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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC. 20
Moderate tasks and leisure,
Quiet Jiving, strict-kept measure.
Both in suffering and in pleasure—
'Tis for this thy nature yearns.
— ARNOLD.
WHEN THE THOOP COMES HOME
HARRISBURG will give the men
of the Governor's Troop as
cordial a welcome home as it
gave them an enthusiastic send-oft'
when they marched away last sum
mer In response to the President's call
to arms. They have made their
sacrifice to the common good—not the
supreme sacrifice of life or limb, to
be sure, but that is not because they
were not ready and willing if the
need arose.
They went to the border fully be
lieving they would be called upon
either for service in Mexico or to re
sist invasion. They knew, as no
civilian can know, how poorly equip
ped they were for the rough work
they thought was ahead of them. But
for all that not a man faltered, and
they are just as truly military heroes
as though they had fought through
a dozen campaigns. Theirs was the
will to do and in that lies the test of
courage and conviction.
Harrisburg can always trust its
safety in the hands of such men and
is proud to number them among its
citizenry. So it is but natural that
the whole city should celebrate right
joyfully "When Johnny comSs march
ing home again."
A western girls' seminary is debat
ing the wisdom of studying biology.
"Why not make it unanimous by spelling
it boyology ?
LEMOYNE WELFARE LEAGUE
THE new Lemoyne Welfare
League's first work will be the
conduct of a municipal Christ
mas tree celebration. The league has
undertaken to raise money for the
tree and to arrange the program.
This is the kind of public spirit
that makes for the betterment of any
community. No town is better than
its people and any town is a good
town exactly in proportion to the ef
forts of its people in that direction.
The new league will do much or
little, as its members may determine.
Certainly it is headed in the right
direction and Lemoyne already is feel
ing its beneficent influences.
"Girl Awarded $170,000 Against
Wealthy Recluse for Breach of Prom
ise."—Newspaper headline. But think
what she might have cost him if he had
married her.
OI K NEW SHIPS
' A are alternately chesty
with confidence over the prep-!
arations the nation Is making to !
resist the attack of an enemy or
shuddering with dread over the coun
try's feebleness when compared with
the assured strength of Europe. After
learning from the Governors as
sembled at Washington last week that
the National Guard is hopeless as a
part of the first line of defense and
that the national military policy must
be wholly revised if we are not to re
main a second China among the na
tions, it is solacing to note the pen
dulum begin to swing In the other
direction for a moment. Just as our
spirits are at. lowest ebb, along comes
a noted naval authority to tell us that
our new battle cruisers, the construc
tion of a division of six having been
authorized, "are without exaggera
tion in their combination of size, speed
and power, the most novel and sensa
tional ships designed for any navy
Bince~the day of the British dread
naught." These new giants of our
navy have the length of the largest
trans-Atlantic liners, the speed of the
fastest destroyers, and the gun power
of a modern battleship. On one point
only, that of armor protection, is in
formation lacking. The thickness and
distribution of this armor is not given
out; for if there is one feature of
warship design more than any other
upon which the naval constructor is
silent, it is that of the armor plan of
new ships.
To come down to details, the new
battle cruisers are 850 feet between
perpendiculars and 874 feet over all;
their beam Is ninety-one feet, and
their draught is over thirty feet. Now
850 feet between perpendiculars is
just 100 feet greater than the length
between perperfdiculars of th e fa
mous Lusitania, and it is exactly
equal to the length between perpen
diculars of the Hamburg-American
liner Imperator. t
In view of theste figures it is sur
prising and very significant to learn
that the displacement of the battle
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
cruisers will be only 3 4,800 tons. This
is several thousand tons less than
the full-load displacement of the
Lusltania, and about 20,000 tons less
than the full-load displacement of
the Imperator. The apparent dis
crepancy is explained by the relative
ly moderate beam, ninety-one feet, of
the battle-cruisers, and the remark
able fineness of their model.
The question of the type of gun (14-
inch or 16-inch) to be mounted in the
main battery of the new battle cruisers
has been decided in favor of the new
14-inch, 50-caliber gun, and ten of
these will be mounted in four turrets,
two of them carrying three guns and
two of them two guns each, the num
ber of guns and their method of em
placement being similar to that of the
battleships Nevada and Oklahoma. The
total energy, however, is considerably
greater, the 50-caliber gun of the bat
tle cruisers developing 70,000 foot-tons
of muzzle energy as against 65,000
foot-tons for the 45-caliber guns as
mounted on the Nevada. This means
that a broadside salvo from the bat
tle cruisers will have a total muzzle
energy of 700,000 foot-tons, or suffi
cient to lift 1,000 tons 700 feet Into
the air. Defense against torpedoes
will be intrusted to a battery of
twenty 5-inch guns, sixteen of
which will be mounted amid
ships on the upper and superstructure
decks. No less than eight torpedo
tubes for firing the new 21-inch tor
pedo with a range of 10,000 yards will
be emplaced, four of these being
above water and four below.
The new ships, because of their
great size, will naturally carry a large
complement, greater, indeed, than that
of any ship afloat. The total number,
including officers and men, will be
1,274.
These descriptions have a soul
satisfying sound for timid, peace-lov
i ing folks. They smack strongly of
i the most effective kind of peace in
i surance policies now being written.
I The more of them between Europe and
; America and Asia and America when
the war in Europe ends the greater
our own security will be.
It's almost a public disgrace to be
seen on the streets these days without
at least a half-dozen bundles.
CHRISTMAS AND YOU!
GENTLENESS and consideration
for others are the first character
istics of the Christmas spirit. Love
is the essential quality of the Great
Holiday. "Peace on earth; good will to
ward men" are its watchwords. There
is no place in the season of yule for
the harsh word or the selfish act. Santa
Claus is a jolly elf whose very exist
ence is based upon the truth that it is
more blessed to give than to receive.
Even the arctic coldness of Old
Scrooge melted before the cheery
countenances of Tiny Tim and
Scrooge's nephew—we've forgotten his
name, but not his "Merry Christmas,
Uncle!"
MERRY Christmas that's the
word—MERRY! Be merry, and you
can't be merry and cross at the same
time.
Remember all this when you go
shopping these busy days, and let the j
tired clerks know that YOU at least
have caught the divine glow of the
true Christmas spirit.
The whole of Harrisburg will sym
pathize with City Solicitor Seitz and
Commissioner Bowman in their illness.
It is hard enough to be sick at any
time, and harder by far at the ap
proach of the Christmas season. All
their many friends hope for their early
recovery.
NOW GFT BEHIND IT
PLANS that have been under way
for some time for the rejuve
nation of the Harrisburg Y. M.
; C. A., radical changes in policy and a
j broadening of the scope of the work
to meet existing conditions and place
it in a position where it can render the
greatest service to the greatest number
are outlined on another page of this
.newspaper to-day. It is with pleasure
that the Telegraph notes the decision
iof the board to canvass the entire
; situation in regard to the activities and
' membership of the association, with
I the intention of adequately meeting
I the requirements of the city so far as
| the Y. M. C. A. is concerned.
| It will be the duty of the community
to get behind the board of directors
and see to it that they have proper
support when the time comes to act.
There can be little doubt this will be
forthcoming. The Harrisburg of a
few years ago is not the Harrisburg
iof to-day. The Y. M. C. A. that met
the needs of that period is insufficient
now. This the board has come to
recognize. We have become a great
industrial community. Hundreds of
young men have come here in the past
few years to accept places in the offices
of the big corporations, especially
those employing technical men, and
at the Capitol. A building that was
ample for the needs of the community
when it was erected years ago may be
found too small when the association
puts its new program into operation.
Perhaps the people of the city will be
called upon for contributions toward
the erection of such an addition as
will meet the requirements of an en
larged membership. We have no doubt
the response would be as ready and as
generous as it was when the Y. W. C. A.
went before the people a few years
back with a similar project.
Certain it is that the directors with
their new program in operation will
require full and hearty support on the
part of the men of the city. The board
naturally resents outside criticism at a
time when it had its own plans well
matured, only awaiting the completion
of its program to make public an
nouncement, but the people will judge
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only by results, and the little flurry
occasioned thereby will be quickly for
gotten when things begin to hum at
the association building.
No surprise is attached to the decision
of the Allies to reject the German
peace proposal. There was no other j
course open to them. Peace, without
reparation and a guarantee of perma
nency, for a generation or two at least,
would be intolerable from the entente
point of view.
Villa promises to give the Carranza
forces something for Christmas—prob
ably the proverbial bunch of switches.
It's gotten so now that when the
merchant tells us that "prices have ad
vanced again" we weakly murmur
"how much," and are glad that it isn't
more.
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Names of live men may be submit
ted to the Republican caucus for
speaker of the next House of Repre
sentatives and what is interesting
people here is when each candidate
will announce whether he will abide
by the decision of the caucus. The
names which will probably be submit
ted are those of Richard J. Baldwin,
Delaware; Edwin R. Cox, Philadel
phia; Nelson McVicar, Allegheny;
George W. Williams, Tioga, and Jo
seph H. Phillips, Clearfield. In the
event that the latter's name goes in
it will be for a ballot to demonstrate
that Central Pennsylvania has a mem
ber who is willing.
The possibilities of Mr. McVicar be
coming a candidate were much dis
cussed to-day. He has declined to
give any assurance where he stands,
but while here last night made a law
yer's critical survey of the situation in
regard to the leading candidates. The
Tarentum man has been claimed by
the Cox people, but refused to discuss
what he would do or the suggestion
that he might become a candidate.
—George W. Williams is a candi
date to the finish with no chance of
compromise, according to word that
comes here and although the local
option standard-bearer has not been
backed by the Anti-Saloon League or
the Local Option Committee of Penn
sylvania he is out seeing members
and gaining, according to his friends.
—The position of the Anti-Saloon
League is peculiar. Generally it has
come out for a candidate, but this
year in spite of the minimizing of the
local option issue by the chief sup
porters men connected with the
league say they are advocating Cox.
The local option committee is said to
have issued circulars in favor of Cox.
The Williams backers are not taking
kindly to these activities and the
chances are that next week there will
be a declaration from the Tioga man.
—The proposed removal of Hanking
Commissioner William H. Smith has
stirred up protests from one end of
the State to the other and the Gov
ernor is getting many letters on the
subjebt. The Governor's position is
that Mr. Smith, while an able and effi
cient official, has not been in the best
of health and that with a record of
honorable service behind him, Mr.
Smith can give way to a younger man.
The Governor's friends point out that
in a contest which means so much to
him he is Justified in using appoint
ments.
—Reports that Highway Commis
sioner Frank B. Black threatened to
resign last evening or that Governor
Brumbaugh contemplated asking him
to quit or to change jobs with insur
ance commissioner brought unquali
fied denial from men aligned with the
Governor to-day. Mr. Black, like
Commissioner of Health Dixon, has
standards for his department which
the Governor has approved and the
men will not be used for political pur
poses even in the present emergency.
—Denials came from State admin
istration officials to-day that there was
anything to the report that Auditor
General Powell would resign and be
named to the Public Service Commis
sion, and Charles A. Snyder go into
the Auditor General's department
without serving in tho Senate where
the administration does not want him,
to be frank about It. Mr. Powell said
the same story was sprung about State
Treasurer Young and Ilarmon M. Kep
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
hart, who will succeed him. Mr. Pow
ell has generally been credited with
an ambition to run for judge in Alle
gheny and will also engage in cor
poration tax settlements.
—Governo- Brumbaugh is getting
tired of denjing rumors about men
being asked to resign and the story
about Commissioner Dixon and Secre
tary of the Commonwealth Woods to
day brought forth a reiteration of the
statement that the Governor had no
such thought. Attorney General
Brown said that in the case of the
utterly baseless report about William
M. Hargest that some one was trying
to make trouble.
—Some singular rumors are being
printed in the newspapers of the State
about dismissals of men connected
with the State government. A situa
tion like this brings out of holes every
talebearer and backbiter and the man
with a grudge is in clover. The loy
alty and fidelity of men whose attach
ment to the governor and his cause is
sincere is assailed by weasels who
dare not come out into the open. How
ever, the Governor and the men about
him are not losing as much sleep as
the snappers at the heels who are so
busy giving mysterious tips to news
papers.
—Edwin K. Cox. while here last
evening declared that things were
looking up for him and that he ex
pected to make a line showing with
votes from the anthracite region.
—James McKirdy, assistant director
of the Legislative Reference Bureau,
who resigned yesterday, will leave
January 1. Mr. McKirdy has been en
gaged in preparation of Important
legislation for the coming session
which is about ready for submission.
—Pittsburgh City Council has chang
ed the name of Grant Boulevard to
Bigelow Boulevard in honor of Ed
ward Manning Bigelow, the former
State Highway Commissioner, who laid
it out. Mr. Bigelow is being given
unusual honors in his home city.
—E. R. Dissinger has been named
as the postmaster at Mt. Gretna and
Pen Mar has been put into the presi
dential post office class. Summer re
sorts simply can't be kept down.
—I. B. Kirk, one of Coatesville's
councilmen, has taken charge of the
city's affairs until it elects a new
Mayor.
—Bethlehem will erect three now
schools.
—ln Pottsville the Mayor and Coun- j
cil who had repairs made to the city
hall without asking for bids, may be
forced to pay the bills.
—Mayor Jermyn has refused to
name more than one magistrate for
that city. The Mayor will likely be
taken into court.
Van Dyke Lauds France in Poem
The tlrst poem to be published by
Dr. Henry Van Dyke, American Min
ister to Holland, since his resignation
was announced appears in the De
cember issue of the Art World and
bears out his statement that the main
reason for his resignation was "my
wish to return to work as a writer,
with full freedom to say what I think
and feel."
The poem, dated September 28 last,
is called "The Name of France." It
runs:
Give us a name to fill the mind
With the shining thoughts that lead
mankind—
The glory of learning, the joy of art—
| A name that tells of a splendid part
, In the long, long toil and the strenu
ous fight
Of the human race to win its way
From the ancient darkness into the
day
Of freedom, brotherhood, equal
right—
A name like a star, a name of light:
I give you, France!
Give us a name to stir the blood
With a warmer glow and a swifter
flood
At the touch of a courage that con
quers fe^r —
A name like the call of a trumpet,
clear
And silver-sweet and iron-strong,
I That brings three million men to their
feet,
| Ready to march and steady to meet
I The foe who threatens that name with
wrong—
A name that rings like a battle-song;
1 give you, France!
Give us a name to move the heart
With the strength that noble griefs
impart—
A name that speaks of the blood out
poured
To save mankind from the sway of the
sword —
I A name that calls the world to share
The burden of sacrlticial strife
Where are cause at stake is the
world's free life
And the rule of tho peoplo every
where—
A name like a vow, a name like a
prayer:
I give you, France!
LIQUOR ARGUMENTS AS THEY
APPLY TO DRY STATES
j
A FAVORITE contention of the
liquor interests and their sup
porters is that "prohibition does |
not prohibit"; that, under prohibition,
all sorts of disreputable secret and eva- I
sive methods are resorted to in order
to obtain and to supply intoxicants,
and that the false pretense attendant,
upon such farcical enforcement of "dry"
laws is more harmful morally than the
open sale of liquor, under proper regu
lation, could possibly be. "Book at
Maine!" they say, as a clincher to tlielr
argument. They used to add, "And
look at Kansas!" but they have drop
ped that.
Well, look at Maine. Maine adopted
the policy of prohibition by State law
just seventy years ago. It passed even
more stringent laws for the exclusion
of liquor sixty-five years ago, and, i
with the exception of the years 1856 J
and 1857, the later statute has been In
force ever since. For years it was the!
only prohibition State in the Vnion, j
and upon it the liquor interests of the
Nation concentrated all their strength
and ingenuity. They have endeavored
for more than half a century, by in
troducing illicit liquor into the State,
by promoting "blind pigs,' by en
couraging "bootlegging," and by other
means, to bring prohibition into con
tempt and ridicule, and they have suc
ceeded at times, and to a degree
throughout the country, in gaining
their object, but they have never sue- '
ceeded in turning the great mass of
the people of Maine from a policy which
has, on the whole, despite all under
banded proceedings on the part of the
liquor traffic, worked out for the wel
fare of the Commonwealth.
Maine is more tirmly attached to pro
hibition to-day than at any other time
In the last quarter of a century. The i
State has just elected a governor com
mitted to strict enforcement of the
prohibition law. It will not be help
ful to the liquor traffic If the fair
minded people of the United States look
at Maine.
I But why not continue to look at Kan
sas? Exactly the same tactics that
j were employed in Maine by the liquor
I interests were used for several years
|ln Kansas, and with like purpose. In
stead of retreating before the almost j
ceaseless attacks of all unscrupulous
enemy, Kansas proceeded to tighten the
| lines about the traffic, finally making
it a misdemeanor, punishable by tine
[and Imprisonment, to dispense or to
obtain liquor from an apothecary shop,
even on a physician's prescription. If
you look at Kansas you will find a
State with the largest per capita wealth,
the least poverty, crime and Insanity,
the greatest freedom from disorder,
the largest opportunity for the average
worker, or any in the sisterhood.
The Name of France
Give us a name to (ill the mind,
With the shining thoughts that lead
mankind,
The glory of learning, the joy of art,
A name that tells of a splendid part
In the long, long toil and the strenu
ous fight
Of the human race to win its way
From the ancient darkness into the
day
Of freedom, brotherhood, equal right,
A name like a star, a name of light,
I give you France!
Give us a name to stir the blood
With a warmer glow and a swifter
Hood
At the touch of a courage that con
quers fear —
A name like the call of a trumpet,
clear
And silver-sweet and Iron-strong,
That brings three million men to their
feet
Ready to march and steady to meet
The foe who threatens that name with
wrong—
A name that rings like a battle song,
I give you France!
Give us a name to move the heart,
With the strength that noble griefs
impart—
A name that speaks of the blood out
poured
To save mankind from the sway of
the sword—
A name that calls the world to share
The burden of sacrificial strife
Where the cause at stake is the world's
free life.
And the rule of the people every
where—
A name like a vow, a name like a
prayer—
I give you France!
—Henry Van Dyke.
September 28, 1916,
DECEMBER 20, 1916
Look at any of the prohibition Stales,
as compared with the nonprohibition,
and you will And the condition of the
mass of the people in the former vast
ly better. Ixiok at Colorado, one of
the youngest of the prohibition States,
and what do you find? That 1,260
washerwomen in Denver have turned
over their work to the laundries, be
cause, since prohibition became effec
tive, their husbands are supporting
them; that the criminal court of the
city has dismissed one Judge, and one
judge now takes care of the entire
criminal docket; that the breweries are
making "soft" drinks, and that one of
these establishments is making soap;
and that the decrease in the prison In
mates, since Denver became dry. Is
33 1-3 per cent. All this could not be
if the illicit sale of liquor were going
on.
The argument Is advanced that the
Illegal sale of liquor In Boston would
surely result from no license. In Bos
ton from 1901 to 1915, under license,
there were over 5,000 liquor raids, and
in 25 per cent, of these, seizures of
liquor were actually made. Statistics
for the State of Massachusetts estab
.ish beyond question that the Illicit sale
of liquor nourishes in license towns and
cities.
Boston, arrests for drunkenness
increased from 18,601 In 1900 to 57,811
in 1915. The only Inference Is that li
cense has been making habitual drink
ers at a terrible rate. Figures show
that the arrests for drunkenness in
license cities of Massachusetts are two
and a half times greater than in no
license cities.
It is contended that license con
tributes handsomely to the public reve
nues. On the contrary, it is establish
ed that, in the whole State of Massa
chusetts, license t:osts three times as
much as it brings in, and that, in Bos
ton, license means, for every dollat
paid by the liquor traffic, the expendi
ture of $4 toward the repair of the
havoc which the traffic has created. It
is held that the saloons help business.
They harm any neighborhood In which
they are located; they impair the pur
chasing power of the masses; the
drinking man's family rarely has the
means of meeting Its needs. Finally,
it is asserted that the closing of the
breweries, distilleries, and saloons of
Boston will throw thousands of men
out of employment. The breweries, dis
tilleries and saloons of Boston haVe
costs tens of thousands of men their
employment. No-license will open up
new and better vocations for the men
forced out of the liquor business.
Nothing but evil proceeds from the
liquor traffic; nothing but good can re
sult from its extirpation.—Christian
Science Monitor.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
ft fjlj! ALL OVER.
J? quite a social
VJ|| ■ ■Bjj, favorite here, ia
JraHH Not now any
more. She won
—"tfi ® rst pr,zo at the
Bridge Tourna
ment yesterday.
AGAIN THAT
Are you sure l/^
Ing to give you SjAfcf
She called on Jwrß Jpb|4
me today and U !' 1
she had one of
those wallpaper <A\ jvf lj\
serving trays. r 9"
Loud Enough
"What on earth will I do? Here's
my automobile horn on the blink and
won't make a sound!"
"That's all right. Ethel here has
on her new sport skirt."
limtittg (Ebal
Mexican quail brought from the
highlands of the southern republic to
be kept until spring for distribution
throughout Pennsylvania are failing
to stand the climate, according to re
ports reaching the State Game Com
mission to-day. The birds do not
seem to bo suffering from any organic
disease, but the change in climate
is affecting them. "We are losing
scores of birds. X have had them ex
amined at Washington and Philadel
phia and we do not find any disease
affecting them," said Dr. Joseph
Kalbfus, secretary of thefGame Coni
mision, to-day. "I think it must be
the climate. We have had the birds
housed- up and carefully tended and
1 fed, but the change seems to have
been too much."
Dr. Kalbfus, who has been getting
reports on the kill of deer, said that
he thought the total would run less
than last year in spite of increased
bucks shot in Lycoming, Clinton and
other central counties. The number
killed in southern counties is less, al
though more hunters were in the
woods. \
"Winter picnics" are becoming pop
ular in Harrisburg. The automobile
is playing a large part in making the
country an inviting place to city folks
when cold winds blow and the snow is
on the ground. The other day a party
of Harrisburg men motored to Ellen
dale Forge—which is where the road
that extends from Dauphin out Stoney
creek valley comes to a sudden and very
distinct end—and then, packs on back,
hiked three or four miles up the
valley along Stoney creek, following
an old wood road above the ice dam.
Near a line, large spring they made
camp, built a fire place of mountain
stone and broiled bacon and a large,
juicy steak over the coals, iinishing
the meal with bread, onions and a
kettle of coffee, also boiled over the
camp tire. They were dressed for the
outing and not only were comfortable,
and pleased with their trip, but are so
delighted with the experience that
they are planning others of the kind
and are showing snapshots made on
the trip to skeptical friends who
doubted the truth of some of their
statements. The pictures amply prove
all that they have been telling their
friends. Another party i>acked up the
sleds of a dozen "kiddies" in an auto
truck, put the "kiddies" themselves
in another and drove away over into
Cumberland county, where they not
only enjoyed coasting without any in
terference on the part of policemen or
street cars, but had a hot lunch from
thermos bottles and a big hamper that
was part of the luggage in the van.
"It ws great," is the way those who
were f jrtunate enough to be along
described the trip.
One of the most popular places on
the park system this winter will he
the dam near Paxtang along the park
way. It is easy to reach from the Hill
district and trolley cars run directly
past it. For the most part the water
is not so deep to be dangerous and
there is little or no current. The ice
will be under Park Department direc
tion and subject to park rules.
Lieutenant-General Samuel B. M.
Young, retired United States Army
officer,, extracts from whose excellent'
address on military training were
printed in the Telegraph editorial col
umns yesterday, has had a long and
honorable career in active military
life and is still doing splendid work
as a retired officer in an advisory
capacity. General Young came to Har
risburg at the very beginning of the
Civil War and was mustered into serv
ice In Company K, Twelfth Pennsyl
vania Volunteer Infantry, at Camp
Curtin, April 29, 1861.
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David K. Rbersole, who resigned
from the sales department of the
Moorliead Knitting Company last Sep
tember, is now located in Chicago as
sales manager for the Paramount
Knilting Company, one of the largest
hosiery manufacturing companies in
the West. Mr. Ebersole, writing to
friends in this city, says he enjoys his
new work. He is a former member of
the Harrisburg Rotary Club and well
known here.
•
"Rlam! Open that door!"
No answer.
"Plain! Plam! Open that door!"
No answer.
If here were eighty-seven in the
Reservoir Park car when it got to
Cameron street last evening; and a few
minutes before it reached there a
Steelton car had discharged half a
hundred Hill men. They were anxious
to get home. So. when the Reservoir
car linally came along—
"Rlam! Open that door!"
The conductor of the Reservoir car
smiled sweetly, but he didn't open that
door. Instead he rang two ells to the
motorman. The latter shot the "juice"
into the motors. Tlie car moved; and
stopped.
Tho\ millmen who wanted to get
home had pulled down the trolley
pole.
"Rlam! Open that door!"
It's the popular outdoor sport at
Cameron and Market eacff evening
when the already crowded Reservoir
cars attempt to go by Vithout further
taxing their capacity.
• •
Among visitors to the city yester
day was Major J. Harper Shindel, of
Lebanon, who came here on legal mat
ters. Major Shindel was for years
connected with the National Guard.
I
rWELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—F. M. Kirby, prominent Wilkes-
Barre man, has been elected a trus
tee of Lafayette.
—Judge Raymond MacNeille, who
resigned from the Philadelphia muni
cipal court, was formerly counsel for
tho dairy and food division in that
city.
—Highway Commissioner Frank R.
Black is starting a new coal operation
in partnership with his brother near
Somerset.
—Councilman Robert Garland is
working out a new plan for a tunnel
for Pittsburgh traffic and the city
may build it.
-Ex-Senator J. H. Thompson, hero
this week in insurance cases, says
practicing law Is more strenuous than
serving as a major in Pennsylvania
militia at the border.
| DO YOU KNOW 1
mat Manisi.urK steel is used in
New York wharves?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Provincial officials took to holding
conferences with Indians at Harris
Ferry as early as 1740.
Municipal Dividends
Charles B. Hill, finance commissioner
of Buffalo, well says that the dividends
earned by the business of a city are re
turned to the community not In dollars
and cents, but In service. In terms of
public welfare the business of a city
may pay well or ill, depending upon the
manner In which it is conducted.
Just now the government of ICanßas
City has an opportunity to pay in pub
lic service bv finding a way to supply
the needy with coal at cost. Undoubted
ly there are obstacles in the way of
bringing these needful things about.
Yet nobody doubts they can be brought
about by the right kind of municipal
ability, purpose and perseverance.
The results in service to people who
otherwise might sufTer from cold will
be the right sort of municipal dividends.
—Kansas City Times.