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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-15

letter to the county legislators urging
them to support Governor Brumbaush
in his efforts to obtain local option
law.
The letters are signed by f. r.
Weaver, county president. and j. c.
Aldinger. superintendent of temper
ance work. They enclose the names of
the assembly members of the county:
+. +. Beidleman, State senator; and
members of the House, J. w. Swartz.
Augustus Wildman, ]. c. Nissey. of
Harrisburg, and Walter S. Young, Of
Lykens.
The local option question is assum-
ing great importance among church
people of the city, and definite en-
dorsement of Governor Brumbaugh
has been made by many church socie-
ties. special local option session of
the Epworth League of the Stevens
Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
was attended by more than 500 per-
sons last evening, when Mrs.
Mabel Cronise Jones spoke on the
| Temperance question as it relates to
Epworthians and cited figures and
/ facts from the experiences of corpor-
ations and governments to bear out
her statements.
Mems Classes Take Stand
A resolution endorsing the local
option stand of Governor Brumbaugh
passed yesterday by the Mems Bible
class of Olivet Presbyterian Church
was signed by the following:
w. O. Yates, j. w. Craver. Floyd r.
Lear. G. w. Brinser d. c. Werts. c. w.
Barton, c. Il. Bowman, James w. Mac
| Donald. VIM. +. Mote, J. F. Boob, NJ
| ID. Hauck, John d. Hosfield. A. l..
Croft. a. y. Cleckner. Thomas r.
/ Reigle, John w. Harlacker. J. Harry
Steele. James ID. Hayes, Robert f.
/ Webster, John c. Gates. Lloyd H.
! Ware, c. ID. Hines, Percy r.. Walker,
\. II. Blouch, II. w. Shoemaker. II.
| Weildman, G. NJ. Glenn, G. r.. Leas
Edwin l.. Lyme. a. b. Shartzer,
Charles III. Cox. Edward Askins, VIM.
W. McKinnie, j. B. Macdonald and A.
/ G. Dean.
The James Mccormick Bible Class
organized prior to 1860 passed a reso-
Tuition yesterday in which they state
| their opposition to the liquor traffic
as constituting a menace to the well
/ fare of the people and the spreading
of the gospel of Jesus Christ: also
that they claim the privilege of voting
on the question as to whether liquor
may be sold in the district in which
they live; that they favor the passage
| of the local option bill to be presented
| before the legislature; and that copies
! of the action taken be sent TO Cover
nor Brumbaugh and the members of
Legislature from this district
Christian Life. The Rev. A. w.
| Kitchin, recor of the Episcopal
Church of Mt. JOY, Pa, addressed the
Allison Hill Mems Christian Assoca-
tioR yesterday afternoon on Christian
Life. An interesting motion picture
depicting scenes from the Life of
Christ was shown. j. p. Braselman,
president of the association. presided.
Gospel Grew at York.-The Gospel
crew OF the Harrisburg p. r. r. Y. NJ.
IC. ~. had charge of the services in the
| Epworth Methodist Church, York yes
terday.
Continues Sermon Series. - The
Rev. DR.. Lewis Seymour Nudge. pastor
of Pine Street Presbyterian Church.
spoke on THE Unescapable God" last
evening.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-15
ELLIOTT-FTSHERG GLEE SINGS
BEFORE MEMS CLASS

The newly organized Elliott Fisher
Glee Club sang several selections be-
fore the Mems Organized Bible Glass
of Zion Lutheran Church yesterday
afternoon.
Among the strong points brought
out in the lesson by DR.. T.. f. Camp
bell. teacher. were: Men measure
man by position; but God measures
man by works; any man who has him
self in complete control morally and
religiously straight, morally and re-
ligiously clean in the eyes of Cod
is a king. The devil is usually spoken
of and pictured as having horns and
tail, in reality he comes with the
sweetest smile. most pleasing CONVEX
sation and kindly manner.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-15
E2WORTH LEAGUES COMPLETING
MASS MEETING PLANS

The Rev. Dan B. Brummtt, OF Chi
cago, editor of the Epworth. Herald,
will address the Epworth League mass
meeting in Grace Methodist Church,
Wednesday evening, A reception will
be rendered to the Rev. Mr.. Brummitt
before the service. Music will be fur
nished by the Stevens Memorial Meth
odist Male chorus. The plans for the
meeting were arranged last Thursday
at a meeting of presidents and repre-
sentatives of the various leagues.
"Scyen indispensable Things" -
Seven indispensable Things is the
topic for discussion at a meeting in
Studebaker's hall of members of the
Christian Workers Bible class
Girls Club to Observation-Disclosures
of the Girls club of the Calvary Pres
byterian Church, will give a st. Pat
riclS's entertainment in the church to-
morrow evening. Music and readings
will be features of the program.
200 Attend Sunday School. - More
than zoo persons were present at the
Sunday school services in the Christ
Lutheran Church yesterday. This is
one of the largest attendance in the
history of the school. Every effort
is being made to have the attendance
at the 25th anniversary next Sunday.
the largest ever.
Commissioner jackson to Lecture
Commissioner John Price Jackson. of
the Department of Labor and Indus
try, will lecture Thursday evening in
Market Square Presbyterian Church
on MY Experiences in Germany at the
Outbreak of War" The lecture will
be given under the auspices of the
Mems Organized Bible class, taught by
III. Henry Spicer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-15
RIDGE AVENUE BOYS BRIGADE
Is MAKING PROGRESS

Lieutenant John G. Palmer was
elected president OF Company G.,
4th Pennsylvania division Boys Bril-
gade of the Ridge Avenue Methodist
Church, at a special meeting OF the
board OF officers yesterday afternoon.
y number of candidates have app
piled for admission to tho company.
They will be admitted Friday, March
&c. The members of the company
help in the Sunday school work and
the summer camps. by their military
discipline and traint
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-15
HUNDREDS Of MEN
TAKE OPTION STAND
Agree to Write Letters to LegisIa-
tors Asking Them to Knock
Out Booze

Every male mem
Der of a church,
Bible Class or Sun
day school in Dau-
.phin county is urg-
cd to take a definite
stand on the local
option question by
the Temperance
Department of the
County Sabbath
School Association.
which has sent
hundreds of letters
to church people
asking each man to
write Il personal
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-15

Holy truth, eternal right.
Let them break upon my sight,
Let them shine unclouded. still,
And with light my being fiji.
William Henry Furness.
Evening star., 1915-06-23

The most common form of supply is
the shallow well. reaching into . layer
Evening star., 1915-06-23
Safeguards Are Prescribed.

Artesian wells, driven wells. cisterns
and natural springs are also discussed
in this publication, and safeguards
against pollution prescribed.
1t is sometimes impossible to secure
pure water for drinking and COOKING
and methods of publication must De
adopted.
purity is insured only by the continued
observance of the principles of COM
mon sense and common Cleanliness
which are neither difficult nor expen-
Siye.
Evening star., 1915-06-23
U. S. WINS FAIR AWARDS.
Gets % Grand Prizes and 81 Honor
Medals at San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, June 23.-For
the first time in the history of univer-
sal expositions, the United States gov
ernment has been awarded prizes for
it's exhibits. This announcement was
made officially today by the Panama
Pacific committee on awards.
Twenty eight grand prizes and thir-
ty-one medals of honor were won by
the various sections of the govern
ment's exhibits, which constitute the
largest participation the nation has
ever made in an international exposi-
ton.
Heretofore the government has not
entered into competition for prizes
Evening star., 1915-06-23

of earth saturated with water. Few
of these are fed by flowing streams,
except in limestone formations. and
they are really little more than reser-
voirs for surface water. SINCE they
times several hundred feet, their loca-
tion with reference to stables, out
houses and stock pens is matter OF
prime Importance.
Other possible sources OF poliution
are a Ieaky or loose well casing, de-
fective curb, or a cover that is not
Water-tight
Evening star., 1915-06-23
ENTERS VIRGINIA DECREE
United States Judgment Against
West Virginia Largest Against
Any State.

In conformity with its opinion hand
ed down on the 14th instant, the Su-
preme Court of the United States has
entered its decree in the case of the
commonwealth OF Virginia against the
state of West Virginia for the sum of
s12, 1893. .929.5O. of which s4,215.622.2s is
principal and Ss,17S.307.22 is interest
thus constituting the largest judg-
ment that has ever been entered
against a state.
The decree also provides for interest
Evening star., 1915-06-23
STOP RUSSIAN SHIPMENTS.
United States Firms Cancel Orders
for Ship Space for War Materials.

SEATTLE, Wash, June 23.-Cancel-
lation of large shipments of war ma
terial for Russia by American manu-
facturers who are said to be unable
to obtain cash payments for their
products became known today, when
the Great Northern Steamship Com
pany announced that the liner Mime
sofa probably will not include Vladi-
vostok as port of call on her next
voyage.
The Minnesota was scheduled to sail
direct from Seattle to Vladivostok
June 81 with practically a full cargo
for the Russian government. seventy
five per cent of these shipments have
been Cancelled by manufacturers, and
it is said the Minnesota probably will
follow her usual route to Hongkong.
Evening star., 1915-06-23
SAYS villa SOLDIERS
D|SL0YAL, STARVING
Carranzista Agent Quotes an Of
ficer in the Northern Chiefs
Cavalry.

l. E. Arredondo. confidential agent at
" asnington Of Gen. Carranza, has
made public a statement in which it is
declared that Gen. Villas forces are in
pad way. They are depicted as be-
ing half starved and disloyal. The
statement is. in part. as follows:
An officer of Villas cavalry arriving
at FL Paso from Torreon states that
villa has left in Aguascalientes about
Evening star., 1915-06-23

and who are held virtual prisoners in
their cuartel by the officers. to prevent
their deserting. When one is caught
trying to escape he Is summarily exc
cuted. The windows Of the cuartel are
barred and the officers themselves keep
guard
Evening star., 1915-06-23
CITES PERIL OF DRINKING
FROM OLD OAKEN BUCKET
Federal Bulletin Emphasizes Fact
That Clear Water Is Not Always
Pure-Warns Against Pollution.

The peril of drink from the "Old
Oaken Bucket" is described in a bulletin
just issued by the public health service,
under the title. Good Water for Farm
Houses" The bulletin emphasizes the
fact that clear sparkling water is not
always pure water Pure water sup
plies for drinking purposes and for
cooking are considered.
The usual sources of farm water
supplies are wells, springs and cis-
terms, says the bulletin. Running
streams are SO seldom free from dan
gerous pollution that without purif-
cation they cannot often be consider
ed safe for domestice use.
Shallow Wells Mostly Unfit.
The most common form of supply is
the shallow well. reaching into q layer
Evening star., 1915-06-23
Authenticity Is Doubted.

HAVRE, June %, via Paris, June %,
$40 a.m.-Doubt is expressed by the
Vingtieme Steele, Catholic unionist
newspaper, of the authenticity of the
interview reported to have been given
by the Pope to Louis Latapie. In this
interview the pontiff is said to have
asserted that Cardinal Mercier. Arch
rested.
The Vingtieme Steele takes particu-
lar exception to this statement. The
newspaper argues that Cardinal Mer-
cler,s coercion was proved by the
archblshop's onen Latin pastoral ad-
dress to the clergy, in which the prelate
formally contradicts the statement of
Gen. Won Bissingen, German governor
of Belgium, that the cardinal had never
been prevented from exercising fully
mis- ecclesiastical function.
Evening star., 1915-06-23
COMPLAINT Of POPE =
CRITICISED BY PRESS
Italian Newspapers Object to State.
ment That Privileges of Vati- )
can Are Curtailed.

ROME. June 20, via Paris, June %,
3 a.m.-The Italian press vigorously
condemns the inn erview attributed to
Pope Benedict by Louis Latapie and
published in La Liberte of Paris, in
which his holiness is said to have
voiced a complaint that the privileges
of the Vatican have been seriously cur
tailed by the Italian government as
the result of the war
The Corriere d'Italia declares that if
the pontif does not categorically deny
the words attributed to him they will
nave deplorable consequences
Secolo says:
The Pope has spoken strange
Evening star., 1915-06-23
100000 Woman Shoppers.

1t is Sa1O tndI over lVsoUVpVo" "oii0b
in this country shop daily. 80 per cent
of whom are influenced through adver-
tising to buy certain article or go to
certain store. Hence when small
dealer tells you that advertising doesn't
pay you will find, nine times out OF
ten, that not only his advertising but
his store methods are faulty. He is,
very likely, spasmodic advertiser,
skipping from one medium to another
He is operating without any particular
plan or policy. In short, he is hot ana
cold proposition, pretty much IKE the
old rooster in the snow, standing hrst
on one foot then on the other, trying
to avoid getting cold feet. where II he
used both feet at the same time he
could get to some place where there
wasn't any snow.
In a nutshell, the only difference l
can see between the small and large re-
taller is one or all of three things
brains, progressiveness and capital.
When q man has the first two he is
pretty sure to get the last III the
small dealer will only get out OF his
shell one or two times year-take
trip and see what's doing elsewhere IN
his line then come back home and be
alive to his opportunities, know what
when. where and how much to buy,
have a selling and advertising policy
and a complete statement before him
each morning of the previous days
business, showing his gain or loss, am
pretty sure he will have fewer prob
lens of the small retailer to solve. be-
cause he will have become big re-
taller himself.
HARVEY r. YOUNG,
Advertising Manager Columbus Dispatch
Evening star., 1915-06-23
Little Artillery Left.

"At Torreon Villa has between 1000
and 5000 men and ten or twelve field
pieces. including machine guns: all
that is left Of the artillery he had be-
fore the battle of Leon. His cavalry
horses are half starved and cannot
travel more than ten or twelve kilo-
meters per day without dropping dead.
Soldiers of the ranks are disheart-
ened by poor food and equipment.
GERS being well fed. Nearly all the
wounded die because of poor treat
ment. Bandages are used over and
over again. causing gangrene in the
wounds. Even in the hospitals half
cured men are leaving for lack of food
The low value of Nillista money dis
heartens the soldiers generally, and
there is great trouble in paying of"
Evening star., 1915-06-23
Suffers Burns While Fighting Fire.

George Marston, 1915 Corcoran street.
suffered painful burns to his hands and
arms last night while fighting a fire at
his home. A lace curtain came in con-
tact with a lighted gas jet and ignited.
About 500 damage resulted
Evening star., 1915-06-23
care IN ADVERTISING
BASIS Of BIG BUSINESS
Suggestion Made in Comment on
Dun Report of Small Deal
ers' Failures.
How to Obtain the Fullest Efficiency
of Merchants Appropriation
for Boosting His Trade.
From the Editor and Publisher.

From the Editor and Publisher.
The Chicago Mail Order Journal, in
commenting on Dun's report of the
large number of failures last year
among small retailers, says the chief
cause was their neglect to use ag-
gressive and intelligent advertising
methods.
Even among those who advertise it
is astonishing what large number
fail to give it proper attention Every
little detail about their establishment
is considered of more Importance. Ad-
vertising to them is a necessary evil,
their copy is usually prepared on the
spur of the moment and without seri-
Gus thought as to what is best to ad-
vertse.
The fullest efficiency of what little
advertising appropriation the small
dealers business justif1es is very
often destroyed by his scattering 1t
Notwithstanding every publication,
program and scheme presented.
What Tests Have Shown.
While most every publication has,
and always will have, a score of small
ads to one large, and they are read
by many people, too, tests made in
dlnerent CltleS nave SHOWN that an
eight-inch advertisement in the one
best paper will bring more returns
than a two-inch ad in four papers.
Where an appropriation is limited 1t
is always a better investment to con-
centrate.
AS a fair example of the results OBJ
tanned by concentration, l might cite
an experience of the United Cigar
Company in Boston, related in an
article by Harry Scherman. New
York ad man of authority, who says a
$500 appropriation was scattered to
more thoroughly introduce certain
| brand of cigars. The result was so
unsatisfactory that the company de-
| cded to try out another $500, placing
it in the one best paper. At the end
had increased 104 per cent in Boston
and 100 per cent in vicinity.
If advertisers scattering a small ap-
preparation would just stop to think
| what wonderful business they would
| have if they could but influence the
| readers of the one best paper to patron
| ize their store, they would soon put
| their eggs into that basket and watch
| that basket.
| There is vast difference between the
| most profitable way to. place two
| thousand dollar to five-thousand-dollar
| appropriation for a small store and a
| twenty-thousand-do to fifty-thou-
sand dollar one for big store.
| The small dealer may think he Is
wise in following the usual department
store policy of being represented in
every medium, but he utterly fails to
| copy the big stores when it comes to
| investing as much for advertising in
proportion to his sales.
Evening star., 1915-06-23
Bondholders Want Receiver.


An informal motion was filed in the
clerks office by counsel representing
the bondholders, to whom large part
of the above decree was due. asking
for the appointment Of a receiver to
take charge of the fund when collected
from the state of West Virginia. and
the commonwealth of Virginia. through
Attorney E. Hilton Jackson, was in
court yesterday for the purpose. of op-
posing any such application on be-
half of the commonwealth of Virginia,
it's contention being that the case hav-
ing been prosecuted in the name and
at the cost of the state, the latter is
the proper one to receive the amount
from the state of West Virginia.
1t is expected that this motion will
be formally presented when the court
convenes next October.
Evening star., 1915-06-23
Result of Investigation.

system s investigators SeCuTeQ H6 0FeS
a few months ago on the advertising
expenditures of large stores in all sec
tions of the country, and found that
4.01 per cent was the average ratio of
advertising to sales.
Averages brought out in this investi-
cation for smaller stores showed they
were using less than per cent of their
gross sales for advertising.
If there is any doubt in your mlnd
about the correctness of the percent
ages quoted, just take rule and meas
ure the space used by department stores
to advertise millinery and compare 1t
to the space used by the average milli-
merry store. Try the same thing with
shoes, gloves, hosiery or corsets. In
variably you'll find the big stores use
more space in proportion.
No iron-clad rule, however, can be
established for determining advertising
appropriations. Local competitive con-
ditions, a stores location and similar
circumstances are bound to make the
advertising appropriation OF dlHerent
stores vary in volume.
1t has frequently cost 800 to sell
piano, $500 to sell an automobile. 1t
also requires a greater appropriation.
to advertise an established business.
Brill Bros, when they opened their
9Th avenue store, appropriated for al,
yertising almost as much as they hoped
the total business would be FOR the
first year, and the success of the Bril-
Bros business is pretty well known to
every New Yorker.
Richman Bros. OF Cleveland dld
six-hundred- thousand dollar business
last year, selling nothing but ten dollar
clothing for men Just ask any man
from the sixth city how they did it
Evening star., 1915-06-23

on the total judgment of 5 per cent
per annum from July 1, 1915, until paid,
which imposes an additional burden
upon the state of West Virginia by
way of interest of something in excess
of $500, 900 annually
Evening star., 1915-02-07

been tested. all things have been
changed. This war may be surgical
operation to bring a saner, healthier
life to this generation as well as those
to come.
To talk lightly of millions. to spend
as though money was not invented to
represent the product of labor, to eX-
pect to be fed by the ravens, tigura-
lively speaking, without the trouble of
prophesying are conditions that be-
longed to the era of clothes which is
already slipping into the shadows.
The new phase will not essentially
represent the primness, real or as
sumed, of Victorian days: it will rep
resent naturalness and beauty, a lack
of ostentation. no yearning after the
painted women of the bazaars of Delhi.
We have rarely had an era of great
cr beauty of line and coloring. of in
senious ideas. of ultra -smartness, OF
brilliant effectiveness than the one
through which we have passed, but it
led into much sartorial danger. If we
keep its essentials of beauty and hold
on to the grace at which it is aimed,
then We shall not deplore the era of
which we are on the threshold.
This much is known of what Paris
will bring forth for the spring and
summer. and what our women will
probably accept.
There is recrudescence of voile, and
Evening star., 1915-02-07

any other evening gowns during the
winter So this season he has gone in
for ruffies as a real novelty or bid for
attention. The statement may not
sound strange to one who does not
know the line for which each house is
famous but. really, IL is strange con-
junction: Worth and ruffies'
None of the fiounces on these skirts
is straight. They go across the figure
on the bias. This gives the dipping
line which is SO generally becoming TO
the ma jority of American figures, with
their suggestion of squareness.
One of the novelties in evening
frocks, not, however. made by Worth.
is fiounces of white tulle, edged with
pink worsted embroidery. These coarse
threads of crewel are also used on
chiffon. on voile. on silk. Taffeta frocks
have worsted flowers at the waist, al
the end of sash. as a border to the
dark blue silk, with its tunic bordered
with short yellow and blue worsted
fringe. 1t is easy to see that the con
stant knitting by the women all over
the world this winter has suggested
the idea
The prevalence of mourning in Eu-
rope has brought from the manufac-
turers large assortment of mingled
black and white materials. The new
silks have large and widely separated
black flowers on a white ground. The
broad stripping of the directoire has re-
! turned, and black coat suits arc made
with long pointed waistcoats of il.
There are also separate coats of il
above skirts of plain black silk, or
cloth.