6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established rtll PUBLISHED BY * THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. B. J. BTACXPOLB Pfltidtnl and Editor-i*-Chilf T. R. OYSTER Stcrttary CDS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, lit Federal Square. Both phones. •[ember American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dailies. ——- - Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building; New York City, Hasbrook, Story A Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111.. Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at alx cents a week. Mailed to subscriber* at $3.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg. Pa., as second class matter. S«»r« dally average ctrealatfon far the three month* ending July 81, 1818 * 21,084 ★ Average for the year 1014—31,551 Awe rase for the year IBIS—IB, #63 Average for the year I#l2—lD,«4S Average for the year 1811—1T.BS1 Average for the year Ml#—lMll Tke above figures are net. All re turned. oaeoM and damaged cop tee de duet eg. THURSDAY EVENING, AT7GCST 2«. The Lord get* His test soldiers out of the highlands of affliction. — Spur g con. LET BRYAN DO IT THE President Is facing a serious situation in Mexloo. Every ef fort he has made to pacify the country and to harmonize the warring factions there hss been In vain. The Mexican leaders appear to much pre fer the handle of a sword or a six shooter to that of a plow, and the reins of a charger to those of a farm horse. Getting wealth by going out and taking it they find much easier than by the Blow and painful process of accumulating it by industry and thrift. It Is a nation of warfare raised to the. nth degree. Even Europe has nothing like It, for there the people are flghttng for the most part because they must and not because they want to, as In Mexico. What a fine chance for Bryan to experiment with his favorite theory of "peace, brother. Cease thy strife." Let ;he ex-Secretary go flown below the :Uo Grande and give a few peace talks sucll as he has said he would make should a foreign power Invade the United States. Let's try the thing "on the dog," as the actor folks say, before spiking our cannon and pin ning our faith to logic and oratory. BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG THE German Chancellor at the re cent opening of the Reichstag repeated the old and threadbare declaration that Germany would have stood by her proposal to observe the neutrality of Belgium had that na tion provided free and unopposed I passage of the German armies into Prance. But how about the neutrality of the little Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, through which the Germans marched on the French stronghold of Longwy, promising the same sort of immunity and respect for neutrality as the Bel gians rejected? L.a Temps of Paris has reproduced from the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant the text of a proclamation, printed in Coblens, Germany, and brought with the invading Prussian troops, to be posted up in the Grand Duchy as a justification of the mili tary occupation by Germany of a State whose neutrality Germany had guar anteed. The French, and even tjie Dutch papers, however, have been unable to recount more than a small part of the story of what took place in Luxem bourg in the first days of last August. The German censorship on everything emanating from the Grand Duchy has fjroved to be the strictest. Much that hae come out of Luxembourg during the past year hae, consequently, borne the stamp of doubtful authorship. j But this much Is known. August 1, 1914, when the war cloud was low ering oves. Europe, Minister of State Paul Eyschen, President of the Gov ernment of the Grand Duchy of Lux embourg, who since the establishment, of the independence of the country has been virtually its first minister and real ruler, asked both Germany and Franca, officially, if, in the event ;<of hostilities between the two coun tries, the nautralltjr of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg would he re spected. Before any reply could be ■received from France, the reply of Germany took the form of action. The tame day—Saturday, August first— Alphonse Munchen, Mayor of the City of Luxembourg, Issued a proclamation to the population of the capital an nouncing that the neutrality of the [Grand Duchy had been \iolated by -Germany, through the occupation of (the railway station of Trots Vierges by |9P roe si an troops, and calling upon the ■People of Luxembourg to remain calm. Immediately the government pro tested and the reply received was that mo hostilities were directed against the [Grand Duchy and that the local laws lof the Grand Duchy would continue to prevail. Constrained to accept this Situation, Minister Eyschen asked as surances to the same effect from the (German commander and from the ,German Minister. Both gave them. The • following day, however, after ■till* jMW.wnent J:ad *>e«n. reached— THURSDAY EVENING, that Luxembourg should be tree to administer her own affairs—the Gar man dictation began. The first step was to demand of Luxembourg's Minister of State, al ready struggling' with the problem of feeding his people, the Immediate ex pulsion of the French Minister to Luxembourg from ' the soil of the Grand Duchy. When the demand'was made, Mr. Eysehen. pointing out that France was not at war with the Grand ■Duchy, asked the German Minister to put his request in writing. Herr von Buch did eo and in the end had his way. Cut off, wholly surrounded by Ger man troops and subject to their mili tary Jurisdiction, the history of Lux embourg since that day is declared to have been an accumulation of en croachments and sacrifices which the Luxembourgers regard as tyrannies. To-day the people feel the iron foot of the invader at every hand and their food, even, is limited to a few ounces of bread a day. ) Having made such a convincing ar gument for Germany's actions in war like Belgium will not the Chancellor give us a word or two concerning peaceful Luxembourg? AFTER THE WAR MEMBERS of the Chamber of Commerce listened to another Interesting address yesterday In the series of noonday luncheon talks; which have attracted so much atten tion during the summer. Charles A. Sibely. a representative of the famous statistical concern at Wellesley Hills, in Massachusetts, discussed the effects of the European -war upon American business and showed by charts the rise and fall of the barometer of trade since the outbreak of the w*.r. His comments upon the influences which have been at work and the temporary prosperity which has resulted from enormous orders for war munitions was extremely interesting, but not more so than his vision of the period which will follow the cessation of hos tilities. He advanced the theory, based upon the enormous waste of capital and labor, that on the con clusion of the fighting the nations now at war will And it extremely difficult to finance their business and recover from the colossal indebtedness which has been assumed during the last year. His Idea that the United States will be forced with other friendly powers to co-operate with the troubled European countries in re-establishing their credit and again placing them upon sound business foundations is univer sally accepted as one of the logical outcomes of the frightful cataclysm. DEMOCRATIC TWISTING WTH remarkable facility, Demo cratic leaders change front on important governmental ques tions and endeavor to delude the American people into the notion that they have always been advocates of the doctrines to the support of which they have been driven by public opinion. Preparedness is one instance and creation of a tariff commission is another. After refusing to make adequate appropriations for the national de fense and after declaring that the mili tary branch of the government had not been neglected, the administration suddenly reverses its attitude and pro claims Its Intention to make prepared ness an issue. If they are seeking for someone to quarrel with on that ques tion, they must quarrel with their own past record. Now they announce an intention to make the creation of a tariff commission an issue. They for get that, their own party has been the only opponent of a tariff commission and that such a commission would now be in existence but for their negative votes. THE NEW IS OLD r'E old is new, and the new Is old. The earth changes little and hu man nature less. Even such supposedly modern Institutions as the sympathetic strike and the labor riot, in which some sad-eyed pessimists profess to see influences at work for the destruction of the country and downfall of civilization, instead of the mere incidental disagreements that, they are, are old as the hills. If you doubt read the 19th chapter of Acts: Now a silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver modela of the shrine of Artemis (Diana), and so gave a great deal of work to the artisans, got these men to gether, as well as the workmen engaged In similar occupations, and said: "Men, you know that our prosperity depends upon this work, and you see and hear that, not only In Ephesus, but In almost the whole of Roman Asia, this Paul has con vinced and won over great numbers of people by his assertion that those gods which are made by hands are not gods at all, so that not only Is this business of ours likely to fall into discredit, but there is the further danger that the temple of tho great goddess, Artemla (Diana), will be thought nothing of, and that she herself will be deprived of her splendor, though all Roman Asia and the whole world worship her." When they heard this the men were greatly enraged and began shouting: '"Great is Artemis of the Ephoslans!" Tho commotion spread through the whole city, and the people rushed with one accord into the theater, dragging with them the companions of Paul. How ilka the newspaper account of one of New York's periodical dl»-| turbanoes. Yet It occurred away back near the dawn of the Christian era. Good for Highway Commissioner Cunningham and good for Major Groome, head of the State Police. Their co-operation must assuredly result in an effective enforcement of the nutomo blle and road regulations. Reckless motorists and cyclists are rapidly mak ing the State highways unsafe. We may expect Immediate Improvement. IN THE HARD COAL FIELDS THE welcome of President John P. White, head of the Mine Workers of America, at Hazle ton the other day was no more en thusiastic than at a dosen other places since he Inaugurated his cam paign for Increased membership In the union, but it was characterized by an incident of an unusual and distinctly encouraging nature. The meeting was held on a base ball fleld owned and given free for the occasion by the Lehigh Coal Com pany. On the platform with Presi dent .White sat Superintendent Crack-1 Shaw, of a nearby coal company. This mingling of owners and mine work ers' Interests Is an excellent thing. It indicates not only a spirit of toleration on the part of the coal companies, but of friendliness on the side of the men. It may not be that this will extend to the settlement of the differences as to wages and hours, that are develop ing, without reaort to strike, but the pleasant relations will go a long way In that direction and would certainly tend toward the protection of corpor ate property should the dispute end in a shutdown. At all events there is evidently a great improvement in the feelings of employes toward employers and of employers toward employes In the great hard coal fields as compared with the open animosities of a few years back. TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE I No Oeraidina, the strike of the 1800 comet factory employes at Bridgeport Is not a German plot to prevent the manufacture of armament. Many a b«y cries when his father drowns his kitten*—beam—> he wants to do It. Take your choice: Go to Europe, ride a stick of dynamite or ride a motorcycle and you'll be sure to have an exciting vacation. An optimist it seems to us is a man who tells people not to worry when things are coming his way. The moth la the easiest satisfied of ail creatures. Judging from our last winter's overcoat it eats nothing but holes. Autos will soon be so common here abouts that the really fashionable will walk. The reason some men who work hard don't succeed is because they And It impossible to keep their nose to the grindstone and their ear to the ground at the same time. | EDITORIAL COMMENT ] Savings banks deposits nearly JSO,- 000,000 higher than a year ago suggest tliat there are people who know bet ter ways of using money than gambling In war stocks. Germany has chosen to be deliberate ly unfriendly. But hyphenated resi dents will continue to Insist that j American newspapers should be strictly i neutral.—New York Sun. You will net believe It, but you can look it up and see for yourself that the State motto of Georgia Is, "Wisdom, Justice and Moderation." Kansas City Star. If that Pennsylvania woman who wants a divorce because her husband snores succeeds in her attempt, who of the least of us shall escape so great condemnation?— Philadelphia Inquirer. THE TICK-PRESIDENT HITS IT "I certainly favor a reasonable amount of preparedness for protection purposes. Under no circumstances would I favor the accumulation of an army for the Invasion of foreign coun tries, but It Is the part of wisdom for the united State to have adequate means of defense against any emer gency that might arise."'—Vice-Presi dent Marshall. That expresses the general sense of the American people. The genius of the American Nation has been, and doubt less always will be, against the in vasion of the rights of other peoples. All our wars, all our foreign relations, all our diplomacy has proved that. But Just a 6 strongly this country wants to be prepared in naval and military strength for "any emergency that might arise" to threaten an invasion of it* rights.—Kansas City Star. SUSPENSION OF AMERICAN RIGHTS [Prom the New York Sun.] This is from WiHam J. Bryan, for merly Secretary of State: "The question lust now is whether an American citizen should put his convenience or even his rights above his nation's welfare. Jf American citi zens refuse to consider their own safety, or the safety of the nation, then a second question arises, namely, whether the Government should permit a few persons to drag the country into this unparalleled war." That is to say, the question In Mr. Bryan's mind now is whether the American Government should not inter vene to restrain American citizens in the exercise of their admitted rights on the neutral seas. The rights which th® Irrepressible talker and mischief maker thinks should be prohibited to American citi zens by the American Government ore the rights to which were thus defined and asserted by the person whose of ficial duty it then was to define and asert those rights: "American citizens act within their indisputable rights in taking their ships and in traveling wherever their legitimate business calls them upon the high seas; and exercise their rights In what should be the well Jus tiffed confidence that their lives will not be. endangered by acts done in vio lation of universally acknowledged in ternational obligations, and certainly in the confidence that their own Govern ment will sustain them In the exercise of their rights." "The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit any word or any act necessary to the performance of Its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of th® United States and its citizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and enjoyment BRYAN." The Mr. Rryan who signed the fore going declaration of inalienable rights and the foregoing certificate of our Government's unalterable determination to maintain them and to safeguard our citizens in the free exercise and en joyment .of them is the same William J. Bryan who is asking, three months and ten days later, whether the Govern ment should not prevent American citi zens from exercising those very rights! Mn. LANSING'S PREDICAMENT [Philadelphia North American.] As Secretary of Btate, Robert Lans ing i« not so fortunate as his predeces sor. He hasn't a counselor to do all the work for hltn. Our Daily Laugh ovr or THE fffj&ffae GAME <iv'i l'hi#lV I/ T l *® Umpire 1 / <J ust over th® yjk y 1 fence): 8* y, * 7~l ?Vl?v^C) — 1 Claude. go In der® an' tell dem & "yi] \ v «, bush - leaguers p % / / t«r git JI qultl MEAN OF MA. Havln' much Hf™ Not much, ma v.tiM jfOS? (polled all my fun , TfcSgr Ifik by tellln' me t'b® L $7 •areful. i BXRWSBURG jgSKfc TUJAIKAKH3 I:' " LK 'ptiUbOt^aiua By tit* Ex'OommlOaanan —Registration in the third class title* of th« State to-day will be watched with the greatest interest by people Interested in polltlos for It la expected to show even more em phatically than the county enrollment that the back to the party movement among the Bull Moosers Is under way with full force. In some of the cities, according to reports received here, the Washington party people are not mak ing any effort to get people registered, while in others the Bull Moosers are making attempts to secure alliances with the Democrats in order to hide their weakness. —ln Pittsburgh It is openly said that William Fllnn and his friends are going back to the Republican ranks this Fall so as to be in a posi tion to take advantage of any fac tional spilt, which may occur in the always strenuous politics of Alle gheny county. —When one considers what is going on in the State the antics of the rem nant of the Dauphin county Bull Moosers are almost as amusing as the attempt of the Democratic minority in this oity to stampede the majority into giving it control of the School Board. ■ —To-morrow is the last day for Judicial candidates to withdraw and any one who does not want to run will have to file a withdrawal with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, un der oath, before 4 p. m. to-morrow. Thus far there have been a number of inquiries and some of the candi dates say that they may quit. Under the nonpartisan judicial act there can be no nominating by nomination pa pers but everything must be done at the primary. Certification of the pe titions filed will be started within a few days. —Philadelphia independents appear to be having about as hard a time to get a candidate for Mayor as the Dauphin Democrats are to find an angel to finance their campaign with out wanting to be boss of the whole show. —Democratic organizations in Phila delphia are now endorsing Ryan for Judge. —The Philadelphia Record to-day devotes a couple of columns to tell ing: a story of how Congressman Vare took Thomas B. Smith to Governor Brumbaugh in Maine before Smith was appointed Public Service Com missioner. Mr. Smith refused to deny or confirm the story. —Kensington businessmen yester day adopted resolutions calling for Mr. Smith to run for Mayor. This Is the Moore stronghold and the action is significant. —G. F. J. Falkenstein, the new head of the State Bilks, is a former Mayor of McKeesport, and was read ing clerk of the last House of Repre sentatives and journal clerk a couple of sessions. —George F. Eisenbrown, Reading councilman, has refused to run for council again. —Mayor Blankenburg i!» out with an endorsement of Director Porter for Mayor. The Philadelphia Inquirer in sum ming up the Philadelphia mayoralty situation to-day says: "The opinion prevailed yesterday among active Re publicans who have been Identified with different interests in the party organization that, the outlook was brighter than ever for an agreement upon a "harmony" candidate for mayor and that Public Service Com missioner Smith seemed to be the most likely choice. This conclusion was reached notwithstanding the fact that petitions were yesterday put Into circulation for the nomination of Con gressman William S. Vare, George H. Earle, Jr.. and A. Merritt Taylor and others for mayor. It had been pre viously announced from the Vare headquarters that nomination papers would be filed in behalf Of the South Philadelphia congressman, although some friends of Mr. Vare are of the belief that he may ultimately conclude to continue his activities In Congress and join In a movement to Insure tho nomination of Thomas B. Smith. Mr. Earle has said that he is not an as pirant for mayor, but the strenuoslty with which some of his admirers have been exploiting him in this connection has been the subject of comment." Friends of Judge J. Davis Brod head, of Northampton county, late yesterday filed a supplemental petition in his behalf. The supplemental pe tition made the total number of sign ers on his petition 0,477. Judge Brodhead was appointed by John K. Tener to the bench last November to succeed the late Judge Scott. He took his Beat in December and since that time has made a most enviable record. He has tried a large number of cases, clearing the calendar that had becomo somewhat, clogged because of the long illness of Judge Scott. Of all the cases Judge Brodhead has tried only one was appealed, and in that. Instance the Supreme Court unanimously up held tho finding of Judge Brodhead. The petitions filed by Judge Brodhead contain the names of a large majoritv of the active members of the bar of Northampton county, clergymen of all denominations and men in every other walk of life. On one of the petitions there appear the names of seventeen ministers in the borough of Bethlehem . In Easton, South Beth lehem and the towns In the slate dis trict In Northampton county the clergy men also have signed the petitions. William McKeen. another candidate, files 2,170 and William Fackenthal has 232 signers. MB. BRYAN'S BRSPONSTBIMTY TNew Tork World] This Is a poor time for Mr. Bryan to volunteer advice on the sublect of our relations with Germany, the re sponsibility for the crisis that has been reached rests in a very large part upon him. When he informed the Austrian Am bassador that the President's Lusltanla note was not to be Interpreted llterallv and tnat It was sent to placate public opinion In the United States, he open ed the way for everything that has followed. This false and foolish statement was Immediately communicated to Berlin, and it has Influenced the action of the German Government ever since The President's solemn warning was not taken seriously because Mr. Brvan as Secretary of State let it be known that it was not to be taken seriously. POOB SANDUSKY By Wins Dlager Out in Sandusky, Ohio, Gloom enshrouds the poker clan All because upon the pastime There has Just been put a ban. It appears that some smooth stranger Had the happy faculty Of possessing four big aces Each time a large pot there'd be. from the confines of Sandusky Too much coin began to roam— Civic spirit called for action That would keep the wealth at home. Checkers, chess, pool and parches! Still permitted are, but gee. To the real sports of Sandusk'" I Liifc 'alnt what It used to ha. "\ | I THE CARTOON OF THE DAY • A HARD LUCK STORY ** a X e J°, u ? v *L b ?? n S*™ ll a hard luck Btor y by some down-and-outer? The sketch by L. R. Ney, artist of this city, drawn from life in River Park, just south of the Market street bridge, shows a scene quite common in any public park. And the pose of the girl and the lad on the bench in the back ground is just as common. NATIONAL DEFENSE Vll.—Lessons of the War—New Weapons. By Frederic J. Haskin V The war abroad has not only devel oped great new fighting machines, like the aeroplane, the armored automo bile and the submarine but it has per fected a number of smaller weapons which, in themselves, are quite as im portant as the big epochal arms which have revolutionized warfare and made modern war so entirely different from the conflicts of fifty or even fifteen years ago. Every one of these smaller thunderbolts of Mars la important in its particular sphere and, as there are many of these leaser weapons which are being used for the first time in this war, the United States has taken particular pains to study them and estimate the effect, they will upon future conflicts. .Full reports upon these miscellaneous weapons, made by Uncle Sam's military observ ers, are now on file at the Army War College at Washington. "War Beacons" For evample, there Is one addition to the science of aviation which has been found most important In the direction of air scouts during the pres ent war. This is a system of "war beacons," lighthouses for airships, which literally mark the way of the aeroplane and the dirigible at night These beacons are of three kinds: the flash, the fixed and the revolving; but Instead of operating horizontally as do lighthouses, the beacons throw their beams vertically into the clouds and, by means of prearranged systems of signals, show the aeronaut exactly where he is. Germany has more than a score of these beacons which en able her air scouts to steer a straight course at night and proceed undetected to the point of reconnaissance with out exposing themselves to observa tion. One of these night-lights, the Weimar beacon, has no less than 27,- 200,000 candle power behind Its huge revolving flashlight situated atop the military aerodrome. Landing Lights Another improvement with respect to aviation is the system of landing lights now in use abroad which, up to the present time, have not been em ployed on this side of the Atlantic. The type of landing lights agreed upon as the most desirable are im bedded in the ground and protected by a large sheet or plate of very thick glass upon which the aircraft may land directly and be brought to a full stop. In the center of the landing base Is a very strong white light which burns all the time as a guide to the aviator where, to land. Then, In order to signal the direction of the wind near the earth—for many acci dents In landing are caused by air currents which differ in direction from those of the upper regions—four other lights, red in color, are placed one at each corner of the landing stage. These are connected with a weather vane about fifty feet high in such a manner that they are automatically extinguished and lighted according to the veering of the wind. For exam ple, if the wind Is from the southwest, the south and west red lights will be burning, while the north and east lights will be extinguished. A sudden shift of the wind to the west will cause all the light except the one at that corner to be extinguished, and so on. In the event that there is no ap preciable wind near the earth all the lights are turned off and only the white center lights is left burning. By this simple means, the air pilot is at all times enabled to tell the exact di rection of the wind near the earth and to know how he should steer to make a clean landing In case he wishes to descend. Bomb Dropping The present war has also effected a number of Important strides in the art of bomb-dropping from aero planes and dirigibles and' many improvements upon the bombs them selves. The chief objection to the type of bomb used prior to the com mencement of the war was that it ex ploded upon contact and therefore produced but little effect upon con crete foundations or similar hard sub stances. and grenades would have been almost as effective as the old style air bombs. But practically all the nations now engaged In the war are using a bomb which is partly the Invention of an American army officer, and which first buries Itself in the ground and then explodes. The resultant effect Is similar to that of a sunken mine and the damage is far greater than that of the old type contact bomb. Each of these bombs weighs about eighteen pounds and is fitted with steering vanes to Insure its steady course through space and make cer tain that it strikes head-on. They are [dropped from a specially constructed apparatus which enables the m&rks [ man to "eight" bis target and drop tfc* AUGUST 26, 1915.^ bomb with a reasonable chance of hitting the target. ~ , Sky Darts The sky darts" are another wea pon of aerial warfare, first introduced by the French and later adopted by all the fighting forces in Europe. They consist of pieces of steel, about the size of a fountain pen and quite sharp, fit bl " nt end they are quartered. iiKe the'feathers upon an arrow, to insure their direct flight downward, une of the American officers detailed ab a military observer abroad dug up a dart of this nature which had struck the helmet of a mounted sol dier, passed completely through his i a \ l i l of his horse and bur ied itself a foot in the frozen ground! Submarine Torpedo Hand in hand with the development of the submarine boat has gone the development of the submarine torpe do—the only means of defense pos sessed by the wasps of war. The tor pedo used in the Russo-Japanese war in 1904 is little more than a toy com pared with its counterpart of a decade later. The modern torpedq has a fair chance of hitting a target at six miles, after covering the intervening space at a rate of forty knots an hour, and it is confidently predicted that torpe does will soon be made that will be capable of a range of twelve or four teen miles. Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, United States Navy,' has recommended the experiment of launching torpedoes from hydroplanes or seaplanes at night because of the fact that the sub marine is practically powerless after dark. This may give rise to another form of naval warfare—of "aerial submarine" work, a combination of these two twentieth century fantastic fighting machines. Wireless Improvements What the submarine is to the sea and the aeroplane is to the air, the wireless is to the land forces of a na tion at war, and many have been the improvements devised upon the form erly known systems of land scouting by means of portable wireless stations, practically invisible from a distance and easily concealed in a hay stack or a chimney. There is a story of the discovery by the Germans of a field wireless station in the chimney of a chateau which had for several weeks been occupied as headquarters of the invading army. The operator had been sealed up with his instruments and a considerable supply-of food. A small opening into the. room used by the German field officers gave him his information and it is practically cer tain that many Important messages were flashed out of the chimney be fore the station was finally discovered and destroyed. The operator escaped under cover of darkness and upon his sending instrument was found the sin gle French phrase, "N'importe"— "Never mind." Knapsack Wireless L The knapsack wireless—the small est of the progeny of the big: towers , with their 3,000-mile radiuses—weighs , but 80 pounds and can be divided so as to be easily transported by four | soldiers. It can be erected in a very ' short time and has a radius of five to [ seven miles, manifestly a great im- I provement upon the old method of us t lng mounted orderlies to relay news of | the enemy's advances. The cavalry wireless, or the "whls s kers of the army" as it is known to the ; British Tommies, is the big brother . of the knapsack wireless. It weighs 640 pounds and can be carried by four ; horses. The radius of communication ! is about 30 miles and the time requir , ed to unpack and erect the station is , only ten minutes. The automobile wireless is a still larger form of port able apparatus for air communication, having a radius of 200 miles and an endurance of five hours on a single charge. Keeping Close Watch What with air scouts to watch all the movements of the enemy and wireless to transmit their reports in stantly to headquarters, portable wire less stations to keep headquarters in close touch with everything that oc curs along the battle front, submarines to harrass the shipping and blow up the dreadnaughts of the foe, motor driven artillery to move quickly from place to place and many Improvements In the essential arts of sanitation and feeding, the position of the modern nation at war is much easier than it was formerly. But it must be remembered that the enemy is also equipped with these new sidearms of Mars and that new weap ons are being daily perfected to further man's inhumanity to man. To the end that the United States may be fully prepared in the event of war, the war department is keeping close watch over all the fighting abroad, and Congress will be informed when this winter it takes up the matter of an understanding Improvement of the military branch** of the government. I Bmtfetg Clptt Traffic regulations In Harrtsburj have gotten to the point where they are no Joke. Half a dozen street. In tersections In this city have becom« such centers of travel that It keep* policemen going all day and most ot the night to prevent knots being tied In the traffic. Third and Market streets, the original corner which rji Quired traffic "cops." has given away to Fourth and Walnut streets as the worst center. It is worth while to watch the 1 raffle spin around the officer at the latter corner. Between the regular street traffic there Is the quantity that conies off the Mulberry street bridge and at times there are pat ades going In four directions with brief intermissions. Market Square is another place for twisted traffic, but there Is more room to turn around, and the congestion is not aa great. Third and Market and Front and Mar ket are busy places, but Just now with Walnut street torn up for the big steam mains the work of the officers at Third and Fourth streets is strenuous, as Walnut is now a one-way street for a space. « • • Father Penn's mulberry bushes are blooming. At least that is what the flowers on the row of tall, slender trees are called. These trees, which are survivors of old days in Capitol Park, days when they endeavored to make it an arboretum, stand in a row near the south entrance to the Capitol. They contain a mass of light purple flowers which are attracting attention. • • • Chairman Alney. of. the Public Serv ice Commission, who spent consid erable time in Japan studying the government a few years ago, tells an entertaintr\g story illustrative of Japa nese wit. The story concerns-a man who is known all over the world as one of the most eminent of Japanese. This man is very chary about giving his autograph, although be wrote it on a photograph presented to the Pennsylvanian. It happens that he was as kid one time by a relative for his autograph and was about to write It with certain features which have a clan bearing. He suddenly changed his mind .apparently not being certain whether he ought to give it, amd, call ing for a plate of sand, wrote on it with the handle of his brush. Then he wiped it out. One time an effort was made to kill this noted Japanese and some partisan of the would-be assassin who got what he deserved sent the noted intended victim an in vitation to attend the funera.l observ ance. in reply the friend of the exe cuted one got a note saying that the statesman would be unable to accept, as his friends were giving at the same hour a dinner in honor of his escape from the hands of the man who was executed. Sweet potatoes grown in this vicinity arc unusually large and plentiful, ac cording to the statements of growers. The wet weather has been especially favorable for them. The vines are heavy, but the potatoes have not suf fered for that reason. Prices will be low the coming Fall, it is said. Al ready some nearby farmers are bring ing their crops to market. • • • It's remarkable how a cool night will change" the character of the recreation sought by the people of this city. Usually at night the river is crowded with scores of canoes and rowboats, but the other night whLn the mercury fell to near the fifty mSFk only four canoes left the wharves at "Hardscrabble" from 6 in the evening until 10 at night. But the movies were crowded. • • * The report that boys are alleged to have played cards in the county de tention house calls to mind a story of the days when the old lockup under the Courthouse was used as a place of confinement for the more refractory scldiers who got too gay while on visits to Harrisburg during Camp Meade. Usually the men picked up by the provost guard for being bad were kept on the portico of the Court house or in the recesses on either side. The. real nasty ones were put into the "donjon keep" under the building One morning about daylight the guard was disturbed by a terrific row under ground. When an investigation was made it was found that some of the prisoners had been shooting crap and a tall, raw-boned West Virginian, whose slumbers had been disturbed, had started to clean house. He ran up against a 6%-foot Swede from a Min nesota regiment, a chap from the oil country who was in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania and a red-headed lad from the Bowery in a New York regi ment. When the guard arrived he was fighting all three. When the row ended the men were aggrieved be cause the guard confiscated the "bones." Later on the guard "rolled" on the Courthouse portico. * * * Dr. Louis E. Reber, dean of the University of Wisconsin, was here yesterday as the guest of Dr. John Price Jackson, Commissioner of Labor and Industry. He spent some time visiting the Capitol. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Major C. B. Mehard, national guardsman of Pittsburgh. Is assisting in the work at Plattsburg camp. —Vice-President Campbell, of the New Haven Railroad, Is touring West ern Pennsylvania. —William Fackenthal. prominent Easton attorney, was here yesterday. —William C. Lewis, bank cashier of Johnstown, celebrated his ninety-fifth birthday by working. —Ellis Ames Ballard. Philadelphia lawyer, is in Maine. DO YOU KNOW ] That Harrlsburg's freight ear movement is growing month by v month? HISTORIC HARRISBURG Harrisburg recruited four companies for the War of 1812. Fashion's New Hat ( and Gown J Fashion is getting ready to show her new hat and gown and all the frills and furbelows that go with it. She will shortly receivA visitors at the stores of our leading mer chants. And her advance message will, of course, appear in the advertis ing columns of the Telegraph. Which means every woman will be on the alert to catch the message for what "Fashion" hari to say Is always intensely inter esting. \ SECOND FLY CONTEST of the Civic Club for 1915. Angus! Ist to September nth. Fl« cents ■ pint for all flies, ani many prises In cold. 1 [
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