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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
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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?
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