12 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established :tji PUBLISHED BY THE TEI.KUKAFU PRIAiTIXti CO. K. J. STACK POLE President and Editor-in-Chuf F. R. OTSTBR Secretary GUS M. STEIXMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 116 Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. 'eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building. Xew York City, Hasbrook. Story & Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Allen A- Ward. 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 burgr. Pa., as second class matter. frvtora dally average for the moith of ★ OCTOBER, 1914 24,426 Average for the year 1»1S *1,577 Average for the year 1912—21,175 Average for the year 1811—18351 Average for the year 1910—17.40.% ■ FRIDAY EVENING. NOV. 20 A TRADE CONFERENCE GOVERNOR TENER has gra ciously consented to take part in the conference on foreign trade which is to be held in this city next Tuesday under the auspices of the 1-larrlsburg Chamber of Com merce. Some distinguished commer cial representatives will be- here to take part in the discussions of the day and it promises to be a most in teresting occasion. With the outbreak of the war in Europe the business interests of the country immediately became active and in every way the lines have been thrown out toward the markets of the i world. This nation is taking its proper place in the commercial development of the world and the conditions creat ed by the European conflict have in large measure resulted in direct bene fit to the industrial and commercial interests of this country. While the people of the United States have manifested a large charity \ in their efforts to succor those who j have suffered through the war, they liave also properly looked after the enormous demands upon our com mercial and industrial Institutions. Uncle Sam is extending help where ever possible with a generouß hand that is characteristic of our people. He is also looking into the future and providing for that growth of trade which is inevitable as a result of the clash of arms throughout Europe. For this reason the conference to lie held here nest week has a peculiar interest, and the Chamber of Com merce is showing a proper apprecia tion of its relation to the business community in bringing together our business people for consideration of the questions that are necessarily In volved In the expansion of our trade relations through a war with which we have had nothing whatever to do. Onee more Secretary Bryan's great and good friond. Villa, is marching on the City of Mexico and gathering pnder his wing enroute the soldiers of that famous Constitutionalist—Carranza. No moving picture machine has anvthing on Villa. OCR SIDEWALKS RECENTLY a correspondent of the Telegraph called attention to certain defective sidewalks in different parts of the city and urged that some attention should be tiven to these stretches before winter came upon us. Now would seem to be a good time to have a prompt report on the side walk conditions of the city, which might be quickly obtained through activity of the police department. We have no doubt that Mayor Royal, co operating with the Department of Streets and Public Improvements, could easily obtain in twenty-four hours a report upon all sidewalks needing immediate attention. With such facts in hand It would then be the business of a day to notify the property owners concerned and in this way put all the sidewalks in the city in first-class shape before the rains nnd snows of the winter aggravate the conditions of which complaint has been made. We have no doubt that a mere ref erence to the situation will bring prompt action on the part of the city authorities. It is not infrequent that a defective sidewalk results in injury to life or limb and consequent dam ages. Every bit of outdoor work on the sev eral improvement undertakings that can be done before King Winter inter feres should be done. There ought to be at least six weeks yet for pushing the rough grading of the river slope, the depressed walk, the filling of wash outs, and the planting of trees, the completion of the Paxton creek Job and the work along Cameron Park Exten sion. CONFIDENCE AND BUSINESS THERE is a very general revival of confidence throughout the country, and while the Demo cratic newspapers and party spokesmen decline to attach any im portance to the recent elections, the financial writers and industrial experts agree that the Immediate effect of the Republican victories has been an al most instant optimism concerning the future. President Wilson himself has sounded an optimistic note of the business situation in a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury on the occasion of the opening of the reserve banking system. Incidentally FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH NOVEMBER 20, 1914. [the President recognises the efforts of [the banks and the railroads to inoet the situation and suggests that the railroad problem will have to be dealt with at an early day in a spirit of "candor." The President's utterance on this point is looked upon In Wash ington as profoundly significant and a suggestion that railroads nvust not longer be forced to carry on their business at a loss. It has been hinted for some time that the President was not entirely satisfied with the evident reluctance of the Interstate Commerce Commission to recognize the plain needs ot' the commerce carriers of the country. As a matter of fact, the attitude of the Interstate Commerce Commission has been so arbitrary and so mani festly one of indifference toward the business Interests of the nation that there has been general amazement everywhere over its peculiar course. The President recognizes the essential factor of prosperity as represented by the railroads and the Interstate Com merce Commission must soon have driven into Its inner consciousness the fact that the people are not satisfied with Its way of handling the impor tant maters which have been sub mitted to it from time to time during the last two years. "A new day has dawned for the beloved country whose lasting pros perity and happiness we so earnestly desire," is the felicitous and optimistic way in which the President concludes his "prosperity letter." State Health Commissioner Dixon Is remarkably felicitous in expression, and his epigrammatic and forceful pre sentation of hygienic truths makes a deep impression upon his hearers. AN OVKRWORKED COMMISSION AFTER an experience of a year or more with the Public Utilities measure it Is manifest that there is room for improvement in matters of detail and local control. If we may judge by the hearings from time to time, the increased burdens of this commission will make its work almost Impossible. Every sort of com plaint is put up to the commission and it would "ar>t>«ar that many of these complaints should he remedied by the local authorities and not by a State commission. When the public utilities act was passed it was subject to all kinds of amendments and a trial of the measure was necessary in order that its deficiencies might be disclosed. Without Indicating any particular weakness it is plainly evident that the scope of the work of the commission is entirely too wide and is likely to weaken the beneficial operation of this Important branch of the State govern ment. Paternalism has been eating its way into State and national administration in response to the demands of the people for change, and still more change, but whatever has been done that is beyond a reasonable exercise of State control should lie undone at the first opportunity. Instead of the strong arm of the j State reaching out in every direction there should be a wider exercise of home rule so long as the local authori ties observe the restrictions of the or ganic law and the statutes affecting the general welfare of communities. Ordinary laymen do not see the nec essity for every little complaint and improvement and municipal undertak ing being submitted to the overworked Public Utilities Commission. There is bound to be reaction against waste of time and large expense, and It would seem to be the part of wisdom to an ticipate such reaction by intelligent amendment of the law to the end that the communities may be allowed to handle their own affairs without con stant appeal to the commission on 1 Capitol Hill. Long after the few knockers shall have been forgotten the municipal of ficials—past and present—who have done and are doing big. constructive l and enduring things, will be remem bered with gratitude by the people. ELECTION AFTERMATH STUDENTS of political conditions are still analyzing the results of the November election. Most of these agree that the revulsion of popular opinion against all manner of alleged reform legislation and fads in administration is complete. One of the expert observers says: Popular interest has been strain ed by a political agitation which has lasted too long and has made a too continuous demand upon its attention. It Is tired of Congresses which do not adjourn, of questions which are always being discussed and never being settled, of supposed settlements which fall to produce the promised results, and of a fer ment which yields such a small net return of good white bread. It is undeniably true the great body of the voters of the country have gone back to the two great parties—Repub lican and Democratic. They have had enough for the present of mere fuss ing and political clap-trap. Business men and working men want a rest and above all else they want business and industrial conditions to settle into something like the normal state. Mighty little attention is going to be given those who feed upon fads and fancies which catch the public atten tion for a little while, but which are mighty unprofitable in the end. i Whatever else may come of the suits [ for damages growing out of the River Front improvement, in South Harrls- I burg, a fine opportunity was presented | in court yesterday for an exhibit of the j c omprehensive plans for the perma ! nent changes that will mean so much I to the people In that section of the city. Even Judge Johnson, who was specially presiding, could not resist an admiring comment or two regarding the attrac tive "Front Steps of llarrlsburg." As China exterminated the poppy plant and the, opium habit in a single night, so Russia has wiped out all strong drink throughout the Empire by an Imperial decree. And It Is the sort of prohibition that prohibits. Mrs. Frederick C. Penfield. wife of the American Ambassador at Vienna has received the Grand Cross of the Order of Elizabeth, in recognition of her efforts for the welfare of Austrian soldiers. Good for Mrs. Penfield. Now, if she will but use her good offices to induce the W'clghtmun Estate, which she represents largely, and which Is owner of the old Opera House comer, to give us a hotel, all Harrisburg will decorate her with flowers and the good will of the people. EVENING CHATI Congressman-at-largo-elect Daniel P. 1-afean, to give him his full title, has just received six letters which are an entertaining close to his campaign. He lias tiled his expense account and that is off his mind and he can now enjoy the best wishes. It appears that when the congressman, who is known as "Uncle Dan" by many, was in Middle burg he saw six of Snyder countv's fairest young ladles, between 15 and 1", standing in the street watching the Republican parade and busily engaged in the side diversion of consuming lollypops. He invited theni to attend the meeting at the courthouse and he would give them thoughts on citizen ship when he spoke. The girls showed up at the meeting and declared that Mr. 1-at'ean was just too sweet the way he shook hands with them and said he was sorry they could not vote for him. When the votes had been counted a "round robin" reached Mr. at York reminding him that his admirers were awaiting a return of their best wishes. Mr. Eat'ean noticed that they used the word sweet a couple of times in the letter and sent each a five-pound box of the best candy he makes in his factories. Then each girl sat down and wrote him a letter. He has six of the strongest rooters in Snyder eountv now. Francis 11. Bohlen, who made the address on the workmen's compensa tion bill at the welfare conference yes terday, is a student of the subject known to legal sharps as torts. It has to do with damages and came in handv when he acted as secretary of the In dustrial Accidents Commission, which drew the compensation act. Mr. Boli len Is a lecturer in the University of Pennsylvania law school and although his students sometimes wonder if he can balance his chair on one leg he nevertheless gives them good, sound information that sticks. Mr. Bohlen has studied compensation acts in every country and state Where they are in operation and not only has the theory but the practical end down pat. Dr. J. B. Carnctt. the old Penn foot ball player, who has a number of friends in this city, has just been ap pointed as a surgeon in the Philadel phia Hospital. He succeeds Dr. K. S. Martin, a noted medical man. The frosty air has caused numerous rabbit hunters to start out on the trail and this morning tields in the vicinitv of the city resounded with shots. Some of the huhters took automobiles and passed from place to place according to the sport, but there were many who hunted clear up to the city limits. Charles MacVeagh. the attornev who appeared before the Public Service Commission yesterday, is a brother of Wayne MacVeagh and known to a number of residents of this city Commissioner John Price Jackson, who arranged the welfare conference, said last night that the attendance had been larger and that every person at tending the meetings had given assur ance of interest in the safetv first movements. "That is why the con ference was held." he added. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE "1 —Robert Swan, Pittsburgh director of public works. Is employing men with families on public Improvements. —J. R. Flannery. Pittsburgh busi ness man. Is In London corraling Eng lish orders. —P. A. B. Widener. the Philadel phia capitalist, is gradually retiring from corporation activity. —Judge C. D. Copeland. of West moreland, Is deer hunting in Elk county. —Mayor John Kosek, of Wilkes- Barre, has gotten into a dispute with temperance people in his town. —General G. R. Edwards, a Penn sylvanian, will command infantry in the canal zone. I DO YOU KKIOW ] That Harridhurf wa.i one of the I big centers of canal transportation. especially for coal, for many years? WAR AND THE WOMAN The fife and drum, the banners fine, Spur on the men in warring line Until the battle's lost or won; But out in lonely hamlets wait Those who can only guess the fate Of father, brother, lover, son. The Red Cross nurses gladly go To ease the pain of those laid low By murd'rous shell and gun and dart. But science has no surgery That for a moment can set free A waiting woman's grief-torn heart. The soldiers in the deeply fight Soon grow accustomed to the sight Of wounded men and ghastly dead. But daily deeper grows the pain That rends a mother's heart in twain When children cry in vain for bread 0 God of nations, grant, we pray, That there may be some speedy way Of quieting this warring host; And meanwhile grant thy special care To war-robbed women everywhere, For they it is who suffer most. Alice Crowell Hoffman in The Chris tian Herald. FELLING TIMBER In felling timber, whether It be a fullgrown tree designed for firewood or a mere switch desired as a fish stringer, be sure the butt points in the way you wish to drag your plund er. Anyone who has dropped one of a thick stand of popple saplings with Its top toward the clearing where he wishes to use it as a tent-pole will have no doubt as to how the idea of the barbed spear-head originated. On the more placid other hand, a stick put down with the butt-end toward the clearing can be dragged with ease out of the thickest jungle and trimmed up and worked over at ease in the open. —Outing. «■ f > War Maps and Peace Maps 1 Far more interesting than tlio war maps that mark the de vastation of armies, are the peace maps that picture the great con structive work on this continent. North America is finding itself. It Is developing its own re sources; developing Its strength. The advertising columns In this and other leading newspa pers are the American peace maps. They tell of the march of In dustry, the great work of con struction and upbuilding. No man can be a dailv reader of advertising without being a better patriot. SPEAKERSHIP IS NIRROWING DOWH Most of Men Suggested Are Not Following Up Mention of Their Names For the Honor BALDWIN IS MAKING HAY Buckman May Be Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Com mittee; Political Talk With the withdrawal of James F. Woodward, of McKeesport. from the race for the speakership of the next House it looks as though the contest had really narrowed down to Robert P. Habgood. representing the north west; R. J. Baldwin, the eastern sec tion outside of Philadelphia, and W. H. Wilson and T. F. McNichol, Phila delphia. George W. Williams. Tioga; F. C. Ehrhardt, or H. 1. Wilson, Jefferson, have not followed up the mention of their names. Baldwin has been making hay lately and has been building up an organi zation among the central members by swinging around the circle. Charles J. Roney, of Philadelphia, who was spoken of for speaker, is more likely to be floor leader again. Woodward wants to be chairman of tlie appropriations committee again and so do Charles A. Ambler, Mont gomery, and Ehrhardt. —The name of James W. Collins is being mentioned as a possible judge in Allegheny county. The Montgomery and Northampton judgeships are to take their own time. —Friends of J. Lee Plummer, for mer member from Blair, are busy building fences for him for State Treasurer in 1916. It is intimated that if tilings do not look bright for the senatorsliip, Auditor General Powell might run for State Treasurer. —According to some of the goßSip which is going the rounds City Com missioner W. I- Gorgas is being urged to become a candidate for mayor at the election next year. —Senator C. J. Buckman. of Bris tcl, is being boomed for the chairman ship of the Senate committee on ap propriations upon which he has served a couple of sessions. Senator Charles 11. Kline, the chairman of the com mittee. will be re-elected president pro tem. —Senator Henry A. Clark, of Erie, is paying close attention to the pro posed changes in the third class city law. He thinks that the commission government should be well tried out before ans' changes are made. —Although the Washington party element will be aided by the machine Democrats in making a big fuss for a constitutional convention to turn the present organic law inside out it is not thought that it will get very far in the coming session. Sentiment in tavor of a short session without busi ness being upset by presentation of a lot. of panaceas for all ills is growing rapidly all oyer the State and indica tions are that there will be a session of about 100 days and that the legis lative program pledged during the campaign will be carried out without much fuss. —Friends of local option are com mencing to feel dubious about the bill getting out oi the House, the action of the Anti-Saloon league in dabbling in partisan politics in the last cam paign having injured prospects. Hopes of exceeding the vote for the bill last session are not very high just now, but this is not the time to look sad. PROYKRBS OF BROADWAY A Rolling Stone gathers no Montgom ery. Where ignorance is bliss, the Follies are wise. Make (for the) hay when th« sun shines. If at first you don't succeed, rye, rye again. There's no fuel like an old fool. Say what you will against civiliza tion, it has at least got rid of whiskers, the vermiform appendix and the heart. It takes a man his whole life long to find out that he has been a fool his his whole life long. A romance begins with a man trying to capture a woman. It ends with a woman trying to recapture a man. Women have very simple tastes. They can get pleasure out of the con versation of children in arms and men in love. In the year 1830 the average Amer ican had six children and one wife. [How times changes all things! Brevity: the quality that makes cl garets, sermons and ocean voyages bearable. If all public questions were settled by shooting dice, fifty per cent, of them would be settled Correctly. This would be five times as good a score as we make now. —December Smart Set. Carving Sets At Exceptional Prices For that Thanksgiving turkey and for roasts at future times you'll need a good carving set. Don't have your guests think the turkey is tough just because you don't have a good carving knife, we are selling carving sets consisting of knife, fork and sharpening steel, with genuine stag horn handles, with or without ferrules— knife has French slicing blade—put up in a leatherette case —at the exceptionally low price of $3 and $4 Other sets with fancy sterling silver mountings at .$5 and $6 Jacob Tausig's Sons DIAMOND MERCHANTS AND JFWKIJKRS Itcliable Sha-e IH«7. | • »{) Market Street 0 I ,C " Kvenlng*. I OUR DAILY ) for wash your hands f' A « .kS before Hitting smoked all the dow „ lot , cI K are t sag ah 1 table?" \es. old i hap. 1 .. Ono of . em think so much of ni; thc othe^ you I alwa>s take , 1!ail need , t .. your part. He Seem» Well la the Infaat \amed l.lne Mr. Fluster "Pa. what Is an makes me think of infant industry?" a canoe. What the stork How so? is running. my It takes so little boy " to upset him. DONATION DAY By Wins Dinger If you really want to do something To make you feel better, here's how: Take part In the donation movement For the hospital, and I'll allow That not only you will feel better For having done good, but you'll make : Lots of poor souls confined there with Illness A new lease on life promptly take. Just think if in pain, or through illness. You had to spend Thanksgiving Day Somewhere In a great big hospital, From family and friends far away, A heap of the weight would be lifted If strangers sent something to you— As Donation day. they've named Tues day. Get busy, do what you can do. I I rnTRSTOTtiE EDITOR I WHY NOT JI'DOG JACOBS f To the Editor of the Ttlegrath: "The Attorney General is the pilot of any Administration." That was the sentiment expressed by ex-Congress man George I>. McC'reary when 1 asked him who would fill that place In Doctor Brumbaug's Cabinet. Then this: "You can tell the course i a Governor means to sail from his se lection of this important adviser." I lind that a good many persons think that Judge George B. Orlady will be the new pilot. Whoever stands at the legal wheel to steer the Brumbaugh ship, he will follow some very distin guished predecessors. Pennsylvania can be proud of her At torneys General, taking as a whole the forty-six men who complete the list. William Bradford, Joseph Reed. Rich ard Rush, Jared Ingersoll, George M. Dallas, James Campbell. William M. ' Meredith, Benjamin Brewster, F. Car roll Brewster. Lewis C. Cassidy, W. 17. Hensel. Henry Clay McCormtck, Justice John P. Elkin, Hampton L. Carson and Moses Hampton Todd were some of the men who have acted as gubernatorial pilots. A "ood many of them became dis tinguished in other ways, as Dallas, who was a Vice-President of the United States; Campbell was Pierce's Poßtmas ter-General, and Brewster also get In a President's Cabinet. Not very many people care who Is Secretary of the Commonwealth, but they are almost as keenly anxious about the Attorney General as about the Governor himself. —Public Ledger. Why not Judge M. W. Jacobs of Harrlsburg? That would surely mean that the Governor-elect would sail true. The selection of Judge Jacobs would insure the warm approval of all fair-minded men regardless of party affiliations. D. M. W. torfi BOOKS and dfo I A. Howard Gunter supplies a de lightful story of repressed girlhood ! in "Her Wonderful week." I Ellis Parker Butler, always clever, contributes "The Story," which gives an author's viewpoint of his own creation. "Two Women," by Ray Sprigle, is an interesting study in feminity. "The Model and AJax," by Rene Chartrian, is a vital studio story. Forrest Halsey, whose subtle hu mor is unique, repicts the mock tra gedies of a husband pursued by his "past." in "The Appearance of Pansy." "The Awakening." by Anna M. Honey, is a sweet little tale of young I married life. Fred Jackson with a successful young- comic opera star in "A Basket of Sweet-Peas." Other 6tories In this number are: "The Gentleman." by Octavus Hoy Cohen; "The Diary of a Drunkard," by Adelene Ritchie; "Phryne." by Ethel Summers; "The Friend," by Michel Provins, and "Progress," by William Weaver. H. Marks ®> Son Cor. 4t>h and Market* Sts. Furs For Thanksgiving AT Prices For Everybody We guarantee the quality of every piece of fur purchased here. Whether you want an inexpensive set of warm furs for practical use. or the finest furs obtainable in most exclusive designs— Fur Sets from SIO.OO to $l5O Fur Coats from $30.00 to S3OO i [From the Telegraph. Nov. 20, 1864.] Odd I-Vllows Meet A convention of the Odd Fellows of the city will be held to-night at the hall in Walnut street. Three Hurt Three Harrisburgers were seriously w;ounded in a railroad accident near Reading. FOX FARMING The feature will tell the outcome as to fox farming. Some few farmers now are on a paying basis, many more are not, and with almost a certainty that increased offerings will cause a material cut in prices, it looks as If those who paid from SIO,OOO up for a pair of breeders had best go very carefully. There are more than 150 fox farms on Prince Edward's Island alone, many others elsewhere in Can ada, besides several in the United States. One, after an initial expense of more than $140,000, is just begin ning operations near Ogden, Pennsyl vania.—Outing. Mak^Wal4mo< ££> Ca '^' A l5 san Shoe NV NnL Yes, sir—that's the shoe that makes walking de lightful the easiest ■■■■■■■ shoe on earth. And one week's wear will show you WHY. You'll go home at night—not limping along on tired, aching feet but just as spruce and as fresh as when you left in the morning. You'll enioy the walking. Simply because the Wlflfpfapr 1 soft cushion built into Dr. A. Reed Cushion Shoes fits your foot like a glove—fills the hoi- w. lows.—distributes your weight so evenly that you »sE|tr Vi walk on yoar whoU loot—not just half. It's a dandy shoe If you're on yoar feet mach. w, Fits comfortably the first day—needs no break- /T~/ jffl ing in—keeps its shape and wears well. We af have a variety of styles and leathers to show you when you come in tomorrow. flp' JERAULD SHOE CO. X/ #« lascuamow * 310 Market St g* I CDIHION SPfOtTS MOO 4 mvs)H nas hoLLO * fucu 1 Man Should 2 !g © L, Read the Message J 2 That Is Given in 2 1 Doutrichs ! 2 Advertisement On Page 11 2 • • •••••••••eCSMMSOSSStSSSM i Rebels Disheartened Washington, Nov. 19.—Rebels along the lines at St. Petersburg are dis heartened. Sherman Cause* Alarm (From the Richmond Dispatchl People here are planned about Sher man s movements and the destruction of two more railroads by his men. SILK NETS IN DARK COLORS The Dry Goods Economist says thatf light silk nets, on the Brussels order, are the foremost seller s in the late market at present. They are parti cularly strong in black, but some call is experienced for very dark shades, such as tete de negre, plum and Rus sian green. This demand la tha natural result of the very strong fash ion position which Is now ocoupl«d by goods of this character. Black laces continue in ffcir de-* 1 nmnd. Black Chanitllly flouncings In 18-and 27-lnch widths are the best sellers in this type of merchandise. The current lace demand centers largely in narrow net-tops with verv fine Venise and Margot designs. The narrow 3 or 4-inch widths are parti cularly strong for use In tho manu facture of women's neckwear.
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