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■WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEO. IS
Moderation is Wee the silken string
Running through the pearl chain of all
virtues. — FULLER.
GERMANY'S PEACE TERMS
WHATEVER be the motive back
of Germany's peace terms, it
is Inconceivable that the al
lies will accept them. For the mo
ment all the cards are in Germany's
hands. The "terms" definitely lay the
palm of victory on the brow of tho
Central Powers. If the allies are sin
cere in their assertion that they fight
only for the extermination of Prussian
militarism then they must fight on,
for to quit now would leave Germany
stronger than ever, the allies weaker,
because of losses due to invasion, and
the Central Powers in position to re
peat the assault upon democracy
which tho allies says precipitated the
present conflict.
History holds no such proposal as
that submitted by the German Em
peror yesterday. Claiming victory on
•very hand and in almost every para
graph asserting the invulnerability of
the Teutonic alliance, the Kaiser yet
Is ready to foresake many of the am
bitions he is known to have held at
the outstart of the war and to lay
fdown his arms with conditions almost
■as they were before the conflict be
gan. "Without exception, great wars
have been concluded only when the
■vanquished admitted defeat and sued
Xor peace. One must seek a motive,
"therefore. In these proffers of Ger
many other than that of "humanity,"
for which the Germans have shown so
little consideration in the manner of
their fighting that the word can stand
for little as a Teutonic reason for de
airing peace at this time.
There nro two reasons that advance
themselves before all others—the first
that Germany wishes to put herself
before her people at home and those
of both warring and neutral countries
rs willing to end the war, thereby
placing the responsibility for further
conflict upon the shoulders of her op
ponents, getting out of a hopeless
situation with honor and advantageous
position for herself, and the other is
that the internal conditions of Ger
many are much worse than the world
outside knows or even suspects. The
first is likely the dominating influence
back of the peace move, with slowly
I failing resources as a prompting con
sideration. The effect of the peace
offer was evidently designed to be
diplomatic rather than conclusive, but
It Is doubtful If the effect will bo on
the neutral mind precisely what it was
intended to be.
Tho allies, weary of war though
they may be, will reject the proposals,
and neutral peoples will understand
fully why they do so. In Germany the
effect on the public mind may well be
merely an instance of "hope deferred
making the heart sick." The one pos
sibility of good likely to come out of
the present situation is that some defi
nite understanding may be evolved
whereby peace eventually shall bo ne
gotiated.
City Commissioner Lynch is abso
lutely right in his effort to place all the
streets in flrst-class condition before
the severe weather of the winter makes
outdoor operations impossible. Inci
dentally. the working out of a plan to
utilize the surplus funds of the Water
Department for meeting the expense
of city lighting is now engaging the
attention of City Council, and the prob
lem is not so difficult as It appeared
some time ago.
RETIREMENT OF JOFFRE
GENERAL, JOFFRE, whose bril
liant success at the Marne, saved
France, whose genius for organl
, zatlon enabled the French to oppose
the German forces successfully with
an army that has not had a single re
verse since it took the field, and whose
policy of "I-nlbble-tliem" has resulted
In the slow, but steady reclamation of
F*rench soil from the enemy, is to give
•way to a younger and more energetic
commander-in-chief of the allied
forces in France. This does not mean
that he is to be retired in disgrace.
The French people adore him. lie
has done more for Franco than Joan
of Arc, French newspapers say. He
Is tho greatest hero the allies have
produced in this war. His reputation
Is secure and his fame lasting.
But France feels the need of new
blood. The day for "nibbling" is past,
the people believe. Prompt, vigorous
action is necessary. France must
atrike a telling blow and follow it up
with a campaign that will do one of
two things—break the Gorman line,
thereby compelling; the evacuation of
ccupled territory, or prove tho truth
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
of Hlndenburg'a contention that the
task the allies have set for themselves
on the wetitern front is hopeless.
What more natural then, that the
Chamber of Deputies should turn to
General Petaln, defender of Verdun
and executor of the coup whereby the
French won back In four hours all
the territory captured by the Germans
in five months of the most bloody war
fare the world has ever seen. Petaln
Is not known outside the French army,
but Verdun has shown him to be a
leader of skill, valor and resource.
He knows the Verdun front as does
nobody else. If he is chosen to take
Joffre'a place, it would not be surpris
ingl to see a fresh French drive in
this sector, with better chances of
success than ever before. He will
have as his weapon the best equipped,
most efficient army France has ever
put In the field —the work of JofTre's
genius and labor—an army undefeat
ed, self-confident and keen for the
task before it.
Governor Brumbaugh Is doubtless
turning over in his mind the things
which will require discussion in his
forthcoming message to the Legisla
ture. No Governor has ever studied
the State more thoroughly than the
present head of the Commonwealth, and
the various matters which have en
listed his interest will doubtless get
the attention which they deserve in his
recommendations to the legislators. The
day of long-winded reports from every
department is past, and the people now
look to the Governor to review in a
practical way the subjects which
should have the thought of the people.
WATER DEPARTMENT SURPLUSES
THE opinion of the city's legal de
partment, to the effect that
surplus money in the water de
partment may bo used to defray the
municipal lixlit bill, should end all in
decision on the part of Council con
cerning the adoption of Mayor Meals'
recommendation that the millage be
kept down by utilizing the money
'earned by the water department over
and above all expenses to pay for the
current used in tlie street lamps.
It' would be unsafe to further reduce
water rents and it would be folly to
keep on piling up water fund surplus,
year after year, while other depart
ments stood sadly In need of money.
The Mayor's Idea is a good one. It Is
practical and has no bad points. It
should be adopted.
Two distinguished speakers will ad
dress the Chamber of Commerce and
the Kngineers' Society of Pennsylvania
this week. Both of these organizations
have favored their membership and
gnests with a list of speakers which Is
most unusual, and the privilege of hear
ing these national leaders is greatly
appreciated by those who have been
invited from time to time to attend the
luncheons and dinners of the two as
sociations. Moro and more the groat
problems which confront the United
States are pressing upon the people for
solution, nnd no opportunity should be
lost to educate busy professional and
business men as to the needs of the
hour.
ASSISTING OUPID
LOUIS J. HILL, with originality
characteristic of the name he
bears, lias determined to populate I
the great northwestern country in tho J
development of which his father, the j
famous railroad builder, had so large
a share. Not only has he paid the way
of 600 North Dakota and Montana
bachelor ranchmen to Chicago in
search of suitable wives, but he has
placed them in touch with girls who
are seeking helpmates, and now, as a
climax, he will run a special train
into the States named for the benefit
of girls who would like to view the
"promised land" before forsaking per
manently lives of singleness in the
city to v. r ork in double harness on the
plains.
Doubtless there are as many girls
unattached in Chicago who would like
to have good husbands aa there are
bachelors in Montana and Dakota who
are yearning for wives Many a good
housewife has been sacrificed to make,
an Indifferent stenographer. Many an
affection-starved girl goes to her daily
office task because nobody has asked
her to help make a home. Marriage
is largely a matter of propinquity.
When Cupid finds two unpierced hearts
within range of his weapons he de
lights in making one arrow do for
both. Distance, like absence, makes
the heart, grow fonder—of the other
fellow, if there be one handy—and
even Cupid's bow has its range limi
tations. Wife-seeking bachelors of the
ranches and husband-desiring girls of
the cities will sigh in vain unless they
are brought face to face. Hill's plan
is both practical and romantic. As
range finder for Cupid, Mr. Hill will
have widespread good wishes for suc
cess before the targets.
Charles M. Schwab is to be the guest
of honor at a little dinner given by his
lieutenants at Steelton to-morrow
night. He is keeping in close touch
with the big plant on the eastern bor
der of Harrisburg, and there can be
no doubt that he means to develop the
property along the generous lines indi
cated In his recent speech at the Cham
ber of Commerce banquet. Mr. Schwab
has niado many friends already in this
community, and the attitude of our
people toward him Is one of real friend
liness.
Failure of the Hay act is recognized
at Washington, and a bill has already
been introduced to repeal the National
Guard provisions of the measure.
After hearing from the Mexican border,
it is little wonder that a change of view
has come in Influential quarters at the
National Capital.
Superior facilities and more effec
tive organization have given other
nations marked advantages in foreign
trade over the United States. It is an
appreciation of these conditions which
is leading the governmental authorities
to provide for the enlargement of the
facilities which will tend to Increase
and develop American trade.
Harrisburg is to have a fruit show
next month for three days, and as this
has become a distributing point for the
luscious apples and other fruits of Cen
tral Pennsylvania, Including the Adams
county belt, the show ought to attract
much attention.
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| By the Ex-Committeeman
Men active in the State administra-l
tlon's campaign to bring about the
nomination of Representative Edwin
R. Cox, of Philadelphia, in the Re
publican speakership caucus declared
to-day that Governor Brumbaugh had
grained some recruits for the South
Philadelphian, although they refused
to give names or even to issue any
figures as to how many votes Mr. Cox
would have in the caucus. They
showed a disposition to lock up mem
bers for Cox in safes and to make
general statements, which is in sharp
contrast to the manner in which the
backers of Representative Richard J.
Baldwin are conducting his campaign.
They are making claims, and giving
names and figures. The latest claim
in behalf of Baldwin is 115, announce
ment of which made some administra
tion backers snort with indigation
but did not bring any figures from
them in rebuttal.
Both Messrs. Baldwin and Cox are
out in the State, meeting members
and discussing their campaigns. Mr.
Baldwin has spent considerable time
among the Grangers, while Mr. Cox
has been cultivating members in the
anthracite c.oal field under the tutelage
of Congressman John R. K. Scott,
who is building gubernatorial fences.
More and more it is developing that,
the State administration is relying
upon organized labor to swing doubt
ful members into the Cox column and
the activity of the Governor is fondly
hoped to be the means of overcom
ing the lateness of the campaign in
behalf of Cox.
—Governor Brumbaugh to-day con
tinued his efforts to secure a majority
of Republican members of the next
House of Representatives for Cox for
speaker and his reception room con
tained a number of men who will sit
in the next House. These men were
summoned by telegrams from the
Governor telling them that he would
be glad to discuss legislative matters
with them. The Governor is in the
midst of preparation of his message,
it. is understood, and has asked legis
lators and others for suggestions.
Some of his visitors, however, seemed
to think that the Governor desired to
talk more about the speakership than
about bills. The Governor declined
to make any comment as to his "con
versations." Several department
heads were summoned to the south
wing of the Capitol and some nervous
ness over reports that some tall tim
bers might be. cut as an example to
the little fellows to get busy was
manifested.
—Among the Governor's visitors
was Representative J. J. Dean, of
Lawrence county, who has been gen
erally credited to the "drys." Mr.
Dean is the colleague of Robert L.
Wallace, of Newcastle, a member in
former sessions who is now for Cox
and who is a candidate for chairman
of the Judiciary general committee in
the event of Cox's election. There are
a dozen men regarded as candidates
for the same job, notably Charles
Walter of Franklin, a lawyer and ex
perienced in the work of the commit
tee last session,
—The advent of Representative
George W. Williams, of Tioga county,
as a candidate for speaker with hay
lon his horns, has stirred up some
other candidates. The administration
people say that Williams' boom will
hurt Baldwin and will help Cox, but
do not give out diagrams. Williams
is not an popular as he used to be
about the Executive Department. Rep
resentative "Joe" Phillips, of Clear
field, is said to have aspirations for
speaker which is not very kind treat
ment for State administration offi
cials from his county and Nelson Mc-
Vicar, of Allegheny, a strong "dry"
and borough man, has been contem
plating the rostrum in a thoughtful
way. He has not yet felt called upon
to make any statement, however. He
is an able lawyer and has a good fol
lowing.
| -—The Pittsburgh Dispatch in a
story written in Philadelphia gives
this Interesting sidelight upon the
plans of the Democracy in the next
session: "Looking confidently forward
to a season of riotous factional war
fare between the two Republican ele-
HAKRISBURG t/Sffb TELEGRAPH
ments at Harrisburg this wintertthatt t
they hope to turn to good account in
the great municipal contests in this!
city and Pittsburgh next year, the |
Democratic leaders have joined in the |
clamor for repeal of the nonpartisan
ballot laws. Unmindful of the fact
that they were loud In the demand for
such enactments in the name of re
form, they insist now that the laws
have 'proved failures in practice as
well as in theory.' Necessarily the
government of this country is one of
parties, said one of the best-known
Democratic State leaders to-day, 'and
the pledges of a candidate should be
underwritten by his party. He should
be answerable to it and the party to
the people. If the party candidate or
the party falls short the people should
be able to retaliate by turning the
party, whether it be national, State
or local, out of power."
—The Pittsburgh Gazette Times
says that Representative Miles A.
Milliron, of Armstrong, inclines to
Baldwin.
—Considerable space is given by
the North American to-day to the
declaration of Mayor Smith that he
has no jobs for McNichol men in
Philadelphia. This paper considers
that it ends the last vestige of har
mony and intimates that the mayor
will line tip with the State administra
tion on the speakership.
! —A. A. Zeigenfus has been ap
pointed mercantile appraiser in Car
bon county.
—Schuylkill Democrats have a bal
ance left in their campaign funds for
the first time on record.
—An inquiry into the Luzerne coun
ty expense accounts has been stirred
i up.
bits of the 1
Always He's Calling
O you who dwell deep in the city
With its rush and its reeks and its
roars,
Pause you a moment —and listen!
God's bidding you, "Come Out o'
Doors!"
Out where the bluebird is winging.
Out where the buttercups sway,
OuY where the hawthorne is budding
A,nd kissing the cheek of the May!
Out where the wild rose is blooming,
Out where the orioles nest.
Out where the Suskie is crooning
Love lyrics that lull you to rest!
Out where the Bobwhite is whist
ling,
Out where the leaves strew the
way,
Out. where the aster's bestqwing
Sweet fragrance on West Winds at
play!
Out where the storm king is raging,
Out where the drifts are piled high,
Out where the frozen lake's glisten
ing—
Out anywhere under the sky!
O you who dwell deep in the city
With its lust, its dust and its greed,
Always He's calling you to Him—
Will you not listen—and heed?
Business Briefs
A new union station Is talked of
for Atlantic City on the site of the
present Reading station.
The Penna. is to give Chicago the
modern freight terminal depot of the
world.
Booming and consistent price ad
vances mark the steel situation for
the week.
Lewistown, Pa., reports shipment of
33 carloads of rolled steel car
wheels from the Standard Steel Works
to China.
Lancaster is to have its fifth annual
farm products show December 20-23.
The stock yards at' Lancaster are
beMg enlarged and will soon bo the
largest of their kind east of Chicago.
Reports Indicate that 336,600,000
cigars were made in the Ninth rev
enue district, including Harrisburg,
in the past four months.
Desperate to Madness
Only a government desperate to
madness could conceive of adding this
final outrage against Belgium to the
record that haw placed it beyond the
pale of civilization.—Brooklyn Eagle.
DECEMBER 13, 1916.
OTTO K. KAHN, MANY-SIDED
NEW YORKER, FORSEES NEW ERA
OTTO H. KAHN has long been
known as a many-sided man.
First of all he is undoubtedly a
financial genius because be was the
man who advised the late E. H. Harri
man in the railroad wizard's gigantic
manipulations, it was ICahn who rais
ed the millions that enabled l Japan to
finance its war with Russia. And Kahn
is the leading figure in the banking
house of Kulin, Loeb & Co., one of
the world's banking firms. Then there
is Otto If. Kahn. the musician, who
plays a violin with rare skill and un
derstanding and who exercises the con
trolling influence In the affairs o'f the
Metropolitan Grand Opera Comifany.
And yie world knows the Otto 11. Kahn,
the art lover who outbid Morgan for
a Franz Hals masterpiece, paying one
half million dollars for it. Too, the
Otto H. Kahn, who is a student of
neurology, a man without nerves him
self, but has backed an institute for the
study of other people's nerves, is fairly
familiar to Americans.
| But few knew Otto 11. Kahn as a
I writer and visionary until the recent
publication of iiis hook "Art and the
People" by the Shakespeare Tercenten
ary Committee. Almost at the start of
that booklet Kahn says:
For Budget Builders
When a few weeks ago the Hon.
Pierre L. Bark, Russian minister of
finance, presented his budget to the
Council of the Empire, he said:
"Despite war expenses, amounting
to 12,000,000,000 roubles, and thanks
to the abolltton of the alcohol monop
oly, the financial strength of the
country is growing. The savings of
the nation since the beginning of the
war have increased by 2,000,000,000
roubles."
In an interview published in the
Petit Parisian Mr. Bark has this to
say concerning the effect of prohibi
tion on the . national finances:
"The budget has been much less
affected than one would have be
lieved. The productivity of labor has
increased on an average 50 per cent
and all the fiscal resources which
come from direct or indirect taxes
have greatly developed. When we
derived our revenues from vodka, it
was as though we were forever draw
ing out, drawing out" —he made a
gesture as though milking a cow—
"'the vitality of the Russian people.
Now, we seem to be taking merely
the Interest on their stored up
strength and resourcefulness."
CANAL DEVELOPMENT
(Philadelphia Bulletin)
The offer of the president of the
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com
pany to sell Its canal to the State at
book value might have had the ap
pearance of fairness, if it had not
been for his accompanying statement
that SIOO,OOO had been spent In use
less experimentation with canal de
velopment In the last ten years, and
that operation had caused an actual
loss of $145,695. If the future of the
canal is as hopeless as the Lehigh
president asserts, and its past oper
ation is conclusive as to its possibili
ties, the railroad company ought to
be willing and glad to give the prop
erty to the State and get the unprofit
able enterprise off its hands.
The reversion to the State of these
canals when abandoned, or substan
tially discarded, might be urged with
a degree of reasonableness. Their
acquisition by the State and mainten
ance, possibly with fees for service
sufficient to meet operating costs, is
a project that is certain to demand
future consideration, and as a matter
of public* policy would be compar
able to the acquisition and mainten
ance of any land highway.
The rivers within the State are open
highways for tra/Tlc, free to all com
ers, and the canals are but extensions
of the available river channels and
ought to be free to a like degree,
save, possibly, for such additional cost
as may be necessary In their opera
tion. The present attitude of the rail
roads is that of the dog in the man
ger. They have no use for the canals,
but they jealously and zealously see
to It that no other Interest—not even
the public—may have a chance to
discover and develop such use.
FIT OR TAT AT FORTY?
[Philadelphia Bulletin.]
Dr. Samuel Q. Dixon, the alert and
philosophical Commissioner of Health
In Pennsylvania, comes a bit late with
"The day of the industrial pioneer is
over (though vast commercial develop
ment, vast' indeed beyond all imagina
tion, still lies before us) and With it has
gone—if it ever existed—the day of the
almighty dollar. The day of the pioneer
of culture and Idealism has come and
the power of the Idea is far mightier
than the power of the dollar."
Kahn sees a "great stirring and mov
ing" going on in the land. "Call It the
'new freedom' or what you will, the
people at large are astir, groping, seek
ing for a better order of things," he
say a. "We have reached a stage where
we can afford* and ought to occupy our
selves increasingly with .questions af
fecting the meutal, moral and psychical
well being and progress of the race.
A I'liiullilr Menaue In It
"It is a movement whick Is full of
promise, and a menace only if ignored,
repressed or falsely or selfishly led.
Most of it will find expression in poli
tics, in economic and social legisla
tion; some of it will find expression in
art.
"It has elements which to a great
part of cmr population, can make it as
nourishing as soup kitchens,as healing
as hospitals, as stimulating as any
medicinal tonic."
his warning against the dangers of
tat to men of forty or more. The
food gamblers have preceded him as
active agents against the perils of
embonpoint. Occasionally in these
days a man may grow fat but he is
likely to be a person given to Idle
ness and luxurious eating—hence a
person whose welfare doesn't particu
larly matter to the community. Most
folks are getting tl£r,
It is as Dr. Dixon says, just, as
easy to be fit at forty -as fat. Golf,
tennis, the pursuit of suburban trains
and similar toil in the guise of diver
sion have been the chief recourse of
those who felt the curse of obesity
descending on them. War prices
have simplified the ancient complica
tion. One can just jog along on one's
daily egg or in the enjoyment of one's
meatless dinner and turkeyless
Thanksgivings with no fear of exceed
ing the weight limit. It is a\ question
whether, in the end, when everybody
Is thin and tit. the world will be any
better for it. Fat men are almost in
variably placid. It is almost Ir.ipos
sible to find a thin philosopher. When
a philosopher is thin he is usually of
a pessimistic turn of mind. Bernard
Shaw is thin and he is a very dis
agreeable person at times. Gilbert
K. Chesterton is terrifically fat and
one of the most joyous writers of the
time.
I EDITORIAL COMMENT T
.Every year it is becoming easier for
the liquor interests to compile their
business statistics.—Des Moines Regis
ter.
, It appears that the election of Catts.
in Florida, was the result of scratch
ing the regular Democratic ticket.
Boston Herald.
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attend to hit
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\ thinks it's his
own business to
show everybody
else how to at
tend to his busl
| Stoning <Elyat
The biennial chancing of rooms in
the State Capitol to make quarters for
the Legislature and its attaches has
been started on Capitol Hill and desks,
chairs, files and other office parapher
nalia are being shifted about the build
ing or sent to offices in other build
ings in the city, including some of the
structures bought by the State in the
Capitol Park extension zone. The
usual discussion of change of quarters
by departments is under way, but It is
not regarded as likely that any of
them will give up their original suites
to branches of the government created
at later dates. Many of the legislative
committee rooms have been occupied
the last few years by bureaus of vari
ous departments and the offices of
most of the officers of the Legislature
have also been in use. Most of those
occupying these quarters the last six
teen months are being sent'to the top
floor of the building, while furniture
men are busy making repairs to the
furniture and overhauling desks for
the legislative work. Tons of supplies
are being stored in advance of the
session.
There will be no knives in the pack
ages of supplies furnished to the legis
lators this year. A number of ar
ticles were cut out of the list some
time ago and because of inability to
get satisfactory prices penknives have
been eliminated, while there will be no
match safes or pocketbooks.
* * *
Harrisburg has some folks who are
ready to give up their money for al
most anything. This information came
recently from a United States govern
ment employe. He was telling about a
case that came to his notice within the
past year. A young man wanted to gain
flesh. He answered an advertisement
in a New York paper and was told thai
it would cost him $5 for medicine and
an additional expense if he wanted to
follow instructions closely. Not an
swering promptly, the firm advertising
wrote the young man that if he an
swered at once ho could have $lO
worth of medicine for $5. The money
was sent. One week later a package
was received. It contained 500 white
pills and these Instructions: "Take two
pills before each meal and two on re
tiring. Eat not less than six eggs a
day and drink from two to four quarts
of milk daily. Follow these directions
closely and you will put on from four
to eight pounds a month." The young
mar> followed instructions for one
month. Then the high cost of living
hit him hard and he stopped. The
pills were given to a druggist to an
alyze. They contained sand and sugar,
i The government i 3 after the pill man.
His capture is not a certainty. Those
I fellows keep moving.
'
A man identified with one of the
Sunday schools of the city called at
tention yesterday to the fact that the
war had done one thing for which he
was glad. It had brought the Ameri
can-made holiday cards to the front,
as he said. For years there have been
immense numbers of "printed in Ha
varia," e(c„ cards sold in this section
for Christmas. Now the American
cards are being given a chance just as
are American-made toys. It does seem
odd when iron toys are made within
forty miles of Harrisburg for our
stores to be able to offer Nuremburg
made juvenile attractions at a lower
price than those made in Lancaster
and Lebanon counties.
County Commissioner Harry C. Wells'
fondness for children is pretty well
known and as a rule he never has a
bit of trouble striking up new friend
ships with the little folks; not always,
however, are his advances received in
congenial spirit. The ex-sheriff smil
ingly told this tale of a "fall down"
the other day:
"On my way up town this morning,"
said he, "I passed a lot of little folks
playing on a porch. There were half
a dozen little girls, the oldest, I should
say, wasn't more than five. As I went
by I smiled at them and said 'Hello,
ladies, having a nice time?' And of
course I was a bit startled at the re
sponse of one of them—an exception
ally pretty thing with great hair rib
bons. She might have been four.
" 'Yetliir. we're havin' a good time,'
she chirped, 'but pleathe don't talk to
us until we introduced. Its'th fresh!'"
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One of the interesting things about
the hearings held this week by the
Public Service Commission was the
Immense amount of money represented
by the cases. Construction work of
probably $2,000,000, mergers involving
almost $40,000,000 nnd freight rates of
several kinds, probably representing
SIOO,OOO, were among the matters
taken up.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~
—General A. J. Ix>gan, command
ing the Second Brigade, is making in
vestigations into charges regarding
health of troops at El Paso.
—Councilman George M. Hars
berger, of Johnstown, well known here,
is taking steps to improve Johnstown
parks.
—Dr. Appleton Bash, chaplain of
the Eighteenth Infantry, Is home from
the bolder on a furlough.
—Dr. J. T. Rothrock. father of
Pennsylvania forestry, has been elected
president emeritus of the State For
estry Association.
—Edward S. McGraw, of Williams
port, secretary to Secretary of Laboi
Wilson, has become a Washington
lawyer.
| DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg ships annually
large amounts of castings for
municipal work throughout the
state?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
John Quincy Adams was among th
Presidents who visited Harrisburg and
spoke in Capitol Park.
Insurance Testimony
Statistics prepared by either the
wets or the drys are apt to be viewed
with suspicion because both sides ara
biased, says Arthur Hunter of the
New York Life Insurance Company.
'But statistics put out by the life in
surance companies are known to be
absolutely without bias, and the pub
lic has confidence in them. Mr. Hun
ter cities the experience of seven
American companies and one Canad
ian company to show that mortality Is
from ten to thirty per cent lower
among abstainers than among non
abstainers. Ho shows further that
mortality among total abstainers Is
markedly lower than among "temper
ate" drinkers, and very much lower
than among "moderate" drinkers. The
mortality among those who at the
date of application for insurance took
two glasses of whisky a day, but did
not drink to excess. Is 80 per cent in
excess of the normal. There is an ex
tra mortality of 40 per cent among the
policyholders who drank to excess at
least five years prior to date of appli
,cation for insurance, but. had been
very temperate for five year* before
acceptance, „