8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded lS.u Published evenings except Sunday by THE TEL.EGKAFH PIU\TII*G CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. '' i J. STACKPOL.E. Pres t and Editor-in-Chief j F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. OITS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. j A Member American | ft Newspaper Pub- Gas Building, Chl — cago, 111. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg. Pa., as second class matter. By, carriers, six cents a week; by mail, SH.OO a year in advance. Si'orn dully average circulation for the ■ three months ending Dee. 31, 1015, j 22,412 Theae figures are net. All returned, uunold and damaged copies deducted. THURSDAY EVENING, JAN. 13 It is foolish to be afraid of making our ties too spiritual, as if so toe could lose any genuine love. —Emebso.w NO PARTY DIVISION AFTER the declarations from the progressive conference at Chi cago it can hardly be Imagined . that the Republicans, whether they term themselves regular or progres- , sive, will engage in factional strug gles in Pennsylvania or elsewhere this . year. Upon every side it is becoming . evident that the welfare of the coun try demands constructive and consist ent policies of government. And be cause it is so manifestly desirable that all elements get together for the bene fit of the United States and its people that mischief makers of every sort within the Republican fold will be forced into back seats. Here In Pennsylvania there has been more or less foolish talk of a conflict between the friends of Senator Pen rose and Governor Brumbaugh over the election of delegates to the na tional convention. This gossip eman ated largely from quarters never in close touch with the body of the peo ple. But so geenral is the desire for a united party in this State and else where that the provocators of strife are receiving mighty little consider ation. Instead of arousing antagonism among others they are invoking the wTath of the party as a whole upon themselves. It is a pleasing indication of the returning sanity in every direction that county and district, leaders are almost with one accord advising party peace and harmony witlT a view of present ing a solid front to the common politi cal foe in November. While he is about it Mayor Meals can prevent the public setting a bad ; example to the nonswearing policemen i by requiring the patrolmen to report all overhanging tree branches less than seven feet above the sidewalk. There's a lot of scientific trimming necessary, and the police force might easily report the offending branches to the City For ester. A swish in the face is quite pro voking, b'gosh! SAFETY TOR AMERICANS TN* the younger days of the republic, • when we had more of spirit than X strength, to be an American citizen was to be assured of protection any where the flag was known. On more than one occasion, with the odds against it, the American navy has backed up the demand of Washington that American citizenship be respected. Rut recently "watchfully waiting" ■-talesmen have amputated the long arm of Uncle Sam at the elbow and our citizens are not safe from the plotting and murderous designs of for eigners even within our own bound aries. Life after life has been snuffed out in the munition factories at home, our people have been warned to leave iheir livelihoods and their properties in Mexico and get out of the country, and now congressmen, with no dis wpprova! from the White House, are demanding that American citizens re main off the passenger ships of bel ligerent nations. The latest outrage in Mexico is the culmination of the administration's weakness and folly. When Rome was at the zenith ot her power, to be a Roman citizen meant immunity from harm wherever ! the power of Roman arms was known.' Take the incident of Paul at Jeru salem. When they would have scourged him he demanded; "Is it lawful to scourge a man that is a Roman and uncondemned?" And when the cen turion heard this he went to the cap tain and said: "Take heed what you do, for this man is a Roman." Not only that, but Paul was not scourged, and the chief captain "was afraid" because Paul was a Roman and lie had bound him. But that was Rome, and this Is America, and who is there to-day abroad who dares not treat with scorn an American or take his life If he so desires. If that accords with his murderous will? The spirit of John May must weep in sorrow at the changes that have taken place so recently in Washington. We have lost the respect of the world. Our diplomacy is the laughing stock of the great governmental powers of the earth. And yet there are those who would continue the vacillation another four years, and others who THURSDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JANUARY 13, 1916. cry out against preparedness 011 a scale that would put unlimited power of enforcement behind the demands of the experienced and courageous men . who must be placed in charge ot 'affairs at the national capital to re place the timid experimentalists who have brqught disgrace upon the nation and whose spineless policies have been responsible for the death of so many j American citizens. American citlzen | ship must be made to count for some thing in the world, but "watchful wait | ing" will never bring it about. A WORRIED PARTY THE disingenuous attitude of Pres ident Wilson and his apologists in the matter of the one term j plank of the Baltimore convention is proving a seriou# handicap for the j present occupant of the White House ;in his ambition to succeed himself. Bryan having previously repudiated the plank when he was in the Wilson cabinet is now hamstrung in his de sire to make use of the same weapon as a big stick in his anti-Wilson propa ganda. It has not been forgotten either that the President declared to a party of women suffragists on one occasion that he would be controlled in his judg ment and action upon matters of such moment by the declarations of his party in the Baltimore convention. Hut it has been long since proven that iWoodrow Wilson is exceedingly nim- Ible when it comes to changing front on any proposition which may In any degree affect his ambition or personal interests. It is going to be a rather difficult year for Wilson defenders, owing to the fact that the President has so fre quently found It desirable from his standpoint to declare what was blue yesterday is a vivid green to-day. So generally has this come to be under stood that even the foreign govern ments to whom he has been sending frequent notes do not take them se riously. They are simply "scraps of paper" to be treated with contemptu ous indifference in some cases, and with ridicule in others. For the relief <#f his party and those who are still supporting his alleged politicies the President should write the platform of the St. Louis conven tion this year so that it will not be necessary for him to repudiate its pledges in the brief time left to him as chief executive after the November elections. With his facility of expres sion it ought to be easily possible for him to write any plank so that it may be susceptible of at least two con structions. As to the "Hardscrabble" dispute, it is not a sentimental matter nor is it one of those things over which to grow excited. City Solicitor Seitz has given one assurance after another that the city will deal fairly with the owners of property in this district. As to the equities involved, the case stands on all fours with the Capitol Park exten sion. save only that properties which arc benefited must pay part of the cost. It is generally admitted that the view ers earnestly labored to give all con cerned a square deal. A WORTHY APPEAL HISTORY holds no more horrify ing tale of man's inhumanity to man than the sufferings of the Jews of Europe during the present war. Of the millions of men on the battle front, none are fighting with greater bravery than the hundreds of thousands of Jews. And upon none fiave the hates of kings falleiy more terribly. In America sorrowing coreligionists have heard the sobs of heart-broken mothers, of weeping fathers, ot hungry babies, in the devastated states ot Eastern Europe. How well they have heeded the call is written in the finan cial statements of the American Jewish Relief Committee. The Jewish people of Harrisburg have contributed their share toward the sufferers' fund, but another great demonstration of the popular spirit of helpfulness and sympathy has been planned. Sunday afternoon at 2.30 ia the time; Technical high school audi torium is the place. The committee of arrangements is | composed of Harrisburg's representa- j tive Hebrews. David Kaufman is chairman. To-day a personal letter was sent out to every man, woman and child of the faith urging attendance at Sunday's meeting. Help, co-operation —these arc the keynotes of the spirit that prevails among the Jews of Har risburg and surrounding towns. The cries for aid for Europe's wounded, starving men and women and hungry babies will be answered by their coreligionists of Harrisburg in the voluminous voice of one of the greatest gatherings ever held in this city. These are the days for planning and preparing for the outdoor work of the year. Commissioners Lynch, Bowman and Gross particularly have much to think about, and preparedness now means efficiency and practical results when the blue birds come again. REPL 11 MCAV PROSPECTS •' The Republican party by this 1 time ought, to l»e pretty well cleansed. The leaders have had their ears to the ground ami have been listening and watching.—Ex- Senator Fllnn at Chicago. Right your are, William Hepubli can leaders have had their ears to the ground and their eyes upon the trail of events. They are not mistaken as to the signs of the times. This is a year of peace and readjustment in the great Republican party. Mr. Fllnn is a practical, hard-head ed businessman and when he observes that the party leaders "have been listening and watching" he states what is absolutely true. So also have the prodigals of the party been watching and waiting and, like the ex-Senator, they are ready to act with their breth ren. He is right also In the declaration that new issues have arisen since 1912 and "we must be Americans above all else." "M. G." had as his guests at the Ex ecutive Mansion, one night this week, two old Huntingdon friends, and it was a session of auld lang f»yne. Every stc-p of the Governor's is closely fol lowed by the Juniata Valley folk, who want his administration to be a great success. Only a few properties are yet to be acquired in the Capitol Park zone, and the next legislature will have sub mitted to it the plans for permanent improvement of the whole park area. Great goings-on these days in prepa ration for the big charity ball next week. "Mind your step and get your tickots" Is the revised slogan in many households. Those "concurrent" Chicago conven tions will be more spectacular than any moving picture show. j TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE"] —We have had yellow books, blue books, red books and white books on the war, and now comes a black book. That describes it. —What's a platform plank, between friends? , —The President says he is perfectly willing to bow to public opinion. Bow ing to the inevitable, as it were. —Bryan declines to carry his peace policies to the extent of party politics. —There's one thli)g to be said in favor of the "grip"—it's a mighty good excuse for staying away from some place to which you don't want to go. EDITORIAL COMMENT Villa meanß to go to Argentina and raise cattle.—News Item. The bucolic life will be tame after what he has been accustomed to raising.—New York Evening Sun. "Educate soldier for civil life," is the substance of a communication to The Herald. The most pressing thing just at present is to educate a few civilians for the soldier's life. —Chicago Herald. Speaking of the British failure to take Constantinople by the Gallipoli route, it is to be remembered that some other people have not yet reached Paris, Calais, or Riga, and they started first.— New York World. "Between friends, what's a little thing" like a one term plank?— New York Sun. THROUGH HERSHEY [The Hershey Press.] No large public improvement in Pennsylvania is of such direct inter ert to Hershey as the William Penn Highway. It will pass directly through the town and will be of the highest possible value to us. At present we suffer a little because of the fact that we are. off the main track, which is the Lincoln Highway running south of us through Lancas ter. The William Penn Highway is the more northerly line and it offers larger attractions to the motorist because it has fewer grades, it will mean an in creased motor travel to Hershey and Harrisburg from Philadelphia. New York and eastern and northern points. We commend the truth and spirit of this editorial in the Harrisburg Telegraph: "There can be no doubt of the suc cess of the William Penn Highway. It is as certain to come as the flowers of Spring. There nre back of this proposition most of the livewires of the commercial and motor organiza tions between Philadelphia and Pitts burgh. Harrisburg is radiating east and west a strong influence on the side of this proposed route. It ap peals so strongly to the populous towns and districts throughout the central part ot the State that there can be no doubt of its success. With the Chamber of Commerce of this city pulling a strong oar it is certain that the new year will not be very old when definite steps shall have been taken." Why not have Harrisburg invito the aid and interest of those "populous towns and districts" and get them to send delegates to a meeting In that city? The cause is worth all the trouble and progress can best be made by co-operation. WHAT IS YOUR VIEW? [Kansas City Times.] Those who live within hearing of a railroad yard will appreciate the fol lowing letter sent to the officials of a railway in Dallas, Tex., and signed: "Unfortunates who try to live and work and sleep in the vicinity": "Gentlemen: Is it absolutely neces sary, in the discharge of his duty day and night, that the engineer of your yard engine should make it ding and dong and fizz and spit and clang and bang anil buzz and hiss and bellow and wail and pant and rant and yowl and howl and grate and grind and puff and bump and click and clank and chug and moan and hoot and toot and crash and grunt and gasp and groan and whistle and wheeze and squawk and blow and jar and jerk and rasp and jingle and twang ami clack and rumble and jangle and ring and clatter and yelp and croak and howl and hum and snail and puff and growl and thump and boom and clash and jolt and jostle and slam and Hcrupe and throb and clink and jangle and quiver and rumble and roar and rattle and yell ami smoke and smell and shriek like V That is one view. But recently a Kansas City man who was sick in a. local hospital, and was suffering from a serious operation, was explaining to some friends how he passed the long nights without being able to sleep "I couldn't stand it." he said, "except for the noise from the railroad yards. T listen to the chugging of the cars and the quiver of the wheels, and T know that someone is running those trains, and it gives me the impression of hav ing company. 1 am not the only per son awake in the city" [ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR REPLY TO WING To the Editor of the Telegraph: Please publish the following reply to Wing Dinger: "Wing Dinger, I guess, is a pretty good skate. And writes some mighty nice verse; As I read all the things that he has to relate, I think, "Go ahead AVing, do your worst," For the Harrisburg Telegraph he writes every day. Two verses, sometimes, maybe three: But most of the things he's of late had to say. Is of himself or his small family. On Saturday last he wrote of what fun, He had buying things for his boys; But. the poor guy forgot to bring home a gun, For the lads to enjoy with their toys. Now Wing when next time you play Santa Klaus, On one little thing just play wise. Slip 'round 'ntong the neighbor boys, ask of their mas' In what way they their lads will surprise. —MUD SUNGEU. CAPABLE OF RUNNING 15r. Harvo.v W. Wiley assorts that 6S per cent, of the men of lif?]itinß age in the I'nited States are physically unlit for military sen Ice. Most ot" them, however, are capable of running for office.—New York Sun. foiitict Ck jlcdKia By the Ex-Committeeman Congressman George S. Graham, of Philadelphia, was yesterday elected to succeed Charles E. Patton as the Penn sylvania member on the Republican congressional campaign committee, a place of much honor and annoyance, ami the meeting of the delegation was turned upside down by a speech by Congressman William S. Vare, who made most of the trouble at the for mer meeting. Mr. Vare charged that liquor inter ests bad been active In trying to ar range the election of the Pennsylvania member and then proceeded to bail Governor Brumbaugh as State leader. He has done this before and yesterday he charged that the liquor interests of Western Pennsylvania had gotten into the matter just as they had forced the election of a speaker of the lower house of the State Legislature some years ago. Several congressmen hotly denounced the Philadelphia congress man. The Philadelphia Ledger says of the meeting: "Harmony appeared to have been established after Mr. Vare had nominated Representative Graham and this had been seconded by Representa tive J. Hampton Moore and Repre sentative E. R. Kiess. The best of feeling prevailed, when Mr. Vare sur prised his followers by an indirect at tack upon Senator Penrose nnd the activity of the liquor faction." Mr. Vare said, in part: "Once before, when Pennsylvania was selecting a Speaker of the House at Harrisburg, the same sort of efforts were made, when one of those who tried to influence our verdict here switched his support to a candidate supported by the malt liquor interests. 1 have no prejudice against, neither am I unfriendly to those in terests. but I want to say right now that the Republican party should be influenced by great national questions, such as the* tariff and the firm han dling of foreign affairs, and should not suffer the dictation of any selfish in terests. The Republican vote in the State of Pennsylvania had been steadily diminishing until Governor Brum baugh, with his progressive leader ship, untouched by any of the in fluences i have mentioned, became the standard bearer and gave us a uniter. party." Mr. Vare then gave election returns in Pennsylvania since 1904 and added: "In a study of these votes it will be found that the Republican can didate for Governor received approxi mately 71,000 more votes than the can didate for senator." The Philadelphia Record says: "When Representative Vare concluded he left the committee for a few min utes. and the flare-up occurred. Repre sentative Moore declared that he re gretted that the liquor question had been injecied into the meeting, or that any insinuations of such influence had been made against Representative Rowland's candidacy, or against those who supported Rowland. Representa tive Butler, who was presiding, at tempted to cut short the debate, but Representative Moore declined to be slopped. 'Yon must listen,' he said. 'I am a spokesman for the manhood of the Pennsylvania delegation and for my own self-respect." Representative Focht also denounced the insinuations contained in Representative Vare's speech as unwarranted. 'I believe that. Senator Penrose's leadership." he said, 'has been recognized in the State and nation. This boss business has ceased to be an issue in the American politics and anyone who thinks that it has not ought to try to become a boss. The reason why Senator Penrose did not obtain as large a vote as Governor Brumbaugh in the last campaign was thai lie was not a candidate on the Keystone ticket and he was also the legatee of a situation caused by a gang of contractors.' Representative Farr declared that, he had voted for Repre sentative Rowland becaues be believed him to be the best man for the place." —People at the hearing in the Coatesville mayoralty contest almost came to blows yesterday. It was charged that forty votes for Mayor Jones were frauds and his people rather resented it. —lt cost Johnstown $4,300 to insure liability in the State fund. —The Franklin party organization may disintegrate in Philadelphia this summer. Most of the men in it have gone over to the Republicans. —Senator Penrose's declaration for Knox found hearty echo here to-day and many Republicans declared they hoped to see him return to the Senate soon. —Friends of Joseph K. Grundy, the Bucks county Republican leader, to day wired him their congratulations on his birthday. —R. O. llei!man. appointed post master a! Oatasauquu. is the original Dewalt boomer. —Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, has declared in favor of a $4,000,000 art museum for that city. —Luzerne county politicians are try ing to figure out whether the county will not need a workmen's compen sation clerk in the courthouse. County Solicitor McLean, a Democratic leader, is to solve the question. —W. J. Burke, who succeeded his brother as postmaster of Mount Oar mel. has received notice that he is to serve out the full term. —Democrats in Allegheny county are at war over die county commis sionership appointment and the chances are that there will he a fine old fight at the primary for control of the county machine. —Representative Scott, of Center, will be a candidate for renomination. —York's new mayor is out with an attack on constables who have been "farming" cases. TO-DAY'S EDITORIALS The Public Ledger, Philadelphia. Those "statesmen" by courtesy who are screaming in the halls of Con gress for an "embargo" 011 our ex ports have already given an amusing example of the effect of a very suc cessful embargo on their part through the absurdity of their arguments. These liavo been developed without any recognition that the United States went through a very sad and dis astrous embargo period in the days of Jefferson and Madison. The em bargo that Senator Gore and his as sociates have already put into opera tion, however, is an embargo on the facts of political history. They re fuse to see or to profit either by the experience of the country or the gen eral lessons of the past. Tlie Philadelphia Press. The death of a student from injuries re ceived in the annual bowl light at the University of Pennsylvania is an ex ceedingly sad and every way deplora ble event. These so-called bowl figiits are regulated combats between the Sophomore and Freshman classes. They call for the extreme output of the physical strength and endurance of the combatants, but they have not heretofore been attended by any fatality or serious Injury. The New York World.—Mr. Choate is in error when he says that the peo ple generally are awakening to the importance of national defense. They are not. That is where the trouble lies. The apathy of Congress is a re flection of popular apathy. In the Ea«t and on the Pacific coast sentiment in favor of national defense is strong and aggressive. Throughout the West and South pub- He opinion is indifferent or hostille, and the West and South control Con cress. i THE CARTOON OF THE DAY HIS ATTITUDE ON "DE-FENCE" —From tht llnlttmoro American. t \ THE FERTILIZER By Frederic J. Haskin THE contents of the humble gar bage can are about to become a valuable by-product of city life. Farmers are being urged to burn chips and brush and cuppings because the ashes are worth saving nowadays. Murine mowing machines for harvest ing the floating Pacific k*>lp may soon be In demand, and all this Is because the European war has brought America face to fajfe with a famine in fertil izers. With the rest of the world apparent ly headed for bankruptcy, the United Slates is getting rich by raising billion dollar crops. 'J his country has half a world to feed, and the strength of the soil is being strained as never before to meet the demand. The land is work ing overtime. It calls for refreshment in the shape of fertilizers, and fertil izers are scarce. The question is of first importance not only to the farmer, but to every American without an indepen dent income. Through its effect on na tional prosperity it strikes at his pay ehecK. There are three classes of fertilizers which are essential to the productive ness of the soil. Of one such class we still have a good supply; the second class Is yet procurable at greatly ad vanced prices, but the supply of the third has been cut off entirely and there seems to be no way 01' replacing it. This lost fertilizer Is potash, which we for merly imported from Germany at the rate of $20,0( 0,000 worth yearly, and on which the German Government has now placed an embargo. Thrown on its own resources in the matter of notash at a time when it is imperatively needed, the country is in vestigating domestic resources in the matter. The great kelp beds of the Pa cific coast, running all the way from Lower California to Alaska, seem to be the most promising; but many dif ficulties will have to be overtaken be fore the industry is on the commercial basis. Kelp is the big sea-weed that grows In great profusion along the Pa cific coast, so thickly 111 spots as to keep the waves from rising even in a high gale. It is utilized by drying and grinding. The product contains a va riety of valuable potash salts in soluble form, as well as iodine and several other marketable chemicals. It has an almost ideal consistency for use in mix ed fertilizers, and great things were hoped from it for a time. Three large concerns have started manufacturing potash from kelp, but they are offered such attractive prices for their product for other uses that none of it is going into fertilizer. Munl tionmakers • need large quantities of potash, and just at present they are in a position to pay for it. It also goes to make matches, glass, liquid soap and a variety of other commodities, the manufacturers of which are outbidding the fertilizer men. Moreover, the pro duction of potash from kelp is still so amited that it would not greatly af fect the situation in any case. There is a great dry-lake-bed in Cali- OUR DAILY LAUGH DISCUSSING §THE FOOD. The second generation bai had to change its What do you My daughter tells me that her husband says their cook's bis cuits aren't near ly as good as his mother's cook used to make. FIGURED OUT. She: Don't you X_ think we can lia\ e an nuiumo- V §& 'M KKtf bile after we're KOT j' JBn married Fred? Kwf , \«WB j thir.k so—with all. |/(,\ \ji your money. |l +0 J J DIDN'T KNOW IT [Kansas City Times.] A few State officers and Kansas poli ticians Saturday celebrated the burning of the last outstanding: bonds against that State. Speeches were made telling what a One thing it was that Kansas is out of debt. Out in the State there was no excitement over it. The people did not even know that there were any outstanding bonds. Rut in the State Penitentiary, men who cannot help themselves are kept in unsanitary cells; worked in an un safe coal mine. In some of the State institutions unfortunate children are not properly cared for. In thp schools the young men and young women hav« not the facilities demanded. It li Indeed a new school of states men in Kansas that celebrates the fact that Kansas has no outstanding bonds under these circumstances. fornia that contains Immense deposits of potash, but the technical problems ; involved In Retting: it out and trans j forming It Into tile proper form for use in fertilizer have still to be solved. In the meantime, the ownership of the lake is disputed, and before title to the property is clear the crops of several I seasons will probably have been har- I vested. So the potash of Searles I,ake, Us the dry bed is called, cannot relieve I the situation, although there is unde niably plenty of It in view. There are two minerals found in con siderable quantities in different parts I of the f'nited States which might save the day, as they contain a certain per centage of potash, but the emergency has arisen so suddenly that the indis pensable preliminary work necessary for putting any technical process on a commercial basis has not .vet been done. One of these minerals is feldspar, found all over the Kastern Slates. Feldspar does not carry enough potash to make it pay to work for potash alone, but It would grow into a. profitable industry if some salable by-product were put on the market. Cement, made In the pro cess of extracting potash, is such a by product. But the brands of cement al ready in use have been standardized to such a. fine point that it would be hard to sell a new variety in competition with them. Meantime, the farmer wants potash quick. Alunite is the other mineral with potash possibilities. It occurs in fairly large quantities in the central Rocky Mountains. Besides potash it contains much aluminum, which is turned out as a by-product and helps to swell the firofits. One company is manufactur ng potash from alunite, and another is said to be about to begin: but obviously two companies cannot do much to sup ply a nation. The possibilities are narrowed by elimination back to the Pacific kelp beds, and the Department of Agricul ture is planning to send experts to Cali fornia to study the situation. It is ad mitted that there is little hope of quick results, for to produce the potash need ed by American farmers would require an investment In plants of between $4.00" 000 and sr>.oou,ooo, and an addi tional capital of $'.',000,000 or $3,000,000 for operating expenses, after all the minor technical problems Involved in production are solved. Considerable legislation is also needed to protect the investor, because at present the kelp beds are public property, and the man who builds a factory would have no guarantee that this raw material would not be taken away. Some system of leasing patches of the ocean is Impera tive. and real estate on the Pacific will soon include choice sea-lots as well as rose gardens. Summing up the situation, experts say that even under the most favorable conditions of law and labor, the kelp beds could not possibly be put on a work in sr basis in time to help the 1916 crop. The possibility of again import ing potash from Kurope before that time is obviously slim. THE STATE FROM W TO DOT John Jabosko, of Hazleton, is a practical jokosko, but sometimes car ries his jokes too far. Not many moons ago he stole an eight-day clock. The court, before whom he was ar raigned, decided that his penalty should fit his crime, and remanded him for eisrht days. Now Jabosko Is thanking his lucky stars that he didn't pick out one of these perpetual motion timepieces. The police force of Minersville, tout ensemble, has contracted grip, so burglars very meanly took advantage of the situation and had a burglariz ing spree. An emergency cop Anally broke up the party, but not until sev eral hundred dollars' worth of booty had been gotten away with. The longest lodge meeting in exist ence has been found. It has been go ing on in Reading lor thirty months. Over two years are Mrs. Fannie «eh ret. of that, city, was left by her hus band with ihe remark that he was go ing to a lodge meeting, lie has hever returned and she is suing for separa tion. Stir up your gray matter, O Taren tumile. and throw together a slogan that will be appropriate for the Alle gheny Valley Chamber of Commerce to use as their byword. Ten dollars will be given to the individual, be it a be or a she, of the Tarentum district who works up the most attractive and appropriate phrase. The Johnstown Tribune heralds the j fact, that measles has become a guest in 140 families of their city. At least that many individuals have contracted the disease which is said to be more deadly than scarlet fever. Forty cases were reported in 48 hours. Philander C. Knox made an address recently before the Lancaster Chajnber of Commerce in which he urged trade, with the countries of South America, as being in need of our aid and also as a means of outlet for our own sur plus energy. One of the big lilts oT! the evening resulted from the singing! of "O, Philander." |j Stoning (Eljat W ithln a few days the Harrisburg Public Library will undertake the e«r. tablishment of libraries in half - dozen of the schools of the city in accordance with the plan worked on" with Superintendent J<\ E. Downes. of the Harrisburg School Board, for ex tending educational advantages to tho children throughout the city. The collections of books are now being made up and will be sent to widely separated and outlying schools they will be placed under Dr. Downes' direction after which Miss Susan 11. Clendinin, who is temporarily in charge of the extension work of the Library, will visit the schools and as sist the teachers in organizing the cir culation, special instruction having already been given the teachers by Miss Alice R. Eaton, the librarian. The plan is to have good, wholesome reading placed within the reach of every youngster. Not all of the boys and girls can get to the Library where a special department has been creat ed for them so the Library is going to them. The parents of the children will also be interested by the teach ers in the plans for the extension of the activities of the new institution. • » ♦ The receivership of the Pittsburgh Hunk for Savings, which was estab lished by the Attorney General's and Banking Commissioner's departments under the new act recently, is al ready showing good results. The oth er day securities were sold for al most at what the bank held them and the expenses of the receivership are lower than ever known in Allegheny couuty. In addition Deputy Attorney General Davis is looking after the legal end so that the State is saving the depositors legal costs as well as receivership expenses. • • • At least one man who sat through most of yesterday's session of Janu ary criminal court is of that type that knows what he wants and when he wants it. Incidentally he got what he "wanted. President Judge Kunkel was charging a jury at the time. Tho spectator arose in his seat and start ed to leave tho room. The tlpstave, mindful of instructions to prohibit walking about while the judge was addressing a jury, refused to let the man pass. The man muttered; tho tipstave motioned him to a seat; the muttering grew louder; the man be gan talking aloud: finally he raised his voice. Then Judge Kunkel saw him. "Why do you permit that?" he de manded of the tipstave, "don't you know this interrupts us as we are ad dressing the jury? Put that man out!" "Thank you. Judge Your Honor." replied the impatient one relievedly as he hurried out. "That's all 1 wanted —to get out!" • • * John S. Musser, president of Iho Dauphin Electrical Supplies Com pany, has just returned from a visit of several weeks among old friends in Nebraska. Few people know thai Mr. Musser was at one time a deputy sheriff and later a practicing attor ney in Nebraska. He was also promi nent in secret society circle of that State, and, whisper it gently, led the Aurora band and played In the Sun day school orchestra. He was ap pointed a member of the Governor's military staff of the State and as an J officer in the State Guard accompanied Buffalo Bill to assist in putting down the last Indian uprising in that part of the West. He has not been iri his old stamping ground for nearly twen ty years, but found most of the men he knew still on the job and mighty glad to renew old acquaintance. * • • The Wilkes-Barre Record almanac, one of the few almanacs published by the newspapers of Pennsylvania nowadays, has been issued for 1911>, handsomely gotten up and abound ing with Information not only of the State's third greatest county and one of its most progressive of municipal ities. but of the State as well. The Record has issued this almanac for tliirty-one vears and has never allow ed anything to interfere with its ap pearance so that it is "an old and reliable." for the people of that flourishing district. The Record almanac fills a niche in Luzerne countv that nothing can touch and it. is probably the most extensively used publication of any in the heart of the hard coal country'. * • * Among visitors to the city yesterday was Paul W. Houck. of Shenandoah, one of the workmen's compensation referees. He was here on business connected with the board. He mot a number or State officials and talk ed over things. I WELL KNOWN PEOPLE " —Senator W. H. Semmens has been elected a director of the national bank of his home town of Turtle Creek. E. f p. Stotesbury will entertain the President at Philadelphia when he attends the Pennsylvania society dinner. Mahlon Berkebile has been chosen as a member of the Johnstown city playground board. —D. B. Provan again heads the or ganization of Philadelphia hotclmen. Ex-Judge R. G. Bushong has been I elected president of the Wyomissing , Club of Reading. Judge O. B. Dickinson was the Jackson day orator at Chester. DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg wheelbarrows arc used in Australia? HISTORIC HARRISBURG Harrisburg was ths center of one of the early rev enue districts in this state. LIQUOR ADS BARRED Because of liquor advertising within their covers, hundreds of periodicals were removed from newsstands in the State of Washington, in accordance with the new prohibition law which became effective on January 1. Some ol' the. dealers got around the law by tearing out such pages as carried pro i scribed advertisements. ,A distributing agency announce s that several publications would iss > editions not containing liquor advc tising for sale in Oregon. Washlngtc • - and Idaho. I Rest is Rust The business that Is standing still to-day is going backwards. Good times will pass It before it ran catch up. Restinr is indeed rusting when applied to commercial life. Now is the time for aggres sive action. Now is tho time to go nfter salts. 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