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FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27
To be what we are, and to become
what ice arc capable of becoming, is
the only end of 1 ife. ROIIEIIT LOUIS
STEVEXSOX.
PROTECTING THE SLOPE
AFTER much urging and months
of waiting Park Commissioner
Gross has at long last de
termined to proceed with the work |
of protecting the river slope, but he
announces that it will first bo neces- j
sary to learn from City Solicitor Seltz j
whether advertising for proposals for '
the work is a legal requirement. It j
would seem that any official of the\
city should know without an opinion |
that such advertising is necessary, but [
when the natural propensity Is to |
postpone instead of act the excuse of j
submitting the matter to the law offl- ;
cer of tho municipality is as good as
any other. that cold
weather is rapidly approaching, a week
or ten days will be wasted in waiting
for an opinion which Is not needed and
then ten days or two weeks more will
be consumed in asking bids for ilie
work which ought to have been done
weeks ago.
It is little wonder that tho people
are losing patience with public officials
who treat their otflces as private
snaps, as side-issues which do not re
quire any particular thought or en
ergy.
Perhaps the commission form of
government is a success in some cities
and perhaps it does tend to fcentrallze
responsibility, but the working out of
the scheme in Harrisburg has been
for from satisfactory, notwithstand
ing occasional attempts at defenso by
those who were responsible for impos
ing it upon the city. Every failure of
any official under this system to per
form his duties efficiently and with an
eye single to the welfare of the com
munity is a serious indictment against
the whole commission plan.
Harrisburg voters will be ready
when the time comes to do their share I
in bringing about a change.
Typhoid is now on the wane, measles
have long since vanished, infantile '
paralysis has been conquered, and now I
we suppose we must prepare for the (
undertaker twins, pneumonia and dlpli- !
Iheria.
RIVERSIDE COMING IX
NOW that the Riverside residents!
have won over a large major- j
ity of the citizens of that de
lightful suburb to the plan of annex
ation to the city, there ought to be
little trouble in bringing about the en
largement of Harrisburg toward the
Roekville hills. Tho City Planning
Commission recently made a survey of j
the district between the river and the j
Pennsylvania railroad with a view to !
locating streets and open spaces, and
now would appear to be the proper
time to complete a comprehensive sub
urban plan for the whole territory be
tween Division street and Rockvillo
and the river and the railroad.
In other years many grave mistakes
have been made with respect to sub
urban development and tlieso errors
have cost Harrisburg a pretty penny
when tho time carao for annexation.
I Intelligent action now will do much
to prevent repetitions.
Tho Railroad Rrotherhood officials
being in doubt as to the Adumson bill, ]
perhaps the President will be willing !
to explain just what it meant.
DAMAGING PAVED STREETS
CITY COMMISSIONER LYNCH
will have tho approval of the
people in his attitude toward
public utility corporations and *ill
others who rip open tho paved streets i
without let or hindrance and with
utter indifference to consequences.
Having penalized one of the. larger
companies for cutting a city highway;
for installation of pipes immediately
after the street had been paved, j
Commissioner Lynch lias established
a precedent which should deter all |
others from like offenses.
The Telegraph has frequently called !
attention to tho proneness of lndi-1
viduals and corporations to damage
the expensively paved highways of the
city without regard for tho interests
of the taxpayer or thought for vehic
ular travel. Some months ago in
Derry street, which had Just been
paved after years of agitation, a cer
tain corporation'cut into the asphalt
twenty or thirty times for lateral pipe
connections which just as easily might
have been installed before the high
way was improved. In another in
stance a large trench was dug In
Front street for two or three blocks
Immediately after the paving had
l-rn completed and notwithstanding
FRIDAY EVENING, SEfcRRISBURG frSpftfl TEIJEGRAPHI OCTOBER 27. 1916.
notice given' by City Engineer Cow
ilen that all pipe connections be made
previous to paving-.
Simply because corporations and
others can take out permits for this
sort of thing and pay the bills Is no
reason why highways should be thus
abused. In addition to the cost of
any necessary opening of tlio streets
there should be a heavy penalty for
neglect to Install all pipes and con
nections outside t lie curb line before
the street is paved.
| ■ Harrisburg Is proud of its paved
I highways and it is the duty of the
I City Council to adopt such regulations
as will put an effective quietus to the
practice of chopping them up at will.
Once opened an asphalt street is never
as good as before. Either there is a
depression or the beginning of de-*
terioratlon along the edges of the cut.
It Is not always pleasant for an otll
clal to enforce stringent regulations
against powerful corporations and in
fluential Individuals, but there is an
obligation resting upon all officials to
safeguard the rights of the com
munity and in making an example of
one of the larger utility companies
Commissioner Lynch has won the de
served commendation of the people.
And now that he lias made a start in
the right direction it would be well
I for him to provide by ordinance for
i prevention rather than remedy of
similar offenses in the future.
Congressman Craffo made a hit in his
, speech at the ChcstMt Street Audi
torium when he pilT-irtod the Wilson
administration for its brr*kon promises,
especially the one? regarding "pitiless
publicity." lie reviewed the scores of
j cases where the administration had not
I taken the public into its confidence and
i idiculed the pretense of an open book
! in all matters afTectlng the welfare of
[ the people.
I It would seem that the allies will be
j able to help Rumania far more than
Rumania will be able to help the allies.
THAT MEXICAN RUMOR
IF it be true that Americans are
paying Villa forces to make an at
tack on American soldiers the act
is treason. In that case no time should
be lost in searching out those guilty
and punishing them to the full extent
of the law. As well plot murder as
plan such a raid.
Secretary Baker says he has proof
positive that money has changed
hands and that Americans were the
bribers. If he has such Information it
would follow that he knows who paid I
this money and who Is back of the
proposed attack. In that case it is j
his duty not to talk about it but to I
go out and make a few arrests. Until |
he does so those who do not hold a
very high opinion of the Secretary of
War,- following his outrageous attack
upon the good name of the American
Revolutionary army, may be excused
for suspecting that the story of the
proposed attack was "cooked up" in
the Secretary's ofTice to save the face
of the administration n to provide
an excuse in case Villa, who is now
getting uncomfortably close to the
border, makes another dash across the
line.
The American army's situation in
Mexico at the present moment is
laughable. The only excuse it has
for remaining there is that it was sent
into Mexico to take Villa "dead cr
alive" &nd Its mission must be ful
filled. Tet the Pershing column Is
within 10 miles of the place where
Villa is now openly operating and can-*
not make a move toward him because
Washington refuses to give permis
sion. The Army is instructed to catch
Villa and has expended something like
$500,000 a day since last Spring for
that purpose and it now knows pre
cisely where Villa is, but it Is not per
mitted to go and got him.
Instead of putting tne soldiers in
motion and rounding up the bandit
leader, our Secretary of War sits in
his office at home and complains that
somebody is paying Villa to attack
Americans on American soil. It is
a pretty situation.
The more we study our grocery bills, '
the more wo doubt the sanity of the
"peace at any price" advocates.
MR. KXOX AND LABOR
PHILANDER C. KNOX, in the
course of his speech at Chestnut
street hail Tuesday night, made
a sharp attack upon the sincerity of
those who wore responsible for the
passage of the Adamson so-called
eight-hour law. He pointed out that
it applies only to trainmen actually
operating trains running between
States and that it is very doubtful if
it can bo made to apply to yard men
or to men running between points
within a State—from Harrisburg to
Altoona, for Instance, or Harrisburg
to Philadelphia. He said that at all
events It has but nine months to
operate and that not even the Brother
hood officials themselves know what
the law means.
Mr. Knox was well qualified to
speak. In the first place, he is ad
mittedly one of the greatest lawyers
in the world. In the second place,
as Attorney General of the United
States, he took up the fight of the
Brotherhood men when tho safety ap
pliance law—which was passod by the
Influence of the Brotherhoods and has
resulted in saving the lives of thou
sands of trainmen —was declared un
constitutional by the circuit court of
California. Ordinarily there could
have been no appeal to the United
States Supreme Court in this case, but
Mr. Knox established a precedent and
the Supreme Court upheld the law.
Not content wlth4his, however, Mr.
Knox, when later- ho became a mem
ber of the United States Senate, caused
to have passed a law which made tho
Victory of tho Brotherhoods secure for
all time. There is no doubt what this
Knox law means. It stands on the
books of the nation to-day, a safe
guard to the laboring men of the
country in all similar contests and a
proof of the'friendliness of Mr. Knox
and of his honesty of purpose.
Rumania "got oft tho fence" and ia
now trying to get back on tho other
side.
Baker was misnamed; it shouldTave
been Roaster.
i ' |
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By the Ex-Committeeman
I
Republican State candidates left this
city to-day for their tour of Blair
county, which was deferred yesterday
in part to permit tho meeting being
held at Newport last night. The State
candidates headed by Charles A. Sny
der will speak to-night In Altoona and
to-morrow they will be in Uniontown,
where they will be joined by Philander
C. Knox. Mr. Knox spoke last night
in Indiana, county, making a notable
address on the Issues before a large
audience.
The schedule of the candidates for
next week is: Pottsville, where Mr.
Knox will speak, on Monday; Mlfflln
town on Tuesday; Allentown on
Wednesday: Norrlstown on Thursday;
Chester and Adams counties on Fri
day and Scottdale on Saturday.
County meetings are being held all
over the State by the score and in
western counties enthusiasm is run
ning high. No campaign in Allegheny
since 1912 has been waged with as
much ginger as this.
—State Treasurer It. K. Young
speaks at Downington in behalf of tho
ticket. Secretary of the Common
wealth Woods is making nightly
speeches In Westmoreland county.
—Governor Brumbaugh speaks to
day in Hartford and Norwich, Conn.,
and in New York city to-night.
-• Senator Charles A. Snyder, candi
date for Auditor General, was Ihe
chief speaker at the Republican rally
for upper Perry county held at New
port lust night and was well received.
Accompanying him were Congressmen
Crayo and Scott, the former meeting
.some of his old Spanish War veteran
triends in tlie county. Senator Frank
lin Martin, who toured the county,
was also there.
—The Prohibition national candi
dates, who are touring the State in a
special car, will be hero next Wednes
day, November 1, The party will ar
rive at 7.20 p. m. and will then go to
Huntingdon, where a mass meeting
will be held.
—The startling announcement is
now being made that Helen Murphy
was nominated by the Fifth district
Socialists for member of the Legis
lature. The papers were tiled last May.
—Luzerne county Republicans say
that Congressman John J. Casey is
facing defeat in spite of efforts of the
Democratic organization to bolster up
his cause and support from the state
and national machines which is being
grudgingly given. Tho Roosevelt visit
has stirred up things immensely.
—Defeat of Congressman Warren
Worth Bailey is predicted In tho Nine
toentli district since William J. Bryan
made his speeches for him. The cam
paign managers of John M. Rose have
foifhd a. big increase in sentiment for
Mr. Rose in the last week.
—The State administration has
started swinging the ax in Luzerne
county and a Wilkes-Barre dispatch
says that Deputy Factory Inspector
Rosser Mainwaring and Pure Food In
spector M. J. Walsh, two of tho oldest
State attaches in Luzerno county, have
been dismissed "by decree of Governor
Brumbaugh." It is said that the dis
missals were ordered yesterday before
the Governor left for New York to
make speeches for Hughes. Robert
Davison, appointd factory inspector,
was the secretary of the Brumbaugh
primary campaign committee in that
county and Ralph Gabriel, business
partner of Charles N. Loveland, Brum
baugh delegate, will get the pure food
inspectorship.
—Senator "Dick" Farley, who was
the chief attacker of the reorganization
bosses in the primary campaign two
years ago, is now on tho stump mak
ing speeches with the approval of
National Committeeman A. Mitchell
Palmer and his pals. Even Chairman
McCormick Is said to think that Farley
is a fine fellow.
—The Montgomery county commis
sioners have refused to pay the post
ago lor Recorder Darlington. They
hold that if he wants to be courteous
he should dot so at his own expense.
—Major Irving L. Handy, Delaware
county Democratic war horse, lias
teen imported by the State machine to
hold some of the wavering eastern
county Democrats in line.
—The Philadelphia North American
is now charging that the Vares have
been making efforts to divert contri
butions from State employes to the
war chest of the Philadelphia city Re
publican committee instead of the Re
publican State committee. The North
American ha& been generally favorable
to tho Vares.
—A Washington dispatch says:
"Philadelphia Is the home of 1,000
Republicans who do not entertain a
single doubt that Charles E. Hughes
will be the next.President. This is evi
denced from tho fact that Fred Wll
lard, president of the Republican
League of Stale Clubs, of Pennsylva
nia, to-day made arrangements for the
accommodation of 1,200 men. Includ
ing the Philadelphians, in Washington
on March 3 and 4 next, so that they
can participate in the inauguration of
Mr. Hughes. Mr. Wlllard signed a
contract with the proprietor of a Wash
ington hotel for the two days, and
there will be no other guests there at
that time except those living In the
hotel.through the year. 'Suppose Mr.
Hughes is not elected?' Mr. Willard
was asked. 'That will not happen. I
have bee,n in several states in the last
few weeks that have been considered
doubtful,' he replied. 'I am convinced
that Mr. Hughes will be elected by the
largest silent vote ever known'."
—Southern government, officials and
congressmen are getting pretty nu
merous about Pennsylvania these days.
—Republicans from all parts of In
diana county and many from adjoin
ing counties heard Philander C. Knox,
candidate for United States senator,
address the biggest political rally in
the history of Indiana county. The
auditorium, the largest building in the
county, was packed. Fourteen bands,
tons of redflre and the longest parado
ever witnessed here were features of
the demonstration preceding the moot
ing. Special trains, extra trolley serv
ice and hundreds of automobiles
brought the largest crowd ever gath
ered here for political purposes. Ex-
Senator John S. Fisher presided at the
meeting. He paid the former Secre
tary of State a high tribute when he
introduced him to the audience. Mr.
Knox took up the statement that Presi
dent Wilson had kept the United States
out of war and asserted there was
nothing in the President's record to
justify the claim. "He has not kent
us out of war," said Mr. Knox. "We
have been in a state of war with Mex
ico; not a great war, but a mean,
pitiful war, waged against a helpless
nation."
Cause and Effect
Hardly hncl the news of the opera
tions off Nantucket been received
when the uncounted thousands of
crossroads international law experts
resumed the emission of opinions.—
Chicago Ilerald.
Settled Now
Brooklyn was first settled in 1G36.
And settled for keeps in 191C.—Bos-1
ton Advertiser.
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY 1
THE CLOSING ACT OF A GOOD SHOW
I I I Jl
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EDITORIAL COMMENT"!
Throughout his campaign Mr. Hughes
has had a fixed and unswerving pur
pose, the purpose that animated Abra
ham Lincoln, to preserve a united coun
try.—New York Sun.
Secretary Baker ought to have
known that the Wilson administration
had wars enough on its hands without
taking on the American Revolution. —•
Kansas City Times.
With Jeremiah O'Leary taunting the
President with Impending defeat on ac
count of his pro-British attitude and
George Sylvester Viereck predicting tile
defeat of Hughes because Roosevelt has
endorsed him and Frederic Franklin
Schrader asserting that neither Wilson
nor Hughes can be elected without the
support of the German-Americans the
Presidential prospects of Governor
Hanly are improving every day.—Ues
Moines Register.
Legally in State of War
[Providence Journal]
Brigadier General Enoch I-I. Crow
der, Judge advocate general of the
Army, holds that the United States
is legally in a state of war with
Mexicq. He says in rendering his
decision that the invasion of Mexico
is a condition and not a theory.
This decision is from the highest
legal source on matters pertaining to
military operations, and has been
rendered by General Crowder to keep
the records straight, and to cover the
legal procedure involved in all inci
dents growing out of the so-called
Mexican campaign. The Judge Ad
vocate General's olllce found that tha
refusal to admit that a state of war
exists led to such legal absurdities
that light on the real status was es
sential.
According to a Washington dis
patch, President Wilson and Secre
tary Baker are much annoyed over
the giving out of the Judge Advocate
General's decision. Naturally. It is
said to have been carefully suppressed
lor days and not intended to be pub
! ltshed at all. It weakens the plea of
the Wilson supporters that "he kept
us out of war," and State Depart
ment officials say that its effect will
be to strengthen Carranza's demand
that the state of war be eliminated
by the withdrawal of the American
troops in Mexico.
A Bugbear
[Rochester Democrat and dironicle.]
The last desperate device of the
Democratic campaign is the thinly
veiled threat that If Mr. Hughes were
elected president the government
would be In a condition of chaos be
tween election day and the 4th of
March, so far as international af
fairs were concerned. The public is
left to draw the Inference that dire
consequences would follow, in the
way of the United States becoming
involved in the European war.
What the Democratic campaign
I managers do not seem to realize is
j that in trying to frighten the voters
into supporting their candidates they
1 are making u serious charge against
! the President. The country will not be
in any greater danger of becoming
involved in war after election than
it has been before. The European
war has been in progress more than
two years, and the United States has
kept out of it. What has been done
since August, 1914, can be done be
tween November 7 and March 4, un
less the President deliberately seeks
I for an excuse for urging the United
i States Into the conflict.
So the Democratic campaign man-
I agers, in raising a bugbear of this
kind, are really attacking the Presi
dent's good faith.
Willie and the Hunter
Young Willie went to church one day,
He was a squirrel; his name was Gray,
He listened while the preacher spoke:
"Huh!" Willie said, "'tis all a joke.
"I don't believe what preachers say
About those mighty beasts of prey.
Who carry heavy clubs of steel
That bellow like the thunder's peal,
"And send forth little balls of lead—
I think that's what the proacher said—
That strikes you with a mighty force
And kill you. I'shaw! It's myth, of
course."
A hunter at the same time said.
"By Jove the squirrels must all be dead.
Three times I've crossed this blasted
hill;
I'll swear there's nothing here to kill."
Then, stopping short In deep dismay,
tie threw his belt of shells away;
Filled with disgust and righteous
wrath.
He started down the mountain path.
And Willie, having left the church,
was seated on an aged birch.
Said he, "To prove I'm not afraid.
I'll now begin to promenade.
"I don't care what the preacher does.
I'll go out hiking." But there was
Some tall recanting, you mav bet.
When Willie and that hunter met.
By JAS. C. BOWERMASTER for the
Telegraph.
ENGLISH SPARROW HAS
OUTLIVED ALL ITS ENEMIES
SWAT the sparrow," says ono set
of scientists and sportsmen.
"Sparo tho sparrow," cries an
| other group of scientists and senti
mental persons. "The sparrow Is the
•frat of the bird kingdom, kill him,"
says the Agricultural Department of
j our government. "Protect the spar
-1 row for he is one of our most use-
I fnl birds," asserts C. D. Bunker, orni
i tliologist at tho University of Kansas.
In tho midst of this dispute comes
I the League of American Sportsmen
with a proclamation it is preparing to
issue declaring war against the Eng
lish sparrow and asking the gover
nors of each State to set aside a week
next Spring In which everyone will
shoot, trap, poison and otherwise ex
terminate sparrows, and destroy their
nests.
The indictment against the sparrow
Is set out in a bulletin issued by the
J Department of Agriculture. Briefly,
lit is that the sparrow, while it eats
weed seeds in winter, and In excep
tional cases has been found very use
ful as a destroyer of Insect pests, yet
Its food generally is useful grains,
I fruit, buds and flowers of cultivated
I trees, shrubs and vines. It eats gar
| den seeds as they ripen, and It rips off
' tender young vegetables. A flock of
fifty sparrows will eat a quart, of wheat
a day if they can get it. They drive
off our most useful and attractive
birds, such as bluebirds, house wrens,
purple martins, swallows, robins, cat
birds, mockingbirds, by destroying
their eggs, usurping their nests and
continuously fighting them. They are
! filthy and spread diseases by nesting
jin eaves from where their filth is
j washed Into cisterns. The sparrow
| has no song, but is noisy and vltupera
| tlve.
Ernest Harold Baynes, the bird
lover of New Hampshire, favors a
general slaughter of sparrows. So
does John Burroughs, the naturalist
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
STATE STREET VIADUCT
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Every citizen of Ilarrisburg, and
particularly those who live on Allison
Hill, ought to rise and Bay "Amen" to
your editorial in Wednesday's issue,
respecting the Capitol Park develop
ment.
A letter on the same page might
well have been incorporated in the
editorial, for it states only too truly
the unpleasant conditions that are
but a few rods outside of the Park
zone.
A viaduct at State street (a sub
way never) would seem to solve the
problem far better than the proposed
Walnut street bridge. State street
is the main thoroughfare, the logical
outlet for the traffic that flows from
tho eastern and northeastern parts of
the city.
Architecturally such a viaduct can
be made to harmonize with tho plans
for the park; it can be beautiful and
useful; It will afTord Convenience to all
who enter the city from the east; to
pedestrians it will offer a large de
gree of protection, while a subway
would be the open door to personal
dangers.
I believe that both the Walnut street
bridge and the undesirable subway
plan should be abandoned in favor of
a viaduct at State streot.
Very truly,
E. FRED ROWE,
Elusive Fay
Federal prison officials in Atlanta
have several explanations of the es
cape of the German plotter. Fay, but
they haven't got Fay. Macon Tele
graph.
Financial Dementia
The newest form of financial de
mentia is tho fear that gold will be
demonetized. Now let the Jewelers
worry lest their diamonds have to vie
in the market with "broken beer bot
tles. —Rochester Herald.
The Campaign Cry
Every time a critical brickbat is
thrown through the Shadow Lawn
windows the President rushes to the
front porch nnd yells, "I'm going to
tell mother o you."—Wheeling Intel
ligencer.
Rewards of Good and Sin
God giveth to a man that is good In
his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and
Joy. but to the sinner he giveth travail,
to gather and to heap up.—Eccleslastes
and writer. Those hate the sparrow
because it drives away other more
useful birds.
But, whether hated or loved, the
sparrow is not in much cranger of ex
termination; he is too prolific. Even
if all the sparrows In America except
one pair should be killed the progeny
of that pair would soon resparrow the
country again. The first English spar
rows were brought to this country by
Nicholas Pike of Brooklyn, who
liberated eight in 1850. In tho next
twenty years they were brought from
England and colonized elsewhere.
Philadelphia Imported and let loose
one thousand pairs in 1869. It was
thought they would free tho shade
trees of caterpillars, and tho poet
Bryant wrote an ode of welcome to
"The Old World Sparrow," in which
he said; *
And tho army worm and the Hessian
fly,
And the dreaded canker worm shall
die;
And fairer harvest shall crown the
year,
For the Old World Sparrow at last is
here.
We call it English sparrow, but it.
might as well be named German, or
Bulgarian or French sparrow, for it
is common over all Europe. The same
little sparrow was a pest in ancient
Egypt in the time of Rameses. It
has outltved nations, tribes and dynas
ties. Laws have been passed against
it in Germany, Austria and France
declared war on it; the British Parlia
ment made it the subject of an in
vestigation. It was Imported into
Australia and has become such a
nuisance there that laws have been
enacted against It; but, through It all
tho little gray-coated sparrow lias
twittered gaily on, busily hatching
and rearing its five or six broods a
year.
Our Daily Laugh
THEIR LINE
I nee Indians
rw enlisting on .
Yes. Them DJ-. I
*er Indiana
come In mlg! t ty \
struct trenches. | J 111
ACCOUNTED
Does your wife
jpj||u Oh, It. Isn't that
■ had the crip, you
know.
MODERN i-ir-rB-T-iMffMrgmw
JOURNALISM. ||r ,'j|l flV 1 !
Reporter: I Just
saw an auto accl- O/j ' % \ ! j
dent and have the
■tory complete. |jl jly % "jVI
everybody killed? ;jllj|[ rAC_J V]
Reporter (slow- T Ml I /]
Editor: Can't In (
fllgj
"'I A OOOD BED.
The One Out-
side: How do you
t&j-v manage to sleep
r in there?
( Tho One In
_
r ft i theticks -
CAUSE AND
S*uss and faatb-
Wife breaks hub jWrjji P|B!fT
Then of course.
(uia
Btttttng (Eljal
Arnold W. Brunner, the dlst in
finished landscape architect, the creator
of Cleveland's civic center and tlio
beautifler of Brooklyn, who is the man
most generally spoken of as likely to
bo chosen l.y the State to plan the de
velopment of Capitol Park extension
/■■.one, is a New Yorker and one of the
most, modest of men. He is well re
called by many Harrisburgers, es
pecially by members of the Chamber
of Commerce, because he was one ot
the first speakers at the noonday
luncheons of the Chamber. He was
much impressed with Harrlsburg's
natural setting and the manner in
which it had treated its river front,
while lie highly praised the general
park system. With this knowledge of
the local conditions in mind and with
some information as to what Warren
H. Manning lias worked out for the
city, Mr. Brunner will be admirably
qualified to handle the park extension.
He lives in Park avenue. New YorK.
but is fond of traveling.
One of the oddest complaints re
ceived at the Public Service Commis
sion came from a man in a central
city, lie objected to the wrfy the gas
company in his town was running its
charges Then they put in a meter.
V P n objected lo paying cost of in
stallation. Then he asserted that the
meter was 110 good, and now he com
plains because the company will not
pay for testing it.
Harrisburg and the Eighth Regiment
teriitoi.v have every reason to feel
proud of the line showing made by the
National Guard rifle team which went
from El Paso to the national rillo
matches at Jacksonville, Fla., and lin
ished third. This is the best showing
Keystone State marksmen ever made
at this great gathering of the expert
riflemen of the country and threo
Eighth Regiment men were on the
team picked out of the whole division
of 10,000 men now at Camp Stewart
There were twelve on the team ami
nine -others accompanied in various
capacities. The prize money will
amount to about S3GO. Captain Blaine
Aiken, of Washington, well known to
many here, was captain of the team;
Dr. J. M. Peters, of Steelton, surgeon
of the Eighth, was surgeon, and Cap
tain George C. Jack, captain of the
Governor's Troop, was range officer.
The Eighth's men on the team were
Sergeants C. W. Gerdes, Virgil B. Ken
nedy and C. A. Burtnett, of Harris
burg.
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First Sergeant Charles A. Kline, of
the Governor's Troop, who has won
several pistol matches in years gone
by, won the pistol match of the Sec
ond Squadron of the First Cavalry at
Camp Stewart.
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Speaking about reports that the
white pine blister rust had appeared
on gooseberry bushes and cranberry
bushes, a mnn who follows nature said
yesterday: "As a matter of fact, the
blister has made very little invasion
of Pennsylvania, and as far as I can
find out it is confined to the State
reservations. It is active in New Eng
land, where tliey have the brown
tailed moth and other things. Now.
as for the gooseberries, I think every
bush pest that I have known since I
was a boy has appeared on the goose
berries. It's no wonder that the culti
vation of this delicious fruit is dying
off. It is susceptible to every pest that
comes along and I never saw a bush
yet that was affected."
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Market Square has not had its usuaT
number of political meetings this year.
Taken all together this campaign la
one radically different from what any- I
one has been up against for years and
the old-time methods appear to have
been given up or forgotten. Four
years ago the orators were holding
forth in Market Square regularly.
Now one a week is unusual. Maybe
the last week of the campaign will
liven up things a bit.
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The fine autumn weather has been
taken advantage of by a good many
Harrisburgers 'who have taken long
rambles into the woods and along tlio
Susquehanna and the creeks in this
section. Those who have visited the
mountains or taken rides along tho
Linglestown road have been well re
paid by the views of the First Moun
tain which is now in all the glory of
its Eall coloring. In a short timo
the leaves will begin to fall. But now
the mountains abovo Harrisburg are
among the prettiest in the State. Tho
air is clear and almost every treo
stands out on a day when the sun is
shining. Those who cannot get tlio
time to walk up along the river or out
Into the country should by all moans
go to Reservoir Park and get a view of
the Blue Ridge.
[ WaL KNOWN PEOPLE
-Ex-Senator Francis S. Mcllhenny.
of Philadelphia, has been elected presi
dent of the University of Pennsylvania,
Alumni Society.
—Daniel Willard, president of tha
Baltimore and Ohio, has completed a
tour of- southern counties and has
promised some new stations.
-Senator W. J. Burke, of Pitts
burgh, will not be able to lenve tho
Baltimore hospital until November in.
—Thomas 11. Powers, of Philadel
phia, has gone to White Sulphur
Springs to remain until Christmas.
—George Burnham, Jr., head of tho
State Civil Service Reform Association,
says that there should be a special
fund provided to pay party expenses
instead of assessing those who are "in."
DO YOU KNOW ]
Tliat Harrisburg aprons arc sold
all through western states?
HISTORIC IIARRISIU RG
Grandsons of William Pcnn visited
Harrisburg after the town was laid out.
New Democratic Slavery
"Tliey told us four years ago In elo
quent phrase of the new freedom, but
in recent weeks, in yielding to tile de
mand for legislation without inquirv as
to its justice, they have introduced us
to the new slavery."—Hughes, at Balti
more, October 10.
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY
[Questions submitted to members of
the Harrisburg Hotury Club and their
answers as presented nt the organiza
tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."]
•
llow are contracts with the city en
tered into?
Usually awarded bv Superinten
dents of Departments and always
approved by Council.
Also Ran Contest
Speaking by and large. John M.
Parker, of Louisiana, the Progressive
nominee for vice-president, on a
ticket that has no head, is probably
the alsoest ran candidate ever known.
—St. Louis Globe Democrat.
After Reading the Speech
Those visiting Democrats may
have been young, but why should
the President have assumed that th
rest of the country also belonged ta
tho Infant class? Boston Tran
script