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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-02-17

After making his Washington home
at the Congress Hall hotel for the
Eve years he has been i'm Washing
ton, Congressman Brown has taken a
house on Connecticut avenue near Du-
Pont Circle and will bring his family
here in a few days. He will accom-
pany Mrs Brown and their little
daughter 10 the capital 10 remain TIL
hot weather drives them back 20 Pres
ton county. Congress Hall. where Mr.
Brown made his home for FIVE years.
vas the old Washington home Of
Judge Dayton and George &. sturgiss.
both predecessors Of Mr.. Brown when
they were IN Congress Congressman
Nicely lives there now and Congress
mar Littlepage made 50 his home for
two years during his former term In
Congress. Mr.. Brown has many pleas
ant associations with the place but
felt a house would be better for the
coming season.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-02-17

The Shackelford good roads bill,
supported in the House by every
Democratic member from West VIr-
ginia, has received the approval OF
State Road Engineer Williams. Of West
Virginia. who has been here to urge
Senator's Chiffon and Con- to support
L in the Senate in preference to the
Dill which has been under considera-
ton there.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17
OUR MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS
is an unfortunate dispos

NHERE is an unfortunate diSpoSi-
ton among certain of our
municipal officials to regard
criticism of their public acts as in the
nature of personal attack. They as
sumo an attitude of injured innocence
which is amusing when it is not tire
some and instead of prohting by legi-
innate comment indulge in the antics
of a spoiled child.
These officials are the chosen SER
wants of the people, paid for their SER
vice, and accountable TO the commun-
ity. They are expected to exercise
their best judgment in all matters and
to be guided by the wishes of the con-
stituency which they represent.
1t is the duty of the press and the
public to aid in the proper alministra-
tion of municipal affairs and this as
sistance may be given through ap-
proval of acts we'll done and disap-
proval of official shortcomings.
Five commissioners are now
charged with the conduct of the citys
business. The people must be the
judges of how these commissions are
attending to the important duties dele
gated to them. The Telegraph has
been glad to commend frequently, this
or that commissioner for admirable
work; it Is with regret that adverse
comment has been necessary in GER
tain cases. But instead of childish
resentment, such as has been dis
played now and then, the official con-
cerned would have earned public ap-
proval by doing the thing that was
manifestly the right thing to do un-
der the circumstances
In short, Harrisburg occupies too
large place upon the map to permit
any official to treat his job as a per
sonal asset to be handled in his own
way without regard to the public in
terest. Just now there is widespread
public dissatisfaction over the failure
to place the Donate statuary, the gen.
erous gift of Mr.. Hershey to Harris
burg; over the Indifferent attitude OF
the Department of Parks toward the
River Front during the present season
and the general tendency to regard
the parks and Fairgrounds and the
Susquehanna Basin as fads unworthy
of official consideration.
The people are now on guard.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17
TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER II
Be not lenicrt to your oun faults;
keep your pardon for otIiers.-From
Japanese Proverbs"
BISHOP McDETITT INSTALLED

MO prelate was ever given a more
~ cordial and generous welcome
than that accorded Rt. Rev.
Philip r. McDevitt, the new bishop of
the Harrisburg diocese of the Roman
Catholic Church, by the clergy and
laity yesterday. He was made to feel
on every hand the warmth of affec-
ton and sincere respect of people
who have always co-operated in the
most earnest and unselfish way with
the head of the diocese. He comes to
a field hallowed by the consecrated
work OF godly men who have been
called from labor to rest
Bishop McDevitt is heralded as one
who will naturally take up the du-
ties and responsibilities of the dio-
cese and his life is regarded by the
Catholic community as pledge and
promise of still greater service in the
elevated station to which he has been
called.
During the interregnum since the
death of the lamented Bishop Shana-
han the responsible duties of admins
traitor of the diocese have been dis
charged with great acceptability to the
people by Monsignor NJ. NJ. Hassett,
who is beloved far and wide, and
whose eloquent welcome to the distin-
guished Philadelphia prelate was a
feature of the impressive ceremony.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Senator w. S. Mckee, colonel Of
the First Pennsylvania Artillery, ex-
poets his command to be ordered
home before the end of the month.
A. T. Dice, president of the Read
ing, is rapidly recovering from an at
tack of typhoid fever.
Bishop Joseph Berry has conse-
Grated more churches of the Meth
odst denomination than any other
minister of that faith in the last year.
DR.. B. Fl. Warren, former State
zoologist, is active in the work to
bring about an end of pollution of
streams in the Lackawanna region.
Ex-Governor John K. Tener plans
to visit a number of friends through
out Pennsylvania during November.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

check the accomplishment against the
costs. as kept in accurate accounts and
revealed in clear and brief reports
Then they can back him up or get him
fired as need is. The politicians cam
not undermine the active power by
dividing responsibility, creating inde-
pendent offices and confused jurisdlc-
tions, but must either keep their hands
off or else buck the task of firing the
head of the town.
American common sense has asserted
itself, and the new method will stick.
(Wideawake citizens may apply for de-
tailed information to o. L. Carr, City
Manager, Niagara Falls, N. Y, or to the
Bureau of Municipal Research, New
York City,. AS the years go by we will
have plenty of cases of trained men
starting as managers of tank villages
and rising to run big cities with pay
and recognition proportionate to their
work. A lot of the dynamic energy
now being trained in our engineering
schools will be turned directly into
making our towns better places in
which to live. That is what towns are
for!-From Golfers Weekly
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17
"New Method Will Stick"

Some forty places in our country
ranging from Ashtabula to st. Angus
tine, are run by city managers. This
means that our everlasting American
problem of municipal government is
now being tackled successfully by call
ing into action one of the oldest of
human traits; that joy of achievement
that thrilled in Tubal Gains heart when
he hung up the first piece of good iron
work, banked his forging fire, and
went home to get something to eat.
Running a city is not business in the
baser sense of somehow (anyhow)
making money, but 1t Is business in the
bettor sense of getting important
things we'll done.
The city manager has a free hand and
a job of his own. He therefore can
buy things cheaper, hire and keep more
capable men, and help them turn out
results. The citizens Cor shareholders)
can see what he is accomplishing in the
visible condition of the public property
such as streets. sewers. parks, ETC.; can
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17
"SleepySteve, the SteaIthySIeuth"
mo Mother to Guide Her"
By Max Robertson, iii
By Max Robertson, iii

| Rarely had he observed quicker or
more correct deduction. He was simply
astounded.
Stealthy Steve here saw an oppor-
tunity to impress this simple child of
nature with his knowledge of affairs
OF the police world.
Now" said he, impaling his forty
ninth oyster on a fork
(EDITOR'S NOTE-Now how could
he impale the forty-ninth oyster on a
fork when the story says he had lust
hnished seven dozen, or eighty four all
told?)
-(AUTHoR'S NOTE-The forty-ninth
dropped on the floor, and Stealthy
Steve just discovered it,
Some folks" continued the sIeuth.
would say that was a shotgun shot:
and others would say it was a couple of
tires blowing out. But I say it was a
pistol. 1t couldn't have been a shot
gun shot because it didn't sound enough
like frecracker in a barrel. You fol-
low me?"
The waiter leaned Imply against the
coffee urn. He was amazed, to put II
mildly He had never heard the like
before
And it couldn't have been a tire
oiowout because it lacked the prelimi-
nary French -shelllike sound indicatine
the expansion of hitherto greatly com.
pressed H20."
What dye mean-H2o?" asked the
waiter. eNe
| Air of course" smiled the sleuth
pltyingly, for Stealthy Steve rarely
laughed at the ignorance of those with
whom he came in contact with whom
so, not being a shotgun shot or a tire
blowout 1t must have been a pistol
/ sald SteeVie. II purpose, my friend. to
snow you what make of revolver il
| was. For man of my ability that will
pc an easy task. There are fourteen
makes of revolvers. This particuIar
weepin is easy to locate In fact. TO bo
quick and to the point. it was a
At this moment there was an inter
ruption
A man from Newport, Pa, entered the
restaurant
| VIII you telephone to a garage for
me, my man?" he asked the waiter
| Certainly, sir" smiled the waiter
Tor 1t was ever his desire to pleas
possible patrons of his employer. the
| honest Mr.. Fitzroy
| Then tell them to come IN hero and
tow my machine down for repairs !"
Tell me- said Steve, what has oc.
curred?" ''' W
i 90" said the man from Newnort Do
my fool brother dropped a shot gur
out OF the rear of the car and if OK.
pioded and blew out the right rea,
tire"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

a vital effect on the war in its earlier
stages and are still factor. although
one of decreasing Importance as
the allies increase their output at
home. But why should Germany rave
about that. Do the Germans forget or
do they not know that in the earlier
periods of the conflict the Germans
were feeding their guns with NUM-
tions made in the United States? Do
they not know that Schwab at Bethle-
hem sold 90 per cent. of all his muni-
tions to Germany for three years
previous to the beginning Of the war.
What is sauce for the goose is sauce
for the gander. American shells have
been fired by both sides and the only
reason that German gunners are not
at this moment pushing them into
their guns is that they cannot get
them. Berlin would think Uncle Sam
the grandest little institution on earth
If the imperial government were in
the position of the allies with respect
to American munitions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

ing to the forms of law and so refused
to interfere. Two judges dissented, |,
i,hey put Justice ahead of technicali-
pose the trial had been influenced b,,
mob spirit. On that ground Fran KS
constitutional rights had peen violated
and they favored new trail, The
Two were Justice Holmes and Justice
The incident is Illuminating in the
Lisl, II IhroWs on the mental attitude
of the Republican presidential nrnei
nee. 1t is the attitude of Justice FIRST ;,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17
ANOTHER OLD STANDBY GONE
THIRST they eliminated the old-time

II lnSS tiiO
torch light procession. Then
they did away with the gorg-
eous badges that used to characterize
presidential campaigns. After that
they even called off the gaudily ca
parisoned marching clubs and their
free junkets to neighboring towns
And now they go and reduce the politi-
cal fight to polite exchange of Chau-
tauqua salutes by cutting out the
Bryan speech.
We used to go to hear Bryan az
often as he got within hailing distance
and came away absolutely sure that all
he said was true and that we would
vote for him. The spell lasted some
times as long as the morning after. II
was grand stuff. 1t got one "all het up
and then left one agreeably cool and
quite content with things as they were
May be that is why Mr.. Wilson has
not asked the Nebraskan to speak fol
him this year. And then again, per-
haps Mr.. Bryan didn't think this q
good year for -elocutionary efforts.
What ever the reason. we miss the
Bryan speech. 1t was such a fine
large target for editorial derision
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17
Hughes and Frank
kansas City Times. ]

When Leo NJ. Frank was convicted
of murder in Georgia, at time OF
great excitement in the community, it
will be recalled that he was unable to
get o review of the case on it's merits
by the Georgia Supreme Court. The
proceedings of the lower court were
held to be regular Then he appealed
to the Supreme Court of the United
States. The question on which the ap-
peal was taken was whether he had
been convicted by due process of
law
BY a majority vote the court de-
cided that his trial had been accord
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17
CHAPTER III

AS Stealthy Steve walked out of the
police station with his trusty rewol-
wer he muttered beneath his breath.
(EDITOR'S NOTE-This is certainly
fine way to run serial story. Here
Monday night Mr.. Robertson stopped
the tale just as some one discovered
robbers breaking into either the Har-
risburg club or the Senate Hotel; and
now he doesn't say q word about the
robbery
1t was not usual for Stealthy Sleeve
to mutter under his breath. 1t was a
sign that he labored under a severe
strain. So he walked into the restau-
rant and ordered some oysters. Oys~
ters are a good brain food. Steve knew
that he would require an agile brain
were he to rid Harrisburg of the ma
rauding burglars who were making life
miserable for the policemen.
Give me another Dozen" said Sleethy
Steve several times. AS the sleuth con-
sumed the crustaceans he thought hard.
II know what I'll do" he said, I'll
go and see Mag, the Witch"
Now Mag, the Witch, was indeed of
great value to Sleevy Stealth in this
matter. Many times she had called
the turn on big events. During the
high water of 1889 folks living at Res
ervoir Park did not move their belong
ings away. simply because they relied
On lile Wolu VI Mag, the Wltcn VINO
said the water would not reach there.
So Stelvy Sleeth knew that Mag would
be just the woman to see.
But as he sat there on the high stool
hungrily nibblinS the last crumb of his
seventh dozen of oysters he heard a
shot rung out-rlng out is better. Then
as he wondered whether to eat a few
more oysters or go and see what was
up he heard second shot
4 &c oh u
served Steethy Selve to the waiter.
Marvellous" said the waiter. drop
ping an armful of plates
This waiter was certainly astonished.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17
THE PURITY OF OUR MILK

NII4 Counc1lS s adoptlon OF the rlBlu
" milk and ice cream regulations
recommended by DR.. Raunick and
the health bureau is step that should
have been taken long ago. Unless all
indications are at fault Harrisburg
would have had no typhoid fever
epidemic had the milk and ice cream
supplies been pure. We may as well
admit it; we have been lax, very lax,
| in this matter. We, as a city, have
built and maintained a filter plant
that has freed our water from the
possibility of transmitting disease. We
have spent thousands upon thousands
of dollars to do this without a mur-
muir, but we have been niggardly with
our appropriations for milk inspec-
ton. We have not done our duty
there. We have permitted milk to be
sold in Harrisburg that should have
been poured into the sewers.
| And right here we are face to face
with a gigantic task-that of making
the dairy farms and the milk ware
houses and the distributing agencies
clean and their products pure. In
many cases the farmer does not, or
will not, realize tho importance of
cleanliness. He is not scientifically
informed on the transmission of
typhoid, and too often his ignorance
or carelessness. or both, is shared by
those through whose hands the milk
passes after it leaves the farm.
Education is what is needed, but
it will require more milk inspectors
| than we now have to do this work
and more money. The chances are
that this education will have to be ac-
companied by vigorous application of
the law when the pupil is stubborn or
stupid. lie will have to be taught in
some cases as is the small boy, with
the rod. Tt will not be a pleasant
business, this task of purifying our
milk supply, but IL is an absolute
necessity. The people will stand back
of the health authorities in any meas
ures they may take to that end. They
will stand for anything but inaction.
What they want and what they must
have is quick, vigorous enforcement
of the new regulations as soon as they
are legally applicable to the situation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17
AMERICAN MUNITIONS

a N American writer who has Just
"A returned from Germany says
the Germans hate America for
the reason that they believe Ger
many would have beaten England and
France in the first eight weeks of the
war" had it not been for American
munitions.
Unquestionably American shells
driven by American powder did have
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

Judge McCarreu has the distinction
of having served since 1873 as the gen.
eral superintendent of the Market
Square Presbyterian Sunday school,
whose celebration of it's first centenary
was concluded last night with an inter-
esting pageant, reproducing the days Of
auld lang syne. How much good this
organization has done will not be re-
allied this side of eternity.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17
EDITORIAL COMMENT

The stories of the wav those Rr,tts,,
tanks" go over shell-craters and
trenches Will fill with envy the heart
OF every motorist who has tried 10
travel unimproved New England high
ways.-Boston Herald 'e
-, This is said to be the banner year in
the output of natural gas, but Brvan
seems to be making no great impTes
SION upon the Presidential campaign.-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CRY

Questions submitted to members of
the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their
answers as presented at the organiza-
tion's annual Municipal Quiz."l
What are the resources of the city?
What are the liabilities of the city?
Resources, S3,427, ,30S.71. Liabili-
ties, S2112,400
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

Commissioner Lynch is said to have
determined to place all the paved
streets in good condition before winter.
This course will have the approval of
citizens generally.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

Apple Day isn't anything new. Every
country boy knows that every day is
apple day from the month before the
fruit is ripe until the last one is gone
from the bottom of the barrel in SPRING
time
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17
Self-Responsibilitv

Faithfulness is thine and reverence
Is thine; who then can rob thee of
these things? Who can hinder thee to
use them, IL not thyself ?-Epictetus
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

Harrisburg has reason to feel thank
full that its water supply is pure and
because of this fact the public indisna-
tion over the contamination Of its milk
supply outside the city is accentuated.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

There may or may not be any sig
nificance in the fact that neither tn
Crown Prince nor Villa has been kille
recently.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

A copper mine is to be operated in
the heart of a West Virginia towns, but
there's nothing surprising in that Many
Of our most productive gold brick mines
are located in cities.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

II we were able to concentrate on oui
job the way the flies do these cold
mornings on the back of our neck we
know the boss wouldn't object to rails
ing our salary.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

The moving picture actress who
wants patent on her face will have to
have it renewed about every ten years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

| That Chamber of Commerce hotel
committee will be able to qualify as
expert statesmen after they are through
with their present Job.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

II the gunner were compelled to pay
as much per pound for beef as he does
for rabbit, he'd become an anarchist
over night and blow up the butcher
shop in the morning.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

Considering present prices when call
ing bread the staff of life it might be
we'll to substitute an | for the a,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

THE USUAL
CONSEQUENCE.
The Surgeon
30 you got badly
b Q a t Q n u p.
Weren't you pre-
pared?
The Patient
Prepared! Nav.
That's why I'm
bein' repaired,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

The difference between Germany and
Boston is that Boston has culture and
the world championship, too.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17
THE NEW QUESTION

"T had great fishing trip on my
vacation
That's good; how many sharks
did you catch?"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

We used to wonder why Golfers fred
Norman Hapgood. Now we know.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

The boys are coming pack from the
border, leaving conditions down there
just about as they found them. This
must be a great satisfaction to the
President.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17
SYNOPSIS

EDITORS NOTE-As we said yester-
day. there isn't going to be any synop-
sis with this story. Three hundred
people called us up Monday and de-
clared they wouldn't read this novel
unless we had a synopsis and one
man telephoned us to that effect from
Moosic. Pa. But that doesn't make any
difference. We don't mind paying Max
Robertson III space rates for this story,
If he thinks we're going to let him
steal the whole page with a synopsis
he's all wrong. A synopsis takes up
too much room. Let's hear no more
about any synopises.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg is the distri-
buting point for trainloads oe
agricultural supplies every year?
rEUCTnDIr uADDUcDr--
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO..
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

Tobacco was first raised in this town
back in the thirties.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17

E. j. .STACKPOLE. Pres't and Ediior-in. { hief
+. r. OYSTER, Business Manager
1US M. STEINMETz, Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17
Our Daily Laugh

Never let the
left hand know
what the right In
putting in the col
lection plate.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-01-28
INSPIRATION" AT REX
THEATER NEXT SATURDAY

''Inspiration," the much talked of
6ve-act Mutual Masterpiece, will be
shown at the Rex theater Saturday.
The rise to fame and fortune in
Audrey Munson, famous artist S
model, and the inspiration of many
work of art throughout this country
and abroad is woven into the screen
pictures. Miss Munson is widely
known as the "Panama-Pacific GIRL"
having posed for many of the pieces
of statuary at the Panama-Pacific ex-
position.
The story, much of the locale of
which is laid in New York, deals with
Miss Munson's arrival in the metrop-
oils, her inability to find work, dur
ing which she all but starved to death
and finally an Academia fortunate
one in this instance-which resulted
in her securing her first step on the