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WEDNESDAY EVENING, ACGCST 2
Beyond this vale of tears
There is a ilfe above,
Unmeasured by the flight of years,
And all that life is love.
— JASIES MONTGOMERY.
REPUBLICAN GOOD WILL
PRESIDENT WILSON must have
found little more comfort in the
accounts of the meeting at which
Candidate Charles E. Hughes delivered
his speech of acceptance than he did
in the speech itself. In every way it
was a remarkable gathering. Re
publicans and Progressives crowded
the great auditorium on the hottest
pight of the summer in New York
and joined in a demonstration of har
mony and good will such as has had
few equals for enthusiasm at any
notification meeting of the Republican
party or any other party in the his
tory of American politics.
In one box opposite Mr. Hughes
eat Colonel Roosevelt. Republicans
and Progressives alike paid their
respects to him in prolonged cheering
and he was twice put to the point of
politely declining a seat on the plat
form, preferring to remain with mem
bers of his family. At frequent Inter- |
vals the Colonel led In the applause j
that greeted the telling points made
by Mr. Hughes.
Two things were perfectly evident 1
in the meeting—that the Republicans
present felt most kindly toward Col- i
onel Roosevelt and that Colonel!
Roosevelt and his fellow Progressives
were lined up solidly for Mr. Hughes.
It was a happy augury of the future
and forecasted more plainly than any
event since the declination of Colonel
Roosevelt to be a candidate, that the ■
reunion of Republican and Progres-!
elve forces is complete so far as the
active leadership and the great rank
and file Is concerned, and that it is all 1
a matter of majority for Mr. Hughes.
DESHOXG ON THE JOB
MORE power to Alderman De
shong. Reference was made in
these columns the other day to
his ability as committing magistrate
at police headquarters and since that'
time he has been further impressing
the community with his vigorous en
forcements of the traffic ordinances.
It was high time that the speed
maniacs, the cut-out fiends and the
general offenders against all traffic
rules were brought to book. Alderman
De6hong has proven a holy terror for
all such offenders. He has imposed
fines of five to forty dollars upon these
violators of the law and in this admir
able work he will have the sympathy
and approval not only of pedestrians,
but of all who drive motor vehicles.
So long as these speed maniacs
were permitted to drive up and down
the streets of the city like mad with
out let or hindrance the lives of thou
sands of people were endangered, but
the long arm of the Twelfth ward
janagistrate has reached out into every
part of the city and the exchequer of
the municlpaJlty is being filled through
fines collected from the traffic viola
tors.
Alderman Deshong has the right
idea. Harrisburg has suffered long
enough from men who have driven
automobiles and motorcycles through
the streets of the city without regard
for life or limb and with utter indif
ference to the regulations. It has of
ten been a matter of wonder that
motorcycle officers have permitted
the cut-out nuisances to exist when a
few arrests would have stopped the
whole business.
So we say more power to Alderman
IDeshong. Fill the coffers while the fill
ing is easy and let these "gents" who
Imagine an automobile is a flying ma
chine and a motorcycle a boiler fac
tory learn their mistake before we
have a tragedy.
BASEBALL PATRONAGE
HARRISBURG'S baseball parade
last evennig should be the signal
for more generous patronage at
Island Park. The New York State
League team here is playing better
baseball than the Internationals did
laat year. It has developed from a
pronounced tail-ender to be one of
the fastest teams in the league. More
than that, it Is paying its own way
and getting into shape for next year.
If the "fans" want good baseball an
other season in Harrisburg now is tlie
time to demonstrate.
The statement is made by the Audi
tor General's Department that the
revenues for the last year have been
heavier by $2,500,000 than was ex
pected, due to the increased amount of
business by nearly all corporations.
WEDNESDAY EVENING
What would have become of the State
government without this unexpected
increase of revenue? Of course, thu
Commonwealth is practically out of
debt, but unless business principles
prevail hereafter we shall be In the
plight of the average Democratic ad
ministration at Washington, which usu
allv Issues bonds to cover curent ex
penses.
LET'S INVITE THE TOCBISTS
VERMONT has pointed the way
for Pennsylvania. Many citizens
of this Statu have received a for
mal invitation on an engraved card to
visit the Green Mountain State. Here
it is:
The State of Vermont extends to
you a cordial Invitation to
your vacation among its Green
Mountains." or on the shores of its
beautiful lakes and streams. The
acceptance of this invitation will
Insure you a hearty welcome and
hospitable entertainment; and it is
the hope of this Commonwealth
that your stay here will be so pleas
ant that with the approach or each
successive vacation period you will
anticipate with eagerness an outing
in the Green Mountain State.
There you have one of the secrets of
the enormous tcurist travel in the New
England territory. Little old Vermont
understands what thousands of tour
ists meandering through the hills and
valleys of any commonwealth means
for the prosperity of that particular
section.
Pennsylvania stands second to no
other State in the grandeur of its
scenery, the variety of its landscape,
its rivers and its streams, its impres
sive mountains and hills, and it is high
time we benefited from the activities
of the thrifty Vermonters and those
of the entire New England section.
Our Vermont friends do not stop
with the mere invitation. They ask all
inquirers to address the Secretary of
State, who will supply a touring map
of Vermont, where to stop when in the
mountains, Vermont farms, Vermont
tours and Industrial Vermont. These
publications have all been compiled at
the expense of the State and right here
it might be well to suggest that instead
of many of the bulletins which are
now being sent out at the cost of the
people of Pennsylvania the money
might be better expended in telling the
world, through a proper publicity de
partment, what this State has to show
the tourist. '
When Governor Brumbaugh gets back
Irom Maine, refreshed and invigorated,
he will have lirst-hand information of
how they do it in Yankeeland, and
his interest in Pennsylvania will be
further enlarged and his vision broad
ened to the end that this grand old
Commonwealth may be properly
brought to the attention of the rest of
the country.
AUTOMOBILE PRICES
AMAZING developments are com
ing to light in the automobile
world. Following closely the for
mation of a gigantic new com
pany that is on the market with an
electrically equipped five-passenger
car designed by one of the best known
automobile engineers in the world,
at the. unheard of price of $395
comes the announcement of another
big concern that henceforth its flve
pasenger cars will sell for $360 each.
Thus, while prices are sky-high for
necessities, the luxury of automobile
ownership is approaching the point
where the family that does not own
a car will be the exception.
Think of it —an automobile for less
than the price of a good piano!
We can imagine the not far distant
day when the benevolent department
store manager will call his errand boys
before him at Christmas time and ad
dress them something like this: "Boys,
you know It has been the custom for
years to give each of our faithful
errand boys a turkey at the holiday
season. But this year the birds are
too high in price, so we've decided in
stead to present each of you with a
five-passenger automobile."
• KXK'.V IIK WAS AT FAULT
NEWS dispatches from Washing
ton say that the "Hughes speech
followed lines anticipated by
the President and his advisers, and so
certain were administration leaders
that Hughes would say what he did
that the President has been preparing
his own speech of acceptance for sev
eral weeks, and it is now virtually
completed."
Matters at Washington go from bad
to worse. The President was "so cer
tain" that he was to be taken to task
for his Inefficiency that he prepared his
defense even before he was attacked.
The defensive campaign is a losing
campaign. Mr. Hughes is the aggres
sor and he will remain so until the
enemy Is compelled to evacuate Wash
ington.
POPULARITY OF PARKS
COMMISSIONER GROSS is finding
the demand for benches so in
sistent from the Increasing num
ber ol' those who enjoy the River
Front that he will be compelled to
increase the seating capacity of the
river parks. One view like that of
Sunday night when the rose-tinted
Susquehanna suggested such a paint
ing as no artist has ever been able to
produce is enough to kill for all time
the suggestion that too much attention
can be given to the improvement of
the Susquehanna basin.
The other day reference was made by
the Telegraph to a review of political
conditions in the Northwest by ex-
Senator John H. Landis, of Lancaster.
This review indicated a strong senti
ment for Mr. Hughes for the Presi-.
dency, and the conclusions of the ex-
Senator were so reasonable and con
vincing that all who have read his
comment have been impressed with the
intelligent and analytical study of the
situation. From California eastward
the Progressive party has been coming
into line with their Republican breth
ren for Hughes, and it is believed
most of the usually doubtful States to
day are practically safe for the Repub
lican candidate.
All the experts on the price of paper
declare that there Is nothing in the
situation to Justify expectation of an
improvement in the situation before
the end of the European war and per
haps for a long period thereafter. There
is a widespread belief that the price
of newspapers will almost certainly be
increased to meet the unprecedented
conditions.
1 TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE 1
—Candidate Hughes having appeal
ed his case to the voters may expect a
favorable opinion early m November.
—Old "Doc" Cook is going to the
Pole by the air route, and here's
hoping the air won't be so hot as here
tofore.
—The allies appear to be perfectly
regardless of the Kaiser's latest mani
festo to the effect that they are licked
out of their boots.
—There are two advantages over a
sea dip in bathing at Independence
Island; there are no sharks and more
one-piece bathing suits.
—Anyway, President Wilson can
claim that automobiles came down in
price during his administration.
1 EDITORIAL COMMENT 1
Marse Henry wants to take the nor
thern part of Mexico, Just as though
we wouldn't still have a border.—
Washington Post.
"British diplomacy successful in
Greece," says a head-line. Not to men
tion the British navy.—Nashville
Southern Lumberman.
Colonel Roosevelt wants to organ
ize a regiment to fight the Mexicans,
but why the regiment?— Portland,
Me., Sunday Telegram.
A Bryan may conceive the idea of
raising an army of Americans over
night, but it will take a Roosevelt to
carry it out.—Boston Transcript.
If granted the privilege of shooting
Americans soldiers, the Carranzistas
are perfectly willing, one infers, to re
turn all the soldier-targets they hap
pen to capture intact.—New Orleans
Times-Picayune.
Dawn
[Editor and Publisher]
The Bethlehem Steel Company. In
Its campaign of opposition to the ap
propriation carried by the Naval Ap
propriations bill for a government
armor plant, has lost —and won!
The company has lost the immedi
ate point at issue, for the appropria
tion has passed. But the company
has won a larger measure of public
understanding and approval than it
has ever had before —and this will
count as an asset of high value in the
future plans and activities of this
great corporation.
The Bethlehem Steel Company has
dispensed with a lobby at Washington.
It has adopted the policy of frankness
with the people. In this recent tight
it has presented its case clearly and
convincingly, through the use of paid
advertising spa.ce in the newspapers,
to the whole public. Instead of using
the money of its stockholders for the
corruption of legislators, it has used
some of it for the education of public
opinion and sentiment.
The course of this great corporation
ill this matter is a blow to the sys
tem of "invisible government." It is
a presage of the dawn. It forecasts
the beginning of the end for the "yel
low dog" as a factor in corporation
management.
Pioneering requires courage. It of
ten means temporary defeat. Peary
did not reach the top of the world oil
his first effort. The Bethlehem Com
pany has not won the decision in its
first effort to try a ease before a jurv
of public opinion. But it has shown
the way to other corporations, and
they must follow. Hereafter they
must fight in the open if they hope to
win.
Pennsylvania a Good Roads State
(Phila. Public Ledger)
Pennsylvania is rapidly becoming
a good roads State. Time -was. and
not so very long ago. when our high
ways were totally eclipsed by the ex
cellent ones of our neighbors. That
is no longer true. Pennsylvania is
building good roads faster than almost
any other State in the Union, .?nd the
quality of road is of a high order.
There are now hundreds of miles of
very nearly perfect State-built roads
which hr.ve replaced what were but
little better than trails. Every section
of this richest Commonwealth has now
a visible example of what a highway
ought to be, and since example is the
best teacher these good roads are the
best possible campaigners for a uni
versal system of perfect highways.
Pennsylvania ought to take warn
ing from conditions m Xew Jersey.
That State once led in the matter of
improved roads, but neglect to keep
them in repair has put her far from
first at the present time. Road re
pair is quite as vital as road construc
tion. Railroads understand that and
so keep gangs of men constantly at
work on the tracks in order to main
tain them at standard. Rural high
ways should be cared for in like fash
ion, and the State would find it the
truest economy in the long run.
He Selected Their Mother
Dr. N. C. Schaeffer. State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction, has
heard a great number of after-dinner
speeches, of which he has himself
made many. v
"The best after-dinner speech I ever
did hear," he told me the other day,"
"_was delivered by a man on his very
first attempt. He was the father of
Doctor Omwake, president of Ursinus
College, and the occasion was a din
ner given to the president and his
brothers, all of whom had made
good.
The toastmaster had lauded the
Omwake brothers to the clouds and
then heaped many laurels upon the
brow 'of their mother, who had
brought into the world such a fine
lot of boys.
"And now," he concluded, "I wish
to introduce to you their father."
So Peter Omwake arose. "I am
willing, ' said he, "to concede to my
sons all the praise it is possible to be
stow. I am also happy to award to
their mother every credit for their
happy and fortunate bringing up. But
dont forget that I selected the
mother.
4 » w ?. s J 1 ' 8 s P«ch." said Super
intendent Schaeffer, "and don't you
Phila. Ledger. a claß3l ° ? "~Q'rar d
For Paid Political Ads
Former Governor Franklin Mur
phy, who is now a cundidate for Unit
ed States senator from New Jersey is
a strong believer in paid advertising
as the proper means for placing his
case before the public. Several news
papers in his state are carrying large
space advertisements presenting reas
ons for voting for Mr. Murphy at the
primaries.
King Peter Recuperating
(N. Y. Sun.)
King Peter of Serbia is livins al
most ajone 011 the island of Euboea.
;He is 12. but rises at 4 every morn
ing and rides forty miles on a motor
cycle. Euboea is rocky spot, and if
King Peter does not sustain too seri
ous bruises from his tumbles he may
yet become a dispatch bearer at the
.battle front.
HARRISBTJRG TELEGRAPH
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Sy the Ex-Committee man
1 ■ ■ uusaJ
Action of the Washington party city
committee of Philadelphia in declaring
for Hughes in formal resolutions and
the activity of ardent Roosevelt men
of 1912 in organizing Hughes al
liances have demoralized the Demo
cratic machine leaders of Pennsylvania
to such an extent that they will have
a war counsel at Philadelphia the
latter part of this week. The Demo
crats have been endeavoring to keep
I the third party movement alive in the
Keystone State for some time, the en
couragement given to it by the Demo
cratic machine here being notable,
but the former Bull Mooners do not
see any use. '
It is probable that within a very
short time there will be more de
clarations for Hughes and more al
liances formed.
—A Chambersburg dispatch gives
the following- account of the forma
tion of the Hughes alliance in that
borough: "A Hughes Alliance of
Franklin county, an organization of
citizens favorable to the election of
Charles Evans Hughes for President,
was assured at a meeting last night.
Dr. J. P. Maclay, chairman of the
Franklin County Republican Commit
tee presided.
After the purpose of the Al
liance was outlined by Mr. Littlefield,
the meeting voted to have the chair
man appoint a committee of seven,
which will call a meeting at a later
date, at which a permanent organiza
tion will be formed. The committee
of seven will recommend to the later
meeting a corps of officers to consist of
a chairman, two vice-chairmen, a
secretary and a treasurer. The per
manent organization will then select
a campaign committee, which, under
the auspices of the Hughes Alliance,
will prosecute a vigorous campaign
for Mr. Hughes in Franklin county.
The committee of seven is as follows:
George W. Atherton, D. Edward Long,
A. Nevin Detrich, A. J. W. Hutton, T.
W. Broome, Milton K. Burgner and W.
Britton Kell.
"Following the recent failure of the
Washington party State Excutive
Committee to reorganize at Harrisburg
A. Nevin Detrich, chairman of that
committee, has formally allied himself
with the movement in behalf of the
Hughes candidacy. At the meeting last
niglit Chairman Detrich participated
actively in the meeting. The action
of Chairman Detrich is in line with
the general trend throughout this
State. The preponderance or senti
ment at the recent meeting of the
Washington State Committee was in
opposition to a third party movement.
Several candidates on the Washington
State ticket nominated at the May
primary have withdrawn."
The Philadelphia Inquirer of to-day
says "Although it is said tnat a num
ber of the members of the Grand Jury
now investigating vice conditions in
Philadelphia desire to close tne probe
on Friday, when they will automatic
ally cease as a legal body, Mayor
Thomas B. Smith and District At
torney Samuel P. Rotan have
strong stand for the continuation of
the work. Both officials believe that
eventually the investigators will get
to the root of the Tenderloin evil.
When the Jurors conclude their day's
probe at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon,
they will go before Judge Rogers, in
Quarter Sessions Court, to decide the
question of their continuance. Judge
Rogers has expressed himself as ready
to give the Investigators every op
portunity to continue if they so de
sire."
At a conference yesterday at Wash
ington between Congressman William
S. Vare, of Philadelphia, and oenerar
Crozier, Chief of Ordnance, it de
veloped that the Legislature of Penn
sylvania must pass a special act at the
session next January to enable the
government to spend $123,000 for the
purchase of ground adjacent to the
Frankford Arsenal for tne construc
tion of needed additional buildings.
—Word was received here to-day
of the death at Carbondale of John
J. Mannion, member or the House
from the Fifth Lackawanna atstrlct in
the sessions, of 1911, 1913 and 1915.
He was forty-eight years of age and
had been ill for six months.
—Men interested in politics are fol
lowing closely the development of the
Surface controversy as it is possible
that it may lead to a demand on the
next Legislature for passage of an act
abolishing the State Commission of
Agriculture. The commission was
created as the result of a movement
among Grangers, but the act was
changed so often that men originally
active in Its behalf became disheart
ened. The commission was personally
selected by the Governor, but com
plaints have been made of inactivity.
Thus far the commission has cost the
State about $l,lOO in expenses. There
is one Vacancy and if the Governor
does not fill it Capitol Hill will take it
as a sign that the commission does
not stand very well.
—Announcement that Dr. Carl W.
Gay, one of the active men in the
State Livestock Sanitary Board serv
ice and prominent in the movement
for development of horse breeding had
decided to leave this State for
Minnesota was received with regret
to-day. Dr. Gay is connected with the
i veterinary department of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania and will accept a
similar place with the University of
Minnesota.
—Pottstown's post office" was offi
cially started yesterday when the
cornerstone was laid. William P.
Young, prominent Bull Mooser, who
made the address, commented upon
the fact that the movement for the
new building dated from the Taft ad
ministration.
Papers Increase Prices ,
The St. Louis Glovp-Democrat will
increase its price from one to two
cents starting August 1. The high
cost of print paper Is given as the
cause of the advance.
Following the announcement by the
Globe-Democrat, the St. Louis Repub
lic and the Milwaukee Free Press al
so stated that their prices would ad
vance to two cents on street sales, be
ginning August 1. The high cost of
print paper is blamed in both in
stances.
The Nashville Tennesseean and Am
erican has raised Its subscription rate
where delivered by carrier In Nashville
and surrounding towns from ten to fif
teen cents a week or from forty-five to
sixty-five cents per month and $5.20 to
$7.50 a year. Increased cost of print
paper and other necessities is assign
ed as the reason for the advance.
Crab Tactics in the War
[From the Kansas City Times.]
Careful readers of yesterday's news
will not fail to note that the Turks
I were in full retreat by way of Petro-
Kiad, while the Russians were falling
i back in confusion through Constanti
j nople.
THEIR OFFENDING
(From the Brooklyn Eagle.]
"Guardsmen Need Luxuries" is a
headline over a Red Cross appeal. They
do. they do. they do. That is th« very
head and front of their offending.
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
From The Fatherland by M. Staelile.
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A CITY AT MARKET
By Frederic J. Haskin
_ 1
BALTIMORE has the marketing
habit. There is no city in Am
erica that puts a big basket on
its arm more regularly or more en
thusiastically, to go forth and pur
chase its food in the public square.
Few cities, if any, on the other hand,
ha\(e such markets to visit. Balti
more's markets are an institution —
an institution picturesque and vener
able and of a size and solidity that
commands respectful attention. Lex
ington Market for instance, is three
squares long, with twelve hundred
stalls, and fifty thousand people visit
it on many Saturdays.
The markets are one of the sights
of the town, like St. Peter's in Rome
or the White House in Washington.
The visitor is taken forth to see them
as ho is taken to se the Falls at Niag
ara. The streets for blocks around
take on a market-day atmosphere.
Temporary stalls are set up on either
side, until there is only a narrow lane
left in the middle of the highway
where the big cars nose their way a
foot at a time. Countrymen and far
mers draw up their wagon loads of
produce along the curb and wait
philosophically for purchasers, scorn
ing the practice of the recent immi
grant who is wont to cry his wares.
Candy-stands and flower-stands and
peanut-stands appeal to the esthetic
and the gastronomic functions of the
olfactory nerve. The street faker is
in his glory. Perched on a coffee
box he extols the merits of "a mir
aculous Invention, ladies and gentle
men—a combination of the South
American sapopa tree, the East In
dian senega root and the Mexican
ammonia plant—a combination shav
ing-soap, shoe polish and complexion
beautiiler."
The market itself is housed under a
long high roof, like the roof of a rail
road terminal, subdivided into hun
dreds of little stalls. Everything
which the human race is in the habit
of chewing and swallowing finds its
place somewhere. Beef and mutton,
pork and veal and saurage and bacon,
a string of fruits that would read like
the invoice of a South American
freighter, all the vegetables you have
ever seen and a few new ones, fish,
nuts, bread and pastry, live poultry,
candy—consult the supply lists of
Herr Tortolowitz von Batocki, the new
German food dictator, for a partial list
of what you can «uy.
All this space under the roof be
tween the stalls is jammed with hu
manity. chiefly feminine. It takes an
hour or so to push through the three
blocks of Lexington Market. The
make-up of the crowd is surprisingly
heterogeneous. It may be a mistake,
but the visitor gets the impression
that milady of Baltimore dons her sil
ver fox set, steps into the limousine,
sniffs the orchids in the holder, says
"The market, James,:" and sallies
forth to buy a quarter's worth of
weinerwurst. At least, you see plenty
of big cars discharging their inmates
at the curb, and have your toes step
ped on by ladies who resemble the
illustrations in an R. W. Chambers
novel.
As one Baltimore official puts it,
"The market problem is one of edu
cating the municipality consciousness
up to the marketing conception," or in
other words of teaching society to car-
AIJYJ G$>NE
By Wing Dinger
As vacation time draws near
Wife and I looked o'er
Advertising of resorts —
Passed up tho seashore;
Likewise mountains were tabooed;
Then we chanced to note
One ad 'bout a dandy trip
On a great big boat.
'Twas an inexpensive trip
('Course that added weight).
We discussed it. and both thought
That it would be great.
Wrote for reservations, and
Mentioned this and that
Which we wanted, back there came
Word hot off the bat.
Found this costs a little more
That is extra, too.
Staterooms on the deck we chose
Cost more, so when through
We learned that we'd have to dig
Deeper in our pile.
Which we both decided would
Surely be worth while.
Since accommodations we
Have reserved, I find
That the fare to sailing point
Entered not my mind.
But we've got to see it through—
Of that goodly sum
Laid aside, there won't be left
One wee little crumb.
Colonel Harvey's Sorrow
"We favor a single Presidential term,
and to that end urge the adoption of an
amendment to the Constitution mak
ing the President of the United States
ineligible for re-election and we pledge
the candidate of this convention to
this prlnciple."-J-Democratic Platform
Pledge.
Here we draw a veil.—North Ameri
£4vi*w.
AUGUST 2, T9T6.
ry a basket. These big markets are
really a kind of fruit and vegetable
department store, and the department
store of course is firmly established as
a perfectly correct hunting ground for
all ranks of feminity. Baltimore wo
men make appointments to meet at a
certain stall at. a certain hour and go
to lunch together. It is not a matter
of record, but it seems probable that
they occasionally stop to buy a dozen
eggs on the way to the opera.
The question of public markets is
coming in for a great deal of serious
attention all over the country to-day,
as a possible means of solving certain
phases of the distribution problem.
Busy markets have been established
in a score of cities, but Baltimore is
by way of being a pioneer in the field
and her experience should be valuable.
In the hundred and fifty years that
markets have been a feature of the
landscape, the city has encountered
most of the problems that can arise
in connection with markets. Back in
the year 1751, when there were only
two dozen houses in the town, the citi
zens decided to start a market, and
conducted a lottery as a means of
raising the necessary cash. Lotteries
were a highly respectable Institution
in those days. The private ledger of
George Washington occasionally
charges the price of a few lottery
tickets to profit and loss.
The age of the system in Baltimore
has had the effect of obviating cer
tain objections that arise in cities
where it is introduced later in muni
cipal progress. For instance, it is
something of a problem to reconcile
| the rights of the retail grocer with the
activities of the stall keeper. The
grocer is a tax-payer, a rent payer,
and an employer of labor, while the
market stall pays no taxes, very lit
tle rent, and is usually operated by
the proprietor, who thus becomes
something of a favored competitor. In
Baltimore, however, the markets came
before the grocery stores, and the
grocers had the competition to reckon
on when they entered the business. In
actual practice, the neighborhood of
the markets has proved a favorable
location for ordinary retail shops of
all sorts on account of the crowds
drawn. Some of the local grocers go
farther, and rent and operate stalls on
market days.
Baltimore markets—there are elev
en of them—are municipal institu
tions. They can easily be operated at
a profit, not only by the rental of
stalls, but by renting the big halls
that some of the buildings contain.
Over Centre Market for instance, a
half million dollar structure, there
are two halls used for night classes
which seat 1,200 pupils, and a third
hall with a capacity of 2,500. The
profits from this part of the markets
used to be much larger than they are
to-day, in the times before regular
theater buildings became so numer
ous. but they still have great possi
bilities. Moved by this consideration,
a private company recently offered to
take over one of the markets, pay a
big rental for the site, put up a half
million dollar structure as well as a
huge department store. The people
of Baltimore however, rose up in de
fense of their ancestral institutions
with such a storm of protest that the
offer was refused.
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Austria's Plight
[From the Philadelphia Press.]
Several of tho Carpathian passes are
already in possession of the Czar's
troops. Austria'* position is desperate
Indeed. The morale of her armies is
severely shaken. . The swift pursuit of
the enemy has given them no respite.
The Galiclan capital, Lemberg, is again
threatened. Raids into the grain fields
of Hungary are imminent. The only
thing that can apparently save the
Austrians from a general retreat with
enormous losses of guns and men is
failure of the Russian ammunition
supply. According to Petrograd, this
I is not likely to occjir.
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iEbenmg Qlffat
Four men have held the office of
State Economic Zoologist, which is
just now in the limelight because of
the refusal of Dr. H. A. Surface, its
Incumbent, to resign, and most of
them have had stormy times. In fact,
there has not been one of the four who
has not had to endure sharp attacks.
The office was created a little over
twenty-one years ago, dating from the
general agricultural department act
of March 13, 1895, and the first hol
der of the £>lace was Dr. B. H. War
ren, of Lewlsburg, who held it from
September 14, 1895, until March 17,
1898, when he resigned. The doctor's
term is well remembered on Capitol
Hill, because of its lively incidents.
The next zoologist was Dr. Henry T.
Fernauld, of State College, who had
the most peaceful of the terms, but
who resigned after serving a year. He
left August 21, 1899, and was succeed
ed by Benjamin F. McCartney, of
Hamilton, Jefferson county, who was
removed after some battling in the
Spring of 1903. Then Dr. H. A. Sur
face was named and he has had to face
campaigns against him under no less
than four governors. Dr. Surface
comes from Ohio and is a graduate of
three colleges and was a professor in
no less than four, including one in
California. He also served on the
United States Fish Commission and
was appointed to state office when he
was professor of zoology at State Col
lege. He has been reappointed every
four years and has written extensive
ly, It being estimated by him one time
that if his manuscripts could be plac
ed end to end they would extend over
ten miles. His discoveries have at
tracted much attention and much ani
mosity and his administration has
been attacked as often as Verdun.
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Some of the jitneys being operated
just now are rather unusual in regard
to some of their equipment. For in
stance, there is a large wagon, some
thing like those which deliver furni
ture. It has been fitted up with camp
chairs and makes a pleasant thing to
ride in so long as it remains on as
phalt streets. Then there are a couple
of small automobiles used for groo.
ery delivery purposes which have been
fitted up with plain benches. But the
prize is a Steelton jitney which is
equipped with two pews from a
church.
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Speaking about jitneys the use of
the name has become so general that
nine-tenths of those -who talk about
them have no idea jof the derivation
of the name and would be surprised
to know that it means nickel. At Cam
eron and Market streets yesterday
morning a driver of a jitney and a pas
senger almost got Into a fight because
the customer handed the driver a
nickel when told his fare was a "jit."
The driver insisted that a jitney meant
a dime. Judging by their charges lately
some of the jltneymen think jitney
means a quarter.
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The cannas in the gardens in the re
cesses of the State Capitol are com
mencing to attract attention. There is
a fine collection of red and yellow can
nas, the plants being three feet or
more in height and the blooms great
big ones such as would win prizes in
many a show. Superintendent Rambo,
who gives special attention to the can
nas, counts on a very attractive dis
play this month.
Major Howard S. Williams, who is
the National Guard officer in charge
of recruiting at Mt. Gretna camp, is
an example of the Guardsman who
takes a lower rank in order to be of
service. Major Williams is in reality a
colonel. He is chief of ordnance of the
National Guard, but being too high
up to be taken into the federal ser
vice he took lower rank. He was for
merly captain of the Phoenixville bat
tery and is one of the best and known
and capable of Guard officers. He is
well known to many Harrisburgers.
Pennsylvania with a million acres
of forests of its own and 7,500,000
acres of other forests appropriates less
than $25,000 a year for protection of
forests from fires, according to a. state
ment made by George H. Wirt, tho
chief forest fire warden. The New
York appropriation for an area of for
est almost, the size of that in this State
is a cent an acre. Pennsylvania ap
propriates three and a half mills per
acre, while New Jersey appropriates
eight mills and Maine seven. Massa
chusetts appropriates a cent an aero
and New Hampshire, Minnesota and
Idaho spent four mills.
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The oddest stunt seen in a barber
shop in many a day was witnessed
yesterday, when a bald-headed man
was annoyed by flies.
"Got any fly paper?" suddenly asked
the tormented one of the barber.
The barber produced a piece and
asked: "What now?"
"Cut off a piece an inch wide and
fasten it on my head, sunny side up.
Don't worry. Do what I say," replied
the man.
The stupefied barber carried out
directions and found that the paper
stayed.
"Go on and shave and watch them
pet their feet fixed." then commanded
the customer.
The paper scored three before tne
man got out of the chair.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ]
—Senator Penrose has written fcr> the
Young Men's Business club of Pitts
burgh accepting membership and com
mending the purpose.
—Judge J. C. Haymaker, of Alle
gheny, has gone on his annual fishins
trip to Canr.da.
—Frank B. Black, the State highway
commissioner, prides himself on his
farms and coal mines.
—W. D. Grimes, Pittsburgh mem
ber of the Prison Labor Law Commis
sion, has closed books and gone to On
tario to catch fish.
—David B. Simpson, Philadelphia
newspaperman and no\* with the Sec
ond Pennsylvania, has been put at the
head of a machine gun company. He
is well known to many here.
—Major E. B. Cassatt has reopened
his cottage at Saratoga.
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DO YOU KNOW '
That Harris!) urg machine shops
have been making parts for ma «
ehlnery to manufacture big suns?
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HISTORIC HARRISBL'RG
John Harris held conferences here
early in the Revolution and kept In
dians in this neighborhood quiet.
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
• LEARNED OF THE CITY
[Questions submitted to members of
the Harrisburg Rotary Club and theip
answers as presented at the organiza
tion's annual "'Municipal Quiz."}
Who is the Superintendent of Parks
and Public Property? His term? His
salary? What departments are unuur
his direct supervision?
Edward Gross. His term, two
years. His salary, $2,500.00. De
partments over which he has di
rect supervision: Parks, City Plan
ning, Fire Department, City Fores-