8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established iSji PUBLISHKD BY THE TELKGKAPH F!U.\TI\G CO. K. J. STACK POLK President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building. 21« Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern Office. Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Buildlnr, Chicago, 111., Robert E. Ward. Delivered by carriers at 'en is a week. Mailed to subscribers r. t $3.00 a year in advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. Sworn dally nveraise i-ireulotlon for the three month* ending; Nov. 110, 15(13. SK 21,794 ★ Average for the year lflt-1— Average for the yenr 1013—IJ-J™ Average for the year 10t2— Average for the year 1011—lii'J" Average for the year 11)1# The above figures are net. All re turned, iiiiotd and damaged eoples «e --<1 acted. SATURDAY EVENING, DEC. 11 Then come what will. Prosperity or failure, good or ill. Unknown or understood, still be adored Thy ways. O Lord! THAT GASOLINE TAX THE President's proposed gasoline tax is anything but popular. Written Into a law it would cost him thousands of votes if he runs for re-election next year, as lie doubtless will. The automobile has come into well nigh universal use. It is the small business man's delivery wagon during the week and his source of rec reation on holidays. It is the far mer's standby, both for work and pleasure, and It is keeping hoys on the farm who other wise have drifted to the cities. The price of gasoline is important in the living scheme of hundreds of thou sands ot' persons of limited income to day who gave small thought to its var iations a few years back. The President says he believes the .present generation should pay for Its own defense measures. Very well. But why not issue some of the Panama Canal bonds now lying in the treasury and let posterity help pay for some of the benefits it will derive from the use <>f that, great waterway? Why tax the present generation for its own benefits and for those of posterity as well? Harrisburg of the present genere tion Is enjoying, and of the future will enjoy, the park system designed and paid for with bonds issued for the purpose. Tho same may be said of the filter plant and numerous other improvements. Will anybody criticise the city fathers who created these debts for the benefit of those wlio were to come alter? The same applies to the emergency now confronting the nation. The sale of some of the authorized canal bonds would prevent much hardship In the way of additional taxation and would serve the purpose without injustice to anybody. NO TIME FOR PEACE THAT Jhe present is not time to think of i\ peace treaty ill Europe, much as it may be de sirable to seo the end of the war, is the general opinion of diplomats in France and England. This may be discouraging to the disciples of "Uncle Henry" Ford, but the man who looks back over his own turbulent boyhood will understand. The allies are some what in the position to-day of the sturdy little tighter who has had his eyes blacked and his nose "bloodied," but who is just getting his second wind and is going in for the finish. If over you have been in the place of that small boy, you will know that anybody who would have cried "peace. peace" at such a moment would have "hollered" in vain. And you will re member that yelling "enough" served 110 good purpose until you had pounded the other chap into a state of submission that precluded any chance of a come-back. Something like that is happening in Europe at this time. PRESIDENT AND THE TARIFF PRESIDENT WILSON told the Democratic National commit teemen the other day that the Republicans would have but one issue next year, and that one the tariff. The President is mistaken. The Repub licans in the campaign about to be waged will have as their biggest Is sues the incompetency and extrava gance of the Wilson administration. Jts failure to reduce t.he high cost of living, its broken pledges with respect io economy of expenditure and its "war taxes" to cover Democratic "pork barrel - ' appropriations, are very vulnerable points of attack. But if the President cares to make himself the center of a. tariff debate j he will not find Republicans hanging hack. That the tariff is a very live Issue, nnd that It will have a weighty part In deciding next year's election, Is shown by the interest displayed in a. recent canvass of the country, covering every section, all brunches of business SATURDAY EVENING, iind llic various political and economic elements, and which shows an urgent demand for a permanent, high grade nonpartisan, expert tariff commission. A definite plan, prepared and advo cated by the Tariff Commission League, which is composed of many distinguished men and women, sub mitted to the business, civic, Indus- | trial, agricultural, labor and educa tional organizations in every part of [the country, was endorsed by hun- Idreds of individuals, and tho expres sion of approval and unqualified en dorsement of such a measure was I practically unanimous. Everywhere those who made this canvass found the people deeply con cerned over recent juggling of sched ules. Tho President in choosing the tariff as an issue has picked up a hot potato which he may find it will be | not so easy to lay down again. I ENTERPRISING CAMP HILL CAMP HILL council has taken the first step looking toward the formation of an organization in the West Shore towns through which may be expressed the community voice of the various growing towns compris ing that district with respect to future development and Improvement. This is a stroke of enterprise on the part of Camp Hill that is certain to redound to the benefit of that town and all its neighboring boroughs and suburbs. The West Shore Is just on the verge of a building development that will make it almost one continuous town from Enola to New Cumberland and from the river to a point west beyond Camp Hill. The people of the district are with one accord Jn favor of the formation of an association having for ils purpose the safeguarding of the interests of all and the promotion of harmony along the line of public im provements, so that in the years to come the West Shore will not be marred by the mistakes or selfishness of individual promoters. All that was needed was the initiative to put. the thought into action. The Camp Hill councilmanlc committee will provide the momentum to put the project in motion. After that it will take care of itself. In taking the lead Camp Hill has no purpose other than the promotion of the interests of all the West Shore towns. It has no ax to grind. It is acting for the good of all. There is no politics in the movement. It should have, and doubtless will have, the sup port of practically every citizen of the 'cross-river towns embraced by the scope of the proposed association. REDFIELD CONTRADICTED THE. elTorts of Secretary of Com merce Redfield to convey, the impression that our favorable trade balance is not due primarily to war orders, is nullified by records of exports which show conclusively that the enormous increase in demand for American products is due entirely to the war. This is proven not only by the class of products for which there is ini reascd demand, but also by the fact t lat. the demand comes either from belligerent countries or from ad jacent countries which directly sup ply a. belligerent. In an address before the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York. Secretary of Commerce Redfield said: Neither should we forget that I while so-called war munitions form a largo part, of the account tof our export trade) they are not the largest part. If these are consid ered as abnormal elements in the balances, it must be remembered also thai "f tecent months our more normal trade has greatly ex -1 panded witli neutral countries and that this expansion continues. An analysis recently made of our ex port trade lor the three 12-months periods, September, 1912, to August. 1913, when tile Republican tariff lav/ was in force. September, 191 a. to Au gust, 3 914, cloven months under tho Democratic tariff and one month of war, and September, 1911, to August, 1915, a full year under tho stimulus ot war orders, shows that the value of our exports, cn what may properly be termed munitions of war, "ammu nition and all necessary war material, including stores of every kind," was, for the first period, $606,000,000, for the second period, $505,000,000, and for the third period, $1,515,500,000. In other words, there was a fall ing off in these classes of goods, dur ing a normal period under the Demo cratic tariff law, of $101,000,000, and a gain during the war period, over the normal period under the Democratic law of $1,010,500,000. This whuld ap pear to make up the largest part ofour gain. While it may be true that our ex port trade during recent months has expanded with neutral countries, this is due mainly to two causes— The increase in exports to Holland, Norway, and Sweden, during the war 'year, about two and one-half times the value of exports to those three countries during the normal period un der Democratic law. These countries form the gateways to germany. Export trade from Germany, our greatest competitor, and the country which controls the largest share of South and Central American trade, is at a standstill. Pixport trade from England is considerably curtailed by reason of the fact that industrial con cerns have put their time, energy and capital into the manufacture oi war munitions. Similar conditions prevail among all the countries at war. Ob viously, if the other neutral countries were unable to reach any other sources of supply, they must come to our mar ket or go without. Secretary Red field cannot consistently take credit to himself or to tho Administration for a situation almost wholly attributable to the European war. Lk By the Ex-OommJtteemaa J , Thomas 11. Smith, mayor-elect of ( Philadelphia, one of the biggest fac tors in Pennsylvania politics to-day, last night ended all talk that he or liis administration would participate in any tight for control of the Repub lican party organization in Pennsylva nia and came out tlat-footed for Sen ator Holes Penrose as leader of the Republicans of the Keystone State. The night before the new mayor said that his statement on the subject of the leadership of the party in this State would be unmistakable when he made It. It was. The statement of Air. Smith tits in with the statement of William A. Ma gee, Public Service Commissioner, that he saw no clouds on the Republican political horizon and- the declarations of Harry A. Mackey, chairman of the Workmen's Compensation Board, and Congressman John R. K. Scott, both Yare men. that they did not expect a factional fight. The Democratic Philadelphia Rec ord sayi that in his statement the new major pledged himself to stand by Senator Penrose, while the North American says that after selecting a cabinet in which Vare men predomi nated the mayor "hailed Penrose as leader." The /"Philadelphia Inquirer says that Mr. Smith "canie out un qualifiedly in support of the State read ership of Boies Penrose and gave an unequivocal declaration to support candidates for delegates to the next Republican national convention who will vote in harmony with the plans and policies of the senior United States senator from Pennsylvania. His au thorized statement, which among other things contained this announcement, practically disposed of all of the rumors of a possible alliance between the municipal administration in Phila delphia and the State administration at Harrisburg, and the Vare interests in this city and the Flinn forces in Allegheny county." —The Philadelphia ledger, the big Independent paper, says the mayor said he would "not stand for a State wide factional fight next year" and adds: "He holds that even if certain of his appointees are friends of the Vares, they also are his friends. And in that connection He asserted that he would not permit Vare men In the cabinet to use their offices for the fur therance of factional movements. In a word. Mr. Smith said he would be mayor." The Record says: "Tho mayor-elect's statement, following closely after his conference with Sen ator Penrose on Thursday, is taken as an indication in organization circles that the further activities of the Vares in the city and State have been effect ively checked as a result of the senior senator's hurried visit from Washing ton." What the mayor-elect, said was: "I was governed in the selection of the heads and assistants of the different departments by my knowledge of the men designated and by my conviction as to their litness. "I shall not permit factional politics! to enter in any way -into the adminis- • 'ration of these departments. My pur- ] pose is to have the departments con ducted on a high standard of efficien cy. and if I find that politics is per mitted in the Department of Safety or in any other department I shall take prompt and vigorous measures to stop It. "I realize as a businessman and as Mayor-elect of the city the overwhelm ing importance of the approaching Presidential election, and 1 hope and believe that in that election tho Re publican party will be successful In the nation. There is no reason or ex cuse for tiny faction in Philadelphia or in the State trying to start a politi cal fight. We have had enough fight ing in the past, with the resulting par ty defeats, particularly in Philadel phia. "I shall not stand tor any factional warfare in the party by contractors or anyone else, and 1 have the real set tled conviction that in the greatest Republican city in the country the party should not be open to the re proach of contractor leadership. "I have known Senator Penrose well for a. score of years, and have steadily supported him in his political efforts. I realize his great influence in the na tional of the Republican par ty and how valuable are. his services at this t|me on account of his long and wide experience. Representative busi nessmen and political leaders of the different Congressional districts will be elected delegates to the national con vention. and it Is my desire that they should be In harmony with Mr. Pen rose and sustain his leadership for the welfare of the State and nation." The Mayor-elect, yesterday after noon announced the appointment of Joseph C. Smith, his brother, to tho position of private secretary under his administration at City Hall. The I Philadelphia Inquirer says of it: "The I appointment was anticipated by thoso wlio observed the intimate relations between the two during the recent campaign and who recognised the im portance of the incoming executive, owing to peculiar political conditions, having some one at his right hand in whom ho could have Implicit confi dence and who. with no personal or political relationships with the poten tial men in either of the local Republi can factions would logically be loyal to tho Mayor himself and to no one else." —Next to Philadelphia the city of Pittsburgh presents one of the most interesting political situations on the map of the State and there is consid erable speculation as to the way things are going to line up. It 1s said that some mutual friends of the Oliver and Flinn people have been working to get a combination started. —Protests against changing head quarters cities in the workmen's com pensation districts are being made. The plan to have Referee Paul Hottck sit at Pottsville instead of Reading has caused a how!. —Mayor-elect Smith of Philadelphia is to be a Republican national dele gate-at-large. Governor Brumbaugh, Lieutenant Governor McClain, Sena tors Penro.se and Oliver and either Mayor Armstrong or Commissioner Magee are some other names suggest ed at this time. Louis A. Watres, of Scranton, former lieutenant governor, is also suggested. —There seems to be a lot of discus sion whether Governor Brumbaugh expressed any desire to be put on the list of speakers at the Republican din ner In Washington on Monday or whether his friends put him on. Whether the Governor will attend or not is unknown here. —Rudolph M. Shlek, a veteran member of the Philadelphia bar, was appointed by the Supreme Court to be deputy prothonotary of the Supreme Court for the Eastern District. He suc ceeds Alfred B. Allen, who died re cently. —The December Allegheny county grand jury is pursuing the Investiga tion into election scandals that begun by its predecessor, and one of the first things it did was to clear the good name of County Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil. When Charles Mc- Chesnoy, who was sent to prison for tampering with the ballot box of a Pittsburgh district was arrested, the city police said he had confessed that HARRISBURG tfjjjftl TELEGRAPH CHRISTMAS IS COMING ImM .. : .vv; jaf SHEffl fl iPfl »# i>- JM ^ f-; hi v ....■ ■"- %.,i:? w ; "THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT."^ (Courtesy Eastman Kodak CompaajV. O'Xeil gave him SSO to tamper with i the ballot, box. Another election offi cial named Edward Weiiersbacher I was arrested with him, but was let I so without a hearing and he Imme- j diately left the city. When McO hes-j ney was called for sentence lio repu-. dla ted ihe confession and declared j that O'Xeil had nothing whatever to do with the crime. This ied 'o the j report of the retiring grand jury that i there was a frame-up on a county! official that ought to be investigated.! District Attorney Jackson had Weill-! ersbacher brought from Virginia, and he told the grand jury what !>e new about the pilfering of the ballot box. He, too, said Mr. O'Neil wss innocent of any wrongdoing. j TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE" —Hopewell should have been Hopeless. —More cheering news for the hyphenates—hundreds of women And children homeless when town burns. —Terrible! Terrible! Mayor Meals, according to a morning contemporary, actually ndniits he ia a Republican. - -When the barber shops begin to close at 10 on Saturday nights, close shaven will be even more frequent than usual. —England lias formed a national goat. clnb. The blue ribbon, we pre sume. will go to the exhibitor of the kaiser's goat. —The trouble with some women is that while they shop early enough, they put off their buying to the last minute. YESTERYKAK ANI) YESTERDAY { fNcw Tork Sun] We congratulate the Hon. Wood-1 row Wilsou (and likewise the coun try) upon the .singularly felicitous* | circumstances that the President has j | hod the courage ind the patriotism: j to modify In a marked degree his pre-! vious attitude with respect to two of; the greatest questions now demand- i ing tlic attention of the Sixty-fourth l Congress, namely: 7. National preparation for mnli- I tary and naval defense; 2. The Government's relation to the i nation's railway system, and other j oppressive and restrictive forms oil paternalistic interference with mat ters belonging to private initiative and endeavor. Only twelve months back President i Wilson told the Congress that there i was no new need to discuss thi> suli-i jeet of preparedness, at that time in! process of agitation by Representa-j tive Gardner and other pioneers in i the present wide reaching and !rre-! sistible movement: that the Admin-' istration would not alter its attitude j "because some among us are nervous and excited": that the country iiad been misinformed as to the need of further preparedness: that tho gov ernment, in fact, had not been negli gent of national defense. CHRISTMAS Some nineteen hundred years ago The Lord of glory passed this way; No other soul e'er stooped so low | To rescue sinners gone astray. The Son of God in human form In Bethlehem's lowly manger lay, Hp of the Virgin Mary born, A heav'nly Spirit clothed in clay. O wondrous child was Jesus Christ, ! The human and Divine In one; Through Him our race can now lie blest And Clod's good will on earth be done. Peace to the world, the Lord has come, Let earth receive her heav'nly King; Tie did our substitute become And to Ills praise our hearts will sing His love for us beyond all praise. its depths we cannot see or know. But heart and voice we'll ever raise And grstitude to Him will show. So ring the bells on Christmas Day. Cast off all wordly thought and care ! That we may catch some heav'nly ray. With Christly visions bright and rare. Let, Angels ring the hells of heav'n As we join in the glad refrain; O'er all the earth be homage giv'n To ITim who did man's freedom gain. Let old and young show forth their joy j In Honsr.s of praise In Christmas Day, I,et no discordant note annoy The peace and lovo we would display. |Our souls with childlike wonder fill I And may we feel Thee ever nigh, j Within our hearts new life Instil I Thou Lamb of God enthroned on high. I—Professor Alfred K. Willis. New Tork t City, written for th» Telesrraoh. THE LAND OF^T HE LUNCH By Frederic J. Haskin I V i THE multiplication of the lunch room is one of the mast striking phenomena in modern American j life. Not .the ancient institution of ! lunch in a high-class hotel, over which capitalists consummate large deals, nor i the fashionable gatherings where so- Iciety dances between bites, but tho I plebian and democratic quick lunch ! that is ample and hot and cheap, and enables the ordinary citizen to get a 'really good meal without pawning his I overcoat. Now lunchrooms are springing up daily in Almost every American city, and tnost r,f them seem to prosper, even thouprh there be several to the block. In everv section of the country there Is a certain sort of lunch which seems to fit. local conditions, and thrives accord ingly. Throughout the Eastern States the dairv lunch, with its broad-armed chairs, and the tiled and mirrored es tablishments of the ambitious Greek are the two commonest varieties. In New Orleans the French, with their ex cellent cooking and dishes of unpro nounceable names, are most In evi dence. In El T'aso the Chinamen have got very nearly a monopoly in the quick feeding business, while on the Pa cific coast the cafeteria, where you take n large tray and wander about collecting the constltutents of a meal, is exceedingly popular. In New York the lunch has reached its highest development and its great est popularity. New York is always in a hurry. Her lunches probably bold the record for the shortest time taken by a meal in transit, from the kettle to the stomach. At. the poon hour, any one of the downtown cafeterias is lammed with a mob that makes the floor of the Kxchanjte In a panic look las quiet. and orderly as a minister's I convention. ! Hig men. little men. fat men, lean I men, rich men. poor men. dash from the counter to their broad-armed chairs, clutching cups of coffee and plates of bread and butter in one hand, while with the other, already burdened with roast beef and mashed potatoes. | EDITORIAL COMMENT Tf China goes back to monarchy how are all those Chinamen to get their pigtails back? Philadelphia Press. The German conservatives insist on a place in the sun. Haven't, the allleo been making it warm enough for them? Philadelphia North Amer ican. William Jennings Bryan has served a new list of demands on President Wilson. They will be received and placed on file.—LaCrosse, Wis., Lead er-Press. Ambassador Von Bo?nstorff is will ing to withdraw Captains Von Papen and Boy-Ed, but asks Secretary Lan sing to give bis reasons for making the request that they be recalled. Possibly the ambassador has a par donable curiosity to (learn just how much the secretary knows.—LaCrosse, Wis., Leader-Press. \ I Our Daily Laugh } [YOUNG AMER icA. •' ) ''!'»■ Daddy: Sc. you're one of the JBtk star players of / home club? JSP/ Bobbie: Yea. ImgsTJf <VV> b,lt I'm prepared W to Jump to de big leagues if dey -rn-r/?- ' vant "»«• EVERYBODY'S DOJDUINO II;- Wliiic Dinger Gee. a feller ain't got no rights 'Round the house this time o' year. Folks get their heads close together— Whisper, so a chap can't hear. All the closets in the household Are locked tight as they can be, And no matter how he searches, Nowhere can he find the key. W)ien he conies in in the evening With suspicion lie Is eyed. Just as though he'd stolen something And is trying it to hide. Each one tries to dodge the other. And their actions seem most queer As they try to sneak in presents At this Christmas-time of year. DECEMBER 11, 1915 they attempt to steer a way through the press without spilling the gravy. Another crowd, with Its prospective dinner stowed on some far-away chair, roves hungrily abroad in quest of salt and sugar. An over-rushing tide pours in at the door. Behind the counter stands a nonchalant and omniscient youth who translates the liail of orders into an unintelligible jargon peculiar to lunches the country over. He shouts it through a hole in the wall, whence is sue steam, profanity, a medley of odors and an endless procession of loaded plates. Few sights arc more impres sive than the great city of New York at lunch. New York, too, lias developed the Automat. The Automat is a lunch with the factor of service reduced to zero. The interior of the Automat is spaci ous and calm as a cathedral, but In appearance it rather sugests a metro politan post office. The walls are a solid hank of lock boxes—only these boxes are opened with a nickel instead of a key, and instead of tile morning mail you take out anything from hot mince pie to Boston baked beans. You select your food through the windows of the little boxes, drop your money in the slot, seize a knife and fork, de scend on a table, eat and depart, quite without supervision from the manage ment, which seems to have a childlike faith that you will not take along the silverware. In New York the benevolent institu tion of the fren lunch reaches gilded heights undreamed of elsewhere. These free lunches are, of course, a feature of barrooms the country over, but to see them in their glory you must visit the expensive New York hotel. Here all the 'hoicest cotistitutents of a full and varied meal are ranged in silver I dishes along a steam-heated sideboard. . For the price of a drink you not only get the drink, hut also the privilege of helping yourself. For fifteen cents a ! man with a good suit of clothes and i plenty of assurance can stow away a. • dinner that would cost him in the i diningroom. THE STATE FROM DAT TO DM The old saying "Make your bed and lie in it" is aptly applied to the case of an old soldier who died In .Philadel phia .and was burled yesterday in a coffin made witli his own hands more than 34 years ago. Lorenzo Alpighini was his name and he was the last member of the Garibaldi Legion in •hat city. He fought in t">vo wars against Austria, and the coffin which he nif.de is said to be worth several thousand dollars, aside from the workmanship. New Castle has the Chamber of Commerce fever now, falling into line with other important cities of the State. Fortunate indeed is the city that can realize the immense benefits thai accrue from the efficient manage ment of such organizations. The champloq oarsman of the Le high Valley, Jacob George, was com pelled to lower his colors yesterday and yield tho palm to a big bear which chased him half a mile before friends took pity and rescued him from his plight. Babies! insist on the proper foot wear for your little leet, if you would not suffer the iate of T. H. Edwards, of Philadelphia, who spoke on tho subject before the Kotarians of that city in the Hotel Adelphia recently. Ho mentioned only women's feet as being in many cases crippled because of improper footwear when they wore babies, but needless to say thor-; are many men In the same predicament. Mies Sarah Markley Wilson, a "de scendant of Betsy Ross, helped to make the pesky peace banner, which Mayor Blcnken burg's secretary sent to the good ship Oscar 11, carrying Henry Ford and his peace philanderer:! 'to get tho boya out of the trenches by Christmas.' " as a Philadelphia daily puts it. Flag making is apparently a family trait. The chief of police down in Chester has received an urgent appeal from a man in Baltimore to assume tlte role of Cupid. He wajits a Pennsyl vania woman <we approve his taste), brunette proferred. for a wife, whllft ha himself offers line disposition, or so his friends tell him, say 3 ho modestly. A good-natured blonde would do if brunettes are scarce. She must, bo be tween 25 and 35 years of age. This way, please! Wild cats are numerous in Clinton county, they say. | iEtonutg (H^al ll r In connection with the work of tlie Harrisburg Choral Society and the pleasant prospect of a concert by the M&drlgal Cluh. to which reference wan made last, night in this column, it is interesting to note that a movement is about to be launched for a recital of the sonns of other and of the older days some time during the winter. This is in charge of the active spWt-s of the Rotary Club, many of whom have been taking an interest in musi cal matters in the city and are keen supporters of the efforts to advance them. It is likely that a committee will be chosen shortly which will en deavor to obtain the co-operation of the Society and the Madrigals in the rendition and to invite suggestions from the residents of the city and vicinity. The proceeds of such en tertainment would be given to some one of the institutions which is doing a great work on a slender income and possibly a portion retained to make such a concert an annual event of the winter season. The songs of other days have not been given much at tention In Harrisburg lately, although some years ago Theodore B. Klein, president of the Dauphin County His torical Society, delighted several meet ings of that organization by a series of papers on such songs as they used to be sung in Harrisburg "before the war." Mr. Kiein on that occasion sang some of the songs himself. That such a concert would prove popular if the Rotary Club succeeds in inter esting the singers of the city goes without saying. • * * Amos Underwood of Mechanlcsburg has in his possession a very interesting old newspaper quaintly labeled "The Cartridge Box," which was printed and published at the time of the Civil "War at the United States Army Hos pital in York. The publication used to come out every' Saturday through out the year and the heavy tax for purchasing same was live cents a copy or $2.00 per annum, with half rates to soldiers. The advertising was valued at SI.OO per ten lines, which was pretty good for those days, or these either, for that matter. The old John C. Herman cigar (segar In those clays) store was then flourishing in York and a one inch ad appears in this old, yellow time-worn sheet an follows: "Soldiers' Tobacco Store." John C. Herman, York, Penna., and then goes on to enlarge upon the merits of the tobacco which the for mer mayor of Harrisburg was hand ling at that time. This issue was 'dated April 15, 1865 and must have i been after Mr. Herman returned from the first two years' fighting in which 'lie engaged in tho company of volun teers which he had organized. The ) paper is remarkably well preserved, is i four pages in size and the editorial | ! page Is headed with a cut of the Am erican flag waving in the breeze and the following caption underneath: "Forever lloat that standard sheet — Where breathes the foe but falls before us: With Freedom's soil beneath our feet. And Freedom's banner stream ing o'er us!" * • • Col. Henry W. Shoemaker, the Al toona publisher, !s making an effort to compile the history of the confer ence of the War Governors, which was held at. Altoona in 1862 and de vised means which materially aiil&jl In saving the Union, The was one of the most important meet ings of the year and the semicenten nial a few years ago was so note worthy that it was addressed by President Taft. Col. Shoemaker has asked that everyone knowing any of the transactions and incidents of that great meeting notify hint. He intends to write the history of the meeting and to point, out what it brought about in State affairs. • • • Congressman Daniel F. Dafean, ol York, was among visitors to the State Capitol yesterday. He had just come back from Washington where h<j went to begin his new term. Thrt Congressman was warmly grcoted by friends on the "Hill." 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Mayor-elect Thomas F-. Smith, ol Philadelphia, has had a political club named after him. —Dr. W. M. Davidson, Pittsburgh school superintendent, says people do not realize the advances being made in educational affairs. —Dr. J. M. Clark has been elected president of one of the Pittsburgh boards of trade. —Frank S. I-ilack, one of the new State Commission of Agriculture, in one of the most successful farmers in Somerset county. —E. M. Blgelow, former State high way commissioner is chairman of the ROHimitt.ee to entertain the American Road Builders' congress when it meets in Pittsburgh. —William 11. Donner, the steel magnate, is making his home in su- I burban Philadelphia.. —A. J. Drexel Biddle. of Phlla [ delphia, Is to make a number of ad dresses in tho central part of the State this winter. —F. W. Wheaton. who is taking n part in the legal end o« Wilkes- Barre strike. Is a former judge ol Luzerne county. | DO YOU KNOW' ~~ That Harrisburg makes »teel for bolts for war vessels? HISTORIC HARRJSBURO Anthony Wayne was n visito* to tills section during the years after the French anil Indian war. HF'.RMN THE HE AI, FACTOR [From the New York World.] us hope that the German Gon ernnlent will have no illusions about the meaning of the administration'?, actions. Tne American Government has dealt with Captain von Papeu and Captain Boy-Ed as it dealt wit* Doctor Dumba because they were thff persons immediately responsible to th<* authority of the administration, there is no popular doubt that what* ever the attaches have done they <tlt under orders from Berlin. i The Purchasing Agent Mothef may be the purchas ing agent of the home but mother's purchases frequently follow the suggestions made by father or son or daughter. The children espoclull have definite ideas of what they would like to have particularly what thev like to wear. The force of newspaper ad vertising lies in Its appeal to tho entire t'amly. Everyone reads a newspaper like the Telegraph. Tt goes into the homes. It given ideas, settles the question of what to get and where to get it.
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