12 "A message? You did not mention that" "Certainly I sent a message immediately Harley told his story. As he spoke the wireless operator's assistant made his way swiftly toward them. "Sir," he reported, "the operator has tried to reach the Empress but there is no response." "No response! Ridiculous!" The General scoffed. "She has a powerful sending apparatus." 'The operator, sir, thinks it must be disabled." General Love stared at the aide. Fear gleamed in the eyes of both men, a mutual fear for a mutual object Who was this unseen enemy who struck such fierce blows from out of the dark? And Lucille, sweetheart and daugh ter, Lucille, the pampered, dainty, fragile Lucille was un doubtedly near this one who even commanded the light nings to do his will.—Extract from the second installment of Tense and heart racking was the anguish of this fath er, who realized that his daughter, far away at sea, was probably in the power of an adventurer, dangerous and unscrupulous as he had shown himself to be. • This is but one of the many soul stirring incidents in the second installment of the wonderful story, "LUCILLE LOVE, THE GIRL OF MYSTERY" now being published exclusively in this newspaper. This Story Grows Better Every Week DONT MISS A WORD OF IT. And to add still further to your interest in "Lucille J Love, the Girl of Mystery," this wonderful and thrill l mg story has been dramatized by the ! Universal Film Mfg. Company and will be shown at the leading moving picture houses in this city, in regular installments. There is not one dull line in the story. It ho! is the attention with gripping interest from the first lire of each chapter to the last. Try Telegraph Want Ads. WEDNESDAY EVENING HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Passing Impressions of Finance I have been studying the effects of the wars of the last half-century on i business conditions and security | prices. Those wars of chief Influence . were the Franco-Prussian, Spanish -1 American, Boer, Russo-Japanese, and t the Balkan wars of 1912-13, and they show many phenomena in common. Knowledge of these may now prevent | some-unnecessary losa. j Just before and usually accompany ing the outbreaks, security prices have fallen sharply; money rates advanced, and commercial activity decreased. This early depression has seldom lasted long and has been followed first by Ir regular fluctuations in securities and then pronounced recoveries. In our J war with Spain, the large disburse- I inents by the government stimulated production and distribution of mer chandise which is very likely to be re peated, if the Mexican imbroglio re sults definitely in war. This is par ticularly so because stocks of mer i chandise are unusually reduced. The period between the early de pression and recoveries has varied ac cording to the length of hostilities, as indicated by the first battles. This period has ranged from a few days to a few weeks, although the effects of the recent Balkan wars were length ened by a very strained money mar ket the world over. As a rule, how ever, the effects of war have scarecly been reflected before the markets be gan to discount the re-establishment of peace by price advances. With the exception of the Spanish War, mercan tile conditions in the United States have not been materially affected dur ing recent wars. The effect of wars, both direct and through interrupted production, is often apparent in both commerce and linance long after war has subsided, although not always. World-wide de pression after the Franco-Prussian war and buoyancy in the American markets following the war with Spain are conflicting precendents. The declines in stocks last week correspond very closely to those at the beginning of former wars. With some stocks representing properties in Mex ico the fall has been especially severe, destruction of property and cessation of dividends being feared. The pros pects for a more substantial govern ment than the country has known since the height of Porflrio Diaz's power, following American interven tion, should not be lost to sight in the heat of prevailing excitement Mexican investments should be strong er than ever before should war be car ried to what seems a logical conclu sion. The promise of good crops and possibility of less politics in business add to the likelihood that market ex periences of previous war times will be repeated, and the first declines prove the worst. Just before Mexico monopolized the attention of both the Administration and Congress, President Wilson,was reported as resolved to carry out his program for trust legislation. One of the most far-reaching of the bills under consideration deals with the holding company subject. I have ex cellent reasons to believe that the President, as well as leading members of Congress, is prepared to distinguish very carefully between organizations loosely called holding companies and to recognize fully that purpose and not form of organization makes a cor poration against or in accord with public policy. Such an attitude Is entirely accord ing to legal decisions and govern mental practice, as may be readily il lustrated. The holding company came into disfavor because of several con spicuous instances wherein it was used as a means of suppressing competition between railroads or industrial com panies that were naturally competi tive. It is only necessary to recall the Northern Securities, Standard Oil and other famous cases involving com panies of this class to appreciate that it was acts that were on trial and the form of organization was simply a means whereby these acts were made posisble. The companies were dis solved because they had established unnatural monopolies. In a field where the holding com pany is a means for furthering public welfare, however, the proposition is entirely different, and the most obvious illustration Is public utilities. The principle that lighting power, and street railway properties are natural monopolies has become recognized by Public Service Commissions through nut the country, and the reason is that they serve their communities best as such. A single company can op erate more cheaply and thereby at lower rates to the consumer than com FIVE CHEAT PIANISTS Busoni, Godowsky, Volovay, Harrison and Kmita will all be heard play their masterpieces on Thursday evening, April 30 in the Technical high school auditorium. The compositions as played by the artists showing all their expression and technique will be transmitted by the Stoddard Ampico. Tickets may be secured free of charge at The J. H. Troup Music House, 15 South Market Square. Advertise ment. Business Locals I/IKK IT SO So many people like ice cream, es pecially Hershey's kind, its purity and flavor, its velvety-like smoothness to gether with the sanitary way in which it is packed and last, but not least, it makes a reasonable priced dessert. Phone orders are filled promptly. Her shey Creamery Company, 409 South Cameron street. GETTING SATISFIED When a person is really hungry they are looking for satisfaction and here is a place to lind it. Our food is of the best quality and cooked and served as you wish and at satisfactory prices on the a la carte plan. Lunches at all hours. The Busy Bee Restau rant, 9 North Fourth street, near Market. CLEAN-UP TIME There's nothing better at any price for general household cleaning than Bruaw's Kotary Cleanser. It cleans and brightens up everything about a house in a jiffy. Makes things look new. It gets to the bottom of things, roots out the dirt and filth from top to bottom. Ask your grocer. It's a home product of merit. Gohl & Bruaw, 310 Strawberry street. A JUDGE There are very few people who are expert judges of piano quality. Yohn Bros, have been in the business for years anil have always sold the best pianos in the world and at honest prices. Vou can depend upnn what they tfcll you of piano quality and values. Agents for American's leadiup pianos, Mason & Hamlin, SOOO-$ 7SO. By H. L. Bennet peting companies involving the dupli cation of capital and other unneces sary expenditures. It can more read ily maintain service at high efficiency through having its resources free from the drain of competitive policies. That its rates are equHable and its service adequate is assured by commission regulation should the company be so short-sighted as to attempt unfair policies. Most commissions have su pervision over capital issues, as well as rates, their duties thus being to an extent reciprocal; they serve as a pro tection to both consumer and investor. With the business naturally a monop oly, the principle of affiliated opera tion becomes obviously unobjection able. Further than that, however, It is a great advantage to both the com munities and the people who invest in the properties. The principle that a community should be served by a single company is not changed when a number of communities are served by the same company. Electric current for all can be generated more cheaply from a central power plant. Expenses of ad ministration are reduced, and skilled enginers can be employed for the service of all the plants at a compara tively small proportion of cost to each. The credit of the several con stituent companies is greater when combined than singly, which makes adequate working capital available for each plant. The business risks are dis tributed and the securities are conse quently more substantial and com mand a broader market than those of small local companies. The greater strength of the holding company allows the extension of service into the newer parts of a town in antici pation of enough business to insure profits, but attracting new population, increasing property values, and ulti mately widening the field from which it derives revenues. No interpreta tion that the courts have ever placed on the Sherman law forbids these things, These large public utility companies are investment organiza tions because they simply own the se curities, or a part thereof, of their subsidiaries, and actual operation re mains in the hands of the local com panies, so the business is not Inter state and does not come under Federal control. A wide appreciation of these circumstances is one reason why these public utility investment companies are a desirable basis for employment of capital. Sort of llllml Pool [From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1 Delegates to the Baltimore conven tion must have voted for the platform as the average citizen signs petitions. Of (hose polled 80 per cent, did not know the tolls nlank was In it. Were they as uniformed as to the other mat ters on which the pledged themselves and the party? LEGAL NOTICES THE annual meeting of the Stock holders of the Blvbaker Coal Company will be held at the office of The W. O. I-lickok Mfg. Co., Harrlsburg, Pa., at 12 o'clock noon on May 4, 1914, for the election of officers and such other busi- I ness us may be properly presented. ROSS A. HICKOK, Secretary. NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that appli cation will be made to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Dauphin Countv on Monday, May 11. 1914, at 10 o'clock A. M., at tiie Court House, at Harrlshurg, Pennsylvania, or as soon thereafter as' said Court sliull be in Session, for the I transfer of the Retail Liquor License 1 now held by Philip A. Nestler at "Shell's ' Tavern," situate in East Hanover Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylva nia, to William A. Deibler. JAMES G. IIATZ, Attorney for Transferee. April 28, 1914. EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA STATE INSTITUTION Spring City, April 16, 1914. SEALED PROPOSALS will be receiv ed by the Board of Trustees of the Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-minded & Epileptic at the Superintendent's office, Spring City. Chester County, until ELEVEN O'CLOCK A. M.. SATURDAY, MAY 9,1 11(14, for the construction of Buildings "H" and "1." and for the heating, the plumbing, and the electric lighting for the same, in accordance with the plans and specifications of the Board prepar ed by Philip H. Johnson, Architect Plans, specifications and blank forms for bids can bo obtained from the Architect, 1824 Land Title Bulldine Philadelphia. Bids should be addressed "To the ' Building Committee of the Board of j Trustees," and will be opened and read in the presence of bidders at the Su-I perintendent's office, at Spring City, at J eleven o'clock A. M. on the day above' mentioned. 1 No bids will be considered unless ac companied by certified check or guar anty bond as per specifications. The Board of Trusties reserves the right to reject any or ail bids alt it may deem best for the Interest of the Com monwealth. GEORGE W. FRENCH. Chairman. Building Committee. PUBLIC SALE OF REAL ESTATE In the Matter of the Estate of Annie E. Kinter Deceased. PURSUANT to an order of the Or phans' Court, held in Harrlsburg in and for the County of Dauphin, on the 13th day of April, 1914, tile undersign ed Executors of the last wiil and testa- ' ment of Annie E. Kinter, deceased, late of the City of Harrlsburg, will offer at Public bale, in fron* oi the Court House, In the ?lty of Harrisburg. coun ty aforesaid, at 10 o'clock A. M., May 9, 1914, the following described real property of the decedent: All those certain parcels or pieces of land, situated In the City of Harrisburg known as Numbers 1180, 1182, 1184 | Christian street rear of Christian street known as rear 131, and 1218 Mul- j berry street. The terms of sale will be as follows: ' Ten per centum of the purchase money : shal be payable on the day of sale, fifteen per centum thereof on the con- | flrmation of the sale by the Court and i the balance on the Ist day of July, 1914, I when title and possession will be given I the purchaser or purchasers. A. K. THOMAS, E. A. HEFFELFINGER. Executors of the Last Will and Testa- I ment of Annie E. Kinter. dee'd. Your Small Standing Accounts Start the Spring season by paying all your small bills contracted during the win ter months. We can help you by advancing you money in any amount from $5.00 TO $50.00 ON YOUR PLAIN NOTE EMPLOYEES DISCOUNT CO. LICENSED .... BONDED ROOM 2 36 N. THIRD ST. SECURITY TRUST BLDG. * r APRIL 29, 1914. LEGAL NOTICES PROPOSALS FOR BRIDGE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL VANIA Office of the Superintendent of Public Grounda and Buildings, Harrlaburg, Pa. SEALED PROPOSALS will be receiv ed at the Office of the Superintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings in the Capitol Building, Harrlsburg, Pa., un til 12 o'clock noon of Tuesday, May 19, 1914. for furnishing all labor and ma terials necessary to replace pier and repair damages to bridge across the Shenango River at Silver Street in the city of Sharon. Mercer County, Pa., as called for in specifications and draw ings prepared by Edwin K. Morse, C. E. Specifications, drawings and blank forms may be obtained upon applica tion to this office. SAMUEL B. RAMBO, Superintendent Public Grounds and Buildings. Office of the Board of Commissioners of Public Grounds and Buildings of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrlsburg, Pa. JOHN K. TENER, Governor; A. W. POWELL, Auditor General; R. K. YOUNG, Treasurer, Commissioners. IN compliance with the Constitution and the Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Board of Commis sioners of Public Grounds and Build ings invites sealed proposals for con tracts for furnishing such supplies for the Executive Mansion, the Legislature, the several Departments, Boards and Commissions of the State Government as described, and below such maximum prices as are fixed in the following schedules, for the year ending the 31st day of May, A. D. 1915: Schedule A, for furnishing all Paper and Envelopes: B, for furnishing Typewriters, Adding, Addressing and Duplicating Machines and Supplies: C, for furnishing General Stationery, Mahogany. Oak and Metallic Furniture and Office Supplies; D. for furnishing Engineering Instruments, Blue Print Paper, and Labratory anil Engineering Supplies; E, for furnish ing all Books; F, for furnishing Brushes, Glassware, Brooms, Mops, Buckets, Toilet and Cleaning Soaps, Towels, Rugs, Fuel, Uniforms, Rubber Goods. Chemicals and Miscellaneous Supplies; G, for furnishing Hose and I'lttings. Awnings, Carpenter Supplies, Upho.stering, Painting and all Hard ware Supplies; H, for furnishing Sup plies for the care of the Conserva tories and Grounds: I, for furnishing Lumber, General Repairs, and Removal of Dirt and Refuse; J, for furnishing Light, Heat and Power Supplies. As the various classifications of the schedule will be bound in pamphlet form for the convenience of the Bid ders, it is therefore desired that in re questing pamphlets the binders indi cate those desired by using the letters set forth above. No proposal for any contract shall bo considered unless such proposal be accompanied by a certified check, to the order of the State Treasurer, in one-fourth the amount of the estimated contract; or by a bond, in such form and amount as may be prescribed by the Board of Public Grounds and Build ings. Such bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of the terms of the contract, if awarded, and shall have as surety two individual sureties, approved by a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the county in which the person or persons making such proposal may reside or of the county wherein shall be located the principal place of business of the per son, lirm or corporation making such proposal, or one surety company au thorized to act as surety in this Com monwealth. A bidder who shall have accompanied his proposal with a certi fied cheek, as aforesaid, and to whom a contract shall have been awarded, may, within ten days after such award, sub stitute for said check a bond as herein prescribed; otherwise said check shall be retained in lieu of a bond. No bond to be in less sum than Five Hundred ($500.00) dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the contract and addressed and delivered to the Su perintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings on or before 12 o'clock meri dian, Tuesday, the 12th day of May A D. 1914, at which time the proposals will be opened and published in the Reception Rooms of the Executive De partment, at Harrlsburg, and the con tracts awarded as soon thereafter as practicable. AS PROVIDED BY THE ACT OF 1913, ALL BIDS MUST BE RENDERED IN DUPLICATE AND MARKED "DUPLICATE" AND "ORIGINAL." Blank Bends and Schedules contain ing all necessary information may be obtained by communicating with Sam uel B. Rambo, Superintendent, Public Grounds and Buildings, Harrisburg Pa By order of the Board. SAMUEL B. RAMBO, Superintendent. C. P. ROGERS, JR., Secretary. standard Tiiv«'HtiiientM Up ouy In Sliiiidard V fl „ (1 _.. Oil Stock.. ■ " n