8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established rtti PUBLISHED BY THE TELEGRAPH PRINTIJiO CO. E. J. STACK POLE President and Editerin-Cktef F. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STEINMETZ ManagiHg Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 218 I Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building; New York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Bulldin*. Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at <ui|ibVA.vr,jTr> six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers »t 13.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harris* burg. Pa., as second class matter. • worn defly nvernpe circulation fop the three months ending Aug. 31, 1015 ★ 21,083 for the yenr 1014—21.938 Average for the year 11)13—13,9413 Average for the year 1012—10,640 Average for the yenr 1811—17,(583 Average for the year 1810—18.261 The above figure* are net. All i't turned, unsold and damaged copies de ducted. MONDAY EVENING, SEPT. 20 It very good for strength, ITo knoic that some one needs you to be strong. —Elizabeth Barrett Browning. SEEING PENNSYLVANIA DURING the week beginning the fourth .of October Governor Brumbaugh and a round hundred men, prominently identified with the State and representative of their sev eral communities will start from Har risburg on a "Seeing Pennsylvania" automobile tour. This trip was con ceived by the Governor ,as the most practical way tn which to bring to the attention of the people of the State the splendid resources of the Com monwealth, its many fine roads and its pcenic grandeur. More and more the people are be ginning to understand the futility of attempting to bring into Pennsylvania the thousands of tourists who would '"be delighted to come so long as the local authorities hesitate to co-operate •with the Commonwealth itself in the improvement of our great outreaching road system. Governor Brumbaugh has chosen a plan which ought to produce satis factory results. When this party ehall have returned from the tour of the State the missionary effort doubt less will result in greater enthusiasm and a higher appreciation of all that we have in natural resources and In attractive river and mountain scenery. ENGLISH LABOR AND THE WAR IN their essence there would not be any difference between the indus- trial revolt which British railway employes say will follow conscription end the graft which was the cause of the virtual collapse of Russia as a mili tary power of the first class. There is this distinction, however, and all who would be well Informed as to what is going on in Europe will hear It well in mind: the Russian trouble was due to moral rottenness Jn the upper classes, while the un sound spot in English society, should the threatened revolt actually occur, will be the industrial class —the back hone of the natton. The real people of Russia have never had a chance. Evidence is ac cumulating, however, which indicates that the war is going to have the effect ®f a great awakening in that country, and already there are signs that only those of the governing body who can prove freedom from the latest con spiracy against the nation will be able to survive the story that will break as soon as the Empire is safe from the invader. But what hope is there for a nation that is rotten at the core? Complete ruin may not be a matter the im mediate future, but it is Inevitable. To be sure, the British workman has not yet spoken for himself. The lead er* who have acted for htm in his lUegotiations with employers for years have been permitted to say what the attitude of the organized workman shall be In regard to defense measures. Jt is possible that when the workmen realize what the leaders have been saying and doing, ostensibly in the same of British organized labor, there will be an abrupt and complete change of front. If there is not there will be no further need to search for the answer to the question, what is the matter with England? And In the event that the English wage-earner does show that his heart Is In the right place, and that, instead of being the sodden and selfish individual the rest of the world Is beginning to suspect him to be, he Is the same loyal fellow who made for the English yeoman the name of being the best fighting man In the world. It would be a good thing, especially on this side of the Atlantic, to try to find out what Is the matter with English labor organizations. PRIXCIPLE OP PROTECTION "Tjy maintaining a blockade, Great (I Britain has compelled Germany to supply her own needs and has prevented her from spending money •broad. Now British statesmen are MONDAY EVENING, BXRRISBURG TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 20, 1915. beginning to question the wisdom of that policy and argue that it would injury Germany more if she were per mitted to spend money abroad, thus depleting her own monetary re sources. So far as the relative Interests of Great Britain and Germany are con cerned. the discussion is of no conse quence to us, but it serves to empha size the soundness of the principle of protection. Shutting out foreign goods and keeping money at home to pay home labor, is the secret of Na tional prosperity.' A protective wall accomplishes that end whether the wall be established by war or by a protective tariff. Any ten year old boy ought to be able to understand an economic principle as clear as this. THE HARRISBURG SPIRIT IN the course of an excellent sermon on "The City Beautiful," in Harris Street United Evangelical church last evening, the pastor, the Rev. George F. Shaum said: If there is anything I can say that will make for the improve ment or the betterment of Harris burg. I want to say it. If there is anything I can do for the im provement or betterment of Har risburg I want to do that thing. In that brief paragraph is summed up all of the spirit that has made Harrisburg what it is to-day. The Rev. Mr. Shaum has a very proper concep tion of the improvement celebration about to be inaugurated. It is not merely that we shall gather together to boast of past accomplishments or take vain glory in the beauties and advantages of this splendid city of ours. Rather it is that we are this week to dedicate ourselves anew to the duties of citizenship which con front us. We must not pause now. We have completed a great work, but it Is to be merely the stepping stone to future accomplishments. We must build a better city, as well as a bigger city. Nothing must be permitted to stand in the way. It was the public spirit of the in dividual citizen that, in the last analysis, must be held responsible for the success of the several improve ment campaigns just now being brought to a most auspicious con clusion. It will be the public spirit of the individual expressed enmasse that will carry the city on to the realiza tion of that bright prospect which lies pleasant to the mind's eye just ahead. And we can think of no better senti ment for each of us to adopt on this, the week of the great celebration, than that so well expressed by the Rev. Mr. Shaum: If there is anything I can say that will make for the improve ment or the betterment of Harris burg, I want to say it. If there is anything I can do for the im provement or betterment of Har risburg I want to do that thing. ANOTHER WILSON TRIUMPH DESPAIRING of any merchant marine relief from the Demo cratic- party, and with the evils of the seamen's bill in contemplation, several American bankers have Joined with Chinese banks in the financing of the $5,000,000 Chinese - American Trans-Paclflc Steampship Company, and negotiations for the purchase of ships are now under way, according to Dr. V. K. Koo, China's first Minister to Mexico. Dr. Koo says that these steamships will fly the Chinese flag and that this is the first fruit of the visit of the Chinese industrial commissioners to this country several months ago. Thus, due to the seamen's law, the Chinese dragon chases the Stars and Stripes from the high seas. Secretary Redfield urged "restraint of speech and soberness of thought" at the recent Governors' conference in Boston. The disciplining he received for his outburst following the East land disaster evidently had some ef fect. THE FARMER'S PENAT/TY BECAUSE of decreased traffic, the railroads were compelled to cut expenses to the amount of $137,921,000 during the last fiscal year. This reduction meant nearly $138,000,000 less paid out for labor and material produced by labor. Gen eral business depression forced the re duced expenditure. Every farmer who has butter, eggs, meat, vegeta bles and other food products to sell, suffered his share of the loss because workmen had $138,000,000 less money with which to buy. "There is no country on the globe more able to pay more taxes than the United States," says Secretary McAdoo, and by the time the Democrats are re tired from control perhaps no other country in the world will pay as much. With "charming naivete the Treasury Department confesses that the income tax from individuals was but $42,000,- 000 below that estimated by the ftam erg of the income tax law. The fram ers estimated $53,000,000 for 1915, from this source, and $41,000,000 was collect ed. A difference of only fifty per cent, between estimate and return lis pretty close figuring for financiers of the Democratic brand, and of course the loss is blamed upon the war in Europe. The nepotism practiced by the Fed eral Administration seems to be con tagious so far as Democratic State ad ministrations are concerned. In Mis souri a careful census Is being prepar ed of the number of relatives of State officers that have been put on the pay roll. The Governor has named his son. his brother, his cousin and a niece of his wife to public positions. The Sec retary of State has taken care of two daughters and a sister-in-law. The au ditor has decided that the public good imperatively requires that his wife, his ?on, his daughter-in-law and brother in-law of his son be given official posi tions. The list Is still in Its Infancy, with other departments to be Investi gated. TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE —lf Secretary Daniels wants some points on how to build a battleship in a few days he might visit "Mayor" Ber rier's wharf in the "Hardscrabble" dis trict. —lf this thing only holds out we'll take back everything we have recently said about the weather man. —Once more the Russians are Just about to be crushed by the German forces. This Is the eighth time within the year. —We suspect that what the newly appointed experts will decide first of all is that a bigger navy is the greatest need. —lf it were not for the prospect of pumpkin pie we'd feel worse about passing of the watermelon. —American soldiers at Brownsville demonstrated to the President that the army is not "too proud to fight." [ EDITORIAL CQMMENT~ The gist of Senator La Follette's de fense of the seamen's act is that ship owners have engaged in a conspiracy to ruin their own business in order to i injure him. This is as plausible as the theory that the British blow up their own ships in order to get the United States into trouble with Ger many.—Ledger. AID FOR NEGRO SCHOOLS Jeanes Fund Used to Advance Work in Rural Districts. The Jeanes Fund for the Improve ment of negro rural schools co-oper ated during the session ending June 30, 1915, with public school superin tendents in 133 counties in 14 States. The supervising Industrial teachers, paid partly by the counties and partly by the Jeanes Fund, visited regularly in these counties 34G3 country schools, making in all 17,312 visits and rais ing for purposes of school improve ment $73,438. The business of these traveling teachers, working under the direction of the county superintendents, is to introduce into the small country school simple home industries; to give talks and lessons on sanitation and personal cleanliness, to encour age the improvement of schoolhouse and school grounds, and to conduct gardening clubs and other kinds of clubs for the betterment of the school and the neighborhood. Public Ledger. HARIIISHUHG'S EXAMPLE! Among the most progressive cities in the country to-day is Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania and what it has been doing the past fourteen or fifteen years should serve as an object lesson to Allentown, and its citzens and par ticularly the men who have to do with its advancement along physical lines. In less than a decade and a half Har risburg has constructed, among other improvements, a sewerage system, fil tration plant and paved practically every street in the city with asphalt. In al these projects, involving the ex penditure of millions of dollars, City Councils had the backing of every civic body in the capital, and all these Im provements have been completed with a tax rate of 9 mills and a gross im provement debt of $1,762,800. It is. as the Harrisburg Telegraph suggests, a splendid story of municipal achievements and one which the Coun cil of Allentown can profit by in read ing It Harrisburg has Bundered the shackles of conservatism and has ex panded and Improved and built up, why should not Allentown, in many respects a weathler and thriftier community, do the same? Allentown Chronicle and News. FACTS OF INTEREST Advocates of pure socialism can make capital out of the information which Longacre. of New York, has compiled. He says that thirteen of 1,100,000 families in Greater New York own real estate in Manhattan assessed at $206.- 404,875, or one-fifteenth of the *3tal value of the island. These are the As tor, Vanderbllt, Morgan, Van Ingen, Wendel. Goelet. Ehret, Gerry,* Charles F Hoffman, Martin, Eugene Hoffman, Potter, and Rhinelander families. The cost of Mving which in Septem ber. 1914, reached the highest point it had touched for years, now shows an appreciable decline according to statis tics. The heavy crop of fruits and cer eals raised in the United States this year have proved the chief factor in bringing about a more reasonable scale of prices. Flour and sugar have fallen most in price, the former having de clined one and a half cents and the lat ter two cents a pound. More than 212.000 automobiles have been registered in New York State al ready and there are still five months of the registry year to go. This num ber is 60.000 more than were on the list at the same time last year. Seventv three thousand chauffeurs have been commissioned. 12,000 more than last year.—Longacre. The Searchlight L — • ' Long before paper had come Into such general use in other parts of the world it was being utilized in Japan fot many purposes for which cloth ■was used in other countries, such as handkerchiefs, napkins and even stockings. The Japanese stocking is frequently a length of soft, tough paper, wrapped around the foot and ankle as a protec tion from the cold. Paper shirts have been worn as winter clothing by the Japanese for centuries. The paper used is of a special kind, manufac tured from the inner bark of the mul berry tree by a peculiar process. Extra warm shirts are manufac tured of two sheets of this paper, with a sheet of wadding between them, which is closely quilted. Such gar ments cannot be washed, but the pltabillty of the paper gives them a gi eater wealing capacity than might b<s expected, and they are very warm. The Russian government is now sup plying thousands of these paper shirts to its soldiers, who appreciate their light weight. They are also very cheap. « Our Daily Laugh JUST SO. t Mr. Bug?: I I/ IM I—l 1 lope you never fe&S) w3L ise powder or Miss Insect: I Vj Hi •nly use insect' \|<j| , lowder gmFN® RESULT. He paid her lore- That filled her ZZJI ""'ifllilg He's sorry for hi* rashness now He has to KSH, her bills. °"poUt£c4> ov By ttoo Ex-Oommltteeman Regular cataracts of votes will fall at the primary elections In practically every county in Pennsylvania to-mor row. The primary is more than a merely county or municipal division affair this year because of the contests for Superior Court nominations and ♦he fact that so many district judges well known are candidates. The great registration and enrollment is taken to mean heavy voting and reports gen erally Indicate that the Republicans ere in excellent shape everywhere and the Democrats split over patronage and local control. The whole State will vote between 7 a. m. and 7 p. m., the regulations being the same as on general election days. More candidates for judge will be nominated in Pennsylvania at to-mor row's primary election than has been known since the adoption of the con stitutional amendments regulating election of Judicial officials and more candidates for the superior court will be nominated than at any time since the appellate court was created. Six men are candidates for the three places to be filled. If any one candi date or any two or three candidates get fifty-one per cent, of the vote cast it will mean election. Judges George B. Orlady, Huntingdon, and John B. Head, Greensburg, are candidates for renomination. Judge Orlady is a member of the original court, created In 1895. Other candidates are J. Henry Williams, Philadelphia; Wil liam D. Wallace. New Castle; Ste phen Howard Huselton, Pittsburgh, and Charles Palmer Chester. Judicial districts to the number of twenty-five will nominate candidates for common pleas judge. Philadel phia having four judges to elect in November. The districts are Phila delphia, Allegheny, Erie, Lancaster, Northampton, Tioga, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Greene, Fayette, Ches ter, York, Huntingdon,Mifflin-Bed ford, Washington, Venango, Mercer, Beaver. Montgomery, Franklin, Indi ana, Wyoming-Sullivan, Center, Ad ams-Fulton, Lawrence and Jefferson. Philadelphia and Berks will nominate candidates for orphans' court and Phil adelphia will nominate a candidate for municipal court. Associate judges will be nominated in Forrest, Perry, Snyder, Bedford and Adams, the lat ter having two. —Summing up the State Judicial situation, the Philadelphia Inquirer to-day says: "All Indications point to the renomination of Judges George B. Orlady. of Huntingdon, and John B. Head, of Westmoreland, sitting mem bers of the Superior Court, and J. Henry Williams, of this city. An active campaign is belnjr waged In the inter est of former Judge William D. Wal lace, of Lawrence county, for one of these nominations, particularly in the western section of the State. The Re publicans see in their great enroll ment in Philadelphia an almost un preoedentedly large majority for their entire ticket. The enrollment figures for this city are: Republican, 211,436; Democratic, 24,569; Washington party, 20,710; Keystone party, 869, and Non partisan, 21,968." —An interesting feature of the Jef ferson county judicial campaign is the church and family ties which bind the three leading candidates, Judge Reed, Corbet and Darr. All three are members of the Brookville Presby terian Church; Mr. Corbet is a trus tee, Judge Reed an elder, and Mr. Darr a Bible class worker. Judge Reed Is a brother-in-law of Mr. Corbet and the latter's mother, who ten years ago was opposed to her son's running for the office, is now arrayed on his side. Mr. Darr is also related to Cor bet, though distantly. All three, to gether with Whltehlll, another candi date, live within fifty yards of each other. -—Among the contests which are interesting the State are those for county commissioner and county con troller In Allegheny. Friends of J. Denny O'Neil contend that he will be nominatde to-morrow. The contest be tween Controller H. M. Crlbbs, a for mer legislator, and Senator "Jack" Moore is very close. It is contended by opponents of the senator that he is ineligible because of his member ship in the Senate. —The Philadelphia North Ameri can says there is a probability of Judge Davis Brodhead, a Tener ap pointee, being the sole nominee for Judge in Northampton. —Allentown has registered 11,325, of whom 4,500 are Republicans The Democrats registered very few over 5,000. —Thomas B. Smith, the next mayor of Philadelphia, will be forty-six on the November election day. —Few battles for Judicial honors in the State are hotter than that in the Huntingdon - Mifflin - Bedford district There are five candidates in the field. Judge Joseph S. Woods, of Lewistown, it. a candidate for renomination and making a campaign on his "dry" rec ord. The Judge has been endorsed by a number of chuich organizations. —John R. Halsey, well known here, if having a battle for the Republican nomination for district attorney in his county. Nelson Bennett, also well known to many Harrlsburgers, is bat tling for city cduncll in Wilkes-Barre. The Philadelphia Ledger gave considerable space to the suffrage out look, quoting every county. The out look was g-iven as not any too cheery for the suffragists. Dauphin and Cum berland were classed as doubtful. The rntls were quoted as saying suffrage was sure to lose. The suffragists, on the other hand, contended that things looked splendidly. —Senator Penrose is to present sev eral flags to churches in Philadelphia this week. —One of the things about the Phila delphia campaign which has attracted attention was the suit against various leaders on the charge that they vio lated the nonpartisan law. City So licitor Ryan said the man who brought the suit was only a dummy. "AN ART PHILOSOPHER'S CABINET" L«n»ins Raymond, author A f .F oe .t' s . Cabi U, e V "Essentials of Aesthet cs," etc. Published bv G. P Putnam's Sons. Salient passages from the works on comparative aesthetics of George Lansing Raymond. L. H D se lected and arranged according to sub ject by Marlon Mills Miller, Lltt D. The book is not designed for those interest ed exclusively in any one phase of art or Its influence. It is a general book of great intfrest to the general reader. STORM CENTERS By Jane McLean. A wide sea waste, with lowering clouds Sweeping above the roll of foam— Pale rain-clouds clad in misty shroulds; A ship at sea, sails spread for home. And rain, wind-maddened, shivering by. Till westward gleams the first clear sky. Long lashes cast discreetly low; The quivering of a tender chin; Rose-color In a wavering glow Glimpsing the tide that swells with in— Till, with the tears that quickly dry. Eyes misty still, the storm sweeps by. THE SADDEST BLOW Mr. Bryan may soon have to ponder over the fact that nothing succeeds Uke_ —Philadelphia North THE CARTOON OF THE DAY MOTHER'S GOOD-BYS n CW6S.JACIfA —Chapln In the St. Louis Republic. ( \ MODERN APARTMENT LIFE By Frederic J. Haskit V . THE modern apartment renter wants a list of advantages long enough to fill a sheet of old fashioned foolscap paper. He knows he cannot have them all and the agents must divide desirable things. If .you have a sleeping porch, you cannot have elevator service. If there is an elevator, the kitchen is dark. If the kitchen is light, you have no foyer hall. If you have a foyer you must give up one bed room, and so on, straight down the list. It is a case of "you pay your money and take your choice," but paying the money always comes first. The thousands of apartments to let each Fall would seemingly make se lection easy, but the woman who has climbed long flights of stairs and rung hundreds of elevator bells in quest of the conveniences needed for the comfort of her family Is sure that desirable apartments are growing scarcer each year because of the in creased demand for them. Having taken the one which semed nearest suited to his needs, the renter signs an irrevocable lease and moves in, committing himself to Providence. Unforeseen disappointments can de velop in the one which seemed most desirable, while the least attractive apartment may prove convenient and comfortable. The disappointed ten ants console themselves in the hope of better luck next year. It Is the annual movings of the dissatisfied ten ants which cause the rush each Fall. The apartment house Is actually displacing the dwellinghouse, both in large cities and small. It has reach ed the suburb also, and is rapidly developing In the smaller towns. The economic advantage of the central heating plant, which relieves the head of the family from the responsibility of the furnace fire Is Its strongest at traction. Having the rooms chiefly upon one floor, with no steps to clean or other outside work, appeals to the woman, especially if she keeps no maid. The possibility of living within easy reach of employment was the first argument in favor of the apartment. This does not apply to the suburban apartment, the increase of which has Uih»i one of the notable real estate developments of New York within the past two years. Life Is Unique Life in apartments is unique in many ways. In a building inhabited by several hundred people you can live as a hermit, not even knowing the name of the person separated from you by a six-inch wall. You may hear your neighbor snore and be keenly aware of the subjects of his quarrels with his wife without ever seeing his face or acquiring a speak ing acquaintance with him. An English alienist recently ex pressed the opinion that the large increase of insanity throughout the civilized world was largely due to the monotony of flat or apartment life. The average American finds more in finite variety in a single week of apartment life than could be experi enced during a whole year in the average private home. It 1$ always a gamble whether the Janitor is going to turn the heat on in time for your seven o'clock breakfast, or if you will eat while shivering in your over coat. The elevator boy may turn away the one person In the world you most desired to see and usher up to your apartment a full assortment of book agents and bores. The night you are tired and want to go to bed early the tenants upon the floor above you are giving a dance and the music of the fox-trot strikes like the hoof 6 of satyrs upon your aching head. Yet when you want to give a musicale the next week and the lady across the hall sends the janitor to request less noise, at the very minute when your soprano is preparing to render her finest solo, you feel a deep sense of grievance. Thus the apartment house develops a degree of forbearance and con sideration for the rights of others not likely to be acquired otherwise. The grouch is his own worst enemy and the man who complains of his neigh bor is likely to be complained of. It is better to ignore the loss of an occa sional night's sleep and to forget that water from the porch above was spattered upon a new book upon your porch. Next week you may unin tentionally splash water upon the floor below you. Garden Apartments In contrast with these simple but attractive apartment homes for work ing people are the palatial structures now being designed and erected for the increasing number of millionaires who are . finding it more satisfactory to occupy apartments than city homes during the winter season. Some of these apartments are two stories high and include a spacious drawing room with walls so lofty that the visitor receives the impression of the inter ior of an Italian palace. The walls are finished with fittings brought from European palaces including pan els, tapestries and sculpture. An apartment recently completed, to be rented for the sum of $25,000 an nually, is finished entirely with anti que oak which has been taken from > an old English house that had to b« torn down. The pieces of wood were carefully smoothed and fitted and the floors are especially pleasing from the soft polish caused by centuries of use, which could not be duplicated. While the word, "apartment" sug gests closely packed rooms, this con dition is not found in the garden apartments which are being built now in certain cities in California. These apartments are simply a group of connected cottages grouped around a central pergola. Each has Its one little garden and every window looks out upon an attractive view. [The State From Day to Pay jj Master Frank Tragle, Jr., of Read ing, aged nine, celebrated his birth day in a very unique manner by build ing a fire in the middle of the street and extinguishing it with a real toy chemical engine, presented to him by Tragle, Sr. A little baby in Newry deserves tho credit for saving the lives of Its mother and four children. The house was on fire and a violent fit of cough ing on the part of the baby awakened the mother Just in time for the five to escape from the flames, which dragged the home to ruins soon after they had reached safety. • • • The game of football lost a player of unusual ability when Elmer Sener, of Lancaster decided to be a bricklayer. During his work on the top of a twenty-foot ladder with its foot on the second story of a house, Sener's hand-hold slipped and he dropped to the second story, whence he boundtd gaily off to -the ground. Nothing daunted, he rose and walked away. We cant accuse the Lancaster New Era of being a second Baron Mun chausen, but we can put the follow ing story in that category: "Howard Beech, of Lee, Mass., shot a deer in his garden the other day. The bullet passed completely through its body. Next day the body of a fawn was found with Howard's bullet In its body." This Is something like the Baron's tale of the row of ducks sit ting on the limb of a tree; he merely split the limb with his trusty bullet and Imprisoned all the ducks by the feet, after which he sawed off the limb and carried home the prize. To give a stranger a ten-dollar bill and ask him to please get change is our idea of nothing at all. This was Just what Sara Cubbage, of Chester, did and was rewarded for her implicit trust in human nature by the natural sequence of events, namely a. quick disappearing act on the part of the man she trusted, altho' never having seen him before. Letter List LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN the Post Office, at Harrtsburg. for the week ending September 20, 1»15: Ladies' List Miss May Attick. Mrs. Harry Brady, Miss Grace Brightbiil, Mrs. Annie Buchter, Mrs. M. E. Cassel, Mrs. Olive Coner, Mrs. Clara Cunkle, Mrs. S. H. Daniels, Miss Cynthia Eckels. Mrs. Charles Edgar, Mrs. E. N. Group. Miss Clara B. Harris, Mrs. William Hen derson, Miss Alma Hollinger, Miss Mary Holmes, Lukace Horwath, Delia Hutch inson, Miss K. Leary. Mrs. A. Martin, Miss May Martin, Mrs. Paul McCauley, Mrs. D. McDougal, Mrs. Mary J. Mc- Gowan, Mrs. Samuel Miller. Miss May Moyer, Mrs. Sarah E. Myers, Mrs. Helen Nell, Miss Bertie Nelson, Mrs L. C. Nor ris, Mrs. Mars* A. Prine, Mrs. G. L. San key, Miss Minnie A. Schaefter, Miss Carrie Sohultz (3), Miss Etta Strauser (DL), Miss Lakie Strong, Mrs. Lottie Watson, Marie Weiner, Mrs. A. F. Wel ty (2), Mrs. Sue Willis, Miss Margaret Witmer, Miss Mary W. Wolfe, Mrs. Charles Wright. Gentlemen's List F. W. Acklin, W. H. Beam, Harry F. Bemley, W. Blurvan, C. M. Bowerman, M. R. Bowman (2), E. C. Bradford, H. M. Brandt, Harry C. Cassel, W. R. Chambers. George H. Coleman, James L. Cooper. Joe E. Craig luL), Georae O. Davis, Frank Dean, Leslie F. Doll (2). George Dress, Charles M. Dugon. Charles Dysert, G. F. Ewans, Max Fasick, S. F. Flcklnger, Guy Forn wald, J. K. Fornwall, C. C. Freeman, Peter Grabfer. Harry E. Hartzel. C. A. Hamilton, Michael Hanlon. Charles H. Harman. Thomas W. Harper, David A. Hatz, John Heistand, David Hoffman. William F. Houser, A. S. Hughes. Theo dore Huseman, W. L. Johnson, Charile Jones. E. H. Josselyn W. C. Kay, Joseph Keefer, Cameron Keim. Morris King, Mr. and Mrs. B. Klolf H. H. Lewis, A. E. Lyme (DL), Joseph W. Manning iDL), Thomas Martin, John Miller, Donald Miner, Ed. Modin, D. A. Monahan, Paul H. Moncure. James Mosebach, William L. Paton. W. A. Paules, George H. Phil lips. E. F. Powell, Henry Qulgley (DL), R. D. Reed, Craig Rhodes (DL), W. Riley, Arthur Shaffer. C. L. Shearer, Henry Sheffner,, Casper Shokey, Albert Smith, John A. Smith, Robert Smith, T. K. Stewart. Ellsworth Stoner, Frank Watson, Dr. F. A. Welch. Benjamin P. West, John E. Williams. John L. Wilson, Sdgar Wolfe, H. D. Young. Stephen Zea ron. Firms Dauch Manufacturing Co., Investors Company, Penn Mercantile Co.. The Pleist Barber Shop, Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Co. Foreign William Kill lan, Mrs. B. Desch, Kosztantin Koszta (2). Persons should invariably have their mail matter addressed to their street and number, thereby insuring prompt delivery by the carriers. FRANK C. SITES. 1 Postmaster. 3~b?nfng Qlljat While the effects of the attempt of th* Austrian government to Induce men etill owning allegiance to Francis Joseph to leave work in plants en gaged In manufacturing munitions of war may not be as great in this com munity as reported, there have never theless been a number of Instances re ported which show that the officials across the sea have a grip upon m#n working in Dauphin county. It is well known that men have left work in iron and steel plants in Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Bethlehem and other places because the orders being filled happen to be for the Allies in stead of for their own government, but it is not generally known that at least two score have left one plant In this city and that smaller numbers have left other works. These men gave up their jobs under circumstan ces which are little short of distress ing. A nuWiber of cases are known where the men had been employed long enough to earn reputations for steadiness and even to some degree of skill. At the bequest of people far across the ocean they have to give up these places with nothing in sight. At first glance this seems a good il lustration of patriotism, but the an swer is that the unfortunate men hap pened to have close relatives, in some cases parents, in Austria, while others had money or properties which were Jeopardized. Just what arguments were used or to what extent threats were employed can only be conjec tured. but the fact that several men whose families and savings are in this country have remained at work, al though not naturalized and subjects of the Austrian kaiser is rather sig nificant. It seems a long cry to the scene of war on the eastern front but we are making iron and steel and shells and other things for war and men who have held good Jobs and who have been raising families in our midst have had to leave their work because of the fact. !* ' * On this same line it might be stated that not long ago a man who had delved deep into Pennsylvania history related some instances which had come under his notice and which il lustrated the way things were in our commonwealth some 138 years ago. This man had found a number of let ters and papers written or printed in Philadelphia about the time of the British, invasion and it seemed that a good many residents of that city and vicinity who had been Tory in their sympathy had investments up the State. Probably some of them owned farms or land In this or adjoining counties. Certainly some of them had money out at Interest. The tone of the letters indicates that persons who had investments and whose hearts were not with the colonies had a hard time collecting, while it was well known that furnaces in this section which had been established by English capital were used to turn out cannon balls for Washington's army. Some of the letters written by the investors at that time, according to my infor mant, showed a disturbed state of mind. They ordered foremen to quit and tenants to vacate, which instruc tions were disregarded. Few sections of Pennsylvania were more staunch for independence than the Susque hanna valley. • • • Incidentally, it might be added that the two men most responsible for Hm rlsburg, after the settler, John ris, were John Harris, Jr., and his son in law, William Maclay. Both the vounger Harris and Maclay were of ficially connected with the provincial government. John Harris, the founder of the city, was the man to whom the authorities at Philadelphia looked to keep things moving right, while Maclay represented the Penna and was an officer under the govern ment. When the war for Indepen dence began Harris helped form a, company and was a captain of infan try, while Maclay not only took a prominent part in organizing and equipping troops but saw service un der Washington at Trenton and Princeton. Certain folks who were active at Philadelphia during the in vasion by Howe were extremely an xious to get hold of both these prom inent up-State gentlemen whom they contended by their example had made many steadfast for the revolutionary army even In its darkest hours. Both men severed all English connections when the war began and gave liber ally of their own wealth to equip Pennsylvania regiments. • • • This Is going to be a good year for rabbits If the number of "cottontails" to be seen In the vicinity of the city is anything to go by. The rabbits can be seen frolicking in fields not far from Reservoir and Paxtang Parks, where they are as bold as though such a thing as a dog did not exist. Up In Wildwood Park the "bunnies" seem to know that they are safe because they run over the roads and the paths and do not seem to care whether there Is such a date as November 1 on the calendar. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —A. J. D. Deveraux, Philadelphia sportsman, was badly hurt by a fall from his horse. —Maxwell Moorhead, the new coun sel at Swansea, is a Pittsburgher. —George Welsh, a Wllkes-Barre architect, is preparing plans for a model village to be built in the an thracite region. —The Rev. W. T. Ware, of Wlnd ber, is the new president of the West ern Pennsylvania United Evangelical ministers. —Charles S. Wells, Jr.. is th* head of the Pittsburgh Oil. Paint and Var nish men's organization. | DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg in spit© of its improvements is steadily reducing its debt? HISTORIC HARRISBURG The Commonwealth hotel has bee»> a hotel site for 120 years. e Count Your Change Well ordered people do not rush Into a store and rush out again without stopping to count their change- Neither do frugal people buy without a fair knowledge of their needs and the prices they ought to pay. One is no more absurd or more harmful to the pocketbook than the other. Knowledge of men. merchan dise and markets is open to every I reader of this newspaper. The advertising Is a buyer's ln dex to be used to your profit. " "K SECOND FLY CONTEST of the Civic Club for 1915. Ansuat Ist to September 2Sth. IFive cents s pint for all flies, and nnr prices In void.
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