6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established lijl PUBLISHED BT THO TII.EGIIAPH PRINTING CO. ®. J. STACKPOL.B Frtsident and Editor-in-Chitf r. R. OYSTER Stertiary GUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor ■frubllahed every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 211 Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau ol Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook, Story 4 Brooks. (Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carrier* at <fi six cents n week. " Mailed to subscriber! at $3.00 a year in advance. 'Xntered at the Post Office in Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. Sworn dally average for the three ★ months ending Dee. SI, 1814. & 22,692 W Average for the year 1814—53.213 Average for the year 1818—21,(577 Average for the year 1812—21,17K Average for the year Average for the year 181(V-17,41»B EVENING. JANUARY 23 A CORRECT ATTITUDE THE HARRISBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE has taken an absolutely correct position In warning its members and the people of the city at large against ln -1 vestments in real estate concerning the merits of which they have only ' the word of the promoters. The Telegraph knows nothing about the merits of tho case at issue, but it Is always safe advice to suggest that money could be invested here at home quite as safely as elsewhere and that the prospective purchaser is taking a risk when he puts his capital into land, the exact location and future prospects of which he is in ignorance. The Chamber'of Commerce has for its object not only the promotion of Harrisburg and its advancement in a commercial and industrial way, but the protection of its members and oth ers who may have money at their dis posal. It is. therefore, altogether within the scope of its legitimate op erations to take such action as it did in this instance. A FORGERS' TRUST COLONEL HUTCHISON'S belief that Harrlsburg has been in cluded in the operations of the nationwide forgers' trust just unearthed by the New York police, should cause every business man of the city to think twice before cashing a check, of tlie genuineness of which he Is not certain. No customer ought to feel embar rassed if the merchant to whom ho tenders his personal check insists upon ascertaining that it will be recog nized when presented at bank. A check without l'unds to back it is merely so much paper. It is the de positor's name at the bottom which carries the weight. If the man to whom a check is tendered does not know the signer, and the signer can produce nobody to vouch for him, ihere certainly should be no reason why he should be offended if the check is refused. Millions of dollars have been lost by the acceptance of forged or bogus checks and the mere fact that a combination for mutual profit and protection has been formed by the professional forgers of the country ought to be sufficient excuse l'or a little closer scrutiny of signa tures. THE QUINTESSENCE OF DET ML THE duties which the Public Service Commissioners were called upon to perform this I week are illustrative of the enormous amount of detailed work and unimportant matters which the act of 1013 unloaded on the body. Three days were occupied by the commission in hearing the case in volving the properties of the Phila delphia Electric Company, a proposi tion involving millions on millions, i probably more than the whole as sessed valuation of real estate in jHarrisburg exclusive of the Capitol, [Part of the time was devoted to hear ings for relief of communities suffer ing from water rates not in accord with their idea* of reasonableness, i and other big questions underlaid (still other complaints In process of •hearing. And in the midst of this important j-work, not only affecting enormous in vestments, but precedents which may ; stand as law, the commission was icalled upon to pass upon a dozen or | more agreements for joint use of [telephone and electric light poles and [to discuss and dispose of minor mat ters and crank complaints, taking up valuable time and costing the State money. The body is not only laden •vlth detail that the framera of the act probably never intended, but is the target for the letters of folks who have fancied grievances and some whose conception of the purposes of the creation of the commission is Iwbout as extended as the knowledge ;of the orbit of Neptune possessed by m blue heron. MORE POWER, MR. LTNCH BEFORE many weeks will nave passed the program of munici pal improvement work will be under way for 1915, and the City Commissioners, upon whom the bulk of this work will fall, are al ready taking time by the forelock by preparing such plans and specula tions as may permit of an early start. Jn this respect Commissioner Wil jliam H. Jjynch, Superintendent of SATURDAY EVENING, Streets anil Public Improvements, is exceptionally busy, but in all his pro gram it is doubtful If any one work will meet with more general approval than the contemplated improvement of the sewage system In the business district. For years this section, one of the most important in the city, has been served by sewers that have been not only Inadequate but long since out of date. Is it not remarkable that the present drain should have been in the ground so long that the record of the time of Its construction Is actually lost in the dust of the years? And this of Harrlsburg, which has boasted of its splendid streets and modern sewer system! The Superintendent of Streets and Public Improvements is deserving of all possible commendation for his proposed step toward making a stNl more sanitary, healthful and beauti ful Harrisburg. More power to you, Mr. Lynch! A \yell-known florist has erected a lighted bouquet In front of his place of business and a Market street moving picture theater has blazed Its way into the Broadway trail by placing an elec tric diving girl atop of Its roof. One of these times somebody is going to mistake Harrlsburg for the Great White Waiy—but it is not nearly as way-ward. DOING ora I'AItT HARRTSBUItG is responding nobly to the effort that is being put forth In America toward saving the women and children of war stricken Europe. We in this country have done much to alleviate the suf fering abroad, but agents of charitable associations in this Country returning from relief trips say that we have only begun. The local relief committee will on Monday send out 1,000 men and women to begin a canvass of llarris burg to collect funds for the purpose of carrying on its splendid foreign and home relief work, for a feature of tho Harrlsburg committee's efforts is that those of our own people who need as sistance shall be given it by permitting them to earn wages in the preparation of garments and other supplies to be sent abroad. Thus all the money do nated to the committee is spent at home, our own poor greatly benefited and our duty done by those who are suffering as a result of the war. Everybody who can give should do so. Think what it would mean if every person in Harrlsburg donated a dime to this fund! This kind of weather does not com port with the news that ball players are thinking of Spring training camps. MRS O'liKAltY'S COW THE oldest Odd Fellow having passed away annually for the past ten years and there being no more possibility of making the public weep over the death of one of that numerous progeny known in newspaper annals as "General Wash ington's Body Servants," the reporters have turned their attention to less dis tinguished personages. News from Escanaba, Mich., is to the effect that Mrs. Maggie O'Leary, who for forty years lived alone in a little farmhouse near that place and who was the owner of a cow which is credited with having caused the Chicago fire in JB7l, has gone to her long reward. It will be recollected that Mrs. O'Leary's cow won world wide notoriety by kicking over a lamp and thereby starting the conflagration which has gone down Into history as the "great Chicago tire." Mrs. O'Leary was a modest woman, who took no credit for the fact that she was the one-time owner of the cow that made Chicago famous. There is a legend to the effect that some of the main streets of Boston and New York grew up along paths made by cows, but Mrs. O'Leary's cow is the only member of the bovine race cred ited by historians with the destruction of a great city. Thus are. we again im pressed with the gigantic possibilities of small beginnings and the poten tialities of trivialities. Peace be to her ashes. That Wharton School branch dis plays all the signs of becoming a per manent institution. ' I'KNXy M7NCIIKS" IT has been suggested that there is need in some districts of Harris burg for the adoption of the "penny lunch" plan now being tried out so successfully in New York city. There is unquestionably much distress aa the result of Industrial conditions, and it is beyond doubt that many children are not properly nourished as a result of necessary economies in the house hold. This is particularly true In homes where the mother must lie away during the noon Jiour and where the children leave the warm school room for a cold house and a cold lunch, or no lunch. Our course of school study is de signed for sturdy, normal children. AVe cannot expect ill-fed, pooqly nour ished pupils to live up to the require ments or do themselves full justice any more than we would expect a half starved teacher to do the work of one who ate her full three meals a day. The nee.d for some system of cheap lunches here is not general, but it would seem to exist in some localities to which it is scarcely necessary to draw the attention of those familiar with the geography of the city. It is said that the school board hesitates to take up the matter lieeause as yet it Is in an experimental stage. That is a question, but at all events the local school authorities have displayed marked ability in the inauguration of progressive methods and there is no reason to suppose they would fail in this. To doubting Thomases It may be said that if the board-finds it possible to provide lunciics for the ailing chil dren or the tubercular schools, it would seem no more than logical to do the same for children who are in peril of disease by reason of lack of nourish ment. At all events the subject is worthy of serious consideration. i EVENING CHAT I Chairman Edward E. Beldleman, of the joint legislative committee in i charge of the Inauguration arrange- . ments, has been highly complimented by men and newspapers in every part of the State for the manner in which the ceremonies of the day were car ried out. It is not generally known | that there no delay In any of the events of the day. The committee fix ed a time for everything and it work ed out. For instance it was calculated to get the Governor back to the man sion at 3 o'clock. A few minutes he fore 3 his automobile rolled up to the house, all ceremonies over. Mr. Beid lemun was ill during much of the pre paration but from his home kept in constant touch with the details which were looked after by Charles E. Co vert with Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart acting in advisory capacity and splendidly at that. One of the oddest effects of the sudden snowstorm that came down on the city yesterday afternoon was the rush on the shoe and umbrella stores along about 5 o'clock when it was seen that the weatherman meant busi ness and proposed to visit on Harris burg one of the snows that had been covering the western counties in white. Nine-tenths of the persons who left homes at noon had failed to pot on overshoes or lo take umbrellas and about 5 the streets were slippery with snow and there were plenty of opportunities for wet feet. Conse quently there was a regular rush for "gums'' and umbrellas and some of the stores had customers waiting when the closing hour rolled around. Blast furnaces have been spouting flames at Steelton for over forty years and yet there are persons who imagine that explosions take, place when they see a flash of light in the night time at the steel borough. Often the police department gets calls to know if anything has blown up at Steelton and frequently newspaper men are told that something awful has happened and that they had bet ter look it up. The other evening one of the furnaces let go some flame and there was a big glow that was seen for miles. People up around West Fairview and Enola who saw it were sure that it was :in explosion and that something in the accident line had occurred. The clearing out of the ruins of the Market Square lire attracted the usual crowd yesterday and the watch men on guard at the building had their hands full every minute keep ing people, especially youngsters out of the place. In spite of their efforts, a couple of boys got into a dangerous spot and when called tried to hide. They just missed going into the cel lar and came out chastened in mind and also in body by the time the watchman was through with them. Harry A. Boyer, president of the city school board, tells this story rela tive to a youth in Prof. J. F. Fer guson's room in the Forney building. The youth in question is not one who always leads his class. "The war in Europe was under dis cussion," said President Boyer, "when I hapened to dron in for a short visit, : but I happened to overhear this ques- I' tlon and answer which I thought par ticularly to the point: " 'What,' asked the teacher, 'seems Ito be the greatest trouble in Eu rope'/' " " 'Why,' answered the pupil, "keep ing' the earth quiet!' " While Governor Brumbaugh was receiving the thousands who flocked to the Cnpitol to shake hands with him on Tuesday evening during the public reception following his inaugu ration, a young girl timidly came for ward and left in his hand when she shook it the following note: "Honorable Governor Brumbaugh: "This day, the day of your inaugu ration. we, your most loyal friends and citizens of the State of Pennsyl vania and the city of Harrisburg wish to 'congratulate you as our most worthy Governor. We hope this day will be the starting point of a good government: a world of good will to you and may peace soon be the bless ling of the people of Europe so that we may all rejoice in all our affairs with full and contented hearts. "We wish you the greatest suc cess, such as you wish to attain and each step of the ladder you climb shall be lirni and strong, so that we also may enjoy the results of a good and wise government. Slay this day and every day of your life and all the lives of nil the people of our world be bright and full of sunshine, and wilh gladdened hearts let us think and do toward all things worthy in the eyes of our Lord. "Yours respectfully, "LILLIAN WILAXSKY, "Harrisburg, Pa." Lillian, it develops, is a clerk in a downtown department store and a great admirer of the new Governor. Announcement yesterday of Coun cil's intention to appoint. Horace A. Chayne, assistant city assessor at a salary of S9OO establishes a unique situation in city officialdom so far as the question of emolument is con cerned: the job of assessing the prop erty of Harrisburg will differ from all other positions under the munici pal government in that the lieftd of j the department and the second assist ant will receive just S3OO a year less than the first assistant. By virtue of his holdover tenure W. H. H. Bick j lev has another year to serve as city assessor at a salary of $900: Howard C. Townsend who Was appointed as sistant last year, will be re-elected for another term at an increased salary of $1,200; and Mr. Chayne, who is to be second assistant, will receive the same compensation as Mr. Bickley. I WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —Charles H. Romlnger. head of the Moravian school at Bethlehem, was awarded the prize for the town song for Coopersburg. —E. B. Robinette. just home from Belgium, was sent there to study the conditions for C. C. Harrison. —Director George Porter, booster for mayor of Philadelphia, just now, is head of the Boy Scouts of the State. —F. M. Wallace, public service com missioner, has been named one of the receivers of the Pittsburgh Westmore land Coal Company. —W. R. Bailey, the new prothono tary of Allegheny, was given a recep tion by friends in honor of his ap pointment. "■» Before Stock Taking The Bargain Season This is the month In which the thrifty shopper scans the news paper advertising closely. It Is the time just before stock taking when merchants are anx ious to clean house. It Is better business to sell small lots of merchandise at a loss than to carry them over another year. | . <'ash can be used—dead stocks eat their heeads off. So it is the custom of the stores to make this month a clearance season. Therefore the advertising col umns of the Telegraph hold more than their' usual interest. I I HARRISBURG TEJuEGRAPH WINDMILL FAILS TO ATTRACT MEN Democratic Bosses Allowing Leg islation to Go Its Own Way During This Session BIG ROW IS BREWING NOW Lee Suggested For Subtreasurer Against the Wishes of Machine's Bosses Men connected with the Democratic State headquarters in years gone by are remarking upon the lack of Inter est being shown In a Democratic leg islative program by the men who were in charge of the machine during the last disastrous campaign and of the equal indifference toward the bosses of the Democracy by the Democratic members of the legislature. The con dition is so radically different from what is was at the start of the last ses sion that some people are voicing be liefs that all of the shouting about the betterment of man and the uplift of the poor working girl that came from Market Square last uession was for political effect. —lt is said that although the Demo cratic State windmill in Market Square was opened a day or so before the in auguration for the use of the Demo cratic members and its availability urged as a meeting place, that less than half a dozen men have visited it. State Chairman Roland S.' Morris has not even been here to take up legislative mailers. -—According to reports there will be some Democratic bills presented but they will be put in more or leas per functorily and just enough notice given them to furnish a peg on which to hang a wail. —The state of the Democrats in tho House and also the interesting fact that insurgency is at its lowest ebb is well illustrated by Wednesday's tight over reading clerk. It offered a chance right at the start of the session to make things diverting. Yet all that could be done was to muster less than forty votes, thirty-live to be exact. And they represented not only the friends of the defeated candidates among the regulars, but a few collected by an Allegheny countian who is out in the cold because of factionalism, dis gruntled Democrats and a few who just wanted to be nasty or to start something. The Democratic bosses missed an opportunity that had wide possibilities. —A Washington dispatch to the Philadelphia Inquirer says: "Whether it is to be harmony in the Democratic party In Pennsylvania or complete dis ruption of the already broken ranks depends largely upon the outcome of a visit to the White House made by Rep i resentatives Lesher and Casey, of Pennsylvania, to-day. Lesher and Ca sey, two of the most intluential Demo crats in the Pennsylvania delegation, went to the AVhrtc llouso to urge di rectly upon President Wilson the ap pointment of Congressman Robert E. Lee, of Pottsvllle, as subtreasurer of the United States at Philadelphia. Representative A. Mitchell Palmer, Democratic national committeeman from Pennsylvania, according to his usual custom, has recommended a man for the offiv-e of subtreasurer in Phila delphia without consulting the mem bers of the delegation In Congress, all of whom with a single exception have warmly indorsed Mr. Lee." —A Pittsburgh news dispatch says: "Representative A. C. Stein, of this city, -vyHI next week introduce in the House of Representatives a workmen's compensation bill, which, it was said here, will receive the approval of Governor Brumbaugh. The Stein bill, it was said, was prepared under the advice of the Industrial Accidents Commission of the State, and in many particulars is similar to the measure passed in the House last session and defeated in the Senate. As explained by Mr. Stein, the theory of the propos ed act is that all production shall bear the cost of accident and injury to the employe the same as any other item of cost." —The State threshermen will hold another convention here during the legislative session and the bill to re peal the act of 1913 will be submitted. E. E. McCurdy, of Lebanon; O. C. Morrow, Pittsburgh; George Sellers. Gap; Frank George. Homer City, will be the committee in charge. —The Loyal Temperance Legion of this city plans to personally interest members of the legislature in the con test for local option. They claim two members from Fayette county. —Professor Franklin Menges has been endorsed for secretary of agri culture by York county school direc tors. i DO V6U know-=H That Harrlsburg will be 130 years ol<l on July 1 this year? i [From the Telegraph of Jan. 23, 1865.] Hrbeln Shell l'urtK Washington, Jan. 23. Korts Cas well and Campbell have been blown up by the rebels. The enemy then evacu ated the positions they recently held. (irmit In Chnrae Washington. Jan. 22. General Grant will have complete charge of exchanging prisoners from this date on. I I [From the Telegraph of Jan. 23, 1865.] To Give Concert Got tschalk will Rive a concert in the Courthouse next Saturday even ing. Authorize A bill lius been Introduced into the Legislature authorizing an Increase of uO per cent, in sheriffs, recorders and other fees. ('ltv Pinna ini|>rot miriitM City Council is planning a number of Improvements. AN KVKXING THOUGHT Jehovah is my strengtli and my shield; my heart hatli trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.— Ps. 28:7. j: TO REMOVE DANDRUFF? Get a 25-cent bottle of Danderlne at any dru« store, pour a little into your hand and rub well into the scalp with! the linger tips. By morning most, if j not all, of this awful scurf will have I disappeared. Two or three applica-; tions will destroy every bit of dand- j ruff; stop scalp itching anU falling hair. I ( OUR DAM LAUGH 1 AS USUAL. Bobble: Is Sis 1 engaged to be jmjc "J married, Pop? sSlltdb..J ? Pop: No'—Just ie be taken to ZjESggSw theatres, etc., I 'S|ig£ PROBABLT. I*L She: It I marry Si you will you let ,4 - \ hL. me handle all the qßflß )i money? He: I'm arrald you'd expect a salary besides, 1 with such a re sponsible Job. TERRIBLE. Isn't the war •"CIW TK. ladies at an after- )| K noon bridge club I | did nothing but I fl talk about it yes- L? - terday, and l,t ■TV spoiled the game " | &2Z. Ifltt for me. * host retorts fp lIJUL 'em ten minutes L/ J 1 SMX after the other fellow has gone A BUSY LADY. Tfkf She says she hasn't any time to - Vi ~' shop or go to the 1L i W£-l theatre. She must Jf\ be a very husy ' • woman. i ill®} She certainly is. | ilr* She's dancing all Jl m the time, | __Tni„.. 111 l?C * man s k oul< * divifle jfL J||| his earnings with EVER NOTICED lTt By Wing Dinger There's one thing that the Board of Health Might look into a bit. That is. the way tliat motormen Will open doors and spit Tobacco juice in lengthy streams, IjOts of which, please get hep, Will never reach the street at all. But fall upon the step. And when milady, all dolled up In costume, clean and smart, Draws to her journey's end and would From trolley car depart, The steps are lowered, she descends With promptness to the street. Tile spit on steps is gathered up By trailing skirt so neat. MIXED TALK His wife speaks broken English, and tine naturally conjectures 'Tis rather hard to understand Her dialectures 1 LLTTERSTQTH E- EDITOR WHAT HAS lIBCOME OF TUB PROPOSED ClHl'MW' LAWf To the Editor of IIIe Telegraph: Dear Sir: It is well known that, several months ago, the Civic Club pre pared, or caused to be prepared, a cur few ordinance, which was to be pre sented to the City Council for con sideration. The measure was presented to the Civic Council of the churches, an or ganization composed of the pastor and three lay members of each of the city churches. The proposed curfew law was heartily endorsed by this organi zation. Petitions, praying the city law makers to consider favorably the ordi nance. were circulated In many of the churches and, wherever circulated, re ceived practically all of the signatures of the parents. The writer has reason to believe that every well-meaning parent, or guar dian, would favor the passing of such an ordinance. Has the matter been dropped? If so, why? Will some one kindly tell us why this important and worthy movement on the part of the Civic Club has not been pushed to its consummation? On the principle that "prevention is better than cure." Harrlsburg should have a curfew law. A little of the energy that is being fxnc • for the moral uplift of hu ms" 1 'Kht be used to better ad vi."' n pushing this proposed meamr.i „ It is the education being received by our boys and girls in the "school of the street" that is causing the downfall of humanity. Will some one please answer my question, "What has become of this proposed curfew law?" AX INTERESTBP PARENT. A Sure Way To End Dandruff There is one sure way that has never failed to remove dandruff at once, and that is to dissolve it, then you destroy it entirely. To do this, just get about four ounces of plain, common liquid arvon from any drug store (this is all you will need), apply it at night when retiring; use.enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the linger tips. By morning, most if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and three or four more applications will completely dissolve, and entirely destroy every single sign and trace of it. no matter how much dandruff you may have. You will find all Itching and digging of the scalp will slop instantly and your hair will be fluffy. lustrous, glos sy, silky anil soft, and look and feel <t hundred times better. Safety Razor Blades Resharpened Gem, Gillette and Duplex Patterns 3 cents each blade Star Pattern, 10 cent* each blatic Customers Get Their Own Blades Rack We Pay Return Post ago Send Postal for Free Mailing Box THE SANITARY KEEN EDGE L*ck. Buz So. 13L Vm. JANUARY 23, 1915. A. WISEMAN, M. D. Cry GORGAS WHIG STORES, 16 X. Tlilril St. and Peniin. Station. Is ) Choosing a Depository flln choosing a depository for one's money, the stability of the banking institution nat urally receives first consideration. there is something more to be con sidered. flThe bank can be of service to the depositor in many other ways. fiFor example, this institution does not feel that it discharges its full obligation to the depositor in safeguarding his money with a paid-in capital, surplus and profits and stock holders' liability totaling a million dollars. flOn the contrary, it offers to its patrons the services of its management in an advisory capacity, on financial questions that are apt to arise at any time. of this character are always welcomed, and accorded the confidence they merit. flFor a century we've been helping our de positors in this way—regardless of the size of their accounts. Hit's a service we offer to you. Harrisburg National Bank 16 S. Market Square Paid lu Capital $300,000 Surplus and Profits SIOO,OOO Stockholders' Liability $.".00,000 A Certificate of Deposit is a receipt that you have deposited money in this bank for the use of which we pay you 3% interest for periods of 4 months and longer. The initial de posit need not be a large one—slo.oo for instance. The idea is to increase the amount regularly, and by renewing the certificate every 4 months your money will be earning compound interest. It's an ideal system of saving which is prac ticed by thousands of persons of all classes. 213 MARKET STREET Cupltal, *.'100,000 KurplUM, *300.000 WOMEN ! in all stations of life arc able to derive a great deal of ao> tuul benefit from the maintaining of connections with the MECHANICS TRUST COMPANY. Wo invite .small as well as largo household accounts sub ject to check, provide special facilities for the convenience of lad.v depositors, ami extend the most prompt and efficient service at all times regardless or whether tlie account main tained is large or small. Our officers alu pleased to Ik- consulted on any business, financial or investment matters.
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