8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NBWSPAPBR FOR THE HOME Founded IS3I Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph BuUdla*. Federal Square. K. J. STACK POLE. Prest and Editor-in-Chief i*. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. QUS M. STEINMETZ. Managing Editor. • Member American Newspaper Pub lation and Penn sylvania Associat- Eastern office. Finley, Fifth Ave nue Building, New Brooks & Finley. People's Gas Build- _ ing, Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Ilarris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a iweek: by mail, $3.00 a year in advance. MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 16 One has to have his little footstool of elevation among his fellows, even if it is a mighty queer one, or he loses his self-respect, and self-respect is the bcsf jewel we have.—Mary E. Wilkins. TIME GROWS SHORT IF the sentiment which seems to prevail among the members of the Legislature regarding final adjournment indicates the probable action of the law-making body as to the date, there yet remains less than a month, perhaps, for the transaction of the important business that must have consideration. There is no gen eral demand for an increase of th laws, but there are certain measures which should have prompt attention. Among these is the joint resolution providing a constitutional amend ment to enlarge the home rule of cities and other municipalities. This resolution is still hanging fire in com mittee without any food reason for the failure to give it a place on the calendar. It is intimated that certain selfish corporate interests are opposing the proposition on the score that it might interfere with their plans to exploit communities for their own benefit. Should this be the case then it is about time for the municipalities to set awake to their own welfare, for this is a reasonable proposal based upon the right of communities to de termine for themselves the sort of government which they prefer. It is understood, of course, that all local charters would hare to be in con formity with the provisions of the constitution. Senator Beidleman's bill to create a? single council, comprising one repre sentative from each ward in cities of the third class, is opposed by many of these cities and it is said the Leg islature will probably determine that the various amendments to the Clark act which have been suggested by representatives of the third-class cities, should be adopted pending a further tryout of the commission plan of government. Whatever shall be done in this di rection it is quite evident to all i thoughtful citizens that it is neces-1 sary to bring about an improvement I in local administration. Harrisburg is j a fine example of the deficiencies and ! shortcomings of the present scheme. Xo argument is required to enforce the need of reform. Maybe Hindenburg meant the Ger- j mans were retreating to an English J victory. IMPORTANT WORK AHEAD THERE is so much to be done by the Committee of Public Safety appointed by Governor Brum baugh, including the supervision of j the work of local committees in all | parts of the Commonwealth, that citizens generally should be ready at all times to co-operate in the im portant measures which will be adopted to conserve the interests of the nation and put into effect various plans for the national defense. This is no time for laggers and as soon as the local organization shall have been perfected all citizens ought to be ready to give their aid in every pos sible way. The Red Cross needs you now. Pay your dollar and then persuade some body else to do likewise. CAMP CURT IX MEMORIAL. THE proposed Camp Curtin memorial is in line with the sen timent of the country and there should be no doubt of the prompt approval of the measure by the Leg islature. Long ago this sacred pa triotic shrine should have been prop erly marked by the Commonwealth. What will YOU do for your country? CAPITOL PARK THE several bills providing for the things necessary to be done in the treatment of the Capitol Park zone are understood to have been carefully prepared and will be introduced this week. These bills are / said to be in harmony with the thought of all who favor the permanent Im . provement of the Capitol Park area. Governor Brumbaugh is properly urg ing the necessary grading and plant ing this year so that no time may be lost in starting the growth that will convert the present unsightly con ditions into a beautiful park. All who have studied the proposed plan submitted by the distinguished ■landscape engineers <mKa.SAd bv the MONDAY EVENING, Board of Public Grounds and Build ings are more than pleased with the scheme of treatment outlined and which will b followed as soon as th Legislature shall have made an ade quate appropriation. It is quite necessary to do the grad ing so that the planting of trees and shrubbery may not be delayed. This grading will include the terracing along Walnut and Third streets, which highways will be increased in width by the elimination of the present brick sidewalks and the establishing of walks under the trees in the park at the top of the terrace. All out for the big patriotic parade. Reading had 20,000 in line, and we can't take second place to Reading. \ CALL TO SERVICE THE President, in an address to the people of the country as a whole, and the Governor, in a message to the people of Pennsylva nia, almost simultaneously have issued urgent calls to national service. Both appeal to the very best there is in Am erican citizenship—just now, above all other times, it must be one for all and all for one if the nation is to come through triumphant. Every man and woman owing allegiance to the United States must lend a hand in the emer- gency. None is exempt. We are slowly awakening to the gravity of the situation that has been thrust upon us. We are beginning to understand that each of us, whether or not we shall don the uniform of the army or navy, bust "do his bit;" that the safety of the nation does not lie solely with the government, but as well with the individuals that make up the government. We had come too much to look toward the forces at Washington and the officials at Har risburg to perform all the services of government for us, but we are now at a time when each one must become | a voluntary contributor to the effi ciency of the government. For the sake of the country as a whole we must be cbntent with small profits and reasonable wages. The man who tries to take advantage of the war to wrest high prices from his customers or ex tortionate wages from his employer is at heart a traitor to his country, and he will be looked upon as such by his fellows. It will go ill with the man who uses the necessity of the present moment to better his own condition. We are setting out upon a holy war. We have taken up the sword in the cause of humanity. Xo great benefit for the common people of any coun try has ever been achieved without sacrifice. It must be so with us. Un less we have the will to deny ourselves some of the luxuries in which we have been indulging; unless we conserve our provisions and our resources as a whole; unless we co-operate to in crease our personal efficiency and thereby the products of our industries and our farms; unless we live in har mony together" and all work consist ently and everlastingly toward the common goal of national triumph, the conflict in which we have engaged will be prolonged and each of us will suffer accordingly. By doing now and with all the might there is in us those things which the President and the Governor have urged us to do. we shall not only dis play our own patriotism and thus in fluence those afcout us, but we shall materially lighten the task of the men in the trenches, help shorten the period of the conflict and thereby save the lives of thousands of men who are facing shot and shell along the far flung battle lines of the wcftld^ Thousands of able-bodied men will I not be permitted to go into the army. They will be kept at home in order •that their skilled hands may minister to the men in the trenclfes and to the needs of our allies beyond the seas. To these the government should award some badge of service, that they may be known and honored among their fellows as servants in the great cause, and so differentiated from the "slackers" who would save their precious necks at the expense of per sonal disgrace. The soldiers of the field and factory, of the steamship line and the railroad, should have his offi cial recognition as well as the soldier in uniform. To the Legislature—Come across with that $2,000,000, and do your political bickering another time. THE ASH NUISANCE WE can imagine City Commission er Gross burled under an ava lanch of complaints of out- property-owners growing out of the general protest over the ash nuisance, which haa been permitted to continue practically all winter. What Commissioner Gros and every other commissioner in authority ought to do is to enforce the law upon all offenders and conserve the interest of the community rather than the interest of those who are exploit ing the community for their own ben efit. "To Helena with the Kaiser" is tfce sentiment of a Harrisburg minister, but there are those of us who would spell It otherwise THE BATTLE OF THE LINKS By BRIGGs] _ _ ; Cou Bogey w#,s put to ROUT YeSTßt>wf THE I3th hole BY Stub $ / ///^ — _ GREAT losses '' IM ( / 8 o-r (A | C OF LARCH M<WT Tl°9°?R. 1 / \r& HOOKER SUC6 R6P ° RTS ° I /# ✓ \Wr ' n6/P/I HiLC MO. Si* *V,. i ]l] J/ f* M&M m\ \ WAS FORCED ni#/. Wjgr ASSAULT OF \ft\ I H A/s JEfcM fffri I imto * saht> The Bunked V ml//// WfrStK fl/hl ™ T&xSk ON The 15™ ■ V / ''//// /v '£cC\sA tSi Vr ( wyStT sector. ANT> . LEUT. \/0M SCH H<vS v . ~> -"*>• "fHROWUIJ MU6E !MTeiJCH- <. O ~. / MCMTS IW TME '<-<=• >T7 I "I2TH StCTOP. y*lLttay U "PtKKO^ItfCUVCa By the Ex-Committeeman I The national crisis is not to be per mitted to interfere with the manufac ture of campaign thunder by the Dem ocratic state machine and it is now the plan of the State ringmasters' committee to take out of cold stor age another proposed law designed to make trouble for the Republicans and to upset the present systems of ap propriating money if possible. The Democratic bosses and legislators have been pointing with considerable eager ness to the differences among the Re publicans lately and insisting that it is dreadful to have anything but har mony at this time. To-day it is announced that the ring masters will present another of the series of tried and rejected bills as a contribution to the general disturb ance. The bill to be presented will be that to regulate the appropriation of money to hospitals, a scheme which has been a Democratic pet for years and which has been presented, talked about and then disregarded by the Democrats themselves as was demon strated a few years ago when it 'was found that Democratic lawmakers were about the biggest grabbers after hos pital appropriations in the Legislature. —The appearance of Auditor General' Powell before the joint appropriation committee to-morrow Is being awaited with interest at the Capitol. Mr. Pow ell's term will be up in another i'ort night, but it Is understood to be the desire of the committeemen to ask him' some questions regarding the audit of the books, the employment of a squad of youths on the job of separating set tlements and correspondence and other things. Other State officials will be heard if any time Is left after Mr. Powell appears. —The general plan of the elections committees of the Legislature is to pass only the primary date bill. Sev eral suggestions for changes in the form of the ballot will be allowed to go over. —Republican members of the Legis lature who have been so long regaled with accounts of the harmony exist ing in the Democratic party, were con siderably amused to-day by the "warn ing" Issued to Congressman H. J. Steele, of the Easton-Bethlehem district, by A. Mitchell Palmer's newspaper. The Pal mer newspaper was forced to accept Steele's nomination and renomination as Palmer's successor because the vot ers insisted on it, but did so with bad grace. Now it is finding fault with Steele's attitude on national questions and solemnly "warning" him that he must be good. Whether it is Palmer's plan to run again In the district or to get Steele ready for the sliding board in order to put in one of the State machine's men remains to de velop. —The Philadelphia Public Ledger printed the first article on local poli tics in weeks yesterday when 4t sug gested that the Penrose and Independ ent forces in Philadelphia had agreed upon C. R Woodruff for register of wills; Ernest L. Tustin for recorder of deeds, and George W. Porter for receiver of taxes. The Ledger article intimated that Register James D. Shee han would be turned down and the Vare candidates fought all along the line. —According to some articles from Wilkes-Barre which are being printed In the newspapers there is a division in the State administration forces in Lu zerne over patronage, and it may be reflected in the primary flght for coun ty offices tills year. It would also seem that some appointments sought In Luzerne have not been going that way. Spring Fret I do not leel like fighting, Fritz, And would not, suve in self-defense. But he will shoot my peace to bits If I don't teach that guy some sense. And think of it! He chooses spring To sail in and upset my plan; Just when the birds begin to sing And I get strong with Mary Ann! The Ashing and the swimming, too, They're getting good—and there's the game! Old Fritz, you don't know what you do— The way you spoil sport is a shame! Doggone you, Fritzie, anyhow! You ivory head; you heart of stone! You've got me peeved—l'll teach you, now. To let a peaceful £uy alone! —Chicago Xs'aws. HXRRISBURG TELEGRAPH HOW ADVERTISING HELPS THE PUBLIC RETAIL ADVERTISING By P. S. FLOREA, Secretary-Manager Associated Advertising Clubs of the World AVithin two or lliree weeks, recent ly two important things happened in the advertising profession, and they have such a direct and important hearing upon the interest ot the pub lic that they will be found of inter est to everyone who must buy things and that, of course, means ail of us. The first of those two was a de cision on the part of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World to make a most searching investigation into the relationship between adver tising and the cost of living, and the other was the adoption by the com mittee in charge of building the pro gram for the great annual conven tion of the Associated Advertising Clubs, in St. Louis, June 3 to 7, of the slogan, "Advertising Lowers Cost of Distribution." The Underlying: Thought Only a few people know, perhaps, that the entire advertising club move ment has been built upon the propo sition that advertising can only grow —in fact, that it can only survive— as it benefits the public; and that the whole great movement known as the Associated Advertising Clubs has as its very foundation the thought of making advertising even a greater economic force than it has been. Advertising men have known that advertising reduces the cost of man ufacturing things, and that it brings down selling costs, both as this has to do with the manufacturer and the The American Navy I saw a band of stalwart young fel- ' lows who had just enlisted in our | fighting navy. They held up their j heads, and had a right to hold them a i little higher than when tliey offered j themselves to the recruiting officer. The American navy! Ah, my lads, ■ the chronicles thereof outnumber in j thrills five hundred to one the most j dramatic exploits recorded in the j novels of Cooper and Stockton. Think of that youngster, then under j thirty, John Paul Jones. "What ship ' is tliat2" demanded the captain of the , British Drake. Then answered the intrepid Jones: i "The American Continental ship; Ranger. We are waiting for you. The j sun is little more than an hour from ! setting. It is therefore time to begin." j Time to begin! And when that hour; of sunlight vanished this American sea rover was master of his foe. And then that ieven more classic re ply from the sinking Bon Homme j Kiehard: "Have you struck your flag?" shout ed the English conimander. "No," replied Jones, "I haven't yet begun to tight!" And h n sailed away an immortal victor.—Gerard in the Public Ledger. Act, and Act Now! [New York Sun] The planting season is already well advanced. There remain not more than a few weeks for getting the seed into the ground. The period may be counted In days. The farmers, handicapped by short age of seed and of fertilizer, are now faced by lack of labor. They cannot get the help they must have to pre pare the ground and provide for the fall harvests. These facts are of vital moment to every American. They are of para mount importance to every soldier of the allies, to every worker in the shops and laboratories who labors fbr the downfall of Prussian autocracy. They are the prime factors In the struggle tn which the United States has entered. Unless they are faced and the problems they set are solved now the outlook will be dark. Despise Not the Poor My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect to persons. For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and then come In also a poor man in vile raiment: and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, sit thou here in a good place: and say to the popr, Stfcnd thou or sit here under my foot stool; are ye not then partial in your selves, and are become judges of evil thoiuthta?—Jamu il. i A retailer. They propose now to gather information, classify it in the form of definite evidence and have it ready for presentation. For the purposes of this article, and one that is to follow, I shall con sider only the influence of advertising on retailing, and will show some of the ways in which" it brings down the cost of doing business, to the- benefit of the public as well as the business man. Clerks Sell More Goods Without advertising, a merchant can eventually build a reputation for his store among those who chance to come into it, and among their friends, so that they will have con fidence in him and in his clerks or salespeople, so that they will buy goods more readily, having greater confidence. But that .akes years and years. Through advertising, salespeople sell more goods in a given number of hours because, through advertis ing, the merchant has made the pub lic know that it is safe to buy from him, and the salespeople do not have to argue the merits of the goods. All wool Is all wool and fast colors are fast. The simple result is that each sales person sells more goods in a given number of hours and his or her salary is distributed over a greater number of sales, so that the cost of selling the goods is actually reduced. | EDITORIAL COMMENT I j I . 1 This is a good year in which to; junk the junkers.—Chicago Daily News. There is a strong peace movement afoot between .Arras and Soissons. — t Brooklyn Eagle. Hindenburg seems to be rather ; overdoing the strategy of retreat. — Chicago Daily News. The Czar was said to have been! i scheming for a separate peace, and 1 now he has it. —Brooklyn Eagle. The Kaiser Is notified that April is ( our lucky month for going to war.— j New York Morning Telegraph. Oh, well, if this government ever ■ gets hard up for cash it can slap an | extra income tax on popular evangel j ists.—Washington Post. Our advice to the Tlohenzollerns ! and Hapsburgs Is to take out insur ! ance against unemployment.—Dallas News. , Let the Staff Decide [Kansas City Times] The general staff bill providing for universal 'training and service was framed by men who understand the defensive needs of the nation In the crisis that confront* it. They know the kind at men the army needs und they know from the history of the present war as well as from our own past ex perience that they cannot be obtained by voluntary enlistment. This expert military knowledge ought not to be lightly set aside by I Congress. No law that could be framed |by civilian committees, acting from whatever motives of patriotism and under whatever spur of zeal to raise armies in the quickest time, could possibly operate to give to the general staff which must direct those armies when raised the material of which modern soldiers are made. That was shown In the last attempt Congress niado to raise an army, when untrain ed, unfit and unequipped militiamen were called Into the national service. The general staff bill was framed in the light of that experience and would prevent a repetition of that dismal breakdown in our land defense? sys tem. It is based on the sound demo cratic theory of a universal obligation to military service of every physically fit American citizen of fighting age. It has the approval of the President and his advisers, and Congress should accept It. Doesn't Appeal to Him Another thing that is certain. The old fogy who was raised on banjo and tuning fork music is not going to get wild over the ukelele noise.—Houston DM*. r APRTIJ 16, 1917. ' Labor Notes Toronto (Canada) cigarmakers ask increased wages. Japanese laundry workers at Fres no, Cal., have organized. San Francisco has a Japanese Fed eration of Labor. California's now child-labor law ex empts newsboys. Frisco upholsterers demand a mini mum of ? 5 a day. Public employment bureaus in Cal ifornia filled 3,123 positions last month. City firemen at St. Paul, Mnn., have formed a union. Oregon's Legislature killed a 48- hour law for women. Teamsters at Toronto have been in creased •$ 1 a week. Deaths in California building indus try total 1,500 a year. Kansas has strengthened its child labor law. A workmen's compensation aict has been passed in Missouri. Frisco's T p amsters' Union has more than 3,000 members. South London, England, is to have women lamplighters. Jitpan has 330 girls' high schools, educating over 83,000 girls. Over 600 canteens are now cater ing to British war workers. Female messengers have proved a big success in New Brunswick, N. J. French and Italian bakesliops of San Francisco are practically all unionized. Frisco union machinists have es tablished a minimum wage of $4.50 a day. i 1 OUR DAILY LAUGH SHE HAD. "Have you ever done any deep-sea fishing?" "Well, 1 became engaged on an ocean liner." EARLY SYMPTOMS. "I'd like to see that office boy of mine thirty years from now," "Why so?" "He ought to make a wonder as a tired business man." THE BROKEN ENGAGEMENT. "Why did you pass him up, Ethel T X thought you liked him?" "I liked him well enough, but 1 couldn't go through life with him. I care for the make of hl car." Ebetttng (Hffat "Thousands of dollars worth ot fruit and vegetables are wasted In Pennsylvania orchards and on Penn sylvania farms every slimmer and fall because there are not enough people to gather the products and to take care of them. All of this can be saved and should be sdcured this year," de clared State Dairy and Food Commis sioner James Poust In a statement issued here to-day on v\uiys to con serve the food supply. "The trouble is that the farmers and growers can not take care of it and it rots on the ground. ft strikes me that people 4 owning automobiles, grocers or food dealers ought to make it their busi ness to flnd out when the tomatoes, potatoes, apiiies and other things lire ripe and when they are being har vested and go out and buy up what they can. And then they should pre serve it. The Dairy and Food Com missioner said that the State had lists of the fafms and orchards and'that people could learn where they were located in their neighborhoods very easily. He said that many farmers were only too glad to get extra hands when things were ripe and that the amount of produce that was lost be cause it could not be gathered or cared for would go a long ways to ward increasing the food supply If made available. "There ought to be a revival of the old canning and pre serving days," said the Commissioner. "People ought to can everything they are able to secure this summer, not in pint or quart cans, but in gallon vessels. Put up everything eatable this summer apd go out and buy it in the country when possible. You will get right prices then and you will be glad of It next winter." * * Probably the la*t of the big cases in which John G. Johnson appeared in court outside of Philadelphia and Wilmington was In the test of the full crew law in the Dauphin county court. It was the first action to be brought against the act of 1911 and the noted lawyer made a terrific attack upon it, his speed; being one of those famous constitutional arguments that have made him famous. Pitted against him were Attorney General John C. Bell, the chief legal officer of the Tener administration which had approved the bill, and James Scarlet, special counsel of the railroad brotherhoods. It was a two-day battle, one of the most notable ever waged in the Dau phin county court and the audience was composed of lawyers from every county in this section. In fact, out side of the railroad officials and men who were the interested parties and newspaper correspondents, the audi ence was made up almost entirely of lawyers, some of whom had to sit in spectators benches for the first time in their lives. Judge Kunkel up held the constitutionality of the act and although Mr. Johnson promptly appealed, the higher courts sustained the Dauphin jurist. During the trial there was considerable jesting across the counsel table and a couple of times Messrß. Johnson and Scarlet were so busy with each other that the wit ness was quite lost sight of. • • • These are the dandelion days and the way men, women, boys and girls are combing the fields and cutting out the weed which forms such a fine and healthful "side dish" makes one won der whether there will be any of tho yellow flowers this summer. The last few pleasant days have caused hun dreds of people to take to the grass patches and to the fields about tho city to dig up the young and tender plants. Dandelion does make line eat ing at this time of the year and prob ably a couple of hours' pending over and cutting does give an appetite for it. People were to be seen along every road leading in or out of Har risburg and Steelton Saturday, and even yesterday, cutting out dande lions. * • * The new home of the Country Club of Harrisburg has been an attraction for a good many visitors these after noons. TJie clubhouse is showing its proportions and when completed will be one of the finest in this part of the State. Work is being rushed on the building and also on the grounds and the opening will be one of tho events of the summer in Harrisburg social life. • Production of iron in Dauphin county will be on the greatest scalo in its history within a short timo when the Central Iron and Steel Com pany starts its remodeled No. 2 fur nace. The activity at Steelton whero the Bethlehem Steel Company has six furnaces at work is unprecedented and the tonnage being turned out is prob ably double what it was ten years ago. * * * There is a great deal to the sug gestion of a Philadelphia man con nected with Governor's public safety committee that persons embarking in gardening or truck patching should j learn all about seeds f.rst of all. Ho points out that there is a limited sup ply of seeds and that many of them will probably be lost because of lack of care in handling them. It would seem to be an excellent idea for tho people in charge of schools or of or ganizations which are backing gar dening projects to have some talks on the characteristics of seeds and how to make garden. Gardening looks feasy, but the percentage of losses is pretty high in any event, to say nothing of what it will be when persons who do not know much.-about it take lip the Job. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE " —P. V. Hoy, elected licad of the Norristown fire department, has head ed that organization for eighteen years. —Ex-Judge Dennis Bauman, of T.e higli, has just celebrated his 98th birthday. —The liev. D. J. O'Mahoney, who has just taken charge of a church in Philadelphia, was one of tho first priests to volunteer for religious work In Philippines after .American oc cupation. —James B. Neale, named as a jus tice in Schuylkill county the other day, is a wealthy mine owner and has some model tenement developments, too. —Thomas A. Fernley, elected secre tary of the American machinery and supply companies' organization. Is a Philadelphian. | DO YOU KNOW —That Harrisburg can sup ply machinists tor almost any v kind of work? n HISTORIC HARRISBURG The Capitol Park was a drill ground for organizations formed for the war of 1812. The River Basin The dam at Paxton street has done wonders for our river basin. From time to time there have been sugges tions made to clear the river of dan gerous rocks as far north as the Kock ville Bridge. At least two channels should be cut to Rockvllle. This would furnish a fine run for motor boats. Every person who was fortunate enough to participate in or see the " Kipona Carnival last fall will be heartily In favor of such a movement. -—Facts and Figures.
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