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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH IS
Virtue is that which must tip the
preacher's tongue and the ruler's scep
ter with authority. —ROßEßT SOUTH.
HENRY HOUCK.
THOUSANDS of Pennsylvanian;s |
■will mourn sincerely the death of
Dr. Henry Houck, Secretary of
Internal Affairs who passed away
suddenly at his Lebanon home early
to-day, after a long and useful life.
"Uncle Henry," as he was affection
ately ltrfown to his more intimate
friends, was a man of wonderful
energy and his efforts for the public
echool system of the State did much in
the thirty-eight years of his services
RS Deputy Superintendent of Public In
struction to place the educational de
partment of the Commonwealth in the
forefront of those of the United States.
But he will be remembered even more j
for his kindly disposition and his'
cheery outlook on life than for the .
pplendid work he did. Many a school j
boy whose testa he conducted and j
jnany a teacher over whose exaniina- j
tlons he presided will recall how he |
V?as helped across a particularly dliTl- j
cult place or through a period of j
severe trial by the generous-hearted,;
hut shrewd old deputy. "Examination '
paper marks are sometimes the least j
Important consideration in the choice j
of a teacher," he used to say. "I
have made wonderfully successful j
teachers of young men and women
whose first examination marks would
have doomed them to failure if X had
not gone beyond the mere percentages
for that something which I saw be
yond In the applicant himself."
Henry Houck went through more
than a h&lf century of public life, and
left behind him not a single enemy.
He was a Republican, but not a fac
tlonlst. In that he set an example
that others well might follow. He was
unquestionably the best loved man in
Pennsylvania, and with very good rea
son. He was a living example of the ;
value of optimism and a constant re- j
minder that generosity is its own re- i
ward. "Uncle Henry" has gone to his 1
reward, but his memory will live in I
a multitude of hearts. He capitalized j
love and good cheer and declared divi
dends on them that enriched hundreds
of lives where the kindly word and
the helping hand meant more than,
dollars and cents. Many a man rich j
in the world's goods, with public be- j
quests running into the millions, has
done less.
NOT SHIRKERS
IN a sort of apology for the Demo
cratic revenue bill introduced by
him at the recent session of Con- ;
Kress, Representative Kitchin, of
?*orth Carolina, said that "of course, !
every tax bill, it matters not how
large or how small the tax, will meet i
with severe and violent opposition;
from the man who will have to pay
the tax under it."
This is not true. It is not only an
Insult to the intelligence of (he Amer
ican people, but a reflection tlpon
their patriotism. It is not true now
and never has beentrue. In the days
when the colonists on this continent |
protested against the burdens laid
upon them by the mother country, I
the complaint was not against the tax,
but against "taxation without repre
sentation." It was the unjustness of
the tax that aroused the righteous in
dignation and the "violent opposition"
of the heroic band of liberty-loving
pioneers who laid the foundation for
American character and American in
stitutions.
And so it has always been and will
always be. There Is no debt Ameri
can citizens pay more willingly than
that which they owe to their govern
ment, provided that obligation has
been justly imposed. If it has been
tinjustly placed upon them, they have
a right to protest and they do protest.
This, Mr. Kitchin and his fellow tax
makers will learn to their sorrow.
The records of thousands of mu
nicipalities and school districts In ev
ery section of the United States dis
prove the assertion that "every t.ix
bill'' meets the violent opposition of
those who pay it. On the contrary,
those who must pay the tax frequent
ly vote the tax and point with pride
to the roads they have built, the
schools they have erected, and the
public institutions they have main
tained. They distribute the tax bur
den justly and they bear It willingly.
But the tax Mr. Kitchin and his as
sociates have imposed Is of a differ
ent character entirely. lie and his
friends were placed In power upon
the expresfrpledge to reduce the num
ber of office holders, decrease expen
ditures and diminish the tax burden.
From the day they assumed control
pt the Uuvernment the number of of-
TUESDAY EVENING, _
fice holders was Increased, the expen
ditures were enlarged and the tax
burdens were enhanced. During the
first year of their Incumbency, the
Democratic leaders were without any
possible explanation of theif record,
but, fortunately for them, the Euro
pean war came on and furnished a
plausible, though largely false, excuse,
j Though they have made no tangible
i progress in preparedness, they now
I uttribute the repeated Increases in tax
1 burdens to the preparedness program.
Mr. Kitchin is right in assuming
j that there will be violent opposition
to the tax his party has recently im
posed. The tax was Imposed without
the sanction of those who must pay
the bulk of it. Through the unfair
representation the South has In Con
gress, and through its control of
committees and the party caucus, the
Southern leaders <re able to force the
enactment of any of taxation
they may choose. To ah intents and
purposes, the / North will pay this new
tax without having had effective rep
resentation in determining its charac
ter. Much of the money will be wast
ed, as other large sums have been
wasted since the Wilson administra
tion came into power.
The tax will be paid because it is
imposed in accordance with the tech
nical rules of law, though in violation
of all the principles of American
government. But Mr. Kitchin will be
confirmed in his opinion that it will
meet an opposition whose violence
will be measured at the polls In the
next congressional elections.
SPRING STYLE SHOW
rpo-MORUOW evening the mer
chants of Harrlsburg will stage
their big spring style show.
There will be beautiful decorations
and lots of music.
Unsurpassed stocks of spring goods
will be on display.
This show has been arranged for
YOUR special benefit.
Admission will be free.
Don't fail to attend.
BAPAUME
SUNDAY witnessed the fall of Bag
dad to the British attacking
force. Next, England will be
cheered by the taking of Bapaume.!
That town which the Germans are glv- |
ing up after they had striven to make
it an impregnable fortress, like Bag
dad, has been the scene of many bat
tles and sieges. As the "key to Flan
ders," it was the objective of more than
a dozen great campaigns in the last
six hundred years.
Strangely, the stubborn trench fight
ing that has been going on before Ba
paume during the last year, is the re
occurrence of one of the notable fea
tures of the Thirty Years' War, that
long struggle that devastated Europe
In the middle of the Seventeenth
Century.
Bapaume Is a position of vital Im
portance; it marks the last limit of
the last ridge of the Artois Hills to
which an army pressed from south
and west can cling. After Bapaume
come the plains of Flanders, with Cam
bria, Valenciennes and Doual in plain
sight.
Bapaume, like Bagdad, is not deci
sive, but its capture coming soon after
the taking of the metropolis of the
East will prove of great moral benefit
to the allied cause and of much an
noyance and no little danger to Ger
many.
"PEACE" ADVOCATES
SEVERAL, of the so-called "peace"
societies contiftue to flood the
mails with their sickening propa
ganda. Not that the Telegraph is no
lover of peace. Far from that, but,
along with a great many American
newspapers, it prefers anything to
dominion by a foreign power. Amer
icans fought that out on several mem
orable occasions, and stand ready to
do it again. Peace advocates who
find nothing to praise in President
Wilson's measures of protection for
American shipping and excuses for
every outrage Germany has perpe
trated should be started across the
Atlantic as peace pilots on unarmed
.merchant vessels, with Berlin as their
destination.
THE DIFFERENCE
AFTEB a man gets about so old,"
remarks the philosopher of the
Ohio State Journal, "all he
| really cares about In the matter of
1 style in trousers is to be sure that the
| suspender buttons will stay on."
j "Yet, it seems to us," comments the
Merion Star, "from occasional para
graphs we have seen in type, that
there might be some concern if trous
ers did not conceal a certain pair of
! legs."
All of which is interesting and perti
nent to the present styles. Also, it
I serves to illustrate the eternal differ
i ence between the sexes. Ohio
, editors doubtless are as desirous of
| keeping their trousers to the con
! ventional length as are most other
I American males of mature years. But
does the same apply to the ladies?
| No. indeed! The shorter the skirts
| the better they, like 'em, and the older
I they yet the shorter they wear 'em.
COUNTY SCHOOLS
TWO Dauphin county schools have
reached the proud place of
honorable mention among the
: schools of the district —I,'oble's and
Ebenezer in Bower Swatara town
ship. This shows enterprise on the
part of the local director and hard,
painstaking work by the teachers and
the school officials In general. No
small share of the credit is due
County Superintendent Shambaugh
and his assistant. Conditions have
steadily Improved since Prof. Sham
baugh's election and It will be Interest
ing to watch the addition of schools to
the two "county standard" buildings
Just announced. V
MOVIE OF A HANDY MAN AROUND THE HOUSE By BRIGGS I
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I \GET I wftfT To J PH* t AS w ELL have //,
U l* M WRON J GeT ? Y rL \
The Mother of a Boy
I didn't raise my boy to be a coward;
I want my boy to go If there is war.
I want to stand and watch him proud
ly marching;
I want to gaze upon him from the
door.
I do not want to lose him or to keep i
him.
I only long- and long to have him be j
A man whene'er his country comes to I
sweep htm.
Into her surging legions of the free. ]
I do not want my boy to be a craven; j
I love him, and I'd hate to see him '
go;
And yet I'd rather lose him, sadly
? him.
Than have him hide in fear to face
the foe.
I've prayed with all the spirit of a
woman
For peace, and that our struggle
might not come;
But If it does I want him brave and
human,
My boy must march away with flag
and drum.
I'd grive him. yes, a thousand times I'd
give him.
With all he means to me of love and
joy;
•ecause I would not love him If he
wasn't
My ideal of a woman's kind of a boy.
[ do not harbor hate or yearn for
vengeance,
I would not crush a violet with my
hand.
But if it comes to fighting, then I
want him
To be a man and struggle for his
land.
I want my boy to go if we must
enter
This mad world conflict raging in its
might;
With all it means to me to have him
leave me,
I'd give him to his country; help
him fight;
For, so I think a mother does her
duty.
And keeps her faith with honor and
with God;
I didn't raise my boy to be a coward,
I'd rather have him dead and turned
a clod. —Baltimore Sun.
Labor Notes
Shorter hours and Sunday closing
are reforms for which Milwaukee drug
clerks will soon campaign.
Orders have been given among the
Canadian command for each man's
trade or usual civilian occupation to
tie entered in a paybook with a view
to placing him in employment after
the war.
A system of co-operative buying,
selling and profit sharing managed by
| city employes of Greater New York
has been established to reduce the
cost of living. If the project proves
a success it will be offered to all the
87.000 municipal employes. Mayor
Mitchel and other city officials have
approved the experiment.
All past presidents and secretaries'
of the San Francisco Council
will be given seats in that body with
the privilege of taking the floor and
speaking on any subject whenever
they so desire, if a proposed amend
ment to the constitution of the
I Council is adopted.
A British Government appeal is
■ about to be made to women to help
! the land workers to secure the neces
sary food production. At least IQX).-
000 land workers are wanted.
Women employes of Uncle Ram are
i demanding that Congress tell them
: why women employes are paid less
I than men for doing the same kind
j and quantity of work.
i The Carnegie Steel Company will
spend $10,000,000 upon its new mill
I town near Youngstown, Ohio. Three
hundred and fifty workingmen's
houses will be erected as a starter.
The advisory board of the United
, States Employment Service Is co-op
| erating with the United States Depart
ment of LAbor in working for reme
dial measures for unemployment.
Recen„t Government figures show
that only one person in every 1,000 in
Denmark is unable to read and write
compared with seven In each 1,000 in
the United States.
Modified Patriotism
"To hell with America!"— Private
Sharfenberg, First Minnesota In
fantry, recently sentenced to Fort
Leavenworth.
Ttue patriots these—and be it under
stood
They left their country for their own
great good;
And for that Fatherland, for which
they burn.
They will do anything—except return.
—Chicago Tribune.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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By the Ex-Committeeman
What members of the general as
sembly last night fucetiously termed
the real legislative session of 1917
began last night and while there was
not much talk of an early adjournment
or a short, business-like session, there
was a manifest disposition to cut out
the wrangling and to get down to
work. The members were fresh from
home and they exchanged views which
were to the effect that the people of
the State wanted action and were not
as much interested in factional poli
tics as some newspapers of Pennsyl
vania would fain have the public be
lieve.
Both branches received numerous
bills and the list included some which,
would not have appeared if it had not
been apparent that the time for action
had come. The committees were also
speeded up and whether there is any
thing in the talk of an agreement
among legislative leaders to cut out
the Investigation propositions and to
compose differences on Philadelphia
legislation It was plainly to be seen
that many desired such things to come
to pass.
People back home have evidently
been making themselves heard.
—Representative C. M. Palmer, of
Schuylkill county, was given a reso
lution of congratulation last night in
the House in of arrival of a daughter
at his home. The sponser of the res
olution was slightly off on weight sta
tistics but his resolution was passed
with a shout.
—Presence of State Police and ru
mors of United States secret service
men about the Capitol gave a "pre
paredness" turn to affairs to-day. The
members of the Legislature were like
wise disposed to show patriotism as
hills to cut out advertising in German
papers and to prohibit sale of explo
sives except upon certificates as 'to
purpose and to restrict sales of fire
arms showed.
—Considerable interest was mani
fested last night in the report that the
Economy and Efficiency Commission
was to meet to-morrow to discuss the
estimates for appropriations.
—Corrupt practice bills of similar
import were introduced into the House
by Messrs. Mitchell. Jefferson and Sar
ig, Berks. The bills were drawn by
the Democratic Legislative advisory
committee. The fact that a Republi
can and a Democratic presented the
same bill was much commented upon.
A hearing will likely be held on both.
—Mr. Davis, Cambria, introduced
a resolution in the House last night to
amend the constitution to establish a
new representative ratio which would
have the effect of reducing member
ship of the House to 100. It is now
207.
Representative Hugh A. Dawson
presented in the House last night bills
sponsored by the State affairs commit
tee of the Scranton Board of Trade.
The first relates to the collection of
taxes in cities of the second and third
class, adopting the borough system of
one tax collector to be known as the
receiver and collector of taxes; elected
every fourth year by the people, whose
salary is to be fixed by councilmanic
ordinance. Another bill provides that
when a borough loses its charter, the
place shall become a township of.tho
same name as the borough. Some
boroughs are anxious to go back In
the township class in the interest of
State highway improvement, as the
State cannot aid borough highways un
der existing laws. The third bill pro
vides that in case of annexation plans
of a township to a borough, a special
election may be held upon petition of
one hundred qualified electors. Exist
ing laws require a majority of *uch
electors to a petition. .
—E. Lee Ellmaker, former legisla
tive correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press, was at the Capitol to-day. Mr.
Ellmaker Is secretary to Congressman
William S. Vare and well known to
many residents of this city. He was
warmly welcomed on the Hill.
—Death of Secretary Houck caused
many expressions of regret and the
question whether appointment of his
successor would have to be sent to the
Senate or not was much discussed.
—Congressman Lewis T. McFaddcn,
of Canton, mentioned for various
nominations was at the Capitol to
day.
Would Involve Great Waste
I It would be a pity If peace should
come now. with so many military
j coats and helmet hats just bought by
the women in neutral countries.—
I Kansas City Star.
I DANGER OF HARM
IT Is a bloody battle which in-1
flicts death or wounds upon one I
in every seven soldiers. Casual
ties of 140,000 in an army of a million
are away above battle averages.
Americans are so wasteful of the most
precious things we have—human life
—that they suffer casualties from ac
cidents during every year equal to
such a heavy battle, writes Girard in
Philadelphia Ledger.
One man in seven is killed or in
jured. I learn from an insurance
company which has paid $10,500,000
in twenty-two years for 128,000 acci
dents where and how the accidental
blow falls.
The wagon hurts more persons than
the automobile by 25 per cent.
Noisy as it is. the motorcycle is fair
ly harmless, and the bicycle has al
most ten times as many victims to its
credit.
City folk think of their elevators
fallinK, but they rarely do it, whereas
we never reckon the horse among
A Hundred Years to Come
Oh. where will be the birds that sing,
I A hundred years to come?
J The flowers that now in beauty spring,
I A hundred years to come'J
I The rosy lip, the lofty brow,
J The heart that beats so gaily now,
| Oh, where will be love's beaming eye,
; Joy's pleasant smile, and sorrow's
sigh,
I A hundred years to come?
Who'll press for gold this crowded
street,
A hundred years to come?
i Who'll tread yon church with willing
feet,
I A hundred years to come?
I Pale, trembling age, and fiery youth,
i And childhood with its brow of truth;
j The rich and poor, on land and sea,
! Where will the mighty millions be
A hundred years to come?
We all within pur graves shall sleep,
A hundred years to come!
No living soul for us will weap
A hundred years to couie!
| But other men our lands shall till,
And others then our streets will fill,
While other birds will sing as gay.
As bright the sunshine as tp-day,
; A hundred years to come!
—William Goldsmith Brown.-
High Cost of Sports
I [Girard in the Phila. Public Ledger.]
! Sports come high, but we must have
them. A billiard player Insures his
hand for SIOO,OOO.
A baseball pitcher earns $3 every
time he hurls the ball.
A football coach ftets double the
salary of a United States Senator.
Prize fighters have made more than
SI,OOO a minute.
Pretty good for men to be able to
do that, but I once saw a horse cap
ture more than $50,000 In two min
utes.
Tom Moore's' lines on Sheridan fit a
■ large class of American people:
Good at a tight, but better at play;
Godlike in giving, but the dvil to
pay.
Hospitality's Limits
i (Prom the Detroit Pree Press.]
i ''Willie, you are going out to dinner,
j You may ask for a second piece of
| take if you really want It, but there's
l one thing I wish yon to remember."
I "Yep, ma."
I "Whatever you do, don't ask for a
| second helping of potatoes."
Exit "Gallant"
[Prom the Portland (Me.) Artus.]
I The Boston Globe correspondent
| speaks of the "gallant light" of Repre
sentative Rounds against'woman suf
j frage. Thus the entrance of the ladles
I Into politics seems to have spoiled the
| good old meaning of the world gal
lant.
Then and Now
It used to be
That when
A girl's shoestring
Came untied
It was the proper thing
| Por her escort
To tie It up again.
But now
With shoetops where thoy are—
Oh. well—
—C. T. Davis In the Arkansas Gazette.
Point Emphasized
Much point Is given to Ben Frank
lin's statement that there never was a
I good war by the accompanying fact
| that he never said It. —Washington
I Post.
MARCH 13, 1917.-
beasts of prey, and yet Mr. Equine
kicks and bites nine times as many J
persons as are injured in elevators.
More men fall through trapdoors
than are drowned, but it seems hard to
believe it. Almost as many are hurt
by falling from bed as get their lingers
caught in electric fans.
A gun is a deadly thing, and yet its
army of victims is only one-sixth as
great as that of the innocent-looking
stairway.
' The rolling stone gathers no moss,
I but it accumulates a line assortment of
accidents —six times as many as the
snorting motorboat. Your true accl
! dent bobs up when least expected.
! I once saw Samuel R. Kirkpatrick,
I who is now a broker, but was formerly
| a newspaperman, return from a 5,000
: mile journey. He had plastered him-
Iself with accident insurance, but noth
ing had happened until he stepped
upon a lead pencil in his own office
after his return, and then he was in
drydock for a fortnight.
| OUR DAILY LAUGH
MONET 'lT|
TALKS.
Your daugh- |lVf
ter Is an oper- \ I \
atic star, is she / / \V
not? I'M- A
Well she was r T T"/
tor awhile, but / /
now she's a -y X
gross commer- iii / \
clallst.
m WORSE
STILL,.
Hey! You
won't get noth
_ f in' worth eatln*
wk in dat place.
J Dey's vegetari
nct % ]y/| I® <sat f'Bht.
m Mil' Yep ' an " aey
™f9r 'ljj|l K ot er (Joff wot
INEVITABLE
I CONCLUSION. J
j Can you fore- II
see what the ef- Ss* >7? &L \
feet of this lat- 'y j
I est excitement is / j||. >■ J
Ultimate Con- /
sumer (wearily) W|T'
but I take It fr
| granted It'll JV VS
| make the price /A \
of something go L ~&k. g^-^%
"iL,- 1 -1 RUBBING IT
i JM—Jt ! IX
| / i ——i Your son, th*
| doctor, is here
to Bee you
>■' ) Father: Y •
gods! Such ln
| gratitude. Aft-
! h er m y sen< ii n K
! P - I him through
' I If Medical School,
111 1 J he returns to
iJ I [ ) practice on me
j I \ Lii in my old age.
A MATURE SAV>\ T^/JL
WORK.
There! You are 'AI- ulvA
the first girl I
ever klsped.
The Lass —So
that was what L\ V~'m
was the matter l'-j f , 1.31
with It. I knew 1 I \UH
there was some- \ j/j 1 jWW
thing wrong.
Ebetuttg €l|at
Unless the federal Government
makes a change In its regulations for
Importations of quail from Mexico It
is very improbable that the State ijame
Commission will make any more at
tempts to stock the State with quail
from the land of Carranza. Of the
birds brought to Pennsylvania from
Mexico last fall hardly one-third have
survived and will have to be handled
with the greatest care until they can
be distributed. The difficulty appears
to have been climatic rather than bac
teriological. Under the regulations of
the United States the birds could only
bo admitted to Pennsylvania late lit
the fall and arrived in this State when
the weather had turned very cpld. A3
they came from Tamplco and vicinity,
many of the birds soon died and it
has taken considerable work on the
part of the men in charge of the rest
to keep them alive. The quail liave
been carefully studied and the of
ficials say that the weather conditions
are to blame for the loss. Efforts will
be made to buy quail in Northern
States, but as in every Commonwealth,
similar efforts are under way and pri
vate breeders are saving their birds
for preserves, the State will be hard
put. Reports on the English pheas
ants distributed last year are that tho
birds got through the winter fairly
well but that they are not well suited
for this climate.
a •
Detailing State policemen to duty
about the State Capitol is the first
time since the force was created that
they have been put on regular service
here. Ordinarily "the Capitol, tho
park and the executive mansion to
gether with the otllces scattered
throughout the city are watched by
the State Capitol police of twenty
men and numerous watchmen. Tho
State policemen have been brought
here upon a number of occasions,
notably when crowds have been ill
Harrisburg, but never Tor duty at the
Capitol. State officials asked about
the matter say that the detail was
asked because of fear that some
crank might try to do some damage
under the excitement caused by acuto
international conditions.
* * •
The high price of potatoes may set
tle itself in this section of the State
very soon, according to what has been
learned here to-day. It seems that
a number of farmers who have been
holding potatoes have found that they
must dispose of them soon because
this is the time of the year when
vegetables start to sprout. A number
of grocers and business men in the
city say that they have been offered
potatoes at figures far below recent
sales because of a desire of farmers to
I get rid of those which they do not
j require for seeding purposes. Large
I quantities which have been bought in
| Maine for seeding will be delivered
here soon and this may cause a
further drop In price.
• • •
The demand for onion sets for
planting is running far ahead of the
supply in this city and vicinity ac
cording to the men who deal in such
commodities. Onions are always
a popular crop about here as there
is a regular rush for sets. The plant
ing time will be along soon and some
gardeners and truckers have been do
ing some digging to see how deep the
frost is In the ground. The planting
will be early this year providing there
are no more cold waves.
* • •
Rivcrmen are sitting on the banks
of the Susquehanna these days watch
ing for the ice to go out and studying
the currents that swirl about the
islands and the great masses of ice
which are piled in the stream. The
watchers say that river conditions
and the activity in culm washing in
the anthracite regions should cause
an immense quantity of coal to come
down stream and that there should
be a very busy season in the Susque
hanna from Sunbury to Mlddletown,
as there will be a big supply and an
unusual demand from the industries.
The huge piles of river coal whicli
were to be seen about the city have
all disappeared.
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Mayor Miles B. Kitts, of Erie, a
former legislator, was here to-day.
The mayor visited the Capitol, where
he keeps close track 011 legislation
and follows up municipal affairs. He
says he likes to watch the Legislature
work and to keep in touch with what
the State departments are doing.
o • •
Harrisburg is not likely to get much
of a recommendation from the State
Armory Board which is in session
here to-day. The board is considering
a plan for armories in each place not
provided and has some offers of plots
of ground if the Commonwealth will
build. Harrisburg, which has five in
fantry organizations and a cavalry
troop and material for an engineer
company, has not offered any land.
There could be some fine sites secured
along the park extension, too.
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The last few warm days have
brought out the robins by the dozen
and it is surprising the number that
have been seen about the city's parks
and even in gardens. The birds have
been welcomed by many a person
with bread crumbs and scraps of food.
The State Department of Labor and
Industry has been making effective
use of some horrible examples in its
efforts for "safety always" in indus
tries. Pictures of maimed workers,
who suffered because some one did
not think or they did not obey are
being employed, while there has been
issued a rather startling circular
which is called an "Accident Preven
tion Poster." This says that reports
for six months show:
Over 1,000 persons killed.
Over 125,000 persons Injured.
Over $1,000,000 in wages lost.
Then it is stated "50 per cent, of this
enormous loss could be prevented."
This is a new form of advertising
for a State government to engage in,
but it is certainly worth while.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE""
—The Rev. S. E. Carpenter invited
the mayor and officials of Johnstown
to a church service and then preached
on the needs of the city.
Bishop M. J. Hoban, of Scranton,
has been invited to be one of the
delegates to the child labor confer
ence.
—J. L. Eisenberg, superintendent
of Chester schools, has been made
principal of Slippery Rock Normal
School. 1
—T. A. H. Hay, secretary of the
Easton Board of Trade, says eastern
counties have been emulating Rip
Van Winkle in the matter ol high- J
ways. ~
—Judge Harvey Whitehead, of Ly
coming, says he. thinks bars should
be closed at 10.30 p. m.
—lra W. Stratton, former mayor of
Reading, has been elected chairman
of the Berks Red Cross.
—H. S. Grove, the shipbuilder. Is
spending a month at Palm Beach.
—A. J. Drexel Blddle, Philadelphia
athlete and military preparedness ad
vocate, has been in South Carolina on
a vacation.
1 DO YOU KNOW ~~
That Harrisburg lirass manufac
tures are used in many lines of ma
chinery?
HISTORIC HARRKSBURG
The first town park was along the
river front and was used for hotae
races in the olden days,