8 'HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR TUB 110 MB Founded tS3i Published evenings except Sunday by THK TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.. I Telegraph Building, Federal Square. r~ E. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't and Editor-in-Chief V* R. OYSTER, Business Manager, OUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. t Member American Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa tion, The Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Assoclat nue Building, New em office. Story, ley. People's Gas cago, 111.' Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. carriers, six cents a 9-.'?Rt£> week: by mail. $3.00 year in advance. THURSDAY EVENING, OCT. 19. The foolish fears of what may happen— I cast them all away Among the clover-scentcd grass, Among the new-mown hay; Among the husking of the corn Where drowsy poppies'nod: Where ill thoughts die and good are bom— Out in the fields with God! E. B. BROWNING. OUR RIVER FRONT ALEXANDER STUART, vice-presi dent of the American Park Su perintendents* Association and head of the royal commission in charge of the great parks of Ottawa, Canada, came to Harrisburg yester day especially to see our River Front and to observe the progress wo have made since 1910 in developing it. His / views are summed up in a few words —a splendid foundation and little done in the way of finishing touches. That is true. We have 'laid the foundations for a splendid park along the river, but because Park Commis sioner Gross failed to insist, when the budget was being made up last. Spring, upon appropriations large enough to carry on the work of his department and make the improvements neces sary, the River Front has been woe fully neglected. The path at the top Is unkempt, the slope Is fissured by flood and rain, planting has been neglected, and the rip-rapping that should have been done in preparation for (he high water of the winter and Spring remains for the most part un done and the flood desposits of early Spring still lie on the promenade at the head of the wall. If you asked you would be told, probably, that there was no money with which to do this work, that the appropriation was too small. This, on the face of it, is true, but the Park Commissioner when he was in a posi tion of influence in council could have procured a much larger appro priation had he been firm and insist ent. Instead, he made a play to the galleries, hoping to get more money during the year as he needed it, and now finds himself stranded, without funds and at the mercy of his fellow councilmcn. But present conditions do not affect the future. Each year brings new opportunities. Mr. Stuart advises that we concentrate on the River Front and that we "do that job well." His reason Is that the River Park Is so located that It can be used by the great bulk of the people. In this he agrees with Mr. Manning and other park experts who have given the mat ter study. The thing to do, then, is to see that in next year's budget there is an item sufficiently large set aside for river park work. Our greatest popu lar resort and our most picturesque and beautiful show plae must have the finishing touches as well as the foundation. We hope to have the Job done to our satisfaction when the Canadian park expert next visits us. Why doesn't the President go over to Bayonne and enact an Adamson law for the oil company strikers? Shouldn't they have an eight-hour day? Or aren't they numerous enough to cause any worry about their votes? WATER SUPPLY PURE OUR water supply Is pure. The State Health Department chem ists have analyzed It both before it entered the reservoir and from sam ples taken at spigots In private houses and business places all over the city. In all cases it was found satisfactory. That clears away the doubt in the minds of some concerning the possl. billty of contamination between the time the water leaves the filter plant pure and la drawn from the hydrant in the house. Harrisburg spent hundreds of thou sands of dollars some years ago In filtration experiments and built what has been regarded as a model filter plant, the design of which has been used extensively both in this country and South America, It is gratifying to learn not only that the water Jj THURSDAY EVENING. when It passes the filters that cost so much, but that the mains and reser voirs are also free from disease germs. We can cure without great difficulty the evils of impure milk or ice cream, but we would have been sorely dis tressed and puzzled had the source of disease been traced to our much boasted water supply. The straw vote is almost as great a nuisance as the hay fever. OUR BUSIEST HOIJDAY SEASON OUTLOOK is bright for the busiest holiday season Harrisburg store- keepers have ever known. Work is so plentiful that laborers are at a premium. Wages were never better and if living costs are higher, at all events the people have the wherewith to meet them, which is considerably better than low prices and no work. It used to be that Harrisburg peo ple spent much of their holiday money in the larger cities. In recent years this has changed gradually until the local merchant has been encour aged to enlarge and diversify his stock to please the most exacting. The way to make Harrisburg stores bigger and better is to keep the money circulating at home. Every dollar spent in other cities robs the local community of Just that much. If we spend a dollar in Philadelphia we have the goods and Philadelphia has the money, but if we spend it at home we have both the goods and the money, to para phrase President Lincoln's oftquoted views on the wisdom of a protective tariff. And the more money there is in Harrisburg, the better it is for the wage-earner as as the business man. MILK PRICES THE quality of milk and the price of milk are factors in the economics of every household. Miik enters Into the diet and the finances of every family. Where there are children, babies especially. It is of vital importance. Impure milk is a deadly menace. Babies die because of It, and many other little ones die for lack of pure milk when the price is so high that parents cannot afford to provide it plentifully. Everybody, therefore, is affected by the legisla tion requiring farmers to improve the quality of their product and every purse is touched by the threat of the producers and dealers to raise local prices. Farmers say that every sanitary precaution adds to the cost of milk. Dealers say the same. Unquestionably this is true, to some degree. They must provide clean quarters, costly Implements for sterilization and pasturizatlon and in other ways, doubtless, the expenses of operating a carefully supervised, sanitary dairy are heavier than those of the man who simply sells milk, without regard for cleanliness or purity. In addition to this, milk cows are high in price and all manner of foodstuffs and dairy appliances are selling away above normal. It would appear that the milk producer and the milk seller have some reason back of their pro posal to advance prices. But in considering prices they must not think in terms of "all that the market will bear." Reason should govern their deliberations. The people will not stand for such extortion as has been attempted once or twice, with no sucess, in recent years. They may find it necessary to go into the milk business for themselves. If milk Is to cost ten cents a quart, for Instance, city regulations will be made cor respondingly strict. A price that is fair In Philadelphia would be en tirely too high in Harrisburg. Phila delphia and New York bring their milk from long distances. Much of that sold in Philadelphia is gathered from the milk stations of the Cumber land Valley. To get it to its destina tion special milk trains are necessary and freight charges are heavy. In ad dition, local distribution charges In the large cities are necessarily much higher than those of Harrisburg. Some advance In price may bo necessary, but to assess Harrisburg as much for milk produced at its doors as Philadelphia pays for milk shipped from points one hundrae to two hun dred miles distant would be unjust on the face of It. There is one sure way of avoiding typhoid—Don't eat or drink anything that can possibly have the germs in it. We don't mind building that disposal plant, but won't Dr. Dixon please give a little attention to the several towna and cities up-stream? "Wilson, Maker of History," is the title of a Democratic pamphlet, but Napoleon was also a maker of history— which ended at Waterloo. By the way, won't somebody tell us what the Democrats have done with that "lower-the-cost-of-llvlng" Issue? Those manufacturers of "Illuminated keyholes" had better hurry and get their product on the market before na tional prohibition is enacted. The Days of Real Sport . By briggs I U By the Ex-Committeeman Republican state candidates, who are touring the northwestern and northern counties this week, are meet ing with big crow"ds in almost every town and are finding an abundant sen timent in favor of Hughes and the election of Republican congressmen. The attendance at meetings has been large and the receptions to the candi dates cordial, while committeemen re port that things are in excellent shape. The party Is headed by Senator Charles A. Snyder, candidate for Adultor General, and Harmon M. Kep hart, candidate for State Treasurer, and Congressional Candidates-at-Large Crago. Garland and McLaughlin are traveling with them. The sentiment for Republican congressmen Is as marked as that fot- the state ticket and the candidates are urging that Repub licans work for the election of Repub licans to the Legislature. •—The withdrawal of Washington party legislative candidates.is general fill over the state and there Is much pain caused thereby to the Democratic schemers. In only a few districts have the Democrats succeeded in making some combinations on senatorial and legislative candidates and it looks as though they would be thoroughly beaten, while in the anthracite district tho Republicans are nearly all Wash ington men, too. The two Cumberland Washington nominees filed withdraw als late yesterday. —President Wilson will be here this evening and will follow the example of Mr. Hughes and speak from Union Station plaza. The President is due at 6.4G and the plan is to have him st;" - hero seven minutes. Btate Chairnv B Joe Guflfey will accompany him with a choice assortment of Democratic ma chine bosses. —According to the Philadelphia North American, a bill Is being pre pared which will take appointing power from judges. The bill is aimed primarily at the Philadelphia judges, but it is expected that it will affect those all over the State. George Ellis, of Pottsville, sub stituted for the Twelfth district Demo cratic elector, has been active In poll tics in that county for years. —Bradford Republicans opened their campaign with a rally in that city last evening. Efforts to defeat R. P. Habgood for re-election to the House aro said to be doomed to failure. —The latest development In Phila delphia politics is an attack by Senator R. V. Farley upon the residence of David Martin, who Is a candidate for the Senate, where he sat some years ago. It Is claimed that the senator Is not eligible for the district in which he Is running. The following dispatch from Chi cago shows an opinion of the western situation by one who Is accustomed to observing conditions: "Congressman J. Hamoton Moore, of Philadelphia, a member of the ways and means com mittee, who spent the whole of last week In Ohio stumping for the Repub lican national ticket, conferred with tho western headquarters in this city to-day and then left for the Cham paign district of Illinois, where he Is to speak in the interest of Congress man William B. McKinley, former chairman of the national congressional committee. Mr. Moore reported to the western managers that Pennsylvania Republicans and Progressives were united for Hughes and that a maiority of from 250.000 to 300,000 could be looked for from the Keystone State. He said he had been In Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey recently, and that all of these States, together with tho whole of New England, would be found side by side with Pennsylva nia. He Inquired about Indiana, which Is one of the pivot States this year, and was assured that It was better or ganized and more likely to be Repub lican than in any recent presidential campaign." The Better Way After a cursory survey of the tango crowds one is more than ever con vinced that compulsory military train ing for all able-bodied young men would bo even a greater thing for the young men than for the republic.— Chicago News. Politics Well Supplied The word damn Is going to be taken out of the Episcopal service. And wo suppose It will have to go Into politics, where it belongs, if It really belongs anywhere.—Toledo Blade. Active Sick Man Villa may bo Riven to having one foot In the Krave, but he doesn't seem to have much difficulty In pulling It out at the psychological moment.— Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. HARRISBURG (rfSKft* TELEGRAPH 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT"] Perhaps Japan's assurances of the In tegrity of China may be due to her de termination to swallow it whole — Pittsburgh Dispatch. , Look at those Transylvania names and then tell us why the Simplified Spelling Board picked on the United States.—lndianapolis Star. Our River Front Steps [ Star-Independent. ] We do not know who is responsible for the unclean and untidy appearance of the cement approach to the river bank, Jocularly alluded to as "the front steps of Harrisburg," but we contend that it should be the duty of somebody to have them cleaned and see that they are kept clean. Visi tors to Harrisburg during the present pleasant October days, who are at tracted by the beauties along the river bank, with the plateau for a footpath, cannot be enamored over affairs, be cause of the dirty pathway over which they must tread. In some places tho mud and gravel washed from the unr protected bank have spread out on" the concrete walk until debris to the thickness of several inches must be waded by pedestrians. It is said that some of the city au thorities, when their attention was called to conditions, endeavored to se cure hose from one of the city fire houses to use for conveying water to clean the "steps," but the city official In charge of the fire hose declined to permit its use for that purpose. This is to be deplored. The property of the city Is common property, and it ought to be used whenever it can be of use, no matter for what purpose. If the city can use anything in its possession to clean the concrete es planade, then It ought to do so, and at once, for conditions along the River Front, as far as cleanliness and neat ness are concerned, are not very love ly. We are having all sorts of davs for Harrisburg, therefore would it be In order to suggest a "Clean-up" Day for the "front steps?" Hughes on Woman Suffrage Charles Evans Hughes, Republican candidate for President, lias written an article for the November Woman's Home Companion in which he says: "In my trips across the continent nothing was more clearly manifested than the intense Interest of women in the political questions of the day. This was shown not only in the great assemblies of women which I had the privilege of addressing, but in what was said to mo by thousands in num erous receptions. The women of this country are alert and more active politically than ever before in our history. "There is, of course, particular in terest in the question of suffrage. Women In the so-called suffrage States aro not only Intent upon the exercise of the rights accorded them but are deeply solicitous for the enfranchise ment of their sisters in other States, while the general movement for wom an suffrage shows a determination and a strength of organized effort which leave no doubt as to the result. The Republican platform refers to the extension of suffrage to women as 'a measure of Justice to one-half the adult people of the country.' That presents the conviction which supplies tho driving force of this movement and will Insure its success. "I have long been of the opinion that opposition to this movement is a serious mistake. It seems to mo obvi ous, from'a consideration of economic conditions, of the part, that women are taking In our economic development, and of the strength of the demand, that opposition cannot defeat but can only delay the granting of the vote to women. That delay, however, will carry a heavy penalty. It will in evitably produce an agitation, con stantly growing In Intensity, to the subversion of normal political issues. It will unquestionably tend to Intensify a distinctly feminist agitation and sex antagonism." "Man of Action" [Kansas City Star] Regarding Mr. Ray Stannard Baker's very Interesting article in de fense of the Wilson administration, printed in The Star yesterday, two things may be pointed out: 1. The "twenty years of talk" to which Mr Baker refers with scorn in contrast to the 'action" which has suc ceeded them, made possible any action at all. An enormous amount of pioneering and educating had to be done before the country knew what it wanted to do on such questions as the reserve banks and rural credits. It Is a case where "others have labored and we have entered Into the fruits of their labors." 2. Ori the most vital problems pressing the country the administra tion had been busy pushing back the clouds, only to see them constantly return. Thore has been, not action, but postponement of action. "Sleepy Steve, the Stealthy Sleuth" "No Mother to Gaide Her" By Max Robertson, HI CHAPTER 65 As the aeroplane rose from earth the savage cannibals who had sur rounded it uttered shrill cries of dis appointment. They had certainly thought they were going to feast on the young, tender flesh of Stealthy Steve, Harrlsburg's fairest sleuth. (EDITOR'S NOTE This is the limit! Yesterday's paper contained the conclusion of Chapter 2 of this thrilling defective tale. Here we find Max Robertson blithely entering upon Chapter 65. We never heard of such a thing. Where does he get this aero plane-Africa-cannibal stuff?) (AUTHOR'S NOTE—Who's writing this story—me or the editor?) (EDITOR'S NOTE —"Me or the editor!" Great Scott!) Within a few hours the aeroplane had sighted the coast of Harrisburg, and with a quick turn of the wrist Stealthy Steve had lowered his ele vators and the machine came swoop ing down on the fair bosom of the municipal wharf boat. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR RAILROADER ON ADAMSON LAW To the Editor of the Telegraph: Am a railroad employe, not directly affected by President Wilson's eight hour law, but interested in Its ap plication, Insofar as it concerns my fellow employes. Am greatly in favor of the eight-hour hour principle, not only for railroad employes, but for all classes of labor, and believe that the day is rapidly approaching when eight hours will be the standard everywhere. For this reason. President Wilson's ac tion in forcing Congress to pass an eight-hour law for railroad employes actually engaged in transportation traffic is a step in the right direc tion. The method of forcing the bill through Congress is another matter. My objection to the bill is that it af fects only a small portion of the men engaged in railroad service, eighteen per cent, to be exact. The other eighty-two per cent, will continue to work ten and twelve-hours per day, at a much smaller average wage than the eighteen per cent, actually en gaged in the operation of trains. The eighty-two per cent, however, can live in hopes that, in the event of Wil son's election, another emergency will arise, which will give them eight hours, a rather remote possibility. Justice Hughes places himself on record as favoring an eight-hour law for all classes of labor, instead of certain bodies, so organized as to be able to wield a "big stick" to get what they want. The writer feels safe In asserting that a majority of the railroads are heartily in favor of the eight-hour law. At least the east ern roads are, and have placed them selves on record to this effect. What they do object to, and what was the primary motive in the brotherhoods' demand Is paying at the rate of ten hours per day, for eight hours' work. As an individual, X would like to make the prophecy that this is the rock the brotherhoods will run up against, after January 1. The railroad execu tives will contest the wage feature of the eight-hour law, and insist on pay ing eight hours' pay for eight hours' work. However by that time, Wilson will either be elected or defeated, and in case he Is re-elected, it will be time enough then, to handle his "make shift" eight-hour law. He will at ileast have secured his re-erectlon. In case he is defeated, "Let Hughes do It..' It looks to me, although I do not claim to have any detinito knowledge on the subject, that the whole thing, from beginning to end, was a hid for the brotherhood voto. I do know, for a fact, that a strenuous effort Is be ing made, by the Democrats, to cap ture the brotherhood vote. On the last registration day, typewritten sheets, containing the names of every railroad man engaged In the trans portation service, were placed in the hands of the different Democratic registrars and committeemen, with the instructions to see that each name on the list was looked after. They seemed to take It as a foregone con clusion, that the brotherhood vote was In-their pockets. This may be true, but as a railroad man, coming into contact with a large number of railroad men, I have [an Idea that the Democrats are In OCTOBER 19, 1916. In response to Stealthy Steve's cablegram Supt. Flnzer there awaiting him. "I am certainly glad that you have returned with the captive, Steve," swore Mr. Flnzer. "VMere Is he?" "Right here," declared Stealthy Steve, producing the wicious looking I willain from the lower compartment of the aerioplane. I Saying these words he handed over | the criminal, who proved to be no other than the man who abducted Charley Ross. "Are you the fellow who has com mitted these 114 undetected rob beries?" urged Supt. Flnzer. "I am indeed him,' said Charley j Ross' abductor. "How did-you get to Africa?" asked the Supt. I "I traveled on my reputation," said the crook, "which is also why you are still in Harrisburg." '"Od's Blood!" hissed the superin tendent. (THE END.) line for a big, heavy Jolt on election day, and this Jolt will come from the brotherhood men who think for them selves, and who are mindful of not only their own interests, but the *>ther eighty-two per cent, of their fellow employes, and who do not feel secure under the present "patched up, tide me over election" eight-hour law. They feel that the Issue has been /deferred, not settled. Most of them, myself included, feel glad that even this much concestron has been made, but -if it proves to be a "gold brick," after January first th'ey will have to go over the whole thing again with the attending ills. EMPLOYE. (~Our Daily Laugh A GREAT j-, ORATOR. Are you a good extemporaneo u ■ Positively the \ best —I never re- a thing 1 'h tfgSFa want to say when I get before an TRUE TO FORM friend Brown was speeding in his doctor thinks §Sgjjj!||VT|^F speedy recovery. |j| I He always was LJ a fast young man. FATE'S AGAINST MB By Win* Dinger Of the many, many mean things With which all mankind is cursed There was one took place this morning Which may woll be called the worst. I don't need to tell you, brother. How nice 'tis to pound one's car Very early In the morning When the rain drops one can hear. Well, I got awake this morning, Heard the rain, and then did say To myself: "You've got two hours More in which to nit the hay." Fixed myself for solid comfort. Gave a happy little sigh. When a fat and Juicy raindrop Hit me squarely In the eye. I looked upward toward the celling. Saw a long and narrow streak. And it quickly dawned upon mo In the roof there was a leak. No more sleep for me —I got up, Dressed and up the ta4rs did sneak To the room and spent two hours Looking for the bloomin' leak. Biptttng (tttjat A' distressing: symptom of what matf be considered the tendency of thfl times to disregard the traditions ol! our ancestors is observable In Harris*' !' urg J quick lunch" restaurants. It tlLet^ho?°?K Sary t0 dWeU U P° n th® these places are In them- Market a t r rtlt Cal de P arturo from the prnti™ street eating houses of a gen- Dot>i?ar f°' which made their bid for fers n ••„n VOr Wlth BUch alluring of or "full i yOU can eat £or a quarter" cents" 'S° Urse dlnner > twenty-flv with rnir We may hav e observed tillnif for fnni 1 ® s " bstil utlon of whi£ tisine to mou an .u specialized adver saleabio t ' le articles served W . e H er the Ban "arlans hav. d the need fur surgical "hama^ 8 -" n nn h , e^ handli^ demise nf th* threatened an early eatlne nntn .Ti 0 wl " lnsist upon fled * thVli a PPetltes are satis aa neceseary. W ° have acce P ted whichlt f. m 't how ever beybnd Proprietors „°r Jl' 88 to K °' Let tha mouthful u tl }ese pay-for-each- We an- n ™ enters resorts beware, cltv but i natll, ed and patient Pie-eating citv ' S K We arc a tail can vie with eVwn tho coek " ary discover™ I? 8 su Prenie culln place in th our ancestors for a w m " nicl P al favor. Close fact that n ? .2? em to point to tho on foot to hLi l°y s conspiracy is dletarv wi Jif , from the nation's Plot deslS i!" , thla ia a deep laid sap the vhrornnyV y orelf * n enemies to People invpM^s,, our J nunltio n-making The fact romnln o " not discloae, J. there hi. remains nevertheless that My dlminishTng"SanUty^er^ with less thnn o^ r & ran dfather :a than a Quarter portion'' Thinir BiZ? a thin * llad befallen Webster^ Howq U Tck?v y it 80 n n t °Jv ew E^land? 'A\ a 7orUon E " S ff fV'" wUh r which 6 beggarly ration and slink to burets. corner of each a fePitlf 7 1 J h,n the brea st Therefore lit il/ ° f ' nJus,lcfi done. 5 SwW 1 "™ " •? "appfe° r b!lt" peop 'e from the here'the^ast peel are' irtvlnJ®^ 0 £ et the frult sh'P diet of ninnins A 8 a wtloles °niß " 01 P'PPins. As a matter or rant by" the a"ppi e ta l? o^s b | n 8 d ev S are In* chance foTh^p many apples will b e lost as the cold nn/r a y?Lr°e th a e r r e n^ZZ'Z svsa. iswwasa f>< r. n f rsz:ia*ss. Whn ar D .< er .\' arle,lea are 80 cared for. H/> 1 a ttention is being l given to thi ?ESIZW nt of a "ne product it ia nnw °. ncertln,r to havo the tran.s poitation interfered with everyone else is busy. oecauiW Word has been Riven nut timt frP°aF t * le B P®akers at the meeting of }£%? 6 Jpducational Association hero one of e th e be Char,es Zuebfin! affairs r£- b ? Bt „ know n men in public "n