8 | HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Establishtd lift f —C= ■ PUBLISHED BT WD TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACK POLE Prtridtnt and Edit»r-i»-Ckttf F. R. OYSTER Stcrttery OUS M. STEINMETI Managing Editor Published every evening (except iua 4ay) at the Telegraph Building, lit Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish er*' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. Baatern OfTlce. Fifth Avenue Building. New Tork City. Hasbrook. Story * Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago. 111., Allen A Ward. Delivered by carriers at (jTEEfrSitr- six cents a week. Viiiny Mailed to eubscrlbere at |3.00 a year In advancs. Entered at the Post Office In Harria burg. Pa., as second claas matter. ■ worn daily aierage circulation for the three months ending Aa(. 31, IVIB ★ 21,083 ★ Average fnr the rear 1114—IlW Average for the year MIS—IM*I Average for the year I*l3 II.MI Average fer the year IMI—ITJIW Average for the year IH^—ld The above Igsres are aet. All ia» taraetf. unsold aad damaged espies de daeted. v THURSDAY EVENING, SEPT. 30. Selfishness t» that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others and no one t« tciffcouf in himself.— H. W. Beecher. CHAMBER'S ANNUAL MEETING THE annual meeting of the Cham ber of Commerce nest Monday evening promises to be one of the interesting events in the year's activities of that important body. In addition to electing five directors there vill be a buffet supper, followed by addresses by W. P. G. Harding, of Washington, a member of the Federal j T'.eserve Board; Frederico Alfonso I'ezet, minister to the United States from Peru, and Captain Richard Stock ton. Jr.. of the Pordentown Military institute, a noted military writer and i speaker on national defense. This array of speakers for the even- • ing assures an unusual occasion and | still further places the Chamber of j Commerce in the very forefront of or ganizations of this character in the country. Practically all the "live ' wires" of the community are members of the Chamber and one of the promis ing signs Is the large number of young " men who are becoming identified with the organization and its activities. It |. means much for the future of the city. It should not be forgotten that the great municipal celebration of last week was entirely organized and t - financed by the Chamber of Com- j I'N rrierce. It is seldom the general com- 1 s munity is not called upon to pay the freight under such circumstances. In this instance it fell upon the business- Imen who compose the organization. Owing to some incidents during the water carnival on the Susquehanna river last week It has been deemed nec essary to establish at once proper rules and regulations for the use of all boats. It is probable that the whole matter will result in some kind of an ordinance which will regulate all traffic on the river. Including flats, canoes, rowhoats. motorboats and all other craft. "Safety First" Is as im portant on the river as upon any j street, and during the winter there will be sufficient time to work out rules and regulations. JITNEYS AND THE TROLLEY STOCKHOLDERS of the Harris burs Railways Company are still wondering how much further the jitney development and the industrial depression will send their investments downward. The dividend payable to morrow Is 1 per cent, for the last six I Months, showing an accumulated divi dend deflclenc - since January 1 of 2*4 per cent. And the worst of this show ing is that the dividend of 1 per cent, is declared out of the remaining sur plus and not out of the earnings of the semiannual period. It appears furtner thai the worst is |>et to come, inasmuch as the six » ionths ending October 1 usually con stltutfe the orofitable period by reason of summer business and heavy travel to parks and other places near the city. Unless a dividend is earned during this period the are that the six months from October 1 to April 1 will kv show a furth»r deficiency. While this f Is the phase of the subject which chiefly concerns the stockholders, th 2 matter that is receiving the attention of the municipal officials is the prob rble loss of city revenues for the year. Under an ordinance requiring the Harrisburg Railways Company to pay to the city each year 3 per cent, of its iross receipts the city received last year $23,780.92. In addition the com pany expended last year for street pav ing and bridges $10,745. It Is said the total taxes paicl by the local railway hystem to the city, county. State and United States government for 1914 amounted to s£o,ooo, which equals nearly B'4 per cent, of the gross pas ■enger earnings. Inasmuch as the Harrisburg Rail ways Company is a local corporation •nd pays in aggregate salaries and wages per annum almost $300,000, the situation which confronts the cor poration at the present time is of more than ordinary interest. It was pointed cut some time ago'by one of the offi- I dais that it has been the policy of A the corporation to keep step with the I city and the suburban communities in ftreet improvements and all other matter* affecting material develop- THURSDAY EVENING. H2JIRISBUR • TEXJBQRAPI2 SEPTEMBER 30,1913. ment. but that the gradual reduction of revenues was likely to result in an enforced change of policy. At the present time Paxtang, Penbrook and other communities are urging highway Improvements, the major burden of which would fall upon the street rail way system. If is the opinion of those who are familiar with the conditions that not enough thought is given by the public generally to the real benefits of such a public utility and that there is a too-prevalent disposition to criti cise. instead of commend the enterprise of these companies. There has been an unmistaka'blc tendency for several years in the direc tion of general baiting of the railroads and other corporations, but there are signs now of a change in this respect. Much of the criticism undoubtedly was the result of the arbitrary and indif ferent attitude of the corporations themselves. But there has come a change of front along the whole line, due to the fact that the corporations and the public aro beginning to under stand that there is a mutual interest which should be subserved by reason able regulations aivl the best service on one side and a proper appreciation and patronage on the other. , The balance In the general fund of the United States Treasury on Septem ber 20 was $45,907,745. as compared with a balance of $128,487,715 on the corresponding date two years ago when Republican revenue laws and appro priations were still in effect. The deficit to September 20 was $35,120,305. HOME RULE FOR CITIES GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH IS greatly interested in the en- largement of home rule for the cities of the State and it is altogether probable that he will take some ac tion looking to a proper submission of this matter to the next session of the Legislature. The Governor has been in touch with many of the city leaders of the Commonwealth and has learned for himself the difficulties under which the several municipalities are laboring. It may be necessary to re peal some of the restrictive legislation of recent years, but before making any recommendations the Governor will undoubtedly investigate the subject thoroughly so as to reach a proper conclusion regarding the steps that are necessary to a wider latitude of home rule for the different cities. At the recent constitutional convention at Albany Seth Low, in presenting to the convention the original report of the committee on cities, said that any home rule measure which accomplish ed the results desired by the advo cates of home rule must do four things: First, it must grant to the cities adequate power to manage their own affairs: secondly, it must give to local authorities for the time being the right to adjust the local machinery of the city so that it can meet new emergen cies and new duties successfully; third ly. it must prevent the Legislature from interfering out of hand in the city's affairs; and, fourthly, it must leave power enough somewhere, either in the city or the Legislature, to deal adequately with every question. George W. Wickersham, formerly attorney general of the United States, writing to the New Tork Sun on the question of home rule for cities, calls attention to the fact that Mr. Low further pointed out that the State uses its cities in many respects as the agents of the State to administer the policies of the State as to the matters in which the State is concerned; and that one great difficulty encountered in his committee lay in the Impossi bility of drawing a sharp line of defi nition between the city affairs and State affairs. Consequently any home rule provision must be considered as affecting the things in which the city is interested in itself, the things in which the State is interested in itself and the things in which both the State and the city are interested. On slight reflection it will be apparent that the interest of the State is such that the city cannot be left to frame Its own charter and make its own laws affect ing its own operations without the State reserving some power of dis affirmance of the charter provisions lest its own paramount interests should be Injured or destroyed by the acts of its own creature. Under the revised constitution of New York article XV declares that every city shall have the exclusive power to manage, regulate and con | trol its property, affairs and municipal government. This is the broad grant of home rule. Then follow certain qualifications of the grant, made necessary by the con siderations above mentioned: Subject to the provisions of this Constitution and subject further to the provisions (1 > of the general laws of the State. (2) of laws applying to all cities of the State without classifica tion or distinction, and (3) of laws applying to a county not wholly in cluded within a city establishing or af fecting the relation between such a county and a city therein. Mr. Wickersham refers to the fact that the Legislature under the new Constitution is further expressly em powered to delegate to cities, for ex ercise within their respective local jur isdictions. such of its powers of legis lation as to matters of State concern, as it may from time to time deem expedient. It is expressly prohibited from passing any law relating to the property affairs or municipal govern ment of any city, excepting such as is applicable to al! the cities of the State without classification or distinction. He states that in the address to the people after the adjournment of the constitutional convention at Albany reference is made to the fact that the convention has proposed as large a measure of home rule for the cities of the State as is consistent with the rec ognition and retention of the sover eignty of the State. Mr. Wickersham believes the pro vision in question in the revised Con stitution is as wide as It Is possible to make It and is deserving the sup port of all who believe in the princi pal of home rule. Pennsylvania cities have long endured the conglomerate system of laws affecting especially those of the thirl class and the next Legislature should give the desired I relief. 1 TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE —lf this kind of weather continues we'll agree to take back all we said about the weather man last summer, and It's an awful lot. —The German assertion that the Russian soldier Is stupid appears to be borne out; he doesn't know when he is licked. —Tempus may fugit as rapidly as it pleases, so long as last winter's over coat looks good enough to wear. —The Allies are demonstrating that not even trenches are impervious to artillery attack. This must be an aw ful blow to some hundred of thousands of gentlemen who have taken up what they regarded as more or less permanent occupancy therein. —Roosevelt is going hunting for big game next year. Stay off the elephant preserves, Teddy, the big beast isn't going to be stopped by any such artil lery as you carry, old fellow. Mexican currency seems to have reached the "buy-a-bale" stage.—Chi cago Daily News. The Czar is now leading the Russian armies, but we don't know by Just how far.—Columbia State. What, by the way. does German science do with the whiskers shaved off Russian prisoners?— Toledo Blade. The Czar wants it understood that if there is any more running to do he Is to do It himself.—Kansas City It does look a little like discrimina tion to imprison nobody but Gustav Stahl. the Lusitania liar, for perjury.— Chicago Herald. German papers in America are op posed to bringing our army and navy up to adequate strength.—Philadelphia North American. The fact that 363 ships were added to American registry the last fiscal year Is less Important than the question of how long they will stay there under the La Follette seamen's law.—New York World. HERSHEY IX THE FALL [Hershey Press.] We are beginning to have those sparkling days that make autumn in the Lebanon Valley a time of delight and beauty. The air is full of the wine of life, the heavens are glorious, and the hills and fields become a golden riot. Its fine to be alive and able to enjoy it all. Surely the whole world has nothing better. When we see it and breathe it and then behold out - people engaged in peaceful and prolitable pursuits, their happy homes, their fruitful acres, their healthy children in modern schools and all the blessings of the best in civilization, it seems impossible to realize that the other half of the world Is killing millions of men, reducing millions of women and children to want and hunger and demolishing bil lions of wealth. Do the people in Lebanon Valley really appreciate how fortunate they are? And in Hershey, where all that is best in Lebanon Valley is found, is there the gratitude that should follow gifts so rich and so generous? XO WAR FOR POLITICS [From the New York Tribune.] The Tribune has at all times been wiling to support a Democratic national administration honestly and honorably defending American rights. Its own editorial columns are the best proof of the readiness it has manifested to drop every partisan consideration in the case of Mr. Wilson and the German affair. But The Tribune is not prepared to support any administration. Republican or Democratic, in provoking a wanton and wicked war. wholly unnecessarily. It was prepared to support a policy which, honestly executed, brought war on the Issue that neutral lives should not be taken by German submarines. It was willing to see this country fight for the vindication of international law and the ordinary rules of humanitv. But it is not now willing to see this country fight because Mr. Wilson and his administration have so bungled the handling of the German affair and so deserved the censure and contempt of the country that they can find no es cape now but to go to war. The Tribune views with intense sus picion the reports coming from the White House in the past two days in sisting upon the gravity of the present status of the German-American differ ence. They do not come from the President directly. The Tribune knows the circumstances of their origin, and it believes it understands the purpose. But it thinks that it would be a shame ful thing for this country to be in volved in a war to save the shattered prestige of the admitystration. Our Daily Laugh fHftjMflVY-* SCHOOL'S OCT. The come and gone, Igt. J&f? The boy once more if I forlorn; | warm Jnne J A days will glad i " den him For then he'll be right In the ' ~3f swim. C UCHI A I- Furnace Shovel: There goes Mr. SA " Kindling Wood A and Mr. Coai. Stove Plate: J\\ gSBr "7es, they're grate y aPjr MV, HOW THEY I.KAK.\ By Wilis Dinger I started my 'two lads to school This Fall, and every night I help them with their lessons, so They're sure to get them right. But yesterday the older lad His spelling list forgot And when 1 asked for them last night, Of course, he had them not. I told him that it grieved me much Because I greatly feared He'd miss some words and lose his chance For first place which he's neared. But he assured me that each word He surely would get right Regardless of fact that he Did not have them last night. The'younger chap had silent been Till then, but when he spoke His parent's attitude quite stern He most completely broke With this speech, "If there is a word That maybe you don't know Just how to spell, reach in your desk And slip it over, bo." LK 'Putitau&Kuita - Bj tha Kx-OoßUttlttaamaa —Allegheny county court judgos. sitting as a full bench, yesterday took action to open ballot boxes In the Republican nomination contests which have attracted State-wide attention. It is possible that there will be further legal proceedings as the action of the court establishes what some men at the Capitol believe a precedent and which may affect official counts in a number of counties of the Common wealth. —The judges ordered opened fifty three ballot boxes to be used in the primary election September 21 and the votes counted under the supervision of the County Commissioners. The decision was on the petition of William B. Klrker, candidate for Prothonotary, who. the unofficial returns showed, had been defeated by David B. Johns by ninety-six votes out of a total of al most 100,000 cast at the primary. The decision was awaited with interest be cause of the many charges of fraud made in connection with the election and because it was believed It would throw the way open for a complete recount of all the ballots cast for the many candidates on the various tick ets. The ballot boxes have been under close police guard day and night since election. The lock on the first box opened had been broken and the list of \ oters. tally sheet and affidavits of the election officers had been re moved. The count of ballots did not tally with the unofficial count reported election night. Attorneys representing the contending factions were permit ted to watch the count. —Not only State but national at tention has been attracted by the cheering of Senator Boles Penrose as a candidate for President at the meet ing of the delegates to the National Camp ot the Patriotic Order Sons of America in Baltimore yesterday. The senior Senator was mentioned as Presidential timber by State Senator John O. Sheatz, of Phiadelphia, who spoke in the highest terms of his public service. "We of Pennsylvania are positive that the great majority of the delegates to the Republican Na tional Convention will be in favor of our senior United States Senator for the Presidencj of this nation," said Mr. Sheatz. "And, indeed, whx should we not be for him In Pennsylvania? For many years he has been a leader in the political life of our great State' and, so far as we see. excepting those who may be prejudiced, we feel he has not made any mistakes in his political movements." In his address to the delegates Senator Penrose did not refer to politics. He urged that the United States prepare for national defense. Ex-Judge W. D. Wallace, candidate for the superior court, yesterday aft ernoon filed his statement of expenses, showing that he had spent 5681.63. Most of it was advertising. —The Lawrence county court has held that county commissioners can not demand recount of votes. The matter may be appealed. As a result S. P. Emery stands as the nominee for judge. —lt is probable that Lackawanna Democrats will have a fight over county offices at the polls, just as the Daupnin Democrats will do. The ten sion caused by the primaries has not relaxed a bit. —The Franklin party, the latest plaything of the Philadelphia inde pendents and reformers, was brought into being yesterday at an amusing session. The Philadelphia Press thus describes the "doings:" "The Frank lin party as a political organization in each of the forty-eight wards of the city, was brought into existence by former Washington partv men yester day. The law requires five electors to make affidavits as pre-emptors and to secure the party title for each of the forty-eight wards. Five electors were assembled for each ward and more In the headquarters of the Committee of One Hundred. None knew what the new party name was to be. The men assembled, a signal was given. Simul taneously the representatives of each of the wards signed the applica tion for pre-emption of title. A notary was in attendance to administer the necessary affidavits. Meanwhile the telephone was disconnected, the doors closed and the windows guarded, so that the pre-emptors should be abso lutely cut off from the great world without the least knowledge of their conclusions reaching it before formal application was made. Then while the 2SO electors remained under guard and lock and key. Secretary E. L. D. Roach rushed off to the Prothonotary's office with the ward papers and also with a r»t pre-empting the title for the city and county, signed by John C. Winston. Herbert D. Allman. George Wentwortli Carr. E. L. P. Roach. Wil liam M. Lonestreth. T Henry Walnut end John Walton, as nre-emntors. Only when the formal filing of the napcrs had been perfected in the Prothonotary's office were the pre emntors permitted to leave headquar ters." i TAHKXTTM SAVES. STR HV HATS TFrom the Pittsburgh Dispatch.] Tarentum policemen have been ordered to arrest all persons destroy ing straw hats, unless owned by them selves. before October 1. The Taren tum council, at a special session, offi cially extended the straw hat season <o October 1. and Borough Secretary W. P. Robinson was authorized to issue a proclamation to that effect. It reads: "In view of the protracted period of intense heat, and for the relief of those to whom the abandoning of the straw hat would prove an undoubted hordhhip. T. W, S. Robinson, city clerk of Tarentum. duly authorized. -Jo hereby proclaim that the official sea son for straw Tiats to be worn by males In Tarentum is officially extend ed to October 1, from September 15. "Therefore, until October 1, straw hats may be worn in Tarentum with out fear of molestation." COOKING VORIT GOOSE The phrase "I'll cook your goose for you" originated in this manner: Eric, king of Sweden, coming to a certain town, besieged it, but, having few sol diers. was obliged to desist. The in habitants In derision hung ojit from the walls a goose on a pole. Eric returned with reinforcements and in reply to Ihe challenge of the. heralds observed that he had come "to cook their goose for then\" and proceeded to storm the town and make it hot for the inhabitants. THE NATIONAL GUARD [New York Sun.] No plan for the military training of citizens except that which includes universal service of all able-bodied men offers to the people of this coun try the advantages that are embodied in the scheme underlying the National Guard. Forced service is imprac tit-able in this country and in the ex tension and improvement of the uni foimed militia lies the hope of pre i paring an adequate body of trained [soldiers to defend the land. ( OFFICIALS IN BIG C. A. R. ENCAMPMENT P./A &£.O/OO£ A., HOSLEY. COLONEL. D. R. STOWETZ AND GEORGE A. HOSLEY Washington, D. C., Sept. 30.—Twenty thousand veterans of the Civil "War marched down Pennsylvania avenue yesterday in the grand review of the Grand Army of the Republic, in convention here. Colonel D. R. Stowetz, quartermaster-general, of Buffalo. N. Y., and George A. Hosley. chief of staff, of Boston, Mass., had the convention in cnarge. Chief of Staif Hosley was in direct charge of the formation of the giant parade. I "It was the largest turnout since the monster parade of 1892," said Mr. Hosley. AM A TEUR WIRELESS OPERA TORS By Frederic J. Haskin V J THE twenty thousand amateur wireless operators scattered over the United States constitute a tesource for national defense which has been almost entirely overlooked. Most of these operators are mere schoolboys, but they are active, alert and efficient. They have also exhibited the highest sense of honor as regards the secrecy of messages. In the opinion of men competent to judge, they might be safely trusted with im portant communications. An important factor in the German success is the efficiency of the operators in the network of wireless stations which covers the entire domain. They render the control of her aviation fleets comparatively simple. Manning the boundary stations alone of this country would require most of our trained wireless operators If the United States were drawn into' war. There would be no provision for In terior communication. In such an emergency the great army of young amateur operators who might be en listed in their country's service would be Invaluable. The European countries have re stricted, if not absolutely prohibited, amateur wireless stations for years. Uncle Sam's more liberal policy of aid ing his children to acquire knowledge and letting them do as they please so long as it does not Interfere with the public good may prove the wiser course. Uncle Sam has not merely permitted his sons to have wireless stations; he has helped to build them and given In structions as to their use. Nearly two years ago the naval observatory is sued an illustrated circular showing [The State From Day to Day j Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart have lost at their Reading store the popular head of the notion department who has heen captured by a recruiting officer of the IT. S. Army. Miss Essie Jane Fox is the pretty bride and the groom is Sergeant Harry Gilbert, who is the son of an English army officer and was born In Germany. He is a veteran of the Spanish-American War. P. Antes Iluber' of Myerstown, just elected State Warden of the Order of Independent Americans, Is a com positor on the Lebanon News. The "Most Beautiful Woman in Am erica" has again been discovered, this time in Philadelphia. When will these beauty experts learn that the prettiest girls in the world live right here in little old H%rrisburg. William Thomann got boozed and was arrested for fast auto driving at Stroudsburg. He will pay a fine of SIOO and spend thirty days in jail and the hotel in New York City, where he is a clerk when not joy riding will wonder "where Is our wandering boy to-night." Governor Brumbaugh's "See Penn sylvania First" tour next week is arousing interest all over the State. Receptions and luncheons and lively greetings are being planned for the party along the entire route. Visitors to Harrisburg last week are telling the story of Harrisburg's pro gress to many other towns and cities. Chester Times laments the absence of the ankle watch In the flourishing city and mournfully observes: "Gee, but this city Is behind time!" , Ex-Senator Fred Godcharles, who Is to be Deputy Secretary of the Com monwealth, recalls with pride his fight in the Legislature for the act creating the State Constabulary. Businessmen of Sharon are going to have a dinner and talk over the bet terment of the town In a business way. Down Steelton way they are show ing a lot of pep in several different the essential requirements of a wire less - station. The instructions were iiimple enough to be followed by any high school boy with a mechanical turn of mind. Thousands of boys are now using stations built from these directions. Inspectors Issue Licenses The responsibility for determining the quality of the wireless instruments used in these stations was given to the Bureau of Standards. The bureau pro vided a special division for the testing of wireless instruments and the advis ing of prospective operators as to the best materials. In thus standardizing equipment the bureau divides the re sponsibility for the success of the ama teur operator with the Bureau of Navi gation, which is responsible for his qualification?. These are determined by a rigid examination. Fifteen radio inspectors, located at different custom offices, issue licenses to amateurs after examining them and testing their stations. Each of these inspectors is furnished with an auto matic sending machine, upon which the ability of the applicant to transmit messages is tested. Amateurs are of two grades. The first have proved by personal examination that they know enough about wireless to comply with the regulations of the International Radio-telegraph Conference and with subsequent laws enacted in the United States. They must he able to receive and transmit messages in continental Morse code at a speed of not less than five words a minute, five letters to a word. The requirements for the second [Continued on Page 12.] ways, among others the organization of a board of trade, the location of parks and general improvement of the highways. Steelton is a worthy neigh bor. Let us hope that the new contractors on the extension of the Federal build ing will consider the convenience of the public In the matter of keeping the sidewalks and streets clear of building materials. There is absolutely no excuse for obstructing the side walks as has been the case for a year or two. BLOTTING OUT A NATION [From the Kansas City Star.J In Asiatic Turkey a nation is being assassinated. The reports from Eng lish newspapers printed in The Star Saturday merely confirm what Ambas sador Morgenthau has reported from Constantinople. A few days ago he es timated the number of Armenians who had perished at 350.000. Enver Pasha. Turkish Minister of War, is boasting that ho has accom plished in thirty days what Abdul Ham id failed to accomplish in thirty years. There are about 2.000.000 Armenians tln Turkey. They are a sturdy, hlghlv Intelligent people. From time to time there have been Moslem outbursts against them. Thousands were killed In the massacres of 1895. But under the stress of war the Turks have be gun a policy of extermination which, for the extent of sheer brutality, prob ably has not been equaled in history. Pity is a modern trait, and the Turks are a medieval people. Their dealings with the Armenians have been aimplv unthinkable. Travelers have,/ brought home moat terrible stories of slaughter and outrage. Populations of village after village have been set upon by sol dier!, the men killed and the women and children sent off for distribution among Moslem families. The atrocities are far away. America may not be able to bring any Influence to bear to stop them. But there is at least the force of public sentiment. The Turkish Government may be made to feel that It has earned the scorn of the civilized world and that It is an out cast nation. BUTTER BUSINESS IS FORECAST [From the Philadelphia Press.} C<>ld weather, the placing of addi tional war orders and railroad buying on an increasing scale are among the factors which are giving a cheerful view to the business outlook. In some sections the Improvement has been slow but a turn for the better has ac tually set in and It Is anparent that all over the country a brighter view is i taken of the future. lEtetttttg <Et|at The whole State is once more go ing: through the uncertainty which follows a State-wide primary for nominations for one of the highest of the appellate courts and it Is prob able that the next Legislature will be asked to take steps to hasten tli« computation of returns. Under the present law the Secretary of the Com monwealth can receive only the ot ficial returns from counties and <* some of them do not finish the counts for ten days it means that official re sults will not be known here until some time after. To-morrow October will begin with hardly more than half of the official returns in hand although the primary was held 011 September 21. The official count will be required to ascertain whether any of the candidates for Superior Court can be considered elected because they received more than fifty-one per cent, under the nonpartisan judicial act. Dozens of inquiries have been made daily at the Capitol by telephone, telegram and mail for information re garding the nominations and the re marks made when people find that they are unable to secure Information of a definite nature indicate that there will be something doing in the way of suggestions to the next Legislature. A report which is held by the State Board of Education to demon strate the value of training of miners has just reached the offices. It shows that in one of the anthracite districts six years ago there was an accident for each 790,000 tons of coal. This was before the schools for miners and the systematic effort to teach mine workers English had been inaugurat ed. Last year in the same district there was one accident for each 2,- 500.000 tons of coal. The district has a number of schools for miners and practically everyone can understand some English. Official count of the Fall primary vote which has just been completed lias revealed some curious instances of the personal preferences of certain electors insofar as their choice of nominees is concerned. For instance, J. Harry Stroup, one of the clerks in the county commissioners' office got two votes for district attorney; P. S. Blackwell got a vote for county con troller, and both Washington and Democratic candidates got Socialist 'votes while not a few of the Republi can candidates got a sprinkling of Washington and Democratic votes. For instance, W. W. Caldwell, prison inspector, James E. Lentz, Mark Mumma and Henry M. Stino all got a few of these votes which were writ ten upon the ballots. Harrisburg's success as an Inter national Baseball League town has been a big advertisement for the city. During the past two weeks, no less than thirty inquiries have been made for dates for exhibition games. Every body that has a ball team with some v special attraction wants to play in Harrisburg. Connie Mack, manager of the Athletics, had two regular games cancelled on him last week. He did not want to quit the season right off, so wrote to Harrisburg for a date. He got it. Every major league team in the east now wants a game in Harrisburg. Managers are already writing in for early Spring games next year. Colonel John A. Elliott, of Phila- | delphia, yesterday presented to Gov ernor Brumbaugh the "reminder" of V his talk across the continent over the \ Bell lines early in September. The testimonial was signed by everyone who heard the talk and the names of many prominent men appear on the list. It contains the Capitol and the Pennsylvania building in pen and ink and a statement of the occasion. • • • The "red arrow" route, as the line of highways to be followed by Gov ernor Brumbaugh's Seeing Pennsyl vania tour next week is known, begins right at the door of Harrisburg. The first arrow is at Lemoyne and points to Carlisle. Everywhere along the 980 miles which constitute the route to be followed, the red arrows have been attached to the markers and there will be no excuse for missing the way from Harrisburg to Philadelphia. In the Cumberland Valley there are half a dozen red arrows. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Pope Teatman, prominent Phila delphlan. has returned from a sum mer in New Hampshire. —The Rev. A. Graham, of New Wilmington, has been elected mode rator of the Western Pennsylvania United Presbyterians. —D. T. Wright, of Oil City, is the new head of Allegheny River Boat Veterans' Association. —Charles S. Calwell, Philadelphia banker, has been visiting in New York State. —Adjutant General Stewart is one of the leaders in the National G A. R. encampment. —Robert Crane, of Philadelphia, addressed the State Ice Cream Manu facturers in Pittsburgh. 1 DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburc is fast be coming a center for distribution of automobiles? HISTORIC HARRISBURG It was once proposed that Harris burg should include the land clear up to the First Mountain. IN HARRBBURO FIFTY YEARS r AGO TO-DAY 1 [From the Telegraph, Sept. 80, 1865.] Muss Mooting at Hummelstown A big mass meeting of Union men will be held this evening at Hummels town. John Cessna and Philip 8. White will mako the' principal ad dresses. Commercial College Gets Honors The Harrisburg Commercial College was awarded tlrst prize In the school competition at the Pennsylvania State Fair held this week in Willlamsport. Visiting Pastor to Speak The Rev. W. M. Baum, of York, will speak in several local churches Sun day. * I Promise to Pay Those four words are the crux of every financial obligation. With the right name written below them they aro as good as gold. "I promise to pay" Is the mes sage of every successful adver tisement. Advertising promises to pay the seeker In more desirable goods ln lessened prices, in needed things or In services. Men who sign their name to / advertising arc men who make good. It pays to read the advertis ing in a live newspaper like the Telegraph and to patronize its advertisers. ,
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