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All re turned, unsold and damaged copies de ducted. MONDAY EVENING, DEC. IS In everything you. do, consider the end. —Solon. LANSING'S NOTE THE note of Secretaiy Lansing to Austria, made public last night, is strong In tone and unques tionably in full harmony with public thought. It Is clear cut and its mean ing is unmistakable. It sets forth facts ond makes demands in true American fashion, without any of the foolish frills so dear to the hearts of Euro pean diplomats. One cannot repress the thought that If there had been a Lansing at the helm during the earlier crises of the European war the coun try would have fared better and ther§ would have been fewer delays and not eo' many embarrassing incidents. THE MUMMERS' PARADE THE Harrlsburg Mummers' Asso ciation has invited several of the Philadelphia clubs to come to Harrlsburg for the big New Year's parade now being arranged, and it is to be hoped that the invitation will be accepted. But there is a lesson in this for the Harrisburg association that should not be overlooked. It is only by reason of harmony among those who. in years past, made such wonderful successes, of the Philadelphia New Year's cele brations, that they ranked with the Mardi Gras of New Orleans, that there is any possibility 'of inducing any of the clubs to come here at this timl. The Harrisburg Mummers have done admirably during the brief time they have been" organized and they bid fair to surpass all former efforts on the first day of 1916, but if they are to go on', year after year, with success after success, each parade bet ter and larger than the one preceding, they must see to It that they work together, and not at odds, as appears to be the case in Philadelphia. NO FACTIONALISM FOR SMITH THOMAS B. SMITH, the Mayor elect of Philadelphia, has de- termined to give the metropolis of the State a constructive and wholly consistent administration. He has al ready demonstrated that he will not be controlled or influenced in any un reasonable way by political leaders or factions. His recent declarations up on the subject of party leadership have clarified the atmosphere so that the newspapers 6f Philadelphia which have been speculating as to the pos sible attitude of the mayor-elect to ward this or that Republican faction are now. according to Mr. Smith the praise due him for a manly and straightforward pronouncement of his purpose respecting the political fea tures of his administration. When announcement was made a few days ago of certain Important ap pointments in Philadelphia it was heralded throughout the State that the mayor-elect had aligned himself upon the side of one group of leaders and In opposition to another group. The impression was gained that we were to have another State-wide con troversy over party leadership and the domination of the Republican organi zation.- Then followed a more defi nite statement by the mayor-elect In which he made clear that he did not intend to permit his administration to be disrupted by factional politics; he proposed to be fair to all po litical Interests and that under no circumstances would he allow con tractor leadership to interfere with the larger policies of substantial achievement In the making of Phil adelphia a great city in all that the term Implies. This ought to set at rest the specu lations about another row over Re publican domination in Pennsylvania. The rank and file of the party are thcroushly Imbued with the notion that the time has come when party leadership shall mean cohesive and co-ordinated effort for the welfare of the State and not for the mere ag grandisement of individuals or groups of Individuals. With the elimination of the mayor-elect from any such combination a State-wide contest is jiraptlcally out of the question lor one side or the other. Governor Brum bnugh, within twenty-four hours, is quoted as having declared that Mr. MONDAY EVENING, Smith should be given a chance to make good; that he was qualified to give the people a wise and helpful administration. Our Democratic brethren and those who are the malcontents of all parties would doubtless hall with Joy another political row In Pennsylvania. It would be grist for their mill. Their disappointment Is pathetic. Mayor-elect Smith Is to be con gri filiated upon the clearness of his vision and also his ability to dis criminate between ambition and con structive administrative effort. Party leadership is essential always under the American system of government. The mayor-elect of Philadelphia rec ognizes this fact and Is evidently de termined. so far as he may be able to do so, to maintain a proper balance between the so-called factions of the party In Philadelphia and elsewhere. His declaration on this point is the concrete expression of many other earnest Republicans throughout the State at this juncture. Harmony and commonsense must be recognized as essential to party success, and Repub lican policies must prevail for the welfare of all the people. CUTTING THE MUNICIPAL TREE THAT men are but children older grown Is well demonstrated by the fact that a big party of very busy merchants and public officials will lay aside duty during the midst of the holiday rush and hie them selves away to the winter woods to participate in the cutting of Harris burg's Municipal Christmas Tree. It needs no elaborate explanation to prove that one man with a well sharpened ax could fell the tree and that two or three workmen could be hired for a song to haul It to the city. But would that provide good excuse for a dozen or more staid and digni fied citizens of the community to leave work for an afternoon and give them opportunity, under the guise of public duty, to frolic unrestricted to their hearts content In the bracing atmosphere of the mountains in De cember? Indeed, no. Therefore, the Christmas tree cutting bee that is now being planned. But let nobody get the notion that the party should be called oft. Far from it. If anything It should be en larged to take in everybody who can go along. The cutting of the Christ mast tree is just as much a com munity event as the bringing In of the yule log used to be In the days of early England, and on those happy holiday occasions the whole popula tion of the castle, from lord to low liest underling, participated with shouts and merry-making. This call to the winter woods has something in it beyond analysis— something that harks back beyond our ken, but very real, nevertheless, and Just as urgent as the pull of the open when Spring is afield, the sap running and blossoming things be ginning to sprout. Every red-blooded man knows it, and he is wise who listens to It and throws off the dull cares of every day life If only for a half day or less to indulge it. The forests are but a trolley rido from the center of town. There grow the laurel and the partridge berries, the pine and the spruce, the mosa and the litchens that are so prized for Christmas trimmings. The air is full of tonic and the life-giving tang of the wild. It la not what you will bring back in the way of Christmas greens, how ever, that will make the trip worth while. It will be the memories and the mental pictures you will carry homo to grace your Christmas fire. To tramp the woods in winter is a wholesome thing to do, mentally, spiritually and physically. Don't smile at the Christmas tree excursionists. "Chuck" your job and go along, If you can. PATRIOTIC SENTIMENT MAYOR BLANKENBUBG, of Philadelphia, a German-born American of the highest type, in an address before the Pennsylvania Society at New York on Saturday, spoke earnestly In favor of prepared ness for the invasion of a foreign foe, and he struck a body blow at those who have been enjoying the blessings of this favored land and at the same time are plotting and working secretly against the interests and welfare of the nation. We recommend Mayor Blankenburg's sentiments to any hy phenated citizen who may chance across these pages. Said he: • I am a firm believer In the prin ciple of preparedness, not for ag gression, but for defense against any foreign foe, from whatever Quarter he may come. In the pres ent world-wide turmoil caused by the European war our attention is BO pointedly directed toward pre- SarednesE against a possible enemy eyond our borders that we may forget quite vulnerable points at home. Let me emphasize that in my judgment a foreign foe is not the greatest danger that may threaten our national life, for against him we would be united as one man at whatever cost of blood and treas ure. Far more insidious and dangerous Is the domestic foe, who may, un recognized for years, by artful means, In siren's song, appeal to our prejudices, our love for riches, our political ambition and our van ity in his efforts to upbuild himself on the ruins of popular govern ment. THAT NEW HIGH SCHOOL THE new echool board should, and probably will, take early action looking toward the erection of a new high school or high schools for Harrlsburg. The sltuat'on at the Central High school Is approaching the intolerable. The boys and girls who attend one session a day there are being cheated of a part of their education, for no corps of teachers, be they ever so painstaking and con scientious, can do two days' work In one and accomplish the best results. Dr. Dibble is doing a good work and his teaching corps is devoting Itself to the heavy tasjt confronting It with devotion and self-sacrifice, but they are working under a handicap that should not be required of them. There is only one solution—the erec- Uon of a new building or new build ings. The situation now presented to the i board differs materially from that of I several years back, so that the ex-i pert reports of conditions then can not be made to apply to those of to-, day. The new board, working with the school officials, must solve the problem and It Is big enough and Im portant enough to demand earliest attention. It la the one great • work now facing the directors and there can be no rood reason for delay. Not BO far back a high school loan was defeated on partisan political grounds. There can be now no rea son for objection on that score. The board as constituted to-day Is able and independent. It owes nothing to anybody but the public and any ob jections that are raised to the build ing of a new high echool within the next year or two will have to be based on other grounds than those raised in the past. 'poltttc* Lk By the Kx-Committeeauui With Mayor Joseph G. Armstrong, of Pittsburgh, backing up the declaration of Mayor-elect Thomas B. Smith, of Philadelphia, that there should not be any factional warfare in the Republican party and that he will follow Senator Boles Penrose as national leader as the only means to ward party unity In Pennsylvania, and similar declarations coming from other men active in Republican affairs throughout the State, Interest in politics has shifted to Washing ton where the Republican national committee will meet to-morrow. The guthering at Washington will be of the utmost Importance as It will show which way the wind is blowing in na tional matters. To-morrow morning the Philadel phia delegation which will go to urge the selection of Philadelphia for the national convention will start for Washington with the guarantee fund raised. Senator Penrose has ar ranged to work with the committee men and Socretary W. Harry Baker, of the State committee, has assured the Philadelphia committeemen that they will have all the help the State organization can render. —Thomas F. Logan, writing from Washington to the Philadelphia In quirer, regarding the next convention says: "Pennsylvania will have twelve delegates-at-large In the National Convention. Senator Boies Penrose, who is here, when asked who, in his opinion, would be selected at large, said he had heard several names mentioned, among them being Mayor elect Thomas B. Smith and James Elverson, Jr., of Philadelphia; Sena tor George T. Oliver and Mayor Joseph G. Armstrong, of Pittsburgh, and several prominent Republicans in the interior of the State. Senator Penrose himself is expected to be one of the twelve to represent the State at large. It is not known here whether or not Governor Brumbaugh will seek to be one of the State's dele gation. There seems to be no dis position to displace Henry G. Wag son, of Pittsburgh, as Pennsylvania's member of the National Committee and in all probability he will serve until his successor is elected by the delegates to the convention." —ln his statement declaring against any factional warfare Mayor Armstrong said: "Pennsylvania's en viable place as a great industrial State, with Senator Penrose's intimate knowledge of its needs, makes him the logical man to lead the people, not only of Pennsylvania, but the entire country, if need be, toward continued prosperity. His record as chairman of the Finance v Committee of the United States Senate gives him rank, in my opinion, next only to the president, and doubly qualifies him for any position which he might seek. As suggested by Mayor-elect Smith, it is time for the Republican Party of Pennsylvania to become harmon ious. It Is no time for factional washing of linens. It Is the time for the real, interested responsible men of the State to get together and get action. We need few more laws, but we need laws conceived In Republican wisdom, which will keep the wheels of industry going, not merely In war times, but in times of peace. We need this not alone to help manufacturers and business, but the masses of the working people. There is no other man better fitting Into a situation like this, as Mayor-elect Smith has point ed out, than Boies Penrose, qualified for the work by years of experience in, and the widest knowledge of, public affairs. In making this state ment, I feel that I am voicing the practically unanimous sentiment of the people of Pennsylvania—yes, of the nation." What Mayor Smith said was: "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 national councils of the Republican Party and how valuable are his serv ices at this time on account of his long: and wide experience. Repre sentative businessmen and political leaders of the different Congressional districts will be elected delegates to the national convention, and it is my desire that they should be in har mony with Mr. Penrose and sustain his leadership for the welfare of the State and Nation." —Senator George T. Oliver has been elected as the Pennsylvania member of the Senate committee on foreign re lations. He succeeds Elihu Root, of New York. —Ex-Senator John P. Moore, elect ed county controller of Allegheny, may have to flght for his office. H. M. Cribbs, the present controller, threat ens a lawsuit on the ground that no senator can hold the place. —Ex-Governor William A. Stone was sworn in as prothonotary of the Supreme Court on Saturday. Dr. H. E. Rush on has been elected meat and mlllt Inspector of Reading. —According to Lebanon reports. Colonel M. L. Case, of Lebanon, has been offered the position of chief of police of Lebanon. He is lieutenant colonel of the Fourth Regiment. —The new Chester county district attorney has appointed the former district attorney as assistant and the new register has done the same thing with the former chief. The new offi cials were deputies. —A Wllkes-Barre dispatch indicates that Democrats are fighting again in Luzerne county. The dispatch says: "Old Guard Democrats, under the leadership of Judge John M. Garman, and Palmerites led by William Mc- Lean, Jr., and Fred Kirkendall are scrapping like terries for the spoils which go with Democratic control of the county commissioners' office. Michael J. McLaughlin, a Garmanite, and John Todd Walsh, a Palmerite, are the majority commissioners, and, as the present working force In the commissioners' office is made up of dyed-in-the-wool followers of Palmer, it is plain that Garman is having the scrap of hi« political career to find places for his favorites." The price of the pork barrel tagged on the American army is more than thirty million dollars. And because of It our army is the most expensive in the World, each soldier costing, roughly, a thousand dollars per annum. BAREUSBURO TELEGRAPH _ CHRISTMAS * V. <., *-;* >■ ■ - zwBSBm /*V " Hiv if ''-- - '; JT . lijgflgHfHNb * ,». *4fll ISk ' ■P** ' "™ J <! 1 fWR... , | W/*V y "FORGOTTBN " A (Courtesy Eastman Kodak Company.) TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE"] —The war has eliminated the Eng lish chorus man, according to a news dispatch. Score ten points in favor of Germany. —Hard luck for the poor chaps who are being injured these days Just a few weeks preceding the Inaugura tion of the compensation act. —"Pneumonia not caused by cold," says Dr. Raunlck. No, but It usually follows one. —Two more days and then the deer that are left can settle down again to the joys of undisturbed win ter grazing. —Judge Bemus, of Colorado, is not going to have his hair cut until Ford makes in Europe. 'lt is to be hoped that the judge is fond of very long hair. —Fine feathers do not make fine birds, nor does a fancy box neces sarily contain good cigars. P. S.— Christmas hint. EDITORIAL COMMENT Col. Roosevelt states that President Wilson 1 s a logothete, which, of course, explains many hitherto Incom prehensible things. Brooklyn Dally Times. The Governor-elect of Kentucky is on the water wagon. But then he Is only Governor-elect; give him a chance! —Brooklyn Dally Times. One thing must be conceded this man Von Hindenburg. He has the right about how to settle a war —Brooklyn Dally Times. "Personally," said Judge Fisher, of Chicago, "I would object to a skirt reaching much above the ankle." Can't blame a resident of the city made famous by its big feet and strong wind for objecting.—Brooklvn Daily Times. Just when every one Is Issuing fore casts concerning the duration of the war, an old letter of Ulysses S. Grant is discovered In which he pre dicted that the Civil War would bo a very brief strangle.—Brooklyn Daily Times. AX IMPENDING DANGER Undoubtedly, whether theoretically desirable or not, the end of the pres ent war will force upon the United States , the restoration of a protective tariff. The Issue seems unavoidable. At present we are as unprepared in an economic as we are in a mili tary sense. Our present customs tarlfT neither protects nor produces a revenue. Were it not for the war. we should even now be closing our factories, As It is, the manufacturing nations of Europe are engaged in a conflict that absorbs their chief ener gies, giving us for the moment an opportunity to manufacture, if we please, what they would otherwise be exporting to us, and at the same time' artificially stimulating a certain class of industries by the production of In struments of destruction. Were It not for these two temporary accidents we should probably at this moment, under our present legislation, be clos ing onr workshops and discharging our workmen. I say under our "present legislation" for it has no scientific relation to the facts of international Industry and commerce. It Is a piece of mere Con gressional guesswork, from which all substantial evidence has been syste matically excluded. While other gov ernment* employ their Intelligence and exert their influences to encourage the highest efficiency of industry, ours appließ a dogma that has repeatedly been refuted to a situation so com plicated that few persons In the United States fully comprehend it. I make no plea for any personal or private interests, and I commend no action that ha« these for its object. What I assert is, that there is at pres ent no competent governmental au thority, based on exact knowledge and expert Judgment, engaged In the study and explanation to the people of the precise action that should be taken by our government with regard to the most vital interest of the country as a whole. But there la in our situation a more fatal weakness than the absence of a scientific economic policy. Our cur rent philosophy of legislation is spe culative rather than practical. At the time when we should be demanding expert knowledge and advice as the basis of public action, the tendency is to appeal to the Inexpert, the pre occupied, and the inexperienced, to decide the most important public questions.—David Jayne Hill, in the Nortb American Keview. THE MEXICAN MUDDLE Perturbed but Peaceful El Paso » By Frederic J. Haskin THIS metropolis of the Southwest wishes to correct the national Impression that she is a war center. Although she is the gateway through which war-torn Mexico Im ports everything from cartridges to dictators, the city continues calm and orderly as ever. Nevertheless, the storm In Mexico has left Its mark In ways that are Interesting to note. El Paso is the city ot the refugees. A great class of Mexican society has almost deserted the republic, and most of them have come to El Paso. They are the landlords and moneyed men, the friends of the old conservative or der. Their estates laid waste and their stock driven off, the men themselves have retired with their families to watt for better times. Many of thom are still very wealthy in spite of their losses, for Mexico was the land of great fortunes. Like the upper classes throughout Latin America, they are people of cosmopolitan experience and culture. Their presence constitutes not a problem, but an asset. The bulk of the refugees, however, are of another type. Altogether, El Paso has about fifteen thousand of them In her city limits, and It Is ob vious that they cannot all be Castilian capitalists. The great number of lower-class Mexicans do constitute a problem, both political and social. They do not become American citizens, hence It Is supposed that they will go back to Mexico as soon as order Is restored. In the meantime. El Paso is trying to educate them, and espe cially to teach them English. The whole lower quarter of the city, by the river bank opposite Juarez, is given over to them. It is a bit of Mexico in the United States. The speech of the streets, the signs of the shops, are Spanish. Ragged little Mexican news i boys vend a dozen Spanish papers, even the Old Mexican street hawker (has invaded the quarter with his Btand of cheap candy and its accompanying swarm of flies. Immigration comes In waves. Every I battle, or prospect of a fight, sends a I THE STATE FROM DWTOOffI | When is a mayor not a mayor. Is the question that the Allentown and Easton populace is asking: itself at this time. The ramifications of the I Clark nonpartisan bill have been 30incwhnt confusing in the matter of the extent of the terms of mayors who were elected in November, 1911. Har risburg decided tho matter satisfactory lly, but the other cities seem to be having considerable difficulty in reach ing & conclusion. If somebody hands you a lemon nowadays, don't make a wry face and refuse to accept it. because there will uhortly be a lomon famine in this country unless the ijipheaval in the steamship trade brought about by the war is checked. Messina crops cannot be shipped to America and the Florida fruit is inferior in quality, so produce dealers in the State arc warned to buy up to capacity and avoid the rush. A Connellsville section hand, work ing for the Baltimore and Ohio, is a connoisseur on rabbits and has them for dinner every day, is the report from his foreman. When questioned as to his source of supply by his en vious comrades, he replied, "Oh, that's easy. Rabbit him come to my house every night. He go 'meow, meow,' and then me go out and shoot him." It's all right to say"Love me, love ray dog," but there Is a world of dif ference between that and loving your dogs to the exclusion of everybody else. Wherefore Mrs. Lena Libbey, of Bqranton, has obtained a divorce from her, husband on the ground that he loved his dogs so much that he slept with them, and took them out for drives in his master's carriage, he be ing the driver, while his wife and children cooled their heels In the parks. The meanest man In the world keeps cropping up here and there, but here Is one, living In Philadelphia, who de serves several stars opposite his name. Poor shivering newsboys the other evening were met by a well-dressed person who bought a paper from each one and.tendered a dime In payment Later the poor "kids" learned that the money was counterfeit, and the "kind ly philanthropist" Is nowhere to be found. At last a little hope is being Instilled in the breasts of those who pray for an end of the car strike that for weeks and weeks has been going on hi Wllkes-Barre. Negotiations are In process and the State mediators say that when It Is all settled there will no longer be any cause for discon tent. Domlnlck Capello. aged 30, believed to be demented, showed pretty con DECEMBER 13, 1915. crowd of noncombatants seeking safety over the line. Since many of these immigrants must be classed as undesirable aliens, a strict inspection is maintained. At a time of real dan ger, as when Villa was moving on Juarez, the national government es tablished a camp for refugees where they were held under guard until it was safe to send them home again. Five thousand people took refuge in this camp. To-day there are two Mexicans in El Paso to every American. The peaceable nature of the Mexicans is strikingly shown by the fact that they have never given trouble of any sort, even when the American government took steps against Villa, with whom most of them sympathize. The atten tion of the immigration inspectors Is directed toward weeding out the phys ically unfit rather than the potential disturbers. The bulk of the immi grants come in over a single bridge, where the trolley line crosses from Juarez to El Paso. Here every pas senger is sharply scrutinized, and the apparently unfit are taken off for a closer examination. As the people of Juarez are continually making excur sions into El Paso on business or pleasure, it is sometimes hard to dis tinguish between an undesirable alien and an old lady on a shopping tour. Once deported, city officers of El Paso complain that the undesirables find means to slip across in spite of the most rigid guard. Ninety per cent, of the police court cases In El Paso, the pocket pickings and petty thefts, are planned across the river and carried out by Juarez Mexicans. These crim inals are known to every inspector, and it Is Impossible for them to cross any of the bridges, yet some of them have been arrested on the American side half a dozen times. This same difficulty in watching the winding and overgrown banks of the Rio Grande has hampered the customs inspectors in their fight against smug gling. Juarez to-day is the only point where Villa can import munitions. vincing evidence that the belief Is cor rect when he tore an ax from a rack in the Lackawanna station at Clark's Summit Saturday and proceeded up and down the station, swinging his weapon wildly and sending men, wo men and children cackling In all direc tions. He was calmed after two hours through the medium of moral, mixed with a touch of physical, sua sion. Had we the guns, they would be without ammunition after the second day of battle. According to the Secre tary of War's own statement, there are but 680,000 three-inch rounds of am munition In our magazines. 1 Our Daily Laugh HIS SPIRIT EN ROUTE. / —t Did you have a pleasant trip? & asked the New Yorker. IBT > Fairly ao, but I lost most of my A A ' ~ baggage on the | A - r way, replied the n Kentuckian. I I How's that? U LI The cork came^ 1 $ 4fes . out. Bto Ma about be ing detained on MORE LIKE CHRISTMAS ,Bj WHO DINGER Hasn't seemed a bit like Christmas 'Ceptln' every now and then When some coin for gifts is needed— Sometimes five and Bomatlmes ten. But to-day with ground all covered With a goodly lot of snow There's a breath of Christmas spirit Everywhere that one may go. Tell you what, stores may be laden With a lot of merchandise Which, as gifts on Christmas morning. Will to many bring surprise, But there's nothing that makes faces With the Chrismas spirit glow Like the sight of flakes a fall In' And the earth bedecked with snow. | Abetting (Ehat Fourteen thousand freight car* placed end to end would make a train that would go a long ways toward reaching Harrisburg and Philadel phia by either the Pennsylvania or the Reading systems. Yet that is tha average number of cars now being handled and classified in the yards of the two railroads in what is called the Harrisburg district. The yards are 4 those in the northern part of the city and extending up beyond Lucknow Forge; the Enola yards with their several divisions and others operated by the Pennsylvania and the Ruther ford yards of the Reading. This num ber of freight cars sounds appalling to the man who sees a train of lifty or sixty curs being hauled over tha bridges or up or down on either sldo lof the river. But ♦here have been I days, say railroad men, when this | number was exceeded. Nowadays, it Is estimated that Trainmaster Joseph Brown, who has charge of the Penn sylvania's freight, tidewater, preferen tial. coal, fast, livestock and just plain slow, has about 5,000 cars moved, east and west, north and south from the Harrisburg yards every twenty-four hours, while over in his Enola do main the movement runs up around 6,000. Hence the Pennsylvania move ment In all directions through the yards that fringe Harrisburg amountti to about 11,000 a day. The Ruther ford yards, which were considered enormous for the business in sight when laid out, are now handling be* tween 3,000 and 3,500 cars every twenty-four hours, a considerable quanitity of Hits pouring in from the j Southern States for shipment to New | York. Harrisburg is one of the great j classification points for the coal trad« of Pennsylvania, In addition to the great varieties of other freight, and the trains are made up here for half a dozen of the ports on the Atlantic seaboard. Secretary of Agriculture Charles E. Patton, who has been watching the statistics on wheat production with the greatest care, is arranging to have some important data published by his department in the Spring which will show what Pennsylvania has been do ing in the way of food supplies and what it can do, Some attention will be given to Dauphin county. Shipments of automobile licenses from the State Capitol have reached greater proportions than ever known and the Harrlsburg post office authori ties have had to detail a couple of wagons in addition to the mail carts to take care of the outgoing parcel post business. The new license tags which are yellow and black and bearing a small number plate which can be changed are sent two to a set by parcel post and the shipments began the first of last week, the number in creasing so rapidly that it was soon found that the regular postal facilities were not adequate to handle the busi ness. It is expected that the rush will keep up the remainer of the month, although It is likely that the final week will be worse than last week. Applica tions are pouring in for the tags and everyone seems to want them right away. The shipment by parcel post enables the State to save considerable money over what it used to have to spend to send the tags by express. The other evening in getting out the 28-page edition of the Telegraph It was necessary on account of the size of the issue to omit the red line which has been a feature of the news paper for years. That it was a big part of the Telegraph was speedily realized because there were sojne caJls over the telephone to know whether anything had happened and whether the Inquirer had received all that was included in the edition. One newsboy, who had been selling the Telegraph for years, had a copy re turned to him with a request for the right edition. And It was all because the red line did not appear on the first page. Louis W. Strayer, -who was elected president of the former gridiron club at Washington on Saturday, Is the AVashlngton correspondent of the Pittsburgh Dispatch and one of the best-known newspapermen. He has been here a number of times on big stories. Col. Henry Hall, former legislator and Washington correspon dent of the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph was president a few years ago. Both of these newspapermen have many friends In Harrisburg, especially at the State Capitol. Penn sylvania newspapermen have several times filled offices In this noted organ ization. | TELL KNOVN PEOPLE 1 —Francis H. Bohlen, counsel of the Compensation Board, used to be a famous cricketer. —George Wentworth Carr has heen elected president of the Overbrook Club. —Theodore P. Shonts, head of the New York Transit System, comes from Crawford county. —Col. G. A. Zinn, U. S. A., in charge of engineering work In the Delaware river, was given a reception by the Penn Club in Philadelphia. —President Isaac Sharpless, of Haverford, has been elected president of the Friends Historical Society of London. Judge-elect Joseph P. Rogers, of Philadelphia will be given a dinner by friends in Philadelphia, i —Dr. W. C. Powell, well-known In Eastern counties is now president of the Lower Merion School Board. DO YOU KNOV That Harrlsburg has been a place for State convention since 1895? HISTORIC HARRISBURG The first blast furnace is supposed to have been built here In the twenties. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD "On the whole," says Mr. Taft, "I favor Pr«Bldent Wilson's plan for pre paredness." It is not an Ideal plan, by any means, and it must be revised in many Important respects; yet, as be tween the blood-drenched dream of the one Colonel and the white-feathered Utopia of the other Colonel, there are a good manv millions of virile American citizens who would prefer to keep In the middle of the road, hats on and un afraid. Mr. Taft was never cut out to be a politician. He has too much common sense. Philadelphia Public ledger. ' "Shell" Profit* ' "Yes," said the retailer, point ing to his heavily laden shelves, "I certainly have a fine profit In thOBO goods, only I don't sell any." . It's the goods that sell that really show figures In the bank balance. And goods that sell are good products that are newspaper advertised. It pays the manufacturer to advertise In the newspapers and It pays the retailer to co-operate with the kind of advertising that helps him. It translates "shelf" profits into real money, when the store keeper pushes newspaper adver tised merchandise.
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