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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-19
Penn State Alumni Will
Banquet at Hbg. Club

Governor Brumbaugh, President e.
Z. Sparks, of State College, II. Walton
Mitchell, who is the most popular
trustee of that institution, Ray Smith,
Alumni Secretary and Graduate Man
ager of Penn States athletics, and
Dean Holmes, of the faculty of that
college, will be the prominent speak
ers at the banquet to be held by the
Central Pennsylvania Alumni Asso
citation of the Pennsylvania State Col
lege at the Harrisburg Club next Tues
day evening at o'clock.
More than a hundred alumni and
former students of Penn State have
announced they will attend and have
applied to A. A. Vert, chairman of
the committee in charge, for tickets.
Mr.. Vert said yesterday, that there
are many men living in this section,
students at Penn State at some time
or other whose names are not listed
eligible. and they can secure tickets
from him if they call or write him at
his office in the Kunkel building.
The board of trustees will be the
guests of the association at this din
ner and it is expected that plan to
State from the Legislature will be
made.
Miss Eleanor Darlington has Joined
her parents, Bishop and Mrs, James
Henry Darlington in New York City
for ten days stay
Mrs. Paul Dunbar and small daugh-
ter, Miss Joyce Dunbar, of the Com
mercial Bank Apartments, are visiting
in Bloomfield, N. ].
Miss Violet oakley who is super
intending the hanging of her paintings
in the Capitol is a guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Elder Bailey during her
stay in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Barrett have
gone home to Erie after a'weeks stay
among old friends and neighbors in
town.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-19
VISITING IN PITTSBURGH

Miss Miriam Lucille Lands, of 1890
Green street, left to-day for Pittsburgh
where she will visit several weeks with
her aunts, Mrs. d. e. Murray and Mrs.
/. X. Arendt, and her cousin. Miss
Marie Arendt, all former residents of
Harrisburg,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-19
SMALL DINNER PARTY

Miss Caroline Pearson and Miss
Mary Harris Pearson, sos North Front
street, had as dinner guests last eve
ming Mr.. and Mrs. John Fox Weiss,
Mrs. Henry ID. Boas, Miss Helen Espy,
Miss Mary Jennings and Daniel c.
Herr. The table centerpiece was of
Ophelia roses, tall spikes of mignon-
nette and pussy willow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-19
CONGENIAL DINNER PARTY

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Kunkel
entertained informally at dinner last
evening with Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Z.
Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. William Pear
son, Mr. and Mrs. John e. Fox, as
thelr guests. The appointments were
OF pink with a centerpiece of Killarney
roses, mignonnette and pussy willows.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-19
PLAYING IN PHILADELPHIA

Miss Olive Jamison and Miss Sara
Lemer are spending several days in
Philadelphia. This evening Miss
Lemer is giving a violin recital at the
Girls Normal School, with Samuel
Iorman of Philadelphia, at the piano.
Ihe recital is under the direction of
the alumnae association of the school.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-19
LUNCHEON FOR TEN

In compliment to her guest Miss
Hazel Williams, of Baltimore. Miss
Helen Jarvis, of Green street, enter
tanned at a luncheon of ten covers
this afternoon. Yellow prevailed in
the appointments with a crystal bas-
ket of daffodils and pussy willows as
centerpiece. Music and cards fol-
lowed the feasting.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-19
HOME FROM NEW YORK

Mrs. James Fry Bullitt, Mrs. Fran
els ]. Hall, and Miss Anne McCor-
mick, have returned home after a trip
to New York City where they attended
the Dobbs Ferry reunion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-19

a Surgeon in
{ n G British
Army, while
on service in
India secured
from a native
Hindoo SOL
der w h o s e
life he had
$ a V e d the
C | o $ e ] y
guarded Sc
cret of the
Hindoo Re-
ligion, under
which the,na-
tive women
of India are
forbidden to
have eV N
the ~faintest
trace of Su-
D e T. ( l u o u s
Hair a n V =
Nhiz fa N fnnf
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-19

Mrs A. G. Gibb of Reading, has
returned home after visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. g. w. Heaps of the Etter Apart
ments, 1915 Derry street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Zaepfel, of
Lancaster, are guests of the latters
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Bucher,
of 1414 Derry street.
Miss Florence Wolf of Front and
Dock streets, is spending some time in
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Jack Beck of Summerdale,
spent yesterday in town.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Wyne L. Lyter, of
220 Forster street, announce the birth
of q son, Robert Brandt Lyter, Sun
day, January IA, 1917. Mrs. Lyter
was Miss Blanche Brandt prior to her
marriage.
Mr.. and Mrs. julius Adler, 22S
Seneca street, announce the birth of
son, Stanley Baer Adler, on Thurs
day, January II, 1917. in the West
End Maternity Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Gibbs, of In
dianapolis, Ind. former Harrisburg
ers, announce the birth of a son. Mrs.
Gibbs is rem membered as Miss Mary
Shearer, both she and Mr.. Gibbs were
prominent in musical circles here.
Other Personals Page 10.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-19
University Club Starts
a Series of Club Nights

Tie first of series of "Club Nights
will be held tomorrow evening at the
University Club, Front and Market
streets, with w. ID. b. Ainey, of the
Public Service Commission, as the
chief speaker. Mr.. Ainey who was
one of the representatives of this
country at the International Peace
Congress several years ago, will give
some of the interesting incidents of
his tour through Japan.
Rutherford will cater and a large
attendance of the club members is
anticipated. Club nights will be q
feature of the social activities of IT, e
club throughout the winter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-19

Other Personals Page 20.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07

time Warren has had a congressman
for long time. Lyons is counted
dry"
E. C. Higbee, of Uniontown,
named to be the assistant of a.
Mitchell Palmer in his alien property
work, is a prominent deserving DEM
ocrat of Fayette. He has often fought,
bled and been routed in behalf of
the state machine. He tried conclu-
sions with Senator Crow and has not
been heard of since until Palmer dug
him out.
Judge Broomall appears to have
routed the MacDade people in Della
ware county.
C. W. A. Rockow, elected Dis
trict Attorney of York, has a ma
jority of hundreds instead of thou
sands in that Democratic stronghold.
The Socialists appear to have
been beaten in their attempt to gain
Readings council. The city manager
advocates won in Altoona's fight and
Coatesville carried loan of S1S5,0OO
and a proposition TO divide the city
into wards.
Reports of arrests for disorder
in Philadelphia yesterday came here
to-day. No one was killed yesterday
except politically.
-Lewisburg voted down a school
loan.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07
PASSING THE BUCK"
[Omaha Bee.l

Passing the buck" has been de-
fined as the greatest of American in
door sports, and just now it is in
progress all over the country. The
new war revenue bill was framed to
develop several new sources for reve-
nue. and levied small taxes on a num-
ber of things heretofore untouched
and in a new way on many that had
borne some share of the big burden
of providing money to run the gov
ernment on. Perhaps it was the in
tention of the Congress that the
dealers should share their war profits
with the government, but the dealers
entertain no such notions. They
quietly slip the tax along to the pur-
chaser by adding it to the selling
price of the article. This would not
be so bad in itself, but it is being
made the excuse for taking a little
added profit. For example, If the tax
is a fraction of a cent one penny is
added to the selling price; cent and
half puts on two cents and a two
cent tax sees the price go up a nickel
to the buyer. The process is one in
evitable accompaniment of the effort
to raise money by this sort of taxa
tion. The beneficent circle of trade
may finally adjust this in an ade-
quate way, but the buck is being
passed just the same.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07
so LONG, OLD PAL

So John, old pal, you're leaving soon? =?
You're going off to war?
It's sad, old pal, an we're grieving
soon,
But we know what it's for.
So long, old mango to the front
And do the best you can!
We know, old man, you'll never
grunt
Nor be an "also ran"
You know, old scout, seems strange
it's you;
We've all raised so much Cain.
While you, old scout, of Quiet Few,
Have always held the reign.
Twas you, old friend, who showed
real pluck,
When showdowns came our way:
And now, our friend, you're first to
buck,
And go out there to slay.
So long, old man, may God bless you.
You are the best among us,
Good-by, old man. you go and do;
We're proud you are one of us!
Harold 3. Norwood.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07
SET GOOD EXAMPLE
IColnmbns Is. % State. /

lC0lum BUS Is. C.) state.
In the face of gain of 80 per cent.
in the number of automobiles in Mas
sachusetts last year, there was a de-
crease of IA per cent. in the number
of accidents connected with automo-
biles. and one of the explanations Of
fered is that both pedestrians and
drivers are exercising greater care.
The improvement was. for the most
part, confined to the cities, however
where the policing is decidedly better
than it is in the rural districts.
A striking feature of the statistics
in Massachusetts is that practically
no accidents occurred to cars driven
by women. From this it is inferrable
that the women drivers have greater
respect of the law, that they keep in
mind the rights of others, that they
are not so bold and reckless as the
men, and so they abstain from taking
unnecessary risks.
The driving of motor cars by wo-
men has not been common ntil late
ly, bat it is rapidly multiplying, and
it may be feared that as women be-
come more accustomed to the ma
chimes they will lose somethh & of
the caution which they now observ<
In Massachusetts they have demon
strated that the exercise of due care
goes far 20 eliminate motoring perils
both to the occupants of the car and
to the people afoot.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07
CANADA'S DRAFT

A peculiar situation has arisen in
Canada with respect to conscription.
Only one draft eligible in twelve who
have so far reported has waived
claim to exemption. This is looked
on as discouraging by some, but there
may be circumstances which make
the situation appear worse than it is.
The reason for the widespread be-
lief that exemptions can be had for
insignificant reasons is the report
that politicians allowed to be circu-
lated when the military service bill
was before parliament that business
was to be disturbed as little as pos
sible by conscription; that only hab-
itual out works and apparent
slackers would be compelled to go.
Those who have flimsy excuses for
staying at home will find that secur-
ing exemption will not be so easy.
National interest is to be the first
consideration of the selection tri-
bunals.
1t is probable, too, that the ex-
emption claimants would report
early. All have until November 10
to get in their papers, but the men
who will not claim exemption have
nothing to make them in a hurry
about it.-Buffalo Express.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07
FRANCE AND LIQUOR

TIME TELEGRAPH is in receipt
of a circular extolling the vir-
tues and virility of the French
people, with the inference that their
prowess is due to wine-drinking
The French are described as a nation
of wine -bibbers, and wine is giver
credit for French successes against
great German odds.
All very we'll. but how does this
view of things compare with the fol.
lowing poster, displayed in Pari:
tramcars and signed by the Presi.
dent of the Republic himself:
Alcohol is as formidable an en-
emy TO you as Germany.
II has cost France since 1870 in
men and money more than the
present war.
Alcohol pleases the taste: but
a veritable poison, it destroys the
body
Drinkers grow old early. They
lose half their normal life and
are easy prey TO numerous weak
nesses and maladies.
The little glasses" of parents
are transformed into hereditary
weaknesses In their descendants.
France has to-day about 100000
insane. twice as many consump-
tlVes. to say nothing of the vic
Tins of gout, scrofula, rickets,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07
THE COLT

Gosh, 1 like to git a-holdt
OF dad burn little colt.
Soft-nosed, dish-faced, big-earet
booger,
Begin fer a lump of sugar
Or a piece O. apple core
Reg'lar dell he is, for shore!
Neck too short an legs too long,
Back all wavy, short and strong,
Kinky tail-there! See m flip
That mischeevious upperlip.
Fairly achin' fer nip
Out o. babys tender hide
When is daddy lets i'm ride!
You may doubt it, but says l,
Theys a twinkle in tn eye
OF a colt, when he sneaks up,
Softer footed than pup,
Nuzzles off yer old straw hat,
Runs away as quick as scat!
Maxim faces at IS mother
A'ays up to pin'-nuther.
Oruery, but yit, confound i'm,
I Jest love t. fool around i'm;
He's so careless an high-strung
An so-well, doggone it-young!
Strickland Gillian in Farm Life.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07
4 SHORTAGE OF DENTISTS.

= ARGELY because of the fact
that the American people have
awakened to the prime import
ance of keeping their teeth in good
condition, many communities are
face to face with a problem which
no one seems to have dreamed of a
year ago. Army officers in charge
of the units of the regular army,
the National Guards of the various
States which are now being split up
among various organizations and the
National army which is growing at
the cantonments throughout the
country are insisting that their men
have as good teeth as feet. For the
first time the dental surgeon is being
given his rightful place in the mill
tary establishment.
AS the country has about a mill
lion and a half men either armed or
undergoing military training and has
possibly a million more coming on
in the next six months, the matter
of caring for the teeth of the army
is assuming real proportions. Fred
eric the Great and Napoleon were
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07

-OU,OOO,UOO pounds of Louisiana cane
sugar was contracted for on Wednes-
day. and that this immense purchase
will begin moving within q week to
relieve the sugar famine" in the
&c stern states.
Recently the price of eggs, in New
York and in other cities. has been
81 ooting up to midwinter attitudes,
because of their scarcity. Wednes-
Gay, six carloads of eggs arrived in
New York in time to avert a threat
ened famine" in this commodity.
And so it goes. all along the line.
There is always. in these late days,
Threatened scarcity" and threat
ened famine" in foodstuffs. but the
time has very seldom been known.
since these fashions set in, when any
thing needed could not be bought by
those who could and who would pay
the price.
There are minor and incidental
causes, of course. for "scarcities" and
'famines" in the most fertile and
productive agricultural country in
the world. but the one principal rea-
son for them is the failure of the
nations distributing system to bring
products eApeditiously and cheaply to
consumers. There is plenty of grain
and meat; there are plenty of vege-
tables; there are plenty of sugar
yielding plants; these are plenty of
eggs; there is plenty of butter and
milk: there is plenty of everything;
but it IS neither regularly, expedi-
tiously nor evenly distributed.
The distribution system which the
United Sl'tes puts up with, besides
failing ute rly to keep the prices OF
:oOdstuffs at anything bordering on
a common level. or at anything like
a reasonable standard. affords con-
stant temptation and inducement to
the speculator, the manipulation, and
the monorplist.
II would pay the United States to
invest a billion dollars in the estab-
lis hment of a distribution system
that would effectually distribute. 1t
would pay the United States Govern
ment to give the railroads of the
country a billion dollars. on a guar
antee that they would furnish such
a system.-From the Christian Sci
ence Monitor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07
Why Things Are Scarce

"HERE is no famine" or sign
of famine" or excuse for antici-
patton or talking about famine"
of any kind in the United States.
The country is a land of plenty, and
it should be too grateful for its
blessings to listen to those who pro-
claim shortages" of supply in their
efforts to hide or excuse economic
laundering or wrong intentions. If
the products of the soil, the mines.
and the forests were conserved and
distributed as they should be. there
would be no need in the United
States to-day for food or fuel COM
missions. Products are scarce and
high, either because they are cor
nered or boarded, as cotton and
sugar were recently found to be, or
because they are excluded from the
natural channels of trade and from
the markets by a wholly inadequate
distribution system.
Let us pass over the 100000 bales
of cotton found hidden the other day
while a cotton famine" was being
proclaimed, and the 100000 pounds
of sugar found to have been con-
cealed while a sugar famine" was
being heralded, turn away generally
from economic crimes against the
public. and face economic shortcom-
ings for which the public must,
whether it will or not, take its share
Of sponsibility.
Never were greater quantities of
Potatoes grown in the United States
than were produced this year. Yet
there was a potato famine" in cer-
tain parts of the east last week.
which. however. in response to the
indignant demands of consumers. was
relieved" by the timely ARRIVAL or
several trainloads.
There has been a sugar famine
in the country recently. Housewives
have, as a rule. been unable to pur-
chase this commodity for some time,
save Hom hand to mouth. Many con-
sumers of sugar have been on the
verge of a panic. They have been
told that the supply was practically
exhausted. and that, unless relief
should come from abroad, or from
Cuba, or Hawaii, it would give out
completely. Now it is learned that
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07

the first great modern generals who
looked after bread baskets first and
now the wise commanders are see
ing that their men are able to eat
what is provided so as to obtain the
maximum values of the rations. The
result has been that the government
has had to form a dental corps and
TO draw heavily not only on the
dentists who are within draft age,
but upon the older practitioners.
These men have been going to the
camps and there is now n shortage of
dentists in every city. They are called
upon to work hours which n union
would consider scandalous to care
for their own practice and to al
leviate the troubles of folks whose
dentists have gone TO war. 4 dem
tlst is a good bit like n doctor. When
a person is in pain he feels bound
to give the assistance of his pro-
fession.
Uncle Sam has cut short the
courses of training of his cadets TO
provide officers. 1t is not without The
bounds of possibilities that dental
students who have finished a year
or two years of training may be de-
manded to help out the overburdened
practicing men and handle such
work as can be done by them under
the immediate supervision and in
struction of those who hold the
States licenses. The same may come
to he true in more limited way OF
medical students. The need is going
to be great and the problems should
be considered by those who have
such matters in charge.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07
YESTERDAYS ELECTIONS

THERE Is a lesson Tor kepuDHCanS
in yesterdays elections through
out Pennsylvania, and a bright
outlook for a decisive victory in the
gubernatorial and congressional con-
tests next year, if advantage is taken
of the possibilities revealed by the re-
turns. Indications are that Repub-
lican candidates in this State poHed
q total of more than 100000 votes
a figure in excess of the Presidential
vote of last autumn.
The results in Harrisburg and
Dauphin county are a fair example
of conditions in the State at large.
In this city Republicans have won
every one of the non-partisan offices
and the school board. In the county,
without exception, Republicans were
elected by decisive majorities. In
nearly every case throughout the
. State contests which developed were
between Republicans rather than be-
tween Republicans and Democrats.
The Democratic organization cut
sorry figure. Democratic candidates
lost all along the line and the Demo-
cratic party was almost counted out
as a political factor in many counties.
But in this very Republican
strength lies danger as well as oppor-
tunity. II ineXcusable factionalism is
allowed to prevail to an irreconcilaole
degree it may easily happen that the
Democratic minority may swing
enough votes TO elect a Governor and
strengthen its hands at Washington
by the defeat of Republican candi-
oates for Congress. 1t is beyond belief
that such a condition should be per-
mitted to arise 1t is the part of wise
party leadership at this time to COM
pose minor differences wherever
possible in order to concentrate for
the great gubernatorial drive of next
year The great rank and file of the
Republican party will expect this,
and will resent any other course. The
time to get together is now, not next
spring or summer.
With respect TO the local election,
for the first time since the Clark non
partisan act went into effect, Harris
burg will have a Mayor and Council
made up entirely of Republicans.
The opportunity for advancing the
municipal government to new planes
of efficiency is theirs; so also is the
responsibility. They will have the
support Of all good citizens insofar
as they devote themselves TO the best
interests of the city.
The election of the Republican
county ticket, with single excep-
ton, is merely in line with the trend
Of elections in all parts of the State.
This failure of Democrats was accen-
tuated here by the desertion of DEM
ocratic candidates by the local DEM
ocratic leadership, which has no in
terest in local contests that are moth
ing but expensive and holds on to
the organization here merely for the
purpose of using it when State and
national elections are at stake.
Cough, Pass and the other Repub-
licans elected are all men worthy of
any voters support and may be ex-
pected TO give the same kind of hon
est, efficient government that in re-
cent years has strengthened the con-
fldence of the people in Republican
leadership.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-07
EDITORIAL COMMENT

The Peruvian bite is worse than its
bark, arently.-Syracuse Herald.
Nothing is so indicative of wom-
ans progress as the fact that not one
of them is knitting a doily.-Boston
Transcript.
Now that everybody seems to be
agreed on the price OF coal, all that
remains is for the price to be set
Atlanta Journal.
Going bareheaded will prevent
badness; and in New York will save
$50 a year for hat-checking. st.
Louis Globe Democrat.
The soldiers needn't have any par
ticular compunction about using
their bayonet, as a thoroughly dead
enemy can't come along later to
bomb the hospital where you are laid
up.-York Daily.