10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Bjtablitlud ilji PUBLISHED BY THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. S. J. STACK POLE, Pres't and Traaa'r. I*. R. OYSTER, Secretary. ©US M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. every evening (except Sun day), at the Telegraph Building, Sit I Federal Square. Eastern Office. Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook, Story m Brooks. Office, 123 West Madison street. Chicago. 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at »13t cents a ' ~llmt Mailed to subscriber* |tkt $3.00 a year In advance. 'Sintered at the Post Office In Harris burg as second class matter. ®Tha Association of Ansae- ( 1 ican Advertisers has ax- i amiaed and certified to 1 the eircalatioßof this pab- i II Ucation. Tha figures of circulation I eontained in tho Association's re- 11 port oal j aro guaranteed. i; Association of American Advertisers ; > \ No. 2333 Whitehill Bldg. N. Y. City , tmn lallr average (or the month of May, 1914 <&- 24,402 Average far the year 1913—21,WT Average for the year 1012—21,1T8 Average for the year 1911—18,851 Average for the year 1910— TELEPHONED Bell Private Branch Exchange No. SO4O. United Business Office, 203. Room 685. Job Dent. Ml SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 27 A RIDICULOUS POSITION RESIDENT WILSON'S peevish P denunciation of the business men's protest against further nagging by Congress has brought Sown upon him the criticism of most *>f the independent newspapers and Influential leaders of the country. Many of the strong newspapers of the Democratic press have likewise sug gested that he went beyond decent bounds in criticising those who had a right to object to his program In Con- Cress. Calling a halt upon attacks on busi ness and the prosperity of the nation Is neither unpatriotic nor unreason able. It is the right of the people under our form of government to pe tition Congress at any time and Presi dent Wilson cannot arrogate to him self the powers of a dictator or an all wise ruler. He is human like the rest of us and must expect criticism of his errors, especially as In this way only can the people bring him to a realiza tion of what he is doing. Manufactured sentiment would have no permanent Influence upon the President or Congress, but there can be no argument as to the importance of listening to and heeding the ap peals of those who are In position to understand better than the adminis tration politicians what is inyolved in a continuance of the hectoring of business through ill-digested and un wise legislation. What the United States needs most Is a rest from the bombardment of theoretical legislation and restrictive frulings tending to discourage business activity and expansion. There ought to be some limit to the legislative and administrative program to the end that confidence may be restored and prosperity invited. Manifestly the President has been hearing from the more level-headed men who get his ear as to the un wisdom of his course in charging "conspiracy" against the important in terests of the country which have ap pealed to Washington for a respite from the constant assaults upon busi ness of every class —big and little. Surely business men have the same right to appeal to Congress with peti tions and letters and telegrams as •those thick and thin supporters of the Administration who are advised by Secretary Bryan in his newspaper to deluge Congress with telegrams urging eupport of the President's policies. Apparently, however, it makes all | the difference In the world whose ox is gored in the attitude of the Washing ton Administration. Every little •whipper-snapper newspaper support ing the Washington Administration takes the position that the President can do no wrong, just as accidental leaders like Palmer and McCormick In Pennsylvania insist that their spon ger In the White House shall have the acclaim of the multitude when his thumbs are up or down. There will be a bumper wheat crop In Pennsylvania, according to a state ment of Secretary of Agriculture Critchfleld, and there is also prospect of a large fruit crop. A kind Provi dence is certainly overruling for the welfare of the people the blunders and persistent blindness of the present dynasty at Washington. THE "HONOR MAN" MUCH is being made by the newspapers during these high school and college commence ment days of the "honor men" of the graduating classes. Brilliant euccess always does attract attention and it is right and proper that the brightest student should receive due praise. But the fact remains that the valedictorian of graduation day frequently falls to maintain his pace » * leadership and in many, many in stances the big rewards of afterlife go, If not to the tailenders, at least to some boy or girl not especially noted for scholarly attainments while in school. Budgell, co-writer with Steele and Addison, in the Spectator, notes this fact. He was acquainted with two men, he says, "one of whom was not only SATURDAY EVENING, , HARRISBURG I&Sfj£b TELEGRAPH JUNE 27, 1914. thought an impenetrable blockhead at school, but still maintained his repu tation at the university; the other was the pride of his master, and the most celebrated person in the college of which he was a member." Yet the man of parts was buried in an ob scure country charge at an annual salary of SBOO, while the "blockhead" in the space of a few years accumu lated for himself a large fortune and became one of the leading men of his country. As it Was then, so it is now. Hu man nature doesn't change much In a century or two. The law of compen sation has its own way of bringing about the equation that constitute# each human life, and at all events the scholar is often too much .wedded to his books to take time to apply to practical things the knowledge he < has so laboriously acquired. "The first shall be last, and the last shall be first," does not always apply, but quite frequently enough to make It the rule rather than the exception. The administration has gravely de manded an explanation of Huerta con cerning the deaths of two Americans in Mexico. Some folks can be excruci- i atlngly funny without knowing It themselves. ROAD REPAIRS THE cost of finding out whether Auditor General Powell is right in withholding payment of au tomobile license funds for road repairing expenses is far greater than most people realize. Road repairs that could have been made for $2,000,000 this year will cost from $4,000,000 to $6,000,000 next year. In other words, the money that the State Highway Department ought to have at this time for highway main tenance will not do anything like the work next year that it would have cov ered had it been available this year. Nothing goes back so rapidly as a road once it begins to break. The highway that could be put in order at small cost this year will require a vastly larger expenditure next year. Indeed, it will be remarkable if 1915 does not find the roads of Pennsyl vania in worse condition than ever before. This, however, is due to no fault of State Highway Commissioner Bigelow. Firm in the belief that the automobile license fund of more than $2,000,000 was at his disposal, Mr. Bigelow organized his forces and pre pared to spend the money on the re pair of those vast stretches of road that have been taken from the town ships by the Legislature and turned over to the Highway Department as part of the State system. Then came the legal snarl that put all his plans awry. The whole repair force has been disorganized and engineers who should now be directing gangs of workmen are on furlough. Meanwhile not a stroke of work is being done on the roads and they are going from bad to worse. The bor ough and township officials have no authority to make repairs and the State Highway Department cannot get the money the Legislature unques tionably meant it should have. The conditjoft is, indeed, unfortunate. It is no longer a reproach to speak of a man as a high flyer. FOURTH OF JULY, 1915 THE Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce has arranged what promises to be a very sensible and appropriate Fourth of July celebration for next week, bufc it has an opportunity to do something vastly greater and more imposing next year. The Fourth of July in 1915 ought to be made occasion for a joint observ ance of the national holiday with a dedication of the city's "front steps" and parkway along the river. This improvement will have been completed long before that date and the dam also will have been finished. The whole river bank will be turned into a park, with broad, paved walk leading to a series of steps ending in the lake-like waters of the Susque hanna. These steps would serve splendidly as a vast grandstand for the viewing of a great water fete and the calm water backed up by the low dam downtown will afford a splendid setting for boat races, a canoe parade and all manner of aquatic sports. It is not too soon to begin to plan for such a celebration. T. R. is some busy person with the difficulties in the Progressive party and the indifference of the Washington ad ministration to his strictures upon the Colombia treaty and other breaks of the administration. His typewriting machines are going overtime. CORNER-LOAFING POLITELY, but very firmly, the curb loiterer is to be jogged into action. To-night the police will hand out cards to those who con- | gregate on the curbs downtown toj move on or be arrested. We suppose there will be a few who will "stand on their rights" and make trouble for the policemen. But! the law-abiding persons will realize) that the order is just and proper. A few blameless persons may suffer slight embarrassment when the officer of the beat presents them with "move on" cards, but in the main the order will affect only the persistent street and corner loafel-s who ought to have been ordered to "march on" long, long ago. PROPER ACTION IN all public improvement work it is the fair thing for the officials in charge to keep the public advised of every important development, inasmuch as the public is the inter ested party in all municipal enter prises. Harrisburg has been particu larly fortunate in all its great under takings of the last few years in escap ing large expenditures growing out of unforeseen contingencies. It is there fore a commendable thing that the Board of Public Works, co-operating with the head of the Department of Highways and Public Works, has taken up with the proper authorities an un expected condition that has arisen In the construction of the river dam. In the building: of the dam it has been necessary to go to bed rock so that the breast might be firm and strong. Hera and there, however, have been discovered deep pockets which re quired unusual engineering devices to overcome. This has made necessary increased expenditure, which will be provided for by the City Council in order that the work may not be inter rupted. Of course, it would have been pos sible to complete the work and create a deficiency account without action now, but the wiser course has been pursued in making provision for the emergency at the present time and in the proper way. Public confidence is always re tained by straightforward conduct of the public's affairs. EVENING CHAT 1 Young Harrisburg is no longer afraid of snakes. Just now the snake instead of being a cause for scamper ing is the object of hunts. Time was not so long ago that a well developed, enterprising snake could keep boys away from any swimming place, and even prevent the enjoyment of a bull frog sticking expedition. Now . every place where snakes are known to fre quent is turned over a couple of times a day by boys in the first flush of vacation, and any snake within fifty feet who gets away is well entitled to the enjoyment of, bug-hunting on another day. Water snakes appear to be the particular prey of boys about the city, and there is hardly a band that returns l'rom rambling near the mountains or along the valleys of the Paxton, Yellow Breeches and Con odoguinet that does not come back with a serpent. The other night two boys tried to make the poor fright ened reptiles that had fallen into their hands engage in a duet, and another boy offered an amateur gardener a well-rounded garter snake to clear bugs from his potato patch for a quar ter. If there are any copperheads or rattlers close to Harrisburg they had better cover their tracks and hunt new apartments. Each of the battle flags recently in stalled in the rotunda of the State Capitol is to be given a number and a better display than is at present af forded in the glass cases. Prepara tions to this effect are being made and next week men will begin a re arrangement, so that the flags can be seen to better advantage. It is the idea to make as much room as possible be tween the flags and to have a number on each one, a key chart being placed in front of the case. Eventually some of the flags may be moved to new cases, which the Legislature may be asked to provide. The Revolutionary, War of 1812, captured Mexican flag and various interesting flags of the Civil War itnd the flag carried by the Tenth Pennsylvania through the Philippines will be framed after being covered with silk for better preserva tion. It is the plan to display these flags in the corridors of the State Capitol. "The rains and hot weather of the last week, while very uncomfortable, have been worth a great many dollars to the farmers of Pennsylvania," says Secretary of Agriculture N. B. Critch fleld. "The land was badly in need of rain and the combination caused the corn to grow rapidly, and there aro some excellent predictions being made about the crop, which looks very well in southern counties. The wheat crop shows every indication of being very large and the reports about the yield of cherries are that the trees are loaded with them. Early summer crops appear to be excellent." Capitol Hill is having a case of "nerves" over the activities of the State Economy and Efficiency Com mission, which after a month or two of investigations and inquiry has been hearing heads of departments of the State government tell of the organiza tion of their branches and of the num ber and duties of their subordinates. In a number of instances it has been found that changes could be made to the advantage of the public service and that some of the attaches are not overworked at certain times. The commission has also been going care fully along a line suggested bp Gov ernor Tener, who thinks that a cen tral mailing place would be a good idea for the Capitol, and that it would promote efficiency as well as economy in the handling of letters and mail matter of various kinds. Some of the departments have been more or less perturbed by the probing into their operations, and the Idea in some of fices was illustrated the other day when in an informal conversation one man connected with a big department asked to be told just what the com mission was "driving at." He was told that the commission was seeking information to correct "lost motion" and "lapsed time." This appeared to make the inquirer feel very much bet ter, for he remarked: "Well, you"re not head-hunters then." Some of the heads of the State de partments are commencing to figure around about the manner in which they will ask appropriations from the next Legislature, and it is expected that the demand for the conduct of the State government will be consid erably heavier than last year because of the extension of State work. The Department of Labor and Industry, the Public Service Commission, mov ing picture censors and other branches of the State government have gotten organized and are preparing the esti mates for their work. Then the State will have to provide a road-building program, the proposed bond issue hav ing been defeated, and will also have to arrange to take care of the natural Increase in various older branches. The indications are that the appro priations for government next year will be greater than known :lnce Pennsylvania established itself. While public improvements are be ing mentioned it is interesting to re call the enthusiasm of a burgess of a small town for improvements. He was discussing them at a recent meeting here and remarked with enthusiasm, "We'll bond the home town for tho limit." "What's your limit now?" "Eight thousand, four hundred dol lars." he replied proudly. The discussion of the astronomical tower at Philadelphia, which is rep resented in the newest Abbey paint ing at the Capitol has caused u. num ber of people to ask questions about It and the way the guides keep up to date on such things is worth while. Yesterday afternoon a guide was asked to point out the 'tower paint ing." He piloted his party to the hall of the house and then produced a clipping telling all about'it. 2ND LANCASTER IS POLITICAL POINT Has Twenty Candidates For the Four Legislative Seats to Be Filled in Autumn CAMPAIGN GETTING HOT Republicans Will Meet in Pitts burgh in August— Morris Between Two Fires Records of the May primary pub lished at the State Capitol show that the Second Lancaster legislative dis trict, which elects four members of the House, leads In the number or candidates who will go before the people at the November election, hav ing an even score of men on the ticket. The Seventeenth Philadelphia district is next with eighteen, followed by the Eleventh Allegheny with sixteen and the Second Westmoreland with fifteen. Many other districts have ten or a dozen candidates. In some of these districts the same men are on two and three tickets, so that if every separate nomination was set out the number would actually be higher. In live dis tricts there are but two candidates for the legislative seat. These districts are the Eleventh Philadelphia, Mon roe, Montour, First and Fifth Lu zerne, one of the two in the last dis trict being on five tickets. There are three candidates for the seat In each of the following districts: Cameron, Clarion, Forest, Fulton, Juniata, Fifth Lackawanna, Fourth Luzerne, Second Montgomery, Pike, First and Second Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, Union, Wayne an(l Fourth York. In the senatorial list the Sixth dis trict leads with six candidates, while the Twentieth district, part of Luzerne county, has two candidates. Most of the congressional districts have five candidates, the Thirtieth dis trict, the MeKeesport district, has but three candidates, one man being on six tickets. There are twenty-four candidates for Congress-at-large. There are six candidates for Gov ernor and six for United States sen ator and five each for Lieutenant- Governor and Secretary of Internal Affairs. Under the nonpartisan law there are but two candidates for the Supreme and Superior Courts. State Chairman Crow announced yesterday that as a result of the refer endum vote on the postponement of the State committee meeting from Phila- Meotins to delphia on July 15 to Be Hold at Pittsburgh on August Pittsburgh 2fi, enough members had answered in the affirmative to author ize the change. The notices will be sent to the committee members. The platform committee will meet next week for another conference and the committee on changes of rules will also have a session. Prominent Re publicans are keeping In close touch with the State headquarters to an un usual extent this year. State Chairman Roland S. Morris, of the Democratic Stain machine, is in a bad state of mind just now. On one side lie has the Thornton men who were turned down by Democratic the city committee in Bosses Will Philadelphia demand- Talk It Over ing that the whole Democratic committee elected by the people be electrocuted, and on the other he is hearing from practical politicians who demand that any further split be prevented in the party. McCormick is said to be de termined to get revenge, but some other candidates are not so keen. Next week the bosses will get together in Philadelphia to discuss the ques tion of inquiring "into the legitimacy of the Philadelphia city committee." Apparently the right of the people to elect a city committee does not weigh with the Democratic ruling clique. Senator Penrose will start late to day on an automobile tour across the State to Pittsburgh, where he has a number of engage ments. He will be ac- Penrose to companied by his Be In City brother, Dr. Charles B. Tomorrow Penrose, president of the Board of Game Commissioners. The two expect to arrive at Harrisburg about noon to-morrow for dinner with the Governor at the Executive Man sion. Monday the trip west will be resumed. On Tuesday, the Senator will deliver an address in Pittsburgh before the State Sportsmen's Associa tion. On that same day, Colonel Roosevelt will be in Pittsburgh to speak at the second annual confer ence of the Progressives. The follow ing day, Wednesday, the Senator will attend outdoor festivities to be con ducted by the Sportsmen, and on July 2, Thursday, he will be the guest at a reception to bo given by E. V. Bab cock at his country home near Pitts burgh. July 4 will find the Senator in Ephrata, Lancaster county, where he will deliver the Independence Day address. The Philadelphia Ledger in a politi cal review by Frank J. Price to-day says: "The more closely primary re turns, now being tabu lated In the office of the Secretary of the Democratic Commonwealth, are Cause Now studied, the gloomier Hopeless the outlook grows for those Democrats who believed a year ago that this was to be a Wilson year in Pennsylvania. The President himself, the Democratic delegation in Congress and the party at large had conceived the notion that because the Taft electors were reject ed at the polls the Keystone State was getting ready to swing into the Demo cratic column; and yet, the Wilson electors had polled fewer votes by more than 50,000 than the Bryan electors had received only four years previously; fewer by 30,000 than Bryan received In 1900; fewer by nearly 40,000 than Bryan received as a result of the free silver hysteria of 1896; fewer by nearly 60,000 than Cleveland received in 1892. Even in 1888, when Cleveland was defeated by Benjamin Harrison, he received 443,- 633 votes, while Wilson, in 1912, re ceived only 395,637. Winfleld Scott Hancock, author of the phrase, 'the tariff is a local issue,' received 12,000 more votes, in round figures, thirty-six pears ago, than Wilson received in 1912." The Central Democratic Club last night named Harry Vollmer, prospec tive Federal appointee, to take charge of the instruction of teh awkward squad for the marching club of 1914. In 1912 there were almost 300 mem bers and they learned to march as ,the campaign wore on. , ( OUR DAILY LAUGH ) Sure ell "Speaking of She What do gambling, I won you think of love *100,000.00 once." at first sight? "t got yer—mar- He All right, ried a widow with if the girl's the that amount, eh?" kind that'll put yer eye out. Hard I.inea . „ Sister Willie, A True Knight you hang she OO-oo; around and listen what a dirty face! tT, niVhf 5 C k ,« Don't you dare shall speak to me! w WP y° u - . „ He Er—but I nfo Sot It dirty kissin' Ma says she 11 the ground you ~m a ,'' 1 walk on! don t keep tabs on you and him. GOIN* FISHIN' By Wing Dinger Some weeks ago I gave you all A quiet little tip That I was going to take the kids Upon a fishing trip. I bought the rods and hooks and lines, A day or two ago. And dug the bait this morning, so We're ready now to go. We're off, I haven't time to write Another single thought. Perhaps on Monday I will tell Of fish we caught—or bought. 1 POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS 1 —Wouldn't it be funny if the Col onel and Penrose met and talked over old times. —Frank Dershem's campaign for re-election in the Seventeenth seems to have become mouldy. —J. Wood Clark, an old-time Guf fey man, was elected chairman of the Indiana county Democratic commit tee. • —Evidently the House did not take kindly to the Bryan economy plan of adding an assistant at $4,500 to his staff. —Bryan and McCormick seem to have the same ideas of economy. —One thing is certain and that is the Colonel and Penrose will not meet if Flinn can help it. —Penrose's visit to Pittsburgh when the Colonel is there has made even seasoned politicians sit up and gasp. —Chairman Morris appears to be torn between his desire to get re venge on the old Democratic organiza tion in Philadelphia and common sense. —Mitchell Palmer always could be wise. He went golfing when Bryan's new assistant bill came up in the House yesterday. —Ziba T. Moore says that Phila delphia Progressives are with Roose velt in his stand on Perkins. —Chairman Detrich will be endors ing the Colonel next. —lt's going to take something more than a marching club to hold the home town this year. [ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —Senator W. C. Sproul will sail for Europe next week. —State Treasurer R. K. Young is becoming a golfer. —Montgomery Evans, president of the State Bankers, is one of the oldest bankers in point of service in Nor ristown. —The Rev. T. W. McKinney is head of the Coatesville open air revival movement. —Congressman Palmer Is fishing and golfing in the Poconos. —William Flinn is returning from a trip to California. WHY NOT A FOURTH PARTY? [From the Philadelphia Inquirer] The Pinchot brothers—Amos and Gilford—have read the financial angel of the Progressive party—Harvester Trust Perkins—out of the organiza tion. True, as chairman of the ex. ecutive committee, he has furnished a goodly portion of the campaign funds, but in the opinion of the Pin chot brothers—Amos and Gifford —he is a burden upon the party. Their ultimatum has been given—Perkins must go. But Perkins shows no sign of going. Indeed, so prominent a personage as Thedore Roosevelt, founder and com mander-in-chief of the party, says he shall not go. "As for reading him out of the party, when that is done they will have to read me out, too." That is the Roosevelt ultimatum. Thus does ultimatum clash with ultimatum. i [From the Telegraph of June 27, 1864.] IVo Heavy Flrlnu; Washington, Juno 27. The steamer Highland Light arrived here at 11 o'clock from City Point and reports that there has been no heavy firing within the past few days. The cannon ading at times is heavy. FoMter Milken Capture New York, June 27. The Commer cial-Advertiser's army letter of June 25, says that General Foster's force of the Tenth Corps, has probably attacked Chapln's Bluff and perhaps captured It. IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph of June 27, 1864.] Troutlng The trouting season closes on the 30th of September. Anglers will yet have three months in which to capture the "speckled beauties." No Fourth Celebrntlon Monday next will be the "glorious Fourth." Aside from the picnics an nounced for the day, the anniversary will be observed by our citizens in a manner to be determined by them selves. There will be no general cele bration. nmmnnj m 1 SHIRTS SIDES & SIDES Have You Money 1 To Invest ? H wm ■ If you have had difficulty in m MPI finding a satisfactory invest- H PI H ment for your money this Sum- I mer, don't neglect the matter ——— j n t j le meanwhile and lose the interest. P Convert the funds into a Denosit Certificate of Deposit, which *■ by renewing every 4 months, Trust pays compound interest at the rate of 3 per cent. It's one of Comoanv sa^est kinds of an invest ment, and many prefer it to 213 Market St. those which pay a higher rate of interest because the princi capttai, $300,000 pal is absolutely secured and Burpim, $300,000 the income is assured. Any amounts accepted. Open for deposit* Saturday evening! from H to 8. "FIDDLER-CRAB" LOCOMOTIVES I [From the Engineering and Mining Journal.] For handling cars at their Cleveland ore docks, the Pennsylvania Lines West have recently had built three locomo tives of unusual design. The novel feature in these locomotives is the fact that they do not run on the same tracks as the cars they handle but on narrow gauge, parallel tracks. They are not ETOKIFT3 that when they have passed away, their families may enjoy the results of their hard work. It is the height of wisdom for them to select for the distribution of their estate, AN EXECUTOR OF EX PERIENCE AND RESPONSIBIL ITY. We act in this capacity, and are ad mirably prepared in every way to per form the duties of executor or trustee. We would be pleased to go more into detail regarding this at any time. MECHANICS TRUST COMPANY HARRISBURG. PA. Capital .. $300,000.00 Surplus .. $300,000.00 Public Sale of Public Stocks Thursday July 2, 1914, 10.30 A. M. In Front of Court House First National Bank, Harrisburg, Pa. Commonwealth Trust Company, Harrisburg, Pa. Harrisburg Light & Power Company. 6 per cent, cumulative preferred. Opportunity will be given to purchase above stocks in odd lots. Right is reserved to reject any bid, and to withdraw any of Mid securities from sale. Terms, cash; but, where desired by purchasers, the vender will arrange for loans upon securities purchased to the extent of 75 per cent, of the purchase money; or, if preferred, for the entire purchase money, upon approved additional security. COMMONWEALTH TRUST COMPANY Executor and Administrator. Good News for Taxpayers Security Trust Company has a plan to save for your 1915 taxes in weekly instalments. Why take a month or two of rent to pay your taxes, when a small amount could be deducted each month and placed in our TAX SAVINGS CLUB? Join with those who prepare for their future expenses. SECURITY TRUST CO. 36-38 North Third St. OPEN SATURDAY EVENING 7 to 9 O'clock attached to the cars by couplings, but eai'h locomotive In equipped with an arm on each side, which can be lowered by means of compressed air controlled from the cab and acts as a pusher. Single cars or trains can be easily handled and cars can be shifted and cut out from trains with the least time and trouble. The locomotives, of Bald win-Westlnghouse make, nave bar steel frames and weigh twenty-flve tons.
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