6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A SBHSPAPER FOR THB HOME Founotd rtj: \ = Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.. Telegraph Building, FVlerml Square. E.J. BTACKPOLE, Pres't and BJilor-inCkitf F. R. OYSTER. Bu.rintti Managrr. OPS M. STEINMETZ, Manafimg Editor. M Member American #1 Newspaper Pub ® llshers' Assocls sylvsnls Associate Eastern of flee, Hu- Brooks. Fifth Ave nue Building. New Gas Building, Cht cago, 111. K, i t ' r « d _' lt the Post Office In Harris bury. Pa., as second class matter. Br """'ere, si* cents a w «ek; by mall. »S.OO a year In advsnce. knars dally average circulation for the' three stoat ha ending Dee. SI, 1915. These figures are aet. All returned, kasold and dialled copies deducted. MONDAY EVENING, JAN. 17 Jt came upon the midnight clear. That glorious song of old. From angels bending near the earth To touch their harps of gold; "Peace to the earth, goodwill to men. From Heaven's all-gracious King," The earth in solemn stillness lay To hear the angels sing. —Giardim, 1760. AMERICANIZATION MEETING TiE National Conference on Im migration to be held in Phila delphia this week deserves more attention over the State than it lias received. At the sessions on Wednes day and Thursday an antl-hyplienated crusade will be organized and pro cesses of assimilating the immigrant will be discussed. As Governor Brum baugh said in a recent interview, the movement is of great importance to Pennsylvania, in view of the very large foreign element in our popula tion, and it should receive the hearty support and co-operation of all those working for true American ideals and the fusing of all the various na tionalities brought together within our borders. "The essence of a stable democracy j is the possession of common knowl-1 t-dge. common ideals, common sym pathies, common language by all the members of the democracy," Governor Brumbaugh said. "For this reason the right forms of civic education are paramount concerns in this State, where we have, since the days of Penn, given home and haven and wel come to all the peoples of the world. We want them to be, above all else, loyal, law-loving and law-obeying citizens. Our whole effort should go effectively to that end. Its attain ment insures the stability of our institutions and advances the well being of all of us." As the Governor intimates, we have no warrant to bring these people to our shores and then turn them loose to work out their own salvation, while we ait quietly by and expect them to become in a year or two good Amer ican citizens, conversant with our ideals of government and measuring up to our standards of free citizen ship. We owe them more than a mere living wage. We must offer them, too, the right hand of fellow ship, difficult as that may be in some cases, and we must help them to at tain the views of life that we hold. This we must do, not only for their sakes, but for our own, for unless we make good Americans of them we let live within our borders a spirit so alien to all we hold dear that it may some day endanger the very life of I our republic. } THE KAISER'S ILLNESS THERE is more reason to suppose that the Kaiser is seriously 111 now than there was when Ber lin took no notice of the reports. It always happens that when a crowned head of Europe is nearing death an effort Is made to quiet the fears of the public at home and to prevent undue activity in certain directions abroad, by sending news broadcast that the royal patient is on the high road to full recovery and not Infrequently, to bolster up this assertion, the death stricken one is forced to appear if for only a moment in public. "Where there is much smoke there must be some fire" and it would not be surpris ing that to-day's dispatches from the usually well-informed Vatican, to the effect that the Emperor has under gone an operation and Is not yet out of danger, arc more nearly correct than those from Berlin to the effect that he is ready to go or has already gone to the front. WHEN* ISRAEL ANSWERS ISRAEL Bread for the living! Shrouds for the dead! What is your answer going to be? When Colonel Cutler yesterday made that stirring appeal to the great gath ering of Jewish people in Technical high school on behalf of the hundreds* of thousands of co-religionlsts in war stricken Europe, naturally it was to l>e expected that the response would lie generous. Hut it is doubtful if anyone dreamed 1 lint subscriptions would total any thing like the actual sum in cash, jewelry and checks which poured into the collection baskets. That the Jewish people of the city and vicinity would upuucstUm&blx au MONDAY EVENING, swer the cries of hungry babies anU weeping mothers on the far flung bat tle fronts of Russian Poland, Germuu I Poland, Oalacia and Palestine was a | foregone conclusion. But the answer was more than ordinarily characteris ' tic—not only of the Jews of Harris burg but of Jews the world over. The appeal of less fortunate brothers and i sisters has always been heard and heeded by this widely scattered but always distinctive race. The mass meeting at Technical high school was unique in more ways than one. The stripping of one's sleeve links and shirt studs, the discarding of one's diamond rings for the contribu tion basket under ordinary circum stances might be considered a wee bit spectacular. Not so, however, when tears stream from the donor's eyes. Not so when the donor remembers the stories of suffering relatives whom he may never see again. To David Kaufman and his commit tee of patriotic fellow Jews much credit should be given. These represen tative Jewish citizens earnestly and loyally heeded the request of the American Jewish War Relief Commit tee and the biggest mass meeting of its kind ever held here was the result. However, yesterday's meeting was but a start. Plans have been laid for continuing the good work on a larger more permanent scale. Harrisburg Jews are arranging to form a perma nent war relief committee. DON'T LKT REDFIKDD DO IT WHEN the tariff board, provided for in the Republican tariff law of 1909, was in existence, it reported, among other subjects, on wool and manufactures of wool. This board kept strictly within its pro vince as a scientific, data-collecting and statistics-preparing bureau. The board consisted of three Republicans and two Democrats, selected by Presi dent Taft on the advice of commer cial Interests all over the country. One member of the board was editor of a wool trade magazine, another was a textile expert, two were uni versity professors of economics and one was a Democratic ex-member of Congress. The wool report was signed by all five members of tbe board and submitted to a Democratic House of Representatives, without recommen dations. Three wool schedules were framed, based on the report, the Underwood schedule, Democratic, the Payne schedule. Republican, and the I.a Follette schedule. Progressive. The champions of each schedule de clared that the rates in their parti cular bill were absolutely justified by the findings of the board, artd the tariff was in politics again. When the Federal Trade Commis sion was organized President Wilson declared that he had put one over on Congress, and that the functions of a tariff commission were placed in the hands of that commission. In a report on muslin underwear, recently made public. Secretary Redfield call ed attention to the fact that this was in the form of a report such as may be expected from a tariff commission, and while not directly calling atten tion to the fact, it was intimated that Congress should provide the bureau with more funds so that it could ful fill the position of a tariff commis sion. A report on the cost of manu facture of beet sugar, made by the Federal Trade Commission at Mr. Redfield's instigation, is said to have been filed with the Secretary of Commerce last July. Evidently these cost figures are of a nature embarrass ing to the Administration, for the re port has been pigeon-holed, which shows the danger of giving the super vision of such work to a man of such decided opinions as Mr. Redfield. The tariff board organized under the Republican Administration came as near to filling the bill as anything ever will in a country possessing two radically opposed views on the tariff question such as exist in the United States. But a Democratic Congress stifled that board by refusing to ap propriate for its maintenance. A tariff commission organized for the scientific collection and preparation of tariff data, to be submitted to Con gress without recommendation, would fill a long-felt want, but a cave dwelling Democracy, which fears the searchlight of Investigation on the tariff questions, is now trying to beg the question and lodge the power of such a commission in the hands of an administrative department, where any light embarrassing to the party 'in power may promptly be doused. HARMONY IN THE AIR EVERY day makes it clearer that Republican leaders in all parts of the State are looking more and more with disfavor upon any attempt to stir up a factional row over the selection of delegates to the coming national convention. The hearty endorsement of Phil ander C. Knox for the Senate and later as a presidential possibility by Republicans of all shades of feeling were the unmistakable indications of this. The announcement of Con gressman Vare, of Philadelphia, that he will not be a candidate for dele gate is the latest development. Slowly but surely the field is narrowing to ward a point where any sort of fac tional contest will be impossible, and the rank and file of the party must rejoice that this is so. Governor Brumbaugh made a wise move when he got behind Mr. Knox for the United States Senate. This at once brought not only all Republicans, but the Progressives as well, together on common ground and eliminated the possibility of a serious contest for the most important office to be filled In Pennsylvania at the November elections. The Knox candidacy has alqo made It possible for the Re publicans and Progressives to join forces at Chicago in urging him on the national conventions of the two parties as the unanimous choice of Pennsylvania for the presidency, which is a happy state of affairs from many points of view. Every day finds the prospects brighter for Republican harmony at the primaries in May nnd for Re publican success at the elections in November, | TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE" ■ —Thirty liquor licenses are held up in Schuylkill county. But at that no body's likely to go thirsty In that dis trict. ' —lt's a slow week when ths Rotary Club doesn't have something: on the go. To-morrow's educational night, for in stance. —Our notion of adding insult to in jury is to print pictures in the news paper this weather of bathing scenes in Southern California. —Cheer up, we have no mosquitoes in Pennsylvania in January, and they do have in Florida. —Talk about the ups and downs of life—the thermometer has 'em. —"The Kaiser is seriously sick." says a report. Under the circumstances we don't blame him for feeling bad. 1 EDITOR lAL EN T [ Two North Carolinans were shot and slashed fatally in endeavoring to de cide which was to teach a Sunday school class. It would be interesting to know what they proposed to teach the class.—Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. I Til e voyage of the Prace-Ship may go down In history as the greatest sea nght of tne ward.—Brooklyn Eagle. In building up our merchant marine one craft that would help some is statesmanship. Pittsburgh Gazette- Times. It is beginning to look as though it would take more than the support of Uerr Munsterberg to kill off the Roose velt boom.'—Boston Transcript. GETTING TOGETHER [From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.] The call of the national Republican committee for the convention of next June indicates that the leaders realize that the setting-together ground swell is the most significant thing confront ing tno party to-day. Consequently the call invites the electors to "elect dele gates without regard to past political affiliations, who believe in the prin ciples of the Republican party and en dorse its Policies." Quite right in principle and just as it should be. There never was an oc casion in the history of the United States when the country more needed a strong, united statesmanlike and en thusiastic party in opposition to that in Sower. Xot only have national affairs ecomo internationalized with a ven geance through the war in Europe and the necessities of our own hemisphere, but the great future of the united States demands that its policies shall be defined along lines that will insure its prosperity and hold its supreme po sition free from doctrinaire absurditless which tend in our own time to repeat the old blunders of the days of Jeffer son and Madison and jeopardize all we have gained. To see the one great opposition party hopelessly divided would be a calamity. And whatever the past differences of polity between the regular Republicans and the Pi*ugressives may have been there is unquestionably a common ground of action for both, in view of the extreme necessities of the country, to be found in those principles, begin ning with Washington arid Hamilton and continuing with Uneoln and Mc- Kinley, which are the very heart of Republicanism and which never were I more vital to the country than now. But while on al! sides signs multiplv that the getting-together movement is Well under way. this does not mean that, like Pharoah, the standpatters should harden their hearts against the Progressives or their policies any more than that it means that the Progres sives should take an exigent advantage of the regulars and refuse the proffer of recognition, with the past wiped out, on the ground of some possible future difference over unimportant planks in a platform still to be made. PRISONER'S RESOLUTIONS Charles Albeit Seifert. of Harrlsburg. sends to the Philadelphia Record the following New Year's resolutions from the pen of a prisoner, and printed in display type in a recent issue of the Leavenworth United States Penitenti ary paper. New Eta: First, 1 resolve not to break my New Year resolutions. Second, to be more temperate in ex pressing my opinions when they are Third, to start a year book of myself, and make It as acceptable to myself as I can. Fourth, to go to the bank every even ing and deposit there something that will indicate that I am making charac ter. not money. Fifth, to spare much time this vear finding out how I can help men "who are in prison with me. Sixth, to find out from personal ef fort what all this talk about the Bible means. Seventh, to hold my temper right down to where it should be, and keep it there until it is entirely unuer my control, for a man's temper is a sense less thing. Eighth, to cheer up my family jn every way possible and not in any let ter home complain of my lot, nor ask a favor of them that is hard for them to grant. Ninth, to be a man. Tenth, to stop going over my troubles like one harnessed to a wine press, trudging round and round in a circle. Eleventh, to abandon vain and foolish things as much as possible and reilx values as between the worth while and the things that are not worth while. Twelfth, to practice deep breathing and pay more attention to health. I OUR DAILY LAUGH And here he U 'at the office using the boss' time telling another ?Pf fellow all about s|f|k , what a fine wife Wia lie 8 got ~ In * our » rssL minutes Cf the J I clock's right) he 1 can, and will, quit If you look at ithe calendar you'll And it's Moving Day— WF-> yi— Ma y ut - Wifey says "I move we H move," aad Hub- JbSV s «conds the wB motion. As Ilub- A§& by leaves for the T office Wifey says, HHI J| "Now don't for v» the new ad " dress, and • be home early." V SAD PLIGHT l»y Wins Dinger A friend to me unfolded, A tale of his sad plight, It seems that e'er retiring On downy couch last night He peeped into his ice chest That stands quite high and dry Upon his porch, and therein Some scrapple he did spy. He pictured for this morning A dish of hot, fried paste, And with this zero weather How good the stuff would taste. But when wife to the Ice chest Did early go this morn She found it void of contents And looking most forlorn. O. think of all the heartaches The thieves who walked away AVlth all the food, did bring to That home on this cold day. For what could disappoint one More than to set his mouth For scrapple, and to have It With some thief wander south? HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH TMtLc* IK "Pe-KKOi^taahXa By the Ex-CommltteemMi State Senator Vare lias announced <hat his brother. Congressman William are. will not be a candidate for delo sate-at-large to the Republican na tional convention at Chicago. This is taken as an indication that the threat ened factional light in Philadelphia will not be permitted to develop and that the air is clearing rapidly on the national delegate question. Senator A are in a formal statement said:. The Republicans this year dare not nominate the type of man who does P°t appeal to the Progressives. They tried that experiment four years ago and found it could not be done. If there is such a split again this year, we may as well prepare for four vears more of Wilson. My thought is that a man should be nominated who is a regular Re publican and at the same time an advocate of the best principles em bodied in the plutform of the Progres sives. lam in favor of a man who has actively supported advanced social and industrial legislation, but who rejects such ultra-radical doctrines as the referendum and recall." —Says the Philadelphia Record: "There is talk among the Democrats tnft Secretary of Labor William R. W llson may be put up to oppose Mr. Knox in the light for the senatorahip. His candidacy, it is admitted, would be a forlorn hope, without the slightest chance for success, unless another wide split should come in the Repub lican ranks. It is not believed that, under these circumstances, President Wilson would like a member of his Cabinet to run." —William J. Brennen, a lawyer of Pittsburgh, probably will be the candi date put forward against A. Mitchell Palmer for the Democratic national conimitteemanship by the regular Democrats of Pennsylvania. While the final decision has not been reached among the regular leaders as to whether Brennen is the best, man to lead their fight against the Palmer faction, members of the Pennsylvania Democratic delegation in the House at Washington are convinced that his se lection is practically certain. Along with this disclosure came the informa tion that the regular Democrats are certain to put forward a candidate against State Chairman Roland Mor ris. The candidate for the State chair manship has not been agreed upon, however. The fact of overshadowing importance in connection with these disclosures of developments in Demo cratic politics in Pennsylvania is that the Old Guard is primed and readv for a clear-cut fight to regain control of the party machinery in the State. The fight will be aimed at ousting Palmer and Morris from the official leadership of the party in Pennsylvania and the redemption of the party from the policy of antagonism and disruption which has been in evidence throughout the Wilson administration. Recent conferences among Democratic con gressmen from Pennsylvania produced the opinion that the candidate for na tional committeeman ought to be se lected from this list: William J. Bren nen, Pittsburgh; Michael J. Ryan, Philadelphia; Congressman John J. Casey. Wilkes-Barre; Michael Uebel, Jr.. of Erie, and Arthur G. Dewalt. Allentowu. ex-chairman of the Demo cratic State committee. Most; of the delegation favor Brennen. —According to statements by A. Nevin Detricli, of Chainbersburg," sec retary of the Washington partv state committee, the Pennsylvania delega tion to the Progressive national con vention at Chicago will consist of forty-five delegates. The Progressive party rules, he states, provide for one delegate at large for each senator and each congressman at large, at least one delegate from each congressional dis trict and an additional delegate from each district in which more than 15,000 votes were cast for the Wash* Ington party ticket at the last presi dential election. Mr. Detrich said that he expected a complete delegation from this state and that the Pennsyl vania Progressives were in harmony with their national committee. Dis tricts which are entitled to extra dele gates are the Eighth (Bucks-Mont gomery), Tenth (Lackawanna), Elev enth (Luzerne), Thirteenth (Berks- Lehigh), Seventeenth (Huntingdon- Mifllln-Ferry-Juniata-Franklin - Ful ton-Suyder-Unlon), Eighteenth (Dau phin-Lebanon-Cumberland) and Nine teenth (Bedford-Blalr-Cambrla). —Signatures to nominating petitions for nominations to be made and dele gates and committeemen to be elected at the May primary may be secured on and after February 18, one month from to-morrow. The department of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, which has charge of nominating pe titions, is preparing to issue the peti tions, but the number this year will be limited as far as possible to actual needs and allowances for any which might be spoiled. KNOX FOR THE SENATE [From the New York World.] As a candidate for the United States Senate to succeed George T. Oliver, who will retire next year. Philander C. Knox offers Pennsylvania an oppor tunity for which it has reason to con gratulate itself. No Republican in the State is so well qualified in ability and experience to represent it. worthily In Washington. The direct primary system has fur nished many disappointments. While the results have been neither uniform ly bad nor good, the primary has serv ed to deter men of special fitness from seeking election at the polls to the United States Senate* If Elihu Root had been willing to face the test of a direct nomination and a direct elec tion in this State, he would to-day occupy the office to which he lent so great distinction. Mr. Knox has vol unteered under similar circumstances. If the Republicans of Pennsylvania by any mischance should reject him for a man of different type, they would condemn themselves and the direct primary system alike. In the nature of things, Pennsylva nia is entitled to a Republican Sena tor. It can And no other of the same class as Philander C. Knox, whose past services as United States Senator, as Attorney General of the United States fix his rank beyond dispute. THE SEARCHLIGHT OILING THE OCEAN The experiences of several seamen would seem to show that it is possible to clear a way through a fog by pour ing oil on the water beneath it. The question has not been closely enough investigated to make it possible to say whether this method of clearing the atmosphere would be effective in all kinds of fogs, as fogs are due to dif ferent causes, but it has been known to work in some cases. The Hydro graphic bureau is collecting all the in formation available on the matter, since something of the sort would be im mensely useful in crowded waterways. The seamen who have seen the trick done say that when vessels of oil were accidentally broken in foggy weather, the oil ran out through the ship's scup pers, and over that part of the water which was coverel by nn oil-film the fog quickly cleared away. A puff of which was covered by an 011-fllm the banks on either side; but by oiling the whole surface of the water in some land-locked and populous inlet, such as New York harbor, it may prove pos sible to keep clear weather no matter I what nature tries to do. THE CARTOON OF THE DAY | He Doesn't Seem to Profit by the Lessons Before Him WO" Hl.s INOi«*(MtMC« v« | u« M«M« -*%ACM I —l'no in the Coluinhua Dinpntrli. ' \ TRAIN YOUR WEATHER EYE How to Foretell Storms By Frederic J. Haskin . J JUST as the west wind is your best friend in the matter of weather, bringing clear, cool days, so the east wind blows before a storm. We have seen that the anticyclone is a great cone of cold air, moving across the country from the west and at the same time circulating like the hands of a clock, so that all over North America it produces a west wind. The phenomenon known as cyclone, which brings the storms, is the exact opposite in every way. It is a mass of moist, warm air which usually forms somewhere in the west or Middle West. The dry, cold air which surrounds it, being heavier, rushes in around its base, squeezing it to a point, and circulating round and round it. Thus the cyclone is an in verted cone of warm, moist air circu lating in the opposite direction from the hands of a j^lock. If you are going to understand the weather you must make no mistake about the size and action of these cyclones and anticyclones. A cyclone is usually t oblong. It may extend from far into "Canada to far cut in the Gulf of Mexico, and from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi Valley. There fore, as it revolves across the coun try. it brings east winds, and these east winds are laden with moisture. Also because of the great difference of temperature between the anti cyclone and the surrounding air, these winds are apt to develop great violence. So the cyclone is the pre cursor of almost everything unde sirable in weather. The northeasters on the Atlantic coast that kick the surf up mountain high and wreck the boats, are almost invariably cyclones that originated somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, although you will have a hard time convincing the long shoreman that they do not come across the water. In summer, when a long spell of hot. muggy weather settles upon the land, sapping your energy and ruining your disposition, it is due to the presence of a torpid, slow-moving cyclone. So that when ever the wind comes from the east, winter or summer, you may be sure the weather is going to change for the worse. The Weather Bureau has been watching every storm that has cross ed the United States for a great many years, and it has found that there is a regular cycle of these movements. Kvery year, about 110 storms cross the country and about 103 of these are born In the west, while the other seven usually come from the Eastern Gulf States. Fifteen storms a year start in the West Gulf States, especially in Texas. Twelve originate in the Colorado Rockies. The West ern Plateau States start about ten storms every year. The Weather Bureau knows approximately the course that each of these will follow. For example, both the Gulf and the Colorado storms usually shoot across the country northeastward to the St. Lawrence Valley. That section gets about two storms a week, all in all. About the best thing you can say for the weather In the St. Lawrence Val ley Is that It never lasts long. Occasionally, any of these stcrms may deviate slightly from its usual path. The result will be a storm in some section where clear weather was predicted. It is these little de viations, impossible to foresee, which cause every man who left his umbrella at home to say unpleasant things about the Weather Bureau. Occasionally, two cyclones will move across the country at the same time, and if they happen to run to gether, combining their moisture, a very heavy rain is the result. The brisk cyclone that brings a stiff east wind and driving rain or snow, is the least undesirable variety. It Is the slow-moving cyclone, bring ing moist, muggy weather, that is most to be dreaded. In the winter it takes the form of fog, which rests upon the earth until the cold, heavy air of an anticyclone comes and pushes it away. In the summer it is a heat wave, which usually lasts until it is relieved by a thunder storm. As we have said, the surest indica tion of an approaching cyclone is a wind from the east. This tells you that it is coming. Just before it ar rives, you will see a number of thin, wispy clouds high up In the air and moving rapidly south and west. They are what the scientists call cirrus and the sailors "mares' talis." These cirrus clouds are about the most reliable Indication df the im mediate approach of the storm within the observation of the amateur. They are caused by bits of vapor that fly off from the whirling cyclone and are caught and condensed by the cold prevailing westerlies of the upper spaces. These are the winds above the weather that move majestically from equator to pole, and they carry the little clouds swiftly ahead of the storm, warning all that look up ward. There will usually be at least sev eral hours between the first appear ance of the cirrus and the beginning of the storm, while the larger storms are usually advertised at least one day and some times two days in ad vance by these ragged, last-flying danger signals. If a big storm is approaching, the day before It breaks will usually be especially fine, with soft air and a higher temperature than the day be fore. Cirrus will be thick in the sky iby the middle of the afternoon, and JANUARY 17, 1916. "* (the heavier, blacker, cirro-stratus will begin to pile up in the west so that the sun goes down behind a smoky veil. Sometimes there is a marked halo about the sun, and then you may be almost sure that rain will fall within twenty-four or thirty-six hours: for long observation has shown that this sign is right about 93 times out of a hundred. If there is a moon on the night before the storm, it will be very likely to have a halo, which is an almost equally good indication that rain is coming within thirty-six hours. If you bet on the halo about the moon regularly you will win about 87 times out of a hundred. As the storm draws closer and closer, you must be more and more watchful if you would prophesy its movements and regulate your own ac cordingly. The great black clouds that pile up in the summer sky are not dangerous in themselves. A gray patch, known as the nimbus, always forms before it begins to rain. Don't let the big black clouds bluff yoju out, but when the gray nimbus overspreads the sKy, it is time to seek shelter. In winter, if it is going to snow, the sky will be an absolutely uniform gray without a seam or a crack. From that sort of a sky you are sure to get snow. But if there is any flaw in its perfect woof, the storm will take the form of rain no matter how cold it is. From this it will be seen that the cirrus clouds are the most reliable Indication of when the storm will ar rive, after the east wind has an nounced its approach. A few scat tering cirri are not very significant, i but if the procession grows rather | than diminishes the changes are | about eight to one that a storm is approaching. Sometimes the cirri are forerunners of a storm which is pass ing north or south of you, in which case you can usually see that the cen ter of cloudiness is far away and that you are not threatened. If the cirrus have foretold aright, they will gather to form a clrro stratus. This is the tine, feathery sort of cloud that covers the sky as though with cotton batting combed out thin. Sometimes the cirrus will develop into what the sailors call a "mackerel sky," in whicn the lights and shades of the clouds resemble the scales of a fish. Either of these skys generally indicates an increasing moisture and a rapid approach of the storm. Occasionally, however, a "mackerel sky" is an indication that the moisture is drying up. In this case the little clouds will quickly be ■ gin to shrink. After cirro-stratus, or "mackerel sky," the clouds rapidly thicken and turn gray until the first flakes of snow or drops of rain begin to fall. These, then, are the storm signals that you can read for yourself and rely upon. First, an east wind; then cirrus clouds speeding westward; then warmer weather and perhaps the sun with a halo about it, or the moon, if there is one, may wear a similar decoration. If all or most of these signs concur, you may safely count on stormy weather. TO-DAY'S EDITORIALS The Philadelphia Press. "There was not—at least there should not have been—anything aboard the E-jJ that could explode," was the comment of Rear Admiral ft. Usher, command ant of the New York Navy Yard, on the disaster that occurred there. His words sum up the myßtery of the affair which a court of inquiry will doubtless be asked to probe. Until a thorough investigation has been made it seems ldlo to speculate as to the cause or the blame for the explosion that killed four men and injured ten. The matter is further complicated by the fact that the E-2 was equipped with improved batteries that are sup posed not to give off chlorine gas. Her motive power was generated bv an oil-burning engine, hence she carried no gasoline. There was no powder in her magazine and her torpedoes were not supplied with the explosive heads they would carry in time of war. Moreover, she had been in dry dock since the end of December and was dry both inside and out. The Philadelphia Inquirer. When [Huerta, dead after incarceration on a flimsy charge in an American Jail, was | in control no American within the I sphere of his influence was subject to despoliation. It was only where the President's friends. Villa and Carran za, were murdering and pillaging that American interests suffered. But the administration turned upon Huerta and took up with the plundering and assassinating bandits. Unwilling to force protection, afraid to back up its idle threats with deeds, the best thought that It had was to order Americans out. I It was the policy of weakness, of I childishness, of cowardice. [ It was on a par with that wonderful discovery made by the State Depart ment that an American citizen may have a dual nationality. The department actually conceded that it could not protect a citizen of the United States who, having been naturalized or born in this country of Immigrant parents, should be seized if found in the old country and forced Into the army. "We have incurred the contempt of the world," says Theodore Roosevelt. And Roosevelt ta rlfht. r I Gbptttttg (£hat Great Britain's stir over the con scription issue has recalled to the minds of a number of the older residents of I larrisbtirgthe Incidents connected with the draft In this State during the Civil War because, after all, there is not so much difference between the conscrip tion and the draft. They get the men, willing; or unwilling. In this country the drafting was in charge of officers who appeared in communities and speedily found out the available men. ' Most times, say the older people, they appeared with lists made up. Under the system then in vogue men were allowed to send substitutes, a wise provision in view of the fact that ex cept at the time of Lee's invasion, when everyone wanted to go to the iront and fight, the business of the community had to be kept going for the sake of those at home and those in the Held. Often times men who I were known to bo in the draft lists 01 (lie wheel from which the names were taken, as in the drawing of a jurv would "skip out'' and go and live in the mountains. Sometimes they would |KO to parts unknown. This Mty, which I was the scene of Camp Curtin, the great mobilization camp for this part of the country, saw a good bit of the excitement over the draft, although Harrlsburg had no riots. Most of the trouble hero was made by drafted men who came here to be mustered in and who occasionally bucked and had to be subjected to drastic treatment, r rom all accounts, some men in the counties along the Susquehanna ducked and went to the mountains, where they were hunted out by squads of men who took a delight In rounding them up to "do their bit" just as is said In England now. However, the men here either entered the service or sent sub stitutes. Some of the wealthier citi zens, men entrusted with big enter prises or in important business or who were physically unable to stand serv ice, paid for two, three or four sub stitutes. Substitutes were never lack ing. although there was a suspicion of "bounty jumping" about some of them. The drafting operations here attracted much attention and the wheel which wus used is preserved in the Dauphin County Historical Society. That period furnished some interesting times in years of stirring events right here in Harrlsburg and there are a number of men living who could tell of strenuous work they had to keep our drafted men or conscripts in hand until they became soldiers. Many men in business in (his city and many newspapermen who have had occasion to use the telegraph will regret to learn of the death at Fayet.te ville of William 11. BOSKS, one of the veterans of the Western Union. Mr. Boggs, who died in the community where he was born, served for over forty-five years at. the key and handled many thousands of messages and new.s dispatches. A good part of that time was spent in Harrisburg and from the Western Union office in Third street "Billy," as he was known to gen erations of newspapermen, telegraphed some of the biggest stories of the vears with never a "kick." He was en trusted with important official and pri vate telegrams, but no one ever knew what they were, for he lived up to the principle that a message was inviolate. Mr. Boggs was one of the boys who "footed" it to Gettysburg the day after the battle. He lived only a few miles away and used to tell how he was spanked for going there. He came here when a youngster and was soon one of the best on the wires. For years ho was night manager of the Western Union and his service was always meritorious, winning for him the lasting friendship of businessmen, newspapermen and everyone with whom he came into contact. • • » The manner in which the railroads piled freight through this city yester day would rather suggest that the em bargo which had been placed on points west and south of this city had been broken. There was an immense amount of soft coal sent through the three big yards and some of the trains were enormous. The yards w f ere reg ular hives all day long and one train after another passed over the bridges and along the banks of the river. Governor Brumbagli says that the winter speechmaking season is on in full force. The Governor lias been in vited at the rate of once a day to make a speech and. to use his own words, has to get a new set of thoughts for each day of the month. A number of the speeches seem to be for the dedi cation of schools, a line of duty which the educators naturally select for the schoolmaster-governor. Occasionally some of them hit the same date for dedication, but they are always willing to change it If the Governor will agree to attend. » • • Dr. J. George Becht. secretary of the State Board of Education, who suffered from an attack of the grip, is able to be about again and to look after some of the work of taking con trol of normal schools. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ ( —James P. Greene is the new chair man of Johnstown's playground and parks commission. —S. J. Toole, who was ousted as mercantile appraiser of Allegheny county, served for years as county commissioner. —Congressman D. F. of York, is quoted as saying the Penn sylvania delegation to Chicago should unite on Knox. —Judge Joseph Buffington is mak ing a loyalty speech to every class of new naturalized citizens admitted be fore him at Pittsburgh. —E. L. Doheny, head of the new oil merger. Is well known to many Phlla delphians. —Dr. S. P. Ross is the new prest. dent of the State osteopathic phy sicians. DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg stockings arc in demand in the South? HISTORIC HARRISBfRG The tirst United States senator elected here was chosen in the courthouse in ISI3. / First Notes of Spring Just as we seek the flrst vio let when the snow begins to melt, we look for the first note of Spring fashions as soon as Christmas is passed. We are a restless people ana fashion is ever plunging ahead. The merchants vie with each other to catch the flrst authentic note. , . There is keen rivalry to b« first to show the new. Competition, thoy say. Is the life of trade, and certainly it is the inspiration of some mighty good advertising these days. •Inst look through the columns of the Telegraph and note how alert our merchants and manu facturers are. Kvery line of the advertising reflects tin- desire to gain your trade by serving you better.
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