6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established /Ijf PUBLISHED BT THE TE3|.BGRAPfI PRINTINO 00. K. J. STACKPOLE.. Preft and TreasT. F. R. OYSTER. Secretary. OUB M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Published every evening (except Sun day). at the Telegraph Building. IH Federal Square. Eastern Office. Fttth Avenue New York City. Hasbrook. Story ft Brooke. Western Office, 113 West Madison street, Chicago, 111., Allen ft Ward. Delivered by carriers at • six cents a weeK. Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Poet Office In Harris burs as second class matter. ! /fK The Association of Amw- , 1 lean Advertisers has ex- i' i JUmUr amtned and certified to i 'i the eircalatiea of this pob- 1 1 Ucation. The figares of cireelatioa 11 contained in the Association's re- i I > port only are guaranteed. i; Association of American Advertisers > ], No. 2333 Whitehall IM|. H. 1 City ■warm dally average tor the month of April, 1914 * 23,606 * Average for the year 1913—21,577 Average for the year 1911—21.178 Average for the year 1911—18>851 Average for the year 1910—17,495 TBLBPHOKGSi Dell Private Branch Exchange No. 1040. United Business Office, 20S. Editorial Room 686. Job Dept. 208. TUESDAY EVENING. MAY 5 LETS HAVE A DECISION THEKE la bound to bo a deluge of protest over the condition of the highways throughout the State this year and it is only lair to the people that they should know the circumstances. It was clear ly understood at the last session of the Legislature that the revenues from automobile licenses, amounting now to about a million dollars, should be used for the reconstruction and mainten ance of the public highways under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth. No one expected when the bill was passed after the previous controversy that there would be the slightest question as to the availability of these funds for the purpose covered by the act. Highway Commissioner Blgelow and his entire department figured confi dently upon active operations this year and arrangements were made accord ingly. Suddenly, however, Auditor General Powell raised a question as to his right to issue vouchers on this account, holding that under the specific appro priation act he could not make the payments. His position was declared to be untenable by the Attorney Gen eral and thus the controversy has pro ceeded with no solution of the prob lem. As a last resort Attorney General Bell sought with a writ of mandamus to compel the Auditor General and State Treasurer to honor warrants drawn upon the auto license fund to cover the cost of highway repairs. Au ditor General Powell asked for fur ther postponement, but this was de nied by the Dauphin County Court and the whole matter has now been set for trial next Monday, when It Is hoped there will be a final decision of the question. It has been charged against Auditor General Powell that he has resorted to technicalities In an effort to pro long the controversy and avoid paying out the money which the Legislature manifestly Intended for the use of the Highway Department. He comes back with the explanation that he has been exercising only the ordinary precau tion of an official charged with respon sible duties. Attorney General 801 l .-barged in the argument last Friday thai the Auditor General had resorted to petty-fogging and technicalities and that there had been constant trifling with this question, which Involves the interests of so many of the people of the State. It is too bad that the political atmos phere has been permitted to obscure the more important features of highway improvement in Pennsylva nia. Almost from the beginning the opponents of the State administration have In every way thrown barriers In the path of the work which the people are demanding shall be done. It would seem that under all the conditions and without any reference to politics all officials would stand united In a proper presentation of the whole matter to the courts that the question in dispute might be determined once and for all. It ought to have been 'possible to reach an adjudication of the mat ters involved before the opening of Spring and It is regrettable that we are now in the midst of the season of outdoor work with the whole sub ject still up in the air. Highway Commissioner Bigelow is tied hand and foot by the legal tech nicalities that have been raised and without funds he is unable to go ahead with the construction of road ways which have been taken over by the State, and has not even enough to repair those for which the Common wealth is now responsible. Unless something shall soon be done the high ways of Pennsylvania before the sum mer is over will be a Joke and a by word. But It is not fair to place this responsibility on the head of the de partment charged with the mainten ance and repair of the roads. If, on the other hand, the Legislature has been careless in drafting the act setting aside this fund for the main tenance and repair of highways so that the Aui-'itor General Is not clear as to TUESDAY EVENING, duty, then the responsibility under a proper decia'.on of the courts should | be placed where it belongs. In short, there should be a clearing of the air so that the people will not bo guessing as to what the trouble Is all about, but will have a clear under standing of the whole situation from beginning to end. THE CO-OPERATIVE HOME A NOVEL experiment in co-op erative housekeeping is an nounced by the Feminist Asso ciation, which has decided to devote $300,000 to the erection in I Washington Square, New York, of a block of flats for the exclusive use of families of married women who are engaged in professional occupations outside their own homes. The building will contain 400 rooms divided into suites of from one to four rooms with baths. To enable wives to devote themselves to professional duties during the daytime arrange ments will be made to relieve them of the care of their children as well as all household drudgery. All the chil dren In the building will be under the charge of a trained staff of attendants and teachers. A school will be estab lished on the roof. The tenants will have a staff of cooks and sen-ants in common and their meals will be served from a com mon kitchen by means of electric dumb waiters. Trained staffs will be engaged to perform all laundry work and to attend to the mending and sewing required by the different estab lishments. Why not have co-operative brides and mothers, as well, so that the aforementioned professional women might be able to forego the time neces sary for courtship, marriage and the incident trials of impending mother hood? And wouldn't it be the merry life to be the husband of a professional woman and come back 'home from work to a co-operative house, sit down to a co-operative dinner, served by a co-operative servant, surrounded by his co-operative children! We can almost see a sheriff's sale notice on the front door of that $500,000 build ing in Washington Square. DEMOCRATIC NAVAL POLICY HOW qulfet are the "little navy" men of Congress just now! Democrats who have been In sisting that the army and navy appropriations be trimmed to the point of niggardliness are suddenly silent. With a possibility of international complications as a result of the Mexi can affair, not one of them wants to be placed on record aa favoring anything that might decrease the efficiency of American arms in case of war. Their attitude now should have been their attitude long since. None can say when the war cloud may arise in much more serious form than that which now hangs over our Southern border. In the past decade we have formulated and announced to the world a foreign policy as comprehen sive as it is bold. We have stated our position as a world power in no uncer tain terms. We have challenged inter ference. We have said "this we will do" and "that we will not do," and to other nations "this you shall do" and "that you shall not do," and all the while we have been cutting down our naval program while other world powers have been Increasing theirs, re gardless of the fact that a big navy is not only necessary if we are to main tain the foreign policies we have out lined, but is the best assurance of a peaceful outcome of any International controversy Into which we may be drawn. If the Democratic "one-battleship" policy was good a month ago it Is good now. Let us hear the President de fend it. GASOLINE VS. CHAMPAGNE THE much maligned automobile has been made the burden bearer for so many sins that it Is pleasant to view it in the light of a reform element. The Portland Oregonian quotes a high official of the United States census bureau as say ing that the use of gasoline is cutting into the use of liquor. Says he: An examination of the statistics showing the importation of all kinds of liquors into the United States for the last ten years reveals some surprising facts. During that time the country has grown phe nomenally richer. Now in the i-aso of the cheaper grades of liquors, sufh as beer, ale. claret, and the other cheaper Rhine wines, the im portation lias kept pace with the growing wealth, the growing popu lation, and the vastly growing im migration. But there has been no such commensurate increase in the importation of champagne anil other costly wines. While some years have shown a small increase, some have shown a positive de crease, and the decrease has been marked during the past year. I was at a loss to account for this re markable falling off in a period of increasing wealth and prosperity. Then I got hold of the automobile figures, and then to my mind it he came clear that the rich man pre fers to put his surplus in his gar age rather than In his wine cellar. In other words, there is more ex hilaration in gasoline than In cham pagne. When the automobile takes a drink the whole family enjoys it. When the man of the house takes a drink nobody enjoys It. When the automobile takes a drink it makes of Itself a beast-of-burden for the entire family. When the man of the house takes to drink ho makes Just a plain beast of himself. NARROW STREETS AS early as 1847 we find the New York newspapers com plaining that Broadway is too narrow; "that is to say, it is very small for the central avenue of a large city." The writer goes on to say that "it seems to be the misfor tune of fast-growing American cities that streets do not grow with the. growth of the town, and as the city grows positively larger the streets grow relatively smaller." This condition prevails now in Har risburg. It is plaix to everybody that Second street, Third street, Fourth street, Locust street, Walnut street, Court street and many other thor oughfares in the heart of town are too narrow. Wise city planning when the town was laid out would have added ten feet at least to the roadways of each of them. It Is too late now. We must endure because there is no prac tical way to cure. Hut we do have a city planning commission, and one of its chief duties will be to see to it that the blunders of our forefathers are not repeated in the laying out of new sections that shall be at some future time a part of the municipality proper. 1 EVENING CHAT 1 Williamsport's move to obtain a bat tery of artillery instead of its three companies of the National Guard's Twelfth Infantry has stirred up people In this city who have been agitating the location of a battery in the State Capital for years. Ten years ago a move to organize a battery Wiis started, but the State officials were not very enthusiastic about it and the project died very early. Now that the State is short on the artillery it should j have, the gunners are moving ugain. It ought to be easy to get the men ] here and probably it would not be I hard to get the authority and the I equipment owing to the recent discus sion of the guard and federal service. Harrisburg is centrally located and it wofild be a good thing to "have the third arm o? the service. Within a year or so (Two or three batteries will probably 1» formed, and perhaps, if the peopl/ here get busy, one may come to Harrisburg. It is believed that on« of the companies of the Twelfth Infantry will be added to the Eighth Infantry, mking it a full twelve-company regiment. It Is now one shy, but It ought to be easy to form a company,or if that would not be necessary one of the Twelfth could be put here. One thing is certain and that is that more attention is to be given to National Guard matters than ever and the next Legislature will be asked to make appropriations that will conform to the requirements of the national government. The new apartment houses being erected in tho Tenth ward near the Camp Curtfn fire house are a distinct advance not only for that section of Ilarrisburg hut for the whole city. They embody many of the latest ideas and the three-decker porches give them an appearance that is attractive and will probably lead to them being easily rented. Perhaps if some of the money going into blocks of houses could be put into such apartments problems of housing would be solved In a measure. Last night's sudden shower caught a good many people and when the down pour was at its heaviest it was amus ing to watch people in trolley cars de cide to take additional rides. One man on a Second street car confessed to riding to the Square and then going clear back to Riverside and down again to the Square. He did not have an umbrella and he was not going to run any risks. Another man went to Steelton and another up the Fourth street line. The conductors just grinned. It seems odd to think of men ploughing by electric light and yet that is just what is being done In some of the outlying parts of the city. Truckers and men owning farms who are late because of the unseasonable weather have been compelled to work as long as the light holds out and last night men were actually in the fields when the electric lights were turned on. They did not stay very long be cause the rain put a stop to any work of that sort. The season is very late because of the weather and every hour of daylight counts. "When will the locust blossoms I; come out?" was the question fired at a man who takes an interest in , weather conditons last night. "Watch the trees. What are you asking that for?" was the reply. "That's when I change. The weather was pretty warm to-day," said the man who asked the question. And then he went to look In a window where athletic underwear was dis played. The testimonial to Dr. J. T. Roth rock brought together more people interested in conservation yesterday than have gathered here in many months. Men and women who are busy in many lines made it a point to honor the doctor and the people who gathered about the table in the Har risburg Club represented almost every movement in conservation in the State for a quarter of a century. The Rev. J. Andrews Harris, who has resigned from the rectorship of one of the Philadelphia Episcopal churches after fifty years of service, is well known here because during the. days when attacks were being made upon Bishop Talbot as a result of the Irvine matter Mr. Harris was one of the committee and spent some time here. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —"Billy" Sunday lias arranged to speak in Philadelphia this year. —Paul M. Warburg, the banker just named to the government board, once worked in Philadelphia. —James Kernan, the veteran assist ant treasurer of the Bethlehem Steel Company, has resigned. —Dr. H. P. Godfrey, president of Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, is to be speaker at a big meeting at Chester. OMJ OF THEM! [From the New York Sun.] According to a gossiping Washington correspondent. Secretary Garrison "is one of the strong men of the Wilson Administration." One of them? Who In thunder are the others? I nonsense [ UP TO DATE Mother —When I was young, girls never thought of doing the things they do to-day. Daughter —That's why they didn't do them! AX EVENING THOUGHT Knowledge is the hill which f«w may hope to climb; Duty is the path that all may tread. Morris. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DIMMICK GOES ON SOUTHERN TOUR Meets Many Dauphin and Cumber-1 land Countians While in This City Last Night • j , MCORMICK'S CARAVAN SAD It Does Not Meet Up With Many of the Farmer Folks—Creasy Makes New Outbreak J. Benjamin Dlmmick, candidate for jthe Republican nominee for senator, left to-day for Gettysburg, where he | will take up his campaign through the southern tier. To-morrow he will be in Chambersburg and McConnells burg and then go on west. Mr. Dimmick's visit here was mar red by the death of his friend, Lyman D. Gilbert, and nothing formal was held for him. He received twice at the Senate Hotel and many residents of Dauphin and Cumberland counties called upon him. Mr. Dimnilck dis cussed the conditions with a number of people and issued a statement of his reasons for being in the fight. According to reports which are com ing from the Cumberland Valley, the McCorniick caravan has not excited many people except the men traveling with Cumberland it. Last night "Farm- Valley Not er" Creasy broke loose Much Stirred with a series of ques tions intended to off set the effect of the questions poured at McCormick by Ryan. This took place in the court house at McOonnellsburg where the , caravaneers spoke to a small audi ence after a hard and rather chilly day. Altogether seven towns were hit and hit back. According to a report reaching here from Newville, twenty four voters turned out to greet Mc- Cormick. Thirteen of them were Democrats. The Democratic enroll ment of Newville is 216. In Cham bersburg and other Franklin county towns people were too busy to bother much about the caravan, the prospec tive officeholders being the only active ones. The Philadelphia Ledger's Washing ton correspondent "jollies" Big Boss Palmer in a dispatch from the national capital printed to-day. This is the way it is handed to the Strouds- Palmer burg man in the dis- Gently patch. '"I .predict, after Kidded my trip into most sec tions of the State and reports from county committees, that the reorganizers will carry sixty of the sixty-seven counties in the State," de clared Mr. Palmer. ' "What counties will be carried by Mr. Ryan," he was asked. " 'I do not wish to name them," he replied. "He was reminded that according to himself they were only seven and would not tax his efforts greatly. Still he declined to furnish the enemy with information. Mr. Palmer was evidently afraid of political 'snipers' and therefore refused to name the sixty counties claimed by Mr. McCor mick and himself or give the Hst of seven conceded to his rival. "He estimated that the Democrats would cast about 300,000 votes in the primary. The total vote of the party in 1912 was 395.637." I POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS —Speaking of questions asked, did not Mr. Ryan ask four questions of Vance C. McCormiclc several days ago ? —Suppose someone was to start asking Creasy questions. —The Cumberland Valley tour does not appear to have excited much in terest even among the officeholders. —The McCormick campaign party will hit Bedford just about right. They are tearing down blast furnaces in that district. —Under the Patriot's rule, any Democrat that does not vote its way is not a "true Democrat." —As a hunch of prophets the Pa-Mc League goes some. That prediction of but 600 votes for Ryan in Harrisburg will be worth noting. —Erie registration shows a big Re publican gain. —Congressman Palmer is rather! more conservative in his estimates | than the Pa-Mc leaguers. —llerr Spatz has found that he | cannot withdraw from the Berks- I Lehigh Democratic congressional row. j He was too late in finding out he was between millstones. —Senator Kline says the Pittsburgh registration marks the passing of Flinn. —Hazleton dispatches say that hun dreds of men marched for Ryan last night. —Magee men are lining up for Pen rose in Allegheny county. —J. Burrwood Daly, who was prominent around State Chairman Morris when the reorganization was starting, is in charge of Ryan's west ern campaign. Times change and so do reorganization bosses. —Ryan will Invade Columbia coun ty, Creasy's home, to-day. —Congressional candidates must file first reports at Washington by Sat urday. —Lee opened his congressional cam paign in Schuylkill with a broadside against Blakslee and a cheer for Ryan. —McCormick is in Bedford and Huntingdon counties to-day. —Fred B. Gerned Is out leading the Dlmmick forces in Lehigh. —Doc Dougherty was out to greet the bosses ns they sped through Cum berland yesterday. NEWS DISPATCHES OF THE CIVIL WAR [From the Telegraph of May 5, 1864.] TROOPS AT RAPID AX Washington, May 8.—2.30 P. M.— Our army moved on Tuesday night and has now crossed the Rapldan. The crossing was made at Jacob, Cul pepper, Gerinania and the United States Fords, and was effected with out serious opposition. REBELS PRESS MANY TO ARMS New York, May 4.—The rebels have already commenced massacrelng all who have accepted President Lincoln's amnesty proclamation, and pressing into their service all capable of bear ing arms. [EDITORIAL COMMENT! Error ID Diagnosis fFrom the Atchison Globe.] Sometimes a man imagines he's a social lion when he's only the goat. Still Some Da>» of Grace [From the Atlanta Journal.] We shudder to contemplate the num ber of highballs that will be consumed bv the United States navy between now and July 1, when the ltd'goes on. 1 g 01 IR DAILY } l *» ■ t Different j Mrs. Chatterson —"I wish you'd J 8 ,r„„ prescribe some- ISi! tiling for my hus- said T was an old band. He talks in cheese, his sleep." Rough Soubrette Doctor "T,et Naw, I<l n iilin do so. It s probably the only ® 2 time the poor fel- cents a low has the pound. , rieanaut N>TT« Rejected What did your Be mine and you father say when will make me the lie heard I had happiest man in kissed your sis the world. ter? . I'm very sorry, He said that but unfortunately was encouraging. I want to bo T"®J ifu «.,i happy myself. j 'Wliat'n In a X Different Point IV ame t of View Why do you call "I have a face 'em the cutlery that painters rave family? Well, over. the daughter "I don't wonder spoons, the father It drives them forks out the crazy." money, and the mother knifes the other guests. "LONG LIVE THE PRUNE" By Wing Dinger These days of living costs so high, One thing has been a boon— It is the sweet three-times-a-day, Morn-noon-and-night, stewed prune. But now, alas, there comes sad news From California's clime— The prune crop is a failure, yes, The worst in a long time. It's just about a fourth, they say, Of what it ought to be. And consternation reigns supreme. Where heretofore reigned glee. For boaidinghousekeepers have pinned For years to prunes their hope Of making profits on their meals, But now they'll sit and mope. I do not know 4f duties have Been taken off the prune, But if they haven't Congress should Revise the tariff soon. Let war with Mexico go on With all its dire ruin, A nation cries, let Congress heed Its plea, and save the prune. CORRECTING A MIS-STATEMENT [From the Bristol Courier.] In endeavoring to explain to an in quiring reader just what it means by accusing Senator Penrose of political corruption, the Philadelphia Public Ledger In an editorial yesterday re peats an assertion that it has made several times previously. It says that Senator Penrose "openly engaged in land damage frauds at the expense of the taxpayers." The fact is that the road viewers' i bill which put an end to the men dacious evils in Philadelphia and other cities of the State was originated by Senatdr Penrose and prepared by him . In conjunction with his legal associ ates. It Is not only untrue that Senatot Penrose "openly engaged In land dam age frauds at the expense of the tax papers," but he prepared the road viewers' bill for the express purpose of preventing others from doing so, and through this bill, he saved enor mous sums of money to the municipali ties of Pennsylvania. The Ledger also accuses Senator Penrose of responsibility for "all that is evil in Pennsylvania politics in the past twelve years." Will it also give him credit for all that is good in Pennsylvania politics in the last twelve years? Ana does it mean to assert that tho bad in Penn sylvania politics within that period is at all comparable with the good? Tt was Senator Penrose and his brother, Charles B. Penrose, who pre pared the bill creating our peerless State Department of Health and who recommended the appointment as its chief. Dr. Samuel G. Dixon. It has been within the last twelve years that the Department of Labor and Industry has been created and that Pennsylvania has forged to the front among the various States of the Union as a champion of national con servation of natural resources. It is within the last twelve years that a handful of men who stole large sums of money from the State in con nection with the building of the Capi tol have been punished by a Republi can Governor supported by Senator Penrose and much of the stolen money refunded. It is within the last twelve years that Pennsylvania has risen to tho proud distinction of being a Stato without debt, notwithstanding tho fact that Its appropriations to schools and charitable enterprises are far and away in excess of similar appropria tions by other Commonwealths. Does the Ledger give Senator Pen rose credit for all this? Oh, no! It merely contents itself I with that, vague and meaningless gen erality to the effect that he is respon- I slble for "all that is evil in Pennsyl ! vanla politics." Will the Ledger please tell us who i is responsible for all that Is good? r ■KAD%U A KTERI FOB 1 SHIRTS SIDES & SIDES AMUSEMENTS COLONIAL Three Madcaps PAUL BURNS The Vidas I 5 and V, " ' MAY 5,1914. "THE QUALITY STORE" DON'T envy the figure of the lady you so much admire. Just get the beautiful "lines" in your OWN figure. Simply a matter of the PROPER CORSET. All perfect feminine figures result from scientific corseting, from wearing corsets that are hygienh, stvlish and perfect fitting. Such are the re nowned BON TON CORSETS. $3.50 to $lO We are the exclusive selling agency for these famous corsets. L. W. COOK IN HARRIS BURG FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY COMET COMING The comet that Is expected to anni hilate this sad and wicked world will come along in 1865. TO DEDICATE CHCRCH The part of the Second English Lu I Pumps For Growing Girls j Any growing girl can be fitted perfectly here in a pump that will insure her feet against any discomfort. Our Ariel last was specially made for the purpose of supplying growing girls with a pump that was as large as a woman's and yet not made on a woman's last. It | has a low heel and medium toe —and will not slip at heel or gap at the sides. Can be had in Gun Metal, ?. Patent and Russet, also in White Canvas. $3.50 | We carry the largest range of widths in every size | of any shoe store hereabouts. [ JERAULD SHOE CO. ! I 310 Market Street Harrisburg f AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS ' MAJESTIC THEATER T.r.T.""'"""" " Friday, May 8-Seat Sale Tomorrow For the Return Engagement of WITHIN the LAW The Play That Made a Million People Think Prices, ... 25c, 50c, 75c, $1 and $1,50 Mail Orders Accepted PALACE THEATER 333 Market Street TO-DAY - - - TO-DAY Francis Ford and Grace Cunard in Series No. 1 "LUCILLE LOVE, THE GIRL OF MYSTERY" §A Gold Seal 2-reel Drama, anil Four Grace Cunard and Francla Ford la n Z-recl Gold Seal Detective Drama. White, featuring In a Cryatal Comedy, 4ra|Mk; lardt and Edytbe'sterUnK Frontier Drama, "The Polaon." Mrs. Stuart Rob* aon featuring In ■ Power* Comedy, "Lured From Squaah Center." Augus- < J ;/ tun Carney aud Louise Glaum In a roar- Inn comedy. "Unlveraal Ike Make* a Monkey of Hlmaelf." AJ m ission--All Seats 5c Gr * e^T rJ CUNTVERSAD ' LUCILLE LOVE" aerlea every Tnea- (UNTyERSAI) day. Starting To-day. \bra& -j theran Church which has been com pleted will be dedicate next Sabbigi morning at 10 o'clock. FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE, ETC. Our organizations are stronger in tb faith than ever before.—Progress! v cable message to Colonel Roosevelt. Unless recent elections were Ana niases the Progressives are a good deal stronger in faith than votes. —New York Sun.
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