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FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 12
You '
dream yourself into a
character: you if.
'•ainmer and forge j
yourself into one. — FßO,
FORD IX PENNSYLVANIA ~ =
SI'PPORTEHS of Henry Ford, or
those who are using his name to
cover their own political designs,
have sent millions of stickers into
Pennsylvania with lhe hope of turning
the tide in his favor at the primaries
next Tuesday. This method of cam
paigning does not appeal to the fair
minded man of any party. If H>enry
Ford wanted to be a candidate for
popular choice in the presidential race ,
In this State, the way was open to him.
The law gave him ample opportunity ,
to file nominating papers that auto
matically would have placed his name j
on the primary tickets. Instead of I
availing himself of this opportunity he I
denied that he was a candidate and j
Insisted that no papers be filed in his!
behalf.
As an avowed candidate he would
liHve had no more than a passing no
tice. As a "sticker" candidate his can
didacy is drawn to the attention of
(every man who goes to the polls. That
method of campaigning may be smart,
hut it is not honorable. Ford as presi
dential material is utterly impossible.
In the White House he would be worse
than Wilson.
Friends of the automobile manufac- !
turer assert that his name is being |
used in Pennsylvania without sanction ■
and In an effort to win votes away'
from Governor Brumbaugh. If that be -
true, then Ford is being made a cats- j
paw and he owes it to the voters of !
this State to tell them that unscrupu- j
lous politicians are endeavoring to
have him pull their chestnuts out of
the fire. His continued silence will
convince most people that he is a
party to the sticker campaign for the :
sake of the cheap advertising to be ]
derived.
In either case his candidacy Is not j
to be taken seriously. This is no time !
to consider for President a man whose i
avowed Intention it is to strip the i
United States of even the meager mili- !
tan' force it has for protection against
M exico.
GREATER THAN WILSON
IT is one of the pleasing pastimes of
Democratic orators to describe Wil- j
son as the greatest President since
Washington, thus placing him above
such eminent Democrats as Jefferson
and Jackson. Judge Samuel White, j
•who delivered the principal address
at the Jefferson Club Banquet in Port- j
land, Oregon, recently, set up a new j
idol for Democracy by frying that!
history does not record the name of!
any man in all time who has ren
dered as great a service to mankind
find the cause of the plain people as
lias Mr. Bryan.
Since we have Wilson placed above
Jefferson and Jackson, and Bryan!
placed above Wilson, we now know
who's who in Democracy.
RAILROADS AND THE PEOPLE
GENERALLY speaking, there is a
disposition among railroad
magnates throughout the coun-i
try to avoid further alienation of
public good will by avoiding doing
the things which brought about the
reprisals of recent years. There are
still, however, here and there officials
of the old type who should be rele
gated to the back seats that, they may !
not Interfere with the gradual restora- j
tion of confidence and better relations
between the public and the railroad
interests.
Restrictive and coercive legislation
having to do with the regulation of
public utilities usually reacts upon the
patient public. This has been the
tendency for several years and the
public Ir at last realizing that any
drastic law which cripples a public
utility—railroad or any other service
corporation—is bound to counter upon
the innocent bystander. Starting at
Washington, the game of regulation
has been played in every State and
municipality so that to-day the in
creased cost of operation and the
slowing down of development have
fallen upon the general public. Of
course, the people have in some meas
ure been responsible, but in the final
analysis it must be understood that
the arbitrary and unreasonable rail- |
road official started the avalanche.
It is interesting to observe, how-1
ever, that things are changing for the I
better and that the antagonistic atti- i
FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBUIIb TELEGRAPH MAY 12, 1916
tude of the public has given place to
a more rational consideration of the
service corporations. It now remains
to be seen whether thiß favorable
change will be checked by a return
to old methods upon the part of rail
road officials. It is squarely up to
them whether returning prosperity
shall cause a relapse to the old atti
tude of the public be damned or a
more intelligent course involving fair
treatment of patrons and co-operation
with the public at large.
THE ROOSEVELT CAtfDIDAOY
THE Roosevelt candidacy becomes j
complicated. There are indica
tions that the Colonel is making ;
a serious bid for the Republican ;
nomination in such manner as to leave j
his political and personal prestige un- I
impaired should the Chicago conven- j
tions decide upon some other candi- i
date.
On the same day that Perkins is
sued a statement to the effect that the
Progressives are not tied to Roose
velt and are ready to accept any
progressive Republican, the Roosevelt
Nonpartisan League, with headquar
ters in New York and Guy Emerson
as secretary, came out in the Satur
day Evening Post with a four-page
advertisement telling the public why,
in its estimation, Theodore Roosevelt 1
is the logical man for President at
this time. The prodigality of the
space purchased for the advertise
ment points suspiciously toward the
well-filled purse of this same Perkins,
who is not averse to spending his
money lavishly when he has an end !
in view, and the skill with which the ;
advertisement was prepared shows
plainly that it is no hastily concocted
scheme of irresponsible enthusiasts.
Indeed, the student of Roosevelt
literature will find here and there ear- j
marks of what possibly may be the j
revisions of the ex-President's own !
pen.
To further complicate the situation,
the Colonel is out in an interview to
-of\in which he endorses this effort
at the partisan Roosevelt League, I
is not a caAlfi le maintaining that he j
while the League V ln other words. ,
I onel for President, on Col- j
as chief executive he wou?JJ n< * that
best guarantee of peace in the
j States, he denies that he is seeking
the nomination and endorses the
League's campaign, because it upholds
j preparedness.
Out of the whole confusing muddle
I two conclusions may be reasonably
deduced—that the Colonel wants the
i nomination if he can get it and that
j he is maneuvering for a position that
| will enable him to pose as the power
j behind the throne if he cannot have
| the presidential honor for himself.
j
HF.SI I.TS OF PROHIBITION
CULLING a few interesting para
graphs from recently gathered
statistics one learns that—
"Hydes," the finest saloon of Seat
tle, has been remodeled as a tea room,
with beautiful decorations, oriental
furnishings and comfort conveniences.
Hundreds of Seattle's leading women
! are Its patrons.
The Raymann Brewery of Wheeling,
jW. Va., is now the P. O. Raymann
I Company, engaged in meat packing.
The I'needa Brewery of West Vir
ginia is now a milk produce company.
I The Benwood Brewery (West Vir- j
! ginia) is now a chemical and soap :
j plant.
The Fairmont Brewery (West Vir-;
i ginia) is now an ice and milk products
plant.
The Huntington Brewery is now a
; meat packing plant.
The Cedar Rupids Brewery is now j
I a yeast factory.
j The lowa City Brewery is now a
| creamery and produce company,
j The Star Brewing Company, of
Washington, Pa., is now a paint, oil
and varnish company.
The North Yakima Brewing Com- ;
pany, of Washington, is now a fruit:
i by-products company.
Here are a few choice morsels for \
those to chew upon who have been
arguing that prohibition confiscates
property. It doesn't. Prohibition
merely turns it to better uses.
'I III', CALL FOR HELP AGAIN
AGAIN comes ' the call for help
from hungry Belgium and North
ern France. That the death rate ;
j among noncombatants in the enemy- :
occupied territory will increase alarm- i
ingly within the next few months if I
bigger and firmer aid is not tmme- j
diately forthcoming Is the one con- j
elusion to be drawn from the recent j
: reports of Herbert Hoover, chairman
! of the Commission for Relief in Bel- ;
I gium.
According to tiie report, lack of sup- i
plies forced a reduction of the daily 1
ration of the destitute population al- ,
most to the starvation point. Thou- |
| sands of destitute daily besiege the I
relief stations begging for food, and j
hundreds of communal kitchens, at |
i which the rations are distributed, are j
without the necessary meat and grease I
! base for the making of soup.
It is a fact, that all the meat shops I
arc closed and the people were buying
and eating the town dogs until stopped
' by the authorities.
There are no potatoes in the coun
try, and a steady and adequate supply
is absolutely necessary to prevent the
spread of scurvy. The investigators
found no vegetable In the market ex
cept a little celery and a good deal of
dandelion leaves.
The heavy task of providing food
for these helpless thousands rests with
the United . States. Doubtless the
people will respond as liberally as in
the past, but few Rive up their hard
earned money without due consid
eration, and it is impossible to banish
the thought that in feeding the con
quered multitudes behind the German
armies we are meeting an expense that
rightfully belongs to the imperial gov
ernment. We have heard much prattle
of benefits following in the wake of
German occupation, of the rehabili
tation of industry, the reconstruction
of demolished buildings and the
efficiency of the re-established local
government, but the fact that thou
sands-of persons of the districts held
by German troops are starving belies
all the fine words with which German
proposandists have been so lavish. A
government that permits its people to
starve in what a few years ago were
rich and prosperous localities will have
some difficulty impressing its virtues
upon the people who are paying its
grocery bills.
"pt>v>vo4jCtfa>vta
By the Ex-Committeeman
■ =C=xJ
Democratic and Republican chief-1
tains who have been figuring in the :
primary contests will make their final J
moves to-morrow. Dozens of meet- j
ings will be held in various parts of
|the State and candidates for nomina
tions will close what is generally ad- ;
mitted to be the most surprising cam- i
paign held in this State in twenty j
yea rs.
Senator Boles Penrose has ex-!
pressed confidence in the outcome of
the contest for delegates and the Re-j
publican State committee and in the
next day or so it is expected that
some statement of the claims of the
State administration side will be
i issued.
In the Democratic camp there have
been interchanges of the bitterest
words and the scrap of the reorgan
ization and rehabilitation factions has
' been thoroughly enjoyable. The
friends of A. Mitchell Palmer insist
that he will win hands down in the
contest at the polls for national com
mitteeman, but Michael Liebel, Jr.. the
| candidate of the opponents of Palmer
and his pals, says that their hour has
struck.
—The Brumbaugh campaign head
quarters has been silent for several
; days, but it is understood that it has
been issuing tons of literature and
that some eleventh hour stories will
be sprung which will be worth read
ing. The last move of the headquar
| ters in announcing a Dimmick com
! mittee after Dimmick had declared
for Penrose appears to have caused
j considerable smiling.
—Senator Penrose will make a
speech in Philadelphia to-night and
it is probable that he will have some
remarks of rather heated character
to make. The anti-Penrose men say
'■ that he Is only saying what he thinks
without regard to what the great mass
|of the people think. However, the
j Senator was never more confident
j than he appears to be this year.
—The Scranton Times of a few days
ago contained this interesting item:
,"F. W. Fleitz, Brumbaugh leader
Ha?, has given his endorsement to
State tK M- Kepliart, candidate for
candidate Yet", and Charles A. Snyder,
of whom are Visitor General, both
slate Fleitz is aistfehaior Penrose's
to support Colonel R. A'. n F his friends
rose candidate for alternaVyP s ' Fen
—Congressman B. K. Focrtftt'B®-
1 Lewtsburg, seems to have stirred iifi
| the animals by a resolution in Con-
I gress prohibiting the production of
I the "Birth of a Nation" in Washing
i ton.
—John R. K. Scott's friends have
been getting busy in this city and
vicinity and are placarding many
places. Scott has sent word to friends
here that his campaign engagements
prevent him from visiting Harrlsburg.
—District Attorney Rotan has called
a public meeting in Philadelphia to
discuss the charges that police are un
duly active In politics and it is gen
erally regarded as a big move by the
Penrose-McNichol forces. Mayor
Smith last night defied his enemies to
do their worst.
Candidates for Congress in this sec
tion of the State do not seem to have
been bothered about preliminary ex
penses. Very few of them returned
payments of any kind.
—Philadelphia is the city of politi
cal meetings these days. The loans
were urged at big meetings last night,
while in other sections of the city
Brumbaugh partisans and Vare men
urged votes for their candidates.
Senator J. P. McNichol at a meet
ing called the Governor's slate "a
mongrel ticket" and said that he
would not say anything about the Gov
ernor because "he has troubles enough
already."
—The Philadelphia Inquirer to-day
calls upon the Governor to clear him
self of charges by asking the men in
charge of the bank where the alleged
Kolb loan for him is said to have
been made to make a statement.
—Judge Charles L. Brown, who was
attacked in a petition Max Kauffman
handed to the Governor, said yester
day that It was "malicious." The Gov
ernor has turned the papers over to
Attorney General Brown.
—The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times of
to-day says: "Postcards signed by
G. Wasson, Republican na
tional committeeman, are being cir
culated in Allegheny county and
probably all over the State. The card
shows for whom to vote as State
Treasurer, Auditor General. Repre
sentatives in Congress-at-large, dele
gates-at-large and district national
delegates, but no attention is called
to the fact that Governor Martin G.
Brumbaugh is trying to get the in
dorsement of Pennsylvania for Presi
dent. Pictures of Theodore Roosevelt
are printed on both sides of the card
and effort is being made to show the
fight is in his interest and not In that
of the Governor. The fact that there
is an absence of any instruction of
how to vote for Governor Brumbaugh
for President is an indication that his
managers at least have abandoned
his candidacy.
Make Raiding Unhealthy
[Evening Ledger. Phlla.l
The raid of Mexicans upon Boquillas
and Glenn Springs, Tex., need surprise
no one. There Is no adequate protec
tion of the long international border.
Mexicans- have been making raids
across it for years, their frequency de
pending upon the condition of affairs In
Mexico and the activity of the Texas
authorities. They will continue so long
as the government In Washington hesi
tates to use firmness in dealing with
the subject.
The only policy that can bring them
to an end is the pursuit and capture
of every raiding band and the sum
mary punishment of the leaders. We
are supposed now to have a working
agreement with the Carranza govern
ment which permits our troops to
cross the border in pursuit of bandits,
or whatever else they may be called.
The captain of the Texas Rangers
showed how the work was to be done
when he was sent to K1 Paso In 1892
to put a stop to the activities of a band
of thirty-seven Mexicans who had been
terrorizing the country thereabouts.
The captain knew where the men were
encamped in Mexico. He took his
rangers with him across the border,
surprised the marauders, shot every
one of them and returned. It was all
done in less than 48 hours.
So long as Mexicans enjoy immunity
tney will continue to make raids. As
soon as they are convinced that every
raider must pay with his life or liberty
for his offenses, raiding will become
unpopular, and one phase of the Mexi
can question will be disposed of.
Can't Satisfy Them
[Atlanta Constitution!
When Justice Hughes is silent they
don't know what to make of him,
and when he talks he doesn't please
'em. So. there they are, and where
are they?
- THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
PROGRESS! THE KIND WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF.
Uncle Sam: "I am going to cut loose from him and put a business-like engineer on the job."
1 ' "GRAPH'S PERISCOPE
Colonel Dodds u,.; #bout R goo „
iVlHt.ta appears to co. „ spond preUy
well to a certain other , entleman a
notion about a good Indian.
—Senator Stone says this is a go.,
time for everybody to hold his head:
but the Senator should remember that
| not all of us drink that kind.
! —Just now, with most housewives In
j the midst of their Spring offensives,
! many husbands find it difficult even
j to retire in good order.
' —Some how or other a ten mill
{ school tax sounds worse than a one
! cent. rate.
I —lf Henry Ford is really averse to
j being a candidate for the Presidency in
j Pennsylvania, somebody Is spending a
' great deal of money for the purpose
|of dis-pleasing him.
Just a Toy Army
[Philadelphia Inquirer]
Quotation from a Washington tele- j
j gram:
"Senator Borali to-night urged that I
additional troops be ordered to the!
border and said that any man or party !
in Mexico which sought to embarrass;
the task of protecting American in- j
: terests be treated as enemies of the'
1 country."
Ah, yes. But where are the troops? |
Quotation from a telegram from El j
j Paso: |
"Asked to-day if he intended send
| ing troops into the Big Bend district
In addition to those already on their
| way. General Funston said this eve
'ning:
" 'X haven't any to send." "
No, he hasn't any to send. "Why >
' not? Because our army, which is cora
i posed of excellent material, is a TOY
1 ARMY.
j On Monday President Wilson listen
ed to some misguided milk sops con- I
j nected with an organization which)
calls itself the American Union;
Against Militarism. Now no one wants'
militarism. It is the curse of Ger
j many and in the hands of Germany
has sown much of Europe with tens!
iof thousands of graves. Militarism j
lis the building up of a gigantic mili-j
I tary institution which is at the com- ;
mand of an ambitious cabal iind de- j
signed to browbeat and control any
. nation upon which greed fixes its
; bloodshot eyes. Against such men
there must be a proper defense. And
that is all that preparedness means in
the I'nited States —an army large:
enough to defend our rights and keep |
| out the invader. The invader has I
j actually appeared and he comes from 1
Mexico. President Wilson said to the
milk sops:
"There are not men enough in the
i existing American army to patrol the
I Mexican border. That is the mere
j physical men. And yet it is obviously
| the right thing to do to keep the dls- j
| orders of one country from flowing 1
i over to disturb the peace of another
country. That is not militarism. That
| is necessity."
! And yet in the face of these facts.
| the House of Representatives has
[ dared to throw its unpatriotic body,
I diseased with the germ of GERMAX
americanism, in front of the onward
march of preparedness and has de
clared its intention of refusing to de
velop the TOY ARMY into one of re
spectable size.
The House of Representatives, un- i
; der its present direction, is a disgrace
j to the United States of America and
i a dangerous menace to Its free insti- j
| tutions.
i It richly deserves to be repudiated j
i at the November polls, and It will be j
jif there is anything like a genuine
j patriotic sentiment pervading this)
j Nation.
A Preventive For Sea-sickness ,
j A recent successful patent is for a
machine that will overcome the rolling
of a ship and thereby banish sea-sick- i
j ness. The new instrument is a sort of
I gyriscope, which is set in motion bv the
waves, and counteracts the rolling of
• the ship. The apparatus lias already
been tested upon several yachts and j
other small vessels and the Navy De
partment has ordered one for a big j
10,000-ton transport now being built hi I
Philadelphia.
TEACHING CHILDREN THRIFT
By Frederic J. Haskin
V II >\
A SMALL boy of eight early de-| c
veloped the ambition to bcome < i
a scientific farmer. His par- j1
? 1U who had only a very moderate | c
IS® 0 "'. talked to him seriously about,
, ',-t, explainng that if he ever j I
wanted to to co n e ge he would have 1
to earn the l. ey hj ms elf. Accord- J r
? J'i e „ a , tious eight-year-old | c
started delivering .«, rlodu , a i s through-|I
out the office buildi. of the otty in t
which he lived, servile a | arge Hst s
of customers. At the en» 0 j fl rs t j'j
month he opened a savings -„ oolln t in t
a local bank, and thereaftt. ma tj e t
regular deposits. Last Fall. s» ' i
age of 15, he entered an agrieultu. al , f
college, the expense of which wa, j t
covered by his bank account,, leaving
his periodical route to his small
brother.
This boy was undoubtedly made of
good stuff, and he was also precocious
beyond his years, or he never would j
have been able to begin his college!
EDITORIAL COMMENT I
Villa may derive some consolation
from the thought "that the whipping
he's getting hurts- us more than It does
him.—Washington Post.
The Italian campaign has at least
shown that the Italians are among the
greatest mountain-cllmbevs the world
has ever known.—Chicago Herald.
—lt is an unfortunate and perhaps
peculiar coincidence that our little
crises with Germany and Mexico have
twice come at about the same time.—
Chicago Herald.
Alderman Klaus, of Chicago, wants
to- change Shakespeare Avenue and
the police station thereon to Bacon
Avenue and station. More appropriate
for a stockyard city.—New York
World..
A Kitchen Underground
A large coal mining company has ar
ranged to provide warm, substantial
meals to the men working from 200 to
400 feet underground. An electric range
has been installed in one of the lowest
chambers of the mine. In this are pre
pared hot lunches which are served In
an underground restaurant at/ prices
barely covering the cost of the food. It
has been found that this not only adds
to the comfort of the men, who had
hitherto been compelled to eat cold
food, but it also adds to their produc
tive capacity. A marked increase in
the amount of coal taken out was noted
the first month after the electric range
OUR DAILY LAUGH 1
HIS ASPIRA- i
—7 TIONS.
Z/' Mr. Snob:
And what or#
-><£9 Ljf you going to
be when you
yi Johnnie:
° h> 1 B uess j
I - ' I'll marry a.
hi jQKT wealthy
T*lady and be a
1 .li tii dttij nobody Ilk*
you.
AS SEASON
ING.
To live for t& , M
pleasure la +*
But lt'a no / , •
harm f\ L /Jllf, f
to mix a V \
t Amount of
quiet pleas
ure u>. j
career at the age of 15. But this)
instance serves to illustrate what may
be done with the youthful savings ac
count.
The importance of saving money
has been dwelt upon with great em
phasis in the present propaganda for
national preparedness. It is pointed
out that if it had not been for the
habitual thrift of the European na
tions they could never have borrowed
sufficient capital to carry on the war.
The American people are being made
to see the error of their former ex
travagance, and a widespread move
ment is on foot for teaching economy,
aided by the banks and financiers of j
the country.
Since the children are the future |
cu zens, they are being taught the j
]PrinMpi eg C f thrift and of saving
mono}. Lecturers are addressing
large au]j enceß 0 f parents in vari- j
[Conv nuc d on I*B*o 12]
1 1 THE STATE FROM Qjy TO DM 1
i J There're off! The camm en f or
; Henry Ford for president hi«, been
i! launched In the "city of brotherly v»ve"
j by pacifists whose sense of proportion
| is about on a par with their probable
j zeal for defense in case this country
; should be dragged into a defensive war.
j Patience screams with exasperation.
A beautiful young Sharon matron,
Mrs. Kllzabeth Tlppitt, is being con
sidered as a possibility in the beauty
and brains contest now running in a
moving picture magazine. The contest
calls for an equal amount of brains
and beauty, which is making the quali
fications pretty restrictive, according to
the popular conception.
A 52-year-old would-be suicide was
prevented from carrying out his pur
: pose by the quick action of his wife,
who stuffed cobwebs and mud, Into the
self-inflicted wound of tills Hunting
don farmer who desired death. He may
recover. •
Russia to Camden via Japan is the
trip just completed by Mrs. Rebecca
Brown, a Comden woman whose home
was formerly in Russia and who had
been visiting there when the war broke
out.
A labor organizer of Beaver Falls
is of the opinion that "Billy" Sunday
injures labor, but he goes not into
specific details. "Billy" takes a crack
at practically everything, if reports be
true, so there is no reason why this
particular gentleman should feel that
there has been partiality on the part
of the baseball evangelist. *
Several hundred girls and boys from
Philadelphia high schools journeyed to
Washington, D. C.. yesterday for ah
| inspection of the Capitol and govern
ment buildings. Wilson ' had a pre
vious engagement and could not re
ceive.
The court's decision in the case of
12-year-old Grace Trescott. whom her
parent** in Wilkes-Barre wanted tio
marry a 29-year-old man to prevent
her from being "led into bad associa
tion" deserves commendation. A mis
guided parental desire for a child's
welfare needs judicial restraint;
Vldocq, yea, Sherlock Holmes him
self has nothing on the Lancaster con
stable who by clever Work had an al
leged horse thief halted at Klein
j feltersville a few days ago. A detec
tive who detects U a Joy forever.
Song
The boat Is chafing at our long delay.
And we must leave too soon
The spicy sea-pinks and the Inborne
spray.
The tawny sands, the moon.
I Keep us, O Thetis, in our western
flight! .
Watch from thy pearly throne
Our vessel, plunging deeper Into night
To reach a land unknown,
j —John Davidson.
lEtettrng Cfthat
Between tliree and four thousand
eggs of the ringnecked pheasant will
lie distributed by the officials of the
[State Game Commission to various
parts of the State as a means of prop
agating that bird within the next few
weeks. The arrangements have all
been completed and the allotments of
eggs made, numerous sportsmen hav
ing agreed to look after the distribu
tion and to make reports on results.
This is the first time that the State has
gone Into the game hatching business
I on an extensive scale and it is figured
i out that it will be cheaper to raise the •
; pheasants than to buy them. The
eggs have all been bought from places
I which have been investigated by the
State authorities and the egs are dis
patched to game protractors who will
send them to sportsmen who have fa
cilities for protecting the pheasants
during hatching and during the
growing. Numbers of pheasants have
been secured and will be given the
eggs to hatch. The result of the
hatching will be to materially increase
the number of pheasants available for
shooting this Fall in the opinion of
State officials. The oost is being paid
out of proceeds of the hunters' license
funds.
In addition to this egg distributing ./
plan the State Game authorities have
arranged to propagate a number of
kinds of game on the State game pre
serves which are closed all the yetr
round.
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The effect of higher prices for articles
in general use is shown in the bids
for furnishing supplies to the depart
ments of the State government which
are. now being tabulated at the office
of the Department of Public Grounds
and Buildings. As there are over
7,000 Items on the schedule and several
bids on some items t'he calculations
will take a week or so. The "contract
values run high In the thousands, but
as the State stocked up pretty well un- .
der the contracts now in force It Is not'
believed that there will be much buy- .
ing for a time at least.
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Owing to the demand by youngstes
for more story telling hours at. tie
Harrisburg Public Library the plan of
having occasional talks during the
summer has been adopted and-It i» ex
pected to have well known men and
women talk to the children. The A rs t
of these talks will be given on Situr
day afternoon. May 20, by William S.
Esslck, who will talk on the liirJs of
Pennsylvania. This talk, which is by
one of the city's best known bird lov
ers, will be Illustrated. Mr. Essie k has
spent many years observing the birds
and their habits and his talk on our
feathered neighbors will be most in
teresting.
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A good story is being told about a
prominent attorney of the city who
was retained to secure peace amotin' ■
warring factions of one of the Bynß-l
gogues in Capitol Park extension.
There were two or three factions and
after he had presided at some meet
ings and found the task of keepinf
order, peace and decorum too mud
for his nervous system he quit and at
other attorney of wide repute was r:-
tained. The retiring attorney met tie
new one and told him one thing to
remember in presiding.
"What is that" was asked.
"Keep on your hat."
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The activity of the Ford boomei«
in calling attention of the voters t»
the chance to vote for Ford or again<U
preparedness or whatever else it. m»>*
mean threatens a return of the stid<- •
ers to the primary. Time was wlfu
the stickers were a big part of |n>
election equipment and what were lot
used were stolen by boys and use for
stamp albums. The Ford stickers Are
being scattered around in the profir
tion of five sheets to each voter wth
out regard to party.
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Many compliments are being riven
to Superintendent of Public Grolnds
and Buildings Samuel B. R:fuT>o
upon the floral display in the >ark
this Spring. The weather Is favor
able for the flowers in the park and
the jonquils, hyacinths and dlier
Spring blooms are in all their riory.
The tulips along the front o(J tb«
Capitol are also commencing to
blossom.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"
<-I,eroy M. Kins. Philadelphia fevu
yer, was given a dinner by judges ur j
fellow attorneys when he celebrtjlejl
his tweKty-tlfth year as a lawyer.
—Congressman John J. Casey, If
Wilkes-Bart-e. had a family of nif'
until the'first death occurred a f«v
days ago.
—Edward D. Vandenberg. a Red
ing plumber, has been elected head/'c
the State Plumbers' Association.
—Joseph R. Grundy, ' the Brijoj
manufacturer, sent word to fedtfal
authorities that he had seen tjey
wanted him to testify in the ProK
tive Union fund and asked why he wd
not been subpenaed. I
—Col. H. P. Bope, prominent sp I
man, welcomed the national maehiipry
men at their convention in Pittsbilsli
yesterday. . , If,
—S. M. Vauclain, of the Baldwln&o
--comotive works, has been elect# a
Westlnghouse director.
1 DO YOU KNOW
That Ifarrisburg Is a big dis
tributing center for harness ant
the like?
HISTORIC HARRISBI'RG
llarrisburg used to have five ftr
naces located along the old PennlM
vania canal.
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUJ
LEARNED OF THE CITY
rQuestions submitted to membersot
the Harrlsburg Rotary Club and tl*ir
answers as presented at the organjta
tlon's annual "Municipal Qui*."] j
How is city revenue raised?
Bv imposing a tax on real estatf
and' business and by such other re
ceipts as are by law due the city/
f .1
Applied Proverb of
:
Modern Business!
"One of these <lnyn In none >f
these dn>»."
The man who Is always think
ing about advertising, who Is «>-
lug to take it up "soma,of thae
days" never gets there.
Bv the time he gets around to
it his business lias died of &y
rot.
Settle the advertising probbm
now.
Settle it the right way aid
that way will lead you to the al
vertlsing columns of the modttn
dally newspaper.
If you want advice or sugges
tions write a note to the Bureau
of Advertising, American News
paper Publishers Association,
World Building, New York.
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