10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established till PUBLISHED BT TBI TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACK POLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OTSTER Secretary QVS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building. 211 Federal Square. Both phones. .Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook. Story St Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building. Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at <nTOyyirr«r> six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers *t |3.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. Sworn dally average circulation for the three months ending July 31, IUIS ★ 21,084 ★ Average fop the year 1014—2135® Average for the year 1013—10.963 Average for the year 1012—10,640 Average for the year 1011—17,563 Average for the year 1910—16,261 The above figures are net. All re turned, unsold riud damaged eoples de ducted. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27. Our present joys are sweeter for past pain; To Love and Heaven by suffering ice gain.—George Granville. THE NATIONAL Gl'AIU> SOME of the "peace-at-any-price" folks have had the temerity to raise their voices against the military training camps of students and businessmen at Plattsburg. "It's enough to have the National Guard, without encouraging the youth of the land and the flower of its business organization to lay aside their con structive duties and learn the most approved way to kill their fellow be ings." says one of these chronic com plainants. "Enough to have the Jfational j Guard." Folly, indeed, it is to rely i on the militia alone to back up the regular army. The National Guard of Pennsylvania, at least, is ready to prove its mettle any time, but it is absurd to think of training that organization to military efficiency by one week in camp annually, which is all the law allows. To be at its best the guard should have more nioney , and at, least three weeks a year un-1 der canvas and In the field. The J men should be trained to live in all kinds of conditions of weather and j country. They should have aero planes and machine guns. They i should be put on a war footing even in : times of peace. We "have the National Guard." Tea, but we need a much larger [ military reserve and better training and more equipment for that which ! we have. "Dry" States are reported to be puz- j zled to determine what constitutes > "near-beer." May we aid them? "Near- ! beer" bears the same relation to the 1 beverage as ordinarily brewed that Sec- j retary Redfield's "prosperity" does to the real article. THK WHY OF IT ANEW YORK theatrical writer marvels at the manner in which I the "movies" are crowding vau- j deville into the background. We be-! lieve we could give him a few hints. I For instance, the "movie" actof doesn't say "damn" and he doesn't indulge in jokes at the expense of the i leader of the orchestra or the fat I man on the front row. He doesn't 1 call the attention of the audience to I the dress, or undress, or the physical I charms or peculiarities of his stage partner. He doesn't indulge in fam ily history nor erfticise the audi ence when it doesn't happen to dis play wildly enthusiastic approval of his performance. In short, he acts, and lets it go at that. Which, after all, is what the average audience goes to the theater to witness. The Colonel declares that he will en roll with his party. But his party is not rushing to enroll with him. It is en rolling in the Republican registration. SPIRIT OF COMPROMISE THE spirit of give and take that is bringing the Republican and Progressive forces into perfect reunion for the great campaign of 1916 was never better exemplified than by the recent proposal of Elihu Root to modify the Progressive de mand for the recall into an easy im peachment of public officials. His influence has been great enough to write his idea into a plank of the proposed new constitution of New Tork State. Commenting upon the Root reso lution, a writer in the Philadelphia Public Ledger says that he frankly declares there have been far too few impeachments in New York State, and says government would have been better had more unfaithful pub lic servants been called to account. To simplify procedure so thfet such unworthy persons may be called to account with the least possible fuss and feathers Is his admitted aim. Further he says: "I eay It is the inadequacy of the remedy of impeachment which has led to the widespread demand for re call." Impeachments are notoriously cumbersome proceedings, particular ly so in Xew York, and the essence of Sir. Root's plan is to enable the trial FRIDAY EVENING, BAFJUSBURG SSl&bl TELEGRAPH AUGUST 27, 1915. court to delegate the hearing of testimony, wholly or In part, to a committee of the court, which shall submit a report for final action. Speed, simplicity and the minimum expenditure of public money are fea tures of the Root proposal. But the merits of the thing aside, Isn't this a fine example of the spirit of compromise now so evident in the | ranks of the stalwart and progres • sive wings of the Republican party, j The stalwarts do not believe in the I recall. The progressives want it for | the results they hope it would bring. A leader of the stalwarts proposes to give them what they want without the objectionable possibilities o throwing a new and largely experi mental' wheel into the maehinerj o | government. Slowly but surel>, an j more rapidly as the year of cr sis approaches. Republicans of all shades ! of feeling and belief are getting to | gether on a platform of common j sense and moderation that is going I to sweep into oblivion the little band ■ of politicians who have been con | ducting reckless experiments with ] the highly explosive material of ! statesmanship at Washington. Georgia Is our Idea of a fine place not to spend the summer—for various reasons. CLEAN STREETS THE difference between well-kept streets is aptly set forth In the following quotation from a let ter to the editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger: Sir—Are the streets of Philadel phia evt-r cleaned? And. if »o. when? I am a Philadelphian. al though I spend most of m> time away from Philadelphia, and I ba\e therefore a rather proprietary teei ing toward the city, a feeling, however, which very often meets with disappointment, if not wltn veritable outrage, on the occasions on which 1 wrae back here. ror invariably, no matter from part of the globe I return, or' What may have been the last city in which 1 have been, the terrible dis order of the Philadelphia streets is born in upon me before I gone a bloi k from the railway sta tion, and remains, I may add, an eyesore during my entire time of sojourn here. To one coming fr "m anv other city—Philadelphia ie seiiibles nothing so much as one vast dump heap: in many it is quite impossible to distinguish the dividing line between her real dumps and the surrounding streets. We invite the complainant to take up his residence in Harrlsburg. ith Commissioner Lynch at the helm, this city's boast is that It is one of the cleanest towns in the country. There is no good reason why any city should have dirty streets. The big | lesson in the letter quoted is that ; slovenly conditions, scattered paper and tilth leave a very bad impression , upon the visitor, for where one man j writes his complaint to the newspaper | a thousand criticise in silence, at least ; so far as the printed word is con- j cerned. Any school boy can tell you that all this talk about summer vacations be ing too long wouldn't be heard if the teachers were paid for the warm weather period. GAME WITHIN A GAME ONE of the most remarkable things about the present war in Eu- rope is that it is by no means occupying all of the attention, ener gies or efforts of the contesting na tions. As an example, take Russia.' With her capital threatened by in vasion she yet has time, money and forethought to send an agent high in the confidence of the government to study road-making and scientific farming in Pertnsylvania. looking to ward a broad, constructive policy of administration at the close of hos tilities. Even more notable have been Russian activities in the Far East. Though Germany's conquering ar mies should enable the Kaiser to hold all of Russian Poland which they have overrun, the loss to the Czar of terri tory by war has been far more than recouped in the Far East by Russian diplomacy. The treaty signed by the envoys of Russia, Mongolia and China ! at Kiakhta, Siberia, after conferences lasting a year, will prove a factor in the Qrient as important as the fc»-o tocol concluded between Japan and China at Peking. The conclusion of this treaty adds another milestone to the Russian ad vance which will end only when Mon golia shall have been completely ab sorbed by the Muscovite Empire. And when Outer Mongolia shall have be come part and parcel of the Czar's dominion, no one knows what will be come of Inner Mongolia. Mongolia has an area of 1,3(57,000 square miles. Its population is esti mated at 2,600,000. Combine Ari zona, California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Texas, Wyoming and the Dakotas, and you still have room for Ohio and Vermont to make the total area ap proximately as' large as Mongolia. And when you learn that the popu l lation of Mongolia scarcely exceeds that of the single State of California, ! you realize what immense possibili ties the country offers to the enter prise of progressive people, and what great games of future development j and expansion the Czar is playing ! while his armies contend with the German hosts. The South has been making efforts to encourage immigration. Those at the head of the movement will do well to prevent the Frank story from spread ing. VODKA AND PROSPERITY SAYS the Associated Press corre spondent at Moscow: Life proceeds much as usual in Moscow, the commercial capital of Russia, and despite the rise in prices, trade in general Is good and tliq buying power of the peo ple was never so great—this latter fact being acounted for generally by the prohibition of vodka. Here is a practical refutation of the oft-repeated assertion that gen eral business would be injured by a sudden termination of the liquor traf fic. Remember, this coming celebration is TOUR celebration. Invite a few friends to town and make a real "old home week" of It. T>eUUc* "PtKJvouU'ajvLa By the Ex-Committee-man The Philadelphia mayoralty sit uation, which Is getting to be a mat ter of State-wide Importance because of its possible bearing next year, seems to be tending toward harmony. Although papers are in circulation for congressman Vare. District Attorney r ° tal ?' G eorge H. Karle, Jr.. and other P inent Republicans, there has been a revival of the predictions that Pub «s™ifif r I? ce Commissioner Thomas B. in . v chosen for the place, the pUPi a . r, I lc i e on subject to-day thf p Inquirer says: "With vAh 7 tandlnß that Congressman , , e snail voluntarily withdraw, after J f"lan,e 1 an,e ® h j«» be tiled with those of s ' thls was yesterday ha i, as a likely harmony ticket to maries POr if d at ,he Republican pri- Mayor, Thomas B. Smith, iv entj-eighth ward: sheriff. Harry C. Tnhlf Se , con(l ward; controller, vn.-rf- \ Valto . n , Twenty-seventh ' solicitor, John P. Connelly. u-,n Ward ■ coroner, William R. w ® ll ty-Hfth ward; clerk of i sessions, Thomas W. Cunning » ward; recorder of deeds, lhim U letl ' KlrSt ward - or Wil " copntx MUso , n ' Thirty-sixth ward; counts commissioners, Robert J ,-ourth ward ' and David S. / en . t l Mn,h ward - AVhile f 'Om nnthrf.- t , lon has there came an authoritative announcement of an aMeement upon Public Service Com onfv nn 6r hmith for mayor, he is the Hkelv to " ,enti pne<l in both camps as l ° be picked as a harmonv can cnaate. °/ Bru >"baugh's declaration " ° f woman suffrage caused if comment here. It has Cnwr," 0 ? R long tlme that the l favored It. but this was the public expression on the subject. re^ion lo °al contests are attiacting attention all over the State nence ?n B thll °L the men are of protl,i -weM k-nnJi r . h ° m ® communities and Known at the State Canitol. , hl ; ylk ; in county Democrats have decided to harmonize this year with out regard to the State bosses or anv one connected with them. Thev have of "hop i°n 6ther unde r the leadership a slate lnspector Brennan and framed foi has a Hy ely contest Messrs nomination between Kd i^ ite s, an(i Porc ®- 11 he lloed that the Governor will make an fh«'BH t m ent . t< V. flll the vaca| ic>' after the primary is held. , vI T~ J ° s ®, ph w Gross, of Philadelphia. judt-e of ( C apers I? be a candidate for wlthrir»L C » urts • Nos ' 1 an(i 2 - to-day withdrew as a candidate for Court t -, on Kressman Yare got into the movies at Atlantic City yesterday tutors In^PhlT t^°! T v^ 11 ,he I)r°Bnosti t-utois in Philadelphia again att"^o?ri"of r fw b,e atten tion has been started t d Capitol to the action , Pottsvllle against the nomi mln® candidates for anthracite the\ arp S «j» e( f ' ,he cround that are State and not county officers. seems tn ®' anken burg administration ftß YV.nl having trouble to line up its followers for Porter for mayor. J nese are the dog; davs whir»li wh o lch bl Ve CCO A m ' 8 for ,he ""inner in *?[?,, ,he Democratic bosses are ' JjJl* aroi ! n< l and the schemes they endeavoring to promote ■,-ivon St t rtUn . R announcement was g en out by the Washington oartv lnd n c n E b i°in e H. ,hat H ' F ' Sheesley ana l. h,. I-andis *\vere thinking about L?kewi C se n w d F. e ßwgoo°n methlnK again ' EVERY' DAY ADVERTISING DAY" Shrewd Merchants Keep Vp Selling Campaign the 1 ear Around ll rom the Boston Globe.] advertising Sa :' lng that "These are . J d d >' s cannot be contro observ'e that 8 "P lUa " y . ap l >ropr ' a 'e to ooserve that Every day is advertis «hracwd W fin h UI ?- t0 - date Americans, blirewd financiers and merchants do not neglect to advertise in one form year." a 'm°st every day in the Advertising in the press started probaWy longer ago than can be defi nitely ascertained. China was issuing a newspaper thousands of years ago th\ E "™ Pe advertisements appeared in the newspapers as early as 1648, and tinie ,0 this the public has favor UPO " adver,lsin S with growing The enterprising man who desires sell something does not over afford To pCn i \ er,is,n *' H e cannot attord to. Experience soon teaches how 'he an!l le »h f lettin * People know assistance! they Ca " he of mu,ual Rich men in numerous lines of in dustry made their firs, money by care lolli consulting the contents of news- ToE, i S 'i first-class journal is full of \aluable suggestions which keen men of affairs know how to use It is a good plan for all ambitious and enterprising citizens who need to rea' ize °*hnt * l,h ,h * PUb » C rt thtly realize .hat. as a rule, every dav should be advertising dav. And thev should carefully select*the right me dium for their newspaper advertise ments making the same large or small according to their means. The smal advertiser usually develops into a large one if he handles his first prof.'a judiciously. HOW DISTRESSING [From the Omaha Bee.] How the get-together movement among Republicans distresses the op position is disclosed by the walling of our amiable Democratic contemporary, whose solicitude Is reallv pathetic It goes without saying that there can be U? Republicans of all factions and shades unite regard less of pa#t differences for a forward march against the political enemy. But this very union is what the Democrats see spelling defeat for them. It Is their political strategy, if possible, to keep the progressives and the regulars apart by fanning fears and playing upon am bitions. The disintegration of the Pro gressive party as a separate party or ganization has made it plain that the reunion must come behind the Repub lican standard, and that is what the Democrats are really afraid of If it were the other way. and it were the regulars who were to be brought back on the reservation, they would be the ones to have the tender consideration of the Democrats. The probabilities are however, that our Democratic friends will have all they can do for the next campaign to keep the discordant winjts of their own party working In unison with little time left to dispense bland-' tshments to any brand of Republicans. AS TO GRADE CROSSINGS [Philadelphia Record.] Governor Brumbaugh's desire to eliminate all grade crossings on that part of the Lincoln highway which passes through Pennsylvania is highly laudable, but the burden ought not to fall too heavily on the State. The townships or municipalities affected and the railroads Involved should bear the greatefr part of the cost. If any tollgates exist on the highway they should be abolished also. To most persons they are a far greater nui sance than grade crossings. BENEFITS OF RAW [From the Kansas City Journal.] Hard rains occasionally interfere with the ball games, but they cool the August air and make the corn crop look like a full brother to Prosperity. - THE CARTOON OF THE DAY IF BASEBALL FANS ATTEN —Froia Ute. TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE Is Squash edible? asks a correspon dent. Altogether now—lt IS! Waiters seem able to size men up better than most folk. Get their num ber from tip to tip as It were. Blessed is he who keepth his grouch hid says a new beatitude. The biggest battle of the summer seems to be In the National League. Kultur and German Georgia seem to be kin. A Georgia minister has defend ed the lynching of Leo Frank. EDITORIAL COMMENT To say that the American press, oi any part of it, wants war with Ger many and is pushing the adminis tration toward war is a falsehood gro tesque in its enormity.—New York Sun. As Argentina. Brazil, and Chile were termed A. B. C arbitrators, will Bolivia, t'ruguav, and Guatemala be known as the B. U. G. board?— Boston Herald. Germany and Austria make 250.000 shells a day. Great Britain makes shells a month. There's the his tory of the first year of the war in a nutshell. Columbia State. Is there not trouble enough for the newspapers in this war without the British forces cartographing an "An zac region" in Gallipoli from the first letters of "Australian-New Zealand Army Corps?"— New York World. There was some division of opinion in the German-American Alliance Con vention concerning the exact language in which President Wilson should be denounced, but there was great unani mity in the decision to hold the next annual meeting in Milwaukee. New Y'ork World. T. R. still seems to be the battle him of the Republic.—Columbia State. Some of those "British offensives" are signed by Sir Edward Grey. Co lumbia State. BOOKS AND MAOAZINES ] The story of "Stlekeen" Is recalled in a recent number of the Outlook by Dr. S. Hall Young, who was the owner of that famous little dog. and who was John Muir's companion on many ex ploring expeditions in Alaska. It was just about as they were to start out upon one of these trips that Dr. Young suddenly decided to take Stickeen along. Mrs. Young and Mr. Mutr both protested and Dr. Young almost yield ed to tneir persuasion. He says: "I shudder now to think what the world would have lost had their arguments prevailed. That little long-haired, brisk, beautiful, but very independent dog. in co-ordination with Muir's genius was to give to the world its greatest dog classic. Muir's story of 'Stlekeen' ranks with 'Rab and His Friends' and 'Bob. Son of Battle.' In deed. in subtle analysis of dog charac ter as well as beauty of description, I think it outranks them all." When Mr. Muir was telling the story. Dr. Young says. "The tears streamed down my face. Before the close of the story Stlekeen arose, stepped slowly across to Mutr, and crouched down with his head on Muir's foot, gazing into his face and murmuring soft canine words of adoration to his god." REUNION OF 01.1 l BOATMEN [Williamsport Sun] The reunion of the old canal boat men on Saturday last could not bring back the picturesque days of the string of mules and leisurely transportation, but to the men who had a part in those times the glimpse into the past brought up many a vision of a snubbed tow line and balky niule that retains humor if it had lost in seriousness with the lapse of time. Our Daily Laugh ) \IN HIS SHELL. * Mr. tlnsect: I (SHNL haven't seen you muc^ Mr " ' rurtle: I've been keeping Under CoVe^' 7ERY BRIGHT. (F Why are all the v* 1 ;irls stuck on JL A Tlrefly? % Be c a use he's mch a bright toung fellow, 1/ JUjjJ |8 tuess, L •*£.'. THE: 01.0 excuse By Wing Dinger So often have I gone to see The great big Wild West show That really I'd made up my mind That this time I'd not go. But when the wagons passed the house This morning with much noise Ma said to me "I think you ought To go and take the boys." And then the boys got after me Around my neck they threw Their arms, and asked me to take them, So, what was I to do? 1 really do not care to go But those two kids, you know, Would disappointed be, and hence For their sake, I will gv NATIONAL DEFENSE PROBLEMS Vlll.—Lessons of the War—Strategy. By Frederic J. Haskin Warfare in modern times is some thing far different than It was In the days of Napoleon or even during Grant's campaigns in the Civil War. A thousand men are employed now where commanders formerly had to rely upon a hundred; army corps are moved with as much rapidity and cer tainty as were regiments In other wars; at least ten new factors have entered into the equations of warfare where formerly only one had to be dealt with. Such being the case, strategy and careful manipulation of the forces at hand are regarded by the experts as vital to the success of a modern com mander. It was to learn the most up to-date forms of this military strategy that I'ncle Sam instructed his observ ers abroad, among them the most brilliant army officers on his lists, to watch the war and report to Washing-, ton' upon all the moves. These reports go to the Army War College where they are carefully studied in that school which is to prepare the cam paigns of the future and the men to direct them. For, in the event of war, it would never do for the United States Army to be ignorant of any of the lat est military shifts or feints. Strategy of the Romans Just as the armies battling in the trenches have resorted to the cata pults of the ancient Romans, because of the failure of the modern guns to toss shells between the trenches, so have the commanders of the allied forces resorted to the strategy of the Romans in dealing with the forces of Hannibal. It will be remembered that every time the Roman senate dis patched an army against the Cartha ginian Invader it was' defeated upon the field of battle. For years Hanni bal remained victorious. He was the greatest military genius since Alex ander the Great. Step by step he laid the possessions of Rome under his scepter. Apparently there was noth ing that could save the city of Rome from conquest and sack. This situ ation in Roman history Is easily rec ognizable as analogous to the German drive toward Paris during the early days of the war in which, the pre paredness of the Invaders gave them an advantage similar to that won by the military genius of Hannibal. Avoiding of Battle There came a change in Romah strategy. The Italian legions skilful ly avoided open battle for some time while they regained their strength and Hannibal was expending his energy in pushing onward. Even when the Carthaginian was worn out with his own rushing progress the Romans did not strike but they dispatched Scipio with an army to Spain to fight Has drubal, the brother of Hannibal, upon whom the latter depended for rein forcements. Scipio defeated Hasdru bal and then the Roman legions mov ed upon the Carthaginians and scored a decisive victory. This strategy of the Romans was used with remarkable success in hurl ing the Germans back from before Paris. The methods at present be ing employed in Russia indicate that a similar program Is being followed. Generally speaking Germany is being kept on the defensive or being led to expend her energies in exhausting ! drives which gain for her positions jthat are difficult and expensive to hold. While the enemy is thus being taxed I to the utmost, say the experts, the al | lies are gaining that which is most val uable to them—time. This time they are using in many ways that are to [their advantage. In the first place [they are drilling armies that will bring them up to the degree of pre paredness occupied by Germany at the beginning of the war. They are mar shaling th<;ir finances and producing ammunition while cutting off the sup plies of the enemy. They are pulling the diplomatic wires that are con stantly developing strength in support of their cause. Napoleon's Problems Pastime With about 5,000,000 troops dispos ed along a battle-line of three fronts, covering COO miles and opposed by not less than 5,000,000 fighting men of the enemy the problems of strategy confronting the commanders-in-chief in the present war are so much vast er in extent and so much more diffi cult of solution when compared to even the greatest wars of past history, that they have called into play a sort of super-strategy comparable to the monster guns and their puny proto types in other wars. Napoleon's op erations will look like a pastime with toy soldiers when it finally becomes possible to compare them with the problems which have been faced and solved in the present war. | It is only the vastly superior re sources of the modern commander which have made the solution of these problems possible. The telephone and telegraph, the aeroplane and the wireless have kept him in constant communication with all parts of the battle front for the modern system of inter-communication is so perfect that practically nothing occurs along any portion of any line that is not re ported to the commander-in-chief, no matter whether it appears to be im portant or not. It is impossible for a inah at one part of the line of battle to tell what effect a small movement against his command will have upon the entire army. It may be a feint de signed to dtstract attention from some greater movement many miles away or It may be the forerunner of a con certed attack all along the line. Accordingly every movement made b; the enemy is at once telephoned or wirelessed to headquarters where it is noted by the officers of the general staff and discussed by them in relation ~ tne entire front. Orders are imme diately issued for counter-move ments and it is probable that within a quarter of an hour after the receipt of the first message a final course of action has been decided upon and or ders issued to carry it out. This would have been impossible before the invention of the wireless and the tele phone—but then Napoleon hever imagihed a 200-mile battle front. Another factor that enters largely into the strategical equation is the aeroplane scout who hovers over the enemy's lines day and night, report ing instantly every movement, which is perceived beneath. As each aero plane or dirigible is equipped with wireless it is possible for these air scouts to watch the activities of the enemy's forces and report instantly to headquarters. No Surprises It is therefore practically impossible for one army to prepare for a move ment upon a large scale without be traying its intention to the. eyes in the sky which follow every move. One ot the great surprises of the present war, according to military experts, is that there have been no surprises. Not a single instance of consequence of ambush or flanking turn has taken place since the commencement of the war, owing to the superb work of the aviators and aeronauts. Thus is the modern commander relieved of one great fear which continually harassed his predecessors. The modern strategist who attacks the problems presented by warfare on the gigantic scale of the present con flict usually selects for his headquar ters some large building well to the rear of his army. Telephone wires are strung and a complete exchange erect ed. It becomes possible to ring up any portion of the battle front at once. Wireless operators are also in stalled to receive messages from the air scouts and the field wireless sta tions. Mnp of the I'ront On a large (able is spread a scale map, showing the most minute varia tions of the terrain along the battle front and the stations of all troops. Reinforcements under way are identi fied by arrows. Sentries are posted at all the exits and approaches and no one is allowed to come within fifty feet of headquar ters without a special permit. A mounted patrol is stationed nearby, ready to rush messages in case the telephone wire is broken and automo biles ceaslessly dash up to the house and then away again, carrying the di vision commanders who come for per sonal interviews with the commander in-chief. An anxi6us moment is approaching. The right wing of the army has suf fered a set-back from which it must recover before the entire field army can operate as a unit. The whole campaign, involving more than a mil lion men and possibly endangering the future of the nation, hinges on the fate of the hard-fighting riglif. Every time the wireless receiver clicks and buzzes or the telephone bell rings the officers who are bent over the huge map look up and cease talking. But the ex pected message does not arrive. Men nnd Psychology the Same A big, square-set man, dressed in khaki and with the ribbons of multi colored decorations upon his chest, is pacing up and down the room, his hands behind his back. For two days he has spoken only in monosyllables and then only in answer to the defer ential inquiries of his staff. The fate of a nation rests in his hands. An hour lost by the right wing in re forming and joining his plan of at tack may cost him the battle and with it the campaign. Once more the wireless receiver clicks. The operator does not wait to type the message but dashes it off on a sheet of paper while the command er-in-chief bends over his shoulder. The big man scowls, for the right wing is not advancing. Suddenly his face brightens with a daring idea. He dictates an order commanding the right wing to feign retreat for two hours and then, at the moment that the reinforcements arrive, to rally and attack en masse! A moment later a high-power motor car sweeps out from tl\p porte-cochere of the building, carrying an adjutant sitting beside the square-set man in khaki. The sentries present arms, with a snap, as the commander-in chief passes, his mind occupied in planning the psychological effect of the battle action. At the very mo ment when the feigned retreat shall have led the enemy into a trap and the grand advance of his armies will commence, he, the commander-in—. chief, shall be there to lend spirit by his presence, to correct any possi ble error in strategy or execution and to insure the fullest measure of effi cient generalship In every coups, in every division, in every regiment and, as far as possible, in every man. The weapons of war may change, the manner of fighting may change, strategy may change—but men and the psychology of men remain the same. SCFFRAGIN'G AND NAGGING I am a suffragist, but I don't be lieve in nagging.—Commissioner Katharine B. Davis. In this capsule platform there is the making of a suffragist campaign which would sweep the country.— New York Sun. Bmtittg Oltjat Another effort to secure fire protec tion for Paxtang borough is to be made by some of the cltiiens of the county's youngest borough and it to probable that similar steps will be taken in other places not far from this city which are without fire pro tection. Probably it is because Pax- tang. Penbrook, Riverside and some other suburban communities are so tlT.f HarH sburg that they do not InH thL m °. r o1 re Protection. Oberlin for t>hore boroughs provided ? companies very early, but entfv rlTvf St t0 HarHsbu ''K ar e appar rilv hi 8 UPOn ,he fact that the so many paved streets that ?«. ™ ea . Sy and ,hu addition of mo ,hh ir.f^. la US , t0 the department will r.lv J^ n '" lense| y *o mobility of the Ut> s fire service and ability to render BMt mnwk Harrisburg In the 1 motor apparatus. However. k° * eas °n why the smaller towns should not provide for their on *, becau se the element ® * s a serious one in a fire, and H s. i . a , flre company is organ ized it is not long before an adequate water system follows. Last year an non!. "} ade to form a fire com- Kl k a * ti ! ,? ' but the organization ° '„ K I °, r °u®' h upset things. Now it win hi 1 * a cou »le of companies formed in suburban Ilarris i,» «#• ? P rot ection and they can in their* lncUency Ce in check,n * flres • • • State officials believe that the num ~5 1 1 ' hunters' licenses that will ba sold this year will be greater than in either of the previous years during which licenses were issued. The license arm tags are now being issued by the county treasurers ra r Kements have been made for e "lole P ar < s of counties L hunters getting the re 2. documents in advance of the sq?q?? season. Last year there were licenses issued at $1 each, the county treasurers retaining 10 per *£!!« * 1 trouble, while In 1913, the first year, there were 305,0 2 S !h«. ™Eu MUed * Tt wl » ,hus be that while over $600,000 was received, the county treasurers did pretty well. . "Sf n ®es printed this yeur aggre- St'ate nffl • i a "i? '' is Relieved among hi . that Practically all will be sold. The income from this source plnced ln special funds by State Treasurer R. K. Young. • • • Stat * j s commencing to get in SlZes and amounts of tov money is coming from htate tax on capital stock and some of the companies which exist solely on F» n P f?L a,e the subject of as much at wvJiiv.u a " bookkeeping as others which have a million dollars of assets taxable for State purposes. There ara scores of companies which are inactive and which are taxed at $5, or on a valu ta on . °f w hile mere are char ters held by big electric companies or some other large concerns which pav ! aX H anywhere from 2K cent's to 54.i9. home of the companies pav L ;L es because it is worth while to keep the corporation "alive." In an rintn n ? on, , h the Sta te tax will be rolling in by the hundreds of thou sands of dollars. • • • r»i?io^o U 4 f Ual J . okers w ere about at the fim lith tl places yesterday and had i.V? e .' on ßr-suftering recorders of the_ political complexions of burg firemen. One man dropped into the registration place ln one of the cen hffnrlahis fli * ad almost registered S ■ f, d the men he lived in from tJn?ih! lrl v!' H ®. sav ed all hands from trouble by suddenly remember ing. One wag requested to be put as , a Lutheran when asked his politics. Another man give Prohibition be m,lati on tinUl he found that he had to stand by it. • * • D. Edward Long, of Wavnesboro former chairman of the Republican hprp a # commit t ee of Franklin, w*s here a day or so ago. Mr. Long wa# chairman of the Republican State iq?2 m inH 6 t t i hP troublous times of I™, h f lawy er and newspaper this Fall a candidate judge [ WELL KNOW PEOPLE [ John Daniels, of Monongahela, has been elected president of the veterans - association of the Tenth Pennsylvania. « ~ Ex "Representative Joseph A. Scho field. of Warren, is home from a west ern trip. —Claude Long, secretary of the State Elks, is a live Scranton man and has held the office for some time —Dr. Ethelberi Warfleld, the' new president of Wilson, will start east in a few days to take up his new work. Plilladelphlan, is in^^'Hampshir^"' 1 DO YOU KNOW ~~ That almost every secret society of consequence has held its an nual conventions in Harrisburg? > HISTORIC HARRISBI'RG The first road into Harrisburg was built from Middietown and was laid out in 1735. IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS [ ACjO TO-DAY J [From the Telegraph August JT, 1865.Jf (iovrrninrnt Sale* F.nch Week Arrangements have been made to have sales of government mules In this city, Tuesday of each week, at the stables. Schools Opened To-ilny The public schools of the city opened to-day for the school year. Hundreds of pupils enrolled. ' Country People at Court Many country people were in the city to-day attending the court sessions which opened at 10 o'clock this morn ing. i Make the Dealer Test Mr. Manufacturer you are fre quently told that this or that kind of advertising will interest or influence local dealers. That Is something very essen tial to the sale of your product. You are wise in seeking it. But why not consult the dealer on the subject? Ask one hundred dealers what kind of advertising they prefer and ninety-five per cent, will ans wer advertising in the newspa pers of their own city. This newspaper advertising in fluences them because it creates a definite demand that is felt right at their counters. »■ —— S SECOND FLY CONTEST of the Civic Club for 1915. Anacust Ist to September 25th. Five cents a pint for all files, many prises In (old.
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