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SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16
Houtrtr fexv of the other good things
icf life are thy lot, the best of all things,
which is innocence, is aluvys within thy
bum powqr. — Fielding.
CUT-OUT MANIACS
THERE is growing complaint
throughout the city over the in
fernal din caused by the use of
rut-outs on automobiles and motor
cycles within the city limits. It is bad
enough when these noisy devices dis
turb the countryside, but there can be"
no excuse whatever for such a racket
as is heard dally and nightly upon the
streets of Harrisburg.
If th£ members of the police force
■were as vigilant as they might be,
especially those of the motor squad,
the cut-out violations would soon
cease. Threats of personal violence
to chronic offenders in this respect are
frequently heard and unless the police
department intervenes to stop the
nuisance, private citizens may be al
most excused for compelling in their
own way obedience to the regulations
prohibiting the use of tfie cut-outs on
the city streets.
It is openly "Charged that Mayor
[Royal's Indifferent policy respecting
the punishment of all such offenders
Is directly responsible for the con
tinuance of t,he practice and the in
creasing annoyance that comes from
the unnecessary noise of joy-riders
and motorcycle cranks who seem to
think that disturbance of law-abiding
citizens is a legitimate feature of their
nocturnal jaunts.
Nor Is the cut-out the only thing
demanding the immediate attention of
the police department. Reckless
speeding on the prominent streets of
the city must be stopped if life and
limb are to be safeguarded. It is a
common thing to see reckless motor
ists rush along the residential streets
at a speed of forty or fifty miles .in
hour, punctuating their screeching
cut-outs and horns with blood-curdling
at the midnight hour.
It is not to be expected that the
patrolman on foot can appreh'end
these offenders, but the motorcycle
squad was established for this very |
purpose and it ought to be an easv
matter for these officers to make ar
rests and stop the racket. But the
practice will not cease so long as
Mayor Royal dismisses the culprits
•with a wave of the hand and a few
Remarks.
THE TARIFF SCARE
PRESIDENT WILSON and his son
in-law, the Secretary of the
Treasury, are manifestly dis
turbed over the receding Income of
the government and a climbing deficit.
Realizing that the Democratic free
trade experiment has threatened the
very foundations of ' prosperity and
happiness for the people of the United
States, .which calamity has been tem
porarily bridged by the unexpected
(revenues growing out of the purchase
of war materials for the European
/belligerents, the administration at
"Washington is now considering some
revision of the Underwood tariff law
"with a view to increasing the revenues.
■But the real scheme is to save the
Tresldent's face and prevent a panic
in the event of a sudden cessation of
the war In Europe.
It has heen suggested over and over
since the Rpffublican protective
tariff was discarded by the Democratic
Congress and a free-trade measure
substituted therefor that-a radical re
versal of the Democratic position was
Inevitable. Only the extraordinary
and unexpected purchase of supplies
hy the fighting nations abroad has
served to cover up measure
the defects of the present tariff system
and the alleged purpose of President
Wilson and Secretary McAdoo to force
changes In the customs duties at the
fipproaching session of Congress indi
cates their alurm over the situation.
President Wilson is doing some
ground and lofty tumbling nowadays
to square himself with the people. His
"watchful waiting" policy in Mexico
has been the joke of the world and
has resulted in an intolerable situation
along our southern border. Also, he
declared against a policy of prepared
ness as outlined 'in a definite army and
XHLVV prnt/ru rre yo'.i y oan now
SATURDAY EVENING,
realizes that he must change front on
this proposition and go along with the
sentiment of his pountrymen.
Less than a year ago the President
declared that he must he guided by
his party as tho policies of that party
were indicated by the Baltimore conven
tion and then turned down the woman
suffragists without a blink of the eye.
Within the week, however, he has de
clared his support of the "votes for
women" propaganda. And so it goes
along the entire line of the wavering
administration now in power.
But the one thing which the Presi
dent and his son-in-law—the custodian
| of the government funds—insist upon
notwithstanding the outspoken dis
approval of the people is a, govern
ment-owned merchant marine. Hav
ing approved ir. the last second of the
time allotted him the infamous La Fol
lette bill, which 'has driven the Ameri
can flag from the seas, the President
and his son-in-law now declare that
government ownership of merchant
vessels is the one great "policy" which
the administration will urge upon the
pliant Democrats when Congress re
convenes.
Private enterprise is to be discour
aged through a scheme of government
ownership of these vessels and nothing
that men of action who understand
the situation can say appears to have
any effect whatever upon the adminis
tration bosses. Of course, a few Demo
crats here and there resent the Presi
dent's arbitrary stand on the question,
but they haven't the sand to oppose
him. It may be, however, that a sum
mer spent among their constituents
will be shown to have had some in
fluence upon the representatives of
the people in the Senate and House
when they return to Washington in
December.
It is plainly the purpose of Secre
tary McAdoo to take advantage of the
public demand for national prepared
ness in the issuing of Imnds so as to
conceal so far as possible the diminish
ing revenues resulting from Demo
cratic tariff blundering.
Meanwhile, the citizens of the United
States who are more concerned about
the welfare of the country and its
people than anything else are not be
ing deceived by the present activity'of
the Wilson administration in the mat
ter of tariff revision, ship building
schemes, army and navy enlargement
find the other features of their pre
liminary campaign.
"TELEGRAPH" BY AEROPLANE
ELECTRICITY is becoming the
great propulsive force of the
world. , We are now to have the
tig American dreadnaught California
pushed through the water by elec
tricity at high speed. But this is not
all. We are further assured that the
syndicate which has taken over the
Wright patents will develop the aero
plane so as +o make it as common as
the automobile.
Think of it! Nocturnal joy-riders
overturning our chimneys, upsetting
our blrdhouses, destroying our flag
poles and anon upsetting the dignified
statue on the dome of the Capitol and
the spires of our churches. Even the
<ave dwellers had some advantages
over present-day civilization.
Discussing the Wright prospect, the
ftew York Sun feelingly observes:
The humble pedestrian and nature
lover will then have to forego his
pleasures and isolate himself in
covered and protected ways. Im
agine the air and the land on holi
days and Sundays full of whirring
aeroplanes and honking automo
biles! Ob. then, for a lodge on a
desert rock!
And this Is not a fanciful picture.
The telephone and the wireless and
the automobile were all unknown a
little span ago Within the generation
the Telegraph will be delivered every
evening to its thousands of happy
readers by wide-spreading aeroplanes
with active boys dropping the bundles
hither and thither and yon.
MARKET STREET SUBWAY
IT is so obviously necessary that
something be done without delay
to improve traffic conditions in
Market street at the Pennsylvania
Railroad subway that the City Plan
ning Commission and the other city
authorities should lose no time in
reaching a conclusion. We believe
that both the Pennsylvania and Phila
delphia and Readlnfe railroad com
panies will co-operate with the city in
solving a problem which is growing
worse every day, and when it Is solved
it should be in a broad and compre
hensive way.
The subway on South Second street
is a fine example of co-operation of
the city with the railroad companies
and there Is reason to believe that the
same intelligent co-operation can be
had in correcting the impossible situ
ation at Market street.
PRESIDENTIAL ALTERNATION
I INTEND to vote for woman suf
frage in New Jersey because I be-
lieve the time has come to extend
that privilege and responsibility to the
women of the State of New Jersey,
but I shall vote not as the leader of
my party in the nation, but only upon
my private conviction as a citizen of
New Jersey, callod upon by the Legis
lature of the State to express his-xon
viction at the polls. I thirjk that New
Jersey will be greatly benefited by the
change."—President Wilson, in a pub
lic announcement, October 6.
"I have not yet presented to any leg
islature my private views on any sub
ject, and I never shall, because I con
ceive that to be a part of the whole
process of Government, that I shall
be spokesman for somebody, not for
myself."—President Wilson to the
National American Woman Suffrage
Association, when, headed by Dr. Anna
Shaw, they called at the White House
December 8, 1913, to enlist his aid in
the cause of woman suffrage.
"Until the party as such has consid
ered a matter of this very supreme
importance and taken its position, I
am not at liberty to speak for it; and
yet I am not at liberty to speak as an
Individual, for I am not an individual.
As you sec, I either speak to it in a
inessaga. or 1 do net sneak at all."—.
President Wilson to a deputation of
working women who requested a pres
idential message to Congress favoring
woman suffrage, February 2, 1914.
It is remarkable how the approach
of a political campaign will enlighten
the views of an aspirant for re-elec
tion.
'FTTITLCA IK
By the Ex-Committeeman
The clauses of Pennsylvania's non
partisan Judicial nomination law rela
tive to the making of candidates re
ceiving more than fifty per cent, of
the vote sole nominees came in for
some hard raps in the Dauphin.county
court late yesterday when Judges
Kunkel and McCarrell heard the two
mandamus proceedings instituted tlnce
Attorney General Brown announced
his ruling on the method of computa
tion. In the action of S. H. Husel
ton, of Pittsburgh, to compel all
names to be certified for the superior
court ballot his attorney, C. W. Kahle,
declared that there were uncertain
ties which jeopardized the fairness of
a return, while George Wentworth
Carr, of Philadelphia, counsel for
Fred S. Drake, a candidate for Court
No. 2, in Philadelphia, said that the i
nonpartisan act had made mischief in
the State. He followed this up by re
marking that clauses were so unin
telligible as to be unenforceable. The
court rendered no decisions and at the
conclusion of an argument lasting
nearly all day asked for briefs.
John G. Johnson, who appeared
with Jesse E. B. Cunningham for some,
of the candidates, contended that the
suitors had failed to make out cases
and that human experience must be
taken into account in determining
what voters intended to do. Mr. Carr
insisted that there were two methods
which had to be used in computing
votes in Philadelphia and that in court
No. 2 the attorney gen
eral's plan really made three sole
nominees for two places. He said that
Joseph Rogers was a sole nominee by
one method while for court No. 4
Thomas D. Finletter was sole nominee
by another. The attorneys in both
cases asked for decisions which would
clarify the procedure, pointing out
that the rules laid down this year
would affect supreme court nomina
tions.
Paul A. Kunkel, Democratic candi
date for district attorney and Detec
tive George Schuyler are canvassing
the county together these days.
Schuyler is said to be Kunkel's cam
paign manager. It is also said that
in case of Kunkel's election he would
be the next county detective.
John H. Eby, county commissioner,
and Harry C. Wells, sheriff, are bat
ting each other all over the back lots
these days in their scramble for the
minority county commlssionershlp.
Both are proceeding on assump
tion that this is a Republican year,
that the best the Democrats can do is
land one of the commissionerships, to
which they are entitled by law, and
each is campaigning with the hope
of being the lucky candidate to get
a majority of the Democratic vote
cast.
—The Republican campaign in
Philadelphia, which it is predicted will
end in a victory by from 100,000 to
130,000 majority, opened in lively
style last night. The Philadelphia
Inquirer to-day says of it: "Initial
meetings of the Republican Mayoralty
campaign were held last night in West
Philadelphia, Manayunk and the
northern section of the city. Thomas
B. Smith, the nominee for mayor, fol
lowed up his progressive platform an
nounced earlier in the week with a
vigorous amplification of a construc
tive policy in which he elaborated
upon his views regarding the imme
diate completion of all public im
provements now under way and the
inauguration of an era of municipal
development and expansion in every
direction. The most sensational fea
ture of the night's campaigning were
attacks made upon George D. Porter,
the Franklin Party nominee for
Mayor and the Blankenburg adminis
tration by John P. Connelly, Re
publican candidate for City Solicitor."
—Senator Boles Penrose Is in Provi
dence to attend a meeting of the
Southern New England Textile Club
where he will deliver an address. A
delegation representing the textile
manufacturers met the Senator upon
his arrival and there was a dinner in
his honor. United States Senator
Lippjtt, former Lieutenant Governor
Burchard and other prominent Rhode
Island Republicans spoke, eulogizing
the Senator as a public man. Senator
Penrose expects to remain in Provi
dence until Sunday night, when he
will leave for Philadelphia.
—From all accounts the Bull Moose
movement in Schuylkill county is
dead. Leßoy Enterline, of Ashiand,
the nominee for County Controller;
John T. Shoener, of Orwigsburg. the
nomine for Prothonotary, and Dr. H.
P. Hess, of Pine Grove, nominee for
Coroner, have notified the executive
committee of the party that they de
cline to run. Wm. E. Moody, of Tre
mont and John H. Heffner of Tamaqu.l
respective candidates for Register of
Wills and Recorder of Deeds are to
follow suit. They will all support the
Republican ticket.
—There will be ry> insurgency in
Allegheny county on the part of Coun
ty Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil.
Yesterday Mr. O'Neil stated that he
wfculd abide by the decision of the Re
publican primary and would not seek
to procure a seat in the commission
ers' office outside the fold of the Re
publican party. At the same time Mr.
O'Neil stated that he did not propose
to retire from active politics, but
would be heard from in the future as
a candidate for some State office. This
statement is acepted as an announce
ment that Mr. O'Neil will be a candi
date for United States Senator next
year or for Governor of Pennsylvania
in 1918. He also intirhates that he
will be one of the leaders in the flght
for local option at the next session of
the Legislature.
A Pittsburgh dispatch to the Phila
delphia Ledger says: "The frauds in
the rerent primary elections have be
come so pronounced in the investiga
tions being carried on by Judges Reid,
Carpenter, Shafer and Evans, that
every one is asking where it is going
to end? Developments to-day in the
office of Alderman P. J. Sullivan indi
cate that the end is far off. Twenty
five additional arrests were made of
election officials from different parts
of the county, hail being given in each
case. Later the men will have a
hearing in the investigations now be
ing conducted."
THIS WAY LIFS HAPPINESS
To watch the corn grow and the
blossoms set; to draw hard breath over
plowshare or spade; to read, to think,
to love, to hope, to pray—these are the
things that make man happy.—
I Raskin.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
AS THE SUFFRAGISTS SEE IT
The hand that rocks the cradle and the hand that rules the world.
| TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE "
—lf we grasp the situation cor
rectly the King of Greece Is entitled
to write the degree of H. P. after his
name. H. P. meaning hen pecked.
—Villa has been killed The
fellow appears to have more lives than
the noted Akund of Swat.
—Shades of Democratic Simplicity!
Have you seen the pictures of the
President's new million dollar summer
home?
—A Dallas man has been awarded
a blue ribbon as a model husband. We
imagine a man like that would take
great delight in wearing a blue rib
bon.
—Our idea of n perfectly good ex
cuse for indigestion is the first sausage
and buckwheat breakfast of the sea
son.
—Tires were probably so named be
cause that's the way they make an
automobile owner feel.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
The Vice-President has had a lot of
fun out of the job. He has been happy
as a schoolboy, and as informal and
unconventional. He saw a joke in the
office every day in the year.—The news
from Washington.
Contemporaneously, the American
people have been gifted with a similar
power of observation.—New York Sun.
A young Chicago girl has married a
74-year-old count, x erhaps she takes
the count now, figuring he'll take the
count soon.—Allentown Chronicle and
News.
The Rood fortune which made the
Hon. John Purroy Mltchel the youngest
Mayor New York has ever had still pur
sues him. Mr. Hearst's newspaper now
abuses him daily.—Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
STEEL TRADE PROSPECTS
[From the Philadelphia Record.]
In view of the astonishing success
which Charles M. Schwab has made of
the Bethlehem Steel Company the re
port, apparently well authenticated,
that he is to secure control of the
Pennsylvania Steel Company brings
some consolation for the passing from
Philadelphia hands of this important in
dustrial plant. It is regrettable that
local interests seem so willing to turn
over to others great establishments
built up through many years of consci
entious work, but so long as they show
this disposition no new ownership could
be so welcome as that which has
achieved such remarkable results at
South Bethlehem. It seems a safe pre
diction that the same aggressive policy
will be followed at the plant at Steel
ton. and that 011 the banks of the Sus
quehanna. as on those of the Lehigh,
new industrial wonders will be worked.
It has long been the contention of
The Record that Eastern Pennsylva
nia. once the seat of the iron and steel
trade of the United States, offers ex
ceptional advantages for a great re
vival in this line of manufacture
through its easy access to the greatest
markets of the country and through
the admirable facilities it enjoys for
obtaining the best of foreign ores
through nearby ports, such as Phila
delphia and Baltimore, and for build
ing up a large export trade t>y ship
ments from these ports. The unusual
success achieved at South Bethlehem
through such advantages, reinforced
by a most aggressive and progressive
management, has confirmed the predic
tions made in these columns. It will
be gratifying if Steelton can be made
to repeat the story of Bethlehem's sud
den rise to fame and great prosperity.
Our Daily Laugh
JUST SO.
"You're a great U i .. pjCka-L
hurch member.
To what sect do I ( 1
rou belong?" 'I • Iffi lj\/j
Jj DISCOUR
k " Then you've
given up the Idea
Xwrirrf/' sj/ of taking singing
Yl<"\ "Yes. I find It
mm I o J would take me
A"' no] (^ree years to
w 3 (? ' learn m to sing as
® I Well aB 1 thought
I I sang already."
NO LUCK AT ALL
By Wing Dinger
I told you yesterday about
That pesky heel Of mine
That's been a-painlng me of late
And caused me oft to whine.
Not chiefly 'cause it pains me, but
Because it keeps me off
The course on Saturday P. M.
While others play at golf.
Last night I doctored it a bit
With liniments, et cet..
And under such care, don't you know,
It did much better get.
I figured out that after all
My game I would not miss
This week, and then we come along
1 And get a day like thia. 1
f -v
THE PANAMA CA
Vl.—Defense and Military Life
By Frederic J. Haskin
V. , J
IF the Panama Canal and the islands
of Guam and Oahu were fortified so
as to be absolutely impregnable,
not only would these important
strategic points in themselves be abso
lutely safe, but not half so many ships
would be necessary for the defense of
our Pacific coast.
If the navy can absolutely rely upon
the use of the Panama Canal in time
of war, and upon Guam and Oahu as
bases of operation, its mobility will be
almost doubled.
This is the expressed opinion of both
army and navy officers who are familiar
with the problem of defense presented
by the Panama Canal. They want more
coast defense batteries and more troops.
They are asking for these, despite the
fact that the Panama Canal is already
formidably defended, because they be
lieve it would be fool-hardy to leave
the great waterway anything short of
impregnable from both land and sea.
Although the exact number and em
placement of the coast defense batter
ies at Panama are necessarily a military
secret, yet it is a well-known fact that
these batteries are very strong. From
the fortified islands of Naos, Perico
and Flemenco at the Pacific end, enemy
ships could be destroyed before they
could possibly get within reach of the
canal itself. The Atlantic end is al
most equally well defended, and money
has now been appropriated for the
building of still further coast defenses.
It Is considered probable that these will
be placed upon Taboga Island, twelve
miles south of Panama City.
In addition to the coast defenses and
mines, the great efficiency shown by
the submarine in the European war
proves that the terminals of the canal
could probably be adequately defended
by these alone.
Drtrniir Just Started
Thus the coast defense problem is
sejn to be very well taken care of, and
the average citizen is apt to consider
that the problem of canal defense ends
there. Military experts, however, make
the somewhat surprising statement that
the defense of the Panama Canal Is
what they call "primarily an Infantry
problem."
Granted that neither entrance to the
canal could be captured, or even ap
proached by an enemy fleet, what if
that fleet defeated our Pacific squadron,
and landed a couple of divisions of
troops, or even a strong force of ma
rines, somewhere along the coast of
Panama?
There semes to b a general Impres
sion abroad that this landing would be
difficult, and that after he had landed,
the enemy would find himself In a
tropical jungle and unable to mobilize.
As Is pointed out by the military
men, there could be no greater mistake,
no more dangerous assumption upon
which to proceed. Along the coast of
Panama on both sides, arid extending
for a considerable distance inland, are
strips of country locally known as
"Sabanas." The Sabanas are a beauti
ful region of little rounded hills with
open valleys between them. They are
covered with short grass, and the hills
are often crowned with Jungle growth,
but the country offers 110 more ob
stacles to the advance of an army than
does the sandy hill country of Arizona,
for example. Furthermore. the Sa
banas are one of the most productive
parts of Panama, and the invaders
could take considerable quantities of
cattle, corn and fruit to support them
selves while besieging the canal.
iiunn Would Prevent Landing
In addition to these facts, it must
be remembered that modern ordnance is
effective at tremendously long ranges.
Our coastvdefense guns can be depend
ed upon to prevent any landing with
in twelve miles of the canal. But the
Germans have successfully bombarded
towns at very nearly twenty miles, and
the English claim to have constructed
a gun that is effective at an even longer
range. Suppose the enemy to have
landed some twenty-odd miles up the
coast from the canal, and to have plac
ed heavy ordnance there! What is to
prevent him from dropping an explo
sive shell on Gatun Locks and putting
the whole canal out of commission? The
f The State From Day to Dayl
«- r
The crews of the Wilkes-Barre Trac
tion Company have struck for an in
crease In wages of eight cents an hour
over the former wage, and to-day
Wilkes-Barre is a-jitneylng. The lat
ter have sprung up with new life and
multiplied like guinea pigs. You might
even say, the streets are rife with
them.
Hunter's license No. 4316 was issued
at Hazleton to a blind man to-day. The
question is, will he aim with his sixth
sense or will he draw upon one of
those four which still remain to him?
Certainly the sense of touch can be
eliminated.
While "robbing pillars" In the aban
doned workings of the Spencer mine,
at Dunmore. two men were entombed
when the surface of the rock caved in.
The work of rescue started immedi
ately.
Movies in Johnstown must be even
more in demand than usual, If the page
of the Tribune devoted to the film
features are any criterion.
"The way politics is carried on is a
revelation to me," remarked one of the
young women employed at Judge Por
ter's headquarters In New Castle, to a
reporter for the News. It is to be
hoped that the revelation did not shock.
There are twelve cases of diphtheria
reported in Wllliamsport.
Fresh from Lebanon comes the news
that the bankers of that town are
keeping abreast of the times and will
establish a clearing house.
The Johnstown Chamber of Com
merce will give a luncheon next Thurs
day In that city, at which Vance C.
McCormlck, of Harrisburg will substi
tute for J. Horace McFarland, who is
unablfe to be present. Mr. McCormick
v. ill speak on "Civic Betterment."
"Old Swedes." officially known In
church circles as Holy Trinity, the
oldest church In America with the pos
sible exception of one in New Mexico,
dates back to 1638. She has Just called
to Wilmington from Wllliamsport the
Rev. Robert Bell to be her new rector.
Hershey is to have band concerts
inca a week by the well-known and
OCTOBER 16, 1915. "
military experts have asked themselves
this question, and the only possible re
ply seems to be that the proper de
fense of the canal requires a garrison
of troops large enough to go out from
the Zone and repel a determined in
vasion.
i Even if the comparatively narrow
strips of Sagana country were blocked
by our troops, the military men say
| that an enemy would have no great
difficulty in advancing through the
Panamanian jungle. It is, for the most
part, a forest of soft growth, having in
it little of the bamboo which makes
many of the Philippine jungles almost
impenetrable. Furthermore, when the
growth Ims been cleared the ground
is hard. With machete-men to clear
the way, troops could advance through
this Jungle at the rate of several miles
an hour.
All of this does not mean that the
canal is really hard to defend. It is
located on a narrow bit of land where
military operations are difficult, and
the hills on either side make splendid
neutral positions. The Government has
now provided for 10,000 troops to be
stationed at Panama by January 1,
1916. The men who are studying the
problem say that a full division of
about 25,000 men would be sufficient to
defend the canal in any emergency.
Thus, the number of troops required
being relatively small, it seems false
economy to keep only half that number
on the ground when It is considered
that not only the great canal itself, but
perhaps the safety of the whole nation,
is at stake.
Troops Arriving
Meantime, the military element is
becoming more and more conspicuous
in Panama as troop after troop arrives
on the isthmus. The frame structure
up and down the canal, which formerly
housed the men that built it. are now
converted into barracks. That efficient,
cock-sure, self-confident chap.the Ameri
can enlisted man. is very much in evi
dence everywhere. In the streets of
Colon and Panama City, on every boat
and railroad train, he may be met with,
serenely taking in the sights, rather
enjoying his new and unique environ
ment. He has already formed dancing
clubs and baseball teams, and a sol
dier's club Is being organized in
Panama City. The deer and tapir of
the Panamanian jungle find that they
have a new enemy upon 'their trail,
armed with a long military rifle.
The presence of the American soldier
in Panama City quickly gave rise to a
problem which has now been happily
solved. Every once In a while ah
American soldier would get into some
sort of an altercation In the street and
a Panamanian policeman would attempt
to arrest h'm. The Panamanian police
man averages only about 120 pounds
In weight. Frequent!" the American
enlisted man would resent being taken
In by such a little fellow. So he would
make prompt and effective resistance,
more policemen would come running
and likewise more soldiers, until there
would be a very lively riot, watched
by a large and Interested crowd of spec
tors.
Form Provost Onnril
These riots figured quite largely In
Panamanian society and Journalism for
some time after the soldiers began to
arrive in large numbers. Then they
suddenly ceased. The solution was
found in the establishment of a provost
guard of American soldiers. These
men were directed to arrest any soldier
guilty of disorderly conduct, and the
Panama police department was per
suaded to leave the matter whollv in
the hands of the provost guard. When
the American enlisted man became a
bit hilarious he found himself being
arrested, very likely, by the first sear
geant of his own company. Whereupon
he not only submitted gracefully, but
was very careful how he started any
thing thereafter.
In Canal Zone society, the military
element is now conspicuous, too. Tropi
cal military full dress adds an attrac
tive touch to the fashionable affairs at
the Hotel Tlvoll, and makes life still
gayer for that much sought and feted
creature—the Canal Zone society girl.
popular Hershey Band, beginning Fri
day. October 22.
Romance is still alive and kicking,
as evidenced by> the elopement of a
young couple of 17 and 18 years, re
spectively, living in Johnstown. The
bridegroom Is the more mature of the
two.
THE SNAKR is CANAL ZONK
[From the New York Sun.]
Culebra is Spanish for snake; while
culebrear, to move like a snake; cule
brino, snaky; culebrona, a woman with
the guile of a serpent, and half a
dozen other derivative words carry
into various secondary meanings the
idea of reptilian cunning, sinuous,
stealthy motion and suddenness and
treachery of attack.
The Culebra Cut was well named.
The name was officially changed some
months ago to Galllard Cut, in honor
of the memory of David Du Bose
Galllard, whose fine mind and life of
great achievement and greater promise
were, crushed out of being in the colls
of this same crafty and treacherous
monster.
Until the Ingenuity and persever
ance of our engineers crush the snake
that crushed Galllard, it would be
well that the cut should continue to be
known as Culebra; for that. is what
it is. When the snake at last is con
quered let the name Galllard reappear
on the official maps.
And people who read with amaze
ment of these unexpected and re
peated writhlngs of the ophidian mon
ster beneath the Isthmus hills, setting
In motion by this latest writhe ten
million cubic yards of obstruction and
blocking the canal to traffic for months
to come, ought to begin to understand
that, this Is not only a question of
superficial landslides but also of un
derlying strata In unstable equilibrium
and of untested mobility and unknown
capacity for mischief.
I JEAN NESS OP SOUL
They soon forgat his works; they
waited not for counsel; but lusted
exceedingly in the wilderness, and
tempted God In the desert. And he
gav« them their request; hut sent lean
ness Into their soul.—Psalms 106:
13-15.
Bob La Follette may have to make
that law more stringent as there's still
one American liner left on the Pacific.
—Columbia State. ,
Bmrtng (EijatJ
"Why does the Gratz fair draw sucje
large crowds?" asked a visitor Thurs
day as he looked out over the seething
mass of humanity thronging tha
grounds.
"You can search me," replied one of
tho fair directors.
And you "can search almost any
body else who has given any thought
to the matter.
| The Gratz fair, which is the coun
terpart of almost any other country
fair of its kind, is unique in the re
spect that it is not on any railroad
'">e- It is eight miles from Gratz to
the branch line at Elizabethville and
fourteen to the mainline at Millers
-5' .There is no special drawing
card at Gratz, although the exhibits
are always well arranged, the races
good and special attractions liberal in
number and good in quality. It is
about as good as the average exhibi
tion "of its kind, but not very much
better. Nevertheless Gratz has drawn
bigger crowds many a time than lots
of the fairs located along the main
lines of the railroads. There were
hundreds of automobiles and wagons
parked there on Thursday—s7so,ooo
worth of autos alone, it was said, and
the attendance included persons from
Northumberland, Lebanon. Schuylkill.
Perry, Juniata and even counties
farther away. Every year it is the
same. The crowds come, have a good
time and then go away to come again
next year.
' The only reason I can give," said
one of the directors, "is that we al
ways give as good an exhibition as
possible for the money available, our
amusements are clean, and, above all,
that fairs are popular with the peo
ple."
The first meeting of any club or
| society in the new Public Library Build
ing will he the gathering of the Har
risburg Rotary Club there next Tues
day evening. In order to initiate the
members fully into the uses and facil
ities of the Library, Miss Eaton, the
librarian, will have an inspection dur
ing which she will explain the work
ings of the institution. While the Ro
tarians are conducting their business
meeting Miss Eaton will entertain
the wives of the members. At the
close of the evening light refreshments
will be served. President Arthur D.
Bacon, who is president of the club,
is a trustee of the library.
The leaves on the trees in the moun
tains above the city are bright with
autumn colors. They are not falling
so early this year .is ordinary, prob
ably because of the very few frosts,
the excessive rainfall and the warm
weather of the present week. Almost
every day sees chestnut parties from
town in-the woods around about and
to-day many hunters will spend their
half-holiday in the country.
« • *
Candidates canvassing the county
find many amusing things, not the
least of which are the relics of other
campaigns in the shape of cards tack
ed on barns, trees and fences. "Vote
for E. E. Beidleman for Senator," was
one of the signs encountered a day or
two ago and a half mile farther up
the road the fact was solemnly an
nounced from a barnside that Dr.
Martin G. Brumbaugh is a candidate
for Governor at the November elec
tions.
Judge Kunkel and Deputy
General Keller ran a tilt in court yes
terday during the argument on the
nonpartisan nomination cases. Mr.
Keller was referring to judicial rulings
in Interpretation of laws and Judge
Kunkel said "This court can't legis
late."
"But it can follow the Supreme
court," suggested Mr. Keller.
"The Supreme court," remarked the
judge dryly, "has the right to legislate.
This court hasn't."
"Well, we'll take the chances with
it," replied Mr. Keller.
John G. Johnson, the eminent Phil
adelphia attorney here yesterday, is
one of the noted art authorities of the
country. He, wanted to get time to go
to the Capitol yesterday to see it
again, but. was kept busy in court.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE |
J. D. Douglass, of Pittsburgh, is
chairman of the committee of 1,000
in charge of the campaign for pure
elections in Allegheny county.
—lra E. Robinson, West Virginia
judge, well known in this State, may
run for governor in his State.
—C. W. Clark, of Pittsburgh, is go
ing to China to install big safes made
in Pennsylvania.
—Col. J. N. Schoonmaker, president of
the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie railroad,
says the United States is not defend
ing Hawaii properly.
—The Rev. Robert Bell, Wllllanis
port rector, will accept a parish in
Wilmington.
—J. H. Weeks made the speech .it
the annual banquet of the Delaware
County Automobile asoc.iation, which
he organized.
| DO YOU KNOW 1
That. Harrlsbnrg is becoming
one of the big cement distributing
centers?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The First newspaper was published
by John Wyeth in South Second
street.
IN HARRISBURO FIFTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY
[From the Telegraph of Oct. 16, 186R ]
Literary Senate to Meet
The Harrisburg Literary Senate will
meet to-night, at 7:30 o'clock. The bill
for the establishment of a National
Education Bureau will be discussed.
Are Grading Market Street
Work has been started to-day on
grading Market street at Haehnlen's
Hill.
Humorous I.eeture Tomorrow
John G. Saxe will deliver n humorous
lecture to-morrow evening In the
Courthouse on "Yankee Land."
t
Many a True Word, Etc.
Doftori You moat go away
for a lon* rest.
Overworked Merchant i But,
doctor, I'm too liusy to go away.
Doctors Well, then, you must
atop advertising.
There is more hard fact than
humor In this prescription.
Advertising is the life of busi
ness to-day Decause It is the di
rect link to the consumer.
It Is a building tonic not a
stimulant.
It works without holidays and
its results are cumulative.
Manufacturers more Interested
in business than In vacations are
invited to send to the Bureau of
Advertising, American News
paper Publishers Association,
World Building, New York, for a
copy of the booklet, "The News
papers."