OF INTEREST TO THE WOMEN
ROADS TO SOMEWHERE
A New and Interesting Series
By GRACE DARLING
(Copyright, 1916, International Newsi
Service)
The one road that every mother's
daughter of us most desires to travel
is Lovers' Lane.
Av In our youth we may like to take
a flying excursion into the busi
ness world, or to go adventuring
for a little time after a career of
fame, but for real life journey we
all plan to set our feet in the
sweet, quiet path of love that ends
in home, and husband, and children.
Every woman is seeking this way
to love, and the most pitiful thing
on earth is that she is so anxious
to find it that she often deceives her
self into believing that any flowery
pathway leads to her destination.
She doesn't consult the road map
of common sense enough. She
doesn't take her bearings closely
enough or watch which way she is
going, and before she knows it she
has taken the wrong turn of the
road and is lost in the slough of
misery.
Now there are many roads that
seem to lead to love, but that really
only lead to sorrow and disappoint
ment and disillusion, and should
like to erect a few danger signals
along them for the guidance of the
wayfarers who are setting forth on
the sentimental journey.
The first is for young girls who
think that every path is the path
of love, and therefore safe for those
■willing to rush blindly down it with
any man who offers to show them
the way.
The Tragic Pnth
These are the poor little wrecked
pilgrims of love who drench the
world with tears. I have heard
many of these girls tell the stories
o( their journey tell it with
painted lips that sneered and trem
bled. It was always the same.
Foolish, ignorant young creatures
who were so eager to love and be
loved they took as guides on the
road to love men who knew all the
bypaths of intrigue, of secret mar
riages and unconventional living, into
which they lured girls who did not
know where they were going until it
was forever too late to turn back.
And scarcely less pathetic is the
case of the girl who marries the
first man who fires her immature
fancy only to find out that she has
made one of the most terrible of all
mistakes and is tied for life to a
husband with whom she has not one
thought, or taste in common, and
that she must drag through all her
days the corpse of a dead love.
So I implore all girls, not to be in
too great a hurry to love. Don't
think every green path leads to
deathless affection, nor that every
man whose step matches yours in
a dance is your predestined affinity.
Travel far along the highroad of
life, and examine carefully many
roads and many men before you
finally take the turn that leads to
Lovers' Lane. And be sure you have
got the right man with you for a
traveling companion.
Then there are girls of a fool
hardy turn of mind who are always
MOTHER OFTEN TO BLAME
By DOROTHY DIX |<
I get a great many pathetic letters j,
from old women complaining bitterly 1
that their children neglect them, and '
that they are unwelcome inmates in
their sons' and daughters" homes.
Certainly nothing could be more
tragical than the fate of the mother 1
who sees the children that she has j
borne in agony, for whom she has!
tolled and sacrificed and slaved, turn
from her without even an impulse
of gratitude, and fail her when she
needs their love and cherishing in her j
helpless age even as they needed her;
love and cherishing in their helpless,
infancy.
Xor is there any spectacle so i%volt- 1
ingly hideous as that of prosperous j
men and women who repay a mother's [
devotion with thanklessness who be- j
grudge a few dollars to her who has!
given her heart's blood to them, who I
ruthlessly kick down the patient, bent'
shoulders on which they have climbed,
to a higher social position, and who
have no room in their full lives for the ;
one who bestowed life upon them. j
The old mother whom nobody wants
is a very common figure, and one
■whom we may all pity, yet she hasj
brought her troubles upon herself, and j
her case is worth considering by every j
other mother lest the same thing be-:
fall her.
Woman Herself Responsible for Treat
ment Her Children Give Her
In the first place everv woman's chil- j
dren treat her just as she teaches them i
to treat her. This sounds like a cruel
nnd brutal thing to say, but it is true. I
Every mother in the world writes her
own price tag, and her children take
her at her own valuation.
If a woman makes a doormat of
herself her children will use her as a
doormat and walk over her without
one thought of compunction. They
will think that that ,'s what she Is
there for. But if she makes of her
self a fine and precious vessel they will
admire and revere her as they would
any other valuable possession, and
handle her delicately and tenderly.
The mothei who permits her three
year-old baby boy to speak to her im
pudently is deliberately raising up a
son who will swear at her when he Is
grown. The mother who slaves and
drudges around the house while her
children 101 l about in idleness is going
to have to take in boarders to support
them when they grow up into loafers.
The mother who goes ragged and
shabby that her children may have
silly finery, who never exacts any ser
vice from them, who lets them deride
her- opinion, is bringing up sons and
daughters who will despise her and
have contempt for her and neglect
her when they start forth on their own
careers.
She is bringing the curse down on
her own head and she deserves what
she gets, because she had her children
when their minds and characters were
plastic, and she might have instilled
into them respect for her and chivalry
toward her and a sense of their duty
to the mother who bore them.
There are other mothers who are
shrined like saints in the hearts of
their children, mothers to whom their
children can never show enough ten
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THURSDAY* EVENING,
attracted by the roads of love that
are marked "dangerous" at every
curve and that are full of risk.
They are adventurers in love, and
the fact that the pathway they elect
to travel is strewn with the broken
hearts of the women who have gone
belore them does not deter them or
turn them back.
The Fatal-Error
These are the girls who marry
drunkards, and rogues, and ne'er-do
wells, and men who are afflicted
with tempers and tuberculosis, and
all the other ills to which the flesh
and spirit are heir. The more of a
dark brown past and dismal future
a man has the more fascinating' he
is to this type of girl because he
offers to her the same allure that a
hard and rocky'road does to a cer
tain kind of traveller.
Nothing that any one can say will
keep the feminine mountain climber
in love from risking her neck and
her happiness by marrying the man
she shouldn't, but 1 do say this to
her be a sport. If you deliberately
choose the stiff road, keep to it
without whining. Don't wail and
weep because your drunkard drinks,
or your Lothario has a weakness for
pretty faces, or your loafer won't
work. Play the game.
And as my first danger signal was
erected for sweet-and-twenty, so my
last is far sacred-and-thirty. The
young girl is in danger because she
thinks that in every path she has
discovered Lovers' Lane. The
woman of thirty is in danger be
cause she has gotten so far along
the road without seeing the cross
path that leads to the altar that she
begins to fear she has missed it en
tirely, that she has passed it by
without seeing it, so she is likely to
turn down the next road, no matter
how unattractive it is, nor where
it will land her.
By the time a woman is thirty
nearly all of her girlhood friends
are married and settled. Her own
beaux begin to fall off, and the
snips of debutantes commence
treating her with respect that is a
deadly insult in itself. Some day
she discovers a pucker at the corner
of her eyes and a white hair, and
with a shock she realizes that she
Is "getting on" in life.
I Then it is that she Rets into a
'■ panic and marries the widower
with seven small children, or the
' faithful old suitor she has refused
1 forty times and for whom she has
only a tolerant liking instead of
I love, or any other man who happens
to he on the spot. She is scared. She
! loses her head and turns down t"he
| wrong road that leaas to lifelong
1 regret, when if she had only gone a
j little further she would have found
I the path that would have taken her
j straight to the husband and home of
1 her ideal.
So, I say, go \«prily, girls, along
the road of love. rt leads to the
i haven of bliss and heart's desire,
but there are many dangerous
curves in the road, and it's the
1 easiest road in all the world on
1 which to lose your way.
derness and affection. It's all a mat
ter of teaching, of adopting the right
attitude toward one's children. It lies
with every woman, when her children
are babies, to decide how they shall
treat her when they are grown up.
It Is the mother's own fault if her
children neglect her. It is also the
mother's own fault, to a large degree,
if she is an unwelcome Instead of a
cherished guest in her children's
households.
There is many an old woman who is
a good woman and a mother who has,
made heroic sacrifices for her children
but who is so disagreeable to live with !
that that It would take more than
mortal patience to stand her.
There is the meddling old woman,
for instance, who ca never go into
any household without disarranging
its whole machinery and trying to run
it her way.
Too Often Peace Packs Up and Leaves
When Mother Comes
If she goes to her son's house she
criticises the way daughter-in-law uses
her best china every day, the way the
children are being brought up, the size
of the bills, the number of card par
ties daughter-in-law goes to, the price
of her dresses.
If she goes to her daughter's house
she nags her son-in-law to death be
cause he drinks beer, and smokes, and
belongs to a club, and plays goif on
Sunday. In any house she enters
peace packs up its dresssuit case and
flees for parts unknown.
And there is the querulous and
complaining old lady who is a living
edition of the Lamentations of Jere
miah, who is always weeping and
mourning and complaining all over
the place, and is so sensitive and has
her feelings spread around her so far
that you have to walk on eggs to keep
I from hurting her.
And there's the argumentative old
woman who can never let any subject
pass without disagreeing with every
body on earth, and the tyrannical old
woman who wants to force everybody
to do her way and think her thoughts,
and the narrow and provincial old lady
who is certain that the way she did in
some obscure village fifty years ago is I
the way life ought to be run in the!
city to-day. And there are also fifty!
other varieties of disagreeable and!
cantankerous old ladies who are homei
wreckers.
When Aged Woman Is Unwelcome'
Guest It Is Generally Her Own
Fault
Generally speaking, whenever an
old woman is not a welcome guest un
der any roof it is her own fault, for all
of us know plenty of sweet, wise, gen
tle, forbearing, broad-minded old la
dies whose children worship them,
whose in-laws adore them, and whom
we all welcome with open arms.
The moral of all of which is that we
are mightly apt to get what is coming
to us, and that It behooves every wo
man in her youth to begin to make'
herself the sort of a woman that every
body will want around them when she
is old.
GOGGLES FOR TROOPS
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 17. The Amer
ican Red Cross announced to-day it
had been advised by the War Depart
ment that the department would issue
colored glasses or goggles; gratuitously
to the American troops on the border
for the protection of their eyes from
glare and sand. This will make it un-
I necessary. It was stated, for glasses to
| be contributed by chapters or order
Red Cross agencies.
HALT AUTO THEFT
City police arrested E. E. Prowley
and S. W. Forney, of Penbrook, on a
charge of an attempt to take an auto
mobile last night, belonging to Ira F-
Myers. Both were held for a hearing
to-day. ,
STRAIGHT BLOUSE
FOR A SMALL BOY
Natty Little Suit Adaptable to
Variety of Materials and
Combinations
By MAY MANTON
9142 [With Basting Line and Added
Seam Allowance) Boy's Suit, 2, 4 and 6
years.
This is a suit that is so simple that any
mother who can sew can make it, yet it
shows very new and smart features. The
straight trousers are the preferred ones
for the little boys. The mouse is per
fectly straight but held in place by means
of the belt, and the shield is buttoned into
place. Here, blue linen with a crtpe
finish is trimmed with white linen of a
plain weave. The contrast of materials
as well as of color is a good one but this is
a suit that can be copied in galatea or in
gingham, in linen or in pongee or in the
silks that are used for boy's suits, if some
thing very dressy is wanted. It is the
material chosen that will determine its
use. In style and in cut, it is appropriate
for every occasion of the little boy's life.
Made of gingham it will be a playtime
suit. If it were made of white ribbed
silk it could be used for the most formal
occasions, but in the latter case, the
pocket would be omitted.
For the 6 year size will be needed, 4
yards of material 27 inches wide, 3 yards
36 or 2} J yards 44, with yard 36 inches
wide to trim as illustrated.
The pattern No. 9142 is cut in sizes for
children from 2to 6 years of age. It will
be mailed to any address by the Fashion
Department of this paper, on receipt ot
ten cents. *
Jennings Likes State's
Roads; Better Than Others
After a trip of 1.000 miles over roads
in New Jersey, Delaware end Ne%v York
State President William Jennings, of
the William Penn Highway, says that
the roads of Pennsylvania will stand
comparison with the highways in these
other States.
"All of Pennsylvania's roads I found
better than New Jersey's," said Mr.
Jennings. "Our hard surfaced high
ways are as fine as New York's, al
though perhaps not so numerous. New
York's dirt roads may be a little better
than ours, but not much. I am much
pleased with the progress we are mak
ing in Pennsylvania."
President Jennings has assurances
from the State Highway Department
that the. work of constructing the new
William Penn in the bed of the old
canal near Speeceville, Dauphin county,
and the construction of a culvert be
neath the railroad tracks, will start In
the near future. When he makes his
September tours through the agricul
tural sections of Pennsylvania Gover
nor Brumbaugh will travel the William
Penn Highway for more or less of a
distance each time. He will pass
through the town of Dauphin, for ex
ample, four times. The streets of this
borough are in very bad shape and
nublic-spirlted citizens are making
1 haste to get them repaired before the
1 Governor's tour.
X-Ray Used on Woman
in Hunt For Lost Gem
| Cumberland, Md., Aug. 17. Dr. A.
I,eon Franklin took an X-ray photo
I of the stomach of his colored domes
tic, Lizzie Leggett. to ascertain
j whether she had swallowed a valu
-1 able diamond ring belonging to Mrs.
Franklin. The police were called to
investigate when the diamond was
missed.
The woman protested her innocence,
but submitted to the X-rays. The
plate showed no trace of the missing
ring.
DRY'S ESTABLISH FOUNDATION
By Associated Press
Indanapolis, Aug: 17. An addi
tional gift of $50,000 to the National
Prohibition party's campaign fund, by
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Coffin of Johns
town, Fla., was announced here to
day. They previously had given $50,-
000 to the fund. The SIOO,OOO is to be
made the nucleus for a campaign fund
jof $1,000,000. The gifts are in the
j nature of property and Florida real
estate. For the purpose of handling
the property thus acquired a charter
organization to be known as the Pro
hibition Foundation, has been formed
by the national party leaders. Its
members include the nine men on the
executive committee and a number of
the general national committee. The
foundation will serve as a clearing
house for all general and special funds
which may be turned over to the na
tional committee.
FOUR DEAD IX QUAKES
By Associated Press
Rome, Aug. 17. The chief dam-
I age resulting from the earthquake
which shook dozens of cities and
; towns in Central Italy yesterday morn
ling was at Rimini where four persons
! are dead and thirty injured. The
'military and civil authorities are car
| ing for the injured and homeless.
The earthquake caused a panic
I among the population of many of the
! central cities and villages.
IjAWN PARTY FOR FRIEND
Special ta the Telegraph
Blain, Pa., Aug. 17. Last even
ing a lawn party was given by Miss
Anna L. Fetro at her home in honor
of her friend. Miss Grace Rothermel,
of Blandon.
HIBLE CLASS PICXIC
Special to the Telegraph
Dauphin, Pa., Aug. 17. On Satur
day afternoon the Bible class of the
Presbyterian Sunday school taught by
Charles Shaffer will hold Its annual
picnic at the Elm.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
fASTRICH'Sf
Fourth and Market Streets
Clearance sale of all our high- "J7l 1 J ust unpacked —lO dozen pre
class BLOUSES at prices JCjXXrO shrunk Epongec Weave Cloth
that will permit you to Skirts this is the best value of
It I moderate' fac'fwl "tirChaSC Ut DrCSSeS lhis ki " d ™ J*v« . , «W»
ac a moderate price in tact we season. Worth $2..i0 regularly.
tee! sure you will want several at A prominent manufacturer of Ladies' and Friday and lOC
finest Crepe' de hisses' Summer Dresses found himself with Saturday ... MoZS
Chine, Pussy Willow, Lace and about two hundred Summer Dresses on hand — lliere are still about 20 Spring
Georgette and Taffeta; sizes 36 to 'all goods made for orders, but as he was late Suits remaining in our stock;
46- m on delivery, customers cancelled shipments. verv stylish and serviceable
$3.00 and $3..?0 Crepe de Chine offered to take the entire lot at a price—we modes among them we will
and Georgette Crepe Waists, in never drea med he would accept—but he did— the balance of J- A
all wanted shades, 1 A O TN I J -n i r? J the lot. 1 our choice, M? •• vw
Clearance price Jbl.yO the Dresses are here and will go on sale Friday Another shipment of Seco
$5.00 and $6.00 Waists, many of morning there are eight styles materials in- Sport Coats just arrived
them just one of a style; "the elude piqued lawns—organdies—voiles and rose, green, blue stripes all
finest quality George'tte and crepes. They will go in three lots at less than sizes. Special <t*-1 QO
laces. Clearance d»Q QO half the original price. price V 1
price LOT 1 DRESSES, worth up to $ 4 - d? 1 QQ Final Clean-up of White
$6.00 to SB.OO Waists these Your choice at V I oJ/O Lingerie Dresses about 20 left
are all very exclusive styles and LOT 2 DRESSES, worth up to $5. Cfl summer stock. These dresses
materials in every wanted shade. Your choice at are each worthy of special notice.
We have never offered such won- LOT 3 DRESSES, worth up to $6 QO Many being of much higher
dcrful values and they will not and $7. Your choice values than marked —some worth
last long. Clearance <t*Q C A NOTE None sent on approval; none C. O. D.; up to $15.00. J* flfl
price none reserved; no phone orders. Your choice
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INDIANS BIG
HELP TO BRITISH
Six Officers and Men Wearing
Victoria Cross; Situation
Good
London, Aug. 17. "lnternational
conditions in India, save in portions of
Bengal where robber bands periodic
ally break out, are highly satisfac
tory," says a Reuter dispatch from
Simla.
"The people of Bengal showed their
desire to help in the war by organiz
ing a stationary field hospital for ser
vice in Mesopotamia. This hospital
with the exception of officers com
manding was staffed entirely by Ben
gali medical graduates and the per
sonnel was entirely Bengali. After
doing excellent work, this hospital has
now been withdrawn, but scope for
the national and patriotic aspirations
of the Bengalis hns been afforded by
the raising of a double company of
them. It will be trained on the fron
tier and when fit for service will be
sent to the front for active operations.
The result of this experiment will be
watched with Interest. Besides the
Bengalis, three double companies of
Indian Christians recruited for the
Punjab Have recently been raised and
are doing well.
"No less than 6 Indian officers and
soldiers have now earned the Victoria
Cross and twenty-seven have gained
the military cross.
"All classes of creeds throughout
the entire country held intercession
services on August 4, praying in the
Churches, mosques and temples for
success for the British arms. In cer
tain parts offertories were set aside for
the aid of British prisoners in Ger
many.
"Relations between the governments
of India and Afghanistan continue to
be of the friendliest character and the
latter is scrupulously maintaining an
attitude of neutrality which was prom
ised at the beginning of the war and
subsequently reaffirmed. The north
west frontier, partly in consequence
of friendly relations with Afghanistan
and partly owing to the punishment
Inflicted last year on recalcitrant
sections and partly owing to the ex
posure of German attempts to intro
duce the religious element into the
war, is enjoying unprecedented peace.
"The Afridis, the strongest and most
important tribe, nave remained
staunch throughout to their engage
ments, thereby setting an example of
loyalty to their neighbors. The only
trouble some factors are the Mahsuds,
a tribe of Heridary robbers and raid
ers. Otherwise the restless border
land is quieter than it has been- for
many years.
WILLING TO LET
BYGONES BE, ETC.
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mind. Mrs. Keiner was not present
at the hearing."
Dr. H. W. Linebaugh another mem
ber of the commission, said, "I talked
with Mrs. Keiner and gave as my
opinion that she was insane. T cannot
recall who represented Mrs. Keiner at
the hearing, but someone was there.
Before the hearing, I talked with a
number of people regarding Mrs.
Keiner's condition."
Dr. J. F. Good, the third member of
the commission, whom Mrs. Keiner
said she had never seen, said, "Mrs.
Keiner was a frequent visitor at my
drugstore. I had several conversations
with her. She was not present at the
hearing, but was represented by Thos.
Vogelsong, of New Cumberland. Any
further information will have to come
from Attorney Reiff." •
Mr. Vogelsong, who was reported to
have represented Mrs. Keiner at the
hearing by the commission on lunacy,
said: "I was named on the committee
to see Mrs. Keiner. I was not present
at the hearing. T was told it was not
necessary to be there after I had call
ed on Mrs. Keiner and reported to Mr.
Reiff."
Has I .large Estate
| Sfecial to the Telegraph
Sunbur.v, Pa., Aug. 17. Until noon
to-day Mrs. Walter Keiner, wife of the
Harrisburg hotel proprietor had not
arrived in Sunbury, where reports had
it that she was staying, after her re
lease from the Cumberland county
insane asylum yesterday.
The property Mrs. Keiner Is inter
ested in, is worth from $40,000 to
$50,000. It consists of two stores, with
offices and a dwelllnghouse here, and
two dwellings in Shamokln. The In
come according to lawyers here to
day, is about SI,BOO, after taxes and
expenses are paid. Mrs. Keiner gets
half and Mrs. Benjamin Lake of
Shamokin the other half. The prop
erty is in trust and in case Mrs. Keiner
dies without issue the whole goes to
two sons of Mrs. Lake.
MINORS' IN POOLROOM
Kile Brooks, colored, was arrested
by Detective Schelhas shortly before
noon, charged with permitting minors
to stay Jn his poolroom. He was held
Afor-a hearing.
Sisters Lose $70,000
Estate if They Wed
Pottsville, Pa., AUK. 17. A lawsuit
before Judge Wilhelm, in the Orphans'
court revealed one of the strangest
wills ever probated in this country.
Caroline, Bertha, Louisa and Sarah
Yaissle, four unmarried middle-aged
sisters, recently came into possession
of an estate from their mother, valued
at $70,000. with the provision that if |
any got married that one should for- |
felt all share in the estate.
Miss Bertha, one of the sisters who
shared in the legacy under these
strange conditions, died a short time
ago, and now two brothers who were
disinherited by the will of their moth
er, claim the right to share in her
portion of the estate, claiming that she
amply fulfilled the conditions imposed
inasmuch as she died a single woman.
SEE IT. BOAT BROUGHT IX
New York, Aug. 17. Passengers
I on the Ounarder Alnunla which arriv
|od here to-day from London told of
I being held in port at Deal while de
stroyers were active outside and later
I of seeing a damaged British destroyer
enter, followed by a British cruiser
! against whose free board was lashed
| a shell torn German submarine. The
destroyer, the passengers said, evi
j dently had suffered from shell fire.
The submarine appeared to be one of
I the larger class and evidently had been
, completely disabled und rendered un
! seaworthy.
''OMIXG FROM CHICAGO
Chicago, Aug. 17. Several rail
■ road presidents, with headquarters in
Chicago, made hurried preparations
to-day to leave immediately for Wash
ington to attend the railroad confer
ence at the invitation of President Wil
son. C. H. Markham, president of the
Illinois Central; W. H. Aishton, presi-
I dent of the Chicago and Northwestern
and H. R. Kurrie planned to leave on
early afternoon trains.
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I A Splendid Collection of Dining- j
j Room Furniture in the August Sale 1
I' JD Featuring the romantic'' 1 Queen Al|
Period Styles in American Walnut and Antique Mahogany/ '||
is a strong jj|
T ' n ~" ' the classic "periods" of '.S
fti "a 1 [fill craft; these lines ==
IllhW M nllm S $ J are especially abund- jj
S // I H'lllh— 1 - I———'l ant in the Goldsmith 1
= it t' 01 illv y —'•j stock. Nowhere else <|j
—' niT** v I 1 seen an e( l display J
Ij//\j 11/ U • • of authentic reproduc- ||
1 tions 0 all *h e g
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No matter what your income may be, you can save a great deal of
M money buying any furniture you may need NOW, during our August 1
g Sale of Dependable Furniture. • ' |
These ''Queen Anne" Dining Suites Reflect the *
Best in Style and Value in Our Vast Assortment
M $238.50 Mahogany Queen Anne Dining $285.00 Inlaid American Walnut Dining |p
Suite, 9 pieces, $175. Suite, 9 pieces, $245.
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'AUGUST 17, 1916.
TWENTY KILLED IN
GREAT EXPLOSION
Powder Magazine in Venezue
lan Port Blows Up; Sup
press Information
(Correspondence of the Associated
Press)
Curacao, Dutch West Indies, Aug.
17. Details have reached here of
the disaster which occurred July 27
in. the fortress of La Vigia, at the
Venezuelan seaport of La Guayra,
causing the death of about twenty
persons. The powder magazine in the
: fort, on the hill above La Guayra blew
lup with a terrific explosion and a
I shower of masonry debris and artillery
shells fell in all directions.
In the magazines were stored a
large quantity of six-inch shells and
hundreds of thousands of rifle cart
ridges. As this ammunition exploded
there continued for three hours burst
ing of shells and crackling of cart
ridges.
The government made efforts to
suppress information concerning the
disaster. It is learned however, that
sixteen soldiers and two officers were
killed outright in the fort and that
one or two civilians met death in the
town from flying debris. One of the
officers who was under punishment
was confined in chains near one of
the magazines. A number of men
were Injured. The official explanation
is that it was due to spontaneous
combustion. The secretary of the gov
ernment, however, has given rise to
sinister rumor and there are many
who believe that revolutionary inter
ests opposed to the Gomez govern
ment were at the bottom of the dis
aster
The newspapers have been forbid
den to mention the matter. Half a
dozen peons who were discussing it
in the streets were arrested. After
the explosion the police compelled all
citizens to leave the town and go into
the suburbs.
Newsies Thank Jackson
For His Good Offices
A delegation rrorn the Newsboys'
Association visited John Price Jack
son. Commissioner of Labor and In
dustry, on Capitol Hill, this morning
for the purpose of expressing their ap
preciation of the cordial support given
by his department to the newsboys' in
the recent baseball game between the
newsboys' and the department. More
than $l2O was taken in from the sale
of tickets. 50 per cent, of which were
sold by the officials and employes of
the department on the hill and the
remainder by the newsboys them
selves, the proceeds to be devoted to
the sick fund of the newsboys' asso
ciation. President Koplovitz arid his
brother, Bernard, who is secretary of
the association, together with Mike
Klawansky and the Davidson boys, all
made speeches expressive of their
gratitude and the commissioner re
sponded for the department.
The newsboys incidentally won the
baseball game and filed a request for
a return game in the summer of 1917.
THE LIMITS OF POWER
Many a man who froths at the
mouth over the speed demon who
races his automobile along the streets
and highways, at the financial mag
nate who runs amuck in cornering
beef or cotton or wheat, will himself
buy the most powerful rifle the mar
ket affords and. go out- hunting over
the farms of a well-settled country,
without a thought that his bullets
shoot far beyond what he can see or
control. He will buy an automatic
shotgun that will fire six shots at
every bird he sees if the bird doesn't
fall before the magazine is shot off—
and he will scatter that.shot frenziedly
to two or three of the four cardinal
points o fthe compass, recking not
In his delirium that there may be men
or domestic stock within range.—Sep*
tember Outing.
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