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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.
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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