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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09
OUR BIRD POPULATION
BY Frederic ]. Haskir

complete and in many places based
upon estimate rather than regular
counting. The one now being tabu-
lated has been taken more thoroughly,
includes greater number of selected
areas and, it is hoped, will show a
considerable gain over the numbers
reported last year Between 200 and
800 enumerators have been working
under the instruction of the Biologfcaf
Survey and a census has been taken in
every State except Nevada and
Utah.
The bird census taker must be an
early riser. The male birds are then
full of song and can be most easily
counted. An enumerator becomes re-
sponsible for an area of land not less
than forty or more than eighty acres
in extent and the census includes only
the birds who are nesting upon it..
Birds visiting the selected area are not
to be counted.
In the early morning the birds are
apt to be found near their nests. The
enumerators zigzag back and forth
across their plots carefully counting
the male birds during May and June.
A bird bachelor is an anomaly so the
presence of a male is regarded as in
dicative of pair of birds even though
the female, in her cleverly secreted
nest. escapes the eye of the census
taker.
Each enumerator includes in his re-
port a clear statement of the exact
boundaries of the area covered, the
name of the owner and a description
of the character of the land, whether
dry upland, swamp lowland, open field
or wooded groves. The crops pro-
duced, the kind of fencing, the trees,
the roads and other details are also
supplied and will be kept on record
that it may be possible to take a
census upon that exact location twen-
ty-five years later If necessary. In
addition to the enumeration of farm
lands, which were all that the census
of last year attempted to cover other
volunteers are counting the birds in
isolated woodlands and also in definite
CONTINUED on Page 101
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09
THE GRADE CROSSING

IFrom the Pittsburgh Sun.1
Last Sunday in three grade crossing
ACCIDENTS fourteen people were instantly
Killed The number of lesser fatalities
OF similar nature was large. These
accidents were all due to carelessness
on the part of the individuals who were
driving horses or motor cars. Had they
exercised just ordinary caution they
would have heard or seen the approach
ing Trains. and acted accordingiy.
Usually the driver is busy talking
laughing. looking around or wool
~athering so that his mind is any-
where except on his task:
In Long Island extra precautions
have been taken this summer, and the
grade crossings there have been made
practically fool proof The result has
been that the number of Long Island
accidents is remarkably small In the
past 1T was remarkably large
But the fact that accidents at grade
crossings of steam and electric lines
are due to the carelessness. of the mai.
vidual is no excuse for lfnaintaininr
such crossings. Pennsylvania and other
States have taken up the subject and
in time the public service commissfons
hope 10 nave all such dangerous places
eliminated. To accomplish thi~ vii re
quire the expenditure of millions Of
dollars. but once let il be done al,,i IN.
railroads and public will rejoice.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09
AFTER $4,000, 900 WAR ORDER
Canadian Foundry Co. Negotiating
for New Russian Contract

canadian tOundrY Co. Negotiating
for New Russian Contract
The Canadian Car and Foundry
Company is understood to be nego-
tiating with the Russian Government
for the placing of a contract for g.
100000 shrapnel and explosive shells.
The amount involved is understood
to be $50, 900, 900.
The Canadian company early this
year secured an order from the Rus
sian Government for 100000 shrap-
mel and explosive shells costing about
$50 100000. This order is understood
to have been one of the most profit
able ever negotiated by any company
now in the war order business. out
side of those secured by the Bethle-
hem Steel Company. The order was
placed direct with the Canadian Car
and Foundry Company. Russia made
deposit of 100000 900 in this coun-
try to clinch the bargain and enable
the company to make the changes in
its plant necessary to turn out the
munitions in the quickest possible
time.
The order was so large and the de-
mand for the shells so urgent that the
Canadian Car and Foundry Company
apportioned the manufacturing of the
war material among fifty different
concerns in the United States and
Canada.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09

danger to our standing as neutral
nation. is repugnant to all Republicans
and TO many Democrats = yet the
President insists upon It. Republicans
are asked TO surrender their right of
judgment regarding fiscal and foreign
policies in favor OF some unknown
theories which have not vet taken
shape even upon the executive type
writer-whiie the President is unwtll-
ing to abate anything from his back
ing of an obnoxious measure. This
one-sided and Jug handled proposition
is likely to defeat itself. The Re-
publicans are asked TO concede every
thing The President is willing 70
concede nothing.
Patriotism is one thing and partisan
ship is another. But, in pushing the
ship-purchase bill as he does the
President is neither patriotic nor
partisan. He is personal and proud.
The scheme is not the peoples scheme
nor any party's scheme. 1t is the
Presidents own scheme, To persist in
it. while beseeching Republican sup
port for other measures, means that
the President looks upon the Re-
publican party as weak either in pur-
pose or in intellect. Is II not time to
demonstrate that we are neither?
II President Wilson expects Re-
puhlicans TO stand by" him it is
about time that he displayed some of
that courteous spirit of concession
which may rightfully be expected
when opponents cooperate for a high
purpose.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09

7 INCLE SAM is counting the birds
of the nation. A census of the
feathered creatures of the fields
is being taken that bird lovers may
know the numbers of their friends and
the scientific farmer may appreciate
the help he is to receive in insect ex-
termination.
The work of the bird census takers
has been purely a labor of love and in
every State but two, a sufficient num-
ber of persons volunteered to supply
the information from their localities,
upon which might be compiled a
fairly accurate report of the number
of birds which have this summer rear
ed their families under the protection
of the United States flag.
A number of local bird censuses
have been taken at various times in
different parts of the country by those
who were interested in knowing what
increase was being made in the bird
life of the community but 1t was not
until 1914 that the Biological Survey
of the Department of Agriculture con-
ceived the idea of taking an annual
bird census throughout the entire
country, for a number of years, to
determine how effective the recent
bird protective measures are proving
in the different States.
A circular letter was issued last
year calling for volunteer enumerators
as no money was available for the pur-
pose. A gratifying response was re-
ceived. The census of 1914 revealed
the fact that the bird population that
year was about a pair to the acre, or
less than 50,000.000 pairs in the
country. In other words, because of
the various conditions which have
combined to destroy bird life, the
number of them in the United States
is less than five times the number of
human beings, a condition regarded
as deplorable by all those who ap-
preciate the value to man of the
feathered tribe.
First Census Incomplete
The first census was necessarily in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09
DAUPHIN PRISON PRAISED

TINE State Board of Public Chari-
ties yesterday inspected the Dau-
phin county prison and found it
in excellent condition. W. W. Cald-
we'll, the present warden, took charge
of the Jail under rather difficult cir
cumstances. but during his adminis-
tration so many changes and reforms
have been instituted that the State
authorities not only on this occasion.
but on many others. have felt called
upon to express their approval of his
management. Mr.. Caldwell has taken
to the county prison the same ad-
mirable business methods that won
for him reputation in the Highway
Commissioners Office of having
brought down the price of paving to
the lowest figure in the country and
of making the streets of Harrisburg
noted far and wide for their cleanli-
ness
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09
PENBRoOK PAVING

a T a special meeting OF Penbrook
"A council tomorrow evening prop
erty owners along Main street
will be called upon TO say whether they
want the street resurfaced or to accept
the profrer of State aid and the re-
building of the roadway.
1t would appear at a glance that
there is but one choice of these two.
resurfaced road will cost a little
less than a State built road. but the
taxpayers of the borough will have to
bear the whole of the expense, so that
in the end there would be a very small
saving to the borough, and this would
be eaten up very soon in repairs. If
the State plan is accepted an entirely
new road will be built which will be
a continuation of the State highway
or either side of town and not subject
to much repairs for years.
In other words. while everybody in
Penbrook now appears to be in favor
of improving Main street the full
length of town, opinion is somewhat
divided between what amounts to a
mere makeshift and the building of
model highway. Penbrook people
are businesslike and enterprising and
II is not likely that they will choose
mere repairs when for a trifle more
they may have a street of which they
may be proud.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09
The State From Day to Day

Among other threads of the web of
influence for preparedness which the
military instruction camps at Platts-
burg and other localities are weaving %
boats of Bristol, Pa, into a naval IN,
struction squadron. The idea originated
in Germany, and the plan is to, enlist
tuteiage of United States navy officers,
so that in time of war they may serve
as scouts, pilots, local advisors, dispatch
ried out the plan will mean adding
materially to the efficiency of the naval
reserve.
More than a thousand corsetierres
have qualified in the last fifteen months
through schools held by the H. w; Cos;
sard Co. the makers of the original
practical application of the knowledge
gained is required before the corsetier-
res receive their diplomas. The main
branches in different parts of the
country.-The Williamsport Sun. Won
der what degree is conferred upon the
successful corsetterre?
While attending a local dance, Clin-
ton Harris. aged 25 years, residing in
Spring Garden street was struck on
to the medical institution in jitney
bus.-The Reading Herald. The free
informality of many of our recent social
luHSliOHS 10 dhidNAhB'
Erie, Pa, Sept s. = Six new cases of
infantile PARALYSIS were reported to-
day, making fifty cases since January
Of 100 cases In ali. All children under
IL years have been excluded from NOV
ing picture theaters and other places
of public amusement In an effort to cut
stricken with the disease.
Three LANCASTER policemen are for
ing disposition. They were charged
with getting drunk of duty. beating up
few peace-1oving citizens, smashing
way home, and generally scandalizfng
the whole city and county The facts
proved to be inconsistent with the
officers thirty days pay. Had they
been regular citizens they would have
been sent to jail for eighteen months.
Revised from the Lancaster Intelli-
gencer.
Mrs. z. H. McDermott, of this town. y
says the Kane Republican. has reeeiv,-
Hand threatening to blow up the fam
lily mausoleum in the family cemetery
unless she pays. over the amount de-
Rs1efa tSoTEh they oGG might tSinR % up Us some at
| form of revenge other than the grue-
some one of uprooting the bodies OF
her dead ancestors.
A rather remarkable example of Civ
| ing is told about Chinaman in the
Johnstown Leader. "Yee Chow, the
Ohio street Chinese laundryman. before
J leaving for San Francisco, subscribed
/ 800 in cash to the Grove Avenue
Methodist Episcopal Church. As he
peeled off the bills and handed them
| to the Rev. A. ]. Cook. Yee Chow re-
marked, God told me to do this.
Il "a. - ~ IL
personified. II it weren't so obvious
we might even pun on his name. What
| he did was to go in swimming in the
Upper Christiana RIVER, near Whining.
| yell at the top of his voice. SeveraI
well-dressed young men covered them.
| selves with mud and slime trying tc
lend him helping hand, but he swan
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09
DON'T FORGET THE PHILIPPINES


When an ex-President of the United
States criticises the Governor General
of the Philippines in such Nuncompro-
missing terms as those which Mr. Taft
at San Francisco applied to Mr.. Fran
els Burton Harrison 1t is time for
the American people to begin to take
serious notice of what is going on in
our island dependency. The judicial
carefulness of Mr.. Taft as a public
monitor, his freedom from the blatant
habit of exalted demagogues, wins
sure respect for all his public utter
ances. but in this matter he speaks
thority of specialist.
When, therefore, the former Secre-
tary of War and first American civil
Governor of the Filipinos says def
nitely that the present executive in
and their problem" that his reliance
for counsel is IN native politicians of
not the highest standing" and that
his removals of experienced American
officials in favor of native office seek
ers is demS,Fs1lzng In gco,hls the civ Giyi Service
attacks often made. This is expert
criticism, and on subject of deepest
import to the American people.
philippines we may be developing ano ane
other Mexico is startling indeed, and
not incredible. There must be no ex-
tension of the unfortunate principle
Of ',watchfuI waiting" Our Dur Mexican
us, but in the Philippines we are max
ing our own fate. A Philippine inter
vcntion following q too early Philip
pine independence would be an inef-
faceable disgrace.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09
THURSDAY EVENING, SEPT. 9.
Greatness ana goodness are not
means but ends-Coleridqe.
AN INSPIRING STORY

NOTHING in municipal circles is
v more inspirings than the simple
narrative of this city's splendid
progress since the dawn of the Greater
Harrisburg movement of 1901. 1t is
q story of remarkable achievement
and the Telegraph is glad to have had
a part in it.
On another page this evening is
printed as concisely as possible the
efficiency of a body of citizens CO.
operating for the betterment of an
entire community.
-Four loans have been issued since
the people of Harrisburg first sundered
the shackles of a self-centered and
ultra-conservative paste Four times
the voice of an aroused community has
been heard and each time the lines
have been pushed forward until now
the city stands for all that is pro-
gressive in municipal development.
Every citizen whose breast swells
with pride over what has been ac-
complished during the brief period
and who looks ahead to a still greater
city, will read with interest the narra-
tive on the first page this evening
And while we rejoice over the things
done let us not forget that it was at
the very beginning of the program of
city improvements now nearing COM
pletion that Harrisburg was making
its fight for new Capitol, which is in
a sense a monument to the energy and
intelligent presentation of the claims
of this city upon the Commonwealth.
This task, in which many participated,
would have been more difficult
had not the community at that
important crisis given unmistakable
evidence of its own rejuyenation
in its announced purpose to pro-
vide a proper environment for the
noble structure on Capitol Hill.
This city has much over which to
rejoice and every man. woman and
child should join in the glad acclaim.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09
EDITORIAL COr1r1ENT

Reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic loom
up large on the horizon TO thousands
of future citizens to-day.-Wilhams-
port Sun.
Sometimes a soft answer turns away
votes.-Johnstown Leader.
The Rockefeller Institute may have
discovered a preventive of cancer, but
II will have trouble convincing Chair
man Walsh,-Pittsburg Gazette
Times.
The suspicion grows that President
Wilson's views on votes for women de-
pend entirely on whether the women
get them or not.-Boston Transcript.
More than one Georgia home was
proud and happy last night when father
brought home piece of the rope with
which Frank was lynched.-Chicago
Tribune.
The mayor of Atlanta does not in
tend to lose the mob vote If he can
help it.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09
TELEORAPH'S PERISCOPE

Even though things do look pretty
black in the business world. the shoe
polish manufacturers at least needn't
feel blue.
The only people who don't mind
letting gentlemen pass out between
the acts are those that keep the re-
freshment dispensaries.
Some folk we know are more than
the salt of the earth. They are the
pepper, the vinegar and the mustard
as we'll Perfect cruet-stand of human
qualities. as il were.
-Odd-coIored stockings are now the
fad. If this thing keeps up, there's
going to be a lot of cross eyed men in
this town
"A slight earthquake shock was
experience in ITALY. Maybe it was the
Germans dropping a 42-centimeter
shell.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09
NO JUG-HANDLED COOPERATION
newspapers and
IL Democratic politicians are ring

nEMoCRATIC newspapers and
II Democratic politicians are ring
ing the changes on the stand
by-the-President" slogan. In a thou
sand tones we-and by I'VE" is meant
the Republican party-are told how
heavy is the Presidents burden, how
Mexico vexes him, how Hayti bothers
him, how the European war wears
upon him; how he is preserving us in
peace, how he is bringing US into
prosperity" how he will manage the
national defense. how he will augment
our revenues and how it is our duty,
not as Republicans, but as patriots. to
stand by him. and to support his
policies. This is all very we'll as 1t
applies to the European situation.
But what are those policies? What
is planned for Mexico? What will be
done further about the Lusitania
case? What course is to be pursued
regarding the English interference
with our commerce? What recon-
mendations have been made for ma
tional defense? How is the feeble
treasury to be bolstered up?
Nobody can tell. But we are asked
TO support policies which the Presi-
dent will develop without consultation
with anyone representing our party
policies based upon counseIs taken
from unofficial and prejudiced sources
and formulated by the President
alone. In due season we shall be
notified. Meantime it is our duty TO
stand by the President and to con-
tinue to do so, ad infinitum.
In some degree there has been a
willingness to do this. But that tend
ency has now been checked, and by the
President himself. While tealouslv
eloaking every detail OF his policy for
neutrality for Mexico, for defense. for
revenue, he has made it plain that
one thing he<is going to insist upon at
the next session of Congress. and that
is the passage of the ship purchase
bill
This measure has been featured in
no party platform. has been con-
demned by the business interests of
the country. is purely sociaIistic IN
it's purpose, is fraught with infinite
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09
UNEMPLOYMENT STILL EXISTS
TETHEN the Republicans made the
wv tariff. unemployment and other


w tariff. unemployment and other
national questions an issue in
the mayoralty campaign of last
Spring. the blghbrow element thought
it was to laugh. But the people un-
derstood and Mayor Thompson was
swept into office at Chicago by 15O,-
600 majority.
: Now everybody is coming to under
stand that a free trade tariff-with its
accompaniment of shortened hours,
curtailed wages or lack of employ
ment altogether-has a distinct bear
ing upon municipal affairs; and the
most emphatic evidence of this is
found in the enormously increased de-
mands upon the municipal and county
treasures for the support or assist
ance of dependents or quasi-depend-
ents.
According to the figures of the poor
relief department of Chicago, the de-
partment in February Of the present
year fed as many people as live in
Springfield, Ill, the third largest city
of that State. Last year the county
agent aided directly 100000 persons.
This year the estimate is that zoe, 900,
or twice the number cared for last
year, will be fed, clothed and warmed
at the expense of the taxpayers. Con
sequently, more taxes will have to
be collected to pay the Increased bill.
In other words. the application of
Democratic policies in the nation-as
shown by the Underwood tariff and its
effects-has Just about doubled the
number OF people who cannot earn a
living in Chicago.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09

OF course. City Commissioner Taylor.
wig has done so much for the city m
th& &enlargement of its parks and play
grounds, must also be responsible for
the breaking OF asphalt streets by the
heavy trucks OF corporations and con-
tractors now running over the paved
highways OF the city! And. of course.
he was responsible for the heavy rains
of the summer that quilted the River
slopes. OF course. according to paw
ing repair contractor who fell down on
his Job.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Major L. T. Hess, medical inspec-
tor of the army in this State until re-
Gently has been ordered on inspection
duty in Maryland.
John M. Mason, new president of
the American bankers, is president of
a Philadelphia Trust Company.
r. H. Wilbur, prominent In coal
affairs. is spending a while In the
Thousand Island region.
George L. Dobel, new president of
the State merchants. is a prominent
businessman of Bradford.
Walter S. Frees, one of the candt-
dates for mayor of Reading, has been
endorsed by the printers of that city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09
THEIR CHOICE.
I want a man
IN q million.
I want a mil
lion in q man.
THEY'RE ON

Told you bout my youngsters startin
OF to school the other day
We'll, they started in in earnest.
Didn't seem to think of play.
Gee, l thought they had forgotten
All about the hours of fun
They'd been having every day, bo,
Since the summer had begun.
But to-day a sign of weakening,
I'm inclined to think I found
In one of the lads. who downcast.
Walked the bloomin' house around.
When asked what was the matter.
'Headache-feeling pretty sick"
Took back some years to days. bo.
When pulled the same old trick,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09
SOURCES OF GOOD AND EVIL

A good man out of the good treasure
of his heart bringeth forth that which
is good: and an evil man out of the
evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth
that. which is evil: for of the abund-
ance of the heart his mouth speaketh-
st Luke vi, 45.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09
NO REASON TO SMILE

[From the woman's Home Compartment
IT say, Sandy" said Jack, handing
back his friends photograph, when yee
"And those pictures costing me two
dollars a dozenw replied Sandy. Are
We crazy, mon?"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09
standing Pat"

The business that stands pat"
moves backward.
It is the progressives who ex-
pand. widen markets, build ex-
tensions, and add to the bank
balances.
1t is the seeker after new
ideas who wins the commercial
battle.
It is the man who goes after
business who gets It,
And the list of the live ones
make up the list of newspaper
advertisers in this country.
The names of some of these
can be seen each day In the ad-
vertising columns OF the Tele-
graph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-09
ESiIIeh hx ExnIosion

Theodore Daugherty. of Altoona, was
killed yesterday at Duncannon by an
relatives in that place for several
weeks ........-