8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NSIVSPAPER FOR THB HOME I Foundtd itji j Published evenings except Sunday by j THE TGLKORAPH PRINTING CO., | Telegraph Building, Federal S«uare. I 9. J. STACK POLE, Pres'i and Ei«tr4+CkUi j It. OYSTER, Business Manager. 'OUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. j • Member American I Newspaper Pub-' Ushers' Assocla- ! Bureau of Clrcu- f aylvanla Assoelat- j Eastern office, Has- ! Brooks, Fifth Ave- ! liue Building. New j Gas°Building, oChl' 0 Chl ' cago, 111. Entered at the Post Office In Harrls ourg, Fa., aa second class matter. -IL By farriers, six cents a week; by mail, J3.00 a year In advance. •worm dally average circulation for the threa Booths ending Dec. 31, 191 S. ★ 22,412 These flgurea are net. AH returned, ■aaold and damaged copies deducted. W ' 1 i SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 22 Patience is the most necessary thing in this tcorUl. — CONFUCIUS. SAFETY ON RAILROADS ONE must admire the spirit of rail road managers who through all of the discouragements of the past few years have maintained' steadily their campaign of "safety first." It is easy to prosecute move ments for the betterment of conditions in general when business is good and profits are big. It is not difficult to > spend money along such lines from surplus funds, but it is difficult to withstand the clamorings of stock holders who are more interested in dividends than in welfare enterprises, and to continue to pour out thousands upon thousands of dollars in non productive channels when revenues are on the decline and the outlook is uncertain. The figures for 1915, compiled by the Railway Age Gazette, are impres sive. As a result of the combined ef fect of the safety first movement, of improvements in facilities of various kinds and of the slump in railway traffic caused by the business depres sion, the accident record of the rail ways of the United States for 1915 is in most respects the best ever re ported, even when allowance is made lor the reduced chances for accident resulting from the decrease in traffic. It is necessary to go back several years, to a time when railway mileage and traffic and the number of em ployes were all very much less than In 1915, to find accident figures as small as those reported for the year. Excluding trespassers, the total number of fatalities in connection with railway operation was only 3,537, or less than for any year since 1900, and 27 per cent, less thsfn In 1914, while the number of passengers carried one mile in 1915 was approximately 10C per cent, greater and the number of tons of freight hauled /lie mile was about 92 per cent, greater than in 1900. The total number of persons killed in 1915, the Railway Age Gazette shows, was less than for any other year since 1902, and the number in jured was less than for any other year since 1911. The total number of passengers killed. 222, out of ap proximately one billion carried, was less than for any other year since 1 898, when only 798,000,000 were car ried; and the number injured was less ■ than for any other year since 1906. The total number of employes killed was less than for any other year since 1898, when there were only about half as many employes as In 1915, and the* number injured was less than for any other year since 1911. The total num ber of other persons killed, most of whom were trespassers, was less than for any year since 1910, but the num ber injured was greater than for any other year except 1914 and 1913. With Legislatures and Congress I hammering at them, with business on the down grade and no relief In sight, the railroads kept right on with their fafety campaign, and it is pleasing to note that they are now beginning to reap their reword. OUR FOOD SUPPLY WHY all this boasting of our growing exports o'f food pro ducts? The figures sound well, but they do not have the ring of true prosperity, for nearly every pound of provisions sent abroad has its effect on prices to the consumer in this, count ry. The remarkable advance in the ex portation of food in the last two years can be attributed entirely to the war and its Influence. It Is, therefore, but a temporary condition, and when the war Is over it is certain that, there will be a slump, especially in breadstuffs. A return to normal conditions should be welcomed rather than de plored, for food production in the United States for some years has been turning from a resource to a prob lem. Increasing population has brought about a home consumption that is not only overtaking home pro duction nnd reducing the normal ex port surplus, but one that was, before the outbreak of the war, beginning to draw upon foreign countries for cer tain of its requirements. Nearly two years ago James J. Hill, in an address before the National Export Trade Convention in Washington, called the attention of the country to the decline in the position of the United States as a producer of foodstuffs, particularly of breadeuffs, and warned that the SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG 3SS& TELEGRAPH JANUARY 22, 1916. movement could only be checked by tremendous efforts to induce a better Agriculture and a more Intelligent care of the soil. The conditions to which Mr. Hill called attention at that time have not been remedied; they have been merely overshadowed temporarily by a condition of abnor mal demand, caused by the war. CHANGING FRONT ACCORDING to Colonel Roosevelt, heroics are no longer in fashion. Colonel Roosevelt ought to be an authority on the subject, for his career from San Juan Hill all the j way to Armagedon has been marked : •by flights of verbal rockets, eloquent j appeals to "the common people" to • "save the country," loud cries of "my j hat's in the ring," and the huzzas of 1 admiring thousands wrought to fever heat of patriotic fervor by the Col onel's eloquence. But while many may smile in contemplation of the I Colonel as an apostle of calmness and j deliberation in national affairs, they 1 must agree with him that this is not 1 a time for a display of heroics, but rather for the careful consideration of 1 the grave problems now before us, j problems that cannot be solved in the j heat of partisan debate nor by mere appeals to spreadeagleism. Colonel Roosevelt, in conversation with Mayor Smith of Philadelphia, yesterday, summed up the thought of millions of clear thinking Americans when he said: Ah, reform—uplift. We hear so much about it. It is all right; but, you know, we must get right down to the tacts. A nation incapable of leaching the heroic plane is incapa ble of properly defending itself. But no man or nation can stand the strain of living always in the heroic. It Is a good thing in its time and place, but when 1 hear a man perpetually calling for "up lift" 1 feel like getting up and yell ing. I can't stand it all the time myself. You know, after a man has been reading "Macbeth" steadily he feels he must go out jto the "movies"—at least, that's the way I feel about It. The perpetual "up-lifter" is either unbalanced mentally or he is "up lifting" for his own personal benefit. To accept the professional reformer's doctrines at their face value would be to believe everybody except him a crook, with the suspicion that he him self may be no better than he should 'be. As the Colonel intimated, the nation has had so much of "up-lift" and mock heroics that it. is tired of the whole sickening performance and desires nothing so much as to get back to a place where sanity and dignity shall be permitted to resume their erstwhile importance in the affairs of the nation. Another shock that fire-eating friends of the Colonel received yes terday came when he told Mayor Smith that he. Roosevelt, is a "good organization man" and that every public official ought to reckon with his "organization," so long as the "organization"' is not guilty of "too much burglary." The Colonel is, above all, a shrewd politician, and none realizes better than he that without "organization" little can be accomplished in politics. It is not the use of an "organization" but the abuse of it that makes for evil. From extreme radicalism to reason able conservatism is a long jump, but these most recent and more or less surprising views of the Colonel lead one to the suspicion that he is crouching for a spring which he hopes will land him safely again on the Republican band wagon. DEFINING THE HYPHEN FRANCIS HUGO, Secretary of New York State, thus aptly defines the much-abused hyphen as applied to American citizenship: If the hyphen means ancestry, I'm for It. If it means allegiance, I'm against it. There we have it In a nutshell. No body objects to a man being proud of his German, or his Irish, or his Scotch ancestry, even to the point of boasting about It. But every good citizen does object to the German, or the Irish, or the Scotch, or any other nationality being placed before the word Ameri can in a sense that indicates divided .allegiance. PRESIDENT'S APPEAL A WASHINGTON dispatch to the Chicago Herald states: "The President realizes that he can not take the strong stand which his past procedure logically demands un less the country gives him unmistak able backing." This is in reference to the foreign policy. The President i need have no misgivings. When he I takes a strong stand he will find the country at his back, but It would take a population of artful dodgers to keep behind him in his present back ing, filling and side-stepping. Another thing: To appeal to the country to stand behind him, with the present intention to make political capital of the foreign situation when the cam paign Is on, looks like "heads I win, tails you lose." ANOTHER FRIEND GONE THE Washington Times, of Pro gressive proclivities and often manifesting signs of friendli ness to President Wilson, is very much disgusted by the delayed pub lication of the President's letter writ ten three years ago to A. Mitchell Palmer, Indicating Mr. Wilson's willingness to be a candidate for a second term. The Times thinks the American people would not greatly resent the violation of -the single term pledge, but will resent his keep ing his intentions s«cret for three years after writing them to Mr. Pal mer. But what else could the Times expect from a man who has been the embodiment of secrecy and the su preme master hand at official va cillation and political summersaults? The Charity Ball earned more this year than ever before, largely because those In charge of arrangements pro ceeded along modern business lines. Ex penses and receipts were kept con stantly In mind, and while there was no disposition to slight Rt any point, no expense that could have been avoid ed was Incurred. Those who attended enjoyed a delightful social event and at the same time contributed gener ously toward a worthy cause. Those who gave over their time and means to make the affair the success It was de serve the congratulations thtfy are re ceiving. EIGHT AND DARKNESS HE that salth he Is in the light, and hateth his brother, Is In dark ness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth In the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his brother Is in darkness, and knoweth not whither he gocth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.—John 2:9-11. | TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE"] —Hari Chand, who is stJdylng In this country, abhors our ways and says he is going back to India, "where the young men sit at the feet of phil osophers and discuss the theories of 1 life"—and incidentally permit the English to boss 'em. —Unfortunately the man with the grip can get no more sympathy than a cold "yes. I know how you feel; I've had it myself." —Out West they are having a "pay j up" week, in an endeavor to get in j over due debts. After a long perusal of western newspapers we were labor ing under the notion that there are no dishonest people west of Chicago. Won't somebody please explain? —The old warning to "beware of the Greeks bringing gifts" doesn't appear to apply in the present instance. —There are more dogs than babies at Palm Beach, according to a census taken this week. The reason for this is that no family with babies can af ford to go to Palm Beach. —lf a man tells a girl that his love for her Is as deep as the ocean, she will do well to take It with a grain of salt. | EDITQRIAL CQMMENT | . ,E vel v sp J' must be a diplomat, but nltherto the reverse has been consid ered neither necessary nor good form.— •New York Tribune. Yuan is beginning to fcnd that while a throne Is much higher, the under pinning of a Presidential chair is con siderably broader.—Washington Post. An Ohio paper says there will be no typographical errors in heaven. This disposes of printers and proofreaders with one fell swoop.—Detroit Free i Press. No doubt all those State grangers who voted against preparedness for the United States will return and tear d "«'n their I'Khtiling-rods.—Philadel phia North American. | The dried apples that the British seized from the cargo of the Oscar II were doubtless taken on the ground that they might be used to swell the forces of the enemy.—Boston Herald. • TO-DAY'S EDITORIALS The Public Ledger, Philadelphia: Is protection the entering wedge that I is destined to shatter the solid South?! There can be little question that seri ous doubt as to the infallibility of Democratic tariff policies is not con fined at present to the Louisiana sugar growers, for there are industries all over the Southland that depend for their permanence and prosperitv upon a wise adjustment of the tariff for their protection. The men who have engaged in these enterprises must of necessity turn for defense, not to the party of tariff for revenue with inci dental protection, to that which makes I protection a cardinal principle of po i litical action. In tills connection the ! appeal to the people of the South, made by the Manufacturers' Record, of Baltimore, Is of peculiar significance at this time. The Record warns the politicians of the growth of the pro tection sentiment, and calls upon them to adjust their policy to th« changed industrial conditions of the South and I to abandon worn-out economic theories | if they do not want to face overwhelm ing defeat. They are reminded that "intellectual slavery is worse than physical slavery." The South is free from the latter; will It have the cour age and foresight to liberate itself | from the former? The Philadelphia Inquirer: Roose velt may not care to confess to the public his return to the Republican party, but his speech at Philadelphia on Thursday night had Republican principles written all over it. The Philadelphia Press: The ora torical pilgrimage upon which Presi dent Wilson will soon depart will be both inteicsting and unique. It is doubtful if the annals of the White House have ever beheld its like. Nomi nally and avowedly, he fares him forth I to convert llie country to a policy of preparedness and national defense. But his real purpose must be, and is, to secure for himself a fuller leader ship of the Democratic party, to regain the control of his party in Congress which even he sees has been lost. f?OOT FREE WILLIAM (From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.] You have to hand it to William J. Bryan: he does as he likes, which he didn't when be was Secretary of State. TWO OF A KIND [From the Washington Herald.l Undefended democracy will perish, says Colonel Roosevelt. Just like un defended Bull Moocracy. This Is the Birthday Anniversary of— ■ Br W JH| H iafl Hi - ~ nft C. Ross Boas, one of Harrisb'nrg's leading jewelers. Mr. Boas has been a life-long resident of llarrlsburg; and for many years has been located In business in Market street. He re ceived numerous congratulations to day, along with best wishes from many friends. Ck tKKC H IcCCKia By the Ex-Oommitteemaa Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's visit to Philadelphia, his cordiality to the Republican city officials and his dec laration that he is an "Organization Man" have given the political observ ers of Pennsylvania something to think about. The colonel Is once more the sensation. The whole State is talking about the incidents of his visit and the effect upon the men who fol lowed Roosevelt is not being lost. Nothing has helped the return to the Republican party movement, in the opinion of many, as much as the colo nel's visit. —Next to the Roosevelt visit the most interesting incident in Philadel phia in a week occurred yesterday when initial steps in a movement to bring back to the Republican party most of the men who voted Indepen dent tickets In recent campaigns were taken at a luncheon given by John C. Winston, chairman of the Committee of Seventy, and who was also active in the Committee of One Hundred, which supported George D. Porter for Mayor at the late election. There were about forty guests, among them Mr. Porter and some of the heaviest con tributors to his canvass, and leading officers and members of the Commit tee of Seventy and the Committee of One Hundred. The Philadelphia In quirer says of it: "While primarily most of those present had in mind support of the Republican nominee for President, shall a candidate be named that will be acceptable to the inde pendents, the local situation was dis cussed both during and after the func tion. There was a pronounced senti ment In favor of effecting an imme diate organization to make their in fluence felt not only at the coming pri maries, but in the fulfillment of the pledges made by the Republican party in the recent campaign for Mayor." —Philadelphia is much concerned about the national delegate situation again. The Philadelphia Record to-day says: "United States Senator Boies Pen rose held a brief conference last even ing with Mayor Thomas B. Smith, and after the meeting Senator Penrose an nounced that he probably would issue a statement to-day. Neither the Mayor or Senator Penrose would divulge any information concerning the purpose of the meeting between the two, but it is presumed that they talked over the coining primary for the election of'delegates to the National Republi can convention. Following the meet ing between Penrose and Mayor Smith. Congressman William S. Vare is said to have been closeted with the Mayor .'or neariy two hours. The Congress man also declined to say what sub jects he had discussed with the Mayor. State Senator James P. McNichol Is said to have also talked with the Mayor earlier in the day." —Coatesville's mayoralty hearings reopened yesterday and seven of the witnesses testified that they had not paid any poll tax for two years, and that they voted for the Rev. T. W. Mc- Kinney, who is contesting the election of .Mayor Walter Jones, opponent. Seventy witnesses, mostly colored men, testified. Bank officials testified thitt they did not know whether Mr. Jones had paid any poll tax for others or riot. The poll tax was payable at the bank before It became delinquent. The contestants will finish up their side of the case in one more hearing, and it was hinted that bench warrants may be issued for some of the witnesses who failed tt> respond. —The Central Democratic club last night invited President Wilson to stop off here some time on his travels and tell the people all about his prepared ness plans and what he thinks about the disorganized reorganized Demo cracy. The action was unanimous, of course. County Chairman Fred Mor genthaler will arrange for the visit and the members of the club will then be asked to pay the bills. T. I<. Van- Dyke dragged A. Mitchell Palmer out of the tar paper cupboard by pre senting a resolution endorsing him for the vacancy on the supreme court bench. This is taken to mean that the club thinks he would be such an ele gant judge'that the State Democracy can spare him as national committee man. —Ex-Judge Robert G. Bushong, of Reading, will be a candidate for na tional delegate. —Governor Brumbaugh will meet a number of friends In Philadelphia to day regarding his plans for lighting for a local option legislature. He out lined the western fights this week in this city and now is looking to the East. —At Hazleton yesterday Represen tative William L. Adams, of Beaver Brook, formally announced himself as a third-term candidate for the Legislature on the Republican ticket and included local option as one of the planks of his platform. At the same time Harry W. Jacobs, man ager of the Pennsylvania Central Brewing Company, entered suit against Adams for the recovery of S2OO he claims to have advanced Adams for campaign expenses two years ago. —No agreement lias been reached in regard to tlie Republican nomina tion for Senator in the Jefferson-In diana district. It has been the cus tom in this district to give two terms in the Senate to one man from each county. Senator T. M. Kurtz Ims served two terms and is willing to re tire, but there is difficulty in selecting his successor. W. B. Adams, of Jef ferson county, has announced his candidacy, and Wilbur F. Graff and ex-Representative M. Clark Watson, of Indiana, also seek the Republican nomination. On the question of dele gates to the Republican National Con vention it was decided that former Senator John S. Fisher of Indiana, should be a candidate from the Tn diana-Jefferson-Clarion and Arm strong district. Clarion county will present the name of former Judge Harry Wilson for delegate, and it is understood that these two will be gen erally supported for election. THE ENGLISH SITUATION [From the Boston Globe.] "We do not trust the trade union leaders," shouted George's Christ mas audience in Glasgow. "Whom do you trust?" he asked. The answer was swift. Several voices gave It: "No body." Toward this climax the British labor situation lias been working. For gen erations the British workingman has had disappointment after disappoint ment work the lesson of "no truth" into his deliberate but tenacious brain. He has seen reformers start reforming In his interest and then turn off to other interests, as was the case with Annie Besant. He has seen labor men rise high in the Commons and become Inter ested in getting rich. He has seen the Government forced into a corner by the pressure of beter conditions and then wiggle out, having granted only a small fraction of what was needed. Recently twenty-six shipwrights at Govan were fined 150 each for striking and wene not permitted to employ coun sel to defend themselves. Some of them asserted they had been worked 13-t hours a week. Perhaps it Is "too late,' 'as Lloyd George has suggested. If so, Fngiaud has lost at the front, because she never took pains to win at the rear. Kng latid has been preparing to lose at the rear even longer thnn Germany has been organizing for conquMt. In Kng laud. or elsewhere, a preparedness > which does not lnciuda the men in tlia THE CARTOON OF THE DAY 1 The Equilibrist Is Going to Have a Tough* Time.—By Hungerford. —From The Pittsburgh Sun. WHERE Y The Retailer and His Problem By Frederic J. Haskin I ) JUST at present retailers are doing a heavy business in absolute neces sities, such as shoes, clothing, staple foods and household supplies in general. For absolute luxuries, such as jewelry, there was little demand for some months, until the Christmas shopping began. The reason for this state of affairs is that people are now beginning to replace the Supplies of necessities which were exhausted during the re cent period of financial stress. They have not, however, reached the point where they can afford to spend any considerable amounts upon things they do not need. The experience of the shoe industry Is a typical example of the effect of financial stress upon the demand for the necessities of life. For a long time after the European War broke out/ the shoe business was very hard hit—all except Guiseppi, the shoe maker. who did a rushing business in half-soles and taps and patches. Everyone had bis shoes mended in stead of buying a new pair. The re tailer of shoes had to bide his time and was fortunate if he carried rub ber heels and did repairing as a side line. Soon, however, shoes began to wear out and prosperity to return, and now the shoe dealer is doing a rushing business. This is an example of the compli cated problems in supply and demand which are faced by the retailer, one of the most important factors in mod ern life and one that is growing four times as fast as the population. The man who buys and sells has never been considered nearly as Im portant as the man who produces, so while farming and manufacturing have been studied scientifically the equally important science of retail ing has been allowed to grow up as it might. Economists and legislators are just beginning to realize its im portance. Books are being written on the subject, State laws are being pass ed and Congress has taken under consideration the matter of fixed prices for trade-marked goods. According to the census of 1910 there are over a million retail deal ers in the United States. Figures compiled in various States show that these are increasing at least four times as fast as the population. The chain store, the department store and the mail order house have attained tremendous growth and power. The | effect of these new factors in Amer- I ican life and the whole subject of the relation between retailer and cus tomer have been studied only in the most fragmentary manner. We are trying here to show what the problem is rather than how to remedy it. Such as the American retail store is, the American woman has made It, and undoubtedly on the whole she has been a very salutary influence. Fifty years ago, women were so com pletely occupied by their duties at home" that men almost invariably did the buying for the family. Now the factories is simply preparation for de feat. A working class disappointed time after time will be in the end trust "nobody." That will be the end. I OUR DAILY LAUGH 11 i | BUSINESS WITH ftGrate ful Pa tftsgi tlent Doctor, I lgg£«\ 7 owe my life to cla Doctor —That's i. £ all right, sir; but "jjto I cannot take it IX) VK. >-JM Oh, isn't It ro mantle? I'm go- Wjj In' to change my ! cat's name from 1 Julia to Percy, and Percy, he's going to name one of his Pa's - new pigs after 'VneP' me! WELCOMING WILSON lFrom the Kansas City Star.] When President Wilson comes to Kansas City to present his prepared ness program to the people of the West he will find a genuine welcome, and something else. He will find that there is not so much opposition to prepared ness as the President and the people of the East have been led to Delieve ex ists. . „ The people of Missouri and Kansas are Americans, and they will not op pose any program that Is b'er enough to meet every need of American Inter ests. . , There are many, of course, who now object to this program. Some for po litical reasons, some -because they de sire to oppose everything the adminis tration favors, but the majority because they do not comprehend the purpose of the preparedness program. When It is made r "In to them that America is not prep;.red to protect her own interests in view of the present world crisis, the opposition will crumble. The red-blooded Americans of the West do not believe the United States should lie n rnß tloll among the nations of the world. They are not that kind of Americana. exact opposite is true. It has been estimated that women do 75 per cent, of all the retail buying in this coun try. And they are undoubtedly bet ter shoppers than men. In the first place, they give a great deal more time to the matter, whether they have It or not. They undoubted ly get. a great deal of pleasure out of merely looking at goods, and are pretty certain to scan all the possi bilities before making a purchase. The woman who is said to have asked to see some two cent stamps is scarce ly an exaggerated case, for women nearly always ask to see rather than to buy. Thus they beco.-ie highly critical and experienced shoppers, al ways making comparisons of price and quality, pretty well able to take care of themselves. But they alsp require a tremendous force of salespeople to watch them while they paw over bargain coun ters. and to answer their steady flow of questions, in a haberdasher's, one man can sell more goods in a day than six girls in a department store patronized chiefly by women. The conditions inside the retail .store have undoubtedly been im proved by women. They insist upon cleanliness, light and ventilation. Goods must be attractively displayed to please them, and they must re ceive solicitous personal attention. ,So pleasing the women is the re tailer's first problem, but what pleases the women In one part of the country does not even interest them in an other. Probably no country in the world has such a complicated retail problem as the United States. Each section of the country has Its own tastes and prejudices, and these are being constantly modified by immi gration. The retailer must at once cater to these wlilms of sections, nationality and custom, and must use his power through advertising and suggestion to modify them. If you opened a grocery store in a community where many of the peo ple were French, for example, It would be useless to put In an exten sive line of breakfast foods. THe French do not eat them In their own country, and they seldom learn how over here. If the people you cater to are mostly German, you can sell them a great many sour foods, but if they are English the dill pickles and sauer kraut will be a drug on the market, while sweet cakes and tea will be come staples. These demands according to na tionality are comparatively easy to discover and supply, but there are many which are not so obvious or so easily explained. For example, in some sections nearly all people buy carpets for their floors, while In the others they nearly all use rugs. In some parts of the country you can sell nothing but black tea, and in others nothing but green. Some whole cities wear extreme styles of clothing, while in others conservative styles prevail. [THE STATE FROM DAf TODAY To the supersensitive, an editorial on the subject of "retching" might be somewhat distasteful. But, of course, it would all depend on the spirit whlclt moved the editorial. The Reading Herald yesterday devoted half a column to explaining that it was perfectly all right to print a story about a young school girl who was accused of having "retched" upon a boy in the same school. To make a long story short, the word as used In Pennsylvania Dutchland means nothing more nor less than "tattle, or tell tales." We extend our heartfelt sympathies to the-poor unfortunate undergrads of Washington and Jefferson College, who by reason of the Illness from scarlet fever of two students have been compelled to go home until F?b ruray 7. As we recall, an enforced va cation of that sort was usually ob noxious to the majority of the students in our day. It is said that the body of a Hon cub was taken from the Chester River at Chester. Wonder where the rest of the family is! Romantic hearts, ably re-enforced in courage by a banana and an orange, bolstered up two young people of Philadelphia yesterday who simply had to get to Elkton and get married "without mother knowing anything about it." They were about 18 and 20 years old respectively, and they were very scared to think that they were really eloping, but determined that "love would tlnd a way," they stuck to it and Anally got to Elkton before the license bureau was closed. Shenandoah is undergoing a rather risky experiment In that the city streets are developing wide cracks in them that look as though the people of China had been delving into the bowels of the earth with picks and were finally approaching this crust on which we lij'e. Houses are settling and it is almost Impossible to open doors and windows. It is believed that the threatened collapse i-otnes from lold mine workings of the Reading |lrou and Coal Company, ©jetting (Hljat Men connected with the livestock end of the State government say that the theory of Holland veterinarians that the foot and mouth disease which Is decimating the herds in the l,ow Countries was carried by wild geese : - well founded. In this State it ha* been dellnitely established that the infection was carried from county » county by pigeons and one serious OP . break in 1918 was traced dlrectlv to a flock of pigeons which had been' feed ing about a farm where the disease, prevailed. This was one reason, sav the olficials why pigeons, ducks, geese, chickens and other fowls were ordered to be kept within hounds or penned up when farms or districts were quar antined last year. The State is now in excellent shape as far as both the foot and mouth disease and the hog cholera go. There is no foot and mouth dis ease and the hog cholera is much less than at this time last year. "Oh, well, better late than never," grinned County Recorder James IS, Lentz to-day as he re-read a letter from his bosom friend Prof. 11. E. Enders of Purdue University, Lafay ette, Ind. Mr. Enders, whose home is In Jackson township, and Mr. Lent*, have always been chums and few of the latter's friends followed the recorder's campaign more closely than did Prof. Enders. And when the victory was finally won Mr. Lents naturally looked forward to receiv ing some word of congratulation from his chum. Weeks passed. Prof. Enders wrote from time to time. But it was only in to-day's letter that Mr. Lentz discovered any reference to his campaign. This was brief, however: "Congratulations," wrote Prof, Enders, "if you won out!" State Capitol officials are hoping that the next few months will bring to the city some of the paintings for the Sen ate chamber which Miss Violet Oak ley was commissioned to paint. The commission upon which Miss Oakley is now engaged is for the decoration of the Senate chamber. It is expected that all of the art works will be in place by the time the next Legislature meets. Attorney General Francis Shunk Brown is opposed to capital punish ment. This came out yesterday at the meeting of the State Board of Pardons where the attorney general in the course of an animated discussion on points in the March-Pennington case. "I ani opposed to capital punishment. The idea of taking life is abhorrent to me, but I have a duty to do as law officer of the Commonwealth." said he. Joel D. Justin, principal engineer under the Board of Public Works dur ing the construction of the river front wall and dam, has contributed to the Engineering News an interesting tech nical article on the concrete dam in the river at this place. Me shows in an inteiesting way the peculiar engineer ing features of this dam and a number of illustrations add to the interest of the story. Mr. Justin points out that the dam is rather original in its char acter and gives considerable attention to the manner of treating the "pot holes" which were encountered on the river bottom ip the construction of the piers. He says the cost of the dam was very reasonable and demon strates its practical design from an engineering standpoint. "You have suggested the possibility of a bad boy having set your school houses afire," said Harry K. Meredith, a traveling man of Pittsburgh who stopped off in this city yesterday, "but for my part I don't believe any such thing. I don't believe there Is a boy in town bad enough for that. I be lieve In boys and I believe also that tho average city, of which Harrlsburg is one, cares enough for its boys. You in Harrisburg have such a fine town in other respects you ought to take up your lost motion at this point. Take a lesson from Gary, Ind., which I vis ited on my rounds last week. They do not have any boy problem there. They make the schools and the after school recreation so pleasant that boys have no time to be bad. Boys as a rule misbehave only when they have no outlet for their energies. Guide them right and they will be right. Here is a chance for somebody to do a great work in Harrisburg that is fairly cry ing aloud to be done." • • • Lieutenant Colonel E. ti. Kearns, of Pittsburgh, who is mentioned for col onel of the Eighteenth infantry, is a former Harrisburger. He is a son of E. L. Kearns, who resided here for several years, and whose wife was a daughter of the late Michael Burlcc, long one of Harrisburg's prominent citizens. Col. Kearns is a nephew of James Brady, president of the First National bank. • • • More new money Is In circulation in Harrisburg than for a long time, the amount of cash newly minted re ceived here lately having been large. The demand for new money at Christ mas time is said to have been very unusual and a good bit of the money now in circulation is believed to bo some that was put out in the holi days. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ * —William Flinn, the Pittsburgh Progressive leader, slept through a fire in the basement of his house. —I. H. Mayer, the new head of the State Vegetable Growers' Association, is a Lancaster man. —F. T. Chandler, Philadelphia broker, has been ill. —Dr. S. L. Gulick, student of the Orient, declared in a speech at Phila delphia that the Japanese peril, was largely phantom. —Col. G. Carleton, of the United States cavalry, well known here, has been ordered to Manila. | DO YOU KNOW That steel for locomotives Is made at Steel ton? HISTORIC HARRISBURG This city was laid out prior to 1785. ' K Timeliness Concentrated Doing the right thing at the right time ls always nine tenths of the battle Doing it in the right place is equally important. Concentration means putting on the pressure where It counts for the most. The two things that distin guish the newspapers from all other mediums are Timeliness and Concentration. No other medium offers such facilities to the advertiser. • No other medium brings such splendid results to the advertis er at such low cost. Timeliness and Concentration— The Newspaper.
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