8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Pounded iSji Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELGURAFH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Untitling, Federal Square. E. J. STACKPOL,E, Fres't and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. SHEINMETZ, Managing Editor. * Member American llshers' Associa- Bureau of Clrcu sylvania Associat- HlBl&iO Eastern yfflee, Has §jjß S |3b fly Brooks, Fifth Ave. jEgSßjßSffjj* nue Building. New Brooks, ' People's ' ~ Gcs Building, Chi ~—— cago, 111. Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg. Pa., aa aecond class matter. By carriers, six cents a <E®!SSrOIJBEE> week; by mail, $3.00 a year In advance. Sivgra dally circulation for the three mouths ending April 1. lUIO, ★ 22,432 if Theae flfiiirra are net. All returned, unsold and domugril copies deducted. THURSDAY EVENING APRIL 13 Wealth takes into itself the qualities Iwhioh it is won. — HOLLAND. LOCAL OPTION GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH struck the keynote of the local option argument in his speech at the State rally last evening. He summed up the whole contention of local optionists when he said: This is a Government in which the will of the people rules. The major ity will expressed In terms of law Is guidance and direction to all the people. When that will is recorded it is the duty of all to yield to it ready obedience. The essence of our democracy is reliance upon this citizenry. To educate that, citi zenry and fit it to do its part in en acting, enforcing- and obeying law is the greatest program of service to which the nation can devote itself. There is conclusive evidence that local government can be given increased powers as the people be come increasingly trained and in formed upon all matters that have to do with conduct aud procedure xinder law. To deny local control is to deny one's confidence in our democracy. I for one believe in the people and am willing to give them full opportunity to register their will upon all issues that affect them locally. The same confidence which the Commonwealth shows in giving the people in the several counties and small municipal units the power to elect their own Assemblv men ought. In my judgment, be ac corded them in the matter of de ciding for themselves whether or not licenses for the sale of alco holic beverages shall be granted In their several counties. Local option is more than a tem perance questions It involves tlie rights of citizenship. By denying the people t,he right to vote on the mat ter of liquor licenses in their respec tive districts the legislature places itself above the electorate that created It. As the Governor says, If the voters are to be entrusted with the election of a Legislature they also may be trusted to decide what is good for them locally. This Is a country of majority rule and local option is nothing more or less than an exercise of this funda mental of our government. Now is the time for local optionists io set up delegates all over the Slate. The issues of the coming campaign are of a national nature. In the heat of a presidential election with the predominating issues that will be raised the choice of a local option Legislature will depend largely upon the nomination at the May primaries of candidates of all parlies pledged to the enactment of such a law. That is the only sure way and now is the time to act. Those Southern theorists who arc endeavoring to scrap the big arbor plate plants of the country for and In the interest of a Government factory to be located "somewhere in the South," are in entire harmony with the general theory of the present national adminis tration. Anything that will help the South, without regard to how hard it hits the North, is the chief concern of the present Congress. This armor-plate business is on a par with the refusal of Congress to protect the manufac turers of Byes in the United States. SAN'GRKIi'S SKETCH OF DAVIS ALLEN SANGREE'S sketch of Richard Harding Davis, as he knew him, will be read with in terest to-night by every Telegraph reader who has delighted in the re markable stories and descriptive ar ticles that for many years have flowed In a steady stream from the versatile and gifted pen of the noted journalist and author whose sudden death yes terday shocked his admirers every where. Mr. Sangree, himself a writer of national reputation, and Mr. Davis wore for many years close personal friends. Mr. Sangree knew Davis in the years when his fame as a war correspondent was at its zenith, through the years of unhapplness that followed and again when his life had been enriched by the arrival of a long-hoped-for little one to cheer his later years and when his vivid word pictures of the sweep of the German armies through Bel glum were thrilling millions of Ameri cans. Davis died with his fame as a war correspondent augmented by the luster of his experiences In Belgium and when his stories had begun to appear with more regularity than dur ing the period of domestic infelicity through which he passed previous to his second marriage. As Mr. Sangree says, Davis' place In American liter ature cannot be determined at this time. But this much may certainly be said of him—that he was one of the best reporte.-s the wqrld has ever seen, that he was a fine, upstanding type of American manhood. I hat he possessed a literary style both Individual and THURSDAY EVENING. charming, and that everything he wrote of life was pure and clean. The world of letters can 111 afford to lose a man of his type In this era of slush and Immorality passing in the guise of literature. Next Tuesday, at the Harrisburg Club, Edward F. Trefz will be the guest of the Chamber of Commerce. He will discuss the scope of the national com merce body and the dinner promises to be a notable event. GENERAL PRATT'S WORK GENERAL, R. H. PRATT, whose name is synonymous with the education of the American In dian and who as the founder of the Carlisle Indian School demonstrated the correctness of his theory regard ing Indian education, has recently aroused interest in the subject through his views which have been printed in Pacific Coast journals. General Pratt believes what the In dian needs is daily contact with the American life. He Insists that we ! have robbed them of their lands as i fast as we can use them and have tried to make slaves of them. He also I strikes hard at the reservation system j and declares that humanitarianism has no proper place in our dealings with the Indians. "What is demanded from us," says he, "is common hon esty and a square deal." He believes that they should be freed from their reservations to mingle with the people of whom they form a part. A few weeks ago the writer spent an hour or two going through the famous old fort at St. Augustine and the guide, without knowing that any member of the party was familiar with the work of General Pratt, spoka of the brave old soldier's treatment of the Indians who were prisoners at the fort some years ago and paid a fine tribute to Jiis Christian character and his wonderful influence upon the resentful Red men. All who have been in touch with the work of General Pratt and are familiar with the details of his educa tion of the Indian youth must recognize the fact that he has stood head and shoulders above all others who have endeavored to develop what is best In the American Indian. Again Harrisburg- is in the limelight through the way it does tilings. In the April number of The Rotarian there is reproduced an interview with Harry I-.auder, as it originally appeared in the Telegraph on his visit to Harrisburg in February. Lauder is a Rotarian, and he was much Impressed with the local brethren, so much so that he dedicated a new song to the organization on his last visit here. PEN BROOK ANI) CAMP HULL /TMIERE is general and widespread J_ regret over the decision of the Attorney General's Department upsetting the plans for the improve ment of the main highway through Penbrook. This decision is to the ef fect that State-aid money cannot be used for construction work on high ways within the limits of boroughs. It is intimated In the decision of the State's legal department that town ships may suffer through the same ruling. Ten boroughs are deprived of better highways through this decision and while it is regrettable that the other municipalities have lost out in their proposed improvements, Harrisburg is particularly interested In the Pen brook case. Hero the Motor Club of Harrisburg and individual citizens have labored strenuously to bring about the repair and permanent con struction of the main street from one end of Penbrook to the other, but the decision just handed down practically tics up the proposed improvement until the Legislature shall have pro vided funds for highway construction. So Penbrook is in precisely the same situation as Camp Hill and other boroughs in this section of Pennsyl vania. But the reversal of the situation will not relieve these boroughs of responsibility In the mat ter of maintaining their highways. Because the Legislature dumped upon the State about 10,000 miles of roads and then failed to provide funds to construct and keep up this great sys tem is no excuse for a general abandonment of the highways for which local authorities arc respon sible. Until the Legislature shall take a sano view of the conditions and pro vide money enough to maintain the highways now under State Jurisdiction the situation Is hound to be more or less chaotic. Meanwhile, Penbroolc and Camp Hill and the other un fortunate communities must make such temporary repairs as will pro vide reasonably well kept stretches of highway within their limits. The suggestion of Warren H. Man ning, landscape designer, to the De partment of Parks regarding this plant ing of 40,000 small pines at McCormlck's Island has aroused much interest among all who feel the need of a more general observance of Arbor Day. Mr. Manning- Is looking ahead to the time when this Island shall become more and more a recreation spot and now Is the time to do the planting for the future. His further suggestion that some of these trees be planted along the parkways Is also admirable. Commissioner Gross and Superinten dent Forrer are doing some thinking in connection with the boating facilities of the citv and In co-operation with a committee appointed a few days ago by Planning Commissioner Relly, will doubtless develop some concrete plans that will be practical, It is regrettable that the problem of locating the Donato statuary Is being treated somewhat as a Joke In official quarters. Harrisburg has been too long regarded as a leader In civic matters to permit a detail of this sort to bring ridicule upon the city. If Council did not propose to utilize tills statuary It should not have been accepted. In any event such headings as "Harrisburg Unable to Build Pedestal for M. S. Hcr ■shey's Gift," In a metropolitan news paper, should shame our city nfllcials into a more serious view of the situa tion. TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE —Henry Chaplin has just been ele vated to the English peerage, but at that we bet his income Isn't anything like Charley's. —The Pennsylvania censors deny they are controlled by the "Rum Ring," which is not strange when it is remembered that the movie makers declare the only effect of the censor is to make the moving picture show dry. —The colonel having discovered the national bird of Trinidad, it looks as though the national bird of America is about to rediscover the colonel. —lt has been found that 40,000 school children of New York are un derfed, but then, what boy ever ad mits that he is ever overfed? —"America," we are told in a news paper dispatch from ' Amsterdam, "is regarded by many Europeans as hat ing all Europe and looking only to the profit end of the war." which is a pretty poor way of thanking us for some $25,000,000 worth of supplies shipped over free for distribution among starving war sufferers. —Maurer says he didn't, but it cer tainly did sound a lot like the kind of a noise he occasionally makes. —Secretary Baker probably will re sign soon; he shows entirely too much activity to be in perfect harmony with the "watchful waiting" idea. EDITORIALTCOMMENT I Teuton scientists seem to have found a substitute for everything but war.— Wall Street Journal. Jitneys ara officially pronounced common carriers. Some of them scarce- j ly that.—Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. There's one thing to be said in be half of Villa: he's not in the habit of making disavowals.—New York Sun. An Kvansville, Ind., man on his death bed made his wife dress up in her mourning clothes so he could see how she would look at the funeral. That's a longer chance than we would care to take. She might laugh.—Kansas City Star. The Silent Partner The Silent Partner breaks the si lence in order to deliver the following common sense axioms and opinions. The Silent Partner, self-explained, is a little pamphlet published by a man | who bucked up against the game of i chance and. like every other lamb, 1 lost. He is convinced, is the author of the pamphlet, that, good steady work is the panacea of all ills and wants' others to proilt by his experience. You are given a tongue to say some- j thing pleasant, hands to help other humans. How do you use them? Living to-day and trying to live 1 to-morrow at the same time wears out a man. If you manage to live out one day at a time, you will probably sur vive a long time. She accused him of not sending her any more roses since their marriage, but she forgot about the three tons of coal and the rib roast. THE UNDERSTUDY There are three classes—the leader, the lieulenant, the common soldier; the uncommon man, the understudy, the usual fellow. To which class do you belong? The understudy is always interest ing to me. The understudy is not ex pected to lead, but he is expected to be able to lead when necessary. The point for you to consider, to de termine, young man. is this: Could you step into the leader's shoes? Do you know what is going on about you? Somebody, sometime, is sure to be taken sick. Can you take this some body's position and make good? Presidental Gossip Among the Republicans, according to Washington gossip, there appears to be lint one purpose and that Ik to win. with Colonel Roosevelt, If It should so happen, or with Justice Hughes. The thought that seemed to be uppermost was that no one can tell what might happen between now and June. "It Is fruitless to make prognostica tions at this time," said Representative Mann, minority leader In the House. "The Republican convention will select the candidate and I am sure it will se lect the strongest man In the field to represent the party. There can be no doubt that Colonel Roosevelt has strong support in his part of the country. "He has many followers and Ills" atti tude on many public questions has aroused a strong sentiment for him. He Is a strong man with strong convictions and naturally attracts many to his standard. The same is true of Justice Hughes In m.v part of the country. I think he would make a strong candi date. The same is true of ex-Senator Burton and others." "Of course Roosevelt is a strong and popular man." commented "Uncle Joe" Cannon. ex-Speaker of the House. "I am not prepared to guess who the can didate of the Republican party will be, but I am convinced that the convention will nominate a real Republican." Gettysburg and Verdun rFrom the Kansas City Times.] Several American observers of the great war see an analogy between its progress and that of our own Civil War, and predict that Verdun will be the Oettysburg of this struggle, basing this of course, upon the presumption that Germany will meet with failure at Ver | dun and thereafter will have to fight J upon the defensive, as the Confederacy | did for two years after Gettysburg. The Civil War went on for four years, and although we know now that it was doomed to defeat from the tirst. be cause the odds against it were too great, yet very few people saw that condition then. Ten months before the end of the Civil War a national convention ile clared that the war prosecuted by the North was a "failure. In the Presiden tial campaign of 1804 Lincoln was so discouraged about the outcome that he i made a memorandum of what he ex- I pected to do to save the Unlgn in case of his expected defeat. ! The end came suddenly and com pletely and it is no exaggeration to say that the country did not expect it then. I Gettysburg was the supreme effort of the Confederacy ami its failure doomett II he South to defeat. But the battle of Gettysburg lasted only three days while i the hattle of Verdun already lias gone on six weeks. Until the present war (Gettysburg was rated as one of the greatest battles of history and one of j the bloodiest, but only S.6GL' were killed there and the total killed, wounded and missing on both sides was 4,1,419. Ac cording to reports there 4 are more casualties than that In one attack at Verdun. The truth Is that this war cannot be compared with any other that ever pre ceded It and Verdun cannot be com pared with any battle that ever occur red before. Germany may lose the present struggle at Verdun and yet win the war, or she may win thrre and yet lose In the ultimate outcome. There Is no analogy between tills and any other war. but it is interesting to make com parisons. HAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH Ot '"ptKKO^tuanXa By the Ex-Committeeman Nominating petitions for the candi dates for Republican national dele gates-at-large .their alternates, many of the district delegates and their alternates and for the Republican State committee will lie filed by both sides in the Republican factional con test on Monday, according to present plans. The petitions for the Penrose delegates are In circulation here and it is understood that most of those for the Brumbaugh delegates are in the hands of Attorney General Brown already signed up and awaiting filing. Mr. Brown says that they will be filed on Monday. The name of John Wanamaker ap pears on one of the petitions in the hands of Penrose men. Others bear the names of the Senator, Senator Oliver. Col. John Gribbel, Alba B. Johnson, Col. James Elverson, Jr., of Philadelphia; Mayor Armstrong, E. V. Babcock, Pittsburgh; Ex-Judge W. E. Rice, Warren; Guv' Moore. Wilkes- Barre, and R. L. Gillespie. Pittsburgh. It is said that William A. Magce, public service commissioner, may de cide hot to be a candidate for Re publican delegate-at-large as some at the Capitol consider that he cannot be a candidate because of the public service act. The activity in preparing the pa pers for filing is taken to mean that the last hopes of any adjustment of the matter have disappeared. The attorney general says frankly that it is a fight to (lie finish and appears to be enjoying the prospect. —The nominating petitions of Jesse L. Hartman, the Blair county candi date for the Republican nomination for State Treasurer are in circulation here to-day and will be filed within a day or so. The petitions for Harmon M. Kephart, which have been signed I by the bale throughout the State are j said to lie about ready for filing. The' Charles A. Ambler papers are also said to be about ready. —Many Progressives in Philadel phia and Pittsburgh who did not join the procession last year are enrolling as Republicans this year and the Democrats are also reported to be go inn over. —Philadelpliians favorable to the Governor say that he will get ten dele gates from that city. The other side says not. —The Philadelphia Press to-day says: "Municipal Court Judge Eugene C. Bonnlwell is scheduled to become the candidate of the Old Guard fac tion of the Democratic party for United States Senator. The Re organizers, under A. Mitchell Palmer and State Committee Chairman Ro land S. Morris, have slated ex-Judge A. O. Smith, of Clearfield, for the Senatorship nomination, and a lively contest is anticipated, the two factions of the Democracy being as embittered now as they were in the last Guberna torial contest. Opposition by the Pen rose forces to the re-election of Con gressman-at-large John R. K. Scott is beginning to develop. Tt is likely that if opposition is carried to the primaries Joseph MacLaughlin of the Fifteenth Ward, national president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, will be chosen to oppose Scott. —A Washington dispatch regarding the Wilkes- Barre post office says: "President Wilson has decided to ap point Lawrence C. Casey, postmaster at Wilkes-Barre. Pa. This became known to-day following a conference of the President, Postmaster General Burleson and Congressman Casey, of Wilkes-Barre, brother of the prospec tive postmaster, who recommended the appointment several months ago. The situation was complicated by the candidacy of Dr. B. C. Mebbin, of Wilkes-Barre, who is a former col lege mate of the President, and who was: reported to have the support of certain influential Democrats in Penn sylvania. Congresman Casey's friends resented the support of the Mebbin candidacy upon the ground that It was an invasion of the established prero gative of a Congressman to appoint tilt- postmaster of the town in which he lives. The nomination is expected to be forwarded to the Senate to-mor row morning." —Calvin Greene. T,ewistown busi nessman. to-day filed his petition to run as Republican national delegate in the Seventeenth district. The Was son-Detricli combination ts said to have candidates in opposition to him. —Tt is said that Senator A. F. Daix, of Philadelphia, will not be opposed for renomination. —Alderman M. J. Lewis, of Wilkes- Barre. and John C. Rucher, of Boiling Springs, have entered the contest for Congressman-at-large. —Efforts to make an agreement on Republican national delegates in Philadelphia are under way. Some pairs are suggested. —The Philadelphia Inquirer to-day devotes considerable space to an editorial in commendation of Senator Penrose's Lancaster speech in which the strong points are discussed and a call made for Republicans to line up against the Democrats. —James S. Beacom, of Greensburg, former State Treasurer, is running for national delegate. —The Philadelphia Record to-day prints some interesting news about Philadelphia delegates. An agree ment may be made on City Solicitor Connelly. —John P. St ouch, Altoona city councilman and John C. Ogden, of Johnstown, will be delegate candi dates in the Nineteenth district. Himself When you advance you take on more responsibility. When you are doing the task in hand better than just well, you are ready to be advanced, fitted to be promoted. The man who has his mind on the size of his pay envelope and not on the results he is getting for the boss has one man in his way, and this man is himself. The Silent Partner. OUR DAILY LAUGH THE IDEAL The snow man ll statesman yd*-* . lie never asks me tor a Job, And soon he melts away. THE TRUTH. Mary had a little And further more we state 7 She had It in a ( \ jBS TV restaurant JHR And tangoed while she ate. [" THE CARTOON OF THE DAY "I'M NO UNCLE SAM" €-/ ( /- ' '' if —From the Brooklyn Kaglr. r DIXIE GOES AHEAD Smoke in the Making By Frederic J. Haskin L • J TAMPA, FLA. —If you want somei inside information about the cigars you smoke, come to Tam pa and make a tour of the local fac tories. Theyincludc some of the largest cigar making establishments in the United States. This is the home of numerous brands that you can buy in every American city. One of the most comforting things you will discover is that, it does not make much difference, so far as the j actual quality of the tobacco is con-! cerned, whether you buy your cigars at two or three for a quarter or pay a dollar apiece. If you can afford ten or fifteen cents, you enjoy just about as good a smoke as John D. Rocke feller or the King of Spain can buy. For nearly every one of these makers of Havana cigars uses one blend in his whole product. The cigars are as sorted according to color, they are of many different shapes and sizes, and a few special brands are made, such as a pure Vuelto Abajo cigar for those who like a very strong smoke; but generally speaking, the same leaf goes into everything from the little three for a quarter smoke to the dollar-and a-half straight which is shipped to King Alfonso with his monogram up on the wrapper. The difference in price is due partly to the difference in size; but needless to say a dollar cigar is not eight times as large as the two for a quarter size. Most of the difference of price is caused by the difficulty of rolling the large sizes, and of finding leaf which is large and perfect enough to serve as a wrapper. The man who rolls a little three for a quarter cigar gets only sl4 a thousand, while the supreme artist who turns out the big dollar smokes may get as high as S2OO a thousand for his work. So when you lay down a large coin for a (cigar, your are paying most of it for the exceptional skill of some Cuban roller, and the rest for the size of the leaf In Which he rolled it. The real dividing line in quality comes between the shade-grown and the Havana tobacco. All five cent cigars except a few very small ones, are of shade-grown, which means American tobacco, probably raised in Connecticut. At three for a quarter LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Mil. RODKHVC K*S RK APPOINTMENT To the Uditor of the Telegraph: Governor Brumbaugh's reappoint ment of .lames 10. Roderick. Chief of the Department of Mines, as announced to day. marks the beginning of Mr. Rod erick's fifth term rh heart of the Min ing Department, having: llrst been ap pointed by Governor Stone, May 1. 18!'!*. and reappointed by Governors Penny packer, Stuart and Tener. During Mr. Roderick's administration of the department great changes and developments have taken place in the coal Industry. In 1899 the production of coal was 132,000,000 net tons. It lias now reached the vast proportions of about 250,000,000 net tons, half the en tire production of the United States and one-fourth the entire production of the world, and the number of employes has increased to almost 100,000. To give effective supervision to this great Industry, the mining laws of the State have In recent years been Improv ed to meet the change In conditions, and the most practical and comprehen sive mine rules have been adopted. Chief Roderick is a Arm believer in the effectiveness of mine Inspection and largely through his Influence the num ber of the Inspectors has been increased from eighteen In 1899, to flfty-flve lit 1916, giving Pennsylvania the largest and best qualified inspection force In the world. Constant improvement has also been made In mining methods and mining equipment, and the most advanced safety devices have been adopted by most of the operators. In addition to the progressive measures now in force for the protection of the life and health of the employes, encouragement and assistance have been given to the de velopment of first aid work and rescue work, two modern and valuable ad juncts to the safety provisions of the law. The living conditions In many min ing communities have undergone com plete transformation since 1899. and comforts and conveniences unknown at that time have been introduced In most mining communities. Facilities for education are now afforded the children from the kindergarten to the high school, playgrounds and other sources of recreation and amusement have been provided and many other phases of the miner's life have been brightened by a genuine humanitarian effort on the part of the operators. ONK WHO KNOWS HIM. No Kick Coming They were standing at the front Rate. "Won't you ronie into the parlor and sit a little while. Georsie, dear?" "Xo-o, T think not." replied George hesitatingly. "I wish you would." the girl went, on. "It's awful lonesome. Mother has gone out, and father Is upstairs groan iing with rheumatism in the legs." j "Both legs?" asked George. 1 "Yes. both legs." I "Then I'll come In." —Exchau/ \ APRIL 13, 1916. you cross the line into the Havana class, and from that price up, you get bigger cigars and better burning qualities, but much the same leaf. The best cigars are always on top of the box. This is because they are sorted according to symmetry, the most symmetrical always being placed in the top layer. These are apt to be better roiled, so they will smoke more evenly, and to contain a fuller meas ure of tobacco. Another matter that will interest you is the sanitary conditions of cigar making. Even in the best factories, the cigar rollers do not wash their hands before beginning work and many of them frequently spit on their fingers while rolling the cigars which you are to put in your mouth. Ac cording to all that science knows about the distribution of germs, this ought to make the cigar an ideal car rier of infection. Yet little or no human disease has ben traced to them. Here in the factories all of the em ployes smoke the freshly-rolled prod uct, while it is still damp, at an amaz ing rate, and yet not so much as a lip blister is ever found among them. The fact probably is that tobacco is in itself a pretty good disinfectant. Nevertheless, the smoker would like to think he had some more certain pro tection, and that is now beginning to be provided. One large factory has recently installed a machine which sterilizes each box of cigars by pass ing an X-ray through it. This was not devised to protect the smoker from disease; but to protect the cigar from a certain beetle, which lays its eggs upon the tobacco leaf. These are apt to hatch after the leaf has been I made into a cigar, whereupon the new-horn insect proceeds to bore his way to air, incidentally ruining a fine smoke. Great loss has at times been caused in this way, and since the X ray machine has proved s perfect pro tection against these insects, its use will probably become general. A typical Tampa cigar is made of a mixture of Vuelto Abajo, Partido and Artemisa tobacco, this blend go ing into all of the seventy shapes and sizes of cigars put out by the com fContinued on THE STATE FROM D/y TO DM "Old Man Dirt, driven from his lair, is on the run; don't let him stop," is the encouraging sentiment that is sues from the press of the Johnstown Leader, anent the clean-up ,and paint up campaign that is being assiduous ly waged in that city. Soon the goad will be applied to the old gent in Harrisburg, Just as promptly as the date is scft and the proclamation is sued. With all the heckling that falls to the lot of the weatherman, the Daily New Era of Huntingdon, casting to the four winds all feelings of human brotherhood, proposes making the poor prophet responsible for feeding the birds. An unintentional commentary upon the diminutive nature of our standing army was the single column cut that appeared in the Erie Herald of a few days back, showing an American sol dier with a full grown beard. The headline said: "Uncle Sam has beard ed army; here's proof," followed by a picture of "the army." Miss Cassandra Small Is chairman of the committee on the Shakespearean pageant to be given by the Girls' Club of York on May 25. Judging from the enthusiastic activity of the young chairman, she belies both her names. Jack Frost, one of the Berkshire experts of the country, attended the meeting of that association yesterday at Forest Grove. Jack Frost hasn't been seen in this city for many weeks, thanks to Mr. Spring's appearance. Albert Hawk, of Warren, Is going after the parsnip record with a venge ance. Last week he dug up a purs nip that was three feet six Inches long and two and one-half inches in diameter. And Albert is a member of the church and never joined the Ananias Club. . The trout season will open officially on Saturday of this week. Fish ward ens are busy plying their busy routes | along the streams pgainst the early ! incursion of the too anxious anglers. A big dog went mad In Media a day or so ago and bit many other dogs and frightened innumerable horses be fore it was finally shot by an officer. Members of the First Presbyterian Church of Warren the other evening presented their pastor, the Rev. J. W. Smith, with the substantial gift of $2,500 in honor of the completion of his twenty-fifth year us their pas tor. I Aliening CHltat Officials of the Harrisburg Railways Company have something on their sida when they declare that it is next to impossible to operate express cars out of Harrisburg on the principal sub urban lines. For some time past there has been a. disposition among people who live in Middletown. Hummels town. IJngrlestown and Rockville, to say nothing of those who live on the ends of the Marysville and Carlisle lines, to complain of the manner in which people living close to the city or e^ en w'thin its limits crowd Into through cars. They practically turn them into local cars notwithstanding the fact that local cars are operated. On the Hummelstown or the Rockville line, for instance, people will jam those cars while in Market street ami before they are out of the city limits they will have only the ordinary numfl ber of through passengers. It is not" uncommon for a Hummelstown car to be filled with a normal number of people by the time it reaches Nine teenth street when it may have gone through the subway crowded to the doors. On the Middletown line cars are sometimes half empty by the time they get through Steelton. In both these instances there are cars which run part way at short intervals which are designed to relieve the overcrowd ing. "But you can't make people see it. They want to get where they are going as soon as possible and will stand packed like sardines sooner than take the next car at an Interval of live minutes," said one man who notes such things. "Then, too, if you tell a person who is bound for maybe seven or twelve blocks' ride that the car is a through car you will have words handed back to you that will jar your teeth. 1 know when they ran cars through to Middletown as express, men wanted off in Steelton, and tried to lick the conductor because he would not stop. It looks to me like a case of education and pointing out that through cars are not for local accom modation. But it is bound to come, because Harrlsburg's transportation problems are going to increase." Automobile tourists are beginning (o find out that Pennsylvania is full of historic places. One of these, Fort Morris, is described in a little booklet. This old fort was located at Shippens burg and was one of the earliest forti fications erected by the pioneer settlers for their protection from the Indians. On account of its strategic position it was made the headquarters and supply station for troops. located on a for midable rocky bluff, it remains prac tically in its original state and was used for many years as a public school building. Irately it has been used as a place of worship by a Baptist con gregation of the colored race. The death of Richard Harding Davis yesterday caused a stir among literary people of Harrisburg who admired him. Among these is Thomas L Mont gomery. State Librarian, who knew liim. "Richard Harding Davis had a remarkable career." said he. "Ills father and mother are both well known writers and he himself early showed great promise in character sketches and short stories. His 'Cal legher and Other Stories' and 'Yn Bibber and Others' placed him in the very first rank of the writer;- of his time, and the Tnfinished Story' wbh i was included at the end of tin V n Bibber volume is considered by many people his best composition. "Many tales are repeated in mild fun concerning his rather confident attitude in his daily associations. It Is related that Barclay H. Warburton once approached the register at the Waldorf-Astoria and seeing the entry 'Richard Harding Davis and valet' promptly wrote underneath it 'Bar clay H. Warburton and vaJice.' it. waa supposed at one time that Davis was disappointed at bis reception in Pe tersburg at the time Of the coronation, for he had just published the 'Princess Aline.' and Life in commenting upou the facts said that Mr. Davis' attitufv reminded them of the case of a United States representative who was present at a former coronation who tele graphed home, 'I have just arrived ;it. the Kremlin. All Moscow is aglow with enthusiasm.' "With all the peculiarities that weri ascribed to him, he must be consldere I as a writer who always attracted at tention, whether in his short stories, in his plays or in such productions us the 'Soldier of Fortune.' TTls friend ! were warmly attached to him ami be was a man of unimpeachable honor." • * * Commissioner of Fisheries Nathan X. Buller. who was reappointed yes terday for a four-year term, is a son and brother of noted fish eulturists. His father was William Buller. one of the early fish eulturists who was prominent in Lancaster county affairs. Several of his brothers follow the same avocation and they are known through out the whole country. Tn his term Mr. Buller has revolutionized the State's fish work. 4 * • Representatives Yiekerman and McVicar. of the Twelfth Allegheny dis trict. who were here yesterday, arc both active local optionists and the similarity of their names causes some amusing mistakes. The other day a. story was told about the last session of the Legislature when even the ofil re liable Chief Clerk Thomas TT. fJavvin got tangled and called the roll "Vicar, McVickerman." >j WELL KNOWN PEOPLE" Ex-Governor Edwin S. Stuart has returned from a trip to Porto Rico, where he went for his health. —William Flinn is expected to re turn from a trip to Southern States this week. —The Rev. Dr. George Edward Reed, former State Librarian, is to be the high school commencement orator at Ilazleton this year. jere S. Black, candidate for Demo cratic delegate-at-large, is a grandson of the former Attorney General and a son of the former Lleutenant-Gov eT —3. Denny O'Nell, the local option leader, is a merchant and also owns a newspaper. ] DQ YOU KNOW ~ That HaiTlshurg is more widely discussed for its civic spirit than any city in the United States? HISTORIC HARRISBURG Three villages of Indians arc sup* posed to have been on the site of Har. rlsburg. one at the mouth of Paxto* creek and one In the far west region. f 1 Getting Ready For Easter This is the busiest shopping time of all the Spring season. The new millinery, the new blouses, the new suits, dresses and apparel of all sorts are the things of the moment. Each (lav the stores are get ting brighter and busier. It ts a season wiien the ad vertising becomes most interest ing news to every reader of the Telegraph. It tells about the thinas a wo man wants to know, and saves her time, money and worry. , «.
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