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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-
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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
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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
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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'"