6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established it 3t PUBLISHED BY THE TELEORAPH PHINTING CO. E. J. STACK POLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 216 Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers *t $3.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. Sworn dally average for the three ★ month# eudintc Mar. 31,1015. m 21,832 W Average for the year 1014—23.213 Average for the year 1913—21,577 Averaite for the year 1012—21,175 Average for the year 1911—18,851 Average for the yenr 1810—17,405 MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 12. IS LOCAL OPTION POPULAR ? IS local option popular? If you doubt it consult the re turns from yesterday's Local Option Sunday in the churches. And do not make any mistake about the churches. it used to be said, and with some degree of truth, that the "churches didn't count;" they were made up largely of women and children and a few men. That no longer applies. Observe the growth of the men's Bible class move ment. Look back over the Sunday school parades in Harrisburg during the past few years. It has been found easier to get men out to inarch for the church than to line them up for this or thai political party. Invariably the church and Sunday school processions of the past three or four years have been larger than the political proces sions. That means something. And what it means is this —that men have < ome to look upon their religious du ties more seriously than ever in the history of the country, and to enter upon them not only willingly, but with enthusiasm. Make no mistake about the churches, you who may be inclined to doubt the force of yesterday's local option demonstration. The man who totes in the Legislature for local option fit this time is going to-get their sup port in the future. The man who votes against it will most surely be defeated at the polls next year if he has the temerity to ask the voters for their suffrage after betraying the trust they placed in him. There is one congregation, for in stance, which numbers in its mem bership more than 400 voters of Har risburg. Yesterday they stood upon their feet and pledged support to what ever local option candidate, regard less of party, appeared to their leaders to be the strongest next year, should the bill fall at this session. That is a fair example of the spirit that is broadcast in Pennsylvania. The legislator who cannot or won't see the significance of it must take tho consequences. He cannot say he has not been prop erly warned. PROTECT THE BIRDS Governor Brumbaugh in his very excellent Arbor Day proc lamation of Saturday struck a new note when he said: Moreover, in these trees nest and abide our song birds. These feath ered friends demand consideration. They should have a welcome to out- State. I would plead cn Arbor Dav for the birds, their care, and their comfort. We do not yet fully ap preciate their benificent offices as Ave should. This is in full accord with the inter est in birdlife this newspaper has been endeavoring to arouse among the peo ple of Harrisburg. Park Commissioner Taylor has responded to the plea with announcement that he will cause to be erected in the city parks several "bird hotels." That is good, but it is not enough. Private px'operty owners ought to encourage the feathered sum mer visitors to nest in their trees. Little bird houses do not cost much and everyone of them pays for itself over and over in that protection from insects which the presence of nesting birds insures. Wherever there is a nest of hungry young birds, there the parent birds may be found busy on tho trees and In the shrubbery and about the garden, working industriously among the In sects, teeding their little ones and rid ding the plants of pests at one and the tame time. GERMANY ON DEFENSIVE IT may be suspected that there is more truth than official sources have admitted in tho rumors that Germany would not be averse to make peace on certain terms. ' Re gardless of the numerous articles emanating from Berlin on the ability of the German nation to wage a win ning fight and the ljrave efforts of the German people to "keep a stiff upper lip," the fact remains that Ger many is now waging a defensive war fare at every point where her troops are engaged with the enemy. She is making stubborn defence, to be suVe, but a defence nevertheless, and she Is in no position to strike a winning blow at any point. All the remarkable achievement* of Von Hindenburg on the east—and what he has done there will go down in military annals as among the most brilliant feats of war on record—has served no other purpose lhan to halt the Russian advance on Berlin, on the west Germany has been steadily MONDAY EVENING, pushed back until now it appears only a question of time as to. when her troops will be shoved over the border and across the lihine. The billions Germany has spent in preparation have gone for naught, so far as ultimate victory is concerned. All her magnificent organization is availing her nothing, save to stave off the evil day. The heroic behavior of her officers and men and the sacri fice of her people in blood and treas ure have been in vain. The hour of GeVmany's Appomattox may be as far removed from the pres ent as was that of Lee when he" with drew from the lost field of Gettysbufg, but it is just as inevitable. THE JOB TOO BIG FOR THEM SENATOR GEORGE T. OLIVER, In a communication to the Public Ledger, giving his views on Re publican prospects for 1916, says: The Republican victories in the West can have but one meaning. After two years of trial, the people are sick and tired of Democratic Incompetence. There is a pro nounced reaction In public senti ment against the extreme radical ism of late years, as well as against continued meddlesome interference by the Government in the private affairs of its citizens. The revenue legislation of the last Congress has resulted in a deficit which is appalling, In the face of which the expenses of the Government exceed any in Its his tory. Notwithstanding this, Con gress refused to make adequate provision for either the army or the navy, and our defenseless con dition is almost an invitation to foreign aggression. Our Mexican policy is a constant humiliation and the manner in which our for eign affairs are managed would be laughable if It were not so serious. The Republican slogan next year should be: "The Government of this great country is too big a job for the Democratic party." There you have it in a nutshell. The "job is too big" for the Demo crats. They have failed wherever the opportunity was afforded. They have plunged the country Into the worst de pression in its history. They have saddled upon it a tariff law that has failed to bring into the treasury suffi cient money to meet ordinary expendi tures, even with the assistance of an income tax law, and on top of that they have looted the government strong box to such a degree that not only are we paying tribute in the form of an irksome stamp tax, but as well are facing the only deficit in the treas ury since the Republicans took over the government at the close of the Cleveland administration. All the high-sounding theories in the world will not square the Wilson administration with the people after such an example of unprecedented ex travagance and unheard of inability to size up to the duties Imposed upon it. The "job is too big." That tells the story, and Senator Oliver is right in his conclusions that the voters of the country have decided already upon a change. THE NEWEST MAGAZINE AI,L hail the "Five-cent Jitney Bus," the newest publication in a mo/e or less over-pop ulated magazine world. Evidently somebody be lieves the "jitney" has come to stay. At all events the publisher of the new magazine is gambling on that possi bility to the extent of a considerable investment —for even modest maga zine ventures cannot be attempted without a substantial backing in bank. Its editors start right out with a hot line of war talk. They are not going to knock the street car lines out. of business, exactly, but they are willing to "wrastle" with 'em, so to speak. Hearken to this, from the introduc tory editorial: Occasionally some noble martyr, burning with the wrongs of the downtrodden populace, would rush to the mansion of that iron-heeled despot, the traction magnate, heave a brick throupgh a window, and achieve his martyrdom—ten dollars or ten days. But now—NOW!—(you know, villain stuff: "I liave you in mult power.") What can't we do to 'em with the jitney? Something lingering and painful, and finally fatal, for choice. But just remember this: The street railway companies are not going to give up a single nickel they don't have to. They are going to fight tlie jitneys with every weapon they can get, for this is a fight to a finish and no hoius barred. Whate'er betide, the editor of the "Jitney" magazine, has determined upon a policy entirely in accord with the "jitney" business. He evidently intends to drive as recklessly, get there as quickly and observe as few sched ules and as few rules as marks the! daily career of the average "Jitney" car—and his price per ride is only one "jitney." TWO-CENT NEWSPAPERS THE Troy Times, Troy N. Y., has . advanced Its price from one to two cents. The Times found that it could not do business profitably on one cent a copy and so it decided, very properly, to increase its price per copy rather than lower the standard it had established and of which readers voiced their approval by constantly increasing subscriptions. Doubtless the future will justify the decision of the management. No newspaper can live long on a losing basis, unless It be run to satisfy the whims or the interests of some Indi vidual or group of individuals, and then it is not serving the public as it should. Invariably the brightest, most popular newspaper in any community is the most prosperous. There are two reasons for this. First, brightness and a right editorial policy draw read ers, and readers draw advertisements. Secondly, because the more prosper ous a newspaper the more guarded will its management be in its attitude on public questions and the more ener getic it will be to maintain its hold upon public approval. It is a remarkable truth that the newspaper is the only article now en tering the American household that does not cost more than It did twenty five years ago. Indeed, in most in stances the newspaper costs to-day only half what It did two decades ago. and It is far more readable and costs much more to produoe. Newspaper management in general has been con sistent in Its fight to keep down tho cost of living, it has maintained ita low price while its own cost of manu facture his steadily advanced, But thero Is a limit to this, as the Troy Times has lound. The time is coming when other newspapers must decide between a two-cent rate or a lower standard. With white paper selling at its present figure and labor high and steadily advancing, the time Is fast approaching when the two-cont paper will be the rule instead of the excep tion. [""EVENING CHAT I .. "This city's hotels are getting into the three day a week class more than ever," was the remark of a man con nected with tile management of one of the hotels. "By that I mean that we have about three rush days each week, days on which we can not ac commodate all our people and have to turn business away, while the rest of the week, especially the week-end, we are not even up to fifty per cent, capa city. If it were not for our friends, the traveling men, who come here for their week-ends we would have some annoyances about getting any return on the investment. The difficulty hero appears to be that the hotel people arc expected to take care of big crowds from which we do not make as much as people think and then to make ends meet on small business." There is something to the comments of the ho tel man and the situation has been strikingly illustrated during this leg islative session. With exception of the two or three days preceding the or ganization of the Legislature and the inauguration of Governor Brumbaugh, the hotels have been hardly more than n third filled during the week-ends. On Tuesdays, which appear to be the time when the big hearings, demon strations and other interesting events occur at the Capitol; Wednesday and some times on Thursday business taxes the ability of the hotelmen to care for guests. It also seems that Tues day and Wednesday are the big days, or the days when most of the crowds come to attend the conventions, an nual meetings and other events so that the hotelman is right in saying that large capacity must be provided for some days In the week and remain idle the rest of the time, in fact, this is one of the problems that must be ans wered in the construction and equip ment of a new hotel because if rates are advanced, say the hotelmert, it will drive away the traveling men who come here after their tours of the smaller towns. The Tuesday crowds have been extraordinary this legisla tive session and the people here on Wednesdays for various events have also been large, but they have fur nished the bulk of the business as the number of legislators and legislative attaches who stop at hotels Is small. Karl Bitter, the noted sculptor, who died in New York as the result of be ing struck by an automobile, was known to a number of Harrlsburgers because of his visits here prior to the making: of the statue of Senator Quay at the Capitol, but it is said that he was so chagrined over the attacks on the plan to place the effigy in the Capi tol that he never came here again. The attacks were not on the artistic properties of the marble figure, which is considered a remarkable piece of work, but the sculptor felt the matter keenly. It will be recalled that he did not come here to direct the installation of the figure. Since that time many who opposed the placing of the statue have admired it very much. Mr. Bitter was not only in charge of the sculpture for tVy? San Francisco Exposition, but had other notable commissions. lie designed the sculptures in the waiting room of Broad street station in Phila delphia, with which many Harrisburg ers are familiar, and the statue of Dr. William Pepper on the lawn of 'the University of Pennsylvania. The rains of yesterday afternoon caused a number of babies to get un expected and unplanned baths. The change to take walks was eagerly seized upon by a number of people in the afternoon in spite of the lowering clouds and as a result when the show ers began some people were caught and there were wild dashes for shelter which the youngsters appeared to hugely enjoy. No vacant lot? is too rough for a ball game nowadays. There are lots which may contain kopjes of ashes, ranges of refuse and areas of tin cans with depressions, holes and hollows, but they have no terrors for organizers of "scrub" games. Saturday afternoon there were dozens of games played about the city and some of the places selected for the games showed that Young Harrisburg does not mind in equalities of ground when he wants a ball game real badly in the Spring. In one place boys rolled telegraph poles away and used a pile of sewer pipe in another for first base. More people went into the woods, mountains and parks, and into the countryside on Saturday than for many weeks. It was the first real day when things were favorable for walk ing and favorite spots were explored and old-time rambles taken again. The attractions of Wild wood Park were strongly proved because many of the people took walks through its trees. The Reservoir and Fort Washington were also visited by hundreds. The jitney automobiles which are being run about, the city are getting ;so popular in the evenings that it would seem that the attention of the safety authorities would be advisable. The other evening onof car went up street with eight people in it. It was a small car. of course, but the balmy air and the change in tlie open caused a good many people to take risks as well as rides. I WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson is to speak at a college com mencement in North Carolina short ly. —E. M. Young, one of the new aids to the Governor, is a banker and one of the substantial men of Allen town. —George Watt, of Norrlstown, has gone to California by way of Texas to visit the fair. —General D. MeM. Gregg, of Head ing. is to attend the fiftieth anniver sary of the founding of the Loyal Le gion in Philadelphia. I DO YOU KNOW —L That Harrisburg is visited an nually by many who come to see the paintings in the State Capi tol? t \ See America First This Is going to be a great season for American railroads and American summer resorts. More people from the States are going to visit Canada, and more Canadians are going to ex plore the States than ever be | fore. ' Kuropean travel will be light. Many of our wealthy people will learn something noout the wonders of our own country. It will be well to make reser vations early, and It Is a Koort time t" begin to study the travel advertising in this newspaper. *■ HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH CASEY ISPIBES TO PALMER'S PUCE Wilkes-Barre Congressman Likely to Oppose Vance C. McCor mick, Slated for Job MEANS A NEW PARTY FIGHT Palmer Issues an Appeal For Funds to Pay Committee Debts; Philadelphians Meet Judging from gossip heard in Wash ington. Vance C. McCormick is not going to have a walkover to secure the Democratic national committeeman ship for which rumor says he was slated recently at a conference of Democratic factional bosses. The story from Washington is that Con gressman John J. Casey, of Wilkes- Barre, will contest the honor with Mc- Cormick when the State committee meets. —lt is not known that McCormick is burning with anxiety to take the place, as it entails more or less re sponsibility which is not pleasant when a State committee has a bale of debts and his official connection with the machine would seem to imply that he ought to Help clear up what was in curred when he was a candidate. It has been intimated that some of the Democratic bosses are more eager to have McCormick run than he is to en ter tho campaign. He was pretty bad ly clawed up in the last Democratic campaign and he would have to en counter more fighting to get tho na tional committeemanship. —Casey is red-haired and hails from Wilkes-Barre, which sent him to the Legislature where ho sponsored the first employers' liability bill. He has the largest family of any one in Con gress and has managed to win pretty regularly in Luzerne. He refused to ac cept the declaration of A. Mitchell Pal mer that Congressman John V. Desh cr, of Sunbury, should be elected as Palmer's successor on the ways and means committee in Congress and went into the light and beat Palmer, L,esher and the rest of their crew. Friends of Casey say that he can do more in a month to harmonize the Pennsylvania Democracy than Mc- Cormick could in a year. —"lt has been suggested by many Democrats that I seek the place," said Mr. Casey. "I have not yet decided as to my course. I think that the time has come to elect a national commit teeman who occupied a middle course in the last campaign. I supported Ryan and Palmer. The only way the Democrats can be brought together in Pennsylvania is by taking for a leader a man who will bring back to the party the army of Ryan followers." —Seme of the local Democrats were of tlie opinion that Saturday's thunder storm, which is generally understood to have aroused the frogs and snakes from their winter sleep would start something among local Democrats be cause ol the impending campaign for local ofllces. There are a number of McCormick men who will be candi dates and they will be opposed by the other faction to the finish. —A. Mitchell Palmer, as an official of the Democratic national committee, is out with an appeal for funds, an nouncing among other things that the national machine is in the same boat as the State machine. It has a deficit. Palmer says that the Democrats must put up an aggressive fight, realizing that it is almost hopeless before it I starts. —The Philadelphia Democrats will have a Jefferson day dinner to-mor row night at which a number of speak ers of all factions are expected and an effort to secure some sort of under standing is anticipated. —Congressman J. Hampton Moore has announced that he will not be a candidate for mayor of Philadelphia. Congressman W. S. Vare is keeping quiet. —Arrangements arc being made in Philadelphia for a conference on the housing problem with a view to reach ing an agreement on the question as suggested by Governor Brumbaugh. Meetings will be held this week and if agreements are reached a bill will be presented in the Senate. —Governor Brumbaugh's mail is getting big again. The near approach of the local option fight has caused him to be the recipient of many letters endorsing his stand. —Representative Fred K. Geiser has ai ranged to redraft his bill to abolish the death penalty. Tt will lie handled in committee and the Easton member expects the fight to be carried to the floor of the House. IX YOUR OI.D CI.OTHKS Ily Wliik Dinger When you find yourself a hankerin' For some fan. the wholesome kind, I.ikr you had when but a youngster, With no worries on your mind— There's a way that you can get it And It's simple, goodness knows. All that's needed is the spirit And your oldest suit of clothes. You don't have to wait for sunshine— For that matter, ttiero's more fun Piekin' days when clouds are threat enln' And there ain't no sign of sun. Then go strollin' through the country— Care not if it rains and blows— Take your drenchin', it don't matter. You've got on your oldest clothes. Gee, 1 know it's great, I tried it, For I went out yesterday To the country, walked the golf course (No, the game r cannot play). Then it rained, ana soaked me, brother, From my head down to my toes, And I laughed the laughs of boyhood All dressed up in my olu ciothcs. THE AMERICAN DISEASE Neurasthenia may be called a dis tinctively American disease because the condition of the nervous strain that produces it is more prevalent here than in any other country. Overwork anl worry, ambition, haste, the high ten sion at which business is conducted, all use up the nerve force and produce neurasthenia, for the disease is simply exhaustion and excessive irritability of the nerve centers. A tendency to neurasthenia is In herited by many Americans whose an cestors had but a small stock of nerv ous energy to bequeath. Grief, exces sive worry or disappointment in love, business or school work may cause neurasthenia. The symptoms include a feeling of exhaustion upon rising in the morning, of disturbed sleep, headache, with a sense of weight and tightness about t<ie head. The patient is irritable, dif ficult to please, and suffers from de pression. / . The treatment Is to remove the cause if possible (as when overstudy Is responsible) take abundant rest, spend ten hours in bed out of every twenty four, eat ss much nourishing food as poFsihle and take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to restore the nerves. Send to day for our free booklet on "Nervous Disorders." Address: Dr. Williams Medicine Co.. Schenectady, X. Y. Your own druggist sells Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.—Advertisement. The reasons for Certain-teed Roofing Jplniisi Ever y buyer needs the proper assurance, when he pays for the best quality, that a \ ya ■ i BSBEB or third quality will not be deliv- ' ere< ®* The market is flooded with too many brands. Some manufacturers with poor facilities too often meet competition / by cutting quality. Some wholesalers buy any old quality, put their labels on it, and say it is the best. 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Why take the chance of guessing, when you can business and good times for everybody and get the safest guarantee on the best quality goods at a reasonable price * " ™ P °" W " T 1 The game of the politician is to promise If for any reason you do not care for the highest quality—if you want a temporary roof we every tiling. Many of them ought to be also make goods sold nt the lowest price on the market, because we have unequalled facili- prosecuted for fraud on accountof the dif tics. and are making approximately a third of theentireasphaltroofingand building papers ference between what they promise and of the whole world's supply. Our facilities enable us to beat all competition on price goods what they deliver. They're worse than thn as well as on Certain-tm*(9 quality. business man who over-advertises the . ~T ... * . .... quality of his goods. Let the business The difference between the total cost of the goods, the freight, the laving, etc.. between interests, from the laborer to the superin quality goods and price goods is insignnticnnt. It is a much better policy to cut out the tendent, from the office boy to the presi- Kuessins: andl let the manufacturer of real responsibility insure you on all the vital points. dent, from the hired man on the farm to lie knows what he puts into the goods and what they will do—you can then insist upon the owner of the farm, remember that they getting everything as represented. have a common interest ln good business General Roofing Manufacturing Company lug to the fakers and let's boost ourselves II World's largest manufacturer» of Hoofina and BiifMt'iiu Paper * back into good times. It can be done. No New York City Boston Chicago Pitt,burgh Philadelphia Atlanta Cleveland warned to be'to^b^svto Detroit St. Louis Cincinnati Kansas City Minneapolis San Francisco listen to any except those who promise J Seattle London Hamburg Sydney *'good business'* legislation. \\/1 nr I\/I INJ C Wholesale Distributors of I VV 1 1 CERTAIN-TEED ROOFING | Johnston Paper Co., Harrisburg, Pa., CERTAIN-TEE^ROOFING * I I OUR DAILY LAUGHI [ NEWS DISPATCHES I | at his home ln N^l tlle Tml CiVIL WAR Rel>el Officers Pass Through City TO A TUUNED C3nst> 11J [From the Telegraph. April 12, 1865.] officers passed through this city on LEAF - fig |TV 2 Admiral at Unltlmore thelr Way "° rth to Sandußky ' Turn backward, FW jK 1 Baltimore. April 12.— Vice Admiral Oilier Counties Will Celebrate turn beuck- Farragut, of the United States Navy, Residents In nearby counties have ward, >Ai arrived in this city to-dav. b , een invited to join in the big celebra- Tou'il do it, oh, /£ Monii^hi^it^t^h^Sth^^ leaf, wf j r*fa Governor in Session With lilncoln The second ol /1- - ~ Washington. April 12. —Governor j% J /Jfli Jan as H I Pierpont, of Virginia, was in this city iA Sir A / tlt . A. I " t"-dßy conferring with the President WtJUWMfif » I know to my y,~-« 'and making plans for the restoration ■ • ' grief! ■ of tho Virginia Legislature. AT FOUNTAINS, HOTELS, ON CUCWHCM Get Key West Open to Trade ' ___________ DON'T DO IT. Washington, April 12. —President Q I I If Pf< W-®. :?4 cool . l.incoln has also opened the port of 11 I I | | Ml —„J ' l ' he who Key West to commerce. 11 U|■ Li | |% ZSitl""™*' THE ORIGINAL ;.T,S in h^ r isburc fifty i MALTED MILK )U\_T" YEARS AGO TO DAY I fhe Food-Drink for All A4es Q r d" n today y tProm the Telegraph. April 12. 1865.] UCH MILK. HALT C*AIN EXTRACT, IN FOWDEK The things wo Commander Dies I Unions you may "HORIIOITS" /Cv M m must undo G<;n. John M. Woodburn, well- you may got 0 Substitute. £* tomorrew. known in this city and vicinity, died g I g im : ® a ® 8 1 ' * 1 1 I 8 s ti s rt \ : tdmm M s ii. ?a i 1 Pennsylvania's Most Modern Storage Warehouses Harrisburg's Only Fireproof Storage Warehouse | Harrisburg Storage Co. | * 437-445 South.Second Street j APRIL 12, 1915.
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