6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded itst f Published evenings except Sunday by j THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., I Telegraph Building, Federal Square. B. J. STACKPOLE, Prest ana Editor-in-Chief t". R. OYSTER, Business Manager. BUS M. STKINMETZ, AfeaafiKg Editor. * Member American Newspaper Pub ■wf ' sylvanla Assoclat j nue Building, New c'ago, 111'" Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. B>* carriers, six cents a week; by mall, $3.00 a year in advance. TUESDAY EVENING, DEO. 26. Be strong! Say not the days are evil —who's to blamet • • iAnd fold the hands and acquiesce— O shame; Ctand up, speak out, and bravely, in God's name.' —MAI.TBIE DAVENPORT BABCOCK. THE COMMUNITY TREE HARRISBURG had a community Christmas tree aguin this year and the celebration was pro nounced by all who witnessed it or participated the most successful In the history of such events in Harrisburg. This was not only because the tree was more beautiful, or because the efforts of the Municipal band or the Moor head chorus were appreciated as their delightful contributions to the pro gram of the evening so well deserved, but because the people of the city are learning more and more the pleasure ef rubbing shoulders one with another and of taking a part, at least, of their holiday enjoyments in common. "United we stand; divided we fall" Is just as true of the city as it Is of the nation. The more we havs in common the deeper interest we will have in the common good. Community Christmas trees, mummers' parades on New Tear's Day, river carnivals and all trnch public entertainments in which the people as a whole join make for a better city and a more contented populace. They are to be encouraged and those who give them their time, effort and money deserve public thanks. In the making up of the annual city budget there is much to consider. It is j Interesting to observe that provision is i being made for a larger area of under- Rround wires in the business district ! and that City Electrician Dlehl has m- ; eluded in his estimate an item for un- j derground cable which will eliminate an unsightly bunch of poles in the cen- 1 tral part of the city. This is real pro- | gress. I WAY TO REAL ARMY IN a recent address, Major General ' Leonard Wood points out that the present volunteer system will not do and his reasons are so convincing that further discussion seems a waste ! of words. Six months of compulsory, inten sive military training for every able-bodied American in his 19th year. From fifteen to thirty days of re view training in his 21st year, and then assignment to a reserve regi ment until his 29th year. Calisthenic work and some rifle shooting, a total of from ninety to 130 hours a year for everv school boy between the ages of 12 and IS. The absolute abolishment of the National Guard and the substitution of a State constabulary. A standing army of 250.000 for overseas garrisons and for coast fense. This, in brief, is the plan of the Army War College which contemplates universal military training. As to the calling of the National Guard to the Mexican border. General Wood says: Our National Guard has failed miserably, not because of any fault of the officers and men—they did surprisingly well—but because of the system. The calling out of the National Guard to the border was a tragedy, but It will have been worth its cost If we only learn our lesson from it. As to the plan Itself and the training of the youth, the head of the Army de clares that "about 1.300,000 Americans reach the age of 18 each year. Fully half of them are physically unfit for service, but we could figure on at least one-half million a year for training. At the end of eight years that would give us a trained force of four million men, and with such a force there would be no danger of any foreign na tion wantonly kicking up a row with us." He says: Six months of Intensive training Is enough for the average American boy. buch training is three to one as effective as the regular army drill, where much time Is wasted. It would make them as good sol diers as half the regulars to-dav. The boys would be put through hard work while they were there and In their 21st year they would be back for a month, or mavbe two weeks for a repetition. At 29 their class would be out of the reserve and they would have paid their debt to the nation. The men in training should have pay. Aside from giving us defense, of which we hare none now, the plan would greatly Improve the public morals. It would lessen crime. It would build up nationalism and patriotism. It would teach tils young men their responsibility and would give them discipline which every young man needs, f believe that no Industrial occupation will so much increase a boy's efflcieucv a.s sis months of drill. It will build him up physically, morally and nationally, and it would give us an out-and-out Federal force, General Wood is also of opinton that there would be greater respect for the soldier under this system of train ing and that the opposition of labor TUESDAY EVENING, men to universal training would dis- j appear -when they found that every- ! body who was physically able must ; serve and that there could be no buy- j ing of substitutes by the rich. He con- j sidered the Plattsburg, N. T., camp, i where bishops were seated at mess j with men from New York's slums and 1 millionaires fraternized with street sweepers, the greatest democratizing agent ever known in America. He em phasized the need of a feeling of na tionalism with foreigners coming so rapidly and believed that universal training was the surfest way to get it. When the President and the Secre tary of State on the same day sent forth official statements intimating that our international relations have been strained to the breaking point the (time for theorising as to the national defense would seem to have passed and the hour for action to be at hand. What more appropriate for holiday remembrance than an illustrated brochure of a poem by Leigh Mitchell Hodges, the optimist of the Philadelphia North American, which was put out as a Christmas greeting by the J. C. Blair Company, at Huntingdon. Our friend Africa never loses an opportunity to point cut the glories of the Juniata Val ley, and Hodges was inspired to write some verse last October that breathes the very atmosphere of the enchanted feglon. ASH COLLECTIONS RECOMMENDATION that the city take over the work of ash and garbage collection, now done by contract, will appeal to thousands of residents of Harrisburg who have suf fered untold inconveniences under the present system—or lack of system. There is no need to recite the de ficiencies of the contract plan as it has worked out in Harrisburg. Every body knows them. There is urgent demand for a change. Even reversion to the old method of each householder paying for the removal of his own refuse would be preferable to a con tinuance of the present unsatisfactory contract collections. The fault, however, does not lie en tirely with the contract system as such. City Council erred when it en tered into the agreement with the re duction company at a figure which it was freely forecast at the time would not yield a profit to the contractor. No company can operate long at a loss, and the extreme livelihood is that even if labor and materials had not advanced in price to an unforeseen degreV during the life of the contract the reduction company still would have been unable to earn a dividend and at the same time keep c Elections up to the requirements of the speci fications. This is not said in extenuation of the reduction company, but only in fairness to it. Unquestionably the esti mates on which its bid was based were too low. The company has had an excuse for every delinquency brought to its attention by the Board of Health, under the direction of which it op erates. but many of them have not been valid in the eyes of injured resi dents. who see only failure to do the work and not the reasons why. There are those who believe If the city took over the collections and made a reasonable direct charge upon every residence and business place for re movals—simply enough to let the municipality out whole, the charges upon the individual to be regulated according to the service performed— I the results would be satisfactory. At present the man whose garbage is not 1 more than a dozen pounds a week helps pay for the removal of immense quantities of refuse from hotels, res taurants and large households. The same is true of ashes. Collections made free to the householder at the expense of the city as a whole are bound to be attended by inequalities and unfairness. The problem of replacing the pres ent means of ash and garbage re movals, however, In too big to be solved by the first measures that sug. Best themselves or promise early re lief, Council erred so grossly ten years ago when the present contract was made that it should go slowly now. Careful study should be given the matter and those who will be en trusted with the working out of a new plan might do well to visit other cities and learn the latest and best systems in use elsewhere, Harrisburg has suf fered long eneugli to deserve only the very beet when a change is made at the expiration of the contract now in force and the time to plan what shall be done then is now, Tho custom of exchanging Christmas presents reached the department stores to-day, Don't count {.he expense. Whatever it cost it was worth it, 7>cUUc* Ut "~PovHCi{i<rcuUa By the Ex-Committeeman The vortex of the contest for the Republican nomination for thn speak ership of the Lower House of the Leg islature will move from Philadelphia to thls'citv in the next 4S hours. The headquarters of the rival candidates will be opened hero to-night and the leaders will follow within a day or so. Members from all over the State will be coming In and many will be here days earlier than usual because of the Intense Interest displayed by men in politics and the importance of the re sult to people who have ambitions for the campaigns of 1917 and 1918. Death of Governor Brumbaugh's father has removed him from the con test for several days. The Governor feels the death of his 'aged parent keenly and his bitterest opponents have expressed their sympathy for him. —There was little of the Christmas sentiment in political circles in Phila delphia the last three days. Governor Brumbaugh on Saturday afternoon is sued a statement referring to the charges made against him by Senators Snyder and Sproul In which he said he was merely a target and that the real fight was the people against reaction ary interests. Senator Sprout came back with a tart reiteration of every thing he had said and Attorney Gen eral Brown then opened up, declaring that if the saying of hard things went on he would have some things to hand out which would create heart burn ings. This challenge was promptly met by Senator Sproul who issued a statement last night that Mr. Brown had been a Democrat and had done well financially since he became a Re publican. Friends of Mr. Brown re torted with other sharp things. It is expected that there will be continued interchanges which will tnterest few people outside of those attacking and attacked and those who are In politics. The great bulk of the people of the State are wishing the tight over the speakership had never begun. —The Friday editorial in the Pitts burg Dispatch deploring the row among tlie Republicans and the edi torials ill the Philadelphia Ledger de nouncing the politics in the speaker ship have stirred up no end of com ment all over the State. Numerous dailies are calling for cessation of the fuss before it goes so fur as to endan ger county and municipal elections next year and creates a breach which will be hard to heal in 1918. The Wellsboro Agitator, one of the old weeklies and an influence in the north ern tier, voices the general tip-State sentiment in an editorial which ob jects to Philadelphia and Pittsburgh rows being taken as the real politics of Pennsylvania. —Xews columns of the big news papers print some interesting side lights on the battle. The North Amer ican says that Mr. Brown has forced Senator Penrose to go through with his threatened investigations and the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times intimates that they would have gone through anyway. The democratic Philadel phia Record helps on the row all it can anil says that Baldwin people have some letters from members in which it is charged that offers in re turn for support for Cox were made. It is also said here that a \ ork coun ty member wrote a letter pledging support to Baldwin and "flopped," be cause appointees in his district were threatened with dismissal by the State administrationi The Baldwin people will make the man's name known and declare they will brand him as a "pledge breaker." —The Philadelphia Press says: "While the lieutenants both of Cos and Richard J. Baldwin, the opposing candidate, who has the backing of Senator Penrose, claim enough actual pledges to assure the caucus nomina tion; it is known that in a number of cases both the Cox and the Baldwin lists contain the same names. The balance of power which will decide the result is held by a comparatively few representatives, who have refused to Indicate how they will vote." —Auditor General A. W. Powell, ! who has heen mentioned once in a while in the political row, said last night that he was not in it, but only an interested spectator. The Auditor General said some things nowadays remind him of third reader days in the public schools at home. —Representative Nelson McVicar, of Allegheny, will likely not vote for either Cox or Baldwin. The North American says there will be ele\*en in Allegheny for Cox. The Baldwin peo ple say the claim is absurd. —The Philadelphia Ledger this morning prints the following relative to some laws which were enacted in 1915 and which have figured much in recent statements: "Replying to Mr. Brown's charge that Mr. Grundy was the chief lobbyist against humanitar ian legislation, Henry W. Moore, coun sel for the Pennsylvania Manufactur ers' Association, of which Mr. Grundy is president, eaid: First, That a work men's .compensation bill drawn up by the association had been appropriated by the Governor as an original pro duct: second, that the association al ways advocated a child labor bill, but that theGovernor.forpoliticalpurposes, made a farce out of the legislation: and, third, that the women's employ ment law now in force is precisely the same as that fought for by the asso ciation four years ago." —John T. Lenahan, of Wilkes- Barre, and M. A. ICilker, a former as sistant district attorney, of Glrards ville, have been engaged to bring at Pottaville ouster proceedings against M. J. Brennan, of Pottaville; P. C. Fenton, of Mahanoy City; Archie B. Lamb, of Shenandoah, and Evan Evans, of Coaldale, mine inspectors elected, when these officials take office next week. Although the law requires the same qualifications for a candidate at the primaries as at the general elec tion, it is alleged all these men were nominated before the examining board acted on their applications for qualifi cation. It Is also charged that the county commissioners violated the law in printing the name on the ballot of Martin Nash as a candidate, as he had never qualified, was not a candidate and did not know until three days be fore the election that his name was on the ticket. Rooms engaged at tlio Common wealth Hotel for the headquarters of Representatives Richard J. Haldwln nnd Edwin R. Cox, rival candidates for the speakership, were being cleared for action to-day. The furniture that will not stand strains Is being moved and crash placed on the floors, The rivals will open up headquarters to night and be ready for the fray. Rep resentative George W, Williams, the strictly "dry" candidate for the speak ership, will have rooms in the same hotel ond his friends say he is going right through with the contest. Attorney General Brown, now the central figure In the administration contest for Cox. Is expected here late to-day and will probably have some further statements. Counter Irritants are expected from tbe Baldwin people. Representative Miles A, Milliron, of Armstrong, was the first member to come te town after Christmas. lie came In this morning, but refused to talk, He is claimed by both sides, but leans toward Baldwin, HARRISBURG frfEfeftl TELEGRAPH 1 When a Feller Needs a Friend . By BRIGGS I ("EDITORIAL COMMENT 1 | Philadelphia Press The Senate of the next Congress apparently will con- | sist of 54 Democrats, 41 Republicans and LaFollette. Manchester (X. H. i Union—Since New Hampshire went wrong in her national politics we suppose Vermont will be more fussy than ever about having that State boundary line estab lished. Trade Briefs lu 1.115 the United States imported 10,670,558 pounds of dried figs from Portugal. Xo figs were imported by Germany or Russia, formerly the larg est buyers. American tractors have met with approval during recent tests in Scot land. Norway's apple crop was a failure this year. This should increase the | demand for American fruit. Most of Guatemala's imported pre served fruits, jellies and meats are supplied by the United States. If this trade is to be made a success goods of the highest quality must be supplied. Tacks and iron hooks are needed in Greece. Inquiries have been received from Columbia about automobiles, motor cycles and motorboats. Through the efforts of consular agents in the Athens district, Greece, orders have recently been placed in this country for $70,500 worth of brewers' surprise. The wheat imported into Greece since 1914 has been bought by the government and distributed to millers. In 1915 the American wheat shipped to Greece amounted to 204,623 metric tons. Bermuda expects to have a normal potato crop. Chilean merchants have asked for catalogues of men's clothing and fur niture. An effort is being made by Brazilian dealers to Interest American uphol sterers and mattress makers in the fiber of a plant known as "saudade." Indications are that the citron crop of the Patras district, Greece, will amount to only 400 tons. A normal crop is about 1,000 tons. Japanese coral beds have been ex tensively developed since the outbreak of hostilities in Europe. Tho beds yield 05,000 pounds of coral worth $700,000 annually. Why the World Seemed Right There Is a story in the January Woman's Home Companion in which this passage occurs: "In her trailing gown of white charmeuse, with its touches of fur and of old lace, with her pearls, little Mrs. Delevan was a figure not to be overlooked by discriminating eyes. "There isn't a woman here who can hold a candle to you,' said the ador ing Jimsie as they sat down in the red dining-room; "most of them look so bored, Midget.' " 'Perhaps it was Mrs. Delevan's look of shining radiance which drew the eyes of the old gentleman at an other table. 'That little woman hasn't lost her enthusiasms," he said to his wife, a stately dame in mauve satin and diamonds. 'By Jove, it's refresh ing to see one woman whose stock in trade isn't an artificial grin and a pair of shoulders,' "His wife smiled at him over the centerpiece of spring flowers, 'ls pres ent company excepted?' "'You?' he exploded, 'Oh, you're a marvel! How in the world you've kept it up through all these grinding years of official life! How you've coped with the climbers and fought off the hangers-on, and have still kept your faith in human nature, is the eighth and ninth wonder of the world.' " 'Again she smiled, the illumined, steadfast smile of the woman who has gone softly through the years. 'Per haps my faith in you has had some thing to do with it," she said! 'you see, you have never failed me, and ao the whole world has seemed right,' " NATION-WIDE REFERENDUM ON DAYLIGHT SAVING PLAN THE I-os Angeles, Cal., Chamber of. Commerce lias united with other similar organizations throughout i the United States in an appeal to the j National Chamber "of Commerce to take a referendum of its members to get their opinion as to the feasibility of the | "daylight saving'" plan. The Los An- ; geles Chamber of Commerce feels that | the desirability of this plan will be 1 greatly enhanced If it can be made uni- i form throughout the United States, and j is urging a nation-wide movement or i none at all. "Personally, I am very heartily in J favor of the daylight saving scheme," said Frank Wiggins, secretary of the Los Angeles chamber. "Not only be- j cause of the great saving in electric ! and other forms of Illumination, but because of the obvious advantage of doing one's work by natural rather i than artificial light. I think there is' Palmer and Sproul [Girard in Philadelphia Ledger.] Political prophets assert that Sen ator William C. Sproul is a Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania. These same prophets also assert that Vance McCormick is a Democratic can didate, and that his next friend, Alex ander Mitchell Palmer, will manage the latter's campaign. Tou have doubtless heard about Damon and Pythias, and how the one offered his life as a hostage for the other. Well, Damon would have got Just as much Joy in walloping Pythias over the head with an ax as Mr. Pal mer can extract In helping to defeat Senator Sproul for Governor. These two come nearer to being a replica of those sons of ancient Syracuse than any pair ever turned out by Swartlimore College. "Ninety-one" men, same Greek letter fraternity, offlclato at each other's wed ding—these big, strong, husky Penn seylvanlans differ in nothing apparently except politics and the color of their hair. One is a blond and the other a bru nette, and Mr. Palmer's blond locks are curly, while the Senator's are straight as a Lennl Lenape Indian's. In their set at Swartlimore were two other notable Philadelphlans, Morris L. Clothier and Mr. Temple, one of the best railroad engineers in the country. It may sound like an Irish bull, but Senator Sproul began to bo a success ful man while still a Swartlimore Col lege boy. He told me himself that he was earn ing SIOO a week in his newspaper work before he graduated. I think I have told you how amused young Sproul was when K. E. A Dorr, then news editor of a Philadelphia paper, offered him S2O a week when he left college. The Senator Is now a very successful businessman, with wfde Interests, but he started his fortune In the Cheater Times, which is one of the most success ful country papers In the United States. There are very few men in Pennsyl vania who are known personally to so many people as he, and certainly but few who are so popular with those they do know, But Palmer campaigning against Sproul! It is to laugh! Something to Explain [ Krom tho Armonk Kun.J An adorable young married woman here in North White Plains complains that every time she passes a certain party in the street he turns around and stares after her, Now, how does she know? DECEMBER 26, 1916. * no question but that more can be. ac complished in the same time, and the work better done, when the daylight hours are used than when the opera tions are carried on by artificial light." Jesse D. Burks, director of the Mu nicipal Efficiency Bureau of Ange les, is another who is heartily in favor of the plan. "It seems to me sensible, practicable, and' In every way highly desirable," said Sir. Burks. "X feel that it should be made uniform throughout the entire country, and is not some thing which can be undertaken to ad vantage by isolated cities, or even by States. Every office worker would be much better for il if he rose an hour earlier during the summer months, and closed his desk at what is now 4 o'clock, spending the rest of the day In out-of door recreation. It is folly for us to lie In bed after the sun Is up, in the summer months, and tlien work after dark in the evening." OUR DAILY LAUGH 1 $ BsS MATHE- I r - I MATICAL, ja What is an /Tw' / , unknown quan- d j .What yon get when you buy a JTIt ten of coal. HI COMPLIMENT-, costums becom- H.-'• in any disguise. OLD MAX'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT [Philadelphia Bulletin.] "They blame the old guard of course," said Senator Penrose In a dis cussion of tlio Hughes defeat. "Well, the Old Guard Is used to hard knocks. I sometimes think the Old Guard gets the small end of It as badly as the old man. "The sons and daughters of a Spruce street family were arranging the Christmas presents In the draw ing room on Christmas Eve. " 'Put Bill's pearl stickpin here,' said one. " 'Put ma's diamond necklace there beside her gold mesh bag,' said an other. " 'Put Jim's sable-lined overcoat on the pluno.' " 'Put Kate's diamond ring on top of her gold-mounted talking machine.' "'lsut where Is pa's present ?' " 'Yos, whore's pa's Christmas card?' " 'Oh, here It Is! Bully! Put Pa'e Christmas card over there on the sofa, between Bill's gold cigaret case and Jim's platinum wrist witoU.' " libming (Eftal ' ' ———ggg^ Although the bellsnickles of our childhood days have turned Into Hal lowe'en mummers and New Year's eve frollckers there are still some of the traditional Harrisburg observances of Christmas clay about the State's capi tal. The disposition to make it a day of rest and to preserve it as a time of family gathering is if anything grow ing stronger and there are few social affairs and they are confined to greet ings of friends and neighbors. The bells of old Zlon church ring on the morning of Christmas day as they have done for fifty years or more and the bell of the Cathedral seems to have a more mellow note in its early call to service. Milkmen, postmen and newspaper carriers are given "plates" of cake and candy and the presentation of new money continues to put a strain upon the banks' sup plies of fresh coins and notes. More and more the display of wreaths at windows and on the doors and the placing of evergreens at entrances is coming to be regarded as of as much importance as the Christmas tree in the home where there are youngsters. Not a few conductors are told to "keep the changp" by the regulars who travel on their lines and it was to be noted this morning that a good many men who appeared with a couple of days' sprouting of whiskers did not seem to mind the "kidding" of the more fortunate mortals who can shave themselves because the barbers want ed the day off. It anight be added that whether it was because the "girl" went to Perry county for Christmas or as a protest against the high cost of living the number of Harrisburgers who sat at meat at hotel tables on Christmas day was larger than a year ago. * * * An entirely new Christmas feature was contributed by nature on Saturday night when a display of Northern light occurred. It was visible for a short time, but the glow and the flash ings were unmistakable. The aurora was about the time the people were going home and those living In the country saw the beams above the mountains quite plainly. Somehow or other every time there are crowds thronging the stores, like Saturday night, for instance, there are some young cubs who jam into the aisles just to have fun and not to buy. Saturday night the usual display of such horse play occurred, but what happened in one store to a couple of yofing men who had some beer in their stomachs and froth in their heads deserves to be written about for the sake of the future. These two lads began pushing and shoving in the aisle of one of the Market street stores. They were asked to behave themselves and became insolent. Then they started to crowd people worse than ever. A nice plump girl standing at a counter was literally lifted up and carried six feet. She was one of the kind that you would not think would get mad easily. But she did. And with a word to the tired girl behind the counter she snatched up two of the long steel hat pins on sale and went into action. A few minutes later one youth holding his handkerchief to his cheek was wildly threatening to "suesome one"wliilehis companion was being chucked through a door by a couple of men who had been stung into action by the nice plump girl who discovered she had a temper. .Tere S. Black, the York lawyer, who died Saturday, was well known to many Harrisburgers. He was one c Princeton's half backs In the year* when "Will" Spicer was the other and Mervin Randolph, who lived here_ several years and is connected with ai number of Harrisburgers, was an end. Mr. Black was best known, however, as a Democrat. He was a great Bry an man and had much to do with the , organization of Pennsylvania Demo crats against the Guffey domination in 1907 and 1908. He was known here as a lawyer before he was picked as the nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1906, and his speeches in which he took the chandeliers In the Capitol as his special target were among 1 the beßt ■ of that strenuous campaign. Mr. Black was also ; a • stormy figure in the last : Democratic State convention, that of 1912, and his friends here were sorry to note within the last year that the health of the genial and able York ' Democrat was failing. He was the ' third generation of notable Democrats 1 and had he lived would have been , heard from. * • • i The State Educational Association, i which will begin its sixty-seventh an • nual convention here to-morrow, has been meeting in Harrisburg every two years for a generation. For a time the meetings were held in various parts of the State, but it became the custom to hold sessions in Harris burg Just before the legislature met so that the thought of the educators in regard to the school legislation would be fresh upon the incoming lawmak ers. It is interesting to note that three of the men who will make ad ' dresses to-morrow are former presi dents of the association. They are Governor Brumbaugh, Secretary Houck and Superintendent Schaeffer. • * • People here recalled in yesterday's Christmas celebrations that it was just six months ago that the Pennsylvania National Guardsmen mobilized at Mt. Gretna for Mexican border service. The Guardsmen assembled on the site of the previous encampments on the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth, the artillery being the last to go in. For not a few men departed from their homes half a year ago was th® last they have seen of families and the ex periences of the camp will linger long In the minds of many men who wanted to go on service hut who could not "get by" the medical man. f~~WELL KNOWN PEOPLE •—Dr. l>. Webster Fox, of Philadel phia, has gone to Florida on a fishing t tp. —Dr. Morris Jasrow, Ja., the orien tal scholar, will give a series of ad dresses In Philadelphia on the Old Testament books and their authors. . —Directors W. H. Wilson, of Pliila " delphta, former legislator, says that next year he hopes to abolish all > horse drawn patrol wagons. —Judge A. S. Swartz, of Montgom ■ ery county, sentenced boys In Norrls , town who had been doing some pilfer ing, to go to church. --Insurance Commissioner O'Nell s started to work In a store when ten 1 years old and has been busy ever since. i ■ 1 DO YOU KNOW 1 That Harrisburg payrolls were larger tills Christinas that 9 ever known Morel HISTORIC HARRISBURG 1 The tlrst State convention was held f In Harrisburg In the thirties. Fifteen Thousand Children Sing H Fifteen thousand grade school pupils of Spokane are being organized into a . chorus, says the Spokane Chronicle. They will appear In a public concert at 9 the close of the school year In May. A 9 large orchestra also Is being drilled to accompany th* gigantic chorus.
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