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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.
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—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
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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.