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8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Bttablishtd IS3I PUBLISHED BY THE TELEGHAPU PRINTING CO. K. J. STACK POLE Prtsidtnt and Eiitor-m-Chitf F. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 216 Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building. New York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year in advance. Entered at the Post OfTlce In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. Sworn dally •▼erage for the month of ★ OCTOBER, 1914 24,426 Average for the year 1»13—11,577 Average for the year 1813—21,175 Average for the year 1011—18,831 Average for the year 1910—17,405 WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV. 16 THANKSGIVING IT la a good thing to give thanks onto the I.ord, nnd to sing praises nnto Thy name, O Most Hlghi To ahew forth Thy loving kindness In the morning, and Thy faithfulness every night. Vpon an Instrument of ten strings and upon the psaltery) upon the harp with a solemn sound. For Thou, I.ord, hast made me glad through Thy work; I will triumph In the work of Thy hands—Psalms ftlil-4, O come, let us sing nnto the Lord: let us make a Joyful noise to the rook of our salvation. I.et us come before His preaenee with thanksgiving, and make a Joyful noise unto Him with psalms. For the I.ord Is a great God and a great King above all gods. In His hand are the deep placea of the earth; the strength of -the hills Is Ills also. The sea is His, and He made It; and Hla hands formed the dry land. O romp, let us worship and how down; let us kneel beforp the Lord, our Maker. For He Is our Mod; and we are the people of His pasture, and the slieep of His haud.—Psalms 05:1-7. George Cleaver, who shot the first •leer killed near Berwick in twenty five years, Is to bo arrested because he killed It with a shot-gun instead of a | rifle. Such Is fame. If he had run home for his rifle he would have been the laughing stock of the community. EXCHANGES REOPENING THE announced reopening of the New York Stock Exchange in a limited way Is a hopeful sign. Slowly, but surely, the finances of the nation are being adjusted tc> thb now conditions brought about by the war in Europe. Wail Street is accom modating Itself to the change in a most commendable manner. When the exchange opens on Satur day it will be for the purchase and .sale of bonds only, and these for cash. The wisdom of this limitation is ap parent. The fact that ail transactions must be in actual money and at prices no lower than the minimum fixed by the special committee in charge pre cludes all the elements of speculation. The experiment of opening the ex change will give those in control of its affairs some knowledge of the tendency and extent of the expected liquidating movement and enable them to estimate the effect of resuming transactions in securities of all kinds. The announcement has caused no great stir in New York circles, not withstanding that it lias been urged by members of the exchange for weeks, und is rightly regarded more in the light of a concession to brokers and large bondholders than as an act fraught with much public importance. However, considerable good may come from It and little harm is possible. It is a step toward the opening of all of the exchanges of the country to op erations on a normal scale, without which not much can be expected in the way of financing the groat im provement and extension schemes that were under way when the war knocked the props from beneath both big and little business. NO DANGER OF DISEASE IN certain quarters there has arisen the fear that to indulge in turkey on Thanksgiving Day may be to run the risk of contracting foot and mouth disease. Timid people are efarmed by the reports of State-wide rmarantine and the slaughtering of in fected animals. Also, It has been hinted that on account of the preva lence of the malady and the strict governmental regulations, the price of turkey may be unusually high this year. One is as groundless as the other. In the first place, the purchaser may rest assured that the bird he buys over the counter is not only not Infected with the disease, but does not even come from a district in which the epidemic has made its appearance. The State and national governments are seeing to that. As to price, that should not be ex cessive. The turkey growers have bad WEDNESDAY EVENING, a good year for bringing their annual crop of fowls to perfection. Dry weather prevailed, as a rule, during the entire period that the young tur keys were progressing to maturity, and dry weather is especially favorable to the welfare of the turkey that js lin the making. Turkeys are raised in all parts of the country and the industry is increasing everywhere as the people of the United States are consuming more turkeys every year. Theoretically the eagle is the national bird of the American Union, but as a matter of actuality the turkey has a better claim to that distinction. Turkeys are produced on about one-fifth of all the farms .In Pennsylvania and in some of the other States the proportion is much higher. In practically all the States, with the exception of Texas, the turkey output this year will be larger than last. Much of the entire production of the country goes to the large cities of the North and East. Much of it also is put in cold storage there and some of it comes back after the lapse of many days to be purchased in the country of its origin at enhanced prices. Local ly there seems ground for hope that reasonable figures will prevail when the consumers go about the business of providing themselves with the ma terial for a Thanksgiving or Christmus feast. RED CROSS ANNIVERSARY ERNBST BICKNELL, national di rector of the American Red Cross, announces the fiftieth anniver sary of that beneficent society. How splendidly it has fulfilled ana Is fulfilling the mission It was designed to accomplish is written on every page of its history and across the bloody battlefields of Belgium, France and Poland to-day. One stands in awe and admiration at the magnitude of its wonderful achievements, having been wrought by the energetic, seemingly never-tiring, workers of this organization for one half century. The grandeur of Its work since its reincorporation in 1905 can be suggested in a sentence. There have been over seventy-five disasters caused by earthquakes, volcanic erup tions. fires, floods, famines, mine ex plosions and wars, in this and foreign countries, for the relief of which the American Red Cross alone has received and expended and directed the ex penditure of about $12,000,000, includ ing donated supplies. The Red Cross is willing to place its experience and organization at the service of any community so crippled by disaster that it is unable to cope, with the problems of relief and re habilitation with which it is con fronted. And truly. If any society or organ ization ever had reasons for rejoicing in its anniversary of golden jubilee, it most justly is the Red Cross, which is now looking back upon a glorious past half-century of blessed and universally acknowledged activity. A glance into the history of the Red Cross shows that in the earliest stages of Its infancy it was confronted by a task, literally the same as now, only on a smaller scale. Then, too. It dealt with the horrible consequences of a devastating war, which, however, in comparison to the one raging at pres ent fades into insignificance. And now, since the arms of the European powers are clashing and the combat already has been carried on too long for the belligerents to afford immediate relief to countless numbers in utter distress, one may justly be lieve that the Red Cross will, in its triumphant year of golden jubilee, sur pass all former records of achieve ment. This war will greatly increase the demands for money and self-sacrificing men and women to carry on theit philanthropic work. Thousands of ill-fat'ed people will thank and bless the Red Cross in many years to come for what it has done to and for them, and ultimately those who have assisted the Red Cross with dollars and cents. All who can should Join in the con tribution of money to this society so that it may be capable of bearing the unusual strain and be prepared to an swer the unending appeals of our suf fering, distressed fellow-beings. A CITY FORESTER WHILE the Telegraph has strongly favored the accept ance of the shade tree com mission law by the munlci. pality, it has found among citizens and officials a relentless opposition to the measure. For the most part this oppo sition comes from those who believt that the law is too drastic and vests in the commission arbitrary and un reasonable powers in the exercise of which there might be, as these people believe, great personal hardship. As a compromise measure there was introduced in City Council yesterday an ordinance creating the office oi city forester, under the direction ot the Department of Parks and Play grounds. Whether this arrangement will be satisfactory depelids entirely upon the scope of the ordinance and the authority with which this official is vested. His power should be clearly defined, and if, after a reasonable trial of tho proposed plan, it proves futile and of no effect, it will then be abso lutely necessary for the preservation of the shade trees of the city that the shade tree commission law be adopted by Harrisburg. This newspaper has frequently called attention to the immediate need of official supervision of the planting and care of the shade trees of the city and the discussion of the proposed Shade Tree Commission, as provided for in an act of the Legislature, has con tinued with no end In sight. Owing to the situation, the creation of the office of forester may be of some bene fit even though it Is not all that the friends of the trees had hoped for. It ought to be clearly understood, how ever, that the proposed caretaker of the trees must be a thoroughly quail fled tree expert. It would be an insult to the friends of the shade tree move ment to place in uuch a position some person absolutely without qualifications or training for the Important work which he would have to do. i I EVENING CHAT 1 Few of the people who read the reference in this column last night to the conference on protection to Ameri can industries held in H&rrlsburg eighty-seven years ago realize that the declarations of that convention made as much noise in the world as the famous Chicago platform of which so much was heard two andaquarteryears ago. And it would be flattering to the pride of any resident of the Keystone State and especially those living in this city to note the number of times the official statement of the "Harrisburg Convention" entered into the speeches of orators and the deliberations of Congress. In reality it appears that this long forgotten conference was the early formal action of the people of the country who believe in protection for American industries, whose voice, it might be added, was heard so em phatically through the ballots of a later generation less than a month ago. Klght here in Harrisburg, which voted so strongly for protection on Novem ber 3, there was framed a policy that turned Congress upside down, well nigh wrecked a party and relegated several statesmen to obscurity, al though force of circumstances later enabled some to return. It Is a fasci nating story of how the conference held in this city was the theme of peo ple in every city, town and hamlet in the then young republic and for those who have the time and inclination reading of the lives of Jackson, Clay and John Quincy Adams will give some idea of the effect of the meeting in our town. For those who desire a more extended study the works of Stanwood and Elliott on tariff controversies, Taussig's tariff history and other works on the tariff offer a rich field, while the person desiring to get the con temporary view can tind mighty enter taining reading in Miles Register. As a matter of fact, the Harrisburg convention, as it was called In debates, speeches, editorials, articles and other methods of expression of opinion, was one of the big topics and it would be gratifying to local pride If the aims and deliberations of the convention and Its effects could bo made the theme of some high school orations. It would be of infinitely more local inter est than the Boston Tea Party, the Hartford Convention and the Missouri Compromise and really deserves to take rank with the Wllmot Proviso the work of a great Pennsylvanlan, who is ordinarily not connected with the Keystone State at all by the casuai reader of history. Ex-Governor Penny packer. Governor-elect Brumbaugh and Dr. Schaeffer rightly hold that so few Pennsylvanians know the glorious his tory of their state In peace as well as in war and that If they knew of her achievements and of the part the cities which dot the State have played in American national, governmental, eco nomic and industrial history "they would come to love their state." to use the language of Dr. Brumbaugh, "with a love as abiding as heart can know." The Harrisburg Convention, as it was commonly known, was the result of the objection of the people of the country to the tariff of 1824. Tht. budding industries were subjected ti» imports from Europe, which was re covering from the Napoleonic wars and flooding every land with products, while Great Britain in an effort to revive some of her business was dis criminating. Tlio people connected with the then great American wool in dustry began to feel the pinch and, not getting protection in the tariff act of 182 4, held a meeting in Boston, October 23. 1826, which was attendee by New England people and which started things going. The agitation following led to a demand for adoption of some policy and Harrisburg was selected because of its central location and its position between the North and South, an interesting fact to recall when it is known that this section was once considered for the national capi tal. The call for this conference went out May 14, 1827, and it was held July 30, 1827, in Harrisburg, the or ganization which called the meeting and acted as host being the Pennsyl vania Society for Protection of Manu factures and Mechanical Arts. Note the name, especially the use of pro tection, and that Pennsylvania was early in the move for protection. The conference was held in the Capi tol, presumably in the hall of the House, which was ready for occupancy about that time, although other meet ings were held in various buildings, including the Courthouse. The con ference lasted several days and men active in affairs but who are long deaa and forgotten took an active part. One of the most interesting writers on the conference is Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart, the historian, who notes what hap pened and follows up the results of the Harrisburg Convention very close ly. All writers agree that the confer ence got too big and that it resulted in a nation-wido protest. Origlnall} called to aid wool and textiles, so many other interests appeared demanding protection that all sorts of combi nations were made, and the result was that iron, steel, glass, wool, woolens, hemp and flax were declared worthy of protection as American industries. Pennsylvania was then the big state, as now, in iron and steel and got well taken care of. What made trouble was the fact that Louisiana was not represented and its sugar did not get attention, a circumstance which is in teresting in view of the way Louisiana got taken care of in the last tariff bill. The conference did another thing that reflected the spirit of the times. Among the 100 delegates from thir teen of the states were men who raised grain and who made whisky, which, as everyone knows, was then in very common use, not as much adulterated as now and not taxed. Stills abounded and the memories of the Whisky In surrection were still fresh. So the con ference solemnly resolved that the use of foreign wines and liquors should b6 discouraged! To those who participated in the trade conference yesterday when ex port was discussed the accounts of thli> long ago meeting in Harrisburg fur nish an Interesting reminder from the past of how Harrisburg took the lead in laying down a policy. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —John Barrett, who spoke here yes terday. used to write pieces for the papers in his younger days. —A. B. Farquhar, the York manu facturer, is active in conservation movements and a student of economic; problems. —E. W. Mumford, who is advo cating a ban on some children's books, used to be registrar of the University of Pennsylvania. —James W. Yeagle, burgess of Beth lehem, is having trouble with his po lice force. Some of it will not stay "fired." —Colonel James N. Schoonmaker, the Pittsburgh railway man, says he does not know much about the pro posed air line across the state. —J. Chester Sutherland, recorder of Washington county, was almost blown up by a cigar lighter which went oft when he was using it. I BO YoU kNflW— I That Harrisburg used to cue a big figure in the cotton Industry and that it has Uic sites and the labor I now?. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH THANKSGIVING [Written for the Telegraph.] Lord, how cua we tliank Thee? That 1(1 anguish of the fight. That in bloody horror's night Thou hast kept Old Glory bright? That when man has turned to beast Making of a carcass feast, We, alone, have felt it least? That our fertile Adds hare grown Plenteous harvests which were sown Ere the nations made their moan? That our willing hearts reply To the call for aid? On high, Can'st Thou hear our grateful cry, "lord, HOW CAN we thank Thee?'" ANNA H. WOOD. Hi IS WILL RIVAL THE DERBIES Old Philadelphia Days WiU Be Re called by the Brumbaugh Inauguration Procession There will be a rivalry of the hats at the inauguration of Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh In January. The rival Philadelphia clubs plan to revive the days when the men who were at odds in Republican affairs used to differen tiate their followers during demon strations by wearing white and black high hats. This year the paraders will show their preferences by appearing in high hats and derbies. The South Phila delphians who will march under the leadership of the Vares and who will come here under the name of the Martin G. Brumbaugh Club will wear high hats of the shiniest kind. The oth er Philadelphians who adhere to Mc- Nichol and who will march under the name of the Philadelphia Marching Club will wear derbies. The Philadelphia Inquirer calls at tention to the fact that the voting I population In Pennsylvania has grown immensely in the last ten years, but says that the total vote cast for gover nor on November 3 was less than the total cast In 1896 and only a little more than the total of 1892. Glfford Pinchot, who is now in Flor id-, says that as soon as he comes j north he will take up his residence 'in Mil lord and make that his home. This is taken to mean that he will re main in politics and may be heard from again. I Secretary William Jennings Bryan having denied that he will resign, puts an end to another story about Con gressman A. Mitchell Palmer going in to the cabinet. In the last month Palmer has been named in goss'p for at least three cabinet places, one judgeship and a place on a commis sion. Huntingdon and Blair counties are paying great attention to the coming inauguration and it is likely that they will make a notable showing in the line. Several clubs are being talked of to participate in the parade. James McArdle has been appointed as postmaster of Nesquehoning. He is a barber and led the Democrats in the campaign. Friends of R. P. Habgood and George W. Williams are quietly work ing up booms for them for the speakership. They think that condi tions in the eastern part of the State will be such as to give them a look in because of prospects of a division. One of the most interesting rows in a long time has been precipitated in Johnstown by Mayor Joseph Caulliel and the members of his council. The mayor is accused of being arbitrary and the council of being too slow. Caufllel was active in the Bull Moose campaign and wanted to be a candi date for governor on the Republican ticket. BOOKS and oQ |jl J M/^2lWE3^|^ A BUDGET OF NEW NOVELS Seven Foil novels have already made distinct places for themselves, which fact, when it is considered with the further knowledge that at least five others of note are either just from the press or announced for immediate publication, indicates that this is to be a record-makhig Action year. The most striking points which develop from a review of the output are the variety in theme displayed and the high standing of the writers. Here are volumes by Kathleen Norris, Jack London, Hermann Hagedorn. John Helston, Lincoln Colcord, Fyodor Do stoevsky, to say nothing of the annony mous work, They Who Question. IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph, Nov. 25, 1801.] Arrest Horse Thief A horse thief from Carlisle, was ar rested yesterday. To Lecture on War D. D. Forrest, Seventy-sixth Regi ment, will lecture on the war in the Fourth Street Bethel to-night at 7 o'clock. 40 in New Band There are now more than forty members in the new band. AN EVENING THOUGHT If thou art rich thou art poor; For, like an ass whose back with Ingotß bows, Thou bear'st thy heavy riches but a journey, And death unloads thee. —Shakespeare. The Boss Always Knew A newspaper man was trying to gell a merchant some advertis ing. "If the boss wanted to adver tise he would do so," said his as sistant. "But he may not know the ad vantage It will be to him NOW," persisted the solicitor. "Oh, the boss always knows," said his assistant. Six months later the news- . paper man passed that way. The sheriff's sign was on the mer chant's door. "Yes," murmured the news paper man to himself— "The boas always knows." Wholesale Cut 11KFC! > TIRES T,RES • • TIRES "I:: in lire rnces 7,111 TIRES = TIRES TIRES TIRES TIRES EVERY UNION TIRE TIRE^ tires Carries a written guarantee for a specific tires mileage. We make all adjustments at our tires tires offices in Harrisburg. You need no longer tires tires be at the mercy of some salaried adjuster TIRES tires whose job depends on how little he can tires tires gi ve his customer. tires tires tires "J" YOU KNOW WITH US TIRES TIRES TIRES TIRES Every Tire Carries a Written Guarantee TIRES TIRES TIRES TIRES UNION BLUE CASINGS, UNION KANTSKID TIRES TIRES GUARANTEED CASINGS, Guaranteed TIRES TIRES 3500 Miles 5000 Miles T J R F S Plain. Non-skid. Non-skid Only. 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I con- For things are K^AV, la « e «. y0 a ]j Oh, no; we ve Cheaper when out engaged a new of season, cook - BE CAREFUL By Wlttß Dinger Now, just remember when you sit To-morrow at the board, All laden down with food to eat, That you cannot afford ' To go the route from soup to nuts And during every course Eat twice the quantity you should— Beware of R. E. Morse. j Just take it easy, don't forget I Another chance you'll get To oat roast turkey, oyster sauce And plum pudding, et cet., r For Christmas shortly will be here, With its big dinner, too. So save yourself to-morrow, for You've furthef' work to do. BRONCHIAL COUGHS When the bronchial tubes are af fected with that weakening, tickling -cough, they need immediate and sen sible treatment. The breath seems shorter because of mucous obstruc tions; usually fever is present and your head jars with every cough. Your chest aches and the inflamma tion often spreads to the lungs. I The food-tonic that has proven its | worth for forty years—is Scott's Emul sion. It drives out the cold, which is the root of the trouble, and checks the cough by aiding the healing process of the enfeebled membranes. • If you are troubled with bronchitis or know an afflicted friend, always re member that Scott's Emulsion build# strength while relieving the trouble. M-tt ftoan AMvwnt, Mwfcc'rt. W~J» NOVEMBER 25,1914. i " Lw afiii p «u. i [From the Telegraph. Nov. 25, 1801.] To Oppose Sherman Washington, Nov. 25. —Rebel news papers received here report that John son and Beaureguard are near Savan nah. Macon Resieged Washington, Nov. 25.—Official re port has been received that Macon is besieged by Sherman. Rebel Attack Repulsed Wheeling, Va., Nov. 24.—A rebel at tack near here was repulsed. I COLLEGE TEACHES FARMING TO THOUSANDS BY MAIL More than 19,000 men and women of Pennsylvania who could not And time or the funds to attend college i have studied agriculture by corres-1 pondence with The Pennsylvania State College. About fifty per cent of them I have completed the courses, and were • awarded certificates of proficiency. Professor T. I. Mairs, Mho has charge of the long-distance instruc-1 [tion, said the courses attracting most attention were: poultry raising, farm! bookkeeping, gardening, fruit growing; and general agriculture. He added that the new course in cQoking is. rapidly gaining in popularity. "The enrollment of more than 1,500 | persons each year In these correspon- i dence courses," said Professor Mairs, I "is good evidence that teaching agri- I culture by mail hae become an impor- I tant phase of the extension work of Thanksgiving Day At this Thanksgiving Season of Peace and Bounteous Crops we desire to express our ap preciation to our customers for their valued patronage, and wish them an increased meas ure of prosperity in the years to come. the American agricultural colleges." In his opinion it reaches people who cannot leave the farm or the place of bufiineflH. year, according to ProfesSi# Malrs, 15,000 papers were examineu and returned to the correspondence students. He finds the individuals most interested are young farmers, from 20' to 30 years old, farm women, clerks, business and professional men. 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