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The Washington herald., 1914-02-22
ITALY NAMES ENVOY TO FAIR,
siEnor Nathan, Former Mayor Of
Rome. Appointed Commixsioner.

Rome. Feb. 2l.-signor Nathan. former
mayor OF Rome. was today appointed
Italian commissioner to the Panama EI-
position.
This is tantamount to an official an
nouncement that Italy will participate in
the fair.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
GOOD ROADS PROFTTs

T is gratifying to note the activities
of the State Highway Department
in the matter of road repair work
since the release of the automobile
license funds. The regrettable thing is
that this money was not available in
the early Spring, when it would have
gone much farther tnan in the pres
ent badly worn condition of the high
ways.
The importance of having the roads
smooth and hard during the late sum-
mer and Fall months, when crops are
being hauled to market, is shown in a
recent report of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture of studies
made in Virginia. Conditions in Spot
sylvania county were investigated with
particular care and the results have
proved surprising. In 1909 the county
voted 100000 to improve forty miles
of roads. Two years after the compile
ton of this work the railroad took
away in twelve months from Fred
ericksburg, the county seat, 1900
tons of agricultural and forest prod
ucts hauled over the highways to
that town. Before the Improvement
of the roads this total was only 49,
900 tons annually; in other words. the
quantity of the countys produce had
risen more than 4 5 per cent. Still
more interesting, however, is the in
crease shown in the quantity of the
dairy products. In 1909 these amount
ed to 114,s15 pounds; in 1911 to 273,-
O2s pounds. an increase of practically
140 per cent in two years. In the
same time shipments of wheat had in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17

creased SO per cent, tobacco 81 per
cent, and lumber and other forest
products As per cent.
In the past two years the traffic
studies of the federal experts show
that approximately an average of 65,-
600 tons of outgoing products were
hauled over the improved roads In
the county, an average distance of
eight miles. or a total of $4,000 ton
miles" Before the roads were i'm
proved it was estimated that the aver
age cost of hauling was 20 cents a
ton mile" after the improvement
this fell to IL cents a ton mile" or a
saving of cents. A saving of s cents
per mile on $4,000 "ton-miles" is
SAL, 900 a year. The countys invest
ment of 100000 in other words re-
turns a dividend of 40 per cent. an
nually.
Because this saving, in cases of this
character, does not take the form of
cash put directly into the farmers
pocket there is a widespread tendency
to believe that it is fictitious profit.
while as a matter of fact 1t is Just as
real a source of profit as the increase
in the price of wheat
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
RELEASING THE HIGHWAY FUND
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph

Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
Having exhausted all the resources
of the law for delay and defeated at
every point, the Auditor General and
State Treasurer have been compelled
to honor the requisition of the High
Way Commissioner on the fund derived
from automobile licenses, as was in
tended by act of the Legislature.
This money, which amounts to more
than a million dollars this year, was
set aside by the Legislature for the
repair and maintenance of the State
highways, and all through the spring
and summer the use of 1t has been
greatly needed. Complaints of the bad
condition of roads have come from
many sections of the State, and the
Highway Department has been held to
blame.
The fault did not belong there. The
money was in the Treasury, and had
been appropriated, but the Auditor
General declined to pay 1t over on the
reuuisition of the Highway Depart
ment, ignoring the advice of the Attor-
ney General and forcing the matter
into court. When the Dauphin County
Court decided against him he took an
appeal to the Supreme Court, and
asked for a supersedeas, which would
have held up the money until the Su-
preme Court could render an opinion,
several months hence.
AS the supersedeas was denied there
was nothing else to do but pay over
the money, and the Highway Depart
ment has lost no time in getting men
busy on work that ought to have been
done months ago, and would have been
had 1t not been for this hold-up OF
the appropriation to the public injury.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
FLINN'S FUSION
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times,

Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
If there is anything that has been
dinned into the ears of the American
voter with particular emphasis by
Colonel Roosevelt and other high
priestsof the Progressive party it is the
importance of standing for distinctive
principles rather than for the mere
expediency which catches votes and
makes possible the election of candi-
dates. This is not the sort of politics,
however, that appeals to the eminently
practical, If not unscrupulous, William
Finn, chief fugleman for the Bull
Moose in Pennsylvania. Hence his
plotting and conspiring to bring about
fusion between the Washington and
Democratic parties in this state. For
the lavish thousands of dollars that he
invested in Armageddon two years ago
Mr.. Finn got few loaves and fishes
and no contracts. If by combination
with the party which Colonel Roose-
Velt declares has proved its incapacity
and has brought depression to industry
and distress to all business, and es-
pecially to the farmer and wage
worker. it is feasible for Mr.. Finn to
land a few more friendly folks in
office, and thus win something con-
crete instead of the unsubstantial pres.
tige of defeat out of all this turmoil
then the imperishable principles OF
Progressivism can go hang!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
POLITICAL SIDEICHTS

A few months ago Ryan was a
crook. Now he is wanted as a life
saver.
The Coma conference does not ap-
pear to have cut much figure in
Democratic affairs
And here's Doc Hoslins threaten
ing to eat up State Chairman Morris
after all these years.
The State Democracy appears to
be as badly split as the Dauphin
Democracy generally is in an impor-
tant campaign.
-Pinchot is now said to have ac-
cepted Washington as his residence at
a conservation conference in that city
in 1913.
No wonder the President had in
digestion yesterday. He must have
heard the news from the Democratic
Congressmen's meeting.
That Philadelphia mint appoint
ment does not appear to have left a
good odor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
ABUSE OF AUTHORITY

oh! 1t is excellent
To have giants strength; but 1t is
tyrannous
To use 1t like a giant.
Could great men thunder
AS Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er
be quiet:
For every pelting petty officer
Would use his heaven for thunder
Nothing but thunder Merciful Heaven!
Thou rather, with thy sharp and sui
phurous bolt
Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled
oak,
Than the soft myrtle; but man, proud
man,
Drest in a little brief authority
Most ignorant of what he's most assur-
ed,
His CLASSY essence-1ike an angry ape,
Plays such fantastic tricks before high
heaven,
As make the angels weep; who with
our spleens,
Would all themselves laugh mortal
Shakespeare in Measure for Measu-
ure."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
a. BOOKS and "a
MA n MAGAZINES MNH
HSN AAru-rp So N GNAAtya

The Smart Set for August is full of
breezy, piquant reading. There is a
very unusual novelette, by w. L..
George, THE Twenty three Days of
NaZimov." A one-act play, Some
Mischief Still" by Joyce Kilmer, is a
clever take-off of some of the vagares
of idle women of the day. Freeman
Tilden fires some pointed shafts of
satire at investors in unsound stocks
in his story Wildcats" George Jean
Nathan describes in his regular dra-
matte department the best one-act
plays he saw in London and Paris,
and besides contributes a delicious
burlesque on the French spoken by
American tourists. Richard LIE CAL
lienne's essay, THE Shows of Yester-
year" reminisces delightfully."- of the
glories of a romantic past. There is
also a story by Dom Byrne, a married.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

John w. Miles, chief of the Will
Transport fire department, has adopt
ed plan of sending in test fire alarms
every day.
Samuel Wilson is the new secre-
tary of the Johnstown Chamber of
Commerce. He has been long en-
gagged in such work in other cities.
j. Lee Plummer, county solicitor
of Blair, will respond to the address
of welcome to the meeting of the as
sociation of county commissioners at
Erie.
B. F. Chase, the new consul at
Fiume, Austria, is resident of Clear
field and has been in the diplomatic
service for some time.
j. NJ. Henry, well-known Penn
sylvania railroad man in the western
end, is on the sick list.
John A. Fairman, commander of
the Pennsylvania G. A. r., is one of
the new inspectors of the Western
penitentiary.
e. T. Stotesbury, the banker, has
returned from Europe and gone to
Maine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
INCREASING EXPENSES

JUST what the cities of the United
States over 10000 in population
are doing with their money is
shown in an interesting census re-
port recently issued. According to this
report the cost of government in mu-
inequalities of this class has advanced
33 per cent, or from $13.02 per capita
to $1734. Thirty-two cents of this in
crease was for police protection
20 cents for fire protection, and $1.41
for education. The remainder of the
increase went for such things as health
and sanitation, Fairgrounds, parks.
municipal improvements, and so on.
Ordinarily such increases might not
be looked upon with pleasure; but in
view of the fact that nearly all the
increases went toward better living
conditions and education, perhaps 1t
is not so bad that municipal taxes are
higher now than they used to be.
Certainly we in Harrisburg have been
getting our moneys worth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
WHEN THE FOLKS ARE AWAY
BY Wing Dinger

When all the family goes away
And leaves you home alone,
It's we'll enough to shout "hurrah,'
But there's a different tone
When you come to the house at night
That's been shut up all day,
And in hot and stuffy room
You're forced to hit the hay.
When you go out to work you can't
Leave windows open wide,
Lest it should rain before nightfaH
And ruin things inside.
So all day long the sun SHINES down
And in it's own sweet way
Prepares an oven hot for you
In which to hit the hay.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17

"HE Saturday Evening Post, in
dependent In politics. but long {
= supporter of President Wilson
in many of his undertakings
has at last turned on the Administra
ton.
Its advice to Congress is to go hom,
and take a rest.
1t intimates that the President anC
the legislators he holds so securely un
der his thumb are both suffering from
self lfhypnosis are fitting at windmill:
and totally incapable in their presen
Heluded state of mind of seeing things
is they really are. Says the Post:
Power begets a false air. Hardly
anybody dares tell a Napoleon an
unpleasant truth. 1t is far more
profitable to tell him what he
wishes to hear That the Presi-
misled is demonstrable by going
back no further than last January,
when Mr.. Wilson assured Congress
that business men generally were
quite ready to take the Democratic
antitrust program to their bosoms.
OF late, representative business
organizations and individuals all
over the country have been protest
ing against the enactment of that
program and begging Congress to
go home. There can be no reason
judgment of America" for which
Mr.. Wilson assumed to speak in
January, regards the Administra-
tons antitrust measures as crude.
confused. ill-advised and mischiev-
Gus, but in the many and widely
dispersed expressions OF that optn-
ion Washington inclines to see only
conspiracy, presumably Matched
in Wall Street.
ton needs a rest. When men get
into such a state that they can ac-
count for a disagreement with them
only by imputing a sinister motive
for 1T. they need repose and fresh
The disagreeable truth is that the
antitrust measures. provoke alarm
in representative business circles.
If Congress is too far out of touch
with the country to realize this, it
needs to go home. Virtually it has
been In continuous session since
March. 1913-in the false air of the
capital, where whatever the lead
ers Judge to be eXpedent for the
party is taken as. tantamount to
prompt adjournment is the best
and most useful measure Congress
can adopt.
many newspapers, including the Tele,
graph.
Big business does need regulation
but not in the haphazard hit-or- miss
kill-or-cure manner proposed by Presi.
dent Wilson. He has done nothing tc
help business and much to hurt 4
since he took office. The best thine
that could happen, as the Post says
would be to have Congress- go home
for a long rest and, we might add, give
the President a month or two in which
to improve his golf form.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
THE CLEANLY AUToIsT

He should keep all robes clean. all
busters clean, all wells clean, all gloves
clean, all wraps clean and all gar
ments clean. This is more essential
than to have clean, shiny motor car.
When returning from a tour the safest
way is to call Compton's at once and
then you will be ready for the next
trip. Compton cleans clothes clean.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17

This last pic
ture explains it
self, that is, If
you're half a s
b r | 6 b t a 8 " Q
think. We con-
clude that she
made q business
of altering maps.
Goodnight
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
PATIENCE is EXHAUSTED

~ Is Perfectly eNlueHI TO tnoSe WHO
are able to diagnose political con-
= ditions that the Democratic party
in this State is divided into two
hostile camps-one dominated by the
and Mccormick, and the other con-
/ trolled by the working Democrats who
are usually referred to in a con-
temptuous manner by their rivals as
the bipartisan gangsters."
Absence of teamwork in the party
has been evident for some weeks, and
what is true of the machine in Penn
| sylvania is likewise true of the whole
Democratic organization throughout
the country. President Wilson. for in
stance, says there is no business de-
preston, while Mayor Mitchell, of New
York city, gives the great business de-
preston as his reason for urging
economy upon the Board of Estimate.
There is the same lack of harmony in
Congress and wherever Democrats get
together.
fected the public attitude toward the
Democratic party under it's present
leadership as the absolute Indifference
of the President and those who ap-
plaud him to the earnest protests of
businessmen against the foolish course
of the Administration in it's legislative
nagging.
1t has not been forgotten that
Throughout the campaign resulting in
the election of President Wilson assur-
ances were given from the candidate
| himself, and down the line that no
action would be taken which would
be antagonistic to legitimate business
How we'll this promise has been full
filled manufacturers and businessmen
are best qualified to speak.
The Daily State Gazette of Trenton.
in a dispassionate review of present
conditions, says:
It cannot be truthfully said that
the manufacturers and wage earn
ers in the city of Trenton are as
prosperous as they were a year ago
and yet they are not bowling ca
to be satisfied with what they have
and confidently clinging to the hope
that some of the promises made to
them by President Wilson and the
members of Congress will be kept
sooner or later. There Is every in
dication that the people will show
that their patience has been ex-
hausted along about next Novem-
her.
Here in Pennsylvania it is no longer
a serious question as to what will
happen in November-the election of
the Republican ticket is a foregone
conclusion-but it is a question of
how long the Administration at Wash
ington is going to continue the har-
RAISING of the business and industrial
interests of the nation.
A. Mitchell Palmer, the choice of
the President for United States SEN
ator from Pennsylvania, insists on
every occasion that after the program
of antitrust legislation and a few
other radical measures shall have been
enacted everything will be lovely. And
this sort of tommyrot is echoed by
Mccormick, the other of the White
House twins. But the voters are no
longer blind to the situation. They
are ready now to register their YER
dict, and the third of November
cannot come too soon to please most
of them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
POPULAR WITH LADIES

A laundry must deliver the goods
to please the ladies', otherwise it will
not retain its popularity very long.
Clothes must be returned without in
jury to fabric and properly washed,
starched and ironed. If you want to
see what a fine work we do on the
dainty summer dresses, try the Troy.
Either phone will bring our wagon.
Hoffman & Schooley, Proprietors.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
A NEW SET OF HANDS

On your watch or clock, or the re-
placing of a broken spring, and the
repairing and cleaning of watches or
clocks is a speciality with us. Expert
watchmakers with training and expert
ence in repairing and adjusting the
finest of railroad time pieces qualities
US to solicit your repair work with
confidence of pleasing you. w. r. At
kinson. 1423h North Third street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
THE INTERPRETER

GFrom July Lippincott's.
1t is to be expected, perhaps, that
babies will become brighter and
brighter as the human raue progresses
in intellectual development
He is such a clever little dear" the
fond mother explained. "He had never
been told what flowers We're, but the
moment he saw them he said, 'bwobs -
Really! And what does 'bwobs'
mean?" inquired the caller.
why, flowers, of course"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17

Huerta is out. But has that solved
the Mexican muddle? The Wilson ad-
ministration is back of the Constitu-
tionalists. When they take charge in
Mexico City what improvement will
there be? Is Villa any better than
Huerta? Mr. Bryan congratulates the
President on the successful consum-
nation of his Mexican policy" He
might well have withheld his congratu-
lations for a few weeks.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17

life story of strong emotions by Atkin.
son Kimball, a humorous story of two
old maids in Paris by Herman Marcus,
psychic story by Henry c. Rowland,
a clever sketch on The Barefoot Boy"
by Hildegarde Hawthorne and some
excellent verse.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
Business L4,caIs
A STITCH IN TIME

saves nine. This applies to your shoes
as we'll. Don't let them get all run
down or ripped up at the heel, and
welts worn through. Send them to us
for the proverbial first stitch and 1t
won't be necessary for the other nine
City Shoe Repairing Company, S17
Strawberry street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17

The plot thick
ems. The man is
q artist-a illus
traitor, in other
words. He hears
the call of his
calling. (Illus-
traitors are not
bad at heart).
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
ncnef,cinI Frost servIce

GFrom the Lancaster New Era.1
The establishment of a frost warn
ing service in Lancaster county, which
Bureau res IS at the request Of Coneressma SIS 4,
Griest, will be of great value to the
farrners and fruit-raisers
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17

Attorney General McReynolds says he
will not prosecute the New Haven di-
rectors until the pending case con-
cludes." Which gives them all splendid
opportunity for a peaceful old age.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17

1t used to be the general belief that
Cinnamon were fond of rats, but in
view of the fact that China last year
exported nearly 100000 pounds of
hair. Cinnamon will be excused If they
believe the shoe is on the other foot.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17

Did y'ever see
a illustrator a t
work-that is, II
you call 1t work.
AS a matter Of
fact, they usually
work while they
are sitting down
resting.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
YOU ARE NOT BUYING
PRUDENTLY

If you purchase a piano or a player
piano without first investigating the
values at the ]. H. Troup Music
House, Is South Market Square.-Ad-
Iyertisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17

Histi Note the
elegant shine on
the shoe just ap-
pearing in I h Q
picture. A Is o
listen to NJ a e
reading.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
OVER THE STATE
Ont Along the pike

TFTOm Inc 1OrK DISpatCh.I
Times change. The fact that Bryan
C'ha9tamaua t ~ Lecture struck three 6itS
editors of as many York papers as an
ordinary item of what is known as
country correspondence.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
IN HARRI SBURC Fifty
YEARS AGO TO-DAY

tF'rom the Telegraph of July IT. 1851
River Low
The river is said to be lower at pres
ent than 1t has been at any time with
in the last two or three years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
Get A,vny with snniIs

washington, July 16. We learn that
the rebels, in leaving this vicinity, sent
most of their spoils through Rockville,
on Tuesday
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
The Drought I'm Kcntuckv

TINrOm the Columbia Daily News1
Although they didn't contemplate
doing So Kentucky agriculturists are
doing good deal of dry farming this
summer
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17

For a man who doesn't want the
nomination himself, the Colonel is GER
tainly calling those who do want the
job hard names.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
Of fHE CIVIL var
tFrom the Telegraph of July II, 1864. /
Not Pursuing Rebels

IouIsv1IIe, July I6. = There has been
no pursuit of the rebels, and no ad-
vance from the banks of the Chatta-
hoochie toward Atlanta.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
OUR DAILY LAUGH

Sitting by the
seashore. NJ : Q
reads q popular
thriller.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17

You will see
that the foot was
part of a man
(any old man for
the time being).
And dye notice
what Macs read
ingf Yum-Yum! |!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17

The p1CnIc 20 be held by the Lutheran
congregations and Sunday schools, OF
this city, will be held at Derry. on We'd
nesdaN.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17
THE POST AND WILSON

-HE Saturday Evening Post in
dependent in politics, but long
= supporter of President Wilson
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17

Published every evening (sxcept sun
day). at the Telegraph Building ]i0
Federal Square.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-03

and
10000 crossed the
rPu
question asked by Great
uhe neutrality of Belgium
who's neutrality England feels bound guarantee
which yesterday
to
troops rushed the the invading columns
bound frenn
being strict censorship
Konprnzzes
to
shipped York Lon
don and bat
tie
would be
of
to the
heard
| censorship allowed
censorship O to
Daily Mail teegraphed hi
pan
conflict refusal with her
! in Servia.
land an sea in nreadines for