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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
FREIGHT CONGESTION
Just now it is not so much a ques
tinn of more business for the RI II

JUST now 1t is not so much a ques-
tion of more business for the rail-
roads as it is a problem how to
handle the business that is being
offered, especially on the Atlantic sea-
board. Reports for the last week show
that the enormous increase of railroad
transportation has created conditions
such as have not been known in the
railroad world for years.
The export trade has been largely
augmented by the war orders from
abroad and these, coming on top of a
natural increase in business, have
given the railroad experts sleepless
nights.
1t is pointed out, however, that the
increases of earnings over 1918 do not
represent so much abnormal pros
perity as a subnormal condition two
years ago. 1t is a one-sided condition
which will be overcome, of course, at
the close of the war. when normal
trade balances will adjust the present
jug-handle situation.
One of the worst features is the
fact that the railroads are not now
equipped for a great business revival.
They have been economizing to the
last degree for several years and now
find themselves without facilities to
take care of an enormous volume of
business. Locomotives and cars and
rolling stock of every character have
been wearing out without replacement
and the reports of June 30, 1914, show
that in nearly every instance old cars
and locomotives during the year we're
scrapped by the thousands and re-
placed only by the hundreds. 1t is
known, for instance, that in MANY
cases couplers and other equipment
were transferred from idle cars on the
sidings to those in active service to
avoid new purchases. In short, every
effort has been made during recent
years to keep the old equipment going
as long as possible, and the railroads
are now confronted with unusual pres
sure at time when they need all the
rolling stock that can be had.
Most of the old wooden cars have
disappeared and even those still in
service are inadequate to take care of
the business that is offered. Thou
sands and thousands of loaded cars are
tied up along the eastern terminals
and more traffic is on the way. Every
effort is being made to relieve the
pressure so that these cars may be
TAturned to the points of delivery. but
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
THE WILKEs-BARRE SITUATION

From The Outlook.
AS in the case of international dis
the wise and just way of settling labor
disputes Is by arbitratton; that when
the matter in dispute has been settled
by agreement through arbitration, and
every possible means has been taken to
see that the arbitration board gives
fair opportunity to both sides, both
sides should abide by the decree.
whichever side attempts to break the
decree by violence or lawbreaking or
Illegal practices should be brought to
terms by all the power of the State.
In this particular case the men are are
municipal or county or State or Federal
authorities do not vigorously suppress
the violence of the strikers in such a
but anarchy in this country; The local
police authorities have not handled the
situation efficiently In the city, Of
Wilkes Barre and in the outlying bor-
oughs In the less thickly settled COM
munities the State police have kept the
situation well In hand. Assaults. and
riots have been confined exclusively to
cities and boroughs in which the State
authority unless called upon by local
officers of the law. The Governor of
the State has so far taken no direct ac-
though IL is reported that he is ready to
intervene IL both sides VIII seek his
Intervention. The men have expressed
their Willingness to have him intervene.
and the company has declared itself
willing to meet him upon his invitation.
IL II is true that the Governor ia
waiting to have the two parties to the
conflict seek his Intervention, we think
he is making a serious mistake. The
function of Governor Is to protect the
rights OF the public. When an import
ant city of the State Is In q condition
OF tile Governor to take the Initiative in
establishing peace.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
RECALL OF DIPLOMATS
Request Made In But Eight Instances
% In This COuntry's History
[From the washington Pc

GFrom the Washington Post.
Boy Ed and Won Papen will be
known as Nos. and 10 on America s
blacklist of diplomats. Their prede-
/. Citizen Genet. the French Minis
ter, who was sent home in 1898 by
President Washington because he at
tempted to fit out privateers in this
country to raid British commerce.
9. Marquis Casa Yrujo, Spanish
Minister, who was given his passports
in 1906 for attempting to bribe Phila-
delpha newspaper to side with Spain In
a controversy with the United States
3. +. ]. Jackson, British Minister,
was recalled by request of this Gov
ernment because he charged bad faith
against the State Department in a
diplomatic discussion.
was handed his papers in 1S49 because
he was impertinent to the Secretary
of State and announced that he would
go to other sources for information.
5. Mr.. Champion, the British Min
ister was handed his passports in 1855
for attempting to recruit men for SER
vice in the Crimea.
g. Lord Sackville West, the British
Minister. was handed his passports in
1888 for advising persons to vote
against Grover Cleveland for the White
House.
Z. Dupuy de LONE, the Spanish Min
ister was sent home at the outbreak
of the Spanish War in 1898.
g. DR.. Constantin Theodor Dumba
was recalled in September last as q
result of his alleged attempt to cripple
American munitions plants.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
TELEORAPH'S PERISCOPE

To buy a Red Cross Seal is to
pass death sentence on a million
tuberculosis germs.
why not spend the winter in
Florida" is the catch line over a
current advertisement. If the agent
will come around well take a half
day off and tell him.
If you are not careful it will be
too late to shop early.
Writing a letter to Santa Claus
is the favorite indoor amusement in
many homes this week.
If you have any doubts about
Christmas being worth while take an
evening off and read Dickens Christ
mas Carol. After that if you are not
convinced you are hopeless.
Senator Tillman is almost as
great an admirer of Roosevelt as he
is of Bryan, but he isn't urging
either for the Presidency.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
THE MEXICAN MIDDLE
Long Risks and Big Profits
By Frederic ]. Haskin

and the other man hid under the coal
In the engine tender. but Boone was
too late. His companion came through
story of Ell Paso.
There are good profits on cattle
bought In the interior even when they
money Is called locally. A little silver iSS
goes long way, few miles from the
border. The principal item in the cost
the faction holding the line at the point
where the cattle are crossed to the
United States. Sometimes the duty is
carry him through country held by
more than one party Thus the tax
may may amount to as much as SIG a head,
and $45 in the United States, the game
is still worth playing.
A third way of making money out of
by personal risk. This is the buying
Of cattle from the revolutionary fac
tions themselves. The large scale of
such business limits it almost entirely
sion houses. They buy in lots that run
into tens of thousands of dollars. The
war parties take this way of keeping
generally confiscated from the cattle
one such man who was probably the
world. His holdings were estimated at
100000 head. AS matter of fact, he
didn't know how many cows he had
and nobody else did. His saddle horses
alone ran into the thousands.
Since war began his cattle have been
a principal source of revenue for one
of the factions. At first they were sold
outright, and the owner got nothing
They were even killed for the sake Of
their hides. when 1t was easier to ex-
port hides than cattle. But this par
ticular owner is a well-known and in
huential figure in the Southwestern
United States. He is a prominent mem
ber of New Mexican and Texan cattle
mems associations. He. protested
against the purchase of his cattle by
American buyers. Now an arrange
ment has been made by which he gets
about a third of the sale price of each
animal. This may be poor justice. but
it is good deal more satisfactory than
to get nothing at all
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14

T\HERE are two ways of getting
rich on the border nowadays One
\ way is to stay on the American
side and attend to your business. The
other is to go into Mexico. BY the lat
ter method you may make a great deal
also lose vour origins1 investment and
incidentally your life.
good example of the man who
certain New Mexican cattieman. There
was in circulation on the border a large
amount Of villa fiat money-bills print
when they should have control of the
Government This money was recent
ly repudiated. and you can buy a thou
can silver. At the time, however, it
was worth three or four cents on the
dollar 6olaE in El Paso: The cattieman
and made a flying trip far into the in
terror of Mexico. As he penetrated
deeper into villa territory. his villa
able; until several hundred miles from
the border it was worth 40 and so cents
on the dollar Then he bought cattle.
foT m e COW pa and the anmai an @ would WaI Vhfy st
cost him less than So. When he cross
ed the. border on his way out he would
SIS head in good American n silver, but
those were still very cheap cattle.
When you consider the risks he took.
s dG n n9 SO arge sHf1
discouraged by the party issuing the
paper and he might have been turned
The American cattleman is the favor
lite prey of the bandit. He might well
have been held for. ransom. as a num-
Der of his fellows have been held, and
killed If that ransom We're not prompt
ly forthcoming. He might have been
Shot shot by excited soldiery Il the United
dsplease the faction through whose
territory he was travelling. Charles
Boone was so killed in a passenger
dignant Villa soldiers who had just
heard of the American recognition Of
CarranZa.
Boone and a companion were return
ing from the interior after a cattle
buying trip They suspected trouble,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Col. i. w. Stillwell, commander
of the Thirteenth infantry, is re-
cruiting men for his command In
Scranton.
&C. l.. S. Tingley, who opened the
State Street Railway Association con-
vention to-day, has been president for
several years of that organization.
william H. Wilson. the new
safety director of Philadelphia, is
graduate of the University of Penn
sylvania.
H. J. Reed may become the first
burgess of the new borough of Lo-
rain.
DIR. Russell II. Conwell is de-
livering a series of lectures in west
ern counties.
William, Thaw the aviator. will
spend Christmas at his home in Pitts
burgh. He has been with the French
army.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
THE STATE FROM DAY TO DAY

ezra Jones, of Jonesville" was
written by Harold Igo and produced
the other night for the first time by
the local talent of New Wilmington,
Pa. Igo is a High school professor
in that place, and his play is reported
to have made good with a vengeance.
Hugo has nothing on lgo. when 1t
comes to the question of writing
plays.
All ye who are accustomed to
heaving cabbages, whether 1t be as
a regular truckman's job or merely
as an expression of feeling on GER
tain occasions, had better beware of
your trade. Philadelphia man,
Joseph Green, is dead as the result
of heart failure from over-eXertion in
unloading a truck wagon full of that
particular fruit.
An albino doe, frequently seen on
State lands in the vicinity of ole
Bulls Castle, in Potter county, says
the Philadelphia North American,
was found dead yesterday, slaughter
ed by some hunter. Many a hunter
had previously drawn bead on the
beautiful animal but some unseen
hand stayed his power. By the way,
If you would avoid creating the i'm
preston that you have a cold in the
name of the animal.
A tomb mystery is being aired in
the courts of Erie county, having
started out on the first lap yesterday.
1t is the suit of Harry Perkins against
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles n. Strong for
! damages as q result of arrest for al
legged desecration of the Scott
Mausoleum. The case is attracting
widespread interest and a big array
of legal talent is lined up on both
sides.
There comes to Pennsylvania from
New York the report that almost
bare feet are all the rage. This, of
course, applies only to the feminine
contingent of our readers. Woman
is returning to the old Grecian STYLES
in her choice of boudoir self-adorn-
ment. We are not interested.
A touring car occupied by five per-
sons narrowly escaped determination
the other day just outside Coates
Vile when it struck telegraph pole
and would have plunged over a fifty
foot embankment. had 1t not been
for a fence which was constructed
recently to avoid future accidents of
this very nature. There are some,
nevertheless, who do not believe in
the guiding hand of Providence.
walk and the world walks with
you; sit and you sit alone" would be
the version of Frank Hoy, of Beaver
who has been employed by the Fed
eral government for the last 16 years
on the locks in the Ohio river. He
figures that in that time he has
walked more than 10000 miles, or
nearly twice around the world. Com
petition under such conditions were
hopeless.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
BY Wing Dinger

BY jove. when winds begin to blow
At night. they sure can bust
The peace of him who's sleeping, bo.
with that sleep of the just
Last night. for instance. just as
Began to pound my ear
The wind did blow. and funny sounds
Burst forth upon my ear.
Some window somewhere in the house
Was rafting. out of bed
Jumped and tried to locate II.
Some nothings sweet | said
When after chasing round the place
For five minutes or more,
| learned that all the noise came from
A window right next door
| settled back again in bed
And soon was ready to
Doze off again, when wifey asked:
Dear, are you sure that you
Closed tightly ere you came to bed,
The front door?" knew ] had,
But couldn't sleep until I'd gone
Down to find out, egad.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14

Down Atlanta way the voters ore
going to attempt the recall of Mayor
woodward and six members of the
Police CommissioI. all because Chief
of Police Beavers was removed last
August for the alleged reason that he
had closed a segregated district and was
trying to close the locker clubs operat-
ing in defiance of Georgia's prohibition
low. More than 1000 signatures have
been attached to the recall petition and
a bitter campaign is anticipated. On
other fine illustration of the new
tangled municipal administration sys-
tenn. When will the people learn that
laws do not constitute panacea for all
the ills of the body polite.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
OUT OF DATE TRANSPORTATION
kansas City Times.1

The railroad of a generation ago
with its light rails couldn't begin to
handle modern traffic. A railroad of
the construction of 1880 between Chi
cago and Kansas City would get no
business in competition with mod
ern road.
How about a city that tries to do its
business on streets built for the condi-
tions of forty years ago? Or a county
on mud roads? The time is coming
when they can't compete with the
cities and counties with modern facil-
tiles for transportation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
NEWSPAPERS FOR DRY PLANK
Temperance Leader Says Poll Favors
Action by Big Parties

According to replies received by
Deets Pickett, of Topeka, Kan, pub
licity manager for the Temperance So
ciety of the Methodist Church, ma
jority of the big newspapers of the
country are believed to favor a pro-
hibition plank in the national plat
forms of the big political parties
Mr. Pickett asked the newspapers
for expressions on the matter. OF the
511 replies received 265 favor party
declarations ia oppose such action
and 72 lodged the question. A ma
jority of the ia opposing voluntarily
announced their allegiance to the pro-
hibition cause. but deemed the po-
litical issue ineXpedient.
A dozen of the best known papers
of New York, Boston, Washington,
Philadelphia and other eastern cities
favored national party action. Ninety
six Republicans, So Democratic and
the remainder of the 265 claiming in
dependent tendencies favored action;
70 Republican, So Democratic and IS
independents opposed the plan.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14

Manifestly, there are Democrats In the
United States who have the idea that a
plank in the party's national platform
is a more or less solemn obligation.
Champ Clark's supporters are preparing
to make fight for him and they de-
clared in a circular yesterday that the
party platform for a one-term plan
must be carried out. The present occu-
pant of the White House was manifestly
of the same opinion two years ago.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
Our Daily Laugh
sPEEDERs.

Do you believe
the thoughts of
young men turn
to love and poetry
in the spring?
If / may Judge
from my own OBJ
s e r V a t / o n 8, I
should say young
men never stop to
think.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14

Thousands upon thousands of dollars
from the savings funds of the city are
being distributed and are finding their
way into the ordinary channels of trade
at the present time. Merchants and
business men are looking with optimis-
tic vision into the new year and there
is a widespread disposition to pull to-
gether for a prosperous 1916.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
DDupAREDNEss FOR PEACE
TPittsburgh Dispatch.1

pittsburgh Dispatch.I
On the day before President Wilson
road his annual message to congress
,rayjndr fhe need of national prepared
ness FOR defense, Vice-president George
ID. Dixon of the Pennsylvania Rai1road,
sneaking before the International Trade
Sonference at New York, declared well
built and equipped PrOPserIlyt raiiTGsSs manned:
skilfully managed ana s0lVent a a basItbS
stete of business. but a vital element
OF our military resources. II may be
slS sS,nts ~ his message the President
TSeferred to the mobilization Of industry
and termed the transportation prob
lem can exceedingly serious and press
inp one" He expressed the fear that
the railroads as now. equipped and co
ordinated could not hope TO cope Win
she ! Commission Of inquiry to ascertain
whether our laws as at present framed RAJ
fhey an1 @hh might be in the solution of the
nroblem.'
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
EDITORIAL COrn1ENT

Roosevelts method of preparing
speech is to coin a new expression or
dig up an old one to pass off as new,
and then write around it,-Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Some of the Democratic leaders seem
to think 1t more important to be pre-
pared for the next election than to be
prepared for the next war.-Brooklyn
Daily Times
The Kaiser is said not to have smiled
for a year, but after he hears about
Henry Fords expedition, he will grin
from year to year.-Louisville Courier
Journal
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14

Dry laws are responsible for an i'm
>mense decrease in the amount of liquor
consumed in 1915, amounting to nearly
100000 gallons. according to Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue Osborne.
Yet our anti-dry advocates insist that
all such legislation is of no avail
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
Then and Now

A watch used to cost $50, now
its price is $50.
An automobile formerly cost
60 O0O. A better one can be
bought to-day for $1,000.
There are similar instances
that stand out strongly in face
of general rise in living cost.
And the reason - ADVERT1S-
ING.
Markets have been widened
and sales increased.
Automatically enlarged produc-
tion has forced down cost and
prices.
1t pays to purchase advertised
goods, not alone for their guar
antee of quality, but also from
the standpoint Of economy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. IA

To be 1Uhdt aCe are, and to become
1hGt toe are capable of becoming is the
only end of Hfe.-Robert Louis Steven
son.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14

A constitutional monarchy is to take
the place of the new republic OF China.
All the world seems to be restless and
discontented with existing conditions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
DO YOU KNOW

That wheat and cattle raised
hereabouts are being exported?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14

The Philadelphia Ledger says:
THE politicians in Lehigh and Berks
counties are greatly interested in the
national delegates contest. Avowed
candidates are Fred E. Lewis, who
has just stepped out as Bull Moose
Congressman large, and b, Frank
Ruth, of Reading. In Lehigh there
are likely to be several candidates for
Republican honors, including Colonel
+. NJ. Young, James l.. Mausteller and
State Senator Horace w. Schantz. In
Berks, the aspirants include, besides
Mr.. Ruth. William Kerper Stevens,
ex-Mayor Stratton and eX-Judge Bu-
shong.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14

The IL Common Pleas Court
judges of Allegheny county who will
select county commissioner to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of
John A. Martin, are being besieged
by numerous Democrats who are
seeking this appointment, which will
be good for four years at an annual
salary of $4,000. The Democratic
county organization, through William
]. Bremen and Joseph +. Guffey, has
indorsed James Houlahen. Pitted
against him are 10 probable candi-
dates, who believe they have as much
claim to the place as Mr.. Houlahen.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-14
HERE'S A REAL SUGGESTION
WE quote from the Wall Street
wv Journal:

WYE quote from the Wall street
w Journal:
Frank A. Vanderlip, president
of National City Bank, suggests
that government might raise as
high as $500. 100000 n year for pre-
paredness by tax on luXuries.
Mr.. Vanderlip suggests a tax on all
suits costing above $40, on all
gowns costing more than $50 or
800; on all restaurant checks for
more than 50, and on all articles
representing luXuries rather than
necessities; tax, wherever possible,
to be graduated.
Here's a real suggestion. Taxes on
gasoline and automobiles may not be
popular, but who will there be to
raise objection to taxes on gowns and
clothing and luXuries more expensive
than necessary for any but those who
love luxuries and are able to indulge
their fancies. The adoption of Mr..
Vanderlip's idea by Congress would be
no more novel than many another
taxation plan pressed into service in
governmental emergency and it would
place the burden where 1t belongs,
on the shoulders of those who are
best able to bear it.