6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NBWSPAPBR FOR THB HO MB Pounded iijl Published evenings except Sunday by THE TKLEORA PH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal .Square. E. J. BTACKPOLE, Prw'f and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STSSINMETZv Managing Bditor. « Member American Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa tion, The Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Assoclat- Es3tern «fflce, Has nue Building, New York City; West ern office, Has brook. Story A Brooks, People's Gas Bunding, Chl- Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week; by mall. $3.00 •*rs£as£>' a year In advanoe. Sworn dally cvernge circulation for the three montua ending April 30, 1010, * 22.341 ★ These figures are net. All returned, onaold and damaged copies deducted. MONDAY EVENING, MAY 8 For the love of God is broader Than the measures of man's mind, And the heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind. —Fabfib. THE STATE'S METROPOLIS. IN his rather reninrkable speech at the Bellevue-Stratford banquet of independent and stalwart Republi cans U. S. Senator Penrose placed him self squarely upon record as opposed to further contractor rule in that city —generally and specifically. He like wise made clear his present and fu ture opposition to a certain prominent contractor who is said to be schem ing to become mayor of the metropo lis. Governor Brumbaugh having, it is understood, taken a similar posi tion a year ago with respect to this particular candidacy, the ambitions of the vociferous statesman in question are likely to be rudely shattered. But all this aside, the outstanding and significant feature of recent out givings in Philadelphia, which took form and substance in Senator Pen rose's declaration against a continu ance of the impossible and intolerable conditions, is the promise of absolute divorcement of Republican leadership in Philadelphia from the domination of contractors and other selfish inter ests. In this formidable and worthy undertaking the Republicans of the State will give all concerned their blessing. This newspaper, voicing: as it be lieves the true Republican sentiment of the State, has frequently protested against the bickerings and dissen sions of the alleged leaders in Phila delphia and their presumptuous ef- | forts to embroil the pdrty in purely local controversies. Most of the | troubles of the Republican -forces in I recent have had their genesis j at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers and there has been developing a bitter resentment which must soon find expression In antago nism to further Philadelphia domina- j tion in party affairs. It must be understood, however, that any movement designed to ellmi- j nate contractor rule In nominations | and elections will utterly fail unless j the exclusion extends to all contract- j ors and factions. Senator Penrose! put the whole matter in concrete shape when he said: The influence of contractors or contractor government in Philadel phia hns long been a subject of reproach among Republicans of Pennsylvania and throughout the United States. It has constituted a detriment to the development of the city and a handicap to the Re publican party in the State and our influence in the nation. This con dition lias gradually arisen from a number of causes which it is needless to go into now. Perhaps it is sufficient to say that this is a condition that does not exist in any other Commonwealth. We do not hear of garbage col lectors and street cleaning con tractors ruling politics in Massa chusetts or In New York or in any other State that I can recall. Abuses and corruption may occur in other ' States which require prompt cor rection, hut Pennsylvania stands alone bearing the commercial brand of contractor influence largely on account of the situation In Phila delphia with its large population and great Republican majorities and consentient influence in the party affairs of the State. Too long the fair city of Philadel phia, the citadel of Republicanism and the exponent of everything that is creditable in American civilization and development, has been hamstrung and retarded in its expansion by the little men who have been permitted to use a great party—jealous of Its great policies and traditions while In different to the cankering influence of small things—for their own ends and purposes. Senator Penrose, Governor Rrum baugh and all the potential leaders of the great party which is at this very crisis regarded as the Instru mentality through which the United States shall be restored to Its proper place fn the family of nations must put aside all personal considerations In the casting out of those influences which have steadily undermined the strength and effectiveness of the Re publican organization In Philadelphia and elsewhere. When the senior rejwesentalive of Pennsylvania in the Senate at Wash ington declares his solemn purpose to dedicate himself to the task of ellmi- I natlng this baneful influence and In (opposition to contractor domination MONDAY EVENING, he voluntarily assumes a position from which there can be no retreat. He and all others -who want to place the Republican party In Its proper re lation to the people will stand upon this significant platform enunciated in the Senator's speech: Regular* as well as Independents have realized for years this unsatis factory situation. I feel certain that regulars will b<v glad to co operate with Independepts along practical lines to improve the city government and place In proper hands the large undertakings which the city Is likely to carry out during the next 10 or 15 years. I want to impress on you the fact that I am not enlisted merely for the present contest, overwhelming as are the Issues Involved. I shall be glad to co-operate with all those who are willing until the results in view sre achieved. Philadelphia is the metropolis of the State. Politics aside, It Is a city deserving the neighborly interest of every other oommunity in this splen did commonwealth and if the pres ent unfortunate factional controversy will serve to awaken Phlladelphlans particularly and citizens of the State at large lo their duty in the premises the political palavering will have served a good purpose. I DEMOCRATS INCREASED TAXES WITH an incredible disregard for facts, a Texas Congressman has placed in the Congressional Record what purports to be an enumeration of Democratic achieve ments, In which he declares that the Underwood Tariff law "greatly re duced taxes on the necessaries of life, and. Indeed, placed many articles of necessity on the free list." The fact is, as shown by the record of this administration, that the cost of living was not reduced by the passage of the Underwood tariff act. If the necessities of life are taxed at all, the consumer pays the tax when he buys the article. If the removal of the tariff did not give the consumer his food and clothing at a lower price, then he has not, in fact, been relieved of any tax. On the other hand, there can be no question whatever that the Demo cratic administration imposed numer ous stamp taxes which the people of this country are paying directly or In directly. Most of them are paid di rectly, as when a man puts a stamp on a telegrnm, an express receipt or a telephone message. If the individual does not pay the i stamp tax directly, It becomes one of the costs of conducting a business, j and the businessman takes it into con- \ sideratlon in fixing the price ' of articles he has to sell. It is clear, | therefore, that the Democratic ad ministration has untaxed nobody. Formerly, under the import duty' law, we made the foreigner pay a j considerable portion of our taxes. We relieved him of that burden and sub stituted income and stamp taxes which the Democratic administration has required the American people to pay. THAT GASOLINE SUBSTITUTE IT having been reported that the Maxim Munitions Company has pur chased the Enright two-cent-a-<al- j lon gasoline substitute formula for a| million dollars, it's good-by two-cent ; gasoline. Munition factories are look ing for profits and are not accustomed to small dividends. But if it is really true that a few cents' worth of drugs can be added to a gallon of water, dumped Into an automobile tank and made to do duty for a gallon of "gas," it will not be long before the secret j will leak out, million-dollar manufac- j turing franchises notwithstanding. The j only clue the public has at present to j the process for which so much has j been claimed is that the chemicals in tho water break up the molecules and ! liberate the hydrogen gas, which be comes the motive power for the engine. More Interesting eventhan the news j of this alleged discovery is the an- ! nouncement by Henry Ford that chem- | ists in his extensive laboratories at Detroit have been at work for some years seeking a gasoline substitute. | Working systematically and scien tifically, unhurried and amply sup ported In a financial way, these chem ists will one day attain their end, and then Mr. Ford will have a cheap auto mobile fuel as well as cheap automo biles. Most of Mr. Edison's Inventions were worked out by the system now employed bj Mr. Ford. DON'T DESPISE THE JUNK JUNK of some kinds is bringing higher prices In Harrlsburg these days than the finished product brought only a few years ago. Don't despise the junk. There are dollars hidden away In It. The "ragman" used to be r bugaboo with which to frighten naughty children. To-day he Is one of the most prosperous business men in the community. His clothing may not indicate as much, but his pockets are lined with dollar bills and his little warehouse is the mecca for every munition and paper house agent in the community. Rags are regal In the aristocracy of trade just now, and beside them are old Iron and Ijones. Tho despised waste of yesterday has become the sought for commodities of to-day. Tere is a junk story from the Far East: A Japanese ragman of excellent speech and manner has b' en making a canvass, offering to buy all the old Junk offered. Instead of paying cash he gives a coupon good at a certain bank, where it must be left untouched for a certain number of years. Upon investigation the ragman turned out to be a former superintend ent of Yokohama police and manager of a large dock corporation, Interested In teaching his people the proper use of junk. Junk money is apt to be regarded as "easy money" and spent foolishly. While It is easy money, it should be conserved to usefulness and not wasted. The careful housewife uses one method, the Japanese junk man another, but both tending in the right direction. We can teach our children no better lesson than to avoid waste, but avoiding all possible waste to so use the Junk that it will prove a last ing benefit. Save your Junk and save mrtwav iunfo til rjftM t n | "potctXc* Ck ""PtKKOifCtfCUua By the Kx-Committeeman Three answers to the Penrose speech within 2 4 hours, a claim by Penrose headquarters that the bat tle is over and the governor routed, threats to take Mayor Smith, of Phil adelphia, Into court and some active campaigning by Democratic rivals coupled with rumors that men con nected with departments of the State j government are to be given orders to ! "line up" have served to start off the i week before the primary with a whirl. The primary election will be held on Tuesday and indications are that the fighting will be kept up until the polls j close. ( Senator Penrose's speech drew fire | from Attorney General Brown and j Senator Vare on Saturday and last might Congressman Vare made a vig | orous attack on the senator, whose headquarters proceeded to put out a statement which added to the din. In the midst of it all tlje governor Is out In the western end of the State, talk ing to his supporters, local option i ists, employers and strikers so that the commonwealth of Pennsylvania I does not want for excitement. j Senator Vare in his reply to the j senator said that the Penrose "rav ings" were those of a loser, denied ,that he was in the garbage business and said that his contracting was out in the open. Attorney General Brown declared that for Senator Pen rose to talk patriotism was sacrilege and denounced him for Intimating that politics was being Injected Into the Public Service commission, deny ing that he had "coerced" the gov ernor into staying in the fight. The attorney general wound up with a blast In which he said that the gov- I ernor and not Penrose would head I the delegation to Chicago. Congress jman Vare in his' statement charged | that Penrose was responsible for all the ills of Pennsylvania, blamed the 11912 split on him, praises the gov ernor as being a true friend of the people and said that the candidacy of Penrose men against Ambler, Scott and Lafean proved that the senator did not have the best interests of the party at heart. The congress man also declared that Penrose could not carry a ward In Philadel phia and assailed him personally. The whole thing resembles, from a verbal standpoint, the row over the Repub lican mayoralty nomination in Phila delphia in 1911. —Penrose headquarters last night put out a statement which drew caus tic comments from his rivals because of prophecies in 1912. This state ment declared that "reports from every county in the state indicate a collapse" of the Brumbaugh move ment; declared that Penrose would head the delegation to Chicago and that political trickery of underhanded kinds had been tried and blocked. The Penrose people also claimed 93 of 113 state committeemen, 59 commit teemen or a majority not being op posed. The statement also contained this significant remark. The unln structed delegates to the .Chicago con vention will be free to favor the candi date for President who will best meet the demands of the country as the standard-bearer, be he Colonel ROOaevelt, Justice Hughes, Philander Knox, Elthu Root or any other great Republican designated by a majority of the convention." —Congressional candidates state ments filed at Washington show that the Fifteenth district Is the scene of much spending of coin. Over sl,- 200 has been spent in behalf of A. M. Hoagland and Congressman Kiess has spent S7OO. B. K. Focht has spent sll4, Senator Knox and Judge Bonniweli have not spent anything. Ex-Judge Orvis has not filed any state ment. according to reports. —Palmer and Libel indulged in some more criticism of each other on Saturday. Libel Is in Pittsburgh and says that he does not care what Pal mer says about the national commit tee refusing to seat him if elected and Intimating that he proposes to make Palmer and bis pals an issue before the Democrats of the State. —A Bellefonte dispatch indicates that things are going to be warm In that county. The dispatch says: "Governor Brumbaugh's abrupt repu diation of J. Linn Harris as a mem ber of the State Forestry Reservation Commission was no surprise either to him or to his friends here. It goes to show that the Governor is leaving nothing undone to win his fight against Senator Penrose. Some time ago the Governor virtually offered Mr. Harris a $4,000 a year appoint ment if he would turn in for him against Representative Harry B. Scott, of this county. It was reported that the appointment was to have been that of Forestry Commissioner, as suc cessor to Robert S. Conklin, of Colum bia, whose term expires in about a month. Mr. Harris declined the offer because he had been one of the men responsible for Mr. Scott's candidacy two years ago and was the county chairman who helped to elect him. It Is now expected that Mr. Harris and his partisans will fight harder than j ever for Penrose." Swat the Fly Early In Farm and Fireside we read: "Much discussion has made us | familiar with the work of the common house-fly. A few years ago there were I questions sent out in all the principal j cities of this and other countries which I put the matter before us quite clearly. I Here is the list, with a few slight I changes: "Where is the fly born? In manure and filth. "Where does the fly live? In every j kind of filth. "Is there anything too filthy for the fly to eat? No. "Where does he go when he leaves : the vault and tjie manure pile and the spittoon? Into the kitchen and din ing room. "What does he do there? He walks on the bread, fruit and vegetables; he sticks in the butter; he swims in the milk. "Does he visit the patient sick with consumption, typhoid fever and cholera-lnfanttim? He does, and may call on you next. '"ls the fly dangerous? He is man's worst pest, and more dangerous than wild beasts." Not Expected You are not expected to travel be yond the limit of human endurance in your efforts to win; but you were call ed here to sink or swim.—The Silent Partner. The Chamberlain Bill [Chicago Tribune.} Though amended and passed under pressure of serious emergency, the Chamberlain bill does not represent haste. On the contrary. It is the result of long study and deliberation. It Is a great pity it must now face the process of compromise which takes place In conference committees. It ought to be pnssed hy the House ns It stands, and perhaps In this crisis this may f>e ac complished. True Happiness Happiest boy in all the land, Spite of fate, Is he who's "working like a, slave" Digging bait. —Memphis Commercial Appeal. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH - THE CARTOON OF THE DAY - . r m | UNCLE SAM PUTS ON HIS BUSINESS CLOTHES Uncle Sam; "TVell, it looks as if this concern needed a business manager." TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE^ * ' --• - a * •• • • -•-The Mexican bandits who killed a ten-year-old boy yesterday must have | been reading about the Zeppelin raids. ! —Such is fame—State .College! boys couldn't give the name of the ] Vice-President of the United States. —Caruso Is going to volunteer for Italy. Maybe they'll take him for 1 bandmaster or cheer leader. —Villa's body may lie mouldering in ; the grave, but his spirit goes marching : on. automobilist who was charged 27 cents for gasoline hit the garago man over the head with a club, and the police had the nerve to arrest him. —For a man guilty of the things the Democrats charged against "Uncle Joe" Cannon four years ago, he appears to be mighty popular with his political adversaries Just now. EDITORIAL"COMMENT Germany Is now in a position to sym pathize with that fellow who wanted somebody to help him let go of a bear. —Boston Transcript. Of course there's nothing in it, but it Jvißt happens that the troopers who got In that trouble in Parral belong to the Thirteenth Cavalry.—Chicago Her ald. The War Department seems 'to have it fixed this way—every time Carranza orders our soldiers out of Mexico we get alarmed and send some more In.— 'Cleveland Plain Dealer. Just because Washington said: "In time of peace prepare for war," is no reason why we should wait till the war |ls over before beginning on prepared i ness.—Philadelphia North American. The freight on a 1650 order of shoes sent to South America from Boston the other day was $1.60. Heads of fami lies in Patagonia must be pretty nearly ready for the way to end. Boston Transcript. The German societies that are send ing protests to Congress against a rupture with Germany might pro mote peace equally well by sending protests to Berlin against a rupture | with America.—Springfield Republican. WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB LEARNED OF THE CITY [Questions submitted to members of the Harrtsburg Rotary Club and their answers as presented at the organiza tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."] What are the boundaries of the city? North Division street from River to Cameron street; Maclay street from Cameron to Thirteenth street; Hamilton street from Thir teenth to a point 180 feet east of Eighteenth street; Reglna street from 180 feet east of Eighteenth street to Twenty-third street; Budy street from Twenty-third street to Eastern City I.,ine (Twenty-ninth street.) East Line ISO feet east of Eighteenth street and Cona street from Southern City Line to P. and R. Railway; Twenty-ninth from P. and R. Railway to Rudy street; Twenty-third Btreet from Rudy street to Reglna street; Line 180 feet east of Eighteenth street from Whitehall street to Hamilton street; Thirteenth street from Hamilton street to Maclay street: Cameron street from Maclay street to Divi sion street. South Line at entrance of Spring Creek into River at right angles to Eastern cit.wllne. j West Low water mark on western shore of Susquehanna River. WHEN IT IS TOO LATE Then shall they cry unto the Lord, hut he will not hear them; he will even hide ills face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves 111 in their dulngs.—Micah ili,/ UNCLE SAM, TRAPPER By Frederic J. Haskin V ) IN order to help the far western ] SlHtes rid themselves of the prcda- I tory animals that are destroying j their livestock, Uncle Sam has re cently increased his activity as a trap- j per until he now has one of the most J efficient organizations in the world for ; catching wild animals. The trapping of all sorts of creatures from sparrows , and mice to'grizzly bears and timber wolves has been carefully studied by | the naturalists of the Biological Sur vey, and if there is anything you want j to know about the subject, they are j prepared to inform you. By a recent act of Congress, a sum of money was appropriated for exter minating the predatory animals of the Western States, where millions of dol- ' lars' worth - of livestock are destroyed by wolves, panthers, coyotes, bobcats and bears pvery year. In Wyoming alone over a million dollars' worth of sheep are destroyed annually by wild animals, chiefly coyotes. There are many sections of the West where these little wolves regularly kill about ten per cent, of the Spring lambs. In 1 some of the mountain districts of New Mexico, panthers, or mountain lions as they are locally called, kill nearly all of the colts born on the range. For a long time, heavy bounties have been offered by most of the West ern States for the killing of these ariimals, and the professional "wolf hunter" has become a well-known fig ure in the West. The work, however, i is not sufficiently well organized to bring the best results, and a great I deal of fraud has beenV practiced, too, as It is quite possible t<V make artificial I wolf "scalps." s | The needed element of organization I i has been introduced by the Biological FORECAST OF BALLOTING With nearly all the delegates to the I Republican national convention elected | and with the sentiment of the dele | Kates fairly well known, either through the instructions of the primaries or the expressions of the delegates them selves, a forecast of the first ballot has been prepared in Washington which has aroused the interest of observers. It is not official, obviously, but deserves attention because it is the result of careful research by "men who know their business." The following table l;s the opinion of careful students of the first ballot: Sherman 90 Root 120 Roosevelt 65 Burton - 140 Fairbanks 140 Cummins 85 Hughes HO L,a Follette 25 Weeks 12ft Ford 30 Knox 65 Du Pont. 6 This means, of course, that, not a single candidate is within hundreds of delegates of victory. It i& expected that the second ballot will eliminate many of the candidates. A PAEN TO SPRING Who can doubt the-power of Spring, when the blossoms are alive with riot ous color, the leaves and grass are green, and up from the earth wells the fragrance of the life-giving soil. about you at the faces of your neigh bors and observe the cordiality with which one greets another on the day when Spring in all Its glory bursts forth with every sign of life. There Is a sure reaction upon all forms of grouch and unhapplness. Gloom fades like niist before the sun and the ini- j pulse is strong upon man to Imitate the colt and frisk in the open. Baseball, golf, tennis, long walks In the country, canoes, all are healthful forms of work ing off the surplus energy which Spring stores up In the average individual, be fore the Spring fever has a. chance to exert its insidious influence. < MAY 8, 1916. I Survey. The whole of the western I country where damage is done by predatory animals has been divided into eight sections, and an inspector and a number of trappers have been J stationed in each. There are more ' than a hundred of these government trappers in the field to-day. They are i carefully selected from among the lo cal hunters and trappers, and a very I efficient corps has been built up. Each trapper receives $75 a month, and the I pelts ot" the animals taken belong to ■ the government. The best of these are j added to the collection of the National ' Museum, for which the Biological Sur vey has undertaken to make a com plete collection of the native fauna of ! the United States. As the area to be covered embraces all of the Western States from Texas j to the Canadian border, it will take a long time to exterminate the pests, but rapid progress Is being made. In the six months from July to January last over 3,000 animals were taken by the government hunters. Since the first of January the force of trappers has been considerably increased, so that doubtless a much larger number | of animals will be taken In the next six months. All of these pelts were sent to Wash ington where those not desired for the government scientific collections were sold at public auction, bringing an av j erage price of $2.50 each. Most of | them were wolf and coyote skins, though there were a considerable I number of bobcats and bears, and a few skunks. The work has recently been ex pended into Nebraska and North Da [Continue*! on Page 8] [ OUR DAILY LAUGH SMART GIRL Wilder hired ft girl to make a card Index <<? Tl*en he had ! same girl at an W/uilF Increased sal- |j r 1 ;* W |W»' every time she day the busi ness comes to THAT KIND. * u PP°se you know I'm a suitor of your j J Bobble: Tea I. 18, I, don't suit 'or, ~~ " i.» U ' WISE KinnißS! .j) /■; I i| f : By Wing IllnK^r A friend of mine who has a boy Suggested that we two Should take our youngsters Ashing, Which I did agree jto do. We said we'd keep It secret, though, And not put the youngsters wise But some day soon. Just say we'd go And take them by surprise. 1 But yesterday, when I was out A-walklng with my boys One of them handed me a jolt That busted up my joys— When he told me that John told him That he would ask his dad To fix with me a fishing trip For all of us—egadl . ' \ j iEimrauj (Ehat It seems rnthen odd to us here In this section where the trees are cov ered and there is evidence of the com lng of summer on every hand to hear that within the borders of our own Slate signs of Spring are just becoming, manifest. Men who have come here from (he northern tier of counties have remarked upon the lateness of the Spring and that the trees are lust commencing to leaf within a lew hundred miles of us. Only the other day a Harrisburger who was up,in the wilds of Sullivan county said that ha had enjoyed a long walk through woods which were a week or ten days back of the woods in the vicinity of Harrisburß. Another man whose busi ness took him up along the New line said that farmers were not onrP held bai'k by the lateness of the Spring, but that some, of them were only doing work now which the Cum berland Valley farmers had done three weeks ago. In Krie county the season Is very late and the general condition of verdure is ten days behind us. On the other hand, in Grpene county farmers did their Spring ploughing almost six weeks ago. It only goes to show that this is a State of consid erably wider ranges of temperature than we ordinarily think. A difference of from three to four weeks between the northern and southern counties in agricultural conditions is not uncom mon. As more and more attention la given to agriculture because of (he need of a larger home-raised food.sup ply, we begin to realize the great 3ize of Penn's domain. • • • Take a walk out State street some fine evening in the near future and see if you don't agree that Harrisburg in a number of ways Is a whole lot more attractive plgee than you ever imagined. What with the growing in terest throughout the city In the window and porch box campaign, and the already existing garden spots of beauty, Harrisburg should in short order win the coveted honor of being the "Flower City of Pennsylvania." | Not the least of the attractive front lawns on tl is well-kept street is that of A. \V. Myers, of the Myers Manu facturing Company, whose good-look ing home is located at Seventeenth and State streets. L,ast Fall the Rotary Club had what they called Educa tional Night, and Mrs. Myers won the fourth prize that was offered, to wit, 500 tulip bulbs. Sunday they simply couldn't wait any longer, and so they burst the bounds and camo forth from their winter quarters, ot surpassing beauty, brilliant whiles, yellows and reds, a blaze of color that attracts the eye of every passer-by. The prize was given by H. h. Holme's, of the Holmes Seed Company. A large porch and lawn with profuse shrub bery lends the proper background for the beautiful display. And now Miss Margaret Myers, the daughter, is after her father to join the window and porch box movement, and if her ef forts in this direction are as success ful as those which she has put forth in various other contests and cam paigns, the battle is already as good as won. • • • John P. Gallagher, of the State In surance Department, was talking about the war the other day and men tioned that he had three cousins in some German military prison. The three brothers enlisted in the Rrltlsh army and were taken prisoners "some where ih France." When this fact was mentioned to some men in an- J other department. Deputy Fred God i Charles happened along and said that he knew a man in Milton who had been talking about the widespread re sults of the war and whom he de clared was entitled to more sympathy than Mr. Gallagher. "Why?" was asked the deputy. "Oh, he has nine brothers In th« German army and did not know wtim any one of them was," said Mr. G<W charles. A* * * Harrisburg people are getting fixed in their habits about the time to ion Straw hats just as they are as to the day when they must disappear from the streets. "Straw hat" day was cer tainly observed here on Saturday after noon and about every man in ten had on a new or freshly cleaned hat. And as usual on the first straw hat day 1 there was a rain at the close of tho ; day. One merchant estimated that \ scores of straw hats were sold In a few hours of the busy period on Sat urday. * • • The agreement reached by the State Highway authorities and the Pennsyl vania Railroad officials in regard to the changes of the main highway near Speeceville have attracted much atten tion throughout the State. This road is destined to be the great north and south State highway, as it will cross the State from near Elmira to Hagers town, with branches by the dozen. It will be one of the great feeders of 1 traffic Into Harrisburg. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"* —Bishop Thomas J. Garland, of Philadelphia, has returned from a va cation trip to Arizona. —Judge A. B. Reld, of Pittsburgh, refused to order release of men ar rested for inciting to riot In the Brad dock disturbances, saying he would not permit them to go out and start more trouble. „ _ State Department of Labor and Indus try, made a speech at the preparedness exhibit in Philadelphia. —James R. Hughes, headmaster ot Bellefonte Academy, has taken hotel men Into court on charges of selhng to «l lnorS - ._1 . ~ XT The Rev. Frederick C. Nau, prominent Reading clergyman, has been f?lven sl call to ft PlttsburKh church. | DO YOU KNOW ~~ Tlint Harrisburg steel Is used for making surgical instruments? HISTORIC HARRISBURG William Maclay's house was consid ered out in the country for many; years. Can't Say No to a i Woman! * A politician ascribed the pro gress of the suffrage movement to the fact that men could not say "NO" to a woman. 4 And few can, as most husbands will testify. Advertisers realize that when they gain a woman's eye a sale Is half made. And that is one reason why manufacturers are turning to the newspapers with their advertis ing. Women are newspaper readers, as any advertising storekeeper will verify. A good article newspaper ad vertised will command a resdy and quick sale. Manufacturers who would like evidence on this score are Invited to write to the Bureau of Adver tising. American Newspaper Pub- • lishprs Association World Build ing, New York.
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