8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NMWSPAPtR POR THS HOMS PmnM ItS' Published evenlnra except Sunday by THS TBLBORAPH MUNTIHO CO„ Tdamik Ballihub FHtral Ifau*. XL J. STACK POLES* Prts't & Bdifriu-CMrf iJT, R. OYSTER, Btum*u Manaftr. tOUa M. STEUNMETZ, iitmaging Editor. Mwnbtr of tha Associated Press —Tha Aaaoclated Press Is exclusively en titled to the use for rapublicatlon of all newa dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in thla paper and also the local news published \ ( herein. Ufcll rights of republication of apeclal , dispatches herein are also reserved. I Member American Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Asaocl- Eastern office. Story. Brooks & Avenue Building. Western of flee, Flnley. Xntered at the Post Office In Harris burg; Pa* as second class matter. I , nfir*! By carriers, ten cents a <mßpftETO3Sc> week; by mall, $5.00 a year In advance. MONDAY. FKBRUAKY 11, 1018 Trial* are Ood's vote of confidence <a us. —Db. F. B. Meyeb. LOYAL SUPPORT FOLLOWING a conference of Re publican Senators in Washing ton Saturday, Senator Galling ■er, of Now Hampshire, said tho Re publican Senators "will give hearty and united support to all measure necessary to the vigorous prosecu tion of tho war to a successful end." Of course they will, and it would never have been necessary for Senator Oallinger to mention t.he fact had it not been for tho un patriotic and untruthful chatter of small persons at Washington who attribute unworthy motives to any body in or out of their party who happens to disagree with the ideas of the Democratic organization, or administration —the two are so closely related that it is difficult to separate one from the other. President Wilson has had no more loyal supporters in any walk of life than he has had in his war policies and measures on the Re publican side of the Senate, so long as those policies and measures coin cided with good judgment and un questionable efficiency in the con duct of the war. Republican votes in the upper house of Congress saved the big bills on which the President has based all his war plans. They might have been de feated, probably would have been, for the most part, had it not been for sturdy and unswerving Repub lican support. But there is nothing to merit self-congratulation in that. Repub licans would have been untrue to their trust and to their country had they done otherwise. The Republi can party has stood second to none in patriotism and courage. The very existence of the Union is a product of its devotion, courage and statesmanlike qualities. It does not mean to cast loose from its old traditions now. Rather, it means to keep its fame bright and its record clear, and to insist that other par ties play this war game as cleanly and as unselfishly as it is doing. But it does not intend to take orders /blindly from anybody except the people themselves. It means to stand for what is right and just, for tho best interests of the country as a whole and the world at large. Make no mistake about that. And those Senators who on Sat urday decided to "give hearty and united support to all measures ne cessary for the prosecution of the war to a successful conclusion" voiced the sentiments of the graat rank and file of the Republican party, as wefl as the conviction of the Republican members of the Sen ! ate. On this issue the Republican party stands as one. It is for the country first, last and all the time; for country above party and above personality. Let its critics see to it that they can come before the pub lic with hands as clean and con science as clear, and then there will be no question as to the successful conduct of America's part in the great world-conflict. Mark Twain's daughter denlrs that her father has written a "spiritual istic" book to be given to the world through Professor Byslop. Anyway, we bet it would be a funny volume, SELL THE WHEAT THERE can be little excuse for farmers who are not- selling wheat not required for seed purposes. The United States Gov ernment has fixed a price for the grain, subject to certain district regulations, and has limited the amount which may be sold to mil lers. The President has issued a call to the people of the Nation to refrain from eating food in which wheat is used so that American sol | dlers may be well fed and the allied countries provided with sustenance. And yet we hear that there are -1 farmers in Pennsylvania, some In the great wheat producing belt of which Dauphin Is a part, who have not , sold their wheat. We hesitate to believe that there is much remain*- J ing In the barns after all that the President has said and the necessity ; of sending wheat abroad has been I emphasized. It is the duty of the farmers to sell their wheat. It is MONDAY EVENING, HABBIBBURG TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 11, 1918. good bualneaa became the price la fixed. It la common sense to clear out the granary now. The eaitie ntay bo aatd about po tatoes. There uppeara to bo a dif ference, too, between the potatoea ralaad and thoae that have found their way to market. What la said about wheat may also be ■ true of potatoes. No one is going to anything by holding back. It is a patriotic duty to aell what is in the barns now ao that the price to the con sumer may be reduced and the sup ply be adjusted. The farmer will lose nothing thereby. The sugar famine has taught some of us the location of grocery stores we never before knew existed. WHY NOT HERE? CITY managership is already showing results iv Altoona, where the commissioners are exercising only supervisory powers over the city government, while the actual work Is entrusted to a city manager, p'ald for by the joint 'sal aries of the councllmen, which have been voluntarily pooled for the pur pose. The city manager has cut down expenses almost to the amount of his own salary by inducing a city treasurer to serve the city for sl,- 800 a year, instead of the $5,000 or $6,000 a year formerly paid. If he is able to equalize salaries on the basis of service rendered he will have done a great work for Altoona and accomplished an economy, the lack of which is costing other cities, Harrisburg included, a vast amount of money and considerable in lost motion and inefficiency. For example, there are heads of branches In the city service who have spent years in study and training who are getting less pay than some others employed to do clerical work that almost any business college graduate conld be taught to do with a day or two of coaching. We are paying some $6,000 a year for a city treasurer (and this is not intended as a reflection upon the present in cumbent or any of his predecessors, who have performed their cervices faithfully and well), while Altoona is getting the work done just as well for SI,BOO. The city treasurer's du ties are little more than clerical. To be sure, he has the responsibility of caring for larg® sums of money, but the city amply protects Itself by paying for his bond. And while we are paying this large sum for a work not particularly difficult to perform we are hesitating about the payment of a far less amount for a skilled engineer to run the water depart ment and prevent a repetition of the serious water shortage that cost us thousands upon thousands of dollars a few weeks ago. No businessman would conduct a private enterprise in this way and no city manager worthy the name would think of do ing so. That the laborer is worthy of his hire is just as true to-day as it was when the sentence was first penned, but merely because a man Is in the service of the public is no reason why he should be paid too much or too little. It is notoriously true that the positions in the city service re quiring the most skill and experi ence are underpaid, while those of little or no importance have all the advantage, where there is advan tage. Of course, there are excep tions, but generally speaking we are paying too little for expert service and too much for work that re quires little skill or experience. A city manager on the Altoona plan might be expected to equalize the salary list here, so that the many who serve faithfully for small pay might be benefited by taking from some of those who receive more for their work than they would receive for similar work in private business. A city managdr running the busi ness of the municipality as he would a private enterprise entrusted to his supervision would see to it that the servants of the city are paid just as much as they would receive were they occupying positions la- private life; no more, no less. They are en titled to just that much and not a penny more. Demoyne has the right idea. It ex presses Its sympathy In dollars. COMMUNITY SINGING THE Telegraph is pleased to note the attention accorded a re cently published editorial relat ing to community singing for Har risburg. Evidently the need of mu sic of this kind is keenly felt by those who know what the people of localities are doing along this line and how beneficial tho results have been elsewhere. This newspaper is always happy to encourage any movement for the up-lift and improvement of Harris burg. It is encouraging to note how responsive the public Is to sug gestions of the kind. It pledges itself to give its full support to anything that may be done toward the organization of a community chorus, or choruses, by those who have given the matter such hearty endorsement. It takes more than an abscess to lay the Colonel out for long. TsUtlc* Ck By the Ex-Committeeman The first official state-wide meeting of political Interest of 1918 will be held tills week In Pittsburgh and It may have Important results upon the campaign which la to be waged in Pennaylvania this year In behalf of the dry amendment and also upon the selection of state of ficers. The meeting will be a con vention of the Prohibition party in the Keystone state, the cold water people clinging to the idea of a state convention as a means of having popular sentiment voiced in spite of the enactment of the primary law providing for direct nominations. Indications are that attendance will be larger than usual as the prin ciples for which the party liaa been contending for years are now loom ing large on the political horizon. The Prohibition people will na turally make a ringing declaration for the amendment and plan their utmost efforts to have It ratified. This will bring up the question whether the party shall name its own candidates or endorse those of other parties pledged to the amend ment. The next question to be dis cussed is whether the Prohibition party in Pennsylvania shall merge into the proposed new National party. Dr. B. E. P. Prugh, the state chairman, who is a Prohibitionist by principle and in fair weather and storm, says that the convention will be one of the largest ever held in the state and that the party will be found in a healthy condition. The convention will "Indicate" prefer ences for candidates for state offices, but leave district nominations to voters. —Some of the Democratic lead ers, and a few Republicans, too, for that matter, have been laying pipes to capture benefits from the Pro hibition state convention, but there will be nothing doing in the way of boosting any one not allied with the cold water party. The convention, according to leaders, will name its own state organization and stay in the middle of the road, regardless of Republican factional fights and Democratic brawls. Tills is Prohi bition's year, they say, and there is no intention of having the party which has stood for Prohibition for decades and maintained an organi zation become a side show because there are family fights in the two older parties. This it may also be srld will be the attitude of the So cialists of the state in spite of efforts to lead them into a certain factional camp. —Democratic leaders aligned with the inside ring are using the soft pedal wherever they can to stop talk about the governorship and District Attorney E. Dowry Humes does not appear to be a very popu lar man because of the brash man ner in which he announced his am bitions. The bosses take the posi tion that Humes, who is one of their beneficiaries, and all others should await the nod of the ruling class be fore venturing to make a noise like a candidate. That the effort of the Democrats will be to stall oft fur ther discussion was indicated on Sat urday at Pittsburgh by Acting State Chairman and Petroleum Admini strator Joseph F. Guffey, boomed for governor by hopeful friends. "I have no announcement to make now," said Mr. Guffey. "You know Uncle Sam has not entirely let loose of mo altogether, though I resigned as petroleum administrator, I am going back to Washington early in the week and it will be several weeks before my work there is ended." He will have nothing to say poli tically, he indicated, for two or three weeks and possibly not for a month. —Tho "Insider" writing in the Philadelphia Press says of the Re publican situation: , "However, it is generally accepted now in political circles that the Vares intend to support Senator Sproul for Governor. But they are not openly committing themselves. If Senator Vare had the leaders of the ticket in mind at all when be made what amounted to an anti liquor declaration, his threat of O'Neil support was probably aimed more at the second place on the ticKet than at the head. He shows no signs of abatement of zeal for the candidacy of Congressman John R. K. Scott, one of his ward leaders for Lieutenant-Governor. One of his in timate friends said last week that Senator Vare has declared to him with great emphasis that he would elect Scott to the position he sought. The Penrose followers declare they will not take the Congressman on their slate. Until that matter is settled, unless an amicable agree ment is made to let the primaries decide the question, it is obviously not good tactics for Vare to declare himself on the "harmony" issue, but to keep the Penrose forces guessing whether, after all, he may not decide to throw in his lot with O'Neil." —Congressman Henry W. Watson of the Eighth District on Saturday announced that he would be a can didate for re-election to Congress. Mr. Watson made his announcement in a letter he sent each of the Re publican committeemen of Bucks and Montgomery counties, which compose the Eighth Congressional district. He stated that he had ac cepted invitations to deliver ad dresses at points in the two coun ties and that nt these meetings he would express his views fully on the conduct of the war and other pub lic questions as well as discuss his service as a member of Congress. Representative Watson stated that he did not expect any serious oppo sition for the Republican nomina tion despite the fact that there is a report that a Montgomery county Republican will oppose him. —The following Philadelphia In quirer dispatch from Sunbury will Interest many people in the state: "County Treasurer John H. Glass, a potential Republican leader, has come out unqualifled'y for Sproul for Governor, and within a short time created a sentiment that is certain to have its effect in votes later in the year. In declaring his support of the Sproul candidacy, Treasurer Glass expressed the gen eral sentiment of tho Republicans of Mount Carmel, Shamokin, Sun bury and Milton, among whom he had been circulating during the past several weeks. Everywhere he stated, he found the Republican district leaders almost unanimous in their enthusiasm for Sproul. Tliifi is especially true among the farmers and autoists, who have profited greatly by the highways built through the county under the Sproul legislative measures." —Governor Brumbaugh Indulged his fondness for Saturday and holi day appointments again on Saturday when he named Seward W. Button, of Luzerne county, as chief of mines. Most of the Governor's appoint ments are announced when he is out of the city. The last five impor tant appointments, barring two, were announced on Saturdays. The two mentioned, O'Neil and Ambler, were announced on Labor Day, a holiday. t Owr Lk ""peKiuu < *—— - I. Snyder, of Hollywood Farm, Seilnsgrove, gives the following re port of his Rhode Island Red hen, Lady Gloria: "She laid her first egg January 4, 1917, and her last De cember 15th, making a grand total of 337 eggs. She became cropbound by over-eating lawn clippings Juno 9th and missed her first eggs on June 18th and 19th. She laid again on June 20th and missed again, De cember 2nd, 6th, 7th, 9th, 12th, 14th, laying her last egg December 15th, and broke out in full moult Decem ber 27th. She was never broody for a single day during the year. As far as I am able to learn she is the champion hen in the United States." Friends of Mercersburg Academy are proud that this institution has •>67 alumni in service. This school nas been represented In everv war since the French and Indian in which General Hugh Mercer was the community's first and most distin guished representative. He settled in the Cumberland Valley, after a life of military activity abroad, and joined in two expeditions against Fort Duquesne. We have some svmpathy for the •vi ntlernan named Aloe Sweatneck, a mail carrier in .Vcw York who re cently got into trouble on a larceny charge. The load that a mailman must carry entitles him to this name, to be sure, yet there is no use rub bing it in. * * • Rolin Bush, of Locust Ridge, walks seven miles, each way, dally' to attend school. After mending 107,103 pairs of shoes with the same pegging ham mer in 26 years, Michael Cuff, of Mt. Carmel, has broken his ham mer handle. OUR SACRIFICE IS SMALL [Robert Forrest Wilson In Munsey's Magazine.] The people of England, Prance, Belgium and Italy, for the most part voluntarily, are patiently submitting to a state of partial famine in meat, wheat, sugar and fats. The war bread of England is heavily adul terated with potato starch and oth er substitutes for wheat flour. Meat less days, even among the wealthy, are practically universal in Europe. In Italy there are two consecutive meatless days each week. Elsewhere, when meat is served, the portions are minute. France is trying to keep her al lowance of sugar up to eighteen pounds per capita per year. The sugar consumption in this country is ninety pounds a person, or Ave times the amount eaten by the French. In the days of peace Eng land had a sweeter tooth than the United States; but now her people can get only twenty-six pounds of sugar apiece in a year. In Italy the per capita sugar consumption is down to twelve pounds a year. More over, the Italians have no coal; not a heating furnace is lighted in any Italian hotel or private residence this winter. These privations are being endur ed bravely and almost without com plaint by millions of Europeans for the sake of a cause that is as much ours as theirs. And there is no panic, because of the faith in Europe that the United States and Herbert C. Hoover will manage somehow to send food enough to keep life go ing. Trivial indeed are the sacrifices de manded of us when compared with the greater sacrifices being made by the people of Europe, whose rations would be regarded by well fed Americans as starvation itself. In order that the Italians may have a little more wheat flour in their war bread, we are asked to give up a lit tle of our all-wheat bread and sub stitute therefor light, flaky corn muf fins or delicious corn pancakes. We are asked to take a little less from the sugar bowl —not much, only an ounce a week less. That reduction would cut our annual p.er capita sugar consumption to sixty-seven pounds, considerably more than twice the amount the British people are now eating. Getting to Essentials "I think we have at last located the blame for the coal situation," be gan the explanatory statesman. "I don't care anything about the blame just now," interrupted the or dinary citizen. "Have you located any coal?" —From the Washington Star. A Sad Failure Recent German bombardments are said to have been made for the purpose of frightening Ameri cans. The enemy must have dis covered by now that the Yankee doesn't scare worth a cent.—From the Detroit Free Press. Arch Flattery William the Damned says that in God the German nation has an ally "on whom It absolutely can rely." Reverently speaking, the Al mighty must be grateful and flat tered at such a testimonial to his trustworthiness.—George Harvey in the North American Review's War Weekly. LABOR NOTES Municipal firemen at Scranton, Pa., have asked the court to order the common council to Increase wages at least $l5O a year, as provided by an act of the state Legislature. As postwomen and police, as bakers and farm workers, as motor drivers and bus conductors—in almost every occupation—British women are now "carrying on" while their menfolk are away. Printing employers in Beaver, Pa., are accepting the new wage scale of Beaver Typographical Union. Wages are increased *2 to M per week and contracts will continue for three years. A split has occurred in what up till now has formed the ranks of the labor party In Winnipeg, Canada. A new labor party is in process of for mation, and will bar Socialists and Social Democrats. Employes of the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation, at Sydney, Nova Scotia, have organized and are chartered by the Amalgamated Asso ciation of Iron, Steel and Tin Work ers. Salt I.ako City (Utah) Boiler makers' Union has secured agree ments with every contract shop but one small one. The eight-hour day Is established and wages are In creased fifteen cents to f1.35 a day. The Atchison, Topekß and Santa Fe Railroad announces that the semiannual ten per cent." bonus to Its unorganized employes will be continued in the form of a straight •alary increase, payable monthly. WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND | • jpPI H IS,! I' I mm r^-1; \ " 1 i |! - —ll X A\Jbt i PLAYING POKER IN THE CRATER OF A VOLCANO (From the Philadelphia Evening Dedger.) THERE is a great establishment in this district devoted to the manufacture of munitions. Tear down a brick partition and it becomes a vast locomotive-making plant. The Republican party in its infancy was fated to be a war par ty. Functioning as such it freed the slaves and saved the Union. Appomattox ripped open a wall and the party became at once a mighty economic organism, advocating and putting into practice policies which were destined to rescue the Nation from its comparative impotence and poverty. What Republicanism did after the war was comparable in its magnificent results with what it did during the war. It first saved the Union by force of arms; It then saved It and remade It by force of economic policies. Republicanism is the foster moth er of prosperity. Its hold on the Nation is the hold of delinite politics which repeatedly have vindicated themselves. It is the party that be lieves the National business is the chief business of the Nation, that prosperity and trade aire closely al lied, that the promotion of industry is the sure road to happiness and comfort, that a good wage for the American workman and a fair profit for the American businessman are essential purposes of National legis lation. This vision of Republican ism as a great economic power, a party that keeps business going and has interest in the problems of busi ness, may be lost in the recrimina tions of factionalism. Men have known and accepted Republicanism so long that they fall to grasp the vital necessity for it or are too ready to compromise with theories which over and again have proved to be ruinous in operation. We do not believe that men who have thousands of dollars invested In productive enterprises or the thousands of men who work for and get a fair wage in such enterprises, view with anything but alarm Ihe littleness and factionalism of Repub lican leaders In this State—these leaders who play poker in the crat er of a volcano and imagine that 'hey aro at a dinner rarty. Pern sylvanla Is the citadel of Republi canism, but Democratic miners and The Nerve of Caillaux There Is going the rounds in Paris a characteristic story of M. Caillaux. The other Sunday afternoon he ap peared for the last time beflfte the committee of eleven charged with investigating his case. He had, as usual, staggered every one with the absolute coolness with which he met all charges. But when he left tho chamber, in the darkness and fail ing snow, no cab was to be found. "Sapristi," cried the deputy, as he looked In vain for a friendly fiacre. Then an idea struck him, and he ap proached a motor car containing de tectives. "It is you who are shadow ing me?" he questioned. "Yes, monsieur." "Very well, then, take me home," said M. Caillaux, as he entered the police car. Few things, evidently, can upset M. Calllaux's nerve.—From the London Chronicle. James E. Roderick James K. Roderick, chief of the Pennsylvania Department of Mines, who died Thursday, had an intimate and practical knowledge of the work officially assigned to him, and was well equipped for the office he held. He grew up in the anthracite mines, and was forceful In all his efforts to improve the condition of the miners. Notwithstanding stormy changes in politics he held his office through five state administrations.— Prom the Philadelphia Telegraph. sappers are steadily at work. Not in years have the Democrats ap proached a gubernatorial fight with such a fighting chance of success. The thumb of tho Administration is on every industry in the Common wealth. The list of Federal em ployes grows day by day. Certain compromises with demagogy have temporarily strengthened Democrat ic appeal. Great moral issues are in the offing. A new longing is in men's hearts and new dreams Impel them. Political revolution perme ates the air. Yet these petty fac tionalists \\{ho pose as leaders lock themselves in their closets and con tinue their secret politics. Are they so in love with May that they have no eyes for November? We say to party men everywhere that the campaign this year in this Commonwealth is fraught with tre mendous consequences. The loss of Pennsylvania would mean probably a long period of economic experi mentation in National affairs after the war, at the most critical period in the trade history of the world. That experimentation in the hands of free-traders and theorists would inevitably be disastrous. A blun der, therefore, in Pennsylvania, leading to a series of blunders there after would be ruinous to many in dustries and almost fatal to others. It is of the most vital importance that Republicans present this year a united front, that they forget fac tionalism, that they put forward as their candidates the best men avail able. in the Commonwealth, that they inject into their councils the wisdom of the older days and the compelling energy that formerly characterized the conduct of cam paigns, that they attune themselves conservatively to the march of events, rejecting nothing because it Is new and clinging to nothing sim ply because it is old. but applying to every issue the acid test. We say these things are necessary unless calamity is to be invited and defeat welcomed. A party which is a mere faction cannot hold Penn sylvania. The fight this year must be neither for Penrose nor for Vare, but for the militant Republicanism which formerly led the Nation out of the desert and the guiding hand of which must again appear in Na tional affairs in the period of new internationalism which has dawned. Poor Mr. McAdoo Poor Mr. McAdoo! Think of the jobs he's hitched up to— The Treasury, the railroad crew, The Income tax, and then a few, Each week they hand him something new, To tax his time and temper, too. He has to know when loans are due, What source to get his billions through. What fund to passVach dollar to, Which tax is what, and who is who; What bonds to sell and what renew. Which "trust" to coax and which to sue, He stretches out each day to two, To do the things he has to do. The job would flounder me or you— But it's a cinch for McAdoo! —Philadelphia Inquirer. Venting His Wrath "Of course you don't permit your husband to talk back to you," re marked the first strong minded woman. "Certainly not," said the second strong minded woman. "But some times, after I have given John a piece of my mind, he rushes to the cellar and shakes down the furnace ao furiously that I have an idea what he might do to me if he dared." he might do to me if he dared."— From Birmingham Age-Herald. A Popular "Pome" Timely pome in the Boliver Free Press: We pity the man with A cold in his head; If it lasted forever He'd better be dead. He leaves off his h's And adds on some d's; If he gets in the sunshine He's certain to sneeze. He's the most wretched mortal On earth while it lasts. We know, for he have it. And wish it were past. Honest Doubts A manufacturing Hrm offered a prize for the best original motto for a pen.—From the Christian Regis ter. ,<4 New Way •'Going to make any good resolur t'ons?" "No. I'm Just going to try to re form this year without any special ceremony." OUR DAILY LAUGH ' "wji-Jbj HIS FAVOR fru. ITE PASTIME. i Golf BuK — - My, my, nothing like a bit ol r sport on th 0 links! HIS SPEND THRIFT WIFE. Ec on o mists tell us that a dollar now-a- , days is only ( \ worth fifty \/V Cf f, I cents. v y Huh, It isn't ■worth that H much to my I ' ADVICE. My son, it is easy enough to Yes, father. fwsL But the tr * cl< yffll of life Is not to gjjjiffl promise but ta AFTER THE 111! If ll Im ESTATE WAS jj| |>l §! | | j]| 8 SETTLED. HI IVI I ll 111 She: My uncle | ||pfi| | |1 I| || who died made jjll] UMll me his sole Jlf l||| much did he She: Nothing. \\/j \\F/ lEimtttuj (Eljai Harrisburg's manner of adaptlni Itself to the "hcatless Mondays" li much commented upon by people who come to this city either ir connection with commercial matters or on business at the State Capito and for just plain visits and th< good-natured way in which its folks have accepted the many inconven iences is a matter for congratula tion. The Monday edict has cosl this city many dollars and In manj sections the saving of fuel, througi! the extraordinary weather whlcl forced fires or heat to be kept 01 to prevent damage has been slight. The stores have been tightlj closed and offices and other estab lishments have been marked bj drawn blinds although in many casei they have been right beside place! where public business went on anc could have been operated with verj little difference. But what seem! to have impressed many people is the fact that in spite of the sus pensions the people kept oft th< strets. Kven the theaters and mov ing picture places did not have th jams they expected. This mav b party accounted for by the fact'tha two of the Mondays yere marked bj atrocious weather. However, thi fact remains that people stayed a home and this, combined with th< darkened windows and signs, gavi the town a Sunday appearance it the evenings. The present hollda' which was one of the things cal culated by the National Administra tion as a factor in fuel saving fron Saturday noon until Tuesdaj morning, will make an unusual gaj in February life. Commercial me) say that in some of the cities the' have been in on Mondays the shut down Is abused as roundly as It I commended and that it will tak months to figure out the net results The consensus of opinion amonf these men, who get all over tli state, Is that if the weather had no been so severe there would hav been a better chance to test th order. • • • In connection with then weather i was amusing the last three evening of the week just closed to see th way people Hocked Into the city' business and theater district. I seemed as though everyone had bee housed up by the zero weath'er an that they all wanted to get out an enjoy life as soon as a thaw came The result was that the trolley line; already running with fewer cars be cause of the repair conditions, wer jammed and so were the "movie places. • • • State LlbVarlan Thomas Lyne Montgomery, who will go to At lantic City this week to attend mel ings of the Pennsylvania Library At sociation, hopes to have a big rer resentation from Pennsylvania whe the National Association meets n Saratoga, this year. Dr. Monl gomery is the president of the Nu tional Association. • # • Ex-Governor Frank E. Willi who comes to Harrisburg on th night of the nineteenth to addvej the meeting arranged by the Ant Saloon League for tire Dauphi county backers of the dry amen, ment, Is well known to many peopl here as he has spoken in man places. The Buckeye ex-Governo is an old friend of Governor Brun baugh with whom he has lecture for years and Is ono of the best phi form oratbrs In the country. He ft ways has an array of "stunts" an his speeches at the Chicago Nation: Convention are well recalled by chof who saw and heard him. Fran Willis going after the demon rui will be something worth attendlr for Harrisburgers. At the same tin' he can arouse more enthusiasm ;n make about as convincing argumei as any one In the land. ♦ • * Some of the coal trains whic rattled through Harrisburg yeste day were worth watching. The were more like summer tban wii ter trains and the tonnage mov< must have been enormous. On tl Beading there was a continuoi movement of freight and tl strings of "emptiest rushed aero the Susquehanna were inipressiv The Pennsylvania poured in co trains from the north and west such volume as to make it appei that the congestion due to weath end lack of motive power wou be a thing of the past if the presei movement could be maintained witl out further interference from tl weather. ♦ • • Lieutenant G. W. Danforth, of tl United States Navy, will probab have to repeat his lecture to tl children of Harrisburg on the d velopment of the National flag ar what it stands for if the numb of calls keeps up at the Public t brary. The Lieutenant address! some hundreds of youngsters r cently and they are demanding th he give them a talk again. A though the audience was cosmopol tan the salute those "kids" gave the flag, hands at attention ar in silence while the Star SpangW Banner was played was somethli worthwhile. • * * Last year in the sugar belt, 01 could buy the best grade of sug: at from twelve to fifteen cents pound. This year, with a nea famine in all grades of refim sugars, the maple product Is liab to be "out of sight." It is not like that Mr. Hoover will interfere wi the price, and the prospects of heavy yield at fancy prices shou induce many persons to turn to profitable industry which has be* more or less neglected during t pust several years. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Judge B. B. McCormlck, Lock Haven, was speaker at t banquet of the Clinton county bu nessmen. i —General A. J. Logan has 1 sumed his place ns a member the State Armory Board and Is I specting armories. —lt. A. Ammerman, promln* Scranton businessman lias gone France to take up Y. M. C. A. woi —E. Pusey Passmoro, new head the Philadelphia Reserve Bank, 1: been connected with Philadelpl banks ail his business life. —Ellsha Kent Kane, the dry ci snder, has been named to head t McKean county delegation to t Pittsburgh convention. —General P. C. March will given a sword by Lafayette alum —Baird Halberstadt, the Pot vllle man who is getting after ci operators because of the quality coal, is a noted geologist. DO YOU KNOW —That Ilarrlslmrg loses ohancet to get a greater variety of foot because It does not have bij cold storage plants? HISTORIC IIAKRISRFRG John llarrW' Rt.onc house v place of entertainment for aim every man of note In the colony Pennsylvania for years before Revolution.
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