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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
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%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.