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TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26.
Apologies only account for what they
do not alter.—Earl of Beaconsfield.
NONPARTISAN ROYAL
THE Democratic bosses to whom
Mayor Koyal has truckled ever
since ho was elected, and who
are urging his election to City Council j
on the ground of his "nonpartisanism"
make themselves ridiculous before tho 1
intelligent people of Harrisburg who
know Koyal for what he is, a Demo
cratic partisan ol the most pronounced
tjl>e; one who disguises his time self
beneath the iambs cloak of faithful
public service.
Dut the voters are not to be fooled
into forgetting that it was Royal who
made wholesale changes when he
weal into oilice lor the sole purpose
of building up a Democratic macnine
in this city and wtto juggled his pat
ronage between the McCormick and
the i' ritclie} tactions of that party in
the most shameful manner In order
to maintain his lavor with both ot
them, it will be remembered that he
threw out the aiost efficient hignway
commissioner the city ever nad in or
der to appoint lo tile place a brother
of ex-ilayor Frltchey, utterly uniitted
for the office and who gave the city
the most extravagant and disgracefully
inerticieiu administration of lis streets
in tne history ol the town.
Xur did he stop there. His friends
who are holding him up as u paragon
of virtue, snouid explain why he dis
missed trained and experienced high
way department inspectors and named
in their places a liquor dealer and an J
ex-saloonkeeper, both machine Demo- j
erats, who knew absolutely nothing j
about the duties entrusted to them. I
Also, in the highway department J
Royal caused to be dismissed a man
who was admittedly the best clerk the
department ever had to put into ottice
a Royal favorite. This selection was
so bad that it brought down on the
head of the Mayor the wrath of even
the old stand-pat Central Democratic
Club.
YVe are told also that Royal re
moved John M. Riley as a street fore
man and much virtue is credited to |
the Mayor for this dismissal. But j
why, it may b© asked, did Royal ap- j
point Riley in the iirst place, since he j
rp.'sst have known that this same Riley!
was dismissed by Mayor McCormick?
Was the Mayor so ignorant of city af
fairs or didn't he care'.'
Royal's course in the police depart
ment, where he is accused of playing
favorites with friends who violated the
traffic ordinance, has been a subject of
adverse criticism ever since his elec
tion. He no sooner assumed office
than he ordered wholesale dismissals
in the police force. He removed many
trained and capable patrolmen to
make way for a lot of broken-dottn j
Democratic politicians, some of whom
were so utterly inefficient that they
eventually had to give way to men
more capable of performing their du
ties.
This is one brief chapter out of the
official career of Royal, and it might
be extended to cover a page. >
What Royal's friends mean when
they call him a Nonpartisan is that
he is a Democratic nonpartisan ma
chine Democrat.
One of the significant statsments by
Roger W. Babson, at his luncheon
talk before the Chamber of Commerce
last week, was that the belligerent
fJovernments on the other side of the
ocean propose to place an embargo
upon labor at the close of the war so ]
that the thousands of alien working- |
men who have returned to the colors ■
In Italy, Russia, Austria and other
countrles will be compelled to remain
In Europe. His thought was that this
would still further confuse and em
barrass the employers of labor upon
this side of the ocean.
HARHISBURG AND ALLKNTOWN*
ALLENTOWN IS falling into step
with Harrlsiburg in the matter
of city planning. Colonel H. C.
Trexler is the herd of the City Plan
ning Commission of that city and with
Ms usual energy is conducting a cam
paign for the making over of Allen
town as one of the great cities of the
State. Already a distinguished city
planner has been engaged and last
week an exhibit was conducted In one
of the halls of Allentown that was
Inspected by thousands of people. This
exhibit embraced all the best features
TUESDAY EVENING,
of city planning from the cities of
ancient and medieval times to those of
the present period. It comprised over
500 large-sized photographs, maps and
drawings, systematically arranged and
mounted upon panels of uniform size.
These panels were grouped and classi
fied according to the various phases
of city planning. Each Illustration was
descriptively oxplained, thus enabling
the visitor readily to comprehend the
benefit derived from city planning.
The purpose of the exhibit waa to
educate the people of Allentown to the
importance of methodical planning for
the future. It covered the various
zones of the city, the artistic regu
lation of buildings and streets, the
development of civic centers, traffic
centers, location of public buildings,
bridges, bridge approaches, dock and
■water fronts, parks and playgrounds,
ttreet and park lighting, construction
and care of streets and the adaptation
of all the diverse elements, the de
mands of efficiency, health and beauty
and the promotion of the city's future
growth.
Fortunately for Harrisbfcrg, Warren
H. Manning, unaer the direction of
our own City Planning Commission,
| has for fifteen years beer, making a
study of the several problems which
confront this community and one after
another these matters are being
worked out along practical lines. Af-
Untown is to be congratulated upon
adopting what has come to be known
as the "Harrisburg Plan" In its scheme
of improvement. No city can be de
veloped In the best way without the
counsel and constant aid of the men
who, like Mr. Manning and Mr. Koes
ter, have devoted years to the study
of the very questions which now must
be considered and determined by all
American cities.
This city is entering upon the second
impoitant epoch of its modern de
velopment and nothing short of the
most Intelligent guidance in all mat
ters involving street lines, /:ivic centers
and the like will satisfy our citizens.
Air. Manning and the other engineers
employed here from time to time have
done admirably—so well that their
work is pointed to with pride by our
own people and with admiration by all
visitors. It is expected that the City
Planning Commission will work out
some important plans during the win
ter so that with the coining of Sprip-j
it will be possible to continue the
improvement program which has been
so satisfactorily going forward during
the last fifteen years
Consistency hardly can be looked for
in the average hyphenated publications
of this country. We note in one pro-
Uerman publication a protest against
any participation in the American loan
to the Allies, while in the advertising
columns of the same publication its
readers are urged to subscribe for the
new German war loan. It seems to be
a case altogether of whose ox is gored.
CALDWELL FOR SHERIFF
THE best recommei dation of any
man for office is his past rec
ord. If his past is clean and his
accomplishments worthy of public com
mendation; if he has been able and
efficient in the conduct of duties en
trusted to him, then it is but reason
able to conclude that he is a man
worthy of greater trust. When the
private employer tinds a man trust
worthy in a small place, he does not
allow him to remain in a minor posi
tion, but he promotes him. So ought
it be in the public service.
William \V. Caldwell, candidate on
the Republican ticket for sheriff, when
highway commissioner of Harrisburg*
conducted his office in such planner
that the city became known far and
wide for its clean streets, and at a
cost far below that found necessary
by his successor In office for work not
nearly up to the Caldwell standard. In
addition, by careful attention to ad
vertising for bids, Mr. Caldwell was
able to procure asphalt paving at
lower pricey than ever prevailed in
Harrisburg before or since.
As warden of the Dauphin county
jail Mr. Caldwell has done so well that
the State Board of Charities, after an
inspection last month, pronounced the
prison one of the best kept and con
ducted in the whole State.
Now Mr. Caldwell comes before the
peopl£ as a candidato for promotion.
He has done his several tasks well and
he asks to be elected sheriff of the
county.
If you had a man with a record like
that in your employ and he asked for
an advancement and there was a va
cancy at hard what would you do?
Would you go outside and choose a
man of unknown abilities or would
you promote the faithful, capable ser
vant?
Manifestly, It will be necessary for
the city authorities to make an example
of those malicious boys who have been
breaking the globes of the lights along
the city's "Front Steps." It ought to be
easily possible to detect the offenders
and punish them severely.
THE RECORDERSHIP
THE office of recorder of Dauphin
coiyity is to be filled this Fall.
One of the needs of that office is |
that It be conducted by a man of
business ability, honest beyond ques
tion and widely acquainted with the
districts and the people of the county.
For that office the Republicans have
nominated James E. Lentz, of Eliza
bethville. Mr. Lentz is an ideal man
for the place. He has been In business
ever since he was a boy. For sixteen
years he has gone almost weekly fron*
one end of the county to the ot&er.
He knows more people in Dauphin
county than almost any other one man
—and wherever he Is known he Is liked.
He is in Harrisburg so much that he
is almost a Harrisburger. In his home
town he is prominent In athletics, busi
ness and Sunday school work and has
been for years. In short, he Is a good
citizen and is otherwise possessed of
those qualities most demanded for the
recordership.
Republicans who are looking for a
candidate of untarnished reputation,
beloved of his neighbors and of un
questioned business ability, will vote
for Lentz for recorder.
Thousand of citizens of that Im
portant section of Harrisburg north
of Ver!>ke street especially will re
sent the efforts of hts political oppon
ents to discredit the work of City Com
missioner Taylor in that part of the
city. Those thousands who have en-
Joyed the River Park strip from Calder
street northward during the summer
and who see the development of the
playgrounds so long promised and now
a fact, are not losing sight of the en
ergy and practical character of Mr.
Taylor'a work.
Four Constitutional amendments will
be voted upon next Tuesday. Too often
these proposed changes In the Consti
tution are considered lightly or not at j
all. More careful study should be given i
to them. Perhaps the most Important
of the four Is the proposal to confer
th* right of suffrage upon women. An
other clears some doubtful features of
the Workmen's Compensation act, a
third provides for enlargement of the
borrowing capacity of Philadelphia for
the financing of permanent Improve- ;
ments, and the last legalizes certfcliK*
laws relating to real estate transfers. I
TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE
The President and Mrs. Gait are
busy these days visiting each other's
relatives. Well, one has to get those
things over with and the sooner the
better.
Have you had your teeth In one of
those "the kind mother used to make"
pumpkin pies this Fall?
Interned German officers on the
two German cruisers at Norfolk re
fuse to salute American naval officers
because they are not allowed' to take
beer aboard. Why blame the officers?
Daniels did it.
No, Gerald, you do not have tp have
a corset to go with one of tHe new
"fitted" overcoats.
"The new machine still needs to
depend on slush funds mulcted from
candidates and cheerfully given by
one or two rich men," says the Patriot.
Um! Let's see. New Machine. That's
what the "reorganized" Democratic
party headed by one reputed rich, is
often called, is it not? Who's the
other of the "or two" rich men be
hind the Dauphin county donkey?
EDITORIAL COMMENT
We have made a book containing
clippings of tile European war. Would
you call It a scrap book?— Chester
Times.
Some idea of the size of America's
sweet tooth may be had from the fact
that, with less than 6 per cent, of the
earth's population, the United States
consumes 23 per cent, of the world's
sugar.—Altoona Mirror.
The appropriations for the National
Government next year are going to be
bigger than ever; so is the Democratic
deficit.—Philadelphia Press.
Taking; the Ideal book, bough, jug
and maiden of Omar Khayyam as one
side of the solid comfort picture, turn
the canvas over and squint at the
luxury desired by the British soldier
who writes: "Could you post me each
week the Spectator and a small can
of insect powder?"— Erie Dispatch.
Public spirit, love of one's town, de
sire to be useful to the community,
these are qualities that help to make
the valuable and effective citizen. —
Altoona Tribune.
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
With the progress of the great war
in Europe there is an increasing de
mand for some authoritative work
upon the causes and effects of the
titanic struggle. Recently the Tele
graph in this department referred to
the publication (George Barrie's Sons,
Philadephia) of "The Great War," by
Dr. George H. Allen, of the history de
partment of the University of Penn
sylvania and Captain Henry C. White
head, of the United States Army, who
served in Europe by official assign
ment for observation, etc.
A closer study of the first volume of
this work, which will be concluded in
five volumes with a chronological ta
ble and analytical index for each vol
ume, justifies all that has been said of
it by ex-President Taft and others who
have perused its pages. It is certain
to be one of the important contribu
tions to the literature of the war and
will be increasingly valuable asthecon
flict develops and reaches its climax.
Dr. Allen has traveled extensively and
resided Tor long periods in Europe and
has an intimate acquaintance with the
peoples who are now engaged in this
tremendous conflict for positions in the
family of nations.
In the first volume, which deals with
the causes and motives of the war, he
rapidly reviews the history of each
belligerent nation in the last half cen
tury and thus, as suggested by ex-
President Taft, brings out the con
flicts of prejudice and interest between
the nations as well as the offensive and
defensive alliances. As a trained his
torian he has had great opportunities
of studying the European situation.
In the preliminary volume, which is
a most complete work of itself, Dr.
Allen discusses the building up of the
German empire and also the union of
the various States of Italy. Also, he
goes into a thorough discussion of the
various races wedged into the present
Austria-Hungary coalition. It is re
markable how clearly he has antici
pated in this first volume the develop
ments which are now attracting the
attention of the world in the Balkans.
He observes:
" T t Is true that a definite history of
the war is impossible untlr we can
view the events with calmer detach
ment and truer perspective, after they
have dropped veil astern in the wake
of the progress of time. But tt is just
as truly incumbent upon us to corre
late the events of the mighty present,
and to endeavor to understand, as
adequately as our limited perception
will allow, the forces in action which!
are reshaping the framework of so
ciety for future generations of man
kind."
This work is easily the most thor
ough and impartial that has yet come
out of the mass of war materials that
has left tine presses of the United
States since the opening of the con
flict. As stated by the publishers, Dr.
Allen stands as a historian should,
aloof from the passions aroused since
the outbreak of hostilities and his sole
object is to arrive at the truth. He
makes plain many things obscure to
the average person; for example, he
shows how the struggle for the con
trol of the Dardanelles and the "Near
East" is one of the most important
pivotal points and that the result of
this struggle may be the final controll
ing factor in ending the war.
The Popular Science Monthly for
November is a mine of Interest for all
who like to delve into the mysteries
of invention and scientific discovery.
With this number and hereafter it is
the purpose of the editor to take up
not only the purely scientific subjects
of the day, as in the past, but also
achievements in engineering. industry
and Invention. Each subject Is to be
treated in a brief, simple, nontechni
cal way. The illustrations are fine and
the general excellence of the Monthly
is attracting more and more attention.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
IK
"^tJuvOijiccutXa
By the Ex-Committeeman
With election one week away Re
publicans throughout the State de
clare that the prospects are for the I
Republican tickets sweeping practically
every county and most of the mu
nicipal divisions. That Republicans
will win in the cities appears to be
conceded and in most of the counties
the conditions are as favorable to Re
publican success as they are in Dau
phin.
Throughout tne State the machine
methods of the dominant faction of
the Democracy have caused disgust
and the feeling caused by the dis
covery that some eminent reformers
were men of clay after all has made
many Independents determine to vote
Republican. Democrats are quarrel
ing among themselves over the spoils
and every post office appointment
seems to make trouble.
The constitutional amendments are
commencing to attract attention. The
woman suffrage campaign has kept a
good many people busy, but now the
other amendments are arousing in
terest.
Here is one of the funniest political
stories in tha Slate. Tt comes from
Schuylkill county ar:d says: "Pro
hibition voters of Schuylkill county
were stirred to day by the news that
Lewis Hein, of Cressona, a saloon
keeper. lias won a place on the ballot
as Prohibition . candidate for county
commissioner. Hein was a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
commissioner. He is as much sur
prised as the Prohibitionists to find
himself their nominee. It was not
until to-day, after the ballots partly
were printed, that Hein's candidacy
became known."
Harry A. Mackey, chairman of the
Compensation Hoard, in a speech at
Philadelphia last night characterized
George D. Porter as a. "desecrator of
pulpits" and a "defamer of God's
houses." He said that such issues had
been injected into the campaign as
should "make every man with .good,
red blood register himself under the
Republican banner." He said that
Thomas B. Smith would have as large
a majority as Porter has votes.
George Greer. F* X. Phillips and T.
F. Moorliead, capffansvs of New Castle,
have been chosen by the Board of
Trade to co-operate with the National
Board of Trade in framing a law pro
viding for a tariff commission. The
appointments were made al the re
c,uest of the national organization,
which asked that men acquainted with
tariff necessities of the country be ap
pointed to represent Lawrence county.
The Lawrence county appointees will
secure the co-operation of Dr. Henry
W. Temple, Republican nominee for
Congress, considered certain of elec
tion from the Twenty-fourth district.
The Philadelphia Inquirer to-day
says: "Voters of the northwestern and
northeastern sections of Philadelphia
last night welcomed the invasion of
Thomas B. Smith and other nominees
on the Republican ticket into their
neighborhoods with demonstrations
seldom tendered candidates for local
office. Parades in which thousands
cheered the prospects of the victorv of
Republicanism at the November elec
tion and four mass meetings held in
halls filled to overcrowding were part
of the program for the evening. Sen
ator Boies Penrose, accompanying the
local nominees on the tour, made two
speeches, calling for a sweeping Re
publican victory in Philadelphia, not
only for the benefit of the city, but for
the country at large."
John C. Bell, a former district attor
ney and Attorney General under Gov
ernor Tener, yesterday publicly stepped
""•to the suffrage ranks. Affirming his
belief "in democracy—in its spirit and
its dominion." Mr. Bell, in' his first
public statement on the question, de
clared that woman should be given the
that her influence and vote
will be for the uplift and betterment
of our civil government—in city.
State and nation "
JF 1 9 ? ™ OIH WARS i
The Philadelphia Branch of the Na- >
tional Security league, having opened
a military and^ naval exhibit. has kdded
noHnS h? h'bit cards showing: how the
nation has suffered through lack of
preparedness in wars this countrv has
engaged in. The cards show that the ,
nation used a greater force than its •
adversaries, and by reason of the fact
of our unpreparedness made it neces- I
sary that we rush many untrained men !
on the wara- Here are the fl * ures i
BHtlsh. U isO n OO0 y ~ Am ° riranS ' 39M58: j
War of 1812—Americans. 627.652: Brit- '
ish, 05,000. 'Despite small opposing I
force, the Capitol at Washington was
burned by the British)
-,? r<? , eI S, rndia "3: ai - Americans. 44.-
o21: Indians. 2,000.
Florida War Americans, 68,784;
Indians, 2,000. »■>.■<>■«,
Mexican War Americans. 104.556;
Mexicans. 46,000 (United States was
better prepared for this war than any
time in history). J
Civil War—Union, 2,672,341; Confed
erate. 1,000.000.
= A? p^.nish ,-> m F lcan Americans. 281.-
503; Spanish, 200,000.
By these statistics the league hopes
to impress upon the public that an ade
quately equipped and trained army and
navy before a war, would be better
than to call on a great force in an
emergency. It is proven that a trained i
army in advance of war will save mil
lions or dollars of unnecessary ex
tcgrity alS ° national h °n° r and in-
MOVING PICTURE CENSORSHIP
[Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.]
Governor Brumbaugh, in the effort
to enforce censorship of moving pic
ture films, has sent a letter to all de
partments of the State government
urging their co-operation in seeing
that the law is observed. Every film
displayed must have a certificate of
w«nrH V «f n° m th ° Pennsylvania State
Board of Censorship. All attaches of
departments are asked to report the
representation of any picture that has
not received the board's approval The
Governor has heard that in some part
o Pennsylvania films have been shown
that were not sanctioned. He intends
to request all dialrict attorneys to help
himenforce the censorship law.
That moving pictures which the
State hoard has not seen, or, having in
spected has declined to approve. a?e
shown in Pennsylvania is well known
although sometimes the fact may es
cape notice, because of the multitude
of certificates flashed on the screen
indicating that a national board £
boards of other States have passed
favorable judgment. There haveblen
complaints meanwhile that the Penn"
sylvanla censors are too strict al
though some of the pictures that have
been shown in Pittsburgh would indi
cate that they ore too lenient. It is
quite inspiring to hear that the censors
have cut out scenes in one production,
for instance, but correspondingly de
pressing to see some that have gained
the lynx-eyed officials'approval. Every
body who realizes what an influence
for good or bad the moving pictures
are will agree that a generally strict
supervision ought to be maintained,
but should be some consistency
In application.
STEELi BrSTYESS IS BOOMING
Anything but good news regarding
Iron and steel would occasion surprise.
Each week the position of the great
basic Industry, which means so much
to the country at large, becomes more
secure, and in some branches the vol
ume of business is the largest In his
tory.—Dun's Review.
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
FILL THEM UP AGAIN
—From the New York Wor|(l.
FISHES OF THE
By Frederic J. Haskin
OYSTERS four times the size of those
in commercial use, tlsh capable of
generating electric light and
using it to find their food, whole new
families of fish and thousands of new
varieties, are among the discoveries
made by the party of scientists on
board the Fisheries steamer Alba
tross. which recently completed a
cruise through Philippine waters.
These scientists worked like treasure
hunters in quest of hidden wealth. In
their search for unique and beautiful
life forms, they toiled day and night,
and risked death from poisonous ser
pents, wild animals and savage tribes.
During their inland work, the expedi
tion was under the protection of the
United States army, and was escorted
by a company of cavalry, which more
than once guarded the scientists with
drawn revolvers.
The Albatross Is the largest and best
equipped steamer under the control of
the Bureau of Fisheries. The expedi
tion, which lasted for three full years,
was under the joint auspices of the Bu
reau of Fisheries and the Philippine
Government, and was directed by Fish
Commissioner Hugh M. Smith. The
purpose of the cruise was the explora
tion of the Philippine waters, with
special regard to the economic value
of their fisheries.
Most of the specimens were secured
by a large beam trawl, 20 feet long, 8
feet wide and 40 feet deep. This great
net was lowered to the bottom of the
ocean and hauled over its surface for
thirty minutes or more .and then rais
ed. Before It was lowered, a sample
bottle of water was brought up from
the bottom, and a thermometer lowered
to test the temperature. The water was
tested to determine Is salinity, and lo
learn what organisms it contained. All
of these tests gave deflniK> knowledge
as to the natural environment of the
specimens gathered by the trawl.
This traw; frequently brought up sev
eral ton.4 of specimens, including fish,
crustaceans, mollusks, corals, gorgoni
ons, sea fans and other sea plants, be
sides the quantities of microscopic life.
The water was sounded for depth
each time before the dredge was lower
ed. Some of the specimens were taken
from a depth of 18,650 feet—a depth
seldom reached by the collector.
I *e«l Derrick
The trawl was raised to the surface
by a derrick .and its contents were
dumped into a large metal hopper, pro
vided with gratings in which the vari
ous specimens were separated and
washed. Nothing was permitted to es
cape. Samples were taken even of the
State From Day to Day
"High Jinks" are being planned for
Greater Pittsburgh's celebration of
Hallowe'en. Grotesque costumes ga
lore and pyrotechnic displays will be
only a part of the carefully planned
Jubilee.
One hundred Johnstown boys turned
out a day or so ago for a long hike
under the guidance of George N.
Brown, the champion heel-and-toe
walker. The idea is to place the heel
on the ground first and then with a
rotary motion of the hips throw the
weight forward onto the toe of the
foot.« Try this over on your pia—at
your leasure.
Many students at State College this
year are devoting lnuch time to the
study of the Spanish and Portuguese
languages. In the belief that they are
destined soon to have important places
in American commercial life. This is
but another indication that State Col
lege is wide-awako and practical in
the instruction that its sons are re
ceiving.
Grouse is scarce in the woods of Le
high.but deer are plentiful and like
wise are the hunters who pursue
them.
Forty-two cases of a strange, un
known disease have developed in Lans
dale and so far no news has been
gleaned as to the cause. Symptoms arc
biliousness and an inability to eat for
three or four days. The disease seems
to be more annoying than serious.
Mrs. Emma Baker Stork celebrated
her one hundredth anniversary on
Sunday at the home of her son In
Gerniantown, from which fact we as
sume that the stork was good to Its
human namesake.
The Johnstown Tribune remarks
that "a local politician is going to
start a paper," and comments to the
effect that "a real, regular politician,
especially one who believes that
money takes the place of brains in
politics, needs a paper just as a mod
ern burglar needs a jimmy and a re
volver." Even more, perhaps, be
cause the burglar is sometimes sat
isfied.
Thousands of tons of anthracite fuel
will be uncovered by the Lehigh and
Wilkes-Barre Coal Company, at its
Green Mountain operations, where
veins close to the surface will be un
covered by steam shovels.
Mrs. George Zlegler, of Pennsburg,
has a sheet of paper one inch by
seven-eighth Inch on which is written
The Lord's Prayer in German. The
writing Is legible. In spite of the fact
that it was written more than one
hundred years ago. The paper was
found in a prayerbook, bought at a
public sale.
Pittsburgh is entertaining the Penn
sylvania Society of the Daughters of
the American Revolution at their an
nual convention the first half of this
i weak.
OCTOBER 26, 1915. '
mud. in order that its chemical compo
sition might be ascertained.
The flsh of the tropics are noted for
their brilliant colors, and their high
food value. Those found In the Philip
pines include a number of new and
valuable varieties, several of which are
believed to be suitable for cultivation
,other localities. Experiments along
this line have already been started by
the Bureau of Fisheries.
One of the new products is a giant
oyster of delicious flavor, from four to
six times the size of the bivalve now
in the Philippines, and consider
ably larger than any species known in
this country. Its range is small, but
the scientists believe they can success
fully transplant it.
The numerous one-relied organisms
collected are now affording keen de
light to the National Museum scientists,
who have been assigned to the con
genial task of arranging and classify
ing them. They consist principally of
Diatoms and Radialaria. in many new
shapes and colors. The Diatoms are in
two parts, which fit together like a pill
box and Its cover. The Radialaria are
like capsules, one within another and
each composed of the most delicate
filigrees, like spun glass. These shells
are of the most fanciful patterns. The
animals living inside of them send out
protoplasmic rays, as soft as the white
°f an egg, by means of which they
gather in the nourishment required for
their sustenance.
Poisonous Serpents
The large animals taken in by the
trawls not infrequently included young
sharks and real sea serpents from two
to four feet long. These last required
dexterous handling, as they are vicious
and more poisonous than the land
rattlesnake.
The night work of the expedition,
carried on by submarine light, was an
interesting feature. The Albatross is
equipped with an electrical plant, so
that It was easy to attach a light to a
cable and drop it from the gangplank
into the water. Thousands of marine
creatures, from good-sized sharks to
tiny worms, would be attracted to the
lights- Many of these were distinctly
different from the forms encountered
during the day. A dredge or trawl
woulcT take in quantities of these noc
turnal creatures, while watching them
in the water gave such keen pleasure
to the scientists that daylight would
frequentlv take them unawares.
• reports of the wonders of
this three-year cruise are now being
made up by the scientists of the Na
tional Museum.
GERMAN WAR DOC; IX THE FIELD
„ r Ir L\ he November Popular Scter e
M®"** a "d World's Advance, Johann
Gottlieb, who is in charge of the war
dogs of the German army, gives an
enlightening description of the work
or these faithful animals on the firing
line. He say?:
.. , a war dog is loosened from
the leash holding him and receives the
command 'Find wounded,' he rushes
in the direction indicated. He noses
around through fields, forests and
swamps. Moved by his instincts of
smell and hearing, the war dog rare
niL. , sses nndln S a wounded soldier.
This is especially true wh»n a number
°f .doss operate together.
"When a war dog has found a fal
len soldier, he picks up a knapsack,
bread-pouch, cartridge-box or gun,
with which to report his discovery, or
if nothing is at hand, the dog, return
ing, by jumping up to his master, or
by characteristic expressions, makes
known that he has found a wounded
man. The master then fastens the
leash and gives the command to go
in the words: 'Where is the wound
ed?' The leader and.a corps of ambu
lance men, stretchers In hand, fol
low. In a similar manner, battlefields
are searched for wounded soldiers, re
gardless whether the fallen men are
friends or enemies.
Very often the presence of a
wounded soldier is not discovered un
til the dogs have been set loose. The
visual faculty of the dog as a rule is
not greater than that of a man; in
fact, the very opposite is true. How
ever, his sense of hearing is very
marked, and, above all, the Bense of
smell. Even when a wind blows most
unfavorably, the war dog knows how
to overcome the resulting difficulty.
With the nose on the ground, or raised
in the air. the dog sniffs and rapidly
examines a remarkably extended area.
In order to accomplish the work per
formed by a dog in an hour, ambu
lance men would have to labor for
days."
Our Daily Laugh
EVIDENTLY
j Jack: Oreatluck »
! this morning. I
! Found a ten-dol-
I lar bill in my laav
1 summer's suit. ■Bfuj-W-n fnjjKa
Fred: No! Why! MS | I I
I thought ' £ • gua|
were married. J
\J) I Thtedoeen'tetarfc
v y\ out like a Fourth!
of July picture, j
does it? But be :
calm, we were told !
to draw a Fourth j
j of July series, and
doggonit we're |
©mttng CGtjat
Colonel Henry W. Shoemaker, tlta
Altoona publisher and historian, whose
collections of the early history ol
Pennsylvania as province and State, of
Indian legends and the traditions of
the mountains an* valleys, have at
tracted national attention, has just
completed the epitaph of the bison in
the Keystone State. The work, which
is the result of personal Investigations
by this eminent lover of the wild lite
of Pennsylvania, is dedicated to tt»
man who has done so much to per
petuate the ancient lords of the AmerU
can woods and plains—Dr. W. T.
Hornaday, curator of the New York
Zoological Garden. Colonel 'Shoe
maker's booklet is all butlt. up from
original sources. He went out and
found the descendants of the men who
had learned from the lips of their
fathers and grandfathers of the days
when the bison roamed in the Susque
hanna valley. He comments upon tlie
fact that William Penn and the early
travelers in the State do not mention
the bison The buffalo that lived In
Pennsylvania was a cousin of the
monarch of the old-time western plains
and he was classified as the wood
bison. Just before the French and
Indian War the bison were known to
be in the State west of the Alleghenies,
having been driven west of the Sus
o.uehanna probably a generation be
lore. Colonel Shoemaker tells of the
famous "Buffalo path" that was in the
Buffalo valley in Union county and
crossed Jack's and White Mountains
and of the presence of buffalo in Clear-
Held county, where there were large
herds, and of the immense numbers
seen and later killed in Clarion and
Armstrong counties back in very early
days.
In the course of his definite location
of the bison the colonel writes: "There,
was a salt spring in Dauphin county
which the bison visited in Spring and
Fall. It wan situated in the wilds of
Stoney creek country and the vast
herds to reach it crossed the river at
Haldeman's Island, near the mouth of
the Juniata. Many were drowned at
high tvaier. so intent were they to
reach their favorite retreat." From
this it would seem that long years ago.'
probably about the time that John
Harris was starting the ferry, buffalo
were roaming up about the Rockville
gap. But the reckless, wasteful hunter,
the rigors of winter, the taking up of
land and the wolves drove the buffalo
away from the lands of the Susque
hanna and the Juniata and the slaugh
ter extended into the Ohio watershed.
"AK through Pennsylvania," writes the
co on el, "the story was the same, wan
ton, sordid and unnecessary, the anni
hilation of a race of animals which
could have been domesticated and
furnished hides and beef to a vasl
population. Perhaps it Is just as well
that so few of the details of the pass
ing of the Pennsylvania bison are
available, as they would sicken and
disgust all thoughtful and sensible per
sons. yet a word to the wise is suffi
cient to stay the hand that is bent on
wiping out the remaining forms of
wild life in the Keystone State."
Colonel Shoemaker, who gives the
names and homes of people who I old
him of the memories of the last buf
falo and whose location of the herds
and the stamping grounds of the gianl
bulls, also renders an interesting pic
ture of the Pennsylvania bison. II if
interesting to know that probably 200
years ago, or about the time John
Harris was building his first stock
houses along the Susquehanna belov
Mulberry street, there were perhap
grazing on the lands near old PaxiWl
Church some of these animals and
that they were known in the Cum
berland and Juniata valleys. "The
bison of Pennsylvania was a tremen
dous animal," says Colonel Shoe
maker. "Like the wood bison of the
flanks of the Rocky Mountains and
Canada Northwest, he exceeded in size
the buffaloes met with west of Ohio,
Kentucky and Tennessee. In color the
Pennsylvania bison was very dark,
many of the old bulls being coal-black
with grizzly white hairs around the
nose and eyes. The hair was very
short with a tendency to crispness or
curllness, especially at the joints. The
hump so conspicuous on the western
bison was notable by its absence. The
flrst settlers on seeing the animals
called them "wild bulls." The legs
were long and fore and back legs
evenly placed, the heavy front a' d
meager hind quarters of the western
liison were not present; in other words,
the Pennsylvania bison was a beauti
fully proportioned beast. He was an
agile runner and climber, carried no
superfluous flesh and was adapted in
every way for life in a rough, moun
tainous country. The bulls often
weighed a ton; the mature cows half
that much." It is also noted that tliev
preferred the forests, but often sunned
themselves in abandoned Indian fields.
The mountain regions of Pennsylvania
were their favorite place and they
lingered until the persimmon snow.
Colonel Shoemaker has done a service
In his collection and publication of the
story of the bison and many will read
it in years to come and wonder at the
wastefulness of the early hunter.
J. J. Oiler, who was here yesterdav
for the meeting of the trustees of
Ji.niata College, is one of the promi
nent men of Waynesboro, where he if
identified with many interests. He has
been active in affairs of the college for
years.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—R. H. Stevens, chief engineer of
the Homestead Steel Works, lias given
up his place to accept a similar one
with the new Midvale company.
—John W. Gailey, of Bedford, has
been elected president of the travelins
men's organization known as the
Gideons.
—Mayor J. V. Kosek, of Wilkes-
Barre, has changed his city's Hal
lowe'en observances to Monday night.
-—Eugene V. Eebs is making a new
series of speeches in the State and if
in said he may run for President again.
—H. W. McAteer, comptroller of th«
Cambria Steel Company, has removed
from Johnstown to Philadelphia.
—J. P. Schall. of Jeannette. has
gone on a trip to the Pacific Coast.
—Judge F. J. O'Connor, of Cambria
county, whose leg was removed be
cause of illness, is Improving.
| DO YOU KNOW 1
That llarrishuiK is becoming quttn
a distributing center for hats?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG *
Harris' Ferry was the seat of Paxto
township government when Dauphiif
was Lancaster county.
"The Shoe Tax" j
Father's Income know* what
it is and to mother It Is also a
very real thing.
It means the high cost of
keeping a growing boy or girl
properly shod.
When father and mother fig
ure out all the new shoes they
have to buy they are apt to con
clude shoes are made out of paper
rather than leather.
Care in purchasing will cut
down this tax. e»re In choosing
the right shoes and care In buy
ing at the most favorable time.
And the first step In the right
direction is a study of the ad
vertising in the Telegraph that
gives the helpful information.