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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-22

gestions as to funeral arrange
ments should be made, such as the de-
sired place of burial, the kind of
monument, and so on; and there
should 81 also be specific provision for
the payment of debts giving the exec
utor authority to sell a portion of the
estate for the purpose, if necessary.
Bequests to wives, children and rela-
tives should be stated in clear Ian
guage and so described that the court
VIII have no difficulty in locating the
property.
If a man is unmarried he should
state 1t solemnly and emphatically in
his will; there are often numerous i'm
pecunious females willing to insist
that they were married to him in or
der to claim share of the estate. 1t
is useless for married man to try
to cut off his wife completely; under
the law she is entitled to her share of
the property. tits a curious fact that
in spite of this weIl-known statute
many men seek to make the entire
! income of their widows conditional on
their remaining single.
A VIII should not be made in the
| last rally of fatal sickness when the
mind is apt to be confused and the
usual perspective befuddled. Instead,
every person who has anything to be-
queath at all should make a will dis
PSSiAA5 VI IL Wien ne Is IN SOOQ nealth
and sound mental condition. If only
one or two persons are mentioned as
| oeneficiaries, the task is an easy one.
put II the will contains endowments.
trusts, life interests, etc, the most ex-
pert legal advice should be obtained
IN drawing up the document. The
signature should be witnessed by al
least two persons, not named as bene-
| flclaries of the will.
While unfair and incompetent Wills
otten cause great hardship to the per-
sons for whom they should be most
designed to benefit and protect, there
is nothing quite so unjust as the alb
sence of any will at all. In this event
the court settles the estate in accord
ance with the laws of the state, with
no regard for certain personal claims
that deserve reward. For example. in
pennsylvania family of five children
was turned out from home when the
father married again. The oldest
child, boy of twenty, took the Others
TO the house of his married sister and
himself went to work in a large fac
| tory to support them Three wears
later, the boy was killed in an acci.
dent, leaving over a thousand dollars
IN ms savings account. There was nc
WILL But under the law, the father
was entitled to share in the money
which claim he Immediately took ad.
vantage of, the married sister and the
other children getting practically moth.
ing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-22
Hungary and the War

lFrom the Phila. Public Ledger.1
While the Central Empires bava
agreed to make no separate peace, as
nave also the Allies, the movement in
hungary for a separate settlement of
the war is of high significance. For
one thlng 1t again advertises to the
world that while Germany in the war
acts as unit no such state of things
except in narrow military sense. ex
lsts IN Austro- Hungary, where the sew
eral nationalities and hostile races are
heId in loose dynastic bond that the
war Is putting to a great strain. And
OF all the separate political entries
hungary, by reason of is racial and
historical Importance, is the one sec
tlon TO which the enforced identity Of
lts interests with those of Austria has
proved the most CALLING and most dis
astrous. Largely held in relationship
through the Hapsburg family's claims
as rulers OF Hungary, 1t is inconceiv-
able that the two sections of the en-
pre- VIII survive the war with anv
desire to continue the present han
hazard union. Karolyi and the peace
party he is forming in Hungary. there
tore, are historically right in view
ing the interests of Hungary as wholly
diHerent from those OF German Aus
tria and Germany proper, for both of
Whom there is neither liking nor re-
spect nor reverence among the Macy
ars. Under the circumstances the Hum
garian peace party is not likely to ac-
comphsh much now, but after the war
they Will be found undoubtedly acting
FOR an independent Hungary, which is
surely on the card If anything is certain
when the grand breakup comes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-22
Just What Was Foreseen
Boston Advertiserl

This whole question was threshed
out when the House first began to
consider the Chamberlain bill. The
House leaders were told exactly what
would happen and exactly what has
happened Secretary Garrison, who
was the strongest man in the Wilson
cabinet, publicly told the country
how dangerous the blunder was, and
he broke with the President and got
out of the cabinet rather than bear
the blame for what he saw was certain
to happen If that bill became q law.
Every prominent officer of the army
warned the President and Congress
beforehand against the outrageous
folly of the Chamberlain plan. But
neither the President nor Congress
would listen. Now the country is see
ing and will continue to see the exact
fulflllmen of those warnings The
whole basis of our new army law is
wrong. and Congress knew it was
wrong when it adopted the plan. But
no other plan that was offered showed
such tempting chances for political
pork"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-22
Gulf Stream Scapegoat
New York World

len years ago tarpon, belonging, as
everybody knows, to the semitropical
waters of Florida, were found swim
ming on Canadian shores AT the
same time Sunday newspaper artists
were drawing pictures of New York as
a city OF palm trees and jungle. Why ,
The Gulf stream had Changed IT'S
course. 'S
To-day sharks infest the bavs and
beach waters Of New York and New
Jersey, and while bathers are bewaring
and seaside landlords are beratine
wise shippers sail into port to tell 1Is
why. The Gulf stream is shifting IFS
course 49,
1t has been ever thus. The Gulf
stream has been the scapegoat of the
Atlantic coast perhaps ever since n
was discovered. Certainly ever since
the living generations began to have
memories. In vain official Washing
ton tells us that the warm water streak
10 the deep-water east flows now
where 1t has flown for ages. Captain
PllSbuIy, sturdy navigator of the bat
tleshtp Maine, carried to needless. ears
within recent years the assurance that
the stream is "as fixed as the Hudson -
The shippers and some of the rest of
us know better.
Is the December grass fresh and
green in Central Park? Does a New
York Spring push January off the cal
endar? Does August linger in the
golden lap of October? Does the peach
crop fail in Delaware? Is Great
Britain shivering, perhaps snow-fiur-
ried. in June?
There is a single answer The Gulf
stream has changed its course.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-22
SATURDAY CLOSING

HARRISBURG merchants have
j i shown a commendable spirit Of
cooperation and a keen interest
in the welfare of their employees in
deciding to join in a movement hav-
ing for its object the closing of all
stores Saturday afternoons and even
ings during August, instead of Friday
afternoons, as heretofore. The people
OF the city no doubt will cooperate
fully by patronizing the stores as gen.
erously on Friday afternoons and
evenings as they do now on SATURDAYS.
Thus the working forces of the stores
will have Saturday afternoon and
night for recreation and Sunday for a
day Of rest and church attendance.
The merchants doubtless did not think
of it in that light, but they have done
much to encourage a proper observ-
ance Of the Sabbath by closing Satur-
day nights, for the man and woman
who formerly found leisure for pleas
ures only on Sundays will now have
time for both recreation and devo-
tions.
Once it was thought that business
to be successful must be conducted six
days and six nights a week. Then we
came to understand that business
could be run just as profltably by
keeping the stores open only one
night week, with a Friday half
holiday in summer, and we are about
to find that Friday night will be quite
as acceptable to buyers as Saturday
night for shopping. Eventually we
may come to the place where even
one night a week of open shop may
not be necessary, except on special
occasions.
The new order has not been OBJ
tanned without much effort and some
sacrifice. The merchants have been
willing to try the experiment for the
sake of their clerks and other en-
ployes. They have relied upon the
public to see the move in the humani-
tartan light in which it was conceived.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-22
SATURDAY CLOSING
BY Wing Dinger

A lot of business places
Have signified that they
In August will cease business
At one on Saturday,
And thus give clerks respite
OF one day and a half
To overcome fatigue of
The daily business gaff.
It's been no easy matter
To change their business ways
To suit long hours on Fridays
And short on Saturdays,
But, just the same. they've figured
That If humanity
VIII profit during hot days
It's we'll worth while, you see
So If some inconvenience
Is caused you for a while
In doing weekend shopping
Don't growl, but with a smile
Go to it, and remember
You're going to load with joys
The lives alike of women
And men and girls and boys
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-22
"Unprepared"-
From Phila. Public Ledger)

(From Phila. Public Ledger)
George W. Perkins, financier and
business man Of New York city. said
in reply to the Public Ledgers tele-
gram as to his views:
Il think can best answer your in
quiry by referring you to an address
made October 12, 1915, before the
Indiana Bankers Association. The
views I expressed then I now hold,
only I am more than ever convinced
of their accuracy"
The title of the paper he referred
to was I'VE Are Unprepared for Peace
as We Are for War" Among the
things he said were:
I'VE may not have to face a war
at arms with foreign nations, but we
are certain to face war in industry
with foreign nations. War may not
come, but peace will surely come, and,
after peace, industrial conflict.
we may not be invaded with long
range guns, but we actually are being
and will continue to be invaded with
| long-range methods Of intercommuni-
cation. The long-ran5e gun, the sub
marine and the airship are the most
deadly Instruments or modern war at
arms. The long-distance telephone,
the Atlantic cable and the wireless
are the most deadly instruments of
war in industry. We may not have
70 lace the Iormer; we are already
obliged to face the latter.
Some day the war will cease
probably as suddenly as it began
and our men will no longer have this
work. At approximately the same
moment that Europe's demand on
US for war supplies largely ceases, her
men will be put to work nanufac-
turing the things that she was selling
to US so successfully under the VIII
son tariff when the war broke out.
In short the end OF this frightful
war will automatically put many of
our men out of work and many of
! Europe's men at work
1T will not do to lull ourselves to
sleep with the argument that when
this war is over Europe will he so
exhausted in men and money that she
cannot compete with US in the manu-
facturing lines. Emergencies and diff
hculties quicken the faculties of a re-
sourceful people, and no country on
the civilized globe to-day is more re-
sourceful than Germany.
1t is great mistake to expect Eu-
rope to be hopelessly crippled. in
dustrially speaking, when this war is
over. The thing Europe will be erin
pied for will be golo. We shall have
It, and her only way to get it will be
| py sending US manufactured goods al
prices low enough TO get back that
gold; and this she will unuuestionabIv
do. AS matters stand to-day we are
wholly unprepared 10 repeI her at
tempt to do this"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-22
MAKING YOUR WILL
By Frederic J. Haskin

HAVE you made your will? This
is the latest phase of the thrift
propaganda sweeping the coun-
try Having learned how to save
money and accumulate property, we
are now being taught how to dispose
of them. Banks are issuing booklets
to their depositors advising them to
make wills; papers on the subject are
read before business mems meetings,
and everywhere the Importance of
making an adequate legal will is be-
ing emphasized. and, according to
legal authorities, there is great need
for such instruction.
A mans will, in a sense, is a sum-
mary of his success or failure in life,
not only in the conquest of material
things but in the development of him
self. 1t represents his gift to poster
ity, and by the manner in which the
gift is made is judged the character
of the man. All the small quantities
of a persons nature. such as malice,
envy, jealousy, revenge and spite are
at once apparent in his will. AS Will
liam Hazlitt said: "All that we seem
to think of is to manage matters so
Gin settling accounts with those who
are so unmannerly as to survive us)
as to do as little good and to plague
and disappoint as many people as pos
sible."
But aside from any vagaries of the
disposition, the economic question of
wills is highly important. 1t is es-
| timated that nearly ninety eight per
cent of the American population leaves
no wills at all, and tnat fifty per cent
of those made are for some legal rea-
son impotent. A man will carefully
divide his million dollar estate into
ten parts and then forget to mention
one of the parts Another will make
a will in the state of Michigan, dis
posing of property in Michigan, Mis-
souri, and South Carolina, and have 1t
witnessed by two persons. He has
failed to look into the laws of South
Carolina, which require three wit
nesses, thereby making the will void
so far as the property is concerned
in that state,
A will does not necessarily have to
be technically worded. so long as the
intention of the testator is clear, but
certain technicalities should be OBJ
served in order to prevent any friction
in the courts. For much precious time
is wasted in the attempt to fathom
such problems as what Mr. Jones
meant in bequeathing to his daughter
his property lying south of a certain
road when the road itself runs north
and south.
In the first place. all former wills
should be revoked in a special clause
in the document; otherwise, they will
still be valid before the court. Sug-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-22
CUT OUT THE CUT-oUT!

A UTOMOBILE and motorcycle cut
"A outs are an abomination in the
land. They are a relic of times
past, when every ounce of power an
engine could generate was required to
get the machine over tAe~road.
To-day the use of the cut-out is an
evidence of a weak motor. No first
class machine need throw open the
cut-out to get the car across a hill,
and the driver who uses a cur-out for
the mere pleasure of hearing the en-
gine exhaust should do it only on in
frequented country roads. The ap-
proach to a city and the city itself
should be free from this unnecessary
noise.
Especially is the open cut-out a
nuisance at night. If you want to
label yourself as the driver of an in
ferior car or mark yourself as in
considerate of the comfort Of Others
run with your out-out open. If not,
cut out the cut-out. Do it now, for il
is only question of time until the
Legislature will do it for you.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-22
Military Training

Universal obligatory physical and
military training of the country's youth
4ould give the nation three distinct
benefits that are needed:
/. Thorough preparedness-a great
reserve of citizen soldiers which would
tend powerfully to restrain foreign ag-
gression and attack.
2. It's disciplinary influence alone
would be- worth the cost and effort.
Morally the nation would be uplifted
for young men receiving the training
would become better sons, better heads
of families. better citizens.
8. The physical betterment of the
race alone would be worth many times
the cost. Consider tho value to the
individual youth OF 1S or 90 Of the
searching physical examination now
given recruits for the regular army.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-22
THAT WEST SHORE SCHOOL,.

ME school directors of the West
Shore towns that have made pos
sible the erection of a central high
school for all the towns concerned are
to be congratulated. They are men of
vision and enterprise. The people of
the towns which will support the new
high school will profit Immensely
thereby. Nothing has held the West
Shore back so much as it's school
facilities, or lack Of them. The schools
have been good, so far as they have
gone, but they have not gone far
enough. Large sums have been spent
under the new school code to bring
West Shore students to Harrisburg.
With high school on the West Shore
equal in its grading with the Harris
burg schools there will be no longer
need for this, and all concerned will
be benefited.
Doubtless the towns and townships
that have not come in will now see the
light and join the movement. If they
do not. the burden will be on their own
shoulders. for there will be no more
sending Of pupils to Harrisburg and
the towns supporting the new school
doubtless will see to it that the com
munities that have been too lax to
come in on the building enterprise
shall pay their full share for the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-22
Taking ADVANTAGE
TFrom The Washington s.,

IFrom the Washington Star.1
Bishop Wilberforce, of Omaha. said
Too MANY of the stories about the
boyhood of our multi-millionaires are
just stories of selfishness and mean
ness; taking advantage of others gem
"A hungry traveller put his head out
Of car window as his train pulled up
at small station, and said to boy:
Here boy, take this dime and get
me a sandwich. will you? And, by the
way, here's another dime. Get a sand
wich for yourself. too.
away.
HE returned, munching a big. fine
sandwich. just as the train was starting
a dime. and said:
Here's yer dime back. boss. They
only had one sandwich left
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-22
LAFoLLErTEs LAMENTATIONS

a MOTHER outburst from Senator
"A LaFollette at Washington has
once more called attention to
this erratic statesman. Since LaFol-
lette's support of a measure which
practically put the merchant marine
out of business he has ceased to have
the confidence of a large majority of
upon most questions and his hysteri-
cal appeals to the thoughtless have
conspired to destroy in a large meas
ure his usefulness in the United
States Senate.
His attempt this week to still fur
ther cripple the naval strength of the
country and the naval program now
on its way through Congress have
further alienated those who were dis
posed to regard with some toleration
his peculiar attitude toward the poll
cies which are believed to be vital
to the welfare of the United States.
Among Republicans especially his ap-
proval of the "watchful waiting" poll
icy of the administration in Mexico
has aroused widespread dissent and
condemnation.
Like most of the pacifists OF the
extreme type, LaFollette protests
against the enlarged expenditure for
military purposes and charges that
these have been actuated by selfish
interests instead of patriotism. He as
serts that here was not a military,
economical or political reason to war
rant the pr Joosed appropriations and
upon the Eeels of this declaration
makes the following incredible state
ment:
The logic of the whole world sit
/ uation is against necessity for
these proposed increases. The
resouTces in the past year, have
made'tt Impossible for them to be-
come menace TO America.
! Any intelligent citizen of the United
States who realizes the conditions
which confront this country will take
LaFollette's measure through the fore
going paragraph. Like all reformers
of his type he intimates that his fell
! low members of the Senate and House
are the representatives of makers of
munitions Of war and the great business
interests. But when called to account
for his reflection upon his colleagues
the Wisconsin thoorist declared that
he had not intended to convey the
idea that those whom he had accus-
ed by implication of outside interests
were receiving double compensation.
o, for strong men at Washington!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-22
LAW AND ORDER MUST PREVAIL

BUSINESSMEN can hardly be ex-
ID pected to be overjoyed as a re-
suit OF the practical suspension
of business consequent upon the inter-
ruption of the street car service in this
city and to many suburban towns. Not
only the business men who are direct
ly injured by the blockade, but domes-
tic service and the comfort of thou
sands of people are involved in the
unfortunate dispute.
More and more the public is becom-
ing impatient over the situation and
regardless of the merits of the break
between the street railway manage
ment and its employees the people are
insisting upon some sort of a conclu-
sion of the whole matter. First of all
they demand that there shall be OBJ
servance of law and order. As both
sides to the controversy are likewise
insisting upon the reign of law as
against the rule of the mob. there
ought TO be no difficulty on this point.
Prompt arrest of every violator of the
public peace will go far toward main
tenance of order in this city Sheriff
Caldwell is keeping a close watch on
developments and between the city
and county officials there ought to be
no serious difficulty In preserving the
peace. This is the wish of the public
and the expressed desire of the rail-
way officials and their striking en-
ployes. Under the circumstances and
with public support of this attitude it
would appear to be a comparatively
easy proposition to prevent disorder
during the unhappy plight into which
the city has been catapulted this
week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-22
AN APPEAL

A n appeal has come to the Tele-
n graph from the mother of one
of the Harrisburg soldiers on
the Mexican border for assistance. She
was referred to the headquarters of
the Associated Charities for relief.
1t is remarkable, indeed, that an ap-
peal which should arouse every atom
of generosity in aid of those who are
dependent upon the men who have
gone out in the service of their coun-
try should have stirred up so little in
terest in this community.
Harrisburg has never fallen short
when called upon for any public help
den disappearance of the Mexican war
cloud is responsible for the apparent
lack of interest. That it is only ap-
parent is evidenced. however, in the
fact that on no other occasion has the
community failed to respond to all
legitimate appeals for succor. That
this situation prevails elsewhere is
manifest from the following editor
ial comment in a Philadelphia news
paper on the subject:
1t cannot be that Philadelphia
apparent lack of interest in and
sympathy for the dependent fami-
lies OF soldiers at the front is due to
want of patriotism or to any
failure to realize that the Guards
men have responded TO the call of
duty. and that the honor of the
tSe If pefsond fpF 5ne pTG
they have left behind them. The
only explanation must be sought in
widespread misunderstanding as
to the attitude of employers and
the continuation of wages to the
men in the militia. While IL is true
that most OF the large employing
firms and corporations have guar
anteed to the men in the Guard the
continuance of their pay. and the
assurance of positions after their
any means meet all the conditions
which arise. There are many of
the men without the protection Of
regular employment, and these are
bound to suffer through their sud
den, enforced absence The COM
mittee has made a thoroueh invest
and needing relief, and the gener-
Gus people of Philadelphia need
have no doubt as to the genuineness
of the need for help or the urgency
of the appeals for money. 1t would
be an ineradicable disgrace to the
city were the appeals to be unan-
swered. We do not believe they
will fall on deaf ears. Money is
needed at once for the four hun
dred families for whose care the
committee has assumed RESPONSE
bility.
The call of this aged woman at the
Telegraph Office is unmistakable evi-
dence of the need of this fund and we
trust that some plan will be worked
out for relief in such cases.