10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established 1811 PUBLISHED BY THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER Secretary Gt'S M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 21S ' Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Kasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago. 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. 6worn dully atrrasr circulation for the three month* ending June 30, 1015 ★ 21,231 * Average '«r the year ISI4 Average for the year 1013—10.063 Average for the year 1812—19,849 Average for the year 1011—17..V13 Average for the year 101»—H.261 The above figure* are net. All re turned, unsold aad damaged copies de ducted. FRIDAY EVENING. JULY 9. God has given some gists to the whole hu man race, from ulnclt no one is excluded.— Seneca. LOOKING TOWARD VICTORY TTTHILE patriotism has risen [\y. above partisanship in New England, so far as foreign complications are concerned, reports, from Maine. New Hampshire and Yer- i mont within the past few days indi-j cate that in each of these States the Republican party is planning to con duct the next campaign on a platform of opposition to Democratic inefficien cy, and Massachusetts is also lining up for that purpose. New England evidently feels that as a section it has been deliberately and unfairly attacked by the Democratic Congress, and that but for the war the Wilson-Underwood tariff would have brought widespread ruin to every one of these manufacturing States. The tariff, provided conditions are normal, will be the principal issue upon which the Republican party will make its campaign, and there is a gen eral feeling of a sweeping victory in 1916. New England lias been painfully conscious since 1913 that the South is In the saddle, and that In the tariff end other legislation, as well as in a rightful share in the allotments of office, it has been discriminated against to the advantage of the South ern States. The sectionalism created by war has faded away, but in its place has arisen a new sectionalism, and in the fight for political prefer ment the South has had all the better of it. EFFICIENCY OF CO-OPERATION THE arrangement recently an nounced by the State Fish. Game and Forestry Commissions whereby they will co-onerate to en- I force the police regulations required I of them by act of the Legislature is! a step in the right direction. It has never been apparent to any body who has given the matter con sideration why one force of men should patrol the woods'for purposes of game protection and pay no atten tion to violations of the fish or game laws, or why a fish warden should not be a game protector, or a game war den a fish protector, as the case may be. The duties of forest, game and fish wardens dovetail so perfectly that there Is no overlapping and one mas act in the capacity of another with out decreasing his own efficiency in any way. The State is the gainer by the new plan. Thereby the fish, game and forept forces are all three trebled In size and rendered much more effective. NOT PLAY, HI T HARD WORK TIME was when the annual en campment of the National Guard was little more than a reunion and jollification, with lots to eat and more to drink and very little to do cave look pleasant and march in re-' view on the day when the Governor j and his staff put in their appearance 1 for the annual review. But the oamp ! that opens at Mt. Gretna to-day with j eo many Harrisburg soldiers under canvas will be a very different kind of affair. There will be very, very little play and very, very much hard work. The Guardsmen will be given i a week of hard training in the ways j of the modern soldier. Officers and' men will live under conditions as nearly like those existing in time of actual warfare as is possible. They will learn the little tricks of caring for themselves under any and all con ditions. They will be ordered about by their own officers, but those officers will be acting under the guiding hand of regular army men. experts in their line and the State troops cannot help tut be benefitted by the contact. The temperance order issued by General Stewart is in strict accord with modern thought along this line. Even Berlin has decreed that alcohol and military life do not mix. Doubtless there will be no lack of liquor at Mt. Gretna for those who cannot get along without It, but it is Important that the State should have Bet its foot down hard upon the prac tice of drinking while in camp. This Is the first step toward Its total abolition in years to come. The soldier FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JULY 9, 1915 who is ambitious to be at his best, like the most efficient men in other walks of life, must eschew alcohol. The National Guard of Pennsylvania Is not a body of drinkers, as some would make believe. A large propor tion of the men are teetotalers and of those who do indulge few go beyond what is commonly regarded as moderation. Nevertheless every quart of liquor consumed during an encamp ment sapg the vitality of the troops and diminishes to that extent the fighting efficiency of the guard. HAIL AND FAREWELL THIS Is the vacation season. Needless and foolish statement of a fact that everybody realizes ; all too well. For those who have been ! saving for the advent of the "get away" | period the t "little roll" looks hardly i large enough. For those have no i "roll" the case is indeed sad. Full i many there are who will put a . mortgage on next Fall's overcoat or : next winter's coal in order to gratify the longing that tugs at the heart of each of us in these lazy, hazy summer days when all nature protests against the grinding routine of a workaday world. Disguise the fact as we will, smile bravely as we may, assert as vigorously as we know how that "we don't want any vacation this year," there is none among us who does not long to throw off the fetters of toil and tfie cares and responsibilities that sit lightly on our shoulders for eleven months of the year and hie ourselves away to what soever land of rest and recreation in our mind's eye seems most lovely. Some of us must turn our thoughts resolutely from the pleasant prospect. But most of us will hearken to the siren strains of summer's call to play until the lure becomes too great; until we throw resolution to the winds, bid hail and farewell to our pocketbooks and sally forth in search of pleasant adventure, saying, in substance, if not In text, as some humorously poetic scul under similar circumstances has put It: Little bankroll, ere we part, Let me hold you to my heart; All the year I've clung to you. I've been faithful, you've been true. Little bankroll, in a day You and I will start awav To a gay and festive spot. I'll come home, but you will not. THE REASON IN a recent editorial, the Christian Science Monitor says that "in a year when depression seized upon many of Canada's leading industries, among those that assisted materially to prevent a complete upset of the balance was lumber production." This brief statement should be of great Interest to the American people. A brief consideration of import sta tistics shows why lumbering has been' so material a factor in maintaining business in Canada at a time when that industry is paralyzed in the United States. The mills of the Pacific coast have b;en closed down or running on short time. Logging camps have been idle and the wheels of shingle mills do not turn. During the month of March, 1913, under a protective tariff, imports of shingles Into the United States amounted to only $60,000. During the same month in 1914, the imports in creased to $195,000, and in March, 1915, to $244,000 —more than four times the amount of the imports under a protective tariff. It requires no argument or comment to show why the lumber industry "has prevented a complete upset of the balance" in Canada, and why idle lum bermen are not buying extensively of foodstuffs, clothing, machinery and other commodities in the United States. MAKING THE ROADS SAFE BY recalling the automobile license of a driver who was found guilty of running his car while under the influence of liquor State Highway Commissioner Cunningham has shown that he meant exactly what !he said a few weeks ago when he (announced his intention of ridding the State highways of drunken automobile | operators. ' No railroad company wquld for a moment tolerate on one of its loco motives an engineer who would let drink get the better of him. Yet the intemperate engineer is scarcely a greater menace to public safety than is the drunken driver of an automo bile. Such a one not only imperils the lives of those who ride with him, but no pedestrian is safe on the highway I with him and vehicular traffic sharing the road is in constant danger. Many of the accidents that have made some people fearful of the automobile ani have kept others from owning a ma chine have been due to the "joy rid ing" of intoxicated drivers. Mr. Cunningham will have the pub lic with him in his strict enforcement jof the law in thia respect. Also, it is | a pleasure to note that the Motor Club of Harrisburg has assumed the same attitude and is not only de barring from membership those who violate the law of "Safety First," but Is employing officers to enforce the laws of the State as they apply to automobiles. I LEADING THE WAY EB. WILSON, manager of adver tising for the Bankers' Trust Company, delivered an address recently before the North Dakota Bankers' Association, in which he said: Bankers, If they would be in har mony with the best thoughts of the present day, with the thought' which makes for solidarity with in the nation and between nations, must necessarily consider their duty toward the community, the country and the world, while con sidering their own business Inter ests. T do not hesitate to say that It .. Is a duty of banks of the better sort to apprise the public of their facilities and usefulness. There Is the obvious reason of self-interest which Impels the banker to advertise, the laudable doslre to expand his business, to grow in public confidence, to In crease his profits and dividends bv Increasing the volume of his busi ness. Publicity is the -order of the day. The store that does not advertise is looked upon with suspicion. Goods that are not advertised are generally of an Inferior quality. The man in search of backing facilities may not; have a lawyer with whom to consult ! Very often he has not. 'He has not time in which »to Investigate for him self. The wise banker brings his mes sage to his prospective patron through the nc-wspaper, a medium that every live man in every community consults for information at, least once a day. Many bankers re; .ize this. Others look upon bank advertising as "un ! ethical." Physicians have the same mistaken notion. But the time will iconic when both banks and physicians J will look upon the matter differently. The public has a right to know If a | physician is especially equipped by special study, training or otherwise to perform a special service. It is a strange condition that the medical man who advertises is regarded with suspicion by his fellow practitioners and the public, while the business man who does not advertise is regarded in the same light. Banks that are fully awake to the snlrit of the times have entered the advertising field. Doubtless the time is coming when all who have anything worthy of presentation to the public will follow. | TELEORAPH PERISCOPE —"When is an American NOT an American?"—heading over article by Colonel Roosevelt in Metropolitan Magazine. Without taking the time to J read the article,, might we venture as ] an answer—"When he eats garlic!" —lf this submarine activity keeps ; up. Davy Jones will have to build an ; addition to his locker. —Wilkes-Barre is boasting about its j river front. We don't like to get into an argument but we're willing to put ! our money on that In Harrisburg. | —There being no German commerce 1 on the sea, the inactivity of English j submarines Is easily explained. —The Bulgarian States continue to play their favorite role of Vesuvius in , disguise. —Running for office is one of the races that some men don't think re- J quires any training for. i~ EDITORIAL COMMENT I Fighting in the air doesn't necessar ily raise the plane of modern warfare. —Wall Street Journal. Unpreparedness may be defined as a system for making two dollars do the work of one.—Boston Transcript. Villa and Carranza continue to do what they can to cut down the popular vote on the opposition ticket.—Wash ington Post. If, as the statisticians figure out, the war is costing $2,000,000 an hour, somebody is getting terribly bunkoed. —Chicago Daily News. Intervention will unite Mexicans, it is said. Well, since nothing else seems likely to, that may be urged as a rea son for trying it.—Pittsburgh Dis patch. DOUBLE FRANCHISE FOR WOMEN [St. Paul Pioneer Press.] It has been said or written or dreamed that one must go abroad to learn the news of his own bailiwick. But that is not all. Evidence is now at hand that political wisdom of do mestic affairs does not always dwell at home. The antisuffragists, for in stance, have spent years in attempt ing to demonstrate why the sex line should be drawn at the polls—wliy masculine rather than feminine at tributes should be held as the stand ard of franchise. But in spite of their efforts suffrage has been gain ing. The anti's have gone lame un der the burden of proof. But now comes a man from the Orient —no less a personage than Mr. Chang, the Rockefeller of China, who. while in a Southern city, was asked what he thought of woman suffrage. Having previously been led to be lieve that American women ruled their husbands in all things, he ex claimed: "That would mean two votes for each woman! Why give a woman two votes?" r~~ Our Daily Laugh T 5 FT — WHAT SITE MEANT. j " When I pro- I fx/*-/ f f'k posed to Vivian 111 ', 7 / she asked me it * was a new re- What did she .-g mean? | V' \ She wanted to iMiU know if I had ever participated ill ol~*. In an engagement — 1 before. IN WALL STREET. There are two y . * ways of buying / stocks. / / One is fo buy\ \ \ IWT * outright. IT", \ top Yes; the other/ \ "ifff Is to buy in wrong. - OFF FOR THE PICNIC Hy Wins Dlnsrer Some friends of mine Invited me To go with them to-day Upon a little picnic, and . I couldn't say them nay. So, dolled up In my new white ducks I'll leave at half-past one To while away, on picnic grounds, The afternoon In fun. We'll play baseball, and when the sphere Is loaded down with dirt Someone will tag me on the run, Likewise, my clean, white shirt. Or mayhap I'll forget myself In case of some close play. And do the Kelly act for base In white ducks through the clay. Then on the ground they'll Spread a cloth And on It put some pies Some cakes and Jams and other sweets To draw the bees and flies. And ten to one some cut-up will Give me a wholesome slap And make me drop my cherry pie Square In my white-duck lap. And when It's dark I'll hie for home, Messed up to beat the band. And once again I'll make some vows, And swear by them to stand. That never, never, nevermore To picnics will I go. Yet. when next summer comes around, I'll—wall I guess you know. "po UtUiU ftrCLKUC By the Ex-Committeeman According to information that is i reaching the city Bull Moosers of re : cent militancy are taking little inter | est in the Washington party organiza tions and most of them are parleying !to see what position they will occupy when they get back into the Repub ; llcan party. In some of the. largor | counties the Bull Moosers are talking about what they are going to do in i this Fall's campaign and indicate pret- Ity conclusively that they intend to jtake part in the Republican primaries. ■ In Allegheny county the Bull Moos ers' organization appears to have drop ! ped out of sight and except for half I a dozen men nothing is heard of those | bands which used to cut such large swaths in Philadelphia and Lackawan -1 na counties. —The Dauphin county Washington committee is endeavoring to stay on the map and the city committee is almost over the edge. Last night the executive committee held a spirited meeting at which everything from rules to contributions was discussed !and some changes made In offices. All of the men at the meeting endeavored jto keep quiet the conditions at the ! session, but it leaked out. The report to-day is that W. F. Dunlap for months an active figure, dropped out of the secretaryship of the county com mittee and also quit as city chairman. N. D. Ryder, of Steelton. was elected secretary to the committee of which Ira J. Mosey is the chief, and J. W. Leaman. who succeeded Dunlap, is chairman of the city committee. —An announcement by Mayor John P. Longenecker that he will not seek a second term, as Lebanon's mayor, occasioned no little activity on the part of prospective candidates and their supporters. Of the present Board of City Commissioners no less than three are declared to have the mayoralty "bee," although as yet only one of their number, George T. Spang, has formally announced his candi dacy for the Republican nomination. Edwin U. Sowers, superintendent of finance, and George F. Krause. super intendent of streets, are known to be seriously considering the step, but both mav finally decide to seek a re turn to the commissioner job for a second term. In the discussion of probable candidates the names of a number of prominent business men have been mentioned among them Jacob M. Shenk, a retired merchant and large property owner; Jacob C. Schmidt, a leading jeweler and former president of the school board; John Reed, a former common councilman, and Cyrus F. Strickler. a prorhinent banker and miller. While he has de cided not to seek a second term as mayor, John P. Longenecker Is a can didate for city commissioner. Com missioner James Fisher, superinten dent of parks and public buildings, will also seek re-election, with the re sult that all the present members of [council will again be in the running for a second term as members of that body. —Eight Republicans, representing the three counties In the Twenty fourth Congressional district, met in Pittsburgh yesterday to try to pick a candidate for the Republican nomin ation to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman William H. Brow-n. No progress was made. An other meeting will be held July 20. The nomination will be made In the open primaries of September 21 and the purpose of the series of confer ences started yestefday is to endeavor to agree on a man who will be satis factory to the Republican organiza tions of Washington, Beaver and Law rence counties. All of the probable candidates, including former Congress man Henry W. Temple, were discuss ed, but no decision was reached. Representative J. W. Vlckerman, of Allegheny, who was here yesterday to see the Governor, is working on the plan for bringing about local option legislators' election next year. Mr. Vickerman will visit a number of west ern districts. Attorney F. G. W. Runk, of Allen town. will be a candidate for mayor in his city. John H. Dailey, former Pittsburgh newspaperman and secretary to Wil lie m A. Magee while mayor, is a can didate for councilman in Pittsburgh. He is well known to many here. Dr. J. K. Henry, prominent Mauch Chunk Republican, is a candidate for county treasurer in Carbon. Philadelphia local optionists who have taken a party name will have a meeting in a few days to decide what to do with it. The Philadelphia Liedger says: "Sen ator McNichol yesterday declared in favor of the election of a Philadel phian as the successor to Judge Rice on the Superior Court bench. J. Henry Williams and City Solicitor Ryan have been frequently mentioned in this con nection. The Senator thought Phlla delphians should unite in support of a candidate who would be acceptable to the rest of the State. Judge Rice has announced that he will retire from the bench and a host of candidates for his seat have sprung up. It is generally understood that Judges Orlady and Head, of the Superior Court, will be substantially supported for re-election, though vagaries are possible under cover of the nonpartisan ballot. Sen ator McNichol also thought that there would be no trouble over the election of Judge Finletter and Shoemaker, ap pointees to the Philadelphia common pleas bench by Governor Brumbaugh." With Senator Penrose promising his support and co-operation and the Chamber of Commerce, with its new membership of 4,000 representative business and professional men and its convention-drawing machinery. in charge, a determined effort will be made to bring the Republican national convention to Philadelphia. Preparatory to taking up the matter of the indorsement of a candidate or candidates for the mayoralty it is pro posed that there shall be a me«lng during the latter part of next week of members of the Committee of One Hundred who managed the last coun cilmanic campaign to talk over the srneral situation. James Mapes Dodge is chairman of the committee, which Is made up largely of Blankenburg sympathizers. If there shall be har mony in the Republican organization upon a strong candidate for succes sion to Mayor Blankenburg the Inde pendents realize that It will be futile for them to make a campaign with any hope of electing the next mayor. HOW TO KIIECT A BIM> There is no special magic art about putting a slid up right. Whatever kind you build, put it on a firm foun dation and put It up straight. If it Is a tvpe that may bo blown over brace It with guy wires until it is filled. Build it refund and make it smooth on the inside, is the sound advice given by Kamn and Home. If it is built of masonry, paint tjie inside with one or two coats of a mixture of pure sem»nt and water. Some people coat the inside of a" wooden silo with coal tar. These measures prevent the excessive loss of moisture by evaporation. Silage that is too dry flrefangs and spoils. Ullage with big air spaces in it will have decay for a foot or so surrounding those spaces. To avoid the formation of /tir pockets the inside of the silo must be amuuib _ 1 PICTURESQUE HARRISBURG kj ik J, t _ This is a picture of one of the bridges erected by the park commission lover Paxton creek at the upper end of Wildwood Park. A few years ago this stretch of field was an unattractive, swampy meadow for the most part. Then the park commission took hold of it und transformed it into a pretty piece of park land. The bridge cost but little money, but its rustic style and beautiful background make it a favorite with camera lovers. This photograph was made by J. K. Howe, of this city, especially for the Telegraph. The Telegraph will be glad to publish pictures taken about Harrisburg, showing the charm and beauty of the city and its surround ings during the summer months. All such pictures should be addressed to the Photograph Editor, Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, Pa. POLAND, THE LAND OF R THERE is always the touch of ro mance in any thought of Poland. It is the appealing, pathetic ro mance. Poland, like Scotland, is a vanished land of ronjance. But Scot land is sturdy, vital, masculine; more over. she has dominated to such an extent the country which annexed her that conquest is turned into conquer ing. Poland is gentle, sad, feminine; and Poland has been extinguished by those who made the partition. Yet, while Scotland, forever free, will never again be Independent, Poland, depend ent and downcast for more than a century, has now its possible oppor tunity to become free. The world has been absorbed In the pathos of Belgium. It ha fixed its re solve that Belgium shall again be Bel glum, an Independent kingdom, worthy of Its knightly king, Albert. To this end the world has contributed millions of dollars. This dual city community has sent half a million in actual money and in foodstuffs. Yet Poland has the some right to be free, if it has endured a century of wrongs, and If It would be difficult to find the rightful Stanislaus to the throne. And to the end that Poland may be free, and that there should continue to be Poles who can re-establish the kingdom, our country is but beginning to contribute, and the Twin Cities community has contributed i very little. And certainly here is opportunity, even If we are capable but of contem porary help, to feed Poland as we are feeding Belgium. "The Polish relief commission" reads as though it should be dated "1772." But it is here, it is organized in branch in St. Paul. And to-day it jnakes its appeal. If not answered in such abundance as we are answering the appeal for Belgium, the answer yet should be given. And those to whom appeal can be made in the name of history, and romance, and in the name of art, in the names of Chopin and Paderewskl and Mme. Modjeska, should especially heed this appeal. Paderewskl is in this country, may come to these cities in order to secure American recognition and relief for' Polish sufferers. And. tragedy out of this war, Paderewski has not only lost his fortune, invested in a great estate in Poland, where his aim was to give employment to a great number of his I countrymen, in order that these might serve as a little nucleus of Poland, but he has lost the magic whereby he made this fortune. Paderewski, whose jve ry name brings back the most ex alted memories, when Chopin and Liszt and Schubert spoke as it is not mere pride in generation to say they had never before spoken, when the divine language of rhapsodies and nocturnes and serenades was caught by human ears magicked into under standing—Paderewski has lost his magic. Broken in fortune, he is broken in genius. He may never again touch piano. And if he does it will be but to evoke the ghost of former glories. War kills more than the body. Poland has contributed to the life and the inspiration of America, more than Kosciusko or Paderewski. It has been and is the harbor of many refugees ffom political and from social wrongs. One of the interesting colonies es tablished in this free land by those escaping from oppression—there will bo more—was that at Anaheim, in Southern California, a sort of Brook Farm community, where certain dis tinguished and to be distinguished Poles united their fortunes in banish ment. Sienkiewicz came hither, the Polish novelist whose stories have in all truth made us forget the beloved and absurd "Thaddeus of Warsaw." once dear to our romantic hearts, the Sienkiewicz who the other day, accept ing the contributions which Americans had seht to Poland, and remembering the days of his exile, declared that American generosity has saved thou sands of unfortunates from starvation, but the task of America is not yet accomplished. With. God's help she will in a few years become the con science of the world. The community In which Sienkiewicz took so important a part included the more distinguished Helena Modjeska, who fled from the intrigues of the atrical circles In Warsaw, and, happily for America, found life in the Califor nia colony so far from the dream it had seemed In Poland that she turned to the American stage, and became, she the Pole, with ever the lingering accent, its most exquisite exponent of the English drama. And the colony included also the young lad, Ralph Modjeska. who had urged upon his mother this migration because he had been reading of the Centennial Ex position, but above all of the possi bilities of the Panama canal. In 1876 Tell Your Story to the Woman No person Is more eager for Ideas and suggestions than the woman who runs the home. She is in a sense the "head of a factory" turning raw materials ihto finished pro.ducts day by day. She is a newspaper reader be cause she finds in her newspaper many items of use to her. The manufacturer who neg lects to tell his story through newspaper advertising overlooks the best avenue to the eyes of the great buying power of America. Manufacturers seeking light on this subject are invited to ad dress the Bureau of Advertising, American Newspaper Publishers Association, World Building, New York. the Panama canal sprang eternal In the breast of every engineer, and th» young- Modjeska had determined to become an engineer, he then deter mined to build the canal. He did not accomplish this particular destiny, but he has built bridges over separations as difficult of crossing as those of the canal in digging. East and West he has bridged the chasm which made for division In this country—in a democ racy it Is important that there should be no divisions, that even riverfe and chasms should not be admitted as symbols of division —and he is now constructing that crossing of the St. Lawrence at Quebec, a feat in which the preceding builder failed fatally, a feat which in Its kind is not less an achievement than the building of the canal. Poles have a particular genius. They are important to the world, to America especlaljy important in balancing of those splendid-ordinary qualities we receive from the Saxon, whatever his country. The Poles must be saved. Poland should be re-established. St. Paul (Minn.) Despatch. Ralph Modjeska, the famous engi neer mentioned in the above story, is the man who designed the Memphis railroad bridge, at Memphis, Tenn., now being built by the Pennsylvania Steel Company, of Steelton. His son, Charles Modjeska. is now in Steelton representing his father. White here he is staying at the Engineers' So ciety, South Front street. MAKING OVER THE MAP [Buffalo Express.] Is there any part of the world that is not affected by the war? Bishop Hartzell, who has just arrived In New York from a tour of Africa, brings a report which shows how conditions in the Dark Continent have changed in the last ten months. Martial law prevailed in every sec tion where he held his mission con ferences, whether British, French, Belgian or Portuguese. Outside of Europe, no other continent has been affected so greatly as Africa. The reason, of course, is that Africa Is a continent of colonies. But Bishop Hartzell may go too far when he says that after the war Af rica will have a new map, no mat ter which side wins. "If the Allies I gain the day. Germany will have no colonies in Africa; if Germany wins, more than three-quarters of the con tinent will be Germanised." There may not be this much change. At present the Allies are encroaching upon the German colonies and have reduced some. One of the first acts of the war. for instance, was the British capture of Togoland. But the fate of the colonies should the Allies win, will have to be settled in con ference; and many a war has ended In the restitution of captured colonies. Mrs. Thaw Will Not Testify Against Husband jy JtYELYN HES&T THAW ♦ « Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, photo graphed upon her arrival In New York, July 6, from Malone, Maine. New York. July 9. Despite thp statements of members of the district attorney's staff that she would be com pelled to testify at the insanity trial of her husband, Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw refused to become a witness, standing on her constitutional rights, which prohibit the compelling of a wife to testify against her husband. Mrs. Thaw came to New York to answer a subpena from the summer camp of Jack Cllffors, her dancing partner, at Malone, Maine. She stated I that she feared Thaw would do her I personal injury were he liberated and that she did not want to meet him, even In a courtroom. Ebenittg (tttjat Apropos of the present Interesting discussion of the cost and weight of loaves of bread It Is Interesting to note what the borough fathers did back tn the closing days of the eighteenth cen tury. An ordinance has been found by City Clerk Miller which shows that on July 25, 1791. the council of the then six-year-old town of Harrisburg # decided lo regulate the weight of bread. The flour was produced In eight of the city and the yeast of those dayf was of that wonderful variety that could be used for • everything from making beer to cleansing the blood. A penny loaf of bread, which would amount to about 3 cents' purchasing power now, was required to weigh 8 ounces. A 4-penny loat' would weigh 2 pounds, a 6-penny loaf had to be 3 pounds, an 8-penny loaf 4 pounds and a 12-penny loaf 6 pounds. These rates were for wheat bread and show that there were whopping big loaves in those days. For rye bread the schedule was 2 pounds 8 ounces for 4 pence. For 6 pence, 3 pounds and 14 ounces, while an 8-penny rye loaf was 5 pounds even and a 12-penny loaf was 7 pounds 12 ounces. The man who failed to observe the require ments paid a stiff fine. "I considered about a dozen places to spend my two weeks' vacation," said an Allison Hill resident the other day, "and after thinking it all over in my mind I decided I could have about aa good a time right here in Harris burg as any place I know. F'r in stance, If I want to swim or paddle a canoe. I have the Susquehanna, the Conodoguinet or the Yellow Breeches. If I want to fish, I know some great bass holes within ten miles of town. If I want to play tennis, there aje the Reservoir or Island Park courts, to say nothing of many another on the citv playgrounds. If I want to stroll through shady glades, I have Cameron'3 parkway. A mountain hike? Why, the mountains can be reached In half an hour by Jitney bus or street car. And all the time I can sleep in my own good Vied where there are no mosqui toes, drink pure filtered water out of the Harrisburg reservoir—and have a bit of change in my pocket when the two weeks are ended." Robert P. Habgood, member of the Legislature and one of the prominent newspaper publishers of the State, was here yesterday in connection with the advertising of the constitutional amendments. • » « The numerous swimming holes in and around the city have come into their own since the departure of the cold weather of the latter week* of May and of early June and hundreds, yes. thousands, of small boys and boys not so small are dally seeking comfort from the hot rays of the sun. From now on until the end of Au gust. and in fact to the middle of September, the swimming holes of the Susquehanna. Conodoguinet and Tel low Breeches will be crowded to their capacity. Even when the stiff breezes blew last week hundreds of bathers cpuld be seen In the channel of theSusquehanna. and if you had stopped to Inquire all would have said. "Sure, come on in, the water's fine." And most of the juveniles hereabouts are crackerjack swimmers, too. Out sometimes far beyond shore, their little heads can be seen bobbing up and down, brown and taffy and black, and, 0 yes. red. C But let it not be thought that all of the swimmers are boys. Far from it. Most any afternoon vou will find a dozen or more girls'frolicking in the wcter beyond Independence Island. And—yes, isn't it shocking?— quite a few of the lassies wear one-piece suits just like their big brothers. • ♦ • Someone could with profit make in spection of some of the street signs which have lately been put up. In North Sixth street, for instance, there are signs which face the same wav instead of in opposite directions and some streets which do not have anv signs at all. On the Hill signs are. | placed in anything but uniform man ner and some are on both sides of the street. • * • Richard R. Quay, son of the for mer senator and well known to manv residents of this city, has sold his handsome country place near Sewick ley. It is said that he received $115,000 for it. Mr. Quay is spending consid erable time in New York. ' • ♦ • Nominating petitions being circulated about the city are attracting attention 01 men who are not interested in poli tics. One man kept count of the num ber he was asked to sign in one day ann scored six. And the period for circulating has just begun. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —J. H. Regan, prominent in the steel car industry, is in Russia in con nection with orders for cars. —J. D. Ormrod, of Emaus, has suc ceeded his father as president of the Donaldson Iron Company. —Henry Tatnall has' been elected president of the Elktown and Middle town Railroad. —Dr. Thomas S. K. Morton, of Philadelphia, has gone to the Adiron dacks for the summer months. —Henry L. Graham, a Butler attor ney. has been re-elected secretary of the Butler school board. 1 DO YOU KNOW ' | That Harrisburg steel plates are used in British Columbia pipe I lines? IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph of July 9, 1985.] * Agent Takes Money C.T.Freeman, assistant agent at the Lewisbnrg station, left yesterday with about S4OO which he had taken from the safe. Regiment to Picnic The picnic of the Two Hundred and First regiment will be held to morrow on Independence Island. Plan Improvements Plans are being made for the im provements at the water works which were provided for by council in a re cent ordinance. Busy Magnate Out of work, eh? Well, come around to the factory at 8 a. m. to-morrow and I'll get you a Job. Leisurely One But I can't come to-morrow. It's impossible. B. M.—Why? L. O. —Because I have to march in a parade of the I. W. W. Pennsyl vania Punch Bowl. CIVIC CLUB * Fly Contest June 1 to July 31 S Cents a Pint Prizes of $5, 92.50 and several SI.OO ones duplicated by Mr. Ben Stronae
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