8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established iS/t PUBLISHED BY the TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACKPOLE Preside H( and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER Secretary OUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Bun day) at the Telegraph Building, Jl« Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Bulldlnr. New York City, Hasbrook, Story 4 Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago. 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at <w(ggwlflac> six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers •t $3.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office in Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. Sivorn dally average circulation for the three months ending July 31. 1013 ★ 21,084 ★ Average for the year 1914—21,883 Average for the year 1013—19.9 M Average for the year 1013—19.640 Average for the year 1011—1T,3®3 Average for the year 1010—16^201 The above figures are net. All turned, unsold und damaged copies de ducted. SATURDAY EVENING. AUGUST 21. He has no hope tcho never had a fear. —Wm. Couper. PESTERING THE GOVERNOR ALMOST from the very hour of his induction into office Governor Brumbaugh has been besieged by factional politicians who seek to involve htm in their own petty ambi tions. With no regard for the heavy responsibilities and burdens of his high office these selfish individuals continue to pester the Governor day after day in the hope that he will aid in their scheming for factional or personal advantage. Not a few of these marplots imagine that they can best obtain the favor of the Governor through a pretense of enthusiasm for the constructive policies of his ad ministration. They are ready to promise anything and e\ erything to win for themselves the potential in fluence of the State administration; nor do they hesitate to declare that "M. G." is back of them in their po litical scheming. It matters not that he has probably never discussed their plans with them nor even heard of the plcgyng that he is supposed to en dorse and promote. Governor Brumbaugh is not the flrst occupant of the important chair on Capitol Hill who has had simi if experiences. His predecessors have traveled the same road and the signs are so familiar to those who have gone along the way In other years that it is almost inconceivable that the same tactics should be employed with every incoming administration. Seven months have now elapsed since Governor Brumbaugh's in auguration. Filled with enthusiasm over the constructive work that he had mapped out for the four years of his term and with an earnest de sire to serve the people, he has been dragooned at every turn by selfish political interests that have no concern whatever for the welfare of the Governor or the triumph of his policies. These care only for the achievement of their own petty am bitions and instead of holding up the hands of the Governor in the great work which ho has outlined they are constantly doing the things which increase his burdens and make more difficult his task. Unless we greatly mistake the Gov ernor, patience with him will soon cease to be a virtue and his good nature will not longer suffer the pestif erous annoyance of the insatiable and selfish interests that would make use of his administration for their own purposes. Pennsylvania in its imperial progress demands the best that any Governor can give it and it is unfair to the present distinguished head of the State government that he should be hampered in his work by the cross-firing and double-dealing of men who have no interest beyond the things which concern themselves. Governor Brumbaugh would do well to declare once for all his freedom from factional and personal intrigue and permit nothing of this sort to interfere with the splendid program outlined by himself last January. He has nothing to gain and everything to lose through any alliance—politi cal or otherwise —which would di minish his power for good in the ad ministration of the affairs of the Commonwealth. Nobody can criticise the Governor for a reasonable interest in the party of his choice; this much is expected of him. But'no friend will urge him to any course of action that might Involve hurtful consequences to him self and the State. With his hand firmly upon the helm and with a clear vision of the future of Penn sylvania the Governor can afford to brush aside all the whispering and scheming of those who would have him carry them across the turbid stream of politics upon his stajwarit shoulders. Governor Brumbaugh doubtless recognizes this fact and should turn his back upon every sug gestion that he take any part in factional warfare or the selfish machinations of men who have mighty little real Interest in the success of his administration or the future of the Republican party. SATURDAY EVENING, PARTY REUNION PHILIP M. CLARK, a Progressive leader In Massachusetts, who, only two years ago, was able to poll 28.000 votes when a candidate for district attorney In his county, declares his allegiance to the Re publican party. In a letter to the Republican State | committee he warns his former Pro gressive party associates against con fusing their ideals with "the con tinued existence of a political party which the people have decided to dis card. Those who led the Progressive party In Its early days no longer I lead; those who control Its organiza tion and shape its course fall abso- I lutely to Inspire confidence; Its voters have Vanished." Mr. Clark declares his continued faith in Progressive principles, but believes they can be enacted into law through the Republican party. "The Democratic party," he says, "Is at heart reactionary; the best proof is Its record in the Southern States, where Its control has been absolute for years. The Republican party, on the other hand, has a splendid record of progressive legislation, accom plished not only in Massachusetts, but throughout the country. Recrutted as it is by thousands of Progressives who have every opportunity under our direct primary law to make them selves felt in its conventions and in the selection of its candidates, it should be the party of constructive accomplishment In the future." Mr. Clark has expressed the thought of thousands of other Republicans who voted for Roosevelt in 1912. FOOD FOR THOUGHT RECENT events have shed new light on the practice of selling American products at one price at home and at another price abroad. A few years ago there was much criticism of some manufacturing con cerns which, in order to keep men employed and factories running full capacity, produced more goods than the home market would absorb and sold the surplus abroad at a reduced price. The reduced price was nec essary in order to sell the goods in competition with the foreign pro ducer. Now, it appears, the United States Steel corporation is selling much of Its product abroad at higher prices than reecived at home. In the former in stance, as at present, the foreign sales gave employment to American labor and furnished a market for American raw material. Formerly, the Amer ican manufacturer had to undersell his foreign competitor In the foreign market. Now the European war has cut off the competition. In the days when the surplus product was market ed at a cut price abroad, the wage earner received no less than he does to-day. All of which is food for thought among men who are interested in the problem of finding a job for the American workman whether a war is raging in Europe or not. JAPAN IN THE WAR IN all the voluminous comment on the German invasion of Russia and conjecture as, to the result of a possible German victory of the first magnitude, one important fa<M4f has been omitted. Nobody has mentioned the part Japan will be called upon to play in that case. On this may hinge the decision of the vast campaign in the East. Japan is now at war with Germany, but has been content with the "pro tection of Japanees interests in the Far East," to put it into the words of the Japanese declaration. Japan has disclaimed any intention of go ing further than this. But if the allies are beaten Japan must face a fight with Russia. If Germany is successful in driving the Czar's forces back toward Siberia and threatens to overrun the country, the course of Japan is not difficult to see. Just now she is playing the clever game of letting the allies fight her battles for her. With Russia at the mercy of the Kaiser, it is easy to foresee that Japan will regard her "possessions In the Far East'' as threatened and will take that occas ion to throw her millions of trained soldiery across Siberia against the German hosts. To be sure that would be a last step, but it is certain to bo taken if Germany continues to press her advantage to Petrograd and be yond. In the end it may be the little yel low men who will be called upon to turn the tide in favor of the allies. Who knows? "SUSTAINING THE PRESIDENT" A CORRESPONDENT of the Chi cago Tribune raises a question of extreme pertinence at this time when everybody is being called upon to "sustain the President." He points out —what happens to be the fact just now—that "in a five-cornered Presidential contest the winner may receive barely two-fifths of .the en tire vote. He may represent theories that are incorrect and at variance with the other three-fifths, which if put into effect might injure the coun try. "Should such a President ignore Congress and put his theories into effect," he asks, "must J follow him?" Thousands of voters who are loyal to the President in his foreign policy have been asking themselves how much farther they need go. A BRYAXESQL'E REMEDY THE weather has plainly been get ting on Secretary Redfleld's nerves and, when criticised for the manner in which he is conducting the "investigation" of the Eastland disaster, he bursts into what the dis patches describe as "a heated speech." We can easily believe the story. It is typical of the department chiefs In this administration. Any one of them thinks a speech or an open letter Is the one perfect remedy and the one ade quate defense for anything. What the country wants Is fewer speeches and more action. TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE —Some people really suffer from hay fever and others use it as an excuse to go out of town. —When that boy of yours asks for the price of two plates of Ice cream and blushes when you ask him who he Is going to treat, don't press the mat ter. Remember some of those little romances of your own. —We don't mind the "tall-end of a tropical storm." to use the language of the Weather Bureau, so long as It doesn't wag too much. —Funny, but the political pot begins to boll real hard only after the tem perature starts to go down. "Black cats bring bad luck," com ments an exchange. Yes, Indeed, we've been personally called upon to drown many of the kittens. —ln the midst of the Mexican. Ger man and English controversies, with business bad at home and prospects none too bright, with the temperature high In Washington and low In New England and a new note to be wrjtten every ten minutes, one cannot but won der if, in the privacy of his inner chamber. Professor Taft doesn't occa sionally Indulge In one of his famous smiles. editorial comment Something tells us that in the East land case all the cherished American traditions of doing nothing will be fully sustained.—Boston Transcript. It win be suspected that the Standard OH men in Turkey who have received decorations from the Sultan would rather have received them from John D.—Boston Transcript. The Colonel can see the evil of race suicide, but he can not see the evil of the suicide of the races that go to war. Tt Is Just the difference between the re tail and the wholesale trade.—San Fran cisco Chronicle. Haiti Isn't in the Union, but she acts at times very much like a Southern State.—Columbia State. IN HARRISBURO FIFTY YEARS [ AGO TO-DAY | [From the Telegraph, Aug. 21, 1865.] Boy Run Down A boy was run over by a team in Third street yesterday, but escaped uninjured. No Counterfeits Hero Despite the large number of coun terfeit government money in circula tion, none of it has appeared in Har risburg since it has been in circula tion. Cops llerc Next Thursday Police officers from all parts of the State will meet here next Thursday for sessions. Our Daily Laugh ~"| GUILTY FEEL r raa Ever since I ' SJ ' broke open de kids' bank an' I took four cents, £ I'm most skeered | to read the papers \ tor fear de cops I Is got a clue! I | I SORT OF SUB- MERGED. 1 1 - Some people have Ti . a clouded 1 | view, 1 I Appear to EFSj&JfiBV grope, J And only seem to —J#—*.|) —«T7| — see life thru Uy J y A periscope. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR] MOTION PICTURE CARBONS To the Editor of the Telegraph: I was interested in seeing a clipping from your issue of August 9 in which you mention the carbon plant which is going to start operation at St. Mary's. You say "motion picture Carbons are manufactured at the new plant, which is the only one of its kind in the United States." I know you don't mean to make a statement so far from facts as this. The facts are, that the National Carbon Company with its eleven branches in this country anil Canada, has been making projector carbons for the last twenty years, manufacturing them in fairly good sized quantities. Since the war began we have been running over time turn ing out these carbons. In other words, there are other plants in the United States doing this sort of work. Yours very truly, NATIONAL CARBON CO. B. DYER. AUGUST 20, 1808 O where is the fleet which in battle ar ray Came up through the Narrows that proud summer day. The fleet that had swept all its foes from the sea And brought us the tidings that Cuba was free? Those ships, bravely manned and in vincible then, ■Can never be used to defend us again; And while we are hoping and working for peace Let not preparations for something else cease! C. E. E. In New York Sun. GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH [From the Philadelphia Evening Ledger.] The delegates to the annual conven tion of Pennsylvania Sealers of Weights and Measures were not the first men to discover that the public cares little about full measure when It buys. Un scrupulous merchants discovered tt long ago. They have given short weight for years, with little protest from the consumers. Now and then a thrifty and careful housewife has j weighed the things she has bought and ! then compelled tne merchant to make | restitution of that of which he has been cheating her. But most of them are indifferent, and so the few scoun drels among the tradesmen prosper. The officials whose duty It is to en force the law regulating the standard of weights and measures may some day be assisted more generally bv the pub lic. but the cost of living will have to soar still higher before the average family will begin systematically to Insist on getting its money's worth. And so long as It does not Insist It will be practically Impossible for anv corps of official Inspectors to detect all viola tions of the law. "THE ENCIRCLING GI,OOM" [From the New York Sun.] Th« present position of the Progres sive party is reflected In the words of the old hymn that I used to sing in a church choir, "Lead, kindly light: one step enough for me."—The Hon. George W. Perkins. I What can Brother Perkinfe be think ing of? Does he mean to admit that ithe Progressive party stands "amid the ienuircilnif gloom?" JEtARRISBURG *s£3s TELEGRAPH Ot 'Pe.KKOi^aa.Kta By the Ei-Connnltteeman The time for filing nominating peti tions for judicial nominations to be \ made at the primary on September I 21 will close next Tuesday night and to-day & number of petitions were re ceived at the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, some of them be i ing returned because of defects. I William D. Wallace, of Lawrence, Hied a petition to be a candidate for superior court judge. Three other petl j tions for this court are on file. Common pleas petitions filed in cluded Newton B. Spangler and Clem ent Dale, Center: William T. Tred way, Allegheny; Charles Corbet, Jef ferson; Edward C. Breen, Venango; | Jesse H. Wise. Greene. Associate Judge—H. D. Pearson, Adams. Municipal Court. Lawrence C. I Hickman, Philadelphia. John A. Elliott, Beaver Falls, filed a petition to be a candidate for the Republican nomination for congress in the Twenty-fourth district. i —Governor Brumbaugh's statement of yesterday afternoon in which ho said that he named Thomas B. Smith, ex-postmaster of Philadelphia, public service commissioner because he had a "record of successful service" and that any talk of him being in a deal on the Philadelphia mayoralty Is absurd appears to have ended the chatter about the governor taking a hand in Philadelphia mayoralty poli tics. The Philadelphia papers all ac cept it as disposing of the matter. —William T. Tredway, an Allegheny county lawyer who was a candidate for superior court judge, is out for Judge in that county. He will oppose Judge Carpenter, who seeks appointment for the full term. He has been a member of the Republican county committee for 20 years. —Senator John P. Moore and Ex- Representative H. M! Cribbs are bat tling for the Republican nomination for controller in Allegheny. Mr. Cribbs has filed his papers. —One of the biggest nominating petitions from the interior of the State was filed yesterday for Sylvester B. Sadler, the Carlisle lawyer, for nomination for the Cumberland judg ship. The names of many prominent men appeared on it. The papers of John W. Wetzel, also a candidate, were filed soon after. The papers of E. M. Biddle, Jr., were filed early In the week. —Col. Oscar King Taylor, of the Governor's staff, is a candidate for member of the Pittsburgh city coun cil. —Judge David Cameron, of Tioga, has filed his papers to be candidate for renomination. He is in the midst of one of the most interesting fights in the State. Among his opponents are Thomas A. Crichton, cashier of the State Treasury; S. E. Channel! and Ex- Representative F. H. Rockwell. —Fred S. Drake, law partner of Ex-Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia, has taken a flyer into the judicial con tests and is a candidate for court No. —Ex-Congressman J. N. Langham, of Indiana, former corporation clerk of the auditor general's department, late yesterday filed papers to be can didate for judge in his county. The Philadelphia Record to-day says: "The Republican Mayoralty situ ation did not clear up at all yesterday. The only development of the day -was the persistent rumor, circulated by Penrose agents that President Judge J. Willis Martin, of Common Pleas Court No. 5, was being considered as a candidate. This is regarded as an other move on the part of the Pen rose-McNichol forces to get the Vares to show their hand. The Penrose-Mc- Nichol agents have dropped Smith absolutely and are now talking Martin in the hope that the Vares may con sent to agree to him as a compromise. When Senator McNichol was asked about the .Martin boom, he said: 'Judge Martin's nama has been under consideration for six months.' The Vares refused to discuss the Martin boom, but Vare followers said that they absolutely were opposed to the Judge and would not consent to him as a candidate under any circum stances. The Vares remained silent yesterday and the tip went out that Brother Bill's candidacy would not be announced until the last day for fil ing nomination papers, August 31." —Judge N. M. Wanner, of York county, was host to the York county lawyers yesterday at his summer home. There does not seem to be any opposition to the Judge's renomination in sight. —The meeting of the Republican committee of the Fourteenth ward, of Philadelphia, of which Congressman John R. K. Scott is leader, is sched uled for to-night and will, indicate something about the mayoralty situ ation. The ward is In the heart of the McNichol district, but Scott is a Vare follower. If an endorsement is made it will be the signal for the battle. —Media's special loan election, at which $70,000 was voted for im provements, has been declared void. BUSINESSMEN IN CAMP They are not all youthful, these men who would fit themselves to be officers. Nor can some of them well spare the time and effort they are giving. There are men of large affairs and heavy re sponsibilities at Plattsburg. I happen to know, for example, that Dudley Field Malone, collector of the port at New York, has not had a real vacation for five years. Malone is at Plattsburg. Before he left New York I got Ills view or the apparent breaking down of the opposition to military training. "I see nothing but sane Americanism in it,' he said. "We stand apart from other great nations by reason of the character of our happiness. Our happi ness rests on the security of our insti tutions. While we do not expect to be drawn into this war, we have the intel ligence to realize that three or four thousand miles of water does not to day, mean the isolation that once was ours; and that while Washington's army, which could be carried on a mod ern transport, was sufficient to estab lish our institutions, should we be forced to defend them to-day we should require something much more power ful and fe.r more complex. "We are rapidly coming to recognize the necessity of proving adequate means of defense, Ave are going about it quietly, sanely, speedily and intel ligently. Down in the customs office I am among men who are the bone and sinew of our export trade. They are of one mind on this question of military training. They feel that we can pro vide for defense without the spectacle of swashbuckling soldiers, strutting along our streets. They know, as you and I know that militarism In any guise is impossible in the United States.'"— Correspondent to Kansas City Star. NICOTINE IN TOBACCO [From the New York Sun.] The Bureau of Plant Industry is working away In Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, trying to take the nico tine out of the tobacco leaf. In three years of Government experiments, it is claimed, the percentage of nicotine in plants has been reduced from 3.5 to 1,31. Suppose It has been and the Gov ernment finally attains a nlcotlneless tobacco, will It be a better tobacco or one that smokers will prefer? The demon may have been taken out and the finished product pronounced "better for y,ou." Some person took the demon out of beer and said "this Is better for you:' but most users still claim that "near beer" is no Improvement upon the original article. Sometimes the ex perts In their meddling with nature go a step too far to suit most people. THE CARTOON OF THE DAY SPADES ARE TRUMP IN THE WAR GAME ' 7- - - - Jpjt Ctx ISSL NATIONAL DEFENSE PROBLEMS lll.—Lessons of the War—Commissary By Frederic J. Haskin THE old adage that It Is an ill wind which fails to blow good to someone has seldom been better illustrated than in the case of the European War and the lessons which it has taught the military ser vices of the United States. Prior to the commencement of the conflict abroad, this country, In com mon with other world powers, realized that its military equipment was not exactly up-to-date, so far as efficiency and preparedness went. Wars have to be fought in order to prepare for war, and there had been no conflict of any size since the Russo-Japanese war, the lessons of which became anti quated and obsolete within the dec ade which followed. The entire world realized that their military and naval armaments needed the stimulus of act ual warfare to perfect them, but none of the powers desired to be the teach ers all wished to be pupils in the School of Mars. Then the European War broke and the United States was left in the en viable position of being the largest scholar, taking a course in the making of war from a faculty of experienced professors practically without cost. The greatest war in the history of the world was being fought and all Uncle Sam had to do to benefit by the ex perience of nations that were spending millions of dollars a day In the field was to send a few military experts abroad to study the new weapons of war and their application in modern campaigns. Experts in Europe Always on the lookout for any op portunity for benefiting the hundred million persons who owe allegiance to the Stars and Stripes, the government dispatched a small corps of military experts to the seat of war soon after the first declaration of hostilities and the reports of these officers have in sured the United States against lack of preparation in military matters for years to come. So, when President Wilson called upon his military exports for recom mendations with the Idea in mind of asking Congress to give him a larger army and navy, those experts had the latest Information at their finger tips. Holding first place among the les sons they had learned. It the modern method of feeding an army in time of war. a method which has undergone vast improvements within the last three decades. It was formerly the custom to fur nish soldiers In the field with their rations in an uncooked state. The troops prepared their food over camp fires, using their own utensils for the purpose. But camp fir'/ are no longer lighted—they provide Entirely too good a target for the enemy's long-range artillery and bomb-dropping aircraft. The camp fire of the Civil War period has passed into history together with the tented cities which housed the sleeping troops. Nowadays the sol diers light their way with electric flash lights and sleep in the trenches. As it is hardly practicable to cook one's food over a pocket flash-light, some other method had to be substi tuted for preparing the rations of the troops. The modern field kitchen, an enormous cooking range on wheels, capable of preparing the food for hun dreds of soldiers, was the improvement finally adopted abroad and the result has exceeded all expectations. In the first place the field kitchen has done away with the Intestinal dis orders and stomach troubles that troops suffered from so extensively when they cooked their own food. Men who had fought hard and march ed all day were usually too tired at night to give their attention to cook ing. In consequence, needing nourish ing food as they did, they provided themselves with any makeshift and ran down physically as a result. The field kitchen now supplies them with hot nutritious food, well cooked and appetizingly served. Sure of His Meals In modern warfare the soldier In the trenches is certain to receive his hot coffee and bread in the morning, a substantial noonday meal, and a sup per that will help him recuperate from the labors of the day. Because of this he has greater physical vigor. Knowing it he will fight with more energy and dogged determination tharl If his stomach gnawed and he looked forward only to a crude meal hastily prepared by the blaze of a camp fire. "An army marches on its stomach," said Napoleon, but the Powers en gaged In the war abroad have discov ered that an army must also fight on Its stomach. The field kitchen is re garded as being of as much support to the men in the trenches as is the heavy artillery. The field kitchen most generally used abroad Is a four-wheeled ve hicle, which may be separated In the middle when desired, thus making two smaller kitchens. The rear portion of the truck supports an explosion proof copper boiling vat, holding 200 quarts, and a coffee tank, holding 70 AUGUST 21, 1915. quarts. The front truck carries 200 extra rations in addition to the daily quota, feed for the horses and a con siderable amount of miscellaneous ma terial. The hot water immersion method of cooking is used on nearly all the field kitchens and the same stew can be kept hot and palatable for three days in succession. How Cooking Is Pone Food for cooking is placed in the copper receptacles at night and early in the morning and there mellows into succulency. Arrangements are made whereby the men on sentry duty may till their canteens with steaming hot coffee at any time. As the canteens are constructed on the thermo plan, the coffee remains hot for a number of hours. A multitform spigot makes it possible to (ill six flasks simultaneous ly, thus saving much time. The total weight of such a field kitchen is only about 3,000 pounds and it is so constructed that it can follow even a rapid advance of cavalry. It does not smoke, it is practically noise less and the fire-box consumes any kind of fuel, from wood and coal to peat. All the covers may be hermeti cally sealed and the entire kitchen can be transported across a very rough field at a gallop without a drop of the liquid contents spilling out. The whole field kitchen is painted a neutral hue, similar to that of the uniforms worn by the troops, and even the separate utensils (ladles, spoons, knives, etc.), are so. designed that they will not reflect the light. At a com partlvely short distance, therefore, the field kitchen is practfcally Invisible, even on a bright day. The vegetarian idea and the theory that men can be well fed on condensed or capsuled foods find no support in the modern commissariat. Good red meat and plenty of It is the slogan of those who feed the armies and the fighting men have been given beef and broth ever since the war commenced. Foreign laboratories have turned «ut capsules that they guarantee to con tain as much nutriment as a pound of beef; they have produced tablets which are claimed to be the equivalent of a loaf of bread—but the military experts will have none of them. Need of Something Filling A soldier, they say, wants quantity as well as nutriment. You cannot satisfy the ravenous hunger of a man who has been fighting in all sorts of weather with a capsule and a tablet, even though you tell him that he is eating the equivalent of a full meal. He wants something filling. There fore the menu of bread and meat, meat and bread, with hot coffee as a stimulant. The work of bringing the food to the men in the trenches has presented a number of interesting and difficult problems to .the commissary depart ment and many are the deeds of brav ery performed by the cooks or waiters during the winter campaign when the trenches were only a few yards apart. Famine in an isolated trench was easily possible. Upon one occasion, for example, a cook saved an entire company of infantry by filling a large shell with the compressed sausage which forms a staple portion of diet in the field, and "firing this shell, with the aid of a small cargo of powder, so that it fell within a short distance of the hunger-ridden trenches. It was an easy matter to drag the shell into the dug-out and, when the projectile was opened, the sausages were found to be In excellent condition. One of the cooks attached to the In dian troops, fighting with the allies, is also credited with removing all his clothing on a very dark night and wriggling his way toward the advanced trenches where his compatriots had been hanging on grimly without food for two days, because of the terrific fire from the enemy's batteries. The Indian cook carried on his back a large sack, painted black, which contained a goodly supply of the rations he knew his mates would like best, and it Is probable that his courage In crossing the fire-swept zone was all that saved this portion of the allied troops from i disaster. When the records of the war are finally compiled It is thought that there will be as good an array of the names of cooks and commissary em ployes upon the lists of awards for the Victoria Cross, the Legion* of Honor and the Iron Cross as of any other branch of the services. The cook would appear to play a very humble role In the theater of war, but he is directly responsible for the well-being and health of the men who battle for their country, and Uncle Sam Is learning from the foreign armies many lessons as to how he may be helped in his vital work. | i —i — 1 SECOND FLY CONTEST of the Civic Club for 1915. i Anfuit Ist to September 28th. ' Five cents ■ pint for alt flies, and I many prises la Knld. [\m I !| lEtentng (ftljat Deputy Attorney General W. A 4 Hargest, who has just returned frort a trip of 10,000 miles, Including the Pacific Expositions and many places of Interest, said yesterday afternoon when asked what had Impressed him most In his long tour: "I was par ticularly impressed with the un touched resources of this great coun try. One travels for hundreds of miles through yet uncultivated and barren lands which are ready to spring Into fertility with the coming of water. Ir rigation In the West is in Its infancy. So are the agricultural and other re sources. I did not realize the vastness of the American desert. One must travel through 200 to 400 miles of yet arid lands before reaching California. The West Is a place not only of great resources, but of great sights. We have seen the grand canyons, the brown, majestic mountains, the gush ing geysers and wonderful waterfalls, but it was really refreshing to see the green mountains and the fertile val leys of Pennsylvania. We traveled on twelve or more railroads, and when we struck the Pennsylvania on the home ward stretch, we felt that none of them equaled it for comfort and equipment. Altogether I am more convinced than ever that Pennsylvania is a good place to live in. In Port land we were right royally entertained by our old schoolmate and friend, Wallace McCamant, now a leading lawyer of that place. Both the San Diego and the San Francisco Exposi tions are gems of architectural beauty." There is really some use at last for the crop of weeds growing on the Court street side of the post office lawn, a crop that has attracted the at tention of HariishurK people because of the bewildering variety and luxuri ance of the weeds which are ordinar ily not seen in cities and from visitors because of the unusual sight. The use which the crop has developed is as a canine apothecary shop. Yesterday half a dozen dogs suffering from dog day ailments were seen to visit the place and to chew weeds which prob ably had some medicinal value to the dogs. At any rate they appeared to be enjoying chewing the leaves. The advent of the jitneys has stirred up some of the trolley car operatives. In times gone by some of the men. new ones principally, have not been the most cordial and have been apt to pass people by. For this they were called down by the old-timers who know iheir riders and who look out for the public. In the last few weeks motormen who had poor eyesight for a time have been noted to spot a pas senger blocks away and conductors fairly race to help women on and oft with their babies and market baskets. The other day a couple of women were on the wrong side of a street for a car bound down town and the motorman obligingly halted the car and mo tioned to them to hustle over and got aboard. It cost a minute, but it was worth it. The State of Pennsylvania Is saving a good many dollars In rent through the policy adopted two years ago of utilizing good substantial buildings In the Capital Park extension district for State purposes and It is probable tl]At more will be employed before the eiw of the year. Indications are that 1) will be well along in 191J7 before any thing Is done even to plan the treat ment of the park extension. The pur chase of the properties Is to he com pleted by next year, the $300,000 voted by the last Legislature Insuring th« acquisition of all the properties. Ex- Governor John K. Tener, who signed the bill for park extension, suggested that architects engaged In landscape work be invited to submit plans for the treatment of the extension, which idea has been endorsed by other State officials. At any rate it will he three years before the buildings will all be razed. Those which are of no value are being torn down as rapidly as pos sible, over 300 having disappeared. There are six which are being used, the latest being the Day school, a stout brick building which will be turned Into an agricultural laboratory. The Public Service Commission has housed some of Its bureaus In a rcsl -dence and the Division of Documents has a six-story building. The State Livestock Sanitary Board has a whole residence, while the Governor's troop Is using a church as an armory. The National Guard equipage is partly stored In other buildings, pending completion of the new arsenal. Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, the State Game Commission secretary, who was in Philadelphia, a few days ago told the newspapermen that game would be very abundant this Fall and that wild turkeys especially would be numerous. • * » Every place where there Is Ice water to be had has its string of visitors these days. The fountains In the Capi tol, the street fountains, the coolers In the public offices and even the faucets In the hotels have strings of visitors. Hot weather appears to make a good many people sorry for the rest because a request for a drink is seldom refused. • • • Congressman John R. Fa-rr, ol Scranton, was here yesterday to see Governor Brumbaugh. Ho Is very anxious for the Governor to attend the Spanish war meeting, hut he will be on his way to San Francisco by that time. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —The Rev. W. M. Rowe, of Somer set, Is moderator of the Western Penn sylvania Brethren. —Col. F. K. Patterson, of Pitts burgh, In command of the State rifle practice c&mp, has acted so for a dozen times. —John H. Dalley, former Pitts burgh newspaperman. Is a candidate for Council In that city. —R. K. Cassatt Is spending some time In Virginia. —Bishop Talbot has bpen protest ing against the manner In which trees are being destroyed In Carbon county. | DO YOU KNOW That Harrlshurg has consider- % able mill capacity that can > used for stoel prodncts? i Fancy Work In the leisure of vacation days a woman's hand naturally turns towards fancy work. In August she frequently be gins the gifts she will bestow on friends In December. Under her skilled fingers bits of linen and thread assume shapes most useful and attrac tive. Just now the storea are show- 1 lng a variety of attractive fancy work patterns. Some suggestions concerning them will be found from time to i time in the advertising columns of the Telegraph.-
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