8 HOW TO BE SLIM By AVI Hatred Hran ForrcM If you are too fat and want to reduce your weight 15 or 20 pounds, don't starve and weaJten your system, or think you must always be laughed at on accoount " of vour fat, but go to any good " druggist, and get a box of Oil of Koreln cansules, take one after each meal and one before retir ing at night. yourself once a week and note what a pleasant and re liable method this is for remov " lng superfluous fat from any part of the body. It costs little. Is absolutely " harmless and I am sure a week's i trial should convince anyone that i It Is unnecessary to be burdened ' with even a single pound of un sightly fat. BLOCKADE JUST SAYS GREY IN NEW NOTES [Continued From First P«■««*•] British Orders In Council which has already ben printed, but which Is nec essary to the continuity of the corre spondence made public last night, fol low In order: Decisions Are Open to International Review Ambassador W. H. Page to the Secre tary of State: American Embassy, L«ondon, July 2j, 1915.—Following note, dated July 23. received from Sir Edward Grey this morning: First On the 2d of April your Ex cellency handed to me a copy of a com munication containing the criticisms of the United States Government on the measures we have been constrained to take on account of the menace to peace ful commerce resulting from the Ger man submarine policy. Seond. I fully appreciate the friend ly spirit and the candor which are shown lr, the communication, and, re plying in the same spirit. I trust that I may be able to convince your Excel lency and also the Administration at Washington, that the measures we hav? announced are not only reasonable and necessary in themselves. Third. I need scarcely dwell on the obligation Incumbent upon the allies to take every step In their power to overcome their common enemy tn view of the shocking violation of the recog nized rules and principles of civilized warfare of which he has been guilty during the present struggle. A Mranarr In Retaliation Fourth Your Excellency will remem ber that in my notes of the 13th and I IRth of March I explained that the al lied Governments Intended to meet the German pttempt to stop all supplies of i every kind from leaving or entering j British or French ports by themselves Intercepting goods going to or from Germs ny. Fifth. In the various notes which I have received from your Excellency the right of a belligerent to establish a blockade of the enemy ports is admit ted, a right which has obviously no value save in so far as It gives power j to n belligerent to cut off the sea-borne exports and imports of his enemy. The ! contention which I understand the : United States Government now puts for ward is that if a belligerent is so cir- 1 cumstanced that his commerce can pass ' through the adjacent neutral ports as easily as through ports in his own ter ritory, his opponent has no right to Interfere and must restrict his measures of blockade in sui-h a manner as to leave such avenues of commerce still open to his adversary. This Is a con tention which his Majesty's Government feels unable to accept and which seems to them unsustainable either In point of law or upon principles of interna tional equity. They are unable to ad mit thai a belligerent violates any fundamental principle of International law by applying a blockade In such a way as to cut off the enemy's commerce ■with foreign countries through neutral ports. Sixth. The only question then which can arise In regard to the measures resorted to for the purpose of carrying out a hlockade upon these extended lines is whether, to use your Ex cellency's words, they "conform to the spirit and principles of the essence of the rules of war.' and we shall be con tent to apply this test to the action which we have taken in so far as it has necessitated Interference with neutral commerce. Action of I". S. Cited Seventh. It may be noted in this con nection that at the time of the Ctvll War the United States found them selves under the necessity of declaring a blockade of some 3,onp miles of coast line, a military operation for which the number of vessels available was at first very small. It was vital to the cause of the United States tn that great strug gle that they should be able to cut off the trade of the Southern States. The Confederate armies were dependent on supplies from overseas and those sup plies could not be obtained without ex porting the cotton wherewith to pay for them. To cut off this trade the United States could only rely upon a blockade The difficulties confronting the Federal Government were. In part, dve to the feet that neighboring neutrai territory afforded convenient centers from which contraband could be intro duced to the territory of their enemies and from which blockade running could be facilitated. Your Excellency will no doubt remember how, in order to meet this new difficulty, the old prin ciples relating to contraband and block ade and the doctrine of continuous voy age was applied and enforced, under which goods destined for the enemy territory were Interrupted before thev reached the neutral ports from which they were to be re-exported. Eighth. The difficulties which im posed upon the United States the ne cessity of reshaping some of the old rules are somewnat akin to those with which the allies are now faced in deal ing with the trade of their enemy. Ad jacent to Germany are various neutral countries which afford her convenient opportunities for carrying on her trade with foreign countries. Her own terri tories are covered by a network of rail ways and waterways, which enable her commerce to pass as conveniently through ports in such neutral countries as through her own. Counterpoise to Btirmy Evasion Ninth. As a counterpoise to the free dom with which one belligerent may send his commerce across a neutral country without compromising its neu trality. the other belligerent may fairly claim to Intercept such commerce be fore It has reached, or after it has left, the neutral State- provided, of course, that he can establish that the com merce with which he Interferes Is the commerce of his enemy. Tenth. To the contention tbat such action is not directly supported bv written authority It may be replied that It Is the business of writers on Inter national law to formulate existing rules rather than to offer suggestions for their adaptation to allied circum stances. and your Excellency wll re member the unmeasured terms In which f { FOR SUMMER CATARRH 5 AND HAY FEVER 4 i As there seems to be a regular ~ 4 epidemic of Catarrh and hay fe- ~ ♦ ver at the present time the fol- ~ ♦ lowing prescription will un- u ♦ doubtedly be welcomed by many. . > ♦ Go to any good Druggist and get i ♦ 1 ounce of Parmlnt (double » J strength), take this home and > add to it >4 pint of hot water and f 4 ounces or granulated sugar, stir ' ♦ until dissolved, take one table- " ♦ spoonful 4 times a day. This will T often bring instant relief from " ♦ such distressing symptoms as " t clogged nostrils, catarrhal dls- " T charges, head noises, dullness, " I watering of the eyes, sneezing. " !* sort throat, etc. It Is easy to " prepare, costs little and seems to ' bring relief even to chronic suf i ferers. Every person who suffers I from catarrh or hay fever should ' I give it a trial. , 4 _ WEDNESDAY EVENING, a group of prominent international law yers or all nations condemned the doc trine which had been laid down by the Supreme Court of the United States In the case of the Springbok, a doctrine upheld by the Claims Commission at Washington In 1873. But the United States and the British Governments took a broader view and looked below the surface at the underlying: princi ples, and the Government of tnls coun try. whose nationals were the sufferers by the extension and development of the old method of blockade made by the United States during the Civil War, abstained from all protest against de cisions by which the ships and their cargoes were condemned. Eleventh. What is really important In the general interest !» tnat adapta tions of the old rules should not be made unless they are consistent with the gene.ral principles upon which an admitted belligerent right is based. It is also essential that all unnecessary in- Jury to neutrals should be avaided. « Ith these conditions It may be safely afArm ed that the steps we are taking to in tercept commodities on their way to and from Germany fully comply. »utml Ports In Name Only Twelfth. The communication made bv the United States Embassy on the 2d April describes as a novel and quite ; unprecedented feature of the blockade ; that It embraces many neutral ports and coasts and has the effect of barring access to them. It does not appear that our measures can be properly so de scribed. If we are successful In the efforts we are making to distinguish between the commerce of neutral and enemv countries there will be no sub stantial interference with the trade of neutral ports except In so far as they constitute ports of access to and exit from the enemy territory. Thirteenth. Your Excellency's memo randum was to the effect that the sov- i erelgntv of neutral nations in time of i war suffers no diminution, jxcept In so far as the practice and consent of civil- • ized nations has limited It "by the j recognition of certain now clearly de- i termlned rights." which It Is considered j may be exercised by nations at war; and these it defines as the right of cap- I ture and condemnation for neutral ser- i vice, for the carriage of contraband and for breach of blockade. 1 may. how ever. be permitted to point out that the practice of nations on each of the three subjects mentioned has not at any time been uniform or clearly determined, nor has the practice of any maritime na tion always been consistent. Fourteenth. There are various par ticulars in which the exact method of carrying a blockade into effect has from time' to time varied. The need of a pub lic notiAca'tion. the requisite standard of effectiveness, the locality of the blockading squadrons, the right of the Individual ship to a preliminary warn ing that the blockade Is in force, and the penalty to be InAicted on a captur ed blockade runner are all subjects on which different views have prevailed in different countries and in which the practice of particular countries has been altered from time to time. I.lmitation >'ot ronrrded Fifteenth. It is the same with contra band. The underlying principle is well established, but as to the details there has been a wide variety of views. As for unneutral service—the very term is of such recent introduction that many writers of repute on international law do not even mention it. It is impos sible in the view of his Majesty's Uov ernment in these circumstances to maintain that the right of a belligerent to intercept the commerce of his enemy is limited in the way suggested in vour Excellency's communication. Sixteenth There are certain subsldi- | ary matters dealt with in your Excel-! lericv's communication to which 1 think It well to refer. Among these may be j mentioned your citation of the Decla- j ration of Paris, due no doubt to the I words which occur in the memorandum ] sent bv me to your Excellency on the Ist March, wherein It was stated that the allied Governments would hold themselves free to detain and take Into port ships carrying goods of presumed enemy destination, ownership or origin, and to our announcement tnat vessels | might he required to discharge goods of enemy ownership as well as those of enemv origin or destination. Seventeenth. It is not necessary to discuss the extent to which the second rule of the Declaration of Paris Is af fected bv these measures or whether it could be held to apply at all as between Great Britain and the United States. In actual practice, however, we are not detaining goods on the sole ground that thev are the property of an enemy. The purpose of the measures we are taking is to Intercept commerce on its way from and to the enemy country. There are many cases in which proof that the goods were enemy property would af ford strong evidence that they were of j enemy origin or enemy destination, and j it is only in such case that w© are de taining them \o I.oss to P. S. Commerce Eighteenth. His Majesty's Govern- ! ment have been gratiAed to observe that | the measures which they are enforcing ; have had no detrimental effect on the ; commerce of the United States. Figures of recent months show that the in- J creased opportunities afforded by the war for American commerce have more j than compensated for the loss of the j German and Austrian markets. Nineteenth. I trust that in the light j of the above explanations it will be j realized that the measures to which j we have resorted have not only been ] JustlAed by the exigencies of the case, but can be defended as in accordance with the general principles which have i commended themselves to the Govern ments of both peoples. I have been able 1 to assure vour Excellency that we shall continue to apply these measures with I every desire to occasion the least pos- \ ' sible* amount of Inconvenience to per-j sons engaged In legitimate commerce, j I have, etc., E. GREY. The Secretary of State to Ambassador W. H. Page. . . Department of State. Washington, July j 14. 1915. In view of differences which are un- | derstood to exist between the two Gov- I ernments as ut the principles of law | applicable in prize court proceedings In | i cases involving American Interests, and ! in order to avoid any misunderstanding as to the attitude of the United States in regard to such proceedings, you are instructed to inform the British Gov ernment that in so far as the interests of American citizens are concerned the Government of the United States will i insist upon their rights under the prin ciples and rules of international law as i hitherto established, governing neutral trade in time of war. without limitation | or impairment by Orders-in-Councll or i I other municipal legislation by the Brit ish Government, and will not recognize ! the validity of prize court proceedings' taken under restraint imposed by Brit- I ish law in derogation of the rights of American citizens under International law. i Ambassador W. H. Page to the Secre tary of State. American Embassy, London, July 31. 1815. I have to-day received the following note from Sir Edward Grey: Foreign Office. July 31. 1915. Your Excellence: First. I have the honor to acknowl l edge the receipt of the note the ! 16th Inst., in which you were good I enough to communicate to me for the j information of his Majesty's Govern ment, the opinion held by the Govern ment of the United States, that In view of differences which they understand to exist between the two countries as ! to the principles of law applicable in cases before the prize court, they could not recognize the validity of proceed ings taken In his Majesty's prize court In derogation of the rights of citizens of the United States. Second. Ido not understand to what j divergence of views as to the princt ! pies of law applicable In cases before the prize court the Government of the United States refers, for I am not i aware of any difference existing he i tween the two countries as to the prin ciples of law applicable In cases be- I fore such courts. j Third. British prize courts, accord ; ing to the ancient form of commission under which they sit are to determine cases which come before them accord ing to the course of admiralty and the law of nations, and the statutes, rules | and regulation for the time being in force In that behalf. I As to the principles applied bv the ! American prize courts. I note that In the case of the Army Warwick (2 Sprague, 123) It was held that prize courts are subject to the Instructions of their own sovereign. In the absence of such instructions their Jurisdiction and rules of decision are to be ascertained by reference to the known powers of such tribunals and the principals by which they are governed under the public law and the practice of nations. ,It would appear, therefore, that the | principles applied by the prize courts I of the two countries are identical. Fourth. As Illustrating further the 1 attitude adopted by the Judges of British prize courts toward these two sources of law. the municipal legisla tion of Its sovereign on the one hand the principle* of International law HXRRISBURG TELEGRAPH on the other, I should like to refer your excellency to a classical passage In the Judgment of Lord Stowell, In the case or the Fox, In whfoh that famous Judge observed in the course of the discussion: "A question has been stat ed. what would be the duty of the court under orders in Council that were repugnant to the law of nations? It has been contended on one side that the court would at all'events be found to enforce the Orders In Council, on the other that the court would be bound to apply the rule of the law of nations adapted to the particular case, in disregard of the Orders In Council. This court Is bound to administer the law of nations to the subjects of other countries in the different relations in which they may be placed toward this country and Its Government. That Is what others have a right to demand for their subjects and to complain If they receive it not. This is Its un written law. evidenced In the course of its decisions and collected from the common usage of civilized States. At the same time it Is strictly true, that by the Constitution of this country, the King In Council possesses legislative rights ovey thjs oourt, and has power to issue orders and instructions which it is bound to obey and enforce; and these constitute the written law of this court. These two propositions, that the court is bound to administer the law of nations, and that It is bound to enforce the King's order in Council, are not at all inconsistent with each other, because these orders and instructions are presumed to conform themselves, under the given circumstances, to the principles of Its unwritten law. l.«n and Orders la Harmony "They are either directory applica tions of these principles to the cases indicated in thetn—cases which, with all the facts and circumstances be longing to them .and which consti tute their legal character, could be but Imperfectly known to the Court Itself, or they are positive regulations, con sistent with these principles, applying to matters which requires more exact and definite rules than those general principles arc capable of furnishing. The constitution of this court, relative ly to tho legislative power of the King In Council, Ts analogous to that of the courts of common law relatively to that of the Parliament of this kingdom. These courts have their unwritten law, the approved reasons, principles of na tural reason and Justice: they have likewise the written or statute law In acts of Parliament, which are dlreotory applications of the same principles to particular subjects, or positive regu lations consistent with them, upon matters which would remain too much at large if they were left to the im perfect Information which the courts could extract from mere general specu lations. "What would be the duty of Individ uals who preside in the«e courts, if re quired to enforce nn net of Parliament whi?h contradicted those principles, is a question which I presume thev would not entertain a priori, because thev will not entertain, a priori, the supoo'- sition they any such will arise In like manner this court will not let itrelf loose into speculations as to what would be Its duty under such an emer gency. because it i-annot. without ex treme Indecency, presume that anv such emergency will happen. And it la the less disposed to entertain them be cause its own observation and experi en~e attest the general conformity of such orders and instructions to ita principles nf unwritten law." Fifth. The above passage has recent ly been quoted and adopted bv the pres ident of the prize court In the ease of the Zamora, in which Sir S. Evans said: "I make bold to express the hope and belief that the nations of the world need not be apprehensive that Orders In Council will emanate from the Gov ernment of this country in such viola tion of the acknowledged laws of na tions that It Is conceivable that our prize tribunals, holding the law of na tions in reverence, would feel called upon to disregard and refuse obedience to the provisions of such orders." Sixth. Tn the note which I handed to your excellency on the 23d July I endeavored to convince the Govern ment of the United States, and I trust with success, that the measures that we have felt ourselves compelled to adopt, in consequence of the numerous acts committed by our enemies In vio lation of the laws of war and the dic tates of humanity, are consistent with the principles of international law Seventh. This principle that the de cisions of the national prize courts may properly be subjected to interna tional review was conceded bv Great Britain In Article 7 of the Jav Treatv of 1773 and by the United States of America under the Treatv of Washing ton of 1871. Tour excellency will no doubt remember that certain cases (collectively known as the "Matamoros cases'"! were submitted to the commis sion established under Articles 12-17 of the Treaty of Washington. In each of these cases proceedings In prize had been in the prize courts of the United States, and in each case the: judgment of the Supreme Court, the' courtof last resort, had been obtained; the United States filed a demurrer in these cases, alleging tbat as they had been heard by the prize courts of the United States, original and appellate Jurisdiction, the decision or the ap pellate court was final and no claim based upon it could be made before the commission. The demurrer was unan imously overruled and the cases heard, I and the agent of the United States, In his report of the proceedings of the commission, stated that he personally maintained no doubt of the Jurisdiction | of the commission, as an International tribunal, to review the decisions of the prize courts of the United States. Eight. The same principle was ac cepted both by the United States Gov ernment and his Majesty's Government i in 1907. Ninth. It is clear, therefore, that j both the United States Government , and His Majesty's Government have adopted the principle that the decisions of a national prize court may be open to review if It is held In the prize court and in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on appeal, that the orders and Instructions issued bv His Majesty's Government in matters re lating to prize are in harmonv with the principles of international law; and should the Government of the United States, unfortunately, feel compelled to maintain a contrarv view His Majesty's Government will be prepared j to concert with the United States Gov j ernment in order to decide upon the ] best way of applying the above prin- I clple to the situation which would have | arisen. I trust, however, that the de- I fense of our action, which I have al- I ready communicated to your excel lency and the willingness of His Maj esty s Government (which has been shown in so many Instances) to make reasonable concessions to American In | terests, will prevent the necessity for j such action arising. • ; Tenth In any case I trust that the explanations given above will remove the misapprehension under which I cannot but feel the Goyernment of the United States are laboring as to the principles applied by British prize courts in dealing with the which come befpre them. I have. etc.. H ORRY PAGE. • ' POSTAL WIRES DOWN Four poles carrying forty wires of I the Postal Telegraph Company be | tween Highspire and Youngsport were i blown down during the storm early this morning. The top of the cabin car on a westbound freight train was torn off by the broken wires, which I were hanging over the tracks. Pacific Express west, due here at 3.10 this morning, also encountered the broken wires. One of the poles had fallen partially over the track and was pushed off by the engine. Broken wires over head caught one of the ventilators on a sleeping car and pulled it off. Orders were given to run slow between Highspire and Middletown. This prevented serious accident to the passenger train. GARAGE PERMIT ISSUED; REALTY TRANSACTIONS A permit was issued to-day to E. J. Smith to erect a single-story garage in the rear of 2120 North Third street. It will cost S4OO. Realty transfers yesterday Included the. following: B. F. Sheesley to E. M. Hershey, Lower Paxton, $1; Lucy E. Jackson to J. Shapiro, 62 8 Forster street, 11; D. Shapiro to Max Cohen, €2B Forster street, $1; H. A. Sherk to A. W. Wagner, 1718 Forster street, $10; A. W. Swengel to C. D. Behney, 324 South Sixteenth street, $1; Mary B. Gettys to M. B. Tate, trustee, 2034- 2124 Green street and 2028-30 Mifflin, ■treat, f Equity Proceedings on Against "C. V. Phone Co. Equity proceedings were begun to day by the Commonwealth Trust Com pany, trustee for the Cumberland Val ley Telephone Company, against the Cumberland Valley Telephone Com pany and Henry M. Tracey, receiver, to show cause within thirty dajs.whv the property of the company should not be sold to satisfy the »i,500,000 mortgage placed against It. Charles H. Bergner, acted for the Common wealth Trust Company. Tne Dauphin county court will now fix the date for the sile. The action was brought on account ■ of the company's failure to meet its interest obligations for 1911-12-13-14 and 16. The bonded indebtedness of $1,500,000 which was secured by the mortgage was filed In November, 1901 and the mortgage was given December 2, 1901. In filing the answer for the Tele- j phone Company's receiver, former ■ Deputy Attorney General J. E. B. Cun- j ningham admitted all the allegations In the plaintiff's bill of complaint. The action to-day It Is understood. I Is a concluding step In the proposed | merger movement. Minor Damage Done by Storm in Philadelphia By Associated Press Philadelphia, Aug. 4.—Considerable minor damage was done In this section early to-day by a heavy rain storm which was accompanied by a high wind. Nearly three inches of rain fell with a maximum velocity of 40 miles an hour at 4 a. m. during most of the night the wind was in the thir ties. according to the weather bureau. The railroads reported minor wash outs which did not greatly delay traf fic. The Delaware and Schuylkill rivers were high, the former being out of its banks at low points in this city. There was much damage to crops and fruit trees reported.. Reports from seashore points along the southern New Jersey and Dela ware coasts stated that while the wind was high and the rain heavy there was no serious damage. Cops Who Don't Report Will Be Disciplined Failure of a patrolman to report a collision between a jitney buss and a beer truck at Seventeenth and North streets yesterday will bring sharp in structions from Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison at roll call this evening. "We cannot determine who is re sponsible for reckless driving If we do not hear about accidents," said Colonel Hutchison this morning. "When no per son Is hurt, patrolmen get an idea that an accident need not be reported. What he is expected to do is to secure names and the numbers of the vehicles nnd other information necessary." Colonel Hutchison had in his mind when referring to neglect of duty the' accident at Seventeenth and North streets yesterday afternoon. A jitney carrying State license No. 14 8 817 with two passengers, one a woman, collided with a beer truck belonging to Samuel Ka.tzman, 142 4 Wyeth street, driven by Morris Stein. No one was Injured. DEFENSE AND DEFICIT The Administration announces that it intends to lay before Congress "an adequate program" of national de fense. This will cost money. The treasury deficit at the end of the fiscal ve*r, July 30, was around $40,000,000. The deficit for the single month of July in the current fiscal year is close to half that sum. Oni the first of May, 1916, sugar goes'upon the free list—which will en tail a loss of revenue amounting to more than $10,000,000. On the thirty first of December, 1915, tne so-called "war taxes" will expire by limitation, entailing a decrease of many more millions in revenue. Therefore it Is plainly to be seen that, whether we provide for national defense or not, increased revenue must be had. The Democratic leaders are considering this question. They plan to put a tax on tea, on coffee, on bananas, and on several otner articles of common consumption. In other words they intend to tax every man's table. When the Democrats took over the Government they found a full treasury and ample revenues. They found, too, a steady program of naval construc tion and other items of national de fense. In two short years they have emptied the treasury, have diminished the revenues, have crippled the n/vy and the army; until now, when the question of defense looms up they can deal with it only after they have dealt with a deficit. The real way to handle both ques tions, defense and the deficit, Is to restore the Republican party to power. ONE PETITIONER FROM CITY Most of Prosj>ectlve Nominees Filed To-day for County and Borough While a dozen or more candidates for various minor offices filed their primary petitions with the County Commissioners to-day. only one was from the city. This is Harry G. Peters, a Tenth ward Republican, who wants to he ward assessor. Other petitions filed to-day included the following: Andrew J. Bomgardner, Republican, Third ward, Steelton, constable; Gecrge W. Moton, Republican, Third ward, Steelton, council; William F. Kauderman, Washington. West ward. Lykens, council; Nathaniel E. Snyder. Democrat and Republican. East ward. Lykens, council; John S. Fennel, Democrat, Lykens. justice of the peace; John F. Kurtz, Republican, Middle town. high constable; Albert J. Sellers, Republican. Fourth ward. Steelton, justice of the peace; Joseph I. Corbet, Republican, Second ward, Millersburg, justice of the peace; Scott Umberger, Republican, First ward. Millersburg, judge of election; Charles I. Kepner, Republican, First ward, Millersburg, inspector. NATIONAL BALANCES The National treasury continues to run behind about three quarters of a million dollars per day. By Inducing early payments of Income taxes and by urging prompt remittances by col lectors, the Treasury Department made a book showing of a balance of about $82,000,000 on July 1. That this was a fictitious showing Is now proven by the fact that from the first day o fthe new fiscal year, the expenditures exceeded the receipts and the balance dropped to about $67,000,- 000* at the close of business Saturday, July 24. On the corresponding date two Years ago. with Republican revenue and appropriation laws In ef fect, the balance was $129,453,000. CLARK'S FERRY HEARING Dauphin and Perry county commis sioners, officials of the State Highway- Department and officers or several townships appeared before the Public Service Commission this afternoon In the proceedings for Incorporation of the new Ferry Bldge Com pany. The commission was informed regarding the use of the bridge and the connections it had with public roads. The bridge was sold recently at public sale and a new company has been formed. PROBATED ETTF.R WILL . The will of Catherine E. Etter was probated to-day and letters of admin istration were granted to Ellas M. , Hacsler, this city. 40-MILE GALE DOES HEAVY DAMAGE [Combined From First Page.] to be torn apart and dried before It can be taken Into the barns. Corn which is now rapidly matur ing, in the more exposed places was knocked flat on the ground. Farm-1 ers fear that if the sun does not come out strong nnd bright during the next few days and draws the corn back into position they will be put to con siderable inconvenience in cutting and gathering it. Fruit did not suffer to an unuual extent. Optimistic farm ers figured that the fruit which drop ped would have fallen later, anyway. Street Caves In A portion of Third street near Broad caved in this morning Workmen are digging trenches for steam heat pipes and the banks became weakened from the heavy rain. So great was the force of the wind to the east of the city that a big double door was blown off the Wolfe bakery garage at Penbrook and car- I ried ten feet. Little trouble was experienced by the railroads. Several minor wash outs were reported along the lines, but no material damage was caused. Nine Lives of No Avail Buffeted by the wind and drenched by the rajn a small black cat took shelter on the porch of Frank C. Hoffman, at 1230 Derry street, dur ing the storm, howled plteously for awhile and then was quiet. When Mr. Hoffman opened the door to take It in, he found the cat curled up in a corner, dead, right Company Calls Out Linemen While the storm did not real dam age to the city's electric light system falling wires here and there caused some trouble. The high winds tore off branches of trees and in some In stances uprooted trees while a few poles were twisted out of place. This caused sagging wires in places and In some Instances the wires dropped Into the streets. Prompt action by the corps of line men of the Harrisbur" Light and Power Company any ser ious trouble although, until the men repaired the falling wires, some resi dents may have suffered a little incon venience. The electric company's men were on thp Job shortly after mid night and they worked until after day light. The Harrlsburg Railways Company reportsnoserious trouble. Early morn ing cars carried forces of workmen to the suburban districts where the banks were washed down In some places, and covered the tracks. On the Oberlin line there were sev eral small landslides and the cars lost half an hour in getting through. Be tween Harrlsburg and Middletown and on the Hockville, Linglestown and Hummp', oivn lines many trees were repoTte<i down. In some places the limbs and branches fell across the tracks. The storm did no damage to the wires. The Valley Traction Company reports no damage at all. Window Smashed An unusually heavy blast of wind smashed the plate glass window In the drug store and subpost office sta tion of Benjamin N. Jenkins at 2 300 North Sixth street. New Cumberland suffered much damage from the storm. Small fruit trees were blown over and the side walks covered ovef with mud. Tele phone service was hSmpered during the early morning hours by broken branches. New Planted Trees Escape The beautiful line of canoe birch trees which were planted by City Com missioner Taylor along the river front last year from Herr street southward seem to have been protected bj- the storm king last night, few of them being injured in even a slight way. A great giant tree toppled over Front street near Pine and in falling across the park walk its widespreading limbs encompassed one of the canoe birches without doing an'y damage whatever. A short distance below this tree a large limb .from a big tree fell j down the bank and caught on the top |of one of the birches where it still hangs, the birch bending under its unusual load. Of course, City Forester Mueller apd a force of men will soon restore order throughout the park system, protect ing from further damage the treSs that were injured last night. As al ways happens after every storm a few people who'still labor under the silly Impression that the river slope is a dumping ground threw old branches on top of the shrubbery. It is likely that arrests will follow. Damage to MoffUt Lawn Considerable damage was done in the beautiful lawn of Dr. R. K. Moffltt on North Front street by the breaking of huge limbs from some fine old trees. It will be necessary for the Depart ment of Parks to immediately fill the small gullies and washouts along the slope at different points to prevent future damage. The dirt that has been washed during the summer upon the granolithic walk at the bottom or the slope must be removed before the work can be finally taken over from the contractors by the city. It was suggested to-day that now would be a good time for the Depart ment of Parks to protect the young grass in the new sections of the park by placing the branches of trees Qver these sections until the grass shall have had a decent start. The brokpn branches and limbs would furnish pro tection against dogs and thoughtless people who tramp over the yourtg grass without regard to the damage done. Germans Lose No Chance to Pick Up Information Rotterdam, July 31 (correspondence of the Associated Press). —So that no useful information may escape atten tion, the German government has in stituted a very thorough system ot examination of travelers crossing the frontier from Holland. To deal with Americans there is on tht staff of the commandant of the station on the border three officers who speak perfect English and have a thorough knowledge of the United States and Canada. One of them hails from Milwaukee, where he was edu cated in the public schools, another from St. Louis, and the third from Montreal. After the traveler has undergone an examination at the hands of a German noncommissioned officer whose chief aim seems to be to find out whether he can speak* or understand German, for Germans are suspicious of German speaking foreigners, he is handed over to the three English-speaking officers, who entertain him lavishly and pro ceed to extract all the information that they can, especially if he has spent any time in England. When, as it often happens, the traveler scents the object of the inquiry, the trio seek an other and probably more voluble pas senger. NEW DEPARTMENT STORE FOR MARKET STREET Negotiations were closed last night by Edwin and Hermfcn Tausig, for tho lease of a new building to be erected early next Spring at 430 Mar ket street. A department store syndicate has secured an option on the lease. The new brick building, work on which will start in April, will be three stor ies in height and will extend to Straw berry street, a distance of 210 feet. The name of the firm will not be made jiublio -tot: aomA time. AUGUST 4, 1915. TRAFFIC LIS IST NOT BE IGNORED Special Officers Again Authorized by Motor Club to Arrest Viola tors Without Further Warning "Watch Your Step" may be good [advice for pedestrians, but "Wcrtch | ( the Traffic Cop" is the safest counsel [for all who drive horses or motor ve hicles. The Board" of Governors of the Motor Club at their meeting last eve- i ning determined to continue the j crusade against those who ignore the traffic rules and two special officers | will be employed on intermittent days to arrest all violators without any ex ception as to who the law may hit. They say: "Read the road rules, be cause ignorance is no excuse before the law." Safety first is the slogan that the motor club wishes to impress on all drivers, even thougn sofife who thoughtlessly transgress must suffer with those who are habitually incon siderate of other people's rights and welfare. The success of the recent enforcement of traffic laws by the club is manifest in the number of new ap plications received. With the twelve voted on evening makes a total of fifty witTiin three months while the traffic agitation and arrests were being made. Many of the leading businessmen are reported as having said that they admired the spirit of the club in en forcing traffic rules which regutar fiticers were timid about doing for fear of possible influence that would Jeopardize their positions. Members of the board were emphatic in their demands for another campaign of traffic law enforcement and by practi cally a unanimous vote instructed the officers of the motor club to hire two men who are to bring information that will lead to arrests of violators. A delegation from the Millersbuitg motor club was present to co-operate in the efforts to convert the old canal be<l into a road, if the plan is fouhd practicable. Those present from Millersburg were H. W. Bowman, president: H. H. Eby, secretary; H. N. Fairchilds, J. E. Lutz, A. G. Bashoar, and J. W. Keenan. M. E, Brightbill of Annvtlle. also attended the meeting and totd of the work he has been doing towards free ing the Dauphin and Berks turnpike of its toll. favorable report regarding ar rangements for Orphan's Day was re ceived from committee, and the re surfacing of Front street in Wormleys burg and the Trindle Springs road in the near future, were among other questions that come up for discussion. Storm, Moving East, Does Damage in New York City By Associated Press New York, Aug. 4.—Streets In New York city and its suburbs were turned into yellow rivers, surface and ele vated traffic was badly crippled, wires were blown into a tangled network, trees uprooted and hundreds of cellars flooded in a torrential downpour that bic»;e over the metropolitan section this forenoon to the accompaniment of a sixty-mile gale. Nearly three inches of rain fell in four hours at Sandy Hook, where a southeaster lashed the ocean Into fury. Vessels were held up at the harbor en trance and during the height of the gale a small schooner, the M. V. D. Chase, from Cheverie, N. S., to Nor folk with plaster, went to the bottom. Her captain and a sailor were drowned in a small boat. Coast guards rescued the other four members of the crew. Along the northern coast of New Jersey the gale wreaked damage diffi cult to estimate. Sea Bright, swept by the ocean three times within eighteen months, was battered again. 'ln a dozen parts of New York city and Brooklyn the streets lay under water from two to three feet deep. From Coney Island and Sea Gate came reports of a general tie-up in transit facilities. No fatalities were reported from any section of the metropolitan district with the exception of the sink ing of the M. V. D. Chase. For more than thirty hours New York had been water soaked when the heavy rain began about '5 a. m. to-day. Within four hours thereafter the rainfall to taled 1 4 inches In the city. At Sandy Hook the total was 2.72 inches. Shortly after 9 a. m. the storm tapered off. the heavy rainfall ceased and in its stead there came a. steady drizzle. Hold Man Believed to Have Knocked Baby to Street From Coach G. W. Fitting was yesterday held by Mayor John K. Royal under bail, for a further hearing, on a charge of driving a motorcycle recklessly. Colo nel Joseph B. Hutchison is hunting a witness who is said to have followed Fitting who is alleged to have knocked over a baby coach at Derry and Mul berry streets last Saturday. It is charged he ran away without ascer taining whether he had Injured the baby. Woman Hurls Herself From Moving Train Pittsburgh, Pa.. Aug. 4. As the Chicago Express to New York over the i Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago, dashed through Quaker Valley, a suburb, to-day, a woman came hurl ing through a window of a day coach and rolled along the station platform. She was hurried to a hospital where she was found to be so badly doctors said she could not live. There she wis found to be Mrs. Louis Bitt ner. of Valpralso, Ind., on her way to New York, with three children. Her husband in Valparaiso was notified. FOUND DEAD IX CHAIR Special to The Telegraph Pottsville, Pa.. Aug. 4. Sitting up right in a chair, John Shoeny, 58 years old, of Harrisburg, was found dead to-day in his'apartments here. He had complained of a slight Ill ness and after being treated by a physician, promptly recovered. He walked to his room and sat down and It is apparent died before he could get into bed. In this position, rigid in death, Shoeny sat all night. The Harrisburg city directory does not contain the name of Shoeny. WOMAN* THREW BRICKS AT COP Martha Jones was before Mayor John K. Royal this afternoon, charged with disorderly conduct. It was said the womah was charged with some thing stronger than soda water last night; that she threw bricks at Roundsman. McCann and also beat up ♦wo .other colored women. Her pun ishment was a $lO fine. STOLE BUTCHER KXIFE. CHARGE Charles Wells was held to-day pend ing an investigation on a charge of larceny. Patrolman Hippie said Wells took a butcher knife from a Vetbeke market stall this morning. The prose cutor said he would appear later in the day lne Use of Soap Spoils the Hair Soap should be used very sparingly, If at all, if you want to keep your "hair looking its best. Most soaps and pre pared shampoos contain too much alkali. This dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle and ruins It. The best thing for steady use Is Just ordinary mulsined cocoanut oil (which Is pure and greascless), and Is better than soap or anything else you can use. One or two teaspoonfuls will cleanse 4 "* the hair and scalp thoroughly. Simply mclsten the hair with water and rub It In. It makes an abundance of rich, creamy lather, which rinses out easily, removing every particle of dust, dirt, dandruff and excessive oil. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and It leaves the scalp soft, and the hair fine and silky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy to manage. You can get mulslfled cocoanut oil at any pharmacy, it's very cheap, and a few ounces will supply every mem ber of the family for months. Too Much Rain For Good of State Crops For the week ending yesterday, Pennsylvania crop reports were not encouraging. Excessive rainfall caused I damage in some sections. Corn which | was reported In good shape, was hit I hard by last night's storm. The weather and crop summary for the week follows: "The rainfall distribution was. very uneven, some sections being too wet while others are actually needing moisture. The excessive rainfall was largely confined to the northern por tion of the State, and was more local in character in the southern counties. A large portion of Lancaster county is needing rain. The temperature condi tions were favorahle, there being a slight excess above the normal. "Oats harvest is well advanced In the southern, but has not yet begun in the northern counties. The straw is rank and heavy and in many places it was badly lodged by the heavy rains and high winds. The second crop of clover is being cut In some sections and is reported as being better than the first cutting, but over the State as a whole the second cutting will be made about the last of August. ' "Corn is doing well, and first plant ings are tasseling and silking. Pota toes are unusually good in both yield and quality, and markets are generally glutted with an oversupply of gaj-den truck and early orchard "fruits." Russ Have Continually Held the Upper Hand By Associated Press Petrograd, . Aug. 4, via London, 11:05 a .m.—An official statement given out to-day by the Russian gen eral staff says: "During the last three days the enemy has made enormous efforts to dislodge use from the sector of the Narew river from Ostrolenka to Lomza. "In the district of Jedwabno, tha enemy is conducting trench warfare, but In the exploding of mines we have continually held the upper hand. "On the Pissa and Skwa rivers the whole enemy army attacked us. hav-i ing first launched against us reinforce ments brought from France. Nevertheless we soon saw a com plete German defeat in this sector, for it took the enemy a week to driva back from the village of Serwatka (on the right bank "of the Pissa) our rear guard regiment, while the battle for the passages of the Narew near Novo gorod, has not even begun. Plan Baldwin Pier At Eddystone Plant Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 4.—Applica tion was yesterday made to the Com missioners of Navigation by tlje Bald win Locomotive Works for permission to build a bulkhead and large pier * on the Delaware River at the foot of the company's property at Eddystone. This pier is to be the first of a series of four which will be built as business demands their construction. This step is regarded in shipping circles as one of the most important made in the development of the water front along the river south of Phila delphia. The new pier which is to be 500 feet long and 125 feet wide, will be a modern reinforced concrete structure. It will be the largest pier either in Chester or Wilmington. According to Alba B. Johnson, president of the Baldwin Company, the pier is to be constructed so that 1 the company may use the Delaware River more extensively for transporta tion purposes, to bring material to Its plant and for shipping material. It 1 will also be used for passenger pur . poses, so that the workmen employed at the plant who live in Philadelphia, Wilmington or Chester may be landed neaV to their place of employment. 1 U. S. Ready to Send New 1 Note to Great Britain Washington, D. C., Aug. 4.—Presi dent Wilson's reply to Great Britain's latest note rejecting the American de- I mands for relief from Interference with neutral commerce under the or s dors in council Is practically ready to be dispatched to London. Although Great Britain's notes were I made public only last night and the . State Department received them only i Monday, the American government knew the British views through in . fcrmal conferences between American I and British officials here and In Lon . don, and had framed its reply before ! the notes actually were received. It > is believed there will be little change - in the answer already prepared when it goes to London. BLUE LAW BILL DEFEATED By Associated Press Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 4.—A Sun i day blue law bill which would have [ prevented baseball, moving pictures and all Sunday amusements excepting . golf, was defeated late last night In i the Senate. • j* «J J ft =3l \ Dr. Osier on Tuberculosis Sir Wllllnm Oalef. Rc*lm Professor . of Medicine at Oxford, says In hla i ' "Practice of Medicine" <1*1)2). on page I 741)1 "The healing of pulmonary tuberculosis Is shown clinically by 1 the recorery of patlenta In whose spnta elastic tissue and bacilli havn . been found. * In the granulation , products and aaaoelnted pneumonia a scar tisane la formed, while the 1 smaller caseona areas become Im pregnated with lime aalta. To such conditions alone ahould the term heal [ IHK be applied." i The success of Eckman's Alterative . In tuberculosis may be due partly to Its content of n lime salt In such com bination with other valuable lngredi , ents as to be easily assimilated. It Is worth a trial, unless other treat ment already is succeeding. We make • no promises concerning It any more ' than do reputable physicians with their i prescriptions, but since It contains no . opiates, narcotics or hablt-formlng drugs, it Is safe. From ye-.r druglst or ' direct. ! 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