HE IS ACTIVE FOR BETTER AMERICAN WATERWAYS Photo by American Proas Association. J. HAMPTON MOORE, Congressman From Pennsylvania. BULGARIA CENTER OF BALKAN STOIM King Favors Teutons, People Like Allies, Say Reports CLASH ON LINE REPORTED Servia Has Declared Bulgarian Fron tier a War Zone—Germany Claims Servians Driven Back From Danube. Big Russian Army Seems to Have Escaped Teuton Trap Bulgaria 4 Gives Notice of Mobilization. Sept. 22.—The Times cor respondent in Bucharest, Roumania, says in a dispatch to his paper that the agitation against the pro-German i?dltcy of the Bulgarian cabinet is ex twifling throughout the country. Numerous telegrams have been ad- to the premier, asking the immediate convocation of the cham bdii ibf deputies. "All the opposition groups which favor an arrangement with the en tent* 1 powers will now be Ijyd 971L1 I .bynytil) t .iiig'xi -tti aJK-J many a man is imiJUDGED— > rißi Itl BY HIS STATIONERY == Well Printed Letterheads, Envel opes and Billheads Indicate A LIVE WIRE I IN BUSINESS II; "Perfect Printing" IS OUR MOTTO The Patriot Publishing Company J ==t= ===== by me greater part of the Stambolo- ! vist party under M. Genadieff, and will constitute a majority in the so branje," the correspondent says. "The government is naturally reluctant to convene the. chamber, fearing a hos tile vote as the country is under mar tial law and as public meetings are forbidden and the newspapers are frequently confiscated, the sentiment ot the bulk of the nation finds in-. adequate expression and discontent is decreasing." Servian Frontier a War Zone. Berlin (Ly Wireless to Sayville. N. Y.), Sept. 22. —It is reported from the Balkans that the Servian government has declared the Servo-Bulgarian fron tier district a war zone. It also is reported that Bulgarian j troops are concentrated near the Serv ian frontier and that German and Austro-Hungarian troops have been j concentrated since a certain date along the Servian border line. The report of the German head quarters staff that German artillery had opened fire upon the Servian posi tions near Semendria and had driven the Servians from their positions after silencing their batteries is greeted by the German newspapers as the open ing on a large scale of a German campaign against Servia. Slavs Escape Trap. Petrograd, Sept. 22. —The Vilna army, under command of Genera 1 Evert, has escaped from the envelop ing movement of the German armies. A dispatch received from army head quarters states that the retreat of the Russian troops is now proceeding un der norrrl and favorable conditions. The withdrawal of the Russians from Vilna eastward instead of south ward is authoritatively interpreted here as proof that the German cavalry has been unable seriously to impede the Russian retreat. Passing Osh miany and Soly the Russians are now battling for crossings over the Biliya river under conditions regarded as favorable. The Germans in their pur suit have occupied territory only as far as the Meeshank river. Bulgaria For "Armed Neutrality." Washington, Sept. 22.—M. Stephan Panaretoff, the Bulgarian minister to the United States, announced that he j has received a cablegram from his government announcing that the Bui- ; garian army was ordered mobilized *o "preserve armed neutrality." Bulgars Invade Servia? Athens, Sept. 22. —A dispatch from Salonika says an unconfirmed report has been received there that a Bul garian army has invaded Servia. The message does not give the source of the report. A Troublemaker. "Why did you tell my wife that be fore I met her I promised to love you forever?" "Well, didn't your "Sure I did, but that's no kind of conversation to go to a man's wife with."—Pittsburgh Dispatch. MEMBER OF THE FRENCH FINANCIAL MISSION j|k< ... V ' J V" <-|A 'i- '< 4YY&-,* ■>? . Y Photo by .-u.ier.ean i* Association. EliriZ-jT MALL ST. DUi%^.VS~LETTERS ARE MADE PUBLIC Aid Asked to Maintain Papers and Soapbox Campaign London, Sept. 22. The papers taken from James F. J. Archibald, the American war correspondent, by the British authorities, on which was based,the request of the United States government for the recall of Dr. Dum ba, the Austrian ambassador at Wash ington, have been made public in part. There were thirty-four documents in all. Of these three are withheld, "for obvious reasons," except for a small extract from one of them. The three thus withheld are No. 2, writ ten by Captain von Papen, the mili tary attache of the German embassy at Washington, and addressed to the chief of the German general staff at Berlin; No. 6, written by Dr. von Nu ber, the Austro-Hungarian consul gen eral in New York, to the ministry of foreign affairs at Vienna, and No. 7, sent by Captain von Papen to the chief of the German general staff at Berlin. In a letter to Archibald just prior to his jieparture Ambassador von Bernstorff expresses "his pleasure at ; hearing that the war correspondent is to return to Germany and Austria "after having promoted our interests out here in such a zealous and suc cessful manner." Captain von Papen pays his re spects to "these idiotic Yankees" in a | letter to his wife, in which he say* that "it seems quite likely that w shall meet again soon" and that "the sinking of the Adriatic may well h* l the last straw" but expressing the hope that the danger will blow over. He refers to the German victories on the eastern front and adds: "I al ways say to these idiotic Yankees they better hold their tongues. It's better to look at all this heriosm full of admiration. My friends in the army are quite different in this way." Smith Wins In Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Sept. 22.—Thomas B. Smith, the Republican organization's candidate, swept his party's primaries, winning the Republican nomination for mayor, while Director of Public Safety George D. Porter swept th rt Washington party primaries, B. Gor don Bromley won the Democratic nomination and Judges James C. Gor don, Keystone. Leg Bone Placed In Back. Pittsburgh, Sept. 22. —With a piece of the bone of his leg in his back fol lowing one of the most successful bone grafting operations known, Wil liam Magarrall, Jr., eleven years old, left the Allegheny General hospital and is now playing with comrades as though he had never been injured. The boy had been an invalid for eight years. Anthony Comstock Dead. Summit, N. J., Sept. 22. —Anthony Comstock died here at his home at 8:15 o'clock last evening, of pneu monia, which developed a few day:; ago, following an illness in which he had been suffering from an inter mittent fever for ten days. Mr. Com Etock was seventy-one years old. Railroads Gain Delay. Washington, Sept. 22. —The inter state commerce commission has granted a request by the railroads in terested for time in which to prepare a formal petition asking for reopen ing and reargument of the western advance rate case so far as certain rates are concerned. Auto Strikes Boy, Fractures Skull Sharon, Pa., Sept. 22. —Wilbert Vath, aged eleven, is at Buhl hospital with a fractured skull as the result of being run down by an automobile driven by Miss Lillian Kirker. Miss Kirker lost control of the automobile and the machine ran on the sidewalk, striking the boy. An Insinuation. "They tell me, Mrs. Comeup, your daughter went through that reception in her honor without any faux pas." "No such thing! She had as much of it as anybody that was there."—Ex change. Win ll o M An Know. D. Have you read the Consti tution of the United States? R. Yes. D. What form of Government is this? R. Republic. * ' D. What is the Constitution of the United States? R. It is the fundamental law of this country. D. Who makes the laws of the United States? R. The Congress. D. What does Congress consist of? R. Senate and House of Rep ; resentatives. D. Who is the chief executive of the United States? R. President. D. How long is the Presidenl of the Fnited States elected? R. 4 years. I). Who takes the place of the President in case he dies? R. The Vice President. D. AY hat is his name? R. Thomas R. Marshall. D. By whom is the President of the United States elected? R. By the electors. D. By whom are the electors eleted ? e R. By the people. D. Who makes the laws for the state of Pennsylvania. R. The Legislature. D. What does the Legislature consist of? R. Senate and Assembly. D. How many State in the un ion? R. 48. D. When was the Declaration of Independence signed? R. July 4, 1776. D. By whom was it written? R. Thomas Jefferson. D. Which is the capital of the United States? R. Washington. D. Which is the capital of the state of Pennsylvania. R. Harrisburg. D. How many Senators has each state in the United States, ; Senate ? — "N j ..The Indiana Macaroni Company.. } | I OUR MACARONI Can be Rouglit at the Following Stores: Tlie Cunningham Department Store, Sftevewon . What is a bigamist or poly gam ist? R, One who believes in having niort than one wife. D. Do you belong to any secret Society who teaches to disbelieve ii: organized government? • N °- A'l&ai D. Have you ever violated any h ws of the United States? R. No. D. Who makes the ordinances for the City ? R. The board of Aldermen. D. Do you intend to remain permanently in the U. S.? R. Yes. The Evolution of the Hog. i The time honored razor backed hog la giving place to the sleek porker, on i whose broad back a square meal could ; be displayed without a drop of coffee being spilled and with no danger of even one of the dishes sliding to the ground. The rooter is being shouldered out of the way in Georgia by the hog that doesn't have to root for a living and Is so fat that its efforts to root would be ludicrous. Scientists say that when any part of an animal is lonir unused it tends gradually to disappear. Does that mean that pig culture will cause the final disappearance of the nasal protuberance of the hog with which it formerly was accustomed to root for its living?— Savannah News. u Some Measures. The length of the foot was used for* 1 distances long before it was fixed at twelve inches. A "furlong'' is only a fuiTowlong. The breadth of the hand became the standard because the eas iest way of measuring tbe height of the horse. The length of tbe arm gave the length of the "ell," and from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger ; was the "cubit" By stretching out both arms as if on a cross man invent ed the measure of the "fathom." Cloth measure still decrees that two and one-half inches make a "nail." I and this is the width of four fingers ; held together and measured across tbe nails. The apothecary's "dram" origi nally signified "only as much raw spir it as can be held in the mouth."