6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established iSu PUBLISHED BY THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. K. J. STACKPOLB President and Bdtior-in-Chi*f F. R. OYSTER Seer tt cry GUS M. STEINMKTZ Managing Editor Published every evening (exoept Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 2H 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. Hasbrook, Story A Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at <US'H-;k. £mj> 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. Sworn dally average circulation for the three months ending June 30, IBIS ★ 21,231 Aversge for the year 1014—21,858 Average for the year 1015—10,003 Average for the year 1012—10,049 Aversge for the year 1011—17,503 Average for the year 1010—10,-61 The above figure* are net. All re turned, unsold and damaged copies de ducted. SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 24 'Ttcas a thief said the last kind word to Christ; Christ took the kindness and forgave the theft. —Browning. THE NOTE TO GERMANY THE final note of President Wilson to the German Government un questionably reflects the thought of the American people as a whole. We have been trifling too long with a matter that Is not subject for trifl ing. We are not accustomed to argue when our national honor is at stake, much less when It is a matter of life and death with our citizens. The bit ter taste of the Lusltania murder is still in our mouths. The slaughter of women and children makes the blood run hot. Yet, be It said to our credit as a people, We stood calm under the cowardly blow. We were unwilling to believe that the government' of a civ ilised nation could be guilty of such a violation of the laws of humanity. Now we are convinced that the kaiser and his warlords know no law but that of might, that they are a parcel of bullies, fighting as only bullies fight, and the President has spoken to them in the only language they can under stand! But a breach of the law as laid down by President Wilson need not lead to war. Germany is In no posi tion to invade England, let alone send a fleet or an army to America, and we have no army at hand for imme diate service. But a break In rela tions between the two countries will result in turning every available wheel in the United States to the service of the allies and in taking away from Germany the only international friend ship worthy of the name that remains to her. In any case the blow to Ger many would far exceed any advantage that has come to her by reason of the submarine warfare that has led up to the present crisis. BUSINESS MEN AT PLAY GOOD fellowship is an Important asset for any city or town and nowhere is there such good fel lowship throughout the business com munity as In Harrisburg. This happy condition is largely the result of the activities of the Chamber of Com merce, the Rotary Club and similar organizations. Harmony of action In matters affecting the welfare of the city Is secured through the good feel ing which prevails among the live wires of the community and this good feeling is the direct fruit of the sane conduct of the organizations referred to. And this get-together idea which animates our business men and the leaders In municipal and other activi ties is responsible for the tremendous progress of the city in every direction. The Chamber of Commerce's annual outing at Inglenook yesterday was a fine demonstration of the splendid spirit of co-operation that now per vades the business life of the city. Almost 200 representative business men gathered at one of the most pic turesque spots on the Susquehanna shore and for hours were boys again. Every such occasion is an Inspiration to still better things for Harrisburg and great eredit Is due the several committees which prepared for the big annual event. It Is intimated from Illinois that H. M. Pindell—Plndell, of Peoria, remem ber?—may be the Democratic candidate for Governor next year. This would give him additional memories to hand down to his family, as Jim Ham Lewis would say. Also, it would make the Democratte looting of the diplomatic service a live Issue in Illinois. PROPHFT OF "FRIGHTFTJIJNESS" THE forecaster of German "fright fulness" appears to have been & man who never wielded any more deadly weapon than a paint brush, although he let his Imagina tion run riot on theme* of slaughter, Leonardo da Vlncl, of whom the world thinks only as a great painter, is now set forth In the Italian papers as a great prophet of what might |come to pass in warfare. In the lat ,t9T part Q{ the fifteenth century, his SATURDAY EVENING, versatile genius included skill as a scientist, engineer, mechanician and architect, as well as a painter and musician, and his imagination led to the design of many remarkable im plements of -war, among which was a steam gun which was run by boil ing water. In this invention, Inci dentally. It is said he anticipated the steam engine. In certain of his works he told of several forms of bombarding engines, one of which threw minute particles, like a storm of hail, producing quan tities of dense smoke to frighten the enemy. Among his papers are found what may be called the ancestors of the terrible cannon for throwing burning liquid at a great distance, which the Krupp and Essen factor ies are said to have turned out. "There will Issue from the earth," he wrote, "that which, with frightful sounds, will deafen the surrounding and with tts breath will kill men and ruin cities and fortresses." He sug gested the use of a powder which would stun and suffocate the enemy, and at the same time suggested a remedy. "To send poison in pow der," he said, "be careful to have a wind which will not send the powder upon yourself, or have the nose and mouth covered by a thin wet cloth, so that the powder cannot pass." He left sketches of mortars and other heavy engines of war which suggest the modern heavy and quick-firing guns, and seemed even to have imagined a submarine and aero plane. Of the former, he wrote, ac cording to the quotations given in the Italian papers, "I do not publish or devulge my way of staying under water because of the bad nature of man, who would use it for assassina tion under the sea, by ripping open the bottoms of ships." But da Vinci was a gentle soul, withal, as this sentiment would Indi cate. Most of his "frightfulness" existed In his versatile Imagination only. But his writing indicates that even In the minds of peaceful men there have run for ages thoughts on the perfecting of devices for the wholesale taking of human life. The new Federal Trade Commission is making ambitious plans to establish "zones of instruction" throughout the country In which they will appoint high-salaried experts whose business will be to teach manufacturers how their books shall be kept. All this will take money, which the commission is preparing to demand from Congress. It will also make jobs for "deserving Democrats." Whether It will be useful to the country Is another question. After this scheme has been put into op eration and supported, the next thing will be to establish some more "zones of instruction" wherein will hold sway a group of well-paid functionaries whose business will be to teach your grandmother how to knit. A YEAR OF WAR JUST one year to the very day after the Austrian ultimatum wns de livered to the Servians the German foreign office was in receipt of what it is believed will be the final American note In the Lusitania incident. It has been a frightful year for the whole world, but no one interest has suffered so much as the ruling class In Ger many. In diplomacy, it has been one long succession of humiliating blunders for it, and in Germany's chosen field of military power each effort has fallen just short of accomplishing the end aimed at. The present drive In Russia, which is the most brilliant achieve ment of the German strategists and soldiers, promises to be just as much of a failure as far as accomplishing anything permanent is concerned as was the original drive at Paris. Of the nations involved in the struggle, France alone, one year after it began, appears to have retained its prestige. As a matter of fact, France stands higher in the eyes of those best able to judge>of such matters than it did at any time after the collapse of the French armies in the ill-fated Franco-Prussian war. The French people again believe in themselves. That fact is going to have a tremendous effect upon the j course of events in Europe. When the German people find out just what has happened their faith in the in- of the Prussian system Is going to be most rudely shattered. And as for the English, their self complacency Is gone for a century at least. England must either now take a brace spiritually and become a really patriotic nation or enter upon a de cline. The time Is past when any people can rely upon being able to muddle through any crista. The people of Canada are said to be regretful now that they defeated the reciprocity scheme proposed to them by Mr. Taft. But why? Since the Un derwood tariff has been enacted, giving to Canadian farmers and manufacturers even more concessions than Mr. Taft offered —and without a single conces sion on the part of Canada. Taft wanted Canada to pay for a limited freedom of access to our markets. The Demo crats make us pay for unlimited Cana dian access to American purchasers. THEN AND NOW THE high cost of warring, when the campaigns of Washington are compared to the European conflict, was emphasized in the report of the registrar general of the Sons of the American Revolution at the first day's session of the society's twenty sixth annual convention In Portland, Ore. Thomas Jefferson, he eald, review ing the finances of the Revolution, es timated the cost of the war at an aver age of 117,600,000 a year. That sum now is scarcely more than Great Bri tain's war cost for a single day. The total cost of the revolution—approxi mately $140,000,000 covering a period of eight years—ls less than the total cost of the European war for a month. But the cost of the Revolution had to be met by a new and sparcely set tled country. Doubtless the United States of Washington's time felt as keenly the debt of $140,000,000 as the people of Europe will the enormous debt they, are now piling up, , T>C uucti* By the Ex-Committeeman, The guessing continues good in the great A. Mitchell Palmer mystery. Yesterday the Washington correspond ents made the discovery that Palmer Is the only applicant for the post of counselor of the State Department and some of them straightaway jumped to tho conclusion that he would be ap pointed. The possibility that a job might occasionally hunt a man does not seem to be admitted In national capital journalistic circles. But while the correspondents were settling the counselorship for Secre tary Lansing, Palmer himself, who in the meantime had arrived at his home in Stroudsburg, was busy declaring that he has asked neither President Wilson nor the Secretary of State for the place. And his home friends have again confided in the newspaper men that they expect him to stay right at home attending to his practice. Palmer seems to enjoy the interest which Is taken In him and he looks very wise, but declines to commit him self In any way when he Is approached about the numerous reports and rumors that are afloat about him. Senator Vare's statement about the mayoralty situation), in Philadelphia is generally Interpreted in that city as an announcement that his brother, the congressman, is a candidate for the Republican nomination. The Repub lican papers as a rule Infer that it means that all the other interests and factions will be compelled to get to gether and find a man with whom to oppose the Vare move. Figures of the registration and en rollment in the boroughs and town ships continue to show gains for the Republican party. Schuylkill county, which was a strong Independent Re publican and Washington party center, reports a Washington party enroll ment of 730. Dr. John N. Jacobs, county con troller of Montgomery county, and William H. Higglnbothom, former treasurer of that county, have an nounced that they are candidates for the Republican nomination for county commissioner. State Senator Vare has purchased a plot of land at 2009 South Broad street. Philadelphia, and will have a new home built. He expects to have the housewarming about Christmas time. Alany well-known politicians are ex pected to attend the seventh annual convention of the United Sportsmen of Pennsylvania, which will be held in Wilkes-Barre next week. Senator Pen rose will be one of them. The Penrose automobile which was destroyed by fire in Westmoreland county recently has been replaced with a huge khaki-colored machine which made its first long trip to the seashore Friday. This car will be seen in prac tically every part of the State this Fall. TELEDRAPH PERISCOPE" —There was a time when the other monarehs of Europe used to smile at the King of Spain. —This selection Is popular In Eng land: Strike, till the last armed foe expires; Strike for your altars and your fires; Strike for the green graves of your sires, God and your native land! With emphasis on the STRIKE! —"A Chinaman being killed in the slums, the cub reporter gets on the job and rescues the girl, then she loves him, but he got mad and wouldn't have her," Is the way the opera house at Clinton, Mo., reduces motion "dram mer" to tabloid for advertising pur poses. —A fifty horse power automobile can be as balky as all fifty. —lf the Republican convention wants Philadelphia as badly as Phila delphia wants the convention the ans wer is easy. —The difference between a jitney and an automobile Is that a Jitney ride costs only five cents. 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT" Treating may be barred In the Czar's domains, but It'll take more than a royal ukase to keep 'em from retreat ing.—Washington Post. Munich is drinking lemonade because the army needs the beer. Perhaps that is a gentle hint for Munich to enlist.— Salt Lake Tribune. If Harry Thaw is finally adjudged In sane. he might settle in Europe where his aberration would not be sufficiently unusual to attract any attention. Nashville Southern Lumberman. The appointment of Miss Mary Full Stomach, an Indian maiden, to a posi tion in the Interior Department at Washington is evidence of the fact that the supply of hungry Democrats is prac tically exhausted. —El Paso Times. DONE WITH DIVING [From the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele graph.] Scientific management has come to stay. Those old fogies who oppose It are as ridiculously hidebound as the diver." The speaker was Dr. Slmms Reed, who Is the author of several scientific maangement textbooks. "As hidebound as the diver," Dr. Reed pursued. "This felow had been a day laborer, and then he turned to diving because, the pay was better. But he only went down once. Yes. he only went down once, and he'd not been down two minutes before he signalled to be drawn up again. "They drew him up quickly. He motioned to them to unscrew his hel met. As soon as he got the helmet off he began to take off his loaded shoes and rubber combination suit. "Tm done with dlvln',' he said. "No more dlvln' for me. The dickens with a Job where ye can't spit in yer hands!'" WORK FOR THE POLITICIANS TFrom the New York Evening Sun.l Politicians are to be kept out of the new Naval Board of Inventions. Thev will exercise their Inventive genius, a's heretofore, on campaign prophecies. . - A Foot Note Summer comfort should ax tend from the feet up. Have you the kind of shoes you need for every day, for va cation sports? Your feet are friends that de serve good treatment the best, not necessarily the most expen sive, are none too good for them. • And are you sure you are get ting the best? In other word*, are you "shoe wise?" Wisdom is the child of knowl edge and perhaps you ran find the Interesting path to "shoe knowl edge" in the advertising columns of the Telegraph. HARRISBURG &536&. TELEGRAPH When a Feller N By BRIGGS Our Daily Laugh NOT SO BAD. ff ffl { Mr. Wratt: "What did they do to you when they hazed you at col- Mr. Ducks j Doused me In a L tub of water. \ / / JUST so. jOkL ,» I bere does me a lot He: And still ' you Btay under 1 C jl water most of the t *C t,tne ' THAT NOTE! By Wing Dinner I've Just read (he note The, United States wrote And cabled to William, the Kaiser. And If he's thought we Can be bluffed out. by gee, When he frets this note, he'll be wiser. Understand, I'm not for All the horrors of war, But I do think whenever a nation Gets into Its head We don't mean what we've said- It should know the exact situation. We believe in the right. And we don't want to light, Nor do we desire to be rude. But we cannot permit That our friendly spirit As cowardice be misconstrued. CHAIN ARMOR FOR BATTLESHIPS [From the Providence Journal.] The Idea of torpedo nots, with which the Navy Department is said to be conducting experiments, is about as old as the torpedo, against which they are supposed to protect a warship, Our wooden fleet used to carry tnem and drill with them. There was no sea going torpedoboat, in those days, sur face or submersible. Torpedo attack was directed from the fighting ship, which sent the projectile from the end of a spar rigged out abeam, torpedo and spar resembling a skyrocket. It will be surprising if nets can be made oiYective, except perhaps for a ship at anchor. The great steel veils hang well below the ship's undcrbody, and probably na commander would think of rigging one when in action. The danger of submarine attack is not so extreme when a ship Is in motion— as a feat of torpedo practice the sink ing of the Liualtanla was regarded as phenomenal, by the experts—and, at any rate, a commander, engaging the enemy on the surface, woula not sacri fice speed, or ability to maneuver, to this doubtful expedient for torpedo de fense. The sea battles of the present war have all been running lights with the ships going their fastest. TIIE VANISHING GOLD [From the Chicago Journal.] What becomes of gold? It Is one of the oldest metals in human use —there are gold beads dating back to the stone «age. It Is an object of almost uni versal desire. It Is proof against almost all the Influences which destroy other metals, and it has been mined In enormous quantites. Yet to-day more than two-thirds of the gold In use has been dug since 1849. What becomes of the rest? Where is the gold that set Jason wandering into the Black Sea, that filled the treasures of Croesus, that paid the ter rific tribute which Persian kings as. sessed asainst the Punjab? What has happened to the yellow dust and "elec trum" —an alloy of gold and silver— which negro traders brought down the Nile to Eerypt for four or five thousand venrs? Ancient (told, like that of mod ern times, was used for money and for ornaments, but both have disappeared. Where? The most enduring of metals, and yet the most evanescent; perpetualry sought and yet constantly escaping the hands of even the successful seeker— that Is gold. What is the reason for its curious eluslvenessl LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT By S. W. STRAUS President American Society for Thrift BslF "J Great men estates and their own business thriftier a man was the more low citizens had for him. , One of the greatest apostles of thrift we ever had was Benjamin Franklin, and he wai one of America's greatest men. His service to his country and the world at large cannot be estimated. He had just one dollar when he arrived in Philadelphia from his Boston home and it was several days before he secured ■ position in a printing office, but when he began to save "gaining money by my Industry and fruplity," as he says, "I lived very agreeably." In two or three years he was able to go into business for himself and his thrift and industry at tracted the attention of all his neighbors. "In order to secure my credit and character as a tradesman," he said, "I took care not only to be in reality indus trious and frugal, but to avoid all appear ance to the contrary. I dressed plainly; I was seen in no places of idle diversion j IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph of July 24, 1865.] Promote Major Wiley The Secretary of War has pro moted Major William M. Wiley, of this city, to lieutenant-colonel. Mayor Vetoes Ordinance The Mayor to-day vetoed the ordi nance passed by Council recently au thorizing the purchase of three new steam Are engines. The condition of the treasury at the present time was the only reason given. Recapture Dean Captain Dean, who ecaped from this city while the court-martial was de liberating on his case, was recaptured to-day at Sunbury and was brought back to this city. WHY CITIES GO INTO DEBT [From the Washington Post.] New York City In recent months has been complaining bitterly because tn» I State of New York h£s been so ex travagant that an additional tax levy has become necessary. The complaint of New York City Is due almost en tirely to the fact that she will have to pay $18,000,000 of the extra levy. Mean while, plans have been prepared for a new courthouse for New York City. A pretty good courthouse might be built for $1,000,000. V .night.be lo cated in a high-price', neighborhood, although justice prooably could be as well served on the East as on the West Side. But New York, stagger ing under the greatest load of muni cipal debt that any city in the coun try ever dreamed of bearing, must have a $10,000,000 courthouse. There must be four restaurants in the building—one for Supreme Court judges, one for county Judges, one for lawyers and one for the public that pays all the bills. Doubtless the one for the public will be the least deslr | ab The people of the country wonder at ■ times where the vast sums rolleeted from taxes arc going. They wondot why It is that the increase In the num ber of taxpayers has not been suffici ent to meet the increased cost of gov ernment. Such foolish ventures as the new courthouse, typical of modern municipal and governmental extrava gance, explain the phenomenon. JULY 24, 1915. and to ihow that I was not above my business, I sometimes brought home the paper I purchased at the stores through the streets on a wheel-barrow." Merchants began to solicit his custom and he began to prosper until in ten yean time he was, as he expressed it, "easy in circum stances," and able to give much of hit time to other things. In these days the frugality of Franklin is apt to be looked upon as quite out of date, since we hear of millions being made seemingly by chance. But where one fortune is made in this way, thou sands grow from little savings. John D. Rockefeller, the organizer of [ the Standard Oil Company, hat made more money than, probably, any other : man of his day. He has more than he I himself, it is said, can keep account of. He is rated as a billionaire. Vet, as we ail I know, he began his business career at a clerk in a tmall town in the rural section I of New York. He practiced economy : and was not ashamed to do so. Hit I theory it that one can only be ready for i the opportunities which come to the ' ambitious and hardworking when the [ habits of thrift and prudence in spending : have been cultivated, r Mr. Rockefeller "still hat the little • memorandum book that he kept when he was a poor clerk, in which he kept I account of every penny that he tpent and [ thut knew just what wat going out. For ■ like other men whose wealth has been ■ amassed little by little, he realized that i what goes out is a greater factor in ae i cumulating money, than what comet in. BOOKS AND MAOAZINES Best sellers are not always novels. "The Church Hymnal," published at the beginning of this year, has Just gone into Its second printing of 100,000 copies. The first printing was also of that number. And "The Century Cook Book," the "old reliable" of Its clasn, has recently gone into Its nineteenth edition. Marlon Craig Wentworth, author of "War Brides," and Madame Nazlmova, who is achieving perhaps the greatest dramatic sucess in the play, joined forces in the cause of peace at a mass meeting held at Carnegie Hall, New York, recently, under the auspices of the Woman's Peace Party. The author appealed to the audience to rouse others to a living faith in the cause of f peace; and Madame Nar.lmova. dressed n the peasant costume she wears In "War Brides," presented some of the most effective scenes In the play. WHBREI GOVERNMENT IS CON CERNED [From the New York "World.] The American people certainly will not be Indifferent to Industrial discon tent that rests under the Imputation of having: been purchased by foreign agents. If "German (fold, as Mr. Morrison calls It, can buy one strike, it can huv a hundred strikes, provid ing It finds labor leaders who are suf ficiently venal and workers who are sufficiently tractable to follow the guidance of crooks. The United States Government main tains a Department of at great expense to the country, and the Bridge port situation needs the Immediate at tention of Secretary Wilson. With any honest differences that may exist be tween the Remington Company and its employes the country has only a casual concern, provided laws are respected and there Is no resort to violence. But in a matter involving an Issue of whether a foreign Government Is buy. lng Industrial warfare In the United States this country has an Immediate and vital concern. The sooner the facts are known the better. But at last Daniel came before me, whose name was Belte.shaz7.ar, accord ing to the name of my God. and In whom Is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, say ing, O Belteshazzar. master of the ma gicians, because t know that the spirit of the holy gods Is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the vis lons of mv dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. JJanlel iv, S and 3. J Bmttttg (Etjat Announcement of the opening data of the annual city championship ten nis tournament at Reservol-' ha* re newed the Interest In that sport again and scores of prospective entrants crowd the courts daily. Charles Pol lock, tho court keeper, has had scores of requests for entry blanks and yes terday he took a pack of fifty to the tennis clubhouse for distribution. The blanks are prepared In postcard form with suitable spaces for the names of the entrants. A single one cent post age stamp will send the entry to the pork superintendent's office where the drawings will be made. Monday even ing Is the time limit for filing entries. The drawings are scheduled for that evening so that the tournament may start Wednesday. • • • Several years ago lightning struck a big cottonwood tree in the River Front Park near Conoy street and until to day the ten feet or more of the stump Is still standing. During the last,few months a couple of woodpeckers have been testing the bark for what they could find and the bark was worn loose by the many holes In the bole. City Forester Mueller saw a chance to offer a large and free feast of wood worms and other gruhs to the birds and he accordingly had the tree trunk stripped of Its bark. That gave the sparrows and other birds, who can't' peg their way through the bark like the woodpeckers, a chance to get at the crawling things in the rotten wood. And did the birds come to the feast? They did. To-day, an inspec tion of the shattered old tree will show Just what a lot of hungry birds will do with worm and grub filled rotten wood when they can get at the food. The whole interior of the trunk has been clipped clean of the punk-like wood. • • • While the recent more or less fre quent rains have done some damage to the berry crop, especially the dew berry which hangs close to the ground and consequently rota quickly, the bulk of the crop escaped with little harm. Raspberries were about as plenti ful this year as they have been for some time and the blackberry crop is running It a close second. From present Indications huckleberries are going to break all records as the bushes are bending over with the fruit. • • • These moonlight nights are cer tainly proving the popularity of the canoe. Last night there were scores of the little crafts scurrying around the river and goodness only knows {low many others drifting along under overhanging bushes. Some of the canoeists liked it so well that they found it impossible to leave the river until the moon had grown tired and gone to rest. That was somewhere near 1 o'clock and soon after the river cleared. MUCKRAKING FEMALE VIRTUE [From the New York World.] Has the speaker at the Purity Con gress, who alleged that "a rapidly in creasing number of girls to-day look at virtue as a jolce? the facts antl figures to support the assertion? Or was the theory evolved from an inner consciousness grown morbid on sex subjects? There were, to be sure, nearly 7,- 500,000 more women in the United States in 1910 than In 1900, and their number has proportionally Increased In the five-year period since. In that vast addition to the female popula tion lie great possibilities In the way of an increase of immorality. In tlia circumstances, more girls necessarily will go astray because there are mora to choose the "easier way." But Is the proportion greater than It was ten or fifty years ago? Is the percentage of girls to whom "virtue is a Joke" larger than it was, and '"rap idly increasing" at that? That is the whole point of an Indictment of fe male chastity which has no value unless It is based on exact knowl edge, and which in the absence of the volume of statistics necessary to sus tain the charge will be generally dis missed as a slander in the specious guise of a sociological theory. Must all things be impure to a Purity Congress? Such a body no doubt has Its public uses along the lines of legitimate inquiry into conditions of immorality with a view to their cor rection. But a cobbler should stick to his last, and purity investigators should confine their activities to things they know to be impure. FEW EUROPEAN TOURISTS [From the Providence Journal.l A computation for the first week in the present month shows sailings for Europe from American ports of 278 first class passengers, 641 second class and 3,658 third class. Tho figures for the corresponding week, a year ngu, were 5,087, 7,089 and 16,278. respective ly. This example, at random, Illus trates very strikingly what In a gen eral way must be manifest to every body, that a vast amount of money, hitherto regularly expended on Euro pean travel, Is being kept at home this summer. And, of course, by far the larger proportion of the passengers are not of the tourist class. There would doubtless be a willingness among Americans to see Europe In the throes of war. But the belligerent countries are not welcoming curosity seekers, though tourist money would be even more gladly received than In ordinary ■ times. The figures represent a decrease In receipts of steamship lines of $1,727.- 680. but the Item of ocean fares Is probably less than one-quarter of the total expenditure for the average tourist. It is easy to exaggerate the amount spent annually by Americans In "doing Europe," but It Is between three and four millions at a conserva tive estimate. EUROPE AND OUR GR AIN fFrom the Manchester Union.] Sometime next Fall, we American* will be asking one another what has become of all the grain that was raised In the United States this year. Perhaps we shall be paying more than we think we should for such as we get, and we are apt to tear our hair and gnash our teeth and cuss the tariff—purely from force of habit, of course, since the tariff of former days Is no longer with us. Tt has Just been discovered by the New York grain trade that the Allies, and especially Great Britain, no longer Intend to be held up for exorbitant prices in making purchases in this country. They have now developed a plan to secure their supplies of grain, particularly wheau corn and oats, without the general trade being any the wiser until it U too late. Instead ot entering the open market In this cdwntry ai\d proceeding to purchase cash wheat, corn or oats, the European buyers are quletlv tak ing September wheat on all weak spots and will simply ..accept deliveries on contract. When the wheat goes out in actual shipment and the daily clear ances show the big totals, the trade for i the first time will know definitely how i Europe Is going about Its grain put chases this season. BRIGHT MEN IN PRISON [From the Brooklyn Times.] The fact that a convict physician ■ was the first to give aid to Leo Frank i gives point to the remark once made by I Warden Hayes, in the days of the old l Kings County Penitentiary, that he : could find a man among his charges ! competent to meet any emergency that might arise. I , CIVIC CLUB Fly Contest June 1 to July 31 5 C<>nt» a Pint ' Prizes of 95, 92.50 and several 91.00 ones 1 duplicated by Mr. Ben Stronaa U^ ll ...,aaggw—l
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