10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded IS3I Published evenings except Sunday by THK TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO, Telegraph Building, Federal Sqaare. E.J. STACK POLE, Pres't & Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press— The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. t Member American Eastern office. Avenue Building, Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a > week; by mall, $5.00 a year in advance. MONDAY, DECEMBER 17. 1917 * 1 'Tis always mornhig somewhere, and above The awakening continents, from shore to shore, Somewhere the birds are singing evermore. — LOXGIELLOW. ■■ ■ ■' ALTOOXA'S EX PERTMEXT JANUARY 7 Altoona will begin to try the experiment of govern ment by the city managership plan. This is the date set for the city manager, under the direction of council, to take over the reins of ad ministration. Actually, however, he is at work already, the forehanded councilmen pledged to the plan hav ing some time since selected H. G. Hinkle, although they do not take office until the date named. At the same time they agreed, to set aside four-fifths of their salaries, or $2,000 each, to the creation of a fund Irom which Mr. Hinkle will be paid. The new manager was born in Germantown, Philadelphia, in 1874. After a short service with the Penn sylvania railroad he served several Philadelphia traction companies and later, in the employ of the American Hallways Company, he reorganized the trolley system of several middle western cities. lie rebuilt the street railway system in Altoona and then went in the contracting and en gineering business*for himself. He is spending all his time at city hall preparing himself for his work. The Altoona experiment starts off well. As the first of its kind in the State it will be watched closely and no doubt those responsible for it will do their best to make it a great suc cess. The Altoona councilmen and their city manager have opportunity of making themselves as conspicious exponents of advanced city govern ment in Pennsylvania as the Davton council and manager are in Ohio. Harrisburg wishes them well, and two years hence, as Ex-Mayor Bow man has suggested, may be in posi tion to follow the Mountain City's courageous and enterprising ex ample. That decision of the Supreme Court I sustaining the Chester county court in its refusal to grant a liquor li cense to a hotel in the outlying: sec tion of Coatesville will strengthen the courts in their cutting out of more drinking places in the guise of hotels, also establishes the power of the judges to consider the location of proposed licenses. This will en courage the 1 anti-saloon people to go after the few wayside taverns that are still hanging on by the eyelids There is no vested right in a liquor license, according to Judge Trexler LABOR AFTER THE WAR T'E subject of labor conditions following the war is occupying the attention of men everywhere ■who understand that the world con flict has precipitated changes that in the slow processes of peace-times might have been painfully evolved throughout a considerable period of years, if material progress has been Bet back by the conflict, social prog ress and Increased reward for the worker have been advanced with startling rapidity. We hear talk of returning to "old conditions" with the restoration of peace. But that is Impossible. The old milestones are already out of sight behind the horizon, and just as a new day is dawning for democracy, so the sun Is rising on a better day for the masses. If it were not so. then the eacrifices we are making were all In vain. Americans doubtful of the trend of events would do well to study recent labor discussions in the House of Lords. England, formerly a citadel of conservatism and very properly regarded by trade unionism In Great Britain as labor's greatest bar to progress. Changes in the views of that body arc most amazing and ought to be food for thought for those in high place at Washington. A prolongod debate the other day re vealed a clear belief on the part of those who spoke that "the war has changed all that," in regard to labor, and that labor, having borne a vast share in saving the nation in time of crisis, should be welcomed in the national life of the future as a part ner, and not as a hireling. Against MONDAY EVENING, this view no voice raised in pro test. and all those who spoke, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Arch bishop of York, Lord St. Davids, Lord Beresford. the Earl of Selborne and Viscount Milner, expressed views and identified themselves with a pol icy which before the war would have been labeled extremely "pro gressive." This does not mean that England Is on the eve of solving its labor problems, but It does indicate that government and capital and labor are going to get into closer touch after the war. and that if labor and government keep their heads, cap ital, willy nilly, will come Into part nership with them, a condition that wise employers will be ready enough to accept, once all are on the same basis. Men love Independence and real cash gives it. But wages is not the only element involved. Working conditions, healthful surroundings, proper housing, the elimination of the drink evil, increased understand ing by laborers of the problems of business and the limitations of the earning power of business, an in creasing share in the profits of busi ness and popular education —all these and more enter into the diffi culties of readjustment that Great Britain is facing and which we must take up, the sooner the better. The once familiar figure of the "woman in unwomanly rags, plying her needle and thread in poverty, hunger and <Hrt," must pass for all time, and with it a host of kindred evils. Poverty there always will be. but not ground down, enforced poverty. These problems are for the Joint consideration of government and capital, mainly. But that is not all. On the other hand, government and labor must revise their views of trusts and great combinations of fcap ital. The war is proving that were it not for our great business organ izations, we should be helpless now in the face of the enemy. After the war the trust must be made to serve the nation as a commercial agency abroad. In that way only can we maintain our place as a world power and sell our goods in competition with other nations in foreign markets. Trusts \ye must have— curbed, tamed and regulated trusts, no doubt, but still trusts. These things are not socialism, nor even an approach to it. But they arc conditions that must be brought about if we are to pass along to the people the blessings of that world wide democracy for which we are now striving and sacrificing as a na tion. Secretary of War Baker is out in his annual report against universal military training: and expresses a hope that the future will be devoid of conflicts. If the policy of universal training'had been adopted some years ago when men of vision urged that the American youth be trained for the national defense, we should not now be straining every nerve and pouring out the public funds in an increasing stream for military prepa ration. All will agree with Secretary Baker that "civilized men must hope tiiat the future has in store a relief from the burden of armament and the destruction and waste of. war," but the average man is not losing sight of the fact that much of the waste is due to our failure to appre ciate the value of reasonable pre paredness. FAIR PI.AY THIRTEEN colored men have been hanged for complicity in the Houston riots. They were members of the United States Army. They violated military rule and they paid the penalty. But was the fault all on the side of the colored men? Did they do what they did simply out of deviltry, or were they liarrassed and annoyed by "chivalrous" Southern white men until human nature, weak at best, broke down under the strain and they took the law into their own hands? There is a question here that tan be answered only by strict legal in quiry into the happenings which pre ceded the outbreak of the soldiers. Fair play demands that if white men treated the negroes badly they should be punished. The white and the black soldier wear the same uni form and each is entitled to the re spect of the people they have sworn to defend and for whom they are going forth to risk their lives. Mayor Keister is entirely justified in making such changes at police headquarters as will reader the mu nicipal authorities less liable to hu miliation when receiving official vis tors. A GOOD EXAMPLE THE example of the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bendng Com pany, which has taken out membership in the Red Cross for each of its 2,800 employes, is one deserving of commendation; and also emulation. The Pipe Bending Company since the beginning of the war has proved itself intensely earnest in its desire to aid in all patrotic ventures; and the well-known Harrisburg men who control this extensive operation have been in the fore in all move ments designed to. aid the cause of the Allies. The employes of the com pany dre no less forward in these movements. They have bought many thousand dollars worth of Liberty Bonds and they have contributed handsomely to many charities. / The Christmas present of the com pany to the men will result, doubt less, in an increased membership in the Red Cross from the families of the 2,800 employes. When this war is over the person who cannot boast of having been a Red Cross member will be on a par with the American who does not own a Liberty Bond or a thrift card. If you're not careful you'll be too late to do your Christmas shopping early. How the Czar-held 'em in check so long is now the popular puzzle. ' U By the Ki-Commlttrrman Auditor General Charles A. Sny der's answer and paper book in the appeal to the State Supreme Court from the decision of the Dauphin county court in the "recess" appoint ments case will be filed this week. Tho .Auditor General said that he would have all papers ready on time so that the case could proceed. It is likely that steps will be taken to provide for the argument of one cf the t>ases as a test instead of going into all of them. The argument is set for the first Monday in January in Philadelphia and until a decision is given matters will go on as they have been going in the administration of affairs. The officials Involved in tho proceedings were named on July 9 so that prospects are that It will be well nigh a year before their status is finally determined. Mr. Snyder says that he will be glad to hear any facts concerning appointment of men to places in the state government and to be paid out of contingent funds as he is not seek ing to punish anybody, but to pre vent a deficit at the end of the year —Appearance of buttons here bearing the portrait of Secretary of Interna! Affairs Paul W. Houck as a candidate for Governor have at tracted much attention. Mr. Houck has declined to discuss the matter and merely smiles when asked about it. The buttons are the first to ap pear for Governor. —Vance C. McCormick, Demo cratic National Chairman, who came to Harrisburg to visit his mother im mediately after landing at New York, has gone back to Washington to tako up his work as chairman of the War Trade Board. lie has de clined to talk political matters. How ever he was very silent on such mat ters about four years ago and turned up ir. the winter as the national ad ministration's slated candidate for Governor. —The Philadelphia Press says the Republican factions are still fat apart and does not take much stock in recent suggestions for Governor. The Press says: "Uulted States Sen ator Philander C. Knox has been mentioned as the man to effect the peace, which in the minds of many is essential to keep the Democrats from winning the Governorship. Although Senator Knox is a Penrose supporter, he is not of the type of hide-bound fncticnlst who would stand as a can didate for one side against another in an interparty light. Knox is a lawyer of the higher type and a man who is wrapped up in law and statesmanship. He has never been figured as a strong supporter of gang politics, but is a Republican of the first water. State Senator William C. Sproul is another who is persist ently mentioned as a candidate for the Republican nomination. He also is consideredaPenrose supporter, but the Vares are not known to be op posed to him. If they are, it is only because Penrose may favor him for tho nomination, and at present this is considered sufficient reason for opposition. Senator Sproul has an nounced that if he becomes a candi date he will represent only the Re publican party and not any particu lar faction. He has intimated, how ever, that he has no objection to becoming Governor, and at a recent dinner tendered him by friends in Delaware county, gave the impres sion that it will be perfectly agree able to him to become the nominee." —The Norrlstown Register, pub lished since 1880, has gone out of business. —W. R. Conrad has been picked for the first controller of Tamaqua. —The fact that the position of City Treasurer of Scranton has paid $121,000 for the last four years was disclosed at that city's council meet ins through a new ordinance to cut the salary and fees of the official. The salary of treasurer for the four years was $16,000, or $4,000 a year. The remainder came in commissions from tax collectors. Under the new law the salary, including fees, will be limited to $7,000 a year, or $2,- 000 more than the Mayor receives. —The Philadelphia Press to-day prints an interesting congressional contest forecast in which it is given as the opinion in Washington that Senator Penrose vill make a fight not only against Ware congressmen in the state, but that he will en deavor to defeat Congressman-at large John R. K. Scott, and make a fight on Congressmen Vare, Darrow and Costello, in Philadelphia. This will be carrying war into Africa ami it is also stated that in the western end of the state there will be oppo sition to Congressman-at-large Thom as S. Crago, Greene county, and that the Senator is going after Congress man Edg<a,r R. Kiess. It is also stated that Congressman M. M. Garland, at large, man run against Clyde Kelly, in Allegheny, and the article expresses the hope, which has been much brought out lately by Penrose men, that "Ex-Speaker of the Penn sylvania House of Representatives, George E. Alter, is expected to enter the field against Representative S. G. Porter, while State Senator Kline may contest with Representative John M. Morln, for the nomination in the Thirty-first district. Ex-Mayor Armstrong, of Pittsburgh, and ex- Representative Barchfeld, are in the field against Representative G. E. Campbell, in the Thirty-second dis trict." —The Chester Pen and Pencil Club is out for Senator Sproul f#r Governor and no one else. —Governor Brumbaugh, say some of the newspapers, plans to make some vigorous local option speeches this coming spring. The belief is that if the dry amendment passes soon that tn'e legislature will be convened in extra session, although the silence on that subject is rather profound at the Capitol. —Lieutenant Governor Frank B. McClain is out with his appeal to the people of Lancaster to remember the children this year and signs are that he will get a hearty response. —lt is being borne in upon some erstwhile noisy Bull Moosers that Gifford Pinchot is a real candidate for Governor and that they are not for him. —William L. Brunner, of Leban on, lias made announcement of his selection of Sheriff Harry Strupp, as Deputy Sheriff and County Solic itor E. D. Siegrist as Sheriff's so licitor. Strupp, who is about to com plete a four-year term of Sheriff has previously served two terms as dep uty sheriff. HATLESS MEN "IMMORAL" Pavlowa says when her company arrived in Buenos Aires all the pa bers were full of their praises except a little native paper, which publish ed an article saying nothing else than that "they werevurprlsed that the men and women of the company were so Immoral." As Mme. Pavlowa is very parti cular about her company that hurt a lot and she quickly made inquiries as to why so astounding a statement should have been made. "Why," answered the editor, "the girls go about unveiled with short skirts on and the men often wear no hats!" HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Owr tta Ik ""peiuuu. a The East Stroudsburg school board may drop the study of Ger man. Action was taken at the meeting of the directors to find out from the state educational authori ties whether it can be taken from the selective curriculum. Food must be getting: scarce over in Reading. Edward Sr., was arraigned before Judge End lich for robbing his son, Edward Jr's hen coop of three lusty fowls. "I don't know what got over me," said"pon." "Must be these war times. Never stole anything from Eddie be fore." Letters from Sammees abroad frequently tell of "kidding" matches or "chaffing" as the English call it. One relates how an Englishman took a Yankee to a mountain spot where his echo was four minutes return ing. "That's nothing," said the Yank. "When we go to bed over home we yell out the window: Time to get up; Wake up: and eight hours afterward the echo comes back and gives you the alarm." One hundred deer have been killed this season in and among the Seven Mountains. LABOR NOTES In Russia school attendance has been more Irregular than usual be cause of the work children must do at home and in the fields. In Germany the workman is in many cases getting from three to four times what he got before the war. Minneapolis Bakers' Union is con ducting a successful publicity cam paign and reports a number of new agreements secured. The A. F. of I* has a membership of 2,371,434. This is the largest mem bership in its history, and is an in crease of 298,732 over the year 1916. In a British projectile factory most of the women are paid by piecework, the average wage being f3.10 ($17.50) a week. There is also a bonus ar rangement in force.^ Increase in the number of women and children workers in European countries has made more widespread and serious the effects of relaxing employment standards. EDITORIAL COMMENT " Socialism is the Trojan horse of Autocracy.—Chicago Daily News. Lansdowne wishes to stop the war: John Bull wishes to end it.— Boston Herald. O'Leary says he is "ghoeked" over indictments. That was the intention. —Wall Street Journal. Lord Lansdowne should know that while he may twist the lion's inil he can't tie a white flag on It.—Brook lyn Eagle. The Liberty motor of the Civil War was the army mule. And it rarely missed on any cylinder— Minneapolis Journal. Treating diplomtically with the Bolsheviki is like buying a barn from the tramp who has lived in it over night.—New York Sun. Everybody must hope that the re duced alcoholic content of beer will not result in any deaths by drown ing.—Chicago Daily News. Tarring and feathering seeming impotent to curb the I. W. W., why not go to the extremes of cruelty and try soap and water?—Atlantn Constitution. BOOKS AND MAGAZINES The Adventuress, by Arthur B. Reeve. (Harper ,& Brothers, $1.35 net.t Arthur B. Reeves has con tributed another fascinating detective story to the library of modern fic tion in "The Adventuress." The mere statement that it is a new Craig Kennedy detective story adds to the interest which a reader will have in this hook. There is one outstand ing feature in the story which is worthy of note. Mr. Reeve does not confine his plot to a few characters, but diversifies it so well in each suc ceeding chapter that the intense in terest created in the first few chap ters is certain to increase. Another unusual feature is the climax. The reader does not know until the last two words of the closing chapter are read just what is the solution of the mystery. The story is one of a rich man, a member of a family in which the members are In dispute about the settlement of the estate. He and his brother both seem interested in a Spanish dancer, who is the "ad venturess." The murder of the mil lionaire, of his brother's Japanese servant, the theft of plans and a model of the telautomaton, which would control by wireless, subma rines, torpedoes, ships and aero planes, and the abduction of a young woman, are only a few of the turns introduced in this mystery. In the detective which Mr. Reeve has cre ated in Craig Kennedy he retains the characteristics which are known to readers of books from his pen. Jameson, Kennedy's assistant, comes in for his share in the story, too. "The Adventuress" is a well written story, certain to please those who are fond of thrills in fiction, and it can eaiflly be said that it is one of the best of Its kind pub lished recently. THE AMAZON Pause in your resonant turmoil* and patiently hearken Rivers, wlfose fame I eclipse as a tempest will darken The world with its wing. Mine is the candid, unmanacled lib erty owning No mortal's light sway; ►Kindred am I to all winds in their moving and moaning. And tameless as they. On my circuitous roamings, my rhy thmic pulsations, With stars where they roll; * • • x He that would utter my name in its meaning stupendous, With all its enshrouds, Must for the words that he uses take torrents tremendous, Take mountains and clouds. Lo, I am lifted above insubstantial traditions, Nor heed while they pass; Less to my forest-clad pride are a kingdom's transitions Than dewfalls on grass. • • • Yet as the adequate symbol of vir tues resultant From aims that exalt. Heaven at my summons will glass in these waters exultant Her uttermost vault: —Edgar Fawcett. WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND | S J On Meeting a Man Whom I Had Always Supposed I Disliked Ji I heard him make a spea"sh cn day, and something 'in his manner prejudiced me against him. From that time, whenever I ran across a reference to him in the newspapers, my prejudice tended to deepen. Once or twice I made critical com ments about him. i?ut 1 never say him again until last week. And then, at a dinner, I found in>self biiUiin beside this man whom I had always supposed I disliked. We fell to talking of various things. I discovered that we had mutual friends and mutual tastes. He began to tell me about his work. To my surprise, 1 found him, under the 1 surface, an idealist. , The thing he is trying to do in the world is a truly magnificent thing. 1 left him with a real ad miration. And all the way home I kept say ing to myself, "Let this be a lesson to you, young man. "What can you know, from a casual meeting, of the hearts of your fellow men? How many other times have you been unfair, in your thought or your conversation, to a man who, if you really knew him, might prove to be one of the finest fellows in the world?" A few dnyn later I met a promi nent newspaper publisher who had just come back from Washington. "X had a lonp talk with Daniels," he told me. "It didn't change my idea that he is out of place as Sec retary of the Navy. But it <?avo me an entirely new conception of him as a man. He's not hair so as I've been tellig my readers he is." I repeated to him what a very powerful editor had once said to me: "I make it a rule never to criti cize u man on a matter of mere taste," this great man said. "So long as he is fundamentally honest, BO long as he is trying to live up to his oath, I give him the benefit of every doubt. "Take Senator X, for example. He is one of the queerest freaks In the world egotistical, sophomorlc, walking about as if he carried the world on his shoulders, t could, tf I wanted to, poke fun at him in every issue of the paper. 10,000 SHARK HOOKS I From the Marine News.] The. government is going in lor shark fishing, but not as a sport, however. It is going after this aquatic monster that the skins of the sharks may be tanned and used as a substitute for leather. The experiment is now under way, and the man who has given Uncle Sam a leg over the fence, as it were, is J. W. Fordham, a New London artisan, for In his little smithy ten thousand shark hooks were made in three sizes for the United States gov ernment. Mr. Fordham signed the contract September 24 and was allowed thirty days in which to complete the ordor. By keeping his force working day and night he was able to ship the entire consignment to the govern ment agents in New York in little more than half the time called for in the contract. HOME GUARD SOLACE All this winter, If you are inclined to grumble about the war tax, think of the boys in the mud of the trenches and be ashamed of your self. —Portland Oregonlan. "But when it comes to voting, ha goes into a closet with his conscience, and no lilterior influence can reach him there. I'll never criticise him for his little faults, so long as he keeps right on the things that count." Like every one else in the world I was born very intolerant. It is the natural state of the human ani mal. Uradually, little by little, as 1 meet more men I am striving to cure my self of this weakness. 1 have found that almost any m'an, if you get to know him, has some very human and very likable quali ties. And almost every man thinks in his own heart that he is sincere. "Is Billy Sunday sincere?" men ask me. Of course he is. He may be self-deluded: it may be that the money which he makes has more in fluence with him than he supposes. But, in so far as he knows his own heart, he believes that he is the mes senger of God, doing a great and un selfish work in the world. I am much slower to criticise than I used to be. When I see a crowd that appears to consist of wild-eyed fanatics pro claiming a crazy faith, I say to my self: "What must the crowd have looked like who followed the Car penter of Nazareth? Do I really know these people well enough to be sure that there Is no truth in what they advocate?" When I see all the respectable people lined up on one side of a ques tion, and a few ragged agitators on the other I roniember the crowd of the best citizens of Ephesus, who for two hours shouted at the top of their voices to prevent the Apostle Paul from being heard. All of "our very best people" against one ragged outcast. Hut the one was right. I have decided that, generally speaking, I will let other editors do the muck-raking. So many people who seem to me to be wrong turn out in the end to have been right all the time: >iud so often, when I am surest that I know all, I find that my wires are crossed. —Bruce Barton, Editor in "'Every I Week." PUNISHMENT NEEDED Whether liberty will Trotzky On her mother knees or notsky, All the Russians, big and little, who can tell? But she ought to take and spanksky Every Bolshevik! cransky ' Till he promises her obedience with a yell. —Seattle Post-Intelligencer. CHRISTMAS BOX W hat did she put in his Christmas box? I'igarets and some wollen socks- Chocolate brown and cookies, too; A torn 61d ruffle trimmed with lace, Tied with a bit of ribbon blue. What did he say when the box he got? "Jolly old smokes, they help "a lot— Eilts for inside and socks for out." The ruffle he pressed to lips and breast, Brokenly murmuring, "Dearest— best." —Anna C. Lofel In .Life. DECEMBER 17, 1917. PURPOSE OF WEALTH It may yet be discovered that the final outcome and consummation of all wealth is in the producing as many as possible full-breathed, bright-eyed and happy-hearted hu man creatures.—Ruskin. OUR DAILY LAUGH A ww mill' "Do you really need a new over coat this winter?" "1 guess I must. My wife admits that I do." THE CAUSE. "How did Teller get his cold?" "All the drafts in the bank go • hrough his cage. A KIND HEART. •'Did your wife do anything for her cold?" "Yes, she gave it to me." THE IDLE RICH. "Sherman was right in his famous remark about war!" "Goodness me I should nay he was —Just look at my tie, it's at least two Inches shorter this year thaa last, all because o£ this horrid war!'* lEtoetitttg (SJpt j Running a public service company ,s a rather difficult job at any time ana some one once compared the average life of a manager of a utility to that of a doctor when a smallpox epidemic was on in the next county and people were either demanding 2 . _ va ccinated or asking why they should. Health officers in this com munity and connected with the state administration say that the most valuable aid in sanitary and quarantine matters is publicity. The abrupt change in policy of the big railroads in this state a few years ago when information about wrecks and other matters was furnished newspapers some times before they aS ;.£ f or facts handed out without restriction as to use, was one of the signs of the times and there are many active in affairs to day who recall when It used to be necessary to go to a railroad office armed with a crowbar to pry out news about a mishap. In the stress of war traffic this policy has meant much to the railroads because the public seems to feel that when a railroad man says he does not know where a shipment may be or when a train will be in, he is telling the truth and it may be said that the feeling toward the transportation lines in this section, at least, began to be different when publicity was no longer ducked but utilized. Per haps the utility which makes the greatest use of publicity is the Bell telephone sj'stem and the speed with which information is furnished Is startling when one recalls other days. The average man starts to make a kick on telephone service with fire in his eye and dynamite in his voice, but when he ia met with facts and the situation explained, he cools rapidly. Frank admissions by Harrisburg railways officials last week during the storm that service In some sections was uncertain, won considerable commendation because people knew what they were up against and pretty nearly everyone realized after calling up that a bliz zard at holiday season meant inter ruptions that required patience all around. Away back last summer the traction officials informed the public that they had ordered more cars and would put tliem into service as soon as received, giving the warning that manufacturers had troubles of their own to turn out rolling stock and that while the company wanted to do a number of things to improve service it had to meet war conditions not only in cars, supplies, coal and other things, but. in hauling work men to their homes. Coal men are just commencing to realize what publicity means in a crisis and so are purveyors of food in various forms. Men long connected with public utilities in this community, declare that experience has demon strated that printing ink and facts are the best means with which to do business in Harrisburg. In this connection it is interest ing to note that the railroads in their curtailment of train-service are com mencing to throw more and more of it to the trolley lines. The Har risburg and Valley Railways systems now run special cars for railroad men employed in shops and yards. These cars have replaced to a cer tain extent, and probably will do more, certain work trains which have been operated for years and have rejoiced in such names as "Hull Moose Express," "Smokers' Limited" and "Yardmen's Roost." • The severe weather that swept over this state this month, closing the Susquehanna earlier than known for a quarter of a century and caus ing a demand for fuel that is appall ing', is keeping some people stepping to recall. In December, 1914, theri was real winter that came early and it stayed late, while in February, 1912, the mercury went to unheard of depths of depravity. Yet, when records are compared this com munity does not suffer as much as other cities which are less advan tageously located and whose people often say things about the heat of Ilarrisburg in the good old summer time. The sheltering Blue Ridge is as much a benefit to Harrisburg In midwinter as in August days, when it shuts off thunderstorms. Speaking about winter it was only ten days ago that young trout were put into streams within ten miles of Hartisburg. The fish were stockfish from a state hatchery and the ship ment was looked after by some sportsmen. The trout being of fair size are expected to furnish some good sport in the spring, but it does seem odd that fish can be planted after Thanksgiving Day. Fishermen have been busy lately looking up the new code which it is expected will make material differences in some fishing plans. Some idea of the work quietlj done at the Harrisburg Public Li brary as a war service may be gain ed from the mere statement that over 18,000 books were assembled there and sent to camps. And in ad dition hundreds of magazines were gathered and forwarded. This ha: been a heavy strain, but it is wai service given as cheerfully as thai of the women in the Red Cross anc other branches. "It is rather surprising the num ber of sleds we are being asked to) this holiday season," said a mar connected with one of the big dei partment stores. "People are no] buying expensive toys, but they ar< buying those which have what wi call 'go' to them. Perhaps the weath er has stimulated the sled sales." ~ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Senator William E. Crow, whi suffered from a carbuncle, says h is all right again, but that staylni in the house is hard work. , —General Tasker H. Bliss, whi retires as chief of staff this month will remain where he can give ac tive service, if asked. —E. M. Redfleld, who won thi Carnegie gold medal at the Academ; of Design in New York, is a Pitts burgher. —Dr. J. M. B. Schramm, John ston's city bacteriologist, has beei commissioned in the medical re serve. —A. L. Humphrey, well knowi here and general manager of th Westinghouse Air Brake Compan plant, is taking an active part in fu conservation work at Pittsburgh. —George C. Bordner, of Kutz town, is the new president of th Berks County School Directors' As soc-iation. ' —Bertram Leopold, Blair fuel ad ministrator, is a clothing merchan and active in Altoona affairs. j DO YOU KNOW ' That Harrisburg opened homes for hospitals in 1863? HISTORIC lIARIUSBURG John Harris, Jr., planned to mak Harris Ferry the state capitol soo after Independence was declaret but Philadelphia would not hea , of it.
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