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BASBISBURG TELEGRAPH
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THURSDAY EVENING, NOV. 23
Let me put myself wholly at God's
tervicc, whatever I may he; greatness
is not called for, hut "meetness" for
the Master's use. —W. L. Watkinson.
WHAT NEXT?
THE fate of the Adamson law In
the Supreme Court of the
United £tates in all probability
la forecasted by the decision of the
district court declaring' it to be uncon
stitutional.
The opinion was widely expressed at
the time the bill was framed that it
would not stand in court, for the rea
son It favored one set of employes
over another, and, therefore, was class
legislation. Members of Congress and
newspapers joined In asserting the
belief that President Wilson, playing
•nly for re-election, had handed labor
a gold brick. If friends of the Presi
dent think that may be putting the
case too strongly. It mu9t be apparent
that the President did act without due
consideration of the proposed legisla
tion and in unseemly haste.
With the eight-hour day there can
be no quarrel. The printing trades,
for example, have had it for years, and
many other trades organizations with
them. In all cases conditions have
adjusted themselves to the change.
But with the manner in which the
Adamson law was enacted we may, as
citizens, file very decided objections.
The dignity and indeed the very sta
bility of the government were put in
Jeopardy by the political expedient of
an administration with an eye only to
Its immediate advantage. And to
what end? Merely that election day
should come and go before the rail
road men learned how they had been
buncoed.
When the Supreme Court shall have
thrown out the Adamson act, what
next? To what new humiliation will
the President submit? Or will he
show himself in his true colors, as he
stood before the thought of a political
career entered his calculations—one
of the most lntolerent enemies organ
ized labor has ever known?
About the only things that have not
lone up in price are dried apples, and
we don't like them.
TERRAPIN TALK
THE Baltimore American sheds
tears of anguish over the price
of diamondback terrapin—sl2o
a dozen—and urges Eastern Shore fish
ermen to take up seriously artificial
propagation of this fast disappearing
type of turtle.
The American Is talking twenty
miles over the head of Mr. Average
Consumer. If the editor wants com
pany in his misery, let him weep over
the price of eggs and flour, or bacon
and potatoes—or, if he must talk in
terms of luxuries, let him sob over the
soaring cost of Thanksgiving turkey.
In that case we would all join him and
mourn en masse, so to speak.
But, grow heartbroken over $lO
terrapin when baked beans have risen
to a proud place on the menu of mil
lionaires, and with eggs so high that
John D., Jr., boasts if he has had two
for breakfast? No, siree! We have
no quarrel with terrapin as such, but
If ever we get hold of a pair or two
we'll take 'em right down town and
trade 'em oft for a quart of cornmeal,
or a pound of pork pudding, or some
thing filling. These are no times to
cry over luxuries when even the sight
of a corner grocery makes one sad.
Won't it be fine to be able to go down
to the Penn-Harris for "that little din
ner?"
BARKING CP THE WRONG TRF.E
CHICAGO is trying the experiment
of 8-cent meals. The idea is to
/ , prove that the cost of living can
be reduced. If there exists the will to
sacrifice the good things of the table
for the substantials.
Perhaps 8-cent meals are possible.
It Is to be suspected that they are.
Bat the Chicago authorities are ap
proaching the problem from the wrong
angle. America is producing far more
foodstuffs than it can use. Its people
are hard working, peacefully disposed
and enterprising. They are attending
to their own affairs. They are pros
perous In proportion to their industry.
Europe, on the other hand, is engaged
In professional murder on a gigantic
scale. No longer producers, the men
Of the opposing armies have become
merely destroyers and consumers.
The question naturally arises, why
should America be required to feed
these military millions? Why assess
•very American for the folly of send
ing our own food supplies abroad?
Americans no doubt do need some
lessons in the gentle art of paring the
grocery bill, but when governmental
authorities endeavor to teach the con-
THURSDAY EVENING,
sumer to live oft the dregs, while the
better portions sre either sent to
Europe or held here for exorbitant
prices, they are barking up the wrong
tree. What the people want is cheaper
groceries, not Inferior qualities at
prices formerly charged for first-class
goods.
A good many families are on the
point of deciding that "chicken is Just
as good as turkey, anyhow."
HOME!
THERE was found among the ef
fects of a young German sol
dier, killed when an English
tank bestrode the trench he defended
in Picardy a few weeks ago, an en
velope written over and over, until
not a space remained on which an
other letter could find place. And the
one word that the soldier had written
time after time was this—"Home!"
"Home!" "Home!"
How many German lads, far from
the scenes of their childhood, have re
enacted the scenes depicted in that
classic of school day recitations—
"Bingen on the Rhine?" How many
a German soldier in the trenches of
France must have sung In his heart
the mournful song of Cobbler Keezer
from his exile along the Merrimac:
"Oh for the purple harvests
Of the days when 1 was young!
Of the merry grape-stained
maidens.
And the pleasant songs they
sung!
Oh for the breath of vineyards.
Of apples and nuts and wine!
For an oar to row and a breeze
to blow
Down the grand old River
Rhine."
When it comes to potatoes, or any
other kind of farm produce, Cumber
land county can be relied upon to do its
part.
FAVOR A SHORT SESSION
THERE has been widespread pop
ular approval of the suggestion
that the forthcoming session of
the Legislature shall be short and to
the point. It is understood that the
Chambers of Commerce of the State,
which will have a convention in this
city early in December, will strongly
endorse the movement for a short ses
sion and urge upon the legislators
action to this end.
For several years the • industrial, j
commercial and manufacturing in- j
terests throughout the Commonwealth 1
have been almost constantly demoral
ized as a result of the ceaseless at
tempts to regulate business by legis
lation. This hamstringing of the ac
tivities of the Commonwealth has
reached the limit, and business men
and manufacturers are determined
that the game shall stop.
While no disturbing bills are in
sight, it has been the common experi
ence of the important interests which
have been so seriously affected in the
past that every session produces a new
avalanche of statutory "reforms" of
one kind or another.
Under the Constitution the Legis
lature convenes the first week in Jan
uary and it has been the rule for years
to fritter away week after week in the
killing of time. It is believed that all
the necessary business could easily be
transacted before the end of March
and that much better results would
follow a shortand business-like session.
There is nothing to gain politically
or otherwise in a long-drawn-out ses
sion of the Legislature. We don't
wonder the business men have decided
to take a hand in forcing an early
adjournment.
"How to get <Jut of Mexico is now the
burning question," observes the Balti
more American. Yes. and most of those
who are trying are having a hot time
of It.
nRUNNER AND MANNING
NO time has been lost by the Board
of Public Grounds and Buildings
in getting Arnold W. Brunner
and Warren H. Manning busy on their
study of the proposed permanent
treatment of the Capitol Park zone.
In fact. It wasn't necessary to even
urge an immediate study of the prob
lem upon these distinguished planners;
they had already made a preliminary
inspection of the property, and It Is
certain that some comprehensive sug
gestions will come from their collabo
ration.
The topographical surveys of the old
and new sections of the Capitol Park,
which were completed by the young
engineers of the State College some
time ago, and all other data in the
hands of Superintendent Rambo were
forwarded to Mr. Brunner immediately
after the conference a few days ago,
and it is expected Governor Brum
baugh will submit the drawings and
recommendations of the landscape
architects to the Legislature early in
the session.
Xot only does the study contemplate
the landscape treatment and the
widening of the streets abutting on the
Capitol grounds, but also embraces the
proposed -viaduct over the Pennsylva
nia Railroad lines at State street and
the incidental treatment of the whole
district leading to the eastern entrance
of the city.
It Is Indeed fortunate that the three
officials comprising the Board of Pub
lie Grounds and Buildings—Governor
Brumbaugh, State Treasurer Young
and Auditor General Powell—are so
greatly interested in the working out
of this problem, which means so much
to the future of the Capitol environ
ment.
FACTS OONTROVKRT CLAIMS
SATS a leading Democratic editor
on the Pacific coast:
In the past three and one-half
years, every act by the American
government has been a move to
make prosperity.
Prosperity for whom?
At the time the Wilson administra
tion came Into power, we were selling
other nations more goods than we
were buying from them. From the
date of the enactment of the Under
wood tariff law. the drift of trade was
reversed. In May, 1914, we were buy
ing frofti other nutlons more than we
were selling to them, and that condi
tion continued until a month after the
outbreak of the war.
The acts that made for prosperity
in this country were not the acts of
this government, but the acta of the
governments that went Into war.
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By the Ex-Committeeman
One hundred and twelve of the men
who sat in the last House of Repre
sentatives have been re-elected, ac
cording to the reports which have
been received here from counties.
These reports are in advance of the
official returns, which will commence
to come In as soon as the soldier vote
is all counted. The House contains
207 members, so that there is a rather
large proportion of new men.
Analysis of the reports shows that
78 of the members of the last session
who voted against the local option bill
have been re-elected and that 33 of
those who voted for it have been re
elected. Likewise, one member who
declined to vote has been returned.
Local option people claim all the
way from 62 to 71 members of the
next House.
The tirst returns' from counties
which completed soldier votes are ex
pected at the State Department next
week. Official returns have been sent
back as fast as received, as the law
demands that the soldier vote be in
cluded. It is expected that within ten
days the official vote will be com
pleted.
With nearly 3.000 friends and ac
quaintances present, funeral services
for Charles J. Honey, Philadelphia
member of the House of Representa
tives and well known in political cir
cles, were held yesterday. Until 10
o'clock in the morning a stream of
mourners passed in and out of the
family residence and the street near by
was crowded with people. No funeral
in South Philadelphia had for years
been attended by so many persons.
After tho services at the home the
body was removed to the Church of
St. Philip de Neri, where solemn re
quiem mass was celebrated.
William G. Wright, treasurer of the
state committee of the Single Tax
party, filed a statement of expenses of
the party organization at the Capitol
to-day showing $240.17 contributed
and $235.08 expended.
Thomas Shipley. Republican elector,
certified to spending $125, and Na
thaniel Spear, Republican elector, to
$250. Less than SSO was expended by
the Walling Judicial campaign com
mittee of York county; J. Elmer Perry
and Charles Wtnebar, Socialist elec
toral candidates, and Charles Durner,
Industrialist electoral candidate, Ellis
A. Gimbel, Republican elector, and
Fred L. Weedo, Democratic electoral
candidate, spent nothing.
Judge Harvey W. Whitehead refused
the motion of attorneys for Mayor
Jonas Fischer to quash the quo war
ranto proceedings against the Wil
liamsport executive to compel him to
show cause why he holds office. Upon
the petition of citizens,-the Attorney
General has started ouster proceedings
against Fischer on the grounds that he
ts not naturalized. They contend that
he was born in Austria and that the
only step he has ever taken in this
country to obtain citizenship was to
take out his first papers. Numerous
demands have been made on Fischer
to submit proof of his citizenship with
out definite results. He was elected
mayor at the 1915 primaries, receiving
more than a sufficient number of votes
over his opponent, ex-Mayor Stabler,
to give him the office without a fight
at the general election. The former
mayor's friends, however, waged an
other campaign with the use of stick
ers, but Fischer was a winner. The
charge of not being a citizen was
lodged against the mayor soon after
he was elected, but was not presented
for definite action until several months
ago, when the Attorney General was
petitioned to start quo warranto pro
ceedings for the ousting of the mayor.
The petition was granted, the State
beconring the plaintiff, with the under
standing that the costs were to be
borne by the petitioners.
The Philadelphia Record to-day
says: "Whether or not the charges of
fraud preferred by Democratic watch
ers against certain election boards
warrant a congressional invest I gatloii
of the methods employed in rolling up
big Republican majorities in some of
the wards of the city at the presiden
tial election will be determined to
morrow, when the organization com
mittee of the Democratic city commit
tee meets. Much evidence concerning
the filing of fraudulent returns and the
forcing of nsslstance on reluctant
voters who, although registered as Re
publicans, were desirous of casting
their ballots for the Democratic presi
dential electors, has been placed In the
hands of the committee."
Anyway, He's on His Way
Carranza Is announced as running
for office and thus again it is said he
Is only running.—Knoxvllle Journal
4Pd Tribune,
HARRIBBURQ rtfjfeV TELEGRAPH
j EDITORIAL COMMENT 1 I
Suggestion for a 60,000-ton battleship
sounds good, but not to retire the rest
of the navy to supply a crew for It.—
Wall Street Journal.
We fear that the Prohibition candi
date will never receive a majority vote
in this country until election day is
shoved up to January I.—Boston Tran
script.
News that the Deutschland brought a
cargo worth $10,000,000 indicates that
the Uevmans must have sunk a lot of
money in the Bremen.—Philadelphia
rvorth American.
We've had a "100 per cent, candidate,"
' election, and now why not a
100 per cent. President?— Philadelphia
North American.
Future of Shadow Lawn
[Providence Journal.]
The sumptuous estate at Shadow
Lawn, having served as a "summer
White House," It is not surprising to
hear that there is a feeling in that
neighborhood in favor of making It so
permanently. Something Is said about
a popular subscription to purchase it
and make it a gift to the government.
The Grant cottage and the ono that
Garfield died in are not far away. That
may be as good a location as can be
found for a summer White House—lf
anything of the kind is really needed—
though there would undoubtedly be
bids from other sections, particularly
in the interior of the country, if Con
gress should take up the subject of
establishing one. Shadow Lawn could
probablv be bouerht a a mark-down
price. It has had an unfortunate his
tory—in fact, it seems to have been a
white elephant for several owners.
Built by the president of one of the
life Insurance companies that went
through the trying experience of the
Hughes inquisition, it came to be
konwn as McCall's Folly. The build
ing price Is said to have been a million
dollars, but in the course of its chang
ing ownership a sheriff's hammer
knocked it down to less than a quarter
of that sum. Nobody seems to have
had much use for Shadow Lawn.
Whether the United States would have
is an open question.
Universal Peace a Dream?
[Omaha Bee.]
A contribution to one of the current
magazines upon "The Dream of Uni
versal Peace" carries in >its very cap
tion a gentle suggestion that universal
peace is nothing but a dream. By any
definition a dream is merely a vision,
and. at that, a vision which Is unreal:
and we must all admit that up to the
present moment the Idea of universal
peace has always been and still Is a
figment of the Imagination—fiction
rather than fact.
Universal peace presupposes either
extinguishment of the incentive for
men to make war upon one another or
incapacity to fight or substitution of
peaceful means of settling inter
national differences. Attainment of
the first condition is certainly remote,
for it is nothing short of the uninter
rupted reign of brotherly love. The
second condition is embodied In no
practicable proposal except that of
mutual disarmament, and this would
have to be concomitant with the third
suggestion of the establishment of a
world court whose decree would be
accepted through the very futility of
resistance.
Whether plans for providing this
machinery of peace mature fast or
slow, the dream, in the sense that it
is a wish and something to be strived
for —a goal which we may approach
even though we may never reach it-*-
will persist and grow stronger In its
Inspiration. Paradoxically, the in
tangible dream of universal peace is
the one thing all nations are willing to
fight for.
She Was Shopping
She had been sitting in the furniture
shop for nearly two hours, inspecting
the stock of linoleums. Roll after roll
the perspiring assistant brought out,
but still she seemed dissatisfied. From
her dress he Judged her to be a person
of wealth, and thought it likely she
would have a good order to give.
When at last, he had shown her the
last roll he paused in despair.
"I'm very sorry, madam," he said
apologetically, "but If you could wait
I could get some more pieces from the
factory. you would call
again."
The prospective customer gathered
her belongings together and rose from
the chair.
"Yes. do," she said, with a gracious
smile, "and ask them to send you one
or two with very small designs, suit
able for putting in the bottom of a
canary's cage."—Chicago Journal.
Time to Avoid Blunders
I<et President Wilson take plenty of
time In selecting his next Cabinet. No
time is wasted that will enable him to
avoid the blunders made In choosing
his present Cabinet Kansas City
Journal.
"UNCLE JOHN" B
MOST DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN
WHEN Governor Brumbaugh se
lected John A. Brashear, the
white-haired instrument maker
of Pittsburgh, as the most distinguish
ed man in Pennsylvania, there were
many who wondered and then learned
to admire the famous millwright, the
associate of scientists. Some weeks
ago a clever magazine writer told the
story of "Uncle John" Brashear's life
and that of his good wife, his helpmeet.
Herp are a few paragraphs:
"Doctor Brashear's life has inspired
more people than all the sermons ever
preached in Pittsburgh," a business
man told me.
The story of that life, the evangel of
a mechanic and his wife who followed
an Ideal for twenty years, and then
found fame without losing happiness,
is one which "Uncle John's" friends
never tire of telling.
In the street cars, going to and from
work, the young mechanic studied
mathematics and physics and astron
omy. Every night he would find the
shop tidied up, tools in order, the en
gine, which he had built himself, clean
ed and oiled, and steam up in the boiler.
Sometimes they would work until
one or two o'clock in the morning,
grinding and polishing with infinite
care. For three years, they worked
night after night, on that first five-inch
lens, and when it was at last
Brashears wrapped It up In a red ban
danna handkerchief and went blithely
over the hils to Professor Langley of
the Allegheny Observatory to ask ad
vice about the mounting.
They cut a hole in the attic roof,
poked the nose of the telescope through
it —and the magnified heavens were at
last before them. For hours that night
they stood together under the roof,
and the next day they sent out an invi
tation to the neighbors to come and
see the stars, too.
"We used to love to think that our
stars up there were giving a new range
to the thoughts of those around us,"
said Doctor Brashear.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THK METHODIST MEETING
To the Editor of, the Telegraph:
Pennsylvania Methodists are to be
congratulated on initiating and carry
ing forward to completion their great
convention of men which has just
closed its three-day session In this
city. I was a silent spectator of the
proceedings and will say that for genu
ine enthusiasm, eloquent addresses
and the spirit of intense devotion to
truth it was an extraordinary series of
meetings.
The program was a world program
and the eminent speakers, many of
them experts In their several depart
ments, had to do with mobilizing the
Methodist public for the great move
ment of winning men to the Gospel
standards. The subjects discussed em
braced a wide range, including educa
tion and civic righteousness, the
greater efficiency of the laity, the mis
sionary propaganda, the prohibition
of the liquor traffic, evangelism, facing
squarely the problems of the present
day.
It became evident to your corre
spondent that there was "something
doing" in Methodism when the great
crowds fill<*d convention hall, men
coming from all parts of the state en
tertaining themselves and paying $2
for the privilege of a seat. The key
note was happily struck In the opening
session with the discussion on the
value of prayer in the effort of lifting
the burdens of the world into the light.
The Methodists profess a Joyous Chris
tianity and so glad notes of song were
heard at each session. What processes
of thought have been stirred! What
aspirations leading to duty and what
resolute purposes were formed none
can tell. The direct and indirect re
sults of the whole movement are to be
furthered by the distribution of 3,000
copies of the proceedings.
OBSERVER.
Odd Viewpoint
One woman in the audience had her
own ideas about Julian Eltlnge, the
famous impersonator of feminine
types.
"Wouldn't it be great fun to be mar
ried to a man like that?" she said to
her husband.
"You mean because he Is good look
ing?"
"No; vo'i are good looking enough
to suit me."
"Then what do you mean?"
"Think what a novelty it would be
to be able to dress in the Paris gowns
your own husband wears to work." —
Youugetowa Telegram.
NOVEMBER 23, 1916.
Whenever Doctor Brashear delivers
a lecture to-day, whether It be to a
group of the nation's most distinguish
ed scientists or to a schoolroom of little
children, he testifies to the mighty
driving power given his v life by his
wife's love and companionship,
I* or six years her ashes have rested
in the crypt of the ICeeler Memorial
Dome, with a companion place ready
to receive ills own. And upon the wall
of that crypt the scientist has caused
these words to be graven:
We have loved the stars too fondly
To be fearful of the night.
The twelve-Inch telescope which the
Brashears made after the first one
broke was as large as those possessed
by many universities. In the years that
followed the millwright became very
much as an astronomer. He was so
anxious for other people to share his
knowledge and love of the stars that
he often used to write letters to the
newspapers about unusual happenings
in the heavens.
Instruments invented and perfected
by Doctor Brashear hav,e made it pos
sible for us to determine, where our
fathers only speculated; to be precise,
where they were approximate; to
know, where they guessed. From his
workshop have gone forth Instruments
of widely divergent uses but of uniform
precision. The Brashear photo-chrono
graph that measures the speed of a
cannon ball is no less wonderful than
the glass plane thirty inches in dia
meter with no part of the Burface vary
ing a millionth of an inch from a per
fect plane.
Uncle John" does a clay's "work
that would wear out many a man half
his age. It usually runs from seven
o'clock in the morning until midnight
When he Is not otherwise engaged he
is out In the shop watching the prog
ress of work or pounding away on pat
terns. The other workmen say "Uncle
John" makes more noise than any of
them.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
LSI
ONE FOR DAD.
Do you know
everything-, pa? KWO
Yes, my son.
What's the jflSk^R
difference be- |\jH 1
tween a son of a \]/ J
gun and the pop _jJ/f
of a pistol 7 ~mS(~ WW"**
fWho was that
girl who sang at
the £ang3 mu
sical last night f
That was their
daughter. She
was studying
music In Europe
but had to com*
homo on ac
count of th
war.
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a terrible thing,
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What kind of
a model la your
new autorno
klnd of a model.
It's a horrible
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Mention the other evening of ths
sad experience of some Harrisburg
newspaper reporters in an effort to
interview Wu Ting Fang while here
several years ago stirred the memories
of a man who does not live here now
but who has some recollections of
newspaper work in Harrisburg years
ago. They deal with tho reporting
end of visits of famous men to the
State Capital. Also they show that
the really big men of tlfty years ago
wero just as approachable as the
statesmen of to-day. Abraham Lin
coln was as ready to talk for publica
tion as Theodore Roosevelt or William
H. Taft. This man tells tho story ofigfe
how when President Johnson
Harrisburg in company with General
Grant and Admiral Farragut, they
were given a great reception and after
tho people had departed and the big
men were taking it easy a Harrisburg
newspaperman went to interview them.
They Interviewed him and he did not
get home until after midnight. Gen
eral Grant, who visited here on Ills
way home from his trip around the
world, was a guest at the Executive
Mansion and told scribes any number
of fine stories about his trip, including
some amusing incidents In which
crowned heads figured, but the gen
eral refused to let any of them be
printed.
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President McKlnley was the most
affable president anyone would want
to meet and while he would talk freely
to newspapermen ho never let any
thing be published unless it came out
in typewritten form. Major McKlnley
used to travel a great deal on the
Pennsylvania Railroad 'and when Ms
train changed engines here he would
get out and walk around. He would
gather newspapermen about him and
tell stories, but there is not on record
one of his visits here that produced an
Interview. Yet on his return from a
trip West after the Spanish War when
he went to sound out the sentiment of
the West about the Philippines he said
some things In a chat with newspaper
reporters In Harrisburg which would
have made "scareheads" In all the
papers if they could have been printed
then. The news did come out, but it
eamo out in Congress without the
White House figuring in it. Probably
tho shortest interview given by a
President here was to a newspaper
man who In his day was the leader of
them all in Harrisburg. He had a
telegram to ask President Roosevelt
about something. The Colonel was
having one of his usual receptions with
everyone shaking hands and he stop
ped, read the telegram and replied in
an explosive "no" for publication,
later on inviting newspapermen into
his car to toll them why. The Colonel
was great on shaking hands with all
the "kids" that could get to his car
when he went through. One evening
he saw four babies in ariy of fathers
or mothers and chucked two under the
chin and shook hands with the others.
On one occasion a little girl, now a
pretty young lady and a member of a
well-known family, threw a kiss to
him fom the arms of her father. The
then President kissed his hand back
and said "Ah, there, petty." Then to
the crowd ho said: "You ought to see
the bunch I have at home."
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Speaking about interviews at Union
station also brings to mind how two
scribes endeavored to talk to the Span
ish minister a3 he was passing through
this city on his way to Canada right
after the breaking out of the war In
1898. In some way they got into his
private car. It was the next to last
on the train and the United States
secret service men detailed to guard
him and his own staff were all in the
rear car, probably expecting that
would be boarded by some dreadful
patriotic hothead. The minister was
getting ready for bed. Indeed ,he waa H
almost ready when the newspapermen
walked in. He was shown a telegram
asking for a statement, but before he
could reply an adjoining berth grew
a gigantic porter, a valet came in
through a ventilator, two wildly
gesticulating Spaniards seemed to
have flown in through the windows
and secret service men sprouted from
the floor. The two Harrisburgers
were hustled out of the car and when
they expostulated at their treatment
one secret service man whispered,
"Say, what do you think'll happen to
us? How did you do It anyway?"
• •
Charles Warren Fairbanks is an
example of the newspaperman In pub
lic life who is not afraid to talk.
When Mr. Fairbanks was vice-presi
dent he had to stop here many times
to change trains and was always will
ing to talk, guardedly, it is true, but
to talk on important matters. And
ho always had something worth while
to say. It happens that In ills younger
days Mr. Fairbanks was the represen
tative of the Associated Press In In
dianapolis and Pittsburgh.
• •
William Jennings Bryan who is the
champion interview granter, is an
other former newspaper worker. He
still writes but he does not go at it
as hard as in the days when he used
to chase political stories for Omaha
newspapers. Once he stopped here on
some trip that was attracting much
attention and newspapermen were
awaiting him with telegrams ordering
them to ask the Nebraskan various
things. When Mr. Bryan left his car
he walkel up to the group and said:
"Now, bOjS, I want to find something
out." Then he asked probably half
a dozen questions about what news
was on the wire and what was going
on at Washington and so on. Then,
turning around, he said, "Now, you
fellows, take your turn."
Two of Pennsylvania's most noted
United States Senators had a few
questions very much like those of Mr.
Wu. Only, they knew about everyone
In tho State and they did not ask the
questions to parry as did the adroit
Celestial. They wanted to "place" their
questioner. The two men noted for
questions were Matthew Stanley Quay
and J. Donald Cameron. About the
first query many of the newspaper
men who went up against them for
the first time got was "Where do you
live?" or "Who was your father?"
And If you came from this part of
Pennsylvania nine times out of ten
they knew whence you sprang.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~
—Marcus Aaron, member of the
State Board of Education, Is making
an investigation Into teachers' salaries
in his end of the State.
—General W. G. Price, of Chester,
commander of the First Brigade, looks
for calls for further service.
—Colonel James N. Schoonmaker,
the Pittsburgh railroad man, has been
touring parts of tho State looking i
over routes for extensions to tap new
coal fields.
—II. M. I.andis, tho city treasurer
of Pittsburgh, is seriously ill.
—Mayor Franke, of Johnstown, U
planning a municipal Christmas tree.
DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg Is an Import
ant holographic relay center and
tliat thousands of wires pass
through here?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Harrisburg's first public Improve
ment was clearing dams from Paxton
creek. ;