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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
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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
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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.
! Kelt man Laboratory, Philadelphia. ,
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