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FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 4
Lei Uf be to carried an that ne ether ebject
tnay feem to te «"•(*» bwe the »cquuition of
feece.—C%eero.
THE STEEL CASE
THERE Is good reason to hop* that
the Supreme Court of the United
States will confirm the decision of
the Court of Appeals in the case of
tnc Government against the United
States Steel Corporation, handej down
at Trenton yesterday. In the first
place, the opinion clears up in a very
logical manner a number of disputed
points and in the second place it
abounds in common sense from start
to finish. The application of the find
ings of the Supreme Court In this case
will be so wide that an early decision
is very desirable, and no doubt, as
Judge Gary says, in commenting on
the case, business conditions will be
much improved by the clarifying of
the legal atmosphere in which many
of the great industries of the country
have been befogged for some years.
The most important point in yes
terday's opinion is that mere bigness
<ioes not constitute a violation of the
nntt-trust law. There never has been
♦•hown a disposition on the part of the
eteel trust to stifle competition. It is
not in position to do so even if the
management did so desire. That it did
wield a mighty influence in price fix
ing is admitted, but the practice was
discontinued before the government
suit was brought. It is worthy of note
that reason and good sense rather
thui mere legal technicalities predomi
nate In the arguments Judge Buffing
ton formulates to reach his con
clusions.
There Is certain to be increasing in
terest among the people of the city in
the celebration which is to take place
during: the early autumn. One of the
big features of this civic demonstration
will be a river carnival that will fur
nish an opportunity for all the people
to observe the beauty of the river basin
snd the splendid character of the River
Front improvement. Would that our
citizen*, who sometimes fail to appre
• iate the various things that are being
done to make Harrisburg more attrac
tive. could hear the enthusiastic com
ments of many visitors who are pass
ing through Harrisburg day by day.
Headmaster Brown was Justified In
his proud statement of yesterday, dur
ing the commencement exercises of the
Harrisburg Academy, that the class of
thirty-one students was the largest ever
graduated in the history of the institu
tion. This city is now well on the way
to a creditable preparatory school, and
it is a matter of gratification to our
citizens that the old Academy is taking
its rightful place among the educa
tional Institutions of the State.
OPPORTUNITY AND LIMITATION
THERE are several very good rea
sons why the United States cannot
hope to monopolize the trade of
South America, but there is no reason
■why we should not have a much larger
share*of It than we now enjoy. The
two big obstacles in the way of mo
nopoly ere inability to use all of the
products, or even the bulk of them,
that South America produces, and lack
of capital to loan at rates to be had
in European centers at the outbreak
of the war and which, it may be pre
sumed. ■will prevail when order is once
restored. Those who have followed
the reports of the Pan-American Con
ference will see plainly that the lack
of these requisites Is the very reason
why that conference has been called.
While not the most serious, the most
obvious of our difficulties have been
a lack of banking facilities and of
transportation. All the great foreign
thanks maintain a chain of branch
j hanks throughout Sotrth A-mwice, by
' means of whioh their merchants carry
on direct at the minimum of ex
pense and a maximum of ease. Most of
I the great English and German com
mercial houses maintain a chain of
branches Jn South America which do
business direct with the South Ameri
cans. We possess neither. Indeed, it
ir.ay be said that the present confer
ences to Initiate a chain of American
£>anks end to encourage branch houses.
•That, Indeed. Is the first step." The
next will be better transportation. The
American steamers are slow and small
end the freight rates comparatively
more expensive than from Europe.
This much is perfectly feasible and
*.*lll no doubt be consummated within
a short time-
It Is not to be supposed, however,
ithat the conference believes it can
r*«lve tfaft fundamental obstacles In the
' FRIDAY EVENING,
way of a rapid or wide extension of
trade with South America. The ex
ports of those countries are for the
most part crude produce, of which,
with some exceptions, we can use only
a relatively small amount. The world's
capacity to utilize these staple prod
uct* is obviously greater than ours
ever will be. We already use large
amounts and can Increase only slowly
our capacity for consumption. We
cannot buy the whole or even the bulk
of what they have to sell and utilise it
ourselves.
Neither do we produce many of the
articles South Americans wish to buy,
not so much because we are unable to
produce them as because we have been
busy with other tasks, and are already
able to send back to them an amount
of goods equal in value to what we can
purchase. In the long nin it will not
make so very much difference what
our capacity to make Is, because we
can never profitably sell to them a
greater amount than the total of their
produce which we can profitably use
in exchange.
South America can grow commer
cially as fast as the amount of capital
It can continue to obtain, and It has
not yet failed to absorb an almost
unlimited amount. We have a great
deal of capital to loan, but compared
to the European supply ours Is small.
Besides, as we need very large amounts
of capital to develop our own country,
the demand here is abnormally great,
and provides so good a market for our
own capital, and draws so heavily on
Europe, that the price of money is
high here compared to the rates in
London. We simply cannot afford to
loan money to South America at rates
as advantageous for them as they can
ordinarily procure In London, Paris or
Berlin.
Nevertheless, the opportunities to in
crease our trade with South America
are so great and the bulk is so large
that the conference is Justified in
Planning for bank extensions and
direct steamship lines with the great
continent to the south.
Gradually Park Commissioner Taylor
Is working the many river stone that
were piled along the slope into the slope
Itself, thus removing a temptation from
boys who can hardly resist the throw
ing of these rocks upon the concrete
steps and causing much damage.
It may not come at once, but the
Wildwood Park Zoo is as certain as the
park itself. There is a hint here for
those public-spirited citizens who are
thinking of doing something for the
young people of the home town.
"See Harrisburg first" should be the
ambition of every citizen of this beau
tiful city. We have too many people
who talk glibly of the attractions of
other places without knowing what
charms are right here at their own
doors.
GOVERNMENT BEGINS AT HOME
THE voters of the country realize
that it would be folly to dis
continue the study and discus
sion of other matters of governmental
concern merely because a war in Eu
rope has given rise to important diplo
matic correspendence. The President
of the United States and the members
of Congress are not chosen primarily
to determine foreign policies, but to
make laws and establish policies for
the domestic affairs of the United
States.
The present administration was not
elected upon policies and pledges re
garding foreign affairs, but upon cer
tain principles and pledges regarding
legislation affecting the people of the
United States in their business and
.governmental interests. Whether the
governmental theories upon which
this administration was elected have
been the success which the Democratic
part?*, promised for them: whether the
Democratic administration has given
the people an economical and efficient
administration, and whether that psr
tv has fairly fulfilled its pledges to
the people, are live questions for dis
cussion to-day, regardless of any inter
national question that has risen. Gov
ernment, like charity, begins at home.
Good for the Planning Commission:
Let us have a survey of the river basin
and may it never be said hereafter that
we fail to appreciate the beauties of
the Susquehanna river which washes
constantly the "Front Steps of Harris
burg." Governor Brumbaugh very prop
erly observed the other day: "Your
splendid River Front is the best asset
of the city."
They are saluting our flag in Mexico
.without being asked to do so. On Me
morial Day. after our fleet at Vera Cruz
had fired twenty-one minute guns the
Carranza shore batteries responded with
twenty-one guns In honor of the
American Memorial Day. Our obstrep
erous neighbor or\ the South must learn
some time and somehow that Uncle
Sam is not half bad.
As tilting contests will figure in the
big river carnivsl of the September
celebration, we may expect to see
some energetic rehearsals on the broad
bosom of the Susquehanna during the
summer.
"LOVERS' LEAPS"
A PERUSAL of the first batch of
summer resort catalogues the
mail has brought in reveals the
surprising fact that within a radius
of only a few hundred miles of Harris
brug there are no less than thirteen
"Lovers' Leaps," each with its own
rpmantic and tragic story of an In
dian brave or matden who leaped to
destruction to assuage the pangs of,
unrequited or despairing love. But
even at that the ancient Greeks had
the Pennsylvania record "beaten to a
frazzle." An early English translator,
for Instance, gives an account of 124
men and 126 women who offered up
their vows in the temple of the Pyth
ian Apollo in the forty-sixth Olympiad
and leaped from the promontory of
Leucate into the Ilonian Sea in order
to cure themselves of the passion of
love.
Not only in numbers, however, were
the Greeks far and away ahead of the
Red men of America, who assigned
only one lone maiden or a single de
spondent brave to each of the numer
ous "Leaps" scattered throughout the
summer resort zone, but it is recorded
that one Eunica, a maid of Paphos.
i aged 19, in lov» with Eury bates, took
the aforementioned big jump twice i
and got away with her life both times.
Indeed, no less than 61 men and SS
women who made the high dive got
through alive and were cured of their
desperate love pains by the operation.
W® recommend the promoters of
summer resorts and their press agents
to a perusal of history before they get
down to business next year. It may
provide, a way to vary the monotony
of the "Leap" stories a little.
Count von Bernstorff has found out
that the American note to Berlin meant
that Uncle Sam is tired of Germany's
shooting up of Innocent American ctti
sens. As an official Interpreter of
American sentiment for the Kaiser, he
should be able to convey the correct
Idea to Potsdam or wherever William
Is at present located.
The popularity of United States Sena
tor Cummins will not be Increased by
his amendment to the rate act. which
compels all travelers now to pay ten
cents for every JIOO of value of bag
gage or fraction thereof In excess of
f 100.
Fish Commissioner Buller has not lost
faith in the plans of the State for help
ing chad over the McFall's Ferry dam.
What's the matter with a few hydro
planes with scoop-net attachment.
Already the unmuffled motorcyclists
are taking notice. That Motor Club
crusade Is some crusade, sonny, and the
cut-out days are numbered. Yea,
verily.
"Wall Street Watches Germany and
Mexico." says a headline. And the war
stocks are booming while Wall Street
becomes cross-eyed.
Once more it's In the news. Pnemysl
will not down as a counter-irritant.
| EDITORIAL COMMENT "\
Half the submarines that took part
I?. £ e maneuvers of the Atlan
tic fleet broke down. Oh. well. Provi
dence is supposed to look after children
K?. 1 * e " nd th ® t'nlted States.—Kansas
btar.
®® rn }* n s s reply 10 our note does not
mean that America will speedilv And
herself at war with Germany. There
is no occasion for any such concluion.
The message as a whole is in no sense
a surprise. There is no more occasion
for regarding ourselves as perilously
near war. now that we have Germany's
answer, than there has been at any
time since our note went to Berlin.
Baltimore Sun.
°' ,r O, JL n warships cannot rn
through the Panama Canal it is some
consolation to know that nobodv else's
w arshlps can.—Philadelphia Press.
The Government has been willing for
Mexico to commit suicide with Ameri
can-made arms, but is properlv unwil
ling that its people shall starve through
absence of grown-in-Americ& food.
Baltimore American.
I-a TVS are valueless unless an effort
be made to enforce them Why should
Huntingdon be a licenseless town, for
instance. If drunken revelrv is to be a
common occurrence of the "dav and the
night there?—Altoona Tribune.
Because of their slogan. "Do a good
turn daily, and of their motto. "Be
e P are ®°>" Scouts are always
ready to assist In worthy movements
wherever they can. Their capacitv for
usefulness has been tested on several
occasions recently, in this city and vi
cinity always satisfactorily.—Scranton
Republican.
It is unprofitable work to engage in
controversy with Chairman Walsh of
the federal industrial relations com
mittee. Lacking the essential qualities
of fairness, discretion and courtesy he
should not be at the head of a commis
sion entrusted with the Investigation
of a very important subject.—Altoona
Times.
Having: read Italy' 4 Green Book, com
pleting the literary color scheme we
now are of the opinion that the casus
belli was that the kinsr of Zanzibar re
fused to lace up the back lace boots of
the wife of the Mad Mullah.—Reading
News-Times. 8
Rellaire, Ohio, high school girls must
not wear aiamond rings at commence
nient. This shows that there are some
exceptions to the Hon. Fingv Conners
conclusion, that -Them as has em
wears em.—Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
The war in Europe will end In a
month. But we refuse to say which
month.—ail Street Journal.
POETRY THEY COCLDVT
WRITE—AND DTD
Do you consider yourself pretty
keen at identifying the authorship of
famous poetry?... We thought as
much; everybody does. Very well
then, who wrote these lines?
Life is ever Lord of Death,
And Love can never lose its own!
You have_ three guesses "Tenny
son?" No; though "In Memoriam"
is what everyone guesses first.. ..
"Swinburne?" Wrong again.. . . What,
you give it up? Oh. very well.
Whittier wrote it in "Snow-Bound."
And now that you've been duly hum
bled, be more cautious in placing this:
'Tis sweet to hear the watchdog's
honest bark
Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we
draw near home.
We can almost hear your guesses
ranging from Shakespeare to our
hearthstone New England poets, with
many choices falling on Goldsmith
and Burns (in his English manner).
But perhaps the very reason why
Byron was stirred to write such mov
ing lines was because he so seldom
had a real home to turn to. If you're
still undaunted, perhaps you'd like to
take a guess at the author of:
The good old rule
Sufficeth them, the simple plan.
That they should take who have the
power
And they should keep who can.
If you don't know this, you wouldn't
guess it in a month o' Sundays, so
i we'll give you a clue in the shape of
other lines from the sam<A poet:
The good die first.
And they whose hearts are dry as
summer dust
Burn to the socket.
While you have been misquoting this
year after year, haven't you had a
vague idea it was from Shakespeare?
We had. And yet this and the one
before were both written by Words
worth. All of which goes to indicate
that 'one of the ways poets are like
women is in their achievement of in-'
finite variety.
RAINFALL RECORD BROKEN
Downpour During May Was Larger
Than In Montb of Johnatowa
Flood
The records of the Altoona water
bureau show that the rainfall at Kit
tanning Point was heavier than In anv
May since the records have been kept,
beginning in I*Bo. The figures show a
rainfall of S.Ta inches, which exceeds
the previous l:lgh mark in May. ISR!t.
when the Johnstown Hood occurred,
when the rainfall was 4.7."> inches.
The precipitation at Kittannlng Point
was greater than in the city, the Penn
sylvania Railroad records showing a
fall here of 4.7.1 Inches. The difference
In the altitude makes some difference
in the precipitation.
HARRISBURG t£a§Ss TELEGRAPH
T > ottUc4 Ck
fIKKCifUdKUi
"t the Ex-Committee man
State-wide attentlop has been at
tracted to the battle Inaugurated this
week by Governor Brumbaugh to wreet
from Joseph R. Grundy control of the
Bucks county Republican organisation.
As pointed out In this column several?
days ago, the contest would be the ;
opening of the Governor's crusade to,
Insure the election of legislators
pledged to local option and the eup-i
port of administration measures, those
enacted this session as well as those
which may be on the Governor's pro
gram In 191".
The beheading of Deputy Factory
Inspector John Berkey Is said to have
been done at the Instance of the men
whom the Governor has asked to lead
the battle against Grundy. Berkey was
an adherent of the Bristol man and
the chances are that other Bucks
county placeholder? who were backed
by Grundy will be dismissed and their
places filled with friends of John H.
swartley, the leader of the anti-Grundy
forces.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger de
votes considerable space to-day to a
review of the preparations for the bat
tle, remarking upon the fact that the
contest centers around the nomination
of a county officer. The Ledger says.
"Those who call themselves the Brum
baugh leaders In the county, according
to reports received by the friends of
the present leadership, insist that In
their light they have the Governor and
his patronage club at their back. They
say they have the 'State Jobs for the !
county in their vest pocket.' Bucks
county has 22 State appointments, rep
resenting an annual salary roll of
SIS,OOO. These Brumbaugh leaders
feel that they can control these ap
pointments to the loss of the Grundy
organization."
—Governor Brumbaugh has almost
Riven up using his big: offices on Capi
tol HIU while he is acting upon bills
left him by the Legislature and study
ing out how much the .Commonwealth
can appropriate. In the last week he
has been at the Capitol but three times
and on one of those occasions for a
very short time. The balance of the
time he has spent In the library at the
Executive Mansion, where he is work
ing on bills. Comparatively few per
sons except State officials Immediately
concerned get to see him. and the few
who have been admitted have been
men who came by appointment to talk
over the political situation, to which
the Governor plans to devote himself
with earnestness when the bills are all
cleared up. Everyone else has been
told to tile briefs if they want to dis
cuss legislation.
Friends of Thomas A. Crichton.
cashier of the State Treasury, who are
conversant with conditions In the
northern tier, say that he stands an
excellent chance of becoming the next
judge of Tioga county. Mr. Crichton
is being backed by a strong citizens'
committee regardless of politics. Judge
David Cameron is a candidate for re
election and ex-Representative F. H.
Rockwell, who served in two sessions
and had charge of local option bills,
and S. P. Channel are also candidates.
A hot tight Is expected to be made
by representatives of western counties
against the ship canal bills, which are
to be given a hearing by the Governor
next Wednesday. The Ohio bills have
been vetoed and protests against ap
proval are coming from Western Penn
sylvania.
County Treasurer Frank J. Harris,
of Allegheny, who is a candidate for
county commissioner, has established
a record of seeing and talking to 20,000
voters already.
—Joseph R. Grundy took up the
Governor's challenge in his speech be
fore Lancaster manufacturers last
night and said he was going home to
fight. Lieutenant-Governor McClaln
attended the meeting where Grundy
spoke. The Philadelphia Record says:
"After the meeting there was a confer
ence between Grundy and McClain and
the latter agreed to lead a fight for a
Legislature free from the dominations
of the Governor. McClain promised
Grundy to go to Bucks countv and lead
the flght for Grundy against ex-United
States District Attorney Swartley,
whom the Governor has selected to
oust Grundy. McClain will address the
Bucks county committee and endeavor
to have a resolution adopted against
the domination of the Governor and,
especially, reprimand the Governor for
dropping a factory inspector, one of
Grundy's lieutenants."
—As intimated from Wilkes-Barre a
few days ago. Lawrence Casey, brother
of Congressman John J. Casey, will be
the next postmaster of Willies-Barre
if the recommendation of the con
gressman to President Wilson will
settle the question. The congressman
announced yesterday that he had de
cided to recommend his brother for
the place. "If I can name the post
master of Wllkes-Barre," he said, "I
am going to name my brother Law
rence, and make no. apologies to any
man. He is well qualified for the po
sition and besides he is the best
brother that ever lived." The term of
Postmaster R. Hefternan expires on
December 20 next. Congressman
Casey decided to make this announce
ment because a number of candidates
are soliciting his Indorsement.
Our Daily Laugh
»
H° w do# * tk*
I War * Btct
IpL * -VW me from taking
rcSpjppmfTi• 1 abroad this year.
GEE!
A n a u it h t j
Isked a sweet
chorus girl
To forfeit com
plexlon for iJ
bliss."
HUSBAND AM) BREAKFAST
An Oklahoma man laid violent
hands on his wife because she gave
him ham. eggs and toast for break
fast, although he had commanded her
to cook pancakes. The judge, a Daniel
come to judgment, fined him *25 and
costs, taking judicial notice that ham
and eggs with toast Is a competent
and savory breakfast, and memorably
ruling that a married man's dominion
and authority don't reach into the
kitchen: which by necessary inference
Is not run a la carte. Sound if not
kind doctrine. In the matter of food
the person bonded In matrimony must
take meekly what he can get and
disabuse himself of the fantasy that
the dining room is a restaurant.—New
York Sua.
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
GERMAN DIPLOMACY
—From the New York World.
ARE THE WOMEN WAR?
[Philadelphia Evening Ledger.]
How do American women regard the
war? If conditions should eventuate
which would make It necessary for
Uncle Sam to decide to enter the world
conflict in defense of our national hon
or, would the women of the nation put
on a brave front ahd with a smile
on their face and a sword in their
breast l>ld their sons and husbands
KO forth to battle Or would they use
their influence and power to prevent
such an expression of patriotism?
If the sentiments of Philadelphia
women are any Indication of those of
the country at large, the feminine
popularity is almost unequivocally op
posed to bloodshed as a means of set
tling International disputes.
In a symposium of opinion gathered
from mothers and women widely
known in civic affairs, they were al
most without exception vigorously
against war. Many of the mothers,
particularly those with sons of war
going age, declared for peace at vir
tually any price.
Unlike the Spartan women, who
would rather have seen their menfolk
dead than holding back at a time like
this, these women, all of whom had
read the President's note to Germany
with a realization of the consequences
which might entail, declared them
selves In favor of a higher patriotism
which did not evince itself in heart
rending and futile slaughter of the
manhood of a nation.
Mrs. George Piersol, chairman of
the Woman Suffrage party, and mother
Huge Exports Due to War
American foodstuff exports amounted
to almost $400,000,000 more In the
ten months ending with April. 1915,
than in that period in the previous
year. Analysis of that class of exports,
announced to-day by the Department
of Commerce, shows their values to
have been $657,146,290. The huge
increase has been due chiefly to the
European war.
Some idea of the demands upon th«
United States for foodstuffs is shown
by the valuations of the articles ex-
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
Dor books, books of adventure or ro
mance Jn which a dog plays a leading
part, must be hard to write or the suc
cess which has greeted them would
have led to their multiplication, n e
are now promised an addition to the
list in "Wolfine." which Sturgis & Wal
ton Company have just published. This
is a story with plot laid in New Eng
land that has for its hero an Irish
wolf-hound of extraordinary power and
intelligence. It will make its appeal
to the same wide circle of readers who
welcomed "Bob, Son of Battle anc *
•The call of the Wild." The book is
anonymous.
A new book which businessmen and
especially manufacturers will be re
paid in reading is Floyd .T. Jdelvln a
•Socialism as the Sociological Idea
(Sturgis & Walton Co.). Although in
tended for everybody interested in the
"science of society,' it will appeal
particularly to those who como in
contact with it on the practical side.
The factory system, trusts and labor
unions, the division of labor, machinery
and its effect upon the labor market,
ar» some of the topics dealt with. The
author gives a good idea of the social
ist movement and shows clearly where
it is taking us at the present time.
The book will open the eyes of those
who read it to much they will be glad
to know.
As a picturesque background for
those who are now following the pro
gress of the European war. a timely
hook at the present moment is "Their
Majesties As I Know Them" by Xavler
Paoli (Sturgis & Walton Co.) Paoll, it
will be remembered, was the official al
ways appointed by the French repub
lic to protect visiting crowned heads
while on French soil. By reason of his
official duties, therefore, he has had
unusual opportunities of studying such
personalities as Nicholas 11. George V.
Francis Joseph and others, at close
range. His book in fact includes recol
lections of no less than a dozen Conti
nental sovereigns, all of whom he has
known in an Intimate way. What he
has to tell will be of interest not only
to the curiftus but will repay a reading
by all those wanting trustworthy In
formation on the personal equation in
Europe.
MR. WILSON'S NOTICE TO MEXICO
I From the New York Sun.]
Whatever criticism may be justly
made of Mr. Wilson's long forbearance
or his experiments in the Mexloan po
litical and military temperament, there
will be hearty and united support of the
measures of firmness which have for
some time seemed inevitable to those
who don't deny a fact because they
don't like Its looks. Considerations of
humanity, the relief of a famished and
broken people, indignation with the
brawling guerilla chiefs who tight for
their ow.n hand, anger for the wrongs
suffered by our undefended citizens in
Mexico, the enormous imperilled or
ruined American interests in Mexico, all
these impel the American people to
stand solidly bv Mr. Wilson in what
ever course of Arm and deliberate sup
pression of disorder and faction and
protection of natives and foreigners in
Stexlco he may be forced to adopt.
.Of any revival of patriotism or ap
proach to unity among the rival chiefs,
who has any hope? The I'niterf States
has a duty to Itself and to the Mexi
cans. It will perform it steadily and
effectively if this last warning is not
I obeyed.
JUNE 4, 1915.
of five grown spns, the youngest of
whom Is 16 years old, and that if
things would so happen that the
United States would be drawn Into the
fight, it would be with a sense of
shame rather than pride that she
would see her sons depart.
"I would not give up one of my
sons." she said emphatically. "I do
not believe in war. Not that I would
ever lift a little finger to ln'erfere
with the performance of their ajty as
they see it, but I think war Is not
only heinous, but futile.
"In the final analysis war Is always
settled by arbitration. Why then the
useless slaughter, the depletion of a
nation for years and years to come, not
only of its men, but of its money and
resources?
"This summer I was in Germany
when war was declared, and not one of
the women whom I spoke with wanted
it. Even many of the men wore
against It. One man said that soldiers
In the trenches prayed for victory to
a God who did not recognize war.
"I would not presume," she contin
ued. "to criticize anything that Wilson
or Bryan may do, but I believe the
trend of evolution is toward a higher
civilization into whose code war will
not enter. The time was when the
only way a man could get satisfaction
for an insult was by means of a duel.
That day is passed. We have progres
sed. It should be so with war. We
should be beyond it. To fight now
would be a step backward. It would
be barbarous."
ported during the ten months:
Forty million bushels of corn, valued
at $31,000,000. an Increase of almost
J26.000.000; almost $44,000,000 worth
of oats; wheat valued at $296,891,000;
flour, $77,869,916; canned beef, $4,473,-
376; fresh beef, $12,862,000; pickled
beef, $2,309,000; oleo oil, $7,744,000;
cottonseed oil. $17,541,000; bacon,
$36,714,000; hams and shoulders,
$20,265,000; lard, $46,586,000; neutral
lard. $2,720,000; pickled pork, $4,-
047,000; lard compounds, $4,792,000,
Acting Head of Italian
Government During War
DUKE OF GE)>OA
The Duke of Genoa, uncle of the
king of Italy, has been appointed by
him to act in his stead during the
war. The king issued a proclamation
on assuming command of the army
and navy in action. It read as fol
lows:
"We, Victor Emmanuel, on the re
port of the President of the Cabinet
and after hearing the advice of the
council of ministers, have appointed
our most beloved uncle, Tomasso, of
Savoy, Duke of Genoa, our lieutenant
general during our absence from the
capital.
"On the advice of the responsible
minister he will transact all matters
of ordinary administration and every
other matter having the character of
urgency.
"He will sign all royal decrees,
which will be counter-signed in the
usual form."
SOWK REGARD FOR SAFRTV
fFrom the Kansas City Times.]
The Hume Telephone boasts that it
floes not print all the news. is
|HM >hort and the one we own too valu
able to attempt it," the H. T. continues.
"We priut what we please and the wav
we please and the people who think it
is worth it, pay $1 a year, anrl those
who don't are welcome to their opin
ion* and their dollars."
Abetting Qlljat
All you have to do Is to look for
nn automobile with fluffs. Then It's a
Jitney. The automobiles operated for
hire appear to have pre-empted the
flag us their sign of business and it
does not matter whether It Is a na
tional or State fla» or a pennant In
scribed with the maple name. It is
one of the curious things about the
growth of this business that flogs have
been recognized as the means of tell
ing the cars a long way off. The other
evening a couple of cars went up and
down Market street with plain little
American flags, not ornate ones, just
ntckel flags. They did not have any
jitney signs and yet they were "spot
ted" right oft the bat and did a fair
share of the business. Men who run
such cars when asked why they put
on the flags said that "the others did
It." This appears to be as satisfac
tory an explanation as anything else.
The fact is that the people have de
cided that a car bearing a flag Is for
hire and have been following that
idea. Naturally the man with the cars
have gone along. It's money to them.
Speaking of jitneys It is interesting
to note that not long ago the car of
a business man well known In the
city was_ given Jitney treatment much
to the embarrassment of its owner.
It Is a new car. It is a handsome car
and the other day when its ner
want down street he stopped near a
bank. His friends acquired two Jit
ney pennants and attached them.
When he started off he wondered why
people tried to stop him.
The latest convert to the gnme of
golf is James W. Milhouse, member
of the law firm of Olmsted and
Btamm. Mr. Milhouse Is noted for his
methodical turn of mind and for his
thoroughness. Consequently, when
the golf germ got in Its deadly work
on him he did not buy a bunch of
clubs and hie himself away to tha
nearest course bent on teaching old
Col. Bogey how to do it after ono
hour's play. Not he. First he tried
putting, and called in his friend Ed.
D. Hllleary, division freight ager.t of
the Reading railway, a neighbor, who
showed him how to construct a putting
green and hole from a fine bit of sod
and a sunken tin can. That was com
paratively easy, but learning to drive
on a limited lawn with neighbors pos
sessing a due regard for their art glass
windows was another matter. Friends
who were curious as to how Mr. Mil
house would accomplish so difficult a
feat are now congratulating him on
his resource. Peeping over the back
fence they saw him batting away at
green plums, recklessly picked from
one of his choice fruit trees. Those
I who afterward made an examination
of the tree said that this method of
practice may be all right for the im
provement of one's golf but it is
worse than the San Jose scale on
crops.
Prof. W. C. Bowman, of Lemoyno,
who was yesterday appointed gams
protector for Adams and Cumberland
counties, is not only a lover of gun
ning, but Is r naturalist of some skill.
He loves all sorts of outdoor life and
sport and has been largely responsi
ble for the success with which the Le
moyne baseball team has been con
ducted In the past three years. Prof.
Bowman knows almost every foot of
Cumberland county and much of
Adams. He is a pedestrian of note
and tramping the hills and mountains
in his new line of work will be noth
ing new to him.
• • •
Col. Fred Taylor Pusey, prominent
Delaware county lawyer and National
Guardsman, was at the Capitol yes
terday. He came to see the Governor.
The colonel was formerly a member
of the legislature.
• • •
Federal Judge Charles B. Wltmer,
of Sunbury, strolled through Capitol
Park yesterday afternoon accompanied
by one of the young members of his
family feeding the pigeons and squir
rels. The Judge was here between
trains and spent the time in the park
getting close to nature.
• • •
This was "sunning" day for scores of
canaries and parrots. The rainy
weather of the last week has forced
these household pets to remain in
doors and to exist in atmospheres that
are not good for them. Hence with
the appearance of the sun this morn
ing cages were put out into the open
air and the birds given a chance to
get sun baths. Many a door step was
ornamented by cages this morning.
mi KNOWN PEOPLE
—William H. Stewart, of Pitts
burgh, has gone to the San Francisco
exposition.
—W. D. Reel, of Philadelphia, was
the speaker nt the Cambria County
Sunday School Association conven
tion.
—Charles M. Schwab Insists that, he
la optimistic on business conditions.
—Kennedy Crumrine, of Meadville,
has been elected president of the
Crawford County Sunday School As
sociation.
—General W. L. Slbert, who was
formerly stationed at Pittsburgh, is
one of the board of officers to Install
the buildings at Fort Mac Arthur, Col.
DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg has been a
mercantile center for more than
150 years.
RESPONSIVE AND INCONCLUSIVE
[New York Sun.]
Mr. Taft characterizes the German
note as "Irresponsive and Inconclusive."
We should say, rather, that the reply
was responsive and Inconclusive. So
far as the Lusitanla Is concerned, the
German government responds to Presi
dent Wilson's demand that the lives of
neutral American citizens shall not be
put In Jeopardy by the capture or de
struction of an unarmed merchantman
by alleging that the ship was "un
doubtedly" armed. The reply, there
fore, was responsive; for the fact as to
the armanent of the Lusitania is the
crux of the question. The reply Is in
conclusive for the simple apd plainly
avowed reason that it was not Intend
ed to be conclusive; and the circum
stance that it is Inconclusive and not
conclusive leaves room for a peaceful
adjustment, honorable to both parties,
In case Germany finds that sne was
misinformed with regard to the status
of the Lusitanla. If she cannot be
convinced, or declines to admit the
force of evidence that in any other
case would be regarded- as decisive,
then the matter becomes Berious, to
ourselves and to her. It Is for Ger
many to say, after the President's re
joinder has gone over to Berlin.
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