8 BARRISEIIRG TELEGRAPH S*tabluM tSjI PUBLISHED BY THI TEXKGRAPII PRINTING CO. E. J. STACK POLE, Pres't and Tr»»»'r. F. R. OYSTER, Secretary. OUS M. STEINMETZ. Manning Editor. Published every evening (.*oept Sun day), at the Telegraph Building. *l# Federal Square. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building. New York City, Hasbrook. Story « Brooks. .Western Offloe, 128 Welt Madison street, Chicago, 111., Allen A ara. Delivered by carriers at Six cents a wee»- Mailed to subscriber# at 15.60 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg as second class matter. ®Th. Association of Amer- ( 1 lean Advertisers has ox- (' •mined and certified to i the circulation ef this pab- i i lication. The figuree of circaladea i' 11 contained in the Association's re- I , I pert only are guaranteed. : 11 Association of American Advertisers > , Ne. 2333 Whitehall Bld|. R. T. City !| lnsis dally average for the swstk of June, 1914 * 23,376 * Avosaie for the year 1918— Zl.BTT Aeeeses for the -year ISIS—2LI7B Asessce for the year 1111—1WW Assists for the year 1910— 17, j TELEPHONES! , Bell BMeetta Branch Exchange No. SMS. United Business Office, ICL doom 686. Job Dept. JOS. SATURDAY EVENING. JTLY 18 THE TRUTH OF IT WAGES paid to labor In Har risburg to-day are lower than those of a year ago. Prices of foodstuffs and household necessities are on an aver age ten per cent, higher. Labor was scarce last year; to-day contractors can obtain any number of men. On these premises Republican news papers are asked by Democratic poli ticians and newspapers whose selfish purposes are dependent on the popu larity of the Wilson administration to proclaim prosperity in the land. Because the soup house is not a prospect of the immediate future and because starvation is not actually threatening thousands of our people, we are expected to keep quiet concern ing the deplorable failure of the Democrats at Washington and to calmly submit to their mischievous program of business legislation. It has become a shameful thing to point out the broken promises of those in authority at the national cap ital. We are to light the little gas jet of things-as-they-ought-to-be and imme diately the great sun of things-as they-are will be blotted out! We are to hide our heads, like the ostrich, in the sands of the desert places and dream ourselves into the midst of a pleasant oasis. We are to imagine that prices are lower under the new tariff than under the old, and at once our grocery bills will be reduced. We are to tell ourselves that wages for the day laborer —the man who needs the money most—are higher than they were under Republican rule, and at once the pay envelope will be swelled. We are to imagine more men are at work now than a year ago and there ■will be jobs for all. The thing is as silly as it is wicked. It is not the province of the newspa per to do other than reflect the condi tions as they exist. If there be an evil It becomes the duty of the newspaper to point it out, and, if the remedy is at hand, to suggest it. That is what Republican, independent and many fearless Democratio newspapers the country over are doing. In this land of plenty and to spare, with record-breaking crops in sight and harassed and impatient business held in check only by the blunderers at Washington, the workman has a right to expect that his wages shall be going up instead of coming down; that he shall be permitted to share in the bountiful gifts of nature, and, with the tariff wall removed, that he shall be given the benefit of the loudly her alded lower prices that were to fol low. These are the things he was prom ised and because he complains that he has been fooled honest newspa pers are asked to tell him to take a back seat, shut up and be glad condi tions are no worse. "Don't tell the truth," has become the slogan of the Democratic press. PLANNING COMMISSION THERE is pending before the City Council an ordinance making an appropriation for proper engi neering services for the City Planning Commission. At the ' meet ing of the Council this week some ob jection was made to the appropriation on the score that funds were unavail able or that these services might in volve too great an outlay. It is commendable that the commis sioners should exercise great care in the expenditure of public moneys, but the economy should not be so rigid as to hamper in any degree the impor tant activities of a department which *t»as placed upon it a responsibility that Is little understood by many of our jpeople. For years the development of the ,suburban districts of Harrlsburg has iheen along indifferent and careless flines to the extent that when these districts have been annexed to the municipality enormous expense has in making them conform to the city proper, especially in the matter yol sewers, street grades and water SATURDAY EVENING, HAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH JULY 18. 1914 mains. Under the provisions of the law creating the City Planning Com mission authority is given for super vision of these tracts beyond the city limits to the end that when the day Tor annexation comes there will be no unreasonable or unnecessary expense. Only yesterday it was necessary for the new commission to go over one or two tracts upon which there is to be erected .i large number of dwellings this year, and it is highly important that there shall be no mistakes made in the laying out of the streets and the construction of drains and other gen eral improvements necessary In a new building development. We trust that the Council will real ize the Importance of the work of the City Planning Commission and give it the support which its work deserves. This commission is composed of five representative citizens and, as they are giving their services without cost, It is as little as the city can do to pro vide for the necessary expense of Its operations. CREASY AT IT AGAIN j t p-«ARMER" CREASY Is at It |H again! Notwithstanding that * the State Grange is supposed to be a nonpartisan body, he lumbered into town yesterday and un blushlngly turned over bodily so much of it as he personally controls to the Democratic bosses. Fortunately, he has not ©uch weight with the great masses of farmers, who know that the "Farmer" is a member of the Grange oply for business reasons and is active in its affairs only when there are per sonal profits in sight. But for the world-renowned cham pion ground and lofty tumbler in the political arena, such as the "Farmer" is supposed to be, he made an awful fizzle of his performance here yester day, and will no doubt be called to the carpet by Palmer, McCormick and his other colleagues on the Democratic ticket. While they have been proclaiming broadcast the benefits of the Demo cratic tariff, the "Farmer" let out a hoarse roar of agony over prevailing high prices and wanted the public to understand that the farmer is not to blame—the natural inference being that the trouble must lie at Washing ton. Likewise he let go a broadside at those who spent money in behalf of candidates and who did not report the same—regardless of the fact that nu merous Palmer and McCormick local committees conveniently forgot to comply with the law In this respect, and that some of the accounts that were filed might not conform in all respects with the legal requirement to tell "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." If the "Farmer" will only continue his present line of argument it might pay the Republican State committee to employ him aa a stump speaker for the Fall campaign. SIR THOMAS BLAMELESS AMERICANS win receive with pleasure the announcement that Sir Thomas Lipton was in no wise entangled in the canteen scandals that have lately caused a stir in England. Sir Thomas has been found blameless by the stockholders of the company and by the British government, and comes out of the af fair with his good name untarnished. In the United States little atten tion was given the charges against Lipton. Nobody ever believed him guilty. He Is too fair and honest in his sport to stoop to dishonesty in business—a business, by the way, that provides him with more money earned legitimately than he could spend on a whole fleet of cup challenging yachts. But it is just as well that the noted English yachtsman comes to America in his latest attempt to lift the cup with his reputation as fault less as his sportsmanship. It saves considerable embarassment all around. TIME HE'S FRIGHTENED PRESIDENT WILSON'S obvious effort of the last week to curry favor with business shows that at last he realizes he is making a mess of things with his free trade tariff theories' and his scholastic Ideas of government. It will be doubtless worlds better for the country if he is frightened a little out of his cocksure ness. His recent numerous conferences with some of the most prominent busi nessmen in the country In Washington and his nomination of Warburg, the New York financier, and of Jones, of Chicago, Harvester Trust director, as members of the Federal Reserve Board, show very clearly that he is not altogether deaf to the clamorings of a depressed country. But his change of attitude is not going to be a recompense to voters who get less wages and pay higher prices for food because of the folly of his administration. His change of heart—if such it is—has come too late. PASSING FADS MUCH good printers' ink is being wasted in condemnation of the dancing fad that Is sweeping I over the country. To be sure many of the dances are bad and they are no doubt an instrument for evil. But let us not believe that they are leading the nation to perdition. They will pass and some other form of amusement not now apparent will take their place, just as the dances have displaced the bridge craze of a year back, and just as clean, interest ing stories have pushed into the back ground the sex slush that crowded our bookshelves and newsstands only a few months ago. History Is full of ratlings at minor evils of the kind, hut there is no instance of a people drag ged to ruin by the fads and fancies of the idle or frivolous few. There are three and one-half columns of good advi?e on the church page to day. Don't fall to read It. 1 EVENING CHATI Fully 100 persons are going up and down the State of Pennsylvania preaching the importance of tire drills in factories and schools. This is not any sporadic movement of "safety first" people, but is a well defined State policy which is being urged upon employers, officials, employes and the public generally. The fire drill is being pointed to as the means of safety in time of trouble and the num berless illustrations of havoc wrought because of lack of organization and the numerous cases wherein system has saved life and limb are being used to buttress the arguments of the people who are urging attention to preparation for emergencies. This work is being done by everyone con nected with the Pennsylvania Depart ment of Labor and Industry and It is such an important part of the organi zation of that department that a bul letin on the subject has been gotten out in which not only deals with ways and means to organize a fire drill, but with ways to make it work and also how to have a private fire fighting sys tem to back it up. For instance it is shown that every factory or school should have a floor captain for each roo mand then aisle or squad leaders. There has been a lot of time and thought been put upon the campaign for fire drills and the hints on the sub ject are well worth noting. Here are I some: "Dont treat the Are drill as a joke." "Do not wait to get your hat and coat." "Obey commands." Gtrard, whose dally articles In the Philadelphia ledger, are read by thou sands of people, has this to say about some people well known to many resi dents of this city: "I suppose morn people know Victor P. Weirman. who has won distinction as ,a railroader, than knew his celebrated uncle, Victor Piollet. However, a generation ago, every farmer In this State and thou sands outside of it, knew about this greatest of all Pennsylvania grangers. He was a real power in politics and a decidedly hitter foe of Simon Cameron. I I asked his nephew, Mr. Weirman, what had started that animosity. "My uncle was recommended for colonel of a regiment in the Mexican War," he replied, "but Cameron opposed it so stoutly that the appointment was withdrawn. X don't think thev had spoken to each other for 35 Years, or until shortly before Mr. Plollet's death. He was then in Ilarrisburg and I or 1 some one else suggested that he drive down to old Senator Cameron's house." The veteran granger objected vigor ously at first, but finally yielded. Both he and Cameron were very old men and Cameron kept his political antag onist for two hours, talking over past events." It's astonishing the number of sug gestions for cooling off by means of a beverage a man can get if he asks the first ten people he meets In a block what they think. Yesterday aft ernoon ten people casually met in Third street between Walnut and Mar ket were asked what they would rec ommend for cooling off. Two sug gested beer, one a highball, another root beer, one buttermilk. one a | lemonade, one Ice water, one orange i phosphate, one a gin fizz and the last I plain corhonated water. Four offered ! to buy and one said that he ought to be bought a drink for giving his idea. I It does not take very long to get .people dancing these days. Even on I the hottest evenings people give them selves enjoyment in that line either 0 ncool porches or dancing pavilions. But probably the oddest place to dance is on the Mulberry street bridge. The other evening an organ grinder was coming along with his machine when a party of young folks went by. The electric lights had just been turned on when one youth spied the organ grinder. He gave him a quarter and the music of "Dixie" struck up. The whole party had stopped and the youth who had paid the quarter seized a girl and began to dance. The others followed and they had five minutes of fun even if they did hold up traffic on the bridge. This is the time of year to chop k°T n l if vou do not want to be bothered with them next year," re marked a farmer of years and vears of experience yesterday. "This' is the time when most of the weeds, thistle burdock, chicory and the like are In I bloom and if they are chopped down before they head or flower there will hp Just that number of seeds prevented from getting abroad to bother everv one. Every man who sees a weed and loves good grass should cut the weed Tf this was done when the dandelions come up there would be fewer lawns spotted. The hottest days apparently do not Pe T.t fr «2 m Kn,n * "P ln, ° 'he nelphts of the Capitol dome. Yester day there were half a dozen voung men on the balcony high up over the city at the warmest period of the aft rI n °i t !r;v, Th , ey u a,d that the wen 1' v h an<l that 11 was n "t »o bad after all because there was plenty of breeze. f ' This is about the time of the year when the average driver of a horse ought to think about the animal that helps him earn his bread. Although the weather has been extremely hot there are scarcely any horses to be seen wearing hats. Some of the ani mals look as though they would wilt and yet their heads are unprotected One misses the watchfulness of the late Maurice C. Eby these days. About the middle of July he would get around and suggest to the newspaper men that they write something advis ing carters and drivers to put sunbon nets on their horses. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —Dr. J. George Becht, secretary of the State Board of Education, used to write pieces for the college papers when he went to Lafayette. —Enoch Rauh, head of the noted Credit Men's Association of Pittsburgh, will retire from that organization. —Judge W. B. Broomall, of Dela ware county, has gone to the Berk shires for the summer. —Superintendent W. M. Davidson, of Pittsburgh schools, has returned from a visit to the northwestern States. —Charles Newbold Welsh, promi nent In Philadelphia society, and Mrs Welsh have gone to Dlnard for the summer. —Ralph M. Archibald, of Tarentum, who was elected principal of Waynes boro high school, was elected over 47 applicants. —John M. Zimmerman, new post master of Greensburg, and his prede cessor were dined by fellow citizens. SOURCE OF HARD TIMES The Washington Post (Ind) prints letters telling of Southern cotton mills which "can not get near cost for their yarn because there has been a vast In crpase in imports of yarns and cotton cloths under the new tariff law." And papers like the New York Evening Mall (Prog.), Baltimore Star (Rep ), Phila delphia Press (Rep.), and San Francisco Chronicle (Rep.) continue to denounce the Democratic tariff as the source of hard times. AN EVENING THOUGHT "Oh joy is like the magic cup; I lift it to the sky And still the more I offer up. The fuller joy have I!" —-Charlotte Porter, To Men of Families This is the time when one thinks of going away. It may be that you are planning a trip for yourself. What's going to become of your business while you are away? Have you left a note, to be opened after your departure, instructing your wife or a friend to conduct your business during your absence? Ridiculous question, you say! Not at all. tj Men go away every day—never to return. Most of them leave the con tinuation or dissolution of their business in the hands of a grief stricken wife or an individual wholly incompetent to protect the interests of those left behind. tj What provision have you made for those you'll permanently leave some day? We assume, of course, that you have made a will. That is a sacred duty which every man owes to his family. But what about the executor? tj It may be that sentiment has led you to name the wife or a good friend. But the greater sentiment is the abso lute safeguarding of your beneficiaries* interests. To do that you should name this bank as your Executor. CJ The wife is not trained in business— the friend, no matter how earnestly he HARRISBURG TRUST CO. Capital and Surplus SBOO,OOO CANDIDATES ARE STARTING TUNES Mayor Royal Likely to Be a Can didate For the City Council in Next Year Although a year must elapse before the primary election Is held for the nomination of candidates for munici pal and county offices some aspirants for office have comfnenced to tune up and there are numerous suggestions of men for various places. County Commissioner John H. Eby expects to have the backing of the McCormick machine for the nomina tion for sheriff and ex-Sheriff J. Rowe Fletcher is being favorably spoken of by many Republicans. Harry Lowry may be a Bull Moose candidate. Sheriff Harry C. Wells is mentioned as a Democratic candidate for county commissioner. Deputy Register C. W. Rubendall, of Millersburg, and Dr. C. A. Fritchey, of this city, are talked of for the Democratic nomination for recorder and ex-Recorder William A. Mcllhenny and Recorder O. G. Wlck ersham may try again. The woods will be full of candidates for mayor. Ex-Mayor E. S. Meals will likely stand and E. M. Winters thinks the Democrats are calling him. The city councilmen will all be candidates to succeed themselves, and Mayor Royal will be a candidate for mem bership in'that body. And there will be others. "Farmer" William T. Creasy and ex-Representative Frank N. Moore, who have been playing the Granger game so long that they have commenced to he- Creasy lieve a lot they say, were Awaits here to-day for a meet- NoUce ing of the State Grange legislative comrn 111 ee, which adopted the usual run of ideas. Creasy indulged In con siderable Interviewing and after bang ing Penrose and everyone on the Re publican side, said that he would do whatever the people wanted him to do to down the Republicans. When he was asked whether he thought the Democratic and Bull Moose machines represented the voice of the people ne said he would await expression of opinion by the proletariat. Creasy knows the Democrats have no earthly show of electing their ticket and is willing to sacrifice himself and with draw—if the spotlight !s working properly. Secretary Bryan is Chautauquaing In the Cumberland Valley to-clay and If his work at Washington wlil not suffer he may remain In this neighbor hood to-morrow. The secretary spoke at Waynesboro last night and Gettys burg, Shippensburg and Chambers burg are on his list for to-night. It is a rare chance for some men who opposed him some years ago to be I seen with him. ! The nonarrival of E. A. VanVal kenburg In Philadelphia last night prevented the big powwow of the Bull Moosers on the fusion problem and it is said that Flinn Fusion Will and VanValken burg be Talked and all the rest of the Over To-day bosses will meet to see about the proposi tion of the Democrats to fuse on everything provided the Bull Moosers accept McCormick for governor. It is intimated that the Bull Moosers think McCormick, the most vulnerable of the candidates, ought to get out and allow Dean Lewis to have the field. McCormick, who has made some in vestments this campaign, naturally is disinclined to do anything of the kind. Lewis is going right ahead with his campaign tours. The chances are that the fusion boat will be smashed on the rock of congressional nomina tions. Bull Moosers and Democrats are sutagonists on national issues. Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh, Repub lican candidate for governor, has ar ranged to curtail his vacation to visit Lebanon county during fair week. He will make a speech. The invitation was extended by a nonpartisan com mittee composed of friends of the doc tor. To anxious ones who remark that it seems as though the campaign had begun early it might be said that the worst is yet to come. I POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS I —Creasy's high cost of liVing speech and Dan Hart's famous "peaceful twi light" for the Democracy remarks will be twin jokes of the campaign. —The Democratic machine ought to have a chain on Creasy. —How many Palmer-McCormick committees failed to lile expense ac counts. —lf Creasy will only keep on the Republican job of cleaning up the election will be easy. —Dean Lewis seems to think he has about the same swell chance as McCormick in winning the election. —Palmer will open his campaign in Huntingdon next week. He will discuss the seatorship, however. —Creasy ought to be given a sub scription to the Patriot so that ho will keep in line with what the bosses think. —Wonder how Representatives Humes, Benson and other Democrats who grabbed for hospital appropria tions will like the Creasy denunciation of the charity appropriation system'.' —Creasy is evidently ambitious to be a star again. He was a real star a few legislative sessions ago. —Northumberland Democrats will have a county committee meeting on Monday. McCormick will not be there. j —Dr. Hoskins refused to note any t lng fragrant about the mint ap desires to carry out your wish, has his own interests which demand first con sideration—either may be required to be away for lengthy periods—either may take sick—either may die, and you run the chance of the adjustment of your estate falling into strange hands. If All these conditions may be over come by appointing this bank as Exec utor of your estate. It never goes away —it is never sick—it never dies. Day in, day out —year in, year out—as long as is required to adjust your affairs, its time will be devoted thereto. €J This bank conducts a separate de partment whose time is devoted solely to such work—it is experienced in busi ness matters —it is conversant with the routine of such an office—it knows bow, and wiil adjust vour estate so that the greatest advantages will accrue to your beneficiaries. And the charges of this bank for such service are fixed by law. There can be no extortion—no extras —no robbing Peter to pay Paul. We realize the importance of "Safe ty First" in protecting the interests of our depositors—we urge you to adopt it as your watchword in safeguarding the future of your family. Better think it over seriously. HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA i-polntment an(f he is going to leave the Philadelphia Democratic club and tell State Chairman Morris why. —The upshot of fusion propositions will he that they will get down to leg islative tickets. —Lewis and Pinchot are going to visit us next week. TOMORROW ny Winn Dinner If you're thinking of to-morrow, Apd how you'll spend the day, Better read the invitation On the fourteenth page to-day. It is printed in this paper Just to tell all folks the way They can be and feel much better And best win out in life's fray. Many churches In the city Have joined hands to send to you A suggestion that should aid you In deciding what to do On the day of Rest and Gladness. Just accept, and you will find If you go to church to-morrow You'll have perfect peace of mind. OUR DAILY LAUGH ) V_ - J II In Way According; to the I never pay old Number debts. "Birthdays are How about your milestones." new ones? "Or skipping Oh. I let them stones." get old. Foozled and Kum- Bright, I Say e«l Algv makes Ever played very sure of hlm golf? Belt before he docs Only in a cur- Hunsßoq Am »ory way. A safe blower, eh ? Sentiment and IJeenaea TFrom the Johnstown Tribune.l In affirming the decision of the Vo nnngo County Court In refusing liquor licenses because of a "growing senti ment against the sale of liquor." the Superior Court of Pennsylvania has also sustained the contention of The Tribune that the people have a right to be heard and that sentiment should govern the action of the judges in de- L termlning the question of necessity. I IN HARRISBURG FIFTY i YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph of July 18, 186 Whitewash Markets We notice that the markrthouses a receiving a coat of whitewash, whl Is taking the place of the many color show bills that have so long occupl prominent positions there. 2,000 at Camp CMtln Dast evening there were over 2.( "Hundred Days' Men" in Camp C> tin. NEWS DISPATCHES OF THE CIVIL. WAR [From the Telegraph of July 18, 186 Forces .Near I,ee*hurg Washington, Monday, July 18. 7 o'clock last evening our forces w« seven miles beyond Leesburg, in pi suit of the rebels, who were makl rapid time up the Shenandoah Vail toward Staunton. Forrest Captures Stockade Louisville, July 18. The Journal advised that early on Saturday mor lng a large rebel force, said to be u del- the command of Forrest, captur the stockade at Brownsboro, on t Memphis and Charleston Railroad. The ConatH of Lancaster (From the Dancaster Intelligencer.! The confirmation by the Secretary War of the opinion of Judge Advoci General Crowner that the Susquehan is legally a navigable stream so tfi Government, as well as corporate, effc to improve Its navigation may be urgi is a distinct triumph for the Atlan Deep Water-ways Association and 1 its president, Congressman J. Hampt Moore. StahllMy 1 From the Mercersburg Journal.] The time seems to be near at ha when the aeroplane will stay up long as the price of eggs in the ca: crn part of the t*nited States. PAXTANG PARK King Kelly will make his farew balloon ascension ano parachute Jur at Paxtang Park this evening. J though the weather has been unfavt able during the greater part of t week, Mr. Kelly has proved hlmsi as great a drawing card as over, a the fact still remains that there Is no! ing like a narachute-leaper for a rt park sensation. Probably no act th has ever played the park theater h been the cause of so much favoral comment as Arthur Geary. It is seldf that a star of Mr. Geary's reputati and ability Is seen in a popular-prlc vaudeville theater. With a few mo acts of this type the local public w begin to realize that they are gettli some show for their money at the pa theater. The bill for next week will be head by Nellie Brewster and company in musical comedy sketch. entitl "Betty." Miss Rrewster Is well knn< In llarrishurg, having played the pa two seasons ago in a singing act kno\ as Nellie Brewster and the Amsterda Quartet. Miss Brewster appeared he as prlmadonna In Jessie Lasky's h operatic act. "In the Barracks." A vertlsemeiit. UEADiti AHm.i roa SHIRTS SIDES & SIDES
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