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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
PROSPERITY DUE TO WAR

MYTH unconscious candor Secre-
wv tary Redfield frequently drops
into admission of the error he
committed in saying that our prosper
ity is not due chiefly to war orders. In
a recent speech before the Chamber of
Commerce of New York City, he said
that there is danger that the sudden
turning Of the scales of international
trade in our direction and the appar-
ent access of wealth and profit arising
from it may turn the heads of some
OF US"
His reference to the sudden turn
ing" is necessarily an admission that
the drift was decidedly against us un-
til the sudden outbreak of war turn
ed it in our favor. His further refer
ence to the apparent access of wealth
and profit" carried with it the impli-
cation that the wealth is not so real
as it appears. We have a species of
temporary and spotted prosperity
which depends for its continuance
upon the continuance Of war. 1t is not
of that class of prosperity which eX-
listed when the industries of this coun-
try were conducted under the sound
economic policies of protective tariff
Under. that tariff policy the balance
of trade was in our favor and the
prosperity was as real as it was ap-
parent. Then there was no need TO
warn the American businessman that
his head was likely to be turned by an
apparent access of wealth and pro-
ut" So long as American business
men had confidence in the continuance
of policy of protection to American
industry, they were not only ready
but anxious to go ahead with legiti-
mate enterprise which gave employ
ment to American labor and American
capital, assured profits in all lines of
enterprise and provided adequate
revenues with which to conduct the
business of the government. Secretary
Redheld, alarmed lest the enormous
trade balance in our favor shall bring
us harm, seems rather inconsistent
with his frequently paraded efforts to
enlarge our foreign trade through the
employment of special agents in for
eign countries. 1t is reported that
his department will ask for increased
appropriations for the employment OF
such agents TO continue to secure for
eign markets for our goods. and this
at a time when he says the trade bal
ance in our favor is cause for alarm
lest 1t work to our injury.
Probably, as a result of the persist
ent hammering he has received from
the Republican press. Mr.. Redfield has
finally acquired some slight under
standing of the unsound basis upon
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
MONEY IN PEANUT SHELLS

A source. of wealth that is going
to waste in enormous quantities all
through our peanut loving country is
described in the current issue of aFrn
and Fireside.
"A Southern businessman went 10
manufacturer of grinding mills and
said he wanted one that would grind
peanut hulls; they're hard to grind be-
cause they are so gritty. He finally
got a mill that would do the work,
though he wouldn't tell what he was
going to do with the ground hulls. But
the secret leaked out. They are now
used in Pittsburgh for polishing tin
plate, and after that the oily mixture
is put up in packages with a fancy
label and sold as sweeping compound.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS
BY Frederic J. Haskir

lated by the police. If the motorist
runs up on the sidewalk and hits a
pedestrian he is heavily fined, and
If the pedestrian runs out on the
street and hits an automobile either
he-or his heirs and assigns-suffer
the same penalty.
In Europe they regulate the move
ments of the pedestrian just as care
fully as those of the automobiles and
then place the blame where it be-
longs. In this country, we let the
pedestrian run wherever he pleases,
indict the motorist ie he gets run over,
and have lawsuit to decide how
much he shall pay.
The fact that a pedestrian may, if
he is foolish or tired of life, try to
cross broadway during the afternoon
shopping hour in the middle of a block
and that the police have no power 10
stop him, would be incomprehensible
to European official.
Automobile associations; tired of
hearing their members called murder
ers, are bringing out these arguments
on their side of the case. Undoubted-
ly, they are partly right. 1t is also
undoubtedly true that there is a great
deal of careless driving and speed
ing in this country, as witness the an
nual toll taken by the bibulous joy
rider along the country roads and
suburban streets where ther is no pos
! sible excuse for an accident. The
great majority of accidents, however,
are undoubtedly due, in the first
place, to the fact that streets of many
American cities are not adequate for
automobile traffic, and, in the second
place, to the peculiar American con-
ception of personal independence
which makes adequate regulation
very difficult.
There are probably few American
cities where all OF the streets are as
wide as they ought to be. In many
of them, such as Baltimore, Pitts
burgh and Richmond they are mar
row, steep and cobbled.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
SOME UNIQUE COSTUMES

Among the articles of clothing now
on exhibition in the historic costume
collection, in the National Museum at
Washington, are a number which for
merly belonged to Thomas Jefferson.
Among them is linen garment, but
toned up the sides, which might easily
have suggested the design for some of
the modern combination undergar-
ments for men so extensively adver-
tised in current magazines.
The fastidious habits of the second
president are indicated by the fact
that, when travelling. he always slept
in a linen bag about two yards long
which protected him from contact with
the sheets and blankets of strange
beds. This bag and the little gray
cloth case in which it was carried are
also included in this exhibit.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
CAPTAIN swARTz

CAPTAIN HENRY A. SWARTz, for
" fifteen years truant officer for
the Harrisburg public schools
and previous to that a school director.
died last night. Captain Swartz had
an enviable military record, but it
will be as a school officer that he will
be best remembered. Captain Swartz
was the terror of every truant in Har-
risburg and many is the boy he put
back on the right track when the lad
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
HAVE A CANDLE BURNING

n TAYOR ROYAL, members of the
W clergy and women's organiaa-
tions have endorsed very heart
lily the Telegraph's movement for a
candle-light illumination of the city
ION Christmas Eve. The practice is a
pretty one and no doubt will be we'll
observed in the city this year.
The question of fire danger has been
raised, but a little care only is needed
to safeguard curtains and shades.
Many candlesticks, and some of them
of very cheap design, have glass flame
protectors attached, but even those are
not necessary. A common quart jar or
the chimney of a gas mantle provides
ample protection and does not spoil
the effect of the candle from a little
distance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
MOT long ago, there were eight
v automobile accidents in Balti-

-
IN automobile accidents in Balti-
more in a single day. The num-
ber of motor accidents in New York
has increased 120 per cent. during the
past year despite every effort the
traffic department can make to reduce
them. In Chicago automobile acci-
dents are steadily increasing and city
officials are studying the problem
from every angle.
These conditions are not typical of
the cities mentioned, but of traffic in
the United States as a whole. The
number of automobiles is multiplying
ut an unprecedented rate. The STAN
dardization of materials and large pro-
duotion have brought cars within Che
reach of incomes that never dreamed
OF them few years ago. The auto
mobile has become an essential in
both business and pleasure and
wherever it has gone it has carried
death.
In this country the blame has been
| laid largely at the door of the motor
lists. The Americans somewhat eX-
aggerated opinion of his independence
demands that he be allowed to walk
The pedestrian was there first and the
automobilist has no right to come
along and run over him.
{ 1t is an illuminating fact that in
Eurone they look at 1t just the other
way. There If you get run over by
! an automobile you will not only coll
lect no damages from the chauffeur,
but will be heavily fined for blocking
! traffic. In Europe, conditions are too
! crowded for the worship of personal
] independence to flourish. They rea-
| son over there that the motorist and
the pedestrian have equal rights 10
the thoroughfare. The pedestrian has
the use of a sidewalk, and the motor
| list sticks to the road. There is a
time for each of them to use the
/ crossings, which are carefully regu-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
TELEORAPH'S PERISCOPE

Bread riots in Berlin? We know
a family of youngsters right here in
this city ready to start bread riot
every time anybody mentions dinner.
Notice to farmers-It's almost
time to start that pre-Christmas
scarcity of turkeys" story.
THAT new rule ordering post
masters to examine the contents of
parcel post packages is going to be d
great help to the rural postal clerk
after advance information as to what
her friends are receiving as Christmas
gifts.
Don't take water" is the advice
given President Wilson with respect to
violation of American neutrality.
Good advice. and, we might add no
more grape juice. either.
If the kaiser keeps on inducing
Austria to give up parts of her terri
tory there will be no Austria left to
make peace when the war ends.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
WASHING SMOKE

A model smoke-washer has lately
been placed in round house at Engle-
wood, Chicago suburb. 1t washes
from 80 to 100 engines daily without
giving any ground for complaint in
that attractive residential section.
The round house is built without a
smoke jack leading to the outside at
mosphere. A concrete stall, twenty
two by thirty-two feet, is divided into
three parts, each containing water.
The engine smoke is forced through
this water by powerful fans which sep
arate from the gases the unconsumed
carbons that cause the blackness of
smoke. These latter are permitted to
escape into the air, while the carbon
and other solids are collected in the
water. Experiments are now being
conducted looking toward the practi-
cal utilization of this residue.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03

had fallen into evil ways. and many
the pair of shoes he purchased for
little folks whose parents could not
send them to school for lack of proper
clothing. Captain Swartz was known
to almost everybody in the city and
generally well liked; one of those fig
ures so common in the days agone. but
becoming fewer and rarer as Harris
burg sheds its old ways and takes on
those of the larger city it has become.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Warden McKenty, of the Eastern
Penitentiary, who was operated on for
appendicitis, was sent greetings from
his prisoners.
George c. Klauder. new compen-
sation referee. is a noted golfer.
w. T. Tiers, prominent in Lower
Merton affairs. is seriously i'll.
DIR. G. O. Smith. head of the Fed
eral Bureau of Mines, is planning Il
visit to this State.
Thomas Mcdonald, of the Car
negie Steel Company, is predicting
building of new plants.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
THE STATE FROM DAY TO DAY

Have you seen 'pug-nosed blonde
anywhere of late? That describes the
young woman who kidnapped a A.
month-old Philadelphia baby Monday
afternoon, since which time no trace
OF either has been found. Timely ad-
vice to innocent "blondes with turned
up nasal organs" would be a quick and
effective disguise to avoid complica-
tions.
True canine devotion was never bet
ter eXemplified than in the case of the
little fox-terrier belonging to Samuel
Crea, track walker, living in Kittan-
ming, recently killed by a train. The
little dog refused to leave his masters
body and had to be dubbed into insen-
sibility before the body could be re-
moved.
You've heard the expression
bringing home the bacon" We have
just learned from a State contempo.
rary how it originated Briefly. Fitz-
walter in 1914 made an offer to the
people of Dunmow, a town of ESSEX
in England, "That whatever married
couple will go to the priory, and
kneeling on two sharp-pointed stones
will swear that they have not quar-
relied nor repented of their marriage
within a year and day after it's cele-
bration. shall receive fitch of ba.
con-" From which Interpretation the
expression has to-day degenerateG
into measure of success in any un-
dertaking.
Deer hunting has swept over the
State in a mighty wave and areadS
many fine animals have been sacrificed
to the sport and palate of the hunters
1t is evidently a good year for bucks
and those who have gone early are
avoiding the rush, which will find little
left when it does come.
Margaret Richardson Knipe. the
first woman to study law and be ad-
mitted to the bar of Montgomery
county, died Wednesday night. She
practiced law with her husband, of the
same profession, and at first her ad-
mission was fought on the basis of se9
by male lawyers, without success.
New Castle, like Harrisburg, is in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
FRIDAY EVENING. DEC. 5

We thank Thee that dliCdgS Thy
Kingdom is at our Uery thresholds,
shining opportunities of life and SER
Vice tchere zee may reach and possess
them.-GdiuS Glenn Atkins.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
Our Daily Laugh
BONEHEAD.

Percy: Do you
know l think that
vulgar fello w
over there in
suited me.
Dorothy: What
did he say?
Percy: w h y
he suggested, in
a very rude man
ner, that when I
die I bequeath
my head to a COL
lar button fac
4ar1.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03

the throes of a discussion of the jitney
problem, as TO whether the ordinance
providing for the regulation of the
business shall be adopted or not. The
evolution of the jitney from a mere
traction companies under the present
basis of what many term unfair COM
petition, was speedy and unexpected.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
HE'D HAVE FAVORED ARSENIC
TPittsburgh Gazette-Times1

1t required morphine to stop a Kan
sas woman from laughing at a fat
man chasing his hat. The fat man
probably would have been willing to
prescribe something even more effec-
tive.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
\ CTTYS FACE

TIME Kansas City Star quotes ex-
tensively from an article by
Gerald Stanley Lee in the
the Springfield Republican, which
ought to be of interest to Harrisburg
people. since it has a direct relation
TO what has been accomplished in
Harrisburg within the past several
years.
The star quotes this part of Mr.
Staniey's article:
Springfield cannot be great city
and draw people to her without
face. It is as impracticabie, eX-
field 10 try to attract people, 10
make herself known to people
without the city's having a face to
look them in the eye with, as it
would be for a man to try to make
himself known to people. to do
business with people, without a
faceless cities already trying to be
patriotic without expressing 1t and
without looking it,, without some
on the sky OF the glory and the
hope of the people.
Commenting upon it, the Kansas
City editor says: That is the idea
that is inspiring city builders these
days. \ city must have distinction
1t must have face"
Precisely so. No city worthy the
name but has some outstanding, dis
tinctive feature. In Harrisburg this
is unquestionably our river front
with its walk and its steps and its un-
surpassed view. This is the. city's
face" If you please, and a pretty
good looking face it is, too. even il we
do say it "as shouldn't" incidentally
the wisdom of the city planners in
developing the bank is shown by the
interest taken in such projects else
where.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
SURE, THEY'LL DO THAT

In AS cold storage warehouses there
are 1000. 100000 eggs, all staying
strictly fresh, of course, until other
wise notified.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
HE'S OUR FOREMOST NUDGER

Houston POST
John Hays Hammond has just re-
turned from a short trip to Europe,
where, we suppose, he spent several
weeks nudging such royalty as might
have been disengaged from pressing
business at the front.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
HEAD WOULD BE A TEMPTATION
Albany InnrnaI /

We do not believe. that Villa said he
would like to cut off Carranzas whisk-
ers. If he ever got near enough to
Carranza to do any cutting he would
hardly stop at the whiskers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
VERY QUIET EVENING

contemporary says that two
baldheaded men pulled hair at the
courthouse yester eve" They certain
ly had very little to do.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
GEE, BUT WE'RE SMART!
IWasI{npton Star.

The resourcefulness of America is
shown by the fact that this country
is now able to get up most of its own
fashion news.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
wRIsTERs NICE PRESENT
baltimore Sun.l

Let's get the Christmas spirit and
go out and buy somebody a pair of
ear warmers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg sends flour to
South America?
UISTORIC HARRISBURG

What is now Island Park used to be
the favorite resort for picnics one hun
dred years ago.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03

Anyhow, the PRESIDENTS Cabinet is
we'll Garrisoned.-Phi Even
ing Ledger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Three Would Wed Widow" says
an Indiana headline. oh, Sammy Wei
ler If you were only here to share
with em that advice.-Allentown
Chronicle and News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03

New Castle, like Harrisburg, is in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-03

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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-26
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS

Milwaukee. - Geo. M. Rogers, al
legged by federal postal authorities to
have gotten 100000 through mail
swindle, taken to New York to stand
trial.
Cape Town, S. A.-LieUt. Col. Ma
ritz, leader of BOer rebellion of last
October, has escaped from prison.
Liverpool. - American liner PhiIa-
deIphia arrived today after Unevent-
full run.
St. Louis.-Verdict of inquest into
death Of Richard Randolph, mer-
chant, blamed Ralph Holiday for
shooting and found Mrs. Randolph,
widow, accessory before fact,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-26

CHICAGOGRAMS =
$50 50" *s%* $500
Tennis courts, golf links and base
ball diamonds will be the main make
up of Warren Woods, out in Austin,
this year.
About week or ten days more and
all the political posters will come
down out of the windows. Big showl
be over.
For spring weather, today is a
frost
The things we have planted IN our
garden remind us of that famous war
time song, You Can't Get EN- Up"
They tell US that the moving van
was the originator of moving pic
lures"
Doc. Wiley says nix on too much
sweet stuff for the kids. Every kids
sweet tooth, however, is stronger
than his wisdom tooth.
As soon as the zoo in Lincoln park
opens up for the season the monkey
business will start again. Also the
giraffe, lion and zebra business.
Signs of springtime oft remind us,
we can-buy red lemonade.
LIN municipal court a judge asked
the colored prisoner his age. ''Tweny
foahT, 20 hOnah," replied Rastas.
well, you're going to be just twenty
five when you get out-next case, "
replied the judge.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-26
P. S. Amy boob who's been out
today knows that.

NEW "LOVE CULT" TANGLE
Alliance, o., March 26.-Mysteri-
GUS rites believed to have been per-
formed at the brotherhood Home"
of the Kingdom of God, a religious
new love" cult of II members, Z of
them women, are under investigation
following death of Amy G. Tanner,
%, a convert, under circumstances
that indicate an illegal operation had
been performed. Apostle" P. A.
George, leader of the cult, is in Jail
and other members are under surveil-
lance.
George in his cell declared: THE
voice of God speaks to me and tells
me am innocent of the charge. do
not believe in free love, but the laws
of men are not the laws of God and
every man has real wife, though
she may not be the one the law united
him to-"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-26
1T RHYMES!

by Jim Wdnee
The fellow who claims
That this weather is spring
Is a good ways from that ~
Which is just the right thing.
We wish to inform
That the springtime's been lost.
What ought to be warmth, folks,
Is nothing but frost.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
SHALL THE ROAD WORK BE
 BLOCKED?

As predicted in last weeks issue of the Southern Construction News, the State Highway Department of Ar kansas has been compelled to pull off all it's surveying crews and virtually haul down the sign of first aid' to the progressive road committies of the State. Road work, for the time being, so far as preliminary surveys by the State is concerned, is at a standstill Now the all-important question is, Shall the road work of the state be absolutely blocked?"
 In last weeks issue, through the trenchment statement of Hon. F.. E. Alexander, author of the good roads law, the attitude and intention of the Legislature toward the good road work was pointed out. No one has had the hardihood to challenge that state ment
 But the stubborn fact remains that the activity of few years ago, when istil d QoLCil IICNo NClt buoy ONCl the state assisting the communities in determining the cost and feasibility of undertaking the construction of pike roads, has ceased Not a wheel can the department turn in this regard, because it has no money. The thou sands of citizens affected must simply fold their hands and wait, or under take themselves the initial work which the law plainly indicated SHOULD BE DONE BY THE STATE.
 It was hoped that by this time, and before the cold water of delay ha started it's deadening influences, that the Governor would have issued an emergency proclamation setting aside
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
States Exhibit A

Rufus White, an old negro, was be- ing prosecuted for carving Jake Hos letter, fellow laborer, with a razor. The lethal weapon was on the stenog- rapher's table, marked Exhibit A for the state.
 The lawyer for the defense rounded up a half dozen negro witnesses who declared Rufus reputation for peace and good conduct was fine, and that they had never known him to carry a razor. This created doubt in the minds of the jury, and Rufus was acquitted. He thanked the jury with fervor, and then turned to the judge.
 "Yo' honah," said Rufus, "kin An ax question
 q suppose so," returned the court; "what do you want to krow?"
 "Does An git my razor back?"