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MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 3,
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All the great things of life are sacra
mental, nor is there anything so com
mon, but rightly conceived, some light
of the spirit breaks forth from it.—
GAIUS GLENN ATKINS.
OUR UNCLE SAM'S PLACE
WHATEVER the relation of this
nation to the countries at war,
it is the honest conviction of
those who are familiar with inter- |
national conditions that keeping out of 1
war at any cost may be a good thing in I
one way, but may be quite disastrous j
to the United States in the final settle
ment of the great conflict.
Inasmuch as this country is not en
gaged in the struggle. It may become
a question in the arbitration following
hostilities whether the interests of the
I'nited States will be conserved
through the treaties and agreements
which will be entered into. It is cer
tain that those who sit about the
counsel table for the final ratification
of peace will not be particularly con
cerned about what Uncle Sam wants
or what will be for his best interests.
rThey will consider their own affairs
tirst, and what will be best for the |
I'nited States will not enter seriously j
into their calculations. They will look ,
I upon this country as the beneficiary of
L t heir troubles and any suggestions
from the Washington government will
receive scant attention.
■ It is on account of this particular :
situation that some conservative states- j
wnen believe the United States would j
%e in better shape through some active
jkirtlclpatlon in the struggle abroad.
is pointed out that our inadequate j
nilvy weakens our position before the
powers at war and many of the doors I
which are now open to our trade, it is
believed, may be closed to us unless
we have a representative at. the table j
in the adjustment of the Interests of j
the family of nations.
WHEN A PRESIDENT ACTS
IT is a real and not a manufactured ,
"crisis" which confronts us in the I
Mexican matter; and there appears
to be no desire on the part of Con
gress to "hamper the President." This
phrase has been used a great deal of
late by those who wish to criticise the
exercise of an undoubted congressional
function, to demand the facts upon
which an Executive is shaping a policy.
So fur as Mexico is concerned, the
k President is making no speeches; for
once he is taking action. Under these
,conditions Congress is indulging in no
debate and is itself practicing "watch
ful waiting." The history of this coun
try shows plainly that a President who
acts finds Congress entirely com
placent, while a President who only
talks finds Congress quite ready to join
him in the discussion.
CONSERVING MATERIALS
THE shortage of paper is only one
of many items entering into a
serious business situation grow
ing out of diminution of important
supplies for manufacturing purposes.
AVhils crop prospects are beginning to
engage attention and economy of all
resources is appealing to the thought
„ . citizen, the attention of the careful
is now being given to the
mediate future and the necessity for
conserving the materials which enter
into his particular activities.
While the steel business has been
booming as never before in the history
of the country, there are evidences of
a more rational attitude toward this
Industry and prices are not soaring in
the skyrockety way of a few weeks
ago. It has developed that the con
stantly jumping prices have had a
tendency toward hesitation in build
ing and other projects, but no one
doubts that the business already In
hand and in sight will crowd the mills
for the next year at least.
This conservative change in the steel
Industry Is indicative or the trend
throughout the business world.
Ordinarily the enormous prosperity
which has been sweeping over certain
lines of trade would have caused such
a boom as the country has never
known, but the thought of a possible
sudden cessation of the war and con
sequent uncertainty has resulted in a
careful conserving of materials and re
sources as a safeguard against develop
ments of the future. Instead of enor
mous dividends as might be declared
in some quarters, the unusual earnings
are beinr utilized to strengthen the
surplus agaiust the probability of
•hanged conditions. Old obligations
MONDAY EVENING, \
are being wiped out and the decks
cleared for whatever may be in store
for the business world. This is a
favorable sign of the times and is
strengthening: confidence everywhere.
Corporations and individuals alike
are endeavoring to prepare themselves
against the uncertainties of the future
and in thus acting they are taking the
best way to prevent the very things
which are discussed as possibilities
under the present unprecedented con
ditions.
Owing to the strong position of the
financial Interests, many new indus
tries are being established and the re
mainder of the year promises a great
activity In many directions. The car
shortage, the deficiency In paper stock
and materials, the reduction of raw
materials out of which paper Is made
—ln fact, a serious famine In paper—
these are the things which are at
tracting as much attention as any
thing else at the present time. This
scarcity -of paper has brought about
great economy in Its use and the
saving of old paper, scraps and
refuse of any sort which can be utilized
in replenishing the stock. Accumu
lating old paper and rags has become
an obsession in many households.
American people are becoming more
and more thrifty; they realize the
necessity of less extravagance and
more care in personal expenditure.
Europe is learning the lesson of thrift
and economy through necessity; the
same lesson is reflected on this side of
the ocean.
Whatever may be the developments
of the next few months, there is a
growing impression that, this country
will be able to weather the storm and
take care of the future. There is
bound to be tremendous commercial
activity for the next year or two and
confidence prevails more generally
than for several years.
NEW SHIPPING COMPANIES
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN
shipping companies have been
formed since the war broke out;
combined capital, $49,881,000. This
includes concerns for constructing, op
erating and repairing ships. They are
carrying freight on everything from a
twentieth century merchantman to a
Chinese Junk, and if the Flying Dutch
man could be captured It would be
pressed Into service to carry war
munitions to the belligerents.
Every one of these shipping com
panies is hoping the Republican party
will make business worth while after
the war is over. Just now they are
busy lading vessels to their water lines.
The next time a Democratic prosperity
warbler gets after your vote, just refer
him to this record of industrial growth
due to war conditions and tell him
there's a reason why people In some
sections of the country have plenty of
money to spend.
NOW. AND THEN
THE President and his party in
Congress may be wide apart just
■now, but on the ticket next elec
tion day they will all be together.
They will be seeking re-election on the
same platform. It will then be im
possible to separate the various
elements in the record, it will be the
Democratic party with Wilson and the
Congressmen posing as its exponents.
The sauce for the goose will be sauce
for the gander then. And that sauce
will be heavily flavored with defeat.
SOUTH IN THE SADDLE
THE new Secretary of War is the '
sixth member of the Cabinet of
Southern birth. Two —Lansing
and Redfield —were born in New York;
two —Lane and Wilson—were born In
foreign countries; and the other six
are McAdoo, native of Georgia; Baker,
of West Virginia; Gregory, of
Mississippi; Burleson, of Texas, and
Daniels and Houston, of North Caro
lina. Yet some people around here
get mad when we speak of the South
being In the saddle at Washington.
TIIE AERO CU B'S OFFER
THE Aero Club of America has of
fered the United States govern
ment a number of army aero
planes for one dollar apiece,
thereby overcoming the law forbid
ding gifts to the nation, and Secre
tary Baker is hesitating to accept.
It is admitted that the army is in
need of aeroplanes. Indeed, the lives
of the men of the aviation corps in
Mexico are being put into jeopardy
daily by the fact that the machines
at their command are antiquated and
unfitted for flight in the mountainous
country in which the army is now op
erating. A report from the principal
aviation camp of the United States
army in Mexico, published into the
day's newspapers, says:
Yesterday I went over to the
aviation camp and talked with Cap
tain Foulois and Lieutenants Gor
rell, Carberry, Dargue, Willis,
Chapman and others, and all agreed
that they had not had a "souare
deal." A long time ago, Captain
Foulois asserted, he asked the Gov
ernment to supply larger and bet
ter equipped aeroplanes, but instead
of getting the machines, an "inves
tigation" was started.
"These men down here are risk
ing their lives ten times a day and
more," said Foulois, "but we are not
given the equipment needed to do
this work at a minimum risk."
"It is nothing «hort of criminal to
send the aviators up under such
conditions as we are meeting here,"
said Dargue, who that very day had
finished a daring flight from Nami
qulpa.
The situation is that aeroplanes
with larger wlngspread, more pow
erful motors, better stability and
other facilities are needed to work
in this mountainous altitude. Be
cause they have not got such ma
chines the aviators are unable to
carry an observer; they cannot fly
for a long period, four hours being
about the limit, and they cannot
possibly pass over the mountains
.here. The aviator must do the ob
serving.
Under such circumstances what
would a private Individual do if he
were offered modern aeroplanes at a
dollar apiece? Snatoh at the oppor
tunity, of course. Isn't it about time
that the government at Washington is
operated on common sense business
What does it matter whence
the aeroplanes come Just so the army
gets them? If the nation needs equip
ment of any sort it should do as the
individual citizen ' would do, take it
where It Is available and get it as
cheaply as possible. The people want
results, not observance of fool prece
dents.
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By the Kx-Committeeman
A fight for control of the Democra
tic machine in Pennsylvania which
bids fair to be as bitter as that suc
cessfully waged by the Palmer-McCor
mick-Guthrie faction against, the Old
Guard under the name of reorganiza
tion in 1911 was launched on sched
ule time last night when Congressman
Michael Llebel, Jr., of Brie, announced
that he would enter tho lists as can
didate for Democratic national com
mitteeman from Pennsylvania against.
A. Mitchell Palmer, the present com
mitteeman. Under the Democratic
rules the Democratic voters will elect
the national committeeman at the May
primary.
Llebel says he will make the issue
Palirierism. which is a polite way of
saying arrogant bossism. This tight
has been brewing for months and the
fact that it has broken out is taken
to mean in many quarters that Demo
crats look for something and are start
ing to fight for It. Ever since Palmer
was defeated for the Senate by such
a big majority he has been losing
ground in the State and his recom
mendations for federal offices have
caused such protests to the White
House that he has been losing there,
too. The campaign that is coming is
going to be a real old-fashioned Dem
ocratic fight for control, one of the
kind that has diverted the State every
now and then.
This is the way the Philadelphia
Record, Democratic organ, discusses
tho impending row in its own party:
"Congressman Llebel announces that
the sole motive actuating him in be
coming a candidate against Palmer Is
to redeem the Democratic party in
A-ennsyivania from its present "de
plorable condition of unprepared
ness." The election of a national
committeeman will take place in the
May primaries. In the interval before
the primaries an active campaign in
Mr. Liebei's behalf will be carried 011
by those Democrats of the State who
believe that Mr. Palmer's titlular lead
ership of the State organization is re
sponsible for the spirit of factionalism
and disunion which has split the party
asunder In the State and has precluded
improvement so long as he continues
to act as national committeeman. In
asmuch as Pennsylvania Is one of the
few States in which need exists for the
Democratic party to. put Its house In
order In preparation for the forthcom
ing national election, the fight over the
national commltteemanshtp will be
watched with Intense interest through
out the country. President Wilson
himself, who is again to be the Presi
dential candidate of the Democracy,
Is known to have displayed the keen
est concern over conditions existing
In Pennsylvania and to have discussed
with his advisers frequently the possi
bility of accomplishing better things.
Mr. Liebei's intention to announce his
candidacy was known in advance to
President Wilson and his chief politi
cal advisers."
A dispatch from Wilkes-Barre to the
Philadelphia Ledger says: "Governor
Brumbaugh's visit to -the Wyoming
Valley as guest of the United Mine
Workers and his trips to various towns
to-day (Sunday) had considerable po
litical significance, although the Gov
ernor did not talk politics directly in
any of his speeches. With the Gov
ernor came some of his advisers.
Chairman Macfcey, of the Compen
sation Board, among them, and they
talked the situation in Luzerne over
with Progressives, temperance leaders
and leaders in the union movement.
Leaders In the ranks of tho United
Mine Workers are frlendiy to the Gov
ernor in a political way, and his visit
here stirred up Interest in the rank
and file. Plans now are under way in
Luzerne to bring out two Brumbaugh
candidates for national delegate, two
candidate for alternate and one for
State committeeman."
—The Philadelphia transit situation,
which in becoming more and more
something in which politics figures,
was yesterday further complicated by
a statement from Senator Penrose in
which he urged that the question of
locating lines be left to the people in
the loan vote and a retort by Senator
Vare that politicians should not rush
into print •• much. The Philadelphia
HARRJSBURG TELEGRAPH!
Press intimates that there will be some
tall battling over transit and the Phila
delphia Inquirer calls on Mayor Smith
to make some moves for peace Instead
of doing something to stir up a row.
—B. Frank Seltz, of Newvllle, some
what noted for breaking into print, is
a candidate for Democratic nomi
nation for the House on a "wet" plat
form. according to news from over
the river. Seitz has run for Congress
and national delegate and is always
interesting.
—Webster Grim and W. N. McNair
persist in being candidates for dele
gate at large against, the Palmer-
Morris slate.
—Richard W. Williamson, of Hunt
ington, candidate for Congress on tnel
Republican primary ticket in the Sev
enteenth district, advertises that he
"promises that if elected the seeds,
fish, bulletins and so on will continue
to be distributed with the same regu
larity and abundance."
—George A. Harris, the McConnells
burg banker, insists on running for the
Democratic nomination in the Seven
teenth.
—The Local Option party to-day
pre-empted the name for the Four
teenth and Twenty-fifth Congressional
Districts, Twenty-third, Thlrty-tlrst
and Forty-ninth Senatorial and First,
Second and Third Erie, First and Sec
ond Cambria, Second Blair, First West
moreland and Bradford legislative
districts.
—Washington party leaders in Phila
delphia yesterday received letters from
State Chairman Detrich, calling for
action preliminary to the sending of
an unlnstructed delegation from Penn
sylvania to the Progressive national
convention. The Ledger says: "Mr.
Detrich pointed out that the leaders
in all counties of the State were busy
preparing nominating' papers for a
complete State ticket and for the na
tional delegates. The delegates will
go to Chicago with the object of try
ing lirst to bring about the nomination
of Colonel Roosevelt for President by
both the Republican and Progressive
conventions. Meanwhile their friends
in the Republican party, former Pro
gressives, will be urged to vote for
antl-Penrose delegates, which means,
in the event of a factional fight, that
they will be urged to vote for Brum
baugh delegates. That is in accord
with the new alliance between the
Vares and the Flinn forces."
—W. T. Ellis, noted as a religious
writer, will ryn for senator against
William C. Sproul in Delaware county.
Mr. Ellis is a Democrat.
—The Philadelphia Jefferson dinner
is scheduled for April 13. The fight
ing has already begun.
—Speaker Ambler Is planning a
speechmaklng tour which is to take
him Into twenty counties. Congress
man J. R. K. Scott may httch up with
him.
—Ex-Director Porter paid his com
pliments to Senator Vare because of
the SIOO,OOO item In the loan bill for
Philadelphia.
—Dr. Otto G. Noaek, of the State
Livestock Sanitary Board, Republican
State committeeman from Berks, Is a
candidate for re-election. He is a
Brumbaugh man. His colleague,
George W. Billman, Is a Penrose man.
—C. E. Gilmore was elected Lycom
ing Democratic chairman on Saturday
at Wllllamsport without bloodshed.
He succeeds H. A. Spotts, who got
tired of the bickering.
1 TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE"
—Secretary Baker is acting just as
though a bunch of aeroplanes grew on
every wayside tree.
—"Silver and gold money famine In
Columbus," says a press dispatch. Now
whoever gave the correspondent the
idea that Columbus is experiencing
anything unusual in that?
—The golfer Is Just beginning to dis
cover the missing links.
—The soft, persuasive voice of the
trout liar again Is heard In the land.
—Says the Weekly News Letter of
the United Staes Department of Agri
culture: "There's money In turkeys."
Yep, we've put a little of our own In.
—A pretty girl is to display an ankle
watch at the Kansas City jewelers' con
vention, and we suggest that each ob
server be required to give afterward an
accurate, written description of the
watch.
ROOT AND ROOSEVELT
The New York Sun, notable for its
conservative viewpoint, has this to say
of the meeting of Mr. Root and Colonel
DIXIE GOES AHEAD
The New Wild West
By Frederic J. Haskin
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THIS is the new Industrial South
with a vengeance. It is
Civil War battlefields sold at
auction; planters and ancient
lineage made niillfonaires; colonial
estates converted into factories and j
ail in less than a year. Last week a j
gang of foreign laborers digging in
the furrows of a cornfield unearthed
the skulls of two Confederate soldiers.
They were placed on exhibition in the
window of a shack drugstore and later
were stolen by a Greek. That inci
dent could not have happened any
where eUe in the world.
Hopewell Is hard to describe be
cause there is nothing like it. It is
raw as a new bruise, ugly as crime,
and vital as life itself. Fire wiped
it out and the next day It sprang up
again in gaunt yellow frames out of
its own smoking ruin. It is not a city.
It is not even a town. It is a phe
nomenon. It is human energy making
a home out of crude materials —bar-
ren land, men of dozen races and the
need of a fighting world for powder.
This Is a frontier of industry, and
it lias all the marks of frontier life.
There are the adventurous men from
everywhere, ready to fight for their
lights and lives, the narrow, swarm
ing streets, the unpalnted shacks, the
dance hails and theaters, the money
easily made and rapidly spent, the
freedom and the energy that made
the romance of the West. The stage
coaches are jitneys, and there have
been plenty of thrilling holdups.
Roosevelt:
"Speculation must not dull us to the
obvious but welcome fact that the
strongest man in the Republican party
has just sat with the strongest man
outside it. The coming together of
these two furnishes sufficient indi
cation in itself of their intention to
work in harmony."
The meeting of the two men, the
Sun believes, will produce a leadership
In both parties that will sweep away
any obstruction of formal party lead
ers. It adds: _
"The real obstruction to a complete
joining of forces by Republicans and
Progressives is to be found among
chiefs of the formal party organ
izations. These gentlemen are, how
ever. more likely to follow bold, far
sighted leadership than produce It."
The Globe recognizes that a new
Issue has brought these two men to
gether and that the big Issue Is a com
mon belief that the Wilson adminis
tration has failed In the face of the big
world problems caused by the war.
"A new paramount Issue has arisen,"
says the Globe, "and concerning it Mr.
Roosevelt and Mr. Root are In agree
ment. The basis of co-operation is a
common belief that the administration
of President Wilson has failed to up
hold traditional Americanism in its
foreign policy, and that the Demo
cratic party as now constituted has
shown itself incapable of preparing
adequate measures of national de
fense."
The Globe points out that the same
influences that brovght Colonel Roose
velt and Mr. Root together are op
erating on thousands of men who have
held divergent views since 1912.
To the Herald the meeting of the
two men is a huge puzzle, and a con
clusion Is drawn out of the air that the
two have come together to combat
sentiment for Hughes.
| THE STATE FROM D/Y TO DW
014 Man Mars himself made a
startling entry into the flrst-class
hotels of Philadelphia Saturday,
placed his stamp upon each and every
menu, and went out. Bread and but
ter now sets the Individual diner back
ten centimes to meet the high cost of
foodstuffs. Oh, butter, butter, thy
name is oleomargarine.
Segregation of vice centers and
gradual diminution of .the number of
saloons in any one locality seem to
be analogous insofar as the general
welfare of society Is concerned. The
argument against sudden prohibition
seems to be borne out In the exhibi
tion at N«v Castle Saturday, where
APRIL 3, 1916.
At this point it must be said, to the
detriment of romance but to the great
credit of Hopewell, that its days of
riot and license are rapidly passing.
Civic pride has awakened. Politics is
taking the place of sun play. Men
are making homes for wives and
mothers. Hopewell will soon be a
sober, orderly city. But that's anoth
er story. First you must hear of the
birth and the strenuous infancy of this
lusty industrial baby which has so
shocked and astonished its eminently
respectable parent, the grand old com
monwealth of Virginia.
Hopewell had its beginning: before
the European war. That is a fact
which the cltisens are anxious to em
phasize. They claim that it is not
merely a powder town, but a natural
industrial center because of its loca
tion at the junction of the James and
Appomatox rivers. A century or more
ago, they assert, City Point, which is
now part of Hopewell, was destined
to be the capital of Virginia, but Rich
mond won the honor, and City Point
remained a very quiet little country
village. When the war broke out the
Du Pont Powder Company needed a
gun cotton plant, and in December
1914, it opened one on Its Hopewell
property.
The story of that property is the
story of a piece of real estate that was
"held for a rise" nearly three cen
turies. In 1621 King Charles of Eng
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licensed saloons opened after Ave years
of no license. Special coaches were
added to Pennsylvania trains running
from points in Mercer county that
are now dry and standing room was
at a premium.
Mrs. John L.- Prels. of Chester, is
suffering from injuries received when
hpr motorcycle shied at a passing
automobile and threw her to the
ground. The John IJ. in her name is
significant, and her Sullivan flghtine
spirit is not diminished.
John Crock, of Wycombe, steps ta
the head of the class as the cham
pion lemon rower of Bucks county
He recently raised a seed to be a
lemon ten inches in diameter. What
a lemon pie that would make!
"Girl Shot by Youth She Scarcely
Knew." Headline in Philadelphia
paper. The fresh thing!
DAVID'S REIGN
So David reigned over all Israel,
and executed judgment and Justice
among all his people. I Chronicles
THE CALL OF~SPRING '
Sweet April sends her gentle showers
O'er field and budding tree.
To call the lovely Springtime flowers.
For mortal eyes to see.
By softly flowing streams she glides.
And everywhere you see
The foliage on either side
Break forth In fresh beauty.
The bluebird, held by all so dear.
With robin, wren, and jay.
And many more, not mentioned here
Have come from far away.
The blossoms on the apple trees
In the orchards now are seen
And new grass covers all the earth
With a mantle, fresh and green.
The pussywillow long has stood.
In her cloak of velvet gray,
In safe seclusion in the wood.
Awaiting Easter Day.
The crocuses are peeping through.
The violet, In purple dressed.
Hepatlca, and wild phlox, too,
Any every flower that Spring loves
best.
The daffodil now lifts its head,
The brooklets ripple, as with mirth.
Narcissus stirs within his bed,
And comes to gladcn all the earth.
The snow has fled from off the ground,
And every slnirle living thing
That haunts the woods for miles
around.
Has come to heed the call of Spring.
BY PAULINE LONG.
Aged 14 years.
Pupil of Cameron School
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jjjEtamng Cljat
Fifteen different varieties of musical
effort, to say nothing of the sounds of
automobile horns and trolley car
bells, were heard in Market street
on Saturday night within five blocks,
an increase of possibly four over the
entertainment provided in the early
uays of last Spring. In the midst of
it the raucous notes of some automo
bile horns seemed like fog warnings
along a coast. There were several
persons endeavoring to attract atten
tion and' alms by means of mouth or
gans. One gentleman paraded up and
down blowing a cornet when the
crowd permitted and one was forced
to wonder what it would have been
like had he come out with a trom
bone, for be it remembered there
were more people in the streets Sat
urday night than for a long time, the
combination of mild weather and
Spring styles being responsible. Then
there was a woman who sat and
ground out hymn tunes from a small
organ and who reaped a fair harvest.
One man chanted a request for people
to buy chewing gum in a not unmusf
cal Voice, but which persistently re
peated caused speculation whether he
kept his throat moist with hiq own
wares. A guitar player was also
abroad in the streets and there was
a man who essayed to sing similar
tunes, but who was prevented from
proper enunciation by loss of teeth,
although that fault was not much not
ed by the Jostling throngs. And lastly
there was a street organ. All these
were going with an occasional blast
from the electrically driven. Incom
parable pipe organs which entertain
the visitors to the moving picture
shows. These came when the doors
would open. At one place you could
catch some splendid bars from grand
opera swelling out over the crowd,
while a few blocks further on the
tuneful chorus from Tipperary would
be sounding out, making your blood
go a bit faster and your mind to won
der whether the audiences, which In
this community must contain some pro-
Teutons, regarded the air as part of
the program or a breach of neutrality.
And then there were the earnest folks
who preach from the Courthouse steps
to a constantly changing audience ar i
whose songs can be heard above the
din for a block. Verily, Market street
on Saturday night does produce a va
riety of sound.
* * •
People who were out along the
river road Saturday and yesterday had
a good bit of fun watching automo
biles plough through sections of the
road flooded by the river or baclc wa
ter. Up near Fort Hunter there was
two feet of water and as motorcyclists
gave up attempting to go through they
stood about watch.ng the others.
Every now and then a car would
stick, when there was a chorus of
advice to get a rope or to hitch up
the oxen. But when the car moved
off the "kidders" would cheer for the
plucky motorist
» « •
The Country Club of Harrisburg will
have an unusually interesting annual
meeting to-morrow evening at the
j Board of Trade because the members
i will vote on the proposed change of
the site to the property near Fort
j Hunter, where a handsome clubhouse
I is planned. The club will have another
j meeting on May 22 to vote on the
! proposed bond issue for the purchase
of the new property, the construction
i of the new house and the laying out
iof the grounds. This summer the
t Lucknow site will be used, the bowl
| ing alley building having been chang
ed to afford lockers and a gathering
place. This was the only part saved
from the tire. The golf links will bo
formally opened late this month and
numerous golf a"hd tennis events are
planned for the old grounds.
« • »
The combination of high water and
a mild, Sunday yesterday caused many
of those who went to the riverside lof>*
watch the Susquehanna to recall the
first Sunday of June in 1889, when
the river reached the highest point
known since Harrisburg developed
, and gave ideas of the terrific force of
the water. Harrisburg went to bed
; the night before with the river about
26 feet and it raised a foot or more
in the night, attaining Its maximum
on Sunday, the surface of the water
i covered with trees, parts of wrecked
i buildings, whole sections of lumber
1 yards and booifilogs. That Sunday
will never be forgotten by those who
: lived here and the cannonading of the
' logs against the Cumberland Valley
! bridge and tlie crash of debris against
i the bridge piers have never had any
. thing about here to equal them.
1* * *
Ex-Governor Pennypacker,* who
1 went from the seashore to his home
1 on Saturday, Is .anxious to get back
' to work. He will be unable to leava
his country home for some time.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ]
J —Clifford Plnchot lectured at State
5 College on forestry conservation.
[ —Director Datesman says that it
, will take $25,000 to get rid of mos
quitoes about Philadelphia.
—W. J. Mulr, new State secretary
of the P. O. S. of A., Is assistant post
. master of Shamokin.
p —J. M. Bloss, former postmaster of
, Titusville, has bought the Titusvllla
' Herald.
, '—Andrew Graham, the new presi
' dent of the Montgomery county fire
men, is burgess of Jenkintown.
j —Ex-Senator P. C. Knox was In
. Philadelphia Saturday, but said he
. went there to "shop."
i
1 DO YOU KNOW
Tlint Harrisburg billing ma
-1 oliincs arc used in Manila'.*
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Chartler, the famous French trader,
is said to have had this section as his
j headquarters for years.
9 .
1 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR]
STOP THE DUMPING!
To the Editor of the Telegraph: ,*•
As a newspaper Interested lit all
that represents the welfare of this
community, may I not appeal to you
to make this public protest against the
dumping of ashes and refuse of all
sorts along the driveway leading from
the river at Boas street? If we must,
have this dirty district in the midst
of a beautiful park, then It is as little
as may be expected to enforce proper
regulations against the misuse of the
driveway. Perhaps (he Department of
Parks lias jurisdiction and will stop
the nuisance.
CITIZEN.
A Record Auto Year *
There was more automobile ad
vertising In the newspaper* in
J 1915 than ever before.
Automobile factories ran to
capacity to supply the demand.
There will be still greater
volume of newspaper advertis
ing in 1316 manufacturers
agree.
Commenting on this fact the
President of a leading motorcar
s company says:
"The fact that newspaper ad
vertising will sell automobiles
leads me to the conclusion that
It will sell any good product."