8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH BstabHihtd itjt PUBLISHED BY TRR TULEUIUI'H PRINTING CO, ». J, HTACKPOLB Prttidr«| auti Mditorjn-Chttf V. n. OYBTER S'ttretary GUS M. STETIfMBTZ Managing Editor Published every evening (exoept Sun day) at tho Telegraph Building, 211 Federal Square, Both phones, Member American Newspaper Publish* era' Association, Audit Bureau ol Circulation and Pennsylvania Assent, ated Dallies, ■astern Office, Fifth Avenue Building-, New York City, Hasbrook, Story A , Brooks, Western Office, Advertising Building l , Chicago, ni„ Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at six cents a week. Mailed to subscriber* At 13.00 a year In advance, Sintered at the Post Office in Harris burr, Pa„ as second class matter. Sworn dally average for the three ★ months ending: Deo. 31,1914. 22,692 W Average for the year 1014—23,103 Average for the year 1013—21,577 Average for the year 1012—21,175 Average for the year 1011—18,861 Average for the year 1810—17,405 FRIT) Ai' EVENING, JANUARY 8 "MADE IN THE V. S. A." SPEAKER CHAMP CLARK is a strong believer iti the "Made in the U. S. A." label. He urges all * manufacturers to use it and every consumer to inquire of his dealer whether or not the orticle for which he inquires is produced In this country. Wherever it is possible Mr. Clark would have the prospective purchaser reject the foreign-made for the home-manufactured article. Nobody will quarrel with the Speaker w'.th regard to that. Most of us aro remiss in this respect and it is well that men whose utterances re ceive national attention should occa sionally remind us that the duty of every American is to patronize home industries. But there is a significance in the Honorable Champ's remarks which it is just possible he himself did not see. Says he: It must never be forgotten that the consumption of products "Made in the U. S. A." gives em ployment to men and women who live in America, and to give em ployment to all men and women in America who want employment at a fsir wage is becoming a more pressing problem every day. Docs the Speaker realize that he is uttering rank heresy to the doctrines of Democracy? Docs he not see that ho is arguing in no uncertain terms for the re-enactment of a protective .tariff such as he and his colleagues legislated cut of existence when they passDd tho Underwood bill? Just now the effects of that disastrous piece of legislation are not being directly felt, due to tho war in Europe, but the fact remains that when peace shall have been declared the greatest "Made in the U. S. A." movement that can be launched will be the re turn to protection that will follow the 1916 elections. THIRTY YEARS OF SERVICE PROF. J. P. SCOTT'S re-election for the thirtieth consecutive time as superintendent of the Wesley Union African Metholist Episcopal Sunday school was an nounced in the columns of the Tele graph yesterday. His is a fine example of constancy to duty, of fidelity to trust, of the recognized responsibility of leader ship. Professor Scott is one of the foremost colored citizens of Pennsyl vania. Ho stands high not alone among members of his own race, but among educators in general. His long record of service is proof sufficient that steadfastness of purpose, zeal for the advancement of others and ster ling character are not confined to any one race or nationality. Few know that Professor Scott, after his daily duMes among the young of Ida race are at an end, lakes wp his position baok of the desk of a night school, where adult col ored men and women, who had not the opportunity for study early in their lives, com* for instruction in all of the common school branches. THE PEAK OF THE IA) AO IN matters electrical the point of maximum requirement of current is called the peak of the load. Electricity, like every other line, has its own nomenclature and some of the terms are very expressive. Pennsylvania's Public Service Com mission ts commencing to meet what it was created to confront —numerous charges concerning rates affecting great industries, communities, indi viduals and the general run sf con sumers. Problems of tremendous in terest are constantly appearing on its dockets and there are more coming as surely as the night follows the day. In the midst of these there are de mands for the strong hand of the State to correct various abuses, to ob tain accommodations and to deal with the thousand and one points where public utilities touch the dally life of the Commonwealth. In view of this situation, which will grow as the years roll on, it does seem that it would be the part of wisdom for the legislators to give attention to the accumulation of petty business and make provision for it to be handled by a division or bureau of the commission rather than to require commissioners to pass on such mo mentous affairs as the leasing of two poles by an electric company to a telephone company in Steelton and the incorporation of a motor bus line in Hazleton. Business is piling up and to prevent j ' ; ♦ J l« ¥ lj J« JT FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAFB JANUARY 8, 1915. the delays which occur in commis sions In other States it is necessary to study tho load and to distribute it so that the people" of tho State may bene fit promptly. WANT NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN a recent Issue of the Central High School Argus, the official student publication of the Institution, is a stirring plea for a new high school on the editorial page of the paper.i The summing of the situation by the student-editor is well worth while reading by every taxpayer. He says: Two high schools stand within the borders of tho city of Harris burg. The children of equal citi zens and taxpayers attend both in stitutions. Mr. A, who has a daugh ter in Central High School, pays as mtich tax as Mr. B. who sends his son to Tech. But does Mr. A de rive as much value for his money as Mr. B? Take a snapshot of each build ing. Here, surrounded by a brew ery and a saloon, we see a dilapi dated. old-fashioned, unsanitary, partly-condemned baru which answers for the housing of almost - a thousand pupils. On the other hand, looming up in splendor di rectly opposite the new Capltol- Park-to-be, we view a structure superfine, up-to-date, and extrava gant. Within its walls three hun dred pupils enjoy the delights of a Rockefeller, and wander in care free ostentation through the spaci ous halls and decorations which Louis XIV would have found pleas ure in. Does the one balance the other? Picture the streets of our city at 8 a. m. Why are these girls, laden with schoolbooks, trudging through the snow and sleet at tills unearth ly hour of the morning? Why? .In the dusk of a winter twilight gaze upon them as they "homeward plod their weary way." See them packed into unsanitary rooms as tightly almost as —yes, we'll use the simile—sardines in a hex —each ono able to breathe in as much foul carbon-dioxidized air as the other • ones do not need? Is It fair? In a subsequent issue is found an other editorial on the same subject, which is as follows: We need a new High School! We want a new High School. We must have a new High School, and it is only a matter of time until we do have one. It is absolutely necessary to have one soon. Not only are the pupils working under handicaps, but also the teachers. Wo need a library, a gymnasium, classes in domestic science, in do mestic art, in boys' carpentering work. We need a social center, where we can enjoy the amuse- „ merits of the day under proper supervision. . In short, we want a new High School! The Telegraph can't but sympathize with the Central students. They aro certainly not without Itiglo in their de munds. This matter of providing a new high school should not be de layed a moment longer than necessary. STATE TAXATION' LAWS T is probable, because of diminished 1 revenues, the litigation over tho anthracite coal tax and the fact the State no longer receives one fourth of the personal property tax, that' considerable attention will be given to the problem of financing the State Government and the great nrojocts which it Is desired to under take. The proposition of a State Tax Eoard to handle tho settlement of the corporate taxes whence Pennsylvania derives i'.s splendid annual revenue has been revived and would seem to have considerably support; the idea of taxing the capital invested in manufacturing has been once moro advanced and it is proposed to make some changes which would bring in more revenue from certain public utilities. Incidentally, the talk of making the capital stock tax report year correspond with the calendar year has been heard again. If it is established the Tax Board would result in more expeditious set tlement of taxes and get in more by putting the tax business on a settled basis. It would also be a good thing for the State and the authorities should by all means take off the bur den of a special report at an odd time of the year from the corporations which furnish so much of its income. The State reports are now made at a time of the year when the Federal Government and corporation chiefs never think of making up statemrents and the practice is becoming a serious annoyance. The year should corres- J pond with the calendar. As to the tax on manufacturing companies, it should not be imposed. Exemption of this class of corpora tions from tax on stock has helped make Pennsylvania great and taxing them would simply remove what ad vantages Pennsylvania corporations have over manufacturing companies in other States. BETTER PROTECTION THE neighboring boroughs of Steelton and Lemoyne are going about the matter of better po lice and fire protection for their people in unique but common sense manner. In Lemoyne the person discovering a flre is instructed to rush to the near est flrchouse and turn in an alarm by ringing the bell tho number of times specified in a generally understood code. Thus the town, which recently was subjected to the ravages of a dis astrous fire that was raging beyond control before many of the citizens realized there was any fire, will have many of the advantages of an elec trical alarm system without the cost of installation and up-keep. In Steelton Burgess Wigfield has recommended that the entire borough fire patrol be deputized to act as po licemen when tho occasion demands. Steelton is a town of many celebra tions and public gatherings, some of them rather boisterous on occasion, and the Wigfield suggestion shows that the burgess, like the officials of Lemoyne, is thinking about tho problems that confront him and how to get the most for the taxpayers' money. GROUNDLESS FEARS HOW groundless were the fears of lower end people who ob jected to the construction of the sanitary dam across the Susquehanna river is shown by the rise in tho stream that last night car ried the water beyond the thirteen foot mark. There was not at any time any in dication of a gorge and the dam had absolutely no effect on the ico when it began to break. Tho assertions of tho engineers who planned it, to tho effect that the dam would be so far beneath tho surface during flood stages of the river that It would not produce so much as a ripple on the waters, are being borne out by tho facts. EVENING CHAT - Dr. J. Georgo Hecht. secretary of the State Board of Education and a for mer president of the State Educational Association, has contributed to the Pennsylvania Farmer, one of the lead ing agricultural papers of this part of the country, an article on rural school architecture which everyone raised in the country can appreciate. The doc tor has a gift of expression that makes his article very Interesting. He re marks that the old style little red schoolhouse which dotted hills and valleys was generally "severely plain" in style and that practically all of the one-room schoolhouses were of the "box car" type. He also comments on the fact that the more abandoned the plot and less fitted for any uso the more dcsirabln it appeared to become ns a school site. Fortunately, this old type of school is disappearing through the work of such educators as Dr. Brumbaugh, Dr. SchaefTer, Dr. Becht and others who have been working for years to better school conditions in the country. Dr. Becht brings out the fact that the attention of everyone is being devoted to vitalizing rural life and that life in the country is no longer a mere phrase and that the place of the public school, especially as a social center, ia having a pow erful influence. The writer does not deal with glittering generalities, but shows how the State has prepared plans for standard buildings and lipw new locations, well situated in regard to roads and population, are taking the place of the secluded and desolate looking country school. Tho educator has brought home to people just what some of tho schoolhouses within a dozen miles of Harrisburg look liko and to read of what has to be done to make them warm and comfortable is enough to tnake the city man shiver with the radiator on full tilt. Thomas T. Wierman has donated SSO to the funds of the Harrisburg Public Library for general library pur poses with his best wishes for the second year of the library. Mr. Wier man was a donor of SIOO for the pur chase of books on American history last January when the library opened its doors to the people and his gift comes a year later when the library has demonstrated its big place in Har risburg. Friends of William D. Boyce in Har risburg have rec.eived autograph copies of his latest book, entitled "The United States Colonies and Dependencies." a handsomely illustrated 63 5-page edition Indexed for ready reference. It is the work of extensive travel and investi gation. Colonel Boyce, who is well known as the publisher of The Sat urday Blade. The Chicago Ledger, The Farming Business and Tho Indiana Daily Times, is a noted traveler and his writings have been published and republished in many newspapers and magazines of national circulation. His book is the very Inst word concerning the Philippines, Hawaii, Alaska, Porto Rico, the Panama canal zone, Repub lic of Panama, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti. It contains GOO etchings from unusual photographs, most of them made by the author in Ills wanderings. It bears the stamp of Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago, and one of its interesting features is a map of the United States when the Declaration of Independence was signed and another of the United States in 1914. The findings of the author are summed up in this para graph, which Is of interest in view of the present controversy at Washing ton: "My journeys in recent years to every quarter of the globe and to all our outlying possessions have con firmed my belief that the United States is not only the best country in which to live, but that colonies or territories coming under its ownership or pro tection are more justly treated and rapidly developed than are the similar possessions or dependencies of any other nation." The city dam across the Susque hanna at. Dock street, while not yet finished, is completed to a height suffi cient to provide a uniform obstruction over the stream, and the possible effect of high water and ice on the dam will be watched with more than ordinary interest by weather, State Water Sup ply and city officials and hundreds of townspeople in the lower end of the city. The present rising stage of the river will offer the first opportunity for careful observance of the effects of lee crushes and floods with relation to the dam and wall and the data that may Vie collected on these problems at this time will figure pretty generally in re ports and compilations for many years to come. Hiram IT. Brosius. of Brookville, one of the members of the Legislature, has been spending several days in tho city looking after matters at the Capi tol. He will reside in Harrisburjs throughout tho session. Mr. Brosius was a member of the last session. Dr. Charles B. Penrose, chairman of the State Game Commission, vlio was here yesterday, is a brother of the sen ator and noted as a big game hunter. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —W. B. Rodgers has been elected president of the Pittsburgh Coal Ex change. a —Patrick Curran, fire chief ot Washington, fell into a burning build ing and was rescued with difficulty. —Dr. and Mrs. J. Clive linos, of Charierol, have gone to North Caro lina . —The Rev. J. S. Scott, of Mercer, has accepted a call to Pitcalrn. —Alexander Simpson, the Philadel phia lawyer, celebrated his birthday yesterday. —Ex-Sheriff P. F. Conner, of Lack awanna county, may become post master of Carbondale. I tIOVOO KKibW—l That Harrisburg Is quite a center of pic baking? ( : An Advertisement That Failed In New York City millions use tho street cars and a large pro portion ride on transfers. Some ono once conceived tho idea of printing a dally adver tisement on each transfer. The privilege was sold to a large advertiser ror a great Sum of money. It was one of the blggeft ad vertising failures ever recorded. The returns from the advertis ing were almost nothing. • The store finds by spending the same amount of money In the newspapers it can Increase its business from year to year at a most satisfactory ratio. COMMITTEES MAY COME OUTOmiBTH Capitol Gossip Is That They Will Not Be Ready on the Night of the Eighteenth BRUMBAUGH TAKES A HAND lew Governor Wants Appropria tion Committees to Work With Him in Their Line —According to word reaching the Capitol it is possible that the an nouncement of the appointments of committees and of officers and em ployes of the Senate and House may not be announced until inauguration day or maybe the following day. It was said when the Legislature ad journed after organizing that the com mitteo list might be ready for each chamber on Monday, but this is now dbubted. —Speaker Ambler has been in con sultation with Governor-elect Brum baugh about the committees, espec ially those which will handle the bills in which the new Governor is inter ested, and President Pro Tem. Kline, of the Senate, will see him within a few days. —The slate committees of the two houses are at work on the allotment of places. —The Philadelphia Record to-day says: "With the intention of enabling Governor-elect Brumbaugh to carry out his plans of a more systematic distribution of State funds for chari ties, Speaker Ambler is expected to appoint a, House committee on appro priations in thorough sympathy with the views of the prospective Execu tive. It is further planned to have this committee keep the appropria tions within the income of the Com monwealth and thus relieve the Gov ernor of the necessity of wholesale slashing of items, a custom in vogue at Harrisburg for years. James F. Woodward, of Allegheny county, who is stated to be pledged to Dr. Brum baugh's plans upon State appropria tions, is regarded as the probable se lection of Speaker Ambler for chair man of this committee, a position he held during the 1911 session." The Record also says George W. Williams will be chairman of the House law and order committee and not A. C. Stem, as reported. —ln the course of a speech at the winter dinner of tho Pittsburgh Credit Men last night Senator Oliver de clared that there are so many laws that they burden tho people and in terfere with business. As in the high cost of living, the burden ultimately falls on the consumer. The Senator's speech made a notable impression. —Senator Penrose, who had been ill in Philadelphia for a week or more, was about yesterday and said that he proposed to make an answer to tho statements of Congressman Palmer, whom ho defeated so signally for the Senate. —The appointments of the big rev enue officers under the changed around plan are expected to be an nounced by tho Wilson Administration within a short time. Warren Van Dyke looks for the internal revenue office. —To-night tho Philadelphia Dem ocrats will celebrate Jackson Day and men of both factions will get together. W. Horace Hoskins, who has been leading the fight against State Chair man Morris, is to preside. -—The counter charges of Congress man-elect Beales against Congress man Brodbeck are not relished by Democratic bosses here. —A good many people in Philadel phia are watching the development of tha fighting among the cabineteers of Mayor Blankenburg and it is predicted that there will bo another outbreak before long. Things appear to be fix ing themselves to .make the etection of a Republican certain next time. Dr. Richard G. Ilarte, who retired when asked to do so, is one of the well known and influential medical men of Philadelphia. —Lackawanna county Democratic politicians are in a disturbed state be cause of a movement that Is under way to secure a reorganization of the committees in that section. —And they say that Congressman Rupley will turn his attention to run ning for Judge" in Cumberland after March 4. —George L. Haag, prominent in Democratic politics in Milton, has been named as an internal revenue officer. Haag has been a county au ditor and was mentioned for tlio 1 Mil ton post oifice. —J. J. Heintss, well known to a number of llarrisburgors, is a candi date for mayor of Williainsport. 1 NLW o S r MMTI GRANT CLOSING IN Washington, Jan. 7.—City Point dis patches contain news that heavy firing has been going on between Grant's and Lee's armies for many hours. REBEL GENERAL DIES Washington, Jan. 7.—The death of the rebel general. Price, has been confirm ed. Paralysis was the cause. WHY DISCRIMINATE? "I do wish," ■ observed Mildred, "that Santa Claus had brought me a new doll for Christinas." "Rut your old doll," her mother answered, "Is as good as ever." "So am I as good as ever," the little girl retorted, "but the doctor brought you a new baby."—New York World. AN EVENING THOUGHT In tho deepest night of trouble and sorrow God gives us so much to be thankful for that we need never cease our singing. —Coleridgo. BRONCHIAL COUGHS When the bronchial tubes are af fected with that weakening, tickling cough, they need immediate and sen ; sible treatment. The breath seems : shorter because of mucous obstruc tions; usually fever is present and your head jars with every cough, i Your chest aches and the inflamma tion often spreads to the lungs, j The food-tonic that has proven its I worth for forty years—is Scott's Emul- I sion. It drives out the cold, which j is the root of the trouble, and checks i the cough by aiding the healing process of the enfeebled membranes. If you are troubled with bronchitis or know an afflicted friend, always re member that Scott's Emulsion build* strength while relieving the trouble. M-t# Bc«tt &Bowat, Stoomiietf. N.J. H. MARKS & SON . H. MARKS & SON 4th & MARKET STS. ' 4tb & MARKET STS. Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits and Overcoats Reduced Now sls and $16.50 Former Values S2O to S3O We have a number of odds and ends in Suits and Overcoats, good sizes, former prices sls, $lB, S2O. They are <£l A Among them are blue serges, blue unfinished now worsteds, browns, greys and striped worsteds Any Shirt in the House 95c POINTED WOLF SET GENUINE MOLE SET Reduced From $35.00 to Reduced From $50.00 to $18.50 U1 ° $28.50 SITKAFOXSET < BLACK FOX SE BLUEWOLFSET Reduced From $85.00 to Reduced From $32.50 to Reduced From $45.00 to $52.50 SIB.OO $25.00 BEAVER SET BLACK WOLF SKVNK and FITCH Reduced From $65.00 to Reduced From $25.00 to Reduced From $125 to $35.00 $13.59 $75.00 Men's Pur Lined Coats Reduced MUSKRAT LINED COAT, Reduced From $75.00 to $37.50 MARMOT LINED COAT, Reduced From $45.00 to $23.50 HUDSON SEAL LINED COAT, Reduced From $65.00 to $32.50 BLACK DOG SCHAUFFER COAT, Reduced From $35.00 to $18.50 BLACK QUILTED SATIN LINED COAT, Reduced From $30.00 to . $18.50 H. MARKS & SON, S£? I? 1 | OUR DAILY LAUGH ] PROBABLE. Ain't you the iguy I pinched . & about six weeks yT%i-J— ag° after I chased j / V you three blocks, WP i I what did I arrest jM *-L I-- you for anyhow? ii>_ JTTJ For exceeding the speed limit; I j guess. (ICS AM, MIGHT My Winn Dinger The editor is some good, I found it out to-day When he came in my office — It happened in this way: He pulled from out his pocket A paper, and with it There caino along some letters— He nearly threw a fit. "By Jove," he said, "that's lucky; My wife gave those to me To mail for her last AVednesday, But I forgot them, see?" Then from my inside pocket I brought some letters—four— Which wife had asked mo to send oft A week or two before. Ho never needs to show me, In any other way, That in this world he's useful— The editor's O. K. I What We Soy jj! I Tkin j; Model ij Watches II They have a stronger ap- J | i; peal than style to the < | ! j thoughtful man. Fitting the j [ ' | pocket without bulkiness or j | !! heaviness they are tho most ] | ![ convenient watch made. ]| ' | Their light weight is also a J | ' | safety factor, making acci- J ;; dents less likely to occur. !; As timepieces, Thin Model j j ' | Watches are perfect. Al- J [ ! | though they made necessary J ( 11 many changes in design and ] j ' | assembling. Thin Watches ] | 11 are not expensive. ! > Step in and examine the < | 11 Thin Model Watches at' Dien- ] | I; er's. Ask particularly to see ' | '; Gruen Veri Thin Watches. 1 1 i; Diener has the exclusive sale j | < ; in Harrisburg of this famous ] | 11 movement. j | || DIENER, A || |i 408 Market Street jj IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY GOOD SKATING Hundreds of young people are out each day, skating on the river and small pondc. OUR PRISON' LIFE The Rev. H. K White, of Providence, It. 1., will speaelc on "Prison Life in the ■ Read KAUFMAN'S BIG CLEAN SWEEP SALE Announcement ON PAGES 4 and 5 iniiidiimmiwiii i iimiiiii iiiniwui mi urn i mini— hi Smmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm THE 1 1 BIBLE GIVING PLAN | B CPU PON p j p A MAGNIFICENT & SELF-PRONOUNCING TEXT LARGE CLEAR TYPE BOUND IN GENUINE FRENCH MOROCCO. ABSOLUTELY jg|| WITH NEW SERIES OF HELPS, SB ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS j||§ BRING THIS COUPON to our office with 98 cent* (which eorerg aSE cost of packing, transportation from factory, checking, clerk hire and other * W expense items), and this Bible will be delivered to you. If the Bible ia to J>sog be mailed, aend IS centa extra for postage. flfjjjftffii THE HARKiSBUKG TELEGRAPH j January Reductions on <• {Men's Suits & Overcoats ? READ ; i Doutrich's Important Sale Announcement * ' ' on Page 7 South." at the court house this evenini at 7 o'clock. TRAIN WRECKED The Cumberland Valley train leav ins here at noon to-day ran oft th< track near Bridgeport. No one was in' jured. Zeal and duty are not slow, But on occasion's forelock watch ful wait. —Milton.