8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Pounded iSst Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELKGnAPII PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building. Federal Square. 111. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't and Editor-in-Chief H. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ. Managing Editor. i Member American Newspaper Pub- IffffgnTT lishers' Assocla gjSh tlon, The Audit Bureau of Clrcu lation and Penn ■Bß B* sylvania Assoclat sjzs 8, ed Dallles ' Ml W Eastern office, ana iIH Story, Brooks & ASS "jm Finley, Fifth Ave- Ofiß I® nue Building. New HPjfc® York City; West- SEjpSS Brooks & Flnlev, PssPeople's Gas Build - ing, Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a <u | PTHapjjf"'-> week; by mall. sj.oo a year in advance. TUESDAY EVENING, JAN. 30 It is far easier to institutionalize 'the spiritual than to spiritualize the institutional.—Dr. It. O. Brooks. CAPTAIN JACK CRAWFORD CAPTAIN JACK CRAWFORD, hero of a hundred Indian bat tles and author of a hundred poems that make up in sentiment what they lack in depth of philosophy and literary excellence, is about to take the trail again, for the last time. He is camping on the border of that country for which his old comrade in arms. Colonel Cody, departed only a few weeks ago. With him will pass the last of those picturesque figures of the Old West of which he was one. Captain Crawford was with Custer on the Little Big Horn and escaped death only because lie had taken his life in his hands to carry dispatches back to headquarters shortly before the battle. He was the boldest of warriors and the gentlest of men. He was of the period and the company of writers of prose and verse who came out of the West with Bret Harte and Mark Twain. He was of thei* type, but like each of them, strikingly individual. The world will never see their like again. They were the pro duct of conditions which prevailed beyond the Mississippi only a few years back, but which are as dead and beyond recall to-day as the num berless buffalo that tramped the plains in those early days or the Indian chieftains with whom they fought or fraternized. "What we need is not a low rate of wages, but a low cost of production."— Secretary Redfield. As most of the American cost of production is paid out in wages, where is the consistency in Mr. Redfleld's statement? COMING or FREDERICK MONSEN FREDERICK MONSEN, the noted explorer and traveler, will be at the Engineers' Club this evening as the guest of the Harrisburg Natural History Society, prior to his lecture to-morrow evening at the Technical High School on "Turbulent Mexico." Mr. Monsen was In Harris burg a year ago and delighted the so ciety with his lecture on American deserts. The Natural History Society does not hope to make any profits l'rom the numerous lectures held un der Its auspices every season. Its purpose Is to combine education with wholesome entertainment, and in this field it ought to be encouraged. Secretary Redfield bitterly arraigns American manufacturers, accusing them of criminal waste. Will the adminis tration. from which Mr. Iledfield draws salary as publicity man. kindly set an example in economy? ANTI-I.IQLOR FIELD DAY THE Anti-Saloon League had an other "Held day" Sunday and reports from all over the land are to the effect that the services In the churches were more largely at tended than ever before. The anti-liquor forces may well look back with content, if not with satis faction, upon the accomplishments of the past year. Not only have large numbers of new dry districts been added to the temperance map, but States that have voted out booze have come forward with some wonderful stories of what has been accomplished under the new order of things. For example, It has been long the cry of liquor dealers that "prohibition does not prohibit," but according to the Chronicle, of Spokane, Wash., prohibition not only prohibits the sale of liquor there, but it also pro hibits some robbery, some vagrancy, some business failures, some Insanity and a lot,of drunkenness. Arrests de creased from 4.692 In 1915 to 1,712 in 1916, the first year without saloons. The police records show 837 arrests for drunkenness in 1916 against 2,082 in 1915. I/arceny cases decreased from 324 to 98 and vagrancy was cut from 1,579 cases to 423. People still drank beer and whisky —the permit system allowed this, and bootleggers were never Idle. But Spo kane's liquor bill was cut by an even $4,000,000, according to the best estl , mates. Retail business houses generally I reported an Increase of 25 per cent. | in trade. Bank deposits Jumped more than $10,000,000, and bank clearing i totaled $255,420,401 In 1916, against , $192,732,109 it* 1915. Bank transac j tions reached $643,716,596, against : $503,369,590 during the last year of i the saloons. The Spokane Merchants' Association | took over assignments of stock valued at $475,000 In 1915 and $380,000 in TUESDAY EVENING, 1916. Dun's and Bradstreet's both showed a considerable decrease In 1 business failures. Just how much credit can be given to prohibition for business betterment cannot be estimated, but it was dem onstrated absolutely that prohibition did not hurt business and that it did improve collections, increase the vol ume of clothing, shoes, grocery and furniture sales and allow many men to keep at work who formerly lost considerable time. The Spokane county sheriff's office t operated during 1916 at an expense SIO,OOO under the total for 1915. The • county government made & total sav • ing of $20,000 under the previous year. The city government made a reduc tion of $86,000 in expenses and re ceipts in improvement taxes gained . $70,000 over the previous year. All of which Is both Interesting and instructive, and explains why anti ! saloon "fielddays" draw large au diences —prohibition does prohibit, and not alone the use of liquor but many of the evils of intemperance, and the people of "dry" territory know it. Every passenger wreck proves anew that steel coaches are worth all they cost. NEGROES COMING NORTH THE negroes of the North realize that they, as well as their white fellow citizens,' have a problem on their hands In the migration of colored families of the South. The •colored people of Harrisburg have paid dearly for the depredations of some of the more undesirable of the newcomers. They realize that the in flux Is not ended and that spring will see a renewal of the rußh North, where work Is plentiful, wages higher than in the South and opportunities larger for the enjoyment of personal, political and civil freedom. The North is in sore need of the labor of these men. If they are not what we would have them when they come, then we must endeavor to make of them what we think they should be. In this respect the following reso lutions recently passed by the Con ference of Negro Migration, under the auspices of the Russell Sage Founda tion, are of particular interest: In the South—That wherever possible, whether in the city or rural community, organizations be formed with the following pur poses: To foster good feeling between the two races. To study the health, school and work needs of the negro popula tion. To develop agencies and stimu late activities to meet those needs. By training; and health protec tion to increase the industrial ef ficiency of negroes and to encourage a fairer attitude toward negro labor especially in regard to hours, con ditions and regularity of work and standard of wages. To Increase the respect for law and the orderly administration of justice. In the North —That similar or ganizations be formed or existing organizations urged to take action which, in addition to the purposes already mentioned, shall seek to instruct the negro migrants: As to the dress, habits and meth ods of living necessary to with stand the rigors of the Northern cliniate. As to the efficiency, regularity and application demanded of work ers in the North. As to the danger of dealing or going with unscrupulous or vicious persons and of frequenting ques tionable resorts. As to the opportunities offered by the towns and cities of the North in schools, hospitals, police protec tion and employment. As to facilities offered by the church, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. and other organizations. We of the North owe it to these newcomers as well as to ourselves to take steps in the directions named. Many of the Southern negroes come here unused to the conditions under which they are required to live. The utmost care should be taken to guide them Into the place in the community they should occupy. The advocate of "pitiless publicity" at least knows how to so clothe his phrases as to be able to assert that he didn't mean anything which his critics may say he did. VALUABLE WORK FOR HIS STATE HENRY W SHOEMAKER, pub lisher and author, has just is sued another of the valuable little pamphlets which come at all too infrequent periods from his pen. This time he has devoted his attention to "Early Potters of Clinton County," and he writes not only with authority concerning this very early Pennsyl vania industry, but he interlards his facts with all manner of interesting information concerning the pottery of the Indians and the effect of their work in this lino upon that of the pioneers in clay products in early Pennsylvania. Mr. Shoemaker has devoted untold time and much money to the collec tion of data concerning the early and In many cases unwritten history of his State, and particularly that hav ing to do with Indian and settler days along the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys. Unlike many another who has made a hobby of this kind of re search, he has not kept his knowledge to himself. In years to come his numerous books and pamphlets will be widely read and closely scanned by the searcher for second-hand knowledge concerning the pioneer days of Pemylvanla. Nearly every thing that Mr. Shoemaker has writ ten has been acquired by patient re search and much of It is from word of mouth of old residents, the descend ants of the me nand women who blazed the trails for civilization through the Susquehanna and the Juniata valleys. GOOD REPUBLICAN TALK THE new Senator from New Jer sey talks like a real Republi can. At a dinner given In honor of Governor Edge. Senator elect Frelinghuysen said: I protest against a tariff that neither supports the Government nor protects the people. I protest against emergency taxes in times of peace. I protest against the entire financial policy of the present ad ministration: it savors more of Honduras than of the United States of America. The "curse of Merez" is on the na tion, says Colonel Roosevelt, which gives rise to the thought that a lot of dusty family Bibles will be consulted this evening; HXRRISBURG TELEGRAPH THE NORTH AND SOOTH OF IT . Byßriggs "p<>ea4 u | ""PtTuvoifCctuua, By the Ei-OommitteemMi 1 ■ .i 1 In the acrimonious debate which occurred In the Senate last night over the probe resolution one thing stands out. It was the remark by Senator William C. Sproul, sponsor for the resolution, to the effect that the people of Pennsylvania are sick and tired of Philadelphia political fights being dragged about and the rest of the commonwealth being harrowed up. The general sentiment of legislators is that the whole investigation propo sition is the result of a row with which people living beyond the Philadelphia city line have very little to do and care less. Now that it has gotten started, there is only one thing, say many members, and that is to go through with it. Some of the up-state legis lators blame Senator Penrose for start ing the investigation and others roast the Governor and his advisers for attempting to fight it. That the present proceedings are going to have a tremendous effect upon this fall's county and municipal elections all over the state Is con ceded, and as for the Democrats, they are helping things along as much as they can. Senator Boies Penrose was greeted with a rousing demonstration at a large gathering of Republicans in Pittsburgh last night and cheered as leader of the Republican party in Pennsylvania and a statesman whose services were needed in the direction of public affairs at Washington. He appeared as a speaker at the annual dinner of the' Young Republican Tariff Club in celebration of the birthday of William McKinley. The affair, which was held at the Hotel Schenley, brought together Republican leaders and party workers, more than 500 in number, from throughout Western Pennsylvania. Mayor Joseph C. Arm strong was the toastmaster. A Pitts burgh dispatch says: "The presence of the senior senator In Pittsburgh at this time created a stir among local Republicans, owing to the fact that city offices from mayor down are to be filled this year. Despite the fact that Senator Penrose declared that he was not here to assist in the selection of a candidate for mayor, the local Repub lican leaders discussed the presence at his headquarters of many influential party workers who are urging that E. V. Babcock is the most available man to succeed Mayor Armstrong." —Auditor General Powell, who was battered by Senator Penrose in one of his latest broadsides, is out with a statement in which he says that joy riding should stop and other things be brought about. The Powell statement (s <is follows: "Penrose is right about the automobiles owned by the State. For many years they have been ex travagantly used by many officers and employes. At several times we have suggested that they be marked. The Attorney General also has suggested it, and the plan has' been recom mended by the Economy and Efficiency Commission, of which I am a member. Now that the Legislature is in session, this can easily be accomplished by amending the automobile license act so as to provide for a special license tag marked 'Pennsylvania State Car' and the number. This should be Issued to cars owned by the State, free, by the Highway Department. There is no sense in having one department take money out of one appropriation to pay It Into another. The money Is all State money, and It Is of no value to multiply bookkeeping entries. Then, too, the law ought to be so amended that all fines for its violation should bo paid Into the State Treasury. As It Is, there Is no practicable way to check whether we get certain fines or not. This Is just, byway of being fair: and, admitting that, neither side has a mo nopoly on good ideas, X believe In giv ing one credit when he's right, and fighting him when he's wrong." —The appointment of a postmaster for Shenandoah has torn open the whole Schuylkill Democratic situation again. There are several patriots who were disappointed and they will join with others in getting even. Now only the Philadelphia port appointment needs to be made to start things right. -—Wllkes-Barre people have decided to Join with Scranton after all in the "mine-cave" matter. —"Billy" Bowen Is still holding the fort. In Philadelphia city hall and re fuses to believe he is fired. —With the Campbell case out of the way, the Coleman-Kelly contest will be ne*t. The effect of the decision is the tally sheets stand In contests. For the first time In years a part of Alle gheny county has a straight-out Demo cratic congressman, i —Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, Is going South again next week, this time to Florida. —lnitial steps toward a city man ager for Altoona were taken last night when the Chamber of Commerce di rectors indorsed a plan submitted by a special committee recommending a public meeting at which the question can be discussed and a definite pro gram adopted. Legal authority has assured the committee that the city manager can be employed under the Clark act and that the salary ques tion can be legally met. At the mass meeting a committee on nominations will be appointed to canvass the city for men big enough to act as a munici pal board of directors. —Representative Hess' declination of the Alines Committee chairmanship last night was taken as notice that Congressman Grlest, Lancaster county leader, need not be expected to look with favor on any drastic probe. Mr. Griest has not been in favor of tearing things wide open and Lieuten ant Governor McClaln did not occupy his usual place in the Senate last night. Lancaster had four chairman ships in the last House and Mr. lless got the only one this year. He is said to have wanted to be a member of the Appropriations Committee, but the Speaker would not give it to him be cause he had a chairmanship. Mr. Hess was the only man who did not vote for Baldwin In the caucus who got a chairmanship. And he did not want that. —Herr Sarig, the Berks county 'squire and Democratic floor leader, is ill. He got leave of absence last night. —"Good Roads" Spangler, chair man of the Roads Committee of the House, has the seat held down for terms by his predecessor 1n the roads chairmanship, Senator E. E. Jones. —Among legislative visitors were these ex-members, Miles B. Kltts, now mayor of Erie; Frank L. Dershem, of Lewisburg, now In the United States revenue office; Maurice Speiser, now an assistant district attorney of Phila delphia. —Between the Democratic platform bills and the interesting legislation proposed by Representative Maurer there should be plenty to make speeches about this session. One Democratic bill has appeared and it requires a man to have both hands off and to be deaf, dumb and blind be fore he can ask assistance In marking his ballot. If It goes down it will be great campaign stuff for the Wind mill. —Attorney CJenernl Brown's action in paying the State for personal tele phone charges is in line with his policy of paying all personal expenses. The Attorney General pays for many things about his department and some of his friends say that he is the hard est man on the Hill to got an expense account by. Not Our Market Street Subway [Kansas City Star] About everything else having been done to the Main street cunyon with out making it useful for any purpose, have the property owners considered putting it on stilts and calling it a viaduct? Makes No Change The new half-dollars aro bright and shiny, but you have to plank down one of them. Just the same as tho old, for a dozen eggs.—Marlon Star. OUR DAILY LAUGH I AN EAST REMEDY. Monk: What the Sam Hill'a the matter with f Mr. Ostrleh? j Snake: H a has a cold In the throat, and don't want It to go down in his NO CHANCH. don't ssem to •re jthree worn- 'IW .•a In this house. 'W HARRY LAUDER GAVE ALL The Comedian Had Planned Far Ahead For His Sol dier Son; Great Estate in Highland ONLY a few weeks ago Harry Lauder, the Scotch comedian, wrote an article telling of the plans he had made for his son, Capt. J. C. Lauder, when the youth should "come home from the war." The man whose burred tongue and droll humor has entertained many thou sands, had bought a 14,000-acre es tate on the Loch Fyne. Here he hop ed to see his son established as "a decent Scots laird, growing the na tion's meat, and, as the years go by, growing the nation's men." But the father's plans never will be fulfilled. A dispatch printed several days ago told of the death of Captain Lauder at the front in France. He had been wounded once and gassed once since going to the front with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders early In 1915. The deep affection that existed be tween Harry Lauder and his son was often the subject of comment by their friends. The father . sought to make every preparation for the youth's suc cess, sending him to the City of Lon don school and then to Jesus college, Oxford, where young Lauder studied law. The boy early became a lieuten ant in the territorials. When the war broke out and his son were in Australia, the young man having gone there to be with his father. Both re turned home at once, the son to en list, the father to aid and encourage the Britisli troops that were being as sembled in London. It was the comed ian's wish that his son join a Scottish regiment and the boy joined the Ar gylls, which were in training in Bed ford. Sang to tlic Men in Camp Harry Lauder visited the camp fre | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR" Says Harrisburg Is O. K. Harrisburg, I'a., Jan. 29., 1917. To the Editor of the Telegraph: We have been noticing quite fre quently a certain Individual knocking on Harrisburg. It lias become dis gusting and nauseating beyond endur ance. Harrisburg is good enough for the most of us who have lived here many years and we do not need the dictation of a newcomer who Is of little benefit in our midst. If there is to be any knocking let it come from a tax paying citizen or un old resident. It would seem that some Individuals would take this column as the medium for cheap advertisement of their travels. We don't know of such terrible acts of crime done in our residential sections that would call for policemen to be stationed all afound that they would be ever ready at our beck and call. Of course, one day last summer two young men were passing ball In front of their homes and a certain Individual called frantically. Police! Police! But no police heard the cry. Noiy on that occasion a few extra police around would have come in handy. Yes there are others with modernized knowledge. Let reformation llrst begin in the re former. Mr. Knocker go away back and sit down; If Harrisburg isn't good enough for you, why not take up your residence In one of the up-to-date cities you have seen during your extensive travels. Sincerely yours, DISGUSTED. The Coming of Damrosch To the Editor of the Telegraph: As wo have, not "arrived" enough musically to support an orchestra of our own, it is a pleasure to hear that we are to have with us next Tuesday the New York Symphony Orchestra, under the versatile conductor, Walter Damrosch. This pleasure is the greater owing to Its unexpectedness. It seem ed, with the Choral Society concert omitted, there would be no orchestral music In Harrisburg this season. Those of us who heard Mr. Dam rosch's orchestra at the dedication of the Capitol, or remember the pleasure of his appearance here two years ago With Mlscha Elman, fully realize that next week's concert means to this com munity. Mr. Damrosch is one of the great conductors of the world. Though comparatively a young man, he Is the "dean of American conductors" us he was a lad of but twenty-two when he succeeded his father. Dr. Leopold Dam rosch as leader of the New York Sym phony Society In 18*6. Mr. Damrosch Is a great leader be cause besides being truly musical he I JANUARY 30, 1917. ciuently and sang his Scottish songs for the men from the Highlands. \\ hen the Argylls left for France, Lauder went back to his theatrical en gagements, saying: "1 am pleased to give my son to my country, though he is the only one I have. If he cannot come back he will at least always be with me in brightest memory. In giving him I have given everything." Gallantry under tire won young Lauder a promotion to captain "about the time he was wounded at Festubert. He was invalided home to England and returned to the front as soon as he was able. Captain Lauder was engaged to Miss Mildred Thompson, daughter of a Scottish landowner, who for many years had been an intimate friend of the elder Lauder. • Disregarded Lack of Strength The young captain was held in high esteem by his brother officers. Speak ing of him, one said: "We were together a good deal and formed what I hoped would prove a lasting friendship. He was, indeed, a most lovable fellow, but I always felt that physically he was not strong enough for the arduous work of life in the trenches. That idea, however, never seemed to OCCN.- to him, al though I was constantly dinning into his head that he was far better suited for the flying corps. In appearance he greatly resembled Harry Lauder. He possessed a very keen sense of hu mor. although of a kind very differ ent from his father's." Harry Lauder was prostrated at the news of his son's death. The Shaftes bury theater, at which he was appear ing. was at once closed by the man agement. is also progressive. In the years when many of our orchestras feared to touch the modern music, Walter Damrosch, a pioneer, as his father before htm, was introducing: to American audiences Tschaikowsky, Klmsky-KorsakofF, 101- gar, Sibelius. I,ater he. taught us to appreciate Debussy, Dukas, Itavcl, at a time when most musicians considered them eccentric to the point of un musicalness. It was my privilege* at the dedica tion of the Capitol to hear Mr. Dain rosch from the orchestra side. Watch ing his changing expression, the emo tional significance of each quiet ges ture or glance, I realized the secret of his power over the men of ills or~ chestra and his audiences. He feels music to the point of self forgetful ness, hence ho makes others feci it, too. So many conductors are hampered financially that it is a delight to know that since its last visit to Harrisburg, the New York Symphony Orchestra has been endowed with about SIOO,OOO a year. What this has meant in musical development is already noticeable. Therefore next Tuesday evening we can count on hearing Mr. Damrosch at his best. Mr. Damrosch has a veritable gift of discovering new artists. The man who ■ presented to America Paderdwski, Sara sate, Krelsler, LIIIJ, Lehman, Gerster, Von liuiow, is not to be fooled by 1 mediocrity. Walter Damrosch took Paul Althouse, the tenor of the coming symphony concert, on one concert tour. Then the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York "snatched" him. Since then his rise has been sensa tional. Without any experience he be came a "star" and made a tremendous hit In the difllcult tenor role of "Diml tri" In Boris Dodounoff. Though but twenty-flve years old he now shares with Martlnelll, the honors of being one of the coming great operatic tenors of the world. The beauty of Paul Althouse's voice is great. Better yet, he can sing with feeling and exquisite interpretation. We Harrlsburgers uhould give him a rousing welcome. Besides being a mu sical celebrity who has made a sen. sational rise to fame, he Is a ntar neigh bor of ours from Reading, Pennsylva nia, I am asking you to publish this let ter In the interest of music In Har rlsburg. If we do not show we appre ciate our opportunities we cease to have them—and a season without one great orchestral concert would be a lamentable retrogression musically. I would also like to request Mr. Dam rosch play either us an encore or an extra number, "In the Aul," by Rtmsky Korsakoff. The Russian Symphony Or chestra played it here a few years ago and' I, have been haunted ever since by its beauty. A LOVER OF MUSIC. jf Bmtituj (El|at There are a couple of historic fire anniversaries due this week In Har risburg. It will be j*mt ten years ago on Thursday since the Grand Opera House was destroyed by fire and the Park Hotel and the Third street office of the Harrisburg Gas Company taken along with it, while fire scars were left in several places. It was one of the worst mornings from a weather stand point known in Harrisburg and the • fact that there was half a foot of snow ' and slush saved the city from a worst* tire, as embers were found as far a North street and even at the river front. Friday will be the twentieth anniversary of the destruction of th old State Capitol, which, curiously enough, was burned on much the same kind of a slushy day as the Grand. That fire started soon after noon, while the Opera House lire occurred in the early morning hours. A number of men about the Capitol now were here when that tire occurred and they re call it with many anecdotes of the dangers whlc.lvpeople ran in endeavor ing to salvage furniture. From the point of rapid destruction it was the fastest Are ever known in Harrisburg, as within a few hours after it was dis covered the great building was wrecked. It had just been remodeled at heavy expense and the hall of the House of Representatives was one ct the ilnest of the kind In the country. O- * "Does Mr. Smith work there?" nsked a voice over the telephone at the office of the Capitol the other afternoon. "In what department does he work?" was the return query. "In the Capitol." "There are a dozen Smiths here." "I can't help that. You get Mr. Smith." The m;.n addressed pawed over Smull's handbook and called the roll of Smiths. Then the voice remem bered that he was not on the "Hill." • • • An announcement that Camp Hill school board had decided to install domestic science in the high school in stead of just plain "science" has drawn agents of all sorts of essentials in cooking to call on Professor Fred Rockey in their efforts to have him use their goods. A daily list of these agents has occupied so much of the principal's time that he states he does not answer any businesslike taps upon his door. Aside from agents calling upon him personally he is showered with circular advertising through the mails. Some of these firms in their efforts tcAliave their goods used have encouraged public demonstrations of their material a * • "This fit'the most respectable look ing 'down and out' meeting I've ever addressed," exclaimed the Rev. Charles Inglls, of London, England, as he sur veyed the crowd at the City Rescue Mission, 107 South Second street, the other night. Doctor Inglis should be able to speak with authority on mis sion audiences, as be has spoken to them in almost every large city in the world. * a •• Harry S. McDevitt, counsel of the State Economy and Efficiency Com mission. lias been invited to address the student* of Tome Institute, at Port Deposit, on the State government of Pennsylvania. Mr. McDevitt has been maklns a study of the government for several years. • • The manner in which a big steel girder tied up traffic at Fourth and North streets yesterday was worth ~ watching. The vehicle on which it was being bundled skidded and swung across the street in the most approved style, blocking the car tracks and inci dentally preventing anything getting by on the space allowed for other traffic. When the girder was finally gotten straightened out cars from various directions were blocked for a block. * • • Some of the saloonkeepers of Har risburg appear to be getting nervous as the time for license court comes around, if the stories told by some visitors in our midst are to be believed. It appears that in somo parts of the city the fear of visits by men seeking evidence is still keen. The other even ing a couple of young men who have had experience in police work In other cities dropped in to refresh their throats. The barkeeper scowled at them and finally informed them that they could have nothing, as they were visibly under the influence of liquor. Neither one had had a drink and they said so. The bar man scowled again and said he would not sell to any "bul Is." • • * The long arm of (ho law was again illustrated yesterday when a requi sition WPS wranted for a man under 1 nrrest in this State and wanted in Oregon. Th® issuance of ..papers for men in states is not unusual, but Oregon is a long way to go. 0 * The t 'rnpil e situation appears to be attracting considerable atttentiou from people throughout the state and . scarcely a di'.y goes by without some letter being written to the Public Service Commission about them. The other day com plaints were made about the condition of a turnpike, while an other man objected to the tolls and a third wrote that a J.-incaster county road was not maintaining its road sis ordered. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ —Senator Sterling.!!. Catlln was given a dinner hv Wilkes-liarre friends in honor of his birthday. —Henry D. Rrown has been elected president of tb" Willlamsport Ora torio Society, which will develop com munity singing. —Renjamin Rush. Philadelphia banker, is visiting the Virginia resorts. Judge Raymond MacNeille, of Philadelphia, says capital punishment is a relic of the dark ages. —F. P. Miller has been elected for the fifty-third time as president of one of the prominent Reading clubs. —i— [ DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg steel is used in Pittsburgh buildinfes? HISTORIC HAHHItSBIRG In early days people down town built dykes to keep out the freshets of the Susquehanna. Germany Realizes Defeat I firmly believe that Germany has come to the conclusion that she is beaten. 1 don't mean that she fears invasion of her territory or that she is In danger of being crushed, but that she realizes that she has failed In the task that she had set for herself two and a half years ago. The conquest of Bclgf\im, Serbia, Wallachla and Monte negro are comparatively unimportant factors. Germany's purpose, when she invaded Belgium, was to crush France. In this she utterly failed. The battle of the Marne decided the outcome of the war. It may be some time yet before peace comes, but I do not believe that this war can last six months longor.— From the Military Expert of the Scientific American. Logical Move To prevent further leaks the Presi dent should appoint a plumber to be Secretary of State.—Chicago News, , i • v J
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