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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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TBI TILECiItAPU PHIXTI.nG CO.
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JE. J. STACK POLB
President *nd EJtlerinCnief
F. R. OrSTKR
Secretary
GUS M. STEIXMETZ
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dally average for tke thrca
★ asontlia eadtag Dee. 31, Utl
22,692
Average for the year 1014—23.213
Average for the year 1913—21,377
Average for the year ISIS—SI.I7S
Average for the year 1011—18.SS1
Average for the year l#lf —IT.4S6
SATCRDAY EVENING, JAN. SO
A STATE BITLDIXG CODE
IT is said that some members of the
Motion Picture Exhibitors' League
of Pennsylvania will set them
selves up in opposition to ex-Gov
ernor Tcner's recommendation that
the Legislature adopt a building code
lor Pennsylvania.
It is difficult to understand why any
body in any line of business should
object to building regulations of a sen
sible character and It is doubtful if
any objection that the moving picture
league or any other body may take at
this time will halt the Legislature in
nny plans it may be considering along
this line.
A statc-w ide building code ought to
be welcomed by everybody in the
Amusement business. Nobody conduct
ins a theater used for exhibition pur
pcscs can object to making that con
gregating place as safe as architectural
design and building art can make it.
The lives of thousands of people are at
stake and dollars cannot be considered
when this is so. Rather it should be
«xpected that theatrical and amuse
ment people in general would welcome
a common standard of construction
for everybody engaged in their line of
business.
Such a law would place them all on
the same footing. The conscientious
and careful manager who has built his
house with duo regard for the safety
of his patrons would not then be
thrown into competition with the un
scrupulous owner down tho street who
crowded those who came to witness his
chow into an unsanitary tiretrap.
Of course, the moving picture people
#>nd tho theater managers of the State
as a whole have a right to demand
that this new building code shall be
designed along practical and comnion
eense lines, with due regard for the
amount of money that may he reason
ably put into a playhouse designed to
be operated at what have coine to be
known as "popular prices." In this
they will have the support of the
Legislature and the Governor, too. no
doubt. But they cannot hope to hold
popular favor and maintain the con
fidence of their patrons if they put
themselves into a position that may be
regarded as prejudicial to the safety
and welfare of those who make their
business profitable.
A GOOD EXAMPLE
WITHOUT any desire to be
boastful or to pat ourselves
on the back without due oc
casion. we desire to call at
tention to the fact that the good ex
ample set by Telegraph employes in
saving for themselves a portion of
their weekly salaries has been fol
lowed by another representative busi
ness organization in Harrisburg.
The first association of this kind to
be formed locally was that organized
seven years ago by the men and
women connected with the Telegraph
Printing Company. it is operated
entirely apart from the affairs of the
company and is managed by the em
ployes themselves. So successful has
it been that mutual societies modeled
along its lines and patterned over its
design have been formed in connec
tion with many business firms and
companies, not only in Harrisburg,
but elsewhere.
Incidentally, it may be remarked
that the Telegraph Family proposer
to put aside this year for division
among its members next December
wore than SIO,OOO.
THE FATHER'S DUTY
FATHERS who do not teach their
boys the dangers of the social
evil and the sin of the double I
standard are not fit to be fathers, j
declared O. P. Beckley, a prominent
layman of this city, in a recent address
before a men's Bible class on Allison
Hill.
What do you think about this? Are t
you letting your son learn the vital!
truths of life and procreation in the'
streets? Or are you instructing him
yourself in a simple straightforward
way ?
Time was when parents, generally,
allowed feelings of mock modesty
to keep them from acquamtlng their
children with sex truths. But customs
kave changed until now the man who
ceglecta this important duty Is being
condemned by pulpit, platform and
press. Bee to It that you are not de
serving of such condemnation.
Unfortunately there is a restraint
between fathers and their sons which
prevents them from talking about mat
ters so Intensely personal. The only
*••>• to prevent «uch a restraint grow
SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JANUARY 30, 1015. '•
itig up is for you to chuin -with your
boy from the time he is "knee-high
to-a-grasshopper."
EXAGGERATING
CHARLES DICKENS once said, in
replying to a critic who com
plained that the characters of
many of his novels were over
drawn and that the situtlons described
in his books were exaggerated, that
this was necessary to emphasise the
points he desired to make.
Possible Billy Sunday will claim
the same license for some of his re
cent utterances in Philadelphia. With
all duo regard for the great work of
reform in which Sunday is engaged
and with no thought of reflecting upon
the good intentions of the noted evan
gelist. it must be said that Sunday at
times so seriously overstates his case
as to make one wonder whether the
impressions he creates in the ininds of
his hearers are always in accord with
those principles of justness and truth
on which Christian faith is founded.
For instance, Sunday said the other
I day: "The Clay and Webster and Cal
houn and Douglas and Lincoln types
of American history have been sup
planted by the good-for-nothing, God
forsaken, lick-spittle, peanut-headed,
weaxel-eyed, whisky-soaked. rum
guzzling politicians of our day."
If "Billy" Sunday means by the term
"politicians.'' tne leaders of political
affairs in Pennsylvania, he owes many
worthy men of all parties an apology-.
To those who have been observers of
the trend of political affairs in Penn
sylvania during recent years it has
been long apparent that the type of
individuals actively intcresttu in the
politics of the Commonwealth has been
steadily improving. For instance, the
legislature Is composed to-day for the
most part of serious men of high
minded purposes and temperate ha
bits. The day of the old time "ward
heeler" is passing and few of these
retain influence sufficient to procure
for themselves places of preference
wtihin the gift of the people-
As for ruin-guszling, there are few
men in Pennsylvania politics to-day
who could sit at a table in a drinking
bout with some of the elder states
men whom Mr. Sunday holds In such
high regard.
A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT
PROFIT-SHARING evidently has
been eminently successful at
the plant of the. Ilershey Cho-
eolate Company. Yesterday the
corporation notified its employes that
1.050 of the more than 1.500 persons
at work in this factory had qualified
for participation in the co-operative
plan. The list includes everybody
from office boy to President Hershey.
The plan in vogue at this plant is
worked out with the idea of increas
ing the efficiency of the working force
and maintaining the integrity of the
organization. To that end a scheme
has been devised whereby the em
ployes, according to their own length
of service and usefulness to the com
pany, would share in th profits ac
cruing from their efforts. That the
employes have responded cordially to
this invitation of the management is
shown by the growth of the plant and
the steady increase in the amount of
profits set aside each year to be di
vided among those entitled to partici
pate in them.
In other words, the men and women
who make the Hershey plant the suc
cess it is work better when they know
that every dollar of additional profits
for the company means an increase in
the amount of their own earnings.
This is a commonscnse proposition
worked out to a business-like logical
conclusion and is worthy of study by
manufacturers who arc interested in
increasing the profits of their plan
and at the same time the improving
of the conditions of their working
forces.
A BUSINESS CHAUTAUQUA
▼ r\"DER the direction of the Cham-
I ber of Commerce Harrisburg
is to have what somebody has
aptly termed a "business Chau
tauqua."
Experts in various lines of trades
are to be brought here to lecture be
fore the members of the Chamber.
This is an educational work of more
than ordinary importance. It is de
signed to e-.eet the needs of those who
attend, but it will fjave this other
value as well—that it will bring to
gether leaders of the various lines of
business in Harrisburg at a time when
business cares are laid aside and when
associations and acquaintanceships
can be formed or cultivated as is possi
| i)le in no other way.
Whatever may be said to the con
| trarv, it is nevertheless true that one
| of the best features of the Chamber
"f Commerce is the opportunity it of
| fers for on© businessman to rub
' shoulders with another and to meet
'one with another at frequent inter-
I vals on a basis of social and friendly
[equality. If the Chautauqua were to
do no more than this it would be well
worth all the time and money expend
ed on it.
CAR JUMPERS
AN ordinance is now before tho
Brooklyn Board of Aldermen
making it a misdemeanor,
punishable by a fine of JlO or
a jail sentence of ten days, for any
person to alight or board a street car
in motion.
Wise, indeed, would be the enforce-!
,:nent of such a law by any city, for
lit is a well-known fact that most of
'the accidents occurring to street car
! passengers are the result of effort# to
board or leave a car while it is In
motion.
Right here in Harrisburg far too
many people daily break all the rules
of "safety first;' by taking their lives
In their hands in this foolhardy way.
Without regard for the consequences
men—and women, too—will run after
a car and make a flying leap for the
rear end. Or In a hurry to get some
| where patrons jump off a car often
| directly in the path of other traffic.
Fortunately, the "pay-as-you-enter"
car. with its closed doors, is putting
an end to tne dangers of car jumping
here.
i EVENING CHAT I
Bills providing for the designation
or Slate flowers and State songs will
not get anywhere this session. Thev
occupied considerable attention dur
ins the last General Assembly, but
this year the.v will be put into the
very minor class, and if thev got out
of the committers to which thev are
referred they wilt be lucky. Accord
ing to gossip that is going the rounds
ot the Capitol corridors, the legisla
tors have taken to their hearts the
very manifest desire of the people of
the State at large that few additional
laws be enacted, and while many of
them have asked the Legislative Inf
erence Bureau to draft bills, it is said
that some of them will be merely pre
sented and not pressed. The legis
lators who stay here over the week
end are sitting up and taking notice
of the time and care being devoted
by Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh
on the drafting of the compensation
act and do not see much chance for
freak legislation. Some of the legis
lators have voiced the idea that when
the people of the State take up one
song and sing with manifest nest then
it will be time to designate a song,
and they think that State flower bills
are more apt to stir up time consum
ing debate than anything else. The
State flower bill was amended and
changed and reprinted three limes
last session and then died, after hav
ing cost the State about SIOO for
printing, to say nothing of the expense
of reporting and printing the debates
in the Legislative Journal. Prospects
are that there will be a "hands off"
policy in regard to the school code
and that bills of small importance will
occupy a very minor place.
Everybody can tell a story, but
every person who tells a story docs
not ulways get away with it. There
are stories old and new. Some folks
can tell an old story over and over
again and make a hit. Others are a
dead failure unless it is a new story,
lrvin S. Cobb told a rather old story
to the Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce on Thursday and got the laughs.
It was about the tindlng of a body of
a colored man along the gutter, stiff
and unconscious from the cold. Fail
ure to revive the colored man brought
the verdict that he was dead. The
ground was frozen too hard to bury
the man. so they decided to cremate
the body. The "511(1"." as Cobb refer
red to it, was placed in the oven. The
next morning when the attendant
opened the door ;o collect the ashes
a voice from the oven called out, "Who
opened that door and let In the draft."
"That is an awful old story," said one
of Cobb's hearers, a businessman,
after the luncheon. He remarked. "1
told it at a dinner last week and was
asked to tell something new."
The Harrisburg Rotary Club is one
of the liveliest organizations in the
city. Recently the club (lined na
tional officers at the Harrisburg Club,
while wives of members entertained a
number of visiting ladies elsewhere.
Now it is proposed that they get to
gether for an evening and a "ladies'
night." to include dinner and a recep
tion. has been announced for Tues
day, March 2. A similar affair last
year was one of the most successful
entertainments in the history of the
club. In addition there will be a
meeting of the club next Tuesday
evening at the store of George W.
Bogar. 14 North Market Square, and
on February 23 many of the Ro
tarians will go to Philadelphia to at
tend the decennial of Rotary by the
clubs of the eastern division of the
international body. John C. Orr,
chairman of the entertainment com
mittee, is in charge of arrangements
and it is expected that the enrollment
will be large enough to warrant a
special car.
Employes of the Harrisburg Rail
ways Company are laughing these days
at a story told by a conductor running
on the Hill lines.
"I never was able to find any pie
or cake in my bucket," the story-teller
explained, "and in due time I took the
matter up with my better seven
eights."
" "Why, John, certainly I put pie in
your bucket!" insisted the Missus."
"So we made a joint investigation
and found that my 5-year-old heir
who brought my lunch box to my car
each day. was opening the bucket and
helping himself to those things which
he particularly relished and which he
probably thought would make his
daddy sick.
'I hated to thrash the youngster, so
I bought a lock for the bucket, kept
one key and gave a second to my wife.
But I neglected to tell her I had one
of the keys in my pocket.
"Next day my box came down, with
the lock tight shut, but no pie'. This
time I decided to raise tho deuce and
did.
" 'Why I locked the l>ox.' explained
my wife, 'and gave the key to Johnny
to give to you.""
Johnny had used the key. I used
the stick.
Enos H. Porter, former United
States marshal of the Western district
of Pennsylvania, was among visitors
here this week. He came to attend
the Panama-Pacific exposition com
mission meeting.
Henry Gransback, Sr.. is the oldest
man in point of age in the present
Legislature. He has served in both
Senate and House.
T WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1
—George S. Patterson, the Philadel
phia lawyer, will be one of the speak
ers at the Philadelphia bankers' ban
quet next week.
—State Treasurer Young who has
been ill. is improving at his home in
Wellsboro.
—L. H. Bartley, well-known Pitts
burgh police official, will retire after
long service.
—F. M. Towl, of Oil City, has been
re-elected president of the Eureka
Pipe lines.
—G. E. Reynolds, of Waynesburg. is
head of the new Greene county trol
ley lines.
f—M YOU KN6W —1
Tliat Harrisburg can still be
made a great fruit distributing
center.
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Trade Follows Value
Here is an axiom that evsry
manufacturer knows.
But do they ever think of ap
plying it to their advertising
problems?
The drift of all advertising
is to-day towards the daily news- j
paper for exactly this reason
TRADE FOLLOWS VALUE.
The newspaper gives more I
Immediate, more definite, more
profitable returns than any
other medium.
To the national manufactur
er. newspaper advertising has
really a double value, for it not
only influences consumers but I
It encourages local dealers to |
push the advertised product.
Manufacturers with advertis
ing problems are invited to ad
dress the Bureau of Advertising,
American Newspaper Publishers
Association, World Building,
New York,
SCHOOL COOE IS \
TO BE TRIED OUT
Sentiment of Educators Against
Making Radical Changes For
Some Time to Come
PREPARING ELECTION BILL
•! It Will Make Its Appearance Soon;
Crow Asks For Contributions
For Deficit
Indications are that the policy of
' allowing the school code to be thor
oughly tried out before any changes
[ of radical character are made to it,
I which marked the last session of the
' legislature, will be followed this ses
sion, one of the most significant ac
, tlons in this direction being taken here
| yesterday by the Association of Penn
sylvania College Presidents. This or
ganisation, which comprises the ex
ecutive of every institution of learning
in the State, held its annual meeting
j here and expression of opinion was
' unanimous that no changes of mo
i ment should be made. Coming so
j soon after Governor Martin U. Brum
j baugh's remark that he hoped all
• bills proposing changes to the code
• would be referred to the State Hoard
| of Education for investigation, this is
I taken to mean that the leaders in edu
j cational matters have concluded that
sufficient test of the Tener code has
not been had.
Members of the State Board were
present at the meeting of the college
i presidents and participated in the dis
j cussion of the propositions made to
the State Educational Association that
the county unit be adopted for admin
istration purposes and that the 200
hours of study required for a profes
sional certificate to teach should be
changed, it was decided by the presi
dents that the township unit should
be recommended for retention and the
county idea laid aside for the present
and that the 200 hours be continued.
The matter of appropriations for
educational purposes will not be taken
tip until the tinal estimates on the
re\ onues available for appropriation
are furnished to the Governor and
the chairmen of the appropriations
commitecs by the fiscal officers. The
questions asked regarding the income
have been sent to Auditor General
A. W. Powell and State Treasurer
11. K. Young.
—Senator William E. Crow, as chair
man of the Republican State commit
tee, yesterday sent out an appeal to
representative Republicans throughout
Pennsylvania for subscriptions to meet
the unpaid bills of the State organ
ization. Chairman Crow's letter reads:
"In order to achieve a victory of
such magnitude as would Impress upon
the people of the entire country the
fact that Pennsylvania is in favor of
the protective tariff policy so Impor
tant to the business, financial, manu
facturing and farming interests, the
Republican State committee, during
the campaign last Fall, spared no ex
pense to awaken enthusiasm and edu
cate the voters to their duty. Though
the committee received many generous
contributions, we find there is an in
i debtedness against us of $92,471.62.
1 This debt represents legitimate ex-
Ipenses, and. in my opinion, should be
a general appeal. A voluntary con
tribution from you to assist in liqui
dating this Indebtedness would, there
fore, be thankfully received and greatly
appreciated. If this matter appeals to
you prompt action is desirable, and
your • heck, addressed to the order of
Charles Johnson, treasurer of the Re
: publican State committee, will be
promptly and gratefully acknowl
edged."
—The Democrats also have a deficit
which is drawing interest and which,
It is said, is commencing to bother
some of the leaders. No one has
shown any disposition to bear burdens
and "angels" of past campaigns have
become very "tight" on contributions.
—Democratic State Chairman Mor
ris was at Washington yesterday ar
ranging with Congressman Palmer
about some new slices of patronage
pie for the faithful.
—Secretary Bryan is said to he In
sisting on the appointment of George
W. Ackltn. of Pittsburgh, to a federal
place, although the machine leaders
want another man to help patch up
their battered organization.
—Announcement was made yester
day that Richard J. Baldwin had
agreed not to present a bill to repeal
the suburban metropolitan planning
commission act, passed by the lust
legislature, and that Speaker Ambler
would present an amendment to the
present law to straighten out the pres
ent mix-up over the authority granted
to assess upon the township and other
local governments in Its jurisdiction
for its expenses. The commission is
thus spared from a flght In the legis
lature.
—The gossip in Philadelphia is that
the bills to amend the election laws
t» put "fly-by-night" parties and rump
affairs on a rational basis and to carry
out other changes as already outlined
in the Telegraph will appear next
week.
notiS AND MEN
The same heart beats in every
human breast.—Matthew Arnold.
3t.i' • of Ohio. City of Toledo. Lucas County, as.
Frank J. Thenar makes oath that ho 1 < g»n!
partner of the firm of V. 3. Cheney & Co.. do
ing business in the City of Toledo, Count)- anrl
State aforesaid, anu that said Urm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and erery case of Catarrh that eannot be
cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CnENEY.
fiworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence, this Bth day of December, A. D., ISS4
Seal. A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally and
acts directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Scud for testimonials,
free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, 73c.
Tat# Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Your Wife
Your Mother
Your Sister
YOU!
Must See the Great Money
Problem Play
Runaway June
By George Randolph Chester
First Episode at
V cloria Theater
Monday, February Ist
Our Semi-Annual F] 7/J
. Sale of Rugs ijT
Begins Monday Morning, Feb, Ist k
During the entire month of February we will offer yj
our stock of superior quality Rugs at reductions that
range from 10 per cent, to 40 per cent.
All this season's stock —none bought for sale pur
poses. All the newest designs in rich and beautiful col
orings wonderfully blended. Every rug perfect and
guaranteed in every respect. L
One Lot of 9x12 Wilton Rugs, $37.50 values, at $29.90
One Lot of 8.3x10.6 Wilton Rugs, $35.00 values, at $26.50
One Lot of 9x12 Body Brussels Rugs, $27.50 values, at.. . .$18.98
One Lot of 8.3x10.6 Body Brussels Rugs, $25.00 values, at $ 17.95
One Lot of 9x12 Axminster Rugs, $25.00 values, at $17.75
One Lot of 8.3x10.6 Axminster Rugs, $22.50 values, at.. . .$16.75
One Lot of 9x12 Tapestry Rugs, $15.00 values, at $10.98
One Lot of 8.3x10.6 Tapestry Rugs, $13.50 values, at $9.98
L. W. COOK
\ OUR DAILY LAUGH )
i j
BAFE RULK.
When a fellow.
I ' J!f™L P°<"" or rich,
I' '_Minds his bis.
There's lots of
trouble into
He Isn't apt to
HIS MISTAKE *
VPf Wifey: Before
TO^TL-iA^F^' )W we were married
S|-f*f you told me that
V\J j should never !
It m * *' a nt t*>r any- |
Hubby: Thit'
ull r\v shows how little I
knew of you then.
NOT A GIFT
By Wing Dinger
There is a chap in Harrisburg
Who's on the job, all right.
He called me on the telephone
At 8 o'clock last night.
He said he noticed, from the poe-'
Which I wrote yesterday.
That my supply of coal would seem
To be ebbing away.
And then he said he'd gladly send
Enough coal up to me
To last until hot weather comes—
My soul was filled with glee.
I said. "Good friend, what is your;
name."
He told it—but gee. whiz.
It was a man who sells the stuff I
And simr>i~ out for biz.
The State Capital Savings
and Loan Association
108 NORTH SECOND ST.
HARRISBURG, PA.
The Largest Building and Loan Association
in Pennsylvania
EIGHTEENTH YEAR RESOURCES, $3,008,702.47
Officers and Directors
GEO. W. CREIGHTON, President. • E. R. PIERCE, First Vice-President and
JOSEPH SAVIDGE, Second Vice-President. Secretary.
EDWARD Z. GROSS, Treasurer. j. W. SWARTZ, Counsel.
Statement of Condition as of December 31, 1914
ASSETS , LIABILITIES
Loans on Bonds and Mortgages, $2,835,426.16 Instalment Stock Dues, $694,652.48
T •. . ... , c . , lomnsn Profits for Instalment Stock
Loans on the Association s Stock, 12,190.:>0 Dues 149 531 97
Real Estate, 48,492.04 '
Real Estate sold under Contract, 98,530.00 $844,184.45
Cash on Hand and in Banks, ... 7,381.04
„ „ 4 Pa,d Stock, $1,042,500.00
Interest, Premium and Rents Ac- Instalment Payments on Interest
crued and Dividends Ad- _ Reduction Loans 599.800.37
vanced, 5,682.73 Balance held to Complete Loans, 10,275.00
Safes, Furniture and Supplies, .. 1,000.00 Contingent Fund, 11,942.65
$3,008,702.47 -ft53,008,702.47
WE CERTIFY that the above Statement of Condition is a true Exhibit of the accounts
and that, in our opinion, it correctly sets forth the financial condition of the State Capital Savings
and Loan Association as of December 31, 1914.
THE AUDIT COMPANY OF NEW YORK
A. W. DUNNING, H. I. LUNDQUIST,
NE\V YORK President. Secretary.
January 20, 1915.
I
[From the Telegraph. Jan 30, 1865]
Rumors Spread
Richmond, Jan. 29.—This city Is
full of rumors about a 90-day armis
tice between the two armies.
Kill Xcfcrors in Raid
Louisville, Jan. 28.—1n a guerrilla
raid near here, 30 negroes were killed.
(General Uprising
Panama, Jan. 28.—A general up
rising has started in several of the
colonies of Central America.
IDLE WONDER
We wonder what the Parisian gen
! tleman is doing just now—the one who
i had the reputation of being the world's
I best dresser? , i
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A. WISEMAN, M. D.
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GORGAS DRUG STORES, 16 N. Third St. and Penna. Station.
'(
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY
YEARS AGO TO-DAY
[From the Telegraph, Jan. 30, 1865]
To Preach Here
The Rev. F. I. Clere, D. D., of Car
lisle, will preach in the St. Paul's
Episcopal Church to-morrow.
Transfer Company
Co. E. 201 st Pa. Vols., has been sent
to Pittsburgh.
Ask For Fifty Companies
Fifty new companies of volunteers
have been called for.
HOW POETRY IS WRITTEN
"This is a pretty poem of yours.
Something tossed off to gratify a
whimsical fancy?"
"No: something ground out to pay a
I wash bill."