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TUESDAY EVENING. MAY ft
A* siire as ever God puts His chil
dren in the furnace. He will be in the
furnace icith them. — ANON.
"M. G." ANl> THE N. G. P.
Governor brvmbacgh waa
absolutely right in his Pitts
burgh speech when he declared
the position of the Commonwealth
with respect to the use of the Na
tional Guard in maintaining order in
the strike are*. Time was when the
military arm of the Stale was fre
auentlv utilized by coal operators and
other industrial concerns as a police
power for their own special purposes.
AVlth the coming of the State police. \
however, this attitude was changed
somewhat and for a considerable j
period of years the forces of the Na-1
tional Guard have not been called into
service for strike duty.
When the Governor stated in his
speech 'hat the heads of the big in
dustrial plants affected by the pres
ent disturbance had been warned that
the Guard would not be kept on duty,
indefinitely simply to protect the
plants involved in the absence of any
effort on the part of the companies to
reach an adjustment of the differences 1
In some reasonable way. he properly
indicated that the. State expects as J
speedy a settlement as possible and a :
peaceful and prompt adjustment ofj
existing disputes. That Is the right
course. So long as life and property
ere at stake the strong arm of the ;
• 'ommonwealth will intervene., but it
is not. reasonable to expect the State
to act as a policeman when no effort !
is made to adjust the differences be-:
tween employer and employe.
It Is well that Governor Brumbaugh
made clear this phase of the matter in j
the heart of the disturbed region.
THE GERMAN MITVATION
WE should not permit ourselves
to be lulled into p. sense of false
security with respect to the
continuance of friendly relations be
tween this country and Germany as a
result of the recent correspondence of
the two governments regarding the
use of the submarine against mer
ch»nt vessels. The whole situation is
more fraught with danger now than
ever before. We have reached a point
in the negotiations where one more
Incident like that of the Sussex would
automatically cause a diplomatic
break, with all that usually follows.
The President in almost so many
words has warned Germany that the
Government of the United fetates
will do no more note writing, that it
lias reached the end of its patience
and that it looks to the imperial gov
ernment. to keep its pledge of respect
for neutral rights. A violation of that
pledge can mean but one thing.
It is stated now that there will be a
big jump in the price of coal as a re
sult of the recent agreement between
th« operators and miners in the an
thracite coal regions. A dispat<-h from
Scranton states tba' rice of domes
tic sizes will be raised 4') cents a ton
which will mean that the people will be
paying 90 cents more a ton for coal
than they were a year ago. Again the
interested bystander gets the rocks.
_ WAR ORDERS BOOST WAGES
States east of the Missis
si river, and patUcularly along
the Atlantic coast, laborers in the
mills supplying the belligerents with
munitions of war. or indirect bene
ficiaries of the war, are receiving sub
stantial benefits from our war order
prosperity in the shape of increased
mages.
Four textile mills in Adams, Mass.,
for instance, have announced an in
crease of 10 per cent, in their wage
scales. This will affect 1,300 op
eratives.
The Atlantic Mills, Providence, R. 1.,
have granted a 10 per cent, increase
to their 3,000 employe!;.
Corrigan, McKinney & Co., Cleve
land. Ohio, have advanced wages 10
per cent, to their 1,700 employes.
Five mills in Pittsfield, Mass., manu
facturing woolen goods, have boosted
wages 10 per cent.
In this State the steel workers are
learning what it means to them if
their mills operate at capacity. The
10 per cent, increase In wages gran'ed
to the operatives of the United States
Steel Corporation. February 1. was fol
lowed by an additional 10 per cent, in
crease effective May 1. This means
an addition of $33,000,000 to the pay
envelopes of tJial company since the
TUESDAY EVENING,
first of the year. The Pennsylvania
Steel. Central Iron and Steel anil the
Ealance-Grosjean employes have felt
the benefits.
Many of the Pennsylvania Independ
ents have announced increases, with the
distinct understanding that It results
entirely from the abnormally large
business being done and from the pres
ent high profits. In the Youngstown
district the men are to receive each
month a bonus of 10 per cent, of their
pay for the month preceding, to con
tinue so long as steel prices remain on
a high level and plants are operating
at capacity or close to capacity. Em
; ployes of the Youngstown Sheet and
i Tuhe Company will get a bonus each
I quarter In addition to their 10 per
I cent, wage increase.
These increases in wages mean in
j creased purchasing power on the part
! of labor, or larger savings bank de
| posits by those who are thrifty .md
have an eye to after-the-war con
ditions and a return to a normal wage
i basis. Reduced to its simplest terms,
i the Democratic party Is depending
| upon the hungry maws of European
; caniron and the dependence upon the
United States of European soldiery for
food, clothing and equipment to keep
; this war-order prosperity going until
pfter the November elections, in ilie
hope that this abnormal state of affairs
, will throw political issues in the back-
I ground. Most business men realize.
' however, that a party which relies on
I this sort of business is not a good
business party.
I If there is any Improper relation be
| tween the activity of school teachers
and the publishing firms supplying text
j books to the ilarrisburg school district,
I then it would seem to be an easy matter
ito remedy tile situation. Figures print
ed by an Altoona newspaper would seem
to indicate that we are paving more for
! school books in Harisburg than in any
j city of our class in Pennsylvania. 1
' These facts are at least ascertainable
.'nil since tl'.e matter has been brought
to public attention it is reasonable to
j assume that there will be no delay in
j setting at the truth of the situation.
A I.IVKWIRK ORGANIZATION
IT is a good sign when the motor
clubs of Ilarrlsburg and Palmyra
combine to compel a turnpike
company to keep an important high
way in good condition. Time was
when turnpike companies and
borough officials assumed that they
could tio as they pleased respecting
the roads. Tills has all passed away,
however, and motor clubs and other
organizations are forcing a different
attitude toward the public.
It ought to be apparent to the aver
age citizen of llarrisburg that the 1
Motor Club of this city is a live organ
ization. It has always come to the
front in every emergency and during <
the last few years has accomplished '
much in the direction of Improving j
the highways of this section.
The Technical High School will be
open for Inspection Friday evening.
Harrisburg ha* no belter example of
what its school board and school offi
cials have done and can do In the way
of providing proper educational facili
ties than the "Tech" school. Taxpayers
ought to take advantage of this oppor
tunlty. They owe it to themselves and
they owe ft to those whom they elect
and those whom they employ to con
duct their school system to go and see
what excellent results are being ob
tained.
THE MEXICAN* 61TIATIOX
THE inability of Carranza to main
tain order even along the border
of this country and Mexico lias
been made painfully evident again by
the loss of American lives at the hands
of the bloodthirsty bandits who follow
the leadership of this or that chieftain
only so long as their allegiance will
permit Ihetn to lead a life of law
lessness to which the" are dedicated.
Just now it suits their purpose to pose
as followers of Villa. Xext week, or
the week after, they may be allied
with any other trouble maker who is
not vested with legal authority, so far
a* that term applies ir. Mexico at pres
ent. They will never be anything but
bandits so long as conditions permit
them to live by murder and loot.
The answer Is that, sooner or later,
the United States will have to go Into
Mexico for more than Villa. The
restoration of order in that country is
going to be a tremendous task and one
not to be entered upon lightly. Xow
is the tinxe for the government to pre
pare Itself fully for what may lie
forced upon lis at any moment. Better
to be ready in all tilings for the per
formance of this work and never do it
than to attempt it In a haphazard,
liit-or-miss fashion. The Philippines
are an example of 'he length of occu
pation and difficulties to be overcome
that we may be called upon to face in
Mexico at a moment's notice.
We have reached the high point In
ballot foolishness. It is explained that
the primary ballot for the 16th of this
month will require the average party
man to make 4S n-.arks in order to ex
press his preference as to candidates.
This is a line situation. Unless there
shall come a change we may expect
each voter in the near future to hire a
professional marker in order that there
may be an intelligent showing at the
polls.
YETKRAXS AM) PERPAREWXESS
THE Veterans of the Foreign Wars
of the United States, in session
here, have gone on record most
heartily in favor of preparedness.
There is a lesson in this for everybody.
These men have heen through the mill.
They have faced the deadly rifle and
the even more deadly fever in far-off
lar.ds whither they have gone on the
nation's business. They know whereof
they speak. Xone of them wants to
undergo the same experiences again,
but one and all feel that if the call
should come they would like their sons
to know better how to take care of
themselves than did the boys who
responded when war broke out in '9B.
Most of the veterans of the foreign
service went into the army absolutely
untrained. They had to learn to be
soldiers in the fever-stricken camps of
the South, at San Juan Hill. In Porto
Rico, in the Philippines, and amoitg
the rice dykes of China. It was rough
experience and many a lad lay down
his life In those campaigns because he
; did not know the things that every
soldier on field duty should know. |
Their graves in far-away countries are
monuments to the "unpreparedness" j
of America.
;■
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t JVKQ tcatUM,
By the Ex-C*>nimlUe<>man
While Governor P.rumbaugh was in
Erie county last evening urging voters
to keep their eyes open and Senator
Snyder was in Philadelphia saying
things about the way the governor's
administration was conducting affairs
| men prominent in politics throughout
this State and New York and at Wash
ington were talking: about the fre
quent conferences between Senator
Boies Penrose and George W. Per
kins, the leader of the progressives
and close friend of Theodore Roose
velt. Many appeared to think that
the senator and the friends of the
colonel had come close to an under
standing whereby they would let
events take their course at Chicago.
In a Washington dispatch today the
Philadelphia Ledger gives prominence
i to a story In Which the following pas
sages occurred: "It was reported that
the day of Senator Penrose opened
with a conference with Mr. Perkins in
the Senator's suite at the Waldorf.
This Senator Penrose denied, but he
admitted that he frequently met Mr.
.Perkins when visiting this city. "1
would not call our meetings confer
ences." said the Senator. "I have
known Mr. Perkins for a good many
years and I sec him frequently when
l am in New York. My visit in New
York has no particular significance."
Senator Penrose said Colonel Roose
velt had not been an issue in the
Pennsylvania primaries.
"The delegates from Pennsylvania."
said the Senator, "will go to Chicago
uncommitted. When we get there we
will look o\er t lie field and consult
with other delegates to the end that
in a judicial and patriotic spirit we
may be able to aid in the selection of a
candidate who in the judgment of a
majority of delegates will do the
country the most good and the Re
publican party the greatest credit."
Senator Penrose was told there had
been reports that he would support
I Colonel Roosevelt in the convention.
"I shall preserve an open mind on
the question of candidates as well as
on any other questions of importance
likely to come before the convention
until I reach Chicago," tiie Senator
replied.
"If Pennsylvania has a favorite
son." he said in reply to another ques
tion. "it is Knox. That does not nec
essarily mean that his name will he
placed before the convention during j
the early stages of the balloting."
The thought embodied in the com
ment of Senator Penrose on Knox led
to inferences in some quarters that
he might be the dark horse on whom
Colonel Roosevelt and his following
and the "old guard" element in the
Republican party hope to unite.
—Allegheny county is still buzzing
over the efforts to couple up the gov
ernor's candidacy with Col. Roosevelt
and It is generally believed that Wil- '
liam Flinn and his friends had some- j
thing to do with the posters and the
other arrangements.
—Walter X. Gemmill, of Carlisle.,
yesterday announced that he had quit
as a candidate for the legislature in
Cumberland county.
—Governor Brumbaugh appears to
have received a notable ovation in
Meadville. the county seat of the lat
est dry county, when he reached there
(yesterday. Ex-Congressman M. W.
Shreve, of Erie, presided at the Erie
meeting last night.
i . —Senator Penrose said yesterday in
Philadelphia that at least sixty-five of
the seventy-six delegates from Penn
sylvania will be uninstructed. He
predicted a clean sweep and reiterated
his statement that the Brumbaugh;
candidacy had "fallen flat" as hej
phrased it.
' —Penrose men who refuse to swingj
for Yare ward leaders are having hard
I times in Philadelphia county offices, j
The mayor has declared a truce until
after the primaries, but there are
charges that men connected with the
government are still busy. The Phil- ;
jadelphia Record to-day says: "Ex- j
| Senator John J. ("oylc. candidate for
Congress in llie Sixth district, said, at j
a meeting in Philadelphia last night.;
"Unless you vote right you are likely j
to have the Yares run the State as |
| they ore trying to run the city. There j
| isn't a man in this hall who believes
I Martin G. Brumbaugh is the real gov-;
( ernor of Pennsylvania. Xot one' of
his moves in the last year was made
| without dictation from somebody
. else."
—Senator Penrose is to speak at a
I meeting in Philadelphia on Thurs-I
day and some more statements are
i expected.
—Democrats in Wilkes-Rarre are in!
a row and the Casey faction is de-!
manding removal of live election offi- j
i cers.
| —Mayor Smith last night said that 1
'no one would lie dropped or changed!
.in Philadelphia city government until
after the primaries except with his
approval and that he would not stand
for any holdups.
—William Alexander. appointed
postmaster of Chambers burg:, was a j
delegate to the Democratic national
j convention. J. Willis Freed, appoint
ed at Mt. Joy, has also been active in I
Democratic politics.
—Over 300.000 voters have regis-!
tered for the primary in Philadelphia, j
Some of the changes in registration l
made by the commissioners have bCen j
appealed to court.
—The Philadelphia Democratic city (
i committee last night heard Michael
I.iebel charge that the tro"ubles of the
Democracy In this State were due to
i incompetent leadership.
—lt is strongly intimated that Col
; Roosevelt would be acceptable to
Senator Penrose.
A Combination Stairway
A new device for saving space in a
small house consists in placing the cel
, lar stairway and that to the second I
1 floor in the same space. The lower '
I flight of the stairway leading to the i
top floor is hinged and may be raised |
by pressing an electrical button. The !
cellar stairway is then revealed. While
the upper flight is elevated. It looks
like a door.
WHO SPRING ARIUYRS
n> Wing Dinger
Well, planting time's with us once
more.
And I've got to go down to the store
Just because there's a lot
Of thl: gs to be bought
That I've purchased in years gone be- '
fore.
|
Each year when Spring time comes
around
And I want to put seeds in the ground
Through the house 1 will go
On a search, high and low.
! But the trowel's nowhere to be found. j
I .awn mower, grass shears, garden hose I
And the patented sprinkler that throws
I A strong stream'or a spray—
All have vanished away '*
Where they've gone to, dear only j
j knows. j
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
When a Feller Needs a Friend . By BRIGGS
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TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE ~| 1
—The German press says the "im
perial government has gone the limit"
in its recent note, and there are many
Americans who believe so too.
—-Twenty-two monkeys arrived on
an immigrant ship at New York last
week. We thought all the monkeys
were at war In Europe.
—Some men have gotten Into the
social swim by watering stocks.
—The Germans keep right on at
Verdun, just as though they didn't
know they are licked.
—The Buffalo Evening News pub
lishes a full page antipreparedness
advertisement, because, tt says, i,t be
lieves the advertisement wilt do more
to'make converts for preparedness
than the opposite, and adds by way of
apology, "This newspaper excludes
from Its columns all quack advertis
ing."
—Even telling a girl that her lips in
repose form a perfect cupid's bow
would not keep some girls quiet long.
EDITORIAL COMMENT 1
In all its perplexing and seemingly
purposeless intricacies, Mr. Wilson's
Mexican policy has received support
from the major fraction of Americans
because they recoiled from the em
barrassments and thankless difficulties
of intervention in the detestable poli
tics of Mexico. .But the conditions on
the border are intolerable. They
must be mended, and It is increas
ingly apparent that the course Mr.
Wilson has hitherto followed has not
improved them in the slightest degree.
—The New Vork Sun.
While Germany was sinking passen
ger vessels because they resembled
transports, she was careful not to ap
proach dangerously near the real trans
ports that were carrying tlie Russians
to France.—Philadelphia North Amer
ican.
Carranza seems to be much stronger
for the recall than the initiative.—
Columbia State.
—Any connection between I»eap Year
and the British seizure of mails?— Wall.
Street Journal.
$7.50 a Week For Five
[New York World]
The Department of Health in an
official bulletin publishes the results
of tests made at the Beth Israel Hos
pital to discover a system of diet of
minimum cost for a family of two
adults and three children. They
show that a family of tills number
can live well and remain fully
nourished with an expenditure for
food of slightly less than $7.50 a
week.
The sample menus given indicate
that this low cost dietary ran be both
varied and appetizing. It includes
necessarily more farinaceous than ani
mal food: yet the allowance of two
pounds of meat a day is liberal and
in fact comprises 37 per cent, of the
entire cost. But the important thing
is that the dietary has a scientific
value and not merely a cookbook lure.
It is balanced and selected with re-
Hard to the proper proportion of pro
tein and nutritive elements. "If we
could devise a plan for insuring such
a diet to all the poor people in this
city," says Commissioner Emerson,
"We could materially reduce our death
rate."
That is too much to expect, nor is
it likely that those who would most
benefit from it will generally adopt a
standardized diet prepared on a basis
of household economy and food effi
ciency. But It is a good thing to have
a diet of proved wholesomeness and
cheapness available for those who do
want It, and the Health Department
has performed a public uervlcc in pro-
LviUiiiK it.
Our Progress in Latin-America
By Frederic J. Haskin
A SHORT time ago an American
Arm wan awarded a contract
worth nearly five million
dollars for the building: of
port works at Ascunsion, Paraguay.
Ten years ago an English or a French
company would in all probability have
done the work. The incident is one
of many current indications that the
United States is gaining a business
foothold in Latin America.
We have undoubtedly won a place
in Latin-American trade. Now an
other question arises. Can we hold
this business when the European war
is over, and the great industrial na
tions of that continent re-enter the
market?
This is a question of the utmost im
portance to the commercial future of
the United States. The Latin-Ameri
can trade means far more to us than
an opportunity for the individual to
make money. It is a national oppor
tunity for the United States to lake
her place as one of the foremost com
mercial nations of the world.
The average American citizen, full
fed on copy-book patriotism, is apt
to exclaim that we are already that,
and he will point to the Immense val-
Back Yard Garden
[Reading News-Times]
In the old-time country village or
city suburb, nearly everyone raised
a few standard vegetables. Now the
tendency is to use the back yard for
an automobile garage, or as a gen
eral rubbish heap or playground.
Many people set out small fruits on
the theory that once planted, they
require no labor. Also they usually
provide little fruit after the neigh
borhood boys get through with them.
Tt is commonly remarked that
after you have paid for tools, fertil
izer, and labor, the garden costs
more than the vegetables raised.
But it didn't formerly, when the
man of the house spaded and hoed
it for himself, and paid out no cash
except a few dollars for seed and
fertilizer.
It is about as easy to raise beans
or potatoes for five families as for
one. If neighbors are friendly and
intimate, they can make quite a sav
ing in living costs by each raising
one or two varieties, and arranging
for a general exchange.
Warning to Wooers
[Cincinnati Enquirer]
And you had better look out for
your Last Name when she starts call
ing you by your First Name.
OUR DAILY LAUGH 1
HAD TO Ml
What do you % Ivil!
Buppo s e '■ V
makes that J $ v
baby cry so f
awfully loud? Wj
Why, both >w( £"3* l
Its parents are 111
hard of hear- U\J
||l| you know. V '
SERIOUS AT
TENTIONS.
Miss S1 m
perly: An aw
some m a n
knelt at my
an hour today.
|||i|fSjPjk fax: I gotcha.
jjjji * shoes. And I'll
tougher
on the shoe
clerk than it
was on you.
MAY 9, 1916.
lie of our exports as conclusive proof.
As a matter of fact we are just be
ginning to be a first rote force In in
ternational trade. Before the begin
ning of the European war, a large
proportion of our exports were raw
material or partly manufactured
goods. Now. it is R fundamental
principle of international trade that
the more highly manufactured the
goods exported, the more value they
represent to the producing nation; and
the most efficient and powerful nation
is the one which most completelv
manufactures all of its products. Thus
a_ ton of Iron ore shipped out of the
United States means that this coun
try is being paid a profit only on the
operation of mining it, and that the
far greater profit upon making it in
to machinery will be earned by an
other nation. On the other hand,
every sewing machine that we export
means that we have made every pos
sible penny of profit out of the few
pounds of material that we have put
into it. p
Not only miners, but steel mill
workers, skilled mechanics, wood
I"Continued on Page 11]
THE STATE FROM m TO m
The Third ward school grounds In
Bradford were the scene of a dread
ful carnage yesterday when the X.
D- K.'s defeated the J. A. C.'s in an
amateur baseball game. Pitcher Pilk
of the I. D. K.'s (key to situation
missing) made a homerun in the fifth
with the bases full. Good boy, Pilky!
"Verbal Bouquets Pelt Commis
sioner Lynch" were the headlines in
yesterday's New York Sun. Readers
looked eagerly to see how Harrisburg
had been so signally honored, but it
was not the chief. It was the State
Industrial Commissioner of New
York who received the word-tokens.
Miscreants have been digging up
I bulbs in Kane as well as this city, it
j would seem. Kane has been worse
! desecrated than Harrisburg, how
ever, because the thieves took the
j flowers right out of the cemetery
there.
Citizens in a certain small town in
the btate are urged by a two-line ad
vertisement "not to forget the 5-cent
dance to-night." What a relief to
find some tiling that has not gone up
in price since the war started.
The prisoners in the Bellefonte
penitentiary have learned to be
economic, having saved 3 2,000 to
bacco coupons with which they have
equipped themselves with baseball
outfits sufficient for four teams. Big
leaguers may rest assured that' they
will be well taken care of any time
they care to "kill the ump."
Queerly tasting eggs at a home in
Manheim resulted in an investigation
which proved the eggs to be skunk
flavored. The farmer had killed a
polecat and thrown the carcas Into
the yard among the chickens. o
E. D.
Towanda has a cat that is so kind
hearted that it could not refuse to
adopt the orphan woodchuck which
Lewis Briggs, of Ulster, found while
strolling through the fields. The
family of kittens seems perfectly
satisfied.
Jump into the book-canvassing
game, boys, if you would have Dame
Fortune relapse into a broad grin for
you. Tf you are lucky, you will be
like the Northumberland young man
who sold books In such "a pleasing
manner that one or his customers, of;
the feminine gender, recently pre-1
scnted him with an automobile, which
well nigh flabbergasted the young,
gentleman. J
lEbmng (Cljat
Reference In the Tear Book of the
Pennsylvania Society to the unveiling
at Lancaster of a "Distingulshtd
isibors" tablet, erected through u
gift of that eminent Pennsylvanian
and lover of its history, William Uhler
Hensel, makes one think what a rich
field there is for marking of sites or
commemoration of events in llarrls
burg If one only took the trouble in
read the history of liarrlsburg it
would find that the men who have
made America have been visitors to
the capital city of Pennsylvania at
one time or another. Harrlsburg has
not as long a history ns the county
seat of its mother county, but be
cause of its official Importance it has
had many visitors of wide fame. Mr.
Hensel thought enough of the visits
paid to his city to leave funds for
marking of the place where Presi
dents Lincoln, Buchanan and Roose
velt and Horace Greeley spoke. Lan
caster is proud of that place and justly
so. And by the same token Harris
burg lias reason to be proud, too.
Take the Commonwealth Hotel, for
instance. From the steps of hotels
Which have occupied that site for the
last 125 years or so there have been
speeches made by George Washing
ton. John Adams, General Zachary
Taylor. James Buchanan and Abraham
Lincoln, while other places in llar
rlsburg have been visited by William
Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James
K, Polk, 11. S. Grant, Theodore
Roosevelt, William H. Taft and
Woodrow Wilson, to say nothing of
visits by Marquis de Lafayette, Gen
eral Jacob Brown. Daniel Webster,
I Albert Edward, (later King Edward
| VII), Charles Dickens, General
j George G. Meade, James G. Blaine
and others who place looms big in
| American history. Practically every
Pennsylvanian of note in the last cen
tury has been a sojourner in llarris
burg. Many of them spoke in the
State Capitols. Practically all came
on ceremonial visits, the" kind that
are commemorated in other cities.
History has been made here, hut there
j is nothing to tell the tale but local
j traditions or paragraphs in county
histories. The history of Harrlsburg
is embalmed in its newspapers which
I have been forces in the community
I for many years and the person who
glances through them will find many
names high tit American annals who
have been visitors to this city, hut of
which the passerby never knows.
Considerable interest is being taken
lup the Susquehanna Valleys in the
I proposed archeological commission
I Which Is to make investigation into
the history of the Indians along the
I wide branching river to which ref
erence was made recently, in this
J column. Indian literature is being
looked lip and the traditions of the.
j river valley many of which are re-
Mold in the books of Col. Henry \Y.
| Shoemaker. Attention Is also being
given to Indian lore in the schools
| and the demand for books on Indians
at the Harrlsburg Public Library is
jnlso an Interesting commentary upon
[the popular interest. The commis
| sion will have exceptional opportun
{ities for its work because of the ex
perience and skill of the men in
j charge and the co-operation of State
I and county organizations as well as
the ll'ieral funds at hand.
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The greatest Indian story of these
parts is the raid of what was known
as the "Paxtang Boys" on the Cones
toga Indians. The "Paxtang Boys"
were the forefathers of some of us,
from all accounts, and despite the
pleadings of Parson John Elder they
rode to the river bank village of tbo
Conestogas, in Lancaster county, and
proceeded to carry out a massacre.
These men undoubtedly had great
provocation, but there was an even
greater outcry and a tremendous fuss
was made by the Quakers at Philadel
phia, especially after the raiders had
proceeded to lynch some Indians at
Lancaster, taking them from the
county Jail.
• * »
In Stony Creek valley unde»- a
spreading old tree that looks as r.n
cient as the country itself, opposite
the homestead 011 the Irwin farm
about three miles back of Dauphin
011 the main road to Ellendale Karge,
are the graves of a number of In
dians. Tradition has it that they were
killed there In a fight with the feet -
tiers in which the settlers themselves
did not come off unscathed. For years
the graves were marked but In recent
years they have been plowed oVer
and the ground cultivated.
• * *
It is probable that as a result of
the survey that some of the Indian
village sites In this community may
be marked out and that something
will be done to perpetuate the memory
(of the red men who hunted and fished
1 where the trolley cars now run.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE^
—Senator Snyder delivered the
memorial address at the Pottsvillr
Order of Moose exercises.
—Leßoy Ross, prominent in Easton
affairs, litis been elected president of
I the Northampton County Christian
Endeavorers.
—Dr. M. J. Kline, of Franklin and
Marshall College, was the speaker at
Reading liremen's memorial exer
cises.
—Warden John Francies. of t,im
western penitentiary, has allow.ed
prisoners to form a ball league. ,
—George W. Elkins, Jr., has been
elected president of the Abingtdn
Memorial Hospital.
DO YOU KNOW
Tlmt llarrisbursr manufacturers
go to every country in Kuropc
and many in South America?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The first State Capitol was con
sidered a model of colonial architec
ture for over half a century.
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CI7 -
[Questions submitted to members
the Harrisburg Rotary Club and theij
answers as presented at the organ!'"
tion's annual "Municipal Quiz." |
What Is the city tax rate for 19K*
9Mi mills.
Short Change!
It amount to about the same
thing when a storekeeper substi
tutes on inferior article for a
standard brand.
He is hurting the reputation of
the manufacturer who has put
character into bis goods, and
spent money to advertise the
name.
He Is doing an injury to the
customer, and through his own
shortsightedness, he is weaken
ing his own position in the eyes
of hit customer.
Reputable and far-seeing mer
chants do not indulge In the sub
stitution practice.
"When you see an article ad
vertised in this newspaper, and
it is the kind of an article you
want, ask for it by name.
Go to a good store and you
will get what you ask for.
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