8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPB EnabUthtd itji PUBLISHED BT THE IXLEORAPH PRIIVTIIfO CO. B. J. BTACKFOLH President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OTSTER Sternary OCS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 111 Federal Square. Both phone*. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau ef Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. Bastern Office. Fifth Avenue Building-, New York City, Hasbrook. Btory * Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chita go. 111., Allen St Ward. Delivered by carriers at six cents a week. HiigfiK Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year In advance. Xntered at the Post Office In Harris* burg. Pa., as second class matter. ■wora dally average circulation for the three months ending 3ept> 30, ISIS ★ 21,307 ★ Averse* for the year I(l4—Jl^M Average fop tke year 191*—19.9W Average for tke year HU—»,««> Average for tke year JB11—1T,5«1 Average for tke year HI»—H3M Tke above flsraree are eet. All -*•- taraed. aaeeld aad damaged ooplea de fected. THURSDAY EVENING. OCT. 21 Endeavor as much as you can to keep tompony with people above you.—Lord Chesterfield. "EDISON DAY" EDISON Day," so designated be cause it marks the thirty-sixth anniversary of the discovery by Thomas A. Edison of the Incandescent electric light. Is being observed throughout the United States and in other sections of the globe where the inhabitants ara not too busy moving boundary lines and armies. Public utilities, particularly those which use electric current, are cele brating the occas'on In a special way, but the chances are that every news paper-reading citizen in the country alsc paused a moment in his busy day to pay the greatest inventor of modern times the tribute of a grateful though^. The world owes a very great deal to Thomas A. Edison, more than It can repay In the years to come. And of all the inventions which the gray haired quondam telegraph operator has given to humanity the electric in candescent is one of the most impor tant. The storage battery, the talking machine, nraetical methods of drug and chemical manufacture—these are but a few of the things for which the people of a great nation pay the tri bute of respectful homage to-day. And with the war clouds rolling not so very distantly along the horizon of the sea, W'ho can say that the people of the United States some day may not learn to appreciate more earnestly and with a greater sense of security the worth of the brains of Thomas A. Edison as head of the national defense board? There is increased interest in the new Central High School proposition, and the fact that a fine building is neces sary and inevitable is having its bear ing upon the campaign for school di rectors in the present campaign. The Interest in the subject of the new school building is widespread and the people generally since the great municipal pa rade of the school children are giving cqore attention to the subject than ever before. As an object lesson it was the most convincing thing that could have happened in breaking down the indif ference of the community to this vital need. STIMi setting the pace r A NOTHER achievement of the Chamber of Commerce in its noonday luncheon program was the engagement of Roger W. Rabson, the famous statistical expert, who ad dressed the live wires of the com munity at yesterday's luncheon at the Harrlsburg Club. Mr. Babson is e slly the leader in statistical research and business analysis in this country. He Is a past master in all that appertains to the study of cause and effect as re lated to commercial, industrial and general business conditions. His ac tivities are not confined to the United States, but extend to the larger field of the world. International compli cations and changes, the rise and fall In the business barometer and the essential developments of the future resulting from the changes now at tracting the attention of the people Drive full play to his great ability In diagnosing what It all means. Again we must thank the Chamber of Commerce for maintaining one of the most successful features of its ac tivities. Nothing better could have been provided for our own business community, and men of national stature who have appeared from time to time during the present year be fore this virile body of the city's active spirits have been Impressed with the high character of public service ren dered by the Chamber of Commerce here. A GREAT INFLUENCE THOSE who are familiar with the progress and development of the policies which are making the Harrlsburg Public Library a great pub lic Institution for this city and the sur rounding country have been much im pressed with the efficiency shown In the handling of the books, the selec tion of the useful works with which the shelves are laden and the practical methods employed In the general con duct of library. It Is worth while noting that the ■wnrl: cf the institution Is extending far, beyond the boundaries originally con- THURSDAY EVENING, I templated by Its founders. No longer is Its influence confined by limitations which formerly restricted its useful ness and the activities that are prcperly a part of the work that has been wisely undertaken by the trustees and the capable librarian. Leaflets have been printed showing the character of the books of refer ence and the textbooks that are avail able at the present time. These In clude works on business methods and efficiency and manufacturing and engi neering, many of the books being fresh from the press. Surely those who are devoting their energy to the development of the library and Its several departments must be encouraged by the evidences of popular Interest and approval upon every side. It is easily one of the most promising of the city's Institutions and will mean much in the future life of the community, especially as it reaches out and helps the children who will be the citizens of to-morrow. President Wilson doesn't seem to have been a pillar of strength for the woman's suffrage movement In New Jersey. It apears from the returns that his own district, city and county, are in the anti column. There may be In this result a meaning far removed from the actual suffrage proposition. It is suspected that President Wilson's measure has been taken in New Jersey and that the vote of Tuesday is a fore runner of what is likely to happen next year. A LITTLE LIGHT, PLEASE WITHIN a few months the work men's compensation system will become operative In Pennsyl vania. Officials to direct the adminis tration of the new law have been named and have been working out the preliminary details, while we are assured that the other selections necessary for the establishment of the plan are to be made shortly. It is more than six years since dis cussion of workmen's compensation took front rank in this State and there has been much talk of Industrial jus tico and other things which many em ployers have been giving for years. A good many people have been led to believe that the compensation system will ameliorate conditions with Which, as a matter of fact, it will have noth ing to do, and there are some who have ideas about the child labor law and the compensation system which are interwoven in the most astonish ing way. Hundreds of employers arc to-day groping in an effort to ascer tain how they will be affected. The law has been printed in full, commented upon by the comparatively few men who really understand how it will operate and lauded in speeches. It is about time that the State offi cials charged with the administration! furnish a little plain information, that! can be understood by everyone. What we all want to know is how the com pensation system is going to operate. It affects over 8,000,000 of people and they are entitled to the clearest in formation that can be given. A little less praise of the act and more point ers how it will work is what the State wants. • • :/ A REPUBLICAN YEAR THERE is every Indication that this is to be distinctly a Repub can year In Dauphin county, iln the first place, the enrollment and ! registration show that there are more I Republicans in Dauphin county than I Democrats, Washingtonians, Keyston jers, Socialists, Prohibitionists, Bull Mooeers, Roosevelt-Progressives and unenrolled voters combined. Of course many of the unenrolled voters will cast their ballots for the Republican candidates, but even if they did not and every Republican who enrolled as a Republican voted for the Republican nominees, the party would carry every contefet at the November elections by comfortable majorities. This indicates the sentiment of the voters toward the party and the prin ciples for which it stands. The warm welcome extended to the candidates during their tour of the county this Fall is an even surer sign of Republi can success In November. Good men have been nominated, every section of the county is represented and perfect party harmony exists. With all these factors for success so plainly evident it is little wonder that the Democratic bosses have let their campaign go by the board and are privately admitting that the best they can hope to get out of the election is the one minority rep resentative on the bpard of county commissioners, to which by law they are entitled. FROM MISSOURI THE St. Louis Post-Dispatch ad mits that the members of the Democratic State administration in Missouri are a bad lot and that their record in office is that of a "cold-blooded, repulsively self-seeking band of exploiters." Yet it relies up on "Wilson popularity" to offset all this. The word we get from Missouri is that "Wilson popularity" there is a highly negligible amount. ITS DAYS ARE NUMBERED THE protest of more than 1,200 residents of the Eleventh ward against the proposed transfer of a hotel liquor license to 1802 North Fourth street, shows how united is growing the sentiment against the saloon among the good people of Harrisburg. Time was when all a hotelkeeper had to do to move into another local ity was to make application foiv a transfer. But that time Is past, ffon ttment .against the sale of liquor Is so crystallized nowadays that it Is almost impossible to suggest moving Into any unpolluted neighborhood without a storm of protest resulting. In numerous cases transfer applica tions have been turned down by the courts In this county during the last several years because the neighbor hood affected was up in arms against the entrance of the saloon. All of which are merely more signs that the days of the liquor traffic are numbered. 1 TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE " —Looks like a fine year for that "Same Old 'Coon." —There little Ingot, don't you cry, you'll be a shrapnel bye-and-bye. —Some people's Idea of nonpartl sanlsm is to be a Democrat. —The Presidential Bee has begun to buzra, w'htch is a sure sign somebody is going to be stung. —Of course nobody who goes to the Pure Food Show hopes to get a prize —that's the reason they all hang around until after the drawing. [ EDITORIAL COHMENT~ Villa may eventually be assassinat ed, but It is evident that the latest re port of his taking off was considerably exaggerated. He says so himself.— Erie Herald. The wife of a Detroit violinmaker says spirits are making violins for her husband. This Is where the public hs well as the violins get strung.—Allen town Chronicle and News. Aviators might drop their apologies as they sail over Holland and Switzer land.—Philadelphia Record. Having no Dumba to suppress the Czar seems to have taken it out in suppressing the duma.—Chicago Her- What we need In this emergency is a movement to make the pork-barrel jitney,towns of the country prefer to have a submarine named after them to a new post office.—Boston Transcript. Napoleon occupied Vllna without a struggle toward the middle of July, 1812. The Kaiser gets it on September 19, 1915, after three weeks of desperate fighting.—New York World. Every British soldier will gut an American apple, and they certainlv do seem to need another corps or two.— Columbia State. I" IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph, Oct. 21, 1865.] Washington Pastor Here The Rev. J. G. Butler, of Washing ton, D. C.. will preach Sunday In the First English Lutheran Church. High Prices for Apples Apples are selling at $4 a bushel and $S a barrel in this city. Eldership to Convene Here The East Pennsylvania Eldership of the Church of God .will convene next week in the Fourth Street Bethel Church. The opening address will be made by the Rev. D. A. Laverty. Fifty ministers are expected to be present. Our Daily Laugh FORCE or HABIT. Physician's Wife: Now, my dear, you must posi v tively forget shop, /yf \ If you are going (pM J into society with j n I ii( H * r Hu bby: | / \ I What hav ® 1 1 3tTrf Physlclan'sWlfe:! Why, you feel the pulse of every- i body who extendi j a hand. SOME PROB- _____ lem. n "Don't you think LJ four sister cares forme?" 'ln "She dunn o. |H H She's found ten /£ i names in Brad- V ✓ street's the same J(j? as yours. She's puzzled." 1— f TEMPORARILY HANDICAPPED. Reginald: I met that French no- j bleman, Count da Brie, today. Evelyn: Really! Is he a brilliant conversationalist ? Reginald: Well, no, not at present. He dislocated his \ _ shoulders In the * war. MONK'S JOKE. 'rrxA E[ Mr. Heron: And -tu,who might you Mr. Monk: I'm a Km* bill collector. Your /|J| bill Is getting \ pretty large. Isn't ALWAYS hard. hardest Job of his life this summer. Indeed. What - it? Trying to findlV * A GOOD SCHEME. , flow when I read ' ' of Babylon Imagination , quickens; J TU bet those a~ A hanging gar dens fooled The chick- jMVJy ens. » IT'S ON By Wlag Dinger Oh, gee, housecleanlng time Is here— Each year I hate it more— The rugs have to the cleaner's gone, There's varnish on the floor, And though I know such is the case To-night, when dark. I guess I will forget, and In barefeet Step on the sticky mess. Or. shoes removed. In stocking feet I'll wander through the hall And step upon some sneaking tack They never get them all When taking up the carpets, and Those left upon the floor, It seems, agree that I'm the guy They all are laying for. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH f CK "P«-KKOi^tua)ua By the Ex-Committee man The defeat of woman suffrage in New Jersey has stimulated rather than anything else the campaign over the amendment in this State. The "antis" have taken fresh hold and are getting busy in a number of counties not vis ited thus far, white the advocates of the amendment are bracing up their campaign. It seems to be the general impres sion that close to a million votes will be polled on the amendment. Some people say that this is too high, but the interest In the amendment is greater than In any similar move ment since the prohibition amend ment fight in the eighties. The big gest vote In the 1913 amendments, when the bond issue was up, was close to 600,000. —There seems to be somewhat of a similarity between the candidates of Democrats in various counties of the State. In several counties the Democratic nominees, like County Commissioner John H. Eby, are on the defensive and pawing around desper ately to get out of the pits they have dug for themselves. George D. Porter is also doing some defending now. —Frederick Shoyer, who was one of the members of the reform cabinet in Philadelphia a few years ago, is out against the Porter candidacy in> Phila delphia. —Judge Gorman has retired as a candidate for mayor of Philadelphia. —The Forty-sixth Ward Democra tic committee in Philadelphia last night refused to endorse George D. Porter. —There is talk of a sticker cam paign against Jonas Fischer, the sole nominee for mayor of Wllllamsport. —Franklin county Republicans say that there Is no doubt about the whole Republican county ticket going through next month. The Democrats are split as in other counties. —The announcement in the morn ing organ of the fusion bundsters that Mr. Sheesley is satisfied with the mayoralty situation reminds people of the satisfaction felt by a boy left on an island by his pals who are rowing home in a boat to escape a rain storm. The Harrisburg mayoralty situation, on account of the prominence given to some politicians from Harrisburg last year, has attracted State atten tion and it is generally believed that the men behind Sheesley could not have been prevented from running hint by all the locomotives in Enola if they saw a ghost of a chance. —lt is believed that the fifty per cent, nomination clause will be very unpopular among Democratic re organization gangsters when they next meet. State Chairman Morris and other prominent machine Democrats were very strong for nonpartisan acts a few years ago. —The State Grange executive com mittee came to town last night and "resoluted" strongly against the pro posed increase in the army and navy, but endorsed "an educated citizen sol diery." The action of the Grange was not as heavily played by the Demo cratic newspapers to-day as some of its resolutions were last year. —Candidates Smith and Porter are to debate the issues in the Philadel phia campaign which is presenting many unusual features. Candidate Smith is getting ovations at his meet ings. The Philadelphia Inquirer to day says: "While hundreds of voters at two meetings !n the northeast cheered him to the echo, Thomas B. Smith, Republican candidate for mayor, promised real improvements to a section of Philadelphia that loom up as a big factor in the city's growth during the next few years. There was nothing vague about the Smith promises. BOOKS AND MAOAZINESI The old interest in debating as an indoor sport Is at last coming bac(k again, bringing with it plenty of good books on the subject. Parents especi ally will be glad to know of "Debating for Boys," by William Horton Foster, which Sturgis & Walton Company have juet published. This book encourages the forming of debating: clubs as a good means of keeping boys out of mischief and of making tnem into men. The author tells his young readers everything they will need to know about the rules of the game as well as how to become proficient in it. His ad vice on the object of debate is worth remembering. Discussion, he says, which does not lead to a definite plan of action is not truly argument. The audience should be convinced to the point of action. Demosthenes said to his rival. "When the Athenians listen to you they say, 'What a fine speech!' When they hem- me they say. 'Let's go fight against Philip." " In Forrest Izard's forthcoming book let, "Sarah Bernhardt." to be publish ed by Sturgis & Walton Company shortly, there is a characteristic anec dote of the actress which Is worth re peating. It relates to her choice of a motto at the early age of nine. Madam* Bernhardt tells the story herself in this way: "It all happened," se says, "after a formidable jump over a ditch which no one could jump and which my young cousin had dared me to attempt. I had hurt my face, broken my wrist and was in pain all over. While I was be ing carried home I exclaimed furi ously: 'Yes, I would do it again, quand meme, If anyone dared me again. And I will always do what I want all my life.' In the evening of that day my aunt, who was grieved to see me in Buch pain, asked me what would give me any pleasure. "I should like,' I whispered, 'to have some writing paper with a motto of my own.' My mother asked me rather slyly what my motto was. I did not answer for a minute, and then, as they were all waiting quietly. I uttered such a furious 'Quand-meme!' that my Aunt Faure started back muttering: 'What a ter rible child!'" "AH who love and choose him . See Love, and so refuse him; For all who find him lose him, But all have found him' fair." The truth of this little song Is well shown In an anoymous novel published by Sturgis & Walton Company, under the title "Pillars of Smoke." Like tne song, the story it tells is of a love too strong to last, which can only consume itself in the end and bring tragedy be hind It. Tn speaking of this book. Mrs. Ella Higglnson has gone so far as to com pare it with the work of the Brontes. Well-known as an author herself, her opinion Is Interesting. "It affects me," she says, "like 'Wutherlng Heights,' which I consider the most powerful and haunting book I ever rea<J." All automobile owners will be inter ested in the announcement made of a new book from the pen of Mr. Charles E. nuryea, the well-known expert. This volume, which is to be called "The Au tomobile Book." Is to be published bv Sturgis A Walton Company shortly. It plans to cover the whole subject of the «asoline engine and motor car, and is Intended for every owner or prospective owner who wants to know everything possible about the car of his choice. It is not often that an automobile man of Mr. Uuryea's prominence find* time for the making of a book, and all members of the fraternity—manufac turers. users, agents—will want to give his volume a welcome. Those connected with the Industry know Mr. Ouryea as one of Its pioneers—the winner of many [contests In England and America in the early days and the perfector of the gasoline engine as we have it to-day. UNAPPRECIATED Auctioneer <at art sale, reproach fully)— What! No advance on three shillings? Why, the picture by Itself U worth thati'V—Puck, THE CARTOON OF THE DAY QUESTION: WHEN DID HE FIND TIME TO DO IT? \ fcf f *" C AMD V(l THOU&MT ] C *%i | wis seen kikpins,] —From the Des Moines Leader. f THE PANAMA CA X.—Life on the Zone Today By Frederic J. Haskin TO the old employe the brave days on the zone are gone. Compared to the construction period, with its rapid promotions and fabulous salaries, the present era of admira tion and operation is a tame thing in deed. The change has been gradual, but to the old employes it is an over whelming change. They have lived their epic, as one of them expressed it, and now they are living their prose. Many of them, of course, are leav ing the zone, for now that the work is done only a fraction of the old force can be used. So men who have given the best years of their life to building the canal are going away for good, and this gives them no pleas ure. For if you think that the old employe is in a hurry to go back to the States, now that his task is done, you are greatly mistaken. If you ask him about it, he will probably tell you that he would like to remain at Panama a little longer. And if you press him, he may admit that life on the Isthmus, with its strange com bination of Yankee efficiency and the easy, pleasure-loving ways of the Latin, has thrown the spell of its peculiar charm upon him, and that he would as soon end his days at Panama. The life on the Canal Zone to-day is probably the most exotic under the flag. There is nothing like it any where else in the world. Here the American, bent upon great achieve ment and money-making, has come squarely in contact with the Latin, asking only to dream life pleasantly away, as his fathers have been doing for two centuries. These two diverse elements have met they have not exactly mingled, but certainly they have become adjusted and each has brought much to the other. Even Sports Differ Take the matter of sports, for ex ample. There could be nothing more different than the Yankee, and the Panamanian conceptions of sport. The Yankee wants to get out and do some- The State From Day to Day «■ * Dr. M. L. Chadman, candidate for mayor of Lancaster on the Democratic and Washington tickets, promises to give his entire salary if elected as a fund for band concerts, playgrounds, coal and clothes for the needy and tuition for the boys' and girls' educa tion. If his governing principles are, on a par with his generosity, Lan caster will have a good mayor. The gubernatorial automobile tour is bearing fruit, for the stockholders of the Berks and Dauphin Turnpike Company have called a meeting to consider a proposition for the pur chase of the turnpike by the State. Bethlehem Steel was batting at 500 yesterday. It leads the Wall Street league with the stick without any question. City Planning Commissions in other cities of Pennsylvania are outdoing one another in their energetic work ing for the welfare of their city. In this line, as in so many others, Har risburg should march at the head of the procession. The country surrounding Allentown which depends on the Lehigh Valley Transit Company for Its electric power had considerable difficulty yesterday whon a large steam pipe hurst and the entire plant was inundated. Twen ty thousand horsepower had been de veloped when the accident occurred and 4.000 employes of the Bethlehem Steel Company were very late in get ting to work. Out of a clear sky comes the query from the observing commentator on events in the editorial page of the New Castle News: "Will a one-legged man have two legs when he gets to Heaven?" Food for debate. It Is a common topic of conversa tion as l . what psychological 6r moral effect the defeat of woman suffrage In our eastern neighbor's territory may have on the vote here In our own State. The crypt of the Eden Musee In New York, with its realistic wax figures depicting the most horrible crimes In history, has very little, sis far ns thrills are concerned, on the sight which persons assembled In the Mauch Chunk court room for a mur der trial were shown. A human heart, pierced In two places, was produced as evidence, and the audience was nearly panic-stricken with horror. Members, not money. Is the slogan out Knne way In their T. M. C. A. ac tivities. It is a relief to find at least OCTOBER 21, 1915. thing strenuous, so that he can per spire and get excited. The Panaman ian idea of sport is not to do some thing, but to watch somebody else do it. He plays no games that can not be played sitting in a chair. The bull ring, the cock-pit and horse rac ing, where he is nothing but an excit ed spectator, are his typical amuse ments. Living in a land teeming with game, he seems even to lack the con ception of hunting as a sport. When he takes the field he is after meat, rather than amusement. There is a bull ring at Panama City, i and this ancient sport of all Spanish peoples modern descendant of the gladiatorial show, is regularly prac ticed. It cannot be said, however, that bull-fighting reaches a very high state of development in Panama. You see it at its best in Mexico and in some parts of South America, but as you draw nearer the tropics, both the bulls and the bull fighters seem to lack enthusiasm and energy. Now and then, on some gala occasion, a really gorgeous bull fight, with a procession and picadors, is held in the Panama ring, but the ordinary Sunday bull fight is rather a poor affair. Yet, as a glimpse into unchanged Panaman ion life, it is intensely interesting to the visitor. There was rather a slim attendance at a tight that was held here a few weeks ago. An eager rabble of young Panamanians of all shades of black and yellow crowded about the edge of the ring. A little higher up were seated a good many tourists, ma rooned in Panama City by the slides at Cuiebra Cut. Far above, in the boxes, could be seen the dandles and senoritas, representatives of the Pa namanian houte monde. Bull Fight Attracts Decidedly the most expectant, in terested and excited portion of the audience was the group of tourists who comprised everything from a [Continued on Page 11] one sphere In which commercialism has to take a back seat. We note that the Y. M. C. A., while we are still on the subject, is often termed the "Y" either for the sake of brevity in the headlines or as a breath-saving device, but it seems to meet all the requirements of the simplified spelling code. —Adjutant General Wilbur F. Sad ler has made the suggestion that a New Jersey State Military athletic league be formed, the idea being to promote Interest in the National Guard and increase the number of enlistments. Mr. Sadler is a son of Judge Sadler, of Carlisle. JI'DKE KUNKBI/S DECISION Philadelphia Hreord—According to the Dauphin County Court's interpreta tion the "50 per cent." clause in the nonpartisan law means what It says. To make the nomination at the pri maries of a candidate for judicial of fice equivalent to an election by print ing his name alone on the ballot for the office In question It is necessary that he obtain more than 50 per cent, of the vote cast. The vote cast at a primary Is ascertained by a count of all the bal lots, and 50 per cent, is one-half of the total. A majority of the lesser number of nonpartisan ballots Is not a majority of the total vote. The decision of the Dauphin County Court may be appealed; but It is so clearly correct that there ought to be no doubt of the final out come. Philadelphia Pre**—This comes from bad law making. The Interpretation of Attorney General Brown would have carried out the apparent Intent of the Legislature, hut to do so he had to read into the act words which the Legisla ture never put there. The Dauphin County Court refuses to allow so much liberty to be taken with a statute. If the Attorney General had super vised the law more carefully when it was In the plastic stage before the Legislature and had had the language inserted at that time that should be there, this confusion and dispute about the meaning of the law would not have resulted. The bills before the Legisla ture should have expert revision before being solidified Into law. That dutv is now left to the Courts and succeeding Legislatures are called upon to correct the errors of their predecessors as -the Courts discover and point them out. TAFT FAVORS ONE LONG TERM Speaking of the presidential term, ex-President Taft said: "I am strongrly inclined to the view that the term of the President should be six or sevon years and that he should be Ineligible thereafter. Such a change would give to the Executive greater courage and independent in the discharge of his duties. The ab sorbing and diverting interest in the re-election of the Incumbent taken by those federal civil servants who regard their own tenure as dependent upon his would disappear and the efficiency of administration in the last twelve months of a term would be main tained." , jpßiEmng OH|at j "When one comes to think about It, the Pennsylvania Steel Works, which is about to pass to new ownership or control from that which has held It foi almost fifty years, contains very little of the orlsinal plant except the ground. The familiar old limestone buildings which formerly housed tha bessemer and open-hearth steel mills and which were built, like forts have nearly all disappeared. The new bes semer plant is not even located where thejirst steel was blown back in June, 1867, and only the old-timers can tell where the first open-hearth steel fur naces were built forty years ago. Prob ably the only structures about the plant which are not materially ex changed except to increase their ca pacity are Nos. 1 and 2 blast furnaces. No. 1, which used to be called "shorty" furnace because it was lower than No. 2, preserves much of its original outline, as does Its taller neighbor. No. 1 furnace, the first to be built at Steelton, was erected in 1872 and blown in the next year. In fact, it was started forty-two years ago this month. The next furnace, which was the biggest furnace in this part of the State until the new No. 5 was started, was built in 1875 and started in the centennial year, only a short time be fore July 4. The old rail mill, which ■was an object of national interest and even of English attention when it waa started in 1868, has disappeared, and •he merchant mills, which date from 1883, are now among the older por tions of the plant. It is not such a long time since Locust street in Steel ton almost marked the upper end of the plant and the lower end was down about Chambers street. Now the plant stretches for three miles or more. Mrs. Nellie Blessing Eyster, beloved of many old friends in Harrisburg, is now enjoying the sunset of life in Cali fornia in her stventy-seventh year. " riting to a friend here, she exhibits all the fire and versatility of her earlier years. Among other things she says: "Paxton Church has long been one of my delights and old Derry Church one of my Mecc&s. Among my earliest seribblings was a descrip tion of a day spent among its environs. X preserve with great reverence a ser mon preached by the Rev. John Elder, Pauls (her grandson) great-great grandfather, some time in 1776 and containing some forty logical divisions. The publication ot Paul Elder's yearly calendars has become an event in the literary world. . They go everywhere. His one of last year was indeed a gem and I have no doubt of the success of your venture." This letter is addressed to Dr. John J. Mullowney, whose peace calendar is to bo issued by Paul Eider for 1916. Mrs. Eyster has recently written a biography of Mrs. John Fryor, who was the wife of the pro fessor or Oriental languages in the University of California and for fifty years a resident of Shanghai, having served for twenty-seven years as a missionary in the Flowery Kingdom. * • * Perhaps nothing better illustrates the value of university training for newspapermen who have the "nose for news" than the rather remarkable fact that a member of the Yale class of 1915 has been chosen as the managing editor of Harper's Weekly. "Doc" Merz, as all his classmates love to call him, is a talented and promising worker in the newspaper and maga zine field. He spent a day or two in Harrisburg this week and was greatly impressed with the progress of the Inl and the civic ideals of the community. Colonel Lewis E. Beltler, who re cently filed at the Capitol all of the papers and souvenirs of the Gettys burg Centennial Commission, of which he was the executive officer, has been highly complimented upon the man ner in which he preserved everything of value. The papers have already been looked at by many visitors. The übiquitousness of the Ford story would cause some hesitation in pub lishing the following facts about Henry Ford and his mammoth factory were it not that the unusualness of the story makes it stand for itself. At the Chamber of Commerce luncheon yes terday, Roger W. Babson, the speaker, who is an expert on statistics and the sounding of business conditions, spoke of having visited Henry Ford at his home and hearing Mr. Ford tell the following story, illustrative of the value of co-operation between capital and labor. Mr. Ford was convinced that the co-operative plan was by far the best and he determined to cut down on the hours of work for hia men and give them a bonus of ten mil lion dollars to be divided up among the whole force. Before he inaugur ated this idea, he had turned out 16,- 700 cars a month, with 20,000 men working nine hours a day. The month after the plan was put into operation, 2 2,000 cars were built and sold with the same number of men working only eight hours a day. "And," said Mr. Ford, with a laugh, "instead off giving away ten million dollars as I wanted to do, they made two million for ma above the bonus." VEU. KNOWN PEOPLE | —Charles MoKnight has been re elected president of the Carbon Steel Company, of Pittsburgh. —Fayette R. Plumb, Philadelphia manufacturer, has been elected an officer of the National Hardware Asso ciation. —Mayor Joseph Caufflel, of Johns town, is now lighting councilmen over an increase of salary the councilmen want. —Congressman Thomas E. Butler, of West Chester, is making speeches on preparedness. | DO YOU KNOW 1 That Harrisburg used to make cannon balls? DESPERATE Jack disliked being kissed. One day he had been kissed a lot. Then, to make matters worse, on going to th« picture palace in the evening, instead of his favorite cowboy and Indian pic tures there was nothing but a lo more hugging and kissing. He returiv ed home completely out of patienct with the whole tribe of women. After he had tucked Into bed motha: came in to kiss him good night. He refused. Mother begged and begged, till I* disgust he turned to his father, wh< was standing at the doorway, looking on, and said: " 'Daddy, for heaven's sake, give this woman a kiss!"—Tit-Bits. f 1 Some Money For You, Sir! When a manufacturer adver tise? his goods in this newspaper he Is saying to the storekeeper! of this city:— "Some money for you, Slrl" That advertising Is creating business for every retailer who handles the goods. Alert storekeeper* know this. They show the goods in their windows at the time they are being newspaper advertlea.l and reap the profit on the manu facturer's investment.
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