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FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 10.
Forget not all the sunshine of the way
By which the Lord hath ted thee: an
swered prayers,
And joys unasked, strange blessings,
lifted cares.
Grand promise-echoes. Thus thy life
shall be
One record of His love and faithfulness
to thee.
— FKAJCCES RIDLEY HAVKRGAL.
THK ROOSICVKLT STATEMENT
COLONEL ROOSEVELT has taken
himself out of the Republican;
and Progressive primaries as a ;
candidate for President,thereby, in the'
minds of many, only adding to the j
possibility of his nomination by the
two conventions. Whether the Colo
nel mean.t to do so or not, he could
bave done nothing more designed to
place himself in the path of the Presi
dential lightning than to deny at this
time that he Is a candidate. On the!
other hand, he would have everlasting
ly blasted whatever hopes his friends
may have for him if he had permitted 1
his name to stand or have injected
bimself actively into the t"ace as a !
• andidate. The country is not in a ;
jnood to sympathize with anybody's |
personal ambitions at this time. Re-1
publicans and the few Progressives |
■that are left are looking only to one j
end—the nomination of a man who
not only can defeat Wilson, but who j
•will be big enough to measure up to
the imiii>rta'nt worl; of rescuing
country from the slough of mlsman-1
agement in which it is mired.
Even those who are not inclined to
agree with the Colonel on many sub- :
jects will concur In the sentiments he.
expresses In his statement to the
newspapers. The nation is facing a
grave crisis. Wilsonisni must be re- j
liuked. but we face also the higher
duty of "dedicating ourselves anew"
to the great principles upon which our ■
government Is founded. Colonel i
Roosevelt, says lie believes that the j
time Is ripe for the appearance of aj
Washington or a Lincoln, and read-1
lug,carefully what he has to say one!
may suspect that the Colonel would
not be abashed if the nation should
suddenly recognize in him the modern
prototype of either or both of these!
great statesmen and patriots. May be |
the Colonel, when he penned his state- j
ment. had nothing of the sort in mind; j
tind then again, maybe he did. The j
ex-President is so given to cryptic ut- !
terances that one is tempted to look
beneath the mere words of his mes- 1
«age for a possible hidden meaning.
LCMBKRiING GETS WAR \ll>
FROM the date of the passage of
the Democratic tariff law up to i
a very few months ago the Hun-i
ber industry was experiencing a
serious depression. Latterly it. has |
picked up, though still somewhat be- ,
low normal. The Democratic pros-1
perity chorus has marked the situation
l>y adding a new song to its repertoire
rnd the public is now being regaled
with a little close harmony entitled:
"Pine knot, the lumber mills are!
humming."
A market report issued by the
Southern Pine Association of New
Orleans announces that European j
governments are in the market for |
1(19,000,000 feet of pine, so far as
known, and this within the last few ,
•weeks. The report says: "The ex- j
port, situation presents features of
ppecial interest owing to the rumors;
of large orders on the market for ac- '
count of European Governments." |
The excess of business with the steel |
mills is also causing a large demand
by the railroads for more wood for
car material, and as the steel industry
Is one of our heftiest war brides, the
lumber Industry is thereby an Indirect i
beneficiary. Tho golden stream from
the European war chests has at last
filtered into Ihe lumber Industry.
TIME FOR ACTION
VILLA, the snake which the Wilson
administration nursed so long in
It* bosom, has struck. American
lives have been sacrificed to the
"watchful waiting" policy of the Presi
dent. The occurrence in New Mexico
jesterday was inevitable under the cir
cumstances. The wonder Is that It was
postponed so long. The time Is' now .
ripe for action. Villa must be cap- '
lured and punished, or killed In an ;
effort to take*him. Life and property'
along the hordcr in the United Htales
will not be safe until an example has!
been made of him. It will not do to
say that the Mexican authorities will
deal with tho offenders. The Mexican
guthoritles have shown that they are
FRIDAY EVENING, HAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 10, 1916
' utterly 11 r»nl to cope with tlie situation,
j They have been Tying desperately for
months lo take Villa and have not
been able to do so.
This Villa, who invaded the United
State!" yesterday ut the head of a band
of cut-throats of the same stamp as
himself, is the same Villa to whom the ]
American government, through I'resi- 1
dent Wilson, was only a short time
J since providing with arms and aiurau- ■
nit ion and hailing aa a patriot, a
statesman and the savior of Mexico, j
This is the same Villa who «u given !
the means of overthrowing the dread- 1
ful Huerta by this same Wilson ad- j
ministration. He Is the Villa, who was
hailed as a friend of tho United States 1
by the President and his Cabinet.
The country knew that Villa was a
bandit and a murderer, a self-Heeker ,
if there ever was one, but it had to 1
swallow him when Washington be
came his sponsor, and hope against I
hope for the best. But Villa was never !
for a moment trusted by the rank and ,
lile of Americans, a great majority of j
whom have been waiting with sicken- ;
] ing dread for just such a tragedy as',
j that which occurred yesterday. It was j
j certain to oome when the adminis
tration pushed the defeated rebel
j leader aside to take up with the vie- J
; torious Carranza, who, by the way, has
I murdered probably as many Amerl
] cans in his time as has Villa. The
; whole situation is impossible. We
! can't go on this way longer. Some-
I thing must be done for the safety of
| our people along the Rio Grande.
It is reported that the President ha
j asked, or will ask, the permission of
Carranza to send an armed force into
I Mexico. If Carranxa is wise lie will
j not only grant this request, but co
operate with the I'niied Statts troops
in the capture of Villa, who has .shown
himself to be the one big thorn in the. !
flesh of the Carranza administration.
Unquestionably, Villa is playing des- 1
perately for American Intervention,
hoping thereby to rally to his drooping |
banner the thousands of Mexicans of
all factions who he believes would join
in resenting an American invasion. I
Just now all that we in this country !
have in mind is the capture or death
of Villa, and to that end the adminis- '
tratlon will be wise if it sticks to its <
intention of asking the co-operation of
Carranza, for with American troops in
Mexico riding side hy side with Mex- j
ican soldiers there would be less like- I
lihood of the general uprising for i
which Villa hopes.
But at ail events, and no matter j
what the outcome may be. the fact j
should not. be lost to sight that if the j
Wilson administration had conducted
itself properly at the outstart in its j
relations with Mexico this dreadful sit
uation along our southern borders
would not now exist and many Ameri- |
can lives would have been saved. The !
burden of responsibility resting on the ! 1
Washington government at this time 1
cannot be shifted. It set out to un- 1
horse liuerta. It succeeded, but at
what frightful cost.
THAT SHIPPING BUM,
BECAUSE of the demand for ocean
transportation, ships are now
worth two to four times their 1
cost. If the Government loaded up
with $50,000,000 worth of them and
the war closed soon thereafter, we 1
should have something on our hands
compared with which the proverbial
white elephant would be inconse
quential.
NEVER BEFORE?
LISTEN to this from the columns
of a leading Democratic wor
shipper of Woodrow Wilson:
A President never before made it
so tremendously his business to see
that the pledges made to the peo
ple should be carried out.
Carried out! How? On a stretcher?
Never before! Not even hy Jack
son or Cleveland. Democrats? Not ,
by Lincoln or Garfield, Republicans? i
Will any admirer Of Jackson and ]
Cleveland stand for comparisons as
odious as that? Will any man loyal!;
to tlje memory of Lincoln second the j
sentiment that, never before lias a
President made it so tremendously l
his business to keep his party plodges? j
ONE EFFECT OF THE WAR
ONE effect of '.he war in Europe
has been an increase in the de- '■
in and for meats which are
needed to feed the European armies,
and to supply markets which would j
have been otherwise supplied but for j
the conflict which so unexpectedly;
broke out on that Continent. Our j
exports of meats In 1914 were only!
$1:17.000,000. while in 1915 they
amounted to $259,000,000, an in- j
crease of nearly 100 per cent.
•M.l\ I BS" THE .CLOWN
THAT many a sad heart beats be
neath the motley of the profes
sional merrymaker is again illus- |
trated by the suicide, for love, of)
"Slivers," t he clown whose antics made |
millions of people laugh In years agone
when lie capered gleefully In the saw- !
dust ring of the circus.
"Slivers." who in real life was Frank
Oakley, killed himself because the girl '
whom he had twice saved from the
gutter refused the lo(e he offered her,
choosing in preference the primrose,
path that leads to ruin. He lived to !
make others forget for a space their
sorrow and died himself of heartbreak. ]
Charles Hanson Towne's verses. I
"The Jester," might have been written
with "Slivers" and his tragic end in
mind:
I have covered up with laughter
More than you have drowned In |
tears;
I have pondered the hereafter:
I have known my griefs and
fears.
Underneath my mask and motley
I have heard the noisy years.
I have dreamed my dreams, my
masters,
I have thought of life and love,
Counted sorrows and disasters.
Known the sting and pain there
of:
Yet you deem me but a Jester
Whom the world shall weary of.
II EM/I H DEPARTMENT WORK
DR. SAMUEL G. DIXON'S annual
report for 1915 shows a decided
falling off in the death rate in
I'eninylvaniu. especially In the list of
preventable diseases. It has been ,
| along this line that the State Health
Commissioner nu» been doing liis best
work. The wiping out of typhoid and .
similar ailments has received Uie coa- i
stant attention of the entire depart- i
J ment force and tho results are show- j
Ing up reinurkably well, it has been
1 only ten years since this work was,
I begun on sn extensive scale and In
that period great headway has been
I made In the matter of'public edu
: cation end in the wiping out of sources
'of dlsoase. Deaths from diphtheria,
i measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough,
I tuberculosis and typhoid fever were
6,400 fewer in 1915 than in 1900.
! These figures are not only a tribute to
' the efficiency of the department, but
ample justification for the vast sums
j expended on its maintenance.
TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE"]
—Genual ,v having declared war on j ;
Portugal, all that remains now is for!
■ the kaiser to get an army near enough I
! to start a campaign.
—The Turks have agreed to let the j
f Armenians alone, says a news dispatch
'which is equivalent to the promise of
the cat not to further molest thej
canary which it has just eaten.
—One tiling about Lent, Belgium j
will have no trouble in observing the I
self-denial rules.
| —lf Enver Pasha doesn't quit dying
so frequently our old friend Raisuli !,
may feel that his reputation is being I
injured. I
—The only trouble about this armed 1
! ship business is that there is no. in- !'
diciition that Bryan intends to take j
Ipnsenge on one.
—Suggestion for new White House :
note to Mexico: "Dear Villa: Don't."! 1
PECKSNIFF AT BERLIN
[Public Ledger.] J|
If the Gentian government really ; i
! believes that the memorandum which j 1
1 'ount von liernstorff presented to :
Secretary Lansing yesterday will af- i
'feet the American policy with regard t
to the submarine issue, it must have
ja very poor opinion of American in- (
j telligence. It prefaces the document t
i by tho remark that "it wishes to ex
plain the U-boat question once more -
ito the American government." In j i
spite of our apparent incapacity to j»
i grasp the German point of view, it will;
make one more appeal to such reason
, ing powers as we possess. Then it <
goes on to profess its devotion to in- f
j ternatlonal law, its regard for "the I
freedom of the seas," its regret that t
i the perfidious conduct of Great I Sri-1 1
| tain compelled it to engage in repris-) '
ials. All this is a twice-told tale, not
[ more impressive by repetition. Great h
[Britain attempted to restrict the legi-M
| timate trade of neutrals with Ger- 1
■ many, and it was necessary for Ger
many to retaliate. "She chose for '
I this purpose a new weapon, the use or' 1
I which had not been regulated by in- i 1
ternational law. and in doing so could i
not and did not v iolate any existing i
j rules, but only look into account the j '
I peculiarity of this new weapon, the c
I submarine bout." This peculiarity, of '
j course, was the method of attacking 1
and sinking merchantmen without re
gard for the lives of noncombatants. !*
The conclusion of the memorandum!
is as remarkable as the beginning. It
expresses Ihe hope that the United!
States will "appreciate the German !,
viewpoint." As this viewpoint con-1:
slsts in the assumption that, if Great':.
Britain interferes with neutral trade :
to Germany,. Germany has a perfect ;
right to take neutral lives in return, 1
j American appreciation is not likely to i F
be very keen. These neutral lives 11
were lost, we are told, against the j N
wish and Intention of the German.!
government." That is, when the Lusi- J
tania was sunk without warning, and
with no attempt to safeguard the,'
Americans on board, it was assumed!. 0
by the humane commander of the!]
isubmarine that the men. women and
children on board would swim ashore. 1
It was just an unfortunate accident | .
that they were drowned. The Ger
man government politely regrets the
episode, but it is more concerned with .
the odius conduct of Great Britain in !
holding up cargoes bound for Ger-.,
! many via neutral ports. This is what I
the United States should resent, noti 8
the murder of its citizens on the high jj
seas. The sufficient answer to this is '
that the United States is amply able to "
settle its own dispute with Great Brl- J;
itain. If the British blockade is con
trary to International law, Ihe injury s
1 done will be repaired without German r
intervention. But it is not our bust- 1
ness if Germany has lost control of the 1
seas, and we certainly do not Intend *
to play her game by assenting to a H
policy of reprisals contrary to law J
and humanity alike.
FALSE PHOPHET DAY
If a man walking in tj«e spirit and
falsehood do lie, saying prophesy '
unto thee of wine and of strong drink; 1
he shall even be the prophet of this 1
people.—Micah 2: 11. <
AN OLD SONG 1
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox'
(Copyright, 1916, Star Company.) j
|Two roadways lead from this land to I
That: and one is the road of i
Prayer, I
.And one is the road of Old Time i
Songs, and every note is a stair. I
(
A shabby old man with a music ma- <
chine on the sordid city street, I
But suddenly earth seemed A ready j i
and life grew young and sweet. }
i For the city street fled and ilie world 11
was green and a little house i
stood by the sea: <
I And she came singing a martial air <
(she who was peace Itself): i
iShe brought back with her the old. 1
st range charm of mingled pathos l
and glee;
; With her eyes of a child in a woman's
face and her soul of a saint In
an elf.
"She had been gone for many a year—|?
they tell us it is not far —
; That silent place where the dear ones I
go, but it might as well be a ,
star; 1
Yes, it might as well be a distant star I *
as a beautiful Near-By-Land, i,
' If we hear no voice and see no face ; !
land feel no touch of a hand. jj
| But now she had come, for I saw her !
there, and she looked so blithe!
mid young;
i (Not white and still as T saw her I*
last), and the rose that she (
wore was red;
And her voice soared lip In a bird-I'
like trill at the end of the song;'
she sung.
And she mimicked a soldier's warlike!
stride and tossed back her dear \
little head. (
She had been gone for many a year. (J
and never came back before; ij
But I think she dwells In a Near-By-1
l.and. since a song jarred open '
the door:
Yes. I think It is surely a Near-By-j!
Land-- that place where our;'
loved ones are—
For the song would never have reaoji-j 1
ed her ear had she been on a!
distant star.
1 Two roadways lead from this land to 1
That: and one. Is the road of W
Pray* r, 1
i And ane Is the road of Old Time i
I Songs, and every note is a<stalr. It
T>otOCc4 U
By fh<- Ki-Coromlt(«*man
Senator Charles A. Snyder, of
Pottsvllle, lata yesterday entered the
first nominating petition to lie a can
didate for a State-wide nomination at
the coming primary. The Pottsvllle
Senator, who is a native of Dauphin
county, filed a dozen or more large
petittons advocating his candidacy for
.the Republican nomination for auditor
general and stated that there would bo
more to follow.
In the petitions were papers numer
ously signed by Dauphin, Erie, Perry,
Adntns. Columbia, Luzerne, Butler,
Elk and Schuylkill counties. It is
I said that inside of a week papers from
! practically every county in the Slate
| will be on file for Snyder.
The filing of the papers disposes
of any possibility of the Schuylkill
■man withdrawing from the race for
the nomination.
Speaker Ambler's friends are work
ing actively In his behalf all over tho
State, the Citizens committee behind
'him being very busy. His papers are
being circulated and some will be
brought here.
—Senator Boies Penrose is expected
to pay a visit to Pittsburgh within a
few days. He has been invited to
make an address before the Pitts
burgh Chamber of Commerce and will
meet Western leaders.
State Chairman Crow's declar
ation for party harmony has not only
1 been backed up by most of the Re
publican Congressmen, but by many
county leaders and considerable quiet
work to get things straightened out
is under way. Much, however, de
pends upon how things shape up in
Philadelphia. The rest of the State
appears to be ready for burial of dif
ferences.
—National Committeeman A. Mit
chell Palmer has agreed to attend the
Dollar Dinner of the Allegheny tin
terrilied next month and will take
along an armful of olive branches.
Pdlmer and his pals are thoroughly
alarmed at the feeling against them
and are willing go to to all lengths
lo abolish opposition.
—E. E. Barnitz, Carlisle lawyer, is
a candidate for Democratic state
committeeman from Cumberland.
-—Ex-Representative George ' W.
Allen, of Allegheny, is considering be
ing a candidate for the Senate in one
of the western districts.
—The new Citizens l.eague of Phi la - '
delphia lias turned its batteries on I
Senator E. H. Vare becattse of items!
in the big loan bill to pay the Sen
ator tor certain work which became
mixed up in the controversy with the
Blankenburg administration.
—Andrew Flood and Horace Geiger
well known in various movements In
Philadelphia, have come out for Eegls- ,
lattire.
The Cumberland County Pro-;
liibitionists will meet to-morrow to;
nominate their legislative ticket. The (
meeting will be held at Carlisle.
—Joseph ti. Campbell, of North!
Braddock, Allegheny county, is out for
congress-at-large and also for Re-1
publican State committeeman from his;
district.
—W. T. Stineman, of South Fork,
son of the former Senator, is out l'orj
Republican nomination for Senator in j
Cambria county.
—Philadelphia's much - troubled j
transit situation has quieted down a
bit. Mayor Smith yesterday just be- j
fore starting for Augusta, Oa., turned j
the rapid transit situation over to Di- I
rector Twining, with several reoom-1
mendations which the director' will
incorporate into the report. This!
voluminous and comprehensive docu
ment will b« whipped into shape for
tlie printer, and should be ready for j
the public within four days at tlie i
outside. The Mayor yesterday gave!
official authority to Director Twining
to make the report public, as soon as
it was returned to him by the printer.
—Congressman S. Taylor North of
Jefferson, Is out l'or re-election.
The candidacy of Sfate Senator)
YV. C. Sproul for delegate from the |
Seventh Congressional district to the.
Republican National convention wasj
announced at a meeting of the Dela
ware county Republican executive \
committee al Media last nighf. llor- i
ace Bcale of Coatesville, Chester
county, also will be a candidate for!
national delegate, and will have the
support of the Delaware county Re
publican organization. County Chair-1
man Thomas 1-1. Garvin presided lasl
night and after the committeemen j
were Instructed as to the manner of;
securing a big Republican enrollment, |
addresses were made by Senator j
Sproul, J. I-ord Rigby, R. J. Baldwin,
Harry Heyburn and William T. Ram
sey.
The Monongaheia Valley is wor- j
ried over councilmanie troubles. Char
leroi has one councilman who made |
the supposed mistake of working a few j
clays as a bricklayer for the borough.
Two others happened to sell a Utile
material to the borough and now a
suit is pending to have all three re-!
moved front office. In Monessen, Bur- j
gess A. G. Dunlap. upon Instructions
from council, has Instituted proceed- 1
ings against Councilmon Graff Mil
hollan. Frank Burner, Gus Kruell and j
M. Cooper to ascertain if lliey have
been serving illegally the last year. 1
Council flipped a coin a year ago to |
determine an election law ami now ■
the question of legality of service is
raised. In North Bellevernon there
are eight l ouncilmen instead of seven.
Hie legal limit. This occurred through
a mistake in tiling the list with the!
county commissioners last fall for j
election. Council voted lo oust J. W.
Neil, one of the newly elected mem
bers, and he immediately instituted
proceedings to determine the issue.
OUR HELP FOR HAITI
[Philadelphia Public Ledger.]
Alleged patriots in Haiti, inflated
and Inflamed, have bitterly resented I
the efforts of the United States to es-1
tablisb law and order in the Republic.
The Congress of Halt! has ncverfhe-j
less approved the convention which 1
out Senate has now ratified, and the
way Is open to put the quietus on the
Incessant revolution which of late has
been the sole nourishing Industry, j
Eight presidents deposed—usually by I
murder or exile —in a few years is. i
indeed, a sinister record. With thej
tenure of property and life itself so in- |
ii«cur. naturally the foreign investor
on whom prosperity rests is loth to]
c ast in his fortunes under precarious l
auspices. We ore to send a consulting i
engineer in finance, who shall recon- I
struct '.he loose fiscal arrangements
into a system. We are to collect the.
customs and remold the constabulary.
We arc to establish the foreign credit
by going over the schedule of Haiti's
debts with a benevolent paternalism 1
In which there Is no admixture of anyl
Interest except that which Haiti has;
so long refused to pay. if necessary, j
we will Intervene to prevent future,
uprisings, The hope of the Republic
is in .lust th'' measures which the bet
ter element in Haiti consents to let,
us lake.
UNCLE IKE MURMURS
[Judge. J
"Th' meek may Inhurrlt lb' earth,
all right," murmured Uncle Ike, "hut
lie's In luck if some cuss not so burned
meek don't contest lit' will an' git
away with ill"
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-From the Columbus Dispatch.
PHILIPPINE PROBLEMS
Mindanao and Sulu
By Frederic J. Haskin
ONE-THIRD of the land area of
the Philippines is included in
the Department of Mindanao
and Sulu. Practically all the Moham
medans and a third of the pagans of
the archipelago live In this one de
partment. It was kept under military
government twelve years longer than
the rest of the Philippine group. It
has always been treated as a distinct
problem, and must continue to be so
treated for some time.
In Luzon and the Visayans, the
principal northern islands, the civil
iced FlllplnO population greatly pre
dominates. In Mindanao and Sulu
there are 130,000 Christians, 180,000
pagans, and over 300,000 Mohamme
dans. A single province of the de
partment is a State the size of Mas
sachusetts' the area of the- whole Is
greater than that of Denmark and
Holland put together. The office of
governor Is probably the most impor
tant under the Philippine Commis
sion.
Mindanao and Sulu had a particu
larly unsavory reputation when we
took the islands from Spain. We kept
them under military control from 18!19
to the end of 1913. Then the civil
government, which had been gradually
co-operating more and more fully with
the army, took the reins—and every
body who had been following the sit
uation held his breath. Nothing hap
pened.
There have been numerous local
disturbances, many bands of outlaws
captured, and the old family feuds
among the Moros have been carried
O" according to age-old custom, but
none of the general uprisings that
many people feared have eventuated.
The pagans of Mindanao were always
amenable to American influence, but
the Moros have made much trouble
in years gone by. Now they are not
only living at peace with the Amer
icans, but even with Christian Fili
pinos from the north. Thev are let
ting these Filipinos fill some of the of
fices of administration over them—a
thing that they often asserted in the
past they would never permit. They
are living down their old reputation
for turbulence and ferocity.
The Moros inhabit not only the
main Island of Mindanao, but also the
Sulu archipelago that stretches south
ward and westward to Borneo. Sulu
is, after Mindanao, the largest of the
islands, the stronghold of the Sultan
of Sulu, whose capital is at Jolo —a
doughty warrior whom Spain never
succeeded In subduing. Sulu was
never famous for its moral atmos
phere. The Sulu pirate proas were
known to every skipper who sailed
the seven seas. The Moros of Sulu
took Filipino captives and sold them
for slaves in Borneo. The men of
Sulu were particularly fanatical, even
for Malays, and particularly liable to
the distressing seizure known as going
"Juramentada"
| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
WANTS HIS WITNRSN FEES
To the lidifor of the Telegraph :
Will you kindly allow me sufficient
space In your valuable columns to make
a few remarks In regards our Honorable
Dauphin County Court. Early in Feb
ruary a case involving a jitney driver
and a well-to-do citizen, who holds a
responsible position at the Capitol,
and who brought suit against the driver
for running down his aged mother In
Third near Boas street, who deliberately
stepped out off the curb (not at the
crossing) came up In court. The case
was tried, witnesses beard, and in about
ten minutes the jury came In with a
verdict, clearing the defendant and put
ting the entire costs of the suit on the
prosecutor. Up to this date not one
of the witnesses lias received a cent of
their witness money, notwithstanding
thev have frequently called. The prose
cutor is worth considerable money, and
should tie made pay. The District At
torney should see to it that the bill ts
paid, and we await an explanation why
such has not been done. Thanking you
for the space, 1 am,
Respectfully,
ONE OK TUB WITNESSES.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
HELPING THE
CAUSE.
k What are you
doing for the
' •J» » poor, Maude?
\'j \\J lam collecting :
rp cast-off automo- !
I M.rii j I r biles tc distribute ■
\lp\J among worthy
fcsi" peraon, •
4fcli|t
PROBABLY. £J
Her voice was
Was she talk- «
Ing through her
Bessie All men are alike.
Corn -Oh. are they? Then, of course,
you are not surry you married Harry.-
Judee.
Juramentado is the Spanish way
of expressing in a single word our
phrase "one who has taken an oath."
in the case of a Moro. It means an
oath to kill Christians. The militant
Mohammedan creed assures the joys
of Paradise without the tortures of
purgatory to any believer who dies in
battle with infidels. The Malay is
more or less racially liable to be over
powered by the beauty of this concep
tion on short notice, when he draws
his kris and starts for paradise at
onc.e. Such a man the Spaniards
called juramentado.
He is a terribly formidable indi
vidual. Religious passion and the lust
of battle transform him Into a sav
age fighting machine. He guards Ills
own body not at all; he is out to die
anyway. His object is to do all the
damage possible first. A juramentado
has been known to run himself on a
set bayonet In his eagerness to get at
the man behind It. Having killed his
foe. he unlocked the bayonet and went
011 fighting with the knife through bis
body. When the Spanish garrison of
Sulti was attacked by juramentados,
the fanatics eame on. In the face of
repeating rifle fire, until their bodies
choked the loopholes, and the Span
lards were forced to tire over the top
of the wall.
The only treatment for a juramen
tado is to put him out of tho way as
quickly as possible, Xobody is held
responsible for Ills actions. Tho Moro
chiefs formerly took advantage of this
state of affairs to annoy the Spaniards.
Juramentados grew more and more
frequent, always being seized with
their mania in the midst of a group
of Spanish soldiers. When the Span
ish commander remonstrated to the
Sultan, the latter replied that such
men were irresponsible and amenable
to no Influence on earth. Finally the
Spaniard sent a gunboat to shell the
Sultan's palace. The Malay ruler sent
a storm of protesting and Indignant
messages, "The gunboat. Is juramen
tado," said the Spanish commander,
shrugging Ills shoulders in resigna
tion.
Examples such as these are not
cited as in any way typical. If they
were, dealing with the three hundred
thousand Moron would he a job for a
continental army. Tf they were, the
only way lo handle the department
would be either to wage a war of ex
termination. or to withdraw and con
sign it to it's own devices. As a mat
ter of fact, the Governor of Mindanao
and Sulu reports that there is no dis
order. The constabulary Is preserv
in the public peace. Outlaws are
being hunted down with the assist
ance of their relatives. The Moro and
the Filipino are going to school to-
Rether. Hut the juramontados and
similar cases have their significance.
They are not typical, but they exist.
They show that governing the depart
ment is not like governing Hawaii or
Cuba.
THE STATE FROM m TO DAY
Mar.iorle Sterrett is not idle while
her ardent supporters all over the
State and country are raising funds
to help her build the battleship which
she 1 craves. Tho little Brooklyn school
girl formerly lived in Erie, and she
recently wrote the Erie Herald tell
ing her friends to help out, mid in
forming them that her daddy had
advised her to adopt as her motto,
"Don't give up the ship." And she
hasn't.
The recent disastrous fire in Madi
son township at the Trulti school,
which resulted in a $",500 loss, might
have proven fata) to manv of the
small children had it not been for
the plucky action of Miss Anna Mc-
Gregory, the school teacher, who used
''rain work and physical might to pre
vent the panic, that would otherwise
have ensued.
That headlines lie as well as peo
ple and figures is well evidenced by
the double column top of a news
article on a certain charity proposi
tion In u nearby city, ft read as fol
lows: "Charity society will hold a
feeble-minded exhibit" In this city."
An epidemic of scarletina prevails
at the Lutheran's Orphan Home in
Topton. Thirty-two children are sick.
In the same home a, piece of chalk
yesterday caused the death of one
of the little inmates. Tt lodged In his
windpipe and choked him to death.
The death of "Slivers." the famous
and popular down, who is well known
in many cities of the State as F'rank
Oakley, has caused much regr?t.
"Slivers" wore constantly the mask
of comedy, and It. is a shock to cvon
Imagine that he may have committed
suicide.
Johnstown milk dealers estimate
that their logs from unreturned bot
tles runs well Into *IOO a month. Com
plaints of thefts have been received
and the losers arc going after the mat
ter strongly.
A GREAT LEADER
I Kansas City Star]
A gre.it leader is a man who can
take two women out to dinner and
keep the conversation off to new
Spring lollies anil surgical opera
lions.
J iEbmttg Glljat
< "apitol Park squirrels, which lung
Jt " practice of prome
nading on the roof of the State Mil*
seum, occasionally netting into tha
at tie of the "nig white building anil
e\en turning up among the stored
mjtaturt up under the roof and also
falling every now and then from tha &
roof, are to be liarred out. This is tha
first of the buildings on t'apitol Kill to
be closed to the frisky gray residents
?i. I l ®'' l ' hut tlie State lias been
literally forced to provide some regu
lations for control of its pests. It was
noticed that the squirrels had a habit
of reaching the top of the building by
way of some of the telephone cables
which enter the park from the east
side and which pass over the roof oC
the museum. Complaints about tho
squirrels had com© from tho museum
and as tho traffic on the wires was
becoming quite extensive the garden
force hit upon the plan of erecting a
barrier. They showed it to Superin
tendent S. B. iiamlio and il has lust
been erected for a trial. The barrier
looks like the head of a bass drum or
a huge dishpan. It is a great round
contrivance which is fastened to tho
wire or cable and which extends fop
about a yard all around it. No squir
rel can jump it and the foxy me
chanics fashioned it concave so that
the squirrels could not climb over the
surface and then continue their trav
els. The Capitol policemen sav (hat
it works.
Tho county poor board is planning
for a large and productive market
garden in connection with the county
almshouse. Frank Snavely, who is
superintendent of the Helshey farms,
is father of the project and he will
I so irrigate it that it will bring a Una
crop of vegetables whether the weather
is favorable 01 not. The ground is
wood and .Mr. Snavely says that he has
high hopes of growing far more than
the almshouse will yield and that tho
surplus will be distributed among tho
i various charitable organizations and
i hospitals of the city. Snavely Is an
j enthusiastic gardener and as soon as
the frost is out of the ground will be
; Kit* putting in early peas and prepar
j ins; the ground for cabbage and other
i early crops. He hopes to add greatly
j to the variety of the almshouse diet by
| means of the garden, which will ba
j worked for the most, part by inmates
j of the home who are physically able
ito labor, lie hopes to make It one of
the most economical parts of the poor
board administration.
» <¥ *
I Few peopje know that the largest
, single market garden in the State is
located near 1 lummelstown, on the
Walton farms. Tho Waltons have gone
quietly along for the past few years,
adding acre after acre to their culti
vated area until to-day they are by
some score acres larger than any of
their competitors. They have gone ex
tensively into fruit raising also and are
devoting their attention to high quality
i instead of to quantity. Their place is
j not seen to advantage from the main
| highway and thousands of autotnohll
i ists make the trip from here to Phi In
i delphia without knowing that they are
passing almost within stone-throw of
one of the show places of this part of
the State.
j The Washington I leights school was
almost deser'ed on Wednesday of this
week, only a baker's dozen of young
sters being in attendance in tlie sev
| oral rooms. A farmer near by ha<*
advertised a sale. Some boy suggested
that it would be a tine thing for thm
pupils to show their neighborly feeling
by attending in a body, so several score
of them gathered together their pen
nies at noon and went to the sale. It
j was one of the few held this year in
j the lower end of Cumberland county
and attracted a great crowd. In the
I language of the Pennsylvania farmer,
"fine prices were realized."
j Demands for brown trout to bo
I planted in streams which have been
deserted by the brook trout because
the disappearance of ,brush along
I banks has made them too warm are
(being made at the State Fisheries l>e-
I partment at a lively rate, it is ex
| peeted that because of tho reawaken
j ing of interest in the brown trout that
| some successful "planting" will bo
done. Thousands of such trout will
soon be put out.
James Scarlet, the Danville lawyer
who took such a prominent part in the
investigation of the frauds attending
the furnishing Of the Capitol and in
the subsequent trials, was here yes
terday on a visit to the State House.
"Harrisburg is living up to its usual
March weather," said he. "I have been
here n good many times in March, but
the weather has always been atro
cious."
Governor Brumbaugh went to Read- .
ing yesterday afternoon by automobile.
Me had to make a speech and he
wanted to think out some matters, 110
said the winter roads did not bother
him and lie made good time.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"
—Michael J. Ryan. Public Service
Commissioner, is to be the new head
of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in
Philadelphia.
—Dr. John A. Brashear. the Pitts
burgh astronomer, has been making
observations 011 sun spots.
—General Nelson A. Miles spoke in
Philadelphia last night for the flrsr,
time since his notable address before
the Clover Club.
—A. J. County, the new vice-presi
dent of the Pennsylvania, has been
with the railroad company since boy
hood.
- R. 1"!. Murdoch, candidate for <'oll
- in Allegheny, is a newspaper
cartoonist.
DO YOU KNOW
That Paiinhlii county steel Is nse«l
to make pillars for New York
business buildings?
HISTORIC IIAKimnVKG
This city was selected for state con
ventions before it became a State
capital.
SO RUNS THE WORLD
I Boston Advertiserl
King George's ribs won't mend, the ,\
Kaiser hasn't got. rid of I list boih
Queen Sophy is back with Constanf
tine and Josephus clings to the Presi
dent more affectionately than ever.
Getting Ready For
House-Cleaning
House-cleaning time used to
be a season of dreariness, work
and woe. , .
Now. iahor-savlu* device* have
le*sen«d It* burdens.
To the woman equipped with
all tln» modern household h#lps.
that range from pneumatic clean
ers down, home renovation is
merely nn Incident.
And the woman who Is not
equipped who still relies on
"elbow grease" Is looking with
longing eyes towards the stores.
A gl nee through the ndver- I
tising columns of the Telegraph
will give many suggestions as
to where tilings needed In
house-cleaning may be obtained.