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MONDAY EVENING, SEPT. 27.
Jehovah lift up His countenance
upon thee, and give thee peace.—
yum. 6:26.
THE COMING EIiECTION
THE big celebration of last week
pushed local politic* entirely Into
the background. Hardly were
the primary results known before the
city began to put on Its holiday clothes
end everybody but the candidates tem
porarily lost Interest in the coming
election. Now that the Jubilee Is a
thing of the past, doubtless politics
will come into its own again and we
may expect the usual heated discus
sions that precede the annual "saving
of the country."
So far as the Republican prospect
in Dauphin county is concerned there
is very little reason for anybody to
>,et excited. The ticket nominated last
week was selected by the members of
the party from a large Held. The ma-;
jorlties indicate that the nominees are
distinctly the choice of the rank and
file. Even more Important, perhaps,
it happens that those chosen to lead
the party this Fall are all men of high
reputation and ability and unpledged
as to the conduct of the offices "to
which they aspire. An analysis of the
ticket also shows that almost every
section of the county is well repre
sented. The upper* end, the lower end,
the eastern sections, the city and Steel
ton all have their candidates.
It must also be considered that this
promises to be a distinctly Republican
year. The registration in the city and
the enrollment in the county plainly
show this. Every Indication points to
the election of every Republican on
the ticket.
This conclusion is all the more
apparent when one considers the oppo
sition, composed as It is of a combine
effected by the Democratic bosses and
the discredited bosses of the all-but
dead Washington party. The candi
dates named on this "mule ticket" last
Tuesday were one and all picked in
advance by these self-appointed dic
tators and the "slate'' thus made went
through without a hitch. Never was
there such a perfect example of a
•machine-made" ticket in Dauphin
county. There is no secret about this.
The voter knows It and he will register
hie opinion of It at the polls in No
vember.
There has been much favorable com
ment throughout the city upon the fact
that the Chamber of Commerce,
through its officers and committees, ar
ranged and financed the entire munici
pal celebration with the exception of
the school parade, which was In the
hands of the officers of the school dis
trict, the superintendent, supervisors,
principals and teachers. The co-opera
tion- of municipal officials and boards,
the firemen and the community gener
ally made effective the comprehensive
plans and assured the success that fol
lowed.
WAR AND INDUSTRY
DIRECTLY reversing the state
ments of Secretary of Commerce
Redfield that revival of Amer
ican industry was not due to war or
ders, the Department of Commerce
h«s just given out a statement con
cluding with the assertion that "sur
veying the whole field, It may justly
be said that the world's conflict has
be*n of unmeasured value to Amer
ican Industry as a whole."
The same statement contains prac
tical admissions of the soundness of
Lhe protective tariff principle. The
'J»partment's bulletin says:
In a more or less uncomfortable
way, we have suddenly been
brought to the unwisdom,
the folly, of shipping vast amounts
of the crude materia) of our farms
forests, and mines 3.000 miles across
the ocean, and buying It hack In a
manufactured form, at a vastly
enhanced price. We have likewise
come to recognize the absurdity of
allowing many natural products of
the tropics, of South America, of
the Far East, to find their way to
Europe, and of paying foreign In
telligence and skill to transform
them into articles of dally need In
<iur lives.
This attitude now taken by a de
partment under the control of a Dem
ocratic Administration is exactly what
Republicans have contended for from
the foundation of the party. During
every Democratic Administration we
have shipped r&w material abroad
and brought it back in manufactured
form at a vastly increased price. We
were doing exactly that under the
MONDAY EVENING,
present Democratic tariff law until
the European war Intervened and
served as a protective wall to cut off
foreign Imports.
Probably nothing that has come out
of the Department of Commerce will
serve more to embarrass the Demo
cratic party in the coming campaign
than this statement . expressly
acknowledging the vital importance
of manufacturing goods at home. The
Department points to the course of
events that followed the cutting oft bjJ
war of the aniline imports from Ger
many and the supply of potash from
the same source, with the resulting
"tremendous impulse given to the ex
pansion of domestic manufacture."
The department might as well have
made its acknowledgment apply to
a long list of commodities heretofore
supplied largely from abroad, but cut
ofT by the war "with resulting tre
mendous Impulse to the expansion of
domestic manufacture."
In the acknowledgment of facts as
they exist, the department seems to
have made a complete confession.
In expression of opinion it does not
go so far, for it says that it "does not
believe that the cost of production in
the warring countries of Europe will
be lowered as a result of the war. or
that there will be danger from that
source to the holding of new markets
already gained." In view of the fact
that the department's opinions have
been found erroneous so many times
in the past, there will be little dispo
sition on the part'of the businessmen
of the United States to accept the mere
opinions of the department as a guar
antee against the return of exactly the
same conditions which the depart
ment now admits were unfortunate for
this country and which the war alone
served to overthrow.
Upon the close of the war, millions
of men will return to active indus
try and the removal of the shipping
embargo will release a vast quantity
of manufactured articles now held
in Germany because of the destruc
tion of> that country's merchant ma
rine. Those are facts which the de
partment will be compelled eventually
to admit, along with other admis
sions reluctantly made.
THE CELEBRATION ENDS
THE curtain has dropped upon
the most unique and successful
of the several civic demonstra
tions which have punctuated the prog
ress of Harrisburg during the" last fif
teen years. It was a splendid demon
stration from start to finish of the
loyalty of the people, the enterprise
of our citizenry and the intelligent co
operation of all classes.
But the first and greatest tribute
must be paid the Chamber of Com
merce as the organization which fin
anced and through its committees ar
ranged the several Important events
which comprised the harmonious
whole. From the impressive educa
tional meeting and exhibit of Wednes
day evening until the cabaret and the
festivities incident thereto on Satur
day evening the affair was In every
proper sense an expression of the joy
of the people over a new city, a more
wholesome and inviting place in which
to live and a growing and prosperous
community. And the lesson which it
teaches is the lesson of helpful civic
development.
Instead of slip-shod, spasmodic, hit
and-miss methods of procedure Har
risburg started fifteen years ago in the
right way. It called in the distin
guished experts of the country tb pass
in a disinterested and scientific way
upon those things which required
amendment, and change. And upon
their recommendations were based the
important Improvements which have
been so consistently and efficiently,
carried forward to the present day. It
is little wonder that other cities have
come to Harrisburg as the Greeks to
the feet of Gamaliel for instruction,
and the Harrisburg plan Is the sensi
ble, practical, simple plan of knowing
how to do It and then doing it well.
It was a celebration well worth the
effort and our people are happier to
day and better by reason of the fact
that they have greater confidence, If
possible, in themselves and in their
ability to do big thing* In a big and
broad and generous spirit. There can
be little doubt that the next step In
our development will be taken In the
same practical fashion. All the people
must have a part and whatever Is
done must be done in the open and
with full publicity of every important
phase of our future expansion. Muni
cipal officials and bodies will co-oper
ate in the future as In the splendid
epoch which has come to such a glor
ious close In providing for the things
that are to come in a way which will
earn for them the blessings of gener
ations yet unborn.
For the Chamber of Commerce and
all the bodies and individual* there is
the grateful appreciation of a people
who understand thoroughly that these
bodies, official and unofficial, are giv
ing disinterested personal service for
the good of all.
Watch Harrisburg grow!
In commemoration of its forty
ninth anniversary the Easton Free
Press issued a splendid twenty-four
page numberlastFriday.lt was in every
page and In all the special, features a
; creditable showing of the city and the
newspaper which has all these years
stood for the best things In the com
munity. Easton and the Free Press
are synonymous and Clarence N. An
drews Is wearing his honors modestly
a* becometh hi* ability and character-
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' By the Ex- Committeeman
—The whole State is taking an In
terest in the contest over the Re
publican nominations for county offi
ces in Allegheny and the court pro
ceedings over the ballot boxes. Friends
of Prothonotary W. E. Kirker claim j
that the official count will show lie 1
has been nominated over Ex-Rep
sentatlve D. B. Johns. The court
will act this week in the matter and
ulso in charges that the ballot box in
one Pittsburgh district had been rifted
and its contents burned. District At
torney Jackson Is making an investi
gation.
An Altoona dispatch says: "Charles
E. Rhoadea, a young Republican, who
has served acceptably In city councils,
is named as one of the candidates on
the nonpartisan ballot for mayor 'of
Altoona. His nomination meets with
popular favor and is considered a
recognition shown to the. younger ele
ment of the voters. Richard Smith,
the present city treasurer, is his Demo
cratic "opponent. The three other
mayoralty candidates In the prelimin
ary race polled a large vote. The most
of their supporters are registered as
Republicans and the opinion Is ex
pressed that most of them will sup
port Rhodes at the coming election.
It is predicted that he will be un
doubtedly elected," y
. —County Commissioner P. J. Boyle,
of Schuylkill, has been renominated
for his fourth term.
—lt Is possible that the official
count may show that Judge John
Faber Miller will have opposition for
judge of Montgomery county after
all. Democrats are Insisting that one
of their party goes on the ballot, too.
—Robert D. Dripps, the new Phila
delphia director of safety, observed his
first Sunday In office, by an address in
church.
—George D. Porter will make his
campaign for mayor of Philadelphia
on local issues.
—Senator Penrose visited Chester
county picnics last week and con
gratulated Republican candidates upon
the clean flght they had made.
—The Philadelphia Record to-day
says regarding the proposed new party
in Philadelphia: "As the purpose of
the Committee of One Hundred In or
ganizing a new party is to divorce its
tight from outside political considera
tions and to confine its issues to purely
local affairs, the name City party is
considered quite probable of selection
as it was the first of the independent
parties to really give the Organiza
tion a serious reverse. The Keystone
party made, its first entry into the
political arena as a distinctly State I
organization. It was organized in the
summer of 1910 and with Berry as its
candidate came very close to winning
the Gubernatorial election of that
year. In 1911, the Keystoners effected
fusion with the Democrats and Blank
enburg and Ryan were victorious.
While the Keystone party still has a
column on the ballot, the organization
is Gibboney-controlled and the inde
pendents will hot touch it. The Wash
ington party was organized in 1912 In
the Interest of Colonel Roosevelt for
President, and has been more or less
active since that time as a State party.
While the majority of the Washing
ton party nominees are to be named as
candidates of the new organization,
yet the independent leaders seek to
discard this party as too closely Identi
fied with Rooseveltlsm to serve in a
purely local fight."
—Northumberland county Republi
cans have nominated John H. Glass,
the Shamokin leader, for county treas
urer and he will win In a canter, say
his friends.
—South Bethlehem, which Is cele
brating the fiftieth anniversary of its
organization, will make another try
for cltyhood this Fall.
—D. P. Finkenbinder. the new'
Democratic chairman of Cumberland,
is being boomed as a man not con
nected with any faction. This is a
new deal for Cumberland whose ma
chine has been used by the reorgan
izers from the start of that personally
conducted movement.
—C. K. Morganroth, the Shamoklp
lawyer nominated by the Republicans
of Northumberland for district at
torney, has no opposition.
—The official count may be disputed
In the battle between S. P. Emery, W.
E. Porter and J. A. Chambers for
Lawrence judgeship honors.
• —William Draper Lewis has re
sumed his law lectures at the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania.
—J. P. Rogers' right to be on the
SAJIRISBUR' . TELBORAPS
LA TIN-AMERICAN TEMPERAMENT
By Frederic J. Haskir
THE fact must be admitted, In the
flr*t place, that we have an ex
ceedingly poor opinion of the
Latin Americans, and they of us. We
have written volumes and reams about
them, and they about us. But in each
case it is the differences, the curious
and striking tilings that have been
pointed out, while the numberless simi
larities have been overlooked.
It Is surprising how much a Peruvian
or a Panamanian is like a Chicagoan
[ or liostonian when you coine to Know
I him. The principal difference lies In
one (hing—temperament. Where the
Bustonlan thlntts twice and goes and
consults his lawyers ana starts a suit
that lasts for ten years, the South
American, very liKely, does not think at
all, but pulls his gun and settles the
matter rign there.
The Latin-Americans are t.,e peoples
of young countries, and their point 01
view Is that ot youtn.
partisan, intensely enthusiastic, loud ot
pleasure, pernaps a bit cruel, tlieir
qualities are tne ones that belong to
real the world over. It must be
aumitteu they lacK stability, but stabil
ity is a characteristic that rests upon
wealth ana traditions ana a stable
I government. We were a bit Impul
sive ourselves back In the days ot 'l6
when even Uostonians became suffi
ciently excited to throw a lot of per
leqtiy gooa iea into the ocean, 'iliat
•s an act with wmch any Latin Amen
cnii can tnorouguiy sympathise.
Mango causes TrouDle
The prevailing i\ortii American opin
ion on the toum American disposition
18 well illustrated uy an explanation
of the''cause ot revolutions mat one
otteti hears from Americans in -South
America. They say the real cuuse ol
all these upheavals Is simply that too
abundant trupical fruit, the mango. In
the mango season, It is hardly an ex
aggeration to say, nearly evuryone Jn
Central and South America stops what
ever he is uoing and sits down anu eats
mangoes. Along in July and August,
tne streets 01 some ot those little
towns are literally paved with mango
seeds. To the unsophisticated paiaie
the mango tastes line a >eiy poor
peach tupped in turpentine but let
uiai pass; to the L,atin-American it is
delicious, ao he Knocks ort work
wnenever mango season rolls around
and eats mangoes in incrediole quan
tities; and iroiii the resulting idleness
and inevitable gastronomic disturbance
arises the revolutionary mood and ex
citing things happen.
net her there js anything In this
theory or not, it seems to be a well
established tact that a large number
of Latin-American revolutions take
place directly after the mango season.
In point of tact, however, the North
American might well take a lesson
from his southern neighbor in the
spirit, If not in the conduct, of his pol
itics. It is true that the Lalnt-Ameri
can takes his politics so seriously that
he can witn ditliculty be prevented
from expressing his convictions with
a six-shooter; out how about the nu
merous citizens of the United states
who take them so lightly that they
never go to the polls at all? Which
bodes best for the ultimate realisa
tion of political Ideals a fiery and
Irrepressible enthusiasm, or a letliaralc
Indifference?
New and Wild Country
It must be remembered, too. that the
Latin-American politician faces the
No. 2 court judicial ballot alone In
Philadelphia may be disputed in
court.
TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE*"
Maybe the poet who called 'em
i "melancholy days" hadn't paid last
winter's coal bill.
-r-It'« a good thing for the Allies
they started their drive before the
World's Series began. We have no
room for such trifles as the European
War when a baseball championship is
at stake.
—News from the Chamber of Com
merce indicates that the members are
planning to celebrate the success of
the celebration. W'ell, they have a
perfectly good excuse.
—Von Papen, of "idiotic American"
fame, la going to Mexico. He and Villa
ought to get together and hoW a
sympathy session.
—ln Indianapolis votes are said to
sell for ten cents each. Depends on
how many one votes wheiher
the game is worth while.
"Bulgaria's king has a cool head," re
marks an editor. To say nothing of his
feet—Columbia State,
AH that Mr. Bryan needs to make lils
peace plans practicable Is the ojll
lenlum,—Chicago Dally News.
i conditions of a new and wild country,
with a mixed and turbulent population.
He has got to use the brand of oratory
that appeals to Ills constituents, and
If he starts a revolution he has 'got
to see It through. And no one has
ever yet been able to justly accuse him
of lacking courage or resourcefulness
in doing so.
It is said that while Panama was
controlled by Columbia there were
fifty-seven revolutions in that part of
the country in llfty-four years. It is
a!lso true that there have been no-rev
olutions since Uncle JJam went down
there to build the canal. When the
first one started, he furnished some
soldiers to keep It down, and when the
next election day came around the
Panamanian authorities asked for the
assistance of the soldiers, and an or
derly election was held. Which shows
that, contrary to popular opinion, the
Latin-American Is well aware of his
shortcomings and is missing no oppor
tunity to attain the blessings of or
derly government.
Fiery Debate
An American banker in a certain
Latin-American city not long ago de
termined to organize a chamber of
commerce. After much palavering he
finally got a large number of the
merchants of the ulty together, and
during a heated session of two hours
a name for the. organization was de
cided upon without disrupting It. A
small and harmonious committee was
then appointed to draw up the by-laws.
The American banker made a careful
plan to have these by-laws accepted.
He instructed one of his closest per
sonal friends to rise as soon as the
reading of the by-laws began, and
make an emphatic motion that they be
accepted by acclamation. This man,
however, was a little stow getting to
his feet. The first two articles of the
by-laws were read, and a fiery and
oratorical debate Was started, which
lasted for two hours. At last, how
ever. this was gotten under control
and the by-laws passed.
Then came the question of electing a
president. There were about nine nom
inations, but along in the early hours
of the night all had been eliminated
but two, and these there was
a tie and also a bitter feud in which
every man present took part upon one
side or the other. The American
finally proposed that since voting did
not seem to present a solution, the win
ner should be chosen by drawing
straws. As soon as this was done, the
newly elected president made a speech,
saying that he had not been propcrlv
treated, and resigned. So after a seven
hour session that was no president
elected after all. Nevertheless, afttsr
being delicately urged by a large com
mittee appointed for the purpose, the
president consented to serve, and the
chamber of commerce Is to-day a thriv
ing institution. It very seldom meets
as a whole, for obvious reasons, but
it lias an executive committee which
directs its affairs in a verv capable
manner.
There is humor in the political and
business life of Latin-America, but
there Is likewise tremendous spirit
and enthusiasm, and these tilings are
making for To any man
who remembers that the nations of
Latin-America are young, that they
stand, perhaps, where we did a hun
dred year# ago. their present is full
or- significance and their future of
hope.
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Influences.
1 EDITORIAL COMMENT "
The proposed rebuilding of the en
gnes of the first class battleship North
akota Is likely to take so long and
prove so costly that she must be count
ed out of the list of available warships
and probably counted into another
class when again flt for service. She
might make a good battle cruiser and
we have none of that type. The North
Dakota cost about seven millions and
is a product of the Roosevelt admin
istration. Enough said. Lancaster
Intelligencer.
Japan has announced that she will
send the Russian army all the shells
they want. Just a few years ago she
[ sent them more than they wanted.—
| Nashville Southern Lumberman.
SEPTEMBER 27, 1915.
| The State From Day to Day
v
Colossal nerve characterizes the fak
irs who took in an aged Strasburg
woman, whose faith in human nature
had undoubtedly never been shaken
before this occasion. These self-styled
oculists guaranteed to provide the old
lady with the very glasses she needed
by simply looking into her eyes, charg
ing |57.50 and presenting the glasses.
They didn't work, so she got another
pair for $350. A suggestion that this
lady's money be tied up in long' term
bonds is in order, mayhap.
A prominent physician of Conestoga
Center, Dr. M. H. Kendig, says the
Lancaster Intelligencer, made a pre
diction that he would die upon a cer
tain day. His two brothers and a sis
ter had passed away on the same date
in different years, June 20, and the
doctor was obsessed with the idea that
he, too, would succumb on the same
date. The psychology of the thing
was not sufficiently {strong to Carry
out his prediction, but he died several
days ago from a general breakdown.
Joe Mojeski, of Reading, is a good
natured cuss. He is known as a clog
dancer of some repute among his
friends and when arrested on a minor
charge Saturday he deemed it apropos
to illustrate certain steps for the en
lightenment of the police court. He
put several iron plates on each shoe
and made the sparks fly. The court
appreciated the entertainment, which
it found very agreeable.
A headline in one of our best con
temporaries reads "Classy Swine Win
Prizes." Somehow or other, although
the term is perfectly correct and this
is not meant in the spirit of criticism,
still we have never been able to get
over the vision of the ordinary pig-sty.
TRAGIC FAIIAJRE OF EFFICIENCY
[Allentown Chronicle and News.]
Prof. Hugo Muensterberg in his lat
est essay describes Americans as a
hysterical people. America as a coun
try complacent over Eastland and Iro
quois disasters, a country cursed by
many cold-blooded murders. He says
that the German ideals of government
and the German efficiency, both of
which he claims, were on the road to
adoption in this country when the
world war broke out, would have rid
us of all this. Germany's way of gov
erning would stop popular hysterics
and put an end to our raw pistol work:
her efficiency would make Eastland
disasters impossible.
Perhaps professor. But all her
ideals did not save Germahy from a
devastating war and all her efficien
cies won't bring back to lite the three
million German fathers, brothers and
sons murdered during the past four
teen months.
France and England send over several
hundred millions In gold to pay for
war material and then offer to bolrow
this money to pay for still more sup
plies. Just like the poker player who
borrows from the winner to stay In the
game.—Philadelphia North American.
1 Our Daily Laugh
NOT THE SAME,
women should
vote —the same as & A ' ■ fty A
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would vote Just ATHB
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fJ mi I stay unwed."
(JOy Wm "Such Is my
VF firm Intent!"
"If you do that,"
HrtT 4JWU "Your life will
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BACK HOME
By Wins Dinger
Back home from the big vacashe—
Desk piled high with work—
Haven't much time to write verse,
But I will not shirk
Writing Just a message t>rlef
To my friends so true;
Here's a handshake and the wish
i That all's well with you.
I
lEbmtng (Ctjat
~9?,® ot the things about the clty'a
highly successful munclpal celebra
tion which Impressed visitors to Har
rlsburg and must have been noted by
a good many residents was the man
ner In which the streets were cleared
or the litter of the night "doings."
Even if there were no such things as ,
confetti, paper ribbons and other ac- "
cessories of a good time in the streets,
there would still be a lot of dirt and
rubbish to gather up after thousands
of people have been merry making in
the restricted area of half a dozen
blocks in the business district. As a
matter of fact, there was a tremendous
lot of confetti used and other forms
of fun caused some of the pavements
in Market street and other highways
which figured In the evenings jollity,
and In some cases the driveways, to be
covered. Yet, each morning the city
cleaned up and washed its face. The
people In charge of the stores and
business houses swept off the pave
ments and the street force came
around bright and early and carted
off the evidences* of fun making. The
interesting part about It is that the
"white wings" were not called upon
to depart from their customary work.
It is so well organized that coping
with Jhe reminders of a carnival did
not bother It and the streets were
ready for the next day's performances
before most of those who were to
participate in them. Harrlsburg has
a wide reputation for clean streets and
it certainly lived up to It last week.
• * •
Handling a trolley system with a
vaudeville performance and band con
cert going on along side was some
task, but the Harrisburg Railways
Company officials managed to do It all
right on- Saturday night. Only one or
two changes were made in the cus
tomary way of running cars and th«y
were slight ones. All of the cars were
brought into Market Square or so
close to It that there was nothing to
complain of considering the fact that
thousands of people were gathered In
the rectangle. However, there were
automobiles parked for blocks in
streets that ordinarily are not used for
that purpose because the Square
was too jammed with people for them
to enter.
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"Well, I don't know any city on my
line of travel, and I get pretty well
over the country, that has accom
plished more in the face of difficulties
and achieved distinction for public im
provements than Harrlsburg and It
has a right to celebrate," said a travel
ing man who has been "making" Har
risburg on his rounds for years. He
was standing in Market Square watch
ing the crowd on Saturday night.
"When the old Capitol burned a good
many people looked to see the seat of
government go away from here and
maybe it was the agitation over that
subject that made some of your live
men get busy. You have gone the
State some better in the way of a
setting for the Capitol, but I guesq
when the park Is extended the Com
monwealth will have done its part.
But, say. why don't you put the same
spirit into a modern hotel?"
• • •
Publication In the Telegraph the
other evening of a sketch and view of
the ill-fated boathouse of the Har
rlsburg boat club brought back to
mind memories of the days when boat
ing was one of the prime sports along
the river. Most of the city's promi
nent men were members of the boat &
club which for years had its quarters
in one of the frame buildings that
used to stand Just above the lily pond
at the pumping station and it was
about to move into a handsome home
on the island just between the bridges
when the flood of 1889 demolished
the structure. The city has so*ne fine
sitefl on the lslarld for boathousej
• now.
• ♦ •
Just half of the living ex-mayors of
Harrisburg are candidates for some
thing at the November election in
Harrisburg. Ex-Mayor Meals is run
ning. or rather was running, for
mayor again when the people elected
I him at the nrimarv. Mayor Royal and
| Ex-Mayor E. Z. Gross are candidates
for council. The other ex-mayors,
Samuel W. Fleming, John A. Fritchey
and Vance C. McCormick are not can
didates.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Harry 8. Endsley, for years solici
tor of the Cambria Steel Company at
Johnstown has retired.
—City Solicitor M. J. Ryan has
been asked to define the jitney's status
In Philadelphia.
—Royal A. Taylor, the financier who
figured in the Midvale deal, is a mem
ber of a prominent Philadelphia
family.
—Noah P. Dietrich, prominent resi
dent of Easton, has been elected presi
dent of the veterans of the 153 rd regi
ment.
—lsaac Y. Ash, Chester county con
troller, made bidders who made the
.same offer for oats, draw lots.
—B. S. Fels, prominent Philadel
phlan, has returned from Maine.
I DO YOU KNOW
That Harrlsburg has become a
great bread baking center in the
last few years?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The Mexican monument erected
in Capitol Park was one bf the
first to the soldiers of that war to
be built In the North.
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY
[From the Telegraph, Sept. 29, 1865.]
Sell Market Stalls
The semiannual sale of market
stands was held this morning. Prices
remained unchanged.
Funeral of Commissioner
Funeral services for Commissioner
R. W. McClure will be held Friday
morning at 10 o'clock from his resi
dence In Third street.
Delegates at Conference *
Pastors and members of Methodist
churches of this city are attending the
conference Sunday school convention
of the Methodist church now in ses
sion at Philadelphia.
The Child's Feet
Improper shoes In childhood
mean years- of misery In after
life. *
Frequently slightly corrective
foot covering will remedy the
small defects children not In
frequently show. /
Many manufacturers special
ize on children's shoes and have
established brands that are a
gunrantoe of character.
Every mother should be In
touch with these names and
those who keep posted on news
paper advertising probably are.
The better shoes and the bet
ter stores are advertisers be
cause of the faith In these goods.
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