6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Bitobluked iSjt PUBLISHED BY THE TKLEGHAPH PRINTING CO. 3S. J. STACKPOLE, Prcs't and TreasT. F. R. OYSTER, Secretary. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Published every evening (except Sun day), at the Telegraph Building, 216 Federal Square. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office. 123 West Madison street, Chicago, 111.. Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at •"Fflrjtr i Tiff si* cents a woek. Mailed to subscrlberi at 13.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg is second class matter. ©The Association of Amer- ( 1 lean Advertisers has ex- / •mined and certified to i[ . i the circalatioa of this pub- i' I lication. The figures of circulation i' ! i contained in the Association's re- i 11 part only are guaranteed. i 11 Association of American Advertisers |1 ], No. 2333 Whitehall Bldg. H. T. City !| Sworm dally average for the month ol December, 1913 * 22,210 * Average for the year 1M5—21,677 Average for the year 1812—51.1T5 Average for the year 1811—18.SH1 Average for the year 1910—17,483 •——— 1 TELEPHONES! Bell Frlvate Branch Exchange No. 2040. Catted Business Office, 20t. Editorial Room 585. Job Dept. 201. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. 21 A PROMISE OF PEACE INSTEAD of the bludgeon, the hang ing of big business on a gibbet as high as Haman and the threat ened Imprisonment of manufactur ers who dared shut down their plants, there Is an entirely different tone in administration quarters at Washing ton. Peace hox-ers over the scene of revolutionary propaganda aud social istic theory. There has been a transformation almost over night and the harassed business man and the menaced manu facturer are given the assurance that the harrow is to be removed from their backs and industry and the ac tivities of trade are to be permitted to expand without tho fear of attack from all sides. President Wilson intimates, in lan guage which can hardly be misunder stood, that the noisy demagogue who seemed enthroned at Washington has had liis little day and that sane men are to be given a place in the counsels of the nation. Instead of the ripping apart of the very fabric of industry and prosperity there is to be punish ment only for those guilty of actual violations of law and no tearing down of the whole business structure. Let us hope that the age of reason has returned and that hysteria has passed away for good. Trust busting and the baiting of legitimate industry In the name of Industrial reform have given the nation such an attack of insomnia that months will be required to restore the contentment and peace which are necessary to a country's welfare. As suggested by the Philadelphia Public Ledger, the "order of the day has changed; the puerile stage has passed; the demagogues have had their holiday rout and sober men in all parties representing nearly all ac tivities and conditions in life will try, let us hope, to find a remedy for real evils in an orderly, sane and reason able attempt to aid the nation, its business and its people." It !s reported that the Japanese fore caster who failed to predict the recent earthquako committed suicide. We should like to know what would happen to the forecaster who would permit a flareback on coronation day in Tokio. DK. RAT'NICK'B HI2POKT DR. RAUNICK, city health officer, i has given Council plenty to think about in the annual re port of his department sub-" mitted yesterday. Never in the history of health regulation in Harrisburg has there been presented such a carefully prepared or comprehensive document. It Is replete with suggestions for im provements, and if all of them are given consideration Commissioner Bowman and tho reappointed Health Board will have ample to occupy their attention for the remainder of the year. Three or four of Dr. Raunick'g sug gestions are so manifestly in accord with the needs of the city that they are deserving of prompt attention. He j lays stress upon the Importance of! creating the office of social service! nurse, whose duties would be the edu cation of mothers in the care of babies, to the end that the lives of many little ones now needlessly sac rificed may be saved. Beyond ques tion there is no more important phase of the great conservation movement now occupying so extensively the thought of the public than that per taining to the preservation of human life. Tt Is also unquestionably true that Dr. Rauniek is right when he says that hundreds of babies die an nually because of the ignorance of parents. The Visiting Nurse Associa tion, the Sunshine Society and other organizations have done a good'work along this line in the past, but the city should not permit a public duty io be performed by private enterprise, and Dr. Rauniek is pursuing an ad vanced policy in advocating the ap pointment of a nurse whose especial care shall be the welfare of the babies. The extension of the duties of the milk and meat inspector to take in the general inspection of all foodstuffs is another move In the right direction, ami in this respect the recommenda tions of the health officer that res taurants, bakeries, ice cream and other food-making establishments be WEDNESDAY EVENING regularly Inspected by Health Board agents are particularly timely. We take great pride In the fact that we have clean streets and health-giving parks, pure water and good milk. It is equally. If not more Important, that we should give careful attention to the quality and cleanliness of all our foodstuffs. The ne#d of a workhouse for the care of tramps and others who have been sleeping In the /unsanitary lock up, the Improvement of conditions In the high school, the revision of the building code, closer attention to pluniblng Inspection from a sanitary standpoint and the overhauling of the sanitary hospital are other Important points in a report far too voluminous to be discussed except by sections. "Jim Ham" Lewis' recent L<mdon speech prompts the belief that he is still talking through 'em and that they are still pink. CT/EARING THE RIVER FRONT THE suggestion of the Municipal League that City Council take some action looking toward the acquirement of the property along the River Front throughout that district known as Hardscrabble Is de serving of serious consideration. The plans of the leaguo have not been announced. Doubtless Its rep resentatives will have some sugges tions to make when they meet with the councllmen next week to go over the matter. The project is not a new one. It has been discussed at intervals for years and from time to time laid aside as theoretically good but too ex pensive. Now It is again set before Council, nnd this time by hard-headed businessmen who are not in the habit of recommending undertakings the financial solution of which they have not first carefully figured out. Hardscrabble is practically the only section of Front street along which the city does not control Its river front. With the parking of the entire river bank, the construction of the retaining wall and steps, it will bo the only break in the park strip from one end of Harrisburg to the other. It is doubtful if the condemnation of this piece of property would cost more than the purchase price to the owners. Certainly those living on the east side of the street could not claim damages, for the Improvement would double the value of their land, which at this time is not worth nearly so much as property along other parts of Front street, due to the fact that It has no park frontage and no river view. At all events. It is conceded that this Improvement must be made at one time or another, and now is un questionably the time to begin to work toward the desired end. THE CI*RFE\V ORDINANCE THERE can be no objection to the enactment of the ordinance now before Council barring children under fourteen years of age from places of amusement during school hours or after 8 o'clock In the evening when not accompanied by adults. It is a question if the age limit might not be wisely extended a year or two. We have laws requiring children to attend school and we should not place in their way any temptation to remain away from study. Proprietors of mov ing picture shows or other such places who care only for the box office end of their business will be compelled, un der the proposed regulations, to bar those under age from their shows, and managers who have been inclined in that direction, but who have been un able to enforce the rule for the reason that refusal of admission would merely have driven children to less carefully conducted places, will welcome the new ordinance. With the West End Improvement League demanding a subway at Di- j vlson street as an entrance under the maze of Pennsylvania Railroad tracks to Wildwood Park and the Riverside community urging another subway at Lewis street, can anybody doubt the growing- popularity of our great na tural park? The Lewisburg Saturday News criti cises with some force the practice of wrangling lawyers taking up the time of the court with Irrelevant and imma terial offers in the trial of cases and with objections to one another's moves in the examination of witnesses. Any good citizen who has read tho report of the Board of Health, as printed in this newspaper last evening, must have been impressed with the practical character of the work of this active body. Good evening. Mr. Tripp! As the unanimous choice of the new Chamber of Commerce for its first president you must feel that hustle and energy are appreciated in this community. We pause in wonderment as to what the Colonel will sdy when lie learns that some of his followers in Congress have approved President Wilson's Trust message. Every move for the elimination of the buildings on the west side of Front street, between Herr and Calder, means a step nearer the Inevitable conclusion of the whole matter. Those city planning and tree com missions acting as one would relieve Council of a lot of bother and give Harrisbur"- the assurance of a con tinuing policy of improvement. More power to the Civic Club in its move for a curfew ordinance. There arc too many children on the streets at night for their own good and the com munity's good. Lot the bell ring! Shamokin is engaged in an anti-rum crusade. The temperance cause is cer tainly progressing when a coal region town is able to conduct a "dry" cam paign. Harrisburg can well spare the poles that have so long stood as memorials of another day. The consistent follower of the°Goldt-n Kule must necessarily be fond 'if soll tahre. Procrastination, t lie thief of time, often goes about carefully disguised. ' leveninfr cear An opinion just rendered to the State Game Commission by Attorney General John C. Bell throws some in teresting light upon the extent of the rights enjoyed by Pennsylvania on the Delaware river as far as hunting and arrests for violation of the game laws are concerned. A number of questions involving these rights have bobbed up In the last few years and nfter a search the Attorney General finds that Pennsylvania and New Jer sey have an agreement which 1s en tirely different from that between Pennsylvania and New York. By an agreement made between Pennsylva nia and New Jersey In 1783 the arrest of a criminal Is permitted on any part of the river between the States with out limiting Jurisdiction to offenses committed on the river. Therefore, a Keystone State game commission officer can arrest a person on the river for an offense committed on the Dela ware "or In the State of Pennsylvania. By the act of 1789 the States of New York and Pennsylvania established a boundary line in the river and there Is no such agreement as prevails be tween Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The authority of game officers extends only to the boundary line between these two States in the river and not over the whole river as is the case in that portion between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In the same opinion the Attorney General says that the Pennsylvania hunters' license law does not allow a man to hunt beyond the boundary line between Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as there is no agree ment on hunting rights. The Dela ware "is and shall continue to be and remain a common highway, equally free and open for the use, benefit and advantage" of the two States, but the 1 chief law officer holds that does not j Include hunting. During January criminal court last week District Attorney Stroup and a rather defiant woman witness had a lively little wordy set-to. Tho defend ant in the case was the alleged fiance of the woman and alleged to be her "star boarder." District Attorney Stroup enlarged upon that. "He's your sole boarder, isn't he — your sole lodger?" The witness bridled: quite evidently she had a different idea of the spell ing of the word in mind. "Indeed he's not," she snapped. "I don't go in for this soul stuff or affinity nonsense" "Pardon me. madam," said Mr. Stroup, 'T said 'sole'—s-o-l-e. Get it?" "Well, time files." remarked Colonel Lewis E. Beitler, the hustling and eflW cient executive officer of the Gettys burg Semicentennial Commission, yes terday afternoon. "It is just nineteen years ago since I came to Harrisburg as the secretary to Daniel H. Hastings, who was inaugurated as Governor. X have seen a good many people come and go and 1 have also seen Harris burg develop, and I tell you Harris burg people that you have done a great deal for your city and preserved and beautified its beautiful river front." Speaker George E. Alter, of Alle gheny county, who was here yesterday to make the argument for the railroad brotherhoods at the- hearing before tho Public Service Commission, coines from the Cumberland Valley » couple of generations back. Mr. Alter's an cestry Is Swise and German and his ancestor came to Philadelphia a few years after Penn. One of his sons moved into the Cumberland Valley and the station of Alterton, neav New villa, attests the name. Mr. Alter's grandfather moved to Allegheny county in 1800 with a number of other people from this section. On his mother's side he comes from the well known Land's family of Lancaster, which has been in this country for a couple of centuries, so that he is a Perinsylvanian through and through. People here who have noticed the ! boom of Judge Robert S. Frazer. of Pittsburgh, for Supremo Court justice will recall the days he spent in this 1 city. He served for a number of years as corporation clerk in the Auditor General's Department and is remem bered as a genial and very capable official. There should not be any exsuse for high prices of ice in this city next summer because the weather has offered excellent chances for an abundant harvest. Last winter the ice cutters had hard work to till their houses and real thick Ice was hard to find. This year eighteen-inch Ice has been reported from a number of rural districts and farmers with ice houses have filled up early. Tho valleys near the city have had some exceedingly cold weather and the ice barons need ! not have to go far if they have not cut. . POI.ES llj Ming Diniirr. "Tell me, father, what's that opening In the sidewalk deep and round?" '"TIs a sign that poles are leaving, 'Cause the wires are underground." "Tell me, father, aVe they going to Take all of the poles away?" "Well, my child, that is the fond hope That we hold for some near day. "But at present, owners tell lis, That Bome poles they can't discard, And they have some neat excuses Which they tear off by the yard." "Tell me father, then how can they Span with wires the ocean blue, For there's no place there for pole lines— Can't we do what others do? "Course 1 know 'twill be heart-rending To the office-seekin' men For, when all poles are dismantled Where will they tack their cards then? "Father, dear, if poles are eyesores All should go, both lean and fat. For a pole whats'er its purpose Is a pole for a' of that." "Hush, my child, these Billy questions- Ask me something that I know— ' Bout these poles none will be wiser Till the" see the last one go." | WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE —D. Edward Long, prominent in Republican State committee affairs, is a Franklin county lawyer and has also been engaged in newspaper work. —J. I. Andrews, prominent in af fairs of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company at Pittsburgh, ha« gone to Florida for an extended trip. E. S. Bayard, editor of the Stockman and Farmer at Pittsburgh, is making a study of the towns of Pennsylvania and their marketing sys tem. —B. F. Fackenthal, the Eatston Iron manufacturer, is on a trip to Europe. —Dr. H. A. Jelly, of Allentown, well known here, lias been elected as ■ president of the Lehigh Valley Den -1 tal Society. AN KYKMVG THOUGHT o Truth is easy, and the light shines clear In hearts kept open, honest and sincere. 1 -—Abraham Coles. i HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH KICK ON LYBAR6ER IS HEARD ALREADY City Democrats Object to Him ac a Candidate For Legisla ture Again ARE FAVORED BY THE BOSSES Scoutmaster Morris Issues a Call to Democrats to Be Very Cautious Pemocrats prominent in the work of the Democratic city committee and in the Democratic clubs are com mencing to show resentment of the effort of the bosses to force the nom ination of Jesse J. Lybarger as one of the candidates for the House in the city district this year. They contend that Lybarger in shop worn, af> he was a candidate twice and each time went down with big majorities ugalnst him. Lybarger is said to be willing to make another try and will in the course of a few weeks come this way again. He is something of a speech maker and arrangements are being framed to have him make a "keynote" speech at one of the clubs. The Democratic city committee Is composed of men not very favorable to the bosses, although they have not made an issue out of it. If the dis position to force Lybarger continues I there may be a breach and the succes sor to Howard O. Holstein as city chairman may be an out and out antt- I boss chairman. The appointment of Jim Mageo as the United States marshal in this dis trict caused a number of Dauphin Democrats to send him their congratula- Magee to tiona; while up In Take Hold Perry his neighbors Very Soon gave him quite a tri bute In the way of calls and letters. Mr. Magee will enter upon his office in a short time as Marshal James M. Yea ger has everything ready to turn over to him. It is believed that Magee will have his headquarters here and will name a man from this region as a deputy. Mr. Magee is a son of a for mer congressman, the last congress man Perry county had and once held a position himself In the internal reve nue office in Lancaster under Ray mond E. Shearer who was collector under Cleveland. Magee's selection is taken to mean that Democrats around here must not get too insistent in de mands for jobs. Democratic State machine bosses are wondering what will bo the effect of a letter which State Chairman Koland S. Morris best known as the scoutmaster has sent out through the Morris is State in the form of a Playing Jackson day address. the Game I Morris made a speech |at a recent Jackson | dinner in which he pointed to his own ■ select band of factionlsts as the salt of the Democracy. The excuse for | the issuance of the address is Jackson, I but the tenor of it is that Democrats should not sign the nominating peti tions of any candidates except tried | and true Democrats, tried and true being men aligned with thb reorgani zation gangsters. Morris is said to be much disturbed over the prospect that the anti-gangsters will force a meet ing of the Democratic State commit tee after the election of State commit teemen in May and throw him out. This address is taken to be a call for his friends to line up. It will likely have the effect of solidifying the enemies of the gang which is behind Morris. Speaker George A. Alter, who is being prominently mentioned as a ! The New Express Rates Effective February 1,1914 In conformity with the order of the Interstate Commerce C6mmission l The following table is illustrative of some of the differences between the new and old rates i _________ . . j _ Between 6 lbs. 10 lbs. 20 lbs. Harrtaburg, I . Pa., Express Insured Express Insured ; Express Insured I snd the | [• , following | New I Old j Now I Old New Old points: 1 Bales j Bates j Bates Rates j Bates Rates New Torts, N. Y.! .24 .40 .21 .50 .39 .80 Chicago. 111....! .30 .90 : .19 .78 .59 91.00 Bt. Louis, M 0... .31 j .96 .42 .90 .98 1.10 Dstiver, t01...J .49 ! .90 .72 $1.28 »1.2» 2.00 Butte. Mont.... .57 ! .90 ! .98 1.40 1.70 2.60 Dallas. Tex .49 | .76 | .99 1.16 1.12 1.96 San Francisco.. .70 ! .90 i 11.19 1.60 2.19 2.96 j 1 I Food Products Carried at Still Lower Rates i Express Service Means Highest Class of Transportation Free Insurance up to SSO A Receipt for Each Shipment Responsibility-Safety-Efficiency Telephone or Writ* to Your Nearest Kxpres# Office. I ' I candldato for the Republican nomina tion for governor, re fused to talk politics Alter is while here yesterday Silent on or to Indicate what he Any Booiu might or might not do. "I'm here simply to appeal before the Pub lic Service Commission in behalf of some railroad friends of mine, the Brotherhood men, who are seeking to have a ruling on the question of passes for their wives and families." said he. "Just now I am watching the parade, so to speak." The speaker would not talk about any candidates for gover nor or anything else. While here he met a number of members of the last House who gave him their best wishes. I POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS \ —Scoutmaster Morris' call to Dem ocrats sounds like a call of the faith ful to polish up their muskets. —Anyhow Congressman Dershem will be able to sleep better now that Magee Is taken care of. —The word of the hour among Democrats Is "See Kirkendall." —Dr. H A. Hutchinson of Pitts burgh, may be a candidate for con gress-at-largo on the Bull Moose ticket, Congressman-at-large Art Rupley is said to be preparing an address to the voters. Some one called "Help" when he made his address at the 1 recent Bull Moose conference. —Local Democrats are being felt out as to how they stand on Berry. Some will not stand. RIGHTS OF ALIEN S [Philadelphia Bulletin.] There is more than local interest in the opinion of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice White dissenting, sus taining the Pennsylvania statute barring aliens from the privilege of licensed hunting within the State and prohibiting their possession of shotgun or rifle. The court confines itself to the case in hand and declares that the prohibition is within the rights of the State in the protection of public safety and. therefore, is not contrary to any treaty pledge. Nevertheless, it is likely to furnish a precedent for further dis criminatory legislation affecting alien residents of other States, where, no doubt, the requirements of public safety may be stretched to justify the restraint or prohibition, safety being as violable through immorality, un sanitary habits, or under-competitlon In industrialism, as through the reck less handling of shotguns and rifles. Pennsylvania Is not alone In its limi tations of the rights of aliens, and tho prohibition against alien property holding which lias made California a target for criticism in its agitation against the Japanese is not wholly peculiar to that State. California has claimed that she was within the letter of tho law in the legislation enacted and there has been a doubt as to whether the Supremo Court would rule to the contrary should the issue be brought before it. The real offense of Governor Johnson and his legis lature was in disregarding the national interest, for which all States have a joint responsibility, and in rushing forward with a program of legislation which operated as an interference with and an obstruction to national treaty making. NEWS DISPATCHES OF THE CIVIL WAR [From the Telegraph of Jan. 21, 1864.] Trowbridge I'rlwoner Boston, Jan. 20. N. C. Trowbridge, recentlv of New York, whose correspon dence with the rebel Lamar was lately published, is now a prisoner in Port Warren. I,ee Reinforce* I.ongnt rrr-i New York, Jan. 21. The Herald publishes a dispatch from tho Army of the Potomac, saying that a gentleman who left Richmond on the 16th, reports that one of two divisions of Bee's army had gone to reinforce Longstreet, who is aid to be advancing on Knoxville. True; Pity 'TIs, 'Tls True [From the Ohio State Journal.] We have our moments of depression over the general financial situation when it seems as if the deposits-sub ject-to-check item in the bank state ments would foot up practically the same If all the editors in the country suddenly decided that banks were un safe and his their undivided surpluses In the stove. JANUARY 21, 1914. cKro^KAXitS ! ! I'nunillr Prol«n|fd Aftrrma-th [From lli<! Baltimore Sun.] That Carabao dinner la lasting longer i , than any festivity of the kind ever i heard of before. I i Mystery of Hlbuloalty [From the Atolilson Globe.] why does a drunken man first shake ' hands, swear eternal friendship and I shed tears, and then knock oft some- I one's block? Practically Honest i [From the Kansas City Star.] ! Fi Morse, having failed to Justify his pardon from the penlten- ! tlary 15y dying In accordance with the schedule of the prison physicians, haß i now determined to Justify It by prov ing himself almost an Innocent man. BEAUX-ARTS IN KANSAS [ From the Wellington News.] .The artlstices of the window dressers 'J .. . . clty HH e beginning to come into full bloom. Three windows to-day were especially fine, some of the work be ing more than an effort at advertising, more like the work of geniuses. As a rule no city of Its size has more nicely dressed windows than Wellington. A UTTLE NONSENSE | Lawyer—l think I can get you a dl- ! vorce, madam, for cruel and inhuman j treatment—but do you think your hus- ! band will fight the suit? Woman-- Fight! Why, the little shrimp dasn t even come Into a room where I am!— Truth Seeker. "So you are opposed to grand opera tit popular prices?" "Yes; next they'll be having terrapin at popular prices and orchids at bar gain rates. And then what interest wIU a rich man have In life?"— Kansas City Journal. The Variety I Is Just as Wide The Assortment | Is Just as Good as two weeks ago. The actual nurrf ? ber of Suitb and Overcoats has been % greatly reduced, but in all other re- J spects the opportunities are just as | 1 great now as on the opening day of this Live Store's JANUARY DUCTION j No Store with less than our remark- I able buying and more remarkable sell- | ing power due to an enormous steady £ patronage, could attempt the values | | we are offering, no store with less a £ reputation for reliability could expect ordinary belief in the savings adver tised. sls Suits and O£? A 1 Overcoats, . ylutOU | S2O Suits and /* fA I Overcoats, . yIO»DU | $25 Suits and d*ol C A I and Overcoats I«DU I S3O Suits and Oi CA I Overcoats,. yw mDU I 304 Market St. Harrisburg Pa. I ' i| I ■■ I IN HARRISBURG FIFTY 1 YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph of Jan. 1864.] Would Keep Inn Notice Is hereby given that .Clement Schlmle has filed his petition to Court of Quarter Sessions of DauplUn Coun ty, for license to keep an Inn or Tav ern. In the Sixth Ward, Harrlaburg, and that the same will bo preaanted to said Court on the Sd day of Fabruray, 3564. ~? Hear Wilson We would advise all who wish to spend this evening profitably not I>> fall to hear Professor W. C. Wilson In the Presbyterian Church, Market Square, this evening, at 1 o'clock. Ton oan under stand life insur ance end greatly Increase your in come by very lit - tlo exertion. Ad dress, for full in formation, the PENN MUTUAL LIFE 103 N. Seeond St. Isaao Miller, \ I.oca! F. O. Donaldson, ) Agents. HEADQUARTERS FOR SHIRTS! SIDES & SIDES V— *
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