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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-27
DANIELS

a 7 a time like this it is the duty
~ of every American to stand by
1 \ the rulers of the nation and to
render the respect and obedi-
ence which is the foundation of gov
ernment. But il does seem rather
strange that the men placed in high
position should so far forget their
duty to the people as to attempt to
give personal resentment the appear
ance of something inimcal to the
public good.
Josephus Daniels. Secretary of the
Navy, recently made his personality
the laughing stock of the nation when
he invoked his authority to reprove
men engaged in burlesque which had
excited only mirth for years gone by
and which was not even as keen as
the year before. And now comes this
same Daniels, laying aside the su-
preme duties of his office. to declare
that dispatches intimating that Secre-
tary of State Bryan was about to re-
sign are well-nigh traitorous.
When Bryan was seeking public
office he was somewhat noted for the
caustic manner in which he criticised
those in authority and it is difficult to
understand how he has assumed a
sacrosanct position now that he wears
a high hat and fathers a policy which
has been bombarded from every quar-
ter. 1t would seem from the news
of the day that Mr.. Daniels has greater
obligations to the people than the
jealous defense of the dignity of him
self and his colleagues in the Wilson
cabinet. Perhaps the New Freedom
does not apply when it's distinguished
authors advisers are in question.
And it does seem strange that the
Secretary of the Navy is so fierceIy
denunciatory OF rumors which are on
the winds at Washington and that he
employs such harsh terms when only
a few weeks ago he left his duties in
the midst of crisis to come into
Pennsylvania to lend his aid to a fac
tion in the battling Democracy of a
sovereign state. That, no doubt. he
, and those in the Keystone Democracy
whom he sought to help consider per-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-27
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
WELL.KNowN PEOPLE

-Archbishop Prendergast officiated
at the laying of the cornerstone of the
new Catholic church in Philadelphia
yesterday, his fourth ceremony of the
kind this year.
John V. Hefferman, well-known
In state newspaper work, has bought
the Wilkes-Barre Independent.
e. ]. Lafferty, the new president
or the Pennsylvania Travellers Pro-
tective Association, is a resident of
Philadelphia.
Hugh e. Crilly, of Allentown, who
is candidate for Congress-at- Large
has been one of the most prominent
Democrats of that section for years.
w. G. Besler. mentioned as a nos
sible successor to George f. Baer in
the Reading, used to be general SUI
perintendent of the Readinl Before
that he ran railroads in the West
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-27
GEMS FROM PALMER

IF evidence of the special fitness Of
one A. Mitchell Palmer for the higt
/ office of United States Senator i:
needed. it is contained in his recent
speeches in and around Philadelphia
His most eloquent periods are inspired
by the officials on Capitol Hill. We
quote a few of his gems:
want 10 be in Harrisburg when
Mccormick becomes Governor.
There will be a parade of political
crooks marching Off Capitol Hill
that will fill three cars.
And again
IfIwere Mccormick | would ship
them all to Vera Cruz, for they
would make an army large enough
TO fight the entire Mexican army.
And still again
When l see Mr.. Ryan surrounded
by the same flock of political bug-
yards that fought over the pieces
OF the Democratic party at Allen
town, ] am suspicious that they
might try to perpetrate the crime
of Allentown again If they could.
And this is the same Palmer who is
said to have been the beneficiary OF
the party leaders whom he now de-
nounces and with whom he is accused
of having been associated in "thc
crime of Allentown"
We submit that the inconsistency OF
the little group which has taken ovei
and is now exploiting the Democracy
of Pennsylvania for their selfish pur.
poses and in furtherance of their OWL
ambitions is almost inconceivable
These are the same men who in season
and out. on the stump and through
their newspapers. have decried the use
of patronage in the building up OF
political machines, the breaking dowr
of the civil service principle, tho bar.
ter and sale of public office, the alb.
sence of Federal and other officials
from public duties while stumping fol
partisan candidates, and the prosti.
tuition of every office under their con.
troll for factional advantage. Yet they
have violated every principle OF
decency along these same lines.
And these are the men who are now
beseeching the voters of Pennsylvania
to give them further power that they
may pursue the game of little men.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-27

fectly proper. ethical and patriotic,
and all who disagree should be branded
as men who do not love their country.
Thank fortune, after March. 1917,
Mr.. Daniels will have opportunity 10
give undivided time to the uplift of
labor conditions in the grand old
North State. where. IL reports are cor
rect, a little of the progressive legis-
lation given to Pennsylvania by the
Tener administration is sadly needed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-27
COMPARED WITH LINCOLN

The Tribuna compares President
Wilson with President Lincoln
Rome dispatch.
Mr.. Lincoln must have been a COM
posite of all known characters and
compartments, SO many Americans in
Office have been compared with him.
and the end is not yet.-New York
Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-27
ON HIS NERVES
By Wing Dinger

I see a man in York State
Is asking for divorce,
Because his wife tries suicide,
Which isn't nice, of course.
1t seems she's tried quite often
To do away with life,
But somehow she's prevented
And hence the present strife.
1t seems in every effort
Something her purpose swerves,
And two and twenty failures
Have got upon his nerves"
But, gee. he shouldn't worry,
Lest she should try it soon
Again, because I'm certain
BY this time she's immune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-27

The cute little practice of throwing
wall paper and other household refuse,
discarded limbs of trees and all sorts
of household waste, over the beautiful
planting along the river parks will con-
tinue just so long as it is permitted to
go on. A few arrests and some stiff
fines would probably end the business.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-27
NEWS 81 THlF TRH42lFSsT7SHES FSsT7SSHESA

lFrom the Telegraph, April 81, 1861
Our Flag Still Floats
Newbern, April 23.-Reports from
Plymouth have it that our flag still
floats over our fortifications in that
place, though the enemy have possess
sion of that town and river.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-27
AN EVENING THOUGHT

Simple duty hath no place for
fear.-Whittier.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-27
Hundreds in HosnitaI

During the past week. 206 patients
were admitted into the army hospital
of this department.; 1856 We're returned
to duty, and II were discharged. The
number remaining is 2,S95.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-27
IN HARRI SBURc Fifty
YEARS AGO TO-DAY

From the Telegraph, April 81, 1851
Many at Market
There was large attendance at
market this morning. Butter sold at
from thirty-five to fifty cents and eggs
were selling at from fifteen to twenty
cents
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-27
Rebels Shot

Chattanooga, April 24.--On Friday
morning at daybreak, the rebels ap-
preached our outer videttes, in Nicka-
jack Gap, and were challenged, and
one shot by the sentinel, who retreated
on the mounted reserve.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-27
OUR DAILY LAUGH

INCURABLE
E. u. Mark -
Poor man, SO
you've been Suf-
fering for twenty
years from an in
durable COM
plant? Dear me!
What is it?'
E. u. Ways -
aSprinp fever"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-27

The warning Democratic factions
will go at 1t again this week. The
Mccormick caravan, which has been
riding the circuit in the strongholds
of South Philadelphia will visit the
counties around Philadelphia, Lancas-
ter and Berks and then go into the
Lehigh Valley. The partisans of Mich
ael ]. Ryan will greet him in Lehigh.
Luzerne, Lackawanna and other coun-
ties. Both sides will have mass meet
ings in Allentown this week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-27

\ Italian scientist, we are told,
n has succeeded in curing bald
I 4 ness. That is, he has discov-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-27

r TOW it must gall certain of those
|" who are going up and down the
L L State railing at the Republican
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-27

Washington dispatches say c. P
Reing, Democrat, is to be recon-
by Postmaster General Burle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-27

A a time like this it is the duty
n of every American to stand by
\ the rulers of the nation and to
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-27

Published every evening Except sun
day), at the Telegraph Building, zle
Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-27

The most striking feature in the re-
cent registration of voters for the May
primaries in Pittsburgh, the tabula-
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-10-02

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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-10-02

Without pauslng to put his hand to
the latch. Alan kicked the door open.
Jump he cried For your life
jump AS soon as that flame catches
up with the tank"
simultaneously the chauffeur, over.
hearing, shut off the power
The three gained the sidewalk bare
ly In time: the tiny trail Of flames al.
most imperceptible in the sunlight,
was not yard from the Jet that squirt.
ed through the bullet hole In the tank
In the futter Of an eyelash the explo.
sion followed. Had the cab been load
ed with nitroglycerin Its destruction
could have been no more absolute.
There was roar and then
heap of smoking ruins.
Without waiting TO admire the spec.
tacle, Alan caught the arm of the girl
and hurried her up the street, at the
same time calling to the chauffeur TO
follow. And chance brought them to
tHe HeAt corner us dHOtnef caD rare
less, hove into view. Promising its
driver anything he might ask, in or
out OF reason, Alan gave him the ad.
dress. and helped the girl in.
II Marrophat pursued Alan could see
no sign Of him The second car made
better time than the first Unhindered.
and as far as could be determined.
without being followed, it covered the
brief remaining distance In CRATE.
fully short lapse of time.
The suburb dropped behind maze
of streets where dwellings stood shout.
der to shoulder and dooryards were
scant. The car swept up to corner
house Of modest and homely aspect.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-10-02
CHAPTER XVII.
T he Ring.

Theirs was the last vehicle to swing
between the gates before these last
were closed
And this was quite as well; for Alan,
rising for one last backward glance
through the rear window, started in.
voluntarily and choked upon an ex.
cldmation when he deserted a power
lai touring car tearing madly toward
the ferry house, its one passenger half
rising from the front seat, beside the
driver and exhibiting n countenanco
purple with congested chagrln as he
saw his car barred out of the carriage
entrance
Quickly sensitive to his emotion, the
girl caught nervously at Alan's hand.
What Is 1t, dear?"
Marrophat," he snapped.
She uttered hushed cry Of dismay,
Don't be alarmed, however" he
FASTENED to comfort her Hes lost
the race the gates are shut--even the
passenger gates-and there must be
company spotter somewhere near by,
for the gateman Is yirtuously refusing
to be bribed by roll of money as
thick as my wrist"
AT that instant the taxicab rolled
aboard the ferry boat, the deck gates
were closed; hoarse whistle rent the
roaring silence OF the city; Winches
ratified and chains clanked, and the
boat wore ponderously out OF Its slip
so much for Mr. Marrophat!" Alan
crowed, sitting down Fooled again!
He cant stop us now!"
Perhaps
Why that perhaps? Why that
tone?" he demanded sharply, struck
by the foreboding her accents con.
fessed
This isn't the only ferry There's
the Pennsylvania and the l.ackawanna
and by hard driving he might even
manage to catch the boat that con.
meets with this from the Christopher
street ferry of the ETle!"
'lmpossible don't believe it!
WON'T"
Lets not, she agreed But, Alan
;"
"Yes?"
Promise me--if he should manage
to catch up with us-you won't let him
talk to you, | mean, don't let him"
No fear of that" he asseryated
hotly III he tries to exchange one
word with mel only wish he would"
She seemed satisfied with that; but
the incident had served appreciably to
chill their spirits. They accomplished
the remainder of that voyage In
silence that was no less depressed be.
cause they sat hand in hand through.
out
Nor was their taxicab three minutes
out of the ferry house on the Jersey
shore though the chauffeur, stimu.
later by Alanis extravagant promises,
was doing his best to fracture the
speed laws and escape arrest-when
the girls fears were amply Justified
a shout from behind drew Alan's head
out of the window on one side aud the
girls On the other and proved to both
that Marrophat had indeed found some
way to make the crossing without
great delay,
His touring car was within fifty
yards when they first were aware of
1t, and Marrophat, standing on the
running board was shouting inarticu-
lately and tiourishing an imperative
hand; while the distance between
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now; we fooled them handily-thanks
to your faith and bravery, sweetheart!
and everything is going to be well
with us from now on Over In Jersey
the minister Is waiting now to marry
US; and down at the White Star dock
the boat is waiting that Is to carry US
off to England the moment we're mar
ried. Think Of that-and that | love
you. Nothing can possibly break the
strength Of that combination!
For another minute she rested as
she had ever since sinking into her
corner of the taxicab moyeless, taut.
unresponsiye.
Then a long sigh shook her to her
very heart, and of a sudden the small
fist in Alan's grasp relaxed and her
face turned to his like a flower to
the sun, face TRANSPORTED, its lips
now soft and yielding. Its eyes un-
closed and smiling into his a smile
all misty with unshed tears.
Alan" she breathed gently. 1T
can't be true! I'm trying so hard to
believe-but all the while | know 1t
can't be true!"
He converted a skeptic with the
mute eloquence of his lips
Head upon his shoulder, the girl
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-10-02
: CHAPTER XVI.
Make Believe.

Make.Belleve.
For upwards of three quarters Of al
hour of that golden morning which fol
lowed the night OF his return to New
York, Mr.. Law was permitted to es
teen himself lie happiest of mortals
And inasmuch as this is not only 9
longer uninterrupted term of happi
ness than is humanity common but is
more OF that emotion than ordinarily
leavens the whole OF lifetime, Alan
was perhaps to be envied, even though
establishment when it came was sud.
den, sharp, and to him unspeakably
shocking-a swift. unpresaged plunge
from sunit peaks OF supreme content
to the black depths of a bleak Aver.
nus OF despair
The beginning Of the period was
synehronous with the slam OF taxi.
cab door that shut away superhuous
world from the company of two who
loved
The sound spelled safety as well as
success In Alan's understanding.
The car slipped smoothly away from
the curb, pursued only by little gust
OF semiironic cheers from the little
company of working men who had wit
messed as well as measurably partici,
pated in the putative elopement from
the house Of Urine,
Vigilant tor any indication that their
evasion had had a witness in that
strange home Of deathless hatred,
Alan watched it through the little
window in the back of the cab until
corner blotted out the vision OF it;
then with sigh Of relief sank down
by the side OF the woman to whom his
every thought, impulse and emotion
were dedicated
Rose" he whispered, and tenta-
lively touched one of the hands that
lay clenChed in her lap.
She responded with never sign to
Indicate consciousness either Of his
touch or his whisper
And reminding himself Of the strain
imposed upon her by the experience
through which they had just passed,
Alan excused her unresponsiyeness on
grounds OF reaction, and for the time
felt constrained TO let his sweetheart
rest and regain her normal poise
there was bliss enough for him in the
consciousness that he had won her
safely away, that nothing now more
than a short hours drive across town
and by ferry across the Hudson stood
between them and the marriage that
should prove the consummation of all
their trials Barring accident!
: Alan had too often suffered the pen
atty OF disappointment for oyer-ndul-
eence IN this failing of his for depreci-
ating the Unforeseen, not to make the
mental reservation, Barring acct
dent5!' with little SILVER of dread
Had any of Trines household been
cognzdnt of his daughters escape,
Alan argued, interference must have
been instant.
Despite the reassurins aspect, the
2reoccupation OF his companion so
wore upon him that he was presently
no longer abe to refrain from disturb
ing her.
Rosc!" he begged again, closing a
hand tenderly over hers. Dearest
girl don't worry another instant! Do
calm yourself. remember we are safe
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them was momentarily growing less
motif cable.
AS Marrophat's car drew abreast
Alan nodded and said quietly: Don't
be alarmed; can attend to this gen.
tleman single,handed.
And this he proceeded to demon
strate with admirable ease, even
though called upon to do SO far soon.
er than he had thought to be--thanks
to Marrophat's hair-brained precipt
fancy For, failing to influence the
taxi driver by shouted demands or
threats, or to gain the least attention
from Alan, Trine's first lieutenant alb
ruptly and surprisingly took his life
IN his hands and in one wild bound
brldged the distance between the two
Tying cars and landed on the taxis
running board
Stop he screamed madly. Stop,
say! You don't know what you're
doing! Let me tell you"
He got that far but no farther. In
the same breath Alan had flung wide
the door and was at the fellows throat.
There was a struggle OF negligible
duration; Marrophat vas In no way
his antagonists match; within three
seconds he threw out both hands,
clutched hopelessly at the framework
of the cab, and fell heavily to the
street
The taxi sped on without pause it's
driver deaf to the halls of innocent II
indignant bystanders Alan pulled
himself together aud looked back lust
IN time TO catch a glimpse of a nun.
Der Of loaters lifting Marrophat to his
teet and helping Lin to the sidewalk
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tTHsI Nou IuIop-Not ho6eI
TWO minutes more, and Alan was ex.
changing salutations with and making
his bride-to-be known to Digbys good
friend, the Reverend Mr. Wright.
Embarrassment worked confusion
with the young mans perceptive facul
ties. AS this moment approached
when two should be made one who had
gone through fire and food literally
as well as figurative!y, for each 9th,
ers sake, incredulity drew a veil be-
fore his vision He viewed the void
as In glass, darkly.
He was aware OF a decently fur
nished minister's study; Of two wit
nesses IN the guise of unassuming
womenfolk Of the minister's house
hold; Of the Rev Mr.. Wright himself
as a benevolent voice rolling sono-
rously forth from a back-clad pres
ence; OF the woman of his heart stand
ing opposite him; of questions asked
and responses made; Of a ring that
was magically conjured from some
store apparently maintained against
precisely similar emergencies of a
hand that took the hand that was to be
MS wife's and placed it In his; of his
clumsy and witless bungling with the
task of fitting that ring to the finger
Of his sWeetheart's hand
And then he was aware of door
that banged violently In the hallway;
OF the sound OF mans voice making
some indistinguishable demand; that
Roses hand was suddenly whipped
away, before he could fit on the ring;
that the study door was flung open and
that this animal of a Marrophat had
precipitated himself into the room.
He opened his mouth to protest
and Marrophat silenced him with a
cry.
You fool! Drop that ring! Stop
this farce! Don't you know whom
you're marrying? That woman is Ju.
dlth Thine. you idiot-not Rose!"
blankly Alan turned to the girl
Her flaming face, her sullen eyes,
her very pose. from which the man
ner OF Rose had dropped like a cast
garment, confessed the truth OF Mar
rophat's assertion. And as If this were
not enough, Judith confessed it doubly
with sudden outbreak of such rage
as never could have been brewed in
Roses gentle nature
You DEVIL" she cried-and threw
herself In front of Marrophat with a
spring as 1.-THE as that OF leopardess,
Take warning now from me keep
out Of my way forever after this-,.or
take the consequences God knows"
she painted, why don't Kill you AS
you stapd!"
He was in her way, between her and
the open door. She gave him NO
cnance to move aside, but seized him
SO Hereby by the wrists that he In
stinctively lifted to protect himself,
and she fairly threw him half dozen
feet from her He brought up with
a crash against the wall even as the
door slammed behind the girl
When Alan, the first to recover,
gained the sidewalk, she was already
In the taSicab. Whatever reward she
had promised the man, he whipped his
machine away as II from the fear OF
sudden death
And darting from the house hard
on the minister's heels, Marrophat
leaped into his own car and, as II he
substantial proof of her earnestness,
tore off In pursuit
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CHAPTER XVIII.

Taking the dazed young man by the
hand, as though he had been child
the Reverend Mr. Wright led Alan
back to his study and established him
In a comfortable armchair beside his
desk.
sit there and compose yourself my
dear young friend" he insisted III a
Continued on Page Four
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public buildings once every six
months; examine teachers and pu-
pills in the public schools, and make
sanitary survey of every school in
their district at least once year"