6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH EstabUshtd itll PUBLISHED BY THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. B. J. STACK POLE Prisidtnl end Edilorin-Ckitf F. R. OYSTER Stcrilary % GUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 1U Federal Square. Both phone*. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. * Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building New York City, Hasbrook, Story A Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111.. Allen tt Ward. Delivered by carriers at KEBffi'i' tZ®E> si* cents a weak. Mailed to subscribers at )3.00 a year in advance. • Entered at the Post Office in Harris* Jburg, Pa., as second class matter. Sworn dally average circulation for the three months ending Aug. 31, 1015 ★ 21,083 ★ Average for the year *1914—21,858 Average for the year 1918—10,003 Average for the year 1012—19,049 Average for the year 1911—17,5413 Average for the year 1910—10.201 The above flgnrea ara net. AU re turned, nnaold and damaged ooplea de ducted. THURSDAY EVENING, SEPT. 2 Human improvement is from within outward. —Froude. THE NAVAL PROGRAM niONS are not lacking that Presi dent Wilson is to mefet opposition within his own party in the en actment of the naval and military program he will lay before Congress at the coming session. Congressman Kitchin, Democratic floor leader, has announced that he opposes the build ing of more battlesfyps but favors submarines. Other Democrats have other preferences in the way of arma 'ment and still others oppose the whole idea of "preparedness" on the ground that it will interfere with what they regard as their legitimate share of government "pork." « Kitchin sets himself up in the face of Admiral Dewey who recommends four battleships a year, but lie may be somewhat mollified by that port of the President's program which calls for the construction of sixty submarines of the most approved type within the coming twelve months. He does not appear to realize that a little navy is far more costly than a big navy, for the reason that to be worth anything a navy must be able to meet success fully the emergency for which It is designed. A little navy would be blotted out by a superior force in a short time, not only leaving the coun try unprotected but standing as a total loss to the nation of expenditure In dollars and cents, whereas a big navy might stand unimpaired in effi ciency through even a serious conflict, nerve its purpose of insuring the land and justify the ex penditure of the vast sums necessary to create it. Better no navy than one we know in our hearts would not be able to meet any armed force that might be sent against it. It would be remarkable indeed if 'he President had to look to the Re publican party for support in his ef forts to put the nation on a fighting hasis, but by no means surprising. One and all leading Republicans are behind the plan for preparedness and they can be counted upon to support any reasonable policy to increase the efficiency of both army and navy. Mr. Kitchin Is heading toward persona) oblivion and the surrender of his leadership and toward disaster for his party if it follows him. The balance In the general fund of the National Treasury on August 23 was $55,760,889 as compared with $126,- 663,944 on the corresponding date two years ago under Republican revenue and appropriation laws. The adminis tration spent $27,382,411 more than it collected during the first fifty-four days of the present fiscal year. WAR ON ILLITERACY NORTH CAROLINA has declared war on Illiteracy. "Every per son in the State to read and write in 1920," is the slogan of the educational forces that will inaugurate a State-wide "moonlight school" cam paign beginning on Labor Day. On practically every hill in the Tarheel State these "moonlight schools" will be opened this Fall, and the admission will be free to old and young alike. In this movement practically every organization in the State has been en listed. The interest which has been taken in this movement not only by the educators, including all members of all the co-operating organizations, but also by those for whom the schools are Intended, is wonderful. Labor Day in North Carolina is to be a labor day in fact. This day will be "observed by the county educators by walking over their districts explaining the plan and announcing the opening which is to occur the following evening." The movement corresponds in some respects with the "night school" as conducted In the North. The South has been chronically deficient in its ed ucational activities. Thousands of dol lars of northern money are being poured into the poorer sections of the Southern States every year for the maintenance of private schools that ought to be conducted as they are in Pennsylvania, by public taxation. The South ought to be ashamed of this condition, and apparently North Caro lina, which has been one of the princi pal beneficiaries of northern generos ity, has awakened to its neglect of a fireat public duty. The "moonlight THURSDAY EVENING, i schools" are a step In the right dlrec i tfon. They ought to be a hint and an incentive to other Southern States. A Federal judgeship Is vacant In Nebraska. We don't exactly see how this can be split flfty-flfty between the Bryan and Hitchcock factions. WHERE WE STAND THE American dollar rules the financial world—not through the wisdom of the Democratic law makers but through the folly of those European rulers who precipitated the most ruinous war in the world's his tory. Our own economic system is Just as weak at the foundation to-day as it was in July, 1914, when the bal ance of trade was running higher and higher against us. We have been saved from disaster, not by our own action, but by the extreme necessities of our unfortunate cousins across the Atlantic. Foolish, foolish indeed, the man who deludes himself with the idea that such an economic structure can endure beyond the day when its foundation falls. RomperDkyhascome and gone—aside from Christmas and the Fourth of July the biggest holiday of the year for the children of Harrlsburg. It marks the milestone between the vacation and the long stretch of school life beyond. Much of the success of the celebration Is due to the continued generosity of Samuel Kunkel. Without his entertainment at luncheon the day would lose much of Its zest. The boys and girls look upon him as their patron saint. He deserves j as much pleasure in giving as the little folks have In receiving—which Is say ing very much Indeed. THE PROGRESS OF THE FRENCH NEWS comes from Paris that French war horses will soon be painted a color designated as "horizon blue," which is calculated to render them inconspicuous at a dis tance. The French have thoroughly investigated all the best methods of dyeing and have discovered that the horizon blue merges most completely with the sky line. It Is characteristic of the way In which the French have been quietly but effectively organizing and Is a remarkable contrast to their condition at the beginning of the war, when they were forced to go into the field with dark blue tunics and red caps and trousers. The "horizon blue" is now used for both horses and men, and Is an attractive color to look upon. Permanganate of potash was flrst tried by the war department, follow ing the discovery of Dr. Lepinay, of the Society of Comparative Pathology, that this solution would make the horses nearly invisible at a moderate distance. It was found, however, that this irritated the horses, so a special mixture of methylene with tannin was tried and proved satisfactory. Care must be taken in applying it to the horse's side, but, once coated with it, the horse is as good as covered with the magic invisible cloak of mythical fame for a lengthy period. Those who have read Richard Harding Davis' war zone observations may conclude that the French have seen the German "invisible blue" uni form and have gone it one better. WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT THOUGH the people of this coun try undoubtedly want a perman ent, nonpartisan tariff commis sion they don't want it appointed by a Democratic President who will select a majority of its members from among men who are opposed to a scientific protection tariff. They want a tariff commission created by the friends of the protec tion principle. They want it to ascer tain the facts and submit those facts to Congress for Its guidance in deter mining the amount of duty necessary to give the American wage-earner adequate protection from the cheap labor of foreign countries. They want a tariff commission not subservient to the White House, but acting in its own right and according to its own judgment under authority of law definitely prescribing its pow ers and duties. They want a com mission governed by law and under no obligations to a Democratic Presi dent who opposes the principle of a protective tariff. MALIGNING THE GOVERNOR THAT type of political reformer who never sees any good in a candidate for public office who is not of his own selection is con spicuous just now through his alleged concern for the dear people of Phila delphia where the choice of a maydr is now uppermost in the public mind. Because Governor Brumbaugh has manifested some interest In the situ ation on the Republican side he is being denounced as a boss and a gen erally dangerous person, notwith standing this message which he, en route to the Pacific coast sent to the Republican chairman In Philadelphia: The paramount consideration to my mind is to nominate and elect a Mayor who will give to Philadel phia a capable and conscientious administration and who Is a loyal supporter of national Republican principles, who should be a mail of unquestioned integrity, with vision and courage, who will know no master save the sovereign peo ple of Philadelphia, and who will allow no man or group of men. no faction or combination of factions, to Influence his actions as Mayor, who should be a true and active friend of our great industries and do his utmost to make Philadelphia what her Industrial leaders and workers and other good citizens desire her to be. He should always act openly and impartially. He should love .the city so well that he will always strive for her good and decry her false friends and her open enemies. I have no candidate. The people unhampered 3hould choose their Mayor. If their choice Is an ap pointive officer of the State Govern ment. while I should regret to lose his services. I would not selfishly oppose such a choice. Urge all Republicans to take a lofty view of the situation and, lay ing aside all considerations, do the thing that Is worthy of the great city of Philadelphia. What more or less could the Gov ernor have said regarding the selec tion of the chief magistrate of the metropolis of the State? Of courflt-, his motive will be questioned by the so-called reform element, but the fair minded people of Pennsylvania are not going to he further deceived by the pretense of righteousness and un selfishness that has characterized the so-called reform campaigns of recent years. 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT [ ' Our idea of neutrality Is a man walk ing to avoid showing partiality to a Jitney or street car.—Nashville Ten- I neesean. The flrst woman jitney driver has ?,PP e S. r ®® ' n Washington. Before long they 11 carry Congress.—New York Evening sun. a . re,,cf " must be for those tired businessmen" at Plattsburg to escape from Broadway musical shows *° r * . whole month.—Philadelphia North American. This country probably will never be wholly on a basis of preparedness un tu Captain Hobson and the Colonel get the same party ' —Boston THE COI.ONBL AT PLATTSBURG TFrom the New York Sun.l Anything so foolish as an attempt by the Executive to hold General Leonard Wood responsible for Colonel Roosevelt's utterances at Plattsburg surpasses the longest range of credi bility. Secretary Garrison Is not only a man of strong common sense but also a man with an active sense of humor, in this case his Influence with the administration ought to be suffici ent to save It from making itself ri diculous. 1" or that part of Colonel Roosevelt's speech which emphasized the import ance of national preparedness, which discussed the maleficent workings of ifi P. eac ,° at any price propaganda, and wnlch vigorously exposed and denounc ed the true character of blpatriotlsin, the senior ex-President of the United States deserves the thanks of the coun try. It was a public service of which he and his friends may well be proud. On the other hand. Colonel Roosevelt's personal attack on the President wns so clumsy In conception, so childishly violent in expression, and so mani festly inspired by a mistaken idea of political opportunity, that nobodv but himself Is In any degree injured by the unfortunate diatribe. WATTERSON WOULD HANG 'EM Henry in the Louisville Courier-Journal, Saturday, said: "It Is the last straw that bleaks the camel s back. Long ago should Count von Bernstorff been given his pass ports; now-he must go, and along with him the whole Imperial outfit will have to walk the plank. The country has suffered enough In its dignity and In Its peace. "Invaded by a horde of secret service tigents, who found here a body of re servists already organized and pre pared to meet them, there has been no time when Germany was not making war upon us. His hirelings have threatened us with civil strife. They bave threatened us with political de duction. The time has come when we shall send the officials away and com- P<?l the domestic leaders, the subsidized editors and volunteer spies to know their place. "It may be that not until wo have hanged a few of them will they learn that the United States is a Govern ment, and that America belongs to the Americans. "We have neither right nor reason to doubt the President. His attitude admits of no further parley, equivoca tion or delay. The people en masse de mand the suspension of all relations with Germany, and we believe lie will promptly answer the summons. Berlin will ascertain, when it is too late, where we stand. To hell with the Hohenzol lerns and all his agents, his works, his ways, and up with the flag of the re public." PARK SINGING [From the Kansas City Star.] That "singing in the parks" sugges tion, made by some thoughtful women to the park board, ought to catch on at once. It will if the park board gives it a chance. Vocal soloists and spontaneous choruses along with the band concerts would be something fine. It would have the effect of old time congregational sinking in the churches. l< or some reason, most of America's public musical expression is done by proxy. But look how choral festivals and pqpular choruses "take." Suppose there were gathered together all the voices that here and there and every where sing everything, from "China town, My Chinatown," to "Nearer. My God, to Thee;" and sucrose all those voices were let loose in a bunch, with an extra good singer giving the start, woukln t that be great? Americans are naturally a musical people, and if Americans who "just growed' here weren't, still there have come here enough Italians and Ger mans and Russians and sweet singers in Israel to make us so. Anything that Be , t , K » the P eo P'e together on a more self-forgetful plane than taking jobs or hired girls or baseball or dresses is fine. These art stunts, like singing and dancing folk dances and so on, are common with all the European "folks," and it all lends color and zest and a sort of communal and neighborly and national feeling among them that counts a lot In their lives. Let's have the park band. But let's have the park singing, too "to beat the band. AMERICAN TRUCKS IX FRANCE w - F. Bradley describes in The Com mercial Vehicle the shipping to France from this country late in 1914 of 220 trucks. At the time of his writing the trucks were on the piers at Havre or in I'rench military depots, but were soon destined to And their wav to places within sound of big guns, if not within their actual range. Apart from the significance of this shipment as an incident of the war, Mr. Bradley found a further and perhaps deeper meaning in the fact that these were the flrst American trucks which had ever run on French roads. Except for the exist ence of war, they would never have gained admission to France because of French prejudices and the French tariff. Once they reached France, however, they were likely to serve an excellent purpose In dispelling French distrust of American trucks, and hence promised to lead to further shipments after the war. TOLL ROADS IN LANCASTER It is said Lancaster county has the greatest number of toll roads in Penn sylvania. About twenty miles of these are included in the proposed Lincoln Highway. In traveling from Philadelphia to Gettysburg, the following tolls are ex acted: Overbrook to Paoll, 70 cents- Westminster to Lancaster. 25 cents- Lancaster to Columbia, 25 cents; Co lumbia to Wrightsville, via Pennsyl vania Railroad bridge (car and four persons), 10 cents; Wrightsville to J ork, 18 cents; York to Gettvsburg, 29 cents. This makes a total of $2.07 for the trip. The next toll paid, according Is 15 cents to cross the Mississtppi to members of the local organization | river at St. Louis. THIS COW HOLDS ~A WORLD'S RECORD Following are the facts about a cow with a world's record, taken from the current issue of Farm and Fireside: "The world's record for butterfat production is again broken, this time by the stable mate of the former world champion, who held the title for only three months The new dairy queen is a Holstein-I-riesian cow, Flnderine Pride Johanna Rue No. 121083. '■She gave In one year 28.403.7 pounds of n\Jlk, equal to 12,211 quarts, or over nine gallons a day. ThiH milk contain ed 1.176.47 pounds of butterfat, equal to over four pounds of butter a day. She halls from New Jersey. GENEROIS AM KIU CA In the recently Issued report of the commission for the relief of Belgium, it Is found that since the first cry of the homeless Belgian women and chil dren went up, America has sent them a total of *80,000,000 worth of food. The United States alone has contribut ed 458,216 tons, and adding the contri bution of Canada and other countries the aggregate relief furnished for the year in foodstuffs alone. Is estimated at approximately two billion pounds. Fourteen ships, with a total tonnage of 91,600 fly the flag of the commission and considerable support is thought to be required the coming winter. — Wllllamsport Sun. PROSPERITY, SAYS EDISON Thomas A. £dlson predicts seven years of prosperity for the United States, while others* think that when the Republicans return to power their stay will last much longer.—Hagers town Herald. BAMUSBURG TELEGRAPH i i | fotULc* in *Pt>vKOifCc<uua By the Kx-Oommitteemjui Now that the Philadelphia mayoral ty situation is on a fair way to be set tled and a harmony candidate placed before the people by the Republicans attention is being given to registration. The registration is on to-day in Phila delphia, Pittsburgh and Scranton, and it is expected that it will show an even stronger "back to the party" move ment than in the third class cities. In I the two big cities the Bull Moose or ganization has gone to pieces and the Democrats will not even trade with the remnants. Much Interest Is being taken in the Philadelphia registration which showed 272,871 last year and 296,566 in tho last mayoralty cam paign. Last year 98,000 registered on the first day. The Democrats do not seem to have been able to do much in the registra tion- in the third class cities and the Washington party registration Is gen erally as big a farce as It is here. In Lancaster three-fourths of 3,583 per sons who registered were Republicans and In Johnstown 4,777 persons have been listed, the Republicans predomi nating, it is the same in Erie and Wilkes-Barre. Even In Allentown and Easton scarcely any attention has been given by Democrats to registration. —The Philadelphia mayoralty sit uation was the topic of interest not only in Harrisburg but in other cities to-day and the closest attention was given to bulletins on the developments. Capitol Hill was tremendously Inter ested as the Philadelphia situation means much to the nation. —E. M. Reed, of New Hampshire, has succeeded A. Mitchell Palmer on the finance committee of the Demo cratic national committee. One by one the rosei fade. —Senator Richard V. Farley, who is a candidate for county commissioner on the Democratic ticket in Philadel phia is having trouble over his peti tions. They are reported defective. George F. Holmes, newspaperman, well known here. Is a candidate for commissioner on the Washington tick et and also put in a Democratic peti tion. —A Pottsville dispatch says that 2204 Republicans, 694 Democrats and 72 Bull Moosers have registered In that hitherto strong Washington party city. Selah. • —Collector B. F. Davis, of the Ninth district, continues to top off Republi can heads to make way for Democrats. Deputy Collector Jacob R. Windolph, in the service twenty 'ye&rs, was suc ceeded by George \V. Byerly, of Lan caster, son-in-law of Jacob Pontz, a Lancaster Democratic leader. Wil liam J. Dunn, Steelton, has been ap pointed a deputy collector to fill a vacancy. The executive committee of the Pub lic Service Commission of One Hun dred in Philadelphia yesterday decid ed to recommend this ticket to be in dorsed by the General Committee: Mayor, George D. Porter; city Solici tor, James Alcorn: recorder of deeds, Max Herzberg; controller, Eugene J. McAleer; coroner, Dr. John W. West; clerk of court of quarter sessions, Harry E. Walter. —Dauphin county political situation is attracting considerable attention throughout the State because of the noisy part the Dauphin Democrats have insisted upon occupying in State politics the last few years. The-com plete collapse of fusion In the State campaign last Fall disgusted many Democrats and they have been sur prised that the leaders in this center of factional Democratic strife should try It again. —County Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil flled a petition signed by over 2 9,000 persons in his campaign for re nomination In Allegheny county. The commissioner has been leaking a great fight in Pittsburgh and In the county. —Reading has a smaller flock of candidates for council than expected. It has only twenty-three. It has a woman candidate for the school board and four candidates for mayor. —Forty-three persons have filed pe titions to be candidates for council men in Pittsburgh. —York registered 7,300 voters to date. The Republicans are ahead in the city by 220. —A woman endeavored to be a candidate for clerk of the courts In York county, but her petition was refused. —Somerset county has one of the biggest lists of candidates known In a long time and lively primary contests ore In sight for every nomination in both Democratic and Republican parties. —Johnstown has now five candi dates for mayor and thirty-five for council, while seven want to be cltv controller. There are 155 candidates for county nominations In Cambria. WOOD'S COMMON SENSE [From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.] General Wood's very free and frank exposure of the "volunteer" follv ai the Plattsburg camp ought to go a long way toward bringing the country to its senses. Enamored of phrases, ob livious to facts, indeed Incapable of un derstanding them, Bryan Is at his old tricks of palming off a nostrum as a sure cure-all, a specific, a panacea for militarism. And just as the most un conscionable of the village medicine fakers by his loud and Irresponsible claims may disturb the public belief In sound and sane medicine, so Doctor Bryan is making a desperate effort to fight "preparedness" with his quack substitute, "something Just as good and better than the real thing." Into this campaign of do-nothingism General Wood has thrown a few bombs, and they are timely. You cannot impro vise soldiery over night: defense is not a matter of rhetorical intention; wars are not by oratory; and, as all facts show, when we shall need as defenders trained men, it is to men like General Wood the country will turn for sugges tion and not to the vapid visionary out in Nebraska. LIGHTNING HIT HEIt EARHINGS Jewelry W«« Torn From New York Girl'* Earn, hut She Eneaped Injury [From the New York Herald.] Plattsburg, N. Y. During a severe rainstorm here recently, Miss Rose Bai ley, at Foster's Hotel. Bluff Point, was struck by a bolt of lightning which tore the earrings from her ears and made her unconscious. Miss Bailey and Mrs. Foster, wife of the proprietor, were standing at the open kitchen window, as was the chef, watching the approaching storm. Fol lowing a loud crash of thunder, the three were blinded by a flash of light ning which struck Miss Bailey on the left shoulder and Mrs. Foster on thi right shoulder. The chef was knocked down, but unhurt. Miss Bailey's ear rings were found on the floor, one of them a misshapen mass. A few minutes later lightning knock ed several chauffeurs to the ground Neither the hotel nor the garage wai damaged. The storm did considerablt damage about this city. QUESTION! ■" [From the Trenton Dallv Stato Ga zette.] If God Is with the Emperor of Ger many, who Ib with the victims of the Lusitania? QUICKEST RETURNS [From the Aitoona Tribune.l Young Writer—"What magazine will give me the highest position quickest, Literary Friend—"A powder maga zine, if you send in a fiery article." THE CARTOON OF THE DAY EARNING A LIVING Harrisburg, like all cities, is not without its afflicted blind. L. R. Ney, the artist of tills city, has sketched one of the blind men who make their living playing music at the street corners. ' -v CITIES BUILT By Frederic J. Haskin v Those who hold that new towns should be laid down with an intelli gent appreciation of the possibilities of their developing into great cities of the future, that provision should be made for order and convenience as a substitute for chance and chaos Buch as exist in the average city plan, have this year been furnished with two ideal working models. Two towns on the map have been preconceived and created along lines that provide for model municipalities of the future. These towns are Anchorage, in Alaska, and Hopewell, in Virginia. They are not mere collections of slab sided shanties such as were thrown together in the cities of mushroom growth a generation ago. They are modern, well organized communities, laid out after a definite, preconceived plan in which the future needs of a municipality have been well consid ered. Anchorage is the youngest city In Uncle Sam's domain, If not in the whole world. It. has sprung up since April 10, the date of the approval by the President of the route of the Alaskan railroad. Anchorage will be the southwestern or tidewater ter minal of the new railroad and is ex pected to become the metropolis of that part of the world. It Is less than six months since a post office was established. The town then boasted but three shanties and a couple of supply shacks. Now Its population closely approximates 5,000. It has a score of commercial estab lishments approaching the department store type, jewelry stores, shoe stores, fish, meat and produce markets, lum ber yards, barber shops, laundries, moving picture theaters and telephone exchanges. It has a wide-awake news paper. which printed its first edition from the shelter of a canvas tent, and i any number of live, hustling real es-' tate agents. The United States Land Office com-1 pleted the survey of Anchorage only The Searchlight I PLANT OR ANIMAL? The distinctions between plant and animal organisms are supposed to be clearly defined and easily recognizable. Yet a tiny creature Is now puzzling scientists, which possesses the lead ing characteristics of both. It is known as Volox globator. Some claim it is neither a plant or an ani mal. Others claim it is both—a con dition which sounds truly impossible. The strange little being lives in fresh water, assembled in globe-like clusters or colonies. Each individual organism has vibratory cilia or flag ella which enable the colony com posed of several thousand to move as one body. Reproduction is both sexual, as in animals, and a sexual as in cryptoga mous plans, so volox globator is claimed by both the botanist and the zoologist. It is a microscopic organ ism of no known value or use, but these facts do not detract from its interest to the scientist. CRIPPLING RURAL MAIL SERVICE [Wilmington Evening Journal] It will be well for Delaware farm ers and others to keep in mind the fact that the failure of the Democrats to pass the postoffice appropriation 1)111 In the last Congress has shame fully crippled the rural free delivery service. Speaking generally, members of Congress declare that complaints they are receiving from both rural car riers and patrons have been more nu merous and bitter In the last few monthß than for years before. 1 Our Daily Laugh W fm? ff COULD HEAR f 1 "WELL. * M *• Pkrog: Walt a minute, I JSjjjr- ' have a secret to j||| Mr. Rabbit: Spring it, I'm all XTVE RV*»TWVT _ DOWN ON him. Tou should fjfr\ love your ene- Can't do It, par- | I fflfij ion, there are too! many of them. I / <dl| used to be a base- |] m| &All umpire. Hi 1111 SEPTEMBER 2, 1915. a few weeks ago and now titles may be secured to town lots. The Secre tary of the Interior ordered the lots arranged after a carefully prepared Plan so that the physical aspects of the town should meet aJI the require ments of an up-to-date city. The lots generally are 60 by 140 feet In size and are arranged upon streets 80 feet wide. Public parks, playgrounds and tennis courts have already been laid out. The first survey included 1,178 lots, most of which were promptly sold at an average price of S3OO each, or about $1,600 per acre. With the exception of two or threo homestead claims, which, when title Is G r .an<ed, will P ut their owners Into the millionaire class, the land surrounding Anchorage still belongs to the govern ment, so there is no obstacle placed upon the development of a model city. Itf building is not a real estate boom, but is based upon a sound industrial and commercial foundation. Uncle Sam Is the chief land owner and through the Department of the In terior and the Reclamation Service has planted many towns in the West and reduced city planning to a science. Hopewell is the youngest industrial city in the United States. A year ago its site was a peaceful Virginia farm a few miles from Petersburg. Then industry waved its magic wand and planted a great factory In the soli- U has a Population of 2i>.000 and is growing daily. So metro politan is Hopewell that municipal in formation is printed In five different languages. A liberal percentage of native Americans, in the professional and commercial class, however are enthusiastically aiding in planning a city capable of ideal civic attainment. Hopewell was founded as the perma nent center for a large manufacturing plant supplying munitions of war to European nations. Its plans were based upon the full recognition of the [Continued on Page 5.] j The State From Day to Day! v We are reminded by the WUkes- Barre Record that September 6 marks the birthday of General Lafayette. It also comments on the fact that had it not been for his aid and influence the outcome of American independ ence might not have been the same. The general had nine first narpes, with all due respect to his memory. » • • It Is fitting to print at this time, perhaps, the views of a correspondent of the Williamsport Gazette and Bul letin. as to the sort of men who should not be chosen for city councilmen. He says:- Avoid men with hobbies. Avoid men with no personality. Avoid men lacking strong personal will. Avoid men courting favor. Avoid men seeking notoriety. Avoid victims of flattery. • • • This borrowing -of our American girls to be European war nurses for a time is all right—but it's no fair keeping them so long.—Reading News Times. * » • "Eulogizing the bivalve" is the delicious phraeseology of the York Daily in describing one of the services which the new government cookbook performs. The title of-the book is "Oysters: The Food That Has Not 'Gone Up.' " Not for twenty-five years has the oyster Increased in cost; but then tfie oyster always was an ex clusive submarine. • • • Statistics printed in the Wilkes- Barre Evening News show that dur ing the month of August in that city 134 cases of contagious diseases were reported. Whooping cough leads with S2 eases, tuberculosis second with 20, typhoid fever 13, diphtheria 8. measles 4, mumps 3, chicken pox 2, scarlet fever 2. • • • The jitney as an instrument of death is taking toll pretty regularly In Wilkes-Barre. Four fatalities have occurred within a few months and are becoming entirely too frequent for comfort. The jitney Is a con venient method of locomotion, but cannot expect to compete with express trains. ÜBJCI-E SAM'S BIG CROPS Washington announces definite pros pects of the greatest crops this vear of any raised by any country in history. Conservative estimates place wheat at 366.000,000 bushels, while corn is reck oned at 2,918.000.000 btishels. Further estimates are: Oats, 1,402,000,000 bushels; barley, 217,000,000: rye, 44,- 000,000; rlee, 30,000,000; buckwheat, 18.- 000,000; potatoes, 431,000,000. All of these are substantial gain* over lasi | year's records. j lEtomttg (Eijat One only needs to notice the crowds attending the "movies" and the vaude ville to note that something has hap pened to the weather that has spiked the attractions of the parks and the outdoor amusement places. The mov ing picture places have been thronged during the afternoons and in the even ings the seats have all been occupied. The "movie" men say that the chanift began when the cool weather came along and they appear to be consid erably gratified over it. On the other hand, people at the amusement parks lose the power of coherent speech when asked what they think about the season that has just, gone by and the Reservoir Park policemen tell of sum mer days that were unmarred by rains and when the evenings were delightful and not occasions for one taking a walk with an umbrella under one's arm. The river front benches are almost 100 cool for spooners. • • » • Old rivermen are gleefully rubbing their hands these days in anticipation of the splendid bass and salmon fish ing which they expect as soon as the river clears up a little more. The cold weather of the last two weeks has chilled the water and big catches o* the fish, made more gamey by the chilly waters, are expected. Fishing in falls and rifiles does not usually start until the latter part of Septem ber, but those who know claim that if weather conditions hold for several days they will be able to catch up with some of their summer fishing, which ha* been spoiled by the floods. "From all indications," said one old fisher man. "limit catches will be made. The fish are now feeding around the grass patches, but for some unaccountable reason don't seem to rise to bait, very well near their feeding places. In falls and ripples will be the place to get them." The high school student who reads in vacation says: "People who read closely the facts of the European war often have wondered which country was the first one to use metal In mak ing weapons. According to some au thorities, India was the first country to use Iron to make weapons. Persia followed. The best of these were sup posed to have been made in Northern India, where many beautiful designs are still made on different arms. Some of the oldest records of the world, it is said, accredit India with being the country that turned out the first weapons of iron." What has been done by Harrisburg in the way of improvement of its sani tary condition in the last dozen vears and what the Capital City will do to bring about the establishment of a model system was told at the conven tion of the Third Class City League in Reading to-day hy C. A. Emerson, Jr., chief engineer of the State Depart ment of Health. Mr. Emerson was on the program as the representative of Dr. Dixon's department and ex plained the work of the department in securing betterment of sanitary con ditions throughout the State and the saving of life that has resulted be cause of improved water supplies and modern sewer systems. Mr. Emerson has been giving considerable attention to the Harrisburg work and referred to It. • • • An automobile party of fourteen was at the Commonwealth Hotel last evening and all but one had the same family name. The party was on a tour of the State and stopped* horff> with something like a dozen others. More automobile parties have been here this week than in any week all summer. Incidentally, the Grangers' Picnic is attracting a good many people here. • « • Among those here yesterday for the long distance talk to San Francisco was D. A. Orr, owner of the Chambers burg Valley Spirit, and for several years president of the Patriot com pany, one of the most virile newspaper writers of the State. Mr. Orr retains his admiration for Harrisburg and during a short walk about the city ex pressed his delight at the progress the city had made. He warmly praised its improvements. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Representative W. M. Hamilton, of Pittsburgh, Is the head of the new tuberculosis hospital in that city. —Dr., W. P. Young, of Butler, has returned from a visit to New York State. —Executive Controller S. C. Todd is visiting Ex-Governor Tener in Massa chusetts. —E. T. Stotesbury, the Philadelphia, banker, Is home from San Francisco. —Councilman Robert Garland, of Pittsburgh, is heading a movement to give the Liberty Bell a reception In that city. —Col. Samuel Moody, the Pennsyl vania Railroad's western traffic man ager, has gone to San Francisco. | DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg Is distributing point for materials for the big telegraph companies? HISTORIC HARRISBURG The Pennsylvania canal was put into operation through tills city in 1831. IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph, Sept. 2, 1868.] Union Convention Next Week The Cumberland County Union Convention will be held next week with the first session Monday morn ing. 1000 Cavalrymen Here The Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, numbering one thousand men, ar rived here to-day direct from Macon. Ga. Blind Tom Giving Concerts Blind Tom, the colored pianist who has created a sensation throughout the country, is giving concerts in this city for several days. * •< The Empty Trees ; Why pole the trees that have no persimmons on them? In other words why waste ad vertising money on large sec tions of the country where there is little or no hope of returns? Why not concentrate on the place where business is ripe? In other words why not adver tise in the newspapers of the cities where the goods are well distributed? This kind of use of the pole lands the greatest quantity of •ripe and juicy fruit. ——— * \ * ■■""" SECOND FLY CONTEST of the Civic Club for 1915. August Ist to September 2Stt>. Viva cent* a pint for all files, and many prises In sold. I v
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