8 . HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER- FOR THE HOME Founded itjl ' Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Biilldlac, Federal Square. E.J. STACKPOLE, Prts't <5- Editor-in-Chief V. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINME'IV., 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. AH rights of republication of special dlsiyLtches herein are also reserved. I Member American lishers' Associa- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn- Eisttrn office. Avenue Building, & e^j Entered at the Poet Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. Bv carriers, ten cents a week; by mail. $5.00 a year in advance, TUESDAY. JANUARY 16, I*lß > The face is made every day by its momino prayer and by its morning look out of the windoics which open upon heaven. — JOSEPH PARKER. A SHIPPING CENTER THE removal of possibly the old est market street business house to South Second street, where it will engage more extensively in wholesale and retail trade re quiring large warehouses and the best of shipping facilities, serves to emphasize the gradual transforma tion of that district. Years ago It was a residence place for many of the older and more prosperous families of the city. it was given over largely to rooming houses and retail stores. But in recent years, as was foreseen by those who gave the mat ter attention, it has come almost exclusively to be devoted to whole sale purposes. The future of Harrisburg does not lie solely along manufacturing or railroad lines, although railroads will play a large part, but as a .point of distribution for manufacturers whose plants are located elsewhere and for large local retail and wholesale firms. This the railroad people realize and they are preparing for the in crease of local traffic that is already In slgfct. Those who are advertising the c!t should always remember our ' advantages and facilities In this line. There are days when having a home in the suburbs gives a man a good excuse for not going to work. THE "JANUARY THAW" II'S getting 'round toward the time for the annual "January thaw," but like as not it won't come. The "January thaw" used to be con sidered just and sufficient cause for "cussing" the weatherman. Every body but the doctors—who collected vast sums from grip and pneumonia victims—had a hard word to say for the "January thaw." "Vile weather" we used to call it, and it was quite the thing for the newspapers to-print column upon column about the ravages of influenza and kindred diseases. But that was before we learned that It is better to suffer the pangs and pains of grip than to freeze § to death In a tireless house. Back in the coal age, so to speak, the "January thaw" was a thing to be dreaded, but now, with even the optimistic Dr. Garfield admitting the seriousness of the fuel shortage, wo would hail a general thaw as a provi dential blessing. That's the way with most things in this life. 'When you want some thing you can't get it and when you have It you find most likely it is rn everlasting nuisance. But most of us would be willing to slosh around in the slush and dodge falling icicles and sliding snow in order to save a bucketful of coal. The fellow who V3ed to wish for an "old-fashioned ' •winter Is silent as the grave. He would be about as popular did he epeak out as the Kaiser would be In Paris. What we want is spring and even the harbinger embodied in- a "January th'aw" would be welcomed. Any kind of weather Just so the tem perature is above freezing. Spring is going to bring Easter and the spring fashions to plague'married men, and more Liberty Loans and other cam paigns to tax all of us, but that won't matter, for the coal bin will have ceased to be the most lmpor tant apartment of the house. Spring didn't mean much to us previously. We read the seed catalogues, plan ned our gardens, bought some new clpthes —If we had the price—took a dose or two of spring tonic, began to take notice of the sporting goods stores where fishing tackle Is dis played and observed casually to our neighbor, "HI, ho, well, well, here's spring again and it hardly seems any time since Christmas." We used 'to read with mere passive interest that the first bluebird had appeared along the river and that Dr. Fager had found the first hypatlca blooming In Wildwood. But how different now. Spring's going to be more important than the Fourth of July this year and already we are excited over its prospects, inversely as the ratio of our coal pile is to the demands of zero weath er upon its fast fading proportions. V . ' >, TUESDAY EVENING, HAItRISBURG t£&&0. TELEGRXPH • 'JANUARY IS, 1913, Let the "January thaw" come on, we're ready for it, and as for spring, why the Telegraph hereby offers a reward of $5 for the first wi'.dflower found blooming in the vicinity of Harrisburg previous to St. Patrick's Day. Brace up, Mr. Demain, and give somebody a chance for the money. It would be cheap at the price. Mr. Hlckok thinks the United States may take over all fuel, which, if ap pearances would seem to indicate, wouldn't be such a big job at that. PENNA.—SOME FIGURES WE have become so used to. talking in millions In rela tion to Pennsylvania's prod ucts and natural resources that we scarcely stop to realize" what a mil lion means. TV'e produce coal by the hundreds of millions of tons; steel by tens of millions and oil, gas, stone and other things taken from what. Providence has given so bountifully to the Keystone State or manufac ture from the raw material In such large amounts that we do not think of the effect of such Imposing arrays of terms of wealth upon people across the seas. We calmly read that the State of Pennsylvania licensed 300,000 or more motor vehicles and received therefor $3,250,000 In round num bers, all of which will be devoted to maintaining, not building, but just maintaining roads. If each motor vehicle is worth, averaging them up, about SSOO, that Is some thing like $150,000,000 In motor cars of varlo.us types. The State Department of Agricul ture says that the seven major crops of Pennsylvania—wheat, corn, rye, buckwheat, oats, hay and potatoes —produced in 1917 were worth $351,500,000 in round numbers, \\hich was $119,000,000 more than the same crops were ivorth in 1916. And on top of that we raised tobacco worth $11,000,000; apples and other fruit, chickens, ducks and cattle; gathered up eggs; clipped wool and made butter and cheese worth tens of millions more. These figures, like those for the automobiles, are hard to grasp. And now comes Banking Commis sioner who says that the re-; sources of the trust companies, state j banks and savings institutions under State supervision, and that does not include national banks, are $1,707,- 168,940.63. That is seventeen hun- ; dred millions, over four times whnt! all the crops above referred to were worth in high-priced 1917. And these same Institutions gained $159,- 000,000 more than the value of the motor cars licensed for 1917 in re-j sources in one year. The nutyber of depository increased in one year j by 255.634, making a grand army of! people with money in ,the bank of 2,837,591, or more depositors in banking institutions in Pennsylvania under State control alone than there are men in our army now. These depositors have about a billion and a quarter dollars in the banks, ac cording to Mr. statement, while the banking houses own over $714,000,000 worth of stocks and bonds. And most gratifying is It to read that these same banks bought for themselves or patrons Liberty Bonds amounting to $243,005,000, al most a quarter of a billion dollars, and that they hold as investments $55,000,000, an amount equal to the total assessed valuation of Harris burg. The figures are dazzling. The In crease of wealth is tremendous. If the prices of the manufactured, mined or piped products and the wages paid our labor could be added in the aggregate would be almost beyond comprehension. Is it any wonder, to use the words of one of the speakers at the meet ing at the Capitol the other night, that "the United States was next" on the Kaiser's program? Is it sur prising that the German army offi cers always liked to talk about the rich country that the Pennsylvania railroad system tapped? It is a State which we have made and which is our home. That is why Pennsylvania youth is gird ing up its loins to fight the preda tory Prussian and why the folks who stay at home are going down into their pockets to buy Liberty Bonds and Thrift Stamps and are going to back up the government "Until it's over Over There." Secretary McAdoo picked' a dandy 'freight moving week," didn't) he? STRIPPING GERMANY WE havo hoard contradictory stories as to conditions in Germany—some to the effect, that the country is stripped bare of all materfals that can be used in the prosecution of the war, and others that despite the allied blockadfe Ger- j many has plenty of everything ; needed with which to keep up the conflict. Probably we shall not know the truth until long after the war ends. But there are signs that the Germans are getting well to ward the bottom of their supply bin, even if there is much remaining. This is illustrated by announcement from the city of Cologne that the great "Kaiser's Bell," containing 56,000 pounds of metal, the pride of the emperor and the dearest posses sion of the city, has been sacrificed to meet the metal shortage. Not only was this bell named in honor of the ruler of the empire, but It was made from French cam\on captured by the Germans In 1870 and 1871 and was dedicated on Wil helm's birthday in 1877. By all the rules of German preference it should have stood inviolate. But German need must have reached a sore stage when by government order and pub lic consent such a relic was torn from Its place of honor and de livered over to the melting pot for the manufacture of war supplies. The Russians appear to be keepfng the Kaiser on the Trot-iky. foIUUtU C-KKO ICCLKUX By the Ex-Committcemaii From all accounts there is a for the vacation which A. Mitchell Palmer, Democratic national com mitteeman and alien property cus todian, is going to take from his labors at Washington and for his pro longed sojourn in Philadelphia. It Is nothing more or less than the activ ity of friends of Ex-Judge James Gay Gordon in boosting him as a candi date for the Democratic nomination for Governor. Some, time ago there was much talk of Democrats opposed to ma chine rule calling upon Michael J. Ryan to leave the Public Service Commission and lead his party In the coming gubernatorial contest, his at titude since the last election having been such, in opinion of his friends, as to test the sincerity of the dom inant faction in its professions that |it is for a united party. Mr. Ryan, i however, Is said to have other ambl- I tions than running for Governor, al though he says he Is thoroughly in terested in the work of the Public Service Commission to which he has been giving assiduous attention. About two weeks ago the Demo cratic bosses had scheduled a con ference on the banks of tlife Potomac to make a slate for the Democratic voters of Pennsylvania. It was not held and the bosses said that they were awaiting the outcome of the Republican scrap which the Demo crats believe will give them the state as occurred in 1882 and 1890. How ever, about the time that the Poto mac conference was called oft there were reports that along the Delaware and the Schuylkill there had arisen a demand that James Gay Gordon be called upon to lead a reunited party, it being contended that if the bosses were at all sincere In their I profession of party unity was their] sole desire they would take the fa mous attorney over whom they had run their roller In 1912 and who had taken it with unusual cheerfulness and lined up behind Wilson. The bosses would like National Chairman Vance C. McCormick to seek "vindication." Such candidacy would insure campaign funds. —According to Pittsburgh people Highway' Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil will not announce his candi dacy this week, but will wait until the twenty-fifth when a big dinner is to be given in his honor in Pitts burgh. For some days there have been reports that Mr. O'Neil would announce this week. The postpone ment of the announcement is not without interest. Senator Sproul Is not likely to say anything until Mr. O'Neil says something. —Senator Vare added to the in terest in his position last night by asking why Senator Penrose, who did not vote at the Republican pri mary, should pick a slate. This is in line with the Vare announcement that Penrose and his forces can not vote at the Republican primary and means a tight to that end. —The Philadelphia Senator said last night that he was being bom barded by friends of O'Neil with re quests that he support him. He is also being urged by Brumbaugh Ad ministration men to line up for O'Neil. —ln this connection it is inter esting to nbte, as was done yester day, that Senator Vare has not said he is against Sproul and that the continued efforts by mail and other wise to get him to declare for O'Neil, shew he is not for O'Neil. —The big dinner to David H. Lane, Republican city chairman for years, at Philadelphia last night, attracted state-wide attention. Coming so soon after the Armstrong dinner, with which it Is said to have vied in elab orateness. it was a sort of Vare rally in Philadelphia. However, nothing seems to have developed from it except renewed proof of the solidity of the Vare organization in Philadel phia. —Governor Brumbaugh continues confident that he will be af>le to name his own successor. The Governor is building a platform on which he in tends to go to the people. It is be lieved as soon as O'Xeil announces he will be for him. —The Philadelphia Press In an •dltoripl page review of t>i.' jiuber natorial situation says: "The visit of Colonel Roosevelt here on Wednes day and his associations with Sen ator Sproul have brought the ex- President inVo prominence with re gard to the campaign which he mieht not otherwise have had. The Progressives say his visit to Sena tor Sprout's home and the Sun Ship building plant, of which the Chester senator is the head, were merely ac tions of a social character which have no political significance. The Penrose men say. however, that such an astute politician as Roosevelt would not get himself into any situa tion where his actions would acquire political significance unless he were deliberately trying to make the im pressions his actions brought out. Secretin-" of Labor William B. Wil son is * mri.-rer being considered as the pr.ff ▼ Democratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania in the next campaign. It is understood thnt several reasons exist why he will not enter the primaries. Neither Vance McCormick, Demo cratic National Chairman, nor A. Mitchell Palmer, Democratic Na tion-il Committeeman. wtahM to lead the fight. Both were candi dates four years ago, McCormick for Governor and Palmer for the Sen ate. and they feel they have done their duty by the party." —District Attorney George W. Muse, of Lawrence County has made John B. Tinsel, former post office inspector, his county detective. - —Senator Elmer 'Warner, of Car bon, is a candidate for re-nomina tlon. -—A Media dispatch says: "Al ready there is talk of Senator Sprout's successor in the State Sen ate. It can be said that J. Lord Rigby, of Media, will be a candidate for Senator. It is true that there are other men in the county who would like to succeed Sproul, and one of them is Wiliam Ramsey, of Chester. a member of the legisla ture. But Ramsey will not likely be a candidate if Rigby is the can didate for State Senator. Rigby holds a berth in Auditor General Snyder's office in Harrisburg. He is a very popular man in Delaware County." —Pamphlets are In circulation in the state, issued by a campaign com mittee in the interest of Asa A. Wei mer. whp is serving his second term in the Legislature, as a candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. He Is part owner of the Weinier Machine Works, a member of the Manufacturers' Club, of Phil adelphia; the American Institute of Mining Engineers, the Engineers' Club, of Philadelphia; the Engi neers' Society, of Pennsylvania; the Elks, the Pennsylvania State Society, the Lebanon County Historical So ciety and the Berkshire Country Club, of Reading THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT ... ___—— a—' ti t* THE *, JMfL ■ _ V-S OF THE . - idTlff s pond < • v i JU\ . H YOUNG MEN DIE HERE , A woman said to me, "Are you not glad Your son is far too young to go to France?" Madame, I envy every youth who goes, And every mother of whose flesh j they're made. You say, "They may be killed, those! tawny lads Young men die here clad in the garb j of peace; Grim death respects not time, nor! place, nor age. But over there those lads in camp and trench Have laid youth's doubts aside; a sacred cause Thrills every heart; inspires them as they stand Together, facing the fierce hordes of hell. To fight with brothers for one's! brother man, To fight that women's tears may. cease to flow, To fight for safety of a little child j Is life Indeed. Our soldiers arej alive! Death comes to all; real life belongs to few, ' 1 Could any mother ask a greater boon Than that her boy may live before he dies? —The Living Church. BUSINESS AND BOOZE Is it true that there is less drink ing by business men than used to be the habit? Here is a bit of evl- j dence: The entire liquor bill of all the lunchers and diners at the Ad vertising Club of New York for a recent month was thirty dollars! There was something like 4,000 reg ular meals served in the club rooms during those twenty-six working days, not reckoning the dinner par ties. This makes the average bill for booze not over eight-tenths of a cent per person per meal. In other words, not over one diner In forty took a drink with his meal. We find these figures recorded in a recent issue of a New York adver tising Journal —not a professional crgar. of temperance —we pass them on to the young men of other cttie3. who can be trusted to draw their own conclusions as to the habits of! the successful members of what is, possibly the most modern and progressive of professions.—Chicago Advertising. AS POOH-BAH DID IT McAdoo Asks What Roads Need. —Headline. Mr. McAdoo, It Is assumed, Is speaking now as Secretary of the Treasury, Inquiring of Director Gen eral of the Railways McAdoo what the urgent needs of the roads are, rind what they will cost. Perhaps Director General McAdoo, before I making his reply, should take Sec ictary McAdoo away to one lde, where liberty Bona Director .Mc- Adoo can't hear. Otherwise objec lions might be made and complica tions might arise. —Kansas City Star. Who Sells the Coal? It is claimed that there are few -0i crimes committed In Ireland than In any other country In the world. There's no liquor In the country and everybody Is said to be honest. et the Icelanders are paying SBO per ton for coal. How would you like to be the coal man In Iceland? — Los Angeles Times. Your Job Try to l>e one of the ancestors to be bragged about in the next cen tury. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. HORSE AND FLIVVER The final eulogy to Henry Ford has been rhymed by J. P. McEvoy In the Chicago Tribune In behalf of our friend the unfortunate horse, as follows: Beside me on the curb you're rolled. And warm fur robes around you j cast. While I. uncovered, shake with cold In blinding snow and chilling blast; But I should be resigned', of course; You are a flivver—l'm a horse. And It Is right that robes of fur Be wrapped around your fragile form. For injury you might Incur If left uncovered to the st<Jrm— While I will be immune, of course, I'm not a car —I'm Just a horse. And standing naked all day long In wintry winds that cut like i steel Is good for horses, who are strong— But I confess, some grief I feel; ' I was assembled by the Lord, 1 wish it had been Henry Ford. f A\ A People G Adelc N. and Russell Phillips in the Atlantic Monthly. >J IT was the German eagerness to absorb the slightest report of victory, whether verified or not, and the elation which followed; the malignant satisfaction evinced at the tales of cruelty; the delight In the extreme suffering of the unfortunate people who stood in the way of the desired end, which amazed and re volted us. Living among them so many years, we have always found the Germans, and especially the Ber liners, so mensehllch, so eager for the good oplnTon of the ousslde world ,and their home life so tre mutlich, that we could not credit this radical and amazing change of character. In the twelve long years previous to ths outbreak of the war, during which we had resided In Berlin, we had not encountered this spirit. We had been always kindly received and had appreciated to the utmost the hospitality extended to us, which, as everybody knows who has resided In the city for any length of time, is boundless to the stranger upon Of Course Animals Think [E. E. Harriman. in Literary Digest] "I am surprised that any one should still hold to the old theory that animals do not think. That theory is smashed completely by the one fact that memory, which is conceded to all animals by every one who knows them at all, is de fined as 'the conscious reproduction of a previous thought.' If they do not think, whence comes the pre vious thought?" Either our scien tific men who deny thought in the lower orders must agree, thajt thought is common with these ani mals. or they must remodel the dfi nition of theory. "How about the mare that broke through a barbed-wire fence and traveled a mile and a half to the home of my brother-in-law when she was sick, waking him in the middle of the night by pawing at his door, because her owner had taken her there a year before when she was sick as now? How about our own red cow with the lop horn, who learned to carry her bell so the clap per would not touch the bell while she made her way into the cornfield? How about that same cow, after trying to reach a choice morsel through the fence, stepping back to look the situation over, then getting I down on her knees to run her head under the fence, which was on short posts that keep it two feet oft the ground, rolling •to her side and kicking herself through below the rails to the garden? How about the mischievous horse of Henry Fergu son, in Minnesota, that would tease his mate to try and bite his knee, then either bump the nose of the biter with his knee or catch his rein in his teeth and yank on it till the mate threw his head up? Saw that done myself at least a dozen times in an hour. "Think? I guess they do. Far more than some of our Congressmen seem to do. They not only think, but they plan and scheme. I could cite a hundred instances that have come "under my own observation which prove it. But Webster settled the thought controversy by defining memory, so now let the wise men make a new definition or cry quits " LABOR NOTES The eight-hour day in the lumber and shingle industry in the North west is fairly established. The productiveness of the indivi dual Russian worker is 53 per cent, lower than the production of the American worker. Carpenters at Scran ton, Pa., have secured a wage increase of 10 cents an hour. A new union of iron molders has been organized at Augusta. Ga., comprising nearly 100 per cept. of all the members of that trade in the city. It includes molders working in both the railroad and contract shops." "Workers In copper mills, mines and smelters are so important to the Government at this time that a strike is the last thing that should be considered." says Charles H. Moyer. president of the Internation al Union of Mine, Mill and SmelteV Workers, in an appeal to these worklntrmen to assure a maximum production and thorough co-opera tion with the Government in fulfill ing the country'* needs. whom the burgher centers his affec tions. * • To minds so deeply Impressed as ours the reaction was doubly great, the awakening very bitter. Hitherto It was only in military circles that one heard the refrain chanted of "Der Tag" and "Über Alles," and all they Implied. But with the outbreak of hostilities new traits began to be perceptible even In tho gentlest and most refined— student, philosopher and the most phlegmatic of burghers alike—that abiding people suddenly imbued with a lust for blood. With the greatest sorrow we had witnessed the orgies that followed the sinking of the Lusltanla. Chris tianity, even civilization itself, could receive no greater setback than tho mighty roar of acclaim which arose fro mthe jubilant crowd on the oc casion of the parade of the crews of the submarines the streets of Berlin to celebrate tHe re sumption of Schrecklichkeit.—Adele N. and Russell Phillips in the Atlan tic Monthly. POPULARIZING STAMPS Returns from various cities show that the public is beginning to ap preciate the importance and th# value of the War Saving Certificates and Thrift Stamps. Sales have in creased everywhere, and there is reason for feeling that this "issue of Government securities will be even tually successful. But if this Is to be so there must be no letup on the part of those who are charged with the task of exploiting these "baby bonds." Mr. Frank Vanderlip, whd has been touring the country, advo cating the sale of the certificates and stamps, says that every wage earner should possess some of them. He# is bringing the facts home to the people in a manner that may be understood by all. He says, In truth, that the success of these, as well as the other bond Issues, is needed for the winning of the war. The big bond issues, in a manner, take -care of themselves. They ap- j peal to the large investors, or at j least to those who have more than the average amount of capital. They are frequently aided by syndi cates organized for the purpose. But this issue of certificates and stamps c&nnot be a success without the interest and co-operation of the mass of the people. In this city gratifying success is being made with the sales of the small securities. The same condi tion is true of the state at large. The state director, Mr. Cassatt, re ports that each of the counties has been organized and that he will soon be in receipt of weekly reports from all centers, which will show the amount of work that Is being ac complished in each community. In Philadelphia the numerous busi nessmen's "associations haVe taken up the work and established agen cies for the disposal of the stamps and certificates. The organization of the hotelmen has done the same thing, so fhat now any prospective purchaser may find it convenient to get the securities in almost every part of the city. Every letter car rier has been commissioned as a salesman, and every police station Wouse Is an agency for the disposal of these stamps. With the advent of the new year it would be a good thing if every family would resolve to put its sav ings in these Government issues. They pay a higher rate of interest than the savings funds, and they are as safe and as reliable as the Government Itself. They encourage the habit of thrift and it will be a surprise If they do not prove to be the means of encouraging saving among those who have never prac ticed It before. • The next few weeks will put the public to the test, and it is earnestly to be hoped that the results will justify the op timism of those who were most earn est in advocating the issue of thlA popular method of raising money which the Government needs at this time. —Philadelphia Inquirer. Germany's Chance Wc might have lost the war at the Marne, or at Verdun. Germany might have won, had Russia gone and the United Statfes remained neu tfnl, but Germany cannot win now unless the German really is a super man, and the American, the Briton nnd the French man inferior and decadent people. And if this were true the .Germans would deserve to win.—Frank M. Pimonds tn the American Review of Reviews. • Otfer tta 'foja Lk ""pMuuu Is it any wonder tfiat German, churches in Pennsylvania are elim inating the language of the. Father land when one reads such stuff as this, quoted authoritatively as the words of a German pastor in an ar ticle he wrote called "Through Tlr pitz to Jesus:" "Our Divine Re deemer is a lover of peace. So are we, but the peace that the Lord wants must be a lasting peace, and no peace can be lasting except one that brings us Courland, the mining: regions of Longwy apd Briey and bases for our fleet to serve as future starting points in any eventual war with England. The latter our Tir pitz, a man after Christ's own heart, can assure us. He may be appro priately styled the Warlike N.iaa rene, whose ardent patriotism is only equaled by his devotion to his Di vine Master." * • • "My terms to guests without bag gage are cash in advance," said the landlord of the Petunia tavern. "You're; a stronger, and—" "Butll—ha! ha!" began the would be lodger. "Yes, I'll bet you're an easy feller to get acquainted with, and all that, but I'm not making any new friends these days and am pretty durn shy of the old ones." * * * On Friday, December 28, a two j year-old Rhode Island red hen own ed by Horace Musser, of Bellefonte, laid an egg that was 8 % inches and 7!i inches around the long and short ways. The eggs looked large enough to make a meal for the own er's entire family. | OUR DAILY LAUGH t COMPLETE IN Do they en tertain you not only served a good dinner coal enough to ■keep the house comfortably A COMMON FINISH. Fulfil Were you ever Ps/f "In the street?" ■of What do you stock market f _ the Street," as you I -jsp make ® a ■ffyjiVV f i Ones feeling about prices Depends the truth to tell On whether one 'V*- desires to _ | STMCTUY buy =l] Or on® ha* -=f things to sell. A SMALL >~&E3 WORLD. dy?' WII, well, to I think of meet s !ng you here; ■ the world is not • such a large ■ place after all! ontuin uitiai I The State Capitol 1B bothered with too much money. There are SOT eral branches of the government which are strugßllng to get out from under heaps of money orders and certified checks and cash, which keep coming in so fast that the peo ple In charge are working at nights to get It sorted out and sent to the State Treasury, It Is estimated that It will be the end of the month be fore tho conditions become normal and the money Is banked and all books posted. This rush Is due to the demand for 1918 automobile licenses, which is heavior than ever known before and which is causing thousands of dollars a day to be handled; the rush for licenses to sell oleomargarine, which Is also breaking records, and for other licenses and papers which the state hands out at the first of the year. Clerks who are experi enced in such matters say that they have never known anything like the rush this year. The money is all in vaults and guarded. The State Chamber of Commerce, which recently named a committee to make an inquiry into old age pensions, which will keep in touch with the State Commission on the same subject, will also name com mittees on revision of banking and insurance laws, on which the state has commissions. The data gathered by the Chamber of Commerce will be made available for the state au thorities and the General Assembly. The Rev. Dr. Lewis S. Mudge, pastor of Pine Street Presbyterian Church, told a good story before the Harrisburg Rotary Club at luncheon yesterday at the Y. M. C. A. anent the propensity of manv ministers to debate the meaning of obscure passages of Scripture. He said: "Three preachers were gathered together one day trying to find R passage in the , Bible upon which tliey would all agree absolutely. They discussed the matter for hours and were not able to find a verse fhi " ,ea "t absolutely the same thing to all of them. A friend growing weary of the prolonged de bate and hoping to end it, suuested as a solution to their troubles that passage which says, 'And David danced before "the ark.' ♦fclVTt? 11 '' said the ,irst . '! take It tnat the passage means that David danced in the presence of the ark.' .1 T 1 !? differ >' said the sec ond. but I have no doubt that the writer meant that David danced be , arl< Wiis built.' thi'rH°"r *£ e cont rary,' observed the third, I have no hesitancy in voic °P'n'°" that what is meant danced.-? da ced before the ark ♦ • * hiv? f i,i(° 5 H ter i f amlno appears to have hit Harrisburg hard. People to cetHni Ve been accus tomed to getting the same succulent bi rnl-ot S ll i at u the Philadelphia epi seurs deViL/t " Baltimore connois th = , aml to talk of, but have cut " J'n' 1 w *ther seems to nave cut off the supply. • Men -it restaurants yesterday, who have made it a rule to eat oysters on Mondays because they generally tret ri™ n? ne 2 the sh 'Pments that ar -5 mor uinff, were growling U?in^ ay TL a " klns * of dreadfid eatinr rZ at th hea d of the eatinf, places were In desnair and do "abouT it ha h they wero to A . a "®ut it, because ovsters are m ana ■sjs-srsaprffflf. SB : iwwvarjß.-Ba ThJ o'„ ""■ "mT" is not wanted Oniv* * — >? *™ Hi sSHtL-- S.'r" 'HvF'", I things are lo ha | store and candy plac" ® V6ry drUK * Capitol Park has regained it* am Harrisburg al t \ t k® a £?, ungßter 9 ° f Yesterday - ssr vasion of their precincts. I WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ] at i ln " thouSTAt the Wa V r B tvt stTmS 't^-st^te bookPd ">' some a fks™n ferred tortile °New from Ppnnsvivonin v division a Commissioner. back as —Congressman Henry A rio-i, shores of Lake Erie ' me on the I DO YOU KNOW J That the new furnaces at SteeJton are the largest in Cen tral Pennsylvania? JOH? S W OI^ IC H ABRISBURO Ingratitude of Man lifcSE , quest * a most ""natural're xansa- ' 1 -i
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