Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, January 24, 1914, Page 6, Image 6
6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Bitobluhtd lift PUBLISHED BT ID TELEGRAPH HUNTING CO. & J. STACK POLK, Prea't and Treas'r. Jf. R. OYSTER. Secretary, on 1L BTJEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Ynbllahed every evening (except Sun day), at the Telegraph Building, tit Federal Square. Xaatern Office, Fifth Avenue Building. New York City, Hasbrook, Story A Brooks. Western Office, 12J West Madison ■treet, Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at JrHißn" six cents a week. Mailed to subscriber! at 18.00 a year in advance. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg as second class matter. ® The Association of Amer- ( 1 ican Advertisers has ex- / a mined and certified to i' j I > thacircaiatioaof thispab- / •,1 lication. The figures of circulation i I II aontaiaed in the Aesociation's re- i i 1 pert only are guaranteed. i '! Asseciation of American Advertisers ; i No. 2333 Whftihill Bldg. N. T. City ! ' ■ ween dally average (or the ir<enth el December, 1913 * 22,210 * Average for the year 1818—21,577 Average for the year 1517 —2x.1/5 Average for the year 1911—18,831 Avarage for the year 1910—17,486 Si ) TELEPHONES I Bell Mnte Branch Exchange No. 1040. United Business Office, 203. kflttoiial Room 585. Job Dept. 201, SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 24 REDUCING WATER RATES THE announcement of a material reduction of city water rates by City Commissioner Harry F. Bowman is In direct line with his pre-election promises of economy and good government. It Indicates also that the new superintendent lias lost no time In getting into intimate touch with the affairs of the depart ment of which he is now the active head. The fact that he stands ready to be personally responsible for a cut in rates and at the same time have sufficient money to more than pay the expenses of the department, shows that he has undertaken its man agement in a businesslike manner and with full regard for the rights of the consumer. Under the old rates large surpluses have been piled up and while these have been found very convenient in times of stress, when councils used the money for the meeting of expenses in other departments, it cannot be said to have been very good housekeeping. It is hardly fair to ask the water user to pay more than a fair price in order that money might be accumu lated with which to build approaches to bridges or to meet deficiencies caused by unforeseen emergencies. Commissioner Bowman has the right idea. So long as the water de partment is earning sufficient to meet its running expenses, pay its interest and sinking fund requirements and lay a little by for reasonable depreciation and for emergencies it should be re garded as doing all that ought to be required of it, and the consumer should bo given the benefit of the dif ference in cost. Whether It be built next year or some other year, the proposed now High School building would lie a proper companion setting for the Technical building on the opposite side of the Capitol Park extension. A NATIONAL BALLAD SEARCH DISPATCHES from Washington announce that a national search for old ballads has been in augurated by the United States Bureau of Education. Convinced that many of the English and Scottish popular ballads of olden times still survive in the United States, and that Immediate steps are necessary to res cue them from oblivion, the bureau has commisioned Professor C. Al phonso Smith, of the University of Virginia, a prominent folk-lore Inves tigator, to institute a nation-wide search for.versions of these old bal lads that once helped to mold the character of the men and women who made up the larger part of the Colo nial population of this country. If our American versions are not collected immediately they can never be collected at all. Many influences are tending to obliterate them. Catchy but empty songs, not worthy of com parison with them, the decadence of communal singing, tho growing di versity of Interests, the appeal to what Is dlvislvo and separative in our na tional life, the presence of the artifi cial and self-conscious in modern writing are depriving our homes and schoolrooms of a kind of literature which, for community of feeling, for vigor of narrative, for vividness of portraiture, and for utter simplicity of style and context, is not surpassed in the whole history of English or American song. A list of 305 of the ballads, all that are known to exist, has been dis tributed to teachers and others by the Bureau of Education. Those who re ceive the lists are asked to indicate whether they or their friends know any of the ballads. Tho plan is to start a ballad collection for each State, so that State folk-lore societies may be encouraged to take up the work and preserve a body of valuable popular literature that threatens to become extinct. Among the ballads for which sur vivals are sought are "Robin Hood," "The Beggar-Laddie," "Bonny Bar bara Allan," "Tho Crafty Farmer," "Durham Field," "The Earl of Mar's Daughter," "Faint Annie," "Johnnie Armstrong's Last Good-night," "Ladic Isabel and tho Elf Knight," "Child Maurice," "The Lass of Koch Royal," SATURDAY EVENING, "The Mermaid," "Rob Roy," "The Three Ravens," "Trooper and Maid," and the "Wife of Usher's * 'ell." Those privileged to have heard a well-known Harrisburger sing at a re cent dinner many such old-time songs In a manner that won for him the enthusiastic plaudits of his entire au dience will wish the Bureau of Edu cation success In Its efforts to collect and preserve these beautiful old ballads. With that cut In the water rate more people will be on the water wagon than ever before. THE "RELIGIOUS CABARET" THERE Is more than mere nov elty in the rather sensational proposal of the Salvation Army of New York that It teach men the way to better things by a cabaret •how and to lead them to salvation by means of the dance. The "Religious Cabaret" Is not really so bad as It sounds, If the oper ations of one In Jersey City, just across the Hudson from New York, are to be taken as an example. The theory is that the down-and-outer usually owes his condition primarily to drink. The Salvation Army plans to give the wayfarer a rousing good time, with singing and live, up-to date, though perfectly proper, amuse ment. They want to attract the men of the streets from the cheerfully lighted saloon to the free "Religious Cabaret," where there shall be danc ing of a modest type, and religious songs sung to rag-time tunes. Those New Yorkers who are com plaining against this last proposal, that sacred hymns be sung to the tune of "Row, Row, Row," and "When I Get You at Home To-night," prob ably do not know the reverse is true of many hymns, and that, as an in stance, the hymn air, "Coronation" or "Crown Him Lord of All," was originally sung to the words: "Come, come, my Jolly, hearty boys, And drink while drink you can; 'Tin on the ground we soon must roll With whiskey every man." i Patching the paved streets of Harrls burg at $15,500 per annum gives quite an impetus to the municipal repair plant idea. A PATRIOTIC CREED WE have been trained to think of banks as cold,_ calculating Institutions of discount and interest, devoid of human sen sibilities, intent on keeping balances straight and with an eye keen only to the utmost earning power of the other man's dollar. A bank Is the last place to which one would go in search of patriotic sentiment—albeit bankers have loomed large in maintaining the country's credit at times when lack of funds would have meant national ruin. Now conies the Chase National Bank of New York—one of the big, power ful concerns of its kind —and posts on its front doors, its checkbooks and its letterheads this "Patriotic Creed," of its own devisement and setting forth the views its management holds as to the future of the United States and the part this nation is to play In the progress of civilization: We believe In our country—the United States of America. We be lieve in her Constitution, her laws, lier Institutions, and the principles for which she stands. We believe in her future—the past is secure. We believe in her vast resources, her great possibilities—yea, more, her wonderful certainties. We believe in the American people, their gains, their brain, and their brawn. We believe In their honesty, their integrity and de pendability. We believe that noth ing can stand in the way of their commercial advancement and pros perity. We believe that what are termed "tiroes of business depression" are but periods of preparation for greater and more pronounced com mercial successes. And we believe that in our coun try aro being worked out great problems, the solution of which will be for the benefit of all man kind. The keynote of this rather remark able declaration is faith—faith in the country, faith in its people, faith in its resources, faith in the future of our government., our business and our ability to meet the problems of the moment. It Is a new note in a period of uncertainty, a note that, however, should be sounded and resounded until the land rings with it. It is the reply of business to the charge that it exists merely to render a minimum of service for a maximum of price. The real feeling of America for Japan Is being registered through the medium of the Red Cross fund. PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE THE New York Evening Post pays a fine tribute to the effi ciency of the Pennsylvania con stabulary, dwelling principally on the decrease of crime throughout the rural districts as a direct result of the work of the State police. The Post thus lays stress on the most important duty the constabulary is called upon to perform—the pre vention of crime in sparsely settled districts where the local police force is at all times inadequate. The law lessness of the city is ns nothing com pared with that of the country In communities where there is a crimi nal element. There is no ruffian so brutal as the country-bred bully, half intoxicated and on the war path. The township constable is merely a good joke for such, but It is a different matter when a determined, well armed, muscular State constable ap pears. Labor unions have denounced the constabulary, but they have done so misunderstandingly. No law-abiding workman was ever disturbed by one of these officers. On no occasion has one of them ever interfered with the rights of a peaceably Inclined citizen, but they have been and will continue to be a terror to law breakers of all sorts. The State police are to the country districts what the municipal police are to the cities. They are the keep ers of the peace, the patrolman of the country roads and invaluable during such gatherings as that at Gettysburg last summer. It is to be hoped that the Legislature will see Its way clear to increase their number. They arc doing a good work, but .it is hardly fair to ask 228 men to patrol 500,000 I square miles of territory and do the job as it should be done. evening O)AX Three parties of Harrisburgers are now enjoying the sunny skies and the pleasant things of life In Florida while the rest of us are at home looking out on snow-clad hills and watching the ice go swirling down the Susquehanna river. The number of residents of this section who go to the subtropical State is increasing every year and some of those who travel to the East or West coast go every year. William Russ, H. Shutz enbach, Jr., Ross Oenslager and State Printer W. Stanley Ray are enjoying their annual trip and are in the neigh borhood of Miami where they have been having a fine time and plan to gro to Havana. W. A. Metzger and Walter Attlcks. of this city, and H. A. Arnold, of Dillsburg, are at St. Peters burg, where they have been doing some tall fishing, catching about 400 pounds of fish in one day. One fish weighed fifteen pounds and kept them all working to land him because of his remarkable activity. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brenneman are at another part of the State. Many Harrisburgers will learn with regret of the death at Nashville of Sumner Archibald Cunningham, founder and editor of the Confederate Veteran. Mr. Cunningham was one of the notable figures in the Gettys burg reunion, which he had helped along by word and pen from the time that it was broached. He went from State to State in the Southland urging that people participate and his personal efforts brought about much interest. The Sunday before the re union began he spent in this city, at tending Market Square church, ad dressing its Sunday School in the af ternoon and visiting at the homes of some of our well-known people. Mr. Cunningham was a splendid type of man, one who while keeping alive the traditions of the Confederacy yet loved his reunited country with a love as abiding as heart could know. Sportsmen and farmers in nine tenths of the counties in the State where quail are to be found have written to Dr. Joseph Kalbftis, secre tary of the Game Commission, agree ing to see that the quail are fed in their districts. Some time ago Dr. Kalbfus sent out a circular asking that folks give a little attention to "Bob White" and remarking that un less the quail wore fed they would not be calling in the hedgerows next summer and that gunners would not see them in the Fall. The result has been an avalanche of letters in which sportsmen commend the humanitarian instincts of the commissioners and agree to make it their business to feed the birds. Some of the letters contain promises to take automobile trips to districts where quail are known anfl to scatter grain. Among the insurance men there is a lively competition in the writing of policies and a number of the larger companies in this country have sys tems of recognizing meritorious serv ice. John R. Rote, of this city, rep resentative of the Equitable Life As surance Society, has just been re ceived into what is known as the Five Year Corps of the Pittsburgh Vet eran Legion. Previous to entering the life insurance field, Mr. Rote was for many years a manufacturer, himself directing the selling of the product and the knowledge and experience thus acquired in the handling of salesmen and the qualifications neces sary to their success naturally quali fied him for the position of supei visor of the eastern department which he now holds and has most creditably filled during the past three years. He has a high record and is a member of the Tarbell Club. In 1910 he es tablished for himself a record for regularity by scoring at least one pol icy each week for fifty-three succes sive weeks and in each succeeding year has maintained a high standard among the company's reguiar and sys tematic producers. Word has been received by Park Commissioner J. Horace McFarland from the mayor of Houston, Texas, to the effect that Lamar Lyndon, the expert chosen two years ago by the Municipal League to thresh out and report upon the electric merger ordi nance, has just finished a similar job for the Texas city. And it was the reputation Mr. Lyndon acquired in Harrisburg that obtained for him the choice. When the merger problem was before the people of this city the Municipal League employed Mr. Lyn don at a salary of SI,OOO. The ordi nance which marked the birth of the new Harrisburg Light and Power Company and better, cheaper and more serviceable electric lighting fa cilities, the elimination of poles and wires from the streets, etc., was the result of the league's action. Several months ago Houston needed an ex pert for the same service and Mr. McFarland was written to about thfa choice of an expert, preferably Mr. Lyndon. On the Harrisburg official's recommeiftiation Mr. Lyndon was em ployed. His work was so satisfactory that Houston's city council paid him just five times what the Municipal League here had to guarantee be cause councils "objected to the ex pense." Hiram Billet, the Swatara township farmer who Is superintendent of the big farms of the James Boyd estate, has been elected vice-president of the Pennsylvania State Livestock Breed ers' Association. Mr. Billet is one of the progressive farmers of this sec tion and takes a big interest in im provement of the cattle in the county. The Bonnymead herd is known far and wide. Commendations are being showered on the officers of the Harrisburg Typographical Union for not having any liquor served at the banquet given recently in honor of the anniversary i of Franklin's birth. But this is no innovation with the printers of the country. "Big Six," as the New York union is khown to the craft, has served no liquor at its annual dinners for the past three years and an officer of No. 2, of Philadelphia, who was a guest at the local dinner, stated that his organization would shortly cele brate Its sixty-third anniversary with a banquet at which nothing stronger than "demi-tasse" would be permitted. Five years ago this would have been considered impracticable. TICKS FOR DA KIDS Dy WlnK Dinger. Aha! my beeg brother, Sylvester, With none but himself to support. Write a heap flne-a poem on da ques tion ' Of six trolley ticks for da quart. Huh! he overlook beega matter— Suppose he had ten kids, like I, And whenever he took them out riding For each a full tick had to bpy. Me no spend mucha money 011 pleasure, Me no fina home can afford, Me gotta work hard, and In living Eet take most my mon for da board. When summer time come, with hot weathei\ My kiddles I like to take out For a nice coola ride in da country Or parks and let them roam about. But eet cost me a dollar to do It— Too much for da poor man to blow. So Ave got la slay home in da city And dream about cool winter snow. Tiie railroads charge only half prices For children, ami dees much 1 know. In other towns three conts will carry , Da kid who n-ridlng would go. HARIUBBURO TELEGRXMt PENROSE TO HIVE BIG HQITEIIS Arrangements Made in Philadel l phia For a Start of Hit Cam paign Very Soon SENATOR GIVES SOME VIEWS Central Democrats Will Have Wil son Come Here to Offset Colonel's Speeches According to the Philadelphia Pub lic Ledger of to-day, arrangements have been made for the opening of the headquarters of Senator Boies Penrose In his campaign for re-elec tion, and Ills friends have authorized the definite statement that ho will be a candidate, although It has been gen erally expected there would be no an nouncement until the Pittsburgh Tariff Club dinner next week. The Ledger of to-day says: "Boies Penrose will be a candidate to succeed himself as United States Senator. All doubt as to his candidacy was finally dissipated yesterday, when definite plans were made for the open ing of Penrose campaign headquarters on February 2. These headquarters, from which a State-wide publicity campaign will be conducted in the Senator's interests by his friends among the manufacturers and busi nessmen, will be in the Real Estate Trust Company Building. Represen tatives of commercial and Industrial plants, rather than the Republican State committee, will be the chief sponsors for the Senator's candidacy." Regarding the attitude of the Sena tor on other candidates, the Phila delphia Inquirer of to-day has this to say: "While maintain ing that he will continue to preserve absolute neu- Penrose trality in the canvass for Defines the governorship. Senator Attitude Penrose, in reply to que ries, yesterday comment- Ed upon the general political situa tion. When reference was made to a [ report that some of his friends would oppose Edwin S. Stuart for Governor because they l'eared the senatorsiiip and the governorship could not both come to Philadelphia, the Senator re plied: " 'Geographical consideration is an element in the selection of a candi date, but it is by no means a para mount issue, as against the personal popularity and strength of the indi vidual. The State-wida primary law has done away with many of the ar guments for geographical considera tion in the selection of candidates.' " The Central Democratic Club last night decided to invite no less a per sonage than President Wilson to be the orator at Its Jeffer son Day dinner on Central to April 13, and the mem- Invite the bers are in hopes that President the President,' who has been eulogized several times in resolutions of fered in the club, will accept. As a matter of fact, the President has a warm side toward the Central, as was shown by the fact that Secretaries Bryan and Wilson came hore last year for the big dinner when the President could not. Mr. Wilson was a guest of the club when here for the formation of that wandering ghost known as the State Federation of Democratic Clubs, and in fact this city was the place where he made his keynote speech on the money power. A committee com posed of Henry Opperman, chairman; jT. XC. VanDyke, the real Democrat; Postmaster Frank C. Sites, Vance C. McCormick, division chairman, and Herr Moeslein, the county chairman, was named to attend to the Invitation end. Our optimistic friend. State Chair man Detrlch, of the Bull Moose, is having a lino time in Washington and his statments read like the pronouncements of a Progressive confer- Detrlcli enco. His latest is a Talks in notice to Congressmen lioss Way who do not train with Clyde Kelly to go back and hide tlieir hopes for re-election. In short, Mr. Detrich is developing into a regular boss of the Palmer machine type. He says that the Progressives are going to "can" Con gressmen Edmonds, Farr, Ainey, Burke, Kiess, Patton, Shreve, Lang ham and Kiester. He does not say much about "Steve" Porter or Barch feld. However, the various Congress men named by Detrich will run any way. Representatives Wildman and Dick inson are expected to announce their candidacies for renomination in the city district in a short time and Representative have already re- Skirmishes to ceived a number Begin In Month of assurances of support at the ' coining election. Both have been looking over the field pretty closely. The Democrats are having one of their usual pre-primary fights over who shall run the party, and Jesse J. Larbarger is having con siderable trouble to clamber out of the Forgettcry into which he was so un ceremoniously thrust by the Patriot a few years' ago. George L. Reed is said 1o have a hankering after the Bull Moose nomination In the city. In Cumborland county Democratic bosses plan to renominate Representatives Burnett and Barner. REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES The Republican of to-day need have not the slightest fear that the time honored principles of his party are ob solete, or that the future divisions of the American people will take place on substantially different lines than here tofore. On the contrary, the underlying desire for a more efficient government which knit together the Federalists, the Whigs and the Republicans of the '6os, must necessaj-lly grow stronger rather than weaker under the condi tions of modern life.—Henry X* Stlm son, ex-Secretary of War. |/veeiL~KnoY?n-peoPL6^l —Ex-Speaker Henry F. Walton has resigned as president of Medlco-Chl. College In Philadelphia. —H. H. Robertson, Beaver manu facturer, has been elected as one of the vice-presidents of the Pittsburgh Council for Industrial Safety. —D. C. Boyd, a former Pennsylva nian, has been elected president of the Gallion Iron Works, a million-dollar Ohio concern. —John H. Harris, president of Bucknell, says that colleges must soon take up the training of men for muni cipal work, including police. —Judge Aaron Swartz, of Montgom ery. Is ill in a Philadelphia hospital. His son and his bride went to his bed side for congratulations immediately after their wedding. —George Stevenson, of Scranton, just elected head of the Stale Live stock Association, is one of the best known stock owners in the northeast ern section. tablets Must Not Contain Saccharin Tablet* for the making of refresh ing summer drinks in winter time and for the creation of sparkling bever ages for intermissions In dances or card games will have to pass the test of State analyses and a general order has gone out from the offices of the di.iry and food division for sampling of such commodities, some tablets warranted to produce a root beer equal to any made in midsummer have been found to contain saccharin, a substance that is many times sweeter tlian sugar and which is under the State ban. Arrests have already been ordered in Philadelphia and Pitts burgh. THT RIGHT MAN FOR THE PLACE [Carlisle Herald.] Next Spring a candidate will be nominated for Supremo Court Judge of Pennsylvania, and all eyes are now turning toward those men who might best serve the Commonwealth. In the group of distinguished Jurists of the State comprising persons whose training has peculiarly fitted them for the post, stands out sharply the name of George Kunkel. president judge or the Dauphin county courts. It is be lieved that Central Pennsylvania should be represented in the person nel of the State Supremo Court and citizens of Cumberland and Dauphin counties are almost unanimous in sug gesting Mr. Kunkel as a candidate, and are urging him to present his name to the voters. The Herald believes that Mr. Kun kel, who is in an active Republican and is serving Ills second term as judge of the Dauphin county courts, would be an ideal man for the place. Dur ing the past ten years he has become one of the strongest figures on the bench in Pennsylvania. Before him were tried the famous Capitol "Graft" cases, and they were disposed of so efficiently and fairly, that praise came spontaneously from every corner of the Commonwealth. Annually appear beforo him litigation involving hun dreds of thousands of dollars in which the State is directly interested. Be foro he was chosen as presiding Judge of tho Dauphin county court Mr. Kun kel enjoyed a wide practice as a law yer and served two terms as district attorney, during which six-year period he ably conducted all the cases of the Commonwealth. Besides having directly ! the law for many years, Mr. Kunkbl was an active law-maker, having been a member of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, and serving as chair man of the Judiciary General com mittee. Carlisle has a special interest in sug ! gesting the name of Judge Kunkel as a candidate for the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Mr. Kunkel has a host of friends and warm admirers In Cumberland county, and he received the degree of LL. D. at Dickinson College here. The election of Judges in this State hereafter is on a nonpartisan ballot, and every party can easily unite on a man of the caliber of Mr. Kunkel, whose training has admirably fitted him to give the best and fairest ser vice. The Herald sincerely urges the Dauphin county jurist to become a candidate, and if he permits his name to come before the voters, he is as sured of the warm support of this newspaper. I ft-UTTLft-nonserae I "Do you know," said the wearied damsel, "that you play a great deal like Joseph Hoffmann? "Really! Aren't you Joking?" said the sad specimen. . a ' a "' You both use your hands. —Dartmouth Jack o' I^antern. "After all," said Kwoter, "it's a true saying that 'he laughs best who lauahs la»t. v "Not at all," replied Wise. "Tho really true saying is: 'He laughs best whose laugh lasts.' "—Catholic Stan dard and Times. Anyone .Speak From Experience T [From the Albany Press.] Vice-President Marshall says a man's greatest difficulty to-day la to be a Christian but a politician at tho same time. Who is trying? —Not much is being said at the Democratic State windmill about tho latest exploit of John Matt and his division committee. , ~P r - Pfaltzgraff, the man picked for the York Post Office by the bosses will not accept, and the fight has been started all over again. —The Central Democratic Club cer tainly does aim high. Ex-Lieutenant Governor Watres is on a Southern trip. —Pottsville's city troubles will be heard In court here next week. —Judging from remarks In Phila delphia, Democrats are just waiting for a chance to smite Scoutmaster Morris. —Wonder what the Fritchey candi dacy for State committeeman will de velop. —Representatives Gana and Mc- Nlchol, of Philadelphia, will be can didates for re-election. —The Bull Moosers, except Kelly, have been rather quiet since the re cent conference here. —The attacks on the form of gov ernment in Pittsburgh sound very much like the endless battle of the outs against the ins. •—Uncle Hugh Ramsey, of Delta, has decided he does not want to run for the Democratic nomination for Sena tor and that leaves Washers alone. Magistrate James Carey may de cline the appraisershlp in Philadel phia after all the lighting. —Dr. Charles T. Aiken, president of Susquehanna University, is said to have congressional aspirations. ——Major Everett Warren's friends are still booming the Scranton lawyer for Supreme Court justice. —Flsk Goodyear is sitting up nights waiting for that Carlisle Post Offlco appointment. ■—Let's see, when does the Wil llamstown Post Offlco appointment come around? -Ex-Senator McConnell has been endorsed by Union county Republi cans for the Unexpired term of the late Senator John T. Fisher. To-morrow is no time at all; It never comes. The time to insure Is to day. You will be supplied with the kind of insurance adapted to your means and needs; your convenience will be consulted, the way made easy If you apply to the PENN MUTUAL LIFE 108 H, Second St. Isaac Miller, \ r,ocal F. O. Donaldson, f Agents. HBADdtJAHTKRS FOB SHIRTS SIDES & SIDES JANUARY 24, 1914. EDITORIALS <„ Not Kvm n Windahlrld [Prom the Washington Herald.] ■ On# man's excuse for dropping off Is that the water wag-on wasn't provided with storm curtains. Not Wlille the Alienists Uv< [From the Hartford Courant] If Thaw does kill somebody, who Is responsible? Plainly his family have money enough left to prove he Isn't. HINT OX INCOME TAX Apparently there la a neat little pit fall In the middle of the income fax law which may cost Individuals sub ject to the tax a respectable aggregate of money unless they take advantage of the few days remaining to resort to the means of escape which the law provides. If The Sun is not in error there is vast ignorance of the fact that many income tax payers must file with the proper authorities by Jan uary 29 next, that is, during the eight days beginning with to-day, a formal application for deductions In order to get the benefit of exemptions allowed in the law. Presumably most persons subject to the tax are proceeding on the assump tion that their duty to themselves will be performed when they file, by March 1, the tax return called for on form No. 1040 devised by the Treasury De partment. • • • "Any person subject to the normal Income tax of 1 per cent." is the legal roundabout of phraseology equivalent to "any Income tax payer* in ordinary discourse. The "following form" here referred to in tho Treasurey Depart ment ruling is form No. 1008, of the very existence of which probably the large majority of Income tax payers are wholly ignorant. We suggest that tlioso who are affected by the provis ions relative to taxation at the source, especially those from whose incomes any source deduction was mado last year, apply forthwith and promptly to the revenue collectors of their dis tricts for copies of Forms 1007 and 1008 to be filled out and filed before next Thursday night with the proper person. Apparently they will be on the safe side of tho law in so doing, and they may possibly save money. NOTHING WRONG ABOUT KANSAS [From the Marco (Kan.) Morrow.] I love the State of Kansas, with Its fields of wheat and corn; I love the Kansas sunset and tho Kansas dewv morn; and, speaking motaphorlc, I grow fat on Kansas crops and nover mind that absence of the yield of rye and hops; I love the Kansas porker and the Kansas top-notch steer; I love the Kansas zephyrs and the Kansas atmos phere; I love the Kansas sermons and I love tho Kansas jokes, but the thing I love In Kansas most Is the Kansas kind of folks. m ALLISON HILL MEN'S • kJF* im# association Great Meeting on Sunday JANUARY 25, 3.30 P. M. Lenney's Motion Picture Theatre, 13th and Market A lot of Williamsport men will tell of the great good don« by similar meetings in that community. The party includes: Dr. J. A. Campbell, Wm. T. I>alo, President of the Dayton Shoe Co., The Rev. T. P. Wilson, City Mlsson; J. C. Newcomer, Alderman; James WQson, Railroader and Alva Metzger, Mechanic. IT WILL BE FULL OF INSPIRATION AND HELP ITtie Singing ts a Big Feature at rAlir All of These Meetings-Help Us Your Will aid Its I Many Advantages 1 111 The advantages of mak- BHI H a will are these: You jy PI Mi name your executor in stead of leaving the ap- ||j L—-———J pointment to the court. Uaupmn powers of administration |i which the other would Deposit not have. j| You select a guardian of Trust known responsibility for your children. Comoanv ou are assurec * °* having ; " * your estate managed and set- . tied as you would do it your -213 Market St. self , ~„«««« And a Trust Company is the Capital, $300,000 • j j most experienced and respon surpius, $300,000 s^}e executor you can choose. J Open for deposits Saturday evening from 6 to 8. A SESSION with MOJA All- Havana quality is worth more to the smoke critic than a dime's worth of nickel cigars. MOJA lOc CIGARS are worth the dime every time. They get right down to "brass tacks" at the first puff and keep on the job of sat isfying right through to the end. Made by Jmhn C. Herman & Co. ♦UMjAimWBURfr-fMpy- " I Y&AR3 AftOTCH>Ay-1 [From the Telegraph of Jan. 24* 1164.] Many Recruit Large numbers of men arrlp* here daily and are mustered into the ser vice of their Uncle, who In retmfn for their patriotism, rewards them with a liberal bounty. Bully for Uncfea Sam, the recruits and greenbacks. Ask For Bids The superintendent of th% State Lunatic Hospital advertises for pro posals ftor supplying the hospl'tyl with fresh and corned beef, during ttte year. Proposals will be received until Friday morning next. t>ewß*DißP«rcftea~ 1 I -Qf-The- civnogAß f [From the Telegraph of Jan. 2«, lIM.] Rebel Soldiers Desert Cincinnati, Jan. 23. A speotal dis patch to the Commercial, dwted the 21st, says that the orders of tEe rebel Government requiring soldiers to serve three years more, caused hundreds of them to desert. Fifty-six cam* in to day in one squad. Rebels to Raid Kentockit Cincinnati, Jan. 23. A special Louisville dispatch to the Gazette says that city is filled with an in tended raid into Kentucky, it is said the raiders will enter the State bv three different points. Three hundred rebel prisoners from Knoxville arrival at In dianapolis on Saturday. The Commercial Situation The country's commercial conditions are classified by statisticians Into nln«e groups. Each month a report is issued by this institution covering the actual situation in these nine groups. Every businessman should have a copy of these reports. We want to send It to him without charge. If you are not on our mailing list do not hesitate to request tho letter by mail, phone, or in person. Immediate attention will bring the February report, which is about ready for mailing. COMMONWEALTH TRUST COMPANY 222 Market Street