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FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 16.
Cod's gifts tut man's best dreams to shame.
—Mrs. Browning.
ONE EFFECT OF HOLT'S ATTACK
HOLT'S abortive attack upon J.
Piorpont Morgan, quite unlike
the generality of such efforts,
may have a useful effect. At all
events the Dupont Powder Company,
of Wilmington, has set upon foot a
movement which has for its object
. prevention of sale or delivery of ex
plosives to any but the "right peo
ple."
It is to be hoped that this example
will be widely followed by manu
facturers and dealers In explosives of
all kinds. It will not absolutely pre
vent improper persons from getting
their hands upon dynamite and other
high power explosives, of course. Dur
ing the investigation into the cam
paign of terrorism carried on by some
of the officers of the structural iron
workers' organization it developed,
(for instance, that one easy way to
obtain explosives without being com
pelled to answer embarrassing ques
tions Is to rob warehouses at quar
ries and other places where such ma
terial is frequently stored in flimsy
buildings.
Nevertheless it is reasonable to hope
that a little more care on the part
of people who are In the business of
supplying explosives to consumers
will make assassination loss easy and
iprevent somo tragedies by being the
means of placing suspicious characters
■under the observation of the police
authorities.
In this latter connection retail deal
ers in Are arms and weapons of of
fense. of'all kinds can be of great ser
vice. A New York newspaper re
cently demonstrated that it is com
paratively easy to purchase in the
open market not only pistols and
suitable ammunition, but brass
knuckles, blackjacks, knives •with
murderously long blades and a
variety of other Instruments of that
general character. Public opinion
ought to make it impossible for a man
willing to traffic in such merchandise
to continue in business. In keeping
merchants within the letter of the
law the peace officers can accomplish
something, but when it comes to
keeping business not only legal but
entirely respectable nothing is effec
tive but community conscience, and
it Is all powerful.
The fact that cocaine has been sold
at the last two encampments of the Na
tional Guard. Indicates that In spite of
the earnest, and in the main success
ful, efforts of the officers to raise the
standard of that organization, there are
still some men in It who have no more
serious view of the annual encamp
ments than that they are excuses for
a Jag of some kind.
REPUBLICANISM
COMMENTING upon a phase of
current politics a Harrisburg
newspaper the other day said
that thousands upon thousands of per
sons left the Republican party in 1912
"iy>t because they were deprived of
office, but because the name Republi
can was repugnant to the principles
upon which their country was found
ed."
Junt what this means is by no means
clear. Neither is it Important to find
out. Mention is made here of the ex
pression merely because It serves to
call attention to the fact that the name
Republican and what it stands for in
the party politics of the country, far;
from being repugnant to those who
voted the Progressive ticket in 1912, is
the strongest of the influences behind
the movement back to the party.
The conviction that the traditions
and ideals of the Republican party
constitute one of the really important
forces of the Republic, and a feeling
that the best hope of the friends of
enlightened government lies in the
continued existence of that party as a
virile organization, rather than
thoughts of political expediency, in
spire most of the men who went out
during the last national campaign, but
will co-operate heartily in the cam
paign to be made next year. This is
Indicated nowhere more plainly than
in recent letters and statements of
leaders of the Progressive party move
ment, now practically abandoned. It
is plain that they feel they acted
precipitately and without giving due
■FRIDAY EVENING, 1 HAJIRISBURG TELEGTOgfII- JULY 16, 1915.
consideration to the great practical
value to the nation of Republican
solidarity.
The Republican party Is by no
means the oldest political organiza
tion In this country, but it has a his
tory of achievement, of moral uplift
and economic advance and of construc
tive legislation that no other party can
begin to equal. And what is much
more Important the things that the
Republican party stand for constitute
a program which insures that when
the Government is committed to its
care the country will go forward
steadily along all lines in such a way
as will command respect both at home
and abroad. Is it any wonder in such
circumstances that thousands of voters,
as they look back over the three
momentous years that have elapsed
since the last national conventions
were held and forward to the menace
of a tariff bill that will remain untried
until the economic disturbance due to
the war has passed, feel that they were
untrue to themselves and to the best
Interests of the nation when they left
the organization which has accom
plished so much for no weightier rea
son that that there was a temporary
difference of opinion regarding in
ternal party policy?
Is it- fair to assume that* Secretary
Daniels' purpose in inviting: Henry
Ford to become a member of the ad
visory board, of which Thomas Edison
is the head, is to have a real expert to
take care of the publicity features?
D HAKA IyOOMB UP BRIEFLY
NO" > r the least interesting thing
about the trip of the Liberty Bell
across the continent is the fact
that it served to enable Barratt O'Hara
to emerge for a few mtnutes from the
obscurity in which he has been
plunged for the last two years.
Of course every one remembers
O'Hara. He is the busy individual
who cut a wide swath one recent win
ter in his capacity as lieutenant gov
ernor and head of a committee ap
pointed by the Illinois legislature to
investigate wages paid to women en
gaged in gainful occupations. If not
the actual inventor of the theory that
there is an intimate relation between
morality and the wage rate he at least
discovered how to exploit the idea so
as to give himself and the inquiry 'he
dominated nation-wide notoriety.
Although It actually is a matter of
but a few months since this occurred
it seems a long while ago, and as one
looks back at it is hard to understand
how such an outrageous attack upon
American womanhood received even
the brief countenance it obtained from
the public and some of the news-,
papers.
Even as It was, O'Hara has been in
the background ever since, much
against his own will if the Liberty Bell
incident may be taken as a criterion.
Governor Dunne was out of the State
when the Bell passed through and the
duty of officially receiving it fell to the
lieutenant governor. True to his in
stinct to make the most of e\»ery
situation to exploit O'Hara, he has
written to the Philadelphia newspapers
about it.
It is to be hoped that it will/ be a
long time before he is again .'heard
from outside of his own State.
Bv the.time all the shells now hielnK
made In this country are nrea oiti Eu
rope will be one vast junk yard. But
those thart are not blow to fllnderw will
be sunk so deep In the earth that it
will not pay to dig them out, so there
is not much prospect of easy money
for the junk men. .
CORRECT ATTITUDE
JUDGE KUNKEL took an absolutely
correct attitude Monday in sen
tencing to jail for three months
a prisoner convicted of driving a jit
ney beyond the speed limit while in
toxicated, when he said:
We can't wait until someone Is
seriously injured by one who vio
lates the law in driving a motor
vehicle while Intoxicated. Then it s
will be too late. The surer way to
protect those who ride as well as
those who walk In the streets from
the violators of the law is to Im
pose the penalty of the law.
This is good common sense. If the
drivers of automobiles learn that the
law is to be strictly enforced and
that jail sentences are to be imposed
for violations such as endanger the
lives of their patrons or pedestrians,
such practices as those which have
been all too common lately will cease.
The life of the jitney depends upon
public favor and it will lose that all
important factor if men who drive the
cars do not conform strictly with the
law. Municipal regulation of the jit
neys is bound to come sooner or later
and the jitney drivers can do much
to make the yoke light or heavy, all
according to their own condjuct. Ed.
F. Eisely, who is striving to bring about
better conditions among the jitneys,
is moving in the right direction, but
he is not receiving the support which
would indicate that the jitney owners
as a whole are with him.
If Harry Thaw Is turned loose the
very least he can do is to go In hiding
for the rest of his natural life. The
public regrets the miscarriage of jus
tice in this case, but that cannot be
helped now, and there Is a real demand
to the whole miserable incident
drop out of sight.
IMPORTANT RULING
TWO important facts were de
veloped in court at Ogden, Utah,
yesterday, when the judge in his
instructions to the jury in the suit of
Albert Geddes Eccles for a share in the
estate of the late David Ecclcs, multi
millionaire sugar and lumber king,
ruled that children by a plural mar
riage, such as is alleged to have been
contracted by Margaret Geddes and
David Eccles, are not legitimate.
The court ruled, also, that the only
ground on which Albert Eccles could
Icw claim to inherit from the estate of
the financier Is that David Eccles had
acknowledged himself to be the father
of the boy. He instructed the Jury
that it should consider evidence sub
mitted by the plaintiff in the action as
to a plural marriage only In so far as
It tended to prove the likelihood of an
acknowledgment.
The effect of this ruling is Impor
tant and sweeping In Utah, since It
affects the standing of all children
born from a plural marriage subse
quent to the admission of Utah as a
State. Such children born theretofore
have been declared legitimate by a:
special statute.
But even more Important Is the fact
brought out that Mormon Church offi
cials are really frowning upon plural
marriages in Utah. The suspicion that 1
Mormon leaders were winking at vio- j
latlons of the law forbidding such
unions generally has prevailed and
I there have been examples to confirm
It. If the opposite is now true and the
Mormons can convince the public that
they are really sincere In their pledges
of conformity with accepted standards
of marriage in the United States, they
will have gone a long way toward
establishing for themselves a respect
ability that, deservedly or undeserv
edly, they do not have and never did
have.
TELEORAPH PERISCOPE
—T. S., of East View. Ky„ writing to |
the ,Kansas City Star, asks: "Did
Huerta or other authorities In Mexico
ever fire a salute to the American flag,
as demanded by the United States?"
Don't answer, Mr. Editor, don't answer.
What's the use of starting a thing like
that all over again?
—The weight of the five-cent piece
of ice varies Inversely with the height
of the mercury in the thermometer.
—:lf it takes nine tailors to make a
man, how many dressmakers does it
take to make a woman?
—A Chicago woman sold her husband
for SSOO. In any case somebody was
cheated. Too little for a good husband
and too much for a bad one.
—Germany's expression of sorrow
for the attack on the Nebraskan Is like
hitting a man In the face with a brick
and then telling him how badly you
feel about It.
—St. Swithin appears, to be living
right up to his reputation.
—"What is drearier than a rainy day
In camp?" asks an exchange. We should
say two rainy days.
j EDITORIAL COMMENT "]
But who will make the "League of
Peace" keep it?— Boston Transcript.
The trouble with Carranza Is that he
wants a constitutional government in
Mexico with himself as the constitu
tion.—Chicago Herald.
Mr. Bryan decries the false phil
osophy that might makes right, but he
overlooks the obvious fact that might
prevents wrong.—Public Ledger.
The ships of the Robert Dollar Com
pany are to change from American to
British registry. Evidently the Ger
man submarine Is a less formidable
menace than the Seamen's Law.
■Charleston News and Courier.
A London newspaper has by vote of
Its readers chosen the twelve English
men who can least be spared at this
crisis. Lloyd-George runs first and
King George gets in—No, 12.—Syracuse
Post-Standard.
MILITARY TRAINING IS A HRI.P
Australia Kind* Its Hoy* Are Retter
Physically and Morally
[From the London Times.]
In response to a request for an ex
pression of opinion from the respective
neads of the police departments as to
the effect of the universal military
training system on the general conduct
and bearing of the youths of Australia,
the following replies have been given:
most beneficial eS..» 5 : s ' e n m h" had a
conduct and bearing itlnuth
are subject to the training uths who
New South Wales—The principal ef
fects of a beneficial nature are increas
ed self respect, diminution of juvenile
clgaret smoking. and larriklnlsm
(carelessness), and generally a ten
dency towards a sense of responsibility
"and a desire to become good citizens.
With regard to the view that the svs
tem may tend to interfere with paren
tal control, the commissioner says: "I
do not personally consider the loss in
this direction is commensurate to the
gain physically, mentally and morally
which must result from the training."
Victoria—The universal training sys
tem is conducive to the better conduct
and bearing of our youths. Larrlkin
ism seems to be not nearly so preva
lent of late years and this may be one
of the results.
South Australia—l am firmly con
vinced the system is the right one and
the effect on the rising generation must
be for good.
Western Australia—Universal train
ing" Is an excellent efTect on the con
duct and bearing of the youths.
Tasmania—The lads are rendered
more obedient and physically better set
up, and with the system there has been
a marked tendency to create self re
spect.
FROM 1856 TO 1015
{Kansas City Star.]
In the late 'sos, when the old slave
holders saw the storm of abolition
coming, they thought the best way to
fight it was to attempt to force slavery
in territory where it was not wanted.
The disastrous results to the slave
holders should not have been forgot
ten by the saloon keepers and their
official friends so early in this present
century.
To force saloons in territory where
they are not wan*3d Is certain to re
mind the people who oppose them
that Kansas has no trouble either with
saloons—or timid souls in office who
fear saloon influence.
If the saloon keepers were not as
blind as the old slave owners they
would see another storm of abolition
coming. They would also see how
they are helping it along even when
they pride themselves upon winning
a "victory."
HIS SHINING EXAMPLE
[New York World.]
Mr. Bryan hopes soon to realize his
ambition to "return to the colleges and
lecture to the young men on the duties
and responsibilities of citizenship."
Why lecture? Why not use a brief
biography of the gentleman as a text
book? Every such work, if accurate,
will describe three outstandlngachleve
ments of Mr. F.ryan that should have a
more Important influence upon young
men than lectures innumerable.
First, there is the great moral prin
ciple of paying debts contracted in
gold with 50-eent silver dollars. Then
there Is the virtue of doing wrong, as
in the case of the annexation of the
Philippines, so that later there will be
an opportunity to do right by setting
them free. Finally, as an evidence of
patriotism and courage, we have the
stsgy resignation from the State De
partment at a time when national
honor and interests were gravely
menaced abroad.
It would be a waste of time and
strength for Mr. Bryan to lecture on
the duties and responsibilities of citi
zenship. Let young men everywhere
ponder in silence his shining example.
PEACE! PEACE!
Bryan's terms for a speech In St.
Louis are SSOO and 50,000 audience.
By a simple process of arithmetic it
follows the Commoner considers it Is
worth just an even dollar a hundred
to men and women to hear him cry
"Peace, peace but there is no peace."
—Washington Observer.
U
By the Ex-Committeema*
Senator Penrose's visit to Pittsburgh
is being made the occasion for num
erous pilgrimages by men active in
Republican affairs In the western part
of the State to the erstwhile Smoky
City and there will be some interest
ing developments as a result* The
senator is listening to all comers. To
morrow he will be the guest at a big
party at the Babcock farm.
Soon after his arrival in Pittsburgh
the senator talked of the presidential
prospects, saying that the country will
look to the Republicans to put up a
strong candidate. In New York he
said there is much talk of Elihu Root,
while in Pennsylvania Governor
Brumbaugh and P. C. Knox are the
men talked about.
Revenue Collector Ben Davis, of
Lancaster, is reported as intending to
stay in politics and friends are quoted
as saying he will be a candidate for
county chairman again. This will be
enough to start a fight, to say nothing
of the doubtful propriety of a revenue
collector being a county chairman.
However, he is a reorganization Dem
ocrat, which can be pleaded as a cover
for many things. The county com
mittee meets on July 27.
_ The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times says:
National Committeeman A. Mitchell
Palmer, who dispenses the Federal
patronage In the State, has established
the precedent of going outside the
postal district for a postmaster. Some
time ago Postmaster General Burle
son gave the local Democrats, outside
of the leaders of the £uffey-Martin or
ganization, the first intimation they
had that Mr. George is under consid
eration. He said he couid see no ob
jection In going to Sewickley for a
postmaster. Mr. George is chairman
of the finance committee of the Guf
fey-Martin organization.
Throughout Dauphin county the
Impression prevails that the Republi
can ticket will sweep the district next
Fall by a great majority. "All that we
need is the right sort of ticket and
the rest will be easy," said a man
from the upper end of the county to
day who has followed the course of
politics in that district for many
years. "I nev*r knew of a time when
the rank and file was better pleased
with the manner in which the affairs
of the party have been conducted. The
county committee Is responsive to the
will of the voters as never before and
County Chairman Hoerner is endeav
oring to the best of his ability to pre
vent any factional or sectional feel
ing." It is to be noted that every one
of the candidates for office who have
announced themselves up to this time
are men of high standing, good ha
bits and capable. It is also to be re
marked that the Democrats are not
making much headway in their effort
to get a strong Ucket into the field. It
is generally felt in Democratic circles
that if the party could not win last
Fall with a candidate for Governor
residing here and more money in cir
culation than ever before, with a well
built machine in charge of the Demo
cratic campaign and mass meetings
every night there Is no use trying this
year, and the result is that very few
strong candidates care to make the
run.
Regarding the Philadelphia mayor
alty situation the Philadelphia In
quirer to-day says:- "Predictions of
an ultimate agreement among the
dominant forces in the local Republi
can organization upon a candidate for
mayor were made yesterday with more
confidence than at any time since the
canvass was actively inaugurated.
None of the participants at the Atlan
tic City conference the night before
would venture an Intimation as to a
probable choice, but It would appear
[that there is less likelihood than at
any time recently of a bitter factional
contest for the nomination. It may
be that none of the eight Republicans
left upon thefnst of nearly fifty sug
gested avallah'les presented'to the con
ference will he finally agreed upon to
be supported at the popular primar
ies for the mayoralty, to be held on
Tuesday, September 21. At least-four
of the eight are declared to be accept
able to many who have for years vot
ed independently in Municipal cam
paigns and are in a position to com
mand the indorsement of organiza
tions of business men and others not
actively identified with politics."
Harrisburg friends of Representa
tive Cleon N. Berntheizel, of Columbia,
were much interested in an announce
ment made last night that he had en
tered the contest for the nomination
for district attorney of Lancaster
county. Major Berntheizel, who has
been a member of the last two ses
sions. was one of the members who
attracted attention by careful work.
He was one of the prominent members
of the judiciary general committee.
Col. John M. Groff is the present dis
trict attorney.
Dr. J. H. Kreider, former chairman
of the Bull Moosers in this county, is
out of the auditor general's depart
ment again. The doctor was county
chairman in the only big year of the
Bull Moosers and got a job on the Hill.
When he ran for congress he gave it
up, but got reappointed. Now he is
to devote himself to private practice.
Our Daily Laugh
IN FROG TOWN,
Mr. Turtle: \] $4
Good morning, \l£7
Mr. Frog. How «. J
are the llttly Pol-
Mr. Frog: Not
■o well they're
cutting their hind
a
ONE ON WILLI H
He: Today's my
birf-day—
Jk She: Oh, Wll
lie! What a
splendid joke the
stork played on
your Xolka!
TRY IT OUT
By Wing Dinger
You may say what you please,
But work goes with more ease
If one gets out a half day to play
At some open-air game—
Anyone you may name—
There's nothing to beat it, I say.
Ta.ke the afternoon, bo.
On a Saturday, go
Out to play at baseball or at golf.
Or at tennis, mayhap,
I don't care a rap
What the game you may choose, start
it off.
You'll come home feeling fit
And you won't mind a bit
That your job with hard work mav
abound. *
You'll work hard everv day,
Making time speed away
Tlil 1 "round, 1 ha " day comes
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
OUR SUPER-SUPER-SUPER-DREADNOUGHT
From the Ohio State Journal.
A POLL OF JITNEY
Literary Digest Finds Regulation the Dominant Issue.
When the strike stopped the wheels
of every street car In Chicago, half of
the Chicagoans affected traveled to
work next morning in jitney buses, a
fact whioh the Washington Times
wculd hold largely responsible for the
speedy end of the Chicago tie-up.
This is what the Jitney can do In an
emergency. But what city officials,
traction magnates and motor car man
ulacturers would like to know is its
future as an everyday means of trans
portation. Several authorities have
noted a decrease in the total number
of jitney buses in the last two or three
months, despite the more favorable
weather and the extension of the idea
in the East.
In part, says a writer In the Sunset
Magazine (San Francisco), "this de
crease was due to an oversupply, with
the consequent reduction of average
earnings. Other bus owners dropped
out because they found the business
unprofitable, but the heaviest percent
age of the decline is due to the regu
lative measures adopted by the au
thorities." Yet, despite the decrease
In the number of vehicles operated,
this writer concludes, "the Jitney bus
has come to stay; but regulation has
come to stay likewise."
Similarly, one of the foremost motor
car manufacturers of the country,
John North Willys, Is quoted In the
Commercial Vehicle (New York) as
saying: "The tremendous political in
fluences exerted by the electric street
railway interests may succeed for a
short period of time in retarding the
sudden and great development of the
motor transportation project known as
the- Jitney bus, but it will never.be able
to suppress the new and popular
means of locomotion."
An effort to ascertain the exact
status of the Jitney was made some
weeks ago by the Fidelity Trust Com
pany of Baltimore, which found that
of 138 cities of the United States and
Canada reporting. Jitneys are operat
ing in 106. In ten of these the num
ber in operation was said to be de
creasing.
In the summarized reports from the
cities we pick out at random a few
interesting facts:
"Atlantic City has 200 jitneys in op
eration, street car earnings have been
cut 2 5 per cent, and regulation Is un-
BOQKS AND MAOAZINES
Elizabeth Dejeans, author of the
recently published novel, "The Lite-
Builders,' is just leaving for an ex
tended trip west. She will stop in New
Orleans and several other cities on her
way to California, in order to refresh
her impressions and to gather material
for her next novel. The scene of
"The Life-Builders," it will be recalled,
Is laid partly in St. Louis, where Mrs.
Dejeans once made her home.
Madame L de Hegermann-Dinden
crone. author of "The Sunny Side of
Diplomatic Life," has left Denmark
fo- Italy. In her book of memoirs she
tells of her meeting in 1884 with the
present King of Italy, then the young
Prince of Naples. "The principino,"
she wrote, "sat next to me at luncheon.
He is very clever—unusually clever—
and has a memory that some day
ought to stand him in good stes"l
- by the side of it felt like a babe
in arms. The questions.he asked, 'a
brulepoint,' would have startle*' per
son cleverer tban I am. Rfc ' s very
mllitarv and knows all about the dif
ferent ' wars that have been fought
sinco the time of Moses, and when he
wished to know how many officers
were killed in the Battle of Chatta
nooga I had to confess that, if 1 had
ever known, I had forgotten. But he
knew everything, concerning Chatta
nooga and all other battles."
J. B. Thornhill in his recent book
on "Adventures In Africa," E. P. Dut
ton & Co., has given an interesting
acccount of the South African advance
North of the Zambesi and the oper-
Ing up of the Southern Congo by Eng
lishmen and Belgians, together with
the author's experiences in Portu
guese Angola. The chapter describ
ing the system of indentured labor
In the Portuguese territory of Angola
in the past and must continue to ex
ert in the future, a very important in
fluence on the supply of labor for con
cessionary • companies operating in
Congo territory. The book is the vivid
account of four years of the life of
one of the pioneers of Katanga and his
coworkers in the development of the
Congo-Zambesi watershed country,
and contains much interesting detail
concerning pioneer life which is not
to be found in other African books.
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS
ACQ TO-DAY
[From Telegraph of July le, 1805.]
Soldiers Arrive Daily
Hundreds of- soldiers are pouring
into the city as the various Pennsyl
vania regiments return after being
mustered out at Washington.
Trains Delayed
Heavy rains destroyed several of the
bridges along: the railroad lines be
tween this city and Philadelphia de
laying: several of the trains for hours
along the line until the tracks were
replaced.
rru In Kansas
The Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cav
iß of exceptional importance, as this
airy is stationed at present at Leaven
-Byßi?rri T? Ventured labor has had
i wortn, Kansas. <
der consideration. Baltimore is con
sidering the regulation of its hundred
or more jitneys. Jitney buses had
been kept out of Boston and New
York up to the time the report was
prepared. Attempts to start the service
in Buffalo and Denver failed in the
face of the regulations adopted by city
officials. A hundred cars appeared in
Hartford, Conn., in three weeks' time,
and are meeting with public favor and
patronage. In Houston, Texas, 350
cars are reported, running under strin
gent traffic regulations. Kansas City
has had a considerable number of ma
chines operating for several months,
with trolley earnings affected and reg
ulation pending.
"In Los Angeles, the home of the
Jitney, a banker reports losses in street
railway earnings, but a growth in the
number and popularity of the buses,
with a likelihood that the jitney ques
tion may figure in the city election. In
Memphis the number of jitneys has
decreased from 369 to 110, but trolley
| earnings are seriously affected. In
| Milwaukee between 500 and 600 cars
I have taken out licenses, with estimated
| street railway losses of SSOO to $2,500
i daily, and regulation under consid
eration. In-several Alabama cities the
traction companies are campaigning
against the jitneys. In New Orleans
i there have been accidents, and a de-
I crease in the number of cars operating,
though 400 tore still in use.
'Jitney buses in Oakland, Cal., have
been competing successfully with the
street railways for more than six
months, decreasing the latter's earn
ings by $100,000; there Is regulation,
lr. Providence about 900 jitneys are
said to be in operation, principally
Ford cars. In charge of boys and inex
perienced chauffeurs, patronized chiefly
by workers. The Richmond Street
Railway Company has been forced to
establish a jitney service of its own.
Regulative ordinances drove jitney
buses out of Salt Lake City. San
Francisco's several hundred jitneys are
decreasing in number, are said to be
unprofitable, and drastic regulation
under permissive state law may elimi
nate them.
"St. Louis has 250 cars, hut service
Is said to be unsatisfactory. Seattle
has had 600 jitneys, but the number is
decreasing under strict regulation."
Miss Chittenden Says
Saloon Cash is Not Back
of Antisuffrage
MISS ALICE- HCHITieWDEtt.
New York, July 16.—Angered by as
sertions that the liquor interests are
backing the antisuffrage campaign,
Miss Alice Hill Chittenden, has made
the announcement that the New York
State Association opposed to Woman
Suffrage would open its books to an
authorized committee of suffragists.
"The time has come to put R stop to
these charges," said Miss Chittenden.
"The antisuffrage association has
never received one penny from any
person or organization directly or in
directly connected with liquor inter
ests. I am willing to make an affida
vit to that effect."
"We have received no money anony
mouslv. The association is financed
by subscriptions among its members,
in New York City the membership is
1,000 women, who pay from $1 to SSO
a year each. We also have a number
of pledges from women who promised
to contribute a certain sum yearly
during the three years in which New
York has been a campaign State.
These pledge;! are usually about $25..
The highest pledge—just one—is
$500."
rt thinrs kee- to their course In
Mexico president Wilson's offer to
back the best man down there may re-
Hnci. itself to the simple matter of
backing the last remaining ope.—At
'teaUo City Review, V
| Btgtttng (flfott
Alumni A the Harrisburg Academy^
are commencing to sit up and take'
notice of the manner In which the
trustees of the Institution have started
to build It up. The construction of
the new dormitory to the north of the
original building of the proposed
group Is showing itself and people
will soon be able to see what the struc
ture will look like. This dormitory is
going to do as much for Harrisburg as
It is for the Academy for it will en-i
able the institution to take more stu-i
dents from out of town and thus addl
to the repute of the city. In all prob-'
ability the alumni, and they are num- 1
erous, will be asked to take steps to'
furnish the building, which would bel
a very graceful thing for them to do 1
because they could then show their'
Interest in the place where they learn
ed about the late Mr. Aeneas and how
to find the elusive algebraic x. What
the Academy will need before long
will be a lower school building be-i
cause it has shown marked success In
its work among the youngsters and
its classes in that department have
been growing faster than the kids.
The Harrisburg Public Library Is
continuing to depart from the rule.
Not only has it been able to do mora
than most institutions in the way of
books circulated per dollar expended,
in fact, establishing something of a
record in that line, but It has also
been enjoying a gain in patronage
when ordinarily the demand for books
slacks up. The last few weeks there
has been actually an increase in the
patronage as compared with the hot'
weeks of last summer. The number
of children taking books from the
Library is steadily mounting and the
talks given at the playgrounds are
causing some of the youngsters to foot
it long squares to the Library to look
at books. The Library plans to save
this by sending books to the play
grounds.
Over twenty-five hunters' license
tags have been reserved at the county
treasury, having been laid aside for
nimrods who have desires for special
numbers, as have people for automo
biles. Lockwood Worden, the crack
shot, who had number 1 last year, the
first hunter's license to be issued in
Dauphin county, will have number 1
again, having made a request for it a
long time ago. The requests for spe
cial numbers have come from all parts
of the county. Harrisburg is expected
to have more hunters than any other
part of the county as last year showed.
Over 5,000 licenses will be issued.
"Do you know that Iced tea, plain
iced tea is commencing to be a popu
lar beverage over the bar in Harris
burg?" asked one of the city's hotel
men last evening. "Now I don't mean
iced tea with a stick in it or anything
like that, but plain iced tea such as
you have over your table at home and
I have been surprised at the number
of people who call for it. I tried it
as a novelty a couple of years ago and
the demand became so popular that
when the weather gets hot I have it
made and stood on the bar. There's a
fine profit in It, too. • Why, do you
know that I make a nice profit on it
even when I serve it with lemon and
some sprigs of green and powdered
sugar. More people call for it than
for ginger ale."
"The most disgusted people In Har
risburg right now are the fishermen
and I'm getting into their class be
cause 1 have not sold a. piece of tackle
or a line for a week except to some
men who were going some where far
off to fish. The weather conditions
this Spring have been of a character
to make any man who likes to fish
swear." This is the way that one of
the men who deals In fishing tackle ex
pressed himself. As a matter of fact
the rains have been so frequent late
ly that all of the streams have become
muddy and as for the Susquehanna
and Conodoguinet they have not been
fit for fishing for weeks.
Conductors on open cars' going
through the Market street subway
have the sense of touch of a nickel
well developed. They generally are
collecting fares when the cars go into
the tunnel and they take the money
and ring up just the same as though
in the middle of a sunlit street. One
man explained it yesterday by saying
that they can spot a bad nickel by
the touch.
• • •
Former members of the National
Guard who attended the encampment
at Mt. Gretna this week say that the
most radical change they noticed in the
handling of men was not the holding
of inspections in the company streets,
but the practical abandonment of
maneuvers. For years the Guardsmen
have been Instructed in open order
warfare and hard work has been done
alon»r that line practically ever since
the South African war. Now there is
apparently some very serious thought
beinpr given by the men in charge of
instruction to discipline. To the minds
of old soldiers that can mean only one
thing and that is a return to the mass
formation Idea.
WELL KNOWHI PEOPLE 1
—Congressman John M. Morin, of
Pittsburgh, wan in charge of the or
phans' picnic, a great event in that
city.
—Dr. J. M. Raldy, president of the
State Medical Education Bureau, has
been in active practice in Philadelphia
for years.
—Dr. J. H. Wilson, of Beaver, has
returned from a visit to the Pacific
coast.
—E. V. Babcock, who is entertain
ing Senator Penrose at Pittsburgh, is a
wealthy lumberman.
—lsaac H. Clothier, the Philadel
phia merchant, has gone to James
town, R. 1., to spend the summer.
—Richard J. Hamilton has been
elected president of the Merion Title
and Trust Company of Philadelphia.
1 DO YOU KNOW }
That Harrisburg Is commencing
t
to show a very Impressive list of ■
bank clearings every month? t J '
VACATION BY AUTO 1"
What a fine thins for everybody Is
this rapidly growing tendency to take
the annual vacation in an automobile
trip! Many will cross the continemt by
one route and back another sayis the
editor of Farm and Home, thus cover
ing 6,000 to 8,000 miles, and seeing/much
more than is possible In a trljp by
train. Out-of-the-way places are being ™
visited, old friends looked upt ana
many a longed-for wish Ib being) grati
fied. Westerners In latjre numbers are
taking their cars east, Washington, the
Berkshires and the seashore beltn*r the
objective points. The fine eastern high
ways make a strong appeal to /motor
ists.
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June Ito July 31 'W,
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Prizes of 9ft, 92.50 and seiraral
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