8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Ejtobiuhtd 1831 PUBLISHED BY THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't and Treas'r. F. R. OYSTER, Secretary. GUS M. BTEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Published every evening (except Sun day), at the Telegraph Building, 214 Federal Square. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, j New York City, Hasbrook. Story & Brooks. Western Office. 123 West Madison street, Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at six cents a ek - j Mfafflgjp-' Mailed to subscribers at 13.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harrlw burg as second class matter. ®Th( Association of Amar ican Advertisers baa ax- <' amincd and certifiad to i tha eircalatioa of this pab- i' 1 1 lication. The figaraa of circalatiea i' i aantainad in tka Association'* re- I , 1 part only are guaranteed. i i Assodation of American Advertisers J> J, No. 2333 Whitthill Bld|. N. T. City / lw«ra dally average for the month of April, 1914 * 23,606 if Average for the year 1915—51.577 Average for the year 10t1—21.175 Average for the year 1911—18.581 Average fur the year 191®—1T.498 TELEPHONES i Hell Private Branch Exchange No, 2040. United Business Office. 203. Editorial Room 586. Job Dept. 2M. THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 21 WILSON'S WAR ON BUSINESS THERE is to be no suspension of the war on business now under way at Washington. There may be "watchful waiting" regarding Mexico and the developments in that distracted country, but nothing will be permitted to interfere with the Wilson crusa.de against business and the sources of prosperity in the T'nited States. One of the. most astute of the ■ - Washington newspapercorrespondents, who Is in close touch with develop ments at the national capital, says In a careful review of tho attitude of the administration toward business that the wonder is sometimes expressed whether some way cannot be de vised of switching these matters around so as to inject some pur » pose and zeal into the foreign situa tion and some care and considera tion into the domestic war on busi ness; but no practical suggestion has as vet been advanced, for the reason, "apparently, that war on business at home is much safer and is thought to have greater political reward than in the fastnesses of Mexico. At any rate, there Is to bo no hesitation here. To prevent It a caucus has been held within the last week and an immediate advance on business has been ordered. Yet, in spite of this constant hostility on the part of the administration toward the business interests of the country, the Palmer-McC'ormick group in Pennsylvania have the effrontery to appeal to Pennsylvania voters, thou sands of whom are out of employ ment through the free-trade heresies of the Democracy, to support the White House selections for United States Senator and Governor in order to sustain President Wilson. They will be defeated because of the Presi dent and because the voters of this State are not going to be further flim liammed by insincere and incompetent political theorists. These have had their little day and the people will record their most vigorous protest at the November election. A GOOD I-ESSON STEELTON has taught Harrisburg many things in the past; doubt less the bustling mill town at our southern gate will teach us many things in the future. Perhaps one of the most wholesome examples 1t has set for us was the appointment Thursday of a Steelton Shade Tree Commission. For seven years the Municipal League and Civic Club of the borough fought to get the commission. Har risburg civic bodies, too, have urged the appointment of a shade tree body here. They are still urging its ap pointment. But, unlike the Steelton organizations, they are not Insisting on getting what they want in such a way that those In authority needs must heed. In selecting an expert. Burgess Wig field was clear-visioned enough, big enough and careful enough of the town s Interests to choose a man out side of borough political circles, a man acknowledged throughout the United States as a leading conserva tionist, J. Horace McFarland, and one peculiarly fitted for the work he has generously agreed to undertake. A BRITISH PARTY THOSE supporters of President Wilson who are still prating about national honor and na tional Integrity in connection with the Panama canal tolls are bound to be impressed with the growing re sentment of the people over the weak ness of the administration In this mat ter. Some of our most experienced statemen. Including ex-President Taft, have declared that there Is no vio lation of any treaty in the exemption of tolls for the benefit of American coastwise shipping. It must follow as a logical sequence that the only excuse left for the proposed repeal of the exemption clause is an effort on the part of the Wilson administration to please Great Britain at the expense of the United States. United States Senator Galllnger of Hampshire, in a speech against the repeal, called upon Republicans and Democrats to repudiate the' issue that national honor could "be defend ed only by yielding to the. demands of Great Britain.'" He declared that Eng land had been a land pirate through all her history and if she succeeded in ctnrlnff thts Point-now In controversy THURSDAY EVENING, HAKRISBCRG TELEGRAPH ' MAY 21, 1014 she would add one more victory to her 1 long list of diplomatic triumphs. As showing President Wilson's dis- I position to change front on Important' matters, he quoted the President's i Washington Park speech, in which Mr. Wilson indorsed the free tolls policy, and also the two letters of 1907 and 1914 in which the President expressed diametrically opposite views of those of Secretary of State Bryan. " 'Would that we could do some thing at once dignified and effective to knock Mr. Bryan once for all into a cocked hat,' was the sentiment he quoted in the Wilson letter of 1907. In the letter of this year the President eulogized 'Mr. Bryan's character, his justice, his sincerity, his transparent integrity and his Christian principle.' "Other instances without num ber." concluded Senator Gallinger, "could be given, showing the fa cility with which the President Is able to suit his utterances to what he considers the needs of the hour. It would be quite within precedents to find him in a short time advo cating free tolls quite as loudly as he now denounces them." Colonel Roosevelt while still In Bra- • zll, and which statement he confirmed on his arrival at New York this week, clared; We are asked to surrender our rights In the canal we built with our money, so as, forsooth, some other nation may play on our be half the game we are too weak to play ourselves. I have no question that we have a legal as well as an unquestion able moral right to exempt genu ine coast traffic from tolls. Senator O'Oorman, of New York, in denouncing the proposed repeal de clared This bill is misnamed. Tt should be entitled "A bill to exalt British commerce anil destroy American shipping." or "A bill to expand the glory of the British Empire and humiliate the United States." Gradually the pendulum is swinging in the right direction. Men of ability and courage and patriotism are tired of the insistence of little men that the President must be supported and that it is a sign of disloyalty when any body disagrees with him. President Wilson has had more consideration than has been shown any President of recent years. He cannot hope to fur ther escape criticism of his public acts and the storm that has been gathering over his head by reason of tho blun ders of his administration at home and abroad is bound to break with fury before many days. FARMERS AND EIRE ANEW reason why farmers should not permit fires to run througn their brush lots or forests has been found. A definite relation between the amount of humus, or vegetable matter in the soil, and Its crop-producing power as shown by yields of corn, is given in figures just issued by the Department of Agricul ture. The department therefore ad vocates the use of various methods to introduce the required humus into the soil. Experts of the forest service state that the soils of the whole country, and particularly of the South, have lost and are losing immense amounts of this source of soil fertility through forest fires which apparently do little immediate damage, but rob the soil of accumulations of humus. In many parts of the South land is being cleared for farming, and where such forest land has not been burned there is a large percentage of vege table matter, which provides consid erable fertility and a good" texture. Moreover this soil has a greater capa city to absorb and retain moisture, and thus is less likely to be washed and gullied under heavy rains. For these reasons, leaving out of ac count the damage to standing timber, the department's authorities are agreed that fire should be rigidly kept out of woodlands PITT. CHAMBERLAIN, WILSON LONDON dispatches are to the effect that a very interesting i comparison is going the rounds just now of the striking facial resemblance of three public men, Wil liam Pitt, Joseph Chamberlain and President Wilson. Not only is this physical resem blance remarkable, it is pointed out, but each of the three began his career as a Liberal. Many points of similar ity might be found in their careers and each stumbled along the same path toward the maelstrom of war. Here the English comparison ends. But it might have gone a bit farther. It might have pointed out that the weakness of Pitt was his war with the French republic, which cost millions in treasure and thousands of lives. It might have noted that Chamberlain lost prestige and power because of the mistaken policy that dragged England into the Transvaal War, a war similar in some respects to that which now threatens with Mexico. It might have called attention to the fact that these wars brought public condemnation to both Pitt and Chamberlain and were beyond question largely Instrumental in retiring them to private life. And the question might be asked, will the comparison continue in the case of President Wilson, who even now seems to be hesitating at the en trance to the same road that led Pitt and Chamberlain to retirement? MINE ACCIDENTS. THE official figures of the acci dents in the anthracite mines of Pennsylvania, In the last annual report of the Department of Mines, just published, show a marked Improvement over those of the previ ous year, but the report also carries a warning, according td the belief of the coal company officials. Of the 615 ac cidents that occurred inside the mines in 1911, 337 or 54 per cent, were at tributed to the carelessness of the vic tims themselves, 45 or 7.31 per cent, to the carelessness of others, and 233 or 37.89 per cent, to unavoidable acci dents. In 1912 there were 498 acci dents, or 117 less than In the previous year, but of these 322 or 64.66 per cent, were attributed to the careless ness of others, and 144 or 28.91 per cent, to unavoidable accidents. Thus It would seem that tho mine workers are growing more careful of others but also more careless of their own safety. In this connection Chlet James E. Roderick of the Department of Mines says that, as the mines of Pennsylvania are now equipped and managed, the liability of accident Is reduced to a minimum, except in the matter of personal carelessness or neg ligence. No equipment, however per fect and complete it may be, can pre vent accidents from these causes. This fact is recognized by the operators, and in all mines the necessity for greater caution is constantly Im pressed upon employes by printed rules and oral Instructions. If the accidents resulting from care lessness and disobedience of rules could be eliminated, says Mr. Rod- j erlck, the fatalities in the mines would | not be greater than In many vocations in the cities. He says also that the work of the coal miner becomes more j dangerous as the operations grow more extensive and attain to greater depth, lhis would indicate that while the natural hazard tends to increase the number of accidents, care in mining is actually reducing them. I EVENING CHAT 1 State-wide primaries may be a suc cess in determining the will of the voters of a party who have fulfilled the requirements preliminary to voting at the election to make nominations, but there Is a very serious lack of means of furnishing the people with information as to results. Provision is made in the general election laws for the immediate posting of results at the polling places and this wise custom is followed under the primary system, but whereas the law requires the filing of the certified returns of a general election with the prothonotary as soon as possible after the closing of the count, the primary act stipulates that the returns shall be filed with the county commissioners, but the election boards are given until the following Thursday at noon to file the papers. 1" the credit of most of the election officers it must be said that they use effort to file their returns at the com missioners' office, but there are some who do not get out of breath rushing to the courthouse. Information about primary results has to depend on newspapers, primarily, and the news papers have to dig out the figures under much more difficult clrcum- j stances than prevail at a general elec tion. Tho coming of an election now adays means a big stir and thousands of people interested and it is re grettable that some better system for providing official information cannot be devised. And it might be added that definite information about results in the state at large is exceedingly ii •!° obta ' n because it is not until °m«al returns are filed at the office oi the Secretary of the Commonwealth from tho counties that any compu tation can be obtained. This some tunes requires three weeks. In fact, the state committees were prevented from meeting last fall because the re tuinsi of a couple of counties were not finished in time to certify the elec tions. What is needed is some sta'e system of election returns, something u they . havc in Philadelphia and i lttsburgh. whereby state figures can be centralized and the agony ended twenty-four to forty-eight hours earlier than is now the case. , , A™"? visitors to the city for the Odd Fellows convention is L. A. Lau derbaugh, treasurer of Crawford county and Democratic candidate for Congress in the Erie-Crawford district. He lives in Meadville, where he has been a lawyer and where he is verv well known as an active and pro gressive citizen. Mr. Lauderbaugh is the man who devised the form for the issuance of hunters' licenses bv county treasurers. • T he V a,t,e between the suffragists and anti-suffragists in this section will break out afresh now that the nomi nations for the Legislature have been Pl'f? 0 Incl1 nc l there W "1 h e some vigorous a " d somp mass meetings. The antis will start their series with a meeting at Middletown Friday even- The "nr en ,,, haVe one at Carlisle. P H OS counter by a couple or meetings here next month. Fe,lows gathered here for the state convention of the order are having a good time in holding neigh borhood meetings and county gather ings. Last evening there were many of such meetings and every now and Jb» n »h S r° me !T W w0,,1d P ass among the throngs and call out for men from a co " n,y to nißet - Some ♦«, "jet'tings were informal, but none the less jolly. Boys who are sent to buy soda water invariably ask for the" paper cups which are used by some of the owners of fountains as a concession i j sanitary spirit abroad in the land. The reason the boys do this is not far to seek. The cups when emp tied can be turned upside down and when jumped on make a boom like a cannon cracker. Speaking of soda, it only takes a warm evening like last night to send business to the fountains in large lots thlf cltv n h a Vt" the . cen fal section of put on ex tra clerks, while another restocked Its ice cream three times. I WELL KNOWN PEOPLE | . ~ J - Benjamin Dlmmlck has one of the finest farms in Lackawanna county and takes a great interest in it. playhig gol? I "' nn BetS hiH recreat '° n u Ex-Auditor General Slsson makes it a business to visit his farms three times a week. He has a couple of fine ones near Erie. —Senator Penrose will start off on a cruise along the Atlantic coast as soon as Congress quiets down. He will not go to the Rockies this year .. "Ex-Governor Stuart presided at tne founder s day exercises at Girard College yesterday. Jesse L. Hartman, renominated for Congress In the Blair district, owns huge dolomite Quarries. NEWS DISPATCHES OF THE CIVIL WAR [From the Telegraph, May 21, 1864.1 Defeats ,11m Jones Washington, May 20, 8 P. M. A dispatch states that Averili has de stroyed the railroad near Christian burg. He had a brilliant victory over the rebel General Jim Jones at Wythe- Repulse Rehs Bermuda Hundred, Va., May 19. Early yesterday morning the rebels moved a heavy column down and hurled it upon our outer works, but were repulsed with fearful slaughter. BRYAN AND THE TOLLS [From the New York Sun.] The career of William J. Bryan has been rich In contradictions and aburd- Ities. His untrustworthiness as a coun sellor and guide has been frequently exposed. Among the Incidents that vfL. discredited his judgment and exhibited his Incapacity surely none is more extraordinary than the dis closure of Ills Incompetency which Is involved In the history of the anama ofior> tho omocrat - lc Platform "wmiEw : MHIIRECOW Primary Campaign Has Developed Some Changes in Ways of Getting Results Here BUSINESS EFFICIENCY PLANS ' j " i 1 j McCormick Wanted the Votes and His Organization Was One of the Best Ever Here 1 The coterie of bosses which wrested ; control of the Democratic state ma chine from the Old Guard three years ago and has kept It in two Sharply, contested state campaigns has intro- ] iluced more real business methods into 1 the affairs of the State Democracy! than known since the days of Harrity ' and in this city there have been some i tine examples furnished of "business efficiency." Some of the methods are like those of old times, but they are under new names and are speeded up . in spirit with modern ideas. In old, bygone days it was the cus tom, so rumor says, for Democrats to ' have large war chests and to just "get results." The business end was in the hands of a few men in each precinct. 1 Now there is a business manager for ■ each precinct and any number of , "watchers." A few days ago a man i , who evinced any desire to be active for the machine could be made a "watcher" on application and men who ; did not evince much interest were gal vanized Into smooth-running "watch ers" In a short time. Report has it that there were 1,500 certificates issued to Democratic "watchers." Whether this is true or [ not we are not prepared to say—just now—but in view of the fact that the whole Democratic vote on Governor was less than 5,000 there must have been more "watchers'' than '"waiters." 1 Another thing interesting about the McCormick machine campaign is the manner in which it has brought, a lot of young Democrats to the front. The little Itoss is Business not as young as he used to Efficiency be, but he managed to get Borrowed the young Democrats with him, probably due to the fact that the aforetime bosses clung to a lot of old stagers and would not give the young fellows a chance. McCormick's scheme is to "josh" the young fellows by telling them they are the coming men and to give each one a task to perform. The result Is that where the bosses of othet : days had the same old fellows running I around in circles McCormick had a hard-driving bunch of young chaps who went right after results in a straight line, whereas lost motion was the least of the troubles of the old coterie. In view of the as-gresslve attitude being taken in Pennsylvania news paper affairs by the Philadelphia ledger and the strength of its editorials, it is in lx'dgcr Says teresting to note its Brumbaugh opinions in regard to Will Win the results of the pri mary election. The Dedger was kindly dis posed toward Dr. Brumbaugh and every time gave Vance C. McCormick the advantage over Michael J. Ryan. To-day it makes this signilicant re . mark in an editorial on the primaries and the results: "Dr. Brumbaugh is ; an admirable choice for the governor ship. He has ideals, tine capacity, youth, vigor, impeccable attributes. ; broad intellectuality and attractive , personality. He will prove a successful campaigner; he will receive the entire Republican vote, and will draw heavily from the Progressive and Democratic ranks. He will doubtless be elected by the traditional Republican majority." Friends of William K. Meyers are congratulating him on the fine vote he I , received in his home city against the determined opposition of the McCormick "watch ers" and the machine. Meyers Did Mr. Meyers carried the Well in , city, even the machine Home City being unable to head off the vote for him. The . whole force of the McCormick ina , chine was exerted to turn the city [ away from Meyers, but he got a line vote. The Meyers vote in the county . was 2,190, while Robert S. Bright, I who was carried along by the machine r as one of its high cards and as well ! "watched" for as McCormick, got , 2,425. POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS I i [ —Expense account filing is next. —A policy of "watching" is a rather | expensive thing. • —Wonder who will be the next 3 Democratic city chairman. J —Under the law every cent directly expended by a candidate or spent for 1 him by committees must be accounted for. —The Pa-Mc League will now pro [ ceed to be heard from weekly. 1 —Candidate Prizer will probably • have food for thought for the next few months. • —There does not seem to be very 1 much doubt about Dr. Brumbaugh in the Ledger office. —Grim had his revenge on the I Democrats who turned against him I when he ran for Superior Court. f AN INDIAN PIPE DREAM 1 [From the New York Sun.] Our neighbor the World emits these > beautiful and instructive sentiments: | "Permanent peace In Mexico is not to 3 be secured by parleys. It must be fortt > fled by deeds. It is to be guaranteed by f the liberation of the people, by their possession of the land, by enlightened government and by the unselfish assist -1 ance of the people of the United ? States." 1 A large order and a long contract. One of the most difficult campaigns of t education. Divide the great estates i and public lands into small holdings. Wipe out the debts that keep the peons ascrlpt to the glebe. Good. But who r is to liberate them from the habits s of generations, to insure them posses sion, to free them from pulque and the natural as well as the Indian desire not to do any more work than they have to, to substitute prudence for age long improvidence, to repress gamb ling? Who Is to give them, If they are to have a hand in the government, a , government more enlightened than its ' illiteratlc source? And what is "the unselfish assist- ance," destined to what warm welcome - from its beneficiaries can be imagined, - "of the people of the United States" to r be? Is it permanent occupation? Is . it a protectorate? Who guarantees this "guaranteed" liberty and land po session? There will be some sort of joint resolution by Congress, we sup pose; and the character, the tempera - ment will be made over thereby. s Otherwise some hundreds of years j might be needed for the task; and the t United States might not have leisure or means for neighborhood settlement work. VAI,UE OP BEAUTY TO TOWNS Many towns have Increased their taxable property by the simple and ln s expensive expedient of cleaning out - unsightly buildings around the railroad - station, and planting trees and shrub r bery. This beauty hss its distinct com t merrlal value. A street with trees and 1 flowers mnkes every house more sal e able at higher price*. Other tilings be - ing equal, prospective residents will h pay more money to live in a town i where a consistent attempt Is made 'ptS 1 " 4 ths - * ew Some Attraclive Specials For Friday and Saturday Only, Linked With Many Attractive New Arrivals J n Seasonable Merchandise Present Some Noteworthy Buying Opportunities For the Week End * Sew ( repp ItloomcrM, white, pink anil blur. M|)«M*ial price*. 1 jf *ll * . . New liiulieN' (iiiunN, low neck nml Millinery Department - Ximv UritNsiereM, luce and eml»rolil- NEW MIM.INEItY FRIDAY MOKNISIG >rv ,r,mmed ,!,c n,,d ar,c _ ... LadicN' DriuvfrN, IncluriinK extra \\ e Mhall place on Male an entirely new line of mimmer hat*, In %\lilte f alr.en t elrrulnr anil nklrt drawer*, burnt anil Ntrnw. ... plnln anil trimmed, bent material*, Alna the new white anllor nhapen with hlack lacquered trimming. upeelul prl«*en. New line of hlack hemp hat* in the liewent tthapcN. _ .. , ... . . . omls, Comba. Ilarrett.a. I '""I*-"* Hose. all colors ts-lnch Shadow Flouncing ■ 2j|c llair Plus. etc 10c to 28c " 8 ° -7-h"* Shadow Flouncing, lia f New Hair Xeu'a Be and 10c 1 Ladle** Silk 800 l llone, all color*. yard 1,, c New Bolero Walnt 2oc ! Shadow Baiiii* 10c to 25c New Pockethook* 2."» c j Children'* Black and Tan Hone.. 10c All Over Shadow Lace* 2oc Ladle*' and Children'* t.nrtern, in | Chlldreu'* Ho*e, all color*, *pcclal Oriental Lace*, new n**oriment, all color* and *tyle*, Hpeclal prfee*. value l2V*e 1-Vfco to 2«» c SSSTUM kSSSSTJSi Supplies '""J™'". ««* ' "ose, .... col- Venlsc Bd«ea. new ...ortment. at very low prices. Children'. Socks, plain anil fancy Val. I.acea. with ln.erllon to match, Interesting News For Men Infant*' lio.c, nil color*" ""'laVje A ll Over Orlcntul I,aces, half yard, and Boys 1 Infants' Silk Hoar, nil color*. . 2.1 c jf"* Me.."* and Boy.' Summer Underwear, 1 «<»«'*• and Fancy Top Klhl.cd All Over Silk l.aees. half yard. ,-,. c all NIZCM 2Bc »e««« Joc to 25c Double Width l.aees, for Costumes Men'* l'ercnlc lire** Slilrt*. 50c value, | I,a.lles* Comfy Cut \'e*t*. an.l Waists, *pcclal price*, 25c ' lOc, I2'/jC and 15c Plain -Vet*. while, ecru and cream. Men'* Work Sblrl* I lindle*' Inlon Suit* 25c -5c Boys' nrctt* Sl.lrt* 25c Children'* Hilibcd Ve*t* Cambric Embroidery Edges Hoy*' Work Shirt* ! |<| P 12V4c 15c too nn., Stlckerel llrald*. all color*. It-yard Men's silk Hone, all color* 25c j nn vni«o. for 2Bc wear For Ladies and Children st." iia.V Men'* SuHpcniler* lOc nml 25c New l.nce nml Fmltroidcrv trimmed Cor*et Cover Kiiibrol.lcry, Men'* Cap* Cor*et Cover* . . . .15c, lOc and 2?ie 12Vic, 15c, 20c and «.jc liallroad tap* 10c and 25c Tlght-tlttlng Cot*ct Cover*. \H Over Kmhroldery —»«• Men** BcH* niM | i2«/»c New Bahy Kmhroldcry, Boy*' Su*pcndcr* 12Vfcc and 25c Shadow Lace Cor*et Cover*, with »«>*. r,| i»* 25c rlhlion trimmliig*. *pcclnl price*. \ n ° ver Kmhroldcry -*» c ' • VM , J clt* 25c Kmhroldercd Nain*ook Cornet Cov- New llahy l , 'mhroidcry v llo>* Straw llat* 25c cr*, rlhhon trimmed, .special price*. 10c, l«/l»c, l.»c and -.» c Boy*' Stocking*. 10c, 12Vfee and 25c ' ~" e . Special Bargains For Friday and Saturday Only n _ 1 . 25c Double Width Crepe Scotch 25c llo\ Writing Taper and Cor- Japanese oaskcts ri.w* «<• enrd* .. i.'l