10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded iSsi Published evenings except Sunday by THK TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Bulldlnar. Federal Square. . E. J. STACK POLE, Pres't and Editor-in-Chief F. R, OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ. Manage Editor. I Member American sylvanla Associat- Eastern nue Building, New People's Gas Ruild- Entered at the Post Office In ITarrls burg, Pa„ as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a <ui(jKhi*prXlrer> week: by mail, 1.'i.00 a year In aavance. Light is light, whoever holds the can fdlcstick. —E. E. HALE. MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2 TWO STOES TO IT WE have been so busily "bust ing" trusts in the past few years that we have at times almost lost sight of the importance of aggre gate capital in the prosperity of the country. The "trusts" themselves are largely responsible for this state of af fairs. Drunk with the possibilities of unrestrained power, they set out to grab everything in sight and, as hap pens with individuals in such cases, they have been mauled into a sem blance of good behavior. Neverthe less they have had, do have and will have their beneficent uses. Their pos sibilities for good are greuter even than their possibilities for evil. As pointed out by the current week ly trade statement <?f the Philadelphia Bourse, a benevolent and sympathetic policy toward combination of Amer ican manufacturers in export trade Imust be had by the Government if (the commercial preparedness plans of Ithis country for the coming post-war (international trade rivalry are to be (put on the firm and permanent basis [necessary for a continuation of pros perity. "The legalization of co-operative (selling agencies in export trade, such >RB proposed by the Webb bill," says the j statement, "furnishes the rock- Jbed for successful competition with 'Germany, Great Britain and the other ►commercial nations after the war is i>ver, and the immediate reconstruc tion process completed. The United (States Government should recognize (the principle of co-operative effort in tforeign selling and assist In its practi cal application, with, of course, proper a-estrictions. It required the war and (the resultant chance for this country land Great Britain to take stock of Hheir commercial activities and meth .ods, to show the true value of the [Combination of manufacturers in for eign business and to recognize that the German commercial success has been largely due to such combination." It is highly significant that Great Britain, the world's leader in export ing, is now demanding, through its leaders in economic thought and prac tice the institution of such combina tions, sanctioned and supported by the Government, and elimination of use less and weakening competition be tween the individual British manufac turers for export. Some of the leading trade authori ties of the United Kingdom call for the organization of selling combina tions by trades, each trade with its representatives and show rooms throughout the world and all under the command of a member of the Cab inet. To meet all this, the industries of the United States must combine forces. The small manufacturer is a factor of great importance—nobody questions that—but he is of small moment in international trade. These great combinations of capitul are re quired for successful operation. And since we depend largely upon exports for our prosperity, we mufet also rec ognize the possibilities for good as •well as those for evil in great indus trial combinations. There is really jßuch a thing as a "good trust." J We await with impatience the annual story of frozen peach buds in the South Mountain Belt. IX XO DANGER A DISPATCH from Washington says that, taking a leaf from the Old Testament as their guide, the suffrage pickets will endeavor this ■week to crumple the final walls of •prejudice that are obstructing the pas sage of the Federal suffrage amend ment by dramatizing the sixth chapter of Joshua. Once a day, for six days, the suffrage Jhosts, even like those of Joshua, will march around the White House grounds. Then, on the seventh day— next Sunday, to be exact—witli their numbers swelled by thousands of wom en from all parts of the country, they shall "compass the 'city of ■waiting' seven times, and seven priest esses bearing tho suffrage ark shall :tlow with trumpets." "And it shall come to pass," accord ing to the official announcement Issued ifrom tho national headquarters of the 'Congressional Union yesterday, "that, when they make a long blast with the rnm's horn, and when yo hear the pound of tho trumpet, n>l the people Nhnll shout with a great shout; and the walls of the city shall fall down flat," We suspect that In tills case history will respectfully decline to repeat Jtself, The suffragists appear to be in |no great danger of arrest for destruc- Kion of government property, The MONDAY EVENING, White House walls are firmly support ed by miles of red tape. Besides, President Wilson doesn't care a hoot for ramshorn blasts of suffragist lead ers—except just before election. Food prices appear to have absolutely no regard for public opinion. THE RETURNING EIGHTH TTARRISBURG sent two compan ies of infantry to the border at the call of the President last summer, and five returned yesterday. Boys who went away privates came back officers and raw recruits marched home again with the step and bearing of veter ans. it was a joyous occasion. Not one of the lads who volunteered last summer was left to sleep his last long sleep on the shores of the Rio Grande. The ranks were full and if there were tearful friends along the sidewalks as the up-standing troops swung by, they wept for gladness. The great turnout and the enthusi asm of yesterday were evidences of the popular appreciation of what these men did. It is well to remember that they shouldered their guns and march ed away to meet what many of them regarded as the most treacherous foe in all the world—the bandit Mexican. The grim specters of typhoid and other camp diseases arose to haunt them. That the Mexicans paused before the line of sturdy Americans stretched along the Rio Grande, and that med ical science and army sanitation have removed for all time the scourges that ravaged the camps of the Spanish- American War soldiers and the vol unteers of the Civil War was their good fortune. Willingly they placed their lives in jeopardy for their coun try's sake. The put their bodies be tween the threatening Mexican horde and the helpless women and children / of Texas. The Mexicans looked them over and then revised their plans. Evi dently they didn't care to take chances with these husky young men of the North. And so the men of the Guard accomplished their purpose of pro- | tectlng the border with scarcely the firing of a single shot. The folks at home extend their hearty welcome, not for what they did, | alone, but for their courage in going | and for the personal sacrifice they made in laying down their civilian ac tivities and accepting small pay and the chance of being shot in order to do what they felt was their duty. Henceforth they will be marked among lis as men who have "done their bit" for their country and as isuch are entitled to all the honors of veterans. May the day be long distant when next the city is called upon to send its young men to guard the nation from the invader, but if that time comes may the returning ranks be as full and the welcome home as joyous and alto gether free from sorrow as that of yes terday. Here's hoping those bluebirds are as good weather guessers as the Ground hog was. AN OLD STORY REPEATED PHILADELPHIA newspapers yes terday published this pitiful story: Policemen who heard the sound of revolver shots at Third and Mont rose streets, found 16-year-old Emelia Bove, an orphan, kneeling beside the unconscious figure of Thomas Mongoose, 22 years old, of 2238 South Thirteenth street. A re volver was lying ort the pavement, and there were two bullet wounds in the young man's body. "He promised to mnrry me, and I trusted him," the girl sobbed to Policeman J>afferty, of the Second and Christian streets station. "He laughted at mo and said he was through with me." Mongoose is in the Mt. Sinai Hos pital. One bullet entered his back and the other his right arm. He will recover. The girl admitted the shooting, and her recital of the events that ' led up to it moved policemen to tears at her hearing before Magis trate Baker. She was held under SBOO bail to await the outcome of Mongoose's injuries. It is a very old and a very sordid tale. In It are summed up the ancient wrong of man toward woman. It is the tragedy of the ages. There is noth ing novel in it. City editors saw in the "story" so litttle of the dramatic that they took no particular pains to "play It up" in the news. But two points worthy of note are Included by tho reporter who "cover ed" the shooting. They are—"Mon goose is in the hospital—he will re cover;" and, the "girl was held under |BOO ball." Whose was the greater crime—the despoller of trusting and innocent maidenhood or she who defended her honor at the point of the pistol? Yet a downy couch, with no hint of blame, for him and a prison cell for her, Fortunately for the girl in the case there are yet rdb|ooded men oh American WTURT juries WIIQ may be tmeted to see t ft justice does net miscarry in her vase, Instead of ' ~ ' '— > A MAN IN THE NORTH G|TS A LETTER FROM THE SOUTH By B RIG G S j "WELL -WELL- A LETTER " HEH-HEH-HEH- I GUESS (RSAOS V ~ f- FROM Boww IM HE'5 ABOUT "READY MXO "to ijJJL FLORIDA" TO COME "SACK - I HE'D GET USYYUL - - G/- - "/fcfi- pfuxM, -t-ytA. . < ' " XU^i (deep AMD-HEAVV THtMKiMti) . "HELLO" I WANT A Ilu uo RESERVATION on Yoof* FIRST /TRAIN .SOUTH * " punishment there ought to be a re- 'j ward for killing off venomous young ' reptiles who go about boasting of their conquests and laughing to scorn the cast-off victims of their evil passions. The Chamberlain Bill [From the Cleveland Leader.] Universal military training in the United States is brought one important step nearer realization by the action of the Senate military affairs committee in recommending the passage of the Chamberlain bill. This measure has been in course of pr"paration tor months. In a large sense it represents the best judgment of men wtn> have given most thought to the question of national defense. .By the terms of the Chamberlain measure every young man in the United States of proper physical fitness will receive six months of in tensive military training during the year of his nineteenth birthday. Com | pleting this period of preparation, these young men will become members of the reserve, remaining on call to the colors till they are 28. Specific provision is made that the reserve army shall not be used to quell strike riots or to settle industrial dis putes, thus relieving it of a kind of duty to which the National Guard is liable and which members of the Guard in general detest. Another provision cal culated to recommend the measure is that prohibitingiiny one from purchas ing exemption 'lYom the prescribed period of training. The measure is thus thoroughly democratic. It puts all young men up on tlie same footing. It exacts of all alike some small sacrifice, some small payment on the debt which every American owes to the flag that protects him in the enjoyment of life, home and business. > In the preparation of the bill the military affairs committee consulted every phase of public opinion. Even the ultra pacifists have had every op portunity to be heard. The terms of the bill have not been dictated by the army staff or by the War Department. 1 The effort at every point has been to give the country the kind of defensive measure that will best represent its vast potential strength and best serve its purpose both as a peace measure and a war measure. Unless every indication is at fault the American public lias been revising its opinion relative to universal mili tary training in recent months. Inex orable events abroad, touching the vital interests of the United States, have broken down prejudices and widened In dividual conceptions. There has grown up a new realization that mere poten tial strength never won a battle, much less a war; and that mere potential strength possessed by one nation will not keep other nations, which have been wise enough to organize their strength, from making war upon lier. The Chamberlain bill is a peace measure. It proposes to put tho young manhood of America upon such a plane of fitness that no nation unless mad will think of attacking us. The hill should he made a law without unneces sary delay. Our Amateur Martyrs fFVom the Ne\v York World.] Should Congress enact a military ser vice law requiring all American youth In good health to undergo military training for six months or more before reaching their majority there will prob ably be adolescent "martyrs" in every part of the country, more particularly New York, who will uphold pacifist principle by refusing to their country a service and to themselves a benefit. With such a frightful object lesson as the present war before men'if eyes, the service Is likely to be mainly pre cautionary; the benefit will be practical, actual, almost invariably obtained. For military training during a period not too prolonged will immeasurably bene fit young men in health, In spirit and in their life pros pects. The physical benefit, in erect posture, increased lung capacity and the ability to take care of one's self out of doors, will be manifest, as It has been In the recent memorable example of drill and camp on the Mexi can border. The mental and moral benefit of discipline should prove as great, and no one needs it more than tho prospective young martyrs them selves. Self-centered, Impatient of restraint, too often intolerant of home and school authority, the type of American young man who proclaims his intent of per sonal rebellion would be vastly improv ed bv learning that there is such a word as "must." He does not know It: but much that he does not know he would better learn before he is too old to profit by it fully. Fish Have Sense of Smell fProm the Chicago Herald.] A llali hasn't a nose, but It can smell. Recent experiments have proved this. What Is more, these experiments have proved that odor travels through water, lust as it does through air. Anglers hav4S laid ao much stress on the need of exciting a fish's Interest by the look of food that the effect of scent has been overlooked, A shark will bite at a hook containing a piece of fat pork, al though the pork does not look like any kind of fish that swims the sea. It may be heresy In angling to sug gest that a "fly" should smell like a fly. These sctenttflc experiments show how large a part smell plays In the food pursuit of fish. Halt, such ns small crabs, was found and eaten hv the fishes two or three times as rapidly when the shells were broken. Unit placed Inside a gatr/.i- bag was smelled within three minutes of being towered in the watei\ and almost at the same time all the fishes began nlbhlmg at the bag. When ©otton was stuffed into I Its so-oatled ''KostriU" the dogfish would seldom Qbsarve the ft>od that ante near them, HARRISBURG (sS£tl TELEGRAPH folUlct By (lie F.x-Committeeman I = _==_=_ S Jl ' Governor Brumbaugh is the center of political interest to-day. The Gov ernor is expected to tell the Senate to-night or to-morrow about the reso lution for investigations. His friends say that he will veto the measure, and Senator Penrose says that if he does there will be investigations made any way, and that as far as he is concern ed he will go through with the "probe" of the Governor because he thinks it is needed. The Governor's partisans say that he has nothing to fear from a fair probe. The Democrats are "daring" the Republicans to do any thing. Newspapers insist that the friends of both the Governor and the Senator are glad of a chance to escape the in vestigation work, but it does seem likely that a concurrent resolution to have committees of the Legislature do some "probing" will be put in for con sideration. An interesting "backfire" has been starting In Pittsburgh where Council man G. A. Dillinger, an administra tion partisan and much in the lime light. has started an attack on Mayor Armstrong. At a meeting yesterday, which Dillinger and some of his | friends addressed, there were demands ■ for impeachment of the Mayor. —The Philadelphia Ledger takes is sue with Joseph R. Grundy's criticism of the educational system. Mr. Grun dy does not think it lias been as suc cessful as claimed and the Ledger twits him about it, remarking that the laws are here to stay. —The campaign for Mayor of Coatesville with the Rev. T. W. lie- Kinney, pastor of the Methodist Epis copal Church, and Albert H. Swing, former postmaster, as the nominees, closes to-morrow night. The special election takes place on Tuesday. Mr. McKlnney and Swing were nominat ed Tuesday two weeks ago, and tho i latter had a lead of 120 I I votes. The defeated candidate for the nomination received 203 votes and I about 300 registered voters remained at home. On these figures both sides are claiming a victory. —There is small likelihood of action on the Philadelphia charter revision bills before April. More are expected to come in this week and they will.be studied during the proposed recess. The bills to take city employes out of politics are getting much discussion among country members, —The fact that the Governor has delayed filling important vacancies In j the State government, especially the i banking and public printing depart-1 ments, Is being much commented | upon about the Capitol. Tho Senate committee on nominations says it is waiting for the Governor to send in his recess appointments and the Gov ernor desires to know what is to be done about Edward Long's nomination to be chief of printing. ■—Pennsylvania members of the next Congress will have a "roundup" meeting in Washington on March 6 to matters. —Mayor Armstrong, Senator C. H. Kline and Max Leslie, of Pittsburgh, left last night for Florida to be guests of Senator J. P. McNichol. —The Philadelphia Inquirer says to-day that people are demanding ac tion in the transit plans and that there should be an end of delays. —The fact that no applications for liquor licenses have been made In Mif flin and Juniata counties was not lost on legislators to-day. •—The Philadelphia Public Ledger In a disptach from Washington Joins in the movement to get harmony among the Republican leaders In Pennsylvania. Some days ago the Pittsburgh Dispatch In an article l>y Colonel L. W. Strayer brought, out the dissatisfaction among Pennsylvania congressmen over the factional war fare and referred to the fact that some of the congressmen were fearful of results at home. The Ledger fol lows suit to-day, also mentioning Con gressmen Watson, Temple nnd Moore as possible candidates for Oovernor. —A strong demarid for some legis lative action to improve conditions In the anthracite region so that people will not have lives and property Jeop ardized by "mine caves," Is made by the Philadelphia Press to-day. The Press calls on the administration and Legislature to act. . —The Thorn plan to change the time of llllng nominating petit lons ap pears to Ite generally favored among county officials and others having to do with certification nominations, .—The always Interesting "down I,uncaater way" column of the Phila delphia North American contains (his political nldellghtj "The names of W, W. Griest, William O, Hproul, Frank b, McClain and Heraco A, Beale, are RICHARD HARDING DAVIS LIVES AGAIN His Letters, Edited by Brother, C. B. Davis, Reveal Davis as Friends Knew and Loved Him THEY say a man is known by the company he keeps. He is also known to posterity, not only by the immortal work he did but by the letters he left. Especially a man like the late Richard Harding Davis to whom writing was veritably a gift of the gods. In his letters to his mother, especially, Davis has left us an un forgettable impression of his great ness of heart. Not many men leave behind them such letters as this, for example: New York "Evening Sun," 1890. Dear Mother (Luie Ma): i am well and with lots to do. I went up Hopper the other night which was the first time in three months that I have been back of a theater, and it was like going home. There is a smell about the painty and gassy and dusty place that I love as much as fresh earth and newly cut hay, and the girls look so pretty and bold lying around in the sets, arid the men so out of focus and with such startling cheeks and lips. They were very glad to see me and made a great fu£s. Then I've been to see Car inencita dance, which I enjoyed re markably, and I have been reading Rudyard Kipling's short stories, and I think it is disgusting that a boy like that should write such stories. He hasn't left himself anything to do when he gets old. He reminds me of Bret Harte and not a bit of Stevenson, to whom some of them compare him. I am very glad you liked the lady in mid-air story so much, but it was not a bit necessary to add the Moral from a Mother. 1 saw it coming up before I had read two lines; and a very good moral it is, too, with which I agree heartily. But, of course, you know it is not a new idea to me. Anything as good and true as that moral cannot be new at this late date. I went to the Brooklyn Handicap race yesterday. It is one of the three biggest races of the year, and a man stood in front of me in the paddock in a white hat. Another man asked him what he was 'playing.' "Well," he said, "I fancy Fides myself." "Fides!" said his friend, "why, she ain't in it. She won't see home. Race land's the horse for your money: she's favorite, and there isn't any second choice. But Fides! Why, she's impossible. Raceland beat her last Suburban." being mentioned in connection with the Republican nomination for Gov ernor. If there are any other candi dates along the main line, or the Pomeroy-Newark division, who are being urged by their friends to come out, they should come while the com ing is good." What America Needs* [From Charleston News and Courier.] What is there that America needs more than those very things tha't uni versal service has done tor England? It would do them for us Just as it has done them for England. It would help to root out evilsr that are the most dan gerous of all, those that threaten us from within. More than any other one thing we can do it would help to make our de mocracy real; to put our democratic theories into actual operation; to wipe out class feeling, claFs distinctions, and class strife; to obliterate false stan dards and set up instead those that are real and worth while: to abolish the lines drawn by divided allegiances; to fan the fires of patriotism; to revive in our citizenship the sense of national obligation; to unify as to thought and purpose the widely separated sections of this vast country, and to improve the physical well-being of the average American. And as for the dangers that threatens us from without. It Would sweep them from the horizon. The fear of war would scarcely exist any longer, for there Is no nation in the world that would attack an America rendered ef ficient and ready by universal service. Food Investigation Welcomed [From the Philadelphia Ledger.] The increase of agricultural pro ducts has not kept pace with the pop ulation; we have been indifferent about matters of Intensive cultivation, careless about the conservation of re sources and the prevention of waste. And repeated warning about imper fect transportation facilities, unjust discrimination against and between localities, illegal manipulation of transportation charges and of prices have fullen on deaf ears. The propos ed Investigation, therefore, is to he welcomed, for the ilrst step toward effective reform is to uncover the faots, Congress should facilitate the inquiry by every means In'its power. FEBRUARY 26, 1917.. "Yes, I remember," said the man in the white hat, "but 1 fancy Fides." Then another chap said to him, "Fides is all good enough on a dust track on a sunny, pleasant day, but she can't run in the mud. She hasn't got the staying powers. She's a pretty one to look at, but she's just a 'grand stand' ladies' choice. She ain't in it with Raceland or Erica. The horse you want is not a pretty, dainty flyer, but a stayer, that is sure and that brings in good money, not big odds, but good money. Why, I can name you a dozen better'n Fides." 'Still, somehow, X like Fides best," said the obstinate 'man in the white hat. "But Fides will take the bit in her mouth and run away, or throw the jock of break into the fence. She isn't steady. She's all right to have a little bet on just enough for a flyer, but she's not the horse to plunge on. If you're a millionaire with money to throw away, why, you might put some of it up on her, but,' as it is, you want to put your money where it will be sure of a 'place,' anyway. Now, let me mark your card for you?" "No," said the man, "what you all say is reasonable, I see that; but, somehow, I rather fancy Fides best." I've forgotten now whether Fides won or not, and whether she landed the man who just fancied her with out knowing why a winner or sent him home broke. But, in any event, that is quite immaterial, the story simply shows how obstinate some men arc as regards horses and—other uncertain critters. I have no doubt but that the Methodist minister's daughter would have made Hiram happy if he had loved her, but he didn't. No doubt Anne , Nan would have made me happy if they would have consented to have me and I had happened to love them, but I fancied Fides. But now since I have scared you sufficiently, let me add for your peace of mind that I've not enough money to back any horses Just at present, and before I put any money up on any one of them for the Matri monial stakes, I will ask you first to look over the card and give me a few pointers. I mayn't follow them, you know, but I'll give you a fair wash ing. at any rate. "You're my sweetheart. I'm your beau." DICK. | OUR DAILY LAUGH THE "WAIST {y- r? 1 All my summer JSioJW.. waists are begin nlng to wear In ' the same place. I **- wonder If it's the ifSNi belt that does it? Hi ■ ■ It's more likely, ■■ a V my dear, to havo 1 W been George. E m PARADOXICAL POSITION. What Is your WrtA opinion of pre 'or unprepared- YR ness that I am not even prepared StS ,0 express an optnUn. WONDER HOW *v - j, HE WOULD T *' N FARE. * Jones told me Wjfo If anything hap pened he could fall back on his jHyf jk ! voice for a living. J[l | I'd hate to take //L, a fall like that. <£> & fSOT IN IT. 'Tis sweet to love. But slim your chance Is apt to prove Unless you dance. Etomtttg (E{fal Return of the Eighth infantry from iclive service on the Mexican border il'lcr having been in the federal army since the third week of last June re nlled to many yesterday the return of the Ilarrisburg contingents in tlie army of the Spanish war and to older citi/.ens the stirring days when "men in blue" came inarching home after the Civil War. The return of the troops after service in the Spanish war was made upon three occasions some thing to remember. The Governor's *"* Troop came here after duty in Porto Rico arriving late at night and Com pany I of the Fourth Infantry, which was later taken into the Eighth under the letter, received an equally noisy demonstration when it arrived after service In Miles' expedition. The re turn of Company D, which was in the Second Army Corps and closed its ser vice in the South was the last of the demonstrations of the war of 1898, events which are well remembered because of the great interest taken by men, women and children not only of this city but of surrounding towns. Harrisburg organizations in the Civil War were given very warm greetings when they returned from service at various times, but these comings were saddened by the losses sustained by many families. The return of the 127 th, the Jennings regiment which fought in Fredericksburg and other' great battles, was one of the demon strations long talked about after the war. This city was the center of or ganization of many regiments of that terrible struggle and it used to greet and bid farewell to many commands, reserving to its own outbursts that were notable even in those days. Old newspapers tell of the return'of Har risburg soldiers who served in the War of 1812 and the Mexican war. The city had eight or ten companies in the army which was marched to defend Baltimore and when Washington was taken this place was a scene of great activity. The close of active service of these organizations was marked by a parade of the citizens and by lunches and speeches. * • . A good record of the return of the Cameron Guards, the company enroll ed here in December, 184fi, for Mexi can war service under command of E. C. Williams, later a brigadier gen eral, has come down to us. This command composed over 100 men and left here early in 1847 and was mus tered out at Pittsburgh in June, 1848, after some pretty trying service with American armies in Mexico. The company was considerably thinned by losses in action, sickness and transfers and less than half returned to Harris burg. They came direct from Pitts burgh and were met at the foot of Market street by military organiza tions, veterans of the service of 1812 and the rest of the town. The news papers of that day say that there was a tremendous concourse of people and that when the train arrived the bells were rung, just as yesterday. How ever. when the parade was passing the "principal streets" of the then bor ough cannon were tired in addition to the ringing of the bells. The survivors were marched or rather herded bv their grateful and admiring fellow citizens to the "public grounds" in the rear of the Capitol were Edward A. Lesley made a speech thanking the Guard for its service. The article closes "the entire multitude then sat down to an elegant and plentiful re past, which had been provided for the occasion, free of all expense." Harris bprg then contained about 7,000 per sons so that there must have been a very energetic committee and some liberal citizens. * A good many persons who have been noting the general condition of streams in this part of the State are inclined to the opinion that unless there is a sudden and marked drop in temperature the chances for trouble because of ice are decreasing. The last week or so, say these observers, there has been a gradual eating away of the ice and high water, which is bound to come, will probably dis solve much of the ice and lessen dan gers. However, residents of towns down the river are reported not to be taking any chances, especially those in Middletown who have the lessons of 1904 in front of them. * • There was a proceeding Saturday before the Public Service Commission which attracted little attention, but which really involved something like a score of millions and the control of the electric light of Reading. Lebanon and some other communities and the street railway systems of Berks coun ty'with important lines stretching clear into Philadelphia and almost into Lebanon. For some time plans have been working out whereby the Reading Transit and Light Company could unite into one great company a dozen or more and establish a huge enterprise under the public utility law. It is the same plan that the Philadel phia Electric has been working out in the absorption of companies which it controls and which is the order of the I day in big cities. In the Reading caso over 200 miles of trolley line are em braced and if the Public Service Com mission sanctions the proceeding there will not only be taken over one big company which has half a dozen un derlying companies, but a concern, classed as a sublessee which has four sub sublessee companies. Once in a while such transactions operate to the relief of the public by abolishing com plicated corporation relations if noth ing else. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Captain J. Franklin McFadden, who is about to retire as commander of the First Troop, Philadelphia City cavalry, has been -connected with the troop for 30 years. —George A. Levy, Pittsburgh's offi cial efficiency man, is being sought by the city of Denver. —Dr. R. H. Martin, the new presi dent of Geneva College, was Installed with many prominent educators In at tendance at the ceremonies. —C. L. Huston, the Coatesvllle man ufacturer, took a prominent part in the State Y. M. C. A. convention at Butler. —Dr. J. C. Garber, superintendent of Philadelphia city schools, will speak at Denver'this week at the Na tional Educational meeting. —Mayor E. Filbert, of Reading, re fused to give a guard to a Reading trucker who was afraid someone would steal the potatoes he has been piling up. 1 DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg manufactures steel for delicate surgical instru ments? HISTORIC HARRISBURG General William Henry Harrison visited this city after his Indian wars and was later named for President here. In Agreement The South American countries are as nearly in agreement relative to the question of Indorsing the attitude of the United States toward Germany as they ever have been on any subject whatsoever. —New York World. '
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