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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME
Foundtd xlj:
Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PHI.VTINU CO.,
Telegraph Building. Federal Square.
.K.J.STACKPOLE, Prist and EditorJn-Chitf
P- R. OTSTER, Business Slanagtr.
OCS M. BTEINMETZ, Managing Editor.
Member American
I Newspaper Pub
sylvanla Associat
iva s te r n
nue Building, New
People's Gas Build-
Entered at the Post Office in Harris
burg, Pa., as second class matter.
By carriers, ten cents a
"week: by mail, 15.00 a
year in advance.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1917.
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It is not the pleasantest proiHdenees
i that ahcays bring us the greatest bles
sings.— JOHN HENKY STRONG.
AN OLD-FASHIONED WINTER
f A LTOONA has had zero tempera
ture for the fourth time in ten
days. Harrisburg has experienced
•almost equal severity of weather. The
•river is closed more tightly than at
any time for years. And yet there are
those who sigh "for old-fashioned
winters"'
Truth is that the winters of recent
years nearly all have been cold
enough for all, purposes. Not only
that, but springs have been cold,
Jate and wet. This is hard on the
farmers who wouldn't mind the j
low temperature if winter left s
them as a heritage good spring
ploughing and planting weather. Espe
cially are such conditions desirable
this year, when every effort must be
to produce bumper crops of
all vegetables, fruits and grains. Gen
erally favorable agricultural yields
would go a long way toward solving
the food shortage pi-oblem.
About this season we begin to fear
that after all we may be wrong about
thinking- this the finest climate in the
EWorld.
A PROPER INQUIRY
f/""V)NGRESS should pass the res
olution to investigate the owner
ship of newspapers in the United
■States for the purpose of ascertaining
whether or not there is truth in the
report that a number of papers have
passed into the control of foreign gov
ernments, to be used for the purpose
of stirring up discontent in the United
States and creating sentiment in be-
Jialf of European powers with which
we are at variance.
It is not probable that there are
many such newspapers. If any;. But
the good name of all is besmirched by
such accusations as have been made
In Congress.
However, it is not difficult to be
lieve that European diplomats would
he ready enough to buy up a few
newspapers if they thought their in
terests would be served thereby. To
do so would be quite In line with news
paper history in the United States.
Any man with sufficient money may
own a newspaper. The favorite in
strument of the millionaire with po
litical ambitions long has been his own
privately-controlled mouthpiece. Cap-'
italists with axes to grind also have ■
found newspaper ownership useful in '
cultivating public opinion or forestal
ling unfavorable criticism.
Newspapers so controlled are per
nicious Influences in any community.
They profess to be the servants of the
people, but they are wolves in sheep's
clothing. They are operated often at
financial loss to their owners, in order
that those owners may present news
and views colored and distorted to
meet their own ends.
Wealthy politicians and designing
capitalists have carried this practice
to such lengths that it is no wonder
suspicion has been directed toward
publicity-seeking propagandists from
abroad. Publishers of legitimate news
papers, whose good names are at
take, would welcome such an investi
gation as is proposed.
About the time the robins come North
the baseball birds go South.
GENERAL FUNSTON
GENERAL FUNSTON, the stormy!
petrel of the American army and '
idol of the American people, Is
,<lead. Funston was the personifica
tion of courage. He was a born fighter.
JBut he was more than that. He had
Ithe imagination without which not
•even the bravest soldier becomes
ereat.
His career reads like that of an ad
venturer of olden days. His search
for the thrill of danger led him from
Death's Valley to Alaska, from Cuba
to the Philippines, from San Francis- i
co to Vera Cruz, and death found him
at his post of duty guarding the t>or- I
der against possible invasion. Instinct
And fate appear to hava combined to
ftake Funston where trouble was about
fto break. Always keen for adventure
She appeared to scent trouble almost
(V-ifore It began to brew, and it was
bits fortune to be assigned to the most
(difficult tasks the American army has
been called upon in recent years to
face.
The outbreak of the Spanish-Amer
ican war found him the veteran artil
lery commander of the Gomez forces
with twenty-two battles and three
-wounds to his credit. As colonel of
I* Kansas regiment in the volunteer
ppervlce he was sent to the Philippines
TUESDAY EVENING,
nnd there first distinguished himself
by swimming a broad river under fire I
and afterward by marching fifty miles
through an unmarked wilderness to
capture the Insurrectionist leader,
Agulnaldo, In his own stronghold. He
was at San Francisco when the earth
quake and fire devastated the city and
commanded the relief force there.
Again, he was In charge of the expe
dition to Vera Crus and afterward at
the border during the troublous days
of the Pershing expeditions.
General Funston arose from the
ranks. His career is an illustration of
the possibilities that lie before any
American boy of talent and resource.
With not even a college education,
and lacking West Point training, he
arose to a commanding place in the
military life of the-nation and attained
a permanent place in the national hall
of fame. His death removes at a crit
ical period in the country's history one
of its very strong arms of defense in
case of war.
Many a woman sacrifices during Lent
in order to have money for an Easter
hat.
LET US HAVE IT SOON
THE ready response of the Harris
burg Railways Company to
I
the suggestion of the Telegraph
that a survey be made of the trolley
probleirts in Harrisburg in the same
friendly and co-operative manner as
has marked the school and police in
quiries is a big step toward better
ment of street car service in this city
and Its suburbs.
It is frankly admitted by the com
pany officials interviewed by Telegraph
representatives that there are many
shortcomings which should be cor
rected, but they point out that not all
of the delays and congestions are due
to carelessness or neglect. Drivers and
automoblllsts who block the tracks
are somewhat to blame. President
Musser says.
Right here is where a survey will
do most good. Always it is easy to
blame the other fellow. When traction
officers place some of the responsibil
ity on those who use the streets trav
ersed by their lines, automobilists and
teamsters will come back with a gen
eral denial of the charge. In this case
the men employed to make the survey
would act as the Jury and upon their
verdict the people, sitting as judges,
would pass sentence.
Prompt endorsement of the propos- i
ed survey by the Chamber of Com
merce, through President Tracy, and '■
offer of co-operation by Chief of Po- |
lice Wetzel in solving the traffic prob- |
lems, are indlcationsofthewide-spread 1
interest in the Telegraph's suggestions
for better trolley service. The move is 1
in the interest of the great army of
people who use the street cars as their
chief means of local transportation.
is in the direction of getting them
to and from their work more quickly
and more comfortably. Naturally,
everybody welcomes it with open arms. !
President Musser says he will take :
the matter up with the directors of
i I
his company. Doubtless they will see
as readtly as he the wisdom and the
benefit of such an inquiry by disin
terested experts.
What the people want is not unrea
sonable. They ask for prompt and ef
ficient service. To this they are en
titled, and it Is encouraging to note
President Musser's statement that the
company already has ordered three
more new cars than usual for the
t
year and that the problems of delay
ed schedules are receiving the atten
tion of himself and his fellow officials.
' Expert advice from the outside in
[
| such a survey as is planned doubt
j less will do much to supplement this
I effort for betterment on the part of
the local management.
The sooner the inquiry is under
taken the better trolley patrons will
be pleased.
If you want something real rare and
costi*- for dinner, why not order a dish
of boiled potatoes?
TO FURTHER KI HU. EDUCATION
IE the State's lawmakers are inter
ested in the furtherance of educa
tion in the rural districts, they
would do well to give careful consid
eration to a recommendation of the
Dauphin county school directors. The
directors urge a law providing half
fare for the transportation of school
children in the country districts,
j One of the great drawbacks of edu
cation in the rural sections of Penn
sylvania for years has been the trans-
I portation problem. It is all very pic
turesque to talk of the pluck and
idoggedness of the farmboy, who
j trudges three miles through snow
land rain to "the schoolhouse by the
road" to learn his readln', 'ritln' and
'rlthmetlc. And In years past many
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of the nation's best and noblest men ■
have been those very boys. But while (
one was trudging his way to school <
despite every obstacle, how many \
there have been who have failed to
follow his example! And how much |
Ignorance has been the result!
With the modern Idea of centraliza
tion of the rural schools, the country
boy and girl aro receiving educational
advantages every whit the equal of
those of their city cousins. But with
the coming of these community
schools the transportation trouble be
comes still more acute; and if they
are not to fall of their purpose, some
provision must be made for cheap
transportation of the pupils.
A Surrender to Spoils
(Wllkes-Barre Record)
President Wilson's second attempt
to oust Postmaster Edward M. Mor
gan of New York City comes at a
time when much business of great im
i portance presses upon the Senate;'
iund since the appointment cannot
take effect until the Senate confirms
jit, the likelihood of a wrangle makes
the projection of a petty spoils con
j troversy an affair of regrettable policy.
: Mr. Patten is at present a Repre
isentative in Congress who failed of
re-election last November and whose
term expires on the fourth of March.
Ho is a member of the Tammany or
ganization of New York and has been
one of its most steadfast supporters.
There is not the least reason to be
! lieve that he would better the ad
ministration of the postal service in
the metropolis.
j On the other hand. Mr. Morgan, the
present Incumbent, has made one of
the best postmasters In the history of
the city. Having been advanced from
minor positions which he occupied for
jmany years, he entered the principal
j office fully equipped by experience.
:and his years of service in that office
jhave been eminently trustworthy nnd
i satisfactory. Mr. Morgan's record lias
in every way justified the principle of 1
promotion independent of politics,—a|
(principle to which the President has
only recently expressed his adherence.]
| The Postmaster General's statement, |
jin advance of the report of experts i
I sent to examine the office, that "the
j interests of the postal service require
'a change in the postmastership," will!
be set down as the clearest kind of a i
subterfuge to bring the appointment to
the Senate before the adjournment of
Congress on the fourth of March.
The President has not had the
courage even in this one instance to
repel the clamoring advances of the
, I spoils mongers of New York. It was
hoped that he might make an excep
tion In a case where personal qualifi
cation was so eminent and the service
so satisfactory, but even in thi3 con
spicuous instance he has written the
act of surrender to political greed.
Not the Telegraph
Friday night several newspaper
venders from the Capital City, made
a tour of the town, and raised con
siderable commotion as they cried out
war news of a startling nature, such
as the "White House blown up"; "War
has been declared": "Several hundred
Americans blown up and killed"; and
I such truck, not one word of which was
' j true. They sold quite a number of their
, j papers, some paying as high as ten
! cents for the paper. If these men visit
the town again, our police should
promptly arrest them and stop their
fraudulent proceedings.—Mechanlcsburg
' Journal.
' Wanaraaker on Newspapers
(New York Herald)
"Two cents for a newspaper, morning
or evening—now being charged In many
I cities—is very little nowadays. For
i j what the purchaser gets for his money
it Is the cheapest thing he buys."—Mr.
John Wanamaker. .
i A firm believer In newspapers and
newspaper advertising, Mr. Wanamaker
gives it as his conviction that if It
■ were not for their revenues from ad
r vertisements the great papers of this
country would be sold at ten cents or
more a copy, so "everybody saves eight
3 cents on every newspaper he buys:"
i The daily business of a city la best
[ known by tts newspaper advertising, he
. says, and as illustration of the function
of newspaper advertisements, he adds:
—"Every day something is wanted by
. somebody, and how much trouble it
saves In finding It through the adver
tisements!"
Quickly Inspired
1 "Dubbs has a lively imagination."
> "I've noticed that. Dubbs can glance
r over a pamphlet Issued by some West-
ern railroad and then rave about the
' scenic wonders of Arizona as if he had
1 Just been there." —Birmingham Age
s' Herald.
HARRISBURO TELEGRAPH
folZtbC* IK
By the Ex-Oommlttce.PMM^^^j|
Col. L. W. Strayer, Washington cor
respondent of the Pittsburgh Dis
patch and well-known here as a keen
observer of political affairs, has arous- j
ed quite a discussion over an article j
he sent from Washington to his news
paper telling how the Republican Con- |
gressmen from Pennsylvania and na
tional Republican leaders think about
the factional row now going on. Col.
Strayer sounds a note of warning such
as has been heard from many news
paper editors through the State.
"Republican leaders in Washing
ton," says his dispatch, "are concern
ed over the factional warfare in Penn
sylvania. The struggle of the opposing
elements for political control there
has attracted attention throughout the
country, and the developments of the
contest, whose storm center is Harris
burg, are being followed with interest
by politicians of both parties at the
Capital. Republican leaders who are
endeavoring to bring together the two
wings of the party in the country at
large confess that they find little en
couragement in Pennsylvania. When
they give utterance vaguely to the
hope that a truce will be declared and
that harmony will follow they encoun
ter the confidence of Democrats who,
taking the cue from National Chair
man Vance C. McCormick and Nation
al Committeeman A. Mitchell Palmer,
who spend most of their time in
Washington, declare that the breach
is too wide to be healed; that the
Democrats will gain in the municipal
and county elections this year, and
that next year Pennsylvania will elect
a Governor who will be a Democrat.
Members of the Pennsylvania delega
tion make no concealment of the fact
that they are heartily tired of the
wrangling of the leaders over patron
age in Philadelphia and at Harris
burg, and that they are ready to join
any movement that may end the I fac
tional strife. The cloak-room gossip
of the Pennsylvania Republicans
shows clearly that they are for peace
at almost any price and that they be
lieve factionalism must cease if the
Republican party In Pennsylvania is
to get anywhere in the near future.
Especially is this true of those Repub
lican Congressmen who were elected
last November by a scratch and who
, hesitate at the prospect of attempting
to carry their districts again unless
'they have the support of a united
party."
—The name of Secretary of the
Commonwealth Cyrus E. Woods is
again being mentioned as a candidate
for Governor who would be generally
acceptable to 'Republicans. Newspa
pers in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
have been mentioning him.
—-United States District Attorney
E. Lowry Humes, of Meadville, men
tioned as a possible candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Governor,
declares that there is nothing to It.
Roland S. Morris declares that he has
no boom and one by one the Demo
crats mentioned are dropping out and
clearing the way for the President to
once more announce his choice.
—Councilman Dlllinger, of Pitts
burgh, is creating quite a row. His
latest threat is to go after the Mayor.
—W. G. Wilkins, noted Pittsburgh
engineer, took a fling at the proposed
Lake Erie and Ohio ship canal to-day
In a luncheon at Pittsburgh. Last
week W. H. Stevenson,chairman of the
board, told why the canal should be
built and Sir. Wilkins to-day declared
that It would not. The project is one
on which the State has spent over
sl6 7,000 for plans, legal services and
engineering, etc., including press clip
pings.
—One of the funniest things about
the legislative session this week has
been the maneuvering of the Demo
crats. They wanted to make a lot of
capital last night out of the for
Information on House patronage, but
some of them were afraid that there
would be disclosures about the way
some patriotic Democrats have held
places and they ducked. Likewise
■some of the Democrats were eager to
take a long decess, but were afraid
to show their hand. The Democrats
are blundering about as they have
done ever since the reorganization
bosses came into control. It only
needs one Democrat to start something
to get others fairly bristling with sus
picion.
—The Socialists are becoming very
active in the State again. They plan
to hold a series of meetings in Harris
burg next month.
—More Philadelphia legislation
showed up last night, this time from
the Vare side. It would provide for
a budget plan for the city government
and regulate other matters which have
been discussed. A lovely fight over
what shall be done to the Philadelphia
government is in sight.
—George D. Thorn's bills to change
the time for filing nominating peti
THE TALE OF THE
Under the caption, "Merciful Dogs i
of War," Ellwood Ilendrlck, in The
Red Cross Magazine for February,
says:
"Dogs are never trained to scent
out the dead. Their business is to
assist the wounded.
"There : e canine sentries on duty
on both siues in the Great War, anil
dogs that are dispatch-bearers. Mar
quis, a French dog, fell dead from a
bullet wound almost at the feet of a
group of French soldiers to whom
he bore a message across a shell
raked stretch of country. But tho
message was delivered! And there is
Stop, of the Fifteenth Army Corps,
the savior of many wounded, and
Flora, of the Twelfth Alpine Chas
seurs, merciful dogs of war with rep
utations for distinguished service.
There are many Stops and Floras
actively engaged in humanitarian serv
ice, and it is quite unfair" for me to
single out individual animals - a
conference of dogs of war would
doubtless so decide except as a
means of giving typical stories of
what are everyday exhibitions of in
telligence, devotion, and self-sacri
fice on the part of dogs of numerous
breeds in the vast zone of battle.
"The people in the warring coun
tries are called on for many and vari
ed contributions. The French War
Department has on record a communi
cation from the father of a family
which poignantly Illustrates this, for
he wrote: "I already have three sons
and a son-in-law with the colors; now
I give up my dog, and vive la
France!"
"In the campaign on the Eastern
front Lieutenant von Wieland led a
party of men in an attack on the Rus
sian trenches. Seeing the task hope
less on account of the Russian lire
the officer signaled a retreat. Turn-
tions were presented last night by
Senator Crow and attracted general
commendation. The propositions are
favored by every one who knows how
the State Department Is jammed with
papers at the last minute of the pe
riod for filing papers.
—The Philadelphia Inquirer in an
editorial to-day declares that the plan
for abolishing the death penalty has
won many friends in this State and
that there will be a formidable de
mand for enactment of such a law
this year.
—According to the Philadelphia
Ledger Philadelphia's transit plans
are being made "a football of petty
politics" and It asserts that the Pen
rose plan of "ripping out" the commis
sion has received "unexpected impe
tus" because members of the commis
sion are said to favor further delays
in approval of the plans.
—The Philadelphia North American
yesterday urged the Governor to veto
the Sproul resolution for a probe and
the Philadelphia Ledger to-day says
"no true friend of Governor Brum
baugh is to-day urging him to veto"
the measure.
Labor Notes
Fernie, (B. C.), miners demand
a war bonus.
London, Canada, is to have a muni
tion factory for women workers ex
clusively.
So short is the supply of threshing
hands In Yorkshire, England, thati
boys of 12 are being employed.
Frisco Jitney Bus Operators' Union
has affiliated with the California State
Federation of Labor.
Canadian Manufacturers' Associa
tion is securing the names of women
able to take the places of men in the
province of British Columbia.
The Japanese government prohibits
organization of labor unions, but col
lective bargaining has come Into ex
istence through the formality of ap
plications to tho home office.
Experience has shown for hundreds
of years that laborers and artisans
can secure better reward by collective
bargaining than by any other means;
hence, the labor union. Experience
ha 3 also shown that no man can take
out of a union more than he may put
in. Hence, the necessity to regard the
union as an instrument for the com
mon good only, a weapon for general
defense, a plan of action which, help
of life for all concerned.
Arm or Convoy Our Ships
[From the Philadelphia Inquirer. 1
We have said before and we reiter
ate that the duty of the government is
plain. It should take immediate steps
to arm or convoy across the Atlantic
American ships carrying the United
States malls. As long as it refuses to
do this, it is in an attitude of yielding
to German mandate. It is not a free
government. It is bondage.
FEBRUARY 20, 1917,
ing with the soldiers that wero left
he made for the trenches and safety.
When he had covered less than half
the distance a rifle ball shattered the
bone of his leg and down he fell
amidst the still bodies of the men
who had set out with him and lay
there in the blood and muck and filth
of the battlefield. The Russian fire
was so murderous that no one dared
bring him in. Presently a dark form
bounded from the German trenches,
rushed to Lieutenant von Wieland's
side, grasped his coat between his
teeth, and foot by foot, dragged him
to safety. Once, but only for a mo
ment, did he loosen his hold, and that
was when a bullet 'creased' him from
shoulder to flank. The blood gushed
from the wound but the dog took a
fresh hold and finished his job at the
edge of the trench where willing
hands lifted the lieutenant down to
safety. They had to lift the dog
down, too, because Just then a bullet
broke both his fore-legs.
"It was the lieutenant's dog Steif
that, when his master's hour had
struck, gnawed through his leash and
rushed to him. There are evidences
that Steif is partly of great Done
breed, partly mastiff and partly hound,
but the rest of him is pure dog mis
cellany.
"Man and dog were both taken to
the hospital and the surgeons work
ed as hard over the one as they did
over the other. Then one day, when
His Majesty made his rounds, they
brought Steif in on a cot and placed
him beside the lieutenant. The Em
peror had heard the story and as he
came along he took from the supply
that he carried with him, an iron
cross, which he pinned upon von Wie
land's bosom. Then, taking another
[iron cross, he tied it to the collar of
the dog."
OUR DAILY LAUGH
THE REASON, '
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ringed circuses. /AA nj v\
DOMESTIC DTB
- CUSSSION.
PVr Mrs - B - :
husband accuses
me °' extra va
gance. I spent
t/wfHk\>WJlo.ooo last year.
Mrß - w > : 1
ill J ?l\\ wouldn't mind
v ' S'> mi fc\\ boln * scolded on
'P~\± tllat I have
f to ■tand for the
" same accusation
on S2O a week.
NASTED
YOUTH. ——
When I went
to college I
worked so hard t,
at my studies that
I didn't have any / jTyi
time for base- vT}Jjj ■
Gee, dad, you
don't know what
you missed.
§A RETORT
PRACTICAL.
Disc ontented
Wife: Several of
the men whom I
refused when I
married you are
richer than you
are now.
Husband: That's
THE SUMMER
BOY.
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With pants as IMB
white as TB
snow, //it (V fir
And everywhere ZY\\ /1
that Mary ii/jl) HI fi
The beau was
aura to go.
j Stoning (fttfatfl
Major Simon B. Cameron, wlwn
death occurred at Marietta on Satur
day, was widely known In railroad
circles. Veteran railroaders remem
ber him because ol his friendship for
trainmen, and railroad employes fci
general. Major Cameron at one time
was obliged to travel frequently qver
the main line of the Pennsylvania
railroad. If time permitted he made
the trips on freight trains. When In-
terstate laws did not interfere, he was
a familiar figure on engines and cab
ins. When he traveled by freight d> e
always wore overalls, and a cap, and
looked like a real railroader. lie be
came quite proficient in handling an
engine. Major Cameron never forgot
the many courtesies extended to him
by railroad men, and there were num
erous times when a box of apples and
other frutt, or a bag of potatoes was
placed on an engine or cabin. Bail
road men between Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh knew him as a Jolly fellow.
Some of his railroad friends are now
on the honor roll and they recall many
interesting incidents in connection
with the life of Major Simon B. Cam
eron.
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A friend who had read in this col
umn last evening the article on the
various propositions to Improve the
navigation of the Susquehanna, calls
attention to the fact that the first com
plaints about the obstructions In the
stream were made at the time of the
Revolution. In some provincial docu
ments reference is made to the diffi
cults' of getting the boats loaded with
grain and other provisions for the Am
erican army down the river because
of the rocks and that some supplies
intended for steernKe at John Harris
ferry could not be floated down be
cause of the low stage of the river be
tween Northumberland and the first
mountain and the rocks which filled
the bed of the stream. Much of this
grain was intended for Philadelphia
and evidently had to be taken In wa
gons or on horses. The first move
ment in 1794 was followed by meetings
in 1803 and after the War of 1812, the
naming of the commission In the
twenties being the most systematic
movement.
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It would be interesting to know Just
how far the work progressed. Appar
ently the commissioners did little more
than plan and possibly they main
tained a force of engineers to survey,
as has been done with some other
waterway projects of late years. In
any event there are evidences of de
mands for information from time to
time and any attempt to revive the
project, with an appropriation in the
next ten years led to pronounced oppo
sition. 1823 the Legislature acting
upon the data in hand provided for
removing obstructions from North
umberland to tidewater and in 1828
the commissioners reported that the
improvements between Columbia and
tidewater were well worked out and
available for 50-ton craft, but that
"further improvements" would be
needed between Columbia and North
umberland. Apparently the cost was
pretty great because in the thirties
meetings were held at which Congress
was petitioned to tako up the proposi
tion and when it refused the project
was abandoned.
• • •
What these forefathers of ours were
driving at, however, was not so much
to get the coal and produce of the up-
State valleys to Harrisburg and towns
further down and to reach tidewater,
but something very different. The
memories of the War of 1812 were
still fresh and the project as Indicated
in correspondence between the people
of Harrisburg and the War Depart
ment. was "sloop and steamboat com
munication between the Chesapeake
Bay and the lakes by wayof theSusque
lianna." In other words it was a de
fense as well as an economic project.
• • •
It is an interesting fact that in the
session of the Legislature of 1805 Wi
conlsco creek in the upper part of this
county was declared a public highway.
This act was dated April 1 and set
forth that the creek, which was "Wy
conisco" should bo a public highway
from its mouth to Isaac Ferris' mill
dam. The Swatara had been declared
a public highway very early as it' be
came a waterway in colonial times in
order to have produce from Lebanon
county, as it afterwards became, float
ed to Middletown for shipment to
, Philadelphia.
•
The fact that the Capitol Park Ex
tension Commission has found it nec
essary to go into court on only two
Instances to have old mortgages offi
cially marked satisfied is being much
commented upon about the city The
titles to the 537 properties were very
clear and they wero found to be ready
for transfer when the title searchers
began work. This Is attributed to the
ample notice property owners had of
the intentions of the State and to the
close work of the men who looked up
the properties, this having been done
with the greatest care. The mort
gages which were found not satisfied
were for small amounts and evidently
for sale of lots.
• • •
J. Louis Breitinger, former member
of the Legislature and recent chair
man of the Board of Moving Picture
Censors, was here yesterday to see the
first Harrisburg performance of a not
ed film. Mr. Breitinger met a num
ber of his former colleagues, but said
that he not thinking so much of State
affairs just now.
[ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~
—Mayor J. G. Armstrong, of Pitta
burgh, seems to have settled a strike
on the city-county building in his own
way. He Just went into it.
Dr. I. K. Urich, Lebanon repre
sentative, is one of the committee on
legislation of the medical men of the
Sl l t L < Dr. C. L. King, University of
Pennsylvania economist, says that the
anthracite coat report did not go far
enough.
—Congressman Warren Worth Bail
ey, the Johnstown pacifllst, got into a
row with Representative Gardner the
other day and when it ended Bailey's
remarks were taken out of the rec
ord.
—Mayor A. D. Newell, the mayor of
New Castle, has finished his first year
in office. Among other things he
heard 3,800 cases.
—Dr. S. Willis McFadden, Pitta
burgh minister, preached a sermon in
which he said that heavenly words
cannot be applied to satantc deeds. v
[ DO YOU KNOW 1
That Harrisburg pig Iron WM
1 used to moke cannon balls for
three wars?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
This city had a German singing so
ciety 100 years ago and many promi
nent residents were among the mem
bers.
Logic
"You said your wonderful death
dealing inventions would make war
Impossible."
"Well," answered the great inven
tor, ruefully, "if everybody on earth
is eventually killed oft, there can't be
any more war, can there?" —Washing-
ton Star,