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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?
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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 <very
reason in decreasing receipts for prac
ticing economy and cutting oft expen
diture there Is no evidence of a single
effort In that direction. It was more
agreeable for those In power to Impose
new taxes on the people-,
A large book of 779 pages showing
all the npproprlatlorts In detail made
by the present Congress has Just been
issued. It is an official publication and
it shows that the appropriations of this
Congress were $1,116,118,138, the
largest on record and Just $81,000,000
more than the estimated revenue for
11)14. Contracts for $40,000,000 In ad
dition were authorized. Had not the
Republicans compelled a cut of $30.-
000,000 In the rivers and harbors bill
the showing would have been that much
worse. The country Is reaping In this
way the benefit of Democratic admin
istration which has as Its necessary re
sult the heavy "war taxes" that the
people are now compelled to pay.
WHY GOOD BLOOD IS RED
Why are we continually being told
that good blood must be bright red?
What has color to do with the qual
ity?
Just this. The oxygen In the air Is
the great supporter of animal life.
One business of the blood is to take
oxygen from the air (which it meets
In the lungs -and deliver It to the
tissues of the body. When the blood,
filled with life-sustaining oxygen, is
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[From the Telegraph of Dec. 2, 1864.]
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