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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
THAT NoN-PARTusAN CLAUSE

FUDGE VAN SWEARING EN-. has
decided that the non-partisan
clause of the Clark third class city
act, under which Harrisburg is oper-
ating, is legal. But declaring a law
constitutional and making it effective
are two vastly different matters. The
nonpartisan clause of the Clark act
was a farce from the beginning and
promises to be so until human nature
and party politics are both consider
ably changed for the better. This is
not pleasant conclusion, but it is
justified by the facts as they have
been developed in the past two years.
Take Harrisburg for example. The
election that resulted in the choice OF
three Republicans and one Democrat
to act in conjunction with a Demo-
cratic mayor as a city council was
political from start to finish, and the
city has not for a moment been per-
mitted to forget that council stands
three to two, with party politics as a
dominating factor. The result has
been anything but satisfactory. AS
OLtSu udppSHS III SuCn cases the con-
structive forces of the legislative body
have lain with the majority. The
three Republicans have stood shoulder
to shoulder for the completion of pub
lie Improvements, for the reduction of
water rates and the advancement of
the city in general. But at every turn
they have faced an obstinate and sell
fish opposition fathered by effort of
the two Democratic members, led by
the mayor, to make Democratic poll
teal capital at the expense of the
majority members. 1t has been con-
tinually construction We. obstruction.
This has gone even to the point of
holding up public improvements at a
time when they are on the very verge
of completion and has been mani
Tested in a dozen other ways.
In November a new commission is
to be elected for the absurdly short
term of two years and politics bids
fair to enter into it quite as much as
1t did in 1913. Judge Van Swearingen
has declared the nonpartisan clause
constitutional, but who is going to en-
force it?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
THE STORY OF PAXTON CREEK
Shiny Filth-Filled Stream of Bygone Years Now a
Straight, Clean Concrete Gutter

The sluggish, tortuous, Shiny, fifth
filled stream of by-gone years will be
recalled with more than ordinary force
by Council, members of the Board of
Public Works and engineers Wednes-
day morning when official inspection
OF the newly improvec I'axron creek
is made.
The stream of to-day flows swiftly
through straight, clean concrete
gutter, open to the sun and the air
throughout the entire length of the
city.
For years Paxton creek was a regu-
lar summer stamping ground for
mosquitoes and frogs, and even snakes
loafed along the banks. Now frogs
can't even get a good toe-hold on the
shores, the snakes have quit and
crawled away in disgust, and as for
mosquitoes-they haven't even half a
chance.
Up until as late as three years ago
the unsavory condition of Paxton
creek was a real menace to the Sec
ton of the city through which it
flowed. Even after the big intercept
tor sewer that parallels the stream
was put into service to carry off the
sewage that formerly drained into~the
creek. the unsatisfactory mosquito
breeding conditions continued. al
though the absence of the house
drainage helped some.
Prior to the construction of the in
terceptor however, the city felt the
effects of the slow-winding stream
through the town; ana that condition
had existed for years. Newspapers of
more than a hundred years ago tell of
the deplorable condition of the stream
and of how 1T threatened the health
of a whole city.
Way Back in 1893
Way back in 1913 during those dark
days in which yellow fever ragged so
terribly in Philadelphia, many Har-
risburg citizens were stricken with a
mysterious ailment that had many of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
GET a TRANSFER

If you are on the Gloomy Line,
Get a transfer.
If you are inclined to fret and pine,
Get transfer.
Get of the track of Doubt and Gloom;
Get on a Sunshine train; there's room.
Get a transfer.
If you are on the Worry Train,
Get a transfer.
You must not stay there and complain;
Get a transfer
The Cheerful Cars are passing
through,
And there's lots of room for you.
Get a transfer.
If you are on the Grouchy Track,
Get a transfer.
Just take a Happy Special back;
Get a transfer.
Jump on the train and pull the rope
That lands you at the station Hope.
Get a transfer.
The Booster.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30

the symptoms Of the dreaded yellow
plague. However it was not diagnosed
as such and it was decided that tho
curious illness was a severe form of
malarial fever. And Paxton creek and
the big mill dam that oDstructed the
stream short distance below Hem
lock street were blamed for helping
to breed the diseases.
The dam and mill were owned by
Peter and Abraham Lands and after
couple of years agitation, the citi-
zens then of the borough of Harrisburg
decided at a mass meeting to buy the
property In order to destroy the dam.
ing to something less than $1S, 900 was
pledged to the Lands brothers. This
was raised by popular subscription
and tax assessment.
Eventually the deal was closed and
the dam and mill property were pur-
chased and preparations were made to
demolish it. Scores of citizens had
contributed and the sums varied from
twelve shillings to sevenry-five pounds.
Saturday, April 1S, a big citizens COM
mtttee gathered in Market Square and
awaited the signal to move. The men
were armed with shovels and picks
At 10 o'clock a bell sounded from a
nearby church. That was the signal
Down to the dam the little parade
marched and four men promptly set
to work with shovels. Thus the old
mill dam, a quarter or a mile below
the old White House" between the
mill road and the canal, was destroy.
ed. A week or so later citizens got
together and bought the mill site from
Lands brothers for more than $500
pounds. This was assessed as a tax
in proportionate shares against the
citizens of Harrisburg.
Thus was Harrisburg's first public
improvement campaign really begun.
Wednesday city officialdom will
see the finished results of an expendi.
ture of a hundred thousand dollar i'm.
provement loan. -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Charles D. Barney. the Philadel-
phia banker, has gone to historic Put
in-Bay for the summer.
Edward keenan, is the new head
of the Philadelphia Central Labor
Union.
John P. CARRIER, assistant superin-
tendent of Philadelphia schools, has
been appointed superintendent pro
TEN. to succeed the late DR.. Jacobs.
. james Hausman, Allentown's city
controller had a bonfire all by HIM
self the other day. He burned can
celled coupons representing $S44,000.
DIR. R. C. Burns, Pittsburgh health
officer, says there was not case of
tetanus in that city as a result of the
Fourth.
The Rev. J. Stewart Kunkel, of
Salisbury, has returned to his mis-
sionary work in China.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE
Apparently the Bear and the Bug
have united against the Kaiser.

Apparently the Bear and the Bug
have united against the Kaiser.
That Buy-BeIgium proposition
bids fair to become a little less popu-
lar than the Buy-a-B -Bale-o Cotton
movement.
I'm the cargo of an American car
go seized by the British there were
5000 mouth organs. Why didn't the
crew play them and drive off their
captors.
"A New Jersey woman was found
insane because she persisted in dress
ing like young girl. What a FORUM
ate thing it is that Harrisburg is not
in New Jersey.
There are two warships in Chesa-
peake bay, which ought to render the
Susquehanna safe for the present.
Well, well, see how our young
friend the jitney is growing. Already
he is getting into the notorious class;
which leads US to wonder how long
it will take him to become a street
car.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30

While Harrisburg never will be en-
tirely satisfied until the Pennsylvania
Railroad provides a real subway at
Division street, the construction of an
overhead bridge for pedestrians is an
evidence of the Pennsy's disposition to
do everything that is reasonable for a
city which holds an important rela-
ton to the prosperity of the great rail-
road system.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
Our Own Emerson

Emerson might have said.
Advertising is the expression OF
a mans pride in his product"
No man with good goods or
good service to sell keeps quiet.
He is too self-confident. too en-
thusiastic.
He wants every one to share
his pride and to benent by what
he has to offer.
II he is wise he chooses news
paper advertising as his voice.
Through it he hears that sat
isfying sound of the echo at his
cash register bell.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 80.

And he shall Judge bettoeen the nd-
ttonS, and shall decide concerning
many peoples: and they shall beat their
soordS into ploioShares, and their
spears into prunin0hooES: nations shall
not lift up St0ord against nation,
neither shall they learn todr any more.
lisa. 2:4.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30

Central America, SIS, 900; for CONNER
cial attaches 100000. All of these
sums to be expended under the per-
Commerce. What the Secretary says.
goes. Here are the sinews for ''hid-
den" advertising. Three hundred thou
sand dollars appropriated for purposes
of present doubtful utility at a time
when economy should have been the
watchword of the government! What
could have been done ito further pro-
mote and develop" commerce after the
Democratic tariff law was passed. it is
difficult to imagine.
The concrete result of these appro-
priations, aside from the money de-
voted to printers ink publicity, is the
appointment of large number of de
serving Democrats" some of whom
have been sent to Europe as CONNER
cial attaches and are drawing large
salaries to study commercial conditions
which are in temporary allegiance.
Others as special agents, whose chief
function is to gumshoe around the
country, snoop into the business of
manufacturers. and then render re-
utterly valueless for economic pur-
poses. even if their authors had any
ideas respecting the science of econ
omy. The report on the pottery in
dustry In New Jersey and on the
hosiery industry In Montgomery county,
Pennsylvania, are examples of the
lengths to which these political pets
will go in villifying the manufacturers
of the country.
Still others are being put on the
payroll to correct ''the methods of col
lecting export statistics" The terrific
slump in our export trade following
Democratic control convinced Secre-
tary Redfield that ''the statistics of our
export trade are incorrect to an extent
sufficient to alter at times a trade bal
ance on mercantile transactions which
is actually in our favor into one which
appears to be the reverse 1t is ap-
parent that Mr.. Redheld received this
some time after August,
1914. when the balance of trade for
that month was over sic, 200, 900
against US. and he sent Dr. Frank R.
Rutter. assistant chief of the bureau,
to the New York custom house to Ak
that little matter. The large exports
due to war orders having, for the time
being. put that subject in the back
ground, DR.. Rutter is again at his desk
in Washington.
But it is the audacity of campaign
publicity work at the taxpayers ex-
pense which amazes. All this Demo-
cratic propaganda, furthermore, is sent
out under government frank. For
some months the Commerce Reports,
which are intended to be devoted solely
to matters concerning our trade, have
been carrying pages Of matter having
nothing to do with commerce and
adulatory of the administration. In
plain words, the public is getting
correspondence course. at it's own ex-
pense. full Of partisan. teaching de-
signed to create favorable feeling
toward the administration, and this
the public wants it or not.
Mr.. Redfeld is running Democratic
publicity bureau on forced
He will close in 1915.
When Governor Brumbaugh comes
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
ONE OF THE TWO

IErom the Washington Observer
Overheard N Tylerdale: MY hus-
band is like an unsnuffed candle or
short wicked lamp" "How's that?"
"Aways smoking or else going out"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
EDITORIAL COMMENT

The one consolation in this kind of
weather is that it is making the local
sweet corn crop hump itself-Wilkes-
Barre Record.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
THE LAST DITCH NO LONGER

IErom the Hagerstown Daily NALL
Inc bronze and copper Hon of Water
100 has been wrecked and is being con-
xxerted into shells for the German army.
Ihe Kaiser is determined to fight to the
last enemy relic. w 'No
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
OUR INDUCEnfENT

IFrom the Washington observer.1
Now that we have a submarine that
can cruise to Europe and back without
replenishing supplies American friend
ship, should look better than ever to
Germanys u
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
GETTING THEM TO ORDER

[From the Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.l
Judge Peter Grosscup wants Presi-
dent Wilson to force the belligerents to
consent to talk peace. Good! Now
let Peter call the belliRerents to order
so that the President may proceed. y
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg viii have one
of the finest Pathways of any of
the smaller cities after October 1?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
County Convention uaro

The county convention will be held
in this city. opening at 1890 oc1ocE
on the morning of August 8.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
Our Daily Laugh
HER PREFER

A4&NS1s
George Don't
you think you
could learn to
love me?
Marion-I prob
ably could, but
really I much
prefer to pick a
man for whom I
shan't need any
preliminary train
A.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30

Penbrook is happy in the prospect
of being the important town on one
of the most attractive of the modern
highways leading eastward from the
Capitol. In CONJUNCTION with the State
Highway Department, the Harrisburg
Railways Company and private citi-
zens, the borough is on the verge of
paving its Main street from one end of
the borough to the other. Penbrook
is an attractive suburb and Harris
burg's citizens will rejoice in the fact
that a long deferred Improvement is
now about to be consummated.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
Special Meetino Of cor,no,,,,

A special meeting has been called
Tor members of the Friendship Fire
company TO take action on important
business. The session will he held
tonight.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30

All Harrisburg is interested in the
elimination of the disease-breedine
and noisome districts of the city, and
there will be general rejoicing over
the official announcement that the
Paxton Creek menace to the city's
health is eliminated for all time by
the construction of a modern and hy-
gienic drain throughout the entire
length of the city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30

When Governor Brumbaugh comes
back from the Fair he will find Har-
risburg all ready to demonstrate that
the Pacific coast has no monopoly on
big celebrations.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY

tF'rom the Telegraph of July so, 1865. I
Arrest Liquor Dealers
Two liquor dealers, charged with
furnishing alcoholic drinks to minors,
were arrested to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30

District Attorney stroup has been
asked to interpose in the matter of
speeding of automobiles and motor
cycles along the river drive. While he
is about it may we not hope that he
will likewise put an effectual stop to
the noisy cutout fiend who has no
respect for the comfort or the rights
of others.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30

And then there is the chap who a
few years ago could see absolutely no
good in public improvements for Har-
risburg
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
GERNIAN-NfAp

A DISPATCH from Dallas, Texas,
n tells of the explosion of a bomb
beneath the bed of a manufac-
turer whose plants are turning out
supplies for the allies, and the
inevitable suspicion is attached that
the crime was that of German spy.
We have gone German-mad. Just
as every mosquito bite and hive that
developed a few years ago was at
tributed to the ravages of the kiss
ing bug" of which rapacious insect,
by the way, we now hear no more, so
now every time somebody steps on a
parlor match or a devotee of the black
hand form of revenge lets loose a
bomb. we are gravely told that Ger
man spy is suspected"
1t is plainly case of nerves. The
war has gotten u.s." We shudder at
the far-reaching influence of the Ger
man secret service, which, If it were
half as efficient as we have been told,
would have known better than to turn
the Kaiser's forces over to a war which
will bring them in the end to defeat,
when the agents of that service have
their hands too full to be exploding
dynamite beneath beds of American
businessmen whose mills will 60 on
whether the bombs get them or not.
The whole thing il foolish and we will
see it in that light bye-and-bye and
laugh as we do now looking back on
our boyhood fears of the fanciful
figures that used to populate the deep
gloom just over the footboard of the
he'd before we went IN sIaa,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-16

How many children does the aver
age judge have? How many do the
members of the legislature have
though they are better off than the
average family? Why do they i'm
pose a law they themselves ignore?
And what are the consequences?
A woman, instead of learning it scien-
tifically, is forced to learn it from her
friend and neighbor by ignorance,
and the result is torture, disgrace and
death. Mrs. Sanger deserves our
sympathy and 1, for one, raise my
protest against the attempt of the
authorities to sentence such a noble
personage.-Morris MinoVitch, 154a
N. SpauIding aV.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-16
STRONG FOR SANGER IDEAS

l have read in The Day Book of the
trial of Mrs Sanger for publishing a
leafiet of birth control. Her book
has not been contradicted by medical
science, but our preservers of moral
ity, the makers of the law, found it il
legal and she was prosecuted for re-
vealing the secret of limitation of
birth to mothers and fathers who
cannot afford to raise house full of
slaves.
To my regret have never noticed
any protest from readers of The Day
Book through The Public Forum.
Nevertheless l am certain that the
average reader cannot be Indifferent
to such a phenomenon. Where is
our liberty of expression and .educa-
ton? Is law above science?
If our environments and conditions
we live in do not allow us to be over
crowded with unwanted children, and
unfortunately medical science has
been developed as to prevention of
the embryo before its development,
then why should law interfere2
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-16

1y that land rent belongs by right to
the middle class! Thank of it!
The legitimate income of mobiles
shall be seized by an uncultured mid
die class! l grow faint with apprehen-
sion and begfor sympathy and coun-
sci for all aristocrats who read The
Day Book.-Aristocrat.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-16
A QUESTION.

n NOEO IOI0' H IIdFII5 Itdu 80
much about Catholic religion being in
politics and about it debating to its
members as to how to vote and for
whom to vote, yet this problem is not
yet solved. The Catholic religion is
in politics, to my mind, and it does
dictate to it's members concerning
what to vote for and whom to vote
for If this is not true, then why
is the Catholic religion and all its
members opposed to Socialism when
Socialism is not opposed to the Cath
Ole religion? Will some reader an
swer this question? 1 would like to
hear from F. ]. Ragan.-K. S., 1445
w. 18th st.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-16

POOLROOMS. - Crime is plotted
in poolrooms. Therefore, say the re-
formers, let US abolish poolrooms.
But it is well known that crime is also
plotted in houses. According to the
reformers we should therefore abol-
iSh houses.
Holdups take place in the streets.
Should we therefore abolish streets?
The reformers either are unable to
think clearly or they are guilty of
lodging the true issue. Ninety per
cent of crime is due to the exploita-
ton of the majority by the minority.
Abolish exploitation and almost all
crime will cease.
AS to the 8-hour law for women,
employers assure us that such law
will ruin their business. But what Of
it? That only proves the employers
unftness to be an employer. If he is
such a poor organizer that he cannot
run his business without running his
workers health maybe the nation is
better off without him. Let him step
down and out. The downfall will not
hurt, but will benefit the nation.-Dr.
Rudolf Won Liebich.
1870
The queerest automobile racing
track in the world is at Salduro, Utah,
where natural salt beds furnish the
roadway. The beds are on the line
of the Western Pacific railroad and
are sixty-fve miles long and eight
miles wid1 -