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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04
EDITORIAL cOrN1ENT

Half the submarines that took part
IN tne recent maneuvers of the Allan
s iic Meet broke down; oh, we'll Provi-
City STAR ~ 'sSS
mean that America will speedily find
herself at war with Germany. There
! Is Is no occasion for any. such concluion.
Inc message as whole is in no sense
a surprise. There is no more Occasion
Tor regarding ourselves as perilously,
near war; now that we have Germany's
nme since our note went to Berlin
Baltimore Sun.
If our own warships cannot GO
through the Panama Canal il is some
consolation TO know that nobody else's
warships can.-Philadelphia Press.
The Government has been willing for
Mexico TO commit suicide with Ameri- :
san n-made arms. but is properly unwil-
ling that its people shall starve through
absence OF grown in America food =
Baltimore American.
Laws are valueless unless an effort
be made to enforce them Why should
Huntingdon be a licenseless town, for
instance, II drunken revelry is TO be a
common occurrence of the day and the
lsht there'-Altoona Tribune.
Because OF their slogan. DO a good
turn daily and of their motto, "Bt,
prepared the Boy Scouts are always
ready TO assist in worthy movements
Wherever they can. Their capacity for
usefulness has been tested on several
occasions recently. in this city and vi
einity, always satisfactorily.-Scra
Republican.
It is Improbable work to engage in
controversy with Chairman Walsh, of
the Federal industrial relations COM
mittee. Lacking the essential Qualities
OF FAIRNESS, discretion and courtesy he
should not be at the head of a COMMITS
sion entrusted with the investigation
OF OF very important subject.-Aitoona
Times.
Having. read Italy's Green Book. COM
pleting the literary color scheme we
now are OF the opinion that the casus
bellt was that the king OF Zanzibar re-
fused to lace up the back lace boots OF
the wife of the Mad Mullah.-Reading 2
News Times.
Bellatre, Ohio, high school girls must
not wear diamond rings at commence
ment. This shows that there are some
exceptions to the Hon. Fingy Conners
conclusion, that Them as has 'em
wears 'em.-Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
The war in Europe will end in a
month. But We refuse to say which
month.-Wall Street Journal
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

The Duke of Genoa. uncle of the
king of ITALY, has been appointed by
him to act in his stead during the
war. The king issued a proclamation
on assuming command of the army
and navy in action. 1t read as fol-
lows:
I'VE, Victor Emmanuel, on the re-
port of the President OF the Cabinet
and after hearing the advice of the
council of ministers, have appointed
our most beloved uncle, Tomasso, of
Savoy, Duke of Genoa, our lieutenant
general during our absence from the
capital.
ION the advice of the responsible
minister he will transact all matters
of ordinary administration and every
other matter having the character Of
urgency.
which will be counter-signed in the
usual FORM"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04
MR. WILSON'S NoT1cE TO MEXICO

From the New York Sun.l
Whatever criticism may be justly
made of Mr.. Wilson's long forbearance
or his experiments in the Mexican po
litical and military temperament there
will be hearty and united support of the
measures of firmness which have for
some time seemed inevitable TO those
who don't deny fact because they
don't like its looks. Considerations of
humanity, the relief of famished and
broken people, indignation with the
brawling guerilla chiefs who fight for
their own hand. anger for the wrongs
suffered by our undefended citizens in
Mexico, the enormous imperilled or
ruined American interests in Mexico, all
these impel the American people to
stand so1idly by Mr.. Wilson in what
ever course of firm and deliberate sup
preston of disorder and faction and
protection of natives and foreigners in
Mexico he may be forced TO adopt
of any revival of patriotism or ap-
proach to unity among the rival chiefs.
who has any hope? The United States
has a duty to itself and to the Mexi-
cans. 1t will perform it steadily and
effectively II this last warning Is not
obeyed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04
HUSBAND AND BREAKFAST

An Oklahoma man laid violent
hands on his wife because she gave
him ham. eggs and toast for break
fast, although he had commanded her
to cook pancakes. The judge, a Daniel
come to judgment, fined him S25 and
costs. taking judicial notice that ham
and eggs with toast is competent
and savory breakfast. and memorably
ruling that married mans dominion
and authority don't reach into the
kitchen: which by necessary inference
is not run a la carte. Sound If not
kind doctrine. In the matter of food
the person bonded in matrimony must
take meekly what he can get and
disabuse himself of the fantasy that
the dining room is a restaurant.-New
York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

way of rapid or wide extension of
| trade with South America. The ex-
ports of those countries are for the
with some exceptions. we can use only
a relatively small amount. The worlds
capacity TO utilize these staple prod
uets is obviously greater than ours
ever will be. We already use large
amounts ana can increase only slowly
our capacity for consumption. We
cannot buy the whole or even the bulk
OF what they have to sell and utilize it
ourselves.
Neither do We produce many of the
articles South Americans wish to buy,
not so much because we are unable TO
produce them as because we have been
busy with other tasks. and are already
able TO send back to them an amount
| OF goods equal in value to what we can
purchase. In the long run it will not
make so very much difference what
our capacity to make is. because we
can never proftably sell to them a
greater amount than the total of their
produce which we can .profitably use
in exchange.
South America can grow CONNER
cially as fast as the amount of capital
il can continue to obtain, and it has
not yet failed to absorb an almost
unlimited amount. We have q great
deal of capital TO loan. but compared
TO the European supply ours is small
Besides. rs we need very large amounts
of capital TO develop our own country.
the demand here is abnormally great.
and provides so good a market for our
own capital. and draws so heavily on
Europe, that the price OF money is
high here compared to the rates in
London. We simply cannot afford to
loan money to South America at rates
as advantageous for them as they can
ordinarily procure in London, Paris or
Berlin.
Nevertheless. the opportunities to in
crease our trade with South America
are so great and the bulk is so large
that the conference is justified in
planning for bank extensions and
direct steamship lines with the great
continent TO the south.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04
OPPORTUNITY AND LIMITATION
are several very good rea
sons why the United States cannot

THERE are several very good rea-
sons why the United States cannot
hope to monopolize the trade of
South America, but there is no reason
why we should not have a much larger
share of It than we now enjoy The
two big obstacles in the way of mo-
nopoly are inability to use all of the
products. or even the bulk OF them,
that South America produces, and lack
of capital to loan at rates to be had
in European centers at the outbreak
OF the war and which. 1t may be pre-
sumed. will prevail when order is once
restored. Those who have followed
the reports of the Pan-American Con-
ference will see plainly that the lack
OF these requisites is the very reason
why that conference has been called.
While not the most serious. the most
obvious OF our difficulties have been
a lack OF banking facilities and of
transportation. All the great foreign
banks maintain a chain OF branch
banks throughout South America, by
means OF which their merchants carry
on direct tFe6e at the minimum of ex-
pense and maximum of ease. Most OF
the great English and German COM
mercial houses maintain a chain of
branches In South America which do
business direct with the South Ameri-
cans. We possess neither. Indeed, it
may be said that the present confer
ence is to initiate a chain of American
banks and to encourage branch houses.
That. indeed. is the first step. The
next will be better transportation. The
American steamers are slow and small
end the freight rates comparatively
more expensive than from Europe.
This much is perfectly feasible and
will no doubt be consummated within
a short time.
1t is not to be supposed. however,
that the conference believes it can
rsolys the fundamental obstacles in the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

William H. Stewart, OF Pitts
burgh. has gone to the San Francisco
exposition.
w. d. Reel, of Philadelphia was
the speaker at the Cambria County
Sunday School Association conven-
ton.
Charles NJ. Schwab insists that he
Is optimistic on business conditions.
Kennedy Crumrine, of Meadville,
has been elected president of the
Crawford County Sunday School As
sociation.
General w. L. Sibert, who was
formerly stationed at Pittsburgh, is
one of the board of officers to install
the buildings at Fort Macarthur, Col.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04
Huge Exports Due to War

American foodstuff exports amounted
to almost $4o0. 900, 900 more in the
ten months ending with April. 1915,
than in that period in the previous
year. Analysis of that class of exports,
announced to-day by the Department
OF Commerce, shows their values to
have been $657. .146.290. The huge
increase has been due chiefly to the
European war.
Some idea of the demands upon the
United States for foodstuffs is shown
by the valuations of the articles eX-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

ported during the ten months:
Forty million bushels of corn valued
at $31, 100000, an increase of almost
S26. 100000; almost $44 4.000.0 900 worth
of oats: wheat valued at 1895, ,S91 600;
flour. S77, 7,S69,916; canned beef, $4,47S,-
S76: fresh beef. $12.S62.O 900; picked
beef. $2.309,0OO; oleo oil, '$7,744,0Oo;
cottonseed oil, $17,541, 900; bacon,
s36,714. 900; hams and shoulders,
$50, 900: lard, sac, ,5S6, 900; neutral
lard. s2,720,O0O; picked pork, S4,-
O47.000; lard compounds. $4,792,O0
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04
SOME REGARD FOR SAFETY
[From the Kansas City Times.

[From the Kansas City Times.1
The Hume Telephone boasts that Il
does not print all the news. Life is
able 10 attempt it," the H. T. continues
I'VE print what we please and the way
we please and the people who think il
is worth II. pay 81 year, and those
who don't are welcome to their opin-
ions and their dollars"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

the aforementioned big Jump twice
and got away with her life both times.
indeed no less than 81 men and SO
women who made the high dive got
through alive and were cured OF their
desperate love pains by the operation,
we recommend the promoters of
summer resorts and their press agents
to perusal of history before they get
down to business next year. 1t may
provide. a way TO vary the monotony
OF the Leap" stories a little.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04
GOVERNMENT BEGINS AT HOME

TINE voters OF the country realize
that 1t would be folly TO dis
continue the study and discus
sion of other matters OF governmental
concern merely because q war in Eu-
rope has given rise to important diplo-
matte correspondence. The President
of the United States and the members
of Congress are not chosen primarily
to determine foreign policies, but to
make laws and establish policies for
the domestic affairs of the United
States.
The present administration was not
elected upon policies and pledges re-
garding foreign affairs, but upon GER
tain principles and pledges regarding
legislation affecting the people of the
United States in their business and
governmental interests. Whether the
governmental theories upon which
this administration was elected have
been the success which the Democratic
party promised for them; whether the
Democratic administration has given
the people an economical and efficient
administration, and whether that par
ty has fairly fulfilled its pledges to
the people. are live questions for dis
cussion to-day. regardless of any inter
national question that has risen. Gov
ernment, like charity. begins at home
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

GEE!
A n a Il & h { y
young chap
pie called
Sis
Asked q sweet
chorus girl
for a kiss.
s n Q replied,
with a smile,
81 don't think
it W o r { b
while
To forfeit COM
plexion for
bliss" 7"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

LIZ SOh COnsluET YOuTSelI pretty
keen at identifying the authorship of
famous poetry?... We thought as
much; everybody does. Very well,
then, who wrote these lines?
Life is ever Lord OF Death,
And Love can never lose it's own!
You have three guesses.. "Tenny-
SOM" No; though I'm Memoriam'
is what everyone guesses first.
"Swinburne?" Wrong again. What.
you give it up? Oh. very we'll
Whittier wrote it in "Snow-Bound. +"
And now that you've been duly hum
bled, be more cautious in placing this {:
'Tis sweet to hear the watchdog's
honest bark
Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we
draw near home.
We can almost hear your guesses
ranging from Shakespeare to our
hearthstone New England poets, with
many choices falling on Goldsmith
and Burns Gin his English manner)
But perhaps the very reason why
Byron was stirred to write such NOV
ing lines was because he so seldom
had real home to turn to. II you re
still undaunted, perhaps you'd like to
take a guess at the author of:
The good old rule
Suficeth them, the simple plan.
That they should take who have the
power
And they should keep who can.
If you don't know this, you wouldn't
guess IL in a month o. Sundays, sc
We'll give you a clue in the shape OF
other lines from the samN poet:
The good die first,
And they whose hearts are dry as
summer dust
Burn to the socket.
While you have been misquoting this
year after year, haven't you had a
vague idea it was from Shakespeare ?
We had. And yet this and the one
before were both written by Words
worth. All of which goes to indicate
that one of the ways poets are like
women is in their achievement of i'm
finite variety.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

Headmaster Brown was justified in
his proud statement of yesterday. dur
ing the commencement exercises of the
Harrisburg Academy, that the class of
thirty-one students was the largest ever
graduated in the history of the institu-
lion. This city is now well on the way
TO creditable preparatory school. and
it is matter OF qualification to our
citizens that the oldAcademy is taking
its rightful place among the educa-
tionaI institutions of the State.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

There is certain to be increasing in
terest among the people OF the city in
the celebration which is to take place
during the early autumn One OF the
big features of this civic demonstration
will be river carnival that will fur
nish an opportunity for all the people
10 observe the beauty OF the river basin
and the splendid character of the River
Front Improvement. Would that our
citizens. who sometimes fail TO appre-
ciate the various things that are being
done 10 make Harrisburg more attrac-
tive. could hear the enthusiastic COM
ments Of many visitors who are pass
ing through Harrisburg day by day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04
RAINFALL RECORD BROKEN
DownpOur During May Was Larger
Than In Month of JOhnEtown


The records of the Altoona water
bureau show that the rainfall at Kit
tanning Point was heavier than In any
Nav since the records have been kent
beginning in 1880. The figures show a
rainfall of 5.l5 inches. which exceeds
the previous high mark i'm May, 1889.
when the Iohnstown flood occurred.
when the rainfall was as inches.
The precipitation at Eittanning Point
was greater than in the city. the Penn
sylvania Railroad records showing a
fall here of 4.T3 inches. The difference
In the altitude makes some difference
in the precipitation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

They are ssluting our flag in Mexico
without being asked to DO so. On Me-
mortal Day. after our fleet at Vera Cruz
had fired twenty-one minute guns the
Carranza shore batteries responded with
twenty-one guns in honor of the
American Memorial Day. Our obstrep-
erous neighbor on the South must learn
some time and somehow that Uncle
Sam is not half bad.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

The popularity of United States sena-
tor cummins will not be increased by
his amendment to the rate act. which
compels all travellers now to pay ten
cents for every 500 OF value of bag
gage or fraction thereof in excess OF
500.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

Gradually Park Commissioner Taylor
is working the many river stone that
were piled along the slope into the slope
itself. thus removing q temptation from
boys who can hardly resist the throw
ing of these rocks upon the concrete
steps and causing much damage
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

As fitting contests will figure in the
big river carnival Of the September
celebration, we may expect to see
some energetic rehearsals on the broad
bosom of the Susquehanna during the
summer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

1t may not come at once. but the
Wildwood Park Zoo is as certain as the
park itself. There is a hint here for
those public spirited citizens who are
thinking OF doing something for the
young people OF the home town.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04
FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 4

Let M, Be 80 es--isS ~ tAaf rs ether e5ieef
rgcy ses~ 10 BE- so~sh bHs fhs sesaiStier Of
fsecs-CtesTo.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

See Harrisburg first" should be the
ambition OF every citizen of this beau
tiful city. We have too many people
who talk glibly of the attractions of
other places without knowing what
charms are right here at their own
doors
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

Fish Commissioner Butler has not lost
faith in the plans of the State for help
ing shad over the McFalls Ferry dam.
What's the matter with few hydro
planes with scoop-net attachment
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

Wall Street watches Germany and
Mexico" says headline. And the war
stocks are booming while Wall Street
becomes cross-eyed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

Already the unmufled motorcyclIsts
are taking notice. That Motor Club
crusade is some crusade. sonny. and the
cut-out days are numbered. Yea,
verify.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

Count Won Bernstorff has found out
that the American note to Berlin meant
that Uncle Sam is tired of Germany's S
shooting up of innocent American citi-
Gems, AS an official interpreter of
American sentiment for the Kaiser. he
should be able to convey the correct
idea to Potsdam or wherever William
is at present located.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

Once more it's in the news. Przemysl
VIII not down as a counter-irritant
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

Good for the Planning Commission!
Let us have a survey of the river basin
and may it never be said hereafter that
we fail TO appreciate the beauties of
the Susquehanna river which washes
constantly the Front Steps OF Harris
burg" Governor Brumbaugh very prop
erly observed the other day: Your
splendid River Front is the best asset
of the CITY"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg has been 3
mercantile center for moro than
$50 years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04
Our Daily Laugh
FINE.

How does the
war affect you?
Fine, II saves
me from taking
m = ( n m 1 y
abroad this year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04
POETRY THEY COULDN'T
WRITE-AND DID

Do you consider yourself pretty
Keen at identifying the authorship of
famous poetryE:.. We thought as
much; everybody does. Very well.
then, who wrote these lines?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

Bellaire, Ohio, high school girls must
not wear diamond rings at Commence
ment. This shows that there are some
conclusion, that Them as has 'em
wears 'em.-Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

Half the submarines that took par
IN the recent maneuvers of the Allan,
tic fleet broke down. Oh we'll Provi.
aenee rs supposed to look after children
t9ols and the United States.-KansaS
City Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

Having read Italy's Green Book. com
pleting the literary color scheme we
now are OF the opinion that the casus
oelH was that the king OF Zanzibar re-
FUSED to lace up the back lace boots OF
the wife of the Mad Mullah.-Reading 2
News-Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

Life is ever Lord OF Death,
And Love can never lose its ownl
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

Col. Fred Taylor Pusey, prominent
Delaware county lawyer and National
Guardsman, was at the Capitol yes
terday. He came to see the Governor
The colonel was formerly a member
of the legislature
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-04

The Government has been willing for
Mexico TO commit suicide with Amsri
Sah-made arms, but is properly unwil-
nnS that its people shall starve through
absence or grown-tn-America food =
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