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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.