8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH; Etiabltshid it}' PUBLISHED BT , TUB TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. X. J. STACK POLK, Pr«»'t and TreasT. F. R. OYSTER, Beoret«ry. OUB M. BTEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Published tvtrjr evening (except Sun day), at the Telegraph Building, tl< Federal Square. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook. Story * Brooks. Western Office. 1!S West Madison street, Chicago. 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at six cents a week. Mailed to subscribed at 13.00 a year in advance. Entered at the Post Offtoe In Harrts burg as second class matter. ®The Association of Amor- ( 1 ican Advertisers has ox- <| ■mined and certified to i' the circulation of this pab- i j i lication. The figures of circulation i' i contained in tka Association's re- i , > port only are guaranteed. | 11 Association of American Advertisers |i V No. 2333 Whitehall BM|. R. T. City | I win a dally average fer the month of March, 1914 * 22,470 Average for the year 1913—21,577 Average for the year 1112—21,175 Average for the year 1911—18.H51 Average fer the year 1910—17,405 TELEPHONES i Bell Private Branch Exchange No. 1040. Valted Business Office, 20S. Editorial Room 555. Job Dept. 208. WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL 22 A DISTRIBUTION CENTER AS might be expected from an organization of the live wires of this community, the Cham ber of Commerce has issued an Illustrated booklet which gives the high points of Harrisburg as a center of distribution. There has been a grad ual increase of the distributing houses in this city during the last, two or three years. In addition to its many other desirable features, no city along the Eastern seaboard has such facilities for distribution as Harrisburg. This fact has been impressed upon all the big manufacturers and supply concerns of the country and one after another has located here, several of them having established general of fices at this point. There is also a fine ' showing of the distribution features 1 of the city and the booklet discusses 1 the general location, the industrial 1 facilities, the convention features, at- i tractions for visitors and the munlcl- 1 pal advantages. Even our own people do not realize adequately the great progress that has i been made here during the last few years, and these occasional publica tions of the men who are on the firing lino of the city's advance are useful not only as guide posts for the visitor, but as encouragement for our own people. Most of our wars have started in April. April always was a fool month. RETAIN MR. MANNING NOW that the City Planning Com mission is about ready to un dertake its important work, we have no doubt that one of the first moves will be the engagement of Warren H. Manning, the landscape architect, who has done so much In the development of our splendid park system. As one familiar with the local conditions and who has made a study •of Harrisburg for several years, Mr. Manning is the one expert above all others who should be invited to con tinue his work here. With the ac-1 tlve citizens who compose the new commission we have no doubt the im portance of securing Mr. Manning for consultation will be immediately ap parent. No argument on this propo sition is necessary. The President has raised a row by appointing to the postmastership of Erie John T. Brew. It's natural that a man with a name like that should cause a stew. PRESIDENT WILSON'S PLIGHT UNFORTUNATELY" for President Wilson In the Mexican situation the opinion will not down that the spineless policy of the ad ministration with respect to condi tions south of the Rio Grande has been in large measure responsible for the serious problem which now confronts the United States. While the people will support the President in every proper way since actual steps have been taken to suppress Huerta, there is an ill-concealed public sentiment adverse to the whole business. It is hard to arouse enthusiasm over mili tary operations which are based upon an alleged slight to the American flag when for months pillage and rapine and bloodshed have devastated the un fortunate neighboring republic without any effort upon the part of the ad ministration to prevent the outrages. It appears to be the deliberate judgment of men familiar with condi tions in Mexico that a prompt recog nition of the only constituted authority in that country a year ago would have prevented much of the bloodshed and property destruction which have char acterized the unhindered course of the bandits who are masquerading as "constitutional" patriots. Not only did President Wilson refuse to recog nize Huerta; he placed within reach of the marauding bandits in the north abundant munitions of war that the rebels might pursue their Infamous and bloody campaign. There is no such enthusiasm among our own people as might be expected under the circumstances. Instead, there is widespread criticism of the course of the President, who was finally forced to find some reasonable offense to Justify a move against Huerta. Nor is there a very; clear »v ■ ' . •• " ■ '• '■ ■ v v\'\ ; . - , . ... • v • v - * J ■■ . * WEDNESDAY EVENING ffUUUSBURG TELEGRAPH APRIL 22, 1914. conception of Just what tlie President means In his repeated statement that he does not wish to "individualize Hu erta because of any personal resent ment. but merely to differentiate from the remainder of the Mexican people with whom the United States has no quarrel." The opinion is very general that there has been too much splitting: of hairs in the whole Mexican contro versy; that It would have been In finitely better in the beginning to rec ognize the defacto government and give Huerta an opportunity to restore something like order throughout the country. There is no less patriotism in the j United States to-day than at any time t in the history of the country. Nor Is t the attitude of the public mind on the J bungling in Mexico a political or parti- t san attitude. There is, however, a c feeling «\mong many loyal citizens that 1 this country has been placed in an j embarrassing position by reason of i the President's apparent willingness A to aid one assassin while declining to j recognize in any way the other who t happens to be in control of the or- } ganized functions of the distracted re- J public. ' £ i Postmaster of Shamokln reports re- j ceipts of $37,000. This, of course, does [ not Include the usual campaign contrl- \ button. i I CLEAN-UP WEEK DR. MARTIN G. BRUMBAUGH, \ who will be the next Governor I of Pennsylvania, is strong for ' the clean-up week movements . throughout the State, saying, "Self- i respect is essential to all spiritual j progress. No city that neglects its t streets and public buildings can ex- ! pect to compete with a rival whose ' civic pride will not permit such neg- ' lect. Cleanliness and neatness in body tend toward clean and orderly think- 1 ing and acting. This is a fundamental | thought in education, and this is why ! T believe in clean-up week." i Mayor Royal having indicated two weeks in May as the period in which , the people of Harrisburg shall give i special attention to renovation, every ( householder should begin the cleaning up process by getting rid of every \ atom of rubbish around his place. Tlie worst of this Mexican affair is . that we will be. in all probability, de- i luged with a lot of fool Mexican fash- : ions before it Is all over. i HARRISBURG GUARDSMEN HARRISBURG HAS ALWAYS HAD ' reason to be proud of its National Guardsmen, but never more so than now. The state ment of Lieutenant Hunt, of the Regu lar Army, who last evening inspected Companies D and I, to the effect that these organizations are ready for In stant service in the field only served to bring to public notice what every body familiar with local Guard condi tions well knew. And the ready re sponse of "I will" on the part of every soldier to the question of the Army officer as to whether or not they would volunteer for service in Mexico shows that the splendid training they have received has not been in vain. The National Guard of Pennsylvania is always ready and its equipment is as near the standard of the Regular Army as it is possible to get It. It is earnestly to be hoped that there will arise no necessity for calling the mili tia into active service, but there Is no question as to Its preparedness and if the call to arms should come Pennsyl vania's guardsmen will do honor to their State no matter in what situation they may find themselves. HUERTA'S DEFIANCE STATESMEN and writers both here and abroad are at a loss to account for the defiance by Huerta of the United States Gov ernment. Assuredly, it is argued, he I must realizo that his attitude is cer tain to result in his elimination as a factor in the Mexican situation. It is possible that he has figured on exactly this outcome. Huerta has been steadily declining in power and influence during the past three months. He has lost battle after battle in the . North and even now General Villa is t marching toward his capital over ex i actly the same route followed by s General Taylor during the first inva sion of Mexico. His treasury is al most empty and his European bank ers have been so niggardly in recent ' weeks that he has been compelled to i 1 pass payment on large issues of Mex-' 1 ican bonds. Slowly but surely he has' been drifting toward the rocks, with the prospect of eventually falling into 1 1 the hands of the merciless Villa, who a would doubtless be only too happy to H see Huerta sleeping beside Madero. e Possibly the dictator has felt that i' it would be better to yield to a great e power like the United States than to e go down to ignominious defeat and 4 death before the arms of a mere 8 bandit. Unless he is a very much - over-rated man that is the only con n struction that may be put on his pres -5 ent action. Only a fool or a maniac e would place himself in the position that Huerta has assumed unless he t courted certain destruction. For we - may say what we will of our present '• intentions, but we cannot leave Mex e ico until the Huertas and the Villas - have been rendered powerless to do - that country any more harm, y e LOCAL OPTION" PROSPECTS d m m ORE and more It becomes evi - \/l dent that the next Legislature e 1V X will adopt a local option law. s There will be unquestionably a y discussion of its provisions, but it is - certain that such a law will be passed h in one form or another. h It is Interesting to note in this re e spect that whereas local option ten s dencies used to be regarded as weak points in the prospects of any legisla g tlve candidate, now it is generally d conceded that any man who dares run 1, for the Legislature this year on any e other platform will jeopardize his s chances of election, e Temperance sentiment is strong and it growing in Pennsylvania and it is but .rj[fair that ihe Legislature give com munltlcs opportunity of saying whether or not they want liquor sold within their borders. Ours is a gov ernment of majorities and nobody should object to a majority of voters expressing their wishes as to local governmental regulations of the dis trict in which they reside. EVENING CHAT I If Slate Commissioner of Fisheries X. R. Buller realizes his hopes the fishermen of this section of the Sus quehanna will be able to re-establish y their shad batteries in a year or so. The commissioner Is arranging to "plant" young shad in the Susque hanna later In the year and the taking of roe shad will be under way within . a short time. The shad propagation work in the Delaware last year was very successful and it is believed that the shad fishing of the Susquehanna can bo made worth while with some care. The catching of shad was a great institution hereabouts forty years ago, there having been batteries at McCormlck's island and Spayd's wharf and smaller affairs at other 1 points, while gill nets were extensively ; used. The fishing was spoiled for a ( time, but ten years ago was revived, , being shortlived, however, because the ( McCall's Ferry dam put it out of busi ness. The construction of the fishway . at the dain is completed and tests are j now being made to see if the fish can , get through it. If It works, and there are hopes, there will be shad taken ; opposite this city. The "planting" of the fish will be in various parts of the river and Mr. Buller figures out that If , his hopes work out there will be good shad in the Juniata as far as Newport and still farther up the Susquehanna. It all depends, say fishermen, on the fishway. If it does not work, other changes will be made. Many shad are reported about Port Deposit and they are going into the smaller streams around the Maryland line, but not coming up because of the cold water. , The "planting" will be done at points to be selected later in the year. The State will have its new shad hatchery at Torresdale working within a few months. Flowering shrubs are already figur ing considerably in the color scheme of the river front. While the new grass and tiny shoots of leaves are just about giving a bare suggestion of green to the river park, the yellow "golden bell" is adding a brighter spot of color. From the pumping station to Paxton street the trailing shrubs are blooming and the appearance of this, one of the first of the Spring blossoms, has been more than a wel come sight to the thousands of prome naders. One of the interesting papers read before the snow cleaners' convention at Philadelphia last week was a dis cussion by a Seranton man on the advisability of washing the accumu lated snow of the streets into the sewer inlets. Commissioner \V. H. Lynch, of the streets and public improvement department, commented on this plan. hut questioned its feasibility so far as I i liarrisburg is concerned. "Possibly , the sewers in Scranton are differently constructed," said the coftvmissioner, , "but what they do there we certainly . couldn't do here. Our sewers are - trapped in such a way as would pro hibit following out this scheme. 1 ' John S. Musser, who presided as toastinaster at the Rotary Club dinner at the Colonial Club last evening, didn't look like himself. The fact of the matter is, Mr. Musser had been stung: not in the figurative sense ol the word, but literally. Tie motored to his old home in Columbia on Sun day and indulged his curiosity as a bee fancier by visiting the hives of a friend near that town. One of th» bees behaved as though he thought Mr. Musser was 8. Mexican invader and attacked with vigor, the shot tak ing effect directly between the eyes. The general effect on the features was to lead club members to believe that their president had suddenly devel oped a tendency toward taking on flesh. Reginald Kearna, who is one of the former Harrisburgers in Mexico, is in the midst of the territory disturbed, but it is hoped by his relatives hero that he has started out of the country. Mr. Kearns is a nephew of James Brady, president of the First National Bank, and is connected with a large mining company and has been in Mex ico for several years. He left here about fifteen years ago after attending the Harrisburg Academy. National Guard officers are busy | these days telling men that the militia- I men have not started for Mexico—yet. Yesterday several officers received a number of applications from men who wanted to enlist. The offices at the Capitol have been receiving many in quiries about the way to get into the service and the advice is given to people to apply to United States re cruiting officers for the present. CONGRESS AND THE RAILROADS [From the Philadelphia Ledger] It was inevitable that the railroads should be accused of attempting to prejudice the public in favor of the rate increase, but nothing more than a statement of facts was necessary to convince reasonable people of the de sirability of the new rates. The idea of some of the politicians seems to be that if the railroads are not earning a living they ought to be confiscated and that it' they are earning a living they ought to be confiscated anyhow. THAT "WATCHFUL WAITING" I From the Philadelphia Ledger] If the same spirit and firmness in dealing with the Mexican revolution ary leaders had been shown at the I beginning and consistently maintained all danger of war with Mexico or any portion of the Mexicans would have been averted. On the other hand the weak policy of watchful waiting has brought the United States and Mexico to the point of armed collision which has all the appearance of the begin ning of actual war. CLEAN IP! CLEAN VP! If there's rubbish in your home, Clean up! Scrub the place from "pit to dome," Clean up! Throw your heart into the plan, Make the place look spick and span— Throw all refuse in a can; Clean up! If there's cobwebs on your heart, Clean up! "Clean Up 'Week" is here, so start. Clean up! Deeds of mercy shown to-day, Give your better self fair play; Dig the gold out of your clay— Clean up! - Wash the vile schemes from your - brains, Clean up! '. Losses oft beget real gains, , Clean up! If you should be "up and in," s Help the "down and outer" win, j Be not passive-sloth in sin, Clean up! If there's venom in your breast, Clean up! Give your enemies a rest. Clean up! Scale Hates rust and free the mind Cut Love's kernel from Spite's mind; Win your foes by being kind— Clean up! There is One who seeth all; Clean up! Does He think you great or small? Clean up! Throw off pridi- and play the man; i Join the Clean Up Caravan; . All must die and Life's a span- Clean up! - —Franklin In the Public Ledger. Minions ID pi LIST Penrose's Monster Papers Stirs Machine Democrats to Imitate WAR BEGINS ON LAKE SHORE John T. Brew Gets Erie Post Office and Liebel Will Run For Defeat For Congress Democratic machine candidates woke up to the significance of the monster petitions being tiled for the Republican candidates for nomina tions at the May primary yesterday and made frantic half-past-the-elev enth-hour efforts to make a showing. Senator Penrose is backed by over 200,000 persons on petitions tiled at tho Capitol. His first petition con tained 100,000 names from Philadel phia and 65,000 from the rest of the State. Yesterday he added about 50,000 more names. Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh late last night added his second instalment of petitions to the large number already on file, making about 72,000 sponsors on his papers. In the number tiled Lancaster county takes a high place, filing 97. Chester, Dauphin, Blair, Schuylkill, Erie and Allegheny have vied with the great petitions filed for him from Philadel phia. If all the Brumbaugh petitions could be extended they would reach a quarter of a mile. Friends of Judges Trexler and End lich filed additional papers for them last evening. When the news of the huge Repub lican petitions being put on record reached the Democratic windmill there was great excitement and a box said to contain Democrats over 1,000 petitions, al- Mnde the leged to contain over Last Car 50.000 names, was toted to the "Hill" and labeled McCormick. The Palmer people also got on the last car, filing 50,000 in addition to those now on file. The congressman's secretary stated that he had 50.000 to 55,000 additional at Washington, which will probably be kept as mementoes. Al together Palmer is said to have 150,000 signers. McCormick put all on record, it is understood. Ryan supporters also filed a big bunch of additional names, as did other candidates of the war-torn Democracy. The Philadelphia Record of to-day prints the following: "Repeating again and again his attack on the so-called bipartisan ma chine, Vance C. McCor mick. Palmer's candl- Philadelphia date for the Democratic Account of gubernatorial nomina- the Meetings tlo n . addressed four small meetings in Phila delphia last night after speaking at eighteen gatherings In Montgomery county through the day. Refraining from direct attack upon his opponent. City Solicitor Michael J. Ryan, he based his objection to the latter's can didacy mainly upon the men who are backing Ryan. He drew applause everywhere by referring to the accom plishments of the Wilson adminis tration. In his tour of the city McCor mick was assisted by the federal office holders, Collector of the Port William H .Berry speaking in his behalf, while Collector of Internal Revenue Ephraim Lederer was conspicuous at one of the meetings. In Montgomery county he was accompanied on his hurried trip by William T. Creasy, candidate for Lieutenant-Governor. In the city Robert S. Bright, candidate for con gressman-at-large, traveled with him. The factional war in Erie city has been intensified by the appointment of John T. Brew as postmaster of Erie. Brew was opposed by Michael Liebel, Jr., former mayor, and the Brew Lands announcement of the Post Office selection is expected to at Erie increase the ranks of the anti-machine Demo crats in the lake city. Liebel will run for Congress and expects to have no opposition, but as Congressman Shreve Is a candidate for re-election it is believed that the Republican will be returned. Brew is said to have been backed by Palmer. He is well known to many Harrisburgers. Samuel I. Stoner, the Altoona law yer, who filed a petition to be candi date for Republican nomination for Congress-at-large, Is well known in this city. Ho Congress filed petitions from six at Large counties, of which Dau ln Demand phin contributed two, which were numerously signed. The other pe titions were filed from Blair, Perry, Juniata, Mifflin and Huntingdon. Mr. Stoner will make an active campaign. There are now nine Republican candi dates for the four nominations for Congress-at-largo to be made and about the same number on the Demo cratic side. Each faction has its own set. 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT! Aunt I'etuula'a Observation. IFrom the Baltimore Sun.] Aunt Petunia says she never beard a feller cry war yet that wasn't found hidln' under the woodpile when it come time to enlist. All Ha\e' an income ta* hive. He has gone to make folk«f tlirouKh the world think he has an on his cheek." income. ft 6 AVORSE * A QUESTION Tli e children How much do need something you think he's new every week. worth? You have no chil- Are you asking dren, hence you about his efflci can't understand. ency or his flnan l understand, cial condition? old chap. I have an automobile. DOI'BI/lO INCOME TAX [From the New York World] I Is war so popular that, a doubled Income tax will be accepted as a bless ing in disguise?