12 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH! Established 1&31 . 1 ================ 1 PUBLISHED BY TIIE TKI.KfiRAPH PRISTIXfI CO. . E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STETNMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Tlegraph Building, 116 Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brook b. Western Office, Advertising Rulldinpr, Chicago, 111., Robert E. Ward. Delivered by carriers at six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers fet $3.00 a year in advance. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. fcworn daily average circulation for the* three month* endlnic Oct. 31, 1015. ★ 21,357 ★ Average for the Tear Ilil4—2l.SM At efuge for the year 11113—tfl,W2 Average for the Tear 101 *—10,640 Average for the year 11(11-11,56- ATernge for the year 1010—16,261 The above figures are net, Alt re turned, unsold and damaged copies de ducted. FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11! Sing me, O singer, a song of life! Cried an eager youth to me: 'And I sang of a life without alloy. Steyond our years,—till the heart of the boy K'aught the golden beauty, and love and joy. Of the great eternity. —Edward Rowland Sill. POSTAL SERVICE IMPAIRED PEOPLE in the rural districts who are exasperated because of the inefficient postal service under Postmaster General Burleson will be Interested to know that urban inhabi tants are likewise afflicted. Complaint of the poor service in Washington. D. i C., is quite prevalent, while in Phila- > «ielphia a committee was organized, I known as the Bourse Committee, con sisting of ten members of the various i •commercial exchanges, which called on Mr. Burleson and made complaint. The committee has announced its in tention to carry the matter to Presi dent Wilson, if Burleson does not jnake some move toward the better- ■ ment of the service. Of course, this demoralization of the l>ostal service, resulting in inefficiency and postal deficits, is but the logical outcome of appointing men like Burle eon and his first assistant, Daniel C. Jioper, to such positions of responsi bility. Neither of them had practical of postal affairs prior to his appointment to his present position. O'he Post Office Department ought to >•0 the most business-like department' (of the Government, and if the letter carriers, rural deliveries and star sroutes could be let alone the public would be belter served. During the last year of the Repub lican administration the postal service Oiad finally been adjusted to general satisfaction and for the first time In *he history of the department a sur plus of nearly $4,000,000 was record ed. Immediately on taking over the ;©ffice Mr. Burleson issued a statement denying that such a surplus existed, *>nd, having circulated that denial 'throughout the country, some months Oater the Democrats sneaked this sur plus into the Treasury, under the head of "miscellaneous receipts," with a (foot note in very small letters, read ing, "Including $3,800,000 surplus of •postal revenues for the fiscal year, 1913." The Post Office Department will not he restored to efficiency until it is re stored to a business basis. It will not lie put on a business basis until a busi ness man is placed at the head of it, i«nd not a couple of professional poli ticians. And the personnel of the [present administration and of the Na tional Legislature creates the firm (conviction that businessmen in the fcDemocratic party are doing their best ko keep out of public office. Elihu Root continues to grow in favor jSinong thoughtful Americans every where. Ex-President Taft believes iTtoot is "the one man who answers the (requirements of the times." It is grow ling more and more evident that the Wilson policies will be repudiated next s'ear. REFORM THE REFORMERS THE New Republic comments In dejected mood over the results of the recent elections. In no instance, its editor believes, has high thought triumphed. Nowhere have the proposals that stood for better government been approved. Tam many is in the saddle in New York, Pennsylvania has been disappointing to the New Republic and even Massa chusetts is blamed for expressing a (Preference in party objectionable to the publication mentioned. Says the I3iepublic: The people don't know what they want to vote for, so they vote ac cording to Interest, habit, prejudice or vague apprehension. The elec lion reveals chiefly a temporary anarchy and inertia of public opin ion. The Republic does not go deep enough. The people are not voting under the banners of "reform" this year, because the reformers whom they have but recently elevated to autlior FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH NOVEMBER 12, 1915. lty have disappointed them; have been responsible for evils far worse than those they proposed tb correct. Take the Wilson administration at Washington, tot instance. The Demo crats were elected on a platform the three chief planks of which were economy in office, the curbing of trusts and reduction in the cost of living. Yet we find the President and his colleagues spending moremoneyby many millions than did the Republi cans before them, at the same time levying taxes on the people which, under Republican administration, they were not required to pay. Not a trust has been curbed and not a penny has been taken from the high cost of liv ing. Instead, prices are now higher than ever before. Indeed, the people do know what they are voting for. They are voting for practical men and practical meas ures. They are through with the bun combe of untried, high-sounding theory. They have had their lesson and until the New Republic can truly V'eform the reformers the people will be apt to ignore much of the "high thought" for which the Republic pleads. There would be less profanity on the street and In public places if Alderman Herbert's example should be generally followed. GOOD MUSIC THAT Harrisburg does like good music and that it will attend concerts when they are properly advertised and when the people are assured that they will receive just what has been promised them is evi dent from the crowd present last night when the New York Symphony Or chestra, under Walter Damrosch, and Mischa Elman, the great Russian vio linist, appeared here. Music that lifts one out of the world of common things; that wafts the spirit to unaccustomed heights; that makes one oblivious of his surround ings, and causes one to see visions and dream dreams; that is so perfect that one may cease to be the critic and forget everything but the wonderful flood of harmony and melody itself— that is music worth while. It was that kind we had last night. The size of the audience ought to be a guarantee to other stars who may be considering a visit to Harrisburg. Warren Worth Bailey will fight with Bryan and Kltchin against any armed defense program. He favors gas and hot air. TRUE TOWN SPIRIT IT isn't every town that boasts of a spirit that will take its men and women down into a ditch to dig without pay the cellar for a new town, liall, and its boys to harness them selves as horses to drag away ex cavated earth. But that's the way they do things at Wormleysburg when money is lacking and the desire is strong for public improvements. A short time ago West Fairview celebrated its centennial, and raised money with which to pay for a new flrehouse in a manner that won for it the admiration of all who heard about it, and Wormleysburg, not to be distanced by its neighbor, has resolved to have its long-needed town hall even if the people have to build it with their own hands. Little wonder that the West Shore is growing like the proverbial green bay tree. Little wonder that there are those on the West Shore who are looking to our City Planning Commis sion to lay out additional roads and provide for the time when the whole 'cross river district adjacent to Har risburg will be one big city. Governor Brumbaugh, with ever-in creasing appreciation of the State and its proud history, may be trusted to see to it that the interesting collection of paintings and picture films, and other features that have made Pennsylvania talked about at the San Francisco ex position, are brought back to Harris burg and placed in the Capitol. That's where they belong and the Governor has already given the necessary in structions. It's "Pennsylvania First" always with "M. G." CAMP HILL'S PLIGHT BURGESS JAMES H. MILHOUSE has felt it his duty to veto the recently passed ordinance where by Camp Hill council proposed to spend $2,500 for the repair of its main street. The burgess gives as his rea son that the borough has authorized a bond issue for the expenditure of a large sum for the paving of the thor oughfare in question and that an ex penditure of $2,500 at this time would be inadvisable. It is too bad that the State does not find it possible to provide money for the assistance of Camp Hill in its pav ing project, as the borough authorities were led to believe would be the case if the loan were approved. The stretch of road through Camp Hill is one of the most traveled thoroughfares in this section, and one of the worst. Im provements are badly needed there, but Burgess Milhouse apparently has some reason on his side when he dis approves of the expenditure of so large a sum for repairs that could be regarded at best as only temporary. Town meeting at Allentown has adopted a resolution demanding that the city assessment be reduced to the former basis. This year the valuation was jumped from $50,000,000 to SBO,- 000,000. which was going some, the big fair grounds having been Increased from SIOO,OOO to $926,000. Judging from some of the figures presented by the in dignant taxpayers the assessment was made in the dark. Should Auditor General Powell be successful in forcing the coal baro«s to make restitution to the consumers who were mulcted for a State tax which was never paid and which has Just been declared unconstitutional, he will earn the everlasting gratitude of the thou sands who gave up twenty-five cents a ton when the Legislature imposed the tax. If the readjustment cannot be made as proposed, then the opera tors can at least make a reduction of twenty-five cents a ton on the prices of two y,ears ago. Philander C. Knox will appeal to the voters of Pennsylvania as few other men in his fitness for the chair in the United Stales Senate which will be vacant on the voluntary retirement of Senator Oliver, himself the most modest and among the most useful men in that distinguished body. Mr. Knox has been tried and not found wanting:. His quality as a statesman is the quality of Root and Taft and Fairbanks and the other leders of constructive force and experience who have upheld Ameri can Ideals. Frank R. Roberson has been delight ing hundreds of Harrlsburgers in his wonderful travelogues under the au spices of the Telegraph. To-night and to-morrow night will close the series. fMUetU '"Ptn.KOijCtfa.Kta By the Ex-Committeeman "* ■ ■ ■ The visits being paid to this city and other communities in Pennsylvania this week by James X. Blakslee, assist ant postmaster general, are understood to be for a twofold purpose. Blakslee as one of the cogs in the Democrats' badiy battertxi Pennsylvania machine is interested in finding out for the sat isfaction of himself and the big bosses at Washington the extent of the dam age done to the much advertised or ganization which claims the credit for electing Wilson although it did not give him Pennsylvania. The reorgan ization gangsters are getting ready to proclaim themselves as Wilson's only friends in Pennsylvania next year and Blakslee wants to size up the remnant. In addition the time is rolling around for filling 103 jobs as post master jn Pennsylvania, appointments having been held up because of local squabbles and the fear of the bosses that selections might only make mat ters more troublesome. Now. as things cannot be any worse for the Demo crats, It is the plan to make appoint ments, and Blakslee will be chief headsman for Republicans in office. In the list will be Millersburg, for which J. H. Bowman is slated. The Wilkes-Barre job, one of the most troublesome, is also due. This is the list to be lilled and applicants should get busy: Aliquippa, Ambler, Athens, Avondale, Avonmore, Bala, Bellefonte, Belleville, Benton, Berlin. Bethlehem, Blrdsboro, Black Liclc, Blossburg, Boli var. Breckenridge, Bridgeport, Bridge ville, Cambridge, Catasauqua, Cham bersburg, Cherry Tree, Chicora, Claren don, Clark's Summit, Cylmer, Coaldale, Collegeville, Confluence, Conneaut ville, Coopersburg. Coplev, Dayton, Denver, Devon, Duquesne, East Pitts burgh, Eddystone, Edinboro, Eliza bethville, Elkland, Farrell, Galeton, Girardville, Glenrock, Great Bend, Halifax, Hyndman. Kane, Lapark, Lawrencevllle, Leetsdale, Ligonler, Littiz. Littletown. McKeesport. McKees Rocks. Manor. Marysville, Meyersdale, Millersburg. Monongahela, Morton, Mount Holly Springs, Mount Joy, Nantyglo, New Albany. New Castle, New Holland, New Kensington, New Salem, Oakmont, Oil City. Palmyra, Pennsburg, Plymouth. Republic, Rou lette. Sagamore, Schuylkill, Sewickley, Sheffield, Shenandoah, South Browns ville, Spartansburg, Springboro, Sum mit Hill, Tarenttim. Telford. Titusville Tremont, Union City, Warren, Way mart, Weatherly, Weissport. West Mid dlesex. West Pittsburgh, White Haven, Wilkes-Barre, Windgap, "Wyalusing and Youngsville. —The election of W. L. W. Jones. Coatesville's first mayor, is to be con tested by his clerical opponent, who lost by seven votes. —Luzerne county was carried for suffrage by 2,570 votes. This is smaller than at first reported. —lt Is now declared that it will take three weeks more to finish Philadel phia's election count. —Senator H. A. Tompkins, of Cam bria county, will be a candidate for re-election next year. He is a Demo crat. —The Philadelphia Press to-tlav says: "The withdrawal of Judge Rob ert Ralston in favor of Judge J. Willis Martin, president of Court of Common Pleas No. 5, for the seat on the Su preme Court bench made vacant by the death of Justice John P. Elkin, to gether with the indorsement of the committee on judicial vacancies and the leading members of the bar asso ciation. almost insures the appoint ment of Judge Martin." Complete official returns from Bea ver, Lawrence and Washington coun ties, representing the Twenty-fourth congressional district, show that Dr Henry W. Temple, of Washington, Re publican, has been elected to Congress by the largest plurality ever given any candidate. Dr. Temple received 10.608 votes in Washington county, 7,720 in Lawrence county and 8,979 in Beaver county, or a total of 27,307. Carl E Gibson, Democrat, of Monongahela, re ceived 5,459 votes in Washington county, 1,338 in Lawrence county and 2,498 in Beaver county. His total was of lß'o1 K 2 Vlng Dr ' Temple a P'urality Completing: its preliminary investi gation yesterday into the circum stances attending the presence of po licemen in the polling places on elec tion day, the Philadelphia grand jury has cleared the decks for action and now will summon before it as wit nesses election officers from the sev eral wards in which the official count lias been finished, as well as policemen who stood on duty in the polls, and watchers of various parties. Reports that subpenas had been issued for a •number of election officers were de clared unfounded last night. It is ex pected that the summonses will be served on election judges of the first four wards to-day. Mayor-elect Thomas B. Smith will make liis first appearance at a public function since his election at the Thanksgiving dinner of the Clover Club, in Philadelphia, next Thursday night. He and Congressman Vare prob ably will return to Philadelphia from Hot Springs, Ark., on Wednesday. The dinner will be given In honor of Mr Smith and of Joseph P. Rogers, who has been elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas No. 2. The Philadel phia Record says: "It had been ex pected that Governor Brumbaugh would join Smith and Vare in Hot i? >5 S ' but was said yesterday that the Governor was so busy in Harrls burg that he had been unable to find time to go South. None of the other politicians has been at the southern resort except City Solicitor-elect John P. Connelly, and he was not a mem ber of the Smtth-Vare party. He, too will return to the city during the coml ing week." BUSTED JOY .By Wins Dinner When I came in the other day With score of eighty-nine For eighteen holes, my chest went out And I was feeling fine. I hung around the club house, bo. So others would ask me How my game went, and I could give My answer with much glee. At last some chap said to me: "Wing, How went the game to-day?" "An eighty-nine," I answered him In manner blithe and gay. Then some crepe banger wandered in And said: "By Jove, I'm through. It's time to quit when one can't get Below an eight-two.' PANAMA SLIDE WHICH IS HOLDING VP SHIPPING | V j! £/C6//v<» oor SLJOC /a/ cue cur.4 Q/nrae"Anot/M. fh-m sea.Y/(M This is one of the first pictures to reach this country showing the recent slide in the Culebra Cut, which is holding up shipping in the Panama Canal. The earth has descended from the famous Cucuracha (Cockroach ledge and almost completely filled the waterway. Dredges, shown In the picture, are at work digging out the mass of earth. TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE —'Jess Wlllard wants $30,000 to fight, win or lose. That's all right. When you're the best in the world in any class you can always get your price. —A fresh trouble has arisen to be set our already harrassed President. He doesn't know where to put his wed ding presents. —"New ways to dress oysters," is the title of a column in a New York newspaper. Can't these fashion writ ers let even the helpless blue point alone? Imagine trying to eat an oys ter with flare skirts and fur trim mings. —There is something droll in talk ing about Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Penn as the "Big Four" in the football world. —What some of the college elevens need is not an athletic coach, but a baby coach. —Sighs a poet in an exchange— "Oh, the winds are growing chill." Yes, and we might add, "The coal man's sent his bill." EDITORIAL COMMENT London in six weeks spent sixty seven thousand dollars on a dancing actress. No wonder' England has to come here to borrow money.—Phila delphia Press. Who said the cost of living was go ing up? Radium is reduced $84,000 a gram, and a pound can now be bought for about $13,438,000. —New York Sun. The old-fashioned highwayman used a lead pipe, but cast iron pipe is now known to be just as good for the pur pose.—Kansas City Star. | The State From Day to Day J Whether actually dead or not, Reu ben P. Rinkenbach, who failed to re turn to his home in Ontelaunee town ship after leaving it more than half a century ago to fight in the Civil war, will be deqlared legally dead by the Berks county court and his property will be divided. If Reuben is alive, 'twere the part of wisdom for him to come home anon. In a seed-guessing contest to ascer tain the number of seeds in a certain i pumpkin in or near Tarentum, the winner guessed 195, while the actual number was 196, and the other an swers ranged from a measly 20 to the tongue-rolling number of 2,000. Seumas MacManus, the famous Irish poet, writer and lecturer, who has delighted audiences in the past in this city with his folk-songs, recently entertained Sharon with a brilliant lecture. An "upper lip" club has been form ed in Farrell, is the news that strikes our glistening eyes as we rove from page to page in search of inspiration. And it occurred to us that perhaps the : club might do well to incorporate a little stiffness into their membership by adding that adjective to the name of their cloth. Surely the object of the club would then be more worthy than the mere commonplace one of disguising the face. Sunday afternoon, December 5, Lodge No. 175, Benevolent and Pro tected Order of Elks, will honor those of its members who diod since the last memorial services were held in De cember, 1914. Amateur cracksmen are busy in Lancaster this week, but their lack of skill has been evidenced by the little amount of booty that they have got ten away with, in spite of their many attempts. •Mrs. Honbaum, of West Hazleton, is in a serious condition as the result of having eaten some scrapple, which seems to have poisoned her. How ever, in spite of this startling news, it isn't likely that scrapple-eating en thusiasts will break oft their alle giance, particularly when the vision of a rich stream of goodly syrup covering their favorite dish rises up before their eyes. "Editor takes a wife" is the supris ing statement which one of the newspapers in the State made yester day. And yet an editor, just like any other human being, is not necessarily always an advocate of the single blessedness idea. Mr. A. Gish was married while at Bath Wednesday evening. He form erly lived In Philadelphia, but changed his place of residence and Is now re siding with his wife In Bath. SUSPICIOUS Friend—"So this is one of your jokes, is It? Ha! ha! ha!" Humorlßt (testily)—" Well, what are you laughing at, anyhow? lsn'ti it a good one?" —Passing Show. VISITING THE WAR BRIDES IX.—Bridgeport By Frederic J. Haskin I ) HOME of Simon Lake, submarine inventor, and of his Torpedo boat Company; site of some of the largest small arms and ammuni tion factories in the word, and of in numerable smaller shops and foun dries, Bridgeport is well prepared for a share of the war business, and she is getting it. From a condition of industrial inertia, with many of her factories working part time, and some of them closed, she has been suddenly boosted Into overflowing prosperity. Fifteen thousand people have been added to her population within a year, and at least thirty thousand more are sure to come. Rents are jumping and houses are building everywhere. Bridgeport has got to provide homes for 10,000 families, and she has neither the men nor the means to build them. Eight hundred men are said to have come here and turned back, because they could not find a place to live. Bridgeport is doing her I best, however, and bidding for New I York capital to help her, while some ' of the factories are building towns of their own. New stores are opening here almost every day. A brand new newspaper made its bow to the public day before yesterday, and -last week a chamber of commerce came into being. Wages are going up and hours of labor jLQur Library Tablc # . jm^v Ax >)F EW MiNUTES wiTH r THE BOOKS St MAGAZi N ESJ^' "As good almost kill a man as kill a good book; who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself." —Milton, in Areo pagitlca. God's Man, by George Bronson Howard. ! Three young men, clean-cut, eager, I full of the joy of life, yet with wholly I different personalities, plunge into that whirlpool of bassion, greed, wealth, poverty, pleasure, and despair that the world calls New York's Great White Way. Mr. Howard's new novel Is impressive and powerful, throwing a mighty searchlight on the falseness of the life that is lived by those who set themselves up as superior to their fellows merely because they are. recog nized by a certain social set, with the consequent suppression of their natural selves and the good that is in them. (Bobbs-Merrill Co., $1.40). The story of Arnold L'Hommedieu, literally "God's Man," who through loyalty to his friend, and in an effort to save the family nama of the hypo critical, unfortunately too-frequent type of politician who was his friend's father, lost his job on a city news paper and was accelerated along the path down into the social depths, the recital of which descent is a live pic ture of phases of the great city which cannot strike the eye of the casual visitor. Some sjuch sacrifice as the hero makes is needed to shock the city into mending its ways. The New Yorker does not know his city till he reads Mr. Howard's new novel, and the stranger to New York will have his eyes opened to new things after digesting these pages. On November 20th, the Scribners will publish a book by Edith Wharton, based on her impressions and ex periences of'the war, impressions of the trenches, of the soldiers, of the homes. Paris, the Argonne, Lorraine, the Vosges, the North, and Alsace; these are the setting of "Fighting France." The scope of the book is suggested by the subtitle "Dunkerque to Belforte." The Real Man, by Francis Lynde. Mr. Lynde's new novel is in the vein which he has made his own of late years, and combines romantic in terest at white heat with a momen tous spiritual struggle in tbe soul of the hero. The scene is laid in a small town of the Middle West, where the young bank cashier, who is the im portant character and the one who proves himself to be the author's "real man,' finds himself suddenly con fronted with a situation of the most tragic sort. Having the reputation of being a mere provincial social butter fly, the shock is doubly great when he is charged with murder, apparently Irrefutable. Although Innocent, he flees as a "hobo" to the Far West, a transformed man with the primitive instincts henceforth taking the place of the former conventional ones. Necessity calls forth all his latent enery and opportunity develops all his powers. He becomes the master spirit in a big enterprise and is finally saved from his wild and disordered life by the love of a charming west ern girl. Thrills galore fill the book front start to finish. (Charles Serib ner's Sons, $1.35.) Socialized Germany, by Frederic C. Howe. This book In a mine of information concerning the social structure of the country upbn which the eyes of the world have been resting in a more or down. Everybody is making money. Incidentally, the city is entertaining a political reform idea with torch light processions, brass bands and oratory. Here Lives Simon Lake Most interesting of the Bridgeport "war brides" Is the Lake Torpedoboat Company, founded and managed by the man who read Jules Verne's "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" as a lad; spent his life try ing to realize the romancer's dream, and has lived to see the submarine become the most dreaded craft of war. It Is believed to be upon the dis coveries and inventions of Simon Lake that the successes of' the German U- Boats rest. When the Russo-Japanese war broke out, it seems Lake had en tered into an agreement with Russia, whereby a number of submarines were to be built for that nation upon his designs at the Krupp factories, In Germany. The breaking out of war caused the deal to fall through, but the Krupps already had the Lake de signs and patents in their possession. They are believed to have been using these patents ever since, all attempts at prosecution having failed. Nevertheless, the American inven tor has derived a vicarious benefit from the German pirating of his de- [Continued on Page 13.] less strained fashion for many months and the absorbing interest which such a book must have for every reader is patent. Published by Scribner's in September of this yeax\ it was written by an eminent authority partly as an explanation of the efficiency of Ger many, but primarily as a suggestion of a new kind of social statesmanship which our own as well as other coun tries must take into consideration if they are to be prepared to meet the Germany which, in victory or defeat, emerges from th° war. The book is the product of a rather intimate knowledge of German life during the past quarter of a century. No in telligent person can deny that Ger many is more intelligently organized than is the rest of the world. The name Germany is synonomous with efficiency. Aside from the question of personal liberty, the individual Ger man is better cared for in his country than the individual American is in his, "and Mr. Howe is undoubtedly cor rect in his statement, when the aver age is considered. At the same time, the Tiook is a powerful advocate of reforms that the author says are needed in this coun try, such as a wide extension of pub lic ownership, a big program of so cial legislation, a change in our sys tem of education, and a diminution in the power of the trusts. "Socialized Germany" is the result of a combina tion of deep research, personal knowl edge and much of serious thought, and whether the reader agrees with Mr. Howe's sentiments or not, his view point will be broadened and he can intelligently form an opinion Based on knowledge as to whether the reforms advocated for this country are as lm> minently needed as the author inti mates. VVHIKK SAFETY I.IKS "I see when a man runs for office he has to put himself in the hands of his friends." "Yes, my dear." "If a woman fan would she have to put herself in the hands of her women friends?" "1 suppose so." "Well, I don't imagine many women will run.. Think of taking such chances!"— Louisville Courier-Journal. [ Our Daily Laugh n n raICK - Seeing as I'm _engaged to your _ . sister, can I coma "" ,Bt ° Pm* i&h Say, Mlat er, . t-j/i vPff youse Is de fourth Y'iiiji! j guy dat's tried ter «git In free for da Jn Jsame reason. NO DOUBT. Dodge: I see tha warring nations * " claim they won't give up so long as * tTA there Is even the ,)Pj oretical food. M/Jf Ssil Hodge: What do rW they mean by the- M J mtM oretical food?, If J Wr Dodge: I sup /|| jju pose they mean the dogs of war ► ar - tl tho dov ®» *>eac«w * Abetting (Eljat Announcement that the State Hoard of Public Groundß and Buildings will have brought to this city paintings executed for the State building at the San Francisco exposition will result in two big additions being made to the art works in the State Capitol in the coming year. Miss V{olet Oak ley, the Philadelphia artist, who exe cuted the notable series in the Gov ernor's reception room, is about com pleting the series for the Senate cham ber and it is understood that they will be placed during the early part of next year. This scries is a remarkablo portrayal of big events in State his tory. The San Francisco paintings are of an allegorical type. Miss Oakley is also to paint the mural decorations for the Supreme Court chamber which are to be com pleted in about three years and which will be submitted in outline or sketch form to the board next year. Since the death of John W. Alex ander it is probable that arrange ments will be made to have some not ed Pennsylvania artist paint the four teen lunettes for the north corridor. No appropriation Is now available, but probably negotiations will be under taken' soon. L. E. McGinnes, superintendent of the Steelton public schools, in intro ducing Dr. P P. Claxton, United States Commissioner of Education, at a joint meeting of the teachers and directors of schools in Dauphin coun ty, told of a double coincidence which happened several years ago. Dr. J. George Becht, secretary of the State Board of Education, had just finish ed speaking, and the coincidences re lated to Dr. Becht and Dr. Claxton. Superintendent McGinnes said that several years ago he stepped into a barber shop in a town, and remarked about the tine normal school ut that place. He also commented on the su perintendent and the barber imme diately said, "He's a crackerjack of a superintendent." Dr. Becht was the man. Later Mr. McGinnes was in a barber shop in Cincinnati during his stay there while attending a bitf educational conference. Again .thej barber became talkative and finally said that he was glad that he came from the town in which Dr. Claxton was born. The Steelton superinten dent then introduced to an audience of 600 the United States Commissioner. « • • Senator Charles A. Snyder, of Potts ville, happened in town yesterday on State business on a day when this county school teachers were all at the Capitol attending county institute. The Senator was one of the cham pions of legislation for teachers in the House and kept up his activity in the Senate in their behalf. And to this the fact being added that he is a native of Dauphin county, made him mighty popular among the teachers. • « • Living in Washington must agree with James I. Blakslee, third assist ant postmaster general, who was here yesterday for a short time. Mr. Blaks lee is well known to many residents of this city as he was a member of the House in 1907 and famed for practical jokes. In the Democratic reorganization he developed some very practical ways of playing politics and became a power in the organization. He was nominee for secretary of in ternal affairs when it was hopeless and took an awful licking from Dr. Houck. In those days Mr. Blaksleo was raiher slim. Now he is getting rotund and even more urbane than r when he was here years ago. « * » H. H. Wheaton, who is connected with the immigration bureau of th« United States government and who spent some time here as a special at tache of the Department of Labor and Industry, has been here for a few days. Mr. Wheaton developed the em ployment bureau plan authorized by the last Legislature and just being put into effect and made an exhaustive study of labor conditions, the unem ployment situation and the immigra tion problems as peculiarly applied to Pennsylvania. He is now making ob servations for further work. It was Mr. Wheaton who designed the poster put out by Uncle Sam and attracting so much attention. This poster, which is in a dozen or so languages, urges pepole to become American citizens, not sojourners. WELL KNOVN PEOPLE —W. I. Stlneinan, son of the for mer senator from Cambria, may en ter senatorial contests. —A. C. Fording, prominent Pitts burgh lawyer, long active in the sub way move In that city, is again mov ing in that direction. —J. J. Sullivan, Jr., prominent Philadelphia banker, is home from a big game trip to Alaska. —A J. Drexel Biddle will give his annual concert in Philadelphia for his Bible class. —Charles E. Rhoads, new mavor of Altoona. has been active in politics in the mountain city for years. DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg is making parts for automobiles? HISTORIC HARKISBURG The turnpike from Middletown is supposed to have been the ilrst public road laid out in what is now this county. IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph, Nov. 12, 1865) Bible Society to Meet The annual sessions of the Dau phin County Bible Society will open to-morrow evening at Berrysburg. Colored People Arrive For Reception Hundreds of colored people from all parts of the State are pouring in to the city for the big reception to be given by the Garnet League in honor of the colored soldiers who served during the war. To Hold Thanksgiving Ball The Washington Library Associa tion announced to-day that a thanks giving ball will be held December 11 in Brandt's Hall. r What Kind Do You Use? What is the brand of your favorite soap, your favorite tea, baking powder, ttie carters you wear, the pieces on the talking machine? You know the names well. They are advertised names. The goods give good service. You like them. There are other kinds of ad • vertised goods you will like equally well. It will pay you to buy them because they have character. Do you know them? Read the advertising columns of the Telegraph.
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