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MONDAY EVENTING. NOVEMBER 22
It will often lighten your burdens if
you tcill try to bear the burdens of
others. —Anon.
REPI" B LICAN ASSISTAN" CE
PRESIDENT WILSON, having
found that he cannot command
the support of the Democratic
members of Congress In behalf of a
national defense program, haw asked
the leaders of the Republicans In
House and Senate to come to Ills as
sistance in the passage of a defense
bill, or series of bills.
The Republicans have announced
their intention of responding right wil
lingly. But they will not support
blindly a program devised by the Pres
ident and his cabinet. They ask for
detailed explanation and the privilege
of suggesting changes should it ap
pear that changes are necessary. This
is no more than reasonable. If Re
publicans are to vote for a program
of national defense they ought to be
permitted to have a voice in formulat
ing it. If the President Is wise and
really sincere In his desire to give the
pi >lic what it is demanding he will
take these experienced and practical
Republican leaders fully Into his con
fidence and permit them to make rec
ommendations, even as he will expect
them to accept many of his own sug
gestions.
All legislation is the result of com
promise and the success of an adequate
defense program at the hands of the
next Congress depends largely upon a
recognition of this principle by all con
cerned. The nation is not Interested
in the pettiness of personality or to
whom shall go the credit for formu
lating the program. But woe to the
individual or the party that permits
narrowness of vision or politics to
stand in the way of putting the coun
try in a state of defense against a pos
sible invasion.
Another large farm on the West
Shore has been abandoned for agricul
tural purposes and turned Into half
acre plots for building and develop
ment on the outskirts of New Cumber
land. Thus the West Shore towns are
heing linked together. Each is stretch
ing out toward the other and the
Greater Harrisburg of ten years hence
will embrace both sides of the river.
THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS
WITH a high appreciation of their
duties and a sincere desire for
* proper municipal development,
the City Planning Commission is giv
ing consideration to every question
i hat involves proper street alignments
and such regulations as will prevent
the opening of streets not uniform in
width.
It is strange how frequently pri
vate owners of property have been
permitted to open streets through
new territory without regard to abut
ting streets or the conditions which
necessarily follow the carelessness and
indifference of such owners. For
tunate, indeed, is it for Harrisburg
that these five patriotic citizens com
posing the Planning Commission are
giving so freely and Intelligently of
their time and thought to tfce solu
tion of the problems which confront
them and the city at large.
There is no question now before
them more pregnant with important
results to the city than the changing
of the lines of congested streets to the
ehd that as time goes on these condi
tions may be removed without, serious
loss or damage to property owners.
Their plan is to provide that when
ever a building is remodeled or rebuilt
it shall conform to the new lines. Not
infrequently half a block is opened
through new building operations and
the removal of old structures. Under
such circumstances. It is compara
tively easy to establish the new width
of a given street without serious loss
to those interested. Such procedure
In a few years would change the whole
r-haracter of many congested sections
of the city. After the great Baltimore
Ire, miles of streets In the very heart
af the business district were widened
»nd, instead of being damaged, prac
tically every owner of properly was
enormouslv benefited, the Increased
light and air changing the entire
character of the district.
So it is that the City Planning Com
mission is doing a great work lor
MONDAY EVENING,
Harrisburg—much greater than the
average citizen In the hurly-burly of
his own activity realizes.
It would be a good thing for the
city if the Planning Commission could
have a public exhibit in some hall,
covering a period of several days, and
showing what is proposed to be done
in the way of correcting old condi
tions and improving new areas. This
exhibit might be made of wide public
interest through a showing of proper
housing conditions, the advantage of
detached houses, and the improve
ment that follows the setting back of
buildings from the house line so as to
afford ample light and air.
The long and short of it is that we
are headed In the right way and at
the right time. It Is for all the peo
ple of the city to co-operate in this
great work.
Nobody doubts the necessity for a
new Central High School building. It
has passed the discussion stage and it
Is now regarded as an absolute neces
sity. It remains only for the School
Board to properly place the fact be
fore the people and they will do the
rest. But it ougiit to be remembered
that the location of the building will
have much to do with popular interest
In the project.
ITTURIST "MUSIC"
NEW YORK Is to have what is to
be known as a "futurist school
of music." Where Beethoven.
Schubert and other great masters of
musical composition strove for har
mony and melody the futurists will
endeavor to produce the most striking
discords imaginable. Apparently, the
more discord, the more noise; the
more consistent and persistent ugliness
in the music, the higher the performer
and composer of the futurist school
will stand among his fellows. We
doubt if ever the futurist school will
become very popular, but It ought to
be a grand place for worn-out talking
machine records, broken down street
pianos, busted buzz saws and dis
carded foghorns. Up to this time the
Society for the Prevention of Needless
Noise has taken no action in the mat
t«y\
Grosvenor Dawe. in his rather un
usual address before the Chamber of
Commerce the other day, drew attention
to the universal error that legislation
is a panacea for all Ills. He declared
that over 60,000 bills had been intro
duced in the last Congress and these
were augmented by thousands more in
the Legislatures of the oOuntry. On
assuming office at the peglnning of
the present year Governor Brumbaugh,
and later Lieutenant Governor McL&ln,
called attention to the multiplication
of laws without reason. It might be
a good thing for the country should
the lawyer be excluded from the halls
of legislation for a period of years.
CHAMBERLAIN'S VIEWS
SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN, of
Oregon, chairmun of the Senate
Military Affairs Committee, who
will address a noonday luncheon of
the Chamber of Commerce next Wed
nesday, has declared his intention to
stand by his letter to Secretary of
War Garrison that experts of the War
Department and the army should in
form Congress of defense needs and
let Congress take the responsibility
for deciding what should l>e pro
vided.
While Senator Chamberlain has in
formed the President of his intention
to support the Administration's mili
tary program, he does not regard that
pledge as preventing him from sug
gesting modifications in the Garrison
plan, it is said. The report of the
General Staff will be published soon
after Congress meets.
Senator Chamberlain is a man of
courageous views and a possible clash
between the Oregon statesman and
the Secretary of War has interesting
possibilities.
From the standpoint of w'ide pub
licity, the statuary controversy of the
"Chocolate King" of Hershey and an
Italian sculptor has • Its interesting
phases. But after all, the sweet stuff
itself is the best advertisement of the
most interesting suburb of Harrisburg.
ONCE MORE THE HOTEL
AT the risk of a contemptuous
snort from the "knocker" ele
ment of the community, the Tele
graph is impelled to again call atten
tion to the fact that once or twice
during the last week it was prac
tically impossible for many persons to
obtain hotel accommodations in Har
risburg, owing to the large number of
strangers In the city attending con
ferences, taking part in fraternal
meetings and transacting private busi
ness.
While there has been some dis
couragement over the hotel proposi
tion in the past among those who have
given of their time and energy and
have even subscribed to the cost of a
proposed hotel, the need is so great
and the conditions are becoming so
intolerable that it would appear
almost necessary to have a mass
meeting of citizens to consider this
important question. Surely there is
enough ginger and public spirit in
Harrisburg to determine this matter
without further discussion. All who
come this way realize the need and
nothing is doing more to injure the
city than these occasional visitors who
take away with them a wrong impres
sion of the most progressive city in
Pennsylvania, save for this one seri
ous short-coming.
It IS a short-coming and nothing
else. We have need for every hotel
now doing business here. A new one
would simply fill the gap between
what we have and what we ought to
have in the way of hotel facilities.
We heflr more or less frequently of
new hotel movements and proposi
tions, but "hope deferred maketh the
heart sick," and the fact that the mat
ter has been drifting so long increases
the difficulty and makes all the more
serious the situation.
It is no longer a subject for jesting.
Every individual who "knocks" the
hotel proposition should be given his
proper place as an enemy of his home
town. It is a "booster" proposition
and we are still hopeful that the
Chamber of Commerce and the Ro
tary Club and all the other wide
awake organisations will get together
and put up a hotel as a monument to
the live wires who have already done
so much for the improvement of the
Capital City.
WIDEN THE SUBWAY
NO longer do we hear of the dam
age that would ensue to owners
of property through the widen
ing of the Market street subway. That
monstrosity must go and in the going
the making of a subway similar to the
one at Mulberry and iSecond streets
would be a distinct benefit to the prop
erty owners in Market street, Instead
of a loss. Instead of damages these
property owners would probably be
glad to pay benefits, inasmuch as un
der present conditions their holdings
are steadily depreciating in value.
The discussion of Vice-President
Marshall's renominatlon is interesting
—and it can have been provoked for
but one purpose, namely, to prepare
him and his friends for a refusal to
name him again. Mr. Marshall Is not
exactly persona non grata at the White
House, but he is mighty near it; and
Woodrow Wilson does not hesitate to
visit his displeasure. Moreover, all the
precedents are against renominating a
Vice-President. How many have been
renominated in the last fifty years?
Just one.
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*7 > C-KKo4^C£4'Kca
By the Ex-Committeeman
The first definite announcement of
candidacy for any of the state-wide
nominations to be made at the pri
maries on May 16 was made on Sat
urday at Connellsville, Pittsburgh and
Philadelphia by Harmon M. Kephart,
chief clerk of the Senate, who threw
his hat into the ring for the Repub
lican nomination for State Treasurer.
Mr. Kephart s declaration surprised a
good many people because there were
rumors that Speaker C. A. Ambler,
Montgomery; Chairman James F.
Woodward, of the House appropri
ations committee. Allegheny, and J.
Lee Plunimer, Blair, as well as Sen
ator Charles H. Kline, Allegheny, had
been talked of for the place. Colonel
James E. Barnett, Washington, was
the last State Treasurer from Western
Pennsylvania. Mr. Kephart Is a big
factor in polities in Southwestern
Pennsylvania and one of the widely
known men In Republican affairs. He
would probably have behind him the
strength of Senator W. E. Crow, which
Is greater than many people think.
Philadelphia also got word yester- •
day that there was something to the
story that Public Service Commissioner
William A. Magee might be a candi
date for United States senator after
all. This story was sprung last week
by the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times and
industriously denied, it would seem
that the denial was caused more by
premature publication than anything
else.
Speaking about the conditions pro
duced by these reports and the pres
ence of so many prominent figures in
the political life of the state at Phila
delphia on Saturday, the Public Ledger
says: "These announcements created
a deep impression on Philadelphia's
political leaders and indicated to them
that a coalition was being formed of
the Crow-Magec forces for use in next
year's campaign. Such a coalition, in
spite of the fact that Mr. Magee is an
appointee of Governor Brumbaugh, it
was felt, might work in co-operation
with the Penrose State organization.
It is asserted in political circles that
Mr. Magee is not at all in sympathy
With the Governor's local option pr«j
jfram."
Governor Brumbaugh told friends in
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia that he
would make a statement on presiden
tial matters a®d what he thought
about the Republican nomination later
I and Senator Penrose said yesterday in
I the West that he would talk when he
J got home. The Philadelphia Ledger
lets off a war cry that the Vares are
lining up v.'Vth the remnants of the
Washington party to unhorse Penrose
and for the Governor as leader, while
the Philadelphia Record says that the
Vares and McXichol are certain to
spilt over national delegates and calls
attention to the way the Vares are
coddling Mayor-elect Smith.
One of the interesting stories pub
lished on Sunday was that Major John
C. Groome. head of the State police
and former national guardsman, was
to become director of public safety in
the Smith cabinet. This has been
printed before, but the Philadelphia
Press intimated that a number of Pen
rose men would also be named.
Democratic newspapers are just
now playing up the Republican presi
dential matter very hard in order to
hide the ruction brewing in their own
ranks. There will be a big fight be
tween Wilson and Bryan men and the
reorganizcrs.and Old Guard will fight
as to which shall be considered as the
real Wilson man.
—Third class city officials are fol
lowing with interest the proceedings
at Corry, where owners of a theater
opened for a Sunday performance in
defiance of the orders of the mayor.
Erie county was one of the strongest
backers of the commission govern
ment bill.
—lt cost M. U Chadman, candidate
for mayor of Lancaster, $3,520 to be
defeated. Working it out on a per
vote basis, it means 10 cents a vote.
—Philadelphia has raised $50,000
of the SIOO,OOO needed for the national
convention fund. Tt*e Quaker City's
plans will be made at once and an
active campaign Inaugurated against
Chicago and St. Louiß for the conven
tion.
—Blrdsboro post office, one of the
103 to be filled by Democrats, has
about seven aspirants.
—John F. Ancona, Democratic
leader of Reading, may be the next
city clerk of that city.
—Norrlstown may make another try
to become a third class city.
—lt Is expected that the Philadel
phia city loan to be issued shortly be
cause of transit will aggregate about
$25,000,000.
—The Knox boom gathered force In
Philadelphia on Saturday as a result
of the prominence given to the former
Secretary of State and it is expected
that the next month will see things
started in his behalf In a number of
the central counties. The Babcock
people are understood to be awaiting
the return of Senator Penrose.
—The (Jommittee of One Hundred
has gone out of business In Philadel
phia and the Franklin county chiefs
are planning to take over its activities
until they can trot out their campaign
stunts again. It looks as though the
Franklin party would fall heir to the
Independent strength In Philadelphia
because there are many voters there
who are not happy unless "Insurging."
ANNOYING ,
Sunday Golfer —"Something has put
mp off my game this morning, caddie."
"It's them church bells, mister, they
hadn't ought to be allowed." —Life.
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TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE"!
m —We know one industry that is go
ing to thrive after the war is over—
geography making in Europe.
—Scarcity of dyestuffs threatens to
force manufacturers to turn out pink
overalls. Oh. well, the workman wear
ing them will be blue, at any rate.
—lf we gave a little more thought
to the normal children who are alive
than to one defective baby that is
dead, the world in the future would
have fewer defectives.
—Gettysburg students who fled ffom
college to escape quarantine are dis
covering that Dr. Dixon has an un
usually long arm.
—lf the early settlers had practiced
disarmament tactics there would be
no question to-day of national defense.
The matter would be decided about an
Indian council Are.
—Most of us complain bitterly of
the high price of turkeys—and then
go out and buy one.
•—The open season for deer and deer
hunters begins December 1.
1 EDITORIAL COMMENT ~|
An American manufacturer has sold
a million cans of Irish stew to the
French army. We suppose the stuff
will be used instead of dynamite
bombs when attacking the Germans.
—Macon News.
Combinations are not always in re-'
stralnt of trade. The tricks that are
being turned in the steel Industry tend
.to make trade the merrier.—Philadel
phia Evening Bulletin.
"I have no use for men who neither
drink, chew nor smoke."—From a
speech by a member of the Franklin
and Marshall faculty.
Nevertheless, we venture to predict
that the fooball team will continue to
use such men in preference to college
boozers. —Philadelphia North Ameri
can.
WHAT A WOMAN CAN DO
[From Picture Progress.]
The other day a letter came to the
editor's desk from the president of a
woman's club in a nearby city protest
ing against the showing of a certain
motion picture in the theater of her
locality. She pointed out the elements
in the picture which she designated as
unsuitable for boys and girls to view,
deplored the exhibition of such a pic
ture and requested the editor's aid to
have this picture withdrawn from the
market.
This woman, with her complaint,
represents but one of many thousands
throughout the United States who are
Interested In the education and train
ing of boys and girls. They recognize
the screen as one of the most influen
tial educators of the.day and are dis
turbed when sensational, or worse,
pictures are shoWn In their towns.
What these women everywhere can
do is to visit their local theater owner
and ask him to show In his house the
productions which feature the highest
grade stars playing In the besl plays
(often dramatised from books) and to
provide them with these plays regu
larly. The editor knows that plays of
this character are procurable, and
knows that they are within the reach
of any exhibitor anywhere, no matter
how small the town. If he cares to get
them for his patrons.
Therefore, to this particular cor
respondent, and to all other women
who are facing a similar problem, we
would say go to your local theater
man and tell him what you want,
WEALTH IN UN
By Frederic J. Haskir.
ONE of the most tangled bits of
wilderness in the United States
Is located In the generally well
tilled and thickly settled county of
Lowndes, Ala. Centuries ago. a tiny
creek here flowed through a rich bot
tom. Some upheaval of the earth
lifted a dike of rock across Its course
so that the surrounding lands became
a lake In the wet season and a swamp,
covered with tangled Jungle, when the
creek went dry. Rich cotton lands are
all about this swamp, but within its
tangled fastnesses the black bear and
the water moccasin are supreme. The
surrounding farmers derive absolutely
no benetlt from this swamp except the
sport of shooting wild game, which is
annually driven out of It by the floods.
Vet this cotton bottom swamp, twen
ty miles long and from one to Ave
rnile wide, contains a deep black soil
formed by centuries of rotting vegeta
tion, as rich as any in the world. It Is
potential wealth, food for millions,
lying fallow. All that are needed to
make It yield yellowing harvests of
corn and white fields of cotton are
drainage and clearing. This Is not
mere speculation, for experts of the
Department of Agriculture have stud
led this swamp and are agreed that It
is one of the great opportunities for
capital in agriculture, of which there
are so many in this country.
The Trinity Bottoms in Hale Coun
ty, Ala., are another great area of ex-
Qur Daily Laugh ;
VIEWPOINTS. M b:T"* U'
Wifey: When IW.hl
I married you I yl r
thought you'd / Vljrflf!
■own your wild ( 4 3 vl
° a Hubby: With /jISVS 'Lflj
all your money.
my dear, it would t l/|r~
have been a Jj
ihame not to II
■tart »noth#r
\cv\A doesn't make a
1 No, but It often
make* one fall.
THE ORHiINAI, KIT
By Winn Dinger
Wifey said: "Dear Hub, golf-playing
Soon will be all o'er for you,
For the snow will soon be flying
Then, what are you to do?"
"That won't bother me a 'minute,"
To dear wife t quickly said.
"For when golf-links are snow-cov
ered
I will use a ball that's red."
Wifey answered: "Without questlok,
Without If. or and, or but.
You deserve the prise for being
The original '*olf-nuW"
NOVEMBER 22, 1915.
actly tlie some sort, formed in the
same way, and there are many others
in various parts of the South. These
great swamps could not be drained
piecemeal. The natural barrier
thrown up by some dynamic convul
sion of the earth centuries ago would
have to be pierced, and the normal
drainage of the country re-established.
Then the forests \yould have to be cut;
but this would not. add greatly to the
expense of the undertaking, for much
of the timber is virgin hardwood of
great value, and nearly all of it could
be used for ties, posts and cordwood.
It has been estimated that within the
United States there ore 74,000,000
acres of unreclaimed syamp land like
Cotton Creek and Trinity Bottoms.
The great majority of this unused land
would be worth at least SIOO an aero
If drained, and cleared and most of it
couKl be reclaimed for a great deal
less than that amount. The estimate
has been made that the drainage alone
would not cost more than an average
of $25 an acre.
The fact that these swamp lands lie
fallow in the midst of prosperous
farming communities is no reflection
upon the energy or enterprise of the
local farmers. These men have used
every bit of land which they have had
sufficient capital to improve. The
areas remain unreclaimed are big
propositions, offering big returns, and
requiring big capital to develop them.
THE STATE FROM WTO EOT
That big storm last Friday did an
enormous amount of damage all over
the State, causing losses in some local
ities to the amount of SIOO,OOO.
Imagination, the desire to imitate,
and a thriller in the movies were
responsible for the death at Wilkes-
Barre of a nine-year-old boy, Anthony
Adams, who shot himself in the nead
with a revolver. Not more than a
month ago the same boy was shot in
the back during a scene which he and
his brother were enacting.
The will of Philip Miller, an Allen
town confectioner, long a circus
athlete, gives his $15,000 estate to his
wife, but provides that when she
makes her will she devise a quarter of
her estate to the Topton's Orphan
Home.
Orvis Walker, of Rebersburg, Cen
ter county, has been so successful as
a breeder of Black Minorca chickens
that he Is now trying his hand at
copperhead,snake hatching.
The Reading Dental Association will
turn over Its equipment free of charge
to the Reading School Board, which
will establish a dental department in
the Administration building.
Beware of gypsy girls, especially the
pretty ones, Is the ultimatum delivered
by Dr. King, a Heading physician. Ho
had his fortune read at his office by
two of the aforementioned maidens,
and Is now poorer by $47.
When John F. Mcglnness, assistant
circulation manager of the Williams
port Gazette and Bulletin, reached the
age of 21 his father, W. W. Meginness,
handed him a deposit book In a bank
ing Institution or Willlamsport show
ing that the late Mayor W. G. Elliott
had deposited a su.il to his credit, to
j become his with the accumulated In
jterest when he reached his majority.
The money was deposited early in
Jim.
Ebernng Qltjat
For over eighty-five weeks Dr.
Samuel G. Dixon, the State Commis
sioner of Health, has been. glvin <
practical advice on matters of every
day life In the form of a week-onil
article, embodying such excellent com
mon sense and well put medical
knowledge that they have been print
ed as a feature by over 150 daily news
papers in Pennsylvania and comment
ed upon by newspapers outside of tho~
State. Beyond a doubt the newspapers
have unloaded on them many, many
articles which they have not the space
to publish and which while contain
inu matters of high importance to the
writers or the person affected or some
branches of the State government
frankly do not interest the great read
ing public. Many articles of this
class are part, of publicity schemes
pure and simple and designed to
boost. How differently the average
man and woman regards Dr. Dixon's
comments upon health matters is
demonstrated by the number of
papers printing them regularly because
after all, the editor does not put into
type news matter or articles in which
bis readers arc not interested. Some
of the advertisements of the stores
are read religiously every morning or
evening by unknown thousands and
while many a person would turn lip
his nose at such matter when classed
as "news" it interests just the same.
Hence it has been that every week
newspapers print something from the
State's commissioner of health be
cause he not only speaks with author
ity, but enlivens the articles with apt
illustration or str»!.ing similie and but
tresses them with such plain speak
ing that, they carry home a useful les
son. For instance in an article pub
lished to-day the Commissioner talks
about the importance of keeping
thoroughly informed about one's bodv
and suggests that it is just as vital to
know whether every part of the won
derful human meeliunism is «vork
ing properly, so that one may know
where to make repairs or to brace up.
as it is to be sure that the machinery
of an automobile Is in order for a trip.
Dr. Dixon came to write these articles
nearly two years ago in response to
requests .for advice or guidance which
used to reach him in every mall. Ho
picked out the subjects In which the
people appeared to be concerned and
the public did the rest.
That Ex-Governor John K. Toner is
a prime favorite in Harrlsburg was
pretty well demonstrated on Saturday
and yesterday. He was the guest of
friends while here and he was as busy
shaking hands as he was when he was
holding office. The former governor
was welcomed at every turn while on
a walk about the city on Saturday
morning and in the afternoon while
on an automobile ride he was sur
prised at the greetings for him. While
in the city Mr. and Airs. Tener were
showered with invitations. They may
visit the city again during the holiday
season.
The coal pile in the ruins of the
Country Club of Harrisburg was still
burning away yesterday and the mem
bers of the club who visited the site
or who played golf on Saturday could
see real money going up in smoke.
The winter stock of coal had Just been
laid in the club a fortnight before the
lire of last week and the heat still
thrown off by the huge pile was *•>
great, yesterday that one could not
within several feet of it. It will b#
several days before the fire burns out.
Speaking of golf it was notable the
number of .people who played on
courses about the city on Saturday in
spite of the high winds. Eacli one of
the three courses had its devotees and
they appeared to be playing with as
much vim as in the middle of sum
mer. The courses hereabouts have
laid out their winter greens and the
number of players is a commentary
on the popularity of the game.
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A couple of men walked up Market
street the other evening wearing large
grins and bearing large turkeys. It
was hardly the time of the evening for
poultry stores to be open and yet the
birds were much alive and while uncer
tain whither they were hound took an
interest in the bright lights and the
passing throngs. The men did not
advertise where they had bought the
birds, but the "kidding" to which
they were subjected raised some doubts
in the minds of passers-by. Rumors
of raffling were in the air.
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Dr. J. T. Rothrock, former head
of the State Department of Forestry,
who was here last week, says that
there are some splendid tracts of for
est land 111 sight of the State Capitol
dome and that some of them ought to
be secured for posterity's sake.
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Thomas D. Taylor, who was ad
vertising manager of the New York
several years and is known
to a number of Harrisburgers, has
become the publisher of the Phila
delphia Evening Telegraph. He was
appointed to the place on Saturday by
Rodman Wanamaker the owner.
[ VEIJL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Judge John W. Kephart. of
Ebensburg, made a motor trip across
the State.
—General W. G. Price will command
the Natiofial Guardsmen when they
greet the Liberty Bell at Philadelphia
on Thanksgiving day.
—Minister T. H. Burch, who is
home from Portugal, is being enter
tained by friends in eastern counties.
—G. C. Hetzel, the Delaware coun
ty manufacturer, has been spending
some time at Virginia Hot Springs.
Judge F. J. O'Connor, who haa been
ill, is improving.
1 DO YOU KNOW 1
That Harrisburg Una more
churches to population than any
city in the State?
HISTORIC HARUISBURG
This city was a mobilization
for troops in the War of 1812.
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Dead Money—A Talk
to Storekeepers
Every article you have on your
shelves which doe* not Bell repre
sents dead money.
It is not earning anything. It
is taking up room.
It is growing less In value as
it gets older.
It does not sell because people
do not want it. It inay be a good
article but they do not know It
or believe in It.
People PO KNOW about the
good being advertised in their
newspapers.
If these are good goods they
•will want them.
It pays the retailer to co
operate with »ewspaper adver
tised products, to show them In
■the windows, and to push them.