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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29
CHRISTMAS IN EUROPE

IT is pleasing to note that through
out all America there is running
the spirit of Christmas-the desire
to spread happiness on Christmas
day throughout the stricken homes OF
Europe. Already several shiploads OF
clothing, food, toys, etc, have been
accumulated and will soon be sent to
the unfortunates in Europe. Chicago
New York. Philadelphia are the head
quarters of that noble effort.
What a great thing it will be for
those mothers and children, made
husbandless and fatherless by the
dreadful war, to find on Christmas
they are not forgotten, but that the
greeting on that great day will be full
of cheer and plenty. And then it will
be known that the children of America
have sent this visible message of love
to the unfortunate ones. 1t will be
the flower of Christianity and it will
do more to unite humanity than all
the literature and diplomacy ever
brought out.
1t will be the gospel of good will
the only gospel that will ever unite
the nations in the holy bonds of peace
In the presence of this happy infiu-
ence, a dreadnought is a blood-curd-
ling Shrek.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29
A PLAIN ISSUE
PHILADELPHIA Inquirer I

philadelphia Inquirer
A strenuous attempt has been made
in Pennsylvania on behalf of the Dem
ocratic and Finn combination to be-
cloud the issue. The candidates have
striven to draw the attention to the
public away from the conditions that
confront the nation because of Demo-
cratic experimentation with it.
And no wonder. Near-free trade has
played havoc in Pennsylvania. 1t can
not be defended; it's dismal results
cannot be explained away. There is
no excuse to be offered for the failure
to give employment to everybody at
high wages; no excuse for the increas-
ing cost of living. And so the candi-
dates of the Republican opposition
have tried to escape condemnation by
resorting to personal abuse, to falsifi-
cation of the basest sort and to the
meanest of innuendoes.
Nevertheless, the issue is as plain as
day The President has made it SO.
His Cabinet members have made it
| so. Secretary Bryan so declared 1t
in his Brooklyn speech. The admins
tration has driven its theories through
Congress in the shape of laws. Its
belief is that these laws-low tariffs,
Iantiprotection, additional direct taxa
tion-are wise and just what the
country has been longing for. And the
administration parades its legislative
triumphs and expects of the publicly
that it will indorse them by its votes.
In brief, the lines are drawn be-
tween Democratic policies and Re-
publican principles-between near
free trade and protection-and there
| is no escape. from this direct issue.
Either the Democratic administra-
ton will ,be upheld, or it will not be.
Either Pennsylvania and the other
States viii sanction the work of the
Democratic Congress, or they will vote
to block further legislation of an eX-
perimental nature by supporting Re-
publican candidates
If it is desirable to put an end to
Democratic control there is precisely
one way to do it-defeat Democratic
candidates and elect Republican can
didates. There is and can be no 9TH
Iar
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29
UNUSUAL BUT PRAIsEwoRTHY

-HE heroine of this tale is to be
married this month and she will
/ make a good wife, there's no
doubt about it.
When bride and groom move into
their cozy fiat, they will have a hand
some outfit of bedroom furniture all
paid for by savings made by the young
couple during that usually expensive
period between the engagement and
the wedding.
And this is the way it came about:
For a while the young mans desire
to do everything he could to entertain
his fiance in the customary style was
uncurbed. There were auto rides,
theaters and after theater suppers,
flowers and candies galore-just the
kind of lavish attentions that would
quite turn the head of the average
girl.
But this was an unusually sensible
girl. So very soon she took her fiance
aside and said to him:
George, I've had enough of this eX-
travagance. Hereafter I'm going to
take the will for the deed almost every
time you propose some expensive
stunt You're to give me the money
you were planning to spend and I'll put
it into this little metal bank and on the
first of every month We'll take it to the
bank and deposit it in our fund to buy
furniture with when we start keeping
house"
OF course, George fell in readily
with the plan and they really got as
much pleasure from saving in this
way and anticipating the purchase of
things to add to the comfort and at
tractiveness of their future home as
they formerly had in wasting money
on a temporary good time"
And the substantial result is that
they have about $500 more in the bank
than they otherwise would have had
on launching their bark upon the
matrimonial sea and they did not give
up all good times either, by any
means.
How many girls in the enchanting
blue and gold days of their engage
ment think beyond the sunshine of
the present? 1t is hard to be calculat-
ing and practical when cupid Is in the
offing, when pulses bound with youth
and hope and romance is a real and
ever present thing. But the girl who
meets up as a bride with a lot of
costly presents and bare home will
be not nearly so happy in the long
run as she who helps her lover save
his pennies when he is inclined to be
recklessly extravagant.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29
PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT

A FTER an exhaustive inquiry in
"A to the number of unemployed
a n persons in Pennsylvania at this
time, John Price Jackson, the
Commissioners of Labor and Industry,
suggests that the cities of the State
should not only establish employment
agencies, but as far as expedient un-
dertake public works as a means of
affording relief.
This is precisely in line with the
argument that has frequently been ad-
vanced by the Telegraph in favoring
an active prosecution of all public
work as long as the weather will per-
init outdoor operations.
Officials of the Department of Labor
and Industry have discovered that the
number of unemployed is very large
and that the prospects of improve
ment are not encouraging. 1t has also
work has been started in a number of
the cities, such as street paving, sew
ers and similar undertakings, with a
view of relieving the deplorable condi-
tions.
During his investigations in Europe
this summer Commissioner Jackson
made a study of the Industrial situa-
ton. He states that in several of the
countries public work is being pushed
as an outlet for unemployed labor and
strongly urges the cities of Penn
sylvania to adopt this course. 1t is
pointed out that where new paving,
sewers or water pipes are to be laid,
1t is probably as economical for the
city to proceed with the work at once
and thus make available opportunities
of employment for those who have
been forced into idleness.
1t is creditable to the authorities OF
Harrisburg that they have adopted
this policy right along. Even now the
heads of the several departments are
energetically forcing the outdoor work
and will continue to do so as long as
weather conditions permit 1t is prob.
able that the work on the river front
the construction of pipe lines by the
Department of Public Safety, the in.
Istallation of new sewers, the work or
Paxton Creek and the grading and
splanting of the river slope will con-
ltinue for some weeks and every man
who can be employed ought to be
given the opportunity to work.
1t is also fortunate that the rail-
roads are going ahead with their big
undertakings in the southern section
of the city, Referring to Commission
er Jackson's conclusions, 1t has beer
suggested that by reason of the fact
that a man does not produce wher
idle. the unemployed are direct
Eoponomio loss. and 1t is altogether
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29

probable that prompt action of the
character suggested would not only
be a means of alleviating suffering.
but would also be a natural economy.
1t would seem possible for a muni-
cipal, county or State organization to
arrange their public works in such a
way during times of depression as to
provide for large proportion of un-
employed.
Commissioner jackson, in his talk
before the Federation of Pennsylvania
Women in Pittsburgh. made the state
ment that the municipalities of the
State might we'll inaugurate plan for
bringing the unemployed and the en-
ployers of labor in contact with each
other. This will not fully overcome
the distress, but will be a step in the
right direction.
1t is much more important to keep
the willing workers of any city en-
ployed on public undertakings than to
encourage relief agencies that would
not be so necessary should such a
policy be adopted.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29
POLITICAL SIDELICHTS

Wonder If McCormick's alleged
refusal to furnish unlimited dollars
to Democratic workers is to enable
him to give more to the Washington
party Golfers.
Also, wonder If McCormick's con-
tributions to the Washington party
State committee will be as big as his
contributions to the Democratic ma
chine.
State Chairman Morris has not
yet said how much of that $4,000
he admitted the Democrats had raised
had been given by the Mccormick
brothers.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says
that Mccormick must have been dis
appointed at the meetings held for him
in Philadelphia last night.
Palmer did not go very well in
Allentown last night. He tried to
explain the tariff.
Judging from some of the argu-
ments advanced in the Right of Way,
a sheet put out for political pur-
poses by men refused the right to tear
up State highways with big traction
engines, some one must have inter-
fered with their desire to have the
right of way.
"A nonpartisan" meeting will be
held tonight. Jim Stranahan and Art
Rupley will be among the speakers.
Dean Lewis must also be in the
"woolly lamb class. 1t will be re-
called that the dean did not know he
was on the Roosevelt Progressive
ticket, although nominated last May,
and that his name appears on the
ballot.
Judge Brumm must also be a
"woolly lamb" because he did not
make an affidavit to his withdrawal
as Bull Moose candidate, and is still
on the ballot.
Incidentally. Judge Brumm may
also be called a "woolly lamb" be-
cause he tried to make an affidavit
over a long distance telephone.
Senator Penrose spoke with old
time fire last night. 1t reminded one
of the days when he threw Finn out
of tho Ran1hIican Darty
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29
Plain Letters by a Plain Man

party which has possessed absolute
power in Washington for the last
two years, has shown not the faintest
symptom of a real understanding
of the needs of the people. 1t has
done nothing whatever for labor
and it's actions on the trusts and
the tariff have shown that it is not
fit to run the Government"
And here is what he said in a
formal statement given out at oys-
ter Bay, June 25, of the present
year:
The handling of our foreign af-
fairs by President Wilson and Sec
retary Bryan has been such as to
make the United States a figure of
fun in the international world. 1t
will be a grave wrong to the re-
public. q reflection upon the honor
of this nation in the past and
menace to its interests in the flu
ture If this Colombian treaty for
the belated payment of blackmail is
ratified at Washington"
1t was ratified at the command of
President Wilson. Can you expect
the admirers of Colonel Roosevelt
to vote for you representing out
worn principles" which he en-
phatically condemns, which their
own platform emphatically repudi-
ates?
In al1uding to some of the in
Vulnerable Democratic vagaries at
Washington, the Philadelphia
Ledger said recently: "Deliver the
land from the tribe of blather-
sixties
1t will be done. and the intel
1igent men of the Washington party
will contribute their full share in
the work. Think you the Irritation
with the Bull Moosers is a paying
one? Nay. verify; 1t is not
ONE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29
DO YOU KNOW ?
That Harrisburg Is one of the big
scrap iron distribution centers of
the State?
a FLAW IN THE PRIMARY LAW
TFrom the Philadelphia Bulletin

From the Philadelphia Bulletin
DR.. Brumbaughs pledge, in his
statement repudiating the rump Per
sonal Liberty" party ticket that If
elected Governor he will demand the
enactment of a law making ii abso-
lutely impossible hereafter for any
mans name to be placed upon a ballot
without his written consent" is in line
with a clause in the present primary
law which requires that every candi-
date before the primaries shall file
with his petition for u place on the
ballot a statement indicating his con-
sent to be candidate. But, through
which passed the act, failed to require
that the consent of candidates must
be obtained before their names could
be lawfully used on nominating pc
titiens circulated after the primaries
The law ought to be made clear on
this point, so that there could be no
misunderstanding or misrepresenting
candidates standing or alignment
politically. To leave any loophole of
the sort is to encourage chicanery and
maladroit manipulation of party col
ums and nominations. While it may
be necessary to permit the creation
of new parties to meet emergencies,
care should be taken to see that they
are not founded in false pretenses or
allowed to use any mans name with
out his specific authority.
In q State as large as PENNSYLVANIA
it is not surprising that there is oppor-
tunity to create nondescript or mug
wump tickets intended solely to serve
single interest by deceiving or mis-
leading the voters in the various dis
tricts and the chance to do this with
out the full knowledge and acqui-
escence of every candidate concerned
ought to be made remote.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29
PALMER AND DINNER PALS

[From the Mercer Dispatch.1
A. Mitchell Palmer, Democrat and
free trader, who aspires to a seat in the
United States Senate and thanks God
for wilson," declares there are no hard
times in Pennsylvania. He told a Mer-
Ger audience that he made the state
ment with authority as he had travelled
thousands of miles through the State
and had seen the wheels of industry
turning and the smoke of mills and fac
tories ascending. However, he likely
changed his mind since visiting the
of fourteen furnaces are in blast and
thousands of men are out of employ
ment If he has not, when the votes
cast on election day are counted he
doubtless will admit that there is one
section of Mercer county at least in
which the tariff and full dinner pals
are very live issues,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29

A sore throat is good breeding place
for Diphtheria germs. Protect your chill
dren by never neglecting Sore Throat.
You can wisely depend upon T0NSILiNE:
Give Tonsiline upon the trst appearance OF
Sore Throat don't give Diphtheria .
chance in that throat in its weakened con-
dition. When TONSILINE is swallowed it
comes directly in contact with the diseased
surface and induces healthy condi- ~
ton Of the membranes then the S<M
system can better defend the throat
if attacked BY Diphtheria germs. III
Keep TONSILINE in the house
where you can get it quick when "a
needed. 25c., SOC. and Sl.OO. -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29

Messrs. Vance C. Mccormick and A.
Mitchell Palmer,
Gentlemen:
1t is to be presumed that all ten
der-hearted people sympathize, to
some extent, with, you and your
Democratic party in your troubles.
But you brought them on YOUR
thought you could govern the, ma
tion wisely and well. But you have
failed-lamentably failed.
The Democratic party's sphere is
tearing down and producing chaos.
Any one can do that. 1t requires
intelligence and wise statesmanship
to build up, and the lack of those
qualities has caused the failure of
the Democratic party now; has al
ways caused it's failure in the past
when intrusted with power.
And then the nerve of the thing!
After making a dismal failure in
the nation, you want to spring the
ment on our dear old State.
And then you have other
troublesl In the hope of capturing
a few votes you have been trying
to stretch the donkey's hide over
the Bull Moose skeleton, and the
thing will not work.
During all the years of his Presi-
dency and since, your orators and
your newspapers have Followed
Colonel Roosevelt with unsparing
abuse. Now, in the hope that he
may have some faint words of ap-
proval for one of your candidates,
you are ready to beslobber him with
praise.
Here is what he said of your
party and the Wilson administra-
tion In a speech made during his
very recent Louisiana tour:
at is out of the question that
the old Democratic party, welded
to outworn principles of govern
ment. and dead and buried economic
theories, can never do real good,
North or South. The Democratic
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29
KIESS WILL WIN

NE1E WllllamSpOrC Gazette and
Bulletin is making a stiff fight
! for the reelection of Congress
man Edgar r. Kiess who, two
years ago, in an overwhelmingly
Democratic year, defeated William B.
Wilson, who has since become Secre-
tary of Labor in President Wilson's
Cabinet. The Fifteenth Congressional
District thus won unique distinction
at the same time that it was redeemed
to the Republican column after being
represented in Congress for six years
by a Democrat. The Fifteenth district
Is a strong protection district and
there seems to be little doubt of Kiess'
success. The Fifteenth district voters
will certainly serve their own inter-
ests by re-electing him. He made an
exceptionally good record in the Leg
islature and an equally good one in
the Sixty-third Congress thus far. not
withstandlng he is a minority men,
ber, and deserves reelection by a sub
stantial- vote, which the Telegraph
believes will be vouchsafed him.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29


voters in Harrisburg and this
i section who will read with
mingled feelings of disgust and
resentment this statement by Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General James
l. Blakslee while in Harrisburg yester-
day:
A. Mitchell Palmer is the only
nominee of any party in this state
who can and will carry the COM
mission of the people of Pennsyl-
vania into the United States Senate
without protest.
Having first been sold out to the
Democratic candidate for Governor
the honest third party men will be
tickled to death to know that Pal
mer, who refused to get out of the way
for Clifford Pinchot, lis the only nomi-
nee of any party in this State, who can
and will carry the commission of the
people OF Pennsylvania into the United
States Senate WITHOUT A PRO
TEST"
So the Democratic machine is not
only going to protest against the cleo
ton of Senator Penrose, but will also
kick on Mr.. Pinchot in the event oi
his election.
We suspect when the vote shall have
been counted next Tuesday night il
will be found that most of the third
party men have correctly interpreted
the Democratic proposals and abso-
lutely refused to pull the Democratic
chestnuts out of the fire
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29
IFI HAD MILLIONS
by Wing DinEer

II I had some millions of dollars,
/ hardly believe that I'd buy
A paper to boost my own virtues,
And soak other folks in the eye.
I don't believe I'd run for Governor,
And blow in some thousands of rocks
In order to help swell the total
OF votes in the big ballot box.
For where is the honor or glory
In votes that are cast just for payF
No, IL I had millions of dollars,
And running for office, I'd say:
II want you do your own thinking,
And pick out the man in the fray
Best fitted to safeguard your interests
Then dictates of conscience obey"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

DIR. j. William White, the Phila-
delphia surgeon, forwarded $3.50 for
the Belgian relief committee this week.
Captain Percy II. White, of Lock
Haven. has been elected president of
the Seventh Cavalry Association.
H. p. Hartley, of Beaver, has re-
turned from a trip to Europe.
-Ex-Judge DINNER Beeber, of Phila-
delphia, has returned from a visit to
Connecticut and is occupying his town
house in Philadelphia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29
STORY OF \ BOY

Worked on n farm--then In n saw
mill, and in his fathers store.
Swept n school for his authorizing
the bell for his board.
Began teaching when 16-COunty
Superintendent when %.
Entered u. of II. as a student when
2S-became member OF u. OF p.
faculty.
Made President of Juntata College
wrote books on education.
Appointed by President Mckinley a.
CommissiOner of Education of
Porto Rico.
Elected Superintendent of PhiladeI-
phia Schools.
Nominated for Governor by the Re-
pubIlcnns of Pennsylvania.
THAT'S BRUMBAUGH
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29

The busy little mud-slingers of the
Democratic machine have almost ex-
hausted themselves in their final eff
forts to besmirch the able candidate of
the Republican party for Governor. But
like all such campaigns, the mud has
only soiled the hands of those who
threw f.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29

Gray Wool Blankets, double bed
size, made of good clean wool yarns
in an attractive light shade of gray
with either blue or pink borders. A
$500 value. Special for Friday at,
per par '.''''.'.'..... $50 10
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29
''THE QUALITY STORE"
Worthwhile Savings
For Fridays Shoppers

EXTRA SPECIAI-Ladies' and
Misses Suits; small sizes-left over
from our special sale all good styles
and are made of the best quality
materials. Values from SIS TO
S22.5O. Special for Friday at
1895
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29
DIR. BRUMBAUGH's COMPANY

[From the Altoona Tribune.l
We hear that DR.. Brumbaugh is "in
bad company" Well. he was .nomi-
mated by 25S, 900 of his fellow citizens,
and we suspect they will be reinforced
by many additional thousands, making
it a pretty good company. after all.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29

Lot of tailored wash silk Waists;
excellent quality silk; black and
blue stripes on white grounds,
Regularly $3.25. Special for Fri
day at, each .&1 0S
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29

Remnants of curtain materials,
scrims and voiIes with or without
colored borders, curtain nets and
laces in good useful length. Spe-
cial for Friday mt ONE-HAIlF
PRICE.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29

White or ecru fancy curtain Iaces
all new designs-for long or short
curtains-all perfect; 25c quality.
Special for Friday at, per yard.
19c
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29

For these chilly mornings
shoulder shawls I'm red and black
plaids; worth csc and SIPS. Spe-
cial for Friday at ZSn
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29

Good, serviceable cOmfortables
covered with pretty chintz and filed
with pure white cotton; worth $1.00
regularly. Special for Friday at,
each ............'.. SIC
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29

White and ecru Wolfe Curtains
22 yards long, SO inches wide
buttonhOle edge - an excellent
bedroom curtain-very serviceabIe.
Regularly $1.5O. Special for Fri
day at per pair .....,...S1. .OO
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29

Children's Rubberized Raincoats
with hat 10 match--gray only;
sizes s. 10, ~. II. A S3.08 value.
Special for Friday at ....S2.9
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29

"BATES" and "TOILE DU
NORD" dress ginghams In school
dress lengths-sell everywhere at
121ac. Special for Friday at, per
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29

Ladies' fine Longcloth Drawers,
trimmed with fine embroidery
open and closed styles; worth soc.
~ 29c
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-29

THE ROUSER nickel alarm
clocks-intermitten aIarm-a reg
ular S2.25 value. Special for Fri
day at each ..'...'....'Sl. 80