8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established IS3I PUBLISHED BY IKB TKLEGH AFll PIIINTING CO. E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Cliief F. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 218 Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building; New York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Robert E. Ward. Delivered by carriers at l > six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office in Harrls burg. Pa., as second class matter. • worn daily average circulation for the three months ending Nor. 30, 1911 V. 21,794 ★ Average for the year 1914—21.WW Annua for the year 191S—l#*™ Average for the year 1813—ID-?" Average for the year 1911— Average for the year 1910—1S,1><11 The above figures are aet. All re turned. unsold and damaged copies de parted. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC. 8 A wise man will -make more oppor tunities than he finds. —Francis Bacon. PUBLIC INTEREST THE Telegraph is always cheer fully willing to submit for the consideration of our citizens any suggestions which have a bearing upon the improvement of the city. Considerable interest has been aroused by the proposed treatment of the Walnut street bridge by Clinton At. Hershey, a well known local engi neer. His suggestion of a bridge whoso main stem shall extend out State street with two prongs across the railroad tracks, one at Wal nut street and the other at North street, is somewhat novel, but has con siderable merit. It remains, of course, for the State and the city authorities to work out a practical and attractive design which would be satisfactory toj all interests, whether it involves a sub way at State street or a bridge over the tracks. There was also much interest In the sketch and proposed location of the Hershey statuary which was printed by this newspaper as the suggestion of Mr. Mueller, Of the Berryhill Nursery company. This suggestion contem plates the placing of the group on the river front at State street with stairs leading from the statuary to the "Front Steps." Uncle Joe Cannon, although almost 80 years old, has returned to the House for the twentieth time, and the warm greetings which he received upon every side must have warmed the cockles of his heart. His philosophy of life ap peals to most men and the vigorous character of his patriotism increases Ills popularity wherever he goes. Uncle Joe will figure largely in the work of the session. Years sit lightly upon him. BILLS AND BILLS ALREADY the records of Congress are gorged with bills introduced at the session which started this week. Happy the day when the peo ple shall realize that all their ills can not be cured by law. In the national and State legislative bodies the ten dency for several years has been to attempt to remedy all the ills of the people through restrictive and other forms of legislation. Thousands of hills upon every pos sible subject have been Introduced and a real reform might be brought about through a movement to wipe from the statute books most of the en actments which are little understood by the people at large. There is practically no opposition to the proposed enlargement of the Market street subway under the Pennsylvania Railroad. It is recognized as a great need and the suggestion that the al leged consequential damages will actu ally take the form of benefits is re garded as a fair attitude on that mat ter, inasmuch as the enlargement of the subway to the full width of the street will increase rather than di minish the value of contiguous prop erty on both sides of Market street. Olii DYKSTT'FF INDUSTRY WHILE the Democrats are en deavoring to sidestep an up- ward revision or the tariff end at the same time replace the du ties 011 sugar for the benefit of their Southern friends, the need of greater revenue is bound to force a change of attitude at Washington. Citizens of tho United States are not going to submit quietly to the im position of an alleged "war" tax when the revenues could easily bo increased without serious disturbance of condi tions through a restoration of cus toms duties upon Imports. Unless some such policy shall bo adopted the government will not only be without sufficient revenue to care for national defense and the ordinary expendi tures, but will throw open the doors at every port In the country to an in vasion of the cheap products of Eu rope at the expense of the working men and manufacturers of the United States. Already a bill has been introduced In Congress, at the present session, to en courage the establishment and main tenance of a dyestuft Industry In this country capable of supplying all the needs of American manufacturers. The dependence upon tho Germanl WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 8, 1915. dyes and the failure to procure these dyes has been the cause of a general disruption of the textile Industry. tt is now proposed by those who favor a protective tariff that a suffi dent tax shall l>e placed upon these chemicals manufactured abroad to en courage the development of the indus try on this side of the ocean, so that we may no longer be dependent upon Germany for dyestuffs. It is believed that only through a system of protec tive tariff that will consider conditions in Germany at the close of the war will the end sought be attained. Another incident showing the need of a proper protection of some such industry in the United States is the order this week of the British govern ment declaring an embargo on log wood, prohibiting its export from Ja maica to the United States. This is the severest blow to the dye industry in this country since the supply of aniline dyes from Germany has stop ped. Great Britain, with all its boasted friendship for the United States, is not losing any opportunity to cripple the '.American manufacturer and unless (the present Congress protects the In terests of this country against the im pending competition of cheap labor abroad the working people of the United States are hound to suffer to a degree that cannot now be approxi mated. NEW COMPENSATION LAW THROUGHOUT the State employ ers of labor are now giving careful consideration to the provisions of the Workmen's Compen sation law. What annoys the em ployer more than the law itself is the difficulty of finding out just what it means. There are so many different con structions of the act, each lawyer ap pearing to have an interpretation of his own, that the employer Is between the devil and the deep sea. He wants to obey the law, but flnds himself con fronted with many conflicting views regarding its provisions. Recognition of the faithful service of John T. Balsley by his promotion to an important position in the Pennsylvania Railroad service is pleasant news to nil of Mr. Balsley's friends over the system. He will have charge of train movements over the entire Philadelphia Division. There is a tie which binds the employes of the Pennsylvania Rail road together as on no other railroad system in the cotmtry. AN ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK WHILE the enormous war orders are responsible in large measure for tliesudden resumption of in dustrial activity and the expansion of steel plants, the bumper crops of 1915 must be reckoned with in the final analysis. Prosperous conditions, it is true, are somewhat sporadic, but it is the opinion of those in position to cor rectly diagnose what is going on that the channels of trade in all lines are gradually being opened and, as a re sult, a lively year is promised. Great leaders of finance and com merce do not hesitate to express the opinion that the' United States must prepare to adjust its business to new conditions and to be ready to meet the situation which will confront us at the close of the European war. All manner of speculation is heard re garding the immediate results of a sudden cessation of the hostilities j abroad, but the views are so divergent 'that it is difficult for the ordinary citi zen to reach an intelligent conclusion as to what may be expected. With the optimism of the American people, however, there is a disposition to accept the facts as they now appear and to proceed with energy and confi dence along the legitimate lines of trade and expansion. Here in Harris burg the outlook Is quite favorable. Most of our industries arc in active operation and labor is employed at good wages. Rumors of further ex pansion of large plants increase the general confidence of the community in the immediate future. Everywhere throughout the city and this section builders are busy and something in the nature of a building boom is prom ised with the coming of next Spring. So that altogether the gladsome Christmas season comes on apace un der more favorable conditions than have existed for several years. Of | course, there are disquieting factors I here and there, but a general spirit of j optimism pervades the community and a disposition to go ahead is widely prevalent. The Mayor of York quit without even a loud protest when the Solicitor of that city decided that the office was vacant on the first Monday of Decem ber. Meanwhile, an Interregnum of one month occurs and the vacancy has been supplied by one of the officials of the city. While there Is more or less discussion of the Intolerable impudence of Boy-Ed and von Papen, the real point of dif ference between Germany and the United States Is the adjustment of the Lusl tanla matter. All other things are in significant as compared with this. Promises and evasions and postpone ments have characterized this discus sion right along, and it is generally be lieved that any final breach between the two countries would rest upon the Lusitania tragedy. Nothlng has been heard lately of the Penbrook paving project, and the town on the eastern outskirts of Ilarrisburg Is suffering about the same sort of criti cism as when the main street of Camp Hill Is mentioned. But the enterprising citizens of Camp 1111 l have honestly striven to get out of their mud and dust and with the coming of Spring it Is hoped both towns will provide for first class roadways that will be a credit to them and proper highways for | all who travel to and from the Capital City. As usual, the Philadelphia newspapers are giving much attention to the Re publican factional squabbles In that city. We are Informed with great fre quency that this faction or that hap pens to be on top. and that this group or that will control the State. When Philadelphia learns that Pennsylvania is growing weary—very weary—of the constant bickering in that city and that until this sort of thing cease* there will not be the Interest in the develop mcnt and welfare of the city which should animate a great Commonwealth when Its metropolis is concerned, there may be less of the foolish appeal to factional interests. TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE —Those European censors must be working with whitewash brushes. —That German food made from wood may be all right, but think of trying to eot a piece of white oak bread with a set oX store teeth. If Ford wanted to be sure of being permitted to land in Germany he might have taken Captain Boy-Ed along as pilot. —After next year the matter of a summer White House will not be so en grossing a subject for the present in cumbent of the Presidency. —Mrs. Gait is going to do the most unusual thing of becoming a bride and a grandmother at one and the same time. —We saw a load of Christmas trees yesterday, and it gave us the same old thrill. Now we don't care how much we spend. EDITORIAL- COMMENT Greece invented the Dilemma. And now how does she like it?— New York Evening Sun. Englishmen are told that they can only escape conscription by enlisting at once. That Is, they get their choice of going willingly or Just going.—Cleve- land Plain Dealer. Many who talk loudest of "efficiency" came to the United States to escape It. —lndianapolis Star. One is not as proud of living in the twentieth centry as one was a few years ago.—Chicago Daily News. We imagine that Yuan Shi Kai is that big majority in China which Is in favor of a monarchy.—Philadelphia Inquifer. The British are not alone responsible for the failure of the Dardanelles—the Turks had at least something to do with it.—San Francisco Chronicle. During the recent Kansas cyclone it is said that the sun was obscured for two hours by a cloud of limousines and grand pianos.—Boston Transcript. THE LESSON OF THE PARKS [Kansas City Star] Nobody now stops to think of the dire predictions of the knockers who fought the parks when Kansas City began the development of what is now its greatest civic asset. We see only the splendid results that flowed from the final triumph of the go-ahead citi zens over the pullbacks, while the last echoes of the "confiscation" shriek have died on the air. Now that we have the parks, now that they are paid for, and the most skeptical have been forced to admit the tremendous return they have made to Kansas City In Increased property values and as a city adver tisement, we can see what a blow to progress it would have been if the knockers had won or if they had suc ceeded in substituting a dinky plan for the big and comprehensive one adopted. It is safe to predict that the same re sult will follow In years to come when the Union Station improvement is a reality. Kansas City will look at the completed project, and If it remem bers at all that there was a knockers' fight on it at its Inception will re member it only to wonder that there coutd have been persons so short sighted as to have doubted the certain return it was bound to yield. After all, It is results alone that endure. The smoke and din of the battle soon pass uway and are forgotten. It was so in the park and boulevard fight. It will again be so when the will of the people has been carried out in the station im provement. HOME TOWN [Kansas City Star.] Home town Is 'around the bend on the road to yesterday. Among the in habitants are the fat boy called "skin ny," pig-tailed sweethearts who turn up their noses and run away, the preacher who asks after the health of every member of the family by name, the school teacher, the gang and grandma and the dog. Roses bloom there in gardens behind the fence palings along the street. Folk walk leisurely and speak to each other in passing. The church bells of a Sun day morn call youth and innocence to come and sit in a square pew with a door to it and eat peppermint drops and doze and sleep on the edge of a starched collar. It has a "deepo" to which go the small boys to watch the trains roll up grandly and snort, and pass on. It is usually summer there, although there tire blustering days when the sleighbells jangle—"chink: chink! chink!" —and the sleighs pass with incredible swiftness, th e small boys standing on the extended run ners in the rear and riding off to glory. The seasons for doughnuts and mar bles and pumpkin pies and kites and Christmas cookies and liooprolling and Hallowe'en and Valentine day and rai sin bread and shinny are religiously observed. Our Daily Laugh SWATTED THEM. ° id N ° ah ' " ' V W foresight r Been up to the . mark, 7 \J He'd have killed / S v X those tw • / nleß ' \ \ As they entered I \ \ *. the ark. |j m aure you couid with half a dozen I'ATHEH! By Wins Dinner Father? who Is father, pray? He's the guy that plugs away Every hour, every day. Trying: to earn money. Buys the food that all may eat. Sees that shoes are on all feet, Tjays aside a sum quite neat, Disposition sunny. Then along comes Chrjstmas, bo, I->ots of gifts to buy. you know. To his surplus he does go. Exit, all his money. But he doesn't seem to care. Starts right In to work for fair So next Christmas he'll be there. With coin—ain't it funny? I « "PotCttc* IK I By the Ex-CommltteeniMi Politics in Pennsylvania may be said to be awaiting the next move of Thomas B. Smith, the mayor elect of Philadelphia. Even Allegheny and Lackawanna county men are watching to see what the mayor elect intends to do in the broader field of national delegate elections. The Philadelphia Public Ledger voices the idea that the new mayor having recognized the \ ares as the power behind the throne In Philadelphia city affairs, will rec ognize the predominance of Senator Penrose in the State and national poli tics. but the Democratic Philadelphia Record does not see anything but a tight. Pittsburgh and Scranton papers predict that there will be a battle and hint that the Penrose forces have already formed their lines, although they point out that there must be a serious breach through the recognition of the Vares in Philadelphia. Governor Brumbaugh";, the most talked about man in the Smte politics since Smith "swore in" ; with his friends, the Vares. is sitting back and smiling when asked his opinion on politics. The Governor has declined to add to the statement which he made some time ago that he was in terested in seeing the "right" sort of men elected delegates to the Repub lican national convention. One of the interesting developments yesterday and which may be a straw to show that the wind is blowing so that the Governor may be given the whole State delegation for President and Senator Penrose be elected na tional committeeman was that Senator McNichol, whose friends control Com mon Council In Philadelphia, yester day agreed to the selection of Joseph P. Gaffney, a Vare man, for chairman of the all-powerful finance commit tee. This is the place held by John P. Connelly, city solicitor elect, a McNichol man. Mayor Smith declared for Gaffney, saying everyone is for him. McNichol said so, too, although C. F. Kelley, one of his friends, had been selected by the Republican cau cus and a McNichol man is the new nominee for president of the chamber. —Yesterday when bids were opened for a section of the elevated in Phila delphia It was found that Senator Vare's firm was lowest bidder and as soon as the Public Service Commission approves plans the contract will be awarded. —Concerning the State situation the Ledger says: "Mr. Smith's full recognition of the Vares was inter preted by many as indicating that he would \ nack them and Governor Brumbaugh in the coming primaries for national delegates. Others felt that for the very reason the Vares, and only the Vares were recognized. Mr. Smith would recognize Senators Penrose and McNichol by allowing them a free hand in-State politics." —Election of a member of the Re publican congressional campaign com mittee to succeed Charles E. Patton, when he resigns, will be held on January 4 by the congressional dele gation. Congressman Kiess had a boom for the place, but seventeen of the thirty Pennsylvania Republicans signed in favor of Congressman Hop wood. of Fayette county, a personal friend of State Chairman Crow. Hop wood is a new member and is backed by Penrose. Kiess was backed by opponents of Penrose. Meanwhile Mr. Patton is holding on to the place. There may be some developments yet as some of the men behind Kiess are planning new moves and It is said that some "pressure" may be ap plied. —C. H. Welles. Jr., well known here, has been elected president of the Scranton school board. H. M. Lessig was elected president at Pottstown. —lnteresting develooments regard ing elections in Chester are being turned up in the proceedings brought by Mayor William Ward. Jr., and others to probe some recent doings in that city. —Allegheny county's election fraud probe appears to be going right on. The December grand jury Is contem plating some investigations and mean while arrests are being made. —H. G. Wasson, whose term as na tional committeeman from Pennsyl vania will expire next year, has writ ten to Representative Fred W. Wil lard, president of the State League of Republican Clubs, that he is going to do all he can to further the conven tion for Philadelphia. The committee meeting is set for next Tuesday. —Hazleton has jumped its real es tate assessment from $10,000,000 to $18,000,000. —Reading is to have seven new police sergeants and over fifty new policemen when the new adminis tration takes hold. —Congressman J. V. Lesher, of Sun bury, lias been given a place on the agricultural committee in tlie How.se at Washington, the place filled last time by Secretary Charles E. Patton. ■Lesher will be a candidate for re election and Is going l io have a battle for the' Democratic nomination, as there arc signs of Freeze Quick, the Columbia county man, hopping Into the tight. —lt is now announced that Mayor Blankenburg proposes to run for mayor of Philadelphia in 1323, as ho ■wants to give Congressman Vare a chance in 1911). The mayor will go to the Pacific Coast for a rest. A WIRELESS DISCOVERY ~> Bf fM -jP A i m ' .. ifHHV t % Ii PROFESSOR MICHAEL L PUPIN ProfeSßOr Michael I. Pupln, of Colum bia, has just announced the discovery of a receiver for wireless telephony which Is sensitive only to such waves as the operator desires. It will make the arts of wireless tele phony and telegraph comm^rcis'im practicable over long distances, and may sound the doom of the cable. The professor told of inn intention during his address before the National Academy of Science?. THE CARTOON OF THE DAY METROPOLITAN MOVIES —From thr New York World. r : > GROWTH OF THE GARY PLAN By Frederic J. Haskin THE Gary plan has fairly cap tured New York. The big town expects to save $4,000,000 a year by the adoption of this new school system, which consists primarily in using the same facilities for two sets of children. The fourteen old build ings which are being used for the Gary schools have been completely remodeled, and eight new ones are planned. In education Americans are, above all, conservative, but when there is a chance to save money, they im mediately become interested. So the Gary plan is spreading. El Paso has taken it up as the most practicable method of meeting the increased school attendance caused by the Texas cojnpulsery education law. Newark, Buffalo, Rochester and Schenectady each have at least one school 011 the. Gary plan, and there are many other cities that are either considering it, or experimenting with it. The Gary plan consists In the elimi nation of wasted time, in the use of equipment, and in the adaptation of the course of instruction to the Indi vidual child. Heretofore, "individual instruction" has been one. of the most, effective boasts of the private schools, where pupils were few and teachers many. The Gary plan provides no in dividual instruction in that sense; but Its curriculum is as adjustable to the powers and peculiarities of the child as a well-planned machine is to its material. Under the Gary system, a given school room accommodates just twice I as many pupils as there are seats. While one set of children is occupy ing them, the rest of the school is using the playgrounds, gymnasiums, auditoriums, workshops and labora tories. All of these facilities, rightly used, will cost less per capita than an ordinary school room run on the old plan. 1 THE STATE FROM DAT TO DOT" The heroic action of Miss Florence j Fulkerson, of Now Castle, In stopping; a runaway horse at the risk of her | own life yesterday saved an aged lady ! of 77 from a terrible death. The young t girl leaped to the horse's neck and did . the' 'curfew shall not ring to-night" j act on the bridle. She was, fortu nately, unhurt. * « 0 From the News of the above town | we take the liberty of quoting the fol- i lowing: "The prize egg-laying hen of, the United States is to be taken to | New York in a Pullman car and i guarded by uniformed guards. The j owner will not trust, hts chick alone In the Pullman with those dark-skinned attendants." » • « Th» inexplicable anxiety of a To wanda man, J. E. Stephenson, charged ! with shooting his neighbor because! that neighbor hrolci; Stephenson's wife's arm with a stone, to reach court i arid suffer trial led him to walk six- | teen miles for trial, lacking the neces sary fare. Him wife walked with him,! and after he was remanded to jail she , walked back home to care for hot-1 eight children. Automobile enthusiasts met at I lie Bellevuc-Stratford Monday and pledged ] their support of the two-mile speed-1 way which is building at Warminster, near Willow Grove. All are confident, that the speedway will be a success. * • « The slale regions in the vicinity of Easton are all a-thrill over the dis covery of gold, silver and copper on the property of the Blue Mountain Pines Resort Company, about, two miles north of Bangor. Nothing may come of the "gold scare." but on the other hand it may be a second Eldo rado. Who knows? » * » Mine caves have badly wrecked two large school buildings In Plttston town ship and 800 children are school homeless. The mines that caved be longed to the Pennsylvania Company, and the crowded condition of the schools makes It a difficult nroblem to find places for the schoolless ones. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING When newspaper advertising doesn't make good, the chances are nine out of ten that the fault lies with the ad vertiser and not with the newspaper. When a merchant lays in a stock of goods, he realizes that In order to get his money back and create a j reasonable profit, he mu6t make the j best of his opportunity in the matter I of display of the goods, etc., etc. This I same fact Is frequently lacking in practice by advertisers. Investlga-1 tlon of many advertising failures proves that the fault does not lie with newspaper space used, but with the ideas and methods of manufacturers and their publicity men. Nat Olds cites an interesting example of how! Intelligently a certain manufacturer planned for the construction of a big j factory, and then followed slipshod ■ methods with his advertising. Among I other things Mr. Olds says: I "A manufacturer I know of spent ' -literally weeks in consulting with his A model of the Froebel school of Gary was one of the most interesting educational exhibits at San Francisco. It. contained ideal accommodations for two thousand pupils ranging in age from kindergarten to high school years. The rooms included two kin dergartens. twenty-four class rooms, five laboratories, eight workshops, three studios for musical and expres sion work, an auditorium, two gym nasiums and two swimming pools. The building at Gary stands in a teo-acre park owned by the city, and the lawns, shrubbery and two school gardens of an acre each are cared for by the pupils and instructors In botany, agriculture and allied lines. In the park there are a number of animal houses, and these are under the care of the youthful zoologists and their instructors. Truly, wo have left the little red schoolhouse far behind. The daily program of this most modern of American scnools lasts from eight-thirty in the morning until five in the evening, and this time is equally divided between the pupils of school X and those of school Y. Each of the pupils has about 220 minutes of academic work, 80 minutes of indus trial and scierititic work, 40 minutes" in the auditorium and 40 minutes of play in gymnasium and playground. Proportions Adjusted This, however, is merely for the normal, the much discussed average child. Each pupil is studied, and the proportions of study, work and play nicely adjusted to his individual needs. If parents want to keep their children at hofue for moral instruc tion, or send them to church or prayer meeting, it may be arranged. Like wise, if the mother runs a boarding house, and the daughter is needed at the noon hour to wait on table, she will be excused from school and given [Continued on Page 10.] architects and builders before even the foundations to his factory were dug, ,and he traveled to distant cities to look jat the plants erected by other con- Icerns. When he got his facts right to ; meet his needs, he built a magnificent I factory. This same manufacturer is i so close a buyer of raw material that ithe mill men call him the 'Human .Cancellation.' Yet when it came to considering the vital question of mar keting the product that this magnifi cent factory put out, here is what hap pened: Two agencies were in the field I for the business and the manufac turer met their representatives one .afternoon at 4:30 to make his decision, lit was a question of spending $75,000, • and when the rivals appeared, the | owner of the model factory pulled out ;his watch and said: " 'Now, you fellows be quick about this. I've got a date to look over a :salesman at 5:30 and 1 give you twenty minutes each.' " The above is not a rare example. I , have known manufacturers to send for half a dozen or more advertising | representatives and who were given I the same hour for appointment. Each | man was compelled to state his story ■ briefly and hastily, in the presence of I others, in the meantime, the manu- I facturer would bo giving directions to j his help, sending and receiving phone (•alls, etc. Such policies as these spell | destruction for many advertising cam j paigns. Agencies, like the newspapers (are not half so much to blame for i advertising failures us are manu- I facturers themselves. "Not how ef- I fective, but how cheaply can adver tising be done," is the slogan which is beckoning manufacturers to the seas of advertising failure —which could be avoided.—Newspaperdom. THE GREATEST CO I, OX IX [New York Sun] The Colonel is a dead one, the Colo | nel is only playing possum. The Colo nel is going to grab the Republican nomination, the Colonel is going to run Progressive again with Hi John son. Perhaps he will hitch his wagon to a donkey, and ride with Bryaji? The Colonel Is going to command Canadian troops In Europe, the Colo nel has no desire to stay at home and "tear Wilson to pieces." The Colonel agrees with Parker that Ford Is a fool, and with Ford that the coun try has not done Just what it should have done with regard to the war. Chairman Hliles reports the Repub licans all for Hoot. The Colonel has a hangover Republican "designation," Nebraska brand, vintage of 1912, and i orders it out of existence. Perkins j assures the Colonel of general desire I for his candidacy on their ticket by I tho Progressives, and the Colonel Is silent as two sphinxes. Would ho ac- Icept a Republican nomination? The Colonel is never a candidate, says Perkins: but he is enrolled as a Pro | gresslve, "and I do not believe he will over change." Speaker Clark says the Colonel will be the Republi can choice; the Speaker put his name into spoeches. and it "brought cheers I when that of no other member of his party would accomplish that result.." The young bucks of the party are for him, says Clark. Is the Colonel still for the Full Cof sfee Pot 7 ©mutuj (El|at Harrisburg la soon to have a mayor alty picture gallery. Financial provi sion for obtaining and enlarging pho tographs of all the city executives who have ever served the city was insured by <"ily Council yesterday when at Mayor John K. Royal's request $l2B was appropriated for the purpose, < larence D. Backenstoss, clerk to tlio mayor, has been writing to relatives of the mayors long dead for the pur pose of obtaining copies of photo graphs. Some curious old pictures have been secured. When the pictures are enlarged to a uniform size they will likely be hung in the mayor's office and added to as the years go by. Fol lowing are the mayors who will be included in the gallery. William H. Kepner, 1860-63; Augustus L. Roum fort, 1863-66; William W. Hayes, 1869- <O, died in office; George 13. Cole, 1870-71; William K. Verbeke, 1871-73; Jacob D. Boas. 1873-75; John D. Pat terson, 1875-81 ; John C. Herman, 1881-83; Simon Cameron Wil son 1883-86, died in office; Samuel W. Fleming, 1886-87; John A. Frltchey. 1887-93; Maurice, ' • Eby, 1893-96; John D. Patterson, 1896-99; John A. Frltchey, 1899-1902; Vance C. McCormick, 1902-05; Edward Z. Gross, 1905-08; EzraS. Meals, 1908- U, and John K. Royal, 1911-15. * • ♦ "Rumors of my serious illness and untimely death are exaggerated I as sure you," salfl Governor Hrumbaugli. "1 have been playing eighten holes of goll per day the last few days. I had a cold and 1 obeyed the doctor. Now I'm enjoying myself." * » ♦ Arrangements are being made to mount for the State Museum's collec tion of the game of Pennsylvania an albino doe, the lirst to be found in the forests of the State in many years, which has been turned over to tlio State Game Commission by the De partment of Forestry. The carcass of the doe, weighing over 100 pounds, was found by men in the employ of the de partment on one of the lire lanes of the Ole Hull State Forest In Potter county. With exception of the head the animal was snow white, the head being white striped with brown. The animal had been shot some days be fore and crawled to the (ire lane in an effort to reach water. There is no clue the person who shot the ani mal. State game records do not show any white deer having been shot in years. • « « Harrisburg is said to have a large and growing number of "millionaires" who were "let in" on some of the "war stocks." Some of these men are wearing their honors modestly and are somewhat embarrassed to know that they made "millions," while others are having a lot of fun over what they did not make. One man gravely accepted congratulations on a "killing" said to have run up around SIOO,OOO and another also said to have done well confessed that he had stayed ifi too long and been "done" himself. « ® » According to officials at the Capitol the opinion given yesterday by Attor ney Gtmeral Francis Shunk Brown that minors coming under (he con tinuation law may be employed one week and sent to school the next week provided they get the required number of hours of Schooling will simplify matters for a number of the big steel and other companies which employ minors. The plan of alternating tho employment and education was work ed out by one of the companies in tho western part of the State, which fig ured that it could maintain its force and at the same time give the young sters the required time for schooling by making it week about. It had been suggested in some of the earlier an nouncements about continuation schools that the children be given longer periods, but the attorney gen eral puts the week as the limit for the present. • * • Statistics just compiled at the State Department of Health show (hat the number of births in the first nine months of this year was almost twice the number of deaths. In every month the births were thousands ahead of the deaths and in May there were over 10,000 more. The total for the nine months shows 170,227 births to 87,232 deaths. The highest birth rate was in March with 19,981 and the highest death rate in April with 11,- 40/. • • » Dr. James A. Dale, former member of the Legislature from York, was at the Capitol yesterday on business con nected with the departments and call ed on the Governor. Dr. Dale is one of the substantial inen of York and has a host of friends who always wel come him to Harrisburg. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ Samuel B. Hare, of Altoona, will be one of the speakers at the Pennsylva nia dinner in New Y'ork. —Dr. W. F. Hinnit, the new presi dent of Washington and Jefferson, is organizing alumni in western counties. Senator C. 11. Kline, of Pittsburgh, was Elks orator in Indiana, his former home. —A. E. Slsson, former auditor gen eral, is one of tho authorities on his tory in the Erie district. —Alvin C. Krenslein, who will train the University of Pennsylvania track men, is a former international cham pion. —The Rev. A. A. Delarme, a Mc- Keesport minister, is on the December grand jury at Pittsburgh. | DO YOU KNOW Thai some of tl»o first ntcel rails were rolled In this city right after the Civil War? HISTORIC HAHRISBURG Harrisburg used to be the gathering place of several Indian tribes for councils. j .The Master Salesman. Newspaper advertising Is the I Master Salesman. l It works day in and day out I In good weather or bad. It takes its selling message di rectly into the home. It has the ontrc at factories, stores and of fices. It never quarrels with custom ers. Its cost is comparatively little. Its sales are proportionately large. It can cover much or little ter ritory as is desired. It suits its appeal to the sea son and to the needs of Its hear ers. A boqklet, "The Newspapers." telling more about thia Master Salesman will be sent on re quest by the Burenu of Advertls ! Ing, American Newspaper Pub ■ llshers Association, World Build ing, New York.
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