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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.
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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.
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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.