6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established 1831 PUBL.ISHEO BT THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't and Treas'r. F. R. OYSTER, Secretary. GUS M. STEIMMETZ. Managing Editor. Published every evening (except Sun day), at the Telegraph Building, 116 Federal Square. Eastern Office. Fifth Avenue Building. New York City, Hasbrook, Story « Brooks. Western Office. 123 West Madison street, Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at Mailed^'to 3 subscribers at |S.OO a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harrrt burg as second class matter. / /fts The Association of Amer- ( 1 11 ican Advertisers has ex- / !' \|miW * mined and certified to i' I tha circnlatioa of this pub- (' I lication. Tha figures of circulation I ( l contained in the Association's re- I , I port only are guaranteed. i[ Association of American Advertisers 1 1 No. 2333 Whitehall Blrig. M. Y. City / Intra dally average for the month of July, 1914 23,169 if Average for the year 1918— 21.8TT Average for the year 1012—21.175 Average for the year J011—18,851 Averaee for the year 1010—17,495 TELEPHONES i Dell Private Branch Exchange No. 2048. United Business Office, 203. Editorial Room 586. Job Dept. 203. WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5 WE ARE PUSHING AI/ONG THERE Is printed elsewhere in to-day's Telegraph a showing of the more important work of the several departments under the commission form of government dur ing the present year. Our people sometimes fail to appreciate the big undertakings of the city owing to their failure to inform themselves re garding the various projects which are under wny and which involve large re sponsibility as well as a considerable expenditure of the public funds. It would he better for the civic in terests of Harrisburg if there wns a more widespread concern manifested in these matters. When the heads of departments understand that their work is being watched and that their services are appreciated, the service Is likely to be of a higher character than would otherwise be the case. In short, the average official is but human and ■when he feels that there Is no public appreciation of what he is doing it is certain that his interest will fall in like proportion. The change in the form of our muni cipal government has naturally at tracted some attention, but it is an open question whether the people gen erally are as well informed regarding the several important improvement undertakings as they ought to be. A reading of what has been accomplished thus far in the present year will be il luminating and instructive. Just as an illustration that the ex ports of gold have not left us broke, Your Uncle Samuel is sending ten million dollars abroad for the relief of stranded Americans. "BEGINNING OK SORROWS" NEWSPAPERV headlines are pe culiarly significant nowadays. Here are a few of them: "Jamaica Shaken by Terrific Earthquake!" "England on Brink of War." "Germany Victor in Baltic Sea." J'Freneh Machine Guns Mow Down Invaders." "Russian Warships Routed by Ger mans." "And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. "For nation shall rise against na tion, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and pesti lences and earthquakes in divers places. "All these are the beginning of sor rows." —Matthew, xxiv, 6, 7, 8. Captains of ocean greyhounds are finding that there are more dangerous things afloat than wandering icebergs. DEMOCRATIC FEARS NOT even the unwise and short sighted policies of the Wilson administration can long restrain the activities of the American people. Much has been done to de stroy confidence and discourage in vestment through overzealous theoriz ing at Washington, but enormous crops and the courage of the Ameri can people will overcome even the disastrous effects of continuous Demo cratic experiment. Signs of the determination of the people to displace the accidental man agers of the country at Washington at the earliest opportunity are every where showing themselves. Already the administration leaders are grnsp lng at the possible temporary boom resulting from European demand for foodstuffs and our manufactured prod ucts as a means of salvation, but the people are quite well aware that Democratic legislation has been re sponsible for most of the trouble of the last year. A most striking evidence of the in consistency of the Wilson Administra tion has been given within the past few days. To the managers of West ern railways he calls attention to the sensitive situation in this country as a result of the European crisis and asks that their wage disputes be arbitrated, eaying In part: "I feel that in the circumstances I can appeal with confidence to your patriotism and to your regard for the public welfare to make whatever sac-1 WEDNESDAY EVENING rlflce is necessary to avert a national disaster." And simultaneously with the an nouncement that these managers have accepted his proposition, the President states that he Is determined that his anti-trust program shall be pushed through at this session, as a conse quence of which business will enjoy no relief from the uncertainty of Ad ministration policies that has beset It for months, notwithstanding the pres ent-day conditions which the Presi dent terms "unparalleled in recent his tory." crops and the artificial stimu lation of a foreign conflict may tend to save the faces of the Democratic theorists, but the people will take no chance hereafter on a theoretical President and a Congress subservient to the autocrat of the "White House. If this thing keeps up we shall ex pect to hear that Holland is fortifying the Peace Palace. THE STATE POLICE IT is difficult to believe a report that Is going the rounds of political cir cles just now to the effect that a serious effort Is being made to cripple the State police. The State Constabulary of Pennsyl vania has not a single discreditable act to account for since its organiza tion, and It has done a vast amount of good. It has broken up organized bands of thieves in rural districts, ar rested barn-burners and murderers, played the part of game and fish war den, protected forests from fires, pre vented the necessity of calling out the National Guard during strike dis orders and performed invaluable services ,at great public gatherings, such as that at Gettysburg last sum mer. It is said that certain radical labor leaders are back of the present move ment to line up legislative candidates against the Constabulary, but the rank and file of laboring people, wo believe, will have little sympathy with it. So long as any man, be he ordinary citizen or striker, maintains the peace he is in no danger at the hands of the State police. Just so soon as he breaks the law in any way he ought to be arrested. There can be only one reason for anybody's desire to abolish the Con stabulary, and that is to make law breaking «asy. No man is afraid of a policeman unless he has done some thing meriting arrest, and nobody wants to get a policeman off his beat unless he wants to assault a neighbor, commit a burglary or perform some other act of violence. Emperor William seems bent on mak ing potple of the dove of peace. GROWTH OF HARRISBI'HG ACCORDING to the July building records, $138,875 was dis tributed among permits for the erection of brick dwellings and for rows of such dwellings. These figures show just how rapidly the city is growing in size and population. Fast as family houses can be erected they are being gobbled up, say realty dealers, and realty expansion Is no ticeable on all sides of the city. In at least three different sections within a three-mile radius of the city new sub urbs have been opened by realty pro moters and many lots have been pur chased. But it is In the city itself, on the Hill and in the West End that tho greatest building activities are under Many of these houses are being sold to small property owners and few of them are being rented, it appears. This means that most of the holders who take over the new properties intend becoming permanent and stable resi dents of Harrisburg. Many an automobile owner has found that the longest of his runs is Into debt. U. S. AND SOUTH AMERICA ALTHOUGH American trade is well established in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru, and Is growing despite the lack of di rect banking facilities, steamship ac commodations, etc., American banks are imperatively needed In South America as a dependable resource In the campaign for greater trade. We are about to enter on a new era of trade relations with South America, due to the European war, and we ought to remedy this fault Foreign and native banking houses reasonably well accommodate the or dinary routine of American trade, but they naturally withhold the full meas ure of interest and solicitous support accorded to enterprises of their own nationality. Moreover, many valuable collateral benefits arising from the financing of oversea trade are lost through American reliance upon Lon don banking mediation, while the compulsory use of European materials in many South American enterprises financed in Europe is steadily restrict ing the potential market for American goods. American salesmen and trad ing houses also lack the support given by foreign banks to their national trade seekers. Clothes do not make the man, but a uniform now makes a soldier of a Eu ropean citizen. REAL AND IMAGINARY NEWS reports from Europe to-day surpass the wildest dreams of the most lurid writers of fiction. "The War of the Worlds," "The Conflict of the Nations" and a dozen other stories like them are mild and Insipid when compared with unvar nished accounts of actual occurrences. And only the first few preliminaries have been staged. The awful drama of war, when it reaches its climax, will haunt the minds of men long after the heretofore unbelievable tale of Imaginary conflict has been forgotten. The Germans are Invading Switzer land. Bryan ought to warn the Swiss navy to be on the lookout. A!* EVENING THOUGHT Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.—F. R. Havergal. 1 EVENING CHAT 1 While state officials admit that it is too early to obtain any statistics on the wheat yield this year, they believe that it will be around 24,000,000 bushels, and if "dollar wheat" should happen to be reached the farmars of the Keystone State will have tfcat much in sight, unless they have al ready sold it, as some are reported to have done before threshing. However, there are no reports of such trans actions at hand and it Is to be as sumed that the wheat is all in the hands of the farmers. Two years ago the wheat crop amounted to about 22,000,000 bushels and It is thought that last year the yield was somewhat larger, although it Is stated that a fair amount of wheat is still in the barns of some farmers and some is in ware houses subject to their order. This year, notwithstanding the ravages of the Hessian fly In some of the coun ties, the wheat crop has been -im mense, but from reports and ob servation it IS thought that it will be around 2 4,000,000 bushels. Even with wheat selling at 90 cents that repre sents a tremendous amount of money for the farmers of the state, but If it climbs another dime at elevators in this state it means a fortune in addi tion. A good many farmers have not threshed wheat as yet and refusals to sell are common. Complaints are being made at the offices of the State Commissioner of Fisheries against the existence of fish dams in a number of the streams of the state. The Susquehanna river ap pears to be especially complained against and between Milton and Co lumbia it is said tha scores of dams exist. The use of such devices is for bidden by law and they are a menace to the many canoeists who are. com mencing to use the stream. Some of the dams have been repaired this year and it is suspected that they are being used for illegal fishing. Harrisburg's City Council may at tend In a body the first annual conven tion of the Municipal Home Rule League of Pennsylvania, which is to be held in the near future in this city. The imitation from the league was read in Council yesterday and while that body did not take any further formal action than file the communi cation and announce that representa tives would be sent it is the general opinion that all the members will sit in The sessions will last one day, the date having not been fixed. In calling Council's attention to the invitation Mayor Royal said he thought that the city would be included in a general way in the plans for which the league was organized—the adopting of some amendments to the public utilities act which would be of greater benefit to boroughs and other municipalities. Speaking in Philadelphia, Dr. Emory R. Johnson. Public Service Commis sioner and one of the national authori ties on traffic, said yesterday he could not see how the United States could derive any great benefit from the European war; in fact, he thought that the losses would exceed the gains, e\en should this country be able to take the place of the other nations of the world and obtain a portion of the trade of South America and the. Orient. While saying he was not a student of International law, the doc tor spoke of some of the possibilities this country would have in selling lis food products in the countries now at war and referred to the recent Boer war, when three American ships laden with wheat were seized by the Eng lish, to prove his point that American products and grain would not be easily marketed abroad. Members of the Governor's Troop are celebrating to-day as their day of invasion, as it was Just sixteen years ago that the organization took ship at Newport News to go to Porto Rico. The troop had been in camp at the shipbuilding town for some days be fore and on August 5 embarked on the good ship Manitoba and sailed away for Ponce, where a few days later the organization arrived to get an opportunity to do a lot of hard work. Harrisburg Typographical Union, No. 14, will be represented at the sixtieth session of the International Typographical Union at Providence, R. 1., next week by Harry Eugene Earp. Mr. Earp has made some amusing preparations for advertising Harrisburg and No. 14 Typo at the great gathering of printers of the world, and one of the methods he has adopted, is a clever little card system. Mr. Eajrjj provided himself with two styles of card.s his own business card and a more or less burlesque per sonal card. On the back of the latter is this couplet: I I've been a good fellow, boys, I've earned all I've spent; Paid all I borrowed, Lost all I lent. I loved a woman once. That came to an end; Buy a dog, boys. He Is always your friend. f WELL KNOWN PEOPLE""! —Mayor Joseph Armstrong, of Pittsburgh, happens to be in Paris Just now. —William Lauder, of the State Roard of Education, is making a trip through central counties visiting old friends. —W. F. Field, president of the Pittsburgh Coal Company, is in Lon don. —Daniel L. Dillinger. the Greens burg distiller, and his bride are ma rooned in Russia. —Judge S. H. Miller, of Mercer, Is spending August along Lake Erie. —C. A. Whltehouse, district attorney of Schuylkill county, is after illegal liquor dealers. I POUTICAi SIDELIGHTS —State Chairman Morris says the Democratic ticket is growing in strength. One would imagine from Patriot editorials lately that it had attained its full growth and expected to live long. —Senator Penrose will visit Frank lin county next week. —As an illustration of .how much importance is attached to the McCor mick tour of last week none of the other parties is sending any one to follow him up. —When it comes down to nonpar tisan elections Paxtang can give cards and spades to some larger municipal ities. —State Chairman Detrich has been issuing more demands on Dr. Brum baugh for information. He knows he is safe as Brumbaugh is in the depths of the Maine woods. —Detrich appears to think that his duties are those of a mosquito. —September 3 is registration day. —Cumberland Democrats are not starting their campaign early. The cost would be too great. —Apparently McCormick's tour was so successful that Morris has to ad vertise it. —The Philadelphia Democracy is so "harmonious" that it is going into tha courts. —McNair is speaking in Philadel phia while McCormlck is going to Lycoming. United and harmonious? HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH PAXTANG TURNS OUT HEAVIEST VOTE All But Four of the 122 on the Registered List Cast Ballots at First Election SMALLWOOD IS ELECTED People Have a Parade and Red Fire to Celebrate; After Congressional Seats Paxtang's first electiort for officials who will organize the new boro-ugh will go on record In Dauphin county as one of the most remarkable ever held hereabouts. Not only was it con ducted on strictly nonpartisan lines with no nominations, but the total vote polled shows that all but four off the registered voters cast ballots. And to wind it up the people of the borough indulged In a parade, band concert and speechfest last night, at which victors and vanquished lined up. The new council will organize within a few days, select the proper officers and lay out the town work. A board of health wilL be chosen and a scheme of improvements outlined. The school board will begin work without delay. The vote cast attracted much atten tion to-day. The whole registration is 122 and 118 was the number cast. Practically all of the voting was done by stickers. Thomas W. Smalhvood, who was not opposed for the first burgess, will be sworn in as burgomeister within a few days. He got 98 votes. The council manic contest was red- How the hot and attracted much Ballots attention, while the Stood school board election was a see-saw all day long. Howard C. Fry won the magis tracy after a strenuous battle with William Kunkel, and George C. Mar tin will gather in the first taxes. He won out in a field of four. The results outside of burgess were ns follows: Council—J. Q. A. Rutherford, 93; S. H. Rutherford, 93; F. M. Gilbert, 92; J. H. Fought, 91; I. R. Lyme, 72; C. M. Forney, 59; D. M. Ricker, 57; 11. L. Holmes. Sr., 36; H. W. Crouse, 34; J. C. Reichley, 34; J. C. Wensell, 29; P. A. Dearborn, 28; A. J. Mayhew, 26, and T. J. Hudgins, 9. School Board —J. H. Sheesley, 110; R. I. Deihl, 93; Joshua E. Rutherford, 92; W. C. Sourber, 82; H. G. Witter, 81, and J. F. Horstlck, 80. Justice of the Peace —H. C. Fry, 64; W. S. Kunkel, 51. High Constable —Edgar Martin, 62; William Moyer, 32; Isaac Lountz, 4. Assessor —H. A. Rutherford, 100. Collector of Taxes—G. C. Martin, 54; M. E. Grunden, 22; W. R. Bealor, 22; J. F. Myers, 16. Auditors—G. H. Sheaffer, 102; H. C. Knouse, 101; C. R. Rupp, 100. Judge of Election —C. P. Cook, 65; Robert Smeltzer, 53. Inspector of Election —** John At tlcks, 100; R. M. Goho, 99. As the borough indulged in its first election yesterday, County Treasurer A. H. Bailey treated it to its first band concert last night. The populace gathered at Parade, the schoolhouse, the Redtire, polling place, at dusk to Speeches meet the State Capital Band. Redlire and cigars were burned at a prodigal rate and the band played the latest music of the day to hustle up the count. When the perspiring elec tion board had announced the results, Mr. Fitting raised a broom to signify a clean sweep away of animosities and headed the parade. It covered every street in the built-up section, and at Kramer's store Burgomeister Small wood was corralled and compelled to make a speech. He summoned A. H. Bailey, W. G. Dyckman, Dr. D. I. Rutherford and other men who had, been called "political bosses" and forced them to make speeches. Then the parade marched around to the homes of successful and defeated can didates, men who did not w.ant to be candidates, those who were afraid to be candidates, and leading citizens, and demanded remarks. Very few real orators developed, but some good, sound, wholesome remarks on the subject of Improvements that cost money were made. The Republican slogan in the con gressional campaigns In Pennsylvania this Fall will be "Thirty Seats." The State has thirty-six seats and the sense of the con gressional conference at Thirty Washington yesterday was Seats that thirty of them could Certain he gained. The confer ence was called by Con gressman Patton, the chairman of the Republican committee, and speeches were made by men from each district, who reviewed conditions and gave their ideas. The reports were uniformly fa vorable to the Republican candidates and showed widespread Interest in the Republican campaign from top to bottom. WAR WAS INEVITABLE [From the Phlla. Public Ledger] The present great conflict has been Impending for a generation. France, Germany. England and Russia, to say nothing of Austria, have been bending their energies to prepare for It. States men have seen that it was inevitable and that only a miracle could prevent it. The outbreak was expected at the time of the Balkan war, and everybody was astonished that it did not come. But the Balkan States were allowed to fight out their own quarrels, perhaps because the Powers realized that a partial solution of the Balkan question and the elmlnatlon *of as much of Turkey from Europe as possible would simplify the problems of the greater conflict to come. Those who hold the destinies of Europe in their hands evi dently thought that the lime was now ripe for clearing the nir. Therefore Austria made demands upon Servia, which the Servians granted as far as was possible, and asked for further discussion of those to which it did not immediately consent. Austria presented an impossible ulti matum, which would have been pre sented anyway no matter what Servia had done, because Austria was seeking a pretext for war. No well-informed person believes that Germany did not know what Austria was doing, or that Germany disapproved it. The war for which they had been preparing could be postponed no longer, and they found a ready pretext for it, and Ger many, without waiting for a Russian attack upon Austria In defense of Ser via, immediately moved its troops to the Russian frontier and attacked the Russians, and at the same time crossed the French frontier and made war on its ancient enemy on the west. Every body forgot all about litle Servia and Austria's demands in that quarter, if they have not forgotten Austria also because of the more absorbing ques tion of the fate of tfie States of north ern Europe, including Great Britain itself. I OUR DAILY LAUGH | *- * The HHVT Oae "So Miss Grif fins is married at last?" "Yes. And who is the happy man?" "Her dear, old dad." She Hoes the Rest What do you do when you arrive home late and find vour wife sitting up waiting for you? Wish I hadn't gone home. A < lull Is there any ad vantage in having your best girl highly educated? Sure thing! No one tries 'to get her away from you. An Aceounttng First Manager— Hnther poor house to-night. Second Manager Yes. poor hut honest. No passes were given. PAXTANG'S ELECTION By Wing Dlnicer That was some great occasion That took place yesterday, When little Paxtang Borough Got started on Its way. It mobilized its voters. And fully armed each one With many little stickers. Instead of deadly gun. It sent them forth to battle. Th«y fought a friendly light, As shown by the returns when They all were filed last night. Alliances, Ententes, And other triple cliques Were all Ignored by Paxtang— There were no yellow streaks. All politics forgotten, The voters filled each post With some man who for Paxtang Would do the very most. A RED CROSS ARMY [Boston Transcript] The eyes of the world are now fixed upon the movements of the armies of Europe and Its thoughts are busy with their bloody purposes. But there Is another army that has been quietly mobilizing without challenge from any Power but with commendation from all. It marches and serves under the Red Cross. It goes where the otheri armies go and upon the fields which mad passions have strewn with the dead and the dying it enters with its mission of comfort, help and mercy. The Red Cross and the war forces rep resent the two poles of our complex and frequently contradictory human ity, yet they march together. The former like the latter have been laying up strength for the day that now seems close at hand, and many will pray for the day when the war drum sounds no longer, hut that the ranks of the other may never be disbanded. AUSTRIA'S ALPHABETICAL AT TACK [From the New York Post] One of the most celebrated allitera tive "poems" in the language is re called by the war between Austria and Servia. The authorship of'the lines is uncertain, although the credit for their composition is believed to be long to Alaric A. Watts, Jr. The oc casion of the production was the siege of Belgrade by Austria during one of the wars between that country and Turkey, presumably in 1789. The lines, which have been the model of count less other attempts of the same sort, are as follows: An Austrian army, awfully array'd, Holdly by battery besiege Belgrade; Cossack commanders cannoading come. Deal devastation's dire destructive doom; « Ev'ry endeavor engineers essay, For fame, for freedom, tight, fierce furi ous fray. Gen'rals 'gainst gen'rals grapple— gracious God! How honors Heav'n heroic hardihood! Infuriate, indiscriminate in 111, .Just Jesus, Instant innocence instill! Kinsmen kill kinsmen, kindred kindred kill. Labor low levels longest, loftiest lines; Men march 'midst mounds, motes, mountains murd'rous mines. Now noisy, noxious numbers notice nought. Of outward obstacles o'ercemlng ought; Poor patriots perish, persecution's pest! Quite quiet Quakers "Quarter, quarter" quest: Reason returns, religion right, re dounds, Suwarrow stop such sanguinary sounds! Truce to thee, Turkey, terror to thy train! Unwise, unjust, unmerciful Ukraine! Vanish vile vengeance, vanish victory vain! Why wish we warfare? Wherefore welcome won Xerxes. Xantlppus, Xavier, Xenophon? Yield, ye young Yaghier yeomen, yield your yell! Zimmerman's. Zoroaster's Zeno's 7.eal Again attract; arts against arms ap peal All, all ambitious aims, .avaunt ,away! Et caetera, et caetera, et caetera. Perils of Pauline, 2nd Episode, Photoplay to-day.—Adv. PLEASANT PROSPECT He—What Joy It will be to share all your griefs and sorrows! She — But, darling, I have none. He —No, but when we are married you will have. AUGUST 5, 1914. Distinctively Individual THE TURKISH BLEND B ™ CIGARETTE have an individuality possessed by no other. tvtimaCbupons can be exchanged /or distinctiw^Crifh 20 for 15*^i I NEW 0 S F 1 [From the Telegraph, Aug- 5, 18641 Raid Successful Nashville, Aug. 3. —General Stone man's raid along the Macon railroad met with a great success in cutting the rebel line of communication and thus completely Isolating Atlanta. Fire on Mall Ship Washington, Aug. s.—Yesterday morning, as the mail steamer Jno. Brooks, plying between this city and City Point, was coming down the James river she was fired at from a rebel battery at Harrison's landing. TWO VIEWS OF DEMOCRATIC HARMONY DEMOCRATS HARMONIOUS [Harrlshurg Patriot.] The end of the first week's trip of the Democratic state candidates shows a most gratifying condition in the counties visited and is a happy omen ot what may he expected in other sections as the tour progresses. The one thing that stands out prominently in this showing is the overwhelming evidence of Democratic, harmony and unity of action in the campaign now under way. j EDITORIAL COMMENT"! Nations do not prepare for war un less they expect war. The fallacy that Europe's mighty armies assured peace has been fully exposed. A test had to come. It will bo worth the cost if it terminates the race to bankruptcy which has characterized the prepara tions of the last few years.—Philadel phia Ledger. B BOOKS and dj| MAGAZINE^jjII Some highly interesting articles ap pear in the August Strand. "How They 'Broke Into Print' " is the first of a series of articles dealing with foremost authors of the day and giv ing the stories of why they took up literature as a profession and the luck I they had at the start. In this paper the following authors give their ex periences: Anna Katherlne Green, Wallace Irwin, Reginal Wright Kauff man, Amelie Rives, Thomas Dixon, Hfirold Rell Wright, Alice Hegan Rice, Jack London and George W. Cable. "Fights for the Davis Cup," by J. C. Parke, and "The Fine Art of Jockey ship,"!! by Frank Wootton, are two other articles of topical interest. "The Chain of Life" demonstrates the as tounding fact that the overlapping lives of no more than forty-one indi viduals have been sufficient to link the time of the Pharoahs with the present day, while no more than twenty-one lives have been required to cover the whole of the Christian Era. "Queer 'First Night' Incidents" will Interest all followers of the drama and "Tall Stories" contain some highly amusing "coincldentces." The fiction includes stories by F. Anstey, Herman Schef fauer and other leaderlng authors. THE RATE DECISION [Philadelphia Public Ledger.] Taken as a whole, the country will be disappointed by the rate decision. More liberality with the railroads would have inevitably meant an awak ened activity on their part which would have instantly been felt hy every other business. Economy is a g 'od thing, but advising a man to live in a cheaper house does not increase his wages. About This The most substantial and realistic thing a woman can have in her home is the All- ) Gas Kitchen. W f f A clean, convenient and economical Gas t | Range to cooking and a quick and M m handy Gas Water Heater to supply the B jU whole household with hot water. r You don't need a coal range to heat the I w kitchen. We can show you a far better ' V \ and more economical plan. \ \. * You may buy a Gas Range \| from $16.00 up and a Gas Water v I Heater from $15.00 up. Easy monthly payments. HH Inquire at our office or ask us »// I to send a representative. j If I !• Harrisbnrg Gas Co. / A 11 I I ' i! WHITHER ARE WE DRIFTING? [Columbia Independent (Dem.).] What's the matter with the Demo cratic party in Pennsylvania'.' As now administered, revenge appears to ho the order of the day and hour, and the party being used for a football, and kicked hither and thither at sweet will. Whether these strayed Democrats will return to the fold in November is n matter of conjecture, hut they surely are not receiving any inducements in that direction. They are watching events as they occur, and plainly see that the Wilson administration, as ad ministered in Pennsylvania, is not on the line of conciliation. IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph, Aug. 6, 1864] To Plan Convention The executive committee of the Sunday School convention is requested to meet for Important business at the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Asosciatlon this evening at 8 o'clock. Need 30,000 Men Thirty thousand men are wanted immediately for State defense. They are to be mustered into the State serv ice, and serve during the emergency. WILSON AND THE SOLDIERS [Columbia Independent, (Dem.) ] We have referred, heretofore, to the fact that the Democratic veterans of the Civil AVar have failed to recelvo any recognition from President Wilson, and he has the first appointment yet to make of any of this class, hut when we recall, that after he declined to visit Gettysburg In July, 1913, on the occasion of "Fifty Years After," and was finally persuaded to go by Con gressman Palmer, who felt that it would be suicidal for him not to at tend, we are not surprised at his non recognition of the soldier element. The Democratic leaders are alarmed over his studied ignoring of the veter ans. There may not be so many of them left, but when the fur is rubbed the wrong way on one of them, the danger receives a fresh impetus, not only on the old boys, but on every mother's son of their progeny, and the entire clan will not be slow in re senting that which they believe to be unfair and unjust, no matter from what source it may emanate. SPECIAL Tins WEEK Vlctrola style X, $n monthly at the cash price of $75. No extras. J. H. Troup Music House, 15 South Market Square.—Advertisement. ■■AixtiiAHTKM raa SHIRTS SIDES & SIDES % i
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