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WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCT. 25
Don't worry about the future,
The present is all thou hast;
The future will soon he present,
And the present will soon he past!
—Axon.
STEEI7TON LEADS THE WAY
STEELTON has blazed the way for
Harrisburg In the admirable
work of its Shade Tree Commis
sion. A census of the trees in the
streets of the borough has just been
completed and the commission is go
ing to sec to it that the tree plant
ing campaign shall be continued In
the same tactful and practical way
that has characterized the work thus
far. The people of Steelton are co
operating in this important work and
unless Harrisburg gets awake the big
Industrial borough will leave us far
behind In a matter so Important to
the welfare and esthetic development
of the community.
Very properly the Steelton com
mission procured the services of com
petent authority and a careful census
of the town was made. About 200
trees In all are recommended for re
moval and these will be placed in
streets planted uniformally to one
variety.
It is not yot too late for the City
Council of Harrisburg to create a
Shade Tree Commission and permit
It to do what should have been done
long ago In caring for the shade trees
we already have and providing for
those we so seriously need.
If Bryan is setting the prairies on fire
with-' his speeches in behalf of Wilson,
the smoke of the conflagration is not
noticeable from this neck of the woods.
A YEAR OF GOOD WORK
WITH the annual meeting of the |
Chamber of Commerce last
night the work of J. AVilliam
Bowman as president was practically
concluded. He will retire from an
honorable office with a line record of
public service. From the beginning of
his term a year ago until the last
minute of the twelvemonth he has
given energetic and earnest attention
to the important duties of his position
at the head of the central business
organization.
He has spared himself at no time In
doing the things which would be of
benefit to the city. With an eye single
to the welfare of the community he
has directed the activities of the
Chamber of Commerce with a view
to getting substantial results, and no
one familiar with the remarkable
achievements of the last year can
doubt the high character of his work.
The outstanding accomplishment of
the year, of course. Is the million-dol
lar hotel which Is now beyond the
stage of doubt or uncertainty. In ad
dition, the whirlwind membership
campaign has just been concluded
and the reorganized body Is now In
fine shape for still greater achieve
ments during the coming year.
Mr. Bowman and those associated
with him in the activities of the Cham
ber of Commerce merit the grateful
appreciation of the entire community.
They have done much—much more
than many of those who take no part
in these activities can understand.
Leases on houses in Washington oc
cupied by members of the Wilson Cabi
net expire this Fall. Real estate men
at the National Capital call attention to
the fact that In no Instance has a Cabi
net official agreed to extend his lease
beyond March I next. "Coming events,''
etc.
DOWN IX MAINK
AMONG the aftermath of the
Maine election is the filing of
the returns of expenditures by
candidates and party commlttoes. The
report made by the Democratic State
Committee is full of Interest.
The committee received $57,352. Of
this no less than $50,000 came from
the Democratic National Committee—
whose officers have spent so much
time since September 11 in trying to
tell the country that there was no na
tional significance to the voting in
Maine. It now appears, however, that
there was $50,000 worth of significance
to It in the view qf the Democratic Na
tional Committee before election—and
the ratio which this sum bears to the
total population of the country and
to the relative size of the Maine dele
gation In Congress as compared to the
total membership will afford some
Indication of the amount of money
which the Democrats have at their
disposal in this campaign.
Of the total amount expended by
the Democrats In Maine, twanty per
cent was Bent for use In Androscog
*in county, which Is In Concressroan
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
McGillicuddy's district indicating
again the importance attaching to
that gentleman's campaign and fur
ther destroying the excuses which
Chairman Mack and others have at
tempted to make for McGillicuddy's
defeat.
Besides this, there Is the highly sug
gestive entry of $1,947 which was con
tributed from the Democratic war
chest to the , Progressive campaign
committee. More open acknowledg
ment that the Progressive party as it
exists in this campaign is a mere ad
junct to Democracy could not be askid
for. There is, however, the gratifying
reflection to lie gleaned from the
Maine results that, the assistance
which Mr. Wilson will receive from
the remnant 6f the Moose is negligible.
The Democrats of Maine saw fit. to
spend three per cent, of their funds
on the Moose organization. The re
turns indicate that less than three
per cent, of the Moose responded at
the polls.
Wo wonder how many other States
there are where Progressive "State
committees" are being maintained by
.Democratic money. A census of these
"kept" organizations would bo worth
having—rfom a sociological point of
view, we mean, of course.
"Lemoyne Democrats eat 'coon," says
a morning contemporary. Rave the
type, neighbor, and have a new item
after election by changing the word
'coon to crow.
THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH
GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH, in his
maiden address as a member of
the Harrisburg Chamber of
Commerce, spoke last night like a
true Harrisburger with all the
breadth of vision and keen analysis
of conditions that has marked him
during his long public career.
The Governor praised the Chamber
for its successful launching of the
new million dollar hotel enterprise, for
the vigor of its membership campaign
and for the many accomplishments of
the past year, but it was his forecast
of the future that was most Important.
He voiced the views of the noted
educators who have given the matter
study when he said that the new high
school project would result in a com
plete rehabilitation of the public
school system of the city and he was
right in urging that the voter should i
not consider the proposed loan from
the standpoint of dollars and cents.
The Governor brought a message
of encouragement to those who are
hopeful of the early development of
the Capitol Park zone. It has been
known that this is a matter dear to
the Governor's heart and In which the
other members of the Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings are keenly in
terested, but only a few were aware
that preliminaries had been worked
out to the extent of selecting the
State's landscape architect within a
week or two.
The widening of Third, Walnut and
North streets, on the three sides of
Capitol park, is absolutely necessary
to accommodate the increased travel!
after some of the 'cross-town thor
oughfares through the extension area
to the East are closed. This can be
done very cheaply by the State and
it Is a big point in favor of the proper
development of the whole tract when
city and State authorities agree upon
the method of treatment. With the
Governor and his fellow members of
the board feeling as they do on the
subject It ought not to be difficult to
persuade the legislature to take the
necessary action.
But the Chamber of Commerce, for
all that, must not for a moment relax
its interest. The problems involved
in the Capitol Park development are
of clty-wlde interest and will affect the !
lives of the people of this city for all
time to come. How closely the public
Is keeping in touch with plans
under way is well illustrated by a
letter to the Telegraph, published
elsewhere on this page to-day dealing
with one of the great questions which
the city and the State must co-operate
to solve.
The Chamber and the City Planning
Commission liave a big part to play
and It is fortunate that they have the
approval of the State authorities In
every one of their plans so far sug
gested. The duty of theso bodies, and
particularly of the Chamber, is to
assist the State officials in active
charge of the work to convince the
Legislature of the Importance of early
and hearty co-operation. There will
be many demands for appropriations
next session, but none more worthy
than that for the development of the
park zone.' It behooves us to get early
and vigorously on the Job.
Major General Turner, of the British
army, oay Hlndenhurg has no brains,
and If that Is so we certainly would
like to have a little of what he uses
Instead.
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By the F^-Committeeman
With the official ballots certified to
the commissioners of the counties of
the State nnd the commissioners to
take the votes of the Pennsylvania sol
diers in the federal service sworn in
the preparations for the election of
November 7 aro well in hand as far as
the State government is concerned.
It is now up to the candidates and the
committees and the manner in which
the Republicans are pushing their
work shows the effect of good organi
zation and confidence.
The Republican State candidates are
touring the State nnd will do so un
til the sun sets on the eve of elec
tion. Meetings are hold nightly in
every county and the manner in which
the candidates are going at the na
tional administration record is com
mencing to tell.
The Democratic campaign thus far
has been confined to claims by State
Chairman Guffey that Wilson will
carry "Pennsylvania, the Democratic
State windmill being surpassed in the
products of its previous campaigns.
The names of the Democratic State
candidates are seldom heard and most
of the Democrats, like those who or
dered the banner for this city, show
Ignorance of tho names of candidates
for Congress at. large. No Democratic
meetings worth the name have been
heard and tho rank and file Is disgust
ed with the Guftey method of running
a campaign by making- collections and
issuing claims.
—The election commissioners for
the border arranged late yesterday to
leave this city on the evening of No
vember 1. They will travel in a body
and have a private car which is be
ing arranged for at their expense. The
commissioners after being sworn in
by Secretary of the Commonwealth
Cyrus E. Woods yesterday called upon
the Governor and were greeted by
him'. In response General C. li.
Dougherty thanked the Governor and
expressed appreciation of what the
department of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth had done to facilitate
the arrangements for getting the sol
diers' votes.
—The commissioners will take the
ballots and books to the commanders
of organizations to which they are ac
credited and General Dougherty will
bring the returns to the Secretary of
the Commonwealth. The captains of
organizations, who will act as judges,
will send their returns to the prothon
otaries of the counties represented
among the soldiers.
—The assignment of Harry R. Row
land, of Philadelphia, named to take
the votes of field hospital No. 2, which
has returned, has been changed so
that he will take the vote of the field
bakery.
—The Republican Stnte candidates
will join Senator Philander C. Knox
here to-night. They are coming from
Center county and will be met here by
friends. To-morrow they go to Blair
county.
—Theodore Roosevelt will be asked
to speak in Philadelphia on Novem
ber 3.
—William Fllnn, Congressman
Coleman and Representative Wood
ward spoke from the same platform
at an Allegheny meeting last night.
Pllnn Is making speeches nightly with
the Republican candidates.
—A Philadelphia dispatch says: "A.
Mitchell Palmer, Democratic national
committeeman from Pennsylvania, has
written a letter to Joseph P. McCullen,
secretary of the lawyers' campaign
committee, indorsing the candidacy of
Judge Emery A. Availing for the Su
preme Court and expressing a willing
nets to co-operate with the committee.
The letter reads In part: 'The non
partisan judiciary law will prove itself
a sad failure If Judge Walling Is not
elected by a large majority. His abil
ity i-s a lawyer and his fine record as a
judge through many years of service
make him pre-eminently qualified for
tl.e Supreme bench. His appointment
by the Governor met with widespread
approval on tho part of the bench and
bur of Pennsylvania and I confidently
hope that his service may be continued
by his overwhelming election by the
people.' "
—Philadelphia's Republican cam
paign \<aH enlivened last night by a
meeting at whioh Congrennmen Gra
ham and Vnre made speeches (laying
the Wilson administration. A num-
SLA.RRISBTTRG TEIJBGRAPH
ber of prominent men made speeches
in various parts of the city.
—The preliminary report of contri
butions by Philander C. Knox shows
that he gave SI,OOO to the Republican
national congressional campaign com
mittee.
—William H. Tflft Is scheduled to
speak in Philadelphia at the Hughes
rally planned for October 31.
—David Martin, candidate for sen
ator in Philadelphia, last night, warn
ed the Republican leaders in that city
to look out tor the trouble and to
work night and day.
—Senator Charles A. Snyder, can
didate for Auditor General, and Con
gressman John R. K. Scott spoke to
large meetings in Center county last
night. To-morrow they will be in
Blair county.
—Secretary of the Commonwealth
Woods left to-day for Westmoreland
county where he Is speaking this week
at Republican meetings for National,
State and legislative tickets.
—Wilkes-Barre policemen who
quit are now trying to get their jobs
back again.
Trade Briefs
A new Portland cement plant has
been started at Sierra Bayas, Argen
tina. The venture is financed by Am
erican capitalists and the machinery
has been purchased in this country.
Pressed glass goods are In demand
in Spain.
American toys are in demand in
Brazil.
The local military authorities of
Swafow, China, have bought an Am
erican aeroplane for SB,OOO. A
Chinese aviator who was trained in
the United States has been engaged
to operate the machine.
Bermuda uses 15,000 cases of con
densed milk a year. Most of this
comes from Canada, there being a
prejudice against milk of this kind
from the United States.
Colombian merchants are in the
market for absorbent cotton, disinfect
ants and rubber goods.
The past year has been a pros
perous one for the Australian wool
trade, 1,807,979 bales valued at $145,-
525,538 being exported.
Canada consumes 60,000,000 gal
lons of gasolene annually, and much
of this is purchased in the United
States.
Omitting Word "Obey"
[Washington Post.]
No phychologist has as yet been
successful in tracing the influence of
the marriage vow upon the marriage
♦tself. It is doubtful whether the pre
cise wording of the vo\v has any ma
terial effect upon domestic happiness
or unhappiness. If bsldes who prom
ise to "obey" do obey, it is because
they want to do so.
Probably it Is just as well there
fore that the house of deputies of the
Protestant Episcopal Church has de
cided not to change the wording of
the vow by tho elimination of the
word obey. It had been proposed that
the marriage ceremony be changed
to make tlie responses the same lor
both the man and the woman and
omitting all reference to wifely sub
mission to a liege lord. The version
proposed was to have eliminated the
man's declaration that he endows the
woman with all his worldly goods.
Such a promise is pronounced a sur
vival of the old English law, and is
to be taken for granted, according to
the i}ew view, since the dower right
of the wife in any property the hus
i'iv iu automatically pro
tected by civil law.
It is not provided in the marriage
ceremony that the husband shall obey
the wife, but somehow or other It
usually works out that way. He may
not think he is doing it, but he usu
ally does.
When the Ducks Begii to Fly!
Do you ever get a feelln'
That is inore'n half a sigh
That somehow comes a. stealin'
When the ducks begin to lly?
Sort o' "roochin*" on your chair
And a loattn' on the job,
'Til the boss yelps: "Key, out there!
This ain't no aleepln' parlor. Bob."
You somehow get to strollln'
Where the Suskie's dreamin' by,
Jest a watchln' white caps rollin'
And a peerin' at the sky.
Man, keep yoxir wits about you!
ljok! There's one skootin' by!
Sure the shop can do without you
When tlio ducks begin to fly!
C. U S.
Kor the Telegraph.
WHAT THEROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY
IQuMtlons submitted to members ot
the Harrlsburg Rotary CI lb and then
answers as presented at tne organiza
tion's annual "Municipal Qul*-"1
What Is the fee charged for house-to
house canvassing? what Is the limit
placed on sume by law?
I.icense tax per year, SIOO.OO.
liimit placed on same by law.
1100.00.
WOMAN WRITES OF STATE STREET
TRIP BY NIGHT; HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENT ADDRESSES VOTERS
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
In your editorial of Thursday even
ing, October 12, upon the opinions held
by Governor Brumbaugh, the Public
Service Commission and the City Plan
ning Commission upon the proposed
Walnut street bridge, or an alternative,
you spoke of the necessity of a viaduct.
It is because you used the word via
duct and did not add "or subway" that
this appeal is being addressed to you,
an appeal In the name of the women
and girls of the whole northeastern sec
tion of Harrisburg that you will cham
pion their cause.
We women of this part of the city can
understand and' appreciate the enthu
siasm of the Governor and those other
wise gentlemen who are trying to make
the Capitol Park Extension a thing of
beauty. The project is a delightful one
and we who live in this city are In
debted to them for the effort and labor
they are spending for the public good.
We believe that those gentlemen, be
sides having an eye for the beautiful,
have also kind hearts for humanity,
and that they would not willingly
spread pitfalls before the women and
girls of this city.
Mr. Editor, the facts are these—State
street from Thirteenth to the Capitol is
practloally uninhabited. Thar roadway
descends for two squares, a steep de
clivity between a high wooded embank
ment and a chasm where grow the
cemetery willows—after that it cross
es Cameron street, Paxton creek
bridge, and after passing the Pipe
Bending works the overhead railroad
bridge.
The cemetery willows alone could
hide an army of footpads—it would re
quire two mounted policemen on duty
every night to give confidence to two
women, or a group of women who had
to pass that way. At an impromptu
indignation meeting the other day a
big athletic man said, "Talk of wo
men being in danger down in that
| EDITORIAL COMMENT 1
We do not know how the war can be
ended unless Germany lends some of
her generals to her antagonists.
Florida Times-Union.
King Constantlne steps into the war
with all the enthusiasm of a singed cat
marching into a roaring furnace.—Bos
ton Herald.
Won't be long before we'll find out
what the country thinks of a deserv
ing Democrat.—-Wall Street Journal.
Scarcity of milk should be an excuse
for boosting price of cocoanuts. Wall
Street Journal.
That Germany is fighting in self-de
fense now Is not questioned; the contro
versy is in regard to of
August, 1 a 14.—Philadelphia Record.
One As Bad As Other
They are talking about Irish con
scription over in England. Albion is
becoming so accustomed to trouble
now that she wants to try herself out.
—Houston Post.
[ Our Daily Laugh
H FORBIDDEN.
Mr. Cynicus—
jS You may think
you ar ® happily
HKM JL mK.4 married but you
IV 3 y'flvl are hugging a dc-
Mr. Peewee—
i $ pJ Oh, no, I'm not.
My wife wouldn't
■ permit me to hu*
[v anything outside
the family."
THE WRONG I
DIRECTION. jfi. Fl \
She: Why jL[T\ ~X
don't you brace
up and turn over /Trm
a now leaf? 'jvC't D^T
He: I did, only
I made a mistake
and turned It
backwards. I I /l|l\T
r OCTOBER 25, 1916.
hollow, a man dare not go down there
without a gun."
If this description sounds overdrawn,
those who know can tell us of three
recent assaults upon women that have
been overheard and only one of which
could be reached by would-be rescuers.
A man was attempting to throw a wo
man over the balustrade into the thirty
foot cemetery chasm—in lifting her
over he lost Ills hold on her throat and
her one terrible scream brought several
men from the vicinity of Thirteenth
street—lf this had occurred farther
down the hill nothing could have saved
her.
To seek to make this lonely and mys
terious road a safe and sane highway
by penetrating the bowels of the earth
at the further end of It with a subway,
seems the very height of irony. It !s
as the French say "to laugh," only it
is for us who live out here to cry.
On bright mornings we look across
this chasm to the fair prospect beyond
and fancy what it would be to walk In
to town above it—across it—on the
level, as do the happy people on Mul
berry bridge—and the possibility seems
really too wonderful to be true.
Mr. Editor, we are asking you to per
suade those gentlemen to make this
trip but once, not In automobiles, by
day, but on foot at night. If they will
do this they will at once see the dif
ficulties of the situation, and they will,
we think, forever abandon the idea of
making a State street subway a sub
stitute for a Walnut street bridge; they
will not oppose but will favor a via
duct and nothing but a viaduct for the
convenience Rnd safety of the people
of this beautiful residential part of the
city, a viaduct so beautiful that, while
hiding a little of the view it will en
hance the remainder as does the Itock
ville bridge, or the beautiful Parisian
bridges across the Seine.
Margaret T. Sangree,
1219 Sta'te'S'treet.
L£TTERsfOTH£ EDITOR]
HAitnisnunG's SHAME
To the Editor of 'the Telegraph ':
The discussion .at' the present time
of. Ilarrisburg's great need for a new
high school brings to mind the fact
that the valedictory address at the
191 C commencement exercises at Cen
tral High school was based on this.
Mr. Voter, It should be that you would
feel disgraced when you think that the
student in your high school who work
ed his way to the head of the graduat
ing class should have to make his fare
well address one of sorrow. When a
student Is compelled to do that it is
time to act. Conditions are worse tills
year than last, but some extracts are
given from Vernon Wldder's com
mencement address for the espeoial
benefit of those In whose hands lies the
future welfare of Ilarrisburg's coming
generations. They are plain, clear state
ments of conditions existing last year,
and they are considerably worse now.
Listen, Mr. Voter:
'The immediate necessity of a new
[high school Is due to the fact that the
old one is crowded to the utmost. Since
study periods in school are almost en
tirely lacking—and home is always
more or less indefinite—students do
not derive the maximum of benefit. In
convenience is experienced from the
necessity of keeping two sets of books
in every desk. The hours of the
double sessions are extremely incon
venient. The poor equipment causes
the students' health, comfort and ad
vancement, to be materially affected.
Realth is an important factor in the
training of men, and such conditions
as exist should not be tolerated. Is the
present lilsh school building worthy
of tlio Capital City of Pennsylvania?
Many cities take pride in their high
school buildings, pointing them out as
features of Importance. Who can take
a visitor to our Central High school
and say with pride In her bad equip
ment and crowded condition, "Tills is
our high school!"
The people of Harrisburg should
realize the pang It causes In every
Central student's heart to think of the
building hp must attend. Hnrrlshurg
has fine parks, well-paved streets, and
the fine river wall. Capitol building,
etc. I.lsten to Central's valedictorian,
Mr. Voter. I,et us have a high school
worthy of the name of Harrisburg.
November 4 is the date to abolish in
tolerable conditions.
A CENTRAL STUDENT.
©wiring (Mfat
Penbrook's big Republican demon
stration the other evening with men
on horseback and marshals and aids
wearing ribbons on their hats and
red fire and wagons brought back to
the minds of many the days when
presidential campaigns were marked
by great parades in Harrisburg. Per
haps the last campaign in which there
was anything like old-tiine parades
was in 189 C when the McKinlev elec
tion took place and the Sound Honey,
H. r.. Hershey, M. E. Olmsted, Joh'u,
E. Fox and other Republican clubs?
which succeeded the First ward,
Third ward. Fourth ward and Sixth
ward Republican Clubs marched with
much redflre and rare vintages of
high hats. But there has been little
In that ]j ne gjnep. The Harrisburg
and West End Republican flubs hav
turned out. annually but their parades,
it must be confessed, have been noth
ing to the days when a procession
took an hour to pass and when men
used to parade in oilcloth capes and
when horses for miles around were
commandeered for political purposes.
The memory of the Harrison Invinc
bles, the Hancock Legion and the old
. r . al Democratic Club, justly noted
tor its vociferous enthusiasm, lingers
.f\£ ood man y confess that they
would like to have a revival of the old
time political spirit. The leaders say
that campaigns are getting so expen
"H e ? that it costs so much to
block precincts- and to do other
things under new laws that there is
!^;„5 nouK ,\ mone y for thG old-time
parades with their wagonloads of red
a riva ' r y to see whether ono
° r *i he oUler could K et the most
bands, the most, gaudily-uniformed
men and the best marchers. Rut the
people remember them and a good
many sigh for the days of parades,
open-air mass meetings, flagpole rais
ings and bonfires.
When, at the opening of divorce
court, the members of the Dauphin
county bar gather with the judges to
consider the trial lists, President Judge
Kunkel always calls off the surnames
of the llbellant and the respondent in
order to properly mark the case for
"hearing" or "continuance," as the
case may be. That's the reason there
was a gentle giggle throughout the
courtrpom, a broad grin 'round the
bar enclosure and a genial smile from
the bench the other day when Presi
dent Judge Kunkel gravely called 01K.:
"Rata against Ratz."
* * / 0
School directors of the West Shore
are making efforts to put clearly the
Central High School for that district.
General opinion has it that the pro
ject will have the usual time passing,
but directors are striving daily to con
vert many voters who oppose the
measure. The sooner the voter real
izes that his offspring will pay largely
for the ejection and upkeep of the
school, the better off he will be, thev
say. Many of the voters claim that it
will raise the mill rate several mills,
but it will also be raised in some of
the districts if the school is not
erected. Many of the students at
tending' these schools are arising to
the point where they find they con
secure several years of up-to-date high
school training at the expense of the
district in which they live. If every
member of the classes that graduate
In the next few years attend Harris
burg High School, the mill rate will
be raised several mills. The cost of
sending a student to Harrisburg High
is $71.25 per year. In many districts
five and six are going.
"You don't have to go miles from
the city to find gray squirrels to.
shoot," declared a man in a hunter's#
coat In Market street the other day.
"I was in a woods back of Paxtang
about three miles the other day and
I saw live big gray squirrels in less
than a half hour's stroll. They may be
straying Capitol Park squirrels Who
have tired of eating hand-fed peanuts
and who long for the joys and hazards
of the great, wild outdoors, or they
may be just common ordinary squir
rels, but anyway they're out there
and I'm going gunning for 'em be
fore many suns go down on the West
Shore."
Ilillborn Darlington, of Bucks
county, )s a practical man. He is one
of the men selected to be an election
commissioner and when the commis
sioners met at the Capitol yesterday
there was dismay at the size of the
bundles they have to care for. Dar
lington looked at the assortment and
said, "I'll get mine there if I have to
put it into a hay baler."
In connection with the Pennypacker
memorial meeting held at the Capi
tol last night, which, by the way, was
one of the most dignified meetings
ever held in the Capitol, it is interest
ing to note that when Governor Brum
baugh published his first book the
foreword was written by Samuel W.
Pennypacker. The Governor said re
cently that he learned much about
writing books and where to get ma
terial from the then judge.
The fact that men in the Pennsyl
vania regiments on the border have
been receiving winter clothing is re
garded as pretty conclusive that it will
be some time before organizations now
in camp will be returned. Detters re
ceived here tell of preparations for
a winter stay and of plans for ex
tensive training.
Among those here for the meeting
of the Kederated Humane Societies
convention was John S. Ritenour, for
years connected with the management
of Pittsburgh newspapers and later
owner of one of the Uniontown papers.
He is now active in affairs of the hu
mane organizations in Pittsburgh and
was welcomed here by many friends.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE |
—David Test, Philadelphia hospital
superintendent, thinks steps should be
taken to tame wild ambulances.
—Dr. R. J. Black, who got into the
limelight in connection with his se
lection as an election commissioner
for militia, used to be Mayor of Mc-
Keesport.
—William H. Bischoff. for years a
superintendent in Bethlehem mills,
will go to Nova Scotia.
—The Rev. J. E. Vanßuren, for
mer bishop of Porto Rico, will take
temporary charge of a Pittsburgh
church.
—John Dimling, prominent Pitts
burgh real estate owner, will preside
at Shrlncrs' Children's Day.
f DO YOU KNOW "J'
That Harrisburg is a his; center
for wheat and other grain ami
that it eomcs from a score of
counties?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The first political parade on record
In Harrisbnrg was when Snyder was
elected Governor ove. JOO years ago.
Transparencies with lighted candles
in them were paraded about the
streets. Then they had a dinner.
Commendable Caution
From the New York primary re
sults President "Wilson prophesies
"victory in November." Victory for
whom? But to succeed as a prophet
It's well not to be too explicit.—Buf
falo Express.