8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NBWSPAPER FOR TUB HS>MB Pounded I Sji Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PHIXTIKG CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square, E. S. STACK POLE, Pres't and Editor-in-Chief V. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STWINMETZ, Managing Editor. a Member American Newspaper Pub- SfiiSlßi fil Eastern office, Has gfij fi Ml in Brooks. Fifth Ave - tlsLs-is! 0* nue Bui '^' ns- Gcs Building, Chi " cugo, 111. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a <ff£la|l«s3ltE> week; by mail, $3.00 a year in advance. S«ont dnll.r Rvernge circulation for the three months ending: February 20, l<t, ■flr 22,785 ★ These figures are net. All returned, uuauld and dnmaged copies deducted. TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 28. God help «» all to lcindlp view U'he world that we are passing through! —Lydia Maria Child. MR. CUNNINGHAM'S ADDRESS ONE of the most interesting and instructive features of yesterday's William Penn Highway Confer ence v as the address of State Highway Commissioner R. J. Cunningham. In a few brief sentences Mr. Cunningham outlined road conditions in Pennsyl vania in a way that laymen could readily understand. Mr. Cunningham pointed out that, 1 whereas the original good roads bill contemplated the transfer of about 4,000 miles of main highways to the immediate care of the State, legislators ambitious to favor home communities and relieve counties of road burdens added so greatly to the original plan as to Increase the State road mileage to more than 10,000. Rut while the legislature was willing enough to dump this tremendous load of respon sibility on the Highway Department, it was unwilling to give it the money wherewith the enormous mileage might be rebuilt where necessary and maintained as it should "be. The re sult has been that the State Highway Department, has been trying to do $10,000,000 worth of work a year with an income of some $3,000,000—0r in proportions of that ratio—and the task lias been Impossible of accomplish ment in a manner satisfactory to the people of the Commonwealth. Mr. Cunningham has done marvels with the comparatively small sums at his command. He has given the people of the State renewed confidence in his department. But he cannot be ex pected to make ten cents do the work of a dollar, and If the public wants good roads it must be willing to pay for them. The next legislature—what ever else It does or does not do— should provide the Highway Depart ment with sufficient cash to care for the roads that legislative enactment has thrust upon it. ANOTHER FT/OP COMING THERE are men in touch with political sentiment throughout the United States who confident ly predict that President Wilson will be an ardent advocate of a protective tariff before the conventions meet in either Chicago or St. Louis. Reports from the business centers of the South indicate that even in that stronghold of free trade there is now a very ac tive demand for a i>rotective tariff. In fact, it Is only a long standing prejudice against the Republican party, as such, that prevents many prominent Democratic businessmen in the South from voting the Republican ticket in a national election. In recent years manufacturing has developed rapidly In many of the Southern States. It is not surprising, therefore, that men engaged In manu facturing and other lines of business such as banking, wholesaling, and re tailing have come to see the import ance of a protective tariff in building up not merely individual business but the trade and prosperity of the com munity. So strong is the evidence of this change of sentiment that there can be no doubt that the Democratic party would be strengthened in the opinion of the strongest of its members by advocating a tariff policy based upon the principle of "America First." The I recent announcement by President Wilson that he has changed his mind upon the subject of a tariff commis sion, and his further declaration that he cares nothing for either free trade or protection, Is an indication of his recognition of the change of senti ment in his own party. It is only a few months since he was denouncing protection and proclaiming the efficacy of free trade in lowering the cost of living. His willingness to admit that there is nothing in free trade is but a preliminary step to his acknowledg ment that protection 1s In fact the proper economic policy for the United States. It Is not to be expected that he will acknowledge that he has .been wrong all these years. His explana tion will be that the war has changed conditions and that although the Democratic party was sound In Its previous attitude upon this question, the changed conditions have made advisable a change of tariff policy. Thus will he attempt to save himself from the accusation that he has at last changed his mind upon the only TUESDAY EVENING, subject upon which he has not already reversed himself. When President Wilson signed the Underwood act, he declared that he took a peculiar pleasure in doing so, and that this was an accomplishment which he had hoped all his life to be able to achieve. That statement was a direct contradiction of his later as sertion that he knew, because he was a college professor, that there is noth ing in cither the doctrine of free trade or of protection. Since it is evident that as a con tinued opponent of a protective tariff (he Democratic party must lose some of its strongest members, and since the election of a Democrat on a free trade platform would be impossible, it Is almost certain that the St. Louis convention will hedge on this issue and that President Wilson will pose as the leader In the new movement in the Democratic party and become as ardent an advocate of protection as he is now of military preparedness. He will hope thus to steal the thunder of the Republican party or at least remove this issue from the campaign, and win the election on the plea that he "kept us out of war." But will he? WHERE THE BLAME TjTES AT the outset of the present war restoration of Relgium by Ger many—with indemnity for the I invasion—might have been sufficient Jto have taken England out of the fighting. England was not prepared j on land and her people were pacifically [inclined: so much so Indeed that rais ing armies was one of the govern ment's greatest difficulties in the war. Now, however, the bait of Belgium re stored and Alsace returned to the French attracts only passing interest in Great Britain. The people are de termined now* as never before to carry on the conflict until German militarism shall be crushed. And, curious as it may appear, the very weapon that was to drive Eng lishmen whimpering: from the seas and terror-stricken to their cellars has turned, Frankensteinlike, upon its creators. The "frightfuiness" of Von Tirpitz, which sank the Eusitania, with its load of women and children, and sent overseas the great Zeppelins to slay and maim mothers and their babies as they lay sleeping 1 , has had exactly the opposite effect than that for which it was diabolically designed. Instead of cowing Englishmen It has made lions of them; instead of mak ing them beg for mercy it has made tlieni cry for revenge; instead of breaking their spirit it has stiffened their backbone. It has transformed pacificists into warriors. If Germany finds England a hard taskmaster when it comes to paying for the rutlilessness of which the Teu tonic allies have been guilty, the Ger man people will have nobody to blame except Von Tirpitz—and those respon sible for him and his kind. "Fright fulness" has proved to be a two-edged sword, and Germany is finding to her sorrow that it cuts both ways. WORK AND WAGER JAMES J. HILL, writing on the re quests of the railroad men for in creases of wages, thus reviews the business situation of the country: We have a feverish prosperity that may vanish overnight. The great bulk of the business now tax ing the capacity of our railroads arises from the war necessities of Europe. The money our people are getting in payment for their prod ucts is being provided on the forced 1 credit of the combined nations of Europe. They are raising these i hundreds of millions by piling up to I enormous heights the debts of their Governments, thus building up a great financial burden that must be borne by future generations. The instant that peace is in sight land no one can'teli how soon tills may be, because Europe cannot go on much longer destroying lives and property at this unprecedented rate) all this flood of orders for war materials at high prices will suddenly cease. Europe will then be gin the slow ami painful process of recovering from the great losses of the war. Then the I'nited States, which lias been profiting by Kurope's war necessities, will have to share her burden of the cost of the war. In these days of closely related mar kets one great nation cannot enjoy prosperity for any length of time while a large part of the rest of the world is in financial distress. With the war over, we will no longer see the railroads blocked with merchandise bound for the seaboard or our harbors choked with freight waiting for ships to carry it to Europe. How severe will be tne reckoning the world must pay can only be conjectured, but we all know it must be paid This is precisely what Elihu Koot and other eminent Republicans have been preaching ever since the war began. These conditions bear not only on the matter of Increased wages, but on the coming national political sit uation. Wages is a mere factor in the situation. The Insurance that we need is a protective tariff. Give us that and work will to a large measure take care of Itself, and when work is abundant and prospects bright, adequate pay is to be had without grudging. But with a continuance of free trade after the war, wages would not be the most Important factor. Men in that event would be glad for work at any price. Look back only a year or two if you doubt that. BOATING FACILITIES THE taking over of the "llard scrabble" district must not be permitted to interfere in any way with boating and canoeing during the I coming summer. Some arrangement must be made, either public or pri vate. whereby the large number of boats that find dockage and storage at. Verbeke street can be cared for as they now are. The new dam at the lower end of the city has given a tremendous im petus to boating and canoeing here during the past year and rlvermen predict a great increase of pleasure cyaft on the stream within the next few months. Sunday's delightful weather—even with the liver nearing flood stage—took hundreds of canoe ists out, and the stream was dotted with myriads of these tiny craft. This was but an indication of what Is to come. Everything should be done to encourage this use of the river and nothing should be put. in its way. No doubt a satisfactory manner of caring for the situation will be worked out, but no time should be lost in giving it the consideration It deserves. ""PouvoifCcaKta By the Ex-Committeeman Belief that a harmony arrange ment in the selection of Republican national delegates and in the nomina tion of a State ticket was strength ened to-day by reports from Wash ington that Congressmen whose ac tivities in behalf of peace were noted last week had not given up hope and were working on a new tack. The rock which may split things, however, is the control of the State committee. The State administration forces have been as industrious as the followers of Senator Penrose In setting up can didates for State committee and it is hard to see how a fight on that issue can be avoided under present condi tions. In Philadelphia and Pittsburgh newspapers there are Intimations that the harmony program may be carried out, the State administration people being said to be more ready to listen to suggestions than they were before the State conference of the Progressives. —The latest peace rumors are covered as follows In a dispatch from Wash ington: "A possible basis of com promise has been suggested both to Governor Brumbaugh and Senator Penrose In the delegate fight in Penn sylvania, according to information which reached several members of the Pennsylvania delegation in Con gress to-day. This basis of agree ment, suggested by those who are not definitely allied, as yet, with either side, is that the State ticket be split between the two factions, while two more men, friendly to Senator Pen rose, be named as delegates-at-large. It would be understood that Governor Brumbaugh would get the compli mentary vote of the delegation, whose united influence would thus be pre served and used at the psychological moment for some other candidate. It is known that the reports of a pos sible compromise resulted from the attempts at mediation by men as yet identified with neither faction and that the suggestion was that the Auditor General be selected from among the supporters of Penrose, and the treas urer from among the known support ers of Governor Brumbaugh. Under the proposed compromise arrange ment, Governor Brumbaugh would get the complimentary vote of the delegation. There would be no con test against him as the "popular choice." It would be understood, however, that the influence of the delegation in the convention was to be preserved; that a united front would be presented; and that if It be came possible to put Philander C. Knox in nomination, the delegation would be thrown to him at. the right moment. Instead of jupiping to Senator Cummins, lowa, or dividing its strength, a real effort would be made to bring about the nomination of Knox, who, it is known, is gaining support among influential leaders in other States. There is no assurance that the compromise program will go through, or that either side has con sented to diBCUSS il. All that is known Is that, it has been suggested as a basis for getting together." • —Stock of Speaker Ambler took a jump last night, when his friend, Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, came out with a statement in his interest. The Philadelphia Press in comment ing upon the matter says: "The candi dacy of Speaker Charles A. Ambler for the Republican Auditor General nomination which opponents suggest ed as wavering, was emphasized yes terday in a formal statement, point ing out that 'no leader of any conse quence has as yet suggested the name of any other candidate.' Mayor Smith, who recently declared himself for Mr. Ambler, said in an interview that, 'I am stronger for him now than ever before.' Politically the two statements were interpreted as a challenge to supporters of Senator Charles A. Snyder, of Schuylkill county, who also is "a candidate for Auditor General to champion his cause." —Penrose lieutenants are preparing to circulate petitions for candidates for del* gates-at-large, the law re quiring not less than 100 sinners in each of ten counties. It has been definitely decided that. State Chair man William E. Crew, of Fayette county, shall be supported for one of the delegates-at-large by the friends of Senator Penrose. W. Harry Baker, of Dauphin county, secretary of the Republican State Committee, is also expected to be a candidate for dele gat e-at-large. It is stated that neither Governor Brumbaugh nor Mayor Smith is on the list, of candidates for delegates-at-large, for which the Pen rose lieutenants are soliciting signa tures to nomination petitions. Mayor Smith has not thus far authorized the use of his name as a candidate for delegate-at-large. —The Pittsburgh Dispatch says the harmony rumors are "feelers." The Gazette-Times says of the reports: "By way of Washington, D. C., comes •a report, which might be traced to a Vare source, that there is a possibility of a. compromise in the Pennsylvania fight between the Penrose and Brum baugh-Vare forces. This is the sug gested basis for the two factions get ting together and thus preventing a. contest, which is generally looked upon as unnecessary. Senator Charles A. Snyder of Schuylkill county would be given a clear field for the nomina tion for Auditor General. Speaker Cjr.arles A. Ambler of the House of Ijepiesentatlves would retire as a candidate for Auditor General and seek a nomination for State Treasurer. Tills would necessitate the retirement of Harmon M. Kephart of Connells ville as a candidate for treasurer. Two candidates for delegates-at-large on the Brumbaugh slate would be drop ped and their places taken by E. V. Babcock and D. Ti. Gillespie of Pitts burgh. This would give each side six delegates-at-large." —The Philadelphia North American and the Philadelphia Record do not profess to see much hope of harmony being worked out. The North Amer ica)' says that Penrose's effort to get Ambler out of the way was a failure. The Pittsburgh newspapers expect some battling in their section of the State, but the Scranton Republican and Wilkes-Bar re Record are coun selling peace. —Congressman Harrow is ill at his home in Philadelphia. Congressman Grlest is sick at Lancaster. —President "Wilson has informed the Central Democratic Club that he will be unable to attend any banquets or Jefferson celebrations because of the situation of international affairs. -—Philadelphia Republican Con gressmen are all to be renominated according to the latest Philadelphia reports. —Congressman W. >H. Coleman, of MeKeesport, is a candidate for re nomination. —Berks Republicans and Demo crats are both due for a row this year. Signs of a fight for control are gen eral. —Representative Mahlon Shaaber, of Reading, tallest man in the last House, is a candidate for renomin ation. TROUBLE OF FAT MAN ( t>eroy (Kan.) Reporter) The worst trouble with a fat man Is that when he starts out to reduce by physical cxerciße, he eats so much that ■it makes him get all the fatter HARRISBURG $&&&$ TELEGRAPH When a Feller Needs a Friend . Byßßiccs <a IN AT TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE [ —lt the Colonel Isn't careful the 1 Teddy Rear and the Bull Moose may 1 become jealous. Twelve rural mall routes are to be i abandoned In York county April 1. And Tork gave Wilson a majority, too. —The man who prepares for the worst usually doesn't get It. —China having changed Its form of government again, one has only to try to remember what its previous form was to know what its form now is. —There's one thing about this weather —it keeps us hoping that to morrow will be pleasanter than to-day, —Barbed wire having proved too cruel for use in the construction of cattle barriers, it has been transferred to Europe for war uses. EDITORIAL~COMMENT ] CARRYING IT TO EXTREMES (Philadelphia Inquirer) Wish we knew just what kind of funeral Villa prefers. We dislike him enough to give him just the other kind. WE CAN ALWAYS TRUST THE TRUSTS (Grand Rapids Press) And of course the grateful trust re sponded to the decision to keep the tariff on by promptly raising the price of sugar. WHO IS AN AMERICAN? (Philadelphia Public Ledger) Uncle Joe Cannon scored heavily with Congress—and with the country at large, afar from the echoing halls of debate—in his speech upon Amer icans. In the Burnett immigration bill the same old stumbling block has been ) included that has led to the veto of j two Presidents —namely, the proviso of a literacy test wherein the appli cant for citizenship must show that he can read. Uncle Jo© raises the pertinent query as to the nativity of those who would bar out those of alien blood. When did their lore bearers come to our shores? Were not the Pilgrim Fathers immigrants? In it not a dog-in-the-manger attitude that would lead men after their own admission to a land of toiling equality to put up the defenses, and let the portcullis fall to those who crjive a similar privilege and flock hither as to a camp of refuge against the social pressure or the militaristic regime in countries beyond the seas? Jt is a I narrow delinttion of freedom that i means liberty for ourselves alone and | not for all mankind. The spirit of ; those who planted the colonies was not exclusive. Captain John Smith did not want the men who were too fine to work; the founders were in many cases men innocent of the culture of books and the refinement of the arts. They were plowmen and sturdy peas i antry: men that had knowledge of a j trade, with hands cunning to work ! in the raw material such as the for jests and the soil and the sea afforded. | Since those pioneers, millions have 'followed in their train, and have built their lives into the teeming life of the land to its great advantage. They have taken their places among the truest and the best Americans. They never spelt their citizenship or made oath to their allegiance with a hyphen; they promised unreservedly to serve this country and obey her laws and live in honor and in peace with all men. Learning has made many a man mad with the greed of gain, a cunning practitioner in politics, treacherous and subversive of the' common good like the agitators of India, who have used what they were taught in foreign colleges only for turmoil and even for anarchy. Let the name and the j definition of a good citizen be d£tach !cd from his booklearning, and let it | be admitted that a man may spell bad j l.v and write 111 and still he a faith ful friend and servant of America. DIXIE GOES AHEAD State-wide Swopping By Frederic J. Haskin A FEW days ago a long lean moun taineer with a virgin stand of red whiskers covering his face and dusty homemade cowhide boots on his feet, called to see Colonel E. J. Watson, the commissioner of Agricul ture for South Carolina. Told that the official was busy, he said he would wait as long as necessary. "I ain't been to town fer seven or eight years, now," he explained, "an' I jes' walked in forty miles this mawn in' to thank the Kunnel for sellln' that litter o' hound pups fer me." Selling a of hound pups for a mountaineer may seem an unusual activity for a State commissioner of agriculture. To Colonel Watson it was merely a routine in"ldent in the day's work. He has built up a sys tem by which he will sell literally any thing for any farmer in the State of South Carolina, whether it be a Betting of eggs or a forty-acre farm. A poo dle dog and a pair of monkeys were among the articles recently listed in his remarkable bulletin; the other day he effected a "swop" of a sewing ma chine for a disc harrow; and the only merchandise he has refused to date was an ivory-handled revolver which tlie State law prohibited him from sell ing. The benefits of Colonel Watson's OUR DAILY LAUGH AULD AC- | QUAINTANCE. C© How long have you known IvX'w'' •! J'jj I've only known f OUTGROWN ' It's a big war, Yes and I'm was an awful nuisance at the start when the amateur strate gists thought they could han die it. THE KI.OWT'.R BOX By Wliijt Dinner T'other evening, wifey murmured. "Hubby, dear, your paper talks Quite a lot upon the subject Of the porch and window box. Don't you think that you could build some For the porch and windows, too. So that I can raise some flowers. As I'd muchly like to do?" So T got some boards together. Saw and hammer, nails galore, Donned some old clothes and got busy Downstairs on the cellar floor. Sawed up all the bloomin' lumber. Then tried to assemble it. But I'd made some error somewhere. Couldn't make the pieces fit. So I've ordered In more lumber, And rißflln I'll try my skill; Wlfey's got to have a porch box Which with flowers she may fill. But it surely Is an 111 wind That to no one blows some good— That first lumber that I ruined is long-needed kindling wood. MARCH 28, 1916. unique selling scheme have been mu tual, widespread and gratifying. When the cotton crop was tied up and the small planter faced starvation, this co-operative market enabled him to sell a calf, a few eggs, a bushel of seed corn, or anything else he might have that would bring in a few life-saving dollars. The commissioner's market helped to save the cotton situation, and inci dentally made its own reputation in doing so. It now handles a business of a couple ot' millions a year, and much of this is business that would otherwise go outside the State. Sev eral large corn dealers who used to import all their stock are now getting it from South Carolina farmers who place their offerings with the commis sioner. A number of little grist mills that could not otherwise exist are get ting all the corn they can grind from the same source. Most welcome of all Is the stream of cash which this unique market has turned toward the woman on the farm. 11" she has butter or eggs or preserves to sell, be her product ever so small, she can have It listed in five newspapers without a cent of cost to herself, and she can almost surely make a sale, or a trade. [Continued on Page 11.] THE STATE FROM D/Y TO m Too bad the weather man couldn't have arranged a more cheerful aspect for the face of nature on the occasion of the visit to this city yesterday of the assemblage of prominent repre sentatives from towns along the route of the proposed William Penn High way. Now if Sunday had been Satur day and vice versa, our visitors might have obtained an even better impres sion of the city which ought to be the pride of Central Pennsylvania. "Farley Gannett, Harrlsburg en gineer," says the Erie Dispatch, "will be in the city Wednesday to confer with city officials concerning Improve ments to Mill Creek." The public meeting which Mr. Gannett will ad dress will be the first In the educational campaign of the city of Erie prior to the bond Issue election on May 16. it is estimated that 51,000,000 of the issue will be used for covering Mill Creek. Despite the criticisms of Judge Jen kins in Philadelphia the other evening with reference to Dr. Nathan Scliaeffer's attitude toward military training in the public schools, the State Superintendent of Public In struction declares that, he will stick by his original contentions and will not change atUtude. A marriage boom is scheduled 10 occur in Ligonier and real estate deal ers are reaping P. harvest from young men who are makinjr their first ven tures in house building. Continued service with longevity i scarcely a common ocurrence and tin Rev. David 'fully, pastor of Highland Park Presbyterian Church. Philade! phia. who is nearly a centenarian, 1:, still serving the 1-ord in an active wa-. and shows 110 sisrns of any desire to Klve up his pulpit and retire. Let him who thinks he is an old man at seventy frisk about a bit and forget it. Anybody want a gallows? North umberland county would fain rid her self of the one that has become obsolete in that section. This nd ap peared in a lo?a1 newspaper there: May be bought cheap—one callows. Apply to the Northumberland County Commissioners." Dauphin county antedated Northumberland's action by a month or so. lEimtmg (M|at The manner In which the safety idea is taking hold in industrial plants, alone railroads and places where men and women are liable to danger is something remarkable. At Bteelton and in the Pennsylvania Rallroat. yards and shops there are warning signs where a few years ago no one would have thought of such a thing. Some of the big cranes and other a P*V\ plianccs where a moment's thought lessness may lead to accidents are labelled with big signs. "Safety First." In some of the factories in this city there are signs telling people to watch their steps or to avoid touching ma chinery. One plant has a couple of big signs reading: KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN Some of the devices in works in this district are rather striking, made so that they may attract attention. Tliey are of colors which win the eye upon entering and in some plants where smoke or steam is apt to arise they are of colors which are easily de tected as soon as the air commences to clear. The safety idea, which after all is self preservation, is now more important than tonnage in a good many shops and Harrisburg and j Steelton are not behind any of the places where care for life and limb is paramount. in March quarter sessions desertion court yesterday President Judge George Kunkel gravely but firmly declined to assume responsibility for any more children. It was this way: Among the defendants arraigned was a weary looking citizen from the upper end of the city who was before the bar to answer for failing to sup port his (wo children. His divorced wife, who has custody of the young sters, brought the action. Judge Kunkel emphatically declared that the father should support the little ones. "Why, I'm willing to support 'em. Judge," wailed the unhappy father. "Tell you what I'll do: I'll take 'em myself, or pay her"—he nodded toward No. 1 wife—"or agree to put 'em in some institution and pay for their keep. Furthermore, in order to get 'em into the right kind of a home, I'll turn 'em over to the coyrt" '"We don't wont them," hastily in terrupted Judge Kunkel; "we've got enough of our own!" * • • Spring's first invitation to canoeists Sunday was accepted by more than a hundred enthusiasts, according to A. P. Dintaman, Harrisburg';? premier boatliouse proprietor. Late Saturday afternoon when the weather man pre dicted that Saturday's warmth and sunshine was to be repeated Sunday, the telephone began to inciuire how orders for painting their light boats had been carried out. Those who were unfortunate enough to have their orders tor repainting in late wore anxiously beseeching friends or boat pavilion owners for the loan of a boat. Before noon Sunday the Susquehanna between Independence Island and the city shore was dotted with the fleet, little boats and some of the scenes of the Harrisburg improvement cele bration last Fall were recalled. 4 * * I One of the surest indications that i King Winter has lost his hold on things is the presence on the river of the river fleet plying their busy trade up and down the Susquehanna, draw-' ing tons of river coal from the botto«i , of the stream for the consumption of * local industries and homes. They seem to be imbued with new life and flit, about with unaccustomed vigor anil speed. Of course the bluebirds and robins, which made their appearancn somewhat timidly within the past few i days, are the real harbingers, but the | good old water dogs who know the , river from bank to bank for miles I both ways are pretty nearly able to , guess when they can start out for I their Spring work. Gradual organization of people con nected with the State government into national defense, first aid and similar preparedness committees is being worked out at the State's Capitol and in a short time the qualifications of each person to render aid in an emergency will be listed and a plan for calling them into service evolved. The doctors and other professional men in the governmental service are already listed and now it is the plan to have departmental organizations ready to extend aid. A short time ago a committee of men who had been In military, railroad and similar services which had given them useful expe rience was formed in the State De partment of Health and similar plans are being worked out in other branches. The primary purpose is first aid, but the committees would be ready to act in any conditions arising. A woman's organization along the same lines is being discussed, it being the Idea to gel- those who have had experience In hospitals and other lines to be enrolled. • • • John It. Reltinger, of the Philadel phia office of the Associate# Press, who is well known here, as he "covers" the sessions of the State Senate, is in charge of the news of the conferences of the coal operators and miners lead ers in New York and Philadelphia. Its returned a short time ago from the conferences at Indianapolis and Mo bile and was then detailed to the meet ings In New York. Mr. Reltinger has attended these meetings for years, hav ing become familiar with the mining industry back in the days of John Mitchell. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE*" —C. A. Buck, vice-president of the Bethlehem Steel Company, has gone to Cuba to Inspect ore properties. —George \V. Klkins has returned from North Carolina to his home near Philadelphia. John Monaghan, mentioned for Judge In Philadelphia, attended the high schools in Philadelphia. Congressman Bailey spoke at the Barton memorial meeting in Wash ington. —J. Banks Kurtz, mentioned for Congress, Is an Alloona lawyer. | DO YOU KNOW Tlint Dauphin, county steel is used In New York subways? _ HISTORIC HARRISBI'RO The first coal was brought herf from Lykens over seventy-five year-* ago. The Business Bourse 'Hie advertising columns of the Telegraph are the city's Business Bourse. Here commerce meets In fair competition and presents Its claims to consumers. Qualities are stated and prices quoted. Trade is an open book to the consumer. People look to the advertis ing when they want to buy or when they seek sny kind or In formation as to what they need. Are you making full use of The Business Bourse ? Not to reed the advertising la to run as much risk of loss as the merchant would who did not advertise.
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