8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME pounded iSsi Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Builtllng-. Federal Square, K. J. STACK POLE, Fres't and Editor-in-Chief T\ R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Handling Editor. i Member Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa.. ua second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a <snnßKi®£nE> week; by mail, $5.00 a year In advance. MONDAY EVENING, FEB. 5. Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts. —Browning. THAT LUNAIt HALO /TMIAT poets may be also keen ob- | Jr~ servers of weather probabilities is illustrated by the lines— Last night the moon had a silvery ring. To-night no moon we see; The wind in the shrouds has a wintry tune. And the foam is flying free. Brothers, a night of terror and gloom Waits in the clouds and the gathering roar , Harrisburg lias had within the past forty-eight hours an illustration of the accuracy of this observation as a gen erality. Saturday night the moon was surrounded by one of the most bril liant halos noted by the United States Weather Bureau and local astronomers in many years. There followed the severe storm of last night with its light fall of snow, high winds and low tem peratures. But the halo did more than prove the weather wiseness of the poet. It showed how little removed we are from the beliefs of the ancients In signs and portents in the skies. Thou sands of Harrisburg people viewed the phenomenon with eyes that saw in it a good omen for the adventurous career upon which the nation set out Saturday when President Wilson sev ered negotiations with Germany and freely expressed themselves as so be lieving. Not only are wo still a super stitious people, but our superstition Is bred of Ignorance. Despite our much j vaunted popular education not more than one in a hundred knew tho cause of tho beautiful display in the skies Saturday night, but those who dtd gave to it no importance as a sign of Divine intervention on behalf of the nation. It begins to look as though those Eel- ' gians interned in Holland will have to take to boats. Jl" WAR, WHAT TIIEX? IF it is to be war with Germany, what then?" is the question on al most every lip. The part America would play In tUut almost certain of events remains, of course, for the government to de cide, and probably the policy of the nation In such a conflict would be permitted to develop rather than be outlined in the form of a set program. Tho gods of war have a faculty for up-setting policies and demanding radical readjustments of well-made plans. Eut there are certain possi bilities that enter so strongly into the situation that they may be reckoned as probabilities if nothing more. Very likely tho first step in hostili ties would be the seizing of the nearly $300,000,000 worth of German ship ping in the harbors of the United States, interned here since the begin ning of the war. The removal of tho crews of many of them immediately following the handing of passports to Von Bernstorff indicates that this al ready is contemplated. If this great merchant fleet were seized It might be used to transport food supplies and munitions to Europe. To enlarge it, in case of need, the government might also requisition all or any part of the ships under American ownership. Tho United States In event of war would be able to finance the allies almost indefinitely. Something like one-third of all the gold In the world is now supposed to be in the vaults of the United States. Never has this country been so rich, so able to handle vast financial arrangements. As a time when not even Great Britain and France are apparently able to float a loan In the United States with out depositing bonds or other securi ties to cover the amount, it would be a great help to have the tremendous financial resources of the United States government thrown to their support. The United States Congress might authorize tho issuance of a war bond issue to the amount of a billion dollars or more and financiers predict it would be quickly oversubscribed, according to a writer of note in the Chicago Tribune. The proceeds of such a bond issue might be used as part of the contribution of the United States to the war chest of the allied nations. It might be used to buy foodstuffs, munitions, and supplies to be loaded into the German and other requisi tioned ships and sent ueross the At lantic to France or Great Britain. To protect these ammunition and foodstuff carriers against the raids of German submarines the ships of the United States navy—which rank third or fourth among the navies of the world —might be used. Whether the navy could safely convoy the laden MONDAY EVENING, merchantmen through tho danger zone would rest with the fortune or war. Certainly, It is suggested, the ships of the American navy would be useful in releasing all the fleets of Great Britain for duty watching tlia Ger man grand fleet in the North Sea. Some of our superdreadnaughts might play a worthy part in a battle with that fleet, although dispatches from London to-day indicate that the allies want no more in a naval way from us than proper convoy of foodstuffs and munitions through submarine danger zone. Other American warships —if the navy possesses any of sufficient speed —might be used to clear the seas of German commerce destroyers. Perhaps, also, the government at Washington might commandeer all the factories making munitions and war supplies of all kinds. In recent months many of these factories have slowed down on their production, as the resources of the allied countries have increased. This how ever, it may be expected, the allies would oppose, as tending to restrict our exports of munitions. In the hands of government direc tors the mills might triplo their pro duction, at least, working under a federal restriction which would limit their profit to 10 per cent, or less. Perhaps some such men as Charles M. Schwab might be pressed into serv ice as secretary of munitions in the cabinet of the President. There are about 70,000 men in the United States Navy who are rea<Jy for instant service. Perhaps a first ex peditionary- force of 50,000 men from i the regular army might be sent across | the water at once. Such a move, how ever, is not anticipated. We shall need all our men at home for the | present and the war, in all likelihood will be over before an American stirs from American soil. But in the event of a long war Congress might pass n universal service law, which would put from 3,000,000 to 5,000,000 men into training. If tho war were long continued these men could be sent forward —after, perhaps a year of training —as rapidly as ships could carry them. In the vastly Important air service tl.e United States could give more prompt aid. Under government di rection the aeroplane factories of the United States could turn out planes faster than men could be trained to man them. And that training does not require more than a few months. But it would be in our ability to feed and equip armies that America would stand forth pre-eminent. The first step would be a mobilization of our industries to supply the men not I only of our own forces but thoso of the allies. Just to show him that we have none on us. we decline the suggestion of the Kaiser that we paint our ships with yellow streaks. German-American Loyalty THE German-American response to the action of the President In severing diplomatic relations with Germany has been quick and, certain, j With admirable self-restraint In re frainlng from discussing the causes | • leading up to the break and their un- | ' questionable divergence of views on j ihe necessity of that action, they have | I whole-heartedly professed their al | legiance to Uncle Sam and their will i ingness to fight and die for the country | of their adoption against the aggres : .sions of any other nation, Germany ! included. That Is precisely the attitude those ' acquainted with German-American , character and German-American ex ploits in the history of the United j States expected of them. The loyalty ! of the German to his government is j the marvel of ljurope. Gcrrrians are j dying by the thousand because their | government has commanded them to tight, and however harshly we may ' judge the German cause in this war, j we must admire the courage, tho re j sourcefulness and the devotion of the j German as an individual and the Ger | mans as a people. German-Americans have had a j proud place in the making of America. ! They have given in times past the j .same extreme measure of service to the United States that their erstwhile | countrymen across tho water are ren ; dering to tho homeland to-day. Their I graves mark every battleground of the Revolution, the Mexican War, the Civil War and the War with Spain; their headstones are scattered along the fighting lines of the American forces at San Juan and the rice dykes of the Philippines. Wherever the flag has gone there have gone also those who : have been pleased to term themselves German-Americans. Their loyalty as a body never has been in doubt. They are giving a splendid reckoning of their citizenship at this moment and are setting an example of patriotism that might well be followed by a cer tain few who pretend to be leaders of American thought and who in this crisis are showing themselves for the yellow-screaked, self-centered blather skites they are. It Is suggested that Franco would be pleased to have un American army com manded by Colonel Roosevelt. Good bye, General Joflre. t'* . > WHO SAYS OUR WINTERS AREN'T OLD-FASHIONED? J STl^Fopyr| Jp B-R-fc-fc a He/wv mtmw. n u/$ alot todo mn it. I T>.li£w tiv | - fir the Rx-OommltteuMßß I Influential newspapers are com mencing to take up the demand for a businesslike session of the Legislature and to protest against the delay which has occurred since the lawmakers or ganized more than a month ago. Some of the newspapers now protesting against the policy of do as little as possible did not pay much attention to the numerous editorial expressions which appeared in favor of a short, busy session with as few new laws as possible and a minimum of factional fighting. Tho blank pages of the Legislative Record, however, have caused them to protest. The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times rakes the legislators for doing nothing and raps the Penrose leaders for not speed ing up business and criticises the Gov ernor for not doing his part by send ing in nominations. The Philadelphia Ledger is vigorous in denunciation of the tactics of those in control. Tho belief is that as soon as the Sproul resolution is out of the way things will begin to move. Most of the committees will start work this week. —Opinion in regard to the probe appears to be that it will be passed j and become effective in spite of what j the administration may do. There are demands by newspapers for a probe | regardless of where It strikes. —Senator Penrose had a long talk with the Philadelphia charter revision ists on Saturday and several bills I which Mayor Smith does not like are due to be presented. Some of the Phlladelpliians are hitting back aj Penrose by calling attention to his absence from Congress on Saturday. —The borough of Bristol has named John Roberts as manager at $2,000 a your. He will carry out the orders of the town council. This is the borough In which Joseph R. Grundy is a big factor. —A state-wide convention to urge enactment of a prohibition law is to be held in Pittsburgh on February 15, when a legislative program will be outlined. —Notwithstanding denials l'rom high quarters and a statement by Secretary Ball that no one had had "tho temerity" to make a suggestion of a compromise In the investigation the Penrose people Insist that there were peace overtures made and that they have been cast aside. The State administration people are now saying that they do not fear an investigation, but that it would not be fair In tho form proposed by the- Sproul resolu tion. —lnsurance Commissioner O'Neil's defiance of Senator Penrose appears to have been attracting attention. The Insurance Commissioner says there is nothing that he need care about in connection with the Investigation and that he has some opinions about it which are not flattering to Penrose. —The Philadelphia North American in a dispatch trom Montroso quotes Commissioner W. D. B. Ainey as say ing he would not raise his hand to stay the Investigation and that if a probe comes he wants it to be made wide and deep and exploratory. —M. T. Stokes, the Couderßport oracle who failed in his effort to stop Senator Frank E. Baldwin's election, Is now writing pieces in his paper in which he assails the manner of giv ing committee places to Potter coun tlans. Potter got chairmanships in both houses, more than it has had in many years. ■ —Representative R. L. Wallace, of Lawrence, says that the reason he did not get good committee places was because he did not vote for the winner for Speakeri The sume is true of some 65 other members of the House as it was also true in a way of Penrose men when the Vare element dominated the selection of a Speaker in the session of 1915. -Ex-Senator Ernest L. Tustin, of Philadelphia, is being Industriously boomed for mayor of that city by the McNlchol element. He was discussed as a candidate a few years ago. In Pittsburgh half a dozen men are be ing talked of for this fall's mayoralty contest and Scranton is thinking about it's candidates, too. —Democratic members of the Sen ate and House met to-day with Major E. I-,owry Humes and other members of the Democratic State legislative advisory committee at the State head q ti a r t er s and determined to have a resolution endorsing the stand of the President in the German crisis presented to-night. Republican mem bers of the legislature will give the measure cordial support. It Is not certain just who will present the ieso lution, but Representative Charles A. Shaffer of Columbia, may have charge of It. Democratic loaders are said to lie urging Democratic Senators to vote for tho Sproul resolution when it comes up In the Senate to-night and a pronounced sentiment in favor of T HARRTSBURG TELEGRAPH the measure is now noticeable among the Democrats in the House, who number thirty-seven and will be in a position to accomplish something if the State administration starts to fight the resolution. Several Demo cratic bills are to be drawn up im mediately and hearings will be asked j on the Erdman voters assistance bill. Duty of Legislature The Legislature has been in session, nominally, a month. Actually it l|as met jurft five times and it has done nothing at all in tho advancement of the public'business for the transaction of which it was organized. It has not laid the groundwork for any construct ive legislation. So far as indications jgo there Is no intention of getting I down to business until tho question of i an investigation of the Brumbaugh ad | ministration has been disposed of. This i will not do. It is quite evident that the conduct of some of the executive departments has hot been what it should be and the administration of Governor Brumbaugh has been char acterized by so much that is quesUon iablo that a complete inquiry and clean -lup should be made, but that work ought not be permittod to interfere with thr ordinary dispatch of business ns it is now doing. The present course is damaging and costly to the State; it Is also doing great injury to the Re publican party to whose hands the people have committed the conduct of their public affairs. By no means abandon the proposed investigation, but get down to legislative work in the public interest. There is much to be done , yet not so much that it cannot be disposed of within reasonable time and without piling up a bill of costs out of all pro portion to the necessities. The whole staff of legislative employes Is draw ing pay for doing nothing. Good man agement would not countenance such a state of affairs. With the meeting j on Monday night a program of work | should be entered upon. Revenue j measures, appropriation bills, the lo- I cal 0.-tion question, the repeal of the | nonpartisan law, as it affects the leg islation of judges at least, should be taken up promptly, given careful con sideration and disposed of. These are some of the more important matters that cannot be ignored and which should not be postponed pending dis position of the investigation resolution. It should not bo possible for the people to say any longer that a Republican Legislature is wasting time and monev. Get down to work and stick to it. —Pittsburgh Gazette Times. "I Walk To Work" ' I Walk to Work" la the in teat and best J. W. W. slogan. It was started by Dr. Emerson, commissioner of the ®w i ork Health Department, a few weeks ago, and already New York boasts of more walking gentlemen in private lifo thnn on the stage. Physi cians innumerable hstve Joined in it, or at least, are urging the public to. If what soma of them say is credible, all the ills that flesh is heir to will dis appear like the morning mists if said flesh will get on its legs, limber them up and walk them off. Of course this last bit of advice is somewhat figura tive. Logs are the moat valuable mo tor any man haa In his immediate pos session, and their permanent retention i strongly recommended. Tho wise man will walk not his legs but his ills on.—Anaconda Standard. Cost of Making Newspapers [From Conlmerco and Finance.] Tho cost of producing newspapers lias increased tremendously in tile last two years. Print paper has been ad vanced in price so much that it has oc casioned Governmental Inquiry. Ink lias gone 'way up. Many newspapers in various parts of the country have been hit so hard that they have had to suspend publication. In some cities I newspapers have raised the price at which the" were sold from one cent to two cents, and there has been some liv- I crease In advertising rates, but there i probably has not been a time in the last half century when the newspaper | industry the nation over wan in so bad I a state tinancially as to-day. Few news paper* are making money. The vast I , ? a i o !X t , y art suffering heavy losses. And this at a time of colossal clrcula | tlon, unprecedented advertising and the [ greatest general prosperity the country i has known. There is one newspaper In New Tork < which, on the,basls of its present circu lation and the contract It has entered "11° A or newsprint for 1917, will pay $680,000 more for print than it did in 1916. Fellowship I found a little baby Playing in the grass, Flowers are hie playmates And all the things that paas—■ Harebell and heatherbell, ' Singing lark and sliver swallow, Happy baby loves them well And his blue eyes follow- Down the road to the corner Where the white geese are, And up the sky wJiere the lon* days die To the first pale star. —lrene Rutherford McLeod In "Swords For Life'' (Huebseh) "MONEY WITHOUT EFFORT CURSE" SA YS JOHN L I / JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER has written an article for the Janu ary issue of Farm and Fireside in which he says: "The only thing that Is of lasting : benefit to a man is that which he does i for himself. Money that comes to him > without effort on his part is seldom a | benefit, and often a curse. That is the principal objection to specula- j tlon—it is not because more lose than gain, though that is true, but It is be- i cause those who gain are likely to re- \ celve more Injury from their success: than they would have received from failure. And so with regard to money I or other things that are given by one . i person to another. It is only in the j exceptional case that tho roccivw is i really benefited. But if we can help people to help themselves, there is a ; permanent blessing conferred. "Men who are studying the prob- j lem of disease tell ua that It is be- l coming more and more evident that the forces that conquer sickness are | within the body Itself, and that It is i only when these are reduced below the normal that disease can get a foot-1 More Daylight The report of the Chamber of Com merce of the United States made by its committee appointed to investigate the plan to save daylight by beginning the day an hour earlier, presents argu ments favoring the change that seem to defy controversy. Indeed, there can hardly be said to be opposition except that of inertia. The committee finds that the plan would substitute a cool morning work- j ing hour in (summer for a warm one in <he afternoon, and certainly most normal persons would vote for the substitution on grounds of personal [ comfort even if it did not as the com mittee reports, make for more health ful conditions in all occupations in volving indoor application. As every body knows the afternoon hours are the hours of fatigue, and fatigue weakens the body's defenses against tuberculosis and overstrains of numer ous kinds. It is during these hours of overwrought nerves and muscles that most industrial accidents occur. These reasons the committee calls the physiological and economic ones, and for social reasons, which are quite as obvious, it advances the enlarged op portunities that would lie afforded for recreation. A more far-reaching and .beneficial reform and one that would upset things less couh' hardly be Imagined. Most reforms snatch something away from us that we ot least imagine that, we want —oven the reformed calendar of Pope Gregory took eleven days away and made a lot of persons frantic. The more daylight plan leaves us exactly the same number of hours that we now have, but It gives us the chance to make more of them. —The Kansas City Star. Air Spies [Wadsworth Camp In Collier's.] The aeroplane lias revolutionized spy ing as completely as it has scquting. It's a vlsk.v business. It's even un popular among the air corps—as coura geous a body of youngsters as war has ever produced. I have seen them sail through bursting shrapnel, photoi graphing and observing with impudent indifference. In an air battle they will I take suicidal chances, but they don't like these quiet rides by black night to lonely places. " —But a Short Time to Live" tFrom the London Poetry Review.] Our little hour—how swift it flies When popples flare and lilies smile; Flow soon the fleeting minute dies, Leaving us but a little while To dream our dream, to sing' our song. To pick the fruit, to pluck the flower, The gods—they do not give us long— One little hour. Our little hour —how short a time To wages our wars, to fan our hates. To take our till of armored crime. To troop our banners, storm the gates. | Blood on the sword, our eyes blood-red, Blind in our puny reign of power, I Do we forget how soon Is sped I Our little hour? Our little hour—hkw soon it dies: How short a tim\ to tell our beads, To chant our feeblir Litanies. To think sweet thoughts, tj do good deeds. The altar IMits grew pale *nd dim. The bells hang silent In the tower— I So passes with the (lying hymn Our little hour. LESLIE COULSON. [Sergeant Coulso- . of the City Of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), met Ills death leading a charge against the Germans In October .last. He joined the army in September, 1014, and served in Egypt, Malta, Gallipoli and France.] FEBRUARY 5, 1917. hold. The way to ward off disease, therefore, Is to tone up the body gen | erally; and, when disease has secured I a foothold, the way to combat It ts I to help these natural resisting agen | cies which are in the body. In the i same way the failures that a man • makes in his life are due almost to j some defect, some weakness of body, mind, character, will or tempera i ment." I "If I were to give advice to a young 1 man starting out in life, I shouid say ito him: 'lf you aim for u large, j broad-gauged success, do not begin | your business career, whether you sell ! your labor or are an independent pro ducer, with the idea of getting from j the world by hook or crook all you ! can. In the choice of your profession l or your business employment, let i your first thought be. Where can I i fit in so that I may be most effective in the work of the world? Where i can I lend a hand in a way most ef fectively to advance the general tnter | est? Enter life in such a spirit, I choose your vocation in that way, | and you have taken the first step on 1 the highest road to a large success.' " Lauder to Retire Soon Harry Lauder intends to quit the stage soon, according to London news papers. The death of his only son at the front in France is the reason for his contemplated retirement. "People have said that I was a mean, stingy man," the comedian said. "Maybe I have been o'er thrifty, but I was saving for the boy."- Lauder is estimated to be worth nearly three quarter million dollars. He is still Tilling his contract in Lon don with the revue, "Three Cheers," and has not eliminated that part of his role where he appears in the uni form of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders—his son's regiment— and sings the song: When the war is over and the fight v ing's done, And the flags are waving free. And the bells are ringing and the boys are singing Sonvi of victory; When we all gather round the old fireside, And the old moiher kisses her son, nd all the lassies are loving the laddies. The laddies who fought and won. That's the Trouble When the war ends it will be capi tal moving day for divers small na tions. —Baltimore American. I OUR DAILY LAUGH > REAL TR OUBLE. ||l '/ / s \ 1 liav ® a flat r s A I i And, what la much I'm ln'°a flx dire, mi I * have a "at ; NOT SO DEEP. ft 1/ jMtflj i His book la Idfe'tH i aald to be rather CT yo^3LV|| Can't be jf deep. That little v bit of a girl over yonder told ma <j\ yW mi' '' ahe managed to "S<2- \ /rTft' 5 wade through 1U fNONE LEFT. The last time I saw you you were talking of buying Yea, but I had to give that idea up. All the farma have been turned into golf links. | LONQER THE IT BETTER. jrtkj. J>- Sentimental FjP A' ' Miaa: Do you ba lleva In long en gagementa? Sflf * lyt lam an ac- £imtUtg QHjal A dozen trust companies and otat chartered banks, which are under th supervision of the State Department ot Banking, published statements in the advertising columns of the Harris burg Telegraph last week and they showed combined resources of over $18,500,000. It a call had been made about the same time for statements from the three national banks of Har risburg they could have showed addi tional banking resources in this city which would have sent our grand total away over 120,000,000. And all this without counting In the financial insl> tutlons of Steelton, Penbrook, 1.,e --moyne and New Cumberland which are within a five-mile radius. Prob ably, Ilrst and last the banking re- „ sources of what wo consider Harris- ▼ ■ burg would run around $25,000,000. This Is one of the best advertisements we can have for our community an<i the figures are something to which Mr. and Mrs. Harrisburg can give at tention. One trust company shows resources of over $4,100,000, another has almost $3,400,000 and a thin* shows $2,800,000. Six of the triij* companies show resources of ovStf $.- 500,000. When it comes down to de posits the City's institutions tinder State supervision show deposits of something not far from $15,000,000. If we consider-Harrisburg has 80,000 persons within its limits It would ap pear that without counting in the tie posits in the national banks there is a comfortable amount of money on de posit here per capita, even after sub tracting the public moneys on deposit. The advertisements that appeared in the Telegraph Saturday night are worth studying. Th£y show the way things have grown in Harrisburg if you have a memory for the llgures published a decado ago. One of the singular things noted in connection with the situation! arising out of the shortage of newspaper pa per and the curtailment of space forced upon many papers is the del- I uge of "press agent" stuff which has | appeared. It would seem as though | every organization, committee or pro- I paganda which had anything to urge was demapding space for which not one ottered to pay. Every legislative session sees the appearance of" bulle tins of various kinds and some of them are useful to legislators and also give the people who put up the money to boom the various movements a chance to read something for which they are paying. Generally, they are the ex pression of individual opinions which, j do not amount to a row of pins and which are sometimes impractical. There are probably a dozen bulletins and news sheets which are being ls- I sued this session of the legislature and j they are not scaring legislators a bit. Other bulletins are being issued solely to keep people posted on the progress of legislation while others are put out I as frank boosters for various thing:;. I The Public Charities Association of Pennsylvania is the latest to enter the 1 publication Held In the Interest of the \ reforms which it has been urging al most as long as the Anti-Saloon League has been booming local option. Some one of these days the people in terested in getting legislation for the uplift of the race or the correction ot abuses will realize, as have the can didates for otfice, and the corporations, when they have a tight on hand, that the best way to reach the legislators is through the advertising columns of the news papers, which it might be added have mado the department stores of Amer ica what they are to-day. Advertising space is worth more per inch as re gards getting results than all the leaf lets or bulletins put out in the name of. any organization. • • • "One of the best things the State ever did in the way of a distinctive marking was to devise the collar ornament." said a regular armT officer who has been on duty with the Pennsylvania Guard. "Most State? have initials or arms or devices which I vou have to pucker up your eyes to i read. Your State has something | which can be told at a glance, which is soldierly and which is useful and ornamental. It's emblamatic of yout Guard, too, if I may say so." a v * The present military emergency with its bearing on National Guard service is about the fifteenth for Adju tant General Stewart. He has had to run the mobilization of the Guards men on strike or other duty ever since 1895 and they say that he has pro visional arrangements made for a call for Pennsylvania militia for any point at any hour. Saturday night and yes terday the wise ones disregarded the stories about Washington solemnly warning the Governor that It might be necessary to mobilize the Pennsyl vania soldiery and asked "Has Stewart telephoned the railroad offices yet?" • * • The current number of Telephone News, which is issued by the Bell Telephone Company and more read able than some of the monthly maga zines by a long ways, contains on Its cover a fine picture of L. H. Kinnard, the vice-president, Harrisburg, which knows its native son as "L,en." will recognize it as an excellent portrait and cordially endorse the sentiments ! expressed nbout him. The News has ! arisen immensely in typographical and illustrative features and its stories of "doings" are really of Interest out side of the telephone fraternity be cause the telephone is an intimate public utility so to speak. rWELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Ex-Speaker George E. Alter, who was here for a while Saturday, is assisting in the drafting of the coda governing decedents' estates, being a member of the commission. —Senator Charles A. Snyder denies that any party linen Is to be washed. He says whatever Is questionable will bo me'rely exposed to "the pure sun shine." —E. Bowry. Humes, chairman of the Democratic advisers, is having a hard time between being United States dis trict attorney in Pittsburgh and a Guard officer. —W. S. Sims, one of the new rear admirals, was formerly oft duty in this State. —Speaker Baldwin used to be fond of horse back riding and of hunting In other days and lie can travel far atter a fox these times. | DO YOU KNOW ~\ That Harrisburg can mobilize hundreds uf locomotives in twen ty-four hours? HISTORIC HARRISBURG Troops have been mobilized in Har-> risburg in every war since the ferr" was started by John Harris two hun dred years ago. Estimating the Breakage "Vou won't have to take the pledgo any more, when prohibition prevails." "That's right. And 1 have no doubt it is rather more difficult to break a law than it is to break a pledge."— l Washington Star. No Denial "You spend money like water!" "My friend," replied Mr. Dnstln Stax, "If you look over the.records of my big- corporations, you will find that most of it really is water." — j Washington Star.
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