8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER TOR TIIE HOME Founded iSjr Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGfIAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Hulldlnc, Federal Square. E. J. STACKPOLFJ. Prts't and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M, SUSINMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American Newspaper Pub § fiSif 5j 83 * erri office. Has- Gaa Building, Cht ~ cago, 111. Kntered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., aa second class matter. By carriers, six centß a week: by mall, $3.00 a year In advance. Swor» dallr avrr«|ce circulation for the three BOBths ending February 21), 11)10. if 22,785 * These figures are net. All returned, untold and damaged coplea deducted. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH I A'o life can be pure in its purpose and strong in its strife Ind all life not be purer and stronger thereby. —OWKX MEREDITH. SAFETY ENTERTAINMENTS THE safety entertainments at the Technical High School this week, conducted by the State Department of Labor and Industry In co-operution with various industries of Harrisburg, provide both thrills and useful lessons for those who delight In motion pictures. Several of the films to be shown were used at the Panama-Pacific Ex position and all of them combine heart Interest with hints for the pro tection of life, limb and property. They are designed primarily for the benefit of industrial workers and) every seat in the big auditorium should be filled at each of the per- j formances. The Idea is new in this j State and it is to be hoped that the Department of Labor will be suffi ciently encouraged by success here to continue the entertainments in other cities. TOl' SEASON IS ON ON a downtown street a boy spun a top yesterday. It was an old fashioned wooden top of the penny variety and ho slammed it down on the pavement fit to drive the plug up through the center. We knew Im mediately that he was a real boy for he threw his top "over-hand" and he had carefully trimmed off the knob that top-makers think so necessary j and which your expert top-spinner ab hors. Do you remember when you counted your riches In tops and mar- j hies and when the aristocracy of the school yard was based on ability to spin one and "shoot" the other? Usually It was the poorest, most ran ged lad in the class who held the title and you would willingly have changed your gqod clothes for his tatters for \ the auko of taking his place In the charmed circle of admirers that stood wide-eyed about whenever he en caged in a free exhibition of his skill. The boy with a thousand marbles and countless tops was as envious as the others —more so, indeed, for he was learning the oft-times unpleasant but always wholesome truth that men base their estimate of a man not so much on what a man has as upon his worth as an individual and his ability to do things. Look about you. The world pays but false homage to him who is noted for his riches; It reserves its admiration and its rewards for the chap who can spin the top and shoot the marbles. FEDERALIZING THE GUARD I CAN call up spirits from the vasty deep," Glendower jemarks in Shakespeare's "King Henry IV." Replies Hotspur, "Why, so can I, or so can any man; but will they eome when you do call for them?" That Is about the situation that the Federal government, finds itself with respect to the National Guard. The limitations are many. As the law stands the government can call out the militia "to execute the laws of the Union, to suppress insurrections and repel invasions," and for no other purpose; nor can Congress compel the members to enter the Federal ser vice in case war breaks out. Congfess can declare war, but under the con stitution the government is not given the power to use the militia for the purpose of carrying on such a war, Riid the whole thing would rest upon the willingness of the National Guard to answer the call to war voluntarily. Here is where ex-Secretary Garrison's plan would work out to its ultimate conclusion and here is where his Con tinental Army plan would materialize In definite action. But Congress, having determined that the Continental Army plan is not feasible, the next thing that must be done, if the whole army preparedness program Is not to go by the boards. Is the federalization of the National Guard. The constitutional restric tions cited herewith arc said by many authorities to be mainly theoretical. So, too, it is possible to remove by statute the other contentions that State and national control of the Guard cannot be harmonized. Under the new bill, with some amendment, if will be perfectly feasible to preserve the State identities and combine all the advantages of Federal standards for officers and troops. The bill alma at m National Guard of 424,000 men In WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARJUSBURQ TELEGRAPH MARCH 1, 1916. j five'years, 800 to each Congressional! district, with 1,500 additional at large! in each State, to be paid by the United • States at the rate of $1 per drill or SSO ! I a year. Some doubt is expressed that' : this may be too ambitious a total, but j 1 HO,OOO are already In the Guard. 'With the removal of objections that I now keep men out and the introduc tion of incentives to join, the ultimate i success of the plan is not an unrea sonable assumption. There is a disposition also to pro vide for training camps, like that at Plattsburg, for those who do not care to join the Guard, and there is no rea son to believe there will bo any falling | off of interest in this branch of train- j lng. Friends of the Continental Army must relinquish their ambitions at. I this time, pending a fair trial of the | plans Congress proposes to enact. THE READING SERVICE THE announcement of Superin tendent Stackhouse that the j Philadelphia and Reading Rail- j way Company will run two additional! passenger trains between this city and j Reading, beginning to-morrow, indi- j cates the steady growth in business which the Reading has been enjoying i in this vicinity for the past few years. It is good news for the people j of the Lebanon Valley who have busi ness in Harrisburg in the early part of the day or who desire to return home late in the evening. For some time the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce has been in correspondence with Superintendent j Stackhouse on this subject, and he, j with the officials in Philadelphia. l Both the officials of the Chamber and the superintendent have worked hard for this Improvement in the service and deserve the thanks of the com munity for the success of their efforts. MORE GOOD NEWS THE annual report of the Penn sylvania Railroad Company, published in full in another part j of the Telegraph of this issue, contains j a brief paragraph that means much to Harrisburg. A bare sentence is given over to the announcement that the great freight yard and station im provements in this city are to be com pleted this year. This means that by March 1 of next year Harrisburg will enjoy freight terminal and transfer facilities equal to those of any city in the country and excelled by very few anywhere. . ! The city has far outgrown Its old freight quarters and the contemplated change cannot be completed too i quickly. Business is growing by leaps j and bounds and Harrisburg will be- j come more than ever the "heart of 1 distribution" when shippers can be' certain of the prompt handling of their consignments In any quantity, ' large or small. This new freight sta- ' tion and the yards adjoining are going i to play an important part in the j development of Harrisburg as a ware- j house and agency center. Last year was a very good one for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Huge earnings stand boldly out of the an nual report. The figures are doubly impressive in view of the fact that during only the last half of 1915 did traffic reflect in full measure the re vival of business after the previous period of depression. With the return to active operations the financial results for t" 5 big trans- | portation system changed greatly for the better. Samuel Rea, president of | the company, states that for the Pennsylvania Railroad lines east of I Pittsburgh "in 1914, on a total prop-i erty investment of $1.002.(498,652, the net operating income earned was j equal to only 3.72 per cent. In 1915 j the total property investment was j $1,076,989,236, and the net operating income equal to 4.73 per cent. I thereon.'* Last year the Pennsylvania Railroad j Company Itself increased its net out- ; ! standing capital obligations by $19,- 163,764. It shows net Income at $42,-| 425,332, of which $29,952,219 was paid to nearly 94,000 shareholders in the 6 per cent, dividend on the $499,203,-1 700 of capital stock which is out standing. The net income was SB,- 334,557 more than for 1914. Out of net income the Pennsylvania Railroad Company appropriated $lO,- 500,000 to property Improvements, j The Pennsylvania Company, the hold- j lng corporation for the western sys-1 tem, more than doubled its Income to $9,704,347, besides which it realized: a cash profit of $16,056,545 in selling' its holdings of Cambria Steel and cer- { tain other stocks and In converting $30,158,000 of French held franc \ bonds into American collateral trust; certificates. This enabled the Penn sylvania Company to apply $14,700,-! 000 to special purposes. President Rea presents in his an- ] nual report no definite program for j expending facilities to meet the grow- i ing volume of traffic. He relates what | was done last year and states that > further consideration has been given' to electrification of the Main Line! over the Allegheny mountains, but j adds that this project will wait upon ! developments. He says that the forty- | mile gap across New Jersey in the | low-grade freight line to New York! will ultimately be constructed. Upon the question of public control! and relations of railroads, President Rea says: The President of the United States has recommended a Congres sional Inquiry into the transporta tatlon problem and regulation af fecting the common carriers. This company has clearly outlined in previous reports the necessity for Increasing the strength and effici ency of public regulation, and it is willing to render all reasonable as sistance desired in connection with I such an Important national inquiry. I Public regulation has served many useful purposes, which it Is desirable to continue, but there ,has been a notable lack of a definite business policy and co-operation between tne Federal and State Gov ernments as to railroad legislation and regulation. This is a paragraph worthy of especial note, for the reason that It presents so different a view from that of the old days when railroad man , agers were Inclined lo the "public-be : damned" policy and looked upon gov ■ eminent regulation as unwarranted | interference with their Inherent | rights. There should be close relation | and fair play on both (Idea between] 1 the railroads and the government, j Both have suffered from lack of It In | j the past. Government regulation is one thing and government ownership is another, and it will be a long time before the people will consent to any such move as the purchase of the rail roads. Such co-operation as that of fered by President Rea will do much to quiet the occasional efforts of misguided politicians demanding pub lic ownership of transporation sys tems. TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE i I —lt may be true that "figures don't Me," but judging from some of the Spring styles we should say some of J 'em are more or less deceptive. Atlantic City Mayor fines two ! men a dollar a word for lies told. We ; suggest to President Wilson that this j might be a good method of raising a j ew million dollars for the prepared i ness program. —The U-boat appears to be an A-l I boat. j —"Russia seems to have got her i second wind," says an exchange. Any way the Csar's troops appear to be giving the Turks a hard blow. —Englishmen have been asked to use their autos as little as possible. With gas at 25 cents the precaution isn't necessary over here. 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT Doubtless Feci Highly Honored [Washington Star.] It may be that anarchists are ae ?nni° S h Cr i ed »"i for ex P loi, ions they know absolutely nothing about. Strain on the Intellect [Detroit Free Press.] Imagine a man who would put. poi son in the soup complaining of the | conduct of others. Always an Interesting- Speculation (Boston Transcript) Wonder what party Gene Foss will arou nd tor vice-presi dent this year? Good Old Times Recalled (Kansas City Star) Stockholders of the New Haven will of the rrio ] e f rn th f t ,he management tn ? is gradually settling back ♦ i h,ee trains piled up on fo,?rth a t Ck near MUford yesterday. A I K r ain a PProached and tried to ; pass, but gave it up and retreated. RICH ENOUGH TO PAY? (Kansas City Star.) H,.^i 8 V res c ? mr>lled by Frederic L. n,™/ 01 ' in his " The Military Un ncparedness of the United States" are not altogether flattering to the vanity i of those Americans who are fond of asserting that this country can "lick" 1 ?"•)','° e ? vho sl ' ould attack it without half trying. Mr. Huidekoper is so' 1 as t0 sllow that d °wn to j 1898 the Lnited States never had en- i gaged in a war in which it did not! ! have to employ at least two men to every one employed by the enemy. ! Moreover the United States, In all its ' history, never has engaged single banded at homo or abroad the land °™ es °' a first class military power. The "licking" we have done h«is been done at tremendous and unneces sary cost of men and money, all be cause of that childish and foolish be lief that strength goes with bigness and that our wealth and resources I , make it unnecessary for us to get i ! ready. ■ir '.'L " lear th" Revolution, Mr. Huidekoper shows Great Britain em ployed against the confederation 150,-i I 000 men, to which we opposed 231 -' 000 regulars and 164,000 militia and j I volunteers. In 1812 Britain never had more, than 67,000 men in the field against 1 i us, while our successive drafts of i | "bounty patriots." militia and volun-I , tecrs alone totaled 471,000 men, and! in addition we employed 56,000 regu-j lars. I Then we had a little brush with the • 'reek Indians, who mustered about! two thousand lighting men, and | [against them we scr.t forty-four thou- I j sand militia and volunteers and six hundred regulars. In the Seminole and Black Ilaw k ' ! wars the tribes had about one thou- 1 jsand warriors each. In the former' we employed six thousand militia and ! ! volunteers and about one thousand ; regulars, and in the latter five thou sand volunteers and thirteen hundred regulars. « Then came the Florida was which necessitated the employment of twelve i thousand live hundred regulars and j forty-eight thousand militia to "lick" an enemy whose forces are estimated jto have been perhaps not more than twelve hundred and certainly not more than Two thousand. In the Mexican war we had thirty j one thousand regular troops and re- I enforced them with seventy-four thou sand militia and volunteers. The j Mexicans never had more than forty six thousand in the field at any time. True, these were successful wars. That is, we muddled through. But the j 1 popular idea that they were "trlum ; phant" wars is a little off from the i blushing truth. We did a good deal ; of sprinting and considerable retreat ing in 1812. In the Mexican war, | with one hundred thousand men un ! der arms, General Scott fought his j way into the enemy's capital with six ! thousand. Short term enlistments, | lack of organization in forwarding re | enforcements and a long category of administrative blunders at home, due (to ill preparation and Ignorance, tell | the story of that amazing condition. | America is rich, but is it rich enough j to continue to pay the price of unpre ' pared ness? STRENGTH ANDWEAKNESS i [Maj. Gen. Francis V. Greene in the Outlook.] We have more accumulated wealth than any other two nations; we have a greater mileage of railways than all Europe; of motor ears and trucks we possess probably twice as many as all the nations of Europe combined; of I iron and steel, we produce as much as the total of any other three nations, and of copper more than all the rest of the world: of telephones In use we have three times as many as the ag jgregate of all the nations now at war, land of telegraph lines as .many miles as any other two nations. Here are elements of military strength which, properly utilized in connection with a sufficiency of trained soldiers, will pro tect us from defeat—possibly make us immune from attack. But our trained soldiers are barely one per 1000 of population, while those of possible enemies are sixty to 1000, and there Is no correlation between our mines, our factories, our means of transportation and communication on Uie one hand, and our military estal#lshnienf and plans of defense on the other. That we are quick and resourceful In an emergency Is universally conceded, but to rely upon this In place of military training and proper co-ordination of our economic resources is to invite jcertain disaster. yUiUctU By the Ex-Oouunltteeman Although the State campaign pre liminaries are quiet and the men who are interested in Republican delegate elections are busy on study, the local conditions in the various districts in dications are not wanting that there is cfulte a pronounced sentiment throughout the State in favor of al lowing the Democrats to furnish the sideshow this year. The Democrats in all districts are just spoiling for a fight, the feeling among the Old Guard element being that this is a good time, especially when resent ment over appointments is hot. to make a battle for control of the State machine. The starting of the war in this county will be the signal for trou ble In other counties. The news that a fight was planned alialong the line against the reorgani zation machine has stirred up a good many latent animosities and the peti tions will soon be flying for the rival candidates. The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times says; "State Chairman Crow and Congress man Ernest will be with the Gover nor in a State fight. It declares friends of the Governor will not enter his name as a preferred candidate for President unless such action Is deem ed necessary as u strategic move to bring strength to his forces. In the forthcoming statement the Governor is expected to announce that lie stands by the slate of 12 national delegate at-large candidates put before the public some time ago by Mayor Thom as B. Smith of Philadelphia. The men associated with the Governor be lieve that United States Senator Boles Penrose will remain silent until Mr. Brumbaugh has spoken and are ex pecting him to accept the challenge to fight. They look for him to put out another slate of national delegate candidates to be elected at large In the State. The delegate fight Is ex pected to spread into the 32 congres sional districts of Pennsylvania with two sets of candidates In practically every district." —Considerable interest was shown hero to-day in the announcement that Miles 13. tvitts, a member of the House from Erie county the last two terms and a pronounced foe of the re organization element in the State Democracy, had been elected mayor of Erie at the special election. Kitts was a" stormy petrel in two sessloiis and as rabid against local option as against the Democratic bosses. He won out for the term to which the late Mayor-elect, Bernard Velt, was elected and will serve almost four years. He defeated ex-Mayor W. J. Stern by over 1,000 majority. It was one of the hottest political tights ever known in the State and was marked by all sorts of advertising methods while the partisans of the two men came to blows in some of the districts of the city yesterday. Because of the bitterness of the contest and Kltts' prominence in the liquor light the election attracted wide attention. A Williamsport dispatch says: "Congressional polities boiled over to day when Archibald M. Hoagland, former district attorney of Lycoming county, announced that lie would be a candidate for the Republican nomin ation for Congress. His opponents will be Congressman Edgar R. Kiess, of this city, and W. E. Champaign, of Wellsboro. The appearance of Hoag land In the race will spilt the vote in Lycoming and Clinton counties, but friends of Congressman Kiess say It will not harm him." —J. C. Dickerman, head of the bu reau of gas of the city of Philadel phia and well known to many here, has been notified of bis dismissal. The action was taken yesterday. —C. E. Yost, who is a candidate for the House in the Second York district, is a shoe, manufacturer living near York Haven. —F. L. Roth, former county audi tor of Lehigh, is a candidate for the House. —Howard G. McGowan. former legislator from Berks, who harbored a senatorial bee, has decided to with draw from the race. He is the Berks county member of the State Board of Agriculture. —The antisuffragists arc starting to get busy in Philadelphia and will m\ke an effort to offset the Suffrage rally in this city next week. —The Lackawanna judges refused all new licenses yesterday, granting only the 989 old ones. —C. F. Berkemeyer, who was the orglnal reorganlzer in Lehigh county, has taken it into his head to be a can didate for the Democratic congres sional nomination against Congress man Dewalt. Dewalt does not seem to mind it. —lt's dollars to doughnuts, say Democrats, that the Palmyra and Halifax post office appointments will go to men wno voted for Berry in 1910 and not to old line Democrats at all. STAND WITH PRESIDENT [Philadelphia Inquirer] From the speech of President Wil son at the Gridiron Club dinner we reprint a few brief extracts: "The point in national affairs never lies along the lines of expediency. It always rests in the field of principle." "The United States was not founded upon any principle of expediency; it was founded upon a profound prin ciple of human liberty and of hu manity, and whenever it bases its policy upon any other foundation than those It builds on the sand and not on the solid rock." "Justice has nothing to do with expediency. Justice has nothing to do with any temporary standard what ever. It is rooted and grounded in the fundamental instincts of hu manity." "America ought to keep out of this war. She ought to keep out of this war at the sacrifice of everything ex cept this single thing upon which her character and history are founded— her sense of humanity and justice. If she sacrifices that, she has ceased to be. America; she has ceased to enter tain and to love the traditions which have made us proud to be Americans, and when we go about seeking safety at the expense of humanity, then I for one will believe that I have always been mistaken In what I have con ceived to be the spirit of American history." Upon the above platform The In quirer stands side by side with the President. THE SEARCHLIGHT BLIND BOOTBLACKS Shoeshining is the newest occupa tion Invaded by the blind. It has been proved practicable by the provi sion of special equipment. Separate apartments are provided for the pol ish. brushes and cloths used In ap plying the different colors and the boys are readily able to locate them. Soap diffusers are used in place of the daubers used by the seeing "black ies." and a vaterproof protector is used to protect the bottoms of the customer's trousers. After the hoot, black has learned the process, he is able to apply a shine as quickly as a 'boy with sight, the highly sensitive fops of his lingers enabling him to recognize the degree of polish by Itoucb. < THE CARTOON OF THE DAY Picture of a Boy Trying to Decide Whether to Be a Little George Washington or Not (voho's I MONKttINCI V//// i i nnui 11 v//// y) \ \ 01l 11 V//// gjf, IPI I ' lfe*£x From tke SI (HIT Jonrnuf. By Frederic J. Haskin PARIS is no longer the exclusive center of women's fashions. Her supremacy has been definitely challenged. At the annual style show held In Constantinople this month the styles displayed were from Berlin and Vienna. The absence of the Parisian models marks a victory for Germany in her emancipation from French fashions; it is the formal announce ment of their popular defeat in Tur key. The Turkish woman, formerly one of the most enthusiastic desciples of Paris, has transferred her sartorial allegiance. From now on Paris is likely to meet competition all over the world. While the American woman Is still loyal to Paris, she is losing her awe of the Parisian label. Her dawning independence is evidenced by the fact that many American buyers this sea son are patronizing the smaller shops. They are refusing to wait a week or ten days for a card of admittance to the larger showrooms and have turned to the less formidable con cerns where there is often marked talent. They are looking for real models, they assert—not trademarks. Still this faint indication of re bellion does not disturb the sense of established security which belongs to the celebrated Parisian designer. There have been rebellions before. At the beginning of the war the Amer icans decided to seize the opportunity afforded to design their own fashions yet the next steamer to France brought an even greater number of American buyers clamoring for admis sion cards. The entrance of Berlin into the competition, however, is mak ing the French take nitice. Berlin Is capable of extremely original ideas, has its own form of art, and is a rival to be reckoned with. More over, Americans, who comprise the largest percentage of the Parisian clientele, may bo lacking in creative ability but they know art when they see it, whether in Berlin or Paris. All of which has served to bring about certain notable changes in the attitude of the French designer to ward American trade. The Credit Francais, a Paris bank, has been ap pointde to act as an intermediary be tween the buyers and the designers' houses, and to take care of the ship ment of models. This bank Is also en gaged In an effort to have the Am erican tariff reduced on the importa tions of Parisian models. Many of the large couture houses are abolish ing their ruling for requiring admis sion cards, and everything possible is being done to please American buy ers. The French women, preoccupied In their work of making supplies for the hospitals, have spent little time and money on their own wardrobes, but they have exerted themselves more than ever in creating fashions and maintaining their monopoly. "All for the foreigners" Is their slogan. No season has ever presented such a diversity of styles. The Louis Nlfl and XIV periods have furnished most OUR DAILY LAUGH 1 AIX PROMISED. ! / r V*r He: Can t you j spire me a kiss? fffi »''■)" 1 9 ave to ask Fred, _B 1 I've promised them all to him. A REAL PUNCH. •Tory has a real Sure thing. You ■een the way It BLANK VERSE THIS IS THE BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY OK ' I - 1 n uu Di.\t>Kn. of the ideas, but a strong Spanish in fluence is also noticeable. The wide, flaring skirts of last season, inspired by the Russian ballet, have acquired a contour which suggests the paint ings of Velasquez; and at the same time the full skirts with pannier draperies and ruffles over the hips, often distended with stiff cording or hoops, are reminiscent of the court of Louis XIV. The bodices are plain and skimpy, with sleeves that are betrim med and full. The one-piece dress of garbardine or fine serge, with (It ted corsage and tight basque, is as popular for street wear as the suit. On the Riviera it is being worn al most to the exclusion of the suit. T-Tats of all shapes and sizes are be ing shown. There are numerous tur bans, sailors and Leghorns, but the liigh-crowned hat is not seen quite as often. Many of the sailors have rolled crowns after the Louis XIV period, and these are faced with satin. Variety is extended also to the trimming. Ribbon, grain and flowers are seen in abundance, and numerous littl designs in ostrich trimming. It has always been a matter of great disappointment to the Parisian milliner that Ameri cans will not wear aigrettes or birds of paradise. This season they have compromised by the use of the ostrich and other plain birds. A new novelty is the use of porce lain flowers. In this connection it. may be said that the making of artificial flowers in the United States has reach ed a high art which is not excelled in Europe. However, owing to the pres ent scarcity of dyes, it has received a setback. The scarcity of dyes lias also be i come an acute problem in the manu | l'acture of American hosiery, but in | this instance it is only one of many I factors of difficulty. Dyes have in creased 500 per cent in price, but j silk thread, fiber silk and cottons have also increased from 50 to a hun j dred per cent, and even the prices of j boxes is steadily rising. It looks as |if the American woman this year | would wear black and white hosiery exclusively. Plaids, stripes and checks in black and white are being shown, and occasionally in colors, although | some of the mills are now refusing j orders In dark colors on account of their inability to get dyes of a reliable character. Owing to the war, there has been n tremendous increase in the price of i parasols and umbrellas. Steel frames ; that used to sell for a dollar now sell !at $2.02, and the scarcity of dyes, j again has raised the price of cover | ings from forty to fifty per cent. If I it were not for the scarcity of mate | rials, it would be a splendid oppor tunity for American manufacturers | of par sols and umbrellas, for Kurope I is turning to them for their supplies. ! The prices offered often exceed what j the retailers are willing to pay. India , whose parasols were formerly sup plied by Germany, has sent in a large order. Although in India special sized parasols are generally required, | their buyers are willing at present to take anything they can get. THE STATE FROM DAT TO DOT year parties galore are featur ing the social life of city, town and hamlet during the pre Lenten festivi ties. Coals of fire are being heaped upon many masculine heads at these respective gatherings, be it said. The highest total that the Johns town measles epidemic has reached so far Is 235. There were that many cases under quarantine over last week end, and an abatement Is now hoped for. Ten thousand dollars' worth of crisp new SSO bills found a Festlngplace on the station platform at Berwick, Pa., yesterday, when the expressman, un conscious of the value of the package, I allowed it to remain alone, unsealed and unprotected for an hour. When the value of the package was discov ered, fear of heart failure was felt on the part of the poor expressman, who made a bee-line for a bank. The information that an ordinance would be introduced in councils at ] Philadelphia to-morrow providing | that children who ply the streets in ; the capacity of gum-sellers, boot | blacks and 'newsies" would be re- I quired to wear badges, has had a ! varied efTect upon the Individual af fected. "Gee. we'd be regular guys If we had 'em," said one. "Those fly ] cops up at the bureau wouldn't have nothin' on us," added another. The majority were content to await de velopments, however. One thousand and forty-four licenses [ were granted In Scranton court within j two hours. No remonstrances were S heard against more than seventeen of 1 the applicants. This established a record. Evangelist Biederwolf, who lias been holding forth at NorrJstown, re cently Inspired over 700 converts to "hit the sawdust trail." The evance list. "has no time for dancing," he says, but "wants to (jive every devil his dues." iEbmtng (Ehat Grand Army veterans of this city •*. voicing their regret at the death o' ■William J. Wells, past department commander of the Grand Army in Pennsylvania, mentioned the fact tlmt comparatively few of the men who held that honor are still here. Mr. Wella was well known to many in this section because as Inspector of the Grand Army in the State he frequently visited Harrisburg. He was also well Known in educational circles. Of the forty-seven men who have been hbn ored by election to the chief place in the State G. A. R.. only fourteen are living. Col. O. C. Bosbyshell, one of the earliest commanders. Gerteral .Tames W. Latta. former secretary of internal affairs, and Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart, who was national commander, by the way, are the only three of the men who served prior to IS9O as commanders who are living. The eleven who served after 1890 in clude several well-known veterans. The State encampment of the vet erans is of much interest to Harris burgers because the fiftieth anniver sary of the Pennsylvania department will be celebrated when the State en campment is held in Harrisburg in June. February was well passed out last night by a number of youngsters who took advantage of the warm weather to do some roller skating. There were scores of boys and girls out en joying the skating and they did not seem to care for automobiles, either. The weather was also productive of more or less joyriding. "It's remarkable how many people there are from the city who tramp over the country roads in winter," de clared a farmer who lives about a mile out beyond Bellevue the other day at market. "Every day, rain or shine, roads frozen or heavy with mud there are scores of men, women and chil dren who go swinging by our place with that air of enjoyment which distinguishes the hiker from the ordi nary soul who plods along because he must instead of because he wants to." Announcement by President E. G. Grace of the Bethlehem Steel Cor poration that, four new brast furnaces will be built at Steelton just as promptly as the "layout" can be com pleted. has drawn attention of steel men to the rapidly approaching famine in pig iron. According to figures compiled by the Iron Age there are at the present time seventy-three new open hearth furnaces under con struction for independent steel com panies and eighteen more for the big steel corporation. The combined yearly capacity of these ninety-one furnaces will be 4,265,000 tons of steel. To supply this additional capa city there are only ten new blast furnaces under construction in the country, the combined capacity of which will be 1,750,000 tons annually. Since open hearths may be built in a few months' time while the construc tion of a new blast furnace takes a year, steel men figure that if present, business keeps up long there is bound to be a shortage somewhere before long in pig iron. It is to get the cream of this business, when other pro ducers must come into the open mar ket to buy their pig iron, (hat the steel wizard, Charles M. Schwab, is planning the speedy erection of new blast furnaces. Weather is not keeping people from going to look at the work of removing the old steel structure of the Cumber land Valley Railroad bridge. The steel was evidently put up for all time, be cause the men who arc cutting the rivets say that it is some job, especially with the .wind swinging down the val ley of the Susquehanna about, thirty miles an hour. The steel work Is taken down piece by piece with as much care as though it was being erected. The work will be pushed so that by the time danger of freezing is over the concrete workers con resume op erations on the upper half of the structu re. Some of the people of Ilarrisburg and Steelton are Inclined to bo skeptical about coal strikes and other things in connection with the anthra cito region judging from tho size of the coal piles which they are ac cumulating. One dealer said yester day afternoon that if a certain cus tomer, who runs an industrial plant, kept on buying he would have to rent lots for the. storage of coal. Up at the Capitol Superintendent Rambo lias a lot of river coal stored in the caverns under the State House and some odd tons piled on lots in Capital Park Extension zone, ready for an emergency. » • • Col. Fred Taylor Pusey, who is be ing considerably talked about in Na tional Guard circles in Philadelphia, is a former legislator. He has been on Governors' staffs and Is now on tho Guard staff. He may go into tho line. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE" —F. R. Stevens, of the Lehigh Val ley's farming department, is making speeches on booming agriculture. —John Wanamaker is enjoying a trip to Florida. —P. C. Knox spoke at the opening of the road makers congress in Pitts burgh. —Col. J. J. Carter, of Titusvllle. has been spending some time in Now York. —Erasmus Wilson, tho "Quiet Observer" of the Pittsburgh Gazette- Times, is In demand at Pittsburgh for his war stories. —John W. Dorlss is the new head of the Philadelphia Insurance Brokers. DO YOU KNOW That Harrlsburg machinery Is uso<l in tho biggest publishing houses? HISTORIC HAKRHSBURG Early borough officials had offices in Second street near Chestnut. t The Function of Adver- | tising 1 » Advertising is a vital force In the problem of distribution. But to be nearly 100 per cent, oft'lclent it must, bo linked to tho selling end of the business. Manufacturers are turning to newspaper advertising because It ties up with the men who sell their goods tho retail dealers. Retailers ate not only news paper readers but they directly reel the effects of newspaper ad vertising. They are cordial to products when manufacturers advertiso them in the newspapers. Manufacturers are Invited to send to the Bureau of Advertis ing, American Newspaper Pub lishers Association, World Bidg., New York, for a copy of the booklet. "The l'»aler and Ilis Friends."
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers