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SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 20.
The object of punishment is preven
tion from evil; it never can be made
impulsive to good.—Mann.
MARKET SQUARE TREATMENT
WITH respect to the proposed
tsle of safety and public com
fort station in Market Square,
there is no occasion for misin
terpreting motives or misconstruing
the attitude of those Who are for
or against the proposition. It is
a matter for public discussion and
decision. Tl.e very fact that several
years have elapsed since the loan was
authorized for some changes in Mar
ket Square Indicates that there has
been a doubt in the public mind re
garding the nature of the thing that
should be done.
So far as the public comfort fea
ture of the scheme is concerned, we
believe that there is a decided spirit
of opposition, and it doesn't neces
sarily follow tl.at this opposition is
inspired by selfish interests. So far
as this particular newspaper is con
cerned, it believes, that the public
comfort stations when established
should be in a more suitable location
than the open plaza of the central
business district. This is an important
matter and must be approached with
fair mlndedness and a disposition to
consider all phases of the subject.
If the experts who will be retained
by the city to develop a plan for the
handling of the traffic shall solve the
problem in some practical fashion
the movement will have no more
earnest support than the Telegraph,
but ss we see it now and as the propo
sition has been developed thus far the
placing of a public comfort station
in the heart of Market square is con- J
lrary to our sense of the proprieties'
and a step in the wrong direction.
There should be suitable public
comfort facilities In the shopping dis
trict, of course, and these should have
been supplied by the city long ago.
It isn't a question of refusing to pro
vide such facilities, but it is a ques
tion whether the Market Square prop
osition is not inherently weak.
One of the objections to the closing
of Market street east and west
through the square is the fact that
the obstruction of the monument at
Second and State streets is regarded
as a reason for the removal of that
shaft to some other location. Should :
the Intersection of Market and Second :
streets be similarly obstructed it may j
become a question whether the traffic j
conditions would not b§ made worse I
than they now are.
However, the problem is too big to '
be settled in any hasty or ill-consid
ered fashion. Every angle must be'
viewed with regard to the present and I
the future. Already the experts have !
disagreed on the solution of the prob- !
lem and council doubtless will go
over everything involved In the whole
situation.
Advices received at the Capitol indi
cate that the two landscape designers
and planners, Arnold W, Brunner and
Warren H. Manning, are ready to dis- I
cuss with the Board of Public Grounds
and Buildings the final treatment of
the Capitol Park zone. After consider
able study of the problem these distin
guished experts have worked out ten
tative sketches which will be submitted
to the board in a few days. Some im
portant points are to be determined be
fore the experts can go much further,
and after the conference here it is likely
a definite plan will be submitted for the
consideration of the Legislature.
COLORED RACE ADVANCING
EARNEST and consecrated lead
ers of the several denominations
represented by their race in this
city and Steelton are now conducting
an interdenominational conference of
the ministers which Is bound to prove
of lasting benefit to the large con
gregations which they represent in
Harrisburg and vicinity.
Often the outbreak of a few colored
men is taken as an evidence of racial
degeneracy when as a matter of fact
the forward movement among the
colored people Is one of the most en
couraging signs of recent years.
It has been the pleasure of this
newsjJaper frequently to refer to the
many admirable men who have stood
at the front of the excellent
movements designed to develop the
colored race in this community, among
these the late Rev. John Quincy
Adams, the Rev. W. 11. Marshall and
others of like high character and
achievement.
The evangelistic services which are
now being held under the auspices of
this interdenominational conference
of the ministers of all the colored
churches nre certain to result In great
good. It Is said that no movement of
SATURDAY EVENING,
recent years has aroused the colored
citizens so generally. Amid the dis
couragements of racial prejudice and
other factors which tend to make
their way difficult the colored people
of Harrisburg and Central Pennsyl
vania are making conspicuous head
way. Such movements as the inter
denominational services now in pro
gress contribute much to the advance*
ment of the cause of civic righteous
ness and religious betterment.
Senator McCumber blames extrava
gance for the high cost of living—but
that hardly explains why necessities of
life have advanced almost to the break
ing point. <
THE BROTHERHOOD'S PLAN
WG. LEE, head of the Brother
hood of Raiiroad Trainmen,
suggested a common-sense plan
for the settlement of railroad labor
disputes when yesterday he recom
mended creation of a board of
arbitration of eight members, equally
divided between railway workers and
operating officials. There would be
few deadlocks on such a board, Mr.
Lee believes, despite the fact that it
would be evenly divided. "Men who
know their subject as these men
should would be seldom without a
majority," he said, and there Is reas&n
to believe he is right.
The greatest difficulty In the ne
gotiations which led up to the passage
of the Adanison law—a statute that
has proved unsatisfactory to both
brotherhood leaders and railroad* of
ficials —was the mutual suspicion of
unions and managers. Each acted as
though the other was entirely In the
wrong, which was not true. There are
two sides to every controversy, and
there were two sides to this. Each
was afraid the other was going to try
to take advantage of the other.
With such a board as Mr. Lee sug
! pests, both sides would be sure fi;oni
! the outstart of a square deal. The
worst that could happen would be a
tie vote on any dispute, and the ex
treme probability would be that before
the board would acknowledge its fail
ure and ruin its future the members
would hit upon a compromise which
both sides in the dispute could accept.
It is only the foolish who believe
that the railroad brotherhoods were
bent on a strike last fail. What the
rank and file of the members wanted
was a settlement of the dispute on
anything like favorable terms.
Jt is a good sign when the railroad
brotherhoods, which have been re
garded for years as the highest types
and the most conservative of labor
unions, come forward with recom
mendations for constructive legislation
designed to settle labor disputes amic
ably by arbitration.
If Congress is wise it will adopt
Mr. Lee's suggestions, thereby banish
ing at once.all likelihood of a strike
on the eight-hour or any other ques
tion, and giving both the labor unions
and the railroads a square deal on
terms the fairness of which Is not
open to debate.
The proverbial needle in a haystack
has nothing on the elusive German
raider.
THE "NEWSIES'" CONCERT
APPROPRIATELY enough, the
Department of Labor and Indus
try, through its commissioned
head, John Price Jackson, has taken
cognizance of the Harrisburg News
boys' association, and is supporting
the boys enthusiastically in their ef
forts to raise money for their building
fund. Commissioner Jackson, in a
letter to the newspapers, urges the
public to aid the young hustlers and
combine assistance with pleasure by
attending their concert next week.
Ever since the "newsies" trimmed
the Department nine tn a spirited!
baseball game last summer, the men
and girls of the Department have
been waiting for a chance to get back
at their opponents of the diamond.
And now that they have the oppor
tunity, they are boosting for all each
of them is worth to the end that the
newsboys' building fund may soar.
If you want to delight the heart of
the little fellow who hands you your
paper in the evening and returns yqjjr
change with a small hand that is red'
with cold, albeit a cheery voice bids
you the top o' the evening, just buy
a ticket for the first annual concert.
We don't believe that overalls are
going to become very popular with
American women who own mirrors.
THE GILCHRIST MEMORIAL
THE Harrisburg memorial service
for the late Dr. W. ( W. Gilchrist,
Monday evening in Zlon Luth
eran Church, is no more than a proper
acknowledgment of the city's debt
in a musical way tg the late lamented
composer and conductor. Dr. Gil
christ, as leader of the Harrisburg
Choral Society, did more for the musi
cal uplift of Harrisburg than any
other one man, and it is fitting that
his work should be remembered.
The local memorial Is in line with
the efToVts of his friends In Phlladal-,
phla to keep his memory green in his
home city. Musicians there will raise a
fund for the placing of a bronze me
dallion in the Academy of Music and
one or more scholarships in his nume
will be established In the musical de
partment of the University of Penn
sylvania.
The Chinese have Invented a new sys
tem of shorthand, but laundry checks
will be made out as usual.
SHADE TREE COMMISSION
PARK COMMISSIONER GROSS is
quoted as favoring the creation of
a Shade Tree Commission. He
should not only favor It In a tentative
way, but he should Introduce an ordi
nance without further delay providing
for such a commission as is already
doing an important work in other
cities.
With the information in
the possession of the Department of
Parks through the investigation of
the city forester, who made a census
of the trees last year, it is obvious that
some definite steps must be taken to
save the trees of the city and provide
for the planting of others, unleas we
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a fine example of public spirit in cre
ating a tree commission and there
should be no further procrastination
in this matter which so vitally affects
the comfort of the people.
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I By the Kx-Committeemfta 1 1
Taking advantage of the excite
ment caused yesterday by the state
ments that Senator Boies Penrose had
urged eminent counsel for the pro
posed probe of matters connected with
the State administration and that the
partisans of the Governor proposed to
fight back. National Committeeman A.
Mitchell Palmer yesterday put the
Democrats into the limelight most ef- j
fectively. In demanding that the
probe include both Republican fac
tions and by announcing the opening
of the branch headquarters the Demo
cratic boss managed to gloss over the
tremendous row that is raging among
the Democrats in Philadelphia over
the vacancy in the appraisership of
the port and the fourteen scraps which
have arisen throughout the Rtate over
appointments to Federal Jobs. Mr.
Palmer is displaying qualities of lead
ership ,ln the matter of getting pub
licity which bid fair to minimize the
unploasknt conditions that prevail
among the Democrats of the state.
The Democratic machine managers,
who do not appear to lack for funds
at any time, yesterday opened . branch
windmill in Philadelphia and will es
tablish one in Pittsburgh, the head
quarters on the third floor, back, of
the Spooner building to be maintained
during the legislative session as a
place for meetings and a starting point
for thunderous statements.
Among the other interesting matters
sprung yesterday at Philadelphia was
a booin- for E. Cowry Humes, United
States district attorney for 'Western
Pennsylvania and chairman of the
ringmasters committee, for Governor,
is'ot to let Humes obtain undue pub
licity and prominence, friends of Act*
ing State Chairman Joseph F. Guffey
at once put his name before the pub
11c. Up to date National Chairman
Vance C. McCormick had been re
garded as the man likely to be a can
didate. Palmer has no thought of run
ning, it is said.
The observers of politics declared
last night that the opening of branch
headquarters In Philadelphia by the
Democrats was the proof that the
machine Democrats were afraid of
trouble in Philadelphia over the ap
pointments and that the re-organizers
did not, trust the Old Guard. Palmer
rather emphasized the split in his own
party by references during the evening
to "Penrose Democrats" and "Demo
cratic crooks." Judging by what we
have been reading in Harrisburg these
winter -mornings, one would have
thought that all Democrats were wear
ing white and singing Wilson songs
when they were not praising the Pal
mer leadership.
The Old Guard has the Philadelphia
machine and has a headquarters of Its
own. Now Palmer proceeds to place u
bralich of the State windmill in Phila
delphia. Postmasters and Federal of
ficials will probably bo able within a
year or so to tell how it was main
tained.
Palmer outlined the Democratic
view of.the proposed pHobe in the fol
lowing language after saying that Horr
Sarlg will call ijp his resolution when
the House meets on Monday night and
endeavor to have it adopted: "The
Democrats will Insist that there shall
bo an impartial and absolutely non
partisan inquiry into all of the charges
that have been made by the Penrose
men. against the Vare-Brumbaugh
combination and those which the antl-
Penrose men have made against Sen
ator Penrose. The Democratic mem
bers of the legislature will not stand
for the naming of Penrose Democrats
or ahy Democratic crooks on this com
mittee. If they shall not be given this
privilege, the Democrats will disclaim
responsibility for anything that shall
be We do not Intend to stand
for a packed Jury. The Democrats
believe that what each side in the Re
publican factional fight has said about
the other Is true and want to have the
allegations made under oath. If the
problnir of Brumbaugh at Harrisburg
shall be a one-sided affair and only
as the Penrose men shall desire, then
the only thing for the Brumbaugh
men to do Is to start probing Penrose
In Washington, and we shall get the
facts, which the public demand, about
both of them."
—Ex-Judge James Gay Gordon,
named as one of the men selected to
be counsel for the probe, said last
night that he would not discuss the
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
matter as he had not yet been re
tained. James Scarlet said that he j
did not know anything about it and j
that Judge Gordon would make a line j
counsel.
—The Brumbaugh forces will have J
a war council to-day. Senator Varej
and Mayor Smith are coming back
from the South to take part in it.
—Finishing touches to the legisla- j
tive committees will be put to-day |
and the lists will be announced some |
time on Tuesday. Senator Penrose j
met prominent leaders yesterday and ;
went over the whole field. The probe ;
resolution will appear Monday night. |
—The appointment of John F. Mo- |
Connell to be county treasurer of Mer- •
cer has tickled the progressive wing i
but set the regulars on edge in that;
county.
—A post office has been established
at Oak Hill, Cambria county, and
there is another job in sight.
—The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times in
a discussion of the gubernatorial
nomination prints the following:
"Among the Democrats being dis
cussed as probable gubernatorial tim
ber next year is Col. Richard Coulter
of Greensburg. Others in the list are
George W. Guthrie of Pittsburgh, am- ;
bassador to Japan; former Judge!
Samuel S. Mehard of Pittsburgh and
Vance C. McCormlck, of Harrisburg, I
chairman of the Democratic national!
committee. In less than a year the
primary campaign for Governor will
be on and the discussion of possi
bilities in the Republican and Demo
cratic parties has started. With the
exception of mention of Senator Wil
liam C. Sproul of Delaware and Con
gressman J. R. K. Scott of Philadel
phia, there has been little said about
the possible Republican offerings." It
also says that McCormlck is said to
favor Guthrie as-a candidate possess
ing all of the qualifications.
—The Philadelphia Record fo-day
says regarding the probe: "The sug
gestion that the two eminent at
torneys were to be retained to con
duct the probe of the Hrumbaugh Ad
ministration is believed to have been
given out from the Penrose headquar
ters as a refutation of the reports
that the proposed investigation was
to be a farce. Senator Penrose is un
derstood to be determined not only
to have a thorough housecleaning at
Harrisburg. but to have it conducted
in such a manner that criticism will
not revert on his organization."
—The Penrose war cabinet, at its
executive session yesterday, prepared
plans to bowl out another Vare man
as chairman of an jmporbint House
committee. Representative Thomas
F. MoNichol, It was said, would not
be retained as chairman of the House
Committee on Elections. The post will
be awarded to one of the Schuylkill
county legislators, with the chances
favoring Cyrus M. Palmer, of Potts
ville.
The new owner of the Philadelphia
Press is generally considered to be
Rodman Wanamaker. The Press has
been a Brumbaugh supporter but it
is intimated in Philadelphia that there
may be a change of policy. The ad
ministration people are now said to
be looking to the North American for
support during the legislative session.
Lieutenant to Rear Admiral
The catapulting of Dr. Cary T. Gray
son from the rank of I,ieutennnt into
that of Rear Admiral of the Navv, as
proponed by President Wilson and Sec
retary Daniels, is so sensational an ap
plication of the principle of selection in
naval promotions that It is not surnris-
Ing to learn that naval circles at the
i National Capital are deeply stirred. Dr.
I (Jrayson is a passed assistant surgeon
I who ft r several years has tilled the as
signment of watching over the health
of the President of the United States.
He has apparently performed this dutv
I well, and the addition of a pleasing
| personality has made him persona grata
! not only to the present occupant of the
White House, but to more than one of
his predecessors. Whether this service,
arduous as It may have been, has dem
onstrated Dr. Grayson's fitness to till
; the position of medical director of the
I navy is a question that is being asked
by the one hundred and fourteen of
ficers over whose heads it Is proposed to
"jump" him into a real admiralshlp.
There is so vast a gulf between the
mischievous principle of an ironbound
system of promotion by seniority and
what Is proposed to be done in the pres
ent case that the merits of the two
methods of promotion are hardly drawn
into the controversy. Hut it is equally
certain that It Is a gross injustice to
many worthy officers of the navv that
"selection" should be made the excuse
for discrimination so marked. It is in
conceivable that there could not be
found among the medical officers men
who by experience in the service more
varied than that which has devolved
upon Dr. Grayson as medical aid at the
White House are better fitted for the
wider responsibilities of the medical di
rector's office. If Dr. Grayson's wide
experience In the medical arm of the
naval service had distinguished him for
administrative ability above all the one
hundred and fourteen who now outrank
him, there might be less ground for
questioning the wisdom and justice of
overlooking the others. But the public
has yet to learn that anything but per
sonal favor has been the moving Im
pulse in a promotion that probably haß
no parallel In the military and naval
service of the United States.—Philadel
phia Public Ledger.
FOUR YEARS OF IT
TNew York Evening Sun.]
THE best reason for not getting j
excited over the present row in
the Republican party is that we
shall have plenty of other and better
opportunities before 1920. The row
that is with us today is only the pre
cursor, the beacon-fire. The world
will little note nor long remember it
in the rapidly unfolding list of mighti
er rows to come. It is, properly
speaking, the opening gun of the light
for control of the Republican party.
It happened to begin here, but it
might as well have begun in Dubuque
or Skaneateles, or wherever two or
three Republicans are gathered to
gether. At the first rifle-crack in New
York Chester 11. Rowell leaped to his
impatient feet out in California,
grabbed a telegraph blank and shout
ed across the continent his approval
of the fight, whatever It might be
about. "The West is with you," wired
Rowell. "If this means tight, we are
ready for it." As Perkins pulled the
trigger, and without waiting: to see
if Hemenway was dead or only badly
wounded, the Colonel dashed for a
telephone at Oyster Bay and gleefully
announced, "I heartily approve of
"what Messrs. Perkins and Coley
"have done." It makes no difference
who trod on the tail of the coat, or
whose coat It was: it was the signal
for which the Progressive Repub
licans and the Old Guard Republicans
the' country over have been waiting,
fingers on triggers and elbows crook
ed, since last election. Long before
that day William Allen White had
announced that his artillery "was
planted and ready to begin operation
November 8." So was that of every
other Progressive, once the armed
truce from June to November should
be over.
For a year to come there will be a
constant succession of skirmishes like
that which has just broken out in
; New York. But the real battle will
! begin only when the next congress
I meets; in the House with the fight
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Tuskcgee's Needs
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Each year many students come to
Tuskagee Institute Insufficiently clad.
Htthei-to we have been al.de to make It
possible for sUcli students to remain in
school through the generous assistance
of interested Individuals and church
organizations who have kindly sent us
barrels and boxes containing various
articles of clothing.
As the winter is now upon us, we
here appeal for clothing lor these needy
students. New or second-hand gar
ments, cither for wearing or bed use,
can be utilized to excellent advantage.
These things are not given outright
to the students, but a nominal price is
j charged for them, for we believe that
Iby so doing we preserve the self-re
spect of the recipients and encourage
them to feel that they must be self
depending.
We hope that there may be readers
of the Telegraph who will consider this
matter worth their sympathetic atten
tion. A real service will be rendered
many a deserving boy and girl if suf
ficient clothing can be assured them.
The Institute will gladly pay shipping
charges on any goods sent if it should
be so desired. Any help given in this
work will be gratefully appreciated.
TUSK IX! KK INSTITUTIS,
Tuskegee, Ala.
Drives at Newspapers
There Is a certain order of intelli
gence that compliments Itself by the
belief that it lias done something of
superior brilliance when it takes a
crack at newspapers. If the motive can
be hidden behind some pretentious ethi
cal aim, the acuteness is the more
pleasing. "Pillory the papers" Is the
slogan of this <*lass of annoying llllipu
tlans. They have neither the faculty
for fairness nor the ability to distin
guish between serviceable endeavorers
and mischievous propensity. They oft- I
times sit In the smit of the scorner be- !
cause they do not know enough to ;
realize that the object of their derls- |
ion wears the badge of respectability j
with which they can never adorn them- '
selves.—From the Baltimore American.
People Work Better When Happy
It is true that where labor has a
certain amount of security, happiness,
-.nd interest In its work, the higher
efficiency ia obtained and the highest
wages and lowest unit cost exist.
Industrial Management.
Walk in Name of the Lord
For all people will walk, every one in
the name of his god, and we will walk
in the name of the Xxird our God for
ever and ever.—Micah IV, 5.
JANUARY 20, 1917.
over the party nomination for speak
er, in the Senate over the first thing
that either the Old Guard or the Pro
gressive may propose, in that fight
Senator Hiram W. Johnson of Cali
fornia will be the Progressive leader,
and as he has in him the qualities of
real leadership, something no Pro
gressive in congress has yet displayed,
there will be a real battle. Also, as
he has in him a ferocious pugnacity
and a gift for making enemies that
matches his gift for making friends,
the warfare that will break out will
make the Stalwart-Half-breed fight
of 1881 look like a high school de
bate. Nor will this fight end before
1920, the year of the next presidential
election; it will merely grow deeper
and more embittered. William Allen
White spoke the truth when he said
of the two factions, as far back as
last October:
They stand for different ideals
of government, for different
methods of administration, for
different aims of life. The con
flict may not be compromised,
nor patched up. It can be settled
only by surrender on one side or
the other.
A house divided against itself can
not stand; but, as Lincoln said in re
calling' that fact, he expected it not
to fall, but to become "all one thing
or all the other." That is precisely
the theory on which the contending
hosts of today are proceeding; the
Old Guard may deny it with their lips,
but not with their acts, and the Pro
gressives will not deny it at all. The
great light happens to have started
with a skirmish over an aggression
by the Old Guard, through Mr. Hem
enway, and possibly Mr. Crane, but
it might as well have been begun by
some aggression from the other side.
The cause is immaterial. Some cause
was sure to be given. Donnybrook
fuir has begun, to last four years, and
the last shillalah will not be dropped
when the next Republican convention
meets. /
I OUR DAILY LAUGH
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\ the automobile
iiiPvraSl speed contests
very much,
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■ travagance!
Switzerland and the U. S.
[Kansas City Star.]
The Swiss government, to further
protect the neutrality of the republic,
has decided to mobilize additional di
visions of its army of defense. The
word "mobilize" having a different
meaning in Switzerland than In the
United States, it should be explained
that the Swiss order ddes not mean
that 63 per cent of the men summoned
to the colors will be untrained, or that
three months after the order is Issued
the troops will be without the equip
ment necessary for action In the field.
These conditions apply only to the
mobilization of American troops. In
Switzerland they have universal mili
tary training.
Stoning QUjal
' The State Board of Pardons, which
is second only In dignity to the appel
late court and which follows forms
and traditions in many ways, has
succumbed to the march of events,
Ltka the Supreme court of the Unit
ed States, which did not permit any
:one to take notes during its sessions,
it has provided a table for newspaper
reporters. For years this tribunal,
which exercises powers above tho
courts and which has the final deter- 4
mination of life and death In homi
cide cases because of extraordinary,
1 prerogatives conferred by the consti
tution, has been conducting its busi
ness with only provision for clerks
and attorneys. Lately the cases be
fore it have been of such moment and
have attracted so much attention that
the board at Its last meeting ordered
a table provided for reporters.
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Some odd requests come to the of-:
flee of the Governor. Every year OP
so there is an outbreak of efforts to
secure licenses as detectives, although
such authority is a matter for tho
courts to confer. The other day a
man wrote to th|£ executive depart-*
ment for a detective's license and aft
er giving his life history said thatlha
could be looked up at his home town*
where he was known as '"Nick Hawk
eye, the Night Flyer."
* * •
The proposed\ Pennsylvania build
ing code, just issued by the Depart
ment of Labor and Industry and the
State Building Code commission, is
the most formidable document sent
out the Capitol in many a day.
It contains over 1600 provisions in
425 pages, closely printed, and not
only takes care of everything frorp.
the size of foundations, but gives pro
visions for rat and fly proofing. Peo
ple who have been writing here mak
ing inquiries have been sent copies
of the book with suggestions that
they readmit.
There is talk throughout some of
the more progressive communities of
the state in favor of creating the
state office of municipal planner.
Many of the small towns cannot af
ford to do what Harrisburg has dona
—employ experts in city planning out
of current revenues—but it is gener
ally conceded that expert advice is
needed in the development of the
smaller towns of the state and tho
only way possible appears to be the
employment of such a man, or men,
by the state. Some of the borough
representatives in town this week for
the law committee meeting talked
over the matter, but no formal ac
tion was taken.
• • •
The Harrisburg Rotary club is
planning several open air meetings
the coming spring. One will be held
in York county as the guests of E. W.
Lewis, and on another evening the
club will go to the cottage of Ed S.
Black, the artist, at Perdix.
* * *
Major W. J. Crookston. sanitary
inspector of the Seventh division, as
the National Guard of Pennsylvania
in the federal service was known, is
the last Pittsburgher to be mustered,
out of the active service. He left for
his home last night to resume his
practice after about two and a halC
years of strenuous military duty.
Major Crookston's colleagues on the
staff of General Clement say he was
the first and tlie last of the Pitts
burghers in the Mexican border serv
ice. He arrived at Mt. Gretna ahead
of the troops and made the sanitary
Inspection of the camp, gradually
bringing in play the regulations
which made the camp of the Sev
enth division the best from a sanitary
standpoint, at least, at El Paso. Tha
major Is remembered for the vigor
in which he handled some situations
at camp and for his banishment oC
the sutlers. lie took the position that
the soldiers should eat and drink only
what the army regulations provided.
He had to tight to get it done, but ho
succeeded and the very low death and
sick rate in the Seventh division cami
tells its own story. Major Crookston,
by the way, saw more of the Euro
pean war than almost any Pennsyl
vaninn. He wsurgeon in charge of
the Red Crflss Siospital at Buda PestU
and was then sent into Galicla to ex
amine into sauitary conditions fol
lowing the Austrian rout of the Rus
sians. Next he was sent to inspect
prison camps in Germany and Au
stria, and finally dispatched by the
Red Cross to Russia, where he went
through every prison camp from St.
Petersburg to Vladivostock, crossing
Siberia and going to towns he had
never heard' of. And when that was
endpd he went to the prison camps
of England. Major Crookston's work
as sanitary inspector has been one of
the most interesting phases of tho
work in the Seventh division.
• • •
Harry S. McDevitt, counsel for th©
Economy and Efficiency commission,
who has been making a study of the
budget system, used to be a newspa
perman. Then he became a lawyer
In Philadelphia.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—R. J. Graeff, named for the legis
lature in the Tamaqua district, is a
lawyer and prominent guardsman.
—Dr. H. C. Mercer, the Doylestown
historian, declares that dyes made in
America 100 years ago are still good,
and that it is nonsense to say that
Germans are the only ones who can
make dyes.
—Judge Frederick Moser of North
umberland county will assist tho
Schuylkill county judges next week.
—Alba- B. Johnson declared in
Philadelphia that he saw a "dry"
Pennsylvania coming before many;
years. ' '
—Dr. W. W. Keen, the Philadelphia
surgeon, has declared that antitoxin
has abolished tetanus in war.
DO YOU KNOW [
That Harrlsburg's hotel build
ing plan has iwon noted In news.
papers all over the land?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
John Harris built his stone house
here as much as a place of refuge as 1
of residence.
Philadelphia Papers Go Up
At the end of this month the price of
all Philadelphia newspapers will be ad
vanced to two cents. Sensible move!
There is no other commodity which
costs so much to produce as a news
paper and which sells for a cent. You
may pay for one copy of a book a dol
lar, but it doesn't by any means cost
a hundred times as much to print one
book as It does to make one newspaper.
Much the biggest single iten* of ex
pense in printing a large newspaper is
the cost of the white paper. Since the
price of white paper has virtually
doubled, it often happens that the
money paid for the blank paper used Is
greater than the sum which the pub
lisher of a penny newspaper receives
for a printed copy.
When the London Times was making
Itself the greatest newspaper, of tho
world the price of the Thunderer" was
ton cents a copy.—Olrard, In the
delphla Public Ledger.