8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established 1831 • PUBLISHED BY THE TELEUHAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACK POLE President and Editor-in-Chief P. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 21( Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Nowspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau ot Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern Office. Fifth Avenue Building. New York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. ! m _ Delivered by carriers at <S®SQ»Tnnt> 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. Hnoru daily average for the three months ending Dee. 31,1014. W 22,692 Jf Average for the year 1014—23,103 Average for the year 1013—31,577 Average for the year 1012—21,175 Average for Jhe year 1011—18,851 Average for the year 1010—17,405 SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 16 WHERE EXPANSION IX NEEDED EVERY now and then some one rises and declares that Penn sylvania can save a couple of millions, or four or five, so ac customed are we to dealing in millions, on the governmental expenses of the Commonwealth. Up to date not many of them have shown that they know what they were talking about and a recent commission to report on econ omy recommended some increases of places to obtain greater efficiency. The business methods of every govern ment, even the marvelous machine centered at Berlin; the strong govern mental system of the British Empire; the administration at Washington and the plan of Pennsylvania are periodi cally attacked. Probably the methods of every big railroad or steel company or mining corporation are also assail ed, but we do not hear about It be cause the soft pedal works on the bucking stockholder and a roar about corporation's housekeeping is not available for campaign thunder. Pennsylvania has made a name for the efficacy of its supervision in many lines. It is handling the work of regu lating what we need to make us well and happy in a manner that is at tracting attention because of results. Two striking illustrations have been furnished by the dairy and food com missioner's and the State banking commissioner's departments. They have not been criticised successfully even frqm the stump, which lately ap peared to be occupying a great place as a correctional institution in the minds of quite a few people. Now, not only have these two departmental staffs made good, as the saying is, but in the case of the food officers the in come of the office in a year more than pays for the expenses of two years and that of the banking examiners' force almost balances the outlay. Thus, two great checking-up departments are paying their way as Hiey carry out Im portant work in a laudable manner, and the recommendations that more men he added to enlarge the scope and afford greater protection have double force. Wifh growth <«f population their work increases and os they find the funds the legislature should listen at tentively to the plana to expand. CENTI'KY OF RANKING UNDEII the title of "A Century of Banking," the Harrisburg National Bank modestly re views the events of the full century of its history just closed. The book might have been entitled a hun dred years of the financial history of Harrisburg, for the institution the ac tivities of «vuich it sets forth has been so closely associated with the civic ad vance. and business growth of the city that the two are almost synonymous. A century is a long time in the his tory of a nation or an individual. Less than twenty such periods have passed since the beginning of the Christian era. Not many business or ganizations survive to celebrate their hundredth anniversary, although it. is likely that more will in the future than have in the past, for we are building more securely and perma nently now than ever before. That tho Harrisburg National Bank has done this is because its foundations have been laid firmly, like those of others of out- banking Institutions, and its structure raised with full regard for stability and tho possibilities of development. A GOOD EXAMPLE THE Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad lias gone about the safeguarding of Its coal miners in a very sane and practical way. At every colliery of tho coal mining department placards have been post ed offering SIOO in cash prizes for the most valuable and practical sugges tions for safety or the prevention of accidents. The first prize Is $25; the second. S2O; the third, sls, and there are two of $lO and four of $5 each. The management of the company is making a special effort to reduce and prevent accidents in and about Its mines, and is asking for suggestions from every one of Its employes. The suggestions must consist of not over 1,000 words and are to be deposited In one of tho thlrty-flve large boxes, the size of letter boxes, labeled "Safety First Suggestions," Installed at each colliery. This Is only part of an elaborate and comprehensive plan for tho promo tion of safety in the mines. The SATURDAY EVENING, Lackawanna has formed a series of committees to have charge of all safety work and devices and through which all suggestions will be sifted. This co-operation between the offi cials and employes of the company may be expected to have a markedly beneficial effect. The keys of the boxes in which the safety first suggestions will be deposited are held by the cen tral committee, so there is no danger of any tampering in transit and every suggestion will reach headquarters. The simple and more inexpensive ones will be handled by the local commit tees, and the more elaborate and ex pensive will be passed upon by the central committee. It is often the "man on the job," the workman familiar with conditions and with knowledge of the dangers that surrounds him, who is best able to devise preventative means. The Dela ware, Lackawanna and Western has set an example for other companies by encouraging the miners to think con structively along these lines. HARRISRURG IN 1913 NOBODY is boasting of what Har risburg did in 1914. It wasn't a good year In this city's his tory, to put it very mildly. In deed. But in the language of the small boy whose mother reprimanded him for his disreputable appearance after a collision with a playmate on his way home from school: "You ought to see the other fellow." By comparison with other cities Harris burg does not make such a poor show ing as might have been imagined. For instance, take the new build ing record, which should be a trade barometer of fair accuracy. Oper ations fell off thirteen per cent, last year in Harrisburg, as compared with those of the year previous. The American Contractor, basing Its fig ures on the returns made by the Building Inspector, estimates that $1,269,500 was spent in this city dur ing 1914 In new buildings. This is quite a tidy sum and would have been occasion for much boasting not such a long time ago. However, it is not only in volume of structural work alone that Harrisburg shows up well, but in the percentage column this city made a better showing than any town of its size In Pennsylvania, out stripping many outside the State, and has a better rating than municipali ties even larger in other States. FIVE YEARS FOR -11 CENTS A SENTENCE of from five to seven years at hard labor in in the State prison was given the other day to William Pet ers by a Boston judge after the pris oner had been convicted of stealing forty-one cents from the cash drawer in a lunch room. Peters pleaded that he was hungry and had entered the lunch room to find food, but had been unable to resist the temptation to rifle the cash drawer of the prioe of a night's lodging. Peters was out of work at the time and unable to find employment. This is the kind of law that encour ages anarchy. The judge that would pronfthhee suehasentence has no busl- 1 ness on the bench. He is guilty of an offense against society far more grave than the theft of a small sum of money. \ • How can the defendant in a case like this be expected to come out of prison with any respect for the law or belief in the rights of the Individ ual citizen? We may be thankful that in Dauphin county, at least, we are free from such farcical exhibitions. In our courts the merits of the case are the only ele ments taken into consideration and justice is always tempered with mercy. High or low, rich or poor, the de fendant may be sure of a "square deal" here, as the records of the coun ty will show. It Is only by such ad ministration of the powers invested in them that judges may work construc tively in the up-building and safe guarding of tho community. An Ill balanced, narrow or unfit judge has potentialities for evil far surpassing thQso of the most dangerous criminal. CONt - KUN IN G BIRTIIDAYS PRESIDENT WILSON celebrated his fifty-eighth birthday, re cently. Congressmen and other officials called. There were telegfams and letters. It was a public occasion, interesting many peo ple. In private life birthdays are more intimato and secluded affairs. Tho young and the old have jolly parties. But in middle life there is an atmos phere of condolence and effort at cheerful philosophy. The refusal of women to give their age to the census taker is a periodi cal joke, due for publication again in the next national count of 1920. Many women will leavo unfilled the blanks for their age in legal docu ments, taking the risk of invalidating the paper. This feeling is manifest jn a thou sand ways, and is often carried be yond the grave. Every newspaper reporter recalls cases where tho rela tives would not tell the ago of the dead, out of respecj to the keenness of her regret at tno growing years. The obituary reporter recognizes that any woman's age is an interesting news item to her acquaintances. Be ing human, he usually suppresses un pleasant facts when asked. Men are less sensitive about their age, but often havo some reluctance to having It known. You never throw out hints to find out what birthday your neighbor is celebrating. In some towns lists of taxpayers or voters give ages, and answer all such queries. Such lists are read with much attention, particularly by the unmated element of women, if pub lic men entertain anv sensitiveness about birthdays, they never show It. Their age is public property, and they learn to get over the minor human weaknesses. So when a president has a birthday he no doubt sees it in the true light. It Is not an occasion for regret for any person who has lived worthily. Bather It is a time for joy, for perils escaped, results achieved. i EVENING CHAT I ■1? w '?*\ * could express the appre ciation felt by Mrs. Tener and myself at the courtesies shown to us by the people of Harrisburg. Prom the day we came here we have been male to feel that we belonged to Harrisburg, and the friendships we have formed will never be broken. Your city has been a delightful home to us," said Governor Tener in talking about the close of his administration to-day. The Governor remarked that some State capitals had ways of their own, but that no matter where he might go he would never ask more pleasant relations than those which he enjoyed along the banks of the Susquehanna. "I have finished my tasks here and am waiting to turn over my office to my successor," he continued. "I'm neither glad nor sorry. I have enjoyed my work here, although I admit at times things occurred which can be placed among the burdens of government. I am proud of this Capitol, it typifies the splendid State in which we live, and I am proud of its ideally located Capital City and proud to call so many of Its people my friends." Governor Tener has made an ef fort to clear up all routine business and said that Tuesday there would be no odds and ends. He is up to the hour with the djuties of his ad ministration and when he talked about having "cleaned" the desk, he got up and walked around the great table which the State placed in the executive chamber and opened the drawers. He did not find anything and said that such was the condition he meant to leave them. Looking out over Capitol Park he said he would have been glad to have played twen ty-seven holes of golf as a finish, but guessed he would have to wait a while. The Governor began to play golf after coming to Harrisburg and soon became a regular. He never minded rain or shine or mud and he liked to hustle around the course as though he had to make a train. It was seldom that he stopped before the sun was setting, because he liked to "clean up" the course. He is going out of his office with everything In the line of business "cleaned up." In view of the fine weather the city has enjoyed the last few days, a fcood many folks are speculating as to what the list will be next week. Most people incline to the belief that there will be something to make them pay up for the ideal days of this week, and many think that there will be rain or squalls. As a matter of fact, mid-January weather is always more or less of an uncertain quality, and yet, when one considers the inaugural weather of the last twenty-five years, almost all of the days have been pleas ant, as winter days go. When Governor Tener took the oath of office on January 17, 1911, there was a chill in the air and the skies were lowering when the ceremony be gan, but the sun came out while he was speaking and the afternoon was delightful. Tho Stuart inaugural day, January 15, 1907, was rather sharp, but the sun came out in the afternoon and the parade was in hours that en abled all to see It with pleasure. The Pennypacker day, January 20, 1903, was cold pnd stormy. There had been snow and there was froat in the air. It was not sunshiny. In the morning the streets were slippery and that night rain fell, driving people off the street. Governor Stone was inaugu rated January 17, 1899, which was a very blustery day, snow having fallen the night before and the air Oiing damp. The fifteenth day of January, 1895, when Hastings became Gover nor, was just like yesterday. It was tine and the parade was witnessed by thousands. Pattison's second in augural, January 21, 1891, was clear but very cold, while January 18, 1887, when General Beaver took tho oath, was one of the coldest inaugural days known in years, being worse than the Pennypacker day. The men in line suffered very much during halts. Pat tison's first inauguration, when he walked to the Capitol without any es cort and had an affair of Jeffersonian simplicity, was on January 16, 1883. It was clear and cold and the streets were slippery. The Governor's Troop has been the escort of the Governors from the time it was formed. General Beaver was Governor when it entered the Guard and it escorted Pattlson under com mand of F. M.. Ott, then first lieu tenant and now a retired, lieutenant colonel of cavalry. Colonel Ott com manded the troop at every other in augural ceremony except that of Stone, when the second Governor's troop was escort under command of Captain Charles P. Meek. This was the troop formed while the orig inal troop was In the Spanish War service. The Second troop was ac corded the honor as the troopers were still In the Federal service. The Har risburg infantrymen have participated in every inaugural parade since the days of Curtin. In the last half dozen Inaugurals two Harrlsburgers have been grand marshals of the processions. Con gressman M. E. Olmsted served twice, handling the two largest parades per- I fectly. When Pattison was inaugu rated the second time F. Asbury Awl I was chief marshal. A singular coincidence in fire alarms in two days was noted by one of the city's oldest firemen this week. On .Tanuarv 9 there were alarms from boxes; No. 24 and 47, one being for a tire at 1219 North Seventh and the other at 1217 North Third. The next day there was an alarm from box 15 for a lire at 1217 North Second street. [ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE. I - John <*. Hearting, the Williams port banker, has again been elected head of the Susquehanna Trust com pany. —D. M. UoaHcr, of Pittston. well known in politics, created a stir in Luzerne county by moving for aboli tion of tho office of superintendent of schools. , —George C. Simons has bepn chosen as head of prominent St.. Mary's financial institution again. —-Henry C. Prick, speaking at Pitts burgh. said ho was not enthusiastic over the outlook. r— bO YOU KNOW —I That Harrlslmrg silk in much used hi the manufacture of neck wear in Philadelphia? It's Prepaid. Take It Mr. Merchant, If some oi{c sent you a package of money prepaid, would you take the trouble to go to the express office and get it? Of course you would. You have on your shelves cer tain goods of well-known brands. When the manufacturer of one of these brands romos into this paper with his advertisement he Is literally expressing you money. He is making a demand for goods, the sale of which means profit for you. Is It any more than ordinary sense to try and push these goods to show them In your windows and Ift the public know you havo them? Vi. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DR. BRUMBAUGH IN CITY FIVE HOURS Goes Away With Jesse E. B. Cun ningham and Rumors About Him Start Vigorously —Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh, the Governor-elect, spent Ave hours In the city yesterday, visiting Governor Ten er and some personal friends and leav ing ii company with Deputy Attorney General J. E. B. Cunningham, a cir cumstance which revived with great vigor the impression that the brilliant first deputy attorney general will be promoted to the post of attorney gen eral. The appearance of James S. Hiatt, Dr. Brumbaugh's campaign sec retary, with him yesterday and the fact that Mr. Hiatt spent much time with Walter H. Galther, Governor Tener's secretary, makes it certain in the minds of many that he will be pri vate secretary. —Dr. Brumbaugh declined to make any announcements yesterday and after his Inspection of the mansion, motored to the home of Senator Ed ward E. Beidleman, chairman of the ■ joint inaugural committee, who has been 111 for a week and talked over the plans for Tuesday's ceremony ex pressing the hope that the Senator would soon be about. Then he went to the residence of E. J. Stackpole, a life-long friend, to tender best wishes for a speedy recovery. On his trips about the city the new Governor saw the inaugural stand. About 5 he returned to the mansion for a bite of supper and left at 6.24 for Philadel phia. Mr. Cunningham joined him at the station. —Dr. Brumbaugh will not have his legal residence here during his occu pancy of the executive mansion. He will vote in Qermantown. —Senator Penrose, upon his return to Philadelphia yesterday, says the Philadelphia Record, declared that the most cordial relations existed between Governor-elect Brumbaugh and the Republican Organization, and predict ed that the present Legislature would "make good" to the people of the State upon the party pledges. "Everbody expects the Legislature to work in harmony with Governor Brumbaugh to make earnest and sin cere efforts to carry out the party pledges," said Senator Penrose. "There is no disposition on the part of any one in the party organization to evade these responsibilities or to juggle with the propositions involved. In my opin ion, the difficulties supposed to sur round the various subjects of legisla tion which will come up are greatly exaggerated. I believe that substantial compliance with all the party pledges can be had in a way that will be satis factory to the people of the Common wealth, and for the time being, at least, will dispose of these various questions. The bills will doubtless be introduced at once and the Legislature will get down to hard work without any delay. The Republican party has won a great victory in Pennsylvania, which has put heart in Republicans all over the United States. The party in this State must make good at the approaching session of the Legislature to the people of this State and to the people of the country." —With a view to embarrassing Sen ator Boies Penrose, re-elected in Pennsylvania by a tremendous plu rality, A Mitchell Palmer, defeated Senatorial candidate, and A. R. Rup ley, defeated for re-election as Con gressman-at-Large on the Washing ton ticket, have launched a propa ganda to have tho Department of Jus tice institute an inquiry into the Pennsylvania campaign. Palmer and Rupley have urged the Senate Com mittee on Privileges and Elections to report favorably the Norris resolution calling for an investigation of the Pennsylvania light. Having received no assurance that such probe will be authorized by the Senate they contem plate asking Attorney General Gre gory to use the machinery of the De partment of Justice to ascertain if | corruption and bribery was practiced to re-elect Senator Penrose. Both de feated candidates announced to-day | that they had written letters to Democrats and Progressives in the State asking them to organize com mittees and co-operate with a view to collecting "evidence." —Thomas Finnerty, one of the Wllkes-Barre members of the House, was host to the Lackawanna and Lu zerne members at a dinner at Wilkes | Barre a few evenings ago. The din- Jner was attended by men of all par ! ties and resulted in the legislators from both counties getting close to gether on matters which will coine up affecting their section. —The Central Democratic Club is arranging for an entertainment and dance to be given on February 3. This will be the first of the kind and some of the members wero wondering to day if It was going to take the place of the Jefferson Day dinner about which so much fuss was'made when certain men were ambitious to shine i in the limelight. Jackson day passed practically unnoticed by the club. —Every legislative district of Penn sylvania is to be organized to empha size the opposition of women of this State to their proposed enfranchise ment. according to a meeting of sixty leaders of the Pennsylvania Associa tion Opposed to Women Suffrage, at a luncheon given by Mrs. Horace Brock in Philadelphia. Mrs. Brock if> president of the association and was first president of the State Federation of Pennsylvania Women. She has long been Identified with civic and re lief work and prominent in State and National opposition to Woman Suff rage. Delegates from the following places were present: Allentown, Bethlehem. Carlisle. Chester. Doyles lown, Gettysburg. Glen Kiddle. I-.an.s downe. Media.. Milton. Pottsville, Pottfltown, Pittsburgh, West Chester and Wi'kes-Barre. Mrs. A. H. Parker, an anti-suffrage organizer from Bos ton, outlined numerous detailed plans for the women's campaign against votes to lie waged in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Massachu setts this year. In addressing her guests, Mrs. Brock said that she is certain that if woman suffrage is sub mitted to the voters at the polls in these four States in 1015, it will be defeated by an overwhelming ma jority. ITAI.Y By Wing Dinger O. Italy, how sad thy plight. As from the light of happiness Thou'rt plunged in grief as dark as night. Poor Italy. When nations 'bout you rushed to war You took the Christian view—refrain ed— Redeemed those centuries before— Good Italy. You're deep In trouble, that is true, But to place so much in your care God surely must think heaps of you. Kieh Italy. 100 Years Old <]l This institution has just closed its hundredth year in banking. • It is but natural that at the end of a century we should pause and take note of what has been achieved. <1 And what a contrast we find in the conditions under which we face the second century, when compared with those that surrounded the little group of men who inaugurated this bank back in 1814. •J Compare the limited facilities at their disposal with the paid-in capital, surplus and profits and stockholders' liability of to-day, totaling a million dollars—a security that stands back of every dollar deposited in this bank. <1 Theirs was to win confidence—ours is to sustain. As we cross the threshold of the one hundred and first year, we pledge ourselves to maintain those principles that will merit a continuance of the public's trust reposed in us—a trust to which must be credited all our accomplishments and successes of the past century. Harrisburg National Bank 16 South Market Square Capital, $300,000. Surplus and Profits, $400,000. Stockholders' Liability, $300,000. OUR DAILY LAUGH j f Frank—My am cestors were all people of brains. must have been disinherited. KISSING. Does your fath- er object to kiss- I don't know. |Wf*i W fZ. Shall I tell him l» - that you would ■ Ilka to kiss him. M tAj GETTING AC- V QUAINTED. r Don't go near the horse, dear; L he doesn't know, My name 'lth Ethel Harper, IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph, Jan. 10, 18S5J Convention Here The miners' convention will open here on the 18th . Teachers at Linglestown Next teachers' institute of the county, will convene at Linglestown. Sale of Organs Automatic organs are being sold In this city. » i nm & [From the Telegraph. Jan. 18, ISU6] Prisoners nlid <;tins Taken Fortro.ss Monroe, Jan. 15.—General Ames attacked and captured Fort Fisher, taking 2,500 prisoners and 72 guntt. Generals Whiting and Lamb, Rebel commanders, have been cap tured. Gen. Hood's Movement St Louis, Jan. 16.—Hood's position is not known but it Is not thought that he will concentrate at Corinth. Thomas is at Clifton, Tenn. DO IT NOW! [From the Fine Arts Journal.] If with pleasure you are viewing any work h man is doing, If yon like him or you love him tell him now. Don't withhold your approbation till the parson makes oration And he lies with snowy lilies o'er his brow; For no matter how you shout it he won't really care about it; He won t know how many teardrops you have shed; If you think some praise Is due him, now's the time to slip It to him. For he cannot read his tombstone when he's dead. More than fame and more than money Is the comment kind and sunny And the hearty, warm approval of a friend, For It gives to life a savor and It makes you stronger, braver. And it gives you heart and spirit to the end; If he earns your praise—bestow it; If you like him let him know It; Let the words of true encouragement be said: Do not wait till life is over and he's underneath the clover, For he cannot read his tombstone when he's <UaA TANUARY 16, 1915. NOT IX MIDWINTER "I suppose it must be delightful in the country in the summer time." "Oh, yes, but you enn't lure serv ants out on that theory now." 'jag# Loans on Mortgages We lend money on mortgages, giving you the advantage of saving the commission that is usually charged by agents who negotiate these loans. We will be pleased to have you consult us concerning such matters and assure you courteous attention and careful consideration of your in terests. 213 MARKET STREET Capital, $300,000 Surplus, 93(H),OOO f 1 ' Open For Deposits Saturday Evening I*"®! From 0 to 8. ~ : r.'- jjjj t * An Economy of Time " II Is an economy of time to transact business with tills company because It offers you tlie same specialized services tlint are frequently rendered by threo or four separate Insti tutions Our Commercial, Savings, Trust. Ileal Estate and Safe De posit Departments, under one root, enable you to concentrate ' tlie transaction of your financial affairs. The saving of time Is only one of the numerous advantages you will derive by transacting your business with this institu tion. FLYING IN FLOCKS The proverbial man who couldn't hit a flock of balloons could get isormi practice in Europe just now.
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