6 tIARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established IS3I PUBLISHED BY TOE TELEGIIAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACK POLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 216 federal Square. Both phones. M< mber American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Aujllt Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, Sew York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Vestern Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Allen A Ward. Delivered by carriers at six cents a week. Mailed to subscriber* at $3.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. Sworn dully average ' (or lie three ★ months ending Nov. 30,1914, 23,180 W Average for the rear 1911^—21,577 Average for the year 1912—21,1TS Average for the year 1011—1H.8S1 Average for the year 1910—17,49(5 WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC. 2 HARRISBURG'S FUTURE WHEN the act of the Legisla ture creating a City Planning Commission was accepted by Harrisburg and five public spirited men were appointed as the first commission a few months ago, the public generally did not appre ciate, perhaps, the full Importance of this step. But with the development of the plans of the new commission through co-operation with Warren H. Manning, the distinguished landscape architect, who has done so much for Harrisburg In recent years, the full scope of this feature of the city's fu ture expansion is better understood. Since 1901, when the people became fully aroused to the necessity of a change of old-time methods and the adoption of new and modern ideas, there has been tremendous progress In every direction, but it is doubtful ■whether any feature of our develop ment has been so important as that which is now being outlined by the 'City Planning Commission. This work is being carried forward in a modest •way without unreasonable expenditure of public money, but with the maxi mum of concrete achievement It Is the highest type of constructive public effort. Looking ahead to the Harrisburg of the future this commission, compris ing men who are ready and willing to give of their time and ability without cost to the city, and who are devoted to its best interests, is preparing for the expansion of Harrisburg along the •most intelligent lines. With the city's landscape architect they are provid ing for the relief of congested dis tricts, the broadening of future great highways, for building along lines of the most attractive character, the pre vention of serious blunders in street grading and the collation of all Im portant statistics bearing upon these matters. The city has expanded far beyond the dreams of its original builders, but there is still much to do, especially in the avoidance of those mistakes which are not only expensive, but which are serious in their effect upon the gen eral harmony of modern development and growth. An intelligent vision of the future is necessary to provide for the larger city that is inevitable within the next generation. This is the special function of the City Plan ning Commissioon. As a body it rep resents the eyes of the whole com munity and must discern our needs for many years to come. We should esteem ourselves most fortunate that such men as E. S. Herman, the president of the com mission, and his associates, F. J. Hall, B. F. Umberger, George A. Shrelner and George W. Reily, are willing, ' through a high sense of civic pride, to give their services without any cost to Harrisburg in the performance of this important public service. There are already many inquiries re garding the river carnival and historic pageant under the direction of the Chamber of Commerce next year, and It promises to be one of the biggest celebrations In the history of Harris rlsburg. In preparation for this great municipal festival the importance of getting the river parks and River Front generally in first-class shape is appre ciated by the city officials in charge of that particular feature of the city's Im provement. OUR SHADE TREES FOR several years there has been a growing Interest throughout the city in the care of the shade trees of Harrisburg. Owing to the increasing area of paved streets and the necessary reduction of the space devoted to the growing trees on the sidewalks the need of careful supervision in order that these trees may grow and flourish has become more and more apparent. The Legislature of 19i>7 provided by law for the creation of a Shade Tree Commission with certain powers over the trees of the cities of the third class, but this act has never been ac cepted by Harrisburg and it has en countered persistent opposition in of ficial and other quarters. As a com promise measure the City Council has passed an ordinance to create the of fice of City Forester with certain pow ers and duties which are therein speci liod. This official will be under the control of the Department of Parks and Playgrounds and assurance has been given by City Commissioner Tay lor, the head of this department, that ho will recommend only a competent \WEDNESDAY EVENING, wnd experienced tree expert to look fetter the trees and supervise their care and planting:. In the absence of a Shade Tree Commissiop this is, perhaps, the next best step and pending a trial of the experiment public Judgment may be suspended. Obviously the competency of the Forester and his ability to dis charge the duties devolving upon him will constitute the essence of his ef ficiency. We believe, now that the City Council has taken this step, that a thorough trial should be given the plan adopted by the Department of Parks. If it proves unsatisfactory, then public will force the adoption of the Shade Tree Commis sion with the powers vested by the act of Assembly. For years the shade trees of Har risburg have been butchered in a shameless manner by alleged tree trimmers who seem to think that their chief joy in life Is to grab a saw and amputate the limbs of trees without regard to necessity or appearance. It has also been the practice of overhead wire corporations to cut out the tops of trees or rip off a branch wherever it suited their purpose and whether it be a Shade Tree Commis sion or a City Forester this sort of thing ought to be stopped without de- I lay. Unless it is stopped, we shall soon have a treeless city alid then the people of Harrisburg will get awake. But it is fair, and only reasonable, that the Forester to be appointed shall have a chance to show his worth. He should have the co-opera tion of the people and the support and the backing of the city officials. Mu nicipal control of the trets is abso lutely necessary to their life and care. City Commissioner Bowman, who has immediate charge of the street light ing, is understood to be in sympathy with the plan of gradual extension of the cluster lighting scheme in the cen tral business district. Some progress in this direction should be made every year and in the course of a few years the entire central district will bo as at tractive as any city in the country. FALSE CONCLUSIONS THE usually accurate New York York World is away off in its analysis of the recent Penrose landslide in Pennsylvania. The World, commenting on the results of the election, says: The official count of the vote cast November 3 in Pennsylvania shows, as The World in advance of the election predicted, that Senator Penrose's re-election was made cer tain through the failure of the Pro gressives and Democrats "to make common cause against the boss of the old Republican machine. Pen rose received 513,021 votes. Pinchot 269,086 and Palmer 266,495. Not only was the combined Progresive and Democratic vote for United States Senator 22,560 larger than Penrose's, but counting the Social ist. Prohibitionist and scattering vote, he fell 78,927 votes short of being the majority choice. No doubt the Progressives were sincere in their opposition to Penrose. His defeat they declared to be the one object of the campaign; they could not hope to gain control of the Senate, as against, the Democrats or Republicans. It was solely due to partisan motives that they per sisted in keeping Pinchot in the field after fusion had been effected on McCofmtck for Governor, The World errs in its comparisons and deductions. To have taken Pin chot out of the race would not have altered the result, except to give to Senator Penrose a clear majority of all the votes cast for that office. This is shown in the Governorship fight. There Lewis was withdrawn, resulting in a large number of Progressive votes being swung to Brumbaugh. Progressives In Pennsylvania are Re publicans at heart and they would not have voted as a whole for any Democrat. Certainly, nobody knowing conditions and sentiment here would say that Palmer could have mustered more than half of the vote that went to Pinchot. This being used as a basis for argument—and that it is both accurate and conservative is shown by the McCormick fusion vote —the falsity of the World's conclu sions is at once apparent. OUR PAVEI> STREETS WITH the taking over by the city of the repairing of the paved streets on the first of April, It will be the duty of the Department of Streets and Pub lic Improvements to see to it that the general contractor shall have placed the streets in first-class condition be fore that time under the specifica tions of his contract. Of course, the guarantees of the paving companies continue without regard to the change in the system of repairs and City Commissioner Lynch will doubtless see to it that the interests of the city are fully covered in all these matters. Harrisburg is justly proud of its repu tation as a well-paved city and great care should be exercised that nothing transpires to affect our standing in this respect. COPYING AFTER US WE are inclined to stand in awe of German commercial ag gression and enterprise. Their zeal in trade extension has been so widely exploited that we have given them credit for greater acumen than they really possess. For instance, they have had to copy from America the idea of the Phila delphia Commercial Museum, which is far and away ahead of anything of its kind in the world as a foreign trade promoter. Because, through this me dium, perfected by Pennsylvanlans, the United States gained rapidly in export business, Germany sent Its experts here and is now operating Ip similar man ner, but on a much smaller scale. It may he said, in passing, that Japan, the Pan-American Union and the United States government have also adopted largely the Museum's meth ods and systems. We have heard much about what Germany and other European coun tries are doing to advance their inter ests abroad, but little of the splendid and productive efforts of our own country. The whole world has come to Pennsylvania to learn how to In crease its exports. It Is all very well to have respect for our competitors In trade, but there Is no reason why we should ascribe greater virtues to them than they pos- j Bess, nor that we undervalue what we ourselves are doing along the same lines. EVENING CHAT The proposition to have the State improve the historic highway between White Deer and Loganton' calls to mind some Interesting incidents in the social life of the State years and years ago. There are probably some Har risburgers living who recall hearing their parents tell of visits to White Deer Springs. These springs, which are located right at the present town of White Deer, are of pronounced medicinal value and long ago were ri vals of Bedford and other famous American spas. The highway led oft the road that followed the river and the wealth of Central Pennsylvania used to go to the White Deer for the waters and social diversions. The de velopment of the automobile makes possible a revival of the famous springs and the aid of the State In fix ing up the road will enable easy access to a beautiful and healthful section. Congressman Ben Focht, who has the history of that • section down pat, says that White Deer springs were a great place a century ago and that before that they were noted as a spot for good deer hunting. In fact, we have the authority of the congressman for stat ing that the reason the district got its singular name was there used to be some deer wearing whitish coats to be shot In that section. These springs have probably duplicates in other parts of the State, probably In the Susquehanna Valley and they Illus trate how good roads and the automo bile are bringing long forgotten spots back into the paths of every day travel. Telegraph linesmen are looking carefully at the skies every morning these days because now is the time when they must look for trouble. Gen erally early December brings a 'heavy wet snow and makes trouble for tho telegraph men. They are on their tip toes these days and at night arc prepared to move at a moment's no tice. Alexander Roberts, who celebrated his ninety-first birthday yesterday at the residence in Market Square which he has occupied for considerably more than half a century, is Harrisburg's oldest native born citizen and was con gratulated yesterday by many of his friends. Mr. Roberts Is the son of Col,onel John Roberts, one of the prominent men of Harrisburg seventy five years ago and in his younger days was one of tho engineers on the con struction of the Pennsylvania railroad. He had charge of important work near Pittsburgh. There were some pretty hard things said about the new war tax yester day in the line of the people who stood about waiting to buy their supplies. One man who was rather quiet about it was railed at by some of his neigh bors. "Maybe you ain't going to be hit hard?" was a question asked of him The man shook his head and an other man asked, "Haven't you got the money to buy the stamps?" "Cut it," tensely replied the man ad dressed. "I am a Wilson Democrat." Yesterday the first war tax stamps appeared on documents at the Capitol and there was a question about them. Some officials thought that stamps should be required on certain papers and were at first inclined to return those which were not stamped. How ever, they received them and they are provisionally filed. The whole thing appears to hinge on what constitutes a certificate. Federal rules and State regulations are apparently not in har mony. The safe way Is to buy a stamp until the clouds lift. Yesterday's meeting of the Public Service Commission was the first that ex-Governor Pennypacker has miss ed in many a long day. He was de tained !n Philadelphia and people hav ing business with the commission re marked his absence. Judge George Kunkel continues to receive from admirers throughout the State expressions of gratification at the fine showing ho made at the elec tion and there is a generally mani fested desire that he shall take a seat on tho State's highest court at an early day. Harrisburg Railways people 1 are en gaged in an interesting study of traffic on lines along which people have peti tioned for additional car service and the results are being awaited with eagerness. It has been generally sala that trolley cars always follow the line of the nickel and the neighborhoods producing the most Qve-cent pieces can get the service, as a rule. Of course, there are exceptions, but trans portation is a business like everything else. In this case the conductors are taking note of the points at which people enter and leave cars and if you happen to see the conductor put down a stroke when you get off the car you may know that a problem is being worked out systematically. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —Clyde A. Heller, Philadelphia mine owner, has gone to Nevada to inspect some gold mines. —Francis W. Bird, of New York, well known newspaperman, will man age the two papers in Boston Just bought by his lather. —John Vance, Chester chief of po lice, has arranged a plan for feeding the idle unemployed. —Dr. W. G. Chambers, of the Uni versity of Pittsburgh, is delivering a series of educational lectures in the western part of the State. —State Chief of Mines James E. Roderick is still ill at his home in Hazleton. i— I Elliott-Fisher writing machines, "made in Harrisburg," Is the only flat principle writing hia chlne anywhere In the world? > Johnny's Letter Dear Santa Claus: "Won't you please bring me some of the nice toys that are being advertised in tho Tele graph? "I would like a gun and a velocipede and some books for boys. "I know if you will pick them out from the advertising In the Telegraph they will be good, for my mamma buys all her clothes after reading the advertisements and mine Is the best dressed mamma In town." JOHNNY. P. S.—lf you get these things here It will save you bringing them all the way from the North Pole and I know they are guar anteed. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH BULL MOOSERS SPENT MUCH CUSH Official Washington Statement Shows That the Campaign Was No Picnic This Year KICK ON A LEGAL BILL Frazer Committee Contends That Certain Legal Services Were Not Authorized The official statement of expenses of the Washington party In the campaign Just closed, filed at the Capitol to-day by Robert K. Young, the treasurer, shows that Including $5,287.00 ac counted for in the primary campaign the party received $32,475.07 and ex pended $31,756.34, a bill for $78.33 be ing in dispute. The chief Items of ex penditures were clerical services, $2,654.45; printing, traveling expenses, etc., $17,367.80; dissemination of in formation, $2,806.85; offices, $1,484.30; meetings, speakers, expenses, etc., $5,595.11; county committees, $130.49. William Fllnn was the largest con tributor, giving $8,556.86; Mrs. Charles B. Woods, Washington, D. C., gave $5,000; Vance C. McCormick, $1,500, and other state candidates amounts ranging from SSOO to $1,500; Amos Pinchot, $4,300; William Draper Lewis, S3OO, there being many other con T tributors of sums from $1 to S2OO, In cluding Herbert Parsons, New York, SIOO. Gifford Pinchot accounted for these expenditures: After primary, $5,875; to P. S. Stahlnecker, fiscal agent, $42,- 735.63; to Washington party, SSOO, and traveling, $164.89. —Superior Court Judge Frank M. Trexler gave $5,116.46, of which $6,000 was to Itis campaign committee. He received no contributions. His rival, James E. Clark, received $203, spent $2,203.22 and owes $1,254.65. The James E. Clark campaign committee accounted for $2,203.22 spent and $825.60 unpaid. —Other statements filed Included: Henry Houck, Secretary of Internal Affairs, spent $2,194; John R. K. Scott, congressman-at-large, spent $3,050, owes $220. —The account of Alexander Gilfll lan, of Pittsburgh, treasurer of the Frazer campaign committee, was filed at the Capitol to-day, showing re ceipts of $8,902.19, of which the Judge gave $1,574.80, other gifts being from SIOO to SSOO by friends. The money was all spent, chiefly for advertising and $1,200 drawn to Elliott Rodgers for expenses and dissemination of In formation. Attached to the account is a statement that a bill for $300.62 rendered by Allen & Coll, of which Representative George W. Allen is a member, Is in dispute, "the services for which it is rendered not having been authorized," according to the statement. —Other expense accounts filed at the Capitol included: —Progressive Volunteers of Dela ware county, received $77.50, all spent. —Lawyers' Republican Association, John C. Hinckley, expenses of Knox dinner $250, which sum was received from the Republican State committee. —Edwin J. Durnall, executive com mittee of Washington party, Swarth more, received $307.97, and spent it all. —C. S. White, treasurer York coun ty Democratic committee, received $2,960, spent $2,949.34, unpaid $138.84. —John G. Fox, Twenty-sixth Ward Palmer-McCormick League, Philadel phia, received $262 and spent 50 cents more. —J. E. Sherry, Seventeenth Ward Democratic committee, Philadelphia, received $l2O, of which S7O was from tho Paltner-McCorinlck League. —Harry Summers, Thirty-ninth Ward Palmer-McCormick League, Philadelphia, received $195 and spent $188.50, getting $147 from the league. —Michael R. Kerwick, Thirtieth Ward Palmer-McCormick League, Philadelphia, received slsl, spent $143.50, Including $117.50 for watchers. —Gilford Pinchot, late Washington party candidate for the United States Senate, yesterday returned to Phila delphia from his post-election vaca tion and in the course of an interview asserted that the Progressive party in the nation should be continued as a political organization and that he him self intended to remain a factor in Pennsylvania politics. Mr. Pinchot's statement, when he was asked to tell of his present and future plans, was in substance as fol lows: . "As to what I am doing now, the next thing after filing the account of my campaign expenditures is the meet ing at Chicago. You may be interested to know that more than $39,000, or 80 per cent, of the money I spent in the primary and general campaign, was for publicity—that is, for postage, printing, buttons and the distribution of campaign material. The total amount I spent In both campaigns was $49,275.95. "As to my plans for the future, the first thing is the Progressive confer ence at Chicago. Of course, there is but one thing for that conference to do. which is to make plans for the continued work of the party. One of the things that ha» most pleased mo since election is that in the Immense amount of correspondence from all parts of Pennsylvania which has been coming into my office there has not been a single letter which advocates giving up the fight. "For myself I do not propose to abandon the 270,000 voters who gavo me their suffrages in the last election, and, as I said on the morning of No vember 4, 'Win or lose, 1 will keep on with the fight for conservation of na tional resources for the use of the people against the monopolies and special interests, and In particular agolnst the kind of government that Penrose represents'." TELEPHONE LISTENERS RE BUKED. A simple little device has just been completed and will presently be put into general use on party lines which is expected to detect the eaves-drop per. It can be applied to any tele phone. It is a small disc which con nects with a keystone tongue and whenever the receiver is lifted from the hook the sound is heard by "cen tral." As each 'phone on the party line has Its own keynote, it only re mains to recognize the tone to Iden tify the culprit, the little tell-tale disc will be something of a kill-Joy to those gossips who have a keen delight in surreptitiously learning all the news of the neighborhood over the 'phone, who remind us in a round about way of the Athenians who "'spend their time in nothing else but [either to tell or to hear some new thing." (Act 17: 21.) The Christian Herald. . AN EVENING THOUGHT I find that doing the will .of God leaves no time for disputing about His plana,—George Mao- Doriald. |_ OUR DAILY J A Duk'H Mfc Wlnr Slulfr I understand Cholly: Why Is Smith's wife leads It your sister re him a regular fuses to give me dog's life. an answer right Well, she has away 1 She keeps money, so no putting me off. wonder he don't Hobble I ad have to do any- vised her to wait thing but sit till after Christ around the house mas. all day. On a Street Car Just So Madam, that He Let's you child looks older and I be made than three years, one. Yes, Indeed he She—l'm afraid does, conductor. It would soon be That child has a case of one too had a lot of many. trouble. I IXTTERSTOTHEfOITOR I THE LILY POND FOUNTAIN To the Editor of the Telegraph: It Is not often that the fountain In the lily pond at the city pumping sta tion at North street can play until the Ist of December, but I noticed the water spouting from the center of the pond to-day and fear that unless attention is given to it pretty soon there will be some burst pipes to tell the story. FROSTY. AT HOME NEW YEAR'S DAY To the Editor of the Telegraph: As chairman of the publicity commit tee and chief marshal of the Mum mers' parade, I desire at this early date to extend to your paper my sincere thanks for the active and effective co operation you are giving us In our hard struggle to make the celebration on New Year's Day a success, and you can aid us still more by announcing to the public through your paper that there will be no necessity for their going to Philadelphia to view the annual parade this year, as I feel absolutely sure, knowing the plans of the many organi zations who will participate in our celebration, which, by the rules of the association, must be kept confidential until the time of the parade, that a sur prise awaits our people and I wish you would urge them all to stay at home on that day and lend their efforts in mak ing Harrlsburg's demonstration a grand success, which will be a boost to our city, a benefit to our business men and a pleasure to the citizens In general. Yours sincerely, C. O. BACK ENSTOSS, Chief Marshal. November 30, 1914. THE SHIP. I march across great waters ilke a queen, I whom no many wisdoms helped to make: Over the uncruddled billows of seas green I blanch the bubbled highway of my wake. By me my wandering tenants clasp the hands And know the thoughts of men in other lands. —John Masefleld, in Harper's Maga zine for December. WHY THESE "WAR TAXrfSt" [Prom the Philadelphia Press.] Yesterday the "war taxes" of this Administration went Into full effect. In a period of profound peace the people of the United States are asked to pay a "war tax" of over a hundred million dollars a year. It iB properly called a "war tax" because It Is that form of taxation on all the more common forms of business, travel and Investment which heretofore has never been levied except to supply the Government's ne cessities in time of war. The depressing effect of the Eu ropean war on reyenue Is the excuse given for this tax, but the direct influ ence of the war does not at all justify a special tax of this magnitude. The resources of the Government have run low mainly because of the extravagant expenditures authorized by Congress and carried out by the Administration and In addition the blundering tariff law purposely made low to stimulate the importation of foreign goods Is not yielding the revenue which the Gov ernment requires and the framers of the measure expected. This being so Congress before venturing to adjourn had to find new sources of taxation which have just become operative. The Treasury statement shows that for the five months of the present fis cal year up to November 23 the Gov ernment's expenditure has exceeded its Income by $70,000,000. There has been a steady falling off of Income and as steady an increase of expenditure In many forms. Though there was PEARLS <-=^ Of all the precious gems which nature provides for the adorn ment of man and (more espe cially) womankind, pearls alone are perfected by nature and re quire no skill of ours to enhance their beauty. The diamond and ruby become valuable as articles of adornment only when the ar tisan has transformed earth's crude material Into the spavk ling jewels of commerce, but the pearl comes to us full formed— mature in all its chaste loveli ness with a delicate iridescence and color that tlio art of man cannot improve and which after many centuries it has but Just learned to duplicate. To write the history of pearls Is to record the story of the human race. 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