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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
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der® an' tell dem
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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
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BXRWSBURG jgSKfc TUJAIKAKH3
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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.
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