10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH EtHMishid IS3I PUBLISHED BT THB TDLEGRA PH PRINTING CO. B. J. STACK POLK, Pres't and Treas'r. T. R. OYSTER. Secretary. OUS M. BTEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Published every evening (except Sun- Say), at the Telegraph Building, 211 Federal Square. Slater* Office, Fifth Avenue Building, Mew Tork City, Haabrook, Story A Brooks. Western Office, 123 West Madison street, Chicago, 111.. Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at six cents a week. Mailed to subscriber! St 18.68 a year In advance. faltered at the Post Office In Harris burg as second class matter.' 1 1 /fl\ The Association of Amer- ( i Iffilll icaa Advertisers bas ex- i ' Mffllf amfaed ami certified te 1 I the circulation ef this pab- i 1 I I lies 11 on. The figures of circulation i [ 11 contained in the Association's re- 11 port only are guaranteed. 11 Association of American Advertisers ! ' No. 2333 Whitehall Blrig. N. T. City ![• •were dully average far the month of December, 1913 * 22,210 Average for the year 1018—21,677 Average for the year 1913—21,175 Average for the year 1011—18,8(11 Average for the year 1010—17,405 i ' —— : —i TELEPHONES! Bell Private "Branch Exchange No. 1040. United Business Office, 203. iMttorlal Room 185. Job Dept. lOt, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 80. BRY AN AND PEACE APPARENTLY Secretary Bryan Intends to have world-wide •peace even though ha has to fight the wholo world for It. At least that seems to be the attitude he has assumed. Perhaps a more chari table view of the present unpleasant situation In which the nation finds Itself Is that Bryan has been so busy lecturing on universal peace that he has allowed an international snarl to develop without understanding just what was occurring about him. At all events he has aroused the animosity of Japan, England, Ger many, Russia and nearly every other power of Importance, and has per mitted our relations with them to drift Into channels so turbulent that not the President has cared to assume the responsibility alone, and has invited the Senate committee on foreign relations to act with him and his Secretary in pouring oil on the troubled waters. Indications are that Bryan has not sized up to the position of Secretary of State. He has made one serious blunder after another, and he has not one noteworthy achievement to his credit. It is not to be expected that the country will be plunged into war with Japan or any other nation as a result of his worse, for wiser heads than his, that have been called In, will pr/event such an issue. For the first time In his life the Commoner has been given a bigger job than bossing a Democratic na tional convention or voicing high sounding theories of government, and he has not displayed any of the keen ness or ability of which he gave promise. Our foreign relations policy under the Wilson administration has been distinctly weak In comparison with the brilliant accomplishments of im mediately preceding administrations. The Chicago man who gave the weather as an axcuie for frequenting' saloons at all hours will be giving the same excuse next summer. ELECTRIFIED RAILROADS MANIFESTLY there is opening a new era 1n the operation and management of the railroad systems of the United States. Recently the government has given a grant to the Great Kails Power com pany of Montana to transmit over public domain power for ihe electri fication of 460 miles of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road. This is i Ift line with what has been going on In Pennsylvania for several years. Al ways In step with every important de velopment in the matter of railway operation and development, the Penn sylvania Railroad company is pre paring to utilize water power for the electrification of many miles of its lines In this State. Water power is bound to revolu tionize the present system of railroad ing and a great river like the Susque hanna with its branches is bound to . . play a very considerable part in this marvelous change. Millions of dollars are being ex pended for fuel for locomotives, the cost of which, It Is believed, may be wonderfully reduced through the in troduction of water power. The great McCall's Perry dam and other large dams which are being constructed in the rivers of Pennsyl vania will -produce enormous power and the electricity thus generated is likely to make possible the readjust ment in operation made necessary through the increased labor and other costs under the present system. ; • It is also pointed out by John D Ryan, head of the Great Falls com pany, that the wear and tear upon v the machinery of an electrically op erated railroad is so much less than that of the steam road that the op erating expenses can be greatly re duced. He estimates that tho electri fication of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul lines for a distance of 460 miles can be done at an expense of $8,000,000 and that this amount can be saved in five years by reducing 1 operating expenses, i- . One of the interesting features of the movement is the attitude of the government toward the public utili tiea In this innovation. Instead of attempting to defeat the purpose of «*-••• ■' , , • . ' .V . .......... v ' • / ■ FRIDAY EVENING, &ABRISBURG TELEGRAPH JANUARY 30,1914. the railroad companies the disposition In the Northwest la to aid them un der proper regulations designed to protect the interests of the public. It is probable that the electrifica tion of the northwestern lines and the work that has already been done and Is now under way In Pennsyl vania will mean rapid development In the use of electricity for the operation of railroad systems. If it is possible to electrically operate, as predicted by Mr. Ryan, all the railways west of a line drawn north and south through the center of Montana and north of a line drawn from the southern boun dary of Colorado to the Pacific Coast, then it should be entirely possible to operate most of 'the lines In Penn sylvania by the use of electricity gen erated by the abundant rivers which traverse this great State in every sec tion. Ryan believes that no less than 10,000 miles of mountain railways in the western States will be electri fied in the next few years. It is rea sonable to expect that hundreds of miles of railroads In Pennsylvania will be electrified within the same period. It has been previously noted that the Japs are always more than ordinarily anxious to gain a naval base in Mexico about the time our own naval program comes up in Congress. MOTHERS' PENSIONS PHILADELPHIA has been allotted SI,OOO as its share of the Mothers' Pension Fund set aside by the last Legislature. Dauphin county has not received one penny. This is no fault of the State. The County Commissioners are entirely re sponsible. It is up to them to take the necessary action to bring this county's share of the State money for the relief of widowed mothers who need it. To do so the commissioners must set aside a like sum for pension pur poses. If provision for this Item has not been made in the annual budget no time should be lost In making the appropriation. There can be no excuse for delay. The Auditor General says he has no thought of making a test case to ascertain if the law is constitutional. It Is good in Its effects and injures nobody and he is quite content to let It stand. The county authorities may well follow his example. It Is altogether certain that the mother*' pension plan will in a few years ba in operation In all of the States of the Union. It is progressive legislation of an intelligent sort. In stead of voting large sums to the maintaining of private charities the States propose to appropriate sums which will permit widowed mothers to keep their little broods together under the home roof-tree and amid home Influences. Surely this is better than to separate mother and children, es pecially since the work of charity can be accomplished as cheaply one way as another. The next Legislature will unques tionably Increase the amount avail able for this purpose. The question Is, how long is It going to take Dau phin county to get into line? A West Virginia Justice fined a man for "cussing" his horse, but nobody has as yet found It in his heart to blame a man for saying words at a balky auto mobile. DR. McCASKEY'S PLAN DR. DONALD McCASKEY, of Lancaster county, enthusias tically recommended the adop tion of the "split-log drag" as a remedy for all the road evils of Pennsylvania in an address before the members of the State Board of Agri culture yesterday. Dr. McCaskey's plan is a very good one, so far as It goes. No doubt the "split-log drag" can be used to ex cellent advantage in the repair and up-keep of some dirt roads. But he should not lose sight of the fact that it affords at best only temporary re lief. The "drag" con be made to turn a bad dirt road into a good one —for the time being, but its value in per manent roadbuilding is nil. And It Is in permanent road con struction that Pennsylvania's Interest now largely lies. Of course, the State Highway Department Is putting the roads under Its control Into as pass able condition as is possible with tem porary repairs, but the big problem that confronts the roadbuilding au thorities of the State and the public at large Is the devising of a financial system that will provide sufficient funds for road construction on a scale commensurate with public needs. Witnesses testified that they tried to get rid of Judge Bpeer by endorsing him for a Federal Judgeship in Texas. Probably had hopes that Huerta would annex him. COMPUTING FARM COSTS WITH 259 pounds of chickens, or seventy-five bushels of oats, the latter raised on 2.6 acres of land, the American farmer can hire a laborer for a month. This interesting estimate of the cost of farm T\'ork appears In a recently Issued bulletin of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. Of course the figures are based on the average wage paid throughout the nation, which makes one month's wages of a farm laborer worth 90 dozens of eggs, 101 pounds of butter, 43 bushels of potatoes, 89 bushels of buckwheat, 2.4 tons of hay or 37 bush els of wheat. These quantities vary with the cost of labor and the prices of commodi ties In various localities and are not intended so much as an absolute guide as to teach "hit-or-miss" farmers how to estimate farm costs and profits in an intelligent, businesslike manner. They are Interesting to the consumer, however, as throwing a few sidelights on the high cost of farm products. Confusion is becoming worse con founded with regard to the Income tax law. Such a hod this newest public insti tution Is assured. When the library was being built and, Indeed, about the time it was opened, people in this city wer * a HttU dubious as to whether It would be used extensively in view of the fact that the State has a mas nlflcent library here anil that the city had not especially manifested much desire. The record of what the library has done since January 3, and ex cluding four Sundays. Is the answer. The registration has gone far beyond all expectations and the circulation, especially in the children's depart ment, has reached such a point that •f re ser 'ous embarrassment to pro vide the books. They are being pro vided as rapidly as possible, but the youngsters have "taken a shine" to the library and its books devoted to children are no sooner in the cases than they start out again. Speaking of the library's work among children. Miss Josephine Meek, who h«B charge of part of that activity, was waiting for a car the other even ing when a "newsie" came up and said: "Say, I've got to page 161 In that book." He had recognized Miss Meek as the librarian who had given him the book and he wanted to report progress, \ Miss Meek inquired the name of the book. "Ther boys ov '61," replied the lad. "An, say! didn't that Monerter soak that Merriinac." A Harrisburger who has sailed the Caribbean was chatting yesterday about the isles in that part of the world and Incidentally mentioned revolution-torn Haiti. "I'm reminded of a couple of stories 1 heard about that nation from some sailing men,"' said he. "One story is about a re view held by the president of the re public. He was rigged out like a czar and his army, with almost as many generals as soldiers, marched by, the officers with much gold lace and big swords and the men without shoes and guns carried any way. The pa rade went by a group of foreign naval men and one wag from Germany with malice aforethought chucked a hand ful of silver change in front of a squad that formed the backbone and the ribs and almost everything else of the in fantry division. In a flash that army was on all fours, guns thrown away, all scramblirg for coin. The next day a colored gent, in whom he recognized the gaily dressed admiral of the day before, sold us some potatoes. I was also told about the way Haiti officially gave aid to the earthquake sufferers of Jamaica and I tell It for what It Is worth. Haiti voted $20,000 for relief and the "government" went to hand it over with ceremony. The officials were shy on navigation and they landed up around Nipe Bay, on the north coast of Cuba, and on their sec ond dash for Kingston they hauled up in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. They were entertained and also enter tained in that city, to the depletion of the cash voted for relief. Finally they had to make a bold front and sailed away for Kingston. When they got there there was so little money left that they went ashore and spent it without the formality of any presen tation of even good wishes. Inciden tally, they ran their 'navy' on a reef and it stayed there." James M. W. Newlin, the Philadel phia lawyer who died a few days ago, was the youngest man In the consti tutional convention of 1873 and is well remembered by the men who sat in that body and who attended its ses sions as spectators. He was of short stature and once attempted to attract the attention of the chairman. He was ignored and when he protested the chairman declared that he would not recognize any man who did not stand to address the chair. Mr. New lin protested that he was standing and was told to go Into the aisle so that he could be seen. "When he was barely twenty Mr. Newlin was made Deputy Attorney General and served at the Capitol as successor to the late B F Etter in the late sixties. He was well known in the Auditor General's De partment. kW6LIrKnOV?n^P6QPIfi^I —J. H. McCort, the new deputy United States attorney, used to be a newspaper man in Scranton. —W. J. Brennan, the Pittsburgh lawyer, is taking an active part in the charities discussion in Pittsburgh. —Representative S. Taylor North, who has congressional ambitions, is the owner of several Jefferson county farms underlaid with coal. —Chancellor S. B. McCormick is confident that, the University of Pitts burgh will raise the $2,000,000 de sired. —The Rev. C. C. Hays, president of the Anti-Saloon League, is an active minister at Johnstown. —C. Laßue Munson gave a dinner to nineteen men of his own age at ! Williamsport. 'pm —Herr Moeslein has his work cut out for him if he wants to be Demo cratic State commiteeman. —Kaufman's candidacy does not seem to be evoking much hurrahing In Market Square. —Ryan's headquarters are now open and staring the reo-bosses right In the eyes. —The Democratic rules committee will meet Tuesday for ratification of rules amended by the bosses In Phila delphia to-morrow. —Ex-Representative R. R. Qearden looms up as a candidate for senator in Philadelphia. —On the score of fitness Stuart seems to be strongly favored In the interior counties. —The Alney boom for senator bids fair to put a crimp in Dimmlck. —The Sparks boom seems to have been well launched In Philadelphia. —Sam Scott is very much of a can didate for senator In Philadelphia. —Palmer will go to Philadelphia to-morrow to look over the Ryan headquarters. —State Treasurer Young's attacks on appropriations are Interesting and in view of votes of Democratic and Washington members in the last ses sion should command attention. —Stranger things than a combina tion by Republicans and Progressives on someone for Governor have hap pened. —The Central Democratic Club din ner committee has been unable to «ret the White House line yet. —J. C. Strayer seems to have a call on the Democratic nomination for senator in York. —And now the Gettysburg post office looms up to worry the reo-bosses —Ryan refuses to scare a bit at the threats of Palmer and Morris to enlist thy President In their cause. HEABQUARTERS FOIt SHIRTS SIDES * SIDES \ . _ YOUNG STRENGTH Will p LEWIS Believed That Philadelphia Pro fessor Will Be Favored For the Nomination YOUNG UNLIKELY TO RUN Ryan Announces That His Head quarters Are Open and That the Fight Is On State Treasurer Robert K. Young, although conceded to have the Inside track for the Washington party nomi nation for Governor, is not likely to be a candidate. The looming up o< ex-Governor Edwin 0. Stuart ae the likely Republican nominee, fear of trouble Inside the progressive party's State organization if the nomination goes to the Tioga county man and a desire on the part of the treasurer to work out a system In appropriations for the State are said to be causes leading to Mr. Young's determination not to be a candidate. Stuart and Young were candidates on the same ticket In 1908 and have always been olose personal friends; there Is smouldering discontent in the Bull Moose State organization over its domination by Fllnn and Van Valken burg, who are friendly to Young, and If he should be a candidate he would draw the Are of those opposed to the two leaders and put them into an un comfortable position, and lastly Young has for a couple of years been study ing the State's financial affairs and It Is one of his hobbies to devise some appropriation policy. Hiq speeches and remarks have been all along that line and it is said by his friends that he prefers to do that to running for the uncertain gubernatorial chair. This being the situation, it Is prob able that the eastern wing of the Washington party at least will turn toward William Draper Lewis as its candidate for Governor. It was Lewis NoW settled at the recent con- In Favor ference in this city that for Place Glrford Plnehot should be the candidate for sen ator and tentatively agreed by some of the leaders to boost Judge James N. Galbreath, of Butler, for Supreme Court, although the strength of Frazer and Kunkel was admitted on all sides, Congressman M. Clyde Kelly's antics in Washington make him too great a burden for the party leaders to carry and Julian Kennedy and H. D. W. English are not known enough outside or Allegheny county to appeal to the rank and file of the Bull Moosers, es pecially in a year when William Flinn says the 125,000 militant Washington party men will bear the expense of the coming campaign and not his own long-suffering pocketbook, which was so feelingly referred to by Editor M. T. Stokes, of Coudersport, at the Con ference. The truth of the matter is that with Flinn reluctant to "unbelt" and Young thinking how to put the State on a business basis, the leaders are pushing forward a candidate whose brains are expected to make him attractive. Every day witnesses the growth of the sentiment for ex-Governor Edwin S. Stuart for the Republican nomi nation, his record as Governor being eon- Stuart is stantly referred to, and Looming Up men from Interior coun- Over State ties who have been hqro this week for the nu merous meetings and doings at the Capitol are talking of him as the man of the hour. There Is mention, more or less individual, or Speaker George E. Alter, Dr. Martin Brumbaugh, Health Commissioner' Samuel G. Dixon, ex-Auditor General A. ®. Sisson, Lieutenant-Governor Reynolds and ex-Senator L. A. Watres as available men, but it seems to come back. In the conversations of those who have been here, to a sit uation wherein a man more directly In the minds of the people is demand ed and Stuart is put forward. Senator Penrose on his visit to Pittsburgh was impressed with the growth of the Stuart sentiment and people all over tlje State are urging that the former Governor be asked to run. The prominence of Stuart in the gossip attending the campaign haa caused some of the Progressives to hint about getting to gether on a State ticket and there is consider- Democrat* able talk to that effect In Unhappy in Philadelphia. The Situation Democrats are worse split than ever and thus far Ambassador Guthrie has shown no inclination whatever to come home from Toklo to enter the lists aa the party candidate for Governor. Palmer is being annoyed by the friends of Michael J. Ryan, who are writing him letters urging him to recognize Ryan's worth, and has as yet kept the cloth on his candidate, if ho has picked one. Ryan opened' his headquarters In Philadelphia yesterday and In an active candidate with backers all over the State. Herr Moeslein, Democratic county chairman, is now said by his admirers to prefer to crown his career in the service of the reo-bosses by becoming a member Moeslein of the State Democratic for State committee and the boom Committee for him for member of the Legislature has been sent back Into storage. The genial county chairman has not had a happy time of It because of the slating of Vollmer and Hoffman for the revenue jobs when other Demo crats who have labored In the heat of campaigns have been sidetracked or offered minor places. The candidacy of Bert Fritchey for State committee means that the bosses will have a straight-out fight and they will put up Moeslein as the goat. EDITORIALS Our Lawyers Are Versatile [From the Topeka Capital.] Sometimes attorneys for the defense work on the prejudice of the Jury. Sometimes they arrange to have their clients faint In the court room. Hardly Dare Recess TFrom the Atlanta Constitution.] The director of Congress has knocked the Move-We-Adjourn Man Into a cocked hat. The best easy chairs for old age are bought early. They are called endowments. Get particulars free. No importunity. PENN MUTUAL LIFE 10S N. Second St. Isaac Miller, I ocal F. O. Donaldson, / Agents. i .« I " ■ *ll I IX l>— ■» H Her sitter landed Jenny Duck, who had just beoome a settlement worker, and she didn't see why on* should be especially proud of a bill collector. Judge Tours Is a very serious crime, my man. Fifty years ago It wii a hanging- matter. Horeethlef Well, your honor, fltty years henoe It mayn't be a crime at all. —Tit-Bits. THE 80-PEEP MYSTERY By Wlsf Dilgtr, The mystery deep of the Princess Bo- Peep And her sheep is a story quite old, And the youngsters to-day hear the very- same tale As to you years ago It was told. And do you reoall the ploture you formed Of the search, in your wee childish mind; How they tramped through the field* and the woods all day long, In the hope that the princess they'd find. Perhaps you were right, and perhaps you were wrong, In the picture you formed long ago, But the really true facta 'bout the way she was found Teu now have the privilege to know. 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Market Sq. | Hart Schaffaer & Marx I 1 Suits & Overcoats I = (Imported English Fabrics Included) |=j I A * $15.00 1 == The cheapest Suit or Overcoat sold, I I E retail 1 made by Hart Schaffner ft |=| = Marx is SIB.OO and we are including = garments priced to $30.00. 1 1 won't Bay anything about the fabrics, nor ■'" 1 / rgk about the models, nor about the tailoring, nor /jfeA OO about the style. If you are familiar with the Oo clothes these facts are known to you. If you are (Lt#sU\ not familiar with this nuke of clothing, this is tU^XJa tho moßt profltabie opportunity you may ever have (fw)/ JwBK to make their acquaintance. Yet talk is cheap. OO We will let the clothes speak for themselves. /£ar\V | "Clothcraft" | Suits and Overcoats t j 1 At SIO.OO I Original Prices sls, $lB, S2O I J EE Furt at Greatly Reduced Prices I I I H. MARKS & SON I | 4th and Market Streets H Letters to the Editor STATE COLLEGE AND THE STATE Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. J9, 1914. To thi Editor of Tht Ttlttraph : Dear fclr: The editorial appearing In the Telegraph of January 38 ao clearly sets forth the relation of the Pennsylvania State College to the State and the obligation of the State to the college that It must be of great service In clarifying this matter before the citizens of the Commonwealth. Such lucid statements will hasten the day when the people of the State will be second to none, Eaat or West, In appreciation, support and loyalty of their institution of higher education, for this reason I desire to express to you my personal appreciation of the editorial. Tours very truly, EDWIN 15. SPARKS. -irvhAnttiSßUßfc-fMpy yeAns Afto Topay [From the Telegraph of Jan. 80, 1864.] Hia' Ilonxhlp Next Tuesday will b® "Ground Hog Day." If his hogshlp can see his shadow it is said we will have six weeks of tolerably cold weather before Spring opens. G»n Appointed Notary The Governor has appointed John M. Gregg, Esq., Notary Publlo for the bor ough of Carlisle.