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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
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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
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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 }
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you're one of the
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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.