8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established iSil PUBLISHED BY THE TEtEGBAI'H PHIXTING CO. E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-inClulf F. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 216 Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago. 111,, Allen & Ward. . Delivered by carriers at WUttWftJJ4{E> six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers *t $3.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harrla burg, Pa., as second class matter. -fiworn dntly average circulation for the three months ending Sept. 30, 1016 ★ 21,307 it Aver« C e for the year 1014—21.88S Average (or the year 1013—10.003 Average for the' year 1012—10,040 Average for the year 1011—1T.M1 Average for the year 1010—10.201 The above flgnres are net. All cs tnrnrd. unsold and damaged copies de ducted. SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16 Houtrtr fexv of the other good things icf life are thy lot, the best of all things, which is innocence, is aluvys within thy bum powqr. — Fielding. CUT-OUT MANIACS THERE is growing complaint throughout the city over the in fernal din caused by the use of rut-outs on automobiles and motor cycles within the city limits. It is bad enough when these noisy devices dis turb the countryside, but there can be" no excuse whatever for such a racket as is heard dally and nightly upon the streets of Harrisburg. If th£ members of the police force ■were as vigilant as they might be, especially those of the motor squad, the cut-out violations would soon cease. Threats of personal violence to chronic offenders in this respect are frequently heard and unless the police department intervenes to stop the nuisance, private citizens may be al most excused for compelling in their own way obedience to the regulations prohibiting the use of tfie cut-outs on the city streets. It is openly "Charged that Mayor [Royal's Indifferent policy respecting the punishment of all such offenders Is directly responsible for the con tinuance of t,he practice and the in creasing annoyance that comes from the unnecessary noise of joy-riders and motorcycle cranks who seem to think that disturbance of law-abiding citizens is a legitimate feature of their nocturnal jaunts. Nor Is the cut-out the only thing demanding the immediate attention of the police department. Reckless speeding on the prominent streets of the city must be stopped if life and limb are to be safeguarded. It is a common thing to see reckless motor ists rush along the residential streets at a speed of forty or fifty miles .in hour, punctuating their screeching cut-outs and horns with blood-curdling at the midnight hour. It is not to be expected that the patrolman on foot can appreh'end these offenders, but the motorcycle squad was established for this very | purpose and it ought to be an easv matter for these officers to make ar rests and stop the racket. But the practice will not cease so long as Mayor Royal dismisses the culprits •with a wave of the hand and a few Remarks. THE TARIFF SCARE PRESIDENT WILSON and his son in-law, the Secretary of the Treasury, are manifestly dis turbed over the receding Income of the government and a climbing deficit. Realizing that the Democratic free trade experiment has threatened the very foundations of ' prosperity and happiness for the people of the United States, .which calamity has been tem porarily bridged by the unexpected (revenues growing out of the purchase of war materials for the European /belligerents, the administration at "Washington is now considering some revision of the Underwood tariff law "with a view to increasing the revenues. ■But the real scheme is to save the Tresldent's face and prevent a panic in the event of a sudden cessation of the war In Europe. It has heen suggested over and over since the Rpffublican protective tariff was discarded by the Democratic Congress and a free-trade measure substituted therefor that-a radical re versal of the Democratic position was Inevitable. Only the extraordinary and unexpected purchase of supplies hy the fighting nations abroad has served to cover up measure the defects of the present tariff system and the alleged purpose of President Wilson and Secretary McAdoo to force changes In the customs duties at the fipproaching session of Congress indi cates their alurm over the situation. President Wilson is doing some ground and lofty tumbling nowadays to square himself with the people. His "watchful waiting" policy in Mexico has been the joke of the world and has resulted in an intolerable situation along our southern border. Also, he declared against a policy of prepared ness as outlined 'in a definite army and XHLVV prnt/ru rre yo'.i y oan now SATURDAY EVENING, realizes that he must change front on this proposition and go along with the sentiment of his pountrymen. Less than a year ago the President declared that he must he guided by his party as tho policies of that party were indicated by the Baltimore conven tion and then turned down the woman suffragists without a blink of the eye. Within the week, however, he has de clared his support of the "votes for women" propaganda. And so it goes along the entire line of the wavering administration now in power. But the one thing which the Presi dent and his son-in-law—the custodian | of the government funds—insist upon notwithstanding the outspoken dis approval of the people is a, govern ment-owned merchant marine. Hav ing approved ir. the last second of the time allotted him the infamous La Fol lette bill, which 'has driven the Ameri can flag from the seas, the President and his son-in-law now declare that government ownership of merchant vessels is the one great "policy" which the administration will urge upon the pliant Democrats when Congress re convenes. Private enterprise is to be discour aged through a scheme of government ownership of these vessels and nothing that men of action who understand the situation can say appears to have any effect whatever upon the adminis tration bosses. Of course, a few Demo crats here and there resent the Presi dent's arbitrary stand on the question, but they haven't the sand to oppose him. It may be, however, that a sum mer spent among their constituents will be shown to have had some in fluence upon the representatives of the people in the Senate and House when they return to Washington in December. It is plainly the purpose of Secre tary McAdoo to take advantage of the public demand for national prepared ness in the issuing of Imnds so as to conceal so far as possible the diminish ing revenues resulting from Demo cratic tariff blundering. Meanwhile, the citizens of the United States who are more concerned about the welfare of the country and its people than anything else are not be ing deceived by the present activity'of the Wilson administration in the mat ter of tariff revision, ship building schemes, army and navy enlargement find the other features of their pre liminary campaign. "TELEGRAPH" BY AEROPLANE ELECTRICITY is becoming the great propulsive force of the world. , We are now to have the tig American dreadnaught California pushed through the water by elec tricity at high speed. But this is not all. We are further assured that the syndicate which has taken over the Wright patents will develop the aero plane so as +o make it as common as the automobile. Think of it! Nocturnal joy-riders overturning our chimneys, upsetting our blrdhouses, destroying our flag poles and anon upsetting the dignified statue on the dome of the Capitol and the spires of our churches. Even the <ave dwellers had some advantages over present-day civilization. Discussing the Wright prospect, the ftew York Sun feelingly observes: The humble pedestrian and nature lover will then have to forego his pleasures and isolate himself in covered and protected ways. Im agine the air and the land on holi days and Sundays full of whirring aeroplanes and honking automo biles! Ob. then, for a lodge on a desert rock! And this Is not a fanciful picture. The telephone and the wireless and the automobile were all unknown a little span ago Within the generation the Telegraph will be delivered every evening to its thousands of happy readers by wide-spreading aeroplanes with active boys dropping the bundles hither and thither and yon. MARKET STREET SUBWAY IT is so obviously necessary that something be done without delay to improve traffic conditions in Market street at the Pennsylvania Railroad subway that the City Plan ning Commission and the other city authorities should lose no time in reaching a conclusion. We believe that both the Pennsylvania and Phila delphia and Readlnfe railroad com panies will co-operate with the city in solving a problem which is growing worse every day, and when it Is solved it should be in a broad and compre hensive way. The subway on South Second street is a fine example of co-operation of the city with the railroad companies and there Is reason to believe that the same intelligent co-operation can be had in correcting the impossible situ ation at Market street. PRESIDENTIAL ALTERNATION I INTEND to vote for woman suf frage in New Jersey because I be- lieve the time has come to extend that privilege and responsibility to the women of the State of New Jersey, but I shall vote not as the leader of my party in the nation, but only upon my private conviction as a citizen of New Jersey, callod upon by the Legis lature of the State to express his-xon viction at the polls. I thirjk that New Jersey will be greatly benefited by the change."—President Wilson, in a pub lic announcement, October 6. "I have not yet presented to any leg islature my private views on any sub ject, and I never shall, because I con ceive that to be a part of the whole process of Government, that I shall be spokesman for somebody, not for myself."—President Wilson to the National American Woman Suffrage Association, when, headed by Dr. Anna Shaw, they called at the White House December 8, 1913, to enlist his aid in the cause of woman suffrage. "Until the party as such has consid ered a matter of this very supreme importance and taken its position, I am not at liberty to speak for it; and yet I am not at liberty to speak as an Individual, for I am not an individual. As you sec, I either speak to it in a inessaga. or 1 do net sneak at all."—. President Wilson to a deputation of working women who requested a pres idential message to Congress favoring woman suffrage, February 2, 1914. It is remarkable how the approach of a political campaign will enlighten the views of an aspirant for re-elec tion. 'FTTITLCA IK By the Ex-Committeeman The clauses of Pennsylvania's non partisan Judicial nomination law rela tive to the making of candidates re ceiving more than fifty per cent, of the vote sole nominees came in for some hard raps in the Dauphin.county court late yesterday when Judges Kunkel and McCarrell heard the two mandamus proceedings instituted tlnce Attorney General Brown announced his ruling on the method of computa tion. In the action of S. H. Husel ton, of Pittsburgh, to compel all names to be certified for the superior court ballot his attorney, C. W. Kahle, declared that there were uncertain ties which jeopardized the fairness of a return, while George Wentworth Carr, of Philadelphia, counsel for Fred S. Drake, a candidate for Court No. 2, in Philadelphia, said that the i nonpartisan act had made mischief in the State. He followed this up by re marking that clauses were so unin telligible as to be unenforceable. The court rendered no decisions and at the conclusion of an argument lasting nearly all day asked for briefs. John G. Johnson, who appeared with Jesse E. B. Cunningham for some, of the candidates, contended that the suitors had failed to make out cases and that human experience must be taken into account in determining what voters intended to do. Mr. Carr insisted that there were two methods which had to be used in computing votes in Philadelphia and that in court No. 2 the attorney gen eral's plan really made three sole nominees for two places. He said that Joseph Rogers was a sole nominee by one method while for court No. 4 Thomas D. Finletter was sole nominee by another. The attorneys in both cases asked for decisions which would clarify the procedure, pointing out that the rules laid down this year would affect supreme court nomina tions. Paul A. Kunkel, Democratic candi date for district attorney and Detec tive George Schuyler are canvassing the county together these days. Schuyler is said to be Kunkel's cam paign manager. It is also said that in case of Kunkel's election he would be the next county detective. John H. Eby, county commissioner, and Harry C. Wells, sheriff, are bat ting each other all over the back lots these days in their scramble for the minority county commlssionershlp. Both are proceeding on assump tion that this is a Republican year, that the best the Democrats can do is land one of the commissionerships, to which they are entitled by law, and each is campaigning with the hope of being the lucky candidate to get a majority of the Democratic vote cast. —The Republican campaign in Philadelphia, which it is predicted will end in a victory by from 100,000 to 130,000 majority, opened in lively style last night. The Philadelphia Inquirer to-day says of it: "Initial meetings of the Republican Mayoralty campaign were held last night in West Philadelphia, Manayunk and the northern section of the city. Thomas B. Smith, the nominee for mayor, fol lowed up his progressive platform an nounced earlier in the week with a vigorous amplification of a construc tive policy in which he elaborated upon his views regarding the imme diate completion of all public im provements now under way and the inauguration of an era of municipal development and expansion in every direction. The most sensational fea ture of the night's campaigning were attacks made upon George D. Porter, the Franklin Party nominee for Mayor and the Blankenburg adminis tration by John P. Connelly, Re publican candidate for City Solicitor." —Senator Boles Penrose Is in Provi dence to attend a meeting of the Southern New England Textile Club where he will deliver an address. A delegation representing the textile manufacturers met the Senator upon his arrival and there was a dinner in his honor. United States Senator Lippjtt, former Lieutenant Governor Burchard and other prominent Rhode Island Republicans spoke, eulogizing the Senator as a public man. Senator Penrose expects to remain in Provi dence until Sunday night, when he will leave for Philadelphia. —From all accounts the Bull Moose movement in Schuylkill county is dead. Leßoy Enterline, of Ashiand, the nominee for County Controller; John T. Shoener, of Orwigsburg. the nomine for Prothonotary, and Dr. H. P. Hess, of Pine Grove, nominee for Coroner, have notified the executive committee of the party that they de cline to run. Wm. E. Moody, of Tre mont and John H. Heffner of Tamaqu.l respective candidates for Register of Wills and Recorder of Deeds are to follow suit. They will all support the Republican ticket. —There will be ry> insurgency in Allegheny county on the part of Coun ty Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil. Yesterday Mr. O'Neil stated that he wfculd abide by the decision of the Re publican primary and would not seek to procure a seat in the commission ers' office outside the fold of the Re publican party. At the same time Mr. O'Neil stated that he did not propose to retire from active politics, but would be heard from in the future as a candidate for some State office. This statement is acepted as an announce ment that Mr. O'Neil will be a candi date for United States Senator next year or for Governor of Pennsylvania in 1918. He also intirhates that he will be one of the leaders in the flght for local option at the next session of the Legislature. A Pittsburgh dispatch to the Phila delphia Ledger says: "The frauds in the rerent primary elections have be come so pronounced in the investiga tions being carried on by Judges Reid, Carpenter, Shafer and Evans, that every one is asking where it is going to end? Developments to-day in the office of Alderman P. J. Sullivan indi cate that the end is far off. Twenty five additional arrests were made of election officials from different parts of the county, hail being given in each case. Later the men will have a hearing in the investigations now be ing conducted." THIS WAY LIFS HAPPINESS To watch the corn grow and the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over plowshare or spade; to read, to think, to love, to hope, to pray—these are the things that make man happy.— I Raskin. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH AS THE SUFFRAGISTS SEE IT The hand that rocks the cradle and the hand that rules the world. | TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE " —lf we grasp the situation cor rectly the King of Greece Is entitled to write the degree of H. P. after his name. H. P. meaning hen pecked. —Villa has been killed The fellow appears to have more lives than the noted Akund of Swat. —Shades of Democratic Simplicity! Have you seen the pictures of the President's new million dollar summer home? —A Dallas man has been awarded a blue ribbon as a model husband. We imagine a man like that would take great delight in wearing a blue rib bon. —Our idea of n perfectly good ex cuse for indigestion is the first sausage and buckwheat breakfast of the sea son. —Tires were probably so named be cause that's the way they make an automobile owner feel. EDITORIAL COMMENT The Vice-President has had a lot of fun out of the job. He has been happy as a schoolboy, and as informal and unconventional. He saw a joke in the office every day in the year.—The news from Washington. Contemporaneously, the American people have been gifted with a similar power of observation.—New York Sun. A young Chicago girl has married a 74-year-old count, x erhaps she takes the count now, figuring he'll take the count soon.—Allentown Chronicle and News. The Rood fortune which made the Hon. John Purroy Mltchel the youngest Mayor New York has ever had still pur sues him. Mr. Hearst's newspaper now abuses him daily.—Philadelphia Public Ledger. STEEL TRADE PROSPECTS [From the Philadelphia Record.] In view of the astonishing success which Charles M. Schwab has made of the Bethlehem Steel Company the re port, apparently well authenticated, that he is to secure control of the Pennsylvania Steel Company brings some consolation for the passing from Philadelphia hands of this important in dustrial plant. It is regrettable that local interests seem so willing to turn over to others great establishments built up through many years of consci entious work, but so long as they show this disposition no new ownership could be so welcome as that which has achieved such remarkable results at South Bethlehem. It seems a safe pre diction that the same aggressive policy will be followed at the plant at Steel ton. and that 011 the banks of the Sus quehanna. as on those of the Lehigh, new industrial wonders will be worked. It has long been the contention of The Record that Eastern Pennsylva nia. once the seat of the iron and steel trade of the United States, offers ex ceptional advantages for a great re vival in this line of manufacture through its easy access to the greatest markets of the country and through the admirable facilities it enjoys for obtaining the best of foreign ores through nearby ports, such as Phila delphia and Baltimore, and for build ing up a large export trade t>y ship ments from these ports. The unusual success achieved at South Bethlehem through such advantages, reinforced by a most aggressive and progressive management, has confirmed the predic tions made in these columns. It will be gratifying if Steelton can be made to repeat the story of Bethlehem's sud den rise to fame and great prosperity. Our Daily Laugh JUST SO. "You're a great U i .. pjCka-L hurch member. To what sect do I ( 1 rou belong?" 'I • Iffi lj\/j Jj DISCOUR k " Then you've given up the Idea Xwrirrf/' sj/ of taking singing Yl<"\ "Yes. I find It mm I o J would take me A"' no] (^ree years to w 3 (? ' learn m to sing as ® I Well aB 1 thought I I sang already." NO LUCK AT ALL By Wing Dinger I told you yesterday about That pesky heel Of mine That's been a-painlng me of late And caused me oft to whine. Not chiefly 'cause it pains me, but Because it keeps me off The course on Saturday P. M. While others play at golf. Last night I doctored it a bit With liniments, et cet.. And under such care, don't you know, It did much better get. I figured out that after all My game I would not miss This week, and then we come along 1 And get a day like thia. 1 f -v THE PANAMA CA Vl.—Defense and Military Life By Frederic J. Haskin V. , J IF the Panama Canal and the islands of Guam and Oahu were fortified so as to be absolutely impregnable, not only would these important strategic points in themselves be abso lutely safe, but not half so many ships would be necessary for the defense of our Pacific coast. If the navy can absolutely rely upon the use of the Panama Canal in time of war, and upon Guam and Oahu as bases of operation, its mobility will be almost doubled. This is the expressed opinion of both army and navy officers who are familiar with the problem of defense presented by the Panama Canal. They want more coast defense batteries and more troops. They are asking for these, despite the fact that the Panama Canal is already formidably defended, because they be lieve it would be fool-hardy to leave the great waterway anything short of impregnable from both land and sea. Although the exact number and em placement of the coast defense batter ies at Panama are necessarily a military secret, yet it is a well-known fact that these batteries are very strong. From the fortified islands of Naos, Perico and Flemenco at the Pacific end, enemy ships could be destroyed before they could possibly get within reach of the canal itself. The Atlantic end is al most equally well defended, and money has now been appropriated for the building of still further coast defenses. It Is considered probable that these will be placed upon Taboga Island, twelve miles south of Panama City. In addition to the coast defenses and mines, the great efficiency shown by the submarine in the European war proves that the terminals of the canal could probably be adequately defended by these alone. Drtrniir Just Started Thus the coast defense problem is sejn to be very well taken care of, and the average citizen is apt to consider that the problem of canal defense ends there. Military experts, however, make the somewhat surprising statement that the defense of the Panama Canal Is what they call "primarily an Infantry problem." Granted that neither entrance to the canal could be captured, or even ap proached by an enemy fleet, what if that fleet defeated our Pacific squadron, and landed a couple of divisions of troops, or even a strong force of ma rines, somewhere along the coast of Panama? There semes to b a general Impres sion abroad that this landing would be difficult, and that after he had landed, the enemy would find himself In a tropical jungle and unable to mobilize. As Is pointed out by the military men, there could be no greater mistake, no more dangerous assumption upon which to proceed. Along the coast of Panama on both sides, arid extending for a considerable distance inland, are strips of country locally known as "Sabanas." The Sabanas are a beauti ful region of little rounded hills with open valleys between them. They are covered with short grass, and the hills are often crowned with Jungle growth, but the country offers 110 more ob stacles to the advance of an army than does the sandy hill country of Arizona, for example. Furthermore. the Sa banas are one of the most productive parts of Panama, and the invaders could take considerable quantities of cattle, corn and fruit to support them selves while besieging the canal. iiunn Would Prevent Landing In addition to these facts, it must be remembered that modern ordnance is effective at tremendously long ranges. Our coastvdefense guns can be depend ed upon to prevent any landing with in twelve miles of the canal. But the Germans have successfully bombarded towns at very nearly twenty miles, and the English claim to have constructed a gun that is effective at an even longer range. Suppose the enemy to have landed some twenty-odd miles up the coast from the canal, and to have plac ed heavy ordnance there! What is to prevent him from dropping an explo sive shell on Gatun Locks and putting the whole canal out of commission? The f The State From Day to Dayl «- r The crews of the Wilkes-Barre Trac tion Company have struck for an in crease In wages of eight cents an hour over the former wage, and to-day Wilkes-Barre is a-jitneylng. The lat ter have sprung up with new life and multiplied like guinea pigs. You might even say, the streets are rife with them. Hunter's license No. 4316 was issued at Hazleton to a blind man to-day. The question is, will he aim with his sixth sense or will he draw upon one of those four which still remain to him? Certainly the sense of touch can be eliminated. While "robbing pillars" In the aban doned workings of the Spencer mine, at Dunmore. two men were entombed when the surface of the rock caved in. The work of rescue started immedi ately. Movies in Johnstown must be even more in demand than usual, If the page of the Tribune devoted to the film features are any criterion. "The way politics is carried on is a revelation to me," remarked one of the young women employed at Judge Por ter's headquarters In New Castle, to a reporter for the News. It is to be hoped that the revelation did not shock. There are twelve cases of diphtheria reported in Wllliamsport. Fresh from Lebanon comes the news that the bankers of that town are keeping abreast of the times and will establish a clearing house. The Johnstown Chamber of Com merce will give a luncheon next Thurs day In that city, at which Vance C. McCormlck, of Harrisburg will substi tute for J. Horace McFarland, who is unablfe to be present. Mr. McCormick v. ill speak on "Civic Betterment." "Old Swedes." officially known In church circles as Holy Trinity, the oldest church In America with the pos sible exception of one in New Mexico, dates back to 1638. She has Just called to Wilmington from Wllliamsport the Rev. Robert Bell to be her new rector. Hershey is to have band concerts inca a week by the well-known and OCTOBER 16, 1915. " military experts have asked themselves this question, and the only possible re ply seems to be that the proper de fense of the canal requires a garrison of troops large enough to go out from the Zone and repel a determined in vasion. i Even if the comparatively narrow strips of Sagana country were blocked by our troops, the military men say | that an enemy would have no great difficulty in advancing through the Panamanian jungle. It is, for the most part, a forest of soft growth, having in it little of the bamboo which makes many of the Philippine jungles almost impenetrable. Furthermore, when the growth Ims been cleared the ground is hard. With machete-men to clear the way, troops could advance through this Jungle at the rate of several miles an hour. All of this does not mean that the canal is really hard to defend. It is located on a narrow bit of land where military operations are difficult, and the hills on either side make splendid neutral positions. The Government has now provided for 10,000 troops to be stationed at Panama by January 1, 1916. The men who are studying the problem say that a full division of about 25,000 men would be sufficient to defend the canal in any emergency. Thus, the number of troops required being relatively small, it seems false economy to keep only half that number on the ground when It is considered that not only the great canal itself, but perhaps the safety of the whole nation, is at stake. Troops Arriving Meantime, the military element is becoming more and more conspicuous in Panama as troop after troop arrives on the isthmus. The frame structure up and down the canal, which formerly housed the men that built it. are now converted into barracks. That efficient, cock-sure, self-confident chap.the Ameri can enlisted man. is very much in evi dence everywhere. In the streets of Colon and Panama City, on every boat and railroad train, he may be met with, serenely taking in the sights, rather enjoying his new and unique environ ment. He has already formed dancing clubs and baseball teams, and a sol dier's club Is being organized in Panama City. The deer and tapir of the Panamanian jungle find that they have a new enemy upon 'their trail, armed with a long military rifle. The presence of the American soldier in Panama City quickly gave rise to a problem which has now been happily solved. Every once In a while ah American soldier would get into some sort of an altercation In the street and a Panamanian policeman would attempt to arrest h'm. The Panamanian police man averages only about 120 pounds In weight. Frequent!" the American enlisted man would resent being taken In by such a little fellow. So he would make prompt and effective resistance, more policemen would come running and likewise more soldiers, until there would be a very lively riot, watched by a large and Interested crowd of spec tors. Form Provost Onnril These riots figured quite largely In Panamanian society and Journalism for some time after the soldiers began to arrive in large numbers. Then they suddenly ceased. The solution was found in the establishment of a provost guard of American soldiers. These men were directed to arrest any soldier guilty of disorderly conduct, and the Panama police department was per suaded to leave the matter whollv in the hands of the provost guard. When the American enlisted man became a bit hilarious he found himself being arrested, very likely, by the first sear geant of his own company. Whereupon he not only submitted gracefully, but was very careful how he started any thing thereafter. In Canal Zone society, the military element is now conspicuous, too. Tropi cal military full dress adds an attrac tive touch to the fashionable affairs at the Hotel Tlvoll, and makes life still gayer for that much sought and feted creature—the Canal Zone society girl. popular Hershey Band, beginning Fri day. October 22. Romance is still alive and kicking, as evidenced by> the elopement of a young couple of 17 and 18 years, re spectively, living in Johnstown. The bridegroom Is the more mature of the two. THE SNAKR is CANAL ZONK [From the New York Sun.] Culebra is Spanish for snake; while culebrear, to move like a snake; cule brino, snaky; culebrona, a woman with the guile of a serpent, and half a dozen other derivative words carry into various secondary meanings the idea of reptilian cunning, sinuous, stealthy motion and suddenness and treachery of attack. The Culebra Cut was well named. The name was officially changed some months ago to Galllard Cut, in honor of the memory of David Du Bose Galllard, whose fine mind and life of great achievement and greater promise were, crushed out of being in the colls of this same crafty and treacherous monster. Until the Ingenuity and persever ance of our engineers crush the snake that crushed Galllard, it would be well that the cut should continue to be known as Culebra; for that. is what it is. When the snake at last is con quered let the name Galllard reappear on the official maps. And people who read with amaze ment of these unexpected and re peated writhlngs of the ophidian mon ster beneath the Isthmus hills, setting In motion by this latest writhe ten million cubic yards of obstruction and blocking the canal to traffic for months to come, ought to begin to understand that, this Is not only a question of superficial landslides but also of un derlying strata In unstable equilibrium and of untested mobility and unknown capacity for mischief. I JEAN NESS OP SOUL They soon forgat his works; they waited not for counsel; but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God In the desert. And he gav« them their request; hut sent lean ness Into their soul.—Psalms 106: 13-15. Bob La Follette may have to make that law more stringent as there's still one American liner left on the Pacific. —Columbia State. , Bmrtng (EijatJ "Why does the Gratz fair draw sucje large crowds?" asked a visitor Thurs day as he looked out over the seething mass of humanity thronging tha grounds. "You can search me," replied one of tho fair directors. And you "can search almost any body else who has given any thought to the matter. | The Gratz fair, which is the coun terpart of almost any other country fair of its kind, is unique in the re spect that it is not on any railroad '">e- It is eight miles from Gratz to the branch line at Elizabethville and fourteen to the mainline at Millers -5' .There is no special drawing card at Gratz, although the exhibits are always well arranged, the races good and special attractions liberal in number and good in quality. It is about as good as the average exhibi tion "of its kind, but not very much better. Nevertheless Gratz has drawn bigger crowds many a time than lots of the fairs located along the main lines of the railroads. There were hundreds of automobiles and wagons parked there on Thursday—s7so,ooo worth of autos alone, it was said, and the attendance included persons from Northumberland, Lebanon. Schuylkill. Perry, Juniata and even counties farther away. Every year it is the same. The crowds come, have a good time and then go away to come again next year. ' The only reason I can give," said one of the directors, "is that we al ways give as good an exhibition as possible for the money available, our amusements are clean, and, above all, that fairs are popular with the peo ple." The first meeting of any club or | society in the new Public Library Build ing will he the gathering of the Har risburg Rotary Club there next Tues day evening. In order to initiate the members fully into the uses and facil ities of the Library, Miss Eaton, the librarian, will have an inspection dur ing which she will explain the work ings of the institution. While the Ro tarians are conducting their business meeting Miss Eaton will entertain the wives of the members. At the close of the evening light refreshments will be served. President Arthur D. Bacon, who is president of the club, is a trustee of the library. The leaves on the trees in the moun tains above the city are bright with autumn colors. They are not falling so early this year .is ordinary, prob ably because of the very few frosts, the excessive rainfall and the warm weather of the present week. Almost every day sees chestnut parties from town in-the woods around about and to-day many hunters will spend their half-holiday in the country. « • * Candidates canvassing the county find many amusing things, not the least of which are the relics of other campaigns in the shape of cards tack ed on barns, trees and fences. "Vote for E. E. Beidleman for Senator," was one of the signs encountered a day or two ago and a half mile farther up the road the fact was solemnly an nounced from a barnside that Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh is a candidate for Governor at the November elec tions. Judge Kunkel and Deputy General Keller ran a tilt in court yes terday during the argument on the nonpartisan nomination cases. Mr. Keller was referring to judicial rulings in Interpretation of laws and Judge Kunkel said "This court can't legis late." "But it can follow the Supreme court," suggested Mr. Keller. "The Supreme court," remarked the judge dryly, "has the right to legislate. This court hasn't." "Well, we'll take the chances with it," replied Mr. Keller. John G. Johnson, the eminent Phil adelphia attorney here yesterday, is one of the noted art authorities of the country. He, wanted to get time to go to the Capitol yesterday to see it again, but. was kept busy in court. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE | J. D. Douglass, of Pittsburgh, is chairman of the committee of 1,000 in charge of the campaign for pure elections in Allegheny county. —lra E. Robinson, West Virginia judge, well known in this State, may run for governor in his State. —C. W. Clark, of Pittsburgh, is go ing to China to install big safes made in Pennsylvania. —Col. J. N. Schoonmaker, president of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie railroad, says the United States is not defend ing Hawaii properly. —The Rev. Robert Bell, Wllllanis port rector, will accept a parish in Wilmington. —J. H. Weeks made the speech .it the annual banquet of the Delaware County Automobile asoc.iation, which he organized. | DO YOU KNOW 1 That. Harrlsbnrg is becoming one of the big cement distributing centers? HISTORIC HARRISBURG The First newspaper was published by John Wyeth in South Second street. IN HARRISBURO FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph of Oct. 16, 186R ] Literary Senate to Meet The Harrisburg Literary Senate will meet to-night, at 7:30 o'clock. The bill for the establishment of a National Education Bureau will be discussed. Are Grading Market Street Work has been started to-day on grading Market street at Haehnlen's Hill. Humorous I.eeture Tomorrow John G. Saxe will deliver n humorous lecture to-morrow evening In the Courthouse on "Yankee Land." t Many a True Word, Etc. Doftori You moat go away for a lon* rest. Overworked Merchant i But, doctor, I'm too liusy to go away. Doctors Well, then, you must atop advertising. There is more hard fact than humor In this prescription. Advertising is the life of busi ness to-day Decause It is the di rect link to the consumer. It Is a building tonic not a stimulant. It works without holidays and its results are cumulative. Manufacturers more Interested in business than In vacations are invited to send to the Bureau of Advertising, American News paper Publishers Association, World Building, New York, for a copy of the booklet, "The News papers."
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