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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. .
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" 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. '