6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A KBWSPAPER FOR TUB HOMB Founded IS3I Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building:, Federal Square. IS. J. STACKPOLE, Prts't and BditorinCMTt F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STVEINMETZ, Managing Edifr. « Member American Newspaper Pub- Ushers' Associa tion, The Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Assocl64- Esatern office, Has- Brooks. Fifth Ave nue Building, New York City; West ern office. Han brook. Story A Brooks, People'* Gas Building, ChA» Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a <n£&3bsßsE> week; by mall, $3.00 a year in advance. TUESDAY EVENING. JULY 25 Teach me Thy way, O Jehovah; and lead me in a plain path, because of ■mine enemies. —Ps. 27:11. - ■ ' ' =1 THE "NAVY" NEEDS YOU WITHIN a few days committees will be appointed to work out the problems that pertain to the future development and Improve ment of Harrlsburg's greatest play place, the "basin" of the Susquehanna, j If the "Greater Harrisburg Navy," j permanently organized ajid definitely j christened and launched last night, j accomplishes nothing else, Its action I in authorizing the appointment of such committees will place it among the civic organizations of Harrisburg which have dbne their "bit" toward ultimate accomplishment of the "city beautiful idea," But that isn't all the "navy" will do, by any manner of means. Future development, of the "basin," erection of municipal boat and bath houses and bathing beaches, improve ment of the many islands—all these ! are the principal aims and objectives ; of the splendid body of canoeists, mo torboat men and other enthusiasts. In the near future, however, there ! is other real work to be done —the! staging and arranging of such a river ! regatta, with contests, decorated boat j parades, floats and so on—as will de- ! light not only Harrisburg people, but 1 visitors from all Central Pennsylvania, j And the success of the coming Labor 1 Day carnival will do much toward in- j suring the success of the "Greater j Harrisburg Navy." Now's the time to enlist. Your navy needs you. TURNING OF THE LANE IT'S a long lane that has no turning. , For years the Rockefellers have been buffeted about between con- j gressional investigations and antitrust suits until any one of them could j qualify as an expert witness before ; any tribunal in the world. They have been exposed and dissolved and re constructed and berated. There have been Federal agents who have done nothing for but probe the Iniqul- I tous career of the "Standard Oil! crowd." Through it all the Rocke- j fellers have been patient—yea, even j cheerful. They have been consistent In obeying the biblical injunction to turn j the left cheek after the right has been j smitten. But even the worm, like the ! proverbial lane, at last will turn, and 1 now comes young John D., Jr., with the Government Research Society at I his beck and call, proposing a thor- I ough investigation of the government at Washington. The Lord knows j Washington needs an investigator and we wish the oil king and his society good luck and godspeed In their un enviable task. We hope, however, that whate'er they find they will not decide that the government is operating In restraint of trade and order it dis solved. AN OUNCE OF PREVENTATIVE AN ounce of preventative is worth I a pound of cure, is an old say- j ing that is particularly applic- j able to the'present outbreak of in- i lantile paralysis. On another page the Harrist/urg Pure Milk Society tells mothers how this disease may be avoided. The advice is from the pen of a physician who has had much ex perience in combating the child plague that has swept hundreds of little ones to horrible deaths. A careful perusal of the Milk Society's card of precau tions is the duty of every mother. THE "PEXXgY'S" SAFETY RECORD PENNSYLVANIA Railroad officials and employes In general must •take pride In the announcement that In the first six months of the present year, 92,380,184 passengers were carried by the Pennsylvania sys tem without loss of the life of a single one of them in a train accident. This completes two and one-half years in which no passenger has been , killed in a train accident on any part of the Pennsylvania system, either east or west of Pittsburgh. In that time 453,952,298 passengers have been safely carried, in more than 3,000,000 trains, for a total distance of over ten billions of miles or 400,000 times around the world. Upward of 3,500,- 000 freight trains were operated In the same period over the 12,000 miles of line and 26,000 miles of track which make up the Pennsylvania Railroad system. On the Lines East of Pitts burgh, no passenger has been killed in 1 train accident for more than three »nd one-half years, and 396,000,000 persons have been carried in safety over these lines, alone, during that period. It used to be that one took hiß life in bis hand when he ventured upon a TUESPAY EVENING, 1 rallroM Journey, but the Pennsylvania | and the men who operate its trains i have made hurtling through space at the rate of 60 miles an hour safer than crossing Market street at mid day. Little wonder that the company and its employes are proud of their feat, but {heir pride in accomplish ment Is no' greater than the traveling public's appreciation. A SETTLEMENT DEMANDED MORE 'than a week has elapsed Bince the inauguration of the street railway strike and the public is becoming impatient over the 'failure of the company and its strik ihg employes to reach some agreement. As has been Indicated over and over again the thousands of people who are suffering great inconvenience as a re sult of the Interruption of the chief method of transportation In Harris burg are not disposed to listen to ar guments and discourses on why the differences should or should not be arbitrated. ! There must be some middle-ground I that will admit of an honorable ad | justment of the dispute and the peo ple are wondering why day after day should pass without any real progress toward a conclusion of the whole un fortunate controversy. Leaders of the striking employes be lieve that they have a right to be heard as an organization rather than as Individuals; the company, however, insists that there is nothing to arbi trate. Thus the standstill. Surely where the issues are so vital to the community, and the discomfort and in convenience and expense involve so I many people not in the remotest de gree responsible for the differences which have led to a practical suspen sion of the trolley service, there ought to be a real effort to discover a reas onable plan which will bring about a prompt and honorable settlement of the differences now existing between the Harrisburg Railways company and its employes. It should be said for those who have utilized the strike as their most for midable weapon that they have ex pressed a desire to conduct the battle in an orderly and law-abiding fashion. They have protested against all disor der and have urged those who sympa thize with them to avoid any demon stration which might reflect upon the j men who are standing out for what they believe to be reasonable demands. As in all situations of this sort there are those who seek to achieve their own ends through misrepresentation of others. Fortunately for the interests concerned on both sides these mischiev ous influences have not been permit ted to embarrass the main Issue. It Is the earnest hope of the community at large that nothing will be allowed to transpire that will injure the good name of Harrisburg. Mayor Meals and those In authority have given fair notice that persons guilty of pub j 11c disorder will be dealt with in the most drastic way. Toward this atti tude the strikers and their leaders are In entire sympathy. I As for the jitney element of the un usual situation, it should be said that 1 many of the licensed owners and some j of those who are without license have been serving the people In a very nec j cssary way. Those Jltneurs who selz l ed the opportunity to break all traf i fic regulations and disregard all pre ; cautions will not be permitted longer to endanger life and limb. These Indi viduals are naturally indignant over : what they believe is an Invasion of I their "rights," but they appear to be ' entirely unconscious of their own in- I difference to the safety of others. But, without further discussion of I incidents of the strike, the matter I which concerns most of the people is ! a means of prompt settlement. They ! want peace and order and a resump i tion of the normal conditions without | delay. That Is the Insistent demand ! which is coming up from every part !of the city. "Get together" is the key | note of every comment on the strike I situation. TREADING UPON BUSINESS NOTHING has recently transpired which Is more convincing re garding the inefficiency of gov j ernment ownership of public utilities than the attitude of the annual con vention of the National Electrical I Contractors' Association In New York \ city. Edward Trefz, field secretary of j the Chamber of Commerce of the Unit |ed States, was the principal speaker. He usually knows what he is talking about and what he said has peculiar force at this time. Mr. Trefz said he deplored past and present day tenden cies on the part of lawmakers to tread upon the business man. According to the speaker the business man pays 80 per cent, of the taxes In this coun try and is considered a menace. "In | the last five years our lawmaking bodies have passed 62,500 laws, for getting that God has made a very fair success of the universe with only ten laws," he added. "This country, the greatest busi ness organization the world has ever known, permits fifty-five different sys tems of bookkeeping In Washington. Less than fifty of the 422 members of Congress ever looked a payroll in the face before the present." He asked the association to Join with the Chamber of Commerce in dealing with Congress. Out of sixteen measures taken up by that organiza tion in the past four years It was un successful In only one, he said. That was the Clayton bill. "One of the bills we took up with success was the national budget," he continued. "And let me say that when the first report la made public no more will be heard of government owner ship for fi'ty years." Through all the eruption of the last few years has come a clear concep tion of the trend of theoretical gov ernment and the forces of common sense are now aligned agaln6t further government experiments such as the Alaskan railroad and similar enter prises under the Wilson administra tion. f KELLY—GOT HIS BALL SHOOTING OUT OF TURN T IT By BRIGGS 1 / at t hi S §£•- ML!r' T RjfsHT- fCe" B '„ \W B W f « "fg,* 5 OP MV SH6T— Footing An - F o PLAIN) TO A BEE.T FROM , MovA1 _ 100 1 S YoO «3354 To -ROLIO BUT rT AIN'T THAT I PL/V S '*>+&* / VoU'RE INJ \*J«M TV»E: LI GIVE AT MA ha I SKY"SOT ; uj/^OMG ~TAWE POT -BUT I *JA*T politico. In, S; the Ex-Committeeman "Pennsylvania," according to an an nouncement made yesterday by the Citizens' Republican League, "is the first in the field among all the States to lay the foundations for an inde pendent State-wide organization In behalf of the national Republican ticket," headed by Hughes and Fair banks. This league, an organization of in dependents. having perfected so far Hughes Committees in 30 out of Phila.'s 48 wards, will set about the organization of committees In every county of the State "In a campaign to blend the activities of all the inde pendent and Progressive following of the Commonwealth for the election of the Republican national ticket." This work has the sanction of the national campaign managers". Organ izations already have been formed in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties. —Another development in the na tional campaign, as it affects this State, was the receipt yesterday by those selected as Republican candi dates for presidential electors of for mal notification to that effect from Justice Hughes. Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, was one of the candi dates to receive this notification, which read: "I have nominated you to be one of the candidates of the Republican party in the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania for the office of presidential elector, to be voted for at the general election to be held on Tuesday, the 7th day of November, 1916. Apprecia ing your acceptance of the nomination I have the honor to remain, respect fully yours, "CHARLES E. HUGHES." —Announcement of the plans of the Citizens' Republican League, formu lated In conferences between George D. Porter, secretary of the league, and National Chairman Wilcox and Justice Hughes, was contained in this state ment: "Two meetings have been held in the Wyoming Valley under the auspices of influential independent Republican leaders, and they officially inaugurate a State-wide campaign tn Pennsyl vania. "A meeting held at Scranton on Monday followed closely one held sev eral nights ago at Wilkes-Barre. These brought about the organization of a nonpartisan Hughes Alliance to act in conjunction with the Hughes Alliance of the State of Pennsylvania and to remair in the field actively until after the November election for the pur pose of uniting independent voters of all political parties under the Hughes banner. Paul G. Littlefield, a Phila delphia attorney, has been engaged by the Citizens' Republican League as a field agent, and is now In charge of the State-wide organization of Hughes Alliances. "Mayor E. B. Jermyn was named chairman of the organization to be known as the Hughes Alliance of Lackawanna County. He was em powered to appoint an executive com mittee which will take up immediately the active work of organization. "One of the Important aims of the movement is to reunite the Washing ton party and Republican party voters in support of Justice Husfies. That the Progressives of the State will sup port Justice Hughes is one of the early evidences of the independent campaign. This was shown at Wilkes- Barre, where J. Crawford Harvey, of Kingston, chairman of the Progressive party of Luzerne County, and Clarence D. Coughlln, chairman of the Re publican party committee of Luzerne county, were named to the executive committee of the Hughes Alliance of Luzerne county. "By the time Justice Hughes has delivered his message to the nation accepting the nomination the cam paign in Pennsylvania will have been well under way. It is understood the Republican National leaders will train their big guns on Pennsylvania early in the campaign and send the candi dates into this State for an epochal ef fort to capture the State ror Hughes and Fairbanks." Prosperity of Canada Canada's industrial conditions reflect. In a way, the activity and prosperity of our own. The monthly letter of the Canadian Bank of Commerce cites the great increase In exports durinr the year, amounting to a total of $882,000,- 000. to March 31 last, comnared with $490,000,000 the year before, and $479,- 000,000 in 1914. Of this amount, for the 1916 yenr, $545,00,000 went to the United kingdom and to the allies, and f82u.0u0.- 000 to the l.'nite<t states. Of this la."t amount $102,000,000 was gold coin. Manufacturers there find sreat diffi culty in ohtaining raw materials on ac count of large orders being placed by domestic buyers. In volume, these are very much in excess of last year, but in view of the lesser rate of consump tion, this is ascribed to speculative buy ing in anticipation of higher prices. \ ■ HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH TELE6RAPH PERISCOPE —Another substitute for gasoline has been discovered—now if it will only stay discovered. —"We never miss the water 'til the well goes dry," and we never appre ciate the kindly attentions of the street car conductor until he no longer con ducts. "The fighting beggars description," fays a correspondent in Northern France. In that it corresponds with what the war has done to the coun tries im olved. —First it was peace by dictation. Now it is peace with honor. Maybe next time It will be peace of any old kind Germany can make. —What a grand thing it is that it never gets too warm to take a vaca tion. 1 , —"Asquith -will ask for a billion and a half more." What a piker Andrew Carnegie must think himself. EDITORIAL COMMENT j i When Postmaster General Burleson j said that if he could keep down "use- | I less extravagance, not postal, but po- ; litical," the country might have one cent postage, the political managers of j every party trembled for the franking ' privilege.—New York Sun. Sir Roger Casement's counsel, appeal ing from his conviction for treason, argued yesterday that "the actions de scribed in the indictment did not con stitute a statutory offense." When counsel argue that way It usually means merely an appeal to the Gover nor to commute tne sentence to life imprisonment.—Kansas City Star. No Future in Government Jobs In the August American Magazine James Hay. Jr., says that Government Jobs in Washington have no future and yet thousands of persons want them. "One day near the close of this ses sion of Congress, " he says, "I asked thirty members of the House of Rep resentatives how many applications they had received that day, either per sonally or by letter or telegram, for Government jobs. Each of these rep resentatives, purposely picked to cover all sections of the country, had on his desk from two to twenty-one requests for Federal employment. The average was five. "A twelve hundred dollar man. whose family consists of his wife, his 15-year old daughter and himself, told me this: " ' I don't mind confiding to you that we are able to have a roast of beef In our apartment only once a year. I haven't been to a theater for five vears. Nor was my wife. We can't af ford to go to moving pictures more than once or twice a month—and some times, when bills are piling up, I doubt if we ought to go at all.' Silent as Ever What has become of the silent John Lind, who used to extol Carranza and Villa to the skies? Possibly under the bed somewhere. Los Angeles Times. Ads Are Voice of Business Business without advertising is both deaf and dumb, according to Frank A. Black, advertising manager for Ftlene's, who recently addressed the members of the Boston Press Club. "Advertising Is the speech of busi ness," he went on. "Business without advertising Is deaf and dumb. Adver tising expresses individuality. The best advertising Is simple, the direct plain speech of human Interest. Ad vertising is, like newspapers, what people demand. It reflects manners, morals, and the habits of the times." Advertising tells store news as the newspapers tell the news of the com munity, he said, comparing the work of a department store advertising de partment to the editorial end of a newspaper. The store, like the news paper, has its artists, and desk and makeup men. The reporters go about the store gathering the news about the wares to be advertis ed, write what they have learned, and submit their copy to the desk men, who edit it. Mr. Black said that his theory of store advertising is news of better values, better styles, better materials. This should be told truthfully, and if so done, will create a following. "Most business comes from that following," he said, UNCLE SAM AS MOVIE CENSOR By Frederic J. Haskin : l A BILL Is now before Congress cre ating a federal board of censor ship for motion pictures, to be included as a new division of the Bu reau of Education. This board, com posed of members whose salaries are paid by the government, is to license all films that meet with its approval and requirements, and its chief pur pose is to prevent the production of pictures that might nave a degrading effect on audiences. In view of the difference of opinion as to the wis dom of such a board and the opposi tion of the motion picture industry as represented in the testimony of vari ous members before the committee re porting the bill, the question of fed eral censorship is distinctly interest ing. For some time the need of some adequate method bf censoring the movie has been evident. Women's clubs have attempted to have local boards of censorship established In their communities, philanthropists and social workers have lectured and written on the subject enormously in the last two years. At the present time the censorship of moving picture productions is con fined to the National Board of Cen sorship of New York city, the staff of which is paid by the motion picture interests and might therefore be con sidered prejudiced; special commis sions in three states, including Penn sylvania, Ohio and Kansas; and In a few municipalities. The state boards are evidently suf ficient unto themselves, but have in curred a good deal of humorous criti cism. For example, it is reported that a certain state board objected to the youthful u/iconventionality of Shakespeare's Juliet, and Indeed re jected all but five Shakespeare's yet was »ot adverse to passing modern pictures showing elopements, detec tive dramas, and slapstick atrocities. Several of the states seem to have had It in for the recent production of "Carmen" with Geraldine Farrar, some objecting to Carmen's character altogether, others to the fact that she smoked and still others taking excep tion to the duel between Morales and Don Jose. Yet the opera had prob ably been given in these states for years, and no one thought of censor ing It. From this It may be seen that cen sorship of the movie, as it exists, to day. Is not only inefficient, but incon sistent and sometimes ludicrous. On the other hand, it is certainly true that the need for some restriction upon the type of sex play tliat has been flood ing the country, is acute. A great many people, Including several of the large producers themselves, believe that the present bill, providing for a federal commission to pass upon the decency and fitness of motion pictures, will prove the answer to the prob lem. Others are quite as firmly con vinced that it will not, that it is un constitutional because it is akin to re stricting the freedom of the press, and that it would work many practical hardships on an industry which after all has sufficient evidence In its profits that It is giving the people what they want. At least five big concerns, however, are interested in seeing such a com mission established, and have co-oper ated with the committee on educa tion in changing a few of the provis- WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB LEARNED OF THE CITY [Queatlona submitted to members of the Harrlsburg Rotary Club and thalr answers aa presented at the organiza tion's annual "Municipal Qulx.") What percentage of Liquor License* issued in the city are returned to the city? County? State? The city receives a portion of all retail liquor licenses issued in the city. Cost of license, 1550.00. Amount returned to citv, $400.00. To county, SIOO.OO. To State, $50.00. Force [New York Bun.] Six million copies of the President's recent speech in this city are to be distributed by the Democratic na tional committee. It was In this out pouring that Mr. Wilson declared: "Force will not. accomplish anything that Is permanent." The thirteen original colonies of this country became a nation through force. Slavery was abolished in the United States through force. The wrongs done In Cuba were ended through force, and President Wilson has sent our whole available military strength to the Mexican border. The Democratic committee evidently believes that It Is possible to fool some kof the people all the timet JULY 25, 1916. ions of the bill which were opposed to the practical requirements of the industry. For instance, the measure provided that no film should be given transportation throughout the coun try until it was stamped with the seal of the commission, certifying that It was of a nature not injurious to the public. Now a motion picture com pany taking pictures in Honolulu or Wyoming is compelled to send the film back to the home office for revision, clipping and getting into form before the firm considers offering it to the public. As an unfinished product, it would have to be transported without the seal, and a provision has now been inserted to take care of this fac tor. It was also recommended by these concerns that the commission establish offices both in New York and Los Angeles, the two headquarters of the industry, in order that the producers could take up In person any sugges tions or complaints with the official representatives of the board. In order that the board may give the highest grade of expert and im partial sen-ice in judging films Involv ing the expenditure of the fifth largest industrial capital in America, the censors will be carefully chosen and also well paid so that they will look upon the work as a career rather than a stepping stone to something else. In view of the fact that there are no universal standards of what is per missible in a film and what is not, the board is, of course, a purely arbitrary affair, its decisions depending entire ly upon the personal opinions of its members. For this reason, it is provided that any producer dissatis fied with the decree of the commis sion mav have the privilege of tak ing the case before a court of ap peals. One of the greatest objections to the films now being shown in the motion picture theaters Is that the majority of them are unfit for children, who constitute over 15 per cent of the audiences all over the country. It is urged by people interested in the fed eral board bill that come specific pro vision concerning children should be forced upon the exhibitors of mo tion pictures instead of appealing to the producers. Either children un der a certain age should be forbidden entrance to a motion picture theater when unsuitable films were being shown, or special arrangements should be made for children's performances. It is unreasonable to expect the mov ing picture producers to produce only plays wholly suited to the child of fourteen. * n Europe, where n great deal more attention has been paid to censoring the movies, there are almost always special regulations for children. Eng land, for example, has a committee somewhat similar to the New York National Board of Censorship, which passes upon every film distributed in the motion picture trade of England ir the film is suitable to exhibit be fore any audience, it is marked with a universal" exhibition certificate by the committee; if it is considered un fit for children, it is given a "public" exhibition label. The exhibitor flash es these certificates on the screen im mediately preceding the picture, thus giving the children opportunity to leave the audience. This precaution is made necessary by the demand of the patrons. OUR DAILY LAUGH kg ®" ortun ® favors the bravo who Erary man has Ills price and the buyer la usually In the Bush League Class Evidently Carranza realizes that It Is of no use to try to compete with our President In a note-writing con test—lndianapolis Stat- lEtmting (Wjat The Inquiries being made by the State "branch Capitol" Commission in Philadelphia and the probability that it will recommend half a million dol lars for a State building along the Quaker City Parkway, have stirred up people In half a dozen cities of the State where the State maintains branches of its government. For in stance, there are in Scranton offices of the Labor and Industry, Compensa tion, State Insurance Highway, Health, Mines and other departments which have officers in charge of district work in that section and It is declared by the Lackawanna men that they should have a building, too, while Pittsburgh, which has branches of the Attorney General's, Compensation, and other departments is figuring on whether it would not be a good thing to have an attractive State building in its "official section," while the subject has been seriously discussed at Erie which is located in a corner of the State and which now has a half dozen branch offices. Superintendent Samuel B. Rambo, of the State's buildings and grounds, is of the opinion that it would be far cheaper in the end to lease offices or buildings, if need be, instead of investing in expensive build ings which would have to be kept up by the State. As a matter of fact, the whole State Branch Capitol Commis sion Idea started in a Joke in the last legislature, the resolution for the com mission being written in a spirit of levity and in the rush of legislation it was passed and being signed the governor was called upon by a news paperman here to name the commis sion, whicl* he did. Now, something has been started and with all the de mands on the State for appropriations there will be a sweet time getting half a million for Philadelphia, even if it does donate a site and something tdr the other cities which would like to have buildings. The unusual flight of Deputy Pro thonotary Elmer E. Erb, through the streets of Hockersville early Saturday morning may lead to legal complica tions, according to stories afloat in courthouse circles. Mr. Erb, so the story goes, heard the rattle of a pass ing true* in the wee sma' hours and suspecting chicken thieves, he sprang from his bed, seized his trusty shot gun and gave chase. In all the county and city offices in which Mr. Erb is an occasional visitor a decided thrill was experienced over the report that the deputy prothonotary had started the pursuit ala pajamas. The county of ficial coldly declined to go into details declaring that the matter was purely personal and of no possible interest to the public. According to reports, how ever, further complications may result. The driver of the truck which Mr. Erb had chased, and who proved to be not a chicken thief, but an inoffensive charioteer for the Walton quarries, now threatens to bring suit against Mr. Erb. Announcement that golfers at Res ervoir park had dubbed the "punch bowl" hole the "vale of tears" calls to mind that at the Colonial Club course the lake on No. 6 hole is known as "Lake Misery." Every now and then boys go in and gather up a score or so of balls. On the Harrisburg Country Club links No. 8 hole is sometimes call ed "score smasher" because so many players have ended fine work on that long stretch. Some of the holes on the new Rockville site, which has consid erable upright scenery, will doubtless have names by this time next year. The Pennsylvania Farmer, which has been giving some practical advice to people with lawns and who take pride in their fields, has this to say about weeds and meadows: "Weedy meadows are common this year. The abundant rainfall last sum mer and this spring apparently pro vided Ideal conditions for the germina tion of weed seeds. Cultivated crops are suffering where they have not been properly worked, but the hay crop appears to have suffered most. The common white top or daisy flea bane, which is always troublesome in wet seasons, is the most common mea dow pest and it is seen this year at its worst. The presence of this weed is damaging in decreasing the quality of hay and in polluting the ground with more weed seeds. The daisy flea bane seeds from June to September and where it is abundant it is almost certain to perpetuate itself more or less. The only preventive where it has gained a start is to go through the meadow and cut tho weeds before they can seed. This would have been an enormous task the present season. It is noticeable however that the best meadows, hav ing best growth and thick heavy stand, are nearly free from weeds. This suggests fertilization and care, including top dressing of sods, as a means of weed eradication. The mea dow grasses will crowd out the weeds if soil conditions are made right for their growth. Improvement in this way yields the two-fold gain of larger production and cleaner and more val uable hay." •,• • • A friend who keeps close tabs on State history sends a note to the effect that Ex-Governor Pcnnypacker In his history of the Keystone State, says that the old State Capitol was visited by Presidents Harrison, Tyler, Taylor, Lincoln. Grant and Hayes and also by Daniel Webster, all of whom spoke there. It might be added that Roose velt and Taft visited the Capitol while president and Wilson before he was nominated.. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —President Rea, of the Pennsyl vania, takes the greatest pride in the record of hauling passengers without any one heing killed. —Dr. A. A. Cairns, Philadelphia chief medical officer, says that he does not consider that city seriously menaced as yet by infantile paralysis. —Jacob Koch, Lycoming county en gineer, will leave for Paraguay to erect a large bridge. —Dr. W. S. Blalsdell, well known here, Is head of companies which are opening new mines In Indiana county. 1 DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg used to be fa mous as a manufacturer of fine leather? HISTORIC HARRISBCRG The fashionable picnic grounds used to be on Allison Hill about on the line of Thirteenth street. Thinks Cent Paper Must Go Secretary of Commerce William C. Redfleld said tn Washington on Mon day: "The 1-cent newspaper will be a thing of the past within a short time. Prices have Increased all along the , line on nearly all commodities, and | within the last few months there has been a steady Increase in the price of j the materials entering into the making of news print paper and an increased demand for paper. From information which has reached me, I am of the opinion that advertising rates will have to be increased also, as it appears that the increased cost of paper cannot be made up alone by the Increase in the LDilce of the newspaper."
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