12 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established tbjt ============================ 1 PUBLISHED BY THE TELEGKAPH PHINTIWJ CO. E. J. BTACKPOLE. Pres't and Treas'r. F. R. OYSTER, Secretary. OUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Published every evening (except Sun day), at the Telegraph Building, 21fl Federal Square. Eastern Office. Fifth Avenue Building Now York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, 12S West Madison street, Chicago. 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at six cents a week Mailed to subscribers {3.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg as second class matter. 11 /ft\ The Association of Amer- J * 1 1 (j|il Jl ican Advertisers has ex- i 1 J, Uytf amrned and certified to i' J i tha circulation of this pub- i 1 I lication. The figures of circulation / .1 contained in tha Association's re- I ■ * port only are guaranteed. i <| Assodation of American Advertisers \ So. 2333 Whitehall Bldg. N. Y. City | . —,] •worn dally averaice for the month ol March, <914 22,470 Average for the year 1015—21.877 Average for the year 1013—21.175 Average for the year 1011—18.551 Average for the year 1010—17,405 TELEPHONES! Bell Private Branch Exchange No. 2040. United Business Office. 203. Editorial Room 585. Job l)eot. 203. FHIDAY EVENING, APRIL 10 PRESIDENTIAL ENDORSEMENT S ENATORS JAMES AND LEWIS, | who were sent into New Jersey on the eve of the special election I in the Seventh Congressional District as the particular envoys of President Wilson in behalf of tho White House favorite, for whom they made speeches and in whose interest they declared a defeat would be taken its a personal Insult to President Wil son, and that New Jersey would be dishonored before the whole country, should be invited to come to Pennsyl vania to h'elp along the cause of the White House slate in this State. Of course, the fact that the New Jersey candidate for whom they spoke was defeated by the Republican standard bearer more than two to one is some what discouraging, but they did their best and what more should be ex pected? In a few days three or-four of the members of the Wilson cabinet will come to Harrisburg' to tell Pennsylva nia's how to vote and we trust they -will 'be given a cordial reception. Re publicans ought to be particularly hos pitable, as every speech, under the cir cumstances, is certain to Increase the Republican majority next November. "The eyes of the country just now arc upon the voters of the Seventh New Jersey district," declared Senator James In his appeal to the Jersey men to stand by the President, and tho eyes of the country are still on the same district, and others. Mayor John K. Royai says he .is not pleased with the commission form of government. We don't blame him. Most of the citizens of Harrisburg are In the same boat, but we can't help wondering whether Mayor Royal would criticize the new system so severely if his partisans were in con trol. With the bright Spring sunshine and the bursting of the buds and the singing of the birds ought to come Immediately- thfc resumption of out door activities of the several city de partments, and it is a gratification to learn that the programs of the sev eral heads of departments are about ready to be started. A. J. DULL HE lived beyond the limit of three score years and ten and his life was a quiet, unostentatious one, but when one reads of the strenuous activities of A. J. Dull, he cannot help being Impressed with the Strength of his character and the force and genius of his mind. Mr. Dull was one of those kindly-disposed and sympathetic men who conceal from the right hand what the left is doing constantly as they go through life. They leave an impress upon any community which cannot be gauged by a mere recital of their activities. There is an atmosphere of! helpfulness and interest in their fel low men which is not tangible, but which permeates the whole commu nity. Mr. Dull was a man of great' achievement and his persistent indus try continued until the last hour of his life. All along the way are lit tle monuments of kindness and char ity which are not visible to the eyes of those who did not know, but which mark the highway of a useful and kindly man. City Electrician Diehl is pushing the city's share of the improvement of the streets in the installation of cluster lighting. We trust that the few private corporations which have not yet done so will follow in his wake. CONVICT LABOR ON ROADS GOVERNOR OLYNN, of New York, suggests that New York State solve its road problem by having its convict labor make bricks and lay them. The Governor points out that by the State making Rs own bricks roads can be construct, 'ed at a cost of $15,000 a mile. On tliis basis he figures that the total cost of a mile of brick road tor twenty years would be $16,000, Including $15,000 for building and twenty years of maintenance at $5O a year. The total cost of a macadam road for the same period, be ls s>ff,ooo a % ■ \ ■■ V • * - • • W. * ; V- * FRIDAY EVENING, E 4.RRISBURG (£££? TELEGRAPH APRIL 10,1914. mile. There are 7,800 miles of high- I way yet to be built In the State and J the total sarins by adopting the brick road system would amount to $140,- 000,000 in the twenty years jifter com pletion, "or more than the total cost of constructing the entire system df highways." This is a novel suggestion, but not entirely new. The Legislature of Pennsylvania in 1907 took a step in the direction of road building along scientific lines by convict labor. It passed a law permitting counties to employ prisoners under sentence In > Jails and workhouses to be worked eight hours daily on highway con struction and repairs over plans an<l specifications made by the State High way Department. It would be but 'a step farther to add brlckmaking. It will be interesting to note what disposition the New York Legislature makes of Governor Glynn's sugges tion. "Eddie" Cumberland is just a boy, one of those active, gingery lads who plays well and sleeps well, but he was wide awake the other night when ,the fire broke out in the old State, Print ery. It was this boy who nevei* lost a moment iu clothing himself, but In his pajamas rushed to the tire alarm box. The boys of to-day are the men of to-morrow and their quality is often shown when the opportunity comes. While Mr. Palmer is going up and down the State explaining why a slate isn't a slate, he is pleading for sup port for President Wilson just as the same blind admirers of the President appealed for votes in New Jersey this week. He will probably explain after election, just as he. endeavored to minimize the effects of the New Jersey test, that the crushing defeat was not in any sense a repudiation of the President CASE OF THE RAILROADS FRANK A. MUNSEY sums up the situation of fair rates for the railroads'in a nutshell when he says in an article In the current issue of the magazine that bears his name: "Starve the railroads and we starve ourselves." How true this is we of Harrisburg are beginning to understand in a very disagreeable way. Thousands of our people are idle or are working on half time, and the outlook Is not bright. Not only are the local railroads suffer ing, but the great new freight station and yards planned for Harrisburg by the Pennsylvania will not be constructed this year, because decreas ing proiits and increasing expenses leave the company without funds for the work. The situation, as summed up by Mr. Munsey, is this: If the Government would get back of the railroads and give them a lift, the railroads would get back of business from one end of this country to the other and give it a lift—would get its great broad shoulder under business and heave it into action. Assure investors that our railroads have back of them the great American people, the good feeling and spirit of co operation of the American people, and have back of them as well the strong, helpful hand of the Govern ment, untold money would flow into this country from abroad and vast sums of sleepy money tucked away In odd places here at home would straightway come out of its hiding ana go into railway securities. And what wouldn't this money mean to us—all this vast aggre gate of new money in the coffers of the railroads to be spent for labor, for betterment, and for new undertakings? Tbe railroads' must have new rails, new cars, new en gines, new ties, new bridges, new stations, better roadbeds and a thousand other things. They must add to their sidings, double their trackage, and extend their roads into new territory. All this means work for idle men and full enve lopes on Saturday nights. Indeed, the railroads would be gin buying on so tremendous a scale that our steel mills and other concerns having to do directly and indirectly with railroad supplies ■ would be taxed to their capacity : and beyond their capacity. And the I high pressure activity in these lines would electrify the whole country and set every spindle spinning and every wheel of industry bounding into action. And there would be no Idle men, no Idle cars, no shuttered factories, no depression, no blues. Activity and enterprise and achievement would grip the coun try from ocean to ocean and from the Gulf to tho northern border. This Is a practical view of the freight rate controversy. The govern ment has forced the railroads to spend millions on safety devices and the im provement of traffic handling facilities —very properly so. Its arbitration boards have decided that wages must j bo increased—again very properly, for this is a country of high wages for workmen. Its legislatures have en acted all manner of restrictive legis lation and so-called "full crew" laws— which the courts have sustained. In other words, the government has forced up to the extent of millions of dollars the expenses of the railroads of the country. Now come the rail roads seeking the privilege of increas ing their revenues to meet the growth of government-imposed expenses. It would seem, therefore, that there is some reason in their request. All attempts of Wilson spokesmen and newspapers to relieve the Presi dent of a suspicion of favoritism to | England in the matter of the Panama j Canal tolls are futile. This country jis not going to be the tail for any | English kite, nor is it going to be pos | sible for the Wilson administration to | escape the censure of an indignant nation. Democrats and Republicans and men of all parties are only wait ing an opportunity to register their protest against the attitude of the l administration in the Panama tolls : matter and also the "watchful wait [ ing" policy of the administration In i Mexico. SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS NOW comes an Illinois teacher who would abolish entirely school examinations because they decide the rating of a pupil on "a fraction of one per cent." It is true that the school examina tion may fall of Its full object. It doubtless does not prove anything ex cept that tho pupil has given thought and attention to the subjects assigned him. But It does prove that and it proves It pretty conclusively. The fear of falling in school exami nations spurs many a pupil to indus try that becomes habitual with him In after life. Examinations are whole some If for that reason alone. I EVENING CHAT I Presence *oi many owners of trac tion engines und threshers in the city this week caused much discussion of methods of maintenance ol highways and it appears that the owners of such apparatus and many of the local au- , tnorities in their districts are at odds over what should be done. Some of the machines are so heavy that their I passage over a township road is detri mental and the State authorities have taken steps to regulate the manner of traveling. Only the other day a permit was asked for a traction engine weigh ing 46,000 pounds and it was turned down because of the law, which lim ited the weight of machines that may ! be allowed on State highways to 26,000 pounds. There is a constant tendency . to enlarge and the next Legislature will have troubles of its own between the owners of machines and the high- j way people. State and local. Inciden tally, the wearing of roads into ruts is coming to the front, as it does every Spring, and some of the officials say that it is up t6 the people of the State to take such means as will stop the practice. One of the stories brought to the city t. .-i week told of the man ner in which the Germans sought to break up the practice of continuing In the same ruts day after day. The German empire has some splendid . roads, but the experience has been the same as in America in regard to •traveling In one line. Finally some Prussian hit upon the plan of placing big stones, regular rocks, in the roads. This makes the drivers, horse and mo tor. go around them. The roadmaster changes the position of the rocks every day or so and there is even wearing on the metal or surface of the road. Furthermore, it Is an offense to move one of the rocks. However, we can just imagine anyone trying that plan In Pennsylvania. The late Andrew Jackson Dull was at one time part owner with his brother, the late James J. Dull, in one of tho largest ranch properties in Texas. The Dull ranches, as they were known, attracted much attention because of their large extent and the business-like way in which they were conducted. These ranches were vis ted by Harrisburgers from time to time and were a matter of local pride that the ownership was held in Har risburg. One of the largest properties, which was thirty-three miles long, was in LaSalle and McCullen counties. There was another in Pecos and Starr counties. These properties were bought by the Messrs. Dull in the seventies and were held until ten years ago, when they were sold. The day of the great ranch in Texas is passing and these great properties are now being sold off in farms. In their day they were known far and wide as among the largest fenced-in properties. Members of the Public Service Com mission are having troubles of their own these daj-o rf'ith the tremendous amount of accumulated business. There are many new l<nes of activity for the commission and comparison with the old commission is impossible because the new body covers fifty times as much. In fact, there is enough work for ten commissioners nd people who think that the com missioners have much time for any thing else are mistaken, and badly. This week the commissioners have been in session three times a day and until almost midnight on three nights. State Zoologist H. A. Surface says that if people in this section of the State give attention to apple culture there will be no difficulty about hav 'ng apple shows hereabouts. In fact, the soil here is well adapted to fruit growing and all that is needed is sys tematic care and attention to the trees and cultivation. Baseball appears to have started up with a great deal of vigor all over the city, especially among the younger generation. This was evidenced yes terday by the fact that a red-hot scrub srame was played on one of the uptown diamonds with a chill wind blowing and the mercury down around 40. 1 WELL KNOWN" PEOPLE I —Colonel J. B. Finley, prominent Pittsburgher, will be chairman of the reorganized First-Second National Bank. —John T. Kennedy, Sharon's new postmaster, is the youngest man to hold that office. —Congressman W. D. B. Ainey, of Montrose, says that favorites were played in nicking regional bank cities. —A. M. Imbrie is the new president of the Allegheny County Bar Asso ciation. —John R. Mott and Samuel M. Zwemer. noted missionary workers, are speaking in the western part of the State. I A-LirrLe-nofMervse i S tt?i A GOOD SON "Why, Mrs. Murphy, you look quite festive to-day. Anything going on?" "Yes, my son Bill conies home to day." "But I thought he got seven years?" "He did, but they're letting him oft two years sooner because he's behaved so well." "What a comfort it must be to you to have such a good son!" THI! FLOWERS By Wing Dinner Gee, isn't life worth the living I Of all times at this time of year. With myriads and myriads of flowers, As glorious Easter draws near? ; The tulips In all their rich colorings, The hyacinths' delicate shades, The bright yellow Jonquils, and vio lets. The choice of the winsome young maidß. Azaleas, hydrangeas and others, ! In numbers quite large I could name, All rich In their colors and perfumes, No two are exactly the same. There's no good excuse for the grouches Existing these Eastertime hours; They have none to blame but them selves—for They ought to get out with the flowers. Dame Nature puts forth all her efforts, The beautiful flowers to rear, Enjoy them—you'll And life worth liv ing Of all times at this time of year. j FREE TICKETS IN LIMELIGHT AGAIN Ryanites Charge That Old-time Methods Are Being Used by Morris Men who made the use of free tickets to meetings of the Democratic State committee and State convention meetings an issue against Colonel James Madison Guftey when they sought his scalp in tho '•cleansing'' of the party, are charged with using the>same means in a statement put out In Philadelphia last night. It is fur thermore charged that fr6o tickets to the dinner 01 the Central Democratic Club next .Monday night are abroad in the land and that other practices sup posed to be abhorrent to the present leaders are being practiced. These charges were made by John J. Green, campaign manager of the Ryan forces in Philadelphia, about the same time that the L.ee people In Schuylkill county were making an at tack on the bosses because ol the ac tivities of Wilson Bailey, the collector of funds for the State machine. All of these charges are indicative of the Joyous state of the Democracy in Pennsylvania. Boiled down the charges by Green are that Palmer and his satellite's liav6 borrowed some of the methods of Guffey, and that Vanoe C. McCormick Morris Is Is suspected of "chip- CUurgcd by ping in to pay the Jonn Green freight to carry Demo crats from all parts of the State to the capi tal, with the hope of putting some life into his fight." It Is also charged that the State committee, instead of being a neutral body, is working in the in terest of a faction and that its "integ rity has been badly violated by the present leadership." The direct charges are made as follows: "Over the signature of State Chairman Ro land S. Morris, of this city, and on paper of the State committee, mem bers of that body, as well as other Democrats of this city, have been ten dered their transportation to Harrls burg to attend the meeting of the cen tral body of the party in Pennsylvania next week. A ticket on the Pennsyl vania Railroad, stamped with the ini tials, D. S. C., supposably Intended to show that tlie Slate committee has received credit from the corporation, is.attached to the communications from the chairman. It is a well-known fact that complimentary tickets are being freely distributed for the dinner of the Central Democratic Club, of Harrisburg, which is to be given on the night before the committee meet ing. and It is to be presumed that the Palmer leaders are using the free transportation scheme and the free admission to the dinner plan as a gen eral game to bolster up enthusiasm for Vance C. McCormick in his home city." Senator Ponrose made caustic com ment yesterday upon the challenge of Congressman Palmer to debate with him and Gilford Pinchot. "1 ain in receipt of nu merous invitations from Penrose clubs, societies, fraterni- Answers ties and commercial Palmer bodies In all parts of the State," stated the Sena tor. "It Is impossible for me to accept all of them. I hope to discuss fully t with Mr. Palmer the issues of the' campaign from time to time, but sug gest that he and Mr. Pinchot begin proceedings by appearing on the stump together, or, perhaps, it might be better for Mr. Palmer to wait and see If he will be nominated and be a real factor In the campaign. Perhaps Mr: Budd and Mr. Ryan may lead the Democratic farces, and I may have to consider some proposition from them. 1 shall go to Washington next week and begin my investigation of post office appointments under this administration. I will be glad to dis cuss at any time with Mr. Palmer and the Democratic leaders the issue of free tolls and the attitude of the ad ministration on this question, and also the policy of watchful waiting in Mex ico. I would also like to include the matter of the rapidly-increasing army of the unemployed in Pennsylvania and the steadily-Increasing high cost of living." The Dauphin county Bull Moosers to the number of about thirty gath ered at the headquarters in Market street last night and lis tened to phonographic Moosers speeches by Roosevelt in- Listen stead of to the Demo- Eagerly cratic overtures for fu sion on legislative tickets, and then had a round of stand firm speeches. The news from Maine had not arrived, but instead there was an invitation from Repre sentative J. B. Martin to visit Middle town on April 23. Speeches were made by Mr. Martin and George L. Reed, who is being boomed for one of the nominations for the House from the city district. " rPOUTICAL SIDELIGHTS n —Charles D. Stucker, who Is a can didate for Democratic committeeman in the Second Precinct of the Sixth Ward, has ready his nomination paper and it is one of the most remarkable In the e.ty. It contains the names of all but two Democrats in the district, and those two were ill and could not sign the papers. Mr. Stucker, by the way, is treasurer of the new Demo cratic League. —Representative Joseph DeFries, of Warren, will be a candidate for the Washington nomination for Senator In the Venango-Warren district. —Strange how handy are the wea pons of old-time fighters in periods of need. The used of free tickets, for in stance. —Colonel Guffey must have a good many smiles as he watches the Palmer machine take up one after the other the means they formerly decried. —Apd the ne*t thing the Ryanites will be charging that there will be an effort to load the State committee for McCormick. —Neutrality does not appear to be figuring In the present Democratic leadership. —Over 700 are expected at the Jef ferson Day dlnn'er. —Reorganizers say that Green's claim of 30,000 majority for Ryan in Philadelphia is rot. —George H. Rowley, of Greenville, is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Secretary of Internal Affairs. —Blankenburg says there Is noth ing to the story that Frank Rlter Is to be forced out. —The Palmer party toured West moreland yesterday and will be in Cambria to-day. To-morrow It will light In Altoona. —Dlmmlck men are busy working up an organization In northeastern counties. —Creasy seems to have caught up with the Jersey tlcketholders yester day. —Congressman Temple will run again on the Bull Moose ticket. —Penrose will speak on April 28 In Steelton. —Ex-Congressman Lafean is being t boomed for Congress again. CONFIDENCEI'' Easter Suits for Men ..<■/ $lO sl2 sls $lB ffj ft! *f, S2O $22 $25 a satisfaclion E P s° m d isc t0 deliver y° ur suit in time for - y~J | H. Marks & Son >' FOURTH & MARKET SIS. " W | * % » - t NEWS DISPATCHES 1 IN HARR'SRiiRP FIFTY I trend throughout the country has es OF THE CI VI L WAR j YEARS \GO TO-DAY tabllshed the school house as a socia I— ■— and community center, so should th< [From the 10 ' 1864 [From the Telegraph of April 10, 1864.] school yard be set aside for a recrea The river has been gradually rising _ Forrest to Attack Memphisf tion center and playground for tin until it has reached a high pitch. Ix>gs, Cairo, April 7. The latest Memphis children of the neighborhood in whicl etc., are floating down in profusion. advices report nothing later from For- " u 8 , , , wmci rest or Grierson. It was rumored that the school building Is located. Swatara On Rampage the former was preparing to attack The Swatara creek, at Middletown, Memphis. , rose at the rate of seven inches an hour yesterday, and was then higher Ready For ISnemy than It has been for several years. Cairo, April 10. One day's later < 1 advices have been received from HKAUUUAHTKIH roa OUR NEEDS Memphis. The alarm recently experi- eneeii in that city was subsiding. ifl TIT [Ohio State Journal.] Preparations, however, have been made i>iw H ft' ■mW §B * ~ . to receive the enemy would he venture ■ Ml ■ Bm Efl These cold April nights are a serious to make an attack. k/jS H J|, H jS, m, Ji l/jw menace to pur peaches, our cherries, ' our self-starters and many of the oth- RECREATION CENTERS CinVG X, cinrin er crops so essential to the content- [Wilkes-Barre News.] <X aliJfcS m£>nt and happiness of a few people. Just as the popular educational - : \ -'7-; v : : •< """ :>"' T -^7 Your Easter Footwear ■I * n Will either add to or detract from the 11 beauty of your costume and everything de- II penas on the fit. LI fitting footwear is ■ never pretty no matter how good it may be. "I With a range of sizes from I to 8 and widths j|jj II AAA to E, we can fit perfectl/ any normal foot. Our sales force are experienced, capable and con- , I'll scientious—you can depend on their advice. a! 111 Prices ran e from $2.00 to SB.OO in ladies* and ||i llllljl men s shoes, enaole us to please a'l purses. pig Everybody knows that j " ° Ur c^l^c ' ireni * s department Map-f carry the prettiest shoes in Si 1P *"&■ "
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