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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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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
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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
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I'm ln'°a flx dire,
mi I * have a "at
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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&gt-
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.