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TL'ESI>\Y EVEMXG, JANUARY 25.
It may be glorious to write
Thought that shall glad the two or
three
High souls like those far stars that
come in sight
On'cc in a century:
But better far it is to speak
One simple word, which now and
then
Shall waken their free natures in the
weak
And friendless sons of men.
— LOWELL.
.JEWISH REUEI' DAY
GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH HAS
very generously and graciously
endorsed lhe request of Presi
dent Wilson that January 27 be set
apart in Pennsylvania as a special
time for contributing toward the relief
of the Jews in war-torn Europe, and
men and women of all creeds will
rally around the banner of charity
cn. that occasion to extend alms to a
long suffering people.
In the war zones of Russia, Poland I
and Galieia it is estimated that overt
7.000,000 Jews are in appalling dis- |
tress. They have suffered the horrors :
and privations of war in unspeakable
form.
They must have help if to what al- j
ready has happened is not lo be added
an even worse chapter of desolation
and death. Naturally the Jews of the
United States, however willing and
anxious they are to hasten lo the
rescue, cannot undertake to discharge
so stupendous a task unaided. There
fore they, turn to the general "public,
confident that the American spirit of i
charity for all will once more, as it
has done before, respond in substan
tial measure. The call is to humanity
for humanity's sake and in Pennsyl
vania, al least, it will not be in vain.
PHILADELPHIA'S TROUBLES
AGAIN Mayor Smith has demon
strated the constructive atti
tude of his administration to
ward public improvements in forcing
to a conclusion the completion of the
Philadelphia Parkway and the erec
tion of a convention hall and free li
brary building. Manifestly he is the
sort of executive who believes in get
ting things done. Philadelphia has
talked about these and other im
provements for several years, but has
not accomplished much in the way
of actual achievement.
All of Pennsylvania is interested in
the proper development of the great
city at the confluence of the Delaware
and Schuylkill rivers and this can
only be accomplished through con-
K; ruetive and consistent effort upon the
part of its officials. Philadelphia is
well nigh Impossible from the stand
point of its everlasting political
bickering and factional controversies,
but as a great American city it has the
friendly support of all the rest of
this imperial Commonwealth. Out
side of Philadelphia the political
racket excites indignation and more
or less contempt, but the city itself
is so American in all its important
phases that the political atmosphere
does not entirely envelop the better
elements of. the municipality.
It is high time that the people gen
erally give their political leaders and
bosses of all parties and factions to
understand that these are not masters,
but are the mere servants of the peo
ple, and only faithful servants insofar
as they put into substantial form the
best aspirations of the communities
they represent or in which they are in
fluential.
Mayor Smith has earned the good
will and the best wishes of the large
body of people outside Philadelphia
through his honest efforts to elimi
nate partisan and political disturb
ances so as to make possible a pro
gressive administration that will be a
credit both to Pennsylvania and its
metropolis. It would seem upon the
surface that as head of the adminis
tration Mayor Smith has it within his
power to compel a change of attitude
on the part of the political leaders
now squabbling for place In the city of
which he is the titular head. They
take themselves entirely too seriously
from top to bottom.
Political leadership under our sys
tem of government is absolutely essen
tial to the proper working out of ad
ministrative policies, but the type of
leadership that is most concerned in
promoting personal and selfish umbi
TUESDAY EVENING, ' HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JANUARY 25, 1916.
ttons, without regard to the construe-]
tive work of administration. Is really
I not leadership at all.
i Philadelphia deserves the best that
all these men can give In the way of
helpful support of the present ad
ministration, and the perpetual rend
ing asunder of party harmony in the
effort to promote factional interests de
serves the repudiation of the Repub
; lican party at large in this Common-
I wealth.
Mayor Smith may not be a perfect
executive. He even may be accused
lof rank partisanship. But judged en
tirely by his public acts he must be
given credit for doing liis utmost to
promote the welfare of the city and
the best interests of the people, re
gardless of factional bickering and
personal animosities. He may be as
jsured of the continued sympathy of
i the great body of the Republican
party outside of Philadelphia if he
does not have the entire backing and
i aid of those within its municipal
! limits.
<iOV. BRUMBAUGH'S APPEAL
GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH HAS
left no doubt in the minds of
anybody regarding his faith In
the protective tariff and its benefits
to the people of the United States.
There was never any question about
the Governor's attitude on this im
portant principle, but it was worth
while to have his clear, incisive and
stalwart declaration upon the tariff
and Its relation to the prosperity and
welfare of the American people after
the European war. Nor is he less
emphatic in his declaration in favor
of a merchant marine to obtain and
hold trade with South America and
the remainder of the world.
The Governor regards the tariff as
the "commanding issue" and like
other men of statesmanlike qualities
he believes the United States must
without hesitation or ijelay provide
against the day of stress which will
come inevitably at the close of the
European conflict.
Side by side with his statement
regarding the tariff and a merchant
marine the Governor refers to the
campaign of this year and to the
great work which has been commit-]
ted to the Republican party. He j
points out how it has been a great
force for constructive achievement
and a help to the millions of young
toilers in this country, saying:
The party is steadfastly the advo
cate of a higher wage anil better liv
ing renditions for the toilers. It
insists that the larger good« guar
anteed to our people shall not be
menaced by free competition witli
foreign products made under lower
standards of living than we have
in the United States. This is the
essence of a protective tariff.
The Republican party has fos
tered and promoted education for
all the people. It has enacted all
lhe substantially good legislation.
State and national, in the educa
tion.nl advance of the country. Its
appeal should rest fundamentally
upon its campaign for protection
and education.
The matter could not have been .
better stated. Unfortunately for
some thousands of young voters in!
1912, they did not realize what they |
were doing when they cast their bal- J
lots against the party of protection;
and prosperity. They have learned
their lesson and Governor Brumbaugh
now wisely directs their attention to
the history of the principles of tho
great political party that has served
the country so well in the past.
Like a clear call from the mountain
top is this appeal of the Governor to
the men of the rising generation:
Unless the humblest is helped to
tho best and made to be at his best,
we have failed in our notional pro
gram of service. The Republican
party stands now. as it did a gen
eration ago. for these things.
Whatever may have been its tem
porary conflicts within, it must now
arise a chastened, cleansed and
courageous party, thrilling with
patriotic purpose, and standing four
square for all that makes for effi
ciency at home and for respect
abroad. To this service—the ser
vice of clean, capable and conscien
tious men—it invites and welcomes
the virile young manhood of the
nation, confident that its dominant
purposes can be given unreservedly
the best service young men can
; bring; to their country and its peo
j pie.
DOUHI.F DEALING
IT is now reported that Air. Bryan
wrote to a member of Congress
that the one-term plank was in
tended merely as a declaration of pol
icy and should not be binding on any
individual until legislation had been
passed. And therein lies the double
dealing of the administration. A res
olution providing for an amendment
to the Constitution, making one term
the rule, passed the Senate February I
1, 1913. It was Mr. Wilson's letter to
A. Mitchell Palmer, which makes its
public appearance three years after,
that Mocked that legislation. The res
olution was before the committee on
Judiciary for action, and when Palmer
showed them the Wilson letter they
smothered tho resolution.
Woodrow Wilson was then the
President-elect—nominated and elect
ed on a platform which declared for
a single presidential term. The pas
sage of the resolution in the Senate
scared him into writing the letter to
Palmer requesting that the judiciary
committee "put the present customary
limitation of two terms into the Con
stitution." Why do that? Custom
was as strong as the Constitution, in
regard to limiting eligibility to two
terms. The whole sum and substance
of the matter is that Dr. Wilson and
his friends were- running a lobby for
his personal benefit, and doing it more
covertly than those business interests
which he denounced for meddling
with the tariff.
SHIFTY SCHIFF
SAID Jacob H. Schiff the other
day: "My heart is for the Re
publican party, but my common
sense makes me a Democrat."
The promptings of one's heart are
to a large degree identical and the
same with the promptings of one's
I conscience. The promptings of "com
mon sense" are in many instances the
promptings of selfish personal inter
ests. if Mr. Schiff feels that way about
it one must agree to let it go at that,
but he can scarcely hope that his
specious arguments will receive much
I attention on the part of men who
prefer to follow the promptings of the
II heart rather than those ol "common
■ sense."
When a Feller Nee
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Swiss FAMILY '
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—The Italian premier asserts that
it will be a long, hard war. We sus
pect that the Italian premier must
have some inside information of a re
markably reliable character.
—lf this constant capturing and
killing of Villa doesn't stop, our old I
friend Rais Uli is apt to become jeal- :
OUB.
—The warring factions of the Ford
peace party appear to be in danger
of meeting the fate of the Kilkenny
cats.
—lt appears to be almost as safe
to be a firebug in Ilarrisburg as to
dodge traffic in Market street.
—A Pittsburgh preacher believes j
that women should wear trousers, j
jjust trousers or THE trousers?
j —Possibly the reason why Bryan j
retired from the cabinet was that his !
build made it impossible for him to j
successfully perform the acrobatic!
stunts required by the administra- ]
tion.
1 EX){TORIAL CQMM£NT [
If the optimistic expectations of all '
Europe are realized, there won't be any ;
Europe left.—Washington Post.
As time rolls on one becomes more 5
and more convinced that President Wil
son is not trying to run the country in |
order to please Colonel Uoosevelt.
Chicago Daily News.
The Germans are said to have found
satisfactory substitutes for cotton and
rubber. Now if they will find one for
war.—Minneapolis Journal.
Faithful Vermont and Utah may In
sist upon naming tile next Republican
Presidential and Vice-Presidential can
didates.—Chicago Daily News.
It is the Colonel. Hughes, or bust,
writes William Allen White. And the
third candidate has a long lead on the
other two. —Charleston News and
Courier.
WILSON WEAKNESS
[New York World.]
It is one of the weaknesses of the
Wilson Administration that the Presi
dent not only habitually Ignores crit
icism but he seldom takes the public
Into his confidence, He is the most
taciturn Chief Executive since Grover
Cleveland: he makes few speeches; he
issues fewer statements; be communi
cates little to Congress and encour
ages nobody to speak for him.
1 OUR DAILY LAUGH
i THATS DIF
| yMm} FERJCNT.
Bobbie: Should
a man always let
his wife have the
last word?
Pa,pa: Yes.
Bobbie; Well.
T * Jgvfl Mamma wants
i o the "last word*
in hats.
PROSPECTS IN
EUROPE.
When they reach -
the end of gj,*," IW "'
When th e y
clean away IT ' jofP
the murk. Hi frWflj
We may see a lot r 8a
Out of work. \
CAST BEAT IT
Br WiuK Dinger
When one of my boys a gift gets,
Or something to wear quite new.
T'other one is disappointed
And says, "Dad, I want one, too."
Makes no difference which one gets it—
Makes no difference what it is—
Every time, the other youngster
Puts across this "Me, Too" biz.
But it reached the climax last week—
One got sick, we didn't know
, What the ailment, so decided
T'other should to Grandma's go.
1 When he learned of our decision.
Golly, but be kicked up ncd —
1 Said, "I want to stay at home, dad,
-4, nd. like Bob. be sick in bed."
Mt
By tlia Ex-Committeeman
Democrats of lhe disorganized re
organized wing of the State Demo
cracy held a secret conference at
Philadelphia yesterday and told A.
Mitchell Palmer that he had to stand
up and take the brunt of the light by
running again for national commit
teeman. The Philadelphia newspapers
say that the men attending the con
ference were told to keep the time
and the place secret and the Phila
delphia Record, the Democratic organ
says that a committee was picked lo
make a slate. This dreadful thing
will include candidates for State
treasurer and auditor general, Con
gressmen-at-large and as many dis
trict Congressman and delegates as
the bosses can land. Under the old
Democratic regime this would have
been called stifling the will of the
people by the present bosses.
At the meeting it was practically
agreed that either William B. Wil
son, Secretary of Commerce and
Labor In President Wilson's Cabinet,
or E. J. Lynett, the Scranton news
paper publisher, would be the Demo
cratic candidate to oppose whoever
the Republicans may nominate for
George T. Oliver's seat in the United
States Senate. Secretary Wilson, be
cause of his position in the Presi
dent's Cabinet, is regarded by the re
organizers as the logical choice for
the Democratic nomination to succeed
Senator Oliver, but before the Secre
tary of Commerce and Labor enters
I the race it will bo necessary to ask
, permission of President Wilson and
I ascertain his view on the subject.
—The former Congressman from
Stroudsburg declared to the secret
meeting that President Wilson would
be renominated and elected, and that
William Jennings Bryan would not
oppose his nomination. Mr. Palmer
said that Bryan would probably adopt
the course which lie did in 1904 and
1912 of going to \lie convention and
lighting to have his ideas incorporated
in the platform. It was intimated after
the meeting that the olive branch
would be extended to the Old Guard
faction in Philadelphia, but Palmer
would make no comment on this sub
ject. Besides Palmer, some of the
prominent reorganize™ at the meet
ing were Vance C. McCormick, Har
risburg; Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General James I. Blakslee, E. J. Ly
nett, Scranton: Roland S. Morris,
Democratic State Chairman; Secretary
Wilson, of the Department of Com
merce and Labor; William T. Creasy,
of Columbia: Joseph Guffey, of Alle
gheny; J. Wood Clark, of Indiana,
and E. Lowrey Humes, United States
District Attorney for the Western
Pennsylvania District.
—The spirit of fighting which has
come to the surface so strongly in
Philadelphia iiie last few days is af
fecting even the independents, the
Washington party men, Keystoners
and others who were called upon a
few days ago by John O. Winston to
return to the Republican party be
cause of the national crisis. William
Draper Lewis, who was Bull Aloose
nominee for Governor for a little
while, got into the game yesterday
after having been on the shelf for
some time and called upon the pro
gressives to stand pat and not to go
into the Republican party. The dean
evidently feared that he would be left
With only Held officers and no file.
—The Philadelphia Press says that
Winston's move has made a breach in
the Washington or Prepressive party
that can not be healed, while the
Philadelphia Record says that a meet
ing of the Washington party will be
ceiled for the next ten days to save
the fragments.
—A dispatch from Washington to
the Philadelphia Public Ledger talks
harmony. It says in part: "Harmony
is the watchword among Pennsylvania
Republicans now. Returning Pro
gressives are to be welcomed back to
the fold with open arms. This is the
sentiment expressed by members of
the Pennsylvania Congressional dele
gation to-day when asked their views
upon the action taken by the commit
tee of independents in Philadelphia
suggesting that all independents take
part In the Republican primaries this
Spring. Pennsylvania Congressmen
of all shades of Republicanism, when
seen to-day, approved the move in
Philadelphia to reunite the party and
expressed the hope the movement
would extend to every part of the
State. Penrose men, Vare men.
Brumbaugh men, m>n representing all
the leaders, big and little in the party,
were unanimous in voicing tin- opinion
that the harmony movement should be
rarriad out. ireneraiiv. not alone to
THE RISE OF GASOLINE
By Frederic J. Haskin
THE price of gasoline has sud
denly leaped into prominence as
a national problem. Motorists are
paying twice as much for a gallon as
tlie.v did a year ago. The Federal Trade
Commission may be called upon to in
vestigate, or else a Congressional com
mittee will probe the situation. Experts
of the oil companies say they would not
be surprised if the price went to thirty
five cents in the near future. The rea
son for the rise Is apparently shrouded
in mystery. A dozen theories are ad
vanced, and meantime the man with the
auto or gas engine continues to pay the
bill.
The cost of gasoline affects the whole
country to an extent that few people
realize. The day when the auto was a
rich man's toy is long past. The motors
of the United States have passed the
two million mark toy several hundred
thousand—in other words.about ten mil
lion people make daily use of tliem in
some form or other. The grocer de
livers cabbages in an au.o truck, the
farmer plows with an auto tractor. Be
sides tiie motorcars, there are almost a
million gasoline engines in the country,
driving the belts of a thousand Indus
tries, pumping water in the barren
plains of the West, sawing wood, bail
ing hay, thrashing grain. Any change
In the price of gas engine fuel is re
flected in every one of a hundred differ
ent quarters.
Why is the price of gasoline rising,
despite enormous production? Is it be
cause the administration has proposed
a revenue tax of one cent a gallon on
gasoline, and the oil men want to show
the country that the industry cannot
carry it? Or is it due to the storage of
millions of barrels of crude oil by the
interests that control its distribution?
Botli of these explanations have been
advanced, but a close scrutiny of the
facts hardly bears them out.
The situation may be summed up by
saying that conditions justify higher
priced gasoline, but the rise came
heal the breach in Pennsylvania, but
also to have its effect in bringing
about an amalgamation of the fac
tions in other parts of the country."
—A Huntingdon dispatch to-day
says: "Richard W. Williamson, of this
place, formerly District Attorney of
Huntingdon county, to-day publicly
announced his candidacy for Con
gress from the Seventeenth District.
He is a son of the late Judge W. Mc-
Knight Williamson, who was one of
the organization leaders in Central
Pennsylvania. Assemblyman J. G.
Dell has announced his candidacy for
a second term. He will be opposed at
the primaries by other candidates,
among whom will be A. W. Rex, of
Mapleton Depot."
—The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
scents trouble. It came out a few days
ago with strong editorial commen
dation of lhe Governor's first year and
on Saturday said: "Some of the fol
lowers of William A. Magee, who re
flects the Vare views, are intimating
that a fight can be expected for mem
bers of the Republican State commit
tee. This committee ts made up of
fwo members from each of the fifty
senatorial districts, except in districts
where there are more than two coun
ties, then each county gels a member.
Senator W. E. Crow, of Uniontown, a
loyal Penrose man, is the chairman of
the committee. At present a large
majority of the members are followers
of Senator Penrose. The new com
mitteemen, who will serve for two
years, will be elected in the May pri
maries."
TO-DAY'S EDITORIALS
Public licrtgcr. Philadelphia: Re
publicans who have the larger interests
of party and nation at heart are seek
ing now to magnify the points of unity,
not the pettv factional differences of
ambitious individuals. They are seek
ing to emulate the spirit which
prompted the recent overtures of the
Progressives, and they will find sup
port and encouragement for their ef
forts among all genuine Republicans.
Altoona Tribune: When employers
all over the country have convinced
themselves that the distillery and the
saloon are the most potent foes of
intelligent and dependable labor they
will wipe out the saloon in Pennsyl
vania as they did in Kansas. Nor do
we wish to wait until America is in
the grasp or the drink demon as com
pletely as England is to-day.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: The unani
mous decision of the United States
Supreme Court upholding the consti
tutionality of the income tax law on
all points raised is followed by talk
among members of Congress of taking
the fullest advantage of this ruling to
amend the law so it will bring in
possibly sl9. r »,000,000, or double the
present receipts from tbat source. The
ability to increase the rate on large
incomes is specially welcomed by some
as offering an opportunity to place
most of the cost of the preparedness
and other programs on wealth. This
sentiment is symptomatic of the power
to tax as exemplified in our city gov
sooner and pushed the price higher than
was absolutely necessary. The pro
ducers saw the increase coming, and
apparently forestalled it a little. The
fact that they stored their crude oil in
anticipation of better prices was in
itself a factor that brought those prices
:up. Thus in Oklahoma there are to-day
about 80,000,000 barrels of oil ill sur
face or pipe-line storage. Much of this
cannot be bought from the holders at
any price, speaking in reason. They are
confident that the market will go up
and they will not sell. The withdrawal
of great stocks of crude oil such as
these necessarily forces the price up.
The Appalachian oil fields, where the
best grades of petroleum flow, have
also probably an Immense reserve
stock, though the holders are not giv
ing out any figures. It is no more than
natural that these companies should
hold up their oil, when the price goes
up as it has from $1.35 for Pennsylva
nia crude in August to $2.16 for the
same grade in December. The point
worth noting is that in any industry,
the raw material of which comes from
a relatively smaller number of sources,
any general advance in price is always
greater than conditions seem to war
rant, because the tendency of producers
to hold their stock for a further rise
quickly brings on a shortage.
Far-sighted oil men anticipated the
present increase by an observation of
three main forces. The firs and most
striking of these is the im,.tense in
crease in foreign demand for gasoline.
The European war might be described
as a battle of motors. Countless mo
tortrucks, converted omnibuses, tour
ing cans, racing cars, and a host of
specially built vehicles form the vital
means of transportation and communi
cation on both sides. The fleets of aero
planes and Zeppelins consume immense
quantities 01 gasoline, though the al
lied blockade has forced Germany to
(Continued 011 Page II.)
ernments as well as national. Every
opportunity to levy an increased or a
new tax is hailed with delight by the
tax spenders. There Is just as much
need for judicious economy at Wash
ington to-day as there was yesterday
before the decision was made known.
It should not be regarded as a license
for extravagance. Properly used, the
income tax may be made a valuable
contribution lo the Federal revenue,
but any disposition to misuse that
power lo extortion will be resented,
the more particularly if the money so
raised is squandered on pork propo
sitions.
THE STATE FROM m TO DM
An affair unique in the annals of
social events took place in Yeager
town day before yesterday when a
local barber was given a sausage show
er by friends. It is said that the de
lighted recipient was found after the
guests had left, wandering about the
house, chanting a modern version of
the well-known "Charge of the Light
Brigade"—sausage to right of him,
sausage to left of him, sausage on top
of him, silently barking.
Cupid in all his glory and full
winged has been at large in one of
Allentown's prominent shoe stores.
|Three times within the last year has
the girl clerk whom the proprietor
keeps at the head of the
ladies' department eloped. Now,
the poor store owner is sick in
bed with the grip, which he insists
is the result of shock brought on by
the rapid rate of marrying among his
clerks.
A party of prominent Pittsburgh
men will leave that city tliis evening
on a special train to New Orleans, and
thence to South America and outlying
islands. A great hydroplane is await
ing them at Barranqilla, l'rom where
they will fly up the Magdalena river
to inspect some oil lands, which is the
ultimate goal of their long voyage.
Chancellor S. B. McCormick, of the
University of Pittsburgh, will be a spe
cial guest of the party.
Missing since last Wednesday, Mrs.
Albert Olirieni of York, aged 40 years,
on probation from the State Asylum
located in this city, is at large and
from all reports is almost fagged out
and suffering from exposure. She was
mentally unbulanced by sickness and
for the past three days people have
been unable to locate her.
Five skaters on the reservoir at
Bradenville, a mining town near La
trobe, were drowned last week and
their bodies recovered but recently.
All were boys. Another sacrifice that
others may learn caution.
The district attorney at York, Pa.,
has issued a warning that it is a
direct violation of the law for cigar
storcs and poolroom proprietors to
give checks, redeemable for merchan
dise, to the winners of games of pool
or cards. Cave! as they say in Latin.
| Stoning (Etjat
A traveling man who had received *
piece of Canadian money in chan*
tendered It to the bootblack, who oJ
jected. They turned him down at t'..„
cigar store and he passed it at a candy
store. All of which brings up the fact
that there is no certainty as to how
money from the Dominion stands in
this city. Canadian paper money or
bank notes is regarded as foreign
money and a man would have trouble
paying for anything with a Canadian
half-dollar. In some stores dimes are
taken without Question and occasion
ally a street car conductor will be
obliging and take the coin and then
pass it on to the next passenger. Quar
ters do not go. provided the person to
whom they are tendered is awake.
So it all ciphers down to the fact that
of all the money in the Dominion list
the dime is the only thing that has a
ghost of a chance of getting bv in Ilar
lisburg outside of a bank. And, it
might be stated, the banks are rather
inclined to avoid taking much Cana
dian money because they have to hold
it until they get enough to make the
shipment worth while to New York or
Buffalo. In Steelton, where foreign
coins are not unknown and pieces of
outlandish name and good design are
to be found going back and forward
over bars, a Dominion dime has a
better chance than in this city. It's
rather odd that with nil the regu
lations about money that there is not
some accepted rule for the money of
the great land to the north of us whose
currency is practically the same.
Harrisburgers have got. a right to be
proud of the sunsets which have been
seen in the last few days. They have
displayed all the grandeur of the dost;
of the day for which the Lower Sus
quehanna and the Juniata valleys are
noted and a walk along the Riverside
when the sun is sinking behind First
Mountain will well repay one. The
colors are remarkable and the glow of
the departing orb of the day lingers
long after it lias sunk, the clouds
above the Blue Ridge being crimson,
pink, light green, blue, black, while
the sky above the York hills shows in
paler tints until the light fades.
The wise people are giving their at
tention to the stores just now be
cause this is the season when the big
bargains are to be snapped up by
those who know how to shop. Inci
dentally, it might be remarked that
trains coming to the city from the
rural districts bring a good many peo
ple who are pretty keen on bargains
and who know what time of the year
to draw money from the bank to get
good values in the stores.
People throughout the State will
watch with interest the developments
in the campaign of the Lackawanna
folks to have a first-class highway con
structed from Scranton to the State
line, there to meet the main highway
to Binghamton. The distance is not
veiy great, and the aid of the State
Highway Department, is to be sought
as a starter, after which the counties,
municipalities and others along the
route will be asked to co-operate. This
route will mean as much to that
rapidly growing section of the State
as the William Penn and Lincoln high
ways mean to us in this part of Penn
sylvania.
The many who remember the late
Maurice C. Eby will recall his marked
fondness for children and how every
thing that gave pleasure to the young
sters gave pleasure likewise to the for
mer mayor. One of his favorite stunts,
it is recalled, was to cut a slit in the
right-hand hip pocket, of his trousers,
Just large enough to allow a small coin
to drop through. Mr. Eby would then
lay in a store of pennies and start
nonchalantly down the street. The
boys and girls who were his particular
friends—and they were legion—would
quickly gather about, him, for he was
always ready for them. Suddenly a
peculiarly suspicious clink would be
heard on the pavement, and then an
other. and another, the ex-mayor
whistling blithely the while and con
tinuing unconcernedly his Journey
down the street. A mad scramble
would ensue, like unto a group of
chickens scratching in the barnyard,
and the lure of the penny was as
strong on the youthful mind as was
the lure of the pipe wielded by the
Pied Piper as he drew with his music
the unsuspecting villagers into the
forest. Of course, the simile cannot be
identical. But the whimsically genial
expression on the face of the dispenser
of joy lasted long after the pennies
had ceased to drop.
It will be interesting to the friends
of this lover of children to know that
his sister. Miss Eby, has arranged with
City Commissioner Bowman to place a
fountain on the plaza at the pumping
station In memory of her father.
Referring to the item in this column
last night about the enterprise of the
Freeport Journal, a friend calls atten
tion to the following remarkable state
ment of T. P. O'Connor in the New
York World of yesterday. The emi
nent member of parliament and jour
nalist writes concerning Lord Lans
downe as follows: "He is half Irish
and half English and inherits from his
French mother many of the character
istics of that race."
I WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~
■
—Attorney Edward Merrifield has
been writing a series of articles on the
history of Scranton. He says Count
Zinzindorf was the first white man to
visit that country.
—U. M. Phllippi. the burgess of
Confluence, Somerset county, who re
signed,'says that he did so because he
was sworn at for two years.
—Captain I. K. Campbell, former
Allegheny county commissioner, is op
posed to the plan for raising bridges
at Pittsburgh.
—Congressman Temple Is to be one
of the speakers at the Republican ban
quet in Pittsburgh Thursday.
—Dr. S. G. Neil celebrated ten years
with the Baptist Society in Philadel
phia with a reception.
| DO YOU KNOW
That Harrlsburjj is the headquar
ters of hundreds of locomotives'.
HISTORIC HARRISBURG ,
This city has had three courthouse*
in 130 years.
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A Word to Retailers
Tills is the age of standard
ization.
Products of quality are sold
under brands and as they art
made in large quantities they
are sold at low prices.
People prefer them because
they are standards of value.
When these brands are news
paper advertised a demand is
created among your possible cus
tomers.
It is good business to attract
the newspaper readers to your
store.
This you can do by showing
the goods in your window at
the tline they are being adver
tised In the newspaper.