14 HARRISBDRG TELEGRAPH A NBWSPAPER FOR THS HO MB Founded 1891 I - Published evenings exogpt Sunday by t Tim TBLEGItAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph (landing, Federal Sqaara - ■ , B. J. STACKPOLB President and Editor-in-Chief ' F. n, OYSTER, Uufinest Uanagsr GUS. M. STKINMHTZ. Managing KiUlnr A. R. MICHBXKR. Circulation Manager Kxccntlve Board 3. P. McCULLOUGH, BOYD M. OGELSBY, F. R. OYSTER, GUS. M. SJTKINMKTK. 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 oredlted In this paper and also the local news publlahed herein. _ , , All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are alao reserved. * Member American Newspaper sylvanla^Assocla | |j| 9 gQn Sh ofneo. Entered at the Post Office in Harrls burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a week: by mall. IJ.OO a year In advance. Reflect upon your present blesi ings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. —Dickens. FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 11 A JUST PROTEST THE rising protest of the Ameri can people against the rank un fairness of the War Depart ment in refusing to promote officers in the big army after the date of the armistice, is bound to be heard at Washington. It now develops that the real secret of this unusual order is tho opposition of the regular army staff who have never manifested any real appreciation of the civilian sol diers. Advices from Washington In dicate that 95 per cent, of the fight ing officers of the American army were reserves and others commis sioned from civil life and that only five per cent, were "regulars." It was hoped that when the gross unfairness of this order was brought to the attention of Secretary Baker and his associates, some steps would be taken to correct the manifest in justice, but unless the great civilian army througn it*. r.-inds go to Con gress with a demand that the order bo rescinded, it is entirely probable that nothing will be done. A large majority of those who went into the army from civil life or through the National Guard or ganization have no thought of re maining in the army permanently, but they had a right to expect that they would be allowed to retire from the service with the rank to which their sacrifices entitled them. If nothing is done before the 4th of March, it seems almost in evitable that the new Congress will take such action as will rectify what has been done. It is understood that General Pershing has appealed to the President to at least rescind the order so far as the overseas forces are concerned, but whether the gen eral army staff will be able to pre vent this action remains to bo seen. See res and scores of young offic ers who gavo the best that was in them for their country in its hour of peril and who had reason to expect that they would be promoted before their retirement from the servico, are naturally disappointed and are bound to regard as ungrateful the republic which had assured them in the time of its extremtty that a square deal would be given its de fenders and their dependents. Neith er promise has been made good in the broad sense that the people ex pect. We still believe that thero is enough spirit of fair play and jus tice in Congress and administration circles to rescind this manifestly aiitocratlc and unfair decree against Wave men who fought and won tho victory only to be slapped in the face in the hour of triumph. WHEN THIEVES FALL OUT TROTZKY IS reported to have fullen out with Lenine and to have thrown his erstwhile partner in crime into prison. The end of the Bolshevik influence in Russia Is approaching. "When thieves fall out honest men get their dues." "THE LONG, LONG TRAIL" THE Telegraph yesterday pub lished a wonderfully flno car toon by "Ding," entitled "The Long, Long Trail," picturing Colo nel Roosevelt, in the cowboy trap pings he loved, riding out to Join the long line of departing pioneers making their way down toward the sunset through the winding valleys of the distant mountains. It was such a cartoon as the for mer President himself might have designed to mark his own passing. Certainly it would have pleased him could he have seen it. for Roose velt was nothing If not a pioneer. He was one of the very last of the picturesque figures of the "Old West." Trooping before him Into the Valltfy of the shadow have gone FRIDAY EVENING, fixumsßtrno rfSßfa telegraph Custer, and Fremont, and Croc kett, and Bowie, and Cody and those other magnificent men Of a period such as the world never knew be? fore and never will know again. They were the knights errant of the nineteenth century. Daring, gen erous, gentle; hlgh-tplrlted, ever ready for a fight or a frolic; quick to defend the weak or the right; ever the foe of wrong; knowing not tho meaning of fear, they looked death In the face and amlled as one who greets a friend In passing. One and all they were Americans —men In the best sense of the word; he roes before whom a nation of hero lovors bows as It does before no other group In history. They were our very own. They exemplify the spirit we llko to think of as purely Amer ican. But they are gone, and we shall not see their like again. What a scene the cartoonist has pictured for ust Encamped along what pleas ant valleys, bivouacked along what ever-flowing crystal streams are these heroic voyagers resting to night! What a welcoming by those who have gono before can we Imag ine when this the latest and greatest of them all comes down "the long, long trail." Surely they have won. their everlasting reward. Surely they are entitled to rest and happiness beneath the shade of trees that are forever green, and lakes that are always calm and beautiful. Perhaps there Is as much truth as there Is poetry In the "Happy Hunting Ground" legend of tho Indian. Maybe heaven is not all gold and precious jewels. Possibly, away oft In some corner, there may be found a "reservation" for those simple souls who love the open bet ter than they do the city, to whom a campflre beneath a cloudless, sky Is dearer than a canopied couch in a kingly palace. In some such scene may wo be forgiven by our ortho dox friends If we picture our friend "Teddy," happy again as he was In those golden days when the "Old West" was young, when the fron tier was somewhere east of the Rockies, when youth was his and his great future stretching out like the virgin land before him, was as pleasant of prospect and as laden with dreams as the lovely landscapes through which he rode. Those enamoured of the Clark act are perfectly welcome to Its provisions until the end of time, but other cities which have not prospered under Its operations should be unhampered by Its compulsory requirements. Of course. It has some good points, but it has fundamental weaknesses which are a positive hindrance to the de velopment of the more Important cities of the Third-class, including Harrisburg. Any real analysis of its defects would show up the paramount weaknesses of the act. FRANCIS J. TORRANCE FRANCIS J. TQRRANCE has passed out In ';he very midst of his great usefulness as a member of the State Char ities. No man ever gave more de voted service to the State than this busy, practical, hard-headed busi ness man. He was, deeply interest ed In the relief of suffering and in the care of those who could not care for themselves, Pennsylvania will be fortunate In finding another man with the same qualifications for this important work. SENATOR KNOX SINCE the death of Colonel Roose velt there is a national tend ency In publti places and among public men to discuss available can didates for the presidency. It is certain that the campaign of next year is going to be one of tremend ous interest. Among the names most recently thrown upon the screen Is 1 that of United States Senator Knox of Pennsylvania. His large experi ence in public life as Secretary of State and Attorney General, and his distinguished services in tho United States Senate have given him un usual qualifications for the presi dential office. We are entering upon a great era in which men of sanity and devotion to the Interests of the-people will play a large part. Senator Knox's recent public utterances have im pressed all sections of the country clearness of vision, his courage and his Americanism. Pennsylvania will be glad to present this distinguished son for the cpnslderatlon of the" nation in the next aampalgn, as one admirably fitted in every way for the highest place in the gift of the people. Too often this great common wealth has been ignored because It happened to represent so largely In Its electorate the majority party, but the political developments of the last few years have demon strated that It isn't so much a mat ter of geography or the strength pf parties which must influence nomi nations as the character and quali fications of the candidate. Wo must have a united Repub lican party next year and the cam paign will be fought not on any. false issues or hypocritical slogans, but squarely and fairly on the fun damental principles upon which our institutions rest. There is not among all our statesmen one who would bring greater strength to the office or inspire greater confidence among the people than Benator Knox. THE RED FLAG FLIES THERE Is skating at Wlldwood and tho red signal flag Is flying from the Park Commission of fices. Which gives rise to the that the red flag in Harrisburg indi cates something far different fyom the red flag in Berlin'. Here it means skating on thick ice and over there skating on very thin ice. T>d£lW U By the Kx-Committeeman j Philadelphia confidently expects Governor Brumbaugh to appoint at least one more Judge before, retlr lng—Thomas F. Mojflchol to the Philadelphia Municipal bench. . It was currently reported he would do this .Tuesday, and again yesterday. Commenting on the report the Phlla delpata North American to-day says: "Politicians yesterday awaited In vain for the appointment by Gov ernor Brumbaugh of Thomas F. Mc- Nichol, of the thirtieth ward, to the municipal court bench. It was< sched uled to be announced In this city at 3 o clock, according to friends of the Vares. "Senator Vare, who Is backing Mc- Nlchol lor the appointment, said at 6 o'clock last hight that the ex pected visit to the governor to this city had not materialized and ho said that as far as he knew the. ap pointment had not been iuade. "Attorney General Brown said that he had been expecting '.he gov ernor all day and that he was due to have arrived In the forenoon. He said ihat ne had not seen him. "According to men close to Gov ernor Brumbaugh, he Intended ap pointing McNichol to the judgeship yesterday. McNichol himself ex pected the announcement to come trom the governor In the attorney general's olfice at 3 o'clock. "In political circles yesterday aft. ernoon there were rumors that the governor was in the city and had been closeted for several hours with the attorney general. One import toad him at the BeU'eVue-Btrattord. He was not to be found, however. ,'David H. Dune, leader of the twentieth ward, Is seeking the ap pointment for William E. Walsh, one of his< lieutenants. McNichol was slated for tho place last fall, when his num.e was taken front tho ticket as a candidate tor state representa tive In the thirtieth ward In order that he might be eligible for the appointment alter December 1. Mc- Nichol was the Varc leader in the house In the 1917 session-of the Degislature." , ( _—Judges Fuller, Strauss, O'Bbyle. Woodward and Gurmun, sitting at Wilkes-iiarre have forwarded to the prothonotary of the Supreme Court their answer In the mandamus pro ceed.ngs started by E. N'. Curpenter, Republican, who seeks to compel them to throw out the soldier vote cast in the lust election and declare him the duly elected Congressman from the Eleventh district. The judges contend that the Supreme Court has no jurisdiction in the elec tion, claiming that the country bench sits as a return' board, and that Its decision is final. It Is the claim of the judges that the Su preme Court has Jurisdiction only in the event of a contest and that. Inasmuch as. there is no contest in the Carpenter-Casey controversy, the higher court lgcks authority to force the lower court to upset its findings. The rule granted in the mandamus proceedings is returnable January 15, and argument will, be madfe at that time. —Deputy Attorney General Wil liam H. Keller, who was appointed to the Superior Court by Governor Brumbaugh to succeed Judge Key hart, was yesterday sworn in by President Judge Orlady, in Philadel phia. Thoso present ut the cere mony wAro Mrs. Keller, the (judge's wife,-' hlff daughter, Mrs. Miller, and her husband, Dleutenant Robert E. Miller, jU- S. A.; his daughter-in-law. Mrs. Keller, widow of the J.udge's son,. Daniel S. Keller, who was killed In France; Justices Simpson and Kephart, of the Supreme -Court; Judge Head and- Judge Williams, of the Superior Court, and Attorney General Francis. Shunk Brown. —A. Lincoln Acker again has been asked to run for mayor of Philadel phia next summer, this time by the Harry Davis Republican Club of the Thirty-eighth ward of Philadelphia. The club reorganized for the year with elections of officers and then decided -to start Its new business with a petition to Mr. Acker to en ter the, political arena. The 452 members of the club signed the peti tion and It was taken around .to Acker's houso by a committee. Mr. Acker replied with eloquent silence on the subject, as he'has done many times before. —Commenting on the Philadel phia charier revision yesterday, Sen ator Vare said the organization members of the Legislature would Inquire among their constituents as to what they, wanted In the way of revision, and"' they reported the or ganization would niako its* views known. Mayor Smith and his direc tors received a cabinet meeting Dr. William Draper Lewis and the members of the subcommittee on contracts. The revisionists wanted to consult the men experienced In handling city contracts us to what changes they would recommend, particularly us to whether the city should be empowered to do Its o-ofn contract work and whether agree ments .should run {or more thiln a year. Sentiment among the officials seems to be that as a matter of home rule the olty should receive more liberty in these matters, ihough some directors think that if the city obtained the right to operate its own contracts It should bo 'careful of exercising the right. The Greatest Citizen (From the Kansas City Star) At the time, of his death Theodore Roosevelt was the wdrld's greatest citizen —perhaps the greatest citi zen of alt history. It is possible to rofer to this aspect of his character above ail others because citizenship was the same passion with him that money making is pith some men, science with others, music with others. . On his Dakota ranch he was, a member of the vigilance committee. In Oyster Bay he was chairman of the committee to deal with the spinal meningitis epidemip. As President he regarded the- office as simply a means for a wider exer cise of citizenship. After he left the White House he, remained the Na tion's leader in public affairs. MARY'S THANKS When little Mary fractured one of the rules governing table behavior sbe ' was . removed • from the family board end made to eat her dinner at a table In a corner. Her presence was ignored by the other members of the family. 1 " > . After a period of silence the fgfe. lly heard her giving thanks. "I thank thee. Dord, for preparing for trie a table In the presence of mine enemies." ' • i ' A ' Andsthat was the last time that Mary ate away ft-om- thg> family tatjle. —Everybody's Magazine. j SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE By f f glLt • Too I OH- H - ■ f <jh- wom-t r„e B ) i wsU w™- TS / Be vajmbm % /v had vSoMe \ / SooTH _ - - I iout.'s m rue all / [ You imiSS£D_a \ OUCR Ti-sc SOUTH OM I *JHIL6 VU oJeRE/ LO i OF <SPoR J / ALL "TMe <OLP V avjav \ uP HSRE / / • POOR FSL'loujS Thl-V .' \ —\ \ / -Rill - iFT f Bi M- j I.t, -<" A soool /-? .../ Mauc MVSSSO Tnel / iw' TH6 )/ t Q / You UJHA I / F (Vj Mao uP | ooTh BILL ? / /" UJH.LC Ar THa cluß This \ " V / A I You wsfLR <3oMe—i 1 ujlwTißßv For amv- / * —■"—< / h r ~ \ V cses: tT WAS / \ IT BeAT / <, ( ROTTC/lI , JOPYRIOHT 1919. NEW YORK TRIBUNE INC "From Your Home Town" Sing, O Muse, In the treble clef, A little Bong of the A. E. F., And pardon me, please. If I give vent To something akin to sentiment. But we have our moments Over Hero When we want to cry and we want to cheer; And the hurrah feeling will hot down When you meet a man from your own home town. It's many a lonesome, longsome day Since you embarked from the -U. ■ S. A., And you meet some men—lt's a great big war—■ - , From burgs that you never, had known before; t And you landed here, and your rest camp mate Was a man from some strange and distant state. Liked him? Yes; but you wanted to see A man from the town where you used to be. And then you went, by design or chance, All over the well-known map of France; Apd you yearned with a yearn that grew and grew * To talk with a man from the place you knew. And. some lugubrious morning when Your morale is batting about 410, "Where are you from?" and you make reply, > , And the o. d. warrior says: "So am I." And the universe wears, a smiling face As. you spill your talk of the old home place; You talk of the streets and the home town jokes,' And you find that you know each other's folks; And you haven't any more woes at all As you both decide that the world Is small— . A statement addipg to Its renown When you meet a man from your own home town. You may be among the enlisted men, You may be a Lieut., or a Major Gen.; •* Your home may be up in the Chil koot Pass, in Denver, Col., or PitTkfleld, Mass.; You may have come from Chicago, 111., • From Buffalo, Portland, or Louis ville— But there's nothing, I'm gambling, can keep you down When you meet a man from your own home - town. .**• . • • If you want to know why I wrote this pome, • Well ♦ * • I've just had a talk with a guy from home. • —Capt. Franklin P. Adams in Collier's. LABOR NOTES A minimum wage scale for women and girls employed In thk millinery establishments of Massachusetts has been fixed at 111. a week for. experi enced employes and $6 to $9 per week for learners. Frledrlek Ebert, Chancellor of the new soldiers' and workmen's govern ment In Germany, is a member of ihe Saddlers' Union, having become an ap prentice at the saddlery trade when he was but 14 years of age. In submitting the estimates of the Government to Congress for the next fiscal year-—that <ft 1919-20'—Secretary of the Treasury. McAdoo recommended an Increase for all the employes of .the Treasury Department. There has been no general dis charge of munition workers In Eng land as yet. The scale of war wages in all trades continues high because of the high prices of necessities of life. ' Yorkshire (England) textile work ers ask litcome tax authorities to award wage-earners an exemption of not less than $25 a year for clothes torn and destroyed in their work. Organised, bakfrs in San Francisco and vicinity have raised wages 60 cents a .day. Journeyman's rates are now $3O a week for .day work and $33 for night*whrk. Money grafts to civilians and for mer soldiers also unemployed owiqg to peace art to be provided In Eng land. These grantsi will r#h for 13 weeke for civilian and Sf weeks for discharged soldiers. City Government SOMETINyiS one wonders whether It Is quite impossible for an American legislative body to de vise a really workable plan for the government of cities. Up to the present moment the weak spot In American government has remain ed where it existed at the start— in the control of our municipalities. So far as can be discerned the pan acea for the evil has not yet been discovered. Here 4p Pennsylvania we have had various acts of - assembly each of which was believed by, its author to be a specific for the evils that were but too manifest. In the be ginning eaoh city was given a spec ial charter under "which It entered upon Its more or less promising ca reer.* Dater on—in 1874, we be lieve the Wallace act became a law. The acceptance of the pro visions of measure was option al, and Altoona never accepted. Dater on the act of 1887 was passed and tried awhile, only to be pro nounced unconstitutional by our highest court. - Then came the act of 1889, which has been superceded, so far as the third class cities are concerned, by ' the Clark act, per haps the least effective of the lot. >' It Is generally admitted that the act under which third class cities are governed has failed to realize the expectations of . Its friends. It is at least no better than the act It superseded and 1t has imposed upon the third class cities a burden of expense, which did not exist bo fore and which seems to many to be entirely unnecessary. Whatever may be tHe character of our public servants under the preseht law, the judgment of the majority of the people is that they have not meas ured up to their opportunities; that they are not a whit more effective than the former regulations produc ed, but that they are- very much more expensive. Under the new method the mayor becomes a mere figurehead. legislation may be en- "HELLO, KING!" (E. H. Sothern in Scribner's) ■>' The King of England walked into the American "Eagle" • hilt in Eon don the other day. , At all hours the place is filled with American soldiers and sailors, eat ing, writing, reading, playing games. The king's visit, of course, created Immediate Interest among the sons of the free and the brave. One of them approached the monarch and held out his hand. "Hello, king!" said he. King George took the proffered < hand and exchanged compliments with the soldier Wy. "Well, what of It?" would say the rookie, shou!d one question him. "He's a .man, ain't he? Human, eh?" Thus doe's the spirit of "dem ocracy toss over Its shoulder the gewgaw df divine right. He greets the embarrassed gods, por fears ITo shake the Iron hand of Fate, Or match with Destiny for beers. Shall I demand ceremony when royalty is thus assailed? While the street arab assumed the role of cri tic, the American fulfilled the office of judge. He proclaimed that ver dict which Illumines the present hour. Whether he was aware of it or not, his greeting was eloquent wlttt the unbarring of gates and the falling of shackles, the smashing of idols and tl"#; liberation of saves. In his'own person he was the symbol of America In.this war—"Crusaders fighting for great Ideals, Immortal ideals. Ideals which shall light the way for all men to places where Jus i tige is done and men live with lifted j heads' and emancipated spirits mak ing it impossible for rulers any where to make tools and puppets of those upon whose consent and upon whose powers th'elr own authority and their' own very existence de pend." Thfts said President Wilson in 'his Labor Day message. The King of,Eng'and as an en lightened monarch is one with the President;'' therefore, "Hello, King," and the Jiandclnsp waB sii#ely signi ficant at\d satisfying, Where Retqtiiyes Are Useful It is potewqvthy v that, Socialists on trial for vl&latlon" of'ttio Espionage Law never fail to let the 'jury. know dbout their ijSslatives ih the army.— From the Buffalo Enquirer. ' ' ' -■% ■ , acted very promptly, it is true, but many of the taxpayers are convinc ed that projects are too often made into law before the general public comprehends the gravity of the sit uation. While it Is very true that many persons are entirely too negligent of their, civic duties, we believe that the salvation of the city as well as of the nation depends upon the pri vate citizen. For that reason we are strongly favorable to home rule. Many persons decline to* trust the They .say that it is only the few who are lit to govern, and that they alone should have the franchise. Some of our present municipal regulations are based upon the notion that the common people are not qualified for the in telligent discharge of the duties of citizenship. That is the thought back of all the laws, rules and reg ulations . which depnve the people of privileges and opportunities that most of us believe tsdpntial to the maintenance of a democratic form of government. We are confident lit is a wrong notion; that the peo pel are entirely capable of govern ing themselves and that the few er rors and blunders they commit are better to be borne than the tyranny of an autocracy. The Tribune trust* the incoming legislature will devote its serious at tention to the problem of city gov ernment. Nothing would more dis tinguish its jrecord or more surely achieve for it a glorious chapter on the historic page than the solution of this intricate and vexatious tjhes 'tlon. We are specially interested in third class legislation, but it seems likely that if the general as sembly were to enaot a law giving each Community the power to gov ern itself, subject only to the re strictions imposed by the constitu tion and the laws, much good would result. An the enlarged freedom of the seVeral communities would be In harmony with the spirit of the 1 age. THE TEST OF A MAN (Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior.) The test is to be made in peace what it was In the time of war. Are you fitted for the fight? The man who knew how knowledge could be converted into power was the man for whom there was unlimited call. So it is increasingly to be. To be use ful Is to be the test that society will put. Each man's rights are to be measured, not by what, he has, but by what he does with what ho has. The honors —the Croix de Paix — the richest rewards will go. to the capables, those who are not stand ardized Into 'men machines,' those who dare to venture and learn to lead. But all must work, and this duty to work and respect for work should be the ear.lest lesson learnod. And it should be taught In the school not as a homily, but In a living way, by tying work with instruction, mak ing the thing learned to apply to something done. I should like to see the day when every child learned a trade while at school, trained his mind and his hand together, lifted labor into art by the application of thought. To be useful Is the essence of Americanism, and against, the ( undeveloped' reseuroe,- whether It be I land or man, the spirit of this coun try makes protest. THEODORE ROOSEVELT (From the New York Tribune) | Not thiA he had been touched I deeply by. greatness .and. wore the | mark of It with unconcern; not ] that he was the noblest friend of honesty and common sense and the foe of cant, unfairness, un truth and un-Amerlcanlsm; not that he took always the most dan gerous part for himself; not that he was a man of Splendid human uqallttes; not for anything that can be set down In words, but for some thing to Which his deeds and attri butes altd heroism, all pertained— for himself wo loved him. Farewell, mighty hunter! You wqre the swiftest, cleanest and most Valorous of your tribe. You pressed I the hunt fearlessly and to Its logi cal ends, hot In fantasy through tl*e qlouds, but in fact On this earth, where the consequences are. Innu merable and precious are the tro phies. Wo place them at your bier. Would that there were demons of ; doubt and darkness and unrlght- ! eousness along the path you are now on. For you would slay them ! all and like It more. V i Farewell, O rare American! JANUARY ID, 1<719. EDITORIAL COMMENT It must be a glorious thing for Grand Old Britain to reflect that In her modern history only her own kith and kin have been able put her down for the"'count.—Houston Post. The Baltimore American wants to know whether the Crown Prince re nounced or not. If he did. it was a case of subtracting nothing from nothing and having nothing left. — Houston Post. Licking war-savings stamps leaves a pleasant taste in the mouth. Try it.—Chicago Daily News. If William had tried half as hard to commit suicide as he endeavored ! to conquer the world ho would have had one success to his credit. —In- dianoplis News. Commutation Telephoning (From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin), The new toll rates for telephone service, established as one of the i first acts of the Federal administra tion, while constituting a reduction for most of what are known its long distance calls, operate as an in crease for the greater part of the nearby suburban service, the ad vance in the rate varying from twenty-five per cenl. to a full doub ling In some instances. Naturally there is complaint from the large body of suburban tele phone subscribers or transient pa trons of the public stations,, for whom the value of the telephone facility is largely measured by the I availability in matter of cost of com | munication with Philadelphia, and ! it is to be expected that when their I complaints shall reach the Federal ! controllers at Washington, they will I be considered in view of local con i ditlons, rather than on a basis uni- I form with the conditions of general ' long-distance business. I The problem is closely akin to i that of the commutation business of | the railroads, which, it is generally, | admitted, involves factors that are not common to the problem of gen eral railroad rates, and Which en title the passenger traffic within metropolitan districts to concessions from the uniform mileage rates as applied to long-distance travel. Practically all the territory with -lin fifteen miles of the central post l office in Philadelphia, which is the fixed point for determining tele phone mileage for some unaccount able reason, is local and the run of telephone business within that i territory is of that nature. Rates | for service, therefore, whether or not they can be uniform, ought to j be adjusted to this characteristic of the service, rather than to the re quirements of service between Phila delphia and Chicago, or San Fran cisco. The relation of volume of business'to the distribution of over t head costs on individual messages, | warrants such a differentiation, if no other reuson exists. But there is ' the further reason, which parallels 1 the argument for the commutation I railroad rate, that the facility of communication Is an essential fac tor in the bulkllng up of the subur- I bun territory, and consequently in I the increase of the telephone com- I pany's business, and that therefore lit Is entitled to special considera j tlon. | THE FOURTH WATCH j Where shall I find thee, Joy, Who loved me once and well? What route doth now employ J Thine elfin foot and bell? | Shall I, who shared thy bower, | From all thy fields have not one flowed? I Spring in her gown of leaves Is naked without thee; Adtumn with all her sheaves Goes starving beggarly; Music along my path I In all her notps no echo hath. O Life, thy palsy lies In me. not in the leaf. O Time, thy passing dries My veins and not the sheaf. * Music, thou'lt take ,no room In hearts that tent so near the tomb. O days too young for fear, O quivering bloom of sky, O lover at mine ear. Art gone so utterly? Nay, let me die, ami then, Joy, thou and I shall forth again' , —Olive Tllford Dargan In Scrlbr.er's Jog Killer Comparatively few of those who. were present at the advent of 1919 wefre here In 1818 or will be- hero In 2020,' —From the Boston Globe. lamttng (Eljat For the first time in many years the Governor's Troop will not escort the incoming Governor to the Exec utive Mansion take a leading part in the Inaugural ceremony. Most of the men who made up this famous tfoop are now in France. They are no longer a unit but are R!-vi„ , i P i OV S r ma "y branches of the „ i but all of them made good finnnf £ tral "ing In the old Na in u „ , has be ® n of reat aid noiilnf 1 " their strenuous c&m palgning against the Hun. The -r " ,ay e suid ° {th tw°in olJ plSr 68 ' D and hot the ed dK te * lment ' which taarch < ceremonies four years fnr , V other inaugural parades behack. Their places Will Hervo Mnm y Com Pany I, of the Re serve Militia, which '■has been deslg nated for the honor. This year will see for the ilrst time in aV?naugu" ral parade a motor transport train with . hi SerVico in llne ' together u . machine gun battery units, mit the picturesque figure of the cavalryman will be absent, as the lyrone Troop has been ordered to report dismounted. It will be the only cavalry unit in line. • • * Senator Sproul's fine arts com mission idea is gaining support. Yesterday in Philadelphia the Art Advisory Council passed a resolu tion recommending that Governor „fGCt o! proUl ur R e the appointment P v.i , Commission on Fine Arts in his lirst message to Legislature, ft was also announced that plans Ir.1 r . a P ea , co Pageant on the Phlladel 5, ,Parkway, forwarded to Joseph L. Widener, chairman of the May ors committee, now is under con sideration. The advisory body is prepared to draw up a bill to be presented in the Legislature and also to come to Harrisburg to support tho measure. The bill will provide that powers similar to those vested in the Art Jury be given to the State Commission. It is believed that it will be of special advantage to tho small communities, where no organ ization exists to pass on the Charac ter of public works of art. The Ad visory Council of the Art Associa tions also announced that it is now prepared to lend its assistance to organizations, institutions or the in dividuals in the selection of me morials to the soldiers, or any works of art erected either for utility 01- for decoration. Everywhere the appointment of Deputy Attorney General W. H. Kel ler to the Superior bench is being commended. Tlicy say "a prophet Is not without honor save in his own country," but this does not apply to Lancaster county, where Mr. Keller resides, a newspaper friend paying him this tribute in a letter to the Telegraph; "Friends of Deputy At torney General William H. Keller, of this city, rejoice at his appoint ment by Governor Brumbaugh to the Superior Court bench, in suc cession to Justice Ivephart. Mr. KcH ler is one of the leading members of the Lancaster bar. Ho was born in Center county in 1869. a son of Samuel Keller, also a lawyer of dls] Unction. He graduated from Frank] lin and Marshall College and the law school of Columbia University] Shortly after being admitted to prac tice he removed to this city and formed a partnership with the late Jacob L. Steinmetz, which contin ued until the letter's death in 1899. He then formed a partnership with John A. Coyle. "For thq past four years Mr. Kel-i lor has been first deputy of Attor ney General Brown. He retires fron: the office with the distinction o! having every one of his rulings an<! decisions that were appealed af firmed by the Appellate courts, H( has been a staunch Republican anf in 1908 and 1912 was a delegate tc the Republican National convention voting on each occasion for Mr, Taft. "Lancastrians are also congratu lating Bernard J. Myers, a younp member of the local bar, upon th< receipt of an offer from Governor elect Sproul for one of the deputy ships under Attorney General W. I Shaffer, in the coming administra tion. It is expected that Mr. Myers who for the past nine years has beef Lancaster's City Solicitor, will ac cept. The appointee is a son of ex- Sheriff John 11. Myers, one of tin Republican' leaders of the Olc Guard. He has been energetic Ir all of the war drives and enjoy: wide popularity." CONTAINED EVERY WORE (From Philadelphia Public Ledger.] Apropos of the death 'of the Rev Dr. Joseph Twitchell of Hartford friend of Murk Twatn and origina of "Harris" in the latter's "A Tramj Abroad," Dr. F. P. Parkin Baid th< other day: "Some years ago Dr. J. M. Buck ley, the noted Methodist editor, tool some of his clerical brethren severe ly to task for their tendency to drav on the ideas and even the languagi of Joseph Parker without dui acknowledgement. "While the discussion was at it height Mark Twain attended 'Joe Twitchell's church and heard one o the latter's finest efforts. ; "After the sermon he came for ward, grapsed the preacher's han< and said: 'Joe, that was a good s.er mon, but I have a book at home tha contains every word of it.' "Dr. Twitchell was taken abaci —and then he waxed indignant. " 'lf you can show me the book, I'l certainly like to see it!' he rejoined 'I gave a great deal of brain swea to that sermon.' "The next day Mark Twain sen him a copy of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary." Harmony in Harrisburg v (Frdm the Philadelphia EvCriin Public I/edger) It wou'd be Idle to speculat 'about how much of the harmony s the Republican legislative caucus 1 Ilarrlsburg was due to the concilia tory advice of Governor-elect Sproi and how much was due to the real Ization pf the minority that a figt was useless. The fact remains that harmon prevailed. Representative Spanght of York, was indorsed for the speal ership of the House and Seqa,tc Buckman. of Bucks, was approve for Speaker pro tern, pf the Sen&t Mr. Sproul has the confidence < both wings of the party, and neith< wing oan boast that it owns him. B has also had long experience In tl Legislature and understands Its sw cer'.iblllties as well aS McKlnley ui derstood the susceptibilities of Cot gress when he became President. I: certainly ought to be a harmonl: lng influence In Harrisburg th winter and the most expert agei there in securing beneficial leglsli tlon. The session begins with the pfop Ise of a reasonable degree of co-oi erntlon between the factions and'' little waste of time In futile bicke In*.
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