8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded it $i Published evenings except Sunday by THE TKLEUIUPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Fnlrral Square. E. J. STACIvPOLE, Pres't and Edilor-in-Cliief F, R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. SHEINMETZ, Managing Editor. * Member American Newspaper Pub- Si Baa tern office, Has- Gts°Bul ldlng" Chi* —— cago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a <9ffifi|wnE|BD week; by mail, $3.00 a year in advance. iinon dally average circulation for the three months ending February 20, 1010, ft 22,785 * Theae figures are net. All returned, unsold anil dmmiKcri copies deducted. TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 21 Remember that every ivord you utter icings its way to the throne of Ood, and is to affect the condition of your soul forever. — TODD. j SIR. ALBERT'S COMING THE interest of Harrisburg people i in municipal improvement and betterment is well illustrated by the reception being planned by the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce, the Harrisburg Rotary Club and the Harrisburg Civic Club in honor of the I coming to-morrow of Alien D. Albert, j of Minneapolis, who will speak on "A National Review of Civic Progress and Activities," and "The Forces That j Make Cities." Harrisburg has just completed an epoch of public improvements. It hus paused for a moment to take breath, and to plan for the future. Mr. Albert, who is a city expert of note, comes with his message at an oppor tune moment. The planning of a city, as Frank j Koester, city expert and consulting j engineer, recently said in an article i on the subject, like the planning of j anything else, should be carried out; with a view to the use which is to be | made of it and to adapt it best to that j use and in addition to make it as | pleasing from an artistic point of view as possible. There should first be strength in the dewign, and if strength be economically manifested the art is-I lie enrichment of the design will be; easily effected. Practical city planning is not only liot necessarily a source of expense to | the city, but it is frequently a means I of profit, conferring its benefits not | only on the citizens directly, but often j relieving them of a large part of the I burdens of taxation. But whether immediately profitable j or not, city planning is not only aj duty of the present, but an obligation I to posterity. No owner of a growing j manufacturing enterprise wouldj neglect to properly plan extensions; i but most cities, which arc in reality super-enterprises, grow and expand without plan or forethought, gener ating congestion, waste, poverty and the necessity of enormous expendi tures in inter years to correct faults which a stroke of the pen of the city planner, at the proper moment, would have obtained. City planning determines the :lestiny of a city. It develops artistic laste, civic pride and patriotism; it makes better citizens and artisans; it adds to health, comfort and happi ness; it helps to increase population and produce industrial prosperity. City planning attracts industries, commerce and visitors; it produces better transportation facilities, im proved hygienic conditions, and more adequate and less expensive living quarters and food supplies. It is a business proposition of the first im portance. Our City Planning Commission has been doing an excellent work along this line, but not all our people under stand either the value of the commis sion to the city or the extent of its fictivitles, and if Mr. Albright does no more than impress upon his audiences the importance of this work his visit will have been well worth while. But he will do more than that —he will bring to Harrisburg all of the wealth of experience he has acquired in the review of scores of cities the country over. We may expect to get front him some idea of where we stand with relation to our sister cities, something that we must know if we are to judge ourselves properly. Every Harrisburg man and woman who has an interest In the city should be at the Technical High School to-morrow evening. FEDERAL"PORK" WHERE is the first newspaper, or the first group of persons in any community, which will go on record against pork for their own district? asks Collier's Weekly. The Telegraph speaks up for Har risbuig. Harrisburg wants to see Uncle Sam "bring home the bacon" every time, but it wants no government "pork" in Its diet. And we can do more than proclaim this at a time when the gentle art of proclaiming may appear politically ad vantageous. We can prove it. Here's the evidence: When it became apparent that out post office building was no longer ade quate to our needs, did we do, like some of our sister cities—keen for architectural adornment at public ex- TUESDAY EVENING, ' HARRISBURG BSSS& TELEGRAPH MARCH 21, 1916. pense—rush to Washington and de mand a new building of Congressman Olmsted, then at the height of his power and prestige and well able to commandeer a million or two for his home district had he been so inclined? No, indeed! Those then in charge of federal affairs here asked merely for an annex to the Federal building; an annex so modest, indeed, that when the unforeseen parcel post law was passed Congressman Kreider, then in his first term, had to ask for an addi tional appropriation to make room for the new department. That's how Harrisburg feels about federal "pork." Next! Frank Moran wants to be a "Bill"" Sunday, figuring that the devil is a less vigorous opponent than Jess Wlllard, tt is assumed. MORE WAR PROSPERITY THIRTY thousand employes of Chicago meat packers have re ceived Increase of wages, un solicited. Three thousand employes of the Reading Iron Company have received advances. The Remington Arms Company is'seeking 3,000 more skilled workmen in Philadelphia for | its plant at Eddystone, which will : raise the number employed in that plant to 10,000. The Department of ! Labor reports that the iron and steel | plants of the country are now em ploying 35 per cent, more men than a year ago and paying them 62 per cent, more salary. War prosperity, with the Democrats crowing, "We done it!" If prices keep on going up, some en terprising gasoline dealer may encour age trade by giving away a "flivver" with each gallon of gas. DYESTUFFS AND DEFENSE ADYESTUFF factory can be very j readily transformed into a fac- j tory for the production of ex- 1 plosives. Dr. Thomas 11. Norton, of j the Department of Commerce, is au- ' thority for the statement that the j transformation can be accomplished i on forty-eight hours' notice. Here- ! tofore we have been dependent upon j Germany for dyestuffs. The vast ex- i tent of her dyestuffs industry was one I factor in enabling her to carry on the war when cut off from communi-1 cation with other countries by sea. ! With all these facts before them, j Democrats are delaying legislation for j the building up of the dyestuffs in dustry in this country. Go to see "Defense and Tribute"— thereby contributing to Marjorie's Bat tleship Fund. BETHLEHEM'S OFFER IT is too much to hope, we suppose, that Congress will pause in its headlong plunge toward govern ment-owned armor plants to consider j the offer of the Bethlehem Steel Com-1 pany to manufacture armor plate at I the government's own figures; in other i words, to sell to the United States at j the theoretical figure which govern- j nient experts say they can manufac ture plate in the plants which Con gress would build at an expenditure of many millions of dollars. The offer of the Bethlehem Company, as set forth in its annual report, pub lished in the Telegraph of yesterday, is well worth careful reading. It fol lows In substance; Your attention is called to the fact that a bill is pending in Con gress and has, with the support of the Secretary of the Navy, been recommended for passage by tlie Senate committee on naval affairs, providing for the building by the Government at an expense of <ll.- 000,000 of an armor plant with a capacity of 20,000 tons a year. This capacity provides for more j than double what have been the } average actual requirements of the United States for armor over the past twenty years, and if such a 1 bill is passed (lie value of existing | armor plants in this country will be virtually destroyed. Bethlehem Steel Company has more than $7,- 000.000 now Invested in its plants, devoted to this use—and useless for any other purpose. Recognizing that though the in terests of your property should be carefully conserved by your officers, on a. matter of this kind, your cor poration also has an important ob ligation to the nation of which it is a citizen, your officers have ap peared before the Senate commit tee on naval affairs and urged the defeat of the pending measure. As it is frankly declared that the sole purpose of the proposed enterprise is that the Government may secure its armor at a lower price, your of ficers have submitted the following proposition to the Federal Govern ment: We will agree to permit any well-known firm of chartered pub lic accountants to inventory our plant and make careful estimates of the cost of manufacture; with that data in hand we will meet with the Secretary of the Navy and agree to manufacture armor at a price which will be entirely satisfactory to the Secretary of the Navy as being quite as low as the price at which the Government could possibly manufacture armor on its own ac count, after taking into account all proper charges. All the arguments are in favor of this offer. The United States Gov ernment is not interested In armor plate making, save that it desires an I unlimited supply upon which to sraw and a price that is reasonable. Of the first it is assured and the latter Bethlehem guarantees. It is the ex perience of the country that govern ment plants cost more to operate than privately owned enterprises, so that we are by no means assured of any saving even if the government does build its own mills with money that is badly needed for other purposes. We can ask nothing better than armor plate at the government's own prices, and if Congress does not accept the Bethlehem offer it not only labels itself as unbusinesslike, but convicts itself of utter inefficiency—lf not of insincerity. The company is not at present interested in creating more j places for jobholders, even in armor j plants. What it wants is preparedness quickly and at reasonable cost. Tom Taggart, as Senator, is going to add a lot to the dignity of the Demo cratic administration—may bf P ""POTCTTCFL. LK L"^tKKOi^cuwa By the Ei-ConimlttKinu The whole State Is now awaiting Senator Boles Penrose's move. The State administration forces, backed by a considerable number of friends of the Governor, are now actively en gaged In carrying forward the Brum baugh candidacy. The campaign for election of Brumbaugh delegates against the uninstructed delegates de sired by the Senator and his allies is being organized everywhere and no time is being lost despite intimations that there may be peace. Attorney General Brown, as tield marshal, is directing the organization and play j ing a masterly and daring game, which some of the Governor's partisans say | the Senator can not match. Criticism | of the slowness of Senator Penrose j in getting started has been heard, but not among the Governor's forces. ; They are using the time to develop j their campaign. The center of interest shifted from Pittsburgh yesterday. The Governor got> here last night und to-dav reiter ated satisfaction with the outlook. The Senator went to Washington to j have "war councils." The Governor | intimated there might be peace yet. j The Senator did not. i _ —The Philadelphia Ledger in a I Washington dispatch says: "Senator j Penrose arrived here to-day after a ! series of conferences with Republican | leaders in. Western Pennsylvania. lie declined to outline his plan of fighting | Governor Brumbaugh for the dele gates from Pennsylvania, but. said he i would issue a statement in a few days. ! Republican Congressmen who saw Senator Penrose said he had reported j the condition in the State favorable to ! the election of uninstructed delegates. He expressed confidence of the out come of the fight against Brumbaugh. His visitors were allowed to under stand that his statement would be a sensational review of things political in Pennsylvania and an appeal for the election of delegates who would vote for a man for President who would cement the party. Congress men from Pennsylvania who know that they must align themselves with either side in that State are anxious to learn just what Senator Penrose proposes to do. The Vare-Brumbaugh faction is pressing them hard to sup port the Governor. Several emis saries discussed the situation with wavering Congressmen last week, one being Secretary of Agriculture Patton. The illness of Representative W. W. Griest, the conservative member of the Vare-Brumlmugh faction, has pre vented it from actively carrying on the campaign here among Congress- i men." —This interesting piece of politics J conies from the Chambersburg Valley j Spirit: "Congressman C. W. Beales, I of Gettysburg, when in town last week , accomplished the object of his visit I when he interviewed a number of Re publican leaders on the senatorial i question. Beales is tired of congres- I sional life and would lie willing to 1 exchange it for senatorial honors in j the Adams - Franklin district it he j could get the Republican nomination j without too hot a contest and the election. Neither was guaranteed him while here. —Editor John Short, of Clearfield,' is whirling; that pointed pen of his | again. He is writing pieces about the State administration forces and the > Penrose people in Clearfield county in I a manner that indicates that all is not j lovely in Clearfield and that ho is en-1 joying the fuss. Short manages to! get more fuss out of a political con- ! test. Republican, Democratic, or Bull ' Moose than any other editor in the i State. He has no respect for the j constituted authorities when they start j to make slates. —The Bull Moose round-up here on) Thursday promises to be interesting. I It will bring in the remains of the j herd and it will be decided what to do about fighting or amalgamating. It j is understood that some of the lead- : ers favor uniting with the State ad- j ministration in the attempt to unhorse I Penrose. It is known that the ad-j ministration leaders are counting upon j active support from William Fllnn, | who has assured Governor Hrumbaugli | personally of his interest in the re juvenation, reunion and reclamation I of the Republican party. -—Much interest is being manifested ! at the Capitol in the visit to be paid to the Governor Friday by a dele gation of railroad men. The last visit the railroad men told the Governor they would not stand for Charles A. Ambler for Auditor General, the Gov ernor assuring them that he had not brought out Ambler. Because of his veto of the full crew bill the organ ized railroad men arc said to have a warm feeling for the Governor and J the Friday meeting may be im portant. —Tt is likely that the example of; Highway Commissioner Cunningham j in telling attaches to attend to busi ness and let politics alone will be fol lowed at the Capitol. Mr. Cunning ham's action had approval of the Gov ernor, it is understood. —Speaker Charles A. Ambler last night announced in Philadelphia that he would not be a candidate for the! legislative nomination from his dis trict. but would devote his attention to running for Auditor General. His papers are now in circulation. Mr. Ambler lias been a legislator six terms. —The announcement of the candi dacy of Harmon M. Kephart, chief clerk of the Senate, for the Repub lican nomination for State Treasurer is expected any day. He has made a can vass of the whole State and his friends say that he is satisfied with conditions. —Democratic State Chairman Ro land S. Morris has evidently been un der the impression that Democratic county chairmen throughout the State were going to forget that President Wilson is a candidate because last night the State committee auxiliary windmill issued a letter, too long for oven spring-time reading, urging county chairmen to give the President a testimonial. The letter states that every chairman should circulate pe titions to get the name of the Presi dent on the ballot. As Morris has sent the letter to all chairmen and there are still some post offices to go around, there will doubtless be ready ac quiescence with his wishes. 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT 1 INTERVIEW WITH COL. HOUSE (Houston Post.] Read the news columns this morn ing nnd learn that upon Colonel Ed House's arrival in Washington the correspondents swarmed around him and obtained several columns of noth ing for their newspapers. SENATOR GORE'S EXPERIENCE [Waco Times-Herald. 1 Mr. Gore now knows how it. feels to be picked up by an Oklahoma cyclone ! and dropped in the next county. NOAH Alul Uaniecli lived an hundred eighty and two, anil begat a son: an<l Tic called Ills name Noah, saying. This same shall comfort us concerning our work ami toil of our hands. And Noah was five I hundred years old: and Noah begat 1 Shorn. Ham and Jupheth.—Genesis v, 28, 29 and 32. When a Feller Needs a Friend . By BRIGGS Jr WHAT A IT e X>ARU*»6 SU«T. # A ,TS Ju5T ThE R POPULAR ) IHIMG FOR J TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE [ ! ■ —There is one good thing about the kind of weather we have been having j recently—it has held back the house ; cleaning season. —Our fondest hope now is that the j 1 coal will last longer than the cold weather. ! —Just to prove that Von Tirpitss is ; j not the worst man in Germany the ! Kaiser insists on the submarine cam* : paign proceeding. —By the way, what has become of that "Buy a Bale of Cotton" slogan? —"Clark," says the Public ledger, "will clear the way for Wilson." Some job, Champ, old boy. —"Chasing chickens," says a Beth j lehem dispatch, "Jeremiah Bradeen, aged 78, fell and broke his arm." The idea; at his age, too. WILLIAM PENN HOTEL [Pittsburgh Post.] The opening of the new William Penn Hotel, Sixth avenue, is a matter lof unusual importance to Pittsburgh as, in connection with changes made I recently in our auditorium facilities, it ! warrants the announcement that the city is prepared on a generous scale to entertain the largest conventions of the country. This shows how distinct ly the opening of a new hostelry of this dimension is of civic concern. While conducted as a private enter prise, it contributes to the prestige of the city in its entertainment of visitors and in accommodating the social spirit of residents with facilities for ban quets, dinner parties and other diver sions. As Pittsburghers advertise thoir great mills wherever they go they must now proclaim the superior hotel facilities of the city. As we speak of the William Penn as the largest hotel in Pittsburgh, it is to be emphasized ns well that it is one of the seven largest, of the United States and of a beauty of design and appoint ment surpassed by none. Its man agement gives every indication of a determination to conduct it in keeping with the name it has taken. The Wil liam Penn represents an investment of $6,000,000. Recalling that in 1912 Pittsburgh considered itself prepared to accom modate one of the national political conventions, the importance of the additional strength given in that line by this new hotel will stand out. It has 1,000 rooms, each with bath. The Port Pitt, the city's next largest hotel, has 750 rooms. The William Penn could seat 2,300 at table; the Fort Pitt has seated 1,500. As for the city auditorium capacity: The main hall of the Exposition build ing could, with small expenditure, be enlarged and seated for 14,000. That would accommodate any national con vention, as reports of from 18,000 to 20,000 at some of the political gather ings are considered as exaggerations, there never having been anything like an accurate count. 1 As the management of the William i Penn is congratulated on the auspi cious opening of the new hotel, it is for the city to congratulate itself on i the increase in its facilities for ac commodating the public and for the world to take notice that we are ready for the biggest conventions. IN SPITE OF W. J. B. [Front the Spripgtield Republican] Recruiting for the regular army has suddenly risen to high tide in New York city and nearby recruiting offi ces in New Jersey. The news from Mexico had turned a slack business into a rushing one. Reports of a slmi ' lar character were sent out from re cruiting offices in Western cities. Ad venturous spirits are as plenty in this country as anywhere. I I 1 THE RISE OF By Frederic J. Haskin I J THIS is the day of the shoe. Never ! before has footwear been at once such a vital, spectacular and ex- , pensive factor in the life of the world. : The belligerent nations of Europe are I scouring the earth for leather to clothe the feet of their armies. At the same | time woman has seen fit to lift her | skirts just a little higher than ever j before, making it necessary for her ! shoe-tops to rise and meet them. This not only requires more leather, but it brings shoes into a vastly more promi nent position, with the result that they have changed from inconspicuous black | or tan accessories to really brilliant and colorful creations —at sls a pair. Thus shoes have become the most : important article in the wardrobe of the ! well-accoutred woman. High shoes, i low shoes, medium-cut shoes, colored ; shoes and, most of all. white shoes are , so popular that some of the manufac- I turers. It is reported, have refused war orders for army shoes to keep up with the home demand. The woman who, i a couple of years ago. neglectd her foot gear In the greater interest of her hats j and frocks now spends a day in select- I ing' a $25 pair of shoes and buys the rest ] of her apparel to match them. "I wanted ! a light gray suit this Spring, but I j bought blue shoes so I'll have to get a blue suit To go with them," is the sort j of thing the retailers of readymade ] wear are constantly hearing. One firm altered over 1.000 separate styles of shoes this season, and is still manufacturing new ones. It looks as if the future were going to evolve the Individual pair of shoes the same as the individual style of hat. In such case, the American manufacturer who was responsible for styles in women's ; shoes will have started something he ; couldn't finish. As it Is, the manufac- j turer is having his troubles. Retailers will not buy more than a few pairs of one style at a time, for fear that the next week will find them out of date. I On the other hand If one particular stvle proves popular they rush the > manufacturer with orders and are in dignant if there is any delay. Under ' THE STATE FROM m TO DW] Here's one that Baron Munchausen might willingly have adopted for his own; not that the story is not true, because we believe in the truth of everything that appears In the daily press, but this one is sufficiently un usual to call for especial comment. Young Geno Park, of Horsham, was handing a loaded rifle to Young Daniel Stone of Hatboro when the gun was discharged, the bullet passing through the former's left hand and lodging in the latter's sturdy right. Evident impartiality! A sleeping man in the city of Chester, and a member of a fire de partment at that, set fire to his bed Sunday night by kicking over the lamp in his sleep. Reporters have been zealously engaged in trying to ascertain whether the man was a \ former gridiron warrior. The unnecessary ringing of the fire bells in York was the subject of con siderable discussion the other evening between city officials. Times when companies go away on trips or are visited by out-of-town companies are not judged appropriate occasions for the ringing of bells. We might sug gest that there is room for some im provement in this city in the matter of the soul-terrifying siren that is suffi cient to wake the dead when In the dead of night It startles from their beds poor old fellows with a tendency to heart trouble. Well, the Curtis Publishing Com pany Is one concern that will not feel the pinch of paper for a year at least, and the Ladies' Home Journal will never flicker an eyelash. Not so some of the others who are less fortunate. The paper situation is becoming ex tremely acute. Schoolboys in Mechanicsburg. at the instigation of the Women's Club ; have Inaugural ed the plan of building i leafv homes for the birds to shelter! | themselves when they return from | these circumstances, the manufacturer is at his wit's end to know how many slioes of any one style to make. The Rood old times when ije planned his Spring line of shoes in the and his Kail line of shoes In the Spring are in the distant past. Now he la lucky to keep three weeks ahead of the game. One firm last Kail printed a pamphlet for its custom showing the styles that were to he popular In the Spring. The first Illustration was a side-lace gypsy hoot of tan kid, no doubt inspired by the fact that the de mand for gypsy boots last Kail was enormous. As the season progressed, however, the fad died out and not a single side-lace gypsy boot is on the market this Spring. Just at present a white fad is in pro gress. White shoes twelve and fifteen Inches high are in great demand, and the white low shoe is also popular. One Philadelphia firm has placed a largo number of white colonial pumps with high, wide tongues and various styles of buckles 011 the market which are achieving great success. The manufac turers are afraid of the white fad, however. Widespread popularity usual ly has the effect of killing an article. Then, too, the large amount of adver tising given the fact that they were washable is likely to prove a boomer ang. As a matter of fact, they are washable with the proper preparation, but retailers have received many com plaints from customers who had failed to produce results with ivory soap and water. The rumor that, skirts are to ho longer this season Is rausing some un easiness among manufacturers with hundreds of fifteen-inch boots on their shelves. While the fashion magazines are still showing the short skirt, which brought in the fad for high hoots, in New York the longer skirt is beginning to make Its appearance, the skirts of some of the latest stage costumes being only about three inches from the floor. This will probably kill the demand for the hie-li boot, which soon will be a drug on the market. Palm Beach and other summer resorls. There will be an exhibition of all bird houses in the public schools on Pat rons' Day, which is Thursday of this week. MUNITIONS AND MEXICO [From the New York Herald] So long as faith can be placed in the Carranza promise and in the First Chief's ability to control the so-called Carranzista soldiers in Northern Mex ico it will be well-nigh impossible for the American government to restrict shipments of munitions going from the United States to Carranzista com manders. And yet persons who should be familiar with Mexican conditions are sure that Villa will have no dif ficulty In supplementing his supply of rifle cartridges at any time by re sorting to the very simple expedient of buying what he needs from men in the Carranzista ranks. OUR DAILY LAUGH EXONERATED. You come home ' - ell hours of the I only one Jiour aa to success. fjl K Success brings 0u 4 *■ n> an '» | friends. I'V ; ' i <\ Yes ' but " you /' V.i V' 4a want t0 know your real friends I r count t * le few Jiffj~~f—ld, who support you """I'll / / wl when >' ou don't _-\ L}:^/) seem to have a * ~ |. chance to win. l-bmng (Hfyat Another flag: has been added to the collection now in the possession of tho State through the generosity of a vet eran of the Civil War who has sent to Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart the guidon of the Seventh Pennsylx*- nia Cavalry. The flag was received at the Capitol a few days ago and will be carefully examined and put into good shape for preservation. The name of the donor and the circumstances will shortly be formally announced and it is likely that they will prove a stimulus to others having flags which were borne in the great conflict. In the last year or so, or ever since the cere monies attending the removal of the flags from the State Museum to the Capitol rotunda, there have been nu merous letters addressed to the Ad jutant General regarding flags which are in possession of families. Several flags have also been given to tho State Museum. • * • Concrete workers, especially those who are employed on sidewalk work, are considerably disgusted with tho weatlior conditions, which, they de clare, are unywhere from two to three weeks behind time. "We have gen erally been busy as nailers at this time, but this year we have laid one pave ment. And wo had to cover that with straw a foot thick and keep it cov ered because the mercury went 'way down," said one worker. » « • The song sparrow is determined that Spring shall reign. The sparrows have been about the city considerably in the last fortnight, although the cold wave killed some of them. Yesterday in spite of the cold breezes sweeping lrom the Susquehanna there were half a dozen of the sparrows caroling away along tho river front and one was heard in Capitol Park. One veteran railroad man is respon sible for the statement that he hns never gone to the Pennsylvania Rail? road station that he did not find a force of workmen tearing down some part of the building. "He is right." added an official. "It has been ono continuous tinkering ever since the building was erected." This brought forth the following: "For some reason or other, the late president, A. J. f'assatt, was not pleased with the sta tion. He remarked during one of bis visits to I-larrisburg: 'I wish it. had never been built this way. You will have lo be tearing out and adding to it. nil the time to get the room you need.' Subsequently the late president, James McCrea, expressed similar views. It, looks very much as if they told the truth." * « • While the average person knows that a fair portion of the milk supply of Philadelphia comes from up-State and a considerable part of that passes through Harrisburg, yet it would sur prise many to know how much of Tlar risbnrg's milk comes into the city on trolley cars. A number of the old time dairymen still do business on routes Mi Harrisburg, but the bulk of the business is now in the hands of linns or individuals which obtain milk in bulk and distribute it. Almost, any evening or in early morning cans of milk can be found on interurban trolley cars and they are put off at points nearest to the headquarters of the distributor or delivered at places where wagons or truck pick them up. It is one form of trolley freight that is developing rapidly. • • • Major C. S. Farnsworth, of the United States army, who was for sev eral years detailed here as inspector instructor of the National Guard, is now on the Mexican border. He is in command of part of the Sixteenth in fantry and has been in charge of the making of important surveys and maps. Captain S. M. Rutherford, of this city, is with the Tenth cavalry now in Mexico. « • » William Harrison Allen, of Warren, former attorney for the State Railroad Commission, was at the Capitol to-day arguing in a case from his county. Mr. Allen was greeted by a number of friends in this section. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE " —Judge W. A. Way, of Pittsburgh, is spending a short time at tho sea shore. —Commissioner M. J. Ryan was the speaker at the Catholic Holy Namu So ciety meeting in Philadelphia. -—Dr. Joseph A. Leidy, of Philadel phia, is active in the movement for high school drills. —Senator C. D. Sensenich. of Irwin, was active In securing the new State hospital for Irwin. —William Earhart, of Pittsburgh, is the president of the National Organ ization of Music Supervisors, which is meeting in Nebraska. —Colonel James Elverson, Jr., of Philadelphia, is spending some time at Atlantic City. I DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg is one of the big centers for building materials for this section? HISTORIC HARRISBURG Harrisburg had a library back In 1795. THE SEARCHLIGHT GASOLKNE ON THE FARM Despite the high cost of gasolene, experiments recently concluded in a western agricultural college indicates that it is the most profitable invest ment the farmer can make. Accord ing to actual, tests, a single gallon of this power producing liquid can he made to bale four tons of hay, milk 300 cows, mix 36 cubic yards of con crete, move a ton of produce over four miles, plow three and a half acres of land or generate sufficient, electricity to light the farm house for 30 continuous hours. Even at 30 cents a gallon it is considerably cheap er power than either horse or mule, even though these animals be raised on the farm and fed entirely on farm produce. MOUTHS OF BABES Little Gertrude saw the snow falling for the first time and exclaimed: mamma! It is wainin' poptorn." The Dealer's Viewpoint Frequently a newspaper is asked to induce local merchants to co-operate with some manu facturer's general advertising. It would get a reply something like this if it attempted to comply: "I have built my business and individualized my store through newspaper advertising. You say newspaper advertising Is good; I • know it is good. Why don't this manufacturer spend his money where his newspaper advertis ing will create a direct demand over my counters for the pro duct r* The local dealer is glad to co operate with the manufacturer's advertising when it appears In tho newspapers of his city.
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