12 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THB HOME Founded lljl Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Bnlldla*, Federal Square. E. J. STACK POLE, Prcs't and Editor-in-Chitf F. R. OYSTER, Busintu Mjnagtr. QUS M. STEINMETZ. Editor. I Member American Newspaper Pub nue Building. New Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a ■UtlglgXjbweek; by mall, $3.00 a year in advance. THURSDAY EVENING, DEC. 7. What is most to he feared is that mental lethargy which accepts error rather than seek truth; the lack of vision which fails to recognize truth; the lack of moral purpose to follow the truth when it is seen; and the fear which turns aside or renders potc erless the noblest purpose and the fin est conception. — AXON. EDWARD M. BIGEI/OW THE death of Edward M. Bigelow, former State High Commissioner and recently appointed director of public works of Pittsburgh, removes from the service of that city one of its most distinguished citizens. Mr. Bige low, long before he entered the serv ice of the State, gave to Pittsburgh Its admirable parks and to Allegheny oounty a system of highways that is pronounced by experts to be one of the best in the world. It was his work in Allegheny county that prompted Governor Tener to ap point him State Highway Commis sioner. That his administration did' not produce a finished highway system for the State was no reflection upon ' the ability of Mr. Bigelow, although people generally expected that of him. The Legislature loaded upon him a road mileage of more than 10,000 miles and, despite his insistent de mands for more money, gave him scarcely enough to keep in repair half that length and an insignificant sum for permanent improvements. Not withstanding that handicap, the truth is that the splendid work done by the State Highway Department during the past two years, under difficult condi tions it is true, has been largely con struction upon the foundation laid by Mr. Bigelow. Future generations will appreciate what he did along that line. Mr. Bigelow was the one man of Pennsyls-ania to have a monument erected in his honor while he was yet alive. It stands at the entrance to Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, as a token of the love and respect in which he was held in his home town. It is the purpose of City Commis sioner Bowman, head of the Department of Public Safety, to eliminate a num ber of ugly poles and a network of wires in the congested business section early next Spring, and with this end in view provision is being made in the annual budget. It is the hope, also, of those interested in the improvement of the River Front that Commissioner Gross will see to it that the present ornamental lighting in the park strip north of "Hardscrabble," which now ends at Harris street, shall be continued to Maclay. TAKING THE BACK TRACK DESPITE failure of President Wil son to mention -the subject in his message to Congress this week, there are growing indications that the Democrats at Washington are not running true to form on the tariff. Indeed, it wouldnot be surpris ing to see them bacfc-track on the Underwood law at any time. Near the close of the recent political campaign, the chief of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, of the Department of Commerce, prac tically admitted what the Republicans had been asserting for more than a J ear that the United States cannot hope under the present tariff law to maintain the trade with South Amer ica we have won since the war began. Republicans have consistently con tended that South America had begun buying from us merely because she could not obtain the goods she needed from Europe, and that her sales to us were largely a continuance of the in creased sales which began when our tariff wall was torn down .n 1913. For political effect, the Department of Commerce had been parading our growing trade with South America and giving the impression that this trade had been acquired as a result of the efficiency of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com merce. As a matter of fact. Increased purchases from us were due entirely to inability to buy in Europe, and In creased sales to us were made possi ble by reduction of tariff duties. We purchased from South America some raw materials that we needded in manufacturing war orders. ' The admission made by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce Is contained In the assertion that what we need is "a bargaining tariff." "A bargaining tariff" Is nothing more nor less than a protective tariff which may be somewhat reduced on some commodities In exchange for similar concessions from other countries on THURSDAY EVENING, other commodities. After the close of the war. South America will buy where she can buy the cheapest, just as she has done In the past. Upon the termination of the war, when Eu ropean ships are no longer needed for the transportation of munitions and soldiers, and when the Interned Ger man merchantmen are released, the usual lines of transportation between Europe and South America will be restored, and South America will be gin again buying the manufactured products of the cheap labor of Europe. We shall lose not only our war order trade but a large portion of our mar ket In South America. The two successful trips of the sub- I marine merchantman Deutschland have been sufficient to demonstrate in a very spectacular manner what will happen in the way of Importa tion after the war is over. On her second trip, the Deutschland brought securities worth $9,000,000 and a car go of goods worth $1,000,000. She : did that tinder the most adverse clr j cumstances that could be Imagined. | When a million dollar-cargo of goods can be brought here under such cir cumstances and sold in our markets, | there can be no possible doubt that j when the war Is over. German produc , ers will be ready and able to sell their I products in our markets in competi tion with our own producers, unless restricted by the re-establishment of a protective tariff. Every millton-dollar cargo of for eign goods sold here means curtail ment of our own production. With every reduction of the quantity of out put, will go a corresponding increase In the unit cost of production, so that the American manufacturer will be at a disadvantage in selling his goods in South America In competition with the European manufacturer. While a protective tariff is primarily designed to restrict imports, it has the indirect effect of encouraging exports, because it enables the American pro ducer to operate his factory at full capacity and produce his commodities at a relatively lower cost. Operating at less than full capacity, he cannot afford to sell his commodities at a price which will successfully compete with the manufacturer who pays lower ! wages in Europe and Asia. Whatever one chooses to call it, | either a protective tariff or gaintng tariff.' - it is evident that we shall need some adequate tariff legisla tion to secure us against Industrial de pression after the war is over, unless we are willing to accept the European and Asiatic standards of way:es and living. City Commissioner Lynch is meeting public expectation in his demand that builders and contractors observe the regulations respecting the misuse of the sidewalks and streets through fail ure to remove waste materials promptly. Harrisburg has too good & reputation with respect to a cleanly and attractive city to allow careless 1 builders and others to mess up the i streets as has been done in several in stances during the past few months. i Waterbury, Conn., man wants legal right to swear. Let him try running a second-hand automobile. WARM CLOTHING NEEDED! THE Instillation of the Christma* spirit Into the hearts and minds of the people Is a subtly un traceable thing which comes with the season and with a few stays throughout the year. When we re mind ourselves that a greater gift l than lies in the power of man was bestowed on humanity nineteen hun dred and sixteen years ago, our gifts to charity are not surrounded with so powerful an atmosphere of self-con gratulation. Many and worthy are the objects of our giving at this time of the year. The war has provided us with un limited opportunities, but none de serves our consideration more than the inmates of the institution for tuberculosis patients at Mt. Alto. In that rarefied atmosphere on the sum mit of the mountain warm clothing and plenty of it Is essential to the welfare of the patients. Each year Harrisburg, through Mrs. William Elder Bailey, sends quantities of warm clothing and blankets, shoes, capes, scarfs, mittens and other articles. Will the Christmas spirit In you not prompt you to spread the circle of its influence to Include this worthy cause? The new Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce starts with a representative membership and vast possibilities for good, if its activities are property di rected. Congress Is going to do some more food price probing, but what the people want is relief. A demoralized guard WORD comes from the Mexican border that there is general dissatisfaction among the Na tional Guard troops over the policy of Inactivity and the apparent absence of purpose in keeping the soldiers on the Rio Grande. There is a suspicion among the volunteers that the regular army officers and those holding impor tant commands in the volunteer branch are quite satisfied to maintain the present status as long as possible for personal and financial reasons. Whether this be the case or not. It Is manifestly a discontented body of troops which Is now facing the holi day season along the southern fringe of Uncle Sam's preserves. This discontent is certain to take form and expression In opposition to the Hay act that has demoralized the National Guard and failed to give the government an effective standing army. It all goes back to the wishy washy attitude of the present adminis tration when the reorganization meas ure was before Congress a year ago. Secretary of War Garrison then real ized the conditions and it is generally understood that his failure to convince the President of the practical charac ter of the army measure was respon sible for his retirement from the cab inet with the assistant secretary, Mr. Breckenrldge. It has been an expensive lesson, but If the experience of the men now on the border results in some effective military establishment that will mean a real army In case of trouble, the lesson will not have been lost. The Central Iron and Steel Company breaks production records and raises wages on the same day. Maybe there is something In this of cause and ef fect. Lloyd George is not lacking in cour age, at all events. Bucharest having fallen, Germany may be excused for rejoicing that Ru mania came In Instead of staying out. "Bryan endorses prohibition." Next, Mr. Wilson! Welcome, Mr. Schwab. Accept th Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce's badge as its most distinguished mem ber. __________ England has been trying to avoid what the United States badly needs—a Cabinet crisis. TMtLc*. IK By the Ei-Oommltteemin While Representative Edwin R. Cox and State Administration leaders are awaiting the return of Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh from North Carolina for a high council of war to determine upon how to fight for the speakership nomination in the Repub lican House caucus, Representative Richard J. Baldwin and his friends are actively pressing the Delaware countlan's campaign in every part of the State. A statement made in Philadelphia last night was to the effect that Bald win liad over 100 votes sure. This claim was made by a close friend of Baldwin, a man who has been in close touch with his campaign and he in sisted that even a campaign by the State Administration which would re sult in firing many officeholders be cause they could not swing their home members for Cox would not change the result. State Administration officials de clined to place much stock in the Baldwin people's claims and intimated that the manner of their campaign would be made known in a few days. They are awaiting the return of the Governor. Meanwhile friends of Cox and men connected with the State gov ernment are sounding out members to see how they stand. —An interesting sidelight on the Republican factional row was thrown last night In Philadelphia by Senator McNichol, who declared that if the Vare people continued to absorb the places in Philadelphia and the State it would mean a tine old row. The Mc- Nichol remarks so impressed Senator Vare that he brought about adjourn ment of the meeting. —Claims that Mayor Smith will come out for Cox are being made by Vare people. The Baldwin people say the Mayor is not hunting trouble. 'The extent of the "tithing" to which the Democratic postmasters and federal jobholders were subjected by the Democratic State machine was shown when the statement of the Democratic State committee was filed last night at the Capitol. It showed over 1,600 contributors. National Chairman McCormick showed the way to do it by a SSOO gift. The others ranged from sums suspiciously like 3 per cent, on salaries of postmasters and others down to $1 bills. It was a mighty and impressive roll and when similar statments used to be filed by Republicans the Democrats wailed and wept at the way people were "as sessed." Incidentally, the expendi tures show the changed Democratic viewpoint. Contributions of $63,092, disbursements of $63,563.20 and un paid bills of $5,254.58 are shown bj the statement of Samuel Kunkel.treas urer of the State committee. There are over 1,600 contributors, the sums ranging from S4OO to $lO and even smaller. The largest Item of expense given was $40,725 for watchers at pri mary and general elections and similar expenses; with $5,638 spent for dis semination of information, $3,893.08 for rent; $4,815.14 for clerks, etc.; sl,- 349.30 for printing; $3,754.04 for trav eling; $1,201.76 for telephones, tele grams, etc., and $862.72 for pay and expenses of speakers, meetings, etc. There are items of payment of loans and interest, and for thousands of buttons. —James B. Murrln, Democratic candidate for Auditor General, certi fied that he did not spend anything in his campaign, while John L. McKin ney. candidate for Democratic elector, certified to being a real "angel." He spent $2,580, of which $2,000 went to the Democratic State committee and S4OO to the State committee. ■—Members of the Central Demo cratic Club are engaged In another of those "friendly contests" for office of which the Democratic poets write and editors deny. The contest is a three cornered one and It Is Intimated that some of the big bosses will have to take a hand to see that It is "endlessly free" from any factional contest, etc. —The Democratic State windmill Is Working on plans to mako the Demo crats a force in the next Legislature. With 39 out of 207 the chances are good for the Democrats being able to stand united, something which they have been unable to do for twenty years. —Among the interesting things shown by the Democratic State com mittee expense account are SSOO con tributions for the Congressional cam paigns of Guy E. Campbell and M. Clyde Kelley in Allegheny. Other Democratic candidates for Congress do not seem to have had many friends at court. Incidentally, Chair man Guffey found the Allegheny coun ty headquarters very expensive to maintain. —Democrats have gotten into a flight In Philadelphia again. There are accusations that some of the pat riots are controlled by Republicans. —lnteresting campaign statements are being filed all over the State. The action of the Philadelphia city Repub lican committee in opening its account to public criticism Is a new stunt. Representative James P. Woodward, of McKeesport, was on Tuesday night elected chairman of the Allegheny county legislative delegation at a meeting held in the office of Mayor Joseph G. Armstrong in Pittsburgh. He was authorized to select his own secretary and the meeting was ad lourned until December 2 8 or a date to be determined by the chairman. Owing to absence from the city and other reasons, some of the members were unable to attend. The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times says concerning the meeting: "There was no attempt to take any action in the speakership contest. This sub ject was not even discussed and there may be no effort to caucus on It until the local lawmakers arrive in Harrisburg about the first of the year. The Brumbaugh-Vare combine, which Is trying to elect E. R. Cox, of Phila delphia, as Speaker of the House, Is endeavoring to pledge some of the Allegheny county representatives, but so far has not made much headway. A large majority of the local members have Indicated an intention to support the candidacy of Richard J. Baldwin, of Dalawaraw" HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH! ' FATHER HARRIS GOES CHRISTMAS SHOPPING * LETTERS TO THE EDITOR] | AS TO STRKKT SIGN'S To the Editor of the Telegraph: In a letter published Monday even ing in the Telegraph J. Horace Mc-, Farland is responsible for so laugh-1 able a construction of a law passed in 1903 that it must stamp him as rank-I ing well up among humorists. The law in question was passed ! with the avowed purpose of prevent ing the defacement of rural and sub-! urban landscapes by the glaring and, in many cases, incongruous signs which adorn barns, trees, poles and other wayside objects, and which fill I many of the most prominent places | In the scenery. Mr. McFarland con strues it as prohibiting the erection or exhibition of any and all signs, no matter where placed or for what pur pose. No other inference can be taken from his quotation from the act, as follows; "No person shall post, paint, brand or stamp, or in any manner whatso ever place upon or attach to any building, fence, bridge, gate, outbuild ing or other object * * • or upon any property belonging to the State of Pennsylvania, or to any county, township, borough or city therein, any written, printed, painted or other ad vertisement, bill, notice, sign or pos ter." Under the construction of this act made by Mr. McFarland it would be illegal for him or any other 1 business man to place upon his establishment the iplest announcement of his own business; every sign of every descrip tion upon every business house in this and other cities and towns would have to come down; no city could even mark the names of its streets upon the corners; it would be illegal for the r.treet cars to bear signs announcing where they were going; the policeman could not wear upon their caps the designation of their office; election houses could not be adorned with the usual announcements of the results of an election as Is required also by law to be done, and even the tomb stones in the cemeteries of the State could not be inscribed with the names of our departed friends. As a matter of fact this act does not apply to signs upon business houses, nor in the language quoted is there any reference to "overhanging" signs. "It is to laugh." Yours truly, ONE OF THE LAUGHERS. I.OOKS Fon INDIAN WAn WIDOWS Washington, D. C., December 4, 1916. To tin Editor of the Telegraph: As commander-in-chief of the United Indian War Veterans, I am again in Washington to plead with the President and Congress to pass the pending bill that will give the soldiers of the Indian wars the pension they so justly deserve for protecting the early settlers on the western frontier. No soldier ever rendered more gal lant and braver service and endured more hardships than did they. Fight ing savages in the desert can never be compared with civil warfare. When taken prisoner by these savages, one was doomed to be tortured in every way possible as long as life lasted, in in many cases fingers and toes were cut oft and captives scalped while yet alive. The United States Indian War Vet erans are in need of the names of the soldiers (or their widows) who will be benflted by this act now pending and they will be glad to give any Informa tion desired if interested parties will write to HENRY HEGWER, Box 1,160, Washington, D. C. WRITES OF CONCERT To the Editor of the Telegraph: It is with much pleasure and interest that I note the coming of the Madame Leglnska. the world's greatest lady pianist, to Harrisburg, December 14, 1916, and I want to take this opportun ity to invite all students, teachers and lovers of the pianoforte in this section to hear this remarkable keyboard manipulator and artist of the highest type. Madame Leginska is entertaining, to be sure, but to observe her perform ances from a technical and educational standpoint, will prove to be most help ful and Instructive to all American students and teachers. I wish to congratulate Mr. Hand, the manager of these artists' courses for the magnificent part he is playing In the development of the musical art and appreciation of this section by making It possible to hear the world's greatest artists In our own beloved city. May I bespeak for him the heart iest co-operation of all who are truly Interested In that which develops the sublime and beautiful In all who In habit the musical realm. H. a DUNMIRE. Director of the Dunmire School of Mualo. ALVAH WILSON ADVERTISES HARRISBURG IN 'FRISCO (Continued from Yesterday) lie asked Alvah Wilson to go with him, and Alvah was delighted to go because the new position meant an opportunity to learn the hotel business from "the front of the house." as they say. Before that he had been behind (he scenes, and he doesn't like seclusion. Alvah's celebrated man ner was perhaps not perfect at that time, but It existed and was being' cultivated rapidly. It impressed a great New York banker who asked Alvah if he didn't want to quit the hotel game and try finance. Alvaii thought he did. so he entered one of the biggest national banks in the metropolis. lie stayed a year. The time clock regularity of banking irked him; the thought of passing his life in the midst of long columns of figures horrified him. He quit. Only one in cident stands out in Alvah Wilson's mind when he thinks of that year of banking; the momentous occasion when he was brought up on the car pet by the president of the bank and requested to explain how he. a bank clerk getting forty-five dollars a month, could live at a fashionable hotel, wear clothes made by a fashion able tailor and take his luncheon at the fashionable restaurant frequented by the officers of the bank. Alvah Wilson was not dependent upon his salary for the luxuries which he per mitted himself; but he saw no reason to explain his private affairs to the mere president of a bank. So he left the bank in the lurch and took a Kuropean trip with his mother and father. The experience of being a guest at the great hotels of the old world only stimulated his professional interest in the business. Neither banking nor travel could destroy the old lure. On his return he Joined the staff of the Auditorium Annex in Chicago. Then Jim Woods who was running the Wolcott in New York sent for his friend ahd made him room clerk. Next he became steward and buyer for the Antlers at Colorado Springs. Meanwhile Jim Woods came to the St. Francis, and quite naturally, asked for the services of Wilson. It was nice, being assistant manager of the St. Francis under Jim Woods, but the chance to be man ager of the big Adolphus at Dallas was too much of a temptation to re sist. However, he got tired of that responsibility, and for the fourth time joined up with Jim. And he's with him now. Hotel psychology is one of Alvah Wilson's specialties. He could writ/} a book on It, but never will, because | EDITORIAL COMMENT] Poland and Ireland are both wonder ing how much a promise is good for.— St. IJO U i S Republic. The new kingdom of Arabia takes its place amonK the nations. Another dry State!— Boston Transcript. A tariff commission should not only take the tarlfT out of politics, but stay out of politics Itself.—Wall Street Jour nal. So far the Kaiser has escaped the sinister charge that he is colonizing Belgians for election day purposes. Boston Transcript. I Have a Rendezvous With Death I have a rendezvous with Death At some disputed barricade, When Spring comes round with rustling shade And apple blossoms fill the air. I have a rendenzvous with Death When Spring brings back blue days and fair. It may be he shall take my hand And lead me into this dark land And close my eyes and quench my breath; It may be I shall pass him, still, I have a rendezvous with Death On some scarred slope of battered hill. When Spring comes round again this year And the first meadow flowers appear. Ood knows 'twere better to be deep Pillowed in stlk and scented down, Where love throbs out In blissful sleep, Pulse nigh to pulse, and breath to breath, Where hushed l awakenings are' dear. But. I've a rendezvous with Death At midnight In some flaming town, When Spring trips north again this year, And I to my pledged word am true. I shall not fail that rendezvous. —By Alan Seerer, killed In Franc*. DECEMBER 7, 1916. hotel men don't write books, not even hotel booklets. But to hear Alvah Wilson discourse on the subject is one of the privileges of life here abouts. "A hotel," says Wilson, "is an in animate organization. It must be vitalized by personality. And it takes its personality from the personnel of the staff. A hotel is what its staff is; neither more nor less. Curiously enough, people do not think of hotel men as men pursuing a career. They would smile if you spoke of the hotel man as a 'professional.' Yet success in the hotel business is only reached through years of study. The hotel man must study many things; the more he knows in all branches of learning the better for him. Yet though he possess college degrees that bespeak years of solid bookish ap plication he cannot hope for success in the hotel world unless he has read deeply and with understanding in the greatest book of all, the book of nature. To read a man's character in his countenance is all in the day's work with a hotel clerk; and likewise to read a man's wants. Hotel service is not merely the instant gratification of a guest's desires; it is also the anticipation of his unspoken wishes. The hotel man has a lot of thinking to do; he must do his own and the guest's also. To make a mistake is inex cusable; but this need not terrify him too much, for human nature is not cruel, and the inexcusable things are readily condoned provided good will went with the mistake and goo humor follows it." Alvah Wilson went East this sum mer to represent the St. Francis at the National Hotel Men's Convention. On his way back he stopped off at Dallas and other cities of Texas to pass the time of day with some of the pals he made when he was man aging the Adolphus. He was inter viewed by the reporters. One of them asked him what was his great am bition in life. Quoth Alvah: "To be president, vice - president, secretary, treasurer and board of directors of the Good Cheer Society." Does it sound like a pretty speech signifying nothing? Not to those who know Alvah Wilson. The Wilsons of Harrisburg are an old family, and they poisess a family crest though Alvah keeps it dark. On that crest in the motto "Res non Verba." And In spreading the propaganda of good cheer wherever he goes Alvah Wilson specializes in deeds not words. But he's a modest man, and perhaps I'm drawing too much attention to him. Pardon me for pointing. 1 OUR DAILY LAUGH 1 COMFORT. Science says HaR "J. * ?■: j that in a few centuri j® the 1 ■apply of coal 1| will be exhaust- 1 difference? By body can afford tvMr TAIjKTNO LL SHOP. /J i rjrt l Of course, you B \ V \ are eager for >) J ft triumph ofl mj I 1 Yes, but It's J hard sometimes, 71 \\ t0 te '* wl >lch th* If )) JBT right side of th< . really is, IT CERTAIN- 4*l J* LY DOES. Coming events cast their \ shadows before. J Yes, Christmas /|| casts Its shad ows over a L-fljHB i t\% man's pocket- iflfj* Ebentttg (Etjal Edward Manning Bigelow, the for mer State Highway Commissioner, who died In Pittsburgh yesterday, will have a monument in Pennsylvania more enduring than that erected to him in his life time by the people of his native city in appreciation of his creation of their park system, in the great highway through the Lewistown Narrows. This road is nine milea long and connects Lewistown and .Mifltintown, the seats of the two coun ties In the heart of the Seven moun tains, and is a feat of construction , which attracted much attention when attempted and which arouses the ad miration of everyone who traverses it now. When Mr. Bigelow deter* mined to build this road, which was the start of the State "East and West" highway, now incorporated in the William Penn Highway, it was one of the worst country roads in Pennsyl vania, more of a cattle track than anything else, full of rocks and holes. Hooded at times and generally bad, only worse. He took up the matter with the counties and the Pennsyl vania Railroad and he hung the roaA on the side of the hills. When he finished it was one of the best in the State. It is to-day. It is a tine me morial to the engineer whose geniua planned the work which the State is carrying out to-day with compara tively few modifications and along which lines it will work for years to come. It is not generally known that sixty per cent, of the work which i Mr. Bigelow did was preliminary. He ] was charged with everything in the list of business offenses commonly attributed to men in official life. Now the State is getting the benefit. When he was making surveys and planning he was charged with squandering State money. The State Is using and will use the data he secured and the plans ho outlined for years to come. • * • While Mr. Bigelow did not enter much into the life of Harrisburg he made some friendships in Harrisburg ! that were lasting. He refused to dis cuss the Capitol Park extension, say ing one day: "Why, its the only thing to do. It must be the center of your city park system and will lead to mak ing of a great park. What's the use of talking about what is the obvious?" On another occasion, one of the few times on which he took a walk, he strolled over the Market street bridge and when asked what Harrisburg ought to do to beautify its River Front he replied in his brisk way: "Keep on making the best of what nature gave you and be thankful that you have it. You're on the right track." The construction of a great "North and South" highway, similar to the William Penn across the State, and much along the lines of the Sus quehanna Trail, now being heard of, was one of Mr. Bigelow's big projects. He did not have any pet projects. His grasp was great and his imagination truly wonderful. One afternoon he took a ride up the river almost to Millersburg. suffering the usual pangs of those who traversed the riverside highway in the early days of im proved roads. At Clark's Ferry he looked over the old canal bed and the railroad and said: "One of these days there will be a great road built right along here and you Harrisburgers will be mighty proud of it some day." The highway is being built now. * 0 * Third-class city officials throughout the State have shown a keen interest in the condition of City Solicitor i Daniel S. Seitz. This is the season of I the year when air. Seitz has been wont to meet with solicitors from other cities of our class and to draft legisla tion. Mr. Seitz has been active In this work for years. * • • The late George C. Boldt, regarded everywhere as the leading hotel man in the United States, if not the world, was frequently consulted by hotel companies and managers regarding new propositions, especially in the de tail of their appointments. Only last. Monday a director of the Harrisburg Hotel Company addressed him a let ter asking the privilege of submit ting to him for his criticism certain features of the million-dollar hotel to be erected in this city. His secretary replied as follows: "I have your let ter of the 4th instant to Mr. Boldt, j who as you know, passed away early J this morning. Feel assured, however, | that if any of us here can do any thing for you we shall only be too I delighted to have you call on us." | Many of the leading hotel managers are interested in the Harrisburg enterprise and several applications have been received by the directors from those who would be pleased to manage the new hotel here. • * The other day a postal card mailed in 1872 in this city got to Wrights ville. Where it was in the meantime no one seems to know. It was mail ed from the Harrisburg office of the Baltimore Coal Company. This coal company had not had an office in this city for twenty years, but when it was in business here it was some concern. It was the Baltimore Coal and Union Railroad Company, coal shippers and it held forth at the corner of Third and Market streets. Our parents got most of their coal from it. Edward E. Jones, "Good Roads" Jones, former representative and now Senator from Susquehanna county, was among visitors to Harrisburg yes terday. Ho came here on business at the Capitol and met a number of friends who congratulated htm upon his election. Mr. Jones expect* to take consldeßable part in the legisla tion affecting highways in the next session. rWELL KNOWN PEOPLE —H. Laussat Geyelin, well known here, is behind the proposition for construction of a great stadium in Philadelphia. —John C. Winston, the foreman of the Philadelphia grand jury, is a noted publisher and has been In the forefront of reform movements in his city for years. —W. J. Stevenson, Pittsburgh manufacturer, Is Interested in the company which bought the federal radium plant in Colorado. —P. Stewart Heintzleman, the con sul general at Mukden, Just promoted, comes from Fayetteville. —L. W. Morgan, of California, Washington county, has just cele brated the fi&th anniversary of his membership In his Masonic lodge, 1 DO YOU KNOW Tlwt Harrisburg manufacturer stool which is used for buildings of other stool works? HISTORIC HARRHSBURG John Harris planned to have his city extend to the First mountain. It may some day. False Witness It a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. Deu teronomy xlx, 16 to 21,
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