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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME
Founded 1831
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THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO..
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
B. J. STACK POLE. Pres't and Editor-in-Chief
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ir 22,785 if
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TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 11.
Never toe afraid of giving up your
best, and Ood will give you His better.
—James Hinton.
»
WHEN THE WORLD BORROWS
SW. STRAUS, president of the
American thrift Society, strikes
a note that ought to be em
phasized everywhere by those who
want to see the United States profit
permanently as a result of the wave
of prosperity now sweeping: over the
country in ail branches of trade.
He says that when the Ameri
can people become as efficient in sav
ins money as they are in making it,
tiien indeed will this become pre-emi
nently the richest nation, per capita,
on the face of the earth.
Nothing would so benefit the whole!
country as to bring up a generation |
of thrifty workers and savers. The,
future then would take care of itself. j
A beginning has been made in this j
direction through the school savings
banks. School children in sixty-four
schools of Chicago have saved $36,-1
389.20 in the last twenty months.;
Through these children the school;
savings bank system has been brought]
to a higher stage of development in |
• 'hicago than in any other city in the
country. Since the first bank was es
tablished in April, 1914, until Decem
ber 31, 1915, accounts have been
opened by 17,726 pupils. There are
now 7,843 accounts, many pupils hav
ing graduated. As soon as they have
saved $5 in the school banks they open
a personal savings account in a local
bank. They have transferred ? 15,061
from the school banks to regular
banks in Chicago. These pupils, it is
safe to predict, having been taught
how to save, always will save.
Tt is difficult for those to save who
liave not been in the habit of saving.
Perhaps the best way to teach thrift
to such as these is to Induce them to 1
save for some special purpose. They
thus acquire the habit of saving.
The population of continental
United States is more than 100,000,-
000. If each of these 100,000,000
would save 10 cents a day for one year
we should have $3,650,000,000. After
the war we will probably be the
money lending nation of the world.
Therefore, it will be wisdom on our
part, as Mr. Straus points out, to get
ready for the time when the rest of
the world will come to borrow.
THE CARRANZA AGREEMENT
THE Wilson administration has
done the correct thing in enter
ing into reciprocal arrangements
with Carranza whereby the troops of
either country may cross the inter
national border for the purpose of
rounding up bandits. It is not likely
that Carranza will be called upon to
take advantage of the offer of the
United States, but it saves his face
at,home and gives him a legitimate
excuse for complying with the request
of the United States to pursue Villa
beyond the Rio Grande. It would
have been foiiy to have done other
wise. Carranza now has no excuse
whatever for putting stones in the
way of the success of the expedition
and the pursuit is robbed of any ap
pearance of invasion and becomes on
Its face simply what it is, a purely
jjunitive expedition.
POORHOUSK INSPECTION
THE inspection of the State Board
of Charities reveals a marked
change for the better at the
county almshouse. The place is now
clean and the food fit to eat, which is
in sharp contrast with conditions
found there when the State inspec
tors visited the place Just as the
democratic "reform" board left office.
It is a tribute to the new directors
and to Steward Early that all of the
recommendations made by the State
when they took office have been car
ried out and that the institution has
been put into satisfactory condition.
FOOD FADDISTS AND DRINKERS
ARTHUR HUNTER, actuary of the
the New York Life Insurance
Company, takes up the cudgels
in defense of the "food crank." Be
fore an audience in New York the
other day he said that "regardless of
their fancies, if they have the will
power to live up to their beliefs, you
will And them pood, healthy men who
will have useful and prolonged lives."
11 is conclusion is not merely an
opinion; it. comes from careful ob
servation and study, and it ought to be
gratifying to vegetarians and others
whose fancies or convictions have led
TUESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 14, 1916.
II them away from generally accepted
[rules of diet that they have science
on their side and are supported by
; undeniable statistics carefully com
piled.
: Mr. Hunter also told his audience
r that 60 per cent, of short-lived per
sons are drinkers.
The life insurance companies are in
. possession of Indisputable statistics
proving that the mortality among
f j drinkers is infinitely greater than that
I among abstainers. Men who take two
glasses of whisky a day when they
( lake out their policies, said Mr. Hunter,
. almost always become heavy drinkers
■ and in many cases Inebriates. They
1 die long before they would had not
\ their vitality been sapped up by alco
. hoi. he asserted.
The lover of the'wine flask and the
■ flesh pots Is apt to smile a little at the
• food faddist, but it seems to be an
: other case of "he who laughs last
' laughs best."
; TOWN BOOSTING
LR. MEEKINS, editor of the
Hershey Press, who has always
a good word to say for Harris
j burg, writing in the current issue of
I that newspaper under the caption "A
Beautiful City," says he believes that
Harrisburg does not do enough to in
duce strangers to stop off here. He
j says:
' I Several American cities have en
; tered upon exploitation campaigns ;
I to convince people of sections 1
that they are worth seeing. This
J seems like vanity, but It is good
business. Every person thus at
tracted means not only the money 1
lie spends, but what is of more
value, the addition of an outside
personality that contributes in ideas
and advertising. The stranger in
your midst is useful to you. He
stimulates and broadens you and
he tells others about you. So cities
I are seeking visitors. It seems to
I us that Harrisburg ought to do
i more of this sort of thing. Almost
' everybody worth while in America
passes through that city and most
1 of them never know what they miss i
by not getting off and seeing the j
! town. If they could take that drive
along the water front they would
j advertise Harrisburg until their
1 dying day. It is one of the noblest
i in the world. And it is only one or
the many attractions of our worthy
capital. Harrisburg newspapers do
1 their best to tell about their city
and they do it well, but they ought
to have more and better co-opera
! tion. Sometimes it looks as though
llarrisburgers do not realize the
beauties and blessings that sur
round them.
! The Harrisburg Telegraph wishes'
j there were more boosters of the Her- j
| shey Press sort and what, the Press J
j says of Harrisburg the Telegraph can '
! well say of Hershey. The town is in-
I deed worth a visit, and anybody who
: j has time to stop off here misses an \
I opportunity if he faHs to see either!
! of the towns.
A NAVAL ALLIANCE?
DR. CHARLES W. ELIOT, in a|
letter to the Philadelphia Pub- I
11c Ledger, urges that the time !
| has come for the United States fo
J join with Great Britain and France 1
jin a naval alliance to maintain the
| freedom of the seas. In brief, Dr. Eliot
j sums up his reasons for such a pro
posal as follows:
First. War between the United
States aid either Great Britain or
France need no longer be thought
of as possible. Second. These
three nations are of one mind as re
gard religious toleration, the value
1 of force and stable political insti
tutions, and the physical and
spiritual elements of true national i
greatness. Third. The interests of !
the United States, Great Britain |
and France are identical in respect j
to that freedom of the seas Which
, would secure free exchange of com
modities to all nations in times of
peace and to the three allied na- j
tions in times of war. Fourth. j
The insurance against invasion i
which this alliance would provide 1
for the United States would be ade
quate, for there is no sea power
j which could carry an army of even
I 100,000 men across either the Atlan
tic or the Pacific, if opposed by the
combined navies of Great Britain,
France and the United States. Fifth.
The alliance would be effective not
only for its immedlatte objects, but
for the discouragement of war
making throughout the world. It
I would possess abundant and well
i distributed ports, naval stations, 1
dockyards, mines of coal and ores, j
oil wells, munition factories, food I
and clothing supplies, and high in
dustrial and financial capacity, al
though it would be strengthened 1
in important respects by the ac
cession of Brazil, Argentine and j
Chile. Sixth. Such an alliance,
would be able to give some support, 1
though not security, to the Kuro- I
pean maritime nations which are !
exposed to land attacks by Ger- j
I many and Austria-Hungary, |
namely, France, Belgium. Holland,
i Denmark, Sweden, Norway and j
Greece, and thereby to make attack
on them less attractive, or more
! costly, and therefore less prohable.
Seventh. It would probably reduce
1 the progressive Increase of the
heavy burden Groat Britain now
, I carries alone in order to keep con
trol of the seas in time or war,
and the co-operation of the Ameri
can navy would make this reduc-
I tion safe. Eighth. It would dis
. pose, of all doubts and questions
about the execution of the Monroe
' j Doctrine. Ninth. It would notlify
. Germany that the kind of domimi
' | tion over the world to which she 1
; I aspires is henceforth impossible
1! for her or for any feasible combina
tion of military powers headed by
I I lier. This notification might pos
sibly hasten the close of the present
war.
, All this is little less than revolution-
L ary and in direct contradiction of all
. the precepts and warnings handed
, 1 down by our elder statesmen, begin
, Ining with JWashington himself. Dr.
Eliot is not unmindful of this, but he
! is of the opinion that conditions have
changed with time, and he may be
I I right. America is no longer Isolated
I from the rest of the world, as was the
; j case a century ago, and that being
, j true it may be asked whether, in the
i; midst of close and complicated inter
* national relations, the nation is justl
. j lied in maintaining the attitude it as
-31 sumed when it was a month's voyage
. j distant from Europe and concerned
3 j chiefly with its own internal prob
»l lems of domestic trade and develop
;! ment. There is food for thought in
. i Dr. Eliot's suggestion. The end of
3 1 the war will bring many changes and
ilt may or may not be desirable to
j enter into such an alliance as he out
> | lines. Certainly, wo in the United
3; States will stand always for the free
i I dom of the seas ar* tfie utmost lib
si erty for the individi il commensurate
■ with the liberty of the people as a
3 ! whole, and it will require no formal
r j alliance to make us hold to that. Just
I j now we should think more of build
-1 : ing a gigantic plant of our own than
> iof evolving a means of relying upon
' j the. guns of some friendly power in
I time of stress. We shall need that,
- I whether we choose to stand alone or
3 ally ourselves with England or France
3 ! for the accomplishment of an end
II that only a powerful navy cau insure.
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Bj the Ex-Committeeman
1
1 Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh's
announcement that he will permit the
j use of his name at the Republican
presidential preference primaries, but
i that his first aim Is reunion of the
; Bepublicans and those who left the
.party In 1912 was last night backed
up by Mayor Thomas B. Smith, of
1 Philadelphia, in a statement tele
phoned from South Carolina. A num
ber of men prominent In affairs who
are friends of the Governor, like
Congressman W. S. Vare, and a num
ber of men connected with the State
administration, including some re
-1 cently named as Compensation
referees, have strongly commended
; the Governor's stand. The Governor
j has been receiving numerous letters
and telegrams of commendation from
! his friemTs, but the general effect upon
j the public lias not yet been gauged.
In every county the Governor's an
! nouncen'.ent is taken as a challenge
Ito Senator Penrose's leadership. The
; Senator continues silent, but "the im-
I pression is gaining ground that he I
will .icc.pt the challenge. Pittsburgh i
dispatches say he will declare for I
Roosevelt, Washington having an- :
nounced that Knox will not embark j
: ii\ any presidential matters. In any
event many think that the lines are
being drawn for a fight in which the
nominations for Oongross-at-large,
auditor general and State treasurer
and control of the State committee
will be. fought for. if delegates are not.
| However, there is a lurking hope in
many quarters that a battle may be
! avoided.
I —The newspapers of Philadelphia
with a couple of exceptions, comment j
adversely upon the Governor's an- '
nouncement "In editorials. The In
quirer and the North American do 1
1 not discuss the matter editorially, but
the Evening Bulletin last night as
sailed the Governor's announcement
and the Public Ledger to-day attacks
: it with vigor. The Press also deplores
, the fight and the Record raps the
Governor and his advisers. The Pitts- \
j burgh Gazette-Times, owned by
Senator Oliver, is silent editorially, but
says in its news columns that the Gov
ernor has moved and that it is up
to Penrose to make the next move.
In other words, the Governor has
opened the fight.
—The Ledger says editorially:
"Factional strife is not the way to
secure harmony among Pennsylvania
Republicans, and Governor Brum
i baugh deceives nobody when he rep
; resents his present position as one 1
1 assumed in response to the "para-
I mount desire of his heart" to bring I
| about a union of all the Republicans ;
of Pennsylvania and to aid in "pro
ducing harmony and good will in the
national councils of the party." Far I
from being in his own person of \
I presidential stature, Governor Brum- !
I baugh is being put forward to serve (
Ino other purpose than to intensify (
; factional controversy. He has been
selected by adroit and designing par
j tisans as the instrument by whom
| they hope to bring about the down
j fall of the opposing factional leader."
: The Press sums up the matter this j
way: "If there is no other Pennsyl-1
vania candidate on the primary bal- I
lot of this State except Governor!
; Brumbaugh he will be pretty sure to j
receive the votes of the State in the
national convention on the first bal
-1 lot. This may not be permitted, but
the division and dissension which this
Issue threatens to create cannot fail
to be a bad thing for the party and ;
ought to be avoided."
—The Democratic Record gives its
view as follows: "There is no evidence I
of surprise in any quarter over what
ought to be considered the remark-1
able inconsistent announcement of
j Governor Brumbaugh made public |
! yesterday. Since It became apparent |
| that the Governor was leaning so I
I heavily upon the Vare influences for;
! his guidance in matters political it
| has come to be expected that he!
! would have to part with company of
that sort or go to unthoyght-of
lengths in an effort to win what has
; apparently been in his mind from the
beginning of his administration."
—Mayor Smith in his statement
commends the letters as "statesman
like papers" and adds I wholly and
heartily approve of their spirit and
sentiment. The Governor's life has
heen one of successful effort for the
public welfare. From information of
political conditions throughout the
j State lam satisfied that he is the only
1 man under whose leadership the Re-
I publicans and Progressives can unite,
I and thus avoid the disastrous result of
! 1912. He represents all that is best
jin American character and citizenship,
land it will be my personal pleasure
land a duty to do all in my power to
support and aid him, to the end that
] there shall be a united Republican
j party led by one who knows the needs
of the people and has and
courage to be and do the right." The
Ledger raps the Mayor for inconsis
tency referring to his declaration
against factionalism in December.
The Knox position is set forth in
this dispatch from Washington: "Fol
lowing the announcement of Governor
Brumbaugh that he would contest in
the primaries for delegates for the
Presidential nomination, word reached
Washington to-night that former Sen
j ator Philander C. Knox would not per
mit the use of his name in the fight
for delegates. Mr. Knox is said to re
gard himself solely as a candidate for
Senator and would not care to have
written on ballots his name as being
supported by delegates pledged to
vote for him for the presidential nom
ination. The announcement of Gov
ernor Brumbaugh was received with
mixed emotions by members of the
Republican delegation who happened
to be In Washington. Close friends of
the Governor said a State-wide cam
paign would be made for delegates
pledged to him as the "favorite son"
' candidate. Supporters of Senator
Penrose, learning that former Senator
Knox did not care to have his name
used, said they would use their In
fluence to bring about an uninstructed
delegation. Although Mr. Knox will
not permit his name to be used, an un
j instructed delegation could present
his name to the convention if an op
portunity presented itself for the
naming of a 'dark horse.' "
The Gazette-Times says: "In both
the local Penrose and Brumbaugh
camps yesterday the leaders were
waiting to hear what United States
Senator Boies Penrose had to say
about the letter to Governor Martin
G. Brumbaugh announcing his eandi
' j dacy for the presidency. It was gen
erally conceded that It is Mr. Pen
rose's turn to move and until he does
his friends and enemies are playing a
. "watchful waiting" game. The Pen
rose leaders In Allegheny county ex
press confidence that if the challenge
> of the Governor is accepted by the
Senator, It will be found that the army
1 In this county is mobilized and ready
for tight. The claim is being made
I there will not be a chairman of a Re
i publican ward committee in Pltts
, j burgh who will not bp enlisted on
| the Penrose side."
1 A complete county ticket has been
, | selected by the Prohibition party for
• support at the/ coming primary and
t j election. On the ticket are the follow
' j ing names: Assembly, M. E. Spahr,
' 1 Shepherdstown; W. M. Yohe, South
, iampton; State committeeman, J. C.J
I < THE CARTOON OF THE DAY I
DEMANDING ATTENTION
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! —From Hie PlttNliurgh Sun-.
j Rummel, Shippensburg; State Sena
tor. John L. Pandel, Mifflin county;
1 delegates to National convention,
Charles f?. Rummel, Shippensburg,
land J. C. Eckels, Carlisle; alternate,
1.1. M. Niesley, Shepherdstown.
| v -—Senator Penrose refused to say;
J anything to-day and may not until
after he visits Pittsburgh on Saturday.]
'Governor Brumbaugh will also be in'
i Pittsburgh Saturday.
I —Bucks county Democratic com- j
j mlttee backed up Wilson yesterday
land re-elected Chairman A. R. Atkin-j
| son.
| —Webster Grim, late Democratic
| candidate for Governor, is out for
j Democratic national delegate In
i Bucks, lie was a delegate in 1908.
—Jesse 11. Wise, candidate for Con
gress and judge in Greene, is out for
Democratic nomination for Congress
in Allegheny county.
—The Public Ledger prints many
; dispatches to-day giving results of a
I poll on the Brumbaugh announcement.
Counties appear divided and a tight is
! generally forecast.
! 1 TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE 1
j —"ls eating candy a cause for
| crime?" asks a scientist. We don't
: know, but eating some kinds of candy
is in itself a crime.
—Our opinion is that the President
ought to return the passports of cer
tain congressmen and send them back
to Germany on the, next boat.
| —They're trying to change the name
of the Bowery to Broadway. Tut, tut; !
do they want to ruin the good name of j
the place?
—lf junk prices keep on going up j
we may be able to trade in the furnace i
next summer on an automobile.
The 42-centimeter guns are going to
lose their reputations if the Germans
do not soon get to Verdun.
NOVEL COMPETITION
More l.eason* In Civic Government
[From the Erie Evening Herald.]
Scene: A room in an Erie school.
Participants: An Erie school teacher
and her pupil.
Teacher: 'Now Johnnie, I'm going
to ask you again; who is the mayor of ■
Erie?"
Pupil: "I don't know, teacher, 'cause
my paw takes the Times."
Teacher: "Well, Johnnie, can you J
tell me who is the safety director of
the city."
Pupil: "I don't know, teacher, the
Times don't say."
Teacher: "Well, then Johnnie, can
you tell me who is the superintendent
of streets and public improvements?"
Pupil: "I guess, teacher, his name
must be Mr. Star, 'cause when the Times
speaks about him at all they have some
little stars where his name ought to
be."
Teacher: "You are progressing. John
nie. There is some hope for you yet.
Now can you tell me who is the director
of parks and public property?"
Pupil: "No, I Con't know, teacher,
'cause you see the Times don't say tha*.
either."
Teacher: "But can you tell me who
is director of finance, Johnnie?"
Pupil: "Oh. yes, teacher, the Times
says that right out every day. That's
Mr. Baker "
Teacher: "You are progressing, in- |
deed, Johnnie. Now can you tell me
where the City Hall is located?"
Pupil: Yes, teacher, I know where |
that is. They wanted It at Ninth anil
State streets, but it's still at Seventh t
and Peach."
Teacher: "Now. that's splendid,
Johnnie, and 1 repeat there is some
hope for you yet. You don't know what
the name of the mayor is and you don't
know who is the safety director, or
who is the superintendent of streets
and public improvements or the direc
tor of parks and pumblic property, but
you do know who Is the finance direc
tor and where the city hall is located."
Pupil: "Well, I can't help it. teacher,
'cause as I told you, my paw takes rhe
1 Times."
Teacher: "Well, perhaps. Johnnie,
over Sunday you can borrow a Heralo
I from your next door neighbor and he
prepared to answer my questions by
: | Monday."
Pupil: "Ail right, teacher, I'll do
I that."
TOUGHEST KIND OF L.ICK
Hy Wins: Dinger
There are a lot of things quite tough
That happen to a chap,
.! But on the others there is one
; That has at least a lap.
i Tt is when one's supply of coal
I Buns out two weeks before
'The first of April, when the price
| uf coal is much lower, I
f " A
LOWER CALIFORNIA
By Frederic J. Haskin
I : ;
%
UNCLE SAM is again to consider
the purchase of Lower Cali
fornia. A measure authorizing
I the President to buy it has been in
i troduced into Congress.
The time seems ripe for such a pro
posal. General Carranza is in imme
diate need of funds, without which it
Is impossible for him to suppress revo
lutions and restore peace to Mexico.
Worn out with ceaseless warfare the
Mexican national vitality is running
low and its resuscitation will be
brought about only through a new
supply of money. It Is reported that
New York financiers have refused all
requests of Carranza for loans. Un
der these circumstances, an offer to
buy Lower California, which will re
quiro years of development before it
is of much value, would very likely
be welcomed by Carranza.
Lower California is the long thin
peninsula that extends for seven hun
dred and sixty miles south between
the Gulf of California and the Pacific
Ocean. A mountainous country of
climatic contrasts and little rain, it
has presented difficulties to the set
tler, and as a consequence is one of
the most unexplored territories in the
world. Mountains, covered with huge
boulders and broken volcanic rock,
make most of the peninsula. A chain
of them runs through its entire
length; they rise in precipitous cliffs
along the gulf coast and their foothills
reach to the Pacific shore. High up
j among these mountains are occa
sional green fertile valleys; -at the
lower levels are nothing but gray, arid
1 plains strewn with lava and almost
j barren of vegetation. The great
I American desert extends for some dis
tance into the northern end of the
I peninsula, and this has been irrigated
by enterprising American farmers
with the waters of the Colorado river.
The mountains, though unlovely
and desolate, are a large commercial
asset, for under their'rugged surfaces
are rich mineral deposits. Silver
mines are being profitably worked at
Triunfo and Las Flores, and a French
company is operating three large cop
ner mines at Santa Rosalia. Santa
Rosalia, with a population of 8,000,
j is the largest city in Lower California
I and is completely dominated by the
French.
There are also large onyx and salt
mines in operation throughout the
peninsula. Almost every concession
is owned by foreigners.
Lack of water in Lower California
| has discouraged agriculture. In the
northern part of the peninsula the
I climate is a great deal the same as
that of Southern California, but in the
! lower part sometimes there is no rain
for three to five years, causing all the
streams and arroyos to dry up. Then
this terrific drought may be succeeded
by a season of tropical rains which
clauses vegetation to sprout and again
floods the water courses. For many
years a settlement of American farm
ers prospered in the southern part of
the peninsula, growing corn and
wheat and vegetables and raising
horses and cattle. The climate was
[THE STATE FROM DAT TODAY"
I From all reports the National Guard
of the State of Pennsylvania will be
j right in the vanguard if it comes to a
i showdown with Mexico. Even at this
time there have been assurances from
1 various cities that the Guard stands
ready to defend its own and the coun
try's honor at any time that it may be
called out.
"Baby Week" has proved to be
highlv successful In the majority of
towns and cities where it has been
tried out during the past week. One
thousand mothers, with their babies,
attended the Norrlstown meeting one
afternoon and were told how to proper
ly feed, clothe and house their children.
Harrisburg, starting to-morrow, will
take its turn at bringing its mothers
up-to-date In the matter of baby wel
fare.
Contrary to all instinct and unwrit
ten code of honor as formerly mis
understood, the Students' Self-govern
ment Association, of Bryn Mawr Col
lego. has announced that, all offenses
committed in or about the school must
be reported by the observer. The girls
hate to have to "snitch" on their fel
lows, but the discipline is necessary, in
their better opinion, and so the rule
goes into effect.
Drunkenness in the streets of Trwin
will henceforth be reduced to a mini
mum, if the plan of the burgess and
chief of police proves effective. Black-
I lists have been placed In all saloons
! ordering the proprietors not to serve
I liquor to those whose names are on the
' list, for n period of one year.
| The beautiful Miss Alberta Wright
tropical, and the heavy summer rains
always left the ground fertile. Then,
suddenly, they ceased. Year after year
went by without a single shower, and
the farmers were finally compelled to
move away.
But the fact that there is water far
below the surface and that farming I
can be carried on successfully is
shown by the fact that the early
Jesuits, who were the first to establish
any permanent colonies on the penin
sula, grew everything they needed
trom wheat and corn to fruits, sugar
cane, cotton and tobacco. If Uncle
Sam buys Lower California, the cli
mate should offer no drawbacks to
Americans. A people who can build
a Panama Canal Should have no trou
ble in irrigating a peninsula.
However, it is not so much with
its interior that Uncle Sam is con
cerned in considering such an Invest
ment, as with its fisheries and sea
ports. Magdalena Bay, one of the
finest land-locked harbors in the
world, is the only great Pacific port
between the Isthmus of Panama and
San Diego. All ships following the
Pacific trade routes pass within sight
: of the harbor. It would make a splen
did coaling station, and because of its
strategic position, a still better naval
base. Japan made every effort to se
cure it as a coaling station some time
i ago, but Uncle Sam interfered in the
i transaction.
Magdalena Bay itself does not
greatly indent the coast. The harbor
is formed by the islands of Magdalena
and Margarita, both of volcanic or
igin, which shut in a portion of the
sea. From the coast great jagged
cliffs stretch out, guarding it from
gales and storms. Behind these cliffs
there is only a desolate stretch of
i sand and cactus forest, presenting a
distinctly inhospitable appearance to
visitors, and discouraging settlement.
No doubt it is this wild and dreary as
i pect that accounts for all the thrilling
• tales told of strange visitors who have,
sought seclusion here. These gaunt
cliffs are supposed to have sheltered
every gallant old pirate of the seas
from Sir Francis Drake and Captain
Kidd to the "Flying Dutchman."
Besides Magdalena Bay, there is the
! port of La Paz on the east coast of
the peninsula, famous for its pearl
: farming and excellent harbor. It is
i a tropical city, with low, adobe
i houses, flowering gardens and palm
trees. Three concessions have been
L granted for pearl-fishing—two to Mex
. leans and one to an English company.
. La Pass is also the capital of the soutli
i ern district of Lower California., En
i senada being the capital of the north
i ern district. The peninsula Is gov
■ erned as a territory by Mexico, al
i lowed to have no local government of
1 its own.
i Lower California is full of oppor
i tunitics for a nation that can develop
' it. It would be especially valuable
• to the United States because of its
' propinquity to the Isthmus of Pan-
I ama, which is at least five hundred
• miles nearer Magdalena Bay than San
i Diego.
Brlnton, of Overbrook, and Dr. Cesare
Hturanl, son of an Italian Count and a
music teacher in Pniladelphla, have
brought to a realistic culmination a
moving picture romance of last sum
| iner, when they played at being man
j | and wife. Their engagement has just
L been announced and the "vlllalness"
i will marry the "villain."
5 Fifteen or twenty shots were ex
. changed in Altoona, Sunday morning,
. when a patrolman caught two burglars
In the act of robbing a leather goods
store. Both parties were evidently a
, little nervous, for not one of the shots
j , was effective. The robbers escaped.
! I OUR DAILY LAUGH
. 1 I
Forgive me for
taking that kiss iW
the other* night. j
I admit I was ' '
And you won't
do it again? 7/1 lira■ j
I won't be has- «sß^/jpf
take more time, jjjg |jp
Cubist Teacher—Can any one give an
• Impressionistic definition of New York?
r.rlght Pupil—A small body of limou
sines almost entirely surrounded by
t j Fords. — lJ.tr
©mting (ftljat
The ruling that candidates for
State mine inspectors being officials
who are commissioned by the Com
monwealth for the anthracite region
must be elected by the people in
years when State officers are elected
has resulted in some additional elec
tion interest this year. The anthracite
mine inspectors are elected by the
people of the districts to which tliey
are assigned, Luzerne county
the most, while the bituminous in
spectors are oppointed. The result
has been a demand for papers for cir
culation by inspectors who are candi
dates and a special place has been
provided in the big books in the State
Department where the names of can
didates are recorded. The mine in
spectors are now busy circulating their
papers and as most of them are men
of experience and are among the few
qualified they are mostly without op
position.
• • »
Men connected with a number of
the big public utility companies of the
State have had men here the last few
days looking over plans of the Public
Service Commission to obtain unifor
mity in accounting methods. This is
one of the greatest projects under
taken by the commission and will
simplify matters although it will be
an expensive (proposition for many of
the companies requiring changes from
methods of years.
• « •
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
a few evenings ago contained this in
teresting notice from the Pacific coast
about a former Harrisburger: "Mr. .1.
A. Currey, Secretary of the Pennsyl
vania Society at Portland, Oregon,
writes: Some months ago I recall
' reading an interesting article of yours
regarding Thaddeus Stevens and mak
ing comments on the way he had been
misrepresented in the photo play,
'Birth of a Nation.' The Pennsylvania
Club, of this city, composed of former
residents of Pennsylvania, realizing
how Stevens has been misrepresented
and as this photo play attracted at
tention here, we are going to celebrate
(he anniversary of Stevens' birth on
April 4 with a dinner at the Hotel
Benson. We have about two hundred
members in our organization and we
expect to have about four hundred
people present. The principal address
on the life of Stevens will be made by
Mr. Wallace McCamant, formerly of
Harrisburg, _ Pennsylvania, and son of
the late General Thomas A. Camant
and one of the. best known orators in
Portland and leaders at the bar. An
i other address on Stevens will be made
( by Mr. D. Solis Cohen, a nephew of
I Philadelphia's famous doctor of the
j-spme name. Mr. Cohen is one of our
I jlfeading attorneys. Your comment was
I! so forcible that we desire to have it.
j read at this dinner and I would also
I add that we expect to have a paper
from Governor Brumbaugh from your
State regarding Stevens."
. . .
! One of the incidents connected with
I the recent wreck near Port Royal was
| the statement made by a woman who
was slightly bruised by the shock of
• the collision. She said that she had
I been given a severe jar, but adding
i that the train had remained on the
■ roadbed she declared: "It was better
than one of the southern roads at
that."
• • •
The manner in which the circula
. tion of books among the children has
. been growing at the Harrisburg Pub
, lie library has given considerable con
cern. The children's circulation on
. some days has been about half of the
total circulation. When It is considered
: that the library must not only keep its
stock of books for youngsters abreast
of the times and up to educational de
mands, but also to replace those which
i may be taken out by youngsters who
i become sick, it is growing to be some
problem.
* * *
Once more we rise to say that Spring
: is coming. The white wing force of
the State Capitol Park is now engaged
i in sweeping the lawn in Father Penn's
! big city reservation. This is an an
nual custom and when the men start
to do it one may be sure that Spring
i is on the way. During the winter,
the hulls of many bushels of nuts ac
: cumulate along the sides of the walks,
' generally for about ten feet on each
■ side because the tendency is to throw
the provender to the squirrels to make
them frisk about. At the time of
sweeping the debris can be carted off
in a wheelbarrow.
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The removal of the stoves at No. 3
furnace at the Pennsylvania Steel
works is attracting attention as the
brick work is being cut off by flam
ing gas instead of being removed by
the more laborious process of the pick
and shovel. The new furnace will
rise from the site of the stack which
was built early in the eighties.
• • »
W. O. Smith, the Punxsutawney edi
tor, who was here yesterday to see the
Governor, was formerly in the House
of Representatives and Senate and
in Congress.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"!
—Secretary of the Commonwealth
Cyrus T5. Woods is to be one of the
speakers at the Stevens Institute exer
cises at Lancaster.
—Judge C. N. Brumm, of Schuyl
kill county, is one of the oldest judges
in service in this part of the State.
—Congressman W. W. Griest is ill
at his home in Lancaster.
—M. J. Murray, Dunmore bank
president, celebrated his seventieth
birthday.
—George B. Rose, former Arkansas
Judge and well known in this State,
1 has been visiting in Scranton.
Bishop Joseph P. Berry will pre
side at the Philadelphia Methodist
conference this week.
I 1 DO YOU KNOW
i
That Harrisburg makes parts
for many kinds of machinery V
various factories In this city?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Reformed Salem Church stands CM
the site of the tlrst church in 1-to.V'
risburg.
t
Does Your Product
Appeal to Women?
If it does you are logically a
newspaper advertiser.
Women are not only newspaper
readers but close readers of
newspaper advertising.
Glance through any good news
paper and notice what a large
percentage of the advertising ia
written to women.
xThey are the purchasing agents
for the home.
Manufacturers interested in
j getting their products before the
woman with buying power are ln
i vited to write to the Bureau of
> ! Advertising. American N'ewspa
| per Publishers Association, World
Building, New York.
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