20 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 i i Published evenings except Sunday bj THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO Teltcnik Bulldlns, Federal Mqnan E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief STr. OYSTER, Business Manager Qua. M. STEINMETZ, Managing Ed ifoi LA XL MICHENER, Circulation Manage i Execatlve Uoard JrjP.'McCULLOUGH, "'BOYD M. OGLESBT. P. R. OTSTER, GUS. M. STEINMETZ Men' filers of the Associated Press—The Associated Press Is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub lished herein. (All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. " t Member American Assoc la- Eastern Mc e. Bu'ildlng! I Chicago, ?l U l." dln '' Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. carrier, ten cents a week; by mail. 53.00 a year In advance. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1919 A fat kitchen makes a lean will. —FRANKLIN. BRING PRICES DOWN TO BRING down prices in Penn sylvania and the country at large, Attorney General Palmer, ■peaking as the guest of Governor Sproul at the State-wide conference held at the Capitol yesterday, said these things are necessary: To seek out the profiteers and hoarders. To work more and produce more. Perhaps the most important ut terance of Mr. Palmer's very con structive and enlightening address was this: "If the American people will work ten per cent, more, prices will fall twenty per cent." Profiteering and hoarding ar6 evils we all know about, and every effort of the legal department of the State and the United States should be brought to bear against them, but that alone is not sufficient. Economists and businessmen have been preaching increased production for the past six months as the one sure remedy for high living costs, but leaders of the radical type have been urging shorter and shorter working days and higher and higher wages. Now, the short working day and increased wages are desirable when production is meeting all de mands, but when the supply is short, which means that prices are high, the only way to increase tlia supply and bring down the prices is to work more and produce more. Mr. Palmer is right. What we need at this time is more foodstuffs and more of the things we use in our everyday life, and the way to get them is to work more. Chief Stone, of the Brotherhood of Engi neers, realized this a month or two ago when he said that what the engineers wanted more than higher wages were lower prices. So long as wages continue to go up and working hours continue to be reduced, so long prices will re main high: which means that these higher wages will be of no ad advantage to those who receive them because they will not buy so much as when prices are low. The conference was well worth while. Good results no doubt will eome from it, if the people hearken to the timely advice offered and the Government agencies get busy with tho hoarders and profiteers. Three orchards in the Cumbberland Valley near Waynesboro produced *6,000 bushels of apples this season. Seme yield and some valley, brother! .GREAT AUTO INVASION HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER SADLER and his busy en gineers are working out plans for 1920 which will give further im petus to the remarkable road build tag program of the State. While Many tourists from outside Penn sylvania have been coming into our picturesque empire during the last year or two over some tine roads, the promise of a tremendous in vasion of motor tourists during 1920, aad in Increasing numbers in 1921, Jastlfles the activity of the construc ttve road building forces of the Com ■Mtrwealth. Korth and south, east and west, (be great permanent highways are Wing constructed and the romantic and historic interest which hedges these trunk lines will bring into the State thousands who have learned of the unsurpassed scenery, the leg endary and historic points of inter est and the constantly improving betel facilities everywhere within •ar boundaries. We have the Lincoln Highway and the William Penn Highway, and there has been outlined the Susque hanna trail extending north and aanth along our wonderful river in addition to many other fine atrstohes of roadway through the most Interesting country imaginable. It la little wonder that the hotel accommodations are being so large- FRIDAY EVENING, Ily increased everywhere. These will be needed during the next year or E two, and just as Pennsylvania pre pares to receive its guests, will their =a number increase and the fame of y the State spread. There Is no more '' picturesque route imaginable than * the William Penn Highway skirting the Juniata river—the "Blue Juni ata." It traverses the famous old turnpike constructed in the Revolu tionary period and yvith the surfac ,r ing of this roadway permanent re !r suits are assured. Stretches of the William Penn road already have been completed under the Sproul system, but there are still links in this famous highway which must ~ !be put in shape before it can be 6 | recommended to outside visitors, who n will come in large numbers next year ° and the year thereafter, f Commissioner Sadler and those I associated with him in doing this 1. great work are losing no time in - forcing along the program which was outlined months ago. They en countered unusual weather condi j tions during the last summer, but, - with real courage, never faltered in I their task and the achievements for the year constitute a fine record for . public service. 'i GREAT YEAR FOR CITY ? rp.nu overwhelming majorities '• I which emphasized the interest k of the people of Harrisburg in f the several improvement loans sub mitted to the voters on Tuesday give - impulse to the general spirit of - progress which now animates the city. All the present commission ' ers having been re-elected, the> * have a special commission from the people to undertake the improve ■ ments which are authorized in these loans and there can be no doubt whatever that they will at once pro - vide the necessary plans to give force and effect to the mandate of . the people. For Instance, in the matter o bathing beaches and bath houses - Commissioner Gross has alreadj been in consultation with Warren , H. Manning, who made a study of the problem a few weeks ago, and < it ought to be easily possible to have ( every last detail quickly approved , ! in order that even this fall steps j may be taken to provide for the river bathing next season. It would , be unfortunate to wait for the ap- i ( proach of the summer of 1920 to < begin the work. There is certainly ( much that can be done at once and | ( the emphatic approval of the people ■ > will doubtless encourage the De , partment of Parks, which will have j. direct supervision of the bathing fa- i cilities, to get into action without I delay. t As to the paving and the expan- t sion of the sewer system, tommis- i - sioner Lynch is in hearty accord f , with the plan and was responsible ; [ for the submission of the items cov- ( ering this work. The new paving ! contemplated will do much to bring ' about a rapid development of home- , building and industry in the Allison ] Hill district north of Herr street. It ] is doubtful whether mucl> outdoor work can be started during the pres- i ent year, but the Department of < Public Works will lose no time in 1 awarding contracts and getting g things in shape for the 1920 pro- gram. 1 As it looks now, next year is going * to be one that will go down into his- , tory as a red letter year in the ( further progress of Harrisburg. t With the construction of the great ' memorial viaduct at State street, the , landscaping of the Capitol Park < zone, the paving of large areas of streets in the hitherto unimproved i sections, the starting of the univer- t sity high school, the improvement i of the Italian Park district, the gen- 1 eral extension of the sewer facilities and the creation of long desired i bathing places in the Susquehanna < basin, not to mention the probable . elimination of the Hardscrabble sec- . tion, constitute a program of prog- < ress and development which is most 1 impressive and reassuring from the ' standpoint of public employment for ] labor. < It is also entirely probable that ' the building movement next year , will be largely accelerated by some i definite housing program under the ■ direction of the Chamber of Com- . rnerce. Hurrisburg is not going to ! take the dust of any other city, and, i j is providing dwellings for the people, j but hundreds of houses in addition j „ are needed. ! The election returns of Tuesday, i reading between the lines of masses : of figures, justify the suggestion that ' , the people are through with theories of government contrary to the well 3 settled policies of the United States, ' and are going to demonstrate in their local activities as well as in their State and national programs i * their desire for sanity and common sense in the treatment of the big t problems which have been constant ly before the public during the Wil son regime. ; COMMUNITY SERVICE - pyiHE community service during I the war under the auspices of an organization financed by those interested in welfare work for -0 the soldiers is likely to be continued " by community effort all over the 8 country. Major General Haan de e clarcs that the service is so import ant that it ought to be converted " Into a community instead of a Na tional organization. He believes l peace-time demands are quite as n important as the needs growing out of the war period. y Harrisburg is greatly interested in 1 this matter and has benefitted so " largely from the splendid War Camp 3 Community activities that a number n of persons are giving serious con -8 sideration to a local organization ® which will continue the practical !• work inaugurated here and carried >1 on by the War Camp Community i-'pedpla. fetitUa uv "PuuMtjCctuua ' By the Ex-CommiUcrnum In the election Tuesday five Penn sylvania counties Joined an already large list pf countlos which are un dertaking to bond themselves'to se cure money to pay their share of the cost of constructing modern highways. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is paying all of the cost of constructing the primary road system as planned by Governor Sproul and State Highway Commis sioner Lewis S. Sadler. Numerous counties, during the last six months, have issued bonds for the construc tion of secondary highways which will "tie in" with the State's -pri mary system. Bond issues approved by voters in the election Tuesday are as follows: Bradford county, J 1,000,000; Indiana county, $ 1,000,000; Venango county, $1,000,000; Lawrence county, sl,- 000,000; Lycoming county, $500,000. Many townships in these five coun ties had bond issue propositions be fore the voters on Tuesday. So far as the State Highway Department has been able to learn none of these townships voted against the bond issue. State Highway Commissioner Lewis S. Sadler was greatly pleased with the progressive spirit displayed in Bradford, Indiana, Venango, Law rence and Lycoming counties. "It is evidence," he said, "that the several counties of Pennsylvania are determined to join with the Slate Highway Department in giving the Keystone State the best highway system in America." Voters of Huntingdon county de feated by a small majority a propo sition to bond that county for $500,- 000 for road purposes. —Congressman J. Hampton Moore is going into the office of mayor of Philadelphia not only with the largest majority ever given to a mayor, but with the cordial sup port of "all of the newspapers. In this respect the conditions are much like those attending the commence ment of the Sproul administration. Penn, of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, in writing of him, says the mayor-elect is one of the best quali fied that we have had, in the course of a long time, for a sensible and masterful performance of its duties. Among his predecessors I do not re call more than three who could be either fairly or tolerably compared to him in that respect. His experi ence since early manhood lyis brought him often and intimately into contact with affairs at the City Hall; he has long been shrewdly fa miliar with city politics at close range, and his knowledge of Phila delphia is varied, extensive and ac curate! Usually even the best may ors that we have had since the time i of Stokely have had to learn a good i deal in going into office, have had to j feci their way and have had to ! accept not a little of elementary guidance until they got their bear ings. But it may be expected of Moore that he will enter it as one whose training will enable him to take hold of it with something of the ease of a veteran in suoh em ployment. No one will think of him as a novice or green horn. In that respect he will be not unlike what Sproul ."as when Sproul became Governor. In his fifty-sixth year, Moore has the appearance of a man very much younger. In fact, he does not look much different from what he did when, a generation ago, he would pad the streets as a news paper reporter." —The Philadelphia Public Ledger, in a first page review of the results of the election, says it ends Vare power, a conclusion not yet reached by s6me other papers. The Ledger says: "Tuesday's municipal election, which gave J. Hampton Moore, mayor-elect, the largest plurality of any executive in the history of the city, placed the government in the hands of the friends of the new charter and completed the work of destruction of the Vare machine which was started in the primary campaign. With Mr. Moore was elected a majority of the new coun cil of twenty-one members, all of whom are pledged to support the Moore administration and to admin ister the charter law according to the purposes and intentions of the act. The Vares failed in every ef fort they made to retrieve some measure of their political power." Allegheny county did pretty well in the matter of loan elections, ac cording to the Pittsburgh Chronicle- Telegraph. Avalon approved a bond issue of SIBO,OOO for the purpose of a site for and the erection and equipment of a new high school. Ben Avon by a vote of 125 to 108 approved a $35,000 bond item for a municipal building. Carnegie ap proved two bond items, one of $300,- 000 for school improvements and one of $150,000 for buying a recrea tion grounds and erecting thereon a municipal building. The vote on the former proposition was 592 for and 247 against. On the second item the vote was 407 for and 381 against. Rewiokley approved an is sue of $250,000 for a new high school, the vote being 366 for and 244 against. Swissvale authorized an issue of $200,000 bond for erect ing and equipping a new high school by a vote of two to one. Tarentum approved an expenditure of $35,000 for a park along the Allegheny river the vote being close, 311 for to 301 against. West View approved a bond issue of $4 2,503 for street im provements by a vote approximately of 400 to 80. —The complete unofficial returns of Tuesday's election show the elec tion of Mayor Charles E. Rhodes and Councilmen Charles H. Cassidy. John P. Lafferty, N. A. Stevens and William C. Westfall, says the Al toona Tribune. "The race for the mayoralty was so close, with a bare 64 plurality, that the voters have a desire to see the official count. The friends of Mayor Rhodes feel certain that he is re-elected and that the plurality will evert be bigger. On the other hand Brumbaugh's friends believe that the official count may bring sufficient changes in the totals as to bring about his election." —The voters of Bethlehem decid ed in favor of increasing the bonded indebtedness of the city by $1,700,- 000 for purchasing the Bethlehem City Water Company system for amalgamation with the city's exist ing municipal plant on the North Side. Only a few wards voted against the proposition, which In the past few days had gained in favor with the electors. Old Formula Reversed [From the New York Herald] According to the Holy Scriptures to "stand before kings," used to be the height of a man's ambition. King Albert, of the Belgians, "stood before Congress" yesterday. So it is probable that the old formula has been • reversed, no matter what any voter may think individually of the persons who vote for him in the House of Representatives or the Senate of the United States. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH OH, MAN! ... ... ByBRIGGS .K)\ UhY? i hav/EM ri r n^zjut-z. r r H o^~^ AT SOME STORE I \GOT TIME To VUHERE Y<*J C*SN J /JERRY Gee WHIT.- 'MOPE AND SEE IF YOU j ©E CHAStMG GET A CASE / JS^S |ll Ru,<j J 1 Cfi> . V ( CA£ T GET SOME/ .GR** S AROUND FOR OF- -- ■or•x■ JS% \ RI6HT ( CASE- • CER,AINLY , it s all r~i LL Ron j ov/er'to f , N/e <SoT oME |f"No\AJ Lisrefj"^— v Jbot we ?A<E Er V)mahk <?OM HANK S A.VSD MAYSC/ ( LET 5\ \ BOTTLE FOR J VdHAT TIME KAVeU J CASE OF . J J <36T A __/ / H*VE 1 Ten Bucks- z' , ha-d- ive fieerol) A SPECK /<>. TvjSo IcoOPLR QUARTS ' ( ,-p ••/ L T HE WKf The Sword of Days Days are a sword with which to strike, Days are a glory of hope and chance; Days are a spear with which to pierce The gargoyles of life's high ro mance; Days are a sword, a shlnipg blade, A silver blade of flashing light— On, with the falchion drawn and swung Tn the great cause of human right! Out with the petty cark and cry Of good days these or bad days those! Days are a dream dropped from the sky. Days are a garden of the rose; Days are a highway stern and fine Up to the hills and over and on; Days are a sword of light divine. Draped with the gospel of the dawn. Days are a deed in one rapt hour Of lofty and luminous will and force, Bringing the sky-born hopes to flower. Guiding great dreams upon their course, Upward and onward, with great hearts set Firmly and forward —days are such things As ages of ages shall not forget, Nor the high pride of dust-blown kings. Days are a gift with which to make Old" fashions into burning fate; Days are a thunder with which to shake The sleepe-s to action at life's green gate; Days are a sword to have and| swing In the great purpose and to bear Forth to the files that fighting sing Out of the silence and the care. —Folgar McKinsey, in Pittsburgh Dispatch. A Good Suggestion [From the Pennsylvania Farmer] Doctor Finegan, Pennsylvania's Superintendent of Public Instruc tion, in speaking of needed improve ments in rural schools, said: "School boards will find that the Grajige Farm P.ureau and other or ganizations directly interested in the improvement of rural conditions will cheerfully co-operate in a movement of this kind. There is no question of more concern to those who live in the rural sections than the question of health. The health authorities and the Red Cross will also cordially co-operate in this larger movement for the improve ment of rural conditions if the op portunity is afforded them. School 1 oards may very appropriately, inerefore, organise this movement and, by bringing all these various agencies into co-operation with them, render a great service not only to rural communities but to the Commonwealth as well." Here is a good suggestion for rural school boards and one that should be acted upon in every lo cality. We too often find a disposi tion on the part of school officers to ignore the public in questions of school management. We have never observed that the elevation of an ordinary individual to official posi tion increased his capacity or judg ment to any extent, but it does sometimes swell his head. The rural schools would be better than they are to-day if, long ago, there had been developed an educational ' spirit in the community. This might easijy be accomplished by in viting the co-operation of parents and organizations in planning for better schools and school equipment. Fumigate [The American Legion Weekly] Every now and then some import ed agitator is rounded up by out raged citizens of free America and compelled to kiss the flag. Only the other day we read an account of a whole batch of red agitators being thus honored at Weirton, West Virginia. The intent is splendid, but the practice is deplorable. The Stars and Stripes should be kept clean of the foul lips that preach sedition. They ure unfit to kiss the ground under the flag. We recommend the immediate fumigation of that flag at Weirton. My Terrors Round About Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the Lord's anger none escaped nor remained; those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.—Lamenta tions il, 22. THE SUSQUEHANNA NAVIGABLE Report by Wm. H. Gray, Major of Engineers, United States Army. No. 4—Tlie River LENGTH of Susquehanna and branches to be made navigable ■ —Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York —600 miles. Pennsylvania State records show 4200 cubic feet per minute flow, that only three times in 27 years has It fallen be low, and that was for a period of three days, when it dropped to 3700. The locks on the Ohio re quire between 700 and 800 cubic feet of water per minute to main tain navigation. The Susquehanna has five times more than is neces sary for similar navigation; it has sufficient to permit the floating of 2800 to 3000-ton barges on the main river and north branch, and on the Juniata and west branch 600-ton barges easily. The flood stages are usually in the spring and can be controlled by impounding the head water in reservoirs built for that purpose, where the land is not valuable. The low stages usually occur in August and September, but it is never so low as to interfere with navigation, particularly so when the flood waters are conserved and released at the proper time. The river drains such a great area and is of such length that rains are almost certain to occur daily somewhere in the drainage area. The system of shutter dams assists in controlling the waters for navigation and power. Land purchased in connec tion with the proposed improve ments would not be as valuable as that required for railroad purposes. Area drained, New York 4,000 square miles. Area drained, Pennsylvania— -24,100 square miles; 53 per cent, of area of State. Area drained, Maryland l,OOO square miles. Area affected if navigable—one third of the most populous and the principal industrial section of the United States. Population in Its drainage area, 3,000,000. Population affected if made navigable—2s,ooo,ooo to 30,000,000. The river bottom is rocky; ledges of limestone, silica, michaschists and sandstones form miles of its bottom and sides, making ideal foundations for dams and locks. The channels when dredged will be easily main tained, the sides of the channel prism will stand up well; where soft or inclined to wash or erode, Industries of Susquehanna River, etc., Branch and Tributaries State of Pennsylvania Only—l9l7 Main Susquehanna River from Northumberland to Tidewater Buck- Wheat Rye Oats Corn Hay Potatoes wheat Northumber- „„„ land 507,870 102,070 838,032 261,828 43,113 447,430 60,773 Snyder 391,120 49,960 542,716 801,012 28,929 204,800 33,699 Juniata 307,908 15,719 368,416 639,364 7,301 108,768 24,778 Dauphin ... 587,961 45,289 832,713 1,440,208 73,905 208,620 4.152 Perry 450,316 37,688 589,306 974,640 40,685 144,560 23,362 land 1,201,522 55,197 949,428 2,714,224 87,110 237,445 504 York 1,868,392 218,541 1,150,111 4,332,042 187,626 998,946 16,019 Lancaster ..2,716,025 73,744 803,808 4,532.880 164,190 992,550 1,150 Totals 8,031,114 598,208 5,974,530 15,716,198 632,959 3,243,119 164,437 Lancaster County farmers andTTobacco is also an important cr°P those of adjoining counties annually in Lancaster and York counties, 94 buy and sell 75,000 head of feeding per cent, of Pennsylvania s 65,000,- cattle, an industry that makes Lan- 000 pound crop being grown in caster county the richest agricul- those two counties and some of the tural county in the United States, largest factories are located therein. North Branch Susquehanna—State Line to Northumberland Buck- Wheat Rye Oats Corn Hay Potatoes wheat Susquehanna 7,811 14,554 592,920 256,011 142,335 591,560 179,010 Bradford .... 84,228 102,540 1,355,716 474,425 148,542 938,218 450,058 Wyoming ... 5,445 30,868 145,856 123,908 24,642 278,280 170,980 Lackawanna 304 17,236 193,534 45,673 29,320 272,800 48,769 Luzerne 85,085 138,120 445,440 492,030 29,414 634,500 137,160 Columbia .. .418,135 164,385 689,320 976,627 44,660 376,740 193,254 Montour 210,171 22,937 301,563 335,949 17,437 81,060 35,984 Totals 811,179 490,640 3,724,358 2,704,623 436,350 3,173,158 1,215,215 1917 West Branch Susquehanna—Barnesboro to Northumberland. Buck- Wheat Rye Oats Corn Hay Potatoes wheat Cambria ... 63,706 61,286 540,466 280,895 46,954 435,968 141,310 Clearfield ... 79,199 109,864 672,152 428,090 58,755 4 54,050 198,293 Centre 612,013 31,144 797,979 1,393,040 61,938 326,700 35,926 Clinton 189,661 16,685 276,897 391,536 20,917 139,995 20,736 Lycoming ... 479,173 100,521 1,003,975 1,189,368 62,874 179,320 192,051 Union 358,042 15,407 504,433 559,615 23,667 111,090 3,385 Totals 1,781,694 334,907 3,796,000 4,242,544 274,405 1,647,123 591,701 Steel, Iron, lumber, and general 1 Industries In the counties traversed < by the Susquehanna River in Penn- i sylvanla and New York aggregate over one blUJon dollars. Cool—Pennsylvania 1917, Anthracite, 100,000,000 tons all in Busquehanna River Valley. 1917, Bituminous, 200,000,000 tons. Seventy million tons of anthracite coal are mined each year on the t they can be rip-rapped with the rock taken from the excavations. Navigation at present is confined to small flat boats engaged in hauling coal dredged from river bottom. Navigation must not stop at Harris burg or Sunbury. The main river, the north branch, the west branch, the Juniata and Conestoga must be canalized. Navigation must be ex tended into New York State and the Susquehanna system connect with the New York State Barge Canal. The old Susquehanna and tide water, canal, from Havre de Grace, Mary land, (tide water), to New York State line, 287.2 miles, had a total lift of 776.5 feet. West branch, Northumberland to Lock Haven, 67.9 miles, total lift. 111 feet Lower Juniata, Juniata Junction to Hollidaysburg, 126.7 miles, total lift, 532.7 feet. Construction suggested: Dams and slack water levels, with a channel dredged to a depth of 14 feet by 100 feet wide at the bottom and 150 to 200 feet wide on top, governed by the type of material encountered. Dams, largely of the shutter type, piers crossing the river at proper span, with shutters suspended from a bridge resting on the piers, shut ters raised and lowered to control water by mechanism mounted on the bridge. Locks should be built not less than 310 feet long by 50 feet wide, with not less than 12 feet of water over the sill. Provision should be made to build double locks when necessary, harbors of refuge, docks and wharves should bo constructed with modern loading and unloading devices and facilities. Cost can only be estimated until a preliminary survey is actually made. My opinion is that $200,000,- 000 will be necessary. Bonds could be sold and the expenditure repaid in fifty years, by a small charge on coal and manufactured products. Agricultural products, sand, stone lime, cement, bricks, and other building materials carried free of tolls, except a nominal charge for lockage and maintenance. f improvement should be considered as a great National Highway of commerce and the cost absorbed as is done with the cost of building National or State highways, the pay ments made from general funds re ceived from taxes. banks of the Susquehanna River, so close that short tram roads only, from mine to barges are necessary— practically direct delivery from mine to boat. The other thirty million tons are mined In the district trav ersed by the Susquehanna River or Its north branch. Fifty million tons of bituminous coal are mined annually on the banks of the West Branch and the NOVEMBER 7, 1919. Juniata River, or within a short haul thereof. The New York State Barge Canal management, in its annual report for 1918, states: "In the event that the railroad congestion remains acute, and by action of the Federal authorities, the shipment of low grade commo dities by water is directed. Compu tations made by the department in dicate that the anthracite and bi tuminous coal field of Pennsylvania, located at distances ranging from fifty to one hundred miles from the southernmost canal terminals, could supply a canal tonnage of at least 13,000,000 tons per year." [To Be Continued]. Sold Crown Jewels [Pom the London Telegraph.] A judicial inquiry, which is so far being kept secret by the police, is now taking place with reference to the necklace of the Empress Marie Louise, second wife of Napoleon L This necklace, valued at one mil lion dollars, was presented by Na poleon to the empress on the birth of the King of Rome, and remained in the possession of the imperial court of Austria. The attempt to dispose of it makes a strange and interesting story, which goes back to the beginning of 1914. At that time the Austrian court was keenly in terested in the movement in Portu gal for restoring King Manuel to his throne. The late Emperor Francis Joseph was anxious to help the par tisans of this movement, and when the question of monetary support arose, he is credited with having conceived the dea of selling a num ber of crown jewels, including the collection which belonged to the Empress Marie Louise. Those who had the sale of the Jewels in hand got into touch with a lady of high position residing in Paris. This lady was counseled to act with great circumspection. The sale, if effected, had to be kept se cret, and in order that news of the transaction should not leak out she was enjoined not to sign any docu ments or give a receipt for the money received. A casket of jewels, including the necklace of the Em press Marie Louise, arrived in Paris and the lady invited a French dia mond merchant to interest himself in finding a purchaser. It was found, however, that the persons approached were not anxious to pay on s n ! l ' li ? n dollars for the necklace, and that, indeed, they were not greatly interested in it. But a cer tain number of other jewels in the casket were disposed of, and the money was handed to the lady, who acted as intermediary between the merchant. the diaDlond The afrair now has become public as a result of this lady instituting proceedings against the diamoSd dealer, alleging he has kept a part of the proceeds of the sale. The diamond dealer, on his part, has declared to M. Cluzel. examining affSr that " bo . ia inquiring into the Commission. 18 entiUed to * 6 ' ooo "Watering Wages" [From the Altoona Mirrorl There seems to be a general mis mT f"/ what the coal minors .? 3 not appear that in demanding a six-hour day, five days a week, the miners are really bent on working only thirty hours a . Even c°al mining, arduous nh I l as U is ' 18 endur able to the ordinary worker for a a dly F Pe tha ° HVe ° r Six hour 3 What the miners want is more pay—a great deal more. The six hour day or thirty-hour week is meant only as the basis for estimat ing wages. It is said that the miners expect ? eal of overtime. Starting with a sixty per cent, wage ncrease for a day's work, shorten ing that day to six hours, and then starting in on overtime pay for an extra hour or two a day and sev eral hours on Saturday, it is easy enough to see that the miners could easily more than double their earn ings. This is what a New York paper calls "watering wages." There is no more excuse for watering wages than for watering stock. The miners doubtless deserve better pay, and should have whatever they deserve * but they should not try to get it on false pretenses. An Unpopular Free Article [From Answers, London.] Morton —There is one thing about advice. Burleigh—What is that? Morton—lt is about the one thing free which people don't want to take. 1 ISuttttttg (Eljat People who attended the "fair price conference at the State Capitol yesterday afternoon declare that it will be historic in Pennsylvania. Not wui, I" e S] 0 r y of any oao connected with the State government have the ru, ® r ® ot the cltiea and the boroughs and the prosecuting officers of the . law in .so many counties gathered here for any great undertaking, the nearest approach being the meetings of city and county officials in the early days of the war for discussion of the methods of operating the registration and other preliminaries of the draft. The notable thing about the conference yesterday was the unanimity with which the ex ecutives of the municipalities upheld the course of the Governor in insis tence upon maintenance of law and order in the steel and coal strikes, a feeling which found expression in every address, while there was also manifested a pretty general idea that it would not be a bad plan to hold more such meetings. Gov- * ernor William C Sproul, who pre sided, was a chairman who was 'surprising," to use the words of a couple of mayors. He was earnest most of tho timo, but threw in just enough jocular remarks and inter twined so many pleasantries with his introductions that the group of men of many diverse types and ways of thinking was with him to a linis'h. The Governor showed a broad grasp of the problems of the cities of the State and a knowledge of what each city was doing, while his restoration of the balance of the meeting after some especially vigorous remarks by speakers was worth watching. He '> did not approve of some of the criti cisms of farmers, but he also gently "kidded" the master of the State Grange who was rather fervid by remarking "I guess we had all bet ter eat. cornmeal mush and get fat while we are fooling the profiteers." Everyone was impressed by the Gov ernor's references to the necessity for a return of the old-time habits of industry and thrift. The fact that four of the speakers yesterday were Quakers and all de cidedly positive, even belligerent, was another feature of a notable meeting. The Governor and Attor ney General A. Mitchell Palmer were anything but pacific in discussing the men who would subordinate law to force, and Col. Edward Martin, tlio State Health Commissioner, Indi cated that he had taken some ideas from army training which ho would apply to the breadth and stature of the youth of the State. As for Joseph R. Grundy, he was militant and his comments upon the Na tional administration's attitude to ward Pennsylvania was made in fighting terms which were very pleasing to the Keystone State parti sans who filled the hall. Mayor Daniel L. Kiester, who at tracted considerable atlention by his vigorous remarks in regard to rent profiteering, was congratulated by some friends among third-class city officials. "I didn't know you could make such a speoch in such a big hall," said one. "Oh," replied the Mayor, "I'm used to this place. I have made them here before and when they were not as quiet and well behaved as they are to-day." * • Some of the Red Cross workers have run across some fuuny things in their canvass of the city and it illustrates the peculiar ideas people hold in regard to the "militia of mercy." A Tenth ward man indig nantly refused to make a subscrip tion and, when asked why, said "Well, the Red Cross is supposed to help. I had influenza last year and no one came near me." He said he had never contributed and would not. He did not. In another part of town when the committee came into a street whose houses had open backyards the word went along the row. Verily, there was nobody home. The first meeting of the Wednes day Club the other afternoon was n most delightful affair and the change to afternoon hours was greatly appreciated by the members. However, when some one sang with fine effect the song, "Spring Is Here" there was an uneasy result among a couple of members. What disturbed them was the exclamation at one member. In mock sorrow, "I've just bought a winter hat." • • One of these days the sight is going to be presented of some Har risburg residents taking down screens with the snow flying. There are many houses where the screens are still in place. Some of the excuses heard are: The man who always does it is away. , " Can't get anyone to do anything like that nowadays and I have not had time. There's football on Saturdays now. The flies are apt to be still bad until real frost comes. We never take them oft until rt gets real cold. Are they still there? * 0 • gome odd ideas about the confer ence held here yesterday for dis cussion of means to combat the high cost of living were abroad in the city last night. A few people got the idea that some price fixing was to be established and others that a body which had extra legislative powers was in session. There was general curiosity manifested at the Capitol in regard to the plan of the meeting and the fair price sugges tion mystified many persons until they found that it was always with in the ability of people by refrain ing from buying to move prices of foodstuffs down with a bang. ( WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —General W. L. Seibert, in charge of the chemical warfare division, is to speak before Phila delphia professional men this m °J^ h ol. James E. Barrett, former State treasurer, was here yesterday to see friends. —William B. Linn, the new su perior court judge, is president of the Art Club, of Philadelphia. Col. Joseph H. Thompson, in spector general of the new National Guard, was a Harrlsburg visitor. Mayor Samuel A. Barnes, the new executive of New Castle, wan ■here yesterday with District Attor ney George W. Muse, a former Capitol attache. —District Attorney-elect C. M. Palmer, of Schuylkill, was chairman of the House educational committee last session. If DO YOU KNOT | —That Harrlsburg boilers are used In school houses In the Middle West? HISTORIC HARRISBURG —The Lochlel hotel corner hai been occupied by a hotel for ovei three-quarters of a century i
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