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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20

but it will also see' some millions of
sturdy people of both sexes and all
| ages who will be prepared as never
before to undertake the rehabilitation
of the hapless nations Even now the
governments at war are sending forth
their commissioners to prepare the
way for the return to the arts and In
dustries and commerce of peace, These
realize the great problems which must
be solved and no time will be lost after
the cessation OF hostilities In healing
the wounds and opening the avenues
that are now clogged with the mu-
nitions and instruments OF war;
Herein. of course. lies the tremen-
dous Job of Uncle Sam and his big
family of q hundred millions. This
readjustment abroad likewise means
similar readjustment on this side OF
the ocean. We have undoubtedly
proflted in an unusual measure on ac-
count of the war. Fabulous balances
! of trade have resulted from the export
of munitions of war and foodstuffs in
addition to the iron and steel and
other manufactured products which
have gone to markets heretofore
monopolized by England and France
and Germany. 1t has been an un-
expected deluge of prosperity, which
is only now beginning to filter through
into the general channels of business.
But when the war ends-what?
That's the question that is giving pause
wherever thoughtful men of affairs
foregather. Shall we be able to main
tain our position as the creditor ma
ton of the world? viii 1t be possible
for us to hold the great markets of
South America and Europe and Asia
and the world at large opened by the
hand of Mars? How can We meet the
invasion of cheap foreign products
without resulting reductions in wages
and prices of commodities in the
United States?
These and other questions are con-
stantly uppermost among the thinkers
of the nation. They must be solved
and the government at Washington
has preparedness in more ways than
one to deal with this winter. There is
admits of no argument. 1t is con-
ceded by all men save the theorists
and opportunists of the Bryan type.
But the Congress must address itself
to that other problem which is quite
as vital-the restoration in full meas
ure of the American system of pro-
lection and it's allied prop, the mer-
chant marine. Not the Wilson-McA Adoo
government-owned and paternalistic
lines of ships, but shipping encouraged
and fostered by legislation designed to
give full play to the energy and capital
and constructive abilities of the cap
tains of finance and industry and trans
portation who have contributed so
largely to the development Of the
United States.
Out with the paternalism which has
stified individual effort abroad; out
with the grasping hand of government
ownership: out with everything that
tends to dwarf and minimize the
initiative and ambition and vision of
the average American! His courage
and ability must have full play.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20
rTETCHER,s APPOINTMENT

MO appointment made by the Will
son administration has been so
we'll received by newspapers of
all party affiliations as that of Henry
Prather Fletcher, brother of ]. Rowe
Fletcher. of this city, to be ambassador
to Mexico.
The following from the New York
Sun is a fair sample of the editorial
comment on Mr. Fletcher's selection:
Mr.. Wilson is the third President
who has recognized the capacity of
Henry Prather Fletcher and re-
warded him. Evidently the Presi-
dent was seeking the right man for
the Mexican mission, or he would
not have decided upon his own Am
bassador to Chile. It is clearly
case of promotion for work well
done in another Spanlsh-American
republic.
MIR. Fletcher is no politician. He is
a diplomat of the modern American
school. His method of procedure is
always friendly but straightforward
and courageous. He knows the Latin
temperament by long experience and
he has a war record that ought to
make him popular among a people
given to admiration I of military
achievement. BY sheer force of char
acter and merit Mr.. Fletcher has
forced himself from the lowest rank
of the diplomatic service to a position
that has brought his name into promi-
nence every time in recent years an
important ambassadorship requiring
more than ordinary ability has been
vacant.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Senator e. F. Warner has been
elected president of the Weatherly
Iron and Steel Company
e. A. Van Valkenburg has been
appointed to Lower Merton election
board
Willis Whited, State bridge engi-
neer, is to speak at the State College
good roads week meetings.
II. NJ. Chase, head of the Lehigh
Valley coal interests, is planning for
free medical attendance for the COM
pany's miners.
William Decker, West Branch
manufacturer, is about to establish
two new factories in Lycoming county.
Representative James II. Maurer.
president of the State Federation of
Labor, addressed State College stu
dents.
--B. f. Affieck, new head of the
Portland Cement manufacturers, is
president of the Universal Portland
Cement Manufacturers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20

Mayor-elect Meals is manifestly Civ
ing considerable thought to the traffic
problems in the city, and with the re-
organization of the City Council PROMPT
action will doubtless be taken looking
to overcoming some intolerable condi-
tions now the subject of general COM
plant. The Mayor-elect has very
properly criticized the use of Market
street as a parkway district for auto
mobiles. Merchants have been ex-
tremely patient under these conditions,
and 1t is time that they be given relief.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20
THE STATE FROM DAY TO DAY

willie" seems to be a synonym for
trouble, as far back as the memory
of man can endure, from the time
when he tied the baby's ear firmly to
the chandelier and the baby chuckled
because it was his ear of corn. Willie's
latest stunt is to become movie fiend
and the other morning in Johnstown
playhouse, he was found by the
janitress peacefully sleeping off a
night of movie intoXication. my,
must hustle home" says Willie when
he awakened in the morning.
The Reading Herald figures that
there are three hundred families in
their city that will have no prospect
of Santa Claus this year, unless good
people of the town come to the rescue
and substitute for the kindly old gen.
tleman. The Christmas spirit seems
to have pervaded all the world on this
side of the ocean, however, and there
is no fear that the unfortunate fam
lilies will not be provided for.
Fruit is playing a prominent place
in the news of late, we observe. A
man in Blue Ball, Pa, has the dis
tinction of having some STRAWBERRIES
that were still blooming under the
first snowfall. They were red as a
winter golf ball, but frozen hard. And
then, looking further, we read of two
glasses of lemonade that put out a
fire down in Philadelphia. Young
Sam Walvick fearlessly approached
the tiny blaze that was caused by a
- a. ..-I
ed it with the liquid fruit.
A long distance mailman has been
discovered in Shoemakersville, who
has served as carrier for rural route
No. /, from the local postoffice there
and in that time has used only one
horse and has Travelled nearly 100, 200
miles.
zone must not die prematurely
one must mate and have at least
three and seven-tenths children to
improve the standing of the coming
generation said Prof. r. NJ. John
son to the Pittsburgh Academy OF
Science and Art last Saturday.
! Daniel come to Judgment!
Canine felicity was never better
demonstrated than in the recent case
of a Shippensburg dog. A little pei
dog belonging to a farmer by the
name of George Martin for three
days faithfully guarded scarecrow
in the middle of a cornfield thinking
it to be his master, who had left or
journey. The little animal couldn't
understand it, and although the story
may be used as an argument against
the intelligence ordinarily attributed
to dogs, it can't be denied that this
particular little fellows heart was il
the right place.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20
Christmas Gifts For the
Home

Here is a happy idea for the
holiday season.
Have the whole family con-
tribute for some article to beau
tify the house.
Perhaps a new rug, or a piano,
or q piece of furniture.
Maybe new curtains would be
Just the thing.
1t is something everyone can
enjoy, something all can share
in.
The stores will be glad to give
suggestions along this line.
And the index to the desirable
stores is the advertising in the
Telegraph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Peace ships rush in where dread
naughts fear to tread.-Washingto
Post.
Fay reads Bible. gets new lawyer"
Nothing like playing both sides-Co-
lurn bia State.
Where do the Belgians get all the
money the Germans take away from
them New York World.
everybody wants peace-on his own
terms.-Springheld Republican.
1t must be admitted that the Teu-
tonic bomb-plotters are holding us 10
strict accountability.-Bost Tran
script
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20
LOCAL NEWS

Last night at the home of the bride,
Mrs. Edith B. Gait. one of the reign
ed in marriage to Thos. w. Wilson, OF
Staunton. Va. The bride looked charm
ingly in a gown of all over white and
carried a shower bouquet of flowers,
the gift of the groom, who is Prince
ton man. class of 1879. and is employed
by the U. S. govt. Their many friends
wish the pair, who left on honeymoon
for Southern pts. the happiness they so
richly merit. The groom wore the con-
ventional black and white.
f. p. A, In New York Tribune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20
FLETCHER's APPOINTMENT

The appointment of such a capable
and well-equipped diplomatist as Henry
?. Fletcher to the difficult post of AM
trast to tho deserving Democrat
policy of the Bryan regime. The fact
that Mr.. Fletcher is a Republican has
not been allowed to outweigh the much
more important fact that he is excep-
tionally well fitted for his new duties.
The United States will never have the
right kind of diplomatic service on any
other terms.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20
MONDAY EVENING, DEC. 30.

All thoughts of iH;-aH eUiI deeds,
That hGUe their roots in thoughts
of ILL.,
Whatever hinderS or impedes
The action of the nObler toiH;-
All these must first be trdmpled doWn
Beneath our feet, if tCe toould gain
In the bright fields of fair reno10n
The right of eminent domain!
-Longfellow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20
1T MAKES NO DIFFERENCE

T<HE News of Brownwood, Texas,
is an outspoken Democratic
journal. And by 'outspoken"
we mean not only that the News is
unhesitatingly partisan but that it
does not seek to evade incontrovert-
ible facts. In a recent issue the News
discussed Mr.. Bryan and said:
At the last Presidential election
the Republican party was split in
two and the Democrats slipped In.
The division has been mended, and
Mr.. Bryan is now trying his best to
divide the Democratic party.
Here are three facts which all our
readers will do well to hold in mind.
In 1912 the Republican party was
divided. AS result the Democrats
Slipped in The division in the Re-
publican ranks has now been mended.
This being so. it makes mighty little
difference what Mr.. Bryan does or is
trying to do.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20
Notice to Telegraph
Correspondents

Christmas Day falling on Satur-
day this year necessitates the print
ing of Central Pennsylvania news
In the Telegraph on Friday even
ing, December "a, and TO insure
publication all letters from corre-
spondents must be in the Telegraph
editorial rooms one day earlier.
They should be mailed so as to
reach the Office not later than noon
on Wednesday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20
THE LAST PROGRESSIVE

VTTILLIAM F'LINN is prepared for
Wv the worst In an interview last
night he said: "The rules of
the sea apply to me. 1 must be the
last man, or one of the last, to leave
the Progressive ship" and then he
adds, that is, provided all the others
intend to leave it."
Quick, Wasson, the torpedo!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20

Consider what | say: and the LORD
give thee understanding in all things
III Timothy, ii, Z.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20
NO REGARD For FORD
[From the New York Sun. /

Italy has begun to buy war material
in this country for 1917. Haven't the
Italians any regard for Henry Ford's
faalinnE7
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20
Our Daily Laugh

She: And do
you really love
me?
He: Love you?
Why I'm borrow
in money every
week to buy you
bonbons, etc.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg's. intercepting
sewer has been patterned Dy q
number of eastern cities?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20
HISTORIC HARRISBURG


Harrisburg furnished two compan-
les of men for the Mexican war
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20
TELEORAPH'S PERTScOPE

Somerset school teachers are quar-
antined. Hard for the teachers, but
happy days for the boys and girls.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20

One of the worries we don't have is
fers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20

News item: - The Sunday schools
were unusually well attended yester-
day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20

Why not call them Oscars.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20

zone must not die prematurely;
one must mate and have at least
three and seven-tenths children to
improve the standing of the coming
generation" said Prof. r. NJ. John
son to the Pittsburgh Academy of
Science and Art last Saturday. A
Daniel come to judgment!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-20

Published every evening (exoept Sun
dey) at the Telegraph Building, gle
Federal Square. Both phones.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-03
Legislature in
Massachusetts

Boston, Nov. 2-Republicans
strengthened their hold upon the Leg
islature in the election today. Upon
a joint vote they will have 200, against
70 Democrats and Socialist. For the
first time in several years there, will
be no Progressive in either branch.
In the lower branch there will be
166 Republicans. 73 Democrats and one
Socialist, as compared with $50 Re-
publicans. 81 Democrats. Q Progress
sives and / Socialist in the session Of
1915.
Complete returns from the 10 senatorial
districts show that the upper branch Of
the Legislature Of 1916 will be composed
Of "a Republicans and six Democrats. q
gain Of one seat for the Republicans.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-03
ARBITRATION
May BE RESORT
IN HOOKING CASE
Secretary Lansing Instructs Am
bassador Page to Obtain a
Statement of Facts from Brit
ish Government

Washington. Nov. 2-Seizure Of the
American steamship Hooking by Bri-
fish cruiser off the Atlantic coast has
brought to issue question on which
the positions Of the United States and
the Entente Allies are so far apart that
some officials here believe arbitration
ultimately will have to be resorted to
for settlement.
Secretary Lansing cabled to Ambass-
ador Page at London today to secure
from the British government a state.
ment of facts regarding the seizure of
Hooking and the reasons for it.
To Demand Surrender
When this information is forthcom-
ing the State department probably will
protest Immediately and demand the
surrender Of the ship. It is fully ex-
pected that following its usual course,
the British foreign Office will claim the
privilege of sending the Hooking to a
prize court and as the United States
government usually has consented to
await the result Of the regular legal
proceedings it is likely that no objec-
ton will be made to this procedure,
though all rights will be reserved
Daeia Precedent
The last precedent to the present case
was that Of the American STEAMSHIP
Dacia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-03
Workers Must Wait

This is the indicated result of the first
big popular vote on the suffrage question
in the eastern states. New Jersey, the
only other eastern state that has voted
on the question, defeated the proposition
at special election Oct. 10 BY a major.
ity of 5000. In none of these -four states
will the women have the opp ,rtuni.y Of
getting the suffrage project brf.:e the
voters again for some time--four years
in New York, five years in Pennsylvania
and New Jersey. and two years in Massa-
chusetts.
The anti-suffrage voting appears
from the returns thus far given to
have been the strongest in Pennsylva-
MIA, where the ratio is roughly esti-
mated as high as to against suf-
frage. Massachusetts, appears to have
been next with a ratio Of about 2 to /,
while New York state as had been ex-
pected from the fact that the cam
paign had been waged SO strongly
they had the closest ratio Of about
to 3.
Notwithstanding the heavy anti-suf-
frage majority the votes for women
leaders claim to see in the returns
some cause for jubilation because it
was realized that the states where
their cause was on trial today were
considered conservative strongholds
and, while voting for the first time on
the question they still showed the win
ming over many hundred thousand Of
men in all states to the woman suffrage
idea
Statements by the suffrage leaders were
uniformly to the effect that yesterdays
results were encouraging enough to war
rant renewal of suffrage campaigns, and
indicated that there would be no aban-
donment of the demand for the ballot.
The general phase Of the voting is that
the anti-suffrage ratios were quite as
strong in the large cities, where the suf-
fragists naturally centered their cam
paigns, as in the rural districts, where
there was less campaign activity. New
York City with only ISL districts missing
out Of 2o79 districts gave 3O2,233 against
suffrage as compared with 2124s6 for the
amendment.
Buffalo. the second largest city in
New York State, Rochester. Albany,
Troy and a majority Of the other cit.
les of the state went against suffrage
by unquestionable majorities. Ithaca,
Niagara Falls and jamestown were
the only conspicuous exceptions to the
rule
In Boston the anti -suffragists show
ed overwhelming strength while in
Philadelphia the ratio in most Of the
election districts first heard from in
dicated vote Of 10 to l in opposition
to giving women the vote.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-03
ADMITS WAS WITH
PREECE WHEN SHOT
P O1ice Say Statement
Made Clears up Mys-
terry Harrington De-
clares Gun Was Dis
charged by Accident
is Alleged to Have
Confessed to Taking
Money

Rumford, Me-, Nov. 2.-(SpeciaD.-
Patrick ]. Harrington, wanted for q
year in connection with the shooting
Of Thomas E. Preece in East Sumner,
has been apprehended and is a pris-
oner in the South Paris Jail. In a sign
ed statement, according to the police,
he admits he was the mysterious man
in the team with Preece but he de.
clares the shooting was the result of
an accident. Harrington claims, It is
understood that Preece attempted to
step from the wagon and that the
gun between the two men was there
by moved and accidentally discharged,
the bullet striking Preece over the
right kidney and coming out near the
left shoulder. It was learned on good
authority here tonight from a man
close to the authorities that Harring-
ton admits taking $55 from Freezes
person, upon the realization that the
shooting was fatal. He is said to have
stated that he did this because he was
frightened and wanted to get away.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-03
100000 Men in Field

Premier Asquith stated that Field
Marshal Sir John French, commander
Of the British forces on the Franco
Belgian front. was now In command
of nearly 100000 men. >
The premier expressed his conf
dence in the recruiting scheme of the
Earl of Derby.
Mr.. Asquith said the total casual
ties in France and Flanders amounted
to $4,000.
Germans Held Everywhere
He asserted the Germans had not
made a net gain of a foot Of ground
since April.
Reviewing the work of the British
submarines in the Turkish campaign.
the premier said that in the Sea Of
Marmora they had sunk or damaged
two battleships, five gunboats one
torpedo boat, eight transports and
1877 supply ships.
Financial Difficulties
The premier asserted the financial
situation Of Great Britain was seri-
Gus and that the nation must be pre-
pared to make far greater sacrifices
than it had yet done to enable it to
maintain the burden imposed by the
war.
DardaneIIes Situation
The premier accepted his full share
Of responsibility for the first attack
on the Dardanelles, which resulted in
failures, with the loss Of several cap
ital ships. He said this attack was
made after full investigation and con-
sultation with naval experts. and that
it was sanctioned by the government.
Notwithstanding some doubts in the
mind Of the governments principal
naval adviser.
Mr.. Asquith said there was full
agreement between Great Britain and
France to maintain the independence
of Serbia and not let her become the
prey Of the sinister and nefarious
combination Of Germany. Austria and
Bulgaria"
Premier Asquith said he strongly
believed the recruiting plan of the
Earl of Derby would succeed and that
compulsion would be unnecessary.
Premier Asquith prefaced his re-
marks concerning the war by saying
his statement had been delayed by cir
cumstances over which he had no con-
troll, but the delay had kad the adj
vantage Of enabling him to receive
warnings and counsels from every
quarter. He would disappoint many ex-
.pectations, he continued. not the least,
the expectations Of those who thought
he ought to appear as q criminal or q
(centinusd on Page s1coI. a.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-03

OF ARREST FOR
CONDEMNATION

Halifax, N. S., Nov. 2.-Declarations
of arrest were nailed today to the
mainmasts Of the American steamer
Hooking and the Dutch steamer Ham
born, which. were brought into this
port Sunday by the British prize crews.
The steamers are held for condemna-
ton, the legal question IN each case
being that Of ownership. The declara-
lions state that the owners Of the
steamers have time limit Of eight
days in which to put in their defense.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-03
Governor Walsh

Governor Walsh, speaking at a
dinner OF the Bay State Automobile
Association tonight. said
I" am glad that ! am to have so
worthy and honorable a man as Mr..
Mccall as my successor in office
next year. ! congratulate Massa.
chusetts. For my own part ! have
no regrets. made tbs best fight J.
could and in my heart know that
I have tried to be . faithful and
conscientious governor. am IN.
deed grateful for the magnificent
vote ! reoeived."
The Governor led in calling for
thres cheers for the governor elect.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-03

New York, Massachusetts, and
Pennsylvania defeated the proposition
Of granting suffrage to women by over
whelming majorities in yesterdays
election.
The indicated majorities against suf-
frage were, at an early hour this
morning. as follows:A
Massachusetts 1850, (returns prac-
tically completely.
New York, 295,66S about two-thirds
state reported).
Pennsylvania 10000 (about one fifth
state reported). i'