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FRIDAY EVENING, FEB. 11
Friendship by its very nature con-
Mists in loving, rather than in being
loved: in other words, friendship con
sists in being a friend, not in having
a friend. —H. CLAY TBCMIUTIX.
GARRISON'S RESIGNATION
THE resignation of Secretary Gar
rison at this critical juncture
of affairs in Washington is in
explicable. Doubtless the Secretary
of War was provoked to anger by the
eudden change of front of the Presi
dent with relation to the continental
army plan, but a really strong man
would have stood by his guns in an
effort to save at least some remnants
of. his defense program in Congress.
Garrison is an able man, the ablest
In the cabinet, indeed, and his loss at
this time must be a severe blow to the
War Department, especially since he
t;ikes with him his efficient assistant,
JMr. Breckenridge. But if Garrison
thoroughly believed his own plans to
l>e best for the country it was his duty
BS a patriotic citizen to make as good
a fight for them as he knew how, and
the sensible thing tor him to have
done under the circumstances was
to force a compromise with the op
position, as many a statesman has
done before him. To quit in a lit of
J>ctty anger because he could not have
absolutely his own way is an evi
dence of weakness that should have
>lO place in the War Department.
The Secretary's principal reason for
resigning was his belief that only a
J''ederal Continental army, instead of
11 reorganized National Guard, could
be the main military dependence of
the nation. He held that some day
the United States may be called upon
to defend the Monroe doctrine, and,
In that event, he foresaw that the Na
tional Guard might not be available
lor use outside of the United States
before the declaration of war, but this
is at best a lame excuse.
Upon the contention, on the one
hand, that the continental army or ul
timately universal service, was the
nation's only reliance and the position,
on the other, that no one plan could
l>e enforced upon Congress, President
"Wilson and his Secretary of War part
ed official company.
The acute differences of opinion j
viiich led to the break started early |
Jn the year, when opposition to the j
continental array plan began dcvelop-
Jng in Congress. There had been in- ,
«icfinite rumors of the possibility of the t
Secretary of War leaving the Cabinet, I
hut they never were given credence in j
official quarters. The Secretary every- |
■where was regarded as one of the
strong men of the Administration ;
Upon whom the President leaned in
«lic difficult situations, both domestic I
*tnd international, which have marked ;
this Administration, and it is for this '■
reason that his resignation came as a j
distinct shock to the nation. Garrison i
ponld have made a name for himself j
mid could have sown the seeds for the j
Ultimate adoption of his continental i
ermy plan, should it happen that the
(National Guard prove inadequate to I
tile needs of the nation, had he re- j
piaincd In the Cabinet. There is no |
disgrace in being beaten, but Ameri- |
pans give small place In history to
their statesmen who run under fire.
MAYOR SMITH'S JOB
TTTHEREVER the exceeding dlffi- ,
y culty of his position is appre
ciated and understood, the sym- i
pathy of Republicans generally is 1
with Thomas B. Smith, the present
Mayor of Philadelphia. He assumed !
the responsibilities of his important j
office in January and almost upon the '
moment of taking the helm the pollti- 1
cal factional storm, which is increas
ing in intensity with each succeeding
clay, broke over his head.
Mayor Smith is not in sympathy
with the fac-tionists and has mani
festly striven in evefry proper way to
prevail upon his friends in both camps
to maintain harmony within the or
ganization and thereby strengthen the
party alignment for the improvement
conflict of next November.
If the walls of the Mayor's office
could speak, they might toll a story of
strenuous argument on both sides to
Influence Mayor Smith to bring the
forces of his administration to the
support of <>ne faction or the other.
Thus far he has withstood the pres
sure that has been exerted in this way
and it is known that he is determined
to maintain a neutral attitude so far
4ts the Republican factions arc con-
FRIDAY EVENING, HAKRISBURG SSS& TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 11, 19T6. *
; eerned. -More power to him in tliijj
1 decision. He is maintaining: the cor
rect position and while it is not sur
: prising that factional leaders are
anxious to have the support of the i
| Administration in their particular'
activities at this time, they can hardly
1 expect that Mayor Smith will involve
his administration In a political con
troversy with which the people of
Philadelphia have no aympathy.
In the outset of his administration,
the Mayor won the favor of his city
by announcing certain constructive j
policies which have to do with the |
! upbuilding and the welfare of the i
i State's metropolis. These policies >
have since been reasserted and out- j
lined in such a way as to emphasize
the earnestness of Mayor Smith's atti
tude regarding the important work ;
which lies before him.
Of course, political bosses now and
then assume ownership of officials
chosen by the people. They even as
sume a grieved position and imagine
themselves the victims of rank Ingrati
tude when the servants of the people
do not grovel in the dust at their
feet and wave incense before them.
It were well officials should give
tlieir tirst thought to the promotion of
the welfare of their constituencies. It
does not then follow That they will bo
untrue to the party of their choice nor
lack in appreciation of the aid and
support of the party leaders who may
have contributed in one way or an
other to their election. Mayor Smith
is evidently proceeding upon the cor
rect theory that he best serves his
party when he serves his city, and the
very leaders who are now attempting
to make him the buffer of their re
sentment will respect him the more
for his courage and good sense in
standing out against their wiles.
His position is not an enviable one
■and his determination to treat both
factions fairly and the leaders with
courtesy and consideration adds to
the embarrassment of his position. He
may take comfort in the thought that
he is not the only official in the State
who is privately execrating those re
sponsible for the present party erup
tion. These, however, may find sus
taining grace in the fact that political
history is dotted with controversies of
this sort which melted suddenly like
the winter snow under an April sun.
Perhaps the Philadelphia storm may
pass the same way.
An exceedingly favorable and en
couraging sign of the times is the ef
fort of the national Government, as
well as of Pennsylvania and other
States, to bring the man and the job
together through efficient employment
agencies. Heretofore the difficulty in
connecting the man with the job has
resulted in widespread unemployment
in some sections and serious labor
difficulties by reason of lack of men
in other sections. Systematic efforts
are now made to adjust the labor sup
ply to the man and the Federal and
State governments are doing a helpful
tiling in thus organizing these facili
ties for this important work.
LET THE I'ROBE GO ON
LET the probe started by the Fed
eral authorities at Pittsburgh into
the political contributions made
by liquor interests to help finance po
litical campaigns in Pennsylvania go
on. There can be no excuse for a
pause in the investigation at the very
beginning.
It has been known for years that
liijuor money has gone into polities on
a very extensive scale in Pennsylvania,
but these contributions have not been
any one party affair by any manner j
of means. The liquor men who have ;
put their cash into campaign funds
have not done so for love of party.
Democrats, Republicans, Progressives
and what not have been their bene
ficiaries under varying conditions. In
not a few; instances, it is reported,
liquor men have given only under
threats and in fear of consequences.
This being true, any effort to cut short
the revelations at Pittsburgh, for
which the people of the State are
waiting with much Interest, will be
naturally regarded as an effort, to
| shield the Democratic organization of
(lie State, which was accused in 1914
of running on a dry platform and of
| soliciting "wet" contributions.
Regardless of those who may be hit,
| this probe should go to llie bottom,
I but no matter what is the outcome
i some good will have been accom
j (dished, since it is persistently reported
| (hat liquor interests are frightened and
| will be extremely careful with their
I campaign contributions to any party
I next. Fall.
Samuel B. Montgomery, an official of
the I'nited Mine Workers of America,
who is also a State Senator in West
Virginia, made a statement before the
military committee of the House at
Washington that labor is not opposed
to a National Guard "where it. is not
dominated and controlled by the em
ployers of labor." He also favors a
State constabulary to handle strike
liots. This is a sane view and is said
to be Increasingly the policy of intel
ligent labor leaders.
AN ENGLISHMAN'S VIEW
AN English financier who is now i
in this country on an Important I
mission for private interests j
abroad declares that Americans are l
entirely too optimistic regarding the I
conclusion of the war. He believes j
the finish may be five or ten years j
away and in his judgment the people
of the United States do not realize the
vast amount of prosperity which is to
accrue to them from the European
conflict. He thinks that the only real
danger here is that "we may Ret
drunk with prosperity." It is like
wise the opinion of this experienced
financier that a generation will have
passed before the European manu
facturing and commercial situation
becomes normal. Muny factory dis
tricts in Belgium, for instance, have
been absolutely annihilated and this
i loads him to believe that the United
States will be compelled to mariufac
! ture many articles that have always
I been imported. Hundreds of indus
tries abroad, he thinks, will never be
j rebuilt.
j All of which is important, if true.
I and a further spur to the riyht sort
| of activities on the part of the people
lot the United States.
| TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE !
—We know of one Garrison that !
couldn't hold the fort.
—Think a little of Lincoln to-morrow 1
—it will do you good.
—Many a man puts his fortune into j
real estate only to find that It is not ■
the way to enrich land.
—New Jersey has a woman burglar.
She is evidently a believer in the
dictum that "m woman's job is the
home."
—Justice Hughes, In declining a i
Presidential nomination may have in
mind what happened to T. It. when he I
refused the Vice-Presidential nomina
tion.
■
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Georgia lynches five nearoes In one ,
bunch. After all, is Mexico so bad?—j
Philadelphia North American.
Nobody seems to have suggested
Teddy for the vacant place on the Su
preme Court bench.-—Charleston News
and Courier.
The process of elimination is going j
to nail that Persia sinking to Switzer- '
land yet.—Pittsburgh Gazette Times.
Up to date' the main trouble with 1
British expeditions seems to be there j
is not quite enough expedition about
them.—Chicago Herald.
The Italians seem very much sur- ;
prised to discover that Montenegro has !
been unable to whip Germany, Austria '
and Bulgaria.—Galveston News.
NEWSPAPER VIEWS
OF GARRISON'S ACT
[Philadelphia Record.]
It. will seem to many observers that!
Secretary Garrison might have been a j
little less hasty, and, without sacriflc- j
ing the principles which he held so
dear, might have waited to see wheth
er Congressional counsels should pre- i
vail. But this, of course, was a mat- i
ter for his own conscience and jifdg- i
ment. If his action shall serve to
crystallize the sentiment of the country j
and of Congress in favor of a practical j
plan which will place adequate and
properly trained military forces at the
disposal of the Government and under
its own command, the retirement of
even so valuable an official may in the
long run serve a useful purpose. Bar
ring this, no good can come of it.
The Garrison resignation is deeply to j
be regretted.
[Philadelphia Public Ledger.] i
A full and careful study of all the I
correspondences and the causes un- !
derlying Mr. Garrison's decision will;
ibe essential to an accurate judgment, i
but it is clear that President Wilson
will have to use all the power he
lean bring to bear upon his party fol
lowers if he hopes to unite them on
any military policy that will be prac
ticable and acceptable to the coun
try, and if he expects to succeed in
securing its adoption by Congress
without the injection of partisanship.
[Philadelphia Inquirer. |
And so Garrison goes, lie might
I have stood the attitude of the com-
I mittee and valiantly fought back, but
| lie could not stand alone without the
i hearty support the President. That
| support was not forthcoming. It is
! Chairman Hay, of the Military com
! mittee, and not President Wilson who
I dominates the situation.
[New York World.]
Secretary Garrison's resignation is
the more deplorable, at such a critical
time as this, because it is without ade
quate cause. If cabinet members are
to resign whenever there is opposition
,iu Congress to the measures that they
I advocate, or whenever Congress is 011
the point of doing something of which
| they do not approve, government must
I soon collapse.
TNew York Sun.]
By the resignation of the Secretary
I of War the Administration and, more,
the country lose a most valuable
servant. Mr. Garrison's career has
j been marked by a breadth and depth
of learning, a maturity of judgment
i and a great good sense that was the
1 keynote of his signal ability. The. loss
ito our public service is utterly de
j plorable.
MODESTY OF MYERS
fNew York World.]
All hail to Captain W. M. Myers,
the Sartorial Solon of the Virginia
Legislature!
To "protect the men of Virginia,"
cowering in coy dismay amid the
sweet seductiveness of ladies' fashions,
the dauntless Captain has introduced
a bill.
To his powers of sustained research
we owe the first scientific determina
tion of where ladies must end and
fashions must begin. Ladies, ap
parently. may safely extend from the
top of the head, all the way down the
face and three inches down the throat.
Then fashion continues the charming
work of artifice down, down, abysmal
ly down, until litially, when hope lias
almost perished, at four short inches
from the ground fashion comes to an
abrupt and unlamented end, and
ladies may again diaphanously mani
fest. themselves all the way down to
the earth. But tnind you. between the
three inches of larynx and the four
inches of underpinning, fashion must
extend continuous and opaque. There
must be no interstices nor trans
parencies. No, nor even translucen
cies. for according to the Captain
shadows are more sinful than shapes.
It is a wonderful work which the
Captain has accomplished. Had ho
done no more than finally to establish
the innate viciousness of the female
collar-bone, he would deserve the
gratitude of posterity. But when wo
think of all the other suspicious sec
tors which he had to scrutinize and
analyze before condemning, we feel
that, we should like to take our hat
off to the Captain—lf we felt sure that
we should not be considered guilty of
an indecorous exposure.
NOTHING SERIOUS
Senator Gallinger—Of jewelry Ger
many is a great producer and Ger
many cannot send any kind of
jewelry out into the markets of the
world to-day, so that for the time
being New Jersey is finding a mar
ket for jewelry, but it will not last.
Senatdr Martine, of New Jersey—
If there were no prosperity in this
country, the people of this country
■would not be able to buy jewelry.
Senator Gallinger I think they
probably could afford to buy the
kind of jewelry made in New Jerney
under any circumstances. (Laughter
on the floor and in the galleries.)
"Congressional Record."
HOW TO LIVE LONGER
UK—Rule »—No matter how much
air you have in the house, it Is not as
good as the air outdoors.
Kven If the outdoor sir Is damp and
foggy, it is always healthier than stale
air Indoors. This is just as true In the
eit" as in the country.
Children who have plenty of fresh
air at school learn quicltly and do not
get sick easily.
Learn to stay in the oven air. tf you
do not cot exercise While at work, walk
at least part of the way to or from It.
tFluy gamut! outdoors, if you can.
By th« Rx-CommltterniM
Organization of the campaign for!
the election of a local option Legisla
ture was effected for the eastern half
of the State last night in Philadelphia
when a meeting was held similar to
that recently held in Pittsburgh. At
the meeting arrangements were made
to counteract the movements of the
liquor people in setting up candidates
for all the legislative seats and the
battle will be carried into the pri
maries on a wet and dry basis with
out regard to party.
The meeting was under direction of
i ?ff ocal Option Committee of Phila
delphia, which is a sister organiza
tion to that formed at Pittsburgh
where J. Denny O'Neil is in com
mand. The sentiment favored a conn - i
tyunit as carried by the Williams'
bill last session. It was attended by
representatives of the following:
_ The Local Option Committee of]
Pennsylvania, The Presbyterian Board i
oi Temperance, The Anti-Saloon
League of Pennsylvania, The Phila-j
I delphia Lawyers' Local Option Com
f mittee, The Local Option Committee
;of Physicians of Philadelphia. The;
! National Temperance Commission,
The Local Option Committee of the i
Wale Federation of Churches, and i
i The Philadelphia County Sunday!
; School Association.
—According to Philadelphia news- 1
I papers to-day Mayor Smith has de
clared that he is opposed to any
: factional fighting in the Republican '
| party but that he is committed to the I
candidacy of Speaker Ambler for i
auditor general. The Philadelphia;
1 Press says the Mayor made a peace I
plea and the Record and North Amer
j lean insist that it is a war cry. The |
j Philadelphia Inquirer says that the \
\ Mayor disclaimed any intention of !
; setting himself up as a boss, but spoke
iot his personal friendship and ad-j
iniration of Ambler. It closes by say- ' •
j ing that up-State people have lined j
,up strongly for Senator Charles A. ;
| Snyder against Mr. Ambler. j
—The Philadelphia Mayor is quoted j
!by the Philadelphia Record as fol- j
: lows on the subject of harmony: "I,
do not intend to take part in factional !
politics, unless it should develop that
' factional matters are hampering my j
| administration. Ido not intend, how- i
ever, that any disagreement between j
factions or leaders shall spoil my ad
ministration. I have no right to set
myself up as a political boss. My t
j stand is that 1 shall not interfere be
| tween party leaders or their misun
| derstandings unless they tread on my | s
I corns. ' | <
"Senator Penrose," the Mayor added I
after making the comment that it was h
' too bad that factional differences had j i
[arisen, "should do all he can for Am- 11
bier. Ido not think he is taking the it
j wise course in refusing to be for him. •
j He should accept Speaker Ambler as j j
!lhe candidate for auditor general, oth- ,
' erwise I am afraid there will be a bit- <
ter political light in the State. It is j i
no answer for Senator Penrose to say j i
j that Speaker Ambler is a contractor.
I lie served the Senator for many years I
I and would make an admirable candi-j]
date, as he lias a line record. 1 am I
: absolutely for Ambler for auditor ,
| general." I,
j The Mayor in commenting on the ] i
I differences between the rival factions!;
I in the organization, asserted that fac-j
tional troubles at this time were un
called-t'or. He announced, however,
that ho did not want a light, and, if it ;
| came, he would not interfere unless
his administration should be at-!
| lacked." ,
| The section of the Clark act dealing ,
'with compulsory street paving is be- j
j ing tested in a suit now in progress j
lin the York county court, in which
| the city of York is endeavoring to re-j.
I cover a paving assessment from Jacob j
i Eyster, before whose property the'
{improvement was made. Eyster isl
resisting on the ground that the Clark
! Third Class Cities act is unconstitu-|
tional. Two particulars of the act to |
which counsel for the defendant takes I
exception are alleged discrimination I
jin allowing council to assess either I
entirely upon tho property owners or j
city, or partly on both, and that it]
i does not sufficiently give notice of the j
provisions in relation to paving.
j —Mrs. Frances A. Huston, of Mc- j
| Clellandtown, has been appointed)
' | postmistress at MeClellandtown to;
I i succeed S. F. Guy, who has tendered!
his resignation owing to iiis work as j
j justice of the peace at that place. She
' will assume her duties at once. Mrs.
! Huston was census taker for German
| township, Fayette county, in 1910.
| Her lather was postmaster at McClel-
I I landtown under Cleveland's adminis- 1
1 ] tration.
—Protlionotary J. W. Reese, of
?; Schuylkill county, was yesterday
: ; brought into the St. Clair election
probe in the court at Pottsvllle, it be
ing charged that he took a hand in
1 the work of the ejection board until
J ] thrown out.
| —Representative A. C. Stein, one
" ] of the leaders of the Allegheny county
;! delegation in the House. has an
'inounced that he will not run again.
; Stein will remove to a new district
'land says that the reason he is giving
i up politics is because he has married
s the best wife in the world and wants
to slay at home at night.
I —Representative G. G. Corbin. of
Mifflin county is out for Republican
5 j renomination.
0 —Congressman B. K. Focht is re
!" I celving many assurances of support
! since he announced his candidacy for
s i renomination. The opposition to him
"lis divided between several candidates.
—The return of W. F. Rempiis,
1 rampant Berks Bull Mooser, to the
Republican fold, has attracted gen-
i eral attention. It shows the way the
® j wind is blowing.
E j —Philadelphia lawyers are back-
B ing Chester N. Farr, jr., to succeed
I Judge Ralston. It is declared by
j ; Philadelphia administration men that
, William H. Wilson does not desire a
. plnce on the bench, but will remain
: }as director of safety,
t —James Gay Gordon, jr., son of
r the former judge, may be named as
[an assistant district attorney in Phila
delphia.
! —Men responsible for the election
- frauds in West Chester are getting
- | stiff lines from the courts.
LINCOLN, 1865
On this day President Lincoln en
ters upon his second term amidst the
benedictions of all loyal citizens of the
United States. No man in any office
at any period of our history has been
so tried as he, and no man has ever
shown himself more faithful to a great
duty. His temperament, his singular
sagacity, his inflexible honesty, his
patient persistence, his clear compre
hension of the scope of the war and
of the character and purpose of the.
American people, have not only en
abled him to jyuide the country safely
in its most perilous hour, but have en
deared him forever to the popular
heart. —Harper's Weekly, March 11,
1865.
A RARE TREAT
"Were you beating your wife, sir?
the judge demanded.
"Yes, your honor."
"How did you come to do it ?"
"Lord knows, Judge. For twenty
years she alius wuz ill' one what did
th' beatin'. but 1 Jes' happened for
catch her when she wasn't feelin'
light.'"—"Case and Comment."
1 THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
ik.
—From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
MANAGING THE CITY
The Wave That Swept America
By Frederic J. Haskin
I J
THIS is the place where commis
sion government in America be
gan, where it has been most
severely tried, and' most triumphantly j
successful —Galveston, Texas.
Galveston changed her plan of gov
ernment in the midst of death and -
ruin. Her misfortune drew the eyes
of the world, and proved a sensa
tional advertisement for the system |
she adopted to overcome it. In fact,'
it may be said that the tidal wave
which struck Galveston in 1900 swept
commission government all over the
United States. The storm of last sum- i
mer put it dramatically to the test. !
The government of American cities j
was patterned after that of the United)
States. It worked very well while the
towns were small because the rapid'
advance in property values made a
comparatively small tux levy sutti-!
cient to meet, both municipal expenses!
and the needs of a large force of city
hall pie-eaters. But as the cities
grew, their needs became so compli
cated and numerous that these ami-,
able but rather incompetent gentle- i
men could not take care of them, Hi
thought they did keep right on in-;
creasing the taxes.
The 400 commission government
cities arc scattered all over the United
i States. Kansas leads with 35; Illinois
I has 30 and Pennsylvania 29. Maine
j has 1 and Massachusetts 7, but there
'are no others in New England. Forty
of the forty-eight States contain com
mission government cities.
I Of all these, Galveston has had the
most unusual experience. Before the
I flood, its municipal government was
I about as bad OK possible. The town
; was bankrupt, its script was at a dis
count, the city council spent all its
time squabbling and good citizens
j were refusing in disgust to pay their
I taxes. Then the storm hit it, destroy
ing its city hall, its (ire department, its
! water works and the lives and homes
of many of its people. Out of
I sity a commission was appointed to
I take charge of this ruin. In the emer
-1 gency, jealousy, hatred and selfishness
i were' forgotten. The people not only
| rebuilt their homes, but, also con-
I structed a sea wall, raised the land
OUR DAILY LAUGH
7—CONORATU
ii(»|Y / LATXONS.
PIRI Congratulate me
( x>\ I'm married.
me. I'm
IN THE WAR 5 , *A %{lfc\
ZONE. % T V V
Say, doctor.
Yes, my brave I
I'd like to trade *.*/yj ,Jjf&ll I
two duchesses '' mf iW H
an ordinary W (rl 1 j jffl
Burse - r™
A TIP TO Hill
By WlnK Dinger
Valentine Day Monday,
So to-morrow eve
! If you'd be a wise hub.
Get me on this, Steve,
Go out to the liorist's
Or the candy shop.
Order something sent home
Marked "To Mom from Pop."
Don't forget the kiddies,
They'll be lookipg, too,
For some little token
Of esteem from you.
Needn't be expensive—
If to kids and wife
You just send a post card
'Twill put joy in life.
ARE HANDS KISSED?
I Kansas City Star.]
The clinging kiss has been barred by
1 the moving picture censors of Ohio and
Pennsylvania. Hereafter no kiss may
fill more than ten feet of film. A 10-
| foot kiss might seem to be a pretty long
I one to the outsider, but ten feet of film
| whisks past in about two seconds,
i But what about the hand kiss.' Did
' anyone, outside of u book, ever see a
: man kiss u woman's hand? Not in this
' part of the country, at least. But In
nearly every moving picture love scene
- the' hero bendtf over the hand of the
woman he loves and kisses her fingers,
' fondly and long.
CHRIST'S HUMAN FORM
Wherefore tn nil things it behooved
him to lie made like unto his brethren
that he might be a merciful and faith
ful high priest in things pertaining
to God, to make reconciliation for the
sins or the people. For in that he
himself hath suffered being tempted,
lie is able to succor them that are
templed.—Hebrews ii, 17 and IS.
THE JUGGLER
| (lie city stood on to the level of its
; top, and built a causeway from their
island to the shore. Through their
i commission they spent millions and
every dollar of it was well spent, while
every municipal service was put upon
! a new basis of efficiency. At Galves
ton, a tine community spirit was lit
erally born in one day of awful de
! struction.
Last summer this spirit was put to
tlie tost. The United States Weather 1
Bureau sent warning: to Galveston
that another great storm like the one
j that had destroyed it was about to
Strike. The commission was equal to
! the emergency. In a few hours it or
ganized a battalion of messengers on
motorcycles and sent them racing up
and down the island warning the
country people to come behind the
1 shelter of the sea wall. Every family
! on the island was reached, and all but
81 persons came in behind the wall.
! All of the SI who failed to come in
were drowned.
Behind their mighty sea wall, the
; people of Galveston were safe, but the
causeway to the mainland, which had
I cost tlieni a million dollars, was swept
! away like a picket fence. Two ocean
going freight steamers swept over it
without touching and now lie stranded
a mile inland on the Texas prairie.
The water supply of the city was
also cut off, and for some days the
commission peddled it in wagons, dol
ing out a quart at a time.
But Galveston is not discouraged.
Pipes have been laid across a tem
i porary trestle to the mainland, so that
i the water supply is renewed, and plans
i; are already complete for rebuilding
■ the causeway.
i! Galveston has enjoyed only one
i piece of financial good luck. She has
■ i been exempted from State taxqs as a
I mark of respect and sympathy from
II the. rest of the people of Texas. But
! i the ill winds which have brought her
•i so much loss. have blown greater
) i good. They have awakened in Gal
• veston perhaps the finest civic spirit
< | this country has ever seen, and they
• have r.iade her a shining example of
■ | efficient, municipal government to all
1 America and the world.
THE STATE FROM W TO DAY
Pour score and fifty years ago a lit- |
tie shoot sprang up from the earth i
on the spot that marks the boundery of j
Silver Spring and Hampden town
ships, over Carlisle way, giving evi
dence of the coming tree which has
since developed into a. monster oak i
measuring four feet through. This j
week saw the passing of the 130-year-!
old oak, and when it was cut up the j
trunk furnished four cords of wood. I
The following up-to-date simile was!
| extracted with difficulty from an even- i
I ing contemporary in the western part j
of the State: " 'And just think how j
'horrible this modern warfare Is,' he I
j exclaimed, shuddering so fast that he 1
| flickered like a movie."
j What to do with one's husband
jwhen something more important in-j
i terferes has been solved by Mrs.
I Christiansen, of Beaver, who enter-!
tained the other evening at cards, men i
| being strictly de trop. Hubby pre- j
! ferrcd to read his paper but wlfeyi
wanted the room for her female'
guests and so she called In an officer
and had her worse half carted off to
the station, where he spent the night.
Workmen on Mount Penn, within
the limits of Reading, engaged in cut
ting down trees were surprised a short i
j while ago to see a full-grown deer
! sporting itself within a few squares of
| a traveled thoroughfare. The animal
is supposed to have come from Leba
non and was evidently inured to the
roar of the city.
The lure of gay Paris was too much
for Faith Chipperfield, who met John
J. Kelly, of Wilkes-Barre, in 1913,
while he was traveling through
France. They were married and set
tled down in Wilkes-Barre, but after
four months the wife yearned for a
breath of the French capital and she
has not been back home since. That
was two years ;tgo. Kelly wants a
divorce.
If the income of the State through
the Highway Department continues at
the rate at which it has been traveling
for the first six weeks of the year, the
situation in Pennsylvania ought to be
very like that in the Pawnee county,
Kansas, where the world's record is
i held for automobile ownership. This
I county has an automobile for every
nine persons it has been figured. As
lor Pennsylvania, more money has
i been received in this particular de
partment in the first six weeks'ol'
!!»!<'• Ihan during the entire year of
i 1914.
| Btrmng (Etjat
Going out into the highways for
talesmen for Jury duty, which had
to he resorted to in the Shurnan mur
der trial on Wednesday and yester
day was the second time such pro
cedure has been required in a murder
trial In a decade. It is very rare
and the last time it Is understood to
have been ordered was In the Bru- ***
baker trial in 1905, which also took
place before Judge Kunkel. In that
case George W. Mcllhenny, then
deputy sheriff, picked people out of
the courtroom, from the courthouse*
portico and off Market street. The
drawing of the extra men on Wed -
nesday night had the usual amusing
incidents. Sheriff Caldwell went after
one man known to be in the vicinity
of Third and Market and met him in
a cigar store. The man asked hint
to have a cigar, but the sheriff shook
his head and gave him a summons.
Another man was taken as he was
shaving and another as he was trans
; acting some business in a bank. An
j other was lifted out of a county oftici!
I where he had gone for a chat. A story
: is told of another man being listed oil
, the special panel and being telephoned
to come to the courthouse. He was
i prompt in obeying, immediately called
I up and as expeditiously rejected by
i the lawyers. It is not often that the
j State has to use such rare machinery,
but when it does some people are apt
to be inconvenienced.
*> * *
In the current isjme of the Tele
-5 phone News there is an interesting
■ story of the construction and occu
pancy of the splendid headquarters
building of the Bell Telephone Com
j pany in Philadelphia. This article,
I which is illustrated, is of special in
terest because it contains a number of
! tine etchings showing prominent offl
| ciais in their sumptuous new offices in
| the performance of their Important
| duties. Among these is L. H. Kinnard,
j the vice-president and general man
ager; J. H. Crosman, general commer
cial superintendent, and General Su
perintendent Stryker, all former resi
dents of Harrlsburg and identified with
j the company's activities while in this
j city. Naturally Harrisburg is proud
i of these young men who have made
| good with a great corporation and
j have been called from time to time to
| higher and still higher positions. In
j this number there is also a full-page
j i illustration of the Telephone Society of
I Harrisburg which includes a flashlight
picture of all who were present at the
. recent meeting at the Technical audi
. torium. Among those who were es
. pecially honored on that occasion were
I Mr. Kinnard, Martin H. Buehler, also
. a Harrisburg boy, and F. H. Bethell,
i president of the Bell Telephone Com
pany of Pennsylvania and associated
, interests. It's an extremely interest
, ing number, but its prime interest lies
in tho fact that little old Harrisburg
, has contributed so much to the success
. ahd prosperity of a great public utility.
The revenue received by the State of
Pennsylvania for automobile licenses
for 1910 thus far is greater than the
whole income of the Commonwealth
in any year from 1791 to 1821. The
1916 revenue, which yesterday passed
the total of the automobile licenses
for the whole of 1914, is expected to
pass the 1915 total of $1,(>65,000 In a
few months. The receipts thus far
for 1916 registration of automobiles
and trucks have reached $1,200,000.
The first time, the whole revenue of
the State passed the million dollar
mark was in 1821 when $1,420,586.40
was received, but it dropped below
the million mark until 1828 when it
rose to $1,588,757.12 and never went:
below again. The number of cars
registered is said to be the second
greatest of any State in the Union at
present.
One of the funny tilings attending
the drawing of the juries for the mur
der trials now In progress has been
the manner in which men have avoid
ed being called for service. The word
got about on Monday evening and
again yesterday that extra men were
being summoned by the sheriff and
the.way the vicinity of the courthouse
was avoided was worth noticing. It
was also the cause of some practical
jokes as men called up friends and
notified them to stay away. And
those "notified" walked blocks out of
their routes home.
"Speeding up" of work in coal
mines, metal trades and others en
gaged in filling war orders or push
ing along shipments for export or to
fill some of the big demands for pro
visions or munitions is believed to be
the fault of the extraordinarily large
number of industrial accidents being
reported at the Capitol. The number
of accidents has been running so high
lately that investigations are being
made to see if some safety precautions
can not be taken to lessen the mis
haps. The number of policies writ
ten for the State Insurance fund
passed the 8,500 mark yesterday aft
ernoon and the number of applica
tions is said to be holding to about
100 a day. The activity for insurance
in companies and associations Is also
said to be continuing unabated.
WEIX KNOWN PEOPLE"
—John Jr. Harris, Bucknell presi
dent, will speak on Lincoln at Wil
-1 liamsport to-night.
Herbert P. Worth is the new
j president of the West. Chester Board
I of Trade. _
—Ex-Congressman Kllas Deemer,
of Williamsport, is in Florida,
i —Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia,
i savs It 'keeps him busy attending
luncheons and dinners and City Soli
citor Connelly has been called in to
bear his share.
Burgess Madajewski, of Nautl
' coke, heard that a silk mill might
i locate near his town. He went out
j and secured It and then told the
! story.
[ DO YOU KNOW
That Harrlsburg castings are In
use in many town improvements
throughout the State?
HISTORIC HARHISniRG
The first public improvement
was getting rid of the iAiidis mill
dam which had made Paxton
creek unsanitary.
Ask For It By Name
When you see an article ad
vertised In this newspaper, re
member the name.
Ask for it bv that name and
insist on getting exactly what
you asked for.
Good storekeepers never at
tempt to substitute something
else.
! Thev know that there Is qual
ity- behind the average advertised
article and that it will please
their customers.
They are glad to link the name
01" their store with the name of
reputable manufacturers.