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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
FOR THE nOME
Founded 1831
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E. J. STACKPOLE
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WEDNESDAY. DEC. 17. 1919
If you tell the truth, you have tn-
Bn ite power supporting you; but if
■lot, you have Infinite power
Against you.—Charles George Gor-
Bon.
AN ASSET OF THE CITY
THE Harrisburg Hotel Company,
owner of the Penn-Harrls, hav
ing declared a dividend of four
per cent, for the first eleven months
®f its operation, those who put their
money into the enterprise may fee!
that they not only performed a duty
to the community, but made a good
investment as well.
, Few people this time last year
Would have believed it possible to
have made such a splendid showing
in so short a time. The first few
months in the li.'e of any hotel are
subject to all manner of expenses
and unusual outlays. Many of the
best hotels in the country failed to
Bhow a profit at first. But tbe Penn-
Harris made itioney from the very
start and gives every promise of be
coming one of the best investments
in the city.
This must be most gratifying to
the men who gave so much of their
time, energy and money to the new
enterprise, especially in view of the
fact that the Penn-Harris was
erected and opened to the public
during the trying circumstances of
the great war, when material em
bargoes, labor shortage and all man
ner of difficulties entered into the
situation. They went into the hotel
proposition primarily to provide a
new hotel for the city and only sec
ondarily to make money. That they
have accomplished both to a really
remarkable degree is a rare tribute
to their patriotism and business sa
gacity. That the hotel is constantly
over-crowded is proof also that the
traveling public appreciates what
has been done here.
Considering the Supreme Court de
cision and the high price of eggs, it
Is likely that Christmas eggnogs will
be made this year without liquor or
eggs.
WILSON RESPONSIBLE
THE responsibility for t lie sugar |
shortage ,pnd for the high
prices that will accompany any i
increase in the supply is chargeable i
directly to the President personally
and to him alone. In the course of
hi* investigations into the sugar sit- :
nation. Senator McXary, of Oregon,
chairman of the sugar subcommit- !
tee, has become convinced that
there was no need whatever for the
sugar famine to which the country
has been subjected. So long ago as 1
August 14 the president of the ;
Sugar Equalization Board. Mr. Zu.- ;
hriskie, addressed a letter to Mr. \\ 11- j
eon, in which he urged the inune- j
diate purchase of the Cuban crop.
Accompanying that letter was a !
written communication from repre- i
eentatives of the Cuban planters ten- j
dering to this country "the entire j
wealth of their production under :
nach terms as may be agreed upon ;
by the contracting parlies at a I
price moderate, but compensating to !
She producer and well witllin the I
economic reach of the consumer." i
Seven of the eight members of the j
hoard recommended the acceptance
f>f that offer.
The letter reached the President
And its receipt was acknowledged.
Wo move having been made liy the
executive, the Equalization Board
••nt him another letter, under date of
September 20, referring to their for
•aer communication and calling at
tention to the "imperative necessity"
pf early action if the United Slates
Wf to acquire the Cuban crop be
fore its acquisition by foreign buy
•*"•. That letter also was acknowl
edged. this time by the President s
•ecretary, but still nothing was done
•or has anything been done by Mr.
iWtlson to give the American people
the benefit of the huge supply of
•agar lying at our very doors.
The consumption of sugar in the
Halted States la about 4,000,000 tons
fa annum. An increase of one cent
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
u pound moans an additional ex
penditure ly the public of $80,000,-
000 mid an added cost ot ten cents
a pound means a tux on the people
of SBO >,000,000. Senator McXary be
lieves that had the President seen
tit to adopt the recommendations, of
the seven members of the Equaliza
tlon Board, instead of following the
advice of the one dissenting mem
ber, the people would not only have
received . sufficient supply of sugar,
but would have been saved hundreds
of millions of dollars on the price.
Attorney General Palmer, true to
his partisan promptings, undertakes
to put the blame for the shortage
upon the Republican Congress,
claiming that he had been denied
"both the power and the facilities
for obtaining tangible results." Mr.
McXary contends that that charge
is far front the truth. The facts
are that the President, through the
Equalization Board, was possessed of
ample authority to acquire the Cu
ban sugar crop. He also commanded
the funds with which to make the
purchase, consisting of an original
appropriation from the President's
emergency fund of $3,000,000, plus
about $30,000,900 prottt made on tbe
purchase ami sale of last year's
crop.
The hoard, however, could go no
further than make its recommenda
tions. it is an incorporated body,
with the stock ail hold in trust
the President, and it is the vote of
that stock that controls the policy of
the board of directors. The question
of whether the people were to have
the benefit of the huge reservoir ot
sugar in Cuba was put up to Mr.
t\ ilson squarely and without reser
vation. He chose to take no action.
The result has been the acquisition
of the Cuban crop by other nations,
and a sugar famine in this country.
—• —
Judging from the sib-nee reigning
from the front office at the White-
House these days somebody must have
taken the tumult out of Tumulty.
"DAYLIGHT SAVING"
CITY COCNCIL, acting at the re
quest of thousands of Harris
burg people, has granted the popu
lar petition for a continuation local- '
l.v of the "daylight saving" plan
ruled out hy Congress last session.
Doubtless this will be a signal for
many towns roundabout to adopt
similar regulations.
Signed by working nteii ar.-d
women, salespeople, clerks, lawyers, \
bankers, merchants, managers of
big steel mills and industries of all
sorts, the petitions presented to
Council unquestionably represent
the sincere sentiments and wishes
of the great mass of the people of
Hurrisburg. Indeed, it is difficult to
find anybody in the city who does
not desire the extra hour of daylight
that has come to mean so much to
all of us since its inauguration as a
Federal statute.
The question has been luised as to
whether or not Hurrisburg alone can
successfully enforce "daylight sav
ing." The answer is that any com
munity can do anything in t! way
of public convenience that its people
wish. Anything that is good for t.le
entire population is good for the
whole city, and can he successfully
carried out, for the very reason- that
it is in accord with the wishes of
the people and will meet with their
ready compliance. A popular regu
lation is always easily operated.
Beside, we in Harrishurg will be
working along the same lines -s New
York, Philadelphia and other large
j cities and on the same time sehed
i ules, so that any difficulties that
' may have arisen in the way of bank
ing hours, etc., will easily be over
; conie. However, it 's likely that
this matter has been carefully con
sidered by the local bank officials.
for many of them were signers of |
the petitions, as were railroad ofii
. ials. including the c-iperintei'.-dent
of the Pennsylvania lines here, and
the heads of the Bet hljliera and
Central iron and Steel Companies.
The proposed change will not
affect the rural population, bann
ers may run their farms by the -am
oi any other way. as they see lit.
As for liarrisburg, it Is now in a fair
way to add an hour of daylight for
its people during the season when
more light is most desirable and to
save thousands of dollurs in ftiei
now used in the making of electric
light, gas, etc. Councilman may
rest assured that the people are
grateful 'to them for their action.
They would have been grievously
disappointed if the move for "day
light saving" in Harrisburg bad re
sulted otherwise.
"Get after the profiteering devils,"
shouts Alitch fainter. That's right,
Mr. fainter, get after 'em; we've been
I Waiting guile a time now for you to
' get busy.
It is entirely proper that the vet
eran of two wars and a border ex
pedition should head the- Ainc-rican
Legion chapter here. Congratulations,
Colonel ycheli.
"The war is still on." says the Su
preme Court, and Judging front re
ports of doings in Europe we are in
clined to believe
I*o UtlcQ Ot
I*t>tK44j£tfa>tta
By the Ex-Committeeman
A recommendation for a complete
! revision of the Constitution of Penn
! sylvania, which would mean that the
I next Legislature would be asked to
jcall a constitutional convention, is
likely to be made by the Revision
! Commission, which resumes its ses
sions to-day after a recess since
! Thursday. Some of the members
who opposed such a course are now
understood to feel that there .will
he so many amendments, without in
cluding what may possibly be sug
! gested by the committees on taxa
tion and corporation and ou cities,
that the list will be longer than could
be bandied with any degree of safety
I by the amendment methods followed
|in 1909 and other years. However,
• there are some who oppose even con
sidering a convention until the work
I of the Commission is in hand.
I The committees on taxation and
| cities have arranged to secure much
I data and will also have hearings
of State officials. The committee in
charge of militia matters has asked
Adjutant General Frank D. Beary to
appear hel'ore it to outline his ideas
in regard to military matters and
Auditor General Charles A. Snyder
j intends to appear before the taxa
tion committee early in January. The
| Investigation to he set afoot by the
■ cities committee into municipal in
, debtedness. expenses, budgets and
' other matters will probably be ex
tensive.
| —lt is not probable that the sug
gestion for a single chambered Lcgis
| luture bused upon the council plan
in the cities, with members paid
j 300 u year for sitting in practically
I continuous session as is done by
! councils, will get very far. The dis
position of tlie (Commission is not to
materially change the scheme of
Stale government and in any event
I the legislature, which will consider
; all recommendations, would liardlv
| regard the suggestion favorably. This
; suggestion contemplates one mem
ber for each 100.000 of population,
every county to have at least one
; representative. Vnder the census of
J 1910 it would mean almost 100 mem
bers and three-quarters of a million
, salary roll, without counting in at
| tactics.
—Members of the Pennsylvania
congressional, delegation will bo in
j vited to he guests of Governor \Vil
■ liatn Sproul at dinner at the ex
l ecutive mansion in January. Tilts
will be the first dinner of the kind
given by a Governor in years. The
Governor, was recently the guest of
i the delegation at dinner in Washing
j ton. Governor Sproul will also give
j a dinner to the members of the Con
stitutional Revision Commission in
; January.
I —Changes in the membership of
; the State Water Supply Commission
Jure imminent and Thomas J. I.ynch.
J of Bethlehem, the .secretary, will he
! the only member to stay. The itieni
j hers who are booked to retire are
: It. A. Zentmycr, of Tyrone, and <>. S.
lvelcey, of Lock Haven, both Bruni
| baugh appointees.
i —Auditor General Charles A. Sny
| der will probably not announce the
{appointments of the mercantile ap
i praisers for several days. He bad
! hoped to complete the list to-momnv.
j but will net be able tc do so. "I did
! not know so many people hud eyes on
i the places," remarked tiie Auditor
j General. There will be about 100
i appointments, first and last.
| —John L. Gutsliall has been
selected county solicitor of Lehigh.
: He succeeds a Republican.
1 —R. L. Scliroycr will remain as
i burgess of Selinsgrove. There was
1 an election held this year and when
i it was all over there was a contest.
{Then came doubts as to whether an
election should have beta held. It
! has been decided that the present in
! cumbent shall hold over, a method
jof settling the dispute which was
jannounced by Judge A. W. Johnson
j and seems to have given consider
' able satisfaction.
| —Judge-elect G. \V. Maxc.v and
Mayor A. T. Council will be candi
! dates for Republican National dele
| gates in I.itckawanna,
j —Lehigh's lliree representatives in
! the General Assembly tire eandi
| dates for renominution.
—Congressman 1!. K. I-'oeht writes
in the la vishing News about Gov
ernor Sprout's visit to Washington:
"In the absence of Senator Penrose
as National committeeman from
Pennsylvania, on account of sickness,
our own great - Governor represented
Pennsylvania, and to say that ho took
the meeting off-its feet in a ringing
ilepublican speech is but modestly
expressing the enthusiasm of Repub
licans about the streets, hotels and
tile' Capitol over the jingle Governor
Sproul injected into his deliverance.
There was no pussyfooting about his
declarations, and nothing recently
spoken has been quite so truly Amer
ican and Republican, which sent a
thrill of confidence and revived party
spirit all down along the Republican
line.'
—The Washington Star, which fol- '
lows National politics closely , says: j
"Persistently recurring reports that
Secretary of Labor Wilson is about
to resign were stopped yesterday by
announcement from the Secretary,
through Hugh AlcGraw. Ins private
secretary, thut Mr. Wilson 'ill re
tain his cabinet post. These reports
have been inspired. Mr. McGraw
said, by rumors of I'rlctton between
l>r. llarry A. Garfield, fuel adminis
trator. and Secretary Wilson, overt
the wage scale to he offered the |
striking soft coal miners, and have ,
become so widespread thut the See- I
rotary yesterday received a telephone]
call "front a man in Pennsylvania, ■
urging him for the good of the coun- ]
try not to resign at this time." j
I'p Go the Paper Stocks
f From the New York Herald.]
Canadian newsprint manufacturers!
are expecting an exceedingly profit- j
able year at the expense of the news-;
paper publishers of t lie United States, j
That fact became apparent yesterday !
on the Montreal Stock Exchange |
when the securities of various t'an-j
Indian paper mills enjoyed abnormal]
increases in value under ttie impetus
of heavy buy ing.
Buying of paper mill stocks fol- j
lowed the receipt of advices from
New York that newspuffer publisher*!
were being compelled to Sign eon-|
tracts for their supplies of newsprint |
lor next y ear at prices ranging much j
higher than those lor the current
year.
Because of the constantly increas
ing cost of newsprint paper tin
newspaper publishers of the United
States have real zed that radical'
steps must be taken. Already many
of the sniuller - newspapers, ear n
valuable in its own territory in the
dissemination of news and the form
ling of public opinion, have been
|forced to suspend because of inub.l
jity to obtain paper.
I The larger and more powerful pa
pers are feeling the pinch and musl
find relief. Congress may be asked
to limit the size of newspapers.
Other forms of relief suggested in
clude art increase in the price of the
printed newspaper and an Increase
iu advertising rates.
HARRISBURG &&&!$? TELEGRAPH
THAT GUILTIEST FEELING By BRIGGS
~\ 'l2B for Ycu-li HeHHeiA- |HJ;
J Jr ,na V'/rU/s I. \ BETTER N / i |fl
rou^OR E -R=- •
FimiSh op The .8 holes, #NM|M'' V'// ''
Bavmls out your awful ' vVv!'lll'VI I ,'/ 1 ,) 1,1 ! ' ; ' ■
SC ORE SO LOUD THAT FFL ™ 0 /
OTHERS CAM HEAR IT, ; —'
-
"Then 'JA'I the World Kml" 1
[Hazel Benjamin in the Seattle j
l'ost-Intelligencer I
In an envelope marked "urgent"
the following letter to Santa Clans i
found its way to the l'ost-Intelli- ;
gencor Christmas editor. The writer!
apparently is a boy with original
idea*, which include spelling. He j
signs himself "Chuck." The letter: j
"Hear Santa Clous—Gentlemen: !
Do you think it would be possible, |
sence this may be the last one, to i
have Xnias December 1.1 because the)
end of the world is coming from sun |
spots on December 17 my father!
says, who is a lire insurance seller, 1
of no IIHV.II abiliaty. I don't know '
exactly what a sun spot is but our i
teacher, who is ih the fifth grade,
says it is very something j
like a boil on the sun.. If a boil on j
the sun is like the one on the neck 1
from which 1 sufferend intents last
summer so I couldn't go in swim-!
miiig don't you think it would be !
better to have Xmas say a week j
earlier? Having it on the 15 will ;
make it possible for everybody to j
get over their candy and Xmas din
ers before the end of the world, i
which my father says is going to be j
something we ci'ji't afford to miss,
ana cJm all toli our children about. :
It does seam kind of too bad to '
waste Xmas because of the end of i
the world.
"This is only a suggestion, but if j
you should see lit to act favorably ,
i'm il 1 might tell you. senoe 1 may |
not have time to write any more, I
that I would like," etc., etc.
So Mandate l or Armenia
[From the New York Herald.]
In an address in honor of the civil
and military missions from 'Armenia
James W. Gerard, former Ambassat
dor to Germany. declared himself
unalterably opposed to the United
States accepting a mandate for Ar
menia. "Sonic queer Amerleans.
lie said, "advocate that America ac
cept sueh a mandate, yet. I do not
know what is their purpose in advo
cating a thing that is almolutely im
possible for America to accept. if
there is any such possibility 1 should
esteem it a duty to do all I could to
prevent it."
In the opinion of Mr. Gerard,
America will not accept a mandate
for any country. Members of the
Ameritan I'ommittee for the Inde
pendence of Armenia are absolutely
opposed to America accepting man
dates.
This is the view of all Americana
who look far enough into the future
to se- the difficulties and dangers of
foreign entanglements," whether m
Turkey or any other part,of Europe.
The safe course fc America to pur
sue is to hack up Armenian independ
ence and give tne Armenians an op
portunity to help themselves and
protect themselves against the Turks
and Turkish designs.
It is hinted that Great Britain
wishes the United States to accept
a mandate over Armenia. Why
should America assume the responsi
bility of "political" sovereignty while
[Great Britain reaps the rewards of
["economic" sovere'gnty
Object to Trousers
fFrom tiie Philade'phia Inquirer]
It seems from the testimony of
Bernardino Jardelezu. a Filipino
who hus come to the United Ktutes
to study for liis chosen profession,
that the untutored inhabitants of
the Philippine Archipelago do not
appreciate the blessings of the civili
zation to which they are, being in
troduced and that they resent the
ministrations of the paternal gov
ernment which is guiding them for
their own good in the way they
should go. They do not recognize
the necessity or the advantage of
(lie uplifting process to which they
are being subjected, and they par
ticularly resent the edict which has
gone forth thut they shall abandon
the kind of costume, or the absence
of costume, to which they arc ac
customed and that they shall clothe
at least the lower sections of their
hoilles in tlie garments of t lie West
ern World.
C.ulliiui Europe Adrift
I From the New York Herald]
The American peace delegation
lias loft Paris finally. The Tutted
Slates lo all Intents and purposes
officially has severed its connection
with llie post-bellum management
of Europe. The Supreme Council of
Five is reduced to the Supreme
I'ounc I of Four, and so far as the
Americans arc concerned the Su
preme Council will cense to exist after
the signing of the Ilunguriun Peace
Treaty. It has been a long, me
morable struggle fraught with bit
terness, temper and national as well
us International anger. It is safe to
say that never before has the cause
of "peuce" been so fractured and
i violuted in the making thereof.
OUR WONDERFUL STATE
By Grace C. Rutter.
CLOSELY linked with the roll
ing liilis and mountains of the
Keystone State is a wealth of
history and tradition which Doctor
John T. Far is has drawn upon to en r
rich and illuminate his new guide
for tourists, "Seeing Pennsylvania,"
published by J. B. hippineott Com
pany, Philadelphia. Residents of
all the important towns will find
herein some interesting allusions to
their home sections, whether of his
tory, legend, or a manufacturing
item. The wonderful riches of scen
ery in which the State abounds, from
the romantic bends of the Wissa
liickcn, but a few miles distant from
the bustling heart of Philadelphia,
to the stately Pocono plateau and
the dense and virgin wilderness ot"
the Black Forest, are painted with
ati appreciative pen that brings these
beauties alluringly before the read
er's eye.
Calling attention to the attractive
and suggestive map of the State, the
reader is asked to revel in its "sym
metrical. compound and complicat
ed curves." It develops that, the
boundaries are not mere lines. There
is the Circle Line at the south
cast corner, which forms the north
west boundary of Delaware. There
is a story behind that circle! Then,
note the' triangle in the northwest
corner —another story. And be
cause there was not another depart
ure from the rectilinear in the south
west boundary so as to reach out to
the Ohio River and include West Vir
ginia's famous Panhandle, which
would seem natural, behold, story
number three.
A guide book proves a stable |
structure on which to pile the ;
wisely culled historical incidents, in
teresting Indian legends and literary |
quotations which illustrate the eightl
distinct routes outlined to cover ev
ery county. For instance. Route 1.
leading along the Eincoln Highway!
from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, j
passes through I.uneaster and A oik, '
both of which ca a pre d bit in |
their history—the distinction of hav
ing been, though for brief periods— j
the seat of Congress. Later, when j
Congress had long beep quietly j
seated in Philadelphia, the citizens i
of Lancaster, learning that a per
manent capital was to be chosen, j
forwarded an appeal "humbly pre-,
sinning to offer" their city as a can
didate, arguing thus:
"As an Inland Town we do not |
perceive ourselves inferior to any i
within the Dominion of the United ,
States, * We venture to as
sert that there is not a part of the |
United States which can boast i
within the compass of 10 miles the '
same number of wagons and good |
teams * * * We are thoroughfare!
to the four cardinal points of the j
compass • • • Labor is to be had j
at the rate of two shillings per j
Wrights Ferry was within one vote j
of licltig tlie Capital. Harrisburg
was mentioned as a possibility, as .
was also Peach Bottom.
Route II is along the National ;
Road from Philadelphia to Wheel- :
, ing and Pittsburgh. Route 111 de- j
I scribes the country traversed byway j
■ of Reading. Harrisburg and William i
i Penn Highway. Route IV is
'.through the Pennsylvania Highlands)
I from Harrisburg to Glean and 151-|
! mlra, N. Y. nnd return to Harris
burg via Wilkes-Barre. Route V
! lends along Hie eastern waterways
ami through the anthracite country
and the Pocono plateau. Route VI
travels from Pittsburgh to Ijike
Eric and back. Route VII is a
I round trip from Pittsburgh through
the oil region and skirting the forest
: country. Route VIII takes us
j through the heart of the Black For
j est in a round trip to the north of
I Altoona.
i Several of the trips properly begin
i with an ascent to the foot of William
I'enn Statue surmounting Philadei
phia's City Hall. This is but six
, feet lower than the Washington
I Monument. With the memory of
I (he wonderful panorama visible
' from tills height, comes a pllgrim
' age to the shrines of this city that
! belongs in a peculiar sense to all
1 Americans —shrines so Identified
I with those heroic days from Penn to
I Washington thut their history mcuus
! more than their architecture.
| After a survey of the important
! manufacturing life, it is restful to
| enjoy a ride through Falrmount
' Park and the reaches of the Schuyl
kill. Even William Penn once lost his
j way among the hills along the river.
Real estate values have changed
j since those days! The original site
| of Mercersburg, settled In 1 730. was;
purchased for a gun anil a string of
beads! Two hundred and twenty
eight acres of a "certain tiuct called
Braddock's Field" changed title in
1701 l'or less than half a dollar an
acre. A farm of four hundred acres
near Gettysburg was sold for a pair
of shoes! But we read of other
methods of acquiring possessions.
Selinsgrove, in Snyd°r County, lias
a sightly location opposite a number
of islands in the river. One of
them, lite Isle of Que, lured Con
rad Wei Her, according to an old
story of his dealings with the In
dian Chief, Shikelllmy. One day—
so the story goes—Shikellimy said
to Weiser, "I dreamed that Tura
chawagon had presented me with a
title." Weiser had no choice, and
the coveted rifle became the prop
erty of the wily Indian. But a few
days later, Taruchawagon said to
Shikellimy, "1 dreamed that Shi
kellimy presented me witli a large
and beautiful island situated in the
Susquehanna River." The island
was a favorite possession of the
chief's; yet he gave it to his friend,
though as lie did so, he said; "Bet
us never dream again."
Pittsburgh's smoke is excused: it
is the city's badge of honor, her
proof of a worthy existence. We are
reminded of her natural beauty. A
Kuropean artist who visited here
in 1834 selected a view of the city
which impressed hint remarkably as
being a duplicate of a scene front
11lie hills of Pera, opposite Constan
tinople. "The distances are on a
i smaller scale," lie wrote, "but the
[heights are not dissimilar."
i Along the old National Road from
[Philadelphia to Pittsburgh used
1 10 travel the picturesque Conestoga
'wagon—with its curved bottom that
| prevented freight from slipping out
■of place on mountain roads, its
I bright blue paint and its four to
eight horses. For the drivers who
liked to smoke, a Washington man
ufacturer rolled a long cigar which
he could sell four for a cent. They
became so popular with the men,
jtliey were named "Conestogus,"
I soon shortened to "stogies."
The railroad from Washington in
! Greene County to Waynesburg was
'described in J 874 by a wag:
"It wriggles in and it wriggles out,
And leaves the matter still in doubt.
Whether the man who made the
track —-
Was going out or coming back."
' Since then the line has been eon
j siderably straightened, but is still
| picturesque.
There is a bit of Lewistown liis
| tory which might have been a help- |
ful grading suggestion before Amer- !
| ica's dry days. In its pioneer days j
i Htumps in the streets were so plenti
j ful that the line for drunkenness!
J was the digging up of a stump, and |
'a ravine near the center of the town
i was filled thus.
■ But the drunkenness was not oon
i fined to the whites. In 17.">0 a chief
i Buhl to the white traders: "You now
! bring us scarcely anything but rum
land flour. The rum ruins us. We
[ beg you would prevent its coming
: in such quantities."
• Pottsvllle is the metropolis of the
i south anthracite fields. Here, *in
I 1812, coal was loaded into nine wa
: gons and taken to Philadelphia. The
i effort to introduce it. was in vain;
I the man who made the attempt was
called an impostor because lie tried
Ito sell stone for coal. Most of it was
given away. Not until 1824 did sn
j tliraeite give Pottsville a nunre.
[Then a boom started, and vulues in-
I creased accordingly. The story of
| the influx of foreign seekers from
| Philadelphia and Beading sounds
i like a bit of California description
i in the days of the gold excitement.
Great herds or huffulo used to
roam from Harrisburg to Sunbury
j and on up the west branch of the
i Susquehanna River. As late as 1778
: there were probably 12,000 bison in
[ the herds that came to this part of
| the country.
! Thp terminus of Route VIII. Is
I Altoona and the historic Eogan
I House, built by the Pennsylvania
Railroad in 1 855, six yours after the
founding of the town in the almost
unbroken wilderness of the moun
i tains.
i As each route is enjoyed, either by
actual travel or in the seclusion of
one's library following Doctor Faris
i through the book, the reader is im
; pressed thut that must be the finest
scenery in the State—until the next
i route is reached. The truth Is, the.
. whole region is so satisfying it Is
I difficult to compare counties and
DECEMBER 17, mv.
Let i's Remember
When welcome's cheers have died; j
when these brave men
Are silted through our common
daily life.
When khaki garb is doffed for work
again,
And as a distant dream, becomes
the strife,
Shall we allow the tlame that Ores
and thrills
Our grateful souls to-day with •
fervent praise
Die out of sheer neglect or ease |
tliat frills
The fat, plethoric hours of peace- i
ful days?
When No Man's i.and is every man's I
once more
And underneath the flower-dotted I
sod
The dust of those who died long |
years ago
Has mingled with the earth i
their souls with God;
When children, yet unborn, piay on ;
the grass,
And from the mounds Hie gold
eyed daisies pull,
Shall we, absorbed in other things
that puss,
Forget the men who paid our
debts—in full?
If we forget them and our hearts
grow cold.
As Time marks out a length of
years between.
What shame for us if wliwt they
thought pure gold
Of love he tinsel that the years
turn green!
Let us remember faithful each day.
Each passing hour, the cross of
ours they bore.
And teach our children when they
kneel and pray
To say, "God bless and keep them
evermore."
' —Harry Varley, in New York Her
ald.
Railing a Historic Penalty \
[From the Wilkes-Barre Record] I
Commenting on the publication j
of documents and papers found in
German archives, giving information
as to responsibility for the war, Ihe
German newspaper Vorwacrts says,
referring to the former Kaiser:
"It will be quite clear that with
this man at the head of affairs Ger
many was bound some day to get
into a war and lose il The German
nation is now paying the world a
historic penalty for its offense,
which consisted in this, that they
allowed him to rule."
The newspaper Vorwaerts has al-
I ways been on the outs with llohen
solium government, but what it
| says in this instance Is confirmed by
j plain admissions from Germans of
| prominence who formerly were glad
enough to lick the hand of the Kais-
I or. In the light of evidence that can
not he contradicted and of docu
! jnents that cannot be denied, tlie;
j truth stands out in the glare of the
| limelight despite the former Kaiser's
(desperate attempt to absolve hini-
I self from responsibility. Any per
! .ion who is capable of thinking might
know without any evidence at all
that a ruler having the power of the
: Kaiser would not permit his country
! to be plunged into war without his
! knowledge and consent or without
liis planning. The documents niere
, ly add confirmation to what was pre
j viousiy known.
Red Revolutionists
(From Philadelphia Inquirer.]
i Counsel for Berkman and Emma
j Goldman, appearing before the Su-
I premo Court in an effort to save his
i clients from deportation, said of
| them that they had been "harried,
i bullied and jailed." Poor, abused
! mai'tyrs! Think of bullying crca
j tures of tliis sort! They are both
| red revolutionists. Berkman actu
i ally did try to murder Ilenry C.
I Prick and nearly succeeded. The
I hands of the man and the woman
j have been against all government
i save that of their own—n govern
| ment of plunder and of bloody au
■ toe racy. And now after years and
i years of liberty, during which time
i they have plotted and planned de
struction, comes a lawyer to enm
i plain that they arc "harried, bullied
! and jailed."
Germans Offer Potash
i [From the Pittsburgh Dispatch]
I The statement, on uuthority of
the North German Gazette, tliut the
German Potash Syndicate is aguln
negotiating with America with ex
cellent prospects of reuching an
i agreement profitable to both sides,
will be especially pleasing news for
farmers in the United States. Ac
cording to an account of industrial
conditions in Germany the arrange
ment cannot fail to be eminently
saitsfactory to German interests, as
the proposal under consideration
contemplates extensive exchange of
| German potash for American coal.
lEuwtf ng (Etjat
What is getting the matter with
Dauphin county hunters? The State
Game Commission has received word
from C. B. Lightner, the special pro
tector, who spent considerable lime
in the upper end of the county, that
only two bucks were shot during the
season which ended on Monday. This
HI e resu,t 01 11 careful survey and
will probably make some hunters ex
plain. because this county licensed
| thousands of men and there were
any number of ambitious nimrods
i combing the county above the First
i Mountain. The State liberated 51!
i deer in the lluldeman forest reserve
;in the Klizabthville-Bykens region
j ' ils t year, t'o of them being bucks,
and they have been seen in many
sections, some straying down into
t lark's valley ami others being noted
,in I lie vicinity of Halifax, while they
j have been seen in the woods which
I line t lie ridges north of l'eters Moun
tain. Must it be said that the Duu-
I pliin county li miters can't shoot?
j There were many of them out witli
j avowed purpose of showing that
I Dauphin county had regained its old
time prestige as a good deer hunting
. county and either they must not have
been experienced deer hunters or
else tlie animals were 100 licet for
them, in any event, it is estimated
that there were about too deer hunt
ers out for each buck known to be
iti the county and only two pairs of
antlers have been taken.
Among visitors to the city yester
day was Col. Samuel W. Miller, of
the United States Army, who was
officer in charge of t tie I iurrisbitrg
recruiting district just after the
Spanish War and who commanded
Hie Fort Niagara training camp at
which Captain "Jack" Sproul. son of
the Governor, and other officers were
trained in Iyl 7. Col. Miller was ad
vanced to be a brigadier general, but
l made sucli a record in charge of
j training camps that lie was kept in
command of these important estab
i llslunents. Twice lie was given
I brigades and then placed in charge
of camps, including Fort Sill part of
J the lust six months of the war. He
| is now the officer in charge of militia
.affairs for the eastern purt of the
] Flitted Stales and stationed at Gov-
I ernor's island.
The State of Pennsylvania's* own
oroliestra will give a concert in tlie
State Capitol complimentary to Gov
ernor and Mrs. William Sproul.
State officials, attaches and their
wives and families next month. The
orchestra is composed entirely of
men connected with the various
branches of the State government
and is directed by Howard W. Fry,
sccretury of the State Highway Ik—
partment. Capitol officials have
given it the use of a caucus room for
rehearsals and once a week classical
selections have been practiced where
presiding officers of legislative
houses have been nominated and
where some of the biggest Public
Service cases have been argued.
# 0 *
Announcement of the dividend
earned by lite liarrlsburg Hotel
Company the past eleven months
shows how even the most expert of
financiers can lie fooled by an invest
ment. There were those who a year
ago to-day would have sold their
stock at fifty cents on the dollar and
few banks cared to loan GT. ft. The
investors went into it for the most
part as a patriotic duty. But there
were those at the opening dinner of
the Penn-llarris who believed in the
soundness of tlie Investment and who
predicted that it would become "one
of the best paying industrials in Ilar
risburg," which it now bids fair to
do. it also proves that those who
used to tell us that "a dry hotel will
never pay" didn't know what they
were talking about, and since the
Penn-llarris lias been made to pay
without a bar, hotel keepers who will
sell no more liquor need not despair,
as one of them said a day or two ago,
for what they lose in one place they
will make up in another, "if the serv
ice is made good enough"
* * *
In spile of the weather conditions,
which are not any too pleasant these
days, there have been a nuirtber of
people coming to Harrisburg <lll
automobile trips. Tliey are mostly
men who have business in the cen
tral section of the State and who
prefer running their own cars to
the vagaries of trains. December
I automobile tours are something 1111-
| usual for Pennsylvania.
[ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
1 ]i r . \V. D. T.ewis, deputy Super-
I intendent of Public Instruction, was
' one of the speakers at the Adams
j county Institute.
' —Major E. P. Maokey. who won
high honors in France, will become
connected with the otllce of register
of wills in Wlllinmsport.
—James E. Collins, a. Philadelphia
rector, says that he thinks the Sun
day schools will have to do something
to brace up attendance.
—Charles McGowan, Luzerne
county silk manufacturer, will make
1 a tour of the world.
•—Fred J. Brenner, steel rnanu
i focturer, has been elected president
| of the new Farrell Chamber of Com
merce.
—Justice John K. Kepliart was
speaker at the Allentown Masonic
patriotic meeting.
Harry S. Calvert, secretary of
the old Railroad Commission, was
here yesterday. He is now engaged
in manufacturing in Ohio.
Y DO YCU KNOW
—That Harrisburg is handling
many car repairs every day and
is becoming more of a repair
j center than ever?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
—One of the first bridges built in
Ifarrishurg was over Paxton creek 011
Market street.
Knox Proposes Peace Status
[From the Scranton Republican 1
i Interest in the Peace Treaty was
revived in the United States Senate
on Saturday, when Senator Knox, of
Pennsylvania, presented two resolu
tions on the subject.
The first of these declares in favor
of "ratification of the treaty of Ver
sailles, in so far only as it provides'
for the creation of a status of peuce
between the United States and Ger
many," and the second proposed that
between the United States and Ger
many." Hoth resolutions require
joint action by the Senate and House,
ami approved by the President.
Senator Underwood, Democrat, of
Alabama, expressed himself in favor
of direct action for a status of peace,
leaving the League of Nations for
later consideration.
Upon an objection by Senator
Hitchcock, the Knox resolutions went
j over, under the rules, but it is ex
pected that they will be called up
| again this week.
* /