16
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME
Founded IS3I
Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PHIXTIXG CO,
Telegraph Bulletins. Federal Square.
EJ. STACKPOLE, Pres't ana Editor-in-Chief
F. H, OTSTER, Business Manager.
OUS M. STEINMKTZ. Managing Editor.
i Member American
rl Newspaper Pub-
I Eastern office,
lng, P Chicago. 111.
Entered at the Post Office in Harris
burg, Pa., as second class matter.
By carriers, ten cents a
week; by mail. $5.00 a
year in advance.
FRIDAY EVENING, >L\RCII 2.
Be persuaded, timid sou I, that He
has loved you too much to cease lov
ing you.—Fenelon.
WHY DELAY?
should not hesitate to
give the President full powers
to meet any situation that may
arise. Permission to arm ships is all
very well, but the President should
have the "other instrumentalities" for
•which he asks. In a moment we may
need an army, and that moment does
not appear far in the future. Why
wait? Why not prepare while there
is time? Give the President every
thing he needs, to the last man and
the last farthing. If we are to be
pushed overboard into the sea of
world-strife let us at least provide
ourselves with a life-preserver. We
Chall need every device of armament :
vhat the world knows, and in immense
quantities. Everybody knows this. ,
Why delay?
PUBLIC IS WATCHFUL
PUBLIC discussion of the school
board controversy over the se
lection of a high school architect
las lulled for the moment. But direc
tors should not imagine that taxpay
ers have lost interest in the subject.
The people are just as alive to the im
portance of this question as ever they
were and just a* keenly watchful.
The best is none too good for Har
risburg. There must be no guessing,
no miscarrying in working out the
solution of the high school problem. 1
We made one gross blunder when the i
Forster street building was erected. {
We cannot afford to repeat that error, j
There is much talk in some circles
Of the "folly of expert advice," but the |
fact remains that Harrisburg, of to- 1
day is built upon a foundation of ex- '
pert opinion. Some of our experts
may have erred. Granted they did.
Nevertheless the city has been the j
gainer by many thousands of dollais
as a result of having had expert serv- !
Ices. It is so in relation to the high
school. The most competent architect
obtainable must be employed. The
selection of any other will conie back
to haunt the school board and to
plague the city.
THE SHIMMELL SOCIAL CENTER
SELECTION of Eli N. Hershey as
head of the Shimmell school so- j
cial center guarantees a fair trial !
of the movement in that district. Mr. J
Hershey, now a prominent business
man of the city, began life as a school
teacher and he has never lost interest
in school work. He is widely traveled,
energetic and enterprising. The eyes
of the whole city are on the Shimmell
experiment. Its success means much
for the future of social centers in dis
tricts where there is apparent need of
them.
A THOUGHT ON SPRING
THE advance of the Lenten season
brings with it the faint and far
away scent of Easter lilies and
visions of chocolate eggs. Prepara
tions for gorgeous Easter parades
likewise move rapidly. The thought of
spring, with the • sweetness of its in
spiration presents itself and the days
rush by bearing winter swiftly toward
its close. The break in the long sleep- i
ing Susquehanna and the appearance
of the scarlet cardinals and bluebirds
in Wlldwood augur the approaching
Change of season.
Life is pretty much worth living,
take it all In all. Of course, there are
business worries and household
troubles, and the "best laid plans o'
mice and men" can't always be carried
out, but things are pretty mucn t\s
they used to be in the matter of human
nature; parents live for their children
and the children grow up and the
springtime of life comes along for
them; there are tears and laughter,
and there are wars and rumors of
wars, but It's all In the game.
America has been very fortunate of
late; perhaps luck may turn for a
time. Why worry? The red blood
of Yankeeism is not diluted with a
yellow tinge, and the strength of the
nation is in its virile manhood and
brave womanhood. The spirit of Am
erica is that of perennial spring. And
in springtime the occasional rainy day
but makes the landscape fairer and
V
FRIDAY EVENING, HHUUSBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 2, 1917.
"""! —" ' ' ' ' " 1 ' ■ ■ if ■ ■ : ■ ■ ■ ■
brighter when the clouds have rolled
away. Spring is a pleasant, vigorous,
all-conquering season, and this is a
springtime land.
LET'S HAVE IT SOON
WHAT has become of that plan for
a street car survey in Harris
burg?
A few weeks ago the Telegraph was
assured that the directors of the Har
risburg Railways Company would take
up the matter at their next meeting.
President Frank B. Musser is known
to be heartily in favor of such a sur
vey as is proposed and the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce head has given
it his endorsement. The directors of
the company have the final decision to
make, it is true, but it cannot be im
agined that they will stand in its way.
They would be making a very serious
mistake if they did.
The public is not pleased with
street car service in Harrisburg and
its suburbs east of the river. The
Telegraph knows this by direct evi
dence. The newspaper office is a
clearing house for complaints. Indig
nant people are prone to "write to
their paper." The Telegraph has re
ceived numerous such communica
tions during the past month and the
bulk of them have had to do with the
intolerable ash and garbage situation
that itself is shortly to be the subject
of an investigation. But unsatisfac
tory street car service has been a very
close second as a favorite subject of
"letters to the editor." Some of these,
which have been signed, have been
published. Others were either of a
character scarcely suitable for news-
paper use or bore no signature, and
so were consigned to the wastebasket.
The point of this is that many people
are of such a state of mind concern
ing trolley conditions in Harrisburg
that scores of them take the trouble
to write out their views and pay post
age on them with the hope of getting
them before the public. A very strong
current of popular opinion is thus in
dicated which the management of the
company ought not to be slow to heed.
People as individuals are apt to be
at times unreasonable, but collectively
they are not. The community as a
whole is not satisfied that the trolley
company is giving the best service pos
sible. The belief prevails that at no
great expense to the company street
car facilities in this city might be
greatly improved. The people as a
whole ask for nothing more than
prompt and efficient service. To this
the company agrees they are entitled.
The proposed survey opens the way
for a disinterested third party, who
shall be an expert in municipal trans
portation, to step in and say what
shall be done. The patrons of the
railways company ask for no more
than this. Certainly, the company
ought not to object.
The whole city is waiting eagerly for
further news concerning plans for the
proposed survey. Let's have the details
now. Summer, with its complications
of park travel and special excursions,
is almost at hand. Now is the time to
decide on such changes and improve
'ments as may be necessary.
ACTIONS AND WORDS
OSCAR UNDERWOOD is bellowing
for a federal food probe. The
Southern Senator is championing
the "dear peepul" with a passion and
eloquence that would make anybody
not familiar with his record believe
him a sincere advocate of low prices
and a friend of working people.
It was Underwood, you will recall,
whose tariff bill ruined the sugar in
dustry of the South and forced up
prices on that commodity by putting
the trust in control of the market. Be
fore the Underwood law went into ef
fect sugar sold for five cents a pound,
and sometimes for less. Oscar should
remember that actions speak louder
than words even the fog horn roai
ings of political blatherskites.
REPUBLICANISM-AMERICANISM
A CORRESPONDENT signing him
self Old-Line Republican com
plains of recent editorial ad
vice in these columns urging Ameri
cana to stand by the President. He
says, among other things;
Last fall you told us not to vote
for Wilson because of his mistaken
European war policy, or rather lack
of a policy. Now you say—"Stand
back of the President." Are you
wavering in your politics?
When it comes to Simon Pure, yard
wide, never-say-day, fight-to-the-lajßt
ditch Republicanism, the Telegraph
yields to none. It is proud to be clash
ed among the strong. Influential, pro
gressive, constructive Republican
newspapers of the country- Never
doubt that.
But Republicanism is also Amer
icanism.
The Telegraph follows the flag.
Just now President Wilson is carry
ing the flag.
That is all.
THE PRESn)ENTS SUPPORT
WASHINGTON yesterday wit
nessed the unique spectacle of
Republican Senators fighting
vigorously In support of President
Wilson against the assaults of a Dem
ocratic Senator who should have been
the executive's chief lieutenant In
Congress. Senator Stone on frequent
occasions has displayed his disquali
fications for Senatorshlp, but never so
flagrantly as yesterday. Stone is worse
than a mere misfit. He Is Intelligently
malignant. He has been entirely too
close to certain powers not Just now
on speaking terms with Uncle Sam.
He should be relieved of the chair
manship of the committee on foreign
affairs.
A MAN IN THE SOUTH GETS A LETTER FROM THE NORTH By BRIGGS
UA-WA-ha-,A-..- HSRE'S A LETTfR | FE6L WETTY UIeLL" LETS See
Qrcaixs) £)J
ZLet/Z— + 72. /V THINK.r.6)
EDITORIAL COMMENT [
ANY OLD GENTLEMAN HERE?
Speaking of ex-sports, who remem
bers baseball before it got into the
hands of the money barons? —Indian-
apolis News.
BECOMING QUITE LITERARY
Mrs. Jude Johnson, who recently
decided to become classical, entered
the city library to-day and asked for
a copy of "Gray's Energy."—Atchison
Globe.
DON'T SING OF THE EGG KING
Sing the national anthem, but don't
descend to any hymns of hate.—Wall
Street Journal.
WOULDN'T GET IT
RIGHT ANYWAY
If the naturalization bureaus only
had a machine for reading the soul of
the applicant!— New York Sun.
BOUCK FALTERS AT THE RACK
Bouck White doesn't want to be
tried now for burning the flag, because
he fears he will be severely dealt with.
But does a true martyr seek martyr
dom at bargain rates? —New York
World.
LIKE THE SOUPBONE,
FOR INSTANCE
It has become so that about the only
things left which may be had at rea
sonable prices are the luxuries.—
Marion Star.
Production Not a Remedy
[Christian Science Monitor.]
There are already indications of a
rush to the soil, with the view of pre- j
venting such a scarcity as that which, !
it is claimed in some quarters, has so 1
greatly increased the tost of living
during the present winter. The culti
vation of increased acreage in the |
rural districts, and of vacant lots in j
urban districts, is widely advocated. I
If we are to have cheaper living, it I
is warmly contended by some students
of the situation, we must, of course, I
have a greater supply of foodstuffs. |
Therefore, everybody should raise j
things to cat. That is the way to j
cope with the difficulty, and they insist j
that it is the only way. As a matter
of fact, it is the way not to solve the
problem.
There is and there has been no
scarcity of foodstuffs in the United
States. In many parts of the coun
try, last spring and summer, products,
of the garden were so abundant and
cheap that it djd not pay to gather'
and ship them to market. If every- I
body is going to raise vegetables this
year, those who follow farming or I
gardening as a regular occupation will i
reap less profit from their labor next I
season than last. They will perhaps'
be discouraged, as thousands upon
thousands have been in the past, and !
seek other occupations. Overproduc
tion is not a remedy for high prices,
because overproduction leads to waste,
and waste is a blight upon Industry.
What Is needed is normal produc
tion and better distribution. Existing
markets should bo made accessible to
those who look to the soil for a liveli
hood. Prices should not be depressed
in one season, that they may be bal
looned In another. The cultivator of
the soil should not be left to the ten
der mercies of the food speculator
and manipulator. The railroads should
be obliged to furnish cars and to carry
products to places where they are
most needed, expeditiously and at rea
sonable rates.
An unimpeded flow in the transpor
tation of foodstuffs, close connection
betwen the producer and the con
sumer. inhibition of speculation in or
manipulation of farm and garden
products, and cold storage plants con
trolled by the public, offer a solution
for the problem of the high cost of ■
season amateurs into gardening will \
only result In further complication of 1
the situation. There is in the country j
now food enough to go around at a i
reasonable price; the task demand-1
ing intelligent thought and direction I
is its adequate and equitable distribu- |
tion.
Humble Sprat Elevated
[London Globe.]
The Board of Agriculture, In Its pa
ternal way, has been recommending
sprats as an article of food not only
savory but cheap and nutritious. These
little fish when broiled are certainly
very good to eat for those who do not
mind the richness inseparable from a
food containing so much oil. The
pickled sprat does not possess this dis
advantage, and is both grateful and
comforting.
It has long "been a saying that It was
the extreme cheapness of sprats which
prevented their admission to the tables
of the wealthy.
Prophet of Evil
At fair imitation of a killjoy Is being
given by the man wTlo claims that he
has found a prophecy in the Bible that
the United States will be Invaded by a
foreign army during the present year,
i —Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
TollUct Ck
'J > IKKQntOG,KIa,
By the Ex-Committeeman
Predictions were made to-day that
there would be no resolution to tlx
a date for adjournment of the Legis
lature adopted until some time in
April, if then, and that no date in
May would be fixed. These prophecies
were from men in close touch with
the legislative situation and the state
ment made some weeks that it
might be the Fourth of July before
the General Assembly formally ad
journed was repeated.
Intimations that resolutions for fix
ing of dates of adjournment were In
spired by people close to the State ad
ministration were heard to-day and
it was also predicted that when the
legislators come back that the policy
which will be outlined for the session
will be of a kind to cause the majority
to agree to stay here and work.
Administration men are naturally
desirous of having the Legislature get
away as soon as possible and the lead
ers of the other side are not disposed
to gratify them.
—lt Is said that a series of reso
lutions reciting various matters con
nected with departments of the State
government and calling upon either
standing committees to Investigate or
providing for a special legislative in
vestigating committee, will be prepar
ed by the time the Legislature returns
and that there will be some inquiries
I made. However, there is no disposi
tion to attack the Governor, but rather
some of the departments under him.
Members of the Senate are said to be
I willing to assume full responsibility
| for prolonging the session and some
] are understood to feel that they will
I be justified.
I There were hints yesterday wheth
er the State Treasurer and Auditor
I General would recognize the warrant
I for the salary of D. Edward Long, Su
j perlntendent of Public Printing and
I Hindlng, until the question of the au-
I thority of the Senate over the ap
pointment has been determined. The
Senators are said to fear that the Gov
ernor will switch about State officials
after the session ends and thus de
feat the constitutional authority to
confirm appointments. Auditor Gen
, eral-elect Snyder says he will stand
a test on any switching before he will
' pay warrants.
Woman Suffrage headquarters, In a,
I statement Issued to-day, says: "Suf
i frage leaders for the first time since
I their amendment bill was Introduced
' have announced that they have been
assured that the preponderance of
! sentiment among the members of the
Committee on Constitutional Reform
is in favor of reporting the bill to the
House favorably wheneNer the spon
sors so desire'. Samuel A. Whltaker,
of Chester county, is in charge of the
suffrage bill in the House. Concern
ing the boasts of their opponents,
that the suffragists are depending en
tirely upon the leader of one legisla
tive faction for their support, suffrage
leaders declare their strategic plans,
soon to be unmasked, will show that
leaders of all factions will throw
heavy support to the suffrage bill..
And In asserting this, suffragists say
that the revelations will take much of
the snap out of any body or organi
zation which has deceived itself into
believing that there Is a possibility
of being able to block legislation which
will authorize a second woman suf
frage referendum in 1920."
—President Pro Tem Beidleman and
Speaker Baldwin received notable re
ceptions at Pittsburgh last night when
i they spoke at the banquet of the al
dermen, magistrates and justices of
j the peace at Western Pennsylvania.
Senator Beidleman spoke on Pennsyl
vania and the Speaker on the Legis
lature. The banquet was one of the
largest eVer held in Pittsburgh and at
tracted much attention. Joseph N.
Mackrell, legislative correspondent of
the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph,
was toastmaster. Prior to the ban
quet there was a reception at which
the guests of the evening were greet
ed by many friends and the Speaker
was given congratulations upon his
sixty-fourth birthday which occurred
yesterday
—Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, Is
proceeding to take hold of the transit
i problem In earnest and there are lntl
j matlons that he Is not satisfied with
the position of some of the Public
Service Commissioners. The Mayor
has been urging action for weeks and
there are intimations - that a public
service commissioner from the west
ern end of the State is not disposed
to give approval on the proposition.
The city has let some contracts for
sections of the work. Mayor Smith
may be here In a few days to see the
Ooevrnor about the matter.
—Governor Brumbaugh has no Idea
NEW ENGLISH FASHIONS SIMPLE
Evidence of Feminine Tendency Toward Thrift Seen
in Spring Styles
JUST at present extremists are rail
ing against the projected new fash
ions; as a matter of fact the "ton
neau" or barrel skirt is by no means
so revolutionary in style as the change
from the hobble skirt to the wide one,
says the London Globe. Women who
have been wearing the wider skirts
can have them transformed very easily
into the new fashion. The new outline
is simply widened out below the hips
and narrowed at the .hem. Some of
the spring tailors have short loose
jackets; here, too, the art of adapta
tion is given full swing. Indeed, it
would be difficult to imagine less revo
lutionary changes in the new mode
or a change more easily achieved.
Women are economizing in every
way, and the mere fact of the advent
of a new fashion will not Interfere
with their thrift schemes.
This same simplicity is seen in mil
linery. The Russian vogue in small,
high hats, without feathers or feather
of naming any State official on any
commission to investigate the high
cost of living. If he names men they
will not be connected with the State
government in any way.
—According to gossip going the
rounds of the Capitol no one will be
named to the Public Service Com
mission until after the Senate ad
journs. The six commissioners are
meanwhile rapidly clearing up pend
ing cases.
—The certificate issued yesterday by
the State Department to the election
of Ouy E. Campbell, as Democratic
congressman from Pittsburgh, is taken
to mean that there will be no further
steps in the way of a contest. In the
next Congress there will be two Alle
gheny Democrats and it is openly
charged that some men connected
with the State administration were
not favorable to the election of the
Republican candidates, while intima
tions are given that the Democrats
got aid so that the Republican State
organization could be attacked for
losing two seats.
—Congressman Arthur G. Dewalt,
of the Berks-Lehigh district, is back
in Washington after a week's absence
due to a sprained ankle. The Con
gressman has two years to serve and
there are bets in Reading that he will
land the appointment of John P. An
cona as'postmaster of that city In
spite of the efforts of Postmaster
Seitzinger to get reappointed.
Those 200 Pajamas
[Kansas City Times.]
The fact that a member of the Ger
man embassy staff was carrying home
two hundred suits of pajamas invites
attention to a serious aspect of the
blockade from German's viewpoint.
Before the war Germany was import
ing annually 2% million bales of raw
cotton from the United States. The
imports continued for a few months
before England shut them off. Since
that time Germany has had virtually
no cotton.
How has she got on without it?
Substitutes for cotton used in ex
plosives have been made. But what
about clothing—pajamas and other
things? How can a nation that uses
underwear and sklrta and shirts and
handkerchiefs and sheets and such, be
comfortable after being shut off for
two years from a fresh supply of cot
ton? Where will material for new
uniforms for millions of soldiers come
from
The difficulty of supplying clothing
under such circumstances must be a
serious problem.
• I Will Go With My Father
I will go with my father a-ploughing
To the green field by the sea,
And the rooks and the crows and the
seagulls
Will come flocking after me.
I will sing to the patient horses
With the lark in the white of the air.
And my father will sing the plough
song
That blesses the cleaving share.
—Joseph Campbell.
x Finding the Way
Nor can I count him .happiest, who
has never
Been forced by his own hand the
chain to sever .
And for himself flnd\>ut the way
divine.
—Lowell.
Michigan's Way
Vwßer the Bone-Dry LAW Just pass
ed iff Congress, persons who want to
Import liquor into Michigan after 118
will have to drink it first.—Detroit
Free Press.
mounts, and the double brim cloche
hat are being worn, the latter having
a crown trimmed with tulle, and some
times wreathed with springlike look
ing flowers. Then there is the Ser
bian hat of pointed tam-o'-shanter
persuasion in much embroidered dark
blue cloth, the embroiderings being, of
course, in the national red and yellow;
while a novel trimming scene on a
Napoleon shape in silk cotele in a
soft shade of green was a quaint mo
tif of appliqued suede leather. Ex
pensive flower trimmings, usually so
much in evidence at this season of the
year, are conspicuous by their ab
sence. The new high crowned hats
wtiich every woman will affect this
spring, are marvels of plainness in
black, beige or gray in satin suede or
moire ribbon. One may choose thenv
without hesitation this season, for
their popularity with the well dressed
of life is assured.
Labor Notes
Workmen in the California oil in
dustry ask an eight-hour day.
Samuel Gompers has been promi
nent in labor circles for fifty years.
Frisco necktie cutters ask an in
crease in pay to S2O a week.
An adequate compensation* bill for
Idaho is being drafted.
Of the 200,000 inhabitants of Ha
waii, 80,000 are Japanese.
A member of the machinists' union
is chief of police at Minneapolis.
St. Louis machinists have reduced
working hours to 48 a week.
Building trades at Champaign, 111.,
will ask for increased pay.
Frisco butchers' workmen plan an
aggressive campaign of organization.
Twelve local unions have been char
tered in St. Louis within a year.
Medford, Mass., city employes have
been voted a Saturday half holiday.
OUR DAILY LAUGH I
IT CERTAINLY Jf®
DOES. [>nr
TeleDhones are
great time-sav- / /
ers, aren't they ? i
Well, that de- /V - '
pends upon who / y J
calls you up. '
MP* LUCKY FIBH-
A ERMAN.
/\ T" WML Hello, Dobbs!
j 12y% Any luck yester
l \ day when you
Jn were fishing?
IjW \ GreaM I was
Ullrrl away when six
• bill collectors
*"~ v "-i—-HSIS called.
MODERN MAT- -
RIMONY. J
"When I get 1 ■
married I won't . LJA\
think of leaving fQnp**'
my husband alone
in the city all
summer." "
"You'd better |\ >1 15
not tell him that , IAA
before you're J?,. £T\
married."
| . UNKIND.
.'"""N 1 Here is a no
-If tlce of Helen's
J J musi
be hft- foaJth this
T Hhe Is getting
: a Vet "
eran ot the en
/ ( gagemeni ring.
Ebpttittg fllljal
Members of the committee on gatnw
of the House of Representatives who
come from the country have remem
bered what they used to like to do
when they were boys and have made
an amendment which will be hailed
with Joy by many a youngster. Under
the laws of the State which govern
hunting no one under fourteen years
of age may use a gun and there are
many youngsters who know more
about a weapon at that age than some
grown ups. Hut the law makes no dis
tinctions and the boys may not shoot.
The committee contained a number of
members who came from the country
and one of them told a story about
how he used to trap rabbits when he
was a boy. Then another got started
and related how he would crawl under
the hemlocks and shake the snow oft
his collar as he worked his way
toward his trap. Dr. Joseph Kalbus,
secretary of the Game Commission,
contributed a couple of stories, too,
and the result of it was that the
amended bill which is now before
the House contains a provision that
boys may trap rabbits. It happens that
Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny and
Cornelius Cottontail are more or less
of pests in some counties of the State
and the boys in those districts will
have a fine time. As there will be poor
trapping in districts where rabbits are
scarce, the boys will not take the trou
ble and the rabbits will not be thinned
out. The State has been buying rab-
Its in other States to increase the sport
and there will be plenty of fun for
youngsters before long around here.
• • *
Most folks who frequent the markets
have had interesting experiences dur
ing the present high cost of food. One
man this morning declared that when
he inquired the price of eggs the farm
er answered "45 cents." "What, 45?
Why, I just bought a dozen for 35."
right," the farmer answered,
"I have been so accustomed to saying
45 that I just forgot myself."
An officer of the police force relates
the following: After a purchase he
received four new buffalo nickels in
change. He then bought three turnips
and when he inquired the price was
told 15 cents. He produced three of
the nickels and offered them in pay
ment. The farmer gazed at the
strange coins long and earnestly.
Finally, he looked up and said, "Are
you sure these are good. I never saw
any like them before." The question
thut is puzzling the officer is: "Who
could most easily have been mistaken
for a robber?"
* • •
"Tell this to your farmer friend who
you say has been maligned becauso
he would not sell his seed potatoes,"
was the greeting from another man.
"I think the aforesaid farmer also in
sists that eggs are scarce. Well, every
time the weather gets cold the farm
ers do not go to so, much trouble to
gather the eggs. If the farmers gave
attention to collecting eggs cold days
as well as mild days there would be
more on sale. Now as to that farmer
talk about seed potatoes, why I have
known times when potatoes were
down and the farmers sold all the
potatoes they had and were glad to
do it and they knew Just where to get
seed potatoes. And when they sold at
low rates because there was a market
they knew they would go up "against
some higher prices for seed potatoes
in the spring. You will find a lot of
farmers have sold every potato right
in the face of the rising market and
that some of those who have been
holding potatoes on the plea that they
are needed for seed have their eyes oa
the market quotations."
* • *
The Pennsylvania Railroad attempt- %
ed no withholding of the facts relative
to the Mt. Union Wreck the
other day. Several years ago
the company discarded the
policy of secrecy, and has never
had occasion to regret it. About ten
years ago one of the west bound lim
ited trains left the track near Mineral
Point, Cambria county, the entire
train going down over the bank to the
Conemaugh river. The accident oc
curred shortly after midnight. It was
a very cold morning—below zero. The
accident occurred at a curve, and on
this curve the company was trying out
a newly-invented metal tie. For somo
unaccountable reason the heads of the
bolts holding the rails to the metal
ties sheared off, throwing the train
into the river. A reporter who walked
the five miles from Johnstown to the
wreck was M. H. James, now secre
tary of the William Penn Highway
Association. By the time he reached
the scene the injured had been assem
bled in a relief train. Fortunately, no
person was killed, but a number were
hurt. Among those injured were
Mayor Busse, of Chicago, one of the
New York Shuberts and other well
known persons. It was up to tjie
Johnstown reporters to get the names
of the injured. James hopped on the
relief train. The first name he got
was that of Mayor Busse. About the
time he had taken down the names of
four or five persons a train official
grabbed him by the arm and escorted
him off the car. He ran to the rear
car and climbed aboard, succeeding in
getting some more names. Another
trainman escorted him to the frigid
outside. James ran to the first coach.
He got several more names before he
was again taken from the train. He
repeated at the rear car, and so did
the trainmen. On the fifth try a
trainman called a railroad policeman.
"Hold this guy," he said, "till we get
away from here: he's in the way." So
the railroad officer saw to it that the
reporter clambered aboard no more.
Shortly afterward the relief train
headed west—so did the reporter;
walking. A mile down the track he
caught up with the relief train and
completed the ride to Johnstown
crouched under the steps of a Pull
man. About the time James got to
his newspaper with the "story" the
Pittsburg headquarters released the
names of all the injured.
* * •
W. H. Schwartz, the veteran editor
of the Altoona Tribune, was among
visitors to Harrisburg last night. Mr.
Schwartz came here on business con
nected with the State government and
met a number of his friends while in
the city. Mr. Schwartz is keenly in
terested in the development of third
class city legislation.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~
—J. Leonard Replogle, the steel
magnate, is one of the big men in the
new shipyard enterprise at Chestet.
—David Wallerstein, Philadelphia
lawyer well known here, is the special
master appointed by the Philadelphia "*
courts to close up the Pennsylvania
canal bond matters.
—R. W. Anderson, formerly con
nected with steel companies In this
section, is one of the men interested
in the new Pittsburgh Rivet Company
—City Controller E. 8. Morrow, of
Pittsburgh, well known here. Is ill and
unable to look after business for the
first time in months.
—Scott Nearlng, the Philadelphia
professor, is now out as a pacifist.
DO YOU KNOW
—That llarrlsbnrg steel la used
to make cool barges for Atlantic
trade?
HISTORIC HARRTBBCRG
Members of the Harris family sat
i in town council for years tn this place.