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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27
Says Philippines Are Safe,

London, Aug. 22.-Oscar Strauss,
veteran American diplomat and mem.
Der of the permanent court of arbitra.
ton at The Hague, discussing the sit
uation in the far east, said. Some
Americans seem to be unduly excited
about Japan's action concerning Kiao.
Chow. ! do not think the United
States has anything to be apprehen.
sive about. Japan has no designs or
the Philippines and would not have
them. They are not suited to her. USE
The climate is too hot for the Japa-
nese."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27
Paris Gets Report.
Japan to Confine Activity,

Washington, Aug. 25. Viscount
Chinda. the Japanese ambassador
here, has formally notified the United
States that Jaran had declared war on
Germany. The American government
was Immediately asked to care for
Japan's interest in Germany. Assur-
ance recently given by the British
government to the United States that
Japan's activity would be confined to
the China seas and Eastern Asia were
repeated by Viscount Chinda. The po-
sition of the United States has met
with the approval of Japan.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27
Supply and Demand Blamed.

New York, Aug. 22.-Local repre-.
sentatives of Chicago beef packers.
who testified before Chief Magistrate
McAdoo in District Attorney Whit.
mans John Doe inquiry into the high
err cost of food since the wal in Eu.
rope, placed the blame for advance
in meat prices on conditions of sup.
ply and demand. They say there was
a shortage Of beef on the hoof and
that competition was keener than at
any previous time
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27
Germans Sink British Ship.

New York, Aug. 24.-News was re.
ceived IN shipping circles hat the
crew OF the British steamer, Hyades,
had been landed at Rio Janeiro and
mad reported that the Hyades was
sunk by the German cruiser, Dresden,
after the warship's sailors had taken
out all the coal aboard. The Hyades,
$3.50 tons, placed between British and
South American ports. Dispatches
from Rio Janeiro also reported the
capture of the German steamer Santa
Katharine, Ell route from New York
to Brazil, by the British cruiser Glas
gov.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27
German Vessel Clears U. ..

Philadelphia. Aug. 24.-Loaded to
the limit with coal and food supplies,
the North German Lloyd steamship
Brandenburg is steaming away bound
for Bergen, Norway. according to its
clearance papers. The captain says
the journey will require about two
months. Despite the protests of the
British ambassador In Washington,
who declared that the Brandenburg
Is an auxiliary cruiser of the German
navy, local customs authorities grant
ed the clearance papers.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27
AGED AUSTRIAN RULER
REPORTED TO BE DYING
Condition Of Francis Joseph Such as
to Cause Great Alarm in
Kingdom.

London, Aug. ga Rome dispatch
to the Exchange Telegram company,
reports that Emperor Francis Joseph
is in a grave condition and may Gie at
any moment.
Paris Gets Repors.
Paris.-A dispatch received here
from Rome quotes the Messagero of
that city to the effect that Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria is dying.
A dispatch to the Havas Agency
from Rome says the correspondent
has learned from an authoritative
source that the Prince of Wied has
not left Durazzo. Albania, but that
two of his sons have departed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

Patent has been granted for an at.
tachment to rowboats to be operated
by cranks. The seasons rowboat &C.
cident total attests a present sufi.
cheney OF cranks and careless people
operating boats.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

That reformer who would compel
every single lady who lavished her
love on a poodle to get married spoke
thoughtlessly. Does he want the men
to lead q dogs life?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

Think Of It: No snow to shovel. no
furnaces to feed, no ashes to carry out,
nc hot water bottles. no icy pavements
and still some persons kick about
the weather.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

Since Gabriel D'Annunzio attributes
his badness to an unfortunate dress
ing Of cor killer. one wonders what
would happen II he applied a hair
restorer to his toes.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

A South American tribe has been
discovered that Is afraid of money
Further explorations may divulge a
people 80 uncivilized that they
wouldn't even buy q gold brick.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

The government has completed a
census Of the robin bird family. II Is
100000 900 strong and still Matching.
That h . good showing in view Of
Dossy's appetite for baby robins.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

Doctor Osler says everybody is
slightly tuberculous. On the other
hand there are a good many people
who are slightly demented.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27
Rigid Japanese Censorship.

San Francisco, Aug. 24.-Evidence
that Japan is imposing a rigid censor.
ship on dispatches leaving the empire
is contained in honolulu newspapers
reaching here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

1t has been figured out that $50 at
compound interest will amount to SIS,
000. 900 by 1884. If you don't believe
A., try II.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

History does not tell rs whether the
man who first said. Marriage is a lot.
terry" felt that he had won the cap.
1tal prize.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

When a mans train is n day late
IN bringing him home from a pleasant
vacation he hardly ever sues the rail.
road company.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

An educator says the study OF alge
bra causes girls to lose their souls.
The country seems to be full of "edu.
Gators" who air foolish opinions.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

The ~alienists who declare that
everybody is going crazy. probably
formed that conclusion at a baseball
park.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

The doctor told his patient that a
little change would do him good. and
gave him back 80 cents out Of a SIC
bill.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

The paper said 100 chickens were
burned alive. A bystander gave it as
HIS opinion that they had been burned
dead.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

A German physician says no face is
physically perfect. There is one man
who never had a sweetheart.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27
British Loan eeIoium s5o.ooo.ooo.

London, Aug. 24.-Great Britain has
decided to make a loan to Belgium of
$4,000, 900. The money will be raised
by treasury bills, for which tenders
have been called.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

To make fly swatting entirely agree,
able there is needed a brand OF non.
explosive flies.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

Bubonic plague is not reaping a har.
vest of human lives, but rats are SUI.
fering By the tens OF thousands.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

As for the discussion about the first
heavier-than-air machine somebody
should put forward the claims OF this
httle-known planet Of ours.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

A Pay Your Debts day would be
q good thing, too.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

burst an artery, which is better than
letting them harden.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

A vacation is all right, but we don't
suppose anybody ever wanted two In
one summer.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

Now that butter has come down a
few notches, more of it is going lower,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

The man whose aspiration Is strong
enough doesn't mind a little perspira.
tion In order to reach his goal.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

There Is going to be war after all,
Several states are waging battles
against hog cholera.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

Charleston brags on her fig trees,
but says never a word about her ser
penis.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

The eternal problem: How TO make
Cive cents worth OF ice last "a hours.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

We have known people who waited
on dead mems shoes to die first.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

Judging by the fashions. there must
be an unparalleled demand for sun.
burn remedies this summer.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

With some women there is nc sub.
stitute for a poodle dog. Poor poodle.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

Peace reigns in Abyssinia." We.
that always was a queer country.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

Some people are economical, and
others Just save coupons.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

Loose talk of all kinds should have
been choked a-borning.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

1t is a corking good idea to kee.
your walls OF wrath sealed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27

"Icebergs still a menace" Lead us
70 'em!
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-27
OPERATIONS BOTH ON LAND AND
SEA ORDERED BY MIKADo
FOLLOWING DIPLOMATIC
BREAK.
KAISER ORDERS DEFENSE
or FAR EAST HOLDINGS
Austrian Warship Hastily Leaves
kiao-Chow, indicating That Coun-
try viii Not Participate in New
EntangIement-Tokio Citizens
Fired by War Spirit.

Toxic, Aug. 25.-The emperor OF
Japan has declared war upon Ger
many. This action was taken at the
expiration of the time limit of Japan's
ultimatum to Germany demanding the
surrender of KiaO-Chow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-26
Passing Impressions Of Finance
By Louis Guenther
Edition of the Financial World

their growth during the last four
years. and what 1t has cost them to
/ finance it.
Here are some interesting conclu-
sions: In increased mileage these
roads have added 1856 miles, during
the four years, and in the same period
they have created new obligations Of
s1,1S6,S12,94S, including stock and
grown $33S, S,938,6S1. Reducing these
startling figures to a percentage basis,
1 find it has cost these roads on an
average of $132,980 to build each mile
of new track, and between three and
four dollars for every dollar of new
business. Naturally, these figures raise
the point that the roads are either
not receiving enough money for their
work, or that they are paying out too
much to get new business. At least it
is certain that no business man, or
manufacturer, could stand such heavy
expenditures and remain solvent.
| Convertible bondholders are UP in
arms over the division Union Pacific
has decided to make of its Baltimore
& Ohio stock among its common
shareholders. They claim it is a dis
tribution of the company's assets,
|
from the surplus. But the convertible
bondholders have good grounds to
feel as they do, even If their position
| Is one that legal recourse cannot re-
lieve. When they bought the bonds
they purchased them as a speculative
opportunity in addition to safe in
vestment.
But with the Baltimore & Ohio
Of m tXrid Nff .f thn etr
duces the market value of Union Pa
cific around $29, and that is putting
the stock just s28 further away from
the conversion price. That is to say,
Union Pacific would have to make up
this gap before it could get within
the proper zone of conversion on
which the conversion bonds were
| fixed.
| The deal made by the American
! Telephone & Telegraph for the sale Of
its 100000 Western Union stock to
in underwriting syndicate, as ordered
by the Government, turns out more
| to the advantage of the minority
shareholders of the Telegraph Com
pany, for they get stock around S63 a
share which cost the American Tele-
! phone and Telegraph nearly SITS. For
| this the shareholders have to thank
the Government. The underwriting
was extremely popular, and subscrip
| tions ran considerably in excess of the
fund required to swing the large deal.
The Rock Island security-h holders
are on the fence. Nothing of an Off
| cial nature has been published which
throws light upon the character Of the
reorganization. There is some talk
that the preferred and common stock
will be assessed, as the company will
need nearly $20,000,000, but how much
cannot be told. The fate or the dis
position of the collateral bonds is
clouded in darkness. and those who
hold them cannot tell for at least
few weeks to come whether they are
to receive their collateral, consisting
! putation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-26

and among the few adopts and mas
ters living there to-day. But in AM
erica, while We have fewer masters
and adopts, we have many more in
telligent and educated people who are
breaking away from old traditions and
are earnestly and patiently seeking
for KNOWLEDGE OF IMMORTAL.
ITY.
In many of the tall structures
which are so often spoken OF as q
symbol of our ungodly ambitions, are
rooms where weekly meetings are
held for just such purposes as the let
ter above describes.
The president of this society says:
Our meetings, held in our lodge
rooms, are marked by dignity and a
pervading spirit of sacredness. Great
and lowly men and women alike find
here the universally of mind, and we
abide, for the brief time Of each meet
ing at least, in the spirit of love and
goodness, touched by souls that have
gone on and upward.
I'VE differ from the London Psychic
Society and other scientific (materiaD
bodies, inasmuch as we do not seek
material evidence, either solely or
primarily, and also in that we are an
open body-free to all.
I'VE have found much fraud and
exposed 1t; we have found great truths
and glorified them"
This is but one of innumerable So
cieties all over our land organized for
similar purposes-the purpose of find
ing spiritual illumination, to aid hu-
manity in this life and to give it larger
encouragement to look forward to the
next sphere of existence with hope and
joy. Surely we need not call this age
a material or an ungodly one. We are
in the dawn of the most wonderful
spiritual era of the world. And Am
erica will be the center Of the new
golden age.
Quite recently nearly seventy people
gave q whole afternoon to the discus
sion and thought of matters spiritual
and benevolent. Those people were
of ages ranging from twenty to sew
enty, and they represented intellect,
fashion and toll. There were men of
power, women of high social position,
people who had achieved things in
many lines of endeavor, and others
who lived more humble and obscure
lives. During that whole afternoon the
room where they congregated seemed
to be alight with the pure flames of
unselfshnes and love of the Creator
and humanity.
NO InousHl lldt was SeiilSll, IHer-
cenary, base or unkind could have
lived in that atmosphere.
Such meetings must give new i'm
petus to right thinking and right con-
duct. Such companies of individuals
may be found in the heart of our great
cities all over the land. The people
who compose them go forth to work,
to make money. to attend social func-
tons, to dance and to amuse them
selves in the world of men, but the
whole tenor of their lives is benefited
and their impulses are elevated by
these meetings.
Concerted thought on any subject
is mighty power.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-26

soul-communion.
We have had many remarkable
demonstrations when we have felt the
silent, subtle, inspiring truth of the
oneness and universal harmony of all
souls.
Our meetings are open to all who
can bring with them-and attract
goodness, sweetness and love of ma
ture and God. In this way we have
shown many hundreds of aching
hearts, young and old, the path to
peace and LIFE.
H. SPENCER LEWIS.
The letter quoted above was writ
ten i'll reply to a query about the aim
and methods of the New York Insti-
tute for Phychical Research.
Much is said and written in these
days of the ungodly and unspiritual
state of humanity.
A missionary of Africa who has
been absent from America a score
of years recently exhausted his vo-
cabulary of uncomplimentary phrases
regarding the material and unholy
condition of the American people.
We had all gone mad, he said, over
tall structures and fast speeding We
hicles. He believed the simple savages
were more spiritual minded than we,
despite our lofty church spires and
costly edifices of worship. 1t has be-
come the fashion to talk in this way.
Yet NEVER WAS THERE SUCH
A SPIRITUAL AGE AS THIS BE-
FORE, AND NEVER WERE THERE
ON EARTH AT ONE TIME SO MANY
PEOPLE SEEKING GOD AND
J. ON GING FOR INDIVIDUAL
KNOWLEDGE OF HIM AS NOW.
Still more wonderful Is this fact:
THE GREATEST NUMBER OF
EARNEST INTELLECTUAL SEEK
ERS FOR A WORTHY GOD ARE IN
AMERICA.
In the Oriental lands there are
wise seers and adopts, men who have
given their entire lives to the study of
occult truths.
But their wisdom has done little for
the masses, for those masses are
bound by superstition. Superstition
which includes the blood offerings OF
fowls and animals at certain holy fes-
tivals and the perpetuation of vermin
and insects to propitiate the gods is
not spirituality.
India is honeycombed with such
superstition. Yet the greatest knowl-
edge of high spiritual truths is to be
found in the old religions of India
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-26

Psychology plays great part In in
nuencing speculation. For the truth
OF this statement witness the rapid
rise through which General Motors
stock passed during the past week.
Much of the enthusiasm the public has
eVinced towards this company's shares,
as we'll as some of the other motor
stocks, is traceable to Henry Ford s
unusual generosity In setting aside a
fund of $10,000,000 for distribution
among his employees.
AS for the public, 1t Is always ready
to see the effect; the causes leading to
1t receive scant attention. If Henry
Ford Is able to make from ten to
twenty millions annually in manufac-
turing cheap cars, then the public
hastily reasons that other makers will
be able to duplicate his success; so
why not buy the automobile shares :?
But because one may make money, it
does not prove that every one else in
similar business can conduct it with
like success.
According to reports, General Mo-
tors, which Is also a maker of cheap
cars, and Is one of the few automo-
bile companies with which the depart
ed j. r. Morgan had anything to do,
has had an excellent year and made
Dig profits. Nevertheless, this fact
fails to assure for a certainty divi-
dends on it's common shares. Before
the company can begin such disburse-
ments 1t will first have to pay off about
$lO,O00,O00 in notes, due this year and
in 1916. Yet, that escapes the specu-
lator's notice; he buys blindly, because
the stock is ascending in price, and
he wants to get some before the ad-
vance stops.
The security market is under wraps.
The delay in the rate decision by the
Interstate Commerce Commission has
chilled speculative enthusiasm which
could not be awakened from its
lethargy even by later assurances that
] this all-important problem for the
railroads would be decided one way
or the other before June next.
The Commerce Commission is a
sijudicial tribunal in its relations
to the operation of the railroads. 1t
must, in all fairness, hear witnesses
from both sides. Not all the shippers
| have had hearing, nor have the rail-
roads submitted their whole case. Con-
sequently, the commission cannot go
off half-cocked in determining wheth-
er the roads ought to get more for the
service they sell.
The question of higher railroad
rates is most vital one for the roads.
If they can get what they are after, l
venture the opinion that forthwith
their earnings statements will show a
healthier margin in excess of their fix
ed charges. They need 1t, too, for they
nacncSttT 1Ht
shirk, of raising great deal of fresh
capital.
In this connection, l have had the
opportunity to dig into some railroad
statistics with the idea in view of de-
ltermining whether our leading roads
are not expanding too fast. For this
purpose, / took fifteen of the main
transportation systems and studied
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-26
MOMen tss!s &gS nTeReS Is
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
THE WISEST MAN
Copyright 1914 by Star Company

nUCH study, and much men write;
lVS And more utter, and little know.
AVA But the wisest man looks IN for his light
And sees for himself where the path should go.
And the path should through the forest of faith
And blaze trail to the brink of death.
Many the rules that wise give,
TO make what is right and wrong;
But the wisest is the who will live
BY the law of love as he goes along
And he goes along through endless May,
Though Winter is rampant, who lives this way.
Many the names the Great One wears:
"Om," and "Logos," and "Holy Ghost'
But the wisest is the who
Least for titles and loves the most.
And he loves the most whose heart is afame
For the Mighty Maker who has name.
Many the creeds that wise men make,
Based Mustn't and lowered with Must;
But the wsest is the one who will take
A simple religion of love and trust,
For love and trust will carry men through ;.
Whatever the Fates the Furies do.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-26
Dillsburg People Take
Food to Destitute Family
Special to The Telegraph

Dillsburg, Pa, Feb. 26.-Yesterday
word was received in Dillsburg that
Henry Meyer and his family, consist
ing of his wife and three children,
who live several miles from here on
the South Mountain, were without
food and fuel.
William Smith and John Shelter
went to Investigate and found the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-26
WHO LOSES p

When you read announcements OF
five dollar glasses for one dollar just
stop and think.
When / sell frame or mounting
for soc, $1.00 or $3.50. 1t is worth all
of the price l ask.
When / make o pair Of lenses for
$1.50. $3.50 or $1,000 pair they are
worth all of the price ask.
When I examine your eyes charge
you $1.00. My service would be cheap
at $500. I don't sell you a pair of
glasses for $500 or. $1.00 to ruin your
eyes. If you don't need glasses, you
pay me for my service The "eyes
examined free" man makes his profit.
Think 1t over.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-26

In this connection, 1 have had the
opportunity to dig into some railroad
statistics with the idea in view of de-
termining whether our leading roads
are not expanding too fast. For this
purpose, / took fifteen of the main
transportation systems and studied