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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-01
POLITICAL SIDELICHTS

Everyone wants rest after the
primary.
John j. Murphy, a Philadelphia
legislative candidate, is being called
a tri-partisan. He is on three tickets.
-Pinchot has resumed his tour of
counties.
philadelphia Republican candi-
dates appear to be bagging Washing
ton legislative nominations.
John Matt was not extravagant
with the campaign funds anyway.
The time for filing expense ac-
counts is on the home-stretch.
Some interesting expense ac-
counts are yet to come.
One of these days the Democratic
county committee will meet to re-elect
Herr Moeslein.
&C. Fl. Tyson is a candidate for
Orphans Court judge in Berks.
Senator Grow will be reelected
Republican State chairman If he
wants it.
The Roosevelt blast did not have
as much to say about Pennsylvania as
some Bull Moosers desired.
Dan Hart may find there is a
good bit of difference between get.
ting a majority and getting a State
committee seat.
Judge Trexler got 1851 votes in
Lehigh county and hardly any other
candidate for Superior Court figured
at all.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-01
THE ARLINGTON EPISODE

~ RIVEN by the indignation of a
patriotic people, President Will
- son at the last minute appeared
at Arlington on Saturday and
made brief speech at the memorial
exercises of the Grand Army of the
Republic. His apologists are still en-
deavoring to explain that his only
purpose in going to the national ceme-
terry was to prevent any misconstruc-
ton of his previous refusal to partici-
pate in the ceremonies. Like the Pres
ident himself these apologists may
Imagine that the people do not un-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-01
SWAT! SWAT! SWAT!
BY Wing Dinger

What is that banging, cracking sound
That falls upon my ear,
It's surely not the rifles of
The Mexicans 1 hear?
In office. home and elsewhere
1 hear it en- all sides;
I'm sure that something awful
To something now betides.
Aha, at last l have it. y
Someone has raised the cry,
"The seasons on, begin now
To swat the deadly fly"
Get out your little swatter
And open keep your eye,
Miss not an opportunity
To swat the deadly fly.
Forget not that this pest is
BY far your deadliest foe,
Be always on the lookout
To deal deadly blow.
So swat the fly in morning.
And swat him, too, at night,
Between times also swat him
Wheneer he comes in sight.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-01
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Major M. A. Gherst, the Reading
banker, spoke at Darby before an or
ganization named for him.
A. B. Johnson, of the Baldwin
Locomotive Works, says that the ex-
port business must be built up.
DR.. Brumbaugh said in Philadel-
phia on Saturday that the nation
which neglects its heroes is beginning
to decay
DIR. E. e. Sparks. of State College.
spoke at the Johnstown Y NJ. C. A.
dedication.
Joseph B. Mccall. of the Phila-
delphia Electric, is host to mapv WIS.,
iting electrical men this week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-01

Colonel Roosevelts attack upon the
Democratic administration as his last
word before leaving for Spain has given
the Democrats plenty to think about.
He speaks of the widespread appre-
hension among the people, the pinch
of poverty in many households, the
continued high cost of living and the
unsatisfactory conditions which have
been brought about through Demo-
cratic laundering at Washington and
indicates pretty clearly that the Wilson
administration has been colossal
failure. This will not be pleasant read
ing for the reorganization element in
Pennsylvania, which had hoped to
climb into power with the aid and sup
port of the Colonel.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-01
A TEMPERANCE MOVE
[From the Lebanon News. ]

The movie show" as popular insti-
tuition is not a passing craze. 1t has
come to stay One of the most notable
features of the century is the increase
of motion picture theaters. They have
been educational as well as entertaining
and If sometimes thew have featured
harmful and Objectionable phases of life
and not with the show people. More
than the imposition of any prohibitive
ordinance could effect, they have struck
at the drinking habit and attracted tens
of thousands of dimes and nickels from
the bar to the box office
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-01
Business Locals
A SMART BOOT

Whether you want them to stand
or walk in, to dance in or talk in, we
have faultless footwear for all occa-
sions, but you never wore a more
handsome, graceful boot with your
inc white buckskin pumps with ivory
soles. at So. Jerauld Shoe Company,
$40 Market street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-01

work. and every day they ask me
When the papers arrived this
morning containing the Presidents
manufacturers l went out in front
of the factory and read to the crowd
of unemployed that their troubles
Were purely psye6ol9gicai MY ny
couldn't feed his family on psyche
logical bread.
You wouldn't dare print what the
others said, nor what think.
From coast to coast the protest
against the Presidents course is in
creasing in volume and Colonel Roose-
velt fired this broadside as he sailed
away for Spain:
There is widespread apprehen-
st sion among our su,. people; The pinch pinch
hold. We cannot ignore the condi-
tions which have brought about this
state of things. The cost Of living
has not been reduced. Not the
slightest progress has been made in
solving the trust question. 1t has
been shown that the reduction of
the tariff in no shape or way helps
toward this solution.
The economic conditions are such
that business is in jeopardy; the
small buslnes man, the farmer and
the industrial wage worker are all
suffering because of these condi-
tions.
Workingmen, businessmen, profes-
sional men. all classes and conditions
Of men, are fast learning the truth
that Woodrow Wilson is not equipped
by experience or temperament for the
big job of directing the affairs of the
United States
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-01
VERIFYING THE "MUCKRAKER"
rFrom the Altoona Gazette. I

For some reason Mr.. Mellen has be-
come very talkative. He continues, to
pose as the scapegoat for the sins of
others, but he no longer hides behind
a pail of impenetrable reticence. He
is making revelations. Incidentally,
Mr., Mellen tells about the money spent
in subsidizing newspapers and legis-
latures and other folks. On the whole
he is confirming many of the hardest
accusations of the probers Of other
days. And he is also showing that the
downfall of men of the class he repre-
sents cannot come too soon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-01
Cavalry to Leave
MEMORIAL DAY EMBLEM
IFrom the Lancaster News

[From the Lancaster News.1
Representative w. w. Griests sug-
gestion, embodied in resolution which
he introduced in the House last week.
that a Memorial Day emblem consist
of tri-color be generally adopted. ought
to strike a responsive chord Memorial
Day takes on additional significance
with each year and it probably will not
Ing veterans of the Civil War and their
sons to wear the emblem. And with
these to set the pace the rest of the
men and even the women can be per-
suaded to adopt the custom.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-01
PSYCHOLOGY" IN BUSINESS
[From the Philadelphia Evening Bulle

tin.J
President Wilson Is largely right
when he says that the present depres-
sion of business Is psychological" ;"
Business conditions in the United
States properly may be described as a
ing more than that, but the fact does
not render the situation any less seri-
Gus. Fear may be wholly psychologi-
cal phenomenon. but its consequences
gers were actual and accomplished.
The President also is right in his
judgment that nothing is more danger
Gus for business than uncertainty, but
it does not appear to be evident to his
mind that the policy for which his ad-
ministration- has been sponsor and on
which he is insisting at the present
moment, is contributing to the present
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-01
"THEY ALSO SERVE"
From the Pittston Gazette.1

[From the Pittston Gazette
That the honors of war do not fall
alone to those who serve on the field
of battle is attested by the unveiling Of
a memorial in st. Louis to Carl Schurz.
DIR. Emil Preetorious and Carl Daen-
zer. German-American newspaper ed
itors, who, in st. Louis, during the
Civil War. directed their influence both
to save Missouri to the Union and to
uphold the Union cause generally.
Those familiar with the patriotic rec
ord of these wartime editors will
readily agree that the hon)r to their
memory is worthily bestowed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-01
MWGSf Gf R41RssTSHE&S E&SAR

lF'rom the Telegraph of June 1, 1851
Grant Repulses Enemy
Washington, May al - A dispatch
from General Grant. dated O'clock this
morning, at Harris Store. has Just
enemy came over on our left. last even
ing, and attacked us. They were easily
repulsed and with considerable loss"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-01

;, Washington, May 81. = The following
ulspaLch has been received from Gem
eraI Butler: Yesterday all day heavy
firing was heard in the direction Of
Mechanlcsville; six refugees from Rich
mond report that Grant is on Mechan-
mond."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-01
IN HARRISBURG Fifty
YEARS AGO TO-DAY

[From the Telegraph of June 1, 1851
TO Hold Picnic
A picnic and cotillion are announc-
ed to take place on Friday and Saturday
of this week.
Cavalry to Leave
The Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry
Regiment was expected to leave for the
army in the Southwest to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-01

fearful state of mind which chains
business enterprise throughout the
cor \ y and to the uncertainty which
ke y business in fear and trembling.
1ie tariff law. the new currency law,
the sherman antitrust law defined and
MADE enective by the courts, are GER
tainties with which business must con-
Gsrn Ths nstso Itself, but these are not feared.
sponsible for the hesitation of business
enterprise and the. consequent depres-
sion sl,, is the uncertainty as to Presiden.
w Wilson's program of experimental anti
trust legislation, the underlined power to
re ne vested In yet unnamed Interstate
1ira hirade Commission. the ambiguity of a
Dlii winch proposes to endow the labor
unions with special privilege in exemp-
eion from the antitrust laws, the terror
oI revival of undertaking staged for
paigns.
The President holds the kew to the
psgychological situation in the industry
ana ana commerce of the United States. He
can can. sn relieve il the state of mind or in
crease It's tension, as he shall call a halt
on agitation and legislation at Wash
lnston, or shall insist on his policies
a against ga the united prayer of industry
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-01

Published every evening Except sun
day). at the Telegraph Building SIo
Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-01
SAVING AND SPENDING

Nv IE condemn the failure of the
M Democratic administration tc
W. fulfill its promise to "lowe1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-01

~ USINESS men of the United States
x will not be surprised at anything
- President Wilson may say or do
The Washington times., 1914-06-24
THE DEBATE IS ON

Two eminent citizens of Philadel-
phia appeared yesterday before the
Commission on Industrial Relations
and presented their views about the
problem of capital and labor and the
social aspects thereto related. They
were Mayor Blankenburg, reform
er of the practical kind, and John
Wanamaker, merchant prince, man
of great affairs, practical publicist,
and somewhat a specialist in i'm
portant transportation questions.
These two men have had training
that should equip them for judgment
of much more than ordinary value.
Therefore, their answers to certain
questions that were asked contain a
special interest.
Mr.. .Wanamaker, who, as Post
master General, initiated the real
agitation in this country for parcel
post, declared that he decidedly and
unqualifedly favored public owner
ship of public utilities.
He included in that not only the
municipal utilities, as street cars,
gas, and the like, but also the rail-
roads. OF these he urged Govern
ment ownership; and he observed, as
an incidental reason, that if the Gov
ernment owned the railroads it
would be able to provide penny first
class postage at once.
When Mayor Blankenburg went
on the stand he was asked about
public ownership of public utilities,
and replied that it was "a pretty
theory"-but one to which he could
not subscribe at present. He thought
it would be a grave risk to under
take it; and he illustrated this risk
by recalling the fact that the city
Of Philadelphia once owned its gas
works, and that it got into politics,
and was finally sold by the city to
private company.
Thus, two men found in the ex-
periences Of Philadelphia arguments
that led them to precisely opposite
conclusions! Mr.. Blankenburg
thought the town disposed of its gas
works because it was incapable of
running them properly. Mr.. Wana-
maker thought the town ought to
have kept its gas works and ought
to own all the rest of its public
utilities.
Such wide diversities of opinion
between men who have lived in the
same community, studying the same
set of manifestations. illustrate the
The Washington times., 1914-06-24

pigness of the problem that the
country is now facing. 1t is going
to command more and more the at
tention of cities and of the nation
until it is settled. At the very out
set there is needed 4 better knowl-
edge of the facts surrounding it. Mr..
Wanamaker and Mayor Blarkenburg
could not possibly differ so funda-
mentally in their conclusions if they
were agreed about the facts. They
have Goth lived through the affairs
of the Philadelphia gas works. They
are both honest men. Yet they
reach diametrically opposite conclu-
sions as to the merits in that affair.
Facts, and yet more facts, the yery
best and especially the newest in
formation on all phases of this whole
problem must be given to the pub
lie in order that it may reach its own
decision.
The Washington times., 1914-06-24
THE BALL TEAM'SRETURN

Leaving here less than a month
ago in the very vortex of the battle
for baseball's highest honors, the
Nationals are back today after hav-
ing experienced their most disap-
pointing trip since the modern era
of diamond affairs dawned on Wash
ington.
They have been defeated, but not
routed; they have disappointed, but
they have not been disgraced, and
the men who travelled with them in
the roles of correspondents are
unanimous in declaring that the
spirit of the team has not been
broken; to the players the feeling
that seems uppermost is that the
real fight has just started.
Through all their trials and tribu-
lations the Griffmen have not yielded
as much ground as is generally
thought True, they are no longer
runners-up or leaders. Still, they
are not out of the fight. The diff
ference between fourth place and the
top is comparatively small, consid-
ering the time yet to go, and it is
not too much to ask the fans who
so royalty supported the men in
their hours Of triumph to abide with
them now. A week or two of the
same speed as the team was showing
when it started on what developed
into an ill-starred tour will put the
team up where it was before taking
to the road.
1t is not too much to ask the loyal
legion to keep the faith, to remain
as steadfast now as it did during the
earlier stages, when the Nationals
were commanding the admiration Of
the whole baseball sphere. The Ma
tionals will either once more storm
their way back, or will disappoint
those who have followed them clos
est in. their long fight
The Washington times., 1914-06-24
THE AMERICA.

Now that it is assured that the
heavier-than-air flight over the At
antic is actually to be Undertaken,
interest is centering on the remark
able craft and the determined men
Who propose to make the great ef-
tort. That the America, as the huge
Curtiss plane has been named, is
an American-built craft throughout
Is an occasion OF much satisfaction.
In its earliest tests the America
has justified all the hopes enter
aimed of it. Yesterday it few and
sailed over the lake at Hammonds-
port in a fashion that thoroughly
leased Lieutenant Porte, who will
pe in command for the great fight.
1t is doubtless true that the effort
at a forty-hour fight is, in the
resent state of aeronautic knowl-
cdCe and construction, most ven
turesome attempt. But if the ocean
S ever to be crossed through the
air, the first attempt must be made
sone time; and, as it has been def
nitely determined that this season
and this craft shall mark the initial
rial, everybody will earnestly hope
Tor the success that would mark a
splendid forward step in the new art.
The Washington times., 1914-06-24
ON LINCOLN HIGHWAY.

President Wilson'S Endorsement of
the plan to include Baltimore and
Washington in the route of the Lin
coin Memorial highway ought to
settle that question in the affirma-
tive, as it probably will. The ex-
clusion of the National Capital from
the highway, when it can be included
so easily, was an absurdity anyhow.
and Washington in this case means
Baltimore as well.
There is sound sense, moreover, In
Mr.. Wilson's view that the highway
should extend below Mason and Dix
on's line. Not only have the old Sec
'ional hatreds disappeared in this
country, but the South's view of Lin
coln has suffered a notable transfor-
nation. No Lincoln memorial that
vas a sectional memorial wholly
could typify adequately 20 the world
this reunited nations appreciation
Of the martyred President.
The Washington times., 1914-06-24

to use the Normal School gymnac
sium. which was greatly appreciate
ed, a. a full attendance Indicated
Place of Supervised Play.
Six Of the boys belonging to ths
club are members OF the baseball
team of the school which won sew.
enteen straight games and are the
champions of the District schools
The last meeting of the season was
held few weeks ago. when the boys
invited their parents and girl frienda
A large number were present en-
Joying old-fashioned games. dancing.
singing and refreshments; empha-
sizing the fact that the school house
is happy meeting place.
The Importance of supervised play
In a child's life, especially the city
realize that he Is handicapped By
crowded surroundings and danger.
Gus streets and cannot give express
sion to free play and exercise. Il
II q mistaken idea among many that
II Is only the poor or slum child
that needs Fairgrounds All chill
drsn: rich and and poor; are very poor
space. and they are rich II they can
be directed to play fair and well By
instructors trained for that pur-
pose. Wishing to avoid for their
children the idleness that comes with
the long vacation, parents in the
vicinity Of Monroe and Petworth
Schools assisted in raising money to
open both Fairgrounds this summer.
In all the preliminary work in
which have been engaged, due ac-
acknowledgement must be given to the
hearty cooperation and assistance
of the teachers, parents and chill
dren.
AS chairman of a playground COM
mittee. much time was devoted last
year In an effort to have action
taken on the bill now before Con-
gress for the wider use of the school
house. Another matter worked on
and we had hoped could be arranged
was the necessity for unifying the
playground systems, namely, the
Federal. Municipal and School, IN
order to avoid duplication of work,
and develop school Fairgrounds not
adjacent to those under municipal
control.
The Washington times., 1914-06-24
BUENOS AYRES.

On the heels of Colonel Roose-
velt's confident prediction of the
greatness of South America comes
the announcement from Buenos
Ayres that the census of that city
shows it to have a population Of
ll560,1 This figure, Of course, is
not expected to amaze the citizen
Of New York, who counts his own
city in fiat millions, but it may sur
prise him to know that the new fig
ures from the Argentine capital
how that Buenos Ayres is growing
faster than any of the other really
big cities of the world.
In 1900 Buenos Ayres had a popu-
lstion of only 82l,29l. BY adding
1882 souls in fourteen years, it
hows an increase of approximately
50 per cent for period in which
New York, hitherto the wonder city
ior growth, gained about 63 per
cent.
Buenos Ayres is now as large a
city as New York was twenty years
ago, before the consolidation. 1t
mas almost as large population as
The Washington times., 1914-06-24
Ways of Thrift
The work for these thrift COMMITTEES.

The work for these thrift committe.,
Is summarized as follows:
Urge school gardening to continue III.
summer months. pupils to get the
profits OF their own crops.
Urge definite attention to thrift in
the class room In the public school
Urge that school saving banks be pro-
vided for the earnings OF pupils rather
than for money they can beg from 9TH
ers.
Encourage simplicity in dress in the
public schools. particularly at COM
systematic the Investigation Of goods
that are sold by local merchants and
prevent adulterations. short weights
and short measure.
Encourage home gardens by prizes
and contests, not alone for flowers and
beauty, but best results in growIng
fresh vegetables for their tables.
Encourage canning Of fruits and vege-
tables by having 1t systematically
taught to the girls in the schools. This
the housewives new ideas and better
standards. Thrift committees win have
cooperation from the Bureau or plant
Industry of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, and will supply a
link now missing in the organization of
boys and girls club work by that bu-
reau.
means therefor
Encourage personal marketing and
cash buying. hold meetings of retail
ers and their customers to illuminate
the added cost of hand-to-mouth,
eleventh-hour ordering by telephone.
unreasonable demands for deliveries
etc.
Aid and encourage saving, vacation
funds and thrift clubs in big establish
ments under unquestionable security.
Expose wildcat investment schemes
that attempt to exchange Autographed
certificates for real money
Study the merit of cooperative dis
tribution on the Rochdale plan for local
condition and expose fake co-opera-
tive schemes.
The Washington times., 1914-06-24

quiry. He believes that public own
ership of the plant, at least for light
ing streets and public buildings, is
the correct solution.
Philadelphia, it should be kept in
mind, does not present nearly so bad
a case as does Washington. In this
town the excessive charges imposed
by the electric monopoly become the
profits of an excessively capitalized
street railway corporation that owns
the electric company. Thus the
street car and the lighting business
are hopelessly inter-related, and the
situation is so serious that determined
effort has been made to end this in
terlocking control. Whether it can
be done legally is close question,
though Congress has specifically di-
rected it.
But whether this can be accom-
plished or not, the problem is by
no means past solution in the public
interest. There is vastly more ur-
gent reason for public ownership in
this town than in Philadelphia, for
public ownership would insure the
development of the Great Falls
power as a public enterprise, and
would give Washington the cheapest,
instead of the dearest: electric
power enjoyed by any large city in
the East.
The Washington times., 1914-06-24
Mr.. HILLES' PROPHECY.

The Hon. Charles D. Hilles, chair
man of the Republican national
committee, has surveyed with due
care the national political field, and
announces that the Republicans will
have 222 members of the next House
Of Representatives.
This leaves only 213 for the Demo
rats.
Mr.. Hilles' forecast would be
more satisfying to Republicans and
more terrifying to Democrats if it
we're not so freshly in mind that on
the Saturday before election in 1912
this same Mr.. Hilles statistically
demonstrated how William Howard
Taft would poll a majority of the
electoral votes of the country.
Thereafter Mr.. Taft polled eight
Of them.