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WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4.
Idleness is only the refuge of weak
minds, the holiday of fools. —Lord
Chesterfield.
POLITICS IN COUNCIL
PARTY politics should have no
place In City Council. The fool
ishness of injecting petty feel
ings and selfish ambitions into the
affairs of the city was never better
demonstrated than yesterday, when,
after a long delay and bitter wrangling
over the completion of the River
Front the two minority councilmen
were compelled to yield the untenable
position they had been striving in vain
for weeks to hold and to agree to the
appropriation of money with which
to finish the work.
Everybody realized rrom the very
ttart what the end would be. Even
the minority members knew their
stand was hopeless. They played j
cheap party politics in the hope of j
strengthening their candidacies for re-,
election by holding up public work on |
the plea of economy and regard fori
'law. Nobody would for a moment )
■urge a public official to do anything j
irregular, much less juggle public
imonies. But if there was a doubt in
'the mind of the mayor or the super
intendent of finance as to whether or
not there was sufficient in the regular
funds to complete Improvements that
they knew in the end would have to
be completed, certainly then It was the I
duty of his honor, as the presiding!
officer of council, and of the superin-1
tendent of finance to look Into the'
financial condition of the city and to
suggest ways and means of procuring
the necessary sum from otner sources.
Instead, they continued to place
obstacles in the way of "the three
majority councilmen at e*ery turn and
it is to the efforts of Commissioners
Bowman, Taylor and Lynch that the
balances were found with which to
complete the work.
What a splendid city government we
should have if sueh petty differences
as these could be eliminated; if public
officials could forget their own per
tonal feelings and ambitions to con
duct the affairs of the city purely on
a business basis, as they are sworn to
do. In the end littleness never pays
and finally common sense and tl %
right prevail, just as they did yester
day, but in the interval much precious
time is lost and no good whatever is
accomplished. It is to be hoped that
the results of yesterday's meeting will
be a lesson as to the futility of such
petty scheming and,that we shall have
no more of i«.
PROPER PREPARATION
THE whole country is aroused as
never before over the subject
of national preparedness
against the attack of some covetous
and unscrupulous foreign power. We
as a people have come to a sudden
realizationthat we are as a sheep
among wolves, a rich man
among thieves. Hudson Maxim sized
up the situation very well before the
Chamber of Commerce a few days ago
when he likened the United States
among the nations to a New Jersey
countryman alone on the Bowery at
midnight with both hands full of
hundred dollar bills. "It is not a ques
tion of whether that countryman will
keep his money or lose it; It Is simply
a question of which gunman sees him
first," is the way he put it.
Hundreds of college students, realiz
ing the seriousness of our position
and the necessity of a military re
serve, have been attending the sum
mer military school at Plattsburg,
and the}' will be followed by a train
ing camp for businessmen, the total
enrollment for which to date has
reached 1,015. The last day for en
rolling Is Thursday, and by that time
the army officers In charge of the
camp believe they will have 1,200 men
enrolled from all parts of the country.
There will be bank presidents, doc
tots. lawyer*, brokers, engineers and
many others, mostly college gradu
ates who will shoulder a gun and be
instructed in all branches of the land
service so that they might some day
become comnilssionad officers If an
emergency required the raising of a
large volunteer army in this country.
There is nothing war-like In this
preparation. The military reserve so
created will never be used by an un
tprtsclplMl ambitious ot bloodthirstyi
[WEDNESDAY EVENING, J
autocrat to carry an unjust war against
a helpless Belgium, for the simple
reason that the government of the
United States is so constituted that
such an eventuality would be lmpos
alble without the consent of the peo
ple, who are peace-loving and disposed
to deal honestly in their international
relations even to the point of their
own detriment. In training our young
men we are simply doing for the coun
try what the householder does when
he purchases a revolver to protect his
valuables from burglars. A military
reserve In this country is our Insur
ance against international burglary,
and like all forms of Insurance It will
cost something.
But it will pay for itself. Any able
bodied boy or man Is the better for
the discipline and exercises of mili
tary education. They tend to moral
rectitude and physical well being, for
no man can excel as a soldier unless
he is mentally alert and bodily able to
do his share of work. ..
Which brings one naturally to the
thought that whatever may be said
of the mind-tralnlng the pupil receives
in our public schools, his physical
training has been neglected most woe
fully. Some years ago this newspa
per was instrumental In the organiza
tion of a cadet corps In the Central
high school. Partly by reason of a
careless Instructor and partly because
the Idea appears to. have been in ad
vance of the times, the organization
was discontinued. Conditions have
changed, however, and it is probable
that a revival of the military feature
of high school life now would be met
with an enthusiastic response on tho
part of the student body. No possible
harm could come from such instruc
tion and doubtless It would be produc
tive of much good. Harrisburg has
set an example to cities throughout
the country In many other respects.
Why not In this?
JOHNN Y APPLESEED
ABOUT a century ago Jonathan :
Chatman left his orchard and
little farm at Pittsburgh and
started on his mission of service to his
fellow men. He determined as a re
sult of the yearning of the emigrants,
who stopped at his place on this way
over the trail westward to enjoy his
apple orchard, to give his life to the J
planting and nursery of orchards j
among the settlements of the Middle
West. He was then a young man and j
for fifty years he continued this work,
establishing small nurseries and set
ting out orchards all over Ohio, In
diana, Michigan and Illinois.
He gathered seeds from the pomace
at the cider mills every year and with
his bag of seeds he tramped the for
ests and endured the privations and
perils of the early pioneer days on his
remarkable mission. Says one writ
ing of him:
Half mystic, half poet, a lover of
nature and of his fellow men, his
long life of solitary and perilous
wande'-lng always in the van of
migrat' >n wns consecrated to the
blott-oming of the wilderness.
Some of his trees are believed to be
standing to-day and the lesson of his
life is the lesson of service to our fel
low men. It Is likewise a suggestion
for the thousands of automobile tour
ists traveling up and down the high
ways of Central Pennsylvania. Let the
life of "Johnny Appieseed," as Chat
ruan came to be known among the In
dians and settlers, be an inspiration.
Let every tourist as he passes in and i
out among the hills and valleys of this
part of Pennsylvania make it a rule
to carry with him packets of flower]
and fruit seeds, scattering these where !
they will grow and beautify the land
scape.
We have been a destructive people
long enough. Waste for a century has
characterized our development as a
nation. Let us follow the example of
I "Johnny Appleseed" and do our part
| in making beautiful not only with the
! blossom of the apple trees, but flowers
and plants, the highways and byways
of this imperial Commonwealth.
Harrisburg is a good place to start
the movement and may we not hope
that our automobile tourists and all
others will take fire from the life of
the Inspired orchardist and frontiers
man of one hundred years ago.
REAL PATROLMEN
UNDER orders just issued by
Police Chief Joseph B. Hutchi
son. Harrisburg will have police
men on the beats who are real patrol
men.
The Chief has issued strict orders
that the officers keep close tabs on all
law violations, that special attention
be given houses wherein vice of any
sort is* suspected, and that all such
violations, together with petty thievery
reported, shall be turned in to head
quarters when the men go off duty.
The order has been issued, Colonel
Hutchison explains, because "the pa
trolmen frequently tell persons mak
ing complaints to come to the office."
Naturally many people are loth to
make a trip to headquarters when
the losses involved are inconsequential.
The result is that many offenders es
cape and many live outside the pale of
the law In comparative safety. To end
this the Police Chief says of his men:
"In the future they must take the
complaint, report It to the office, and
get busy inquiring Into complaints. In
the future, where a prosecution is
made on Information received, the
pptrolman who has failed to do his
duty will be punished accordingly."
In every up-to-date city of the coun
try the patrolmen make dally reports
on the many minor details of police
duty. The aiding of a child to find its
home, the breaking of an electric light
globe on the city streets, accidents
which on the face of things are trivial,
ere all reported in black and white to
the officer in charue. The wisdom of
this procedure has been shown time
and time again.
No one knows when a child is struck
by a bicycle, for instance, and sufTers
slight abrasion of the skin on hand or
face, whether serious consequences!
from blood poisoning will result or not. |
The instant reporting of a child found ■
to headquarters may save a worrying '■
mother hours of anguish. There are j
dozens of other similar duties which I
every patrolman is expected to per-1
form la cities Uke Philadelphia and'
New York which officers In many of
the smaller towns would think entirely
outside their Jobs.
Byt In Harrlsburg the Police Chief
bat the right ldea > and from now on
the city's patrolmen will be "more
than figureheads," to quote. Colonel
Hutchison again.
The seriousness of neglect of these
minor duties was shown In a recent
case at the Harrlsburg Hospital. A
girl was struck by an automobile at
Third and Market streets and seriously
Injured. Through the neglect on the
part of the police to get the names
oC the principals and of the Harrlsburg
Hospital to get the name of the man
who brought the Injured girl to the
Institution and who happened to know
the name of the automobile owner. It
took three days before the girl's family
found out whose car struck her. And
they found out then only because tho
owner himself called to effect a settle
ment.
Under the new order of things In
the police department such Instances
will not occur.
1 TELEORAPH PERISCOPE
—Well, yesterday you were begging
for a little wind, weren't you?
—After this war Is over there will be
quite a few munition manufacturers
turning their shrapnel case mills Into
plowshare factories.
—The Russian Bear certainly has
been hugging Warsaw.
—Before going on vacation It might
be well to figure out how ycu are going
to finance next winter's coal pile.
—At all events fishermen may take
consolation in the fact that there will
be more fish in the river this Fall than
would have been the case If summer
fishing had been as good as usual.
—Cupid may not be an expert tennis
player, but he does know how to serve
a love game.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR]
WHERE HOG RAISING IS PROFIT
ABLE
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Hog raising In Pennsylvania, If
carried on in the right way, can be
made a profitable business. I learn
ed this recently during a visit to Astola
Ranch, fourteen miles southwest of
Johnstown, in Somerset county.
Hearing much about this money
making project, I was curious to
know how hogs were raised for a
profit. Having arranged with the
manager and treasurer of the National
Hog Company, owner of this ranch,
I was given every opportunity to see
each department, and have It ex
plained to me. Mr. Wehn gave me
every courtesy possible. He is a Very
busy man, but not too busy to take
care of visitors who manifest Inter
est In this enterprise.
Just before we reached the ranch
in an automobile, Mr. Wehn stopped
a few minutes to show me a beautiful
stretch of land, covering 19,000 acres.
This land is In control of the Na
tional Hog Company, owners of the
Astola Hog Ranch. There is ample
room for extension of this business.
"Arriving at the ranch I found lit
tle hogs, big hogs, white and red
hogs, enough almost to feed a Euro
pean array. Contrary to expectation,
I found the ranch a clean odorless
place. The land occupied was for
merly owned by a lumber company.
The big timber had been cleaned off
and small trees were growing all over
the place. These young trees offered
many shady places for the hogs.
About the place are a number of
buildings, and around the ranch are
dwellinghouses, barn and everything
necessary for a busy little town.
There is also a schoolhouse not far
away.
The barn is used for taking care
of the sows and their Utter. I found
hundreds of little piss being cared
for by their mothers. The Utters
numbered from six to twelve. At pres
ent there are 850 breeders on the
ranch. AH the very best stock. The
National Hog Company has been of
fered from $5 to 1800 for some of
their male hogs.
On the ranch there is a total of
2,000 head, including 1,100 shoats and
pigs. This is a remarkable showing
as the raising of hogs at this place
started in October, 1914. There are
buildings for sheltering the hogs, a
pool for dipping. At times this pool
is diluted with ingredients to pre
vent vermin from attacking the hogs.
A State veterinary surgeon inspects
the ranch four and Ave times each
year, vaccinates the hogs and sees
that it is up to sanitary regulations.
A mountain stream runs through
I the place furnishing fresh water daily.
This is an important feature of this
ranch. The hogs are supplied with
the best feed that can be purchased.
Each department has its special feed,
the little ones receiving special at
tention in food. The hogs are all In
good healthy condition and never get
too fat. My visit impressed me with
the belief that hog raising is a good
investment for one that wishes to
make money in an honorable way.
SAMUEL. PLOUGH.
THB ANNIVERSARY OF WAR
[From the New York Sun.]
The end of the first year finds the
major belligerents variously and per
haps characteristically engaged in pro
cess of reminiscence and prospective
reflection:
The Teutons, who seem—we speak
without Intent of irreverence—to have
least need of Divine support of their
arms, thank God for special direction
In their "defensive war.'
The British, who have not scored
the most brilliant successes in the
field, are not proclaiming their share
In the Divine patronage, but, no less
confident than their foes, are taking
vows to yield only in death or utter
destruction.
Brave little Belgium, symbolist by
nature, expresses herself in the wear
ing of a badge: a "scrap of paper."
France sends a message of courage
to the firing line. The Pope appeals,
to ears that are deaf. Russia glorifies
her patriots, redeclares her Innocence,
and. In Duma assembled, prepares to
supply her guns with shells afresh,
while the Caa- sends an anniversary
message to the troops: We shall suc
ceed, for we have the blessing of the
Almighty.
And Juggernaut rolls on.
YES, THEY ASKED HIM
When William H. Crane was
younger and less discreet he bad a
vaulting ambition t<#play "Hamlet."
So with his first profits he organized
his own company and he went to an
inland Western town to give vent to
his ambition and "try it on."
When he came back to New York a
group of friends noticed that the
actor appeared to be much downcast.
"What's the matter. Crane? Didn't
they appreciate It?" asked one of his
friends.
"They didn't seem to," laconically
answered the actor.
"Well, didn't they give any encour
agement? Didn't they aak you to come
before the curtain?" persisted th«
friend.
"Ask me?" answered Crane, "ilan,
they dared mot"
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'PeKKO^t^anXa
By the Ex-Csommttterm*n |
1
Leaders of Pennsylvania's Inhar
monious and disunited Democracy are
expected to spend a couple of days in
Harrisburg and vicinity to discuss the
unpleasant reports which the scouts
have been turning- lip in their visits to
various counties in the last few weeks.
National Committeeman A. Mitchell
Palmer, State Chairman Roland S.
Morris and Secretary J. T. Keenan, of
tho Philadelphia annex to the State
windmill, are reported as about to
visit this city and to confer with Vance
C. McCormick. For some time Keenan
has been roaming about the State
gathering information which he has
ready for the chiefs and it is probabla
that the effect of certain contests on
next year's campaign will be discussed.
It is regarded as certain that McCor
mick will take a prominent part in the
national committee's work in this State
and both Palmer and Morris expect
to be busy telling how they will be
running the Wilson campaign for re
nomination at least until the State
committee meets.
Keenan spent a few days here and
made flying visits to Cumberland and
other counties. It is a well-known fact
that the Democratic bosses are miffed
over the clashing ambitions of the
Democrats who seek Judicial honors
in Cumberland county and have found
some of the local leaders, like Post
master Goodyear, of Carlisle, who
wculd like to have but one candidate
in the fleld. The Rupley candidacy is
taken as a mere midsummer flyer and
few think that even if the, Democrats
did get together on a candidate they
could do anything against Sylvester
Sadler. Hence, the Democratic State
leaders do not want to make a bad
showing in Cumberland on judge and
would like to have only one candidate.
Keenan is reported to have had a long
powwow with John W. Wetsel and
found that the Democrats are split up
the bftck and that the blterness engen
dered'this campaign will last for years.
The Piddle people are said to privately
admit that there Is no hope of doing
anything against Sadler and are deter
mined to put Wetzel down and out as
a contender at the primaries.
—The Philadelphia mayoralty con
test is rapidly assuming proportions
which make it of State-wide interest
because of the effects upon next vear
and the belief that men high in'the
State administration may be drawn
into it. The interest which was taken
in the Allegheny county rumpus a few
weeks ago appears, to have swung to
the eastern end of the State, although
the results of the Allegheny countv
primary may be quite extensive. These
two big counties hold great possibili
ties for next year for the Republicans,
just as battles under way among" Demo
crats In Lackawanna, Luzerne and
other counties may mean much for
Democrats.
—ln regard to the Philadelphia
mayoralty the Philadelphia Inquirer,
which Is always well informed as to
what is going on in Republican affairs,
says: "A clean-cut contest between
Congressman William S. Vare and Con
gressman J. Hampton Moore for the
Republican nomination for mayor
would appear to be the inevitable out
come of an announcement by Mr. Vare
of compliance with the request of the
delegation of labor leaders who have
urged him to become a candidate.
Mr. Vare yesterday gave no Intimation
of what course he will pursue. Lieu
tenants of the Vares, however, con
tinued to predict that he will make
another attempt to gain the mayoralty
and some of them are reported to lie
lining up division carriers to prepare
for a battle royal at the primaries. In
the event of Mr. Vare's becoming a
candidate. Congressman Moore is
looked upon as the logical choice of
the opponents of Mr. Vare, as well as
of many citizens who are advocating
the nomination of a candidate not
allied with either the McNichol or the
Vare camps. Congressman Moore has
been a free lance politically in local
affairs.
—The Philadelphia Record In a
resume of the intensely interesting
political situation in that city says.
"Included among other gossip de
veloped by the situation was a well
defined report that Congressman Vare
having demonstrated that he was a
decided factor and could run if he
wanted to, would withdraw personally
but throw his support to a distinctively
\ are candidate. Tax Receiver Ken
drick. State Senator William Wallace
Smith and Judge John M. Patterson
were prominently mentioned as Vare
possibilities in this connection. While
there were reports of new candidates
being groomed by the Vares, there
was talk also of datk horses In the
Penrose-McNichol camp. There was a
revival in the interest of George H
Earle, Jr., during the day, while there
was also considerable mention of
Judge Charles Y. Audenried, District
Attorney Samuel P. Rotan and Re
corder of Deeds Ernest L Tustin."
DONE PROPERI/Y
"How Is it you were so long over
your work to-day"
„ "Sure, ma'am," replied the servant,
you were watching me most of the
time." —Judge.
Our Daily Laugh
»*«.,. NEWS FROM
GlJMlf THE TRENCHES
AMI / '* Te your
o£j■ 'll S an( * tllat WOTUan
next door 'till
Intermittently.
/I /Jw i They exchanged
1 & r fflgoaaip today un
tc~.P A/jWf der a flae ot
truce.
A HORRIBLE
THOUGHT.
The Germans
have a gun that /■' -*■>■ re"jVmM
will shoot 27 /.'.
Terrible. Just ujlji; Vy
imagine what Is Ufl
liable to happen jj fji' |jfl
if some fool who jj HLB- - *
doesn't know It's n —' Qt- sj
loaded start S\M
monkeying with*. »
WHERE, OH, WHERE!
By WiBR Dinger
Everybody's worried.
'Cause they want to go
To to-morrow's circus,
But they do not know
Where they're going to find It
Since the grounds of old.
In the form of home-sites.
Now are being sold.
Everyone's been asking
Where the show will be—
Here's the Information
That will bring much glee
To the hearts of parents
Who with kids would go,
Seneca and Fourth Streets
Is the place 'twill show, " ,
SUMMER SCENES IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA \
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(Courtesy Eastman Kodak Company.)
AT OYBTKR'S DAM—TIIE SCHOOL BELL IN THE FAR DISTANCE.
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UNCLE SAM AND
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN
L J
THE announcement by Secretary
of the Navy Daniels of the ap-
pointment of a Naval Advisory
Beard, composed of men who have
"done things" in the world of inven
tion, has once more centered attention
upon the fact that the United States
is the leading nation of the world with
respect to inventive ingenuity.
It is not an empty boast that
"Yankee skill" leads the world, but a
fact easily proven, us a glance at the
records of the Patent Office of this and
other countries will soon show. The
United States, with a patent system
less than a century old, issued its one
millionth patent on August 8, 1911.
France, our nearest competitor, has
Issued only a little more than half this
number, while Great Britain, Germany
and the other European countries have
still fewer patented inventions.
The war abroad has, of course, seri
ously impaired the business of creating
and patenting new devices in prac
tically all the countries of Europe,
while it has only stimulated Americans
to greater efforts. The average num
ber of patents issued daily at the pres
ent time is larger than ever before,
and there are apparently no bounds
to be placed upon the creative genius
of the American inventor, for no
sooner is one device finished, patented
and placed on the market than some
one devises something just a little
better and a new patent is issued.
in this connection it is rather amus
ing to note that there is on file at the
Patent Office In Washington the letter
of the superintendent of the Patent
Office, written in 1834. resigning his
position because "there was nothing
left to patent." This man, who had
never dreamed of the telephone or
telegraph, the automobile or aero
plane, the electric light or moving pic
tures. this man who would have con
sidered that a person who spoke of
sending messages through the air was
a hopeless lunatic, and that he who
imagined that a gun could shoot a
dozen miles with accuracy sufficient to
hit a target only a few feet square
should be Incarcerated lest he harm
his neighbors, voluntarily gave up his
lucrative post rather than defraud the
government. One has only to glance
at the epochal inventions of the last
century to see how much the world
can and probably will change before
2015.
Amerioan Creative Ability
And it is because American genius
and American creative ability have
alwciys been in the forefront of these
changes that the Secretary of the Navy
decided to form his Advisory Board,
appointing thereto men whose names
arc. household words and whose inven
tions are familiar to everyone.
Thomas A. Edison, admittedly the
foremost inventor in the world, will
head the board, and it is assuredly
within the bounds of modest imagine
ation that his brain will evolve some
machinery of warfare which will be
comparable in destructive energy to
the constructive force exercised by the
incandescent lamp, the moving picture
camera and the many other inventions
which bear the name of the American
wizard. The word Edison has been
one to conjure with in times of peace;
It is the opinion of Secretary Daniels
that it will be no less powerful in time
of war.
Alexander Graham Bell, the in
ventor of the telephone, is another in
ventor slated for a position upon the
Naval Advisory Board and it is neces
sary only to consider of what tremen
dous advantage the control of wireless
telephonies would be to a nation at
war to realize the probable sphere of
Bell's activities. Wireless telegraphy
has practically relegated the old
fashioned system of signaling between
warships to the scrap heap. The.per
fection of the wireless telephone would
entirely do away with signal Hags, save
for decorative purposes, and the com
mander of a fleet would have all the
units of his armada directly under his
control and subject to his slightest
wish. Wireless telegraphy is rapid,
but wireless telephony would be In
stantaneous.
Others Mentioned
Others who have been mentioned
foi places upon the Advisory Board
are Wilbur Wright, the man who Is
credited with having brought the aero
plane to Its present state of excellence
and ease of control, and Simon Lake,
whose work with submarines has
placed him at the head of the list
with respect to the under-sea craft.
At present the American navy is
rather deficient with respect to sub
marines and its aero fleet is smaller
than that of any first-class power In
the world. But this condition will
probably not maintain long after the
Naval Advisory Board gets under way
and it is almost certain that th« gov
ernment will have the exclusive use of'
AUGUST 4, 1915.
a number of remarkable achievements
in the science of warfare.
Another function of the board will
be to pass upon and to stimulate in
ventions by men who have never been
heard of in the world of science. Since
the announcement of the appointment
or the Advisory Board the Navy De
partment has been deluged by a flood
of inventions from all sections of the
country. The great majority of these,
of course, will be worthless, but there
will possibly be some among them
which possess at least the germ of an
important idea which may be devel
oped by one of the master minds of
the board. The old principle of "two
heads being better than one" will be
here exemplified, only instead of there
being two heads there will be half a
dozen or more, for the Navy Depart
ment hopes to obtain the services of
at least six men of the highest rank
as inventors. The board will not only
work out Its own ideas, but it will en
deavor to assist other inventors to per
fect their plans.
this theory becomes an estab
lished fact, and there appears to be no
valid reason why it should fail. It will
be only another instance of the repe
tition of history. America has not
alcne the steamboat, the cotton gin,
the electric lamp, the telephone, the
telegraph and many other peaceful in
ventions to her credit. She also leads
the world in the perfection of new ma
chines of war, as a glance at history
will show.
Wooden vessels of war had been in
vogue since the earliest days of history
up to the time of the historic battle
between the Monitor and the Merri
mac in Hampton Roads, a battle which
sealed the doom of this typo of war
craft. According to many experts,
I among them Sir Percy Scott, the Eng
lish authority on matters pertaining
to the navy, the submarine has sound
ed the knell of the surface battleship
as effectually as did the Monitor send
all the wooden ships to the scrap heap.
Put here, again, the superiority of
, American creative genius makes itself
seen, for the submarine is quite as
much a product of American skill and
ingenuity as was the first steamboat or
the Monitor. Holland built the first
modern submarine and Simon" Lake is
responsible for the majority of the im
provements upon this type of craft—
so that the United States may truly be
I said to have been responsible for all
the great changes in naval warfare
during the past century.
The improvement of the aeroplane
by Professor Langley and the Wright
brothers is too well known to require
comment other than to state that the
aeroplane now used in warfare is es
sentially the same as that which the
Wrights brought to its present state of
usefulness. The sea realm of Mars
and the air which covers it have there
fore been successfully invaded by
Yankee ingenuity.
With respect to warfare upon land
it is necessary only to recall the fact
that Richard Gatling, a North Carolina
school teacher, not only perfected ma
chinery to sow cotton and rice, but
astonished the world with the first ma
chine gun—the famous Gatling gun
of the Civil War—while Colonel Der
inger gave us the vest pocket pistol
that bears his name and which was
the immediate progenitor of the mod
ern automatic. The disappearing gun
use in coast defenses, and the giant
howitzers which played havoc with
the defenses of IJege and Antwerp are
also of American origin, as are many
or the smaller machines of war.
It will therefore be seen that If
American genius merely lives up' to
tho traditions and achievements of the
Pa«t •"will more than enable the
United States to protect Itself against
aggression or invasion.
1 EDITORIAL COMMENT "I
Ty Cobb says he never drinks, but
it is thought he does not obect to see
ing the bases full.—Columbia State.
Thaw is sane, In which respect ht
has a tremendous advantage over some
millions of his admirers.—Boston Tran
script.
Caruso Is the last man we Imaglnea
Italy would exempt, considering his
unequaled experience in charging.—Co
lumbia State.
The stork has brought a lusty baby
boy to Mrs. Walter Johnson. It is un
derstood that he has a very swift bawl.
—Boston Transcript.
Count Okuma's apprehension for
India In case Germany wins will be
appreciated In China.—Washington
Post.
Just because the President works his
own typewriter, von Jagow mustn't
think he takes dictation.—Columbia
Stat*.
lEimring (Eljat
Scarcely a flay passes without Its
testimony from some distinguished
visitor regarding the value and char
acter of the public Improvements In
this city which are to be th® subject
of the bier September celebration.
George W. Perkins, the distinguished
financier of New York city and chair
man of the Palisades Commission of
New York state, was crossing the river
bridge at Market street on a recent
visit when he asked the driver to stop
and exclaimed: "Who was responsible!
for that treatment of your river front?
That Is the most attractive scheme I
have ever seen and It Is a suggestion
for our problem along the Palisades on
the Hudson!"
William T. Ellis, the well-known
religious writer, was in Harrlsburg a
few minutes last Saturday and this Is
what he said: "You have a beautiful
city. I have heard much about it and
now have had a glimpse mvself. lam
coming back to visit the Capitol and
spend some time in looking about Har
riaburg."
These are but samples of the dally
testimony to the wisdom of what has
been accomplished hero in a few
years.
• • »
The route laid out for the tour to
"See Pennsylvania first" which Gov
ernor Martin G. Brumbaugh will lead
from Harrlsburg in the first week of
October is now being gone over and
everything about it noted. The route
was worked out for the Governor be
fore he went to the encampment of
the national guardsmen at Mount
Gretna last month. Highway Commis
sioner H. J, Cunningham and Chief
Engineer W. D. Uhler having studied
the road problem after figuring out
where the Governor desired to lead
the party. The route was then marked
out on a map and the Governor made
a few changes so that historic or scenic
spots would be touched and the Itin
erary was made. A few days ago W.
H. D. Hall, the statistician of the
Highway Department, started out in
one of the department cars to mark
the route. A complete report regard
ing it will be laid before the Governor
on his return from Maine and he will
then begin making up the party.
• • •
These are the busiest kind of days
for the State officials in charge of the
making of the bonds to cover State de
posits and State Treasurer R. K.
loung is making searches of records
so that he will have Information on
which to base estimates. By the new
system under way every deposit of
State money, whether the account of a
hospital or the contingent fund of a
department of the State government,
is to be protected by a bond. This new
order Is now being worked out and
will not only multiply the number of
bonds, but the size of the security. In
many instances companies which have
State deposits at interest have also
accounts of institutions and the funds
of departments.
» • •
The construction of the concrete
walls and floors of the new Graupner
bakery at Tenth and Market streets
is attracting much attention as the
big gang of workmen pushes along
the filling of the wall and floor spaces.
The pillars are formed by huge cylin
ders which have capitals like a morn
ing glory. The work is going ahead as
long as daylight" lasts and it is expected
to get the building under roof long
before snow flies and not to do any
concrete work after cold weather sets
in, as was the case with the Emerson-
Brantingham building.
• » •
John P. Dohone.v, investigator fa
accidents of the Public Service Coi*n»
mission, is getting to learn much about
the State. He has been investigating
most of the grade crossing accidents
and now is taking testimony for the
commission between accident probes.
He is at Indiana to-day listening to a
fight between the Chamber of Com
merce and the railroads.
Every day or so someone starts
something about some idle iron or
steel establishment going to be fired
up right away on "big war orders"
and there is a lot of talk about the
extraordinary rush. Yesterday after
noon a couple of men were talking
about the revival of industry and one
man said that every plant in this
county was going full tilt. There are
now six idle blast furnaces in Dau
phin county and some mills and other
works. Lebanon also has some idle
plants and there are some in the
Juniata valley. The war orders are
very real, but they are not as large as
stated, and by no means general in the
trade.
• • •
John W. Dougherty, former general
superintendent of the Pennsylvania
Steel Company, is one of the high
offlcersof the Crucible Steel Company,
the Western Pennsylvania concern
which is much in the public eye at
present. Mr. Dougherty has been
with the company for several vears
and contributed materially to bringing
it up.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE "
—William A. Law. the Philadelphia
banker, is president of the American
Bankers' Association, which will meet
in Seattle this month.
—A. E. Turner, prominent Phlladel
phian, has been spending the summer
in the Poeonos.
—lsrael M. Bertolet, of Berks coun
ty, has been elected president of the
Bertolet Family Association.
—Edward Mcllvain. of the Beth
lehem Steel Company, is giving assist
ance in establishment of dye works in
this country.
—Thomas H. Greer, the Butler law
yer. has returned from & visit to the
northwestern states.
—John Williams, prominent In the
organization of iron workers, is a can
didate for Pittsburgh council.
DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg still has some
idle furnace capacity, but that It
will probably be going before
long?
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Furs in Summer Time
Summer furs are the rage this
summer.
Though tho lokesmlths have
poked fun at the idea the wo
men have retorted that it is Jost
as sensible for them to wear
fluffy boas as it is for men to
"keep thick coats on."
And there are "styles" and
"styles" In the summer furs as a
matter of course.
You will And them described
from time to time In the index
of "fashion" the advertising
columns of the Telegraph.
In summer or winter it pars to
read the advertising In the Tele
graph.
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SECOND FLY CONTEST
of the Civic Club for 1915.
August l*t to September 20th.
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