6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MW.TPWPaR POK Ttf* HOMS Founded list Published evening! except Sunday by I THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.. t Teleimk Bnlldlw, Federal Square. E. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't ana Editor-in-Chief If'. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. OUS M. BTEINMKTZ, Managing Editor. . Member American Ushers' Asaocla latlon Mid Penn g sylvanla Amocl*'. gj W| M nue Building, New ~— ■—- cago, 111?' Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, alx eenta a week; by mall, $3.00 a year In advance. SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. IS Religion dyed In fear never long keepeth color. —Thomas Fuller. Till? RAILROAD PROBLEM IT is doubtful whether there ever has been given to the business men of Harrisburg a clearer view of the railroad problems of the United States than was presented in the address made at the noonday luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday by Alfred P. Tliom, general counsel of the advisory committee of the Rail road Executives Association. To many people these great ques tions of railroad economics are difficult of appreciation, but the distinguished railroad expert cut away all surplusage and got right into the meat of the situation from the very start of his remarks. He demonstrated conclu sively. and in the most illuminating fashion how dependent upon the de velopment of the railroad systems of the country is the prosperity of the people, He also showed that unless and until government regulation and control supersedes the assertion of State rights everywhere, railroad build ing and expansion and the proper ex ercise of the railroad's obligation to the public will be checked to a degree approaching a calamity. Mr. Thom pointed out that raiiroad extensions during the past year were less than any year since 184 8, except ing the Civil War period. This, he ex plained, was due to lack of credit growing out of hard and fast regu lation of revenues and expenditures by the government, resulting in with drawal of investment from those i sources which have heretofore made j possible railroad development. Rail- j road securities are no longer attractive by reason of these restrictive meas ures. Millions which were formerly invested in railroad bonds and stocks are now seeking other and more profit able securities. It was made clear that the effort of individual States to exercise jurisdic tion over the railroad properties had resulted in discrimination of the most serious character. It is Mr. Thorn's thought that the railroad systems of the country should be controlled in their national aspects by the central government so that there may be greater freedom of development and operation without hindrance of State authorities and legislatures. The fundamental necessity of the situation is a change of attitude toward the railroad interests to the end that there may be a further ex pansion to meet the needs of the in dustrial and commercial interests of the country. After the war In Eu rope, the speaker pointed out, instead of the belligerent nations investing many millions as heretofore in Ameri can railroad stocks and bonds, they will be borrowers from the United States, and the money needed to pro vide additional railroad facilities will have to be procured elsewhere. Again the Chamber of Commerce has placed the business community under obligations in presenting" Mr. Thom as the speaker at the luncheon yesterday. Every business man pres ent has to-day a better conception of the conditions confronting the rail roads and their to the pros perity of the country as a result of Mr. Thorn's visit. Our idea of an optimist is a man who looks upon his seed catalogue as a sign of spring. , THE CASE OF BOAT IT will not do for Mayor Meals to say that "if the authorities of Greene county want Abe Roat let them come and get him, and until they do he will remain a policeman." The very fact that court records show Roat to be a fugitive from jus tice makes his presence on the police force a serlona reflection not only upon the Mayor and the councllmen who voted for his confirmation, but upon every officer in the employ of the city. Ordinarily the mere knowledge that a man has fled from the law and that there is an indictment hanging over his head is sufficient to cause police officers tp take him into custody. But In the case of Roat we find the Mayor not only forbidding his officers to mo lest him, but actually ordering them to aocept the fugitive as an equal, and delegating him with the duty of help inr to enforce the very laws he Is ac cused of having broken. City Commissioner Oorgas adopted the only proper course in the consid eration of Roat's confirmation by Council, He insisted upon knowing the facta before voting for the ap pointment and in the absence of this information declined to vote aye. His colleagues can hardly Justify their affirmative action by pleading the ex- SATURDAY EVENING, HARJRISBURG Ufijftl TELEGRAPH / JANUARY 13, 1917. MOVIE OF A MAN AFRAID OF BEING CALLED ON FOR A SPEECH :By BRIGGS | ■ -* Uoesmt EMTdY TRte3 To RgMEMBE* TA „ Mi , TCD , . , UR£ TM. WAS wmoooc-6 MEAL FOR FEAR I APPROPRIATE cm.v TOAVT MASTER IS OUR 6 SOME OWE Ei.S*. HS WILL BE AMD WITTV S'SKAK!!??!!' AB AT"" U" tSfSJTT" " e "" Ki *S&.X3#" AUYTHiMS To KM665. LAUSHTgH AT T.MS Vt&cm SAV UJH6M WT. SICKLV. CAULEO okj ifL TM- STARTS , movw -POSITIVE M'-STAKeu A€>A<M realizes HE U/IL*. 0 w ujAV HOME aei ™E T • ™' S BE " A " KS A.-D Am W S WO-; f££s. •" S^.S^T^SSF" fS _ ARC POIIOTED ANOTHER SPEAKER. ANJT) IS almost T(T H , M<SE I.F. lb COLD FIASHCS p l 2 WAV. GULPS T,-i-v ® E VEXEP BECAUSE ME AuD HEART U/ATER HA-STIUY ©PPORTUNJITV WT _ BUMPIW6 To A Mice CAtLEP W LtTTLE SPEECH UPON SI HE HAD TMOU6HT i/p. cuse that Mayor Meals had told them Roat was "all right." This incident has served to further emphasize the danger of political "log-rolling" and the division of responsibility among department heads. Again the impor tance of concentrated authority In a city manager or some similar arrange ment Is brought home to the voters. A little law for Lawson. "The Honeymoon House" is going to be the most talked of story published In Harrisburg in years. Be prepared to discuss it with your friends. Opening chapters In the Telegraph to-day. THE REV. JOHN QCINCY ADAMS THE REV. JOHN QUINCY AD AMS. whose death occurred yes- terday after a long life of useful ness and service, occupied a place In the community that many a man of prouder birth and higher rank might well envy. Born in slavery, self educated, self-respecting, a sincere and eloquent exponent of the doctrine of Christianity, an earnest believer In the future of the black race and the justice of the white man toward his j deserving brother of a darker skin, Mr. Adams so lived that he was a con stant example of the verity of his own convictions. No man in Harrisburg, white or black, was held in higher -respect by those who knew him. He was at once proiid and humble, upstanding in de fense of his race and religious faith, *ut ever ready to submit his views to the spirit of fair play his own righteous life led him to expect of others. It was of such meh as Mr. Adams that Burns wrote: ' The rank is but the guinea stamp, A man's a,man for a' that." "No domestics in England, condition due to war." Same in America, only no war to blame. MORE PAY FOR MAIL MEN ACTION of Congress on the pro posed 5 to 10 per cent, increases of salary for postal clerks and letter carriers will be watched with, interest by many people who feel that this class of public employes is under paid, If not actually overworked. "The Democrats have been lavish with their expenditures for salaries, they having increased the government payroll by millions of dollars for that purpose during the past few years. But the postal service has received no benefit. The only attention given pos tal employes has been to increase their hours and pile on more work. The parcel post has made the duties of the postal clerk arduous in the ex treme. Living costs have gone up, but his pay has not. The same Is true of tho mall carrier. If anybody in the employ of the United States deserves an increase of salary it is the postal clerk and the carrier. THAT "LEAK" GOADED by Republican taunts the Democrats of the House have done what they should not have hesitated about doing at the out start—voted to make Lawson tell all he knows about the White House "leak," which Is said to have enabled certain Wall street firms to clean up a tidy little sum following the publL cation of the President's peace note. Lawson is more Or less a blatherskite when it comes to accusing others of crookedness. He is suspected of hav ing very picturesquely phrased many charges which he could not have sub stantlated in court, and this may be one of that variety, but ho has said things that ought to be proved or dis proved without delay. It has been evident for a long time that somebody in Washington, on num erous occasions, has betrayed the confidence of the President in mat ters of the kind now at issue, and, If possible, the air should be cleared be fore something more serious happens. PRESIDENT AND SUFFRAGE THE suffragists ye discovering tha difference between Wood row Wilson, candidate, and Woodrow Wi'.Bon, President, The experience is not pleasing, The President, who be fore election brought cheers from big gatherings of "votes for women" dele gates by declaring that he eame to "tight with themi" thin week told another similar gathering that he is the tool of his party, therefore he can't work for the passage of their measure. Was he "spoflng" then or now, or on both occasions? I EDITORIAL COMMENT] I —Lloydi-Goorge's cold did not extend to Ills feet.—Wall Street Journal. —Constantino will have no peace un til he declares war.—Brooklyn Eagle. —Boston at least refused to be the hub of the water-wagon.—Atlanta Jour nal. —"As a victor" the Kaiser invites peace, but to victors it comes unsought. —Wall Street Journal. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR WHKItH PItOGIIESSIVES STAND To the Editor of the Telegraph: The recent speakership fight has left rather a bad taste in the mouths of Progressives, and former Progressives. By former Progressives I mean men that sM'allowed their political opinions and decided to back Hughes, in the Presidential campaign, deeming this a lesser evil than having another four years of Democratic administration. These former Progressives, having defi nitely aligned themselves with the Re publican party again, based their length of stay in the Republican party largely on the actions of the State Legislature. If there is a disposition shown to ad vance Progressive legislation, and re actionary leadership remains In the background, the prospects are good for a continuance of Republican rule in Pennsylvania. _ Regardless of statements to the con trary, the Progressives will hold the balance of power In the coming guber natorial campaign. In spite of the fact that there was no concerted effort in Pennsylvania to induce Progressives to j return by the Republican leaders, Pro- J gressives lined up almost solidly back of Hughes, which, In a measure, helped |to counteract the deflection of regular ] Republicans, who, on account of Wil- I son's labor policies, voted for Wilson. | Without Progressive support, the Re publican party would have had a dif j ticult time carrying Pennsylvania, i To get back to the speakership fight, i It Is the sentiment amongst former Pro gressive leaders that they can expect but little from the presiding officers of the Legislative bodies, and for this reason are making plans to rejuvenate the Progressive party. Whether this is done, or not, to my mind depends en tirely on the coming legislative ses sion. A large percentage of Progressives in Pennsylvania, from what Inquiry and observation I have been able to make, will not under any circumstances en roll as Democrats, but will remain in the Republican party, providing the Republican party shows at least a little desire to keep them there by enacting progressive legislation. I'd ilke to see these factional fights stopped. Brum baugh has more friends in the Progres sive party than Penrose, and I really feel that if there are any impeachment proceedings, it will mean the election of a Democratic governor in 1918. If the factional bickering is stopped, and the Legislature makes a good record, the sentiment of reviving the Progres sive party will gradually die down. I have addressed letters to former State leaders and am basing, this letter on their replies. Yours truly, Former Progressive Leader. Boost For Prohibition | . [Philadelphia Public Ledger] There will be no disposition any where, and thera should be least of all In the liquor trade, to minimize the tremendous importance of two events during the present week having direct bearing upon the movement for the prohibition of the manufacture, sale and use of intoxicating liquors. The Jirst, of course, was the sweeping de cision of the Supreme Court of the United States sustaining the Webb- Kenyon law prohibiting the shipments of liquor into States which have al ready banned the trade. And the sec ond was the adoption by the United States Senate, by the unexpectedly large vote of 55 for to 31 against, of the bill prohibiting the liquor traffic In the District of Colombia. The practical certainty that the House will concur in this action will add another important unit to the "dry" territory, and this without any action on the part of the residents of the District. It is perhaps to be regretted that the amendment to the pending Ijlli pro. viding for a referendum waa defeated, whatever may have been the motives of lts author, or how well grounded the suspicion that Its purpose was ob structive. For some of the strongest advocates of the ultimate banishment of the drink evil are yet to be con vinced that the passage of prohibitive laws too far In advance of an over whelming support from public opinion is not productive of evils almost if not quite as serious HH those which prohibition is intended to combat. Mw * I *| > t>t>vQi{lccuua By the Ex-CommltteeioM Penrose legislative leaders in con ference yesterday at Atlantic City de cided upon their program upon the local option issue. Following a declaration from Speaker Richard J. Baldwin that he proposed to have a free and open de bate of the liquor license problem and that his pledge to tlie opponents of license that their bill shall be reported out tor discussion on the floor must be kept, It was agreed that the 1-aw and Order Committee of the House shall be so composed that there will be no delay in passing a resolution in the committee to report the bill as com mitted tor early action by the House. Speaker Baldwin made public the contents of "a letter which he received from George W. Williams, of Tiogu county, who was chairman of the Law and Order Committee of the last House. Mr. Williams, who was a candidate for Speaker and withdrew a few hours before the Republican caucus met and turned in for Edwin R. Cox, the Vare-Brumbaugh choice for the Speakership, Informed Mr. Baldwin that he did not wish to be named as a member of the Law and Order Committee. He was disap.- pointed over not being the Governor's choice for Speaker. —Unless there shall be a change in tho tentative list of committeemen, Representative William C. Wagner, of Allegheny county, will be made chair man of the House Committee on Law and Order. There will be a good rep resentation of the "dry" members of the House on this committee, but a majority, it is declared, will be affili ated with antilocal option cause. Mr. Wagner was a member of the last House and voted against the Williams Local Option bill. Mr. Williams in asking that his name be omitted from the Law and Order Committee asked that he be included in the membership of tho Committees on Judiciary, General Elections, and Corporations. —As the outcome of 4 8 hours ofl sifting of the requests of the 206 mem- ] bers of the House, there being ono vacancy, for committee assignments, there has been an agreement that 31 chairmanships shall go to interior counties, five to Allegheny county, and seven to Philadelphia. This is an un usually large proportion to the coun ty. The list as at present, made up calls for the appointment of Frederick Beyer, of the Forty-third ward of Philadelphia, as chairman of the Committee on Judiciary General; Isa dore Stern, of the Fifth ward, as chairman of the Committee on Judi ciary Special, and Sig J. Gans, of the Thirty-eighth ward, on Public Health and Sanitation. Thomas F. McNlchol will not be re appointed to the Committee on Elec tions. He is a Vare man. It is not expected that tbe Vare men will get much consideration in tho House, but in the Senate, Senator MeNjchol is ampng those who have been advocat ing harmony. —lt Is authoritatively announced that Senator Edwin 11. Vare will be reappointed to the chairmanship of the Committee on Municipal Affairs. Senator Penrose's recent statement that he would welcome every agency in support of a legislative program which would Insure the passage of progressive and other measures cal culated to improve conditions In the administration of State affairs, was re called when It was stated that there will be a strong representation of the pemocratic members of the Senate and House upon all Important com mittees. President pro tem. E. E. Beidleman, of the Senate, as well as Speaker Baldwin, has had submitted to him the names of Democrats for various committees. —The significance in this un usual consideration of the Democracy directs attention to the predictions that if the Brumbaugh administration at Uarrisburg or the Smith adminis tration in Philadelphia, shall under tako to imdermine the Penrose State leadership through "unseemly or overt" factional employment of the use of patronage, or other political submarine tactics, there will be found to be a working agreement. In the "in teract of good government," in which the Democracy, for partisan reasons, and the Penrose supporters for selfish Interests, will co-operate In the pass age of legislation designed to curtail the powers of officials in State or municipal government, says tl.o Phila delphia Inauirer. —The determination of the Penroae leaders to put none but "true men on guard," whether in Senate or House Committee or in other honorary or profitable place, was emphasized to day In the announcement by Senator William C, Sproul, of Delaware qoun ty, who was delegated by the Repbli can Etanntf cauoua to uame a "slate THE REAL DOGS OF THE WAR Alaskan Teams Aid French Military Forces Greatly in the Vosges Campaigns WITH the French Armies in the Vosges. With the return of heavy snow in the Vosges Moun tains, Alaskan dog teams to-day are vying with the automobile drivers of the American Ambulance Corps and the members of the Norwegian Red Cross Ski Corps for the honor of bring ing in the greatest number of wounded. The Alaskan sled dogs constitute the latest "war material" being supplied from America to France. Although the Allies, through their supreme mas tery of the seas, are able to gather war supplies in any and all ports of the world, the Alaskan dogs are conceded the honor of coming from the most distant point and over 'the greatest distance. Dogs in Service, 1,000 The Jirst shipment of sled dogs brought to the Vosges from Alaska numbered about five hundred. These have bred and multiplied so rapidly that France now has at her disposal more than one thousand dogs, with sleds and material necessary for per forming an incredible amount of trans port service in the snow-clad altitudes of the Vosges. It Is principally in the Vosges that the members of the American Ambu lance Corps have been assigned to duty. Their light, speedy cars not only enable them to scale all the peaks on which roads have been built, but even to leave the roads themselves in the direction of first line trenches for the purpose of picking up the wounded. In these Alpine regions, however, there are hundreds of places which even the light American cars with their absolutely fearless collegian driv ers cannot reach and it is in these dis tricts that the Alaskun dog teams and the Norwegian Red Cross Ski Corps come in for the bulk of the work. The Norwegian Ski Corps, fully Equipped for field ambulance work, volunteered committee," which is to allot the pat ronage of the State Senate. He named these Senators: William E. Crow, of Fayette; James P. McNichol and Ed win H. Vare, of Philadelphia; Charles A. Snyder, of Schuylkill; Charles H. Kline, of Allegheny, and William C. McConnell. of Northumberland. With the exception of Senator Vare every man on the committee is identified with the Penrose leadership. —Says the Philadelphia Public Ledger of the Atlantic City confer ence: "Senator Penrose's 'big card up his sleeve' came out suddenly in the conference of Pennsylvania polltlcul leaders and legislators, when it was learned that plans had been decided upon by which it Is hoped to win the Vares back Into the Penrose fold for the purpose of bringing about the election of a Governor in 1918 and the re-election of the senior United States Senator himself two years later. "Two things were determined upon to-day and the decisions were gener ally regarded as the offerings of the olive branch "to the Vares. "First. All talk of bringing im i peachment proceedings against the Governor stopped. The plan was abandoned, not to win tlie favor of the Governor, but to win the help of the Vares. Remarkable In "tills con nection was the discounting of im. peachment talk by a powerful lleutr enant of Senator Oliver and, of course, Impeachment proceedings would have to be based, among other things, on the David B. Oliver check. The Vares, it is thought by Penrose leaders, will be pleased at the dropping of im peachment programs. "Second. It was decided that the Vares would be recognized equally with the Penrose-McNlehol faction In the distribution of Senate committee assignments and chairmanships and In the allotment of Senate patronage. In the House, however, the Penrose whip will be held by the simple pro cess of packing the committees and chairmanships with Penrose follow ers, and control of a Legislature goes with control of one branch." Novel Motor Fender If the plans of a wildly imaginative Texan inventor go through, all motor vehicles will soon be equipped with a huge rubber ball, projecting out in front. And its purpose? Oh, It just gently bumps the careless pedestrian Instead of knocking him senseless or dead. What matters it that the ball will be more than a yard In diameter when puffed out to its capacity? Of course you think the rubber ball safety-guardl bounces the careless pe destrian to one side, allowing the auto mobile to proceed on Its way. You are wrong. It is intended to envelop the victim of its folds. But that is not all. It applies the brake automatically when a careless man sinks In Its expanse. This Is accomplished by means of a compressed air arrangement.—Popular Science Monthly Its service to France, the same as the American Ambulance Corps, and has already done valiant service. French Army's Own Idea The Alaskan dog service, however, was thought out and organized bv the French army itself, which sent experts to Alaska, Labrador and Canada to purchase the dogs. Owing to the fact that the Alaska dogs are nearly white, they are particularly Invisible against the snow, and can therefore approach within a comparatively short distance of the German lines for the purpose of picking up the wounded without being fired on. Seven dogs with one of the long Alaskan sleds and a single driver can pick up a wounded man, lay him at length on the sled and bring him back to a dressing station with re markable speed. Ambulance work, however, is only a small portion of the duties assigned tho dogs, and they are a considerable portion of the transport service of the French army in the Vosges. They carry munitions, food and water to all parts of the line with the utmost ease. The usefulness of the dogs does not cease with the snow in the spring. The French engineers are famous for their construction of tiny, narrow gauge railways, and all the mountain peaks and ridges of the Vosges, now occupied by the French, are lined with these. Over them a car runs with the greatest ease, and eleven dogs hitched to one of the narrow-gauge trucks carrying a ton of material dash along with all the same rollicking hoisterous ness with which they draw sleds. On the sheltered sides of the Vosges immense kennels have been built for tho dogs, each capable of housing one hundred. Fifty stalls line each side of the kennel and fifty on the other side with a food and water trough run ning in front of each side and a nar i row passage down the center. OUR DAILY LAUGH LIMITED ill U |IIU!N SPACE. r M'4j Aren't women freedy In some J'r Vli/M rays? My wife h nonopolizes all iH 3ie closet room * ('■ tor her clothes. '^| Does yours? | Ob. *1- # lows me a sort \OK >f parking priv- r (lege for a suit harder NO USE FOIt" Kansas Has 3,392 Tractors In Farm and Fireside some facts about tractors in Kansas are printed. The writer *ays; "The Kansas State Board of Agricul ture lias taken a tractor census, and announces these results up to March I, 191®. Wichita county is the only one of 105 counties of the State which contains no farm tractors. Counties hav ing the largest numbers are Pawnee with 113, Ford and Sedgwick with 108 each, Iteno 107 and Barton 10(1. "Although there are 3,932 tranctors in the State, an Increase of 60 per cent, over the previous year. Tlioy am most numerous in the wheat growing coun ties, which are relatively free from stones and stumps." Wise in Their Own Eyes Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own ,iijfht!-—lsaiah v. 31. Bmting (Ehai Suggestions that the State's forest reservations, some of which contain lurge open spaces, be utilized for the raising and grazing of cattle and sheep in order to enlarge Pennsyl vania's supply of meat are being mado in letters coming to the Stato Capitol. In tho last few months there has been a renewal of the discussion of the ways and means to bring about an increase in the number of cattle and some of the letters received at thu Departments of Agriculture, Forestry and other branches of the State gov ernment make Interesting reading. One of the suggestions was that all of the land owned by the State and suitable for grazing should be listed and rented to farmers and cattle own ers so that they could raise more ani mals. One letter suggested that in the event of such leases being made that tho owners be required to sell the steers and sheep within Pennsylvania. In the last year there has been a notable Increase in the number of sheep on farms in the Stikte, largely through a plan whereby Philadelphia bankers and textile manufacturers bought sheep in other States and placed them on farms on a profit sharing basis with the farmers. The State Game Commission, whose efforts to restock the hedgerows of Pennsylvania with quail from the up lands of Mexico have not been very successful because of the birds dying in large numbers soon after reaching Pennsylvania, is making an investiga tion which may change the whole plan of propagation of game with stock from other States or countries. Bac teriologists are making efforts to find out just what caused the deaths of the birds, which were given the best of care on the journey, and it is be lieved that the climate is at the bot tom of the trouble.' Hereafter efforts will probably be bent to buy birds in adjoining States. The propagation of deer from Michigan and other States has been pretty successful, but tho quail and pheasants have not turned out well. Clmrleroi is not a very large place, but it has been on the map a good bit in the last half-dozen years. It is the home of Governor John K. Tenet" and has some mines, glass works, banks and other evidences of being a real town. But it also vied with Phil adelphia and Pittsburgh in the meet ing of the electoral college. It had two members of that august body— Kerfoot W. Daly and Kainuel C. Todd. John McSparran, the worthy master of the State Grange and one of the most progressive farmers in the State, has been delivering lectures in West ern States. He spoke a few days ago in Missouri and will speak in Illinois. Mr. McSparran will spend consider able time here during the legislative session, looking after the matters in which the big organization of farm ers i;j interested. Miss Violet Oakley, the Philadelphia artist who is here directing the placing of her mural decorations in the Sen ate chamber, is receiving considerable attention from Harrisburg people. Miss Oakley's works have been greatly admired, especially the notable deco ration for the executive reception room which depicts the life of Wil liam Penn and (lie rise of the spirit ual life in Pennsylvania. The paint ings for the Senate, of which five will be placed this month and two later, are said to be the best she has ever executed. Governor and Mrs. Brumbaugh were much pleased this week to re ceive with the compliments of tho William Penn Highway Association Very handsomely enlarged and mount ed photographs of the Governor as ho appeared during the dedication of the New York Extension of the William Penn at Kaston on November 2. Ono of the photographs shows Governor Brumbaugh and Charles M. Schwab, tho steelmaster, walking arm in arm along the concrete highway. Seifi-e --tary William H. Ball also appears in this picture. In the other Governor Brumbaugh is the central iigure, with members of his staff and other prom inent guests at Easton in a circle fac ing Jiim. The William Penn Highway also presented photographs to Charles M. Schwab. The pictures are the product of Underwood & Underwood, New York City. • • William Ilertzler, former senator and deputy secretary of the Common wealth, liaa been re-elected as secre tary of the Valley railroad, of which he lias been for years a di rector. The former Senator has also been chosen again as president and director of the First National bank of Mifllintown. He plans to make some visits here during the winter. "" WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~~ —James Alcorn, public service commissioner, served under three city solicitors in Philadelphia and was then elected to the place. —Ex-Senator John S. Fisher, who was here yesterday, represents big railroads and coal companies in West ern Pennsylvania. —Congressman ,T. Hampton Moore gave his annual dinner to Pennsyl vania Congressmen in Washington. —John Dewar, re-elected president of the State's master painters, has been active in that organization for years. He is well known to many peo ple here. -—Senator C. J. Buqkman, who will be chairman of tl.e Senate appropria tions committee again, is ono of tho senior Senators. He was formerly in the House. [ DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg sells shoes to Canadian merchants? HISTORIC HARRHSIHJRG Many tons of supplies wero gather ed here during the French and Indiai war and taken through the Cumber land valley to the southern road. That Tooth "l want some cotton for my tooth," Said suffering Mr. Baker. "I think that I will need enough To cover a whole acre." —Luke McLuke. The dentist peered into his mouth, His patient's need to serve. He saw the little tooth that ached And said: "I like your nerve." -—Detroit Free Press. And then He added with a smile: "A man of your renown Should be tlxed up in regal style; You ought to have a crown." —Springfield Union. "But if you do not want a crown— Of such there are a few— • Whatever you want, put it down; I'm here to plug for you." —Houston Post. Then he began upon that tooth; And by the day was paid; Snd for his patient, 'tis the truth, He worked for a decayed. —Newark Advocate. When Mr. Baker got the bill It humped him like a camel; "O, gee!" said he, "I've had my fill i of sold-inlaid enamel'"
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