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MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3
EFFECTS OF THE WAR HERE
THERE can be no great war any
where in the civilized world
without baneful consequences to
all nations. While the United
States is outside the immediate sphere
of trouble in Europe, the results of the
frightful tragedy now being enacted
by the Powers of the old world are
being felt in this country.
Already the export trade has been
stopped by the embargo on ships, and
cargoes are piling Up at every Amer
ican port. Prohibitive Insurance rates
, are preventing shipment by the few
lines still running, and enormous quan
tities of freight are being halted in
transit. Even tlje foodstuffs that will
be needed by the fighting armies
abroad cannot be shipped from this
country owing to the lack of ships.
Grain is the one article of trade most
likely to be seized as contraband of
war. Our inability under present con
ditions to ship the food so greatly
needed may breed famine for the ar
mies of the continent.
Orders for goods from the factories
and workshops of the United States
have already been canceled owing to
the European war and the immediate
effect in the United States will be a
depletion of customs revenue. This
will mean a tremendous reduction of
the income necessary for the opera
tion of our own government and, com
ing upon the heels of the low Demo
cratic tariff, the situation is so serious
as to cause grave apprehension in of
ficial quarters. We may expect special
taxes to make up the loss in revenue,
and while there may be a temporary
boom in business as a result of the for
eign demand for our goods, the after
effects must be most serious in view
of the reduction of buying power in
the European countries.
In the six months of low tariff for
eign manufacturers in only seventeen
lines were enabled to Increase their
business in the United States by $84,-
000,000. This statement is made by
C. H. Brown, chairman of the Hosiery
Manufacturers' legislative committee
at Washington.
The staement was made in answer
to a recent speech by Senator Sim
mons, who defended the Underwood
tariff law, by saying that the largest
part of the increase in imports since
the law became operative had been in
food products, and that the increase in
Imports of manufactured goods had
been "comparatively light."
Chairman Brown's coirjmittee makes
a comparison of the imports of seven
teen products for the six months from
December 1, 1313, to May 31, 1914, in
contrast with the corresponding period
of the previous year.
It was bad enough that the Demo
cratic tariff has thrown thousands of
workingmen in this country into idle
ness, but it is Infinitely worse that on
top of this comes the necessity for
special taxation to meet the needs of
the government.
President Wilson is hopeful that
the demand for American wheat, oats
and corn and other products will make
up the losses caused by the failure of
the tariff law to produce sufficient
revenue. Predictions are being made
in Administration circles that If there
is a general European war every fac
tory in this country would be busy
within a month turning out clothing
and other supplies for Europe.
"Sustenance for the enemy is con-
traband of war," says the Philadelphia
Ledger. "A blockade of European
ports, paralleling in effectiveness that
maintained in the Napoleonic era by
the British fleet and the French Orders
In Council, would practically close the
European market to all our products.
Cotton, on which we depend for hun
dreds of millions of dollars annually
from abroad, owing to the closing of
foreign factories as well as ports,
would have to be consumed mainly at
home, which would mean a low mar
ket and tremendous losses.
"Our foreign commerce, amounting
to about $4,000,000,000 annually, is
mainly with Europe. To counteract
the enormous losses, we should be
compelled to reach Into markets which
we have heretofore only partly de
veloped. The withdrawal of our chief
competitoru from the trade, in the
. event of a moderately long war, should
enable us to offset by heavy sains in
Jjatln-Amerlca and the Orient the
MONDAY EVENING, HAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH AUGUST 3, 1914.
losses incurred by the loss of trade
with Europe.
"It would be Idle to deny the far-j
reaching effects the prodigious grapple
would have on the United States. It
would set our trade topsy-turvy for a
time. But our*rallroads would still do
business, our factories run, our mines
be worked, our farms be tilled. This
nation, in fact, would be the only great
one left productive, the only great
civilized entity which could continue
to produce the things that mankind
must have. The quasl-monopoly which
this would give us would become ap
parent gradually during the war, and
[the full fruits of it would be gathered
directly after the war, when most of
the civilized world would he clamor
ing for the things which we and we
only would possess."
No war was ever a benefit to the
nations Involved or their neighbors.
Whatever of temporary advantage ap
peared In the beginning was overcome
by the woeful waste from which 1t
requires years to recover. Our coun
try's isolation at this time is a reason
for grateful thanks.
"In these dark days of Europe the
geographical, historical and political
good fortune of the United States is
worth being thankful for," says the
New York Run. "To begin with, in
the dark backward and abysm of time
the 'tetrahedral formation,' whatever
the geologists mean by that, of the
earth's crust laid out the continents
and oceans very thoughtfully for the
American convenience. On each hand
the dissociable ocean keeps invasion
far off and invites to that merchant
marine, once an American pride, and
now perhaps to be resuscitated by the
calamities across the Atlantic.
"The United States will suffer in
evitably to some extent from the waste
and destruction abroad, but it has per
manent cause of gratitude in its insu
lation from the worst."
NO HAITI SPLITTING
CITY COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
is absolutely correct in his con
tention that all of the park
frontage along the river should
be in the name of the city, but it does'
not follow that the Improvement of
the River Front should wait upon the
transfer of the few pieces of property
still held by private owners. It is a
simple matter to obtain the compara
tively small stretches of property not
yet under the jurisdiction of the De
partment of Parks and under the cir
cumstances it is to be hoped there
will be no splitting of hairs with re
gard to the filling out of the slope and
the completion of the work. Even
should there be some little delay In
obtaining the frontage here and there
the work of filling out the narrow
stretches now in control of the city
ought to proceed.
It is scarcely conceivable that this
important improvement should be
halted in any way by a situation so
trifling as the taking over of a block
or two of the frontage. Those prop
erty owners who have, through indif
ference or a desire to be shown the
I intentions of the city regarding the
' park treatment, refrained from trans
ferring their interest in this strip to
the city will doubtless see the impor
tance of acting without further delay
in the matter.
THE RATE CASE
THE decision of the Interstate
Commerce Commission In the
railroad freight case, while not
all that the railroad managers
sought, ought to do much to settle
business conditions insofar as they are
affected by the railroads. The heads
of the roads now know just where they
stand with respect to revenues from
any given quantity of commerce. They
will base their expenditures accord
ingly. Very likely much of the yearly
increase of $15,000,000 or $20,000,000
in gross revenues that will result from
the advances granted in the Central
Western territory, will go into Improve
ments and new rolling stock. This
ought to give the mills and factories
dealing In railroad supplies business
that has been denied them pending the
announcement of the rate decision.
Doubtless the failure of the commis
sion to grant any increases in the im
mense and important territory lying
east of Pittsburgh and Erie will be the
cause of much disappointment to
those who had been calculating on
getting at least some assistance in car
rying out their plans for extensions
and enlargements, but it must be re
mejnbered that most of the eastern
lines so affected, such as the Pennsyl
vania, for instance, are really parts of
great systems the western divisions of
which are to some extent benefited.
The advance is therefore probably
equivalent as to revenues to a general
advance of perhaps two per cent. At
ail events a half loaf is better than no
loaf and some substantial betterment
of business conditions is to be ex
pected as a result of the decision.
THE WAR AND AMERICA
PERHAPS the most singular thing
in connection with the war that
has broken out in Europe is the
coolness and lack of feeling ex
pressed generally throughout the
United States. While there is naturally
a very strong Interest In happenings
in the war zone, and while various
scattered communities made up largely
of this or that particular nation show
their sentiments by cheering for Ger
many or Austria or Russia, as the case
may be, the average American cares
little on whose banners victory finally
perches.
This is an extraordinary condition.
When Japan fought China, when the
Russians and Japanese came into con
flict and when England and the Boers
were at swords' points in South
Africa popular sentiment in America
was strongly arrayed. The people had
their preferences and were / not slow in
expressing them. Even the newspa
pers took on considerable color and
their headlines and editorials Bhowed
very plainly the feeling throughout
the country. Now, however, the atti
tude of the average American Is that
of the man on the fence watching a
fight between men he has never seen
before. He Is Interested In the row.
and ready to applaud a good blow
struck, but he cares little who may be
the final victor. This may be because
we are so far removed from the scene
of conflict.
No better illustration of the In
tegrity of America as a nation could
be presented than this. Made up as
we are of Germans, Austrians, Eng
lish, French, Italians. Russians, Serbs
and what, not, our people do not look
upon the nations from which they or
their ancestors came as the father
land. Doubtless their sympathy trends
in the particular direction from which
their forebears came to the United
States, but America is their home and
America is their nation. The Starry
Banner is their flag and the ambitions
and tribulations of foreign rulers,
while Interesting enough as matters of
discussion around the family dinner
table, give them no more cause for
thought than if they and theirs had
always lived within the boundaries of
this country. It is only the floating
population, the million or two who
have come to America for the purpose
of accumulating enough money to let
them live at ease in Europe, who are
seriously disturbed by what is now
occurring in the lands from which
they came.
ST.VR CHAMBER SESSIONS
JEFFERSONIAN simplicity, as in
terpreted by President Wilson, has
received a new and important ad
junct in "star chamber sessions."
Paul Warburg, the President's selec
tion for member of the Federal Re
serve Board, is no mere common citi
zen. He is a multimillionaire and
closely identified with what our Demo
cratic friends have chosen to call the
"money trust" of Wall street. He has
been seriously accused by the Senate
committee to which his name has been
referred previous to coming before the
Senate itself for confirmation.
Mr. Warburg has insisted that he is
innocent. Very likely he is. But if so,
why is It necessary for the Senate
committee to receive his testimony as
to personal conduct in secret session?
If Mr. Warburg has nothing to con
ceal, and certainly as a man aspiring
to such a high and responsible post
he should have nothing to conceal, he
ought to be perfectly willing to take
the public into his full confidence.
The Senate committee's action in
this matter will not tend to convince
the popular mind that Mr. Warburg is
all that the President claims for him.
The public has grown very suspicious
of "star chamber" hearings, particu
larly when its interests are so vitally
at stake as in the present instance.
Mr. Warburg could do nothing more
convincing nor anything that would
tend to insure for him the approval of
the Senate as a whole than to insist
that the hearings he Is now attending
before the Senate committee be open
to the newspapers and the public.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion has given some railroads an in
crease of rates and others considerable
advice.
nVENING CHAT
Capitol Hill officials get some oddly
addressed envelopes. Many of them
come from people who know better,
but in the excitement of writing or
stress of circumstances do not think.
Not long ago the Governor's office re
ceived a letter addressed: "Governor
Tener of Harrisburg State," and on an
other occasion he was addressed in a
flowing hand as "Mr. Governor Tener,
Penn." Nothing else was on either
envelope. Auditor General Powell got
a letter once addressed "Hon. Powell,
Capitol Hill," and the Attorney General
Is frequently addressed as "Chief Law
! Officer." People in the Highway De
partment are uncertain whether the
man who addressed the Commissioner
as "E. M. Bigelow, Chief Highway
man, was trying to be funny or not.
Dairy and Food Commissioner Foust
was addressed recently as "Pure Food
Foust."
State Treasurer R. K. Young tells a
good fishing story. The state cash
guardian is somewhat of a fisherman
himself, and he likes to tell stories
anyway. Once there was a judge on
the bench in the western part of the
state who had angling for a hobby and
writing verses, limericks, sonnets and
other things anonymously about the
gentle sport. These used to get into the
papers and some of his pet phrases
and incidents of his career along the
streams were recognized. One day
ex-Governor William A. Stone wanted
ito go fishing. He had a case listed for
trial and it had been twice postponed.
When he moved another postponement
the attorney on the other side set up a
terrific roar, calling attention to the
failure to try on previous occasions.
"What have you to say?" asked the
judge of the former governor.
In reply Mr. Stone read one of the
judge's rhapsodies on fishing, or rather
he started to read It.
The case was postponed a third
time.
Out in Derry street they are encoun
tering a few things not expected as the
paving progresses. For instance, no
one expected the intersections at Nine
teenth, Derry and Berryhill streets to
be so large that it would take a special
ordinance. Around Twentieth street it
has been found that a street runs right
into a man's lawn and the actual in
tersection is not where the paving must
ho laid. Then there is a, pole right
smack in the center of another side
street where it intersects.
Fishermen say that the German
carp which were so numerous about
the water front of the city a few years
ago have almost disappeared and that
persons who have tried to catch the
much talked of food fish have gotten
everything from old boots to eels, but
nary a carp. There was a time when
| the carp were plentiful in front of the
city, and tnen sitting along sewer
pipes with big lines were by *o means
uncommon. Some of the carp taken
were huge ones and furnished food for
many people. Now the fishermen go
after bass and if they see a carp they
think It is some strange fish.
"The automobiles have put the old
time brushes between fast horses clean
out of business," remarked a man who
Is still a lover of good horses, although
he has been doing most of Viis riding
in an automobile lately. "It's only a
few years back since we us«d to have
dandy races along the river above the
old driving park. 'Long about 1900
there were some fine horses owned in
this city, and between 3 and 4 o'clock
their owners used to exercise 'em. All
that was needed was for some fellow
to come along fast. He'd have half
a dozen trailing him in no time. There
was no danger of hitting cars or pe
destrians in those days. The pedes
trians walked along the bank and bi
cyclists kept close. As for farm
wagons, their drivers used to pull up
and yell for the racers."
EXRLY CAMPAIGN
SHOWS WEAKNESS
McCormick Tour in Up State Coun
ties Hardly Likely to Har
monize the Factions
PALMER DID NOT GO ALONG
Paxtang Will Hold Its First Elec
tion For the New Borough
Officers Tomorrow
Yance C. McCormick's inauguration
of his campaign tour before the end
of July and the announcement that
during August numerous speaking
dates are to be filled by the nominee
for Governor and such of his col
leagues on the Democratic ticket as he
can drag around with him, is consid
ered as the most tell-tale sign of weak
ness yet given by the Pennsylvania
Democracy. Men conversant with po
litiical conditions in the State fail to
see where McCormick can be the
gainer by swinging around the circle
when the plans of the machine are to
have him go around again in the Fall.
Some say that it is either because Mc-
Cormick likes the limelight or because
he fancies he can cure the party dis
temper caused by the primary and in
tensified by the distribution of patron
age.
It is regarded as significant that he
visited Clearfield county first. This
county will be against him in the Fall,
as It was in the primary, and no man
of the temperament of McCormick can
reconcile the generation-old animosi
ties that have prevailed in the Dem
ocracy of that county. In Clinton
county the campaign methods of Mc-
Cormick and the post office appoint
ments have put him out of the run
ning, and as for Center, that is going
to Brumbaugh. Palmer's "indiges
tion," which prevented him from tour
ing with McCormick, saved him a lot
of useless traveling.
The Lancaster county Democracy,
which is demanding the revenue col
lector to be named when Fritz Klr
kendall gets the new
Scranton revenue district
I-anenster running, has declined to
Wants the accept subordinate places
Big Prize and a noisy effort to land
the plum is being made
In spite of the tip that
McCormick plans to hand it to some
one in the Cumberland Valley. The
Lancaster fellows figure out that it is
going to be a long time before Demo
crats get Into power again, and they
want to enjoy the prizes. The Davis
and Nauman factions of the party are
nominally at peace, but the manner In
which the Davis men are getting the
subordinate places Is not conducive to
large Democratic votes. Three more
men were put into places of Repub
lican revenue men who had "resigned"
on Saturday.
In many respects the campaign for
election of the first officers of the baby
borough of Paxtang, which will take
place to-morrow, is one
of the most remarkable
In the history of the Paxtang
county. Party lines have Election
been wiped out and there To-morrow
are no nominations. The
137 voters of the new
borough will write in the names of
the candidates for office and the can
didates are all running on a nonparti
san basis, party lines being forgotten.
Some of the best-known men In the
borough are candidates for council
and there is a lively contest on for the
seven places. Thomas W. Smallwood,
who is running for burgess, is the only
man who has no opposition. The polls
will be opened in the schoolhouso
to-morrow morning at 7 o'clock and
will be open all day.
The Union county Republican com
mittee got started on its work for a
victorious campaign on Saturday at a
rousing meeting in Lew
isburg. The committee
Committee is one of the strongest
Starts Its elected in the county in
Campaign a long time and the out-
look is excellent, es
pecially as the Democrats
in the county are all stirred up over
the manner in which post offices have
been handed out. Dr. B. Thornton was
elected chairman and S. B. Wolfe sec
retary. B. K. Focht, candidate for
Congress, and other candidates made
speeches and the work for the cam
paign was marked out.
! POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS
—Republican leaders are in con
ference to-day In Philadelphia on the
platform and campaign details.
—Democratic City Chairman Brom
ley has tartly answered the charges
against Philadelphia's city committee
by saying that the-people did not trust
the reorganlzers enough to elect them.
—The Democratic candidate for
Congress In the Fifteenth district is
Reardon, not Rueradan or Rwidan,
as stated In the mourning machine
organ to-day.
—Congressman Palmer will be able
to resume his duties in Washington
to-day. The barnstorming tour Is over
for a few days.
—Sugar Valley had a treat on Sat
urday when McCormick and Creasy
addressed the picnic. Other Democrats
will get a treat of sugar later on.
—Rather unkind of M. T. Stokes,
Washingtonian candidate, to butt into
the Sugar Valley picnic the day McCor
mick was there.
-—Would not be a bad plan to spread
some sugar over the warring Demo
crats in Huntingdon county.
—Now Danville. Lancaster county,
has been given a postmaster, Ac
cording to the Patriot to-day. More
Democrats will now roar.
—"War bulletins received at the
Democratic state windmill from bel
ligerent counties have the European
scrap beaten all hollow.
—Candidate McNair Is going to
make speeches on his own hook In
Philadelphia this week. According to
the Patriot, McNair was not in Sugar
Valley.
THE RECKONING
What do they reck who sit aloof on
thrones,
Or in the chambered chancelleries
apart.
Playing the game of state with subtle
art,
If so be they may win, what wretched
groans
Rise from red fields, what unrecorded
bones
Bleach within shallow graves, what
bitter smart
Pierces the widowed or the orphaned
heart —
The unhooded horror for which naught
atones!
A word, a pen stroke, and this might
not be!
But vengeance, power lust, festering
Jealousy.
Triumph, and grim carnage Btalks
abroad.
Hark! Hear that ominous bugle on the
wind!
And they who might have stayed it,
shall they And
No reckoning within the courts of
God?
•-Clinton Scollard.
r OUR DAILY LAUGH |
V /
Deep Spa Talk In thp Poultry
! " ha ' -k Yard
What became of *f rq Duck I
the dogfish pris- Whit have you I
°*ViJn ° 7'v. . been buying now?;
Officer Lobster Mr p urU _ t ;
Er-he escaped, ordered a pair of .
your honor Pome ( ,„ rk p an , s , hut!
one hanrlea him a those look just
sawfish. llke a man's.
Lone EnnnsrhNow
Terrier lf you Of Course
take more exer- "Pa, what's po
clse you'd live lltlra! knavery?
longer. "What the other
Dachschund I side's doing, my
don't want to live son."
apy longer!
'TWAS EVER THUS
By Win* Dinger
That old straw hat of mine with dust
Looked pretty bad, I swear.
So Saturday I went down town
A new to buy and wear.
I blew my coin and started out
Upon the street once more.
But ere I got three blocks away
It started In to pour.
I had no parachute with me—
There was no place at hand
Where shelter could be sought—the hat
Got soaked, crown, brim and band.
And yesterday it looked far worse
Than that old hat I wore,
But that one hadn't been sent home—■
It still was at the store.
My coin was spent, the rain had spoiled
For good my new straw dome,
The old one was locked up, and so
I spent the day at home.
I LETTERS TOTHE EDITO R
THE GAME I.AWS
To the Editor of The Telegraph:
I read in the Telegraph of Thursday,
July 27, an interview given out hy Au
gustus Wildman, candidate for the
Legislature, in which he resents a reso
lution passed by the local branch of
the Hunters' and Anglers' Association.
I was present at the meeting when this
resolution was presented and read by
members who have not been taking an
active part in the Hunters' and Ang
lers' meetings.
The meeting was a regular meeting
of the Hunters' and Anglers' and not
called for any special purpose. Mr.
Wildman declares the charge In the
resolution is a malicious line; the truth
of the statement doubtless will soon be
substantiated by those who presented
It, as it seems to have plenty of evi
dence. We are more concerned with
the reason given by Mr. Wildman for
casting his vote in favor of this bill.
The argument he refers to, that was
so convincing, that our representative
cast his vote in favor of this bill, that
3,000 of his constituents had signed pe
titions against, Is an old wornout state
ment based on theory. Coming from
a man who made the statement before
the game committee of the 1011 ses
sion of the Legislature that "the aver
age man did not know what was good
for him; therefore the Legislature
should tell him."
"This man coined this argument and
used it at every opportunity he could.
The figures given that only 3 per cent,
of our population hunt, or are Interest
ed in hunting, is so misleading, that we
wonder at Mr. Wildman using them, or
admitting he was misled by them. The
returns from the various counties of
the number of hunters' licenses taken
out in 1914, shows that 300.000 men and
boys were willing to pay this tax for
the privilege to hunt legally. The
statement has been credited to the
game department that the number who
hunted without a license would bring
these figures up to 400,000. AVo do not
hesitate to add that the number who
would not be tagged, but would
rather allow their guns to stand Idle,
would give us a total of- 500,000
sportsmen who are directly interested
in gunning. Of this number at least
300,000 are heads of families. The
members of these families are all in
directly interested in this sport their
number multiplied hy five gives a total
of IfiO.OOO; thus we have a grand total
of 1.700.000, or about ?3 per cent, of our
pnpulntlon. Did Mr. Wlldmnn consider
this? or did he Just take the speaker's
word for it?
Furthermore, the speaker Mr. Wild
man refers to, used another argument,
that properly analyzed by our legisla
tor. probably would have saved him
from an embarrassing situation, as it
directly refutes the point that was so
convincing to Mr. Wildman. The argu
ment was that" a residence hunters'
license would create a fund to protect
and care for our birds. Without this
law these birds would be exterminated,
and should that occur the earth would
be uninhabitahle within ten years on
account of the accumulation of insect
pests.
Dr. Kalhfus uses the same argument
in his letter of transmittal published
In the Digest of the Game, Fish and
Forestry laws, contending that the
wild birds, In the destruction of insect
life, saved to our agricultural districts
an annual sum equal to the cost of the
Panama Canal.
If this statement is correct, surely
more than 3 per cent, or 23 per cent, of
our peonle should be interested in the
work of supporting the game depart
ment.
In view of the above, we would ask
Mr. Wildman. was it fair to the sports
men to tax them to create a revenue,
the purpose of which was to support a
measure that meant the preserving of
the human race? We have lleard a
number of arguments advanced as a
reason for supporting this game tax
law, but none so lame as the one ad
vanced by our representative.
A HUNTER AND ANGLER.
CRIMINAL LUNACY
TFrom the Philadelphia Press.]
The unspeakable crime of the ages is
ahout to be committed. It is clearly
understood hy the directors of public
affairs and leaders of public opinion in
Western Europe that the war Into
which the foremost civilized nations of
the world are drifting would be a crime
without extenuation. It cannot even be
asserted that the atrocious act In con
templation would be an unpremedlated
crime of passion. The "calm serious
ness" of the English nation is com
mented on in the cable dispatches.
Never has the prospect of war been re
garded with less enthusiasm, we are
told and yet "It is doubtful If England
ever approached a war with a sterner
resolve.' 1
Such dellberatness implies the exist
ence of compelling reasons for the Im
pending action —reasons that would ap
peal to the highest order of Intelli
gence or would come home to the minds
of men with the force of destiny. One
listens in vain, however, for an autorl
tative utterance from anywhere which
would carry conviction. On the con
trary. when the wherefore of the Im
pending war Is referred to by English
observers of even ordinary mentality,
thev regard the participation of Eng
land 1n in a conflict between Slav and
Teuton for the sake of semi-barbarous
Balkan State under Russian influence
as "unmitigated folly."
IN HARRIS BURG FIFTY
YEARS AGO TO-DAY
[From the Telegraph of Aug. 3, 1864.]
F list Da-
To-morrow being a national fast >
day, the Post Office will be open only
from 7:30 to 8 a. m. and from 1 to 3
o'clock p. m.
Verheke Guards to Meet
The members mustered Into the Ver
heke Guards are ordered to meet at the
rendezvous. Exchange Building, Wal
nut street, this evening, at 7:3 C o'clock,
for roll call.
WAR'S COST IN HUMAN LIFE
[From the New York Herald.,
Of particular Interest at this time are
the records of killed and wounded in
the last European wars—"little squab
bles In the Balkans'" they are some
times described. Professor Octavo
I»aurent has summed up these losses of
human life in the account of Ills eleven
months' experience as a surgeon with
the Bulgarian troops, which has Just
been published in Paris. He writes for
his surgical colleagues, not to produce
a sensation.
Bulgaria, with 4,300,000 Inhabitants,
put 500,000 soldiers in the tleld. Of
these 53,000 were wounded and SO.noe
killed In the first war and 16,000 kllleu
and <52,000 wounded In the second. Al
together 150,000 killed and wounded—
one-third of the effective force of the
army, and 3 per cent, of the population.
There was one death out of every four
injuries, a very high figure. ,
In the first Balkan war 150,000 men ]
on both sides were killed or wounded
on the field In a single month. Eighty
thousand of these fel 1 on the banks of
Rregnalltza In the six days from the
I 30th of June to the sth of July, 1913.
Professor Laurent quotes an authori
tative prophecy to the effect that a zero
added to these figures would give the
losses In an European war which would,
line tip two armies of the Great Pow
ers. There would be not less than 150,-
000.000 wounded and killed in a month
once the forces were fully in the field.
The figures may be an exaggeration,
but they come approved by a profes
sional expert who has Just had the
latest possible experience.
THE RAILROAD RATE DECISION
[From the Philadelphia Record.]
After Its prolonged delay in reaching
a conclusion the Interstate Commerce
Commission's decision in the Eastern
railroad rate case is likely to fall rather
fiat. On account of the vast questions
which have been suddenly thrust upon
the financial and business communi
ties in the last few days the rate case
has been reduced from a matter of
much '—mediate consequence to values
and to the influences which make for
business activity or depression. The
decision, nevertheless, has an import
ance for the future which is bound to
be recognized In time, and the fact that
the ordinary methods of reflecting it
hastily are precluded by the suspension
of the stock market means that its
bearing will be better analyzed and ap
preciated.
To the extent also that the Judgment
of the commission contains disappoint
ments for railroad investors and for all
thoughtful citizens who really how
much prosperous activity i epends on
the encouragement of capital, it may
be pointed out that disappointment has
been more than discounted lately in the
tremendous shock caused by Europe's
war panic. In comnarlson with thf*
vast disturbance wtwh Europe has
promoted all the other affairs which
seemed troublesome recently are now
of trivial significance.
WAR MEANS I.OSS
[From the Springfield Union.]
Viewed from any angle a general Eu
ropean war means stupendous loss, and
every country of the globe II bound to
experience something of that loss. War
! is not a real prosperitv maker, more
than fire. It wastes, blights aid de
stroys. In the present instance it
means a wanton and wicked sacrifice of
lives and the fruits of human endeavor
without any visible promise of compen
satory blessings In respect to liberty
and opportunity for peoples now op
pressed.
REAL ARMAGEDDON
[From the Boston Transcript.]
Such a struggle woul be the real Ar
mageddon, not one to laugh at, but one
to weep for. Fortunately there is noth
ing to menace our own strict neutral
ity .whatever course the impending
conflict may take, but if we suppose
that In the long run it will be produc
tive of advantage to this country, we
shall awaken later to find ourselves ter
ribly mistaken. The nations of the
earth have become too near neighbors
to make the distress of one contribute
to the benefit of others.
Business Locals
PITT VOI R FOOT DOWN
into a pair of Jerauld shoes while the
semiannual sale is on. You will find
an assortment of shoes that is un
equalled for style and dependable ma
terial at prices that are unmatchable
when quality and reliability of makers
are taken into consideration. The best
and largest assortment, always. Jer
auld Shoe Co., 310 Market street.
Mt. GRETNA
See the Soldiers
in Camp
Next Sunday, Aug. 9
SPECIAL TRAIN
l.eave* Hnrrlwburg Iti.W A. M.
Stopping nt principal Intermedi
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Returning, leaves Mt. Gretna at
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Tickets good only on Special
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Pennsylvania *7 C ~
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(NEWS DISPATCHES
OF THE CIVII WAR |
[From the Telegraph of Aug. 3, 1864.]
Prl»on<-T» Revolt
Now York, Aug. 2. A report from
Klinlra says tlint n revolt has broken
out amongst the rebel prisoners In that
city. Three regiments have been sent
to quell the rebellious prisoners.
Attnrk Kelley
Frederick, Md., Aug. 2. Genial
Kelley was attacked at Cumberl;<*ws \
yesterday, at 4 o'clock p. m., by a large I
force unrler Bradley, Johnson and Jic-
Causland.
PUKPAHKnNESS
TFrom the Philadelphia Record.]
The story has long been current about
Napoleon 11T that, on the eve of the
Franco-Prussian War, he asked his
Minister of War if everything in tne
army was ready. "Yes, sire," was the
reply, "down to the very last button on
the soldiers' shoes." The test of war
showed that there were a whole lot of
things more important than buttons
missing from the French equipment,
and It was largely because of this de
fective preparation that the Germans
achieved such rapid victories. Our own
! experience in tiie Spanish-American
War was not unlike that of France.
Which of the European armies now
i mobilizing is to repeat this tale of un
i readiness?
THE DIE is CAST
(From the Philadelphia Public Ledger]
The suspense is ended. It is to be
war. It means chaos in Europe. the
massacre of the strong men, weaklings
left at home to propagate the breed, the
vitality and energy of the nations turn
ed to destruction. The suffering and
poverty resulting will reach down from
this generation to the next and to the
next. Out of it may emerge new dy
nasties and new nations. The die has
been cast In favor of the things against
which civilization has been struggling
for centuries. No good can result.
There Is but one promise, and that is a
result so terrible that never again will
men resort to brutal settlement of their
difficulties. And it is just possible that
a new balance of power will he evolved
too stable to be upset. The awfulness
of the catastrophe is too great for men
yet to comprehend It; the human mind
does not yet grasp the full tragedy of
the Napoleonic wars. If modern engines
of destruction render the conflict short
because terrible it will be fortunate for
the world.
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