14 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER POR THE HT>MB Founded IS3I Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACKPOLE, Prcs't and Editor in-Chr m f F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STYEINMETZ, Managing Editor. * Member American Newspaper Pub- I lishers' Associa tion, The Audit Bureau of Circu laUon and Penn sylvania Associ^V Eaatern office. Has- Brooks, Fifth Ave nue Building. New York City; West ern office. Has brook. Story 8L Brooks, People's Gas Building, Cb^ Entered at the Post Office in Harris* burg, Pa., as second class matter. carriers, six cents a week; by mail, $3.00 a year ! n advance. £n«rn dally nvcrage circulation for the ti»r«e months ending May 31, 11)10, IST 22,189 it Thene figure* are net. All returned, Un*old nud damaged ropiea deducted. FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 30. The best thing* are nearest breath in \ your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you.. Then do \ not grasp at the stars, but do life's j plain common work, as it comes, certain j that daily duties and daily bread are j the sweetest things of life. LOKD I HOUGHTON. CARRANZISTIC DIPLOMACY BRET HARTS description of the "Heathen Chinee," whose ways I are dark and tricks are vain, ! might have been written of Mexican diplomacy. Carranza has freed the Carrizal prisoners, and has thereby slightly lessened the tension along the border and in this country. But this! latest move will bear very careful i watching and it is the earnest hope of the people of this country, who are following every move of the adminis tration at this critical juncture, that tiothing be done which will play us nto the hands of the wily administra or that Venustiano Carranza has proven himself to bis. On the face of it, his release of the American prisoners seems to intimate a willingness to soften the rising anger of the United States. How far can pwe trust Carranza? Shall we allow 'ourselves to be deluded into the belief that his act is an expression of a de sire to placate this country, or is it a ruse to have us withdraw our troops or at least slow up in our preparations until he has time to carry out what ever plans he may be contemplating? It is possible for followers of events in Mexico to form almost any opinion of the present leader of the de facto government. Frederick Munson, ex plorer, scientist, surveyor and traveler, who was in Harrisburg recently, gave It as his belief that war would be in evitable once this country sent troops to Mexico. Munson has known Villa and Car ranza personally and has very little faith in cither. Only a match is required to set * • ablaze the combustibles along the bor der. A state of war may very likely exist in the near future without an actual declaration by Congress, as was he case in 1846. IThe President has sown the wind in Mexico, and he will be fortunate, Indeed, if he does not reap the whirl wind. He is in a sorry plight. If A a break occurs he will have failed to make good his chief claim for re k election—that "he has kept the coun- I try out of war"—and if he leaves B hands off in Mexico wo must face a \ prolonged period of border patroling jwith our volunteers doing police duty along the Rio Grande and -conditions i in Mexico going steadily from bad to I worse. L .. The outlook is not bright, either for ■ the President and his campaign plans f or for the country at large in its hopes for peace and early return of its citi zen soldiery to their homes. Everybody must have been pleased to read in the Telegraph last night of the comprehensive plan now under way for the elimination of more of the over head poles and wires. It's a good sign when public utilities co-operate in the Improvement of the appearance of the community in which they do business. TKI,I, VS. PLEASE THE Republican platform declares "The Underwood tariff is a com plete failure in every respect." That raises a direct issue that permits ,of no quibbling over definitions. If the Democrats think it is not a com , plete failure, let them come on with I their specifications showing wherein It has succeeded. It proposed to reduce , the cost of living, and it failed in that. ; It proposed to raise revenue, and it failed in that. In what respect did it accomplish anything the American ' people wanted accomplished? A BUNGLING ADMINISTRATION FACT upon fact is accumulating to prove that President Wilson and his counselors are responsible for the present dilemma on the Mexi can border. Until recently many well meaning people had been accepting as gospel truth the stereotyped formula that the President had kept us out of war with Mexico; that his policies had FRIDAY EVENING, been pacific, and that as a result all was lovely along the Rio Grande. Now comes Henry Lane Wilson, Ambassador from Mexico from 1909 to 1918, with this declaration: The administration has brought about the present crisis In Mexico through a. series of blunders and consistent bungling. When we sent a punitive, or puny—l don't know Just what they call it —ex- pedition Into Mexico it was for the one object of capturing Villa. Either it oaptured Villa or it did not—nobody knows whether he is dead or alive—but the fact Is that after the mission of the expedition was accomplished we should have withdrawn our forces or gone on to Mexico city. Instead, we have kept the force Just across the border, pinprlcklng and prodding the sensibilities of the Mexican peo ple. So much for the Invasion of Mexico on the hunt for Villa—once the ad ministration "patriot," now the fugl . tive bandit. But every effect has a t cause. It la generally conceded by those familiar with conditions in Mex . ico that recognition of the de facto • Huerta government would have restor j ed normal conditions in that country, i On this point former Ambassador Wilson says: If we had recognized the Huerta Government this trouble would never have arisen. One day we patted Villa on the back and the next day Carranza. In Carranza we [ recognized a man who controlled ; less than one-fifth of Mexican ter- I ritory, an area no larger than the State of Delaware. Carranza does ' not represent the Mexican people. Huerta had a Cabinet, a Legislature arid a Judiciary at his back, but this man has none of these. We recog nized a de facto government that has since become a de functo gov ernment. Thus the story of incompetence and . bungling and "watchful waiting" un folds itself, while at last the country Is thrown into demoralization over the : imminence of war. I Soldiers' Relief Fund THE Telegraph will turn all money received by it for the relief of soldiers' families into the treas j ury of the Harrisburg Chapter of the ! Pennsylvania Women's Division for ! National Preparedness of the Red | Cross. ; The women who compose this or i sanization will act in conjunction with a committee of prominent business I men in the administration of the fund. Complete lists of the soldiers of the three Harrisburg companies, their families and dependents are being made and a careful canvass will fol low to ascertain how much money will | be required to keep those who have j been left behind from want during the ! absence of the breadwinners. | All money donated will be carefully ; husbanded. It will not be spent where ' it is not needed; neither will It be ; withheld where there is need for It. Every effort, the organization prom i ises, will be made to have every dollar | contributed reach its proper destina | 'lon. Nothing will be spent in the way j j of salaries or in expenses incident to j administration. The ladies will give ! freely of their own time and money. The •Telegraph started this fund be- ! I cause of the evident need. But it has j j no thought that it should be designated the Telegraph fund. All of the news- j papers of the city should join in the ; movement. It is a work in which j everybody should be interested. The men who have followed the flag have j placed themselves between us and the I ravaging, murderous hordes of Mexico. | All of them have made sacrifices. I Many of them have left families. They j are' giving freely for the public good and the public owes it to them to see | that their dependents at home do not | suffer by reason of their absence, j The ladies of the Harrisburg Chap ter deserve the heartiest support in the j task they have so generously and so ; patriotically assumed. All of us cannot | | give our time to this work of relief, j but most of us can give money. Re | member the story of the widow's mite. Pennies make dollars, and dollars are badly needed. If you cannot give in dollars, give in pennies, in the hope ; and faith that others will give as God j has prospered them. If you are planning a vacation this summer, subtract 5 per cent.—almost we said 10—from what you design to spend for your own pleasure and do nate It to the relief fund. "It is more j blessed to give than to receive" and ' you will go away light-hearted and happy in having done your duty. Put yourself in the place of the man in uniform. Hew would you feel If your family were facing want and pri vation and the man hack home self- j Ishly refused to share his prosperity with them? Captain Lumb-s "Little Military Talks" are proving quite popular among the Telegraph readers. KEEPING OUT OP WAR HALF a dozen large nations bor dering on the warring countries and conducting commerce with them have kept out of the war. They liad a hundred opportunities for en tanglement where we had one. Why, then, should it be considered remark able that we have kept out? If we had been as near to Germany, for In stance, as we are to Mexico, what then? The last grand jury made a strong Indictment against the present impos sible Court House and it would appear that the day is not far distant when either the present structure must be remodeled and enlarged or an entirely new building shall take its place. Manifestly the court chambers should be on the upper floor, and if the pres ent building can be increased to the height of an additional floor or two It might be possible to produce a build ing that would be suitable for city and oounty purposes. However, whatever is done should be with an eye single to the comfort and convenience of the city and county officials, and it is not too socn to begin tentative plans which may eventually lead to the proper hous ing of our public servants. | TELE6RAPH PERISCOPE 1 Isn't It time for Spsoial Ambassa dor Lind to come to the defense of Carranza? —All seems well—President Wilson may now write a note of thanks to Mexico for not killing the Carrizal prisoners. —What has become of that one-time popular air, "I Did Not Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier?" —How jealous old Vesuvius must be after the Verdun racket. —ln the excitement the fly-swatting paragraph appears to have been lost to sight. J EDITORIAL COMMENT I ; j —Regrets of rival rulers that the 1 sea-battle failed to continue are ac centuated by their distance from the scene of action.—Washington Post. —As one of his many excellent quallflations for the Vice-Presidency, Mr. Fairbanks can point to four years of experience in that capacity under one of the most strenuous Presidents the country ever had.—Springfield Republican. How u. S. Pays Tribute [Pittsburgh Dispatch] An illustration of what American business has had to contend with in the way of foreign competition in the past, and a hint of what may be ex pected in the future following the war, is contained In the current issue of the Americas, the publication of the National City Bank. Under the title "Paying Unnecessary Tribute to Foreign Business Combinations," it is shown that foreign interests, notably the "cartels" of Germany, have at dif ferent times sent virtual ultimatums to American companies which sought to manufacture articles whose Inter est: largely controlled, declaring the American companies would be put out of business if they went into the undertaking. Prices were cut. to an impossible level and the market was flooded with the product as evidence that the foreign interests meant what they said and were prepared to make good their threat. The Federal Trade Commission has been investigating these foreign com binations of national and International extent, and the prediction is made that from the report of the commis sion "the people of this country will now learn how profits and prosperity that should be distributed among them have been taken for the benefit of foreign industry by the force of com binations, whose power reached right into our own States and which were able to compel us to sell cheap, also to frighten off certain forms of enter prise that it would be good to have established here, and we, because our trust law acted only In one direction had to stand for it." If this condition existed prior to the war, it may reasonably be expected it will exist In greater degree after the conflict is ended, for every pos sible pressure, coupled with govern ment aid, will be brought to bear to regain the lost trade and oust from fields once monopolized the competi tion the war has made poshible. We have heard more or less theorizing about what should be done In the mat ter of anti-dumping and other regula tions. but so far nothing but theoriz ing has resulted. If the powers that be have anything like the interest in the business of the country thev have been professing of late, prompt'action would appear to be their part. The war will be over some day. and we are likely to find ourselves without hav ing profited by the lesson. Sir Roger Casement's Plea Sir Roger Casement's statement fol lows In full: My lord and gentlemen of the jury, I desire to say a few words only wtth reference to some allusions made by the prosecution. "As to my pension and the honor of knighthood conferred upon me I shall say one word only. The pension I had earned by service rendered, and it was assigned by law. The knighthood it was not in my power to refuse. "But. there are, In especial, four mis statements given in the evidence against me which I must refute. "First. I never at any time advised Irishmen to fight with the Turks against the Russians, or to fight with the Germans on the western front. "Second, I never asked an Irishman to fight for Germany. I have always claimed that he has no right to fight for any land but Ireland. "Third, the horrible Insinuation that I got my own peoples' rations reduced to the starvation point because they did not join the Irish Brigade is an abom inable falsehood. The rations were necessarily reduced throughout Ger many, owing to the blockade, and they were reduced for the Irish prisoners at exactly the same time and to the same extent as for the German soldiers and the entire population of Germany. The other suggestion that men were sent to punishment camps at my in stance for not joining the Irish Bri gade is one that I need hardly pause to refute. It Is devoid of all founda tion. "Fourth, gentlemen, there is the I wide-spread imputation of 'German j gold.' I owe it to those in Ireland who are assailed with me on this very ground to nail the lie once and for all." The words "German gold" scribbled on the sheet of paper in his hand dur ing the police court proceedings form ed the body of his speech. As for himself, he said he had never sold himself to "any man or any Govern ment" and never allowed any Govern ment to use him. Not a single penny had he received from a German or from Germany, though it was offered htm more than once, "liberally and unconditionally." As Usual While greater fools we note To-day throughout the land, ' The fool who rocks the boat Is at the same old stand. —New York Sun. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH TolUlct LK Sj the Ex-Committeeman William Flinn, Pennsylvania leader of the third party revolt In 1912, and. until the party formally dissolves at a meeting to be held shortly, Pennsyl vania member of the Progressive Na tional Committee, says he is a Repub lican again and will support Hughes and Fairbanks and the Republican ticket In November. The Washington party—as the Pro gressives operated in this State —will go out of business, Flinn intimated, at a State conference to be called in the near future. He said to-day: "I am for Hughes. He is a flrst class candidate— the best the Repub lican party could have offered. I be lieve. He is running on the platform Roosevelt would have run on if he had been the nominee. Roosevelt is for Hughes, and, I believe, he will get the votes of 90 per cent, of the Pro gressives of Pennsylvania." By the unanimous vote of his col leagues, Michael Liebel, Jr., represen tative from Erie, was elected to mem bership in the Democratic National Congressional Campaign Committee. This was cited as evidence of the har mony brought about between the Old Guard and the re-organizers in the Democratic party in Pennsylvania, but as a matter of fact, there are only six Democratic members in the Penn sylvania delegation and none has been allied very actively with the reorgan izes. Mr. Liebel, following his election as Pennsylvania's member on the Cam paign Committee, said that he intend fi _ c onfer at once with Representa tive Doremus, of Michigan, the chair man. Colonel Roosevelt's Division [Philadelphia Public Ledger.] ~ Colonel Roosevelt is "out of poli tics this summer it will be because he is fighting in Mexico. He has already made good his offer to serve his coun try in the field in the event of war. Quietly, without an inkling to the pub. lie of his intention, he has been re cruiting troops. It is said that he will have no less than twelve thousand men ready for immediate service. His old Rough Riders will be the nucleus of this body of fighters. All the de tails have been worked out and the men are to be fully equipped for im mediate active sen-ice. The force will be especially strong in cavalry, and it will have ample artillery, as well as aeroplanes of the most effective tvpe. It will be officered largely by veterans, and the Colonel himself will ask to be made a major general and put in com mand. The Government ought to jump at such a chance of securing a valuable addition to its too scanty army. These volunteer soldiers may need some licking into shape; it would be too much to expect them to be as serviceable as regular troops; but they seem to have been chosen from a class of men with a natural aptitude for the work, to whom the strict discipline of the camp will be second nature. A Bill Itemized An old church in Belgium decided to repair its property, and employed an artist to touch up an old painting. Upon presenting his bill of expense, the Church Property committee, being a very conscientious one, refused to O. K. the bill for payment, until the said artist presented an Itemized state ment, whereupon the artist presented the following bill: To correcting the Ten Com mandments $5.13 Embellishing Pontius Pilate and putting new ribbons on his hat 8.02 Putting a new tall on the rooster of St. Peter and mending his comb 2.20 Repluming and gilding left wing of the Guardian Angel 5.12 Washing the servant of the High Priest and putting carmine on his cheeks 5.02 Renewing Heaven, adjusting the stars and cleaning the moon. 7.14 Touching up Purgatory and re storing lost souls, brightening up the "Flames of Hell," put ting a new tail on the Devil, mending his left hoof and do ing several odd Jobs for the damned 7_17 Reordering the robes of Herod and adjusting his wig 4.00 Taking the spots off the Son of Tobias 1.30 Putting new stone in David's sling, enlarging the head of Goliath and extending Saul's legs 6.13 Putting earrings in Sarah's ears. 1.71 Decorating Noah's ark and put ting a head on Shem 4.31 Mending the shirt of the Prodi gal Son and cleaning his ear. . 3.39 Total $58.70 —Bruno's Weekly. Preparedness An Issue "In spite of the warnings of the last three years and the demand for preparedness throughout the coun try, now tardily heeded by Con gress, we are so pressed for men that thousands have been summon ed for arduous border duty who have had little or no intensive training." When this confession appears in a newspaper that is for Wilson and the Democratic platform, it is evident that the Republicans can get all the argu ments they want on Mexico from the admissions of the other side. And the campaign has only begun.—Phila. Public Ledger. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Congressman Ed. Kiess, of Wil li!! msport and Eaglesmere, spent a few hours in Harrisburg this week. He believes Republican harmony has been fully restored. —L. H. Kinnard, high up in Bell Telephone circles and a native Har risburger, whose home town is proud cf him, is taking a prominent part in the soldiers' relief work in Phila delphia. —Ex-Senator William Flinn is out for Hughes. Thus wanderers from the party fold return. Trooper of the Tenth Though dark his skin, and lowly is his station. His hero heart is tried and true as steel; His brawn is bravely given to the na tion. His life devoted to the common weal; Where danger lurks to try the bold est spirit. There he with heart and hand is sure to be To meet the Hydra-headed brute and sear it— A trooper of the fighting Tenth is he. He flinched not when the treacher ous foe assailed him, Red-hot on flanks and front with hidden guns; His great, courageous spirit never fail ed him Though trapped by Montezuma's murderous sons; He fought with valor led by Bovd and Morey, Till back to back beleaguered with his pal. He won his way into the ranks of glory— The trooper of the Tenth at Carri *al! —By Loula M. Grice. THE CARTOON OF THE DAY IN HEROIC MOOD —From tbe Philadelphia Public Ledger. / IN MEXICO 70 YEARS AGO The Story of a War in Which Every Battle Was a Victory For the Stars and Stripes. By J. HOWARD WERT Author of "'Twas 50 Years Ago," published In the Harriaburg Tele graph, June and July. 1913, in connection with the Great Celebration of the Semicentennial of the Battle of Gettysburg. V I NOTICE in this morning's paper that Carranza is opening wide the jails of Mexico and releasing the prisoners, placing arms in their hands with which to fight against an Amer ican advance. Nothing new about that. That is what Santa Anna was doing in the city of Mexico in the early days of September, 1847, when General Scott had generously granted him an armistice. While this certain somebody, N. P. Trist, sent to Mexico as President Polk's personal representative, was passing around and accomplishing nothing, the Mex ican dictator gave a release and full pardon to every robber and murderer who would promise to line up to fight the Americans. The Bloody Battle of Molino del Key General Scott, having terminated the armistice on account of Santa Anna's perfidy, promptly prepared to reduce the remaining strong defenses of the Mexican capital. The most conspicuous of these was the hill Chapultepec. This is a vast porphyri tic rock, 150 feet in height, thrown up in long past ages from the former margin of a beautiful Mexican lake, by some vast subterranean upheaval. Here were located the court and pal aces of the Montezumas conquested by Cortez. Here are still to be seen the remains of gardens, groves and grottoes, the lingering remnants of the magnificence which adorned the ancient capital of that ill-fated nation. Here, for centuries, the Spanish vice roys fixed their residence as they lorded it over the goodly land of Mex ico and despoiled its people. It is one of the most historic spots on the west ern continent going back to a period centuries before the foot of a white man had pressed the shore of the James, or a Pilgrim father had stood on Plymouth Rock. But to reach Chapultepee it was necessary first to reduce the strong defensive works at its foot. The prin cipal of these were Molino del Rey (The King's Mill) and Casa de Mata. Both of these were massive, thick walled stone buildings with large tur rets of heavy masonry. The former was now converted by the Mexicans into a foundry and was actively en gaged in casting cannon for the de fense of the city. In and around these points and back on the hill Chapulte pec. Santa Anna had 14,000 men. These strong positions were stormed LITTLE MILITARY TALKS By Capt. Geo. F. Lumb [By CAPT. GEORGE F. LUMB] THE first thing taught a soldier is how to stand at "Attention." The purpose is two-fold, first to teach him perfect control of the body by the exercise of the will until it be comes an unconscious habit, and sec ond, having formed the habit, to di rect the undivided attention to what may be taking place before him. One who has learned to stand at "Atten tion" has had the first lesson of the soldier and taken a first step in poise and self-restraint. We should to-day have a million young men learning the simple rudiments of the military game because, if the call for volun teers does come how much better it is to go with the confidence that, knowledge gives, and if the call does net come we are better mentally, mor ally and physically for having de serted the foul atmosphere of the poolrooms, bowling alleys and bars for the fields and roads where real men have always spent their leisure since history began. To stand at "Attention"— Heels on the same lin®, and as near together as the conformation of the mar permits. Feet turned out equally, and form ing with each other an angle of about BO degrees. Knees straight without stiffness. Body erect on the hips, inclining a little forward; shoulders square and falling equally. Arms and hands hanging naturally, backs' of the hands outward; little fingers opposite the seams of the trousers; elbows near the body. Head erect and square to the front; chin slightly drawn In, without con straint; eyes straight to the front. Benefits of Education [Life] "Do you think a college education really pays?" "Sure it does. My son is earning $3 a day tn a stone quarry, all because of the practice he got while in college at hammer throwing." JUNE 30, 1916. by General Worth's division, Sep tember 8, 1847, but with a frightful loss of life. In proportion to the number of men engaged, Molino del Rey, next to Lundy's Lane, was one of the bloodiest battles recorded in American history up to that time. Nearly one-fourth of Worth's com mand were either killed or wounded. At one point of attack eieven out of every fourteen American officers fell. Worth's main attack was amy second ed at adjacent points by oiher troops of the American army, and soon com plete victory crowned their efforts. Ectb Molino del Rey and Casa de Mata, the right and left nanKing de fenses of Chapultepec had fallen, leaving that hill open to a direct fron tal attack. The American force en gaged numbered 3,447. The loss in killed and wounded was 787. The loss of the Mexicans was comparativelv light until, in their retreat., the fire of their own cannon, manned by Amer ican gunners, was turned upon them. The Storniin<r of the Hill Chapultepec Only frowning Chapultepec now stood between Scott's victorious little army of brave Americans and the City of Mexico. All day long September 12, 1847, it was subjected to a pitiless cannonade. The heavy ordnance of the American army thundered their point-blank shot through the walls of the castle which crowned tne nill, with amazing force and precision. The mortars and howitzers belched their destructive missiles upon every part of the fortress. Bombs burst in fury within the works. Every shell tore up the ramparts. And it was the irony of fate that a considerable part of this fiery tempest of death came from captured Mexican cannon loaded with captured Mexican ammunition which the Americans had obtained at Perote, Contreras, Molino ael Rey and other captured storehouses of the enemy. Some of our readers will re call some half dozen captured cannon of the Mexican war which stood, for many years, in our Capitol Park, and are, I believe, now in the Arsenal grounds. Those who have been fol lowing attentively this series of papers and reading of the vast amount of Mexican artillery captured in every battle will not be surprised that at the end of the war the United States gov ernment had cannen galore to dis continued on Page 8] THE STATE FROM D/y TO DM "Wilson's Homer Wins for Pirates in 18th," says a sporting headline. All right, so long as it is a statement of fact, but when head-writers begin to venture into the realms of prophecy and juggle with that particular name, let them use a verb with five instead of four letters. A little Plymouth Rock chick with one head and two perfectly formed bodies, four wings and four legs, was the freak of nature which before its early death was proudly exhibited by Mrs. Kurtz, of Pottsgrove. No wonder the little fowl died. Its heart was broken because it could not compete with the centipedes. After fifty years of happy wedded life, the Jacob Sterners of Williams port had a second ceremony perform ed on the occasion of their golden an niversary. It seems that the older they become the younger they grow. Movie exhibitors have opened their fifth annual convention out in Pitts burgh and we may soon expect to hear the censorship question trotted out and discussed all over again. And then they will continue to produce pictures which every fair individual, if he had a chance to see the eliminations, would say were better left off the screen. The attack on the constitutionality of the escheat act implies that there were two too many letters placed at the beginning of the word when the law went into effect. The decision of the courts on the act is being eagerly awaited. A Lewlstown man, having been af fectionately sent away by his wife in the morning and told to get his din ner at the restaurant, returned home later in the day to find a "To Let" card on the house and his wife and daughter and much money gone. The husband was quite surprised. With her hair in coiffure for the first time in her life, sixteen-year-old Mamie Mull, of Watsontown, became the bride of 20-year-old John Murphy of Montgomery. The Murphy-Mull at 1 lance is a popular one. letting (Elfal Plans are on foot to organize a com pany of volunteer infantry in Harris burg am o ng old members of the Boys' orlgade in case of a call for men from tne -President. The Boys' Brigade a' number of years ago was strongly or ganized j n Harrisburg and according mnrt i Harvey K. Knupp there, must be more than a thousand .ex rif™ ,u rs of tile organization in thi» fipv i° have now erown to manhood. Hon » years ago considerable opposi n to the Brigade movement arose 1 al Jj? n S the religious organizations n w '«lch they were connected be ir, 1 !? 6 .!. cy wcre termed "too military." Ana they were indeed'"military" fop rfiui 8 who be 'onged learned their ?/' ° ut of the regulation army tac y werc equipped with regular un i'orais and guns, went tamping each summer and studied the V, sam e lußt ag the National Gual . d , l?®.* a . Mt - Gretna each year. And i? a e 'r 'raining didn't stop at that, member of the Brigade had to f " a certain amount of time learn, ing ro shoot and there are certain ex . Y ho contend that the ability to " ls f u"y as important in actual 5 e as the abil 'ty to wear dress para.de uniform while the Ladles are looking admiringly on. mov»i ece . nt years the B oys" Brigade movement was supplanted through the efforts of the well-meaning paci ficists by the Boy Scouts, an organiza ♦l? ». ch has been doing a lot for tne boys of the land, by the way. But as colonel Knupp points out there are quite a lot of the old Brigade boys now grown to manhood, who haven't forgotten the use of a gun nor the tactics - "And X believe most of these young men," smiled the local brigade chief, '"would be ready ax any time to answer a call to arms. Many of them are now in the Guard." * ♦ # If you are interested in seeing how popular the tennis courts at Reservoir Park are these bright summer morn ings, douse a bit of cold water over ont F ?o u b °" t 4A ' M ' and then stroll mJo„i he clty B blg recreation spot ™ ornln S the six courts along Whitehall street are filled with tnnfr= nd And dozens of office dOll 4 Hlld time t0 lo| l c °urts during the day get in i , , of exe rclse before the 7 o clock whistle blows. * • * h,i«SEIS; udl ? Br several minutes, the D?. Z P®oPle in Carlisle at the Pitch er monument celebration cnf-u »2 y, t 8 - wed the wave of military t£i iJiw ls sweeping the country, as the drill team of the Independent Or ? °; Alaer icans, marched by, keen thrnnt'i! Ct time - The squad went through some difficult maneuvers and steps, but the banner that one member at the head of the line was carrying, caused the most comment. On it was the inscription: "We are ready for the next call." * ♦ * One little man walking down Market fv, r6e l W ! a hr oken leg was a part of tne days happenings yesterday. The broken member was artificial. Two s traps „ u | ed 'n holding the leg snap ped off. Something had to be done, so cutting a hole in his trouser pocket the young man grasped the broken strap ends and walked down the street to the shop of the artificial limb company, where repairs were made. Jokers who wore busy yesterday had a good laugh at the expense of tv young shoe clerk employed in a store on Allison Hill. During business hours a call came for the clerk. The person calling said he was at the City Grays armory, and that recruits were being signed Hp to go to Mexico. The cleric was told that his name was handed in as a probable recruit and to report at once at the armory for examination. The clerk was obliged to close the store to respond. He went to the arm ory and found the place closed. On his return to the store several friends were waiting for an explanation for the store being closed. The clerk was not in a happy frame of mind and said he would explain later. \ ** * I The new nurses' home of the Har risburg hospital, in North Front strteet, and close to the institution, is almost ready for use and when opened flor the young women, will have practical ly every convenience for their Comfort. Neatness prevails in the entire build ing, from the top to the bottom, ancl much care was taken in the selection; of decorations. Miss Frances Scott,', superintendent of nurses at the hos-\ pital, has been hard at work taking care of the minor details, in arrang ing little touches to make the place cozy for the nurses. Who is vice-president of the United States? RecenUy it was reported that this question was asked a number of stu dents in a college and a large majority could not answer it. A few days ago a professor in the city began asking his friends, with the same startling re sults. Practically no one knew, and the few that did, only knew the last name. In speaking of the incident ha Baid that he did not know why so few, remembered the name of the Presi dent's assistant. Do you know who ha is? « • * Posted on the west side of the brick barn at Twenty-first and State streets is a large white sign, with the follow ing message painted on it in large black letters: "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. " The sign is easily seen from all parts of State street east of Thirteenth, street, but nobody knows how it came to be placed there, or who is respon sible. It is believed the same per son or persons, placed little cards on the bridges bearing the same mes sage. [OURDAILY LAUGH| f What's the mat. for another cloiuit like the one on mw canvas to come into the sky again. WHAT DID Claud: She is a JT JT^HES ■blamed pretty pretty women axe. 'j 1 1 ! ■I I Hl'! 'J WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB LEARNED OF THE CITY [Questions submitted to members o< the Harrisburg Rotary Club and theil answers as presented at the organiza> tion'a annual "Municipal Quiz."] What contagious diseases are iso« Sanitary Hospital? t
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