6 TELEGRAPH l i A SSWSPAPER FOR TUB HO MB / Peuudtd iSu Published evenings except Sunday by TBS TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.. Telegraph Batldla*, Federal Square. ®> J- STACKPOLE, Pres't and Rdiler-in-ChUf j l . R. OYSTER. Bustnrss Afcndfir. s ODS M. STEINMETZ, Managing id iter. I Member American aylvanla Associat ive Building, New Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week: by malL $3.00 a year In advance. SATURDAY EVENING, SEPT. SO. Father perfect my trust; Let my spirit feel in death That her feet are firmly set On the rock of Hvinp faith.' —Phoebe Cary. LIKE AS TWO PEAS TOSH WINK, In the Baltimore I American, sings sweetly of Demo cracy In Maryland, concluding his tuneful ballad thus: Oh, how beautiful It Is In this jarring world to see Friends and fellow Democrats Living In such unity. Says the city to the State, "You're not giving a square deal." Says the State, "If we gets ours. Let the city fellows squeal." From which we take It that Demo cracy, like human nature. Is alike the world over. The poet might have labelled his effusion "Democracy In Pennsylvania" and nobody would have known the difference. Not only poems, but farce comedies and even tragedies might be written with Democratic harmony as the theme. MR. TAFTS VIEW'S rpHE YALE REVIEW, than which i I there Is current no more able and all-inclusive commentary upon domestic and foreign matters of national Interest and importance. In Ita Issue for the last quarter of 1916, features a lengthy arraignment of the Democratic administration that is peculiarly apropos as being the out spoken sentiments of William Howard Taft. Professor Taft, with proper delicacy and tact, has, during the course of the President's vaclllatory tactics, maintained a courteous silence and refrained from weakening the President's inherited prestige in diplo matic relations by pointing out the dangers to which the Democratic ad ministration has exposed the country. However, the patriotic duty of standing behind the President in a critical juncture does not mean that all criticism should go by the board and the record of an inadequate ad ministration be duplicated in another four years. In Mr. Taft's words, "It Is absurd to say that when the ques tion Is whether we shall continue the President as the guide of our inter national policies, we may not properly discuss and criticise in all its details his conduct of our foreign relations." And the man who himself con trolled the destinies of this nation for four years has the following to say about Charles Evans Hughes, con trasting him with the present incum bent: "Mr. Hughes is a man whose convictions have always been the guide of his action. I say what the people of the United States know when I say that the chief characteris tic of Mr. Hughes Is the courage of his convictions in meeting the em barrassment of political opposition. He gives the reason for the faith that is In him. He argues out his proposi tions, and he does not depend upon mere facility of rtpression, mere happiness of epigrammatic statement, mere graceful phrasing of a platitude to support his opinion. He carries conviction by his speech to his audience and he carries his own con viction Into action. His strength be fore the people and the Importance to them of his utterances and promises grow out of their confidence that he is not an opportunist, but that no expediency will prevent his |Hewlng to the line and fighting to the glnat for his principles." if : m SEX SLUSH newsstands are overcrowded \f with a half-dozen new so-called If § "magazines," publications given entirely to sex slush of the vilest 9Cf t. The stories do not have even tine virtue of being well written. Their whole appeal is from the viewpoint of perverted sex relations. They pre vent the cultivation of a taste for good fiction, but worse than that, they give boys and girls a false view of life. Their trend Is always toward the depths. There is not an elevating in fluence in any or all of them. How they escape the censorship of the pos tal authorities Is a mystery. A SUGGESTED CLAUSE /TTVHE party does not expect and !, will not take money for its cam • patgn fund from persons or cor porations with sinister purposes. It abhors the practice of catering to the vested Interests, and seeks Its support from the multitude. Extract from an appeal for contributions to the Wilson campaign fund. Corporations sending in *25,000 checks will please notify the com mittee in writing that their purposes re not "sinister." They mUrt add SATURDAY EVENING, I the kind of "beneficial" or "philan thropic" legislation they want enacted. Nothing: in the foregoing clause is to be construed, however, as frowning upon the popular custom of buying ambassadorships with campaign con j tributions. The bigger the job de sired, the bigger the contribution. Rates a little higher than in 1912, due to the higher cost of votes. MAKING VOTES FOR KREIDER A DEMOCRATIC party organ mak ing a laughable attempt to be smirch the excellent record of Aaron S. Krelder In Congress, gives this as the only reason it can find why he should not be re-elected: He Is in entire sympathy with the tariff creed of his party. Why bless you, neighbor, that's one of the strongest reasons why this district is going to return Mr. Krelder to Congress. The Dauphin-Cumber land-Lebanon voters understand fully the value of a protective tariff. That Is why they elected Mr. Krelder In 1912 on the Republican ticket, while giving the Progressive candidate for President a rousing plurality. They didn't want to take any chances with a candidate in the House whose views on the tariff were not clear. And it was on the tariff Issue that Mr. Kreld er made his fight in that campaign. "I am for a protective tariff just high enough to enable the American man ufacturers to continue the high wage scale of the present day and at the same time compete with the cheap wage products of European factories," he said at that time and this has been his attitude on the tariff ever since. In a recent speech in Congress Mr. Krelder set forth his views at some length. Paying his respects to the Underwood law, he said: It certainly was a great "piece of business," as the President said when he signed it. .It caused great rejoicing and favorable comment In Europe, but its effect was to spread gloom and despair in America, ana when the American people began to rise in righteous indignation at the betrayal of their interests the ex-Princeton professor cheerea them by the comforting assurance that all their troubles were purely "psychological." It was simply n. "state of mind." Oh, yes; workingmen. women ana children standing in the breadlines everywhere were not hungry, they Just "thought they were." The children were not compelled to go unclothed and unfed; they only "thought they were." The mills and factories had not shut down; they only "thought" they had. Great, Indeed, is psy chology: but alas. It does not pay the rent nor doctor's bills, nor grocer's bills. While it may revive the drooping spirits for a moment It does not satisfy the craving of an empty stomach. Reviewing the false war prosperity we are now enjoying, the Congress man added: When you boast of our exporta tions—the product of our munition factories—-look across the seas and glance at the bleak white walls of the dreary hospitals filled to overflowing with human beings, "the noblest creation of God," maimed, mutilated, suffering in tense pain and agony. When you boast of our temporarv prosperity, will you not look at the plncned, pallid face of the soldier boy and near him murmur the blessed name of "mother" as his young life comes to a premature and untimely end and his soul wings It 6 flight to God? Talk not to us of prosperity that 1s eating out the very heart oi our boasted Christian civilization— a prosperity that makes a mockery of all the nobler instincts and sen timents of the human race, a pros perity that is based on hate ar.d defies the heaven-sent message. "Peace on earth, good will to men." Mr. Chairman, we demand legis lation that will bring prosperity to this country after the war; pros perity that is based upon sound, economic laws: a prosperity that Is a blessing to all humanity, a pros perity that brings cheer and Joy and love and peace in the homes, hearts and souls of men; prosper ity such as we enjoyed prior to 1913: a prosperity such aswealwavs enjoyed under a wise protective tariff law. I shall not pause to defend the protective tariff policy of the Re publican party The history of our internal development is its de fense. It has stood the test. It has brought Us blessings into every i home and It will again bring its < blessings to this great belovea country of ours, when the Republi can party again assumes control of our National Government on March 4, 191". We fancy Mr. Krelder's tariff views as here outlined are pretty much In accord with the convictions of a vast majority of the Republican voters of this district, who greatly outnumber those of all other parties combined. Mr. Krelder's critics are merely mak ing votes for him. THEN AND NOW CAPITAL has been encouraged in all legitimate enterprises," de clares a Democratic campaign argument, extolling the virtues of the Wilson administration. But the state ment Is not true. Glass production is a legitimate enterprise, but the Un derwood tariff law increased imports to such an extent that the Industry was threatened with ruin until the war began. Beet sugar production is a legitimate industry, but the enact ment of a law placing sugar on the free list closed many of the beet sugar mills and curtailed the acreage until the war shut off importations tempor arily and the need of revenue caused the repeal of the free sugar clause. Shingle production Is a legitimate enterprise, but the removal of the duty let into this country- the shingles sawed and packed by Hindoo labor In British Columbia, and the Amer ican mills were closed. Workers in thousands of other legitimate enterprises will testify that after the Democratic tariff law was passed they suffered the discourage ment of foreign competition until the war shut off Imports and created a new market for the American pro duct. The man who tolls for a dally wage has a more lasting recollection than the writer who Is endeavoring to shield the Wilson administration from the consequences of its acts. He knows that the Republican party alone has encouraged these legitimate enterprises. EUGENICS ILLINOIS is wrestling with the old and mighty problem of framing a eugenics law that will prevent the unfit from marrying and reproduc ing their kind. It Is to be hoped that the effort will be more successful than it Is likely to bo. Law will not cor rect this evil until society has been remolded. The slums are not con- The Days of Real Sport s y briggs S I // -' FOR ALARM MRS. ® SUCH A GOOD duclve to the development of Indi viduals mentally, physically and mor ally robust. If the Illinois reformers are really sincere they will go about their task slowly. They will see to It that first enacts an adequate building code—a code that will eliminate the slums of Chicago and other large cities of the State. They will improve living conditions. They will go about eliminating the saloon and the brothel. They will educate, and educate and educate. Then, perhaps, a eugenic law will be worth while, but not until then. Cn. ""PtMvoijCtfcuua By the Ex-Ooramltteemaa The platform on which the Repub lican party In Pennsylvania will go to the voters and will be drafted at Philadelphia on the morning of the meeting of the Republican State com mittee, Monday, October 9. Calls were Issued last night for meetings of the committees on platform and revision of the rules to be held on that morn ing and their reports will be submit ted to the State committee in the aft ernoon. Immediately after the busi ness session, the State committee and party leaders will be addressed by Charles E. Hughes, candidate for President, who will be in Philadelphia to speak at the big meetings arranged in his honor. Many Republicans from eastern Pennsylvania will attend as will Progressives and independents who have aligned themselves with the Republicans because of the Wilson policies. Former Lieutenant Governor Wal ter Lyon, of Pittsburgh, Is chairman of the subcommittee on platform. He was also chairman In the campaign when Brumbaugh was the nominee for Governor an.l Penrose aspired to succeed litmself in the United States Senate. Many of the State leaders are in favor of the State committee sim ply endorsing the platform of the Re publican national convention which placed Hughes and Fairbanks in the field and making the contest squarely upon tli- national issues as therein presented. Local option and other State questions they purpose shall be left to the voters of the respective Senatorial and State representative districts to pass upon. —The local option committee of Eastern Pennsylvania yesterday ar ranged at a meeting in Philadelphia to urge the Republican State commit tee platform'framers to Include local option. The committee made no ef fort prior to the recent meeting of the Democratic State committee in this city this month. It has drafted a strong declaration in support of local option quoting Governor Brumbaugh and Senator Oliver. —'The statement Issued by the com mittee, which will be forwarded to Walter Lyon is as follows: "The Local Option League of Phila delphia calls upon the platform com mittee of the Republican State com mittee to recommend In its report to .the State committee at the meeting In Philadelphia October 9 that a local op tion plank be included in the State platform. "This appeal comes from a sub stantial group of representative citi zens of Philadelphia and is founded on Incontrovertible arguments in favor of the local option principle, among which the league recites the follow ing: "First—Local option Is a thoroughly American principle. The enactment of a county local option law will not leg islate 'dry' a single county In Pennsyl vania: such a law will simply give to the voters of the respective counties the privilege of saying at the ballot box whether or not they want saloons In that county. In support of this proposition we quote from the speech es of two Republican leaders at the local option rally In Harrisburg April 6, 1916. as follows: •' "If a majority of the people in any county of this Commonwealth want to prohibit the traffic in liquor within their borders, it is preposterous In the legislature to deny them the right to give expression to their wishes and to see that they are carried out.'—United States Senator George T. Oliver, Pitts burgh. "'lf you believe in the rule of the people, if you trust the people. If you are a real American, you cannot deny the fairness of this proposition. • • 1 am confident we should be free enough, brave enough, to enact this law and give the people the oppor tunity to act for themselves on this matter. They can settle It and settle it right.' Martin G. Brumbaugh, Governor of Pennsylvania. "Second —Local option U a sound HAKRISBURQ flftjjjft* TELEGRAPH! ROOSEVELT TELLS AWED GERMA J New York, Sept. 30. Theodore] Roosevelt's own story of the Vene-1 zuelan crisis, "during which Admiral Dewey was ordered to be ready to sail from Porto Rico at an hour's notice If , Germany should refuse to arbitrate the question at Issue between her and Venezuela was issued through Hough ton. Mlfttin Company, publishers of William Roscoe Thayer's "Life of John Hay," In which the incidents were first made public. Colonel Roosevelt, In his statement, | said he had become "convinced that i Germany intended to seize some Vene- i zuela harbor and turn It into a strongly fortified place of arms, on the model of ! Kiaochau. with a view to exercising j some means of control over the future Isthmian canal, and over South Ameri can affairs generally." Colonel Roosevelt then summarizes the conversations he had with Herr I von Holleben, the German ambassa dor. and the abrupt change of policy by the German government when It learned of the orders to Admiral Dewey's fleet. This abrupt change is ! attributed. In a letter of one A. W. Callisen, which Colonel Roosevelt quotes, to the advice of Dr. Karl Buenz, then German consul-general in New York. Buenz told the ambassador "that Roosevelt was not bluffing, and he could covnt on his doing as he threat- 1 ened: and that, in a conversation, Roosevelt had shown that he had an intimate knowledge of the strength and condition of the German fleet, i which was no match for ours." The letter which Colonel Roosevelt | principle from an economic stand point. "This league.could set forth numer ous other reasons in favor of the enactment of a county local option law. For example, if voters of a given political district are capable of elect ing members of the house and sen ate, these same voters ought to be intelligent enough and trustworthy enough to vote properly on the liquor question If given an opportunity by the Legislature to do so. "This league, therefore, earnestly urges the platform committee to rec ommend the Incorporation of a local option plank In the Republican State platform." —The Local Option party to-day filed nomination papers for B. F. Sturdevant as Its candidate for the House In Carbon county. He Is also the Prohibition candidate. The Pro hibition party In Armstrong county filed papers substituting S. S. Bly holder as candidate for the House in that county. —Withdrawals were filed as fol lows: James B. Jefferies. Democrat, Thirteenth Senatorial district; Jacob Markle, Washington and Keystone, Twenty-fourth Philadelphia; L. M. Clevenger, Washington, Second Dela ware. —Arrangements have been made for a dinner to be given to Joseph Mc- Laughlin. Republican candidate for Congress-at-large In Philadelphia next month. Many prominent men will attend. —More Hughes Alliances will he formed in this State In the next two weeks. Practically every Democratic county has been organized. —Governor Brumbaugh will meet some of his friends In Philadelphia to-day and It Is believed that appoint ments to major places will not be long In coming. The Governor will also name men to numerous minor places next month. —Democratic State committee bosses have arranged to run a special train to Long Branch next month when the Pennsylvania Democrats In office and those who hope to get in will go to hear Wilson make a speech. The special will hesitate here for the Central Democratic club. Our Glass Equal to Jen 3 Germany has built up a great glass industry just as she has built up a great dyestuffs Industry, producing certain qualities of glass that were formerly the despair of chemists to Imitate. Nearly all the lens for mi croscopes, telescopes, field glasses, cameras, etc., and almost all the glass ware suitable to special chemical and philosophical purposes have been pro duced in Germany. The Jena glass ware Is famous throughout the world as the acme of perfection, and it Is only within the last two years that certain American glass chemists have grasped the secret of making it. Glass for chemical jise the equal of that pro duced In Jeria. is now made in the United States, thus putting America In a position of economic indepen dence in another great Held of in dustcy.—lron Asa. | quotes then continues to state that "Holleben was obliged to eat his own ! words, and telegraph In hot haste to i Berlin, where his message fell like a bombshell." and the letter attributes I Holleben's recall and dismissal from ' the diplomatic service to this circum stance. i Doctor Buenz, when he was shown the statement of Colonel Roosevelt to day. did not recollect the conversations : attributed to him, although he did not i deny that they might have taken | place. "It is true that I was Introduced to ; Mr. Roosevelt by Mr. Callisen. and j that I visited him subsequently at ! Sagamore Hill," he said, "but I do not ! remember discussing the German or i American navies with him. "Mr. Roosevelt himself states with i regard to me that he had 'no idea that |he had any knowledge whatever of this phase of the Venezuela affair until after' Mr. Thaye'f book appeared. Furthermore, I do not remember tell ing Holleben that Roosevelt was not : bluffing, and lt1s perhaps not well ' advised to say I was Holleben's most intimate friend, although we were intl : mate. "As to Holleben's being recalled and dismissed from the liiplomatic service i for this Venezuela matter, I do not know that that w 4 the case. How ever, I do not ruemi to deny anv of j the assertions of Mr. Roosevelt or Mr. j Callisen, as my familiarity with the i Venezuela matter came later, tohen I j represented the German government > at the negotiations before The Hague | tribunal, and earlier conversations may I have slipped my mind." LETTERS TO THE EDITOR OPENING OF THE SCHOOLS To the Editor of tlfc Telegraph: "What a relief is suggested at the close of a long drawn out vacation ~to have our splendid schoolhouses thrown open aftl to see groups of boys and girls on their way to school duties. All summer long they have been playing in the streets notwithstanding the opportunity of the public play grounds. An undue liberty given by mnny parents has produced rudeness and much misbehavior which should have been corrected. The enforced discipline of the school room has in it elements of quietness, obedience and good manners. The teacher has all authority! Isn't It possible that a greater em phasis should be placed by teachers upon that outline of instruction in manners prepared by our worthy su perintendent and which is still in force relating to courtesy to others, quiet ness on the street, proper conduct at home, on the cars and elsewhere? All this added to the daily drill In books will lay proper foundations for future usefulness and permanent pleasure. The office of a teacher Is not enly one of responsibility, but a distinguished honor. To set the pace for a child's future; to engraft great truths: to correct bad habits, and to lead out to success in life, Is no mean employment as the days go by. All good cheer, then, and the most gracious salaams to the men and women who have consecrated their time and talent for the upbuilding of character. A LOVER OF THE YOUNG. Decadence in Oregon Sorrowfully but firmly must Oregon be admonished. She is not living up to the Initiative and referendum, and yet she knows that States cannot be saved without that double boon. Time was when she had a nobler spirit. In 1913 38 measures were In itiated and referred to the people. In 1914 the constitution of the oracle of the polls *'ere 29. In this lean year for reform the number has shrunk to 11. Possibly the price of paper had a part In this curtailment of the direct election ballot, still of goodly size, but how can the deep revolving Oregonian radicals bear to see the diminution? To be sure, there is choice marrow tucked away among the 11. There is an anti-compulsory vaccination bill. There Is a single tax measure. The Oregonlans have voted down the sin gle tax several times, but the faithful are not discouraged. By this amend ment the State, made every property owner's landlord, would lease all the land, run the government with the rents, "and establish a loan fund for the benefit of persons who possess less than 12,250 worth of property." A net amendment, but what Oregon Is reproved for Is the scandalous pau city of referendums. New York Time* SEPTEMBER 30, 1916. TELECRAPH PERISCOPE \ —Greece seems to be sliding. —Perhaps it's natural that there should not be a great amount of sun shine at a place called Shadow Lawn. —Maybe It's just as well that Pres ident Wilson Isn't in position to say what he thinks of the New Jersey Dem ocrats who voted for Martine. —Dr. Cortlandt says New York con sumes too much gasoline and steak, but even that appears to be an im provement over the former Broadway diet of hot birds and cold bottles, with lobster on the side. —Of course it was proper to send those blackmailers to Jail, but were all the "victims" absolutely blameless? —We can stand the thought of small er loaves of bread, but we don't want to hear of anybody trifling with the size of buckwheat cakes. | EDITORIAL COMMENT ! How would you like to be a Balkan king who had guessed wrong on the war? —Kansas City Star. That eight-hour law is a snowball with all the potentialities of an ava lanche.—Wall Street Journal. It looks as though Greece would join tlie martial feast just about <n time to wash the dishes.—New York Telegraph. Now that Congress has learned with surprise that it can act wltii speed, let up hope that future Important legisla tion will get the benefit of the lesson. —Chicago Herald. WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB LEARNED OF THE CITY [Questions submitted to members of the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their answers as presented at the organiza tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."! What regulations are In force at the Police Department for information of articles pawned, etc.? Each day at 10 o'clock a. m a written report is in the hands'of the department giving a full de scription of all articles pawned and all articles taken in by second hand dealers. Our Daily Laugh O NO S A VINO. ' r * le *' omen ar a V£ jf wearing a re fld&v t|T iff duced amount of l!'J clothing apparel. Seems so. Yet 11 costs Quite as much and the 7/ii f( laundr y bills are U Just as high. HER PREFER- He—Now that / V \ summer is over, I J what kind of I VKV* {j i J sport will you jS* • take up? OiJD'riot/^ Sho —Well. I N like an all-around ]\ sport at any time l| of the year. COLD WAVE llf Wins Dinger I do not often prophesy t When cold or warm 'twill be 'But I'm cocksure it will be cold For two days, maybe three. The house was chilly this a. m. And so I went below To build a furnace fire hot And make some steam you know. With paper, wood, and fuel, too, I filled the fire pot Applied a match, then waited, but No fire hot I got. I opened up the furnace door And nearly threw a fit The coal and wood had fallen, bo, Down Into the ash pit. I found the center grate bar gone "Twill take two days or three To get another here, that's why I'm sure uuite cold 'twill b*. Stoning (Slfat Estimating that there wore thirty automobiles in Governor Brum baugh's tours of the farming districts throughout the threo Journeys which covered HOO miles the total mileage or the swing through the rural coun ties, so called, was over five times the diameter of the earth and almost twice the distance around it. And there was not an accident on any of the trips although considering some of the borough streets traversed it was a wonder that the cars escaped. The tours, it may be remarked in passing, were not conducted on a slow sched ule. There wero many counties and Places to visit and hills to climb and % alleys to go through and the termi nals were far apart. So there was a pretty fast pace hit up. Governor Brumbaugh does not believe In going slow, anyway, and at times the cars ? e !! e along at about forty to forty-five miles an hour. Sometime* they went faster, especially toward th evening stops when everyone was hungry. The record of the trip would also show very little tire trouble, com paratively speaking. The Governor's car had two punctures within thres minutes on only the last day's run ol the last tour and one man had a dozen or so stops for tire "flxin". " Most of t " e cars went through without anj mishaps and there were some which suffered from dust and dirt and noth ing else. • • • t ' le boys who is making good at the border is First Sergeant Bennett Hammond, of Company A, signal corps, of the National Guard of th District of Columbia. Sergeant Ham mond is a son of W. S. Hammond, manufacturer of Hammond's window sash springs, at Lewisberry, York county, one of the best-known business men of that section. Sergeant Ham mond has many friends In Harrlsburg and throughout the Cumberland Val ley. He writes Interestingly home ol life on the border and is high in hla praise of the conduct of the men who went from many walks of life Into the national service at the call of the President. Sergeant Hammond is ni the service of the government at Washington, attached to the Pension Office, but was not content to confine his activities to his work alone. Of an athletic trend and fond of the mili tary he found his way Into the signal branch of the Guard of the District and was soon promoted to be ser geant. Some of the most difficult and arduous work of the troops in Texas has been assigned to the signal corps, which has charge of the wireless, the telephone and the regular signal sys tems. A great deal of technical knowledge Is required for the serv ice and those engaged in it are get ting Invaluable experience. From this branch of the service would be chosen the captains and the lieutenants for new signal corps should war break out. It is said that the Regular Army officers are keeping their eyes on the signal corps now at the border with the Idea of encouraging some of the bright young men to enter the army after the period of border duty is over. • • • Not only are automobiles a.nd other vehicles tabooed on the granolithic walk along the river front, but the city's "front steps" may not be turned Into an Informal sawmill for the col lectors of driftwood. During the last few weeks Park De partment officials have had numerous complaints about the practice bf some of the rlvermen who collect floating wood, pile It. up on the walk for days at a time, and at their leisure bring out their saws and sawbucks and pro ceed to convert the floating logs Into kindling wood. The debris that ac cumulates Is left standing, and while this phase of the infraction of the park rules is frowned upon by Park Commissioner Gross, the possible dam age to the granolithic walk Is also con demned • • • Speaking about world's series tickets, a local fan remarked yesterday: "Har risburgers seldom get left when the big games are played." He spoke the truth. There are several groups of local fans who have been attending the big games for many seisons. They seldom wait until the winner In each league is known officially, but start early with their applications for tickets. It is a known fact that no less than thirty local fans have already sent applications for seats to Boston, Brooklyn and Philadelphia. They raise a fund during the baseball sea son, paying In a certain sum each month. This money is used for ex penses. No matter where the games are played, the Harrlsburg rooters will be In evidence. • • Recent returns of Dauphin county constables who made their quarterly reports on the conduct of the licensed saloons and hotels in their wards Indi cate In an odd way just how fully the commonwealth officers work at the job. The county allows each officer 25 cents apiece for each licensed hotel cr saloon lhat Is visited and charges for two miles In mileage fees. Some of the bills just O K'd run from as low as 92 cents to $13.25. • • • Speaktng about the Governor's tour one of the most noted farmers he met was Charles M. Smith, who Is known in the Juniata Valley as the "Big Ridge trucker" because he started In life anew, broke, and getting ten acres of land made them pay $3500 a year. He is a good roads booster and had charge of the arrangements for the Governor's meeting at Burnham Park, near Lewistown. • • • Writing to -a Harrlsburg friend a New York man sent down thin thought: "I see you are to have a new hotel. As your need is great probably you will make fast time on it. I will be in your town in March." 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ] —The Rev. D. D. Lowry, re-elected superintendent of the United Brethren conference, has held that place twen ty-four years and used to be a Harrls burg pastor. —John Cadwalader, Jr., of Phila delphia, is one of the executors of the Coxe will, which disposes of a big estate to charity and education. Col. W. S. McKee. commander ol the First artillery ordered home from the border is a State Senator from Al legheny county. —J. Paul McElree, counsel of the anthracite coal price commission, is burgess of West Chester. Eugene Martin, formerly with the Bristol Courier, has gone Into business in Philadelphia. [ DO YOU KNOW \ That Steelton rails are used on rail roads In southern States? HISTORIC HARUISBCRG The first library in Harrlsburg had quarters in Market Square about 120 years ago. Would Be More Effective (Kansas City Star) Before planning ways to lick each other In a trade war to be declared at some future time, the nations of Europe would be better employed In finishing up the little Job they Hi ready have in hand.
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