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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10
STATE POLICE AID

TIME utility Of the State Police is
we'll demonstrated in the as
sistance they are rendering just
now in breaking up rowdyism and
robberies in the eastern end Of the
county.
The local authorities found them
selves unable to cope with the situa-
tion. Lawless men and boys paid no
attention whatever to the constables
and the populace for weeks has been
at the mercy of these rural gang
sters" Now comes the State Police
and Immediately the trouble is at an
end. To be sure 1t is a pity that some
book but it is pleasing to note that
the bullies who terrorize helpless
country constables have a wholesome
respect for the men who constitute
the State constabulary.
1t is in just such service as this
that the State Police are indispensa-
BILE. Rural communities cannot be
expected to go to the expense of
maintaining large police forces, and
in most cases such are not needed.
But here and there over the Com
monwealth disorder breaks out at
intervals and is not quelled until some
such powerful and fearless force as
the constabulary is called in. The
man who advocates the abolition of
the force labels himself at once as an
enemy of law and friend of the law
less 1t is not recorded that a State
policeman ever arrested or inter-
fered with anybody who was con-
Quoting himself with due regard for
the law and It's requirements.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Col. II. NJ. Morrow, of the United
States army, we'll known here, will go
to the Philippines.
A. Roy Goetz, new head of the
postal clerks organization, lives at
Altoona, where he is connected with
the postal service.
DR.. Joseph Leidy, of philadelphia,
has gone to Narragansett.
John r. Edwards, a Philadel-
phian, has been retired as rear ad-
miral in the navy.
A. G. Rosengarten, of PhiIadel-
phia, has gone to the exposition.
-Ex-C Congressman A. Mitchell Pal
mer is motoring along the New Jer-
sey coast.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10

ever the crossing. Conditions such
as those at Hummelstown ought not
to have been allowed to exist, and the
people of the town share in the re-
sponsibility inasmuch as they not
only made no complaint previous to
the accident, but actually petitioned
the Public Service Commission less
that year ago for another grade
crossing within the limits of the bor-
ough.
Probably the coroner's jury did not
have these facts when it rendered its
verdict, against which there can be
made no complaint save that 1t should
have been framed to include the bor-
ough of Hummelstown as censurable
along with the others involved. other
communities should look to their
crossings before attention is called
to them by tragedy such as that
which cost six lives this week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10
: ,JQHV W.-RAVIS

Washington, July 10. - According
to rumor. John w. Davis, solicitor gen.
eral to the United States is to succeed
Robert Lansing, recently appointed
Secretary of State as counsellor to the
State Department. The rumor adds
that A. Mitchell Palmer will succeed
Mr.. Davis in his position of solicitor
general
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10
Our Daily Laugh
FoRETHoUGHT

l wish Ingomar
to think only of
me.
Mother: I would
not distract his
t h o u & h t 8 too
much from busi-
ness, my dear.
Remember, yo u
will need a great
m a n y expensive
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10
HE COULDN'T BELIEvE 1T

IFrom the Detroit Free Press1
ing over there"
I'm glad to hear you say so. She is
my daughter"
'Hallelu1ahw he said to his wife,
when the mother had departed, for
once In my Life I struck IL rLEhtIh
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10
DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg steel is beinA
used for trolley poles?
MILES AND SULLIVAN

General Nelson A. Miles is an affS.
CANT, self-centered, strutting old pea :
cock.-The Hon. Jown L. Sullivan.
Tut, tut, John; General Miles is not
old. and 1t is not cause of reproach
that he is handsome and bears him
Let the cold water campaign go for
ward without these violent misrepre-
sentations of its supporters. - New
York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10
things.
s H q THOUGHT
DIFFERENTLY.
Wiley: What do
you consider the
chief cause OF di-
vorce7
Hubby: Wiv@
oLD-FAsHIoNED FLOWERS
BY Wing Dinger

Sound your praises, if you will,
OF some flower new
That someone has just brought forth,
But I say to you
Or TO anyone who thus
All his favor showers
Soon or late you'll come back to
Old fashioned flowers.
Go into a garden filled
with species rare.
And you'll pause to note the new
Blooms here and there;
But the one that wins most praise
From your lips will be
That old-fashioned bloom which you
Very seldom see.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10

Most of the
great fortunes
were made by
men who prac-
tised private
economy. They
looked after
the pennies.
AS q result
the dollars
looked after
themselves.
Cyrus S H.
McCormick's
father and his
mothers peo-
ple were far
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10
The Goers and Corners

Some are just starting on va
cations; others are coming home
sun tanned and invigorated.
1t is one OF the great invtR-
Grating months of the year.
And the transitions bring their
disclosures of new wants to he
supplied.
The weather is warm, time is
shop around.
glance through the advertis-
ing in the Telegraph will helm
you to locate a satisfactory place
to supply your needs.
Perhaps you can do the rest by
telephone.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10

We fail to note in any Of our ex-
changes that one time standard sum-
mer item to the effect that "Mr. and
Mrs. so-and-So left yesterday to spend
the summer in an extended tour of
Europe"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10

One of the advantages of going
on vacation is that we enjoy home so
much more when we get back.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10

Holt was a bad man, no doubt,
but what of the merchant who sold
him dynamite?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10

Mrs Thaw Is a better press agent for
herself than she would be a witness
for her husband.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10

The bear that walks like a man"
knows how to run almost as we'll as
walk. Also he is some" stopper
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10

The crankless automobile is some
times one that has transferred it's
crank from the radiator to the drivers
seat.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10

Why is it that when we ask our
friends, How are you?" we are bored
when they begin to tell us.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10

'66-What lovely ring! Is 1t sill
yer?
'16-No. platinum.
"66-You don't tell me! I thought it
was real. What good limitations they
do make nowadays!-Harvard Lam
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10

If we had our way. the river would
clear up and bass fishing would i'm.
prove.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10
. IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS
AGO TODAY

lFrom the Telegraph, July 10, 1855. ]
Sunday School Picnic
The annual union Sunday school
picnic will be held next Thursday
on the west shore of the river.
Convention in This City ?
Prominent colored men in the State
are discussing having a national con-
vention in this city beginning Au-
gust 1.
Three More Engines
Council has passed an ordinance
authorizing the purchase of three
new steam fire engines.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10

Courage conquers all things" said
an ancient philosopher who never
charged machine gun battery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10

Nothing dries sooner than a tear
nor leaves such a stain on a we'll pow
dered cheek.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10
TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE

Henry Ford says we eat three
times too much. Thereby spending
for food what we might otherwise put
into gasoline.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-10

Was Thaw crazy or his jury?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-22
government.
SPORTSNIANSHIP.

The best side of American sports
manship is seen in the action taken
by Yale authorities regarding five
athletes accused of professionalism
The Offense committed by these stu
dents seems trivial enough, and was
apparently uninisnuonal and uncOn-
scious. Last summer for short time
they accepted free board at Quogue.
Long island, in consideration of their
baseball playing. Their attention was
called to the fact that such remuner-
alton might disqualify them for anna
teur athletics. and Immediately they
began to pay for their board. But the
harm had been done. There was
blemish on their record which, after
due consideration, the Yale eligibility
committee has wiped out by wiping
out the entire future of the offending
men so far as amateur athletics is con-
cerned They may no longer engage
in athletic contests OF any sort. in col
lege or. presumably, anywhere else,
on the basis of amateurs
The decision is costly 20 Yale. She
loses a star football player, the varsity
baseball captain, and three other
members Of the ball team. But Yale
will gain in the future by her sacrifice.
and every other institution in the
country interested in amateur athletics
Will gain likewise.
Such an exhibition Of conscientious
deheacy is a good thing for the er tire
country. 1t proves that there is at least
one element OF American l!fe-and no
unimpOrtant element. eithCr-that is
in no danger OF being commercialized.
Amateur sport shows that us sports
manship IS the real thing. 1t sets an
example which. If followed, would
have a wholesome effect in American
business. politics and professional life.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-22

Sweden now gets into the game with
new scheme for foiling the demon
rum.
on the first OF next January Sweden
is TO adopt the "Bratt book" plan.
which is calculated 10 cure drunkards
by comnulsion and 10 make the mod
crate drinkers still more moderate. It's
a coupon system. Any citizen who
feels that he can't get along without
his customary alcoholic beverage
makes a formal application TO a gov
ernmental department and obtains
license to drink. in the form of a cou.
pom book It's much like the German
bread supply cards. The book is good
for a certain quantity OF liquor. which
can be bought only on installments.
The maximum is one liter-a little
more than "A quart-every five days.
A drunkard is barred from obtain
ing a book and thus doomed TO conf
plete sObriety The moderate drinker
presents his book whenever he goes to
a liquor store, and has coupon torn
out and the date when the next drink
is available stamped on the coupon
below. There is little chance Of evad-
ing the strict regulations through con-
nivance with the dealers. They are
virtually employees OF the government,
who have no incentive to sell more
than the allotted portion of liquor be-
cause all their profits above a certain
amount are taken by the government
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-22
BALANCING ATROCITIES.

AMBASSADOR Bernstorff represents
that the crew of a German submarine
was shot down in cold blood by the
crew of the British patrol boat Bara-
long after the Germans had deserted
their sinking craft. We would not
doubt il. No criticism OF the act can
be too scathing. 1t is blemish on the
honor OF the British navy and on TIE
good faith of the British government,
which has been unsparing in its con-
demnation OF German naval methods.
At the same time. IL is hard to see
how Germany could have the hardi-
hood to present it's protest in this mat
ter TO the American government. For
Americans are aware that the Bara-
long affair, at its worst. is no worse
than a similar oaense alleged TO have
been committed by the German navy
a few weeks ago, the record of which
seems complete and authentic
On Aug. p, according TO official re-
ports from Copenhagen, the British
submarine ELS ran aground Of the
Danish island of Saltholm. A Danish
merchantmen drew near To rescue the
crew. A German cruiser thereupon
appeared and drove off the neutral
merchantmen and shot several men,
bers OF the crew while they were
struggling in the water. The English
sailors would have been massacred to
man if a Danish gunboat had not
interfered. The attack aroused deep
indignation in Denmark. not merely
because of the cowardice and cruelty
of the attack on helpless enemy. but
because it was made in neutral waters,
where both submarine and crew were
under the protection OF the Danish
government.
one affair looks just as atrocious as
the other, and even the plea of re-
prisal cannot be accepted by impartial
judges. But when Germany or any
other nation appeals to the bar of pub
lie opinion in neutral countries, we ex-
pect her TO come into court with clean
hands.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-22

who did not &c to the front were said
to have been organized and drilled so
that in case Of sudden invasion they
could defend their homes and chill
dren.
If it was true then, it Is reasonable
TO assume that it IS true now. when
Serbia faces the greatest crisis OF her
history. Her losses Of men in the
battles OF the last three years have
been overwhelming. The women must
outnumber the able-bOdied men at
least three TO two They are natural
~ vigorous and fearless. If any wom
en- will make good soldiers, it is tne
serbian Women And under the cir
cumstances it would be remarkable If
they did not rally with rifles in their
hands 10 man" the last trenches in
defense Of their country
1t will be a sort of dramatic climax
in a war full of surprises if the in
vadcrs of Serbia have TO make their
way over the bodies of embattled
women-and still more dramatic If an
army OF women succeeds in stemming
the invasion
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-22

Kangaroos, Of which there are sc
species can sometimes leap as much
as 20 feet.
An artist once painted a bright red
lobster in a picture OF the sea.
Tx is not lawful for a man to leave
a British ship, or even a shore in one,
as a legacy TO a foreigner.
One single tuft is left on the shaven
crown of a Musselman foz. Mohammed
10 grasp hold OF when drawing the
dead to paradise.
An English soldier whom a wound
had madeedeaf and dumb laughed so
hard at a motion picture that on leav
ing the theater he found himself able
both TO hear and speak.
Russia's Caucasian army has points
in common with the famous Foreign
Legion of France. 1t is recruited from
all nationalities, and has many war
riors who have Joined TO forget the
world and to be forgotten.
Whenever a shell comes screaming
in the direction OF Polly. a pony now
in the transport service at Gallipoli
she stretches out her forelegs lets her
head drop 10 the earth, closes her eyes
and is instantly dead" Then when
the ihell has passed she rises again
The largest piece OF gold in the
world was taken from the Dyer <
Haltman's gold mining claim. Hill
End. New South Wales, on May 10.
1872. It's weight was $40 pounds.
height four feet nine inches, width
three feet wo inches. average thick
ness four inches, and IL was worth
sl4s,000.
In Lancashire. England. the cotton
waste has an annual value OF $75,-
100000. This vast sum Is represent
ed by fag-ends, sweepings. pickings
and combings. Thousands OF women
are employed TO divide this stuff into
good, middling. and bad. and is sold
at various prices for paper making.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-22

For heavens sake. don't let the hon
orabIe warlike Japs get hold OF this
true story.
The other day, some movie picture
fellows down at San Diego wanted a
battle scene $4,000 worth. They
rugged UP the old whaler BOwhead to
initiate a German battleship. filled her
with sand and rocks. and tOwed her
out behind San Clemente island Tor the
L. S. Pacific flagship san Diego and
two destroyers 10 go at.
Gee. hut that old Bowhead did look
fierce rocking to and fro out there
with her rakish masts defying the en-
envy. her wooden tunnels thick with
war paint and her stomach full Of
rocks and sard, You could almost
hear crew on her yelling "Hoch der
Tirpitzl" and you held your breath as
the mighty san Diego came slipping
around the corner Of the island. strip
ped for action, or at least partly un-
dressed.
Poom, At 10000 yards the eight
inch guns OF the San Diego have
knocked the villainous Bowhead's
wooden aftermast and first smoke
stack into kindling wood. When you
rip into a wooden enemy with eight
inch guns, the effects are usually
kindling wood. rarely cord wood.
But. behold Under the salvo of
eight-inchers. the BOwhead merely
gives up mast and funnel and keeps on
floating with her sand and rocks. The
San Diego, as IL enraged, dashes upon
her at top speed, pouring in shot from
both eight and six-inch batteries as
she comes. Boomi boom boom!
ard the Bowhead is mere hulk. But,
defantly. she refuses to sink and her
sand and rocks are still intact. She
takes fire! But this doesn't worry her;
she still hangs on TO her sand and
rocks But, darn her! she can be
conquered by bleaching, and so they
put her ashore. And, as soon as the
cheers Of victory die away, she drifts
of the beach into 10 fathoms of water
and sinks when she gets good and
ready.
Twas a famous victory. The San
Diego gunners got some good practice
and the movie folks got a furious
battle scene. as you'll see later on.
What's that? You want to know why
the sand and rocks-Why. they were
put in to keep the Bowhead from fly
ing away, or sinking at frs; fire!
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-22
EUGENIos FOR ROYALTY.

The New York Evening Post sug
gests. that instead OF trying TO ac-
complish the apparently hopeless task
of5improving the breed Of 100000
geo human beings-that being the es-
timated population OF the earth
might accomplish more by concentrat-
ing on few royal families.
Monarchy. according to the ancient
view still held by most nations. is the
most rational and efficient form Of
government. The Evening Post adj
mits that this is true, in theory. But
to make monarchy effective, it's nee
essary TO have the ideal philosopher
king that Plato recommended, a man
who will govern with absolute wis
dom and absolute unselhshness.
Now. suppose you get such a king.
What assurance have you that the
wisdom and unselhshness will last for
more than one generation? Heirs
apparent are seldom Of the same cali
Der as their royal sres IL is the great
exception to find two really great
kings reigning successfully, and al
most a miracle if three come in a row.
The reigning houses Of Europe are.
IN general, a pretty poor lot. Their
strains. if they ever amounted TO
much. seem to have run out. particu-
lariy in Russia, England and Austria
Even Kaiser wilhelm. the nearest APP
preach 20 a royal genius in Europe,
will pass on the crown to a prince
who seems TO be violent, shallow and
incompetent Mediocre royalty has
intermarried generally until the me-
diocrity is more apparent with every
generation.
Now. instead OF this decadence, why
not apply eugenics deliberately 10 the
purpose OF creating kings of such cal
iber that royalty may claim again to
rule BY some sort Of divine right? II
nations are 10 have mOnarchs. let
them rear super-men 10 rule.
In the absence OF such scientific
king-breeding, there seems nothing
left for the world but democracy. But
mayhap that's Just as we'll
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-22
SOME PROBLEM.

They say there's a new white Way
in New York. It's in the Wall st. dis
trict where the stock brokers who
were in poverty and gloom a year ago
are now keeping the skyscrapers
ablaze all night But there's no rev.
elry about H. The office STATS are
simply engaged in an interminable eff
fort to clean up one days business be-
fore another morning brings its ava
lanche of orders. And with every
broker it seems TO be a toss-up which
he'll do first-make a million, or yield
TO nervous prostration.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-22
\ WoNIAN's ARMY.

A Serbian leader in Chicago de-
elares on what he considers good au-
thority that there will soon be an
army OF 100000 Serbian women. equal
to the nations entire regular army,
helping 20 defend the country from
the Teutonic and Bulgarian invasion.
The statement is undoubtedly an
exaggeratiop: and yet IL need astonish
no one II IL should develop that women
are lighting in great numbers In the
Serbian army. side by side with their
husbands and brothers
It is known that many Serbian
women participated IN the recent Pal
kan war. marching in hard campaigns
and hghting with GOODNESS and
bravery. And thousands OF women
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-22

"I'n tell him how il was" and there
upon ne ushered the young man into
the house.
Aner dinner he left his wife and
daughter to entertain Willie while he
read the paper. over which he fell
asleep. Some time afterward he ewoke
ana suggested to Willie that they walk
down TO the back pasture and look at
some calves before reloading the hay.
I'D like to CO." said Willie. but l
don't know what father would say.
"Oh, he wouldn't care" said Smiley.
"By the way, where is your father to-
dave"
why, he's under that load Of nay"
saie Willie.-Everybody's.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-22
Where Was This Party Held? On

mating, surgical wadding, and most
OF all. the making of shoddy
German machine guns which have
been recently CAPTURED show "a great
improvement on those that were used
at the beginning of the war. They can
be carried by one man, ammunition
spare parts and all. and they are pro-
vided with an extra tube. II IS >.S.
that the German gun is light. but IT is
SO contrived that it can be hoisted on
70 mans back, certain parts being
padded and providing an easy grip.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-22
TEN OF \ KIND.

TEN OF \ KIND.
Last week I wrote Of the Four of a
kind
Plumber. milk. coal. and ice man,
combined:
Today after reading the Morning News.
or the jitney traffic laws, il amuse-
rs me so and is lots OF real fun,
Because of ten cOuncilmen all like
one;
The biggest baby play ever saw,
About making jitney traffic law.
So it's not Four, but Ten OF a kind.
At the city hall that are combined;
Shake up the bunch in a bag,
Whom do you think be first 10 lag?
They are experimenting, these wise
jays
on an ordinance to regulate jitney
ways
Until it's too late. and then the city
Will pay,
The damage, caused b. ten council
mems delay X. L. j.
IT seems that the senior Morgan
made his demise Just in time 10 catch
the blame for the New Haven deals.
which, In its way, Is a violation Of pre-
cedent. Usually people escape some
thing when they die in the face of a
criminal prosecution.
WE have I'm Mr. Edison the human
author of the modern light produced
by artificial devices. In a COMPARE
lively modest way he has done for the
night what the Supreme Being did for
the day when He said Let there be
light and there was light" Mr. Edison
did not produce light by word OF
mouth, but tapped the light making
power of the universe with his little
lamp. In a way the wizard has made
1t possible for the original command
TO be executed.
Where Was This Party Held? One
Guess.
(Cor. FIT. Wayne Journal GaZette.)
Last Sunday afternoon at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Grotrian, south
Of Naples, was the scene of a happy