8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NBWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELKIiRAI'H PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACKPOLE. Pris t and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Mtlunger. GUS M. STCINMETZ, Managing Editor. * Member American Newspaper Pub ® llshers' Assocla- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn- Esstern office. Has- Brooks, Fifth Ave nue Building, New Brooks, People's Gr.s Building, Chi cago. 111. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week; by mall. $3.00 a year in advance. (•norn dally p.vernge circulation for the three mouths ending February -0, 1010, "ST 22,785 ★ These figures are net. All returned, unsold and damaged copies deducted. «•■ » MONDAY EVENING MARCH 13. The best preparation for the future 's the present well seen to. —GEORGE MACDONALD. LICENSES I'OR HSHKRMEX STATE FISH COMMISSIONER BULLER has asked the people of the State to communicate to ill 111 their opinions concerning the bill he proposes to ask the Legislature to enact, requiring fishermen to bo li censed. as hunters have been in the past few years. We imagine Mr. Bul- Icr will not lack for replies. He has touched the public on a very tender epot. As between hunters' licenses and fishermen's licenses there is a treat difference. Mr. Buller is prompted to his con clusions by a very proper desire to procure additional funds wherewith lo purify the streams of the State, propagate and plant fish and in gen eral provide better sport for the angler mid more food fish for the public. There can be no question about the Importance of purifying the streams, but why should the guiltless citizen who goes fishing once or twice a sea son be assessed to rectify conditions 1 hat can be traced without difficulty lo individuals and corporations pollut ing the public waterways for no other purpose than the enrichment of their own purses? As to more money for propagation -and restocking, that indeed should be provided, hut closer co-operation be tween the forest, fish and game officers and the State police for the vigorous prosecution of poachers would do wonders in the way of protecting the present supply, and for its resulting increase by natural means. There can be no doubt that larger appropriations are needed for this work, but many will believe they should come from the Legislature, as they have in the past. There were many wlio favored the licensing of hunters. It was pretty j generally felt that some way should! he found for the regulation of gun ners, a large majority of whom of necessity found their sport on private ly owned property. Many of them were careless and reckless. They J shot domestic animals. destroyed < property, started costly fires and in sulted protesting land-owners, who had no means of identifying the offenders! or bringing them to justice. The li- ! cense tag has changed all this. It is an insurance policy as well as a reve- : nue producer, even though it does: work some hardship. But with fishing it is different. Ex cept for some trout streams and smaller creeks, the fisherman takes his sport on the public waterways of the State, and 116 does not go forth equip ped with a deadly weapon to be used indiscriminately. Few complaints have been lodged against anglers, as compared with the long list of charges lodged against gunners. Further than that, fishing is a poor man's sport and a poor boy's sport. Many a lover of rod and line has time for no more than a day a year in the open. It would seem a hardship in deed to assess these for their little pleasure and it would be ridiculous certainly to charge the small boy a dollar for the privilege of angling for "sunnieß" and "ininnies" in the spring house brook. Of course, there are two sides to ihis matter of fishermen's licenses, just as there are to all such questions, hut it may be imagined, with small strain of fancy, that Mr. Buller will have quite a job ahead of him con-' verting the public to his way of thinking. It must be said, however, that he has been eminently fair in placing the subject before the people at a time when they will have ample opportunity to present their views to prospective members of the Legisla ture. THK BUCKJKTSHOP RAIDS GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH and Attorney General Brown have done a good stroke of work in ridding the State of a large number of bucketshops and it is gratifying to note that every county is being raked us with a line-tootli comb to the end that the evil may be eradicated in Pennsylvania. The Legislature a few years ago recognized the necessity of regulating stock transactions and placed on the statute books n law that the Attorney (icneral has used as an instrument In the present prosecutions. For a period it watt rigorously enforced, but stock MONDAY EVENING, HARRISBTfRG OfiSA* TELEGRAPH V MARCH 13, 1916. speculations In 1913, by reason of In dustrial and financial depression and the subsequent closing of the New York exchange at the outbreak of the European war. became almost negli gible and the vigilance of the authori ties was relaxed. Then came the swing back of the business pendulum and a veritable whirlwind of Wall street ac tivities. The bucketshop came back into its own and until curbed by order of the Governor piled up countless dollars for Its operators. - One of the remarkable features of the raids was the secrecy with which they were conducted. With warrants sworn out and in the hands of forty State policemen, not a bucketshop pro prietor had an Inkling of what was in store for him until actually confronted by the law's representative. GOVERNOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT I GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH comes before the Republicans of the State as a candidate for Presi dent, resting his appeal for support on the record of his administration. He has asked, in effect, for a State- ; wide referendum on his policies and ; accomplishments as chief executive of the Commonwealth. The effect will j be to precipitate the long-threatened fight for party control in Pennsylvania with the Governor and his friends on one side and Senator Penrose and his l friends opposing. "The prizes," as one political writer puts it. "will be the control of the delegation to the na tional convention, of the nominations for State office and of the State com mittee." The Governor's announcement does | not come as a surprise. There have j been many indications recently that) the May primaries were not to pass j without a contest. The next move on the political chessboard may be a j counter-statement, from Senator Pen- j rose and there will not be much ac- I tivity on either side, probably, until this is forthcoming and the issues j made positive and definite. Under the provisions of the State- , wide primaries law a candidate for i President may have his name printed ! on the ballot. Each candidate for dele gate and alternate may include the following statemen* on his nominating petition: I hereby declare to the voters of my political party in the (here In sert State if a delegate, or alter nate, delegate-at-large: otherwise Insert district) that if elected and in attendance as a delegate to the national convention of the party, I shall with all fidelity, to the best of my judgment and abil ity, in all matters coming before the convention, support that candi date for President of the United ! States who shall have received the j number of votes cast in (State or district) by the voters of j my party for said office at the en- ] suing primary, aiul shall use- all honorable means within my power to aid in securing the nomination | of such candidate for President. On the ballot after the name of the candidate for delegate shall appear j the words: "Promises to support the popular choice of party in the (State \ or district) for President," or "Does j not promise to support the popular 1 choice of party in the (State or dis- , trict) for President." The Governor's friends will en- j deavor to elect delegates pledged to j his candidacy by this preferential j clause. WHEN MEN GATHER TOGETHER ISOLATED as we Americans are from the zone of fighting, and de- j pendent, as we are, almost wholly j upon the more or less accurate news | of the world war which is gleaned ; from censored press dispatches, it is 1 next to impossible for us to develop an adequate appreciation or concep tion of the thoughts that rule the minds and hearts of the individuals who comprise the nations at war. We are prone to leap at conclusions and to form hasty judgments from im perfect premises, and one of the most frequently heard opinions is that Christianity has failed by reason of the apparent breaking down of the bond of international brotherhood. Those who were fortunate enough to hear George Innes, of Philadel phia, at the morning services of Mar ket Square Presbyterian church yes terday and again in the afternoon when he addressed the Laymen's Missionary convention in Grace Meth odist Episcopal church, got a new in sight into the European attitude to ward Christianity. Mr. Innes has but recently returned from the European center of activities where he has talked with soldiers, bereaved mothers and sisters, broken fathers and heavy hearted relatives, and without excep tion there is no bitterness in their hearts toward their enemies; their faith in God is unshaken, but all their religious fervor has been absorbed into praying for their country, and they fear not to back up their prayers with the strength of arms. We in this country have much to I be thankful for. Our families arc preserved intact and we are permit ted, through divine manipulation of j the universe, to pursue our peaceful j way, untouched by war's hurtling death. When the foreign nations whose life blood is ebbing can still maintain their faith in humanity and ' belief in an all-wise God, as we are j assured they do by a man who has seen and talked with many of their people, how much more ought we in | our lives and thoughts strive to culti j vate characters in which His life shall j be exemplified. J Mr. Innes is only one of the many j noted speakers whom it will be the ! pleasure of those who have enrolled 1 with the Laymen's Missionary Conven ■ tion to hear during to-day and to morrow. It Is a good sign when busy ! men in every walk of life are drawn j together with a single purpose, to i spread the gospel to the uttermost parts of the earth, in an effort to 1 reach those whose unfortunate lot ■ has not been cast In Christian lands, j Ilarrisburg and those upon whose ; shoulders has rested the burden of the work in making possible this in -1 spiring convention may well lie satis fied with the results of I heir efforts. I This city is well in thu van in every civic activity; neither does it allow itself to lag in matters which make j lor «. higher spirituality. TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE " —How the Kaiser must envy us our little job of capturing Villa. —Over 3.000 noncombatants killed or Injured In Zeppelin raids. Isn't It about time somebody gave the Count another Iron Cross? —When n man's garter begins to slide down it Isn't the thought that he { Is losing weight that troubles him. —"Easter comes late this year." ob serves an exchange. But we have to "give up'.' for that hat and gown any way, so what's the difference? —Cord Northcllffe says England re- ! sards Ford as a pro-German. Over here we regard him as pro-Ford. THE POWER OF SONG [Punch.] The Man of Business, Returning to His Mansion. Flndeth His Wife at the Grand Pianoforte. Sing to me, love, J need thy song, ' 1 need that thou should'st cheer me well. For everything is going wrong, And life appears an awful sell. I've overdtawn my banker's book, I'm teased for loans by brother John, Last night our clerk eloped, and took Two thousand pounds—sing on— sing on. My partner proves a man of straw, And straw, alas! 1 dare not thrash; My mortgagee has gone to law. And swears he'll have his pound of liesh. My nephew's nose has jugt been split, in some mad student light at Bonn; My tailor serves me with a writ For three years' bills—sing on— sing on. My doctor says I must not think. But go and spend a month at Ems; My coachman, overcome by drink, Near Barnes upset me in the Thames; My finest horse is ruined quite, And hath no leg to stand upon; The other's knees are such a sight. He'll never sell —sing on—sing on. My love, no tears! I'll touch thee now: Thy parrot in our pond is drowned; Thy lap-dog met a furious cow, Whose horn hath saved thee many a pound; Thy son from Cambridge must retire, For tying crackers to a don; Thy country house last night took fire— It's down, sweet love—sing on— sing on. —The Courier, Charleston, S. C., Feb ruary 20, 1866. German Students in War [Springfield Republican] A striking picture of the German universities in war time is drawn from their calendars by a writer in School and Society. Superficially, he says, there is little change; the cal endars are as full as ever, and there seem to be as many courses, teach ers and students. Bbut when the names marked with a K (for Kricg steilnehmer or participant in the war) are deducted, it appears that 30 per cent, of the teachers are doing military service, and that 34,000 stu dents are taking part in the war as against 18,000 In residence. The num ber of foreign students has shrunk from several thousand to less than 200, and the Internationaler Student verein founded In 1910 has collapsed. Much of the work of the universi ties goes on as usual, but many courses arc offered which bear di rectly upon the war. The medical faculties give much attention to war surgery, and the professors of law offer many courses on the problems of the day. It Is interesting to find that even in the midst of the great war Professor Schuecking, of Mar burg, is giving a course on "the idea of international organization." Revolt Against Primary [Ohio State Journal.] Here is the way the Sioux City Jour nal says the primary system is work ing out in Iowa: "The talk about the voters having something to say about their conven tion delegates Is a good deal of a joke. Here in lowa delegates to the national conventions will be elected on April 10. Theoretically they will be named by the people. As a matter of fact Republican delegates have been al ready named. A group of party lead ers got together in Des Moines and agreed upon four men for delegates at-large." There is a growing opposition to the primary system all over the country. It is good theory but it is not work ing right. The people arc not having their say and if they arc their judg ment Is not justifying itself, for as a general thing politics Is perverting the | democracy to its own selfish ends. What was supposed to be the popular 'will is turning out to be the most un- I popular will. Get us back to the old I convention style, where we will know what we are about, and where we can fight the gangsters in the open. RECENT REMARKS j [From the New York Independent.] I ix>rd Beresford Brilliant retreats j will not win the war. | Lillian Russell More women than | men suffer from cold feet. William Allen White—The reformer ' with a past never gets beyond second ! base. i Victor Murdoek —Before July, maybe |by April, half of London will be de ■ stroyed by a great Zeppelin attack, j Senator Chamberlain —There is not in ! the diplomatic history of the t'nlted Slates a single instance in which we j did not get the wofst of It. General Nelson A. Miles lf one half million men were landed on citliei I of our coasts and we were not able to raise enough men to drive them out, I would want to move to another coun try. ! Charles Rann Kennedy —We don't | want literature used as a sugar coating around the Illuminating lesson that j God loves little Willie because he fed the dickie birds and didn't say "damn." REAL "DAVID GRAYSON" [From the Kansas City Star,| Those of us who remember Ray Stun nard Baker as one of the three original "muckrakers" of the old .McClure's j Magazine, will be surprised at the dis closure that he also is "David Grayson," that delightful stroller with the tin whistle; for In all his muckraking stories there was nothing to suggest the same authorship for Grayson's charming pastorals. Many thousands who have been fas cinated by the "Adventures in Content ment" and "The Friendly Road," have wondered about David Grayson, whether that was his real name, whether he had a wife named Harriet, and whether he really carried in his knapsack a tin whistle to play in har mony with the singing of the brooks and the droning of the wind In the treetops. And now we know that all the ad ventures of David Grayson were crea tions of the Imagination. Illusions, but none the less real. For the "Adven tures in Contentment" are true, whether they ever happened or not, and so are the experiences of "The Friendly Road." « HIGH TIDE [From the Sailors' Magazine,] The feminine naivete that is so amusing to the nautical man has ;i good illustration in this question asked bv n young woman who saw a monitor ; lying ;it anchor in lloston harbor. She | turned lo her escort and said: "What i makes that boat lie so low in the • water —is it high tide?" ""Pe.KKOifitfa'HZa By th« Ex-Committeeman Newspapers throughout Pennsyi- I vania generally look for a great I political battle as a result of Gover nor Brumbaugh's announcement last night that he will permit the use of his name in the Republican presiden i tial preference primary. The an ; nouncement is regarded by news | papers to-day as a challenge to the i leadership of Senator Boles Penrose ! and attention is called by more than | one paper to the fact that the Gov ernor made his announcement in reply | to a request from Henry G. Wasson. Republican national committeeman from Pennsylvania, a bitter opponent of Senator Penrose. The newspapers appear to think that the Governor is eager enough for a reunited party in Pennsylvania to fight for that object and that those whom he criticises for 1 events of four years ago will not be slow to face him on the issue. i —The Philadelphia North Amer -1 ican seems to hail the prospects of a 1 disturbance in the Republican party. The Philadelphia Press indicates that I it looks for further developments. The Philadelphia Ledger says: "Pennsyl } vania will be a great political battle- I ground, on which Senator Penrose will j face the supreme test of the strength lof his organization. The Senator, with J all the resources at his command, will I contest with the Governor at all points. In this factional strife the , Governor will be backed by the Vare -1 Smith combination in Philadelphia, and their allies and the administra tion forces in the State. Senator Pen rose counts on the interior counties, as well as on his alliance with Senator ! McNlchol and with Mayor Armstrong, :of Pittsburgh. A deciding factor i probably will be the vote of Progres- J sives returned to the Republican party." j —The Philadelphia Inquirer does not comment editorially and says in I its news story: "It was pointed out las* night by admirers of Philander Chase Knox, who have been hopeful that he would be made the choice of Pennsylvania for the Presidency, that ( the Governor thus indicates his will -1 ingness to withdraw only for someone from "a sister State." There was not a word of comment to be had from j Senator Penrose upon the Governor's j letter. It is likely, however, that the senior Senator will be heard from \ later in the week. He expects to re- j main in this city until next Thurs-] ! day, when he leaves for Pittsburgh, j where he will confer with leaders of j Western counties. Senator MoNichol, i too, was silent. Senator Vare is with | Mayor Smith in the South. Congress -1 man Vare preferred to waft until the : Governor's letter shall appear "in j ; print" before making formal com-1 nient, he remarked, however: "Every- : body knows my personal regard and admiration for Governor Brumbaugh. It is unnecessary for me to say any- ; j thing upon that score.' " The Pittsburgh viewpoint is as fol- ! lows in the Pittsburgh Dispatch: "In i ! a tentative announcement of his own j | candidacy for the Republican nomi nation for the presidency. Governor; ! Martin G. Brumbaugh yesterday chal lenged the State leadership of Senator | Boies Penrose. In effect it is the long j ; expected statement intended to open | , the light for control of the Republican i forces in the Commonwealth and the j delegation to the national convention." The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times says: ! "The statement of the Governor, to- ! sether \\Hth the Wasson letter on which j 'jit is based, looks like a challenge to I j United States Senator Boies Penroso I 1 to tight to determine who shall go to . i the Chicago national Republican con- [ : ! vention as the Republican leader of | • j Pennsylvania. For the last four ] i j months there have been reports of an ! intended battle in Pennsylvania be- ( ! tween the Penrose and the Bruin baugh-Vare forces. It was generally I j conceded that it was up to the Gov- J pernor to start the light and his an- j I nouncement generally will be taken to ; mean that his hat is in the ring." I The Pittsburgh Post points out an j r interesting point as follows: "At the ' I same time the Governor made it plain i " that if another candidate was to be : named, he desired him to be selected from another state than Pennsylvania. ! This is regarded here as a direct slap j 1 sit enator P. C. Knox. For some time ] 1 ! Sei.utor Knox has been considered the " most logical candidate for the Repub : lican presidential nomination, but Gov -1 ernor Brumbaugh, in his letter, wishes " it to be understood that no man from this state, except himself, will re - i ceive his support. The Governor is • i playing for the support of the Wash- j - j ington party vote. His letter is a reply ! I to Henry G. Wasson, a slaunch Wasli • ington party man. The Governor and 1 Wasson have had a number of con - ferences during the past few weeks • land it is understood that these letters r \ were arranged with a view of captur j; lng the Washington party support." /1 The Democratic viewpoint is given i by the Philadelphia Record in a long ! article, in the course of which it says: j "Thus with "his hat in the ring,' the ] Governor offers himself as the pivot around which the factions seeking I State leadership and control of the 1 | Republican organization will whirl, in i what is expected to be an extremely bitter contest. The Governor's for r ward coming is accepted as clearly in -1 dicating the trend of battle which has for its purpose the overthrow of the ; . Penrose-McNiehol forces and the fur " I tlier elevation of the Vares, by com i bining the antl-Penrose forces among I the regulars with the Progressive ele ment. And in the background it is intimated that the Governor may serve ~ ! to corral the Pennsylvania delegation [, j and in the role of an alternate turn 1t I over to Theodore Roosevelt or some - other nominee acceptable to the Pro ( gressives." j As to effect on the State fight the 1 j I.edger says: "Now that the lines have " ! been clearly drawn between the oppos ing factions, Vare-Brumbaugh leaders ! will confer, with the object of making j up a straight Brumbaugh ticket. Like wise Senator Penrose's lieutenants will ] ' make up their own ticket. Ex-Speaker s 1 Alter was only one on the original - i Brumbaugh or 'harmony' list to whom " Senator Penrose particularly objected. J On his ticket, it is intimated, the sen -5 ator will substitute the name of E. V. s Babcock, of Pittsburgh, who withdrew from the senatorial field in the in - terest of Mr. Knofc. Another who will - appear on the Penrose ticket will be e i Republican State Chairman Crow. I' - Mayor Smith, it is thought, probably will decide not to run on either of tho s tickets. The reopening of the dele - gates question will lead to a moro x forceful campaign against Charles A. e Ambler Vare-Brumbaugh candidate for Auditor General, on the part of I Senator Penrose. On the other hand, t it will also lead to a denunciation of - I the Penrose candidate. Senator Charles ' A. Snyder, by the Brumbaugh leaders. ® 1 Local option, a State Issue, in one way y j or the other will affect the national i issues raised by the Brumbaugh move j ment. The Governor would like at the forthcoming session of the Legislature to retrieve the 1n 15 defeat of ills local 0 1 option bill. To this end he will aid in 1 the. nomination and election of State I representatives who will vote for the r hill. Local option candidates for the e Legislature therefore will work In con t junction in the-several districts with c i Brumbaugh candidates for delegate to Mlic national convention.'' THE CARTOON OF THE DAY | OUT IN THE COLD! —From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. ( > k PHILIPPINE PROBLEMS Footlights on the Farm By Frederic J. Haskin I J BROADWAY' has ceased to dazzle the wheat belt. The tired busi nessman no longer has anything j on the farmer, who can drive to the j town hall almost any. night in the : week and indulge his dramatic tastes to the full. Not only that, but he can become an actor himself, playing any- ! tiling he pleases from the hero to a member of the Roman populace. He can write a play and direct its stag ing, paint his own scenery and super vise its building. Even when he is I merely a spectator, ho has a certain pride oi;d sense of ownership in the j drama, which is never enjoye 1 by the most faithful metropolitan first- j nighrer. Much of the monotony of rural life has heen dispelled by the simple e\- ! ped.'ent of the amateur theatrical. The town hall, .which for ysars was liv vse only for church sociables and 1111 occasional performance of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by a nondescript road compr.r.y, has come into its own. It >s a center of social activity now. Here the families of the sur oundinr farms ,i"ii. 111 the production ot plays end ir.ar.tomines, often writ en and staged by themselves. The popular idea of the modern farmer is that of a jovial individual who motors in to see the latest comic opera. His house is lighted with elec tricity and heated with hot water; his servants sweep it with vacuum clean ers and cook his dinner on the tireless cooker. It is not for farmers such as these that the little country theater lias been evolved. It Is for the many farming districts where recreation for the main consists in reading the county paper and playing checkers, while his wife peruses the woman's magazine and drives to church on Sunduy; where there Is a scarcity of young people because they have gone to the city to escape the dullness. For these districts the transforma tion of the town hall into a little thea ter is the answer to an old problem. The farmer can forget the responsi bilities of agriculture in his interpre tation of Rip Van Winkle, and his wife has no thought of the hired hands or the sick heifer while she por trays "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch." A. G. Arvold was the first to estab j lish a little country theater in the North Dakota Agricultural College at Fargo. North Dakota is a farming | State with a hundred and forty towns 1 having less than three hundred per- I sons. The usual lack of social inter course exists. The moving picture j show has Invaded the country to a I OUR DAILY LAUGH -| POOR JONES. I Jones and hia wife have patch- I V not until Jonea S®" 1 R ave doctor a five spot to patch him^p. A USUALLY. F% J i Th • fellows f who won't take iMi ) 110 ' or answer ' Li general ly get * jJPBuW what Is coming | Wy I to them. | I |VM Yes, they usu | I VA ally marry the AJ girl. SO SILLY OF THEM [From Answers, London.] As a train was getting up steam to leave a certain station it suddenly parted in the middle. Of course, the communication cord broke, and one end of it struck an old woman, who was standing on the platform, in the face. . , "Goodness me!" she gasped In as- I tonishment. "What was that?" "The train has broken in two, madam." said a man who stood near her. "And I should think so!' said the old woman, indignantly, as she eyed the broken cord. "Di'd they really think that a piece of string like that could hold a train together'.'" POOR IN THEIR MIDST 1 will also leave in the midst of thee an atfli.'tecl and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord.— (Zcplianiah, 3:12. slight degree, but the movie is essen tially a means of individual entertain ment, affording little opportunity for social intercourse and the fostering of community spirit. Such was the state of affairs when Mr. Arvold began his experiment with the litle country theater. The college donated a room on the second floor of its administration building, which was fitted up with a stage, lights and rows of chairs, all of which are avail able in the average town hall or church. The students started to give theatrical performances and invited the people from the surrounding, farms. They spared no effort to en tertain their audiences. Since seventy per cent, of the population of North Dakota is either foreign-born or of foreign parentage, a special plea to their Interest was made by special ir.- ing on nationality programs in which folk plays, folk songs and music were featured. An admission of five to fifteen cents was charged, to pay for scenery, costumes and incidental ex penses. The experiment worked, and is working yet. From the beginning the actors have played to capacity houses, the farmers are now writing plays themselves, and the whole community has undergone a social stimulus that nothing else could have brought about. Moreover, the fame of the Little Country Theater, as it is called, has spread, and rural communities all over the country have adopted the idea. ICaoh student in the college Is re quired to take some active part in this dramatic work during the year, either as an actor, director, playwright, scenesliifter or member of a mob or chorus. In this way he learns every phase of the theatrical production, which enables him to establish a sim ilar use of the town hall -when he goes home. Under the auspices of the Drama League of America, Mr. Arvold is making a complete tour of the coun try explaining the object of the little country theater at Fargo and the re j suits it lias accomplished. Farm towns that have known no social ae ! tlvitv in the past fifty years are giv i ing historical pageants and outdoor | dramas with the energy of a Broad : way producer. And their young peo ple are ceasing to hear the call of the cities. Besides entertaining the prosper ous classes of the nation, the little theater is being used to educate the immigrant. It has proved highly ef ficacious in social settlement work on the East Side. [ THE STATE FROM DW TO m Roswell C. Mcßea, Ph. D., at pres ent dean of the Wharton school of commerce and finance in the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, has accepted an appointment as professor of economics in the Columbia Untversity school of business. He will take up his duties with the opening of the term in Sep tember. • * * Music and free lunches in rooms where liquor is served will henceforth be banned in Williamsport by order of Judge Whitehead. The judge at the same time granted ninety-five licenses, rofused two, and held seventeen over for further hearing. ♦ » • The new freight otitlook for Hazic ton his given that town a new lease on life. C'ity council hat, passed an ordi nance permitting the Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railway to run tracks to the .site of its new freight house in the western part of the town, making freight connections with the Central Railroad of New Jersey. « • • Hermetically sealed within the burn ing Hollenback mine of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company, five miners have been entombed and all hope of recovering them has been practically abandoned. Officials say that at least three weeks will be re quired to smother the flames, and were it not. for the fact "that the mine is sealed months would be required be fore the flames could be extinguished. » » * Bueknell and Penn State Universi ties combined their glee clubs at State College Saturday night for the second annual concert by these combined or ganizations. A large crowd attended the concert. • • • The University of Pennsylvania, through the official mouthpiece of the students. Old Penn. has made an edi torial plea that "some public-spirited" citizen present the university with an i auditorium with a seating cupacity of iat least 6.000. And those who know say that "The Mask and Wis" could i till it in no time. |jJEb*tuttg (ftffat Commissioner of Fisheries Nathan R. Buller, who is preparing a bill t<> establish a'State (fishermen's license which will be submitted to the next general assembly, is already com mcncing to hear from the people about the proposition. He said that he would welcome any opinions or suggestions and thoy are arriving. Beyond a " Question the subject is one which will loom up at the next Legis lature and probably tiie same fight that was made against the hunters* license will be started. One of the chief ' problems in connection with the hunt ers license was theexemptions and this will likely be ono of the bis: proposi tions in the fishermen's license. In naturalized foreigners are now forbid den to fish in the streams of the State, to keep dogs or to hunt with firearms. In the hunters' license act owners and tenants of farm and similar lamis and their families are permitted to hunt on their own properties or those under their care without license, but as a matter of fact almost everyone in terested in hunting has taken out li cense including the many farmers who also appreciate the act because of the means of identifying people trespass ing upon their lands. The fishermen's license act would also require exemp tions to be made in case of private streams or bodies of water or creeks which are within lands owned by farmers or others. State fishery au thorities say that the demands for stocking streams, for propagation work and for inspection. especially since the crusade against pollution began, that some special source of revenue must be found as was the case with the Game Commission and the hunters' license. The proposed license would be for residents at a low cost and for nonresidents at a higher cost. A hunter's license for a Pcnnsylvanlan costs a dollar 'and for a nonresident ten dollars. » • • Officials of the State auditor gen eral's department have been called upon to decide whether "plant" is the proper designation for property of a cemetery company. A cemetery com pany made its report for taxation tho other day and marked off "plant" as the description of its property. The blanks contain several descriptive terms such as buildings, securities, plant, etc. • » • Spring must bo coming. Bluebirds and robins have at last appeared in Capitol park and there havo been numerous redbreasts seen about the city. The robins appear to bo some what disconcerted at the condition of things due to the late winter, but probably take comfort from the activ ity of the other early birds. • « m Another sign of approach of better weather noticed Saturday was the ap pearance of a wedge of wild geese fly ing north. The formation was a big one, scores of ducks being in the lines and they were heading right straight up the Susquehanna, apparently in a hurry lest the warm weather should overtake them. * » » In the last few days Governor Brumbaugh has received offers for the recruitment of half a dozen troops of cavalry and numerous other organiza tions for immediate defense of the | State, for Mexican service and for general preparedness. The offers have come from men all over tho State and in addition the Governor has been asked to get permission for a number of people to go along with the United States forces to Mexico just for the fun of the thing. These f (outbreaks of patriot; '"'n come when ever things grow acute along the bor der. • » • The sharp winds of the last few days do not appear to have caused many of the spring flowers to forget their duty and the bright colors of the crocus can be found in some gardens which are sheltered and where the sun lias a chance to shine. Thousands of crocus plants are to be found in the gardens about Harrisburg and some of the owners spend considerable time on them. This year the hardly flowers have shown their interest in Spring if tho weatherman has not. * ■* * During the recent examination of a class of applicants for "flrst" papers which Will ultimately lead to Ameri can citizenship some curious answers to equally curious questions were ex changed between the citizens elect, J. Clarence Funk, the federal clerk, and the naturalization examiners. For in stance: "How long ago was January 1st?" At tlrst there was no reply. Then an examiner singled out a particularly studious looking foreigner. "Quick— you!" he demanded. "llow long?" "Seven months!" was the startled answer. Here's another: "Who's President of the United States?" "Why, sir," parried the student cau* tiouslv, "I wouldn't like to say!" • * * William H. Ball, secretary to the i governor, who is one of the prominent Baptist laymen of Philadelphia, has been invited to address the Baptist Young People's Union in this city at a not distant date. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE*" —James L. Wehn, Pittsburgh law yer, is the head of the Pittsburgh commercial men's organization to pro ■ mote civic affairs. —Senator William C. Sproul, of , Chester, who is a candidate for re • election, has been in the Senate since 1 1 Ginter. Washington cor respondent of the Pittsburgh Gazette- Times, has been made a managing editor of that paper. A. C. Farr, man aging editor for several years, has suc ceeded tho late Morgan E. Gable, as chief editorial writer. Edward H. Fltlcr of Philadelphia is at Palm Beach. . , j J,. Reploglc, who figured in some 'of the big steel transactions, is enjoying Florida resorts. President Samuel Uea, of the Pennsylvania, has returned from a trip to Virginia resorts. 1 DO YOU KI4OW J That Harrisburg makes beds and bedding for many big hotel** HISTORIC HAKKISBURG * 1 One hundred years ago Front street 1 was the main business thoroughfare ' of the city. Smash in China 1 In the busy calendar of iner- I cliandlse this ia china sale time. The stores present unusual i opportunities to replenish the 1 china closet frequently mak ing price concessions. This particular impulse to ' buy at this season has been built 5 up' by recurring advertising. ; People have been educated to watch their newspaper for tho * opportunities and ninny nrr at r fliis verv minute instinctively i turning: to the advertising coi i iimns of the Telegraph.
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