10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NHUSPAPER FOR TUB ILOMB Founded iS.lt Published evenings except Sunday by THK TEI.KC;R\PH PIHNTIVG CO., Telegraph llulldlns, Federal Square. K. J. STACK POLE. Prest and Editor in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Bw.ness Manager. GUS 51. SHEINMETZ, Managing Editor. * Member American 1 Newspaper Pub- . tm Ushers' Associa tion. The Audit . _JU| Bureau of Clrcu- HSFSBC"* latlon and Penn- I*» 3 ISILB sylvan la Assoclat- IW> m ?»S M ed Dailies. BiDl iii A >ng id Eastern «fflce, Has : j»» •* «■! M brook. Story & ! Hi B IBS M Brooks. Fifth Ave i ggf SWI V nue Building:. New i>BL« CSB m York Citv; West • ern office, Has |S brook Story A ! Brooks. People's ~ ~~ w Ges Building. Cht- cago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. j By carriers, six cents a <jfflSß*ghaE > week; by mall. $3.00 1 a year in advance. Snnrn dally circulation for the three mouths CKHIIDE February 29, lUIU, & 22.?85 Thf»f fltiirrn nrr net. All returned. , uunuld and rlnm tiffed coplc* deducted. \\ EDNESDAV EVENING. M \M H 22 When «f talk about "pelting on,"' tee tnean gettinp more money. Christ nev er "GOT OH." — HIGH PRICE IIIOUES. »—— A WILLIAM L'ENN HOTEL PITTSBURGH lias a William Penn Hotel. Why not one for Har risburg? The name would be a i Vic asset in years to come. i The William Penn Highway across 1 Pennsylvania from east to west, aiul becoming part of a cross continent au tomobile route, will draw thousands ] of people to Harrisburg. The high- ] way will be one great boulevard from ] end to end and. naturally, those who use it. delighted with their journey |i and looking for a stopping place at the close of the day. would choose a William Penn Hotel, were one avail- • able. How long, one wonders, will hotel builders neglect the opportunity that presents itself in Harrisburg .' Our trust In womanhood remains un shaken; the pantalctte style shows no sign of popularity. SOrXDS «.< »<>!>. BIT— SAYS General Funston, in his official report of the recent lighting at Columbus: Thirty-two Americans stood off eight hundred Mexicans. It was splendid work. This is pleasant reading. It makes i the blood run a little more quickly and we feel a .iust pride in the men, who make up our little army along the border and in Mexico. Hut really what they did at Colum bus was only to be expected. Thei lit tle American force was aruied with lite latest weapons and was trained to fight. It was acting as a unit under the direction of skilled officers. On the other hand, the Mexicans were lit tle more than an armed mob. They were brave and could shoot, it is true, but they were not an army. In other voids it was a case of "preparedness" against "unpreparedness," and "pre paredness" won. This little racket at Columbus is one of the best arguments for na tional defense that has been pre- 1 rented. It shows very clearly the ne cessity of training and the superiority of the well trained and adequately armed troops over mere numbers. In the face of this experience, what, do you suppose, would become of the militia army of the United States, j brought face to face with vastly supe rior numbers equipped with effective weapons? France shows a very praiseworthy tendency to talk about licr fighting after she has done it. SAVE YOL'R WASTE PAPER CONSUMERSof paper in the United States—and that includes every body, even the humblest are facing a famine in all grades of that product that is becoming more serious every day. Every effort should be made to conserve the supply. Old paper should not be burned. It should be saved and sold, so that it may be Kround up and used again. Those whose business it is to study the paper markets realize how grave a situation Js impending and they understand the causes leading up to it. but to tell, consumers they must husband the supply because prices are going up land the supply going down by reason of the war is not sufficient. The pub lic is "from Missouri." About forty per cent, of the sulphite used in paper making in this coun try has been imported, and sixty per cent, of the rags. The rags came principally from Europe, and are now used by these countries in the manu facture of gun cotton. The pulp has come largely from Northeastern Ger many and Sweden. The German pulp, of course, has not been shipped for a long time. Sweden has been buying Oier coal from England—England -could no longer supply her, as it (needed the coal for munition plants and war vessels. Sweden retaliated by refusing to export pulp to England. >and at the present time is not ship ping any to the United States. The Swedish mills have combined and ,atate that If shipments are again re .aumed they will advance prices thirty 'per cent., despite contracts that have been made. England will probably depend upon Canadu for a large supply of the pulp /that she has heretofore had from I Sweden. This, of course, again cur 'tails the amount that Canada will be WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARRIBBURO TELEGRAPH MARCH 22, 1916. able to ship Into the United States, j Conditions pertaining to sulphite pulp i also pertain generally to other raw I materials used In the manufacture of | paper. Eighteen months ago the DuPont | Powder Company made gun cotton j from the cheaper grades of cotton. 1 The demand became so enormous that it has installed a battery of thirty I, digesters, or beaters—more than most , paper mills have—for the express pur pose of beating rags, which It buys, into pulp for the manufacture of gun cotton. DuPont to-day buys more rags than any paper mill. The com- 1 pany pays fancy prices, and It is im material whether the rags are white, | colored, or how they are sorted. t South America. Australia. India, h Africa and several other practically manufacture no paper at i all. They have been supplied by the< European countries now at war. and ' this source of supply has been nlmost !l eliminated. The natural result is that ! all turn to America for their papers, i Our export business, in conse quence. lias jumped from very model - - ] ate proportions to an enormous ton- ] nuge. and these nations are willing to pay prices far in advance of those pre vailing at the present time in this market. Pausing to consider the changed | conditions brought about by the war. and the fact that whole continents, containing millions of people, forced to depend upon America for all of the paper that they use. it is not j difficult to realize why papers have advanced; why they are going to ad vance. at least as long as the war i lasts, and in all probability for sev- era I years beyond that time. Conditions are going to grow fat worse before they grow better. In! Germany to-day newspapers have,, been cut down and made uniform in j size, and one can only buy a new paper by returning an old one; the ( old newspapers are then beaten up anil made over again. Save your old paper and give the "family rag-bag" the place of honor it once occupied behind the cellar door. HPIP conserve and so increase ' the available supply of white paper. J Your printer and your newspaper pub lisher are not anxious to advance prices—it means loss of business and loss of profits for them—and they are ( looking to every householder to help keep prices down by preserving and, selling wastepaper and rags. General Carransa Is trusted by the. administration that recognized him as the savior of Mexico so implicitly that j i the line of communication of the punl- i tive expedition into Mexico is being ! carefully guarded for fear the troops cut them off from their supplies, j j I HONORING THE BOSSES I BAKER, Democratic boss of Ohio, ( for seeretarj of war: Taggart, , Democratic boss of Indiana, for 1 United States senator. If any evidence were needed to , prove that the present Democratic ad ministration is being run for political purposes and for the favor of State bosses who may be able to swing a few votes next November, these two recent i appointments provide it. Nothing can be said against Baker save that he is a political boss, that ( he is a pronounced pacificist and that he knows absolutely nothing about his new office. Outside of that he is a perfectly good secretary. But Taggart as champion of Wilson! Ye gods! Taggart. the "gambling hell" proprietor; Taggart. owner of the "American Monte Carlo." going to Washington "to support in his humble way all the policies of President Wil- j son!" That is the last straw that breaks the very much overloaded camel's back. The only possible qualification Tag- j eart can have for Wilson's approval is 1 his ability to get votes in Indiana. : And to add insult to injury. Taggart is i given announcement of his appoint- j ment to the Senate —"the highest de- \ I libera tive body in (lie world" —right in ; ' the anteroom of his own personally i conducted resort: a resort, by the , way, that has been the subject of! public protest for years and the object i against which a half-dozen moral cam- j paigns have been waged in Indiana : since Taggart became prominent as a boss. In the language of the street, "Can | you beat it ?" The Rotarians proved last night that ; the Irish throne is just as uncertain as ( the Test of 'em. Hit. I>IXON : S ADVICE DR. DIXON'S advice relative to Spring tonics is good. The best , tonic in the world at this sea- J son—or any other season, for that | matter —Is a brisk walk in the open. But walking without an object is a colorless occupation, unless in pleas- ; ant companionship or through charm- > • ing country, one of the most delight-! ful and healthful exercises at this sea- i son is going forth in search of some- ' thing green. One learns and is amused and is benefited physically, all at the same time. There is nothing i more charming in nature than the development of plant life in the Spring. What is prettier than a pussy wil- j | low breaking into blossom, or a golden 1 bell beginning to shoot its buds, or a crocus beginning to sprout or an iris to stick its spear points through the still half frozen soil? Take Dr. Dixon's prescription. It is cheap and as a cure for that "run down feeling" it has no equal. Get out and shake you feet, and shake your mind, too. It must have ac cumulated a lot of dust since last ; Fall. Well, boys and girls, if one MOST have measles, it's just as well to have .;'em this kind of weather. The saddest trip one tan contemplate i j these days is the drive around to the ( garage for another tank of gas. Silence appears to Indicate that Sena te tor Gore has taken the hin> TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE | | —There are signs that the Weather Man has learned that Spring is due. —The average man lives to bless the girl who broke his youthful heart. —Just to show that he is perfectly neutral the Kaiser sinks two enemy ships and then two of noncombatants. —A lively day in Wall Street is as nothing to marbles when the cham pion "shooters" of the school are matched in a game of "Yorkie." —The most disappointing tiling in life is to corne back to the old town after twenty years and go calling on her who we once knew as "the pret tiest girl in school." —"We can't hand Spring anyMng this year." says the Philadelphia In- ! quirer. Perhaps not. but then, just j see what Spring has handed us. HOCH! PER KAISER! Der Kaiser of dis Fatherland Und Gott on high all dings command, Ve two—ach! don't you understand?! Myself—und Gott! Vile some men sing der power divine. Mine soldiers sing "Der Wacht am Rhine" Und drink der health in Rhenish wine. Of Me—und Gott! Der's France, she swaggers all , around!. She's ausgcspield, of no account. To much we think she don't amount; ! Myself und Gott! She will not dare to fight again. Hut if she should!. I'll show her blain Dot Elsass und (in French! Lorraine Are mein—by Gott! Dere's grandma dinks site's nieht j small beer. Mit Boers und such she interfere: Slie"'l learn none owns dis hemisphere But Me—und Gott! She dinks, good frail, fine ships she's got, Und soldiers mit der scarlet goat. Ach! We could knock tlietn! Pouf! Like that Myself—mit Gott! In dimes of peace, brehare for wars, , I bear the spear and lielui of Mars, Und care not for a thousand Czars, Myself—mit Gott! Tn fact. 1 humor efery whim, With asjiect dark and visage grim; Gott pulls mit Me. und I mit Him, I M>seif —und Gott! —From New York World, i THE SEARCHLIGHT \\ AUTO MOVIE SHOW A device has been patented by the use of which an automobile can be made lo run a moving picture show, j supplying both power and the neces-1 sary light. A belt running from the} shaft carries the power to the pic- j ture machine. The auto is jacked tip! sufficiently to let the wheels spin i free. Movies are becoming increas- j ingly used for educational lectures of j various kinds in all parts of the coun- [ try. One of the drawbacks in rural i communities has been the difficulty! of securing light. Bit the use of the new Invention, several audiences may be reached by an illustrated lecture in: a single evening. NOT LOCAL ISSUE [From the Cambria Freeman. 1 A county divided against itself j travels in the mud. A state divided against itself travels | in the mud. When any county splits into fac tions. each of which is pulling wires , for roads which will benefit only itself, there is every reason to believe that the county will get no roads at all. When an entire state squabbles over the question as to whose roads will be I improved, first road work will not i progress as it should. We note with concern that two counties at least are not units in the I matter of the William Penn Highway, | the trans-Pennsylvania thoroughfare which will link Pittsburgh and Phila- | deltihia. • The counties of Blair and Cambria \ are not together in this matter, we are I sorry to say. The trouble seems to be that both i counties imagine the road to be a local 1 one. The William Penn Highway Is not a 1 i local issue. As originally intended, the William j I Penn Highway was to be a 1 borough- i i fare which would BENEFIT PENN- : SYI.YANIA AT LARGE. Thai original intention should be adhered to. LOCALITIES SHOULD PRACTICE A LITTLE SELF-ABNEGATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF PENNSYLVANIA. ; What the central tier of Pennsylva- i ilia counties requires is a road which ! : will get some place quickly; which will require the least possible construction at the least possible cost: which will | take travelers through the territory ( ' possessing the most beautiful scenery: 1 which will not enter towns through { 'ttte back door, nor traverse sections! where the prospect is drab anil faded. The Lincoln Highway talks of the scenic splendors along that route. But the William Penn scenery, if the route is laid out properly, will be far more | ' splendid than that along the southern [ road. The William Penn Highway is not a local issue. When we rid our minds of the be lief that if is a local issue—when we recall that if we are not directly on i the William Penn route we can reach j it quickly through the construction of i lateral roadways, then we will be pre- i pared to give this proposition the at- i i tention It deserves. P.y the shortest possible route the I William Penn road between Pittsburgh ! and Philadelphia is 314 miles in | length. Propositions have been made to ! varv this direct road and route the William Penn through four or five dif ferent sections which complain that they should be given consideration. If tills latler routing is followed, the distance between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh will not be 314 miles, but : 563 miles. In other words, to benefit several communities. 50 miles are added to the mileage. What would that do? Would it take travel through these ' communities? Would you, personally, go 50 miles out of your way because of a selfish road routing, when by fol lowing the direct road you could save that 50 miles? 1 The individual boomers overlook the . I fact that travel follows direct routes. , | They are localizing, or attempting | to localize, a state-wide, proposition. SHE'S HKHi: Br M Ing Dinger Oh. Spring, sweet Spring, has come at last. : No rdbins 'bout us hop , | As yet, but showers have arrived ! And with them slush and slop. And while we'll have days like to-day That make us growl, you bet. The nice days that we'll have will make i L's such as this forget. •"PONTIC* KK Ry the Es-CommiUeenuui Democratic machine leaders have been so busy looking over the fences into their neighbors' back yards lately that they liuve failed to notice tlie fights thai have been started on tlieir own premises. The Democratic lead ers have been njore silent than ever known since the Republican family disagreement came to Ihe surface, but it has given the adherents of the Old Guard faction opportunity to line up its men for the State committee fight. AVoodrow Wilson is going to get the delegates from Pennsylvania without the batting of an eye by the Bryan men and the delegates at large will be slated without a whimper, but there will be a battle royal to throw oft the control of the reorganization element. Men who are not seriously opposed to A. Mitchell Palmer for national com mitteeman again are determined lo get rid of Roland S. Morris as State chairman and are sparing no pains to make their fight effective. The Democratic fuss is due, but this year it will be niore than usually en tertaining. —Formal announcement was made yesterday from Connallaville by Har mon M. Kephart, chief clerk of Hie Senate, that he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for State Treasurer and would make a light to the finish. Ilis friends have become active in his behalf. Mr. Kephart is a native of Blair county and received his education in the Soldiers' Orphan School, McAlistcrvillc, Juniata county, graduating in IXBI. He worked a short time as track hand on the Penn sylvania railroad, then became loco motive fireman and afterward locomo tive engineer. For fifteen years he ran an engine on the Baltimore and Ohio from Pittsburgh to Cumberland, Md. He served in the Legislature during the IS!>5 session Since 1907 he has been chief clerk of the State Senate. Mr. Kephart is a member of the Tariff and Americus Republican Clubs of Pittsburgh and a life member of the Klk, Moose and Eagles fraternal or ganizations of Connellsville. Following is Mr. Kephart s an nouncement of his candidacy: "To the Republican Voters of Pennsylvania: Having definitely concluded to become a candidate for the Republican nomi nation for the office of State Treasurer, 1 now make the fact known by this public announcement. If nominated and elected 1 pledge the people of the State an administration characterized by efficiency and strict integrity. My candidacy, too, is submitted in the be lief that Fayette county, having loyally and without State recognition sup ported the Republican party for up ward of thirty yeai's, is entitled to con sideration at this time. I. therefore, solicit the support of all Republicans, pledging them in return my appre ciation. Harmon M. Kephart." A strong commendatory statement for the Governor by State Senator Wil liam J. Burke, of Pittsburgh, was made public along with indorsements from Garfield J. Phillips, chairman of the Snyder county Republican com mittee: 11. M. White, chairman of the Bradford county Republican commit tee: W. C. Henderson, secretary of the Westmoreland County Temperance Federation, and others. —The Philadelphia Record to-day prints this Democratic view: "As all the efforts to bring about harmony be tween Senator Penrose and the Vare- Brumbaugh combina»ion apparently have failed, it is believed that Kep liart's announcement forecasts the formation of a distinctive Penrose slate for the Republican primaries, in such an event State Senator Snyder will probably receive the backing of the Penrose element in his fight for the nomination for Auditor General. It is not expected that the Vares and Governor Brumbaugh will oppose Kep hart's candidacy, because to do so would antagonize Senator Crow and his strong following iti the west." The Philadelphia North American says 10-day: "That former Secretary of State Philander C. Knox has defi nitely informed Senator Penrose that he will not aid him in his present po litical crisis in the State was the re port freely circulated among politicians here yesterday. Penrose had firmly believed that Knox woilld consent to be a presidential candidate in oppo sition to Governor Brumbaugh, it was reliably stated. Only a blank refusal by the former secretary, it was said, could explain the senior Senator's puz zling silence of the last ten days. It was well known among informed poli ticians here that the senior Senator had prepared a sharp deft of Governor Brumbaugh prior to his trip to Pitts burgh. The Senator even went so far as to show this document to a few of his local advisers." —James A. Walker, a Philadelphia lawyer, yesterday announced liis can didacy for the Legislature from the Twenty-first district, which includes the Twenty-seventh, Fortieth and Forty-sixth wards. Friends of Mr. Walker say he will make his canvass upon a platform pledging himself to support Governor Brumbaugh and all of "the Brumbaugh policies." John McClintock, who now represents this ward in the Legislature, voted for local option at the last session, but is said not lo be an aspirant for renomi nation. Mr. Walker, who is a sup porter of the Harry A. Mackey leader ship. was defeated for Select Council last year by a narrow margin by Ira D. Garman, independent. The Philadelphia Inquirer to-day says "Sweeping investigations of all possible sources of revenue, including not only the direct tax upon real es tate and personal property, but also other methods by which the income of the city may be boosted, are being conducted under the general super vision of Mayor Thomas B. Smith, ac cording to an announcement made by him upon lils return from Augusta, Ga.. yesterday. In a determined effort to arrive at some. d°nite conclusion re garding the financial needs of the city and how best they can be met, a special agent has been employed by the Mayor to consider the manner in which Philadelphia, in the past, has heen financed, and also to ascertain how other cities are securing the money to operate." "UNCLE BEN'S" ENDORSEMENT Harrisburg. Pa.. March 21, 1916. To the Editor of' the Telegraph: Will you kindly publish the en dosed letter in your paper: To the Voters of Pennsylvania: Honorable Martin G. Brumbaugh, our distinguished Governor of Penn sylvania, -lias announced himself as a candidate for President. There is not another man his equal in the State, for he comes of the old stock, and fol lows Abraham Lincoln. Both coming up out of the common walks of life. Lincoln saved our cou-.try, and Gov ernor Brumbaugh will bring the Grand Old Party together, as no other man can. T wish you godspeed in this your highest aim for a united party. From one who voted for John C. Fremont in the olden days. Verv truly yours. B. K. SPANGLER, or "Uncle Ben." THE CARTOON OF THE DAY THIS IS "FRIGHTFUL"— SS ? ■ -wTZ ■.'■■ -ngSrr .., •" AM6*d£9»-. 1< - v:. —From »w York World. ( IN VESTIGA TING WA GES By Frederic J. Haskin ACCORDING to careful studies by | expert economists, the cost of living has increased from twen ty to twenty-five per cent, since 1900. Such an increase necessitates an over hauling of the wage scale to balance it. In a good many lines, the increase in expenses has been more than off set by an increase in wages. In other lines the increase has not kept abreast of the rise in (jrices, and the low- j salaried workers are seeing their mar gin of financial safety dwindle until sometimes it is a little worse than non existent. The situation is being met all over the country in a new way. Instead of i waiting for protests or strikes from the workers, capital and society are investigating the wages and expenses of all classes of low-salaried laborers and trying to solve the question by acting on the information they gather. An employer who investigates has simply to raise wages, if he finds that his employes cannot live decently on their earnings. If a city, or a State, or the nation comes to such a con clusion it has to legislate, and such legislation is so new that in many i cases it must be tested exhaustively in the court to determine whether it will hold or not. Much State minimum-wage legisla tion is being deferred pending a Su preme Court decision on the Oregon law. Almost three years ago, a hill providing a minimum wage of nine dollars a week for women workers in Oregon was made a law. An em ployer brought a test case into the Oregon courts, and lost it in the lower and Supreme courts of the State. The fight was carried up to the Federal Supreme court. The hear ings were concluded some time ago, I but the Supreme court so far has not i handed down its decision. When it does come, that decision will be of the most far-reaching importance be -1 cause it will determine the fate of much other legislation along the same ! lines. The first step in minimum-wage legislation is an investigation to de ! termine w hat that minimum wage shall be. This investigation takes the average family—usually five members !—and determines the lowest income 1 upon which it can decently live. Sev j eral such investigations have already 1 been made. The United States gov ernment is about to make one in the District of Columbia. A bill appro priating six thousand dollars for the purpose is pending in Congress. The results of this investigation will be of nation-wide interest. because they will bear an official stamp that I previous figures lack. The immediate I cause of the step is the case of the Washington street cleaners. The streets of the capital are noted for | their immaculate condition, but the I men who keep them that way only ! get a dollar and a half a day for actual ! working time. If it rains and they [THE STATE FROM WTODWI; Otto Schibllner, a Bradford county; product, with a reach like a hemlock , ! tree and a chest that is proportioned I to his six feet six inches of height, was 1 suggested as a sparring partner for Jess Willard, in his training bouts for the big fight with Frank Moran. Friends of "Otto Dan' would have backed him, but they figured on the little chance Jess would have of lick- . ing Moran after bucking up against Otto, and desisted. The prospect of service in Mexico | has brought an increased demand for positions in the National Guard of Pennsylvania. It is said now that nearlv every regiment in the State is recruited up to its full strength. All are readv for service if occasion de mands. and although Pennsylvania does not want to see her sons sacrificed 1 for national honor, it is a source of ! much pride to her to know that they ! stand ready to make that sacrifice if necessary. • A twenty-foot leap from a second storv window to the ground is the i story of William Anderson, of Chester, .who is said to have leaped that dis tance to Mother Earth In order to ' escape Henry Thomas, who was chasing him with an ax. According i to the police, the two have had recent disputes. Yes, we would say. more than likely, else the one thought the other was a chicken. Manheim people are watching with la great deal of interest the daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. W. A. Ensmlnger. Who is the managing head and owner of a 200-acre plantation in Virginia, ; half of which Is devoted to apple 1 orchards. Her husband, now dead, I cannot work, they do not get paid. | If they work only half a day they get seventy-five cents. These facts, and j some other statistics, connected with the making of garments in the Dis j trict, were brought out by citizens' or ganizations, and the proposed invest!- ' gation is the result. | It will be undertaken by the Depart ment of Labor, under the immediate | direction of Dr. Meeker, Commissioner of Labor Statistics. The names of 2,500 typical families, including all the Industries, will be selected from ; the census, and the Department will | make an exhaustive study of the cost i of living as it applies to these families. Budgets will be made out, tabulating all the various items of expense and | setting the necessary minimum for each. These budgets will serve as the basis for minimum-wage legislation in the District of Columbia, and will be very valuable to the whole country for purposes of comparison. Significant work along thfl same: lines has recently been completed in other big cities—Chicago, New York, Baltimore, Buffalo and Pittsburgh. ; New York had two investigations, one I I into the condition of the street clean- | ; ing squad, which fixed the minimum | income of a family of five at SB4O a I year, and another by the Factory In- I i vestigating Commission, putting the j minimum at $876. | The Amalgamated Association of | street and electric railways made a survey of the condition of the men | employed by the Chicago lines, and 'j came to the conclusion that a yearly j wage of $1209 is essential to proper living conditions for a family of five. | Of this $1209, a sum of $529 is to go ; for food, $240 for rent and $456 for ! clothing. The clothing estimate is over four times as large as the one made by the investigators of the New York factory commission. This dif ference indicates a considerable dif fernce in the living standards of the two classes of workers. The Chicago budget only provides S2O a year for carfare, because the | men are traction employes, and most |of them can get to and from work | without cost. The New York budgets list daily carfare as a necessity. Such an item mounts up in a family of any size, for in bad weather the children must often use the cars to go to school, and the mother to do her mar keting. Tn this respect the small town dweller has an advantage. The Buffalo survey was made under i the supervision of the State Factory I Investigation Commission. The Com ! mission concluded that a factory work er in Buffalo must earn at least $722 a year to support his family properly. I That this figure is lower than the ones compiled for New York City is ! due to the fact that some necessities. I notably rents, are low in Buffalo. The • rent item for that city Is just half the I sum put down in the rent column in • i the Chicago statistics. was formerly one of the leading apple ! growers of the country. Fire the other night destroyed the ; pavilion at the Slate Belt Park, a ! place of amusement near Bangor. All 1 sorts of conventions and entertain -1 ments have been held in the large auditorium and the loss is estimated at $12,000. The fire is believed to i have been of incendiary origin. OUR DAILY LAUGH tOUT FISHING. Feel like some thing taking hold of my line with a pair of pincers. Ssh I Maybe you've got a nib ble from a sub- STTRK NOT. Little early for , . bathing, ain't It? '■ i Not for a ' Waterbug. ' "What has become of that 'Don't Worry I'lub' you once helped to or ganize?" "Bverybody refused to worry. The club got in debt anil hud to disband." —Washington Star, Ebeniug CCliat Probably out of the tangle of pro ceedings over trolley companies in Berks and l.ebanon counties, which occupy the attention of two branches of the State Government, the link of electric communication between this city and Philadelphia bv way of Heading will soon lie closed. The proceedings have been of unusual in terest because the first move was to charter a company to be called the South Mountain which would connect several places and give chance for long trips. Then it was found that there wsls a company known as Ihe and Lancaster railway which h.u a charter. A suit to take it away was instituted on the ground that it had done no work, but it was then discovered that the company had not lost Its right, the two years not having expired. These actions were before the attorney general. Now a move has been made to have the Public Service Commission revoke the approval of the charter. The fight ha* attracted State-wide attention be cause of the unusual features. One thing about the snows we have been having in this part of the Statu recently should not be lost sight of, according to one of our rural friends. The snow is a good thing for the ground and has some elements of fertilization. In some sections of the county there is still considerable snow and it will be an excellent thing for the wheat under it when it starts to melt. Men interested in insurance are pretty interesting to watch in times of emergency. The other day a matt who is in that line remarked that he did not see why people should get excited over Mexico. "Why, com panies are accepting members of the National Guard as good risks," said he. "When you see the insurance companies start to turn men down who are in the Guard you can make up your mind something is going to be doing. We are well-informed and we do not make many mistakes." William 11. Johnson, 540 Camp street, a retired employe of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company., is the proud possessor of a large piece of wood from the historical TTnited States frigate, the Constitu tion. The father of the veteran rail roader, the late William 11. Johnson, Sr., was a gunner on this ship during the war of 1812. The relic was se cured by the son from Boston, lie will keep It until his children have a chance to examine the valuable relic, after which it will be given to the State. The piece of wood is what is known as live oak, very heavy, anil was a part of the gun port of the Con stitution. "Eye Yah," is a very expressive Chi nese term which may be used in the most polite society with impunity. Few are acquainted with its meaning and so one may express himself forci bly while still maintaining the sweet est and evenest of smiles. To let you into the secret, "Eye Y'ah" means "Good night." and is to be used with the same inflection, as per "Hughie" Jennings, whose gyrations and grass pulling behind first base line have be come baseball fan lore. If you don't understand a thing, you express your self thus in Chinese "pub tong," and so on throughout the English slnng and idioms. A young college graduate with friends in this city is now traveling in China, "with my Chinese boy Pi Si Fu along, as well as three coolies to carry my chair and one for my boxes." as he writes a classmate in Harrisburg, who re quested information as to certain Chi nese terms. According to his letter, the censorship shuts out most of the news over there, but Changsha is peaceable, as is all eaatern Hunan, al though at one time a rumor was heard that rebels were expected to attack the city of Changsha daily. There seems to he trouble somewhere, for great numbers of troops have been .sent down the river in junks from the Changsha garrison. "There seems to ! be a feeling of regret among English men whom I have known out here." ! he adds, "a regret that the United States has taken such an attitude as is expressed in President Wilson's pre paredness program." They feel that this step, when our national safety Is not menaced, will, as Lord Rose berry said recently, start the race of ! armaments again as soon as the war i is over. ♦ • • Senator W. W. Hindman, of Clarion, ! who was here yesterday attending a conference at the State Capitol, is one ! of the active men in his county, l-te has been for several years prominently i identified with the Clarion State Nor i nial School. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE | T. DeWitt Cuyler, prominent Philadelphia lawyer, plans to take a trip across the continent. —Thomas Schalicross, prominent in Philadelphia real estate matters will visit, the national association meet in New Orleans. —Ellis Ames Ballard, Philadelphia ; lawyer has returned from an outing in Virginia. j. Denny O'Neil, who is promi nent in the local option work in Alle gheny, Is a big merchant in McKees port. —Senator H. A. Clark, who plans to run for Congress in Erie, is a Har vard graduate. DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg steel is used in making munitions? HISTORIC HARRISBURG This place was a storehouse for munitions in the war of 1812. TWO OF A KIND [From Collier's Weekly] From the New York Times' account of the confession of one Hanel, who murdered Mrs. Julia Hellner, w r e quote: "The blow knocked her unconscious and he strangled her by tying twine around her neck. .. . He said he had been drinking on the day of the mur der. Hanel has been caught and will undoubtedly be electrocuted. Rut the ! wealthy distiller in Baltimore or Peo- I ria or Louisville who made the whisky he drank is not suffering any incon j venience. The Bitter Part of Failure The bitter part of failure ia looking back and seeing how it might all have been prevented. But success is built on the foundation of past mistakes. There are manufacturers who have lots faith in advertising through unwise campaigns. Some of these have righted tli« i error by finding the correct and i profitable way through newspa per advertisers. Others who seek information to guide them are invited to write to the Bureau of Adver tising. American Newspaper Pub lishers Association, World Build ing. New York.
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