6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Estahlishtd itjl PUBLISHED BY TUB TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. PTACKPOLB PtuUtnt and Edtitr-in-Chitf T. R. OTSTER Sicretary G'JS M. STEINMETZ Mantling Editor Published avery avenlng (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 Dailies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, Sew Tork City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at <3T®ss'.tf sjtts> Six cents a week. v '' Mailed to subscribers at SJ.OO a year in advance. Entered at the Post Office in Harris, burg. Pa., as second class matter. Sworn dally average for the three ★ uiouths ending Jan.31>1915. A 21,757 Average for the year 1014—23.218 I Average for the year 1813—21,577 Average for the year 1812—21,175 Average for the year 1811—18,851 Average for the year 181f *-17,485 WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB. 17 THE THIRD JUDGESHIP BILL THE Nissley third judgeship bill is deserving of the serious consid eration of the Legislature. The courts of Dauphin county are among the most important in the State. The two judges are so over crowded with work that it not infre quently happens they must call in judges from other districts to help thera during rush periods. Sometimes us many as four judges are sitting at one time in this county, each on a separate case and each case of more than ordinary magnitude. In addition to the large number of civil and criminal cases that naturally arise in a county of such diverse in terests and cosmopolitan population as Dauphin, all of the State tax cases are by law tried out here, and they alone number hundreds in the coui*se of a year. Many election cases must also be heard in the local courts, the law providing for this on account of the fact that this is the official home and headquarters of the attorney gen eral, and they also pass on the con stitutionality of many laws of doubt ful legality. All of this is work of vast importance, in many cases involving intricate points of law and much re search. The courts here arc admittedly be hind with their work. This is not surprising, although both judges are industrious and spend hours at their desks that would disqualify them for membership in any self-?espeeting labor union, and the only remedy, It ould seem, lies in the direction of a third judge to be at hand all the time to take up a share of the ever-growing burden. PROBING THE MYSTERY CORONER ECKINGER and the county authorities are entirely justilied in making whatever expenditures are necessary to solve the mystery surrounding the finding of the skeleton of an unknown wirl in the cellar of the house at 133 South Fourteenth street. The mur der, as it unquestionably was, must not bo allowed to go unpunished, if any way can be found to bring to jus tice the unknown slayer. There are so .many unusual circumstances in this case that the truth may never be known, but that ought not to halt the officials for a moment in their work until the last clue has been run do%vn and the movements of every family that lias occupied the house since its erection are satisfactorily explained. Not only is this in line with justice to the girl whose body lay so long in its cellar grave, but others who may be disposed to hide crime in a similar manner must be given to understand that the arm of the law is long and t liut its servants in Harrisburg leave no stone unturned to bring to book those who inay be guilty when onee the crime is discovered. If money and time are required for this, they should be freely given. The blood of this young victim cries out for ven geance and the public is anxious that an example shall be set. SAFEGUARDING YOUR CHILDREN THE Woman's Home Companion for March contains some ad vice that every mother ought to pin to the walls of her nursery for daily consultation. In the Better Babies Department ap pears a special page for mothers in which special, emphasis is laid on the fact that this is the sea son when contagious diseases, reap their harvests among infants and chil dren. The most common acute con tagious diseases are diphtheria, whooping cough, scarlet fever and measles, all of which are preventable. The following suggestions are given as to how to prevent your children from contagion: Keep your home well ventilated and free from dust germs. Keep your garbage container cov ered and free from leaks. Keep your back yard clean. Never throw out dishwater to freeze, melt and breed germs. Teach your children to avoid other children who have bad colds, espec ially "whoopy" coughs; who have rashes, or whose skin is peeling off, or w hose throats are tied up. Train your children to wash their hands before eating, to avoid public drinking cups and towels, and to buj* no food from stands, carts or baskets unprotected from dust. Send for your doctor If your usually active child turns dull, listless and WEDNESDAY EVENING, complaining, or If your baby, who cannot complain, shows any of these symptoms: Dry, hot skin: persistent vomiting; fretfulness and wakeful ness: sneezing and coughing: lack of appetite, refusing breast or bottle at the usual time. Many a case of severe illness, yes, even death, may be prevented by ob serving such easily remembered prac tical common sense rules as these. BAND CONCERT ASSOCIATION THE announcement that an or ganization will be formed in the near future tor be called the Municipal Band Concert Asso ciation of Harrisburg, the sole objects of which will be to give free band con certs for the benefit of the general public In the parks of the city, de serves the hearty co-operation of the people. Harrisburg enjoyed mightily the splendid concerts given years ago I under the direction of the park au thorities. and it Is too bad that some way has not been found to continue them. For a long -time, under the direction of George G. Kennedy, when he was superintendent of the Water Depart ment, and later through the energy of | the then Park Superintendent Y. Grant Forrer, large sums of money were subscribed for weekly concerts at Reservoir Park, but the work of raising these subscriptions became so burdensome that those in charge of the growing park work found it im possible to continue them, so that dur ing the past two or three years only occasional concerts were held. The people missed this popular and whole some form of outdoor summer amuse ment, and they will no doubt be glad to co-operat© with and support any movement looking toward their re sumption. THE STEEL TRADE THINGS are looking up in the iron trade. The United States Steel Corporation reports an in crease of unfilled orders to the amount of 411,92S tons last month, which was double the quantity that had been predicted. The corporation reports that this is the greatest accu mulation of orders in any one month since last April and" that the whole iron and steel industry is showing signs of improvement daily. The steel trade has long been re garded as a barometer of business, i If It is active the remainder of the business of the country is extremely likely to be in the same satisfactory State. Over 60 per cent..of the ca pacity of the steel plants of the coun try are now being operated and when it is remembered that last December not more than 40 per cent, capacity was in operation, the slow but steady gain may be noted. A continuance of this increase in two months' time will see front 70 to 80 per cent, of the mills active, and while that will not be up to top notch, yet it will be suffi cient to send a thrill of business throughout the land that will do much toward restoring things to normal in many lines of industry. HELP THE POLICE BY phoning for the police when he saw a man climbing a back porch, a Philadelphia suburban ite assisted in the capture of a much-sought second-story man. It is the duty of every citizen to aid the police wherever possible. Otherwise good citizens ure sometimes the slowest to aid justice by appear ing against wrongdoers. They dislike publicity. But when appearing at a hearing for the good of the commun ity, fear of publicity is nothing more ! nor less than cowardice. Too many of our good people com plain because of police inefficiency who would not turn a hand to aid in the apprehension of a criminal or help one whit in putting a stop to a crim inal practice. IIE.\I<TH SAFEGUARDS PASSENGEIiS on interstate vessels may hereafter drink freely of the water supplies thereon without fear. Secretary of the Treasury W. G. McAdoo is sending out to-day an amendment to the interstate quar antine regulations which prohibits such vessels from serving to their passengers water from the lake or stream over which the vessel is being navigated unless Its purity is assured. This is a part of the general scheme which the United States Public Health Service is putting into operation for the protection of the health of the traveling public. Other regulations have been promulgated in the past prohibiting the use of common drink ing cups and common towels upon interstate trains and at depots, and requiring the furnishing of pure water to passengers and employes of com mon carriers, and requiring the post ing of warning notices upon recep tacles containing impure water at or near railway stations where it might be used for drinking purposes. Inasmuch as over sixteen million people travel every year on thevGreat Lakes alone, these regulations are hav ing a most important effect upon the public health. Not only in that they prevent passengers from contracting disease and carrying it to their homes, but also because such regulations have a decided educational value. As a re sult of the regulations requiring the certification of water supplied on trains many of the smaller cities of the United States have made radical improvements which are a necessary preliminary to the issuance of a cer tificate and have demonstrated th<? fact that many sources of water supply hitherto regarded as above reproach have been found to fall far below the minimum standard of water purity promulgated by the government Octo ber 21, 1914. The importance of these regulations may be judged from the fact that nearly every case of typhoid fever re ported In Harrisburg in the past three years has resulted from water drunk at some point outside the city. We in Harrisburg are spending thousands of dollars a year to protect our people from diseases due to impure water and it is gratifying to note that the national government is at last awake to a condition that our local govern ment recoguized years ago. FevenTng chat I The Judges of Dauphin county court and the members of the bar who At tended the annual banquet of the Dauphin County Bar Association Monday evening paid a tribute to HVJ. . oun «- th «-' veteran, ever jeadj, always-willing law librarian, in lr^„. CoUrse °, the evening cigars and songs were In order and to give zest h»rli.i.™ C ef'urts of the assembled in motion. Among the pictures flashed upon the screen weft those of Presi- Kunkel, Additional Law Judge Mit.arroll—and Mr. Young. P . : ? rh ,)icture an appropri ate caption and the lawyers greeted each slide with vociferous song. The songs changed to cheering when the ?i!« » • loun 8 appeared. Then they all swung into "Hello. Davey, >oure a Friend O' Mine." Beneath \.?m un £. s P'cture was the caption: The Man Behind the Bench." «. ai N employes of the Pennsylvania Steel Company will miss the monthlv X!?ki! °f: "Frog Digest." the publication of which has been sus pended under the company's recent economy program. B. A. Hankin, for many years connected with the Phila delphia Record, edited the little pa- P?'" " was tilled with breezy sketches of happenings about the big steel | plant that never get into the dailv papers besides a great many special articles pertaining to the operation of the- big plant. < ongressman B. K. Foeht is making some interesting comments on things in Harrisburg in his paper, the Lewis burg News, these days. This is the way he discusses a recent legislative action: "Under the provisions of a onstitntionai amendment adopted by a vote of the people of Pennsylvania it w-as proposed to do away with the office of Secretary of the Interior, which was thought to have served its day of usefulness. But the amend ment as voted on and carried by the people had one step further to go, and that was to be passed a second time by the Legislature. On Tuesdav the bill was called up in the Senate, but did not receive a single vote. So the Hon. Henry Houck will sit tight on this job during the term for which he was elected last Kali. No doubt Henry said, when he heard of the vote, Goodness gracious how lucky I am. It seems I am better off than the fel low who rushed up to the stamp win dow in the post office and requested that the clerk sell him live postal cards as he wished to write all his friends. Uncle Henry Houck has an intection that i:< contagious, something that radiates and diffuses and kicks [dull care out of the window and raises the curtains that admit what is equiva lent to the glory o the morning—the cheer and good -vill which only a true and noble soul could transfuse. Not one vote against the bill? That was not it. It was not. one vote against Henry! There are no votes to be cast against anything which seems to be Henry's, especially when the call to him came through the medium of the sabred ballot. All hail Henry. Long may his glorious sunset linger." Among the visitors to the city yes-' teida> was the Rev. George Israel' Browne, former rector of St. Church, and now rector of St. John's at Lancaster. He same here to see' friends and visited the Capitol where! he ran across >he Rev. C. F. Swift a former member from Beaver. Mr. Browne is noted for his strong ideas and he and the Beaver man ran a tilt. Ex-Senator James L. Adams, of Pittsburgh, who was a visitor to the city this week, is one of the best in formed men on road improvement matters in the whole State. He has made it a study for years and Is prob ably as well posted as some of the ex- i perts. Mr. Adams is thinking out) some of the provisions of the new highway department atft. R- kelson Bennett, prominent " ilkes-Barre city otfleial, was in the City for the third-class legislative hearings. He has been active in civic affairs in Luzerne county for years and io one of the best-known authori ties on the business of that great an thracite district. Frank "Wert, who started his news paper career on the Telegraph, and who was afterward city editor of the Patriot and connected in an editorial way with various Philadelphia and Baltimore newspapers, is making good as head of the Department of Public Relations of the Mahoning and Shenango Railways and Light Com pany, a corporation operating exten sively in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. A part of his duties consists of editing a monthly publica tion known as the Em-an-Ess Elec tric News. The publicatibn shows the earmarks of Mr. Wert's long experi ence in newspaper work. It Is bright, chatty and devoted largely to "safety first" and efficiency, and is one of the best little journals of its kind to reach the Telegraph exchange desk. Holler skating appears to have come back with full force in many sections of the ctty since the snow has dis appeared from the streets and young sters in residential sections are having fun "tagging on" to automobiles. One car this morning "towed" something like six kids on their way to school. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE I —Congressman John R. Farr, of Seranton, says he means to push his wheat embargo bill. —Dr. Benjamin R. Reath, of Phila delphia. is spending a short time at Palm Beach. —George W. Elkins is on his way home after a sojourn in Florida. —Frank Rinn, Allentown's sealer of weights, has issued notices that he will arrest people who sell by tKe short ton. ' -DoWkNQW—'I That Harrlsbiirg will have the largest park system of any city of it* size in fourteen states within two years? AN EVENING THOUGHT Rich through my brethren's pov erty— Such wealth were hideous: I am blest Only in what they share with me In what I share with all the rcs *- —Lucy Lareom. / Watch Your Step A business takes a step back ward when it stands still. The day progress ceases, is the day dry rot begins. Business should grow as the population increases—lf it does not the possible reason is that competitors are more successful in attracting trade. It advertises Its right to live and to thrive its capacltv for icrvlce. It uses newspapers for Its advertising because they afford the most efficient menus of reaching the public. *- HARBISBURG <£££& TELEGRAPH PRESIDENT IAFT TO ADDRESS SOLORIS Formally Invited to Speak to the General Assembly of Pennsyl vania in April GOVERNOR TO REQUEST IT No Successor to Cunningham Will Be Named For Some Time, It Is Understood Ex-President William Howard Taft will be the guest of the Pennsylvania legislature when he comes to the city on April 15 to deliver his lecture at the Technical High School under she auspices of the students of the Har risburg Academy. The Senate last night adopted a resolution presented by Senator Sprout requesting Governor Brumbaugh to invite the former President to r. 1- dress the General Assembly. The resolution also Included an invitation to visit the State Capitol. Jt is understood that Governor Brumbaugh will semi the invitation as soon as the House concurs. Head master Arthur E. Brown, of the Acad emy, visited his office yesterday and discussed the plans for the visit of the former President to the city. Last session Secretary of State Bryan addressed the legislators on the occasion of his visit here and Senator Boies Penrose also spoke to the mem bers. —Sheriff George W. Richards, of Pittsburgh, was here last night, hav ing come on an errand of mercy. He took to the Western Penitentiary An drew Malinowsky, condemned to bo electrocuted. He then informally asked that his sentence be com muted. I —lt is understood that no selection i of a sucessor to Deputy Attorney Gen eral J. E. B. Cunningham will be made for several weeks, probably not ! until the department is reorganized along the lines of Governor Brum baugh's plan. R3UND ABOUT PENNSYLVANIA Old King Harleycorn was forliUluen l'rom the banquet hall of the North umberland County Bar Association last week. Nevertheless more than a hundred lawyers attended. After a bit there won't be even a stone where Booze can pillow his dying head. If you're thinking of jilting your sweetheart, and she has her wedding finery purchased, take a little tip from Sam Kamanarsky, of Philadelphia don't! It cost Sam S3OO because be threw down his sweetheart. Miss Esther Apler. some time after she had bought all her lingerie for the happy event which was just a few days off. The lacy what-nots that went to make up her trousseau cost only SIOO, but the Jury decided Ksther's humiliation and disappointment was worth at least another four hundred. • • * Speaking of juries, at Scranton the other day. a trial was held up by one of twelve good men and true who in sisted on snoring through part of the testimony. As long as he just slept and let it go at that the judge didn't seem to mind, for he could easily understand how one might get drowsy in a court session. But John Westcott. the tales man in question, had tr spoil It all by trying to "saw wood." The sleeping Juror was discovered by Judge H. M. Edwards, who rapped with his gtovel and snapped, "We oannot go on, gentle men. We have only eleven jurors." Tvo tipstaves immediately tackled the sleeper and after a half dozen tweaks at his nose, he yawned, rubbed his eyes, and the proceedings were started again. Another queer Jury happening occur red in Philadelphia the other day. A jury which had In hand the fate of Perry Young, a negro charged witli murder ate too much applesauce and groans were followed by appeals for a "wee nip" o' blackberry brandy. Judge Little, of Susquehanna county, who pre sided at the Young trial, was Informed of tile jurors' trouble bv an ex Ited tipstaff. "JCo blackberry brandy," directed the Jud'Te. "It's illegal to have booze in a jurv room. Give 'em Jamaica ginger." in a half hour the Jurors were cured. Guilty! was the verdict. m * * New Castle—a dry town—has a new industry. It's a brewery! Xew Castle is quite unselfish. Perched high and dry on the water wagon, the folk up that way absolutely refuse to partake ot the stuff that makes for hilarity, but they do not take a dog-in-the-man ger attitude. Although refusing to harden their own arteries, they are altogether willing to manufacture the liquid so that some other community can become gloriously intoxicated !£ It chooses. MT'A^oiagn [Prom the Telegraph, Feb. 17, 1865] Mrs. Cattrell Dead Mrs. Letitia Cattreli, a resident of Harrisburg for 63 years, died to-day. Forger Arrested Jas. D. Heldler has been arrested at Newport, R. 1., for forging a check on a Harrisburg bank. People Look For Peace People of this city are making every effort to help the Union army as they think this in the flnal campaign. USEFUL What kind of work could you pos sibly do around an office?" "I'm a kind o' all-around handy man, mister. I kin hold a door open, light a match for ye, look out an' see if it's ralnin', call a taxi, drop letters down the chute, an' tell folks yer out when ye ain't." —Life. ■ —— i. .mm in ia I €|uality § NO PREMIUMS B Maitn o(the Ihfhttt Grade Turkish » and Egyptian Ggarrttes in th/ Wirii X r OUR DAILY LAUGH V; v j raimicOULBX.T —IMPROVEON ' 1 ♦ 800-hoo! I'm MO doggone good now that I can't i think of no New Zr- Tear resolutions to make! j MORE LIKELY. He: These New | Tear resolutions I cure it Isn't the Mlebratlng 1* a t I night makes you f * THAT'S WHY. sot that haggard look since you look you mean, ways talking SOMEONK DID IT Ming Dlngrr Someone up at our house Surely has my goat. Someone up at our house Of this should take note: Someone up at our house Soon wll trouble see When I learn who at our house Sprung this joke on me. Someone up at our house Turned an hour ahead Hands upon the small clock That stands by my bed. This morn 'stead of seven Through his doggone tricks, Someone up at our house Got me up at six. Nor did X discover, Till down stairs I went. That another hour I might well have spent In my bed so comfy— Gee, but I did spout— Someone up at our house Take this tip—Watch out. I EDITORIAL COMMENT] SIMPLE MEANS IXI AX END [Pittsburgh Dispatch.] Doughnuts are to be made smaller in some cities. Why not make the hole larger? IT DUES THAT [Philadelphia Inquirer.] The proposition to send the Liberty | Bell scooting across the continent gives rise to the suspicion that there are some cracs in kother belfrys. IIER REVELATION" A little girl traveling in a sleeping car with her parents greatly objected to being put in an. upper berth. She wai assured that papa, mamma and God wolild watch over her. She was settled in the berth at last and the passengers were quiet for the night, when a small voice piped: "Mama!" "You there?" "Yes, dear." "Yes, I'm here. Now go to sleep." "Papa, you there?" "Yes, I'm here. Go to sleep like a good girl." This continued at intervals for some time until a fellow passenger lost pa tience and called: "We're all here! Your father anil mother and brothers and sisters and uncles and aunts and tlrst cousins. All here. Now go to sleep!" There was a brief pause after this explosion. Then the tiny voice piped up again, but very softly: "Mamma-" * "Well." "Was that God?" —Kansas City Star. CABLE ADVICES "I'm new in the cigar business, so I'm trying to familiarize myself with the various brands." "Learning the ropes, so to speak." ■—Louisville Courier-Journal. DIETING TO KEEP WELL Some people are born with a tend ency to certain diseases. What they eat either aggravates this condition or tends to correct it . Anybody can see the Importance of a proper diet, but human beings, un like the lower animals, lack the in stinct that tells them what to eat and ; what to avoid. It is a fact that proper diet and a good tonic will keep people well under most conditions and restore them to health except In acute diseases where the need of a physician is imperative. Start to-day by writing to the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y„ for a copy of the diet book, "What to Eat and How to Eat." It is full of useful information and describes the tonic treatment with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for indigestion, nervous dys pepsia, for those conditions of flatu lency or gas on the stomach, discom- | fort after eating, caused by lack of tone in the digestive organs. Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills supply the stomach with well-oxygenated blood without which good digestion is Impossible. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are a nonalcoholic tonic and are free from poisons. A short course of treatment with these pills will show in an improved appetite, better digestion, refreshing sleep and quiet nerves. Your own druggist sells Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. —-Advertisement. I We'll Catch That Cold | when you exchange 25 cents for a j bottle of our cough remedy. We guarantee to catch that cold of yours. Relieves light colds instantly and never falls to overtake bad ones. Its name Is Tar-Tolu and White Pine Cough Syrup 25c per bottle HIKS DRUG SIORE j 426 Market St. v.., iTry Telegraph Want Ads.! FEBRUARY 17, 1915. P*San Francisco*# | Exposition )I OPENS J California and Both Expositions for One Fare The great Panama-Pacific Exposi tion at San Francisco will be opened on February 20th—official opening date. On March Ist the "St. Paul Road" will inaugurate special low fare excursions to the Pacific Coast and return. Both expositions can be visited for the one fare. Stopovers can be made at any point en route. Make the " Grand Circle Tour" Go direct to San Francisco or Los Angeles without change of cars, surrounded with every travel comfort and luxury on the steel equipped, fastest, no extra fare, "train of double des tination"—"The Pacific Limited." Return by the Pacific North Coast and the picturesque 'Trail of the Olympian." To ride for over 2000 miles through a maze of western scenic splendors on the sumptuous, all steel "Olym pian," where comforts and conveniences abound, gives the trip a grand climax. One road all the way the CHICAGO Milwaukee & St. Paul RAILWAY Send for folders that will give full informa tion for planning the entire trip. Address J. R. POTT, Dlfrt. Paw. Agent, Koom 205-6-7 Park Vtltlg., Pittsburgh, Pa. [From the Telegraph, Feb. 17, 1865] Sherman Again Active Washington, Feb. 17. —Sherman's i advance cavalry are near the north eastern border. The rebels have given up all hope for Charleston. Xnshville Threatened Nashville, Feb. 10.—Rebel cavalry men are threatening this city. Guer rillas also are on the move. Appointments Announced Washington, Feb. 16.—Major Gen eral J. M. Palmer will take charge of the Union army in Kentucky; Gen. Thomas in the Cumberlund; Gen. Sherman, unchanged. Corns Dissolved Away By Painless Remedy Success Every Time No pain, no cutting, no plasters or i pads to press the sore spot. Putnam's j Corn Extractor makes the corn go j without pain. Just apply according to ! directions and you can then forget you e\or had a corn. Just as good for callouses, warts or bunions. It rfe moves the cause and thereby effects a lasting relief. Putnam's Painless Corn and Wart Kxtractor—the name tells the story—price 25c per bottle. Sold . by druggists and by C. M. Forney.— j Advertisement. the Dark Corners P The dark corner on the stairway, in the entrance hall, k j/yjp or elsewhere in yonr home, Mjfir can be made really artistic and /JJF inviting. Small gas lamps, with yornamental glassware to suit \ M decorations and surroundings, arc /m artistic and will often prevent a bad liJmU 'lib ill fa.ll or other accident. Big reductions in Welsbach Mantles. Py 35c GRADE MANTLE, NOW 25<* * 25c GRADE MANTLE, NOW 15f Come to the gas office and let us show you our new line of lamps, or ask us to send a representative to » show you where touches of light will help. HARRISBURG GAS COMPANY 14 South Second Street 8e11—2028 Cumberland Valley— 7B2 REPAIRING •r adjuatlag, Jewelry cleaning H rcpollahlng, lake ft to SPRINGER TH JKW2£EK L ' 2M »l AH It IST ST.—Dell I'kosa r \ 3(arnj Stroujo Insurance Agent 1617 N. Second St. v Quick Relief for Doughs, Colds and Hoarseness. Clear tho Voice— Fine for Speakers and Singers. 25c. GORG ES' DRI G STORES
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