14 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Pounded ISJI Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACK POLE,Pr'r & Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS ML STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press —The Associated Press Is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all new* dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. U1 rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. t Member American Ushers' Assocla- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn- Eastern office. Finley, Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. nflTTT'n By carriers, ten cents a week: by mall, *5.00 a year advance, FRIDAY, MARCH. 15, 1918 Apologies only account for what they do not alter. — EARL OF BEACONS FIELD. THE NEW WATER RATES COUNCIL is wise In deciding to study the proposed new water rates before final approval, al though first reading of them gives the impression that they were framed in a spirit of fair play to all classes of consumers and with the revenue needs of the water department in view. It is particularly noticeable that the burden of expense is distri buted more equitably under the new rates than under those that have been in force the past few years. The small consumer will be the ben eficiary, but not to an extent that the large users ,of water can justly term unfair. There can be no objection to the bis industries of the city receiving their water from the city supply, but they should not enjoy a rate that places the bulk of upkeep and ope ration upon the shoulders of the householder, whom the department is primarily designed to serve. Doubtless, the managements of these industries would be the last to ask such a favor. At all events, the new rates are more satisfactory than the old, from that standpoint. To be sure, all the schedules now under consideration are higher than those in force, but it must be re membered that Harrisburg water rates for the past three or four years have been too low. The reductions were made for poetical reasons and had no basis in good business. The consequence is that the department has run down to a really dangerous extent, and the losses to wage-earn ers and salaried employes, to say nothing of business, during the en forced shutdown of industry when the pumps failed a month ago, were many timls the small amounts saved to individuals or firms' in lowered water rates. The department must have more revenue and the way to get it is to revise the schedules upward. The only question to be asked then con cerning the proposed advances is, are they adequate and equitable? The latest ship ttdzure order would indicate th,at the Kaiser Is "In Dutch" again. '■ ON THE WESTERN FRONT MAKE no mistake about it, this war is going to be decided on the West front. One hears an occasional warning of what Ger many means to do in the East, and the suspicion is that' Germany would bo not averse to another allied effort in that direction 4n order to counter balance the talked of German activ ity in that, theater of war. The allies, however, show no signs of being misled. They oan win the war in the .West, if they can win It any place, and there are strong In dications that the issue will be de cided there and that American pres sure will prove the deciding factor. If Germany can be smashed up in the West, all her gaiks in the East will count for naught. If she is brought to her knees the Rhine or beyond it, the allies can compel the Kaiser to get out of Russia. Ar r.icnia, Serbia and every other piece or overrun territory. And that must be done ajld yvill be done. Cast your eye about you, read any newspaper and Vou will see signs everywhere -of / the overwhelming weight of military force the United States is preparing to throw against the staggering legions of -autocracy; end who can doubt that It shall pre vail ? Look over your library and have a few good books ready for the Boy Scouts, who will call for them to morrow. Give the soldiers In the camps opportunity for beneficial and enjoyable relaxation. BANK AID NEEDED THE banks will have to bear a big .shnreß of the burden of the thlrrl Liberty Loan. The banks carried more, of th flnt two loans "than moat people realize and in ad • <lition to making 'large purchases j from their own funtia made It possl-1 FfiIBAY^EYKNIPIG, bin for small Inventors to buy bonds from their savings by 1 means of the Installment plan. Now, In addi tion to the government request that all banks and trust companies Bet aside.one per cent, of their resources each week for the purchase of certl. flcates of Indebtedness to be Issued |ln preparation for the third loan, they aro asked to subscribe more heavily than ever to the Liberty Bonds about to be floated. That they are responding In a highly patrlotlo manner Is indicat ed by the telegrams being received at the Treasury Department, some of which have been made public. One bank president wired: "You can have everything In our bank, except the fixtures," Another tele graphed: "Our resources are at your command; they will be of no use to us If Oermany wins." The banks of the United States constitute a tower of strength. The banking power of the United States, represented by capital, surplus, pro fits, circulation and deposits of na tional bunks and other repSrting banks and trust companies, Includ ing also the paid-in capital s£nd de posits of the twelve Federal Reserve banks. Is estimated under date of January 81, 1918, at $37,529,000,000, having Increased by $14,348,000,000 during the past five years. The banking power of the world In 1890 was estimated at $15,558,000,000, so that the banking power of the United States is to-day two and one-Half times as great as the banking power of the entire world was in 1890. At that time the banking power of the .United States was just one-seventh of what it is to-day. There Is a giant well able to cope with the fin ancial needs of the country if its strength is properly harnessed. The banks of the very large cities and most of those of the smaller cities and towns have done their full part and more in the previous loans, but there are a few country banks which have not measured up. These must be brought to a full under standing of their duty. If you don't return that fioi card to-day you will get into trouble. ENTIRELY POSSIRLE LITTLE wonder that President Wilson is inclined to disbelieve the report that Germany may shortly launch another peace move, offering to retire in the West if given a free hand in the East. After all that has been said con cerning American war aims and our decision to fight until the safety of democracy has been established, it would seem that Berlin would be chary about offering a peace of the kind proposed. The Berlin govern ment, however, has been so success ful in its recent propaganda in Rus sia and elsewhere that anything may be expected. But its honeyed phrases will fall on deaf ears this time. The fate of Russia has been a warning to the allies. If any warn ing were needed. They are unitedly opposed to an peace. The Kaiser may make his play, but lie wili find England, France and America adamant. Why quit now? We of the United States have not begun to fight. The Germans are beginning to find that there is jnore than "American bluff' concealed in some of the trenches they are now facing in France. A GOOD EXAMPLE THE Chester Times, a strong Re publican newspaper published by Senator Sproul, ought to be on the desk of any Pennsylvania edi tor who may be hesitating about espousing the cause of "dry" candi dates for the next Legislature. The Times is committed to the support of men in Delaware county pledged to voted for the prohibition amend ment if elected. In a recent edi torial on the subject the Times sal a: believe that the overwhelm- I>en'1 >en ' the people of the Uon e rJ n J a \V' oflts ratifica tion. Ihe question will be settlsH by the next Legislature each house voting separately upon it a majority vote in |he House and Senate are required to Ds . th amendment. In most, if not in of ™ unt 'es, there is a very thl eip 6 !" be j nfr made to secure r i F members of the Legislature who will vote favor ably upon this question. Even in the big cities, the movement is gaining great force and in Phila delphia probably a majority of the members of the House and Senate win be found lipon the prohibition side. We believe that the sentiment or the people of Delaware county Is in accord with the rest of the wif "H,",?, V!" "rtlon and the local politicial organizations of both parties will undoubtedly se lect men pledged to this program There can be no question but that the representatives from the dis trict outside of the city of Ches ter will go to Harrisburg with prohibition as one of the pledges upon which they were elected and the question in the city even at the present time will be a close one. The Times believes the entire delegation from Delaware county should vote for the ratification of the amendment upon grounds of patriotism, economy and loyalty to.the country, and will give such assistance as it can to accomplish this end. If every newspaper In the State takes as strong a position as that in favor of electing "dry" members to the next Legislature, the amend ment will cease to be an .issue, after the primaries, for few "wet" candi dates will be nominated by any party. "Secretary Baker takes to wine eel lar." One cannot but wonder what Secretary Daniels would have done in like circumstances. "Americans," says a dispatch, "aro held up ih Finland," but-even at that they have nothing 1 on many of use at home. Why not lure the Germans over to England and lose them In a London fog? No, gentle rrader, Unclf Sam doesn't want habitual drinkers for the tank regiment. 'ipotttZca- £h. By the Ex-CommlUceraan According l to what Robert S. Bright, Philadelphia reorganization Democratic leader, has told the Dem ocratic Club of Philadelphia, Vance C, McCormlck will not change Ills mind and become a candidate for governor under any circumstances. Bright was one of those who thought that McCormlck should lead the for lorn hope, but after he had been at Washington he Is said to have chang ed his mind. The Democratic bosses do not seem to be any closer to a decision In regard to who to run for governor now than they were six weeks ago and another conference may be held, although before It meets the half dozen men who framed the slate four years ago on the banks of the Po tomac will meet there again and ar range things In the interest of the plain people. Then they will go to the conference with open ears and speak their piece when the time comes. The trouble is that the Dem ocrats are split up the back over the liquor issue and especially since Wil liam C. Sproul and J. Denny O'Neil have both' declared for prohibition the Democrats can't get together. The old liquor element is strong and being composed of practical politi cians the reorganizers do not'want to antagonize them and break up the machine. The machine element would like to run Acting State Chairman Jo seph F. Guffey; the "dry" element is bent on McCormick or United States District Attorney E. Dowry Humes,, who Is being trotted in and out t-o often that he must be dizzy, while some of the bosses are flirting with the name of William H. Berry. I —Warren county going "dry" makes fourteen "dry" counties In Pennsylvania and at almost every other license court there has been a reduction in the number of licenses granted. There were thirty-two sa loons put out of business by Judge Hinchley's order. • —The interchange of fire between Governor Brumbaugh and Senator Sproul has created much comment throughout the state and Philadel phia newspapers are printing a great deal of it. However, there does not seem to be much being accomplish ed by the bombardments. —Guy B. Flyte, a former member of the House and prominent in the P. O. S. of A. and Travelers' Protec tive Association, Is being strongly boomed by Luzerne countlans for one of the Republican nominations for congress-at-large. The Wilkes- Barre Independent says that ho would make a valuable congressman and that he had many friends who would take off their coats for him. —Jacob F. Huester, Fred Ehr hardt's old rival in Scranton, will run against him again. —The' borough of Swissvale will have an election late this month on the question whether to join Pitts burgh. The question is being hotly debated. —The Scranton Republican says that O'Neil petitions have arrived at state offices in that city. —George H. Rowley, of Greenville, former district attorney of Mercer county, was yesterday appointed col lector of customs for the western district of Pennsylvania, succeeding George W. Acklin, of Allegheny county, who died last December. He is friendly to Joseph F. Guffey, act ing state chairman, a prospective candidate for the Democratic nomi nation for governor. Mr. Guffey is in Washington and the appointment is considered a result of his visit there. There were several applica tions for the place and a stiff con test to keep the appointment with in Allegheny county. So there will be the usual Democratic aftermath. —Entrance of Prof. C. A. Bow man, one of the well known Leba non county educators, Into the legis lative contest has caused much in terest in that county. Prof. Bow man is out on a "dry" platform and says he intends to make a campaign. —Sam Mudson, writing in what is termed in Philadelphia Ills "Politi- ( cal playground" says that Gifford Pinchot, who was shunted out of the gubernatorial race*, is in Florida to recover from the shock. Pinchot will likely return in time to take part in the campaign, he predicts. Sam Mudson is a veteran legislative correspondent, and has a notable acquaintance with state affairs, his tory and men who have made and are making it. He still maintains that stlye which is all his own. —Predictions are being made that Frank B. Black, former State High way Commissioner, .may become a candidate for congress at large, al though he disclaims such ambitions. —Captain R. I. Quigley, com mander of the Lock Haven unit of the Reserve militia, is a candidate for Republican legislative honors in Clinton county. He is a brother of Judge Harry C. Quigley, of Center county. —People here will be much Inter ested in the announcement that Cap tain Samuel A. Whitaker. member of the House from Chester county for the last three sessions and one of the sensible, level-headed, respected members, will run for Republican re-nominatlon. The captain Is at Camp Hancock in command of the famous Phoenixville battery and has contided his candidacy to his friends. The captain will run on a "dry" platform such as that he fyvs been elected upon In years gone by. His declaration, sent from the camp, Is a strong one for prohibition, just as he would be expected to make. —Elmer E. Eshenhour, of this city, who vacates his job as a paint er in the Public Grounds and Build ings Department to-day, la getting famous. The anti-O'Neil men call him the "first of the martyrs" refer ring to the generally accepted re port that he lost his job because he was not in sympathy with the ad ministration's campaign for the Highway Commissioner. —Representative Martin, Tioga, and Lohr, Somerset, who were here this week, talked as though they would be candidates for renomina tion. —Harry Neamand, a druggist of Perkasie. will be a candidate for the Legislature on the Republican ticket In that district. , •• • —The general belief is that Dr. Wilmer Krusen, Philadelphia direc tor of health, can be the next state' i ealth commissioner. If he desires the place. Dr. Krusen Is noted as a vigorous administrator. Fat-Tail Sheep Raise a sheep for its tall. Sheep of the old AfHcander fat-tall variety carry tails weighing from four to six pounds. The Dutch Bo6r farmers have for several generations used this fat In place of butter. It Is now being exported to England. Per. haps our. New England farmers might start In raising fat.taP sheen. '—From the Textile World Journal HXHRISBDHO KWPSETELBGRXPH IT HAPPENS IN THE BEST REGULATED FAMILIES BY BRIGGS K — Y ' m^\ f I (Did iT7 H •/ You SET OUT AND I WHILF TOM\6MT- V—Y, (SCT OUT UST NIGHT I I AW(T / LT:£. 1 RW.L R; /HEU-O PEAR - A [WWDO YOO THINK •'6uesS } I FFP" 1 FIIUE. You AM"\ ?? e -r ,m L a wmilW |You 4 Ae ? You Beat K H G F HQME Y • JNCH - You WA.MT | nr - V~ ', - • ' I ; - §oldur 0)0*44 MY OWN UNITED STATES I love every inch of her prairie land. Each stone on her mountain side; I love ev'ry drop of her water clear. That flows in her rivers wide; I love ev'ry tree; ev'ry blade of grass, Within Columbia's gates. The queen of the earth is the land of my birth, My own United States. EDITORIAL COMMENT""" General Wilson is now at the head of the British General. Staff, suc ceeding General Robertson. Per haps the English think there is, af ter all, something inspiring and helpful in a name.—New York Morn ing Telegraph. Bolshevik diplomacy seems to be the sure way to make the Russian world safe for German autocracy.—• New York World. A part of the peace treaty between Germany and Ukrainia provides that a portion of the boundary shall be established on ethnological lines. Of course, the decision will be left to some distinguished German eth nologist.—Minneapolis Tribune. MUST DIG POTATOES The conversation in the lobby of a Washington hotel turned to the dis inclination of the tramp to work, when Congressman William H. Car ter, of Massachusetts, recalled an anecdote along that line. Last summer a New England farmer was urgently in need of help, and, seeing a tramp coming down .the road, he went out and stopped him. "X want a man for a day or two," said the farmer to the hobo. "How would you like to have a' job?" "I don't know," was the hesitating rejoinder of the tramp. "What kind of a job is it?" "Not a very hard one," replied the farmer, encouragingly. "I want somebody to help me dig potatoes." "I don't believe I would mind a job of that kind," answered the tramp; 'that is, if you mean digging them out of gravy." THE TEST OF WORKS Then stood there up one In the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, bad in repu tation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; and said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men. Refrain from these men, and let them alonci: for if this counsel or this work bo of men, it will come to nought: but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. —Acts v, 3 4 to 39. PLANT 'EM If you have the space will you kindly publish the following verses: Bring the "Irish Cobblers" boys we'll plant another row Plant them as we used to plant them fifty years ago. Put the fertilizer on. fifty thousand strong. While we are fighting the Kaiser. (Chorus) Hurry up! Hurry up! We'll plant the corn and beans, Hurry up! Hurry up! We'll have some turnips green, And so we'll plant potatoes for the Allies o'er the sea, While we are fighting the Kaiser. How the Allies shouted, when they heard the joyful sound, Not a German diplomat in the U. S. could be found. How we sent them all back home, and withdrew our Gerard, While we are fighting the Kaiser. So we'll make a thoroughfare through the U-Boats vast do main. And we'll send them all back home for ever to remain , Submarines before us fled. Invasion was in vain. For we can lick the Kaiser. Germany's dashing soldier boy mn never reach this coast. So our saucy U. S. said and 'twas a handsome boast. Had they not forgot alas, to reckpn with the host, Soon we'll be done with the Kaiser. —A. M, H. . . . 11 * THE PEOPLE'S I'OIR WINTER WOOD To the Editor of the Telegraph: Nearly every one who was put to inconvenience or made to suffer on account of the coal shortage this winter made a calamity howl, and resolved most emphatically that he will not be found short next winter. But coal shortage lik'e ordinary pain in quickly forgotten and the resolu tion cast to the summer heat to dry. Solomon the wise man said, "A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself; but tjie simple pass on and are punished." 'Next win ter will reveal how many simpletons are still outside of the insane asy lum. The United States food administra tors suggest other cereals and food as substitutes for wheat. Just so, as it is absolutely necessary. Let us also remember that there is other fuel aside of coal. Some have be come so accustomed to burning coal that it would be a calamity if they were forced to burn wood. Yet less than a century ago coal in the Unit ed States was scarcely known. Possibly because we recklessly burn more coal than is absolutely necessary Providence was compelled to call a halt in order that future generations may have coal to burn, and to call to our attention to the tens of thousands of cords of wood that is rottening along our high ways and byways, in fields and mea dows, in groves and forests, by rivor sides and hillsides. A gigantic moun tain of wood is left to rot or to be consumed by forest fires. Nature cannot bear to see its pro duct so ruthlessly left to decay and return to mother earth without blessing mankind. Wood was design- THE STATE PRESS "A drama of uncurbed impulses," "most thrilling spectacle ever shown on a moving picture screen," "a story of primitive passion and the freedom of natural Instincts," "the most sensational picture ever produced," "a photoplay ( showing man as God made him," "a produc tion in which red blood and brute strength make their own laws." Isn't such stuff getting sickening? Haven't we enough of all that in the actual life of the world to-day with out emphasizing it on the screen? For mercy's sake, give us something that at least hints of justice, order, and' happiness! Lebanon Daily .News. • • • Old man Von Hindenburg is still delaying his spring drive. Perhaps he has at last decided that a spring drive is not a joy ride.—Altoona Mir ror. NIGHT CAPS RETURNING Night caps—of the material kind —seem to be coming into, vogue again. The boys in camp have prov ed their value and given them a good start in popularity. Colds In the head have almost ceased to trouble the M. O. since the night caps have been In use in the Army. A medi cal man was emphatic the other day In declaring that their general use would prevent the majority of in fluenza colds. During those abnor mal times, when so many heads are popped out of windows and doors in the night hours, night caps should prove popular "for the duration" If not longer. Knows a Thing or Two The United States navy Is one branch of the service that is con stantly, being praised. It is interest ing to remember, that Josephus Dan iels was a nevyspaper editor before he became the Secretary of the Navy and there are few things that a newspaper man cannot run. —From the Baltimore Star. THE INCOME TAX Penalties Should a taxpayer render a false or fraudulent return with In tent to evade a proper payment of income tax — He would become liable to an additional tax of 100 per cent, and to a fine of not to exceed $2,000, to one year's imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the court, and to the costs of prosecution. ... ... .k: • •*> Ed for a purpose and not simply to rbt. What now is our responsibility and duty? It is to make judicious, use of God's bountiful provision in' the gift of wood. Let any observing, thoughtful per son view the landscape over, take in hijlside and valleys, creeks and river banks and he will be amazed at the vast store of useful fuel that is going to rot. _ All this wood is as so much gold and silver, or so much' anthracite and bituminous coal. Now is the time for those in authority or for some organizations to devise some plan and inaugurate some movetnent toward laying in store a large stock of wood fuel for the time of need. , The committees need to know where wood is plentiful, how to se cure it, how to bring it to where it is needed and for its distribution, etc. Now is the accepted time, now be fore under brush and forests are hidden by the dense foliage that will soon appear. Now we can find dead trees, fallen timber, drift wood, rail road ties, old fences, wrecked build ings, etc. Now before the farmers and gardeners are busily engaged in planting and sowing their seeds. Now while the sun shines we need to make wood for time of desperate need. How shall we escape so fierce a winter If we now neglect so great an opportunity to lay in store a big sup ply of wood? .Housekeepers should be vigilant arid alert to lay in an ample stock of wood. Who will heed this warning ap peal? REV. C. D. RISHEL. South Enola, Pa. LABOR NOTES Toronto (Canada) bricklayers ask 70 cents an hour. Canada has 10,000 organized rail road trackmen. Grand Trunk shopmen-have se cured a nine-hour day. Frisco bakers will try and abolish night work. School teachers at Washington, D. C., are pensioned. There were 2,695 fatalities In our coal mines last year. Sacranienta (Cal.) sign writers ask 50c a day increase. Canada will not Import coolie la bor at present. Gait (Canada) schoolteachers were granted a war bonus. Halifax (New Brunswick) carpen ters were Increased to 45c an hour. St Thomas (Canada) schoolteach ers demand an increase of S2OO a year. New York's municipal charwomen have had their pay raised $2 a week. One man was killed in industry In Massachusetts every six hours last year. Conscription of wealth will be one of the main planks In the British Labor party( platform. Canadian Pacific trainmen have received an increase in wages amounting to about 25 per cent. The Consumers' League of New York Is demanding a minimum wage law for women. Colorado Springs (Col.) Typo graphical Union has raised wages $3 a week, one-third to be paid imme diately. two-thirds in six months and the last dollar in one year. MARCH" 15; 1918. ' v Over tkc uv ""pwuuu A Pennsylvania boy with the Rain bow Division has this to say about French barbers: "The greatest little Institution of torture yet devised is a French barber sh&p. The chairs are flimsy and straight backed, re sembling an ordinary office chair. Af ter placing you at his mercy, the barber bends your head back over the sharp edge of the chair and be gins to shave it) much the same manner that we whittle shavings. When this operation is finished he soaks an old sponge . and washes your face, which goes against the grain of the average American who is used to the sanitary shops of the United States. But one thing makes up for it all—the French girls are pretty." •• f v - There are some loyal, fine, honest Germans in this country who do not hesitate on which side to be in the crisis. For example, there is Lewis Steckel, of Lancaster, who, though <1 native of Germany, has sent his! three sons to fight for Uncle Sam. • * * "What are these?" "War biscuits. What about 'emV" "Sherman said it. That's all." * • • Oh, boy. wouldn't you like to have been there! George Stoudt, at Fleet wood. Berks .county, had a public sale the other day and 565 guests sat down at the dinner table. Mother Stoudt is said to be the best cook in the county and she had two dozen women, all with records, to help her. If they'd ever serve that meal in Germany the war would be over. [OUR DAILY LAUGH A DIPLOMAT. | My wife and I I j } /A never argue, so < || / 7 we get along / / JL f J*\ .beautifully. "X. \ If I* vl How do you iJsgk \jaLm fol manage It? jfl When anything li jfl goes wrong I JftangSf j j always figure 1 that It was my ttwlfHA-. It L f' /ault and sho never disagrees ! with me. A NEW STALL. . Wife: What ( \ on earth made i\ w J you so late get- V | J ting home? foA Hubby: The f\ conductor x l\vr X * a ' nte( * and \ n. Xr/ stalled all the /V\) trains. TWO OF A \ KIND * \ r~7 There seems to be no end to the cold weath er this winter. A \ / "Ses, It's like \M) \ the war. \ | OUGHT TO 88. ftkil Ia her üb " O&tifa band tender? StXSsli I ffm ** y jffl She keeps jgSgjl J Imi him In hot wa j [rotttag CMfat \ LolV'l" Interesting fao that threw ates for the Republican mnpp f?" for .governor have been n.w!nl ac vely connected with .r: k V two of them hav that elr buslnesH career# In i tnat ajcation. Senator "William C. althoui h r \ l J lar "v y ft noWB P a P* rm n althoui better known as a man 'T bu ?! neßs Intereatß, not the L w kT* "bipbulldlngr. The aen- work when he, Jn^-L.^ Wa . rt ] unore ' He was the (hi f' nt * or var, ous papers at the coiWe and they tell a story thati when 1 graduated he wat making more a city editor of a big paper %o offered "that young fel °. W SP? 1 " his "rat Job. The sen ator hskept at it being one of the owners* the Chester Times ana i r 'i ® very r -™ and then, especial editorials, for which he *' a knak. J. Denny O'Neil it acquired a live newspaper at McKaport, which has long'been h,'™" [ ° Nell's paper." He is a Dig mebant, interested in banks and othr things, but keeps a pretty close eson the newspaper, al though (e editors claim that he lets t get looped" when he has any big newHabout himself. Robert P. Habgood has been publishing a newspan at Bradford for almost a ?w r Cr l , a c ? ntu ry and is one of tl e figun in the state organizations of newslicrmen. A. Mitchell Pal mer owia newspaper at Strouds aniwhen he gets mad writes edltoriaWor it. while Vance C. Mc- CorrnickUo like Palmer, has been mentions as a possible Democratic candidate owns newspaper proper ?* added that Lieuten~ a P . r 'ran B. McClain Is a regular contributi to Lancaster newspapers, his cattle markets being a standard uide for the country in regard ttipennsylvania production and distr^tion. * • • Sometiifc a chance remark will clear awaia coal cart. The other morning Sdriver of a coal truck ?t ru ck a h-d job in Derry street. He backetjo a curb, just enough to hold up the cars. He had a mean place to s<s in his coal and he did not seem ibe in a good humor — in fact thejope was so bad that he had to pus|'the coal down with his hands. He j-as mad clean through and so about 100 people on the cars he Md up. Finally the trol leymen beg( to Interrogate him and the man g,w mad and stubborn. He was nolas enterprising as the firm for whjh he drove and he did not like toie twitted about it. Things wenlon and the block be came worse.l "By the t\ie you ladle that coal In the womii won't need it," called the voice oti boy. The stubb(h man raised his head, emitted sulpbr, got bn the truck a j ran " c l ar over °n the other side of the reet, going over the curb. • One of th<bdd things about the strenuous caibaign for governor which has orhed up is that there has been ver little betting. Gen ; erally when tlfe is a campaign that promises to bAjay there is more or ; ess watering. rThis time there has been practical nothing doing in that line. Th<*rien wise In polities' ■ look for surprfes and the "sports:' are at a loss ait is a game they do ! |not understand • . . ! Anpouncemet of the Intention of 'I the state to roove the conserva tories has attrsted much attention and there havebeen numerous in quiries as to wli|' will be done with the plants. Asi matter of fact many of the plain are thrown away every year wheithey "run down.'' The state will pibably maintain it,s floral end, but 'ill have space in ' one of the greehouses about the city where it caifeupply flowers for gubernatorial fungous and state oc casions. It will liean a saving of thousands of doll^. In running doh reports about i ground glass beir| discovered in ■ some canned fish old in this state Dairy and Food chmists have made ;an interesting jscovery. They • found what had <used the com ; plaint and it did rtemble powderetl i glass. It was harcfand would have . made much intern! disturbance if i swallowed, but who analyzed it was discovered to be bhe. Whether it was the remains t bits of bone which had gotten* i{o the cans with the flsh in the coiie of packing and disintegrated a a result of the cooking or wljeth* put there, is what the state ageijs are endeavor ing to find out. A far as nature goes the presence o the bone is not out of the way. • | < The Public Servtp Commission was yesterday asket over the long distance telephone 1 have a water main fixed in Ha'zlon. The citi zens o'f that flouri ing anthracite community telephced that the water was running iver the street and no effort was sing made to check it. The comrssion promptly got Into action and telephoned tire water company, -hich replied that its men had Isn engaged in repair work for an hir and that the afo • .said citizen wasamperlng with jr. ice and truth, he telephone charges were a coud of dollars, to say nothing of wha .the Archangel must have had to cjter in his day book. 1 WELL KNOWI PEOPLE —Ex-Representati F. C. Reese, of Pottsville, is head g a movement to have waterways istored to the anthracite region. ■ —Ex-Judge W. E.jßice, of War ren county, w amoL- visitors hero during the week. —Dairy am. iVoodjCommisslondr James Foust celebnfcd a birthday yesterday by workinjas usual. —Judge L. H. Bartr, of the Car bon county courts, las* returned from a trip to the s(shore for his health. . —Dr. Edward Ryp formerly of Scranton and in varikis dangerou* places in the war zoik, has beep wounded again. Thlsime he broke an arm in Greece. —Ex-Judge Dlmnel Beeber, of Philadelphia, has beeildelivering a series of lectures on jar work in schools in counties adjbent to Phil adelphia. —J. F. Seldomridge, ilected presi "dent of the Assoclatla of County Fairs, is active in tfe Lancaster county fair. I | DO YOU KNpW —That Harrlsburp has been shipping many socks >d shoe* for the army? HISTORIC HARRIS*"RG One of the first commutfty build ings in old Harrlsburg wh a band hall. r \ Even Dame Natite I It must irritate even soipl&cld 4 person its Dame Nature to save he,*- celestial fireworks mistake for a 'ZepptUn.—From pit Maw ark j3ua.
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