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TUESDAY EVENING, NOV. 30"
The truest self-respect is not to think
of self. —Henry Ward heccher.
HANGING BEES
MARYLAND had a hanging bee
the other day when several
thousand curious citizens took
tlieir lunches find sat about waiting
with 111-concealed impatience for the
sheriff to lead forth the blood-guilty
victim and dangle him at the end of
a rope in expiation for his crime and
for the amusement of the gathered as
semblage. The spectacle was any
thing but gratifying to those who have
been trying to make themselves be
lievo that opinion is opposed to public
executions, Pennsylvanians may be
thankful that sucli exhibitions are no
longer possible in this State. The
public hanging has been abolished
forever and the electric chair has been
substituted for the gallows. The con
demned man dies painlessly, far re
moved from the scene of his crime and
from the sight of the morbidly cur
ious. The "hanging bee" is good for
nobody. It is a relic of the days of
Henry VIII, when there were "0,000
such in England in one year. It. be
longs to that periqd and has no place
in the present.
SUBJECTS FOR PROBES
DEMOCRATS are growing uneasy
over the report that the Repub
licans of the House are going to
demand investigations of certain al
leged irregularities which have oc
curred in administration circles since
Woodrow Wilson became captain and
chief engineer of the Ship of State.
It is recalled that the Democrats,
endeavoring to discredit the Republi
can. party in every possible manner,
when the House was turned over to
them, began periodically to adopt
resolutions calling for investigation#
of several large industries, hoping
thereby to uncover the fact that the
Republican party had entered into a
conspiracy with what the Democrats 1
termed "certain predatory interests"
and that these interests had become
the "Invisible government" of the
United States. Hundreds of thousands
of dollars were expended in these In
vestigations; they afforded opportun
ity for dispensation of much Demo
cratic patronage; businessmen from
all over the country were required to
suspend their activities and undergo
rigid questioning before these special
committees and tho entire country was
exasperated beyond measure.
The results were trivial. The Stan
ley Steel investigating committee en
abled Mr. Stanley to plaster his en
tire State with the report of the In
vestigation, and a couple of tons of
copies of the reports are now said to
repose in the Capitol basement. No
further action has been taken. The
Money Trust investigation gave no
returns, except to give Samuel Unter
myer considerable free advertising
and remunerative employment. The
Lawrence Strike Investigation served
to stir up class hatred, but no action
was taken. The Hardwlck Sugar In- J
vestlgation was merely corroborative
evidence of the fact that the seaboard
sugar refiners wanted to put the beet
sugar industry out of commission so
that the refiners could control the
United States sugar market. The Mul
hall lobby Investigation, started by
President Wilson, resulted in fasten
ing some odium to a Democratic Con
gressman, Representative McDermott,
of Illinois, who was gently admonished
by the Speaker of the House. He re
signed and was re-elected the follow
ing November. The Senate lobby in
vestigation report was never acted on.
Those who lobbied for free trade were
considered friends of the Democratic
party. The best result of these In
vestigations was the proof that the
Republican party was In no manner
lined up with special interests.
The Republicans are said to con
template forcing at least four investi
gations. Representative Milled, of
Minnesota, on the committee on in
sular affairs, has returned from an ex-
tended tour of the Philippines with
blood in his eye. He declares that the
administration of the Democratic Gov
ernor, Harrison, Is a disgrace to the
United States; that the natives «re
thoroughly demoralized and that ho
wants the whole business shown up.
Another matter that promises trou-
TUESDAY EVENING,
ble is the recognition of Carranza by
President Wilson after months of
backing and (tiling. Some time ago
New York papers Intimated that
Colonel House, said to be the Presi
dent's right-hand man, was interested
in the "recognition of Carranza.
Whether or not that Influenced the
President, the Republicans will want
to know about it.
The Post Office Department, its
gross mismanagement of the rurat
mail delivery, and the general de
moralization of the service also fur
nish food for discussion. When Burle
son took over tho post office he asked
for and was accorded the largest-ap
propriation in the history of the de
partment, in order, as he said, to put It
on a business basis.
The Treasury Department and the
work of the so-called "Improvement
committee," the blanketing into the
civil service of hundreds of the income
tax collectors, and the reason for so
transforming the daily treasury state
ment as to make it difficult to ascer
tain what the true status of the treas
ury finances may be, will be looked
into and In all probability the Trade
Commission will be called upon to
make public its findings on the cost
of production of beet sugar, according
to reports from Washington.
It is likely that much of next' year's
campaign thunder will result from
these probes, against which Democrats
arc already protesting. But what-is
sauce for the goose is sauce for the
gander, and the Republican gander
has had his, goodness knows.
We reprint on this page this even
ing an editorial from "The Outlook"
which will doubtless strike a re
sponsive cord In the minds of many
Americans. It deals with the issues of
1916 and makes cspoclally clear the Im
portance of the tariff question at this
time. It also shows how empty and
fruitless were the promises of the
Democratic national platform of 1912.
THE Jti:n Cl toss CAMPAIGN
THK formal opening of Harris
burg's Red Cross Christmas seal
campaign for 1915 has been set
for Monday, December 6, and from
then on throughout the gladdestscason
of all the year, the busy Christmas
shopper, the businessman, the mer
chant, the joyous youngster in school
will have opportunity to place upon
his or her Christmas package the seal,
of Christian hope and charity.
The campaign this year has been
mapped out on more extensive lines
than ever before and the general
committee on distribution, headed by j
Dr. C. R. Phillips, expects to top the
300,000 sales mark. Not alone In the
city will the crusade bo carried on;
in the schools and boroughs and town
ships of Dauphin county, to say noth- j
ing of the 'cross river towns of Cum
berland, the sales will be vigorously
pushed.
The sympathetic folks of Harrisburg
and neighboringtownsliave never failed
to respond to the slogan of the Red
Cross Christmas seal campaign. Dr.
Phillips sounded the keynote of the
co-operation that has always been so
' typical of the folks of the old home
'town when he talked last, evening at
the gathering of the Daupiiin County
Social Workers' club. "We have never
asked for a thing from the county
poor authorities in our campaign
against tuberculosis which we didn't
get," said he; "we have never asked
a thing from the police department
which we didn't'get; we have never
asked a thing from the schools that
we didn't get; we have never asked a
thing from the Associated Charities
that we didn't get; and finally we have
never asked the people of Ilarrisburg
to help in a rea4, true cause that Har
risburg people didn't nobly respond."
Now then, beginning next Monday,
the folks of Harrisburg will have an
other chance to prove this.
It Is by Booker Washington's
way that progress Is to be found
for the negro In America and for
America with the negro. His death
Is a calamity to his own race; but
it is a greater calamity to the
whites. There will not soon be >
likely to arise a negro leader whom
the white people of the South and
of the North will so readily heed.
It Is not probable that such a man
will appear twice in a generation.
The foregoing paragraph from an
appreciation of Booker Washington
in The Outlook expresses a nation
wide sentiment. Here in Harrisburg
and everywhere the death of this re
markable orator and leader of his
race is regarded as a national loss, but
he has marked the way for his people
to follow.
A DIVING MONUMENT
CITY COMMISSIONER M. HAR
VEY TAYLOR, head of the park
system of Harrisburg for the past
two years, has established for himself
a living memorial which will remind
the citizens of Harrisburg of his good
work long after the present generation
shall hsCve passed on. Some time ago
Mr. Taylor announced his purpose to
complete the planting of an ayenue of
American elms from "Hardscrabble"
to the city boundary at Division street
and for several weeks this planting
has gone forward. It was completed
last Saturday and there Is now upon
both sides of Front street—from
Division street southward, and placed
at proper intervals—a double line of
elms which within the years to come
will provide a green arch over the
city's main driveway.
Two or three years ago property
owners on the east side of Front street
from Harris street northward to the
city line planted at their own expense
high-top American elm trees and most
of these are flourishing. Here and
there one has suffered from abuse of
contractors or others and will require
replacement, but upon the whole the
planting has been successful, and It
will not be many years until a great
avenue of elms will be one of the
things worth while to show all visitors
to Harrisburg.
There are still many line elm trees
in the nursery on the island at Market
street and It. is understood that these
will be set out as rapidly as possible
where most needed. There are places
yet without trees and in the older sec
tions of the River Purk young saplings
must be planted lo till the vacancies
i created l>y tho decadeuce of the old
giants and their destruction by storms.
Commissioner Taylor has done ad
mirably in this matter and a grateful
people will not forget his good work
in this respect.
Nor will the people of South Harrls
burg fail to remember that the present
head of the Department of Parks has
created in the district between
Paxton street and Iron alley a future
park area that will be appreciated by
the residents of that section of the city
for all time.
It is for the good citizen to see to it
that these trees are not abused by
careless drivers and mischievous boys.
There has been too much damage of
this character already.
Even our German friends will be in
terested In an investigation that will
clear the Teutonio people of the sus
picion that a great conspiracy exists
for tho destructlbn of American indus
trial plants and that Germany and Aus
tria arc in any way responsible.
TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE
—Do your Christmas shopping
NOW.
—Wormleysburg's old town hall
brought SSO at auction yesterday.
That's more than Marrisburg could
realize from a similar sale.
—"The long expected Llmburgcr
cheese famine threatens," says an ex
change. Not with Milwaukee still in
American hands.
—Jim Jeffries might have done bet
tor if he had studied the art of "com
ing back" under Russian methods.
—The optimist looks at it this way
—"lt's only about three months uniil
Spring."
—Dnn't worry about that dwindling
coal pile. Think how much smaller
It would be if wc had had a cold au
tumn.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Tammany's opposition to woman suf
frage in New York forced the voters
to decide the old question, "The lady
or the tiger?"— Nashville Southern
Lumberman.
Carranza's proposal to substitute
baseball for bull-fighting arouses the
ghastly suspicion that he Intends mak
ing Ills unfortunate captives do the um
piring.—Columbia State.
General Villa says he Is not afraid
to tight the entire United States Army.
He must liavM been reading some of
those numerous magazine articles re
garding our unpreparedness.—Nashville
Southern Lumberman.
Premier Okunia asserts that Japan
couldn't send a larged armed force to
Europe if it would, becaaise of Its lack
of adequate means of transport. But
why shouldn't .lapan bring out of its
hiding places the fleet of transports
that has been waiting to lnnd a quarter
million men on our Paciilc coast?—
Springfield Republican.
PENROSE COMMENDS STATE POUCH
"Wherever I went," said Senator Pen
rose, on his return from the Liberty
Bell trip, "I heard the highest com
mendation and praise of the State po
lice of Pennsylvania. This force was
upon every hand recognized as the
most efficient, best drilled and most
reliable body of men engaged in simi
lar work in any State of tlTte Union. It
has always been my desire to see Phil
adelphia give to the world an ex
emplification of the most efficient po
lice and fire administration in any mu
nicipality. If the Mayor-elect shall
name a man for the head of the De
partment of Public Safety who will
give to the city of Philadelphia the
same efficient and stable administra
tion of this branch of public service
as has been given at Harrisburg I be
lieve we shall all be Indebted to the
incoming Mayor.
MERE WORDS WON'T DO
The following article is reprinted
front the Herald of Grand Rapids,
Michigan;
"The Outlook—discussing '1916'
puts its faith squarely into unmistak
able words when, in this week's issue
the issue of October 6), it squarely
says:
"'The Presidential issue for 1916 is
very simple. It is not the tariff. It is
not finance. It is not the relation of
capital to labor. It is not the regula
tion o( the trusts. It is the question
of national defense. Shall our citizens
.be protected abroad and our country
protected at home? The party which
makes this issue the first article of its
platform, and the candidate who re
gards it as the public question of para
mount importance and whose deeds as
well as whose words are consistent
with such a platform, will, In our judg
ment, be successful.
" 'Passing an argument with The
Outlook over the Irresistible import
ance of the tariff in the next campaign
—"protection" for our industries
should go hand in hand with "protec
tion" for our shores and our, citizen
ship—we beg to call the attention of
Thw Outlook to the fact that it Willi
not be sufficient for a political party
to merely write into its platform a
paramount plank promising that "our
citizens shall be protected abroad and
our country protected at home."
" 'The mere "promise" will not suf
fice. Why? Because we tried depen
dence upon a "promise" once before.
Could any mere language be more
unequivocal and pre-assuring than the
following?
" 'The Constitutional rights of Amer
ican citizens should protect them on
our borders and go with themthrough
outh the world, and every American
citizen residing or having property in
any. foreign country is entitled to and
must be given the full protection of
the United States government, both
for himself and for his property.
' This quotation is from the last
Democratic National platform. So far
as "words" go it is all and everything
which The Outlook demands. But
"words" will not suflice unto the oc
casion in the next campaign. If there
is one thing more than another which
has aroused the United States to the
necessities of a more adequate na
tional defense, it is the very fact, that
during the past two years "the Consti
tutional rights of American citizens
have not protected them on our bor
ders," and the fact that we have suf
fered under a Mexican policy. which,
despite these honeyed platform
words, has made partnership with
common bandits, trafficked in arms
and ammunition with which to de
spoil our own citizenship, winked at
desecration of American rights be
yond possibility of adequate descrip
tion. and denied every word of the
high-flown words in the platform
pledge.
" 'No: mere "words" won't do again.
It will not be sufficient that the "party
platform" shall proclaim upon the sub
ject. There must be good faith as well
as good rhetoric. Perhaps The Out
look had this in mind in the qualify
ing phrases with which It closes Its
apostrophe.' "
The Herald has interpreted The
Outlook's stale of mind 011 this Im
portant. question clearly and exactly.
,—Th# Outlook.
HARRISBURG tfSßb TELEGRAPH
T*UUc* LK
"^cKKOiftacDua.
By E;.-CommtttMDM
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh is
working to clear up all of the appoint
ments on his desk before the holiday
•season begins. It is a big task, but the
Governor says he intends to do all he
can to "appoint early" and get things
started. Meanwhile the Governor Is
not paying as much attention to poli
tics as are a good many other people.
When he is asked about presidential
matters he just smiles and the only
thing he has said about delegates was
that he wanted to see the State repre
sented by "the right type of men."
This remark has been variously inter
preted.
Selection of the ten referees In com
pensation will come along before the
end of the week and then the Gov
ernor will bend his energies to work
ing out the appointments to the Su
preme Court, Public Service Commis
sion, Water Supply Commission and
other places. He has several commis
sions provided by the last Legislature
lo fill. In fact, first and last, the Gov
ernor has fifty appointments to make,
including departmental o>es, and he
has an average of ten callers for each
place and some bushels of letters.
The official count of the vote in the
state will be made the end of this
week. The Philadelphia authorities
have given assurance to the State De
partment. that they will forward the
count on constitutional amendments
and Superior Court judges by Thurs-
Uu.v and then the adding machines will
get busy and the official count will be
announced. It will be issued In pam
phlet form and the election of the
Superior Court judges and the rati
fication or rejection of amendments
will be put out In the form of a
proclamation.
-r-Coatesville's mayoralty contest ap
pears to be getting twisted. The pe
titioners have now asked permission
to amend their petition. The voting
check lists will be opened in court and
a whole recount may be made.
—Reading has 839 applications for
appointment to its police force. There
are 102 jobs and 35 men to be re
tained.
—The Schuylkill court Is finding
some diverting things in its probe of
West Mahanoy. Each side is charging
fraud.
—The Franklin party spent over
$53,000 in the fruitless Philadelphia
contest, which, sis T. Henry Walnut
says, ended reform in the city for a
time because the people did not want it.
•• -The Philadelphia Inquirer has
this to say about, the attitude of Sen
ator Penrose and his friends on the
national delegate outlook: "It would
appear that the Penrose supporters
have no concern about the political
situation in the State. They expect
that the incoming local administration
will co-operate with the senior Sen
ator in conserving the interests of the
Republican State party organization as
now constituted, and that in the mat
ter of the election of delegates-at-large
to the Republican National Convention
and the nomination of a candidate for
United States Senator to succeed
George T. Oliver and the four candi
dates for Congerssmen-at-large to be
named at the primaries next May. the
Penrose leaders In the interior coun
ties and the city administration forces
will work in harmony. -
—Congressman John J. Casey ap
parently does not fear the lightning
of the reorganizers. Having defeated
the Palmer choice for membership on
the Ways and Means committee he is
now insisting on naming his brother
for postmaster of Wilkes-Barre in the
face of machine objections. A dis
patch says: "Mr. Casey said that he
would not take up the matter until
the middle of next month and then
will probably recommend the appoint
ment of his brother for the place. It
has always been the policy of this ad
ministration to permit the Congress
man to name the postmasters in his
district," added Mr. Casey, "and 1 do
not think this policy will be departed
from in this session."
—The Schuylkill county court has
appointed Kiernan Donahue, of Gir
ardville, mine inspector in the Potts
ville district, to succeed John Curran,
who died recently. The appointment
is for 13 months and the salary is
$.".,000 per year. George H. Morgan,
of Llewellyn, was appointed warden of
the county jail by Schuylkill county
commissioners. Morgan will succeed
James it. Walton, who has been elect
ed prothonotary. The salary is $2,200,
with jj.n additional S2OO for Mrs. Mor
gan as matron. The court appointed
George Krell tax collector of Tama
qua, to succeed Collector, Sittier, who
is $4,000 short in his accounts and has
disappeared.
—Judge-elect Harry D. Schaeffer
and Register of Wills-elect James W.
Wertz of Berks yesterday announced
the make-up of their Btaffs. Howard
W. Body, of Oley township, Democra
tic county chairman and member of
the recent Legislature, has been ap
pointed to a SIOO-a-rnonth clerkship
to replace David Kelley, of Heading,
who held the position 25 years. Frank
M. Wertz, brother of the register-elect,
succeeds Miss Catharine Spang as as
sistant court stenographer at S6O a
month, and Jacob E. Hertzog, of Oley
township, school teacher and former
member of the Legislature, has been
appointed Orphans' court crier at
sl,oooa year, to succeed Eugene Net
tig.
—Four wards remain to be counted
in the Philadelphia county election re
turns. It is expected the final figures
will be available late in the week.
—The Allegheny county grand Jury
has returned more indictments for
election fraud.
—Senator Vare was on the stand
yesterday regarding the inquiry into
the use of police in Philadelphia on
election day and testified that the day
was quiet in spite of the ponce.
—Montgomery county Democrats
spent $1.555 in the recent campaign
and the Republicans $5,900.
—Ex-Representative L. P3. Donnel
ly, of Perry county, is said to be think
ing about running again.
—Ex-Congressman A. R. Rupley is
sakl to be building fences for
Congress next year.
—Congressman A. G. Dewalt, of Al
lentown, is out with a declaration
that he will work for the repeal of
the seamen's law.
—John T. Windrim has refused the
place of director of works in the Smith
cabinet In Philadelphia and it is now
said that Ex-Senator Ernest L. Tus
tin may become director of safety if
John C. Groome Is not named.
—Pittsburgh city councilmen are
in a bitter row over the budget and
are saying things about each other
and the mayor.
—Seventeen Philadelphia magis
trates will take office next Monday, but
the mayor of Philadelphia will not
take hold until January.
—Luzerne county taxpayers have
formed a league and are taking a
hahd in real estate appeals. The
Wllkes-Barre city council which is
working 011 the new tax levy is hear
ing from them.
A VOICE FROM THE SOUTH
ri'"rom the Kansas City Tlmes.l
There 1B R prevalent disposition to
foel that you can solve a big problem
by callliiK names. Take the negro prob
lem. The Rev. Mr, JJixvu treats It la
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
BREAKING INTO THE BIG LEAGUE
—From the St. LOUIR R«pnl>lir.
THE MEXICAN MUDDLE
Vlll.—Villa's Stronghold
, By Frederic J. Haskin
IN Juarez. Villa ia the great man of
the century. Elsewhere called
bandit and murderer, here he is
compared to George Washington. Ap
parently beaten, cut off from all sup
plies and ammunition, here his ulti
mate victory and the resultant libera
tion of the Mexican,people are still
confidently awaited. In the midst of
the squalor and dirt and vice of Juarez
there flourishes the spirit that, has
conquered empires—the blind faith of
a people in their leader.
There is no room to doubt the sin
cerity of most of these people. They
will all tell you with an earnestness
which is almost pathetic that Villa is
now planning a great coup, which
will victoriously end the war. Their
faith in him is like the faith of a
beggar child in Santa Cl&UB. II proves
that Villa undoubtedly has something
of that indefinable magnetism, that
power to win the unquestioning al
legiance of men, which, to the
making of all genuine leaders. His
hands steeped in needless blood, there
is nevertheless much evidence that his
eyes have been fixed on a vision of
reconstructed Mexico. It is probable
that he could never have realized it.
It seems certain that his star is now
near its setting. Juarez is his last
important stronghold in northern
Mexico. Everyone on the border be
lieves th?t the final act of Ills pic
turesque drama will be staged here.
Juarez is worth fighting for. It is
a door to the United States, a base for
operations in Sonora and northern
Chihuahua, and the richest source of
revenue in all Villa territory. The
saloons and gambling halls of Juarez
yield an Income big enough to sup
port an army.
Somehow Juarez lias acquired the
name of being a glittering den of vice
and iniquity. The Iniquity is here,
but it does not glitter. Everything is
squalid to the last degree, from the
ragged crowds on the narrow muddy
streets to the famous Black Cat
saloon and gambling hall. The Black
"The Birth of h Nation" as something
hideous, and lets it go at that. But
that sort of treatment doesn't get any
where. It is here recalled simply to
contrast it with another statement of
the problem mnde in the Houston Post
at the time of Booker Washington's
death:
"The Southern white people are ulti
mately to have as their neighbors
many'millions of black people ignorant,
immoral, criminal. Inefficient, filthy,
diseased and hopeless or they are going
to have as their neighbors a negro race
that is Intelligent, virtuous, efficient,
honest, patriotic, friendly. Intelligent
men and women know that the South
needs the latter."
It Is a sane, intelligent statement.
That It should come from a representa
tive Southern newspaper Is a hopeful
indication of the growth of a new
spirit.
Our Daily Laugh |
t n „ OVERHEARD
, AT THE
! \3r&£ DANCE. 1
Why do you
think Miss Low
' ffA')'- cut ' 8 P ure B°'d?
U Wll By the -way she
J' '1 -withstands the
/ ac 'd test when
some of the oth->
VV\ er women look
her.
thought Henry'd (,//
have the courage m
to propose to &
Mrs. Thricewed. W A
She: That'll JL- , 'kwt !Ur
nothing. He'll
need more cour
age after they're lA\ jv
married. \pffm\mi m
TOO HIGH PRICED .
By Wing niufttr
Wednesday last I went to market,
Thinking I'd a turkey buy
For Thanksgiving, but thp prices
For my purse weft much too high.
Then I thought, oh well, I don't care
Much for turkey anyway;
Think I'l buy a nice, fat goose
For my meal Thanksgiving Day.
But the geese, like their companions
Of the farm, 1 found came high,
So to meet my purse-string limits
Other fowl I'd have to buy.
Guineas, chickens, too were priced,
friend.
High enough my purße to rob
Of its contents, so 1 spurned them,
And decided on a squab.
NOVEMBER 30, 191S 1 .
Cat is a resort of international fame.
In good times it yields Villa $5,000 a
day.
Juarez is said to be moderately safe
for the casual visitor. It is safe as
any town can be that is given over
largely to gambling, racing and bull
fighting, that hits gathered a share of
the worst elements from every nation
of the globe, and that has a military
government rather lenient toward
certain classes of offenders. It is safe
for an American who can keep his
opinions to himself and stay cool un
der provocation. It is not as safe
since the recognition of Carranza as
It once was.
Plenty of foreigners come to Juarez
every night. They are the life of the
cafes and the roulette games. No
native of the city has enough real
money to pay the dealer's salary,
though there is any quantity of worth
less scrip to be had. As an import
ant source of revenue, the visitors are
usually well^treated, but there Is no
reckoning on the uncertain temper of
the swaggering Mexican officers. Not
long ago, one of Villa's majors
cleaned out the Black Cat with a six
shooter in true old-time western
style.
The transportation system, at least.
Is excellent. The big street cars
come from El Paso over one bridge,
swing through the heart of Juarez,
and return to the American city.
Whatever may be the state of inter
national relations, Villa and the street
car company find each other too
mutually useful to fall out. The
street cars bring to Juarra the people
who leave money, and In turn the
traction company gets a crowd of
Mexican fares. In Juarez itself,
fares were paid until recently with
Villa currency which the company no
doubt used to paper its offices, but
when these same Mexicans came back
from El Paso they had to put up a
good American nickel. Almost every
car that crosses the bridge is crowded
with Mexicans.
THE STATE FROM DW TO DW~|
Mayor Stratton, of Reading, has
plans in mind for the most beautiful
river front of any inland city, to in
clude shrubbery and portable bath
houses or tents, and a beach two hun
dred feet long that will be constantly
supplied with fresh running water.
Reading is ambitious if she hopes to
surpass the river front of the Capital
City, however.
The little thfee-year-old son of
Lawrence Persbing, of Greensburg,
was literally frightened to death the
other day when a friendly cow stuck
its massive head in at the window of
the room where the little tot was
playing, and with a loud and joyful
"moo" startled the boy info convul
sions, from which death resulted.
Next Saturday Ailentown will be
honored by the presence of Governor
Brumbaugh and Secretary of War
Garrison, at the dedication of the now
$4 7,000 armory which it has taken so
much favorable public sentiment to
create. It has been advocated for
twenty years, but only now completed.
A jury at Mahanoy City, Pa-, gave
a woman six cents who had sued for
$6,000 for slander. Six cents' worth
of slander cannot be very strong
anathematization, or else that jury is
unable to distinguish between slander
and flattery.
The latest detachment of Italian
reservists from Johnstown and the
outlying country sailed yesterday from
New York for Italy on the liner
Giuseppi Verdi, bound for Naples.
About 500 men between the ages of
20 and 40 years left in this detach
ment, and the labor situation will soon
ho critical in the mines if the foreign
: countries keep calling more men
back.
Toung Milton Everett, an athletic
young man who fought in the Spanish
war. has returned to his former
home In Ailentown to take charge
of the mills of his rich father who
died but a short time ago. Happening
to see a newspaper in Pittsburgh dur
ing his wanderings, the young man
read of his father's death and con
cluded to put aside his wanderlust
and settle down in charge of the mills.
The man who has been terrorizing
Doylestown as the shade of John the
Raptist has ended his weirjl actions
by being landed In jail. He has been
Identified as John Ryerly of Plioenix
vllle.
XERDS A SEI.F STARTEII
fKansas City Times]
Henry Ford's peace conference Is to
meet in some neutral country not yet
selected, at a date not yet fixed and be
attended by delegates not yet named.
What the movement seems to need Is
a self starter.
Ebenutg (Elfat
Pennsylvania's fiscal year, the period '
to which its financial operations are
limited, will close with to-night and '
there are a good many people who
otten wonder why the official year of
the Commonwealth does not comport
with the calendar year tnstead of be
ing a month ahead of it, so to speak,
or why the year is not started with
April 1, as is the case with some
municipalities. It does seem rather
odd when It is considered that tli#> j
counties and the smaller municipal
divisions, thousands of corporations
and many businesses In Pennsylvania
dute their business from January 1 to
January 1. The best information as
to the reason why November 30 is the
date for closing the fiscal year is that
It became the custom many years ago,
and since then, in the language of ono
of the best posted men on State finan
cial affairs, "everything has been
keyed up to it." Over 100 years ago,
in fact, from the adoption of the Con
stitution of Pennsylvania in 1790, the
General Assembly rfiet every Decem
ber. The Auditor CJeneral was then
required to apprise the lawmakers of
the financial state of the Common
wealth, and November 30 was the
most convenient date to close a year.
In other w'ords, the Legislature started
oft' with December 1 as the beginning
of a new year just as the county com
missioners start off with January's first
Monday. The Auditor General was
empowered to call for corporation re
ports so that ho could figure out the
probable revenue. In time the legis
lative meeting date was changed to
January and then to biennial sessions,
but the November date of closing re
mained, and it was not until this year
that the corporation year for tiling re
ports was made the same as the calen
dar year. Whether the fiscal year will
change soon is doubtful.
A good hunting dog is a tiling of
beauty and a joy forever, and conse
quently William Bollman. of Lebanon,
who is well known hereabouts as a>
hunter, ought to lead a joyful exist
ence so long as he is the owner of the
two dogs which he now uses when after
game. One is an English pointer anil
the other an English setter and they
work together in the field like a piece
of oiled machinery. C. S. Schaak,
Harry T. Neale and John C!. Herman,
all of this city, and all old hands at
the game, were up in Lebanon countv
last week with Mr. Bollman on a
search for some quail and partridge.
During the course of the morning tho
pointer located a covey of tiuail and so
perfectly trained was he that ho
stopped on the instant with his body
half turned and his nose pointing
toward the covey. "Dixie," the setter,
jumped a fence and landed In the
position of point, remaining im
movable and backing up the pointer in
wonderful style. Tho hunters declared
it was the most, beautiful piece of
pointing they had ever seen.
Colonel E. Jr. Young, of the Gov
ernor's staff, who was hero yesterday,
is one of the prominent bankers of
Allentown and one of the leading busi
nessmen in the Lehigh Valley. Tie is
a business associate of Colonel H. C.
Trexler.
The last few foggy mornings liava
been styled by policemen and others
who have to be out early as "honking"
mornings because the dense condition
of the atmosphere has caused the
using of automobile horns, the blow
ing of car whistles and the clanging
of gongs. Fortunately few mix-ups of
serious character have occurred and
the police say it is due to the nolsrjx
Three members of the Legislaturo
have been named on important com
mittees of the State Firemen's As
sociation in addition to the Harrlsburg
men selected. They are George W.
Williams, Wellsboro, George B. Mel«
lott, McConnellsburg and F. J. Her
man, Mehoopany.
WELL KNOVN PEOPLE
—Dr. 11. Walton Mitchell, president
of the State College trustees, is to havo
f.he next number of the college
monthly dedicated to him.
—Mayor Blankeuburg has compli
mented ills successor on his publlo
declarations.
—Charles Edward Russell, the So
cialist now speaking in this State, may
run for President next time.
—Frederick Palmer, war corre
spondent. will address Allegheny Col
lege students on the war. He is an
alumnus of Allegheny.
—William A. McNulty. of Washing
ton. Pa., well known here, has been
elected head of the Pittsburgh district,
Knights of Columbus.
DO YOU KNOW ~
That IlniTlsburg railroad yards
are being taxed to hold the freight
pouring into tills city for distri
bution to the East?
HISTORIC HARBISBURG
Courts were held here in the Fall
of 1785.
NOW
If a word of cheer you'd say,
Now's the time.
Someone's night 'twill turn to day,
Now's the time.
Help the fellow who is down
(There are plenty in your town);
With a smile replace his frown,
Now's the time.
If von like the story read,
Say It now. , .
Wait not till the author's dead.
Hay it now.
If vou think It's simply fine.
Take this little hint of mine;
Drop the writer Just a line,
Do it now.
If you love a maiden sweet.
Tell her now.
Someone else perchance she II meet.
Tell her now.
If vou want her for your own,
Don't sit down and rave and moan,
(Cupid always hates a drone)—
Tell her now.
If some flowers you would give.
Give them now;
While your friend on earth doth live.
Give them now.
There arc those who beauty crave,
Do not all your blosoms save
For adornment of some grave—
Give them now.
'
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Passers By
are the embryo material from
which a storekeeper makes cus
tomers.
He invites them to stop with
his windows.
If ho Is wise he puts goods
in his window which are being
advertised In the dally newspa
pers because: —
People know about them, have
confidence in them, have curi
osity to see them, and they feel
a friendly interest in the store
that shows them.
The passersby stop and look
nnd their feet naturally turn
I towards the doorway.