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TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24.
Fqr phosoever shall be ashamed of
me and of my words in this adulterous
and, sinful generation, the Bon of man
also shall be ashamed of him. when
he cometh in the glory of his Father
with the holy angels.—Mark 8:38.
CROSSINGS MUST GO
THE activities of the borough offi
cials of Hummelstown previous
to and following the tragedy of
July 5, when a half-dozen lives were
snuffed out at a grade crossing in that
place, is having widespread effect. In
the end their protests, as laid before'
the Public Service Commission, prom
ise to pave the way for the abolition
of grade crossings in all parts of
Pennsylvania.
The suggestion of Governor Brum
baugh, promptly endorsed by Chair
man Ainey with the statement that
the Public Service Commission will at j
once get under way, that a beginning j
he made by wiping out the crossings I
along the Lincoln highway is a good ;
one. The Philadelphia Bulletin asks
why only along the Lincoln highway,
and others may be prompted to put j
the same qeustlon. The Governor had
his reasons and they are sound. The
Lincoln highway is the great auto
mobile drive from coast to coast. In
the next few years it will be traversed
by thousands upon thousands of auto
mobilsts from other States. It is
destined to become very soon one of
most traveled roads in the country.
We owe It to our visitors to provide
them with safe conduct through the
Commonwealth. Beside. Pennsylvania
with a state-wide highway free from
grade crossings will provide a fine
example of "safety first" for other
States to follow. At all events, a be
ginning had to he made somewhere.
Indications are that the Public
Service Commission, aroused to its
duty in the matter and heartily sup
ported by the Governor, will not be
content to let the matter rest with the
Lincoln highway. If recent announce
ments of the commission are to be
taken as a guide, a program for the
gradual elimination of all crossings
will be mapped out shortly, to be
worked out over a period of years. In
the meantime, no doubt, the commis
sion will take steps to make the exist
ing crossings as safe to travel as pos
sible.
LEST WE FORGET
WE have been shocked by the
stories of German outrages In
Belgium and Russian atrocities
in GaUcia. but we should not forget
that British history is not blameless
In these matters. Just 101 years ago
to-day Engllah soldiery ravaged the
capltol of the United States at Wash
ington. It was not a proud day for
either England or America when the
five thousand British raiders destroyed
Washington. For President Madison,
with hie wife and Cabinet, was forced
to flee into the country and go Into
hiding. Valuable records were hur
riedly loaded into wagons and hidden
In mills and cellars in Virginia and
Maryland.
The War of 1812 had been waged
for two years when a fleet of sixty
British warships entered Chesapeake
Bay. In command were Admiral
Coekburn and General Ross. The de
fense of Washington by the American
troops was made at Bladensburg, but
through Interference with the plans of
General Winder and his staff the
efficiency of the small fore® was re
duced to woeful disorder.
The British troopers entered Wash
ington on the afternoon of August 24,
I£l4, and at once began the pillage.
Admiral Coekburn enjoyed the de
struction, galloping tfftout on a white
horse. The unfinished Capitol, the ar-
sonal, the White House, the barracks,
, the t-j«sury building and other public
«*rug(ures were burned. General Rosa
attributed the firing of these buildings
to revenge for sniping. The Patent
Office was spared.
At the White House the British offi
cers disported themselves. They
danced about In Mrs. Madison's ball
gowns and In wall tapestries and vel
vet curtains. Then they smashed the
furniture and had an all-round good
tirae, their feelings mounting hlsjh
from the contents of the wine cellar.
The torch was set to the executive
mansion at the wind-up of this orgy.
Before midnight the Invaders had
TUESDAY EVENING,
done their work and began to with
draw. As they passed the grave of
George Washington at Mount Vernon
Admiral Coekburn halted his com
mand and made them stand reverently
with uncovered heads while the Brit
ish standards were dipped In honor of
the patriot's memory.
The entire country was aroused over
the act of the British commanders In
sacking the city of Washington. The
war was pushed with unusual bitter
ness and force to a successful con
clusion. It was another Instance when
America aroused herself to the evils
confronting any conquest on her
shores.
FRIENDSHIP WORTH WHITE
GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH left
behind him when he boarded
the Pennsylvania special for
San Francisco yesterday a statement
containing his unqualified support of
Judge George B. Orlady for re-elec
tion to the Superior Court. This,
while unusual enough to exclto com
ment. is quite within the rights of the
Governor to do. The non-partisan
judicial law has taken judgships out
of politics and the Governor Is en
titled to express his preferences.
Governor Brumbaugh is to be ad
mired for coming to the assistance of
an old friend. Many a man in his
position might have hesitated. Be
sides, Judge Orlady has made an ex
cellent record on the bench, so that
there is more than mere personal re
gard in the Governor's support of the
Orlady candidacy.
MEN FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD
IT is an indication of wholesome
public spirit when men like A. Car-
son Stamm, Dr. C. E. L. Keene and
Robert A. Enders offer themselves as
candidates for the School Board. The
office of school director Is not an easy
one to fill and often the best efforts of
conscientious directors are miscon
strued. The school director receives
much blame and littlo praise. If things
go wefl, the public takes little or no
notice. If they go 111, the director is
sure to be censured, and in no gentle
manner.
That Mr. Stamm, Mr. Enders and
Dr. Keene are ready to make their
personal sacrifices and give up val
uable time —for t*"-y are all busy men
—to the service f the schools Indl
| cates an admirable interest in public
education In Harrisburg. Mr. Stamm
is the possessor of one of the brightest
legal minds in Pennsylvania and he
has the confidence of the people, hav
ing served with distinction as a mem
ber of the Board of Public Works and
previous to that In City Council. He
Is well versed in the school needs of
the city and would no doubt make an
excellent director.
Mr. Enders and Dr. Keene are also
well known and progressive. Dr.
Keene has displayed a lively interest
In the development of the new Thir
teenth ward and Mr. Enders, as presi
dent of the Sixth Street Bank and
head of the West End Improvement
Association, has left his mark on that
section of the city. Both are dis
tinctly Independent in polities and are
good businessmen, and Dr. Keene has
had experience in school board work.
There Is no more important branch
of public service than that of which
the School Board Is the directing
force, but too often small attention is
paid to it by the voters and not always
the right men are elected. It Is a good
sign when candidates of the caliber
named are willing to get into the race.
TONIC FOR THE CRISIS
CERTAIN localities continue to re
ceive the stimulus of war or
ders. Pittsburgh's recent share
of contracts aggregates $80,000,000,
virtually all for railway equipment.
Secretary Nordman of the Pittsburgh
Foreign Trade Commission states that
he has turned over to firms in other
cities several large orders for muni
tions, such as rifles and cartridges,
which are not manufactured in the
Pittsburgh district.
A $25,000,000 contract for rifles,
accounterments and ammunition is to
be let among Denver manufacturers
provided they can handle such a large
order. The Newhouse mills in New
York city have received a contract
from the Italian, government for blan
kets, the majority of them to be 8%
pounds weight, 600,000 to be delivered
In October.
The American Woolen Company has
also received a large order for blan
kets from the same government. Or
ders such as this account largely for
the high prices of wool. Efforts of the
Allies to place a. $29,400,000 order for
picric acid in St. Louis have failed
because of inability of manufacturers
there to supply such a demand, but
several of the St. Louisiana are con
templating the establishment of a pic
ric acid plant In New Jersey. Picric
acid sells at $1.50 a pound, an advance
of one dollar since the war.
Some practitioners administer strong
stimulants to their patients In the be
lief that the artificial strength thus de
rived will enable them to. tide over a
crisis. It is hoped that war orders will
act In like manner on our national in
dustries, that they may pass through
the crisis of the present administra/-
tlon.
JAPAN "MORE ACTIVE"
JAPAN has spoken. Yesterday's
official dispatch is to the effect
that the Japanese government
has reached the conclusion that It
must more actively support the cause
of the allies in their war with Ger
many. That may mean much, or little.
But the statement was not unexpect
ed. The extent of this "more active
support" will depend entlnely upon
the success of German arms in RUB
sla.
It would be foollih for Japan to
throw her armies Into .the European
struggle if the allies demonstrate their
ability to handle the situation. But
with Russia in danger of defeat, Ja
pan would have no choice but to pour
her millions of men across Siberia to
the aid of the Czar. Otherwise Japan
would have to fight Germany after
that nation had conquered all Eu
rope. The Mikado knows thlt better
than anybody. Hence his announce
ment of "more active support." j
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Ay the Bx-OonmiltteeaMra
The period for filing nominating pe
titions for judicial primaries will cx
fiire to-night at sundown and the clos
ng hours are developing some ex
ceedingly Interesting contests. In
Philadelphia it appears that there are
numerous candidates for everything
and in some of the central districts in
teresting battles ar© developing.
In the Huntingdon-Mifflin-Bedford
district Frederic W. Culbertson, son
of the former judge, entered his peti
tion to be a candidate for judge.
Judge J. 8. Woods is a candidate for
renominatlon and there are also can
didates in Bedford and Huntingdon.
Little Adams county Is furnishing
much of interest. Ex-Senator D. P.
McPherson yesterday filed his papers
to be candidate for judge of the
Adams-Fulton district and William
McCherry and J. L. Butt also filed.
There are almost as many candidates
for associate judge in Adams, which
will elect two, as In Forest and Sny
der counties. Yesterday afternoon
David H. Guise and E. L. Shifter filed
papers and to-day H. J. Gulden, L. H.
Rice and E. P. Miller went on record.
The filing of papers by D. Edward
Long, of Waynesboro, for judge in
Franklin, was followed closely yes
terday by papers In behalf of Sena
tor John W. Hoke.
Jacob Johnston, associate judge can
didate for Perry, filed his papers to
day.
Ellwood D. F"ulton, Uniontown law
yer who was a candidate for superior
court a few years ago, to-day entered
the lists for the Washington county
judicial nomination, it being permitted
under the law for a resident of one
county to run for judge of another.
He will oppose Judge R. W. Irwin
who was appointed judge of Washing
ton county by Governor Tener.
The Fayette county judicial battle
was intensified to-day by filing of pe
titions by Frank Lape and Harold T.
Robinson.
Judge George S. Crlsweli, of Venan
go, one of the "dry judges" to-day
filed a nominating petition.
Among the petitions filed late yes
terday afternoon by Judicial candi
dates were: HenryJCathan Wessels and
J. P. Rogers, court No. 2, Philadelphia;
and Judge Raymond MacNeille for the
Philadelphia municipal court. Wil
liam C. Wilson, Philadelphia, filed
for superior court.
Ex-Representative George A. Bald
win, one of the lexowers in 1913, to
day filed a petition to be a candidate
for judge in Beaver county.
—Former Postmaster Thomas B.
Smith was last night indorsed for
mayor of Philadelphia and Governor
Brumbaugh was petitioned to co
operate in a movement to bring about
the nomination of Mr. Smith by the
Republican party as successor of
Mayor Blankenburg. This action WSB
taken by the Northwest Business
Men's Protective Association, an or
ganization composed largely, of mem
bers of the Northwest Business Men's
Association, a nonpolltical*body.
—Petitions were started In circula
tion last night at Philadelphia for
Ex-State Treasurer John O. Sheatz
for the Republican nomination for
mayor. He is said to be willing.
—Philadelphia independents are up
in the air over mayor. Very few want
George D. Porter and there is op
position to Col. Sheldon Potter.
Mayor Blankenburg will not make any
moves.
—The Philadelphia Record In siz
ing up the Philadelphia mayoralty
situation says: "Fully half the Re
publican ward committees in various
parts of the city held meetings last
night, but not a word about the
mayoralty was permitted in any one
or them. This unprecedented con
dition existing within eight days of
the last day for filing nomination pa
pers is due to the deadlock between
the camps of the rival leaders, Mc-
Nichol and the Vares. From each
camp went forth orders that the
mayoralty and all the city and coun
ty officers were to be left out of the
discussion. All the ward committees
did was receive their blanks for
Select and Common Councllraen, con
stables, school visitors and election
officers. There was not the slightest
sign yesterday that the mayoralty
deadlock was to be broken soon.
Senator Vare was still silent upon the
candidacy of his brother, Congress
man Vare. Senators Penrose and Mc-
N'lchol were also mute. Since their
followers sprung the names of Thos.
B Smith and Judge J. Willis Martin
and found them coldly received, there
haii not emanated from the Penrose-
McNlchol stronghold any name likely
to be put in opposition to that of
Congressman Vare at the primary
election next month."
1 TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE""
—"lt was a sublime day for which 1
humbly thank God. The booty at
Knvno has Increased to 600 guns," says
the German Emperor. For the victory
or the booty?
—Whatever goes up Is sure to come
■down; which leads us to the observa
tion that the sun must have been
drawing a great dsal of water some
where.
—"General Villa has assumed the of
fensive," says a news dispatch. Gen
eral Villa is nearly always offensive.
.—We wonder how Dr. Bobo would
fool if some thoughtless printer In
theso days of his prominence In the
| news forgot and spelled his name with
an H.
—Why this persistent silence on the
part of those who reported last Spring
that the peach crop had been ruined by
lato frosts?
—To-day 101 years ago President
Madison WAS playing the role later as
jsumed by King Albert of Belgium,
I only the act wasn't so long nor so
j tragic.
The "Show Me" Spirit
All people who like to be
shown do not hail from Mis
souri.
The spirit Is typically Ameri
can we are an inquisitive peo
ple and inclined to doubts.
Storekeepers who use their
windows to display the goods
which manufacturers are adver
j tlslng in the newspapers are
capitalizing this "show me"
spirit.
They are satisfying public curi
osity and by so doing are bene-
I fitting their own business.
They are focussing the atten
tion of newspaper readers on
their store and service.
They are keeping in the pub
lic eye.
1
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
- THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Have you ever been in a barber shop when the customer goes out without paying the bootblack? Yes!
Then you'll appreciate the Incident here depicted by L. R. Ney, the young Harrisburg artist who is making a
suites of cartoons around about Harrisburg for the Telegraph. Incidentally, the cartoon was drawti from a
life model in a local shop. Do you recognize it?
NATIONAL DEFENSE PROBLEMS
V.—Lessons of the War—Turret Forts
By Frederic J. Haskin
An aviator, flying over Germany or
observing the more modern type of
fortifications along the border of
France, might see what he took to
be the backs of huge tortoises, lying
prone upon the ground with only their
black rounded shells showing above
the earth level. From a distance of
a few hundred feet the pent up possi
bilities of these rounded objects would
not appear, but when Uncle Sam sent
a number of military observers abroad
at the commencement of the pres
ent war in Europe, he instructed them
to study carefully these fortifica
tions.
The tortoise-like objects are the
visible portions of the modern turret
fort, the outgrowth of the obsolete
fortification which rose with sheer
walls like the castles of old.
Evolution or the Fort
The evolution of the fort, the de
termination of its modern possibili
ties, particularly the lessons to be
learned regarding? construction and
placing, ranks among the most im
portant of the problems that are to
be determined if the United States is
to increase its military strength.
Uncle Sam has the facts.
Of all the lessons hammered home
by experience in the present war none
is more important or more revolu
tionary than the impotence of the
old-style fort against modern artil
lery. The sheer-walled fort, which
has come down to' us in only a modi
fied form since the baronial castles
defied the puny attacks of poorly
armed enemies, no longer offers ma
terial resistance Xo modern gunnery
and an entirely new method of fort
construction had to be evolved to keep
pace with the Improvement in gun
manufacture. The turret fort, with
its domed roof and novel method of
handling guns, is the largest step in
this evolution.
Deflect Projectiles
The reason for the curvature of the
steel 'skin" of the fort is to offer the
least possible resistance to the pro
jectiles of the enemy. To the layman
the thought of a fort conjures up ideas
of impregnability by reason of thick
ness of walls, the stopping of shells
by sheer weight of protecting armor.
But modern fortifications have fol
lowed the line of least resistance and
the turret fort is designed, not to
stop' the enemy's projectiles, but to
deflect them so that they will do
little damage. A shell striking the
curved dome of a turret fort will be
so deflected that It will expend but
littlo of its energy upon the fort
itself but will fly oft at a tangent, al
most without damage to the fortifica
tion.
Then, again, the domed construction
allows of another revolutionary de
velopment The modern turret fort
is so constructed that it can be re
volved about its axis by means of
electrical power, thus making it pos
sible for the muzzles of the huge
rifles to be pointed in any direction.
The rifles themselves are mounted
very much like# naval guns and the
entire operation of serving and load
ing the pieces appears to have been
borrowed from naval usage. The en
tire fort becomes but an enlarged tur
ret that may be turned about by the
simple device of throwing a switch.
How Battery Is Aimed
The method of aiming such a bat
tery is as interesting as it is novel.
The dome or barbette of the whole
fortress is rotated until the guns are
[in a line with the target and then
these are elevated or depressed un
til the proper range Is attained. Or
dinarily, this would require a large
aperture or slit in the' rotunda, like
that which permits of the operation
on a telescope In an observatory. But
this slit would also permit of the en
trance of shrapnel or fragments of
other shells which would be ex
tremely dangerous to the gun crews.
In order to obviate this danger, the
guns are mounted in close-fitting em
brasures and, instead of pointing the
rifles up or down as was formerly
done, their breeches are moved for
ward or backward and the desired
result is attained without danger to
those inside the turret.
The sighting and loading mechan-1
ism of the big guns, together with the
machinery which rotates the barbette,
occupies the entire dome. The am
munition magazines and hoists, the
engines which supply the electrical
power and the quarters of the gun
crew are all situated in concrete
vaults beneath the surface of the
ground. 'ln this manner space Is
economized and the fort is there
fore made much smaller and corres
pondingly difficult to hit.
Why Liege Forts Crumbled
Despite the fact of the fortifications
at Liege, Antwerp, Laon and else
where, supposedly impregnable forts
falling into the hands of the enemy in
a comparatively short time, military
experts still claim that the honors In
the duel betwen the fort and the ar
tillery belong to the former. The
French and Belgian fortifications, they
argue, were built to withstarfd only
7 and 9-inch siege guns and, so long
as artillery of this caliber was used
against them, they gave an excellent
account of themselves. It was only
when the huge 30.2 and 42-centimeter
guns were e<riplaced against them that
.they crumpled up and failed to with
stand a strain for which they wero
never designed.
The Ileal Test
This, according to military experts,
does not prove that fortifications are
obsolete or that the great advance in
artillery manufacture has outstripped
the construction of forts. It mere
ly shows that fortresses should be
constructed to" withstand the attacks
of artillery even heavier than any tn
existence at the time. When the pro
tecting walls at Antwerp were built,
no one dreamed that they would ever
have to withstand the batterings of
42-centimeter pieces, because
guns of that caliber had not been con
ceived. The real test of the value
of modern fortifications will come if
the Germans engage the really up-to
date type of French or Italian forts
or if Tne allies attack the German
coast defenses.
In this connection it is interesting
to note that the only "weapon which
Is believed to be really effective against
the turret fort Is the ordinary rifle, in
the hands of experienced infantry.
It sems strange that a rifle could
succeed where heavy artillery failß,
but men versed In military affairs de
clare that this is the only method of
! successfully attacking one of these big
tortoise forts.
The reason for this lies in the fact
that all forts of this nature, in mod
ern warfare, are protected from the
enemy's advance by carefully prepared
series of trenches and barbed wire
entanglements, radiating for several
miles to prevent the employment of
heavy artillery.' The big guns are
I therefore powerless against the fort
AUGUST 24, 1915.
because they cannot come within
| range.
The Intervening ground must first
be cleared by the advance of rifle
armed infantry, aided by the pole or
tube-system of eliminating the wire
entanglements. This is a device re
sembling a long hollow mast, made in
sections and mounted on rollers so
that it may be pushed under the
wires. A number of these tubes, load
ed- with explosives, are pushed under
the entranglements and the fusc»
lighted. The resultant explosion
clears away a sufficient section of the
barbed wire to permit of the un
hampered onward march of the in
fantry. The trenches would then be
taken with the aid of concentrated
fire from the rifles and machine guns
and only then could the heavy artil
lery be brought into action .against
the forts. The big guns are practi
cally powerless without the assistance
of the rifle-armed infantry, because
their sphere of operations lies en
tirely outside an attack on the
trenches which would prevent their
approach to the ultimate goal—the
fort itself.
But it is easily conceivable that the
most massive of modern fortifications
would be unable to resist the attack
of a well armed body of infantry, even
if the troops were not backed by big
gunSt The modern fort is usually
too well stocked with provisions to be
starved out and this primatlve method
is too long and tedious to be us«jd
unless it is impossible for the siege
to be lifted by the arrival of reinforce
ments.
Accordingly, therefore, the attack
ing infantry would sing a number of
tunnels—technically as "sapping and
mining galleries"—leading up to the
fort from as many different direc
tions as possible. A heavy charge of
explosive would then be placed at
the end of these tunnels and elec
trically detonated when the signal is
given for the attack. There is no
known fort that could resist the im
pact of the explosion of a large quan
tity of trotyl or even dynamite and
throught the breach thus opened the
infantry would pour. Because of its
vulnerability from below, therefore, it
Is not safe to say that any fortifica
tion is actually "impregnable."
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Bobo Is now singing his own Hymn
of Haiti.—New York Evening Sun.
Russia evidently has lost her punch
as well as her vodka.—Columbia State.
Russia is determined to win this war
if she has to retire to Manchuria to
do it.—Boston Transcript.
Our Daily Laugh
SOME FUN.
Did you have a
good time the ,
■week you wus in f
the country, Os- / J
Did I! Fine!
Why I got the NAff Uj---
cholera - morbus,
sunstroke, poison TCr
Ivy, an' a bunch
of stone bruises
the very first day'
• I AS USUAL.
That f ® ll ° w
l u u'i l never did an hon«
)f J | est day's work la
■ 1 - v 7 JJ his life.
i Got rich, tlie^
"TJT I suppose t
j Etettmg (ZLtjat
These are visiting days at the State
Capitol and there are more folks beinq
taken through the big building by the
guides Just now than In any othei
month in the year. July is bad enough,
but according to the men at the Capi
tol it is only when August starts that
people commence to travel around.
This year, because of the war inA
Europe, a good many of the folks
looking about thei rown State, and the
number of people who have come here
nine years after the Capitol has been
opened and exclaimed that they did
not know what a superb building their
State possessed is something note
worthy. Between the usual summer
rush, the automobile partieß from all
over the State and the numerous ex
cursions which have been Inaugurated
and the Grangers' Picnic the last week
of the month, August may show a rec
ord for visitors. Unfortunately, all
who go through the building do not
register, and there is no way of keep
ing an accurate count. One of the in.
teresting facts about the ( visiting of the
building is that a good many people
well on In years have been at the
Capitol.
• • *
Robert A. Zentmeyer, the Tyrone
engineer appointed a member of th«
State Water Supply Commission yes
terday, is a schoolmate of the Gover
nor. He grew up near the Governor's
home and with that loyalty to old
time friends which always marks the
governor he kept him in mind. Mr,
Zentmyer went to school with the Gov
ernor and graduated from Juniata col
lege in 1882, a year after the Gover
nor.
• • •
The Pennsylvania special to the
Panama-Pacific exposition went out
"dry" yesterday. Except for Susque
hanna water and iced tea there was
nothing else on board.'lt was ar
ranged. however, that a supply o(
grape Juice and ginger ale should be
put on board along the road.
• • •
Men interested in politics were
busy yesterday and to-day getting
ready for the registration. The work
of preparing for the listing of the
voters was keeping a number of men
on the Jump as it is expected thai
there will be a tremendous showing
on the first day. At least, it is being
predicted.
• * •
Major C. 8. Farnsworth, United
States Army, who spent some time
here as the inspector-instructor of the
National Guard, but who has been in
Texas with the army for some time,
was a caller at the office of Adjutant
General Stewart yesterday. Major
Farnsworth resided in this city for a
time and has many friends among
Harrisburg people.
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The high water in the Susquehanna
the last few days flooded out the sites
of a number of camping parties which
were to have left the city yesterday.
The river is higher than usual even
in rainy summers and the muddy
water has spoiled the fishing which is
generally very popular at this time of
the year about the Rockville "falls"
and down near Collins station.
Colonel Edward M. Young, of Allen
town, was here yesterday on his way
to the San Francisco exposition with
the Governor's party. Colonel Young
is one of the big hankers of the Le
high Valley and prominent in many
business enterprises. He Is a
friend of Colonel H. C. Trexler, the
lumber and cement magnate.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE""
—The Rev. T. C. Billmeyer, of Get.
tysburg went to Watsontown to de.
liver an address. He was one of tha
town's early pastors.
—Ex-Congressman R. E. Lee, of
Pottsviile, is taking an active part in
political affairs again.
—S. L. McCurdy, Pittsburgh busi
nessman, is at Atlantic City.
—W. L. Penn, head of the Mor
ganza institution. Is at the seashore.
—Dr. L. W. Ott, of Philadelphia, la
on a motor trip to Canada.
IN HARRISBURO FIFTY YEARS [
ACQ TO-DAY |
[From the Telegraph, Aug. 24, 1866.]
Soldier Killed
Robert Shaw, Company F, Sixth
regiment, of Hancock's Corps, was
killed near the Lebanon Valley rail
road depot in this city to-day when h«
was run over by an engine.
Going to Texas.
Lieutenant Harry C. Demming left
to-day to jotn his regiment which la
stationed, in Texas.
Copperheads Convene
The Copperhead State convention
opened to-day in the House of Repre
sentatives. Business sessions were
held during the day.
| DO YOU KNOW
That thirteen State highways con
verge on 'Harrisburg?
HISTORIC HARRISBVRG
Two well-established Indian villagea
were on the site df Harrisburg before
the white men came to the ford of the
Susquehanna.
I'M WOHKIED
Hy Winn Dinger
I've written several poems of late
On golf, and friends tell me
I've gone quite nutty on the sport.
They say it's "twenty-three"
For mine if I don't give it up—
And since I've read the poem
Which follows, don't you know, I'rri
scared,
And worried in my dome?
A HARMLESS NUT ONCE MORE
When my Uncle Alexander in his con
duct got so queer
That the squirrels began to chatter
every time that he drew near,
I consulted with a doctor, who declar
ed: "It's mental strain;
He has all the early symptoms of a
badly skidding brain.
What he needs is some distraction to
clear up his cloudy thinks.
I advise a dally session on some quiet
golfing links."
So I bought a bunch of niblicks,
mashies, brassies and the rest
Of the curious utensils of which golf-^
ers are possessed.
And I hired a husky Scotchman, for -a
handsome wage per day.
To take on my wavering uncle and In
struct him how to play.
And so fascinated was he with his
drives and putts and swats—
In a week he left off claiming he was
Mary Queen of Scots.
But alas, his conversation, never lucid
at the best,
Now excites profound misgivings in my
apprehensive breast.
All he talks about is stymie*, drives and
brassies, greens and teef—
He's become a hopeless vlcthn of the
deadlv golf disease. «
And my conscience gnaws my vitals
and my guilty heart is sore;
How I wish my poor old uncle was a
harmless nut once more.
—Philadelphia Bulletin.
N
SECOND FLY CONTEST
of the Civic Club for 1915.
Angnst Ist to September 23th.
Five cents ■ pliQ for all (Ilea, and
many prises |s «Ud.
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