8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Bttabliikid tt}i PUBLISHED BY THE TKIJKGiHAPH PHINTIHG CO. %. J. BTACKPOLE, Pres't and Treas'r. T. R. OYSTER, Secretary. pVS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Published every evening (except Sun day), at the Telegraph Building, 21« Federal Square. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, NeV York City, Hasbrook. Story & Brooks. Western Office, 123 Weat Madison street, Chicago. 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at wlffllAnlZnE' six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year In advance. JJntered at the Post Office In Harris burg as second class matter. / /fitN Th« Association of Amer i iSFil&l ican Advertisers has ex !l (RUDtd and certified to i' I the circulation of tbla pab - 11 lication. Tha figures of circulation 11 ( > aontained in tha Association's re- I > port oilf are guaranteed. 1| Association of American Advertisers ; j, No. 2333 Whitehall Bldg. N. T. City ! (wn dally average for the month of March, 1914 Average for the year 1918—21,877 Average for the year 1912—31,175 Average for the year 1911—18,801 Average for the year 191®—17,496 TELEPHONES i Bell Pi Is ate Branch Exchange No. 3040. Halted Business Office. 203. IDdltorial Room 585. Job Dept. 303. SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL, 25 MR. PALMER'S WISH THERE 1B printed this morning in the Palmer-McCormick bul letin of this city, which boasts of being "fair and Just to all men ■whether In or out of office," the re port of a speech made at Milford Square yesterday by ■A. Mitchell Pal mer, the boss of the reorganization faction of the Democracy, in which he declared, "I am not abusing anybody jior berating anybody." Then he fol lowed with a lot of soft solder for the hand-picked White House candidate for governor and this hysterical state ment: I want to be in llarrisburg when McCormick becomes Governor. There wil be n parade of political crooks "iarching off Capitol Hill that will fill three cars. And leading this procession, it must be assumed, will be such men as Na than C. Schaeffer, the distinguished head of the Department of Public In struction : Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, whose fame as head of the great Department of Health has extended throughout the world; John C. Groome, who has organized the State constabulary; Thomas Lynch Montgomery, whose work as State Librarian has made his name a household word far and wide; N. B. Critchfield, who has given in telligent and comprehensive direction to the agricultural interests of the State: General Thomas J. Stewart, whose constructive work in the or ganization of the National Guard has placed -him at the very head of the volunteer forces of the country; Wil liam H. Smith, whose work as Com missioner of Banking none has ever criticised; H. A. Surface, who has given years as Economic Zoologist to the conservation of the fruit interests of Pennsylvania; Nathan R. Buller, Commissioner of Fisheries; John Birk inbine, head of the State Water Sup ply Commission, and scores and hun dreds of men who have given to Pennsylvania efficient, loyal and pa triotic service. Pennsylvania to-day stands at the head of the Commonwealths of this country In respect to its conservation policies, the constructive work of the heads of its several departments and hs the one State of the galaxy in this Union that under Republican rule is absolutely free of debt and a leader in the creative work of administra tion. What more can Mr. Palmer and his satellites do for Pennsylvania? There is sweeping throughout the Democratic party in Pennsylvania a •wave of protest against t lie aristo cratic attitude of the clique which has taken over the management of the party for the exploitation of personal ambitions. One of tho candidates for the gubernatorial nomination Mr. Ryan, of Philadelphia—declares that he is the candidate Of the plain people and that he resents "the operation of the patronage syndicate, its traffic in post offices. its hypocrisy, its deceit and its campaign of vilification." This is a strong indictment, but seems to be jus tified by tho incidents of the campaign. UNCLE SAM AM) HIS NEIGHBORS PRESIDENT WILSON will havo the solid support of the Ameri can nation back of him in every effort to establish something like civilized conditions in Mexico, but there is still much dissatisfaction over the former do-nothing policy of the Administration. Perhaps the most severe criticism arises over the remarkable alignment of the Presi dent with the bandits in the northern part of the distracted Republic, as a result of which heavy shipments of arms from the United States was per mitted without any apparent thought that these same weapons might be turned upon Uncle Sam. Nobody questions the purity of the President's motives, nor is there any doubt about his patriotism, but the conclusion is forced upon all who have made any study of the events of the last year that President Wilson has been hypnotized by his own theory of peace as expressed in a mistaken pol icy of "watchful waiting." This might have worked with a different people, but in dealing with men of the type of the defiant usurper whose refusal to recognize the dignity nf the United states (lag hius aroused a na-1 SATURDAY EVENING, Hon justifies another and more vigor ous policy. But the country is now at war, and while the people will never cease to regret the weakness of the Washing ton Administration in dealing with Huerta. they will give the President the last measure of loyal devotion to the end that an unhappy neighbor may learn the true spirit of the Amer ican people. There has been too much usurpation of power by one department of the government in defiance of the distri bution of that power under the Con stitution. President Wilson has gone farther in this direction than any of his predecessors, ;Aid it is not. surpris ing that men of the type of Senators Lodge and Root and other experienced statesmen should have resented the intimation that they were doing some thing out of the, ordinary in Insisting upon full consideration of all the mat ters involved in the unfortunate con troversy; especially that the'resolution justifying the President's position should be broad and comprehensive enough to place this nation in a pro per light before the world. It is going to be difficult for the President to explain the inconsistency of the Administration's position in or dering a blockade at Vera Cruz to prevent Huerta securing a large con signment of arms and ammunition while at the same time permitting arms and other munitions of war to go across the border to the \ ilia and Carranza combination. It was little wonder the embargo at the Texas bor der against military supplies going into Mexico was again enforced. Partisans of the Administration who have endeavored in the last day or two to create the Impression that op ponents of the President are responsi ble for the situation in Mexico, Inas much as they demanded war while he was striving for peace, will not get far with that contention. There has been no demand anywhere for a declara tion of war against Mexico. There has been, however, a demand for months that some fixed and definite and firm policy respecting the out rages on American citizens in that country should be announced. Pri marily the difficulty was in failing to recognize the constituted authority in Mexico more than a year ago. In stead, the Washington Administration fiddled while the sacking and burning and butchery proceded from one end to the other of the distracted Republic. Senator Borah has undoubtedly sounded the keynote of the situation in his declaration that "the United States must cease pretending friendli ness for the smaller nations on the south while constantly encroaching upon them and ingratiating ourselves into their affairs with the ultimate ob ject, as the world believes, of taking possession of them and their sover eignty." The logic of the events of the last week is inevitable that the United States must establish a firm and per manent policy respecting all of the peoples on the Western Hemisphere. There is no other course open to us; and the job is big enough to engage the thought of our best statesmen while invoking the patience of a gen erous nation. Villa says he wants no war with th« United States and will decline to be dragged into a conflict with this coun try by anybody. That sounds all right on the surface, but in view of the dis tinguished bandit's record it must be taken with a grain of allowance. Especially should we be somewhat skeptical since it is reported that Villa lias broken with Carranza, tho head of the "Constitutional" forces. As it looks now it will be necessary for Uncle Sam to fight, the whole bunch of scrapping bandits in ail parts of Mex ico. PENNSYLVANIA STEEL THE present, talk of merging the Pennsylvania Steel Company with other interests and the passing of its dividend should not lead the public into the delusion that the big concern is in financial dis tress. According to tho Philadelphia News Bureau, which is generally admitted to be in close touch with Pennsylvania Steel Affairs, there would have been less surprise at the passage of the dividend if the public had had a better appreciation of conditions in the steel industry. For a long time there has been very little business, and little or no profit in what is being done. The Lackawanna Steel Company's report apprised the public of actual condi tions, and day to day reports for months should have given full notice of the situation, according to the same authority. Says The Bureau: In view of the existing conditions and tlic immediate prospects of the industry there is no doubt that the board acted wisely in passing the dividend. If the prospects had been fair there might have been different action, but the course taken was largely decided by the adverse outlook. The fact that the rail roads are not yet in a position to buy materials and supplies was another factor. Railroad orders are estimated at about HO per cent, of normal and until the Interstate Commerce Commission takes action In the freight rate advance case there Is 110 likelihood that the rail roads will buy except for the most urgent necessities. Foreign compe tition was also considered, it is beginning to be felt, and at the present time the foreign makers have about an even chance for business with American mills in this country. This is especially true as to the Gulf ports and the Pa cific coast. Mr. Schwab has pointed out that the Bethlehem Steel Com pany's freight charges to tidewater are about equal to the ocean freight/ of German and Belgium mills to New York. The importa tion of iron recently affords an il lustration of what may be expected. The company, It Is to be noted, has a surplus of $5,000,000. This is being held in reserve and the dividend was evidently passed with the idea of tak ing lull advantage of a business re vival when it comes. The company is thus kept in good financial condi tion, its finances are conserved and Its stock values maintained. There should be no worry for the future of Pennsylvania Steel. Harrisburg is not only supplying the "man behind the gun" in the Navy, but the loads for the guns, as well. The Pipe and Pipe Mending Works is mak ing projectiles for the Government. 1 EVENING CHAT I Nonarrival of a number of trees prevented any observance of Arbor Day at the Capitol Park yesterday as I planned, but in the next fortnight lifty or more native trees, including I a fine line of native oaks and other trees common to Pennsylvania, will be set out and the Governor and high State officials may be asked to plant them. This has been the custom in the past and many of the trees bear the names of men who figured In State officialdom, although the average man who passes them knows it not. The places lor the trees have been marked out by stakes and the trees are ex pected next week. Aside from this proposed planting, it is doubtful If much attention was paid to the second of the Arbor days yesterday. In the city parks the tine weather enabled the tree planters to get In their work on the first day and yesterday there was more conversational than real conservational observance. "Wood man, spare that tree," was much re cited and the value of planting trees, conserving the moisture and other matters was discussed, but Arbor Day went by without much Increase in the number of trees. The Harrisburg Public Library has been one of the busy places of the city because of the war scare, owing to the numerous demands made for informa tion on Mexico. Practically every book in the new library has been turn ed over, as they say, when It has been in circulation the last week, and the reference bureau has answered many questions about the site, population and characteristics of Mexico and its States for pupils who are writing es says on the republic, and has also been furnishing considerable information on short notice about distances be tween the cities and the oceans. It is surprising how the demand for infor mation crops up at a library when a country or place begins to figure in the news. People at the Capitol are awaiting with eagerness the coming of the Rat tlesnake flag carried in the Revolu tion and recently willed to the Com monwealth by a Greensburg woman. This flag will be the first of its kind and will be a great curiosity because every school boy knows the flag. The State has but one other Revolutionary War flag, that borne by the First Pennsylvania Rifle Battalion, which has been at the Capitol for years. There is also a flag from the War of 1812, but none from the War with Mexico. A Mexican War flag is own ed by a man In Duncannon, but he has thus far not shown much inclina tion to add it to the collection In the State Museum. The State of Pennsylvania has a fish car on its hands. The car Is on a siding at Bellel'onte and was used for years to cart fishlets about the State for "planting" in the streams. When the car was put Into service it was one of the notable things' and attracted much attention. It traveled probably thousands of miles about the State de'- livering fish fry and small flsh for placing in the waters, but in recent years has been in bad odor with the railroads. They do not like to haul It around and the State, has been doing its shipping by express, saving money, time and trouble. A short time ago bids were asked for the sale of car, but no one would bid. The State cannot give the car away and no one wants to buy it. People who have been noting the movement of troops to Mexico have re marked that the Nineteenth Infantry Is again in the thick of it. The Nine teenth is more or less of a Pennsyl vania regiment. For years its com mander was Simon Snyder, a grand ' son of the famous Governor of this State. It was in Indian campaigns and in the Spanish War it went through Porto Rico. Then it came to Camp Meade to be recruited and went to the Philippines. The Eyre Construction Company, which will build the subways In Mul berry street, is headed by T. L. Eyre, who is well known here because of his service as Deputy Secretary of Internal Affairs and Superintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings, air. Eyre will be here a considerable part of the time to look after details. FPOLITICAL SIDELIGHTS ~1 —How sweet the unity in the Dem ocratic party which a year ago was proclaimed from Market Square as harmonious. —Wonder if Bryan should leave the Cabinet if some of the knee-benders would not start to throw bricks at him. Jesse Lybarger Is on dangerous ground. He said at the Democratic Club dinner: 'As an individual I have a right to choose for whom I shall stand." That's contrary to reorganiza tion doctrine. —The speeches by C. B. McConkey have the same old vigor, but likewise the same oJd ring. —Jesse Lybarger should write to Senator larley or Judge Bonnlwell in his search for reasons whv Demo crats should not vote for McCormick They might answer his interrogation. —Marshall's legislative platform is reported as closing: "Do unto others as 1 would have them do to me." He will lind out after he gets through with that reorganization machine. —McCormick alK ' Palmer continue to find it. hard bucking against a war for the publicity so essential to their campaign. —Ryan cut loose at Sarve last night —Dinnnick did not get a chance to speak at Coatosville last night, but he is going into Chester county to-day —The settlement of the postmaster ship fight at Sayre by the appointment of Daniel Clear.v has raised a hornets' nest around the head of A. Mitchell Palmer. There were, seven applicants and every man who failed to get the place Is vowing vengeance. Five of them are out for the Ryan ticket. —Ryan is in Lycoming county to —Palmer does not seem to be anx ious to answer Judge Bonniwell. I A-urrLe-nopgen^el in' uyiin koum Mike- Had any breakfast" Pat—Not a drop. HARRISBURG RFIJIFTL TELEGRAPH CLUB DINNER WILL BE GBEIT Ml The Harruburg Republicans Will Have Celebration on Even ing of May 18 DEMOCRATS ARE BRAWLING Finding Fault Over State Com mittee ; Henry Meyer Drops Out of the Race Arrangements were completed last night by the Harrisburg Republican t.lub for the dinner of the club In honor of the twelfth anniversary of the incorporation of the organization, which is one of the best known in this part ol the State, and the date was ■m, r Monday evening. May IS. This date Is the night before the pri mary election and is expected to be a 'i\ o1 ; a ! Jle ralI >" of Republicans of this district. President L. R. Metzger will preside at the club meeting, which v.ill pre cede the dinner, and Senator E. K. Beidleman will be the toastmaster at the dinner. Senator Penrose, Governor lener Congresstnnn Kreider and other prominent Republicans will be among the speakers. The committee in charge is com posed of prominent members of the club, who have been assured of strong support. Senator Boies Penrose, returning from Washington yesterday, where he voted with the national Administra- tion in support of the war „ resolution, made this I enroso statement in reply to an Predicts Inquiry regarding the Landslide political situation: "The indications point to a Republican landslide in November. "There has been a ten dency in this direction all winter and it has Increased with remarkable mo mentum during the last two or three weeks. 100 much of the lecture circuit and too little statesmanship has pre [viilied. While every patriotic Amer ican will lie back of the government and we will be united now that we are in trouble, yet the war will be looked upon as unnecessary and will be un popular. If it should be prolonged In an interminable effort at pacification will impose heavy financial burdens on our government which will have to be met by increased taxes. In creased taxes were cheerfully paid in the Spanish War because of the ex traordinary prosperity abounding in every direction. At the present time conditions are steadily growing worse and the country is in no position to Stand either direct or indirect bur dens." Democrats have already begun to quarrel over the election of the mem bers of the State committee, for wh jse control the machine is contending as earnestly as It is for the guber- Cameron natorial nomination, Democrats and a contest has begun Warring against the qualifica tions of John W. Nor ris to stand as a candidate for State committeeman in Cameron county. It is charged that Norris has no right on earth. Norris and Bernard Egan tiled petitions to be candidate for State committeeman from Cameron, which has about as much population us Jlid dletown and Highspire together. Egan claims that he has 224 of the 300 Democrats enrolled in the county and that the other fellow can't get the requisite number to qualify as a can didate. Things are not going peacefully In the Washington party either. Yesterday there were fresh out breaks inside of the „ „ .. Philadelphia organiza- Bull Moosers tion and the friends Developing of Dean Lewis, wor- I* a mil y Kow ried over the spread of Brumm sentiment. named a committee to take charge of his canvass for the nomination. Lewis is out on the stump and has found that Brumm is very popular. The row inside the Phila delphia end led to this development according Public Ledger: "Ex- State Senator John Tilden Murphy county committeeman of the Roose velt followers of the Washington party in the Forty-third Ward, replied yes terday to the resolutions adopted by the Independence Club of that ward requiring .that he be ousted from the Washington party city committee. He described the club as "an aggregation or Keystoners, sham progressives and Penrose machine followers," and said he was going to light to the end t.lie attempt to force him out of the Wash ington party." Henry Meyer, of Pittsburgh, one of the Democratic candidates for Con gress-at-large, filed his withdrawal as a candidate at the Capitol late last night. Mr. Meyer was .Meyer Not one of the four men To Make the put. forward by the Campaign managers of the Ryan campaign, and no reason is given for his retirement. There arc still eleven candidates for the four nominations by the Demo crats in the field. Mr. Meyer is the first person to withdraw as a candi date for a State-wide nomination. The time for withdrawing expired last night. Other candidates who withdrew w»re: Senate—John R. Dierst, Allegheny; Republican and Washington, Fortv fourth. Representative—Madison A. Garvin Adams; J. A. H. Uleisteln, Republican! Lebanon; Thomas Curtis. James E. Jones, W. C. Steff, Luzerne; Wallace Bromley, Republican, Philadelphia; J, too.—Har risburg Telegraph, April 24. By jove, i don't know who wrote That bit of good advice. But I'm for him, you bet you; I think he's mighty nice. Here I've been one of those boobs, Who stick right to their work. Which I have thought the duty Of every faithful clerk. But now I find I've been wrong. And wasted moments good In toil, instead of strolling Through lane and shady wood. Each week I think I'll knock off An afternoon or so. And get out in the open, Where gentle zephyrs blow. And when next morn I walk in I won't be at a loss In making explanations For absence, to the boss. I'll simply slip the clipping, We published yesterday, To him and let him read it —And what's he going to say? THE END OF A COSTLY DREAM [From the New York Sun.] In the Secretary of State's dollar a year Commoner for the present month of April we discover this exullent but untimely reference to the. administra tion's policy of building up the military strength of Carranza and Villa by giv ing them guns and ammunition: "Since tin- Constitutional army in Mexico has been winning battle after battle, and steadily forging its way to the capital, less criticism is heard from those Americans who were sure that the administration's Mexican policv was a mistake. The President's decision to raise the embargo on arms made it pos sible for Villa to make his triumphant march southward. . This is the same Secretary Bryan who was reported yesterday as moving hastily and secretly for the renewal of tlie embargo on arms Intended for the Constitutionalist forces. IliiNliteMN l.nenlM OH! 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Phone Hershey Creamery Company, 409 South Cam eron street. GREATEST PICTURE EVER • SHOWN Unquestionably the most pretentious moving picture In fllmdom that has ever been shown Is "Quo Vadis," which will be shown at the Victoria Theater Monday. Eight reela are em ployed in reproductlng the three act performance, to show which requires two and a quarter hours. This show which drew crowds to the Astor The ater in New York for six months may be seen by Harrlsburg people Monday for the nominal admission of 10 cents. nu dviiahtuu *m» ~ SHIRTS SIDES A SIDES V—— ■! I ———— APRIL 25,1914. ii ii ini ii ini ii ja. lauauuatj t YOU can't sharpen a knife agin a piece o' cheese. You gotta get friction. An' rubbin' up agin th' world's opposition is what puts an edge onto a man's character. If he needs a lit- ■ tie lubrication fer his feel- n in's now an' agin, let him J ■ try a pipeload of VELVET. VELVET, the Smoothest Smoking" Tobacco. Z Full weight 2 oz. tins, 10c. Z Jl 11 ini " irJ GERMAN VIEW OF AMERICAN RAILROAD RATE SITUATION A significant paragraph which has singular force at the present time is the following from the annual report of the Deutsche Bank of Berlin: "In the United States of America we find fundamental conditions pointing to a recovery after several yearß' stag nation in that country's economic de velopment. The political and financial embarrassment In Mexico, however, are checking the upward swing. Be sides, American railroads need higher freight rates; their present rates are the lowest in the world—representing, for instance, but a fraction of the English railway rates—and this in face of the fact that wages In the United States on the average are fully twice as high as in Europe. This lat- [ 1 [Prom the Telegraph, April 25, 1864] Ilebt'ls Ix>se 1,500 Men Baltimore, April 25. —The Asso ciated Press letter from Fortress Mon roe to Baltimore says that Captain Weatherbee, of the 23rd Massachu setts regiment, just arrived from Roanoke Island, reports that General Wessel surrendered to the enemy at Plymouth, on Wednesday, after nearly four days' hard lighting. Our loss was 180 killed and 2,500 captured. The rebel loss was 1,500 killed. Wessel Surrenders Newborn, April 22, via Fortress Monroe, April 24.—Plymouth was captured by the enemy at 8 o'clock on . ednesday morning. General Wessel and his force of 1,500 went into Fort Williams and held the enemy at bay until 12 m., driving them back with severe loss in every attack, but ! was finally obliged to surrender. I Which Would You Choose? The individual as trustee and executor or the trust company frl'it JJMjOCy —which? 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I would be idle and waiting their turns to get a I light—and business. fl No worse state of affairs than the business man who I depends on a party line to provide him telephone I service and thus keeps out customers because V the line is continually busy. ■ 1 An individual line costs but a few cents mora a fl month—that's the answer. H Telephone the Business Office. H When You Telephone, Smile ! I | The Bell Telephone Co. of Pa. I S. B. WATTS, Local Mgr. (& jggl V 210 Walnut St., [\ A ■ Harrisburg, Pa. ter question is one of paramount im portance for the economic welfare of the whole country, because the earn ing power of the gigantic net of American railroads is an essential con dition for the possibility of their se curing the urgently needed additional capital, whereon in turn depends tlio prosperity of important industries anil the opportunities for the employment of labor." 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