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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-02
Straw Vote of N. Y. Herald
Shows Hughes Far Ahead

New York, Oct. 2. - The second
week of the Herald"s Presidential
forecast shows Mr. Hughes still ahead
and by slightly increased margin.
but still not sufficiently in the lead to
Justify prediction as to the result
of the election. Conditions are chang
ing. People are just beginning to
make up their minds. The straw vote
taken in the next two weeks should
give definite indication as to what
will happen on November Z.
No fight for the Presidency in the
last twenty years at least has at a
corresponding stage of the campaign
given such promise of a close race
From all that can be gathered from
57,2oe straw votes taken in twenty
eight States-the ten Southern States
are omitted from the canvass being
solidly Democratic - ii now appear
to be a safe assertion that the Re-
publicans have shade the best of
the contest just now. The situation
might be summarized as follows:
President Wilson is stronger than
his party.
Charles. E, Hughes is perhaps not
quite so strong as the Republican
party in the days before it split in
two in chicago four years ago.
Out of the total straw vote of 1909
Mr.. Hughes has a majority over the
President of 1851. This covers TWEEN
ty-eight States. OF this margin of
less than 1000 California contributes
3,632. Out of a total of 31,60S votes
gathered in twenty-four States-Cali-
fornia, Arizona, New Mexico, and
Nevada excluded-Mr. Hughes leads
the President by a majority of 275.
or the twenty-eight States which
appear in the tabulations Mr.. Hughes
leads in nineteen: the President in
nine. Last week the President led in
seven and Mr.. Hughes in sixteen.
Only twenty-five were included in the
recapisulation at that time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-02
Huge Electric Truck With
Band to Tour For HUGHES

New York. Oct. 2. - x'olitical cam
paigning of the most modern type
will be inaugurated Tuesday by the
New York State Hughes Alliance
when an electric automobile truck.
thirty-seven feet lonS, carrying a
band. speakers and literature for dis
tribution, will begin a trip through
the State. The truck will go as far as
Albany and Syracuse, and. If road
conditions permit. it is planned to visit
Rochester and Buffalo.
The truck will be illuminated at
night and will have signs thirty feet
long and ten feet wide appealing for
support of Mr.. Hughes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-02
Verbal Shots Fired
bv T. r. at Wilson

The supporters of Mr.. Wilson say
that the American people should
vote for him because he has kept
us out of war. This is claim that
cannot be advanced either on be-
half of Washington or of Lincoln.
Imagine George Washington af-
ter the Lexington fight selecting the
occasion as an appropriate one for
remarking that the American peo-
pie might be too proud to fight
Imagine Lincoln saying this after
the firing on Sumter.
In fifteen messages. letters and
speeches during fourteen months,
President Wilson took forty-one
different positions about prepared
ness and the measures necessary to
secure it: and each of these forty
one positions contradicted from
one to six of the others.
II our people follow the Presi-
dent then as a people we
shall lose all moral greatness in the
present, and most assuredly
material greatness in the future.
An ounce of performance out
weighs a ton of promise. President
' ilson has sought to cover his re-
|. eat from danger by uttering high
sounoing words. Only his
acts or failures to act count.
He (the President) was cowed
by t--e big labor leaders exactly as
he .,ad already been cowed by
Germany and by Mexico.
He let the public pay.
appeal to my fenow-citizens
that they shall elect Mr.. Hughes
and repudiate Mr.. Wilson. because
only by so doing can they save
America from that taint of gross
selfishness and cowardice which
We owe to Mr.. Wilson.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-02
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-02

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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-02
NAUTICAL

Papa is the captain of our ship
and mama is the pilot"
And what are you. my little man 2"
II s'pose / must be the compass
They're always boxing me-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-02

There are thousands of feature.
out, but none equal to THE Spoilers,
at the Victoria Tuesday and Wednes.
day.-adv.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-11-03
THE NEW TRUST.

is all but the votnsand then Wilson
Four of peace and prosperity while the
drive toward destined goaIworld Leadership!
That is be destiny.
Nothing but the forty
saved its bosses while
struggled onward individual
Yes the
n Party forests drained the
bed the trails the
The American people sprung from the lons
women who oe have laid the foundation the
to history and raised thereon the fuirest
All this has been done despite the handicap
usurous toll of Predatory
While the Pioneer became the
Farmer ana owed the vast plains with the bearded
them with the
shady over the long
NIL TO he little RED schoo mousse to read OF the wisdom their Benjamin
Franklin the patriotism their ingenuity
the country immortal Lincoln who
saved and whose spirit will forever unite the nation
While these little children sang Country tits
of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty"
learned
the Free and the Home of the Brave
While simple sweated and led
their home and their country
While faced mothers deved
nations work
slowly nsdouy
special
ckery knvery by acery
and by caused themselves become
| in the worlds history.
| eminent of he Republican Party.
dsagreeing candidate years out and
American back into their
And by the of God the American
who they
him.
others
greater because he stands for Trust backed
candidate people who
has kept them out of
Christian humanity thank him for his broad Craftsmanship and his
deeds by his acts well the he
place honor
Woodrow
every state IN me on'on
II
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-11-03
MATRIMONY NOT A POPULAR
VOCATION

"Matrimony is my intended voca-
tion," wrote one young woman stu
dent in the University of Kansas in
giving information required in en-
rolling. OF the 1908 women stu
dents in the University she was the
only one even to hint she expected
to be married. Seven hundred and
nine of her university sisters ex-
pressed an ambition to be teachers.
While IS per cent of the Univer-
sity women say they expect to become
teachers, Kansas women are refusing
to stick to the one dedicated profess
sion to women and are reaching out
into other work. One woman en-
tered the school of engineering this
year; another the school of law. One
woman hopes for motion picture
career, another says she is going to
be merely a plain business woman,
four are specializing in dramatic art
and one prospective missionary is en-
rolled with two medical missionaries
among the fifteen women who are
studying medicine. Three women
are to be druggists, four wish to be
nurses, one bankers to do entomolo-
gist illustrating, another Graves pho
Biography. Two women will strive to
out do man in scientific research,
three hope to be expert technicians,
one is preparing to be librarian,
twenty-seven are acquiring nose
for news in the journalism field while
two are cultivating the gift of CAB"
so vitality necessary to lecture work.
An assayist, bacteriologist and
an interior decorator will intrude
into more of the fields men are
supposed to want to keep themselves
and four will become physical in
structors; two social workers and
two play ground workers. OF the
remaining 312 women students in the
University 100 plan to be teachers of
public music or concert players, 100
signified no intended vocation and
80 admitted they were undecided,
which may mean an addition to the
solitary matrimony class or more
teachers.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-11-03
A GREAT SOULS LEADERSHIP


A few months ago Mr.. William AL
len White published in the Emporia
Gazette striking tribute to Presi-
dent Wilson's handling of the foreign
crisis. In a letter dated September
is, 1916, Mr. White wrote, to the
Kansas Democratic State Committee:
II have no hesitation in standing for
it personally. - have just reread
it. I remember we'll writing it and
am proud that l did write it,"
The editorial referred to in the
letter was in part as follows: How
we'll he seems to have managed it
this whole sordid business of going
to war; how fair he has been; how
patient, how dignifed, how infinitely
gentle and kind! No buster, no
threats, no smoker of anticipation,
no licking of nations chops-just q
supplemented, soft-hearted, hard
headed man. 1t is sad enough to go
into war of any kind at any time; but
it is less sad to go, knowing that ev-
cry honorable means has been taken
to keep away from war. And this
consolation President Wilson has CIV
en- us by his wise, forbearing, Christ
ian attitude before the provocation
of foe mad and desperate and fool
ish. The good God who knows and
watches over all and sees all and d.
reefs all. was in our hearts deeper
than we knew when as "a nation we
chose the great, serene soul to lead
lus.''
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-11-03
AGRICULTURAL EFFICIENCY

Commenting on the Good Roads
Law in the September number of Re-
view of Reviews, the editor pays high
tribute to the Honorable David E.
Houston, secretary of Agriculture,
and to the Democratic administra-
ton for putting such law in opera
ton. The Review of Reviews also
carries in the September number an
article by Secretary Houston outlin-
ing the provisions of the Good Roads
Law and showing the benefit to re-
suit from It, The editor says:
perhaps its most important re-
suit will be the stimulus 1t will afford
to what is now nation wide move
ment for improving the highways,
together with the benefit that will
come from the governments super
vision of methods used to obtain de-
sired ends AS DR.. Houston's article
shows, the new method is in accord
with the views and efforts Of the De-
partment of Agriculture. The Sec
rotary has profound grasp of the
principles of economics as applied to
agriculture. Without neglecting a
thing that pertains to larger and bet
ter farm production, he has devoted
himself especially to the farmers
problems of marketing and finance.
Systematic and highly intelligent re-
search and study has resulted in
achievements that few people have
appreciated in their entirety and in
their aspects as parts of consistent
and notable policy"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-11-03

l call your attention to the fact
that there is nowhere recorded sin
gle Wilson policy. Everything that
I have asked that Congress to do was
written in the pledges Of the party
Wilson.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-11-03
"HE HAS KEPT US OUT OF WAR"

This is the face of man strong, courageous.
patient and kindly man
Always alert to the aspirations of his fellow
man and sympathetic toward their fulflment;
Never complacent toward the encroachments
of privilege nor tolerant of social wrong
Always seeking to enhance the dignity of
labor and better the state of the toiler;
NeOer lending to the sophistry of ex-
plotation or the Establishments of expediency;
Always patient to hear and weigh to APP
praise and analyze, and passionate to find the
way of right
Never premature in purpose nor prejudiced
in judgment, and never headlong in decision
Such is WOODROW WILSON,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-22
DEPENDS ON TARIFF

Except for revenue purposes there
is small need for tariff at present,
because, with the exception Of Japan,
the United States is the only big
manufacturing nation that is not de-
voting its brains and Drawn to the
worldwide conflict. That leaves the
field practically to two countries, and
both are waxing rich on this war
made prosperity-an opportunity that
might never come again. M
But after the war, when the guns
are put away and Europe turns its
attention to recapturing the trade
lost during the past two years, the
United States is certain to feel keen
competition and prosperity is bound
to recede. How far it will go back
depends IN large measure upon the
tariff. If we permit foreign coun-
tries to dump their cheaper made
goods here there will of necessity be
a great business slump.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-22
A WONDERFUL CHANGE

A most important result of the
election was the number of "dry"
victories. Michigan, Nebraska, South
Dakota and Montana voted "dry,"
while Utah and Florida have elect
ed legislatures with mandate for
the passage of "dry" laws. Only in
California and Missouri was the
prohibition measure rejected. On the
other hand, in three states-Colora-
do, South Dakota and Arkansas-at-
tempted modification of prohibitory
restrictions failed of adoption. These
successes put half of the states of
the Union into the prohibition col
umn. Michigan piled up majority
exceeding 10000 for prohibition and
in South Dakota it was $4,000 In
Florida a prohibition governor was
elected over a democratic nominee.
In addition to the states that went
for prohibition, the territory of Alas
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-22
NATIONWIDE PROHIBITION

In the recent debate on nation
wide prohibition in Brooklyn, Ex-
Governor Hanly said:
"The structure Of our State and
nation is founded on the basic right
of the people to administer their
government for themselves. The
traffic in alcohol is now challenging
that right, and it is so powerful
that statesmen are silent on the
question and presidential candidates
are dumb. Even a former president
of the United States says it would
be unwise to alter the Constitution
in an attempt to stop it because the
Government couldn't enforce the
Constitution. To take that view is
to abdicate our control Of the Govern
ment before a special interest; it's a
of the very genius of
constitutional government.
There is no visible force in America
as corrupt as this traffic which says
You can vote this state dry if you
wish, but you can't have it dry, for
we're stronger than you are.' If we
can't pass an amendment stopping
that, and if we can't enforce that
the great basic right of
free government is lost in this ma
ton"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-22
AFTER THE WAR

The immediate consequences OF
the ending of the war will be stop
ping of all American factories en-
gagged exclusively in the manufac-
ture of munitions, and the loss to
other factories Of all trade growing
out of war conditions. 1t is inevi-
table that hundreds of thousands of
men in these industries will be
thrown out of employment. The ques-
ton is, how are we to preserve our
normal industries when the deluge of
foreign goods breaks over us, as it
surely will unless we erect wall to
hold it out. Our gates now are wide
open. We are utterly defenceless
against such a trade invasion. Moth
ing but a straight protective tariff
will give us an adequate defense, and
unless we have that, and have it in
readiness for the certain consequent
ces of the wars end, we shall suffer
loss beyond computation.-American
Economist.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-22

ka was added to the dry provinces
Of the United States government.
In view of these "dry" victories,
and the probable gain Of five or six
more states by 1920, the Chicago
Evening Post says: ut is but q
moderate prediction to forsee that in
the national platforms of the two
great political parties at the next
presidential election there will appear
planks remanding constitutional
amendment prohibiting the manufac-
coholic liquors"
William j. Bryan, in the course Of
his closing campaign speech, on
November 6, served notice on the
world that with the close of the 1916
campaign he would next turn his
energies to the cause of national
prohibition.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-22

The first grade pupils have been
through their reader and are half
way through it again.
The second grade pupils are doing
better work than they were the first
part of the year. Veva Morgan Is
on page forty OF her reader.
The fifth and sixth grades have
finished their work in the Home
Geography" this week. These grades
have tests in arithmetic and language
this week; the sixth grade will also
have test in history.
We are very sorry to lose Lyle
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-22

Clark. who left Tuesday for Texas,
where she will spend the winter with
her father. Last Saturday Mrs.
Leach gave a party for her. The fol-
lowing girls were present: Helen
Longan. Ethel Wilkinson, Hazel
'Selleck, Esther Treynor, Margaret
Warner, Lyle Clark and Evelyn
Sherwood. All had good time and
LIVE was quite surprised to find at
her place at the table box OF sta
tionery and handbag, all OF which
the girls thoughtfully prepared Tor
her long journey.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-22

POPULAR HABITS AND COST OF


A. Congress was called at Chicago
to- formulate program for reducing
the cost of living There is UNI
doubtedly much that can be done to
lower prices through more eco
nomical distribution of food pro-
ducts. But living costs are SO af~
fected by popular habits and whims
that no economic program can wholly
meet the situation.
"A friend from another town was
giving little illustration of this as
he saw it on his vacation. Having
taken a cottage at a summer resort,
and as summer resort prices are
commonly high, he thought his liv-
ing costs would be more than at
home. But they proved to be lower.
Meats in particular did not seem to
cost much more than half as much
as at home.
In his home town the meat and
grocery business is carried on by a
large number of small stores. They
rarely advertise their goods, and are
content to run along in small way,
having to get good prices to pay ex-
penses.
At the summer resort the grocery
and meat business was mostly done
Dy n large ESTABLISHMENTS. ne SUM-
mer people came to the store, paid
cash, and carried away all but very
heavy goods. There was no noun
tain of bad debts to charge up to
paying customers. No wonder it
could and did sell cheap.
The American town concentrates
its places of business in a congested
district, where a heavy rental must
be paid. 1t all comes out of the con-
sumer. If people were only willing
to walk little more, a store could
locate a little out of the center and
reduce it's rental charge. AS a
matter of fact this is frequently
done by advertising freely to draw
the people to the store, but some
merchants do not realize how easily
that can be accomplished.
The Cost of Living Congress,
therefore, confronts not merely awk-
ward and primitive systems of dis
tribution, but certain popular habits
and indolences that are big factor
in this problem.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-22
Elizabeth H. Sontag, Teacher.


stevens School Report
Mrs. Homer Golf, one of our
grandmothers, is very low, having
had a stroke of paralysis. The fam
lily have our deepest sympathy.
Our mothers, Mrs. Anthony Laux
and Mrs. Glenn Schott are much bet
ter and are able to be out and enjoy
the fresh air again.
Mary Laux, our fifth grade girl,
has been rather lonesome, for her
only classmate, Evelyn James, has
been sick all the week and absent
school. We all have missed her.
Miller, Miss Amy Kirby, Miss Evelyn
organized a reading circle club. The
club is going to do the work in four
meetings of two hours each. The of
ficers are: Miss Cora Smith, presi-
dent; and Miss Mary Christensen,
secretary.
Commissioner Harvey HI. Lowrey
visited us Wednesday forenoon, Civ
ing us a fifteen-minute talk just be-
fore the dinner hour. He seemed
very much pleased with our class
club.
The cleanliness committee gives us
the report of the following who are
perfect in caring for their teeth and
finger nails this week: Olive Laux,
Mabel Golf, Ivah Golf, Lyle Golf,
Mary Laux and Wilma Laux.
We are all looking forward to
Thanksgiving and are learning
pieces and songs and reading Thanks
giving stories. We have drawings
made of the "Mayflower," turkeys,
chickens, and ducks, which decorate
our room nicely, and give us the
Thanksgiving spirit. We have read
stories about the Pilgrims and fully
understand about our First Thanks
giving and why we are to be thank
full to our Heavenly Father a week
from next Thursday. We are realiz-
ing this so much by comparing our
own comforts with those boys and
girls in Belgium and other war
stricken countries of Europe. We
wish big and happy Thanksgiving
to everyone.
Mary E. Christensen, Teacher.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-22

taken up with general school exer-
cises. Gayla Penton established a
reputation as a speaker, in the recita-
ton, "How Maude Set Hen" Supt.
Langston spoke to the school on the
subject of "The Survival Of the Fit
test" He showed that plants of all
kinds adapt themselves to conditions
in such a way as to perpetuate them
selves. They develop certain means
of protection, such as thorns or Bit
ter fruit In other words they fight
that tends to destroy
them. This is true also Of animals
and man. Men who make the most
thorough preparation while. young
are the ones who win the greatest
success.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-22

There has been many absences this
week on account Of sickness. Those
who. were absent follow: Willie
Cowles, James Cowles, Ethel Comp
ton, Luella Murphy, Clyde Murphy
and Ethel Murphy.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-22

Old pine tree, what do you dot
Do you sing7 Do you talk?
/ can't make out.
Are you talking to me or who?
/ like to climb up to your top.
! look far off to other lands,
Where / can see other boys and
girls;
See rivers and lakes and ponds.
The pine is my tree,
The good old pine,
And mine it shall ever be.
BY Leon Wood.
The fifth and sixth grade have
drawn maps of Eurasia. 4
The first, second and third grades
have learned the poem 'In the Heart
Of a Seed" for language work. They
are now telling the story, "The Little
Red Hen" They will soon dramatize
It.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-22

Orleans School Report
We have an enrolment of five new
pupils at our school, making a total
of thirty scholars.