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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15

voters for authority to issue another
loan for the purpose of getting start
on water, sewer and other extensions,
which are quite apart from the transit
situation and badly needed because of
the growth of the city. The plan is to
have a special election in May and to
gather up all loose ends. The amount
may be $10.000.000 or $12 100000.
Meanwhile Mayor Smith is in the
South with Mrs. Smith and will spend
couple of weeks resting.
Senator Ware. Congressman Scott
and others who are at Hot Springs
while the Penrose people are at the
seashore declare they are not discuss,
ing politics.
The Altoona postmastership bids
fair to be something to make interest
ing Democratic reading. There are
several candidates and they are going
after the place with blocks and tackles
Men interested in the revision of
the charter for Philadelphia will dis
cuss the proposition at a dinner this
week. Some of the most prominent
men in Philadelphia will attend.
Robert d. Dripps, for years promi-
nent in work in the interest of State
charities, is out with a statement MAX
ing a bitter attack upon the system
of dispensing State charity. Millions
go to hospitals which are useless or do
IOl hCSu lllC lhOtiGN, say lie, duu tutTG
are seventeen counties which do not
get anything. Dripps also attacked the
lack of what he considers proper ac-
counting.
-Berks county politics is starting
to boil Thomas r. Houcll has an
nounced himself as a candidate for
county controller.
-Schuylkill county is to the. front
again. A movement has been started
to oust the White Haven school board
and at Pottsville the policemen de-
mand raise in wages, which the city
solicitor says can only come if they
resign.
Considerable interest is being
taken in newspapers in the proposed
bill to abolish capital punishment,
which has been under discussion for
some time in Philadelphia. The cases
before the State Board of Pardons in
the last two years have caused quite
considerable comment in favor of the
proposed bill and it seems as though q
determined fight for it was going to be
made.
In Reading Representative James
Fl. Maurer is polishing up his bills for
old age pensions, cutting down terms
of judges. changing the compensation
law and attacking street railways.
In Pittsburgh several bills of i'm
portance are being studied out foi
changes in the second class city law
and the third class city solicitors will
have a meeting soon to frame theil
bills.
Governor Brumbaugh's list of APP
pointments to be made to fill vacancies
in various counties has been length
ened by the death of Judge Charles n
Brumm. of the Schuylllill county
courts, and there has been growth
of booms for appointment such as is
only possible in that county. Several
Progressives are said to be disposed
to claim the appointment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15

stronger and the bonds of friendship
firmer. First the family, then the
the tribe and finally the nation-with
the hearthstone their common founda-
ton.
All men love an open fire. There
is nothing like it on a wild, wintry
night, when the wind whistles and
shrieks and the blue-centered cold
wave flag is flying over the federal
building. To bask in the pent-up SUM-
shine of summers long since past, to
listen to the crackle and roar of the
fire, to laze and browse, and browse
and laze, and then to toddle off to bed
saturated with warmth and drowsi-
ness-that is comfort and luxury in
deed. When people generally learn
the delights of TIE open hearth fire.
places will become as numerous and
as popular as bathtubs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15
Plain Talk From Bethlehem
[Pliladelphia Ledger

President Grace of the Bethlehem
locutions in his address to the mem
bers of the Terrapin Club yesterday,
and he said some things which the
members of the Federal Government
and of Congress would do we'll to pom
der seriously. His theme was indus
trial and commercial preparedness,
and he used the relations of his own
company with the Government to
illustrate Lis point that If this coun-
try is to attain to anything like the
cooperative efficiency, the up-to-dat
ness, to which Great Britain has al
ready attained under the stress of her
desperate struggle for existence, there
will have to be q radical change in
existing methods. His account of the
attitude of the Navy Department to-
ward the great munition plant which
has been built up at Bethlehem -
greater than Krupps'," Mr.. Grace
called it-indicates pretty clearly that
the domination thought of the Federal
administration seems to be that true
preparedness lies in discouraging pri-
vate industry in every way possible
and laying the foundations for a
greater and still more complete plant
for direct Government production of
all the materials for national defense.
The significant point in Mr.. Grace's
address was that while he pointed with
justifiable pride to the growth and ca
pacity of the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany as builder of warships, a forger
of heavy ordnance and maker of shells,
he emphasized the fact that these.
equipments were not only temporary
but were of secondary Importance to
the preparations 1T has under way for
meeting the demands of peace. And
while his exposition of the curious
dealings of the Secretary of the Navy
with the problems of ordnance pro-
duction was Illuminating, more signifi-
cant were his references to the still
greater problems involved in the prep
arations for peace which have still to
be met with foresight and intelligence.
II they are to be solved at all, IL the
United States is to be put in a posi-
ton to meet the vastly increased eff
cheney of its competitors, purged of
sloth and antiquated methods In the
fires of war, then there must be CO.
operation. not repression and antag-
onism, in the relations between tie
Government and the great industries
Of the nation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15
A MISUNDERSTANDING

n IR. LEWIS, of Maryland, having
Wl failed to achieve his election to
the Senate, will depart political
life on the 4th of March. He intends
his last days to be significant, for he
has introduced bill for the govern
tenn in the District of Columbia. His
action is significant of his entire course
in Congress.
When running for the Senate he
caused himelf to be widely heralded as
the father of the parcels post" where
as the fact is that he declared himself
opposed to the parcels post and de-
manded government ownership of the
express companies.
Mr.. Lewis in effect is Socialist. We
believe he once formally adhered to
the Socialist party. Government own
ership is one of the fundamentals of
Socialism, and the socialization of the
Democratic party has proceeded rather
rapidly these last few years. 1t is un-
likely that the Lewis bill will become
law, even if this session of Congress
were to be extended.
Government ownership is not a
success in any place where it has been
tried. and congressman are not in
clined to try experiments any more
along that line, even in the long
suffering District of Columbia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15
THE FIREPLACE

COME day, when men become so
y wise and beneficent that hous-
ing codes and building inspectors
are made unnecessary by a universal
regard for the rights of tenants, and
when landlords figure on something
more cheering and satisfying to those
who pay rent than the maximum re-
turns for tie minimum of investment.
every house will have an open fire.
place. Not the little gas-log make
believe, although even it is better than
of household peace and good humor
that distributes its smoke to all parts
of the house save the flue of the
chimney-but the good old-faskioned
open-hearth that roars, and crackles
and shares its warmth and good cheer
with all who gather within the magic
range of its fitful glow. The kind of
a fireplace of which Whittier wrote
that ever, VIXEN stronger blast
shook beam and rafter as it passed.
the merrier up its roaring draught,
the great throat of the chimney
laughed"
When coal came into general use
fireplaces by the hundred were
boarded up to give place to hideous
egg stoves and magazine heaters"
and these in turn gave way to hot-air
systems, and now steam ana hot
water are listed among the modern
conveniences' that no self-respecting
residence will be without. The fire.
place then fell into general disuse.
But recently we have begun to under
stand that in many respects we have
been too quick to be "off with the old
love, on with the new" Modern in
vention and the fad of the moment
relegated to disuse many household
appliances and customs that are now
finding their way back again to
popular favor. Among those that
Lave come back" is the fireplace. and
one wonders why it ever should have
lost favor. 1t is the very foundation
of the home. Indeed, there were fire
places long before there were homes
Primitive man learned the value of
the open-hearth centuries previous to
the development of architecture to
the point of four walls and roof.
Round the fireplace from time be-
yond all record families have gathered
when the nights grew long and the
chill of winter fell upon the land.
There it was that father taught son
the lore of the ages, where grand
sire handed down to the younger gen.
- Ii
traditions and beliefs that have be-
come history and religion. Around
the hearth the fires of love grew
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

DIR. L. Webster Fox, the oculist, is
home from a visit to Florida where he
went to enjoy the fishing.
M. Clyde Kelley, congressman
elect, has been at Washington, but will
not say with which side he will vote.
George Sullivan, prominent Mont
gomery official, well known here, has
been seriously i'll.
-Ex- Mayor Blarkenburg, of Phil
adelphia, went to City Hall to see lnS
portrait, agreed to it and superlutend-
ed it's hanging
Judge a. 3. Swartz. of Montgomery
county, has been asked by friends to
become a candidate for reelection.
He is serving his third term.
Colonel Fred Taylor Pusey, the
quartermaster of the Pennsylvania Di-
vision on the border, used to be a
legislator.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15
National Thrift

France has been the worlds high
est example for thrift. Its citizens
more than all others on the globe
have conquered the temptation to
spend and developed the gift of wise
saving. But France has yet maintain
ed the gayest of all the cities--a city
which tried to show that thrift was
dull and stupid, that thought of the
Is the successor of Paris. Its chief
business is becoming that of driving
away care. But. curiously, the coun-
try is developing a sense of thrift.
There are more people of small in
comes who own their homes, morel
with safe investments, more With
boards put away against the rain. Il
Toledo Blade.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15
A SHIFT OF POsITIoNq

NBSERVANT visitors at the Ma
" tional Capitol have noted that
Representative Martin, of the
Third Louisiana district, now sits most
of the time on the Democratic side of
the Chamber. He used to sit on the
Republican side. He is a protectionist
AMI claims no party designation. He
took his committee assignments from
the Republicans when Congress was
organized and has usually voted with
them. His recent shift of location
may have no political significance; but
the opinion seems to be growing that
Mr.. Martin has landed or that he has
been landed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15
The Commission man is a man

The commission man is a necessity
no doubt of that. But he is no
philanthropist. Like the farmer lie
serves, he wants the highest possible
price. That, indeed, is common fail
ing. Proof that the middleman over
charges can be gathered almost any
where, but it is just as easy to
demonstrate that his activities keep
the prices of some commodities down
during certain seasons
Take butter and eggs, for instance.
If immense quantities of both were
not put into cold storage monthly by
middlemen their prices would be be-
yond the means even of a generously
supplied purse. The middleman will
continue to be a necessity, if not al
ways precisely a boon, until we learn
how to store and distribute farm pro-
duce systematically and to the ad-
vantage of both consumer and p-J-
ducer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15
MONDAY EVENING. JANUARY is,
RUMORS OF PEACE

CTORIES of q peaceful settlement
of the foolish factional contro-
versy now engaging the attention
of Republicans of Pennsylvania drift
hither from Atlantic City and Phila-
delphia-the seat of trouble. 1t is the
earnest hope of all faithful party men
that the reports of an adjustment of
the mix-up are based upon fact; that
the wish is not merely father to the
thought.
If Democrats of the Old Guard and
the reorganizer group can find COM
mon ground upon which to stand.
surely the Philadelphia factions can
get together.
Those familiar with political move
ments in this State are not likely to be
greatly surprised over anything that
may transpire in the evolution of
peace. 1t is quite the usual thing to
see leaders who have been rending
each other one day walking arm-in-
arm the next and laughing happily
over the way in which they mauled
one another in the factional warfare.
Another full week will have elapsed
before the Legislature reconvenes and
the time might we'll be spent by the
leaders of the party in doing what is
obviously the thing to do in restoring
harmony and perfecting an alignment
which will give assurance of a con-
structive legislative program.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15

The high cost of white paper has
driven the Johnstown Leader into re-
ceiver's hands, and that newspaper is
not the only one which must find some
way to pay it's bills or go out of busi-
ness.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15

Now, If Germany really meant it,
she can come forward and explain in
detail just what she meant BY it
Washington Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15

Britain will fight on, says King
George. He must have seen Lloyd
Georges speech in the papers.-Phila-
delphia North American.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15

Think of it! Great Britain's foreign
trade last year was equivalent to over
seven billions of dollars-almost as
much as our own foreign trade, around
eight billions. Meanwhile. we were at
peace, while John Bull was organizing,
financing and equipping an army of five
millions and enormously increasing his
munitions output. And yet there are
those who pretend to believe that we
need not prepare for our future trade.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15
AS the Poet Might Have Said

Count that day lost whose low
descending sun
Sees no new note upon the way and
another one begun.
-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15

Things can't be so bad in Berlin;
press reports say every citizen can have
one egg to eat this month.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15
EDITORIAL COMMENT

If a note could only stampede the
belligerents as easily as it does the
market.-Boston Herald ..
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15
MAKING
SOMETHING.

Mamma, do
the streets of
heaven flo w
with milk and
honey?
So 1t is stated
in the Bible
dear.
Well, I guess
that's the rea-
son the angels
wear wings, be-
cause the walk
ing's so bad.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg steel is being
used for mine work?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15

"A German newspaper asks if Mr..
Lloyd George is a gambler. He prob
ably knows enough about gambling to
call q bluff.--Brooklyn Eagle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15

The weather man is the only person
in Harrisburg to give the Governors
Troop cool reception.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15

Sending the Milwaukee to the rescue
of stranded torpedoboat was like try
ing to carry an armful of apples and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15

Why all the excitement? II Thaw
wasn't ordered extradited he ought to
have been.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15

Do you remember when coasting on
Herr street hill was one of the popular
winter sports?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15

STOPPING over to pick up one that had
fallen without spilling any of the
others.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

In old ferry days every man within
ten miles of Harrisburg was member
of the militia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15

According to the Philadelphia
Record. the city administration in
Philadelphia is planning to ask the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15

Know lnat Jne commission man,
or middleman, as he is called is in
dlsrepute now as q result of the
articles which have been written
about him, but it is only because
people do not know him, that is all.
He is a necessity and he is not over
charging for what he does. The
farmer could not dispose of his pro-
ducts without him. There would be
much greater waste and even
higher prices if it were not for the
commission man. But at present
the commission man can do moth
ing about it. He is doing his duty
by the farmer and the public to the
best of his ability,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15

Published evenings except Sunday by
1 THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO..
/ Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15
THE NuDDLENaN

NTALTER SNYDER, of Baltimore,
w ex-president of the National
League of Commission Men.
mingles truth and fiction very cleverly
and convincingly in newspaper
interview at Philadelphia recently.
Said he:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15

e. ]. .STACKPoLE. Pres't ano Editoy-in. Chief
+. r. OYSTER, Business Mandger.
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-15

Some idea of the size of the new
gasomer tank which it is planned tes'
establish at the plant of the Harris
burg Gas Company can be gained from
a look at the gigantic ring in concrete
which has been built for the construc-
ton work to be undertaken in the
spring. 1t will be located a bit north
of the present big storage tanks.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-29
T,.nado Sweeps Through
South Part of Baltimore

Baltimore, Oct. 28.-A tornado OF
terrific force swept over the southern
section of Baltimore during the night,
wrecking about dozen dwellings and
rendering others more or less unin-
habitable.
Doors, shutters, window fxings,
brick walls and door steps were
caught in the freaky gale and carried
hundreds of yards away.
No less than three score persons
were forced 10 take flight, many Of
them not stopping to don proper
clothing. The area affected included
block on Latrobe Park terrace and
Andre street, both north and south of
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-29
OMAHA RAISES
TEN MILLIONS,
LOAN
0versubscribes Quota by More
Than Two Million Dollars;
Committee in Charge Makes
Splendid Record.

Nebraska has. over-subscribed its
quota of the second Liberty loan by
nearly S4,000,000, with a grand total
of $33, ,504, 800 reported at the close of
the big patriotic campaign at midnight
last night. - |'-''. %" - -"
Omaha surged high above the ST.
888, 900 mark, with a total OF SIC, 1925
900, amounting to an over -subscrip-
ton Of $2,23s,000. or more than half
the total over-subscription Of the
state.
Thirty.four counties, according to
unofficial returns obtainable, over
subscribed their quotas of the loan.
Some of the counties have not yet
completed their figures and it is pos
sible that the state total may reach
$34,000,000. Next to Douglas, Lam
caster county leads, having sub
scribed $3,52S,000. The Douglas
county subscription will amount to
more than $l0,43e,000.
This splendid showing by Omaha
and from Nebraska indicates the vast
reserves of wealth, scattered in rela-
lively small amounts throughout this
western country, which the people
are willing to pour out i'll the nation S
cause" said O. 7. Eastman of the
Federal Reserve bank, treasurer of
the Nebraska Liberty loan board.
An Active State Board.
Credit is due to the untiring activity
of the state board composed of 7. c.
Byrne of Byrnc-Hammer company,
chairman; O. T. Eastman, of the Fed
eral Reserve bank, treasurer, and L.
F. Folda, of the Corn Exchange bank,
secretary. They handled the CAM
paign in a mastery manner" said f.
V. Parrish. who has managed the pub
licity work.
w. H. Rhodes, of the United States
National Bank, chairman of the Oma-
ha committee, ana c. J. Lyon, secre-
tary, directed the city's remarkably
successful drive. There are 200 or
more who deserve credit for their pa
triotic efforts in this campaign" said
Mr.. Folda. The results are sufficient
reward for anyone"
Subscriptions continued to roll in
all day Saturday and the totals ad-
vanced by leaps and bounds. The
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-29

EIGHT MILLIONS TAKE PART.
At least 100000 persons through
out the country wrote their names OF
application blanks. How many more
did so will not be known until the
final count several days hence. The
number may 60 as high as 100000
Each of the IL districts appeared
to have passed its minimum and indi-
cations were that most OF them had
exceeded the maximum as well.
MANY STAND IN LINE.
The treasury's early tabulation Of
returns, based upon estimates re-
ceived from the reserve banks showed
total OF $4,555,000,000. This was ad-
mitted to be an understatement of the
result. At the hour the tabulation was
made subscribers were standing in line
in thousands OF cities and towns
throughout the country and most of
the 10000 banks were swamped with
unreported subscriptions.
Difficult to Estimate.
Subscriptions to the second Liberty
loan probably have passed $4,000, ,00O,-
000,' said treasury statement. From
every district came the report that it
was almost impossible to. estimate to-
tails as suh Subscriptions wcfe-pouring in
so fast 1t Was with difficulty they we're
even being recorded.
New sales were being reported
by telephone, telegraph and messen-
ger, it was declared from coast to
coast. None were so bold as to say
it would be possible to give an &C
curate accounting of all sales before
next Wednesday,"
Wednesday is the day on which
bank subscriptions must have reached
the district federal reserve banks.