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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5
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JLU great things are born of silence.
—J. Mabtineau. I
THE PAPER FAMINE.
IT will have been observed by those
who are following the serious situ
ation that confronts the newspaper
Industry of the United States that one
of the important factors in the paper
famine is the Democratic tariff which
Interferes with the Canadian pulp
eupply. One of the effects of this
measure is pointed out by the head
of the International Paper Company,
■which concern is now arranging to
build a large paper mill in Canada.
This same official is authority for the
statement that most of the other
paper mills in the United States will
probably be compelled to iransfer
their plants to Canada.
This is a fine situation, but it is
cf a piece with many other phases
of the Democratic tariff tinkering.
Manufacturers of other products de
clared before the outbreak of war in
Europe that it would be necessary for
them to establish their plants and
factories in Europe to compete with
the cheaj) products of the country
beyond the seas as a result of the free
trade policy.
Too lata to avert the calamity that
lias come upon many important in
dustries the Wilson Administration
now practically admits that there will
have to be soaie revision of the tariff
along protective lines. Tet when the
■Underwood bill was under considera
tion in Congress manufacturers who
•went to Washington to protect their
own interests and the interests of the
country were given the cold shoulder
and made to understand that they
represented an obnoxious lobby which
could have no hearing before the
high-minded a nil altruistic represen
tatives of an accidental adminis
tration.
Every day demonstrates more
clearly the necessity for cleaning
house at Washington in such a way
as to eliminate the theoretical poli
cies which have caused widespread
dissatisfaction and unrest.
Twenty-flve or thirty Harrisburg
boys are participating' in the interest
ing military maneuvers at Plattsburg.
Opposing forces are marching and man
euvering in the foothills of the Adiron
dacks and the experts who are direct
ing the fighting- have expressed sur
prise and satisfaction over the remark
able progress of the recruits. All of
which goes to show that compulsory
military service would be a good thing
for the United States.
HAItKISBURG CHURCH CENTER.
SELECTION" of Harrisburg as the
headquarters for a high official of
the Lutheran Church in competi
tion with many other cities is another
evidence of the central position this
city hoids with relation to the State at
large. N"ot only the Lutheran Church
has recognized this advantage in Har
risburg, but many others. This is the
see city for the Episcopal and Roman
Catholic dioceses of Harrisburg. Here
also are locate*} the publishing houses
and offices of many of the heads of
the United Evangelical Church and
the Church of God, and for many
years the district superintendents of
the Methodist Church have had their
homes here. The State Y. M. C. A.
aiso has headquarters in Harrisburg:
several denominations maintain offices
here. The city's religious activities
match up very well with its industrial
enterprises, and it is well that this is
so, for the two should go always hand
in hand for the development of a
happy, prosperous, peaceful and God
fearing community.
There are many who recall vividly
the unfortunate occurrences during the
3 is railroad strike of 1577 and these
nd all others interested in peace and
harmony and prosperity are hoping
that the impending strike on the great
railroad trunk lines will be averted.
MEAN S MUCH TO CITY
THE new freight station of the
Pennsylvania railroad, contract
in the sum of $350,000 for which
was let yesterday, means much to Har
risburg. The station should have been
built years ago. It would have been
built had it not been for the petty
objections of selfish interests which
were placed in its way. But it will be
ready for use soon, so by-gones may
be forgotten while the shippers of the
city rejoice in their good fortune.
More and more Harrisburg is be
coming, to use the phrase adopted by
the Chamber of Commerce, a "Heart
of Distribution," and through its
freight depots flows the life-blood of
a thousand industries. The-Reading
long ago modernized its freight yards
here and the big improvements to be
SATURDAY EVENING,
mode by the Pennsylvania will give
Harrisburg freight handling facilities
commensurate with Its growing Im
portance as a distributing center.
The headless Bull Moose party, com
posed largely of ex-Democrats and a
few malcontents who are allied with
no party very long, has determined to
keep itself in the limelight somehow,
although 95 per cent, of the original
Progressive party has lined up behind
Mr. Hughes.
PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.
ANT study «»r the topography of
the landscape of which Harrls-
burg is the central feature must
convince lovers of scenic beauty of the
superior location of this city. Hun
dreds of automobile tourists from
every part of the country already
have visited the city this year and
these are telling the story of the Cum
berland Valley, the Susquehanna river,
the hills and the wonderful features
of the Pennsylvania tours which are
now attracting so many this way.
i W. H. Manning, the distinguished
j Boston architect, who was here the
I other day, said to one with whom he
was discussing the, unsurpassed scen
! ery of this section:
You should bear in mind that the
1 time is coming when the hnest
viewpoint from the summit of the
. range toward the north and north
west of Harrlsburg will be sought
out and made accessible to the pub
lic. possibly by an electric railway.
I want you to recognize, as I
recognize, that Harrlsburg people
will soon begin to breaK away
from the crowded little lots of the
City and get out on the big lots on
the mountains where conditions are
so attractive and so favorable
within fifteen to thirty minutes'
ride by automobile to the city.
There are some men with a broad
vision, but others whose vision is
not vet broad enough to stimulate
the enthusiasm and active self-sac
rifice that is essential if they are
to leave the monument of an or
derly city plan established. Too
many citizens have an idea that a
plan can be made and that is the
end of it. They have not yet come
to realize that the only way to es
tablish a plan is to hold persist
ently to the one general plan which
best takes advantage of the natural |
conditions; and then retain the man
who is responsible for it. whoever
he may be. for enougix years to per- |
mi* it to be accomplished.
They do not yet realize that the i
man who made the plan should have
the ability and the opportunity to in
duce owners to recognize the de- I
sirability of giving for streets or
other purposes that portion cf their •
land called for by the plan, first be- I
cause it is to their own interest to
do so. and secondly for the sake of
the community as a whole.
You know how much has been
accomplished in this direction in !
Harrisburg. 1 have found in de- !
signing many places that the men j
who are leaders in business and
professional life have an inclination I
to serve the city in this way.
Mr. Manning's comments were the
outcome of a discussion upon the fur
therance of the Harrisburg plaj. which
is familiar to most of our people and
which has been generally com-1
mended throughout the country.
Much of the future planning will be
under the eye of Mr. Manning him
self and the members of the City Plan
ning Commission, who are giving
careful thought and consideration to.
the opening of wider avenues, better
building regulations and other fea
tures of a well-made city.
Those who are watching the pro
gress of Harrisburg must be impressed
with the disinterested and intelligent
service of the City Planning Commis
sion. The Ave public-spirited citizens
who compose the commission are
watching with an eye single to the wel
fare of the community the development
of the newer sections, and through
careful supervision are preventing
many unfortunate schemes of expan
sion which would give the city serious
trouble hereafter.
HAY FEVER
WHAT," asks a correspondent,
"shall I do to avoid hay fever?
What is hay fever?"
We never had hay fever, so we can't
answer authoritatively, but so far as
our observations go we believe it to
be a series of sneezes used as an ex
cuse for going away to the mountains.
FOOLISH FEAR
MUCH foolish fear has been
aroused over the epidemic of
infantile paralysis now prevail
ing in New York and New Jersey.
Physicians admit they do not know
whether or not it is either infectious
or contagious. There is no reason for
any parent to become panic-stricken.
Cleanliness, fresh air and wholesome
food are the three proofs against this
disease, just as they are asainst all
other maladies. Keep thfe little ones
clean as possible, outdoors as much as
possible and see to it that they eat
lightly and properly. The rest is not
in mortal hands. *
All admirers of a brave man will
hope that Captain Koenig and his gal
lant crew are having a pleasant sail
on the Deutschland homeward bound.
THE MEXICAN' FIASCO.
DEMOCRATIC newspapers an
nounce with great glee to-day
that war with Mexico is to be
avoided by the President's acceptance
of the terms of Carranza. In other
words, President Wilson set out to
compel Carranza to do something, and
has ended by doing what Carranza
wants him to do. Pulitzer's Review
sums up the Mexican fiasco to date
briefly and pertinently as follows:
National Guard and Pershing's
force, cost a month, $11,000,000.
Initial equipment, i 5,000,000.
Total money cost for s;x months,
estimated, <77,000.000 to 1100,000,-
000.
Losses in wages of Guardsmen,
millions.
American soldiers treacherously
slain. 40.
Three hundred-mile withdrawal
of Pershing's forces.
Many deaths from tropical dis
eases.
Coming generation bonded by
Congress.
Result: Situation unchanged.
Are we headed for Government and
municipal ownership of all public utili
ties? It begins to look that way.
ALL WORK AND XO PLAY.
MORE and more we are coming
to a full understanding of the
old adage that "All work and
n6 play makes Jack a dull boy." Mod
ern business competition has no place
for the "dull boys," and so the Sat
urday half-holiday, especially in the
warm weather when excessive work
is enervating and when outdoors has
an almost irresistible call, has come
to be popular with employers as well
ias employes. The half-holiday move
: mcnt is to an extent altruistic, but
|lt has its practical side as well. Em
ployes will do in five and one-half
! days what they formerly did in six,
j and will do it better.
1 TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE*"!
—lf there was a chance of going to
Maine and getting some fun out of it
| we believe we'd call our present cold
j hay fever.
—The Dutch have made Colonfl
! Roosevelt a member of their society of
neutrals. What are they trying to do?
j Stir up a scrap with Germany?
—Again Uncle Sam doffs his hat to
| the doughty captain of the Deutschland
and invites h«m to "call again.'*
—Honey bees are said to be suffering
from a kind of paralysis, but it is not
announced that their stingers are af
fected.
—Bryan complains that Hughes'
speech was "too Judicial." and a while
back they wer£ complaining that the
Republican candidate was too judicial.
—Something has happened in Ger
many. At the beginning of the war the
; Emoeror called them "my soldiers;"
i now he hails them as "my comrades."
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EDITORIAL COMMENT!
Maybe those smart sharks followed
the German submarine over in the ex
pectation of another Lusitanla incident.
—Boston Transcript.
Events have so shaped themselves as
to reduce Mr. Perkins" checkbook to the
status of a private institution.—Wash
ington Star.
It .s likely that Thomas Mott Os
borne is the only man who has had
cause to regard a second term at Sing
Sing with satisfaction.—New York
V orld.
It s difficult to believe that a person
brave enough to visit Coney Island on
a Sunday would be ktpt out of the surf
by fear of a mere shark.—Boston Tran
script.
Farmers are patriotic, but sending
their boys as militiamen on a wild
goose chase to Mexico right in harvest
ing time is not likely to make manv
farm votes for Mr. Wilson.—Kansas
City Journal.
Dear Sir, We Demand to Know"
[Kansas City Star ]
The open letter season is now on.
The open letter differs from the closed
lettof in that it is addressed to a per
son the writer does not know, and.
further, is sent to the newspapers in
stead of to the person to whom it is
addressed.
The season was formally opened
with an open letter to Mr. Hushes
from a committee of "distinguished
American writers ' who did not like
Mr. Hughes's speech accepting the Re
publican nomination for President.
Others will follow. Mr. Wilson will
get some—that is, he will learn from
the papers that letters have been ad
dressed TO him. AVlvrever men gather
who find that they aeree approximated
on being for Mr. Hughes they will ad
dress an open letter to Mr. Wilson ask
ing a number of questions in the form
of an argument and inclosing no re
turn address for a reply. And wher
ever men gather who find they agree
approximately on being for Mr. Wilson
they will address an open letter to Mr.
Hughes demanding to know what he
means.
Just as a matter of curiosity It would
be interesting to know if these open
letters really are mailed. Do the
writers put a 1-cent stamp on them
and drop them in the letter box at the
same time they forward a copy to the
press? When distinguished writers or
distinguished bakers, or potters, or tin
smiths, or boilermakers, in convention
assembled, decide, when all other busi
ness is over, to write an open letter
to a candidate for the presidency, and
do write it and pass it around for
signatures, and it is read by the secre
tary amid applause and it is voted to
send it to the press, and everybody
reaches for his hat to go home, does
anybody ever ftop them as they are
making for the door and say: "Wait a
minute, boys, ought we to send this
letter to the candidate or just let him
find out from the newspapers that we
are demanding, a reply to forty-seve*
questions?" It would be interesting to
know if anybody ever thought of that
little detail, and if so what Information
on the ethics of the case the meeting
was possessed cf.
There is something prankish about
an open letter, as. of a small boy who
rings a door bell and runs. In the
case of the distinguished American
writers there is something more than
prankishness, there is something of
calculation—when they ring the bell
and run they wait around the comer,
too, not too much concealed from the
neighbors who stick their heads out
the windows. -Distinguished Ameri
can writers" know the value of adver
tising space and of being seen and
identified at their open letter writing.
It Fires Him
The small man attempts to walk
from success to success upon the
shoulders of his friends. The big,
broad, aggressive man selects his suc
cess from a route that leads him past
criticism and antagonism. It fires him
to find opposition.—The Silent Part
ner.
Seeing Pennsylvania First
We motored on the hill road
Where sky and tree-tops gTeet,
The sun was never brighter.
And, O. the air was sweet!
The earliest breath of frost-time
Had touched the tenderest trees,
And just a tings of autumn chill
Was in the west-born breeze.
Below us in the valley
A hundred farms joined hands;
A hundred homesteads mothered
The fenced and brook-bound lands.
And many a fresh-plowed acre
Was white with new-spread lime.
It looked as if the snow-man
Had come before his time!
The cutters in the cornfields
They made a swishing sound.
And where the shocks were tented
The punkins spread around
Were thick as stars up in the sky
And rich as tunset glow—
I never saw a finer sight
Than one field down below.
It was a grand encampment
Of tall and yellowed corn
And every veteran punkin there
Was like the san at morn!
And two strong horses plowing
Across a nearby field
Were thinkint,', I am certain.
Of the food these tents would yield:
Along the ridge we sail'd through dust
And past a lighthouse tall—
An old and white and pointed spire
Topped by a polden ball!
And through a clean-swept, sleepy
town
And past a tavern door
We coasted to a covered bridge •
Close by a country store.
Now, Summer 's a girl I love.
She charms me with her blaze
Of Cowers and fruit-fill'd bowers—l
own
I like her generous ways:
But if you let me choose from all
I think I'd take for mine
gwert Autumn with her tented fields
And air like snarkling wine:
—Leigh ilitchell Hodges.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
Ov
I'ptKKO^tcanXa
>T the Ei-Cammincemiin
Between Governor Brumbaugh's po
litical conferences in Philadelphia yes
terday and the announcement of the
Penrose favor for the State woman
suffrage constitutional amendment
resolution men and women, Interested
in politics had much to talk about to
day. The position of the Senator Is
said to be announced as applying only
to the Pennsylvania State amendment,
nothing being said about the federal
amendment.
Governor Brumbaugh, Attorney
General Brown and others in the
State administration counsels yester
day went over the "beheading list"
prepared for the State government and
weighed the objections voiced by some
heads of departments against whole
sale removal before election and also
the pleas for some specially qualified
mm. The Governor is said to have
yielded to those who demand "a gen
eral Autumn housecleaning."
The Governor has definitely decided
not to interfere with the removal of
Dr. H. A. Surface and to take what
ever criticism may come of it. The
Governor said while here that he had
declined to get drawn Into the matter,
but within twenty-four hours was In
the middle of it because he to ap
prove the selection of Prof. J. G. San
ders as the Surface successor.
In all probability the appointment of
the manager of the State Insurance
Fund will come along in a month and
the Governor will also clean up a num
ber of pending appointments, includ
ing those outlined yesterday.
It is expected that the anti-Penrose
people will take advantage of the dec
laration on suffrage to go after the
Senator. It is Intimated that the
Vares have been waiting to hear from
the Senator. They have doubtless
heard by this time.
—A complete set of electoral candi
dates was filed at the State Capitol to
day by the Socialist party. The can
didates will be certified to the counties
in the Fall with those of other parties.
—J. V. Clark of Washington to-day
withdrew as a candidate for State
Treasurer on the Roosevelt Progressive
ticket, having withdrawn as Washing
ton party candidate some days ago.
—Numerous inquiries for information
as to the method to be followed In
withdrawing from tickets have been
made at the Capitol the last few days.
—Appointment of counsel for the Pub
lic Service Commission is expected to
be made in a short time by Attorney
General Brown and in all probability
additional assistant counsel will be
named to handle the rush of business
which Is expected to occur in the Fall.
William X. Trinkle, of Philadelphia,
who retired some tine ago as counsel,
has been giving assistance in hold
over cases. It is said that addition
to Deputy Attorney General Emerson
Collins and Richard E. Cochran, of
York, a Philadelphian. is being consid
ered for a place on the legal staff of
the commission.
—Selection of the officers of the Sec
ond and Third artillery regiments,
formerly the Ninth and Thirteenth in
fantry regiments, which must be made
by Governor Brumbaugh in the next
month, is causing more or less specu
lation about the Capitol as it is inti
mated that some men not in entire
sympathy with the Governor's politi
cal ambitions last Fall are in the or
ganization. The guess at the Capitol
is there will be some surprises.
—The Philadelphia grand jury is
said to be getting evidence for a report
which it is claimed will "startle the
city." The probe is going in pretty
deep and it is said that conditions for
two years are being inquired into.
George D. Porter, director of safety
under Blankenburg, was on the stand
yesterday.
—City Chairman David H. Lane yes
terday recognized both factions of the
Philadelphia Republican organization
in the appointment of committees.
—Representative C. J. Roney, Jr.,
withdrew in his fight to get registrars
named in the Third ward of Philadel
phia against the Trainer slate. The
registrars are to be named by August
15.
—Much interest was shown here to
day by the report of the organization
of the Hughes alliance in York. A
dispatch says: "A branch of the
Hughes Alliance was organized at a
luncheon held at the Lafayette Club to
promote the candidacy of Charles
Evans Hughes for election as President
of the United States. Regulars and
Progressives hobnobbed together in
a manner which several years ago
would not have been supposed possible
!n this county. Paul Littlefield. of
Philadelphia, organizer of the Alliance,
made an address predicting an over
whelming victory for Hughes. Other
speakers were John E. Baker, Samuel
K. McCall. Grier Hersh, Thomas Ship
ley, County Chairman McClean Stock.
Samuel S. Lewis, W. L. Taylor, Edward
S. Brooks, D. Guy Hollinger, Hano
ver; Harry Raub, Dallastown, and
Mayor E. S. Hugentugler, of York.
John E. Baker was elected president;
Dr. Fayette Beard, of Hanover, vice
president; S. S. Lewis, secretary, and
William Lichtenberger, Red Lion, as
treasurer. The chairman was author
ized to appoint an executive commit
tee and call meetings at such time as
he sees fit."
Summer Rules
(Kansas City Star)
Nearly every newspaper in the coun
try has been giving advice on how to
get on in the hot weather. Summed
up and boiled down it amounts to
this:
"Wear thin, loose clothing. Don't eat
too much meat, but eat substantial,
strengthening food; it is unwise to get
weak from lack of nourishment. Drink
plenty of pure water, not iced, but
cooled. Bathe morning and night so
the effects of perspiration will be re
moved, and the pores cleansed. Don't
hurry. Don't worry. Keep interested in
other things so you needn't center your
attention on the heat. Smoke less than
usual. Don't drink any alcoholic stim
ulant. Get plenty of sleep—out of
doors if possible."
A score or two of the best doctors
in the country, expressing themselves
in as many different newspapers in the
last week, agree that an observance of
these simple directions will carry any
person of ordinary sound body safely
through the warmest summer.
Goliath's Brother Slain
And there w-as war again with the
Philistines and Elhanan the son of
Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Gol
iath the Gittite, whose spear staff was
like a weaver's beam.—l Chronicles,
xx, 5. 1
MIZPAH
By Wing Dinger
There comes a time each year, good
friend.
When one starts on his way
To have the fun he's planned for
months—
My summer holiday
Begins to-day, and I am oft.
But ere we part, to you,
I send this message, from the heart,
"Mizpah, good friend and true."
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
WHAT WILL POOR WOODROW DO NOW?
—From Ihc Ilajfluiorc Anirrlritn,
HOW SHALL WE FLY?
By Frederic J. Haskin
THE naval battle in the North Sea
seems to have revived something
of the old controversy over the
relative merits of the Zeppelin and
the aeroplane. The Germans claim
that their lighter-than-air machines
rendered them service of the first im
portance in scouting-, while the English
deny that the Zeppelin's actions had
anything to do with the engagement
or its results. If the German conten
tion is correct, the Zeppelin has scored
a point to balance some of the many
achievements of the aeroplane in the
hands of each of the belligerents. The
whole question is of interest to Ameri
cans because the next decade will un
questionably see a great expansion in
the art—or industry—of flying in this
country, and the character of that ex
pansion will be based on the lessons
taughts by the war.
There is small chance, however, that
our progress in aviation will turn
aside from the path it has already
chosen. The' American aviator is fol
lowing in the footsteps of his French
and English brethren and turning his
attention to th 6 aeroplane, the heavier -
than-air machine. This may,, of
course, be due in large part to the
fact that the aeroplane is an Ameri
can invention, the product of American
brains and enterprise, while the dirigi
ble balloon got its development In
Germany, but our national preference
in the matter is probably due rather
to an appreciation of the greater all
around usefulness and practicability of
the aeroplane than to any sentiment.
The last few weeks have seen some
notable achievements in American
aviation, in the shape of record-break
ing flights along the Atlantic coast,
and now comes the announcement of
a transcontinental flight contest for a
trophy and big money prizes to start
from New York early in September.
Some of our more enthusiastic sup
porters of aviation, including Ralph
Pulitzer, who offers the leading prize,
are beginning to get uneasy about our
standing in the game. They say that
the war pressure Is pushing Europe
rapidly ahead until we, who invented
the aeroplane, are in danger of losing
all place in the rank of nations who
make effective use of it.
Of course the tendency in the United
States to-day is to "lie low." Europe
is rapidly getting a great deal of ex
perience in flying, but she is paying
dearly for much of it. All sorts of
innovations are being tested out across
the water, some to be eventually
adopted, others to be discarded. In
the meantime we can sUck to a policy
of passive observation and profit by
European failures. Our factories are
building some of the machines for the
belligerents, but on the whole avi
ational development in this country is
biding its time until Europe shall have
produced the most successful types of
machine, which we can then imitate
and snare ourselves the Intermediate
steps of experiment and failure.
But the aviation student tells us that
Europe Is not only working out the
most practicable types of the aero
planes, but also rapidly developing
men to fly them. No one has any
criticism to of the American
aviators as a class except that there
are too few of them. The American
temperament soems to be particularly
well fitted to flight work. Some of the
most daring and skillful feats accom
plished in France :-.re to the credit of
the little corps of American fliers, and
here in the United States our aviators
are daily proving themselves as ef
ficient as any on the battlefields. But
while we have two or three hundred
skilled pilots, England, France and
Germany, even Russia, are turning
them out literally in thousands.
It is to stimulate public Interest in
this country in aviation and to show
what can be done with an aeroplane
properly handled that the transconti
nental contest will bo held. Once such
a feat has been achieved by several
machines, it is hoped that distance
flying will become more and more of a
commonplace in the United States.
This will require the co-operation of
the man on the ground with the man
in the air, for the aeroplane cannot
make a practice of fiylne across coun
try in the absence of adequate land-
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY
[Questions submitted to members of
the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their
answers as presented at the organiza
tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."]
What precautions such as tests, etc.,
are taken to insure purity of water?
Samples are taken hourly from
the river water before it enters the
sedimentation basin to ascertain
the amount of coagulant and hypo
chlorite of lime necessary to treat
same. Samples are taken and an
alyses are made of the filtered
water three times every twenty
four hours. Samples an< analyses
of tap -water are taken once every
twenty-four hours. These samples
are taken to ascertain the turbidity,
color and alkalinity. A complete
sanitary analysis is taken once a
week.
Just a Thought
If a big man can get from a small
man a thought that helps, what an
opportunity there is for the small man
i to grow if he'll study the ways of big
i men:—Elliott-Kisher Ginger:
AUGUST 5, 1916.
ing and gasoline stations at frequent
intervals. Several such stations will
have to be arranged for to meet the
needs of the aviators'- who fly in the
contest, and doubtless there will he
competition among the cities on the
route for the honor of being way sta
tions on this historic journey.
When the aerop't. ne which made the
record-breaking Uight from New York
to Washington recently was presented
to the New Mexico National Guard for
use in border scouting: the pilots offered
to fly it overland and turn it over to
the guardsmen in person. After some
consideration the scheme had to be
given up because of the lack of land
ing stations along the way. The aero
enthusiasts hope to see the time when
an inland town will have to provide a
level plain suitable for landing pur
poses, with shelter ior machines, just
as it has to provide good auto roads
to-day to keep its,clf on the tourist
map.
All this progress and all these plans,
it may be noted, arc based on the use
of the heavier-than-air machines. Ger
many is, in fact, the only nation which
continues to pin any great portion of
its reliance in air work on the dirigible
balloon, the motor-driven machine
lighter than air, In her case the Zeppe
lin. All the belligerents are using bal
loons for observation purposes. But
even Germany has a big and effective
aeroplane fleet on each of her fronts,
particularly the western. What ex
perience the war has brought seems
to Justify the course of those nations
which stick to the aeroplane.
When the war began the relative
efficiency of the various types of craft
built to navigate the atmosphere was
pretty much a matter of theory. Some
people believed that one aeroplane
could dash another to the earth sim
ply by swooping over and in front of
it so that the air gust from the pro
peller of the attacking machine could
catch the enemy and hurl him down.
Nobody believed that an aeroplane
would stand much shell or shrapnel
fire. It was pointed out particularly
that the propeller of an aeroplane,
made of wood and revolving as it does
at such a tremendous speed as to ap
pear like nothing but a tremulous
haze, was a particularly vulnerable
point. It was predicted that a rifle or
shrapnel ball striking the flying pro
peller would cause it to fly to pieces.
The aeroplane has proved stable be
yond all expectations. A rifle ball
striking the propeller does nothing but
make a hole in one of the blades. The
machine can weather almost any num
ber of hits in the wings and body so
long as no "vital" spot is struck—such
as the motor, the gas tank or the
aviator himself. Moreover, even when
the engine stops as a result of some
shot that finds its mark the pilot can
often succeed in volplaning back into
his own lines. The high speed of the
aeroplane, the erratic course it can
take, the rapid shifts of altitude thai
are possible when necessary, combine
to make it a poor mark for shell Are.
Some of the light scouting planes
make 120 and 130 miles an hour. None
of the belligerents has succeeded in
hampering the enemy's air reconais
sance ser%'ice seriously.
All this is to the credit of the
heavier-than-air machine. The dirig
ible has certain virtues of its own
however. In a fight with aeroplanes
it would not stand much chance. It
is much bigger and hence an easier
target, not so easily maneuvered, ex
cept that it can rise more quickly for a
time, and quite defenseless against at
tack from above. It is much more at
the mercy of the wind than the aero
plane. But it has immensely more
carrying capacity. It can be loaded
with great weights of fuel and ammu
nition, In addition to large crews.
Hence it has a greater cruising radius
The aeroplane slays in the atr bv virtue
of its speed alone. Stop the engine
and it must descend. The dirigible
on the contrary, floats by virtue of
buoyancy, and hence can stay aloft for
days. Moreover, it can by virtue of
these qualities fly by night as well as
by day. Night flying is dangerous to
the point of impracticability for an
aeroplane, because In case of emer
gency the pilot cannot see where he is
landing.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
GOING OVER eS3>
SEASON.
What happens S(vb 1 r
when you go on
a vacation? f 4 \ MM&iEk
Tour firm goes (4; W ~
over your books \sjto
and your wife <r~ Jf * V
goes over every- \ |
thing else. 1 I vfc » HI
§ IMAGINATION
DEFINED.
Harold, can
you tell me what
imagination is?
Imagination is
what makes a fel
low think a beo'»
stinger is three
feet long after he
gets stung.
lEbPttmg €t|at
Judging from photographs being
received here some of the organiza
tions of the Pennsylvania National
Guard, now in camp along the border,
are trying to make conditions pleas
ant about their cantonments and
while sword grass, cactus and the
coarse vegetation of El Paso regions
is somewhat difficult to work with
they are having fair success. Some of
the soldiers have cut paths through
the grass und have transplanted the
cactus and other plants to places
where they will not be in the way and
will add to the appearance of things
Instead of detracting. Others have dec
orated tent poles and other places*
about the camps making conditions
a bit more pleasant. Another thing
which seems to bo general among the
men at the camp is the maintenance
of a mascot. There are goats, dogs
and other animals which are well tak
en carc of and which seem to have
stood the transfer to a different clim
ate as well as the men. The Guards
men are evidently making up their
minds to a prolonged stay and are
talking about the program of duty
which has been worked out up to the
middle of October. Because of the
likelihood that the Guardsmen will be
in camp a long time a number of fami
lies of officers are arranging to visit
them when the weather becomes
more pleasant and it is possible that
a number from this section of the
State will go.
Speaking of National Guard mat
ters it is said in Washington that ef
forts are being made to take care of
the ordnance officers and others who
lose not only rank but place because
of the terms of the defense act. Just
how they will be taken care of is not
known, but the fact is that the army
authorities are just as anxious to keep
the services of the experienced of
ficers as the officers are to stay in the
service. Officers of lon# standing in
the National Guard have been mus
tered out under the new law and they
are making every effort to have a
change worked out before they incur
the expense of trips home." Incident
ally, the ruling of the war department
that officers are not to be paid until
date of muster into federal service if
they did not leave with troops when
they started for Mt. Gretna is being
condemned as rank injustice and is
bothering Washington a good deal.
Prof. Franklin Menges, of Tork,
who was at the State Capitol yester
day, is one of the foremost authori
ties in the State service on the soils
and rotation of crops. He has been
making a study of the subjects for
twenty years and has visited every
county. Adherence to time honored
customs of rotation of crops and care
for the soil will do many things, he
says.
"The suggestion in the Telegraph
the other night that people ought to
know their own agricultural districts
and do their best to get the folks in the
cities to do the same strikes home
and ought to be followed," said a
prominent business man and native of
this section yesterday. "You said that
it would be a good thing to have some
of the people in the eastern counties
tour the central counties to see what
they make or raise. The same is true
of us. We ought to go to the northern
counties to note the big dairying farms
and interests and the western people
ought to come to the garden counties
to see where the vegetables of the
State are raised. If people were more
familiar with what is raised in this
State they would not be so apt to pay
fancy prices for inferior stuff."
The old Poorhouse lane bridge, as
the structure spanning the Reading
railroad at Twenty-ninth street has
been known to a couple of generations
disappeared yesterday before the
march of improvement. The old bridge
Is to be replaced with a new structure
and yesterday the bridge over which
thousands of vehicles have passed was
torn down. The lanes were boarded
up and people who have been accus
tomed to seeing the bridge for years
wondered what was the matter with
the landscape.
• • •
A good bit of excitement and hy
steria is being manifested over infan
tile paralysis. As a matter of fact
there have been numerous cases of
this disease in Pennsylvania the last
few years and in one year, about half
a decade ago, over 1,100 cases were re
ported. The percentage of deaths has
been small. There have been few
cases in this section.
• » • s
Speaking of paralysis a good story
is being told of a doctor in a nearby
town. He was called to see a child
which everyone was sure had the
dreaded disease. The youngster was
lying inert and to be frank, not show
ing much interest in anything. The
doctor was informed by an old family
nurse that there was no doubt of it.
What he found was an old-fashioned
summer cold which had "gotten all
through" the "kid." When asked why
they thought the child had paralysis,
members of the family assured the
doctor that the child had been trou
bled by a "running nose" and did not
seem to take much interest in things.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ]
—Captain L. M. Phelps, who In
stalled telephone lines in the camp at
El Paso, comes from Erie.
—W. C. George, prominent Alle
gheny merchant, has been elected
president of tire Allegheny Valley
Chamber of Commerce.
—Richard Gilbert, Central Pennsyl
vania miners' leader, predicts a short
age of miners next winter.
—Major C. C. MehaTd, of Pitts
burgh, has been acting as training
officer for the Pittsburgh recruits for
Plattsburg.
—Major J. F. Edwards, one of the
medical officers who took up work at
Mt. Gretna when sent back from El
Paso, is a prominent Pittsburgh medi
cal man.
1 DO YOU KNOW f
That Harrigburg engines are la
government buildings in WaslUng*
ton?
HISTORIC HARRISBCRG
John Adams visited Harrisburg and
spoke to the people from the court
house when he was president.
Silent Partner's Sayings
If you want to locate an ambltioisr
young man, some chap whom yo#
would make foreman or manager, glf
over to the poolroom about two o'clock
in the afternoon, and And him— not.
You may have your Packard, your
painted lily, your gilded gold; but
give me a two-mile drive with an old
fashioned girl on top of a load of new.
mown hay.
One pound of pi eparedness, one
ounce of getting ready, one grain of
good, sound thinking, are worth a
ton of correcting mistakes. Think
ahead of your work.
When I waste time or thought on
my enemies, I find tho exercise costs
me more than one would think. The
plan keeps me from dwelling on some
one who might help. In other words,
my prospect* for progress are being
stalled while "mulling" over my ene»
mies.