8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE H/JMB Poundod iSjt Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building. Federal Square. E. J. BTACKPOLE, Pres't and Editor-in-Chief P. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GVB M. SHEINMETZ, Managing Editor. « Member American Ushers' Assocla- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Assoclat- Eastern «fflce, Has- Brook's, Fifth Ave nue Building. New Brooks, People's Qcs Building, Chi- Entered at the Post Office In Harris bury. Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, si* cents a week; by mail, $3.00 a year in advance. Sworn dotty evrrnte circulation for tha three muntm ending April 30, 1010, •k 22,341 ★ These figures are net. All returned* unsold and damaged copies deducted. THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 18. Talent shapes itself in stillness; character in the tumult of the world. — GOETHE. MEANING OF THE PRIMARY ALL newspaper deductions and comment of yesterday, bused upon what appeared to be the accuracy of early but complicated re turns of Tuesday's primary elections In Pennsylvania, must be considerably revised to-day. For instance, Jt de velops that Governor Brumbaugh has not only been elected a delegate-at large to the national convention, but appears to lead in the vote cast all other candidates for delegate. This is not only a fine compliment to the personal popularity of the Governor, but Indicates that the Republicans of Pennsylvania disapproved the methods of attack and discounted the charges made against him during the cam paign. The Governor personally has been vindicated in the mind of the public and the primary vote must be reckoned as one of confidence in him. The fact that he received such a large \ote indicates also that the Republicans of the State believe in his administraiion and in the policies he has advocated sine® lie became Governor. His choice as a delegate by such a heavy vote Is nil the more remarkable in vl«w of the fact that incomplete re turns point also to the nomination of a majority of the regular organization ' candidates and the selection of Senator ; Penrose as national delegate-at-large 1 by a vote quite as decisive as that of j the Governor. Political observers in analyzing re- j suits from an impartial standpoint j doubtless will agree that the selection f of the Governor and Senator Penrose to represent the Republicans of Penn- j sylvania at Chicago reflects a strong! party protest against Indefensible fac- i tionalism on the eve of the most im- 1 portant national campaign since the Civil War. There has been under- j neath the whole unfortunate contro versy a strong current of opposition throughout the State to the injection of Philadelphia factional differences Into the activities of the Republican organization. Manifestly thousands of voters decided to express no choice be tween Senator Penrose and Brumbaugh, preferring to send both j to Chicago as a recognition of their dominant position in the affairs of the State and the nation. There also may be read into the results a. vigorous protest against further personal as saults of the kind so freely Indulged in by both sides during the recent . campaign. But above and beyond all else, the I Republican party of Pennsylvania by j electing the two opposing leaders to represent it at Chicago has given no tice that these leaders and all others must put behind them all selfish am- ' bitions and personal considerations ! and devote themselves to the perfec tion of a party alignment which will he invincible in the onslaught of No vember A. Mitchell Palmer will he ono of the guests of honor at the big Democratic dinner in this city to-night. Mr. Palmer is an orator of reputation, and he has demonstrated his political prowess in the rough-and-tumble conflicts of re cent years. REJUVi:\.\TION OF PHII,.\. PHILADELPHIA has been com mitted through approval of loans involving many millions of dollars to a progressive program which will place the metropolis of the Commonwealth at the very forefront of the important cities of the United States. Too long it has been hampered and hamstrung by little men who have been permitted to exercise a power far beyond their size, to the serious detriment of the best interests of the city which they profess to love. With the co-operation of the great newspapers of Philadelphia and the united efforts of the people generally the metropolis of the State should speedily go forward toward Its inevit able destiny. Notwithstanding the In tolerable political atmosphere which has stifled the better Impulses of a great community it Is reasonable to expect that conditions will now quick ly change for the better and that the people themselves will assert their au thority In all matters affecting their welfare. As this newspaper has frequently ; declared, there is in Philadelphia the THURSDAY EVENING, inherent elements of a great American city. Its traditions and physical ad vantages, plus the high quality of thousands of Its citizens and the other fact that It is the only seaport of a great State, justify the faith of those who are now bending every effort to promoting its substantial interests. But It must be understood now and always that the purely political activi ties of many of the citizens must be I subordinated to the greater interests 1 which demand the best thought and co-operation of all Phlladelphians. It is hardly to be expected that the rest of the State will enter whole-heartedly into any movement having for its purpose the expansion of the commer cial and Industrial interests of the me tropolis so long as the city 4s restrict ed in its natural growth by selfish con tractors and others who have persist ently exploited the community for their own benefit, without regard to the welfare of the people. The big loans authorized this week will go far toward placing Philadel phia at the head of the progressive municipalities of the country. It should be a leader in every important municipal advance and nothing ought to he allowed in the future to inter fere with Its development. Again the West Shore people are pro ceeding along sane lines. They now propose to have a consolidated high school, which will include all the mod ern appliances and provide facilities for sevetal of the towns across the river. This would mean economy and effici ency, and it ought to be easily possible to bring about such a consolidation. THE PREPAREDNESS DEBATE THE debate at the Technical High School Auditorium last evening presented an interesting contrast in the personalities and characteristic arguments of the two speakers. On the platform together were three types, the inventive engineer and firm be liever in fighting fire with Are. the somewhat milder pacifist with implicit faith in the conquering virtue of Chris tianity, and the manufacturer of mu nitions who in a practical way Is bring ing financial prosperity to this country —all three equally patriotic and all desirous of maintaining peace, but by entirely different methods. The sentiment of the audience was wholly with the speaker on prepared ness, although the pacifist had a logical thread of argument that before or after the war might have proven more convincing than under the present stress. Everything that he said was granted by his hearers, but the ma jority concurred in the opinion that the theoretical views therein expressed ore inapplicable to the present world situation. Henry A. Wise Wood, who has an inside knowledge of conditions and knows whereof he speaks, placed one of his strongest plans for preparedness on the universally supported opinion that we must prepare against the com mercial incursion of Germany in South America at the end of the present war. He believes that our navy must be in creased to the point where we will be enabled to enforce our national will, and we believe that the majority of sane-thinking Americans will endorse this view if they have not already done so. There is entirely too much wrecking of fire apparatus in this city to suit the average tax payer. One of two things is evident—either the apparatus is not of the right quality, or the machines are not being properly handled. THE JEWISH MARK TWAIN SHOLEM ALEICHEM, the "Jew ish Mark Twain," is dead. Very likely that means nothing to you. But to the throngs of the huddled and labor-burdened East Side of New York, 50,000 of whom crowded the streets and stood in solemn silence to watch with sorrowing hearts and streaming eyes his funeral cortege go by, it means a great deal, indeed. There is not much material Tor laughter in the crowded quarters of the East Side, but the Jews are an emotional and an optimistic people and they love merriment even when surrounded by poverty and facing a constant struggle for existence. Sholem Aleichem was a lover of men. He knew ihe need of laughter and lhe beneficial influence of good humor among the people of his race packed together in the crowded tenement houses of New York. So he turned his ready pen to merriment and his song to words of cheer. Thirty volumes he wrote, and the East Side read and laughed and forgot for a time its troubles. Sholem Aleichem became to them what Mark Twain Is to the world at large, and the East Side loved him, and he loved it; so much so. Indeed, that when he passed way he asked that his body, enclosed in a plain pine coffin, be interred among the graves of the poor whose hearts in life he had lifted for a moment from tears to laughter. Little wonder the 50,000 stood silent, with heads uncovered, as the dead body of their idol was carried by. But Sholem Aleichem, buried in an obscure grave, will live on through the years in the hearts of those who will get a message of gladness from I he books he has left. "I believe in the right of the majority to control," says Governor Brumbaugh. And this is the conclusion of the whole matter. Under the laws regulating: elections In recent years the real effort seems to have been to place the mi nority in control through fusion schemes and unholy political alliances. The Governor is absolutely correct; the majority must control. Senator Penrose and Governor Brum baugh appear to have divided the hon ors In the list of delegates-at-large to the Chicago convention. The question that will naturally occur to most Re publicans is, why couldn't this result have been accomplished without a bit tor factional quarrel? Children of lUrrlsburg who were barred from the Sunday schools of this city during the recent epidemic of measles will sympathize with the chil dren of Lancaster, who were not per mitted to attend a circus in that city for the same reason. Whatever else may be said of the r«- cent primary contest it must bo ad- mltted that there is still a lot of fight in the Republican party. But the com batlveness should be exercised hereafter in defeating the common enemy. I am still of the opinion that you cannot teach a bird to fly by tying him to a limb. This is what George Ade said when I lie resigned as a trustee of Purdue Uni versity, criticising what he termed a tendency to repress student initiative. Ade is not alone in his views of some educational methods. Luther Burbank has certainly succeeded in coaxing nature to do some queer things. His latest Is to grow grapes on a flg tree. Here after it will be a wise grape that will know its own origin.—Wash- ington Herald And how about the figs and thistles? 1 TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE" —There are times, when gazing over the business end of a lawnmower, we wonder if Greenland is such a bad place after all. —Certain statements relative to the real size of the reorganized Regular Army would indicate that somebody put one over on the House members of the conference committee. —The open season for killing along the Mexican border appears to be any time the Regulars and the Rangers are not about. —The army may be the detestible and unnecessary thing the pacifists say. but it would be hard to convince the Texan border residents that way. —Do a little scrubbing now and avoid a lot of scrubbing after while. —Recent international diplomatic incidents might lead to the belief that it would be all right if he spelled it Von Burntstorff. editoriaLoomment When Senator Cummins, of lowa, says that Charles E. Hughes would not ac cept the Republican nomination for President "if it came as the result of a convention fight" he may reflect the mental attitude of Justice Hughes, but beyond doubt the wish is father to the thought.—New York Sun. The Dublin rebellion is, or was, a re bellion of Irish people, not of Ireland. —-Springfield Republican. One difference between Sir Roger Casement and some others is that he had nerve enough to go back.—lndi anapolis Star. Leaders who would "deliver" the German-American vote might consult • hose who have tried to deliver the la bor vote. —Wall Street Journal. Spring Lamb Mary had a little lamb With fleece as white as snow; It never took 'em off too soon Like other fools we know. —New York Sun. Jesus Casts Out a Fever And forthwith, when they came out of the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon. But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her. And He came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her. and she ministered unto them.—Mark i. 29 to 31. Service lie worketh on and on with busy flail. He heedeth not the burning rays of summer's sun; Nor mindeth e'en the stony brow of mist-encircled mountains; For lie findeth all his solace and his great joy, and all the great reward In the task's immensity and the serv ice done. The busy housewife and the children too, give each a gladsome share Of life's full strength, the recompense, that great Release which cometh Unto lliem, and unto him who yieldeth all his vigor for his fellowmen. It is a kind and holy fate which wills that all shall labor, labor on Until the setting sun proclaims the day is done, for there remaineth Unto him a sweeter .ioy, a greater ecstacy. Lo! the Master Workman Calleth from the fields of peace, and snmmoneth him unto that field Elyslan Where only workers dwell, and these alone God calls His Saints, Yea. all the hosts of Heaven acclaim the title just, for Service, Labor, Love, Have made it thus. —E. .T. Decevee, member of the Har rishurg Rotary Club. The Voice of the People Savannah (Ga.V Tribune—President Wilson's "Too proud to tight," is heap ing upon him much ridicule and fun. Foreigners are not taking the Presi dent seriously and losing respect ac cordingly for our country . Huron County fMich.) Tribune—Wil son usually starts in wrong and doesn't get anywhere. Steubenvllle fOhio) Herald-Star—And all this Mexican muddle la due to the dislike of Huerta by President Wilson. A personal grudge. Rochester (N. Y.) Post Express Twenty-eight Democratic members of the House have given notice that there is a limit to their willingness to "stand by the I'resldent." Rawlins (Wyo.) Republican Even those who Rgree with the President in the attitude assumed by him toward tiie German Government must realize that the efforts of the President to up hold the honor of the nation through diplomacy, have signally failed. Trouble Nearer Home [From the Boston Transcript.l After President Wilson has listened to the woes of the Russian subjects, the citizens of Texas, who are fleeing for their lives from their homes In the United States, would like to engage his ear for a moment. THE CO AI, SITUATION B> AN lim Dinger Borne weeks ago, when weather was Still cold, T noticed, bo. That my supply of furnace coal Was very, very low. I hoped that It would warmer get Quite soon, and hard did try To make the pile reach, but in vain. Some more I had to buy. Just two days after, in the bins, The new supply I got The weather changed, and furnace fire Made home too blpomln' hot. Rut, when coal prices upward went, I said to me. said I: "You're lucky, ho, down in the bins. You have a good supply." And now, by jove. along there comes This blooniln" wintry spell. I've had to start the furnace up, Which knocks my hopes pell mell. The coal pile's dwindling down again And after all. I'll bet When next Fall comes around this way Some more I'll have to get. HARRIBBURG ffijjftfl TELEGRAPH IK 'PcKKOljiiKDua %j the I£x-Committeeman ==C====&===a===s =«:558 Signs are not wanting In either the Republican or Democratic parties that if the factional warfare which has marked both organizations for the last six months Is continued there will be movements inaugurated for keeping the peace. The way the primary re sults shape up it begins to look as though there would be a divided Re publican delegation to Chicago, a Re publican State committee controlled by Senator Penrose and a large and influential, but unorganized body of Republicans on the side of the State administration not so much from ad miration for Governor Brumbaugh, but because of the leanings of promi nent men in various communities and opposition to the leadership of the senior Senator. On the Democratic side of the House there will be a State committee split between factions which appear to never tire of claw ing each other. Men who were predicting that the next Legislature would be all ripped up with factional fighting are com mencing to revise some of their thoughts because It would seem that business and other Interests which have been accused behind closed doors and on the curbstones of tak ing hands in the legislative contests to aid this or that faction have really been looking after themselves and will probably have men committed to various policies whether the Gover nor or the senior Senator like it or not. Chances that the Keystone Slate delegation to the Chicago convention will be more evenly divided than was anticipated have caused the Brum baugh people to revive their plan to make a contest over the election of national committeeman from this State. It is generally held that under the present State law the Republican national committeeman must be elected by the State committee. The law says that "national committeemen shall be elected by the State commit tee of each respective party unless the rules of the national party other wise provide." The anti-Penrose peo ple contend that the election of a na tional committeeman must be made by the delegates to the convention, as In years prior to the enactment of the law of- 1913, but the Penrose people say that It must be made by the State committee. Penrose haft the State committee. The hope of the anti- Penrose people is to get enough strength in the delegation to Chicago to demand that the delegates have the right to elect a national commit teeman In place of Henry G. W'asson and failing that to throw the matter Into the national convention and make an Issue which may complicate the re union with the Bull Moosers. The Brumbaugh people claim that men who are uninstructed have given promises to be with the Governor, but they give no names. —Friends of Senator Charles A. Snyder In this city to-day wired him their congratulations on his victory in the contest for the nomination for Auditor General. The Schuylkill Senator is expected here in a day or so to meet local friends. It is not ex pected that Major I. B. Brown, for mer secretary of internal affairs, who is the Washington candidate, or James B. Murrin. of Carbondale, the Demo cratic candidate, will bother Snyder very much. —One of the surprises is the elec tion of C. N. Loveland, a Brumbaugh delegate in lAtzerne. John R. Halsey, former Republican county chairman, was elected as his colleague. —"Uncle Dave" Lane, the sage of the Republican organization in Phila delphia and a candidate on a Brum baugh platform, was defeated by Judge Charles L. Brown in the sec ond district for national delegate. Lane was also against the loan bills. —Congressman Edgar R. Kiess, of the Williamsport district, was under the impression that he would have to fight for renomlnation. It turned out to be a regular parade for Kless and It looks as though he had carried four counties. —Senator William C. Sproul cleaned up everything in the Delaware coun ty district and was also elected a Re publican national delegate, with H. A. Beale, Jr., of Pnrkesburg. Repre sentative "Dick" Baldwin was re nominated and the efforts of the Brumbaugh men to put V. Gilpin Rob inson in place of Representative H. H. Heyburn met with disaster. —Senator A. P. Daix. Jr., Mc- Xichol man. won the battle for State Senatorial nomination over Repre sentative Patrick Conner, the Vare man. He was ahead 800 votes. —Representative Isadore Stern, who made the charges about Gover nor Brumbaugh and certain contribu tions, was nominated for the Legisla ture in Philadelphia over Representa tive Charles J. Roney, one of the leaders of the House and a staunch Vare man. —"Mike" Bennett, old University of Pennsylvania baseball and football star, was nominated for the Legisla ture In Philadelphia. —Ex-Representatives Barner and Burnett, who sat together for Cum berland in the session of 1913, are candidates again on the Democratic ticket. —Representatives Gans and Mc- Nichol, prominent members of the last House were renominated in Philadelphia. —Charles J. Magee and N. A. Whit ten are Senatorial nominees in Alle gheny county. The former was re nominated over George M. Hosack after a lively fight and the latter de feated Ex-Representative George W. Allen. —Senator Frank Graff was re nominated in the Butler-Armstrong district although early reports gave it to Walker. —Senators Vare and McNlchol are interchanging remarks about each j other in Philadelphia. —Representative R. P. Habgood was renominated in McKean county in spite of machinations against him. —Edgar R. Smith- was nominated for member of the House in Bedford. He defeated Representative E. H. Blackburn. —Ex-Lieutenant Governor Walter Lyon and R. B. Scandrett appear to have downed R. R. Quay and D. T. Kelly in Allegheny. —Blair's whole legislative delega tion was renominated by Republicans. —Representatives Ramsey. Dela ware; Whltaker. Chester; Spangler. York; F. C. Ehrhnrdt, prominent figures in the last House, were re nominated. The Price of Liberty TElihu Root, in Leslie's] We have enjoyed- liberty and order so long that we have forgotten how they came. Our people assume that Ihey came as the air comes. They have assumed that they will of their nature and by their own force con tinue forever without effort. Ah, no! Liberty has always been born of struggle. It has not come save through sacrifice and the blood of martyrs and the devotion of mankind. And it is not to be preserved except by jealous watchfulness and stern determination always to be free. That eternal vigilance Is the price of liberty is so much a truism that it has lost its meaning, but it is an eternal truth. THE CARTOON OF THE DAY | METROPOLITAN MOVIES —From the N. Y. World. EXPLORING THE ATMOSPHERE By Frederic J. Haskin V IF you should see a rubber balloon , about ten feet in diameter wander- I Ing over your farm or your 'lat, keep your eye on it until it either falls or disappears. In due course it will blow up, and an aluminum box con taining a complicated scientific instru ment and a message will be gently wafted to earth by a parachute. The message will be from the United States Weather Bureau and will inform the finder that for the return-of the in strument and the remains of the bal loon he will receive $2 and the thanks of his government. These rubber balloons are the means by which the government meteor ologists are exploring the great upper spaces far above the most daring flights of aircraft. They are sending their Instruments higher than Any- | thing from the hand of man has ever gone before and are discovering liith- j erto unsuspected facts about the winds and temperatures of the upper atmos- J phfre. Some of these exploring bal loons have been twenty miles above the surface of the earth. Some of them travel 300 miles and some of them not more than 20 before bursting. Nlnety flve per cent, of them are found and returned. Each balloon is made of the finest rubber and when it starts on Its travels is about seven feet in diameter. As it rises the diminishing pressure of the atmosphere causes the gas with which it. is filled to expand until the balloon is nineteen or twenty feet in diameter, and finally it bursts. Over the balloon is draped a para chute. which is flung wide open by the bursting pas bag, and bears the precious records of the flight safely to earth. The machine which makes these records has been worked out by the government men in their own labora tories and is a fnost ingenious device. It can be sent on a long flight all alone and trusted to make accurate record! of temperature, pressure and humidity. Temperature and pressure are re- | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR PREPARKDXKSS DEMONSTR ATBON [ To the Editor of the Telegraph: Are we lacking; in patriotism? Harrisburg i 9 usually foremost in ] anything big or worth while. Our great, cities are holding immense demonstrations of preparedness. Why not Harrisburg? We have always furnished our quota of fighting men and they always did honor to us. With \ our Grand Army, that grand old or ganization of heroes, whose deeds are ever in our memories, the boys of the [United SpaVish War Veterans who floated Old Glory in China, Philip- I pines, Cuba and Porto Rico, the magnificent body of men composing Companies D and I and the Gover nor's Troop, the Boy Scouts. Patriotic orders and other organizations, why | not have a preparedness demonstra : lion worthy of our Capital City. Start | the ball rolling. Yours truly, OPTIMIST. WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB LEARNED OF THE CITY j [Questions submitted to members of [ the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their ' answers as presented at the organiza- [ tlon's annual "Municipal Quiz."] j What will be the total cost to the ; i city of a loan for 1300,000.00, provided [ for by bond issue, covering thirty years, ; 1 at the maturity of the loan? Principal, $300.000.0. Interest, i $190,000.00. State tax, $18,000.00. I Total. $508,000.00. OUR DAILY LAUGH MAKING IT RIGHT. ' did n., t hink i^ possible. t OBSERVING r THE CUB - an" * shot o' l. j tea. j MAY 18. 1916. I corded by pens which are actuated bv | hollow springs. That is, a piece of | ;steel tube is slightly flattened and bent j ;to form a spring, shaped something [ like a horseshoe. The more the spring i is bent, the flatter it becomes, and i on sequently the smaller its capacity. Mow this hollow spring is filled with alcohol under pressure, thus forcing its ends farther apart, and Increasing its ca pacity. if the balloon reaches a stratum of hot air, the rising 'em- j pcrature will expand the alcohol still I more, forcing the ends of the springs still wider apart. On the other hand, if the temperature falls, the alcohol j will diminish in volume and the ends of the spring will be allowed to come together. Thus In the movements of 1 the spring every change of temper* j ature is recorded. The end of the spring is connected with a little steal pen. the point of | which rests upon a sheet of smoiced , aluminum, on which the pen scratches the whole temperature record for the flight. Smoked aluminum must lie I used because ink would freeze in the j upper spaces. The aluminum sheet is wrapped about a revolving drum, which Is actu ated by clockwork so that It will make one revolution per hour. Air pressure is measured bv this same principle of the hollow spring. In this case It is niled with air at the surface of the earth, and as the pres sure diminishes or Increases the air Inside the spring expands and con tracts, exactly as the alcohol responds to temperature. The same kind or a pen records the results in its own ' column on the aluminum blackboard. ! For the measurement of the amount : of moisture in the air exactly the same i principle is employed that makes a Kirl's hair curly In *et weather. A number of human hairs are stretched between two points, one of which is i delicately movable. Their susceptl i bility to the Influence of humidity Is [Continued on Page 7] SHE STATE FROM DW TO DM — Tragedy stalks among the kiddies of There is a circus in town and all children under ten years' . may not attend on account of the I measles epidemic. Nary an elephant, nary a glass ot the pink tluid will they I see. An elderly woman of Greenville has sent her check for 50 cents to the 1 management of the Krie Railroad [With the statement that many years a K° she defrauded the company of that amount, and since that time all her sins have been forgiven but that one. Having established no "con | science fund," the money was re turned to her by the officials. If you have dark circles under-your eyes, better investigate. There 'is a boy living in Mahanoy City who re cently had a bullet removed from I under his eye by a physician. It's evidently apple blossom time in Franklin, judging from the dance be ing given there by the -Apple Blossom < l ub at "50 cents a head, ladies free." | All crabapples barred in the interest of optimism. 1916 class of Warren Hish School has a blushing bride, Miss Viola Water who has seen but 17 birthdays, and who will graduate before entering upon her housewifely duties. J. Horace McKarland, of this city, delivered an address Tuesday after noon at the Philadelphia To-day and To-morrow Civic Exposition. and dwelt mostly upon plans for beauti fying the city, clean streets, expansive avenues and uniform buildings. j Dr. Van H. Manning, director of the | Federal Bureau of Mines at Washing | ton, declared at Pittsburgh a day or jso ago that at the present, rate of "con sumption the country's supply of i natural gas could last no longer than twenty-five years. But nothing was 1 said about muzzling a certain per ; centage of our orators and aiding! j nature. An amateur play will be presented Jin Erie by the teacher and students of a private school there. Miss Money bags, Miss Travelbody, Mrs. Ballot, j Mrs. Gossip. Miss Journalist and other allegorical personages will have parts. I The obvious absence of boys from the ! cast is readily understood by a casual • glance at the title, "Mrs. Busby's Pink ' Tea." A mad dog bit a cat and the cat I bit A. H. Bigler, a Venango boy. thel other day; the next act showed a fix ing hammer which in short order ex tinguished the nine lives of the feline. The head of the latter has been sent to Pittsburgh for examination to de- | i termlne the presence or absence of rabies. The reason why we don't hear much ; about clean-up week in Harrisburg during its present reign is because house-cleaning time for the majority i of housewives comes in April. Bmttng (Chat Thanks to the work of the State Department of Fisheries the Susque hanna river will soon be enjoying its old time reputation as a prime fish ing stream and some extensive "plant ing" Which will be undertaken in the next year or so will bring about a re vival of fishing for the Susquehanna salmon that will attract hundreds more to the Joys of rod and line. In the last few months many young pike perch. which name the flsh cultur ists give to the Susquehanna salmon, have been placed in the river betweej| Sunbury and Columbia and in other portions of the wide branching stream and reports are that they have done very well. Last year there was excel lent salmon fishing reports from the "riffles," near Maclay street, an'tl the waters below the city dam. The down town fishermen say that the salmon fishing was as good as It ever was in the days of "Wells' Water" and that the sport was excellent clear up to the time when icc formed. Commission tor X. R. Buller, of the State Fisheries department, who has been studying the Susquehanna, says that he thinks In a few years it will have regained its old-time reputation. Tli'e State authorities are also "planting" many of the streams in Cumberland and Franklin and York counties with yel low perch. I,ast Spring they placed trout in a number of the small streams in Dauphin county and there was good lishing up the county for the first time in years. * * * During the hearing in the Dauphin county court yesterday of the factional troubles of Kesher Israel synagogue, counsel exchanged slurring remarks as to the legal standing of certain mem bers of the congregation. Thirty-three members had been proposed by one faction, declared their legal adviser, Phil S. Moyer. W. J. Carter and William M. Hargest, coun j sel for the other side, ridiculed the j apparent effort to thus swell the vot ing list. "True," said he, "you did propose 33 new members and we un derstand that lots of them didn't know they were to be proposed and didn't expect to Join until it was explained that their dues would be paid. And even yet they can't vote!" "Why not?" demanded Mr. Moyer. [ "They've been elected." I "But they've not settled for their I dues," interjected Mr. Carter. | "Exactly," supplemented Mr. Har gest," they haven't yet paid their poll tax." * ♦ * Albert M. Hamer, secretary to the Mayor, has issued a card which will be of much interest to tourists. It | Rives a large number of points of interest in the city and also the gen eral street directions. It is enclosed with a copy of the traffic regulations. * * * ConstantlyUhe Harrisburg hoys who have gone out from our midst and made good are getting- Into the lime 'ight. in some creditable way. The current number of the "National Mag azine" contains an interesting story of | the telephone industry in this country with illustrations of the splendid new building of the company in Philadel phia. A full-page Illustration of Leonard H. Kinnard at his desk pre cedes a reference to his work as vice president and general manager of the companies. Mr. Kinnard is quoted as saying that the policy of the com pany in its relation to the public com prehends "a constantly better tele phone service; to treat the public al- Avays with courtesy; to adjust equit ! ably each complaint and promptly a i>- | ply the proper remedy; to have reas onable rules and regulations." L. 11. |K. is keeping the Harrisburg idea to I the front always. In these days of the high cost of gasoline your economical autoist doesn't move his car a bit more than he Just must: Ex-Assistant Fire Chief Edward Halbert told this story to illustrate that, great truth: "The police department has es tablished a 'no parking zone" for automobiles in Third street from Mar ket to a point a few hundred feet northward." said he, "and so that, none might go wrong the department placed a 'no parking here' standard just In front of Mr. Tunis' bookstore. Whether or not it served the purpose the other dav when a stranger drove his car into the 'zone' you can judge for yourself when I explain what hap pened. He stopped his car Just be low the standard. " 'You can't stop here,' I told him. 'Don't you see the one standard. You've pulled in right ahead of it.' And I showed him how the marker was just back of his car. " 'So.' he replied. 'You're right, bo. Guess I'd better fix it." "And so." finished Mr. Halbert gravely, "he walked around to the back of his car, picked up the standard and set it down again—in front of his car!" WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"] —Joseph F. Guffey, the Pittsburgh Democratic leader, is vice president of the National Natural Gas Association. —Congressman S. H. Miller, the Re publican member who lined up with the Democrats for the administration shipping bill, is the member from Mercer county. —James M. Rhoads, prominent in Philadelphia banking for years, will make his home In California. —Col. Henry Hall, Washington newspaper correspondent well known here, says that the old fight between city and country members is com mencing to crop out In congress. —J. Banks Kurtz, nominee for con gress in the Blair-Cambria district, is one of the leading lawyers of that part of the State. ] DO YOU KflOW ~~ That Harrisburg's mail is growing by leaps and bounds every year? HISTORIC HARRISBURG The first post office was in South Second street near Chestnut street. * , Looking Forward— Your Vacation Tour vacation: A delightful Island of leisure completely sur rounded by hard work. You can not, by taking thought, add a day to its quantity: but you can mightily increase Its quality by heeding vacation sug gestions In the advertising col umns of this newspaper. There's a wealth of such sug gestions day after day regarding routes and resorts, camp equip ment. comfortable duds. Ashing tackle, and all the other Items that spell vacation pleasure. Your vacation is a most import ant occasion. It means health and strength and increased vital ity. Dont minimize its beneficial powers by failing to read the ads. >
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