6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established 1131 PUBLISHED BT THR TELEIIIIAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACK POLE Fresident and Ediierin-Chtef F. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STEINMETZ Manat'»e Editor Published •very evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 21* Federal Square. Both phones. Member Amerioan Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building. New Tork City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building. Chicago. 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at /graßfifcftriwferv six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers Rt $3.00 a year in advance. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. Sworn dally average for tlic three ★ months ending Feb. 2S, 1915. 21,745 Average for the year IDI4 Average for the year 1913—21,577 Average for the year 1912—21.175 Average for Ihe year 1011—1&.S31 *vera«e for the year 1910—17.495 MONDAY EVENING. MARCH 29 HHSISTI.KfSS SENTIMENT THERE is no more chance of stop ping the enactment of a local op tion law for Pennsylvania than there is of checking the sweep of the breezes over the Blue Ridge Mountains. Popular sentiment is in favor of local option as a means to obtain good strong people for the fu ture and happiness and efficiency for the folks of to-day. It is not a question whether Penn sylvania is going "dry." It is a de-] mand of the men and women of the < 'ommonwealth that the cause of most <>f the sorrows shall be regulated so that it will cease to trouble. It is no more than a demand that they shall be allowed to exercise a constitutional; prerogative. The men who arc leading the op-1 position will show not only wisdom j but common sense if they will align; themselves with the Governor in his j work for local option. Behind the | Governor is the resistless sentiment of an aroused people. FATE'S VENGEANCE ACSTRIA. when she provoked the world war that is now devas tating all Europe, might have been less precipitate in her ac- i tions had her rulers been able to look less than a year into the future. Fate | in this instance is more kindly dis posed than is often the case, since it is Austria that is to suffer most for ' her crime against civilization. With Italy clamoring on one side and the Czar knocking at her back door, the plight of that nation is sufficient to make her royal family reminiscently repentful. The capture of Przemysl and the roar of allied cannon along the Dar danelles must send shivers along the Austrian backbone, for a decisive dc- j ftat in either direction will send even- j mally the hordes of the Czar rushing into the great plains of Hungary, if. indeed, they are not there already. And such a condition must spell nothing less than ruin for Austria. As one writer points out. Hungary, swept by Cossack hordes, will not lung con sent to fight at home the battle for Germany which the Kaiser's hosts still i-arry on in Poland. Belgium and j France. The onrush of Rumanian and j Russian armies, the inevitable incur- j sion of Servians from the south—these will bring Budapest to a new and unmistakable position. In European history it is doubtful if any battle has bad so grave immediate possibilities as that of the Carpathians since the great Napoleon lost Leipzig and all bis allie?. Austrian defeat in the present con flict would compel the immediate withdrawal of Austrian troops from Russian Poland. Cracow is the gate to Silesia, to Berlin, not to Vienna. The army corps of Francis Joseph which are defending German frontiers behind the Nida and east of Cracow will be needed on the Theiss and the Danube if the Czar can force the Dukla gateway to the Hungarian Plain. Small pity is expressed for Austria. She played a reckless, ruthless game in her dealings with Servia leading up f to the present great conflict. She i sowed the wind and, unless all signs fail, her harvest of the whirlwind is to lie swift and ruinous. PROGRESS WHILE this old world rushes! onward and upward with almost incredible speed in some respects, in others its! progress is extremely deliberate, if not exactly dilatory. A few years ago a commonplace form of asserting an impossibility was some such expression as "he can no more do that than he can fly." To-day the flying of men is a commonplace, and in the matter of altitude they now reach heights in aeroplanes, which are under complete control, unattainable with safety in balloons, which are always at the mercy of the elements. And the Hying man can remain in the air for hours ut a time. How different is the history of our struggle with the opposite element, the "waters under the earth." The ancients were acquainted with the principle of the diving bell and made use of crude apparatus for under water Investigation, but in spite of the marvelous achievements of modern science we have not gone much be yond the point they reached. The other day divers who went down 215 feet off the coast of Hawaii In search •if a lost submarine vessel are said to have broken local records, and it is a MONDAY EVENING, fact that it is impossible to go any , great distance under water and sur vive, althouch submarine vessels prop erly braced to withstand the pressure may safety essay depths that are Utterly out of the question for indi viduals enclosed in ordinary diving armor. A skillful pear! uiver, with no other assistance than strong- arms and legs and good lungs, would think nothing of going half as far as these fully equipped Hawaiian divers went. •Measured in time, a dive, whether made in a state of nature or in armor, is a matter of minutes. | Hut at that the art of diving has not stood absolutely still as have some things. All know the familiar story of the potter's wheel, or lathe, which is said to be the same to-day as it was away back in the days when the earth was young and the commercial and the intellectual center of the world was in the Tigro-Euph rates valley. For that matter —although we cannot be sure of it—there is a possibility that the wonderful irrigation systems of that region and period included every fundamental idea and device that the graduates of twentieth century schools of technology use. WISH FATHER TO THOUGHT THE persistent effort of the Demo cratic press to lay blame lor the present severe industrial depres sion to every cause tinder the sun except the right one. namely, the administration's freetra.de propaganda, is beyond the average man's reasoning ability, unless he concludes that it is not sincere and is designed to bolste\ up a fast waning public faith in Demo cratic doctrine. If Democratic editors will not see what is perfectly plain to even the casual observer of fair 'mind: if they will not admit that conditions now existing are the result of foolish, theoretic legislation of the kind of which the Underwood law is the most conspicuous type, what hope is there for argument? When the influential men of a political party shut their eyes to self-apparent facts and say, "These things are not so because we want to believe they are not so," what hope is there (or a correction of exist ing evils should the voters hearken to tbeir pleas for a continuation of power? When, during the 1912 campaign, far-seeing, practical business men pre dicted business stagnation following the enactment of the Wilson legislative program they were called "Calamity Howlers" and laughed out of court. The natural tendency of Americans is to look on the bright side. We are a people naturally optimistic, and this inherent desire to boost instead of to "knock" caused many loyal and think ing Americans at that time to hope for the best and to refrain from prophesying the depths of industrial depression they felt sure would follow adoption of the honest but mistaken policy of free trade. The present Inability or determi nation not to see. hear or believe upon the part of Washington is largely re sponsible. no doubt, for the attitude of the Democratic press, which has aban doned all reason and individual initiative and has substituted therefor the blind following of a leadership that appears to have for its basic prin ciple the same fallacy of judgment and belief that has led the German Kaiser Into his present difficulties. Divine right and the impossibility of error in opinion are conceded to no man in the United States, and a no less distin guished body than the United States Supreme Court has pronounced the "rule of reason" as the determining factor in American life. It is possible that Democratic newspapers may be fooling themselves, but they are not fooling the public. It has learned its lesson by experience, a hard, but very efficient, teacher, especially in the present instance. WOULD SIMPLIFY MATTERS NO one who has observed the Legislature of Pennsylvania in operation caaifail to appreciate the advantages that would flow from the enactment of a law that would do away with numerous appro priation bills and enable money for charities of various classes to be grouped, as is done with the grants for the conduct of the Stale government. Some people are of the opinion that the Constitution stands in the way, but this doubt has never been sent before the courts for determination in the light of present day demands for economy and efficiency. The bill presented to the House by Representative Baldwin may not be the ideal measure, but it is a step in the direction of simplifying business, easing the work of the legislators and lightening the expense of printing. The subject is one which should be given attention. THE ONLY SAFE COURSE A SINGLE drink of liquor imbibed by operators of automobiles will result in licenses being forfeited immediately, provid ed Maryland s State Motor Vehicle Commissioner Harry A. Roe is con vinced that the licensee has been guil ty of consuming intoxicants while at the wheel of a car or immediately be fore starting on a ride. This edict has been issued by Com missioner Roe after a careful analysis of motor accidents in Maryland. Ho has spread it broadcast in a crusade his department is waging against reck less driving. He savs: I have decided to put an end to reckless driving, and especially to reckless driving superinduced by strong drink, if it is possible for me to do so. To accomplish my purpose, it will be necessary for tne to refuse to distinguish be tween people Who dlinlc little anil those who uring much. I shall, therefore, in the future revoke the license ofjevery automobile driver who is brought before me if it can be shown that the accused has been drinking while operating his car. This is the only safe course. It ought to be adopted in Pennsylvania. The railroad company that would per mit a locomotive engineer to board his engine after indulging in liquor would lav itself open to ruinous damages in lease of accident. The engineer who indulged in such pructlce would face instant dismissal. V whiskey breath is sure sign of a fe\\red brain and a shaken nerve. The automobile driver] under the influence of alcohol Is no more to be tolerated than the drunken engineer, lie is a peril to himself and the public. The man who drinks while driving should have his license taken from him. lie has no consideration for public safety and the public owes him nothing. rEVENiN(TCHAfI Judging from remarks made by farmers in the city's markets on Sat urday the present weather conditions are very aggravating for the weather is tine enough overhead and the kind that makes a farmer want to get ready for Spring ploughing, but the temperature and winds are so chill that no one cares to attempt the work. The open !character of the 'Month. s>ay the farmers, has caused vegetation to have tits and starts and while the wheat has not been affected there has been more or less anxiety hereabouts as to the buds on fruit trees. Ordinarily Spring ploughing does not begin until April Is wall under way. although some farmers say that under favorable con ditions thev have been able to start soon after St. Patrick's day. It is more a matter of weather conditions than anything else, but the farmers say that every man is ready to start as soon as possible. The weather has also had its effect upon outdoor 'uiilding oper ations as some builders do not like to start cellar excavations until they are sure that the "onion snow" has fallen and that there will be little chance for a hold-up. The Jersey smallpox outbreak is not without its fartlung effects and they are particularly noticeable about the railroad stations. Men with sore arms are not uncommon say the railroad men and there is a general uneasiness when it is learned that a passenger comes from the smallpox belt. The other afternoon a man dashed up the steps and demanded of the man at the gate where he could lind a doctor. "Anybody hurt?" "Xo. but I want one quick." "What's the matter is some one sick I down there?" queried the railroad man trying to tind out whether a surgeon or physician was needed. "Xo. I want him," replied the flus tered traveler. "All right, what's wrong?" asked! the railroad man apparently thinking the traveler a sound specimen. "Nothing. I tell you. 1 sat along side of a lellow from that smallpox town in Jersey and I want to be vac cinated." That real estate trading is as much of a diversion with some busi ness men as horse trading is among a certain class of farmers, is proved by a glance of the lists of real estate transfers on the books at the county recorder's office. A large proportion of them are recorded at the price of $1 which often means that the trans fers are made as "trades." A real es tate agent was heard to say the other day that he knows of certain houses that have been traded in this manner four times in,the last four months, and that he has a number of acquaintances who are always exchanging houses. But what advantage they get from it, aside from the mere pleasure of swap ping, he says he does not know. In spite of the fact that there arc some organizations and people in Pennsylvania which are attacking the public service company law and seek ing amendments which would serious ly curtail its authority, numerous in quiries are being made at the Capitol as to the manner in which the law is operating. As a matter of fact, many of the States seem to have been await ing the experience of Pennsylvania with the supervision of the numerous public utilities committed to the com mission and the questions embrace many angles. The manner in which the State Commission has dealt with the anthracite rates for Philadelphia has attracted national attention and the trial of the appeal in the Dauphin county court is awaited with interest. Some of the questions sent here deal with water rates and others with the manner of enforcing laws as are placed under the commission. One letter asked to what extent the right of appeal to the courts was being used and it was discovered that over a dozen cases of considerable import ance had been laid before the Dauphin county court for review. Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh has been taking advantage of what little leisure he has been able to get to look over some of the roads in the vicinity of the State Capitol. He has made two trips between liarrisburg and Philadelphia by automohile and sup plemented these experiences on State highways with a ride over a road un der authority of the State in Hunting don county, which afforded him some tirst hand information. The Governor has several times expressed his desire to look over roads near the Capitol. State and township, and contemplates rides over the southern road to Pitts burgh and over the new Le wist own narrows roads. In talking about roads he said the other day that he had neve;- gone to Reading by highway, but understood that it was an object lesson in toll gates. "Do you know that there are about 200 persons in this city, inside the city and not in the suburbs, who are rais ing incubator chickens?" said a mer chant who handles poultry supplies yesterday. "I have been surprised at the interest taken in chicken raising by people living in tne most crowded sections of Harrisburg. Men who do not have a yard much larger than half a trolley car are raising fowls. And the strange thing about it is that they succeed." 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"! —Senator Wiliam C. Sproul has been made an honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa. —Judge James E. Gorman, of Phil adelphia, has just celebrated liis fifty tifth anniversary. —Attorney General Brown says he has not had to take to golf vet! lie gets his pleasure out of working. —James Comly, an eighty-four year old Quaker in Philadelphia, has been taking daily weather observations for twenty years. —County Treasurer Frank Harris, of Allegheny, now wants to be a coun !ty commissioner. I DtTWU KNQW-=^l Tliat liarrisburg is the center or a good hay raising country? The Secret of Advertising Advertising is a very simple thing simplicity itself. It can be summed up In this way. Having: something to say— Saying It in the right way— Saying it in the right place at I the right time. . And In the latter phase of the i problem the daily newspaper stands pre-eminent. It is essentially the right place and as It Is published day in and day out it is easy to suit the words to the time. Newspaper advertising in the most productive form of ad vertising. V . HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MAIL MAHER NOW 1 SERIOUS PROBLEM I _ i Members of the Legislature Dis mayed at the Amount That Is Still Pouring In LETTERS THROWN AWAY Democrats Scheming to Take Ad vantage of the Situation in Legislative Halls An average of twelve big sacks of letters, each containing from 2.400 to 2,C00 pieces of mail is being sent from the main Harrisburg post office to the Legislature every twenty-four hours. Tills breaks all records for the umount of mail handled for the lawmakers. In sessions gone by mail went as high as ten sacks on some occasions, but never up to a dozen. The seriousness of tho mail campaign that is being waged on behalf of the local option, compensa tion and full crew bills is commencing to be realized by members who com plain that they are compelled to ship bales of it to their homes so that they can go over it at week-ends, while tho men who stay here throughout the ses sion are compelled to spend most of their time opening letters to see that they do not contain personal or busi ness matters. A number of the leg islators have given up attempting to acknowledge letters. ! —A few days ago some letters which were thrown away unopened by mem bers-were found scattered along one of the city streets and the postal au thorities hearing of the matter start ed an investigation fearing that mail had been stolen, instead it was found that letters were frankly thrown away and must have gotten into the hands of some one who wanted to have fun with them. Some of the letters were distributed from house to house along a street near tho Capitol. —Several of the members say that if'compelled to acknowledge every let ter received by them since the first of j February it would have taken twicel the SIOO allowed for postage by Father Penn. —While some in Washington profess to believe that Vance C. Mci'ormick will not be a candidate for Demo cratic national committee members of the party opposed to him and his ilk will not accept him except some guar antee is given that the debts of the State committee shall lie paid. It is expected that in the absence of State Chairman Poland S. Morris in Europe that McCormiek will whirl around to show the Interest in the Democrats in local option. —C. F. Berkemeyer, of Allentown. who was one of the earliest of the shouters in behalf of the last reorgani zation of the Democratic party, has been named as a special census work er. —Democratic bosses are wondering Whether they will be in a position to ask many appointments from the President after the State committee meets this summer and it is said that an effort to hustle up appointments is to be made. —The Philadelphia Public Ledger yesterday printed a list to show how "deserving Democrats" were taken care of by Wilson. George W..Guth rie, who Rave SI,OOO, sot an ambassa dotslUp to Japan. There is no record of contributions made by James I. Blakslee. F. J. Xoonan, who became marshal, gave SSOO, ami St.Lwis I OUR DAILY LAUGH"! \\ ocrr TO BE - I think time# "*%;■■ will be better 1* elßht or nln * Tf»—and then ' k Chrlstmee'll b• % here to offeet it. ! NO SWm^UCK. Does Abbat lo«« !f \ im MY^k his temper? -**JJ No: only ml»- Lrt lay. It. | p SI«>S OP EAST Ell llt W liik Dincrr Already signs of Easier Arc seen in our home; I see them without trying. As through the house I roam. The kids each grot a basket Filled with eggs by the score— The chocolate kind, the jelly, And hard-boiled, too, what's more. And then there were some rabbits Well placed among the esß.«, They're broken now. and minus Their ears or heads or legs. There's egg-shell in the parlor. There's egg-shell in the hall. And everywhere the kids went They left some egg-shell fall. But no complaint was uttered, Not one harsh word was said, Until last night I roled on Some egg-shell in my bed. IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph. March 29, IS65] Moving Time Hundreds of families have made preparations to move this week. v Prices Down Merchants have dropped the prices of their goods twenty-live per cent, in some instances. Hnrrisburgers Killed A large number of men from this city in the 200 th regiment Pa. Vol. were killed in the battle at Fort Stead man. THE FIGHT HAS ,II ST 11 EG I'N (From tho Philadelphia Evening ledger. | The plans for a demonstration in Harrisburg in favor of local option are progressing favorably. The committee expects to make arrangements for 5.000 voter.* to leave this city on April i; to accompany a petition demanding the passage of a local option law. llut the number of voters who can find time to go to the State capital is no measure of the number favoring local option. For every man who can go there are probably flfty who have to stay at home. The active demand for county control of the sale of liquor is so widespread that the General As sembly will fail in its representative duty if it refuses to consent. Bsveains that party leaders may make with the abhorrent interests in nolitics ure not binding on the free legislative agents in Harrisburg. livery man who owns his own conscience will vote as Ills con science dictates. But those who are hound, body and foot, by obligations to political leaders, who have sold their influence to the liouor interests in re turn for the support of. the liquor ma chine, will be compelled to respond when the whip is cracked. The fight must center on the Senate, because the plan is to let the bill go through the House and bury it in a Senate committee. And the tight, to be successful, must be such as will demon strate to the Senators that they cannot afford to disregard the overwhelming public sentiment of the Commonwealth. The march on Harrisburg by the local option forces on the first Tuesday in April is part of the demonstration, and its significance will not be lost on those Senators who have their cars to the ground and can hear the tread of the multitude of voters willing to follow | the conscience lead of the Governor. Every report from the State Capitol indicates that the local option fight has only just begun. THE I,AM) WHERE NO ONE SMII.E3 j There Is a land where no one smiles, ! There is a land across whose miles jOf sunny meadow, field and byre I P.uns the red carnage and the fire I Of war's red hatred—and to-day There are no people glad and gay. There is a land where no flowers bloom. No sunbeams dance: a land of gloom, Where cities 'neath invasion's torch Are bleared from shiny roof to porch. Where women wail and children weep And brave men sleep the endless sleep. There is a land—thank God, not ours!— Where tyranny and all its powers Have forced the smiling and the cheer From hearts of mourning serf and peer; Where fields of harvest swim 111 blood Where once the Spring came hack in bud. —Baltimore Sun. Ilia UNRIVALED SHOWING «M IKWK Superb assortments of thrifty potted flowering plants at very moderate prices. Every one guaranteed free from disease. Azaleas in all colors, Spireas, Acacias, Gardenias, Lilacs, Gen [v 7/ I estas. Rhododendrons, Hyacinths, Lillies, Tulips, Narcissus, Etc. JraN j XyJ \ i New French Hydrangeas in blue, pink and white. Ls .< V—-A Baby Roses, which will bloom all summer. T N - Tausendschons in all colors, —and the newest floral novelty, Metrosideros, or bottle brush, one of the oddest varieties known— yea? many of our customers came lute and were disappointed. Tf frfjflffiMdpffi3 you call not later than Thursday wo can assure you the llnest selection in | JTW BSiJSSmMgIB the city of any of the ahove plants. gUUWjvcw ag: JMj HOLMES SEED COMPANY | H / v»V. 106-108 S. Second St. Two doors In-low Clicsliiiit |. \ MARCH 29, 1915. No Coupons I No Presents ! ! keeper wants to do her work the easy, quick, economical, no hot-water way, without hard rub w:v,nf °r scrubbing. We've made it for yoti. Fells-Soap Powdl®r. The kind you've been looking for. It's new. > i 1 1 STORYJHTEN' BY THE MESSENGER BOY A newspaper office when you first K>' | into it, seems like a bedlam full of | hoodlums with all kinds of nuts and noises fly in round. It consists of every body tnlkin at onee, three or four tele fone bells rlngin, a dozen tiperiters workln like sixty, visitors chewin the | rair. telegraf keys ttektn. reporters i arguin, wast paper and tobacco juice flvTn about and the managin editer raisin with the messenger boy for | not hurrin enough: all these and many more eombinashuns go to make up a newspaper editorial rooms. Newspapers has got to be as neces sary as your breakfus or supper, and I the publick would howl like a cat it it didnt get the papar on time, but the i publick is mighty ignercnt as to how j its made up. Some seems to think it | jest grows like a mushroom or a bean I stalk the which is a false inpreshun to | be korreeted if possibel. Newspaper fellos work like ditch | i| diggers and are expected to be as .wise . ! as the Dauphin county bar. the V. \V. I If A the Superior Court and the Chief of Polis all in one. They must be able to konverse with preachers without swearin at em. explain the latest stiles to ladies, solve murders, and find little jrirls when thev t;et lost from their mammas. While a reporter is riten out a storv with one finger he must anser a telefone call with one ear and ' with the other listen to the city-editor bawl hint out for somethin he didnt do | ; j last week. All the time he must be i i smilin to avoid hein fired. 1 i A newspaper office is also a publick : ciklopedla. which is called up whenever ! 'a man wants to know how long his ! mother-in-law is likely to live, or what ; 1 dav Kaster fell on in 1723, how many | i cubic v ds there is in the moon, when ! to plant onions, or how high the river | I was on the 21st of last June. A lady, . j asked the other day what name to call | a kitten she had just got. and another wanted to know how many pounds ; ' Governor Brumbaugh weighs. THIXKIK' ijTliinkln' refieshin' thought, like rain] ■ in summer time. When ground's been dry for the long- | est while and suddenly beats the | 1 rhyme i Of the silver, palpitant rain, and the | cool wind over it blows. And that's the loveliest kind of thought I that the human intellect knows. . Thinkin' tenderer things to say and to > do for the one Who waits all day in the dream of the years as they dance and run | Along on their feet of dew, and your | own cheek colors like hers j Thinkin' of love that way till your | whole heart trembles and stirs, j I 1 Thinkin' cool places of rest away from | the heat and stir j Of the streets of the city that buzz With that sleepless, eternal whirr i !Of spindle and loom and thread, and over you trees and vines, 1 And the delicate blooms and the grass and the far sea that sings and I i shines. I —Baltimore Sun. j j The Standard i Remedy the safest, most reliable J and most popular—for the |j common ailments of stomach, liver and bowels, is always BEECHAM'S PILLS | 'lTie Larstst Sale cfAr.u Medicine in thi World Sold CTcrrwhere. I» boxei, JOe., 25c. , [From the Telegraph. March 29, IS66] Helieve Mobile Will Surrender j Cincinnati, March 29.— Dispatches | from Jlobile state that the city is de fended by 15,000 men. .It is expected I that the city will lie ataeked Within [ the next few days and will be sur rendered. Ilariraiil't Made Major General j Washington, March 29.—General Hartranft has been made a major | general on Grant's recommendation. Johnston Kepulsed Seven Times I Newbern, X. C., March 29.—John- Iston attacked Sherman seven times | within the past week, but was driven j back each time. I r ~ » Pneumonia Prevalent ! Local physicians report much pneumo nia due to changeable winter weather. They caution against neglecting even slight coughs and colds because Pneu monia sets In quickly after exposure to cold or wet. It can be avoided by tak ing Goff's Cough Syrup in time. GofT* loosens the congestion of a cold, drives out the inflammation that causes the rough, and heals the soreness, almost always stopping the development of l pneumonia. Contains no opiates. If j you have a cold or cough get Goff's today. Guaranteed by Grocers and | Druggists. 25 and 50c. i —pupil iiiw i riPwi mimi mim mßg^aEaHH EMM jfffTOi IwMwMiliißl iMMiifcfJilfUffll t Runaway June and the $25,000 Hope-Jones Unit Orchestra at the Victoria Today \ <