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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-16
Performed Operation ON Horse.

DR.. r. F. Leonard performed an
other serious operation Friday for
strangulated hernia on fine Bel
gian stallion owned by II. III. Wangs-
ness, of Springfield township. The
operation, while very delicate one,
was successful and the animal is
getting along fine.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-16
Another School Attendance Reco1

Miss Mildred Erickson of Perley,
Mimi, has broken all records in
Minnesota for perfect school atten-
dance. According to State Superin-
tendent c. G. Schulz she has never
lost day nor been tardy in the nine
years that she has attended school"
We have read of a large number
of records similar to the above. but
have failed to find any record to
compare with that of Miss Vera
Bucknell of DEBORAH, with thirteen
years to her credit.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-16
On Visit to Canada.

Mr.. and Mrs. James McMullen de-
parted Monday on trip to Northern
Alberta Canada, on a visit to their
son Bert. From there they will go
to Wenatchee, Wash, to visit their
daughter, Mrs. Matte SchancK.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-16
who wear

People who wear Ben Bear
clothes can depend upon their per-
feet satisfaction. If you buy suit
of clothes at Bears and it does not
entirely satisfy you and If the cloth
does not wear as well as it should,
we stand ready to give you another
suit of clothes at any time.
BEN BEAR.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-16
Colored Barber Opens Shop.

Clarence Peasants, cOlored bar
Der of St. Paul, opened barber shop
in DEBORAH last week. He is located
in the basement of the McClaskey
building on East Water street.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-16

Trunks, suit cases and pouches
are sold during this sale at special
reduced prices. And we guarantee
that the best quality is only sold
right here at BEARS.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-16

Boys suits are selling at special
Come to BEARS.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-09-08
ANNUAL BATH

A rich New Yorker had been giving
some East Side street urchins a day
at the beach once a year, the feature
of the trip being an ocean bath.
AS the patron stood by the car
watching the happy little fellows get
on he noticed one especially dirty lit
tie fellow and said:
'How is it you are so dirty, SOM"
please SIR" answered the boy, 81
missed the car for the beach last
year."
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-09-08
NO ROMANCE

He dropped her hand with sigh
of defeat.
Mutely she looked into his eyes,
as though seeking in his glance some
message that would convey the word
she sought,
With one slow look at her hand as
it lay where he had let it fall, he
shook his head slowly and said:
"Give them the trick. You haven't
a trump
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-09-08
A REFERENCE REQUIRED

"Supposing decided to let you
have the money, how do know that
l shall get it back at the time you
mention?" said Spiffkins.
81 promise it, my boy, on the word
of gentleman" replied Biffkins.
"Ah, in that case 1 may think bet
ter of it. Come around this evening
and bring him with you"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-09-08

Jones-That tramp told me ne was
80 dead broke he had to sleep out
doors.
His Wife-Wen?
Jones-I told him I was in the
same fx-only 1 had to pay doctor
to tell me to do it
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-09-08
ENLIGHTENED

What" asked a pupil at Central
High school, docs the word dog
matte mean?"
Have you looked it up in the die
tionary?" the teacher countered.
why, no-is it in the dictionary"
Certainly Why not?"
81 always supposed 'dogmatic' was
slang. kansas City Star.
AT THE FRONT
Officer Ito new recruit -Have
you ever done any drilling?
Recruit-Yes, sir-acres Of tim
O foPnor'a a0n
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-06
THE GOVERNORS TOUR

TT is to be hoped that the excellent
example set by Governor Brum-
baugh and his party of automobile
tourists who are seeing Pennsylvania
first" this week will be generally fol-
lowed by owners of motor driven
pleasure cars.
The Governor was not exaggerating
when he said: THE most beautiful
scenery in the world lies in Penn
sylvania" There is grander and more
impressive scenery elsewhere, to be
sure, but nothing that surpasses it in
charm and variety. Every turn of the
road holds it's pleasant surprise. Every
new hilltop has its delightful pros
pect Each new scene seems more
beautiful than the last. Summer, win
ter, Spring-time or Fall, it is all the
same and the automobilist who goes
touring in other States before he has
seen what Pennsylvania has to offer
misses much.
Nor is the Governor over-stepping
when he tells those who turn out to
welcome him and his guests that the
roads are good. Under the guiding
hand of Highway Commissioner Cum
ningham, wonderful progress in a very
few months has been made and good
roads have been one OF Governor
Brumbaugh's most insistent efforts.
If you have a car be sure to see
Pennsylvania first"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-06

Emperor William l. Germany has al
most monopolized Swedish commerce
and has exercised a strong influence
over the schools and universities. Since
the war. hatred of England as the
ally OF Russia and the enemy of Ger
many has developed. English papers
are little read and the Germans are
given credence everywhere. German
flags are displayed on the homes as
often as pictures of the Kaiser and
his generals are shown in shop win
dows. Swedish publicists are advocat-
ing an alliance with Germany, one OF
them recently showing the advantages
of a Bagdad-Berlin North Cape rail-
way. Even Hedue's last book de-
clared that the future of all Teutonic
peoples. including the Swedes, depend
ed upon the German bayonets.
Meanwhile the Swedish diplomatic
attitude, even toward Russia, has been
correct. King Gustaf showed wise
leadership when he invited the kings
of Norway and Denmark to meet him
at Malmo, where the neutrality OF the
Scandinavian states was pledged. Such
an accord will probably not outlast the
self-interest of the nations involved.
Norway especially has been profitins
by the war. lying as she does on the
direct route between America and
England on the one hand and north
eastern Europe on the other. Naviga-
ton is the principal occupation of the
country and her ships have been
treated as almost British by both
English and Germans, for Norway has
suffered more from German torpedoes
than has any other neutral State. Just
as Sweden has been inclining towards
German in recent years so has Nor
way turned to England.
Denmark is perhaps more truly
neutral than either Norway or Sweden
or more divided in opinion. She Is
nearer the seat of war, more ap-
prehensive of the outcome, and con-
stantly harassed by Germany regard
ing the maintenance of neutrality
The Nauonalists look upon Germany
as the natural enemy. while the Pan
own.
OF the three Scandinavian countries
the most likely TO enter the war is
Sweden. Her army has been mobil-
ICED and. with reserves, includes about
100000 men, number equalling that
of Rumania or half that of Italy. But
Sweden's neutrality has been of such
value to Germany as a channel for
trade that the advantge to the centraI
powers of her becoming a belligerent
is seriously questioned. Should she
enter the war at this time Russia
would be still further isolated from
her western allies, Finland would
doubtless again become Swedish ter
ritory for a time, and Petrograd itself
might possibly fall before the Teutons.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-06
THE so PER CENT. TANGLE

TT is extremely likely that the fifty
per cent. clause of the nonpartisan
councilmanic act will have to be
decided by the courts. Certainly the
opinion handed down by Attorney
General Brown yesterday defining
the methods by which the fifty per
cent vote of judicial candidates is to
be computed does not apply to the
Harrisburg situation. Attorney Gen
eral Browns opinion is based entirely
on the phraseology of the nonpartisan
judicial act of 1911, whereas the
councilmanic situation is governed by
the 1915 amendment to the Clark act
of 1918.
These two clauses are by no means
identical. One is based both on votes
and ballots cast and the other on the
ballots alone. Even so there is room
to question whether the Attorney Gen.
erals opinion would stand If appealed
to court.
At all events, Nessrs. Copelin and
Steiner would be foolish to allow their
names to be crowded off the ballot by
an unsustained opinion based on a
law which applies in no way TO them
and which is different in its construc-
ton from the act under which they
as councilmanic candidates are op-
Grating.
The whole question of the make
up Of the city council ticket is still
up to County Solicitor OFT, or to the
Dauphin county court in case of an
appeal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-06
SWEDEN HOLDS THE GATE

CHALL Sweden become a Bavaria
y or a Finland? Shall she ulti-
mately enter the Germanic Con-
federation or will she wait to be alb
sorbed by Russia?
This is the problem, as stated by
some of her leaders that threatens
Swedish neutrality.
Three hundred years ago Finland
and the adjoining provinces to the
south, including the land where Petro-
grad stands to-day were Swedish
possessions and lay between Russia
and the Baltic Sea which. Gustavus
Adolphus said, I'VE will hope, by
Gods help, may always prove too
wide jump even for Russian"
But Peter the Great took these Bal
tic provinces: Alexander I acquired
Finland; and Russia became the
hereditary enemy of Sweden. Her
175,o0o,o 900 people are pressing relent-
lessly for an outlet to the western
world and the $500, 900 Swedes feel
their danger in lying across her path.
The Swede always suspects that the
Russian wants an ice-free port in
Norway and at least as much Swedish
territory as would give access to it.
An American correspondent who
reached Russia via Archangel last
autumn found 1t necessary in mid
winter to leave by the Swedish frontier
and at the border had to travel 25
miles by sleigh. Swedish distrust of
Russia had not allowed the railroad 20
come nearer. Russia's ownership of
the Aaland islands in front of Stock
holm, and the Tsar's proposal TO
fortify them in 1908, from which he
was dissuaded by England, has
caused no little anxiety.
These fears have naturally been
utilized by Germany. Pan-Teutonism
has been insisted on as the defense
against the Slav. Treitschke con-
stantly urged the need of the small
States of the north, even of Holland.
to join Germany in at least an econ
omic union. When one remem bers
that 1t was Prussia's Zollverein that so
largely made modern Germany, one
realizes the ultimate significance of
such suggestions. The extensive iron
mines of Sweden make her of especial
Importance in the scheme.
Until the war, Sweden was not
hostile to England and her royal fam
lily is descended from the French Cen
eral Bernadotte. But Oscar II used to
say his heart was French while his
head was German. King Gustaf has
been an admirer of the Kaiser. while
the Queen is a granddaughter OF
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-06
A FIT UNITED STATES ARMY

Our third and last line of defense,
should the fleet be sunk and the forts
defending our ports and naval dock
yards be taken. would be the mobile
army. D..
(not the paper strength) of our moblle
army, that is to say, the. army that
could take the field against the IN
vader? ooooo
regulars and SO, 900 effective militia
or less than the total number OF casu-
alties suffered on more than one occa-
sion in single engagements OF the
And let it not be forgotten that Ger
many. within ten days after a declara-
tion Of war II the feet were destroyed troyed
fully equipped with field guns. howitz;;
ers, machine guns, transport and all
the necessary equipment Tor smas 6 IN n
ing campaign. Meanwhole our 80 600
efiectlre regulars and militia would be
scattered from Maine to California; and
II would take at least thirty TO forty
days to concentrate these forces and
move them as a compact army against
the invader
Moreover, when they. were concen.
trated, our troops would be short OF
field artillery. short of field howitzers,
short of machine guns. short of ainmu-
milton and short of transport ana our
would SrFe be ngw bodT TO Of TASK
The remedy? To take the first shock
of invasion we should maintain con-
stantly in the continental United States
an effective regular army of 125,00o
men, and the militia should be so en-
arged that II could at any time put
in the field 275, 900 effective troops
these 400, 900 men being fully equipped
with artillery, transport and all neces-
sary means for rapid concentration and
swift attack
Back of this first line should be a
trained citizen army of half a million
| capable of quick concentration at de-
pots in which at all times should be
| maintained the necessary artillery, am
munition and equipment-with ade.
quate reserves--for field operations or
the largest scale extending over pro
! tracted period.
Properly to lead this army of de-
| fense. we should require not less thar
10000 trained officers. These can bt
secured by the enlargement of Wes
Point and by the extension of those
student and civilian camps which hav,
| been showing such excellent results
| during the past summer at Plattsburt
and elsewhere.-From The Veal
| Points In Our, National Defense" by J
i Bernard Walker. in the American Re
view of Reviaws for October
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-06
JUSTICE JOHN P. ELKTN

[From the Philadelphia Press.
Twelve years ago John P. Elkin was
an aggressive political power in this
State, leader Of men with a loyal fol-
lowing. His acceptance of a place on
the Supreme bench in lieu of the Gov
ernorship or Senatorship to which he
aspired and to which his gifts and
taste seemed to fit him more than they
did for the bench, took him out of the
active list of political possibilities in
this State. He has served as a JUS
tice of the Supreme Court only eleven
of the twenty-one years to which he
was elected and his death. while still
in the maturity of middle age, will
bring deep grief and q. sense of per-
sonal loss to his host of admiring and
devoted friends.
He was a lifelong Republican and
came early into prominence as a cam
paigner and political leader. He was
Republican State Chairman in a year
of victory and as Attorney General was
the strong man in Governor Stones
administration His friends had still
higher ambitions for him and had he
remained unfettered it would have
been very difficult for any combination
to have kept him out of power. When
he consented to take a place on the
Supreme bench, he closed the doors to
any other advancement. The wise poll
icy has long prevailed in this State of
protecting the Supreme bench from
politics by treating its occupants as
ineligible to other office. So Justice
EIkin's last years have been years of
political retirement.
His death gives Governor Brum-
baugh an early opportunity to appoint
Supreme Judge who will serve more
than a year before the place can be
filled by election. AS such an ap-
pointee is unusually elected for the
full term, the selection is one of the
gravest responsibilities that the Gov
lernor VIII have to meet.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-06
lNEED is ALEADER WHO is RIGHT


A Cedar Rapids (Ia.) paper says
that Senator Cummins ought to say
whether or not, if nominated, he will
stand for Protection to all American
commodities, whether of the farm or
factory"
What does it matter where Senator
Cummins take his stand? He will
hardly be among the "also rams" in the
next Republican national convention.
That body will be on the lookout for a
leader who has always been right on
the tariff question. This, of course,
would exclude the senior Senator from
Iowa from serious consideration. He
has been for protection only when
protection was popular. At other
times he has leaned toward tariff re-
vision downward.
The great need of the Republican
party in 1916 is leader who is whole
heartedly for protection to all Amer
lean commodities, whether of the farm
or factory" as Mckinley was for pro-
lection, through good and evil times,
with never any shadow of waVering.
Cummins comes nowhere near filling
the bill. He's not orthodox on the
tariff, and no such man is going to get
very far in the next Republican ma
tional convention. That's one place
where tariff trimmers and tariff re-
formers are sure of a cold reception
and, if they insist upon it, a hot re-
lection.
The need of the Republican party
for leader who is right on the tariff
is based in the need of the country for
an administration that is right on the
tariff. It has been demonstrated to the
satisfaction of every reasoning and
reasonable American that of all the
things this country doesn't want q
tariff that let's down the bars for the
free Importation of commodities from
abroad, to the detriment of men and
money engaged in American mercan-
tile or manufacturing institution
stands easily first. This is the sort Of
tariff that the reformers, like Cum.
minis, in the Republican party have
either openly favored or secretly
acquiesced in. That is why Cummin;
will play anything but a prominen
part in the national convention of hii
party next year, when none but the
faithful will write the platform and Sc
4 1ect the standard-bearer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-06
REOPENING THE SCHOOLS
BY BRIGGS
By Frederic ]. Haskir

quickly as possible. BY attending
school all year, they complete the
elementary grade in six years instead
of eight. Their health does not suffer,
because the course of study includes
both mental and physical work. When
children desire to take a vacation 1t
can be arranged at any time during
the year because of the flexible grad
ing system. Another advantage of the
Gary plan is that the all-year use o.
the building yields better returns upon
the investment than having it idle dur
ing the summer.
Work is an Innovation
Prevocational work is an innovation
in hundreds of schools this year. A
number of schools in the East Side
section of New York will have five
elective vocational courses available
for pupils in the seventh and eighth
grades. Boys will be taught electric
wiring and installation, printing,
plumbing, sheet metal making and
trade drafting. Girls will learn dress
making, millinery, power machine
operating, free hand drawing and
novelty work. Dance favors, hand
decorated post cards, tinseled trim
mings for cheap millinery and evening
gowns, and many of the light fancy
articles sold in the five and ten cent
stores, are to be manufactured by
these school girls. The proceeds from
the sales are expected to render the
work more than self-supporting.
Every child will have a siX-weeks
term in each of the five vocational
courses, the object being to familiar
ize him with the principles of the
different trades so that he may choose
intelligently the occupation he wishes
to follow in life. AS far as possible,
even the academic studies are ar
ranged to correspond with the voca-
Continued on Page 2.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-06
GET OUT IN THE OPEN

AIOw that the cool, delightful days
~ of Fall are with us, most men
have frightened the buckles in
their working harness a notch or two
and have promised themselves that
they will "go to it with a vengeance"
throughout the coming weeks and
months.
That's all very well, but be careful
that you don't go too far. One thing
that every office bound man should do
every day in his life is to get out in
the open-out where the air and sun
shine make the blood tingle in the
veins and put pep" into the system.
Golf, play tennis, heave an oar or
a paddle on the river basin at the
city's front steps, hike, do anything,
but get out O. doors if you want to
be at your best throughout the hours
YOU are in the office.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-06
BOY
by Wing DinEer

There's a chap down at the office
Who was absent yesterday,
But he came in bright and early
Face all wreathed in smiles-to-day
Asked him what 1t was occasioned
In his soul such seeming joy.
And he answered very proudly,
Haven't you heard? It's a boyw
Gee. there's something makes a fellow
Chesty-sets his brain awhirl-
When youngster comes to his home,
Be it boy or be 1t girl.
Wouldn't take a million dollars
For 1t, but just bet your mon.
That he wouldn't cough up fifty
Pennies for another one.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-06

TIME first of October will find over
twenty million children gathered
- into almost a million different
schoolrooms In readiness for the work
of another year.
Despite the growing uniformity of
the public schools as a whole, many
surprises are in store for the young
sters this week. Uncle Sans educa-
tional experts are constantly making
changes and improvements. They
are dropping many old, routine
methods and substituting new, live
ones. They are bringing the school
more closely in touch with the daily
life of the child.
Decidedly, the most sensational of
these changes, from the small boys
point of view, is the institution in
many cities of the "all year" school,
which originated in Gary, Ind. The
summer vacation, with its long days
of freedom and play, is rapidly be-
coming a memory and tradition.
The news that this latest reform is
coming his way, will probably inspire
no joy whatever in the heart of the
typical American school boy; but.
nevertheless, it will bring him many
compensating advantages. 1t will
mean more freedom for him every
day. II he lives in a city, it will
save him from months of street idling
in his formative years. If he studies
profession, it means that he will be
equipped and ready at rwenty-one in
stead of twenty-four.
This method is being put into effect
in FL Paso, Texas, to provide for the
increase of school attendance by the
compulsory education law. Newark,
n. J., placed two schools upon the all
year basis three years ago. AS a re-
suit, 1t has saved $1,000 since that
time These schools are attended by
foreign children whose parents are
anxious to have them get to work as
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-06
THE TRAFFIC REPORT

TIME city planners have given the
people considerable food for
thought in the traffic problem
proposals they have just outlined
Doubtless these suggestions will have
a great bearing on the fate of the pro-
posed Walnut street bridge loan. Ger
tainly nobody should vote on that
proposition until he has studied care
fully the report of the planning COM
mission thereon.
The planners have reason to be
proud of their efforts. The report
covers the traffic question in Harris
burg as 1t never has been covered. It
looks far into the future. but does not
dwarf the needs of the present in the
vista of the years ahead. Much
thought and intelligent consideration
have been devoted to the matter at
hand and doubtless Council will give
it due attention.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-06
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Judge Ben Barr Lindsey's threat 70
take the warpath with a shotgun and
wade through blood to vindieation has
shocked the East, which knows him
only as a reformer of wild men and
bad boys, an amicable, rotund little
person brimful OF the milk of human
kindness. But the old Adam will out
Ben was born in Tennessee.-New York
sun.
Men are doing the fighting in Eu-
rope-but women and children are pay-
ing the real price.-Allentown Chron-
icle and News.
Speaking of the Washington party
there amt no such thtng.'-Wilkes-
Barre News
Secretary McAdoo has by a mere
stroke OF the pen increased the cash
balance in the Treasury by $4,000 600
The fact that every cent of 1t is pledged
doesn't matter in the least. It'll look
nne on paper anyway-Philadelph
Inquirer.