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.MONDAY EVENING, APHID .
Uowe'cr it be, it seems to me,
'Tis only noble to be good:
Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood.
—Tennyson.
IMPORTANT DEGISDATION
UPON inquiry the TELEGRAPH
Is pleased to find that there is
practically no opposition to tlio
proposed legislation for the perman
ent treatment of the Capitol Park
zone, Hills authorizing tlip changes
vhleli have been discussed under the
plans of the distinguished architects
-mployed by ihe Hoard of Public
Grounds and Buildings have been
prepared and it is probable they will
be introduced either to-night or to
morrow,
The i 'amp Curtln memorial park
bill Ih being looked after by Senator
Bold lonian and lie feels certain that It
will have the approval of the Legisla
ting, without question. It Is somewhat
remarkable that this great camp
ground has not before been marked
In some proper way. Thousands of pa
triotic men were organized Into regi
ments at Camp Curtln during the Civil
War and were sent forward from there
in defense of the Union. It is highly
proper that a durable Memorial be
established to locate this patriotic
shrine.
Senator Beidleman is also quite con
fident of the final enactment of his
bill providing for a receiver of taxes.
It would seem that such a measure
would have unanimous support, inas
much as it contemplates economy and
efficiency in .the public service. His
other important piece of legislation
which is still hanging fire is a joint
resolution proposing an amendment
to the constitution giving municipali
ties a larger measure of home rule,
and while it is being opposed to some
extent by certain selfish corporate in
terests which fear invasion of their
privileges through the adoption by
cities and boroughs of their own
charters, the Legislature should
not hesitate to pass it promptly
In the interest of better municipal
government. Tlic recent convention
of representatives of boroughs strong
ly advocated this measure and we can
not Imagine any opposition save from
purely selfish sources and that should
have no consideration at the bands of
the legislators.
As the Legislature is rapidly ap
proaching its close these and other
proposals should hot be permitted to
remain longer in committee, but ought
to have immediate consideration.
Political controversy and factional in
terests may well be side-tracked for
the important business for which the
Legislature has assembled. In the
lace of war, involving sacrilice of busi
ness and personal interests throughout
the Commonwealth, it is high time
that tho Legislature should throw into
the discard all those immaterial and
trifling matters which have so long
impeded tho real work of the session.
Governor Brumbaugh and all others
Interested In developing the Capi
tol Park zone are awaiting with
confidence the passage of the necessary
legislation at the present session of tho
General Assembly, The plans outlined
by the distinguished designers who
have been commissioned by the Board
of Public Grounds and Buildings to
prepare a scheme of treatment have
met with general approval and there is
no reason why there should be any fur
ther delay in placing tho matter
squarely before the Legislature and
providing for the work.
NEED FOR HOUSES
REFERENCE was made in the
TELEGRAPH recently to the
situation in Harrisburg respect
ing moderate-priced houses for rent.
This situation has become so serious
as to demand the immediate considera.
tion of the Chamber ot Commerce. So
much that is admirable has been done
by the central business organization
that we can hardly expect officials of
that body to give all of their time to
tho. public's business, but It is the
busy man who usually does things
and we can reasonably anticipate some
constructive program along this line
under the direction of President Tracy
and his associates.
It is certain that unless mora houses
1 are built nnd made avallablo for those
who are not In position to pay high
rents, the surrounding towns will
benefit at the expense of the city
proper. Perhaps this is n<H a serious
eventuality, put at least we should
have sufficient houses fop those who
want to reside within the pity,
The situation has peeri developed
through conferences between Jocal
MONDAY EVENING,
real estate agents and they all declare
that something must be done to over
come existing conditions.
The figures which have been author
ized by Congress for the financing of
the United States in the war arc stag
gering in their colossal aggregate, but
the people of this counfy are not con
sidering the money cost. They are de
termined to maintain the best tradi
tions and the honor and integrity of an
inheritance rich in the blood and sacri
fice of our forefathers. It is no time to
worry about the financial expenditure.
We must place upon the altar of the
country our lives, our property and our
sacred honor.
NO ROOM FOR POLITICS
WHATEVER differences exist re
garding the exact form of the
appropriation to be expended for the
proper participation of Pennsylvania
in the national defense, they should
be composed and the State put in its
| proper position before the country.
This is no time lor piffling politics,
factional or otherwise, to interfere
with the will of the people of a great
Commonwealth. They have entrusted
their representatives on Capitol Hill
with the powers to be exercised in
such emergencies and not another day
should go by without the enactment
of the necessary legislation for plac
ing Pennsylvania in the forefront of
Uncle Sam's patriotic line of first de
fense.
PLUCKY, GRATEFUL CUBA
PLUCKY little Cuba has plunged
into the world war on the side
# of the United States almost
without pausing to debate the ques
tion. We have in this unselfish act of
the baby republic an example of
gratitude to this country and of de
votion to democracy scarcely equalled
in the annals of history.
Cuba has nothing to gain but the
satisfaction of lighting for the right
and for the freedom of humanity.
None of the belligerent nations look
ed for her to "go in." Scarcely out
of her swaddling clothes and with
threats of a fresh outbreak of her
recently put down insurrection, Cuba,
it might have appeared, could have
pleaded troubles enough of her own.
But freedom and democracy mean
much on the island and there is more i
than a growihg suspicion that the up- !
rising of a month back was financed j
from Berlin.
Cuba battled for her own liberty
under most trying circumstances un
til the United States took up the cud
gels In her behalf In '9B and set lier
people free. Now these same patriots
and their children are offering their
own services to put down forever
the false doctrine of the divine right
of kings and to prove with their lives,
if need be, their unswerving belief in
the right of all men to "life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness."
Cuba knows from bitter .experience
the way of kings. She has seen her
own sons and daughters butchered by
such beasts as laid waste Belgium
and her lands deyastated by such
fiends as recently ran amuck
throughout the fair countryside of
Northern France. Her blood boils
with the thought. She has cast in
her lot with those who light for de
mocracy. She could do no less.
It is creditable to the patriotism of
the women of Harrisburg that they
have gone ahead so energetically with
the Red Cross movement, a "great ac
tivity which has done so much for the
relief of sufferers in the great war and
which will do much in the event of
hostilities in this country.
Till: WAR AM) TAXATION
President wilson plans to
meet half of the expenses of
the first year of war by bond
issue and the remainder by direct
taxation. That is good business. Fu
turo generations should bear their
share of a debt to be incurred pri
marily for their benefit, but it is. also
wise to clear up our bills as rapidly
as wo are able without stifling Indus- j
try and working undue hardships
upon the people as a whole.
During tho Civil War it was found
necessary to assess incomes of SCOO
and over and it is altcgether probable
that Congress will enact legislation
in this emergency, taxing all incomes
at least as law as $1,500 and prob
ably a few hundred dollars below
that, the higher the income the
heavier the tax in proportion. In this
way the burden would be placed
where it could be best borne and dis
tributed widely over the population.
It is also likely that all manner of
negotiable instruments will be assess
ed and that taxes will be placed on
liquors and luxuries. And as one
writer points out that while "the path
opened up by the 8 per cent, excess
•proilts tax leads to dangerous cliffs,"
it has been found so easy tha* Con
gress may be expected to go further
into tho subject. There is some legiti
mate taxation here, but it should not
be pushed to the point where capital
shall be discouraged from engaging
in new enterprise. In the long range
big returns in Immediate revenues
might be offset by serious effects
eventually upon our prosperity, lind
through that upon wages and cm
•ployment.
We must all bear the burden to be
imposed, capital lis share, the private
citizen his share and futuro genera
tions their share. It will be heavy,
but we must assume It cheerfully for
the great good that Is to come there,
from for tho world at large. This
will be our own Individual sacrifice
to the cause of freedom.
There Is work to be dene la every
community as a result of the placing
of the country on a war basis and the
patriotic citizen Will not wait, to be
asked to do his part, He Will stand
ready for assignment tq duty when
called upon by those who have been di:
(•ectly charged with the responsibility
of preparing fop ttin country's partici
pation in the w
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
What on earth can be delaying
1-lerr Hollweg in formally announcing
that the United States started the
war?— Boston Transcript.
The United States may find itself in
a League of Powers to enforce peace
and justice even before Mr. Wilson be
lieved it possible.—New York Sun.
If they paint up an American ship
that way to win the privilege of creep
ing into and out of Falmouth once a
week, the Dove of Peace will have re
signed in favor of the zebra.—New
York World.
In the event of war, says Bill Bryan,
the United States must not join hands
with the Allies. These militaristic jin
goes who think we could lick Germany
all alone ought to be muzzled.—Phila
delphia North American.
Colonel Bryan tells the public
what the President ought not to do
and Colonel Koosevelt tells it what the
President ought to have done long
ago. What to do the President will de
cide. —Springfield Republican.
"We never meddle with the internal
affairs of other nations," says Von
Bethmann-Ilollweg. It Is probable that
the chancellor was misquoted. What
he really said was "other planets."—
Kansas City Times.
Daylight Saving in Practice
A report of much practical interest
has been published by the committee
appointed by the British Home Secre
tary to inquire into the social and eco
nomic results of last year's experi
ment in daylight saving, so called. The
main conclusions drawn by the investi
gators are that it was well worth try
ing, that it ought to be repeated this
summer from April to September, and
that opposition is already so inconsid
erable that in time it will probably
cease.
objections are in some cases,
curious enough to be noted. As might [
be expected, they came, in the main, |
from those whose trades or callings in
volved early rising. One grievance was
founded on the belief that these work
ers were obliged to get up at an hour
when vitality was at its lowest, as evi- 1
denced by decreased bodily tempera- j
turc, etc. Tills point was laid before
the Committee on the Health of Muni
tions Workers, who refused to sustain
it on physiological grounds, remarking:
"The temperature of the human body
Is not constant, but is known to exhibit
a distinct cycle during the 21 hours. A
modification in the hours of work and
rest leads to a corresponding modifica
tion in the hours of highest and lowest
temperature. Thus a party of Arctic
explorers found that a complete re
versal of their hours was followed
within a few hours by a similar re
versal of their temperature curves."
It is admitted by the committee that'
the establishment of summer time did
in some districts lead to the curtail
ment of children's hours of sleep, but
It is pointed out that this was in large
measure the fault of the parents. Mot
of the complaints are, indeed, said to
be a consequence of a prevalent re
fusal to follow the changed cloou at
bedtime as punctiliously as in the
morning. Upon tho whole, however,
it is believed that the wbrking classes
favor summer time, and the testimony
of employers show that good use has
been made of the additional hour o*
daylight.
A Farewell
My fairest child, I have no song to give
to you;
No lark could pipe to skies so dull and
gray;
Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can
leave you
For every day.
Be good, sweet maid, and let who will
be clever;
Do noble things, not dream them, all
day long;
And BO make life, death and that cast
forever
One grand, sweet song,
■ —Charles Klngsley,
Our Way fa Plain
(The Richmond Times-Dispatch)
The war lias beoome our war, To
win It is necessary to the freedom of
the world, Whatever will help most
to win it quickly it is our duty to con
tribute, Munitions nnd money will
help most now, Both these we have,
pur way is plain,
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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Br the Ex-Commltteeman |
—Politics will not interfere this ses
sion with the passage of Senator Bei
dleman's bill to do away with county
tax collectors in this county and sub
stitute therefor a receiver of all
taxes except city taxes, which are
now all paid to the city treasurer.
Lust session Senator Beidleman's bill
was opposed by a lot of legislators
who were afraid to trifle with the tax
collectorships of their districts. The
Senator learned a lesson from the
failure of this measure and has so
framed his present bill that it will be
conlined to Dauphin and York coun
ties alone. The other legislators,
being disinterested, will pass the
measure. It has gone through the
Senate by an almost unanimous vote
and will now come up in the House.
Defines "Party Press"
Scott C. Bone, editor of the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, in a recent address
on the "Party Press," said:
"One may abhor a party organ and
still hold the party newspaper in re
spect. There is a vast difference be
tween the two. They are antithetical,
in fact. The organ does no thinking
on its own account, sees only one side,
and is chronically narrow and intol
erant. The other, seeing both sides and
printing both sides, fair ill its judg
ment of men and measures, standing for
clean and honest politics, and having
the courage of its convictions, renders
a real service to the community, and is
a credit to journalism. The organ has
long since passed or sunk to so low
an estate as to be an inconsequential
factor in affairs. The party paper en
dures strongly, and will endure as long
as this is a Government of parties. That
means it will endure for all time.
"It is a mistaken idea that a news
paper, in championing a party, sacri
tices its independence. On the con
trary, it frequently exemplifies the
highest order of independence. It re
quires no skill, no moral stamina, no in
dependence. no courage, to attune a
newspaper's course to the passing po
litical whim—to think as the masses
may happen to be thinking—but it does
require all these qualities and more to
combat popular heresies and be ready
to espouse a losing cause. Groat news
papers of the land, 'in the role of party
papers, to their lasting credit, lead
forlorn hopes in every campaign, and
proudly."
"Blank Date" in Messages
(From the Omaha Bee.]
Newspaper readers already are be
coming familiar with one phase of war
operations, that of concealment of the
origin of news dispatenrn. Absence of
the name of the point from which
the message is dispatched must not
be construed as exposing the authen
ticity of the Information to suspicion;
rather, it should be accepted as better
proof of the reliability of the report.
"Trifles light as .air" are of moment
to the military as well as the jealous
j mind, and for this reason the goveril
ment has asked the newspapers to be
circumspect in their publication of in
formation that might possess value to
a possible enemy. This does not mean
that the quest for news has been re
laxed: It is the keener, if anything,
but the publishers of the country have
considerable respect for their Implied
obligation to co-operate with the gov
ernent in all reasonable defense ar
rangements.
A Good Combination
[From Newspaperdom.]
When John Willys started In the au
tomobile business, he decided that by
building a car that w.ould stand wear
and tear and by using newspaper ad
vertising persistently and intelligently
he would have within his grasp the
combination that would guarantee
large success. The record achieved by
Willys simply proves what much older
advertisers already know—i.e.. that
quality goods and newspaper advertis
ing make up a combination that can
not lose.
Cudahy To Advertise
(Editor and Publisher.]
The Cudahy Packing of
Chicago, is to commence an extended
newspaper advertising campaign. Tne
list Is being made up at the present
tlmo, The advertising will start in
April and May and will be confined to
the company's hams and bacons, which
have hitherto been advertised largely
by means of signs and billboards,
which form of publicity Is to be re
duced us the newspaper campaign Is
followed up,
While nothing definite has been an
nounced, it Is believed that this ac
count will bo not less than |260,000.
WHEN ALL MEN BORE ARMS
GET out your spontoons and hang
ers. Get out your muskets and
powder horns and your pouches
of leaden balls. You, Mr. Citizen, if you
are anywhere between IS and 45 years
old, are a member of the unorganized
militia of the United States and liable
for military duty in the service of your
country.
You are required to attend an annual
mustering, where you will receive
training in the manual of arms and in
military tactics.
The "Army Regulations" of 1800,
which have never been repealed, al
though they have been amended since
the Civil War, require all this. The
law may have become a "dead letter"
but it is none the less the law and
can be put into full force and effect at
a moment's notice.
The fact that every male citizen is a
member of the "unorganized militia"
has been frequently referred to since
the United States sent troops to the
Mexican border last summer and lias
been discussed widely since the break
ing of diplomatic relations with Ger
many, but the details have been over
looked.
The S|>ntonti mid Hanger
There probably isn't one man in 100,-
000 wlfo knows anything about the reg
ulation spontoon and hanger. And very
likely that one man doesn't know what
a sporitoon is, although he may have
a hazy idea of the hanger from the
reading of historical romances.
As a matter of fact, "spontoon" was
the Colonial name applied to a hal
berd. And if that isn't quite clear .let
it be said that a halberd is a half-pike
Labor Notes
Nearly half of the 2,400 or 2,500
London (Eng.) omnibus conductresses
now in service arc former domestic
servants.
Farm help and shepherds in Scot
land are getting a weekly wage of
$8.50, besides the usual perquisites.
A party of 20 women carpenters
left England recently for France to
assist in the building of soldiers' huts.
Tiffin (Ohio) Flint Glass Workers'
Union has organized a co-operative
company arid opened a grocery and
meat store.
The Arkansas State Mining Inspec
tor is now authorized to close mines
that are not properly operated.
Sturgeon Falls, Can., has Ave labor
members in the Munclpal Council.
A hospital is to be erected for bene
fit of local unions at Gillespie, HI.
During 1916, 10,897 men were di
rectly distributed for work on the
farms of Alberta, Canadh.
It is estimated that the women of
this country waste over $700,000,000
yearly in their kitchens.
Vancouver (B. C.) Trades and La
bor Council has passed a resolution
against bringing in Chinese labor.
Boston department store girls have
formed a rifle club.
Portsmouth, Eng., has five women
taxicab drivers.
Steam Sliov.el and Dredgemen's In
ternational has 2,265 members.
Galveston (Tex.) chauffeur exam
ination board will have a labor repre
sentative.
A resolution in favor of prohibition
has been adopted by the Masons and
Bricklayers' Association of Glasgow,
Scotland.
A Municipal Day Nursery for the
children or muntlon workers has been
established by the*- Stoke Newlngton
(England) Council.
The pay of French soldiers has
lately been raised from lr cents to 1
franc (20 cents) a day. The higher
pay IH given only to men in the
trenches.
Officers of the Order of Ilallwny
Conductors announce that they have
completed details for the pension plan
agreed to at the last convention. i
APRIL 9, 1917.
—an ornamental hatchet head with a
spike at one end and a blade at the
other mounted on a staff, it was, in
short, a sort of glorified battle-ax.
A hanger, on the other hand, is a
short sword with a curved blade, a
fore-runner of the cavalry saber, per
haps.
Both the spontoon and hanger were
worn by the officer in the days when
the military experts wrote the "Army
Regulation" of 1800. The spontoon was
not intended for actual service so much
as a badge of office, although earlier In
history it had been a most practical
weapon. The hanger is preserved to
day In the shape of the officer's sword,
although modern military usage dis
cards it for all purposes except dis
play on dress parade.
Grunt Win H DrillinnNter
The musket which the private of the
unorganized militia was required to
bring to the annual mustering may
have been a flintlock. Always it was
a muzzle loader, BO the powder horn,
which had to be kept filled like the
pouch in which the bullets were car
ried, was an actual necessity and as
important as the weapon itself.
The annual musterings of the unor
ganized militia continued down to the
time of the Civil War, and General
Grant was one of the active figures in
the form of universal training which
obtained in the old days. lie organized
camps, drilled the citizens who appear
ed for military duty and generally kept
his hand In, for he had learned mili
tary science at West Point, although
after graduating he decided lie was not
fitted to be a professional soldier.
1 OUR DAILY LAUGH
tKKLIJtffVED IIIS
Mrs. Instllc —
This new cult cost
so much I don't
Intend to wear It
out right away.
Her husband—.
That's Good. I
was afraid you'd
want to wear (t
out where folks
could ree you in
tt.
NOT KNOCKING
I've been told VKT *
that you've been F
circulating- the Of
report that I'm Li A %
old enough to bo "yPJH t' Iy
your mother. f jLJ
Why, I never •
thing. I merely JT\J
said that I was i\\\ •
young- enough to \ &<*£
be your daughter. V
FAILED TO
SPECIFY.
'' The Customer
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bought of you I
found curranta
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The' Bnkev
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nating currant?.
THE ORIGIN or A
THE ADA QE.
Mrs. Knagc W4 11
Oh dear! Tron- WrJ •
bles never come a|
Nope. Marrlajro
Js the source of Ss v -njL^
Ebetttug (ttljat
■ ——j
John C. Marburger, for years chief
clerk of the Commonwealth Hotel.who
has been attending to the obsequies,
so to speak, of the famous hostelry
the last week has been getting num
erous letters from people requesting
reservation of rooms. The funny part
about it is that they have conic from
people who do not live so far away,
either. Some have -been received from
residents of other States and some
from traveling men who have had ex
perience with Harrisburg hotels dur
ing legislative seasons. All want to
make sure of rooms. One man wrote
for rooms during the meeting of the
State Industrial Board on Tuesday and
another wanted to be sure of a room
the following Friday. Both men live
within 100 miles of Harrisburg. The
requests for rooms are pretty brisk
and about what is usually the case
during a legislative year. The writers
all get the information that the hotel
is out of business. The last week Mr.
Marburgor has established himself in
the big dining room of the hotel where
he hns been bossing the sale of the
furniture and equipment and writing
letters to people telling them that the
hotel is no longer on the active list.
The toughest part of it has been in
the evening when everything is dark
and silent about the hotel, says Mr.
Marburger, who has been so long con
nected with the activities of the hotel
that he finds it hard to realize that the
register is closed for keeps. Indeed
if there is a more desolate place than
this closed up hotel where for many
years there was wonted bustle and
hustle it Is hard to find. The office
and the dining room seem to have
something to tell of stirring or jubil
ant times they have witnessed, while
the empty corridors can be peopled in
fancy with the men and women of big
things in the history of Pennsylvania
that was made within its walls.
♦ # #
.1. Horace McFarland, author and
publicist, is giving some of the benefit
of his experience in gardening to his
fellow citizens in the Miller Bros.' pub
lication. "Facts and Figures." Mr. Mc-
Farland tells of his garden at Breeze
Hill, his home on the heights. He ad
mits that the soil has been discourag
ing but the list of what he has been
raising should be an inspiration to the
men who live up in the Tenth ward,
where the soil is of the richest, or in
other parts of the city where a garden
can be grown without breaking the
back. Just listen to what he says he
has raised—radishes, peas, beans, car
rots, cucumbers, lettuce, sweet corn,
turnips, chard, chicory, asparagus,
rhubarb, potatoes "and all the rest of
the good stuff." And he says he had
corn from the nineteenth of July un
til the tenth of November and that al
though he is a lima bean fiend he has
been satisfied with the product of his
property. The talented and versatile
author of "My Growing Garden" evi
dently believes in getting his golf in
| his garden and enjoying the score at
the table instead of at the nineteenth
hole.
A German poodle raced madly
aero Ml Front street and up Forstcr
like a streak of black lightning this
morning, each leap being accelerated
by staccato reports as of a gattllng
gun. The poor little animal, doubtless
of foreign descent, probably thought
the retreat from Verdun had begun
and he had no artillery to cover his
retreat, because he counted not the
order of his going. The cause of his
terror was a big truck, over-exerted
perhaps, whose carburetor was cranky
and backfire after backfire shattered
the silence of the morning. It was a*
significant portent.!
• •
Prof. Simon N. Patten, who is to
leave the University of Pennsylvania
this spring because of attaining the
age limit, is somewhat noted as a paci
fist. However, he does not always car
ry out the part. Dr. Patten Is one of
the best known economists in the
country and a man who occasionally
springs some radical views. His re
cent suggestion for revision of hymns
that have become parts of our lives
and his theories regarding war aro
but expressions of a mind that is won
derfully varied. Years ago Dr. Pat
ten had his own troubles with stu
dents. His lectures never lacked for
variety, but the professor was some
times picked out on a dull morning to
have some fun with. Throwing shot
against bookcase doors and singing
during lectures were among the di
versions and finally eminent
economist informed the class that it
was not a fair deal. That quieted
things down for a while but one
student, who had the best strength
test, of any one in the class, concluded
to stir things up a bit and wenttlirough
some stunts. The pacifist professor
seized him by the collar and propelled
him with sole leather into the corri
dor. He did not report him to the
dean. He just let the lesson stand.
To call Patten a pacifist sounds queer
to some people.
• * •
There were some real live Easter
bunnies out at Paxtang yesterday. In
the country about the historic Paxton
church there are a number of rabbits
and it seemed as though they were
inclined to be busy yesterday morn
ing. No less than half a dozen were
scurrying- about and people who visit
ed the church yard saw them scam
pering .amid the trees and over near
the dam there were also some to bo
seen very busy about something.
*
Harrisburg was placed upon the
map considerably last week by the
visit of Ambassador Gerard and the
tremendous interest taken in the pat
riotic meeting and other events con
nected with the occasion by the people
of this vicinity was more than Justified
because notices of the speech of the
man who braved the kaiser's officials
appeared in newspapers in St. Louis,
Charleston, Louisville, Chicago, New
York and many other places. Harris
burg attains prominence of national
scope every now and then through
some important matter at the Capitol,
a wreck or something else, but this
time, as when William Jennings Bryan
came to town in 1913, it was a speech
that brought it into the limelight.
Tlio visit, barring the weather, was
such a success that there have been
many compliments for the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce for its enter
prise in getting the distinguished New
Yorker to come to town. President
D. E. Tracy, Secretary E. L. McColgin
and other officials, including Hender
son Gilbert and his members of the
special committee, have been glvea
bouquets.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1
-—. T. Benjamin Dimmick, head of
the publicity branch of the State-wide
public safety committee, was former
ly mayor of Scranton.
—Lieutenant Governor Frank B.
McClaln presided at one of the last
patriotic meetings on Saturday night.
Deputy Attorney General Keller was
P. Garher, superintendent ot
Philadelphia schools. Is making
speeches on Importance of physical
training.
Beware False Prophets
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but
try the spirits whether they are of
God: because many false prophets are
gone out into the world —I John
lv. 1.