8 BARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by TUB TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Velexraph Building, Federal Square. B. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't and Editor-in-Chief ' * R* OYSTER, Business Manager. ttJS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. i Member American lation and Penn sylvania Assoclat- Eastern offlce, nue Building. New cago, Ulf' C Entered at the Post Office in Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week; by mail, $3.00 a year In advance. MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9 In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up that makes us rick. —B EEC her. BRINGING THE WAR TO I S HAVING with impunity slapped the face of the Wilson administra tion, the German Imperial Gov ernment Is now completing the pro cess of humiliation by wiping its feet on the mangled remains. Sticking its ugly nose into an American harbor Just long enough to let us know of Its presence, a German submarine has begun a surprising war on tho coast wise and ocean-going vessels of allied shipping and black-listed neutral boats. Possibly tho Germans have kept within their legal rights. That question cannot be decided fully until all of the reports of the numerous attacks of Sunday are officially filed. But the effect cannot bo other than to bring to the American mind more clearly and forcibly than over before the horrors of submarine warfare, and one shot at an unwarned ship carry ing Americans will bring down upon the head of Germany the long pent up wrath of the American people de spite the shilly-shallying of a wobbling President. The ravages of tho U-53 in Amer ican waters plunge tho country into a new crisis, and one from which even the weak-kneed policy of the Wilson administration scarcely will be able to crawl out if it is found that the sea raider has overstepped the bounds of international law. One fialse step, and the President must good his threats of retaliation or submit to the imperial boot upon his neck. E% T idently, Germany haycounted upon the latter. The President has let the Kaiser have his way before, so why not now? The German admiralty knew full well the risk it ran in send ing the U-boat to these waters. Evi dently It felt safe In any eventuality. It scarcely would have taken such chances with a firm, courageous man in the White House. But It reckons without the temper of the American people. The melancholy days have come, tlit saddest of the year." Thus sang Wil liam Cullen Bryant of the autumn sea son. HIB plaintive words find an echo in the Federal Treasury, where on the first days of Fall (September 21) the deficit for the fiscal year to date was shown to be $45,248,218. Last year at that time the deficit was J32.140.550. The expenditures since June 30 were stated at $206,473,149, as against $170,341,81S for the same period last year. THE HAHRISBURG S. P. C. A. OCCASIONALLY some one says patronizingly, "The S. P. C. A., that is the society that bothers Itself with dogs and cats—when there is so much other suffering in the world!" Such a sneer argues a total miscon ception of the aims of the Harris burg S. P. C. A. and of what it has accomplished since it was chartered May 2, 1911, Moreover, there are fifty agencies to ease that "other suffering" to one that "bothers Itself" with animals. Modern Intelligence is doing all it can, not only to relieve Buffering but to remove the cause. Economists, psychologists, scientific philanthrop ists are bending all their energies to promot tho happiness of the world. What a sorry thing It would be to limit the right to happiness, freedom from suffering, to man. Man, weak and oppressed though he be, can to a certain extent fight his own battles; animals must put up with whatever Is handed to them. Until the lost fifty years this meant. In many cases, sheer brutality. Then came Henry Berg, Gcorgo T. Angell, Caro line Earl White and other pioneer humanitarians, who against scorn, op position, often persecution, determined to give animals a chance. The first step in Pennsylvania was the anti-cruelty law of 1869. This Act of Assemlfly was drastic and sufficient—lf enforced. Five years ago the Harrlsburg S. p. q. A. was formed to ensure that enforcement; also to develop a feeling of kindness to all animals. From modest be ginnings It has (irmly established itself as a live, powerful agency for the protection of animals In its jurisdic tion of Dauphin. Perry and Cumber land counties. There Is nothing visionary In the ideals or the methods of this Society. Knowing that cruelty usually comes from ignorance and opportunity, It has educated public opinion through Bands of Mercy and children's leagues In the schools, through instructive Alms and newspapur propaganda; and has curtailed opportunity by the eternal vigilance ot a paid police officer who prevents cruelty when he can, prosecutes it when he must. It also employs a paid veterinary to eec that stray animals are mercifully killed. Sometimes people question not the motives of the society, but the exist ence of cruelty. A day at headquar ters would speedily convince them. In the past two months over two hundred complaints were investigated and more than eight hundred visits of supervision to dumps, stables, points of heavy hauling and the markets were paid. One complaint, from Perry county, was of such flagrant brutality as to convince the most sceptical of cruelty. An intoxicated man drove his horse until it fell and broke one leg; managing to get it up he lashed the poor beast for over a mile, with the bone sticking through the flesh, until it fell again with the other leg broken. The case was reported, the agent of the Harrlsburg S. P. C. A. promptly prosecuted and the man was fined. Though conditions have greatly im proved since 1911, this is but one of many cases calling for the interfer ence of the society. Though run on careful business principles, it costs about SI,OOO a year to finance it. This must be met by dues, special contri butions and fines. With the campaign of education and decrease of cruelty the fines have also decreased. The society now finds Itself without funds; has been forced to borrow money. It asks tho generous support of the public In this crisis. Must Its humane work stop? Are we willing to see animals once more brutally treated—as they will bo without a watchful agent? It Is up to the peo ple. The way the Democrats wanted Tatt and Roosevelt to get together was In a ten-foot ring without gloves. If these are the "melancholy days," we wonder what bright, pleasant weather would be like. THE WAY TO TREAT MEXICO IN the Ladies' Home Journal Presi dent Wilson writes about Mexico. He says that "America will honor herself and prove the validity of her own principles by treating Mexico as she would wish Mexico to treat her." Much as we admire the President's use of language, we cannot help thinking that something like this has been said before—and said much bet ter: "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them; for this Is the law and the prophets." Matthew vil, 7. And He who spoke thus, nineteen hundred years before Mr. Wilson, practiced what He preached. Mr. Wilson did not. He said that Huerta should not assume the presi dency of Mexico and forbade him even to become a candidate for the place in a constitutional manner. Does Wilson want Carranza to say that Wil son shall not be President of the United States? Is that the way we want Mexico to treat us? Wilson seized the custom house at Vera Cruz and he collected a million dollars in duties there which he still keeps—because Huerta didn't salute the American flag. Does Wil son want Mexico to treat us that way? Wilson permitted arms and am munition to bo shipped down into Mexico to be used by rebels against such government as existed there. In case Chief Murphy and the Tammany tribe should decide to wage martial instead of political warfare on Wilson, would Wilson want Mexico to supply the Tammany braves with the means to carry on their armed rebellion? The fact is that Wilson has not let America treat Mexico as she would be treated. He has insisted on treating Mexico in accordance with his own shifting as to men and conditions down there. That is .not the way to treat Mexico. The way to treat Mexico is to demand and to be pre pared to enforce the treaty and other rights of Americans resident there. "What would you have done?" shout ed a Democratic heckler at Hughes in Tennessee. "I would have protected American rights," replied Hughes. That is the way to treat Mexico. You Just can't keep Harrisburg swimmers out of the water; not even Old Man October had any terrors for them yesterday. Here's hoping Harrisburg does as well with its million-dollar hotel fund as Bethlehem did with its bridge subscrip tion. BY THE SOUTH FOR THE SOUTH THE Houston Post attempts an other answer to the accusation that "the South is'iri the sad dle." The Post approaches the ques tions from an angle on the flank, and presents a list of Southern men who have been elected to pifice In the North, instancing Senators Lewis, Harris, Poindexter. Chamberlain and Newlands to show that there is noth ing in the charge of sectionalism. But the list itself gives emphasis to the Is sue. No Northerners are ever elected to high position by the ruling party in tho South. The Democrats of the South are thoroughly narrow and par ochial in their views and they do not practice reciprocity for the men of their section who have" come North and secured political success. The North, as we have so many times said, is national In thought and action —and it Is this -which makes Southern domination so Irritating, because the South does not look beyond its own borders, does not consider any but its own purposes. No one in the North wishes to mulct tho South, aa, for in stance, tho South mulcts the North, with direct taxation. Southerners who come North are welcome in all enter prises, political, religious or indus trial. "Tho South is in the saddle" and sits there as the South. When the North rules, it administers the govern ment as Tor all the people. That U-B3 seems to bo nn A-l boat Some newspapers try to explain the light vote in most Democratic pri maries as duo to a lack of contests. A The Days of Real Sport By BRIGGS I ' r#"fi - e. -* lack of Democrats, however, is the real cause. William F. McCombs was nominated for Senator in New York against the desires of President Wilson and Crown Prince McAdoo. He will not be elected, of course; but his success in the pri maries indicates how New York Demo crats feel toward the administration. A New York up-State banker predicts a shortage in all kinds of fodder except hay—thank heaven our breakfast foods are safe. Republicans in New Jersey polled 187,414 votes; the Democrats 119,513. The answer is plain. I "foUtCcj. U I"~Pe.JVKO If tc&IUA, By tho Ex-Coiumlttecman Indications are that the Republican State committee will stand upon the national platform as has been done by the Democratic State committee in this campaign. The Democrats adopt ed resolutions which dealt witlT na tional matters at their meeting hero in June and have apparently seen no occasion to change it. The Republicans will probably do likewise. The State committee is meeting this afternoon in Philadelphia with men from all over the State in attendance and the candidates on hand to make addresses. It Is doubtful whether lk>v ernor Brumbaugh will attend The meeting. To-night the members of the State committee will attend the big Hughes meeting. Mr. Hughes will lie the only speaker at the meeting. Ho will be met at Trenton by a committee and be escorted to the city and given a not able welcome. The two United States Senators and the Governor and his staff will welcome him with a com mittee of eminent citizens. —Registration appears to be trou bled with the same apathy as the na tional campaign. None of the parties has registered what was expected. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh both show falling off and Seranton and Wilkes-Barre are-not up to two years ago. Reading is the only city to make a good return and it is within 47 of the record. Easton registered only 5,500. Pottsville showed a Democra tic loss of 1,000 citizens who refused to declare politics. —The official returns will come in to-day and to-morrow and something like an estimate will then be possible. —Speaking in Philadelphia Satur day Governor Brumbaugh said that he expected to see Hughes get 125,000 PI urality in Pennsylvania with ease. —The Clarion county bar has given Justice Walling a notable endorse ment. Other up-State lawyers' organi zations are lining up for the justice. —Candidate Hughes will come through this section of the State to morrow, leaving Philadelphia for Chambcrsburg during tho morning. From that point, where ho is to make a brief speoch, he goes to Hagerstown. Mr. Hughes will speak at tho Union station plaza to-morrow morning. —Philadelphia policemen and all city employes are earnestly agitating an increase in pay. —Fifteen Wilkes-Barre policemen, who resigned because ordered to ride on street cars, will be replaced at once. —Republicans of Upper Bucks county had a big meeting at Quaker town on Saturday and arranged the campaign. The Bucks Republican or ganization is a strong one this year. • —-Philander C. Knox will open the Westmoreland county campaign at Greensburg on Wednesday when the district and legislative candidates will speak with him. —Tho Philadelphia North American accuses Democratic National Chair man McCormlck of forgotting some thing in his eagerness* to run the na tional campaign. It twits him because he was called from the Job of "saving Pennsylvania for Wilson" to "the task of directing party maneuvers." It adds that ho "seemingly left his local option convictions behind him In cold storage." —William Flinn, who Is one of the Republican candidates for presidential elector, does not agree with some of the men who object to the present primary and Judicial nomination laws and says he would oppose any change. Speaking at Pittsburgh, tho former senator said: "Tho direct primary and the nonpartisan ballot laws were se cured after years of effort by a ma jority of tho people that believed Pennsylvania should have tjie advan tage of thetjc advanced laws, and, In my Judgment, a very largo number of these people would quickly turn In re sentment against any party which In Its platform sought to strtko them down. Instead of returning to tho oldj system. I think wo should strive to en large upon the new one; improve it by broadening it. The state-wide primary should be supplemented with the State pamphlet, delivered to every votor, setting forth the party platforms, rec ords of tho candidates and accurate details of the campaign from an un biased standpoint, so that the electors may be fully informed. The only trouble with the state-wide primary act is that it has not been extended far enough, and the same fault is to be found with the nonpartisan ballot act." The Philadelphia Inquirer has this to say about the registration in that city: "The total registration of voters in Philadelphia for the presidential election will be under 290,000. Re turns from all of the forty-eight wards with thirty-four precincts to be heard from give a total registration of 250,109 for the three days this Fall. The registration for the mayoralty pri maries, when a battle between the McNichol-Penrose and Vare forces was impending for the nomination of a successor to Blankenburg, totaled 303,183, while the registration for the November election prior to that con test, when Penrose and Brumbaugh were candidates, was 289,720. The total for Saturday, up to date, is 84,972, and the missing districts may bring this to 90,000. The total for the first registration day this year was 92,624 and for the second 102,513. The total Republican enrollment in the city to date is 223.981, Democratic 32,249, Washington 2.1G9, Keystone 647, Pro hibition 282 and Socialist 1,4 00. Sup porters of Hughes are elated on the l)ig Republican lead, while the Wilson men are keenly disappointed on tho small showing made in the Democratic enrollment." Mr. Kennedy's Party Writing of the Kennedy party at fcnggrd Edge, Girard in the Philadel phia Public Ledger on Saturday said: "President Moorehead C. Kennedy of the Cumberland Valley Railroad, to day gives his big party at Bagged Edge, Chambersburg. It is an annual affair and is much the most famous entertainment given in Pennsylvania. "Colonel A. K. McClure used to say that he and Mr. Kennedy's father were kej>t busy during the Civil war turn ing Chambersburg over to Cofffederate armies. "It ia the duty of the present head of the Kennedy family to act as a sort of godfather to the entire Cum berland Valley and host-in-chief to the State at large. His hospitality makes Chambersburg the yearly cov eted Mecca of a notable gathering of railroad and hank officials. "I doubt if any other railroad presi dent on the continent who heads so important a lino as ho holds quite the unique relations with a great com munity that are enjoyed by Mr. Ken nedy. "A long special train carries to Mr. Kennedy's party from Philadelphia a great number of this town's men who do big things. "Here is a fact about that train that may interest you. It will have on board at least $4,000,000 worth of ac cident Insurance. "That is n4t an aspersion on the 'Pennsy,' which has not killed a pas senger for some years, but it indicates what a prudent, lot of folks railroad officials are. They take no chances. 1 am reliably informed by an insur ance man who knows the facts defi nitely that this particular train will haul more accident insurance than was ever hauled before upon any train in the world. "Policies of SIOO,OOO will be as prev alent as gestures at a French picnic. And there will he some a great deal larger than that." Two Lincoln Stories Many of the stories told about Lin coln at the Illinois bar represent him in anything but a dignified light. But they are a part of the character of the man, says Francis F. "Browne in "The Every Day Life of Abraham Lincoln," and should he kept in remembrance ■where there is reason to suppose they are usually full of irresistible humor. The Youth's Companion repeats these: On a certain trial Lincoln appeared against his friend. Judge Logan. It was a suit betwlen two farmers who had had a disagreement over a horse trade. On the day. of the trial, Mr. Logan, having bought a new shirt open in the back with a huge stand ing collar, dressed himself in extreme haste, and put on the shirt with the bosom at the back, a linen coat con cealing the blunder. He dased the Jury with his "horse" knowledge; and as the day was sultry, he took off his coat and "summed up" in his shirt sleeves. Lincoln, sitting behind him, took in the situation, and when his turn came he said: "Gentlemen, Mr. Logan has been trying to make you believe he knows more about a horse than those honest old farmers who are witnesses. Now, gentlemen, I submit to you" (here he lifted I-*>gan out of his chair and turned him with his back to the Jury and the crowd, at the same time flap ping up the enormous standing col lar), "what dependence can you place THE TURKEY THAT WOULD BUILD A HOUSE, BUT DIDN'T THERE is a negro story of a turkey who, every time it snowed, drew his feathers about him and firm ly resolved to build him a house. But before he could decide where to build, or what kind of a house, the sun came out and he would shake out his feath ers, strut around and say to himself: "Nobody wants to be in a house on a day like this," and the result was he froze to death one winter night. There are a lot of people in the same frame of mind as t;he turkey. When things are going wrong, work is slack, times are hard, sickness or accident comes and their money is gone, they firmly resolve that in the future they will take care of their money and look out for the rainy day; build them a house, as it were; but as soon as things right themselves, they forgot their good resolution and the next time of need finds them as ill prepared as ever. Most of us are merely grown-up children. We want what we want when wo want it. We live day by day. To-morrow is a vague uncer tainty to us. The boy will gorge him self with green apples in June and forget that there is a physical law against eating green apples. To-mor fow he will find it out, and may re solve not to eat green apples again; but a good resolution never gets a man anywhere unless he keeps it. Many a New Year's promise is made only to be broken and pledges are signed only to be forgotten. How many a man has resolved to stop drinking when drinking has brought him in court! He should have stop ped before. Thousands of men have firmly re solved that they would start a savings bank account, made a deposit or two, and then quit. An examination of the books of any savings bank will show on his horse knowledge when he has not sense enough to put on his shirt?" Roars of laughter followed, and the jury promptly gave the verdict to Lin coln. The preceding incident recalls an other, In which Lincoln figures as a horse trader. He and a certain judge once to bantering each other about trading horses; and it was agreed that the next morning at 9 o'clock they should make a trado, the horses to be unseen up to that hour, under a forfeit of twenty-five dollars. At the hour appointed the Judge came up, leading the sorriest-looking speci men of a nag ever seen. In a few minutes Lincoln was seen approach ing with a wooden sawhorse on his shoulders. Great were the shouts and the laughter of the Crowd; and these increased when Lincoln, surveying the Judge s animal, set down his sawhorse and exclaimed, "Well, judge this is the first time I ever got the worst of it in a horse trade!"— Current opin ion. Poor Devils General Edward Kirkpatriok, XT. S. A., tells this fine story in the San Fran cisco Argonaut: While at the front I witnessed acts of horror and savagery, but the French soldier is certainly as chiv alrous and forgiving out of combat as he is bravo and determined in battle. There was pointed out to me a cor poral "Who had suffered from many acts of brutality on the part of the enemy while a prisoner, and who de clared to his superior officer: "I am no longer the same man. At first I was full of chivalry and roman tic illusions. Now it is retaliation, death, no more pity for theso damned Boches." > "Very well," said his commander. After the attack on Avocourt wood this dreadful French corporal brought in two half-starved prisoners, and was discovered by his commanding officer giving them a part of his own soup and tobacco. "What!" cried his commander; "where are now your terrible resolu tions?" "Oh," said ho, "but look at these poor devils; they don't know anything; they don't even know how to roll a cigaret."—Current Opinion. WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB LEARNED OF THE CITY [QuMttona submitted to members of the Harrisburg Kotary Club and their answers as presented at the organiza tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."! Who are the Sinking Fund Commis sioners. and what are their duties? Sinking Fund Commissioners. Mayor, Superintendent of Accounts and Finance and City Treasurer. All matters pertaining to bond Issues and inrirs. He has been frequently men 'lonf fi f"r w-.-h office, but has only ac cepted elections as national delegate. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —W. .Atforbury, vice-president of the r mnvvlvanln, started In the Alton"" ( bops "r? a machinist. W n "Ti l", Rarba. who retires "roui Midvale Steel after thirty-fivo yen it, wi" travl for the first real va ontloii h" It's taken In twenty years. —Tyowfs Emery, Jr., the oil producer, is np:t'r> ta'fing a hand in politics, al though he ts over seventy. —Professor Henri T, fontalne, tha winner of the Nobel prize a few years ago, and who is now in Philadelphia, snyn that Germany is still a long way from being benten. —Coroner William R. Knight. wbr> was injured in an automobile accident on Snturdnv. Is nn enthusiastic golfer and was on his way for a game when hurt. | DO~~YQU" KNOW T That Harrisburg steel products arc used In Niagara nowor plants? HISTORIC HARRISBCRG Navigation by means of arks be tween Huntingdon and Harrisburg be gan as early as 1794. Menus For School Lunches It Is at this time of the year that mothers begin to knit their brows once more over the problem of the s.'hool lunch. Miss Pearl MaeDonald, lq charge of home economics extension 04 the Pennsylvania State College sclior of agriculture and experiment has prepared some menus for this pur pose, as follows: MenVsandwlches Bread and butter sandwiches Celery Rice pudding Apple Whole wheat bread and crearr. sandwiches sandwteh® Canned neaches Sponge cup cake Milk Racon sandwich Bread and butter sandwiches with Chopped celery Apple sauce with raisins Milk Egg sandwich Graham and white bread and Butter sandwich Nuts Orange tapioca Nut bread sandwiches lettuce sandwiches Baked custard Grapes