10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A KBIVSPA*ER FOR THE HOME Founded list • Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.. Telegraph Building, Federal Square, K. J. BTACK POLE, Prrs't an J Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. Gl'S M. STSEINMETZ, Managing Editor. * Member American Newspaper Pub ®lishers' Associa tion, The Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Associat ed Dailies. Eastern office. Has brook. Story & Brooks, Fifth Ave nue Building, New York City; West ern office. Has- Brooks. People's Gcs Building, Chi — cago. 111. Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a OSHSfrtOTD week; by mall. $3.00 a year In advance. Sworn dally emratf circulation for the three months ending April 1, 1016, it 22,432 -fr Their figures are net. All returned, ■nauld and damaged copies deducted. SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 15 'Tis gutd to be merry and tcise It's ffuii to he honest and true. — Bubxs. AX "INDEFINITE ULTIMATUM" SOMETHING new has been de- j veloped in the diplomacy of the I Wilson administration. Dis patches from Washington in the morning newspapers of to-day say that the President is prepared to send to Germany another note in the "U-Boat" 1 controversy, described as "an inde-' finite ultimatum." That is like the administration. "Watchful waiting," "indefinite ulti matum." they sound well but their meanings are obscure and their definitions uncomfortably elastic. i In the "Indefinite ultimatum" about to be Issued Germany will be notified that unless there is a reform in the conduct of the submarine campaign the United States will terminate diplomatic relations. But apparently ! Germany is to be permitted to take i her own time about reforming. There is just one virtue In the attitude of the American government —it puts the issue up to Germany.' The Imperial government may dis continue its offenses against the United States or it may continue its violations of neutral rights, in which case the consequences, whatsoever they may be. would be upon its own head. The fault with the "ultimatum" : is that it does not definitely order Ger many to quit now and stay quit; NOW, not some time in the future. It leaves a loop hole through which the ad-' ministration may crawl with the na tional honor in shreds and Germany prodding its passage. Our Democratic brethren are so ac tively engaged in their own factional j quarrel that tbey haven't time to dis cuss the disturbances in the Republican ranks. It Is the Old Guard or antl- Machine Democrats against the Palmer 1 or "reorganization" group of the na tional administration. Meanwhile, the ! ■■lashing of political Interests Is not attracting as much attention as other wise would l>e the case, owing to the European difficulties of the nation and tho Mexican imbroglio. POOR OI.D CHINA ) WHAT a spectacle of unprepared ncss is China! Within, torn by dissension and revolution; with out, Japan growing bolder and more aggressive every day. The Chinese are a mighty people, a thrifty people and a brave people. But for all that they are helpless, either to defend themselves from the attacks of; revolutionists many or them little j better than bandits—or to stay the mercenary hand of Japan. China must tio what her powerful enemies dictate <—because she is not prepared to de fend herself against them. The Board of County Commissioners will be generally commended for Its ef fort to reduce the high cost of fees and other emoluments of the petty mag istrates of the county. There has been a suspicion for several years that the costs in this direction were entirely out of proportion to the character of the j-ervice performed. It Is also Intimated that too many petty cases have been ' listed for the various court sessions. THK TROUT FISHERMAN TO-DAY 4s Christmas and Fourth of July and Thanksgiving, all! rolled Into one for thousands who have been counting the hours, waitis*: for the opening of the trout season. To be sure, the circumstances to-day were anything but auspicious. But what of that? The law says this is the day, so why hesitate? The winds may blow the skill out of the most expert fly caster's hands. the streams may be swollen and "roilly," the trout may not be in biting mood. It matters not; up and away In the dawn and home again at nightfall tired but happy, whether the creel be full or empty. There are trout in the streams and there Is hope in the fisherman's heart; but that's not all, oh, not nearly all- It's only a very small fraction of it. There's tang in the air and blue in the sky, there's coolness lr. tho breeze and warmth in the sun, there's snow In the deepest woodland nooks and flowers t everywhere. Here a robin chirps and there a bluebird sings. ilero a hlood root shows its snpwy splendor and there a gaunt old oak is but slowly awak ening from its winter sleep. And by » the stream's sld« the waters lisp a • message ot Epring and tho romping SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH APRIL 15, 1916. ripples reflect a thousand imaginings | of the mighty trout that must lie watt- I ing beneath for the casting of the first fly. Just as anticipation is oft more | pleasurable than realization, so is the ! journey to the brookside oft the most delightful part of the day's sport, j James Whitcomb Roily must have been ja trout fisherman, for ho knew this. ' In one of his poems, if we remember it correctly, he says, talking ot a Springtime fishing trip: Voyage oft beneath the trees. O'er the field's enchanted seas. Where the lilies ars our sails. And our sea-gull's nightingales; Where no wilder storm shall beat Thnn the breeze upon the wheat And no tempest burst above Tha old laughs wo used to love: Lose all troubles—gain release, Langour, and •xceedlng peace, Cruising idly o'er the vast Calm mid-ocean of the Past. Let us rest ourselves a bit! Worry? Wave your hand at It- Kiss your fingertips and smile It farewell a little while. Thus lulled and sheltered In a shade Where never feverish cares invade, I bait my book and cast my line And feel the best of life Is mine. That's trout-fishing, if you please. The catching of a trout is merely a minor though exciting incident. That's the reason men forsake their wives, their children and their busi j ncsses to tramp the fields and wade I the streams the very moment the law allows. The call of the open is in their blood, Spring is in the air—and they yearn for the true, pure Joys of life in the primitive. They long to be boys again if only for a day. Don't poke fun at an empty creel, you stay at-homes, for the fisherman has brought back a heartful of memories; memories of joys you may never know, and worth all the trout in Christen dom. Animal husbandry is one of the In dustries which maintains the fertility of the farm, and adds very materially to the income of the American farmer. It is worth more than passing thought, therefore, to observe that during the ten months' period before the war broke out in Europe, and while the Under wood tariff law was in effect, we im ported nearly $23,000,000 worth of cat- j tie, hogs, sheep, etc., as compared with j $5.650,000 in a corresponding period under the Republican tariff rates. This j was an increase of nearly ITO per cent, j When Democratic orators go around the country next Fall asking for the votes ( of American farmers. It is to be hoped ■ that some one will rise to inquire why | these increased imports were permitted to compete with the American producer j and whether it Is the purpose of the i Democratic party to chapge its mind on j the question of a protective tariff, if Ii j shall be continued in power. WHAT ABOUT MEXICO? PRESIDENT WILSON is reaping the whirlwind of the seeds of folly he sowed in Mexico when lie first began to meddle in the affairs of that country. First it was Hu»rta who must go. Then it was Villa who was to be the Washington of Mexico, and to that end he could have all the arms and munitions he needed from the United "States. Next Carranza was recognized and Villa, the erstwhile patriot, became a scoundrel and a murderer. Now Carranza turns and bites the hand that raised him from the dirt. What next? Are we to go on and on. backing this leader against that: and getting nowhere? Even the: elimination of Villa and Carranza would not clear the atmosphere in Mexico. Their places would be filled in twenty-four hours. No, Mexico must be cleaned up to stay cleaned up and it looks mightily as though your Uncle Samuel is about to have the job "wished on" him. Again the Chamber of Commerce has placed the business men of the city i under obligations by presenting at its noonday luncheon yesterday a foremost exponent of the permanent tariff com- 1 mission Idea. United States Senator i Thomas P. Gore is regarded as an au thority on this question and his ad dress yesterday was heard with much interest. But Senator Gore understands j quite as well as the business world that l without a proper provision for the commission by the appropriation com mittees of Coneress the commission | might better never be created. PREPAREDNESS THE word preparedness is signifi cant in its suggestion of exigen cies to be met and difficulties to be squarely faced and overcome a word that has never been more widely used in American civil and political life than to-day—a symbol of complete peace and surety, that after all is the basis upon which most of us are lay ing the foundations of our existence, if we are wise. The idea has per meated our national life in many ways, in every way, if you like, ex cept that of military armament and naval equipment. It has been shown in the establishment of our school system, which alms to prepare us mentally and Intellectually to be good citizens; it is shown in the activity of our churches which prepare us spiritually for better things in this and our future existence; it is re vealed in the physical energy which is a national characteristic and which has enabled this country to place itself on a commercial par with the other nations of the world; it is shown in our many civic organizations and as sociations, and in such movements as the National Baby Week which, ap plied locally, rendered an Important service for the cause of preparedness in the matter of the future health and welfare of our babies. The Philadelphia schools are hold ing up their end of the preparedness scheme in splendid fashion, one of their most recent praiseworthy In novations being preparation for a series of pageants in the high schools by the pupils of the lower schools, with a view to reviewing in pantomine scenes of American history, "The Historical Review of American Citizen ship" Is the imposing title under which the pageants are to ba handled, under tho auspices of the Home and School League, Anything that tends ito instill a stronger love of country j and its history and traditions, any- I thing that aims to inspire oar future I citizens with the patriotism which has made America in the past a nation to be envied: anythtng that plants deeper in the heart of young America the feeling of loyalty to this country and its institutions is constructive work that Is deserving of the highest commendation and most enthusiastic Imitation. The platform adopted at the Demo cratic State convention of Maine com mends "Wilson's foreign policy. We don't know whether to ask "Which policy?" or "What is It?" TELEQRAPH'S PERISCOPE —A news Item from Mexico says that Villa has "doubled." Well, well, so the rascal plays baseball, too. —The expedition into Mexico is called "punitive," but Just at this writ ing It is difficult to say Just who is going to be punished. —"Prove It." says Germany In the "U-boat" controversy. In other words, the Kaiser is from Missouri. —A sporting writer Is a reporter who can make a word express a meaning ex actly the opposite of that for which It was designed. —A "mollycoddle" and a "pussy footer" may not be one and the samet but they doubtless belong to the same family of "undesirables." EDITORIAL COMMENT 1 The Psalmist said in his haste that all men are El Paso correspondents.— Columbia State. There is no evidence that his sea voyage has worked any sea-change in the Colonel.—New York Evening Sun. We have so aften turned the other cheek to Germany that we may not have the face to do It again.—Brooklyn Eagle. "Dr. Waite Insists that he is sane." The alienists must smile at this ex ample of presumption on the part of a layman.—New York Evening Post. After a while those German denials of responsibility for ships sunk with out warning will probably come on a regular printed sheet.—Chicago Her- Very likely there is no truth In the report that Mr. Bryan Is planning to deliver his antipreparedness speech in Columbus, N. M.—Nashville Southern Lumberman. There remain none but tried Repub licans—many of them sorely tried.— New York Sun. THE STATE FROM DAY TO DM The Butler Citizen front-pages our old friend William Jennings Bryan as a candidate for the 1916 Nobel Peace Prize. "Bill" and Henry will have to fight it out between them. Woodticks caused the death of an elk. one of twenty that were recently liberated by the State in Forest coun ty. Fear is now being felt by the farmers of that district for their cat tle, which they suspect may become infested with the ticks. "Jacob Bingaman and hired man. Mead Parson, and wives were awak ened by a noise at the doors at about 2 o'clock last Friday morning." says the McLure Plain Dealer. Someone tried all the doors and windows, as the story goes and "Mr. Parson called to him who It was and what he wanted but got no answer, so he told the in truder to leave or he would get hurt and fired off his revolver. Mr. Binga man and Mr. Parsons are well armed and if they get in contact with anyone around their buildings, there will be something doing." State College must have a "wing dinger" of a press club, judging from all the information that is gleanable about the college from the colmns of the daily press. Other colleges and universities take notice. It pays to advertise. The big military camp at Tohyhanna Is again getting ready for occupancs during the coming summer. Fifteen members of the United States artillery have arrived from Fortress Monroe and are putting the camp in readi ness. "Gentlemen who think they can drink up all the booze in a city gen- j crally find out that it is impossible, ; even if they could stay awake and work at it 24 hours a day," opines the New Castle News, the leading daily in a town which has recently become, "wet" after a period of "dryness." The Bellefonte High School girls have trimmed the Tyrone Y. W. C. A. girls by one point and clinched the Central Pennsylvania championship for the fair athletes. Oh, foolish burglar, who trveth to work the combination of a safe con taining $6,000, belonging to F. H. Hager, of Towanda, when the safe was open. Verily you remind us of the absent-minded man who took out his time-piece to see if he had time to return to his home and get the watch that he had forgotten. Sixteen Pennsylvania couples re cently crossed the line Into Maryland to be wed, longevity not being their long suit. Soldier's Mess Lean [From the Salt Lake Telegram.] Three times a day in United States army camps—fl o'clock in the morning, noon, and G o'clock in the afternoon— the company windjammers press their trumpets to their lips and sound the call that is the soldier's sweetest music. The words run like this: Soupy, soupy, soupy, without a bit of bean: Porky, .porky, porky, without a streak of lean; Coffee, coffee, coffee, without a bit of cream. It is mess call, and the words describe about what the fighting men would get If they did not chip in each month to a company mess fund with which delica cies are bought. Same Here [Kansas City Star] There is one department of the city government which affects the well being of every man, woman and child of Kansas City. It is the department that has to do with the public health. The inspecting of milk and other foods, effective quarantining against con tagious diseases, medical Inspection In the public schools, the management of the municipal hospitals all these ac tivities come under Ita direction. Misfortune of Villa [New York World] How unfortunate for Villa that he has no Foreign Office! Had he been so fortunately equipped at the time of the Columbus raid, he might have propos ed to the United States Government that a mixed commission be appointed to aseortain the facts in the case in {accordance with the terms of The liast'e Convention, lie In the meantime to carry on his horde- depredations as i heretofore. Having no Foreign Office, Villa took to the sagebrush, with a troop of United States cavalry at his heels, but they order those things bet ter in Germany. What Villa failed to do the German Government proposes to the United Ktates In conneetion with the Sussex sasa. CK By the Ex-Commltte^masi —Circulation of the netitions for the placing on the Republican primary ballot of the dozen candidates for dele gate-at-large and for a.lterxiate-at large who represent the list ot the friends of Governor Brumbaugh is taken here and in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh as the signal for war. Up until yesterday afternoon there were some very faint hopes that an agree ment might be reached, but when the administration forces sent out their papers with the Governor heading the list, any chance of peace vanished. —The Governor was not here to talk about the matter and Attorney General Brown said that it meant a contest to the end. The papers will be filed on Monday, when Air. Brown says that the Governor's presidential petition will go on the record.. —The fact that ex-Speaker George E. Alter's name does not appear on the Brumbaugh list caused much com ment here, as he was one of the men put forward by Mayor Thomas B. Smith. However, no one would talk about the matter in the absence of the Governor and Attorney General. —lt is said here that it was Intended to have Mr. Alter head the Brum baugh list. Instead, William Aarons. the Altoona merchant, will be at the top, and the Brumbaugh forces be lieve that James Alcorn, ex-clty so licitor of Philadelphia, will be next. The names will be printed alpha betically without regard to factional alignment. Thus the Governor, in stead of being at the top, may be in third or even sixth place. It all de pends upon whose names are filed. _ The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, United States Senator Oliver's newspa per, has the following to say to-day: "There is doubt even among the men who are looking after the interests of the Brumbaugh-Vare combine in this county, about Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh tiling papers as a prefer ential candidate for President. Attor ney General Francis Shunk Brown says his name will go on the ballot, but in a conference of the Governor's supporters held last night in Pitts burgh, the opinion was strongly ex pressed that he would retire. The plan, with the connivance of William Fiinn, is to get the Governor out of the running and endeavor to put Theo dore Roosevelt to the front in Penn sylvania. This is what Fiinn has been trying to bring about since before Mr. Brumbaugh offered himself as a prob able candidate. The scheme is to make Senator Boies Penrose the tar get. This was tried without success in 1914. The Brumbaugh-Vare forces have selected R. H. Hendrickson of the North Side as one of the national delegate candidates in the Twenty ninth district. His running-mate Is expected to be Richard R. Quay, of Bewick ley. Both candidates will an nounce they favor Colonel Roosevelt if Governor Brumbaugh does not seek the preferential nomination." —Frank B. Black, member of the State Agricultural Commission, is a candidate for member of the Repub lican State committee from Somerset county. The Meyersdale Republican, a Somerset county paper, is out for the Brumbaugh cause. —Pittsburgh to-day denied the story, printed in the Philadelphia North American that Senator George T. Oliver would not run as a candidate for Republican delegate-at-large. —The Philadelphia Ledger appears to be pretty busy just now with Mayor Smith and his bonding company. To day it says that the Mayor admits he still owns a majority of the stock. —Senator Charles J. Magee, of Pittsburgh, brother of the Public Ser vice Commissioner, will be opposed for renomination, the Penrose forces hav ing declared war on him. —The Philadelphia Press says to day in a round-up of the situation in that city: "The determination to file nominating papers in every Congres sional and Senatorial district and In every ward In the city was reached yesterday at the conclusion of confer ences which have been held between Senator and Congressman Vare, Da vid H. Lane, David Martin and other leaders, all supporters of Governor Brumbaugh for President, and Charles A. Ambler, for Auditor General, and for the election of members of the State committee and ward executive committees, who will oppose the de termination of Senator Penrose to be come National committeeman from Pennsylvania, and will support the Smith administration in its adminis trative measures. Because many of the wards and districts of the city are so overwhelmingly in control of the Mayor and his friends now, it is con sidered certain that even if Senator Penrose determines openly to make a fight against Ambler, no Penrose ticket petitions will be circulated." —Among the nomination petitions filed for national delegate to-day were: Republican, William Donaldson, Du- Bois, 21st; John J. Carter, Titusville, 25th; Victor A. Decker. Hawley, 14th; Democratic, John H. Wilson, Butler, 22d; R. W. Knox. Washington, 24th; S. O. Fraker, Orbisonia, 17tli; Prohi bition, Thomas Wood, Big Run, 27th, —Samuel Salter, painter, 524 South Tenth street, Philadelphia, has filed a petition to be a candidate for Repub lican nomination for the House In the 10th Philadelphia district. —The Philadelphia Record to-day says: "Republicans opposed to the leadership of Harry A. Mackey in the Forty-sixth ward of Philadelphia, held a meeting last night and took steps to concentrate their fight on the Mackey candidates for the Legisla ture. Clarence A. Gallagher was In dorsed as one of the anti-Mackey can didates from the Twenty-first legisla tive district and as a result of the in dorsement W. S. Adams will probably withdraw from the race. Adams' withdrawal will be made with the purpose of strengthening the opposi tion to the Vare leader's candidates. Charges that one of the Mackey can didates for the Legislature Is attempt ing to recruit strength by pledges to both the church and liquor people will be made during the coming week by the anti-Mackey Republicans." —The Brumbaugh headquarters to day Issued a list of names of men who have added their endorsements to the Governor's candidacy and course and prefaced it with this blast: "There is no mistaking the increased confidence the people of Pennsylvania—and those of outside States, for that matter— have in Governor Hrumbaugli's per sonal and official integrity as a direct result of the contemptible assault made upon him by the leaders of the faction which is opposing his efforts for harmony among the Republicans of the State. Hundreds of business men, professional men and plain citi zens have written to commend the Governor for his manly oourage in daring to defy his tricky foes, and the influx of such correspondence seems to be growing with the days instead of decreasing. Not in years has there l>e»>n f=uch rampant sentiment against the disciples of the old Quay tactics in Pennsylvania politics." —"The indorsement by the Vares of all the present Republican Congress men in Philadelphia for renomination will eliminate from the factional fight j all of the Congressmen except those in Itba districts comprised largely of in- 1 THE CARTOON OF THE DAY BUT THIS IS HOW HE DID IT MY PEAR, \ really CANT UNPERS7ANP MY You SAY W I PONT DKE MY PEAR.OLP J { WHY, YOU KNOW YOURSELF, Wl{=lE,-fM AT WHEN SViE / \LEFT HER£ LASfrfrLL I WfSEPJjER TERRIBLY }\y BUT THIS IS HOW HE MEXICANS IN UNITED STATES By Frederic J. Haskin » J EVER since the trouble started in Mexico, refugees have been pouring across the Rio Grande in a continuous stream. Those of the more prosperous sort have worked north as far as San Antonio and east to New Orleans in considerable num bers. Alt classes have flooded El Paso, where a special census recently taken by the government shows that over half the population is Mexican. The aristocratic refugee sets him self up comfortably in some city in the United States and plots and works for the glory of Mexico and himself; but the poor peon has no such easy way of life. When it gets too hot for him in his own country he packs his household goods in a great creaking wagon drawn by two scrawny little cayuses and laboriously moves his family into the United States. And then, perhaps, the Texas rangeis start hunting Mexicans, and he sighs and drags his establishment wearily back across the international bridge. He cares not for factions or theories of government. lie prays only for peace to raise beans and chile. These Mexicans living in the United States, as a class, have won for them selves a very doubtful standing. The arrest of Mexicans who lived in Columbus on the charge of being Villa spies has not improved their position. A Mexican living in the border States may be a peaceful far mer, a citizen of the United States. Likewise he may be a spy for any one of forty-seven different factions, or an ammunition smuggler, or a bandit. Furthermore, the situation is most anomalous in that he has only to cross the Rio Grande to change his political status. He can be a law abiding resident of the United Stales on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fri days, and a Mexican bandit on Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays. If for any reason he is not allowed to cross the International bridge, he can swim or wade across tho river at night and make a little spending money by carrying a few boxes of cartridges, purchased In El Paso and sold for twice their value on the other side. There is no accurate knowledge as to how many of these Mexicans there are in the United States. The 1910 census showed that there were then 221.915 persons in the United States who gave Spanish as their native tongue and Mexico as the land of their origin. Beyond a doubt, the number has greatly increased since then. There are 82,000 Mexicans in El Paso alone. These natives of Mexico are not, however, the only men of their race in the United States. There is another large element of Spanish-speaking Americans, who are as distinct and different from these refugees ns a citizen of Boston whose ancestors came over in the seventeenth century is from a Welsh coal miner who land ed at Kills Island day before yester day. This other element is the Spanish-speaking population of New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado. The dependent wards. In those districts, namely, the Fifth and Sixth, the inde pendents, aided by the allies of the Penrose-McNlchol forces, threaten to put up a stiff fight against the Vare Congressmen. 1 OUR DAILY LAUGH ONE THING AT —_ A TIME. tff \ . Hubby (anx f -Jmi iou»iy > But if [ you buy this cost fSß I ' ur coat how \ iSHf I are wb ever *° ,n ® Xj ! \ to pay for It? I | /SH \ Wlfey Now. I J Q •org % don't ||( let'a talk about r,l two things at once. Let's talk about the coat. WH AT Dill UK MEAN f Br Wine lllngor One of my kids, so I thought, Told a (lb to me. But I oeuldn't trap him up With the third degree. Aa a parting shot, I said! "Don't forget, my lad, That the L«ord knows when you tell A fllb to your dad." He responded, "All right, dad. When to heaven you go You just ask. and you'll find that What I told you 's so." "dee, that's such a long way off," Said t'other little gent. "Dad will not remember it.'* W«ad»r what h« neaat. forebears of these people were living on their same lands when New Mexico was separated from Old. They are practically all native citizens of the United States, and Uncle Sam has no more loyal sons under his flag. In the plaza at Santa Fe there is a monument, to the men who were killed in the battles of Valvprds, Glorieta and Peralta in the Civil War. Those men who died figTiting for the I'nion, and saved tHe Southwest from the Confederates, were nearly all so called "Mexicans." (They prefer to be known as Spanish-Americans If they are to be distinguished at all.) In the governor's "palace," there is a tablet in memory of Captain Luna, who raised a company of native troops in IS9B and was killed in Cuba. When the trouble with Mexico first became acute, three members of the Chavez family, one of the oldest and best known of Spanish blood in New Mex ico, wrote to their representative in Congress that they wished to offer their services to the United States army. They expressed a Sentiment that is widely felt among the men of their blood. Our Spanish-American citizens are ready and willing to light Old Mexico, or anything else, and fre quently are heard to say so. They make good soldiers too. in Albuquer que, New Mexico, there )s a militia troop made up largely of Mexicans, and they are especially enthusiastic about military training. The greater number of these Mexi can citizens of the United States live in New Mexico, where they still con stitute the greater part of the popula tion. There are probably about 200,- 000 of them. Colorado and Arizona together might contain another fifty thousand, and there are some of the same type in Texas and Southern California. These Spanish Americans are not of the same blood as the Old Mexico Mexicans. The dominant class in the southern republic claims descent from the Spanish conquerors, but there is much Indian blood, both of the ancient semicivilized Mexican tribes and the savage ones. In Xew Mexico, on the other hand, there is much pure Span ish blood while those of mixed descent have in their veins the blood of the Pueblo Indians—a very different race from any of the Old Mexican tribes. In the days of peonage, many of the Pueblos were owned by Spanish families, and this resulted in an in fusion of Indian blood into the lower classes. These Mexican fellow-citizens of ours are hyphenated Americans, who wear the hyphen with an excellent grace. Their devotion to the Ideals of their own race is only exceeded by their absolute loyalty to Uncle Sam. In the larger towns, all those of the younger generation go to American schools and speak excellent English. In the out-of-the-way counties, where the population is almost exclusively Mexican, little is heard but Spanish. The Mexican citizen is quick to learn English when he has the opportunity, but sure to remember his own tongue, and speak it in his family. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR" MEASLES AND THE GAnHAGG CAN To the Editor of the Telegraph: Harrisburg is a beautiful city. 'We are proud of our city and by and by we're going to see a perfect riot of flowers and bloom, but we cannot get our garbage removed. Will the perfume of the flowers, do you think, eliminate the smell of the swill? At the home of the writer there Is no street entrance to the backyard therefore the garbage cans must be taken to the cellar to await removal. Recently there was five weeks' accu mulation while over the telephone we plead, we joked, we scolded, we threatened—all to no Duroose. Mow often do you remove ashes? we asked of the Reduction Company last week. "Oneeta week" was the answer. "Please remove ours this week," we asked. "Xo. we cannot remove them till next week." "Rut we cannot wait so long.'! "Well you'll find you'll have to," came the reply. Now we have waited another week and a private collector has come to our rescue. He tells us he Is not allowed to re move swill, but It may be mixed with the ashes and he will carry it away and dump It. So now we are all right. Our three weeks' accumulation of swill end our ashes may he mixed and car ried to a nearby dump. Buch are the conditions. Good sanitation means good health. We are having now a rather serious epidemic of measles. What shall we have when the heat of summer begins to play around the gar bage dump? 8. P. B. A Literary Parallel n-'rom the New York Bun] The German explanation of the Buspex affair recalls Mark Twain's statement that the writer of the plays was not Rhakespears, but anothsr man of the iitni nam*. lEtantng (tthat Pennsylvania's National Quards men will encamp much as they did lust summer according to tlio tallc heard about the State Capitol, al though, oC course, everything depends upon developments In Mexico. The Mexican situation will govern the preparations to a certain extent be cause not much will be done until the congressional appropriations are made and tliey will be on a basis which takes Mexico into account. Ac cording to the plans which have been talked about the Guardsmen will en camp by brigades and according to arms of service If regular army organ isations are available to work with. , If not there will probably be brigade i encampments, although this is what is generally known as a division en campment year. In any event tiiu National Guardsmen are ready for anything which may turn up, whether service on the border, In Alexlco, or work In Ihe State camps. The for mation of the ambulance and other auxiliary organizations is going ahead rapidly, but the formation of addi tional batteries is contingent upon various things. * • « What is believed to be a record for payment of liability compensation from any State fund has just been heard of at the Pennsylvania Statu Insurance Fund offices. It seems that several men were killed in a mine in Western Pennsylvania. An inspector was sent to the place without delay and before a week had elapsed the widow had been paid a lump sum in compensation for the loss of her hus band, the employing company having ! insured in the State fund. In this case ; there was receipt of money almost immediately after the funeral. In | some other compensation cases handled by the State fund dependents were Riven weekly wages as promptly as though the man killed was still at work. • • • People who were under the Im pression that April was not & windy month nnd who put out awnings and added other summer appurtenances to the outside of their buildings are sorry that they did it. Yesterday aft ernoon's gales tore off awnings in half a dozen places and two remnants were seen in Market street. * • • i The measles quarantine has stopped the circulation of books from the Har risburg Public Library, but it has not | stopped the youngsters' interest in j the books. Almost daily since the i Library was closed to juveniles there | have been telephone inquiries from youngsters wanting to know how long it is going to last and why they can ] not have books. I ... I nele Henry Houck is kept as busy as ever receiving invitations to make addresses and he is now the champion invitee of the people at the Capitol. He is asked to make an address al most every day and from all accounts the secretary of internal affairs Is run ning ahead of the Governor who is regarded as a pretty busy man ami who is not accepting many invitations anyway. The secretary says, but not for publication, that. "Tom" Stewart is not in his class any more. There was a time when he and the Adjutant | General ran neck and neck In invlta i tions and when they used to tilt at | each other when they struck the same dinner. But lately, says Uncle Henry, the military man has his hands full. • • • Friends are congratulating David E. Tracy, who presided at yester j day's Chamber of Commerce luncheon !on his Introductory speech and » I brilliant exchange of repartee between ! him and Senator Gore, the speaker ol | the occasion. By way of introduction Mr. Tracy took occasion to endorse* j most heartily the tariff commission ! idea as advocated by the guest of the 1 day and showed in a few sentences that he had made a close study of the : subject. Senator Gore thanked him for the cordiality of his presentation and referring to that part of his speech relating to the tariff said that Mr. Tracy hail overheard his views on the subject and despite nn agree ment entered Into before the meet ing that he would not make a better address than the Senator himself, ha had broken his pledge and forfeited his bond by. doing that very thing. Senator Gore made n rousing speech and he concluded amid a round of hearty applause. Mr. Tracy arose and said: "You see, Senator, It is the unanimous vote of this assemblage that I did not break my promise or forfeit my bond." And everybody joined the two in a laugh. ... Ex-Senator John S. Fisher, of In diana, one: of the prominent lawyers of Central Pennsylvania, was hero yesterday on business with the Capitol Hill offices. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE" —Mayor SmitKi or Philadelphia, Is busy inspecting all sites for municipal improvements in his city. jr. p. Guggan, new head or the State Gas Association, is a Lewis town businessman. —Thomas Kingston, who Is a local option candidate for legislator In Norristown, is a member of the borough council and an active busi nessman. .. _ —When Judge Marshall Brown, of Allegheny, returned to his home on Wednesday evening he found hla residence had been robbed. —Friends of ex-Governor Penny packer sav that his health is im proving since his return to his home from the seashore. —Erasmus Wilson, the Pittsburgh newspaperman, has been invited to address Youngstown Grand Army men. | DO YOU KNOW That I)aupliln county corn Is sliip|>c<l abroad every winter? That City Commissioner Bowman reared a monument for himself in the pumping station plaza? HISTORIC HARRISBURG Verbeketown was one of the flrsl big real estate developments aftei Harrisburg got Its stride. < Boring and Building Talk about yourself and you are a bore, advertise and you are listened to. There Is a curious law of hu man nature back of this. Talk Is cheap. Advertising costs definite dollars and people know it. They take it that you would not spend your money unless you had something to say. They regard advertising as matter of direct interest to them. Th«>y read It and they buy ad vertised goods and patronize (tores that advertise. The dally newspaper is ths great advertising message be&r •r.
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