8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established 1831 PUBIJSHED' BY THE TBI.EGRAPH PRINTING CO. X. J. STACKPOL.E, Pres't and Treaa'r. 9. R. OYSTER. Secretary. ©US M. BTEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Published «verj r evening (except Sun day), at the Telegraph Building, 218 Federal Square. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, 123 West Madison atreet, Chicago, 111., Allen Ward. _^gmDelivered by carriers at six cent 3 a week. Mailed to aubacrlberi at $3.00 a year in advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg as second class matter. 5 The Association of Aro*r- ) 1 ican Advertiser* ha* ex- { 1 ) T&lmV aminad and certified to i J the circulation of thi* pub- i 1 ) lication. The figure* of circulation i' ) contained in tho Aa*ociation'* ro- i 5 port only ore guaranteed. < Association of American Advertisers i 0 . 2333 Whitehallßldg. H. T. City iwon dally average for the month ol December, 1913 * 22,210 * Average for the year 1918—21,(577 Average for the year 1012— 21,1T8 Average for the year 1911—18,851 Average for the year 1919—17,495 » - 1 TELEPHONES I Bell Private Branch Exchange No. JO4O. United Business Office, 203. Xdltorlal Room 688. Job Dept. 101. THURSDAY EVENING, JAN. 23 PROTEST, NOT DESERTION IT Is beginning to lilter through the ambitious think-tanks of certain political marplots that the average voter Is becoming wise to the plot ting and scheming of that class of men who without regard to party have determined to prostitute for their own purposes the possibilities of the di rect primary law. But the awaken ing of the voter is the disturbing ele ment in all their ambitious dreams. Many good Republicans did not vote for Mr. Taft simply as a'protest against methods of procedure in legis lation and party management with which they were not in sympathy, knowing full well that in all probabil ity the result of their action would be a Democratic administration of our i national affairs. These voters were j actuated by sincere motives in that j they believed this to be the most ef fective way to demonstrate their dis- j approval of conditions which in their J judgment demanded a change. Their protest has had Its lessons, and the effect upon the Republican party is shown in the elimination of almost, if not all, of those things which were offensive to the sincere objector in the party. It is, therefore, not reasonable to suppose that, having punished or disciplined 'his party, he is going to continue to do so indefi nitely simply to please the whim or advance the personal ambitions of disgruntled would-be leaders of other parties. Of course, the Republican party is not perfect; nor is the Democratic or Washington, or any other; but the thinking voter must choose that party ■which to him seems best fitted to rep resent the principles for which he Stands. Republicans are now making a more careful study of the results of the Jast national election. And they are not going to continue the support of a party which, instead of revising the tariff, for instance, has cut down the protection tree. Nor are they greatly impressed with the policy of the party in power, which, deriouncing Repub licans for choosing those of the same political faith to fill the offices, has, ■with utter disregard of ordinary po- Jitical decency, and without reason or lexcuse, appropriated all the offices in night and violated every principle of civil service reform. Not satisfied •witli bouncing Republicans right and left, regardless of their experience ttud efficiency, the Democratic Con gress is now placing upon every possi ble bill a rider intended to further a*p out efficient officials to make room tfor hungry Democrats. Yet not a word of disapproval front those Democratic reformers and their newspaper organs who a few months ngo were promising the people an en largement of the civil service or merit, wystem and pledging a more efficient administration of the national gov ernment. Right hero In Pennsylvania, A. '.Mitchell Palmer and the group asso ciated with him have been reaching out in every direction, regardless of tlio civil service, to build up a huge political machine that will enable them to accomplish their own selfish ambitions without reference to the people whom they profess so much to be serving. It is inconceivable that body of Republican voters prefer these conditions to .the more conservative and righteous expression of the prin ciples of their own party now intelli gently responsive to the will of the peoplo. Texans are complaining that grass hoppers are annoying them. As we throw another shovelful of coal on tho lire we pause to reflect that Texans must be hard to please. WEST i:\I» CROSSINGS THE need of additional means of crossing the tracks of the Penn sylvania Railroad Company in the West End of Harrisburg is emphasized by the movements simul taneously inaugurated by the West Knd Improvement Association and the people of Riverside for subways at Division and Lewis streets. The an nouncement or the railroad company that it will build a bridge at Lucknow Is gratifying, as filling a long fell . • ' - ' ' * . r . - • • t THURSDAY EVENING, need, but nobody conversant with the situation will agree that only one safety crossing between Maclay street and Lucknow will be sufficient to meet the growing needs of the West End. Harrisburg has spent thousands of dollars in the purchase and develop ment of the wonderfully beautiful Wildwood Park. Wlldwood to West End people is what the Itlver Park is to those of the central part of town, the Hcrr street playgrounds to that section, Cameron parkway to those of the lower end, and Reservoir Park to Allison Hill. But they are separated from their park by the right-of-way of the Pennsylvania Kail road. Either they must go to Ott's lane or to Maclay street to got into the park, if they ilo not care to run the risk of life and limb crossing tlig tracks of the railroad company pR some point between, and even that jm impossible save at one or two platifl llarrisburg owes much to the PenflJF sylvanla Kailroad Company and IP .should stand ready at all times to do what it can for the benefit of the great corporation upon the prosperity of which it so largely depends, but on the other hand the railroad com pany owes to the city hearty co-opera tion in everything that will tend to make this a desirable place of resi dence for its hundreds of employes and their families. Subways at Divi sion and Lewis streets, or at one or" the two, would be largely for the benefit of the big railroad population of the Tenth ward. There has been in the past little demand lor subways or bridges above Maclay street, and it is but natural for those responsible for the management of the railroad company to refrain from making large expenditures for safety crossings that were apparently so little needed that they had not been sought by the pub lic. Hut conditions are changed now. The city is growing. Uptown people are demanding means of crossing from one side of the railroad to the other above or below grade. It will be cheaper to provide euch means now than when property values Increase and make the consequential damages more than the nominal sum that they would now involve. Doubtless the railroad otflcials realize this and it may be expected that those interested will get together shortly on some rea sonable plan. CLARK AND BRYAN SPEAKER CHAMP CLARK is not falling over himself in an effort to bring about harmony between himself und the Secretary of State, who is still regarded by the Speaker and his friends as the one individual who stood between Clark and the Presidency. In a public state ment ay to why he declined to attend a dinner at which Secretary Bryan was to bo present, Speaker Clark in dicated pretty clearly that even among distinguished Democrats at Washing ton there is a sentiment favorable to the cessation of attacks upon business. Among other things he said: The people,of the country are not interested to any considerable ex tent about dinners in Washington, but they are interested very much as to what Congress does and when It does it. and I am trying my best to expedite business so that we can get away from here before the frost tiles next Fall and give the country a rest. That is a good policy for both the country and the Demo cratic party. CIVIL SERVICE RAID President Wilson has always been a consistent and persistent advocate of the merit system in the civil service. This,, from the esteemed Patriot, is rich reading in view of the bombard ment of the civil service which has characterized the present Administra tion at Washington almost from the first day of its inauguration. One drive after another has been made against the principle of the civil ser vice and contrary to its regulations. These instances are so frequent that; only a purblind organ of the Admin istration would have the temerity to make a defense of its course in this matter. Postmaster General Burleson has very properly taken a position against a rider on the post office appropria tion bill, providing that assistant post masters shall be taken out of the classified service, but this action will not excuse the wholesale raid that has been 011 for months against every principle of the civil service. Now that the poles are being re moved from the streets of Harrisburg, let the improvement go on until the last pole shall have disappeared. May we not hope that the Superintendent of Highways and Public Works will at once discover what corporation poles have not been marked for slaughter and see to it that they all come down? There should be no discrimination in the passing of the poles. One corporation is the same as another when it comes to a public improvement of this char acter. An unpopular poem in Harrisburg— "Curfew Shall Not Ring To-night." THE "TUBS OF BLOOD'" T is not tho Prohibitionists, the Anti | Saloon Leagues, the W. C. T. U.'s I and the Loyal Temperance Legions alone that are spreading the gospol of temperance throughout the length and breadth of the land. Liquor trade publications are prone to rant and rail at what they choose to term tho "fa natics" who aro advocating restric tions in the sale of intoxicants. But read this account of yesterday's "Gangster" murder in New York, as reported by the New York World: Three women sat last night at a table In the rear room of a saloon at the northeast corner of the Bowery and Second street. At an adjoining table were live men. The room was heavy with smoke and glasses of beer stood on the tables. The place Is known to the police as "The Tub of Blood." The men talked in whispers. One of the men was addressed by the others as "Gyp." The police say lie has been known as "Gyp tlio Blood" since the original "Gyp the Blood" was sent to tho death house In Sing Sing for the murder of Rosenthal. Also at the table drinking was Thomas Murphy, a machinist em ployed :it No. 30 East Fourth street urn! living at No. 23 Stuyvesani street. In the front of the saloon were .1. .1. frilly, proprietor of the pla<e, and his bartender, Joseph Mera. HARRfSBURG TELEGRAPH These two men and the three wo men, according to atatements made to the police, heard the man ad dressed as "Gyp" say to Murphy: "You squealed and sent him up the river. The five men arose from the table and Murphy stretched out a friendly hand, but "Gyp" did not take it. Instead, lie drew a re volver and shot three times. Every bullet took effect In Murphy, who crumpled up and fell to the floor. He died inßiantlj-. There is a temperance sermon for you! "The Tubs of Blood" are the great est temperance advocates in the coun try. Their voices are being raised more loudly in the land than that of the most eloquent Prohibition lecturer that ever addressed nn audience. "The Tubs of Blood"—the legalized hell holes where men and women congre gate together for all the crimes that the calendar knows—these are the In fluences that arc working for prohibi tjjpfn as never prohibitionists worked. xHf those who are powerful in the counsels of the liquor-selling Interests ,Bro wise they will pay more attention to abolishing the "Tubs of Blood" than to making futile replies to tho at tacks of those who are bending their efforts toward the enactment of laws in restraint of the saloon. evening cMt While traction companies in other cities have been making a great fuss about carrying policemen without re quiring car fare when they arc in uni form, the llarrisburg Railways Com pany Is carrying out tho policy of tho Central Pennsylvania Traction Com pany in furnishing such free trans portation on the broad ground of pub lic policy. Tho Central inherited that plan from the Harrisburg Traction, which in turn got it from tho East Harrisburg and the Citizens lines, which merged into the Traction, and the old City Passenger used to do the same. In fact, for years and years the furnishing of rides to policemen when in uniform was considered as entirely proper, and in fact advantageous, be cause it enabled men to get from part to part of "the city on duty, and in the days when tho city did not have a patrol wagon It was as big a help as It is to-day when there Is a hurry call for policemen and the wagon or am bulance Is busy elsewhere and there are no automobiles in sight to com mandeer. The traction lines have never extended the free ride privilege to firemen, except when they are go ing to a fire in another part of the city and are in their accouterments or when they are taking them to help In an adjoining place. Perhaps when the city gets a paid fire department the traction company will do the same. No one believes that the Public Ser vice Commission is going to upset the rule of years, which Is accepted all over the country, and certainly the Legislature never contemplated such enforcement of the act. Meanwhile the traction company may be tech nically violating the law, but no one appears to be looking down his nose because it is doing so. Jet, the black cat in charge of the mice extermination force at the Gor gas drug store, is probably the oldest oat in active patrol duty in Harrisburg mercantile establishments. Jet being a lady is naturally adverse to giving data on age, but it is creditably re ported that she has passed her four teenth year. Jet is a house cat, sel dom stirring as far as the front door and being fonder of observing the passing throng from the safe vantage point of a high stool at a soda foun tain to taking first-hand views from the curb. Furthermore, she never goes out after dark and has not fig ured in any fights as far as police rec ords go. Jet is getting a little thin 11 nd shows her age, but she is still on the job. 11. P. Gillette, who appeared here yesterday as expert in the valuation of the Bell telephone properties, is one of the best known experts In the country and has handled more big tilings than the average man dreams of. Mr. Gillette was connected with the Railroad Commission of Washing ton and knows more about water power and things like that on the Pacific coast than anyone in business. His general knowledge of public utili ties is very extensive and he is fre quently a witness before the Inter state Commerce Commission and in big investigations. His testimony yes terday was heard with the closest at tention by the commissioners, who went into detail with him on his methods of ascertaining figures. "This town of yours is a hustler and the way you are fixing up your river front and improving things generally should be an inspiration to the cities of the State. I like to watch the city develop and I certainly like your way of treating your river front," re marked Senator Charles A. Snyder, of Pottsville, while here yesterday. James Scarlet, the eminent attorney who is engaged here on some State cases, was being asked the other day why he did not move to Harrisburg and be done with it. "The fishing is no good around here and I like to go to Danville for quiet," he replied. "Well, why not run for Governor or something and get a real residence here?" was suggested. "That is a horse of another color and I'm a law yer first," was the answer. THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION Ilj- Winn Dinger. Our live City Council is busy AVith hundreds of things, that's a fact. But the new City Planning Commission is something on which it should act. Of course such a body should number The best men the town can afford, And who could be found bettor fitted Than those who made up the Park Board? They've given their time and their ef forts For many a year to the cause That has helped everyone in the city. And they haven't sought fame or applause. But rather to stay in the background, They have In the past been content, And the pleasures they've brought to ihe public , Arc the outcome of money well spent. I think that the new City Council With glory can cover itself. By naming the men of the Park Board, Whose thoughts are of others, not self. Let's have the new Planning Commis sion; Let's have the men we know are right; Let's all get together for progress, And work toward that end oay and night. I A-UTfLft- norweme i "What is the secret of success;" asked the Fool. "The ability to conceal your lack 01 nhillty." replied the Sage.—Cincinnati Knquirer. "Is she good to the children?" "Very. She lets them do everything their father doesn't want them to do." I —Detroit Free Press. DEMOCRAT BOSSES START TO HEDGE Afraid to Call a Meeting of the State Committee For Chair man Election MORRIS HOLDS TO PUCE Division Chairmen Will Be Elected For Two Places Within a Short Time Although bosses of the reorganiza tion faction of tho State Democracy are busy conning law books and work ing themselves Into the belief that the primary act of 1913 did not apply to the Democratic party, matters are gradually working around to a. point where a formal demand for a meeting of the Democratic State committee will be made for a change of rules. It is contended- that the party machine has been running along without mak ing its rules conform to the primary act as the Republican and Washington parties have done. Part of the cry of the dominant gang in the Democratic State machine has been that it is against special privilege, but it is to bo noted that the Democrats secured an exemption from the operation of the. primary law last year. Now they are trying to make it appear that the law will not affect it this year, either. The reason for this presumption is (hat the bosses want to keep State Chairman Morris in his chair, it he does not fall out of h's own weight, as long ae possible. Some of the folks who do not be lieve In the bludgeon methods of the reorganization gangsters are Insisting that the committee have a meeting in May after the election of State com mitteemen. as other parties will do. Division meetings are to be called by the Democratic State committee at Reading and Wllkes-Barre shortly. Herr Kremp, appointed an assistant United States at- Division torney, has given formal Chairmen notice of retirement as Ketlring division chairman Aid it is presumed that Fritz Kirkendall, the new reve nue collector, will do the same thing with his division chairmanship. These meetings will afford an opportunity for more resolutions expressing con fidence in Wilson and Palmer. The division headed by John T. Matt, who downed Congressman Warren Worth Bailey in a fight for supremacy, had a meeting yesterday at Altoona and resoluted as per instructions from headquarters in this city. Senatorial gossip Is commencing to be heard in various sections of the State and the chances are that there will be a number of booms developed. In Northumberland ex-Sen- Senatorial ator McConnell may be Togas Are a candidate to fill out the In Demand unexpired term of the late John T. Fisher, of Shamokln. and there are several Democrats after Washers' place in York. James M. Clark will b£ a can didate in Powell's old district and W. H. Semmens is also a candidate for the upper house in the district in which he lives. Walter McNichols will be a candidate to succeed himself. City Democrats nro commencing to gel restive over the possibility that Jesse J. Lybarger may be dragged out of the Patriot's For gettery again and forced Democrats upon the Democratic Talking ticket for member of the of Member Legislature. Jesse has been a candidate as often as wanted and in the opinion of some Democrats more than wanted. Sentiment is in favor of the nomination of T. K. Van Dyke, who is a real Democrat, or some other man who is not trotted out only when noisy speeches are desired by some boss. In the county it is likely that the untrammeled Democrats will put up their candidates without much re gard to the bosses. kW6LL-Known-peePL&^] —C. C. Truax, prominent Pittsburgh merchant, is engineering a big plant in which Smoky City merchants will manufacture their own commodities. —W. D. Gerlach, of Hazleton, is one of the city's councllmen elect, but he cannot take his seat until he is re lieved as postmaster. His successor has been designated, but not con firmed. —George H. Lamb, head of the Carnegie Library at Braddock, is pre paring for its silver anniversary. It was the first Carnegie library. —Henry Loeb, a former Reading councilman, says people should give the city's new councllmen a chance. This applies to other cities, he says. —Judge C. A. Groman, of Allen town, says that people must answer questions in the new marriage license law and is prepared to enforce it. rBKSIDKNT WII.SON'S MESSAGE To say that the President's recom mendations are not radical would be absurd. They are radical. They were intended to be radical. Hut this radi calism Is the radicalism of sanity and justice.—New York World. The President's suggestion of a trade commission * * * is more obviously feasible.—New York Evening Post. The President's attitude is sufficient ly conciliatory to Inspire business with the hope that at last it will be allowed to move forward with confidence.— Philadelphia Ledger. Peace, freedom and prosperity in commerce and industry were the'kev notes of President Wilson's flftli mes sage.—Boston Globe. George J. Gould, touching on two points in the message, said that he was optimistic on business. "1 feel en couraged," he said. "Sentiment is more cheerful and I believe that business will bo better. The situation depends largely upon Washington." It Is with the greatest ploasure and relief that The Sun discovers both In the tone and also in the substance of the President's last message ground for regarding- it as epochal; that is, as closing one epoch and beginning an other In the experience of American business.—New York Sun. cmwials Too Durned Many Flues . I From the Philadelphia Inquirer.] A Are destroyed $50,000 worth of Swiss cheese recently In New York. 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It sounds like a scared squeak by a man who is afraid to face the music. —Some Democrats do not think that the primary act or 1913 applies to them. —Big Bull Moose Flinn is planning to take a rest before he undertakes to start the campaign. —District Attorney Jackson, of Allegheny, is stirring up tjie clubs that are not on the level in Pittsburgh. —Wilson McAlicher last night pre sented the West End Democratic Club with portraits of Wilson and Marshall. —Democratic reorganizes are in fear and trembling over the next move of Stormy Petrel McNair. ■ —Again the confidential information is given that Congressman Palmer will announce his plans on the gov ernorship this week or next. —Representative Dunn, of Philadel phia, is planning to run again. —As soon as a few post offices are out of the way Democrats can turn their attention to getting some of the Jobs Kirkendall has to give. —The Democratic city committee still continues shy about meeting. —Lybarger evidently reminds some of the city Democrats of Bryan. He wants to run so often. —D. Clarence Gibboney refused a $5,000 job in Philadelphia because he wanted to be a free lance. —Hats are off to Herr Kremp. lie shows some idea of propriety. Letters to the Editor THE SIGNS, TOO To the Editor of The Telegraph: Sir: The unsightly poles are coming: down. Good! But what of the over head signs? Why not make a real clear-up while we're at it? These hideous, creaking things, that hang menacingly over the heads of the passing populace, and occasionally in high winds come clattering down, as several did last week —isn't there a city ordinance prohibiting them? If there Is such a law. why don't the police enforce it? If not, why don't the now Councllmen pass one? The overhead.* swinging sign is a relic of village days. It is barred froih all well-regulated cities. PEDESTRIAN. Harrisburg, Pa., January 22, 1914. Exceptions Taken to Royal Five Claim; Reasons Are Explained To the Editor of The Telegraph: Sir—ln your issue of the 21st in stant you have a statement from the manager of the John K. Royal basket ball team with reference to the Has sett Boys' Club five's cancellation of the game recently schcdulod for the Armory floor. The facts of the case are as follows: When the manager of the John K. Royal team interviewed the Hassett Club manager he stated there would be no other team representing the Pennsylvania Railroad Young Men's Christian Association than the Royal team, and that under the name chosen, because the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. would not have a team representing the association. Kor this reason the Hassett management, while not ar ranging a game definitely, neverthe less considered the proposition. But when the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. put a team on the floor and bogan playing the Harrisburg and other fives the Hnssott management would not con sider a second team, which is what the Royal team then became. The Armory game was scheduled, without the approval of the director of the Hassett Club, and for that rea son was cancelled. The Hassett Boys' Club five is not a second class team and will not play between the halves of any game In the city. The Haasett management is willing to play the Royals, if they are the representative team of the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A., but not In their present form as the scrub team of the association. Further more, the Hassett five is willing to meet either the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. first team or the Harrisburg Col legians, or any other first class team In Harrisburg or vicinity on any floor. When the Royal team becomes a first class flve, the Hassett Club will con sider a challenge. T. B. JOHNSON. Director Hassett Boys' Club. JANUARY 22, 1914. new«-DißP&TCf>es~ CIVIL-VgAtt [From the Telegraph of Jan. 22, 1864.] H»bel» Need Food Headquarters Army of the Potomac, Jan. 20. The news we get to-day Is unimportant. A few deserters have come over during- the last two days, who confirm the reports already pub lished of the rebel want of subsistence. Blockade Runner* Destroyed New York. Jan. 22. betters to the Herald, dated oft Wilmington, on the 13th, give details of the capture or de struction of the blockade runners \ Ranger, Bendlgo and Hero. PROBABLY NOT SIGNIFICANT [Pittsburgh Gazette-Times] A notification which Representative A. Mitchell Palmer, of this State, is said to have given Representative Claude Kitchin, of North Carolina, has been interpreted to mean that Mr. Pal mer has made up his mind to be a candidate for something other than his present seat In the House. He is said to have told Mr. Kitchin that he will not compete with him for the chairmanship of the committee on ways and means on the retirement of Oscar W. Underwood. But this may only mean that Palmer foresees the impossibility of winning the chair manship and House leadership which goes with it against the North Caro linian, who is popular, who is the ranking member of tho committee after Underwood and, under the usage of the House, entitled to promotion, and who is almost certain to have tho Southern representation solidly behind him. Underwood has announced his intention to retire from tho House at the end of his present term if not elected to the Senate, so that there will be a vacancy. Palmer may '\ave discovered that a Pennsylvanlan can not win House leadership against a Southerner and his determination not to contest may have no relation what ever to State politics. I.ORD STRATHCONA AND nil,l, Then and there was formed an en during friendship between Hill and Smith, a friendship which stood ter rific tests. Upon the advice of Mr. Hill. •Smith invested heavily In the Northern Pacific as it was built up. In time his holdings grew to 20,000 shares, held as an investment and not for speculation. When the strenuous fight for control of the Northern Pacific was In pro gress, the interests opposed to tile Hill- Torgan control sent an ambassador to I<ord Strathcona and offered him, it is Baid, $20,000,000 for his shares. He replied: "When I was young and with little money James J. Hill was one of my best friends. His railroads have beeii my best Investments since. No amount I of money would persuade me to turn against him now.'' AN ISVGIiINti THOUGHT The greatest thing a man can do for his Heavenly Father is to be kind to some of his other children. —Henry Drummond. V 2 Price CLOTHING SALE Is Now On This Includes All Suits and Overcoats SIDES & 'ItVhARRtSBUUft-fMFy- ygrARS- AfrCH-O-PAy [From the Telegraph of Jan. 22, 186 Must I'rrxent Claim* All persons having claims for wo done in assisting to remove the boo of the State Library, in June, 1863, v immediately present the sam« at t State Library rooms, for settlement, t tween the hours of 9 a. m. and 5 o'clc p. m. Draft Subject* to Meet All residents of the Fourth Wa who are subject to draft, are request to meet at the Hope engine house t evening, at 7 o'clock. Let every o attend. Our B7 years' experience is yours for the asking; but you must ask. We shall not bother you. Get free book let. PENN MUTUAL LIFE 103 N, Second St. Isaac Miller. ) r,oc*l F. O. Donaldson, f Agents J "Plenty of Winter Ahead" That ii the warning of the Weather Bureau. Follow the sunshine to the Panama Canal H West IndiesH Two cruises by the world famous HH| steamer " Grosser Kurfuertt" HEB the Hjfl NORTH H GERMAN ■ LLOYD ■ Feb. 12 —29 Days $175 lp H Cubs, Jamaica, Panama, Vaneauala, Trlnldsd. Barbadoa, Martinique, Bt. Themaa, Porto Rico and Babamaa. Mar. 19—SI nay.—»lßO mp. Cabs, Panama, Jamaica, BreW Porto Blew. Writ# for new booklet, BH | "To tho Canal and Onrlbbeiaa." HHR lOBLRICHS * CO., Oea. Act*., W I 5 Broadway, New York QH I Or I»cal Asrrnt*.
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