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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
BIG BOOsT FOR KIDS

To the Editor Of the Telegraph.
Harrisburg Is fast earning a name
for doing things. but she has not done
much more than touch on the fringe of
her possibilities. Leaving alone the
big things that the grownups are most
interested in to the grownups, will you
let me make one or two suggestions
that concern the youngsters and out
line few plans for their greater de-
yelopment and greater share in putt
ng Harrisburg still more on the map.
These suggestions Will center round
the public schools which have already
contributed so much towards this end.
Can we not devise some practicable
method of extending that athletic spirit
which finds such a good outlet in the
track meets of the early Spring? Does
1t not seem pity that the healthy ri
valry and school spirit which is Gre
ated each year should be confined to
the one form of athletics and to one
short period each year?
Marathon Clubs
Conceding that School Football" is
too far advanced to meet the need. why
not school Marathon Clubs" for want
of better name, made up of older
boys to have weekly club runs over
short distances across country, the old :
fashioned "Hares and Hounds" ides
might be revived. distance races. time
races. etc. and--here Is the big idea
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

A Mitchell Palmer motored to-
this city for the Democratic meeting.
He was accompanied East last night
by several friends.
-Philander c. Knox is spending
the summer at his Valley Forge homes
but has been getting in some automo~
bile touring.
-Ex-Congressman G. w. Logue is at
the seashore for time.
William Armstrong, a county off,
Ger and brother of the mayor of
Pittsburgh, was arrested on a charga
of breaking traffic regulations.
Chief William Connell, of the
Philadelphia Highway Bureau, says
that he has doubts about the value OF
women as highway inspectors.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15
MAINE LEADS THE WAY
IPhiladelphia Inquirer. ]

IL
Listen to the voice of Vance Nc
Cormick. chairman of the Democratic
National Committee:
The result of the election in Maine
indicates a sweeping Democratic vic
tory in November"
Ii is really pathetic. Two years ago
this same gentleman was filled with
this same sort of enthusiasm when he
was appealing in his own behalf to the
voters of Pennsylvania. He was going
to be sweeping Democratic victory" ."
but somehow Martin G. Brumbaugh
was elected Governor and Penrose was
elected to the United States Senate
and the sweep was all Republican. So
1t is observed that Brother Mccormick
Is not much of a prophet when it
comes to forecasting political elections.
And why does he predict a sweep
Ing Democratic victory" based upon
the returns from Maine? Because he
tnds that there has been a falling off
from the Republican majorities of
years ago, when everything in Maine
was Overwhelmingly Republican. But
we are not living in history or late
Maine has been considerably upturned.
as have been many other States. In
1912 Wilson carried II. In 1914 a
Democratic Governor was elected. A
Democrat was sent to the United
States Senate. For three terms a
Democrat has been chosen from one
of the Congressional districts.
And now what has happened?
A Republican is elected Governor
A Republican is elected to the
United States Senate.
The Democratic Congressional dis
trict turns Republican.
If that is an indication of the man
ner In which the Democratic party is
to sweep the country in November.
Chairman McCormick-the pathetic
Chairman McCormick-is welcome to
every crumb of comfort he can gather
out of the wreckage of Democratic
hopes In Maine.
The contest has been of a national
character. True. local issues were of
importance in the Gubernatorial fight.
but when 1t came to the choice of
United States Senators and to Con-
gressmen the issues were Nation wide.
The record of President Wilson and of
his personally conducted Congress was
before the people for Judgment.
And the verdict has been rendered
In no uncertain words.
The only possible chance for Wilson
to win is to obtain a large Progressive
vote. IL Maine is any barometer at
all, the Progressive vote is largely and
safely back in the Republican Party
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15
BLaKSLEE'S THREAT

NOMMENTING on the allegation
u that rural mail carriers are
against the Wilson administra-
tion because of the management OF
the service. Fourth Assistant Post
master General Blakslee is quoted
as saying that the great bulk of the
carriers ARE more interested in hold
ing their Jobs and in giving good SER
vice than they are in politics"
If that was intended as a broad
hint to the carriers that activity
against the administration might cost
them their jobs. 1t won't have the de-
sired effect. 1t is true that most OF
them are interested in giving good ser.
vice. and that is why most of them are
against this administration.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15

competition races with other schools at
intervals during the Fall and winter
after the most severe weather is over.
This would be great training school
for the big track meet in the Spring.
FavOrs Recreation
My second suggestion is the forma
tlon OF Physical Recreation Clubs" in
the various schools and the organiza-
tlon of an interschool competition in
simple events requiring either no gym
nastic apparatus or only that of the
simplest character, the exercises to be
such as could. with little trouble, be
held in the school buildings themselves.
For example, running or standing high
Jump. broad jump, rope climbing. dumb
bell or Indian club team drill and
perhaps-wrestling.
BY way of a change. here is a sug-
gestfon that might be worked out by
the more accomplished musical and
'comicaf' school students. Why not
form Juvenile minstrel troupes to give
one or more entertainments during the
winter to raise funds to help along
the school expenses for extras required
by the atheltic organizations, etc, in
stead of the usual Ice cream ana candy
AFFAIRS"
Yours. Etc.
"Once a Kid Myself"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15
SEASONAL REVENUE

n HEN who study Industrial matters
lVl have term for the operations
of those establishments whose
periods Of activity are governed by
demands brought about by weather
or other conditions. The rest of us
know these times of hustle as the
rush season." The students call
them Seasonal occupations or in
dustries. according to the viewpoint
The State of Pennsylvania suffers
from seasonal revenue In autumn
money pours into the treasury at q
rate which fairly dazzles one. AS
high as s5.0o0.000 has been received
In single month. 1t is wonderful
golden stream, this revenue of one OF
the imperial commsnwealths. and one
much senvied by states less fortunate
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15
THE HARRISBURG WAY
BY Wing Dinger

Well. we're going to have hotel
That Wen all be proud. of bo.
And we ought to be the prouder
Cause we didn't have to go
Out of town to get the people
To put up the wherewithal
For the pro1ect--think 1t over.
That's the finest thing of alt
Why we ought to take our hats on
To the men who've pledged enough
To the cause to make 1t certain
But that's just the kind of stun
For which Harrisburg is noted
So let's all together get 81
And complete the fund that's started
Wen scon do -it--that III bet.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15
NEW HOTEL ASSURED

livery lover of Harrisburg must
L. feel gratified over the announce
ment that at last this city is to
have hotel commensurate with its
dignity and importance as the seat of
government of great Commonwealth.
The movement which has now even
tuated in the practical certainty of
modern hotel again emphasizes the
Importance of community cooperation
as against the watchful waiting policy
involving help from the outside. For
years the question of adequate hotel
facilities has been uppermost in the
minds of many thoughtful citizens, but
time after time the proposition has re-
ceived its quietus through a trusting
confidence in the nonresident investor.
He was always held up as the hope of
the community. but it finally dawned
upon the live wires OF Harrisburg that
the only way a hotel could be assured
was through a demonstration of good
faith in an investment of local capital.
And when this realization came 1t
didn't require more than a few weeks
to put the proposition on it's feet and
thereby provide the one great necessity
of thriving city.
The Telegraph has consistently and
persistently advocated the building of
new hotel for several years: time
was required to'educate a large num-
Der of our own people to the impor-
tance of modern and adequate hotel
facilities. But with the conference of
the leaders of the movement at the
Harrisburg Club last night came the
practical consummation of the project.
AS the guests of Mr.. wallower. the
indefatigable and far-seeing leader of
the movement inaugurated by the
Chamber of Commerce. those who
gave substantial support to the pre-
liminary canvass discussed the whole
proposition and authorized the real
start upon the final steps which will
lead to the erection of a handsome
building that will be a credit to the
city and which will supply need that
was becoming serious in many of its
phases.
Once more we are impressed as a
community with the get-together spirit
which has made possible so many of
the big things that have been done
here during the last few years. It
ought to be a matter of only a few
days to complete the fund that will be
necessary to provide all that is con-
templated for the new hotel. Every
citizen. however humble. who can
afford to take even one share of the
stock should do so as an earnest of his
desire to participate in what is not
only business proposition. but an i'm
portant civic achievement.
To Mr.. Wallower and all the other
live wires who have made possible this
much-6esired public place of enter
tainment the community owes a dis
tinct debt of gratitude.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15

Congressman Kreider Is not only the
able and popular representative of this
district IN Congress; he is now an
adopted son of Harrisburg. When he
joined forces with our own people on
the big hotel proposition he became
more than ever before one of us. 1t is
now Mr.. Kreider. of Annville and Har-
risburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15

hackers Is almost an enemy to the
republic. In some Instances speakers
yesterday resorted to language which
Indicated that the Democratic leaders
were disturbed over what was coming
and wondering whether their defenses
would hold.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15

ALL TRUE.
bird In the
hand Is worth
two in the
bush.
A boil on the
stove is worth
two on the
neck;
man with a
pull Is worth
two with a
push.
And an ace in
the hand Is
worth two in
the deck.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15
TELEGRAPH PERlScOPE

Some women are like quinine pills
only sugar coated.
If looks mean as much to women
as some observers think, .hen it's a
cinch for Hughes in the suffrage States.
How many middle-aged men pre-
serve the youthful color of their hair
is one of the dark secrets Of life.
If we were as sure of getting a
million dollars in November as we are
that Dauphin county will go Repub-
lican this Fall we'd begin to spend the
money. ,ra
They are called lawn fetes be-
cause that's where many young men
ind theirs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15

T<HUS sings our old friend. The
Bentztown Bard, the Whitcomb
Riley, of Baltimore, and the poet
laureate of Maryland:
The perfect hour is mine
When I can lift my head
And facing all the lights that shine
Feel calmed and comforted
In the quiet thought and cheer.
And the whistled lay and song,
That through the day which
trembled here
I've done no one a wrong.
THAT through the day which
trembled here I've done no one a
wrong"
How many OF us make that a boast
in our sunset reflections or are thank
full for such a work-a-day record in
our twilight musings. Too few, we
imagine.
Our petty triumphs. our selfish at
tainments, our profits, our successes
these we think about and talk
about. How we put it over" on the
other fellow we prize as a capital
story. We count 1t a day worth while
when all has gone we'll with us and
ours.
Yet there will come a time when
the days when we have done no one
a wrong" will stand out as bright spots
along life's way only surpassed In
brilliancy by the days upon which we
have performed an unselfsh act of
kindness toward another.
Dear old Bentztown Bard, we wish
you sang as sweetly and as helpfully
every day for the Telegraph as you
do for our more fortunate Baltimore
contemporary.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15
NEW INTERPRETATION

''I noticed that swindlers' gang
when raided had S. o. S. code mes
sages in their telegraph communica-
tions"
Easily interpreted. That meant
Send on suckers"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15

Those young voters who will cast
their ballots for the first time this
year will not want to lose their initial
vote. That is why thousands of them
will align themselves with the Repub-
lican party and give their support to
Charles Evans Hughes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15
FRIDAY EVENING, SEPT. Is

EndedVor to be patient in bearing scith
the defects and infrmities Of Others, OF
sohat sort soeper they be, for that tlyset
also hast many fdilingS svhich mast be
borne siith BY Others
Thomas A-KEMPIs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15
CHEERFUL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

"See here. Mary, am determined
to put my foot down on any new
household expenditures"
''All right, John, as long as Won
put it down on new carpet"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15
Our Daily Laugh

LOST
OPPORTUNITY
D a u ghter -
Father went or
in good humor
this morning.
M o t h g r ~
Heavens! That
reminds me. I
forgot to ask him
for any money.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg manufactures
engines for government lighting
plants?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15
Gonn-RY oNLY sPARk

To the Editor Of the Telegraph
Regret that '.Jiggs' has passed away.
and the only spark of genius connected
With your paper passed with him.
-. 6 KRINGLE
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15

The Wilson administration having
given Carranza all the arms and other
munitions he needed TO equip an
army with which to threaten the
United States, does the Evening
Ledger see anything inconsistent in
providing the artful old revolutionist
with 500, 900, 900 with which to carry
on a successful campaign against US?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The first State arsenal was locate0
here in the twenties.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15
CONSISTENCY DEMANDS IT
ME Philadelphia Evening Ledger
thus reckons up the cost OF
'Matchful Mating:

1t is estimated that the military
expenses of the Presidents Mexican
policy have already exceeded $780,
900, 900, and word now comes from
New London that the Mexican com
missioners are preparing to ask for
the payment of an indemnity of not
less than S100, 900. 900 nor more than
5000, 900, 900 because of the humilia-
tton of the Mexican nation. Even
the friends of Mr.. Wilson may be
pardoned for doubling whether the
country is going to get the worth
of its money out of this matter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15

Z. ]. .STACkPOLE. Pres't and Editor-in- Chief
+. r. OYSTER. Business Manager.
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ. Monoging Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO..
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15

Some women are like quinine pills
only sugar coated.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-15
THE PERFECT DAY

T<HUS sings our old friend. The
i Bentztown Bard, the Whitcomb
Riley, of Baltimore, and the poet
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-17
THEN READ THIS

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Whii,
sensational disclosures are beinf
made regarding treatment Of
children In institutions New Yorl
is buyipe. 500 dolls and $500
bird cages.
But $500 to house bird In
g,lded cage when poor orphans
are suffering was outdone wher
F. p. Avery of New York paid
$1,000 for kennel for a dog.
The kennel, auctioned at tbs
American art galleries with the
dolls, bird cages and other items
in the Yamanaka collection, Is 4
brass structure on four wheels
all ornamented with cloisonnt
enamel picturing dragons among
the clouds, In turquoise-blue
white, vermillion and yellow on {
deep lapis-blue ground.
For the dog and his KEN
mel there Is q night covering
Of blue silk embroidered In
gold thread with peoniee,
pomegranates and peaches.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-17
Love OF SILKS GETS 2
MATTRESSES In TROUBLE

Love of fine silks led to the
arrest in Seattle yesterday of
Mrs. Anolda Quigley and Mrs
Alice Meriweather, two mattresses
in the Argonaut restaurant, on
petit larceny charges.
The women are said to have
gone to Seattle on a shopping
trip. and while looking at goods
In one of the large department
stores, to have made away with
several dollars worth of expen-
sive fabrics.
Sheriff Longmire is holding
the trunks of both women, pend
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-17
SWATS
MEADS
New Candidate
Out With Hot
Shot On City
Finances

Announcing his candidacy for
the office of city controller, Fred
Shoemaker of Tacoma, for several
years chief of the financial de-
partment of the U. s. government
in the Philippines, threw bomb
shell into the city hall today by
offering bold criticism of the
methods of handling city fin
ances.
Besides declaring that Ia
coma was paying almost
twice as much interest on
her bonded debt as any 9TH
er large city ON the Pacific
cOast--a sum which reaches
100000 yearly--ShOemak-
err showed where the city
had already spent 81 200 for
"eypert" assistance I'm OBJ
tanning an appraisement of
the city light and water de-
partmeHts.
This auditor is doing word
which the city controller most
empbatically should do" said
the pew candidate today.
"phrings the time he works, he
is getting a higher salary than
Controller Meads. The city vir-
tually has been hiring two con-
trollers."
312 and q!
Shoemaker shows that San
Francisco, for instance, with a
bonded debt of 100000, does
not pay more than 31s per cent
on the loan. Tacoma is paying
per cent.
Bonded Indebtedness of over a
million dollars will fall due III
Tacoma within four years, says
Shoemaker, with no adequate
provision for paying it, and no
consideration of a possible re-
fund at a lower rate of interest.
Shoemaker is something of q
dark horse in the municipal
race. He has never before en-
tered politics.
Mayor Fawcett told the city
council today that Shoemaker
was one of the most competent
auditors in the United States.
He is now in Tacoma because
his father, Ward Shoemaker, is
aged and quite ill.
Held High Post.
Shoemaker is graduate of
Harvard, where he took a degree
after study of municipal eff
cheney, municipal government and
expert accounting. In the Philip
pine Islands he worked himself
up from position of expert &C
countant to chief of the pro-
vinciaf division. This department
handles yearly 100000. and
maintains a balance of $3,000.-
900.
His home is in Tacoma.
IL am not trying to create a
sensation, but as a result of my
study sf municipal affairs, ! have
figures to show where Tacoma is
losing thousands of dollars an
nually Through gross mismanage-
ment,'F said Shoemaker today.
II believe that | will be able
to save these thousands il l am
elected, The position does not
pay me as much as my place IN
the Philippines would, but l have
to be near my father, and | will
gladly do this work for Tacoma,
IL the people want me-"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-17
CLAIM
ABUSE
Meanwhile $500
Is Being Paid
By Idle Rich
For Bird Cages
READ THIS

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-"Olivei
Twist" the story with its pitiable
child victims drawn from life IL
English warehouses;, is being out
done by asylums and orphanages
in New York and vicinity, &C
cording to investigators.
Boys tapping soup from
sloppy tables; children
Scared by whippings; filth
that made rooms resemble
pig-pens; boys and girls
weak and anaemic from lack
Of nourishment; shower
baths used only as punish-
ment; little girls doing the
work Of women, are condi-
lions being described daily
by Deputy Charities Com
missioner VIM. j. DOherty
before a commission ap-.
pointed by Gov. Whitman to. .
investigate charges against
various institutions.
Doherty testified that In ar
orphan asylum in w. 259tf
street the beds were springless
encrusted with dirt and covered
with hard, thin pads and dirty
linen.
He said that in a certain mis-
sion on State Island food wa.
served In greasy pals by boys
who had not washed their hands
and that dinner was stew, stew
stew.
The plight of many children
at Ycukers institution was de
scribed as most pitiful.
Doherty testified that fol-
lowing his visit to the insti-
tion he received letter
saying some of the children,
had been hidden away i'm a
closet because blood had
been drawn from them by q
whipping strap.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-17

The Robert Minor EuropeLnis
has
The Times and associated accomplished
public.
Raemaekers ripped the buttons
same Minor is doing copies of his the
Telegram, received in this country show
the Dutch striking
above"The pcture
Kreuzland, (Crossland over all is
the German title Of the picture showing road
marching between asking
Raemaekers' drawing. Where fathers yng?"
Another startling of Mill
tasm, with the mailed figure at
Christ the 81 whoever m
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-17
Boy Held for
Girls Death
Is Confident

WAUKEGAN, ILL.,, Feb. IL
Little defense will be offered in
behalf of William Orpet, &C
cused of killing Marion Lambert,
his former sweetheart, 1t is
thought.
The defense believes the states
case is weak because of the lack
of actual evidence showing that
Orpet gave the girl poison.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-17
WHOLE TOWN IS SUBMERGED

NATCHEZ, Miss, Feb. IT,
The federal steamer Lafourche
stood by today while rescuers in
small boats attempted to save sew
eral hundred marooned people at
Newellton, La.
Telephone calls were sent here
last night for aid. Three persons
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-17
FLASH IS

SAN FRANCISCO-Word was
received here today that the
steamer Panama Maru from Pu-
get Sound had been afire at sea
prior to her safe arrival at Yoko-
hama.
BRIDGEPORT, Gonna fire
destroyed the plant of the Farist
Steel Co. here today, entailing a
loss of $45O,000. The origin is
unknown.
NEW ORLEANS-The town of
st. Joseph is threatened today
with the flood waters of the Mis-
sissippi which broke through the
leeves seven miles above the
town.
NEW YORK = The Grecian
government has transferred more
than SIS, 100000 to New York
banks during the last few months
for precautionary reasons, should
Greece and the allies break.
MANILA-An American law
yer was imprisoned and fined
here for claiming that the SUI
preme court connived in the ex-
ecution of Gen. Noriel, insurgent
leader.
LONDON - Considerable anx-
iety was shown here today over
the Irish war sentiment. The Irish
enlistments have been reduced to
practically nothing.