6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Establuhtd ilji PUBLISHED BY |BI TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACK POLE Prtndmt and Editor-m-Chitf F. R. OYSTER Stcrttory OUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Bun day) at the Telegraph Building, 216 Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish es' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dailies pastern Office. Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook, Story A Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Allen A Ward. Delivered by carriers at <S(IaK»OTuE> six cents a week. &>■ Mailed to subscribers at 13.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office in Harris* burg. Pa., as second class matter. •worsi dally average circulation for the three months cmllng July 31, 1915 ★ 21,084 ★ Average far the year 1914—31,809 Average for the year 1918—19.96S Average for the year 1912—19,649 Average for the year 1911—17,508 Average for the year 1919—16^861 The ahove llsarea are act. All re tained. unsold sad damaged copies de luded. MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28. Things worth while are, more apt to c&tnf your way if you go after them. —- The Chicago Daily \ews. STORM PROOF HARRISBURG to-day extends its sympathy to neighboring towns that suffered so severely during the storm of Saturday night and at the same time congratulates Itself upon the singular fact that In the midst of widespread destruction by wind and rain in its immediate vicin ity It continues to remain a storm proof city. Perhaps it is the peculiar formation of the mountains that sur round us or the protection afforded' by th« low hills about the city that shields us. but certain it is that we in Harrisburg have very few storms of the violence that are re ported from the district roundabout. But we do not owe this fortunate condition alone to the kindliness of nature and the foresight of those who laid out the town. There was a time when a rain of three or four Inches would have flooded the whole of Pax ton creek valley. Slbletown and the big industrial district along Market, Cameron and Tenth streets would have been under water with immense loss to property and danger to health, If not to lives. The city has corrected this condition by the construction of the dam in Wildwood, the big in terceptor along Paxton creek and the paving of the creek bottom. Nature has been good to Harris burg, It is true, but our people have not neglected to take necessary pro tective measures. It Is as true of cities as it is df individuals that "God helps those who help themselves." The busy Democratic machinists are losing sleep over the alleged local dis turbances in the Republican party, but their real concern has to do with the mtxup in their own ranks. Another little game o 1 throwing dust in the eyes of the voter who is always a "gangster" when he doesn't happen to play the Democratic game. • THE "MANLY" COURSE FOR years Grace C. Strachan, dis trict superintendent of schools in Brooklyn, has played the game of politics with masculine imagination and the technique of a leader who pins his (or her) faith to the strong arm method. In her dealings with th 6 New York legislature, the school authorities and the board of estimate of the metropolis she has been as uni formly successful as a Dick Croker and as imperious as a Roscoe Conk ling. She championed the causes and the claims of New York city woman teachers upon any and all occasions and was undeterred when courts, pub lic officials and educational experts protected that her methods were rep rehensible and her aims most of the time far from praiseworthy. She was what Gteorge Ade probably would call a Towering Figure, an example of what woman could do in public life, and no boss in all New York State was held In greater fear by the poli ticians. But that kind of success, while It has a tendency to fatten the pocket book. seems to be bad for the spirit. At all events when Miss Strachan last weak was defeated In her ambition to be elected president of the National Education Association, Instead of tak ing It philosophically, as a veteran of scores of political pitched battles should, she passionately resigned from the organization. She charges fraud now, but the fact that the vote stood 479 to 184 against her argues that when she cools down she will take advantage of woman's privilege and seek some other ground upon which to Juetify her petulant action. In the face of such odds most mere men, instead of quitting in a huff, probably would conclude that tha situation was one in which the fundamental rule of practical politics, "If you can't lick 'em, jine 'em," ap plies with considerable force. How ever, many a Miss Nancy has made precisely the same kind of a spectacle of himself. If the sex element figures at all in the Strachan Incident It will be in the reactions. In man-made politics such things mean oblivion by one route or another. If Miss Strachan's followers In New York city are sufficiently endowed with sense of MONDAY EVENING, ; humor and sense of justice to see this affair in its true light no man or wom an in the future can successfully chal lenge their right to vote on intellectual or temperamental grounds. If, on the other hand, they permit their leader, whose vanity has been sorely wound ed, to sob out her woes on their col lective bosom, as it were, there will be doubts. The worst that could be said about tho Education Association election is that Grace Strachan was beaten at a game in which she is an adept. If sne is sincere In her belief and advocacy of absolute equality she will quit whimpering. That Is the manly course to pursue. MUST HAVE RELIEF 'TWE Market street subway again demonstrated Its Inadequacy dur ing the storm of Saturday even ing. Five minutes after the rain be gan to fall It was a raging torrent. Ten minutes later It was filled with water, even the footpaths being sub merged to the extent that pedestrians were compelled to use the passage be tween the Reading and the Pennsylva nia stations as a means of getting from the Hill to the central part of the city. The traction company had to resort to the roundabout State street route to reach the East End and Steelton. Meanwhile the new Second street subway was clear of water and traffic was uninterrupted. Not only is the Market street sub way lacking In proper drainage facili ties, but it %ever was wide enough. Built at a time when the people had not come to a full understanding of the benefits of public Improvements and In the face of much protest from Market street property owners and businessmen. It was then the best that could be done to wipe out the death trap replaced. But the time has come' when the subway must be widened apd Its drainage so reconstructed that It will carry off at least a reasonable flow of water. The people of Allison Hill and those of the heart of town and of Steelton must not be delayed in get ting to or from their homes In this needless manner. At a very early date the city au thorities must take up the subject of improving the subway. There is no mere urgent need now apparent. Have you ever noticed that when an angry man runs out of arguments how quickly he turns to hard names? SUGAR MARKET SAVET> ONE of the war's remarkable ef fects upon American trade was shown lsst week when, for the first time in history, sugar was pur chased for export from the United States to Switzerland. Although Switzerland is a next door neighbor of Germany, the greatest beet sugar country in the world, the war has caused an embargo to be laid on the exportation of sugar from Germany and Austria-Hungary and consequent ly the Alpine republic finds It neces sary to send three thousand miles across the Atlantic to secure the na tional supply of sweetening. Not only Switzerland, but Great Britain, France, Italy and Greece have been purchasers of sugar In the New- York market. In the first nine months of the war exports amounted to nearly 500,000,000 pounds, valued at over $23,000,000. Naturally the heavy ex port demand for sugars which usually comes to the American market has kept the prices comparatively high, and the American farmers who grow sugar, -either in beets or cane, are likely to have a prosperous season. In fact, persons familiar with the sugar trade agree that the war has saved this industry from extinction for the time being. Prior to the outbreak of hostilities and following the legislation adopted by Congress for the free admission of foreign grown sugar, many sugar mills and factories closed down and tens of thousands of farmers abandon ed the planting of beets and cane. With the better price conditions brought about by the war, the Amer ican crop probably will be larged than ever before, apd It will be possible to continue sugar growing In this coun try, at least until the European con flict ends. By that time .the present policy at Washington will be no more potent of harm than a disagreeable memory or a bad dream. Leroy D. Peavey, the Boston econo mist, who will talk at the Wednesday luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce, is a speaker of national reputation who will discuss "What the War Means to American Business." Tt has been anything but a dull summer for the members of the big business organiza tion. THE ONE ASSET CS. HAMMOND, writing to/ the New York Tribune from Fos torla, lowa, says that "Wilson is the only asset the Democrats have." This Is doubtless true—and it argues the bankruptcy of the Democratic party. The country cannot afford to pin Its hopes upon so slender a chance as that which Is bound up In one man only. If A. Mitchell Palmer Is Innocent, he should lose not a moment In suing the New York World for libel. If he la guilty, we can think of no punishment fitting the case. It is to be hoped, for the honor of Pennsylvania and for his own sake, that the charges are un founded. TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE i —No, Maude, they don't call him BUI because he was born on the first of the month. —Our Idea of a saint is a man who can lose a new golf ball on the first drive without cussing. Telephone operators in Egypt are required to speak English, French. Italian. Greek and Arabic. In America it Is often difficult to get them to answer even in one language. Let them tive about "Apple-blos some time in Normandy;" we prefer appledumpling time in little old Har burg. If you are dissatisfied with your home. Just go away to a summer board- Inghouse for a week. —"Don't kill the gentle, little garter snake," says the Ohio State Journal. After while somebody wil be begging for leniency toward the mosquito. [ EDITORIAL COMMENT [ Henry James prefers a monarchy to a democracy; but he won't balk at ac cepl'ng American royalties.—Philadel phia North American. The new notes are stronger than the old ones, but Mr. Lansing's literary style appears to be * great deal like that of Mr. Bryan.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Japanese newspaper suggests, in a "P ,r 't, that the capture of 200,- 000 Russian prisoners by the Germans was not war. but immigration.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Recent developments in Haiti Indi cate that in the event of its annexa tion to the United States it should be taken on as an extra county of Georgia. —Boston Transcript. Just as one of our ex-Presidents was once mentioned for the rulershtp 01 Albania. Sheriff Klnkead emerges In the nick of time to be considered bv the Haltiens.—New York Evening Post. 1 BOOKS AND MAQAZINES"] The famous Dorcas Fair, which Is held annually at Quillcote, the summer home of Kate Douglas Wlggln, took place this year on August 11. For weeks Mrs. Wlggln's green and brown study has been piled high with books. Patsvs. Carols, Pollys and T'.mothvs laj- In rows under the sofa; the re volving bookcase was piled with Vll lage Watch Towers and Cathedral Courtships; two big armchairs held Re becca; 'Susanna and Sue" and "The Old Peabody Pew" occupied the wood basket and the hearthstone; while Penelope's Postscripts." only publish ed August 7, had a corner all to itself. In each copy Mrs. Wlggln wrote her signature and often a Quotation from the story. In "Rebecca" it was usually I one of her speeches, as, "It's the dearest tiling In life to me but It's an awful care, apropos of her litle pink para ■ol; or "I always call It a journev when I carry a nightgown," or "If there aren't any private babies in Riverboro. I think we ought to have a public one for everybodv, Just like the town pump." In "The Child's Journey With Dickens." Mrs. Wiggin often writes, "I was the child, and this my first Journey into the great world." In The Birds Christmas Carol" the quotation Is either "Never forget that your mother was a McGrili," or "And Carol is born again in everv chime of Christmas bells that peal glad tidings and In every Christmas anthem sung by childish voices." IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS | AGO TO-DAY ] [From the Telegraph, Aug. 23, 18fi6.] Offered Professorship The Rev. C. A. Hay. of this city, has been offered the fourth professorship in the Theological Seminary of Gettys burg. He. has accepted the position. , Steamer For Susquehanna Plans are being made to have a small steamer ply on the Susquehanna between this .city and nearby towns. Hope Picnic Tomorrow The Hope Fire Company will hold Its annual picnic to-morrow in Hoff man's Woods. » ■ BASEBAI.Iv PLAYERS [From the Literary Digest.] Not all the care In the world can ob vlate the fluke or avoid a mistake based on false appearances; nor Is the great player always the trophy of the scout. Ty Cobb, the greatest ball player in the world, was taken on by Detroit for a beggarly $750, merely to soothe the feelings of an aggrieved minor-league owner (the present state of that owners feelings Is not described), while who recently brought 150,000 from the White Sox, was acquir ed originally by Connie Mack for noth ing, picked from the team of Columbia University. Still, in the long run, the scout with baseball sense, a sharp %ye, and an efficient system wins out. KEEP OIIT OF IT. GOVERNOR [Prom the Lrftwlsburg News.] " It is something finer than shaking the dice box that is going on in Phila delphia these hot late summer days. Down there Congressman Vare wants to be Mayor, but has not yet declared his willingness to burn his bridges and make the plunge. To go in and win would make him the big smoke of the town; to go In and lose a second time would be equivalent to a total eclipse. If he keeps out he can apparently have about any and everything in sight, in fact, according to the Philadelphia papers, the Congressman and his Sena tor brother will be privileged to makt a new political chart of the big town, including the back stairs route for the former brilliant young Lewlsburger, Senator Ernest Tustln. Even at this distance It is plainly evident what Vare is up against and there's the rub. He can nave anything but what he wants— the Mayoralty! The newspapers are apparently helping at this fine game of polities, and the entire plav Is alto gether permissible if not admirable under the rules, since the power resides wltji the people and It rests with them to exercise It at the primaries. It is a big proposition, yet a wide open one, and any man may run who has the nerve to go to It. From the papers coming to us- every morning it would seem that a strong effort is being made to enmesh the Governor In this mlx-up of city poli tics, but we rate him too wise to do anything beyond sawing wood as Gov ernor of the greatest division of gov ernment on earth. The people have faith in him and his friends do not want to see him go the route of all Gover nors who have been lured into attempt ing to set up any State machines for any future purpose. The machine business in politics where the popular primary obtains is a thing of the past, and no candidate Is safe unless he stands right with 'the people, for machine slates can be knocked Into slats and will be when any canned stuff is passed out bearing the label of only one or two or a dozen self-appointed slate-makers. The fight, or effort to avoid a fight. In Philadelphia, offers some entertaining features to an outsider, but It Is not a good place for our good Governor to waste much time any more than it will In the future be an easv thing for slates to be made up In Philadelphia and Pittsburgh for the State without consulting the rural sections. Governor Brumbaugh needs nothing more for his political welfare than tbat which was registered for him last Fall He can retain all this by avoiding the buzz saw now running like lightning In Philadelphia as the game goes there, and also by giving due consideration to every section of the State. THE REARER OP GOOD NEWS How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that brlngeth good, tidings, that publlsheth peace; that brlngeth good tldlnge of good, that publlsheth salvation, that sayeth unto Zlon, TJyr God relgneth!'"—lsaiah lit T. HAJUUSBURG W TELEGRAPH Ot By the Ex» Committeeman To-morrow is the last day for filing petitions for places for judicial can didates on the primary ballots and there was a rush to enter paper* at the State Capitol to-day. In addition numerous inquiries were made as to the limit for receiving papers. Those filed to-day Included: Common Pleas—Edward D. Mitch ell and A. J. Margolin, court No. 1, Philadelphia: Emanuel Kline and Harry A. Walther, court No. 2, Phila delphia; Lewla Wittenberg, court No. 4, Philadelphia; Gilbert R. Fox, W. J. Whlldon, Mercer; John B. McClure, Beaver; M. L. Mc- Cracken, Jefferson; Thos. A. Crtchton, and Frank D. Selph, Tioga; E. Walk er Smith. Indiana; Qulncy D. Hast ings, Venango; H. Stanley Harding, Sullivan Wyoming. Orphans' Court Valdlck B. Char ing, Philadelphia; William B. Bechtel, Berks. Municipal Court—Henry- John Nel son, William C. Stoever, Philadelphia. Associate Judge William A. Mels er, Perry; John G. Erlckbaum, Bed ford. Everyone connected wtth Philadel phia politics kept quiet yesterday- Congressman Vare made no response to fhe clarion call of Congressman John R. K. Scott In Philadelphia on Saturday night and Senators Penrose and McNlchol Just smiled. T. Henry Walnut is out with a call to Democrats and Bull Moosers to fuse on a Philadelphia city ticket. The call Is directed from the committee of 100. Walnut has been a member of various parties. S. B. Pennington, former chief of police of Chester, is a candidate for council In that city. ~-,The Philadelphia mayoralty situ ation Is interesting many politicians up the State more than anything that has occurred In years. It is also hav ing the result of causing many to visit Philadelphia. —Alientown Democratic leaders say that as a result of the national admin istration's tampering with post olflce routes Lehigh county Republican can didates have the best prospects in years. —The Democratic branch head quarters here will be reopened before long It is predicted. The conferences of county lears on national delegates are due to begin. —Five hundred Schuylkill Republi cans disgusted with the reorganization methods and seeing nothing ahead but party warfare held a picnic on Satur day to work for harmony. A commit tee of fifteen has been named to try and heal the party wounds. —Reports that William Jennings Bryan will take a hand In some of the Democratic fights in the State is being denied with considerable heat by re organization Democrats. He is not wanted here any more than he was in 1896. —The antl-suffragists are commenc ing an active campaign in Pittsburgh and vicinity. They plan to cover western counties. The suffragists in a statement just issued say the fight is all but won. —Pittsburgh Is about to place a 12,- 000,000 loan before the voters. —Lancaster Democrats are in revolt against the Davis regime and the way it has been running patronage and a fight against Davis' slate at the pri mary is certian. —The barn of Senator Catlin, near Wilkes-Barre, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night. A CONTRAST IN ROADS [From the Wllkes-Barre Record.] It is within the memory of residents of Wilkes-Barre who are yet young when River and Franklin streets were unpaved and Public Square was a mass of cobblestones, a cruelty to horses, a torment to drivers and a nuisance to people in the vicinity. Main and Mar ket streets presented the same appear ance. When It was proposed to pave these highways with asphalt many taxpayers objected because of the ex pense and It was some time before Councils mustered up courage to do the work. Now there is not a single tax payer who would have the city go back to the same conditions, though It costs a good sum every year to keep the highways in repair. Paving is regarded not as a luxury but as a necessity. Neglect of the great highways" that connect the town with the country from which the town secures Its food supplies will soon be regarded with the same sense of shame. The work of Improvement has already been begun on a large scale. It Is viewed in thb light of an economic necessity. The increasing cost of food within the past fifteen years have given the people something to think about. It is now a factor to command wide attention. If the cost of food on the farm cannot be reduced, effort must be made to effect economy elsewhere, and one of the ways is to lessen the cost of distribut ing the food. Road Improvement has this object in view. A good road brings the farmer nearer to the consumer In time If not in distance. It means a saving not only in time but in wear and tear upon vehicles and horses. In excess of zeal the State Legisla ture took over some 11,000 miles of un improved highways and designated them State roads, to be improved and maintained at the cost of the State Since then It has been found that the task Is beyond the revenue possibili ties The Governor and the Legislature have been looking about for new sources of revenue, but thev have not yet succeeded In solving the problem The only alternative is to move within the limits of the revenues, however slowly that may be. The townships and the towns are. as a rule, so poverty stricken that they cannot make much headway. The State must do the lion's share of the work. When Governor Brumbaugh desig nated the 26th of last May as Good Roads Day he made an extraordinary request—that the public give voluntar ily one day's time, without compensa tion. to improvement of the roads In their Immediate neighborhood. Noth ing of the kind had ever before been proposed. It meant a general stirring up of interest and It has had some value. But the big problem remains to be solved—how to do the major work of construction and maintenance In the face of so many other demands upon the State Treasury. Good roads we must have. PURS By Win* Dinger I'm back from the seashore and think ing to-day Of many strange sights that I saw while away. The beach was quite crowded with bathers, who wore Bathing suits that complied with the law, but no more. Quite sufficient 'twould seem, for the comfort of those Who bathed In the sea while the tides fell and rose. But up on the boardwalk, where others did swarm In toggery fine, under sunrays so warm That clothing seemed burdensome, women, by heck, Were strolling along with big furs 'round the neck. I've heard of some folks who In winter will go For a swim In a stream, the ground covered with snow, And that, to my mind, was an asslnln* erase. But furs In hot summer beats It Wiany ways. I THE CARTOON OF THE DAY CAREFUL! I CAN BE PUSHED SO FAR! !i||V jj-j-|r)|._ , / ||. —From the N. T. Evening Mall. NATIONAL DEFENSE PROBLEMS TV. —Lessons of the War —Automobile Artillery By Frederic J. 'Haskin PRIOR to the commencement of the war in Europe there were a number of fortresses consider ed to be impervious to the attacks of ■lege artillery. In the opinions of military experts they were ranked among the Impregnable fortifications ■which could be captured in no other way than by siege and starvation. Among them were Antwerp, Laon and Liege. The history of the first few months of the war shows how mistaken was this idea that these forts could with stand the concentrated fire of modern artillery when the big guns were wheeled into a. commanding position. It was this surprising information which led the United States govern ment to Instruct its military observ ers to examine the forts very carefully and to report fully concerning their demolition in such a short space of time. What Auto Truck Has Done The observers looked beyond the gun itself to the new force back of it that made its operation possible. A gun of almost any size could have been made long ago but the weight of such pieces of large caliber is so great that they might not be transported from one place to another. But there has come into being a new motive force, the auto truck, and upon it as a means of moving big guns, has been built modern artillery. So. the observers repoft back, it Is necessary that .the United States should awake to the existence of auto mobile artillery if it is to keep abreast of the times. So, when the study of the needs of the army are this Fall seriously taken up, it is likely that much will be said of the necessity of appropriations for the purchase of auto trucks to supplant the teams of horses upon which Uncle Sam has al ways depended to haul his big guns into action, and the purchase of new artillery made possible by the use of these same trucks. The reports of the experts agreed that the destruction of the fortifica tions at Liege, Laon, Antwerp and other places In the eastern part *of France and Belgium would not have been possible had it not been for the automobile artillery. Couldn't Move 42-Centimctrr« Ten years ago there were no 42-cen timeter guns, but had they existed then they would have been useless for offensive work because motors were not sufficiently perfected at that time to permit of hauling them over the intervening territory, that they might be emplaced before the enemy's forts. The "Brummers" would have had to have been placed in steel forts, to be used only for purposes of defense and the "impregnable" fortifications of Laon, Liege and Antwerp probably would have been in the hands of their defenders a year after the outbreak of the war. • Such is the influence of modern in vention upon warfare. The lesson of the motor tractor and Its first cousin, the armored automobile, the experts say, is one which no progressive nation can afford to overlook and so Uncle Sam took the trouble to get as much information as possible concerning this new weapon of war. Like the flying machine, which has conquered the air for the first time in this war, and the submarine, which has carried naval warfare ihto the depths of the_ ocean, previously safe from the invasions of Mars, the motor artillery has added a new terror to hostilities on land. This Is the first war In which the automobile has fig ured extensively, but its importance as an asset for land forces can hardly be estimated, whether one considers it merely as a vehicle for transporting troops at a high rate of speed or as a locomotive for dragging the hundred ton guns, against which no fortress can stand. • Equal to 150 Horses Under former conditions, it would take a team fifty horses to pull a 42-centlmer piece over the country whlcr lies alcng the European battle front Relays would be required every few hourae in order to keep a big gun moving apace with a marching army. This would require at least ISO horses for every gun and It would also neces sitate the carrying of provisions for the horses and the attention of a number of men in handling them, with a very poor net result. The motor tractor has done away with all these separate units. A single tractor is capable of hauling the train of three cars which comprises the entire equipment for the big gun and its crew. It can so hasten the transportation of the heavy artillery that It can easily outstrip the fastest moving: infantry. In this manner the big guns may. In advance of the com ing of troops, concentrate their fire upon a fortification for a few hours and then be separately hurried to other points where their irresistible bombardment Is necessary to prepare for other assaults. Throws Shells Seven Miles Some Idea of the tremendous force of these big field pteces may be had from the fact that a 30.2 centimeter gun throws an explosive projectile weighing 800 pounds a distance of more than six miles. The 42-centime ter gun hurls a 16-inch shell, weigh ACGUST 23/1915. ing more than a ton, something over seven miles. No superdreadnaught ever constructed could withstand the onslaught of such a battery, but It Is highly Improbable that a fleet com mander would engage in a duel with a land battery in which he would be so hopelessly outweighed. „ But it is not alone in the destruc tion of the European forts that the motor tractors have played such an Important role. They have Invaded the theater of diplomacy and It Is not too much to say that the necessity for the rapid movement of the big guns—• which was synonymous with east transportation by the tractors—led to the invasion of Belgium during the first days of the war. The highways of Belgium and 'those connecting northern France with the Flemish border,are much more level than those elsewhere on the frontier and It is an open secret abroad that this was a potent reason for the choice of the German route. . Certainly a war which includes the demolition of fortresses made possi ble by motor tractors and the attempt ed changing of the entire political map of a continent in order that these lumbering juggernauts may have an easier path, is something novel in his tory. Who knows but that Germany's decision to invade Belgium may not lie at the door of some contractor, long since dead, who failed to build the roads to the south of that country as well as he should? The Armored Auto If the motor-driven artillery has supplied the body blows of the present war, the armored automobile, a mem ber of the same family, has been re sponsible for a great many smaller but no less telling victories. Both the Allies and the Germans have used the "fort on wheels" with excellent effect and the entrance of Italy into the war assured the Allied forces of a large number of very valuable machines, the Isotta Franchlnl type of armored au tomobile; with a revolving turret not unlike that of a Gruson battery, being considered to represent the finest achievement in this line of offensive warfare. The armored automobile has proved a most effectual weapon In preventing the depredations of snipers and Sn disposing of large forces of armed citi zens or smaller forces of trained troops. It Is almost a certainty that the plan of campaign of an invading army for the next decade or two will be to throw a fan of these rapidly moving forts, each armed with ma chine guns and carrying a crew of three or four men, and sweep the country clear of snipers ani isolated bodies of men who would otherwise render the advance of the invading army very difficult. Terror of Invaded Towns This procedure is- applicable not only to open country bpt also to the towns in which citizens may have barricaded themselves in anticipation of the enemy's entrance. A few ar mored automobiles, the crews of which are amply protected from rifle flre by the light steel coverings, could sweep the streets and effectually dispose of any armed resistance. Light barri cades could be overthrown by a charge of these machines, while heavier ones could be shot away with the machine guns. In this manner the entrance of the Invading army could be made com paratively safe and sniping, one of the terrors of warfare, would be practical ly eliminated. The lessons of the present war have been many and, from a military stand point, revolutionary. But when the final accounting is made and the na tions take stock of the weapons which they will need to hold the pace .of the God of War, It Is doubtful If any sin gle weapon will take precedence over the automobile, with Its Infinite possi bilities of adaptation to the supreme emergency. THE MAN OF ENERGY [From the Youth's Companion.] The man of energy starts resolutely up the long, steep stairway of success; the. lary man waits in vain for the ele vator. • Our Daily Laugh AN ESSENTIAL BnFl Jones can tell * «nd of the war. - - Which end t TOO HAPPY FOR WORDS. How did Violet T f l j|7 announce her en- a gagement to the J ) r family? /~J V 'S&r* She just wig- SvA (led the linger T that had on th« IH L diamond ring. HI I Abetting Cljat A paragraph In one of the Harris burg papers the other day containing extracts from an article on libraries cade of the seventeenth century calls In Wilmington and up in Vermont which began business in the last de to mind the fact that Harrisburg early went In for library facilities as an aid 9" oeducatloii. In 1795 the Harrisburg Library Company was organized with some of the prominent, men as direc tors and It conducted its business for several years, closing up with what was very popular in those days—a lottery. The present Library Asso elation hag an order for one of the books of this library which had been allotted In the closing up. it com pletely establishes the existence of tha library prior to 1800 just as a certifi cate of membership in the second Library Association which flourished in the twenties and thirties shows tho activities later on. The State Library came into being almost as soon as the State capitol was located here, al though It was not until twenty-five years after that time that it began to assume proportions. For quite a time or until the late eighties this library served the people of the city. Speaking of libraries one of these days Harrisburg is going to be con fronted with a demand for local libraries. This may not come for some time, but the manner in which the taking of books for school children to the playgrounds has worked out this year shows that there is a field for library activity that must be met some time. The new library has been remarkably successful and "up town" and "out on the hill" have been steady patrons. • • • "I don't think X ever saw the Mar ket street subway get filled up so fast as it did on Saturday night when the big rain began. I had gone through to the Reading station and when I returned a short time later It was over car wheels," said a, man who gets about the city a good bit. "I did not go through it in that storm be cause I wanted to observations. I had to go and I tell you the way the water rose was something surprising. It is only a question of time before we will have tb provide better drainage because every time it. rains heavily the travel is driven to the Mulberry street bridge." • » • The city's "front steps" are much appreciated by small boys, but there seems to be one disappointment. They do not allow turtles t6 climb up on them to be caught. The Susquehanna is full of turtles and rocks and sand bars and old logs are used by them when the sun is shining. The "front steps" would be Ideal In the minds of the boys. If they were better adapted for turtles. • • » Saturday's storm is declared by tho farmers living near the city to have been the most destructive of the year to fruit. The fruit crop this year, especially apples, pears and peaches, has had trouble enough to get along between pests and storms and cool days, but Saturday's down pour of rain caused branches to break and knock ed large quantities of immature fruit from the trees. If there had been wind there would have been precious little fruit left on trees in some exposed orchards and gardens. • • ♦ Recent saleß of property along Nortri® Second street indicate the big increase in realty values In that section of Harrisburg. A case in point is a prop erty which changed hands a few days ago. It was sold at a price almost flvo times greater than the purchase price of fifteen years ago. With the develop ment of the city north of Market Square as a business district, realty values are likely to soar during the next few years. • • » The Rev. Dr. E. N. Kremer, pastor of Reformed Salem Church, has been enjoying his golf playing this summer in spite of the weather conditions. Dr. Kremer gets great enjoyment out of the Reservoir links and Is one of the "regulars." • » • Edmund C. Breen. a prominent lawyer of Oil City, combined politics and pleasure on a visit to this city on Saturday. He came to look after fil ing of his nomination petition to run for judge In Venango and also visited the State Capitol. Mrs. Breen accom panied him. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Judge C. Y. Audenreid, of Phila delphia, will motor to the Maine coast for his vacation. —District Attorney C. W. Elcher, of Westmoreland, is having bouts with justices and constables In his county over the way they handle cases. —General A. J. Logan, command ing the Second Brigade, Is on a trip to eastern States. —Dr. L. Webster Fox of Phila delphia, has been spending the last week in the Yellowstone. —Mayor W. J. Stern, of Erie, has sent word that Erie is ready to re ceive the usual Sunday lakeside excur sions despite her disaster. —R. Meade Smith, of Haverford, is on a trip to Canada. DO YOU KNOW That Harrishnrg offers fine ad vantages as a distributing point for products of State canneries, but it needs a cold storage ware bouse? HISTORIC HARRIRBtTRO Conrad Weiser, the great mediator with the Indians, used to hold coun cils here before the French and In dian war. * ——— Hitting the Spot "We advertise in newspapers because they hit the tot we want to reach," says e large manufacturer of chewing „um. His particular spot was a large consumer demand that would center at the counters of retail ers and call for his product by name. His aales have multiplied over and over again and his brand Is an Intimate household word. What newspaper advertising has done for this manufacturer it will do for any other manufac turer with a good product. It will not only "hit the spot" of consumer demand but It will also directly Influence dealers In favor of that product Write to tha Bureau of Ad vertising, American Newspaper Publishers Association. SOS World Building. New York, for their new booklet, "The Newspapers." ' t \ SECOND FLY CONTEST of the Civic Club for 1915. Ansnat Ist to September 30th. Fire centa a pint for all files, and may prim la cold. * J
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers