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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-01

LREADY there is a tendency on
~ the part of Democratic newspa-
4 a pers to explain unsatisfactory
business conditions by the broad
statement that war Is responsible"
Unquestionably the disturbance in Eu-
rope has had a serious effect on Amer
lean industry, but that must be merely
temporary and in the end the United
States must be the gamer in valume
of trade transacted But that the war
is entirely responsible for present con-
ditions is not true and there are plenty
of figures at hand to prove this.
Perhaps the most convincing proof
is the report of corporations that have
passed their dividends since the cleo
ton of President Wilson. Since Janu-
ary l, 1913, when business began to
show signs of slowing up, stockhold-
ers have suffered a loss of revenue
amounting to s75,O0O,OOO year. This
100000 has heretofore been paid
annually on an investment of $780,
600, 900, so that the return to the in
vestor, valuing stock at par, was 5
per cent. These figures include only
the larger corporations and doubtless
would be nearly doubled if all the
smaller concerns defaulting dividends
or bond interest were enumerated.
Our own Central Iron and Steel Com
pany is. for instance, among those not
included, but which was unable to
meet it's interest on outstanding bonds.
II fha he q
hundred of the larger corporations of
the country have either passed or re-
duced their dividends, of which seven
teen were railroads and the others in
dustrials. Less than twenty of these
have been reported since the war
started, and all of these because of
poor business conditions during the
past year, and not by reason of the
war.
When a company passes it's divi-
dends 1t means, usually, that its prop
critics have not been working steadily,
that 1t has not been paying out it's
usual volume of wages or making 9TH
er expenses that keep money In cir
culation. Thus 1t will be seen that
the loss in dividends of the hundred
corporations reported is only a very
small portion of the whole loss to the
country at large.
Also 1t will be noted that all of these
corporations began to fall back to the
dead weight" class as soon as 1t be-
came apparent that the Democrats
meant to put their free tariff and ex-
perimental business ideas into opera
ton. Isn't it fair then to charge this
loss up to the Democratic party?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-01

In a recent speech F. A. Vanderbilt
the distinguished New York banker.
observed that in matters of legislation
there is a disposition to throw expert
ence to the winds He must have had
the Washington administration in mind
when he further remarked: I'VE have
gotten far away from the conception of
the fathers of our Government in our
views regarding the relative balance of
it's three coordinate branches" There
is only one branch at Washington now,
and that is represented by the man in
the White House.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-01
Extension of the Capitol

AS soon as the Board of Commission
ers can be convened. the contract for
the extension of the State Capitol will
be given and work Immediately com
menced. Mr.. Simon, an architect of Har-
risburg, will be in charge of the erec-
ton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-01
THEIR OPPORTUNITY

tFrom the Lock Haven Express
BY the way. have you heard of any
of those militant suffragettes falling
over each other to enlist as nurses7
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-01
DO YOU KN0W9
That Harrisburg-m coils are
used in the icemaking plants
throughout the Philippines and in
Egypt?
GAsTRONOMICs

[From the Lancaster News.1
A good many of our French chefs
are deserting the frying-pan to get in
to the fire.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-01
IN HARRI SBURC Fifty
YEARS AGO TO-DAY
From the Telegraph OF Sept. /. 1851
New York Ex-GOvernOr

Ex-Governor Morgan, of New York,
and Governor Morrill,, of Maine, were
in this city yesterday. They have been
travelling over the States to observe the
progress of the recruiting, under the
call.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-01
OUR DAILY LAUGH
Out

Jimmy enga ged
to Gladys? Why, I
thought he and
Mabel had been
keeping company
ever since they
went to school to-
gether?"
quite right;
but she threw him
down hard. and
Gladys caught him
on the first
hounce
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-01
LEHIGH VALLEYS EXAMPLE

" N. JARVIS, vice-president in
K charge Of the freight traffic of
L As the Lehigh Valley Railroad, is
an enterprising man Instead
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-01

- TV0WIIH IITslI sdI dI UHe OF IWe haII
games a few days ago batting the air
and occasionally whanging his next
neighbor. He was hot in more senses
than one and his neighbors suffered.
too. He was very active and i'm some
of his gyrations he hit two people.
Finally he was asked what allied him.
Bees he replied tersely.
In your belfry?" was asked iocosely.
Nav. They're after this lolly pop
and I've been stung already and there
are four hanging around. 1 don't
know how to get rid of them"
Then one of the sufferers cast the
offending sugar affair far away.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-01
WAR AND BUSINESS

A LREADY there is a tendency on
V the part of Democratic newspa-
a pers to explain unsatisfactory
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-03
,WTTfl PHOTOGRAPHS FR0n 5c[NE5 m THE PLAY

poor, and would not listen to the ear
nest soul which tried to offer explana
tions.
A year passed. Broadway carried
three bank accounts, two Of them not
very large and seldom checked upon
The third was in New York's all-night
bank. He kept busy. 81 feel as IL
ought to see the sun rise often" he
explained. "Sunrises are SO beauti
full"
He seldom heard from Jonesville in
these days. Judge Spotswcod some
times wrote to him, his uncle never
For time he had endeavored to keep
UP a correspondence with the girls,
but this had languished through his
own exceeding occupation at more
pressing matters and Josie Richards
sorrowful conviction that he did not
tell her, In his brief, infrequent let.
ters. about all the girls whom he was
meeting in New York.
His first shock came when the ALL
Night bank wrote him a letter, asking
his to call and talk Of his account, and
this did not occur until four years
had vanished in the haze of Broad
ways lights. It made him sit straight
In his chair and blink ~ a cold dash
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-03

Robert Wallace was his guide, his
mentor and his friend for some four
weeks. After that he was his friend
and mentor, but resigned as guide, for
Broadway took the reins. He had a
passion and a genius for investigating
metropolitan affairs of lightsome ma.
ture. The business marts of Gotham
were offensive to him. He thought it
silly for mankind to waste It's time
In work and said so. The teeming fas.
cination Of the far sides of the town.
so dear to sociologists who love hu.
man nature best after it has sweated
or suffered Off It's varnish, found no
devotec In him; he could not under.
stand why entire families should live
IN huddled rooms on Essex street when
there were large apartments vacant In
the great hotel fiat house next door
to the vast mansion inhabited by Mrs.
Jack Gerard on Seventy-seccnd street.
Mrs. Jack Gerard was an old lady of
Incredible wealth, who tried to hold
Times hand In pause That she had
failed had been no fault OF hers or OF
the beauty parlors or cosmetic makers.
"Thcy would be so much more com
Portable II they would go where they
would have more room," jackson con.
tinued. in further comment on the very
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-03
HEN PRODUCTS MADE
RECORD DURING YEAR
Little Less Than Wheat in Value
and Better Than Oats
by Millions

The crop report for 1918, issued by
the United States Department. of
Agriculture the early part of the week,
puts the work of the busy American
hen in the running with all other
sources of revenue from the six mil
lion farms of this country.
In 1912 the poultry products Of this
country valued $570,00,000; in 1913,
$57S,000,000. For the past year the
value of the poultry products equal
three-f1fth the value of the cotton crop
proper.
In 1912 the poultry products were
the wheat crop of that year and in
1918, with the wheat crop the largest
In the history of the country, the value
of the poultry products was only SS2,-
100000 less than that of wheat.
The amount of the value of the 1913
poultry products exceeded the value of
the oats crop by-S1S4, 100000.
1t was more than ten times the
value of the wool crop. 1t was two
and one-half times as great as the
value of the potato crop.
This years report give no figures on
the value of farm livestock but in
1912 poultry and eggs exceeded the
value of the swine of the entire coun-
try by 100000; they exceeded in
value all the mules of the entire coun-
try by nearly S45,000,000, eaualed 20
per cent. of the value of all the milch
COWS and the figure also equalled quite
T3 per cent. of the farm value of all
"other cattle in the land.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-03
Second Perry Show
Will Attract Many

Duncannon is all ready for the Sec
ond annual exhibition of the Perry
County Poultry Association to be held
In that town next week. January to
8. inclusive. The entry list will close
tonight and there are indications that
double the number of birds will be ex-
hibited that were shown last year.
The official premium list of the as
ISOLATION shows plainly that the Perry
county organization is on the job. That
the business men of Perry county and
nearby territory have the interest of
the association at heart is shown by
the large amount of advertising car
ried in the catalogue. The association
has become member of the American
Poultry Association and announces
that marked catalogues will be mailed
January to those subscribing for
same. In fact the Perry countians are
running things much after the fashion
of the top notchers in the show busi-
ness and their enterprise deserves rec
ognition.
Many Harrisburg fanciers will at
tend the show at some time during
the week; 1t would be neighborly if
Harrisburg fanciers were to turn out
together on any evening that might
Nbe agreed upon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-03
POULTRY NEWS ITEMS
|NCUBATORS MAKE
THE BREEDERS WORK
Never Use a Cheap Machine as
They Are More Expen-
sive in the End

Plans now for the 1914 flock. Make
| it point to hatch early enough to
have pullets laying next Fall when the
price of eggs is high. May hens be
depended upon for early Matching?
Hardly The next best thing is to in
stall wooden hen," one that will in
cubate hundreds of eggs at one time
and show none of the perversity that
the feathered variety is apt to show at
any time.
Before installing incubators, one
must consider that the operator is not
relieved to any great extent. The
work becomes more exaeting than
with hens: the result depending very
much upon the operators good judg-
ment, and great amount of careful
regular attention, even with the best
of incubators. Do not invest any
money in cheaply constructed ma
chine. There are a great many good
machines on the market: in fact most
of the low-grade machines have been
forced off the market or improved.
When it comes to capacity, consider a
long time before purchasing small
machine. Nearly all incubator firms
manufacture small machines. not be-
cause they possess any special merit,
but because some people demand a
small one or none. There are no
great advantages in buying a so or 60
egg incubator. Incubators holding
from $50 to 200 eggs are most COM
monty used, but 4O0-egg capacity in
cubator will produce just as good re-
suits, with not a great deal more oil,
and only a little more labor. Some
machines will work well and hatch a
good per cent. of chickens under GER
tain favorable conditions. The ma
chine to buy, however, is the one that
will bring out all healthy chickens pos
sible, almost anywhere and at any time
with the least possible care. The
value of machine should not be
measured by f1ashy advertisements but
hv tho rostilfs
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-03

women"
"Limmin," said the Japanese, whe
had not mastered w's.
Lemons" Rankin granted. you're
almost right. never saw a man
more popular. He spends. his money
like he didn't care for it, and does II
we'll because that is the fact. He
doesn't care for 1t. I never saw q
human being who cared less. Why,
he never counts the money on his
dresser in the morning. Just throws
it there when he gets into bed, and"
The Japanese laughed merrily. "You
gettin lich!"
mo: you little heathen; only know
he does it, that Is all. I stack it up
for him. Sometimes he throws It all
about-that and his clothes and fur
niture. He's often merry that way.
He threw me about one night. A fine,
strong youth! thought 1t better not
to say much till he went to sleep, and
then, as crawled out from under the
bed, l had chance to see his arm.
&uito lhuoOuioi IL lb-JubL dB II Ielt
when he was joking with me-"
The next day. by chance. while visit.
ing the kitchen, Rankin had a sudden
inspiration. "I wonder If he is in
love" he pondered. THAT Mr.. Hen.
riot that l attended just before he
married that grass widow was as alb.
sent-minded-oh, quite absent-minded,
quite! Now, which one"
Rankin suddenly came to stand in
horror. Even to the small and very
yellow cook 1t was plain that tragic
thoughts had flashed into his mind.
Il wonder" he soliloquized II 1t
could possibly be that terrible Gerard
old woman. She's had her eye on him
ever since the first night that she got
a glimpse of him."
AS he spoke his master, as request.
ed. was talking with the first vice pres.
ident Of the bank. The man seemed
rather serious-minded. although on
that previous occasion when he had
marked the beginning of their &C.
quaintance. when Broadway had gone
to open his account with Just two
hundred thousand dollars. he had been
geniaIity itself.
A
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-03
'Leghorns Out of First
Place in Egg Contest

The eighth week of the Interna-
tional Egg Laying Contest at Storrs,
Conn, saw the Leghorns lose first
place. For the first three weeks after
the competition opened on November
/. Neale Bros. White Wyandottes from
Apponaug, r. l., held the lead, but
in the fourth week the Wyandottes
gave way to the White Leghorns of
Francis F. Lincolum, Mt Carmel.
Conn, which maintained the lead from
the fourth week until the eighth. The
honor of first place goes back again
to the Wyandottes, but this time to the
English pen owned by Tom Barron.
An unexpected development in the
eighth week of the contest was slight
slowing Of the pace, the net produc-
tion of 975 eggs for the week is a loss
of twenty-nine eggs as compared with
the proceeding week. This Is the first
week that has not shown steady
persistent gain in the egg yield since
the opening of the contest.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-03

from a seltzer bottle sometimes had
when he had needed It. Rankin, en-.
tering, asked him II he had a pain.
"You bet ! have" said he. "And
I'm afraid it's serious"
Shall I call doctor, sir?"
mo, call banker"
Rankin, puzzled, withdrew carefully.
He had learned to step with catlike
tread when he discovered that his
master was in serious mood. He had
no wish to anger him No butler In
the history of butling had ever had
a place so utterly ideal Pickings
plentiful; work trivial; all life had
been congenial for Rankin since he
had encountered Broadway Jones.
The day of the banks letter was the
first after he had reached New York
when Broadway did not go about his
gay and simple routine of up Broad.
way in the afternoon and down Broad
way at night, with movements so
timed that they mado long pauses near
the Circle and near Forty-second
street seem natural. He went home
before five.
When Rankin ventured to express
surprise at his return to the apart
ment at that hour, he snarled at him
go to the devil, Rankin!" he sug
gested when he fingered.
Yes. sir; thank you SIR" said Ran
kin and withdrew.
He reached the kitchen with a face
SO troubled that the Japanese boy, who
had sought domestic service here with
Judging from his wages) the com
mendable intention OF patriotically
sending home, each year, enough
American money to build a warshir
for his nations navy, showed interest
Wat fss matturr, Ranekeen?" the
sympathetic Oriental queried.
Il know men," said Rankin, "and II
didn't know that Mr.. Jones is really
millionaire-made 1t out Of chewing
gum, his family. I'm told should say
he was hard up"
The Japanese boy stared politely;
he did not understand at all.
OF course he's not hard up," Ran
kin continued. No hard-up man could
have sworn at me as he did just now
1T cant be money. SO it must bs
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-03
Properly Fed Hen Is
Egg-laying Machine

On the opening day of Farmers
Week at Pennsylvania State College,
Professor z. l.. Anthony used five fine
Guernsey cows from the college farm
to demonstrate the way to judge a
good dairy COW. "A COW must be con-
sidered as being nothing but a ma
chine to convert feed into milk, said
Professor Anthony.
Professor Anthony might have told
the thousand farmers assembled that
what he said of the COW applied equal
ly we'll to the hen. A hen should be
regarded as a machine to convert feed
into eggs. A hen bred to lay, that Is,
with the propensity to convert feed in
to eggs and not into fat will produce
eggs in direct proportion to the
amount of food she is able to digest
and assimilate. There is much in the
shape of a hen that will indicate
whether or not she is vigorously con-
stituted throughout. The hen that
does not or cannot consume large
quantities of food is Improbable in
variably. There are also chance heavy
eaters that are improbable because OF
lazy. inactive disposition "a born
! tendency to idleness and unproductive-
I ness
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-03
Effort to Prevent County
Controller Taking Office
.SbecidL 10 The TcIeerahh

Sunbury, Pa, Jan. 3.--Learning that
County Collector r-elect Aaron Raker,
of Shamokin, did not receive q COM
mission from Governor Tener, when
the commissioners for the recorder
prothonotary and justices in North
cumberland county arrived this week,
the old board of county auditors. who
claimed that they were legislated out
of office by the new controllers act
are preparing to have an injunction
served to prevent him from taking
office and auditing accounts next week
They claim that they have another au-
dit to make and that the court, by
law, must appoint them again to make
the 1913 audit
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-03
BETTER THAN SPANKING

Spanking does not cure children OF bed
vetting. There II constitutional cause
for this trouble. Mrs. M. Summers, BOZ
w, Notre Dame, Ind, will send free 10
any mother her successful homo treat
ment, with full instructions. Send no
money, but write her today II your chill
dren trouble you in this way. Don't
blame the child - the chances are 1t cant
help 1t. This treatment also cures adults
and aged people troubled with urine dim
sulties by day or night
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-03
Sunbury Trolley Car Gets
Mixed Up With Mummers
and Wins Prize of 30 Cents
Special TO The Telegraph

Sunbury, Pa, Jan. 3.-When a troll
ley car interfered with mummers'
parade at Sunbury on New Years day
and broke up the ranks temporarily,
the judges awarded it prize of thirty
cents. The car was designated as the
poorest float in line. The crew was
censured by the owners of the trolley
line when the judges made their an
nouncement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-03
TROLLEY CAR STRIKES AUTO
ShccidI 10 I

Special 10 The Telegraph
Sunbury Pa, Jan. 3.-The automo-
bile in which J. M. Stohler, a cloth
ing man, was riding, was struck by a
trolley car yesterday morning. His
car was damaged and he was injured
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-20
APPRAlSALS OF ESTATES

HENRY pAuER duly e. 1919. Net,
tio,1oo. THREE daughters are the Sensneisrlss.
Assets were Equity. 1884 IN 20ol Tiebout
81. e5b; mortgages and personality. Sl4.l6i.
ALBERT II. FROST Gan. q. 1912. Net
s29i ,55T. Mrs. Katherine q. Frost, widow
is given :sIis2, and George l.. Frost son son
posits, t4S.9I2; notes and personally. f5,31s;
stocks, 1le5, $50. and claims, s25.7l6. De
cedent owned 222 shares Frost Veneer Seat
Ing Co. Of Vermont, appraised at fA2s 42: 40
shares Frost's Veneer Seating Co. OF Wis
consin. ti4s,6S0; 100 shares MY. Veneer
Seating Co. OF ~ j.. S4,37s. and 10 shares
Earp-Thomas Farnogerin Co.. $3.50.
FRANK Il. PIERCE, an Assistant Corpo-
ration Counsel MAY 10, folD. Net, t17.0O3.
daughters are tho benehciartes. Assets were:
Deposits, ti.023; personally S54; stocks and
bonds. S23, lb5. and salary due. 1905. The
Largest holding OF stock was 100 shares Great
John +. o'C0NNELL May 8, 1919. Net,
sl2, 266. Catherine l.. OConnell. daughter,
Is given Sll.465. and the rest is given to
MRS BERTHA HUDELBERGER april
g. 1919. Net. S7Asi7. Debts were t32 s3s.
Joseph Hedelberger, husband. is given life
interest In Ses, 7e6 and the remainder and
the rest Of the estate passes to the five
daughters Of decedent. Assets were: Equity,
k2s. 750 In 5f to $50 West l47th ST.. ap-
praised at sfS5,OO0; equity, t44, 70S, in col
West nth ST.. appraised at $40, 900; equity.
tl4,465, In 3F West 44th St. valued at
| $40. 900: equity. 314 6s3. in $40 West 44th St.
valued at $40 600; deposits, 81. 1884; jeuelry
and personally, t6477, and stocks, tl'765.
JEANETTE II; BAGIGALUPG Gov 2e'
nephew. received, sIe.0Os: Clarissa L. Iud-
wig. not related S3.5eS: French Benevolent
Society G: New York. $1,000. and the rest
The assets wer- Life insurance, 5000;
mortgages, 3lO.Ge0. and deposits. 1861.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-20
KILLS NIECE IN RAGE
Fatal Quarrel Follows Acquit
tai of Man Girl Accused.

Maria Pcletter, seventeen years old
is dead, and her uncle, Luciano Pellet
teri, Of 306'a Mott ST., is dying in st.
Vinoent's Hospital as the result of a
quarrel brought about by proceedings
in the TombS Court yesterday. Indica-
tions are that Pelettcri shot his niece
and then turned the revolver on him
self, infiicting a bad wound in his
throat
Peletteri, his wife and niece had been
in court, where the girl appeared as
complainant against Adolfe Tutone,
who. she alleged, persuaded her some
time ago to leave her home. Tutone
was discharged, and bitter argument
took place among the Peletteris after
they had returned home. Discrepsn-
cies in the girls story were supposed
to have been the cause of the trouble.
Peletteri sent his wife out on an err
rand and Immediately afterward three
shots were heard. Patrolman Reilly
ran to the house and broke in the
door, finding the girl dead and Pellet
teri, with revolver in his hand,
wounded.