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Sw«rn dally average for the month of
OCTOBER, 1914
M 24,426
Average for the year 1918—21,577
Average for the year 1012—21,175 !
Average for the year 1911—18,851
Average for the year 1810—17,495
WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV. 18 i
FRESH AIR AND EFFICIENCY
FRESH air and ventilation reforms
are emphasized in the general 1
movement for the improvement '
of working conditions and the 1
raising of the standard of efficiency. ]
These and other matters of equal im
portance are being considered by the
conference now In session on Capitol :
Hill under the auspices of the Depart- '
ment of Labor and Industry.
Referring the other day to safety 1
first conditions, a metropolitan news- ,
paper recalled that when the Pension j
Bureau in Washington was housed in I
small buildings, poorly ventilated and '
indifferently cared for, the aggregate 1
loss of time by clerks absent on sick
« leave averaged 18,736 days annually.
The removal of the bureau to modern
structures reduced these figures to
10,114 days, a drop of 45 per cent.
That the death rate in children's
hospitals has been lowered 30 per j
cent, by improved ventilation is the i
assertion of Professor 8. H. Wood- ]
bridge, of the Massachusetts Institute j
of Technology. The introduction of
effective ventilating systems in gen
eral hospitals has reduced the death
rate in such institutions 30 per cent.
Army hospitals report a 17 per cent,
reduction and prisons 72 per cent.
Factories that produce articles by
processes causing dust ravage the
health of workers. It has been esti
mated that 38 per cent, of button
makers that die at their trade suc
cumb to tuberculosis.
Other figures arc tobacco workers,
38 per cent.; candy makers, 22; tan
ners, 18; harnessmakers, 17; glove
makers, 18; shoemakers, 19; millers,
15; bakers, 20; grain handlers, 28.
In each of these occupations the per
centage indicates deaths due to dust
and improper airing. Manufacturers
arc realizing the value of sanitary
working conditions, and in many in
stances factory working has lost most
of its unhealthful features. But these
statistics indicate there still persists a
criminal iguorance or negligence on
the part of many employers In regard
to proper hygienic conditions.
Fresh air, says a contemporary, is
cheap and ventilation systems are not
too expensive for any employer to in
stall. And a robust, fuli-lunged clerk
or factory hand is a more efficient
employe than one that is half alive for
want of proper air.
All of Harrisburg should see the
interesting exhibit in the Chestnut
Street Auditorium of safety and sani
tary appliances and efficiency systems.
Special attention has been called to
this exhibit by the Harrisburg Cham
ber of Commerce as "out of the ordi
nary and of real value."
State Health Commissioner Dixon Is
preparing an interesting Exhibit of the
health conservation work of Pennsyl
vania. This exhibit will be one of the
big features of the State at the
Panama-Paoitie Exposition next year.
HOME BILK FOK CITIFS
HOME rule for cities of Pennsyl
vania is expected to play an im
portant part at the forthcoming
session of the Legislature. Al
ready a movement has been started
to bring about some changes Intended
to provide a wider latitude of action
for municipalities. There has been a
tendency for several years to embar
rass the cities of the third class with
a lot of new laws which deprive these
cities of the freedom they should have
in managing their own affairs.
Through a spirit of paternalism the
State has taken over a lot of author
ity which should be vested in the
cities themselves, especially in the
handling of their own local problems.
However, it is doubtful whether any
ripping up of present conditions is
desirable. It might be better to en
dure whatever is evil in the cxtstlng
system of municipal administration for
a time rather than fly to untried ex
periments which may involve Harris
burg and other cities In further trou
ble. Manifestly there is need *of
amendment here and there to the act
imposing upon these cities the com
mission form of government, but only
such changes should be made as are
absolutely necessary to clear doubtful
or disturbing features of the law. At
least two more years of the new form
of municipal government should
elapse before there is any general re
vision of the system.
We agree with the National Bureau
of Municipal Research, which seems
to be devoted to "original and prac
tical solution of civic matters," that
In purely local matters a city should
have undisputed right of control. It
should never have been otherwise. But
until we shall have more thoroughly
tried out the commission scheme of
government, which the Telegraph and
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
many of the people of Harrlsburg op
posed, It would be unwise to begin an
other revolutionary performance that
would only further upset our munici
pal administration.
Discussing the proposed home rule
movement, W. C. Howland, president
of the National Bureau of Municipal
Research, says the people residing in
the city are the only ones who have
an intimate knowledge of local condi
tions; that they know better than any
Legislature can possibly know what
changes and improvements are needed
in the city and how these changes may
best be brought about. He also calls
attention to the fact that many city
communities have their peculiar prob
lems; that the customs, habits and
ideals of the people of one city may
be unlike those of any other city; that
legislation that is pleasing to one may
ibe offensive to another. He thinks
i that with knowledge of conditions
1 should go power to change them, and
| few persons will differ with him on
jthis proposition.
I Harrisburg has not forgotten that
jit was getting along quite comfortably
under the old system of government
| until certain smaller cities of the State
determined that they wanted a
change; and because this city was
bunched with all the others of the
third class it was compelled to swal
low the new scheme of administration
without regard to its own wishes in
the matter.
We believe that Mr. Howland is on
the right track and that cities have a
right to govern themselves so long as
they do not violate any feature of the
organic law designed to protect the
people at large, but it would probably
be just as well to suffer our present
ills until the people shall have been
fully aroused to the need of greater
freedom in handling their own affairs.
Those who are interested in the rap
idly-changing conditions in the south
ern part of the city have been greatly
impressed with the photographic work
of the Telegruph's camera man from
time to time. These pictures are not
only interesting to those of us who live
in Harrisburg, but are studied closely
by former citizens and others who are
watching the development of the city
in every way.
THE SPEAKERSHIP
WHATEVER the final determi
nation of the Legislature re
garding the Speakership, the
activity of a number of ex
perienced legislators indicates a
wholesome rivalry that will do no
harm. Each community Is pushing
forward some favorite son and it will
be up to the Republican caucus to
choose out of the considerable list of
aspirants already in the field a proper
person for presiding officer.
It is almost certain to be a business
session of the House, and it is Im
portant that the one who will wield
the gavel shall be experienced in par
liamentary practice and have a level
head. The competition is already
quite keen among the several sections
of the State and it is more than prob
able that still other ambitious law
makers will get into the open before
flie end of December.
His friends of the newspaper field
are backing Mr. Habgood, of McKean,
with vigor. It is contended in his be
half that the northern tier has not
had a Speaker since the time of Caleb
Thompson, of Warren, whose election
was brought about through u combi
nation of the interior counties against
the cities.
Aside from the Speakership there is
likely to be little difficulty in organ
izing the House, inasmuch as most of
those who have experience in legisla
tion believe that the alleged reform
In the manner of selecting committees
adopted two years ago when a com
mittee on committees was appointed
accomplished nothing save dissatisfac
tion.
It is probable, therefore, that the
approaching session will have mighty
little regard for the fads that have
been forced into prominence through
the period of political hysteria that is
now rapidly passing away.
Political leaders, the lawmakers
themselves and the people want a rest.
They've had enough of legislative ex
periment and clap-trap.
Other newspapers of the State have
joined the Telegraph in its observa
tions as to the nonpartisan ballot
failure. Instead of making voting a
comparatively easy matter there lias
been a constant Increase of the difficul
ties in casting an intelligent ballot.
Nonpartlsanship may be all right in
considering candidates, but the non
partisan primary and the nonpartisan
ballot and other nonpartisan machinery
have been demonstrated to bo utter
failures. This is one subject that the
Legislature might consider with prolit
to the people.
THANKSGIVING SHIP
HARRISBURG has done admir
ably In its prompt response to
the Telegraph's appeal for
funds for the starving people
of Belgium. One ship has already left
Philadelphia with its cargo of food
and another being loaded from
the proceeds of the big-hearted Ameri
cans who have contributed to the re
lief of the starving peoples beyond
the seas.
There Is still much to be done, and
instead of the usual Christmas-stock
ing campaign for the poor of Harris
burg, the young people of this city
are urged to contribute to those whose
need is greater in Belgium. What is
given must be given quickly to avert
still greater disaster among starving
women and children.
The Thanksgiving ship sails next
week.
Tree planting is going forward in the
river parks under the direction of City
Commissioner Taylor's corps, and when
this work shall have been completed
many open spaces will be provided with
trees, and a line of higli-top trees from
one end of the city to the other will
give a finish to these parks which they
have not had heretofore.
Soeretary of State Bryan lias left for
Ills villa at Miami, where Washington
dispatches say ho will take a short rest.
The Secretary has been In Washington
about a week since Ills extended ab
sence In the recent political campaign.
1 i EVENING CHAT 1
Tlie foot and mouth disease, which
has caused a general tie-up of all
cattle shipments in Pennsylvania with
out state permits, has caused no end
of speculation among people here as
elsewhere in the state because of its
unusual name and the extraordinary
precautions taken by the public health
authorities to prevent it spreading.
The disease, to begin with, has been
known to attack human people, but
such instances are rare. This state
ment is made on the strength of some
remarks by no less an authority than
Dr. Samuel G. Dixon. However, peo
pie can "catch" it, and it may be
transmitted through milk, so that if
there is any fear milk may be pas
teurized. Dr. C. J. Marshall, the State
Veterinarian, who has studied the dis
ease in this state and abroad where it
is not uncommon, says that it causes
much loss among cattle. The disease
is marked primarily by fever and then
there are outbreaks of ulcers on the
surfaces of the mouth and tongue and
even the nose, while about the feet
similar sores occur. When these break
there are very painful places. The
appearance of the sores in these places
gives it the singular name, which is
the herdsman's name for aphthous
fever, the medical term. When a steer
or a pig or any other animal has the
disease it is unable to eat or to drink
and emaciation sets in and the animal's
vitality is lessened. Ducks, turkeys
and chickens have been known to get
the disease and il has the reputation
of causing extensive loss among cloven
footed animals. In fact, in some years
gone by the loss in this country ran
into the millions and in 1909 it cost
Pennsylvania over SIOO,OOO.
Superintendent Rambo found out
last night that there were some resi
dents of the Capitol whose existence
he did not suspect. During the pic
ture exhibition the hall of the House
was darkened and everyone was sur
prised to see a swallow fly across the
light from the stereopticon. The bird
flew around for a time and was joined
by another. In summer time it is not
uncommon for birds to appear aboii'<
the legislative halls, the open windows
explaining how they get in. But people
are wondering where the birds canie
from last night and how long they
have been in the building.
"How many football teams do you
suppose there are in this city?" asked
a man connected with the schools last
night.
No one (seemed to know, and then he
said that every one of the schools had
a team and some of them had teams
representing rooms. There are more
kids playing football now, he observed,
than ever known. School spirit runs
high and every Saturday there are
games which would make Franklin
Field contests seem tame.
Among the visitors to the welfare
conference yesterday was Dr.-Daniel
Z. DuNott, chief surgeon of tli" West
ern Maryland Railroad. The doctor
is a son of a famous Harrisburg sur
geon, Dr. T. S. DuNott, and is one of
the most prominent among the rail
road surgeons interested in welfare
work.
There was a good bit of smiling
among people who visited Capitol Hill
yesterday because of the manner in
which the signs annbuncing the con
ference were distributed. Right across
the Spanish war cannon in front of
the library and museum building was
a big sign printed in green with these
words:
SAFETY FIRST.
"The cold snap has caused a lot of
people to take to drinking hot choco
late and other warm things," said a
man who handles soda drinks for a
living. "We have a lot of people who
drop in for some favorite drink or for
mineral water every day and some of
them several times a day. Now they
have all taken to the hot drinks and
we have been selling a lot of them to
day. They will hang on for quite a
time, too. The number of people who
take hot chocolate when they used to
take hot scotches would surprise you."
In the notes on the Locliiel region,
which is about to go under the ham
mer, it should not be left unrecorded
that splendid work was done among
the people of that region by the
Lochiel Mission. This mission, which
was maintained by people connected
with Market Square Church, for years
exerted a great influence and in dull
times brought Christmas cheer to the
lives of the youngsters whose holidays
might have been very different owing
to the lack of work for their parents.
The meetings at the Capitol the list
few days have brought a number of
Philadelphia newspapermen to the
city. Among them are Frank J. Price
of the Public Ledger; Samuel Barker,
of the North American: Frank L.
Knight, of the Evening Bulletin, and
R. H. Doane, of the Inquirer.
Dr. Thomas Darlington, who pre
sided at one of the sectional meetings
of the welfare conference. Is a brother
of the bishop. He was formerly health
commissioner of New York anil is now
chairman of important committees ol
»he American Iron and Steel Institute.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE )
—Colonel C. T. O'Neill, of Allen
town, has been re-elected colonel of
the Fourth Regiment.
—Edward A. < !rane has resigned as
superintendent of Independence Hall
and will become Philadelphia city
architect.
-—Joseph Taylor, of near Sharon,
went hunting. He is 96.
—Homer E. Leslie, Pittsburgh civil
service commissioner, says that the
commission has made enemies because
it is fearless. He is a former legisla
tor and well known here.
—John R. Drexel, the banker, will
return to this country from England,
where he has resided for a long time.
—The Rev. George E. Rees, former
Philadelphia pastor, will return to
Philadelphia from Scotland to take up
a charge.
1 DO YOU KNOW—"i
That Harrisburg was one of the
first cities to take up the first aid
movement anions industries?
'
Choosing a Piano
Pianos individually differ in
touch and tone, but pianos as a
class are highly standardized as
to quality for price.
No person of judgment buys a
nondescript instrument.
Rather selection is made from
a name that stands for high
ideals of manufacture.
If the thought of a piano is
in your mind let us give this
caution.
Choose carefully and If yop
are not familiar with the points
of leading instruments and the
best dealers, let the advertising
columns of this newspaper help
you.
The advertising is the first
guide to the pathway of piano
satisfaction.
HARRIS3URG TELEGRAPH
COLD WATER VDIE
SHOWING BIG MS
State Chairman Prugh Believes
That It Will Be a Surprise to
Some Political Students
POWELL HAS ASPIRATIONS
Rumored That Pittsburgh Friends
Will Boost Him For the United
States Senatorship
Dr. B. E. P. Prugh, the chairman
of the Prohibition State committee,
believes that the official returns of
the whole State are going to show a
big gain in the vote of the cold water
party in Pennsylvania as a result of
the election this year. The official re
turns lack those of Allegheny county,
but they are expected soon and then
the official totals will be made up and
the vote for each candidate and each
party will be officially certified and
printed.
Dr. Prugh is of the opinion that
there will be a gain of about 19,000
votes shown between the total cast
this month and that of four years ago.
In 1910 Larkin received less than
18,000 votes and the Prohibition vote
declined from 36,000 In 1908 to 19,500
in 1912.
The vote the Prohibition chairman
counts on to show the gain is on Con
gress as he frankly says that owing
to circumstances attending the guber
natorial and senatorial elections they
do not show good Prohibition votes
like the nominees for Congress-at
large.
Governor-elect Brumbaugh is fish
ing in Florida and managing to keep
his own counsel about appointments.
He has not intimated anything und has
the political lights guessing.
Congressman Vare and Senator
Vare will return from Indiana to
morrow and meet their lieutenants in
Philadelphia.
Congressman S. G. Porter certified
that he did not spend anything to be
re-elected.
The names of ex-Auditor General
A. E. Sisson, of Erie, and Thomas H.
Harter, o£ Bellefonte, are being men
tioned for the Water Supply commis
slonership which will become vacant
when Congressman-elect B. Iv. Focht
resigns.
In Pittsburgh it is said that friends
of Auditor General A. W. Powell art
planning to start a boom for him for
the United States senatorship after the
Legislature adjourns. The successor
to Senator Oliver will be elected in
I We Win a New Victory |
1 in Overcoatdom! |
I NEVER in all our service to this community have we known a |
garment to achieve so instant and decisive a success as has the Klavicle—
the new overcoat production from America's greatest overcoat makers—
House of Kuppenheimer
Men who are accustomed to the better
# things in clothes and who know real excel- I
lence when they see it, are honoring the
1 Klavicle with their indorsement and their |j
1 ( I "Incontestably, the high water mark of 1
l/M |j| overcoats tailoring" is their verdict.
f I§fSjy With its dashing, militaristic style, its
®ft capacious lines, its painstaking workman- I
" p- ship ,thc Klavicle is admirably cut out for the task of minis-
j| ll||| ijwf/ tering to your comfort, your ease and your appearance
'i'lnr 1 j Jjj/ through the wintry days that loom ahead.
i -V \ The man who would make his overcoat selection without
I '! lit- TI Mil M Iwr seeing the Klavicle is the same man who would tour America
I ' nfinll 111 111 without seeing the Yellowstone, the Niagara or Pike's Peak.
I I ifH liliill l\| The Klavicle, in foreign and domestic overcoatings—Chin
: r o]jjj 111 l chillas, Elysians, Vicunas, Boucles and Fancy Cheviots at
P! : |l S2O, $25, S3O
| Httr BALMACAANS I
I Jf sls, S2O, $25 I
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1916. There wilt be several men In
the Held us candidates, but Powell's
friends want to put him In early. Wil
liam Flinn will not try to run.
Mayor Caufliel, of Johnstown, is
starting a movement for some changes
in the third class city laws.
John V. Kosek, Mayor of Wilkes-
Barre, will be a candidate for re-elec
tion.
The boom for J. Lee Plummer, of
Blair, for State Treasurer, is being
pushed by his friends in a number of
parts of the State. His work In Blair
is being pointed to.
( OUfi ZM/tr L4UCH )
i. i/? The Lovelorn
° ne: S&y, Edgar,
U*~' are you too tired
T-I-I —to dig me &
j. grave? I feel
l l *te J ea ' endia*
Y ever,t^in * !
'•IT CAN'T BE DONE"
H.v WIHK Dinner
"Huh, Winga da Ding, you make me
vera seeck:
You wrlte-a da verse one fine day
lasta week
'Bout da great beega turkey, and pie
made uv pijnk.
Da tine pluni-a pudding, but dat's alia
bunc.
Me one-a poor Dago, me no gotta cent,
So please, Meester Ding, be one nice,
flne-a gent
And tell-a me how all dees good tilings
I know
On Thanksgeeva Day, when I gotta
no dough."
Dear friend, that's a problem that's
bothered me, too.
To figure it out I've spent hours not a
few.
But with prices existing- that soar to
the sky
I'm afraid that we'll have to depend
on the pie.
Without any turkey or pudding so
tine—
(l think it will be sparrow potpie for
mine).
For although I'm not broke to your
saddening extent.
I'll tell you quite frankly I'm darned
badly bent.
NEWS DISPATCHES
OF THE CIVIL WAR
[From the Telegraph, Nov. 18, 1864.]
Plan Prison Break
Chicago, Nov. 18.—The rebel con
spirators that were captured here con
fess that they intended to attack
Camp Douglas and releaso the rebels
coniined there.
Sherman Going Fast
Cincinnati, Nov. 17.—Little resist
ance is given by the rebels against
Sherman's march to the coast.
General Caiiby Deiul '.'
St. Louis, Nov. 17. Rumor that
General Canby had died, is reported
false.
NOVEMBER 18, 1914.
An Individual
as the Executor of your Will is subject to sudden ill
ness, he may through inexperience make serious mis
takes, he may prove dishonest and he may die per
haps before your estate is settled.
This company, however, is empowered by law to
act in any capacity of trust, such as Executor, Trus
tee, Guardian, and it is free from the above uncertain
ties which limit the efficiency of the service of any
human being.
[ LETTCRSTOTHE EDITOR I
Ol'K PAVED STREETS
Elizabethtown, Pa., Nov. 18, 1914.
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Will you permit me to voice the
appeal contained in your short edi
torial of November 10, headed "Come
to Harrisburg."
As a veteran bandsman I covered
the entire route of the firemen's pa
rade of October 8 in addition to the
almost two miles of marching between
our line of the march and the engine
house at which we were quartered.
The people of Harrisburg certainly
have no cause for complaint for the
time anil money spent in placing the
streets in such excellent shape, and
they should indeed feel proud of the
results.
My last march in Harrisburg pre
vious to the one of October 8 was al
most thirty years ago, and 1 think a
few of your older inhabitants can give
you a slight- history showing tho con
dition of the streets as they were at
that period. ,
I hope it will be my pleasure at somo
future time to again take up the lino
of march and tread its well-paved
streets in answer to your call "Come to
Harrisburg."
Yours very truly
J. W. COOKE.
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY
YEARS AGO TO-DAY
[From the Telegraph, Nov. 18, 1864.]
George Wcnrlek Dies
George Wenrick ,Sr., one of tho
oldest citizens of the city, was buried
this afternoon. Death was tho result
of injuries which he received several
weeks ago.
Court Monday
November term of Dauphin county
court begins next Monday.
: New Band
A new band has been organized in
the city.