10 HARKISBURG TELEGRAPH d NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME ' Founded ISII Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.. lUcmih Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACK POLK, Prcs't and F.ditor-in-Chitf R R. O\STER, Business Manager. BUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. t Member American Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa tion, The Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Associat- Eattern office, f jry. Brooks & nue Building, New i ley. People's" Gas 1 cago. 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week: by mail, JS.OO a year In advance. _ THURSDAY EVENING, OCT. 12 A man should never he ashamed to say he has been in the wrong, which ! is but saying in other tcords that he is wiser today than he teas yesterday.— Pope. THAT THREE-MILE I.IMIT RUMOR has It that President Wil son may ask German subma rines not to operate so close to American shores as they did on Sun day. He would be Justified in so do ing if for no other reason than that the | three-mile limit Is no longer adequate for protection ashore. When it was established cannon that were effective beyond the three-mile limit were few. A seafight three miles out gave the folks on shore very little cause for alarm as to personal peril or danger to propery. But now. with guns larger' and becoming larger on every battle ship that is built, twenty miles come more nearly being a fair limit for the activity of belligerent naval vessels. International law has become a joke since the opening of the present world war. Itj provision have been broken whenever any nation found it to Its convenience to do so. The President would have the approval of the coun try -at-large in ordering all warring | chips to refrain from disturbing ship ping within a twenty-mile range. The value of American lives is above all the advantages that a continuance of the three-mile limit privilege gives to either the allied or German subma rines or other warships. The Milwaukee Journal publishes a picture of Edson J. Hockenbury, with ! the caption": "He's a live wire, and tke sparks certainly do fly when he speaks." Mr. Hockenbury is a Harrisburger, Just now conducting a Y. M. C. A. member- l ship campaign in Milwaukee. Incl- ; dentally, we would like to inform the Republican that he is a fair sample of the genus Harrisburger—the kind that j are making a great city of their home town. THIS CTTY AND STEELTON IN his admirable talk at the recent ! Chamber of Commerce banquet It was made clear by Mr. Schwab that the activities of the Bethlehem Steel Company at Steelton would not extend i to housing and real estate problems, j These, he indicated, were to be as sumed by individuals and the com munities Interested. it was also made clear at the same time by Mr. Grace that merchandising would cease to be of any interest to the company and the company store which has so long been a part of the Bteelton plant would not longer be operated as an adjunct of the business. Mr. Schwab's remarks have att/acted the attention of the American Civic Association and the Telegraph is In receipt of a letter from the secretary of that association. Richard B.Watrous, who says: It would seem to me that with the great material benefits that are to come to the city through this re lation with Mr. Schwab, Harrisburg oueht to do big things on its pail i for the proper housing of its in creased operative populations. As you know, we in the American I Civic Association stand ready to do ' all we can to assist cities in work ing out these problems and we hold I that attitude toward Harrisburg. Discussing the matter further, Mr. ! Watrous suggests that Mr. Schwab was wise in thus making clear the attitude of his great corporation toward such Questions, which means that Harris burg itself must step forward and Initiate important activities. "I can Imagine, of course." says he, "that Mr. Gchv.ab is to be very sympathetic with such efforts and do his part, hut I infer from his remarks that the leadership In those things must be with the city." I Manifestly, there Is a general belief that Harrisburg is to start forward with a greater Impulse than ever through the enormous energy now dis played at Steelton. Mr. Schwab and hla associates have Indicated that the company Is preparing to spend mil lions of dollars in the enlargement of the big plant and the expansion of Its activities. There Is even an Intimation that other great departments may be added to the present steelmaklng plant, among these a branch for the manu facture of steel cars. Whatever the particular character of the expansion at Steeltop, It Is cer tain that the problem of housing the army of employes must be met In a broad and humanitarian way. This Is the business of Harrisburg and Steel ton. Already this city is doing much In this direction, but there is still much more to do. There Is scarcely a block • In the city where buldllng Is not undor way either in the erection of new bouses or bustnesa places or the re modeling of old establishments. Mr. THURSDAY EVENING, Schwab and the live wires Identified with him have electrified the whole community and It is up to all of our people to respond. Germany appears to have discounted most of President Wilson's notes. DEVELOPING PARK ZONE GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH and members of the Board of Pub lic Grounds and Buildings to day discussed with the City Planning Commission and the Capitol Park Ex tension Commission the development of the whole Capitol Park zone. Naturally, they reached no conclu sions as to details. That was not to be expected. The big thing was that they got together and that they have determined to co-operate most heart ily, the city with the State and the State with the city, to make the ex tension what it ought to be, the cul mination of the city's scheme of parks and developed along lines in perfect accord and harmony therewith. Auditor General Powell summed up the situation when he said that all con cerned should act Jointly "with a patriotic desire for the Improvement of the State Capitol and the capital city." It Is known that Governor Brumbaugh and State Treasurer j Young, the other members of the Board, hold like opinions. Of course, the city officials feel the same way, for the reason that In this instance the In terests of the State and those of the city are Identical. On this broad basis of agreement and with all of those identified with the project having given the problems involved careful study, It ought not to be difficult to reach an ultimate understanding as to details. All of those at to-day's conference realize that they are dealing with a subject of great importance; that the job they are about to undertake Is of immense proportions and they are go ing about the task in a big, broad way, studying it from the standpoint of other great developments of the kind both In this country and In the older cities of Europe. They are am bitious to make the Capitol Park Ex tension one of the most beautiful spots in the whole world, the keystone of the Keystone State. Nothing is to be per mitted to stand in the way of the real ization of this great vision. All minor considerations and Inter ests are to be made secondary to the success of the whole. To that end the State officials, the City Planners and the Capitol Park Commission are unanimously opposed to the construction of the proposed i Walnut street viaduct over the Penn- j sylvania railroad. But they do not! intend to take away from the people of the Hill district a possible means of going to and from the business section of without giving them some thing in return. The widening of the Market street subway to the house line and the erection of a great viaduct at j State street are in the' minds of all i those identified with the Capitol Ex- j tension development and these two | improvements must be made co-inci dent with the treatment of the park j area. With these two adequate ways ] for traffic provided there will be no! need of a viaduct at Walnut street or elsewhere in the vicinity and the sur- < roundings of the new park and the j Civic Center which it will automatic- ' ally bring into being will not have I been marred and the people east of the railroad will be properly pro tected. The whole project is moving along in the most gratifying manner. It is' fortunate to have fallen to the lot of men who are interested in it as these men are and who have the breadth of vision and strength of purpose to do what lies before them in a way to re flect credit both upon the city and the State, so completed work may stand for all time us a monu ment to the wisdom and foresight of this generation. If it be true that the German people as a whole are urging a renewal of the campaign of "frightfulness." including even the women and children of bellig erent nations, then the allies are right in insisting that Germany be crushed. No nation so bereft of human feeling has any right to exist. On his second tour of the West. Hughes started out on a train that made sixty miles an hour. His political speed, as shown by his speeches, be ginning at Peoria and continuing to this yilnute, is even greater than that. Anyway, if they can't ship stuff out of the country prices may go down ' here, which Is one way of looking at | the U-boat controversy through rosy ; glasses. j Superintendent Hamilton, of the | Pittsburgh public schools, issues an ap peal to teachers not to desert their vocation for matrimony. Love laughs at locksmiths and the chances are at school superintendents, too. Laundrymen, meeting in annual con vention, announce there will be no raise In price, which will tend to keep down the stre of the rubber collar delegation. "Hughes is the champion of Ameri can rights."—Baltimore American. Cor rect. and champion vote-getter, too. The submarine commanders seem to have their own Ideas about the freedom of the seas. Wonder what passenger agent put over that "excursion to Shadow Lawn" idea. r ""Pofctttc* £k I I^tKKO^tctwtXa By the Ex- Coremltteeman I Men who have been observing the trend of sentiment in Pennsylvania in the last fortnight declare that the ru ral sections of the Keystone State are as staunch for the Republican ticket as ever and that "Democratic claims of strength in industrial com munities arj not based upon real con ditions. There has been compara tively little interest taken in the cam paign this year, compared to some former presidential electtons, but the approach of the election is causing more and more comment and as it comes out it is plain that the Re publican ticket is very strong with the people and that It is growing. Almost without exception the Progressives who swept the State for Col. Roose velt four years ago have aligned them selves for Hushes and their presence at meetings and activities in behalf of the nominee is daily becoming more and more disconcerting to the Democratic leaders. There is much interesting specula tion as to ho size of the Hughes majority in Pennsylvania. The Dem ocratic chiefs have ceased making themselves ridiculous by claiming the Keystone commonwealth for Wilson and are now asserting belief that Wilson will run ahead of the 440.- 000 votes for Bryan In 1908 and carry with him numerous congressional and legislative seats. They are not nam ing what districts and as fpr a State ticket the Democratic windmill does not even Intimate that there is a list of Democratic State nominees. Two years ago and four years ago State nominees got much attention from the Democratic leaders. This year, unless for requests for contributions, they are not getting notice. Wails are commencing to be heard from Federal officeholders and others about the demands of the Democratic national committee for coin and some of the folks at the Democratic State headquarters, which was justly fam ous because otits "bagmen" two ago, are wondering how the milr in this city is to be run. The exactions of the Democratic national machine must be pretty severe judging from the lamentations that ascend from the post offices of Pennsylvania, but when one remembers how the Democratic re-organization machine came into being and how it adopted and improv ed on all the methods it condemned in the other organizations nothing is surprising. The boast of the re-or ganizers. who condemned the unit rule when seeking power, is that they "de livered" Pennsylvania Democracy, bound hand and foot, on Wilson's front porch. —Harrlsburg was a sort of center of Democratic interest last night from a national standpoint. President \\ ilson's train hesitated here for'five minutes last night, but no one seemed to care and there was no crowd to greet him and Democratic National Chairman McCormick was home on u little visit. • • • —Philander C. Knox opens the \v estmoreland campaign at Greens burg to-day and will visit Pittsburgh and other western places the remain der of the week. The senatorial can didate will speak on Monday at Erie. Speaking at Pittsburgh, Governor said of the campaign: It s a tight. The campaign needs an electric battery under it. The great danger lies in the apathv of the voters toward the fundamental issues the tariff, the merchant ma rine and other things that will be with us permanently whether we have war or peace. The people of the coun try apparently are not taking the us ual interest in the campaign. This is due partly to war prosperity, but more, I think, to the failure of both sides to crystallize campaign issues. Before the national convention the Republican and Progressive parties were interested primarily in getting together. Now we have a united party # a . Republicans are accepting that fact as insuring party success in November. Ihis is not enough. We've got to get out the vote." , ~. L v, ebanon y al i ey College is Show .T Hi boom the campaign. A dispatch from Annvilie says: A Republican Rally was held last, night ° f s , tudents at Lebanon \ alley College and a Hughes Collega League formed. The opening re- L W i ei i e n i a, i e b - v Alfred K. Mills, who explained the new college move o} e ?L ln pol " iC8 ' who to fk charge hid ? n Untl L ftn or Sanization had been effected and the various ofTl- IV S tnu I he elected are . 8: Pfes'dent, E. Harold White; vice-president, Reuben Wil liams; secretary and treasurer, Harold Risser. President White then took charge of the meeting and introduced the speaker of the evening. Prof H H. Shenk. Professor Shenk gave a nVHL ° rceful and energetic address upon the present political situation and stated in a convincing manner the gross mistakes of the present ad ministration, showing on the other hand, the peculiar fitness of Mr SUf-"A y . r t ason ot hl sterling strength of character, his deep in sight into human affairs, and his ex tended legislative, executive and judicial experience to hold the first office in the land. —Preparations for a big mass meeting to open the Republican cam paign in Scranton's section of the State are being completed. The meet ing will be held in the rooms of the South Side Republican Association on Friday evening, under the auspices of that club, and will be featured by the attendance of State Senator Charles A. Snyder, Republican candidate for auditor general, John R. Farr, Re publican candidate for Congress, and many other local speakers. Republican County Chairman Peter AV. Haas will preside at the meeting and Are the opening gun in the campaign, and beginning with next week, with tho baseball series out of the minds of folks hereabouts, campaign issues will claim the center of the stage. —One of the things which is inter esting men in politics in Philadelphia is what has become of the bath tub in the city treasurer's office. It ap pears to have excited more comment than the tax rate. —Some of the Wilkes-Barre police men who quit because ordered to ride on street tars now want their jobs again. —Senator J. P. McNichol gave a dinner to the workers and leaders in his district in Philadelphia last night | and Congressman John R. K. Scott made a speech in which he praised him to the skies. —There is a chance for the Re publicans to clean up Congressman Warren Worth Bailey in the Nine teenth Congressional district if men get behind John M. Rose. Blair coun ty is said to be strong Tor Rose. —Friends of Henry A. Clark say that he is going to win in the Erie district although the Democrats are putting up a strenuous fight. —Democrats expect to send 3,500 Pennsylvanians to Shadow Lawn on Saturday. The Philadelphia contin gent will be 700. Harrlsburg will be the gathering point for the clans in ~this section. Scranton registration shows 17,496 voters listed with 10,811 Republican and 6,029 Democrats. The Republi cans are 1,000 ahead of 1914. Ever HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH When a Feller Needs a Friend • By BRIGGS // owt r^r,m Democratic Carbondale shows a Re publican gain. WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB LEARNED OF THE CITY (Questions submitted to members of the Harrlburg Kotary Club and their answers as presented at the organisa tion's annual "Municipal Qui*-"1 What was the fire loss for 1915, and how does It compare with other cities? 1915 fire loss: Property, SIOO.- 830.00; contents. J221.367.50; total. $322,257.50. 1914 loss was $117.- 878. Loss for 1915 unusually large, would not make fair com parlson. Unpublished History [Kansas City Times.]. Colonel Roosevelt was revealing a bit of unpublished history in his speech Saturday when he told of his plan to use the United States army to operate the coal mines at the time of the dis astrous anthracite worners' strike. In volving 150.000 men. The operators gave in before such extreme measures became necessary. The reasons that forced them to yield to Roosevelt's insistence on arbi tration have never been authoritatively told. But the story current at the time Is set forth In H. T. Peck's "Twenty Years of the Republic." According to this story Secretary Root visited J. P. Morgan on his private yacht to urge again that the railroad owners, who also owned the mines, would better comply with the President's request. Mr. Morgan refused, as before. Then Mr. Root Intimated that the govern ment would have to use Its full power to Investigate certain aspects of the mines and railroad business that were under suspicion as Illegal, and that criminal prosecutions might result. Whereupon Mr. Morgan reconsidered. The big difference between the man agement of the anthracite strike under IV>osevelt and the threatened railroad strike under Wilson was that In the anthracite strike It was the President who did the bluffing and got away with It. The Model Wife In carrying on diplomatic relations with Germany President Wilson hu mors Germany as the wife humored the husband who didn't get homo from his lodge's annual banquet till 4 o'clock In the morning. The banqueter let himself in nois ily.' and then he began to growl and swear at a fearful rate down in the hall. "What's the matter?" called his wife. "Matter Ish," the banqueter called back, "there's two hat racks down here and I —hlc—dunno which t'hang my hat on!" His wife laughed and said in sooth ing tones: "But, dear, you've got two hats, haven't you? Hang one on each rack and come on up to bed. I know you're tired."—London Opinion. We Think We'll Go South [Milton (N. C.) News.] W. D. Fullington of Branch R. 2, came to Milton bright and early Mon day morning and brought a "nice mess" of big, new sweet potatoes taken from a his patch of these delicious tubers, which he is raising to stave Off hard times, and the samples he brought were delightfully used to fill out the sharp corners of the editor until the family "hardly knowed him" when he rolled up on his feet from the dinner table—the main Idea being to keep the editor happy, fat and sassy. Bloody Prosperity "No one disputes a temporary pros perity in our land to-day. But it is sectional In its factory aspect, abnor mal in its fevered rush, fictitious In its essentials, and perverting in its tend ency Worse, it is the gold sluiced , from the rivrr of blocyl, poured out bv the horrifying sacrifice of millions of our fell®w men. God forbid that we ; should boast a prosperity wrought in , such waste of human life. We had . rather rejoice In the prosperity of . peace."—United States Senator War ll ren Q. Hardii . WIRELESS SAVES MANY ON LAND AS WELL AS SEA NEWSPAPER readers are accus tomed, ewer since the daya. of Jack Binns, to tales of the wireless, and the wonderful work It has done In the saving of lives of those who go down to the sea in ships. But what most persons do not know is that the wireless is now being used for the saving of lives on land. Those rescued are not hardy mari ners nor terror-stricken passengers of ocean liners, but the widows and orphans of men in the grip of a force far more terrible and relentless than the sea. Already the health and in many cases the lives of several hun dred widowed mothers and their chil dren have been saved by the messages carried through the ether, and more are being added every day. Without Partisan Bias The scheme is that adopted by the American Relief committee, a country wide organization, which is raising a fund for the German widows and or phans of the war, to overcome the bar riers the struggle has put in the way of communication with Germany. The men behind the plan, prominent Americans of every shade of opinion are endeavoring by this means to prove to the United States and to the world at large that whatever path the sympathies of this country may have trod as far as the international situa tion is concerned, charity rises above partisanship. Members of the American colony in Berlin, under the patronage of Am bassador Gerard, instituted the move ment. At their instance the commit tee on this side was organized. Fig ures were shown to prove that there are now something like 400,000 widows in Germany, and a total of more than a million widows and orphans. It was also shown that the pension al lowed by the German government, while ample in more normal times, fall woefully short in this era of high prices. The crying need of the helpless ones, they learned, is for money toeke out their incomes, and bridge over the gap between starvation and the neces | EDITORIAL COMMENT"] The campaign Is on; and so are the voters.—Philadelphia North American. The latest in the line of the worm that turned is the caterpillar tractor.— i Indianapoli* Star. The Progressives never knew before ' how much both the old parties loved ' them. —Kansas City Star. 1 Dishonest Campaigning [Philadelphia Ledger.] Although the present national cam paign has been unusually free from personal mud-slinging, It has been marked by methods of campaigning •that are thoroughly dishonest. And ,the chief offenders in thl? line are the supporters of President Wilson in general and his principal newspaper advocate In New York in particular. The President himself may really be lieve that only by his re-election can the nation be saved from war, and that his own policies in dealing with our international relations are the only ones by which peace has been pro served. But who can believe that there is even the faintest pretense of sincerity In the repeated declarations that are being made in his behalf about "Mr. Hughes' sneers at peace," the assertions that it is the purpose of the Republicans to Invade Mexico as soon as they gain control of the Fed | eral government, that the Republican I party is opposed to shorter hours 'or labor and is antagonistic to the laborer, and that it is bent "on committing the country to foreign war and industrial conflict at home." Nothing more de ' liberately dishonest ia to be found In the annals of American political con troversy. OCTOBER 12, mo. snry minlmujn of food and clothing. This tremendous task the committee undertook, not, indeed, with any hope of saving the homes and the' lives of all those in want, but rather to do what they could for the most needv — tho widows wl*b M** —ost families, and in the greatest want. Oiil) >aj ... >'less The only positive way of communi cating with Germany in those days of blockades and censors is via wireless, and accordingly the wireless has been called into play. Through a bank in New York and another in Berlin, con nections were established, and now. after weeks of effort, regular trans missions of money are being made 'through this impalpable medium. Al ready, nearly a quarter of a million marks have been sent over, a sum which means that more than 400 Ger man families—-yidows and their chil dren—have been placed beyond the reach of starvation for a year. Every month now, the wireless Hpark cracks out its welcome message from the Sayville tower, and the oper ator away over in Berlin chalks up another SO,OOO marks to the credit of those of the public who have backed this disinterested endeavor. Governor Charles S. Whitman and Mayor John Purroy Mitchel of New York have lent their names to the movement, which Includes George B. McCUllan, former • mayor of New Yorlt, Nicholas Murray Butler, presi dent of Columbia University; Gov ernor Hanna. of North Dakota; Gov ernor Willis, of Ohio; Governor Phll ipp, of Wisconsin, and men of equal prominence to the number of 50. The committee maintains two otflces. one in New York, at 13 Park Row and one in Chicago at 220 South State street, Johrf D. Crimmins, the capitalist, is the New York treasurer, and Charley G. Dawes, former comp troller of the currency, receive:- checks in Chicago. Members of the committee have themselves financed the Bndertaklng and contributors are assured that their gifts are transmitted without deductions of any kind. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR WANTS MORE POLICEMEN To the Editor of Ihi T*legroph: The disgrace of the city of Harris burs is the inefficient police protection , afforded the taxpayers, resulting In , many robberies in various parts of the city. Why do we pay taxes? Why do we not get the proper protection, or at least a little resemblance of protec tion ? It is a fact that the present police force is Inadequate, but why don't the officials go to the trouble and Ret assistance fron* outside of Harris burg if the present force cannot handle the situation, as suggested In your i*suo last evening? Do these officials give a continental for the people and their safety? I answer No, from the facts presented since Inst June. The outlying districts of the city are afforded absolutely no protection. Even street lights, where needed, are re fused. It is about high time that the people of Harrlsburg take this matter seriously and demonstrate to the "powers that be" that It cannot con tinue. "While the city is boosting for a new million-dollar hotel It might be well to "boost for police protection" as well. Every taxpayer Is entitled to the proper protection and the outlying districts, is well as the central city, should receive It. It is high time that some-thing be done In this matter. Sixty arrests and no convictions! i What a disgrace! A TAXPAYER. October 11. 1915. Hardly Interest Him I General Goethals Is now on his way home from Panama to stay, but wc suppose even the world series slides ■ will seem pretty tame to him.—Grand Rapids Press. Signing QHtal| Captain Frank H. Mtkle, who re tires from the National Guard re cruiting service in the Eighth regi ment territory this week, has the dis tinction along with Captain Henry M. Stine ot having been the most success ful recruiting officers in the State. The two officers sent more men to the Na tional Guard regiments than any others and also aided in the regular army recruiting Captain Mikie has a fine record of National Guard ice. He entered the old City Grays on Hay 22, 18S8, when the late Cap tain Thomas J. Maloney was the com mander. He served through various ranks and becamo a second lieutenant in 1890 and a first lieutenant a year later. In 1903 he became captain of the company and was several tlmted out to the offender. He added: "X will not say it is a daily occurrence, but I o know of times when I have seen men open milk cans at stations, and on the trains, dip a glass or cup Into the milk for a drink. There may be no harm in this prac tice, except that it Is taking some ono else's property, but there have been several occasions when a glass or cup has fallen Into the can, and I have seon one long arm go into the milk can and the cup or glass fished out of the milk. Another practice is to leave the cans open in cars, or on station platforms. This happens when a lid comes off while moving a can. In stead of going after the lid that may have rolled some distance away, the milk can is left open until the man in charge finds time to recover the lid. If you seal the cans these unsanitary practices would be impossible." Among visitors to the State Capitcl yesterday was Joseph J. McGlnley, editor of the Norrlstown Times. The president of the Times company is Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart Mr. McGinley spent some time visit ing the Capitol. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Major K. K. V. Casey, who hns Just retired from the National Guard, was for years one of the winners of matches. —Mayor Armstrong- of Pittsburgh, got up early in the morning to go out and meet the Tenth Infantry yester day. —John W. Ford, former coronet* of Philadelphia, is presiding at the an nual national convention of the Golden Eaglos at Atlantic City. —Ex-Attorney General M. Hampton Todd has returned to Philadelphia after the summer spent in the Maine woods. 1 DO YOU KNOW J That Dauphin county steel Is used for making flies? HISTORIC HARRISBCRG The Dauphin county prison is one of the few buildings in Harrisburg continuously on the same site. Our Daily Laugh A®* AGREED, honest now, do iM/jTmi you llhe Ma Wf | 111 fw Mulll fi 1\ Pauline—Well, ft vfil \IJS s^°'s S ot a B°°d jgOjjjU means real well, BAG AND BAG thing aßout hunt usually amounts mye than the \JJ j jB 1 K