6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A VB\VSPAPBK FOR TUB HOME Pounded itj: Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Bulldlnc, Federal Square. B. J. STACK POLE. Prist and Editorin.Chi'f F. R. OYSTER. Businjss Manager. QUE M. BTCINMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American f Newspaper Pub- I Ushers' Assocla- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Assocl&V Eastern office. Has- Brooks, Fifth Ave nue Building. New Brooks. People's Gcs Building, CSA» Entered at the Post Office In HarriOa burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week; by mall, J3.QO a year In advance. TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15. All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice. — JOHN HOPKINS. FAUR PLAY FOR POSTAL MEN A LL fair-minded and patriotic cltl sens will wish Senator Townsend, of Michigan, success in the fight he is about to make for the militia* men who in normal times are employ ed in mail service. Many private in stitutions have announced that they ■will pay militiamen their regular salaries while they are on military duty, or will at least give them the difference between their regular salaries and the amount it may be necessary to pay substitutes to perform their regular duties, according to Senator Townsend. Not so the Post Office Department In what the Senator terms "a bluft at economy," not only have the militia men been dropped from the govern ment rolls, but instead of employing temporary substitutes the Postmaster General has appointed men to the per manent roll to fill the vacancies, thus putting himself in a position where he cannot, without an act of Congress, restore those serving with the National 3uard. Furthermore, the pay of substitutes is fixed by law at forty sents an hour, while most of the regu lar employes received considerably higher compensation. Instead of seeking authority from Congress to pay the difference to the guardsmen which authority would have been readily granted Post master General Burleson is filling the vacancies with permanent men at twenty-seven and one-half cents an hour and purposes to utilize the saving effected to make a showing of economy In the construction of ramps or walks along the river slope from the top to the granolithic prome nade at the bottom, would it not be well to introduce as much variety and artistic arrangement of the stone work as is done in the working out of such walks by the Pennsylvania Railroad ] Company in its treatment of its sta tion surroundings along the entire line - : I Might It not be possible to secure one of the artistic rough-stone artists of the "Pennsy" to direct the work of this sort. MAKING SAILORS OK LANDSMEN* TEN Harrisburg boys sailed away yesterday on tho battleship Rhode Island to learn how to man and fight Uncle Sam's war craft In time of emergency. They are part of a contingent of 2,500 white clad civilian sailors aboard nine bat tleships that have been detailed to give the lads an outing at sea and val uable training as well, over a period of «*je month. The ships will proceed to a rendez ous in the vicinity of Gardner's Bay, Long Island, where the men will be put through training in the techni calities of naval warfare. At the end of this time the Navy Department ex pects to have a naval reserve that would constitute valuable fighting ma terial In time of war. Thus the navy has at last entered the preparedness program, usurping the center of the stage with all the grace and enthusiasm of its early days. For the last six months we have heard much of Oglethrope and Plattsburg. We have delighted In photographs of rookies riding horseback, rookies shooting and frying bacon and rookies bathing In the latest approved mili tary fashion out of primitive tin bas ins until our one vision of American defense has come to be khaki. Now the navy is going to see to it that we hear a thing or two from Gardner's Bay and renew our acquaintance with th« white maritime uniform—after all, the principal means of American de fense. ' % » The readiness of the response to this call of the navy is another proof that American youth is as fond as ever of the strenuous life and as prone to adventure as the lads who ran away to become cabin boys in the frigates of long ago. One fruit grower in Adams county haa set out within a comparatively few years 40,000 apple trees and more than twice a* many peach trees which are yielding thousands of bushels of fruit every year. Yet a few years ago Adams county was unknown as a fruit growing section. BANNERS AND SIGNS PHILADELPHIA is now engaged in a campaign against advertis ing banners strung from build ing to building, across footways and highways in that city. A police order ha* been issued to the effect that these banners are not only unsightly and TUESDAY EVENING, dangerous, but a nuisance and con* trary to the law. Instructions have been given to notify all persons who have placed such banners across any street that they must remove them. Action will be taken against all of fenders who do not take down the banners within a reasonable time. There has been growing up in Har risburg during the last year or two a similar nuisance and it would seem to be the duty of the officials of the prop er department to stop the thing be fore It goes any farther. Some years ago in the city of Denver Mayor Speer Issued an order requiring all signs suspended over sidewalks to be removed within a flxed period and as a result thousands of dangerous signs came down promptly. In view of the fact that the city is eliminating poles and wires which ob struct the highways it is hardly reas onable to suppose that permission will be given for a suspension of signs and banners of all sorts which tend to re duce the width of the sidewalks and endanger pedestrians. Several large stretches of land along the Susquehanna river between the city and Rockville have recently changed hands and it Is common report that a considerable number of fine homes will be established in this section within the year. With the development of this residential section will come also propet treatment of the river frontage out side the city limits. It is obvious that the Front Steps and walk must be con tinued from Maclay street to Rockville, and even beyond, with the development of "Greater Harrlsburg." PAPER FAMINE AND PRICES THE MANUFACTURERS' REC ORD, of Baltimore, one of the foremost trades publications of the country, thus comments on the paper famine which is threatening the newspapers of the land with bank ruptcy in the year to come: The price of paper, which has ad vanced from 100 to 200 per cent, or more over prices prevailing a year ago, seriously threatens the life of a large number of publications throughout the country and greatly lessens the profits of others. It is doubtful If any other large in- Industry In the United States lias had to face so serious a situation, because when prices of raw ma terials have advanced the manu facturers of the finished products have advanced their prices and thus thrown the burden on the ultimate consumer. In the newspaper busi ness this has not yet been done. The newspapers, from the largest dallies to the smallest weeklies, have been bearing the burden which to many publications will mean complete destruction and to many others the wiping out of all profit. Had the newspapers of the country been as prompt to defend their own interests as they have the Inter ests of others, they. too. would be fore this have undertaken to save themselves by an advance in sub- foription price. The reluctance of the newspaper publisher to advance prices is not hard to explain. It is not that he did not foresee the very condition he now faces. He did foresee it and has striven to meet it in a hundred ways. But as to increasing subscription rates, he has refrained from that for the very reason that the modern newspa per is the apostle of low prices. The newspaper publisher has fought high prices at every turn. He has done more in that direction than any.other force in the land. He not' only has sold newspapers below their actual cost of production, depending for his profits, often meager, upon his adver tising columns, but he has shouldered increased cost due to the war while at the same time enlarging his newspa per to give adequate space to the in creased volume of news developed by the war. The laborer, the mechanic, the farmer and many lines of business, despite higher costs of raw and finished materials, are earning more than ever in the history of the coun try. But the newspapers are going constantly backward in the face of one of the greatest advertising years in history and with subscription lists swelled to unheard of proportions. How long they will be able to stand the pressure and live is a problem that only the future can solve. COMPLETING THE MIDLAND COMPLETION of the Midland rail road, begun more than five years ago and abandoned after the roadbed had been completed practi cally frim Millersburg t6 Gratz, would do much for that end of the county. Even though the line were operated only by gasoline, as once proposed, the transportation facilities thus af forded, both freight and passenger, ■would do much for the development cf one of the richest valleys in that pt'.rt of the State and for the future of Millersburg and the other towns touched. With the Midland completed and a bridge across the Susquehanna at or near Millersburg, that town would rapidly become the second largest in the county, despite the big steel in dustry contributing to the population o! Steelton. Millersburg Is a natural trade center and with the barrier of the river removed and better railroad facilities from up-valley points noth ing would stand In the way of Its growth. A more or less strict censorship hav ing been imposed upon all newspaper correspondence at the Mexican border, friends of the soldiers will be com pelled to get most of the Inside infor mation from their private correspon dence. This order has followed the sensational stories of ill treatment and lack of food sent out by irresponsible writers soon after the soldiers' arrival on the border. Correspondents of the Telegraph, however, declare that there was no foundation for these sensational reports and that the men have been supplied with wholesome food right along. POLICE CO-OPERATE IN Decatur, 111., Chief of Police E. F. Wills haa issued an order recently that every policeman in the city is now a humane officer and hereafter anyone found using a horse that is un fit for service or in any other manner being cruel to animals will be promptly arrested and prosecuted. This should be true of every city and town In every State where there are anti-cruelty laws. It should be Just as much a policeman's duty to see that arrests are made for*br*aklng the laws against cruelty to animals as for malicious mischief or drunkenness or any of the other common causes of police court prosecutions. Happily the policemen of this city are In sympathy with the work of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and work harmoniously with Agent O'Don neli, himself an ex-policeman. There is opportunity for the Inspec tors of the City Health Department to do some good work in requiring prop erty owners to cut the weeds from the vacant lots throughout the city. A fine example of how the weeds are per mitted to run wild Is to be seen In Front street, north of Emerald, but this Is only one of many Instances of the same sort. 1 TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE 1 » —"The President will stump the country," newspaper headline. Yes, and then the country will stump the President. —Again we arise to remark that. In the light of recent happenings In Gall cia, we believe the Csar is entitled to change v the spelling to Rushing. —Yes. Maude, there are miracles even In these degenerate days. The Athletics won a double-header on Sat urday. —What, we wonder, has become of those terrible Uhlans who used to figure so largely In the news? —Here's hoping that the cool snap wijl give all the infantile paralysis germs fatal attacks of pneumonia. EDITORIAL COMMENT! Those waves which Britannia rules don t extend as far as 50 feet below the surface, apparently. Kansas City Star. One automobile for every forty-four persons In the United States, which leaves enough pedestrians for sport.— Wall Street Journal. Mexico may not be learning a lesson from -the mobilization of our militia, but this country is learning a lot of them.—Boston Herald. Villa must have been alive all the time, for there is nothing in his be havior to indicate that he has been born again. Savannah News. But can the United States renounce all rights in Greenland without the con sent of old Doc Cook, the gum-drop king?— Boston Transcript. Captain Konig's confidence may be due to the fact that there is plenty of room at the bottom.—Philadelphia In quirer. Publishers Up Against It [Saturday Blade. Chicago.] Possibly there is no manufacturing business in the United States so thor oughly unionized and operated by union men as. the printing and publishing In dustry. It is seldom, hojvever. that there Is any serious trouble between employers and employes. It is the business of the publishers to keep well posted on the general con dition of the country and the cost of living. Printers or workmen In print ing and publishing offices are of an in telligent class and come into pretty close contact with their employers. The union demands of the printers and allied trades have heretofore not been out of proportion to the cost of living and the general tendency to shorten the hours of labor. The publishers, by Installing typesetting machines, auto matic casting machines, fast-running presses, etc., have been able to absorb the increased cost of labor, which Is to-day Just 100 per cent, more than It was twenty-six years ago. and those who could increase their circulation have been able to live. Few, however, have grown rich. Three out of every four have failed, but the proportion of failures among publishers Is no greater than in other lines. The item of greatest expense In the publishing business is the paper, which is made mostly from spruce pine. Now as a result of combinations and the conditions of the export trade, the pub lishers cf the cotintry are called upon to pay an advance of 50 per cent In the price of their paper, over the past year. No other commodity in the United States or Canada has had a rise of more than 10 or 15 per cent., with the exception of war materials. The cost of producing paper has not ad vanced over 5 per cent, during the past two years. How are the publishers going to ab- j sorb this increase of 50 per cent, in the j cost of their print paper? The cost of i paper is usually 40 per cent, of the total cost of operating a newspaper , plant. Fifty per cent, of 40 per cent. 1 is equal to a gross increase. In the ; cost of the whole business, of 20 per cent. Heretofore few successful pub lishers have made more than 5, 6 or 7 I per cent, on the capital .used. A 20 ! per cent, increase In cost simply puts j them out of business Only the old, ; strong papers will be able to live j through ths next year. A Congressional investigation is now on foot, but, like all these Investiga tions, it will amount to nothing. There j is no relief in sight until six months after the war closes, when foreign' pulp and paper will supply the foreign market and the United States and Canada will again have a shortage in tonnage. In the meantime "deaths" in the publishing business will add to that j shortage and it will be a mighty strong combination or "gentlemen's agree ment" that will hold when It will be necessary for one-tMrd of the mills in the United States and Canada to shut down and for the others to make a market price for paper lower than the price when the waf began. The present profit on the manufac- i ture of paper will pay the full cost of I building and equipping any mill in the United States during the next twelve ; months. In fact, I know of two paper j manufacturers who have cleaned up in the last six months a prolit greater 1 than the amounts for which they were willing to sell their whole property at the start of the year. The general tendency among daily newspaper publishers Is to raise the price per copy or subscription rates. It is not likely that there will be any iciiange in the subscription price of i weeklies. Many Papers Raise Prices [Fourth Estate ] In addition to those newspapers which have been mentioned during the past few weeks AS increasing the sell ing price, the following advances have beer made: Attleboro (Mass.) Bun. from one to two cent*. Blnghamton (N. Y.) Republican- Herald, from one to two cents a copy on newsstands, and from $3 to 15 per year by carrier. > Texarkana (Ark.) Texarkanian, from fifty to sixty-five cents per month. Texarkana (Ark) Four States Press and Courier, from rtfty to sixty-live cents per month, Readvillo (Pa.) Tribune, from one to two cents. The Menominee (Mich.) Herald Leader, now charging $7 a year for carrier service and 16 a year by mall. HAHRISBURG TELEGRAPH Ot "^DowOiftca-nia By the Ex-Committecman There is to be no haste about open ing the Fall political campaign in Dauphin county. The Democrats are discouraged and will make r.o more than a passive effort to land their ticket and the Republicans have things so well in hand that early activity would gain them nothing. To be sure Senator Beidleman and some of the other leaders are getting about the county, but no more than in years when there is no big campaign In sight. The Senator seldom takes a vacation but almost any day during the summer his automobile may be found on the back roads of the county headed toward some gathering, re union or picnic of country folks. . No picnic is complete without his pres ence and it is generally conceded that he eats more cold fried chicken in a season than any other man in the county, barring, perhaps, itinerant Methodist preachers. County Chair man William H. Horner Is of the opinion' that the Republican majority in Dauphin county will be bigger this year than usual. He has been hear ing from all parts of the county and says that the people are generally well satisfied with the ticket and that Hughes will sweep the district with a plurality scarcely second to the high water mark set by Roosevelt when he became President. —One of the busiest men in the dis trict is Congressman Aaron S. Kreider, who is a candidate for re-election. Mr. Kreider is the head of a big and growing business and between that and keeping in touch with conditions at Washington he has had no time for vacation. "I'll take It campaigning through the district," lje told a friend yesterday, his first effort in that di rection to be an afternoon spent at the Mlddletown fair this week. —Says a special dispatch from Welt Chester: "Indications point to an old fashioned Republican sweep in "No vember, carrying the entire county ticket that Includes T. Larry Eyre for State Senate, and Maris M. Hollings worth, Samuel P. Whitaker and H. C. Graham for Legislature. All are sound Republicans, active workers and highly respected throughout the county. While Mr. Eyre has been the acknowledged Republican leader for a quarter century, this is the first time ha has run for a State office. He is a close friend of Governor Brumbaugh and took charge of the latter's Local Option fight in the last Legislature. Recently he has become deeply Inter ested in the good roads problem and through his earnestness and effective ness has cemented the confidence of the county to the extent that there is no serious opposition confronting. A well-defined rumor Is afloat th&t ex- State Senator Oscar E. Thompson, of Phoenlxvllle, is to be appointed Super intendent of the Spring City Industrial School, a State Institution. He haw long been an active and influential figure in county politics and for many years was connected with the Phoenlx vllle Bridge Company, being an expert engineer. Hp also is a good roads man, this promising to be a leading issue in the coming local campaign." Keeping Us Out of War Our Democratic friends have prac tically only one reason to give why Mr. Wood row Wilson should be re elected President of the United States. It is that "he kept us out of war." To all the criticisms which the Demo cratic administration of the national affairs since March 4, 1913, invites, and they are both grave and numer ous, there is one unvarying reply: "He kept us out of war." No party has ever made quite such a bad record as the Democratic record of the past three years, five months and ten days. It has been a record of the most pro fligate extravagance and flagrant in competency. It has been a record of blundering inefficiency at home and Ignominious dishonor abroad. It is a record which admits of no convinc ing defense and which has been preg nant with disaster. But the Ameri can people are asked to overlook all that, to forgive and forget it, because "he kept us out of war." * • * But now comes Senator Bankhead, of Alabama, with a demurrer to the plea that Mr. Wilson ought Jo be re elected. despite his incompetence, be cause "he kept us out of war," and with the specific charge that Mr. Wil son would have dragged the country into war had he been allowed his own way. The McAdoo Shipping bill -was the text for the Alabama Senator's remarks. Mr. Bankhead was one of the seven Democratic Senators whose opposition prevented the passage of the somewhat similar bill which the administration tried hard to force through Congress last season. They Joined with the Republicans in oppos ing that bill because it provided among other objectionable things, for the purchase by the United States of the interned German and Austrian vessels, indeed, the purchase of these vessels is generally believed to have V? c ch >ef object for which the legislation was promoted by Mr Mc- Adoo and his father-in-law. and no impartial person has any doubt that w ° uld . J lav _ e hafi the result which Mr. Bankhead apprehended «JwL Wl f an eve "tuallty to which Mr. Wilson s attention wan directed at n II M , e pro - spec t did not at all restrain him from doing his utmost to secure the enactment of what everyone knew to be one of his pet measures. For the United Statee to •rat* k° u &ht and undertaken to op- Austrian ves f , would have been to have gone '°° k ' n * f ? r a /-eht; and wo should Inquirer it-Philadelphia Wilson As a Weather Vane [Chicago Examiner.] President Wilson was f av o r of a single Presidential term. Now lie is against it. 18 President Wilson was in favor of the ' Garrison Continental Army plan. Now he Is against it. President Wilson was opposed to ii>- t Vy " Now h * de « l *n<l» the wS?ld ' m#de th ® Ur * e " ln President Wilson was opposed to young men spending time ln military training. Now he demands that 400.- 000 be trained. President Wilson was opposed to a tariff commission. Now he demands a tariff commission. President Wilson favored Interven tion In Mexico, and did send the army Ito Intervene. Now he declares that ! w hlle he is President "nobody shall Interfere In Mexico." %» Pr . esl(l * nt demanded that all Mexican claimants. get together in a conference to establish a de facto gov ernment. and threatened nonrecognl tion of any who refused. President Wil. son then recognised as the Mexican ruler the only claimant who did not. and would not. Join ln the conference. President Wilson was In favor of the Panama Canal tolls. After his election he compelled the Democratic majority to repent the free tolls law. President Wilson wanted to "knock Bryan Into a cocked hat." and when elected made him his chief official ad viser. President Wilson was opposed to the Initiative and, referendum. Then he de clared in favor of It. Since then he has forgotten It. President Wilson was out and out In favor of free . trade on theoretical THE CARTOON OF THE DAY MY KINGDOM FOR AN ELEPHANT It's a long, long way to Tipperary, And a short time to go. —From the Baltimore Amertcnn. GOVERNOR'S TROOP I CONDITION ONMEXIC Needs Motor Truck and Anxious For Outfit of Horses; Rations Plentiful and Good; Work of Training Pro gressing Satisfactorily CAPTAIN GEORGE C. JACK, In a letter received ( here yesterday, speaks entertainingly on the work anil welfare of Troop C (the Gover nor's troop), First Pennsylvania Cav alry, which has been In service at Camp Stewart, El Paso, Texas, on the Mexican border for more than a month. Among other things, Captain Ju< 1< tays: "Troop F of New Castle was pre sented on Monday night with a new Fora truck. They are very proud of tha citizens of their home town in being kind enough to send something so very much needed. About half of the troops of the regiment have re ceived trucks from the citizens of the home station. There has up to date nothing been done In reference to the Harrisburg troop, although some of the boys tell me there has been such a movement on foot at home. I have heard nothing concerning this. "Nc doubt the people of Harris burg have read many conflicting re port* concerning conditions among the soldiers along the border, and in order to put them right as far as my command is concerned,- and I do not believe it differs from the rest, I thought I would drop you a few lines to let the families and the friends of the troop know the actual con ditions. I "The men of the troop are keeping well, only a few small ailments being reported occasionally. Payrolls for month of July are now In and the boys are looking forward to an early payday. "As a whole the men seem thor oughly satisfied with conditions. Of course, every one of us has his griev ance at times, but after the thing is o\er it is quickly forgotten. A lot of trouble has been caused by reports of ill-treatment and discomfort sent by some of the men throughout the camp to their home papers. The ra tions .-.re sufficient and of good qual it>. You can draw almost anything you desire to; fresh beef every day, if jou wish it. In my troop I draw frt.sh meat three or four times a week. To my mind, there are cases where the mess sergeants do not know how to draw these rations, and, no doubt there are some cooks who do not know how to prepare the ration when they receive it. Where such is the case it makes matters bad for mess. We have all been here long enough to know the ropes and there is no ex cuse for-the mess to be neglected. "I certainly hope that you may be able to let the families and friends i of the boys in my troop know the true facts, so that they may not worry during the time we are kept on the border. How long we may remain here none of us can tell. "The Pennsylvania division, known as the Seventh division, is camped along the Alamagordo road, with about. 15,000 men, and has a perfect camp. The street along the officers' grounds. Now he says he doesn't care anything about free trade theories. President Wilson is for women suf frage In New Jersey and against wo man suffrage in Washington. President Wilson was opposed to preparedness as late as last year. Now he is preaching preparedness fervently. President Wilson was pledged to pro tect American lives and property in any foreign country, Mexico Included. Now he says it is none of our business what happens in Mexico. We leave to President Wilson's apologists the task of reconciling so many contradictions. To ui it seems that President Wilson has no fixed principles or convictions upon any subject under the sun, and that he is consistent only in advocating anything that promises to promote his re-election and his personal ambitions. Why? York Sun.] If it was necessary for Mr. Wilton to call out the National Guard for pa trol duty on the Mexican border It was because of the "national emergency" which Secretary Baker speaks of In a letter written on July 16 to an In quirer. The country believed that the emergency passed when the agreement was made with Gen. Carranza to set tle Questions at Issue by an interna tional commission. Nevertheless, 25,000 more guards men held ln mobilization camps have now been ordered to the border. The country is curious to know why. It is told that the movement haa no slgnlfl cance. Then a question Is pertinent; Has Secretary Baker's hope that "the ; emergency will rapidly disappear" AUGUST 15, 1916. row is one straight stretch for two ntileb. The camp is called Camp Stew art The only disagreeable feature about the camp, as far as we are con cerned, is that we have not vet re ceived our horses, but are still hard at work training the men on foot. We started at the beginning with the instruction of the men and are fol lowing it up with the larger maneu vers. This weeVs work consists of the following: "Monday—First period, 7 a. m. Field exercise, squadron; each squad ron to search for and attack an enc-my in a designated section. Second period. 11 a. -m. (A) Explanation of tiie practical details of entrenching a troop position for defense, using- the standing trench, and (B) individual cooking at the reserve ration. Tuesday—7 a. m. Maneuver, squad rons form separately, in mass, west of camp, near picket lines, fully equipped, blanket roll, filled canteens, etc., for dismounted field service. The Second squadron formed lines of de tense to-day. Construction of shelter ten! caqip by squadron, and individual cooking preceded the maneuver. Wednesday—First period, squadron closo crder drill; second period, regi mental close order drill; third period, first aid troop officers and non-com missioned officers of each squadron conducted by medical officer. > Thursday—lnspection by division inspector. Friday—First, period, troop drill, optional work; second period, squad ron drill; third period, same as Wednesday. Saturday—First period, test by squadron commander of signal squads and oC individuals as to knowledge of USB and care of arms, saddling and bridling and regimental organization; second period, first aid Instructions by squa!d, troop officers and medical officers in supervision. "In addition to the above, Tuesday at 4 p. m., the troop was formed for demonstration of proper method of cleunlng saddlery and arms. Actual %voik was then carried out by squad leaders. On Wednesday at the same hour, squads resumed work, after which the troop commander inspected results. Equipment laid out in man ner prescribed for the inspection in drill regulations. "Each week a program similar to tho above is laid out. so you see we are not idle. During spare time the boys have athletic sports, sparring matches, etc. "Dan Nirella, bandmaster of the First Pennsylvania field artillery, has tendered his services to the First Pennsylvania cavalry as temporary bandmaster' and will organize a mounted band for the regiment. Al ready the musicians have been selected It will be the first mounted band that tho National Guard of Pennsylvania ever had and under the tutoring of Nirella is expected to be a good one." (the expression is from his letter) been confounded? So f?.r as the country knows the clouds have rolled away. Jf the Administration is con cealing nothing, why should 25,000 more guardsmen be entrained for the border unless the purpose is to bring back an equal number who have serv ed their term of duty and restore them to their occupations? If that is not the purpose, how can the massing of troops on the frontier be justified? LETTERSTO THE EDITOR") POLICE: VS. GUARD Aug. 1. 19 18. To the Editor of the Telegraph: Enclosed please find a very intelli gently composed item of Interest from a July issue of the Patriot. What we on the border would like to know is—why the Stat* Police were not sent down in our place if they are so superbly efficient? It is the express desire of the guards men that this extract and ;om« fitting remark should appear in the Telegraph merely to show that somewhero. some time, someone made a mistake. Faithfully and contentedly, The National Guard of Pa. "Now that State Police have been sent to Mt. Gretna to keep order in the Na tional Guard c-amp we are willing to believe either that the State Police are the most efficient in the world or that the National Guard which cannot po lice itself wouldn't be much of a help in time of war." Abetting (Eljtil "No organization in the city is so fond of entertaining the wives of members as is the Harrlsburg Rotary club," d<clared President Howard Fry the other day. "Just as an evi» dence that this is more than vacation season 'hot air,' I may say that two outings are now being planned espe cially for the ladies. The first will bo Thursday, August 24, when the club will have an automobile run to Buena Vista, in the Blue Ridge moun tains, taking dinner at the large hotel there and returning in the evening. On September 5, Kobert Walton will entertain the club and the wives of members at his beautiful home below Hnmmelstown. There will be a corn loast on that occasion and an auto mobile trip over the more than 830 acres 'that make up Mr. Walton's country place." Down in Atlantic City they termed Sunday the "pivotal day" of the sea son, meaning thereby that the crowds will henceforth begin to fall oft in sizo and that the vacation season is on the wane, but to the weather wise Sunday was indeed a "pivotal day," bringing with it the height of the summei and the turn down toward the Fall season. There is a touch of autumn in the atmosphere and it will not be long before the wayside weeds begin to dry and send their seeds broadcast, and the blossoms of sum mer give way to the goldenrod of Fall. The summer, all too short, is passing fast. On the lawn of the new home for aged ministers dedicated some weeks ago by the United Evangelical church, near Lewisburg. are to be found many Indian relics. Not far away was in tho olden days a great Indian vil lage and the whole hill adjoining was i;sed for years as a burying ground. It has not been disturbed to any ex tent and it is thought many valuable relics may be found there for the searching. The house is one of tho most beautiful in the vicinity, being the mansion of a once wealthy resident. The cold wave Jias caused a con siderable slump Tn the number of bothers at Independence Island. A. lajfco number of river enthusiasts have been out, but the wind has been too cool for the bathers to go into the water. Each day signifies more and more the need of a municipal bathhouse and a bathing beach for the citj. With favorable weather for the remainder of the summer large num ber:' will be sure to take advantage of the river. The river is getting so low that nt many places it is impassable for even the light canoe. Sand washed into the channel above Independence Island has made it impossible for canoeists to get around the upper end of the island at all and it takes quite a bit of skill to skirt around the lower fnd as well. A number of rocks which peek out only when the river is exceptionally low are beginning to poke their noses toward the sky and the usual swimming holes have been deserted for the deeper water in the channel and near the dam by the experts, leaving the shallow places for the inexperienced. Hundreds of Harrisburg folk have been "snuffiln" with colds in the head (he last several davs and the doctors say the sudden chilly weather follow ing close on the heels of the last hot wave wMch left the city sweltering, is responsible. If you have been used to sleeping under a sheet and forgot to gei o-it a heavy cover, you are prob ably one of the red-eyed, pink-nosed suf.erers yourself. Interest in the Greater Harrisbursr Navy is growing rapidly, especially among the girls who are wont to go a-canoeing with their swains. Quite a number of girls have already woven inslgnias for their sweethearts' sport shirts, and from what can be gathered about the boat liveries, one is quit® out of it, unless one is "having one done." If one fair swimmer doesn't win a prize on the Labor Day regatta it will not be because she doesn't put in enough time practicing. Nearly everv day she can be seen "doing the crawl" from the pumping station to the river bridges and take it from the casual observer who stands on the bank, sho can "do it." Her little black head bobs up at about every eighth stroke, and she has a kick and an overdrive that should be the means of shooting her under the tape far ahead of most of the contestants. One of the features of the Labor Day wafer carnival will be a war canoe race between the high schools of this city, Steelton and probablv the Harrisburg Academy. With the advan tages the Susquehanna offers to nau tical enthusiasts, it would be fitting for the schools to organize rowing clubs and make this event as great, in the history of each school, as the annual football games., Each school could enroll sufficient pupils to mann an cjt;ht-oar shell. Gracious Unto Them He looketh upon men: and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; then he is gracious unto him and saith. De liver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.—Job 33:27, 24. 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."] How are cit" taxes collected? What abatements are allowed? What penal ties are charged? When is property sold for nonpayment? City taxes are collected by the City Treasurer. An abatement of 1 per cent, is allowed until August 1. A penalty of 3 per cent. Is add ed September 1 and 1 per cent, per month is added until tax is paid. Property is sold for nonpayment about two years after levy. Our Daily Laugh SHOWING X PITCHER, V - You know the ~r< ' ate °* tho pitch- er that goes to A t* lo '"'ell too of \ Going to the I well never hurt a 1 pitcher yot It's H corner saloon U that sends him back to the toush leagues. QUITE A DIF- ICSV FERENCE. Are all sharks man - eating p sharks ? j says that the big ; majority are loan
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