8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NBH Sr.irEß FOR THE HOMB Founded if;; Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH FRIVTIKG CO., Telegraph nulldlna, Federal Square. B. J. 6TACKPOLE. Pres t and Editor-in-Chief F. R, OYSTER, Business Manager. GUB M. STEINMETZ, Man aging Editor. * Member American Newspaper Pub aylvanla A«sOclat -0 «Bi m 83tern Has & §£» a Brooks, Fifth Ave JM nue Building. New Gas Building, Chi- cago. 111. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg; Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a <Py®grosOE> Week: by mail. $3.00 " xS «sHi9' v a year in advance. Snfln dnily avernge circulation for the three months ciklliik Jan. 31, 1016. if 22,760 it These flctire* nrr net. All returned, untold and damaged copies deducted. MONDAY EVENING. FEB. 7 Character must stand behind and lacl; «p everything—the sermon, the poem, the picture, the play. —J. G. Hoi.- I.AXB. WHY NOT PHILADELPHIA ? THE New York Chamber of Com- ; nierco reports that more than , half the Import commerce of the country passes through that city and j nearly half of all our exports. New j York has benefited more than any city In the country from the big trade balance now piling up in our favor, j To be sure, our own Philadelphia and I other cities along the Atlantic coast I have,also reported increases in exports and imports, but they are merely pick- i ing up the crumbs that fall from New York's table. The question naturally arises, why! should Philadelphia not more equally share the ocean-going business with New York, for this is not by any means a one-port country. Along the Atlantic coast, in addition to New York. Portland. Maine, Boston, Phila delphia. Baltimore. Norfolk, Savannah and Charleston, are ports of foreign commerce. Along the Gulf there are .Mobile. New Orleans and Galveston, nil foreign trade ports. And on the; west coast there are Seattle, Port land, San Francisco and San Diego,' all equipped for berthing deep-draft whips engaged In ocean trade. And every one of the ports Just mentioned does do something in way of both I export and import commerce, but i New York's both ways foreign trade; is practically equal to the round trade of all the other ports. Philadelphia is capable of handling a large share of the sea commerce, now going in and out through New- York and it should be the united ef- | fort of all trade bodies within the' State to bring this about, for Penn-I sylvania at large would be benefited I thereby possibly nearly as much as Philadelphia itself. Several newspapers have commented [ on the fart that W. Morgan Shuster, of Persian finance notoriety, is to "act as ! President Wilson's eye in the Orient." ! One of Mr. Shuster's eyes is of glass, j Is that the one which has been selected j to perform the Presidential ocular 1 proxy? THAT "GERMAN PIXIT" IT is almost beyond belief that there i can be any truth in a widely pub lished story to-dav to the effect that j large numbers of Germans have come | secretly into this country for the pur pose of organizing a raid against j Canada, having the Welland canal as j their object of attack. Just how a force of 200,000, to quote the figures ! iiiven, could be brought together and ! hurled against Canada from this side of the line without anybody being the j wiser is beyond comprehension. It would be a forlorn hope, indeed, even though it were massed, and would be • doomed to be ground to powder be tween the upper and nether millstones of Canadian and United States troops ac ting in conjunction. Thointeriuitional complications that would follow would j throw the United States into the war against Germany and little or nothing' for the German cause would be accom- [ plislied, for in that event other outlets than the Welland canal would be open to Canadian shipments of wheat to" the allies. Germany is 100 hard up for men to risk 200,000 soldiers in such a foolhardy enterprise. Atlanta reports the case of a man who went on a spree of eight days, which cost him one dollar. Ho must have got next to the still discovered on Senator Hoke Smith's domain. PREPAREDNESS FOR PEACE WHILE preparedness for national defense involves many expen- ditures that are in no way use ful in time of peace, yet many, if not most, of the essentials of adequate preparedness are also intimately con nected with the industrial welfare of the country in either peace or war. Among the essentials of adequate preparedness for either peace or war is a complete system of transporta tion. Such a system of transportation includes both permanent wagon roads and well equipped railroads. In a nation having the territorial area of this, and exposed to attack on either the western or eastern shores, railroad transportation becomes par ticularly important. The rapid move ment of troops, guns, munitions and other supplies from one part of the MONDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG Cfipgg TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 7, 1916. j country to another would be of the ! utmost importance in case of an at | tempt to land an invading army. The j I rapid handling of traffic requires double tracks, which will permit con | stant moving of trains In both di-1 rections, and n considerable surplus of j equipment, which will permit the l handling of extraordinary traffic. This country has announced Its defi nite and permanent policy of engaging in no war of aggression. Kxcept un under unsual conditions, which are not likely to occur, we shall never find | ourselves in a war which shall require us to transport troops outside our own I | boundaries. Our first efforts in the | line of preparedness, therefore, should : s be for naval defense against invasion, j and preparation on land to meet amy iarmy that might succeed in disem i barking on our shores. But the- probability of war or of j invasion is not so immediate but that' | we may well consider the problem of j preparedness chiefly from the stand- j ! point of our needs in time of peace. We are to-day a relatively undevel oped country. This is a laud of rela- \ i lively large farm areas, of relatively j j sparse population and large areas of j untitled and unused land. The next' ! half century, yes, the next quarter of ja century, will witness a marvelous 'development in all these respects. We j shall experience an unprecedented 1 growth, not only in our production of raw materials, but in our manufac tures as well, thus providing a quantity I of material for shipment many times that now offered. To be prepared to I handle tills business promptly land j satisfactorily, and to handle the cor respondingly increased passenger traf fic. we shall need to take advantage ! of every opportunity to improve our railroads and their equipment. We have already provided laws and j governmental agencies for such regu- : lation of railroads as will prevent un-1 just dealings with the public. It re-} mains for us. therefore, in carrying out a plan of complete preparedness, to! encourage American capital to invest, in the development of railroad enter- | prises, taking duo precaution, of course, to adequately safeguard the public interest. The era of wolfing is past. There is no need now to condemn it. There ; was doubtless reason for some of it; and some good has been accomplish-1 ed, though extremists have also' wrought much harm. However that may be, we have entered upon an era, of constructiveness. an era of pre paredness, and it behooves us as aj' progressive people to study ways and j] means by which we can promote effi- . ciency in every line of industry and ' commercial endeavor for the upbuild- 1 lng of a prosperous nation and a happy and contented people. A Philadelphia policeman is reported i to have made $1,000,000 in war stocks, i Secretary Kedfield will please note the ' effect of the war on the "copper" busi ness. WAK AND ART A STUDENT of art in Florence , last week killed a woman in •rder to obtain funds with j which to carry him through the uni- 1 versity. Thus we see the effect of < the war on art. The young man doubtless will plead the artistic tem- ' perment and if he has a good lawyer perhaps we may hear an argument in , i favor of extending the right to kill ■ | for "a place in the sun" from the king ; ; to the individual. If a king uses his 42-centimeters to subdue a neighbor-i ing country for commercial purposes he decorates himself with a few more 1 medals, the populace at home ap plauds and he has the wherewith to put up several new palaces, but if a! private citizen kills his neighbor for j the sake of the he possesses it j is murder and we execute him. May j be the thing to do, instead of extend- J lng the privilege of wilful murder from ruler to individual is to execute a few rulers. At all events it would ! seem that both rulers and individuals should be treated alike in this respect.! Nobody any longer believes that the ! "divine right of kings" gives them; authority to perform in a manner i that must make the devil blush for shame. Of course, he will be censured for de claring that the open primary is a I fraud, but ex-President Taft Is not i alone in that opinion. Thousands of his ! countrymen have reached the same con- j elusion after observing the hit-and-miss ! candidates for public office catapulted into the public eye through tho new j primary scheme. We still believe that the convention system is better in many > ways. GOOD ROADS THE Telegraph is in receipt of a communication from a Cumber- ; land county subscriber criticising an editorial in this newspaper of re cent date laying the Grantham aulo ! mobile accident of Saturday di rectly to the bad roads of that locality.! "It is all very well to blame us for ! having poor roads," says our corre , spondent, "bnt since you know so much about it will you kindly tell us how we may better ourselves with- j out bankrupting the township?" We would refer our friend to the) State Highway Department, whose' efficient engineers know all about that '> sort of thing, and are keen to impart: their information. The Telegraph is delighted to have | gotten this "rise" out of Cumberland j county. It meant no more than to point, a lesson from the Grantham in- | cident and it did not intend to goad j any tender local pride, but if it has | i roused one farmer to the point of i asking "how are we to go about get ting better township roads," it must | admit to a feeling of satisfaction, even tlftugh somebody has been a i little hurt. Sometimes the spur and I the whip have their uses. It is only 'by getting- the great mass of farmers awake to the desirability of good roads 'that much will ever,be accomplished for roads outside the routes con ' trolled by the State Highway Depart ment. We recommend that our corre spondent "get after" hts supervisors and his neighbors and call in the Stale to help. j 'fstittc* VK "ptKKOiftucuUa | By tha Ex - Committeeman j The latest development In the Pennsylvania political situation is the decision of Speaker Charles A. Ambler I to be a candidate for the Republican I nomination of auditor general. It had been known for some time that | Ambler was considering such a move but it was not until late Saturday eve- I mug that the Speaker made public his formal announcement. Ambler will nave the support of Governor Brum baugh and of the Vares In Philadel phia. although they have not publielv endorsed his candidacy. In his an nouncement Speaker Ambler savs: For some time past a great manv or my friends from all over the State nave been earnestly urging me to an- | llo "nee myself as a candidate for State auditor general. In response there to, i have decided to submit my name i to the Republican voters of the State r« i9i r 6 lmary to be he,d Tuesdaj ' m »- v „L£ eel tIl ? t ,lle experience gained • k if nis Slx ternis ns n member of tne [louse of Representatives and as .peaker of ihe House during the ses ) XnVL 1915. would enable me to nil the office, not only with credit to myself, but with efficiency to the commonwealth. I might add that if 1 am honored by the nomination and ; election, my single purpose will be to give the State a competent and busi ness-like administration. "I am deeply grateful for the kindly encouragement and the assurances of l support from my many friends in the Mate, and from my personal friend of ni any years and summer neighbor. Mayor Smith." I Senator Charles A. Snyder, who is also a candidate for auditor general, denied a report that he will get out jot the race and said he alreadv has ; begun a canvass of eastern and north eastern counties. He said yesterday i that he knows now he "cannot be beaten for the nomination." —Every member of the Pennsylva nia Congressional delegation will be a | candidate for re-election this Fall, ex jcept C. W. lieales, Democrat, of Get tysburg, whose friends sav he mav ; change his mind before the primaries. 'T. S. Crago of Waynesboro. M. M. t.arland of Edgewood Park, D. F. La t'ean of York and John R. K. Scott of Philadelphia. Congressmen-at-large, so far as known, will not be opposed j within the Republican party. Of the | 3t> members of the delegation six are Democrats. J. ,T. Casey. Eleventh dis trict: A. G. DeWalt, Thirteenth; J. V. i I.esher, Sixteenth: Warren Worth Bail ey, Ninteenth; Michael Llebel, Twenty j fifth, and TI. J. Steele, Twenty-sixth i district. The Republican organization has started a movement to reclaim the Nineteenth and Twenty-fifth, both | ■ strong Republican districts heretofore represented by Republicans. They | i went Democratic two years ago l>e-j i cause of local questions. The Eleventh ! district also is normally Republican,! and the Republicans have some hope 1 of carrying that, as they have for the I Sixteenth. —Berks county Republican leaders 1 were agreeably surprised when Wil- j iliam F. Remppis, a prominent manu-[ laeturer, who was a Roosevelt elector, in 1912, and also the first. President of' the Washington Party I.eague of Berks county, announced his return to the Republican ranks, saying that he had followed the new standard until he became convinced that he no longer could consistently do so. Mr. Remp pis was one of the most aggressive and enthusiastic leaders of ihe local Bull Moose organization, and It is ex pected that his return to the regulars j will result in a general stampede back : to the fold. —Former Congressman Henry D. Green, of Berks, Democrat, announces ; that ho will be a candidate for State Senator to succeed Dr. E. M. Herbst, I oi Oley, who Is retiring owing to ill I health after sixteen years' continuous j service. There arc several others in the field, including Howard G. Mc-! IGowan, of Gelger's Mills: George W. jSassaman, of Reading, and l'raneis | W. Balthaser, of Reading. Still an j other new polttical announcement is i that of Henry l". Kistner, of Reading, for the Republican nomination for j State Senator. lie was the party noni- | inee four year ago and polled almost | 3000 votes. Waller B. Freed, the Bull j j Moose nominee, polled over 8,500 votes < and Charles A. Maurer, Socialist, over | 4,000 votes. Mr. Kistner says that if 1 [elected he will advocate*the pussage of! jan anti-treating law as a solution of j the liquor problem. I —According to advices from Wash-' ington, the man most likely to be the j i Democratic candidate for United (States Senator from Pennsylvania is; 1 Congressman Warren Worth Bailey, of j Johnstown. j —Among those mentioned as likely |to become Democratic candidates for j delegates-at-large are former Con gressman Palmer, State Chairman Ro wland S. Morris, of Philadelphia: Wil liam J. Brennan, of Pittsburgh: Vance McCormlck, of Harrisburg: John P. | Dwyer, of Philadelphia; former Dis . tri • Attorney Lawrence H. Rupp, of Allentown; Fourth Assistant Poetmas j ter General James I. Blakeslee, of Re ,highton. and United States Attorney E. | Rowry Humes, of Allegheny. LAUGH AND BE MERRY Raugh and be merry: remember, bet ter the world with a song. Better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong. Raugli. for the time is brief, a thread j the length of a span. Laugh and be proud to belong to the old proud pageant of man. Laugh and be merry; remember, in i I olden time God made heaven and earth, for joy i He took In a rhyme— ! Made them and fitted them full with j the strong red wine of His mirth, j The splendid joy of the stars, the joy i of the earth. 1 So we must laugh and drink from the deep blue cup of the sky. Join the jubilant song of the great stars sweeping by; and bailie, and work, and drink of the wine outpoured I In the clear green earth, the sign of | the joy of the Lord. i Laugh and be merry together, like brothers akin. Guesting awhile in the rooms of a beautiful Inn, Glad till the dancing stops, and the lilt of the music ends. I Laugh till tho game is played, and be you merry, my friends. —John Maselleld. MUST HAVE GOOD ROADS | If the average life of a car be three years, it seems possible that l>y 1920 we shall have on our highways a total of not less than 6.000,000 motor vehicles. or one for every twenty in habitants. This is aout three times jour present registration. In the ten , | States the increase in five years has ; been fourfold. Massachusetts regis tered one motor vehicle for every ios ''persons in 1910 and one for every 1,37.4 in 1&15. In 1910 the population per car in Ohio was 149: to-day it is ■ 27.7. To care for this traffic we have in the United States about 2.125,000 miles of country roads, not counting . streets. Wlnit mileage has been "im proved" it is impossible to say, for the word has no standard meaning. 4We are probably t'afe in assuming When a. Feller Neqds . B v BRIGGS ** * \ that for a satisfactory system not less than 1,250,000 miles of road must still be improved. With the ever-growing traffic and with the consequent de mand for better construction, the ultimate eost of this system will not fall short of $10,000,000,000, and its construction will probably cover a period of not less than forty years. These figures do not overstate the case. Many roads have been and will be built too narrow, too crooked, with excessive grades and inadequate pave ments. These should be widened, straightened, regraded, and repaved. They will also have to be provided with bridges designed for the increas ing weight of vehicles. However this may be, it seems safe to say that, we have a big job on our hands, and that if we are to plan for its execution we must do so in a big way. One would naturally look for ex perience to Europe. European condi tions and customs are so different from ours that data derived from them are of but limited value. We must re member, too, that they are in a much more backward state of motor-vehicle development even if more advanced in road administration. From "The Future of Good Roads in State and Nation," by Colonel Ed win A. Stevens, in the February Scribner. 1 TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE | —Democratic statesmen at Washing ton must now take their choice be tween Preparedness or Pork. —A few more days like this and the "grip" will lose its grip. —Carranza might go over and take a few lessons from Yuan. —The real estate dealer is naturally a man of deeds. —Warm weather at this time of year might worry us more If the ice plants were not so numerous. —lt is reported that Miss Helen Kel ler has been Induced to join the I. W. W. This is what we regard as playing It low down on a blind person. EDITORIAL COMMENT The first duty of a Mexican exeeu : tive is to execute. —Brooklyn Eagle. If Carnegie is still anxious to die | poor, why doesn't he finance a peace I expedition?— Columbia State. Arizona wants to annex a portion of i Northern Mexico. There's no account [ ing for tastes. —New York Tribune. Why doesn't Mr. Bryan try to pacify Mexico by lecturing on the Chihtahua | Circuit?— Brooklyn Eagle. One of the most active of Britain's I ?hlps of war seems to be the censor ; ship.—Columbia State. ! Austria reports that peace with Monte negro Is Icing delayed by tho "national peculiarities of the Montenegrin peo ple"—peculiarities they share, appur : ently, with both tlie Belgians and Ser vians.—New York Tribune. 1 OUR DAILY LAUGH I NOT HER HPS. _J J l/ 7 "" So you don't JBw ,-U- k admire my mus tache. What have (J \ . |ffl y«iu got against ( \jJ Nothing and I don't want to jgrfrw* have, either. 'tr''' I CmL. ypjj SUPERFLUOUS. Canvasser: The ame ot 41, is little MR * fjkjJt device nu be- Wf JBIB come a household ' P i WinM& Horn eholder: tPt Talte 11 a w> >' ! i p EJj Too many words \ \ in thifl house now. MANAGING THE CITY Beautiful Battle Creek By Frederic J. Haskin THIS is probably the only city in the United States the streets of which are decorated with grow ing flowers. On every lamp post in the business district, just, under the globe is u metal box where plants are kept growing from early Spring until the first frost. "I should think it would be awfully hard to keep people from stealing those flowers,' remarks the stranger to the policeman on the <x»rner. "Anyone who lives in battle Creek would no more molest them than he would kick a baby off the sidewalk," is the reply. These street boxes are not main tained by the city government. They were installed by an association of private citizens which maintains them with the co-operation and ap preciation of all the other citizens. Battle Creek is one of the prettiest and best kept towns in the country, and one reason for the fact is that the people take enough pride in their town to decorate tho streets with flowers. A desire to make their city more beautiful brought about the change to commission government in Battle Creek. The people were determined that they would have parks. There upon, all the candidates for mayors and councilmen began making speech es about parks, and most of them were elected on the strength of their promises. But no parks materialized. Every time that anyone said "park" in the city council, each of the alder men in turn leaped to his feet and raised his arm and his voice in em phatic declaration that parks were his only object in life, that he was pledged to create parks, that the great and glorious city of Battle Creek should have the finest parks in the world, but "I owe my first allegiance to the sovereign voters of the Umpteenth ward, and I shall oppose with every ounce of energy I possess the purchase of any park that does not give first consideration to the deserving citizens of my bailiwick." Fo^ - a time this made Mr. Alder man very popular in his own ward, but. the people finally awoko to the fact that it was not producing any parks. To the amazement of the town hall patriots, they voted for commis sion government. Battle Creek now has an exceptionally fine system of parks and boulevards. Battle Creek is governed by a mayor and four commissioners. The last commission elected includes a THE STATE FROM Dflf TO EVY [ The Reading Elks have raised SB,BOO of their proposed fund of SIO,OOO for entertaining the annual State conven tion of the order in that city for a week, beginning August 28 next. During the month or January, Helen Bean, daughter of Frank G. Bean, of Collegevlllc, gathered 104 eggs from 10 Rhode Island Red hens. General C. T. O'Neill, president of the Allentown Chamber of Commerce, has called a meeting for to-day to con slder the question of erecting a $500,000 hotel. Whereupon Harris burg heaves a deep sigh! Reading is teeming with conven tions. The Y. M. C. A. has made ar rangements for entertaining the 600 visiting delegates to the annual State convention, which begins Thursday. February 17. It Is expected that about 200 associations will be represented. A stone crusher, road roller and traction engine have been purchased by the supervisors of Upper Hanover lownslilp. -As soon as weather con ditions permit the road supervisors will start to rebuild all the roads in the townships. Six acres of land have been bought and these will be used to furnish the stone for the crusher. The Philadelphia Chamber of Com merce, through its charities bureau, has instituted a camputgn against the selection of hoys and young girls in soliciting finds for charitable, pur poses, particularly in the matter of skilled mechanic, a cigar manufac turer, a businessman and a lumber and coal dealer. The initiative, refer endum and recall are in the charter. The recall has never been used. Uike all other cities in the United States, l-iattle Creek has had to deal with traffic problems resulting from the increased use of the automobile. In a city where 70 per cent, of the people own their own homes, and where the savings deposits in the banks amount to $484 per capita, automobiles are likely to be numer ous. That's the situation in Battle Creek. When congestion reached a point where you couldn't cross the street without stumbling over half a dozen autos, the chamber of com merce evolved a set of parking regu lations. On a regular meeting night of the commission the chamber's com mittee appeared with its proposed ordinance. It required just one hour and twenty minutes for the commis sion to decide upon and promulgate a set of parking regulations based upon the committee's request. Merchants of Battle Creek say that under the old form of government it would have taken six months. A uniform feature of Battle Creek Is its waterways. Two rivers meander through the town, cutting it up into all sorts of shapes and sizes. Under the old form of government there were twenty wooden bridges over these rivers, and bridges, like paving, were traded in ward politics. To-day all of the bridges but one are concrete and that one will be turned into con crete this year. The city has built the bridges Itself. What the old-time politicians called "the dangerous autocratic power vested in the commission" was exer cised in one case for the oppression of a sacred institution, to wit, the gas company. This monopoly had been accumulating financial adipose at the expense of the people for many years. The commission asked for a reduc tion of rates. It was refused. The referendum was called into action by the commission. The people were asked to vote 1 whether or not they •would like to have the commission build and operate a municipal gas plant. Gazing upon their parks, their bridges, their paving and their traffic regulations, the people said "Go to it." What the gas company said isn't fit to print; but the gas rate was cut from one dollar to eighty cents, and the commission didn't have to build i public system. young: girls walking the streets and stopping every passer-by to solicit funds. The chamber asserts that the practice is "ill-advised." WHY IS IT? [New York Sun.] Our esteemed contemporary the North American Review, In the per son of its editor, hastens to the de fense of President Wilson's political and moral right to a second term. With both ability and plausibility Colonel George Harvey argues, in sub stance, that although the President was elected to office on a single term platform he may ignore that plat form and run again without justly in curring the reprobation of even the most, fastidious moralist. History presents few more touch ing spectacles of magnanimity than this appearance of Colonel llarvey in behalf of the august (if ungrateful) child of his early discernment. AVe do not quite agree with our dis tinguished contemporary as to the ethical principles involved. There are many other good Americans who are eagerly with the North American Colonel in hoping for the repudiation of the single term plank of the Baltimore platform. It has surprised us. and we are sure it would astonish Colonel Harvey, to learn from the let ters on the subject arriving at this office from various parts of the land how many of the most ardent pro moters of a second nomination for Woodrow Wilson are those who are least desirous of his second election. We wonder why this Is. Can it be in every case the result of a large minded generosity, as it Is in Colonel Harvey's case? Whetting (Eljat Visitors at police headquarters these dajs while in Albert M. Hauler's oflle,' ( - look in surprise at his "Proso SmlU Book. Mr. Hamor, who is secretary' to Mayor K. S. Meals, Just "smile" quizzically, and Invites the eurioir* ones to take a look. The "Smile" book is rilled with j H A I kinds of newspaper clippings fro».. 1 political stories of years gone by, to accurate and intelligent bits of in formation about the latest inventions. Interspersed with all this information are humorous cartoons, clipped from the newspapers also. Mr. Hamer / brought tho book there "just to help 4 amuse the visitors when things get too quiet. He has another book which contains only cartoons and pictures 4 also clipped during the last few years. • C * The Introduction of an ordinance in i Steelton's borough council granting permission to the Pennsylvania rail road to construct a now freight spur in the bed of the old Pennsylvania canal through the borough, recalls the days when this old waterway was one of the principal means of transporta tion from the coal regions to tide water. There was a time, and It isn't beyond the memories of some of the city's old est residents, when the canal was the scene of as much hustle and bustle us the railroad yards hereabouts now arc —in comparison, of course, to the growth of business due to the expan slon of the country. Slowly but surely the canal is pass- fl ing into history and soon the old fa miliar scenes of the now abandoned | waterway will be no more. It is only a few years ago that the waterwav B was tilled north of the city as far as Rockville and a storage track built thereon by the railroad company. A I short time later the raising of tracks between Mlddletown and Hlghspirc ■ wiped out traces of the canal from the lower end towns to Steelton—and now it is to lie tilled from this citv to fl the steel borough. Only a short "sec tion used us a storage reservoir by the I Pennsylvania Steel company will re main. From Middletown a part of the canal ran due east. A large part of this is now partly filled and under cul livation by farmers and hut slight I traces of the old waterwav still re main even in this rurul section. Friends of J. Clarence Funk, attor- I ney in the Telegraph building, arc pouring in congratulations for his ap- I pointment by Federal Judge Charles 15. Wltmer as clerk of the Federal court for the Middle district. Mr. Funk is widely known through- H out the city, having been formerly ■ president of tho Society for the Pre-■ vention of Cruelty to Animals and H former federal attorney. As Cruelty Society president, Mr. Funk did ex- I cellent work anil many prosecutions were brought during his administra- I I tion. As the government's white slave ; agent, he helped many a girl to a high ler plane and prevented unspeakable. crimes because of his watchfulness of I conditions. * * * When the question of who wns to be who on Mayor Meals' police and detee tlve force wus the chief topic of dis oussion in city and police circles, ex- ■ I City Detective John Welsh was spoken I of as a possible candidate. Friends of Mr. Welsh were more than surprised When be did not got, the job. Mil Welsh himself seemed astonished, although he took the disappointments with characteristic good nature. then "Jack" has been ablo to get some I fun out of it; he made it the butt of ■ ■ real old-fashioned "Jack" Welsh hit of I wit the other day. The ex-detective ■ lis becoming a trifle stout and a friend coimm nted I hereon: "My, 'Jack," but you're getting fat!" he exclaimed. "Yes," returned Mr. Welsh, dryly, "but thut's about .all I am getting!" . . . Within the next week or ten days ■ Courthouse Custodian "Charley" Pet- I ers will have finished "house cleaning" I at the county building. For more than a fortnight he has had a busy corps of assistants scrubbing, mop ping, scraping and sweeping while car penters, painters and paperhangers I have been equally busy renovating some of the rooms. "We're finishing I up, now," commented the new custo dian, "and we'll be done during the I next week or so. My, this building surely needed a. little cleaning," added "Charley." And if you drop into any of the county or city offices in the courthouse these days you can easily learn how well Mr. Peters' efforts have 1 been appreciated. « ♦ ♦ The city police will appear soon 1 with new caps and overcoats selected by the new administration officials. | The badge on the cap consists of the coat of arms of the State over the number of the officer. Mayor E. S. Meals said that he had Intended at 1 first to have the coat of arms of the city on the badge, but found the ex- I pense too great. Tho Mayor says lie I Is economic, beginning right up at the 1 top of his tallest officer and extending all the way down. LABOR'S PART [New York Tribune] Whether Samuel Gompers' address ] to the members of the American Fed eration of Eabor be Interpreted as a plea or a demand that the labor unions be represented in consideration : of all plans lor preparedness, It would | be most unwise not to give thought to 'it. Preparedness In the present stage of economic development cannot be a military preparedness alone. Troops cannot be mobilized unless industries also can be mobilized. The success ful maintenance of an army in tho field depends quite as much on the men who run the railroads and the employes of the factories back of tho line as it docs oil the military ability of the officers and the spirit of tin: men in the line. If any proof of that H were needed, the respective conditions of Germany and England furnish it. THEIR REASON If it be true, as so many carping (critics have said, that many people 'mortgage their homos to buy motor I cars with the proceeds, the logic of H I their doing so is self-evident. The j mortguge makers figure that once they ; own automobiles they will never H lat home anyway so why own some " i thing for which they will have no I further use for? The American H | Motorist. r y H Self Confidence The advertisements in this newspaper testify to the faith of the advertisers in themselves ' and their goods. The advertisers believe in thoir ability to please you: to make good in every respect or else they would not invite your patronage. Self confidence usually has something substantial to back It up: It is a factor thst should at least help In determining your favor towards advertisers. They come to you frankly with their message and at the very least the latter is worth your reading.
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