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8 , ■ --v . . —. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established ißjt PUBLISHED BT THE TELEGRAPH PRINTIN® CO. E. J. STACK POLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTEI# Secretary OUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening <excep t Sun dav) at the Tlegraph Building, *l6 Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers" Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook. Story A. Brooks. Western Office. Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Robert E. Ward. -ssffa, Delivered by carriers at <BSjSS?ESgito six cents a week. '•-••fafof*"" Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year in advance. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. Sworn dally average circulation (oi the three month* entllng Oct. 81, 101.1. ★ 21,357 ★ Averaire for the Tear 1014—21.MW Average for the year 1013—10.062 Average for the year 1012—10.640 Average for the year 1011—17.5*12 Average for the year 101®—16,281 The abOTe figure* are net. All re turned, unaold and damaged copies de ducted. TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2 // one hope fails, find another.— Salena Sheets Martin. WHEN IT'S ALL OVER IT'S all over but the counting—the election, we mean and we won der in the calm after the storm if some folks aren't just a trifle ashamed of the manner in which they have conducted themselves during the campaign that has just come to a close. What is public office that the fair reputation of a worthy citizen should be smeared with mud merely because he has the temerity to become a can didate ? How much better would it be if all concerned gave themselves oVer to a discussion of the merits of their sev eral tickets, instead of pointing out how desperately wicked is the opposi tion. Regardless of the constant per sonal attacks that are made in cam paigns in Harrirburg the large num ber of men who come out for office are as good as the average citizen. Things are said of them during poli tical campaigns nobody would think of saying at any other time. The practice is outrageous. The sooner some fearless candidate begins a series of libel suit's when he is wrongfully assailed the better It will be for the whole community. BUSINESS AND POLITICS THOSE captains of finance of the amateur brand who are now going regularly to Wall street to be sheared should read the comments of the wise old owls who have watched many another financial upheaval and whose observations might prove of value to the foolish persons who are now chancing their earnings upon speculative securities of every sort. One of the most careful of the financial agencies declares: There Is nothing in sight, except the danger of overdoing in specu lation, to warrant anything but optimistic expectations. This does not mean that the pathway is entirely clear. The situation In foreign exchange, though steadier. Is still unrelieved Importantly or permanently, so that the threatened obstacle to our continued heavy Imports Is still to be considered. This, however, Is a purely busi ness problem. An enormous de mand exists for our enormous sup ply of the commodities and mer chandise wanted. The purchasers are "good" for their requirements and have abundant security to offer through their own banks. We, In this countrv. have at this time un limited cash and credit resources. Of course, actual values will In crease the attractiveness of some stocks and bonds, but the inex perienced Investor should seek the advice of those who know and not act upon mere impulse In the purchase of speculative securities. Undoubtedly the money of the world Is flowing to ward the United States and the bank surplus to-day Is about $200,000,000 and Increasing. Exports pile up enormous figures in our favor. Steel and industrial shares are being gobbled up at big prices, all of which Indicates confidence in the prosperity which now Is showing itself In a wider diffusion of business than was ap parent a few months ago. But the fly In the ointment is the recognized danger of a serious reaction on the conclusion of the European war. Unless and until the protective tariff system Is restored so as to pro vent the dumping of the products of cheap European labor upon our mar kets ro permanent prosperity can be expected. This fact is so well under stood in business and manufacturing circles that despite the effort to up hold President Wilson by reason of the conflict in Europe, the people will almost certainly return the Republican party to power next year. There has been so much dissatis faction growing out of regulation by commissions and Impractical theories of business control from Washington that men of all parties are uniting to restore something like permanency in legislation which affects so vitally the prosperfty of the whole country. In these days of destructive reg ulation by commissions, says a leader of finance, there Is no oppor tunity to build up safe surpluses to carry operations through years of depressed conditions. Fortunately, th 4 railroads are be ginning to recover from the terrific TUESDAY EVENING, onslaught of legislation and regulation and general interference upon the part of the government. Their armies of employes have Joined with tho leaders of these railroad enterprises in a proper campaign of publicity, which has served to educate the pub lic to the actual conditions. Instead of the attitude of hostility which so long characterised public sentiment regarding railroad corporations, there is now a feeling abroad Uhat the mis takes of these corporations have been largely corrected and that sufficient punishment has been administered through legislation and legal action. Returning prosperity to the rail roads will mean local prosperity every where along the systems of transpor tation. The rise and fall of railroad earnings is a pretty sure Indication of the business conditions in other avenues of activity. It is, therefore, a favorable sign that the railroads are beginning to show a balance on the right side of the ledger. Within a few hours the balloting for 1915 will be over and the average citi zen will take up the burden where It happens to concern htm most intimately. These elections are the natural escape valve of the American system of gov ernment and perhaps may be regarded as a "safety first" arrangement REASON IN UP-LIFTING MANY level-headed men who have made their way In life through hard work are out of sympathy with the present-day notion that the average child Is being woefully over worked. Nobody believes In the sweat shop or the employment of children under unfavorable conditions or at work too heavy for them, but the pendulum is swinging too far the other way when it is proposed that girls and boys should do nothing until they are so old that Industrious habits can never be formed. Let us be rea sonable in. all our uplifting. FAIR AND EXPOSITION WITH the permit of the State Water Supply Commission to construct a levee or dike along the east bank of the Susquehanna river near Middletown, the Keystone St&te Fair and Industrial Exposition takes another step forward in its pre liminary development. It is stated that the actual work upon the con struction of the buildings and the landscape designing will be under taken In the near future. All the plans are said to have been approved and Harrisburg will watch with In terest the working out of the big un dertaking which promises to place the city still more largely upon the map as one of the live municipalities of the country. The promoters of the fair and ex position on the very favorable site between this city and Middletown have passed through a most discouraging experience owing to the business con ditions of the last few years, but those in charge now declare with confidence that they are certain to win out in a way that will be pleasing to all who are interested in such an enterprise. During recent years the great auto bik speedways at Sheepshead Bay and Indianapolis have attracted thousands of automobile lovers from every Sec tion of the United States. Officials of the Keystone Exposition arc author ity for the statement that the speed way which will be one of the features of the enterprise will surpass in its construction and distance any other automobile speedway In existence. H is an interesting fact that this fair and exposition are to be located upon the meadow-lands of the great Young farms, the ideal development of which attracted during the life time of Colonel Jarhes Young many fa mous men. And the fact that the grounds are fringed by the Susque hanna river and that the main line of the Pennsylvania railroad skirts the entire frontage of the property is an other favorable feature of the pro posed exposition. It will be seen by millions of people every year and the promoters are more than confi dent of the results, while admitting that they have been compelled to overcome many dtfHculties. NAVAL DETERIORATION THE charge that the American navy has deteriorated under the Wilson - Daniels too-proud-to - fight regime has been given unex pected support from an official quar ter. The records of the "battle efficiency" of the ships in the fleet show a marked falling oft from the percentages in Daniels' first year of control and before the Impetus to good work from a line of Republican Sec retaries had been dissipated. For the year ending June 30, 1915, the battleship Michigan stood first in "battle effitiency," according to the official ranking of the Navy Depart ment, with a percentage of 73.61. For the year ending June 30, 1914, on the other hand, the battleship Wyoming stood first In "battle effi ciency," according to the official rank ing of the department, with a per centage of 90.21. In other words. It requires nearly 17 per cent, less efficiency for lead ership under Daniels than it did under Meyer. In some quarters, friendly tp Mr. Daniels, it has been suggested that It would not be entirely fair to vharge that the fleet had fallen oft materially in efficiency because of the difference in the "battle efficiency" ratings be tween this year and last. They say that the conditions under which the tests were made this year were, much more difficult and that the relative standing of the fleet as a whole was much higher. When asked why conditions were not taken into account in .making up the ratings so that there could be some accurate basis of comparison for the laymen, these officials declined to answer the question. The disclosure that there Is an ap parent falling off In battle efficiency of the fleet over last year, if the ratings given officially by the department for the two years have any significance, la certain to be discussed at the coming session of Congress, according to critics of tho administration a defense policy. These critics said to-day that the dlf» ferences and the explanations afford only another example of the adminis tration's shuffling attitude on the proposition of defense. They pointed out, for instance, that lost year. In the official ratings, tho battleship Utah stood last on J the list with a percentage of 62.42. The bat 'tleshlp Utah this year was given a rating of 55.19 per cent, and stood tenth in the list of nineteen ships. The battleship Wyoming, which .led the fleet last year with 90.21 per oent. efficiency, this year ranked ninth with a rating of only 66.42 per cent., al though It Is the flagship of the fleet. FOCTTTC* LK "~PtKKOi{tti r a)ua By the Kx-CammJtteem*a Demands for a change In the non partisan judicial nomination law inso far as it relates to the method of establishing what a candidate must re ceive in the way of votes to make him the sole nominee are certain to be made, in the opinion of many people at the Capitol, and it is possible that Governor Brumbaugh may take up the subject with the Attorney General or tho Legislative Reference Bureau. In addition there are likely to be de mands made from all parts of the state for some better system of com puting returns of interest to the state and for a central place for reporting registration and enrollment of voters. —The determination of the status of candidates for the Superior Court under the nonpartisan nomination act was delayed until within a few days of tho time set for certifying the ballots from the Capitol to the commissioners of the various counties because of the slowness of the count of the primary ballots. This count Is In the hajids of tho commissioners of each county and It was a fortnight and more after the primary before a good Indication of fhc results of the State-wide primaries could be secured. Ip a close primary el<-ctlon it might take three weeks be fore the results could reach the office of the Secretary of the Common wealth, to whom the law requires they shall be sent. —Under the system of returns of general election on State-wide propo sitions the situation is Itttle better. The official count, made under direc tion of judges, sometimes takes ten days or more, with the situation that results on judicial contests, such as that betveen Robert S. Frazler and George Kunkel, for Supreme Court last Fall, were not known until days after the election, while on consti tutional elections the con ditions were infinitely worse. This year It will be a week or moro before figures enough will be filed at the Capitol to enable much estimating to be done from official returns. Every election there Is a recurrence of the demand for faster computation, with suggestions for county election boards and the like. —-Reports coming to Harrtaburg re carding the early phases of the elec tion to-day Indicated that more votes would be cast on the constitutional amendments placed before the people for ratification than on anv offered since the document was approved, on TVcember lfi. 1 873. This was due to fhe Interest In th«* woman suffrage amendment and to the Importance of the amendment to permit the Legis lature to pass laws making workmen's compensation, to which prominent men and organized labor leaders have been calling attention for some time. Tha belief is that many will vote for the whole four amendments to avoid missing the third, which deals with compensation. When the Constitution was adopted the vote was 382.338, of which 253,744 were cast In Its favor. Not until 1913 was such a heavy vote ever polled on " men dment Proposition. Even in 1-09, when there were ten amend ments and a schedule presented, the highest vote did not reach 325,000. 1 lie biggest vote cast on an amend ment was on the proposed $50,000,000 bond issue for improvement of high ways, which polled 559,477 votes of i V AnIV 25!>,<MZ were cast in favor anr i 300,43 a cast against. None of the other amendments submitted that year came anywhere near that vote. The total vote on State officers last year was 1.112.000. m round numben which will furnish an interesting com parison. —Mayor Samuel Stabler, of Wll liamsport, who was not a candidate caused a sensation last night by an nouncing that he would come out as a sticker candidate against Jonas Fischer, who was elected mayor at the primary. —Governor Brumbaugh has en dorsed the candidacy of Judge W E Porter for re-election in Lawrence county. —Reports coming here to-day indi cated that Ex-Senator D. P. McPher son was doing very well in his cam paign for the Adams county judge ship. —Senator Penrose was fifty-five yesterday and said that a man was as old as he felt. He predicted 100,000 majority for the Republican ticket In Philadelphia. —Thomas B. Smith, the next mayor of Philadelphia, is enjoying his birth day to-day. He says he expects to be elected as a birthday gift. —Luzerne county Is threatened with an election probe and some elec tion judges have resigned. In Lacka wanna the probe of the primaries is still under way. —Councllmanic contests are on In every city in the State tb-day and in all the boroughs and it looks like a Republican sweep. TAFT FOR SPARTAN CHILDREN [Philadelphia Inquirer.] Former President Taft, like his dis tinguished predecessor in the White House, does not believe that we should permit ourselves to become a nation of mollycoddles. In the movement to protect children from over-work and from beginning work at too ten der an age the pendulum threatens to swing too far the other way. Mr. Tafl, in a talk before .the Michigan State Teachers' Association the other day, found fault with the disposition to make It too easy for children In the schools and colleges. He said that there was too much waste in teaching and condemned the system which ut terly failed to fit the child properly for its battles of life. He added; Children are not worked hard enough, have- too long vacations, are not ground in the drudgery of learn ing; in short they liave too easy a time between the ages'of 6 and 14 years. » This thought has been expressed by other men at other times. The late President Garfield .was one who be lieved that the more a boy was com pelled to hustle for himself the better man he was llekly to be. He knew, because his early life was not a bed of roses. From the tow-path to the Presidency meant hard work and plenty of it. The late Justice Elkin, of this State, was another man who feared that we might go too far in the coddling process. He had felt the sting of poverty. From plow-boy he rose to the Supreme Court of Penn sylvania. Tho intervening years were a struggle, but who shall say that the struggle was not Invaluable in character-building? HAKRXSBURG SfiftSfl TELEGRAPH • ~ ' THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT „ idb , -From the Kanaaa Oty Star. TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE —To our women readers —Honest in- Jun, we're goin' to put the soft pedaj on political news. —We bet the "antls" wish they could vote to-day. —"Wild goats are unusually plenti ful this year," says the Rocky Moun tain News. Perhaps some of 'em es caped from Pennsylvania politicians during- the recent campaign. —Judging by the length of the celebration we'll soon have to lengthen It to Hallowe'en week. —"Cider parties are popular in east ern Pennsylvania," says an exchange. Soft or hard? EDITORIAL COMMENT The United States, alone among the Powers, has n* opinion to express con cerning the change from republic to monarchy in Chlaa. It is a long way back to the days of John Hay, and the policies for which he stood have apparently been forgotten.—Philadel phia Public Ledger. The Hon. Theodore Roosevelt ob viously Intends to say nothing con cerning this year's election that might affect next year's nomination.— New York Sun. Japs t.o ignore Christians.—Head line. —' Still, Jftpan has not made a much better record here of late than the Christian nations. Kansas City Times. The same fellow who chides Joseph Cautfiel for spelling bible with a little b spells Wilson with a little w. Both editors are Kurect. Johnstown, Leader. New York suffragettes say that even if they are beaten they won't consider themselves beaten. Can't object to that. It's woman's prerogative.—Phil adelphia Inquirer. The Culebra cut is a scratch com pared to the cut Lieutenant Fay will get from Baron Mumm von Schwarzen stetn when next they meet.—New York Sun. "More boys from the farm are in our universities than ever before," says a news item. The old man, in other words, is making hay while the son shines.—Chester Times. Col. Roosevelt killed tWe moose In self defense, but he merely wounded the elephant. Allentown Chroiflcle and News. KANSAS AND THE MOVIES [Kansas City Times.] Here Is a pretty kettle of fish kicked up by the Kansas moving; picture cen sors. Kansas has its own idea of art. and it does not care, particularly, how much the moving picture producers sniff their noses at that idea. The first thing to suffer was the bar roo— scene, where all the company gather in the last act to get drunk and then to be killed by the hero. There was wrath and riot when Kansas used the hatchet on the barroom and filed an execution against the bartender. "Why." the moving picture men said, "these pictures are very popular every where." We can't help it," Kansas replied "but In Kansas three-fourths of the population never saw a barroom, and bartenders are not admitted to our best circles. So, good night, Mr. Barkeep— here's your hat. What's your hurry?" Then the moving picture cowboys rode by with all tneir artillery in ac tion. The bright young men and wo men who write cowboy plays live "back East." where there never was a cowboy. They have an idea, (evidently, that all the cowboy does to earn his "board and keep" Is to ride his pony at break neck speed over a rocky cliff and shoot his fellow cowmen. It appears never to have occurred to them that such reckless killing, with out paying any attention to the game laws, would soon exhaust the supply of cowboys. Kansas has only a historic memory of cowboys, but It Is too sacred to permit any young tenderfoot to shoot It so full of holes as the modern conception plans for. And now Geraldlne Farrar's Idea of Carmen has been censored by Kansas to follow the bartender and the cowboy off stage, .left center. When the "Topeky" producers took Miss Farrar's Carmen to the capital 'city they expected to make a killing I among the folks out on Quality Hill and In Potwin. They never dreamed that art was on the bum in Kansas. I "Why, In New York "the movies I tries to say. "What, that picture?" Kansas ex claimed. "What are we coming to, anyway." The "movie men" have followed the Kansas custom of "taking steps." They have passed resolutions, held Indigna meetlngs, and now they have "gone to see a lawyer about It." But Kansas still Is censoring pic tures. It has its own idea of art, as was observed at the beginning of this article. Any time Kansas hasn't Its own Ideas It isn't Kansas. CARRANZA AND HITERTA [New York Sun] Would not the fulfillment of Car ranza's desire to* confront Huerta with a firing squad give Huerta the laugh on Carranza? One can with fancy's ears hear Huerta eay to Carranza while the firing squad Is taking aim, "Why, my dear chap, his Excellency President Wilson will, beoause of this, refuse to recognize you. as he refused to recognize me for Indulging In a similar oaorifift." VISITING THE WAR BRIDES I.—What They Mean to America By Frederic J. Haskin THIS mountain town on the Lehigh is a center of America's newest, greatest and most spectacular in- ! dustry—the making of munitions for! the European battlefields. Here came some of the first war orders, secured I by the omissaries abroad of the Beth- | lehem Steel Company. I Prom Bethlehem as a center, the I business has spread, first to the sub sidiaries of Bethlehem Steel, then to , other large manufacturing interests and finally to the "little fellows," | many of whom have leaped to great- j ness in a day. Undoubtedly the coming of the' "war brides" has been one of the most unusual and picturesque phases of industrial development ever seen in this country. Business was slack, ' especially in iron and steel, but also 1 in many other industries. Plants 1 were closed and men were idle. Then came the opportunity that Europe haa created, and the waiting, restless forces of industry rose to meet it. j Working forces have been doubled j and trebled. Plants in full Mast ar*) j surrounded by the steel skeletons of | new factories that the spring up like j growing things. City Springs At Hopewell, Va., a city of twenty j thousand has come into being where before there waa only a forest. At i Penn's Grove, N. J., a peaceful little j country village has been Jnvaded and | turned upside down by an army of i ten thousand powder makers In the j great cities, the change has been less j spectacular, but the production of, everything that armies use has in creased manyfold. So towns and fortunes have been made; firms struggling against ad verse conditions have been suddenly lifted to the highest degree of pros perity; tens of thousands of idle men have found employment. The land ing of the foreign orders was a pinch t hit that won the prosperity game for, American industryT" But the war brides have brought about a thing perhaps more import ant that. They have built up I in the United States a group of or- I ganlzations for the making of muni- I Hons of war that are as competent as , any In the world. The American peo- i pie have spoken plainly for more men and more ships, but the question of | shells and guns does not seem to have been widely considered. Meanwhile, American manufacturers have ans wered it. Furthermore, they have shown all the world what America can do in the way of making arms and ammunition on short notice. The War Department has not over looked the importance to the govern ment of this munition industry. Ex- ] perts from the Bureau of Ordnance I have resigned their positions, with the consent of the War Department, | to enter the employ of the munition makers. For example, at one of the j great powder mills, the work is su pervised by a Russian general, repre- | senting the chief purchaser, which is his government, and also by an Amer ican army officer. Through these men the War De partment will learn exactly what the capacities and facilities of the Amer ican munition plants are. It is known Our Daily Laugh fBECOMINO OBLIVIOUS. belie ve you'v« heard a word I'vt been saying fot dear. I've been cultivating ab sence of mind. NO KICK COM our phytic lan wants to send me Hs||j| gfoA to a summer re- vHR sort for four Hubby: Well, I don't blame i LET'S HOPE By wins Dinger I' noticed that at times to-day It felt a bit like snow, Which may be< a forerunner of The way the vote will go. There may be some significance To the pep in the air- And If I were a Democrat 'Twould give me quite a scare. Tet on the other hand, last year A "peaceful twilight glow" Wound up the day for Democrats In place of blinding snow. And this year, too, I hop© the sun Will in Its glory set— For that methlnks fs all the Joy The dems to-day will get. NOVEMBER 2, 1915. that the government hesitated to take this step, lest it be construed as a I breach of neutrality; but decided that it was justified in taking steps to ob -1 tain knowledge of its own resources I in a possible time of need. Proficiency Increased I Not only the capacity of American I munition factories, but their pro | flciency, is being increased. American , engineers are making a laboratory study of the mechanism of war, as it | has been perfected in Europe. Muni- I ttons to be used by European armies I have to be made in accordance with 1 European standards and specifications, and this cannot be done properly un less all of the formulas and designs are laid before the men who do the • work. It is known that certain European 1 governments tried to hold back some of this information, which had been among their most important military secrets. It is also known that Amer ■ lean manufacturers found it more ex- I pensive to do the work under such a i handicap. So the foreign govern ; ments took the munition makers into j their confidence as a matter of dollar and cents, and it has come about that | chemical and metallurgical formulas, j and designs for guns and shells, that I were perfected in Europe and long 1 guarded as secrets, are being used : in American factories under the eyes of American military experts. I The foreign governments are tak i ing every precaution to see that their ] requirements are met. They have ; over a thousand inspectors in this I country. A large corps of them, un der the direction of Col. C. E. Phlpps. j of the British army, have their offices I here in the Bethlehem Steel Com pariy's building. Every day they may be seen in their big touring cars on their way to the proving grounds at Kedington, three miles down the | river. Here lyddite and shrapnel are ! tested in the guns. Nothing is left to chance. The magnitude of the "war bride" industry is a matter of much specu lation and no official figures. Various estimates put the total value of war orders which have been placed in | ths country at from one to six bii | lion dollars. The reason for the wide variation is that the contracts are of several kinds. Some of them must be filled whether the war continues or not. Some of them contain clauses which would render them void to morrow if peace were declared. Oth ers would undoubtedly be arbitrable. Conservative' estimates place the total value of all contracts that must be filled at between one and two bil lion. Bethlehem Steel alone is said i £o have orders aggregating *300,000- j 000. ! Apart from its Immediate value as | a stimulus to business, and its ulti-1 : mate value as a training and prepara | tion in making munitions of war. what is to be the effect of the war brides on America? There are two options among those best qualified to know. Some of these say that with both Europe and the United States Increasing their facilities In iron, steel and other lines to the utmost, there [Continued on Page 2] f The State From Day to Day j| Up around Bellefonte they say that in the first twelve days of the hunting season, been shot, averaging fifteen pounds, but there are plenty left for the late comers. The shock of receiving a blank piece of paper wrapped about a ten-cent piece, without any explanation, has led the Bristol Street Railway Company to institute a "conscience fund," the growls of which is not expected to take place with amazing rapidity. The Philadelphia Evening Ledger announces that it will featurie the well-known "Tom" Daly in a column all his own in that newspaper. If. Mr. Daly's ability is not underrated, F. P. A. in the New York Tribune had better look to his laurels. It'll be a hot time tn the old town to-night, and more than likely it will be a cold time to-morrow morning for a great many. "The High Cost of Living" has changed its tune and Is now being sung in New Castle "The High Cost of Speeding" and it is being sung in resonant and powerful and injured tones. The Sealer of Weights and Measures in Johnstown has found that tho ice cream business in that city during the past summer has been very profitable, Inasmuch as over one-fourth of the 330 measure tested In one place were short, and this undoubtedly held true elsewhere. By the way, just when wus Hallo we'en celebrated? It was a little dif ficult to determine the exact time, al though we do have a dim ,'dea that last DlKht was the authentic date. iEbttttttg (Eljat Back in the days before Harrisburg was Harrisburg the voters of what constituted the townships of Derry, Paxton, Londonderry, Bethel, East anil West Hanover, Lebanon and Heidle berg of Lancaster county used to gather at Middletown, Hummelitown "d Lebanon to record their votes for the general assembly of the province or Rennsylvania. Middletown wis known as a place with houses WAJK Lancaster county was in its infancy and Lebanon started early, too. Both when Harrisburg was a cluster of houses about John Harris ferry, in the exciting political days , Revolution the men used to gather in those towns to vote and it was not unttl the tide of western im migration definitely established Har risburg as the most important carry u.i? f? and " s advantages for mobilization of men and supplies was recognized, in the way that it became or much importande. As a matter of ract it did not figure in the political airairs of the upper part of Lancaster, until Just before the Declaration ami when the proposition to create a new county out of the upper townships of Lancaster and a part of Berks there protest made and the people of Middletown and Lebanon made the , direct issue that the county seat should not be at Harris' Ferry. This is what held back the formation of the county as the people of those populous dis tricts, comparatively speaking, did not want to have to come so far to trans act business. Harrisburg was not con venient to them and they did not want to have to travel so far to vote or to attend court. However, Harrisburg was backed by John Harriß, who had become a factor in the provincial and state# affairs and by his son-in-law, William Maclay, who was a. man of wide influence and it won out over the protests of the older towns. By and by Lebanon became a county of its own. "I remember the first night we trieil •tic-taer It was a good hit like what happened to you fellows when you first tried .'pancake' night," said one of the older citizens. "For a long time Hallowe'en was celebrated on tha proper night, but we could not worlc off enough spirits and we arranged for 'tle-tac,' so called because of the racket we made. The watch arrested us and we had to cart back soma wagons and gates." Who will say that a certain promi nent clergyman, who recently offi ciated at a large wedding ceremony is not. interested in a popular game of the Fall season, when he declared, as the processional rang from tha organ loft: "Is everybody ready fop the kickoff?" • • • Edwin S. Herman gets a lot of fun out of life In a quiet way. As presi dent of the Planning Commission his associates are much entertained by his philosophy. He believes there la a lot of good In most men and alwavs seeks the best in them. Yesterday Mr. Herman spent with some friends in a little hunting jaunt "down Lebanon way-." He likes to get out In the open and It is believed hunting is simply one of his excuses for rambling the fields and enjoying the panorama of the autumn hillsides. • • • Frank R. Roberson, whose travel ogues under the auspices of the Tele graph are attracting delighted audi ences to the Chestnut Street lum every night, paid Harrisburg compliment of saying that the Rhine and the other picturesque rivers of Europe had nothing on our own Sus quehanna. Gradually it is being driven Into the minds of many Har risburgers who formerly thought otherwise that this is a good old city, an attractive place In which to live, and a place with a promising future. • • • The importance of the election was indicated to-day by the appearance of some collegiate "first voters." Thev came home to cast their ballots. Bacl| in the days when there were two elec tions a year It was a great stunt fo come home to vote. Now it is a treat because there are no passes. | VELL KNOWN PEOPLE f —Harris J> Latta. head of the Phila delphia Rotary Club, Is a member of a committee to devise a new name for Walnut street's business blocks. —Chancellor S. B. McCormick, of the University of Pittsburgh, was one of the speakers when the Magee Hos pital, In Pittsburgh, was dedicated. 1 DO YOU KNOW ~1 That Harrisburg has more rail road men' in its population than any Pennsylvania city except Pittsburgh ? HISTORIC HARRISBURG The first court was held In Har risburg In 1787. IiBT HKR VOTE [Woman's Journal.] If you think she knows as much Ab the steerage Turk and such, Let hei* vote. If you think she Is as good As the burglar brotherhood. Let her vote. If she's more deserving .than Any bum or holdup man. Let her vote. You do not bar out the thug. Or the anarchistic bug Or the gin-mill ugly-mug, Let her vote. If you think that she Is just And Is worthy of the trust. Let her vote. If you think her heart beats true For the right, It's up to you— Let her vote. If you think she earns her way, Don't be stingy with the pay, Let her have her little say. •3JOA jaq SHORT GEOLOGICAL TALKS HARRISBURG.—The northern pari of the city is underlaid with Utics slate and Hudson River shale; th< southern part with Trenton limestone Good slate can be quarried near tht northern boundary, and flag-stone (6( feet depth) at the river, near pump ing station. No gas deposits of nat ural gas underneath, as In severa other States, namely Ohio, Indiana anc Illinois, because the rocks uptilted anc the gas escaped thousands of yean ago. One-third of the State Caplto is erected over an iron ore tfM (Limonlte). How appropriate f* the "Iron State!" ' TIME IS MONEY Every hour lost In getting goods from the factory to con sumer is money lost. Interest charges go on, and goods lose their freshness. Manufacturers find their best results from newspaper adver tising because no time Is wasted. Effective on both retailer and consumer Is immediate. Demand and dealer co-oper ation come hand In hand and at once. Results can be quickly meas ured and mistakes corrected. Manufacturers are Invited to send to the Bureau of Advertis ing. American Newspaper Pub lishers Association, World Build ing, New York, for a copy of tho booklet. "The Newspapers."