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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1910
For everyone that exalteth him
self shall he humbled; and he that
humhleth himself shall be exalted.—
Luke 14:11.
A GOOD SUGGESTION
IT REMAINED for the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers
to come forward with the sug
gestion for which the public has
been waiting ever since the failure
of the recent conference at Wash
ington—which is that another meet
ing be called, at which the differ
ences existing between labor and
capital be setled on a basis of jus
tice to all concerned, which means
that at last the public is to have
some consideration in the parleys.
The Brotherhood of Engineers is
not only one of the oldest and most
conservative of labor organizations,
but its leadership has always been
staunchly American, and while
strongly insistent upon what it re
garded as its own rights, has never
been accused of domination by alien
radicals. This is largely because the
foreign element never has been able
to get a hold in the organization,
due to the fact that railroad en
gineers are ninety-nine per cent.
American born. They are. of mature
age and possessed of the judgment
that comes with years, and they
hold a place of vast influence, not
only among the labor unions, but in
public thought as well.
It is a fine thing to note the head
of this body of men coming out for
the rights of the public as well as
for those of labor. If some of the
more radical labor leaders want to
restore their unions to the place in
public favor they once held, they
will follow this example, for the
public is aroused to the point of
turning savagely upon any organiza
tion or interest that fails to recog
nize its rights. We have reached a
place where organized labor as well
as capital must reckon with the
public or accept the consequences,
which will not be pleasant, to say
the least.
Dr. Thomas K Flnegan, who is
Injecting a lot of practical energy
into his work as head of the school
system of Pennsylvania, has made
an appeal to the school authorities
throughout the State to enlist the
teachers and pupils in the great work
of assembling war data for the accu
rate and comprehensive history of the
struggle which is now being com
piled by the War History Commission
with Governor Sproul as chairman.
Harrisburg and Dauphin county will
doubtless respond to the appeal and
in this way much can be accomplished
in a short time.
HOUSING PROJECTS
MILTON is solving the housing
situation there by raising a
fund of $300,000, most of
which is already pledged for the
building of homes for the people.
It is the purpose to offer the houses
at coot of construction, and as the
dwellings will be erected near the
manufacturing plants the scheme
seems entirely feasible and must
meet the approval of all who real
ise how necessary it is to provide
properly for the unhoused popula
tion of the State.
Five million dollars of capital and
the efforts of the leading business
men of the Wyoming Valley were
subscribed a few days ago to a cam
paign which is expected to result in
providing homes for an increasing
population. Through the Chamber
of Commerce of Wilkes-Barre and
the managers of the city's leading
Industries a building and loan cor
poration has been organized as a
purely philanthropic proposition. Its
Immediate purpose is to devote $5,-
•410,000 to building.
It is estimated that 2,000 houses
•re needed at Wilkes-Barre due to
building inactivity during the war
and Increased population. The
homes will be rented and sold on the
Interest plan. Tenant owners will
take possession of the property and
up the cost by monthly allot-
TUESDAY EVENING/ 1
ments. These movements Indicate
the purpose of Pennsylvania cities
to solve the housing: problem in a
practical way, and llarrisburg must
not fall behind In a movement so
necessary and vital to the prosperity
of the community.
What a fine record of constructive
road development is embraced in the
figures just issued by Highway (Com
missioner Sadler's department. Con
tracts have been awarded during the
present administration for more than
600 miles of new roadway. Still
other contracts will bo closed before
the end of the present year. It's a
fine piece of administrative work of
a practical character and, with the
completion of the great system of
highways designed by the State,
Pennsylvania will develop more rap
idly than ever before. Our people
are going to know more of each other
and communities will co-operate in
many enterprises through easy com
munication over modern roads.
PRODUCE AND PROSPER
I m HE labor union in Allentown
I which proposesfto the Bethle
hem Steel Company a ten
hour working day with ten hours'
pay has hit upon a solution to the
high cost of living. An eight-hour
day is necessary in many lines of
trade, no doubf, not excepting that
of \he steel mills, as a regular thing
if men are not to be overworked,
but just now the ten-hour day for
everybody will go a long way toward
solving our difficulties.
In the first place, the two hours'
additional pay would help meet the
high cost of living and, in the sec
ond place, the increased production
would help bring down prices.
It is just as important now that
production be kept to top-notch as
during the war. The more goods we
produce the greater the supply, and
the greater the supply the lower
prices will be. The law of supply
and demand will regulate that. Every
strike that cuts down production
adds to the living costs of every
[ body, the strikers included. Every
man that puts in a ten or a twelve
hour day during this crises helps
himself and the whole country. 1
Last year the patriot fought for
his country; this year the patriot
is the man who is willing to work
for it.
Work, and no( strikes, will restore
pre-war conditions. The more idl
ing there is the higher the cost of
everything and the less the dollar
will buy. Production is the keynote
to the whole situation and the man
who shirks his duty or "soldiers on
the job" is not only unfair to his
country, but he is cheating himself
and his whole family.
"Our success was not due to
our preparedness, but. to the ex
ceptional conditions which made
it possible to prepare adequately
after hostilities began. It is my
opinion that if we had been pre
pared adequately, we would
never have been called upon to
defend our rights."
This is the testimony of General
Pershing before a committee of Con
gress. What a commentary upon the
attitude of certain pacifists now in
high places who contemptuously
spurned all suggestions of prepara
tion for the war and who finally per
mitted this country to back into the
conflict unprepared and at frightful
cost in men and money.
A GREAT CONVENTION
ALL those familiar with the
movement will bespeak for
James W. Barker and his
fellow workers success in their ef
forts to make next year's State Sab
bath School Convention, to be held
in llarrisburg, the greatest gather
ing in the history of the association.
Not so many years ago the State
convention was held here and the
remarkable meetings and the even
more remarkable parade are re
membered as among the high lights
of convention history in this city of
conventions.
everybody recognizes the Sabbath
School as nn uplifting element in
the life of the day, but few pause to
analyze its great possibilities for
good and its tremendous power as a
steadying force in these days of
stress and turmoil.
One never reads of a Bolshevist
or a radical who is a regular attend
ant at Sunday School. Right think
ing, proper relations toward one's
fellows and an honest, unselfish atti
tude toward all the problems of life
and toward society in general are
the precepts that are taught there.
By all means let us encourage the
Sabbath school and those who are
giving it the thought and effort that
have made it the immense factor
for good it is to-day.
RIGHT, MR. BOK
EDWARD BOK, who recently re
tired as editor of the Ladies'
Home Journal, made a forceful
speech before the City Club at Phila
delphia recently, in which he de
clared the chasing of the "almighty
dollar" should give way to a devoted
interest in civic movements and in
the improvement of living condi
tions. He said with a changed atti
tude among the people of Philadel
phia there would be less occuslon for
apology every time the name of the
city was mentioned. He spoke .of
certain failures in public movements
and emphasized the need for avoid
ing constant public criticism of these
failures and instead urged magnify
ing of the many fine things which
have made Philadelphia a wonderful
American cily.
Mr. Bok appealed,to the men of
wealth in the metropolis of the State
to cease striving constantly for ma
terial benefit and to devote more of
their time to doing the things which
are essential to the development of
a city which should symbolize in its
activities the best ideals of the
American people. "I like golf," said !
he; "I like horseback riding, nut I
God forbid that 1 should spend all
of my time playing golf and riding
a horse."
By the Ex-Committeeman
Preparations for the primary elec
tions of 1920, the important quad
riennial delegate and State committee
election and nominating time for
many officers, have been started at
the State Department. The Bureau
of Elections has sent to the printers
the forms for the nominating peti
tions for the primary. They will have
to be filed in April and the first day
for circulating them will be Febru
ary 28.
The primary will be held in May
when the party delegate and commit
teemen will be selected and in addi
tion to candidates for the appellate
courts the State will nominate candi
dates for United States Senator, Au
ditor General and State Treasurer
and the whole congressional delega
tion, half of the State Senate and ail
of the members of the House of
Representatives.
—Considerable interest is being
manifested here whether the aggre
gate vote at the election to-day will
run close to the total vote cast at the
State election last year when owing
to the war the aggregate was lower
than known at a State election for
years. Ordinarily the total vote in
an odd numbered year election runs
hundreds of thousands below that of
a National or State election year.
Last year there were 906,760 votes
cast for the gubernatorial candi
dates, 610,880 for the supreme court
candidates and 522,583 for the super
ior court candidates. There was no
State-wide election in 1917, but in
1915 the superior court contest
showed less than 825,000 votes cast.
In I*l6 the aggregate of votes for
Senator was 1,208,463 and for State
Treasurer 1.219,316 and in 1914 the
aggregate of votes cost for candi
dates for Governor was 1,111,252 and
for United States Senator 1,111,932.
| ■ The Boston Post, a strong Dem
ocratic newspaper, has editorially
declared for law and order, which
virtually means its endorsement of
Governor Coolidge for re-election.
Long, the Democratic candidate, has
stated that he would reinstate the
policemen who left their posts, and
this plank the Post deprecates.
When a party paper declares for a
candidate who stands for American
ism it is placing itself above political
issues. Governor Sproul made
speeches for Coolidge, which at
tracted national attention.
—One of the interesting things
about the election to-day is the man
ner in which warnings of fraud and
of voting of aliens have been given
in various cities of the State. Jn
Philadelphia, District Attorney S. I.
Rotan has issued notice that he will
push every election fraud case and
calls special attention to the illegal
ity of voting men who are not citi
zens.
—Places which are being watched
with interest to-day are Lacka
wanna, Luzerne, Washington, Fay
ette, Franklin, York, Bradford, Erie.
Centre, Northumberland, Bluir and
Northampton counties.
—Two notable congressional events
will take place at Washington this
week. Thursday night Congressman
John Reber, of Schuylkill county,
will give a dinner in honor of Con
gressman J. Hampton Moore,
which Senators Penrose and Knox
and various State officials will at
tend. Friday the congressional dele
gation from Pennsylvania will have
a meeting to outline action in ad
vance of next year's campaign.
—The Philadelphia Evening Bul
letin on the eve of the election prints
this comment: "In the last three
campaigns for mayor the candidates
had lo go through the. Uniform Pri
mary election first. Ueyburn was
the outcome in 1907 and had a 35,-
000 majority; Eurle came out of the
primaries of 1911 successfully, but
was overthrown by lllankenburg at
the general election after a hotly
contested light, and Smith, after win
ning his nomination, faced George
D. Porter in a lively campaign for
November and won by about 76,000
majority. But it: the present cam
paign the regularly nominated Re
publican candidate has made only
a brief campaign in which the pub
lie, outside of politicians, has had
little interest and in which, to use
his own words, he has been chiefly
concerned as to "snipers" and
"bushwhackers." He will be elected
to-day largely in the spirit of a No
vember ratification meeting in con
firming the September verdict."
—Men who could not go home to
vote because of strike duty and who
found a chance to break away from
desks in the Capitol this afternoon
seemed to have all turned nimrods
for most of them went hunting.
And their example was followed by
people connected with banks and
business establishments so that
November election day is up to its
tradition as a good day to hunt.
Weather conditions did not appear
to daunt these men because as soon
as they had voted they took to
trolleycars and trains for woods.
—Considerable is being written in
Philadelphia aboht the Smith ap
pointment as a member of the Dela
ware River Bridge Commission. The
Inquirer says it was in accord with
law because he is mayor.
—The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
is saying pretty vigorous things
about an attempt to defeat a sitting
member of council. It claims an ef
fort is being made to elect a "strip"
politician. Otherwise the election in
Allegheny county is harmonious.
—The campaign closing in Lacka
wanna is one of the most strenuous
known in years and many sharp
things have been said. Hazelton
and Erie have had some keen mu
nicipal tights, while it looks as
though J. K. Stouffer would beat
both Democrats and Socialists for
the Reading mayoralty. The Allen
town city campaign' is also a hot one
with the Socaiists very busy.
—Republican drives are being
made for county offices in such
Democratic strongholds as York,
Northampton, Carbon and Lehigh,
while chances are favorable to Re
publican county tickets in Northum
berland, Mifflin and Lycominig,
where Democrats have had control
of some places. It is also believed
that the Democratic, ring will be
routed in Luzerne county.
—County Chairman William C.
Alexander has issued a call for all
Republicans to rally in support
of the Delaware county ticket and
to get over hard feelings.
—Lebanon Republicans say there
is no doubt of electon of Marshall L.
Case as mayor of the Iron City.
—Representative Jacob Hamilton,
of Montgomery, Is on the county
tisket us Is R. C. Miller, a former
member. Representative Cyrus M.
Palmer Is candidate for district
attorney of Schuylkill and Repre
sentatives E. R. Cox and S. J. Gans
are candidates tor council in Phila
delphia.
harrisburg SSIkSs telegraph
WONDER WHAT A DECOY THINKS ABOVT? By BRIGGS
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AFIELD
Oh, the scrubby pines are standing
with their lyric tops together,
Far from town and train and trol
ley and the stringent ways of
men,
And the little hills are waiting in the
sunny autumn weather
For the swift Llewellyn setters to
be threading them again.
Seas of golden sedge are shining in
the open widths below me,
And the yellow grasses shimmer in
the sweet rich swale,
And my eager heart is faring through
the virgin lands that know me,
Where the gleaming thickets echo
to the whistle of the quail.
I can feel an ancient gladness as my
setters bound about me.
I am brother to the wildness and
my blood runs free.
And I know the ridgy wilderness was
lonely here without me—
Oh, my heart has gone before mo
and the lields are calling me!
Now (he dogs are flashing swiftly
through the tawny meadow
sedges,
With their brushes wagging madly
and their heads held high;
And I know the quail are feeding in
the amber thicket hedges
Where the hazel bushes stand
against the sky.
Now the dogs are moving slowly up
a gentle elevation,
For the wind is in their nostrils
and the scent runs strong.
They are padding through the bram
bles in suppressed exhilaration,
And my beating blood is lyric with
a song.
See! The dogs stand stiff, and their
muscles thrill and quiver!
Now the birds are whirring up be
fore the sharp clear gun!
I can see them curve and settle in
the cane along the river
Where the sumacs flaunt their
crimson to the sun.
Oh, the blunted pines are singing on
the silver slopes together.
Far from town and train and trol
ley and the multitudes of men!
And the golden fields are waiting in
the vital autumn weather
For the silken-coated setters to be
threading them again.
—Perrin Holmes Lowrey in the Sat
urday Evening Post.
Find Lost Emerald Mine
[From the New York American.]
Rediscovery of one of the lost em
erald mines in Colombia, South
America, where flawless gems of a
rich and vivid green, valued as high
as $l,OOO a carat, have been found in
almost unlimited numbers, became
known here the other day.
This mine is about one hundred
miles northeast from Bogota, capital
of Colombia, in one of the wildest
mountain ranges in South America.
It was worked long ago by the In
dians and some of the adventurers
from Spain, who died without reveal
ing the secret.
The rediscovered mine is known as
the Chivor, and has lain for more
than a century in the mountains near
Bogota, while scores have searched
for its location.
News that the Chiver had been
found after a search of years became
known when stock in it became un
attainable in Wall street, after doub
ling at almost every sale. A few
days ago the stock was inactive at
$4O a share. Now those said to be
on the inside were talking about
$4,000 and $5,000 a share for their
stock. ,
The mine is said to hold untold
millions in emeralds. A small moun
tain river washes clean what is de
scribed as the most flawless white
rock ever seen, in which are small
"boulders."
The emeralds are hidden inside
the "boulders," each containing at
least one emerald of large size, sel
dom being worth ns little as $lOO a
carat and more often $l,OOO.
Hard on Good Clothes
[From London Answers.]
The "pictures" were a great nov
elty in Slowville; any traveling out
fit was sure of crowded houses.
Recently old Mrs. Brown yielded
to her husband's persuasions and
paid her first visit to the cinema. She
put on her Sunday bonnet and cloak
in honor of the great event-
As they entered, a thrilling cowboy
film was being shown, in which men,
cattle and horses were well mixed.
Mrs. Brown gripped her husband
nervously by the arm.
"Bill." she whispered frantically.
"I'm going straight out,' Just look
at the dust them 'osses and cows is
esUMn'l My olothM will b ruined I"
THE SUSQUEHANNA NAVIGABLE
Report by Win. R. Gray. Major of Engineers, United States Army.
No. I—HISTORY
THE history of efforts to make
the Susquehanna River navi
gable is not one to be proud
of, with the exception of the de
velopment of the canals along its
banks, long since absorbed by the
railroads, and abandoned, it has
been one hundred and thirty years
of surveys, reports and talk. Presi
dent George Washington included
it in his recommendations for an
inland waterways transportation
system. The early settlers found in
it a ready and practical means of
transportation. From 1768 to
1770, it was a subject of investiga
tion and legislative action. In 1771
four thousand pounds were appro
priated and the Susquehanna River
was declared a public highway and
a navigable stream. In 1700 the
War Department assigned an engi
neer to make surveys and estimates;
this was done but Congress did
nothing. In 1789 five thousand
pounds were appropriated, and
from 1791 to 1799 Ten Thousand
Dollars were appropriated. In 1796
an "Ad" in the "Oracle," of Dauphin
the ancestor of the Harrisburg Tele
graph, called for men who could
handle explosives to blast the rocks
out of the Susquehanna, between
the mouth of the Juniata and the
Swatara Creek. Large, flat boats
were built and loaded with hay,
oats, earn, wheat and other farm
products, floated down the river and
delivered at the towns along the
Susquehanna, and at Baltimore,
Wilmington, Philadelphia and New
York.
Maryland took up the matter in
1823, and a party of enthusiastic
business men made a trip from
Owego, New York State, to Harris
burg, in a flat boat. Harrisburg
lead in the efforts from 1827 to
1833. In 1834 the question came
up again, and a survey by Army
Engineers was made, but both
State and National Legislature re
fused to act.
Boats carrying from 500 to 1400
bushels of wheat were used in
those days and traveled down the
river sometimes a distance of three
hundred miles. Later came the
canal along its banks, evidence of
which is still visible, except where
the site of the old canal is occupied
by the railroad. The old canal was
tMe means by which Philadelphia,
New York. Wilmington, Baltimore,
Washington, Boston and other east
ern coast towns were supplied with
coal, lumber, farm produce and
cattle.
In 1903 an exhaustive study and
comprehensive report, on making
the Susquehanna River navigable
was made to the Harrisburg Board
of Trade, by E. Z. Wal
lower, Benjamin M. Nead, John
W. German, for the Committee on
Navigation. They declared it
feasible—practical—necessary. At
that time the manufacturing inter
ests of Harrisburg represented 446
industries —total capital, $8,749,516
s —their output valued at $16,054,-
597; Dauphin county totaling a
capital of about $20,000,000, with
an output of $40,000,000. After
fifteen years of steady growth, they
have more than tripled the capital
und the output. In 1908 President
Roosevelt included the navigation
of the Susquehanna River in his
message recommending the inland
waterways. The time was not ripe
and the subtle opposing influence
was too strong, the people were not
interested, the necessity of more
and cheaper means of transporta
tion was not so pressing.
It seems proper here to reply to
the statement frequently made—
that inland waterways, N interior
rivers and canals, are not used and
do not pay—that canals and inlund
nuvlguble rivers could not compete
with the railroads, that railroads
offsred quicker and as cheap means
of -transportation than canals and
rivers—the railroads continually
developed, they built larger freight
cars, larger locomotives, better ac
commodations, better facilities for
handling and delivering freight.
The country developing rapidly,
pities, towns and industries grew
along the lines of the railroad. The
river steamer remained the same
size, the same speed; wharves and
docks were undeveloped or allowed
to go to ruin. No new facilities
were installed, no inducements to
encourage development of business
were offered; canals remained the
same size, no enlargement of width,
depth or locks; boats necessarily
remained the same size and the
I same tonnage; mules continued as
, )
motive power. The result was
inevitable —river and canal trans
portation controlled or absorbed by
the railroads. Abandoned by the
operators, canals filled up and rail
road tracks were laid in their
place; rivers filled up by siltation;
the appropriations by Congress held
up or musused, the railroads were
supreme. No use dredging rivers,
building canals, unless freight
handling facilities, harbors or re
fuge, turning basins, wharves and
docks, are built and a sufficient
depth is maintained to permit the
use of large size barges, up to 2800
to 3000 tons capacity; also sufficient
barges built to start operations and
show the practicability and low
cost of water transportation. New
York State spent over One Hundred
and Fifty Millions on the barge
canal system and not a dollar on
freight barges for commercial pur
poses—Result: When canals were
complete there were no large barges
built or building;, and the canal
capable of carrying 2800 ton barges
is operating with old canal boats of
100 to 300 tons.
If economy in freight movement
is desired, the canals will supply it.
If a prompt and speedy receipt of
freight is demanded, the waterway
at the present time excels the rail
roads. Whatever may have been
the performance of the railroads in
other times, it is a matter that may
be proved beyond doubt, that car
goes by canal pass from Buffalo to
New York in less time than by rail.
Already, with a portion of the old
canal in use, and by means of an
tiquated canal boats, a fleet has
made the trip from the Gr.eat Lakes
to New York in little more than
seven days. With the new canal
route in use for its entire length,
five days may be counted as the
maximum time of passage.
To secure a test for comparison,
inquiry was made as to the time
consumed by the railroads in carry
ing freight between Buffalo and
New York City. Records were
sought regarding some half dozen
cars. The tracing of one car show
ed that It was twenty-eight days in
transit, and the least time taken by
any car followed was eight days.
Taking the six cars as a whole, the
average time consumed by a car in
making the trip from Buffalo to
New York was eleven days. Argu
ments, therefore, against water
transportation on the ground ol
slow delivery, are answered by
facts.
To Be Continued.
Like U. S. Cigarets
[From the Manchester Guardian]
The recent appearance in the
French tobacco shops of American
tobacco and cigarets (the French
government having bought up one
billion packets of cigarets and sev
eral tons of tobacco which were sur
plus American Army stock) should
be welcomed with delight, by most
Frenchmen. The French cigaret
smoker is particularly fond of Vir
ginian cigarets, and smokes thern
in preference to the French makes,
which he is generally forced to
have on account of the tobacco in
dustry being a State enterprise in
France. Virginian cigarets aro
rarely obtainable in the village
debits de tabac, and when they are
the price is prohibitive. But dur
ing the war plenty of English brands
were to be had in an unobtrusive
way. The soldiers' ration cigarets
—"Ruby Queen," "Red Hussar,"
"The Flag," and other special varie
ties—were not highly valued by the
men, who could generally buy at the
expeditionary force canteens the
recognized brands that they smoked
at home. Consequently the "ration"
was either given away or used in
bartering for other little commodi
ties, and the French people never
said "No" to an English cigaret.
Cheaper Than Magazines
William H. Rankin, of Chicago,
president of the Rankin Advertising
Agency, which spends 1125,000,000
a year in advertising, told at New
Orleans what newspaper advertis
ing has done for the Government
and how it helped to mobilize an
army, finance it, and win a war.
His remarks boiled down were that
the daily newspaper is the greatest
ndvertlsing medium on earth, and
he proved it with figures. Persist
ently, albeit perspiringly, he drove
home each point' to an astonished
audience that was amazed to hear
an advertising agency give the
newspaper its proper credit
' NOVEMBER 4, 1919.
Advertising Builds Morale
"If advertising was necessary dur
ing the war to help in interpreting
men to each other and the indi
vidual to his work at a time when
the common purpose was well
understood, how much more neces
sary is its force of suggestion needed
to-day when the gospel of work and
production is actually more im
portant than it was during the war
if we are to escape an international
calamity in the alternating increase
in wages and living cost," said
Major Roy Dickinson, associate
editor of Printer's Ink, in an address
at the A. A. C. W. convention.
Major Dickinson, who was head
of the Department of Industrial
Morale for the Chief of Staff of the
U. S. Army during the war, had as
his topic "The Relation of Adver
tising to Industrial Morale in War
and Peace."
"Increased efficiency of produc
tion, better methods of management,
and decreased profit per unit of
production mean tha.t the manu
facturer must eventually make his
profit through an increased volume
of business, and must keep pro
duction cost low by gaining the co
operation of the men who invest
their muscle in the business," he
continued.
Small But Dangerous
[From the Wllkes-Barre Record.]
"The labor unions of the country
are beset by radicals who would de
stroy them to pave the way to a
class revolution."
"Ninety-five per cent of our peo
ple are all right. But we must be
alert —we must not sit by and let a
conflagration, get started which it
may take years of sacrifice to over
come."
These are the words of Governor
'Sproul, uttered in a speech in Massa
chusetts. The Governor is not given
to irresponsible talk and to the mak
ing of wild estimates. What he
meant was that though the great
majority of the people of this coun
try are against the red flag and the
vicious teachings of those who hold
it up, the few radicals and fanatics
have resources in power strong
enough to cause the Vcreat majority
very serious trouble. We have ample
evidence to show that the Governor
is right. If 95 per cent of thej)eople
are all right they can steer the* Nation
out of danger, but they cannot do it
by folding their hands and remain
ing inactive while the small minority
is active and aggressive.
The Duty of Republicans
[From the Scranton Republican]
By the use of every specious argu
ment their cunning can devise
Democrats are seeking to induce
Republicans to forget their duty in
the present campaign and cast com
plimentary votes for Democrats.
There never was a time in the
history of the party when duty made
stronger calls upon Republicans
than it does to-day. County and city
are strongly Republican, Democrats
are basing their hopes upon seduc
ing Republicans from their duty,
for in that lies their sole chance of
success.
It is of the very first Importance
that Republicans stand together and
roll up a big vote because of the ef
fect it will have on next year's elec
tions. The best interests of the
United States are dependent upon
Republican control. The highest
ideals of patriotism look to a sweep
ing victory for Republicans next
Tuesday in Lackawanna county as
well as elsewhere in the Union.
King Would Be a Reporter
[From the Philadelphia Inquirer]
We have often heard of the re
porter who would be a kind, but
Albert, the ruler of the Belgians, is
the first monarch who has express
ed regret over the fact that he was
not a reporter. He has done so
many things so well that it is im
possible to feel that he would not
have been a good newspaperman.
He certainly has "a nose for news,"
which is considered one of the first
requisites for a real reporter, and
the swiftness and the keenness with
which he discovers the important
and essential things in his travels
prove that he is an observant tour
ist and that he has a sense of
relative values.
English Huts to Belgium
[From the London Times]
' Nearly five thousand army huts of
all descriptions, erected in France
and Flanders, have been sold to the
Belgian government by the disposal
board of the ministry of munitions
to house the homeless In the devas
tated areas.
The price paid was almost two
million dollars and the money was
forthcoming from King Albert's
! fund. I
lamting Olljat
< -' e '® l}rat ' 0 h of t^le centennial of
the Sunday school of St. Peter's
Church at Middletown,
which took place Sunday, was an
event of importance not only in the
borough at the confluence of the
Susquehanna and the Swatara but
in Dauphin county religious history
as well. St. Peter's was one of the
first group of churches in this coun
ty to form Sunday schools. Market
Square, then the First Presbyterian
Church, was the first. Zion Church,
the parent church of Lutherans ii*.
Harrisburg, organized its school
just a short time before the note**
congregation at Middletown. It v
interesting to read in the program
the centennial on Sunday that H
was in the pastorate of the Rev.
Dr. John George Lochman that St.
Peter's formed the school. Dr.
Lochman, who was the main in
spiration, had come from Lebanon
i a , ke up w °rk in Harrisburg,
Middletown and vicinity, in 1816,
and was a figure in the life of this
city almost a century ago. He was
Zion's most famous pastor and of
great Influence in the community,
not only president of the synod but
received degrees from several cot:
leges. He is buried in Zion church
yard on Fourth street. The school
itself seems from the records of the
church to have been the child of a
parochial school established by the
congregation very early in its
history. However, the records only
refer to it occasionally and it does
not appear to have had the con
tinuity of the Sabbath school we
know and such as St. Peter's has
maintained from 1819 onward. It
met in an old log house, say the
school officers, and Dr. Lochman
who had organized the school at
Zion, made it a point to attend the
meetings us often as he could. The
school was conducted by a band of
devoted men and women and is
now one of the most flourishing in
the county. Its superintendents
have included such men as John
Snell, one of the early teachers;
John Croll, who was superintendent
for fifty years; George Abner
Lauman, then Isaac O. Nissley, the
editor, and now E. S. Gerberich,
one of the active men of affairs in
the lower end of the county. '
St. Peter's church, it may be said
in passing, was one of the early
bulwarks of Christianity in what is
now Dauphin county. It was the
fourth congregation to be organized
in the upper part of what was then
Lancaster county and like Derry
church, which dates from around
1720, and its sister Presbyterian
church, Paxton, dating from close
to 1730, it had an eventful history
in early times. So one can say
that the history of Dauphin county
begins with its churches. They
were the inspiration of the sturdy
people who came here to live and
these early churches were forced to
post sentinels to warn of approach
of Indians. St. Peter's services had
experiences of this kind just like
Derry and Paxton, the latter
church's gun racks, which were as
much a part of the furniture as the
pews, having been removed only a
few years ago. After the Presby
terians founded Derry and Paxton,
the Lutheran congregation at Hum
melstown founded a church in
1753. Harrisburg was then John
Harris' fort and trading post and
any services held here were on the
river front or in Harris' house.
Early records, it may be said, show
that services were first held regu
larly in Harrisburg in a house near
Third and WalnuK and that the
Rev. Anthony Houtz was the first
minister to be regularly stationed in
Harrisburg. He came in 1790 to
establish the Reformed church. The
Presbyterians and Lutherans or
ganized soon after. Middletown
folks, whose eventful history began
in 1720 or 1722, appear to have wor
shipped without any organization
until after John Fisher took over
the Anderson Job tract about 1740
and George Fisher laid o.ut the
town. There were meetings held
at houses and in the early part of
1763 it was decided to form a
Lutheran church. To build a place
of worship, in spite of Penn's doc
trine of religious freedom, it was
necessary to obtain the consent of
the Government, and the petition
for the right to build and to collect
money for that purpose was obtain
ed in 1764. It bears the signature
of John Penn. The church prop
erty was bought in September,
1764, and the church finished three
years later. Indians annoyed the
builders as they did the worshippers
later on. Church history says that
no less a personage than Col. James
Burd, who next to John Harris was
the big man of the district, laid the
corner stona. The centennial of
the church was celebrated Septem
ber 4, 1867, and the sesqui centen
nial two yeare ago. One of the
events at the time of the centen
nial, which was recalled to-day by a
Middletown man, was that 300
grains of wheat were sent to the
oldest surviving heir of George
Fisher in payment of rent for a
century. The old deed calls for a
grain of wheat a year. The church,
strange to say, was not chartered
until it had been in existence fifty
years and it was only a few years
before the Sunday school was form
ed that the steeple was built. In
the seventies the old church, which
is one of the landmarks of Lower
Dauphin county, was found too
small and the handsome new
church which now serves was con
structed. Among the elder people
the old church is ptill known as the
"Kirche" because that term is used
in the doorstone. Like St. John's
church at Shiremanstown and
Paxton church this old bastion of
religious life is well worth a visit.
It is one of the few examples of old
church architecture in the county,
loved by its people and revered by
the folks for miles around for the
splendid influence it has had
through many years.
| VELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—John Murdock Clarke, selected
as a Rhodes scholar, has been as
sistant to the dean at the University
of Pennsylvania.
—James A. Flaherty, supreme
knight of the Knights of Columbus,
will be tendered a dinner on armis
tice day at Philadelphia Tuesday.
—Dr. W. T. Whitaker, secretary
to Archbishop Dougherty, was for
merly a rector in Schuylkill and
then served in the army.
—W. M. Bertolet, Reading city
solicitor, will direct the city cam
paign against increase In electric
rates.
T DO YOU KNOW |
—-That Harrisburg ships
much .steel to nearby towns for
specialized manufactures?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
—T?he earliest polling place in
Harrisburg after it became a towa
was the court house.