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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.
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