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MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 26.
It's the songs you sing and the smiles
you wear that makes the sunshine
everywhere.
BRAVE COLORED TROOPS
AGAIN the colored troops have
demonstrated their fighting qual
ity and won lasting fame as de
fenders of the flag. Notwithstanding
the treacherous and unexpected attack
upon them at Carrlzal. the troopers of
the Tenth Cavalry made a brave stand
against frightful odds, and while their
lives have been snuffed out they have
left as a heritage to their own race '
and to the nation as a whole a record !
of fidelity to duty and bravery second j
to none In the military annals of the j
world.
The death of Captain Boyd and his
brave troopers has galvanized into life
those in authority at Washington who
have been pursuing a spineless policy
of inaction during the last three years.
Nor has it been forgotten that in
the hard fighting in Cuba during the
Spanish-American War the colored
soldiers of the United States Army
made a glorious name for themselves
and earned a place in the pages of
their country's history.
A wave of patriotism has swept over
the United States and from now to
the finish of this unfortunate business
the national spirit will direct affairs
rather than the incompetents who
have failed to appreciate or under
stand the real sentiment of the Ameri
can people.
Elsewhere on this page attention is
called to the proposed movement to
plant trees along- the State highways
of Pennsylvania. This is in line with
the proposition submitted by the Tele
graph to Governor Brumbaugh some
months ago and with which he is in
sympathy. At last, the people of the
Commonwealth are awaking to the im
portance of providing fine roads and
attractive surroundings, so that the
great procession of tourists may be at
tracted to our hills and valleys.
NO MORE "FEVER CAMPS"
FOR one thing we may be thankful,
in this time of military encamp
ments—we are not to undergo
the horror of the "fever camps" of the
Spanish-American 'War period. The
typhoid outbreak of that time will not
he repeated, for several reasons. In
the first place, the soldiers are now
Inoculated with an antityphoid serum
that safeguards them against that dis
ease, and in the second place, the
surgeons and commanding officers of
the Guard have been carefully trained
along the lines of camp sanitation.
It will be remembered also that
there was an "embalmed beef" scan
dal during the Spanish-American War.
It 1s not likely that there will be an
other such. Nothing Is too good for
our men In the field and the new
thought of service as well as profit In
business will no doubt go a long way
toward insuring good quality of sup
plies of all kinds.
It will go mighty hard with anybody
who Juggles with the health or welfare
of our soldiers in the field for the sake
of a few pennies of personal profit un
fairly gained.
At a time when the Industrial forces
of the country are Inadequate the
Mexican trouble still further aggra
vates the situation. If the advice of ex
perienced military authorities shall be
heeded at Washington, It Is possible
that the pacification of the unhappy
country on our southern border will be
accomplished without great loss of life.
Meanwhile the business and industrial
conditions must necessarily be adjusted
to the new order of things.
PHILADELPHIA'S BLIGHT
DURING the convention of the
Ad Clubs In Philadelphia this
week opportunity will be given
to place the metropolis of the Com
monwealth in its proper position be
fore the country. As this newspaper
has frequently pointed out, Philadel
phia, with all its noble traditions, ks
unique place as the cradle of liberty
and its transcendent features as a
manufacturing and commercial city,
has not occupied Its proper position
among the cities of the country. This
as a result of the continual political
bickering and factional activities of
several big contractors who are more
Interested In fat awards than they are
in maintaining the good name of the
State's metropolis.
Pennsylvania wants t6 be proud of
Philadelphia and it ought to be the
business of the great mass of the
people within Its boundaries to crush
MONDAY EVENING,
out the petty things which detract
from the real greatness of the typical
American city. Entirely too much con
sideration Is given the near-sighted
politicians who are constantly striving
to advance their own selfish Interests
through the exploitation of the higher
and more important Interests of the
community at large.
Too long this condition has been
permitted to obscure the fine con
structive and meritorious features of
that admirable Philadelphia which Is
unknown beyond the borders of the
Commonwealth. Pennsylvanlans, of
course, appreciate the true worth of
the large majority of Its citizenry, but
co long as purely political activities
and selfish personal ambitions are per
mitted to dwarf the larger and better
things in the eyes of the world Phila
delphia will continue to share the con
tempt—unwarranted in most cases —
■which is visited upon us by our coun
trymen outside the State.
If the newspapers of Philadelphia
could unitedly agree upon a policy
that would ignore the little men who
are responsible for the present criti
cism of their city. It might be a bit
of real public services.
A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
THE country may as well prepare
Itself for a call for volunteers.
Unless all signs fall, it Is coming,
and at no far future date.
The warlike position that Carranza
has assumed, the inflammatory utter
ances of Mexican newspapers, the ad
mitted need of troops at the border,
the fact that the guardsmen must be
sent Into Mexico to back up the regu
lars in case of hostilities that seem
sure to come, all point to the necessity
of calling a volunteer army Into being.
| It is no pleasant thing to think about,
j but it Is one of the extreme proba
| bllitles of the moment, and It may
1 come sooner than even those who look
| upon it as an eventuality expect. It
j will be a long time, Indeed, before
| Camp Brumbaugh is deserted as a
military training ground, the chances
are.
A STUDY IN TAXES
WHEN the House had under
consideration the Ship Pur
chase bill, Hon. J. Hampton
Moore, of Pennsylvania, re
| minded the Democratic members of
Congress that the breaking of their
j platform pledges had now become a
j habit. In spite of the convictions and
former professions of many of its
members against extravagance, they
have, with lamb-like obedience, he
said, followed the deadly drive toward
government ownership, for which
this administration, more than any
other, has been responsible. Mr.
Moore then presented an interesting
study in taxes enumberlng a number
of extravagant measures, some of
which are as follows: »
A war tax (when there was no war)
of $100,000,000 Imposed for one year
and renewed for another, making a
direct tax of $2.00 against every man,
woman and child.
A bill appropriating $3,000,000 for
railroads in Alaska, an expenditure
of thirty cents per capita.
A flood-control bill granting up
wards of $50,000,000 for reclamation
of private lands, mostly along the low
er Mississippi, benefiting a few States,
but imposing an additional tax of 50
cents per capita.
The army bill, whlcii Chairman
Hay, of the committee on Military Af
fairs, says "is not an emergency blU";
carrying an appropriation of $20,000,-
000 for an unnecessary nitrate plant
and $11,000,000 for a government
owned armor-plate plant, making a
total tax of thirty-one cents upon ev
ery man, woman and child in this
country for the installation of these
two plants.
The rural credits bill, which many
thoughtful men believe will require
from the farmer a larger expenditure
for loans than his necessities will war
rant, providing for banks which must
needs employ a large number of of
ficers, agents, investigators, etc., with
salaries ranging up to SIO,OOO per
annum, and for deposit therein of
$16,000,000 of public money, making
an additional tax of 15 cents per
capita.
The good roads bill, carrying a
modest appropriation of $26,000,000,
which the Senate raised to $75,000,-
000 to be spent on country roads
only, putting on every man, woman
and child a tax of 75 cents a head.
Under this administration, the pos
tal deficit is reported to be about $lO,-
000,000—a burden of ten cents each
on our population.
After a consultation at the White
House, declared Mr. Moore, it has
been decided to impose new forms of
taxation to the amount of $150,000,-
000 to make up their admitted dis
crepancy in the treasury.
This is only a partial list. Every
appropriation bill carries "riders" for
pet appropriations, or creating some
new commission, board, or bureau,
plac g more power in the hands of a
few at an expense estimated at $5,-
000,000 next year. During the last
three years 30,000 new positions have
been created, carrying salaries up
ward of $36,000,000 every year more
than ever apprppriated under a Re
publican administration.
Mr. Moore summarized as follows:
If you want to pass this shlp-pur
chasc bill on the record you
have made, go ahead and do it.
Some day, perhaps, the people back
home will be wise to what It all
means. Your platform promise to
relieve the people of their alleged
but Imperceptible tariff burdens,
has resulted in levying upon them
direct taxation exceeding $760,000,-
000, which Is more than $7.50 for
every man, woman and child. If
that $750,000,000 were put over on
the voters exclusively, it would
amount approximately to S6O
apiece.
CLEANING UP MEXICO
IT is evident beyond question that
the United States must assume the
disagreeable duty of cleaning up
Mexico. Either now or later the task
must be undertaken, and now would
appear to be the time. We cannot
maintain our troops along the border
forever, but on the other hand we
cannot withdraw them while the bor
der States are menaced by the Villas
and Carranzas who succeed each other
in a never-ending series.
Apparently, the President must face
the unpleasant duty of using the armed
troops of the United States to oust the
de facto government the White House
was instrumental In setting up. It
must now be apparent to the adminis
tration, as it has been apparent to
everybody else for many months, that
Carranza cannot organize a stable gov
ernment in Mexico and that the next
step is Inevitably American interven
tion.
ov
Sj the Ex-Committeeman
The visits of Senator Penrose and
Congressman Vare to Charles Evans
Hughes, Republican nominee for Pres
ident, have caused some lively gossip.
According to Philadelphia dispatches
Mr. Hughes holds the key to the door
of future control of the Republican
Organization in Pennsylvania. What
ever may have been decided In past
political battles between the Penrose
and Vare factions, the fact is that the
presidential nominee, by reason of a
novel Pennsylvania law, will be the
final and determining factor in the
problem of solving the continuous
question of State leadership. In short,
the act of 1913 gives the presidential
nominee the ppwer to say who will or
who will not be the presidential elec
tors.
Theoretically, presidential electors
are powers; they may elect whom they
will as President of the United States.
Practically, of course, they merely
register the choice of the people as
expressed In the November election. It
just happens, however, in this State,
owing to factional rivalry, that presi
dential electors will assume an impor
tance, politically, they really do not
possess in themselves. Instead of be
ing unimportant voices of the elector
ate, they have become overnight, as It
were, the subject of factional deals and
partisan controversy. And in this sit
uation Hughes is the central point.
In a nutshell this is the situation:
Mr. Hughes may take his list of sug
gestions for the Pennsylvania electoral
ticket from either the Penrose or the
Vare-Brambaugh factions. Which
ever side he recognizes will count upon
recognition in the highly important
matter of Federal patronage, embrac
ing the great number of influential
postmasters throughout the State, in
the event, of course, that Hughes suc
ceeds Wilson as President.
The bigness of the situation and of
Its possibilities have led to the plan
ning of conferences. This conference,
to be followed by another, had to do
with the matter of reuniting Progres
sives and Republicans in support of
the Hughes-Fairbanks ticket, a sub
ject which naturally relates itself to
the question of selecting presidential
electors. No sooner had discussion
arisen over this conference than it was
said that Senator Penrose and William
Flinn, Roosevelt or Progressive lead
ers of Pennsylvania, soon would hold
a conference on the same subject. Sig
nificant as this announcement seemed,
It only emphasized the trend of events
at the Progressive national convention
in Chicago.
There, Flinn was the virtual "boss"
of the Progressive convention, and as
such helped to frame up the situation
leading to a working agreement be
tween the Republican Old Guard and
such Progressive leaders as Garfield
and Perkins, who paid no attention
to the demands of individual delegates
that the Republican convention be dis
regarded. At that time, and as a con
sequence, it was freely predicted that
Penrose and Flinn were planning to
get together and that the result would
be felt in Pennsylvania's Republican
polities. Penrose is a member of the
Republican National committee's
"steering committee," the little or
ganization which is conferring with
Hughes as to campaign plans. Flinn
has even been accused in national po
litical circles of being "the steering
committee" of the National Progres
sive committee. It is understood that
Flinn and Penrose propose that the
electors shall be representative of both
the Republican and Progressive par
ties, to the end that unity may be
brought about. That is precisely what
the Vares proposed in their personal
conferences with Mr. Hughes, who has
the last word in the premises.
But whether or not Flinn In the
last analysis will work with the Vares
or with Penrose, the fact is that Flinn,
with his harmony record at the na
tional conventions behind him, is ar
ranging to have nearly every Washing
ton party ward or county committee
in Pennsylvania Indorse Hughes for
the presidency. In a word, Flinn,
Roosevelt's Pennsylvania representa
tive, is getting ready to deliver the
Progressive vote, or at least its ma
chinery, to Hughes. As a start, Phila
delphia ward committees of the Wash
ington party will begin to-night to in
dorse. Hughes. Later the city commit
tee, in which Flinn and Van Valken
burg with County Commissioner
Holmes, are dominant, will indorse the
action of the ward committees.
The law provides that Mr. Hughes
shall name the electors by July 10. If
he falls to do so, the candidate for
Vice-president Fairbanks, shall do so
as soon as possible.
Words of Truth
[New York Sun]
Perhaps nobody has stated the
main facts of the Mexican situation,
in its present aspect, more concisely
than our contemporary the Times in
two brief sentences, of which this is
the first:
"We know pretty well where we
are, how we arrived Is of small con
sequence."
True as to June, the statement will
have to he revised in November.
"How we arrived" will then be of the
greatest consequence:
This is the second sentence:
"It is necessary that our future
course shal he free from hesitation
anc unmarred by blundering."
That Is what the Sun believes.
That is exactly what Colonel Roose
velt has been saying. That is what
patriotic members of the Progressive
party seek to accomplish by removing
the principal obstacle to the defeat
of Mr. Wilson and to a change of
administration. That is what the
election of Mr. Hughes would Insure.
That Is what Ellhu Root had in
mind when he said, four months ago,
"President Wilson cannot change his
nature."
Although our contemporary the
Times has not yet declared itself for
mally as a supporter of Mr. Hughes
and an opponent of Mr. Wilson, the
pregnant sentence which we quote
with gratification would seem to leave
little doubt of Its attitude.
Where we are, we know. How we
arrived is a question to be considered
at the polls this Kail. It Is necessary
that for the next four years the exec
utive direction of the nation's course
shal! be free from hesitation and un
marred by blundering; and Mr. Wil
son cannot change his nature.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
The acid test shows patriotism 100
per cent. pure.—Philadelphia North
American.
The death of the Progressive party
is accepted as a fact on all sides, even
among its own leaders and rank and
file, although the organization has not
yet actually become extinct.—Spring
field Republican.
Almost time for Mr. Brvan to come
out with a little unpatriotic piffle. His
continued silence may lead to the sus
picion that he is lukewarm in his ad
vocacy of peace at any price.—Spring
field Union.
THE STATE FROM m TO m
Typhoid prophylaxis is being inject
ed by th© quart into the successive
arms of lines of the soldiers at Gretna.
Rush orders requested that the work
be completed by Wednesday morning,
and the needles and the iodine man
are being worked overtime shooting
the millions of slain typhoid germs
into the Guard.
The "flghtinb hyphen" has been
unearthed at Irwin, where Michael
Petak, a leader of the foreign element,
says that he can raise a regiment of
Italians, Russians and other Slavs in
short order for service.
John Maloney and John Mulligan,
Spanish-American war veterans of Ha
zleton, have enlisted in the regular
army as the lesser of two evils. The
Johns had been carousing and pre
ferred to fight rather than go to jail.
The convention of the Associated
Advertising Clubs of the World at
Philadelphia thi# week has attracted
to Pennsylvania's chief city many
prominent men, including five Mayors,
from New Orleans, St. Louis, Balti
more, Cincinnati and Cleveland.
P. G. Piatt, of Walllngford. has a
pen of White Leghorns that has tied
for second place In the egg-laying con
test In Connecticut at Storrs, Connec
ticut. More than 100,000 eggs Is the
total record to date. Greased light
ning has nothing on these hens.
The Other Mexican War
[From the Telegraph during th© First
Mexican War.]
Congress, seems to have been as in
different to the actual military needs
of the country after the close of the
first Mexican war as during the pres
ent emergency.
In the files of the Telegraph of Jan
uary. 1851, we find the report of Gen
eral Wlnfield Scott to the Secretary of
War In which he calls attention to the
fact that in his previous annual report
dated November 3, 1849, "he repre
sented the urgent necessity of the in
crease of the military establishment
created mainly by the large accession
of the territory acquired by the late
treaty of peace with Mexico and the
expressed stipulation on our part to
protect that Republic from the Indian
tribe within our limits."
General Scott states that Congress
by an act of June 17, 1850, recognized
this necessity "but the additional force
authorized was both inadequate in
number and description."
In this urgent appeal to Congress
General Scott dwelt upon the failure
of Congress to provide adequate forces
and indicated the increase of the
several arms of the service which was
necessary under the circumstances.
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY
[Questions submitted to members of
the Harrlsburg Rotary Club and their
answers as presented at the organiza
tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."]
What is the limit of millage that can
be levied for general revenue purposes
by the city?
Ten mills for general revenue
purposes. One per cent, for bond
ed debt, etc.
Careful Observation
[Kansas C'ltj Star.]
Ike Van Quentin remarks that the
only girl who retains her good looks
when B'ie goes In bathing Is the one
in the railroad ads.
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 Years 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.
S.
AS the Americans advanced along
the streets of Monterey to the ]
heart of the town, they were j
swept by the fire of artillery posted j
in the plaza and commanding every f
avenue of approach, and assailed by j
a musketry fire and missiles of every
description from soldiers and citizens :
on the roofs and at the windows of
every building. Our troops were com-j
pelled to enter the houses, and, digging ,
through the sidewalls, advanced in j
this manner, from house to house, !
through entire squares of the city j
until within one square of the princi- |
pal plaza.
When Taylor was ready to make a
combined assault upon the last line of I
defenses the Mexican commander;
Ampudia sent a flag of truce agreeing j
to evacuate Monterey.
Th© American force in the three j
days' engagement at Monterey was I
6,646 officers and men, with but one i
piece of artillery fit for service until I
they had captured Mexican cannon to'
TREES ALONG THE ROADSIDE
GEORGE H. WIRT, in the maga
zine, "In the Open," tells how
every citizen can help In bringing
about more attractive conditions along
our highways. As chief forest fire In
spector for the State Mr. Wirt speaks
with knowledge of his subject when he
says:
"Trees bordering roadsides un
doubtedly serve two very important
purposes, namely, attractiveness or
charm, and in the case of hard roads,
protection to the road itself. They may
serve an additional purpose, namely,
direct financial revenue, if they hap
pen to be of kinds from which some
fruit may be harvested.
In the province of Hanover. Ger
many, the province owns almost 173,000
fruit trees. An additional 5,000 miles
are also bordered with fruit trees. In
some Instances, the fruit sold at pub
lic auction has yielded almost S6OO
per mile, the average, however, being
about S2O per mile. About one-half
this amount is spent In upkeep and
, protection. This application of the
beautiful, practical and economic pos
sibilities in the control of such public
property as roads is a fine illustration
of community thrift of the Germans.
The profit per tree seems very small
but shade Is afforded in summer, the
road is more nearly free from dust,
and other benefits follow. To some ex
tent. rain and snow are retarded slight
ly from washing soil from the banks
into the roadside ditches. The care of
the trees gives employment to numer
ous persons, attracts the attention of
all classes to better varieties of fruit,
and interests many In fruit culture and
the beat manner of caring for trees.
These roads are a delight to the Amer
ican tourists who often wonder why
roadsides In the United tSates are not
thus planted to fruit.
"The American at once jumps at the
conclusion, however, that if fruit or
nut trees were planned along the high
ways, fruit theft's would be common,
and revenue would be lacking. This
fear, I believe, has some foundation,
but not enough to override the pro
position that notwithstanding some
theft, many miles of our roads .should
be llntd with such trees. There are
many places where it might be im
possible or impractical to plant fruit
or nut trees but where our native or
Introduced forest trees would be suit
able.
"Even In this land of rain, our agri
cultural crop* are in need of more
JUNE 26, 1916.
use against their former owners. The
Mexicans engaged numbered over
10,000, with forty-two pices of artillery
I —all posted in works of immense
I strength. The American loss in the
( three days was 496 officers and men
! killed and wounded. That the enemy
was supposed to be in the neighbor
hood of 800, but was never correctly
ascertained.
How Charles Fen no MofTmnn Com
memorated Monterey
Have you ever paused to think that
, l f . is to scenes of battle and the
| struggles of the oppressed for liberty
j that we are indebted for nearly all the
world's grand and impassioned poetry
from the Iliad of Homer, 1,000 years
before the Christian Era, down to "The
Charge of the Light Brigade," the
"Star Spangled Banner," and "High
Tide a: Gettysburg." Every war has
had its poet—laureates and the Mex
j lean conflict was no exception. But of
(Continued on Page 14)
moisture than they get. The benefits
that would come from many miles of
trees acting as wind breaks is inesti
mable, not to say anything of the in
direct value that would result from
furnishing homes and food for mil
lions of birds.
"The highways of our Common
wealth could be made into one of the
most famous arboreums in the world
at a comparatively little expense when
all the returns are considered. The
educational value of such a proposition
is tremendous.
"Just now our people are interested
greatly in two monumental highways
across the State. There can be no bet
ter way of stirring up local pride,
loyalty to the Commonwealth, and
patriotism in general than by letting
the several sections of the highways
be planted in accordance with a well
developed plan by the communities
along the route. One section would be
known for Its sturdy oaks, another for
its brilliant maples, another for its
somber conifers, another for its clean
upstanding ash, another for the nut
trees, and others for their fruit, etc.
"Theer in no need to tell anyone
who has traveled the highways of the
feeling of relief which comes to the
traveler either in summer or winter
when he passes from an unprotected
road to one lined with trees. Ths blasts
of winter are subdued; and the heat of
the sun Is broken.
■ "There Is no need to tell anyone
| way Is being worked upon by the wo-
I men's clubs of the State and some plans
have been formulated. Without Inter
fering with these plans, the Governor
might designate a committee made up
of a representative of the State High
way Department, the Forestry Depart
ment, the Agricultural Department, the
women's clubs, and the Highway Asso
ciation. This committee should make
a survey of the Lincoln and William
Penn Highway and plan for various
plantings. The plans should be pub
lished broadcast in the adjoining coun
try, and every other effect possible
made to arouse an interest In this sys
tematic tree planting. Next Spring the
Governor could urge the work In his
Arbor Day proclamation or by special
proclamation, and Road Planting Day
would become a permanent Institution
in our State Just as Good Roads Day
Is designed to be. The two days are
adjuncts to each other. Good roads
need beautiful trees as well aa a good
drainage,"
fEbentng (Efjat
Judging from the number of horsed
and mules which have been rounded
up in pens along the railroads in this
Part of the State in the last seventy,
two hours there is going to be a scar
city of draft animals on a good many
farms in this part of the State unless
the farmers overcome the difficulties
°f the situation by using
motor vehicles. All over this section
of the State agents of men interested
in buying up horses to offer to Uncle
Sam for the use of the Pennsylvania
Guardsmen have been busy for a week
and the result of their combing of the*
countryside became apparent Saturday
"hen horses and mules commenced to
nil the cattle pens at the stations and
stock yards. Hundreds of horses were
rfeln* l^ 1 of - this State b V the Euro
ar and the reason the normal
increase has not occurred this vear
th« fit?.? * e £ ause ° f the exports. Then
on tho cS fates ar my began drawing
own " ""PP'y of horses for its
anrt comes the mobilization
f. ' nee< i for hun dreds of horses
anrt otl ?F ers ' for artillery, for cavalrv
organizations. The Guard
th» iT«i» C^ m g without horses because
f nlw States government is trf
counts and draft animals and
ovpr tiT a * "? of fussin K at Gretna
m v farmers did not hire
?•.,= / y i horses as expected. The
„ n „„ d als o went to camp dependent
own, ™ automobiles. The .State
owns one motor truck at the State ar
ihfni. an sad5 ad to hire them to move
- Mt. Gretna
camp is laid out on generous lines and
around the generals and colo
nel t use automobiles. Some of
nr nil had br ° u Kht their cars to camp
or else had the use of those of friends.
There were a few jitneys which were
m demand. But as a result of the lack
?,Lii? r i! CS and „ ca rs nvost of the officers
rw.»r i Saturday and yesterday,
will K i Logan, commanding the
Second brigade, who owns several
horses and a couple of fine cars at
?' ent ar °und in a "tin lizzie"
which he rented by the day. Perhaps
■within a few days the horses, which
carefull y inspected as the
men, will be ready to overcome the
the troubles at Gretna.
♦ « »
v,«?? Ve r? or^. B J' un,haUß:h ' ,n whose
honor the mobilization camp at Mt.
uretna was named in accordance with
custom, has a street named after him
in Porto Rico. This street is in San
Juan and is known as Calle Brum
baugh. It was nafned about the time
Iv? at r, the Gover nor was a member of
the Porto Rican Senate and when ho
was organizing the schools of the is
land.
* * *
Some of the tracts of pine near the
city are being carefully inspected hv
htate forestry authorities in order lo
se ® that the disease known as the
white pine blister does not get a hold
in this section of the State. The
tracts are not numerous hereabouts,
but there are a few which might cause
breeding of the pest. The blister bids
rair to be as troublesome as the chest
nut blight.
The briskness of the recruiting just
now is causing a good many funny in
cidents. The recruiting officers have
many callers and it is amusing to
watch the men get into the wrong
pews. They drop In at a navy or regu
lar army place and say that they want
to get where there will he quick fight
ing. Xone wont to go to any of the
forts to train, but seem to desire to
start for the border at once. The an
nouncement of any departure from—
Mt. Gretna will give a great
to recruiting.
♦ • *
There has been a good bit of quiet
interest taken among chemists and
medical men of the State in the ques
tion put out by the State Department
or Agriculture on why strychnine will
kill a crow and not hurt a chicken or
a quail. The action of the poison is
said to be something whit., is new to
poultrymen who see chances to kill olf
rats by a poison which will not bother
the fowls. Several men when asked
for the reason said franklv that the"
were waiting to hear from those high
er up.
• • •
Richard E. Cochran, of York, men
tioned for a place in one of the legal
branches of the State government is
a former deputy secretary of the com
monwealth and well-known to many
here. He was a candidate for alter
nate delegate-at-large last month.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ""
—Frank H. Ball, director of manual
training in Pittsburgh schools, has
gone to Santa Barbara, Cal„ where he
will locate.
—John Robinson, Uniontown law
yer, was engaged in trial of a case
when the call came and his case has
gone over Indefinitely.
—Col. Richard Coulter, Jr., com
manding the Tenth regiment at Canfp
Brumbaugh, comes of a family long
prominent in "coal affairs.
—C. H. Colwell, Philadelphia bank
er, is taking a big interest in the plan
to Increase the number of sheep on
Pennsylvania farms.
—J. Campbell Gilmore, who com
mands the Biddle Corps, has called for
mobilization at Philadelphia to see
how many men went Into federal ser
vice.
1 DO YOU KNOW '
That Harrisburg makes parts of
lathes which are engaged In mak
ing munitions?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
French and Indians raided to with
s.'gg.T'X," <■<.««
I OUR DAILY LAUGH
prS TWXI AN EXAMPLE.
l_J ™ What are ar
"S QJ- , tides of war, fa-
Oh, It's soma
wNf V Bort °' documen t.
V X, I suppose, like a
rep- Jmk marriage license,
mi *' "■ 'or Instance
BALL. PLATER i^ay.' lIV
AND UMPIRE.
The pantomime
appears to be ~~T* fek V*
. Expressive of a y x
mood severe;
It's well we're
close enough \\N gg
But Just too far
away to hear.
Your Last Dollar
A western Judge has decided that
poker is not gambling, and the Judge is
right. Poker is philanthropy. It la
giving the other fellow your last dol.
lar.—The Silent Partner.