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SATURDAY EVENING, SEPT. 25
You can only make others better
by being good yourself.—Hugh R.
Hatcies.
THIS IS THE SPIRIT
»T"\HE spirit of the celebration has
been demonstrated in many In
teresting ways, as, for example,
this notice at the entrance of the
Railroad Men's T. M. C. A. buildirg
yesterday:
Notice We are down on the
river bank helping to celebrate
Greater Harnsourg. Come on
down and help.
Respectfully,
F. H. GREGORY,
Secretary.
Good old Harrisburg is fortunate <n
the character of the men and womsn
who are making it grow and flourish
ar.il beautiful for all our people.
MAY IT ALL COME TRUE
WE don't always agree with
ex-Mavor Vance C. McCormick,
but we hope that he and all
who heard his prophecy of the future
Harrisburg may live to see the dream
n reality. That great memorial free
bridge over the Susquehanna at Mar
ket street, the modern hotel, an ar
tistic subway under the railroad at
Market street and the great avenues
leading east and west and north and
south from the center of the city are
some of the things which should easily
be realized during the next decade.
Governor Brumbaugh paid a tribute
to Spencer C. Gilbert and his colleagues
of the Capitol Park Extension Commis
sion. They have done so well that all
Harrisburg should rejoice In the near
completion of their labors.
THE WHY OF IT
THE United States Is at peace.
Italy is at war. Yet the
revenues of the United States
are diminishing, while those of
Italy are Increasing. The treasury
receipts of Italy for July and
August were $7,700,000 more than for
the same months last year. The
treasury receipts of the United States
decreased more than $15,000,000 In
the same time. Italy Is at war. The
United States Is at peace. But Italian
war is not so bad for the national
treasury as Wilson's peace Is. Why?
Because of the Democratic legislative
and administrative mistakes.
Good evening, Mr. Hopkins! You
have been rather modest about your
part in the big show, but when it's all
over the people will give you and all
the other good fellows who have been
doing the heavy work a pat on the
back and the best of all commendation
—"You're all right!"
PERHAPS!
THE President's aloofness to
ward an endorsement for re-elec
tion by the Democrats of New
Jersey may be on account of
his devotion to the one - term
plank of the Baltimore platform
—and again It may not. The Presi
dent showed great sensitiveness about
his being bound by the platform when
the women wanted him to take up the
suffrage question. Perhaps he intends
to adhere to all the declarations of
that famous document—including the
one-term Idea. We say perhaps!
The Telegraph's suggestion for an
annual school parade has been univer
sally endorsed. That pageant of yes
terday has started everybody to think
ing and they are thinking along con
structive lines. First of all must come
that dignified Central high school build
ing as a feature of the further develop,
ment of the civic center now being
created in connection with the Capitol
Park Extension zone.
KUROPATKIN ONCE MORE
IF the report is true which comes to
us from Petrograd, by way of Ber
lin and Sayvllle, that actual com
mand of the Russian military forces
Is now In the hands of Minister of War
Pollvanoff and General Kuropatkin,
then Hindenberg, Mackenson and the
oilier German commanders, who have
been having things pretty much their
own way, will soon meet an opponent
who In every way is worthy of their
•teel.
That Is to say, they will, unless Fate
Is preparing to play another sardonic
trick on the Russian strategist by end-
SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG !|§sj§& TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 25, T9TS.
Ing the war just before he Is prepared
to try issues on his own terms. That
is what happened to him in the wur
between Russia and Japan.
During the last few months of that
great conflict surface Indications were
that the Japs had things all their own
way. Indeed, it was not until several
years after the Treaty of Portsmouth
went into effect that the outside world
was permitted to learn that Japan
really was dangerously close to the end
of Its resources. Military men who
have carefully gone into the actual
situation have said that had another
battle been fought Kuropatkin In all
probability would have Inflicted a
serious reverse on the uniformly vic
torious Oyama.
As matters stood Kuropatkin saved
the Russian army and was rapidly
restoring it to a condition of efficiency.
It was generally felt that If he had
been called to supreme command
earlier the war would have had an
entirely different result. If there is
any man In Russia who can now
restore confidence and place the
military forces upon a basis where
they will again be a real factor in the
great war it Is he.
Old Greece had nothing on little old
Harrisburg yesterday. When those
Tech champions, with their laurei
wreaths and a beautiful goddess on
top of passed by one could
shut his eyes and see the returning
heroes In the Grecian metropolis.
THE GOVERNOR WITH US
GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH struck
a responsive chord In his ad
dress on Thursday evening when
he said he hoped to make the Capitol
Park Extension area the "most beauti
ful and attractive spot In all Pennsyl
vania."
Harrisburg has never been content
with Capitol Park as it stands to-day,
and It has gone to the length of do
nating to the State the streets run
ning through that section as well as
standing the loss of revenue from
taxation on twenty-seven acres of real
estate in the heart of the city In order
that the State Capitol may have a
proper setting. It has shown Penn
sylvania that we of Harrisburg are
ready and willing to spend our own
money to make the Capitol City repre
sentative of the imperial Common
wealth of which It Is the governmental
center and it is gratifying and for
tunate to have a man in the guberna
torial chair whose vision is as broad
as that of the men who are planning
the bigger, better Harrisburg that
just beyond the horizon of the future.
Governor Brumbaugh is' "with us"
for the Improvement of Harrisburg.
Not only that, but he believes that
our people should have a voice In the
development of the State's property
here. He desires that the new
Capitol Park shall be made to flt into
and be a part of the great park sys
tem now in the process of creation
here. He has confidence in Harris
burg's understanding of her own
problems and her ability to solve
them. And he will not be disap
pointed. Harrisburg wants nothing
unreasonable from the State only
the proper co-operatton of the Com
monwealth in the development of
the Capitol Park area. Governor
Brumbaugh is ready to give us that
to the full measure of his ability and
power. The city is fortunate, we re
peat, in having a man of his broad,
constructive ideas in the gubernatorial
chair at this critical period.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
STAND up, Henderson Gilbert and
Donald McCormick and Secretary
McColgin and all the rest of you
Chamber of Commerce live wires! You
have' shown to ' the citizenry'; of this
prosperous city that you are In tune
with the spirit and' the purpose and
the aspirations of the community.
What a fine job you have made of
this big celebration of the city's regen
eration and how everybody has co-op
erated with you! We're all behind
you and you can't stop if you wanted
to, but you're not built that way.
MAKING GOOD
ADD Governor Philipp, of Wis
consin, to the list of Republican
executives who have made good.
Coming into office on a pledge of
economy, the Governor has reduced
the expenses of the State by nearly
$4,000,000. Things like that alwaj'3
happen under Republican rule.
Dr. Downes and Dr. Fager and Dr.
Dibble and all you other principals and
superviors and teachers, our hats are j
off to you. It was a fine and Impressive
demonstration and the people of Har
risburg will give you anything that you
ought to have in the way of equipment
for the good work you are doing for
the boys and girls of the city.
It's going to be some night to-night,
but let everyone remember that his
neighbor deserves consideration and let
us be good natured about It all and
conclude the celebration In a great
wave of harmony.
Well, are you girding on your armor
and preparing for the next step for
ward? If ytfu are not, you are out of
step. Get in line!
Governor Brumbaugh has demon
strated anew his constructive ability.
He has linked arms with Father Har
ris and together they will move for
ward in the development of a great civ
ic center right in the heart of the city.
It's good to have these fine relations
between the State and the city.
Of course, we're going to have a
Harrisburg Regatta Association and an
annual carnival on the Susquehanna
basin. After yesterday you couldn't I
restrain the people of Harrisburg in
making; the right use of their recre
ation facilities on the bosom of the
river— '
It's a glorious record of the last
few years of the city's development, but
it's Just a big beginning. There is
much yet to do and the people are here
to do It.
If you haven't seen the floats an
chored off Walnut street and showing
the work of the City Planning Com
mission, the City Forester and the De
partment of Parks, you ought to see
them.
There Is much In this festival week
to make us think and to-morrow will
be a good time to go Into the churches
and thank the Great Architect of the
universe for having permitted us to
live In this day and generation with
its great privileges and opportunities
and blessings.
I What a great part the enterprising
1 merchants have had in the celeration!
Their stores have been brilliant with
lights and such an exposition of modern
merchandising methods as must have
been a revelation to the thousands of
visitors. These -merchants and com
mercial leaders are keeping step with
the progress of the city and they de
serve the solid support of the com
munity.
'pottfctc* tK
"Pouvoii(«*utZa
By tlie Ex-Committeeman
Officials of the State Department,
v»ho have been inundated with queries
regarding the operation of the 50 per
cent, of the vote sole nominee clause
of the nonpartisan acts, will likely
ask the opinion of the Attorney Gen
eral If there is danger of any serious
"mixup" In any of the judicial con
tests. The department Is not making
any rulings on the laws. Judging from
the tone of some of the inquiries which
hf.ve been made at the Capitol, there
will probably be some actions brought
in common pleas courts by candidates
who object to the manner In which
the act Is being interpreted in their
home districts.
The official counts began In the
counties yesterday, but no one at the
Capitol expects the official result for
the state to be known for ten days at
tHfc least. In former primary contests
Involving nominations for State oflioeo
it hat been two weeks before anything
definite could be known as to results.
A striking illustration of that was fur
nished two years ago in the contest
for the Superior Court nominations,
vender the law the State authorities
can only receive and record the official
leturns certified by county commls
sjoners and it is a process as slow as
■ he. tabulation of official returns from
seneial election'.-.
The general belief here is from
unofficial figures received that Judges
Or.ady and Head will be considered as
re-elected to the Superior Court and
J. Henry Williams will probably be
i ltitsed as elected unless W. D. Wal
lace polled a heavier vote in the west
a n counties than now seems probable.
Senator Penrose yesterday, In
commenting upon the large majority
in lavor of Thomas B. Smith, for
mayor of Philadelphia, said: "The re
sult of the primaries in Philadelphia
foreshadows a great Republican vic
tory, a clean sweep for the whole Re- I
publican ticket and a service of notice
upon the country that Philadelphia is
once more occupying her logical place
at the head of the Republican cities
of the Union and is the Gibraltar of
Republicanism in the great Republican
State of Pennsylvania. The Keystone
State will this Fall renew her al
legiance to the Republican imrty and
blaze the way for a Republican vic
tory at the national election next year.
The primary vote in Philadelphia
served to accentuate popular disap
proval of the Democratic economic
policies and to emphasize loyalty to
the principle of protection to Amer
ican industries."
An arrest, for information sworn
to and court orders for a search for
missing ballot boxes have resulted
from the close contest at Tuesday's
primary for the Republican nomina
tion for prothonotary, sought by Wil
liam B. Kirker and David B. Johns,
in Allegheny county.
—A declaration yesterday by B.
Gordon Bromley, Democratic nominee
for mayor of Philadelphia against anv
fusion deal with the independents,
may be taken as notice of the elimina
tion of George D. Porter as a factor
in the coming mayoralty contest. Ru
dolph Blankenburg was elected mayor
by a plurality of less than 4500 votes,
with an intense popular sentiment
aroused in his interest. He could
never have taken the oath of office if
he had not had his name upon the
Democratic ticket.
—The Republican nominees In
Westmoreland county have been de
cided as follows now that the returns
are in: Sheriff, John E. Shields, of
Greensburg; treasurer, A. D. Miller,
Manor; register of wills. Edward E.
Cremer, Greensburg; recorder of deeds
Harris S. Miller, New Kensington;
county controller, James E. Bell; com
missioners, Berkey H. Boyd and W.
Dick Reamer; coroner, Dr. James
Harkins; county surveyor, Burgess
Ross, Ligonier.
—Judge John Faber Miller may
have opposition after all for election
to the court of common pleas of Mont
gomery county, and his opponent may
be William F. Dannehower, who was
next to him in the number of votes
received at the primaries on Tues
day. Attorney Charles D. McAvoy,
acting for Mr. Dannehower yesterday
at Norristown called to the attention
of the commissioners the act of last
June, which, he contended, requires
that before a candidate for judge is
entitled to be unopposed at the gen
eral election he must have received at
the primaries "more than one-half of
all the ballots cast," not one-half of
the votes counted.
—Robert D. Dripps, Philadelphia
councilman well known to many here,
has been named to succeed George D.
Porter as director of safety in Phila
delphia.
—The official count In Lackawanna
Democratic primaries shows Repre
sentative William Luxemburger to be
gaining In the contest for county con
troller. It will take the official count
to decide.
—G. P. Hutt, one of Uniontown's
councllmen, got sixty per cent, of the
votes and goes on the ballot alone.
—J. P. McGinty, Wllkes-Barre's
veteran city clerk. Is dead. He served
a score or mope of years.
—Coatesvllle Is having its first cam
paign as a third-class city and the
water supply is the big thing in the
town.
—Cumberland Democrats are now
chamdnsr horses In croßsinp a stream
and it is doubtful If Finkenbinder can
do better as county chairman than did
Mentzer.
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—And now for fifteen years more of
the same thing, and may we be all here
for the next celebration.
—San Francisco is building: a can
non 150 feet long. Look out you fel
lows over in Tokio.
—England's idea of perfect neutral
ity corresponds to that which prevails
in Germany, only vise versa.
-—The high school, Tech and the
Academy, ought to have each a boat
ing crew.
—The kind we witnessed on the river
yesterday is the only kind of shell
game of which we approve.
—The Balkans continue to balk.
DEFENSE IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS
[Kansas City Times.]
Article a of the Bill of Rights of the
Constitution of the United States is
this:
"A well regulated militia being nec
essary to the security of a free State,
the right Qt the people to keep and
bear arms shall not be infringed.
One that was a mighty good safe
guard for a democratic people. Once
the lowa congressman's "million squir
rel shooters" would have been a good
army—because that would have been
all they would likely ever go up against,
•squirrel shooters" like themselves.
But to-day!
The sure way to make the constitu
tional safeguard mean nnything is to
organize a citizenship arnv. "Bearing
arms" to-day is a very different thing
from "bearing arms" in 178' J. Arms
have been socialized into machine guns
howitzers and other engines for trained
men. acting together, to use.
As the old individual trade tool has
been socialized into the power loom
and blast furnace, so the implement of
effective fighting has been correspond
ingly changed.
W. I>. Stoddard, writing in the New
Republic, points out that the citizens
of the United States should be trained
to arms and to milltarv defense
as the citizens of the Swiss re
public are. And this, not onlv for
capable defense of their country against
a possible foreign enemy, but because
a citizenship trained to arms is the
best of all defense against the possible
use of domestic "militarism" to cen
tralize power, along with wealth, in the
use of them, among individuals, he Im
plies, is as important a problem In this
ago as the distribution of wealth.
A powerful navy and a capable
standing army resting on a reserve
citizenship army ready to be quickly
supplied and mobilized present them
selves as the best modern embodiment
of the principle of national defense and
self defense guaranteed in Article II of
the BUI of Rights.
Our Daily Laugh
IN LUCK.
9. So you found a
—ly package of old
/V\ -#v/ e lettera y° u
wrote your wife
1 t\f years ago.
| IY What are you
going to do with
flaMf Change the
1 | J dates and send
I I them to her while
II I B^e ls away in the
m J. country thl« sum
raer.
SAVE US.
Oh! wad —ir —— i
power
giftle gie us, I
To see oursels I
as ithers see *B3 jr
Unless
we be that
A man with K j f
whiskers eat- W W"" ■
lag soup, P " i
To Cut Alaskan Timber For U.S. Railroad
Engineering Commission Gets Permit to Take 85 Mil
lion Feet From Chugach National Forest
The Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion, which is to build the government
railroad from Seward on the Pacific
471 miles to Fairbanks in the interior,
has received a permit from the Forest
Service to cut 85,000,000 feet of timber
in the Chugach national forest for use
in constructing the new line. The per
mit was issued by the district forester
at Portland. Ore., who has direct su
pervision of the Alaskan forests, and
is In conformity with the act of March
4 last, which authorized the Secretary
Of Agriculture to permit the Alaskan
Engineering Commission and the Navy
Department to take from the national
foreots free of charge earth, stone and
timber for use in government works.
The timber will be cut in designated
areas along the right of way of the
proposed railroad, which runs through
the Chugach national forest for sev
eral miles.
Experiments and tests of Alaskan
spruce and hemlock are being made
at the Forest Service laboratory at
Seattle, Wash., and so far have sub
stantiated the opinion of foresters that
Alaskan timber is sufficiently strong
for practically all structural purposes.
| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR"
THINKING OF THE OLD TOWN
Department of the Interior.
United States Indian Service,
Ponca Indian Agency,
AVhlte Eagle, Okla.,
Office of the Physician.
Hon. E. J. Stackpole,
The Telegraph, Harrlsburg, Pa.
Dear Friend: Two thousand miles
from the "Old Home Town," out on the
"Wild and Woolly" frontier of Oklaho
ma, I want to drop you just a line of
ongratulatlons on the part the Tele
graph has played during the past years
in urging the splendid improvements
that have made Harrlsburg a "Home
Town" to be proud of.
A» one of those who have gone out
from Harrlsburg and look back with
longing eyes during this week of Joyous
celebration, I am sure that her sons,
scattered though we may be from coast
to coast, yet extend our heartiest con
gratulations and good wishes. Harrls
burg Is a splendid town and no one
appreciates or realizes half of Its many
improvements, conveniences and ad
vantages until they leave behind them
the sparkling Susquehanna and the co*y
city nestling along Its pretty banks.
So to-day, loyal to the city we once
called "Home," our thoughts and fan
cies wander back to the "Old H#me
Town" and we one and all, I am iiure,
wish her "Good Luck" through our
"Home Paper."
Yours very sincerely.
C. LEROY ZIMMERMAN. M. D.
CAPE COD CANAL A
BUSY WATERWAY
An Idea of the value of the Cape
Cod Canal to shipping is given in the
fact that more than 2,300 vessels have
passed through this waterway since It
was opened In the summer of 1914,
each of these vessels saving something
like 70 miles of travel and avoiding
the dangerous route around Cape Cod.
One of the largest of these vessels
was the Tenbergen, a Dutch steamer
of 3,826 tons. Many government ves
sels have passed through the canal,
among these being the submarines
K-5 and K-6, which made the trip
from Boston to Newport at an average
Irate of 11 miles an hour. Only 45
| minutes was required by the two sub
| marines in making the passage
through the canal.—From the October
| Popular Mechanics Magazine.
SHOCKING!
Henry Ford says he would rather
die a pauper than to make a cannon.
Willing to "Jolt the life out of the
human race," but not willing actually
to kill a single human being?— Loui
sville Courier-Journal.
While these tests are going on Forest
Seivice employes in Alaska are" mark
ing the timber to be cut along the pro
posed railroad, the cutting to be done
so that only mature trees are taken,
the young trees being left uninjured
and the condition of the forest im
proved.
This cut of 55,000,000 feet will be
the largest amount of timber ever
felled in the Alaskan forests in one
operation, and at the average rate per
thousand board feet obtained for tim
ber sold from the Chugach forest dur
ing the fiscal year 1914 it is worth
approximately $145,000 on the stumps.
I - , will be nearly twice as much as the
total quantity of national forest tim
ber now cut and used annually for
local purposes throughout Alaska, but
only a little more <han one-tenth of
the estimated annual growth of the
Alaskan forests. The two national for
ests of Alaska contain about
78,000,000,000 feet of merchantable
timber and it is estimated by the For
est Service that more than 800,000,000
feet could be cut every year forever
without lessening the forests' pro
ductivity.
[The State From Day to Dayj
A boy in New Castle was recently
hauled in by the police for perform
ing the very unusual feat of standing
in the center of the street and mak
ing all the automobiles circle around
him. It appears to be a rather queer
way of looking for thrills, and some
what monotonous, if you were to ask
our opinion.
The New Castle News tells of a
novel way of recording the contagious
diseases in the public schools of that
place. The school physician devised a
chart, into which a bright-colored pin
is stuck every time a student is taken
from school with any disease. Scar
let-headed pins are for scarlet-fever,
and green ones for diphtheria, and the
doctor can tell at a glance how many
students are sick.
The waves of influence which go out
in increasingly larger circles from
Harrisburg as a center representing
municipal achievement and unwaver
ing advance in civic progress, are ex
emplified in an editorial of the Wil
liamsport Gazette and Bulletin, in
which the city is urged "to hump it
self" and "regardless of past mistakes
or of future doubts, to feel in our
bones that the city is going to grow,
and by giving the cold shoulder to the
knocker and the glad hand to the
booster, STAND TOGETHER AND
MAKE WILLI AM SPORT GROW."
We congratulate Wllllainsport on her
attitude, 'cause we know the feeling.
Petor Caspar, a Phlladelphian, has
been carrying in minnie ball which
lodged in his hip at the battle of
Manassas. ever since that famous
fight, and only yesterday ivaa it re
moved, when he broke his leg and
had to be treated. Henceforth he will
carry the bullet as a souvenir, but in
a different place.
SOME VACA
i TisSf Where you go
/ lng
to apend your |
STxHMIHji Depends on
whether you pay
me back the f6.00
you ow© me.
lEimting (Etfat
| The Rev. George P. Schaum, pastoi
of Harris Street United Evangelical
'church, paid a high tribute to the
libraries of Harrisburg the other day
In a sermon to his congregation. Sutd
he: "I have been in cities all over the
land, but I know of none of its size
with such excellent library facilities
as we have here, in the State and Hur- _
isburg institutions. Yet I meet peo- »
pie who do not know that they may
have free of all charge the use of
almost any known work by any
author. There are those who do not
know what the inside of the library
looks like. We have right at our el
bows the means of a very liberal
education if we only take it."
One of the inevitable results ol
holdtng the water sports yesterday
afternoon so far out from the shoro
was that the hundreds of canoeists
completely forgot that there were peo
ple on the front steps of the city who
plso wished to sef what was going on.
The poor, overworked elearers of the
course must have spent much "argent"
on gasoline rushing up and down the
river and expending breath in at
tempting to keep the pathway open
for the contestants. The next time
everybody will have a better idea of
how to handle themselves and the co
operation of the spectators in row
boats and canoes may be expected
when they are given to understand
some time before the carnival begins
that the promptness with which events
are run off and the success of the
water sports depend more on their in
dividual assistame than on all the
plans that the committee in charge
may devise.
• » •
The State's crop of lemons is com
mencing to ripen on Capitol Hill. The
lemons are about the size of crabapples
now and they are turning a bright
yellow and also full of bitterness. The
crop is raised on three trees just south
of the Library building. They stand
in a row on the terrace and are right
outside the windows of State Librarian
Thomas Lynch Montgomery. Tho
trees were planted years ago and in
spite of care from the gardeners have
never amounted to much as producers.
They annually bear large numbers of
small fruit which range in size from
that of an English walnut, to a crab
apple and the only value they appear
to be is to furnish food for squirrels,
which bite into the fruit for the seeds.
The fruit sometimes hangs on the
trees until late in the Fall as there is
a State law against taking anything
from the park, even sprigs of trees.
The only exceptions to the rule are
the squirrels.
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General E. DeY r . Morrell, who was
chief marshal of the inaugural parade
and well known to a number of Har
risburgers, is about to start on a 5,000
mile coastwise cruise in his motor
yacht. He will finally bring up at the
mouth of the Mississippi, to go up the
"Father of Waters" to the lakes and
then out the St. Lawrence to the At
lantic.
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If the boroughs of the State get as
busy as has Dauphin In the matter
of its grade crossings there will be
something doing in that line before
either State authorities or railroads
have a chance to work out a program.
Complaints have been made against
four of the crossings In the borough.
Dauphin has had a complaint of some
kind before the commission every year
since the commission began business 0
and It is noteworthy that it has won
most of them.
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The Executive Mansion will he
finished as far as the renovating goes
within a week. The last of the new
furniture which will replace the old
heavy articles is expected soon. Tho
rugs have been placed and the official
home of the Governor looks more like
a private residence and less like an
apartment house. The red and gold
drawing room has been turned into a
white room with ivory and gray finish
ings and light colored rugs have been
placed. The dining room is now
finished in mahogany and the famous
light mahogany dining table and serv
ing table have been tinted dull red.
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"I heard a friend tell of a record
trip between Harrisburg and Steelton
a day or so ago," said a man who has
a good bit to do with automobiles.
"This trip was taken after a lot of
bragging about going very fast on tho
fine stretch of roadway between this
city and the borough. Hfe told me oL'
so many minutes between Market
Square and Steelton post office. I met
him the other day and he said that,
he had started for his residence in
Steelton two weeks before and had
only gotten home. It seems the auto
mobile in which he was speeding hit
a tree and he went to a hospital for
two weeks."
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Ira McNeal, son of Prof. R. M. Mc-
Neal, of the State Department of
Public Instruction, and a brother of
Mrs. Harvey F. Smith, of this city, has
been nominated by the Republicans of
Mercer county for district attorney.
Mr. McNeal is a Dickinson graduate
and well-known to many Harrisburg
ers.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE (
—Dr. A. A. Hammerschlag, director
of the Carnegie Institute, has a large
number of new members of the
faculty.
—M. G. Wylie, of Pittsburgh, is the
new head of the Canal Boatmen's As
sociation which held its thirtieth re
union at Johnstown.
—Gen. J. K. Robinson, of the Six
teenth Pennsylvania cavalry veterans,
will march to Washington from
Gettysburg for the reunion.
—R. R. Reeder, a Philadelphia
lawyer, has been elected to a place In
the University of Oregon.
John W. Converse, of Philadelphia,
will go to Europe this month.
| DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg products go
- around the world?
HISTORIC HARRISBCRG
The first Legislature met here.
ill 1813.
TIMFi FOR REFLECTION
If the Germans and Austrlans cat. f
"lick" the world, they would do wel'
to remember that they must live in ft
world that is not always at war. Soia«»
time they will want other people to
like them. —Springfield Republican.
"A Lift or a Load"
Mr. Retailer, how many of tho
brands you carry on your
shelves are a "lift" and how
many are a "load?"
How many do you hav* to
push by sheer weight In order to
sell ?
How many actually serve to
bring customers to your store
and so lift your business?
Is It not a fact that goods ad
vertised in the newspapers con
tribute u lift?
1H It not to your Interest to
favor newspaper advertised
products?
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