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MONDAY EVENING. MAY 10
SANE AND PATRIOTIC, TOO
TTTITH almost no exception the
.y y ( newspapers of the United
States are engaged in holding
up the hands of President Wilson in
the grave crisis that now confronts
him. They are at once sane and patri
otic In their attitude. They are one
and all urging calmness and poise on
the part of the people. The President
must make a decision momentous in
the history of the nation, tf not of the
world. He is best able to make that
decision because he has at his disposal
facts and information that are not
available to the newspapers or the
people. He must not bo disturbed In
his deliberations by suggestions or
criticisms. And when he has arrived
at. a conclusion he must be accorded
the hearty support of the whole coun
try, for he is the President of all the
people.
The fact that he is apparently deal
ing with a. power that knows no law,
with an international anarchist, an
arch-criminal or a blood-mad lunatic
—one must hesitate to decide which—
is all the more reason for perfect calm
and careful consideration of every step.
It is easy to say "be calm," but it is
hard to be so with the blood of our
Innocent women and children crying
out for vengeance. It is easier to fight
blindly with the blood at boiling point
than to exercise that self-restraint
against which every liber in the body
is crying out. Yet self-restraint Is
always wise and In this instance It is
imperative. That Germany "must be
punished for this act of supreme bru
tality good Americans must ail agree.
The method is not for us to decide.
That lies with the President. With
him must rest the responsibility, unless
he shall decide to share it with Con
gress, and in any case he must be sup
ported In his request that public feel
ing be held In check until he can
ascertain all the facts and give them
with his conclusions to the public.
A RELIGIOUS CENTER
IX congratulating Bishop Darlington
upon the coincident tenth anniver
sary of the formation of the Harris
burg diocese and his consecration as
bishop it may not he amiss to call
attention to the growing
Harrisburg as a religious center. This
is now the see city not only of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, but ot
the Roman Catholic diocese of Har
risburg as well. In addition, Harris
burg is the official residing place of
one of the bis-hops of the United
Evangelical Church and its publishing
house, which came into existence fol
lowing the establishment of the official
church paper. The Evangelical, by
Bishop H. B. Hartzler many years ago,
has attracted here quite a little colony
of influential United Evangelical
churchmen. Including a number of
ex-bishops now holding other offices in
the denomination. There is also lo
cated here the publishing house of the
Church of God.
The growth of the Episcopal dlo
cere under the administration of
Bishop Darlington has been remark
ably rapid and substantial, as a perusal
of the brief history of the district pub
lished in Saturday's issue of the Tele
graph will show. Both the bishop and
those who have labored With him have
much for which to be thankful and
over which they aro justly entitled to
rejoice, and the people of all other de
nominations will join with them In
their celebration of the double anni
versary event this week, in spirit at
least.
Tlmnks to the active efforts of the
city's Department of Health, Harrisburg
is again spic and span throughout its
length and breadth. It may be reason
ably hoped that the individual property
owner will now give attention to keep
ing clean the private premises so that
the city may maintain its reputation
for cleanliness throughout the year.
LIVING SIMPLY AND OTHERWISE
IN New York the oilier day a young
man of 2 8 was sent to prison for
two years because he stole from his
employer "for the sake of his family,"
he said. His salary was too small to
meet his needs, he complained, and
when a judge, perhaps inclined to be
sympathetic, asked him how much he
earned a year the prisoner admitted a
salary of $3,300.
This young man was not driven to
theft by need. He was led away by
the desire to make a show, which is
responsible for many evils. It Is the
besetting sin of many an American to
MONDAY EVENING.
live l;i splendor beyond what his In
come should permit. An English wo
man who recently visited Harrlsburg
Is quoted as saying: "The wives of
clerks living on small salaries seek to
ape the rich not only in their dress
and food but even in their expensive
habits. They live away beyond their
and make no attempt to save
j for a rainy day." Of course this
Is not generally true, but it applies in
a very large number of cases.
In countries abroad, especially in
England, there Is no such attempt to
keep up with the procession. A woman
whose husband earns only a small
salary doesn't have her dresses made
iof silk for every day, but of some
[ more serviceable material warranted
to wear a good long time. She doesn t
I buy strawberries and other fruits out
[of season. In other words, she isn t
ashamed to live within her means.
I Dickens' lamous character, Mr. Ma
cawber, expressed it in a few words
when he said: "Annual income 20
pounds, annual expenditure 19 pounds,
I 19 shillings, sixpence, result happiness,
j Annual income 20 pounds, annual ex
t penditurc 20 pounds, result misery.
Not long ago young Vincent Astor,
probably the richest young man in the
world, with his bride, was interviewed
in Chicago while on his way east fr*»m
a vacation in the West. It was not the
engaging charm of the young man s
personality, nor his democratic man
ner, nor his frank and friendly smile
that caused the interviewers to grow
enthusiastic as they afterward related
details of the visit, but the fact that
young Astor scorned to ride in a pri
vate car, saying that the ordinary
coach was quite good enough for him,
and, most of all, his plain dress. So
unassuming was his manner that few
of those who met him coming and go
ing about the hotel knew him to be the
famous scion of a great house. And
this was i|S he wished it.
If a rich man, with a vast amount
of inherited wealth to do with an r.e
wishes, can live siinply and forego
display, why cannot the young man
or woman of smaller income do the
same? •
THE HORROR A!ID THE HOPE
WRITING of life in the European
trenches, Ernest Poole relates
the following in the current
issue of Everybody's Magazine:
At points where the trenches are
closer these enemies become so
bored they grow friendly, make
little truces of their own, trade
newspapers and cigarettes. At one
point every night at 9 o clock all
firing is suddenly stopped while the
French and tlie German soup
wagons come forward. The mur
derers all dine and smoke and then
get back to business.
"In some, places," said an officer,
"we have had to change our men
several times. They got too damn
friendly." '
Therein lies the chief horror of this
war and a great hope for the future.
These men who want to be friendly
are driven at each other's throats by
the governmental systems of which
they are the pawns. They are the
chessmen and they move at the will of
those who play the great game of con
tinental diplomacy. The question Is,
will their experience in the trenches
bring them to their senses? Will they
learn ,their lesson, or will they go
squandering tlieir revenue and spill
ing their blood at the beck and call
of rulers who see in them only so
much raw food for cannon? That
they will not is the hope that the war
holds out.
IiOATHOUSES
AS the River Front improvement*
progress there is a more general
desire for proper provision for
the boating interests. One boathouse
or two will not bo sufTlclcnt nor should
there be any concentration of these
Structures a't one point. The high
embankment at several places makes
possible the erection of boathouses
close to the slope so that the growth
of shrubbery and vines will practically
conceal from the top of the embank
ment the shelters for boats beneath.
If it is thought best to make these
boathouses a municipal enterprise, then
sites should be selected and provisions
made for them. On the other hand,
private enterprise may be sufficient for
the purpose and then concessions un
der proper regulations should be au
thorized.
It must be realized that with the
completion of the shore improvements
and the dam the number of boats of
all sorts will tremendously Increase.
We shall not be surprised to see the
river dotted before the end of the sum
mer with sailboats, motorboats, canoes
and every sort of pleasure craft. The
river is hound to be a great pleasure
resort and proper provisions must be
made for the people who will enjoy
an unusual water front.
THE ISLAND DOCK
REGARDING the controversy that
has arisen over the Island dock
of the Harrisburg Light and
Power Company, it should be remem
bered that the fundamental propo
sition was the riddance of the intol
erable conditions along the river shore
at Market street. Placing the dock on
the island was a secondary matter
and a result of the Market street sit
uation. There has been very general
commendation of the City Council for
its effort to clean up the river shore
and make it attractive for all the
people.
If the dock on the Island Is not the
best way of providing facilities for the
largest of the coal operators, then It
might be well to consider some other
plan. Perhaps the floating dock origi
nally proposed by the heat and power
company Is entirely feasible. It will
do no harm, of course, to take time to
consider the question and to determine
it finally in the interest of fairness to
the city and the company. There is
no occasion for hysteria or unreason
able criticism in any quarter. The city
has had many much more serious
problems to solve during its period of
improvement and. this matter can be
determined without Injury to any in
terest.
Whatever Is done, however, nothing
should interfere with the completion
of the river wall and steps at Market
street, which was the main thought
from the beginning*
)
rEVENING CHAT 1
The last issue of the Journal of the
Engineers' Society of Pennsylvania is
really a Harrlsburg number because It
contains no less than three Important
articles of great local interest and
also an address by J. Horace McFar
land on seeing our own land first. This
address, which was delivered before
the society, was on the scenery of the
Keystone State and was an exceptional
presentation of what this State had
to show its sons and daughters If they
would visit her hills and vales and
follow her streams instead of going to
the Rhine, the Rhone and the Danube,
the Hudson, the Sagunay and the Colo
rado. it is illustrated by a picture
from Reservoir Park. The reconstruc
tion work at the Pennsylvania Steel
Works Is outlined and Illustrated by
Frank A. Robbins, Jr., the Cumber
land Valley's great work on the Sus
quehanna and on Mulberry street by
Thomas B. Kenned)', and the Paxton
creek work by Joel D. Justin. The
number is one of the greatest boosts
that Harrlsburg could have. It is a
happy combination, perhaps unwit
tingly, because there is no blaring an
nouncement to the effect that the
State Capital is one of the real places
on the map. In issuing it the society
has done a lot for that
Harrisburgers do not realize.
A friend sends this note in regard to
a recent article in tfhis column on the
importance of exterminating the dan
delion before its flowers have a chance
to run to seed: "If people interested
in preserving lawns were wise they
would offer rewards for the dandelion
roots by the dozen. There are rewards
offered lor dead flies, by the pint or
quart. Why not get rid of the dande
lion the same way? Dandelions do not
come back, either."
The time for visiting the Capitol as
[a part of education seems to have ar
rived earlier than usual this Spring.
There is scarcely a day now that a
school does not appear a'nd Saturday
two took in the sights. As has been
pointed out. the Legislature is a great
attraction, but the battleflags and the
Museum run close seconds.
Receipts at the State Treasury show r
that comparatively few Sabbath break
ing fines ara being taken in just now.
This is a rather interesting comment
upon the complaints made about ob
servance of the first day of the week,
in some years gone by Sabbath break
ing fines amounted to over SIOO a
month. Last month they aggregated
only SB.
it is interesting to note that even
if the Legislature should pass the
anthracite coal tax bill now pending
and the Supreme Court should uphold
Judge Kunkel's opinion on the consti
tutionality of the act of 1913, that
Harrlsburg won|d get a share of the
tax for two years. The original act
provided that the counties producing
anthracite should get one half of the
proceeds based on population and this
is the one that was upheld in the
courts. The new act will return money
only to boroughs and townships in this
county that produce coal. Harrisburg
ought to get enough out of the coal
tax. when it gets it, to buy a piece of
motor lire apparatus anyhow.
Tho sand sucker and coal dredgers
appear to have made short work of
the island of sand and coal which
formed in the Susquehanna above Cal
der street. Very little trace of it is to
be found. This simply goes to show
what would happen if the sand bars
were allowed to remain as formed.
Only freshets would take them away.
If all of the bills providing for
bridges across the Susquehanna river
between this city and Herndon go
through there will be abundant means
of communication for people in a re
gion which is now sorely in need of
something beside ferries. The only
difficulty about any of them appears
to be that of expense. It is rather
odd to think that between Clark's
■Ferry and Selinsgrove there Is no
footbridge or other highway bridge.
Bills are pending for bridges at Mil
lersburg, Dalmatia and Herndon. The
Millersburg bridge is in the best shape
as it passed the Senate last week and
is being strongly urged.
The coming of the Liberty Bell to
this city on its way to California re
calls the fact that on every occasion
when it has passed through Ilarrisburg
it has appeared in daylight hours,
never after 6 p. m. On each occasion
it has been given a great popular re
ception and people have driven to the
railroad line for miles around to see
the relic as it went by. In fact it was
said on the occasion of a trip through
here about ten years ago that the
train passed between lines of people
from Middletown to Union Station.
Mothers' Day was not observed as
generally as It was a few years ago.
The day was given a notable recogni
tion in Harrlsburg when it was origi
nated some seven or eight years ago
and sermons and addresses were de
livered on the occasion. Yesterday the
display of carnations, while notable,
was not as extensive as in some for
mer years.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1
—Judge F. M. Trexler has been
elected a vice-president of the Lehigh
Child Welfare conference.
—W. C. Hawley, Pittsburgh water
works man, is at the seashore.
—A. J. County, of the Pennsylvania
railroad, takes an active interest in the
Wayne Men's Club which works for
Welfare of boys.
—John H. Sinberg, well-known
Philadelphia real estate man, has been
elected president of the Pierce Alumni.
—Senator Penrose in a speech at
Philadelphia reiterated his demand for
a greater navy.
I BO YOU KNOW 1
That steel for naval vessels'
keels is made In South Harrls
burjtr. \
AN EVENING THOUGHT
We should desire not to be
famous, but to do good; not to
-rule, but to be fit for it.—Henry
van Dyke.
> 11 \
Concealing Good
Qualities
Once In a while you meet a
man with admirable qualities
who carefully conceals the same
by abnormal modesty.
He never gets credit for what
he is except from mo?t intimate
friends.
Good merchandise not adver
tised is like such a man.
It may be the best ever but
no one knows It—lts qualities
are concealed behind the walls of
silence.
Let the merchandise tell Its
Story through the advertising
columns of a live newspaper like
the Telegraph, and It becomes a
familiar friend of people with
money to spend.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
PALMER UNCERTAIN
ABOUT TAKING JOB
Washington Says That He May Get
Something Better From the
President in Future
According to rumors that are going
the rounds in Washington Ex-Con
gressman A. Mitchell Palmer has de
layed the time of accepting the posi
tion o! justice of the United States
Court of Claims because of possibili
ties that he may be named to some
thing else.
Some of the reports go so far as to
intimate that Palmer might refuse the
justiceship. He has ambitions to
shine In politics and it is said that
some of his friends intimate that he
could do better in the practice of law
than by becoming a justice.
Just What else the president has in
mind for Palmer does not appear, but
it is intimated that even should Pal
mer accept he would be free to resign
if lie did not like the duties of the
place or something better loomed up.
—Formal announcement of the can
didacy of Vance C. McCormlck for na
tional committeeman of the Democra
cy is expected to be made soon after
the legislature adjourns. The State
committee will likely be called to meet
here this summer. It is expected that
friends of McCormlck will make every
effort to smooth away any opposition,
pleading that the President should not
be embarrassed at this time.
—Unqualified indorsement of the
proposition io hold a constitutional
convention was given by Congressman
William S. Vare in a formal statement
I issued last night. His argument is
that Philadelphia has special interest
in the revision of the organic law of
the State, but that the State, handicap
ped in the construction of roads, also
has much to gain. He therefore urges
that there shall be adopted by the
present legislature the Roney bill pro
viding for a constitutional convention.
His statement, which is believed to
foreshadow favorable consideration of
the convention project, follows in
part: "Whether there should or
should not be a constitutional conven
tion in the State of Pennsylvania, is a
question that vitally concerns every
citizen in the State. I am strongly in
favor of holding such a convention and
sincerely hope that the Roney bill,
now pending in the legislature at Har
risburg will be passed before adjourn
ment. The enactment of this measure,
I believe, will be in the public inter
est."
—The Philadelphia Press to-day
says: "With the adjournment of the
legislature on May 20 the largest fac
tor which has held back activity in
the local mayoralty contest will be
removed and (.Henceforth the cam
paign here will be actively under way.
That the lawmakers at Harrisburg will
adjourn at the en<3 or next week is
not doubted. But tho greatest doubt
surrounds the outcome of the maneu
vering of mayoralty candidates. The
outlook is for an open Held, many
contestants and an outcome which
probably will not be settled until the
primaries in September. Senator Mc-
Nichol discussing the situation at Har
risburg yesterday said: 'X believe the
session* has been fruitful of good re
suits for the entire State. It is true
that nothing has been done with a lot
of legislation desired by extremists
and people with fads. But the real
substantial legislation advocated by
Governor Brumbaugh and contained
in the Republican platform has been
or shortly will be enacted. The most
important still to be considered is the
workmen's compensation law. It is
probable that this will be passed dur
ing the coming week leaving the last
week for revenue bills and a general
clean up.' "
—Ambassador George W. Guthrie,
who Is spending a few days in Pitts
burgh before going to Washington.
When pressed for a statement regard
ing the. situation between this country
and Japan told a story which demon
strated how the people of Japan re
gard this nation and also what the
embassador thinks regarding the
friendship of the Japanese people.
"When Tslng-Tau fell," said the am
massador, "the Japanese people eeler
brated the everrt. I had occasion to
go through thq city that day on busi
ness in my automobile. The cars of
all the ambassadors have marked on
them in Japanese characters the de
signation of the owner. When the car
got into one of the wider streets we
met a crowd of Japanese men going
toward the gathering point of the big
parade that was scheduled. They saw
the sign on the automobile. The men
took off their hats and waved them and
cheered for America and the Ameri
can ambassador, it was a spontaneous
thing, and you could see that they
meant It. According to my belief, the
ynlted States is still lirst with Japan."
,—The appropriations committee of
the House will hold its biennial dinner
to-morrow evening. Chairman Wood
ward will be the guest of honor.
—Representative S. A. Whltaker
Is chairman of the trustees Ut the
Spring City State Hospital and takes
a big personal interest In Its affairs.
—Senator Frank Croft, of Mont
gomery, is a chocolate manufacturer
and on several occasions took senators
through his establishment.
—The Philadelphia Inquirer says
to-day editorially: "The General Ap
propriation bill has made its appear
ance with severe cuts in many of the
estimates . It is far better for the leg
islature to do the cutting than saddle
the work on the shoulders of the Gov
ernor, which has been the custom in
recent years. But why should there
be such necessity for slighting the
State's own Institutions? The answer
is that we give vast sums to charitable
institutions, some of which have only
slight claims upon the public purse.
The system of apportioning appropri
ations is all wrong. The Legislature
through the Appropriations Commit
tee puts the cart before the horse. The
charitabip institutions are first pro
vided for, the State's come afterwards.
There Is a scientific way of handling
the moneys of the State, but we have
never got into the habit of it, any more
than has the Congress of the United
States. A budget would deal with
every available dollar, would first of
all take Into consideration the State's
own institutions—its departments of
government, its hospitals, its public
enterprises, sueii as schools and good
roads; would apportion to them the
amounts necessary or desirable, and
only after that had been done would
give the remainder of the available
revenue to the private charities. We
are not finding fault with the Appro
priations Committee of the House.
The members of it have been doing
excellent and hard work. But they
are struggling with a system. Gover
nor Brumbaugh, who has been devot
ing his time and energy to bettering
conditions, could render the State no
greater service than by formulating a
budget plan and pressing it upon the
next legislative session."
DEPTONOI
| MADE IN A HEALTH RESORT.
AT DRUG STORES: H-ooPn-BOTTLE
THE PERTONOL CO.
•ATLANTIC CITY fsi ,a
fOUR DAILY LAUGH I
fOH QUITO
Hazel: It's hard
to be mikunder
evident that you
don't call up an
tral very often.
i siioi'ij) AVonnY
Bj Win* Dinner
I went to the garret,
Dug out of the chest
Last Spring's suit and had it
Overhauled and pressed;
Scrubbed the old straw bonnet
'Till it looks quite neat.
Beady now.for summer
And ITer broiling heat.
Gee, I'm glad that men's clothes
Don't go out of style
Like a woman's clothing
In a little while.
If It did, I'm thinking
Lots of us men folks
At each change of season
Would resemble jokes.
MR. MAUBER'S BOSH
[Philadelphia Record ]
It would be most unfortunate if the
wild and ridiculous assertions about
the Pennsylvania State Constabulary,
made by James H. Maurer before the
Industrial Relations Commission at
Washington, were to receive any gen
eral credence in quarters where the
facts are not known. For years past
the State police have been the bete
noire of Mr. ilaurer, who has carried
his opposition to them Into the Legis
lature and has never tired of misrepre
senting them, but his radical views
have found very little support in this
Commonwealth outside of professional
labor circles. Now that he has found
a wider audience at Washington it may
be as well to state a few plain truths
about the State police.
The purpose of the Constabulary is
not to suppress labor, as Mr. Maurer
asserts, but to preserve order and de
tect crime, just as any other police
force does. Since their institution ten
years ago there has been a very no
ticeable decrease in the violence at
tending strikes, and strikes themselves
have been much less numerous than
they were. So far as unbiased observ
ers can tell, the troopers have always
been entirely impartial in their atti
tude toward employers and employes,
and their handling of dlllicult sit
uations has been tactful and Arm. Un
der the old system the State was
shocked by such tragedies as that at
Lnttlmer, where deputy sheriffs tired
upon striking miners and killed a num
ber of them. The well-disciplined men
under Captain Groonxe's command
have never been guilty of such out
breaks, and, instead of oppressing
labor organizations and union strikers,
as Sir. Maurer charges, have never
shown any sympathy for the large cor
porations that have been involved in
strikes.
If one were to believe the Socialist
representative from Reading, the peo
ple of Pennsylvania, between 8,000,000
and 9,000.000 in number, cower in ter
ror before the 2.12 constables scattered
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Each person sending in an answer to the Prosperity Picture Puzzle below will
receive a Beautiful Keystone State Souvenir Spoon chased with the Coat of
Arms of Pennsylvania. (Whether answer is correct or not).
( \
IST CHOICE
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cealed in this picture, representing the
W return of prosperity. How many can
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One answer to a family. Each contestant sending In a reply will be treated exactly alike, and will
have the same opportunity to secure one or more of the prizes whether living in or outside of Harris
burg. Each contestant' will receive a beautiful Keystone State Souvenir Spoon chased with the, Coat of
Arms of Pennsylvania. (Whether answer la correct or not. If called for). In addition to this, each
contestant sending a solution will receive a credit check for S3O or more, good toward the purchase of
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later than that time.
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whether 'with
the finest lace,
the heaviest blanket,
choicest linen, or the
better and
without any boiling water.
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throughout the State. The absurdity
of the statement is apparent. Penn
sylvania is proud of its State police,
and Mr. Maurer ought to be also. If
he Is not he has no right to scatter
defamations about them through the
country and misrepresent his own
State. As a member of the legislature
he ought to cultivate State pride. The
fact that he is a Socialist and labor
leader gives him no particular license
to run down a very efficient and hard
working force of guardians of the
peace.
NEWS DISPATCHES
OF THE CIVIL WAR
[From the Telegraph of May 10. 1860.]
Rebel* Excluded
Washington, May 10. City council
met last night and drew up resolutions
asking that rebels should not be al
lowed to return to Washington. A
public meeting has been called.
Murder Officer*
Baltimore, May 10. lt was report
ed here to-day that the rebels in North
I'arolina have murdered a number of
their officers. The troops are in a de
moralized condition.
Taylor Surrender*
Cairo, May 10. The complete sur
render of Dick Taylor to Genera! Canby
yesterday, places all of the rebel troops
from the Atlantic to the Mississippi in
charge of the Union army. Thousands
are prisoners.
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY
YEARS AGO TO-DAY
[From the Telegraph of May 10, 1860.]
To Attend Se»*loii«
Local physicians who are members
of the Medical Society of Pennsylva
nia. will attend sessions of that organi
zation, to be held May 14, in Altoona.
Firemen In I .urge Parade
Members of the Hope Fire Company,
this city, are planning to go to Phila
delphia next October to participate in
a large parade of the Philadelphia Firo
Department.
Pennsylvania lleclmenla Mustered Out
The Pennsylvania regiments will ho
sent home to be mustered out. accord
ing to Washington dispatches received
yesterday.
1 EDITORIAL COMMENT |
Isn't it about time for Count von
Bernstorff to hand a note to the State
Department telling the government
what to do in tlie Rlgga Bank case?
—New York World.
With the British using our flag on
tho high seas and the German raiders
taking refuge in our harbors, it would
appear that we are absolutely neu
tral. Nashville Southern Lumber
man.