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rillLADEIJ-IIIA, FnlDAV, MAHLII 19, 1913.
He who tlphts another's candle with his own
makes the tcau of both brighter.
Hands Across the Continent
FORMER GOVERNOR TBNER reminded
both California and Pennsylvania at the
dedication of tho Pennsylvania Itulldlng at
the Panama Fair, yesterday, that thorn are
oloso bonds of Intorest between the States
on tho opposite sides of tho continent. Men
who began their careers In California have
finished them as honored citizens of this Com
monwealth and natives of this State hovo
risen to distinction in California So In this
great family of States, the visitors to the
Panama Fair will be merely paying their re
spects to their cousins who happen to live
on tho other side of tho Rocky Mountains.
Tho Pennsylvania Building, suggestive of
Independence Hall, worthily represents tho
community where the Declaration of Inde
pendence had Its birth. Those who have
never been able to get nearer the Cradle of
Liberty than the west bank of the Missis
sippi River may be reminded by it of the be
ginning of the nation in this far eastern
corner of the land. Every Pcnnsylvnnlan
who visits tho Fnlr, and there should be
thousands of them, will also visit the State
Building and there think of homo, even If he
forgets It in every other quarter Df the ex
hibition grounds.
Drugs Are No Respecters of Persons
THE enforcement of the new Federal
statute regulating tho sale of habit-forming
drugs la resulting In tho disclosure that
drugs are no respecters of persons. Tho Ten
derloin habitue Is not the only victim. Men
and women In all walks of life have suc
cumbed to the domination of opiates, seda
tives nnd stimulants. Some of them have
sought to allay pain and others have searched
for relief from distress of soul, but they have
found that "not mandragora, nor all tho
drowsy syrups of tho East" can bring them
sure relief. They are now beseeching the
physicians here, and In every other com
munity, to help them to get the drug that
Will ease the craving which It has created.
All ot which Indicates that the law was
passed none too soon. And it Indicates, also,
that its enforcement is encompassed by dif
ficulties which were not anticipated. Physi
cians, however, with a flno sense of their
obligations, will co-operate most heartily
With tho Federal authorities in bringing
about the result that tho law was Intended to
accomplish.
Legislative Legerdemain
IN A letter of Jubilation which might prop
erly bo entitled "Tapping the pork barrel,"
Senator Tillman has explained how he man
need to "put one over" on the Government
nnd secured for South Carolina a new Judi
cial district. "Candor compels mo to ac
knowledge," says the Senator, "that I do not
believe there Is any other man In the Senate
who could have done this thing under the
circumstances: and I am bold enough to say
J m proud of the Job, for It gives us a good
Democratic Judge In tho western dlstilct who
will bo held for life, and It gives us the pros
pect of three new public buildings In this
State one at Greenwood, one at Rockhlll
and one at Aiken." Three new public build
ings Is something that any Senator could be
proud of. It is statesmanship par excellence.
But let Mr. Tillman himself describes how
laws are made and pap acquired:
Nobody thought the bill could pass at all.
I did not think so, but had determined to
make an effort. When the Senate was
thinned out to a bare 20, or such a matter
at supper, etc. I hod a messenger from the
House report the bill to the presiding officer.
Senator Burton, of Ohio, was In the midst
ot a speech when this was done. He sus
pended his talk long enough to have the
Clerk of the House report It, and I had the
bras4 although I have never seen it done
before to ask Burton's permission for Im
mediate consideration of the bill The bill
was read for the Information of the Senate,
and the usual question asked: "Is there any
objection to Its Immediate consideration '
Tho Chair hears none." The House-Oil!! was,
read a third time and passed almost before
those who are reading this have been able
to grasp Its meaning. The Senate bill was,
of course. Indefinitely postponed. I was sur
prised; everybody else was surprised; but
the most delighted and surprised man of
the bunch was "Jlmnile" Byrnes, who had
been ray principal lieutenant In this neat
piece of legislative legerdemain.
Nq wonder such a Senator Is always re
elected when he recounts to his constituency
the glory of his achievements.
Some '-Trail Hitting" Figures
WHEN the ministers present at the meet
ing of the Philadelphia Methodist Con
ference in Norrlstown were, told that only one
of Ytry eight persons converted In the
Northwest district of the conference during the
past year was Influenced by "Billy" Sunday
they applauded the Implied indorsement of
tho efflcacy ot their own efforts. The figures
show that there were 3266 conversions, of
Which 421 were due to the work ot tho taber
nacle evangelist. "Billy" Sunday has reached,
in one way or another, a large part of the
jieople in the district. He worked only 10
eeks, but If he should continue to exhort for
r year and could keep up the record of 10
weekK his conversions among the Methodists
would be only 2103, or 1161 less than the reg
iitar preachers have succeed in influencing.
TJjcm figures do not discredit Sunday the
clergymen who have been supporting his
campaign "B pleased with his success but
tony disclose what has been done by the
iii. patent arid persistent effort of the
;i!Hllwi wtw have been preaching the gos
Pi m the iaia people every week in the
y,m Tn tvi!-cba are not dead, the tsln-
. are nut MMtcieat ana ito cspei
message has not lost Its power to Impress
titon when delivered In less spectacular
language than that which has been heard for
10 crowded weeks In Logan Square. Evan
gelical preaching did not begin with "Billy'
Sunday and It will not end with him, as he
would bo the first to admit.
All Eyes Arc on Italy
OFFICIALS of the Italian Foreign Ofnco
have said that tho nttltudo of tho Gov
ernment Is still one of hope. Tho attitude
of tho warring Governments Is one of ex
pectation, more or less Impatient. And tho
rest of the world Is looking on with Ill-con-ceated
Interest. Prlnco von Buolow, tho Ger
man representative In Rome, haa offered to
Holy large slices of Austrian territory, which
Germany docs not yet own, If Italy will re
main neutral. Austria hns repudiated tho
offer, nnd lets Itnly understand that she can
not have nny Austrian territory unless she
fights for It. Tho Austrian Emperor Is In
dulging In tho luxury of logic In an extrem
ity where logic Is likely to lead to loss of
even more than Germany offered to glvo
away.
The Italian statesmen have been playing
their gamo with consummate skill ever since
the war began. Although Italy Is. or was, ii
member of the Triple Alliance, they managed
to keep her out of tho war entered upon by
tho other two parties to that agreement, nnd
they are likely to preservo the peace until
such time as tho weight of the Italian armies
will count most for Italy In the final settle
ment. They may be chnrged with pursuing
n policy of selfishness, but een so, they are
no more selfish than tho Gorman, Austrian,
Russian, French nnd British statesmen. The
whole war has grown out of n conflict of
selfish Interests, and If tho Italians are seek
ing to get as much ns possible for Italy out
of it they are only doing their duty, ns in
these premlllonnlal days It Is given to states
men to see their duty.
All the probabilities, however, nie In favor
of an early entrance of Italy Into the war on
the side of the Allies. The Interests of tho
country lie there, both present nnd futuie
And the moment ttnty becomes belligerent
the Investment of Germany and Austria will
be practically complete. All the entrances to
Germany arc closed In tho North Sea. Sho
Is shut out from tho rest of the world by
Fiance on one side nnd by Russia on the
other, and she has been able to get supplies
from the south only because Italy la still
neutral. Germany Is, therefore, likely to offer
a still higher price for Italian neutrality be
fore negotiations cense.
Another Opportunity to Boom the Delaware
CONGRESS, it seems, has authorized the
army engineers to re-examine all river
and harbor projects, including the deepen
ing of the channel of tho Delaware. Upon
the report of the engineers will depend fu
ture appropriations. The engineers will in
quire Into the feasibility ot the work, its cost
and the probable benefit that would accrue.
They should not be allowed to remain In
ignorance of the benefit through nny neglect
of the Pennsyhanluns Interested In the de
velopment ot tho port. And they should not
be nllowed either, to get tho impression that
It Is merely a local question. Tho deepening
of the channel will benefit the whole nation.
It will make It possible for tho biggest war
ships to reach the League Island Navy Yard,
a fresh-water harbor, with all the advantages
to sea-going ships that a berth In fresh wa
ter offers. It will open the way for modern
merchant vessels to the piers and to tho ter
minals of the railways that extend from this
city to the north, south and west. It will
open to tho shippers of tho whole country
east of the Mississippi, and even as far west
as the Rocky Mountains, a better equipped
competing port to bid for their trade and of
fer them facilities for the rapid shipment of
their products to all parts of the world.
And tho development of this port will re
lieve congestion in other ports and provide
new facilities for that rapidly growing foreign
trade which every one expects to Increase with
greater rapidity when the war ends. The
army engineers are human beings, amenable
to reason. They can be persuaded of the
soundness of nil these reasons for continuing
the work fin the Delaware if nny one cares
to go to the trouble of persuading them.
Paying Their Debt
EVERY graduate of every endowed college
In the country was a charity student. He
paid In tuition but n small pait of what his
education cost. Tho balance was paid from
tho Income of endowments established by
philanthropic citizens. If It were not for
these endowments a college education would
be so expensive that only the very rich could
give It to their sons.
This is doubtless the reason for the plan of
the members of the graduating class of the
University of Pennsylvania to take out en
dowment Insurance to the extent of $100,000.
to be paid In 20 years. Each student Is ex
pected to insure himself for a few hundred
dollars and keep the premiums paid so that
on the 20th anniversary ot graduation tho
old Institution may receive as a thank of
fering the handsome sum. This Is the kind
of plan that ought to be adopted In some
form by the graduating class of every col
lege Then It will be possible to pay the
professors salaries adequate to their needs
nnd in some degree commensurate with their
value to the community, and the educational
plant can be enlarged and perfected in such
a way thot each succeeding generation may
prepaie a little better for its work than Its
predecessor,
The Union League Club honors Itself in
honoring EUhu Root.
H Is not necessary to prove that. "Billy"
Sunday Is not n doctor of divinity. He ad
mits It.
Texas, which adapts everything to her
peculiar needs, Is now rejoicing In "Jim
Crow" Jitneys.
The area within which the Germans can in
dulge their taste for foreign travel is rapidly
becoming restricted.
The Loyal Legion will be 60 years old in
April, but the loyal legion has existed ever
since the founding of the nation.
The Mormons repel with indignation the
insinuation that Vlrglnlus Mayo is a mem
ber of their church.
If the new Federal Trade Board, can be
constructively helpful Instead of destruc
tively hurtful it may Justify its existence
after all.
If it is a misdemeanor in New York to give
two cents to the hungry, what name must be
found to describe the offense of giving a dime
to the thirsty?
Champ Clark pays a fine tribute to the
power of the presg when he says that if the
newspaper would only tell the country that
it was brospsrous it would he prosperous.
ITALY'S REPEAL OF
AN OLDEN STATUTE
For Immediate Advantages Italy
Risks the Creation of n New Ger
man Empire and of a Powerful
and Hostile Slavic State.
By FRANK H. S1MONDS
NO CAREFUL study of tho map Is re
quired to demonstrate how excessive,
how Impossible, from tho Austrian point of
view, are tho Italian demands. What Italy
asks Is tho entire seacoast of Austria-Hungary.
Tyo years ago Austria Intervened to
deny Servla n "window on tho sea"; now
Austria Is asked to surrender hers.
Thcro nro two different question raised
by tho Italian demand: First, ns to tho
chnracter of tho territory asked and tho
Justice ot the Italian claim. Second, ns to
tho tmmcdlalo and remoter political conse
quences It tho Italian appetite should be
satisfied.
What Italy actually demands falls Into
three distinct categories, the Trontlno,
Trieste and the Istrlau llttoml, with Flume
and the Adriatic Islands.
Effort to Enslave Teutons
Accepting tho Trontlno as meaning the
Italian-speaking communities on Lago dl
Garda nnd in the middle valley ot tho
Adlge, thoro Is ccry teason In tho world
why It should bo Italian. The people are
by race, lnnguage, sympathy Latin. It was
lost to Itnly onlv by accident. While Aus
tria holds It she holds the key to nil of
Northern Itnly and Milan, and the whole
valley of tho I'o Is Indefensible.
But Italy does not stop with the Italian
communes. Sho also demands Meran, Bozen,
the upper valley of the Adlge and tho wholo
vnlley of the Esnk. Hero tho population Is
Gormnn. Geographically the country belongs
to Italy, since It Is south of tho Alps.
Strategically It would fortify Italy and give
her n "scientific" frontier, but thote Is no
question of freeing Italians, rather It Is an
effort to cnslavo Teutons.
A similar situation exists- In tho districts
about Trlesto and In tho peninsula of Istrla.
Trieste Is quite as Italian ns Genoa. Poll
nnd the shore towns of Istria aro equally so.
But ptactlcally tho whole hinterland is peo
pled by Slovenes, who aro Slavs, not Latins,
who prefer to be subjects of Austria to be
coming Italians nnd who can bo annexed only
against their will.
Tho Islands of the Dalmatian coast all
bear Italian names. They belonged to tho
Adriatic empire of Venice nnd a portion
of their population litis been Latinized. But
In the main tho people are Slavs: their nat
ural alignment politically Is with tho Slavs
of the eastern mainland, not with tho Latins
of the remoter shore
Savo In the districts about Trent and In
Trieste Italy is not merely Eeeklng to re
deem old Italian lands nnd liberate Italian
speaking populations, now the rcluetnnt
subjects of a Hapsburg. Sho Is quite as
patently seeking to extend her frontiers to
Include people of races as hostile to her as
Austrian Italians arc disloyal to their present
sovereign.
Austria's Door to the Sea
On tho political side the problem Is even
mote complex. To cede the whole of the
Austrian Tyrol south of tho crest of tho
Alps will bo nn unimportant sacrifice for
Austria, a price sho could well afford to
pay for Italian neutrality. But to part with
Trieste, Flume and the Istrlan littoral
this Is to sign her own death warrant, for it
would deprive tho Austro-Hungarian Empire
of a door on tho sea.
What would follow such a cession has
long been recognized. Today Russia holds
most of Gallcia. Bukovlna nnd Transyl
vania have been marked by Rumania as
her share In tho Austrian estate. Bosnia,
Herzegovina and Dalmatla will go to Servla
If the Allies win. Tho Austro-Hungnrlan
Emplro will then be nn unnatural combina
tion of two fragments ruled by race.? eco
nomically, politically, socially distinct.
In such h situation Hungary Is almost
eel tain to seek her Independence again. As
for the balance of Austria, Its destiny leads
to Berlin. Deprived of an exit on the sea, It
must seek an outlet through German ports
nnd follow Hav.ul.i into the Gcrmnn Em
pire, thus adding 20.000.000 to the population
of the Hohcnrollcrn realm
Menace of n New Gcrmnn Empiic
For Italy such n change would bo fraught
with instant peril. The 85,000,000 inhabitants
of the new German Emplro would look with
nntural Impatience upon tho thin strip of
Italian territory separating them from the
southern sea. Prince von Buelow himself is
reported to have described Trieste as a Ger
man lung
Quito In the same fabhion the destruction
of Austria would drive Croatia and Slavonla
Into the new Serb State nnd thus erect on the
eastern shore of the Adriatic a compact Slav
State bound to be a rival of Italy, euro to
seek to regain the Adriatic Islands, held by
Italy and obstructing the Slav window on the
Adriatic. Such a Stato would, too, have the
support of Russia, also become a Mediter
ranean Stato by the occupation of Constanti
nople and tho straits. In Northen Albania
the Italluns and the Slavs would clash as
Greeks and Italians have in the south, and
Italy might find herself faced by a hostile
Balkan confederacy us well as an nmbltlous
Germany.
Briefly, then, to obtain small territorial
Increases Italy risks, almost Insures, the
destruction of the AuBtro. Hungarian Em
pire. She would gain perhaps EOO.OOO popu
lation, she would bring down to her own bor
der a new German Empire. In addition, by
enslaving some thousands of Slavs she would
insure the unification of all tho southern
Slavs In a powerful and hostile state, certain
of the patronage and protection of Russia.
As to Austria-Hungary, she cannot cede
Trieste, Flume or the Istrlan peninsula. For
her the question Is one of life and death. For
Austria Trieste Is vital. Flume Is Hungary's
only seaport. The Trentlno Bhe can cede,
the islands of the Adrjatlo conceivably, but
more she cannot give and exist, and she will
naturally choose to perish fighting. And
against Italy Hungarians and Slavs, as well
as Austrian Germans, will fight loyally,
Conceivably Italy has asked more than she
will take, But al signs point in the other
direction. So far as it Is possible to see, what
Italy has asked she can take by force of
arms. The only actual restraint must flow
from a recognition of the eventual conse
quences of too great greed now. This nations
seldom consider when they can make imme
diate profits.
The passing of Turkey has long been dis
counted Early In the Great War It began
to appear that 'Austrian existence was in
peril. Day by day fate seems to have turned
more and more against Franz Josef, stricken
in years and carrying the burden g.t un
paralleled pergonal as well as national, dl.
Jk
appointments and griefs. Now Italy raises
the question which strikes at tho very life ot
the Dual Empire. If sho actually draws tho
sword, as every sign now visible suggests,
there Is the Instant promise of the coming
of greater changes than tho map of Europe
has known In many centuries.
But the striking thing about the new crisis
is that It points to Gcrmnn aggrandizement,
the making of a greater Get many, with German-speaking
Autria included. Defeated
in the Great Wnr. Germany may yet emerge
a larger gainer than any of her enemies, ablo
and certain to lake vengeance on fnlthless
Itnly In her own good time and rctnke
Trlesto nnd the Istrlan peninsula, with the
pendent Adriatic islands.
For centuries Europo has accepted ns
sound the old adage which asserts that If
Austria did not exist it would bo necessary
to crento It to keep Eutnpean peace. Italy
has proposed to tepeal this statute ot dlplo
mncy, at her own great peril.
GREATER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
To the Editor of the Uicntno Ledger:
Sir In order that there may be a clear un
derstanding ofr tho purposo and trend of the
present movement to give to Philadelphia a
Greater Chamber of Commerce, I would greatly
appreciate your publication of this statement
of the nttltudo of the Reorganization Com
mittee. When this matter was first proposed by me
nbout two jenrs ago the thought In mind was
tho building of such a great commercial body
as would naturally result from the consolida
tion of the Board of Trade, the Chamber of
Commerce and the Merchants and Manufac
turers' Association. Apparently the time was
not ripe for such a consolidation, because It
was not effected.
It is only reasonable to say that tho Inabil
ity of these bodies to effect a physical con
solidation should not stand In the wn of Phila
delphia's putting herself on a par with other
laige cities of tho United .States In the matter
of organized endeavor on the part of her lead
ing business and professional Interests In tho
city's behalf. Hence the desirability of making
the next best move, namely, the reorgHnlzatloii
of one of the existing trade bodies, making Its
objects broad enough and Its Fcope of activi
ties great enough to meet the needs of Phila
delphia, and to Invite the co-operation In such
nn enlarged bod of all who lelleo in a mod
ern, working commercial organization
The Chamber of Conunerco having nireadv a
large membership, possessing nn Ideal name,
and having established a working organiza
tion on a modest scale, seems the logical foun
dation on which to build. Its directors unani
mously assented to Its conversion Into a Greater
Chamber of Commerce.
The movement to that end was launched a
month ago. It would have been launched last
September, but for the disturbed conditions
following the outbreak of the European trouble.
This movement Is neither unfriendly nor an
tagonistic to any organization In existence in
Philadelphia. It is the belief of those who
have given the matter much thought that a
Greater Chamber of Commerce, with n mem
bership of 4000 or 5000, and a working capital
of (100,000 or more a year, could be formed In
this city without seeking to detract from the
prestige or usefulness of nny existing organi
zation: that such nn organization, based upon
tho plans which have been worked out and
which will be given full publicity in a very
short time, can accomplish Immeasurable good
In Philadelphia; nnd that until such a body Is
la active operation this city will remain In
active In Its own behalf nnd will not be In a
position to maintain Its proper place In the
race among American cities for commercial
bunrenmcy
The friends of this movement ask that Judg
ment be suspended until all the plans have
been placed before the people, and the merits'
of this movement and the value of such an or
ganization as Is planned can be fully set fortb;
ALBA B. JOHNSON. ,.-
Philadelphia. March 18.
MAY PROVE A BOOMERANG
To the Editor ot the Kicnino Ledger:
Slr-From the columns of the Evenino
Lbdokr today Is gleaned the news that Sen
ator Crow will Introduce his bill to prevent
fualon between political bodies In tho future.
It may prove a boomerang!
In the first place, It will solidify the opposi
tion to the reigning organization.
It will stop the trickery and deal incidental
to fusion,
Party names have lost all the glamour they
once possessed.
It will help the Democrats, who will be stim
ulated to put their best foot forward and In
so doing eliminate all would-be bosses.
The Democratic party has elected In the past
men of their faith In Philadelphia and not one
of them has proved recreant to his trust.
The names of Daniel M. Fox, Henry E.
Dechert, Robert E. Pattlson. William Redwood
Wright, Levvla C. Casjldy, Michael J, Ryan and
William Elienbrown come to mind who have
been elected on straight party tickets in this
stronghold of Republicanism, and the party is
till rich with men who would honor their
fellow-citizens in any office they would be
called upon to fill. Men of the calibre of John
Cadwalader, James day Oordon, Samuel B.
Fele, George W. MorrU, Henry Budd, A. Ray
mond Raff, Robert T. Bright, W. Horace Hos
ktns and more, and morel
Crow and their kind can pats bills, and stick
their heads In the sand, but they cannot ob
literate records that are written history So let
them have all the rope neceuary, Philadelphia
can manage her own affairs.
Il-VBRSQM W. JENmN18.
Philadelphia, Wirea i.
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BEST THOUGHT IN AMERICA
DIGEST OF TH
(1) World'B Work "Man nnd His Ma
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Submarine."
(3) Everybody's "The Man Who Built
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Glasses, Dundonald's Destroyer?"
INGENUITY
IT IS probably civilization's grimmest irony
that for every step up in constructive
thought nnd Ingenuity there must stalk Im
placably alongside a proportionate advance In
destructive energy. In the fnclllty of tearing
down nnd destroying. It Is a ferocious nnd
destructive array of machinery and Inven
tion that frowns at you from the magazine
pages In these days, but it Is only natural
that the stimulus of war should set all tho
little demoniac sprites ot destruction to work
with new enthusiasm.
Cathedrals that it took ccntures of patient
nnd loving labor to build up can bo battered
and shelled down with the new siege guns
In ns many hours which suggests the ele
ment of time-saving In these modern Inven
tions. Thero are still somo peaceful inventors at
work, no doubt, trying to mako life easier
and more convenient for the ordinary in
dividual. In fact. World's Work records the
latest achievements of several such, nnd be
cause of their rnrlty they shull be set down
first (1):
Air Towels. The air towel Is n device for
drying the hands. It Is a rectangular casing
that has an opening In tho top for tho hands.
At tho base Is n foot pedal which closes a
quick-acting switch, thereby putting Into
operation n blower that distributes warmed
nlr to all pnrts of the hands nt the samo time.
Tho hands aro thoroughly dried In 30 sec
onds. Heating Houses With Gas. Each radiator
Is an Independent and self-sustaining unit.
The temperaturo of each room Is governed
by Its own thermostat. All that is necessary
to bring the atmosphere up to a certain de
greo Is to set tho thermostat to that degree.
The radiator does tho rest, tho gas being
turnod off automatically when tho tempera
turo of the room Is half n degreo higher than
that desired, and turned on again auto
matically when the heat falls half a degree
below that desired. Changes ot temperature
for different hours may be obtained by clock
thermostats. The thermostat may bo set so
that tho temperaturo will remain nt 50 de
grees all through the night, and a few min
utes before 8. It will automatically turn the
regulator to 70 degrees.
Electric Dish Washer. Designed for fam
ily use. It washes,' rinses and dries Its load
In three minutes. The machine consists of
a small high-speed, one-Inch centrifugal
pump directly connected to a ono-fourth
horsepower motor. Tho dishes are placed In
a circular rack. Water, forced Into a per
forated cylinder In tho centre of tho rack. Is
sprnjed on the dishes under sufficient press
uro to cleanse them thoroughly. Hot, clean,
rinsing water is then run In. When this is
drained off, the heat that is retained In the
covered washing chamber rapidly dries the
dishes.
Destruction vs. Construction
There Is a brief and comprehensive sum
mary of facts about the submarine In the Re
view of Reviews f2):
Certain eminent authorities like Admiral
Sir Percy Scott of England are of opinion
that tho submarine has sounded the death
knell of the dreadnoughts, and that to build
more of these costly battleships Is sheer
Waste of money,
Tho modern automobile torpedo Is a cigar
shaped object, 22 feet long, 21 inches In
diameter and weighs 2000 pounds. With Its
wonderful mechanism of almost human In
telligence, the projectile In action seems al
most to throb with life. It dives like a por
poise, steers itself and plows invisibly
through the water at a speed of 40 miles an
hour. It can travel six miles, and at the end
ot the run be capable of destroying a great
battleship. The brain of the weapon Is in
the tall end. It is a little gyroscope that one
could hold in the hand, and It is aa delicately
adjusted as a chronometer. This marvelous
piece ot mechanism, automatically controls,
steers and keeps the torpedo In position (lur
ing its line ot flight, If the torpedo runs
afoul of its course, and is deflected either
to the right or eft, the gyroscope an almost
human pilot automatically operates a lever,
throws the rudders up or down, and to the
right or eft, bringing the torpedo back; in
its proper path. It takes almost a thousand
pieces of steel, brass and bronze to make up
all the delicate adjustments of the modern
torpedo. It requires over one year to build
and costs 16000.
More uncertainty and terror have been an
ticipated from the Zeppelins than from any
other one source, and until the war ia over
I gad the treaty of peace, signed no one will ,
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daro be sure that the Germans are not still
holding them back for a gigantic surprli, T.'
a. AiaoAlechrii, who is president of the Aro.
nautical Society of America, writes vet v,
knowingly of them In Everybody's (3):
Of my own knowledge, and not by ruthcr, 'I
I know that the Germuns are building a tut .
or giant airships, already numbering 48, -with
Count Zeppelin himself as commander-ln
chief of all tho air forces. I know that Ger
many means to strike with her Zeppellni
striko hard. What will they do? We mar
have the answer as these lines go to press.
Tho Zeppelin enterprise In virtually six
years has grown like a gigantic tree, with
Its roots Imbedded In 20 Industries, and III
branches reaching out not only to the mili
tary establishment, but into everyday affairs.
Besides his work of Invention and building.
Count Zeppelin has Induced civic bodies and
banking Interests, even cities themselves, to
furnish the money for building the great
chnln of revolving airship docks that Btretch
across tho whole of Germany. He organized
the navigation company which operates four
passenger Zeppelins, and has Interested
municipalities In constructing new streets
and extending street railways to these
docks. Ho got tho Government weather
service to supply tho Intimate news of the
upper air for tho regular and safe opera
tion of nlrshlp lines. Ho has even convinced
Insurance companies that the risk on pas
senger airships is a good risk. He has kept
poor engineering geniuses at work evolving
motors, nnd has equipped splendid labora
tories where homeless scientists spent
months arriving at vital truths.
Thero is so much glamour and pageantry
in the very thought of an Iron Cross, the
decoration bestowed by the Kaiser for con-'g
unlonnnu lirni'nrv Hint It crll'PM nnft a distinct .H
Jolt to find a description in the ScientlnO if
Ametlcan of how they aro turned out whoU-'
sale bv electricity (4):
Irnn frrtnaoa nm hv tin mpnnH DrOdtlCCd Of
casting. Rectangular pieces of sheet Iron -3
stamped out with n punching macnine ai
struck with steel dies on powerful presses,
provided with big electric driving motors.
art... hainn- nn.nnn.i4 n rwl tefltcd. the iron
Crosses aro taken to the silversmiths, where M
the soldering Is done, a hue sliver ou''
added and tho finishing completed. T
border Is polished on electrically driven pol
ishing and grinding motors.
An nrtlnln on "Burninir Glasses," by t
Moclay, In the North American Review, takes
us back to a quaint glimpse of a Mnnuij
noro. nnd elves besides a trrlm sense of our in-( I
creasing complacence In destroying human J
,lfe 5: , .nA
. j.. .i,an aplAnce ana
una nunareu years "K" h" "":",iv,i
the mechanical arts were in a comparauveij ,
prlmltlvo Btnge of development. WW"!
donnld created an engine of warfare wn'1
tho highest authorities in the Engisn
declared to be so terrible that It nK
humanity" and would render wars betwew t
nations Impossible. . Tj-iH.h
While engaged in researches In the n
Museum, tho writer found a s mall , P.mffi
published in London toward the i close ot
18th century, which described an Invem'
of "burning glasses." whereby It was claims"
that man was enabled to grasp tlief
able bolts of Jove himself. "and hurl Uhema
his enemies. It fills out with convincing g
plltude every detail of what was claimed .
Dundonald's destroyer. .,,, devlc
The essential Idea ot this singular oewj
was the arrangement of V"ffIl?lrtM
mirrors In a great frame, at such "'" w
to catch and concentrate the rays of W J
on any desired spot, ineir .. 'ji-yy
great as to explode any magaz tie ,
set all wooaworK in a name, - -r -. j
Instant death of any human being wJjJrJ
within the influence of their score"" t
"with the advent of high Pwua2eeilU 1
rnnffft ordnance, the terror of this pecui, m
engine of destruction disappears, in t
ferent form, However, tne - r f.ctir
glasses" promise to become a potent w.
I.. ,j V,.t .nntestn. Instead Ol UUi"
ing sun ray. Italian Inventors have
-,.i.,ot., ..iih ihn violet or X-ray. : v
means' of which they'cla.m they can .
the magazine of any fort or ship ai
tanco ot 9 miles. Their successes wiw
wireless telegraph entitle their al d,
serious consideration. Conditions surrou
ing the mysterious e?P?l" ,Xrbv
atroyed the British battleship Bulwark nj
led some experts to. oettevo "IT; J,"
victim of this new method of attacK.
CLEVELAND AND WILSON
T.i tK ndltA nt tha Exitnltta Lidaer .
Sir- Notwithstanding what you JJ j
about our navy, I cannot but think . 11 y ,, ,
Grover Cleveland In the White HoM . J
of Mr. Wilson, with his ''","' pol-
and never-accomplUhlpg-anythlng fortil" gg
loy, the situation woum oo '"Vh " UWJ
ferent, and I doubt very much if " a
under those circumstances woum "-vdBb. -J
k. .tan.l h.u AIA A DAILY MXIAM" (I
Wayne, Pa., March 16.
THE WORD WITHIN THEE
I pray for faith. I long to trust
I listen wHh tny heart, and hr
A Voice without a sound Be Ji.
Th. Word yg35Ji $U