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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-10
A NONPARTISAN CANDIDATE
N KUCH has been said of the nom
M partisan judgeship contest in
i = Pennsylvania this Fall, but

aas 9ssa sss Of ssa;ss sss s'% IN
4V = Pennsylvania this Fall, but
the only real nonpartisan can
didate in the field is Judge Kunkel,
nominee for the State Supreme court
bench.
This is true for several reasons. In
the first place Judge Kunkel was
nominated on a purely nonpartisan
basis. He made his appeal to all
parties and there never was thought
that he had the backing of any purely
political organization. He was nomi-
mated by the voters of all parties be-
cause they believed him to be the
best man for the place.
Secondly. Judge Kunkel was remov-
ed from partisan politics when he was
reelected to the Dauphm county
bench year ago on the first nonparti-
san ticket in the history of the judi
cial district. Not only that but he had
at that time the hearty support of the
men of every party in the field. which
is shown by the fact that while his
total vote was far in excess of any
party vote, not one ballot was cast
against him.
If the voters of Pennsylvania are
sincere in their desire to eliminate
partisan politics from their judicial
contests they can do no less than elect
Judge Kunkel in November.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-10
TEMPERATE SOLDIERS

~ ROBABLY the most noticeable
- feature of the war in Europe is
1 the effort of leading officers of
all the armies in the field to in
duce their soldiers to be temperate in
their habits.
For instance, Kitchener ranks liquor
with looting. He says in his instruc-
tions to soldiers: Abstain from liquor
and looting and be courteous to wo-
men, but not more than courteous"
General Ian Hamilton said: "Whis-
ky paralyzes the power and the life
of the finest and bravest troops in the
world"
Count Won Haeseler, of the German
army, asserts, THE soldier who alb
stains altogether is the best man. He
can accomplish more, march better,
and is a better soldier than the man
who drinks even moderately. Brandy
is the worst poison of all. Next to it
comes beer"
Sir Frederick Treves surgeon to the
late King Edward. said: "It is curious
that troops cannot work or march on
liquor"
Field Marshal Lord Methuen found
that "The regiments best in discipline.
in the field. and in barracks were
those regiments best known for fem
perance."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-10
AT THE WINDOW

What are you gazing at, Baby mine?
Your dear little eyes just sparkle and
shine,
And way meath their beautiful,
beautiful blue
The wonderful light of the sky's peep
ing thru.
What are you seeing up there, Baby
dear?
Is it Heaven itself that is coming so
near
over the tree-tops and over the hill
Right thru the star that is standing
so still?
know what you see in the sky, Baby
love,
Why your dear little eyes piece the
Heavens above:
'Tis Gods angels themselves, little
one, whom you see,
They are bending and lowering low
over thee.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-10
BRUMBAUGH is
NOT CATCHING FLIES

IF you vote for me for Gov
ernor. you will get me and not
somebody else. l will answer back
face to face and heart to heart to
the people of Pennsylvania who
voted me into office for every act
of mine while in office. l would
like to bury some of the black, mis-
cradle lies of this campaign and
face all the people honestly.
81 don't want to catch flies. In
my platform I wrote living prin-
ciples and presented them for the
purpose of catching men-catching
them in their conscience, in their
hearts-so that they would stand
up and fight for the right in Penn
sylvania. I ask you. regardless of
your party affiliations, to help us
to do that thing for this great
Commonwealth which we all love"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-10
DIR. BRUMBAUGH TALKS
OF THE SHORT WEIGHTS

DR.. Brumbaugh took up in the home
of the hard coal industry the subject
of short weights.
When man in Pennsylvania earns
a dollar, and lays it on the counters of
a neighboring store for food for his
loved one at home, it is the business of
the commonwealth to see to 1t that
he gets 100 cents worth of food for
his hard-earned money" he said. 1T
is absolutely essential that every form
of measurement used to determine the
quantity or the quality of his food
materials and supplies of our people
shall be so tested that everybody NAV
know that Pennsylvania gives an
honest weight and an honest measure.
ANY man in business in this Com
monwealth who, by short measure or
light weight, robs our people of that
which by law they have a right to en-
joy should be driven from business
ana refused permission to buy and sell
with the people of this Common
wealth."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-10
McCoRnCK's LABOR PLATFORM

Y JANICE C. Mccormick, in a cir
NJ cular, entitled "McCormick's
Labor Record" is trying to fool
the laboring man, and those
who sympathize with him. into the
belief that he is a friend of organized
labor and all that it stands for.
There has not been a more consist
ent foe of organized labor in Pennsyl-
vania than this same Vance C. Nc
Corn1iclk, and his easily accessible
record need only to be quoted to
prove It.
In his circular Mccormick says,
among other things
"I personally am in favor of organ
ized labor"
"I am in favor of a workman's
compensation and employers liability
act, which will properly compensate
the injured and care for the families
of men who have lost their lives''
These same sentiments appear in
the platform of DR.. Brumbaugh, but,
fortunately for the Republican candi-
date, he has no such anti-labor record
as has stained the reputation of his
opponent in the eyes of labor union
men.
If Mr.. Mccormick is personally
the friend of organized labor" as he
says, why did he ON THE MORNING
OF THE DAY he assumed proprietor
ship of the Patriot cause to he TAX EN-
FROM THE TOP OF THE EDI-
TORIAL PAGE OF THAT NEWS
PAPER THE UNION LABEL?
The Patriot was then union paper
and the union label had long flown
from it's masthead. But Mccormick
ordered it down as soon as he took
charge and it has been down ever
since. 1t is still down and will remain
down, for Mccormick is NOT SIN
CERE in his labor declarations. He
is playing for votes, that is all, as
laboring men will find If they are
foolish enough to believe his clap
trap.
If Mr.. Mccormick is friend of
labor why is it that he, soon after his
purchase of the Patriot, fought the
typographical union to standstill in a
strike that caused nearly all of the old
employees. some of whom had been at
work on the paper for years. to lose
their jobs?
If Mr.. Mccormick is friend of
organized labor why has he not recog-
nized the typographical union by
signing its scale? He is the only
newspaper proprietor in Harrisburg
who has refused to enter into a signed
contract with his workmen with re-
,spect to their wages and working con-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-10
THEIR WORK WE'LL DONE

T-HE work of the committees that
have had charge of the big fire.
y mems convention is almost com
plete. Only the finishing touches
remain to be put on the program of
the week The last of the departments
guests will go home this afternoon and
another State convention will have
become history. The gathering has
been a success in every respect, despite
the threatening attitude Of the weather
man and the differences that arose
during the preparations The tiremen
of the city showed themselves to be
big enough and broad enough to sink
all personal opinions in the success of
the celebration and they deserve full
credit for the splendid manner in
which the affair was conducted.
Only the men who did the actual
work know the extent of the burden
under which they have labored during
the past year. The detail of prepara-
ton involved endless planning and
numberless hours spent without
thought of personal remuneration.
These men have only the good words
of their fellows as pay and they de-
serve all that may be said.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-10
THEY LOST
by Wing Dinger

Get the broom and dustpan, too,
Bring 1t round my way,
Gently sweep me on the pan,
sThen throw me away.
Twas not ever thus, o, no,
For just yesterday
Nothing could have made me move
From my path astray.
Then l shouted all day long
Just for Connie Mack;
Got together all my coin
And with it did back
Comics team for the first game;
Gave odds. too, by heck.
Big l was-and then they lost;
To-day I'm but a speck.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-10

ditions. Why? Is it because he feels
in his heart any kindness toward
the union?
If Mr.. Mccormick is such a friend
of the workingman why is it that, as
Mayor of Harrisburg, he vetoed an
ordinance raising the wages of city
laborers from 10 to 16 2-3 cents an
hour? Did he think that 16 2-3 cents
an hour was too much for the laborer,
with the cost of living high and going
higher7
If he is in favor of workmens
compensation and employers liability
law, why has he not acted out their
principles in his own life? Didn't he
himself dodge behind the law when
the company in which he was one of
the controlling owners was sued in
the Cambria county courts by the
widow of a miner killed because it is
said the construction of the mine in
which he worked was defective? If
Mccormick believes in a law ito
properly compensate the families of
men who have lost their lives" why
did he not turn over to this poor
widow few of the thousands of dol
lars that have since been spent in a
reckless attempt to foist himself upon
the State as it's Governor, instead of
making her fight for the few paltry
hundreds that those responsible for
her husbands death were finally COM
PEELED to give her?
Let the laboring man answer these
few questions for himself and then
let him compare his conclusions with
the sentiments of DR.. Brumbaugh on
the same subject as expressed by him
at Blairsville last night and published
elsewhere in the Telegraph to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-10
LETTING IN THE SUNSHINE

r TNOSTENTATIOUSLY, so quietly
that thousands of people had
~ little or no knowledge of the
work being done, the Roberta
Disbrow Lloyd Sunshine Society of
this city, has been bringing happiness
into hundreds of Harrisburg homes
throughout the year.
The modest statement of the annual
report of so many old, sick and Grip
pied children cared for, tells but little
of the real value of such an organiza-
ton in any community. Figures can
not set forth the encouragement, the
hope, and the sunshine let into the
souls of the poor, the needy and the
manned by the many kind acts of the
women who are doing His work on the
earth.
Such charity needs no commenda-
ton; it speaks for itself.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-10
OUR DAILY LAUGH
HARD or THE
TRANSGHES-
SOR.

'.I would hate
to die on such q
hot day."
cit wouldn't be
m u Z h of g
change, W o u l d
it2"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-10

The cost of funerals is going up, the
New Jersey Undertakers' Association
announces. If by doing business by
wholesale it can be done cheaper
then the European war ought to
bring the funeral cost down.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-10

The pure food show proposed for the
coming week is to be commended. We
hope the promoters will not forget the
important fact of impressing upon
the consumer the thought Of using. so
far as possible, only American-made
products,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-10

Virginia man reports killing. a
blacksnake nine feet two inches in
length. The fact that Virginia is now
a Prohibition State seems to have no
effect in the snake stories.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-10

The firemen's parade demonstrated
one thing If nothing more-that Har-
risburg can build some mighty nifty
looking fire apparatus.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-10

It isn't much wonder that the betting
men are placing their wagers on DR..
Brumbaugh at two to one. Recent
events indicate beyond any question
the triumphant election of Brumbsugh
and the whole Republican ticket.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-10

Never mind one defeat. Remember
Plank halls from Gettysburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-10

That Chamber of Commerce idea for
pageant and river carnival next year
in celebration of the completion of the
public Improvement scheme sounds
good. Let's all get busy with it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-10

Boston is the town that put the bend
in Bender.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-10
PITY THE POET

boy, you ought
to know better
than beg from a
poet"
please, sir, fa-
ther is an essay
ist."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-09-25

weaZel in the presence Of a stately
game-cock You might whip their
craven backs into blisters, and they
would be the same cold, crawling.
skulking, cat-like enemy.
Scott, as you know, says he will pay
no attention to the skirmishes occur
ring constantly, but go on perfecting
his plans of operation. We should beat
him down at his own game. We al
ready have troops in the field sufficient
to take care Of more than half a mil
lion of the foe. The commissary gen.
eral of the forces in Virginia, deals out
rations for nearly two hundred thous-
and soldiers: and along the Mississip-
pi, at Pensacola and along the border
of Arkansas and Missouri, we number
fully as many more.
1t is not an over estimate to say that
the south has 100000 men in the field;
and these are equal to twice their
number, contending on their own soil
for their homes and firesides, for all
that is loved and precious on earth,
and receiving laid and comfort" of
thousands of Kings Mountain boys
who all over the south will spring to
arms at any moment, as the men Of
Wautauga did to chastise the invader.
This struggle may come-the blindness
and infatuation Of our enemies may
bring it on-but woe indeed to those
who get into the Businesses Of our
mountains or the wilderness of our
seashore!
Yet much may and should be done
now. In time Of peace-and it is COM
parative peace now to the desolating
strife which our foe would bring
against us:-"in time Of peace, prepare
for war;" Every man, woman and child
at the south, should be nerved at heart
and active of hand, to meet the ext
gencies Of long. prostrating and ruin
GUS contest. Let no hope or prospect
of speedy peace-if there can be any
now-unstring a single nerve or mus
Gle. You know that we have contended
all along that the way to make this
war as short and bloodless as possible,
is for everybody to show practically
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-09-25

the indomitability and self-sacrifce OF
our forefathers. The ladies of Virginia
have made a move in the right direc-
ton. They are organizing in various
parts Of the state, Ladies' Soldiers Aid
Societies, and have received contribu-
tions as far south as Georgia. They
employ nurses for the military hospi-
tails, contribute that endless variety or
little things which women alone know
how to get up for the comfort of SICK
soldiers; and thus add moral power and
devotion to our cause, while they are
removing the saddest and most heart
rending scenes of the camp life, and
shedding over the history of these times
a new and enchanting radiance. Every
we'll, no less than sick soldier when
the winter comes on, will need two
we'll made suits of thick, twilled red
flannel. Why may not every town and
community organize a society to make
these garments-both for the body and
limbs-and create a general store
house from which the volunteer can
make his purchases? He has neither
the time nor opportunity to attend to
these things; and unless those at home
see to them, he must suffer and suffer
severely. Thousands of our volunteers
gathered from the workshop, store
room and even school house, unused to
exposure, to hail and snow and rain,
day and night during the winter sea-
son must go down before the fell blade
of pneumonia or rheumatism, or neu-
ralgia, unless attended to. Myriads of
warm wooden socks will be needed, and
can be sold at high price. We mere
ly throw out the hint; everybody will
be capable of seeing it's force and i'm
proving upon it. There is no time for
delay Let no one eat any idle bread
until the craven foe is driven from our
soil, and brought to terms of peace.
The hallowed hold of mother upon
the affections Of her children is per-
haps nowhere more touchingly dis
played, than in some Of the scenes-and
the saddest of sceneS-through which
the soldier has to pass. Love begets
love, and well may the mothers of the
south who have watched many a sleep
less night over her boy only as death
less love could watch, feel now an in
ward and sustaining satisfaction that
their loved ideas" are treasured up in
the most sacred places Of the heart, by
those who are far away. Especially
when prostrated on his mat of straw
and perhaps dying, does the volunteer
feel that unutterable intensity Of affec-
ton which only the name of mother
and the remembrance Of almost un-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-09-25
Would Have a Water Macon.

John Boyle, Washington newspaper
man, has written letter to Represen-
tative Underwood, the Democratic
leader protesting against the proposed
increase in the taxes on beer and
whisky. Mr.. Boyle wrote that we
drinkers are already paying more
than our share" to keep the govern
ment going and he urged that a tax Of
s. head be levied on "the water wa
gOn boys"
Tax the prohibitionists IS a head"
wrote Mr.. Boyle. This would yield
s15O,OOO,OOO which would be sufficient
revenue to meet the falling Off in reve-
nues incident to the European war.
I'VE drinkers pay sS year apiece
while the water wagon boys are only
paying 50 a year. Democracy de-
mands equal taxes for all."-Wash-
ington dispatch to n. Y. Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-09-25
Joseph Rodgers, a 19-ye;

...". Joseph Rodgers, 19-year old
boy, of Shamokin, Pa, dropped dead
while dancing at his fathers we'd
ding celebration, Saturday. -. Money
order branches of the postoffices
aboard naval vessels will be estab-
lished in October, according
nouncement made by Secretary Dan
iels e. . Nearly 5000 American tour
lists who have hitherto been unable to
leave Europe, landed in New York on
Campbell of Johnson City, Tenn, was
killed last week by a negro whom
he attempted to arrest on charge
of selling whisky. ... Frank Chance,
the veteran manager of the New
York American league baseball team,
- decided to retire from baseball.
.....A Somerset, Pa, grand jury
on Saturday. returned a true bill
against Henry G. Kramer, a black
smith. charged with killing w. II.
Timpsey. because the latter tore
down line fence. Emperor Mich
oils of Russia, has authorized the
adoption of a new national flag,
symbolizing closer union between
himself and his people. The flag
will combine the imperial arms and
national colOrS. ... The Federal re-
serve board on Saturday approved
the bankers plan for $1O0,0OO,OOO
gold fund to meet American Obliga-
tions to Europe. The sovereign
grand lodge. Independent Order of
odd Fellows is in session in Atlantic
City y. J...... Mrs. Frank Leslie.
widow of the famous publisher died
in a New York hotel, Saturday. ....
Speaker Champ Clark and Democrat
ic Leader Underwood have each
bought bale of cotton at ten cents.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-09-25

earthly sweetness and care could in
spire.
We were yesterday permitted the
mournful pleasure of conducting the
funeral escort of fine and upright
comrade in arms from Alabama. He
had the measles, was convalescent,
when he took cold, which ran into ty-
phoid pneumonia; and after week of
great suffering, during which he was
often raving, and far away from his
friends and home. While raving he
imagined back
by the streams where his child
hoods feet had strayed!"
And would call for a horse to ride to
his mother who, he said. lis just over
there" He would complain that they
kept him from her when she was so
near by; and almost wept to feel the
dear familiar" touches Of that hand
which could soothe any pain, and make
the dying pillow soft as down. We laid
him beneath a large oak on a hill; and
wrote on the humble stone at his head:
"Steene, Alabama, 1861" We felt that
1t was an Alabama to him; for good
evidences were given that he was at
rest.-Yet to the living who laid his
body in the tomb, it was sad-oh! how
sad-to reflect that no kindred eyes
looked down into his as they closed
forever; that he was buried by strange
hands in a strange land that the grave
yard by the church would never re-
ceive his body; and that the delicate,
tasteful and sacred testimonials Of
living affection would never beautify
his place Of rest.
Our health is good. A son Of Gen.
Wallace Of Union, lies very low; but
we believe there is no other serious
case. We are living we'll. The sun is
exceedingly oppressive during the mid
hours of day. We have frequent show
ers, and the wheat harvest Of Virginia,
North Carolina, also), is truly magni-
ficent. By the way, tell our much val
ued friend, Maj. Smith, to pay US
visit, and his delight in looking at fine
wheat will be complete.
Our good people at home need not
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-09-25
WILD GEESE HIS GUESTS
Canadian Feeds and Tames Instead OF
kiIInu Fowls.

That wild geese are shrewd enough
to know friend from foe and that If
you throw handful Of feed at them
instead of thimbleful of shot" they
will lose their fear Of man and make
their home within stones throw Of
human habita tions has been clearly
demonstrated Oy the experiments OF
John T. Miner of Kingsville, Essex
county, Ontario.
The history Of the growth Of this
flock furnishes an interesting exam
pie of what can be done to tame wild
birds. In 1904 Mr.. Miner obtained
seven wild geese, clipped their wings
and placed them on his pond as de-
coys, but wild geese were so scarce
that it was four years before any 9TH
ers joined them.
In the spring Of 1908, II came, the
following year 32 and in 1910 as many
as $50 Since that time they have been
too numerous to give any exact esti-
mate, but probably about 1000 may be
found on the premises at a time. Since
1911 no shooting whatever has been
INDUCED in within the reserve. BY
moving the feed by degrees the geese
have been coaxed to come right up to
the house
Wild ducks also frequent the pond,
and some Of these have been identified
by aluminium bands bearing Mr.. Mi
ners address. BY means Of these he
has established the fact that they re-
turn to his place every spring, or if
they fail to return, he has been able
to learn what happened to them. One
was shot as far away as Paris, KY.
Those that return nest in the neigh
borhood and bring up their young be-
fore again migrating.
Mr.. Miners experiments are strik-
ing illustration of how casy it would
be to conserve the migrating bird life
of this continent if only refugees were
provided where the birds could re-
main for short time unmolested dur
ing their seasonal flights To their
breedings grounds and back again.