14 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established rSjr PUBLISHED BY THE TGLEtiHAFH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building. -14 Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern Office. Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Robert E. "Ward. . Delivered by carriers at six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year in advance. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. SiTorn ilnlly nveratte circulation for the three month* eliding Dec. 31, 11)15. A vera ice for the year 1914—21.WW Average for the year 1013— 10.IMVJ Average for the year 1912—19.040 A vera Re for the year 1011—17,56. Averaiee for the year 1910— ltl»2ul The above flßiirew nre net. All re turned, unsold aud damaged eopie* de ducted. FRIDAY EVEXIXG, JANUARY 7. All tee hope to offer, AII we hope to be. Body, soul and spirit. All, ice yield to Thee. — Anon. COMMISSION GOVERXMKNT STILL another evidence of the de lightfully harmonious results of the commission form of govern ment is furnished by Buffalo where the larger functions of the government of that city are now paralyzed by a deadlock in the City Council. One of the five councilmen has resigned in a huff, leaving the commissioners split on party lines, two to two. As a re sult the police nominations cannot be confirmed, there is general demorali zation, and talk of an appeal to the legislature for a special election to fill the place of the recalcitrant com missioner. Thus it goes all over the country. Controversies, the noisy referendum, political bickerings and general dis satisfaction. And this is the thing which was put over on Harrisburg and all the other third-class cities of Pennsylvania as a measure of re form. When will the people get awake to the foolishness of constant experi menting with new-fangled notions of administration? One after another these schemes of government are sub mitted to the voters and through plausible arguments of their promo ters are foisted upon the people. Atlanta this week voted upon the recall of its mayor and five members of the police commission who last Sep tember demoted the chief of police in that city after he had closed the red light district and had begun a cam paign against the locker clubs operat ing in violation of Georgia's prohibi tion law. Upon the basis of the re turns thus far received it appears that the recall has been beaten about two to one in a total vote of about 9,000. Upon the referendum a bitter cam paign ensued, the men and religion for ward movement, the ministers and the so-called "moral forces" supporting the recall. Bitter attacks were made on the characters of the men who de moted Beaverg. The removal of the chief was styled "lynching." The anti recall was supported by the three At lanta newspapers and a large percent age of the business clement. It was contended by the Atlanta newspapers that the success of the re call would brand the city as vicious and corrupt. They insisted that the city was being slandered by the recall forces. Speaking of the result the At lanta Constitution calls up the coun cils to organize for the election of council and city administrations which will hereafter make a recall election for anybody impossible. Harrisburg is likely to have some such experience with its much vaunt ed commission government one of these fine days and then the people will realize how little of real reform there is in these so-called efficiency schemes of administration. This city yiade splendid progress under the old system and we suspect to-day that a popular vote upon the question of a repeal of the commission government in favor of the old bicameral plan would result overwhelmingly in the adoption of the more representative system. It appears, however, that the unsat isfactory character of municipal gov ernment all over the country must eventually result in the adoption of k larger measure of home rule to the end that communities may themselves choose the particular form of govern ment under which they shall operate. Thoge who have had large experience in municipal affairs are practically of one mind on the question of home rule as the real reform measure necessary under the conditions which prevail so widely throughout the United States. CYCLE SAM FIRST We must have a unified America. Those who have come to this coun try to And security and happiness should have left everything behind them when they became Ameri cans ! This is the conclusion of a recent speech by Colonel Roosevelt and wo I question whether the sentiment of the FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ' JANUARY 7, 1916. irue-bluo American can be better ex-' pressed. Our adopted citizens of every nationality should understand once for all that they owe allegiance first and always to Uncle Sam. ARGUMENT FROM SCOTLAND NO better argument for protection is needed than the following, quoted from an article appearing 'in the Glasgow (Scotland) Herald, [ which, in turn, is quoted in "Com ; merce Reports" issued by Secretary Redtield's Department of Commerce: ! One of the results to be expected ] from the (British) duty on motor- I cars is the transfer front foreign | countries of such parts of the work of manufacture as can be as well or better done in the United King- I dom. This was foretold when the I tax was announced, and already the anticipations are being real ized. The Co. of America. who produce one of the most popu lar of the low-priced high-value machines on the market, have in contemplation the establishment of large works in this country, and a member of the American concern is on his way across to investigate the matter. The Herald then remarks that the saving in transportation, combined with cheaper British labor, should justify the proposition on its merits. Some time ago the British, govern ment published a tariff schedule, plac ing a large number of products on the dutiable list, automobiles being dutiable at thirty-three and one-third per cent., an increase of 10 per cent, of the present rate of duty in this country, tinder the Democratic law, on cars valued at less than two thou sand dollars. The British tariff was laid ostensibly as a war measure, but the people of England do not expect to revert to the old free trade policy after the war. There will be read justments of the tariff along scientific bases, but the school of Cobden has passed away. There was a time when the effi ciency of England in the manufacture of steel, textiles, etc., was greater than that of any other nation. With her none could compete. By 184 6 machine work had largely displaced the old system of hand labor in Eng land. Companies and corporations had displaced the small factories in which were employed a few journey men and apprentices. It was during the period of IS4O to 1860 that Eng land entirely abandoned the policy of protection, threw her ports open, and invited the free admission of thei products of other countries, in com petition with her products. What was the real motive of this free trade agitation? George B. Curtiss, in his "Industrial Development of Nations," The policy of protection has been practiced for the purpose of build ing up tlie industries Of England and making her the greatest manu facturing center in the world. This bad been accomplished. « » « Hor people had now reached so liigh a degree of proficiency in manufacturing, through their skill, capital and inventions, that they were enabled to manufacture much cheaper than any other country and. therefore, at that time needed no protection. In order to find foreign, markets, therefore, and gain free admission thereto, it was necessary to induce the people of other countries to adopt free trade, and England could not consistently argue to that end with out herself having adopted a free trade policy. The adroitness with which England plied her argument in the United States is best evidenced by the fact that in the nonmanufacturing districts of the South to-day the free ] trade theory is uppermost. The fal lacy of that argument is best proved by the fact that as manufacturing in dustries gradually develop in the South the free trade notions are j brushed aside. For a long time past England has wanted to return to a protective policy. She has learned the value of it from her severe competition with Germany, which supports a high pro tective wall. The war has given her the opportunity, and protection will not again be surrendered. Meanwhile, we may expect American capital, in whatever industry It may be found ad visable, evading the low duties of a Democratic tariff law, and setting up in business in England, or in other countries, where protection is assured, there to employ foreign labor, at low er wages, and send the product to America to compete with industries already crippled, and further reduce the chances of the American laboring man. SCRANTON SCRANTON —the $100,000,000 city with $1,000,000 cash ready to invest in new factories"—is the way the Scranton Board of Trade Journal in its twelfth' anniversary number, describes the town it so well represents in a publicity way. "Be a Scranton Booster" is the title of an editorial in the Journal and the editor then proceeds to follow his own advice and "boost" for all there is in it. The Journal is an enlightening publication. It is a missionary preaching the gospel of Scranton's excellence over a wide field. It has something to talk about, too, for Scranton is "no mean city." However, Scranton appears not to be immune from some of the afflic tions that businessmen of other com munities suffer, as the following bit of advice, which we Quote for the benefit of Harrisburgers who may be inclined in the same direction as well as to ease the feelings of some of our merchants on the ground that misery loves company: However much we may view with favor in individual cases trips to New York and other cities to secure what we may be pleased to call "Mental Stimulus," the fact remains that if we make our trip take on the shape of a shopping tour, it in jures local trade exactly to the ex tent of the money we spend In that direction. The hustle, bustle, and energy-display associated with life in the metropolis may act as a stimulant to those whose efforts tend to lag. We ought to be sen sible enough to make the metro politan hustle absorbed in New York trips of real vi!ue to Scran ton. Bring home all the acquired energy and new thought and sys tem that you can, but buv all your goods here so as to aid the Scran ton merchant. There Is nothing of real consequence entering into the needs of our people which cannot be obtained here, substantially ns cheaply and of the same high grade quality as elsewhere. LK By ttw Gi-Commit4c«inMi According to men from various parts of the State who have been visitors to the State's Capitol In the last few days Progressives in West ern Pennsylvania are said to be pre paring to ask the nomination of Con gressman Henry W. Temple, of Wash ington, for United States Senator as a means of facilitating the return to the party movement. This idea is 2?.'*? .*° ' ,ave been hatched out in Pittsburgh. Dr. Temple was elected t n/' ongress as a Progressive in the 1912 campaign and was elected as a ~^{,V b " catl to fi " the tern > of ,hp 'ate William M. Brown, who had defeated hint in 1914, but who died before many weeks had passed. He is said to be very strong with the Progres sives in the Western part of the State and the story go«s that an effort to interest those in the east in his behalf will be made this month. Throughout the State sentiment in favor of Philander C. Knox for the Senatorstafp has been growing ana triends believe that he will have something to say on the subject be fore long. Notwithstanding efforts to keep alive the factional quarrel in the Re publican Congressional delegation by printing and carrying of alleged per sonal remarks the general belief in Washington and throughout this State is that there will be no row over the Pennsylvania seat in the Republican Congressional campaign committee. The agreement upon Congressman t'-eorge S. Graham of Philadelphia, appears to be sure. The Philadelphia Inquirer to-day' says: "Congressman Wm. S. Vare, who was active in the canvass to elect Congressman Edgar R. Kiess, of Ly coming, over Congressman Charles H. Rowland, of Center county, who had the backing of Penrose men, when asked yesterday regarding the prob able outcome of the situation said: " 'My colleague, Mr. Moore, was kind enough to suggest my name as a compromise candidate for member ship in the National Congressional Committee, but I am not a candidate. " Since Mr. Kiess and Mr. Rowland have expressed their willingness to withdraw as candidates for the Con gressional Committee representing Pennsylvania, 1 shall support Mr. Graham if the delegation feels that a Philadelphia member should be se lected. If they feel that a member from one of the interior districts should be chosen, then I shall sup port Mr. Griest, of Lancaster county, he being one of the senior members of the delegation." " 'George S. Graham is the ideal man for the place," said Senator Jas. P. McNichol, who resides in his Con gressional district. "It is authoritatively stated that Congressman Griest has declined to be a candidate." —The old question whether a mem ber of the Legislature can be ap pointed to a municipal office during his term is bobbing up again and this time from Philadelphia. It appears to be well established that a legislator cannot accept a State appointment, and the question whether he can take a county place is more or less mooted. The Philadelphia Record has this to say about the latest Hurry on the sub ject: "Questions as to the right of Director of Public Safety William H. Wilson and Road Viewer Fred W. Wil lard to hold their respective offices agitated politicians, judges and law yers in this city yesterday, and brought forth many conflicting opinions as to the legal aspect of their cases. The fact that they were still serving terms as members of the State Legislature when they were appointed to their present jobs and that the Constitution forbids any legislator from being ap pointed to any civil office under the Commonwealth casts a shadow on their eligibility. Their appointment to municipal jobs before their terms as legislators had expired followed prece dents set by several other appointing officers, which were often questioned in the public prints, but never brought before a court for legal decision. How ever. it is thought by some eminent authorities that t/ieir status should be decided at once and the full meaning of the Constitution explained once and for all time upon this important, but neglected, question." —George W. Miller, a prominent fireman of Reading, is being boomed for State Fire Marshal in Berks county. Pittsburgh also has a candiate and there are half a dozen Philadelphians mentioned. The central section of the State is backing Charles H. Wolfe, chief deputy, former mayor of Wil liamsport. —An increase in the tax rate in Philadelphia is foreshadowed. The city needs money for its improvements and the big bond issue is held up. Mayor Smith yesterday boomed harbor improvements. —Lehigh county's grand jury is out with a demand for a new county in sane hospital. The present plan is condemned. —Mayor Fischer does not appear to have gotten very far with his propo sition for municipal ownership of pub lic utilities in Williamsport. Mayor Smith will dismiss the Phila delphia civil service board and it is certain that the new commission will be named as soon as the present body is ousted, since the mayor has stated that he had decided upon its person nel. Reports yesterday linked the names of Robert N. Griffith, well known here; State Senator Richard V. Farley and former Commissioner Wil liam H. Kreider with the offices which the mayor is attempting to have va cated. A number of other names also have been mentioned as possibilities for appointments to the board. Promi nent Democrats, including Postmaster Thornton, Charles P. Donnelly, City Chairman B. Gordon Bromley and others have visited the mayor to urge the selection of different leaders for the minority place on the board. —The Philadelphia ledger in the course of a trouble-making story says that the Vares will back Blankenburg, the just retired Keystone-Democratic mayor of Philadelphia, for Republican national delegate against Senator Pen rose. The ledger also says that State Treasurer Young, who is a Progressive by his own admission; T. Larry Eyre, ex-Lieutenant-Governor John M. Reyn olds and ex-Auditor General A. E. Sis son may also be on the Vare slate. Some of them are also friends of Pen rose. Tt is said that Lieutenant-Governor McClain will not be a candidate for delegate at large. COMING HOME By Wing Dinger The Kord Peace Party, so we hear. Has found the journey rough. Tts members feel that by this time They all have had enough Of trying to establish peace In countries rent by war— They're coming back, a sadder lot, But wiser than before. It's very well, of course, when one Steps In and would make peace Between two earnest scrappers, by Persuading them to cease Their fighting, but I'll tell you, bo, Most times the guy who takes The peace position, for himself < A lot of trouble makes. When a Feller Needs . briggs i / A TWELVIE \ \ / / J MAMA SALD I ( ■——- —TO TELL YOU TO f ) | I Go OUT ANJD ASK \ / THE. COOK TO \ , GIVE. VOO YOU^ | TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE "j —Says Lord Kitchener—"l speak only as a soldier with a single eye to the successful conduct of the war." What England needs is a leader with two eyes. —"Arizona boasts of the heaviest snowfall in the United States to-day," says a news dispatch. Boasts of it? Ye, gods! —China appears to be getting ready for real exciting Spring primaries. —Leap year is a fake. Pretty girls don't need it and it's no good for the others. THE STATE FROM DOT TO DOT The class of 'B9, Bryn Mawr College, has originated a praiseworthy cam paign to mark their twenty-fifth anni versary. These alumnae will finance a State-wide investigation designed to procure adequate protection from tire for girls and women in the factories and industrial establishments in Penn sylvania. Having become too attached to the Montgomery county prison. Guiseppe Zepra, of Ambler, stmply couldn't leave the old place and when the warden lib erated him yesterday he Just sat down in the .iail corridor and declined to leave. It was too nice there, and the weather didn't suit him anyway. With the aid of a stewed lamb dinner Guisep pe was finally persuaded to take his departure. One of the old Civil War veterans, who was evidently of high caliber, Cyrus Chase, aged 77, died yesterday in Towanda. When adversity struck him. his friends advised him to accept a pen sion. but the sturdy old veteran was too proud to be paid for serving his country, and so, after a difficult time of it, he succumbed a pauper. "To hitch or not to hitch, that was the question." and the former faction won the tight at Milford, where the re cent election saw the "no-hitch" fac tion go down to defeat at the polls. Hereafter tho farmers will b« able to hitch their rigs along the main street. The condition of the chestnut trees last Fall, the thick moss under the snow on the mountainsides and the thickness of the bark on the north side of the trees are some of the signs which persuade old weather prophets in Ly coming county that cold weather will prevail during this month and next. "How Can T Help Make Johnstown a Cleaner City?" is the subject given for the essay contest now being waged among the school children of Johns town. under the direction of the Cham ber of Commerce. Prizes will be given for the best essays. TO-DAY'S EDITORIALS From the New York Sun.—Subject for a great historical painting- to adorn the National Capitol when the new Velasquez arrives: William J. Bryan congratulating Henry Ford on the suc cess of the voyage of the Oscar IT. From the Philadelphia Lodger. America's largest bank sends forth an other warning to beware of cham pagne prosperity. It characterizes the existing industrial boom as largely fic titious and temporary and therefore dangerous. "A spendthrift is not en joying real prosperity while he is dis sipating his inheritance." But the thing of widest reach is the fact that war Is checking to a fearful degree the onward progress of the world's busi nes.s There Is no question that It is checking it and that five years hence the world's wealth will be far less than it would have been had this senseless orgy of blood never happened. A somewhat similar longer signal has been hoisted by Chairman Gary of United States Steel. He lays heavy stress upon the necessity for this coun try of making the most careful prep aration to meet the unprecedented conditions which will come with the end of the war. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. On May 7 the crime of the Lusltanla was committed. To-day is the seventh of the month of January. Eight months have passed Into history and our "farcical correspondence has amounted to just nothing at all. Eight months is a long run for any iarce. r VISITING THE WAR BRIDES The House of Du Pont By Frederic J. Haskin L J THIS is the home of the liveliest of all the "war brides," and the visitor does not have to wan der far to find evidence of the fact. The great Du Pont structure at Tenth and Market streets, a combined office building, hotel and theater overtop ping everything else in town, is the center of Wilmington's industrial life. It shelters a business that has brought millions in foreign orders to the United States, made numerous for tunes great and small, and employed tens of thousands of men and wo men. The figures tell the story. When the war broke out Du Pont powder stock was selling for about 90. Within a few months it jumped to eight hun dred. The three companies that are controlled by the Du Pont Interests al ready owned nearly two score fac tories in various parts of the United States. The capacity of these was multiplied in a month, and whole new towns of portable houses constructed to shelter the workers. It must be conceded that the rapidity and suc cess with which Du Pont powder rose to its opportunity is one of the most capable feats of industrial general ship brought out by the war. In August last, the increased busi ness of the I>u Pont company neces isitated a reorganization. It was in j corporated in the State of Delaware ifor 5240,000,000. A feature of the reorganization was the declaration of la 200 per cent, stock dividend. The rise of Du Pont contributed nothing to the "war bride" flurry on the New York stock exchange. Its stock is not even listed there. Had it been, the trading might well have forced it to 2,000 and led to a seri ous reaction. A least two-thirds of all the stock in the Du Pont com panies is owned by the families of that name, their friends and employes. So instead of frenzied trading there was much quiet satisfaction In Wil mington and its environs, where many Du Ponts own magnificent country homes. Fortunes were made higher up, and competences lower down. Du Pont Is another of the great Amer ican indstrtal concerns that believe In making the good things go all the way around. Faithful workers in comparatively humble positions in the Du Pont offi ces were given a share of stock apiece when the rise was forseen. Employes [of all grades were given the first op portunity to buy. One laborer, for example, bought two shares of stock when it was in the neighborhood of 100, and cleared about $1,400 on his WHO WILL RUN IT? [From the Engineering Magazine.] The recommendation of the Naval Consulting Board that a physical labora tory be established on tide water for the conduct of experiments by the Gov ernment, seems to have been misunder stood. It is not true that it is proposed that such a laboratory should be under the direction of the civilian board. On the contrary it is to be controlled and directed by the United States naval of ficers. It is not true that the civilian board, or any other board of inventors, is expected to go within the walls of this experimental station and Invent or pro duce devices for the use of the navy. The proposition is that this shall be a great physl>al workshop for the pur pose of trying out and developing in ventions which htve been submitted from all sources to the United States Government. When such inventions are submitted ana are first passed upon by th*s regular naval engineers It is pro posed to submit them, or some of them, to the civilian consulting board for ad vice and information, and when such advice Is received by the naval engi neers, and they elect to go further Into the suggestions made, tnen the physi cal laboratory will be a means by which it may be determined whether or not an invention is a practical one. investment in a few months. In ad dition to this, the company has grant ed increases in pay that average about 20 per cent, all along the line. One effect of the war on Wilmington is a very noticeable increase in the number of automobiles in the streets. Many who have always walked be fore will now ride for ( the rest of their lives. The making of powder is fraught with unavoidable hazards, and, des pite all safeguards, these are neces sarily multiplied with the volume of the business. But the families of men killed in explosions do not suffer. They are cared for by the company out of a special fund set aside for that purpose. In these ways the company has fos tered loyalty ever since its founding over a hundred years ago. Employes of Du Pont are apt to stick. Descend ants of the laborers in that first little mill on the Brandywine, that made powder for the war in 1812. are on. the pay rolls of the company to-day. This loyalty was never more need ed than now. The company has sec rets to guard that are not its own. It has organized an efficient police and detective force directed by men who have been police executives in New York, Philadelphia and Washington. There are detectives on every floor of the Du Pont building. You no sooner step out of the elevator than you are asked for a full account of your busi ness. You must establish ygur right to be there beyond a doubt, or you do not stay. The origin of a Du Pont, employe is more important than that of a Rich mond society belle. When he applies for work, he is presented with a printed slip containing questions as to who and what his parents and grandparents were. Certain nationali ties and many individuals are exclud ed. The suspected presence of spies and the somewhat obvious presence of cranks make these precautions neces sary. Not long ago, high officials of the company received threatening letters. These missives assured the executives that the Du Pont building would be blown up on a certain day. In view of the success with which a bomb out rage was recently perpetrated in Washington, some qualms were felt in Wilmington. On the appointed day there was an explosion in the Du Pont building, followed by a sudden display of official dignity dissolving into startled agility. The panic pre vailed until the janitor succeeded in 1 explaining that a bursting boiler, and not a bomb, had made the noise. | I OUR DAILY LAUGH jflßn SOME SNUB. - 7T\ ■ /m Won't you go to th ® Charity Ball with me? V No, thanks, I'm not that charit- A CALAMITY. Mrs. Apple, Worm: Oh! Doc- fitf*-- for—we moved (®Sj«r Into a green apple and the children JfStfjf are all alck. iEbentng fflljat Several men active in the business life of the Greater Harrisburg in speaking about newspaper enterprise the other evening declared that the series of articles appearing in the Telegraph describing the industrial activities of the various communities within thirty miles of this city were the most Important that had been printed in quite a while. One man said that they only valuable because of the news they contained but educated people to what was be ing made in this section of Pennsyl vania, while another declared that they stimulated business by causing people to note the home industries, predicting that they would bring some home investments. Very few Harris burgers, when one comes to think about it, knew that within a short dis tance of this city are produced many articles of which they are unaware. They know that we are close to a wonderful coal ileld. that we have big steel works, tin mills, shoe fac tories and other things, but through the Telegraph, as these men pointed out, the people are learning about what is made near the city. Hun dreds of articles of flaily use are pro duced within a few miles of the State Capitol dome. Half a dozen varieties of brooms, rubber gloves, parts for submarines, bits of mechanism for machine shops, locomotives, blast fur naces and carpet sweepers, taps, dyes ahd reamers, barrel staves, stockings, wheelbarrows, bricks, corn meal, rubber collars, shoes, woolen goods, chair seats, portions of automobiles and complete machines from book binding to billing are only a few. of the things on the list that are shipped out of Harrisburg every few days and which are made in what we call our home town. City Engineer M. B. Cowden is making a collection of city directories. To date he has every volume that lias heen issued since 1876 and he hasn't quit his search for any others that may have been issued prior to that year. "The growth of the city can not be illustrated in a better way per haps than by the city directories," declared Mr. Cowden to-day. "It is mighty interesting, too, to glanco through these old books and read of the families who used to people this old town years and years ago. Many of the names of to-day were equally prominent, too, twa and three score years ago." Chicago and Great Falls, Mont., are all a-gog over the making of city flags and the municipal authorities in both towns have written to Harris burg for some tips. Harrisburg was among the tlrst cities of the country to adopt a real city flag and the story of the flag has gone broadcast over these United States. Most of the mu nicipalities which write to ask about it are enthusiastic over the design, too. <"'ity Clerk Charles A. Miller has had letters from Chicago and front the Montana city within the last few days, lie has sent the inquirers all the data he could on the subject— along with lithographed cuts of Har risburg's flag. * • • Skaters in this section of the State are criticizing the weatherman for his lack of kindness insofar as they are concerned. There, has been skat ing at Wildwood only about three days out of the winte.r and new Christ mas skates are lying idly waiting for their first trial. When the last cold spell hit the city—and, by the way, it lasted only two days—hundreds ot youngsters and grownups too, called up the Telegraph to And out how tlia ice was and when told that Wildwood was not open to the public, bang! went more than one telephone. The weatherman promises cold weather until the end of this week and if the ponds hereabouts freeze up tight enough there will he .hundreds out oil the Ice Saturday night. William Lauder, the new secretary of the State Industrial Board, has the distinction of having worked under the monarchlal and republican forma of government. When a young man he spent a year in Scotland, having re turned to that country after being e.ducated In America, and was engag ed In one of the public offices as an accountant. Over there, they call it working in an ofiice under the crown. However, he has been working in this country for over forty-live years, a good part of the time serving as a school director and In local offices in addition to running a blast furnace and coal mines. » » * Representative Samuel A. Whitakci* of Chester county, who was here yes terday to see the Governor, is the new commander of the Phoenixvilla battery of State artillery. Mr. Whitaker served as chairman of the military affairs committee of the House four years ago. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ —Thomas Devlin has been elected president of the Philadelphia Foun drymen's Association. —E. G. Grace, president of the Bethlehem Steel Company, is making a fight against the proposed govern ment armor plate plant. —Dr. S. VVasser is burgess of East Mauch Chunk, jail physician and also a compensation physician. —Frank M. Riter, head of the Philadelphia civil service board, is a former member of the Legislature. —Harry Y. Miller is the new presi dent of the Berks county .prison board. —Deputy Attorney General Joseph L. Kun has been elected an officer oC the new Bnai Brlth lodge in Phila delphia. | DO YOU KNOW —That Harrlshurff lias ship ped many tons of appliances for the Panama Canal from its fac tories? HISTORIC HARRISBURG —Harrisburg was the scene of what is known as the Buckshot War in which no one was killed. ** ' i Daily Opportunities Opportunity does not stop with knocking once in a life time it calls around every day. Turn to the advertising in this newspaper to-day or any day ana • you will see its message. You will see advertising that means'a way to satisfy wants. You will see business appeals of every kind the voice of com merce In its different. tonßues. It Is Interesting reading. But more than that, it is vital ly important, for the advertising may carry the message that means most to you.
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