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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg has not had as
many conventions this year as
usual?
AN EFFECT OF WAR

[From the Pittsburgh SUM-
That one effect of the European war
Will be to create a new market for
American harvest machinery is indi-
Gated by the reports that come from
italy. 1t is said that the harvest there
Is sure to be large and that it cannot
be handled lin the old, laborious and
slow hand way, for there are not
is estimated that in Italy alone $500
600 eaper would be required. AS a
result machinery will have to be en-
ployed, and the one place in which the
different kinds can be procured is in
the United States. Once the natives
and their prejudice against It Is re-
moved IL will mark the beginning of
a mighty change in southern European
agricultural methods.
AS Is well known, the farm work
now not only in Italy but in the Bal
kan states, in Hungary, Croatia. Dali
malta, In southern parts of Austria. as
well as in many sections of France,
most of the farm cultivation and the
crop harvesting is done by hand. The
ground is prepared by hand. men and
women engaging in the work, and the
growing crops are cultivated by hand,
as is also the final harvesting. Finer
fields or better examples of intense
than in parts of the countries named.
There ara or rather were enough peo-
pie to prosecute the work. for things
were done leisurely and everyone was
content. Now. with most of the able
bodied men at the front and not enough
women at home to properly handle the
crops, something extraordinary is re-
quired. and that is the forcible intro
duction of American harvest machin-
cry. Once tried and mastered, the old
style farming is doomed. and that will
be a good thing for Europe-and Incl
dentally for America.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
BORROWED BATHING SUITS

From the Phila. Evening LEDGER
Every little while some city official
goes clear out of his way to hunt for
trouble. Just o it's DR.. Ziegler on
the danger of strange powder puffs.
He not only tells the vacation girl to
stop using friend Gertie's rice powder
when her nose is in danger; but, once
and for all, he puts the ban on the
borrowed bathing suit.
The motive is all right: but when
will these philanthropic public SER
wants learn that human nature is hui
man nature? Gertie and Annie are
going to trade clothes and cosmetics
to their dying day; and it's quite pos
isble that the next world will heal re-
marks such as, Lend me the loan OF
you halo-polisher, Emily"
When good DIR. Ziegler says that a
shiny nose is better han lumbago, ap-
pendicitis or any of the other myriad
consequences of borrowed powder
puffs, he simply displays his abysmal
ignorance of the eternal feminine. >
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
RIFLE THAT SHOOTS
AROUND 4 CORNER

A rifle that shoots over the parapet
while the user sis in comparative safe
~ in the trench without necessity for
exposing himself to the fire of the
enemy Is a late invention brought out
by a well-known sportsman and de-
scribed. with illustration, in the June
Popula Mechanics Magazine. The
feature of this invention is that the
rifle is held vertically while the pro-
iectilh is fired horizontally. This is ac-
.complished by a curved DETECTING tube,
fixed to the muzzle of the gun, that
changes the course of the projectile
from the vertical to the horizontal as it
leaves the gun. In spite of the enor-
nous friction that must accompany this
change of direction, the tube, as shown
bv actual tests. is not subject to eX-
cessfve wear, while the effective range
OF a rifle equipped with this device is
between 100 and $50 yards.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
RICHMOND TINIEs-DIsPATCH

"It is Wilson, not Bryan, who strikes
to-day the note to which the hearts
of the American people respond, and
with which it beats in general SYM
pathy. The nation is with him. II
here and there are dissenting voices,
they are drowned in the great surg
ing chorus of national approval. In
the support that has been rendered
the President there is neither party
nor section. class nor creed. East
and West, North and South. it is uni
versal and all-embracing. At this
crisis of our fortunes. in the presence
OF this menac to our happiness, our
safety and our honor. even Mr..
Bryan must share national aspira-
ton. oppose r~esolutely every further
invasion of our rights-or stand
aside"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09

project itself far into the politics of
the future and result in as wide a
breach in the Democratic party as the
circumstances that led to the Repub-
liican split in 1912. and with just as
disastrous results from a party stand
point. The President n Mr. Bryan
were thrown together by political &C
cident. Their views were never in
harmony. In many instances their
opinions were at wide variance. When
the President paid his political debt
by naming Bryan to head his cabinet
the press of the country united in
wondering how long the relationship
would continue. Nobody expected
that it would last throughout the four
year term.
1t would not be surprising IL Bryan
were to become a candidate In oppo-
sition to the man whose nomination
he was largely instrumental in pro-
curing at Baltimore. If so, the end
OF Democratic administration at Wash
ington will become even more appar-
emit than it is now.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
CLEAN DRINK Or o

tFrom the Phila. Evening Ledser1
When the liquor men of Pennsvl-
wanna banned the cabaret they took
a Dig step toward the salvation of
their interests in this State. But when
they declared that these breaches OF
the license laws were responsible for
the local option and general prohibi-
tion waves" they told a half-truth not
so creditable to their perspieacity.
mere are a dozen other sinister fea-
lures of the liquor trade which have
raised this fierce distrust. The caba-
ret is only one. If the men who have
invested their millions in the brew
houses and distilleries of America
want to save their bacon. they must
make a clean sweep of the adventi-
tious corruption of their business.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
KANSAS CITY JOURNAL

Coming as a elimination to events
of remarkable Importance in our rela-
tons with Germany, this ruction in
government cannot fail to have
a very marked effect abroad-more
so. perhaps, than the circumstances
really warrant. II Germany takes
consolation from the incident by con-
STRUNG it as an indication that the
American people are not 'solidly be-
hind the President it will be wholly
without justification. Mr.. Bryan as
Secretary has failed dismally so
up to the standard of states
manship traditional to hat high Of
fee. Thus far, it is currently be-
lieved, in all the bigger affairs of the
Administration he has been a drag
and a h~indrance to the President
rather han a help. and it may not be
too much to say that President Will
son is to be congratulated that the
opportunity for securing a really able
adviser was not longer delayed"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
WORLD WILL NOT srARvE

IFrom the Lewistown Journal
In the eighteenth century Nautilus
foreboded that the world would starve
to death for var because means of
subsistence would soon be overmatch-
ed by population. Nautilus did not
reckon with scientific agriculture, with
the capacity OF an acre of land to pro-
duce twice and thrice the ordinary.
Notwithstanding the worlds war. it
looks as IL, next Fall, wheat would be
81 pei cent. cheaper than it is to-day.
BY the use of electric tools on farms
as we'll as in shops, production is
cheapened, while in use of phosphates
production is multiplied. Last year
this country produced five times more
farm crops than in 1879. We have
several millions of idle acres capable
of cultivation or less than 20 per cent.
of acre capacity is now under cult
walton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
COMPLETING IMPROVEMENTS

ITHE three Republican city coun-
cilmen who voted yesterday to
postpone indefinitely action on
the resolution to discharge on July l
all of the engineering force employed
by the Board of Public Works on i'm
~provement work were justified in their
action.
1t was clearly brought out that the
improvements. now in their final
stages, should be completed by the
engineers who are familiar with all
the details. Furthermore, the city en-
gineer reported that IL the force is
dismissed and the work transferred to
his department he would be compelled
to hire the engineers so discharged,
because they are best qualified to SUI
pervise the completion of the con-
tracts. Thus an adoption OF the reso-
luton would have served only to
transfer the expense from the Board
of Public Works to the office of the
city engineer. No saving would lave
been accomplished and considerable
confusion and embarrassment would
have resulted. 1t would have been
purely a case OF robbing Peter to pay
Paul.
Perhaps the percentage of engineer
ing expenses is high, but that, as the
Board in its very complete and concise
statement shows, may not be a fair
basis for judgment. The city has
saved by the employment Of expert en-
cheering advice hundreds of thou
sands of dollars and contractors have
been held to strict accountability. 1t
is true beyond dispute that the con-
tract prices for work lone in Harris
burg have been uniformly low and the
quality of the construction is unusual
ly high. All this must be charged up
in favor of efficient engineering meth
DDS and the saving thus effected de-
Quoted from the sur expended for
this purpose.
Men familiar with the york should
be in charge of the closing up of the
contracts. Thousands of dollars are
Involved and if the final settlements
were to be made by persons who had
not every detail of the several inn
lprovements at their command it
might be easily possible for the city
to lose far than the compare
lively small amount that will be neces-
sary to keep the engineers at work
until the middlesof August. by which
time, with favorable weather, the whole
Improvement scheme will hav been
completed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
LEADER

"The resignation of william J.
Bryan as Secretary of State is a dis
tinct and important victory for strong
and thoroughgoine A~mericanism. II
is a triumph of the outstanding and
vigorous elements in the national life
of this Republic. Mr.. Bryan steps
down and out because he has not
agreed with the President and high
err members of the Cabinet in regard
to the controversy with Germany and
the stand taken by the Administra-
ton. He retires because he found
himself hopelessly out of harmony
with the sentiment and convictions
of the great majority of the people of
the United States"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
WORLDLY WISDOM

From the Philadelphia Bulletin
The person with A charitable dis
position can find a lot to put up for.
A small boy doesn't have to saw
wood TO develop an appetite.
III a man has any good points ad-
versity is apt to bring them out by
the roots.
A married mans idea of heaven
Is a place where his wife's folks won't
bother him.
This is a strenuous old world at
best, but the other side of it seems
TO be a little more strenuous than
usual this Spring.
-Untidy women are always ask
ing for a pin to fasten something on
with.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
PeI;EG ;n
Pe~~e4L0~i0
BY the Ex-Committeeman

Pennsylvania Democrats were thun-
derstruck by the resignation of VIII
liam Jennings Bryan. but there is no
question but that they will decide to
stay where their bread is buttered and
will stand by President Wilson. Bryan
has been accepted by the former gold
bugs because he became part of the
Wilson administration. but the ad-
miration and eulogizing of him has
been more or less forced. although
furious at times for effect.
It is probable that the resignation
OF the Secretary of State will precipi-
tate such a condition of affairs in the
Democracy thai the meeting of the
state committee to select a'national
committeeman to succeed A. Mitchell
Palmer will be deferred until later in
the summer. The scheme was to have
1t in July, but State Chairman Morris
Will decide to wait to hear from the
people again.
One of the amusing things about the
resignation of the secretary has beer
the manner in which the machine
press has denied that such a thing was
possible. Only a few days ago machine
organs declared that people who talked
and wrote hat way were scuttling the
ship or else were working up trouble.
1t will be interesting to watch the
Dauphin county Democratic commit
tee next week. Herr Moeslein has
declined to be a candidate for re-
election as chairman on account OF
advancing age" C. w. Rubendall
of Millersburg. is a candidate.
Among the speakers at the State
Bar Association meeting is t. be John
c. Bane, prominent Western Penn
sylvania lawyer, who will talk on the
modern attacks on the governmental
forms. MI. Bane was formerly very
active in Democratic State affairs and
is well remembered by many in this
city for the vigor with which he used
TO press home his arguments.
The Allegheny county Washing
committee is waiting to see if it is
worth while to keep on the map.
Some of the leading spirits do not
seem to have gotten much satisfaction
out of William Finn and are inclined
to let things swing by themselves for
awhile at least.
A strong movement for the re-
nomination of Judge E. A. Reppert
has been started in Fayette county.
He is very strong in that county and
since his appointment by the Governor
has received many assurances of sup
port.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
COURIER

THE resignation of Secretary Bryan
will no doubt be regarded M be
treated as a more or less sensational
event. For this reason ii is regrettable
that it should take place at a critical
stage of our relations with Germany
and with Mexico. But at a time like
this all Americans. men Of all parties.
should put behind the temptations to
mix up domestic politics with foreign
relations. And why should a dis
agreement between a President and
a Secretary of State over a question
OF mere method in dealing with a
foreign country with a view to use
Mr.. Bryan's words. of reaching q
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

DIR. J.. n. Morgan, the new presiA
lent of Dickinson. is one of the counS
try's prominent Methodist laymen.
R. w. Tener. brother of the for
mer Governor. will become a suburban
resident of Pittsburgh.
Judge A.. 3. Reid, of Pittsburgh,
has gotten after constables who do not
obey the court. One constable has
been ordered for trial.
j. X. Blake, prominent in the
Spanish War Veterans state organ
i~zation, is a prominent Wilkes-Barre
lar
Congressman J, NJ. NORM. OF
Pittsburgh. is taking a prominent part
in the convention of the State Eagles,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
DEMOCRATTC CRIsTs NIPENDs

TIME resignation OF Secretary Bryan
from the Cabinet promises to
be Of far less importance inter-
nationally than in the affairs If the
Democratic party. In the judgment of
many, the Democrats are now facing
a crisis somewhat similar to that with
which the Republican party was CON
fronted when Taft and Roosevelt fell
out. In many respects. politically,
Wilson holds the same relationship to
Bryan that Taft held to Roosevelt,
and Bryan bids fair to become even
more radical than ever. while VIII
son has displayed recently a tendency
toward that conservatism usually to
he observed in second term candidates
bent upon bringing as many diverse
elements to his colors as may be pos
sible.
Dispatches from Washington pre-
dict that the break between the Presi-
dent and his Secretary of State will
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
GET OUT

GET OUT
TT o know what is good for you,
get out into the open these days.
Take a walk along the River Front
or through Reservoir Park or Wild
wood-any place, just so you are out.
The air is filled with the bloom of
Spring, the atmosphere is as tranquil
as the fragrance of a rose and the
sky is as blue and as gentle as 1t was
when in your boyhood days you used
to lie on the grass and watch the sum
mer clouds float by. After the rain
and the cold of the past few weeks the
change is unusually pronounced.
There is a great uplifting influence
in a beautiful day. You will be better
morally, spiritually and physically for
a walk in the open. your mind free
from the cares Of the work-a-day
world and open to a smiling Spring.
Every flower breaches a sermon.
every bird sings its sons OF praise. All
one has to do is to open his soul to
the joys of nature. He is a narrow soul
who prefers his easy chair these days
and evenings to a tramp amidst the
luxuriously growing things hat make
all outdoors a riot Of color and frag-
rance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
ABOUT HARRY LAUDER

Harry Lauder has many popular
songs, but none more popular than It
Love a Lassie.J The story of how IL
came to be written is worth relating.
a provincial theater one day, when he
was handed a letter that had Just ar
rived from his wife. "A lady's hand
writing" said the messenger. II sup
bose you love the ~lassies, Harry2"
I'm fond of them ALL" laughed Mr.,
Lauder: but there's one lassie | love.I
The sentence stuck in his mind; and
humming the words, 1T love a 1assie"
And later on these words blossomed
into one of the most popular songs
tina ave ever been sung before the
public.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
PITTSBURGH GAZETTE-TINIEs

1T is a great relief to the people of
the United States and President Will
son. 1t puts Mr.. Bryan just where he
belongs. He never was fitted for the
place. He has not filled it with dig
nifty, ability or satisfaction. nor yet
with fidelity. For the first time in his
life in a position of genuine RESPONSE
bility, he has been but a cheap imita-
ton. He has been largely a sordid
seeker after jobs for deserving Demo-
Gratis of the Bryan breed, and for the
gate receipts of country fairs, side
shows and Chautauqua circuits"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
STATE COLLEGE EXCURSION

TINE excursion of Pennsylvania
IL farmers to State College, in
which thousands from Dauphin
and surrounding counties are p%artici-
paing. is entirely without precedent in
the history of agriculture in Pennsvl-
vanis. For some years it has been the
custom Of State College to provide a
special week OF instruction for farm
ers and their wives during the Christ
mas holidays. but never before dur
.tng the ~ when corn is to becul-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
BOSTON GLOBE

Mr.. Bryan's move will doubtless
do much to impress upon the Ger
man Foreign ONCE the seriousness of
the situation in that it causes a most
unusual disruption of the American
Cabinet. His resignation shows how
paramount an issue in America is the
dispute with Germany. Mr.. Bryan's
move will strengthen the Presidents
hands. At a critical time he will have
a united Cabinet, which will assist him
upon the course on which he has
started without annoying him with
impractical suggestions"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
BALTIMORE

without paying too much atten-
ton to Mr.. Bryan at his time, it may
be said that the country will feel a
sense of relief to have the affairs of
his portfolio definitely in the hands
of Mr.. Lansing and the head of the
nation relieved from a hating and
undeterminate influence in the pre-
mier place in the Cabinet. His re-
tirement crystallizes yet more firmly
the American sentiment for the policy
of the American President"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
RETIREMENT OF SECRETARY OF
STATE BRYAN IS POPULAR

peaceful solution of problems be re-
garded as a reason why the people
should hesitate for a moment to sup
port their President, whose lot it is,
again to quote Mr.. Bryan, to speak
of1cially for the nation At this time
the wise, patriotic course to pursue is
to stand by the national spokesman"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
WORCESTER, MASS, TELEGRAM

Uncle Sam gracefully accepts con
gratulations. Colonel Bryan has re-
signed from the Cabinet. He does not
like the las note prepared in answer
&c the German latest. The Democratic
fog about Washington is a little thin
ner with the Nebraskan Colonel ELI
minated. The act of resigning was
one of his best. The movies have
not caught anything 81 good for a
long time. Mexico will applaud be-
fore long, and that will make ii
unanimous"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09

Counselor to the State Department
and one of the foremost authorities on
international law in the world. Mr..
Lansing has been most conspicuous in
the work of framing President Will
sons second note to Germany on the
submarine warfare being waged by the
Kaiser's navy. He has been in con-
slant consultation with the Chief Ex-
ecutive. discussing the proper choice
of phraseology and terms included in
the second note and attended the en-
tire session of tho Cabinet meeting, in
which the Presidents advisers con-
fined their attention solely to the Ger
man controversy. This latter is an ex-
trcmely unusual occurrence. as none
hut the Cabinet officers and the Presi-
dent attend such conferences except
when some momentous question is IN
der consideration
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
WORTH WHILE
BY Wins DIneer

Recollect that weather
Not so long ago
When 1t rained like blazes?
Yes you do. / know.
You and 1 were kicking
Cause II rained so hard
And the joys of Springtlme
BY the rain were marred.
But when we can go out
Days like this and see
Flowers all around us
And especially
All the handsome roses
It's worth while. / say,
Every now and then to
Have a rainy day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
FROM THE PHILADELPHIA REC
ORD

A a champion of pacific principles
Mr.. Bryan, by resigning rather than
sacrifice them. will commend himself
to the advocates of peace at any price,
who are not just now conspicuous for
their numbers. But a. a patriotic
American he has placed himself in a
very difficult position"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS

THE resignation of William Jen-
nines Bryan is an event of great mo-
ment and one with comparatively few
parallels in American history. In spite
of the unpopularity Mr.. Bryan has
achieved during his incumbency, it
is somewhat unfortunate that the
break is any way founded upon diff
f~erences of policy which have an in
ternational bearing. To close OBJ
servers of Administration affairs the
retirement of the Secretary of State
was merely a matter of time"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
EFFECT OF RIGID DIETARY

From the Springfield Republican,
Boiled thistle leaves are said to be
one of the main items on Albanian
menus under present conditions. Some
one had probably been eating some of
these when Prenk Bib Doda was named.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
Maybe He Meant FurIopa.

lFrom the Cincinnati Times-Star.l
We hate to doubt weather bureau
statistics. but 1t becomes absolutely
necessary TO our independence of mind
When forecaster DevereauX says that
only "a inches of water fell in MAY. He
must mean fathoms.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09
CHICAGO HERALD

Probably for the first time in his
public career, William j. Bryan will
find the people of America practically
unanimous in favor of something he
has put forward-his resignation from
the Cabinet"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09

General obregon is said to have OBJ
tanned considerable military success by
use OF the hollow square" Probably
modelling his tactics after the condition
of his stomach.