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MONDAY EVENING, JULY 12.
He who has it in his power to commit sin,
is less inclined to do so. The very idea of
being able, weakens the desire.—Ovid.
SEEING PENNSYLVANIA FIRST
GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH is to
set a fine example to the peo
ple of Pennsylvania who have
been tourningneighborii\g States by au
tomobile to the neglect of their own
Commonwealth. A year ago the Gov
ernor went into every county in his
campaign for election, but while en
route he saw more than mere political
prospects. He came back inspired
with the magnificence of Pennsylvania
scenery and impressed with the im
portance of encouraging the people to
"see Pennsylvania first." Now he
means to lead a large number of rep
resentative men through the most pic
turesque portions of the State in or
der that they may see for themselves
and go forth as missionaries in this
great campaign of sight-seeing in
the wonderful land they know as
home, but concerning the beauties of
which so many who have wide knowl
edge of New York, New England and
the West know so little.
The Governor is quite aware that
the heretofore rough condition of
Pennsylvania roads is somewhat re
sponsible for conditions as he finds
them. But under Commissioner Cun
ningham and his able assistants the
highways of Pennsylvania are being
put rapidly into first-class condition.
By Fall all of the main highways will
compare favorably with those of other
States, in so far as rebuilding and re
pairs of one summer can make them,
and those who go with the Governor
in his contemplated tour will find
pleasant riding as well as beautiful
scenery.
THE GERMAN NOTE
THE German note is unsatisfactory
to the press of the United States,
and therefore to the country as a
whole, for the unanimous opinion of
the newspapers unquestionably re
flects the sentiment of at least a vast
majority of the people in general. The
best that any of the leading news
papers have had to say of it is that it
is evasive and inconclusive. Many
editors see in it a flat refusal of the
demands of the United States. The
truth probably lies about half way
between these two opinions. The first
note from Germany granted nothing.
The second admits the justice of many
of the American claims. May we not,
therefore, presume that in the end
German diplomacy will see its way to
grant practically all that President
Wilson has asked?
It must be remembered that Euro
pean diplomacy is as different from
our own as day is from night. Where
as, where we are accustomed to play
the game with all the cards on the
table, to ask what we really want and
say what we really mean, it is the cus
tom of Europeans to play with a
stacked deck where possible, to ask
for vastly more than they hope to get,
and finally to take just as much as the
power with whom they are dickering
will yield. Such a great disturbance
has been raised in the German press
oxer the present note and so much
stress is being laid upon the expressed
thought that it embraces everything
Germany can possibly yield, that a stu
dent of European diplomacy may be
excused for the belief that it is by no
meanß the last word in the controversy
BO far as Germany is concerned. The
whole thing looks like a gigantic bluff
on the part of the kaiser.
The crisis is too grave to permit of
any undue display of feeling. Nothing
will be accomplished by letting our
passions get the better of our judg
ment. Righteous anger is all very
well, but it avails only when it Is held
In check and subject to control. The
President thus far has displayed calm
ness as well as firmness and common
sense. He has asked for nothing un
reasonable. It Is not likely that he
will accept less than he has asked.
But there is no need of insisting upon
It all at once. If Germany finds it
easier to give up piecemeal, aggra
vating as such a course undoubtedly is.
There must be taken into consid
eration the position of Germany at
home. Many of the "scabbard-rat
tling editors of the fatherland believe
that the Imperial government already
has yielded too much. These have
MONDAY EVENING,
their following. They must be con
ciliated. The German dignity is very |
sensitive in these days and the home ,
government cannot risk a break with j
those upon whom it depends for sup- |
port in the hour of its greatest peril, j
No doubt the second note was written j
with these facts in mind, as well as
with a desire to persuade the United
Slates into yielding somewhat from
the position It first took.
At all events the two countries are
much farther from an open break than
they were immediately following the
destruction of the Lusltanla, and seri
ous as the present situation undoubt
edly is, there is a no apparent reason
why it should not be settled amicably,
and on the other hand there would ap
pear to be good reasons why it will be.
ED ...
GOULD'S CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE
ONE point in the Holt incident that
appears to have been neglected
by the newspapers is criticism of
those who knew Holt for what he was
and did not inform the police authori
ties as to his identity. There is Ches
ter Nathan Gould, for instance, as
sistant professor of German and Scan
dinavian literature at the University
of Chicago, who freely admits that he
recognized Holt as Muenter, the wife
murderer. He was positive of his Iden
tification months before the sensa
tional attack on Morgan that brought
Holt into the limelight. But he said
nothing about It until after Holt's
death. Here are Gould's own admis
sions:
I first met Frank Holt at Cornell
University last November. I paid
little attention to him at first. We
were together only a few moments.
Later, while talking with some of
the Cornell professors, I asked
about Holt.' I said Holt's peculiar
carriage and manner of speech re
minded me of someone. Then it
flashed over me that it was
Muenter. A fewdays later I met him
face to face and alone. The more
I saw of him. the more reason I had
to know I had made no mistake. I
decided for several reasons not to
expose him. He appeared to be
making an effort to start life
anew. There was never any evi
dence that he had poisoned his first
wife. He had another wife and
two children living. This put a
very grave responsibility on
me. Everything I knew about
Muenter was good except the un
proven hint that he had poisoned
his first wife.
Gould was guilty of criminal negli
gence, if nothing worse. He knew the
whereabouts of a man who had been
guilty of the gravest crime the law
knows, who had escaped unpunished
and unrepentant. Gould had no rea
son to believe that Holt would not re
peat what he had done. Had he per
formed what was obviously his duty
Holt's career of crime would have
been halted before he had blown up a
part of the National Capitol, planted
bombs on steamships and attempted
the life of Pierpont Morgan.
Gould is not exactly the type of
man we would fancy as a teacher of
youth. Any man who winks at the
law is himself scarcely to be trusted
to inspire pupils under him to a strict
conformity with the legal standards of
the land.
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS
OFFICIAL red tape on the part of
immigration officials at Ellis
Island is responsible for the de
tention there for more than a month
of an honorably discharged sailor of
the United States Navy, who is a na
tive of the United States, born in Ken
tucky, and whose parents he believes
to have been American born. The
oddest part of the case is that the rea
son admission to the United States is
refused to the man is that he is suf
fering from epilepsy and is therefore
likely to become a public charge. This
epilepsy was caused by a blow on the
head which was the cause of his dis
charge from the navy.
After his leaving the navy he
worked on board Hudson River boats
for a time. Then his health failed.
In December of last year he went to
the West Indies, returning to this
country in May. The Immigration
officials at Ellis Island detained him
because he could not produce citizen
ship papers. He tried to get a birth
certificate, but was unable to produce
it because his relatives ascertained that
at the time he was born in Louisville
many births were not registered. The
young man has papers showing the
place of his birth and a postal savings
account In Louisville.
This is red tape run wild. There
has not been so apparent a miscar
riage of justice in the immigration of
fice In years, if ever. Also, it shows
how important is the registration of
births. Before Dr. Dixon made these
registrations mandatory in Pennsyl
vania, many of our own municipalities
were as careless as Louisville appears
to have been.
One glance at the river will convince
anybody that the city filter plant Is
worth more than it cost.
CHANCE FOR REDFEILD
WITH the pages of the newspa
pers teeming with reports of
new and larger contracts
awarded to American factories for war
supplies, and with frequent news of
hasty construction of new factories to
turn out similar material, how would
it do for Secretary of Commerce Red
field to repeat that assertion of his
that the Democratic party "brought'
the country through the most terrible
commercial shock in its history and
landed her safe and strong upon the
peaceful shores of prosperity?"
That was certainly a sonorous and
well-rounded sentence, but even the
Democratic press cannot avoid telling
the truth as to the real agency in
bringing back whatever degree of pros
perity we are now enpoying after that
"most terrible commercial shock."
And then, on the other hand, just
see what "preparedness" has done for
Germany.
REASON FOR PROSPERITY
THE New Jersey Zinc Company
Is planning to Increase its cap
ital from $10,000,000 to $35,000,-
000 and to distribute the $25,000,000
Increase to stockholders in the form
of a stock dividend of 260 per cent.
The avidity with which the Demo
crats will seize upon this circumstance
as proof Of the wisdom of their poli
cies Is easily foretold, although the
war has jumped the price of spelter
from six to thirty-two cents.
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"Po&fctco- LK
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By the Ei-Committeeman
Senator Penrose, who weht to New
York to-day to meet Republican na
tional leaders regarding the next year's
presidential campaign, spent yester
day in Atlantic City in consultation
with men active in Philadelphia
politics, but without indicating what
this State will do in regard to presi
dential preferences next year.
After the senator left the seashore
City Chairman David H. Lane, Sen
ators Vare and McNichol and others
declared that there would be no flght
in the Republican ranks in Phila
delphia over the mayoralty nomina
tion and that a man who would bo
acceptable to all wings would be
nominated. The name of the candi
date was not revealed and there is the
usual guessing.
When the New York conference is
over Senator Penrose intends to visit
Pittsburgh where he will take a hand
in getting the political situation clear
ed up. State Chairman Crow an
nounced on Friday that the senator
would probably be in Pittsburgh next
Thursday. It is understood that after
visiting Pittsburgh the senator will go
into a number of other western coun
ties and will then come east for more
touring.
Mayor Caufflel. of Johnstown, has
evoked the referendum law of the
third class cities for the first time and
in an interesting situation. A bond
issue of $150,000 for sanitary im
provements directed by the State was
authorized, but the mayor did not like
the way council did it and getting out
numerous petitions and automobiles
he had enough signers secured in two
days to have an election called. The
result is that the Improvements will
be held up until the people have a
chance to say whether they favor the
bond issue or not. If they should vote
down the bond issue, Johnstown would
be liable for a heavy fine in failing to
make improvements as directed by the
State.
Juciing from present indications the
nonpartisan campaign for borough
officers which marked the first elec
tion of the infant borough of Paxtang
will be abandoned and a number of
candidates will shortly start circula
tion of papers on Democratic and Re
publican tickets. It is said that an
effort to prevent nomination of a
Democratic candidate so that a losing
Republican can be endorsed will not
amount to anything as some of the
Democrats want their own candidate.
Robert R. Harvey Is out for mayor
in Wilkes-Barre, making three can
didates in the field, John V. Kosek,
the present mayor, and Louis P.
Knlffen, the sheriff. The indications
are that there will be a red hot fight.
George L. Klinepeter, a railroad
man, is a candidate for alderman in
the Tenth on the Democratic ticket.
Philadelphia councils have declined
to make any appropriation to help
along the fight of M. L. Cooke and
others against the Philadelphia elec
tric company, holding that It is not an
official affair, but individual as stated
by the persons starting it.
In Hazleton objections have been
made to suffragists speaking In school
houses. It is contended that it is a
political issue and has no place in the
schools.
The Vare oxroast which is scheduled
for next month. Is being looked for
ward to with interest by men active
In politics In every part of the State
because of the influence it may have
on the mayoralty campaign this fall.
Philadelphia people attribute the
Mackey appointment to the compen
sation board to Vare Influence.
—Steps to organize a branch of the
Anti-Saloon league in Reading are to
be taken shortly. That county will
keep the antisaloon leaguers busy for
many years. It would be a happy
hunting ground.
—Perry county temperance people
will meet at Newport Thursday to
discuss candidates for associate judge.
They mean to keep the county dry.
—Dr. J. P. Kerr, one of the Tener
appointees to Pittsburgh council, is
a candidate for renomination.
—Speaking of the declination of the
Public Service Commissionership by
Congressman Edgar R. Kiess, the Wil
liamsport Gazette and Bulletin says:
"The people of the Fifteenth district
gave an emphatic expression of their
confidence in Mr. Kiess at the polls
last Fall by multiplying his majority
of 1912 seven fold; and, despite • the
great pressure brought to bear upon
him to take thePubllcServiceCommis
sionershlp with its many advantages,
the congressman, being a public ser
vant with a conscience, has decided
that his first duty is to his own people.
Therefore, he will serve out his term
in Congress. The average man would
have jumped at the chance to better
himself financially and otherwise and
quickly accepted the higher salaried
position, but Mr. Kiess' declination is
entirely consistent with his whole ca
reer, private and public, and will be no
surprise to those who know Ijim best
and are familiar with his record as a
member of the Pennsylvania General
Assembly and In the Sixty-third Con
gress."
—News comes from New Castle that
effort is being made to induce George
Greer, a Lawrence county manufac
turer, to become a Republican candi
date for Congress in the Twenty
fourth district, where a Representative
must be chosen this Fall to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Wil
liam M. Brown. There is some feeling
in Lawrence that a Republican from
that county should be nominated as
Mr. Brown was a resident of New
i Castle.
—Petitions are being circulated in
Luzerne county for placing the names
of Judge George Orlady, of Hunting
don county, and Judge John Head, of
Westmoreland county, both now sit
ting in the Superior Court of the State,
on the primary ballot and the petitions
are being signed by lawyers and other
persons, Irrespective of party. The
terms of the three judges of the Su
perior Court expire this year and
Judges Orlady and Head are candi
dates for re-election. President Judge
Charles Rice, of Wilkes-Barre, has em
phatically refused to be a candidate
for re-election. Judge Rice has in
dorsed the candidacy of Judges Orlady
and Head.
[ TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE
—A coat of tan is worth more than a
coat of arms, any day.
—The chestnut tree blight appears to
have had no effect on the crop of stale
jokes.
—Many a girl who has spent her
spare money on powder puffs all winter
is now spending more money for a sea
shore coat of sunburn.
—Don't punish the children when
they show a disposition to fight. Herl
dity Is a powerful Influence, and you
know they are all descended from Eu
ropean forefathers.
—The seashore maiden who makes a
"ripping" appearance naturally attracts
attention.
—ln some respects the Czar is like a
postage stamp. In that he knows how
to stick to it and never realties when
he is licked.
HXKRISBURG TELEGRAPH
THANK: YOU, BILL |
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Here is a little scene that may be observed on Harrisburg's streets almost any hour. It records the blissful
moment when one street sweeper pauses in his work to pass his tobacco to his comrade, who takes as big a "chew"
as his fingers will hold. You are entitled to your own guess as to what the automobilisf who is coming along behind
them unnoticed, is saying. The cartoon is one of a series of scenes about Harrisburg, made by L. R. Ney, especially
for the Telegraph.
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American Press on German Note
The German reply to President Wil
son's second note was editorially com
mented upon to-day throughout the
United States. Excerpts from some of
the leading newspapers follow:
New York Globe.—Germany's reply
to the second Lusitania note is as un
satisfactory as her reply to the first.
There is evasion of the simple Issue as
to whether Germany intends to violate
International law when the violation
means the death of American citizens.
The failure of Germany, although
twice interrogated, to make a definite
disclaimer of such purpose, is most
discouraging to all who have labored
to preserve unimpaired the historic
good relations between Germany and
the United States.
New York Evening: Sun. —The Ger
man reply to President "Wilson's re
monstrances against the abomination
of submarine raiding as practiced by
the Kaiser's navy would be a. climax
of impudence if it were not a marvel
of fatuity.
New York Herald.—Stripped of its
cant about "humanity" ... of its
pre ting about Germany's previous con
tentions in behalf of "abolishment of
the right of capture" ... of its
tirade against Great Britain and its
altogether specious contentions with
regard to the Lusitania, the German
answer to the United States is one of
defiance.
Baltimore News.—Unless we wish to
recognize practical difficulties the prac
tical results of the war of retaliation
which England and Germany are wag
ing and which Germany cites in her
note as pertinent, we have gone too far
to stop.
Cincinnati Times-Star.—Not by any
stretch of the imagination can the
latest German note be described as
meeting the chief demands mate by
the American government.
However, so long as Germany does not
actually persist in the" course it was
following at the time of the sinking of
the Falaba, the Gulflight and the
Lusitania, there remains hope that any
dispute will be kept within the bounds
of diplomatic negotiation.
PittsburghChronicle-Telcgraph.—The
second German reply to America's pro
test against submarine warfare is as
unsatisfactory as the first. Couched in
the friendliest terms though it is, the
Berlin government yields nothing. In
stead of agreeing to the American de
mands, the Berlin note proceeds to im
pose conditions and obligations on the
United States. The Issue at stake is
not merely the safety of Americans,
but the protection of sea travel from
the terrorism of submarine warfare.
America is pleading for humanity.
Columbus Dispatch.—To the Ameri
can appeal in the Interest of a wide
humanity, the note offers some conces
sions that impute to us mere selfish
ness. Ways are offered, by adopting
which Americans can be safe at sea,
while the slaughter of other noncom
batants goes on. . Germany
tells the United States how it can es-
An Advertising Primer
Tou have goods to tell.
A great many people in this
city want to buy them.
Tell them.
These people very largely are
readers of the Telegraph.
What is simpler than to tell
them through the advertising
columns of the Telegraph?
This train of reasoning, this
veritable A, B. C of advertising
applies alike to the manufac
turer with a product to Introduce
or the storekeeper with many
things to sell..
Tell them now.
cape. But it Is sometimes worse to es
cape than to suffer.
The Louisville Times.—Two months
after the sinking of the Lusitania Ger
many not only ignores every request
made for reparation, but imposes rules
and regulations of its own making, in
disregard of neutral rights and inter
national law, with which no self
respecting government can comply. It
is impossible to see how negotiations
between the two governments can con
tinue on this basis. It would seem
that the time has come for Mr. Wilson
to act.
Louisville Evening Post. Nothing
more arrogant, nothing constructed
with more studied offense
has ever been sent in a note to any in
dependent power. If the Kaiser had
swept the navy of the United States
from the seas, if he had bottled up the
navy of Great Britain, as his own is
bottled up, he could not have added a
single word of offense to the note ves
terday sent to Ambassador Gerard.
Yesterday the President re
fused to discuss such propositions. We
doubt not he will do so to-day.
Boston Transcript.—Without equivo
cation and with a politeness offensively
Insinuating, Germany rejects each and
all of our demands and attempts to
bargain with respect to the future.
. What right have we to retain
a seat among the self-respecting na
tions of the world if we abandon our
dead to their fate and bargain with, the
murderers for the safety of our living?
Rochester (N. Y.) Post-Express.—
The irreducible minimum of the Presi
dent's demands having been rejected
in principle, it seems reasonable to
conclude that the next note of our
State Department will be dispatched at
once and will be a concisely worded
reiteration of our contentions. Unless
the two governments are in agreement
as to the principles Involved, anv dis
cussion of details must manifestly be
fruitless.
Hnrtford (Conn.) Times The spe
cious trickeries of the German note
which now again forces us to confront
a serious situation are hardly worth
discussion. The pretense of co
operation in the "refinement" of
human destruction Is thin. The sug
gestion of neutralized ships is in the
nature of condescension and a bribe.
The salient fact remains that, in sub
stance, we have insisted Germany
shall abandon submarine warfare
against merchant ships, and Germany
has, refused.
The Indianapolis News.—The note
of the German government entirely
fails to meet the issues. The note is
disappointingly and discouragingiy un
satisfactory.
Chicago Journal.—The German note
lust received in Washington is one of
the most insolent and evasive messages
ever addressed by the government of
one great nation to that of another. It
fails to ofTer any reparation or apology
for the killing of Americans on the
Lusitania and other vessels. Clearly
the jingo, Reventlow brand of states
manship Is In control. It remains to
b.i seen whether President Wilson can
discover any peaceful method of mak
ing such jingoes respect American
rights.
Chicago Daily News.—The latest of
ficial German reply discloses that in
Berlin the safety of American lives is
stil! in minor consideration as com
pared with the safety of German
crews of submarines. . This
nation cannot concede that war is now
the world's chief business and that
peaceful nations have few or no rights
that nations at war are bound to re
spect.
St. Louis Post Dispatch.—No matter
how profoundly one may sympathize
with Germany in her present situation
with regard to ocean trade, it is im
possible to accept either the reasoning
JULY 12, 1915.
or the terms of the Imperial govern
ment's note to our government. The
German government abandons law,
logic and ethics in her treatment of
the United States. We have confidence
in President Wilson's insight and judg
ment. We believe he will find a way
to compel respect for American rights.
Civilization hangs in the
balance.
St. liouis Times. —It would be Idle
to say that the relations between the
United States and Germany are not
strained. They are at the breaking
point. The American public has a
right to comment, and that there will
be few to deny; but any attempt to
stir the nation to a fever heat of unrest
and nervousness over the situation
until after the Presdlent has given
the matter his mature deliberation will
meet with distinct disapproval from
fair-minded and sound-thinking' men.
IN HARRISBURO FIFTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY"
[From the Telegraph. July 12, 1865.]
May Erect Factory Here
It Is rumored in the city that a
large cotton factory will be erected
in Harrisburg in the near future.
Firemen Want New Home
The members of the Mt. Vernon
Fire Company are advertising for a
new house for their apparatus.
YOU KNOW THE REST!
[Kansas City Star.]
There was a grade crossing at Hum
melstown, Pa. You know the rest.
Our Daily Laugh
f THAT'S FAIR.
Are you sure
you love me
Not quite, but
I wanter And out
If you love me,
before I spend
any more on you.
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Fa, why Is It /[ff l# M*)
the great writers J '• :
and poets always
refer to peace as
"sweet peace?" w
I suppose It is
because peace m
should always j
be preserved, my f Mi*
THE TRAFFIC COPS
By Wing Dinger
I stood on the corner and waited,
I wanted to cross the wide street,
But traffic rushed by with such swift
ness
That I had to be quite discreet.
I gazed at the traffic policeman,
who motioned this way and then that
To wagon, and trolley and auto—
At me not an eye did he bat.
And soon I was Joined by some others.
Who travel, like me, by Shank's
mare.
They, too, had an Inward desire
To get 'cross the wide thoroughfare.
Now, surely, I thought the policeman
Would give us a sign to proceed,
But, no, he was kept far too busy '
By vehicles moving with speed.
At last, we who stood on the corner
Decided no longer to wait.
We stepped from the curb to the high
way,
Accepting our chances with fate.
Through Jitneys, and trolleys, et cetera,
We wended our perilous way,
Got across, and In silence gave thanks
that
We'd been soared another brief day.
| Stoning Qlfratf
It Is probable that as a result of the
grade crossing accident at Hummels
town a week ago when six persons lost
their lives when a fast express struck
a farm wagon the State Public Ser
vice Commission will renew its efforts
to have the railroads undertake aboli
tion of more grade crossings. Ever
since the days of the old State Rail
road Commission the State authorises
have been working on the grade cross
ing problem and a survey of the State
was made a few years ago revealing
the fact that there were almost 10,000
public grade crossings and probably
as many more private ones in the cit
ties and countryside of the State. To
abolish these crossings would involve
such a tremendous amount of money
that the best that could be done was
to urge the railroads to work out a
program. But thts developed the fact
that practically every bridge or sub
way meant the payment of thousands
of dollars and that municipalities were
often adverse to aiding. The grade
crossing proposition bids fair as a
result of the Hummelstown accident
and its attending features to have an
important effect upon the situation in
the State and some agreement about
protection of such crossings on much
frequented State roads until the time
comes when they can be abolished is
iikely within a short time.
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Yesterday afternoon's rain, which
came along at the very time when
there is the greatest travel on Sunday
afternoon and when rides to parks and
about town are most popular led to a
very amusing situation. Most of the
Jitneys disappeared from the streets in
a short time as the drivers did not see
much business in sight and apparent
ly many did not like cruising around
in the rain anyway. On the other
hand, the trolley cars did not benefit
as the people did not care to ride and
the suburban lines did not have nearly
as many cars as they would ordinarily
have had. The Jitneys had gone homo
and the trolley cars did not profit.
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The distressing accident of yester
day when 9-year-old Charfes Shaw
was drowned off the front of the city
near Verbeke street calls attention to
the fact that too many children are
allowed to frolic about the Susquehan
na when the water is high. Yesterday
morning the 9-foot stage attracted
many youngsters and they were
alarmingly close to the water at a
score of points. The "front steps"
make it easy to play and some restric
tions are certainly needed.
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Railroad men says that a large pro
portion of the soft coal that is being
sent through this city on both the big
coal carrying roads is intended for ex
port shipment and that whole train
loads of it are sent direct to piers. For
the first time in a long while it is re
ported that large amounts of coal are
being shipped to South America. Much
is going to Italy and France.
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Architect Joseph M. Huston, who
designed the Capitol, has been an oc
casional visitor to the building, al
though comparatively few people rec
ognize him. The architect has been
here half a dozen times in the last
two years and has spent hours looking
at the halls and rooms of the great
pile on Capitol Hill.
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Among week-end visitors to the city
was Milton W. Lowry, a trustee of
State College, and one of the pfl|mi
nent men of Scranton. For years Mr.
Lowry has been Identified with Re
publican affairs in his section of the
State.
Among Sunday visitors to Harris
burg were E. J. Lynett and family
from Scranton. Mr. Lynett is tha
editor and proprietor of the Scranton
Times, the big newspaper of the
Democracy of northeastern Pennsyl
vania. He stopped here for a short
time while on an automobile trip. Mr.
Lynett is known not only for his busi
ness acumen and his enterprise but
for the interesting column he finds
time to -write in his newspaper. It ia
read all over Pennsylvania and its
comments upon affairs, chiefly politi
cal, are right to the point.
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Ex-Governor William A. Stone was
here a few days ago on his wav to
Tioga county. He goes up to his fish
ing ground every summer and geta
back to nature—and trout.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—John W. Jordan, the Philadelphia
historian, is spending the sumjner in
New Hampshire.
—Col. Francis D. Shunk, of the
United States army engineers, who is
stationed at Pittsburgh, has been ill.
—J. B. Marting of OH City, has gone
to California for a summer tour.
-—Theodore Voorhees, president of
the Reading, is in Rhode Island for a
few weeks.
—The Rev. Stewart Keeling, form
erly of this city, will have a charge
at Longport, this summer.
—Captain Albert Gleaves, well
known to many Pennsylvanians, will
become a rear admiral this week.
1 DO YOU KNOW |
That Harrlsburfc has more Jit
neys than any city of its size in
the State?
THE COMPENSATION BOARD
[Philadelphia Press.]
There long has been a personal
friendship between Mackey and Gov
ernor Brumbaugh. At the time of the
Republican State committee meeting
in Pittsburgh Mackey was in Switzer
land, but he immediately wrote his
purpose of coming home to work for
Brumbaugh, "even if I have to take
passage as a stoker to get back."
When Mackey did return, he organiz
ed the first big Brumbaugh club in
West Philadelphia and extended it to
every election division In the Forty
sixth ward.
James W. Leech, of Ebensburg, is a
personal friend of Governor Brum
baugh and is one of the "home folks"
fiom Huntingdon county. Mr. Leech
long was a resident of Huntingdon,
served as county superintendent of
schools, and afterwards as district at
torney of Chambria county. He took
an active part in the Brumbaugh canp.>
paign. 9
Mr. Scott is an attorney who hut
been active in politics and is the frlen*
of Supreme Court Justice John P. El
kins, a personal friend of the Go*»?
ernor.
THIS ROBIN LIKES BACON >
[From the London Times.]
Close to the master's desk, in one of
the new class rooms at Bradfleld Col
lege, a pair of robblns have built their
nest. The cock bird is exceedingly
tame, and breakfasts every morning
with the secretary of the college, Henry
Money. It likes bacon better than any
thing else for breakfast.
CIVIC CLUB !
Fly Contest
June 1 to July 31
5 Cents a Pint
Prizes of $5, 92.50 and several
fl.oo ones
duplicated by Mr. Ben Strouse