6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established llil PUBLISHED BY THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACKPOLB President and Editor-in-Chief V. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun* day) at the Telegraph Building, 21# Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. i Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook, 6tory A Brooks. Western Offloe, Advertising Building; """"Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at <mngfcwlLlßTLV 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 dully average circulation for the three months ending June 30, 1910 tr 21,231 4 Average for the year 1914—21.858 Average for the year 1013—19,903 ' Average for the year 1912—19,049 Average for the year 1911—17,50S i Average for the year 1910—16,201 The above figures are net. All re- 1 turned, unsold and damaged copies de ducted. 1 WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 14. -. i They also sent who only stand and wait. —Mflton. MAGAZINE CENSORSHIP OTHER cities might well turn their attention to the censorship -which Pittsburgh has prescribed for its magazines. Henceforth publications overstepping the bounds of morality and propriety will fare badly in that city. Orders which established four Pittsburgh policewomen who will act as a bureau of censorship to pass upon all magazines and which require the i bureau of police to be on the watch !for obscene or improper material in ithose publications were issued yester day by Charles S. Hubbard, director 'of the Department of Public Safety. The penalty for transgression will be the prohibiting of sale of the offending issue In Pittsburgh and news dealers who fail to observe such prohibition will be subject to arrest, according to the director, upon a serious charge. It is a shameful thing that such a police order shAuld be regarded as necessary. The magazine ought to be as high a moral influence in the home as any literature that goes into it. Attractively printed, beautifully illus trated, and edited with especial thought toward attracting the attention of the casual reader, the magazine falls nat urally Into the hands of those of im mature thought or those whose habits (Of life make them most easily In fluenced by their reading. If these publications came merely to the attention of men and women of mature age the effects might not be so bad, but unfortunately they lie upon the reading table where young and old may have free access to them. Maga zine reading is a desirable habit and a pleasant recreation. There is so much wcrtb while in even the worst of the magazines that their danger is doubled by the difficulty of selecting what is good and rejecting that which is bad. Indeed, there are some magazines which make a specialty of appealing to both Bomse and sensuality; to both the moral and the depraved. Pictures and stories that would not have been tolerated in the United States mail only a few years ago, much less permitted in the family circle, now have unrestricted circulation and are granted free admission into fami lies the heads of which regard them selves as above reproach and who would be highly indignant if It were Intimated that they are careless of the influences to which they subject those whose welfare they have most at heart. The evil has reached such an extent in Harrisburg that the local police would be well justified in following the admirable example set by Pitts burgh. The only reason for the obscene and the salacious in the popular magazine is the appeal for circulation. Remove that and the editors and publishers will return to sane and common sense methods of attracting readers. If a half-dozen or more cities in the United States bar from sale within their limits copies of all offending magazines It will not be very long before the deefred reform -will have been accomplished. PROFIT-SHARING BOTH labor and Industry will watch with some Interest the working out of the profit-shar ing feature of the award of the arbi trators In the wago dispute between Tnotormcn and conductors and the "Wilkes-Barre Hallway Company. if (St operates satisfactorily to both par ities a way may be found, as those who outlined the plan hope, for future settlements of similar disagreements. But profit-sharing, fine aa it sounds In general terms, has not often proved satisfactory In bringing the earnings of employes up to a desired standard or in preventing strikes. The purpose of such an arrangement 4s clearly to Induce laborers to in crease their efflolency. Improve the (quality of their work and thus contri bute toward the profits of the eom ipany in which it is proposed they shall «hare. Experiments in this line have been both successful and unsuccessful, tout the failures far outnumber the successes. A common reason for such failures is that there have been very email profits to divide, or even no profits at all; so that employes have 'lost. Interest In the scheme and have not hesitated to express their dis WEDNESDAY EVENING, satisfaction by striking If they thought they saw any Immediate advantage therein. ] If increased profits of a business are | wholly or largely due to the in creased efficiency of the employe, then certainly he is entitled to his share in them, but unfortunately for the success of this plan, the proflt« «.ctual ly realized from such a business as that of a traction company depend so much upon good management by the employer that their amount may not vary proportionately with the increas ed zeal and efficiency of the employe. j Motormen and conductors, by cour tesy, promptness and avoidance of ac cidents, may increase the earnings of the company for which they work, but bad management at the head of the concern may result in an aotual loss of business for any given period. In such case profit-sharing would be unjust to the employe, especially when it is injected into his wage-seal© as part of an increase in pay for which he has asked. There must be considered also, the possibility of profits being reduced by the competition of other trolley lines or of jitneys. On the contrary, if the profit-shar ing amounts merely to a gratuity from the employing trolley company, then the system is unfair to the corpor ation. A plan that does not work both ways is scarcely good business, at all events, and a profit-sharing scheme that does not involve a loss sharing feature appears to be weak on one side. A careful review of the profit-shar ing plan as proposed for 'YVllkes-Barre shows that not many such have work ed out well, although in industries of the peculiar character of that of Hen ry Ford, the automobile manufactur er, or of M. S. Hershey, the chocolate maker, profit-sharing on the basis of uninterrupted employment appears to be giving very satisfactory results. ' PROSPERITY WAVE EVIDENTLY the country is in for the long predicted but slow to materialize prosperity wave re sulting from the war in Europe and the placing of large orders for supplies and munitions in the United States. Following the announcement of the Central Iron and Steel Works and the Pennsylvania Steel Company that their plants are busier than for many months comes the advertisement of the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Company for 200 skilled workers and the statement that the company has put to use every available foot of ground adjoining its manufacturing site and is working twenty-four hours a day. The Cambria Steel Company will operate on full time for the first time in two years, beginning next Monday morning, and Pittsburgh reports that its mills are behind with their orders. This is good news, but until some way is found to export the coal that in normal times passes in such huge quantities over the Pennsylvania and the Reading railways through this city, Harrisburg will not enjoy the full measure of prosperity that appears to bo at hand for many towns. The boom in the steel trade will help matters materially and the movement of grain in due season will add to the volume of freight traffic, but coal for export must come through before the rail roads will be in position to make any new records. Our present prosperity is clearly built on a war basis, but even so the orders now in the process of being filled will tide the mills over the winter at least and trade should show a dis tinct improvement in all lines with the coming of Fall and the return of the vacation seeking public to the ordinary walks of life. SAFETY AT CROSSINGS HUMMELSTOWN has set a good example for other localities similarly situated with respect to grade crossings. Every effort should be made to make crossings as safe as it is possible to make them. The bor ough officials are determined that there shall be no more such accidents as that of July 5 and in this they should have the hearty support of all con cerned. The public has a right to expect safe transport across the rights of way of railroads. These rights of way once belonged to the people and they are now the property of the rail roads because the people saw fit to give title to them, and, useful as the railroad is to the community, it must recognize also that it may not trans gress upon the freedom or the safety of the public upon the highways. All crossings may not be bridged or tun neled, and at many even watchmen are not a vital necessity, but there aro many unguarded spots as deadly In their possibilities as that at Hummels tewn and such menaces should be re , moved. SHOCLD BE PUNISHED THE twenty or more members of the National Guard arrested at Mt. Gretna for being intoxi cated should be punished to the full extent of the military regulations pre vailing at State encampments. They not only have violated the order of Adjutant General Stewart against the use of liquor in camp, but they have brought disgrace upon themselves and the entire military organization of Pennsylvania. The large majority of National Guardsmen are self-respecting citizens who perform the military duties re quired of State militiamen through a sense of duty to their Commonwealth and the country at large. They go to the annual encampments not only at great sacrifice to themselves but be cause they, as loyal soldiers, believe they should make themselves as effi cient In military tactics and the knowledge of warfare as is possible. They naturally resent any such mis conduct as that of the men arrested yesterday. The Guard can well do without this drinking, roistering ele ment. There are plenty of sober minded men of temperate habits ready to enlist. All others are a mere bur den to the discipline and efficiency of the organization and the quicker they are dishonorably discharged the bet ter. TELEORAPH PERISCOPE —Even the man who Is on the level may reach the heights of fortune. —The Water supply of Mexico Clt> has been cut off, but It had become so bad that probably the residents won't mind much. —lt's doubtless never too late to mend but It Is also well to remember that a stitch in time saves nine. —lt's funny, but by the time straw bats come down in price we have gotten past the stage of objecting to wearing that of last season. —The muddy condition of tha river has been a blessing to fishermen— having given many of them an excuse for coming home empty-handed with out the necessity of lying about it. —With Edison at the head of the war invontion bureau it is natural to expect that we shall shortly receive a little light on the subject. EDITORIAL COMMENT If we get into this war, what fun those Russian wags will have with Chillicothe and Punxsutawney.—Col umbia State. Mr. Bryan's prohibition views ex plain why his numerous statements have no punch in them. —Philadelphia North American. If the "See America First" propa ganda wants a patron saint, what's the matter with Christopher Columbus?— Washington Post. It seems perfectly easy to get a full copy of Germany's peace terms these days from every source except Ger many.—Chicago Herald. With the balance of trade piling up like this in our favor the present is no time to handicap the cash regis ter trust.—Boston Transcript. IN HARRISBURO FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY' [From Telegraph of July 14, 1865.] Completing Linos tracks down Third street for the Street Railway lines are bein« rapidly placed. Traffic will be opened in a few weeks. Teachers Will Convene Here The National Teachers' Convention will be held in this city opening August 16. Sessions will be held for three days. Semiannual Meeting Members of the Washington Hose Company will hold their semiannual meeting this evening-. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR" THAT STEEL.TON LETTER To the Editor of the Telegraph: "Italy is no good it always played the blackhand game, beggars, thieves, organ-grinders and blackhunders." l'he above are precise words which a certain C. F. Tiemanri, of Steelton, Pa., writes in a letter published In the Harrisburg Telegraph the 28th of June. I do not wish to analyze the bile of this reverend person, because 1 am sure that if I were to do so I would find in It all the disgusting elements of that which revolts your stomach and mind and further it is not my intention to have the readers undergo such an acid test. On the other side, to assume as an argument of discussion that which is the production of an intoxicated and degenerated brain not only, but which lacks rudimentary education and politeness, would be the same as to give consideration to a certain class of horrible und deformed creatures which the old Spartans inhumanly but wisely precipitated from a cliff to death, to prevent them from perpetuating their same deformities and horrible vices to a comingr generation. The only reason, therefore, that prompts me to speak, and thereby abandon my reserve, is for the loye I bear toward peace, fairness, and above all, to neutrality. The United States represents a neu tral nation, and as the population is constituted of a cosmopolitan element at the beginning of the war the divers warring kings recommended a neutral attitude, as well as President Wilson, who issued the proclamation for neu trality, and this was said with special reference for the press of this country, whose principal duty was to avoid ex citing the people to racial hatred and prejudice and there was contemplated among the other things, that an editor who was guilty of such a crime, would be punished very severely. In violation of neutrality, the law has dispositions which defer those guilty to Judicial authority and consequent pun ishment. and in violation of neutrality among other things are comprised writ ings that seriously offend a nation at war and its people, revealing racial hatred which spurs the offended to a Just reaction. In his letter, this illustrious reverend says: "Russia is done for, France is Impoverished. England has yet her money and men. but no fighting ma terial." Of Belgium he does not speak. His hand has trembled and lacked of courage to write the name of that heroic nation down, fearful, perhaps lest his Luther God would strike him from the heavens, since Belgium is bleeding and weeping sacred tears for the loss of her children, barbarously massacred by the Kaiser's valiant troops; considering Belgium will be the phantom that shall torment eternally thd teutonic soul, like the shadow of the murdered haunts the sleep of the assassin; considering that poor Bel gium has Impressed herself on Ger many's face as a solemn slap given by a lady to a vulgar person, because Bel gium shall keep alive the smouldering ruins that testify of the teutonic In vasion and among which on a monu ment more lasting than bronze, she shall write: "Here Passeth the Civility of the Kaiser's Sons." The emeritus reverend does not dare to mention Belgium, because, perhaps the blood of so many innocent victims there, sacrificed by the ferocious ires of his brothers, is in his throat and he fears it will drown him. We will never be subject to certain fears, reverend sir! The Italian sol diers fight against the enemy with law ful arms or war. and wherever they trod they bring bread and the smiles and sunshine of their bonny land, ana not hunger and desolation, between our arms and those of the Teutons runs the same difference as between those of the knight and those of the execu tioner. To the reverend of Steelton I reject all the epithets of which he has been so kind as to bestow my people with retaining only, one; that of organ grinder? With the happy augury that my people shall be the iirst to play the funeral march to the eugemony and militarism of his Kaiser, with an orean JOSEPH G. GATTO, 7003 Hamilton Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. TEMPERA*CE 8.800 YEARS AGO TFrom the Christian Herald 1 A foreign exchange has this Interest ing paragraph: "There Is still in ex istence an Egyptian papyrus of the date of 8500 years before the Christian era, which contains the following cau tion: 'My son, do not linger In the wine-shop or drink too much wine It causeth thee to utter words regarding thy neighbor which thou rememberest not. Thou fallcst upon the ground thy limbs become weak as those of a childf One cometh to trade with thee and flnd eth thee so. Then say they, 'Take awav the fellow, for he is drunk.' " This is believed to be the oldest temperance i lecture in existence. H3ORWSBURGTEEEGRXEHI "~PoCtt(c4 CK *| > tn-TvO^Cca.Kca By the Ex-Commlttecma* The effort to land the Republican national convention for Philadelphia 1B attracting attention of other States, and it is probable that there will be lively competition for the big gather ing, which is expected to be one of the most interesting in the history of the party. The decision will not be made until the meeting of the national committee in the winter, but by that time it is believed all plans will be complete for Philadelphia to make an impressive showing. Yesterday in Philadelphia the Chamber of Commerce, despite the fact that there is no adequate hall for the purpose, extended a formal invi tation to the National Republican committee, asking that Philadelphia be chosen as the location for the 1916 national convention. Immediately af ter a meeting of the executive com mittee a telegram was sent to Charles D. Hilles, chairman of*the National committee. As soon as the resolution of the chamber, which set forth the advantages of that city and call atten tion to the success with which the 1904 convention was handled, are complete ly drafted, they will be mailed. Senator Penrose Is going to Western Pennsylvania to-day. He will be in Pittsburgh to-morrow to make a speech at the orphans' picnic and will meet Republican leaders. It la now said that W. D. George will not be boomed for postmaster of Pittsburgh, but that a brother of Com mitteeman Jo© Guffey will be picked. A Pittsburgh dispatch says: "It was announced here to-day by lead ers in the Oliver wing that a full Oli ver ticket will go into the field at the coming primaries, with the possible exception of a candidate for county commissioner. Despite the fact that United States Senator Oliver announc ed his retirement from active politics some time ago, it is understood his organization will be held Intact. The only point not yet determined by the Oliver leaders is whether the slate will contain one or two candidates for county commissioner. The fact that they will make their flght on a "dry" platform has somewhat upset calcu lations in respect to the commission ership. J. Denny O'Neil, an ardent local optlonist, will probably have final say in the county commissioner ship. Percy F. Smith, who is accept able to the Prohibitionists, is promi nently mentioned as O'Neil's running mate. That the liquor question is to be paramount in the coming primaries the Oliver people openly assert." Robert D. Dripps, secretary of the Public Charities Association of Penn sylvania, yesterday issued a statement scoring the methods of appropriation now in vogue by the legislature. Forced cuts by the Governor in the recent appropriation bill were pointed out, and it was declared that unless there is a distinct reduction in the amount of State aid afforded private charitable agencies State institutions cannot be provided for on an equitable basis. Mr. Dripps in his statement calls attention to the crudity, of the methods now In use and says:' "Com plaints are being made all over Penn sylvania as to the cuts made by Gover nor Brumbaugh in so many of the ap propriations to charitable institutions and other agencies. It is recognized that the action of the legislature In passing appropriation bills aggregating at least $7,000,000 in excess of the avail able revenue made it practically neces sary for him to exercise his veto power to keep the appropriations within the necessary limits. This does not alter, however, a growing conviction that our whole system of appropriating State funds to charities—pub.ic and private—is radically wrong. In the absence of a uniform system of ac counting it is exceedingly difficult, if not possible, to ascertain the relative efficiency of institutions performing the same sort of work." James J. McKee, well known here, is a candidate for Republican nomina tion for prothonotary in Allegheny county. Mr. McKee says he is going to fight for the nomination. Congressman B. K. Focht In mak ing a speech at MontanGon yesterday said he did not think the United States would get into the war. Lebanon is enjoying a real exciting contest for municipal nominations. There are numerous candidates. Bucks county seems to have quieted down as a place where there is even any contest among Republicans. Men active in affairs in that county say that the Republicans will have a strong ticket and will elect it. Governor Brumbaugh last night is sued his writ for the special election of a congressman in the Beaver-Law fence-Washington congressional dis trict. This election will be held at the usual time, but was necessitated by the death of William M. Brown, before he could qualify. Friends of Congressman Kiess say that as a result of his declination of the Public Service Commissionership he is in splendid political shape and that his re-election in 1916 is assured. The congressman's retention of his place at Washington saved the district from a factional fight. , As far as Perry county is concerned, the Progressive party has ceased to be a factor of any consequence. The only time that the Bull Moosers were of any consequence here was during the presi dential campaign of 1912, when Perry county voters gave "Teddy" a slight margin. This year there are numer ous county offices to be filled, but there is a dearth of Progressive candidates, not one man of their party having an nounced himself as yet. What the trouble is, it is hard to say. Probably they are satisfied with the Repub licans; maybe they can't stand to bo game losers; and then, possibly—and this seems more likely—there are no longer any Progressives in Perry county. THE SUBMARINE'S BULLET [From the Christian Herald.] But what could they do, those small, skulking hulks, to Injure that tower ing mass of steel, with its double bottom and 170 watertight compart ments, rushing on through the water at the rate of eighteen knots an hour? Well, when still 4,000 yards distant, a submarine torpedo about seventeen feet in length, weighing half a ton, and traveling at a speed of twenty-eight knots, could strtke her full and fair in a vital spot; at 3,000 yards Its speed would be thirty-two knots; at 2,000 yards, thirty-four knots; at 1,000 yards that half-ton explosive could strike that oncoming ship at a speed of forty knots, crash open her massive plates, hurtle through her double walls, tear apart her steel beams and pillars and decks, opening a breach for the ocean to pour through like a river. Those torpedoes are filled at the for ward end with gun-cotton, most fear ful of explosives. Behind that is the compressed-air chamber or power room. Then a compartment with delicate mechanism that controls the move ments of the torpedo. Then there lb the engine room and behind it the buoyancy chamber. When the torpedo Is launched on Its death errand two screw propellers at the rear, driven at high speed by the engine, operated by compressed air, hurl it forward, and It Is kept in position and steered by a marvelous and unerring mechanism. The thing is discharged from the com pressed air tube at a submergence of about fifteen feet, and lnstantlv be comes alive, cleaving the under-sea like a giant arrow, its screws sending to the surface a swirl of bubbles that disclose its course to the onlooker, as a swirl of dust above the highwa> marks the rush of a racing automob blla. THE, CARTOON OF THE DAY LEST HE FORGET mMmm —Kroin the N. Y. World, WHO WILL BE Elihu Root Apparently First Choice of Leading Re publicans, Sun Finds; Senator Burton in High Favor WASHINGTON, D. C., July 14. Elihu Root is apparently the first choice of leading Republicans of the country for the nomination for President in 1916. Senator John \V. Weeks of Massachusetts and ex-Sen ator Theodore E. Burton of Ohio have country-wide support and next to Sen ator Root are highest in favor with Republican politicians. It is evident from a canvas conduct ed by the Washington bureau of the New York Sun that if the Republican convention were held to-day and the State of New York presented Mr. Root's name to the convention with his consent he would be nominated. With Mr. Root out of consideration the choice would appear to be between Senator Weeks and ex-Senator Bur ton. More than 500 letters sent out from the Washington bureau of The Sun to acquaintances and friends throughout the country have brought responses which lead inevitably to the conclusion given above. The information was given in each instance upon the assurance that the names of the writers of the letters would not be published. That, of course, was necessary in order to ob tain a frank expression of opinion. The object of the inquiries was to elicit in formation as to local conditions in the various States upon which a fair esti mate could be made of the political sentiment of the country. Burton's Prospects Senator Burton's prospects depend upon the State of Ohio. If he can dem onstrate at an early date that he will have the united support of his State delegation he will be formidable. Such at least is the opinion generally ex pressed by men who have responded to The Sun's inquiries. Senator Burton's chances have been menaced by an incipient boom for Governor Willis and a covert move ment for Senator Harding. Ex-Am bassador Myron T. Herrick has been much discussed, but the friends of Mr. Burton apparently believe that there can be no misunderstanding between the two men when the time comes. Senator Burton's friends express con fidence that Governor Willis will be found giving his support to Senator Burton at the proper time. Michigan will send an instructed delegation for Senator William Alden Smith, but up to this time, if the infor mation that has come to The Sun is correct, Senator Smith has made no great progress outside of his own State. A Michigan authority who can not be questioned writes: "Senator Smith will undoubtedly have the support of the Michigan dele gation. T hear of very little opposi tion to him anywhere. Senator Bur ton is respected highly for his ability, the same as are Senator Weeks and Senator Root.. If any one of these three should be nominated he will re ceive the practically unanimous sup port of the party." Our Daily Laugh hb was —n WARNED. i—il My wife is my f dearest posses- \ C jjp hs- yt. I warned yon P Sig that two couldn't | Hv, / fln| live as cheaply as 1 JS® \ jßffj SOME DO. Mgbb -jißiTt In the summer JL £ time I sit all day an ' es ' loolt at de Br-r-rl Why, v{ a people bathes in rj\\ 'wl' Yep> but then • ® you don't have to drink It! YOU CANT BEAT 'EM By Wing Dinger There'i one of my youngsters who never hag time To sit at the table and eat Because he's too anxious to get out of doors With the rest of his playmates to meet. His mother Informed him at breakfast, one day, That If he did not eat some food He'd get naught to eat ere lunch time came around. But the warning availed not much good. The table he left, and much to the sur prise Of mother, the morning went bv Without any pleadings for something to eat— Then into affairs she did pry. It seems that a pistol, for which he had paid Ten cents, and no longer did prize Was sold to another for fifteen cents— and With proceed* he purchased three BUM. JULY 14, 1915. Neither Taft Nor Roosevelt It is significant that the overwhelm ing, sentiment of those who replied to these Inquiries was that neither Taft nor Roosevelt is likely to be nomi nated. Most of the writers said that the Progressive movement is dead, that the Republicans and former Re publicans are getting together and that they are anxious to have a President who Is a straight-out Republican and one who can be expected to restore prosperity. The tendency is unmis takably in favor of a conservative. In the Progressive States of the far West and in some of the middle West ern States, like lowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin, most of the responses suggest that some candi date should be nominated who will be acceptable to the Progressives. A prominent Republican of Indiana of national reputation expressed surprise at the large number of Republicans in that State who followed President Roosevelt and the Bull Moose party in 1912, but who are now advocating Senator Root. Root's Strength In West One of the surprising and most sig nificant developments of The Sun's canvass is the strength developed for ex-Senator Root and Senator Weeks in the Middle West and in the West. These localities, which were seething with Bull Moose sentiment 1n1912, now appear to be favoring either Senator Root or Senator Weeks for nomina tion. A Chicago correspondent long identified conspicuously with Republi can politics says: , "Chicago probably will favor Root beyond anybody and as a second, Mann." Another Chicago Republican of na tional prominence says that Mr. Mann will have the delegates from Chicago, if he is a candidate, and adds: "The names of Fairbanks, Knox and Root are, of course, familiar, but the only one of these three that Chicago Republicans are talking about is Root." A Republican leader in South Da kota, well known to the country from his public service, writes: "Of the candidates mentioned I have heard more favorable comment for Senator Root than any of the others." A prominent lawyer in Oklahoma, who has presided over the Republican State conventions and been a con spicuous figure at national conven tions, writes: "It is my opinion that the support of the Oklahoma delegation will be for a conservative, not an ultra-con servative nor a progressive. Mr. Root is a good type, it looks to me, for Oklahoma to support." A leading editor of southern In diana writes that that State after com plimenting Mr. Fairbanks is likely to be for either Mr. Root or Mr. Bur ton. "Mr. Root stands very high among the general run of Republicans and so does Senator Burton of Ohio." BOOKS AND MAGAZINES i I It is well for us to forget that the past history of a language must neces sarily be traced by means of written records, these are to be regarded as affording us merely an indication of what was actually taking: place in the spoken language itself. Change in language implies a change in the men tal and physical habits of the living human beings who speak the language. In H. C. Wyld's "'A Short History of English," E. P. Dutton & Co., the in quiry is largely on the problem of the origin and development of that form of English which is now spoken by educated and well-bred people, and, of that form which for the last four or five centuries has been that used in the composition of private or public documents, no matter what the native i form of speech of the writers might be. In such a book as Mr. Wyld's the study of the history of English must be supplemented by the study of the language itself, as It exists in the actual documents of the different periods. His work Is a very valuable addition to the '"History of English" and is not a mere piercing together of i materials gathered from older text ! books. All that the best history of English ever written can do for a stu dent is to act as a guide to the path which he must tread anew for him self. THE ENCAMPMENT [From the Philadelphia Public Ledger] By every token the present encamp ment of the National Guard at Mt. Gretna Is to be one of the most busi ness-like ever held in this State. The schedule for drills and dally routine Is about as stiff as it can be made and re veals a determination on the part of the commanding officers to cut out all the picnic features and get the men down to serious and studious effort. For Ithis spirit, the whole organization is to |be congratulated. There has been a big improvement In the efficiency of the Guard In recent years and Pennsylvania need have no apologies to offer In com paring its citizen soldiery with that of JJuur sis tar States. , iEbmittg (Ei|at An interesting Idea of how the war is regarded in far-off Austria, the east ern provinces of the empire, is afforded by a letter received by Joseph L. Kun, Deputy Attorney General, from a near relative who Is connected with the gov ernmental service. "Now as to this terrible war." he writes, "we all should like to see it end, but of course, not at our expense. You ask when it will end. Well, It would have ended long ago if your American government would have kept honest neutrality and left all parties, as far as arms and * ammunition are concerned, to their own resources. Now it seems that the war will end only when the Germans will have sunk enough ships to pre vent the rest from feeding the guns of our adversaries." The letter makes 'some terse comments on American neutrality which helps the majority and is really a secret enemy, in the opinion of the writer. "We much de plore the sinking of the Lusitania," writes the Austrian gentleman, "but people had been warned in timg not to travel on it or on any other ship bound to Europe during the war and bearing war goods. What are to us 1,300 drowned who were not compelled to jfturney in these times when hundreds of thousands of our brothers, whose duty is to risk their lives, are bleeding and dying by United States made balls? I really do not mean to offend your patriotic feelings, but I cannot help stating this fact. We don't care much if our adversaries get embittered. They will be even more so when they, who —without strict necessity—came to destroy us together with Germany, will be beaten down all together, and that will surely be the end. Don't think I swagger, but we are very strong and very far from the end of our resources." Steelton policemen are working to break up Ashing for chickens by some of the foreigners living in the lower end of Steelton. For some time past this interesting and profitable amuse ment has been going on among the men living on the "Heights" and com plaints reached the office of the police almost daily. The chickens would bo strolling about streets or alleys or on vacant lots and would suddenly dis appear, sometimes with a squawking and sometimes Just gradually as though they had some business in a certain locality. A watch was kept anci It was discovered that the chick ens always disappeared after they had discovered some corn. Finally the police discovered some threads hooked Into grains of corn. The men fled, but complaints were renewed. Attorney General Francis Shunk Brown is getting too popular as a source of legal Information for his convenience and that of his deputies. The Attorney General is the law officer of the State government and is the man to whom the chiefs refer when they want to know how to proceed or to have someone tell them how to bear the burdens of official life. Lately members of the Legislature have start ed writing to Mr. Brown for infor mation on subjects not. within the scope of the state government. Let ters from people wanting legal advice without paying for it are not new, but this is the first time a legislator has come forward with a request for in formation outside of state affairs. Among visitors to the city yesterday was John Townley, of the Pittsburgh Press, who was here on his way to Atlantic City by automobile. Mr. Townley has been prominent in news paper work and was chairman of the Pittsburgh Civil Service'Commlssion. • » » The night concreting which has been undertaken by the contractors for the paving of the Harrisburg Railways share of the Derry street pavement has attracted much attention these evenings. People get off the cars to watch the machines at work and the bright lights which surround the mix ers and the piles of material likewise attract many bugs which keep the men busy. People living in the neigh borhood have a fine time watching the wcrk pushed along yard by yard under the electric light. ♦ • • Edward M. Bigelow, former Stata Highway Commissioner, was here to day for a short time with Mrs. Bige low. He was on his way to Werners ville, where he will spend August. Ex-Judge Allison O. Smith, of Clear field, was another state visitor. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE""" —The Rev. Dr. C. R. Zahneiser, active in reform work In Pittsburgh, used to be prominent in ministerial wcrk. —Alba B. Johnson says that the Interstate Commerce Commission held that railroads were entitled to increase in revenue in acting on the "spotting" case. —Colonel H. C. Trexler, of Allen town, plans to personally look after the building of the new model high way between that city and Bethlehem. —Mayor Blankenburg is acting on ordinances at his summer home in the Poconos. —E. T. Stotesbury is at Del Monte, California. 1 DO YOU KNOW 1 That Harrisburg steel 1s used In holts in the new destroyers? THE LIBERTY BELL So many praises have been sung. So many tributes written. Of honors famous bells have rung For Scot or Celt or Briton. So many tales of Issues great These metal tongues have spoken. When weaker nation met Its fate And war's suspense was broken. So many deeds of kingly strife Now read in legends olden, Of valiant men in knightly life. When gallantry was golden. Above these bells of foreign kings And all their victory, A reigning bell forever swings— Our bell of Liberty 1 How sweet the wildly clanging note To those who stood below it And heard the chimes of freedom float. That all the world might know It! How strong our Independence pealed Its deep-cracked surface tells; The pride of patriots Is revealed Within this bell of bells! —Belle Barker In Farm and Home. OUR AMERICAN VOICES • "We Americans are of two kinds: we J* either talk too loud or too low, par ticularly In public places. A European family will sit down In public without feeling the necessity of putting a mute on the voice and retiring as though be hind a wall. They are not noisy or gay, they do \ jt toot on tin horns, but they say what they wish without lowering the tone to that painful depth which we mistake for a cultivated note. Let us be brave, and be ourselves: for noth ing can be better than that."—Louise dosser Hale In the Century Magazine. i CIVIC CLUB ' Fly Contest June 1 to July 31 6 Cents a Pint Prizes of 95, $2.50 and several 91.00 ones duplicated by Mr. Ben Stronse
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