Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, July 29, 1914, Page 6, Image 6
6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established ißji PUBLISHED BY THIS TEI.EGHAFH PRIXTTNO CO. E. J. STACK POLE, Pres't and TreasT. F. R. OYSTER, Secretary. OUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Published «very evening (except Sun day), at the Telegraph Building, 21f Federal Square. Eastern Office, Building. New York City, Haabrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office. 128 West Madison street, Chicago. 111., Allen & Ward. yjMfc. Delivered by carriers at six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year in advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg as second class matter. 5 /fillN The Association of Amtr- ( ' 5 ican Advertisers baa ex- / / Vhv amrned and certified to i' j the circalatioßof this pub- i 1 J ligation. The figure* of circulation i j contained in the Association's re- i ) port only are guaranteed. ( Association of American Advertisers > •worn daily ■▼erage for the mouth of June, 1914 * 23,376 * Avfmge for the year 1913—21.57T Avenge for the year 11)12—21,175 A?er«ge for the year 1911— Average for the year 1910—17,495 TELEPHONES! Bell Prlrata Branch Exchange No. 1040. United Business Office, 203. Sldltorlal Room 586. Job Dept. 203, . WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 291 WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHAT will happen along the River Park following the lay ing of the proposed water main is well illustrated by the results of the storm of last Saturday on a number of more recently paved streets of the city. For Instance, in Reily street near Front one of the large, handsome trees that adorn that thoroughfare and make It one of the most pleasant resi dential sections of the West End was hlown out by the roots and fell, badly damaging a nearby property and nar rowly escaping a vehicle that was passing at the time. Examination showed that in grading for the paving of the street or in relaying the water mains or sewers previous to the paving several of the Isrge roots of the tree had been sev ered, leaving it without strength to withstand the terrific gale which buf fctted it during Saturday's heavy storm. On Third street near Reily another large tree fell for the same reason and blocked trolley traffic for more tnan an hour. This tree was also the victim of carelessness of those, who paved the street or who were forced to <Jut its roots because of its inter ference with the Improvements under way. This is exactly what will happen in River Front Park. Careful as the contractors may be, they will find It Impossible to avoid cutting into the roots of the gigantic shade trees that r.cw cover almost the whole ground space of the park. They have grown for years and years and recent exca vations have shown that they may overlap and entwine in a way that makes it impossible to cut into the earth at any point without seriously interfering with the root system of all nearby trees. In many cases it will be necessary to cut the tap roots of these trees, as it was those which fell during the storm of last Saturday, and it is only reasonable to suppose that if many of them escape immediate de struction it will be only to be blown down during the storms of coming years. This will endanger lives and property and slowly but surely denude the River Front Park of the beautiful trees that now make it a favorite rest ing spot for thousands upon thousands of our people who have not the means or the opportunity to go to the more distant recreation places the city has provided. The whole Idea of placing this water main in the River Front Park is im practical and uneconomical. It is foolish to save at the spigot to lose at the bung and those who arc respon sible for the letting of this contract must stand ready to shoulder the blame that is certain to conic if they do not find a way to make the change that seems so desirable. WILSON IX DESPERATE STRAITS THE announcement of President Wilson that he intends to come into Pennsylvania this Fall in an effort to prevent the loss of his congressional and State tickets here, is only an Illustration of the des perate straits in which the Adminis tration finds itself at this time. The light and the propriety of the President to do this is not questioned. He has many precedents on which to stand. Other Presidents have done likewise nad no one can object to President Wilson taking the stump jn his own behalf and in the behalf of his personally chosen candidates if he so chooses. Indeed, the Republican managers, if not the Progressives as well, will no doubt welcome the pres ence of the White House occupant at this time. Pennsylvania, it must be remembered, did not give President Wilson a majority even at a time when the Republican hosts In this State were divided as never before and when It might have been expected that the Democrats would have found it an easy matter to poll the bulk of the votes. There has heen no change of senti ment since 1912 In that respect. In deed, Just the opposite is true. Presi dent Wilson's policies are now more unpopular in Pennsylvania than they were when he enunciated them fol lowing his nomination by the Balti more convention. Then Pennsylva nia* merely believed them to be op sosed to their own best interests. To WEDNESDAY EVENING HARRISBURG s£%&&& TELEGRAPH JULY 29, 1914. •lay they know that their beliefs In j this respect were true. | The Democratic Administration has ! brought nothing to Pennsylvania but i injury to business and idleness or j partial Idleness to hundreds of thou sands of men whose employment de pends largely upon the protective tariff that (lid so much to make Penn sylvania the foremost industrial State I of the Union. ; These men who declined to vote for | President Wilson and many of the Democratic congressional nominees in 1912 c-an scarcely be expected under j these circumstances to change their sentiment at this time, and the Presi dent will find a hard job ahead of him ; in Pennsylvania. j He has before him a harder task | even than he had when he lost the : State for the Presidency. His promises 1 of low prices following the enactment : of the I'nderwood tariff law have not been fulfilled and Pennsylvania has ! in no wise benefited from the Admin- | istratlon at Washington during the ,• past two years. Instead, as has been said, it has suffered tremendously. It jis difficult to understand, therefore, ! how President Wilson hopes to do ! more than hearten his followers and | his candidates In Pennsylvania during the coming campaign. Adroit orator though he be, he. will not be able to | convince the people of this State that the men who failed in two years will be able to improve matters in two years more, and the whole outlook is for a tremendous outpouring of Re j publican votes in November as a pro test not only against the Democratic Administration but against the Presi dent's failure to make good his pre vious promises and his unwarranted interference in Pennsylvania's politics. THE TWO SIDES OF IT IT is gratifying to note a slight im provement in the business of the United States Steel Company for the second quarter of this year. Earnings of $22,956,414 showed an increase of $2,505,426, with an in crease of $2,463,215 in net and a pro portionate gain in net income. But it is a sad commentary on business conditions to observe that to meet regular dividend payments on preferred and common shares It was again necessary to encroach upon last year's surplus to the extent of $5,- 159,237. This made a total of sll.- 448,881 taken from the 1913 undivided surplus for dividend purposes. THE COLONEL'S RETURN REPUBLICANS the country over see in the endorsement of a Republican for Governor of New York State by Colonel Roosevelt a willingness on the part of the former President to let the Progressive party trail along as sec ondary to the Republican party in that State. This action on the part of the Colonel is having its effect in Pennsylvania, the report from Oyster Bay that Roosevelt is bent on effect ing a Junction of the Republican and Progressive forces in this State in 1916 being taken very seriously in the Flinn camp. The Progressive bosses realize that their little dream of party power is nearing its end and this ap parent desertion on the part of Colonel Roosevelt in New York State, they see, is merely the first step to ward the amalgamation of the rem nant of the new party with the old. Without Roosevelt there would have been no Washington party. Not even enthusiastic members of that party took stock in the assertion that a third party was necessary, that it had to come and kindred statements equally as ridiculous. It will be re called that whenever anything like this was said there was always a sup plement promise that Colonel Roose velt and his people would never sup port, advocate, or say a kind word for any person whose candidacy bore the Republican tag. But, as events of the past few days show, nothing like this has come to pass. The Colonel is after a Republican nomination for his friend Hinmnn and apparently he is willing that the Progressive party become a tail to the Republican kite. A few newspapers and self-ap pointed bosses are still trying to de lude the public into the belief that the Progressive-Washington party still remains as a factor. For in stance, Glfford Pinchot is going over Pennsylvania with a bland smile and a handshake trying to rally voters to his standard. But judging from the receptions that he is getting, he no doubt feels like folding his little tent and returning to his home in Wash ington, D. C. There is no shrewder political fore caster in the world than Colonel Roosevelt and his latest move indi cates his belief in the ultimate-su premacy of the Republican party the country over. A PROPER BILL CONGRESS will do a very proper and very popular thing if it passes the bill now before it making George W. Goethals a Major General of the United States Army. No man has done more in recent years to increase the respect of the country and the world at large for the efficiency of our army than Colo nel Goethals. The Panama Canal will stand as a memorial to him long after the marbles on a thousand battlefields shall have been leveled to the dust. His has been a great victory for peace and the spreading of the benefits of civilization and he should be rewarded in the only way Congress can do so. Colonel Goethal's promotion to the rank of Major General would not only bring him the honors so dear to the heart of the military man, but would give him a salary somewhat commensurate with the services he has rendered the country. AX EVENING THOUGHT We can sing away our cares easier than we can reason them away.—Beecher I EVENING CHAT 1 Lew R. Palmer, who Is bossing the State Department of Labor and Indus try, is one of the leaders in the "safety first" movement and has been making a unique collection appropriate to his life work. Palmer used to play one of the ends on Princeton elevens years ago and was for years the safety ex pert of the great Jones & Laughlln steel works. He does not believe In dreaming about safety but he will go around the end as well as buck the corner to get results. He talks safety arrangements and writes letters about th<>m. One day he was impressed by some pictures calling attention to the necessity of providing for safety: Then he saw a cartoon in a newspaper on the subject. That set him thinking and he began a safety propaganda through pictures. Some of those he inspired and some inspired him. He has gathered some of the best cartoons on the subject from newspapers. They are originals and some are by noted newspaper artists. The collection will be framed and placed in the citadel of "Safety First"—the Department of Labor and Industry. Speaking of safety recalls the inci dent in the life of a Cumberland county man last fall. This man went hunting and chased a rabbit into a drain, which was eoihposed of sewer pipe and slanted up under a lawn. The rabbit was a big, fat "bunny" and looked tempting. The gunner was much disappointed when the game went up the drain and stooping down poked around the pipe with his feun. Then he pushed the barrel inside and was planning to fire when the owner of the land came along. "Hey, what you going to do, blow me up?" he shouted. "No," said Nimrod. "There's a rab bit up that drain and I'm going to get him." "How'll you get him when y»u shoot him? Anyway, you'll likely blow a hole in my sewer and you may blow yourself up at this end. Cut it out." The gunner remarked, "I never thought of that" and quit. Dr. William O. Miller, former state senator from Bedford county, believes in practicing what he preaches. Dr. Miller, who for several years has been the traveling tuberculosis lecturer of the State Department of Health, has his Harrisburg residence at 1859 Mar ket street, at the corner of Nineteenth street. Directly opposite his home a pronounced depression is in Nineteenth street, along the property of St. An drew's Protestant Episcopal Church. After every rain it is a puddle for days and has worried the city Highway De partment as much as it has the city Hoard of Health. In order to keep, down the available supply of mos quitoes, however. Dr. Miller gets busy with a couple of quarts of kerosene after every shower and commits mos quitocide by the wholesale. The war scare in Europe has had a curious reflex in Harrisburg news paper offices the last few days. Ever since the lireech between Austria and Servia became acute the telephone bells have heen ringing for attention on the part of men who wanted the very latest news. They would be satisfied with nothing but the very latest and some men were so eager for infor mation that they visited the offices and hung about the desks of the tele graphic editors. One man was so busy yesterday hunting the latest information that he did not leave an hour go by without an inquiry. "Say. what are you interested In tills for?" was asked of him. The man smiled slowly and replied I'm selling short." The stock market players were not the only ones who kept close tabs on the war situation. There were a num ber of other men who were holding their hands right on the wires, so to speak, and they were as keen about the very latest news as the others. They were men who "play" the grain markets. The spectacular rise of wheat yesterday was marked by a good many smiles of satisfaction around here, farmers who had wheat to sell as well as the ticker farmers who till the grain markets being much interested. James A. Stees, chief clerk of the Department of Labor and Industry will leave on Friday for Winnipeg to attend the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias. He will repre sent the State grand lodge in which he has held high office. The meeting will be one of the largest ever held. Mr. Stees will spend some time in Canadian province. Judge W. N. Seibert, of the Perry- Juniata district, who has been hold ing court here this week, is sitting for the first time and has already made many friends among the attorneys. The judge quickly mastered the pro cedure of the Dauphin county court, which is one of the most formal in the State in some respects and his rulings have been prompt and concisely ex pressed. The custom of wearing "dusters," as some people still call the light col ored automobile garments, gives a spectral effect to a car filled with peo ple so attired in the evenings. Just watch it on some street where there is not a glnre of electric light. Along comes a car with its headlights flarin ? and then a glimmer of polished brass work followed hy three, four or five white clad shapes looking for all the world like a car filled with ghosts. f WELL KNOWN PEOPLE T • —Mayor George S. Lysle, of McKees port, rode on a locomotive to see how slow certajn 4peed rates are. He would not believe it and railroad officials arranged for him to take the ride. —District Attorney It. H. Jackson, of Allegheny, spoke in a church the other day and said that the church goer was the best citizen. —George W. Shank, well known here, has been appointed chairman of the Johnstown Chamber of Commerce trade boomers. —Bishop Dubs spoke at the Somei set Chautauqua, It being his first visit to that section in years. —Colonel Sheldon Potter will spend August on his property in Pike county. NEWS DISPATCHES OF THE CIVIL WAR [From the Telegraph of July 29, 1864.] Relirl* Attack Iteur Bermuda Islands, July 27. An im portant movement is in progress from this point this morning. Whilst troops were crossing the James river to the north side on two pontoon bridges, a rebel force came down and attacked our rear on the banks. Knrmy Taken Martlnnburc Washington, July 28. ll P. M. Martinsburg is undoubtedly now in the possession of the enemy. HOW MUCH THIS AVERAGE FARMER t IS WORTH The following is taken from the cur rent Issue of Farm and Fireside: "The average farmer In the United States, according to Government fig ures. tills a farm of 1338 acres and has an average investment of $6,443. Of this Investment his buildings represent $994; his implements and macnlnerv, $199. There Is an average mortgage o"n this average farm of $1,i15, bearing an average interest of 6 per cent. His gross Income Is $980.55. and out of this he pars an average expense account of $340.15. His interest on the mortgage averages $102.5", so that Ills Income after all charges are deducted la $637.60. On this he must life, -educate REPUBLICANS PUN WORK WITH GLEE Everyone Pleased That Wilion Is Conming Into Pennsylvania to Make Explanations CONGRESSMEN TO MEET Report That Wilson Would Speak in Steelton Makes Local Leaders See Crimson Republican congressmen who are running for re-election and Republi can candidates for congressional seats are delighted with the announcement that President Wilson will come into Pennsylvania to tell why he wants his slated ticket elected because they realize that nothing Is going to help the Republicans more. The coming of the President did not cause much of a flutter at the Democratic wind mill and the local Democrats looked the other way when one asked wheth er Wilson was coming here. One prominent leader got mad when asked if he. did not think Steelton would be a good place to send Wilson on his tour. Enthused over the outlook for Re publican success and desirous of get ting the best plans made, Congressman C. E. Patton has called a conference of all Republican congressional can didates for next Tuesday at Washing ton. Mr. Patton says the Pennsylvania situation will be discussed from every angle and plans will be laid for win ning at least thirty of the thirty-six seats in the November election, head ing Republican members of the House and probably some Republican sena tors will take part in the conference. It became known in Washington yesterday that overtures have been made to Pennsylvania Republican leaders looking to an amalgamation of the Republican and Progressive forces in several of the districts. If present plans work out, it Is said that certain Washington party candidates lor the House will withdraw from the contest In favor of the Republican nominees, thus making certain the election of Republicans to succeed to the seats now held by Democrats. "That leading Republicans in Phila delphia and Pennsylvania do not pro pose to have the Republican ticket di vided this Fall," says a statement issued by Republicans the Pennsylvania Pro- Will Stand tectlve Union, "is in- Tojjjetlier dlcated by a letter written by William T. Tilden, president of the Union League, to a campaign com mittee which is being formed in the interests of Dr. Rrumbaugh, exclusive ly. "Mr. Tilden explains that he is heartily in favor of Dr. Brumbaugh's candidacy," continues the statement, "but that he Is quite as warm in his support of Senator Penrose and the entire Republican ticket." Senator Penrose "let up" on Con- Jerauld Shoe Co.'s 47th Semi-Annual Clearance Sale Begins Thursday Morning, Afe JULY 30th, 1914 WAjwgjK This is the sale that is looked forward to by hundreds because f I if the reductions are genuine, styles are up-to-date, dependable in L 1 |W9yM| wear,fitted with care and may be returned for exchange or refund I SS EVERY PAIR IS FROM OUR REGULAR STOCK AND N SOLD WITH OUR USUAL GUARANTEE. PRACTICALLY EVERY PAIR OF LOW SHOES IN THE STORE ARE IN Note the Reductions on Men's and Women's Low Shoes, Oxford $7.00 GRADES, NOW Qg $4.50 GRADES, NOW gg $6.50 GRADES, NOW AQ GRADES » NOW $3.29 $3 5Q GRADES NOW QQ $6.00 GRADES, NOW d»/l QQ v't.l'O $3.00 GRADES, NOW <fco oq $5.50 GRADES, NOW $4.48 $2.50 GRADES, NOW $1 89 $5.00 GRADES, NOW gg $2.00 GRADES, NOW $1 69 VERY SPECIAL $1.89 I $1.48 I SI.OO | $2.00 Women's White Canvas 100 pairg Suede and Satjn At SI.OO per pair. Odds FOR MEN l5O pairs "Essex" Rubber Sole Out- an( * en( is °f styles in $2.50 button, lace and blucher . ' Evening Slippers, $3.50 and to S4OO grades, pumps and oxfords, regular $3.50, $4.00, ing Shoes; regular $3.00 oxfords. Your choice at $4.50 and $5.00 grades, now grade, now SI.BO $4.00 grades now . .. $1.48 SI.OO per pair . I $2.00 per pair. Specials in Boys' and Girls' Low Shoes Specials in Hosiery JERAULD SHOE CO. 310 Market Street gressman Palmer yesterday at Wash ington and allowed the objections he had to some of Pal mer's selections for , post offices to go be- Penrose fore the Senate for Assists 1 action. When appeal- Palmer , ed to yesterday be cause of the straits into which Palmer has gotten he tele phoned that he would not object any | longer to about fifteen. Including Wat sontown, but that he insisted on his objections to the confirmation of the postmasters picked out by the machine for York, where objections have been made by citizens; West Chester, Delta, Clarion, Latrobe and Nazareth. Pal « mer will now have things easy for a i few days. James I. Blakslee, fourth assistant postmaster general, who was at State k Chairman Morris' two "receiving Thursdays" Blakslee at the Demo c rat i c Runs Off State windmill, was Once More away from Washing ton again yesterday. This time he went to i York to make an address to the . Young Men's Democratic Association, an old-time political club which the * gangsters are anxious to have revived t in the city by the Codortis. Blakslee's i speech was one of the usual reorgani , zation machine type, abuse of Penrose and the like, but not strong enough to get on the first page of the Patriot > to-day. Mr. Blakslee hurried back to . Washington In order to keep right | with the time clock. ' 1 POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS I j POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS ' —Market Square seems to be a little > slow In getting next to the fact that . Wilson has responded to the cry for help in Pennsylvania. —The report that Jim Blakslee has . installed a time clock In the Post Office ( Department to record time given to , patronage is incorrect. —The machine organs will be blam . ing the Austro-Servian war on Pen- L rose next. . —Palmer and McCormick speak at . Clearfield to-night. —"Farmer" Creasy has not yet suc ' ceeded in getting that oleo law from , the national administration. —The Democratic candidates are only back page stuff on Market Square | these days. They'll be on the front before long, however. —Congressman Griest has improved since he went to Atlantic City. —Now that Palmer is out stumping i we will not hear so much about ah-' senteelsm of certain Republicans. | —Pinchot got up at sa. m. to-day to visit Philadelphia Industrial plants. —The machine guillotine committee met at Philadelphia last night to take steps to chop off heads of Ryan ltes in the city committee. —Bill Berry thinks Palmer and McCormick have a good chance of election. He usually is hopeful at this time of the year. —Chairman Morris continues to jest. He says Pennsylvania will in crease Its Democratic congressmen this year. Presumably Morris and the McCormlcks are for Kaufman. Yes? IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY 1 [From the Telegraph of .Tuly 29, 1864.] Crops Are In The wheat and rye crops In this vl- i clnlty have been safely housed. I Hold Picnic On Inland The Sabbath school of the Fourth Street Bethel held its celebration to- 1 day on Independence Island. I "P» " " —'nr ii II 1» IF you notched yo* pipe ev'ry time it killed a grouch, pretty soon - it'd be all notches 5 an* no pipe C It takes a mighty deep grouch to long 1 withstand the cheering 1 influence of VELVET, The Smoothest Smok ing Tobacco. VELVET is Kentucky Burley tie Luxe with an aged-in-the-wood mellowness. Full weight 2 oz. tins, J 10c. Coupons of Value with VELVET. L ii ii ii inr ii hi ii-J [ OUR DAILY LAUGH ) Expensive Ac- A« V«WI <innln«nncc Now young Char- Wffey I sup- lie Bean was pose we must a flirt, send Miss Splicer Though he was so a wedding pres- homely It ent. hurt. Hubby—l warn- "I'm a young mil ed you not to get lionaire, to intimate with He'd always de that girl. I knew clare, she was one of Though he hadn't the kind to get the price of a married soon. shirt. FINK NIOHTS, THESE fly Winn Dinger This weather we're having: is pleasing, indeed, And wins for Kself lots of praise. Some say, "Ain't it grand, or "It's glorious to-day," Or express themselves in other ways. In one way, however, it pleases most folks—- No matter what else they may say. On this they agree, that these nights are real class For sound sleeping, when one hits the hay. IITTERSTOTHEEDITOR DENIES "MASHING" CHARGE To th e Editor of The Telegraph: There are some corrections to be made in the statements of charges against George Eyster, who was ar rested for singing in Front street park at Herr street on Friday evening. Eyster and another young man were walking through the park when two other young men, seated on a bench, beckoned for them to Join their com- pany. They had Just got seated and began singing in a very low tone, when the arrest was made by Park Officer ! George Greenabaum, who thought they were four of the crowd he Is supposed to have been troubled with and tried to arrest them, but failed and got only Eyster, who did not resist the arrest. He was taken to the Mayor's office and discharged until the hearing on Sat urday afternoon. At the hearing It was found that Eyster has been out of the city for five weeks and had Just returned on Wednesday morning, and that he was not one of the crowd of "would-be mashers" and other disor derly characters, who are supposed to have been congregating at that point of the park, having been noisy, boister ous, using bad language, insulting women, disturbing the peace and other disorderly annoyances. After the hear ing he was discharged without any charges against him. GEORGE EYSTER. HOW MTTGH? To the Editor of The Telegraph: As the Valley Railways Company is asking this city for the use of addi tional street space in Harrlsburg for the sake of terminal facilities, please allow me to ask what the city is to receive in return. The Harrishurg Railways Company pays the munici pality 3 per cent, of gross receipts. The Valley Railways Company pays a trifling sum in polo and car license. Its business is great and growing. We are asked to grant the company space for a third track in the Sfjuare and for two tracks in Market street where no tracks exist and where there is much automobile traffic. Now what Is the city going to be paid for the space? This is a topic In which every taxpayer ought to be interested. The time has gone by when cities give use of streets for nothing. MR. AND MRS. TAXPAYER. ■BiMVUTiu raa SHIRTS SIDES & SIDES