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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.
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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.
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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.