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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-14
LOVE FOR WOMAN PUTS ITALY
ON ALLIES SIDE IN GREAT WAR

Alice Robe writes from Rome: Be-
hind the diplomatic plots which have
landed Italy in the war there was one
struggle not chronicled in the green
book. It was the struggle between a
man and a woman.
THE man was Giolitti, former prime
minister, who at the eleventh hour
plunged Italy into a surging sea of
neutralism. The woman was Queen
Helena herself-the Queen of Italy, the
Princess of Montenegro, who has been
using all her influence over the King
to counterfeit the Vaccinations of Gio-
litti, the neutralist.
The world knows that to the King
of Italy the deares thing in all the
world is this beautiful Montenegrin
princess. For her country by marriage
to take up arms against her fathers
country has been a tragedy hanging
over the head of the lovely Queen.
Love of a woman has decided the
fate of nations many times. While di-
plomats were working for the fall or
the reforming of the cabinet the wo-
mans direct influence was at work in
the Villa Savola. Italy's entrance into
the war means the triumph of a
woman's love-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-14
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE SUNDAY EXCURSIONS
of the Telegraph /,

To the Editor of the Telegraph.
Apropos of the discussion on Sun
day excursions, l fail to see that there
can be any material harm resulting to
anyone from the desire to enjoy recrea-
ton on the Sabbath day. The average
person works six full lays of each week
Sunday comes as the one solitary
day Off" Why should anyone with
altruistic and %brotherly feeling deny his
neighbor the right to take an occasional
pleasure trip on the only day granted
him for his own use?
Concerning strangers" coming to
our city by means of Sunday excursions,
I consider it a splendid medium for
advertising the home of the Capitol. We
need not fear the strangers. for there
are no stranger" people in other near
human being is the same everywhere.
Who takes in the Sunday excursion?
Is it the person who spends several
months in Europe, takes a voyage TO
the Bermudas, enjoys a vacation of two
months touring the West or some 9TH
er distant place? Foolish question No.
person who hasn't been born with a
silver spoon in his month, the person
who anXiously awaits the Sunday ex-
cursion with the few dollars that he
something OF this old world on which
he is made to exist. Take away the
Sunday excursion and he will take his
pleasure trips anyhow over Sunday
when he has the desire and the neces-
sary cash, for he then gains a day and
loses not so much time from his work,
but then you are compelling him to pay
much more for his trip. Let US not
forget that THE Sabbath was made
for man and not man for the Sabbath"
C. A. S.
June IL, 1915.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-14

LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN
the Post Office at Harrisburg, Pa, for
the week ending June ~. 1915.
Ladies' List-Mrs. Ella Bailor, Mrs.
Emma B~alsbach, Miss Helen Boak, Miss
Lula Boswell, Miss. Sarah Bowman, Mrs.
Ellis, Mrs. Julius w. Erickson, Miss
Myrtle Evans, Mrs. Louis Forman, Mrs.
Katie Garrett Miss Catherine CASTOR,
L LIilpa G SDiIer'' B Mss e GT r. " G Mrs' Emma mTs;
Heckend. Miss Clara Herbert, Miss Het-
chel, Miss Hetricks,. Mrs. G. Holmoran,
Cathrine Johnson, Mrs. Marsmie Jophy,
Leach, Mrs. Leonard c.: Lewis. Miss
Dorothy Lucia, Miss H. s Marsh, Miss
Mccormick; Mrs; S: MitrGle: Miss
Edith Pierce, Edna Reed %. L., Mrs.
Harry Rily, Miss E. c.. Smith. Mrs.
Francis smith, Miss Catherine Taylor,
son Mrs. JAG Williams, Miss Carrie
Yingst.
Gentlemen's List.-Dr, ]. w. Andsley.
Baker, Albert w. Becker. Albert Bitt-
ner, I. W. Block, Charles II. Borman,
j. w. Bounds. Samuel M. Bowrmaster,
Burns Mi M, way ". ytta G s 5. A p. SS c&ans;na =; +.
Warren L. Clark. William Clay, f. S.
Campton, Y. b. Crawford, "; d. Crump
fp' b h # Harry PEofa Dsyine Isaac 9, F Eis RewiSs.
Frey, Charles o.. Garnes CD John
Charley Garnes, Mr.. George, VIM. A.
Green, oscar Grimes, Roger Hager. G.
G.. Hamaker, w. w. Harness.. Harry
Helm. James Hesiles, John Hoffman,
Mr.. and Mrs. William b. Hoke, Harris
Hoyt, r. A. Huber, Howard G. Huber.
]. w. Hurst, E. C. tanker, Ed. Johnson,
L. r. Jones I'd. Ii, Thar Karotz. Robert
Keller, Mr.. and Mrs. John Koch, Albert
Marlatt, James w. Maston, Pierre Math-
ers, George S. Miller, Charles ]. Moller,
VIM. H. Mumper. Edgar o. Oeters, Leon
ard Powell. Master Edgar Singer ca,
A. Smith. Edward Smith. M. Stance. F.
A. Stevenson, Simon Slime, c.. T. Stuart,
II. B. Tietrich. W. l. Titlow, e. o, Tur-
ner, Ph. G.: c. r. vandelin; William
White. ID. L., John. H.. Wilmer. c. A.
Woodbine, r. n. Wright, f. A. wyers,
L. W. Yost. j. F. Young.
Flrms-Golden Rule Cutlery Co.,
s. G~rumbacher & Son, HArrah Manu-
featuring Co.. Ideal Music Store, Pitts
burgh Construction Co.
Foreign-Mrs. VIM. Mclean, Fagnani
do Marine .Julippo Maerni fu Talestino
Giovanni. Panenrudi Minuoqsete. Malta
di Siovani, f. W. Alfred Smith.
Persons should invariably nave their
mail matter addressed to their street
and number, thereby insuring prompt
delivery by the carriers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-14
THE sTATE AND CANALS

TIME hearing held last week before
Il Governor Brumbaugh for and
against the signing of the Pitts
burgh-Lake Erie Canal bills, is only
one of nan indications that the pub
lie mind is turning toward canals as
a mea of inland transportation for
what is termed in railroad circles
SLOW freight" It would not be sur
prising to find similar schemes before
the Legislature from other parts of
the State in the near future.
The people are just beginning to
realize that Pennsylvania lost a VAL
liable asset and the shippers OF the
State a ean of slow, but CHEAP.
transportation when the canal system.
hat once formed a network over the
State, passed largely into the hands
of the railroad companies and out of
existence.
This is the conclusion that has beer
reached every time experts have ex-
amined the transportation history of
the Commonwealth. but the Difficult
ties encountered by the investigators,
AuS " lAlpGl 4CCI anu lilCOInDlGIG rec
ords with relation to freight classified
ton and tariffs in the early days,
make the proof of the proposition in
statistics by no means an easy task.
So many obscure transactions, condi-
tions and factors of cost and ~calcula-
,tion enter into the comparison be-
tween the freight rates of today and
those of the canals during the period
that witnessed the height of their
prosperity that exact figures are al
most impossible to ascertain. But this
much seems absolutely certain, that
had it been possible for the canal
companies and the railroads to have
been maintained until this time under
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-14
WHAT NEXT
BY Wing Dinger

Bill Bryan ran for President
And lost out in the game
m when he tried a second time
The answer was the same.
And yet a third time did our Bill
Go out to seek renown
But voters set him farther back
And told him to SIT down.
And finally Bill got a job
A good one-when, of State
HI was mad Secretary. DO.
Where he let big things walt
While he went out from town to town
And fowery words did ming
Unto the m~ultitudes. who'd come
To hear the yodlers sing.
But recently when notes were writ
Bill didn't like the way
In which the notes were framed. and
cause
He couldn't have his way
He quit the Cabinet. now he's out,
With State duties les through
And now I'm wiz dering what next
Bill Bryan's going to DO.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-14
TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE

In ordering your dinner don't for
get. that green cucumbers are apt to
make n feel blue.
The man who runs into debt is very
apt to be putting a mortgage on his
Mansion in the Skies.
In Mr.. Bryan we witness the re-
markable example of hardihood that
would attempt to unite the German
and the Prohibition vote.
We are surprised that Germany has
not issued an official warning as to
what the German government will do
to anybody who interferes with the
passage of DIR. Dernburg.
Choose between me and the Pres
ident," says Mr.. Bryan. in effect, and
If he is referring to next year it is
very likely that the country will do
neither.
It may be hat DIR. Dernburg was
called home because the Kaiser's sup
ply of gas at the front was running
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-14
IN CASE OF WAR

NOMMENTlNG upon the posi-
u bility of war with Germany,
the Philadelphia Evening
Ledger bids Americans not to be
greatly alarmed, expressing the
thought tina as we have no army to
send Germany and Germany has no
army which it can send to US, our ac-
tivities in such case would be confined
largely to conhscation of German
property in this country, the blocking
of all shipments from the United
States destined for German consum-
ers, the vitalizing of the allies by
conveyed traffic in the sinews of war,
and the cooperation of our fleets
with those of the allies on the seas.
The German government must real
ize these facts as we'll as we. The
great sacrifice of property hat would
be suffered by the Imperial Govern
war is doubtless one of the restrain
ing forces upon which the President
has been relying in his negotiations
relating to the Lusitania incident.
The great fleet of German steamers in
our waters is larger in aggregate ton
mage than the whole British merchant
shipping destroyed or captured thus
far In the war. First and foremost
is one of the two giants Of the Ger
man mercantile marine, the $4,000
ton V~aterland. of the Hamburk-Am-
erican Company, at New York, great
err tina the Olympic or Titanic, which
could not have cost much less than
$40, OOO, 900. Second in size and value
is the George Washington, 25,570 tons,
! of the North German Lloyd. at New
York, and next in Importance are the
Amerika, 22.622 tons, of the Hamburg
feet and the Kronprinzessin Cecilie,
1868 tons, of the North German
Lloyd, at Boston.
From these leviathans the German
ships detained" here dwindle gradu-
ally down to vessels of 5000 tons or
less-smaller and slower than the
average ships of American coastwise
services. The German-American Pc
troleum Company is represented by
eight tank ships ranging from 10000
to 1000 tons. About o~ne-fourth of the
whole neutrality-suspicious. feet and
one-fourth Of the North German
Lloyd feet is shut up in American
ports open to seizure by our govern
ment. The loss of all this shipping
would be a terrible blow to the mef-
camille sea-power of the German EN-
pire.
.-.
jury to Germany than substantial adj
vantage to the United States. For
these are German ships, built for Ger
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-14

clared the national flag to be thirteen
stripes, seven red and six white, with
thirteen stars in a circle on a blue
field.
According to most authorities the
first flag of this description was made
by Betsy Ross, at her home, No. 2SS
Arch street, Philadelphia, a building
still preserved and pointed out as the
birthplace of our national emblem.
George Washington, acting as COM
mitteeman, submitted the design of
the flag to Betsy Ross, and 1t was
upon her suggestion that the stars
were made of five points, as in France,
instead of six points, as in England.
In 1875, after Vermont and Kentucky
had been admitted into the Union, two
stripes and two stars were added to
the flag. The War of 1912 was fought
under such a flag, and it remained in
this form until July 4, 1918, when the
stripes were reduced to the original
thirteen, and the stars increased to
one for each State.
These changes also brought about a
rearrangement of the stars from the
circular to the present group forma-
ton. For a time the constellation was
depicted as one large star, thus sug-
costing the motto, e Pluribus Unum:
lone formed of many" The red,
white and blue colors in the flag were
inherited from England and Scotland.
and the stripes from Holland. The
combination of stripes, colors and
stars, was an American idea. The red
in the flag has been interpreted to
mean defiance to all forms of tyranny
and oppression, the white is indicative
of purity and charity, while the blue
represents justice and fidelity. In the
American navy a special flag Is dis
played during the Sunday religious
service-a square. pennant of white,
charged with a blue cross emblematic
of faith, and this is the only flag that
is permitted to fly above the Stars
and Stripes within the. proper juris-
diction of the American Government
In it's present form, thirteen colonial
stripes and one star for each State, the
flag represents the American nation
as 1t was at its birth, as it is at the
present time, and betokens what II
may be in the future when other
stars shall have joined the constella-
ton. Read to-day by Michael E.
Stroup at Flag Day exercises.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-14
GINS" OF A SUBMARINE

There are few persons outside of the
navy who have ever seen a submarines
mersible craft built for the United
States navy are all provided with these
lateral rudders, but when the vessels
aIe a. nnder water the Ans are foided
back into recesses in the sides of the
hull.
The purpose Of these planes, which
are shown clearly in a remarkable
photograph published in Popular Me-
chanics Magazine, is to aid the SUBJ
marine to rise or sink on an even keel.
an angle is avoided in submarine prac-
tice as much as possible.
The lateral ms are attached to the
they may be rotated to give a planning
effect either upward or downward, at
any angle, and folded away when not in
1faa
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-14
DOUBLE

THIS is Flag Day, a doubly impor-
tant anniversary because just
fifty years g to-day the Star
Spangled Banner was restored to its
proud place as the recognized emblem
of the reunited North and South.
Peace was restored in the United States
after four ears of internal strife. The
Union was re~-established on a basis
that has made it the most stable gov
eminent in the world.
How the rancor of that great con-
fict mas been er~adicated by the soften
ing influences of time and how good
feeling has taken the place of family
discord is best shown by the formal
presentation to-day of a flag by the
Historical Society of the State of Ala
bama to float from the flag peak of
Independence Hall. The letter accom-
panying the emblem shows not only
how friendly are relations between the
States. but how intimately the history
of States north and south, east and
west, is related. This letter says that
the society Not only presents the flag
in memory of the fftieth anniversary
of the close of the Civil War, but as a
memorial to DR.. Edward Brooks. for
mer superintendent of schools, to
whom the people of the country are
indebted for the origin Of Flag Day,
and Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh
for his splendid work accomplished
Twenty-Five years ago in organizing
the public school system of Louisiana"
Thus. also. does the South set US
an example of the ann and spirit
with which Flag Day should be cele-
brated by the nation at large.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-14

TINE history of the American Flag
began with the landing of the
Mayflower in 1920. The first
colonial flag was known as the
Kings Colors," combining the red
and white crosses of England and
Scotland upon an inner field of blue.
During the memorable struggle of the
colonists to establish themselves, var
ious attempts were made to evolve a
general flag, emblematic of their
cause, but nothing definite resulted.
The animating sentiment of the
fathers of the republic was that of
freedom, and in support thereof the
word Liberty" was emblazoned upon
many of the flags employed in those
early days.
So great was the prejudice against
England and the ~trappings of royalty
that the use of the Kings Colors' be-
came intermittent, and was finally
discontinued. Similar prejudice de-
veloped against the crimson banner
Subsequently adopted by the Mother
County, and known as the Cromwell
Flag" In the year 1907 the c~olonists
selected a red flag as their ensign,
bearing in the upper corner the green
symbol of a pine tree on a white field.
This banner was in popular favor for
many years, and is thought to have
been the one carried by the Americans
in the battle of Bunker Hill.
In 1II5 a flag was designed for the
Continental army n navy, showing
thirteen alternate stripes of red and
white. corresponding to the number of
the colonies, with IN azure field in the
upper corner bearing the red cross of
ST. George and the white of st. An
drew. This was the beginning of the
flag of Stars and Stripes. In this form
1t was hoisted by General George
Washington over his headquarters at
"a m hrihUp Mo ccan hIGatfc TonrorN,
/, 1875. The same pattern of flag
was raised by Lieutenant John Paul
Jones on his vessel, the "Alfred"-its
first use on a man-of-war.
The right of freedom was pro-
claimed by the %colonists on July 2,
1875, and, two days later, on July 4,
the Declaration of independence was
adopted. In response to the demand
fora banner more representative of the
aims n ideals of the new country, on
June IA, 1777, n hundred and thirty
eight years & to-day, Congress de-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-14
FLAG DAY

UnfurI our banner, let 1T fly
TIL blue meet blue against the sky
And On the air a Nations prayer
Shall reach the Throne of Grace on
high!
Then call the children from their play.
Tell them the story of the day
When might was downed and right
was crowned
And this, their flag, won right of way.
Let every head uncovered he,
Let reverence bow every knee!
A cheer for it, n tear for it,
And death for TT If that need be-:
ANNA H. WOOD.
For the Telegraph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-14
TO MAKE MORE COINS

To provide ingots for making one
cent and fve-cent pieces, which are be-
ing coined in larger quantities every
year, a new casting machine that turns
out ingots weighing more than five
times as much as those heretofore used.
has been placed in service in the United
States mint at Philadelphia. In con-
nection with this machine larger rolls
for forming the plates from which the
coin "blanks" are cut are also being
used. the whole purpose of the improved
equipment being TO turn out more coins
in a day. How important this is, is
shown In the fact hat cash year there
is 20 a demand for approximately
100. 900. 900 one-cent pieces and 60.000,-
900 hve-cent pieces, or "nickels." =
From the June. Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-14
THREE-PIECE POWER BOAT

For the -vacationist or sportsman
who wants a comfortable power boat
for fishing, hunting, or recreation.
and needs to transport it to some out
of-the-way camping place where boats
are Otherwise unavailable, a three
piece craft which may be packed in
a small crate and shipped easily, is
described, with illustrations, in the
June Popular Mechanics Magazine.
1t is 16 #. in length, has a 46-inch
beam, and is made of cypress. When
the seats are removed, the three Sec
lions nest together, leaving sufficient
room in the crate for a pair of
"knocked-down" oars, the seats,
an cupboard motor, and whatever
ropes or anchor chains it is wish
ed to carry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-14
EDITORIAL cOMf1ENT

The shortage of ammunition in Rus
STA must be making the poor fellows at
the front regret all those bombs they
used to waste so lavishly on the Gar.
Boston Transcript.
If 1taly's ambition to bring all Ital-
ian soil under the Italian flag persists
there will come a time when France
Will not be so glad to see Italy show
fight as she is noW.-St. Louis Repub-
lie.
When the theorists have finished their
learned dissertations at the Pan
American Conference we would like to
suggest that the way to trade with
South America is to trade with her
Boston Transcript.
After all the complaints about de-
tentton of cotton-cargoes, 1t seems sur
prising that the real owners can not
be found to receive payment from Great
Britain. We need to consider under
hand as we'll as undersea tactics. -
Wall Street Journal.
German War Expert Says Italy VIII
Only Delay Nictory.-Headline. Lay
observers will find it difficult to be-
lieve. that the Italians, gel If they
should fail to aid the Allies. can be of
any real ~hindrance to them.-Philadel-
phia North American.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-14
JEFFERsoN's TEN RULES

Never put off until tomorrow what
you can do to-day.
Never trouble another for what you
can do yourself.
Never spend your money before you
have earned it.
Never buy what got don't want be-
cause 1t is cheap. -.
Pride costs more than hunger, thirst
and cold.
We seldom repent Of having eaten
too little.
Nothing is troublesome that we do
willingly.
How much pain the evils have cost
us that nav never happened!
Take things always by the smooth
handle.
When angry, count ten before you
speak; If very angry, count one hum
dred.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-14

A leading Chicago book store reports,
Howard D.. Wheeler's Are We Ready?"
as most in demand of any of the So
called war books.
Houghton Miffln Co. report second
impression OF Fritz Kreisler's -Four
Sharpe's "The Whole Year Round" and
the Visitors Edition of Joel Chandler
Harris Uncle Remus and His
Friends"
A Spanish edition of Roland G.
Usher's "Pan-Germanism." translated
by Fernando Duran, is now on sale at
the Biblioteca Corona, Madrid.
Miss Jessie Rittenhouse. editor of
been asked to deliver a course Of lee
lures next year at Columbia Univer-
sity on Modern American Poetry. A
house is now at work. will be published
this Fall by Houghton Mifhin Co.
dealers, have ordered editions of the
HoTghton MifdIn Co: "DoodIes', By
Henry Herbert KniSbs, and *" BY
Mary Roberts Rinehart.
The following books will be publish
ed May 20. by Houghton Mif1in Co.: "A
Life OF Ralph Waldo Emerson by Os-
car W. Firkins; Writing an Advertise
Mystery" by Allen Upward, and Para
disc Found" a short play by the same
author; and Bronson Alcott,s Fruit
Endicott Sears. OF all that has been
written regarding Alcott's Community
experiment at Fruitlands.
William Lindsey's drama, "Red Wine
of Roussillon," which was announced
by Houghton Mlfhin Company for pub
l%ication this Spring, will not appear
until Fall.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-14
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Governor Brumbaugh said in a
speech at Allentown on Saturday: We
governors are but a part of the passing
show"
-Charlemagne Tower is on an auto
mobile trip to New York State by way
of the Delaware valley.
Senator Henry s.. Washers. of
York, has been elected vice-president
of the State Launderers' Association.
e. j.. Cattell. the Philadelphia city
statistician. addressed the graduates at
Temple University.
james B.. Hughes, of Bellefonte,
the oldest graduate at the Prince
ton commencement.