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February, 1914 * 22,493 Avsrige for the year 1918—21,1177 Arersw for the year 1912—21,175 Average for the year 1011—18,851 Average for the year 1910—17,480 TELEPHONES! Bell Msats Branch Exchange No. 1640. United Business Office, 101. MHtorlal Room 886. Job Dept. 101. SATURDAY KVK.M.VG, MARCH 7 JUDGE KUNKEL'S CANDIDACY IT must have been with a feeling of gratlflcatibn that the people of Dauphin county learned last night that George Kunkel, president judge of the courts of this district, had consented to be a candidate for the Supreme Court in response to the request of the lawyers of the Dauphin bar without regard to political affilia tions. Judge Kunkel so strongly typifies what the people of this county expect of a judge that the support that -will be given to him will be virtually unanimous. The Judge has the friend ship of every man in the county worth having and his candidacy will be a matter of local pride. Under the nonpartisan judicial elec tion act, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes will he placed upon the ballot for the Novem ber election, providing one candidate does not receive over 50 per cent, of the votes cast at the primary, in which event his shall be the only name placed on the ballot. Last Fall the people of Dauphin county renominated and re-elected George Kunkel judge of this county without a vote in opposi tion, a tribute to the magnificent record he made upon the bench in his first term of ten years. It would be to the credit of Pennsylvania if its voters should place Kunkel's name alone on the ballot. It is not worth while to remark upon the knowledge, courage and ju dicial poise of this man born and reared in our midst. They are known from one end of the State to the other, appreciated by thousands of lawyers In Pennsylvania who have practiced In the courts of this county or by rea son of their study of the decisions of our court which have been sustained in a measure almost unparalleled in the records of the State. When it is stated that in addition to these strong reasons. Judge Kunkel has had an experience In State cases, taxation and others, not possessed by anyone else; that he Is an authority on ballot laws and knows the processes of lawmak ing from service in the legislative halls, the presentation of cases both as district attorney and as defender, and is swayed by nothing but his own con science, he stands pre-eminent even mnong the ablo men mentioned for the Supreme Court this year. If "9pug" meant Society for the Pre vention of Useless Grouches, who wouldnjt join? GKNERAL TERRAZAS ONE of the most pathetic figures in the world to-day is that of General Louis Terrazas, once the richest man in Mexico, now a tottering, enfeebled, poverty-stricken fugitive from his native land, plead ing pitifully for the life of his son, held prisoner by Villa for a sum the father cannot pay. Terrazas' fate symbolizes the reign of terror in Mexico. We, north of the Rio Grande, with our long inherited Anglo-Saxon respect for law and or der, cannot imagine the conditions that prevail just across the line from Texas. Some day the literature of the Mexican revolution will be written and the bloodiest days of its French coun terpart will furnish no redder chap ters. It is only in such glaring in stances as that of Terrazas and his family that we obtain a glimpse of the ruthlessness of the bloodthirsty ban dits who for their own selfish pur poses, behind the mask of liberty, are laying waste all Mexico. There was a time when the name Terrazas meant the possession of practically the entire State of Chi huahua, aside from the fact that Gen eral Terrazas was its Governor and autocrat. His estate was valued at more than $500,000,000, because his family and those of the Maderos and the Creels owned nearly all of North ern Mexico, with Terrazas by far the chief proprietor. Over his 8,000,000 acres ranged herds of the finest cattle and sheep, with an army of more than 2,000 cowboys and riders to guard them. His "ranch house" . cost more than $1,500,000 find was a palace ca pable of accommodating 500 guests. Naturally, when the present revolu tion shook Mexico the eyes and grasp hands of the revolutionists turned SATURDAY EVENING, to the vast Terrazas fortune which other revolutions had already under j mined. As far back aa 1912 the down -1 fall of the great house of Terrazas had , practically been accomplished, and In that, year the aged general fled to Los Angeles. His estate had been confis cated and whatever money he had was said to have been taken by him In gold when he made his escape. Owing to the haste with which he had to leave and what little the revolutionists had left him, this could not have been a very large amount —a mere pittance of the vast wealth he had controlled. | It was during the thirty-six years of the rule of Diaz that General Ter razas was able, as the right hand of the dictator, to amass his vast wealth and to make himself a power in the northern part of the country. But so bereft has the old man been of both wealth and power that he has been unable until now even to treat with General Francisco Villa In the maiter of the ransofti the latter de manded as the price of his BOII'S life and liberty. For months young Don Luis has been a captive and subjected to all sorts of torture to wring the ransom from his father, or at least an Inkling of the hiding place of some of the money the old man was thought to have saved from the wreck of his fortune. Possibly Terrazas wrung his fortune from an oppressed people. At least In return he guaranteed that people protection and peace, whereas those who have succeeded him know no limit to ravage and rapine, and they have laid his rich and prosperous acres in waste and have scattered his retain ers and have slaughtered his herds. Terrazas was at all events a builder, a constructionist. Villa is a looter, a destroyer. Freedom never lights her battles in the garb of a butcher or a bandit, and the wrongs the Mexican revolutionists have done to Terrazas and hundreds of others in northern Mexico will be visited upon their own heads. History is replete with tyrants —and headsmen. A Norrlstown jury lias decided that it is not "spooning" for a young man to sit on a girl's lap if lie does so for the express purpose of keeping Ills im maculate white trousers clean. But how can a jury decide when this is the "ex press purpose" of the young man. \V ORMLEY SBURG'S ENTERPRISE WORMLEYSBURG will have Harrisburg's best wishes in its efforts looking toward the erection of a suitable town hall. It is to be hoped that the little town across the river will not have to wait as long as Harrisburg has for suitable quarters for its municipal government. Its residents are appar ently much more interested in the enterprise than Harrisburg is in the frequently discussed project of uniting the city and the county offices under one roof on the site of the Court house. It is not pleasant to think that they have a greater pride ia their town, but the suspicion arises that they do have. The fire company of Wormleysburg has shown its own public spirit by taking the lead, offering from its own treasury the sum of SSOO toward the proposed building, with the under standing that it shall have quarters on the first floor. Residents of the town have agreed to assist in the enterprise as soon as the borough is assured of clear title to the site in mind, a minor technicality to be settled by the courts. The success of the enterprise seems assured. The proposed improvement is in line with the spirit manifested by Wormleysburg along other lines of en deavor in recent years. From a mere collection of houses facing unkempt highways the borough has become one of the best kept, cleanest and most prosperous looking of Harrisburg's many suburbs. AGAIN, THE FLY WEATHER conditions are any thing but summer-like, hut while old winter is still doing his best to make us believe that Pennsylvania has been transport ed suddenly to the latitude of Alaska, the committee on sanitary affairs of the Merchants' Association of New York Is sending broadcast over the country the first of its anti-fly campaign bul letins. With the snow a foot deep on the ground the well-known swat-the fly slogan is raised with undiminished energy. "Flies cost the United Stales an nually $350,000,000," says the bul letin, which, by the way, fails to quote authority for its figures. But let that go and listen to this as a har-1 binger of Spring: "The present is the time to kill flies, before the weather becomes warm and the 'hold-overs' begin to propagate. One fly now means innumerable millions later on." The author of the bulletin is strong on figures. Higher mathematics and the mysteries of Calculus have no ter rors for him. Read for yourself: A single fly is capable of deposit ing 150 eggs at one time, and of producing five or six batches dur ing its short life. The progeny of a single pair of flies, assuming that they all live, if pressed together at the end of the summer, would occupy a space of over 14,000,000 cubic feet. This would be equivalent to a building as large as the Woolworth Building. These figures show the incalcu lable possibilities of a single fly and liow vital it is to destroy the winter flies. Don't think because the flies do not annoy you now that they should not be "swatted;" now is when "swatting" Is most effective. Perhaps we may pause a moment before accepting these figures at their face value, but when we consider that one fly may be responsible for a half dozen cases of typhoid and that no baby, or adult either, is safe where a fly exists, the excuse for swatting both early and late is plainly evi dent. We In Harrisburg enlist. Bring on your files. And the fewer the lialrs on our venerable gray heads the more enthusiastically and frequently will we swat. The country displays strong symp toms of having been kicked by a mule. Democratic. - s • r - ■ HARRISBURG TELEGRAPfI leveninfr char | The curious requests made of the j Department of the Secretary of the I Commonwealth have lately been ln creased by a number of letters from persons aspiring to become detectives, jwho write for information as to the -method of securing licenses, but the I banner letter was received yesterday ; from Washington. This letter was addressed to William Jennings Bryan, Secretary of State, by a resident of the upper end of York county who requested that the Secretary send him some books on how to learn to be a detective. He stated that he had been ; working on some cases in his neigh [ borhood and desired further informa tion, especially about securing a li cense. Many of the letters received at the Capitol come from people who want State licenses as detectives and there has been such a notable increase in their number recently that officials are wondering as to the cause. The applicants are Informed that the fjf an if n ® of licenses to detectives is In the hands of the courts of common pleas in each county. Judge Kunkel is the first candidate Dauphin county has had for the Su preme Court bench in many years, al though Judges Slmonton and McPher son were mentioned for the honor at one time or another, but their candi dacy not pushed the way the mem bers of the bar and the people of the county have put forward. This county, in spite of the importance of the State cases tried in its courts, which are constantly growing in number and scope, has not been represented on the Supreme bench. Prominent among visitors to the city yesterday was Burd Patterson, secretary of the Western Historical Society, of Pittsburgh, who came here to attend to some matters at the Cap itol. He was the guest of the Rev. Dr. M. D. Lichleiter, one of the vice presidents of the State Federation of Historical Societies, who escorted him about the city. Some of the fruits being sold about the city are not only remarkable for their cost, but for the fact that they are here at ail. The fruits include peaches and pears and come from far away sunny climes, wrapped up as carefully as though the} - were babies. They are brought in refrigerated ships and cars and packed in boxes that are specially prepared. The retirement of Miss Buelah Ken nard from the Pittsburgh Board of Education to engage in work in New York City will take away a prominent ligure at educational and women's meetings and at the same time deprive the State of the services of an un usually gifted woman. She is about to make her home in Manhattan. The Harrisburg Pipe & Pipe Bending Company is the second concern to place a large order for pig iron for delivery during the second quarter of the year, the Central having placed its order some time ago. The pipe company has ordered 2,500 tons from eastern makers. It appears that iron can be bought from the furnaces in the eastern part of the State cheaper than it can be produced along the banks of the Susquehanna. According to a general belief of country people in the city for market to-day, 1914 will be a good year for fruit. As a result of the snow of yes terday, they contend, the trees will be laden with apples, peaches, pears, cherries and similar crops to an ex tent unknown in recent years. When a March snow clings to the branches as that which fell yesterday and last night did, an old weather adage has it the signs are all for an abundant yield. The weather man says he knows not whence the belief came, how it originated or how much of truth there may be in it, but certainly so far as the weather bureau is con cerned there is no scientific basis for it. "My father told me always to watch the last snow of any depth In March," said a Shiremanstown man yesterday afternoon, "and if it clings to the branches of the trees to look out for a heavy crop of fruits and nuts of all kinds. I myself have observed that this is true. This seems to me to be about the last chance of a heavy snow this Spring and I am basing my guess on it." kyggUrKDOWn-'PgePLRTI —Major John C. Groome has been elected to membership on the inter national committee on polo contests. —Henry C. Frick Is reported Inter ested in the big new hotel to be erect ed in Pittsburgh. —Dr. A. A. Cairns, the Philadelphia health officer, personally directs the wholesale vaccinations that have been going on In that city. —Colonel Louis A. Watres still maintains his interest in the Thir teenth Regiment at Scranton and at tends many of its drills. —S. C. Long, general manager of the Pennsylvania, has been elected head of the Lafayette alumni. ,—A. G. C. Smith, the Delaware coun ty school superintendent, was married the other day at the age of 80. WHAT THE BLIND DREAM Of what do blind men dream, who never saw The beauty, light and glory of God's day; Who entered life, despite of Nature"* law. Destined to darkness all the weary way? I asked one. and his face shone with delight: His dreams were ever of an angel choir And organ music that to heaven invite To realize dear hopes and soul-de sire. In dreinis he felt the touch of hands he knew, Gentle caresses he had learned to love, And heard words spoken beautiful and true— His blindness he was never conscious Of-T- Around him were the fragrances of flowers, Though he ne'er saw their beauty, grace and hue; A moment's dream would seem like Joy for hours. Nor mourned he for the sense he never knew. No vision could disturb him as he slept Nor sight of suffering. So was nature kind, Thus giving compensation, though she Her face of loveliness turned from the blind. In the hereafter, when the grand sur prise Of glory-light gives us new power to see, We'll gaze on all with new, unclouded eyes, And know that we on earth were blind as he. —George Birdseye in The Christian Herald. AN EVENING THOUGHT Charge once more then and be dumb, Let the victors, when they come, When the forts of roily fall, Fihd thy body by the wall! •—Matthew Arnold. SPEAKER ALTER IS NOTA CANDIDATE Says That He WiD Not Enter the Contest For Republican Gubernatorial Job GIVES HIS PERSONAL REASON Brumm Will Enter the Race For the Bull Moosers Nomination Very Speedily Speaker George E. Alter, of the State House of Representatives, last night announced In Pittsburgh that he would not be a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor. The speaker said that personal rea sons impelled him to this decision, but he intimates pretty strongly that he Intends to continue in politics, but is not now a candidate for anything. The speaker's announcement has been awaited with much Interest as he has many friends in this commun !lty, who would have been glad to take off their coats in his behalf. In his statement the speaker says: "It is well known to my friends who have talked to me about the matter that the suggestion of my being a can didate for governor at the coming election has never appealed strongly to me. 1 have now decided definitely that I will not be a candidate. The very strong tenders of support which come to me have been extremely gratifying and many of my friends have suggested reasons for my candi dacy, to all of which I have listened and given full consideration, but I can not agree to be a candidate at this time. Reasons ol' a personal nature, apart from public or political con sideration!, have all along weighed against the thought of my candidacy and mainly control this llnal decision. I have deferred this announcement because of my reluctance to disappoint some of my friends who have been most kind in their advocacy of my candidacy and who insisted on my giving the question further considera tion. "While about it I might as well say that I am not a candidate for anything. I have always advocated the duty of taking an active part in political affairs, and shall continue to take such a part, but continuous hold ing of public office is not essential to public usefulness." Judging from appearances, the mlkeryans are going to make a con test with the reo-gangsters for control of the Democratic State committee at the com- To Contest ing primary and in ad- Control of dition to the light over the Macliinc the nomination for Gov ernor the opponents of the bosses will face a light all along the line. Five hundred nominating petitions have been taken out for State committeemen by the faction opposed to the reo-bosses and they will be filed in due season, say tho leaders of the other crowd. In addition it is said that a candidate to oppose A. Mitchell Palmer for the senatorial nomination is to be uncov ered and men will be named to oppose the slating of Creasy for Lieutenant- Governor, Meclillng for Secretary of Internal Affairs and Bright and the rest of tho Jersey slate for the con gressional posts. According to information from Philadelphia, nominating petitions in behalf of Judge C. N. Brumm for the Washi n g to 'n party nomination for Gov ernor will be started Bull Moosers out within a few days Split Over by friends of the tile Slating Schuylkill judge and around him will rally all of those opposed to the Flinn- Van Valkenburg domination of the remnants of the organization. State Chairman A. Nevin Detrich is now sitting as chairman at Philadelphia and is making a valiant effort to keep up courage by whistling and slamming Penrose. There are so many inside fights in the Bull Moose organization that it is almost in the same class as the faction-rent Democracy of Penn sylvania. The Philadelphia Ledger says to day: "Superintendent Brumbaugh, whose candidacy for the Republican gubernatorial nomina tion will be announced Brumbaugh next week, will declare Favorable in favor of local option, to Option This was clearly lndl-' cated yesterday when friends said that 'Dr. Brumbaugh will be sky high and true blue on everv moral question." Fur ther impetus to the Brumbaugh boom was received yesterday when friends of the 'schoolmaster,' attorneys in Blair and Cambria counties, came here to call upon him and to offer their support. These friends were J. Banks Kurtz, a former school teacher and an ex-district attorney of Altoona, Blair county, and J. W. Leech, of Ebens burg, an ex-superintendent of schools of Cambria county and an ex-district attorney. They came to the city to tell Dr. Brumbaugh that the people of their counties, regardless of party ties, were 'for him for Governor'." rOLItICAL»SID6b.Iftbr«SI —Market Square will learn in a few days that Judge Kunkel is a candidate. —Being sure that the executive committee will not get away, the bosses have decided to have the mem bers meet to pass on the typewritten draft of rules. —Nevin Detrich always could be de pended upon for the unique in politics. —Eugene Bonniweli's name is not mentioned In certain buildings in Mar ket Square. —Dr. Brumbaugh's announcement is expected within a few days. —The Democratic executive com mittee will meet here Thursday to ar range for life-saving appliancea. —Various men are now being "sug gested" and "mentioned" for nomina tions by the reorganization papers and bosses. Extension of the Jersey slate making was too raw even for the Pal mer people to stand for. —Judge Bonniweli's remarks have started a lot of talk all over the State and the fact that there is no denial Is being commented upon. —J. Benja»mln Dimmlck in a state ment issued last night expressed regret that Speaker Alter did not see his way clear to stand for Governor. —R. L. Emerick has been elected chairman of the Indiana county Pro hibitionists. —A. C. Stein, one of the ablest of the younger members of the last House, will be a candidate for renoml natlon in Pittsburgh. r iumiutiu worn 1 SHIRTS SIDES & SIDES ROVAL Baking Powder Absolutely Pun Recognized everywhere and by experts as the very highest grade of baking powder— superior to other brands in purity, leavening strength and keeping quality. Made from pure cream of tartar, the product of grapes, and the most healthful and useful of leavening agents. Its use insures the bread, biscuit and cake I against contamination from the cheap, improper or injurious ingredients from which lower priced baking powders may be made. \ I A-uiTLe-noraease) She heard her father talking- about a new sanitary law, and for her part she thought it was the insane who most need legal protection. HAHD LICK! By Wing Dinger Pour salesmen to-day sat together In hotel chairs covered with leather. They were gloomy and sad, And said, "Gee, it's too bad That we've got to have this kind of weather." The one chap sells bathing suits trim, And I really felt sorry for him. When he said, "I should For every snow flurry Makes my chances look very dim." The next chap had his troubles, too. He sells waists that are real peek-a boo. He said, "If the women Right now won't go swlmmin', With my stuff what is there to do?" Another who on the trade calls With a line of select parasols, Said. "You'd better go alsy With me for I'm crazy From seeing so many snowfalls." The other chap sells little guards, To place about flowers in yards. He asked of the bunch, "How is this for a liuncli, Let's go up to my room and play cards." Later on still another strolled in, On his face was an ear-to-ear grin. He said, "I can't lose, For I sell overshoes, Whatever the season we're in." j \ Manufacturer Merchant Consumer The link that binds these three * together is the dally newspaper of character. It goes directly to the con sumer a daily and intimate friend. It carries in its advertising the message of the manufacturer and the merchant. It makes the chain complete, cuts all corners, and makes com merce easy and profitable. In serving merchant and man ufacturer it also serves the con sumer. Its service is one of mu tual benefit—the soundest kind of commercial transaction. More and more people are learning to rely on the advertis ing in their favorite newspapers as a guide to safe and sure buy ing Just as they rely on the news columns as an actual tran script of the world's happenings. Co-operative work witli deal ers in nationally distributed ar- i tides is part of the function of ; the Bureau of Advertising, American Newspaper Publishers Association. World Building, New York. Correspondence with general advertisers is solicited. Booklet on request. > i.i I MARCH 7, 1914. | news > d iBPATc.f> e 8 - ~OP-The-civil* WAR [From the Telegraph of March 7, 1864.] Destroys Kuilroad New York, March 0. Forty-six miles of the Ohio anil Mobile Hailroati were destroyed gy General Sherman. J lie Southern road was alto destroyed from Meridian to Jackson. Forty-eight hundred negroes were carried oft. Iteln-lii Burn Tonn New York, March 6. An extensive fire occurred at Pensacola on the l!)th ult. The town is believed to have been destroyed by the rebels, under the Im pression that our forces designed to occupy It soon. MY ALLEGHENY HOME Though far away from childhood's I home I've wandered, ! Yet oftentimes in dreams I seem to bo With loved ones roaming through the flowery meadows, I. Or seeking laurel for tlie Christmas 1 tree. Oh, happy home, beside the Allegheny, In stilly watches of the night 1 hear "he sweet duet of wind and wavo together. Then early call of barnyard chanti cleer. And oh! the sweet spice-laden mountain zephyrs T]hat floated in through windows open wide, While Insects' drowsy hum was quickly silenced, By mocking bird perched in the tree outside i My happy home beside the Allegheny. 1 d give the wealth of air and bound less deep To see once more the full moon sailing o er thee, And far below the Juniata sweep. The blazing pine knots sinking low and lower, The chestnuts roasting in the fireplace tall; Our father in his arm chair gently dozing, Ills shadow silhouetted on the wall, i Dear, happy home beside the Allegheny. At morn, and noon, and eventide I yearn For forms at rest and voices that are silent. And halcyon days that never can re- I turn. JENNIE M. BUCKLEY, Delphi, Indiana. ; "When I married you," said Mrs. ' Naggers, "I thought to reform you." Yes, answered the husband, "and it « a " umber of reformers you seized the first opportunity to become a boss." —Kansas City Star. Realizing that the aver age man does not know the rudiments of Life In surance, we have prepared a series of letters upon this subject. They are yours for the asking. PENN MUTUAL LIFE 103 N. Second It Isaac Miller, I Local F. O. Donaldson. J Agents. I f— 1 MONEY ! SECURITIES I BIH B Thi s trust company y_P_H always has a large amount \ f=\ --E— Q f f unc i s t 0 b e invested. Dauphin t , We prefer t0 tri , but ® r this money in the local Deposit market by purchasing the commercial paper of in -1 rust dustries and enterprises Company ot sound standing. | 213 Market St. " y °" r b " si " ess " eeds extra cuiui woo.ooo £jP"al we will be pleased to ! surplus, »300.000 have you consult us. I|i Open for deposits Saturday evening from C to 8. |i| 'ItVbARRWBURft-PIPTy- ye-ARS- AfrOTODAy-1 [From the Telegraph of March 7, 1864.] To llii 11<1 Fire House Proposals will be received until th« 10th Inst., for the erection and com pletion of a two-story brick engine house for the Paxton Fire Company. Plans, etc., can be seen at Daniel IC. Wilt's lumber office, foot of Second street. The Iter. Mr. Unns Resign* The Rev. D. Gans has tendered his resignation as pastor of the Oermai: Reformed Church in this city. I EDITORIAL COMMENT! Better .See lllm Personally [From the Albany Journal.J , You can't tell how brave a man is by the way he talks at a telephone. .lust Like Mr. Hawthorne [From the Washington Post.] It would be just like Bandit Castillo, v/lio burned helpless railway passen gers In a tunnel, to complain to the warden about the ventilation of hit cell. Time For Him to Come to But [From the Milwaukee Journal.J Chicago Is complaining of a ballot so long it Is a Chinese puzzle to the voter who has anything else to do in life. If we are not mistaken, this class of voter is about due for an inning. Maybe He Calls It Situation [From the Philadelphia Inquirer.] "Mexican muddle" has thirteen let ters, and yet President Wilson says that's his lucky number. i A Bank's : Service | To Its Patrons The management of a sound financial Institution ts very frequently in position to render helpful advice to Its patrons on various questions that arise In business. The officers of this company invite its patrons to consult with them at all times on matters within the scope of its various departments, and will treat in strict confidence all interviews in which their judgment is sought. COMMONWEALTH TRUST COMPANY 222 Market Street