8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established lljt PUBLISHED BT THE TELEGRAPH PHIJiTWO CO. E. J. STACKPOt,® President and EdUor in-Chief F. R. OYSTER S*creiary GUS M. STEINMKTZ Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, ll# 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 carrier® at . rtiffs'A/vt»Tl> six cents a week. v sissasi~ Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg. Pa., as second class matter. Sworn dally average (or tbe three ★ months ending Mar. 31, 1915. 21,832 If Average for the year 1914—23.21S ATrrage f«r the year 1913—21,577 ATerage for the year 1012—21,175 Average for the year 1911—18,851 Average for the year 1910—17,495 SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 17. MR. TAFTS LECTURE MR. TAFT has grown and broad ened, since he left the White House. His lecture here on Thursday evening reveals him as a bigger, stronger man than he was even at the zenith of his political career. Defeat neither has soured nor spoiled him. The address he delivered at the Technical high school was of a distinctly constructive nature; one that ought to be heard or read by everybody. Professor Taft dwelt largely on busi ness, and politics as it relates to busi ness. He talked common sense, which is so rare among statesmen touching on commercial affairs these days that it is worthy df comment. It was very proper that he should have done so. for much as we enjoy flights of ora tory on the advancement of the race, the brotherhood of man and the like, the welfare of the world is to-day de termined in a very large degree by ma- lerlal prosperity. As has been repeated so many times that the saying is trite, this is a com mercial age. But, as one writer has pointed out, business is as much a pro- j moter of civilization as civilization is of business. Man's wants are con-1 stantly growing at the same time that facilities for satisfying them are also' increasing. Improved means of com- j inunication are rapidly shortening dis- j tances between the world's markets j and making the earth's inhabitants next-door neighbors. To every one of ; us. therefore, a knowledge of the pro- I cesses and machinery by which the) exchange of the world's produce is ef- | fected, and the correct attitude of gov- j eminent toward business, must be of j very real interest, especially as we j may be called upon any day to play j a, part in this huge game. If indeed not already doing so. Such knowledge j cannot fail to enlarge our horizon, give ! us a firmer grip upon the laws of! business, and thus contribute material ly to our individual success. The successful man is one who has realized that he is not a cog in a wheel, but an individual with a mission. It is the realization of this which bears him! on to greater accomplishments, and j which makes life to him so interesting. Lectures like that which Mr. Taft delivered in Harrlsburg encourage one to think along right lines. The cot n try is not going to the bow-wows. It is not capital-ridden. The people are j the ru'ing force, and if they Jiave | erred in the past few years, they are! about to correct their mistakes. It's j a long lane that has no turning—and | there are green fields and pleasant j pastures just around the corner. Taft, j apostle of sunshine and prosperity, says so and there is none to deny him.! PROTECT THE FOREIGNER IT is time someone started a Penn- j sylvania society for the protection | of the unnaturalized foreigner. As an economic factor the for- j signer is pretty Important in this State.; There are industries of considerable magnitude that are dependent upon ■ him, and if he should mako up his 1 mind to leave every business interest in Pennsylvania would suffer. Nevertheless, the unnaturalized for eigner does not get much considera tion at the hand* of the legislature. Some years ago he was deprived by that body of the privilege of hunting and now bills are pending which would prevent him from keeping a dog and fishing in the streams. Appellate courts have decided that such acts are valid, but common sense teaches that they are a long way from a square deal, when it Is remem bered how some constables and minor magistrates make a "good thing" out of the foreign population. No one can tell what effect the Eu ropean war is going to have on the domestic labor situation and it will be ■well to guard against going too far in the passage of laws discriminating (•gainst the extremely useful, but ap parently friendless, unnaturalized for eigner. REGULATING THE "JITNEY" ; THE Legislature has voted down the Jones bill, but it will make a serious mistake if it heglects to consider well the taxation feature of the "jitney bus" business. Some cities of Pennsylvania, among them Harrlsburg, levy a tax upon the gross earnings of the traction com panies that operate In the streets. Anything that has a tendency to re duce the number of passengers carried by the street car lines necessarily re- SATURDAY EVENING, duces the amount of that tax. In several towns in the extreme West this reduction amounted to an embarrass ing figure. The publio is always Interested inj obtaining the best possible transit facilities, and are some com munities where the existing system is so unsatisfactory that any improve ment, no matter what the cost, would be welcomed, but at the same time ! there are cities where discrimination in the matter of taxation would be rank injustice both to the existing interests and the taxpaying citizens, who will be called upon to make good the amount lost in the reduction of revenues from the tax on traction company earnings. From prejudice, oltterness, un kindlines*. deliver me. Make me charitable in thought, slow to con demn, and may my heart and soul be free of the poison of malice, intolerance. bigotry and hate. ' Amen.—From The Harrisburg | Patriot. At last! The Philadelphia North American twits us on having placed an advertise ment of the Taft lecture under the heart of amusements. We regretfully plead guilty. The make-up man mistook it ' for a picture of "Bill" Flinn. p. s.— The make-up man has been ] fired. GOOD NEWS THERE are distinct indications! that the big war orders now' being placed by European na tions in this country are hav-1 ling a stimulating effect upon the busl-j j ness of the nation. This was first re- I fleeted in Wall street, where stock j I activities and new records for stock | valuations give sign that bankers and • financiers In general foresee an. up- j ward trend and are preparing to take j advantage thereof. But these views j and conditions are more suostantial-1 ly apparent In newspaper reports from Pittsburgh. Bethlehem, Philadelphia and Washington where mills long closed are being reopened and where reports are being received of a re sumption of Industrial activities on a gigantic scale. , Most significant of the prosperity dispatches of the past few days is the announcement that the Pennsylvania I Railroad Company is to immediately' expend $20,000,000 for equipment and improvement and that the Lehigh Vat-: ley railroaJ, one of the most carefully! and conservatively managed of the public utilities of the east, will soon j award contracts involving an expendl- j ture of almost $1,000,000 as a result of what E. B. Thomas, president of! the road, recently told President W T il- ; son are "Improved business conditions at this time." Right here In Harrisburg we have j been for some time enjoying the bene- j tits of railroad activity along this j line.. The Pennsylvania railroad Is. proceeding with Its subways, freight! station and freight yard improve- j ments in the lower end of the! city and the Cumberland Valley Railroad company with the construc tion of Its almost mile-long double track concrete bridge at Mulberry street. These are signs of the times and are most encouraging from a business standpoint. Nobody believes that Germany has asked Belgium for neutrality during | the remainder of the war in return for j the withdrawal of German troops from i that country. The idea is too absurd to ; be entertained by anybody, much less I by as shrewd a man as the Kaiser. "Villa loses 14.000 in battle," says a! newspaper headline. If this thing keeps up the Mexican problem may be ■ solved before the close of the Wilson ! administration. "The Bear that walks like a man," appears to be behaving like one in the Carpathians. Judging from reports of , Russian bravery. "Rich as a Rothschild" doesn't mean ; so much, as wealth is reckoned to-day. : The late baron left only twelve millions. In view of the suffrage garden idea, | this ought to be a fine year for the sun flower crop. PUBLIC AND CORPORATIONS CORPORATION baiting has long been a popular form of amuse- j went in the United States. The average man dearly loves to , throw stones at incorporated compan | ies. He is fond of calling then "soul less." He is ready to believe anything ! bad of them and receives any evidence ! of good on their part as surprising and almost beyond credence. Yet the very first thing he does when he acquires a few surplus dol lars is to rush out and buy a couple of shares of stock in some company that happens to appeal to him. And the bigger the prospective profits the bet ter he likes it. Standard Oil, long held up as the worst example extant of the wicked corporation, h?.s been for years one of the most popular investments on the market. And having become a shareholder, how the average man does gloat over the fact. If you happen to be among the fortunate, do you not remember with what a swelling of pride you showed the certificates of these first few shares of stock in heretofore hate ful corporations to your wife and bosom friends? And do you recollect how artfully you drew the conversa tion around to the point where you could refer to your "holdings" in what might appear to be a merely inci dental manner, with the thought im plied that this thing of stock owner ship was nothing new to you? And If you are not among the elect, wouldn't you grab at a chance to "get in on the ground floor on a good thing?" That the corporation is unpopular only in conversation is demonstrated by the fact that fully three-fifths of the property of the United States Is held by corporations. The reports of the internal revenue collectors show over 300,000 corporations in the coun try". with sixty-four billion dollars capi tal and thirty-seven billions bonded indebtedness —a total of more than one hundred billions tied up in cor porations. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. The man who uses a club on a corporation sim ply because it is a corporation is either bent on damaging some of his own property or a property in which he hopes some time to have a share. \et we all do it. We're a curious lot. mNiNGWI The amount of public improvement work under way in Harrisburg just now has been attracting attention of a good many of the legislators, espe cially those from the third class cities and even of some from the large mu nicipalities and the way in which Ilar risburg has undertaken its work is i much commented upon. The River Front treatment is particularly inter esting to the men from the towns along the Susquehunna and some of the Pittsburgh members, where river front is at a premium for business, congratulate Harrisburg on the way it lias preserved its great natural fea ture. The other day a couple oC leg islators walked the whole length of the River Front steps and made notes of the scheme, supplementing them by I some data on costs. The way the river [ bank has been treated appears to be I something unique in the State and it would not be strange if some of the cities adopted plans to preserve what remains to them of riverside. Every one from the third class cities appears to have heard of the Harrisburg plan for public improvements launch ed some dozen years ago and the re sults, especially in the handling of the finances, have impressed many visi tors. The extent of the paved streets is another source of much comment and the cleanliness is talked of by everyone. What is interesting, several men from the cities is the way Har risburg will eventually treat its sew age. They have studied the relation of sewers to the general park, river front and street systems and the erec tion of the disposal plant is being awaited. When that comes, say these men so well posted on municipal af fairs, Harrisburg will present one of the best rounded out general schemes for city improvements in country. It has the. parks, the paved streets, the River Front treatment, filtered wa ter, walled creek, bridges and sewer system and all it needs is the disposal plant. Dr. Joseph Kalbfus. secretary of the State Game Commission, is having a good hit of quiet amusement over the developments in the prosecutions of the game bounty frauds that have been unearthed in a dozen or more of coun ties and says that he believes not only some of the alleged pot hunters, but some justices will go to prison for the parts they have taken in the frauds. The cheating that has been going on, says the doctor, is something unheard of and he has been making a list of the funny things. In one county it was brought out that a justice simply took the word of a man presenting heads and his excuse for not looking into the bag was that the odor was too strong. How many times the heads had been used for claims does not ap pear. in Lebanon county one man turned in anywhere front a dozen to twenty-live heads which he alleged were goshawks. "As a matter of fact, this man was a genius. He went at his story so ingeniously." said the doc tor. "When' we asked how he got so many birds he said that he climbed trees with telegraph pole climbers and took the goshawks out of their nests. Now goshawks do not nest in this State at all. They breed in other climes and come here when they are able to fly. But that did not bother the Lebanon man. He just told his tale and stuck to It." Thirteen of the city's crack fire horses will be without a job within the next three months. With the ar rival of the three new motor tractors and the two motor chemical com bination wagons just that many pieces of apparatus which would ordinarily have been horse-drawn, will be horse less. So thirteen horses which have led a more or less exciting life for some years will have to be content with the routine, humdrum existence of the dray, the delivery team, the milk wagon, or—who knows?—per haps the cab. Five of the ponies have already quit the service. These are the quintet of the Friendship. Four will no longer be needed at the Hope, three at the Mt. Vernon, and two at the Washington. An additional horse, however, will be used at the Camp Curtin. The meeting of the State Board of Pardons next week will be unusual in that for the first time in months there will not be a case of a murderer ask ing the clemency of the State. For the last six months there have been appeals for commutation at every meeting and with one exception all of them have been from sentences of electrocution. The people at the Capi tol figure out that there are but two men awaiting execution by hanging in the State and their cases are in the courts on appeals for new trials. The ringing of the courthouse bell this morning at 9.20 o'clock caused no end of comment in the business sec tion of the city. The people here are accustomed to court starting at 10, except in criminal court week, and when the bell boomed for assembling of court they thought it was a fire alarm. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE | —William A. Law. well-known here, has been elected president of the First National bank of Philadelphia. —Joseph Pennell. noted etcher, has been visiting in Philadelphia. —W. J. Holland, curator of the Car negie Museum ih Pittsburgh, has re turned from I'tali where he superin tended the taking out of remains of some prehistoric monste - s. —Dr. C. L. Howe, of Mercer, has re turned from Alabama, where he spent tlie winter. —Dr. H. S. Drinker, president of Lehigh, has gone to Jamaica. 1 DO YOU KNOW 1 That Harrisburg gets the best oysters of any Inland city? It is on the direct lines from the bases of supply. Give People What They Ask For It never pays to argue with a customer the latter is always right. When an article is asked for bv name the Inquirer resents be ing told something else is "Just as good." l"p-to-date retailers realize tills. They arc as much opposed to the substitution practice as the manufacturer; They know it doesn't pay. When you see an article ad vertised in this newspaper ask for It by name. The reputable storekeeper will give it to you without quibble or question. Up-to-date retailers know it is good business to back up the manufacturers' newspaper adver tising. HARRISBURG rfjjjftg TELEGRAPH ROWELL IS IB A REFERENDUM Philadelphia Member Wants to Find Out How His Constituents Feel on Local Option ASKS 10,000 FOR ANSWERS Special Election For Philadelphia; Democrats Not Making Much Headway Nowadays People at the Capitol are watching with intense interest the result of the referendum by mail which Represen tative Clarence J. Rowell. of the Nineteenth Philadelphia district, is taking on the question of local option. It is believed that he will swing in for the "drys" when his constituents are heard from. Rowell Is the colleague of John Reynolds, one of the veterans of the Philadelphia delegation, and lives in an up-town Philadelphia ward. He was counted as against local option, but like Messrs. Wilson, Cox. Walsh and Graham, listened to the argu ments in favor of letting the people decide the liquor question and has de termined to tind out what, his folks think. Being a business man he start ed in on a business basis and has sent out about 10.000 letters asking rep resentative people what they think about it. The same plan is said to bo under way in a number of districts, where members let it be known that they would appreciate information. —J. Denny O'Neil, one of the lead era of the local option fight, who has been ill, is improving and is expected to get here next week. T. Larry Eyre, the other leader of the local option battle, was one of the speakers at the Clover club dinner and put over some keen remarks. —Philadelphia newspapers predict that Samuel W. Pennvpacker and Mil ton J. Brecht will be reappointed pub lic service commissioners. —Governor Brumbaugh is getting close to a record In vetoes. He is up to the Petinypacker batting average. —Five i|ien are candidates for the judicial nondnatlon in Mercer county and more are expected. —Democrats do not seem to have made so much out of their recent Jef ferson day dinner in Philadelphia. It would seem that it has fallen down as an arouser of enthusiasm for the State machine.. —The Philadelphia Press says: "While men in many branches of in dustrial work are doing all they can to make Philadelphia the tneeea for 1916 those who advertise the city also have fallen into line and will add their expert aid to that already offered and accepted. Robert H. Durbin. president of the Poor Richard Club, composed mostly of advertising men, many of them with a national experience yes terday. said he was most heartily in favor of bringing the Republican con vention to Philadelphia. —The Religious Society of Friends, acting through a committee consisting of William Bishop, Charles S. Carter, Davis H. Forsythe, Edward G. Rhoads. A. F. Huston, James XI. Moon and Ueorge M. Warner, yesterday issued a protest to the Governor and the Legis lature against the-Catlin bill to permit betting on horse races. —Governor Brumbaugh's approval yesterday of the bill authorizing Phila delphia Councilmanic vacancies to be filled at special elections was followed later in the day by a proclamation by Sheriff Acker. This calls for the se lection of Selectmen in the Twenty seventh and Thirty-eighth wards, and a Common Councilman in tbe Twenty fifth ward when the transit loan is voted upon on April 29. . WAITING By Kate P. Flcnniken, in the Sun day School Times. Who hath not stood with wavering trust In some obstructed way. Where God refused to interpose Or hasten our delay? Perplexed with doubt, and sore dis tressed. We breathe an earnest prayer To heaven for help; but no appeal Opens an entrance there. And thus wo stand, with eager hands. And burning, restless feet. Afraid to venture farther on. Not daring to retreat. But when at last we learn to trust, And, trusting, to obey. We look, and lo! an angel now Has rolled the stone away. All worthy he who prompt responds, Prepared for every fate: But worthier he of higher praise Who, trusting, learns to wait. DUMMY "AVIATOR" The Germans had two balloons for observation during the siege at Tsing Tau. One of them hung like a yellow bubble in the sky each day until the Japanese brought up light artillery and filled it with shrapnel holes. The other, an old one, was sent up later to draw the Are of the Japanese and thereby reveal the position of the Japanese guns. It' contained a dummy looking fixedly at the landscape below through a pair of pasteboard glasses. But there happened to arise a strong wind which set the balloon revolving and finally broke it loose and sent it pirouetting off over the Vellow Sea. the whole exploit, I learned afterward, being a great puzzle to the British and Japanese observers outside.—Al fred M. Brace. In the "World's Work." AN EVENING THOUGHT Knowledge by suffering ente'reth And life is perfected by death. —Mrs. Browning. SWAT THE FLY Mr. Baalnesa Man, inuke your town Flyleu, and advertlae your bnal neaa by unlng the Srratter. Onlfn promptly filled. I'rlcc lilcmllif. Call at office, or phone Bell 157T-H. MYERS MANUFACTURING CO. THIRII AMD CI MHKUI.AND STREETS, ABOVE MILLER'S SHOE STORE WWWWWMMWWMHWWWIMWMWWMWIWIimWWmmMHWIWI | Buy Coal Now— Cheapest j ]! This is the month to order next winter's supply of coal. There's || ]l a material saving to be effected, and the wise folk are taking advantage || |! of present low prices. Buy before the advance comes, and buy Mont- JI ]! gomery coal thus insuring the most quality for your money. ] | J.B. MONTGOMERY i j Both Phonea Third and Chestnut Streets j A LONG-FELT Is Hodge a me- (XT chanical genius? • { \j Yes, he's just^B* Invented a fur- E(K \ > Tn race that will M\ U heat the Janitor rHE EDITOR'S j Vsrj jB.JJ CHANCE. Q* f « Contrlbutoi t~i >'J." .V ' H gathering up hli manuscript) You don,t seeir 1 'o care much ft l '"t,~9 orliflna 1 ideas. ] w e'd rather havt j » ' good ones. IN HARRISBURG FIFTY '. YEARS AGO TO-DAY I (From the Telegraph. April 17, 1563.) (ioue to Front oeveral veterans re-enlisted to-day and started for the front. Rebels in City. Several Rebels came into the city last night, tore down the Stars and Stripes from some or the buildings. an«l insulted the people. Rewards are ofTered for the arrest of the men. Business Places Closed Practically all of the business houses in this city will be closed on the 19th, trom XI to 3 o'clock, while Lincoln's funeral services will be held in Wash ington. NEWS JpiSPATCHES OF THE CIVIL WAR tFrom the Telegraph. April 17, ISC3.) Mobile Captured New Orleans, April 17.—Tho cap ture of iMobile, together with 5,0*00 prisoners, was reported here to-day. Johnston's Surrender Fx pec ted Washington, April 17.—Sherman reports that he expects the surrender of Johnston at any hour. Sherman will offer the same terms given Lee by Grant. Arrest Surratt Family Washington, April 17.—Surratt and his family, charged with attempting to murder Secretary Seward, was ar rested to-day. BOOKS and d& \\ ants .Hnrk Twain l.cuors. Albert Bigelow Paine, author of "Mark Twain: A Biography," is about to compile a collection of Mark Twain's letters. In the biography, he says, he was able to use only occa sional examples of the humorist's let ters. filled with philosophy, comment on public affairs and public gossip, to illuminate the text. Mr. Paine is asking that all owners of Mark Twain's letters'will contribute to this important work by sending him, in care of Messrs. Harper & Brothers, copies of their precious documents, for all of which he will be happy to make acknowledgment in the work itself. Morgan Robertson, whose death took place last week, made use in his books of sea tales, "Down to the Sea." "Land Ho!" etc., of submarines and imaginary devices, which resulted about ten years ago in his invention of a different kind of periscope. The manager of a well-known submarine building company stated: "Our com pany has bought Mr. Robertson's in vention, and has made an arrange ment with him by wihch he will con tinue his work on it and perfect it in certain details. It is true that it ren ders objects visible all over the sur face of the sea in all directions, but it is not true that it will penetrate with its rays beneath the surface. If it proves to be what we think, it will, wo believe, rather revolutionize mod ern warfare." > Buy your Trees and Plants direct from the grower and save money We grow everything worth plant ing. Will make a special price on peach trees to new customers. Thirty-five best varieties. 3 to 4 ft. high at 81.00 pgr 100 4 to 5 ft. high at #6.00 per 100 5 to 6 ft. high at 88.00 per 100 Address THE LANCASTER COUNTY NURSERIES R. F. D. No. 7 Lancaster, Pa. Send for our price list. V —J Take Care of lour Eyes and They'll Take Care of You For advice, consult With H. C, ClMtrr, 303 Market Street, \ HEADQUAHTEKS FOII SHIRTS SIDES & SIDES > * Constipation Biliousness-Headache Dr. Chase's Liver Tablets Make the liver active, bom els regular. without pain or cnpinj. relievo tick headncne and that bloated feelinf after eating, purify the blood and clear the complexion. Large box, enough to last a month, 25c. Dr. ChaaeCo., 224 N. 10th St., Philadelphia, Pa. APRIL 17, 1915. HARRISBURG TRUST CO. 16 South Market Square From the Report to the Banking Commissioner of April sth, 1915. RESOURCES Loans $1,753,415.85 Bonds and Stocks 264,248.12 Real Estate 147,800.00 Cash and Reserve 565,318.96 Overdrafts 310.69 $2,731,093.62 LIABILITIES Capital $400,000.00 Surplus 400,000.00 Undivided Profits 42,880.64 . Dividends Unpaid 115.00 Deposits 1.888,097.98 $2,731,093.62 $2,143,197.36 Amount of Trust Funds $24,513,000.00 Corporate Trusts c ■ > One Hundred Thousand Dollars to place on flrwt inorton Improved roul e*tnte In mnountK from 9."»U0 to IHO.UtfO for one to ten yearn. I'nrtlnl pnyineiitM euu l»e mn«le fit nny Interest period. nutl Interest villi erase on amounts no pul<l on the prlnelpnl. K. KKISTKU. Trust Officer. V II J iupgif awtl J Your Family's Future THE vital need of a will should appeal especially to every person who is support ing a family. How have you planned for their future? What safeguards have you provided to protect them ? Make your will, and name a trust company as executor of your estate. It is best able to handle such matters where experience, judgment and ability mean so much to those who survive you. Q* 213 MARKET STREET i"S Capital, «300,000 Snrpltia, *3OO,(HH» ——m— LJ I Whatl It is always the unexpected that happens and just when you least anticipate loss, a fire, burglary or other misfortune is likely to deprive you of your valu- I ables if you leave them around the house or carry them about with you. By renting a Safe Deposit Box in our fire and burg lar pr'oof vault you absolutely do away with danger of loss and you always know just where to find your ] valuables when you want them. t Come in and see us about this service. You Smokers Who Like Strong Cigars Do you know that imagination has a lot to do with your taste? Don't hank too much on black tobacco. A full-bodied all Havana smoke with a rich aroma will touch the spot quicker and with less harmful re sults than the strongest cigar rolled. Get wise and get a quality smoke for your dime. 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