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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-04

TN. BOYS. club quarter. .f tI. \..r..
Memorial l.'-hr terrain church at Woods
dale. Wa FORMALLY OPENED FOR the winter
season 90 Do" wsrt.u- held ts-f..Ia.
o. 'IIfE DOB iI' ua~rfu' rI of the church
lh' club Ir fu. fI. rsu.It uf all boys
under Do
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-04
SPECIAL For SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4th-
Pork Roast ~ Pork O ~ Pork Chops " ~ Pork Shoulder ~
F. SCHENK SONS CO., m30ll32 Market St.

ness c'll'r tu Elm Grove ..-terday
Mrs p " Henderson - detained at
H'r HON, iu Elm Grove ON account OF a
slight illness
" \ CLARK BEL confined Co his home
near Wheeling park. ON account OF III
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-04

day evening. was held yesterday after
noon at o'clock ~ th. Stor, Ir.-nt..
lttisn church. Rev. J. % lsy,sIIt.u pas.
tor OF The church offIrft..d ItIrI.I
was In Stone church Cemetery.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-04

Funeral services for the late Edward
i.I-f.f uf I.n Grove. who died Waduss-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-04

To many wife the chief end Of man
i. stipend
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
PORCH BOXES

a LREADY the crusade in the in
~ terest of a still more beautiful
city is bearing fruit. Window
boxes filled with flowers n front
porches decorated in like manner are
beginning to attract the attention OF
people all over the city. So little eff
fort and expense are involved in this
sort of decoration thai we may rea-
sonably expect to see a widespread
ornamentation of the homes of the city
in this way.
Take, for instance, the comfortable
homes on Eighteenth street, along
Second street north of Reilly, and or
many other streets of the city with
attractive fronts and porches, not tc
mention the many smaller homes all
over the city that might be thus bene.
flied. and one may have a vision of the
loneliness and beauty that would fol.
low individual effort of this sort.
All that we need in Harrisburg Il
make this a remarkable city not onl!
for cleanliness and up-to-dateness II
the matter of public enterprise, blu
for beauty as we'll, is city-wide CO
operation in the planting Of flower
and the painting and keeping clear
of private residences.
Let us all join in the movement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
SHORT sHRIFT FOR A VICIOUS LAW

[From the Philadelphia Public LEDGER
The Pennsylvania Legislature has
done a fine days work by finally repeal
ing that vicious eXtra-crew law. The
Governors signature to this repeater
will place the question of crew disputes
Just where 1t belongs, with the Public
Service Commission. That body, If well
constituted. will be an admirable Judge
of whether railroads should employ
two men to do ones man work. 1t will
be able to decide whether or not 1t is
for the public welfare that the rail-
roads be forced to- haul little trains,
after spending millions for tracks.
bridges and locomotives in order to
haul economically big trains. To leave
these questions to the employees of the
roads Is to get a prejudiced decision
in advance. To depend upon the Legis-
lature to know the correct number of
employees to operate a railroad is folly.
Common sense and the public service
demand that primarily the owners of
the road employ the number they deem
necessary. Then. IL there is any dis
pute about it. the Public Service Com
mission should investigate and deter
mine the facts in the case.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK

GPECULAT1ON on the Stock Elk
y change has been given a jar,
and those who have money to
risk in the market are disposed to be
more conservative. Outside the spec
ulative lines there is a growing dis
position to look upon the future with
optimistic eyes. Speculative move
ments are not necessarily an indica-
ton of prosperity, but they may be
regarded as IN index of the public
mind respecting securities and bust
ness conditions.
Europe is wasting untold billions
and it remains to be seer whether the
reconstruction period which must fol-
low will be as beneficial to the United
States as some financial experts be-
1Ieve. Europe is drawing heavily
upon this country for supplies, includ-
ing enormous quantities of war mate
rails, but what the conditions will be
at the close of the war and the sud
den ending of superficial prosperity is
hard to foretell.
Despite the extraordinary increases
in exports Of products consumed by
the belligerents. the total value of oul
exports and imports for the nine
months ending March 81 was s1S7,.
100000 smaller than in the CORE.
spending nine months Of the previous
year, when the world was at peace
Commenting upon this fact a hnancia
authority says. taking these figures al
a basis. 1t Is plain that our externa
trade must have decreased within thi'
nine months period to the extent o.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
FIVE DEAD MEN
BY ". n. Ever.

80 1891
First Soul
I was a peasant of the Polish plain;
I left my pillow because the message
Russia in danger, needed every man
To ave her from the Teuton; and was
I gave my life for freedom-this I
know:
For those who babe me fight had
told me so.
Second Soul
1 was a Tyrolese. a mountaineer;
1 gladly left my mountain home to
Against the brutal. treacherous Mus
And died in Poland on a Cossack spear.
I gave my life for freedom-this I
For those who babe me fight had
told me so.
Third Soul
1 worked in Lyons at my weaver's loom.
When suddenly the Prussian despot
His feion blow at Franc and at the
Then l went forth to Belgium and my
I gave my life for freedom-this I
know:
told me so.
Fourth Soul
/ owned a vineyard by the wooded
Main.
Until the Fatherland, begirt by foes
Lusting her downfall, called me, and
Swift to the cal1-and died in fair Lor-
raine.
I gave my life for f~reedom-this I
know:
For those who babe me fight had
toll me so.
Fifth Soul
II worked in a great shipyard by the
Clyde,
There came a sudden word of wars
declared.
OF Belgium. peaceful, helples I'M
prepared,
Asking our aid: l Joined the ranks. and
died.
I gave my life for freedom-this 1
know:
For those who bade me fight had
told me so.
London Nation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
THURSDAY EVENING, MAN is
THE PROPOSED ROAD LOAN

YCENATOR SPROUTS resolution to
- submit to the people of Pennsyl-
vania in 1915 a proposal to float a
loan of $4,000, 900 for road building
rpo ought to be rushed through
the Legislature without delay. No
chance of failure by a fuke in the ex-
element of the closing moments of the
session should be taken.
BY such a loan as is proposed Penn
syIvania can lift herself out of the
slough of road despond into which she
has fallen. and by no other means.
The revenues available from direct
taxation are not sufficient to meet the
immediate demands. They are only a
drop in the bucket. The State road
system as it now exists was devised by
the Legislature at the request of farm
ers and was adopted with the thought
that the road loan to come before the
people in 1918 would be approved. 1t
was not. however. and the State has
been left with a vast highway mileage
on its hands and scarcely enough
money TO keep it in fair repairs. let
alone reconstruct it along approved
lines.
The Camp Hill Automobiles re-
turned from Maryland this week loud
in their approval of the roads of that
State. These were built by can Of
just such a loan as is proposed for
Pennsylvania. Without a loan Mary
land would be worse off to-day than
PENNSYLVANIA. Anybody who doubts
an automobile trip through the Com
monwealth Immediately south of the
Mason and Dixon line.
A majority of the people who voted
against the loan of 1913 did so be-
cause they had been misled by selfish
politicians who feared the popularity
of an administration that would give
the farmers and the Automobiles the
kind of roads they want. BY putting
stones in the path of the Highway
Commissioner they hoped to make po-
litical capital for themselves. They
succeeded to the extent of defeating
the road loan and leaving our highway
system in deplorable condition, but
were ANONYMOUSLY defeated when they
attempted to use the Highway Depart
ment as a stepping stone to power in
the government of the Commonwealth.
1t is to be expected, therefore, that
there will be no such opposition to the
Sproul loan as that which was care
fully cultivated against the loan pro-
posal Of 1918.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
JUSTICE TO THE RAILROADS

from the Philadelphia Record.l
The Senate of Pennsylvania, having
passed the full crew law repeater, 1t
now only awaits the approval of the
Governor to complete the very much
desired change in the name of regu-
lating the handling of railroad trains.
We have no doubt Governor Brum-
baugh will meet public expectation
visions of the law. as 1t will be when
approved by the Governor. the Public
Service Commission will decide how
many men are required to man the
rains operated by the steam railroads.
Every member of this commission is to
be appointed by Governor B~rumbaugh,
and he Will name men who can be de-
pended upon to make rules under which
the railroads will be required to man
all of their trains as fully as the inter-
ests of the public demand.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13

Business will now turn from the
Interstate Commerce Commission
toward the new Federal Trade Com
mission. Great doubt prevails as to the
operations of this new regulative body,
but large interests are hopeful that the
experience of the Interstate Commerce
Commission and the indication of pub
lie d~isapproval of the policy of i~nvesti-
eating and regulation run mad will de-
ter the new body from pursuing similar
tactics. One of the phases of the multi
plicity OF regulating bodies created by
Congress which is attracting attention
is the possibility of disputed iurisdic-
tion. 1t may be well for the business
of the country if these various commits
Eions get into a row over who is who.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

A. S. McSwigen, State deputy Of
the knights of Columbus, Used to be
a Pittsburgh newspaper man.
Mayor George II. Lysle, of Nc
keesport, will not accept any free
tickets to shows of any kind.
Thomas c. BlaisdeIl, new dean for
the liberal arts school of State College
is a native of this State but has been
working in western States.
Director Cooke, of PHILADELPHIA.
was forty-three on Tuesday.
DR.. Anna H. Shaw is to speak In
Pittsburgh this week.
George Gregory, the new com
mander of the Golden Eagles, is a
prominent resident of Reading.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
NO MOLLYCODDLING HERE

[From the New York World.1
Under the caption of Keep Your
Shirt On" the Harvard Crimson, an un-
dergraduate publication, c%ounsels the
students against too hasty and too
vigorous action" in preparing for war.
The advice is good, but better still is
the revelation that college English has
lied
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13

5000. OOO, 600 in the aggregate of other
products not consumed in supporting
armies in the field and equipping them
for the destruction of life and prop
erty. Part of the enormous decrease
in what are termed the products of
peace has been due to the reduced
buying power of the noncombatants in
the nations al war. to the interruption
Of the annual foreign tourist traffic.
and to the depression in domestic
trade.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
GOOD WORK IN UPPER END

TIME Millersburg Motor Club pro-
poses to make Goods Roads
Day in the upper end a great
occasion. Not only the men, but the
women and children are to help.
Early in the morning the entire mem
bership will HE itself away to the
roads of the district and with pick and
shovel and scraper will put in a full
day making repairs under the direc-
ton of State Highway Department
supervisors. In this way hundreds OF
dollars worth of labor will be contri-
buted to the cause of good roads and
the motorists will have spent a day
in the open with beneficial effects to
themselves.
The women and children will ac-
company the adult male workers and
will serve lunch and lemonade for
the hungry and perspiring members
of the repair force. The Millersburg
club is meeting with hearty cooper
alton on the part of the Lykens club,
where similar plans are under way,
and the whole upper end is aroused as
never before on the subject of good
roads.
More than one useful purpose will
be accomplished by this splendid dis
play of neighborhood and community
spirit. Not only will the roads be
smoother throughout the Lykens VAL
ley. but men will learn to know each
other better and all who participate
will have a higher appreciation of the
difficulties encountered by those whose
daily duty it is to keep the highways
of the State in passable condition.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13

Whatever may be our private opinion
of the relative merits of the belligerent
discussion in Europe. 1t must be ad-
mitted that the torpedoing of the Lusi-
tanla has destroyed the neutrality OF a
large number of American citizens. But
even so. now is the time to preserve our
equilibrium and restrain our indigna-
ton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
MEANS EXERCISE AND HEALTH

rFrom the Wilkes Barre Record
The newspapers are poking a good
deal of fund at the resident who
spends $40 on a garden plot that may
yield him about SIS worth of vege-
tables. But there isn't much occa-
sion for Joking about the inexperience
of the city fellow. He gets exercise
and health out of the business and
that is a good investment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13

Highway Commissioner Cunningham
is not so much concerned about the
building of more roads as he is in
making good those highways already
under the jurisdiction of the State. The
Telegraph believes he appreciates the
importance of making Harrisburg, as
the seat of government of the Common
wealth. the hub of the best roads in
the State. If people cannot rid over
good roads entering the capital, they
are not likely to ave a very lasting
impression of the highways of Penn
s~ylvania.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
Mexican Captures Reported

New York, via Havana, May 10
Reports from Mexico received here
confirm the capture of Saltillo and
Monterey by the Liberals.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Let's hope Japan's new Diet will
agree with us.-Pittsburgh Gazette
Times.
tinued neutrality Is that she hasn'tbeen
able to get her university professors
to agree on one story and stick to IT..
Philadelphia North American.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13

lust such a rain as that which began
to fall gently yesterday is the sort OF
moisture which the Department of
Parks has been waiting for to start
the shrubbery, grass and trees that have
been planted during the Spring. 1t is
the hope Of Park Commissioner Tay-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13

Tor to complete all the grading and
planting from Iron alley to Maclay
street before the end of May. so that
the new grass and %shrubbery may have
a fair start for the summer months.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
Davis Nearing Georgia

Chattanooga, May 13.-Jeff Davis is
reported attempting to cross Georgia
in an effort to reach the Mississippi.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
QUO VADIS a?
TINE scriptural inquiry, whittier
goest thou?" might we'll be ad-
lraeead %, thEH rovor,D,o,t d,

TINE scriptural inquiry, WHITTIER
goest thou?" might we'll be adj
dressed to this government in
connection with the regulation of rail-
way rates and the arbitration, under
a Federal statute, of railway wage
questions.
Wages have been somewhat in
creased on ninety-eight western rail-
ways by the latest Federal arbitration
and. if the future is to be judged by
the past, these ninety-eight railways
will now apply to the Interstate Com
merce Commission for permission to
increase their rates, on the ground
that rates based on lower operating
expenses are not equitable, now that
those expenses have been increased.
Each time a board of arbitration has
increased wages a similar application
has been made by the railways
affected. Students of economics are
now asking if wisdom does not die
tate the confiding to the Interstate
Commerce Commission of authority to
fix railway wages as we'll as rates.
Rates being largely dependent on
wages. and both having some measur
of relation to the return allowed to the
stockholders, would it not facilitate
railway control and management to
confde the other factor, wages, to the
same body as now fixes rates and as
substantially likes the compensation of
stockholders? And If hat is done,
how long will ii be before the same
body is empowered to fix the prices of
railway supplies other than labor?
Well may the thoughtful mar stop
and say to his government-which
means to himself-Whither goest thou?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
Dedicate

The Jewish Synagogue, Ohev Sho-
lem, recently erected at Second and
South streets, was dedicated yesterday
with impressive ceremonies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
LOAN PROPOSAL
AROUSES INTEREST
Members Generally Believe That 1t
Will Pass the People When 1t
Is Understood
MANY FAVORING IT NOW
Former Legislators Talk in the
House-Personal Notes of the
Closing Sessions
MANY FAV0RING IT NOW

People connected with politics were
quick to study the proposed consti-
tutional amendment to permit issu-
nee of $50, 900, 600 in bonds for roads
yesterday when the resolution was
presented in the Senate. 1t appeared
to be the general opinion that the
proposition would pass next time be-
cause everyone sees now how difficult
it is going to be TO secure revenue to
improve the roads and to meet de-
mands from townships from current
revenues. The automobile licenses may
take care of the maintenance, but lit
tie else.
If the Sproul resolution passes as
seems likely, it must be voted upon
next session, which will be in 1917 1t
will then be the business for the
election in 1918, the year of the next
gubernatorial election under the five
year amendment clause.
Governor Brumbaugh yesterday
brought his veto list up to Al. He has
signed 1T6 bills.
-Ex-Auditor General A. E. Sisson
was among visitors to the legislative
halls yesterday and vas given a warm
greeting by his friends among the
legislators. He was accompanied by
a number of friends from Erie coun-
ty.
IT. Henry Walnut, former member
from Philadelphia, was about yester-
day seeking to stir up some interest
in the State civil service bill.
Capitol attaches are looking with
longing eye toward the Governors Of
fee because the time for action on the
semimonthly pay bill for the Capitol
is drawing to a close.
The Senate sessions are attracting
a good many spectators these days.
The proceedings yesterday were at
tended by many people. The prospects
of a late session this week will bring
more.
The newspaper correspondents
will tender their biennia dinner to
the messenger boys at the Capitol to-
night. E. Lee Ellmaker, of the Phil
adelphia Press, is chairman of the
committee on arrangements n has
prepared a program of stunts.
Officials of the game associations
which have been urging legislation
entertained the sponsors for the bills
last evening.
Speaker Amber will give a sup
per for the legislative correspondents
tonight after the close of the House
session.
-Ex-Representative Joe Call and
Fred O'Neill, of Philadelphia, were
legislative visitors.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
NEWG5{ FRAI2lPeTSHEENS AR
[From the Telegraph, May 10, 1861
Potomac Army at Alexandria

Washington, May 13.-The advance
of the Army of the Potomac is nov at
Alexandria. General Meade reached
this city this morning. Sheridan's cav
airy passed through Richmond yes
terday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
IN H%ARRISBURG Fifty
YEARS AGO TO-DAY
tFrom the Telegraph, May 10, 1851
Oldest Resident Has Birthday

Jacob Ziegler. the oldest resident of
the city, celebrated his ninety-third
three wars, and was present with the
Friendship Fire Company, of which he
is n member, when the company was
at a fire in the lower end Of the city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
NEARER
RIGHT.

She: The chick
en- at our church
supper is usually
tough.
He: You e
unusually tough.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13

Representative Samuel A. Whit
aker. of P~hoenixville. chairman of the
House judiciary special committee.
was presented with a pair of diamond
cuff links by the committee at a dinner
last night. The presentation was made
by Speaker Amber on behalf of the
members. Clerks Garvin and Leib
were guests at the dinner.
-Ex-Auditor General Sisson, Mayor
Stern and a delegation of Erie people
to-day asked the House to increase
the appropriation for State armories SO
hat Erie could match a State ppro-
priation and get a big building. The
$3.50. 900 and will not grant any more.
Representative George w. Will
liams last night called Representative
Lipschutz, who was acting as chair
The Tioga nan wanted to vote
mo" on a bill and did not get a chance.
He demanded to know If a member
did not have ANY rights" The tilt
aroused considerable comment.
The bill to provide funds to fight
bee diseases has been reported out.
-Congressman-elect John r. X.
Scott, the stormy petrol of last ses-
sion, n A. w. Mitchell, one of the
Erie members in the session of 1913,
addressed the House during a recess
last night. Mr.. Scott told of old days
and of the men he had known, com
plimenting w. Fl. Wilson and others
for the manner in which they had
handled business this year.
The Whitaker bill creating the
commission of Agriculture was mes
saged to the Governor to-day. He is
expected to name the commission dur
ing the summer.
The House last night concurred in
the third class city fire and police
department civil service bill.
Representative William Haggerty,
of Lackawanna, who has been i'll. is
not expected to be able to return this
session.
Several of the Episcopal clergy
men here to attend the celebration,
were visitors to the House.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
speciaI Nicotine Called

George P. Chandler, secretary Of
the Harrisburg Typographical Union,
No. IA, has called a special meeting of
the organization for this evening.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13

Governor ~Brumbaugh is now in sight
of hat pleasant job of making the
revenues fit the expenditures. He has
been given more aid in this direction
than his immediate predecessor. but the
day of final adjournment will leave
him a great burden of labor notwith-
standing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
OUR DAILY LAUGH
PROVING IT.

Your wife Ii q
dream?
Yes; dreams are
contrary things,
you know. She's
arguing with the
caddy now.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-13
Selling a Propaganda

over in England a recent news
paper campaign in the interest
of a certain public policy has at
tracted widespread attention.
The author when questioned
about Ii said:
T nm not preaching. I
am selling n code of morals.
az am n businessman and
choose the way of the
busineNsmnn-newspaper ad-
vertislnR."
The public discussion this Idea
has provoked is another evidence
that the newspaper reader Is a
responsive individual.