12 ARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THB HOME Poundtd JSJI Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO„ Telegraph Building, Federal Square, E. J. STACK POLE, Prrr'f <S- Editor-inChirf P. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. BUS 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. Member American Eastern office, F!nley, Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. gy carriers, ten cents a rmfp' week; by mall, $5.00 a year In advance, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1918 And if I may, Pd have this day Strength from above To set my heart In heavenly art Not to be loved, but to love. —MALTBIE D. BABCOCK. PITY THE COAL MAN PITY the coal man. Much has been said against him. He has been blamed for charging prices far in excess of reason. He is alleged to have favored cus tomers. He is "cussed" and ma ligned and belabored in a manner that is far from just, but nobody has come forward to say a good word for him in the trying circum stances of this worst of winters. Duobtless, some coal men have been guilty of the offenses charged, but let's be as charitable as we may and not blame all for the faults of the few. There is fairness in all things, and before you condemn utterly try to put yourself In the place of the re call coal dealer. Prevented from his usual supply In mid-sum jner by the stupidity of the National Administration, facing winter with bare yards and beset by not only his own regular customers, but by hundreds he never saw before, who first beg and then berate, his is a sad lot. But in addition to that, his busi ness hasbeen sjiot to pieces. He must live by his profits, but his profits are wiped out and his overhead expenses keep right on mounting. He would make money by closing his yards until the coal supply im proves. But, instead of that, he has been trying to meet the demands of the public and the Fuel Adminis trator and at the same time keep out of the sheriff's hands. If you think the coal man's life is a happy one go buy a yard and try it for yourself. Germany is hearing from her own people now, and their voice is likely to be more potential than any protest from the outside. Gradually the peo ple of Germany are learning that the war was "not thrust upon Germany," but was started by the rulers of that country for the promotion of their own selfish aims and to gratify an insatiable ambition to rule the world. The examples of Caesar and Napoleon were not sufficient for these egotists, and they are now paying the price of /.their own folly. THE GREAT ADVENTURE I, F YOUR boy is persistent in his desire to enlist for the war don't be too insistent upon your re fusal to consent. There is danger for him in the Army, to be sure, but there is danger also at home. From Chicago comes the story of a lad who was relieved from mili tary duty by a local draft board after repeated efforts on the part of his mother to have him exempted. Three days later he was struck by an automobile and lost a leg. That Is an extreme case, but it illustrates the point. You have only your son's welfare at heart, no doubt, when you urge him to remain at home while his comrades are donning the uniform of their country, but be sure that you are doing him a kind ness before you persuade him not to go. Be sure that you are not yielding to a selfish impulse, as well, in your arguments against his en listment. The lad who wants to enter the Army now has in his mind's eye the Great Adventure of all time. He Is imbued with the spirit of the Knight of the Holy Grail and of the Crusaders. He wants to have a part In liberating the world from the grip of autocracy, and to cheat him of the opportunity would be to rob him of an experience that in the years to come will be to him a priceless memory and to his chil dren their greatest heritage. Have you ever seen a party of Civil War veterans foregathered for & "camp fire" or reunion? Their Great Adventure was the liberation of the slaves. Honors and experi ences In abundance have come to them In later years, but their ser , yice with the flag 1b the great out- EVENING, standing event of their lives. With any other experience would they part, but never with that. Ask any one of them about It. Ask him whether or not he would enlist again to-day, were the opportunity his. Ask him whether or not you should Jet your boy bo. Commissioner Lynch has been up against the most serious problem of his career as head of the highways of Harrisburg. Not even the oldest in habitant can recall such a winter of continuous snowfall and the job of keeping the streets and crossings and sidewalks in a passable condition has been Herculean in its proportions. , MISSES THE POINT AN ATLANTA exchange takes exception to a recent editorial appearing in the columns of the Telegraph, but misses the point. The Telegraph does not object to the planters receiving higher prices for their cotton now than in peace times; far from that. Its objection lies in the failure of the Adminis tration to fix a fair price for cotton, the staple crop of the Southern far mer, as it has for wheat, the staple of the North, and, further, because the War Trade Board has made a ruling that "no Individual licenses shall be required for the exportation of raw cotton to the United King dom, France, Japan or their colonies." Whereas Northern producers of agricultural products and Northern manufacturers must continue to make thqir way toilsomely around through the dozen or so of buildings at Washington which house the War Trade Board and must maintain the practice of going, hat in hand, to ask permission to do business with established or new foreign cus tomers, King Cotton will be subject ed to no such disagreeable experi ence. This royal product may be sold anywhere, without restriction, at any price; and if the foreign de mand is large enough and the price high enough it may be that the home consumer will find himself hard pressed to obtain cotton for his own use. Through Democratic favoritism and Southern dominance in Con gress, the cotton planter has been able to protect himself from any form of Government regulation of the price and the distribution of his staple at home; and now, by the grace of the Democratic War Board, which rules our export trade, the cotton planter is given an exception al advantage in selling his product in other lands. "Who struck Billy Patterson" is not a more difficult problem to solve than the ash question in Harrisburg. Our municipal authorities have been unable to reach any conclusion re garding the matter, after a discussion of several months, but it is still the hope of the people that some ade quate provision will be made so that the city shall be protected and yie health of the people conserved. WOMEN IN THE WAR GREAT changes have come as the result of the world war, and in our own country men and women are at last realizing that old traditions and practices must give way before conditions which were not even dreamed of a year ago. In an article on the Industrial changes recently ex-Ambassador James W. Gerard held that one of the crying needs of this country is a great labor exchange, such as had. been organized by Germany, with branches in all the cities and towns of our country. He believes the women could conduct such an ex change so that women and girls who are idle in the industrial" centers may have places obtained for them at good wages in other parts of the country. "The details of arranging such an exchange," suggests the former Am bassador, "of providing means of certifying as to the character and capability of employes and employ ers, and of advancing the means of transportation, where necessary, form f. problem worthy of attention of the most capable t American women." Here in Harrisburg we have the nucleus of such an organization in the Red Cross and the National War Aid Associations. These instrumen talities may be so merged and de veloped as to get the best results with the least waste of effort. As the war goes on pride of opinion, social or personal ambition, any thing and everything which may in terfere with efficiency and practical results must disappear. There has been from the very out set in this community an intelligent appreciation of the part which the women and girls must play in the greatest tragedy of the ages. All have responded to every call and the line record of Harrisburg and the district of "which it is the cen ter in the mobilization of the na tional forces is due in large treas ure to the inspiring and noble ef forts of our patriotic women. After the war the necessity of providing employment for those who have taken the places of men in the service will require careful thought and such a national labor exchange as herein discussed would seem to be an eminently practical move ment. NO BEER FOR GERMANY GERMANY, it is reported, Is without beer. Now we begin to understand the reports of riots in Berlin. The German has stood up manfully under the wheat and potato restrictions. He has been able to get along without his Lim burger and pretzels. But beer, ah, that is a serious matter. Now, if we could only cut off the sausage sup ply the fate of the Kaiser would be sealed. By such small things do empires rise and fall. y ck By the Ex-Committeeman J Probably the best example of fore handedness In regard to politics that has been heard of even around the State Capitol, where politics of the upper grade? is sometimes play ed, comes from one of the central counties. It is Interesting because inquiry has shown that the same thing Is being done in northwestern and in eastern counties. I is sig nificant as showing that there will be a battle for the organization t)t the next Legislature, no matter what happens. Half a dozen Republicans who have announced aspirations for the nominations for legislative seats, one man said to be in York county, are understood to have been approached and asked where they would stand in regard to election of a Speaker for the next House of Representatives, ilost of them have declined to com mit themselves, but one man is re ported to have declared that if such tactics went on there would not be much use of Republicans .trying to caucus, as the House would be Dem ocratic. It is said that some of the Re publican leaders have been busy hunting candidates in some counties who will make It their platform that they will stand by the Republican nominees for Congress or anything else, no matter how the primary re sults. Sentiment for men who will abide by the decision of the primar ies and not carry the torch of fac tionalism beyond May is growing in the state and there will be short shrift for bolters. —lnsurance Commissioner Charles A. Ambler said last night regarding reports that he might run for the Senate, that he was considering the matter. He said that he had been urged by many men to get into the fight and had an eye on it. It seems certain that in the event that Am bler runs for the Senate that Rep resentative James S. Boyd will op pose him for the nomination and that it will be a battle royal. In fact, Montgomery would be a point of state-wide Interest. —lntimations that the O'Neil pub licity campaign would be directed by a western newspaperman of wide experience have caused a cooling of interest in the State Highway Com missioner's boom in certain direc tions. —An interesting indication of what some Democratic organs hope from the Republican contest is fur nished by the Harrisburg Patriot to day, which says: "The Highway Commissioner has set his heart on being Governor. It will hardly be possible for him to win the g. o. p. nomination. The odds are too great. But O'Neal might take it into his .lead to continue his fight for th purification of the state and carry it right into the November elec tion." —Members of the State Agricul tural Commission are giving flne ex nmples of maintaining silence in re gard to what they intend to do with the appointments. The Commission ers are due to meet hero next month. —Mayor Council's decision to abide by the advice given to him that the places of Mayor of Scranton and State Registration Commission er for that city are not incompat ible will save a lot of bother in Har risburg. There have been numerous applicants for the place as Commis sioner and it will not have to be filed for some time, which will add one more place to the list at the disposal of the Governor and he need not hurry about it. Just what will be the effect in Scranton is a matter of speculation. The Mayor had a candidate for the Commissioner ship, too. —Congressman B. K. Focht writes in his Lewisburg newspaper, which is always interesting, even if it does make some people froth at the mouth: "With much to account for to the country, and a row now rag ing within their own party lines, the Democrats are not so sure of where they will land at this fall's election, and it is freely predicted that with harmony within the Re publican ranks, the House is sure to be Republican with a chance of get ting the Senate also. And it looks as though Republicans will be unit ed this year as they have not been since 1910. There comes good word from Pennsylvania and at a most opportune and propitious time. The Republican Congressmen had a most harmonious meeting on Tuesday ana there is much to indicate that dur ing this war time there is no popu lar demand for a change in the Re publican representation from Penn sylvania in Congress. This attitude will of itself eliminate much of the bitterness of factionalism. Coupled with this good omen we have the announcement of Senator W. C. Sproul, of Chester county, that he is a candidate for the Republican nom ination for Governor of Pennsylva nia. The Senator is a trained legis lator and successful businessman, with a large personal acquaintance which is affectionately 'attached to him. Along with the announce ment of his candidacy comes the word that he will not have any for midable opposition, all factions in the state being at least tentatively for him with the prospects of a full union of strength behind him, thus making the prospects for an era of good feeling among Pennsylvania Republicans most promising. Re publicans never lose wTien they are united. May they be together this year and again in 1920, for the coun try needs the party of progress and business capacity to restore happi ness and prosperity after the war." WRITE TO YOUR BOY If some of the mothers and fathers could see the disappointed look on their boy's face when the mail is given out in France—hear him say, "Another mail and no letter from home; I would rather have one let ter from home than one from each of the friends I know"—X think they would not rest at night until they had a letter ready for the post for that boy, and be sure that he got one at least every other post, once or twice a week. I wonder if tliey know they are depending on them for love. A boy expects it, at least from his own people, and you may be sure if he does not get it in let ters from home, in most cases he gets none. Can you picture a young boy ready to go in the line and just before the mall is given out, as is the case sometimes when it Just hap pens along before we leave our bil let, he fails to get a letter and re marks: "No letter last time," or "None this time, and I am going in the line," and you see a tear fall. I have seen this happen.—Charles H. Carson in Association Men. A Notable Year Nineteen hundred and seventeen will be remembered as the year in which garbage became an obsolete institution. — From the Washington Star. HARJRISBURG TTBSRI TELEGRAPH! MOVIE OF A MAN TRYING TO SUPPRESS A YAWN BY BRIGGS _____________ A COMPELLED TO LISTED FEELS HEA\/V IW TRVS TB C<WER COUGHS ■* To LADY HIGHBROW THE EVELLDS AWO UP HALF A TTEMPT TO HAS STROWG DEO*?E_ (O VAVAJIOJ CAMOOPCAGE YAVAJM BAD MANNERS TBVS TO SQUARE. , DE-CLDE-S 7b USE MOPIOJG TO &NEAK OMCE STARTED HIINXVSELF 8V A VAJILL POVAJIRR SMALL VAV>JNJ OUGR AMD HARD TO JJILSR T FYES IMMODERATELY IWTEMSe DESIRE j£f\ £& iK Aw EMBARRAISE© - LADV SH6UJ.S SIGMS LADV DEPARTS. D TO'BE A .O" IF 6PM"R>W<I. STARTS DELAVCD L A\AJ -W ' '-"L oi= 0 i= THIS TERRIBLE BRIGHTEMS PERCEPTIBLY. VAWM VAVOFO : j£> | EDITORIAL COMMENT "Bill" Haywood says that there is "nothing in common between the I. W. W. and the Bolsheviki," and since the Bolsheviki have shown some disposition to disagree with Prussia, it looks as though "Bill" might be right about it. —Kansas City Star. Kerensky, saj'B the valued Post, | has become "a man of pathetic mystery." About as mysterious, we should say, as a corn-cob. Kerensky cracked because, instead of acting, he conversed. He took the bull by the ear, n<st the horns. He cried havocksky and let slip a pack of roaring sucking-doves. He hung his banners on the inner walls, and struck when the iron was cold. A man of mystery! The mystery was, did he accent his name on the first syllable or the second? —Chicago Tribune. Trotzky might get the ignoble peace prize.—Raleigh News and Observer. What Russia needs now is not so much a Trotzky as a Stand patsky.— Baltimore American. The Bolsheviki can sell peace to Germany, but can they deliver the goods?— Columbia State. LABOR NOTES Electrical workers at Houston, - Texas, receive $6 a day. Since the war started 1,4 21,000 English women have entered paid employment, according to a Govern [ ment report. There are 202,000 in Government departments, 88,000 In the transport systems, 54,000 in, banking, 518,000 in industries and 324,000 in commerce. The minimum on which a family of five can live in New York is, shown to be S9BO this year, as com pared with SB4O in 1915. In 1915 half the married men in this city were found to be receiving less than sls a week, while sl7 was the aver age. John B. Lennon, for twenty-seven years treasurer of the American Federation of Labor, has accepted appointment as a mediator for the Department of Labor and has been csslgned the states of Illinois, lowa, Wisconsin, Indiana and Missouri. The Department of Labor an nounces the transfer of the United States Employment Service (the Government's machinery for placing wage-earners in profitable employ ment) from the Bureau of Immi gration to the office of the Secretary of Labor. Under a decree of September 26, 1916, a bureau of labor has been established by the Netherlands in the Department of Public Works, charged with instituting unemploy ment insurance, establishing labor exchanges and endeavoring to pre vent unemployment and to provide unemployment benefits. More than half the Americans formerly in the employ of the Philippine Government have been retired since July, 1913. There are now a few more than 1,200 Ameri cans in the service, whereas four years ago there were more than 2,600. Meanwhile 'there has been a steady increase, naturally, in Filipino employes of the Govern ment, the list showing 1,000. What the Weather Said Don't blame the weather man at ail- Not wantin' to complain. For snow falls when it's time to fall, And rain knows when to rain. The weather man—he does his best. And then the weather does the rest. One brother wants a spell that's dry, One wants a flood below, But nary one can run the sky, Or tell the wind to blow. The weather still speaks sure and plain; "I reckon I can r.un this rain!" Oh, who can tell the weather's plan? You might's well be resigned! It says: "I'll 'tip' that weather man, And- then I'll change my mind!" The prophets all laid on the shelf. The weather says: "I'll run my self!" —Frank L. Stanton in the Atlanta Constitution. THE PEOPLE'S FORUM ERROR CORRECTED lo the Udttor of the Telegraph: I was misquoted in your valued paper last evening as having said, "The men who go out of Harrisburg cited as qualified for general mili tary service, should be the finest set of soldier material, physically and mentally, that ever wore an army uniform." If you will be good enough to make that statement, "The men who are selected through the local boards of the country" instead of just "Harrisburg" you will be ex pressing just what I said to the in terviewer. The work of all local boards is checked up by special ad visory boards of medical examiners. This ought and I believe will re sult in the type of soldiers wearing U. S. A. khaki such as never went to war before in this old world of ours. Yours truly, DR. C. R. PHILLIPS, Local Board of Harrisburg. THE LABOR SUPPLY (New York Times) Secretary Wilson said three weeks ago that the supply of labor was sufficient for our industries, the problem to be solved being one of adjustment. This assertion is now repeated by the United States Em ployment Service, which, under the direction of the Department of La bor, has set out to make a census of the Nation's workingmen and to provide for distribution of them by means of local offices or exchanges. Help wil be given by labor unions and existing state organizations. Evidence in.support of the encour aging conclusion that supply is equal to demand is found in pub lished reports from all parts of the country. In several large cities there is neither surplus nor short age. But in many places the scales are not evenly balanced. And in some industries there are more ap plicants for' work than can be em ployed, while In others the addition of hundreds is needed. The Em ployment Service must transfer men from one state to another and satis fy the requirements of industries, beginning with those which are of vital importance. LACK OF CO-ORDINATION (Philadelphia Public Ledger) It must be said in all fairness that Secretary Baker's reply to his critics is on the whole more con vincing than the public had antici pated. In the iirst place his attitude was less self-sufficient than it had been at a former Rearing before the Senate Military Committee. He was more ready to admit that there had been short-comings in his de partment, though he called atten tion to its achievements. His de fense naturally involved some spe cial pleading, such as a lawyer en deavoring to make out a case might be expected to indulge in. Thus he pointefl out that France and Eng land had urged the sending of troops first of all, and had promised to supply ordnance so as to save ton nage and facilitate transportation. The answer to this, of course, is that our lack of ordnance made this the only thing to do. The fact re mains that in spite of ample warn ings of the probability of war we were far from a reasonable state of readiness when the war came. Mr. Baker is not altogether responsible for this. Yet It is difficult to ac quit him of some failure to hasten preparations as he might have done. Nor is the attempt to "pass the buck" to General Wood or to Gen eral Pershing quite convincing. To say that the former had urged hur rying the men to camps even if they had to drill in civilian clothes is not an excuse for the defective sani tation which General Gorgas de scribed. To say that Pershing want ed Lewis guns only for aviation corps is not an explanation of the delay in selecting the type of rifle and pushing its manufacture. Again it may be said that the fault is not to be imputed to the Secretary alone. Thero is evidence in his speech, as elsewhere, of lack of co-ordination and lack of foresight. PROMISEOF THE MANNA Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain, rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk In my law, or no.—Exodus xvl. 4. > THANK FIREMEN To the Editor of the Telegraph: Please publish this in your col umns: With the thermometer around zero Harrisburg's volunteer firemen on January 22nd, prevented a very large fire by their prompt response and untiring efforts. We whose homes were saved wish to publicly acknowledge our grati tude to each one and commend them for their good work, in spite of the heavy snow and trouble with their engines. Our sincere thanks go to every one who assisted us so willingly and we assure you it was appreciated by The Residents of North Linden St. THE STATE PRESS One of the larger Sunday papers had quite a deal of rot about "di vinely blushing" trained nurses abroad seeing our lads strolling by and wishing they were detailed to "safeguard" the dear fellows over Paris. This is the kind of sweet Sammy truck that drives our boys over the top when there is no need to go. It makes this war seem like an all-day sucker dream and the readers of papers like harmless maniacs let lose in the asylum grounds of a Sunday afternoon.— Hagerstown Mail. Dr. Joseph K. Dixon's appeal for ten Indian regiments is to be heard by the Senate Military Committee shortly. In the meantime Dr. Dixon is pushing his propaganda as fast as possible by public lectures. No man is acquainted with the In dian better than he. No other man has visited and become so familiar with every reservation in the coun try or knows ffb many Indians per sonally. More important is the fact that he knows the heart, mind and soul of the aborigine and has his heart sympathy.—Philadelphia In quirer. The Alphabet of Kaiser K is for Killing Of which he is king. A is for Anger Let wild demons sing! ' I stands for Infants— By bayonets slain, S stands for Sorrow, With anguish and pain! E Is for Empty— Sad Belgium torn France. R—Retribution, There's no second chance* —Marshall Louis Mertens. TEN BIG BREWERS There were ten big brewers held council of war To see how they'd manage to keep open "the bar;" For fanatics by sodas and grape juice had made Such inroads upon them that they were afraid The time was not distant when over the line They'd number not ten but only Just nine. The nine that got over put on a bold front. And said, "It's respectable places we want; Just let us clean up the saloons while you wait." The fanatics said, "No," and then there were eight. Yes only eight brewers still on the bum job, A-calling each Prohib a crank and a snob; But the cranks and the snobs de cided to fix Two more of the brewers, and then were six. Just six little brewers a-growlng heart-sick, To see how the foes of their traffic grew thick; These foes set upon them and cap tured two more, And so their full number was left at just four. Four poor lonely brewers, a pitiful lot, Soon they'll be unable to make one poor sot; For the four at one swoop we'll sweep out of the land. And let all the poor sots learn up right to stand. B. E. P. PRTJGH, Harrisburg, Pa. r JANUARY 31, 1913. Over tta In "pwuau . - How they used to laugh when you told them you liked mush! Now it is the great American ex travagance. The good old cornmeal variety is becoming so popular that the price is shooting sky-high. • * * WHAT A BABY COSTS "How much do babies cost?" said he, The other night upon my knee. And then I said, "They cost a lot; A lot of watching by a cot, A lot of sleepless hours and care, A lot of heartache and despair, A lot of fear and trying dread, And sometimes many tears are shed In payment for our babies small, But everyone is worth it all." • • • Lafe Bixby, who got drafted last week, wrote back to Hen Sogg's ton sorial parlor for his ukelele, reports the Old Willow correspondent. Now Sogg is in an awful fix, as he found by taking the strings off it what a handy cuspidor the ukelele made. OUR DAILY LAUGH REAL FRIENDSHIP. "How do they get along with their neighbors." "Very well. They even lend each Other sugar." VERY APPROPRIATE. Ist*Bug: why the two dollar Mil ? 2nd Bug: My guests want to Canoe on the creonl BETTER WITHOUT. "I asked her to kiss me, without avail." "You were right to stipulate that. Kissing through a veil spoils half the fun." OUR OPPORTUNITY 1 . "We owe a great deal to our an cestors." "That's true. And this w*r Is a (hie opportunity tor us to 9*7 & pert of our ftetot." Btntbtg GHpl William H. Ball, Secretary to the Governor, has just received a hand somely bound album of 500 photo graphs of incidents on t,he tour of the Liberty Bell across the coun try in 1915. Mr. Bell was then chief of the bureau of city property of . Philadelphia, which Includes the Bell, and bossed the Job. The photo graphs were taken by Lewis R. Snow, the city's official photo grapher, and are among the finest brought to this city. Mr. Ball is shown in shirt sleeves and also in a raincoat superintending the start of the Bell from Independence Hall: directing placing of the Bell on its car and riding in a parade. He is shown at Harrlsburg, Altoona and various cities, holding up children to lay hands on the Bell, receiving flowers and escorting dignitaries to the object of affection of the Ameri can people. There is something for almost everyone of the 400 stops on a Journey of 12,000 miles. One of the most interesting In the delegation of crippled children at Lincoln, Ne braska, who got to visit the Bell to the great disturbance of a parade and the perturbation of the mayor, one of the Bryan family. At St. Jo, Missouri, Mayor Marshall is shown beside the Bell. He is a son of the great John Marshall and a most in teresting coincidence was that the Bell rang for liberty on July 8, 1776, four days after the chairman of Congress signed the Declaration and cracked when it rang July 8, 1886, for the death of Marshall. It was July 8, 1915, that Mayor Marshall stood beside the Bell in St. Jo. The pictures show the tremendous en thusiasm of the people for the Bell from Philadelphia to the Golden Gate. # • • Adjutant General F. D. Beary is making an effort to get some action on numerous complaints being made to him that the families of soldiers are not receiving their allotment of the pay which the Government sends through the War Risk Bureau. Many letters have come complaining of failure to get the money and of consequent distress. General Beary is sending them to Washington as it is not a state matter, but one for the War Department. In transmit ting the letters he calls attention to the urgency of the cases and asks prompt Inquiry. • • • "Charley" Stevens, the man who was the first to sing in this city, those old-time ballads, "Sallie in Our Alley," and "White Wings," is dead. He was for many year* the leading tenor singer with the famous Carncross and Dixey minstrels and is known to many old timers in Har risburg. His last appearance here was at the old Opera House in 1880. Previous to that time he was billed as "The World's Famous Silver Voiced Tenor," and he was a big card on every visit here. In private life he was known as David W. D. Warden. For many years after he left the road, he was prominent in minstrel shows in Philadelphia, his home town. He started as a singer in a church choir and was discovered by a theatrical manager who put him on the stage shortly after the close of the Civil War. • • • Here is a new one on traction cars and snow. Day before yester day a man called up the Harrisburg Railways office and insisted on talk ing to President Musser. After a while he got him on the wire be cause he was persistent and would not talk to any one else. "Mr. Musser?" "Yes." "Is the Hummelstown line open yet?" "Yes, we have it open and traffic moving." "Thanks, I want to take out my automobile and go to Hummelstown but if you had not opened the trol ley tracks I would not have tried it," came back. "Oh, very well," said the railway head. ♦ • • From all accounts the ribbons won by youthful corn growers and schools at the state mid winter farm prod ucts show here last week have boon the cause of much local pride. Rur al new 3 letters ifi papers throughout the state tell of the winning* and c'ircuss the merits of the corn in a manner which indicates the deep in terest of the country folks in such n'atters as big ears of corn and line potatoes. The manner in which contractors and builders kept on the job yes terday in spite of the low tempera ture was well worth watching. In fact, some people who could not work themselves put in some time observing the manner in which the men employed on the Penn-Harris went about their Job. In the outly ing districts where new houses are being built men worked behind can vass and board screens and lucky were those who could put In win dow frames and panes. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE~~ —J. M. Coughlin, the Wilkes- Barro educator, who will soon re tire, was a member of the State School Code Commission. —Dean F. Miller, the Altoona clergyman, who says that angling is a clerical sport, says that he has been fishing since he was a mere lad. —Charles J. Rhoads, who has re signed as governor of the Philadel phia Reserve Bank, will go to France on Y. M. C. A. work. —William Kirkpatrick, of the North Wales Record, has been chosen as president of the Mont- gomery and Bucks Newspapermen's organization. —William Plinn is spending the rough weather in Florida. —F. H. Lloyd, Pittsburgh mer chant has been elected a vice-presi dent of the American Wholesale Dry Goods Association. 1 DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg is becoming a great distributing point for apples? HISTORIC IIAIIHIKBCRG When the State Capitol first mov ed here the state arsenal was main tained for a while at Philadelphia. Millstone Feelings [From the New London Dav] Before three moons have waxed and waned, William McAdoo will wish that his appointment as rail road director general had been teth ered by a heavy millstone and cast far, far out into the midst of the sea. Complaint, criticism and un popularity are looming to sweep over it like the waters of Noah's aw tul flood. OTHER BABIES (From the Youth's Companion) "Friends who wish to send flowers will please give the money to the babies of our Allies," was the closing sentence in the death notice of a baby that died the other day lc Boston. It suggests a beautiful way to pay a tribute to the memory of the little one whose life la ended,
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