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FRIDAY EVENING, OCT. t.
The great man is fie i cho does not
Jose his child's heart. —Confucius.
VOCAL TN SPOTS
SAM ROGERS, Director of the
Census, bobs up with a handful
of figures to prove that under
the Democratic administration there
are fewer deaf and dumb persons than
existed In Republican times.
Sam says the Republican census of
1910 reported a total number of 44,708
deaf and dumb. He blames this on
improper returns. Evidently he be
lieves the Republicans exaggerated the
facts In order to retain themselves in
power.
According to Mr. Rogers' system of
addition there are but 19,154 deaf and
dumb persons in the United States.
However, the reason for this difference
of 25,654 is easily accounted for: They
are former mutes who have been
shocked into profane lingual activity
by the devilish antics of the Demo
cratic party, and who are aurally alert
to the prospect of a Republican ad
ministration in 1917.
The President once said that the
country was "vocal in spots." Sam
has put his finger on one of the spots.
I Imports valued Rt ' *26.921,467, and
duties collected thereon amounting to
$2,813,917, is the record for the week
ending September 11. 1915, at the thir
teen principal customs districts of the
I'nited States. This shows an average
ad valorem rate of duty on imports of
10.4 per cent. The annual average ad
valorem for the last year under Re
publican law was 17.6 per cent., a rate
which gave generally satisfactory pro
tection to American industries, and
provided ample revenue for the Gov
ernment. neither of which tasks Is be
ing performed by the Democratic tariff
law, as our dwindling treasury bal
ance bears witness. This is not so
much due to the war as it is to the
largo volume of imports which are
coming in free of duty.
The Miltonlan, one of Northumber
land county's brightest newspapers,
has just entered upon its one hundreth
volume. It was founded by Henry
Frick. and among its editors have been
Robert M. Frick, from 1843 to 1852;
Franklin Bound, from 1867 to 1869, and
now ex-Senator Fred. A. Godcliarles,
its proprietor. One of the interesting
features is a reproduction in the an
niversary number of the first page of
the initial issue of the Miltonian on
Saturday, September 21, 1816.
VALUE OF A STATE FAIR
FROM every quarter this Fall
comes inspiration and encour
agement for the proposed State
Fair and Exposition on the spacious
grounds between this city and Mid
dletown. While this enterprise is be
ing promoted by private capital it
nevertheless covers a need which is
apparent in this part of Pennsylvania.
For several years the question of a
State Fair to be located in this city
has been discussed at succeeding ses
sions of the Legislature and the in
terest which Governor Brumbaugh Is
showing in the advancement of agri
cultural and kindred subjects has
given lncrased Impetus to the whole
movement
Dispatches from Trenton state that
there is a record-breaking attendance
at the Interstate Fair which was open
ed Monday at the New Jersey capital.
Monday was children's day at the New
Jersey Exposition and thousands of
youngsters trooped to the fair grounds
in that city. It is stated that over
50,000 people were present on the
opening day. showing the widespread
interest in these expositions.
More than 25,000 persons attended
the big Lancaster Fair on the opening
day this week and there also the chil
dren gathered on the grounds in large
the schools all over the coun
ty having been closed to allow the pu
pils to attend as the guests of the fair
association. One of the interesting
phases of this fair is the boys' corn
contest.
At Milton another big fair got un
der way this week and crowds are
present every day. So the story goes
from every corner of this Imperial
Commonwealth.
Referring to the large fair in Wash
ington county, the Washington
Observer says that the associa
tion is "a help in the development of
the agricultural interests of the county
and In the encouragement of pure
FRIDAY EVENING, HiIJUtISBUR TEUBORAPfIt OCTOBER 1, 1915.
bred stock raising." This same news
paper refers to the fact that one of the
county officials receptly emphasized
the importance of fairs in helping the
development of agriculture, especially
among the girls and boys who are to
be the future farmers of the State. On
the question of better stock as a re
sult of these expositions the Observer
says:
The difference between the stock
in Washington county and that of
our neighboring county. Fayette,
was most strikingly shown In the
exhibits of the two fairs, the
Fayette fair having no stock ex
hibit at all.
The very fact that sixty boys and
girls took part In the stock judg
ing contest at the local fair and
that thirty-four prizes were award
ed Indicates to some extent at least
the Interest which has been awak
ened through this feature alone.
Commenting upon the great benefit
of the Washington County Fair, a
prominent leader of the agriculturists
made the assertion that the fair had
proved to be an important factor in his
work and should be encouraged by all
who believe in the importance of more
scientific farming and stock raising.
With a real fair and automobile
speedway on the ideal site selected by
the company which is promoting the
big exposition between this city and
Middletown, all of Central Pennsylva
nia will be attracted and the results
should be beneficial to this section. It
is said that considerable headway Is
now being made by those back of the
proposed exposition and while the
State has not provided for the main
tenance of such a fair it Is believed to
be Interested In a development of
plans which would give Harrisburg
the same sort of an exposition as at
tracts attention In New York, Ohio.
New Jersey and other States.
As a result of the recent municipal
celebration there is a lively interest in
the general improvement of houses and
business places which have not already
been transformed by the wave of im
provement which has been sweeping
over the city for several years. It Is
believed next season that porch boxes
and window boxes will transform
much of the city Into a great floral
bower.
THE NUTTING SEASON
WILDWOOD PARK as it stands
to-day Is a monument to civic
pride and municipal progress,
but there are men in the city who as
boys knew und availed themselves of
its advantages long before the awaken
ing of Harrisburg in 1901. Many a
man of sedate middle life remembers
when to him Wetzel's Swamp, under
which mispomer the park went pre
vious to its acquisition by the city, |
constituted his conception of the for
est primeval and held for him all of
the Joys and thrills of pioneering and
discovery that the hardy frontiersmen
who first penetrated these regions
must have experienced. Many a lad
learned in Wildwood park the forest
lore that made him a lover of nature
in after years and stored up energy
that stood him in good stead when he
needed it most.
Wildwood was a thing of beauty and
a joy forever to the boys of the gener
ation now ripening into middle life.
In winter they skated and trapped
muskrats there; in the Spring they'
picked violets, arbutus and the count
less other forms of flowering life that
make the park area one of the most
attractive in Central Pennsylvania to
the botanist and plant-lover. In sum
mer he hunted frogs, fished and pick
ed berries and grapes there, but it
in the Fall that he found his great
est delight in its woods and along its
slopes. Nuts were ripe then and he
knew where to find them. There were
chestnuts in the lowlands and along
the slopes. Walnuts and butternuts
were to be had In abundance, while
everything in the hickorynut line was
to be had for the "skutchtng," from
the humble "hoggle" to the aristocratic
shellbark.
Few pleasures there were in those j
days to compare with a Saturday spent
in "Wetzel's," armed with bag and
club. In what triumph the lad bore
his bag full of nuts home in the even
ing. What mattered stained hands
and bruised knees. The young forester
was well repaid when he saw his store
spread out to dry on the kitchen roof,
for it held visions of winter evenings
spent over the dish of cracked nuts
that made all tne dreary months to
come seem rosy as summer.
To be sure, WHdwood is a gTeat
place, all it is painted, Indeed, but the
men who knew it as boys will tell you
that It holds no more joys to-day than
it did before it acquired the dignity
of municipal ownership.
There has been widespread endorse
ment of the suggestion of the
Telegraph that Labor jpay next year
be set apart for a line river carnival.
Including a regatta amLgiquatlc sports
.of all kind. It is up '♦ the men and
women of tho city to organize an as
sociation which will have charge of
these annual affairs, the Chamber of
Commerce having done well in starting
the ball rolling.
It is not only In the stock market
that the steel interests of the country
are cutting a figure. Everywhere the
plants are getting busy and orders
seem to be Increasing hourly. Idle cars
are now in use and thousands of tons
of steel are being ordered for new
equipment. Building plans which were
suspended are now being resumed and
Harrisburg looks for a home construc
tion boom next year.
CAMP HTIX S ENTERPRISE
CAMP HILL'S borough council has
displayed admirable foresight
and enterprise in availing Itself
of the expert service of the Harrisburg
City Planning Commission for the de
velopment of the territory lying be
tween the west bank of the river and
tho western boundary line df Camp
Hill. Under the law the commission
has authority to act within three miles
of the city limits in any direction and
this brings the Camp Hill project
within the prescribed area.
Eventually Harrisburg, like Pitts
burgh and New York city, will leap
across the intervening stream and em
brace within its governmental scope
all the West Shore, at least from the
lower end of Lemoyne to Enola and
back as far as the western line of
Camp Hill. It is important, therefore,
that the territory to the west be laid
out systematically and in harmony
with the "city beautiful" Idea which
the commission has always In mind.
At all events a majority of Camp Hill
people work or have their business
places in Harrisburg and they are en
titled to all the help the city can give
them In carrying out the municipal
development ideas that are doing so
much to make Harrisburg one of the
most desirable residing places in the
country.
T*o title*. LK
By the E*-Committeeman
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh is
having a hard time to get appoint
ments made to vacancies because of
the rush of people to urge appoint
ments. The Governor's time while at
the Capitol has been practically taken
up In seeing delegations. Including
legislators, who are seeking to have
appointments made. So much time
has been taken up In this manner that
the Governor has been clearing up his
mall and other Important matters at
the executive mansion. It is believed
that the Important appointments such
as Secretary of Agriculture, Water
Supply Commissioner and others will
come along In a few Jays.
—Several membe-s of the Legisla
ture, who have oeen seekers after
places, have apparently lost sl.Tht of
the fact that the constitution prohibits
members of the general assembly from
accepting places of profit by appoint
ment during their terms. Several
members of the last House are under
stood to have been after places, but
found the constitutional bar.
—The boom launched for Senator
Boles Penrose for the Republican
nomination for President at the P. O.
S. of A. meeting in Baltimore appears
to have attracted considerable atten
tion in other States. The senator de
clined to talk about it yesterday, but
reiterates his belief that the next presi
dent would be a Republican.
—Cambria county Republicans ap
pear to be getting together and pre
paring for a lively campaign. It is
predicted that they will sweep things.
—The Franklin party "war board"
met yesterday in Philadelphia to plan
the campaign. It is said that George
W. Carr, well-known here as a leader
of insurgent movements, Is being con
sidered for the chieftain.
—Philadelphia is "all het up" over
the post office changes in that city.
Postmaster Thornton returned yester
day from Washington where he was In
conference for several days with offi
cials of the Post Office Department.
He declined to make and comment on
the tube agitation or on the appoint
ment of the two Washington postal ex
perts who were ordered to Philadel
phia by Postmaster General Burleson
to Improve the service there.
—Recount of the vote cast in the
first six wards of Pittsburgh at the
primary election proceeded yesterday
under order of Court, and developed
irregularities, not only for the candi
dates for Prothonotary, but County
Commissioner as well. George E. Al
ter, former speaker of the House of
Representatives, when into court with
fifteen petitions asking a recount in
as many districts. The districts were
not specified, and Court refused the
order until that information was pro
vided. The ex-speaker sprung the sen
sation of the ballot scandal when he
moved to throw out the entire Repub
lican vote of the First ward in Brad
dock and offered the ballots them
selves as proof that at least 200 had
been marked by one or the other of
two men.
—Attorney Clarence D. Coughlin.
of Wilkes-Barre, was elected Republi
can county chairman of Luzerne at a
meeting in the office of Attorney John
Halsey, whom Mr. Coughlin succeeds.
George Williams and Jesse Briggs
were appointed secretaries. Campaign
plans were discussed tentatively and
it was generally agreed that the pros
pects for a sweeping Republican vic
tory this Fall are bright, if the can
didates put the same vig«r in the
campaign as was evinced before the
primaries. Mr. Halsey has served as
county chairman three years, 1912-13-
14. The chairman is elected for a
year, or until his successor Is chosen.
—Allegations of fraud, which, if
substantiated will give the Democratic
nomination for county controller to
P. H. Durkin with a plurality of 442
votes over William Luxemberger, were
presented to court at Seranton Wed
nesday. This was the first move to!
prove the frequent charges of elec-1
tion trickery in the Democratic camp I
made by Attorney C. C. Donovan, rep
resenting Mr. Durkin. The allegations
were contained in petitions to the
court asking that ballot boxes in the
suspected districts be sent for and the
vote for this office be recounted.
HARD OX THE FIREMEX
IFrom the Philadelphia Record.]
Ton members of the fire department
of Hartsdale, N. Y., are in Jail under a
charge of too great energy In the per
formance of their duties. They not only
put out all the fires there were, but
they arc charged with setting fires in
order to have mbre to extinguish and
greater opportunities for proving their
value to the community. The citizens
of Hartsdale are unappreclative. In
stead of bestowing hero medals upon
these men. together with a policeman,
who were insatiable In their determina
tion to put out fires, they have had
them locked up and are going to prose
cute them for arson.
.JAMKS WHITCOMB RII.EY
Indiana friends will tender a ban
quet to James Whltcomb Riley on Oc
tober 7. The committee has invited the
most distinguished persons In litera
ture and public life from all parts of
the country. It will probably surpass
any banquet of its kind ever held.
Similar ones were tendered Mark
Twain and William Dean Howells.
Riley retired from the lyceum plat
form in 1903, and no monetarv Induce
ment would bring him out of his se
clusion In his home in Lockerbine
street, in Indianapolis.
Riley's appearance in Harrisburg
with "Bill" Nye some years ago has not
been forgotten. About that time the
phonograph was being introduced and
both humorists made a record for the
talking machine at the Executive De
partment. Neither had ever before
talked into the new-fanglod toy, as it
was then regarded.
CL.OSIXG THE OPEN DOOR
The open door in-China wil be closed
and barred to American trade in the
near future unless the United States
helps oust the foreigner from China.
Patrick Gallagher, editor for the Far
Eastern Bureau, told the Traffic Club
at the Waldorf in New York this week
He said It Is Just as Important for this
country to abide by the Hav doctrine
in China as to defend the Monroe Doc
trine in the Western Hemisphere.
"In 1913," said Mr. Gallagher, "we
sold China only *37,000,000 of the
1395,000,000 of foreign merchandise she
bought. It Is impossible to exaggerate
the immensity of the commercial stake
in the Qrlent. Japan has made 'scraps
of paper" of her open door declarations,
disregarding her promises to America.
She has re-established her 'sphere of In
fluence' In China, having in view the
ultimate partition or absorption of that
country.
British gold shipped Into' this coun
try Is playing the very deuce with our
finances, but as yet we haven't organ
ized any Boston Tea-Parties to chuck
it into the sea.—New York American.
When a Feller Needs B y BRIGGS
HUGO? COME
mMmMBW < most GET. YOUR jg
TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE
—When this -ireless telephony
gets to working . t It's not going to
be such a long way to Tipperary.
—A Chicago man by the name of
Welsher has just paid over $3,000 to
make good a note given by his brother.
What's in a name?
—Do you remember when about
this season of the year your Saturday
lurch often consisted of a raw turnip
and a pocketful of green chestnuts?
—With Camp Hill on one side and
Steelton on the other. Harrisburg must
keep busy if she is to continue tp lead
in civic and commercial development.
-—After building the subway New
York city would find trench fighting
inild amusement. *
EDITORIAL COMMENT""
Frederick Palmer, through the rare
courtesy of the British Admiralty, Is
able to report that Kngland has some
war ships In a harbor.—Chicago Post.
The Prince of Wales has sworn
never to take a German bride. But
even this terrible blow may fall to
crush the German war spirit.—Kansas
City Journal.
We have a suspicion that the Czar
has about as much chance of losing a
battle in the newspapers as a society
heiress lias of being homely.—Boston
Transcript.
That fighting down on the Texas
border shows that Mexicans can't tight
as well on the road as they do on the
home grounds.—Nashville Southern
Lumberman.
Short weight.—The pound sterling.—
New York American.
The football rules are being revised.
We hope the committee goes on record
against poison gases.—New York Even
ing Sun.
THE JUDGE'S INSIDE DOPE
[Philadelphia Record.] ,
Judge Gary, chairman of the United
States Steel Corporation, gives no rea
sons for his "feeling" that the war
"will not be the long-drawn-out affair
that some commentators would have
us believe;" nor does he say why he
"thinks" that "the war will end quickly
and unexpectedly." But the cor
poration over which Judge Gary pre
sides and many of its affiliates are up
to the elbows in the production of
munitions of war; and it is part of the
equipment of a good business man to
be able to sense the future require
ments of his market.
WHERE MR. POPE GI'ESSED WRONG
[From the Kansas City Times.]
Several years ago a gentleman named
Pope wrote two lines that have been
giving aid and comfort ever since to
men who were opposing betterments
In government.
For - forms of government let fools con
test;
Whate'er Is beat administer'd is best.
According to this sentiment it was
all foolishness to displace a monarchy
with a republic. By the same phil
osophy it makes no difference in mow
ing a lawn whether you have a lown
mower or a pair of sc[ssors.
MY I.EADKK
When earthly Joys have all passed by.
And clouds are lowering In the sky.
Thought oft by human hopes deceived,
I know In whom I have believed,
And although gloomy seems the day.
When traveling on life's weary way,
I know that he has said to me,
That "as the day thy strength shall
be."
And so, while trusting in his word,
I lean upon my gracious Lord.
And feel whate'er my lot may be.
"Still by his hand he leadeth me."
It may be that the path is rough—
Still, if he leads, it is enough,
For on his word I will depend:
"Lo. I am with you till the end."
—Mary M. M. McFarland in Th<
Christian Herald.
THE NATION'S CASH ROOM
By Frederic J. Haskir
J
IN these days when the talk of the
world is national atjjj. international
finance, it may be. Interesting to
make a pilgrimage to the holy of
financial holies, the marble cash room
in the national treasury. Here is the
very heart of the actual Bank of the
United States, where all the currency
of the Federal Government is issued,
and new bills given out for old ones
that have been sent in for destruc
tion. Here is the headquarters for
the payment of vouchers issued by all
of the disbursing officers of Unclj
Sam.
The Treasury Department is a com
plicated organization, having to do
with the administration of many gov
ernment bureaus, with mints and sub
treasuries throughout the country,
with the collection of taxes, the direc
tion of policies. But this cash room
Is the source of its very life-blood. It
is the Treasury in its simplest form,
for here Is the source of the payment
of all government obligations. This
one room bears the label, "Treasury
of the United States."
The bank is the richest in the
world, for back of it is the robust na
tion of the West, to which the whole
world looks in a crisis such as the
present.
One enters this financial valhalla by
a commonplace side door leading
from a gloomy corridor. There are
clerks in black alpaca coats working
at ancient desks. You approach a
high, iron gate, which unlatches from
the inside. If you have a right to
admittance the door swings slowly on
its massive hinges.
The cash room itself has a more
ambitious appearance. This part of
the Treasury building was put up In
the five years that followed the close
[ The State From Day to Day I
Frank H. Buhl, the Sharon Iron
master, is recovering from dangerous
hurts resulting from an automobile
accident.
Shippensburg Motor Club is co
operating with the Motor Club of Har
risburg in marking the Lincoln High
way feeder between Harrisburg and
Chanibersburg. Railroad "danger"
signs have also been ordered.
Paxtang is not the only community
stirred over the weed nuisance. Wil
liamsport's council Is all worked up
over the rank growth on vacant lots
in that city. And the weeds must go.
As a preliminary to purchasing a
site for a recreation park at a cost of
$15,000 the Civic Club of Williamsport
13 about to be incorporated.
The Pottsvllle Republican is urging
the people of the anthracite region to
clean up their back alleys In the
theory that a Fall cleaning is quite as
beneficial as one In the Spring.
Trolley line is now in course of con
struction between Johnstown and
Somerset. It is expected the line will
be operating before Spring.
This week a farm in Clay township,
Lancaster county, which has been in
the Lober family since Richard and
Robert Penn granted the tract to Mar
tin Lober was sold as the property of
Sarah Lober to Charles J. Lebzelter
for $22,748.04. It contains 248 acres
and a mansion house.
All Lancaster is full of enthusiasm
over the great fair now under way.
Meanwhile Harrisburg is looking for
ward to the day when the big show of
all the shows will be staged on the
Young estate near Highspire.
These are the new ofßcers of the
Southern District Association of the
G. A. R., which embraces the Cumber
land Valley and adjacent territory:
District commander, John Shugars.
Shippensburg; vice-commander. J. D.
Hemmlnger, Carlisle; Junior vice-com
mander, F. W. Day, Chambersburg;
of the Civil War. The cash room was
erected for the purpose it serves. It
is the most ambitious room in all the
great building high-vaulted, lined
with the finest of marbles, rich in in
terior decox-ation, arid fringed with a
bronze gallery from which visitors
may look down upon Its operations.
It is a two-story room, some
seventy feet long and thirty wide, not
over-ambitious in size, yet President
Grant came here for one of his in
augural balls.
Thirty Clerks Handle Money
Inside are plain iron gratings, a bit
rusty looking, separating the tellers
and clerks, some desks and high stools.
There is not a piece of mahogany, nor
a cushioned chair in the Bank of the
United States. Thirty clerks handle
the flow of the nation's money and
direct the channels into which It shall
pass. ,
Then there is Major Alfred R.
Quaiffe. the vault clerk, who occupies
the high desk at the end of the room,
but spends much of his time in the
cash vaults just beyond. As a matter
of fact, there is a network of vaults
surrounding this simple cash room.
There are the great reserve vaults, for
instance, into whi<?h the new money
is put when it is first printed, and
allowed to stand while the ink on it
dries and hardens. Into this vault has
gone every piece of United States
paper currency that the people of this
generation have stuffed into their
pockets. There is the cash vault,
where the current funds for the daily
business of the government are kept
and the $420,000,000 held in reserve.
Then there are the underground stor
age vaults where lies $157,000,000 in
[Continued on Page 14.]
chaplain, the Rev. S. S. Wylie, Middle
Spring; adjutant, M. A. Embick, Car
lisle; quartermaster, F. L. Ployer, Me
chanicsburg; marshal, J. C. Leeser,
Mechanicsburg. The reunion next year
will be held -in Shippensburg.
• « •
George L,. Wade, its founder and
owner for twenty-three years, has sold
the Cambridge Springs Ertterprise to
Harvey J. UeFever.
• • •
Sheridan and Eva Oldham are the
Johnstown parents of a baby weighing
one pound, one foot long and per
fectly developed. Doctor says the boy
will live and flourish.
Now that the Kaiser has agreed to
the American point of view, the
hyphenated societies will have to re
move his picture from their walls.—
Philadelphia North American.
Our Daily Laugh
nHow did you
cotne out with
your law suit?
Get damages?
almost enough to
pay my lawyer.
FUTURE
WONDERS.
Phwat do yei c;
t'lnk av the way
they have now av ~r
sindin' messages
widout wires or
Sure, It's a WpJ B ifHTlx.
great lnvintlon! JT
I ex peat wan av ■ Hi 1
these days they'll |-|\:\
foind a way, f I Wak
travel widout lav- ..®,
in' homo.
lEbnmtttg Qlhat
The great review of the Grand Army
of the Republic at Washington thia
week on the fiftieth anniversary of the
review after the civil war and the
meeting of the National Encampment
in the national capital is interesting to
Harrisburg not only because this city
if- well represented, but because Har
risburg had the honor of the na
tional encampment one year. This en
campment wns held in Pennsylvania's
capitol in 187 4 when the city wus
nothing near as large as it is to-day
and when the Grand Army was con
siderably larger. The sessions were
brought to this city by a committee
of citizens who gave liberally for the
expenses. The encampment met at
the Capitol and there was a monster
parade reviewed by national and State
officials. Every hotel, boardinghouse
ond hall was filled and there was a
great time in the city. It is interest
ing to note that the city has had com
paratively few State encampment
meetings, although district meetings
have been held here. One of tho
greatest of the G. A. R. gatherings
here after the national encampment
was in the Dauphin county centennial
in 1885. Governor John F. Hartrantt,
Lieutenant Governor J. P. S. Gobm
and Adjutant General Thomas J. Stew
art have been national commanders.
General Stewart having been elected
in 1902 and the last one from Penn
sylvania until this year. G<meral
Robert B. Beath of Philadelphia, well
known here, was also a national com
mander. This city, which is import
ant historically because of its Civil
War associations, has always been a
notable place for veterans and it an
nually receives more veterans than
any place in the State except Gettys
burg.
One of the most beautiful sites for
miles around Harrlsburg Is to be ob
tained any clear night from Washing
ton Heights, about a half mile back
from the river. The new lights along
the river wall looks like u string of
pearls stretched out in a straight line
from the lower end of the city to
Maclay street. The reflections in tlui
water only add to the beauty of the
landscape. During the river carnival
a large party of West Shore people
gathered at Washington Heights i,°
watch the boat parade, which from
that distance looked like a vista of
fairyland. The aerial fireworks were
also visible from there and made a
great display. Residents of that dis
trict were highly pleased with the an
nouncement yesterday that the Camp
Hill borough council Is co-operating
with the Harrisburg planning commis
sion for the beautification of the Camp
Hill and Washington Heights districts.
The property owners of Washington
Heights will do anything they can to
further this plan.
The pre-emption of the name of the
Franklin party by the Philadelphia In
dependents calls to mind the fact that
it was partly chosen for the Bull
Moosers official party name in 1912.
When the final day to pre-empt names
came along it was found that some of
the progressives who were not in
sympathy with the dominant forces in
the party had taken the name Pro
gressive. under which the Roosevelt
movement moved In other States. So
there was a great casting about and
much secrecy. Finally, bundles of
papers came here all ready prepared.
There was Washington, Franklin anil
one other not divulged. Washington
was picked. Then over 150 papers
were put on file In an hour at tha
protlionotary's office.
• • *
The eel baskets, against whose own*
ers the State Police and Fisheries De«
partment are moving, are the last sur
vivors of the dams which used to zig
zag across the Susquehanna river an I
block navigation and ruin the appear
ance of the stream. The Legislature
revokes the act which gave authority
to have such contrivances and there •
are some people who are courting
prosecution by failing to obey It.
• • •
Col. Fred Taylor Pusey, a.-sistant
adjutant-general of the National
Guard, who was here yest ?rday
to see the Governor, s >rved
as a member of the Legis
lature from Delaware county. Col.
Pusey is one of the trustees of Spring
City State Hospital and well known as
an attorney in Eastern Pennsylvania.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—W. H. Truesdale. president of the
Lackawanna, said in Soranton that he
expected things to boom all over the
country.
—lgnace Paderewski, speaking at
Wilkes-Barre, said that Polahd was a
model in unpreparedness.
—The Rev. Mgr. T. E. Coffey, of
Carbondale, was given a public recep
tion on completion of his fortieth an
niversary as a priest.
—Charles E. Ingersoll of Philadel
phia, has succeeded Rudolph Ellis as
a director of the General Asphalt
Company.
—T. E. Weidersheim. Philadelphia
banker, is home from the Pacific coast.
—John Thompson Spencer, of Phila
delphia, will spend October at New
port.
1 DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg has built a
number of engines for Mexico?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The first courthouse was built
about 1800 and the Legislature!
used it for several years from
1814 on.
MR. MANX IN A FAMILIAR VEIN
[New York Sun.]
It is one of the Hon. James R.
Mann's notable handicaps in public
life, that he will talk sense. He not
Infrequently ignores the appetite for
balderdash and addresses his audi
tors ns If they were intelligent. Thue,
he told the Missouri Republicans at
St. Louis this week:
"It is not our duty to civilize or
govern Europe.
"It is our duty to act for the lasting
best interests of our own country.
'"While we are adopting means and
methods for our trade and Industrial
development let us also, In view of the_/
conditions In foreign lands, put oupN.
house In order to defend am? protect
Itself against any foreign nation or
nations."
These are strange words from tha
lips of a politician. Not our duty to
civilize and govern Europe? Our dut>'
to mind our own business? We should
look out for the TTnited States? Here
are singularly anti-Chautauquan opin
ions, offensively rational and sound.
Does Mr. Mann mean that he has
given up hope of the nomination fop
President In 1916?
HAD SOME YBSTEHDAT
By Ulnar Dinger
I'm always sorry when time comes
For summer to go out.
But listen, bo, when I recall
That Fall brings sauerkraut
And pork and sausage, scrapple, too.
It puts my gloom to rout,
[And I don't know but what I'm glad
I To see summer so out.