14 HKRR9SBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded iS}i Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRIXTIXG CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACKPQLE, Prest and EditcrinCh^'f F. R. OTSTER, Business Manager. GVS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Edited * Member American Newspaper Pub ® Ushers' Associa tion, The Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Assocl**. Eastern office, Has brook. Story & Brooks, Fifth Ave nue Building, New ern office, Has- Brooks. People's - Gts Building. Ch4- capo. 111. Entered at the Post Office In HarriDo burg, Pa., as second class matter. Br carriers, six cents a <BpS|£4frTEpi£> week; by mail. $3.00 s a year in advance. Swim dally average elreulnllon for the months ending May 31, 1910, it 22,189 if These figures are net. All returned, unsold and damaged copies deducted. FRIDAY EYE NIG. JUNE 23 The Christian must rememter that the soul above all else is to be kept clean. Sin stains the soul before it touches the mind or the body. — FLOYD W. TOMKIXS. CITY AND STATE IT is probable that the City Planning: Commission, which has under con- sideration a number of Important matters, will soon be ready to submit to the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings some suggestions of Harris burg regarding the treatment of the streets and the district surrounding the Capitol Park zone. These plans coincide with those of Governor Brumbaugh and his asso ciates of the State administration and there ought to be no difficulty what ever in a prompt agreement upon per manent and harmonious treatment. By reason of the Increasing auto mobile traffic, streets must be widened and larger areas provided for the parking of cars. It so happens that the enlargement of Capitol Park will • admit of the widening of all the ; streets Impinging upon the State jrrounds. For instance, it is an easy matter, as has already been indicated in the various discussions, to extend the foot-walks along the Walnut, Third and North street sides of the Capitol grounds along the top of the terrace and under the trees. This suggestion contemplates the elimination of the present sidewalks on these streets and increasing the highway at. least the apace of the present sidewalk width iand terracing the park to the curb 'line of the street. A B Governor to submit to the next Legislature some' definite plan of treatment as a result ! of the competition of landscape archi ticts of distinction, who Will be in vited by the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings to prepare designs, the petting together of the city and State authorities in this matter is regarded as extremely important at this time. No other State will have a finer or 1 more imposiug Capitol building and giounds than Pennsylvania when th| proposed Improvement shall have been carried out. A year ago there was scarcely a Re publican Senator who believed there was more than a possibility of securing control of the upper branch of the na tional Congress, but a great change has taken place. Not only is practically every Republican Senator hopeful, but confidence is fast unseating hope. Re : ports and indications from all over the country point to significant gains, and it does not take much of a mathema tician to figure out where a gain of nine i Senators can be made, which would change the political complexion of that body. If conditions continue to Im prove from a Republican standpoint, during the next few months as they have in the past winter, there will be no doubt of this outcome. LUMBER ANI) GOLD COMPARISONS are very frequently useful in order to get an esti mate of true values. At the re cent session of the National Lumber Association, it was stated that the total value of a year's output of American lumber is about $1,875,000,000. The annual production of gold goes on pretty much the same from year to year, for its value, and the market for It. changes little. But lumber pro duction, and the demand for it, varies with the general industrial situation. When times are good and all in dustries are thriving, there is plenty of construction work of all kinds go ing on. Then lumber is in demand and all the mills operate full time at high wages. A protective tariff, which insures prosperity in all lines, is the great essential of an active lumber market. The lumberman is really no more ;Interested In a tariff on lumber than ho is in a general protective tariff policy which keeps all industries pros perous. The people of the country should feel about twenty times as much interest hi the lumber industry as they do in the production of gold. Holyoke is one of the most progres sive of the Massachusetts cities and Is now rejoicing in the possession of a modern and most attractive new hotel. Recent visitors to Holyoke find the Nonotuck the kind of hotel which at tracts the stranger and sends him away with a fine impression of the spirit and FRIDAY EVENING, civic pride of the citizenry. Holyoke is fortunate in having such a hotel, and again Harrisburgr wonders when the great need here shall be supplied. Postmaster Sites and City Commis sioner Bowman are in harmonious agreement regarding the standard lighting of Federal Square, which will be completed this year, so that the overhead poles and wires in the central section shall be almost completely eliminated. Postmaster Sites has taken the matter up with the Washington au thorities and Commiseion Bowman has also set the neoessaxy machinery in motion to accomplish the much-desired results. PAY SOLDIERS ADEQUATELY IF the United States Government can appropriate $50,000,000 for "flood protection work" along the ■ low'er Mississippi it can afford to pay ; its soldiers adequately. Fifteen dol ! lars a month will not keep a family, ; r.o matter how small nor how economically its affairs may be man aged. Congressman Kreider, in a bill pre sented to Congress to-day. would I remedy this condition. The soldier : who responds to the call pt his coun try ouglit to feel that the family he leaves will be kept in comfort during his absence. In most cases the com munity shoulders the burden, but it should be placed where it belongs, on the coimtry-at-large, and Congressman Kreider's bill enacted into law would do this. . It will be interesting to note the attitude of a Congress that has been notorious for its pork expenditures on this worthy measure. "HAIL AND FAREWELL" THE Telegraph is delighted over the ready response to its appeal for a public demonstration when the Harrisburg soldiers march away to-morrow to answer the call of the President. Old soldiers, veterans of the Span ish-American "War and the insular dis turbances, prominent citizens and members of patriotic societies will n-arch with the guardsmen to the sta tion and a band will cheer the march er* on their way. Everybody who can turn out to-morrow should be along the line of march. Every honor that can be accorded the departing soldiers s-hould be given. Every building along tho way should display the Stars and Stripes. The departure of the men who were but yesterday private citizens and to day are the armed and uniformed guardians of the safety and dignity of the republic is an event that future historians will legister as one of the red letter days in the annals of the city. Let us see to it that we make for the readers of the future a thrilling chapter for their perusal. FACTS FOR THE DOUBTER IF one is in doubt concerning how he ought to vote at the coming elections and wants some light on the subject from an unprejudiced source —a source, by the way, whence has come no little praise of President Wilson at times and a very great deal of adverse criticism of Republican of ficials at others —he may turn to Col lier's Weekly of current issue. Col lier's has an uncomfortable habit of being perfectly truthful; of "hewing to the line and letting the chips fall they will." Sometimes the ax falls on the Republican side, some times on the Democratic. Reviewing the claims and accomplishments of the Democratic administration, Col lier's says: The one new idea it (the Demo cratic party) has had was financial heresy, and that idea was promul gated by the man whom Mr. Wilson appointed as chief of his Cabinet. Maybe resistance to public dis honesty is not a "new idea" in Mr. Wilson's sense, but the Republican party's successful resistance to Mr. Bryan's free silver plank in 1896 was probably the most important moral achievement of recent civili zation. Turning to other new Ideas i which have come into political dis cussion during the last forty years, i some of which have been crystal ized into statutes, what ones" have been contributed by the Democratic party? What States have been most advanced in the prevention of child labor, in compensation to injured workmen, in all kinds of protec tion to labor? Republican States or Democratic States? The one vivid fact that tells the whole story in detail is that there arc just five States in the Union which do not yet have compulsory education laws, which have not yet come to the belief that an education is a thing which society owes to the in dividual. These five States are Southern Democratic States. Their position is typical of the Demo cratic party. The direct primaries —indeed .all the movements toward greater and more effective partici pation of the >«eople in public af fairs—have come from Republicans. The idea of conservation was in vented by Republicans und given Its first impetus by a Republican President and a Republican Con gress. The State regulation of railroads and other public utilities came from Republican sources and has made practically all its pro gress so far in Republican States through Republican Legislatures. President Wilson alluded to the new currency measure as a Demo cratic idea. This would be pardon able in a slamwhanging political orator, but is not pardonable in a historian. The Aldrlch-Vreeland act, under which this countrv suc cessfully defended itself against the emergency of war, was passed by a Republican Congress; more over, the present banking and cur rency act, which happened to be passed bv a Democratic Congress was really Invented and perfected by the Republicans who preceded It. The truth is the geographical cen ter of gravity of the Democratic narty Is somewhere in the dense fastness nf the Ozark Mountains. Democratic solidarity is greate.it where illiteracy is most common, where public education is least re garded, and where all the attributes of mouern civilization, material and spiritual, exist In the smallest de gree. This enlightening comparison should provide food for consideration on the part of anybody who may be In doubt as to which is the party of practical service and accomplishment and which the party of glittering generalities and governmental inefficiency. 1 TELECRAPH PERISCOPE""] —lf Mexico is doubtful it might take its marine glasses in hand and squint across to Cuba. Duluth, "zenith city of the un salted seas," has gone dry, but the "unsalted seas" haven't. English soldiers are fighting Turks in the Garden of Eden. They never would have stood for that kind of carrying on in Adam's time. —Haven't the Germans learned that the U-boat campaign is N. G? —The days are getting shorter, but there's just as much work to crowd In. Ordering Out the Guard [New Haven Register.] The action of the President in or dering the National Guards of the states to the border is not in itself to be criticised. It seemlnglv is a sen sible military move. The thing to be criticised and condemned is the per sistent interference of three years and more which has brought about this climax. It may be possible, even yet, to avoid war with Mecxico. Sincerely we hope so. For if it be war, it will he the one war in our history abso lutely without warrant or excuse- or Just cause, and our soldiers will go into it without the least enthusiasm except such joy as there is in fighting. There was no need of war; nobody wants war. And the worst feature of it would be the bitter national humilia tion of having been forced into war through the error and obstinancy of one man, without the advioe or con sent of that legislative body which alone, under the constitution, has the right to make war. Progressive Party's Death [From the New Republic.] Progressivism proved itself to be hero-worship masquerading as princi ple. Its epitaph should read: "Here lie the remains of a party which lived to make Theodore Roosevelt president of the United States and died as the penalty of its failure." That the soul of the progressive party was sent to Oyster Bay for safe keeping is sufficiently proved by the contrast between the creed of 1916 and the creed of 1912. Four years ago Mr. Roosevelt was running on a plat form which was to a large extent made for him and even partly imposed on him by American progressive,opin ion. To-day the progressive platform Is a reflection of Mr. Roosevelt's re cent speeches, which were profoundly influenced by the necessity of saying nothing which would prove a bar to his nomination by the Republican party. They expressed an "heroic" fighting: spirit, but a spirit formulat ed so as not to offend well-intending conservatives. Mr. Roosevelt will survive as a po litical leader, to whom the Republicans owe much and whose assistance they need. But the progressive party is dead, and with it must die the present hope of converting a national party into a faithful agent of progressive political and social Ideas. "Uncle John" Brashear When Governor Brumbaugh at the request of the Panama-Pacific Exposi tion officials selected the most distin guished man in the State he named John A. Brashear, of Pittsburgh. Of course, you have heard of the white haired instrument maker whose life has been an inspiration. When Charles M. Schwab read the story in the ori ginal as It later appeared In the July American Magazine he wrote the edi tor this letter: "I am so glad that you are going to tell the story of 'Uncle John' Brashear. It seems to m<*-that of all the men of fame and achievement I have known, he Is the most wonderful. His life is full of inspiration and help for every per son Interested In making the most of himself. " 'Uncle John' has the only real edu cation. which' is self-education. He has learned that money for money's sake is a foolish goal to strive for. So, in the turning out of instruments In his little shop, he has been satisfied with nothing but the best work. Perfec tion, without regard to cost and with out regard to the labor involved, has been his aim. I have known him at times to get so interested in the strug gle for perfection that he would turn out an instrument which in the mak ing cost several times its selling cost. But the results were that he attained happiness and gave the world the full est possible benefit of his extraordinary scientific knowledge and skill. And is that not, after all. the best use a man can make of great talents? "On the personal side, "Uncle John' is about the last word in simplicity, modesty and charm. To have known him so well and so long has been to me a rare privilege and a great educa tion." LETTERS TO THE EDITOR] ASK CTRFEW ENFORCEMENT To the Editor of the Telegraph: Harrisburg, Pa., June 1, 1916. Dear Sir—The following letter has been sent to His Honor Ezra Meals, Mayor of Harrisburg: "Dear Sir—About a year ago tho curfew ordinance was passed by the Board of Commissioners of Harrisburg. This ordinance provides that all chil dren under 16 years of age shall be off the streets from April 1 to October 1 at 9.30 p. m. and from October 1 to April 1 at 9 p. m. "We believe thai this ordinance is not enforced, and as it is for the wel fare of our boys and girls, our future voters, we ask that it be enforced. "It is harmful to health and morals for boys and girls to be on the streets, away from home and parents late at night. "It would relieve much anxiety and add to the comfort of fathers and mothers if this ordinance be enforced. "When this ordinance was passed, provision was not made for a signal. We suggest that two signals be given; a long one fifteen minutes before the final hour to warn the children of the time, and a short one to announce the hour. • "The curfew ordinance is a success in cities larger and smaller than Har risburg. Take Marietta for an ex ample—the curfew ordinance is in successful operation. It is enforced in a manner that the ordinance calls for —viz: at 8.45 o. m. the whistle of the silk mill blows as a warning that all children, under 16 years of age, start for home ; at 9 p. m. a second whistle blows, announcing that the hour has arrived to be at home. "When children are seen on the streets after 9 oVlock from October 1 to April 1 and 9.30 from April 1 to October 1, the burgess notifies all parents that if It occurs again they will he prosecuted according to the law. "So your Honor, for the welfare of our children and the comfort of the parents of Harrisburg, and the good of the community, the Harris burg Woman's Christian Temperance Unions earnestly request and hope you will enforce this ordinance, with appropriate signal. "Respectfully yours, "The committee: "Mrs. Margaret Ellenherger, "Mrs. Ella M. J. Goho, "Mrs. Wm. H. Cooper. "Mrs. Sara C. Durbln, "Miss Mabel C. Stites. "•Secretary." HAKRISBURG ?S§l§Sg TELEGRAPH 1 r }>olLtLc& I*, "~P «.K>UO tcanio. %j the Gi-Oommlttcemu Much significance is attached to Governor Brumbaugh's appointment of J. Denny O'Neil, former Allegheny county commissioner and local option leader, to be Insurance Commissioner as successor to Charles Johnson, of Norristown, the Montgomery county stalwart leader, who resigned when the Governors campaign began to liven up. Mr. O'NeU Is one of ttie most influential men In Western Penn sylvania politics and has always been known as an Oliver man. He is now an official of an administration In which William A. Magee. Public Serv ice Commissioner and his own rival L n *" e / °o«aty affairs and an op or leas „°/ 1116 ° Uver P e °P' e ' K 01 less of a power. Mr. O'Neil Is ex- durine't'h leader . of 'P 0 * 1 °PUon R ®. a ° d wUI al , so be able to help the ?,?Ku rn °L organize his league for a naiJi legislative cam ac f hnim o 1, /' so expected to serve attack* f i' r the Govcr nor when attacks are made upon him. The appointment of Mr. O'Neil to a place in (he administration was not a tinn P irt Se ' aS A he , I,ad heen much men tioned, and the Governor was es pecially desirous of keeping him in accord with him because of some criti cisms which have been leveled at the executive as the result of the local ca J np f lKn in the last Legis lature and also to get his aid when trouble conies. Mr. O'NeU and Mr Magee are understood to have buried he hatchet which had been more or less in evidence since the Public Serv \o nl " liss i°ner was active in defeat ing the McKeesport man for renomi natlon as county commissioner. It is believed that Mr. O'Neil will have a big part in the framing of the legislative appropriation program for public works to extend over a period of twenty years, for which Mr. Magee is solicitous because of the Ohio ship canal bill. In this he will have sup port of the \ ares, who are always strong for Philadelphia port improve ments, and it is expected to weave into It men from interior counties who will want something in proportion to what the two big counties get. The »- eommtssionership pays $<,500 a year. Governor Brum baugh said las; night that the selec tion of Mr. O'Nell wa& a purely per sonal appointment and made for busi ness reasons. He complimented Mr. O Neil as a businessman and said that he felt the appointment would be good because he would give a business ad ministration. When asked if he tnouKbt there would be a. reorgan- Ration, the Governor said that Mr. u „ x f ll w o\ild make the department as efficient as any in the country and that he would back him up in anything he might do with that end in view. He added that he did not think that Mr. would b« drastic in removals and reorganization. Deputy Commis sioner Samuel W. MeCulloch will be retained because of his long experi ence and good record. The manager of the State Insurance Fund is expected to be named soon and it Is believed that since William J. Roney, of Philadelphia, did not get the insurance commissionership, he mav win that place. The appointment of O'Neil ends any chances of Allegheny county getting the highway commissionership. It is said that until military affairs became lively General A. J. Logan had a leg up and then there was a story that Mr. Magee had a. bright road engineer for the place. Now It has gotten to the point where dark horses are being talked of. Secretary of Agriculture Charles E. Patton is backed by the militant members of the Governor s cabinet; Frank S. Black, of Somerset, is being urged by many people, and the Governor would like to promote Chief Engineer W. D. Uhler. There are some "veiled" possibilities, it was intimated to-day. The appointment of Captain G. Chal Port, of Huntingdon, to succeed J. L. Baldwin, of Philadelphia, as Fire Mar shal is not as filled with political sig nificance as that of Mr. O'Neii. Mr. Port comes from the home county, and while he is State committeeman from Huntingdon county, he is not active in politics to the extent of other men mentioned for the place. Captain Port is well known here as an able, tire less and dependable official of Penn sylvania Railro.id police, the man who cleaned up train robbers and whose record in running down criminals is excellent. The office of Fire Marshal calls for the qualifications which the captain possesses and he will make it a branch of lha State government even more vigorous than it has been. The "speeding up" of some of the commissions is attracting attention about the State. It is understood that Governor Brumbaugh has felt there was some ground for the attacks being made upon the policv .adopted in some parts of the Capitol and that the impetus given by himself and Attorney General Brown will have a good effect. Northampton county's Republican committee not only strongly endorsed the national and state tickets yester day, but gave Senator Penrose high compliments as a leader and paid a well-deserved tribute to W. Harry Baker, secretary of the State commit tee. The resolutions praise Mr. Baker for real work in bringing about Re publican reorganization, pointing out that Jie acted while a lot of "bunk" was being issued by others. The Baker resolution says: "We take occasion at this time to make especial reference to W. Harry Baker, who has discharged the responsible duties of secretary of the Republican State committee with conspicuous ability and with marked fidelity to the interests of the Repub lican party. Effective organization is essential to party success. In the work of organizing 1 he Republicans of Penn sylvania Mr. Baker has rendered a re markable service to the party. His wide acquaintance among active Re publicans of the state; his intimate knowledge of political conditions in every county, together with his re sourcefulness in advancing the cause of Republicanism, commend him as pre-eminently aualifled for the position to which he has been re-elected. The vote he received for delegate-at-large to the Republican national convention w*as an expression of the regard and confidence in which he is held by the Republicans of Pennsylvania." The resolutions on Senator Penrose, which are among 4e first to be adopted Flnce the nationa convention, are as follows: "We recognize Hon. Boise Penrose as leader of the Republican party in Penn sylvania. A political leader is not cre ated by the adoption of a resolution de claring him to be such nor by his elec tion to any office. No man ever attain ed party leadership by either method. Boise Penrose is head of the Republi can party In Pennsylvania through no body s favor and by nobody's permis sion. He has dominated public affairs In Ihig Common-wealth by character and ability. He has been In public life con tinuously for more than thirty years. He is the only Pennsylvanian to be elected for four terms In the United States Senate. He is the only Pennsyl vania Senator to become leader of his party In that great legislative bodv. He Is the first Pennsylvania Senator to go to Washington with a commission from the people. He is the only Pennsylva nia Senator who has held the chairman ship of the committee on finance, the most powerful committee of the upper THE CARTOON OP THE DAY METROPOLITAN MOVIES —From the New York World. "Bill, old bojr, what time In by .vour watch?** •♦What tlmef How d*ye a'pone I knowf There** a clock over there on the wall ye kin nee!*' IN MEXICO 70 YEARS AGO The Story of a War in Which Every Battle Was a Victory For the Stars and Stripes. By J. HOWARD WERT Author of " 'Twas 50 Tears Ago." published in the Harrisburg Tele graph, June and July. 1913. in connection with the Great Celebration of the Semicentennial of the Battle of Gettysburg. THE war between the United States and Mexico, which began just TO years ago, was one of the most remarkable wars in the world's history for the fact that there were no alternations of victory and defeat on the part of the two contend ing nations. Never, in all the battles of the war, were the Mexicans cheer ed by a single victory. It was the first clean-cut contest at arms in the Western world, between the Anglo-Saxon, Teutonic, Celtic and other amalgamated peoples repre sented in the American republic on the one hand, and the Latin element as represented in the Spanish blood of Mexico. To trace the high points and exciting episodes of this struggle is the province of this story, the pres ent appearing to be an opportune time to present to the generation of to day the feats of heroes and the nar rative of fierce fought fields that were once familiar names to every school boy. The present condition on the line of the Rio Grande indicates the possibility of these scenes being re peated in the very near future on al most the identical ground on which the American heroes who followed Taylor and Scott fought and conquered 70 years ago. The Mexican war was the school in which hundreds of young officers won their spurs. The captains and lieuten ants of that period, when a decade and a halt had rolled around, were the great generals leading mighty hosts of Federal and Confederate soldiers to our great Civil war. Mexico was the school in which were drilled the commanders who struggled for mas tery at Gettysburg, Antietam, Shiloh, Chickamauga, the Wilderness and around beleaguered Richmond and Petersburg. Cause of the Mexican War The Mexican war had its origin in a dispute about the boundary lines of Texas. The vast and largely unexplor ed Mexican state of Texas had been invaded in the early part of the last century by hardy and adventurous pioneers from the Southwestern States of our nion. Among these '.'settlers were many brave and daring spirits of whom Sam Houston, Davy Crockett, Rowie and Travis were typical char acters. These men were restive un der Mexican misryle, and soon Texas proclaimed itself a free and independ ent State. The slavery question w-as also mixed up with the dispute be- branch of Congress. Like William Mc- Kinley, he is the foremost exponent in this country of that economic principle, so closely related to the material wel fare of this Commonwealth, the great constructive policy of protection to American industry. Senator Penrose in the Senate and elsewhere vigorously has attacked a foreign policy which has brought our Government into con temnt and ridicule and has fought for the adoption of a policy which will in suie protection .or the lives and prop erty of our citizens abroad and compel respect for the flag of this Republic among the nations of the world. His record at Harrisburg and at Washing ton is a record of statesmanship. Sena tor Penrose holds hl«rh place in the councils of the Kepublican party in tha nation. The commanding position he occupied at the recent national conven tion of our party and his potential in fluence in the selection of Charles Evans Hughes as our candidate for President, and of Charles Warren Fairbanks as our candidate for Vice-President, should be a source of pride to every Pennsylva nian." Looks Like a Long War [Cleveland Plain Dealer.] Dr. Liebknecht says that the war Is living on lies. This makes it look hopeless—that's a munition they'll never run out of. OUR DAILY LAUGH tAT BALL GAME. Life is a good deal like baseball. In what way? It's the man who can make the hits that seta the money. •orts of people to 1 make the world. | and the wrong jj| I tL JUNE 23. 1916. tween Texas and Mexico in a way that would not be profitable to trace mi nutely at this late day. For a time the path of the Texan settlers toward independence was a thorny one, but their sun brightly dawned at length; and the awful trag dies of the Alamo and Goliad were ter ribly avenged in the glorious victory of San Jacinto, in which Santa Anna's army was completely crushed and that greg.t chieftain himself made a pris oner. Naturally Texan independence was soon followed by overtures for annex ation to the United States. Tnis was consummated in 1845. Thus the United States became the heir to the quarrel between Texas and Mexico as to whether the Neuces river or the Rio Grande was the boundary line be tween the two countries. Story of Palo Alto General Zachary Taylor, who had won fame In the Seminole war in Florida, was sent into the disputed territory with a force of United States soldiers to protect what our nation claimed as its territorial rights. Meantime negotiations were being conducted between the two countries with little apparent progress n the solution of the dispute. January 2d, 1846, one of Mexico's innumerable revolutions occurred, President Herrera being deposed and General Parades being ushered into the capital by the troops as his suc cessor. The latter immediately an nounced himself for war if the Am erican army occupied any of the dis puted territory. Soon after public sentiment in the United States was greatly inflamed when Col. Thornton on a reconnoiter ing party with 63 dragoons, was am bushed and 16 of the number were killed or wounded. Three days later several of Capt. Walker's Texan Rang ers were killed by an attack on their camp. Then came the brutal murder of Col. Cross. Meantime Gen. Taylor, after erect ing a fort at Point Isabel and making it his main depot for supplies, had pushed on the Rio Grande, within gun shot of Matamoros, and erected there a fort, the guns of which com manded the Mexican city. This fort was subsequently named Fort Brown in honor of its commander. Major Brown, who a few days later yielded up his life in defending it. (Continued on Page 17.) [THE SWE FROM DAf TO PftT Philadelphia girls are becoming "war brides" as their newly acquired husbands entrain here and mobilize there, inconsiderately. Two members of the National Guard living in Shar on were released from jail In order to join their regiment, and everywhere there is an electric thrill of supress ed excitement that seems to whisper, what next? Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard and found that it was bare, but Mrs. Arter, aged 77, of Sunbury, on a trip to the cupboard found a four-foot blacksnake with which she battled valiantly with ultimate suc cess. "Painting a town red" is not the sort of humor that the Fleetwood black smith relishes, so he has had a war rant issued against the graduating class of the Reading High school for destroying property. The village smithy is undoubtedly in the right, but it is patent that he never had any school spirit. A Greensburg prisoner in the Greensburg jail accused of murder was discovered with six saws In his pos session, with which he was making shift, to saw the bars of his cage. Personally, we always had a leaning to old "saw«." The daughter of a minister mar ried the son of a minister down at Ardmore the other day and both the proud fathers officiated. Which makes the \ictlms a much married pair. Father Zahlensky, of the Greek Catholic congregation in West Ber wick, wants SIO,OOO damages against John Bobersky on the charge that he called him a thief, a robber and a crook. Charged with verbosity and redundancy, rather. Wilkes-Barre is reveling in the nov elty of Its first woman policeman. If the contradiction in terms may be lowed. And she doesn't wear high heeled shoes, either. ©mrittg (Cljat Mobilization of United States vol unteers for the war with Mexico in the forties took place in Harrisburg for this part of the State. Pennsyl vania sent a couple of regiments on the expedition and they took part in Scott's famous march on the capital of Mexico. The local company, which was known as the Cameron Guards, named in honor of General Simon Cameron, was enrolled the day after Christmas in 1846 and was joined here by companies from nearby counties. The out-of-town companies were quar tered in a large building which stood on the site of the Harrlsburg Tele graph building. Regular army re cruits were also quartered In this building until they were sent to Pitts burgh where the mustering In occur- ' red. The Harrlsburg company was sent to Pittsburgh about December 30,- where it was sworn in on January 2 and sent down the Ohio and Mis sissippi. The caplaln of the company was E. C. Williams, afterwards a noted brigadier in the Civil war. The Guards came home in July, 1848, and were given a royal welcome. There are probably very few living in Har rlsburg who can recall the departure of these troops for the Mexican war or the welcome home with its recep tion in Market Square and supper in Capitol park. • * • The drilling of the members of the three militia companies yesterday at tracted much attention from people over the city. The Governor's Troop had a fine place to drill in the vacant spaces which abound in the Capitol park extension and the squads had "setting up" exercises and other drills on plots which will probably be used for similar purposes for recruits. The infantrymen gathered at the Sec ond street armory and went through the usual armory work. The assem bling of the men was a great event, for the youngsters and hundreds of them gathered about the places where the khaki was to be seen. • * » A good many people in this part of the State will note with considerable interest the stories appearing In some of the newspapers published In the larger cities to the effect that because of the high price of drugs catnip will be cultivated for use in the drug trade. The herb is used more than a good many people know and there is hardly a drug store that does not have some of it for preparations like ly to be called for any time. But what will interest a good many peo ple here is the proposition to cultivate it. It grows wild along roads and fences and there are thousands of plants to be seen on any highway leading to the city. The herb is gathered sometimes by people who like that sort of thing, catnip tea be ing counted a remedy for some ail ments. • » • • John Lucas, of the Governor's of fice, is being asked if he has any money coming to him at the State treasury. Mr. Lucas comes from Phil adelphia and it appears that in some of the old papers dating about 1790 Auditor General Powell found a war rant in favor of John Lucas, of Phil adelphia. It was sandwiched in be tween warrants drawn in favor of Robert Morris and other high com pany and Mr. Lucas does not appear to have cashed It. • * ♦ The students at work survey ins; Capitol park and the park extension district and the State arsenal are get ting some rare experience. Those at the arsenal have been able to get a first hand glimpse of getting ready for war service and have watched th® materials being hurried to the. sta tions. Those In the park extension have been running lines with re cruits drilling in the vacant spaces. * * » The Telegraph's picnic at Paxtang park Tuesday was enjoyed by old folks, too. There were some funny incidents. The fathers and mothers were out fo. a good time and they had it. One family was represented by father, mother and six children. The latter were of ages which made it unnecessary for them to hang on to "papa" or "mamma's" apron strings, and they romped about as they pleas ed. This gave the parents a chance to take in the flying horses, ride on the "Figure Eight," go boating and enjoy every concession in the park. No one doubted that they had a good time. The story of their day's outing was told over and over again on the car on the way home. They were on the merry-go-round seven times; rode five times on the scenic, railway, took three trips through the "giggling" house; boated for an hour; and took in the vaudeville show. "Some day we have had, mother." said the fath er on his arrival home about 9 o'clock last night. * • « Representative H. M. Showalter. of Lewisburg, the Union county member of the House, Was a visitor to the city yesterday. He came here on business at the Capitol. Mr. Showalter Is a can didate for re-election. [ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE " —Congressman Thomas S. Cargo, who is active In the move for higher pfty for soldiers, used to be a lieuten ant "olonel of the Tenth regiment. —Auditor General Powell, first of ficer to take the federal oath, is a Philippine veteran. —Charles M. Schwab plans to spend considerable time at his new home at Loretto this summer —Richard W. Watson, the new commander of the State Sons of Vet erans, is a prominent resident of In diana county. —J. Park Alexander <has been elect ed president of Washington and Jeffer son alumni. He is a resident of Pittsburgh. | DO YOU KNOW DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg turns out steel used for manufacture of high ex plosive shells? HISTORIC HARRISBURG United States court was first held here about 1810. Wilson and Carranza (Springfield Republican.) Whatever the United States may do or may not do in relation to Mexico, whether Its policy is wise or unwise, short-sighted or far-sighted, selfish or unselfish, it will evidently get no thanks from the Mexican people in whole or in part. Even Gen. Carranza seems to think that President Wilson - is primarily moved by a desire to de- J spoil Mexicans of their territory, yet Gen. Carranza would never have been in a position to send diplomatic notes if it had not been for President Wil son. WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB LEARNED OF THE CITY [Questions submitted to members at the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their answers as presented at the organiza tion's annual "Municipal Qui*,"] How does Harrisburg's death rate compare with other cities of like size? In most cases the death rate for Harrisburg is lower.
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