8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH EstablisltcJ IS3I < PUBLISHED BY VHE TELEURAPH FIIIM'ISG 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, 21€ 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 <uJibH*yiL*BtL> six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year In advance. i Entered at the Post Office In Hsrrls burg. Pa., as second class matter. gnnrn dully average circulation for the tbree mouths ending Dev. 31, 11)15. ifr' 22,412 Average for the year 1014— 21.SRS Average for the year 1013-10,911- for the year IMS—IB,®4O Average for the year 1011—17.5H5! Average for (he year 1910—10,361 These flKure* are net. All retnrneil, unsold and damaged copies deducted. TI'ESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11 Profits arc legitimate only when they come from service.—Wooirow Wilson. AMI.SON'S CANI>II)ACY PRESIDENT WILSON surprised nobody by announcing his can didacy for a second term. He has been moving in that direction ever since his inauguration. Many of his appointments and not a few of Ills speeches and activities in office certainly were not prompted by good statesmanship so much as by politi cal motives. Nobody may object if the Presi dent desires another term. That is his business and that of the Demo cratic party, but he might have gone about acquiring the renomination in a manner much more dignified and better calculated to inspire public i confidence. Mr. Wilson holds that the plank in the Baltimore platform pledging him to Ihe one term prin ciple docs not apply to him because the national constitution has not been amended so as to make that plank a legal requirement. The one term clause reads: We favor a single Presidential term, and to that end urge the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution making: the President »it the I'rrited States ineligible to re election and we pledge the candi date of this convention to this prin ciple. Technically speaking, Mr. Wilson is probably correct. But who, we may consistently ask, is responsible for failure of Congress to carry out the wishes of the Baltimore conven tion in this matter? The President during his first two years in office was in absolute con trol of Congress. That body ate out of his hand. It never acted save under his orders. He could have put through any measure he chose, yet we find him cold to the one plank of the Baltimore platform the support of which would have limited his own occupancy of the White House to four years. We find him writing a letter to his friend and confidante the rejected Mitchell Palmer, that might be laid away in cold storage for a couple of years to be dragged out for use at the proper moment. We find him carefully removing every obstacle that might rear itself in the path leading toward a renomination, planning an excuse years ahead for his failure to give the one term plank of the Balti more platform any consideration in his Congressional programs and re sorting to poorly concealed subterfuge to put himself in the way of a second term. In one sentence of the Palmer let ter he bows meekly to public opinion and in almost the very next says that his explanation will be misunder stood by the people, but that "this is a matter of perfect Indifference" to him. The publication of the Palmer let ter at this time was poor politics. There is nothing much now standing In the way of Wilson's renomination, save the dissatisfaction of the Bryan element and this promises to be no more effective in the national con vention than was the opposition of Roosevelt to Taft In the Chicago gathering of 1912. The Wilson ma chine has been carefully constructed. It Is well oiled and appears to be hit ling on all four cylinders. The Presi dent might have been renominated without an effort simply by being a passive candidate or by issuing orders to his State bosses. To announce his candidacy by means of a letter written in February, 1913, is simply to convince any who may have been doubtful that the President from the very first had his eye on a second term, regardless of party pledges to the contrary. And having sidestepped at least one plank In his platform, how can the voters trust him to support any of the things upon which his party may place the ■tamp of Its approval in the next na tional convention? \ _________ Throughout the European war area »nd wherever tlio tentacles of the octopus of militarism have reached the question now uppermost, after eighteen months of fighting, is the reproduction K of the decimated races. What is to M happen after the War? Will it be neccv »»ry to revise all the accepted rules of civilization and morality? Motherhood TUESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JANUARY 11, 1916. is going to mean much to these nations, and the problem of forcing tlie bachelor into matrimony by placing him on the same plane of taxation as the family man. is already being: considered. Karller marriages will be encouraged, it is said, and premiums will be given to "overcome the economic difficulty of bringing children Into the world." Even before the war the birth rate had been steadfly decreasing and the situation which now confronts the European na tions is most serious. Same old story. Socialist party in control of Schenectady wants to recall the Socialist mayor because lie failed to consult the members of his party in the matter of his appointments. Could it be possible there were not enough Jobs for all the members? PARTY HARMONY ESSENTIAL THE Scranton Republican devotes a half column of editorial space to the subject of Republican harmony in Pennsylvania in the selec- I tion of delegates to the coming na tional convention. The subject Is one that should have the earnest thought of every Republican in the State. As repeatedly pointed out by the Tele graph, the next presidential light al ready is won in Pennsylvania If Re publicans continue to stand together and present a united front to the Democracy. The one possibility of defeat in this State lies in divided party lines, such as tore Pennsylvania from her Republican moorings In 1912 and helped to defeat the party's nominee for the Presidency. Condi tions have changed wonderfully in that time. The wanderers in large numbers have returned to the party and they have been met half way with outstretched hands. Old wounds that we were told could not be healed in a generation have been cured and scarcely a mark is left to tell the tale. The very existence of the Wash ington party in Pennsylvania is even now at stake. It has neither leader ship nor rank and file. William Flinn has begun the melancholy task of posing as "the last Progressive." There is nothing in the air to cause discord save possibly only selfish am bition and discordant personal an tagonisms. These should and must be submerged In the coming cam paign for the good of the party and the welfare of the nation at large. As the Times so well puts it: This is a year for party harmony. It is far more to be desired that the leaders get together and com pose their differences, than that they indulge in a bitter conflict whoso blightingconsequenccs might have a far-reaching and detrimental effect in the coming Presidential campaign. Recent differences in the llepublican party have lost the Presidency, and inflicted a serious injury upon the country. As a great Republicain stronghold, Pennsylva nia should set an example In party solidarity whose stimulating influ ence would be nation-wide, A wholesome rivalry among candi dates who are ambitious for prefer ment is, of course, proper and even laudable, if waged within reason able bounds; but when such rivalry goes to the extremes of rancor and enmity, and seems more anxious to destroy an opponent than to win recognition for itself, it becomes a menace to party harmony and im perils success. Philadelphia, with its overwhelming Republican ma jority, can afford to indulge in the luxury of a "scrap." and even In thut city (here are times when fac tional conflict can be carried too far; but all the other counties of the Commonwealth are not so strongly entrenched in majorities, aiid the extension of bitter factional j warfare to them would be fatal to their interests in many instances. One of the baneful features of such j petty strife, especially in localities where the Republican majority is I small and depends on loyal party co-operation, is that it banishes the hope of success in local campaigns for many years. Faction feuds on the part of Republicans in Pennsyl vania give aid and comfort to "the common enemy," and they should, therefore, be avoided. At this time, particularly on the eve of a Presi dential campaign which is so bright with the promise of Republican suc cess, all who have the good of the party and the welfare of the coun try at heart, should discourage fac tion. and work for harmony and victory. That is the situation, and Republi cans who have the success of their party at heart will not look with favor upon any individual or group of indi viduals who may permit their own whims or desires to in any way en danger the splendid Republican vic tory that now seems so certain next November. "Xo Harrassing of Business," says the Attorney General of the Wilson admin istration, on tlie threshold of a Presi dential campaign. TAFT AS JUDGE PRESIDENT WILSON could do no more popular thing than to ap point William Howard Taft to the Supreme Court bench, but it Is a question whether the elevation of the former President to the highest tribunal In the world would be for the best interests of al! the people. Ideal judge though Mr. Taft undoubt edly would be. No man is held in higher respect in the land to-day than Is William How ard Taft, nobody Is better qualified to express an opinion on matters re lating to public affairs and no man Is more unselfishly devoted to the good of the nation than he. Removed to the seclusion of the Supreme bench his voice would be silent on subjects concerning which his observations and opinions would be of vital importance. Supreme Court judges are rightfully or wrongfully hedged about by silence on most matters occupying public at tention, although just why this should be so it is difficult to understand, for they must hold their own views Just as strongly as though they gave them to the people through the press, and Mr. Taft would doubtless be no ex ception. It is all a question of which needs him most, the Supreme Court bench or the forum of public opinion. Mayor Meals having declared in an interview that he expects every employe under him to be a perfect gentleman, let us hope that every woman who happens to fall into the police net will lie "a perfect lady." There was certain to be some contro versy over the passing of the "ITard scrabble" seetlon of the River Front, hut now that the city has taken the step necessary for this great public improve ment there will lie 110 turning back. All rights are amply protected under the law, and there should be no delay. T. U. says be is not concerned In the matter of the Presidency "with any In dividual. myself or anyone else." And in view of the fact that the Colonel has refused to have his name tiled in any primaries his declaration must be accepted as an ultimatum, especially when he booms out the statement that he is "fighting for straight-out Ameri canism." It's «-olng to be a guessing match right up to the Chicago conven tion. On and after next Saturday the policemen under Mayor Meals must cut out all profanity. They may be per mitted to say "Tut-tut!" or "Cracky!" in a pinch, but he insists that swearing shall be banished. | TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE | "If you must 'cuss,' 'cuss' quietly," says Mayor Meals to his policemen. But what's the use of acquiring a vo cabulary if nobody knows you have it? After reading extracts from the log of the Oscar IT, we are ready to con gratulate the chief of the expedition upon his wisdom in deciding that the ship should sail absolutely unarmed. One glance at a picture of the red and gold dragon throne of China con vinces us that even though he be dethroned Yuan never need lack a job so long as the American circus parade remains an institution. We thought we were spending lav ishly when we built the Panama canal, but Europe could have dug a ditch 75 times as long with the money spent on the war to date. However, we are just as well content to remain in the piker class, and beside we'll be using the canal long after their little old war will be mere history, and painful his tory,' at that. There little grip germ, don't you cry, you'll be Spring fever, by and by. EDITORIAL COMMENT Mr. Ford's correspondence with the crowned heads of Kurope appears to be conspicuously one-sided thus far.—New Orleans Times-Picayune. —lf Japan had suspected that China would be so imitative. maybe that coronation of the Mikado wouldn't have been press-aßented so widely.—Phila delphia North American. Judging from the constant complaints it is necessary to make to all the war ring nations. I'ncle Sam appears to be the oftlclal innocent bystander of this war,—Nashville Southern Lumberman. Republican National Chairman mi les' suggestion that Congress this win ter may develop a desirable orator to blow the key-note as temporary chair man of the Republican national conven tion is likely to cause a great strain on the Congressional Record. —Indian- apolis News. TO-DAY'S EDITORIALS The New York World:-,—The argu ments against preparedness are many and varied, but surely a novel one was advanced by the speaker at a church forum meeting who declared he "would not fight for a country where he did not own a shovelful of earth." Does not the man who lacks even the possession of a. shovelful of earth owe some obligation to the country that gives liim every legal right the real estate millionaire en joys and without the payment of a cent in 'taxes? The Philadelphia Inquirer: —The change in policy on the part of (he administration is clue to the fact that It lias just discovered that business men are not at all pleased with the "New Freedom" which has been Riven them by the President. He wrote a book on that subject in which he told the businessmen that he knew much better what was good for them than they did and assured them that they would soon see that he was right. Well, they haven't. Between our tariff laws, income taxes, war taxes, our smelling committee known astheKed tral Trade Board and the action of the Department of Justice business men generally ffeel that they have re ceived no freedom, but. bave been en chained. The administration. it seems, has discovered this, and as election time approaches it seeks to soothe business with soft words. We doubt its potency to satisfy. THE MARTYR CHURCHES As an illustration of the strength of some of the Turkish churches—and this is not by any means the largest church in the Central Turkey field — the report of the board refers to the church In Adana, which has a mem bership of 240, with an average Sab bath altendance throughout the year of 650. In Tarsus, with 154 members, the average attendance upon the Sabbath has been a little over 500. In one of the outstations, with a reported church membership of only 59. the average at tendance for the year has been 225. The Christian Hkrai.d. I OUR DAILY LAUGH AL/L AR- RANGED. Frank (greatly *i d i s a p pointed): \ ;-%) I l ' B awful to «e» a young girl like / marrying: an V old man for hi» Cjljnr mind, Frank." The tJjWjuj palmist told me " tliat Im to marry twice, and I am reserving you fort the nest time. A GOOD START. And has that | h £. young promoter mky cornered your i teart? No; but he Is WBr //\ beginning to hand JpT > out that "one of ™ | /l^ 5^ our represent*- ■lf V 1 if' N tlves will call }M) ljl J upon you" line of Ml AI \ talk. £=■» HE'S (SOT Mli Hy Win* Dinepr The little grippe germ has me; lie's roaming all about My limbs and Joints and body And lias me 'most knocked out. I dodged him all the winter, But Sunday last, alack, He sneaked right up behind me And stabbed me In the back. But 1 am waiting, brother, I'll get him bye and bye When, be hides, unsuspecting, Upon the pesky fly. I'll not forget, 'till summer, That by him I was caught— | With him or his I'll pret square I As llles galore 1 mvul 'folltlci CK I>t)v7vcijttfa>vcal > t)v7vcijttfa>vca By the Ex-Committeeman The big fight is on in the Pennsylva nia Democracy again. This time it is an effort, to dethrone ex-Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer as boss of the machine, the Wilkes-Burre postmas tershlp appointment having precipitat ed the row. Meanwhile the president has held up the commission of Dr. D. C. Mebane as postmaster pending an | inquiry into charges of unpatriotic remarks and In an effort to pacify [Congressman Casey, who wants his own brother named and who is stand ing for the right of congressmen to name men in their own districts. For weeks the fight against Palmer has [been brewing and the Philadelphia In quirer and Ledger intimate that tlie iother bulk of the Democratic congress ,men from Pennsylvania are lined up against Palmer and are seeking a way to defeat him if he runs again. A light against Palmer would pre cipitate a battle against the control of the State machine by Palmer, McCpr mick, Morris and others and make the primary where delegates will be elect ed to renominate Wilson the scene of I a bitter contest for control of the State committee and the Democratic machine. —The Philadelphia Ledger says that the Washington and Franklin parties are on the rocks In that city and'inti inates that it is the same way through out the State. —Justus Shroedel has been appoint ed superintendent of county buildings in Allegheny county. —Dr. J. P. Kerr, the new president of Pittsburgh council, is not only president but chairman of the eight standing committees as well. He is the greatest centralizer of power in the State from all accounts. —The fight over the Cambria coun ty controllership will be heard by the Supreme court. —The Pittsburgh . Gazette-Times of to-day says: "News drifts back from Philadelphia that there is still a pos sibility of a fight over the election of Republican national delegates. be tween Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh and the Vare brothers and United States Senator Boies Penrose. This situation is occasioning delay in the framing of a State ticket and the pick ing of candidates for the 76 national delegates to be elected in the primar ies of May 16. Some of the friends of Senator Penrose are urging him to name a. ticket end place it before the voters of the State, thus putting it up to the Brumbaugh-Vare combination to acept the candidates or fight. Other advisors are counseling him to endea vor to harmonize the differences and try to prevent a factional fight in a presidential year." The Philadelphia Ledger in a dis patch from its Washington bureau, says: "president Wilson will seek re nomlnntion, and in doing so will abide by his views of the one-term plank in the Baltimore platform, as expressed by him in a letter to A. Mitchell Palmer, in February, iflis. His posi tion then and now is that he would abide by public opinion, and the ac tion of his party. In a word, he held that the plank was not binding unless the Federal Constitution had been amended to that effect." —Lancaster had a notable banquet last night. It was given by the Cham ber of Commerce and presided over by President H. S. Williamson. The speakers were former Senator Phil ander C. Knox. Lieutenant Governor Frank B. McClain and Calvin B. Brown, Washington, D. C., of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The nearest approach to poli tics was made by Mr. McClain in eulogizing Senator Knox, when he said he believed a large element of the citizenship of Pennsylvania was hoping Mr. Knox would return to the Senate. —There was no excitement in political circles in Philadelphia yes terday for a wonder. The mayor ad ministered the oath to the new civil service board and Joseph T,. Baldwin, the new assistant director of works, and former State fire marshal, ap peared in the limelight as the politi cal end of the administration by mak ing a census of all city employes. This has been a Democratic custom, but now that a Republican is doing it, it is dreadful. A number of Biankenburg appointees are being dropped, which is also being classed by the Democrats as dreadful. —The Jackson day banquet is still raging among the Democrats and there is some pretty stiff boosting of Wilson Ihese days. In Williamsport last night everyone cheered Wilson and there was nothing doing on the Bryan objections to the defense pro gram. Secretary of Labor Wilson was the chief speaker. —Judge Channel, of Tioga, will call in a. judge from another county to decide license cases. —Director William IT. Wilson is going ahead organizing his work as head of the safety department of Philadelphia in spite of threats to test his right. He declared yesterday that policemen guilty of incivility will be punished. —Ex-Congressman R. E. Diffen derfer, one of the Democratic acci dents and a noisy reorganize!- for a while, wants to run again in the Montgomery-Bucks district. —Representative lsadore Stern -was yesterday appointed a member of the Philadelphia law examining board. —J. T. Trevoskis, of around Turtle Creek, has announced his candidacy for Republican national delegate. He says he has been voting for Republi cans for thirty-seven years. —Johnstown will have aldermen act as committing magistrates and thus take the burden off the mayor. —A general probe of the workings of Pittsburgh's civil service commis sion in the last two years seems to be the motive for the councilmanlc action in cutting the appropriation in half for 1916. Attorney George R. Wal lace, who helped build the present charter, will act as counsel for the councilmen in the court proceedings brought by the commission, but that is expected to be only a start. Council men and City Controller E. S. Morrow have been receiving many complaints about examinations. The Westmoreland county prison board re-elected on the fifteenth ballot John R. Nichols, of West Newton, as warden for the ensuing year. Mrs. Nichols was elected matron for one year. The new board of Westmore land county commissioners has an nounced the following appointments: County road engineer, William G. Muse, of West Newton, former county commissioner; superintendent of court house, William Gibson, of batrobe; county solicitor. Attorney William S. Rial, of Greensburg. TF T WERE YOU "Indeed I would, if I were you, Indeed T would. I'd have the best that life can give, If I were you; And use it hourly while I live, If I were you. I'd plean joy from waning years, I'd call laughter from tears, Anil a courage build on fears, I If I were you." THE CARTOON OF THE DAY j "A POOR THING, BUT MINE OWN." I -—From <hp Phllntlelphiii Public / —v The Revaluation of Human Life By Frederic J. Haskin V J THE death in Chicago of a baby that might have been saved and several similar cases have brought vividly before the American people the question of whether a life is always worth saving cither to the in dividual or to society. There has been much contention and criticism, but through it all has run a surprisingly strong opinion that life is not invari ably sacred. Once human life was valued much less than now. There was capital pun ishment for trifles. Death was looked upon with a great deal more equan imity, possibly because it was then so much harder to avert. Modern physicians set a high value upon homan life and provided the means of prolonging it. Now a good many thinking men and women are asking whether there is any justification for prolonging a life that can give no pleasure to its possessor, and is abso lutely useless, if not dangerous, to the rest of society. The viewpoint of the individual who feels that he is no longer fit to live was brought out strongly by a recent case in this country. A woman of per fect. sanity and excellent intelligence applied to the court, for a permit, to end her own life. Physicians had told her that she had no hope of recovery, but might suffer for months or even years. She was poor and would be come a public charge. Under these circumstances, she asked for a ruling which would permit her to end her life without committing a crime arid placing a stigma upon her children. The judge was, of course, as power less to help her as had been the phy sicians. A bill that would apply to such cases was introduced not long ago in the Indiana State Legislature. It provided that when accident or disease had con demned an individual to a life of con tinual suffering, he might be given the means of terminating his own life upon his own request and by the agreement of seven reputable physi cians. This bill was drafted by lay men without medical assistance. Phy sicians would probably have protested vigorously, as the responsibility was to be placed upon them. Despite consid erable interest in ils provisions, the bill was lost in committee. Several other State measures of the same sort have been drafted; but none of them has ever been enacted into law. it is probably safe to say that most physicians would vigorously op pose any law upon this subject. Every one of them encounters cases where prolonged life will mean nothing but suffering, and where the power to prolong or terminate this misery is in his hands. In such cases physicians ONE "KING" LOSING 'From the Kansas City Star.J The world is getting ready to banish old King Alcohol. Already he has be come so unpopular ill this country that Uncle Sam, who gets considerable reve nue from the liquor trade, is beginning to take note of the dwindling of those revenues. In the year just closed the receipts from taxes 011 alcoholic liquors declined $-3,:!90,000. In 1913 there were made ill this coun try 11)6,000,000 gallons of distilled spir its; in 1911 the amount had declined to 181,000.000 and last year only 140,000,- 000 gallons was made. Beer sales have dropped from 65,000,000 barrels in 1914 to 59,000,000 barrels In 1915. Last year 108 distilleries and forty one breweries went out of business. "Fifteen breweries in lowa went out of business yesterday, with the beginning of the new year, and nearly every one of them has been turned into a factory. One will become a creamery, another a yeast plant, another a factory for mak ing telephone devices. Nineteen .States are under prohibition now. Seven more will vote upon pro hibition this year. In addition there is much dry territory in the States classed as "wet. France, Russia, England, Germany are restricting the sale of intoxicants, not from a moral standpoint, but be cause alcohol lessens efficiency and makes poverty, crime and Insanity. AX AKRIAIi AUTO FERRY Out in New Mexico they have Insti tuted a novel method of getting an au tomobile across a river. There is 110 bridge over the Gila, which flows be tween Sliver City and Mogollon, be cause ordinarily the stream is fordable. When the water rises, tbe auto stage which carries passengers and mail would have to wait for the flood to go down it it were not for the unique ferry. A cable has been rigged from bank to bank, and 011 this cable Is swung a stout platform which runs on rollers. The car Is unloaded, run out on the platform and swung across the river largely on Its own momentum, for the cable wires are slightly Inclined. An other trip is made for the load. The car is pulled back to its starting point by means of a rope attached to the roller. Devices of this class for getting men and animals across rivers are very <ommon In tbe Southwest, where bridges arc scar" e, but this is the only one b \f enough to handle an auto. are Known to act upon tlieir own best judgment, but few or ihem would de sire a legal obligation to do HO. An officer of the American Medical Asso ciation probably voiced the feeling of most of his colleagues recently when he explained his own attitude toward the matter: "You may favor capital punish ment," he said, "and believe that a certain man ought to be hung, but you would not like to let the drop fall or even witness the hanging." To take a human life under any cir cumstances is a tremendous responsi bility and undoubtedly (he greatest difficulty in the revaluation of life is to find men both willing and tit to ac cept such a responsibility. There are cases in which physicians have provided a friend with the means of ending a life of suffering and have afterward been compelled by remorse to confide the fact in some one. Even though a life is apparently useless, there are few men of genuine hu manity who are willing to sit in judg ment upon it". The rule in this matter to which all physicians are supposed to subscribe is the Hippocralie oath. It has been the guiding rule of the profession for over (wo thousand years, and it binds (he physician to prolong life and to reduce suffering by every possible means. No doubt there are many conservative physicians who Interpret this rule literally. Rut there are limes when prolonged life means suffering, and suffering can be miti gated only by death. Then the Jlip pocratic Law becomes a dilemma rather than a rule. One reason why human life dema,nds a revaluation is because the means or prolonging it have been so highly de veloped. Consider the question of in dustrial accidents, for example. In jured men who would have died upon the spot a few decades ago. are now dexterously patched up and enabled to lead a maimed and crippled exist ence. There can be no doubt but what death would often be preferable to these men who work with their hands, and to whom physical strength is everything. But death is invariably fought by every expedient In these cases. The physician is usually employed by the company and his first duty is to re duce the number of fatalities occur ring in its plant. By saving his pa tient, the physician may also save his employer several thousand dollars which v workman's compensation act would compel liim to pay in the form of a death benefit to the family. If the man lives the family not only fails to get the death benefit, but it has to support the cripple. This is one of the situations where life may seem a positive injustice. THE STATE FROM DAY TO DAY Miss Percy Haswell, the actress who fell from the balcony while starring as Juliet in the Shakespeare production at Philadelphia, seems to have simul taneously fallen um'jr the State Com pensation act. She was quite badly battered, having dropped a distance of 12 feet to the floor, and is the first actress to come under the new State law. The Darn family have been having a Darn lot of trouble out in Farrell. Some Darn domestic mix-up has led to a suit, because, as the wife asserts, friend husband gave her "a Darn hard wallop in the eye." As a result Mrs. Darn will get a couple of little Darns and $lO a month, while John doesn't get a Darn thing. . The activities of the Anti-Saloon League during the past year are said to have HO worried Adam M. Filbert, leading: wholesale liquor dealer in Lebanon county, that they resulted in a stroke of paralysis which caused his death in Lebanon on Sunday. He was 67 years of age. The double police force of the bor ough. of Tliroop, Pa., is vepy much annoyed because the thieves which they have been trying to intimidate by numbers won't scare worth a cent. The reason for the success in recent raids is given that the thieves have two forces at work, doing double duty, which isn't playing fair. The committee in charge of the Sat urday evening dances at the Marion Cricket Club, which have attained to such popularity in recent years, are becoming very strict and now lav down the law with an iron hand. Henceforth men dancers will not be permitted on the floor wearing any thing short of evening clothes, and the half-way apparel uf dinner clothes or sack suits is barred. Moreover, there will be no smoking on the stairs. Life will not be worth living any more, de clares those whom the rule will strike most severely. ©mmtg Gltjat Henry W. Shoemaker, whose con tributions to (he written records of th<» early history of Pennsylvania, and pa.-, ticularly of the Juniata and Susqus. hanna valleys, have made him one i>L the best known writers in Pennsylva nia. has just issued in pamphlet form a biography of Captain Logan, Klair county s Indian chief. Mr. Shoemaker, who is president of the Altoona Tri bune, is never happier than when run ning down and setting to paper the truth concerning doubtful incidents and history of the pioneer days in the central, northern and western sec tions of the Slate, and he has never written anything more deserving a place in the libraries of Pennsylvania than this brief sketch of Captain I>o gan. Many have confused Ixjgan, the Mingo chief, with Captain Logan, the Cayuga chief, but. there should have been little cause for this, as the Cap tain Logan painted by Mr. Shoemaker and the Logan of written history could never have been one by any stretch of the imagination. The author has gath ered his materials from many sources and his biography is the first consecu tive story of the life of Captain Logan ever written. Not a little of the in lormation was verified by Jesse Logan, aged 106 years, only surviving grand son of Captain Logan, whose photo graph with bow and arrow and toma hawk, but otherwise appearing much like a white man of 70 or - 75 years, adorns the booklet as frontispiece. Captain I.ogan, according to the biography, was a man of loftv char acter and as (rue and tried a Christian as ever trod the martyr's ways in an cient Rome. Betrayed by those who should have been his closest friends, shunned and abused by his Red breth ren, he remained through life a staunch friend of the settler and- a patriot whose good right arm and unerring rifle stood between him and the lories who would have spread murder and pillage throughout the Juniata valley. The blood of this rugged descendant of the old Red leadership still runs in the veins of others aside from the venerable man who claims him as grandsire. and the book contains pic tures of this last remaining grandson surrounded by three little girls who are his grandnieces. Inquiries made by State officials into reports of dismissals of employes be cause of the operation of the child labor and compensation laws have brought about some amusing con ditions. In several instances where minors were dismissed because of the child labor law the employers have reported that they were unable be cause of business conditions and the demands for labor to get. older persons to take the places and have arranged to enter into continuation schools. One instance was reported where minors who were dropped on one day were taken back three days later. Under (he compensation law the results have been almost as unusual. Some men employed by one contractor served no lice that they did not want to be under compensation. It was discovered that someone had advised them that they would be better oft under the common law. "When the employer heard of it he wanted to "Are" the men, but found he could not get anyone else to take the vacancies. Kveryonc had a job. Another employer insured his force and half the men served notice that they rejected the act. The new bounty law is costing (lie State of Pennsylvania quite a lot of money in postage these days. Under the act the State Game Commission' handles all of the claims for bounties direct and after throwing out those which it deems fraudulent—and (here are a good many such—the State fiscal authorities get warrants for payments. As most, of the claims as small, there are many checks for sl. The other day over 100 checks went out and most, of them were under $4. By the time the affidavits, postage and clerical work are counted up each scalp costs the State a pretty penny. John G. McSnarran. master of the State Grange, who was here yesterday with his predecessor in that office, is one of the best known of the grangers in the State. Although young in years, he has figured in a good many battles, and Is one of the most forceful talkers the organized farmers of the Stale have on their list. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —Frederick Palmer, noted war cor respondent, is making addresses in Western Pennsylvania. —George A. Foster has been ap pointed United States commissioner at Johnstown. —Henry S. Grove, prominent in finance in Philadelphia, will go to Florida this week. —Dr. I). O. Mebane. the TVilkes- Barre man who is a storm center over the post ofllce appointment, comes from Xorth Carolina. —James K. Dougherty is the new head of the Philadelphia Total Ab stainers. DO YOU KNOW ~ That llarrisburg steel Is exten sively use«l for coupling pins? HISTORIC HARKISBITItG The Susquehanna was one of the early rivers on which steam navi gation was tried. MIGRATING WEALTH [From the Chicago Herald. 1 Shortly after the Bhiropean war be gan the American stock exchanges were closed. It was recognized that we could not then carry alone the world-wide craze for liquidation. It was feareil that prices would be wrecked by a wholesale "dumping" of American se curities held abroad. The closing was timely, though one part of the prompt ing fear proved tin founded. As the war went on and grew in magnitude it was seon that übout the only stable securi ties would be the American. Just a year af,-<> the stock exchanges were "cautiously reopened. There was no "dumping." Kuropenn investors hail time to consider their position, pres ent and future. There has been, bow ever, a steady migration of wealth from Europe to America. f ' Speaking of Platitudes: j Sonio one, some time, let fall the platitude that "advertising is not an exact science." Tt Is not. But it can bo rob hod of most elements of guess work. It can be localized. Tt can be concentrated in the spot 3 where it will do tho most good. It can be utilized to bring deal er and consumer together. And if thin is done it will bo plaead in the daily nevspepor. Manufacturers interested in eliminating the element of guess from their advertising aro In vited to address the Bureau of Advertising, American Newspa per Publishers Association, SOf. World Building. New York. Aok for tho book, "The Retailer and Ills Friends."
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