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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12
THE STATE FROM DAY TO-DAY

A wave of insanity seems to be
sweeping over Berks county, says the
Reading Herald. Since December IA,
1915, fifteen lunatics have been taken
from that county TO the asylum, which
is an unusually large Number 1t is
that we trust 1T is not a contagious
ailment.
Odd accidents are constantly hap
pening, but here is a prize winner that
took place in Towanda day or SO ago.
DR.. e. e. Rhinehold. a dentist, was
removing a tooth from patient and
a small piece became fractions and
hoped into his eye, which shortly be-
came infected and necessitated an op-
Grafton.
"Petromortis'' is again becoming
rampant. A prominent citizen of Car
bondale was asphyxiated yesterday by
gas escaping from his automobile
while he was recharging the batteries
of his machine in his little garage.
There is much danger attendant upon
tinkering with machines in small and
poorly ventilated garages.
Do you like q little Zip" in your
cider? Well. all you have to do is to
visit the "canny" Pennsylvania-G Ger
man farmers in the region about Read
ing and Allentown. They have discov-
cred a method by which Jack Frost
puts real pep" into just plain cider,
and they say it is good. The idea is
to put the cider in a small tub and set
it out in the cold on a very wintry
night. In the morning the water in
the cider is frozen Crack 1t, throw
the ice away and you have the un-
adulterated essence of pure cider, one
sip of which is said to have power to
revive a dead man. two to make a
church elder forget the Ten Command
ments. and three makes 1t easy for
him to assassinate his grandmother.
This is the story of a man, John
Degnan, dwelling in Wilkes Barre, who
had $500, but when he got home his
wife had no trace of the money. 1t
turns out that John met sundry friends
who knew few things about poker
hands. and the friendly game that re-
lieved John of his money reckoned not
upon Mrs. John. The court enters upon
the scene. End of first act
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12
THE PENNsY's RECORD

TTARRISBURG has always been
more or less an admirer of the
Pennsylvania railroad, to which
it owes a large degree of it's prosper
ity, and while there have been times
when the city and the company diff
fered, old Father Harris stands to-
day with hat doffed to the railroad
system which presents to the public
a record of 361, 1,572,114 passengers
carried safely on 100000 trains in
the past two years without one death
due to train accident. The world
offers no feat in railroad management
by way of comparison. Europe with
all its boasted efficiency knows moth
ing like it. The officials deserve all
of the congratulations that have been
heaped upon them. But General
Manager S. C. Long passes the credit
for the remarkable achievement in
"railroading' along to the men, say
ing to them in a special bulletin that
'in this great honor every employe
shares"
This is giving praise where praise is
due and Harrisburg is proud that it is
so, for our population is made up so
largely of railroad men that we have
been for years calling ourselves a
railroad town." Such results are
only possible where men are careful,
intelligent and conscientious in the
performance of their duties. There
is no class of men who give of these
qualities more generously to their
work than do railroaders and it is q
pleasure to note that they are getting
due credit for their devotion to duty
and ability to handle the difficult work
entrusted to them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

DR.. Hobart A. Hare, prominent
Philadelphia medical man, has been
selected as a member of the munich
pal commission to study pneumonia.
Col II. c. TreXler, of Allentown,
has been elected chairman of the
board of directors of the Lehigh Val
ley Transit.
Samuel r. Wagner has succeed
ed William Hunter on a number of
the boards of the Reading lines.
John Wanamaker has been elected
manager of the University of Penn
sylvania museums
Levi L. Rue is the new head of
the Philadelphia Clearing House.
John p. Kerr, who as president
of the Pittsburgh council. has stirred
up the animals, is physician.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12

There can be only one conclusion as
to the prosperity which is involved in
the statement that the United States
Steel Corporations untitled orders ag-
gregated almost 5000, 900 tons on Decem-
ber 81. This prosperity in the steel
business seems to be reaching out in
every direction. the Pennsylvania Steel
Company having given notice of an in
crease in the wage scale. That brings
the results of expansion close home.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12
TELEORAPH'S PERISCOPE

How strange are the ways of for
tune-muskrat skins made it possible
for Astor to wear the ermine.
That's right. InvesS gate the
prices of coal. Go as far as you please
and call all the hard names you want.
The public's with you.
IF only somebody will find a way
to use shrapnel profitably after peace
is declared, we won't need protective
tariff to insure our prosperity.
Every man believes it is the duty
of all good citizens to serve on the jury
until his own name is called.
DR.. Dixon has discovered that
grip germs and pneumonia germs live
side by side in perfect harmony. We
are not surprised. Those grip germs
are mean enough for anything.
We begin to suspect that Presi-
dent Wilson does not hold the Pro-
gressive leaders in such high esteem as
he did brief time back.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12
EIGHTY-FTVE YEARS

n MOTHER birthday has been cele-
"A brated by the Telegraph and as
we look back through the long
vista of the years, especially in this
community. what wonderful changes
have been wrought. Eighty-five years
ago this newspaper was founded and
In all the time that has since elapsed
it has been steadfast exponent of the
welfare of the people in the consid-
cradle territory embraced within its
field.
Harrisburg was little more than a
village when the Telegraph was
launched upon the uncertain sea of
newspaperdom, but it has grown with
the years until to-day it is known far
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12
A DIsINFECTING APPARATUs

patent has been taken out on a new
apparatus for disinfecting household
premises after. some member of the
family has suffered from oonta gious
disease. The new machine in action
will look something like one of the
big vacuum cleaners used for cleaning
companies, in which the engine stands
In the front ward and the vacuum hose
Is led through a window. The disin-
fecting apnaratus also has a pump out
side in which its effective gases are
generated. and thew are pumped
through hose into the infected room.
where all openings have previously been
stopped.
The combination OF gases produced
In the generator Is deadly enough to
seal the fate. of any germ. It is mix
ture Of sulphur dioxide, the gas given
or bv the old sulphur candle: formal
dehyde, which is wel1-known for its
disinfecting qualities. and hydrocyanic
acid gas. probably the deadliest poison
in existence.
When the room has been thorough
L. filed with these gases and the germs
killed. the snventor claims that 1t is
possible to suck the gases out again
by simply reversing the pump.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12
INDICATING "JIM"

IFTOm INC haIIsdS IIIy DIHT'
In the early days of Kansas City
"Jim" Bridger, trapper and scout, used
to come home from the Far West and
tell of q big lake of salt water, OF n
spring that spouted hot water, of a
river at the bottom of canyon a mile
deep. The folks of that day did not
mince words when speaking of Bridger.
They said he was "the greatest liar in
all America"
This year, because of the war, more
people than ever before have been
travelling in America. Secretary Lane.
of the Interior Department, says in
his report that the people of this coun
try spent 500. 900, 900 this year travel
ing about their own land. instead of
spending it abroad. They have been
seeing the things that "Jim' Bridger
told the people of Kansas City about
so many years ago.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12
WILSON AND BRYAN

POLITICIANS of experience rarely
ever write letters on subjects
which may rise to plague them
thereafter. Woodrow Wilson and Will
liam Jennings Bryan are two eXcep-
tions to this rule. Both have written
letters within the last two years which
they probably wish they had not writ
ten. The Presidents missive was on
the question of the one-term plank OF
the Baltimore convention of his party
and the letter which is now giving
iect. Bryan says the one-term plank
was merely an expression of policy.
Wilson says:
\ fixed Constitutional limitation
to single term of office is highly
arbitrary and unsatisfactory from
every point Of view.
Notwithstanding the straightforward
declaration of the Baltimore conven-
tion on the question of one term for
the President. both these party leaders
have repudiated the declaration and
are now endeavoring to twist the Lam
Suage to suit their present purposes.
In the case of the President, he is do
ing his utmost to have it appear that
the plank was in no sense a personal
declaration on his part; that he wrote
Mr.. Palmer a letter in 1913 repudiating
the limitation of service and declaring
that he would be guided in 1916 by
public opinion as to whether he should
again be a candidate.
With Mr.. Bryan it is somewhat diff
ferent. He is now confronted with his
own Interpretation of the Baltimore
plank which he gave to a member of
Congress back in 1918, declaring that
the one-term plank was intended
merely as a declaration of policy and
should not be binding on any indi-
Vidual until legislation had been
passed. In 1913 Wilson and Bryan
were sleeping in the same bed To-day
they are not even stopping at the same
hotel. Both are constituting the one
term plank as best suits their present
attitude on the question.
As for the public, it must accent as
the only possible conclusion the in
ference that declaration upon any
important issue by Democratic ma
tional convention is a mere sop to the
voters and must not be taken literally.
Manifestly. President Wilson deter
mined early in his administration to
repudiate the Baltimore pledge of his
party. Just as manifestly Bryan in
1913 proposed to help the President in
this act of reputation. At that time
the Nebraskan hoped to continue as
The premier of the Wilson admins
tration. but things are different now.
The whole thing is characteristic of
what has been transpiring at Wash
ington under the present national adj
lnlnistration. Weather-vane policies
have been the rule and ground and
lofty tumbling the chief attribute. 1t
remains to be seen to what extent the
American people will overlook these
manifestations of White House back
ing and filling on matters of party
doctrine and administrative principle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12
THE COAL PRICE PROBE

.T<HE probe of anthracite coal prices
in Pennsylvania should be deep
and thorough. The commission
appointed yesterday by Governor
Brumbaugh for that purpose will have
the sympathy and support of the pur-
chasing public in whatever it may do.
There are many things concerning
the hard coal trade that the people
would like to know about. Much mys-
terry has surrounded many transactions
and price-fiXing understandings. The
consumer is entitled to have full in
formation concerning the cost of pro-
duction, transportation and profits.
Coal is a household necessity and is a
very material item in the expenses of
every family. The consumer does not
object to legitimate profit for op-
orator. wholesaler or retail dealer, but
he does object. and most strenuously,
to paying from 10 to % cents addi-
tional on the price of anthracite be-
cause the State has placed a tax
amounting to only a small fraction of
that amount on each ton of coal mined.
Also. he wants to know why, since
this tax has been declared uncon-
stitutional, prices have not been CORE
spondingly lowered and why the money
he contributed toward this tax is be-
ing withheld by the operators. Who is
to get this money? Are the mine own
ers to keep 1t? Shall the State acquire
it by escheatment. or is It to come
back to the consumer who paid It?
These are only a few of the ques-
tions the commission appointed yes
terday will be expected to answer.
Governor Brumbaugh has chosen what
appears to be fair-minded. thorough
going and disinterested commission.
Beyond question he is just as anxious
for results as is the public, and the
hearings of the probers and their re-
port will be awaited with keen interest.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12

This administration is about to prac-
tice some real diplomacy. In Illinois
the Roger Sullivan crowd are fighting
for supremacy in the Democratic party
Each will have a slate of candidates
for delegates to the st. Louis conven-
tion. all pledged to Wilson. And Wilson
will not disavow either slate. as the
Illinois law permits him to do.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12
WHAT. WE WONDER, I,

IWinfeId. Kan, Courier
Edward Dunbar is moving on the
instalment plan. Last week he brought
the chickens and a high chair. and
this morning he brought load of new
stuff from the freight office, but the
hardest is yet to come.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12

Again Colonel Roosevelt has with
drawn his name as a candidate for
President, but Notwithstanding his
friends throughout the country are in
sisting that he will be the Chicago
nominee.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12

Congress is to be asked to establish
a civil service court, so that no servant
of the Government can be removed
without a hearing. The President, we
suppose. will exhibit an "open mind"
on 1t; but Mr.. Burleson is dead against
ft
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12
Ask Questions

The road to knowledge is paw
ed with patient inquiry.
And knowledge is the arma-
ment of power.
Advertising was born from the
spirit of inquiry. 1t is designed
to answer questions.
1t is planned to tell you OF
ten to keen you informed.
For this service the advertis-
er's reward is your good will and
your business.
Read the advertising in the
Telegraph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12

garded either at home or abroad. Re-
publican administrations were listened
to with respect by all the world.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12

Austrian statesmen dismiss the An
coma note from serious consideration
with the words: 1T was written for po-
litical purposes" This is a sweeping
Indictment of American diplomacy as
practiced by a Democratic administra-
tion. but who can say it has no basis
of TRUTH Blaine's notes. and Hays
notes. and Roots notes were not so re-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12

IL Pennsylvania has too many states
men within the Republican party for
continuous harmony the suggestion
that the State be divided might have
some force in certain quarters.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12


For obvious reasons the name and
address of the applicant have been
omitted. otherwise the epistle is az
written. Yet the writer cannot un-
derstand why his application has not
been favorably considered So it is
with candidates for more important
offices.
Activities of the State Department
OF Fisheries in sending out young
fish and other water creatures for dis
tribution throughout the streams OF
the state has led some forehanded in
dividuals to write for early supplies
one man asked to have a large num-
Der OF young trout sent to him so
that he could plant" early and bo
sure of some good catches when the
season opened. AS the trout sent out
are yearlings, not of a size that can
be caught and are to be used for pro-
pagation, the breakfast hunter will be
disappointed Another man wrote
for supply of sunfsh as he heard
they ate young mosquitoes and he
wanted to kill off the pests before
summer came. while another re-
quested a supply of bullfrogs. Some
whether the State supplies young
! turtles
Hundreds of Harrisburg's amateur
athletes will be interested in the re-
| turn of V. Grant Forrer to his old
job as the working head of the city
park department. Forrer was re-
| sponsible for the organization of the
water carnivals which have grown to
mean so much to hundreds of canoe
| lists; he's canoeiSt and a "tilter" of
note himself. Incidentally he's
! swimmer of no mean ability. The
proudest playground youngster of u
few years ago will tell you truthfully
that there never was a game on the
Fairgrounds that Mr.. Forrer couldn't
play; as to baseball, Mr.. Forrer
doesn't brag about his ability but he
can swing a bat some. The new park
| superintendent never went in for the
track sports to any extent but he al
ways took a great big interest in that
| form of athletics and was largely re-
sponsible for the Inauguration of the
great college and school events. As
a football player in his High school
! days Mr.. Forrer was q regular star.
Back in "a and '95 he played tackle
and center on the High school team.
| The tackle and the center on tho
other teams will tell you how he
played; they'll never forget
John NJ. Reynolds, former lieuten-
liant governor and congressman, who
was here yesterday for his first visit
TO the city in months. was welcomed
by his many friends at the Capitol
and about the city. Mr.. Reynolds
said that he came here to chat with
the Governor and to see some of his
friends.
Jonas G.. Diffenderter. former
prothonotary of Dauphin county and
active in q number of the gas COM
panies in this section, is now a resi-
dent of Pittsburgh where he is en-
| gagged in n number of enterprises Mr..
Diffenderfer also has interests in
Detroit and other places.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12

Isn't 1t asking good deal, demand
ing that Austria disavow the only naval
feat she has accomplished since the war
began?-Kansas City Star
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12

DIR. Wellington Koo is said to be a
great admirer of MIR. Bryan. They
should naturally get along well to-
gether-Bill and the Koo.-Nashville
Southern Lumberman.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12

China may not be ready for a repub-
lie, but 1T certainly has one first-cla SIS
politician in the person of Yuan Shi Kai
INDIANAPOLIS Star
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Austria is plainly eager to preserve
our friendship, but she feels differently
about our citizens.-Kansas City Star
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12

England will never permit Germany to
capture America. Thanks. awfully-
Galveston News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12
OUR DAILY LAUGH

NOT TO BLAME.
7 o u'r e charged
W / t h fighting
sir, began
The justice to the
laundryman.
When people give
me cuffs, I try
To do 'em up. was
the reply.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12
DO YOU KNOW

That SteeIton rails arc I'm many
a street railway system through
out the country?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Harrisburg had a State fair
back In the sixties.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING co,
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12

That working majority which the
Democrats have in the Senate seems to
be of the opinion that each man in it
has a different job.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12

l.. j. .STACKPoLE, Pyrs't and Ediior.iH'C hiSf
+. r. OYSTER. Business Mdndger.
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ. MGnuging Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12
Ehrntng Ghat

When the offlce-seeking "bug" be-
gins to buzz in the bonnet all sense Of
individual fitness is Immediately lost.
There is many a cracker-box states
man who feels himself better qualified
for the Presidency than any man who
mas ever occupied the White House,
and when 1t comes down to the lesser
offices, why to so much as hint at
unfitness is an insult. Take for in
stance the following letter addressed
by an applicant for appointment as
Justice of the peace to George ID.
Thorn, chief clerk in the department
of the Secretary of the Common
wealth:
Dear-Sir:-
George ID. Thorn,
Chief-Clerk, Commonwealth,
Harrisburg, Pa,
We have elected
of our Township for a Justi ce of
Pease at the last election, but he
clames now that he is not well
nuff to lift his comishion and
has not lifted IL, and makes us
one wacionic of that office now
wood 1t be wise for me to get the
apoinmend by the goviner, and
wod 1t be for the full term OF
No. 5-Years and what wood
have to due to get the apoint-
mend, err cut you get it for me.
hoping to hear of you Las you
now | hat spent some money at
the Brimary Election, and lost
out,
Yours -Tr1ley.-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12
JUST so.

JUST so.
She: I don't
know what mill
lIonaires see in
chorus girls.
He: No nor
on 'em. either.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12

Member American Newspaper Publish
ers Association, The Audit Bureau OF
Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ-
ated Dailies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12
EVENING, JAN. IL

Ignorance is not innocence, but sin.
-Br0iCniRg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12

Jonas C. Diffenderter. former
prothonotary of Dauphin county and
active in a number of the gas COM
panies in this section, is now a resi-
dent of Pittsburgh where he is en-
gagged in number of enterprises. Mr..
Diffenderfer also has interests in
Detroit and other places.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-12

For obvious reasons the name and
address of the applicant have been
omitted. Otherwise the epistIe is az
written. Yet the writer cannot un-
derstand why his application has not
been favorably considered So it is
with candidates for more important
offices.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-06-09
.BasebaHi,1 Nutshell
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterday's Results
All games postponed-rain

Today,s Schedule
Pittsburgh at New York
Cincinnati at Brooklyn
st. Louis at Boston
Chicago at Philadelphia
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-06-09
Today's Schedule
Boston at Detroit
Washington at Cleveland
New York at st. Louis
Philadelphia at Chicago
F. N. H 7 ea1n 10
Play3Blo Girls

The Fairmont Mining Machine nine
easily defeated the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad team in a one sided game at
South Side park yesterdtys by q }score
of 15 to Q. The Machinists started
the game with a big lead and kept this
position to the finish. z
d The Machinistsl received eleven hits
and no errors while the visitors re.
tceiyed one hit and no errors. satur.
day afternoon the Machine nine viii
clash with the Burners Ridge team at
South Side park at 9 O'clock.
Manager Kendall has signed "a con
tract with 1.-THE Boomer Girls. a
famous girl team from indianapolis,
Indiana, for a game to be played Eat
South Side soon. D i N
All teams wishing games with the
Mining Machine nine can arrange for
the same by calling Manager Kendall
at the Mining Machine or leaving word
at the Office.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-06-09

These be festive days for Father
Knickerbock er with die Giants, Yam.
KEGS and Dodgers all up In the front
ranks.