reason that the real winter comes after the winter solstice. And ' for the same reason that the hottest part of a hot day is well after noon, ] and the coolest part of a cool night well after midnight. Even though - the astronomical influence grows less the earth Influence increases for a time. Only the birds begin to go back Into silence one > the summer solstice Is past. One may well consider mid summer night—the shortest of nights —the turning point for the birds. Only a week or two more and the songsters are silent. They are busy with more prosaic matters and forget to sing. HXRRISBCRO TELEGRAPH | t>« luic 'pMUto^kcuua By the Ki-Commlttoemui Seuiator Boies Penrose has been asked by National Chairman HUles to attend the big conference of Repub lican leaders of the nation at New York on July 12 to discuss next year's campaign. Incidentally the senior sen ator is calling upon Fhiladelphians to get together their SIOO,OOO fund if ■they would be in any shape to bid for the national convention of 1916. The significance of the selection of the senator to represent Pennsylvania has not been lost throughout the State and the senator's activity In touring and making speeches Is much commented upon. It is understood that the so-called "back to the party movement" will be given every encouragement and the aim will be to promote wherever pos sible a return of former Progressives to the regular party organization pre- PQratory to the next presidential elec tion. Senator Penrose, while stating that he would do everything possible to ad vance the movement to have Philadel phia made the next national conven tion city, said he did not believe this issue will be seriously discussed until there shall be a meeting of the Re publican national committee In Wash ington In January next. —On July 15 Senator Penrose will attend a popular outing at Kentwood Park, Allegheny county, where a picnic will be held In behalf of the orphans of the diocese of Pittsburgh, under the auspices of St. Paul's Orphanage. It is predicted that 30,000 will partici pate in the picnic. Senator Penrose will speak at the annual dinner of the United Sportsmen of Pennsylvania at Wilkes-Barre on July 29 and on the following day will go to Cherry Run. —Senator John P. Moore, of Alle gheny county. Is now a full-fledged candidate for the Republican nomi nation for county controller in that county against H. M. Crlbbs, who suc ceeded R. J. Cunningham. Mr. Crlbbs is a former legislator. —Centre county's Judicial fight Is commencing to liven up and to attract state-wide attention. Judge Ellis L. Orvis is a candidate for renomination, with N. B. Spangler, H. C. Quigley, J. Kennedy Johnson and others in the running. —There is a lively scramble for suc cession to the Rev. H. Parker Smith as burgess of Verona, in Allegheny counts'. The minister-burgess re signed to take up a charge in another county. —Friends of J. Henry Williams, of Philadelphia, are organizing in the interest of his campaign for nomf natlon for the Superior Court and It is said that they will have committees In several parts of the State. —Gilbert R. Fox, of Norristown, has announced his candidacy for judge in Montgomery county. Judge John Feber Miller will also be a candidate. —George R. Hoffman, a prominent Philadelphia Republican, is being strongly boomed for the mayoralty nomination and his name is much heard in connection with the place. George D. Porter, director of safety, will be backed by Mayor Blankenburg. —Senator "Dick" Farley and ex-Con gressman M. R. Donahoe will be can didates for the Democratic county commissioner nomination in Philadel phia this year. It will be a lively battle Inside the Old Guard. —Senator W. C. McConnell, of Northumberland county, will make a speech at a big Republican meeting in that county next month. —Within a short time after Senator Penrose had issued his call for the raising of a fund for the national con vention Senators McNlchol and Vare had each offered SI,OOO. -—A pre-emption yesterday of the title of "The Local Option Party" indi cates that the liquor license issue is to be brought to the front conspicuously In the coming Philadelphia campaign, when candidates for mayor and other important local offices are to be chosen. This is regarded as the initial move in a State-wide camnatgn to line up the local optionists for the contest for the election of members of the next legislature, before which the local op tion issue will again he presented. ILLINOIS AXD MARRIAGE LAWS [Omaha Bee.] Governor Dunne' has just signed a bill that declares voil all marriages not in conformity with the Illinois law, no matter in which state they mav be per formed. It is extremely probable that by this action the Governor and the lawmakers of Illinois have prepared the way for a good deal of trouble and some interesting litigation. Marriage is an institution in which the public is much concerned, for its civil as well as for Its religious aspects. It is most im portant, as affecting the social con dition of offspring, the descent of prop erty and other factors in modern life, and for these reasons the sufficiency of tha contract between husband and wife should be definitely determined. The legal requirements of marriage vary in different states, and the right of the Illinois legislature to prescribe what sort ot marriage is legal and valid in other states may well be questioned This is the effect of the new law though, and In this much it transcends the comity supposed to subsist between the states. Our Daily Laugh HEARD AT AN TWfr" Have you been If very much inter- J ( ested In the war, ir K K'f-1 H Dear me, yes! { I've enjoyed It so ■- MEAN QUES -1 JoTJr * have been to ixtm consu,t a beauty / \ VF doctor about my /im\\ \ I Does he 'hold lAMW out any hope. M 'ml.ii AT SEA By Will# Dinger I wonder how the captains felt, On those boats out at sea, Who got the message yesterday To look about and see If they could find aboard their boats Some bombs of dynamite, Which Holt declared were there ana would Explode before the night. Just think of getting word like that. Then trying to be bold And go a-searching with a light Down In a deep, dark hold For dynamite set to go oft ' 'Most any minute, gee, I would have slipped a life belt on And Jumped into the sea. THE CARTOON OF THE DAY > JOHN HARRIS AT PENN'S CREEK By the Rev. Leroy F. Baker THE people of Sellnsgrove are pre paring for a celebration of the 160 th anniversary Penn's Creek Massacre, to take place on the 14th, 15th and 16th of October next. This outrage was committed, it appears, by Indians from as far north as Can ada, at the Instigation of the French, who in their turn, being encouraged by Braddock's defeat, organized an expedition into the Susquehanna val ley for the purpose of conquest. The massacre, it appears, began at New Berlin and continued down Penn's Creek to where Selinsgrove now stands. It is graphically described by a petition which was sent to Governor Morris, which states that on or about the 16th of October, 1756, the enemy came down upon Penn's Creek and killed, scalped and carried away, all the men, women and * children, amounting to -twenty-five persons in number, and wounded one man, who, fortunately made his escape and brought In the news. On the 20th of October, John Har ris, the founder of Harrisburg, who appears to have been a decidedly pub lic spirited man, wrote to Governor Morris and said that he Would use his endeavors to get a number of his neighbors to go out to the place where the murder was committed, and find out what was going on. He was as IN HARRISBURO FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY' [From the Telegraph of July 8, 1865.] Council Passes Ordinance Three ordinances passed by coun cil are as follows: All bars must be closed between 11 o'clock In the evening until 4 o'clock the next morning; a loan of $15,000 to be made, the money to be used in im proving the water works; an appro priation of $1,600 for the construc tion of a sewer. Boy Drowns The small son of Edward Lichten berger was drowned at Highspire yes terday, when he fell into the canal. The body has been recovered. Jurors Drawn Grand and petit Jurors have been drawn for the next session of court to be held beginning August 28. A MAN'S BODILY VALUE [lndianapolis Star.] In an Indiana court recently a Judg ment of $1,500 was rendered to an em ploye of a foundry company as dam ages for the loss of part of a finger. A Jury in the same court gave another man SI,OOO for a broken back. At first thought this wide divergence ill estimating the value of a man's members may not have appeared so to tho court and Jury. A man with' a broken back has but a brief life ahead, and if he alone had to be considered, and not his family, it may have seemed to those dealing with the case that inasmuch as no compensation could be offered for the life itself. SI,OOO would provide him with all the mitigations possible while he remained alive. On the other hand, a mutilated finger might deprive a workman of his skill, especially if it were an index finger, and be a damage to him thioughout a long life. That does not seem likely to be true of a foundry man, though it would do so with, say, a Jeweler or a printer or a pianist. At the same time it is likely that few men or women, whatever their occupation, would hold up their hands before them and select a finger that they would willingly part with for $1,500. DESTRUCTIVE POSSIBILITIES . [Ohio State Journal.] A scientist has succeeded in produc ing a temperature of over 13,500 de grees Fahrenheit. That beats the sun, which has only 10,000 degrees of heat. The scientist is a German and it may be that this high temperature will be used in burning up Europe in case the Allies are victorious, a threat expressed in the cablegrams. There has been a great deal said recently of a chemical combination that will blow up great sections of the earth. Edison says It is possible and Intimates that he knows how it could be done. It has been common talk In scien tific circles that a slight rearrange ment of the chemical relations exist ing would shatter this old earth into atoms, and now comes the intelli gence that a heat can be produced that will burn it to a crisp. There is no particular interest in all the sci ence, except to suggest the possibili ties, and likewise to do away wilh the speculation that some day the earth will be transformed Into a par adise for the future life of immortals and substitute the dream that it might be the other place, seeing there will be an abundant supply of heat. JULY 8, 1915. good as his word. He came to Sha mokin (now Sunbury). On his return with the forty men who came with him, they were attacked by Indians, just north of Selinsgrove. About this he wrote to Governor Morris: "On the 25th day of this instant, in my return with about forty men, at Mr. Penn's Creek, we were attacked by about twenty or thirty Indians, re ceived their fire, and about fifteen of our men and myself took to trees and attacked the villains, killed four of them on the spot, and lost but three men, retreating about half a mile through the woods and crossing the Susquehanna, one of which was shot from oft a horse riding behind my self through the river. My horse was wounded and falling in the river, I was obliged to quit him and swim part of the way." Thus it appears that the founder of Harrisburg was engaged in this mas sacre. For this and other reasons, it is hoped that Harrfsburg people will make it a point to follow the example of their illustrious pioneer and come up the river at the time of the anni versary and see what is going on. They will not be shot at nor will they be asked to swim the river, but, in another way, they will be as welcome as Harris was one hundred and sixty years ago. Hungarian Girl Sergeant and Heroine of Regiment ' wrTiTTV'i #" I Vi'i hi I'f niWiltf^wW SERGEANT BOGNAR This is the latest photograph of Miss Bognar—Sergeant Bognar—who is de clared in Budapest to be a bona fide sergeant in a Hungarian regi ment. The story that comes with the photograph is that the girl entered the army as a private and quickly rose by heroism until she has become a sergeant. She has received as a gift from Emperor Franz Josef a brooch which contains his photo graph. WORLDLY WISDOM [From the Philadelphia Bulletin.] A near-argument is one In which no body gets angry. Most of the sin oft exhibition Is any thing but original. You don't need bank references in order to borrow trouble. Many a good reputation has been stabbed by a pointed tongue. You can't hurt some men unless you hit them on the pocketbook. Consider the bald headed man; he combs not. neither does he brush. • It's sometimes hard for a man to ad just his religion to fit his business. A woman can usually manage a man If she doesn't let him know she is do ing it. There Is one thing to be said In favor .of the egotist; he never gets lonesome. Abetting Qltiat People who have been lamenting the conditions attending Dauphin county'a wheat harvest because of the cool Spring and the Hessian fly are com mencing to feel better since the cutting has been under way, as they are find ing conditions not as bad aa painted and are also able to note that there going to be a corn crop that will go even better than that of last year, which was somewhat poted for its size. Tlte wheat conditions hereabouts are said to be about 5 per cent, below the average for the last ten years, but when onfe considers the immense crop harvested all over the Keystone State Inst Fall Pennsylvania has not much room for complaint as a matter of fact. As to corn, it can fairly be heard grow ing at night and some of the fields along the Reading railway and down around Mlddletown are well worth watching. A ride out the Linglestown line or over the Vallev Railways will show some splendid fields of corn. The stalks are strong, thick and of that splendid deep gree.i which means vig oious vitality. In some sections the corn is blossoming. A good many farmers In this section of the State are taking steps to get rid of the Hessian fly, which has been annoying many growers of wheat and which, as a matter of fact, is not hard to exterminate. The way to handle It, says Dr. H. A. Surface, the state zoologist, and other authorities on the subject, is to burn all the wheat stubble and ruined wheat as soon as the har vest is ended, disking it where burn ing is not safe. Then everything should be plowed under before August 15 and all what is known as "volunteer wheat" should be destroyed. The sowing for next year should not be until after September 2 8 or October 1 about here. Where possible, crops should be rotated. • • • The prohibition order out for the encampment of the national guards men beginning at Mount Gretna to morrow is causing much merriment among the soldiers and their friends. The men In khaki are being "kidded" unmercifully about tho "dry" time they are to have In camp. In turn the men from this section are having fun with their fellows from Berks and Lehigh. As a matter of fact, there is a very general disposition among the soldiers to not only uphold the order among themselves, but to see that others do It. Medicine chests will have to be stocked only so far and no more. • * • There have been stories of snakes on Capitol Hill during legislative sea sons, but the other day a snake was found on the lawn not far from the conservatory. How It got there no one knew and there was all kinds of specu lation, one being that it might have gotten in through fertilizer or been dropped by a bird. But they were all given up. The snake was dead and it seemed that it had been killed along the river shore and dropped in the park by some youngsters to see what would happen. • • » Few hearings held in the Capitol have been more impressive than that of yesterday when representatives of the State of South Carolina formally asked surrender of a colored man charged with murder, while the plea was made that if the man was given up he would go to certain death, pfc sibly a lynching. The Attorney Ger eral of the Palmetto State sat beside a colored Philadelphia lawyer, and, aa one man aptly put it, presented the law, while the other presented the gospel. The hearing recalled a similar proceeding, originating In the very southern county as that interested yes terday, in 1889. James A. Beaver wan then Governor and W. S. Kirkpatrick Attorney General. The man who re ported the hearing was Howard M. Hoke, who reported yesterday's hear ing. • • • A Harrisburg minister was urging his congregation not to give up church attendance during the vacation period. Said he: "While you are In the city, be sure to attend your church regularly. When out of town, go some place else." And he Is still wondering why cer tain of those who heard him smiled broadly. • • • Thomas A. Baldwin, one of the members, of the Engineers' Society of Pennsylvania, has contributed an in teresting account of the Cumberland Valley Railroad's various bridges across the Susquehanna to the Journal of the society. The article, which is illustrated with some fine photographs gives the history of the bridge from the late thirties when it was projected to the present operation, which has attracted much attention In engineer ing. The article is replete with val uable historical data. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —S. C. Long, of the Pennsylvania, has been elected president of the gen eral managers' association. —Henry R. Edmunds, president of the Philadelphia Free Library, is In terested In extending the branches in that city. —Samuel E. Carter, Philadelphia broker, has gone to the Northwest on a vacation trip. —County Commissioner I. K. Camp bell, of Allegheny, broke ground for the new city and county building. —Charlemagne Tower is spending the month In New England. | DO YOU KNOW ] That Harrisburg is noted for Its large railroad yards? t —————————^ Can Newspapers Nationalize? There is a certain corset that is known and sold all over North America. It is a standard product alike In style and price everywhere. It is said to be more largely sold than any other similar A k article. ' " Its sales were built up al most entirely by newspaper ad vertising which sent women di- <, rectly to the dealers' stores. "Quality plus newspaper ad vertising is the secret of oilr I success' r say the manufactur ers. Manufacturers who want to know how to nationalize their firoduct through newspapers are nvited to address the Bureau of Advertising, American News paper Publishers Association, World Building, New Tork CIVIC CLUB * Fly Contest June 1 to July 31 R Cents a Pint Prizes of 95, $2.50 and serreral SI.OO ones duplicated by Mr. Ben Stroma
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers