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SATURDAY EVENING, DEO. 2
Who is wise and understanding
among you let him show by his good
Ufe his works in meekness of wisdom.
— JAMES 3:13.
STATE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
LABOR In Pennsylvania at the
time is in the happy position of
being able to select its own Job.
That there is more work than workers
is evident from the report of the State
Bureau of Employment for the past
month. More employers than place
hunters sought the services of the
bureau.
In Harrisburg, for example, 437 em
ployers asked to be directed to men to
fill the positions they had to offer,
while the number of applications for
work totaled only 317. In other words,,
there were 120 more Jobs open than
there were men to fill them. This pro
portion is maintained throughout the
State.
Just now the Employment Bureau is
serving the employer to a greater ex
tent than the employe, but nobody can
tell how soon this may be reversed.
In times of industrial depression it will
be of invaluable assistance to the man
looking for work and a great aid in
keeping check on unemployment.
There are few more Important func
tions of government than that of
bringing Jobless man and the manless
Job together. The wonder is it took
Pennsylvania so long to put this very
plain truth into practice.
A hunter's pipe having exploded,
Minding one of his eyes, it now be
comes apparent that gunners to be
safe must leave at home their pipes as
■well as their guns.
OUR CANAL PROBLEM
WILLIAM A. MAGEE'S recom
mendation that the Legisla
ture institute an investigation
into the possibility of rehabilitating
the old canal systems of Eastern
Pennsylvania for the purpose of re
ducing freight-carrying charges on
anthracite from the mines to Phila
dephia, is not new, but it will receive 1
more than ordinary consideration for
several reasons, aside from the popu
lar interest (ittaching to the subject.
Mr. Magee has been prominently
identified with coal transportation by
water in Western Pennsylvania and
with all mannor of canal projects on
the Allegheny water shed. Besides,
the fact that he is a member of the
Public Service Commission gives in
creased weight to his reference to
State law and the canals. He can
mean nothing more or less than that
Magee, Public Service Commissioner,
would compel the canal companies, If
a legislative committee recommended
it, to make such expenditures as would
be necessary to transform the canals
into waterways, capable of carrying
all the coal that might be offered from
the mines to tidewater. This would
work a complete revolution in the
transportation methods of Pennsylva
nia and restore an industry, the doom
of which, it had been thought, was
sealed definitely when steam came
into general use as a freight-hauling
agency.
Mr. Magen's remarks refer especially
to the Lehigh and Delaware canals
still In operation to a limited degree.
It would be next to impossible to re
store the long since abandoned Penn
sylvania canal which in many places
has been filled up and turned into
roadbed for railroad or State Highway
purposes, as north of Harrisburg' for
example.
Opinion Is Inclined, first off, to de
cide that It was short-sighted policy,
Indeed, which prompted the railroads
when they came Into possession of the
old canal properties, which they dis
placed as common carriers, to let them
deteriorate and finally fall Into disuse
entirely. Viewed from present day
car shortages and freight
it was, Indeed, poor business to aban
don these waterways, which Just now
would be so helpful both In the hand
ling of "slow" freight and in keeping
down traffic charges on coal. But con
ditions were different then.
It requires a study of the canal his
tory of Pennsylvania to give one a
proper understanding of the attitude
of the early railroad managers toward
the canals.
In the first pleace, the railroads did
not rush in and gobble up the canals,
willy nilly, with the purpose of killing
competition. Records In the Depart
ment of Internal Affairs show that the
Etate repeatedly urged the Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company—or anybody
else with the money—to take the
Pennsylvania canal system off its
hands. The canal was losing money
SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH! DECEMBER 2, 1916.
and the railrtoad didn't want it. It
was only after much dickering by the
State and much hesitation on the part
of the railroad that the transfer fin
ally was made, and it is of official rec
ord that those who engineered the
deal for the State thought they had
"put one over" on the railroad cor
poration.
Once in possession of the canals, it
was only natural that the railroads
should throttle them. In those days
it was not a question of too much
freight, but how to got enough traffic
to pay interest charges and dividends.
The great four and six-track systems
of to-day were beyond the dreams of
the most imaginative.
Let us not blame the railroads more
than the State for conditions as they
exist with relation to the canals of
Pennsylvania. Both were to blame.
Both were short sighted to an excus
able degree. As well look back a half
century hence and blame us of to-day
for not reserving certain sky fran
chises for the use of future aero
planists. The transportation needs of
to-day were far less apparent a half
century or more ago than are now
those that will trouble Pennsylvanlans
fifty years hence. We know now that
they will need aeroplanes then, but
few in 1860 imagined that in the
twentieth century Pennsylvania peo
ple would have use for any such sldV
golng, cumbersome vehiclo as a canal
boat.
Back to the mines, Mr. Football Fa
tality; here conies Old Man Thought-
He-Was-a-Deer!
WHY FOLWELL WON
808 FOLWELL, "miracle man of
Pennsylvania," is what the
sporting writers call him, now
that his football methods at Penn
have been vindicated by a triumphant
victory over Cornell at the close of the
most successful season the red and
blue eleven has had in years.
But there is nothing miraculous
about either Folwell or his coaching.
When he took hold of the Penn eleven
he found the merit system overrun by
social favoritism. Too many men
"made the team" because of family.
Blue blood played on the eleven, while
red blood stood Jersey-clad on the
sidelines.
Folwell changed all this. The men
ho assigned to the "first team" were
there because they had earned their
positions in fair and open competi
tion. He played brains and brawn
against favoritism, and they won, as
they always do.
Philadelphia has ruled Santa Claus off
the street corners, but not even Mayor
Smith can keep him out of the chim
neys.
THE NEXT EXCUSE
ONE wonders what excuse the fer
tile brain of the German foreign
office will evolve the next time a
German submarine sinks, without
warning, a merchant vessel carrying
Americans.
The Marina, we are told, was mis
taken for an army transport. So the
German submarine commander fired a
torpedo at her without taking time to
make sure and then let go another to
be certain that as few of the passengers
as possible should escape. It would be
funny if it were not so tragic.
Doubtless the wise statesman at
Washington will accept as gravely as
it is presented this ridiculous subter
fuge of a government that laughs in
its sleeve every time it puts over a
fresh outrage upon the American gov
ernment.
| Maybe, sometime, he will get up
I courage enough to tell Germany it is
high time to stop making the little
"mistakes" that every few weeks put
the lives of Americans in Jeopardy.
Maybe he will; and then again, maybe
he won't. At least he should keep up
pretenses by making the Marina re
port excuse for another note, even
though it does have a postscript.
So amazingly keen is the shark's
sense of smell that it can detect the
presence of a human bodv in the
water at a distance of from twenty
to thirty miles, and is able accur
ately to sense the direction in
which Its prey may bo found.—
Chicago Journal.
Almost as keen as the scent of some
land sharks for suckers.
"MOVIE" CENSORSHIP
MOVING picture producers who
have been telling the public that
there is no need for public cen
sorship have something to explain.
The censors to-day made public a
list of the films condemned in recent
months. Here are a few samples of
the rejected titles, selected at random:
"Black Nissen, the Human Beast,"
"The Flame of Passion," "The Brides
maid's Secret," "Governor Sloton and
Leo Frank," "Harry Thaw's Fight for
Life," "The Life of Evelyn Thaw,"
"Leading Lizzie Astray," "The Horrors
of White Slavery," "The Sewer," "The
She-Devil" and scores of others like
them.
The producers are convicted out of
their own mouths. If they are capable
of censoring their own productions so
as to protect the public from such
degrading spectacles as those indicated
by the titles of the rejected films, why
do they not do it? The subjects alone
are sufficient to condemn every one of
the productions named without ex
amination. So long as the censors
stand between the people and films of
this nature thp "movie" man cannot
expect the public to get excited over
the "injustice" of St&te cenporship.
The longer the turkey lasts, the more
we think it was worth all itf^ost.
Mrs. Wood says meat pie Is delicious
and economical. We bet we know now
one of Mr. Wood's favorite dishes.
We suppose it will be up to the Presi
dent to apologize to Germany for' that
thoughtless sea captain who protested
against an Insult to the American (lag.
"Meat Profits Increase."—Newspaper
headline. Yet we hear that scarcity of
beef is responsible for high prices.
If Commissioner Magee has his way,
Pennsylvanlans will be able to take
voyages with absolutely no fear of sub
marines.
AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELING By BRIGGS
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By the Ex-Committeeman
Last vestiges of hope for harmony
in the selection of the speaker of the
next House of Representatives disap
peared last night in the smoke of an
interchange of broadsides between
Senator Boies Penrose, champion of
Representative Richard J. Baldwin,
and Senator Edwin H. Vare, spokes
man for the State administration
forces, east, west and central and
sponser for Representative E. R. Cox.
There will be more firing in Philadel
phia, and doubtless on Capitol Hill,
and the prospects for a short legis
lative drive with vigorous assaults on
the work mapped out have given way
to indications of a bushwhacking
campaign with oratorical pot shots
and investigation raids.
The broadsides at Philadelphia were
sharp and will reverberate all over
the State. Senator Penrose in his
comments said that he felt confident
that Baldwin would win and said that
the Vare brothers did not have the
State in their vest pockets and com
menting upon the fact that the Re
publican riiajority in the State at the
last election was 50,000 outside of
Philadelphia, said that the people of
the State were weary of contractor
leadership. The Senator from South
Philadelphia came back with the
intimation that Penrose was inter
ested in the McNlchol firm.
—Senator Penrose said in part:—
"From ail I can gather, Mr. Baldwin
is the natural choice of the Republi
can members of the Legislature, and,
knowing as I do his qualifications and
fitness, I am glad that my friends are
actively and earnestly supporting his
candidacy. He and they will continue
in the contest without compromise
until the finish, and any attempt at
coercion of State employes in viola
tion of every propriety and of those
principles of civil service pledged in
the last Gubernatorial campaign will
fall to Intimidate Republicans in the
Legislature. Neither can promises of
appointments! and the use of patron
age, which, in tho case of a legislator,
verges upon bribery, change the pur
pose of the legislators in what they
think is right."
—The Vare rejoinder was as fol
lows: "There is no complaint from the
people of this city or Stato as to legiti
mate contractors taking part In the
active work of the Republican party.
Every election held for many years
In this city has been n splendid vic
tory excepting when the Penrose lead
ership tried to steal the Philadelphia
gas works in 1905 and again when it
tried to force a nonresident on the
voters for Mayor in 1911. The objec
tion to contractors, if there ever was
any, was removed, as far as I am con
cerned, when he ordered the Catlln
Commission to Investigate my con
tracts and found them absolutely
clean and fair to the city. Penrose
and McNichol have been conferring
daily over the speakership question
for weeks, which shows that Penrose
Is only opposed to one contractor.
And it is no sure thing that if a legally
authorized investigation was made
that Mr. Penrose would not be found
a silent partner in a contracting busi
ness." *
—That the newspapers of the State
which pay attention to politics expect
a bitter factional fight over the
speakership is certain from the way
they treat the developments of yester
day. The Democratic Philadelphia
Rtcord naturally helps it along and
says that "harmony Is now impos
sible," while the North American says
that "an open clash" has come. The
Philadelphia Inquirer says the fight
has only started, while the Pittsburgh
Gazette Times and Pittsburgh Dis
patch look for warm times.
—The Philadelphia ledger, which
comments upon the fact that the
Penrose statement is longer and more
earnest than the usual senatorial an
nouncements. also says that the Brum
baugh-Vare faction is not gaining and
that tho (Governor's own friends ad
mit Baldwin will win. The ledger
also says that George W. Williams,
of Tioga, mav decide to run and also
notes that H. Atlee Brumbaugh, of
Blair, cousin of the Governor, has am
bitions. had prepared to launch a
boom when the row started and had
sent out some letters. ThQ ledger
gives results of jsome polls and says,
that Representative R. S. Spangler,
of York city is for Baldwin.
—On the other hand nothing could
be more confident than the remarks of
the Brumbaugh leaders at the Cap
itol. Paul N. Furman declared yes
terday that the fight was won and
reiterated it to - day, but without
figures or names. Attorney General
Brown, who came here yesterday aft
ernoon on a flying trip to meet Com
missioner Magee, appeared to be con
fident of Cox winning and Mr. Magee,
the master politician of the Governor's
forces, smiled when asked what he
thought of things and hinted at sur
prises. As Magee turned up with
some votes in Allegheny which the
administration had not counted on
when looking with Philadelphia
glasses there are some who are watch
ing the former Pittsburgh mayor.
—Much depends on Mayor Smith.
There is some legislation in pickle
which he does not like and if he
throws in his lot with the administra
tion and Baldwin wins he may have
rough traveling when the snow falls.
—The Philadelphia North American
on discussing Philadelphia politics
says: "In the primary battle next
year may also be dragged a fight over
the six common pleas and two or
phans' court judges who come up for
election. Already a crop of aspiring
candidates for judgeship is hinted at,
and the possibility arises of a free
for-all in which the factions will be
pitted against each other. Three
common pleas president judges will
be candidates for re-election, Bergy,
of Court No. 1, who is now serving
his third term; McMichael, of Court
No. 3, who is serving his second term,
and Audenried, of Court No. 4, now
serving his second term. Judge Fer
guson, of Court No. 3. and Judge
Staake, of Court No. 5, who are con
cluding their first terms, and Judge
Monaghan, of Court No. 5,- recently
appointed by Governor Brumbaugh,
are the remaining candidates. Judges
Anderson and Lamorelle, of the or
phans' court, both of whom are con
cluding their first terms, will come
up for re-election."
EDITORIAL CX)MMENTj
Mr. Hughes was rlffht. Ho ' Pa id
that work would be scarce if Wilson
won, and new he's out. of a job him
self. Philadelphia North American.
Furthermore, it was a real treat to
watch those eastern women who can't
vote telling the western women who
can vote how to vote. -- Dallas News.
If that Democratic majority in tho
Senate has any gratitude whatever,
it will give Hiram Johnson a good
committee appointment. New York
Morning Telegraph.
Jack London
Here s to you, Jack, whose virile pen
Concerns itself with Man's Size Men;
Here s to you, Jack, whose stories
thrill
savor of the western breeze:
ci .7J aK ! c , of south—and chill
Shrill winds from icy iloes and seas:
\ou have not wallowed in the mire
And muck of tales of foul desire,
l or, though you've sung of light and
fraud,
Of love and hate—ashofe, afloat—
Y °u have not struck a ribald note
Nor made your art a common bawd
Here's to you. Jack; I've loved your
| best,
_ Y °ur finest stories from the first,
| Your sagas of the north and west—
| But what i more—l've loved your
worst!
For, in the poorest work you do
There's something clean arid strong ana
true,
A tan* of big and primal things,
A sweep of forces vast and free,
A touch of wizardry which brings
The glamour of the wild to me.
So when I read a London tale
Forthwith I'm set upon a trail
Of great enchantment, and I track
Adventure round the world and back,
With you for guide—here's to you.
Jack.
—BERTON BRATjEY,
"Songs of the Workaday World."
The Bright Eyes of Jenny
Ain't a singing of the stars—
Wishing for their light;
When the day
Is dreamed away
Jennie's eyes are bright.
If it's raining In the skies
Still the blue's in sight;
Then I say;
"Jes' rain away!—
Jenny's eyes are bright!"
All the world's a garden place.
Care takes wings for flight;
Sun an' star
May fade af&r:—
Jenny's eyes are bright!
—Frank S. Stanton in the Atlantic
Constitution.
AT SEVEN, SHE NEEDS $10,500
YEAR FOR SO
EVEN at 7 years old, Annie Marie
Wallace, daughter of the late Al
len Wallace, stock exchange
member and descendant of Commo
dore Vanderbilt, is burdened with the
universal plaint, the 'high cost of liv
ing.
Abraham Greenberg, as referee, offi
cially reported to the surrogates' court
that Miss Wallace cannot possibly get
along on less than $10,500 a year and
still retain her social position, which
calls for a governess, maid, dancing in
structor, music teacher, riding master
and other retainers. Also she must
have her pet donkeys and dogs, and
they, too, have to eat and occupy suit
able quarters.
Heir to One-half Million
Mrs. Wallace, the child's mother,
gets along on $12,000 a year.
The child is the beneficiary under a
trust fund left by her father and an
other left by her grandfather, John
Wallace, also a broker, the two
amounting to more than one-half mil
ilion dollars. Some day she will re-
State-Dairy Inspection
[Pennsylvania Farmer.]
The preliminary legislative program
for the next session of the Pennsylvania
Legislature is reported to provide for
a system of State inspection of dairy
herds, barns and equipment. The plan
favored proposes to put such inspection
under the State Livestock Sanitary
Board with power to call in the State
Department of Health in cases of out
break of diseases affecting public
health. Dairy Inspection has long had a
peculiar fascination for the legislators.
Theoretically, it is a beneficial, and at
times, a necessary service. But practi
cally, few systems of inspection have
measured up to the theoretical possi
bilities and most of them have failed.
Because of the frequent failures, and
more particularly because of the abuses
that have led to the failures, the entire
subject of dairy Inspection has become
a very Under one with dairy farmers.
The most common abuse has developed
from one of two causes: A multiplicity
of inspection authority and standards,
and l inefficiency of inspectors. Under
the old practice of each municipality
setting up its own standards and en
forcing its own rules, dairy communi
ties contributing milk to more than one
city market often had varying require
ments to meet. Such municipalities
' have the habit also of changing their
! standards frequently, and the inspec
tion became a menace of unknown
power and ever-changing requirements.
State inspection to apply uniformly to
all sections of the State and replacing
all municipal inspection would be a
welcome relief if honestly and effi
ciently administered. But efficiency of
Inspection has always been a trouble
some problem. It is absolutely Impos
sible to lay down one set of regulations
to apply to all conditions with equal
justice and comparable result. The
purpose of Inspection is to Insure a
wholesome product. Some dairymen can
and do produce a perfectly wholesome
product with equipment that would not
pass even a lenient set of regulations,
while' there are others whose products
would be questionable if produced un
der the most exacting requirements.
These classes represent the two ex
tremes. Between them are the great
body of dairymen who are guided and
safeguarded by an intelligent Inspec
tion. but who would be seriously han
dicapped by an arbitrary and un
flexible set of regulations. The good
inspector must be a man of experience
in dairy work. He must know the
business and know what makes a good
product. He must have brains and
common sense; Such men are not em
ployed on a meagre salary. They cost
money. With such inspectors the State
must be prepared to appropriate a lib
eral supply of money; with any other
kind, a State system would be worse
than useless. The best system of in
spection is a marketing system that
pays a premium on high quality milk,
cream and butter and penalizes the
careless or Indifferent producer by giv
ing him a lower price for his product.
This would call for the establishment
of market grades of all dairy products,
a condition that should result from the
present dairy organization movement.
Until such time, there must be some
system of official Inspection. We be
lieve that State inspection is better
than municipal or district inspection be
cause it will be more stable and less
subject to change. But State Inspection
must be liberally supported to secure
the proper standard of officials and
ceive the principal of these funds. But
in the meantime she must be educated,
trained and brought up in a manner
befitting the social and financial posi
tion she is going to occupy, for bv
the time she is of age the funds will
amount to much more.
Lives in Italy Now
Mrs. Wallace is now with Annie at
Ragnaia, Italy, where she has for some
time made her home. The mother said
that even when they were in New York
where they live at the Waldorf-Astoria,
her little daughter has a private bed
room and another for her maid. She
also has a separate table at which to
dine, with her own servitors, and she
enjoys the luxury of a private play
room.
I'eferee Greenburff reported to the
I surrosutes' court that Annie ought to
receive an income of $8,500 a year
from her .trust funds. Not that this
jamount is sufficient for her needs, but
j her mother has consented to add to
| her comfort with $2,000 a year.—From
I the New York Tribune.
must be kept free from political and
factional influence. The dairymen
ought to be heard in framing the pro
posed law.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
fk MADE GOOD
fftXV WITH WIND.
-7/7 ' Ho ftnnoun ced
Iv. J I J that 1 10 would
df / / make m. whirl-
It W wind campaign.
IWIW A J Well, he did a
r M mSi great deal ot
%• biowinß '
THAT, TOO.
Everything has C -ifljMaf 1 k
gone up since /ty / Fi
the war started. J
Yes, including // u T
the Arm I / \\
worked lor. \ J P Jxfc**
W' } HARD LINES.
wen - ru *
\ V-V, I I | doI ph , why
/ don't you kiss
JrSgjt [ i i' i
08301 knew how to
HI I t T-S!P- roach you.
J
THE EVEN- /
ING'H EMBED- .
LISHMENTR
Why don't you / A 1 i IBSIt
Join our literary AV' 1
1 don't play
cards or dance Wu
the modern T | iPh
dances.
\ EXERCISE.
) Jack Nohead
' llrliflku Jt has boen thrown
(HA ■MM down by nearly
9h every girl in
F/ W-T 7 town, but I be
f/1 \f J lleva he enjoys
V n be ' nB thrown
y\il vflßHi He does. The
/ "li \P r lfT'l exercise keeps
hlB w ® l kh 1
Ebentttg QMjal
Newly-elected members of the gen
eral assembly of 1917 do not seem to
have had much trouble finding the
way to the State Legislative Kefer- 'J
enco Bureau to have bills drawn for J
presentation to the Legislature and
there have been so many requests
the last three weeks that there ara
suspicions about tho State Capitol
that there will be the usual flood of
bills notwithstanding the talk of a
short session with a minimum of nev 'J
laws which has been heard here. The j
requests have been made by members J
In person and by mail and there have J
also been some requests from people ™
interested in legislation to have pro- ;
posed statutes drafted by the State's
experts. The legislators, however,
como first. Director James N. Moore f
is a former member of the House and j
has served for years as assistant clerk
under appointment and under the act
creating liis bureau which makes the
director the parliamentary authority
of the House. He has untied many
a knot and is the last word on legis
lative procedure.
Tramping through the country back
of Loscli's Run, in Perry county the
other day. a Harrisburger rail
across a littlo house on the edge of
the woods attached to which was a
neatly painted, well constructed
garage. "This, I suppose," he ob
served to the native who was his com
panion, "is the summer place of some
town family; I see they bring their
automobile along."
"Not on your life," replied thq
aforesaid native. "That is tho home
of a track-hand on the Pennsylvania
railroad, and that garage Is his. Also,
the automobile on the inside is his.
Sundays he and his family spend tour- |
ing. He's tho worst auto bug in this
neighborhood."
"And to think," observed the Har
rlsburger," that I had been pitying
the track workmen as my train sped
along from the city this afternoon."
There is much sentiment among
old soldiers in the proposed purchase
by the State of a plot of ground ad
joining the Camp Curtin Memorial
Methodist church, which will be dedi
cated to-morrow, as a site for a Camp
Curtin memorial. James L. Prisbee,
now a resident of Wisconsin, and ono
of the men who enlisted at Camp Cur
tin sends this testimonial of appre
ciation for tbe movement in a letter
to the Telegraph: "And now, re
ferring to the idea of buying a plot
on which to erect a memorial for tho
Governor and the boys who together
mado old Camp Curtin famous, I
think it is a good idea. I would like
to see as a part of that memorial tho
old Camp Curtin pump, now, I believe
in the hands of one of tho G. A R
posts of Harrisburg, encased in glass
and stono and put there so that all
could see this famous relic and so
that it could be preserved for all time
Will you please print this suggestion
In discussing the development of
the StatcS school system, Girard, writ
ing in the Philadelphia Ledger
makes this Interesting reference:
"We now take a public school with
as much matter-of-factness as a
drink of water. But our schools are
quite new. What of the older day'
llow did they grow? Who made them
grow? Doctor Becht has set his class
in pedagogy before which he lectures
at Pennsylvania tho task of actually
gathering from all libraries all the
written facts about education in
Pennsylvania. You cannot beat that
sort of thing for concreteness in
teaching. 1* rom tho data collected
may be written the only real history*
of education in Pennsylvania, not
even excluding that by the late Doc
tor Wickersham. Among the ro
mances in Pennsylvania education are
the sixty academies that Doctor Becht
tells me wero built in the State after
the Revolution and prior to the birth
of the public school system in 1831
Soire of them grew into colleges'
President Wilson's father was identi
fied with that of Washington and Jeff
erson. Hardly anybody to-dav knows
that the first public schools very
nearly caused civil war in Pennsyl
vania. So hath the stone that was
rejected by the builder become tho
cornerstone of the greatest sinfc.a in
stitution. in the Commonwealth."
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Harrisburg friends of D. B. Case,
formerly of Marietta, who commanded
the Fourth Pennsylvania infantry in
the Porto Rico campaign, in which
this city had a company, will be in
terested to know that he has been
transferred from Honolulu, where he
was in charge of quartermaster af
fairs to Kansas City. Major Case has
been in the Philippines and in other
places.
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County schoolteachers are giving
(heir pupils something new in the lino
of history work. At the countv insti
tute they were given the most im
portant dates in American history and
asked what each one represented.
Many of the teachers copied these
dates and have given them to the
youngsters to answer. Here they are:
1776, 1492, l(i 07, 1789, 1620, 1803,
1861, 1787, 1863, 1820, 1812, 1765,
1783, 1865, 1850, 1854, <1775, 1781,
1823, 1846, 1898 and 1915. How many
do you know?
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"Some of the Harrisburg soldiers
whe are doing duty on the border
will no doubt file their applications
for assistance for their families who
are eligible for help under the recent
act of Congress which provided $2,-
000,000 for that purpose," said County
Commissioner H. M. Stine, an ex-cap
tain in Uncle Sam's army recruiting
service. The probabilities were dis
cussed by Captain Stine in connection
with his note to Colonel M. E. Finney,
commander of the Eighth Pennsyl
vania Regiment, relative to urging the
men to get in their applications.
The note by the way wilj be sent to
the border via Captain O. M. Copelin.
"We've already had some instances
where the absence of the head of the
house on border duty has worked
more or less of a hardship upon those
at home," said the commissioner,
"and this can be remedied by tho sol
diers themselves if they will just get
buey."
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—The Rev. Dr. Russell H. Con
well has finished thirty-four years
in his Philadelphia pastorate.
—Congressman W. S. Vare has
several automobiles, but prefers to
walk.
—Dr. W. N. Irvine, headmaster of
Mercersburg, is home from a hunting
trip to Maine.
.—John R. Williams, Scranton
manufacturer, ran the first trolley car
in the country at Scranton, thirty
years ago last Wednesday.
—Col. E. H. Ripple, .Jr., command
ing the Thirteenth Pennsylvania, is
establishing winter quarters at El
Paso.
| DO YOU KNOW ~
That Harrisburg shipped iron
manufactured in Lebanon and
Cumberland eounties to Pitts
burgh 130 years ago?
HISTORIC HAHRISniTRG
Tho first rolling mill in Harrisburg
was in Second street near Paxton 4