10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1851 f —. ■ - Published evenings except Sunday by THU TKLEOn.tPII PRINTING CO., lelevraph Hullriiuir. Federal Square. L. J. STACKPOL.E, Pres't and Editor-in-Chief F. R, OYSTER. Business Manager, GUS M. STEINMKTZ, Managing l-dilor. ~ Member American F* Newspaper Pub | illy New ing. P Chtcago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a week; by mail. $3.00 a year in advance. TUESDAY EVENING, FEB. 13 Jesus Himself could, not keep the Divine life in Him vp to its healthy tone, save by getting out of the whirl in which daily life held Him, and { letting by Himself, finding, making quiet—quiet that had not merely rest in it, but God.—J. F. IV. Wore. TIIE PRESIDENT'S REFUSAL PRESIDENT WILSON'S refusal to enter into a parley with the Ger man government over the extent of the submarine blockade while that blockade continues in absolute defiance of German pledges to the contrary is entirely justified and will meet with popular approval. The President could do no less, es pecially in tho face of the Indignities heaped upon Ambassador Gerard since the breaking of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Germans in America have been treated with the' utmost courtesy. Americans in Germany have been sub jected to insults and injuries. At every turn the nasty littleness of the Ger man government has been displayed. The President is very properly sus picious of Berlin's intentions. He has no reason whatever to look for sin cerity of purpose from that source. "Have a home garden," say the seed men. Sure, we're willing, but the weatherman is giving us mighty little encouragement. THE REJUVENATED Y. >l. C. A. AFTER many years of useful serv ice as general secretary of the Young Men's Christian Associa tion Homer Black retires this evening from actual management of the local institution. Coincident with the elec tion of five new directors, the Young Men's Christian Association will enter ■upon a new regime, a period of re newed vigor and active participation in those things which make for civic betterment. The Young Men's Chris tian Association has by its lack qf ac tivity in recent years placed itself in a. position from which it seems to be slowly extricating itself, but for the complete success of which it must rely upon the public which has sup ported heretofore and doubtless here after will support it. The comprehensive outline for the future policy and activities of the as sociation, which was reported from committee to the board of directors last evening, suggests infinite possi bilities for the upbuilding of the splendid plant at Second and Locust streets in the interest of the young men and boys of the city. The selec tion of a successor to Mr. Black will be the first duty to devolve upon the new board to be elected this evening, and the welt wishes of the community go with it. Senator Penrose is quoted as favor ing some important reform measures, and while he is about it may we not hope that he will join in the demand of the cities of the third class and other email municipalities for relief in the way of a home rule measure? This would mean an amehdment of the Con stitution, perhaps, but whatever the procedure the need is great and steps toward this end should be taken at the present session. A start might be made at once in providing for a receiver of taxes in cities of the third class, a re form which Senator Beidleman once tried to achieve. A CALL TO THE CITY'S WOMEN' NO nobler work can the women of Harrlsburg undertako than to help put the city's Reil Cross So ciety on a war footing-. The Society is now campaigning for volunteer workers to preparo sur gical supplies to be used in the event that the war impending: becomes a reality. Hundreds of women and girls are wasting hours every day in the theater, at the dance and in idleness. How much better would their time be employed in such a work of mercy and of lovfe! Business men are responding gen erously to the plea for finuneial as uistanoo and several firms have volun tarily offered to furnish needed ma terials and machine labor. But the work of feminine hands and many of thejn is the great need of the "Red pross. Many have already offered to / give part of their spare time, but scores more are needed. Secretary of State Lansing, in an address Saturday nlgjit, declared the United States is on the very verge of war. Those who have read his ad dress know that for one, Mr. Baiising does not see how conflict can possibly be avoided. And when war does come It will not bo a bloodless one, as many like to make themselves believe, jMore words can not crush militarism. . TUESDAY EVENING, Who can nay how many young men froaiithis very city may BOOH bo In need of the very supplies turned out by the Harrisburg Red Cross workers? The time for volunteering Is now— not after tho demands on the Red Cross are greater than can be met. And if, as all men hope, war and bloodshed can bo spared the nation, the supplies turned out can only too well be used on the reddened Holds of Europe. When the temperature is at zero and there are six tons of coal in the cellar —"ain't it the g-g-grand and glorious feeling?" ATLANTIC CITY HARRISBURG people visit Atlan tic City in such numbers that the seashore resort seems just around the corner. The Reading and the Pennsylvania railroads, with their cheap excursions, and tho boarding house keepers at the shore, catering as they do to purses of all size, make It possible for even the humblest of us to enjoy an occasional dip in old ocean and a stroll along the board walk. Next to their own city, there is not town in which Harrisburg peo ple take such a keen interest as in Atlantic City—not even Philadelphia or New York. Atlantic City has an attraction and an appeal all its owrr. An event in Atlantic City is of almost local importance. So It happens that we feelingly ar ray ourselves beside Governor Edge, of New Jersey, in his controversy with "Commodore" Louis Kuehnle, and agree with him that to permit of a "wide open town," as the "Com modore" desires, would be undesir able from any standpoint. Governor Edge, being an outsider, so to speak, in that he is one of those who en joys an occasional jaunt to "Atlan tic," understands the viewpoint of us "up-State" foltys better than the "Com modore," who has lingered so long in the cabaret section of his home city as to be blind to the fact that the white lights illuminate only one part of the seashore resort, and aj very small part at that. It is true that most of us "from the interior" cast care and dignity to the gentle mercy of the sea breezes the moment we leave the train in Atlan tic City, and like to think that here fs a place where conventionality is a by-word and whore gayety and giddi ness go hand in hand the day; and night. But that does not mean we would approve of vice rampant, alco holic revelry and all the rest of tho practices that masquerade under the guise of pleasure in an "open town." If the "Commodore" is as desirous of developing Atlantic City as he pre tends to be, he will guard Its good name* Governor Edge views the sit uation from the right angle. Most of us like to be just about moderately wicked when we go to the shore. We like to feel loose from the restraining bonds of everyday life, but we have no desire to accompany our annual dip in the ocean by a compulsory dip into a sink of iniquity. Atlantic City at" its best is apt to be naughty enough. LET US KEEP YATES JOHN yates, general manager of the Associated Aid Societies for nearly two years, has been asked to be come general secretary of the Associat ed Charities of Pittsburgh. Whether or not he will leave Harrisburg for the bigger field, Mr. Yates has not de cided. It is to be hoped, however, that Harrisburg may keep htm, if at all possible. Since becoming secretary of the city's aid organizations, Mr. Yates has conducted the organized charity work as it has never before been conduct ed. He has been more than a mere dispenser of monies; he has been friend and counsellor to the poor in many other ways. He has been teach ing others how to help themselves. No case has been seemingly too trivial for his personal interest and super vision. Those who have watched his work have been astonished at his energy, his patience, his kindliness. And he is just coming into his full measure of usefulness to Harrisburg, for no man can take proper hold of a big job such as his without months of study of the needs of a city's poor and the conditions surrounding the lower stratum of life in a particular com munity. Let us keep him if at all possWe. It,'of course, may be impossible for the Asspviatetf Aid Societies of Harris burg to meet an offer such as Pitts burgh can afford to make. But 1C Mr. Yates can be induced to remain at his post liere it will certainly pay to re tain the present secretary. The cost involved in money and time of a new man's learning the job may be greater than any additional expense made necessary by his reten tion.' FROM HAND TO MOUTII HOW dependent wo are upon the daily renewal ol' our food sup- plies is made apparent by the sugar "famine" resulting from the striko of longshoremen and refiners at Philadelphia. How quickly we would begin to feel the pinch of hunger if by reason of war or a railroad strike we should bo suddenly cut off from the outside world! Our excellent trans portation systetn accomplishes marvels for us—so long as it works—but its very efficiency has made us careless. We are living from hand to moutll, which is very bad practice whether for individual or community. There comes the inevitable "rainy day" of which the old adage warns us, and It isn't pleasant to be caught without an um brella. WANTS BUSINESS MAX IN CHARGE IN a speech in the Senate a few days agij. Senator Fall, of New Mexico, exposed some of the weaknesses or bureaucracy. He explained that tho Pueblo Indians have always main tained themselves by agricultural pur suits, owned their lands without any grants from the United States and have always maintained their own local self government. In recent years the United States has appropriated a small sum to aid them In maintaining schools. There are nine Pueblos, or divisions of the tribe, each speaking a different language. Recently the In dian Office assumed authority to pVeiy throw tho self-government system which those Indians have maintained, and, without consulting them, appoint ed an Indian of one Pueblo as over another, whoso language he did not understand. "Never will you raise the Indl&n much higher in the scale of humanity," said Senator Fall, "until you have some man in charge of affairs who as a business man will investigate and inform himself and when informed act." [] ti ■■—■■■■ i inn ii in| ToUtlca Ck 'PfcKKCutcfUua By the Rx-OommitteemMi A legislative recess over inaugura tion week appears to be among the possibilities of the session of the gen eral assembly. There have been many rumors that the Legislature would adopt a resolution to take a week oft' and signs of speeding up to prepare for it have been seen. Some of the country members have been very out spoken against the plan, preferring to stay here and work as no one seems to be able to say when the session will adjoyrn The latest gossip is that the Legis lature will adjourn about February 28, probably on that day and meet again tho second week in March, which would give a recess through in auguration week. Many of the legis lators plan to attend the ceremonies at Washington on Marcli 5, Including most of the Democrats. This week sentiment on the subject will be felt out. —Next in interest to,the pending resolution for the probe' is tho local option situation and it looks as though Speaker Baldwin had "llagged" the scheme to rush through the defeat of the bill. The law and order commit tee will meet in a few days and Chair man Wagner is on record as opposing a hearing, saying it can all be said on the floor. --—Last night tho Speaker struck Harrisburg with a very pronounced in tention tq get fair play. "My position in this matter is that the local option bill shall have the fairest possible treatment" said he, "I shall use my efforts In urging Mr. Wagner's com mittee to report the measure to the House with a favorable recommenda tion—in other words as committeed and shall see that it gets a fair show when It comes to a vote in the House. Moreover, if the local optionists wish a public hearing at this session such as they have had in the past I shall lend my best efforts towards obtaining it and if the use of the hall of the House is desired will see to it that it is placed at the disposal of the committee for the hearing." —lt was learned last night that Chairman Wagner is now disposed to hold the bill in committee a while so that the local option advocates can arrange for their hearing. Liquor men, who hold a majority, are said to have realized that It would be bad business' to refuse a hearing and it can be ex pected next month. —Congressman S. Taylor .North, of Punxsutawney, was among the specta tors in the House lust night. He said he came to see how things are (lone. —Congressman-elect T. W. Temple ton, of Luzerne county, was here for the sessions to-ilay. —Former legislators in the House last night were Warren Graham, of Philadelphia; L. O. McLane, of Craw ford, and F. E. Geiser, of Northamp ton. —From what can be learned Gov ernor Brumbaugh is inclined to let there be a test of the temper of the Senate Committee on Executive Nomi nations on 1). Edward Long, whom he appointed Superintendent of Public Printing and • Binding. Mr. Long's name is held up. —Schuylkill county lawyers have apparently not been able to agree upon a judicial candidate to succeed Judge C. N. Brumm and it looks as though Governor Brumbaugh was go ing to name a man of his own selec tion. The Schuylkill judgeship has been exciting no end of letter writing to the Governor and the list of men named grows longer every day. —Next Tuesday's hearing on the mothers' pension bill will result in a big demonstration in behalf of the plans for increased aid. Committees are coming from several counties. —The Maurer "home rule" bill, which appeared in the House last night is very much like the Wildman and Snyder bills of a few years ago. It enables cities to initiate their plans for new charters by naming commit tees consisting of one man from each ward. —Among those who were here for the unveiling of the Oakley paintings Inst night was Miss Stewart, of Chambersburg, a daughter of Justice John Stewart, who wrote a descrip tion for the Philadelphia North Am erican. —Legislators to-day declared that they did not see much doing in the wfiy of deadlocks on legislation except that of a Democratic type. —John E. Gill will preside at a big temperance rally in Pittsburgh on Thursday at which plans for local option will be discussed. —The local option hearing is to be held on March 21. —William Draper Lewis' suggestion for a State excise commission appears to be meeting with favor. Better Settle, Young Man A young lady who lives in Worces ter sued for damages in a case of breach of promise of marriage. Sho was offered ?200 to heal the breaking heart '"Two hundred!" sho exclaimed. "Two hundred dollars for ruined hopes,' a blighted life! Two hundred dollars for all this! No, never; make it two-fifty and it's a bargain." All Married Men Do Two men who had been old school fellows met the other day In a res taurant in Bangor, Me. After exchanging greetings, one said: "By the way. old cliap, when at school you used to be rather fond of music. Do you play any instrument now?" "Yes," was the reply; "second fiddle at home." Too Rich Cream Likely "To Illustrate the uses of adver tisement," said a well-known theat rical manager, "there is'one experi ence I had of which I often think. "I was driving when I came to a farm where there was a meadow to let. The owner of the farm would have made a good advertising mana ger. for the big poster announcing that the meadow was to let was word ed as follows: " 'This field to let. seventeen acres, for. grazing. Persons having old cat tle or cattle with strong appetites had better be cautious In turning them out. to graze here, as m> grass is so rich that it would be liable to injure them for the first week or so,'" HARRTBBURG TELEGRAPH . When a Feller Need By BRIGGS ■ /=-1 J i iii^ 1 HE' 15 "RATHER /, HAV/£ A LOW K //% : X*. '////? \ CHAIR, WITH I \ A DICTLONAHYJ ,; - I / °^r y • Palmer Tells Why He Is Alive It Is not an uncommon thing for one to feel quite safe within a couple of hundred yards of an artillery concen tration. That corner of a village, that edge of a shattered grove, that turn in the highway, that sunken road—keep away from them! Any kind of trench for shrapnel; lie down flat unless a satisfactory dugout Is near for protec tion from high explosives which burst in the earth. If you are at the front and a curtain of fire is put behind you, wait until it fs over or go around it. If there is one ahead, wait until another day—provided that you are a spectator. Always bear in mind how unimportant you are, how small a fig uro on the great field, and that if every shell fired had killed one soldier there would not be an able-bodied man in uniform left alive on the con tinent of Europe. By observing these simple rules you may see a sur prising amount with a chance of sur viving. From "The Hateful Ridge," in the February Bookman. The Ladies of Paris The ladies of Furls were the first to rally to the help of the government during those early weeks of the war when thousands of women were thrown out of work or left without support, and when the miserable ref ugees came streaming in from Bel gium and the invaded districts of France. The women in happier cir cumstances opened and served in soup kitchens, and emptied their ward robes; it was said that for t\Vto years after the war broke out not a woman in Paris of even the wealthy class had a superfluous garment to her back. Just as I arrived, in May, 1916, they vfere all getting new clothes for the flrst time.—From "One American Woman for France: Madame Wad dington," by Gertrude Atherton, in the February Bookman. Cleanliness Is First A good story of the battle of Jut land is beiriK told by a certain mid shipman. In the crow's nest of his ship was a seaman who had expended a good deal of pains in polishing the brasswork. In the middle of the tight, when shells were arriving in great profusion, this seaman noticed that another man was resting his foot on the brasswork. "Take your bloomin' foot off my brass, Bill," he said angrily. "It took me an hour to do that." The moment the engage ment was over, and while the crew were removing the dead and wounded and repairing the heavy damage, there lie was rubbinx away at the brasswork as if his life depended on it. Setting the Styles Miss Jane Addams, during a tea at Hull House, said: "I disapprove of the new fashions because they encourage vanity. "I know a little girl whose mother has gone in for all the new fashions —sheath skirt, slit skirt, short skirt and what not. This little girl's teach er said to her, reproachfully, tone day: " 'But, my dear, don't you want to grow up so that everybody will look up to you?" " 'No, ma'am,' said the youngster, decidedly, 'I want to grow up so that everybody will look 'round at me.'" Why Sunday Succeeds ' The cynic has remarked that a love affair best begins with a little aver sion orl the part of her who Is wooed. Perhaps Mr. Sunday's campaigns are most auspiciously Inaugurated by the rumored Indifference or antagonism of a community.—Baltimore News. Mystery Never Solved "Walter, what are those things on my plate?" asked a man in a Boston restaurant. "Those are chicken croquettes, sir." 'Chicken croquettes, eh? Can you tell me why they call them croquettes when they're nothing but hash?" "I don't know, sir. Possibly for the same reason that they call them chlckeu when they're nothing but veal." * BAD AIR AFFECTS APPETITE IT 410s been said that the nose is the watch-dog of the stomach, protect ing it from the entrance of poison ous or harmful foods. But the "dog" cannot be implicitly relied upon, as is proved through poisoning from toad stools, which are not distinguishable, by jmell from edible mushrooms. It is further apparent, from the gusto with which many persons devour cer tain brands of cheese that disagree able odors are not an Invariable blunt to appetite. Other than the olfactory nerves of man must therefore be considered to account for the diminution of appetite In what is conimonly termed "bad air" —although Darwin declares a puppy, if deprived of those nerves, will refuse to suckle. The old theory was that the air of overoccupied and ill-ventilated rooms became "poisonous" through changes in its chemical constitution wrought by the products of respiration. More recently the researches of specialists on the relation of atmosphere to health have led to the claim that the ill effects OUR DAILY LAUGH TRUE. What Is neces iary to success? gaugßjlT A. 'Willingness to take a chance ilii^ on being a fall- VI jl V. HER FIRST j 18 Bh * fon( * °' tNIt -SB" auction brldg*. SATISFIED. 1 won't you come in bathing with /• Auntie (shiver- \ Ing): No thank \ you, I'm perfect- \ ly uncomfortable •nough as 1 am. f (CI THE THINKER. (| / "V'Spia She has Ideas ?I'UIX ot * ier own r fci il'l W Indeed. Whata disagreeable per MERCENARY /^UCSN GHOSTS. f \ Brlggs has / k moved away \ / ' from that house fl lie was living In. .] / \W I-IO says It was JW haunted. " /\ lr And so It was. / \ ' His creditors ' were hanging B _ around there day and night. FEBRUARY 13, 1917. are ascribable only to temperature and humidity. Now come certain medical scien tists who, while not claiming that stale air is actually "poisonous," assert that, independent of temperature and humidity, it contains "substances which in some way, without produe. lng conscious discomfort or detectable physiological symptoms, diminish the appetite for food." This assertion is based on experi> ments conducted upon several persons who were kept in a room in which the supply of fresh air, as well as the tem perature and humidity, were under control. Tho effects of ample ventilation and no ventilation —with a constant, degree of heat and moisture maintained— were compared. After the subjects had been kept in the room from two to three hours a luncheon made up of weighed portions of known calorific (or heat-producing) value was served and the amount of food left uneaten was weighed. The test, say the conductors of it, fully proved the diminishing effect of stale air on appetite. J DO YOU KNOW 1 —Tliat Harrlshurg's park sys tem Is being 1 studied by city plan uers from several .States? HISTORIC IIARRISULRG —William Maclay, who surveyed Harrlsburg for the founder, laid aside South Harrlsburg for Industrial sites. A Nice Distinction "This taffy is all over my hands. What's the matter with it?" "You did not put Hour enough on it," explained the cook. "Well, I was making taffy and not gihgerbread," indignantly protested tho little girl. That Settled It Commissioner Dillon, apropos of his success in the , New York milk strike, said: "The trust had dictated to the farmers so long, It thought It could dictate to them forever, but the farm ers got together, and from then on they took the Initiative as complete ly as the lady In the story. "One clubman said to another, pointing with a shocked look from the club window toward a lady in an ul tra-modish Rklrt: " 'I thought you said, George, that you'd never consent to let your wife wear one of thoso outrageous gar ments?' " 'Yes, so I did,* George replied; 'but my wife overheard me.' ' Some Expert, He Was During President Lincoln's first vis it to the Springfield Penitentiary an old Inmate looking out through the bars remarked: "Well, Mr. Lincoln, you and I ought to 06 well posted on prisons. We've seen all there are In the country." "Why, this Is the first one I ever visited," replied the Chief Executive, somewhat ustonished. "Yes." was the reply, "but I've been In all the rest." The Limit in Preparedness Judge Ben B. Lindsey was advo cating, at a luncheon In New York, ar bitration as against preparedness, as against standing armies and the like. "Preparedness always seems to me absurd," he said. "Yes, preparing for war —when you might prepare in stead for peace—seems to mo as ab -1 surd as Blank's learning of tlio harp. " 'Blank's tho limit,' said his most intimate friend. 'Nothing is too tar ahead, nothing Is too unlikely, for him to prepare for.' " 'No?' " 'No. He's taking lessons on the harp now, so that In the next world, if he lands in the right place, he'll I have something he can, brag about over his friends.'" 1 U ©mtttt§ (tthat A paragraph appearing a short dime ago in the bulletin of the State Department of Agriculture to the ef fect that the Lancaster stockyards last year carried on a business of over $10,000,000 in cattle, hogs and sheep calls to mind a line of business in which Harrisburg used to surpass the city of the red rose, but which in spito of superior railroad facilities it lost. This State now has two great cattle centers—Pittsburgh and Lan caster with Philadelphia also doing a large amount of business. Forty years ago Harrisburg stockyards were as well known as those at Lancaster and it was to this city that men came when they wanted to buy everything from western horses to northern tier sheep. The old stockyards were lo cated along the Pennsylvania Hail road above Maclay street, the Maple Grove Motel being then known as the Stockyards Hotel and occupying the same position as the William Penn, the Cross Keys and others in West Philadelphia do to the cattle trade in that city and which several do In Lancaster. In those days farmers for inlles around used to come to Harris burg to buy their cattle and many head were bought right out of the cars or l'rom the pens and driven home. But Harrisburg declined as a cattle center and Lancaster took the business. Some of the older men re call the days when this city was also a great place for assembling cattle and sheep for the Philadelphia and eastern markets and the passing of big llo'cks of cattle and sheep through the old camelback bridge used to>be a matter of daily occurrence. One of the most popular forms of automobile entertainment .lust now Is to take a ride up through tlie Dauphin Narrows to a point near Speeceville to see the fantastic forms in which the ice is piled. The cakes coming down the stream were piled on the rocks near Dauphin and backed up for many yards, while the Rockviile "falls" were responsible for some jams which liave formed picturesque places. The valley of the Susquehanna is a pretty in teresting place just now and makes the average person long for a gradual coming of spring instead of a sudden thaw. The conditions to be found along the river between Nunbury and Columbia are too much like those of 1904 to be very comfortable. Men who like to roam about the countryside in winter time declare that when the spring thaws come and the ice starts out of the Susquehanna there will be a tremendous outpour ing of ice from the creeks In this section. In spite of the many springs which f6ed the Conodoguinet, Swat ara and other streams the ice is very thick and rough and unless the thaw be gradual there will be jams all 'along the river. The same is true of , the creeks up the river, some of them being closed tighter than for years. Mary Brecht Pulver, whose delight ful stories have been appearing in the Saturday Evening Post for some time past, is none other than the daughter of Dr. Milton J. Brecht, the Public Service Commissioner. Mrs. Pulver, whose home is in New York state, is a native of Lancaster and the charm of her stories is their local color, which is all the more remarkable because Mrs. Pulver has not been an extensive traveler. Her story in the issue of last week is one that even' reader will go through with to the end. Harry L. Holmes, the seedsman, was talking the other evening about the sinking of the Crown Point with a valuable cargo of seeds and remarked upon the Interesting fact that most of the spinach seed is produced in Hol land and that the sinking of this ship may result In a scarcity for this and other sections of the state where the vegetable is grown and where it is ex tensively used. Experiments in rais ing the seed hare been made in this state, he says, but the thrifty, pains taking Dutch have had the business. It looks, he says, as though this coun try would have to do some additional developing. Just to Uiow that business keeps going on it may be said that at ono of the hotels yesterday were two men engaged in the business of selling articles not ordinarily associated with the middle of February. These two commercial men were old friends and one asked tho other about the calendar trade prospects for 1017, while tho other replied in kind as to Christmas cards. Wnuam t-urrinc. writing in the Philadelphia Kvening Bulletin, given this interesting account of the visit of Abraham Lincoln to this city, which is of interest because of the anniver sary yesterduy of the president: "Mr. Lincoln went to Harrlsburg in acord ance with the previous plan, fullillcd his engagements there in the course of a few hours, and, shortly after sun set, proceeded quietly from Jones' Hotel —now the Commonwealth —to a point on the Pennsylvania Railroad where an engine, a baggage car and a passenger car had been provided. Tho only other member of the Lincoln party that boarded this train, besides the' President-elect, was Colonel La mon; the rest of the suite reniained in Harrlsburg and went down to Washington early the next morning over tho Northern Central. Tho small special train for Lincoln and his friend Lamon was headed for Phila delphia in accordance with a secretly conceived plan to Samuel M. Felton, of the Philadelphia, Wilming ton and Baltimore Railroad; Alan Plnkerton, the detective; Governor Curtin, Colonel Thomas A. Scott, of the Pennsylvania Railroad; Manager Kenney, of the Philadelphia, Wilming ton and Baltimore Railroad, and Messrs.. Judd, Davis and Lamon, as Illinois friends of Lincoln, were among the principal parties. The rail road men, together with Plnkerton, had been busy.for more than a fort night not only in tracing rumors of a plot for the assassination of the Presi dent-elect but 'of an extensive con spiracy to wreck the railroad tracks and bridges between Philadelphia and Washington. Hence it was that, early in the night, when Lincoln was speed ing back to Philadelphia, orders went out to cut all wires of telegraphic communication south of Philadelphia and Harrlsburg until after daylight the next morning." 'V WELL KNOWN PEOPLE — AT t: Humphrey, the Pittsburgh switch and signal company president, who says the company will rebuild the burned plant, started In the works himself. —Dr. William Bayard Hale, news paper correspondent," will remain In Berlin for tho president. He was formerly with Philadelphia news papers. —W. J. Richards, the Pottsvllle coal operator, says that all that !s needed is co-operation on coal ship ping and buying. —Congresman L. T. McFadden, of Canton, who spoke in Philadelphia on bunking laws a few days ago, la men tioned for higher offices. —Dr. William Davidson, superin tendent of Pittsburgh schools, says that people should not talk BO muob of Lincoln but should act Ilk# him. .
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