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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME
Founded 1831
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ih. J.STACICPOLE, and Editor-in-Chief
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QUS M. STEINMETZ. Managin e Editor.
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAX. 31
In the day of prosperity be joyful,
■and in the day of adversity consider;
God hath even made the one side by
side with the other, to the end that
man should not find out anything
that shall be after him.—Eccl. 7
THE "KIDDIES' ERIEND"
SAMUEL KUNKEL, whose death
occurred early to-day, In a long
and busy life engaged in many
activities of note, but he will be re
membered fondly by thousands of
people in Harrisburg as the father of
"Romper Day."
When the playground movement
was young in Harrisburg Y. Grant
Forrer, then superintendent of parks,
conceived the idea of ending each sea
son with a "Romper Day," when all
the playground classes should gather
together at Reservoir Park for a great
jollification, the climax of which would
be a big picnic dinner. The city
budget provided for no such item as
groceries, so Mr. Forrer laid his plan
before Mr. Kunkel, with a request for
aid. The result was that Mr. Kunkel
shouldered the whole financial re
sponsibility and has borne it each year
from that time to the present.
As the "kiddies' friend" he was
known to all the boys and girls of the
city. He was the patron saint of the
playground and as such will be held
In dear remembrance by those who
were his beneficiaries.
Who will take his place?
There is nothing uncommon in Sam
uel Gompers saying that his marriage
anniversary and that of his devotion to
labor occur on the same date. Most
men become devoted to labor about the
time of their marriage.
A GREAT OAK
ONE of the ancient philosophers
in a brilliant moment remarked
that great oaks from little
acorns grow; and we thought of that
truism when we learned that Lehigh
and Northampton counties had been
added to the William Penn counties
of Pennsylvania—those counties
through whtch the William Penn
Highway passes and in which are to
he found organizations boosting earn
estly for better roads for Pennsylva
nia.
The William Penn Highway Asso
ciation was formed in this city late
in March of last year. To-day in 18
counties of the State there are very
active branches, the object of which
Is the furthering of the good roads
movement. There were six hundred
delegates at the organization meeting
last spring; the association expects
"three timea that representation at the
annual meeting in Harrisburg the
fourth Monday in the coming March.
Do good roads associations help the
good roads movement?
Let Huntingdon county answer that
question. In that county two miles of
concrete-filbertine road have been
completed since the formation of the
William Penn Highway Association
■and an additional two miles required
to complete the link between Hunt
ingdon and Mill Creek will be finished
before the coming summer is half
gone. The William Penn-Lincoln
• Highways crossover between Hunt
ingdon and Everett will bo completed
before December 1. affording tourists
on either road a permanent thorough
fare on which to reach the other. The
highway between Union Furnace and
Birmingham is to be permanentized
and shortened this summer, two grade
crossings eliminated and a rickety
iron bridge replaced with one of con
crete, thanks to concerted action on
the part of the Pennsylvania railroad
and Huntingdon v and Blair
counties. The borough of Hunt
ingdon is to issue bonds for
SIOO,OOO, every penny of which Is to
go into street improvement—the Wil
liam Penn Highway being permanen
tized in its entirety in the borough.
Those are a few of the things Hunt
ingdon county has been doing since
one of its foretnost citizens, E. M. C.
Africa, aided in the organization of
the William Penn Association. But
other counties can also report prog
ress. The coming summer will see
•the elimination of the dangerous
,grade crossing at Speecevllle, this
county; the construction of a perma
nent roadway in the bed of the old
canal near Speecevllle, and the im
provement of the road above Dauphin
through the application of an asphalt
impregnated oil, thus doing away with
the killing dust that has made that
drive an annoying one. Cambria
county this summer will see the link
ing up of all permanent roads between
Johnstown and Cresson, whereby
Johnstown will have permanent road
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
through to Millerstown; all-weather
shale from Millerstown to Clarks'
Ferry; good roads from the ferry to
Dauphin; permanent highway into
Harrisburg from Dauphin; and, when
the Berks-Dauphin turnpike is im
proved this spring, all-weather and
excellent macadam, oil or asphalt
treated, into Reading. Over In Mont
gomery county it will be possible be
fore long to travel from border to
border on a permanent William Penn
road.
We mention these instances merely
to show that the William Penn High
way Association has grown from a
little acorn to a great oak. Only this
week it was asked to bring its methods
to beat- in Washington county, where
enthusiasts propose a million-dollar
bond issue for better roads. Its activ
ities are State-wide, thanks to the In
defatigable men who are back of it —
among whom is William Jennings of
Harrisburg. When busy men give
their services free to a movement, that
movement is bound to succeed. As a
"great oak" in the movement for bet
ter roads the William Penn Highway
Association is an unqualified success.
Pour potato warehouses were burned
at Houlton. Me. Somebody must have
been reading Charles Lamb's "Essay
on Roast Pig."
THE CHARITY ISA 1.1.
THE annual Charity Ball was an
unqualified success, not only In
attendance and brilliancy, but
because every penny outside the box
rentals goes directly to charity. Those
who paid for the boxes bore all the
expenses of the whole entertainment,
so that the full price of each ticket
Roes to the treasury of the Assoolated
Aid Societies, which is a very worthy
organlzatioli very greatly in need of
tinancial assistance.
The principles and objects of the
Associated Aid Societies in brief are
these:
To investigate thoroughly and
without charge, the oases of all ap
plicants for relief which are re
ferred to the association for in
inquiry, and to send the persons
having a legitimate interest in such
cases, full reports of the results ot
investigations. To provide visitors
who shall personally attend cases,
needing counsel and advice.
To ohtain from the proper chari
ties and charitable individuals ade
quate relief for suitable cases.
To procure work for poor per
sons who are capable of being
wholly or partially self-support
ing.
To prevent pauperism and de
pendence, to discourage begging
and giving alms without adequate
investigation, to expose deliberate
imposture or fraud, to not merely
palliate distress but to relieve it per
manently and, in every case, to de
velop all the possibilities of self
help.
To promote the general welfare
of the poor by social and sanitary
reforms and by the inculcation of
habits of providence and self-de
pendence.
To help children in trouble, with
out restriction as to race, creed, or
color, but providing for them with
due regard to their religious faith.
To place children in need in good
private families, preferably in the
country, with or without the pay
ment of board.
To select these foster homes by
careful Investigation as to their fit
ness.
To supervise the. children after
placement bv frequent and regular
visits, by paid agents or by ap
pointed represenatives.
Last year 758 families were aided;
230 children were placed in good
homes, and 5,254 visits were made. In
carrying on this work the Society
handled for the Dauphin County Poor
Board, the Harrisburg Benevolent As
sociation and the Anti-tuberculosis
Society, including its own work, more
than $15,000, all of which enured to
the benefit of the poor and needy of
our community.
(he direction of Jolin Yates
the Associated Aid Societies has en
larged its activities and its sphere of
usefulness, and as its work increases
so do also its needs. The Charity Ball
receipts will be no more than a drop
in the bucket. They will help ma
terially, but for all that Mr. Yates finds
himsqff in sore need of stronger sup
port than he has ever received.
PAY FOII PERSONAL LUXURY
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
REDFIELD believes that an
occasional taste of life on the
ocean wave is beneficial to his health
and that of his friends.
About a year ago the Coast and Geo
detic Survey, after a personal inspec
tion by Mr. Redfield, spent about $60,-
000 for the beautiful new yacht, the
Isis, then lying in Boston Harbor. The
boat was ostensibly to be used in tak
ing soundings in connection with the
work of the survey, but after the pur
chase, instead of applying the white
paint usually found on coast survey
steamers, about $20,000 was expended
in erecting deck houses of teakwood
and otherwise furnishing the yacht in
a style comparing favorably with
that of a multi-millionaire.
The Isis is now lying at one of the
wharves on the river front at Wash
ington, and almost every day, when
the weather permits, takes aboard a
junketing party of the Secretary and
his friends to pleasantly whilo away
some hours on the Potomac river or
Chesapeake Bay. Thus do we see in
real life the vaunted "economies" of
the Democratic party.
CIVIL SERVICE TESTS EVADED
THE annual report of the Civil Ser
vice Commission, recently sent
to Congress, contains the usual
list of appointments made by order
of the President without regdrd to the
Civil Service Rules.
During the past year there were
14 such appointments. As a result of
a careful investigation of the merits
of each case the commission reports
that it was able to concur in only 22
instances, less than 20 per cent. Of
course, the only explanation of the bal
ance of the appointments is that they
were dictated by "political necessity."
Another significant in
the same report is that while there
was a decrease of 8 per cent, in the
number of persons examined for ap
pointment there was an increase of
18.5 per cent, in the number ap
pointed.
The Prussian income tax is $33,000,-
000, and President WllscAi, not to be
outdone by the Kaiser, Is now think
ing of taxing incomes down to $1,200,
and that accomplished, no doubt the
unskilled laboring man, whose burden
is quite enough already, will be next.
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■ By the Ex-Commltte(naa I
While Senator William C. Sproul's
action in postponing consideration of
the resolution for investgation of gov
ernment in Pennsylvania in the Sen
ate yesterday within twenty hours of
the time when a motion to postpone
was voted down is declared by State
administration people and newspapers
to be a sign of weakness, the Penrose
people are emphatic in asserting that
they will have the votes to pass the
resolution on Monday night. Mean
while rumors persist that the explan
ation given by the Delaware senator
that there was an agreement for post
ponement was correct. It is under
stood that the resolution was deferred
by a "gentlemen's agreement" and It is
also pretty well understood that there
are moves on to relieve what some one
has aptly termed "a tense situation."
Notwithstanding Governor Brum
baugh's letter it is not believed that
the State administration is shouting
for an investigation and many of the
men high in the Penrose councils are
fearful of what the effect may be. It
is doubtful whether the Republicans
ufter it is all over would be in as
good shape to go before the people of
Pennsylvania as they were after the
Capitol furnishing probe ten years
ago.
It is now recognized that investiga
tion is playing the Democratic game
and talk about the Democrats block
ing any probe into the way Pennsyl
vania lias been governed and politics
played is sheer nonsense.
—Whether any peace notes have
been llittering through Capitol corri
dors no one will say. It is intimated
that about midnight Monday there
was a lot of discussion going on which
may have far reaching consequences.
The Penrose people are committed to
an investigation and will go through
with it. Whether in view of the whol
ly outside newspaper attacks on the
Governor and the disclosures regard
ing his expenditures the Penrose men
will make any onslaught of their own
on the Executive is a matter for the fu
ture. It is said that the Governor has
been given some intimations that there
is a way to peace, but that it would
call for removals from high places.
—Attorney General Brown says
that like the Governor he is ready for
any investigating any one wants to
make. The Attorney General says the
records of his department are open
and so are the court dockets. It is
said that Mr. Brown lias appeared in
court for his firm only a few times
since he became Attorney General and
that he has had to give up his Satur
day, which he devoted to private busi
ness, because, of people who want to
talk about State affairs.
—The Philadelphia North Ameri
can, Pittsburgh Dispatch and Phila
delphia Press say that Penrose lacked
the votes to put through the Sproul
resolution and the Press says that it
is all up to the Democrats who can
get an investigation in any form they
want. The North American says the
Democrats have the balance of power,
but the Democratic Philadelphia Rec
ord says that there has only been a
cessation of hostilities and that the
fight will be resumed Monday. It
rather intimates that the Democrats
want the row to be -as brisk as possi
ble. The Philadelphia Ledger says
that the Democrats now have the whip
hand and that the Vare strength was a
shock to the Penrose people, while the
Philadelphia Inquirer says that there
will be thirty votes on Monday night
Tor the Sproul resolution, and that It
will go through whether the adminis
tration likes it or not. The Pittsburgh
Gazette-Times also predict that the
resolution will have votes to spare
when the test comes and that It will
go through the House.
—Luzerne county saloonkeepers
are up in the air over the activities of
the people who are opposing licenses
this year. Some evidence is being
gathered and with the experience or
Northumberland county In mind the
keepers of some places are nervous.
—Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia,
may postpone his trip to the south if
things become too hot in the Legisla
ture. None of the Philadelphia bills
put in an appearance this week, and
it is ijaid that the Penrose faction is
showing Its dissatisfaction with the
Mayor.
—Montgomery county is having a
grand old scramble for the vacant post
of county commissioner which pays
$4,000. Ex-Insurance Commissioner
Charles Johnson will name the man.
—Henry A. Bombcrger, who is now
signing himself as the State Chairman
of the Progressive party, is hinting
around for a conference of Pennsyl
vania Progressives here soon to gal
vanize the Progressive party, whose
otticial representatives In the form of
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
the Washington party State committee
were put out of pain by William Elinn
and A. Nevin Detrich last summer. The
State administration has been an
nouncing itself as the heir of the Pro
gressives and the manner in which the
ex-Washingtonians will act towa.ni
the conference will be worth watching.
Most of the big men rti the Progres
sive party in this State were active for
Hughes and William Flinn was a
Hughes elector.
—Schuylkill Democrats are afraid
that the appointment of the Shenan
doah postmaster will start a ruction
that will disturb the whole anthracite
region, where the Democratic State
bosses are making efforts to smooth
things out in advance of the next gub
ernatorial election. The Democratic
bosses are inclined to be very much
miffed over the activities of some of
the Democrats who want to rufflfe the
waters and may try to discipline them.
—H. F, Rice, Dr. W. H. Hoffa, J. B.
Mcllenry, W. C. Vought, D. W. Ilicks,
C. L. Sands and C. P. Girton are
among the men mentioned for the va
cancy in the office of sheriff of Colum
bia county, which is to be filled by the
Governor.
—Hazieton is facing a pretty lively
election for councilmen and there are
almost as many candidates for the
places as there are in Harrisburg.
—Major General C. M. Clement is
being boosted for the vacancy on the
Public Service Board but it is declared
by friends of the Governor that he has
no intention of makihg any selection
now.
—Under all of the bills relative to
salaries of county commissioners
Dauphin county's commissioners woifid
be paid $3,000.
—Twenty-one members of the Leg
islature have gone on record as op
posed to the removal of Coacli Fol
well at the University of Pennsylva
nia. .They are all University of Penn 7
sylva'iia men.
—The liill to change the power of
pppointmi-nt of mercantile appraisers
lor Philadelphia so that the local au
thorities shall not have a finger in
ihe pie came out of committee in the
Senate yesterday afternoon. It is due
to go up to Governor.
—Democratic legislators will attend
the annual pigroast of the Central
Democratic Club to-night. There Nwill
be some speeches and some comments
upon the outlook, which is always line
for Democrats in midwinter.
—Secretary of Agriculture Charles
E. Patton, whose appointment will
likely be attacked in the State, was
before members of the House appro
priations committee yesterday to ex
plain the deficiency items. It is prob-'
able that he will have some reductions
made.
—Members of the House committee
on military affairs will likely have a
conference with the Adjutant General
about the Dithrich bill to provide for
the difference between the pay of
Guardsmen in federal service and in
National Guard service. The bill in
stead of taking $1,500,000 would re
quire over $3,000,00*0.
—"Talk of a new anthracite mine
code is being heard. Chief Roderick
has been urging one for years, but
the operators and workers could never
agree.
—The Senate committee in charge
of the Public Service "ripper" plans
consideration of the measure next
week. It is said that the bill will be
reported out in the Senate within the
coming month.
—Judge J. N. Langham, of the In
diana courts, has disciplined a num
ber of the saloonkeepers of his coun
ty by refusing to give them licenses
for a while. Several were refused
outright. ...
—The Anti-Saloon League and the
Local Option committee held meetings
yesterday in Philadelphia and planned
their campaign. .
Regards It as a Condition
Richard Cleveland, a son of the late
former President Cleveland, is report
ed as one of the leaders of a revolt
against the club system at Princeton.
If he has the stick-to-lt-iveness of his
father that club system has some live
ly times ahead of it.—Pittsburgh Post.
The Chief Trouble
The trouble about the egg situation
is that the speculators and not the
hens are now laying for the cus
tomer.—Arkansas Gazette.
A Sensitive Institution
The seismograph at Georgetown,
D. C., is so sensitive that It will clearly
record a slight earthquake in far-off
Borneo, but the New York stock mar
ket will go all to pieces In an hour
over something that never happened,
anywhere!— Boston Advertiser.
Meat
For meat destroy not the work of
GQd. All things indeed are pure; but
it Is evil for that man who eateth with
offense.—Romans 14: 20.
Robbing God
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have
robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have
we robbed thee? In tithes and offer
ing!.—Malachl 111, 8,
IMMENSE
By S. W. STRAUS,
President American Society For Thrift
STATISTICS show that only about
35 per cent, ot the timber cut
iii the forest now reaches the
consunn r, most of the remainder be
ing wafted', 40 ppr cent, of the coal
is lost in the seam, so far as beneficial
utilizat on is concerned. It is pointed
out that millions of barrels of oil Is
lost, and that a condition equally as
bad exists in connection with natural
gas and many other natural resources.
Chicago is beginning to reap the
results of a thrift campaign through
a system of municipal junk collec
tion, sorting and then selling it after
competitive bids have been received
by the city. This old scrap iron, cop
per, lead and wire that formerly was
consigned to the junk heap has in
creased the municipal revenue over
SIOO,OOO in the past year.
School No. 10, Indianapolis, Ind.,
has been very successful in its experi
ments in teaching thrift. The class
began by making observations of a
pupil's waste during school-time with,
regard to his own materials, time and
energy. They extended this, then, to
the equipment furnished by the school
for academic work, manual training,
and domestic science. Pupils com
peted with one another to see who
could make tablets, pens, pencils and
other essentials last the longest.
In the Trenches '
fKditor's Note: The writer of these
verses went to the French front with
the first Canadian contingent and lias
seen his full share of. war. He here
expresses, the general sentiment of his
comrades.]
"I 'ate these bleedin' trenches.
And I 'ate the bloomin' guns.
I'm sick of smellin' stenches
From wat's left of last year's Huns,
I'm tired of jam and 'Bully,'
And I'm 'eartily sick of stew.
I'm tired of lillin' sand bags;
I'm fed-up with 'standin'-to.'
But— ,
I'd rather be 'ere than be slaekln'
at 'ome. \
"I've 'ad me fill of fightin'—
Twenty months and sotne-odd more—
And I've given up 'opes of waitin'
For the finish of the war.
Nearly all my pals 'ave 'copped it,'
Since we stopped the Huns at Yeeps.
Some are back for good in 'Blighty';
Most are here in France —for keeps.
Still—
I'd rather he 'ere than be slackin'
at 'ome.
"Yet I mustn't be complalnln",
For wot Is 'as got to £>e.
Though I 'ates like 'ell, remalnin",
In the mud of Picardy
While a mob of sleek-faced slackers
Gets exemption. It ain't right,
That the cowards get the preference,
An' the REAL men got to fight!
But—
I'm glad that I'm 'ere and not
slackin' at 'ome."
—Lieut. Gordon Hill Grahame, In
Leslie's.
LAST WORD OF THE RED MAX
Look ye, my brothers, the canyon fills
with sun.
The mist of early morning la rising to
the sky—
Far off I hear the calling of silver
water, falling.
Far ofT I hear it echo, and hear the
echo die.
Look ye, my tribesmen, the canyon fills
with sun;
The white man's day is dawning, the
red man's day is done.
Listen, my brothers, and hear me as I
speak:
The white man came with laughter,
the laugh of guns, aflame,
I His fire-water maimed us, his culture
crushed us, tamed us;
He took our country from us, and left
ire only shame!
Listen, my tribesmen, and hear me as
I speak:
We fled, they followed after —now we
are few and weak.
Far off, my brothers, across the rocky
steeps.
The star-light softly beaming, will
show another land.
Where hunting moons shine ever, and
war cries circle never.
Where there will be no white .man who
does not understand!
Far off, my tribesmen, across the rocky
steeps.
There lies a land where, dreaming, the
red man's spirit sleeps.
Heed ye, my fbrothers, this word may
-be my last,
Hero facing toward the morning, I
make my sunrise prayer.
For there is One to love us—to raise
His hand above us.
Ah, though our race Is dying, there
still is One. to care!
Heed ye, my tribesmen,' this word may
be my last:
Our God smiles from the dawning,
although pur day is past!
—Margaret E. gangster, Jr., in the
Christian Herald.
JANUARY 31, 1917.
Waste in the house was the next
Phase discussed. It included waste
in the choice of amusements, read
ing, and in methods of home study and
of performing what tliev termed
their "chores." The reports of the
fortunes realized by associations and
municipalities in the conservation of
the dump heap and the reports ot' the
local fire marshal were introduced to
show the waste through carelessness
of preventable fires. The Civics class
made some investigation as to local
waste of natural resources and visited
some mills and factories to observe
thrift methods.
Magazine and newspaper articles
on the subject were read in the Eng
lish class where stories of success
through thrift were related, likewise
themes were written on various phases
of the subject.
The most concrete example of the
subject's possibilities has been the
amount of money made by selling old
newspapers and magazines they had
collected.
Through all these simple mediums
the pupils of this school have added a
new word to their vocabularies—
Thrift, and it will prove, as it has
proven to all its devotees, the founda
tion stone to successful careers.
The Gracious Josephus
Mr. Daniels said to-day that he would
not consider permitting Hadflelds, Ltd.,
to carry out the contract if the British
government insisted on postponing de
livery until after the war.—Washing
ton Despatch.
That is gracious of Josephus. At
the same time, we do not see how he
could coerce the British government.
New York Sun.
Holy Spirit Flower
The "dove" orchid, which is found
only in Panama, is so called owing to
the resemblance of the heart of the
blossoms to a dove with outstretched
wings. Tiie Ilower is a waxy creamy
white, and the plant, unlike most or
chids, grows from a bulb planted in the
earth. The natives of Panama call it
the "Spiritual Sanctus," or Holv Spirit
flower, and regard it with great rever
ence.—Wide World Magazine.
Unconventional Wedding
The marriage of Coyle De Lislie of
Salamanca and Miss Eva Brookmlre
was solemnized at the liortve of the
bride's parents, Jamestown, Saturday.
Th couple were unattired.—Salamanca
Republican Press.
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During the last several years, a num.
ber of Harrlsburg's churches have
awakened to the progressive Idea ol
opening their doors for other than
religious services. Last Sunday an
other uptown church, the Covenant
Presbyterian, Fifth and Pefter streets,
was added to the list of churches
operating social or community cen
ters. Members of the Derry Street
United Brethren Church and the B.
F. Stevens Memorial Methodist Church
are working hard to have these com
munity centers established in thoii
churches. The following churches now
boast of the community centers: St.
Andrew's Episcopal, Camp Curtln Me
morial Methodist, St. Paul's Episcopal,
Boyd Memorial Hall of the Pine Street
Presbyterian Church, Cathedral Hal)
of the St. Patrick's Catholic Cathedral,
St. Francis' Roman Catholic, and
Covenant Presbyterian.
There is a whole lot of talk about
the ice gorge between Harrlsburg and
Safe Harbor. Some folks think it will
not amount to much. Those who know
something about gorges will not take
any chances. No one knows what is
going to happen as a result of an ioa
gorge. During the winter of 1904
there was a gorge that had the Penn
sylvania Railroad blocked on its
Columbia branch until late in the
spring. No one expected there would
be trouble. The ice moved off at
intervals and then "freeze-ups" oc
curred. The ice gorged to the bottom
of the river. When high water cams
it was not strong enough to move the
ice. As late as July there were large
cakes of ice along the river near
Marietta. Blasting was necessary to
get the tracks cleared and the Penn
sylvania Railroad had a force of sev
eral hundred men working day and
night for three months clearing up its
property.
If a bill presented in the Senate by
Senator Charles H. Kline, of Alle
gheny county becomes a law the way
will be open for Dauphin county to
unite with the State in securing some
improvement of roads in this county
which have been declared State high
ways, but which, owing to- the heavy
demands for State funds can not be
reconstructed at this time. In Mc-
Kean county the people voted three
quarters of a million dollars to match
State appropriations and by this new
legislation it will be possible to have
counties undertake big improvements
such as along the Susquehanna or out
Jonestown road or something like that.
That the war in Europe has stimu
lated Interest in chemistry and created
a demand for chemists has been gen
erally understood, but that it has
taken many boys into college with the
purpose of becoming experts in chemi
cal research and especially the dye In
dustry was the assertion of President
Sparks of State College who when in
this city recently said that the
chemistry class at State this year is
much larger than ever. AVhen the
war is over this country does not mean
to yield easily the progress it has made
toward making its own dyes and
chemicals and it is the increased de
mand for men trained in these lines
that has taken the boys into school.
David Tate Cramer, whose death oc
curred in Mifflin this week, was one
of the most charming story-tellers
among the veterans of the railroad
who gathered at the annual reunions
of the "vets" here and elsewhere.
James McCrea, who was his close per
sonal friend once said to him: "Dave,
what you ought to do is quit railroad
ing and go to magazine writing. The
experiences you have had, the men
you have known and the wealth of
historical lore at your disposal with
out a moment's research would, to
gether with your ability to tell a story,
earn for you far more than the Pennsy
will ever pay you." This stimulated
Mr. Cramer to write at odd moments
for newspapers. , With him died many
wonderful stories of the days of the
old canal and of the building and his
tory of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
with which he was connected since his
early boyhood. He was aged 81 at
his death.
It is a long: way off until summer
time, but Palm Beach suits are being
ordered. Purchasers are not prospec
tive visitors to the South. According
to the information received, one local
dealer has already booked orders for
twenty-two Palm Beach suits. They
will be delivered not later than April
1. No explanation is given for this
rush for summer wear. Orders have
been coming in with pleasing regular
ity and the dealer is not kicking one
bit, nor is he asking any questions.
'A call for an undertaker before a
person has died is a rare thing. The
other day one of the Steelton foreign
element called at one of the borough's
undertaking establishments and in
formed the proprietor that he ex
pected a friend of his to die in a few
hours and that he should be prepared
to take him away at once as other
members of the household were
"afraid of him."
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Among visitors 1o the city yesterday
was 11. S. Meyer, the acting mayor of
Williamsport. Mr. Meyer succeeded lo
the office when Jonas Fischer retired
after proceedings had been started
against his citizenship. Mr. Meyer was
here on third-class city legislative
matters.
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The Welfare League of Lemoyne.
plans many big things for the oomlnff
year in the way of municipal improve
ment. The League Is anxious to es
tablish a closer tie in social activities
and cultivate a "enjoy yourself In your
home town" spirit. The League plans
social functions at intervals during the
summer.
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Ex-Mayor Ira L. Stratton. of Read
ing, prominently mentioned for public
service commissioner, was at the Cap
itol yesterday. lie was in Harrisburg
on the Third Class City League mat
ters.
TOL KNOWN PEOPLE
—W. T. Ramsey, chairman of the
House rules committee, who will head
the mines committee, is In the coal
business at Chester.
—E. W. McSparren, Schuylkill
Haven banker, will become active in
afTairs of the Allentown Trust Com
pany.
—W. H. Bollman is again head of
the Lebanon Fair Association with
which he has been identified for years.
—Prof. Arthur W. Goodspeed, mem
ber of the faculty committee on ath
letics at the University of Pennsylva
nia, got Into hot water some years ago
by comtemptuous reference to news
papermen as a class. Now he Is a
storpi center In the Folwell matter.
—Dr. W. D. Martin, named as a.
delegate to the Road Builders' confer
ence, is the father of Good Roads day
in Pennsylvania.
| DO YOU KNOW |
That Harrisburg manufactures
tons of pretzels every twenty-four
hours.
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The first United States court was
held for this district in Harrisburtt
about 1796,