10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded lijt ] . I published evenings except Sunday by ' THE TELEIiIIAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Bntldluc, Federal Square. 1 ________— ' s E. J. STACKPOL.E, Prest and Editor-in-Chief s F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. . GUS M. STVKtNMKTZ, Managing Editor. • Member American t lation and Penn- ( sylvanla Assoclat- Eastern office, Has nue Building. New - Gcs Building. Chi* Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers. BIX cents a week; by mall. $3.00 1 a year In advance. < Sworn dnllr evernge elrculntlon for the three months cmllnKT February 20, 1010, , ir 22,785 ; These figures are net. AH returned, unsold and damaged copies deducted. i SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 25 1 am glad to think 1 am not bound to make the world go right, i JEWISH PATRIOTISM BORIS S. SCHUMACHER, of New ( York, who returned Thursday j , from a tour of the eastern and ; western front of the European war ( zones, estimates the Jewish losses in , the. Czar's armies sinro the beginning I ] of hostilities as 121,985 men. Schu- ( inacher, a writer for Jewish publica- , tions, went abroad with the Ford ( peace party and has also been in t, Petrograd. llis estimates of army j, losses were made, ha said, from offl- j, cial statements and documents. , To illustrate the loyalty of the: | .lews to Russia. Schumacher gave these j. figures on Jewish casualties: Died \ on the battlefield, 18,435, 4 per cent. , uf the total; died soon after being j wounded. 11,541, 7 8-10 per cent.; 11 died in hospitals, 8,882, 5 per cent.;|i missing, 31,324, 4 per cent.; wounded L but recovering, 5,831, 5 per cent.ijj total 121,985. The Jewish population ; is about 4 per cent, of the whole. Schumacher said the Jews in Rus-1 sia are hoping for the defeat of Ger- ' many. They blame Germany for the failure of their past efforts to win j freedom in the Czar's domains, as- I serting that the Kaiser has aided the! Russian Government in suppressing i uprisings. y . >v This Is a new and interesting point of view, differing from that of thou sands of Jews in America whose sympathies are frankly with the Teu tonic allies because of their hatred for the Czar, whom they look upon as Israel's greatest oppressor. But that! aside, the fact that 121,985 Jews have j been shot down in defense of Russia | should be ground enough upon which I to build for them the noble edifice of i political and religious freedom when j the war shall cease. No country I worthy the name will do olher than ' pay full tribute and homage to the i men who shoulder their rifles and 1 march away to lay down their lives, ! If need be, that its flag may continue to fly. "KULTURAIJ MANURE" ' ERNST HAECKLE, Germany's, most venerable scholar and a distinguished writer, in a book just issued defending the conduct of Germany in the present war, refers to the largo number of Germans who j annually emigrate from the Fatherland as so much "kultural manure." One wonders how those German- Americans who have been upholding the cause of Germany In the United ! States will like to learn that in the eyes of the folks at home—according to the language of this spokesman for the kaiser —they are looked upon as | merely "kultural manure." One fancies that they have been j thinking of themselves as patriots. Hut Germany looks upon them only as "kultural manure." These agents of the imperial gov ernment have objected to Americans calling them "hyphenates," and cer tainly the term is not complimentary, but in our most aggravated moments we never went to the lengths of Dr. Haeckle. We never called 'em "kultural manure." SIGNS OF PEACE NOT the least Interesting 1 of the European developments of the past few weeks is the evident discontent in Germany with the con duct of the war by the Kaiser's chief tains. who wero to have led the Ger man armies to decisive victories in the first few months of -the conflict and to have brought all Europe to Its knees begging for peace, the terms of which would be dictated from Berlin. Cer tain Internal controversies resulting in the dismissal of Von Tirpitz and dis sensions In the war board give riso to the belief that the people of Germany are awakening from the hypnotic spell of world dominion cast over them by the Kaiser and his fire-eating military advisers. Once they come clearly to the understanding that they cannot trample the earth at will, that their "invincible" armies have gone up against, a stone wall and that their dream of conquest is over, then they will he ready to sue for peace. And there are Indications that many Ger mans have reached that conclusion. The Allies, on the other hand, must by this time have learned (hat, even though they would, they cannot anni hilate the German people. They have SATURDAY EVENING, &AKRISBURO «SS4t TELEGRAPH MARCH 25, 1916. contended from llie first that all they desire Is to crush the spirit of mili tarism in Germany which is respon sible for the awful state of affairs in Europe to-day, and they, too, ought to be in state of mind to discuss peace once Germany repudiates in the thoughts of the people the leadership that has led the nation to the brink of destruction and brought nothing but sorrow and sacrifice to those on whose shoulders the burden of the unneces sary load has fallen. liITTTKIt TO THE EDITOR THE following comes to the editor's desk In the form of a letter from one who signs himself "One of the Live Americans," with the request that it be published: I wish you would try and create the public spirit of Harrlsbursr enough to demand that the Gov ernment of the TJ. S. A. finish our own "Black Spot," the Post Office building, which would be a dis grace in one of the war-torn cities of Europe, let alone Harrlsburg, Pa. The Telegraph would like to oblige, but, honest, dear correspondent, it , doesn't know how. The fact Is, the . Telegraph fears very much lis views would have small weight at Washing ton just now. Tills we do know, however, that j Congressman Krelder and Postmaster 1 Sites both have been doing their best ' J to hurry the progress of construction on the Post Office, and if they have not ' been successful, what might be ex pected of the efforts of a Republican newspaper to hurry a Democratic ad- ! ministration in such a comparatively ! small matter as this when "watchful 1 waiting" is the favorite slogan at the ' White House? I DYE AT BIRTH I WITHOUT dyes the price of cloth j i depreciates, and this deprecia tion reacts on the raw mate rial. Seventy per cent, of all cotton, and a still higher percentage of wool, passes through the dyer's hands be fore reaching the consumer. Those i who had hopes of seeing the dye-1 stuffs Industry established in tliisj' country will be disappointed to learn j that, according to latest reports, j President Wilson and Secretary Red-i| field are determined that no tariff rales shall bo enacted looking to this j end. This will be of particular inter est, to cotton planters and wool grow ers—and every Pennsylvania farmer who owns a sheep is a wool grower—- owing to the fact that the dyestuffs famine, which the perversity of the administration renders more severe, is beginning to have a depressing effect j on the prices of their products. However, a temporary relief has! been suggested. During the past year experiments have been going on in ; raising tinted cotton. They have been in a measure successful. Hence this \ advice to cotton planters: 111 the South the bold boll weevil Hooks up with another evil: 1 .ack of dyes makes business rot ten- - Dope the soil! Raise colored cot ton! ' For the benefit of wool growers let it be said that scientists have declared | if the feed of animals is colored a particular hue, and strictly adhered to, there will be a resulting pigmenta tion of their coats: Mary had a little lamb It's fleece was white as snow, But lack of dyestufs made his coat Drop fifty cents or so. Then Mary mixed her lamb's mash With best of jet black Ink, ' And bartered for a bunch o' cash A clip of sable kink. These suggestions are quite as j practical as Democratic measures of ; ; relief, and they are the best we can j I expect until the Republicans are re j turned to power. i NO TIME FOR PERSONALITIES SAYS the Philadelphia Bulletin, commenting upon the length to which factionalism in politics may go: In such a season of strife, when it becomes prolonged, there is at ] ways an extraordinary blackening of personal character. The sewer rats are let loose, and the mistakes or follies of private life are dragged unsparingly into the daylight. Abuse and slander become the order of the day. and few men, no matter how decent or honest they may be, are allowed, if they are ac tive on one side, to escape the venom of the other side. From 1895 to IS»9 the politics of Philadelphia was an Illustration of factional ism in its most odious forms. To break down character, to blackmail, i ami to search for weaknesses which might make a man ridiculous or bring shame upon him and his fam ily were the weapons of one side quite as much as they were of the other. To fasten some imputation of moral delinquency on a factional opponent, even If it were only sonie i passing indiscretion that might be I plausibly distorted into a reprcsen ! tation of vice, was the employment of degraded hirelings. Pennsylvania is on the eve of what! looks like, a bitter factional struggle. I Whatever the outcome, all concerned i would do well to let personalities out l of it. The'day is well nigh past when I mud-slinging counts for much In po ! litical campaigns. When Issues are at , stake the injection of personalities Is j confusing, and often loses as many votes as it makes. No man Is per -1 feet and all have their faults and their | weaknesses. "There is so much good ; in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that It 111 behooves any of us to talk about the rest of us." Let us hope that we may be spared the flood of slander, villlflcatlon and , character assassination that has mark ed many contests In recent years. No , body Is benefitted and many suffer . lasting and sometimes undeserved dis credit therefrom. i ( PRIZEFIGHTERS AND KINGS TO-NIGHT one Moran and one Wll lard will stand up before each other in New York with the title , of fistic champion of the world at , stake, and mild-mannered men will t shudder at the spectacle. To be sure, I it will not be an uplifting event, but , he who looks askance at prizefighting . would kow-tow in a moment if he hut , found himself wltliln a block of one I of the European monarchs now en gaged in directing the bloodiest war in history. I The chief difference between a , prizefighter and a king would seem to . I bo that the prizefighter is willing to ,I do his own lighting: while the king stands back well out of range and sends his subjects in to do the bloody work. Prizefighters, we are taught, are brutal fellows and kings are akin to divinity, but prizefighters are content if their antagonist is merely winded enough to slay on (he floor ten sec onds at a stretch ( but the king prostrates his thousands on the sod in a sleep that shall know no waking until Gabriel's horn shall sound. And don't forget this, that both prizefighter and king have but one end in view personal glory and material reward. TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE —Old "John L." is the only ex champion who has been able to "come back" in popular* favor. —This weather is enough to make even a bluebird blue. —Who cares about talk of war loans in Europe with a question staring us in the face like, where are we going to get the price of that Easter bonnet? —"Atlantic'City now an all-season resort," says an ad. Yep, and the only difference is that in winter they let you g-et away with enough to buy a ticket back homo. —Von Hindenberg has demon strated his ability to whip the Rus sians, but if Germany wants to win this war she must find a general able to make them stay whipped. —"Mary had a little lamb.' its fleece was white as snow," she clipped its wool and sold the fleece and bought a big auto. THE STATE FROM DW TO DW Indications point, to an enormous gathering in Harrlsburg on the first day of next week for the William Penn Highway conference. Delegates from all the towns along (he proposed route have signified their intention of being present in such numbers that the city will be taxed to accommodate the crowds, if the numbers are commen surate with the enthusiasm. Warren H. Manning, president of the American Landscape Artists' Asso ciation, and an expert in city planning, made a recent visit to Johnstown on matters relating to the city's welfare. Mr. Manning will always receive a hearty welcome in Harrlsburg for the great benefits which his advice and co-operation have produced in past years for this city. Erie may have a motor-driven street cleaner, at afcost of 14,500, if the New York representative can persuade the city authorities that It is needed and will be efficient and economical. The agenl says it can be operated for $6.50 a day and that it is remarkable i)i the saving to the city which It makes possible. If you are afflicted with "fatness" or "flossiness" you may as well not apply for a teaching position in the Potts villc. schools, for the Board of Directors lias ruled that all such are tabooed, for the reason that the former could not climb the stairs quickly enough and the latter would be too fond of the looking-glass. The Conynham constable has made ! a raid on punch boards, slot machines and other gambling apparatus in the town, which, he claims, are absorbing the money that boys receive from their parents for the necessities of life. He believes that if their mothers didn't raise their boys to be soldiers, at least they raised I hem for a better purpose than to spend their time and energy In an occupation which is the least productive of good to society as a whole of any on record. « * * Enter Simon S. Pctersborgh, of Sun bury, aged 71. Blare of trumpets and sound of hautboys and cries of "The ideal man". Blushlngly the venerable man bows. Curtain. A brief scenario of a. possible sketch with Mr. Peters borgli and Sarah W. Kiest, of Wllkes- Barre, as the principals. They two were wedded on Thursday and the groom is declared by the bride to be "the ideal man of the United States." • * * A' Main Line Rifle Club will be formed in the section of the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad from Malvern to Narberth. Next Tues day night there will be a mass meeting at which many will speak, Including Captain Halstead Dorey, a member of General Leonard Wood's staff and the offieer-ln-charge of the War Depart ment at Governors Island, New York. Captain Dorey was in command of the businessmen's camp at Plattsburg last summer and is a thorough-going sol dier. GOOD SALESMANSHIP In the April American Magazine Merle Crowell says that in the largest tobacco corporation in the world "care ful labs are kept on the clerks by service Inspectors, who enter the stores just like any other customers and re port on the following selling points of the men: First, prompt approach; second, greeting: third, courtesy: fourth, tact; fifth, fjatienee; sixth, neatness in dress; I seventh, ability, intelligence, knowl \ eged of goods; eighth, salesmanship; | ninth, does he say "Thank you"? "A clerk who renders especially commendable service receives a 'red | letter' of approbation signed by the president or the vice-president of the j company. The tabulated reports of | the inspectors are used when It comes j to a question of promotion." BLACK SHEEP 1 From their folded mates they wan der far. Their ways seem harsh and wild; They follow the beck of a baleful star, Their paths are dream-beguiled. Yet haply they sought but a wider range. Some loftier mountain slope. And little recked of the country strange Beyond the gates of hope. And haply a bell with a luring call Summoned their feet to tread Midst the cruel rocks, where the deep pitfall And the lurking snares are spread. Maybe, in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty. They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be. And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And the hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their hearts go out to him. Meanwhile, "Black sheep! Black sheep!" we cry. Safe in the inner fold; j And maybe they hear, and wonder why, i And marvel out in the cold. —Richard Burton in Minneapolis I Journal. T><>EA£C* u By the Ex - Comml tt coma n Signs that the efforts of men who have been endeavoring to compose differences in the Republican party were bearing fruit were to be seen to day. Meetings were being held to day ,in Philadelphia and Atlantic City and the whole State is waiting to hear whether an agreement will be reached on the three points in controversy or any one of them. The olive branch extended by Gov ernor Brumbaugh in his harmony re mark to newspapermen at Pittsburgh has been taken by mutual friends to Senator Penrose, but whether the bat tle preliminaries started when the Governor came out for reunion of the party will be called off remains to be seen. Both sides are aligned for war fare and plans made for vigorous prosecution of the campaign once it gets under way. But men high up in the councils of both sides express the hope that the Democrats will, as usual, furnish the political fight of the year. —The Philadelphia Ledger to-day says that whether Governor Brum baugh will continue in the field will be .determined in a few days. The Ledger in a review points out that prominent State officials and close per sona! friends of the Governor are op posed to his course, which carries with it a fight for control of the State com mittee or In other words, the same situation as in 1895; that, few so-called big men have endorsed the Gover nor; that the Progressives are not very strong for the Governor as shown by their indirect reference to his campaign and that Senator Pen rose has started to make a hard tight. The Ledger says that men close to the Governor are also urging him to fight and that the Governor refuses to talk. The North American says that Pen rose is making the peace overtures, while the Democratic Philadelphia Record says: "Rumors that Governor Brumbaugh has once more extended the olive branch to United States Sen ator Penrose in the hope of averting the impending factional fight which threatens to split and disorganize the RejTTlblican State Organization were current yesterday in political circles. It is no secret that the members of the Pennsylvania Congressional dele gation have become greatly alarmed over the turn in Republican affairs in the State, as a result of constant talk of fight, would not only imperil the State ticket, but would also jeopardize whatever chance the Republican par ty has of winning the national election in November, members of the Con gressional delegation arc understood to have brought pressure on the Gov ernor to display a less militant atti tude toward Senator Penrose. Ac cording to the reports circulated yes terday the latest peace plan devised by Governor Brumbaugh and the Vares would virtually be a surrender |on their part to Senator Penrose. This plan, it is said, is for Senator Penrose to meet the Governor half-way on the de!egate-at-large slate and to give Governor Brumbaugh a complimen tary vote at the Chicago convention as T-ennsylvania's favorite son. In return, it is asserted, the Governor would withdraw his opposition to State Senator Charles A. Snyder, the Penrose candidate for Auditor Gen eral. Such action would probably mean the elimination of Speaker Ambler, who entered the race for Au ditor General ostensibly as the can didate of Mayor Smith, but who Is also believed to have been assured of the support of Governor Brumbaugh and the Vares." —One of the interesting incidents of the week, according to gossip which has been flying about the Capitol, oc curred Thursday evening at the Attor ney General's office, when Senator Charles A. Snyder, of Pottsville, candi date for the Republican nomination for Auditor General, called upon At torney General Brown and told him, according to reports, that if any at tacks were made upon him he would make some statements which he im plied would be "sensational." The Attorney General is reported to have said that he was not, behind the can didacy of Speaker Charles A. Ambler and that he was attending to his own business. —Three more letters endorsing the stand of the Governor were issued from the Brumbaugh headquarters last night. One is from ex-Representative J. R. Gillette, ot' Philadelphia, and the other from W. 11. Ridgway, Coatesville manufacturer. The Altoona Tribune and Chambersburg Public Opinion are quoted in support of the Governor. —The Philadelphia situation has be come tense again. The Philadelphia Inquirer to-day says: "Defying certain members of Councils whom he charged with attacking his administration by interjecting a tax rate discussion into the finance committee's consideration of the proposed $86,800,000 loan bill. Mayor Smith in a vigorous statement yesterday asserted that 'nothing but politics' was responsible for the fac tional debate at Thursday's session. 'Anyone who attacks the loan bill or fights the administration will have a battle on his hands. I cannot put that too strongly.' the Mayor said. In em phatic fashion the Mayor upheld the arguments of Chairman Joseph P. Gaffney and other Vare adherents in the finance committee, who attempted to block all tax rate debate on the ground that, the subject was premature and would not affect the loan. He also paid his respects in a tart com ment to Charles Seger, recognized leader of the Penrose-McNichol fac tion in Councils, and to Harry J. Trainer, former Vare lieutenant, who is now aligned with the opposing ele ment in the Republican party." The Pittsburgh Dispatch says in an article on the State situation: "The changed attitude of Senator Boies Pen rose toward Colonel Roosevelt as a candidate and his quiet advocacy of Senator P. C. Knox is pointed to by his followers as indicating a willing ness on his part to do his share in avoiding hostilities. Penrose is earn estly counseling the Republican lead ers that, if the Pennsylvania situa tion is properly handled, there Is more than an even chance that Mr. Knox will be made the Republican nominee at Chicago and be the means of amalgamating the Republican and Progressive parties. His followers are willing to agree that the State's un divided support shall be thrown to Colonel Roosevelt if the nomination of Mr. Knox should become impossible and the selection of Colonel Roose velt should appear to be the logical solution of the situation." —-Representative Nelson McVicar of Tarentum, sponsor for the borough code In 1915, has announced his can didacy for a Republican nomination in the Twelfth Allegheny district. Mr. McVicar, with his colleague, John W. Vlckerman, of Bellevue, have repre sented the district for one term and serious opposition to their return to the lower lawmaking body is not an ticipated. Mr. McVicar Is asking for a second term on the record ho has made as a legislator. He has prac ticed law in Allegheny county for the last eighteen years specializing largely in municipal law. —Democrats In Cumberland are in a row again. Present line-up and re sorts emanating from councils of the THE CARTOON OF THE DAY [ WAITING ' , t i Ml - Ml A 111 II I|i i f • i d" | I ■ I" ft! I g l U | THE ALLIES IN BIG COUNCII—NEWS NOTE. —From tlie Philadelphia Public Ledger. A BIG STEP IN WIRELESS By Frederic J. Haskin I J THE United States leads the world in the field of wireless teleg- raphy. The very latest Inven tion, perfected by Frederick A. Kol ster of the government Bureau of Standards is of such fundamental im portance that it is expected to revolu tionize radio work in every country. Mr. Kolster has invented a wireless direction finder. In the last, year the French army suffered three severe defeats for lack of such an apparatus. Their wire less operators intercepted German messages and thought they had thereby fixed the location of strong bodies of German troops. The French forces were maneuvered accordingly, but instead of drawing away from the heavy hostile artillery as they in tended, they marched directly upon it. The wireless men had made a cosily mistake. The new American invention renders such mistakes im possible. The value of a radio direction finder in modern warfare can scarcely be over estimated. Under present condi tions, a wireless mesasge comes out of the mysterious void. It may come from any point of the compass. Per haps it contains Information as to the location of the sender; but it may Ibe a code message; or it may be de liberately falsified in order to confuse the enemy. By the operation of the new device, each message betrays the location of its source. In this way, the enemy finds the use he can safely make of his wireles limited, for it gives the position of at least a part of his forces. The value or the Invention is far from being confined to war, however. It will prove of great value to ship ping by giving a vessel the bearing of some warning lighthouse or light ship in a fog. It will permit a wider control of irresponsible wireless sets, j which have great potentialities for I mischief and interference with legitl | mate business. By its use, the Coast Guard will be able to locate a vessel | in distress, and one ship will be able to determine the direction of another at sea. A consideration of the nature of radio waves suggest! some of the difficulties that have to be overcome in designing and perfecting an ap paratus such as the one on which patent is pending. The waves are propagated by the sending force much as ripples are set up by a stone fall ing in a pool—as concentric circles, equally in all directions. The waves are of course Invisible, and the very existence of the medium through which they travel only a matter of theory. A simple, portable device which determines the direction from which they come at the same time that the message is being received is a scientific achievement of a high order. The efficiency of American wireless work constitutes one of our more valuable preparedness assets. An armored automobile equipped with a high-power wireless set was designed last year at the Naval and Military Academy in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. The car was tested over a five-hun dred-mile trip, and sent back com- party seem to pressage a real old-time split In the Democratic forces over the selection of committeeman, the whole to be a test of strength be tween the old and younger elements of the party. Edwin E. Barnitz, a member of the Carlisle school board, has announced his candidacy for the Democratic State committeman from Cumberland county. Register of Wills Joseph J. Totton, the present commit teeman, is expected also to be a can didate for re-election to the office. THE SEARCHLIGHT MOTORCYCLES IN WAR ZONE Every country engaged in war is competing to secure greater numbers of American motorcycles. A number motorcycle regiments are now in ser vice, the cycle being more dependable than the cavalry horse, and capable of greater and longer speed. Motorcy cles arc ideal for transporting officers, enabling them to keep in constant touch with several sections of a long armv. The two-wheeled motor Is also being Introduced in large numbers. It Is less cumbersome than the automo bile and in many instances can be made to serve the same purpose. TOO BUSY TO TALK [Louisville Courier-Journal] The sinking of the Sillus was not "disavowed" but. denied. The Kaiser is a busy man and he is determined to simplify the problems of war by every means within human power. munlcations almost hourly without difficulty. Amateur.radio work in the United | States has an encouragingly high standard of ability. Captain Bullard, | Superintendent of the Naval Radio Service, recently accepted the vice presidency of the National Amateur | Radio Association, which numbers, nearly thirty thousand members. There is a strong sentiment in favor j of putting all American radio sta- j tions under the control of the Naval Radio Service in order to standardize the work still further. Roth naval and military men have commended the Amateur Association as a valu able feature of national defense. Only j a few days ago, the amateurs showed j what they could do in case of need. A wireless message was sent out from the Rock Island Arsenal In Illinois, carried to the White House in Washington and then with the help of amateur operators, relayed to the ( mayor of almost every large city and to the governor of every State. It reached the Pacific coast within two hours and a half after leaving the starting point. The demonstration ; proved that a call to mobilize an army : could be flashed to every corner of i the country in. a few hours. That the work on wireless ap : paratus is not apt to l»r rrom want 'of enthusiasm is shown by the rec j ords of the patent office. More patents j are being applied for on improvements lin radio devices than in any other i Held except automobiles and alr -1 ships. Some of tho patents are im practicable, but many are in direct line with recognized needs. Consid erable advance has been made in controlling railway trains by wireless i instead of by ordinary telegraph or I telephone systems. It. is predicted that another five years will see radio dispatching in general use. During ! the blizzard of January when tele- I graph wires were down, the wireless | station at Hoboken, New Jersey, kept jin touch with a number of snow | bound trains. While radio work is going rapidly j forward, progress in the kindred ! science of wireless telephony is keep- I ing pace, and perhaps a little over, j At any rate, the last year was a ban j ner one for wireless telephone ad- I vance. Only a few weeks ago, Secre- I tary Daniels delivered the first naval order to go by wireless telephone, from his office in the Navy Depart ment in Washington to Admiral , Usher at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. In the field of wireless telephony, | the United States has been a leader I from the beginning. As far back as : 1908, Professor Fessenden of Massa chusetts reported a successful com munication between his station in that State and Washington, D. C., and a year before that, he had talked with j Jamaica Plains, N. Y.—a distance of ' two hundred miles. Last. year Dr. D. <3. McCaa, of Lancaster, Pa., equip ' ped a coasting steamer with a tele phone of his own construction by which he talked to other ships and I to shore stations at distances ranging iup to 150 miles. The climax of the year, and of all wireless telephone work was the communication between Arlington, near Washington, D. C., j San Francisco, Paris, Hawaii, and the I Isthmus of Panama. I OUR DAILY LAUGH fA HOPELESS. I said to George . < #5 that I wasn't go- I 4 ' \7 lnp t0 return hls jXK - r!nK " ntil 1 Thj'Ja one ' rom ®noth — fifflr lllil er man - ZZjrajj.— j ln\ me fj I ' jm never expected to m L\ Jl ifiy * et 11 back -1 A PLAY ON What did judge do with fty that young who stole the die- He gave him long sentence to "Mamma," asked small Mabel, "what does 'transAtlantic' mean?" "It means 'across the Atlantic,' " re plied her mother. " 'Trans' always menns across." "Then I suppose," continued the log ical little miss, "that transparent means 'a cross parent," doesn't it, , mamma!" Bmtbtg (Eljat In these days of frequent and ex citing rumors about the calling out of the National Guard to reinforce the United States army on the Mexican border, it is a matter of pride and gratification to the people of Harris burg to know that its three units in that great military organization, the Pennsylvania National Guard, are ia splendid condition and ready at tns shortest notice for any call to duty. This is not a new departure for these companies, as they have been noted for "preparedness" long before that much-used word was given the promi nence it has recently attained. As an illustration, at the Governor's Troop armory at State and West streets. Captain George C. Jack, the troop commander, has a much commended system for storing and caring' for the uniforms and equipment of the men and the camp stores belonging to the troop. Rifles, pistols and sabers are in racks and cases plainly numbered; uniforms and individual equipment are in lockers; blankets, overcoats, slickers, flannel shirts, saddlebags, canteens, meat ration cans and other articles in cases and closets in the quartermaster's room, ready for Im mediate issue. The horse equipment —saddles, bridles, halters, etc.—are plainly numbered in the saddle room and can be given out in a few min utes. Camp equipment is in perfect condition and is placed where it can be quickly loaded on wagons. All of the paraphernalia of the command is stored on the lower floors of the ar mory In most convenient form. The quartermaster's system of issuing Is excellent. For the purpose of notify ing the men In case of a call to duty, the squad system has been in use In the troop for several years. The ser geant squad leader has the home ad dress, place of employment, telephone numbers, etc., of each man in his sec tion and is kept posted as to the whereabouts of the men at all times. This leaves the troop commander with only four or five messages to send out those to his squad leaders. The bal ance is attended to by them under the general direction of the first sergeant. Every man in the troop has a selected horse ready for his order at any time in case of emergency. At tlie present time tho troop Is filled to its minimum strength with intelligent, able-bodied and active young men, who have been trained and instructed in everything a soldier should linow from the same text books and drill regulations as are used in tho United States Army. With the exception of not having the daily routine of study and of horsemanship, their training conforms exactly to that of the regular soldier. Captain Jack, at the present, time, has several extra sets of equipment and will enlist good men to fill them, if they make appli cation to him. There Is opportunity here for a number of recruits to be admitted to the organisation at once, and such men would have a big ad vantage over volunteers hastily en listed in case of a call for mobiliza tion of the First Pennsylvania Cav alry regiment. Any capable young man who wishes to enlist should get into communication with the troop commander at once. The members of the two infantry companies are in just as close touch with their commanders as the troop ers. Each company commander knows where to put his hand on each man and the equipment, while not so ex tensive as that of the troop, is wrlj arranged, easy of across and well pared under the requirements of the War Department, whose precepts have been guiding the Guard for several years. The Infantrymen have gath ered at the North Second street ar mory upon more than one occasion in short order and recent practice has demonstrated that the men are lust as keen in responding to call as thov were in clays when strikes often sent them into service. The armory con tains a large amount of equipment just awaiting the men. • • • Then the State arsenal at Herr and Eighteenth streets is maintained in a state of preparedness which has often proved its system. The property re quired to be kept there is in place, ready to move, and what can not bo stored because of building operations is in the old Paxton warehouse along the Pennsylvania railroad below State street, whence it can be put into cars with little delay. The Guard is readv to go into the field with everything that has been asked of the State to provide. • * » "The National Guard of Pennsyl vania is always ready to respond, so that there is nothing remarkable about the lieutenant colonel in com mand of a regiment looking up a place available for winter mobiliza tion. It's just like taking out insur ance and should not attract any more attention" was the remark of a man ! well versed in military affairs yester [ day. "Hence, the inspection of York , fair ground buildings as a place for | the Eighth to gather, if a call for service comes—note the if—does not | mean anything. I'll venture to say that other men have done the same thing in twenty other States. The Guard is ready, hut its officers have also to be ready to take care of their men until they are seasoned for out door work." The military man also commented upon the fact that in the Spanish war the State troops were gathered at Mt. Gretna in a snow storm and some had to sleep in chicken show buildings. Others put up tents and slept In the mud realiz ing the emergency conditions and the weather. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"! —General A. J. Logan has been made chairman of the clean-up com mittee of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce. —James E. Baum, of Philadelphia, has returned from Florida. —John W. Glover, who Is retiring from the internal revenue service, used to be a deputy fire marshal. —Mayor McDowell, of Chester, is delivering a series of addresses before the Civic and other clubs of his city. —Highway Commissioner Cunning ham was a guest of Cambria county commissioners on an inspection tour. I DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg-tralned railroad men are on many of the lines of this country? HISTORIC HARRISBURQ Harrlsburg had Its first big flood back about 1800. I ■ ■ The Veiled Woman She will be easily recognised this season, for veils are the thing. Everyone Is wealing them and never were there veils of such wondrous texture and beautiful design. The cost of some of them run Into figures that mere man would probably count extrav agant—but no woman would. The news of the new veilings Is given from time to time in the advertising of the Telegrnph. But then the advertising col umns are the place one expects to find such Interesting informa tion.