10 HARRISBDRG TELEGRAPH Established iSjl PUBLISHED BY THE TE|.EGiRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACKPGLE. Pres't and TrensT. F. R. OYSTER. Secretary. GU3 M. STEiNMETZ, Managing Editor.) Published every evening (except Sun-1 day), at the Telegraph Building, ill Federal Square. », Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building. New York City, Hasbrook. Story * Brooks. •Western Office, 118 West Madison street, Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. itn-Ti»| Delivered by carriers at Six cents a f"™ Mailed to subscribers at {3.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office Ui Harrl»- burg as second class matter. t 11 Jff. The Association of Amer-^ 1 'I (■filjl ican Advertisers has ex- « ! i Way imtnad and certified to i 'i the circulation of this p»H- i' 1 1 lication. The figures of circulation i ' I contained in the Association's re- i ! I port only ere guaranteed. I <; Association of American Advertisers ; 1 No. 2333 Whitehall Bldg. H. T. City ( [ Iwsra dally snrsct fer the ruoath mi September, 1914 23,252 Average for the year 1015—21,577 Average for the year 1912—21,175 Average for the yeer 1911—18,851 Average for the yeer 1910—17,495 TELEPHONES! Bell Private Branch Exchange No. 10*0. United Business Office, 20S. Editorial Room 555. Job Dept. 201 FRAAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23 THE WAGE EARNER'S FIGHT IF the wage earner ever had a fight on his hands, he has one now. The argument he gets from Palmer and McCormlck is that he does not need wages nearly so much as he needs a great many other things. The argument he gets from the protection ist candidates Is that he must have employment, food and shelter before he can be In a position to consider anything else. Mr. Palmer, the man who asks Pennsylvania to send him to the United States Senate as the guardian of Its Industrial interests, not only falls to explain the very distressing state into which business of all kinds has fallen, but he baldly says that the depression Is "all talk." It is "all talk" that wo have no orders and no de mand for our goods and, therefore, cannot run our factories on full time! It is "all talk - ' that men are out of jobs or on reduced'time and, there fore, suffering the serious incon veniences of reduced pay envelopes! The voter's situation to-day is that, of a man who has entrusted his busi ness to a manager who well nigh ruins It. His great enterprise known as the United States of America has been woefully mismanaged under the pres ent administration. The results of that mismanagement are everywhere ap parent, but the manager insists that there are no financial difficulties, no breakers ahead and no reason to make any change either in the management or in the policy of the management. From all parts of the State the most encouraging reports regarding Repub- | Mean success are heard. It would not i surprise many close observers of the political trend to see the Democratic candidates buried under an avalanche of votes. NEPOTISM NOW comes a story from Wash ington to the effect that there has been flagrant abuse by the Democratic administration In the employment of members of the families of officials and likewise of thej Senate and the House. A review of the payrolls of the two bodies shows that nepotism is in high favor with the Southern Democrats. Some dis tinguished statesmen have not only their sons and daughters, but also their <■ wives and a large line of relatives on the payroll. Thus Is the of living in official life reduced in Washington by Increasing the family income. What a change has come over the dreams of those gentlemen who went to Baltimore two years ugo full of high . sounding promises and pledges and V who have been doing nothing, since »t£eir arrival in Washington but smash the planks of that same platform. City Commissioner Bowman is push ing along the outdoor undertakings of his department and the contractor on the new water main, in Front street, will probably be able to finish his work before the severely cold weather. It 1s understood that he Is contemplating the use of a trench machine, which will, make Impossible the difficulties that have occurred in one or two In stances In the depression of long stretches of asphalt after the cut had been repaved. A PECULIAR TRANSACTION THAT Uttle banking arrangement between Secretary of the Treas ury McAdoo and his native State continues to be a thorn In the Bide of the Democratic Administration. It has been disclosed that eyery dollar of the loan of $1,400,000 advanced by the National Park Bank of New York \ to the State of Tennessee was govern v ment money deposited with the bank by the Secretary of the Treasury. This little financial scheme was car ried out In order that the State might renew its bonded indebtedness. It was known at the time of the loan that Secretary McAdoo had deposited $400,000 on condition that the bank make the loan to Tennessee, but It was not known that prior to the loan the government had on deposit with the bank the sum of $1,000,000. The bank to&ned the $1,400,000 at -6 per cent.. FRIDAY EVENING, RARRISBURG TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 23, 1914 out the rate paid to the government was much less. Yet there are those defenders of the Washington administration who still persist in. declaring that this was a perfectly regular and lawful and clean act. As a matter of fact, the Adminis tration can do no wrong in the eyes of its defenders in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. The people, however, are likely to regard this transaction as very peculiar, to say the least. i It Is not strange that many of the j candidates for the Legislature in Penn | sylvanla who have pledged their sup- I port to a local option bill are protest ! tng against the indifference of the 1 Anti-Saloon League to their political I welfare. The present bosses of the j league are so busy trying to help the | Democratic candidate for Governor con | trary to"the nonpartisan, spirit of their | organization and the protests of many I people that they* have forgotten all about those who will be required to pass the bill in the Legislature. WILSON'S LETTERS PRESIDENT WILSON is now en gaged In writing campaign let te*s for the benefit of the Demo cratic party and his favorites in Congress. As a ready letter writer he has no superior. He writes tine Eng jllsh, turns a beautiful phrase admira- I bly and says a pleasant thing in a very [delightful way, but he steadily ignores the facts of his administration which no letter of his can save the be leaguered congressmen and favorites of the administration from facing. The New York Sun prints a letter from a correspondent who thinks the President is ver> unkind in his rather sarcastic allusions to the Bull Moose contingent, whose unremitting services to the Democratic party are apparent ly unappreciated. This correspondent says, referring to the President's cam paign letter, that a single line, whose absence i# sig nificantly noticeable, pledging the President, his administration and his Congress to strictest economy of expenditures at this Juncture would have been worth more than all the tlowers of rhetoric in which the letter abounds. At a time when the cold steel of cruel,-bitter hard times is pressing the very soul of every man in the country of average financial respon<- sibility, except Government officials drawing lucrative salaries, such an assurance would have been thrice welcome. It might have rendered unnecessary the elaborate code of • extra taxation which leaders in Congress are now so eagerly pre paring. Drunken sailors are not "in it" with prodigal Congressmen. The former waste shillings; the lat ter expend millions. Thus the people are growing wiser and still wiser regarding the peculiari ties and shortcomings of the present Washington dynasty. Betting men. if we may Judge from the odds offered on Dr. Brumbaugh of ten to three, manifestly believe that ] the campaign Is about over so far as the fussy individuals nominated by the Palmer-MqCormick wing of the Democ racy are concerned. Hinman spent $34,163 only to be de feated in the gubernatorial primary in New York. Another kitty, eh! FULL CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS N spite of the war Santa Claus' I pack will be as full of toys as ever this year. This Is the good news which has been given out by the great toy dealers and which is expect ed to comfort thousands of youngsters throughout the land. Ever since the beginning of the war the question has been raised as to the extent to which the demand for toys for next Christ mas could be satisfied. This is due to the fact that a great part of the toys used In this country are manufactured by hand In Germany and Austria, only such toys as can be manufactured by machinery being duced In any quantity in this country. Fortunately, however, dealers here state that 98 per cent, of the imported j goods are here now and that every thing that has been ordered is on the I way. Were it not for this the Christ mas stockings might be empty indeed, since dealers assert that If this country were to start now to produce all its own toys it would not be able to turn out the supply in many years. Toy making in Germany and Austria Is an Industry which has taken years to build up and is carried on for the most part by hand labor. The excel lence of the foreign toys, they point out, is due to the fact that for gen erations small communities have con fined themselves to single lines, at which the whole family works, the re sult being a product of really skilled labor. Even for Christmas 1915 the pros pect of a good supply of toys is en couraging, since many orders have already been placed which, if Hol land remains neutral, can be filled without difficulty. WORK FOR WATCHFUL WAITERS IT is a good thing that so many men who would otherwise be Idle will be employed on the various public im provement undertakings of the city until late in the Fall and winter. Every man who can be thus employ ed should be given a chance to work and the various officials who are In charge of these undertakings will doubtless see to It that the work is kept going as long, as possible. Hen would rather work than ask alms and It is the duty of the municipality— these undertakings having been au thorized—to furnish employment to as many men as can be employed to advantage. RIVER FRONT WORK WHATEVER the differences be tween the contractors and the engineers on the River Front Improvement work, there should be a strong effort made to ad just the points at issue and hurry along the operations which <vlll soon be interrupted by the cold weather and a rising river. As the Telegraph has indicated be fore, if the contractors are not respon sible for the removal of the big bould ers and tree trunks and other heavy materials outside the line of the con crete steps, then It would be well for the Department of Public Works to at once remove these unsightly accumu lations which so seriously destroy the appearance and value of the Improve ment. ■* EVENING CHAT I People who are enjoying wrflks along the roads near the city the last week or so, or who have gone Into the country on the pleasant afternoons which late October is giving, us, have been noticing the activities" of fttle groups of men who have been going about by automobiles, wagons and car riages and even on foot with curious bundles of things. These men occa- I sionally stop and look intently into I the sky or else go to poles and stand around them, occasionally tapping like woodpeckers, and sometimes climbing up us though they were Ger man Uhlans scouting over the coun try. They are wire repairmen and they are engaged in their autumnal task of seeing that the wires are in shape for the cold weather and the wintry storms. Corps after corps of men have gone out of H&rrisburg on this errand and they put in a good bit of time Just going along and gazing at the wires to see If they are In con dition to meet the weather. The task of these men is not done, however, when they have made Inspections. They must be rfeady to rush out at any time when the storms come and be prepared to make all kinds of repairs. The inspection in the Fall and the oc casional Jobs of tightening up or fix ing things puts the men In possession of Information, and reliable, too, that fits them for quick action when the emergency arrives. Capitol squirrels are commencing to get into disfavor in some parts of the city because of their liking for bulbs as an article of diet. The other da*' several residents in the central part of the city held a caucus and de cided to see If their suspicions were correct. They had set out a number of bulbs for Spring flowering and watched the beds. Tomcats came around and scratched the ground and rolled on the beds, but the real mis creants were squirrels, which dug into the ground and used the bulbs for en trees. And the funny thing was the squirrels could spot where a bulb had been planted every time. A couple of men who are interested in natural history say they have been asked a dozen times what to do with the leaves that are falling off the trees and that people who used to make bonfires of them are now find ing use for them. "I have told people to use the leaves for fertilizer by digging up gardens and working In the leaves a few Inches below the surface or even deep er," said one man. The other man said that he advised using the leaves for covering flower beds, as they made the best kind of bedding for winter. In some parts of the city people who have no trees of their own are taking leaves for flower gardens now. The Susquehanna in its present state of low water offers some rather odd sights. The other day one of the steam dredges that suck sand from the stream proceeded up the river towed by a horse. The horse was out In the river a quarter of a mile, but not In very deep. Another sight was a cart driven into the middle of the river, apparently, and filled with sand, which a man shoveled right out of the river. Up in the north end of the city there are points where a team can be driven half way across the river. J. C. Dorworth, who was here yes terday settling State taxes for the companies of the Standard Oil sys tem, Is a prominent attorney of Oil City. He is an expert on oil proper ties in Pennsylvania. Residents of Manheim who came here yesterday to attend a hearing be fore the Public Service Commission on a grade crossing combined business and pleasure. They came in automo biles. enjoying the run to and from the city and going through the Capitol while waiting for their case to be called. It was one of the first in stances in which complainants came in automobiles. Hundreds of the Republican cam paign stickers have come to the city and are being freely used ort the backs of envelopes. They are printed in black and contain a keystone and the State arms and portraits of the publican candidates for State offices. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —The Rev. Clayton Grtnnel, of Al toona. has been elected president of the Baptist Ministers' Union at the Scranton meeting. —General Charles Miller says his works at Franklin closed because, railroads are not buying castings. —Charles M. Schwab says he looks for a big export trade next year. —Albert E. Turner, prominent Phil adelphia businessman, in a speech said that men who do not advertise in de pressions do not get business. —David A. Howe, Philadelphia banker, has been elected vice-presi dent of the Washington-Virginia Rail road. f"DO YOU KNOW?! That the first book typewriters and billing machines were per fected in Harrisburg and that they are now in use all over the world? I EDITORIAL comment l Mr. Palmer Is In a sorry plight. He is praised by the President as a free trader, which Is essentially the truth, but in Pennsylvania as a candidate he wants to pose as a protectionist. This seems to be a case where Mr. Palmer would like to be delivered from his friends. —Philadelphia Inquirer. Mr. Hinman spent $34,000 to be nominated for Governor of New York; so did Mr. McCormlck. A defeat at the primaries may cost more than a place on the ticket obtained from a boss. But the people must rule.— Public Ledger. CHESTNUTS By Wing Dinger Gee. but the squirrels are happy, 'Cause chestnuts are plenty this year. No dangers of high cost of living From tariffs removed do they fear. They gather the toothsome nuts daily And store them away in the ground, Insuring relief for their hunger When cold, stormy blasts come around. In one way they have the goods on us; They know when a nut's sound and firm, While we take a bite, then discover Our mouths filled with dry dust and worm. I think that I've tried out a half peck, Big fellows, 'most ready to burst, But in all save fifteen or twenty A big worm had gotten there first. The Japs say they do not want the Philippines. Neither do the Demo crats. Guess they're safe for the present.—Manchester Mirror. After digesting the clamorous claims of all the European belligerents that they were forced Into the war against their wills, It is refreshing to turn to Pancho Villa, who admits that he fights because he likes it.—Nash [vllle Southern Lumberman. ACM CLOSE 10 THE PUS Blakslee and Other Federal Offi cials Have Muck Time For Politics in Pennsylvania ROOSEVELT AND MTORMICK The Harrisburger's Platform and Statements Are Flat Against the Colonel's Ideas Colonel Roosevelt's position that Vance C. McCormlck's campaign Is one in which only State lseues are Involved and his effort to make It ap pear that McCormlck Is a candidate who should be supported without re gard to party ate thoroughly disproved by the speeches of McCormlck, the inscription on the medal given to dol lar contributors to the Democratic slush fund and the activity of fed eral officeholders in behalf of McCor mlck. McCormlck goes around qight after night proclaiming that he stands by Wilson and told the Washington party committee so, and* the dollar souvenirs, so soon to be consigned to the junk pile, contain a bust of Wilson and an exhortation to uphold Wilson, who is being so savagely assailed by Roose velt. However, the activity of the fed eral officeholders Is the most sig nificant thing. James I. Blakslee. the Fourth As sistant Postmaster General, has been traveling up and down the State for weeks In the interest of the Demo cratic machine and reports are being heard around Pittsburgh that charges may be preferred against District At torney E. Lowry Humes and Marshal Joe Howley for pernicious political ac tivity. In the eastern and central ends of the State federal jobholders have been on the jump and have been im portuned to give to the slush fund. If Republicans had shown a tithe of the pernicious political activity now being displayel by Blakslee and others the Patriot would have went and wailed over.the decadence of the re public, Now Blakslee is ranked with the men who are temporarily patriots. The Philadelphia Public Ledger to day contains this very significant ar ticle: " 'ln my opinion the power be hind the gubernatorial Pepper throne will be none other Is For than Martin G. Brumbaugh.' Doctor George Wharton Pepper, lawyer, yesterday said this about Doctor Brumbaugh, the Republican nominee for Governor, making light of those who said that the doctor, as Governor, would be 'controlled.' Mr. Pepper, it may be noted, is opposed to the re-election of Senator Penrose. "Mr. Pepper's statement as to Doctor Brumbaugh was as follows: " 'lf I were a Democrat I should take pleasure in voting for Mr McCor mlck, for whom I have a high regard. As I am a Republican I shall take a greater pleasure in voting for Doctor Brumbaugh, who seems to me emi nently well qualified to be Governor of Pennsylvania. He has character, cour age and wide experience in public affairs. He knows the State thor oughly and is fitted to represent every part of It. " 'When he pledges himself to the cause of local option, I am sure that he means what he says. It is doubt less true, as some of my friends tell me, that his administration will be influenced and controlled by a power ful man. I, however, differ from them as to his Identity. In my opinion, the power behind the gubernatorial throne will be none other than Martin G. Brumbaugh." Direct charges that J. Elmer Evans, a York county rural mail carrier, had been dismissed through machinations of the private secre- tary of Congressman Brodbeck a n d" J 1 m Mall Carrier Blakslee are made In Fired Bet-nuse a York dispatch to of Criticism the Philadelphia In quirer. The dispatch says, in part: "Evans, it must be admitted, convi mitted an offense. He was overheard some time In 1913 to remark to a fel low-carrier that notwithstanding, the fact that the tariff on leather had been reduced shoes were not any cheaper. This remark, it is supposed, reached Mr. Geesey's ears but recently, and he took up the matter with the congress man, itnd the latter, using|is influence with Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen eral Blakslee, secured Evans' dis missal. Several weeks ago Evans got a notice from the department that he was given eight days In which to show cause why he should not be dismissed from the servic*. The notice referred to the remarks he had made more than a year ago, as well as other alleged minor irregularities In his duties as performed. Evans, In an swering, demanded specific charges, so that he could meet them, but the next letter contained his discharge. The whole affair is credited to job seeking men and to Mr. Geesey's de sire to break up the rural carriers' as sociation. Evans was an active worker in the organization." I POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS —The man who tried to question Brumbaugh did well to run away be fore the answers came. —The Patriot is rather rough on Dr. Surface to-day. Incidentally Sur face never did anything that the Pa triot said he did. —Judging from the Philadelphia Record, the Philadelphia Democratic city committee is not figuring In the McCormlck spcechmaklng tour. —McCormlck is wasting a lot of time in Philadelphia. —The Central Democratic Club and Its new high hats leave for Reading at 6.10. —ln their zeal td '"purge" lists the Philadelphia Democrats nearly struck off Dr. Horace Hosklns, president of the Democratic club. —Director Porter's order that no assessments may be levied on Phila delphia officeholders will jolt the McCormlck machine. It had hopes from Blankenburg. —Republicans held a number of big rallies In Philadelphia last night and they made McCormlck's meetings look like sessions of the Palmer-McCormlck League on a rainy evening. —Lewis is to speak here on the night of the Colonel's visit. The Colonel is going to stay such a short time that the Progressives will not have enough "doctrine." —Congressman Vare yesterday called the North American charges plain lies. Everybody's doing It. —Beidleman appears to have founo something more of McCormlck's un derground record. —Announcements that no more money Is forthcoming for organizing" Palmer-McCorrolck leagues are in correct. Real Wool From Real Sheep Unless you are an expert, you can hardly tell the difference be "Flirs" tween a suit made of wool and . , r one made of cotton shoddy. . Ladies Come W7 f l 1 • 1 1 in and See Our . Weaving ot cloth is so cleverly Beautiful done these days, that it is hard Fur Sets tC> etect difference. . . Therefore we selected Hart sLkU'd, Z, Schaffner Leopard, Fitch, Mole because they are and Fox t° be all-wool. In fact, they are the best guaranteed all-wool line Fur Coats at to s3o.t Hudson Seal So great is our confidence and Near Seal, Plain Hart Shaffner and Trimmed with Clothes, that we stand back of - Drferent Fu" the manufacturers, ready to make Moderate Prices i rpi 1 1. good. 1 hey make good because they are made good. H. MARKS & SON 4th and Market Streets Plain Letters by a Plain Man Messrs. Vance C. McCormiek and A. Mitchell Palmer: Gentlemen—September 28, of this year, Gustav Runipf, president of the Brown Knitting Company of Phila delphia, sent a. letter to Senatorial Candidate Palmer, directing his atten tion to a communication just issued by the Richmond Soup Society, of 2652 Ann Street, Philadelphia. The letter was sent to Mr Palmer at the House of Representtftives, but, as it was understood that gentleman was canvassing somewhere in Penn sylvania. "Please forward" was en dorsed on it. In this letter Mr. Rumpf says: "I note that your time is pretty fully occupied just now in the discussion of 'Penroseism,' but I write to Inquire whether you would be able to spare a few moments in the attempt to ex plain a very distressing condition of affairs among our working people, which we know as 'Palmerism.' "There has been received by busi ness men throughout this city a pitqpus appeal for help from the Rich mond Soup Society. It is signed by Mrs. M. W. Ketchum, of 3024 Frank ford A\'enue, secretary of the society." Amongst the utterances of this ap peal to which Mr. Rumpf directs Mr. Palmer's attention are the following: "In this Kensington district are hundreds of self-respecting and usually self-supporting citizens out of employ ment whose families are in dire need. Their stories are appalling. "One family of six, having been without food for two days, sold a bureau for 75 cents and lived on the proceeds a week. This is only one of the many who part with clothing and piece after piece of furniture be fore they will ask for charity. "We are continually facing hungry women and children. To turn them away without relief is heart-rending. Our funds are exhausted. Will you help us with a contribution for the starving poor?" Mr. Rumpf then continues thus to Mr. Palmer: "How can you fritter away your time on personalities when shocking conditions such as described In the letter from the Richmond Soup So ciety are everywhere made manifest before your eyes? "Do you understand that 'Penrose ism' is, to the distressed wage workers of this city, like a plank to the drown ing, because it stands for the exact reverse of those policies which have caused the suffering and poverty in our industrial centers. " 'Palmerism,' on the other hand, Ignores the unemployed who are walk ing the streets throughout our Com monwealth: ignores the untold mis eries In store for them when winter shall set In with all its rigors; ignores everything that the people are now most concerned about, und attempts to perpetuate the personal slander and demagogy that have been the cause of our undoing in America." Has this letter by Mr. Rumpf ever been answered ? If so. has that answer been made ■» STORY OF A BOV Worked on n farm—then in n saw mill. an«l In his father's store. Sweirt a school for his tuition—rang the bell for his board. Began teaching when 16—County Superintendent when 22. Entered C, of P. as a student when ■•H—become member of U. of P. faculty. Made President of Juniata College— wrote books on rducatlon. Appointed by President McKlnley as Commissioner of Education of Porto Rico. Elected Superintendent of Philadel phia Schools. Nominated for Governor by the Re publicans of Pennsylvania. THAT'S BRUMBAUGH —^ HEADQUARTERS FOR SHIRTS SIDES & SIDES public so that the common people can read It? Can hunger and want caused by the cessation of work in mills closed by a Democratic tariff be explained as sim ply a "psychological condition?" ONE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE. new o s F [From the Telegraph of Oct. -3, 1864.] Acknowledge Defeat Washington, Oct. 23. The enemy acknowledge the defeat of Longstreet. saying they lost twenty-three guns and 1,000 men. < apture* Dloekade Runners Washington, Oct. 23. Blockade runners along the Atlantic coast have No Orchestra -^mJf is necessary at your "afternoon at home," if you have a piano and some one play for the pleasure of your guests. Remember a piano purchased here, fur nishes pleasure 365 days in the year, and this pleasure can be yours for a small sum monthly. WINTER & CO. „ 23 North Fourth Street There Is Valuable News For Men In Doutrich's Advertisement On Page 9—Read It been captured by Admiral Porter on the U. S. steamer Fort Jackson. IN HARRISBURG FIFTY I YEARS AGO TO-DAY 1 [From the Telegraph of Oct. 23, 1864.] "Uncle Tom" Here "Uncle Tom's Cabin" will be played to-night at the request of a number of citizens. Election Near Election for President is only two weeks off. With the usual fate peacemakers we stepped in between rne combatants and got hit with a war tax.—Salt Lake Tribune. It is announced by a scientist that 'two thousand feet above the earth the air is free from germs."—But it isn't from bombs. Philadelphia Press. *
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