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TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 14
To be what ice are, and to become
what we are capable of becoming is the
inly end of life. —Robert Louis Steven
ion.
GOVERNMENT CONTROL
IT is not likely that much will come
of the suggestion of Senator Cum- •
mins that a Senate committee be
named to Investigate the feasibility
t»f a government monopoly for the
manufacture of all materials needed
Tor the national defense.
This is a foolish proposal. It is all
i-ery well for the government to con
trol sufficiently the manufacture of
ships and munitions to keep prices at
a reasonable level, but it would be the
height of folly to turn all of this work
over to government controlled fac-1
torles.
In the first place, the people are to J
l>e assessed for additional arms and
equipment, and they should have
some return for their money. In the
second place, to discourage private
manufacturers would be to leave the
country in dire distress at a time
when every available means for the
making of army equipment would be
required to insure the safety of the
country.
Thousands upon thousands of dollars
from the savings funds of the city are
being distributed and are finding their
way into the ordinary channels of trade
at the present time. Merchants and
business men are looking with optimis
tic vision Into the new year and there
is a widespread disposition to pull to
gether for a prosperous 1916.
Dry laws are responsible for an im
mense decrease in the amount of liquor
consumed in 1915, amounting to nearly
9,000.000 gallons, according to Commis
sioner of Interna] Revenue Osborne.
Yet our anti-dry advocates insist that
all such legislation is of no avail.
FREIGHT CONGESTION
"JUST now It Is not so much a ques
tion of more business for the rail- '
roads as it is a problem how to
handle the business that is being
offered, especially on the Atlantic sea
hoard. Reports for the last week show
that the enormous increase of railroad
transportation has created conditions
such as have not been known in the
railroad world for years.
The export trade has been largely
augmented by the war orders from
abroad and these, coming on top of a
natural increase in business, have (
given the railroad experts sleepless I
nights. t
It is pointed out, however, that the 1
increase* of earnings over 1913 do not i
represent so much abnormal pros- i
perlty as a subnormal condition two
years ago. It is a one-sided condition ]
which will be overcome, of course, at ■
the close of the war, when normal <
trade balances will adjust the present
jug-handle situation. !
One of the worst features Is the
fact that the railroads are not now
equipped for a great business revival.
They have been economising to the
last, degree for several years and now
And themselves without facilities to
take care of an enormous volume of
business, i-iocomotlves and cars and
rolling stock of every character have
been wearing out without replacement
and the reports of June 30, 1914, show
that in nearly every Instance old cars
Rnd locomotives during the year were
scrapped by the thousands and re
placed only by the hundreds. It is
known, for instance, that in many
cases couplers and other equipment
were transferred from idle cars on the
sidings to those in active service to
avoid new purchases. In short, every
effort has been made during' recent
years to keep the old equipment going
as long as possible, and the railroads
are now confronted with unusual pres
sure at a time when they need all the
rolling stock that can be had.
Most of the old wooden cars have
disappeared and even those still in
service are inadequate to take care of
the business that is offered. Thou
sands and thousands of loaded cars are
tied up along the eastern terminals
and more traffic Is on the way. Every
effort Is being made to relieve the
pressure so that these cars may be
•••turned to the points of delivery, but
TUESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 14, 1913.
despite the bent endeavors of the rail
road experts there Is ntlll a most
serious situation.
So It Is that with returning business
and expansion of trade In every direc
tion the shippers of the country are
suffering: from a remarkable conges
tion in the transportation facilities.
An important development is appre
ciation by the public of the necessity
for directing' industrial and business
activities into channels other than
those now clogged with business re
sulting from the European conflict. It
is generally conceded by financial
agencies and the representatives of
large corporations that the basic con
ditions are sound; that there is ample
capital, enlarged earning power, con
fidence in the future and ( a tendency to
broaden all lines of activity, but Intelli
gent care must be exercised in the
processes.
Manifestly, there are Democrats In the
United States who have the Idea that a
plank In the party's national platform
is a more or less solemn obligation.
Champ Clark's supporters are preparing
to make a fight for him and they de-
Iclared in a circular yesterday that the
party platform for a one-term plan
must be carried out. The present occu
pant of the White House was manifestly
of the same opinion two years ago.
THE NEW FEED RULING
THE new State Agricultural Com
mission, through Secretary Pat
ton, has ruled that all manufac
turers or Importers of feedstuffs be
required to so mark their packages
that the buyer can tell at a glance Just
what he is buying and in what per
centages the ingredients are mixed.
This ruling supercedes the old so
called "sliding guarantee," by which
unscrupulous dealers found a loophole
through the law.
No honest dealer ought to object to
this. Indeed, the reputable manufac
turer and Importer ought to stand by
the department in its enforcement. It
protects them from the operations of
dishonest dealers who undersell them
In the open rrfarket because they sell
cheap goods marked to look like the
best and most expensive. The pur
chaser, beyond question, has a right to
know exactly what he is getting.
HERE'S A REAL SUGGESTION
WE quote from the Wall Street
Journal:
Frank A. Vanderlip, president
of National City Bank, suggests
that government might raise as
high as $500,000,000 a year for pre
paredness by a tax on luxuries.
Mr. Vanderlip suggests a tax on all
suits costing above S4O, on all
gowns costing more than SSO or
$100; on all restaurant checks for
more than $2. and on all articles
representing luxuries rather than
necessities; tax, wherever possible,
to be graduated.
Here's a real suggestion. Taxes on
gasoline and automobiles may not be
popular, but who will there be to
raise objection to taxes on gowns and
clothing and luxuries more expensive
than necessary for any but those who
love luxuries and are able to indulge
their fancies. The adoption of Mr.
Vanderlip's idea by Congress would bp
no more novel than many another
taxation plan pressed into service in
governmental emergency and It would
place the burden where It belongs,
on the shoulders of those who are
best able to bear It.
Down Atlanta way the voters ore
going to attempt the recall of Mayor
Woodward and six members of the
Police Commission, all because Chief
of Police Beavers was removed last
August for the alleged reason that he
had closed a segregated district and was
trying to close the locker clubs operat
ing in defiance of Georgia's prohibition
low. More than 4,000 signatures have
been attached to the recall petition and
a bitter campaign is anticipated. On
other fine illustration of the new
fangled municipal administration sys
tem. When will the people learn that
laws do not constitute a panacea for all
the ills of the body politic.
"BUTTING IN" IN MEXICO
PRESIDENT WILSON has little
regard for consistency in his
public utterances. In a speech
at Cleveland the other day he declared
himself a Democrat and a strong sub
scriber to the doctrine of the Virginia
bill of rights. He said in this con
nection:
The Mexicans may not know what
to do with their Government, but
that is none of our business; and
long as I have power to prevent
It, nobody will "butt In" to alter it
for them.
It seems not so long ago that the
Government at Washington was "but
ting into" the Mexican situation with
a. vengeance. The President had
hardly landed on his job until he be
gan interfering with the defacto gov
ernment established In the City of
Mexico. He would have none of
Huerta, the recognized president, nor
would he listen to the protests of his
countrymen that interference in
Mexico might involve the United
States in a bloody controversy south
of the Rio Grande. Then he raised
the embargo on war materias at the
border so that the enemies of the
existing government of Mexico might
obtain all the arms and munitions
necessary to upset the government
that had aready been recognized by
several foreign powers, v
This was "butting in" if it was any
thing, and the United States has paid
the price in the butchering of her
citizens, the destruction of American
property and loss of prestige for our
own government throughout the
world.
President Wilson should have
adopted his policy of not "butting In"
about two years ago.
With the first fall of snow this winter
the necessity for providing relief for
the sick and destitute of the city is em
phasised. Several excellent instrumen
talities for the distribution of adequate
i'd are provided In the Associated
Charities, the Benevolent Association
and other organizations. Indiscrimi
nate- charity Is not alwnys the most ef
fective measure of relief. There are
emergency cases, of course, which
Justify prompt action, but an a rule It
is better to distribute relief through
the organized bodies.
A constitutional monarchy Is to take
the place of the new republic of China.
All the world seems to be restless and
discontented with existing conditions.
""PtKKOlftiKUua.
By the Ex-OommltHsmu
s=n—cor.
Men interested in politics through
out tho State are commencing to
speculate as to the scope which may
be played in the coming primary and
next Fall's Congressional and legis
lative elections by organizations
which are considered as likely to
spring from the Committee of One
Thousand at Pittsburgh. This com
mittee, which seems to be going about
things more systematically than the
Committee of One Hundred and other
organizations in Philadelphia, is un
derstood to have considerable sup
port in other counties and may prove
to be a big factor In the selection of
legislators.
At the meeting held in Pittsburgh
last night J. Denny O'Neil, Ex-
Speaker George E. Alter and others
were participants. The committee has
announced its intention of taking a
hand In legislative primaries. The
men connected with It are all In favor
of local option and good govern
ment.
—Governor Brumbaugh joined the
Pennsylvanlans at Washington to-day
in the work for Philadelphia. The
Governor will meet men of promi
nence in the national Republican or
ganization.
—Reading Is all fussed up over the
same troubles that York had regard
ing the term of its mayor. The ques
tion whether the term of the new
mayor begins on December 1 and not
on January 1 was raised yesterday by
Councilman-elect William Abbot Wit
man, who contends that the present
chief magistrate's term expired on
December 1. Mr. Wltman bases his
allegations on the fact that the may
ors of both York and Easton retired
from office on December 1, admitting
they were no longer eligible to serve.
The new city father served notice
yesterday that he dkl not propose to
permit Mayor Stratton to swear him
In, asserting that he no longer
possesses the essential legal powers.
In denying Mr. Wltman's contention,
AJayor Stratton points to the
provision of the Clark law, specifying
the first Monday in January as the
day for the organization of the in
coming council.
—lnternal Revenue Collector Led
erer yesterday announced that he had
appointed Hugh J. Harlvins, of Bristol
as a deputy for the section compris
ing the lower parts of Bucks and
Eastern Montgomery counties. The
vacancy which Harklns will fill was
caused by the resignation of George
Shellenberger of Doylestown.
—Old Guard forces and Palmerltes
at Luzerne courthouse yesterday di
vided the offices, when the Demo
cratic plum tree was shaken. M. J.
McLaughlin, elected to the office of
county commissioner, broke the old
rule by refusing to appoint a relative
to any of the clerkships. Friends of
Garman were well taken care of by
McLaughlin.
—Judges Stewart and Brodliead at
Easton yesterday named a new board
of prison inspectors to serve five
years from January 1. The board con
sists of D. F. Balentine and Amos
Turner, Easton: Oliver Labar, Ban
gor: James Mcßride, South Bethle
hem, and Dr. O. D. Schaeffer, Naz
areth.
—Mayor-elect Thomas B. Smith, of
Philadelphia, is having busy times
these days. He said yesterday that he
had not switched his cabinet officials
and that he would not stand for vice.
The new mayor was given high praise
by Mayor Blankenburg in a speech
last night.
—Lebanon county is now being
threatened with an election probe.
The district attorney yesterday gave
notice to the court that he would ask
the January grand jury to look into
charges which have been made.
—The Schuylkill county court yes
terday placed the ballot box of North
Manhelm township In the custody of
a committee of which a woman is
one. The township has no justice,
hence the committee.
—Pittsburgh city employes are to
undergo a councilmanlc probe. It
seems that the new council is look
ing into all sorts of matters and is
getting as much startling informa
tion as the late grand jury.
—The Washington party name was
preempted yesterday for Cumberland
county. As In the case of the pre
emptions for this county it attracted
some attention because people won
dered for what reason It could be
done.
—F. W. Baltliaser, former mem
ber from Reading, is out as a candi
date for Senator from Berks county
on the Democratic ticket.
—Col. John Grlbbel has been re
elected president of the Union
League at Philadelphia.
—According to a Norristown dis
patch "The die is cast for a fight be
tween the organization and the re
organization Democrats. Charles D.
McAvoy, the deposed 'boss' and the
county chairman, Assemblyman
Cliristman, will, it Is believed, run
for delegate and as alternate to the
Democratic national convention as
anti-Wilson candidates and will be
opposed by .John B. Evans of the
Subtreasury in Philadelphia. and
Frank Harrigan, of Lower Merlon.
McAvoy and Chrlstman will also be
opposed to the renomlnation of R. E.
Dlfenderfer, who served two terms In
Congress and was defeated by Henry
W. Watson, Republican. They will
probably line up for a Bucks county
man."
—The Philadelphia ledger says:
"The politicians in Lehigh and Berks
counties are greatly interested in the
national delegates contest. Avowed
candidates are Fred E. Lewis, who
has/ just stepped out as Bull Moose
CoHgressman-at-large, and B, Frank
Ruth, of Reading. In Lehigh there
are likely to be several candidates for
Republican honors, including Colonel
E. M. Young, James L. Mausteller and
Stale Senator Horace W. Schantz. In
Berks, the aspirants include, besides
Mr. Ruth, William Kerper Stevens.
ex-Mayor Stratton and ex-Judge Bu
shong.
—The 12 Common Pleas Court
judges of Allegheny county who will
select a county commissioner to till
the vacancy caused by the death of
John A. Martin, are being besieged
by numerous Democrats who are
seeking this appointment, which will
be good for four years at. an annual
salary of SB,OOO. The Democratic
county organization, through William
J. Brennen and Joseph F. Guffey, has
Indorsed James Houlahen. Pitted
against him are 10 probable candi
dates, who believe they have as much
claim to the place as Mr. Houlahen.
OUT OF DATK THAXSPORTATION
I Kansas City Times.]
The railroad of a generation ago
with Its light rails couldn't begin to
handle modern traffic. A railroad of
the construction of 1880 between Chi
cago and Kansas City would get no
business in competition with a mod
ern road.
How about a city that tries to do its
business on streets built, for the condi
tions of forty years ago? Or a county
on mud roads? The time is coming
when they can't compete with the
cities and counties with modern facil
ities for transportation.
_ CHRISTMAS IS COMING
V "•""aasswj §j
A NEW TOY.
{Courtesy Eastman Kodak Company.)
TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE
—To buy a Red Cross Seal is to
pass death sentence on a million
tuberculosis germs.
—"Why not spend the winter in
Florida?" is the catch line over a
current advertisement. If the agent
will come around we'll take a half
day off and tell him.
—lf you are not careful it will be
too late to shop early.
—Writing a letter to Santa Claus
is the favorite indoor amusement In
many homes this week.
—lf you have any doubts about
Christmas being worth while take an
evening oft and read Dickens' Christ
mas Carol. After that if you are not
convinced you are hopeless.
—Senator Tillman is almost as
great an admirer of Roosevelt as he
Is of Bryan, but he Isn't urging
cither for the Presidency.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Roosevelt's method of preparing a
speech Is to coin a new expression or
dig up an old one to pass off as new,
and then write around It.—Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Some of the Democratic leaders seem
to think it more important to be pre
pared for the next election than to be
prepared for the next war. —Brooklyn
Daily Times.
The Kaiser is said not to have smiled
for a year, but after he hears about
Henry Ford's expedition, he will grin
from year to year.—Louisville Couner-
Journal.
NEWSPAPERS FOR DHY PLANK
Temperance Leader Sayn Poll Favors
Action by Big Parties
According to replies received by
Deets Pickett, of Topeka, Kari., pub
licity manager for the Temperance So
ciety of the Methodist Church, a ma
jority of the big newspapers of the
country are believed to favor a pro
hibition plank in the national plat
forms of the big political parties.
Mr. Pickett asked the newspapers
for expressions on the matter. Of the
.-,11 replies received, 265 favor party
declarations, 174 oppose such action
and 72 dodged the Question. A ma
jority of the 174 opposing voluntarily
announced their allegiance to the pro
hibition cause, but deemed the po
litical issue inexpedient.
A dozen of the best known papers
of New York, Boston, Washington,
Philadelphia and other eastern cities
favored national party action. Ninety
six Republicans, 69 Democratic and
the remainder of the 265 claiming in
dependent tendencies favored action:
72 Republican, 58 Democratic and 18
independents opposed the plan.
Our Daily Laugh
i " —*
SPEEDERS.
•Wt the thoughts of
tw Wj | \ young men turn
vl\ X \lll to love and poetry
/ \\_ IkJ( in the ®P rln ß ?
/ If I may judge
UJ L I L~- from my own ob
bH A servttiom, I
L 4 B '" t>uld » & y younß
** men never stop to
think.
"All things to
411 men." —Caesar. MU ijl
WHEN THE WIND BLOWS
By Wing Dinger
By jove. when winds begin to blow
At night, they sure can bust
The peace of him who's sleeping, bo.
With that sleep of the just.
night, for Instance, just as I
Began to pound mv ear
The wind did blow, and funny sounds
Burst forth upon my ear.
Some window somewhere In the house
Was rattling, out of bed
I Jumped and tried to locate It.
Some nothings sweet I said
When after chasing "round the place
For live minutes or more.
I learned that all the noise came from
A window right next door.
1 settled hack again in bed
And soon was ready to
Dosso oft again, when wlfey asked:
"Dear, are you sure that you
Closed tightly, ere you came to bed,
The front door?" knew X liad.
But couldn't sleep until I'd gone
Down to And out, egad.
THE MEXICAN^
Long Risks and Big Profits
By Frederic J. Haskin
L 2 J
THERE are two ways of getting
rich on the border nowadays. One
way Is to stay on the American
side and attend to your business. Tlie
other is to go into Mexico. By the lat
ter method you may make a great deal
of money in a short time. You may
also lose your original investment, and
incidentally your life.
A good example of the man who
takes a long risk for a big profit is a
certain New Mexican cattleman. There
was in circulation on the border a large
amount of Villa fiat money—bills print
ed by the Villa faction, redeemable
when they should have control of the
Government. This money was recent
ly repudiated, and you can buy a thou
sand dollars for a few cents in Amerl
[ can silver. At the time, however, it
was .worth three or four cents 011 the
| dollar in 151 Paso. The cattleman
! bought several thousand dollars' worth
j and made a flying trip far into the in
terior of Mexico. As he penetrated
deeper Into Villa territory, his Villa
currency grew more and more valu
able, until several hundred miles from
the border it was worth 40 and 50 cents
on the dollar. Then he bought cattle.
He might pay SIOO in the fiat money
for a cow, and the animal would still
cost him less than $5. When he cross
ed the border on his way out he would
have to pay aji export duty of about
$8 a head in good American silver, but
those were still very cheap cattle.
When you consider the risks he took,
his profits do not loom so large, Such
speculation in currency is naturally
discouraged by the party issuing the
I paper, and he might have been turned
I back, if not Imprisoned, at any time,
j The American cattleman is the favor
, ite prey of the bandit. He might well
; have been held for ransom, as a num
ber of his fellows have been held, and
killed If that ransom were not prompt
ly forthcoming. He might have been
shot by excited soldiery if tlie United
States Government had happened to
displease the faction through whose
territory he was traveling. Charles
Boone was so killed in a passenger
train a few miles below Juarez, by in
dignant Villa soldiers who had just
heard of the American recognition of
Carranza.
Boone and a companion were return
ing from the interior after a cattle-
I buying trip. They suspected trouble.
■ '
IIECAI.I, OF DIPLOMATS
Rninnt Made In Hut liltcht Instance*
In Thl* Country'* History
[From the Washington Post ]
I Boy-Ed and Von Papen will be
I known as Nos. 9 and 10 on America's
blacklist of diplomats. Their prede
1. Citizen Genet, the French Minis
ter, who was sent Ijome in 1793 by
President Washington because he at
tempted to fit out privateers in
country to raid British commerce. '
2. Marquis Casa Yrujo, Spanish
Minister, who was given his passports
In 1805 for attempting to bribe a Phila
delphia newspaper to side with Spain in
a controversy with the United States.
3. F. J. Jackson. British Minister,
was recalled by request of this Gov
ernment because he charged bad faith
against the State Department in a
diplomatic discussion.
4. M. Poulssin, a French Minister,
was handed Ills papers in 1849 because
he was impertinent to the Secretary
of State and announced that he would
go to other sources for information.
5. Mr. Crampton, the British Min
ister, was handed Ills passports in 1855
for attempting to recruit men for ser
vice in the Crimea.
6. Lord Sackvllle West, the British
Minister, was handed his passports in
1888 for advising persons to vote
against Grover Cleveland for the White
House. »
7. Dupuy de Ixime, the Spanish Min
ister, was sent home at the outbreak
of the Spanish War in 1898.
8. Dr. Constantin Theodor Dumba
was recalled In September last as a
result of his alleged attempt to cripple
American munitions plants.
TUB WII.KKS-HARHB SITUATION
[From The Outlook.)
As in the case of International dis
putes, The Outlook believes that both
the wise and Just way- of settling labor
disputes is by arbitration; that when
the matter in dispute bus been settled
by agreement through arbitration, and
everv possible means has been taken to
see that the arbitration board gives
a fair opportunity to both sides, both
sides should abide by the decree.
Whichever side attempts to break the
decree by violence or lawbreaklng or
Illegal practices should be brought to
terms by all the power of the State.
In this particular case the men are
the breakers of the decree. If the
municipal or county or State or Federal
authorities do not rigorously suppress
the violence of the strikers In such a
rase as tills, we can hope for nothing
but anarchy in this country. The local
police authorities have not handled the
situation efficiently in the city of
Wllkes-Barre and In the outlying bor
oughs. In the less thickly settled com
munities tlie State police have kept the
situation well Ui hand. Assaults and
riots have been confined exclusively to
cities and boroughs In which the State
Police did not attempt to exercise any
authority unles* called upon by local
officers of the law. The Governor of
the State has so far taken no direct ac
tion In this serious disturbance, al
though It Is reported that he Is ready to
Intervene It both sides wll seek his
Intervention. The men have expressed
their willingness to have him Intervene,
and t)ie company has declared Itself
willing to meet him upon Ills Invitation.
If It Is true that the Governor Is
waiting to have the two parties to the
conflict seek his Intervention, we think
he Is making a serious mistake. The
function of a Governor is to protect the
rights of the public. When an import
ant city of the State Ik in a condition
of rioting and disorder it is the duty
of the Governor to take the Initiative in
establishing peace. ,
and the other man hid under the coal
In the engine tender, but Boone was
too late. His companion came through
safely under the coal and brought the
story of K1 Paso.
There are good profits on cattle
bought In the interior even when they
are paid for in "gold," as American
money Is called locally. A little silver
goes a long way, a few miles from the
border. The principal Item in the cost
is the export duty, which is levied by
the faction holding the line at the point
where the cattle are crossed to the
United States. Sometimes the dutv is
levied twice, when the buyer's dealings
carry him through country held by
more than one party. Thus the tax
may amount to as much as sl6 a head,
but with Mexican cattle bringing S4O
and sl"i in the Knited States, the game
is still worth playing.
A third way of making money out of
Mexican livestock is quite unattended
by personal risk. This is the buying
of cattle from the revolutionary fac
tions themselves. The large scale of
such business limits it almost entirely
to big American dealers and commis
sion houses. They buy In lots that run
into tens of thousands of dollars. The
war parties take this way of keeping
up their bank accounts. The cattle are
generally confiscated from the cattle
barons of Northern Mexico. There Is
one such man who was probably the
largest single cattle owner in the
world. His holdings were estimated at
600,000 head. As a matter of fact, he
didn't know how many cows he had.
and nobody else did. Ills saddle horses
alone ran into the thousands.
Since war began his cattle have been
a principal source of revenue for one
of the factions. At first they were sold
outright, and the owner got nothing.
They were even killed for the sake of
their hides, when it was easier to ex
port hides than cattle. But this par
ticular owner Is a well-known and In
fluential figure In the Southwestern
United States. He is a prominent mem
ber of New Mexican and Texan cattle
men's associations. He. protested
against the purchase of his cattle by
American buyers. Now an arrange
ment has been made by which he gets
about a third of the sale price of each
animal. This -may be poor justice, but
it is a good deal more satisfactory than
to get nothing at all.
THE STATE FROM DAfTODW
"Ezra Jones, of Jonesvllle" was
wrttten by Harold Igo, and produced
the other night for the first time by
the local talent of New Wilmington,
Pa. Igo is a High school professor
in that place, and his play is reported
to have made good with a vengeance.
Hugo has nothing on Igo, when it
comes t-> the question of writing
plays.
All ye who are accustomed to
heaving cabbages, whether it be as
a regular truckman's job or merely
as an expression of feeling on cer
tain occasions, had better beware of
your trade. A Philadelphia man,
Joseph Green, is dead as the result
of heart failure from over-exertion in
unloading a truck wagon full of that
particular fruit.
An albino doe, frequently seen on
State lands in tV vicinity of Ole
Bull's Castle, in i'ntter county, says
the Philadelphia North American,
was found dead yesterday, slaughter
ed by some hunter. Many a hunter
had previously drawn bead on the
beautiful animal, but some unseen
hand stayed his power. By the way,
if you would avoid creating the im
pression that you have a cold in the
head, just refrain from repeating the
name of the animal.
A "tomb mystery" is being aired in
the courts of Erie county, having
started out on the first lap yesterday.
It is the suit of Harry Perkins against
Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Strong for
damages as a result of arrest for al
leged desecration of the Scott
Mausoleum. The case is attracting
widespread Interest and a big array
of legal talent is lined up on both
fcides.
There comes to Pennsylvania from
"New York the report that almost
bare feet are all the rage. This, of
course, applies only to the feminine
contingent of our readers. Woman
is returning to the old Grecian styles
In her choice of boudoir self-adorn
ment. We are not interested.
A touring car occupied by five per
sons narrowly escaped extermination
tlie other day Just outside Coates
ville when it struck a telegraph pole
and would have plunged over a fifty
foot embankment, had it not been
for a fence which was constructed
recently to avoid future accidents of
this very nature. There arc some,
nevertheless, who do not believe in
the guiding hand of Providence.
"Walk and the world walks with
you; sit and you sit alone," would be
the version of Frank Hoy, of Beaver,
who has been employed by the Fed
eral government for the last 10 years
on the locks In the Ohio river, lie
figures that in that, time ho has
walked more than 40,000 miles, or
nearly twice around the world. Com
petition under such conditions were
hopeless.
Ehnttng (Efyat
Friends of Frank Wert, who began
nis newspaper career us a reporter
for the Telegraph, will be pleased to
learn of his success in another field.
X" or several years Mr. Wert has been
manager of public relations for tho
i IU" ! 8 an< * Shenango Kailway and
l.iight Company, one of the largest
and must up-to-date public utility
companies in the Bast with heudquar
tcrs at Youngstown, Ohio, and op
erating in this State, Ohio and West
, This number of the Km-and-Kss
Klectrlß News the organ of the com
pany, of which Mr. Wert Is editor, an
nounces the establishment of a new
bureau in the department of which
he is the head. It will be known as
rr bureau of adjustments and Fred
If. uelbel, a Youngstown newspaper
man, with one assistant, will be in
charge. The publication also con
tains a paper read by Mr. Wert be
fore the Km-and-Kss Club on the pur
pose and scope of the new bureau.
Mr. Wert went from the Telegraph to
the Patriot, from the Patriot to Bal
timore and from Baltimore to Phila
delphia. Leaving newspaper work
for the wider field of publicity he ha«
made such a splendid success of his
efforts with the Km-and-Kss company
that his work has been enlarged from
time to time and his methods widely
copied, lie is a son of Professor J.
Howard Wert.
Mrs. Edna GrofT Diehl, of Paxtang,
whose Aunt Kste stories and Plumpy's
Hollow Tales have appeared from time
to time in the Telegraph been fa
vored with places In a number of tho
Christmas magazines. A little playlet
entitled "A Santa Claus Party" and
"The Santa Claus Song" appear in
The Normal Instructor and Primary
Plans, the most widely circulated
school journal in America. The play
let is intended as a vehicle for the
distribution of gifts at a school en
tertainment. "How the Gnomes Tried
to Prevent Thanksgiving" is another
story by Mrs. Diehl in What to Do,
a Sabbath school publication. Mrs.
DiehP is rapidly making a place for
herself among the country's popular
writers for little folk.
"Send me a couple of 'Thorn's
books' quick," was a message received
at the State department yesterday.
Chief Clerk George D. Thorn has been
issuing a booklet for several years
giving dates for people interested in
politics and digests of important
acts. Jt has been so useful that the
different State committees stole it and
put it out as their own. This year
there were reports that it would not bo
published owing to short appropria
tions, but enough was sqeezed through
for 2,000. The requests are for 20,-
000, one man having asked for 1,000
alone.
Harris L. Sproat, who will retire as
district attorney of Chester county to
become the assistant district attorney,
is the man who bore the banner in
the West Chester club parade hero
on inauguration day. He is 6 feet (i
inches tali and as able and energetic
as he is high.
The other day "Penn," whose in
teresting column in the Evening Bul
letin of Philadelphia, has been one of
the important features of that news
paper for several years referred to the
old form of "his excellency" as apply
ing to the Governor of Pennsylvania.
He points out that this phrase and
similar phrases smack of the old days
of royalty and have no place in ouv
present official life. During the ad
ministration of the late Governor Pat
tison, who had no use whatever for
highfalutlng forms and ceremonies,
the use of "his excellency" was dis
continued. Governor Patitison also
declined to ride to the Capitol and in
other ways emphasized his dislike for
ceremonial formality.
» • •
Just as an idea of what the people
of llarrisburg are reading it may bo
stated that 75 per cent, of the 9,700
books taken out at the Harrisburg
Public Library last month were fic
tion. This Is a rather lower per
centage than usual and shows that
people are reading more standard
works so to speak. There is a de
mand for books dealing with the
scenes of warfare.
r WELL KNOVN PEOPLE
Col. F. W. Stillwell, commander
of the Thirteenth Infantry, Is re
cruiting men for his command in
Scranton. .
C. L. S. Tingley, who opened the
State Street Railway Association con
vention to-day, has been president for
several years of that organization.
William H. Wilson, the new
safety director of Philadelphia, is a
graduate of the University of Penn
sylvania.
H. J. Keed may become the first
burgess of the new borough of Do
rain. ~ , ,
Dr. Russell H. Conwell is de
livering a series of lectures In west
ern counties.
—William, Thaw the aviator, will
spend Christmas at his home in Pitts
burgh. He has been with the French
army.
DO YOU KNOW ~|
That wheat and cattle raised
hereabouts are being exported?
HISTORIC HAIUUSBUKG
John Harris' ferry was used by
English troops to go west In the
French and Indian war.
PRIWARKDNKSS FOR PEACE
[Pittsburgh Dispatch.]
On the day before President Wilson
read his annual message to Congress
urging the need of national prepared
! ess for defense. Vice-president George
|J> Dixon <>f the Pennsylvania llallroad.
1 sneaking before the International Trade
iXnfe enre at New York, declared well
built and equipped, uronerly manned,
skillfully managed ami solvent railioads
I were not only necessary to a. heal hy
! state of business, but a vital element
of our military resources. It may be
civnilirant that in the closing para
graphs if his message the President
fefeired to the mobilization of Industry
and termed the transportation prob
lem "an exceedingly serious and press
ing one." He expressed the fear that
be railroads as now equipped and co
ordinated could not hope to cope with
the problem much longer and suggest!
a commission of inquiry to ascertain
| whether our laws as at present framed
and administered are as serviceable as
they m«ght be In the solution of the
problem."
MmmmmmmmrnmHm mm — wmmmmm—my
Then and Now
A watch used to cost SSO, now
Its price Is s2i>.
An automobile formerly cost
12 000. A better one can be
bought to-duy for SI,OOO.
There are similar Instances
that stand out strongly In face
of a general rise In living cost.
And the reason ADVKRTIS
INMarkets have beon widened
and sales increased.
Automatically enlarged produc
tion has forced down cost and
prices.
It pays to purchase advertised
goods, not alone for their guar
antee of quality, but also from
the htandpolnt of economy.