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14 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGHAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph llulldlnif. Federal Square. E. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't ana Editor-in-Chief I l '. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GHJS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. * Member American ji-i-.ijrT llshers" Asaocia tlon, The Audit Bureau of Circu- A lation and Penn- Iwf yk sylvnnla Associat |||law| M ed Dailies. ESlSlal B Eastern orf.ee, #BS m (HE! KM Story. Brooks & MB COB rJ Kinley, Fifth Ave |S !' Sf nue Building, New ern office. Story, ley, People's Gas eago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second ciass matter. By carriers, six cents a week; by mail, $3.00 a year in advance. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC. 20 Moderate tasks and leisure, Quiet Jiving, strict-kept measure. Both in suffering and in pleasure— 'Tis for this thy nature yearns. — ARNOLD. WHEN THE THOOP COMES HOME HARRISBURG will give the men of the Governor's Troop as cordial a welcome home as it gave them an enthusiastic send-oft' when they marched away last sum mer In response to the President's call to arms. They have made their sacrifice to the common good—not the supreme sacrifice of life or limb, to be sure, but that is not because they were not ready and willing if the need arose. They went to the border fully be lieving they would be called upon either for service in Mexico or to re sist invasion. They knew, as no civilian can know, how poorly equip ped they were for the rough work they thought was ahead of them. But for all that not a man faltered, and they are just as truly military heroes as though they had fought through a dozen campaigns. Theirs was the will to do and in that lies the test of courage and conviction. Harrisburg can always trust its safety in the hands of such men and is proud to number them among its citizenry. So it is but natural that the whole city should celebrate right joyfully "When Johnny comSs march ing home again." A western girls' seminary is debat ing the wisdom of studying biology. "Why not make it unanimous by spelling it boyology ? LEMOYNE WELFARE LEAGUE THE new Lemoyne Welfare League's first work will be the conduct of a municipal Christ mas tree celebration. The league has undertaken to raise money for the tree and to arrange the program. This is the kind of public spirit that makes for the betterment of any community. No town is better than its people and any town is a good town exactly in proportion to the ef forts of its people in that direction. The new league will do much or little, as its members may determine. Certainly it is headed in the right direction and Lemoyne already is feel ing its beneficent influences. "Girl Awarded $170,000 Against Wealthy Recluse for Breach of Prom ise."—Newspaper headline. But think what she might have cost him if he had married her. OI K NEW SHIPS ' A are alternately chesty with confidence over the prep-! arations the nation Is making to ! resist the attack of an enemy or shuddering with dread over the coun try's feebleness when compared with the assured strength of Europe. After learning from the Governors as sembled at Washington last week that the National Guard is hopeless as a part of the first line of defense and that the national military policy must be wholly revised if we are not to re main a second China among the na tions, it is solacing to note the pen dulum begin to swing In the other direction for a moment. Just as our spirits are at. lowest ebb, along comes a noted naval authority to tell us that our new battle cruisers, the construc tion of a division of six having been authorized, "are without exaggera tion in their combination of size, speed and power, the most novel and sensa tional ships designed for any navy Bince~the day of the British dread naught." These new giants of our navy have the length of the largest trans-Atlantic liners, the speed of the fastest destroyers, and the gun power of a modern battleship. On one point only, that of armor protection, is in formation lacking. The thickness and distribution of this armor is not given out; for if there is one feature of warship design more than any other upon which the naval constructor is silent, it is that of the armor plan of new ships. To come down to details, the new battle cruisers are 850 feet between perpendiculars and 874 feet over all; their beam Is ninety-one feet, and their draught is over thirty feet. Now 850 feet between perpendiculars is just 100 feet greater than the length between perperfdiculars of th e fa mous Lusitania, and it is exactly equal to the length between perpen diculars of the Hamburg-American liner Imperator. t In view of theste figures it is sur prising and very significant to learn that the displacement of the battle WEDNESDAY EVENING, cruisers will be only 3 4,800 tons. This is several thousand tons less than the full-load displacement of the Lusltania, and about 20,000 tons less than the full-load displacement of the Imperator. The apparent dis crepancy is explained by the relative ly moderate beam, ninety-one feet, of the battle-cruisers, and the remark able fineness of their model. The question of the type of gun (14- inch or 16-inch) to be mounted in the main battery of the new battle cruisers has been decided in favor of the new 14-inch, 50-caliber gun, and ten of these will be mounted in four turrets, two of them carrying three guns and two of them two guns each, the num ber of guns and their method of em placement being similar to that of the battleships Nevada and Oklahoma. The total energy, however, is considerably greater, the 50-caliber gun of the bat tle cruisers developing 70,000 foot-tons of muzzle energy as against 65,000 foot-tons for the 45-caliber guns as mounted on the Nevada. This means that a broadside salvo from the bat tle cruisers will have a total muzzle energy of 700,000 foot-tons, or suffi cient to lift 1,000 tons 700 feet Into the air. Defense against torpedoes will be intrusted to a battery of twenty 5-inch guns, sixteen of which will be mounted amid ships on the upper and superstructure decks. No less than eight torpedo tubes for firing the new 21-inch tor pedo with a range of 10,000 yards will be emplaced, four of these being above water and four below. The new ships, because of their great size, will naturally carry a large complement, greater, indeed, than that of any ship afloat. The total number, including officers and men, will be 1,274. These descriptions have a soul satisfying sound for timid, peace-lov i ing folks. They smack strongly of i the most effective kind of peace in i surance policies now being written. I The more of them between Europe and ; America and Asia and America when the war in Europe ends the greater our own security will be. It's almost a public disgrace to be seen on the streets these days without at least a half-dozen bundles. CHRISTMAS AND YOU! GENTLENESS and consideration for others are the first character istics of the Christmas spirit. Love is the essential quality of the Great Holiday. "Peace on earth; good will to ward men" are its watchwords. There is no place in the season of yule for the harsh word or the selfish act. Santa Claus is a jolly elf whose very exist ence is based upon the truth that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Even the arctic coldness of Old Scrooge melted before the cheery countenances of Tiny Tim and Scrooge's nephew—we've forgotten his name, but not his "Merry Christmas, Uncle!" MERRY Christmas that's the word—MERRY! Be merry, and you can't be merry and cross at the same time. Remember all this when you go shopping these busy days, and let the j tired clerks know that YOU at least have caught the divine glow of the true Christmas spirit. The whole of Harrisburg will sym pathize with City Solicitor Seitz and Commissioner Bowman in their illness. It is hard enough to be sick at any time, and harder by far at the ap proach of the Christmas season. All their many friends hope for their early recovery. NOW GFT BEHIND IT PLANS that have been under way for some time for the rejuve nation of the Harrisburg Y. M. ; C. A., radical changes in policy and a j broadening of the scope of the work to meet existing conditions and place it in a position where it can render the greatest service to the greatest number are outlined on another page of this .newspaper to-day. It is with pleasure that the Telegraph notes the decision iof the board to canvass the entire ; situation in regard to the activities and ' membership of the association, with I the intention of adequately meeting I the requirements of the city so far as | the Y. M. C. A. is concerned. | It will be the duty of the community to get behind the board of directors and see to it that they have proper support when the time comes to act. There can be little doubt this will be forthcoming. The Harrisburg of a few years ago is not the Harrisburg iof to-day. The Y. M. C. A. that met the needs of that period is insufficient now. This the board has come to recognize. We have become a great industrial community. Hundreds of young men have come here in the past few years to accept places in the offices of the big corporations, especially those employing technical men, and at the Capitol. A building that was ample for the needs of the community when it was erected years ago may be found too small when the association puts its new program into operation. Perhaps the people of the city will be called upon for contributions toward the erection of such an addition as will meet the requirements of an en larged membership. We have no doubt the response would be as ready and as generous as it was when the Y. W. C. A. went before the people a few years back with a similar project. Certain it is that the directors with their new program in operation will require full and hearty support on the part of the men of the city. The board naturally resents outside criticism at a time when it had its own plans well matured, only awaiting the completion of its program to make public an nouncement, but the people will judge AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELING By BRIGGS -AMD YOU Keep "AND W.SH YOU PARTICULARLY t>ODGIMG people £out_t> afporo hard UP JbsT To VJHOM Vou TriE WRCHME •BEFORE OVOE MOKI&Y OF A GOOD | CtGAR - AMD Your <SOM becomes -IF A FRieMD, ALU of A fhlQUi StTlUe A.3 To \JJHAT CAME ACROSS VOITH A HUWDREP /III) / | .SAMTA. CLAUS is GO IMG DOLLAR 5 HE OUJED YOU !—I I - /PW \ ' To ©RinG OH!" T ,T * G LQR only by results, and the little flurry occasioned thereby will be quickly for gotten when things begin to hum at the association building. No surprise is attached to the decision of the Allies to reject the German peace proposal. There was no other j course open to them. Peace, without reparation and a guarantee of perma nency, for a generation or two at least, would be intolerable from the entente point of view. Villa promises to give the Carranza forces something for Christmas—prob ably the proverbial bunch of switches. It's gotten so now that when the merchant tells us that "prices have ad vanced again" we weakly murmur "how much," and are glad that it isn't more. uv ''plKKQulc ahXa- I Bjr the F.x-Commit tee man Names of live men may be submit ted to the Republican caucus for speaker of the next House of Repre sentatives and what is interesting people here is when each candidate will announce whether he will abide by the decision of the caucus. The names which will probably be submit ted are those of Richard J. Baldwin, Delaware; Edwin R. Cox, Philadel phia; Nelson McVicar, Allegheny; George W. Williams, Tioga, and Jo seph H. Phillips, Clearfield. In the event that the latter's name goes in it will be for a ballot to demonstrate that Central Pennsylvania has a mem ber who is willing. The possibilities of Mr. McVicar be coming a candidate were much dis cussed to-day. He has declined to give any assurance where he stands, but while here last night made a law yer's critical survey of the situation in regard to the leading candidates. The Tarentum man has been claimed by the Cox people, but refused to discuss what he would do or the suggestion that he might become a candidate. —George W. Williams is a candi date to the finish with no chance of compromise, according to word that comes here and although the local option standard-bearer has not been backed by the Anti-Saloon League or the Local Option Committee of Penn sylvania he is out seeing members and gaining, according to his friends. —The position of the Anti-Saloon League is peculiar. Generally it has come out for a candidate, but this year in spite of the minimizing of the local option issue by the chief sup porters men connected with the league say they are advocating Cox. The local option committee is said to have issued circulars in favor of Cox. The Williams backers are not taking kindly to these activities and the chances are that next week there will be a declaration from the Tioga man. —The proposed removal of Hanking Commissioner William H. Smith has stirred up protests from one end of the State to the other and the Gov ernor is getting many letters on the subjebt. The Governor's position is that Mr. Smith, while an able and effi cient official, has not been in the best of health and that with a record of honorable service behind him, Mr. Smith can give way to a younger man. The Governor's friends point out that in a contest which means so much to him he is Justified in using appoint ments. —Reports that Highway Commis sioner Frank B. Black threatened to resign last evening or that Governor Brumbaugh contemplated asking him to quit or to change jobs with insur ance commissioner brought unquali fied denial from men aligned with the Governor to-day. Mr. Black, like Commissioner of Health Dixon, has standards for his department which the Governor has approved and the men will not be used for political pur poses even in the present emergency. —Denials came from State admin istration officials to-day that there was anything to the report that Auditor General Powell would resign and be named to the Public Service Commis sion, and Charles A. Snyder go into the Auditor General's department without serving in tho Senate where the administration does not want him, to be frank about It. Mr. Powell said the same story was sprung about State Treasurer Young and Ilarmon M. Kep HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH hart, who will succeed him. Mr. Pow ell has generally been credited with an ambition to run for judge in Alle gheny and will also engage in cor poration tax settlements. —Governo- Brumbaugh is getting tired of denjing rumors about men being asked to resign and the story about Commissioner Dixon and Secre tary of the Commonwealth Woods to day brought forth a reiteration of the statement that the Governor had no such thought. Attorney General Brown said that in the case of the utterly baseless report about William M. Hargest that some one was trying to make trouble. —Some singular rumors are being printed in the newspapers of the State about dismissals of men connected with the State government. A situa tion like this brings out of holes every talebearer and backbiter and the man with a grudge is in clover. The loy alty and fidelity of men whose attach ment to the governor and his cause is sincere is assailed by weasels who dare not come out into the open. How ever, the Governor and the men about him are not losing as much sleep as the snappers at the heels who are so busy giving mysterious tips to news papers. —Edwin K. Cox. while here last evening declared that things were looking up for him and that he ex pected to make a line showing with votes from the anthracite region. —James McKirdy, assistant director of the Legislative Reference Bureau, who resigned yesterday, will leave January 1. Mr. McKirdy has been en gaged in preparation of Important legislation for the coming session which is about ready for submission. —Pittsburgh City Council has chang ed the name of Grant Boulevard to Bigelow Boulevard in honor of Ed ward Manning Bigelow, the former State Highway Commissioner, who laid it out. Mr. Bigelow is being given unusual honors in his home city. —E. R. Dissinger has been named as the postmaster at Mt. Gretna and Pen Mar has been put into the presi dential post office class. Summer re sorts simply can't be kept down. —I. B. Kirk, one of Coatesville's councilmen, has taken charge of the city's affairs until it elects a new Mayor. —Bethlehem will erect three now schools. —ln Pottsville the Mayor and Coun- j cil who had repairs made to the city hall without asking for bids, may be forced to pay the bills. —Mayor Jermyn has refused to name more than one magistrate for that city. The Mayor will likely be taken into court. Van Dyke Lauds France in Poem The tlrst poem to be published by Dr. Henry Van Dyke, American Min ister to Holland, since his resignation was announced appears in the De cember issue of the Art World and bears out his statement that the main reason for his resignation was "my wish to return to work as a writer, with full freedom to say what I think and feel." The poem, dated September 28 last, is called "The Name of France." It runs: Give us a name to fill the mind With the shining thoughts that lead mankind— The glory of learning, the joy of art— | A name that tells of a splendid part , In the long, long toil and the strenu ous fight Of the human race to win its way From the ancient darkness into the day Of freedom, brotherhood, equal right— A name like a star, a name of light: I give you, France! Give us a name to stir the blood With a warmer glow and a swifter flood At the touch of a courage that con quers fe^r — A name like the call of a trumpet, clear And silver-sweet and iron-strong, I That brings three million men to their feet, | Ready to march and steady to meet I The foe who threatens that name with wrong— A name that rings like a battle-song; 1 give you, France! Give us a name to move the heart With the strength that noble griefs impart— A name that speaks of the blood out poured To save mankind from the sway of the sword — I A name that calls the world to share The burden of sacrlticial strife Where are cause at stake is the world's free life And the rule of tho peoplo every where— A name like a vow, a name like a prayer: I give you, France! LIQUOR ARGUMENTS AS THEY APPLY TO DRY STATES j A FAVORITE contention of the liquor interests and their sup porters is that "prohibition does | not prohibit"; that, under prohibition, all sorts of disreputable secret and eva- I sive methods are resorted to in order to obtain and to supply intoxicants, and that the false pretense attendant, upon such farcical enforcement of "dry" laws is more harmful morally than the open sale of liquor, under proper regu lation, could possibly be. "Book at Maine!" they say, as a clincher to tlielr argument. They used to add, "And look at Kansas!" but they have drop ped that. Well, look at Maine. Maine adopted the policy of prohibition by State law just seventy years ago. It passed even more stringent laws for the exclusion of liquor sixty-five years ago, and, i with the exception of the years 1856 J and 1857, the later statute has been In force ever since. For years it was the! only prohibition State in the Vnion, j and upon it the liquor interests of the Nation concentrated all their strength and ingenuity. They have endeavored for more than half a century, by in troducing illicit liquor into the State, by promoting "blind pigs,' by en couraging "bootlegging," and by other means, to bring prohibition into con tempt and ridicule, and they have suc ceeded at times, and to a degree throughout the country, in gaining their object, but they have never sue- ' ceeded in turning the great mass of the people of Maine from a policy which has, on the whole, despite all under banded proceedings on the part of the liquor traffic, worked out for the wel fare of the Commonwealth. Maine is more tirmly attached to pro hibition to-day than at any other time In the last quarter of a century. The i State has just elected a governor com mitted to strict enforcement of the prohibition law. It will not be help ful to the liquor traffic If the fair minded people of the United States look at Maine. I But why not continue to look at Kan sas? Exactly the same tactics that j were employed in Maine by the liquor I interests were used for several years |ln Kansas, and with like purpose. In stead of retreating before the almost j ceaseless attacks of all unscrupulous enemy, Kansas proceeded to tighten the | lines about the traffic, finally making it a misdemeanor, punishable by tine [and Imprisonment, to dispense or to obtain liquor from an apothecary shop, even on a physician's prescription. If you look at Kansas you will find a State with the largest per capita wealth, the least poverty, crime and Insanity, the greatest freedom from disorder, the largest opportunity for the average worker, or any in the sisterhood. The Name of France Give us a name to (ill the mind, With the shining thoughts that lead mankind, The glory of learning, the joy of art, A name that tells of a splendid part In the long, long toil and the strenu ous fight Of the human race to win its way From the ancient darkness into the day Of freedom, brotherhood, equal right, A name like a star, a name of light, I give you France! Give us a name to stir the blood With a warmer glow and a swifter Hood At the touch of a courage that con quers fear — A name like the call of a trumpet, clear And silver-sweet and Iron-strong, That brings three million men to their feet Ready to march and steady to meet The foe who threatens that name with wrong— A name that rings like a battle song, I give you France! Give us a name to move the heart, With the strength that noble griefs impart— A name that speaks of the blood out poured To save mankind from the sway of the sword— A name that calls the world to share The burden of sacrificial strife Where the cause at stake is the world's free life. And the rule of the people every where— A name like a vow, a name like a prayer— I give you France! —Henry Van Dyke. September 28, 1916, DECEMBER 20, 1916 Look at any of the prohibition Stales, as compared with the nonprohibition, and you will And the condition of the mass of the people in the former vast ly better. Ixiok at Colorado, one of the youngest of the prohibition States, and what do you find? That 1,260 washerwomen in Denver have turned over their work to the laundries, be cause, since prohibition became effec tive, their husbands are supporting them; that the criminal court of the city has dismissed one Judge, and one judge now takes care of the entire criminal docket; that the breweries are making "soft" drinks, and that one of these establishments is making soap; and that the decrease in the prison In mates, since Denver became dry. Is 33 1-3 per cent. All this could not be if the illicit sale of liquor were going on. The argument Is advanced that the Illegal sale of liquor In Boston would surely result from no license. In Bos ton from 1901 to 1915, under license, there were over 5,000 liquor raids, and in 25 per cent, of these, seizures of liquor were actually made. Statistics for the State of Massachusetts estab .ish beyond question that the Illicit sale of liquor nourishes in license towns and cities. Boston, arrests for drunkenness increased from 18,601 In 1900 to 57,811 in 1915. The only Inference Is that li cense has been making habitual drink ers at a terrible rate. Figures show that the arrests for drunkenness in license cities of Massachusetts are two and a half times greater than in no license cities. It is contended that license con tributes handsomely to the public reve nues. On the contrary, it is establish ed that, in the whole State of Massa chusetts, license t:osts three times as much as it brings in, and that, in Bos ton, license means, for every dollat paid by the liquor traffic, the expendi ture of $4 toward the repair of the havoc which the traffic has created. It is held that the saloons help business. They harm any neighborhood In which they are located; they impair the pur chasing power of the masses; the drinking man's family rarely has the means of meeting Its needs. Finally, it is asserted that the closing of the breweries, distilleries, and saloons of Boston will throw thousands of men out of employment. The breweries, dis tilleries and saloons of Boston haVe costs tens of thousands of men their employment. No-license will open up new and better vocations for the men forced out of the liquor business. Nothing but evil proceeds from the liquor traffic; nothing but good can re sult from its extirpation.—Christian Science Monitor. OUR DAILY LAUGH ft fjlj! ALL OVER. J? quite a social VJ|| ■ ■Bjj, favorite here, ia JraHH Not now any more. She won —"tfi ® rst pr,zo at the Bridge Tourna ment yesterday. AGAIN THAT Are you sure l/^ Ing to give you SjAfcf She called on Jwrß Jpb|4 me today and U !' 1 she had one of those wallpaper <A\ jvf lj\ serving trays. r 9" Loud Enough "What on earth will I do? Here's my automobile horn on the blink and won't make a sound!" "That's all right. Ethel here has on her new sport skirt." limtittg (Ebal Mexican quail brought from the highlands of the southern republic to be kept until spring for distribution throughout Pennsylvania are failing to stand the climate, according to re ports reaching the State Game Com mission to-day. The birds do not seem to bo suffering from any organic disease, but the change in climate is affecting them. "We are losing scores of birds. X have had them ex amined at Washington and Philadel phia and we do not find any disease affecting them," said Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, secretary of thefGame Coni mision, to-day. "I think it must be the climate. We have had the birds housed- up and carefully tended and 1 fed, but the change seems to have been too much." Dr. Kalbfus, who has been getting reports on the kill of deer, said that he thought the total would run less than last year in spite of increased bucks shot in Lycoming, Clinton and other central counties. The number killed in southern counties is less, al though more hunters were in the woods. \ "Winter picnics" are becoming pop ular in Harrisburg. The automobile is playing a large part in making the country an inviting place to city folks when cold winds blow and the snow is on the ground. The other day a party of Harrisburg men motored to Ellen dale Forge—which is where the road that extends from Dauphin out Stoney creek valley comes to a sudden and very distinct end—and then, packs on back, hiked three or four miles up the valley along Stoney creek, following an old wood road above the ice dam. Near a line, large spring they made camp, built a fire place of mountain stone and broiled bacon and a large, juicy steak over the coals, iinishing the meal with bread, onions and a kettle of coffee, also boiled over the camp tire. They were dressed for the outing and not only were comfortable, and pleased with their trip, but are so delighted with the experience that they are planning others of the kind and are showing snapshots made on the trip to skeptical friends who doubted the truth of some of their statements. The pictures amply prove all that they have been telling their friends. Another party i>acked up the sleds of a dozen "kiddies" in an auto truck, put the "kiddies" themselves in another and drove away over into Cumberland county, where they not only enjoyed coasting without any in terference on the part of policemen or street cars, but had a hot lunch from thermos bottles and a big hamper that was part of the luggage in the van. "It ws great," is the way those who were f jrtunate enough to be along described the trip. One of the most popular places on the park system this winter will he the dam near Paxtang along the park way. It is easy to reach from the Hill district and trolley cars run directly past it. For the most part the water is not so deep to be dangerous and there is little or no current. The ice will be under Park Department direc tion and subject to park rules. Lieutenant-General Samuel B. M. Young, retired United States Army officer,, extracts from whose excellent' address on military training were printed in the Telegraph editorial col umns yesterday, has had a long and honorable career in active military life and is still doing splendid work as a retired officer in an advisory capacity. General Young came to Har risburg at the very beginning of the Civil War and was mustered into serv ice In Company K, Twelfth Pennsyl vania Volunteer Infantry, at Camp Curtin, April 29, 1861. * ♦ David K. Rbersole, who resigned from the sales department of the Moorliead Knitting Company last Sep tember, is now located in Chicago as sales manager for the Paramount Knilting Company, one of the largest hosiery manufacturing companies in the West. Mr. Ebersole, writing to friends in this city, says he enjoys his new work. He is a former member of the Harrisburg Rotary Club and well known here. • "Rlam! Open that door!" No answer. "Plain! Plam! Open that door!" No answer. If here were eighty-seven in the Reservoir Park car when it got to Cameron street last evening; and a few minutes before it reached there a Steelton car had discharged half a hundred Hill men. They were anxious to get home. So. when the Reservoir car linally came along— "Rlam! Open that door!" The conductor of the Reservoir car smiled sweetly, but he didn't open that door. Instead he rang two ells to the motorman. The latter shot the "juice" into the motors. Tlie car moved; and stopped. Tho\ millmen who wanted to get home had pulled down the trolley pole. "Rlam! Open that door!" It's the popular outdoor sport at Cameron and Market eacff evening when the already crowded Reservoir cars attempt to go by Vithout further taxing their capacity. • • Among visitors to the city yester day was Major J. Harper Shindel, of Lebanon, who came here on legal mat ters. Major Shindel was for years connected with the National Guard. I rWELL KNOWN PEOPLE —F. M. Kirby, prominent Wilkes- Barre man, has been elected a trus tee of Lafayette. —Judge Raymond MacNeille, who resigned from the Philadelphia muni cipal court, was formerly counsel for tho dairy and food division in that city. —Highway Commissioner Frank R. Black is starting a new coal operation in partnership with his brother near Somerset. —Councilman Robert Garland is working out a new plan for a tunnel for Pittsburgh traffic and the city may build it. -Ex-Senator J. H. Thompson, hero this week in insurance cases, says practicing law Is more strenuous than serving as a major in Pennsylvania militia at the border. | DO YOU KNOW 1 mat Manisi.urK steel is used in New York wharves? HISTORIC HARRISBURG Provincial officials took to holding conferences with Indians at Harris Ferry as early as 1740. Municipal Dividends Charles B. Hill, finance commissioner of Buffalo, well says that the dividends earned by the business of a city are re turned to the community not In dollars and cents, but In service. In terms of public welfare the business of a city may pay well or ill, depending upon the manner In which it is conducted. Just now the government of ICanßas City has an opportunity to pay in pub lic service bv finding a way to supply the needy with coal at cost. Undoubted ly there are obstacles in the way of bringing these needful things about. Yet nobody doubts they can be brought about by the right kind of municipal ability, purpose and perseverance. The results in service to people who otherwise might sufTer from cold will be the right sort of municipal dividends. —Kansas City Times.