6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established itjr PUBLISHED BY THE TBLKftRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACK POL® President and Editor-in-CMlf F. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STEINMETZ Jfaniif Editor Published avery evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 21( Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New Tork City, Hasbrook, Story ft Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at <EB Spf.Sf) CtllL> six cents a week. ' 4 ' Mailed to subscribers lit $3.00 a year in advance. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. Hworn dally avcrngr for the three ★ months rnrtlug Dec. 31.1014. 22,692 W Average for the year 1014—23.102 Average for the year 1013—21,577 Average for the year 1812—1:1,175 Average for the year 1011—18.551 Average for the year 1010—17,405 WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. 6 WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATORS SHOULD KNOW GOVERNOR JOHN K. TENER yesterday told the legislators of 1915 what they ought to know. And he told it in the very first section of his farewell message to the lawmakers. Out of the experience of four years and from his own good hard business sense he set forth the fact that the next Legislature will have less than $49,000,000 to appro priate. Father Pcnn gets the bulk of his Income from corporation taxes of various kinds, and the revenues of 1915 will be paid on values in 1914. We know what a year we have just survived. The legislators ought to realize from the statements of the Governor that there will bo nothing like what there was two years ago, or even four years ago. The money Is not in sight. Then the Governor calls attention to the work done by the State Board of Public Charities in recommending the amounts to be appropriated, say ing he has profited by what it has done. Appropriations form a great factor in legislation, and, without regard to tho other valuable suggestions in the message, the lawmakers can find much of profit in tho references to public finances in the final Tener state paper. "XOTIIIXG OF CONSEQUENCE" SAYS a morning contemporary of the message submitted yester day by Governor Tener to the Legislature: The one thing that might be con sidered as making It commendable* is the fact that there is nothing of consequence In it to forget. "Nothing of consequence?" Nothing but recommendations for workmen's compensation, woman's suffrage, water power conservation, development and control: for a canal system that shall tend toward lower freight rates, for the purchase of ad ditional forestry reserves, more State police, the better equipment of the National Guard, better Insurance and banking laws, reform in State appro priations, tho extension of Capitol Park, the establishment of a bureau of housing, the adoption of a State building code, and the creation of an adequate forest lire fighting force. "Nothing of consequence," indeed. Why the message fairly teems with the constructive and tlio humanitar ian. It reflects the Governor's ex perience and his observations. It is both practical and progressive. There Is consolation in this thought, however. In light of a recent public event that attracted somewhat of the State's attention at the time, Gover nor Toner need not disturb himself much as to what the aforesaid con temporary may or may. not say re garding this or any other topic. The voters have taken its Bertillion meas urements and have them on file for ready reference. TRYING TO DECEIVE STRENUOUS attempts are being mado by some of the opponents of the retiring administration to create the impression that dis cord exists between Governor Tener and Dr. Brumbaugh in regard to ap pointments. The action of the Senate in creating as a formal committee the subcommittee heretofore named to consider appointments to be con firmed has been twisted, distorted and turned abcut and efforts made to pic ture Governor Tener as resenting the action. M hen the facts are known one can understand why Governor Tener laughed last evening when asked about the matter. It has been the custom for years for the appointments made by the retiring Governor to bo held by the Senate, where they are sent for '.ontirmation, to defer action until thf new Governor comes in. As a rule they have been confirmed and there is nothing whatever to indicate that appointments by Governor Tener will not receive approval of the Sen ate after January 19. KEEPING PLEDGES NOTHING was more Significant in the opening sessions of the Leg islature yesterday than the ac tion of the two houses in nam ing a committee to meet with Gover nor-elect Brumbaugh to discuss legis lation. Tho avowed object is to carry out the pledges of tho Republican platform. Not only is this action unprece dented, but it denotes the intention of WEDNESDAY EVENING, the leaders to work right with the new Governor. Dr. Brumbaugh has taken the position that pledges are pledges and so have the legislative leaders. Tho new Governor lias indi cated a desire to have tho legislative majority work with him, shoulder to shoulder, for the keeping of prom ises. The legislators have answered the call to duty and tho pledges will be kept. CONSCRIPTION JUSTIFIED .|P they think they are going to • * I enjoy a life of freedom at the J. other fellow's expense, they won't enjoy it much longer." So declared Thomas J. MacNamara, parliamentary secretary of the British Admiralty, the other day, in referring to the fact that there are many thou sands of young men in the United Kingdom, without dependents, who have not yet answered the call to col ors. Army and navy increase by con scription is evidently what Mr. Mac- Namara means. Is England justified? We think she is. While war is never justifiable in the light of modern civilization, yet when war does come and a nation is in danger young men upon whom no others depend should be made to aid in the country's defense. It does not speak well for England's young men that conscription Vnust be resorted to in a time when her all is at stake. But if such measures are necessary Eng land should not hesitate to use them. lU MAMTAKIANISM PAYS WARDEN OSBORN, of Sing Sing, has issued a report showing that under the new humanitarian rules trouble in the big penitentiary has greatly de creased. It is not strange that men should act less like beasts when they are treated less like beasts. Put any man of average decency in a pen such as Sing Sing was before the new humanitar ian system went into effect and in a year he would coine out far worse than when he entered. The day of treating criminals as though they were dogs is past. It has been found that the prison farm is the best solution to the problem of making men out of the scum and raffle that fill the jails. Ilarrisburg, itself, took a step in the right direction recently when it de cided to send men to the and to the poorhouse farm rather than to jail for petty offenses. C(>MFOKTISO NEW S ACCORDING to an American physician just back from abroad, shrapnel wounds re semble those inllicted by dum dum bullets. On this fact he places the blame for the charges of war rules violations made by officers of armies now in the field. Such an opinion, if based on fact, is comforting in that it shows the warring nations are not without honor in holding to the rules of the game. Irw(n S. Cobb and other noted cor respondent.". who "have beem in close contact with the fighting forces, have repeatedly declared they saw no dumdum bullets at any time. Many of the correspondents report also that there is little or no truth in many of the stories of barbarity and cruelty reported in this country. It is with feelings of relief that America learns the real facts in the case, for if the stories reported from the battlefield and the invaded coun tries were true, all Europe must have been peopled with madmen. GOOD HOUSEKEEPING SUPERINTENDENT BOWMAN Is to be congratulated upon his administration of the water de partnient for the past year. Not only did he reduce the water rents shortly after taking charge, hut his annual report, submitted yesterday, shows that he has saved $32,367.56 in the operations of the department and has been able, nevertheless, to set aside a surplus of $80,915.93, which it is understood he will use for the purpose of purchasing outstanding city improvement >onds. Thus the taxpayers in one year have paid less for their water, the running expenses of the department have been reduced and a handsome sum set aside for the reduction of the city's bonded debt. This is most excellent housekeeping, indeed, and air. Bow man might have rested on his laurels and the public would have been con tent. But he is bent on doing more. This year water rates are to be lower still, other savings are to be effected, and, even so, the superintendent's es timates for 1915 indicate that there will remain a surplus after all bills are paid. If Mr. Bowman intends to be a can didate for re-election next Fall, he can do no better than to rest his cam paign on his achievements in office. COASTING DANGERS SCORES of Injuries and one death have been reported through the local hospitals as a result of coasting accidents during the last three weeks. In nearly every case these accidents were the result of foolhardlness and lack of caution on the part of the coasters.themselves. A street car mo torman is almost powerless to prevent accidents when a swift-moving sled coincs dashing across the rails In front of his car. It takes a teamster of more than ordinary nerve and cool ness to avoid Injuring the boy or girl who runs beneath the very hoofs of his horses. Parents should warn their children ago Inst taking chances where there Is the least danger from vehicle or motor traffic. And it would bo well if the police would arrest such coasters who step beyond the pale of common sense and forget the principles of "safety first." AN EVENING THOUGHT We need to guard against mak ing a show of our praying, talking about it. I —J. R. Miller. rtVBIINC CHAT I Many Harrisburgers learned with rogret to-day of the death in Florida of James K. P. Hall, former Congress man and late .State Senator. Mr. Ilall died on the day of the organization of the first legislature In which he| has not been a great factor since 1903, | and the sud colncidenco was much commented upon. ' "The Senator from Elk, as he was familiarly known, was a typo of the man who goes out in life with a definite program and makes good at it. He started life as a law yer and served as district attorney of his county, retiring to devoto himself to his numerous intorests in the coal and lumber regions. Then he be came active in politics again and was elected to Congress and then to the State Senate. Mr. Hull came of a i? family and his connection with Harrlsburg really began when he was a boy. He came to this city to attend conventions and with his brothers was interested in legal mat ters here. Consequently ho knew Harrijfburg for fifty years and his reminiscences of the men who llgured In -State affairs were very interesting. All these years he was a staunch frleiul of tills city and aided in getting through legislation that benellted Harrtsburg, not the least being his constant interest In the city. In Dem ocratic affairs he was active and was often in this city during his service as State chairman and as delegate to conventions. To many Harrlsburgers story of his life, with its struggles and brilliant successes, will be of much interest. A good story is going the rounds, \\r Hill. It concerns Senator YV. Sproul and came out the other evening at a caucus. Senator D. P.! Gerberich referred to him as the man arrested as a spy. It happened that when the war broke out the Senator was in Germany. He was taken as an Englishman and was arrested three times, being able to prove that he was an American. Ho says he does not want to go back until things set tle down. One of the interesting things in connection with yesterday's organi zation of tho Legislature was that it went back to the old way of doing things with a few additions. Last ses sion radical changes were made un der the impulse of the political move ment, especially in Congress. The speaker's power was curtailed and the appointment of committees and pretty nearly everything else given to a spe cial committee. This did not work out well and yesterday the House and Senate put the power back In the pre siding officers' hands. This .means that the committees will be selected by these men instead of by a com mittee. In many other ways the re turn to the old methods was empha sized but the houses also took the step of consulting with the new Gov ernor, an unusual proceeding. The reason for the adjournment until the 18th is to enablo the presiding officers to make up the committees and to arrange the legislative program with the new Governor. In the meantime tho inaugural arrangements will be made. The plan is to push things and while nothing was said yesterday about adjourning it looks like April. General E. DeV. Morrell, who is to be tlie grand marshal of the in augural parade, was a personal selec tion of the new Governor. He is well known here. For years he has been ! a member of the National Guard, serving as judge advocate general and commanding a brigade of the provi sional guard in the Spanish war. He is wealthy and prominent in Philadel phia society. He was a member of the Philadelphia Board of Education with Dr. Brumbaugh as superinten dent and one of his close friends. To the task he will bring skill as an organizer, presence as a soldier and prestige as well. Elder Swigart, of Huntingdon, who is to offer prayer at the inaugural, was a teacher of Dr. Brumbaugh and one of his earliest friends. The doc tor is fond of him and lia will be here much during the next administration. At the last inauguration the prayers were made by Bishop Darlington, Governor Tener being an Episcopal ian. Residents of Paxtaug borough will have to be content with trolley serv ice such as they have been given for the last couple of years during the seasons when the park is not in use. Some time ago the borough council petitioned for fifteen-minute service throughout the day instead of for a couple of hours in the evening. The point was made that intervals of al most half an hour occurred between cars and then two were run a few minutes apart. The company had a count made of the passengers car ried to and from Paxtang and sent the result to the council, contending that it did not justify more cars. The extension activity at Steelton is commencing to be reflected in the skies to the south of Harrisburg. There were months last year when the glare from a blast furnace was a pretty rare thing and weeks and Weeks passed without the brilliant light from the bessemer mill. Lately things have been improving and the skies are bright, with the light of in dustry again. Before long it is hoped that the three idle furnaces in South Harrisburg may bo called into use. Considerable interest Is being shown in the sale of buildings to be held in Capitol I'ark Extension on Satur day as some of the larger ones will be disposed of for the materials they contain. The demolition of buildings in this section has been a mine for builders as brick and wooden fixtures have been bought cheap. Some of them have been extensively used in new buildings in the city. What is the reason that thermome ters along the street do not "gee" when there is a cold spell. There are thermometers of respectable appear ance and with all the ear-marks of veracity which seem to delight in casting doubts upon the reports of their companions. For Instance, the other day one registered 15, and half a block away one, fully as impressive in appearance, registered 21. A block beyond there were a couple which showed equal variations. F WELL KNOWN PEOPLt I —Mayor Armstrong, of Pittsburgh, was guest of honor at a big dinner last night. —Chief Justice Brown is the first justice from Lancaster county in many years. —Major S. D. Butler will deliver a lec-turo on his experiences in Cen tral America at West Chester. —W. J. Krlpp, the new head of the Eaßtern New York Central lines, learned railroading In this State. —T. K. Ober, Jr., prominent in pol itics for a time, is now heading a big insuranco company. That Harrisburg furnishes large amounts of steel for tlic making of needles and pins? I HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH WILL ASCERTAIN DR. BRUMBAUGH'S IDEA Legislator* Name a Committee to Have the Bills For Platform Pledges Discussed SESSION ENDS VERY QUICKLY Allegheny Members Lease House' For the Session; Ambler Gets 41 Roses on Birthday The Legislature yesterday after noon just before adjournment took the unprecedented atop of naming a committee to meet with the new Gov ernor to discuss with him legislation \ to be considered at this session. The ! idea was expressed that the legisla-i tors desired to know his views on | measures promised in the Republican I State platform, and the resolution I went through with unanimity, men of! all parties voting for it. This committee Is to ascertain what i Dr. Brumbaugh desires and how ho i thinks the bills should be drawn. It | shows the close relationship between the new Governor and the lawmakers and augurs well for the session. The committees are President Kline and Senators Sproul, Crow and Mc- Nlchol and Speaker Ambler and Rep resentatives H. I. Wilson, W. H. Wil son and George W. Williams. —Speaker Ambler took possession of his offices yesterday afternoon Im mediately after the session adjourned and was busy receiving members and friends, who congratulated him. The new Speaker has asked all Represen tatives to send him their committee preferences for his guidance in mak ing up the list." I expect to be busy for the next week," said he. —lt is possible that some effort will be made to change the rule relative to negatived bills. Under the new rule fifty-four men can put them on the calendar. The rule of last session was sixty. —A great surprise was given yes terday afternoon to Frank B. Me- Clain, the new Lieutenant-Governor. He happanod to be in the Houso dur ing the solemn farce of computing the vote for Governor and other State officers and was officially informed that he had been elected. Thq official returns were added up 'and proclama tion made by the clerks. —Governor Tener laughed last evening when asked if he was indig nant at the action of the Senate in not acting on appointments. He said some one was dreaming. —Blair county Representatives arc all in the front row. This is the first time in years they have bad that honor. All are new men, too. —Prominent Republican leaders got. together in Philadelphia last night to discuss legislation. They will see Dr. Brumbaugh to-day. —Allegheny county members have leased the Hedrlck residence in Chest nut street for the session. They are tho tlrst to establish themselves. —Ex-Senator Tustin, now Recorder of Philadelphia, was prominent about the Capitol yesterday. —The flowers sent to legislators yesterday were dispatched to the Har risburg and other hospitals by the members. —Judges McCarrell and Kunkel were formally thanked by resolution yesterduy for their services in swear ing in the legislators. —Speaker Ambler got forty-one roses in honor of his birthday yester day. —A. Nevin Detrick, State chairman of the late Washington party, was at the Capitol yesterday, but not as busy as in former sessions that might be mentioned. Warren Van Dyke, secre tary of the Democratic State com mittee, also looked in, merely out of curiosity, of course. —Governor Tener's recommenda tions on the workmen's Compensation act were read with close attention by many people yesterday. The message was sent to many people who request ed copies. TIIE NEW LEAF We now proceed The leaw to gauge. And clean, indeed, Is this new page. . 'Tis white as snow And we should seek To keep it so At least a week. Tf you would take your possessions into the life to come, convert them into good deeds.—Simmons. OUCH! BACKACHE! RUB LUMBAGO OR STIFFNESS AWAY Rub pain from back with small trial bottle of old "St. Jacob's Oil" When your back is sore and lame or lumbago, sciatica or rheumatism has you stiffened up, don't suffer! Get a small trial bottle of old, honest "St. Jacob's OH" at any drug store, pour a little In your hand and rub it right on your aching back, and by tho time you count fifty, the soreness and lameness is gone. Don't stay crippled! This soothing, penetrating oil needs to be used only once. It takes the pain right out and ends the misery. It is magical, yet absolutely harmless and doesn't burn the skin. Nothing «' <■> stops lumbago, sciat ica, backache or rheumatism so promptly. It never disappoints!— A dvertisement. / v Avoid the Store of "Just as Good" When you ask for an article you liave seen advertised in this paper— get It. Don't take something "just ns good" on the say-so of tho clerk. Avoid tho store that habitually offers substitutes. Tho manufacturer who adver tises l)ls product Hi this news - paper is building good will. He must back this up with worthy merchandise and fair prices. The storekeeper who habitu ally offers something "Just as good" Is trying to.enrich him self at the cost of your satisfac tion. L f OUR DAILY LAVGH } % J Sad Predicament Out of Sight Out Mr. Quack I ot Mind have come to ask Elephant l your daughter's wdmler why tne win#. giraffe never has Fond Parent hia shoes shined? Alas, Mr. Drake, Hippo—l asked I'm afraid you him about that will have to wait and he said he until some new waa so far away ones jfrow in The from his feet tnat Farmer clipped lie hadn t seen our wings this 'em since he was morning. a little fellow.^ Citing nn In- Social EthU'" rtinrr I slipped on a So you consider highly pollsnea an auto rather floor and sprained dangerous? my ankle. I should say so! Well" A fellow with a Would It be a high-speed ear breach otl " won my best girl etiuette to sue my away from me. host for damages. MUCH TO nEMEJIUKH B T Win* Dinger In an editorial, lengthy. The Patriot to-day Had a lot about the message Of the' Governor to say. First, in manner customary, 'Bout the matter it did fret, Then wound up with "There is nothing Of consequence to forget." I have read the message closely. And I can't put up a fight • 'Gainst this viewpoint of The Patriot, For I think it's wholly right. True, of consequence, there's nothing In the message to forget, But a lot, to bo remembered, Anyone from it may get. A LINE O* CHEER EACH DAY 'O THE YEAH Rain op .Hliinc Rain or shine, which'er It be, Makes small difference to me. If 'tis sunny I shall spin Stores of golden weaves within. If storm rages from its toll, I shall Irrigate my soul, So that some day, by and by, Seeds of hope may fructify. —John Kendrick Bangs, in the Wash ington Herald. KINDNESS "What is the real good?" 1 asked in musing mood. Order, said the law court; Knowledge, said tho school; Truth, said the wise man; Pleasure, said the fool; Love, said the maiden; Beauty, said the page; Freedom, said the dreamer; Home, said the sage; Fame, said the soldier; Equity, the seer. Spake my heart full sadly, "The answer is not here." Then within my bosom Softly this I heard: "Each heart holds the secret— Kindness is the word." —John Boyle O'Reilly. tire complexion Especially it we UP AGAINST IT. Papa: What, 60 cents for a « P alr ot skates? 7\X Willie: Yes, Ma said If I'd work you for 50 C cents, she'd gat ii de other 60 centa W from you dey coat a dollar. ea—ll ■■ 11 ii . ' ii What We Say It h, IT IS jj II ii l| || ii No New Diamonds jj jj Are Being Put on jj i the Market ] I Diamond mining and the j ! i 1 sale of Diamonds "in the i | ! rough" stopped abruptly Au- ! i !! gust 1, but the demand for j ( 1 J Diamonds did not. Stocks of i > ! ' retailers and wholesalers are ]! J ! being depleted—and it will < | i 1 be a long time after the mines ] i ] ! reopen before a new supply ] [ 1 1 is secured. Dealers are pay- i > ! i ing more now than before the ] | 11 war—and will continue to 1 ; !' pay constantly Increasing ] i ]! prices for many years. ]; Diamonds bought at Dien- ; | [ -> new are real bargains. . > ! i You have particularly fine ] ] | selections in Solitaire and < i' Cluster Rings to choose from | ! at $25.00 to *500.00. ; Every Dlener Diamond Is ] ' | guaranteed as to quality, '• ! i color and weight. | : I DIENER, jeweler I | 418 Market Street j i Try Telegraph Want Ads. JANUARY 6, 1915. - ' C^^uUUUlUtt| I Two Fairs and a Fair Winter Three great treats in one trip and for one ■ outlay—a winter in California, the San Diego Exposition and the San Francisco Exposition. Both fairs will open on schedule—the Expo sition at San Diego January Ist and the great Fair at San Francisco February 20th. | California is a summerland in winter—in addition to the fairs, enjoy motoring, golfing, fishing, surf mountain climbing, polo, and other pastimes. i Travel in solid comfort from Chicago direct to either , ' Los Angeles or San Francisco without change of cars, , without extra fart, on the steel equipped "Pacific Limited" In the spring return via the "St. Paul's" scenic nor thern route —the picturesque "Trail of the Olympian." Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Ry. Ad for Exposition folder—contains full description for planning entire trip—address J. It POTT, I>lnt. Pan*. Agent, ltoom -or,-(1-7 Park Blilif. Pittsburgh, Pn. I [From tha Telegraph of Jan. 6, 1865] Hope to IClect Officers will be elected to-night at the Hope Fire enginehouse. To Sell IJOOIIN Another Government sale of con demned goods will be held on the 17th at Camp Curtin. Mlnlnter Aeeept* t'nll The Rev. Jacob Fry. of Carlisle, has accepted a fall in Heading. lie is well known In this city. TIIE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE [From the Philadelphia Press] Governor Tenor has performed his public duty in the preparation of the message. It contains much informa tion that our Legislature ought to know and they will do well to give it their attention. COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT [From the Philadelphia Inquirer] Although Governor Toner's message to the Legislature does not carry as much weight and .cannot be expected to exert as much influence as if he were beginning his official term instead ! of closing it, there is much of value and interest in his address and much I that merits a careful and favorable l consideration. It reviews the affairs of the Commonwealth in an intelli gent and comprehensive manner and summarizes the situation in all its aspects with a concise lucidity. — „■ GUARDIAN I This company in acting as Guardian for children is not affected by sentiment nor influence in any way by family differences, but carries out faithfully and to the letter all of the instructions of the testa tor with the skill and judgment which experience only can furnish. CHARLES A. KUNKEL, President. JOHN E. FOX, Vice-President. JOHN C. MOTTER, Secretary-Treasurer. JOHN F. SWEENEY, Trust Officer. <r EAST END BANK Thirteenth and Howard Streets We were physically unable to write up cards for all the applicants for our CHRIST MAS SAVINGS SOCIETY during the last few davs. We have therefore decided to keep it'" OPEN UNTIL JANUARY 16th, 1915, inclusive. OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS—# TO 8 O'CLOCK i [From the Telegraph of Jan. 6, 1865J Kentucky Turn* Cincinnati, Jan. 6. A big anti slavery movement has been started In Kentucky. Dentroy Powder Washington, Jan. 6. A large sup ply of rebel powder has been destroyed by a scouting party on the Potomac. Capture Moscby'd Men Washington. Jan. 5. A large num ber of Aloseby'a guerrillas have been captured. t OLD-TIME COLD CURE—DRINK TEA! J i.. Get a small package of Hamburg Breast Tea, or as the German folks call it, "Hamburger Brust Thee," at any pharmacy. Take a tablespoontul | of the tea, put a cup of boiling water ! upon it, pour through a sieve and | drink a teacup full at. any time. It is j the most effective way to break a cold | and cure grip, as it opens the pores, relieving congestion. Also loosens the bowels, thus breaking a cold at once. it Is inexpensive and entirely vege table, therefore harmless. Adver tisement.
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