8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NKWSPAPER FOR THB HO MB Founded IS3I published evenings except Sunday by THE! TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. 1 I B. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't and Editor-im-CkUf 1 R. OYSTER. Business Manager. •GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. j t Member American i Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa tion, The Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Assoclat- Eastern office. Has ■ ; nue Building. New ern office. Has- i Qas°Bulldlng°ChU | cago. 111. Entered at the Post Office In Harris- 1 burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week: by mail, $3.00 a year in advance. fworn dally mrrage circulation for the ■nree months ending llec. 31, 11IIS. ★ 22,412 * These figure* nrr net. All returned, •Mold anf damaged copies deducted. TL'ESI>\Y EVEMXG, JANUARY 25. It may be glorious to write Thought that shall glad the two or three High souls like those far stars that come in sight On'cc in a century: But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free natures in the weak And friendless sons of men. — LOWELL. .JEWISH REUEI' DAY GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH HAS very generously and graciously endorsed lhe request of Presi dent Wilson that January 27 be set apart in Pennsylvania as a special time for contributing toward the relief of the Jews in war-torn Europe, and men and women of all creeds will rally around the banner of charity cn. that occasion to extend alms to a long suffering people. In the war zones of Russia, Poland I and Galieia it is estimated that overt 7.000,000 Jews are in appalling dis- | tress. They have suffered the horrors : and privations of war in unspeakable form. They must have help if to what al- j ready has happened is not lo be added an even worse chapter of desolation and death. Naturally the Jews of the United States, however willing and anxious they are to hasten lo the rescue, cannot undertake to discharge so stupendous a task unaided. There fore they, turn to the general "public, confident that the American spirit of i charity for all will once more, as it has done before, respond in substan tial measure. The call is to humanity for humanity's sake and in Pennsyl vania, al least, it will not be in vain. PHILADELPHIA'S TROUBLES AGAIN Mayor Smith has demon strated the constructive atti tude of his administration to ward public improvements in forcing to a conclusion the completion of the Philadelphia Parkway and the erec tion of a convention hall and free li brary building. Manifestly he is the sort of executive who believes in get ting things done. Philadelphia has talked about these and other im provements for several years, but has not accomplished much in the way of actual achievement. All of Pennsylvania is interested in the proper development of the great city at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers and this can only be accomplished through con- K; ruetive and consistent effort upon the part of its officials. Philadelphia is well nigh Impossible from the stand point of its everlasting political bickering and factional controversies, but as a great American city it has the friendly support of all the rest of this imperial Commonwealth. Out side of Philadelphia the political racket excites indignation and more or less contempt, but the city itself is so American in all its important phases that the political atmosphere does not entirely envelop the better elements of. the municipality. It is high time that the people gen erally give their political leaders and bosses of all parties and factions to understand that these are not masters, but are the mere servants of the peo ple, and only faithful servants insofar as they put into substantial form the best aspirations of the communities they represent or in which they are in fluential. Mayor Smith has earned the good will and the best wishes of the large body of people outside Philadelphia through his honest efforts to elimi nate partisan and political disturb ances so as to make possible a pro gressive administration that will be a credit both to Pennsylvania and its metropolis. It would seem upon the surface that as head of the adminis tration Mayor Smith has it within his power to compel a change of attitude on the part of the political leaders now squabbling for place In the city of which he is the titular head. They take themselves entirely too seriously from top to bottom. Political leadership under our sys tem of government is absolutely essen tial to the proper working out of ad ministrative policies, but the type of leadership that is most concerned in promoting personal and selfish umbi TUESDAY EVENING, ' HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JANUARY 25, 1916. ttons, without regard to the construe-] tive work of administration. Is really I not leadership at all. i Philadelphia deserves the best that all these men can give In the way of helpful support of the present ad ministration, and the perpetual rend ing asunder of party harmony in the effort to promote factional interests de serves the repudiation of the Repub ; lican party at large in this Common- I wealth. Mayor Smith may not be a perfect executive. He even may be accused lof rank partisanship. But judged en tirely by his public acts he must be given credit for doing liis utmost to promote the welfare of the city and the best interests of the people, re gardless of factional bickering and personal animosities. He may be as jsured of the continued sympathy of i the great body of the Republican party outside of Philadelphia if he does not have the entire backing and i aid of those within its municipal ! limits. n representing all the leaders, big and little in the party, were unanimous in voicing tin- opinion that the harmony movement should be rarriad out. ireneraiiv. not alone to THE RISE OF GASOLINE By Frederic J. Haskin THE price of gasoline has sud denly leaped into prominence as a national problem. Motorists are paying twice as much for a gallon as tlie.v did a year ago. The Federal Trade Commission may be called upon to in vestigate, or else a Congressional com mittee will probe the situation. Experts of the oil companies say they would not be surprised if the price went to thirty five cents in the near future. The rea son for the rise Is apparently shrouded in mystery. A dozen theories are ad vanced, and meantime the man with the auto or gas engine continues to pay the bill. The cost of gasoline affects the whole country to an extent that few people realize. The day when the auto was a rich man's toy is long past. The motors of the United States have passed the two million mark toy several hundred thousand—in other words.about ten mil lion people make daily use of tliem in some form or other. The grocer de livers cabbages in an au.o truck, the farmer plows with an auto tractor. Be sides tiie motorcars, there are almost a million gasoline engines in the country, driving the belts of a thousand Indus tries, pumping water in the barren plains of the West, sawing wood, bail ing hay, thrashing grain. Any change In the price of gas engine fuel is re flected in every one of a hundred differ ent quarters. Why is the price of gasoline rising, despite enormous production? Is it be cause the administration has proposed a revenue tax of one cent a gallon on gasoline, and the oil men want to show the country that the industry cannot carry it? Or is it due to the storage of millions of barrels of crude oil by the interests that control its distribution? Botli of these explanations have been advanced, but a close scrutiny of the facts hardly bears them out. The situation may be summed up by saying that conditions justify higher priced gasoline, but the rise came heal the breach in Pennsylvania, but also to have its effect in bringing about an amalgamation of the fac tions in other parts of the country." —A Huntingdon dispatch to-day says: "Richard W. Williamson, of this place, formerly District Attorney of Huntingdon county, to-day publicly announced his candidacy for Con gress from the Seventeenth District. He is a son of the late Judge W. Mc- Knight Williamson, who was one of the organization leaders in Central Pennsylvania. Assemblyman J. G. Dell has announced his candidacy for a second term. He will be opposed at the primaries by other candidates, among whom will be A. W. Rex, of Mapleton Depot." —The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times scents trouble. It came out a few days ago with strong editorial commen dation of lhe Governor's first year and on Saturday said: "Some of the fol lowers of William A. Magee, who re flects the Vare views, are intimating that a fight can be expected for mem bers of the Republican State commit tee. This committee ts made up of fwo members from each of the fifty senatorial districts, except in districts where there are more than two coun ties, then each county gels a member. Senator W. E. Crow, of Uniontown, a loyal Penrose man, is the chairman of the committee. At present a large majority of the members are followers of Senator Penrose. The new com mitteemen, who will serve for two years, will be elected in the May pri maries." TO-DAY'S EDITORIALS Public licrtgcr. Philadelphia: Re publicans who have the larger interests of party and nation at heart are seek ing now to magnify the points of unity, not the pettv factional differences of ambitious individuals. They are seek ing to emulate the spirit which prompted the recent overtures of the Progressives, and they will find sup port and encouragement for their ef forts among all genuine Republicans. Altoona Tribune: When employers all over the country have convinced themselves that the distillery and the saloon are the most potent foes of intelligent and dependable labor they will wipe out the saloon in Pennsyl vania as they did in Kansas. Nor do we wish to wait until America is in the grasp or the drink demon as com pletely as England is to-day. Pittsburgh Dispatch: The unani mous decision of the United States Supreme Court upholding the consti tutionality of the income tax law on all points raised is followed by talk among members of Congress of taking the fullest advantage of this ruling to amend the law so it will bring in possibly sl9. r »,000,000, or double the present receipts from tbat source. The ability to increase the rate on large incomes is specially welcomed by some as offering an opportunity to place most of the cost of the preparedness and other programs on wealth. This sentiment is symptomatic of the power to tax as exemplified in our city gov sooner and pushed the price higher than was absolutely necessary. The pro ducers saw the increase coming, and apparently forestalled it a little. The fact that they stored their crude oil in anticipation of better prices was in itself a factor that brought those prices :up. Thus in Oklahoma there are to-day about 80,000,000 barrels of oil ill sur face or pipe-line storage. Much of this cannot be bought from the holders at any price, speaking in reason. They are confident that the market will go up and they will not sell. The withdrawal of great stocks of crude oil such as these necessarily forces the price up. The Appalachian oil fields, where the best grades of petroleum flow, have also probably an Immense reserve stock, though the holders are not giv ing out any figures. It is no more than natural that these companies should hold up their oil, when the price goes up as it has from $1.35 for Pennsylva nia crude in August to $2.16 for the same grade in December. The point worth noting is that in any industry, the raw material of which comes from a relatively smaller number of sources, any general advance in price is always greater than conditions seem to war rant, because the tendency of producers to hold their stock for a further rise quickly brings on a shortage. Far-sighted oil men anticipated the present increase by an observation of three main forces. The firs and most striking of these is the im,.tense in crease in foreign demand for gasoline. The European war might be described as a battle of motors. Countless mo tortrucks, converted omnibuses, tour ing cans, racing cars, and a host of specially built vehicles form the vital means of transportation and communi cation on both sides. The fleets of aero planes and Zeppelins consume immense quantities 01 gasoline, though the al lied blockade has forced Germany to (Continued 011 Page II.) ernments as well as national. Every opportunity to levy an increased or a new tax is hailed with delight by the tax spenders. There Is just as much need for judicious economy at Wash ington to-day as there was yesterday before the decision was made known. It should not be regarded as a license for extravagance. Properly used, the income tax may be made a valuable contribution lo the Federal revenue, but any disposition to misuse that power lo extortion will be resented, the more particularly if the money so raised is squandered on pork propo sitions. THE STATE FROM m TO DM An affair unique in the annals of social events took place in Yeager town day before yesterday when a local barber was given a sausage show er by friends. It is said that the de lighted recipient was found after the guests had left, wandering about the house, chanting a modern version of the well-known "Charge of the Light Brigade"—sausage to right of him, sausage to left of him, sausage on top of him, silently barking. Cupid in all his glory and full winged has been at large in one of Allentown's prominent shoe stores. |Three times within the last year has the girl clerk whom the proprietor keeps at the head of the ladies' department eloped. Now, the poor store owner is sick in bed with the grip, which he insists is the result of shock brought on by the rapid rate of marrying among his clerks. A party of prominent Pittsburgh men will leave that city tliis evening on a special train to New Orleans, and thence to South America and outlying islands. A great hydroplane is await ing them at Barranqilla, l'rom where they will fly up the Magdalena river to inspect some oil lands, which is the ultimate goal of their long voyage. Chancellor S. B. McCormick, of the University of Pittsburgh, will be a spe cial guest of the party. Missing since last Wednesday, Mrs. Albert Olirieni of York, aged 40 years, on probation from the State Asylum located in this city, is at large and from all reports is almost fagged out and suffering from exposure. She was mentally unbulanced by sickness and for the past three days people have been unable to locate her. Five skaters on the reservoir at Bradenville, a mining town near La trobe, were drowned last week and their bodies recovered but recently. All were boys. Another sacrifice that others may learn caution. The district attorney at York, Pa., has issued a warning that it is a direct violation of the law for cigar storcs and poolroom proprietors to give checks, redeemable for merchan dise, to the winners of games of pool or cards. Cave! as they say in Latin. | Stoning (Etjat A traveling man who had received * piece of Canadian money in chan* tendered It to the bootblack, who oJ jected. They turned him down at t'..„ cigar store and he passed it at a candy store. All of which brings up the fact that there is no certainty as to how money from the Dominion stands in this city. Canadian paper money or bank notes is regarded as foreign money and a man would have trouble paying for anything with a Canadian half-dollar. In some stores dimes are taken without Question and occasion ally a street car conductor will be obliging and take the coin and then pass it on to the next passenger. Quar ters do not go. provided the person to whom they are tendered is awake. So it all ciphers down to the fact that of all the money in the Dominion list the dime is the only thing that has a ghost of a chance of getting bv in Ilar lisburg outside of a bank. And, it might be stated, the banks are rather inclined to avoid taking much Cana dian money because they have to hold it until they get enough to make the shipment worth while to New York or Buffalo. In Steelton, where foreign coins are not unknown and pieces of outlandish name and good design are to be found going back and forward over bars, a Dominion dime has a better chance than in this city. It's rather odd that with nil the regu lations about money that there is not some accepted rule for the money of the great land to the north of us whose currency is practically the same. Harrisburgers have got. a right to be proud of the sunsets which have been seen in the last few days. They have displayed all the grandeur of the dost; of the day for which the Lower Sus quehanna and the Juniata valleys are noted and a walk along the Riverside when the sun is sinking behind First Mountain will well repay one. The colors are remarkable and the glow of the departing orb of the day lingers long after it lias sunk, the clouds above the Blue Ridge being crimson, pink, light green, blue, black, while the sky above the York hills shows in paler tints until the light fades. The wise people are giving their at tention to the stores just now be cause this is the season when the big bargains are to be snapped up by those who know how to shop. Inci dentally, it might be remarked that trains coming to the city from the rural districts bring a good many peo ple who are pretty keen on bargains and who know what time of the year to draw money from the bank to get good values in the stores. People throughout the State will watch with interest the developments in the campaign of the Lackawanna folks to have a first-class highway con structed from Scranton to the State line, there to meet the main highway to Binghamton. The distance is not veiy great, and the aid of the State Highway Department, is to be sought as a starter, after which the counties, municipalities and others along the route will be asked to co-operate. This route will mean as much to that rapidly growing section of the State as the William Penn and Lincoln high ways mean to us in this part of Penn sylvania. The many who remember the late Maurice C. Eby will recall his marked fondness for children and how every thing that gave pleasure to the young sters gave pleasure likewise to the for mer mayor. One of his favorite stunts, it is recalled, was to cut a slit in the right-hand hip pocket, of his trousers, Just large enough to allow a small coin to drop through. Mr. Eby would then lay in a store of pennies and start nonchalantly down the street. The boys and girls who were his particular friends—and they were legion—would quickly gather about, him, for he was always ready for them. Suddenly a peculiarly suspicious clink would be heard on the pavement, and then an other. and another, the ex-mayor whistling blithely the while and con tinuing unconcernedly his Journey down the street. A mad scramble would ensue, like unto a group of chickens scratching in the barnyard, and the lure of the penny was as strong on the youthful mind as was the lure of the pipe wielded by the Pied Piper as he drew with his music the unsuspecting villagers into the forest. Of course, the simile cannot be identical. But the whimsically genial expression on the face of the dispenser of joy lasted long after the pennies had ceased to drop. It will be interesting to the friends of this lover of children to know that his sister. Miss Eby, has arranged with City Commissioner Bowman to place a fountain on the plaza at the pumping station In memory of her father. Referring to the item in this column last night about the enterprise of the Freeport Journal, a friend calls atten tion to the following remarkable state ment of T. P. O'Connor in the New York World of yesterday. The emi nent member of parliament and jour nalist writes concerning Lord Lans downe as follows: "He is half Irish and half English and inherits from his French mother many of the character istics of that race." I WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ ■ —Attorney Edward Merrifield has been writing a series of articles on the history of Scranton. He says Count Zinzindorf was the first white man to visit that country. —U. M. Phllippi. the burgess of Confluence, Somerset county, who re signed,'says that he did so because he was sworn at for two years. —Captain I. K. Campbell, former Allegheny county commissioner, is op posed to the plan for raising bridges at Pittsburgh. —Congressman Temple Is to be one of the speakers at the Republican ban quet in Pittsburgh Thursday. —Dr. S. G. Neil celebrated ten years with the Baptist Society in Philadel phia with a reception. | DO YOU KNOW That Harrlsburjj is the headquar ters of hundreds of locomotives'. HISTORIC HARRISBURG , This city has had three courthouse* in 130 years. > A Word to Retailers Tills is the age of standard ization. Products of quality are sold under brands and as they art made in large quantities they are sold at low prices. People prefer them because they are standards of value. When these brands are news paper advertised a demand is created among your possible cus tomers. It is good business to attract the newspaper readers to your store. This you can do by showing the goods in your window at the tline they are being adver tised In the newspaper.