6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established iStr PUBLISHED BY THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACK POLES President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STEINMETZ Mongging Editor ■Published every evening (except Sun ' day) at the Telegraph Building. 218 Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at XSmBegOBD six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers, at $3.00 a year in advance. » Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg. Pa., as second class matter. Sworn dally overage for the three ★ months ending May 31, 11)15. 21,577 W Average for the year 1014—23.213 Average for the year 1013—21.577 Average for the yenr 1012—21,175 Average for the year 1011—18,851 Averagre for the year 101ft—17.405 TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 15. / Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing Us griefs and anxieties. —Cicero. ROOSEVELT MISTAKEN IN the recent break in the Demo cratic party, caused by the resigna tion of William Jennings Bryan as Secretary of State, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt pretends to see an opportu nity for the Progressive party. To a delegation of Atlanta Progressives he made it slain that he thought the res ignation of Bryan had complicated things for the Democratic party and that hs saw In it a good opportunity tor his party. The Colonel is nursing delusions again. Apparently he has not learned ■what nearly every other Progressive knows—that the party as a party, is almost, if not quite, dead. Indeed, it never was a party in the generally ac cepted meaning of the word. At the most it was nothing more than a pro test of Republicans against conditions ■within their own party to which they objected. The spirit that brought the Progressive move ment into being has been responsible tor working those reforms within the Republican party, demand for which caused the break in 1912. The conse quence is that the last election in Pennsylvania found the Progressives registered largely as Republicans and as Republicans they will vote next near. There is every reason why they should be back in the party fold and none why they should not, for the Re publican party, in this State at least, has given the people more since its return to power than the Progres sives did in the heydey of their popu larity. With Progressive influences strong in the Legislature of 1913, the session failed in its promise to enact workmen's compensation, adequate child labor regulations and other re forms prominent in the platforms and speeches of Progressive candidates for the Legislature. This year finds both these laws written on the statute books of the State and many others of like nature, passed by a Republi can Legislature and signed by a Re publican Governor. In the management of the national affairs of the party it is the same, so that there is no place for the Re publican who left the reservation last presidential campaign except back in the Republican party. Colonel Roosevelt is mistaken. His is a lost cause, and Rooseveltism is a dead issue. The next president is going to be a Republican and the men who voted for the Colonel in 1912 are going to help elect him. If it ever comes to war, we suggest that Bryan enlist in the corps of "hot air" balloonists. STARVE THE FLY NOT Swat the Fly! but Starve the Fly! is the cry now being heard throughout tlje country. And a sensible slogan it is. Where you can swat one fly, you can starve a million with about the same amount of energy. By starving the fly is meant the clearing of alleys and back yards of filth and rubbish, the breed ing places of the pests; of keeping stables tree from manure; keeping garbage cans covered, and so on. The new campaign against the ty phoid carrier is really getting down to brass tacks. You can do your share, If you will, Mr. Harrisburger. The Kaiser condemns "schnapps" and jcondones beer. Can't be possible he W>wn« stock in a Drewery? BRYAN—PEACEMA KER JT'S all over but signing the peace treaties. Colonel Bryan Is going to tell us how to end the war in Europe. If the Commoner were not such a serious person we might suppose he is about to propound a conundrum and, fwhen somebody asks "How," intends Ito rej)ly, "Persuade everybody to stop fighting." But incidents of the past few days Indicate that If Mr. Bryan ever pos ieessed a sense of humor he put it in letorage along with his old slouch hat jwhen he left Nebraska for Washington land the Chautauqua platform. So we wait with breathless interest Mr. Bryan's plan, convinced that he Is ( ln earnest. And why shouldn't he be? 'The solving of great problems is no J new thing to Bryan. Didn't he once lell us how to regulate the country's TUESDAY EVENING, monetary system by the great sixteen to on» method? Did he not solve our railroad problems with his public own ership theories? And has not the na tion prospered and the cost of living been reduced under the administration he did so much to create? Have they not? we ask; they have not, you roply. So let Mr. Bryan tell us about his great peace plan. It may keep him silent on subjects more likely to get himself and the nation at large into "hot water." At all events, he has at last got around to the discussion of a situation that can't be made worse by his meddling. Standard Oil Company gold , has been paying missionary expenses In the war zone. It develops. Now what will Ida Tarbell have to say to that? OVR IDLE GOLD SCARCITY of gold has proved an embarrassment to the United States on more than one occasion, j Indeed. It has not been so long since that bankers viewed with alarm the steady flow of the yellow metal out of the country. It is therefore somewhat surprising to find financiers predicting unfavorable conditions as likely to re sult from a continued flow of gold into the United States. All the gold that went to Europe at the outbreak of the war has returned and when the bal ance Is struck for June the nation will be richer in gold than it has been for many years, if not in all its history. Strange to say. however, this abun dance of wealth is of little benefit, since business is not disposed to take advantage of it. With gold aplenty with which to finance the most gigantic boom the nation has ever experienced, industry is not in position to avail itself of the supply. How to put this sur plus money to work is a question that, is puzzling those who see in the ac cumulation of idle money not a sign of prosperity, but as pointing to what may develop into a grave situation both abroad and at home. The con dition Is by no means Indicative of financial health. German editors have at last come to the conclusion that it is folly for Germany to fight the whole world and have concluded that there is no need for war with the United States. We suspect they have been reading some of the American exchanges. EVENTFUL WEEK IN HISTORY THE week of June 14 is eventful in the history of the world. Fifty years ago yesterday, the Civil War came to an end. One hundred years ago this week began the hostili ties that resulted in the defeat of Na polean at Waterloo. Seven hundred years ago today King John, of Eng land, at Runnymede, figned the Magna Charta, the document around which so much of the world's his tory has been written since. In all three cases freedom and liberty have been the gainers. Near the Held of Waterloo, again to-day freedom and liberty are face to face with military despotism, and who shall say that the end shall be other than it has been. Always, with now and then a temporary set-back, the progress of the race has been for ward toward better things and more freedom for the Individual. It would be strange indeed if in this great crisis the slow accomplishments of the cen turies should be blotted out at a blow. History was not written that such a catastrophe should render worthless all of its lessons and the achievements for mankind of which it is the record. Something must be the matter with telegraphic communications between here and Washington. Bryan hasn't been heard from in the past 36 hours. UP TO THE "FAN'S" WHETHER or not Harrisburg is to have an International League baseball team this year is clearly up to the "fans'' of the city. The club management is willing to come here provided the baseball lovers of town buy 250 season books at >2O each. This, considering the expense incident to the transfer of the Newark team and the salary list, is not a large guarantee and puts the responsibility for success or failure of the enterprise just where it belongs. If Harrisburg people want baseball, here is the opportunity. Certainly they will never get an International fran chise on more favorable terms. It is remarkable that the club owners, who are disposed not to consider any city of less than 100,000 population, should have given Harrisburg any consid eration in casting about for a sub stitute for Newark. Now is the time for the baseball "fans" to show their loyalty to the game. If they fail to raise the desired amount, they will have nobody to blame but themselves. Even those who do not expect to find use for a full season ticket, but whose business in terests He in Harrisburg, should give the matter thought, for in no better way can the city be advertised than by classification with Rochester, Toronto and the other big cities of the Inter national League. As between snow in North Dakota and the kind of weather we are having here give us the home-made brand. The. muddy water will be blamed for many an empty bass basket to-night. DAY" OF DEMAGOGUE OVER ? THE Great Commoner goes down with the proverbial dull thud and one of the results of the inci dent is the return to public life of The Colonel in a statement pledging his ' "hearty support" to the President. Verily, the Average Citizen who, after looking the situation over carefully, demands, like the bewildered congress man, to know "where we are at," is entitled to heartfelt sympathy, and all the real information he can get. Time alone holds the answer to the riddle of our politics which has grown out of the war in Europe, and pretty much all the rest of the world. But tempus has accelerated its fuglting to a wonderful degree of late, so by even date next year we all—or at least all of UB who are not running for office,. and as a consequence suffering tem porary atrophy of the reasoning facul ties—will know what It is. It is passing strange, however, that The Commoner and The Colonel, who since 'way back in the days before the Spanish war have been keen rivals In the pursuit of popular affection, should take opposite sides of the big problem of the hour and yet both get in wrong with The Pee-Pul. There must be a lesson of great value to practical politicians in this. It Is that Americans have made up their minds at last to do their own thinking, and that the day of the demagogue is about over in this land. However that may be, The Colonel has shown that he is not too old to learn, when the lesson is sufficiently pointed. The public re fused to follow him, so he has become a much chastened follower of the pub lic. 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT | If the Vatican wishes to maintain its neutrality, it should reinstate the Swiss Guards.—-St. Louis Globe Democry. We earnestly hope that the time will not come for the appearance of a red, white, and blue book.—St. Louis Re public. In the absence of Miss Addams, the army of intervention in Mexico will be commanded by Miss Mabel Boardman.— Boston Transcript. The formation of a league of neutral nations is gaining favor at Washing ton. Better form it quickly or there won't be any material left.—Chicago Herald. TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE —Foolish question No. 1. —Is It hot enough for you? —Anybody who believes that antici pation doesn't hold more Joy than re alization might compare his opinion of vacations before and after taking. —An optimist is a man who buys a bathing suit thinking only of the Jovs of the surf and giving no thought to sunburn suffering. —And to think that Mr. Bryan was at one time a colonel of infantry. Some of the most popular legends relating to our picturesque summer resorts are those the patrons tell of their prominence at home. —Hot weather has some advantages —it never causes a fire from an over heated Hue. —All automobilists are reckless to the man who doesn't drive a car, and to the man who does, all pedestrians are careless. It all depends on whether you look at the steering wheel from the front or the rear. —A man in Joliet, 111., clains he never "had a harsh word from his wife." Didn't they ever have gravy and a clean tablecloth at the same time? DIVIDING PENNSYLVANIA "What really should be done in Pennsylvania is to form two states from that which now exists, dividing the territory of the Keystone state, ;>ast and west of the mountains," said Representative W. D. Walton, of New Castle, in discussing the veto of Gov ernor Martin G. Brumbaugh of the Clark act for third-class cities and other legislation. "The temper and mental processes of the people of Pennsylvania are strangely in contrast in the eastern and western parts of the state and it would be a good thing if the west ern section could be formed into a new state and have a government of its own," Mr. Walton declared. "The people of the east are ultra conserva tive, while the western Pennsylvan ians are progressive and wide awake. "During the session of the Legisla ture it was Lancaster and Reading that made trouble for all bills that af fected third-class cities. Reading es pecially opposed all progressive meas ures. As regards the vetoing of the third-class city bill by Governor Brumbaugh, 1 am at loss to under stand why he did it. I presume it was on some technicality. The Gov ernor is a stickler for technicalities and I presume he will be known as the veto governor." [Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.] Resenting the veto of legislation affeciing third class cities. Representa tive Walton, of Lawrence county, de clares "what really should be done in Pennsylvania is to form two states from that which now exists, dividing the territory of the Keystone State east and west of the mountains." The suggestion is not new, but Mr. Wal ton's reasons are. He asserts that the temper and mental processes of the people in the two sections are "strangely in contrast." The people of the east are, "ultra conservative, while the Western Pennsylvanians are progressive and wide awake." Even if that sweeping statement were not controverted by Eastern Pennsylvania folk the existence of such a condition as Mr. Walton describes is not a sufficient justification for di viding the state. The strength of Pennsylvania lies In the fact that it has something, in greater or less meas ure, that practically any other state in the Union has or all of them combined possess. Its range of natural resources is remarkable. Its variety of natural beauties is unusual. Its diversification of industries Is unsurpassed. The cos mopolitan character of its population is duplicated in few states, if any. It touches the Great Lakes and the tide waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Its watersheds drain into Delaware Bay, Chesapeake Bay and the Gulf of Mex ico. It has all kinds of politics and representative of all theories of gov ernment and economics. These things between them make Pennsylvania great and have brought the eommon wealth to a position in the family of states which requires no apology. That Lancaster and Reading have antagonized third class city legislation of the so-called advanced school can hardly be urged seriously as a basis for division. There is no more sub stantial city in Pennsylvania than Reading, and there are few better towns than Lancaster. There are other and more preferable means of dealing with the municipal problems than through the creation of new states, constitutional modifications for example. The failure of bills in a given term of the Legislature, whether by veto or otherwise, is not infallibly a calamity. Legislatures are not so far apart that any city is likely to lan guish between sessions. FISHING FOR KEEPS Birch bark seems to have been pro vided as a natural background tor mounted fish, and in general, no form of mount is better that the dead' game style, which shows the fish as if hang ing from a string or as laid on a birch log Perhaps the nearest approach to the Illusion of life is in mounting the fish flat, and independent of a panel or background. A fiat, light piece of wood is shaped and smoothed to reproduce the lines of the fish The skin is drawn around this form to give the appear ance of the fish as when resting in a pool. The fins should not be fallen at rest nor stiffly erect, and the tail should be slightly dropoed. —Outing. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH CK ftKKOtjCtfcuUa By the Ex-Commtttecma Senator William E. Crow, state chairman of the Republicans, who was here to-day on business at the de partments, is disposed to sit back and watch the Democratic fight. The state chairman said that he was satisfied with the way the Republican party's affairs were going and that it was stronger than ever with the people, but he expected the Democracy to fur nish considerable amusement- for tho public in the next few months. The senator said that he looked for ward to the meeting of the Demo cratic state committee for the selec tion of a national committeemen with a grcal deal of interest. Other Re publican leaders who have been here this week think that the disagreement in the national affairs of the Democ racy will be reflected In Pennsylvania. Old Guard Democrats are sitting back and saying nothing just now and decline to get drawn into the contro versy between Wilson and Bryan. As a rule they stand firmly by the Presi dent in the national crisis, but they are not so keen for some of his polit ical adherents in this state. —The old proposition of dividing the state has appeared again. This turns up about every six years. It is due to the fact that some people in the western end of the state occasion ally view legislation from their own local standpoint, overlooking the uni formity clauses of the constitution, with the result that they relieve their feelings by demanding that there be two states with the mountains as the dividing line. The last time this turned up was in 1911. It was much heard in the nubilous nineties, but no one ever gets mad enough to take it seriously. —Fred C. Ehrhardt, member from Scranton, and the ranking member of the House appropriations committee, is here to-day. Mr. Ehrhardt has been mentioned for several places, but is not considered as an applicant for any. —People in the Huntingdon-Mifflin- Bedford district expect some an nouncements hy candidates for judge very soon. Most of the announce ments are expected to be by men who will not run. Judge Woods is strong ly backed for renomination, and his strongest opposition, if it comes, will be from Samuel I. Spyker, of Hunt ingdon county. Mr. Spyker has not announced what he Intends to do. —City Controller Morrow, of Pitts burgh, who has been a target for some people in his city, intends to fight. He is well-known here and his friends will be interested in this statement by him: "When the time comes I will file my papers and let the voters of Pittsburgh determine whether they want me. I do not intend to worry myself with the matter. 1 have been serving the people of Pittsburgh for a good many years and they are en tirely competent to decide whether my service has been satisfactory and merits continuance." —The controller is elected on a nonpartisan ticket. The last Legis lature made no changes in the second class city provisions of the nonparti san ballot act except to provide that where two or more candidates have the same or similar surnames their occupations are to he printed on the ballot. The hill making this amend ment is now before, the Governor. THE JKMKZ- IN DIANS A Tribe Whicli Still Retains Many Old Habits and Ways of Life [Southern Workman.] The Jemez are a prosperous people. When first visited by Europeans they were semicivilized and, lile their Pueblo neighbors, they differed In many characteristics from the nomadic tribes, then as now, devoting their at tention principally to the cultivation of the soil and living in permanent vil lages. They also had a division of labor, the men doing the work in the fields, the women the housework. Ow iiiK to their isolation and manner of living, they still retain their ancient language, customs, superstitions and religion, though all use the Mexican language and are adherents of the Roman Catholic Church. These Indians are extremely re ligious; every voluntary act is usually performed with some religious end in view. ,They are worshipers of an imaginary being called Pestyasode. They also worship nature and endow each object with its counterpart spirit. The sun, moon, stars, clouds, light ning, thunder, rainbow and snake are their chief objects of worship. The Jemez have their own vine yards, of which they take great care. They are enclosed with adobe fences. The grapevines are pruned in the fall and are then coiled up around the stockroot on the ground and deeplv covered with dirt to keep them from freezing in winter. In spring the dirt is removed and the vines put up on arbors. The grapes are raised prin cipally for the wine they produce, which is pressed out with bare feet and allowed to sour in barrels. Tne two winters I was at Jemez several families had a barrel or two of wine in their storerooms. Yet, to my knowl edge, only one Indian man was drunk. I understand that the officers of the village are severe in their measures for keeping drunkenness under control. j Our Daily Laugh LLUAu EVEN THB (. How does the JuE* /)_ war affect yonr yfc. £j> practice, Doc? ' awful, lots \ of people can't x\ ' grgsM eTen a " tor<l to be sick an j more. DISCOURAGING. Ttl An y th '"K new y ° ur * >oaT< '" ns ln ktu^> ° r HEI.P IT ALONG By Wing Dinner Gee, there is no sweeter music Than the deep commanding call Of the umpire on the ball field When he loudly shouts "Play Ball." Honest injun, pal, row tell me If it isn't really so— Haven't you just been a hankerln* For a game to which to gro? Course you have, and so have others— Why the old town doesn't seem Like the same old burg this season, Just because it has no team. But we have a chance to land one If we all lend some support— Come on—buy a book of tickets — Do It now and be a snort. THE CARTOON OF THE DAY COME TO MY ARMS, MY JENNINGS BOY! —From the I'hltmlelphln Public l.rdKer. METROPOLITAN PRESS ON THIRD NOTE TO GERMAN [From the New Tork Sun.] It will be observed that President Wilson and his loyal counsellors have made the only logical reply possible to the note addressed to our Government on May 28 by the German Minister for Foreign Affairs. That reply was re garded by some Americans as incon clusive and non-responsive. As The Sun suggested at the time, Dr. von Jagow's answer was perfectly respon sive. It was inconclusive only for the simple and sufficient reason that it was avowedly tentative, reserving a final statement of the German position until Washington was heard from with re gard to certain questions of fact, principally the facts about the alleged armament of the Lusitanla. Now the Lansing note removes this question from controversy; that is, unless Ger many sees fit to Impugn the good faith and veracity of our Government. In temperate language, but with unmiti gated firmness of purpose, it adheres in every particular to the position previously taken with regard to the neutral rights of American citizens on the high seas. It still leaves the way open to that honorable and peaceful settlement of the question at issue which every sensible American and every reasonable German must alike desire: and it puts the responsibility of final decision as to the continuance of friendly relations which the decision properly belongs; that is, with Ger many. TFrom the New York Tribune.] Judged In connection with the events of the last few days and measured by the anticipations of a new birth of firmness and vigor at Washington, which they excited, the new note to Germany will prove a disappointment. The country expected a still more concrete and positive assertion of our position as the champion of neutral rl Klits. The first and strongest impression which the public will get from the note is that it does not clear up at all the mystery of Mr. Bryan's resignation. It is noteworthy that in the closing paragraph of the letter Mr. Lansing apparently contracts the scope of our championship of the free use of the seas by warning Germany that "the Government of the United States deems it reasonable to expect that the Im perial German Government will adopt the measures necessary to put these principles into practice in respect of the safe-guarding of American lives and Ameriran ships." The qualification is a wise one and a proper step away from the too broad implication of the note of May 13. * * » So long as the Administration still stands for that irreducible minimum of our demands the country will be array ed firmly behind it. The nation wel comes every prospect of attaining its ends by peaceful means. But it is de termined to attain them, in whatever direction the pursuit of that policy may lead. BOOKS AND MAGAZINES" Booth Tarkington. author of "The Turmoil," attended last month a meet ing of the Graduate Council at Prince ton University, of which he is an active member. After a short stay in Prince ton, he started off for the Maine coast to his home at Kennebunkport. There he finds his chief recreation in yacht ing. He has Just bought a new yacht, and so Mr. Tarkington says his old yacht is awaiting a purchaser. Nine years ago when Marcus Horton was beginning his just-published novel, "Bred of the Desert." he sold an article on the Southwest to Francis Perry El liott, author of the just-published book, "Pals First," then the editor of the "Great Southwest Magazine." "He corrected me," recalls Mr. Horton, In a recent letter to his publishers, "In an unforgettable way the use and abuse of 'in' and 'of as prepositions. Mr. Elliott, whose 'Pals First' you are pub lishing now, was the first real editor I had met up to that time. And the $lO he gave me for my article —well, I went out and leaned up against a tele graph pole and debated with myself for an hour as to whether I should buy a new hat, which I needed badly, or whether a big square meal with green trimmings—my debts would eat up the rest—which also I needed badly. That our names appear together now in your advertising pleases me greatly.". A GOOD RIDDANCE (From Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.) The resignation of William Jennings Bryan as Secretary of State is a good riddance. It is a great relief to the people of the United States and to President Wilson. It puts Mr. Bryan just where he belongs. He never was fitted for the place. He has not filled it with dignity, ability or satisfaction, nor yet with fidelity. For the first time in his life in a position of genu ine responsibility, he has been but a cheap Imitation. He has been largely a sordd seeker after Jobs for"deserving Democrats" of the Bryan breed and for the gate receipts of country fairs, side shows and Chautauqua circles. Always possessed of a yellow streak, he has now developed a white liver, and in the hour of his chief's gravest official trial, in the face of another power which any day may be an enemy nation, he quits like a spoiled child and Is off to his howl of milk, his grape Juice and his dove of peace! The history of the United States con tains no parallel for this exhibition of pettiShness under the guise of pulchri tude. of hobby riding on the assump tion that it is an inviolable principle, of sanctimonious strutting before the whole world by one who is at best a political adventurer principally equip ped with qualities for drawing a crowd such as clowns and vaudeville Stars i might envy. JUNE 15, 1915. [From the New York World.] President Wilson reply to the Ger man note could hardly have been made more moderate and restrained without surrendering the American contention In this controversy. In the main the note is a reiteration of the principles of international law and the code of humanity which the President defined and upheld in the note of May 13. It is apparent that the President is determined to give Germany every chance to put herself in accord with the practices of civilized warfare and to make it as easy as possible for the German Government to accede to the demands of the United States Govern ment. It is doubtless well, nevertheless, that the note errs on the side of mod eration. This Is particularly fortunate In view of the sorry performance of Mr. Bryan. The President had already stated the American attitude as clearly as words could state it. Any reinforce ment of his previous declarations would have been nothing short of an ultima tum. • * * It is even a question whether he has not been at such pains to give the German Government a chance to save its face that his self restraint will he misinterpreted by thf blundering diplomacy of Berlin. Yet the attitude of the American people in their unswerving support of the Pres ident should no longer be a matter of doubt in German official circles despite the action of Mr. Bryan. Be that as it may, the President shows himself an enlightened states man eager to And a pacific solution to the problem if such a solution can be found. As for Mr. Bryan's conduct in this matter, we do not think there is any sane American citizen who will have difficulty in choosing: between the di plomacy defined in Mr. Wilson's note and the diplomacy defined In Mr. Bryan's simultaneous answer to that note. [From the New Yorker Herold.] Mr. Wilson's note is soft spoken, but there Is no blinking the fact that he wants those "assurances" which he mentions in the last sentence of the document. That is, he wants the Ger man Government to yield In the sub marine question. American lives and American property must not be put in jeopardy and the Government of the United States demands from Germanv a definite promise that the rules of naval warfare which heretofore prevailed will be observed in the future. What if Germany refuses to give such assurances? Or if she demands to know why she should observe the rules while her opponent is permitted all the lati tude he wants? Or if Germany should attempt further parley? The issue is uncertain. However, we fear no grave consequences. "In due I time, roses may be gathered," as the 1 German proverb runs. i SERGEANT PANNASSINK Although the Germans have made charges against the Russians for cruelty In East Prussia, similar charges have be«n made against them by the Russians, and this photograph of Ser geant Pannassink is offered by them as evidence. The soldier was captured by Germans, according to the Russian story, and taken to a garage, where the Germans slit his eats. He freed himself during the night and made his way back to the Russian lines. There he was decorated with a dis tinguished cross. INCENTIVE TO ADVANCE [From the Uoulsville Courier-Journal.] Should think an army as strong as the German army, and as hungry, would not let any scrap of paper hoad it oft from a country chuckful of Swiss cheese. J Sbpiting (Eljat Although no one at the Capitol ex pecw any call for military service a number of individuals have officially communicated their willingness to or ganize companies of militia or to form aviation corps. Some of the com munications have been sent to Gov ernor Brumbaugh and recall the num erous offers to form companies of in fantry, batteries of artillery or troops of cavalry that marked the early days of the Spanish war. One man who A thought he scented trouble from afar , offered to form a company of trained men for foreign service. He did not Indicate in what land, but he wanted the Governor to feel assured of his readiness. These letters are all care fully filed at the Capitol. State offi cials will not consider for the present tenders of airships or offers to form aviation, automobile or motorcycle corps, which have been suggested In some recent letters. Several men have notified the State authorities that in the event of trouble their air craft wot Id be at the service of the Guard or Naval Militia. They have been thanked and note made of the ma chine. Some of the other letters on the subject do not Indicate as generous a disposition, the writers saying that If assured of State funds they would organize aviation corps for prompt service. The State has no appropri ation for aviation purposes and no encouragement was held out to the men who were interested, although they were thanked and notified that their offers would be filed. In the case of those having machines which they were willing the State to use in case of hostilities data about the machines was recorded. Each time conditions along the Mexican border become acute or there are clouds on the in ternational horizon the State officials receive notice from patriotic citizens of their willingness to help. It is be lieved that many automobiles and a number of air craft could be had tfv the State Guard without difficulty if the need came. "Give us a chance," said a couple of automobile drivers the other day in speaking of the traffic rules in the city. "We are compelled to stop 75 feet from the curb line on the near side of the street, but on market davs what are we to do. Take Chestnut street for example, any Wednesday or Saturday. Street lined full of farm ers' wagons, on both sides. The only space left is on the car tracks. I ad mit that other streets are blocked for an hour sometimes but on market days, from 5 in the morning until late in the afternoon and evening, no room can be had on either side of the street. Serve notice on the offenders on other streets, and get the wagons off Chestnut street, also. The standing spate for people trying to get on street cars is too narrow. A serious accident on that street will wake up the city to its duty. We are in favor of letting every one have a say and also a chance, but why cause unnecessary congestion, and endanger the public by permitting such conditions?" This complaint has been made by not only jitney drivers, but by owners and driv ers of private machines who have oc casion to use the street daily. I Shakespeare, Dickens, Elliot, Thack leray and other noteworthy authors are to have modern rivals, according to Information from a "movie" fan and a subscriber to at least three motion picture magazines. One of thesa magazines, he says, is conducting a "classic" contest open to any reader of the magazine. The Idea is to any person who has* seen a masted piece In movies to vote on whether or not he thinks the story of the play good enough to place beside the works of noted authors, because of tha touches of life both modern and an cient that are shown in the play. The contest has already aroused criticism, it is said, from a number of the older students of the classics, but some of them have agreed to let the newer authors submit their works and put them to the test of popularity among the general public. The Beaumont Rotary Club, of Beaumont, Texas, is an enterprising organization, as Rotary Clubs always v are. The club purchased the adver tising space of the Beaumont Enter prise and issued a special Rotary number. Not only that, but Rotarlans all over the country have received complimentary copies of the issue. It is a credit both to the cluh and to the newspaper management. The supplement is printed in colors and is of a style and workmanship not ex celled in metropolitan newspaperdom. • • ♦ Some of the Jitneys being run about the city's streets have signs as varied as the makes of the machines. There is one car that goes about with a huge J attached to the front while another has "Jitney" in china letters on its windshield. Most of the driv ers content themselves with displaying pennants or American flags as adver tisements, although some advertise their routes. One man ran a jitney yesterday with only a cardboard sign and most Indifferently printed at that. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Dr. J. William White has been highly complimented upon his new est book, Col. Roosevelt being one of those to congratulate him. —Ambassador Guthrie will present diplomas to University of Pittsburgh graduates to-morrow. —€. W. Balrd, prominent resident of Oil City, will spend three months on the Pacific coast. —Harvey Snyder, of Indiana, has started to visit San Francisco, going by automobile. —George F. Chandler, of Philadel phia, will take an extended trip through Canada. DO YOU KNOW That Harrlsburjt Is becoming a center of orchard shipments? TEMPERANCE 5,500 YEARS AGO (Christian Herald.) A foreign exchange has this interest ing paragraph: "There is still in ex istence an Egyptian papyrus of the date of 3,500 years before the Chris tian era, which contains the following caution: 'My son, do not linger in the wine shop or drink too much wine. It causeth thee to utter words thy neighbor which thou rememberest not. Thou fallest upon the ground, thy limbs become weak as those of a child. One cometh to trade with thee an<J flndeth thee so. Then say they, 'Take away the fellow, for he is drunk.'" This Is believed to be the oldest temperance lecture in existence, CIVIC CLUB ' Fly Contest June 1 to July 31 5 Cents a Pint Prizes of $5, $2.50 and nerewU SI.OO ones duplicated by Mr. Ben Strouse
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