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THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14
But far be it from me to glory, save
m the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
through which the world hath been cru
cified unto me, and I unto the world.—
Gal. 6:14-
DON'T HANDLE MEATS
IT Is up to you, Mr. and Mrs. Har
rlsburger, to co-operate with the
meat dealers In the shops and
market houses of this city, who are
threatened with prosecution if they
fall to comply with the new meat
hygiene law.
One of the provisions of this new
law is that prospective customers shall
not be permitted to handle meats. The
butcher is responsible if you are per
mitted to touch his products and you
should not do anything which will lay
him open to prosecution. It is rather
embarrassing for the merchant to be
constantly telling his patrons that
they must not do thus and so, and that
Is why in the past many meat dealers
have permitted the dirty habit of meat
handling to be continued.
If you will but think the matter
over you certainly will conclude that
you would not like to eat meat that
ha* been handled by some other per
son's dirty fingers. Neither is anyone
else anxious to eat the food that you
have handled.
Everyone should remember that
disease and its attendant miseries is
often directly traceable to germ-laden
meat products and should therefore
refrain from the breaking of the sane
hygiene ruling recently passed. The
butchers can be depended upon to do
their part if you will do yours.
Strange how "het up" our Demo
cratic bosses become over campaign
contributions from officeholders and
others when the officeholders do not
happen to be of their own crowd. They
have evidently forgotten all about the
rather scandalous passing of the hat by
the chairman of the Democratic State
committee a year ago. when he ap
pealed for contributions from the head
of the State Liquor League at the same
time his party was pretending to rep
resent the local option forces of the
Commonwealth.
MTNICTPAL GOVERNMENT
THERE has recently been issued
by the Chamber of Commerce
at Norfolk a report showing the
results of an investigation of various
city governments, especially with a
view of finding out just how the com
mission form has solved the problems
of the several municipalities that
have adopted or been compelled to
adopt this Bj'stem of administration.
Norfolk was looking toward a
simplified and business form of gov
ernment and the Investigations of the
charter commission were conducted
with a view to discovering the best in
all the municipal systems which were
studied. As a consequence of two
months of careful study the commis
sion recommended a new charter, es
pecially drawn for Norfolk and
adapted to that city's needs. Three
petitions were prepared for three dif
ferent forms of government under the
optional charter act and these peti
tions were circulated among the
people for signatures.
A subcommittee of the Chamber of
Commerce continued the investiga
tions of the main charter commission
and its findings are of interest in view
of the adoption of the commission
form of government in Harrisburg and
elsewhere In Pennsylvania. While the
commission form is regarded at Nor
folk as a distinct improvement over
the old type there are very few who
express unqualified approval of it.
Most people seem to think that the
plan lacks administrative unity and
harmony; that conflicts of more or
less serious character between depart
ments are bound to arise. Particular
attention is called to the fact that the
Legislature of lowa at its last session
•nacted a law giving commission
governed cities of that State the right
to modify their plan by popular vote
■o as to provide for a city manager.
It was discovered that Memphis had
a commission government of a certain
form which had existed since 1879,
tba city having worked out a charter
for itself. With a strong and virile
mayor the conditions were reported as
admirable because of the team work
of the departments which worked to
THURSDAY EVENING,
gather harmoniously. There appeared
to be among the whole force nn en
thusiasm for good government.
The Norfolk committee concludes
that the efficient administration now
enjoyed by Memphis is not to be
credited to commission government
alone, but to the supervision of a
strong mayor who is invested by the
charter with supervisory power over
all departments, "which differentiates
the Memphis government from ordi
nary commission government." At
Memphis the inherent weakness of the
ordinary commission government has
been in a measure overcome by the
personal influence of Mayor Crump
and it would appear that such a gov
ernment depends more or less upon
the character and ability of the man
who happens for the time being to
be mayor.
After all is said and done, the suc
cess of any city administration de
pends not upon the system of govern
ment, but rests almost entirely upon
the character and ability and public
spirit of those who administer its af
fairs, Dayton Is trying out the city
manager form of government whero
one official Is practically the controll
ing spirit and influence of the ad
ministration. It is pointed out by the
Norfolk ccmmittee that as a result
of Dayton's management many
economies have been practiced and
large improvements made out of the
current revenues. In many of the
cities of Germany a similar plan is
in operation and it is not unusual for
a man who qualifies as an efficient
mayor of one city to be offered a
larger salary by another to secure his
services.
Harrlsburg Is now going through
the experimental stages of the com
mission form of government. It re
mains to be seen whether the change
from the old system to the new is
going to be a benefit or a detriment.
It Is certain, however, that our own
people, alive to our advantages and
the progress already made, must not
lose sight of the fact that In all the
cities that are now working out their
own salvation men of experience are
being retained in public positions; the
old Idea of rotation In office Is gener
ally discarded. This city has done
quite well during the first two years
of the commission government and
Commissioners Bowman, Lynch and
Taylor have much to their credit in
the achievements of the last two years.
Fair play and a proper appreciation of
these officials should animate the
voters in the approaching election.
! More power to the City Planning
| Commission in its comprehensive plans
: for a greater Harrisburg. It will have
the support of public sentiment and
public co-operation. It cannot too soon
undertake the establishing of great
radial highways into the surrounding
I country and the control of the river
basin on both sides.
COX FUSING THE VOTERS
AS a result of the wave of reform
hysteria that swept over Penn
sylvania some few years ago
there are on the statute books of the
Commonwealth quite a number of laws
that ought never to have been written
and others good enough in their in
tentions that are so confusing as to be
worse than worthless.
Consider the 50 per cent, clauses of
the judicial and municipal acts of 1911
and 1913 respectively as amended by
the Legislature of the present year.
The attorney general has ruled three
ways in three different requests for
construction of the clajse as it applies
to the Superior Court, in districts
where two or more judges are to be
elected and in districts where but one
judge is to be chosen. In two in
stances his interpretation of the law
has been so unsatisfactory to certain
of the candidates that they have filed
suits in court in an attempt to reverse
his decision, and their arguments as
presented and without careful analy
sis appear not without reason.
County Solicitor Ott has ruled in
quite another fashion on the 50 per
cent, clause as it applies to third
| class cities and whether or not his
construction of law would stand in
court nobody knows. The more one
reads the acts in question the more
confused he becomes. If a careful
and painstaking effort had been made
to construct them so as' to make their
language ambiguous and their provi
sions uncertain the result could not
> have been more confusing. Instead of
simplifying the process of voting these
laws have so complicated the selection
of judges and city officials that even
skilled lawyers are puzzled as to just
what the laws do provtde in that re
spect.
The whole situation is the result of
a legislative frenzy for change—reform
is not the word—and of the meddling
of amateurs and theorists with things
they know little about. Some of these
days we will awake as a people to the
understanding that the fewer frills
and furbelows with which we decorate
our election laws the more easily It is
for the people to express their will.
The casting of the ballot was never
meant to be an elaborate ceremony.
The making of a complicated process
of what ought to be a very simple act
is destined to defeat the very ends
which those who have been back of
recent efforts to amend the election
laws have heralded as their purpose.
Wisconsin has Just celebrated cheese
day. If this thing keeps up we shall
expect Boston to come forward with a
bean day. Philadelphia with a scrappel
day, Reading with a pretzel day and
Allentown with a peanut day. As for
Harrisburg. we're willing to struggle
along under the reputation of being
famous for all manner of good things.
A MUNICIPAL BUILDING
PRACTICALLY all the depart
ments of the city government of
Hartford, one of the progressive
cities of the country, are now housed
under one roof for the first time in
many years. A handsome granite
building is occupied by executive
offices and departmental officials, the
scattered units of the municipal family
at last coming together.
Conditions had existed at Hartford
such as now exist here and the time
must come when the departments of
our own municipal government will be]
housed under one roof. Several at
tempts have been made in this dlrec-'
tion without success, but with the
broadened vision of the city the
necessity for concentrating the offices
for the convenience of the people and
efficiency of administration in a raunci
pal building must be apparent to all.
Hartford has spent for this purpose
$1,400,000 in addition to the site which
cost $170,000 and the furnishings
SIOO,OOO additional. Hartford has also
the Hotel Bond, a splendid building
with modern equipment, comfortable
and airy rooms and convenient to all
points of Interest. With the activity
of our Chamber of Commerce, the
Rotary Club and the other organiza
tions of the city the new hotel for
Harrlsburg is also a promising pros
pect.
The war is having its effect on fash
ions. but who ever told the style de
signers that a soldier wears fur around
his boot-tops?
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By the Ex-Committeeman
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Allegheny county's muddle over Re
publican nominations is getting to the
point where independent movements
will be started to have the candidates
Involved fight It out. It is probable
that Kirker and Johns, the candidates
for prothonotary, will be named by
friends and the battle settled. Whether
J. Denny O'Neil will run for com
missioner as an independent will be
settled to-night. Fourteen additional
appeals were filed In Common Pleas
court by David B. Johns, from the
recount of the county commissioners.
Kirker has also filed appeals. The at
tention of the county commissioners
was called to the fact that the legal
right of accused members of election
boards to serve and tabulate the vote
which would be cast at the regular
election November 2 was raised. The
opinion of virtually all of the county
officers asked on the matter was that
their right to serve cannot be ques
tioned, except in cases where convic
tions are secured on confessions made
before the election. Probing Into the
recent election continues under the
direction of Judges John D. Shafer and
John A. Evans in Common Pleas
courts who showed their displeasure
at the way the hearing lagged. "You
will have to move more rapidly," Judge
Evans said to counsel. "We have made
little progress here." That the elec
tion board In the first precinct of
Wilkinsburg gave voters ballots who
were not registered previous to pri
mary day, and permitted them to vote
as charged by Johns was admitted by
members of the board.
—Simon H. Sell, the Bedford county
candidate for the president Judgeship
of the Bedford - Huntingdon - Mifflin
district, who met defeat at the recent
primaries, has made a public declara
tion in favor of the re-election of
Judge Joseph M. Woods.
—Only a few hundred persons took
advantage yesterday of the amend
ment to the personal registration act,
provided by the last Legislature, to
qualify for the election in' Philadel
phia. The Legislature had amended
the act so that persons purchasing a
poll-tax receipt up to October 2 were
entitled to vote, provided that they
had an excuse for not qualifying at
the regular registration days. The
Registration Commissioners set aside
yesterday as a special day for the
hearing of these cases, but few per
sons appeared to thus qualify. Xmong
those placed on the lists by the Regis
tration Commissioners yesterday were
ex-Chief Justice D. Newlln Fell, of the
supreme court of Pennsylvania and
Judge William H. Staake.
—Mayor Blankenburg is taking
seriously, from all accounts, the "dis
covery" by George D. Porter, his can
didate for mayor, that there was a
"plot" to sell the Philadelphia city
water works. This is very much like
some of the "discoveries' made by the
Democratic State machine sleuths last
Fall. The voters of the State ap
praised them very nicely.
—Quite in striking contrast to the
disorganized condition of the Demo
crats, the Republicans of Lackawanna
county have been working out a plan
for effective work at the election. The
Republicans are united under County
Chairman Herbert L. Taylor and have
opened headquarters in Scranton from
which to push their fight.
—The Montgomery county Republi
can campaign opened up last night
with meetings at Glenside and things
look very well for the success of the
whole Republican ticket.
—Allentown is considerably stirred
up by the charges made about the way
city finances are being administered
and there will be a Taxpayers' League
formed. Charges are now being made
about the assessments and it is also
alleged that playgrounds are being
overdone.
—Recounts of votes for local offices
have been forced in a number of
counties in the eastern part of the
Stute. They show numerous errors on
rural boards. Apparently a school for
election officers is needed In a few
places.
—Leonard Harrison, prominent
Tioga man, has taken charge of the
work of the citizens' campaign for the
re-election of Judge David Cameron.
The committee is trying to secure ora
tors of national repute. Attempt is
being made to have Representative
Hobson of Alabama, or some other as
noted speaker come here for a series
of meetings. According to accounts
filed with the prothonotary, the pri
mary expenses of the leading candi
dates for judge were as follows: S. I<\
Channell, $2,139.80; T. A. Critchton,
$1,324.62; David Cameron, $655.22,
and F. H. Rockwell, $491.72. Cameron
and Channell are the nominees.
—County Controller Hendershot, of
Luzerne county refuses to pay the
salary increases provided for chief
deputies in county offices by the last
Legislature unless forced to do so by
court opinion. Controller Hendershot
takes the stand that a salary Increase
authorized by the Legislature does not
apply to clerks in offices at the time
that the increase was allowed. The
clerks will carry the case to court.
I*l.L USB THE OLD ONE
By Wing Dinger
I nesd a new golf bag.
And one caught my eye
That suited my fancy
As I hurried by
A store window last week.
Which T thought I'd get—
Then went out and placed on
The Phillies a bet.
You all know the story
Of how the Phils tried
To pull down the series
And how hard they died.
But somehow they couldn't
T.and hard on the pill—
And down In the window
The golf bag hangs still, " j
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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MOTHER WROT6 "JA,
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TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE
—The question now naturally arises.
Will Colonel House be best man?
—Dr. Dumba still insists he told
the truth. First thing he knows he'll
be in bad with the diplomatic corps.
—Wonder whether the Sing Sing
convicts who ask for the prison bank
will specify the kind of safes to' be
installed. -
—Alexander may weep, but not for
more teams to conquer.
—Even the loser's share in a world
series is not such a small thing to
contemplate.
—There are times when the owner
of an automobile thinks he would be
willing to ssll his car for 25 cents, but
he always changes his mind before a
purchaser comes along.
EDITORIAL COMMENT "
Is it not an immoral idea of Mr.
o>swald G. Villard's that military pre
paredness would lose the United States
its moral position in the world?— New
York Sun.
The United States should hold tena
ciously to its great national game of
baseball, if for nothing else than its
wonderful humanizing effect on the
people. All veneer peels off as soon as
the umpire calls "Play ball!" Calgary
Herald, Alberta.
Nobody has suggested one William
Jennings Bryan as a possible compro
mise candidate for the presidency of
Mexico. It is even possible that little
Haiti would not have him. If he isn't
caieful, Mr. Bryan will speedily be
come a mere citizen of Miami, Fla.—
Johnstown Leader.
J. Frost is making the Journeyman
painter seem like an apprentice these
days of autumnal decoration.—South
Bethlehem Globe.
Health Commissioner Dixon, of
Pennsylvania, declares gardening a
more healthful exercise than golf. But
men do not cultivate gardens in four
somes; nor does the average garden
possess the adjunct of a "nineteenth
hole."—New York World.
1 BOOKS AND MAOAZINES"!
The season of the year is at hand
when energetic workers turn their
thoughts to church and charity enter
tainments and it is often times diffi
cult to find just what will be the most
beneficial and enjoyable. Of course,
they must bo looked at from the stand
point of financial success and it is far
easier to adopt an idea that some
other brain has tried out and found
successful than to originate one that
may or may not bring the desired re
sults. David McKay, the Philadelphia
publisher, has published a book entit
led "Money-making Entertainments
For Church and Charity," and the
three hundred pages contain sugges
tions which will be helpful and adapt
able to all kinds of divertisements
throughout the year.
"Into His Own" is the interesting
little story of an Airedale pup. written
by himself and translated into human
speech by Clarence B. Kelland, de
scribing his adventures as a waif and
finally his reunion with his mother.
The book is of interest to all lovers
of dogs.—David McKay, publisher.
The cookery the Ladles'
Home Journal for the last flve years
are responsible for the illustrations
and one-half the receipts which are
found In the new cookbook prepared
by Marlon Harris Neil under the name
of "The Something Different Dish,"
and published by David McKay, Phil
adelphia. "Bombshell," "Sudden
Death" and "Maids of Honor" are sev
eral of the names selected at random
from the list of one hundred receipts,
but these are samples which guarantee
other novel concoctions In store for
the housewives who wish something
i different.
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THE PANAMA CANAL AT WORK
IV.—Ships and Cargoes
By Frederic J. Haskin
L. ' J
THE striking fact about Panama
Canal shipping: during its first
year is that traffic between
American ports has been the biggest
part of it. The great waterway Is
primarily a new route for the domes
tic commerce of the United States.
But it is something far bigger and
more important than that. It is a
stimulus to American commerce in
American vessels which is doing more
to solve the vexed questions of our
diminishing merchant marine than
anything that has happened in a cen
tury.
These are the figures that tell the
story. During the eight months
of the operation of the canal the
commerce carried from the Atlantic
coast ports of the United States to
those of the Pacific amounted in
round numbers to 46,000,000 tons.
That carried back from the west
coast to the east was 43,000,000 tons.
The total foreign commerce passing
through the cr.nal, both east and west
bound was only about 45,000,000 tons.
Significant Is the fact that this com
merce between the two coasts of the
United States includes almost all of
the commodities carried by the trans
continental railroads. Steel is the
leading article of west-bound com
merce, with textiles, leather, wood,
copper and paper coming next. In
return for these things the Pacific
Coast ports have sent back canned
fruit and tlsh, lumber, wine, pineap
ples, sugar and ores.
These figures, however, give no idea
of the actual variety of the commerce
transacted between the two great
f The State From Day to Day ]
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The Punxsutawney Spirit, apropos
of something or other about which we
know nothing, observes sagely that a
good many men do not seem to have
any skylights in their heads, but the
light permeates from the sides.
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When Luderus circled the bases in
the fourth inning yesterday the Phila
delphia fans uttered a roar thut could
be heard to Coatesville and beyond,
but when Hooper duplicated the per
formance with a man on in the eighth
and cinched the world's championship
for the Red Sox all Southeastern Penn
sylvania trembled with the shock.
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"Dementia Praecox Catatonic Forms:
Differentiation from Manic Depressivo
Psychosis" was the subject treated by
one of the M. Ds. at the recent meet
ing at Allentown of the Lehigh County
Medical Society. The very first word
expresses our sentiments.
The civic classes of Millersburg give
that town a population of 2,722, show
ing a gain of 328 over the population
of five years ago. The figures speak
for themselves end augur well for the
future. The early stages of a town's
growth always pull the hardest.
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It's a brave jitney that will brave
the winter storms without a limousine
top or at least a fur overcoat.
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W. A. Yerkes writes to the Doyles
town Intelligencer that he killed a
ten-month-old hog that dressed 390
pounds. Whereupon some wit comes
back with the query as to how much
it weighed in the nude.
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Queer things are happening In Sun
bury—three people nearly died after
eating deviled crabs and a man is
dead as the result of failing against an
iron fence and impaling himself upon
one of its pickets.
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"Ed Rigby was In his bare feet and
acting peculiar" was the statement
given out by the police to the New
Castle News yesterday. And so Ed was
apprehended and placed In Jail for the
time being.
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It seems that Sam Montour, of Pros
pect, resembles the movie king and UJ
OCTOBER 14, 1915.
halves of our country by way of the
Panama Canal. Here aro some of
the things listed in the cargo of a
vessel passing through the canal on its
way from New York to Los Angeles
and San Francisco: Battery cells,
caustic soda, olives, chemicals, earth
enware, glassware, lard, liquors, struc
tural steel, machinery, refined pe
troleum, vegetable oils paint, paper
and paperware, pianos, rubber goods,
salt, soap, stamped ware, textiles, to
baco, woodenware, marble, starch and
thread. The declaration was finished
with "Balance, 1,189 tons, in small
lots of various articles."
Much Cheaper
A glance at the origin of this im
mense and varied cargo Is still more
illuminating. It reveals the fact that
cargo from points as far west as
Orrtaha, Minneapolis and Grand Rap-
Ids was going to the Pacific Coast by
way of the Panama Canal. These
shippers find it cheaper to send goods
to an Atlantic Coast port, through
the canal and up the Pacific Coast,
than to make the comparatively short
haul from Omaha or Grand Rapids to
a Pacific Coast point.
The Panama Canal traffic originat
ing at Middle Western points Is, of
course, a relatively small amount, but
It is unquestionably a fact that the
capal Is carrying a great amount and
variety of commodities from interior
points in the eastern United States to
the Pacific Coast.
What effect will this competition
have upon the business of the trans
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known to friend and foe as "Charlie
De Chap." Neither the name nor the
implication of French extraction
pleases him and now he is fined $3 for
beating up, to say nothing of choking,
his persecutors.
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The first and second year classes of
the Westminster co-eds disagreed as
to certain colors and ribbons in their
annual parade the other day and for
a few minutes the streets of New Wil
mington resounded. And great was
the hair-pulling thereof.
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A big auto parade will be staged in
Lebanon in the near future so that
the residents of the "city of the iron
nerve," as the Daily News puts it, will
be able to appreciate what has been
done In paving improvements.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR"
TECH'S APPRECIATION
October 13. 1915.
Mr. E. J. Stack pole. President,
Harrisburg Telegraph,
Harrisburg, Pa.:
My Dear Mr. Stackpole—Permit me,
ir. behalf of the Technical High
School, to acknowledge the receipt of
and to thank you for the beautiful
cup presented by the Telegraph to the
Technical High School for having had
the larger percentage of students In
line at the time of the school parade.
1 wish to assure you that we thor
oughly appreciate the Interest In our
schools which must have prompted the
Telegraph to offer this splendid prize.
Very sincerely;
CHAS. B. FAGER, JR.,
Principal.
Our Daily Laugh
| CAUSE FOR
f J SADNESS.
Bird: What's
£ \ the matter?
I prodigal son U
I coming ho.ne.
Stoning (tttfat
Lew R. Palmer, the State's chief
factory Inspector, who has attained
fame as a football player In college
days at Princeton, as a student of so
cial problems and as an advocate of
safety first, last and all the time, has
added to his laurels. This time Mr.
Palmer has gone some as a mountain
climber. He has Just returned from a
mingled business and pleasure trip to
the Pacific coast and between stopping
at State capitals and large cities to see
how child labor and inspection laws
were administered and to talk high
brow stuff to the leading lights, hfe
found time to go up Mt. Tacoma. The <
mountain is between 14,000 and 15.-
000 foet high and is the second high
est In the United States. Mr. Palmer
viewed it from Tacoma and deter
mined to go up. There are some peo
ple out that way who like the busi
ness of going up and he united with
them. Mr. Palmer remarked that
"breaking up interference" was
a lightsome task compared to certain
phases of the climb up the mountain,
but he said that the experience and
view well repaid him for his exertions
and liis hanging on by the toes and
then by the nails in his ascent of the
famous peak.
During the present year the develop
ment of the city's mercantile interests
has been demonstrated In a number
of interesting anniversaries. Harris
burg has been fortunate in the char
acter and energy and public spirit of
its mercantile community. Year after
year the various firms and companies
j have pressed forward, keeping step
constantly with the progress and de
velopment of the city. Harrisburg
need not be ashamed of its stores.
Captain George C. Jack, commander
of the Governor's Troop, is on a trip
to the Pacific coast in which he is also
making some observations of the or
ganized militia and the military posts.
Captain Jack has been given leave of
absence until the middle of December
so that he can take his time. The cap
tain was detailed to thS Mexican bor
der a few years ago and also took
courses at Fort Riley.
The men in charge of the Capitol
and the Riverside parks are commenc
ing to have their own troubles. These
are the days when the leaves begin to
fall and they clog the drains and
gather in tjje paths and spread over
the grass. The old way of disposing
of leaves by burning them cannot be
followed out in the parks where turf
has a distinct value per square footand
the accepted method is to gather them
up and have them carted away.
Among the foreign residents of
Steelton there is a pronounced dis
position to keep out of the European
muss. A few years ago when the Bal
kan League started In to ihrash the
Tj"urks the Servians. Greeks and Bul
gars were much stirred up and eager
to do what they could. Now the Ital
ians are desirous of helping their na
tion, but the other people are very
much in favor of maintaining an in
terested, but distant neutrality.
Charles E. Patton, the new Secre
tary of Agriculture, is a brother of
Senator Alexander E. Patton, who
served In the Senate several years ago
and was one of the strong men of that
body. Senator Patton was a great ad
mirer of Harrisburg and had many
friends here. The Patton family has
for several generations been amonK
the leading ones In the Clearfield
region.
Robert Kennedy, prominent TJnlon
town lawyer, was here a few days this —
week attending to matters at the
Capitol.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Dr. A. B. Hart, of Harvard, was a
speaker at the vocational conference
in Philadelphia.
—N. B. Kelly, prominent in Phila
delphia maritime affairs, is taking
steps to enlighten "people on the future
of that port.
—Col. E. A. Millar army artillery
officer, will command the Western di
vision this winter.
—Paul E. Winenrenner, of Hanover,
is the president of the York county
—Judge W. A. Way, of Pittsburgh,
injured In an automobile accident. Is
Improving, although seriously hurt.
—John Bach McMaster, the histor
ian, has returned from Maine.
—President H. S. Drinker, of Le
high University, has gone to San
Francisco to preside at the National
Forestry association meetings.
—Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell spoke
at the Knights of Columbus banquet
at Mauch Chunk.
| DO YOU KNOW
That Hnrrlshurg Is noted for the
quality of the tinplate it pro
duces?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Nine presidents have spoken in the
city since It became the State Capital.
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS >
AGO TO-DAY
[From the Telegraph of Oct. 14, 1886.]
Kln<l Man Dead
Daniel James, of Carlisle, was found
dead to-day In an outhouse at the rear
of Martin's hotel.
Hope to Parade
The members of the Hope Fire Com
pany will parade to-morrow morning
preparatory to g.oing to Philadelphia to
attend the firemen's convention there.
Soolfty to Meet
The Harmonic Society will meet Mon
day evening in the Courthouse to com
plete plans for a series of sessions this
Fall.
|l
The Good Influence of [
i
Bad Example
Advertising has a record of
some failures and behind each
of these is a reason.
Not infrequently the wrong
mediums were chosen, or the
problems attacked from the in
correct angle.
Newspaper advertising has the
advantage of reducing possibil
ities of poor success to a mini
mum.
A manufacturer can buy Just
the space he needs, where he
wants It and at the proper time.
He can find out the kind of
appeal that pays without wast
ing money.
He can shape his advertising
■hots to hit the target of suc
cess.
Manufacturers desiring to
/choose the success route are
Invited to address the Bureau
of Advertising, American News
paper Publishers Association,
'World Building, New York.