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WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. 12
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Ignorance is not innocence, but sin.
—Browninp.
WILSON AND BRYAN
POLITICIANS of experience rarely
ever write letters on subjects
which may rise to plague them
thereafter. Woodrow Wilson and Wil
liam Jennings Bryan are two excep
tions to this rule. Both have written
letters within the last two years which
i hey probably wish they had not writ
ten. The President's missive was on
ihe question of the one-term plank of
the Baltimore convention of his party
■•ind the letter which is now giving
Mr. Bryan trouble is on the same sub
ject. Bryan says the one-term plank
was merely an expression of policy.
Wilson says:
A fixed Constitutional limitation
to a single term of office is highly
arbitrary and unsatisfactory from
every point of view.
Notwithstanding the straightforward
declaration of the Baltimore conven
tion on the question of one term for
t he President, both these party leaders
have repudiated the declaration and
are now endeavoring to twist the lan
guage to suit their present purposes.
In the case of the President, he is do
ing his utmost to have it appear that
the plank was in no sense a personal
declaration on his part; that he wrote
Mr. Palmer a letter in 1913 repudiating
ihe limitation of service and declaring
that he would be guided in 1916 by!
public opinion as to whether he should
again be a candidate.
With Mr. Bryan it is somewhat dif
ferent. He is now confronted with his
own interpretation of the Baltimore
plank which he gave to a member of
Congress back in 1913, declaring that
the one-term plank was intended
merely as a declaration of policy and
should not be binding on any indi
vidual until legislation had been
passed. In 1913 Wilson and Bryan
were sleeping in the same bed. To-day
they are not even stopping at the same
hotel. Both are construing the one
term plank as best suits their present
attitude on the question.
As for the public, it must accept as
the only possible conclusion the in
ference that a declaration upon any
important issue by a Democratic na
tional convention is a mere sop to the
voters and must not be taken literally.
Manifestly, President Wilson deter
mined early in his administration to
repudiate the Baltimore pledge of his
party. Just as manifestly Bryan in
1913 proposed to help the President in
this act of repudiation. At that time
t jjc Nebraskan hoped to continue as
the premier of the Wilson adminis
tration. but things are different now.
The whole thing is characteristic of
what has been transpiring at Wash
ington under the present national ad
ministration. Weather-vane policies
have been the rule and ground and
lofty tumbling the chief attribute. It
remains to be seen to what extent the
Ajnerican people will overlook these
manifestations of White House back
ng and Ailing on matters of party
4octrine and administrative principle.
It Pennsylvania has too many states
men within the Republican party for
ontinuous harmony, the suggestion
that the State be divided might have
some force in certain quarters.
EIGHTY-FIVE YEARS
ANOTHER birthday has been cele
brated by the Telegraph and as
we look back through the long
vi#ta of the years, especially in this
community, what wonderful changes
have been wrought. Eighty-five years
ago this newspaper was founded and
in all the time that has since elapsed
it has been a steadfast exponent of the
welfare of the people In the consid
erable territory embraced within Its
field.
I larrisburg was little more than a
village when the Telegraph was
launched upon ihe uncertain sea of
new spaperdom, but it has grown with
the years ynui to-da*; it U known far
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
and wide as one of the progressive
cities of the country and this news
paper has sought In every way to re
flect the spirit of the people, their
hopes and aspirations, and to guide,
so far as it Is possible for a newspaper
to act as mentor, the destinies of the
enlarging community.
To-day—at thebeglnningof its eighty
sixth year—the Telegraph pledges Its
best efforts for the growth and pros
perity and happiness of all the people.
It has seen much of transition and
transformation during the long period
of Its existence and with optimism
born of confidence in the people it
looks forward to even greater things
for Harrisburgthan were even dreamed
of in its earlier days. Thrice during
these eighty-five years the country has
been at war, but out of these struggles
the republic has emerged stronger
than ever before, and the very dangers
which now menace the United States
from beyond the seas are likely to bind
us together more closely than In the
past.
For generations many families have
been receiving the Telegraph into their
homes and the children's children con
tinue to welcome this newspaper as a
friend of the family. This good will is
an inspiration to still greater effort
and we want the ever-enlarging army
of readers to realize how greatly is this
friendly attitude toward the Telegraph
appreciated in every department of
the newspaper.
We face the future with confidence
—confidence in the character and in
dustry and public spirit of our citi
zenry; confidence in the Integrity of
our Institutions and confidence in the
ability of our people to work out the
problems which must be solved -for the
good of all.
There can be only one conclusion as
to the prosperity which Is involved in
the statement that the United States
Steel Corporation's unfilled orders ag
gregated almost 8.000,000 tons on Decem
ber 31. This prosperity in the steel
business seems to be reaching out In
every direction, the Pennsylvania Steel
Company having given notice of an in
crease in the wage scale. That brings
the results of expansion close home.
THE PEXNSY'S RECORD
HARRISBURG has always been
more or less an admirer of the
Pennsylvania railroad, to which
it' owes a large degree of its prosper
ity, and while there have been times
when the city and the company dif
fered, old Father Harris stands to
day with hat doffed to the railroad
system which presents to the public
a record of 361,572,114 passengers
'carried safely on 2,400,000 trains in
the past two years without one death
due to train accident. The world
offers no feat in railroad management
by way of comparison. Europe with
all Its boasted efficiency knows noth
ing like It. The officials deserve all
of the congratulations that have been
heaped upon them. But General
Manager S. C. Long passes the credit
for the remarkable achievement In
"railroading" along to the met?, say
ing to them in a special bulletin that
"in this great honor every employe
shares."
This Is giving praise where praise is
due and Harrisburg is proud that it is
so, for our population is made up so
largely of railroad men that we have
been for years calling ourselves a
"railroad town." Such results are
only possible where men are careful,
intelligent and conscientious in the
performance of their duties. There
is no class of men who give of these
qualities more generously to their
work than do railroaders and it is a
pleasure to note that they are getting
due credit for their devotion to duty
and ability to handle the difficult work
entrusted to them.
Again Colonel Roosevelt has with
drawn his name as a candidate for
President, but notwithstanding his
friends throughout the country are in
sisting that he will be the Chicago
nominee.
THE COAL PRICE PROBE
THE probe of anthracite coal prices
in Pennsylvania should be deep
and thorough. The commission
appointed yesterday by Governor
Brumbaugh for that purpose will have
the sympathy and support of the pur
chasing pub4ic In whatever it may do.
There are many things concerning
the hard coal trade that the people
would like to know about. Much mys
tery has surrounded many transactions
and price-fixing understandings. The
consumer Is entitled to have full In
formation concerning the cost of pro
duction, transportation and profits.
Coal is a household necessity and is a
very material item in the expenses of
every family. The consumer does not
object to a legitimate profit for op
erator. wholesaler or retail dealer, hut
he does object, and most strenuously,
to paying from 10 to 25 cents addi
tional on the price of anthracite he
cause the State has placed a tax
amounting to only a small fraction of
that amount on each ton of coal mined.
Also, he wants to know why, since
this tax has been declared uncon
stitutional, prices have not been corre
spondingly lowered and why the money
he contributed toward this tax is be
ing withheld by the operators. Who is
to get this money? Are the mine own
ers to keep it? Shall the State acquire
ilt by escheatment, or is It to come
back to the consumer who paid It?
These are only a few of the ques
tions the commission appointed yes
terday will be expected to answer.
Governor Brumbaugh has chosen what
appears to be a fair-minded, thorough
going and disinterested commission.
Beyond question he is just as anxious
for results as Is the public, and the
hearings of the probers and their re
port will be awaited with keen Interest.
That "working majority" which the
Democrats have In the Senate seems to
be of the opinion that each man in It
has a different Job.
Austrian statesmen dismiss the An
cona note from serious consideration
with the words: "It was written for po
litical purposes." This is a sweeping
Indictment of American diplomacy as
practiced by a Democratic administra
tion. but who can say It has no basis
of truth! Blaine's notes, und Hay's!
notes, and Root's notes were not so re-1
garded either at home or abroad. Re
publican administrations were listened
to with respect by all the world.
This administration Is about to prac
tice some real diplomacy. In Illinois
the Roger Sullivan crowd are fighting
for supremacy in the Democratic pa'rty.
Each will have a slate of candidates
for delegates to the St. Lioula conven
tion, all pledged to Wilson. And Wilson
will not disavow either slate, as the
Illinois law permits him to do.
Congress is to be asked to establish
a civil service court, so that no servant
of the Government can be removed
without a hearing. The President, we
suppose, will exhibit an "open mind"
on it; but Mr. Burleson Is dead against
It. *"~
Toltfici IK
By the Ei-Ctmnltteeauui
Ex-Congressman A. Mitchell Pal
mer, who undertook what he termed
"a siege of Penrose" during the
senatorial campaign of 1914 and was
routed horse, foot and supply train
in a manner truly historic. Is now
beleaguered by the leaders of his own
party. Democratic county leaders
from various parts of the State have
started a campaign to capture the
national commltteemanship, Palmer's
only claim to recognition in the Demo
cratic party and from all accounts the
assaults upon the Monroe county
lawyer's leadership are going to bo
as vicious as those made by Palmer
and his pals when they took the
honors from the old Guftey organiza
tion.
The plan of campaign Is not only to
make a fight for control of the delega
tion to the Democratic national con
vention. but to go after the State
committee as well and at the same
time demand the dismissal of every
one of Palmer's appointees at Wash
ington. The Wilkes-Barre postmas
tership in which It is charged that
Palmer interfered with a Congress
man's right to name the postmasters
in his district, thereby violating the
Democratic decalogue, was the signal
for the start of the fight. It is de
manded that Palmer's man Nicholas
in one of the congressional appoint
ments be dismissed in favor of Rob
ert X. Brown, of Meadville. who was
a national delegate in 1912 and almost
upset Palmer's control of the delega
tion.
—The two postmasterships in
northwestern Pennsylvania announced
yesterday are understood to be likely
to make trouble for the Democratic
machine. Another conference of lead
ers may be expected to be held shortly
to revise the list of postmasters so
that men selected will not stir up the
animals. The Philadelphia Old Guard
and the Brennan organization in
Allegheny county are showing signs
of coming back and the State Chair
man Morris is said to be worried over
the reports front the Interior.
—Announcement of the candidacy
of Philander C. Knox for Senator will
be followed by a number of announce
ments for State nominations. Senator
Charles A. Snyder of Pottsvllle. is re
garded as already in the race for
auditor general and last night the
name of Speaker Charles A. Ambler,
of Montgomery, was put into the
race. The speaker's name had been
heard before and the Philadelphia
Press says he will be the candidate
of the State administration and the
Vares. intimating that others will sup
port Snyder. The State treasurership
is variously assigned to Senator C. H.
Kline, Pittsburgh: H. M. Kephart, of
Connellsville: J. Lee Plummer, of
Hollidaysburg: James F. Woodward
McKeesport, and R. J. Baldwin, of
Chadd's Ford, according to the wish
of the assigner with more candidates
likely.
—A movement has heen started in
Pittsburgh for the formation of a
committee to boom the general man
ager plan, In other words to throw
out the mayor and council and adopt
the Dayton plan. Naturally, there is
opposition.
—The editorial of the Scranton Re
publican declaring for harmony in the
Republican party Is regarded here as
very significant and is being closely
read on Capitol Hill. The Republican
reflects the views of the great body of
Northeastern Pennsylvania Republi
cans.
—Mayor Smith is making Inspec
tions In Philadelphia and meanwhile
things are going smoothly in the new
Philadelphia government.
—The Northampton county con
trollerslilp decision will govern In the
whole State as far as counties of that
class are concerned. It ends half a
dozen incipient fights.
—The Philadelphia Ledger appears
to have dropped its campaign to
arouse public Interest in the chances
of a fight in the State organization.
To-day it heralds the action of the
Progressives at Chicago as opening
the way for reunion. Even the Phila
delphia Record sees no cause for
trouble in the Republican party now.
—The Republican members of Con
gress from this Stale will select their
member of the congressional cam
paign committee to-dav.
—Chester county officials have had
their salaries raised. In some cases
it was twenty per cent.
—Thomas H. Garvin, chief clerk of
the House, is being congratulated on
winning the suit against J. Watts
Mercur in Delaware county. The at
tack was one of those gtven wide
publicy and Mr. Garvin sought the
vindication of the law. which he got.
Mr. Garvin's friends all over the State
have heen sending him word o' thetr
pleasure at the signal manner In
which the jury settled the matter.
—Dr. D. C. Mebane, the new post
master of Wilkes-Barre, now denies
under oath that he insulted the flag.
But the opposition seems to be work
ing on something else.
* niSIXFRCTIXG APPAH tTI'S
A patent has been taken out on a new
apparatus for disinfecting household
premises after some member of the
family has suffered from contagious
disease. The new machine in action
will look something like one of the
big vacuum cleaners used for cleaning
comnanies. in which the engine stands
In the front yard and the vacuum hose
Is led through a window. The disin
fecting annsratus also has a pump out
side in which Its Mtfectlve gases are
generated, and thev are mimped
through a host* Into the Infected room,
where all openings have prevlouslv heen
stooped.
The combination of erases oroditced
In the generator is deadly enough to
seal the fate of any germ. It Is a mix
ttm- of sulphur lUoxide, the gas given
off bv the old sulphur candle: formal
dehyde. which is well-known for its
disinfecting finalities, and hydrocyanic
acid cas. probably the deadliest poison
In existence.
Whf-n the room has been thorough'
I" filled with these gases and the germs
killed, the 'nventor claims that it is
nosslble to suck the srases out again
by simply reversing the pump.
what! wk wonder?
r Wlnfleld. Kan., Courier.!
Edward Dunbar is moving on the
instalment plan. Last week he brought
the chickens and a high chair, and
this mornine he brought n load of new
stuff from the freight office, bl»t the
haideat is yet to come.
HARRISBURG'QSS£& TELEGRAPH
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—How strange are the ways of for
tune —muskrat skins made it possible
for Astor to wear the ermine.
—That's right. Investigate the
prices of coal. Go as far as you please 1
and call all the hard names you want.
The public's with you.
—lf only somebody will find a way
to use shrapnel profitably after peace
is declared, we won't need a protective
tariff to insure our prosperity.
—Every man believes it is the duty
of all good citizens to serve on the jury
—until liis own name is called.
—Dr. Dixon has discovered that
grip germs and pneumonia germs live
side by side in perfect harmony. We
are not surprised. Those grip germs
are mean enough for anything.
—We begin to suspect Presi
dent Wilson does not hold the Pro
gressive leaders in such high esteem as
he did a brief time back.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Austria is plainly eager to preserve
our friendship, but she feels differently
about our citizens.—Kansas City Star.
A I>ondon editors lets us know that
England will never permit Germany to
capture America. Thanks, awfully.—
Galveston News.
China may not be ready for a repub
lic. but it certainly has one first-class
politician in the person of Yuan Shi Kai.
—lndianapolis Star.
Dr. Wellington Koo is said to be a
great admirer of Mr. Bryan. They
should naturally get along well to
gether—Hill and the Koo.—Nashville
Southern Lumberman.
Isn't it asking a good deal, demand
ing that Austria disavow the only naval
feat she has accomplished since the war
began?— Kansas City Star.
TO-DAY'S EDITORIALS
Philadelphia Press: Mr. Wilson as
the Democratic nominee will have
many things to answer for, among
which is the prostration of American
industry which his tariff law began
and the European war interrupted.
That he smashed and repudiated a
portion of a Democratic platform is a
matter on which the people generally
will not be disposed to call him to
severe account.
Philadelphia Record: It does not
matter greatly whether our navy is the
second, third or fourth in rank among
the world's naval powers. What is of
importance is that our navy be strong
enough to meet every emergency that
could reasonably be anticipated. If a
navy of the second rank will not an
swer the purpose, then we shall have
to outrank every other naval powgr on
earth and stand first. If a smaller
fleet would serve, however, it should
not greatly distress us if two or three
or even more navies should be bigger
than that of the United States. What
perils await us is a question to be
answered by far-aighted statesmen.
What naval power would be required
to ward oft or meet these perils must
be determined by naval experts. This
concern over our rank as a naval
power is childish.
Xew York World: The arrival of
the Adriatic with only twenty-eight
passengers in the steerage brings to
notice again the fact that the war has
shut off New York's chief sources of
household help. No more young girls
of Germany or Britain come knock
ing at the kitchen doors. They are
I doing men's work for men's pay at
Ihoai*. . .
WHERE YOU BUY
The Salespeople
By Frederic J. Haskin
THE salesman, meaning also the
saleswoman, is more and more
the deciding factor in success or
failure of a retail store. He is no long
er a mere automaton who hands out
goods and makes change, but is the
real personality of the business. His
calling is-being hailed as the fourth
profession; university courses in sales
manship are being established, and
theer is quite a mass of literature on
the subject.
This great importance of the mod
ern salesman may seem a trifle illus
ory to the clerk who is trying to live
on $!• a week. It is true that the re
wards of salesmanship are not high.
They run from $3 to S4O a week; the
great majority of the profession gets
less than ?10, and few of them ever
achieve a salary of more than $lB.
But the conditions of their calling are
steadily improving. By national ad
vertising and the wide distribution
and standardization of products, the
prices and profits of the retail busi
ness are rapidly becoming uniform.
All of the stores have goods of about
the same quality for the same price.
Hence the service rendered a custo
mer by the salesman has come to be
the deciding factor in success. It.
follows with logical certainty that
the salesman must become a more
efficient and better paid individual,
and there is already a strong upward
trend both in efficiency and salaries.
Scientific management is just begin
-1 OUR DAILY LAUGH I
NOT TO BLAME. Q
; To u'r e charged
with fighting I I
; The justice to the
j laundryman. i IlKr
; When people give
me cuffs, I try F—
' To <lo 'em up, was
r /mi JUST SO.
know what mll
llonalre" " ee ln
-fliiT" 111 chorus girls,
—ire.- m~ He: No nor
|on 'em, either.
WHAT HE KNOWS
[Kansas City Star.]
Travel Is an education in itself. Mr.
Henry Ford, who has just returned
from a hurried trip to Europe, learned
something there about the war. It
cost him a large sum of money to
learn it, but it is worth the price, and
if the American people can learn the
some lesson vicariously through Mr.
Ford's experience the peace ship expe
dition may be accepted as a great suc
cess.
Mr. Ford learned, according to a
statement made by him in New York
yesterday, that the war was not
brought on by the bankers and manu
facturers of munitions and armaments,
as he had believed when he left
America. Now if Mr. Ford will put the
muffler on his press bureau which has
been sending: out what he now knows
; to be misinformation about prepared
ness the country will be benefited.
Specifically, the misstatement of fact
being circulated by his peace agents
Is tltHt one in which preparedness Is
denounced ns a campaign of "cooked
tip enthusiasm now beliiK conducted
throughout the country by the mu
niUtifl* iatere^M."
JANUARY 12, 1916.
ninar to be applied (o the retail busi
nws as it has been used in factories
for years, and it is being directed al
most wholly to raising the efficiency
of the salesman and putting his pay
on a logical v basis. The larger stores
of the country are now giving exami
nations to test the ability of their
prospective employes, are holding
classes and lectures to train them, and
are testing the amount of work each
can do in a day in order to pay him
exactly what his efficiency and the
prolila of the business permit.
Schools and colleges are aiding big
stores in their efforts to obtain train
ed employes. Not only public schools
in several cities, but one university—
that of Wisconsin—are giving regular
courses in salesmanship. The Uni
versity of Wisconsin has a corre
spondence course and a circuit lec
turer on the subject, and has ob
tained remarkable results. One ad
vertising man in a department store
was advanced from a salary of SISOO
to $2500 when he had completed the
course. His success resulted in the
enrollment of the entire force of em
ployes from that store. Another en
terprising lad took the course and
went lrom a shop in a small Wiscon
sin town to the head of a selling de
partment in a Chicago mail order
house. A man thirty-two years old,
who had been a retail salesman on
[Continued on Page B.]
THE STATE FROM W TO m
A wave of insanity seems to be
sweeping over Berks county, says the
Reading Herald. Since December 14,
1915, fifteen lunatics have been taken
from that county to the asylum, which
is an unusually large ntimber. It is
that we trust It is not a contagious
ailment.
• • •
Odd accidents are constantly hap
pening. but here Is a prize winner that
took place In Towanda a day or so ago.
Dr. E. E. Rhinehold, a dentist, was
removing a tooth from a patient and
a small piece became fractious and
hopped Into his eye, which shortly be
came infected and necessitated an op
eration.
• * • >
"Petromortis" is again becoming
rampant. A prominent citizen of Car
bondale was asphyxiated yesterday by
gas escaping from his automobile
while he was recharging the batteries
of his machine in his little garage.
There is much danger attendant upon
tinkering with machines in small and
poorly ventilated garages.
* • «
Do you like a little "zip" in your
cider? Well, all you have to do is to
visit the "canny" Pennsylvania-Ger
man farmers in the region about Read-
Jng and Allentown. They have discov
ered a method by which Jack Frost
puts real "pep" Into Just plain cider,
and they say it is tgood. The idea is
to put the cider in a small tub and set
it out In the cold on a very wintry
night. In the morning the water in
the cider is frozen. Crack it. throw
the ice away and you have the un
adulterated essence of pure cider, one
sip of which Is said to have power to
revive a dead man. two to make a
church elder forget the Ten Command
ments, and three makes it easy for
htm to assassinate his grandmother.
• « »
This is the story of a man, John
Degnan. dwelling In Wilkes-Bane, who
had S3OO, but when he got home his
wife had no trace of the money, it
turns out that John met sundry friends
who knew a few things about poker
hands, and the friendly game that re
lieved John of his money reckoned not
upon Mrs. John. The c.ourt enters upon
the scene. End of first act,
■ J
| Ebrniug CCliat
When the office-seeking "bug" be
gins to buzz In the bonnet nil sense of
individual fitness is immediately lost.
There is many a cracker-box states
man who feels himself better qualified
for the Presidency than any man who
lias ever occupied the* White House,
and when it comes down to the lesser
offices, why to so much as hint at
unfitness is an Insult. Take for in
stance the following letter addressed
by an applicant for appointment as
justice' of the peace to George D. > ,
Thorn, chief clerk in the department
of the Secretary of the Common
wealth:
Dear-Sir:—
George D. Thorn,
Chief-Clerk, Commonwealth,
llarrlsburg. Pa.,
We have elected
of our Township for a Justice of
Pease at the last election, but he
dames now that he is not well
a nuff to lift his comishion and
has not lifted it. and makes us
one waciontc of that office now
wood It be wise for me to get the
apoinmend by the goviner, and
wod it be for the full term of
No. 5-Years and what wood i
have to due to get the apoint
mend, er cut you get. it for me,
hoping to hear of you ,as you
now 1 hat spent some money at
the Brimary Election, and lost
out,
Yours-Truley:
For obvious reasons the name and
address of the applicant have been
omitted. Otherwise the epistle is as
written. Yet the writer cannot un
derstand why his application has not.
been favorably considered. So it is
with candidates for more important
offices.
• • »
Activities of the State Department
of Fisheries in sending out young
fish and other water creatures for dis
tribution throughout the streams of
the State has led some forehanded in
dividuals to write for early "supplies."
One man asked to have a large num
ber of young trout sent to him so
that he could "plant" early and bo
sure of some good catches when the.
season opened. As the trout sent out
are yearlings, not of a size that can
be caught and are to be used for pro
pagation, the breakfast liunter will bo
disappointed. Another man wrote
for a supply of sunfish as he heard
they ate young mosquitoes and lie
wanted to kill off the pests beforo
summer came, while another re
quested a supply of bullfrogs. Some
Inquiries have also been made
whether the State supplies young
turtles.
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Hundreds of Harrlsburg's amateur
athletes will bo interested in the re
turn of V. Grant Forrer to his old
job as the working head of the city
park department. Forrer was re
sponsible for the organization of the
water carnivals which have grown to
mean so much to hundreds of canoe
ists; he's a canoeist and a "tilter" of
note himself. Incidentally he's a
swimmer of no mean ability. The
proudest playground youngster of a
few years ago will tell you truthfully
that there "never was a game on th«
playgrounds that Mr. Forrer couldn't
play"; as . to baseball, Mr. Forrer
doesn't brag about his ability <but he
can swing a bat some. The new park
superintendent never went in for the
track sports to any extent but he al
ways took a great big interest In that
form of athletics and was largely re
sponsible for the inauguration of tlio
great college and school events. As
a /ootball player In his High school
days Mr. Forrer was a regular star. 0
Back in '94 and '95 he played tackln
and center on the High school team.
The tackle and the center on tlia
oilier teams will 101 l you how he
played: they'll never forget.
* # •
John At. Reynolds, former lieuten
ant governor and- congressman, who
was here yesterday for his first visit,
lo the city in months, was welcomed
by his many friends at the Capitol
and about the city. Mr. Reynolds
said that he came here to chat with
the Governor and to see some of his
friends.
* * •
Jonas G. Diffenderfler, former
prothonotary of Dauphin county ami
active in a number of the gas com
panies in this section, is now a resi
dent of Pittsburgh where he is en
gaged in a number of enterprises. Mr.
Diflfenderfer also has interests in
Detroit and other places.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE "1
—Dr. Tlobart A. Hart., prominent
Philadelphia medical man. has been
selected a& a member of the munici
pal commission to study pneumonia.
—Col. H. C. Trexler, of Allontown,
has been elected chairman of the
hoard of directors of the Lehigh Val
ley Transit.
—Samuel T. Wagner lias succeed
ed William Hunter on a number of
the boards of the Reading lines.
John Wanamaker has been elected
a manager of the University of Penn
sylvania museums.
—Levi L. Rue is the new head of
! the Philadelphia Clearing House.
—John P. Kerr, who as president
of the Pittsburgh council, has stirred
up the animals, is a physician.
| DO YOU KNOW
That Stcclton rails are In many
a street railway system through
out the country?
HISTORIC HARRISBCRG
llarrlsburg had a State fair
back in the sixties.
VINDICATING "JIM"
rFrom the Kansas City Star.]
In the eurly days of Kansas City
"Jim" Bridger, trapper and scout, used
to come home from the Far West and
tell of a big lake of salt water, of a
spring that spouted liot water, of a
river at the bottom of a canyon a mile
deep. The folks of that day did not
mince words when speaking of Bridger.
They said he was "the greatest liar in
nil America."
This year, because of the war, more
people than ever before have been
traveling in America. Secretary Lane,
of the Interior Department, says in
his report that the people of this coun
try spent $100,000,000 this year travel
ing about their own land, instead ofi,
spending it abroad. They have been
seeing the things that "Jim" Bridger
told the people of Kansas City about
so many years ago.
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