6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established itii PUBLISHED BT THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACKPOLE President and Bditor-in-Ckitf F. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M- STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun flay) at the Telegraph Building, 21# Federal Square. Both phones. Uosnber American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bnrean of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City. Hasbrook, Story ft Srooks. *\ «stern Office, Advertising Building; Chicago, 111.. Allen A Ward. Delivered by carriers at <*• iSMIf.GUtO six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers st $3.00 a year in advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harris uurg, Pa., as second olass matter. Intrs dally overage (or the three • months ending: April SO, 1915. IT 21,844 ★ Average for the year 1914—23,213 Average for the year 1913—11,877 Average for the year 1912—21,175 Average for the year 1911—18,851 Average for the year 1910—17,495 WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 5. FACTS ASSERT THEMSELVES IT is given out through Democratic sources at Washington that Presi dent Wilson will run again on his re<x>rd in handling the war problems tind that the tariff, if possible, will be shunted to the rear. It is understood that the administration's attitude to wrj-d the war in Europe and the prob lems growing out of it will be pushed to the front, emphasized and reiterated at every opportunity. Washington dispatches state that tha revision of the tariff, with its premised but unrealized reduction of tha cost of living, will be tucked away fop a nice, long sleep, to be disturbed only when it is necessary by way of defending the Administration against tli* attacks of Republicans. The country will be asked to re-elect Woodrow Wilson as the great peace President, the man who steered the nation safely through a world at war s!UI made possible the great commer cial advantages that have flowed to the United States from the European struggle. All other rallying cries will be sub ordinated to this if the plans of the 1 >emocratlc leaders meet with no set -5 ack. A veil will be thrown over in dustrial conditions as they were in the United States before the declaration of war and the voters of the country will l<e invited to view "the new prosper- By" and the enormous trade balance which the United States has rolled U{p In its favor against Europe. Secrotary Redfleld in his frequent statements that the country is phe nomenally prosperous, however, Is re futed by Secretary Wilson of the De partment of Labor, who has given out a statement saying that 369,000 persons are out of work in New York alone. It's going to be mighty difficult for the Democratic managers of the Wilson propaganda to deceive the people in to the belief that the country is pros perous through Democratic policies when exactly the opposite has been true. 1 Harrisburg is having its usual clean up, but would it not be well to have tclose Inspection of back yards and eel- Bars at least four times a year, with a (view to keeping clean the entire city jand reducing the menace of filth which [is permitted In some localities from fone clean-up period to another? CONSTRUCTIVE WORK V" | aHE Rotary Club, through its | X educational committee, lias undertaken a distinctly con structive piece of work in the survey It proposes to make of the Harris burg school district, with special stress on the local high school [problem and its solution. Those who have given the matter -attention believe that the public school system is full of faults that might be corrected at no great ex panse or labor. The course is con sidered by many to be too lengthy for the results achieved, and that while >ttae pupils turned out of the high toohools are equipped to enter college, •they are not well fitted for the du ties of life, upon which a large ma jority enter immediately without fur ther training. Shorter and more Practical are the watchwords. If the Rotary Club is Instrumental In start ling Harrisburg in that direction it |wlll have performed a large service. jpAt all events the high school sttua klon here is fast becoming Impossi ble and the club's action Is indication ft an aroused public in the übject. I ——————— I THE PLANNING COMMISSION MTT*HE Legislature should go slowly [JL wlth any bill that has for its object the curtailment of the powers of planning commissions in third-class cities. These commis sions have none too much authority as it is. That they have not accom plished more in the nearly two years of their existence is due to tho fact that they have been without ade pate funds. To restrict the veto {power of the commissions, as is pro posed under the terms of the Alex ander bill passed by the HOUBO last I night, would further hamper their tvperations. The planning commission law as It stands has not been on the statute j books long enough to demonstrate ito the full either Its weaknesses or i its strength. Next session would be iample time to consider changes, ex- Icept that the Legislature should pass [fin amendment making it munda- WEDNESDAY EVENING, Tory on the part of councils to pro vide the commissioners with money sufficient to carry on the important work entrusted to them. Harrisburg is suffering to-day from haphazard growth and development. The city must be safeguarded against a repetition of such errors and care lessness. The city planning commis sion is the bulwark between public Interest and private selfishness and thoughtlessness, and It should not be weakened, but rather strengthened for the sake of the future of 'every third-class city in Pennsylvania. THE CITY AND STATE IT ia most gratifying to the citizens of Harrisburg that the visitors who ooma here from time to time have manifested so much pleasure In the progressive spirit of the city. Espe cially is this true among members of the Senate and House and those in official life on Capitol Hill. And the most enthusiastic admirers of tho city are those who have given atten tion to civic matters in the way of permanent betterment and esthetic improvement. As a municipality Harrisburg has been doing its full share in the making over of the city so that it may con form in every way to tha best thought of those in authority in the State gov ernment who are endeavoring to cre ate a dignified Capitol and harmon ious environment. It is not realized, perhaps, by our friends from the out side Just how much Harriskurg has done within a few years to improve the city. Following an energetic im provement campaign in 1901 the first loan of $1,090,000 was authorized for a filtration plant, the extension and improvement of the sewer system, the construction of a dam in the Susque hanna river, for acquiring land and property for parks, and for the pav ing of street intersections. Three years later another loan of $400,000 was authorized for the reconstruction of Mulberry street viaduct, the exten sion and improvement of the sewerage system and for additional paving. About five years later another loan of $641,000 was authorized for eliminat ing the Paxton creek nuisance, for ad ditional sewers, for an intercepting sewer along the River Front, for the construction of a bridge over the Philadelphia and Reading railway at Thirteenth street, and for additional paving. Still another loan was au thorized for $300,000 to enlarge the sewer system, for bridges, for an isle of safety on Market Square, for a muni cipal asphalt repair plant, for addi tional park land and playgrounds, and more paving. This is a record of which any city may well be proud and the improve ments have been carried forward without the breath of scandal and with a full return on the' investment. It Is. therefore, a gratification to know that the thousands of visitors who come here from year to year realize that the Harrisburg of to-day is an up-to-date and progressive city. Nor are the activities of our citizens confined only to civic betterment; the public utilities and industrial and commercial enterprises of Harrisburg will compare favorably with those of any other municipality in the State or nation. MR. CUNNINGHAM'S POLICIES THE assurance of State Highway Commissioner Cunni n g h a m, given to his assistant engineers upon the occasion of their first con ference this week, that politics is to have no place in the department during his term, that incompetents are to be dismissed regardless of con nections, and merit rewarded by pro j motion, has the right sound. It is good business and good politics, too. A political party's best asset is ef ficient and economical administration of office. This is well illustrated in a negative way by present conditions at Washington. The Democrats have 'played fast and loose with govern mental affairs. They have disregarded merit at every turn. Tried and capa ble men have been turned, out to make way for political favorites. Money has been squandered in un heard of quantities, and results, as In the postal service, for instance, are generally unsatisfactory. S<J un satisfactory, indeed, that the election of a Republican to the Presidency next year already is assured. Evi dently Mr. Cunningham has seen this peril and does not intend that his department shall be permitted to suffer thereby. Promotion within the ranks, as the new commissioner has promised the worthy ones of his corps, is always an assurance of activity and efficiency. Mr. Cunningham has placed the feet of his assistants squarely on the ground, has vested thein with ample authority and has promised them re ward for good work. Tho public will watch developments with interest and confidence. FULFILL ALL PLEDGES WITH the rapid approach of final adjournment the Republican leaders in the Legislature must realize the Importance of fulfilling the party pledges In the last campaign. There must be no flinching at any point. Definite and distinct promises were made to the people and co-op erating with Governor Brumbaugh these pledges should be made good in every particular. There should not be any disposition In any quarter to trifle with the solemn obligations of the party. Just now the people are look ing toward the Republican party in the State and the nation to do the things which make for prosperity and the welfare of the people. There must be no falling short in this duty. During the few days that are left of the session, provision ought to be made for placing the highways of the State In the best possible condition and reconstructing such stretches of roads as is possible with the reduced reve nues, and every step ought to be taken that will complete a program of legis lation necessary to the fulfillment of party pledges. I EVENING CHATI w Wildwood park these dayß U abloom with dogwood and hundreds of peo ple spent Sunday in the woods. A park regulation prohibits the tearing off of branches from yie trees or otherwise destroying flowers but despite this precaution lots of visitors have ruined small trees in their ef forts to get at the blooms. A city official the other day advanced a ourious explanation as to why so many people carried the dogwood away from the park. Many of the auto tourists and hundreds went through the stretch of woodland — carried tonncau loads of the blossoms. As a rule these were taken from the nearby mountains. "Now to my mind," said the observing official, "a lot of pedestrians who see autoists going through the park carrying dog wood think that the flowers were taken from the trees here. Then they act on the assumption that 'if the folks who can ride in autos may have the dogwood, why can't we?' So they go to it and the trees naturally suffer." How Henry Schuddemage had the great stretch of pavements around his North Front street home cleared of snow at a bargain price was amusingly recalled the < tner day by Mercer B. Tate. Someone had sarcastically com mented on the' chanico of the weather and the snow shoveling possibilities— which reminded Mr. Tate of a story. "That Mr. Schuddemage has an un usually long stretch of pavement to clear of snow is pretty well known," said Mr. Tate. "Sometime ago, so this story runs, the city had repeatedly notified him to clear his pavements. For some reason or other the pave ments were not cleaned and the po lice department, I believe, finally had the snow removed and imposed the costs on Mr. Schuddemage. Shortly afterward he called at police head, quarters to settle the bill. "The bill I think amounted to some thing like twelve dollars. " 'Well, I'll pay it,' smiled Mr. Schuddemagp, 'lf I had had that done myself it would have cost me about twenty-live dollars.' " The big bird "hotel" which was re cently presented to the city park de partment by the State Game com mission will not be the only summer quarters provided for the feathered guests of the city this year; the other day half a dozen tiny rustic bird "cot tages" were received by the depart ment from a Lansing firm. These are made of wood npd covered with natural tree bark and are Just about big enough to accommodate one or two families. These will be placed in the tree tops in the city parks within u week or two. * If it had not been for the Tech high ath'etes there would not have been any track meet at Mercersburg last Saturday Tech not only put it, all over Mercersburg, but had to furnish some of the equipment to pull off the events. On the day previous to the track meet the Tech team received a letter which read as follows: "Varsity team and second athletes gone to Cornell. Bring your hammer." There is one amateur manager in Harrisburg who will not schedule a game at Carlisle very soon, lie was telling about his visit to Carlisle last Saturday when the Harrisburg play ers were given a hard bump and added: "Some managers wonder why they cannot book games. Jf all man agers were like the one we met at Carlisle I wonder how they manage to get games up there. We were defeated, and took our medicine. However, the Harrisburg boys came back home without some of their clothing, and to make matters worse the Carlisle man ager refused to pay us the guarantee. Harrisburg teams should be careful about making contracts." Among visitors to the city yester day afternoon was James B. Sheehan, register of wills of Philadelphia and one of the best known men of Irish descent in the State. He has been prominent In the Hibernians and is well-known as a public speaker. "People must have gone Jitney mad," remarked a man on an up town car to-day. • "There's Jitney busses, Jitney sales, Jitney punchhoards and Jitney every thing else. Why only a while ago I saw some hoy with a Jitney bicycle. In front of the Hamilton grammar school he stood with his bike, evi dently waiting for school to dismiss. On the rear of his 'bike' was this sign, 'Jitney, 5 cents.' " 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —County Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil is working up the interest in good roads day in Allegheny county. —James B. Beale. of Pittsburgh, has gone to the Pacific coast for a visit. —Walter St Beers, prominent Oil City man. Is head of the new gun club in that city. —Charles A. Finley, head of the bureau of water of Pittsburgh, that there is less typhoid than ;in many years in that city. ' —Thomas J. Nolan has succeeded his father, the late Thomas Dolan, on the board of the Unite.d Gas Improve m«nt Company. —Henry Kissinger, county control ler of Fayette, announced yesterday that he had .burned the -last of the county bonds and that the county had no more debt. I DOyOcTKNftW— 1 That Harrisburg is noted for the electric plant engines it turns out? I EDITORIAL COMMENT 1 The principal criticism of our neu trality Is based on the fact that it's too darned neutral.—Chicago Herald. Can it be that the rapid spread of prohibition In Europe drove Huerta to these hospitable shores? New York Tribune. Champ Clark says the idea that any American boy can be President is wrong. Now let's hear from Mr. Bryan.—Toledo Blade. CLEAN-UP NIGHT Br Wist Dinger Reader, as these llneß you're reading I'll be working very hard. For I have a heap of duties To perform in house and yard. Folks are coming home to-morrow, And I've got to make the place Look attractive —right at this time It looks more like a disgrace. Grass needs cutting, flower garden Is choked pretty well with weeds. Furniture ttirougnout the household Rearrangement sorely needs. Everything that's been neglected Must be straightened up to-night And till late this eve I'll hustle ( With all bloomln' blawsted might. HARRISBURG ft* TELEGRAPH MEMORIALS HELD BY Tiff SENXTORS Tributes Paid to the Memory of J. K. P. Hall and John T. Fisher j Last Evening The first memorial services of the session were held in the Senate cham ber last night in memory of Senators J. K. P. hall, Elk, and John T. Fisher. Northumberland, who died last year. President Pro Tem. Kline presided. Senator Hall, who declined to be a candidate last year, had been a member for almost 20 years. He was eulogized by Senators Sones, Incom ing; Homeher, Lancaster; Hilton, McKean and Clark, Erie. Addresses on Senator Fisher were made by Senators McConnell. who succeeded him; Hilton, McKean; Thompson, Beaver and Salus, Phila delphia. —Register of Wills Connor, of Al legheny, was a visitor to the Senate. —Representative William H. Wil son, of Philadelphia, chairman of the House judiciary general committee, was guest of honor at a dinner given by the committee last evening at the Senate. Representative F. E. Geiser, Northampton, presided, and Repre sentative H. I. Wilson, Jefferson, pre sented Mr. Wilson with a diamond pin on behalf of the committee, expressing their appreciation of him. Speaker Ambler was also a speaker. Ex-Congressman James B. Reiliy, of Pottsvllle, was among the legisla tive visitors. —Councilman R. D. Dripps, of Philadelphia, was a visitor to the House. He is interested in Charities legislation. —Ex-Representative Paul W. Houck, of Shenandoah, was a capi tal visitor. —Representatives Wildman, Hack ett, Steedle and Bernthelzel joined the Society of acting speakers yester day. They were named by Speaker Ambler. —Ex-Senators Murphy, Philadel phia; McNichols and Blewltt, Lacka wanna; James, Luzerne; and Fisher, Indiana, were legislative visitors. —The House education committee Is not likely to act further on the teachers' pension bill. —Congressman D. F. Lafean, of York, was at the Capitol. • —Ex-Representative T. Henry Wal nut, of Philadelphia, was here on the civil service bill. AN EVENING THOUGHT People seldom Improve when they have no model but them selves to copy after.—Goldsmith. I HARD TO FIT? I I No. You may think you are, . fffgp \ I I and perhaps you are—in the I ordinary store. But not at Doutrichs. I You see it's this way. Clothes I making has been developed to such a high degree that ready-to-wear suits may now be had in sizes and proportions to fit men of the most unusual build. j Si I But few indeed are the stores i |§f| / I I • doing a business large enough to warrant If Iml Ijlmi carrying all these extra sizes. Thus it happens that many a Hr j'| j I THilf/P man whom we fit without any trouble at all finds it impossible I 111/ lIJ !' 11 I lIIJill to get promptly fitted anywhere else in Harrisburg. Ijjlj |( jll 1 Ijlum I The stout man shown here isn't | j | a circumstance beside many that we fit— | J/jr^ the 7-footer with a 32 waist, for instance; or the extra-tall, lj||| j||l U lull j ' stout man; or the chap as broad as he is long. |||lj jj fijs I The House of iillK I Kuppenheimer ill I| —devotes special and expert |||/ l||| attention to the tailoring of clothes for /Ml I men of unusual build. As large makers they can afford to do IHlffH j m| jl this, just as we, as large retailers, can afford to carry such /jffljfi J I Jni] clothes in wide variety. Kuppenheimer Suits and other good rail ' makes for men of all shapes and sizes are here at Tlr^ sls S2O $25 S3O Ji I I I 1 THEHOUSEOFKUPPENHEIMI* 304 Market St. Harrisburg Pa. This Is the Birthday Anni versary of —————————— J mam 88^l HOWARD C. FRY Born in Harrisburg, May 5, 1876, head of the Pry Coal Company and secretary of the Harrisburg Ro tary Chib. The Telegraph wishes him many happy returns. FLUSHES. , fie sat and played I amid the (Excuse this tear-and-sob tJpon his cheek a ' hectic flush. fj4 IW j i And in his hand ffIJJW JvJj y $. bobtail. ' BOOKS and It Is refreshing to hear of some good things this country lias done In these days when we read so much about our fallings as a nation. In "Uncle Sam's Modern Miracles," William Atherton Du Puy makes a picturesque and enter taining exposition of big things America has done and Is doing for the MAY 5, 1915. I- YOU n 1 doubtless have often seen opportunities which would I enable you to make considerable fnoney if you had a jf few hundred dollars to invest. By exercising just a little economy you will find I that you can readily save a few hundred dollars in a comparatively short time. It is to assist you to acquire this "Opportunity" , fund that we maintain a Savings Department in which f 1 we pay Z°/o interest, compounded every four months, 1 I on deposits of SI.OO and upwards. \ \\ benefit of the American people and all humanity. Among our good work he includes our operations in the Philip pines, Porto Rico. Cuba and the Isthmus of Panama, the "shackling of the Mis sissippi," the reclamation of our west ern deserts, the Intelligent activities of our Agricultural Department, and our assimilation of immigrants. ' His Majesty, the Czar of Russia, has accepted a copy of Fridt.lof Nansen's "Through Siberia, the Land of the Fu ture," and has conveyed his thanks to the publishers for .sending him a copy of the book. The promise It holds out of a possible opening up of Siberia by regular water communication makes the book of great Interest and import ance to American businessmen. IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph of May 5, 1865.] Removal of I'oat Office Official notice was given to-day of the removal of the Post Office to 70 Market street. It will be opened in the new quarters next Sunday. I.ottery Men Active lottery agents are becoming active in the city, inviting the people to try their chnnce with fortune. A warning- hm been issued to the people not to I-IKIC their money on the tickets. I.fttrm Muat He Stamped Owing to the unusually large amount of letters mailed unstamped the Gov ernment has ordered that instead of being: forwarded and douhie-prlre be ing charged, they are to be sent to the dead letter office. NEWS DISPATCHES OF THE C V L WAR [From the Telegraph of May 5, 186."».J Dfolarf Indeflulte Arm lat Ice St. Louis, May 5. lt was reported here to-day that an Indefinite armis tice had been declared between the Union forces and those commanded by Kirby Smith. Moahy Rlda Farewell Faqiuer, May 5. Geenral Mosby to-day bade farewell to his guerrilla band shortly before he disbanded tlio organization. Executive Orders Revoked Washington. May 5. The Execu tive orders given in 'IS62, prohibiting the export of arms and ammunition from the United States, wus revoked to-day.
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