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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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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
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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
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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
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SHE STATE FROM DW TO DM
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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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