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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-10
Sugar Market


 New York, May 9.-Unsettled conditions prevailed in the local sugar market in all departments. The most pronounced change occurred in futures which led to little easier feeling in raws, where it was reported that operators who had sugar on hand were now offering to sell at 51ac cost and freight for prompt ship ment, owing to the unsettled labor sit- nation. Cuban holders also seemed more disposed to make sales and were offering late May and early June shipment at 55sc cost and freight. But the quieter demand for refined seemed to check the demand for raws to some extent and no further sales were reported. Closing prices were 5H.c for Cubas, cost and freight equal to 6.52c for centrifugal and 5.75c for mo- lasses.
 In refined no price changes occurred with fine granulated quoted at 765c to 7.75c. Trading was quiet, deliveries being interfered with to some extent by the labor difficulties, although it was gener- ally believed that small further sales had been made for export account.
 A sharp reaction occurred in sugar fu- lures under heavy general liquidation, brought about by peace rumors and the unsatisfactory labor situation with clos ing prices to 1G points net lower. May sold from 5.50c to 5.47c, closing 5.49c; July 572c to 5,5Sc, closing 5.57c; Septem- Der, 5.73c to 5.63e, closing 562c; December, 5.l6c, closing 513c.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-11
RrsINEsS OUTLOOK

TTOW long is our war prosperity
II to last. is question that has
been asked very frequently in
the past few weeks. Men are begin
ming to look seriously toward a pos
sible sudden collapse of our great in
dustrial boom. Free trade and pros
poets of an early peace are influences
combining to throw a scare into even
the most confident. Some discussion
has taken place also as to whether
prosperity in the United States itself
is becoming so great that there is dan
ger of American manufacturers los
ing interest in pressing for foreign
business and in taking advantage of
the great opportunities of the present
time for entering the worlds markets
and building up u trade that can be
had such an opportunity before and
it will never come to us again.
There is, according to the Foreign
Department of the National City Bank
worldwide scarcity of manufactur-
ed goods. This conclusion has been
careful investigation, to ascertain as
nearly as possible just how stocks
stood in countries to which the United
States might SELL The conclusion is
that the shelves are practically empty,
not only in South America and the ex-
treme Orient, but in many other parts
of the world.
The situation is a remarkable one.
The worlds stock of goods outside of
the United States is at many points
the lowest on record. The demand is
great. We have the goods or can
make them. The requirements in each
market must be studied carefully and
strictly compiled with, in order to fur
nish exactly what the customers have
been used to and so as to pack and
ship, not in our way, but in their way
Details of this character, to which our
merchants are not accustomed, earn
cstly attended to, will open up ready
vast and permanent new fields.
The business is worth the deepest
attention, because it will fill the great
void in our commerce which will come
when the demand for war goods is
over with.
How soon will the war end? Tha
is problematical, but like the break
ing up of the Confederaey, it may bC
as suddenly concluded as 1T was be
gun. There is only one thing to do
take our present profits gladly anC
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-11
DIXIE GOES AHEAD
The Movies Move South
By Frederic J. Haskin

PREPARATIONS are going for
ward in this city for great Afrl-
can expedition which will rival,
in a spectacular way, that staged by
the late Mr.. Stanley, and will have the
added feature of touching love story
in which the hero fights a whole tribe
of natives and the villain is swallowed
by an alligator.
Will the expedition really go to
Africa? 1t will not. 1t will only go
as far as the mouth of the st. John s
river at Mayport fifteen miles away,
where there is enough tropical jungle
to suit the most eXacting explorer,
and where three large African native
villages are now under construction.
AS you may have guessed, the pro-
moters of this expedition are one OF
the big moving picture concerns, a
number of which have recently open
ed studios in Jacksonville.
The property room of this partlcH-
lar company presents bizarre and
busy appearance right now. An or
der for bamboo war spears is being
rushed through, and three young
ladies are busy at their sewing ma
chimes making primitive gee-strings
out of burlap for the savage tribes
men, who will be a number of jack
sonville's negro walters and cab driv-
ers in very slim disguise. These EEL
| lows in fact will be nearly the whole
show, as the scenario calls for only
three white parts and there are about
seventy blacks in it. The darkies are
enthusiastic. Aside from the two
dollars a day and lunch which each
of them will get, they are one and all
convinced that they were born to act.
one of the directors chief difficulties,
| in fact, is to induce them to be ma
! tural rather than histrionic.
You are wondering about that alli-
gator So is the director. Jackson
| vile has a unique industry in the
shape of a combined alligator and
ostrich farm, which is of the greatest
assistance in rendering Asiatic and
African local color. This firm has
! contracted to furnish an alligator
which will swim out into the river
| and upset the boat In which the VII
! lain is trying to escape, leaving rea-
sonable assumption that he has sw1l-
lowed that unfortunate offender, with
out actually doing so. That is pretty
large contract for the alligator-not
to mention the villain-but the owner
of the alligator farm seems to have
perfect confidence in his pet reptile.
Naturally, the vicinity of Jackson
Vile is particularly rich in all sorts
of tropical settings and accessories;
but that is not all, by a good deal
The variety of scenes that may be
found within a few miles Of here is
simply incredible. You wouldn't pick
this as the place to stage Uncle Toms
Cabin, would YOU? Well Storm Boyd
of the Kalem Company did it. lie
discovered that the cleaning white
sand of the Florida beaches made
better snow, for movie purposes, than
the clouds themselves could produce
He fenced in section of the ST. Johns
river, bought five tons of ice, and the
setting for Gliza's dramatic getaway
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-11
The Game of 81 Dare!"

from the NdnSdS 1ltN SluT.
The dare season is on again in full
force, and until it passes in it's natural
course The Star expects to be dared at
least once, day; That day on which
The Star is not dared can only be put
down as a day on which writing mate
rials are unavailable to the darers.
The favorite dare just now is on the
subject of preparedness for national de-
as a clincher, and its most popular form
is, II dare The Star to deny that the
mante9S akeTS d G Sare t9s s
generally on a postal card, and to make
It more menacing and strike deeper
terror to The Stars soul is frequently
ink
This dare may be called the dare
direct, and while its supporters are nu-
merous. there is class which appar-
emily considers It too crude to be etfec.
tive These others inclined to. subtler
forms in which the most refined irony is
thinly veiled under a tone of grave po-
likeness. Thus: 81 have no doubt The
Star will take early occasion to print
charge, which seems unfortunately to
be substantiated by some plausibility
of circumstances, that its editorials
(sic) are paid for by the notorious
death peddlers who expect to make for
tunes selling murder tools to the Gov
Then there is what may be called
the dare confidential. 1t is a ral<ish
devil -may-care dare, dare between
good fellows and men of the world
between whom there should be the ut
most frankness. 1t assumes that The
Star makes no bones about being In q
conspiracy with the munitions makers
cit being perfectly well known to
everybody, but demands in the inter
ests of truth and candor to know the
terms of the arrangement. This dare
runs: "I dare The Star to tell its readers
what the figures were on the check it
received from the armor plate inter-
ests for that editorial asserting that
our navy ranks fourth" To this is
frequently added the encouragement,
| "Oh come on now, don't be afraid
And it does seem churlish to hang back
in the face of such winning ways.
The Roosevelt dare Is close behind
| the preparedness dare, and may even
pass it before summer comes. 1t seeks
| to uncover the plot The Star is hatch
! ing to elect Colonel Roosevelt President
| in direct opposition to the known
wishes of ninety-nine out of every 100
Americans. This is a verv- popular and
much misspelled dare. "I dare The
Starr" it runs. 'to tell what offs Rose
welt is going to give It's 1t the post
offis?"
The dare season probably will run
until the T-told-you-so season comes Oh.
which should set in Immediately after
| the national convention in June. The
rules are most liberal. All The Star
requires is that postage on dares be
prepaid. II written in ink care should
be taken not to smear with the thumb
With these simple observances anybody
is entitled to the relief of daring The
Stars dauder.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-11

from the bloodhounds was complete.
Ihose chunks of ice were somewhat
smaller before the film was complete,
and the leading lady testified that the
water was somewhat, colder, but the
production was particularly realistic.
The scenic possibilities of the Flor
ida landscape are one of the things
that makes Jacksonville popular with
the movie companies. On the st.
John'S river you can get almost any
sort of a river scene imaginable, in
Guiding any kind of a boat from a
large steamer to native dugout
canoe. Then there are the nearby
beaches which will furnish any ocean
scene that does not require rocks.
There are no rocks in Florida, so the
companies which need them make
boulders out of canvass.
In the way of buildings, this vicin-
ity has the advantage over almost any
other you could select in the United
states. The great tourist hotels Of
Florida are veritable palaces, and the
sky line of old st. Augustine. twenty
eight miles from here, embellished
with towers and minarets, is said to
surpass that of many European towns
This little city, said to be the oldest
in the United States, has been re-
peatedly used by the movie makers as
an old world setting. Indian hindoo
temples, Roman gardens with swans
and pools, Fiji Island scenes, and ship
wrecks are some other settings for
which Jacksonville surroundings have
been found particularly well suited.
The light in this part of the coun-
try is much better. and more reliable
than 1t is farther North. You don't
have to wait on the weather." is the
way the directors express it. They en-
joy several hours more of outdoor
work every day, and are able to use
the outdoor studio, with the help of
! light diffusers, for a great many scenes
that would have to be made indoors
in New York. Naturally, all of this
is a great saving in electrical current,
and in fact, nearly all operating eX-
penses are a good deal lower in Jack
sonville than anywhere else the game
has been tried.
One director has even divised a
method of using the soft southern
sunlight for outdoor scenes in which
a ceiling is required to be shown.
that will diffuse the light is stretched
between them. By getting exactly the
right perspective, only the rafters will
show in the picture.
So the moving picture men have
found Jacksonville good for them
and the benefit has been intensely
mutual. The film people began to
arrive in numbers just about the time
! that Jacksonville was getting up in
dazed sort of way after having been
knocked galleywest by the European
war, which robbed the city of a large
part of it's shipping. The movie in
terests brought with them a weekly
payroll of between thirty and forty
thousand dollars, and the great ma
jority of those dollars stay right in
Jacksonville, for it is a well-known
fact that movie folk are good spend
ers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-11
ORDERING THE ARMY HOME

TN the light of recent hints from
the White House it would not be
surprising if President Wilson
should order the army home from
Mexico at any time and give up the
hunt for Villa. Just before the army
retired from Vera Cruz one of the
interior leaders in a glorious
moment posted notices throughout his
district that unless the Gringoes left
on day named he would forthwith
run them into the sea. BY some freak
this date coincided with the day of
departure as fixed by Washington and
as result thousands of ignorant
Mexcans believe the Americans were
frightened away without firing a shot.
This has cost the United States a lot
of prestige. Now comes another
blood thirsty Mexican bull-doZer, with
a plot to cut off the troops seeking
Villa and if the soldiers are ordered
home Immediately following there is
no telling to what lengths the aroused
MeXicans may go.
Then, too, such q withdrawal would
be more than discouraging to the
troops and would be poor pay for the
sacrifices they have been making.
Nobody will say where the rumor
that the army is to be recalled started,
but if it was a "feeler" thrown out
by the administration the answer was
not long in Forthcoming.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-11
THE CIVIC GLUE DECISION

A LII Harrisburg will be gratified
"A over Judge Kunkels decision,
holding as legal the bequest of
the Fleming mansion at Front and
North streets to the Civic Club. The
opinion deciding the case combines
common sense with proper interpreta-
tion of the legal points at issue. Judge
Kunkel never loses sight of the intent
of the statute in whatsoever maze of
legal technicalities it may be present
ed; justice and law so hand in hand
in his court
The possession of this handsome
home will add nightly to the effec-
tivencss of the Civic Club as an organi-
zation, but the building will probably
become the headquarters for all man
ner of women's gatherings, especially
since Judge Kunkel in his decision
makes it perfectly clear that the be-
quest is legalized on the broad premise
that lin this case the people of Har-
risburg are the benefciaries"-in
other words that the mansion is the
property of the people as a whole.
An important point decided in this
case is that the Dauphin county court
will go to all proper lengths to make
effective the wishes of decedents with
regard to public bequests. 1t all too
often happens that the donor of a pub
lie gift is scarcely cold in his grave
before his heirs have their heads to-
gether devising ways and means of
'contesting the will"
BY this gift to the Civic Club Mrs
Fleming not only marked herself as
a woman of public spirit, but she set
an example that should be followed
There are in Harrisburg scores of very
wealthy people who have not done all
for their city that they might have
done. 1t is difficult to believe that
these men and women are to permit
themselves to so down 'unwept, un-
honored and unsung," remembered
only for their wealth and for the fact
that they had so poor a conception of
their earthly stewardship that they
gave no thought for the needs of the
community that made possible the ac-
emulation of their fortunes.
l1aTIlSpurS needs pubic swimming
pool, it needs public community
club building, it needs a free bridge
over the Susquehanna-these and
many other things of less cost would
form everlasting monuments to their
donors; nor is it necessary for a man
to die to build such q monument
The Harrisburg Civic Club has been
q leader in civic affairs for years. It's
new home should be a constant source
of inspiration. 1t is beautiful in it
self and its grounds are an illustra-
ton of what may be done on n small
city plot Its possession will give the
club sense of permanence and we'll
being. We shall look for some great
things from the Civic Club in the next
few years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-11

agent, an inmate of an asylum whence
he escaped clad only in his pajamas,
and a jailbird, one S. Hawkins has
just been found dead with an empty
milk can at his side. He was former
ly resident of Charleroi and worth
S25, 900. Sic semper criminalibus.
The Herculean strength of John D.
Jr, has but recently been made pub
lie by the announcement through the
following headline in a State contem-
porary: John d. Jr Backs Church."
People at Mont Glare, Montgomery
county, saw a white sparrow in a
flock of the regular colored type.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-11
CITY PLANNING
TIME was when, like Boston, cities

TIME was when, like Boston, cities
i grew along COW paths, on hill
sides and in any old place that
the founder and his associates chose
to settle. Their start in many cases
was indifferent and careless and their
development in others has been just
us hodge-podge as the beginning.
Now, however, conditions are differ
ent. Cities are understanding the i'm
portance of proper planning for the
future and are no longer willing to
grow like Topsy. There is now a
proper appreciation of the need for
looking ahead and providing for the
future.
Recently the American Civic Asso-
citation issued n bulletin treating of
real estate subdivisions and this bulle-
tin is practically an exposition of the
plans aId purposes of the City Plan
ming Commission of Harrisburg. which
Is doing such admirable work in a
quiet but effective way. This city will
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-11
[The Scranton Rennblican. |

Because the Republican prefers
concord to factional controversy, it
has not been as keen as some of its
esteemed contemporaries in exploiting
recent incidents calculated to widen
the gulf between the opposing ele-
ments of the party in Pennsylvania.
At the outset of the primary cam
paign, this journal clearly defined its
position in declaring for harmony and
victory. We have felt, and still feel,
that Republican success in this years
campaign is more essential to the well
fare of our country and it's people,
than the ascendancy of any faction.
Actuated by this broad view, we have
avoided factional strife, and still claim
it our privilege to do so, preferring to
be regarded as plain, everyday Re
publicans, rather than factionists. In
doing our utmost for the success of
those principles with which the
party is identified VIC have no enemies
to punish, no anmosities to appease.
We stand for Republican success, and
shall not encourage anything which in
our judgment will best subserve the
interests of our country. There is no
casuistry in this. We want to see
every Republican in Pennsylvania
prompted by the same purpose, and
taking leave of faction for the welfare
of the party and the good of the
nation,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-11
EDITORIAL COMMENT

China is getting so she can make a
shift from a monarchical to a repub-
lican form of government and vice
versa, so deftly that it takes a quick
eye to catch the performance. Chi
cago Herald.
The Congressman who calls for vol
unteers to serve until peace and sound
government have been established, in
Mexico" exceeds all records for long
term enlistments Why not limit IL
to ten years, with the privilege of re-
enlisting? - Philadelphia North Ameri-
can.
When it comes to watchful waiting,
nobody has anything on Theodore now
State.
Mr.. Bryan, the man who can raise a
million soldiers overnight. must be
disgusted with the delay in gathering
our forces on the border. Philadel-
phia North American.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-11
They Want HARMONY
[WilIiamsport Gazette-Bulletin

IWIIIIuIHSpOTI IdIGIIe-B BuITetln
1t begins to look as If the Re-
publicans of Pennsylvania are to be
forced into a fight-not of their own
choosing, of course, for the rank and
file do not want a fight-but because
of the selfshness of Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh politicians, who do not
seem to care what becomes of the
party as long as they can serve their
own selfish ends. There should be no
fight because there is absolutely no
occasion for strife. Harmony should
be the watchword instead of Hostility.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-11

City Commissioner Gross is absolutely
right in his declared purpose to make
the city parks safe recreation places
for women and children. He particularly
emphasizes his intention to enforce to
the letter the law prohibiting intoxi-
Gated persons from loafing in the parks.
In this matter. Commissioner Gross will
have the support and approval of all
citizens. 1t might also be suggested in
this connection that drastic and imme-
date action ought to be taken to sup
press the gang of young hoodlums who
have already commenced their game of
destruction along the River Front from
one end of the city to the other.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-11
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

DR.. w. H. Mosteller, of the Phoe-
nixville board Of health, is urging in
spection of all cellars and bakeshops.
E. j. Morris Wood, of Consho-
hocken. has received word that his son
has Joined the English army. Tho
Wood family is prominent in that part
of the State.
Robert ID. Dripps, former director
OF safety in Philadelphia, will run for
CErRress.
President IT. II. Apple, of Frank
lin and Marshall College, is to be the
speaker at the Juniata College fortietb
anniversary.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-11
THE STATE FROM DAY TO DAY

The usual relative positions of ad-
vaiicement in life were reversed the
other day when Joseph Watson, of
Colwyn, instead of mounting further
the rungs of the ladder suffered the
ladder to turn and fall on him, in
flicting painful injuries. There is
now a suit on against the owner of
said ladder for $4,000.
"Brevity is the soul of wit" among
the dwellers in the trenches of the
French, If we are to believe the re-
ports that are sent out through the
mail, stereotyped cards with lines 81
am WELL" "I am sick" Have been
wounded" ETC.. printed thereon. The
writer crosses out all that do not suit
his case. Earl Wolfe, a Lewisburg
boy, has written to his aunt and the
card which he sent informs her that
so far he has escaped German bull
let
Founders Day and the dedication
of Science Hall will be observed at
Juniata College, Huntingdon, week
from yesterday.
The only history ever written of
the soldiers from Snyder county will
appear in the columns of the Snyder
County Tribune starting May S. All
letters from prospective subscribers
going to Selinsgrove will not have to
pass through the hands of censors.
The Reading News-Times speaks
with fine feeling and careful discrim-
ination when IL says that 'the old
ladies of both sexes advise the boys
TO remove their ball game to some
quiet place where they won't annoy
anyone" Somebody's allus tallin the
/ joy out o. life"
! A lover OF horses, theatrical
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-11
Unhyphenated

what nationality are you?"
asked foreign looking man,
And he replied. quite proudly too.
"Ich bin Elm goot Ameerigan."
met another down the street
Who answered with cheerful grin
When my question did repeat:
"Be gobs. and Oim Amarikinr'
To one who loitered near the spot
I put the query once again,
And here's the answer that I got:
AYE bane a guide Amerikain."
Still farther on I chanced to see
A swarthy man who stood alone.
"Da nationale?' responded he,
'I gooda da Amahrigone."
I met a lonesome looking guy
what breed are you?" 1 asked him
straight.
"I hardly know" he made reply.
my dad was raised in old YnrL
State"
Walter G. Doty in Lis,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-11
YOU'VE DONE III. roo
BY Wing Dingcr

why did I do it? Many times
I've done the same before
And each time that I'd not again
Repeat my act, | swore.
Yet here to-day again | went
without my ovcrcoat-
And now / have another cold
In head as well as throat.