6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NMWSPAFER FOR THE HOUB Founiti liu ■Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRIM'IXO CO., Telegraph Bulldlas. Federal square. *.JSTACKPOUE,Pr«» mnA EiiCrmCkitf F. R. OYSTER, BHsmtst Manmgtr. flllTt M. STEINMETZ, Edifr. A Member American r\ Newspaper Pub » llshers' Asaocia- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Associate Eastern office, Has brook. Story ft Brooks. Fifth Ave nue Building. New York City; West ern office. Has brook. Story A Brooks. People's ■ Gas Building, Cht- i ago. 111. the Po,t Office In Harris. u *. as second class matter. By °* rr!e ". ■'* cents a week; by mall. $3.00 * y«ar in advance **!?'■ -,l| : r •*"»«« circulation far the ■•*«* "ioatha eitdlag I»er. SI, 1»I5. ★ 22,412 * f'H fgurea are art. All rrtinrt, kasold aad damaged espies deducted. WEDXESDAY EVENING, JAN. 19 You must Jove, in order to under stand love: one act of charity will teach us more of the love of Ood than B thousand sermons: one act of unsel fishness. of real self-denial, will tell us more of the meaning of the Epiphany than whole volumes on theology.—F. W. ROBERTSON*. "SHINNY ON VOl'lt OWN SIDE'' S SHINNY on your own side," Phila delphia Record. Why all this racket about lack of harmony in the Repuublican party? Isn't it a case of the pot calling the kettle black, with a good deal more soot on the pot than on the kettle? We have It upon fairly reliable au thority that there is now brewing the Jinest little scrimmage between the "old Guard" and the down-and-out Pahnerltes that has taken place since last these two forces wrecked all chance of Democratic success In Penn sylvania some two years ago. The an nouncement that the aforesaid "Old Guard" has picked William J. Bren nen, of Pittsburgh, to give "Mitch" Palmer the count as national commit teeman and that Palmer has no notion of heing knocked out would appear to indicate there is good ground for the j assumption that harmony within the Democratic ranks is little more than a mangled corpse, with the coroner an interested spectator hard by. The "Old Guard" is still nursing sore spots administered by the "Reorgan- i izers' a few years hack, when Palmer | was getting into training for his disas- j irous run for the United States Senate I last year. They have been hardening , their muscles and getting back their | wind and their punch for another go at the "Reorganizers," and this time they think they can do it, for If they are able to knock Palmer over the ropes they will have put the acknowl edged leader of the opposition in the ex-ehampionship class. The betting is about even with both sides going In for "blood" and if the Record is looking for a real "scrap" we suggested that it divert itself from the little sparring matches now being indulged in by Republicans here and there and concentrate its attention on the real attraction. RESTOCKING STREAMS FISH COMMISSIONER BULEER S suggestion that the lakes and streams where bass abound be restocked with minnows and frogs in order to increase the number and size of the bass, instead of restocking with bass, is practical and if followed no doubt will do much toward restor ing Ashing grounds now well nigh worthless in this State. Any fisher man knows that it is almost as diffi cult to obtain bait fish as It is to catch bass. Many bass leave local waters for the reason that they cannot find foo<J in quantities to satisfy them and It Is well known that where minnows are most plentiful, there bass are to be found also. Mr. Bullet's recommendation that lakes and streams be planted with new stocks of yellow perch, blue-gill auijfish, wall-eyed pike, pike perch • and catfish is also worthy of con sideration. Perch and sunfish in particular provide good sport for the angler who likes to take home a big string and they are "good eating" when fresh caught and properly pre pared. ' Time was when these fish abounded Jn the inland waters of Pennsylvania, but they are few Indeed now. Too many fishermen take it for granted that these smaller fish will take care of themsehes and think only or bass When they apply for fish with which to »tocfc the streams and lakes, re gardless of the fact that the bass must have something on which to live and that if the smaller fish, which multiply in great numbers, are re moved they will eat each other, for bass are infamous as cannibals when faced by starvation. It would be in deed a fine thing if the commissioner and the fishermen, joining hands, could make the streams abound with ■unflsh, perch, catfish and other -common varieties - ' of the finny tribe lbs tbejr did not so many years ago. HEALTH AM) HOUSIXG NO better proof of the oft-repeated assertion that "health and hous ing go hand In hand" has been forthcoming in Harrisburg for months tbati ttte report of l»r. naunick for • ifc* put t ear, showing that the death WEDNESDAY EVENING, rate is largest where housing con ditions are poorest. The local health board is doing splendid service, but it is poorly equipped and under-officered. The proposal has been made that police officers be required to act also as health officers. There would seem to be no good reason why this should not be done. Thus the whole city would be constantly under the eyes of health j board representatives and In time this (service could be so enlarged, without interfering with the duties of the police, that housing conditions could be made the subject of thorough and frequent inspections. But before that the health board must be vested with more authority than it has now. both in the way of compelling careless property owners to keep their houses ; in sanitary condition and In requiring ignorant or thoughtless tenants to obey the laws of health and sanitation. FRANKLIN AX OPTIMIST IN his most interesting column in the Bulletin of Philadelphia. William Perrine—otherwise "Penn" —tells of | Benjamin Franklin's experiences with . the pullbacks of that city. In the I famous philosopher's recollections ref i erence is made to one Samuel Mickles, ; whom he describes as a person of some note, with a wise look and a grave manner of speaking: This gentleman, a stranger to me. stopped one day at my door, and asked me if I was the young man who hail lately opened a new print ing house. Being answered in the affirmative, he said he was sorry for ine. bMftUM it was an expensive undertaking, and tlie expense would be lost; for Philadelphia was a sinking place, the people Already bankrnpt. or nearly being so: all appearances to the contrary, such as new buildings and the rise of ) rents, being to his certain knowl edge fallacious: for they were, in fact, among the things that would soon ruin us. And he gave me such a detail of misfortunes now existing or that were soon to ex ist, that he left me half melan choly. Had X known him before I engaged in thl«s business, prob ably I never would have done it. This man continues to live in this decaying place, and to declaim in the same strain, refusing for many years to buy a house here, because all was going to destruction: and at last T had the pleasure of seeing him give tive times as much for one as he might have bought it for when he first began his croaking. "Penn," who is a philosopher of the modern school, comments on the fore going extracts from Franklin's memoirs with the suggestion that there are i many Samuel Mickles among us and intimates that there are Influences now at work to put them to the rear. This is true also of Harrisburg as well as of Philadelphia and the Mickles of this community have long since felt the impress of the optimist's boot. "Franklin." says "Penn," "had no use for the Philadelphians—and there was a full share of them he had to contend with —who were always grum bling, or fault-finding or whining or predicting doleful tilings." Good old Franklin! FOREIGN ANTAGONISM WHATEVER may be the final at titude of Great Britain with respect to the contention of the United States regarding the blockade of German ports and exports, it Is certain that the relation of this coun try to England is likely to be more strained thereby than at any other time since the war began. If the concessions which are to be granted by Germany in response to President Wilson's protests simply lead to fur ther trouble, then there would ap pear to be some excuse for the at titude of the British press regarding the real purpose of the German change of tune. As showing how the "Tight Little Isle" feels about It, the following extract from the Pall Mall Gazette is Illuminating: The British Empire, which is sheading blood and not ink for the vindication of "neutral rights," has reached a stag" in the conflict where technicalities will not be al lowed to restrain the legitimate use of all its weapons of warfare. Our right to prevent supplies from reaching the enemy is absolute, and, if the process assumes fresh dis guises, it Is the business of inter national law to strip them off and not to be fettered by the wording of its former rescripts. No British Government would dare to relax Its grip on Germany now in deference to interests and threats of outsiders who are chiefly I interested in what profit they can make out of the world's agony. The I blockade in the future must be I 1 tighter Instead of looser, and noth ing will impart to it a sterner temper than any external interfer ence We appear to be getting into deeper and still deeper water at every turn. Our neutrality overtures have been contemptuously rejected in some quarters and in others have -been treated as insincere. Many grievous errors have been made since the out break of the war, and the attitude of the United States has not impressed Germany, or Kngland, or France, or any other country as that of a people determined simply to assert their legitimate rifhts and to uphold the honor, of the country. Comments of the foreign press are almost uni versally severe in the discussion of the American attitude and especially where the government at Washington has failed to enforce the rights of the United States on the open seas. "We must not claim," says the Westminster Gazette in an editorial, "that the American people are on our side in this conflict, but we find it difficult to believe that the great democratic people of the New World will allow their Influence to be used to disarm the democratic people of the Old World in their struggle for liberty aaginst military domination. They will be sure to look back to their own history and remember what they said and thought when neutrals ex pected or demanded that they should break their blockade of the Southern States. If at this stage they threw their weight into the scale against us or tried to deprive us of our principal weapon against the Central Powers they would be doing what they most hotly resented in their own case." Thus the situation is discussed from day to day in the newspapers of the Old World. We shall emerge from the conflict. If we are so successful as to come out of It without actual participation in It, without a friend in the family of nations and with | the envy and hatred of those who Lhas« heretofore regarded the lijutad States with favor and the utmost ' consideration. I We are undoubtedly passing through I the most crucial experience in the his • tory of American diplomacy, and It i remains to be seen whether we shall be able to recover the lost prestige and good will that under ordinary circumstances would have been ours. James C. Thompson, the city assessor elected yesterday, will receive a salary of $3,000 a year. He will have an as sistant, of course, but until the com pensation Is made to Bquare with the job Harrisburg can hardly expect to have conspicuous improvement in the matter of city-wide valuations. Mr. Thompson is a conservative and compe tent official, but it. is not reasonable to demand of him or of his assistant the j results which are Impossible with such an expenditure. , j Those "Hardscrabble" citizens who I are preparing to make a last stand ! against the passing of that section are , dearly within their legal rlfchts, but , no step should be taken that will cause j regret hereafter. Every phase of the | proposition ought to be carefully con sidered. More than fifty couples will ask the Court of Dauphin county to sunder their marital bonds at the forthcoming divorce session. What's the matter with the times, and what's the answer? Lyken* and WilHamstown and the other prosperous upper Dauphin towns will watch with peculiar Interest the developments of the great convention of miners at Indianapolis. In the midst of all our international controversies the administration at Washington is insisting on indepen dence for the Filipinos. Patience, brother, patience! Mayor Meals will earn the everlast ing gratitude of many citizens'by com pelling the amputation of low-hanging branches of trees oyer sidewalks. Newport is going after a place in the sun. It wants on the William Penn Highway, and is getting busy. That William Penn Highway move ment is increasing by leaps and bounds. Get on board: Of course, you are going to the Charity Ball. But have you secured your tickets? 1 TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE j —Pittsburgh is now flirting with the city manager plan. Pittsburgh has sporting blood enough to try any thing once. —Dr. Dixon suggests an occasional day in bed, but the boss hasn't changed his mind about getting around regularly and on time. —Judging from some views we have heard recently some hyphens are si lent, as in Bryan. —This is the kind of a day that gets the grip germ down and punches it until its cries of agony can be heard for miles. j —Montenegro had to decide be tween surrendering or taking to boats. Let's see. isn't there an old saying having something to do with a choice between the devil and the deep blue sea ? —lf this dye shortage keeps up we may not have even a Star Spangled Banner left to wave In the face of an enemy should we be attacked. This Is a phase of preparedness we have not yet heard discussed. TO-DAY'S EDITORIALS Philadelphia North American: A New York paper, referring the other day to the submarine controversy, said complacently that "the triumph of President Wilson's peaceful, patient and reasonable diplomacy seems to be near at hand." This is an echo of that strange fallacy, still rather widely held, that Mr. Wilson, by the exercise of superhuman strength and sagacity, "kept the nation out of war." There never was a more egregious misconception. His foreign policy, in the case of Mexico as in the case of Germany, has thrust this country steadily nearer and nearer to war. It goes without saying that all civ ilized nations reserve the authority to defend the lives and rights of their citizens abroad. Repeatedly and elo uqently President Wilson has asserted rights, even saying that he would "omit no word or act" to uphold them. But in every instance, upon challenge, he has retreated—or. rather, has done worse than retreat, by reiterating hol low phrases in which every nation in the world justly reads irresolution, ; timidity and false pretense. Thus lie has gone again and again to tt* verge ol' war, only to draw hack. Thus he has taught Europe to despise the United States as a nation of craven braggarts. Thus he has led even the Mexican greaser to feel that he can with impunity loot the property and take the lives of American citizens. Thus he has destroyed the prestige of this country, abandoned Its citizens to pillage and assassination and made war ultimately inevitable. For. if anything is certain. In logic, common sense and human experience, it is that there is no more effective means of inviting aggression than to submit to it, no surer provocative of war than the repeated surrender of national-rights. Philadelphia Public ledger: Since the European nations after the war is over will have to get along with each other somehow, it would seem to be the part of wisdom to shut down on the extreme "doctrine of hate" so sinisterly developed by Germany. Con sequently when one of the combatants repudiates the hate idea It is a very encouraging sign, and those who know their Europe will not be surprised to learn that it is the very independent kingdom of Hungary that has set the better example to Its sister States of the central powers through the issu ance of the following order: "The royal Hungarian minister for education requests all teachers to pay special attention in the coming terpi to the respect and honor due to our ene mies: that no hatred or contempt should enter the minds of the children against the brave men with whom their fathers are in deadly combat; and that hate or contempt is not to be cultivated in the youthful minds." Tlic Xcw York Sun: If Hen Frank lin's spirit could have animated Ills statue in Park Itow yesterday, his Iwo hundred and tenth birthday, what words of counsel, admonition and re buke he would have addressed to the statesmen who spend their time In futile talk under the shadow of Ills disnlfled bronze toes: HARRISBURG I ASA* TELEGRAPH THE CARTOON OF THE DAY | IN THE PATH - I /» J.ZZ&BT' —From the Philadelphia KvrniiA Lfdnrr. £k vfa(xM*a, By the Ex-ConunltteemM Anti-liquor advocates throughout the State, represented by 101 members of the board of trustees of the Pennsyl vania Anti-Saloon League, in Phila delphia yesterday renewed pledges of hostility to the saloon at their annual meeting. At the final session reso lutions were adopted commending Governor Brumbaugh's local option fight and the movement to carry the national battle against liquor to the floor of Congress. Instead of deplor ing defeats, as in the past, officers of the meeting announced that great progress was made in .the campaigns before the primaries, and optimistic predictions were made that the battle against the saloon would bo won in Pennsylvania at least. The most im portant business was the reading or the annual report of the Rev. E. J. Moore, State superintendent of the league. Dr. Moore said: "In prac- J tically every campaign where candi-t dates for the legislature, for Congress or for judicial offices are before the people the temperance forces will have two or three candidates to divide their strength, while the liquor people usually succeed in uniting their forces in support of one man. In no case, however, did this division bring defeat at the primaries last Spring. In every county, save one, where there was a struggle, the county organization asked for the help of the temperance forces. The people thus came to know what a local option fight would mean, and the result was the greatest temperance victory that has yet been won in Penn sylvania." At a dinner to be given in Philadel phia to-night by John A. McKinley, Jr., the speakers will be Mayor Smith, the Vare brothers. Director Wilson, Sheriff Ransley, Coroner Knight, Congress man Costello. State Senator W. W. Smith and others. Gifford Pinchot has discovered that i he "can't support Governor Brum baugh for President/' Gifford still I imagines he is a political force in ] Pennsylvania. He issued his "inter view" from the wilds of Pike county. The Capitol City Republican Club will have Senalor Beidleman, W. Harry Baiter and other well-known Repub licans as its guests to-nighi at a rally in its rooms at 1606 North Third street. ) OUR DAILY LAUGH I boob walking to the office to save ' j car fare. Read a —' his thoughts. Oh, j I well! He's only j I . been married a few months. ± POSSIBILITIES. i / fi< how we lon| j j / tor *' n 41 ' / And yearn t« I P/y go a-Maying | (y/IK . But Just as Uk< jT' jgL ' K as anything We'll all of ui sleighing. COMING BACK Hy M ing Dinger Consternation reigned in squlrreldom. Six or seven weeks ago. And the squirrels all got together To discuss things con and pro; For with living costs terrific Trouble stared them in the eye With the Ford Peace Party sailing— Cutting- down their food supply. Squirrels, they say, hy tens of thous ands Starved to death for lack of food And each day, it seemed, the question Of the eats more troifble brewed. But It's different now, they're hopeful. And In Joy their lips they smack With the news arriving daily That the party's coming back. "Every time the baby looks into my face he smiles," said Mr. Meek- Ins. "Well," answered his wife. "It may not be exactly polite, but it shows he liar< a sense of humor."—Pacific Uni tarian. 'Cab you get a recojirae-ndation from your former husband?" "Can I? He knows thai if I tuurry again, the alimony he is] paying mo Will atop. "—LU* \ , . WA TCH YOUR SNEEZE By Frederic J. Haskin V, J KEEP out of crowds, keep out of doors, quit kissing, and watch your sneeze! Grip is abroad in the land and its agile germs are prob ably even now moving toward you. Starting in Philadelphia, the disease has spread all over Pennsylvania, com pletely subjugated New York and made its appearance in Washington, while scattered cases are cropping up all over ttye country. Perhaps it will be checked in the larger commercial cities, and the epidemic ended. But it may reach all over the United States. For grip travels by rail and boat more than any other "known disease. Crowded cars and state rooms are the natural habitat of its minute organisms. In at least one case it circled the globe in a few months and set all the world sneezing from Paris to Australia. So there is not much you can do to prevent its arrival. But If you will keep out of crowds, ventilate your rooms well and live out of doors as much as possible, you will be reducing your suscepti bility to the minimum. Also, if you get the grip, for the sake of your fel lowmen, keep to yourself and be care-! ful how you sneeze. Grip is a colloquial term for la grippe, known to the medical profes sion in this country as influenza. It has been known to science for a long time, but owing to its remarkable fa cility in traveling it has grown con stantly more dangerous and wide spread as means of communication | have increased. The first recorded 'epidemics took place in the sixteenth century, and in 1580 there was a pan demic which set all Europe sneezing. A pandemic is an epidemic which em braces practically the whole world. Probably the most complete pan demic that ever struck this earth took place in 1889-90 when the grip made its appearance in Hongkong. A few weeks later it had reached Russia, and Petrograd was seriously afflicted. That was in September, and by December Germany. Franc*, Switzerland and most of the other European countries J had the grip, which afflicted about 40 ! per cent, of the population wherever jit went. Both India and Australia I were invaded early in March. London I had caught the disease during the sec i ond week in December, and by the l seventeenth of that month both Bos ton and New York had it, showing that the influenze organisms crossed the ocean in force by the first boat. From the Atlantic seaports this re markable pandemic swept the whole of North America wherever railroads reached. People doubtless know better how to take care of themselves now than they did in 1890; houses are better ventilated, railway cars and boats are more sanitary, but at the same time transportation facilities have been multiplied, and also the number of people who travel. So there is no tell ing how far the grip will go. I |THE STATE FROM DAfTODW Fireman Evans, of the Johnstown Engine Company, No. 1, whose aliases include such names as "Tidy," "Goat," etc., has discovered a new method of shaving which he respect fully submits to his suffering breth ren who are troubled with particular ly heavy beards. First you lather your face nicely, then you wait until there j is a fire alarm on a freezing cold night, I which fire you of course attend. On your return all you have to do is to break the whiskers off with your fin gers, like icicles. From Johnstown likewise comes this story, of the "boy bandit" who braved the Icy waters of the Cone maugh River in an effort to escape the police who were on his trail. At tempt was being made to return him to the Huntingdon Reformatory. His brief plunge into the river was not to his liking, so he took the officer's advice and gave himself up. Poor old "Butch" McDevitt the Wilkes-Barre man who made himself famous as the "millionaire for a day," i lias been having a great deal of trou ble finding his ideal. He has been searching for a wife down in Atlan tic City, but somehow or other none seem to suit him. Perhaps Atlantic City in the winter time is not the most prolllic place in the world when it. comes to a matter of finding one's soul mate. " Kick the saloon back into hell where it belongs'—the evangelist spoke in thunder tones as the artillery of his oratory mowed down the ram part of the liquor traffic with one broadside of invectives after another." —And so on. No, not the sequel to "Ten Nights in a Barroom" —merely a reportortal visualization of the atmos pheric conditions which existed at the time of Evangelist Blederwolf's sermon on "The Whisky Jug," in Allentown a few days ago. ! "T ain't fair, we'll quit." thought the two man-power police force of i Portland, Pa., when Council decided I that the high cost of running the town ■ must be decreased. The police force's | salary seoined the most logical place to bo«ln, and now Portland Is with jout police protection. JANUARY 19, 1916. Grip, or influenza, is a germ disease. The organism which causes it is one of the smallest known, but it has been isolated, stained and studied under a microscope. It will live only about thirty-six hours outside the human body, but It is very easily and rapidly communicated wherever there are people in crowds. In its early stages the disease is scarcely noticeable, and a person who thinks he is perfectly healthy may infect the entire force of an office or all of his fellow travelers in a Pullman. Roller towels, drinking cups, food, lead pencils—in fact, every thing that is used and touched in com mon becomes a carrier of disease. A sneeze pollutes the air with germs. It is quite possible that Christmas pres ents have helped to carry the present epidemic. Grip may develop into nothing more than a serious cold, or it may be a prost rat inland fatal disease. There are three principal forms of the trou ble. Bronchial grip attacks at tissue of the respiratory tract and has all the indications of a severe cold. In nervous grip the toxins generated by the disease attack the nerves and give rise to some very severe pains; while the gustro-lntestinal form of the dis ease affects the digestion. A great deal of the havoc wrought by grip, according to the health ex perts, is due to the fact that people do not attach any importance to it and fail to consult a physician. When ever an epidemic occurs the market Is flooded with cures and nostrums, most of which are quite worthless, while some of the pain-killers are positively dangerous because they depress the heart, action. Therefore, if you have grip It is important that you should see a physician. The treatment con sists in isolating the patient, eliminat ing poisons from his body and giving opiates to relieve the pain when it is severe. Grip is almost invariably fol lowed by a period of acute depression, and recovery Is often very slow. Grip Is a much more fatal disease than is generally supposed. In 1913, 7,700 persons were victims of it in the registration area of the United States, while the death rate due to grip was 12.2 to every one hundred thousand. This is more than two-thirds as high as the death rate due to typhoid fever. The most important thing to remem ber, however, is that the direct results of grip are not half as dangerous as the indirect ones. Many cases of pneumonia are simply an outgrowth of the grip, and in many American cities pneumonia kills more people than any other disease. Most or the victims of gTip are either old people or very young ones. On the other hand, a majority of those at tacked are robust males. This Is be cause the able-bodied men are the ones who go out and mingle in crowds and hence are most frequently ex posed to the infection. EDITORIAL COMMENT" United we stand for a whole lot.— Columbia State. Women who prefer dogs to children are a greater help to the race than they realize.—Sallna Journal. Looks as if England realizes that if she avoids a draft she will lose her grip.—Philadelphia North American. California may supply the raw ma terials for baked beans, but Boston gets all the glory.—Wall Street Jour nal. Kings will be fortunate In becoming sick of war before the common people become sick of kings. Washington Post. It's not the headaches, we take it, the prohibitionist brethren want to abolish so much as the heartaches. Columbia State. At any rate, Henry Ford managed to get some peace by quitting that scrappy party he was with.—Des Moines Reg ister and Leader. i Besides the things which make him persona non grata, what are the duties of a military attache to a foreign em bassy?— Kansas City Star. The United States is to make a new [protest over the sinking of the Japan ese liner. Well, as long as the supply of ships holds out, we ought to be able to furnish notes. —Philadelphia North American. THE SEARCHLIGHT A NEW DIVING SUIT An apparatus by which the diver be comes independent of the air-cables, which connect him with a pump on shore or In a boat, has been patented by a German inventor. He provides a bag of air which the diver carries on his back, thus Insuring an oxygen sup ply. The stilling carbonic acid gas which Is thrown off In process of breathing is taken care of by certain chemicals These chemicals absorb the gas. probably transforming it Into a cargonate and so the limited air- sup ply Is purlfted. A simplified form of this apparatus Is being tested In the German navy for the benefit of submarine crews In case of accident. The simplified suit Is built without a diving helmet, and Is so com pact that It can be carried In a pocket. Should It become necessary for the m«n to leave their craft and make for the surface, the sir reservoirs in the suits are inflated and the crew can be drawn up without hurry, safety in compara tive comfort. p==«========c= c^^ Eliptutu} (Eljat Some farmers appear to have taken up the offer of Secretary of Agricul ture Charles E. Patton to make unulv sis of lime used for fertilizer upon payment of a laboratory fee and have asked when it is to begin. For years there was complaint about the lime sold for farm use and the adoption of the system to carry out the act of the last Legislature has been closely followed up. Alreadx some men have written to the Capitol wanting to know where they should send the lime to be looked over by the chemists. * • • Comparatively few members of the Paxton Fire Company have ever served as members of the city police force but it has ever been that organ ization's traditional boast that the South Harrisburg firemen have al ways made up in quality what mav have lacked quantity. The passage of Mayor Meals' ordinance conferring police authority upon the fire drivers and chaufTeurs of the various com panies. however, gives the "Paxties" a couple of special policemen. True, they serve only as emergency men ut iires; however they're looked upon an policemen. And the whole company is proud of 'em. Particularly is this true of Harry Herzog. "Handsome Harry has long been his familiar cognomen. Than Harry there is no better fireman In the city; the records show that. As a policeman his fel low firemen think he should shine witli equal brilliancy. And, lest there be those who forget Harry's new job, the members of the company have provided him with a "badge." it is meant to be a star, and was cut from glistening metal—tin. From tip of point to tip of point the "star" meas ures only nine Inches. Followers of the war news, in read ing the dispatches telling of Monte negro's conquest by Austria, recall a prediction made by M. Stephen Pana- TT J Bulgarian minister to the • > States, in an interview with the Telegraph just a year ago to-day. WJiile attending the Bulgarian cele bration of Epiphany at Steelton last year the diplomat was asked to ven ture a prediction as to the ultimate result of the war, which at that time had not involved the Balkans to anv great extent. Smiling quizzically the statesman replied: "The best prediction that 1 could make reminds me of an old Turkish adage. Translated freeiv that time-worn saying is, The horse's are kicking, each other around but the donkeys will suffer.' " And Belgium, Serbia and Monte negro surely are not in the horse class. » • ♦ Did you ever try to figure out how reports about accidents and other happenings travel over the city so quickly? No matter how exaggerated the story may be or how much it may lack foundation, every body feols it his or her duty to tell U to someone else. The other day a joker entered a local book store and told a story about rescuing a young girl from In dependence Island. He gave names, time and conditions and his story was believed. No one considered that the river was full of ice and it was im possible to get to the island in a boat. But in less than one hour that, tale was told in every section of the city. Telephones were busy inquiring about the young woman. Ir reached the ears of a local reporter and he, too, "fell" for it, and called at the home of the alleged rescuer of the'young girl for a statement. The joker laughed the matter off, saying he wanted to "see how far a rumor would go." WHEN WAR IS OVER I Kansas City Times,] John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, in his speech before the Senate Thurs day, gave exjiression to the thought that has been in the minds of military men since the European war assumed such vast proportions: Europe's task of disbanding its armies. • Senator Williams points out that it will be no easy task for the belligerent nations to disarm the millions of men in service and send them home again. Generally speaking, they will have nothing to go back to. Their occu pations will be gone. Industry will be paralyzed, the homes of millions de stroyed or ruined. Every man who has witnessed the European situation has been disturbed with the same thought. Every one of them, as Senator Williams does, scouts the notion that they will be too ex hausted to fight. They will be better prepared to fight than they will be prepared for peace. The milksop theory that the warring nations will be bankrupt and not able to fight is not held by a military man of Europe or of America. And, unfortunately. Senator Williams is confirmed in this view of tho big 'war problem by America's own experi ence. The country was in serious danger from its own army after the Revolutionary War. The disbanding of the federal army in the Civil War was accomplished without serious re sults, because the country of the sol diers had not been touched by war. And even at that It was one of tin; most t.remen<fous results of tho great conflict, from the world's viewpoint, that the disarmament was effected without trouble. INTERVENTION? [New York Sun.] It is one month and seven days since President Wilson said to Con gress, referring to the Mexican situ ation, "We will aid and befriend Mexico, but we will not coerce her." The smoothly turned phraso came from tho same rhetorical pigeonhole as "Too proud to fight." It Is the President's fondness for the official utterance of these unofficially con ceived sentiments that has brought the country to its present state of in tense exasperation. He speaks too readily and too glibly. The people of the United States do not want to fight, but they are not too proud to fight. On proper occa sion they would go forth to fight, im mensely and righteously proud of their action. The people of the United States desire to aid and befriend Mexico, but they will Intervene with armed force to coerce her if that step becomes necessary to stop the mur der of American citizens, In tho ab sence of disposition or power on the part of recognized government In Mex ico to perform Its duty to civilization and our flag. / Stop—Look—Think This Is an advertising para phrase on that old railroad sign: Stop—Look—Listen! The railroad sign stands for "safety first." So does the paraphrase safety first in spending your hard earned money. Stop when you pick up your newspaper today for ex ample and Look through the ad vertising pages. Tklak. Do they offer some thing better than you are ac customed to use? Do tliey offer lower prices? Do they tell you of advan tages you are not enjoying? Think! Investigate! Ileason it out for yourself. Hut use the advertising for tho preliminacy guide.
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