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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02
THE NAVAL RESERVE
BY Frederic J. Haskin

back. Uncle Sam had taken no plains
to keep in touch with his efficient and
Well-trained fighting men.
So the department has set about its
double task to correct the impression
that reserves may be taken away from
their tasks in time of peace, and of
hnding those who have left the SER
vice. Admiral Blue has in course of
preparation a letter which is to be
handed each man with his honorable
discharge. 1t will set forth the many
advantages of becoming a member of
the reserves. He is arranging a pub
licity campaign which will seek to ac-
quaint the men already out of the SER
Vice with the advisability of joining
the reserves.
That conditions may be made so ad-
vantageous to the man on the reserve
list that almost no discharged man
Will fail to maintain his position upon
It, each is given the privilege of re-
signing at any time he sees fit. So
is 1t arranged that under no condi-
ton will a membership in the reserve
necessarily interfere with any career
upon which a former navy man might
embark.
Advantages Are Many
The incidental advantages to the
men are numerous. If they enlist in
the reserve and at any time later in
life want to return to active service
they get all the advantages of a con-
tinuous service record which otherwise
would have been broken into by the
period of private life. Special oppor-
tunities are offered for these naval re-
serve men to win commissions as Off
GERS in the lower grades, the depart
ment being impressed with the advan-
tage of having a long list of eligible
men of this sort in case of war.
But there are even more practical
advantages than these to the discharge
ed men who join the naval reserves
The Bureau of Navigation has recently
turing organizations that they have
positions open for hundreds of men.
and that they would be ready at any
time to give the preference to honor
ably discharged men of the navy who
are members of the reserve. These Of
fers came unsolicited, and suggest to
the Bureau of Navigation the possibil-
ity of placing members of the reserve
in good positions. 1t has been def
nitely decided that this securing of
employment for the members will be a
feature of the work.
The terms of the service have been
made so easy, and offer so many prac-
teal advantages, that it is expected
few will retire hereafter without
pledging themselves to serve in time of
war. So may twenty or thirty or forty
thousand thoroughly trained men
eventually stand as an important as
set to the nation in case the great
emergency should arise.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02

was under consideration. It may now
be too late. American producers and
American workingmen will be fortu-
nate, indeed. If they escape the results
of the Democratic experiment of free
trade which involves the breaking
down of the protection wall that must
now be restored under the guise of an
economical readjustment by those who
were responsible for the trouble.
Perhaps the most favorable symp-
tom of the whole matter is the fact
that President Wilson and his advisers
are willing now to admit that a great
mistake has been made and that
means must be taken to escape the
Inevitable consequences.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02
THE Navy Department has just
completed its arrangements for

TINE Navy Department has just
completed it's arrangements for
the development of a reserve of
men who have had service and upon
whom it may fall back in time of
war. Within a few weeks an active
campaign will be inaugurated which,
it is expected, will result in from co.
900 to 10000 men who have sailed the
seas on American battleships signing
up with the department that they may
be subject to call If the great emer-
gency should present itself.
Legislation that makes this possible
was passed at the last session of Con-
gress. For six months now the man
who retires from the navy has had
the opportunity of joining the reserves,
and receiving a long line of benefits.
But only a hundred men have come
forward.
Admiral Victor Blue, chief of the
Bureau of Navigation of the Navy, is
in charge of the upbuilding of the
naval reserve, and has recently set
ing more rapidly. With $4,000 eligi-
BILE former navy men scattered about
the country, and with nearly a thou
sand of them retiring from the SER
vice every month, there must be some
reason for the failure of the reserve
to develop into handsome proportions.
Admiral Blue has been looking for
that reason, has found it, and is sup
plying the remedy.
The law which Congress passed Gre
ating the naval reserve provided that
members of 1t may in time of peace be
required to perform month of SER
vice each year The law said may"
and not must" This left the matter
of such service at the discretion of the
Navy Department. When the depart
ment sought for the reason of the
nonenlistment of retiring men in the
reserve it found that they were averse
to tying themselves up so that they
might be required at any time to leave
their civilian jobs and render a period
of service. That might mean the loss
of their positions. This stumbling
block is to be remedied by a ruling of
the department. Tt is soon to an
nounce that reserves will be called
upon only in time of war.
Can't Locate Them
OF all those youngsters who have
passed through one or two enlist
ments and have then left the service,
the department has the address of but
a handful. When they left their ships
they gave addresses to which mail
should be sent, but those addresses
were usually temporary When the
department wrote them that Congress
had create a naval reserve which Of
fered them regular stipends of money,
and a chance for active service in case
of war, nearly all of the letters came
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02
y PREACHER OF THE PLAINS
kansas CITY Starr1

The Rev. Isaac Hosey, the cowboy
preacher who died the other day in
Depew, Okla, was one of the last of a
type of preachers who We're the prod
uct Of the old wild days of the back
woods, the frontier mining camps and
cow ranches They were fighting
parsons. No other kind could exist
on the border in those wild times.
Pete Cartwright, Methodist circuit
rider in the Middle West for fifty
years, was one of that type. He
preached fifteen thousand sermons and
baptized twelve thousand persons in
Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee in
an early day. He was a fighting
parson" who used to leap across his
pulpit occasionally and whip a rough
disturber of his meeting. There were
many of those fighting parsons.
In his youth Hosey was a cowboy
and as trough as they make. EN-" He
became sincerely converted and start
ed out to preach the gospel to the cow
boys of the plains. At first he follow
ed the advice of st. Paul to Timothy:
And the servant of the Lord must
not strive; but be gentle unto all men,
apt to teach, patient"
But this did not well fit his case, for
the cowboys were in the habit OF
shooting off their pistols while he was
preaching and thus breaking up his
meetings, and so Hosey sought for an
other Bible text that would justify him
in keeping order and found 1t, also in
st. Pauls advice to Timothy:
Resist the devil, and he will flee
from you"
Hosey was seven feet tall and unus-
ually powerful. He could whip his
weight in wildcoats." In a COW camp
he would get up behind his pulpit
often an upended feed box, open his
Bible, lay his long barreled 6-shooteI
across the pages of the sacred Word
and say:
Boys this is my meeting, and I'm
going to run it. I've got a message
for you and I'd like for you all to stay
and hear it. If you don't want to hear
it and be peaceable. go now, for / sure
will make it hard shedding for the man
who starts anything here tonight
Now let us pray"
He had many a fight, and he always
won. He was gentle as a woman, too
and many stories are told of how ten
derly he nursed sick cowboys and OF
what sacrifices he made in their be-
half, for his religion was sincere and
he lived 1t as he knew 1t.
The rough men of the plains came
to love him and he led thousands OF
them to be better men. He was good
soldier of the cross, he fought a good
fight" and has gone to his reward.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02
WILSON AND THE TARIFF

DRESIDENT WILSON, we are as
sured in dispatches from Wash
ington, plans comprehensive in
ments of all points at which the in
terests of the industrial and financial
life of the United States may be
affected by the war in Europe. We
are further assured that means are to
be provided to prevent flood of cheap
products from Europe on the Ameri
can market at the end of the war.
Manifestly, President Wilson is hav-
ing his eyes opened to the defects of
Democratic tariff legislation and now
proposes to do what he can through a
Democratic Congress to readjust the
economic conditions so that the people
OF this country may not suffer further
loss by an avalanche of the cheap
labor products of Europe.
OF course. everything will be blamed
on the war. but businessmen and
manufacturers and the army of indus
trial workers of the United States will
not be deceived by any demonstration
at this time to conceal the real effects
of the free trade experiment.
Throughout the consideration of the
present tariff measure manufacturers
vainly endeavored to prevent the
adoption of schedules which were in
the interest of foreign manufacturers
and importers and against the inter-
ests of the United States. All the
theorists were given a full hearing
while the men with experience had
the doors shut in their faces. Now the
problem of preventing the flooding of
our markets by the dumping of ac-
cumulated products of Germany and
other industrial nations among the
belligerents after the declaration of
peace the President believes to be of
primary Importance. Most business
men will wonder why the flood gates
were not erected when the legislation
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02
CIVIC CIuR ACTIVITIES

TURING the coming winter the
IL Civic Club will outline its i'm
portant activities for the next
year and it may be assumed that the
good work Of these intelligent, public
spirited women will broaden their
sphere of usefulness wherever pos
sible, Only those who have followed
the activities of the club realize how
much good 1t has done in many
ways. Much of the work has been
modest and along quiet lines where
only a few knew what had been ac-
complished, but throughout the years
the foundations of civic betterment
have been laid deep and what is being
done year after year will count
throughout the generations to come.
The Telegraph has endeavored to
sustain and support the Civic Club in
all its splendid work and this. news
paper would be glad to have a share
in the movement that has been sug-
gested from time to time looking to a
thorough organization of the city for
the promotion of a more general cul-
tivation of flowers and plants in win
dow and porch boxes. Harrisburg
can be made unique through a.
widespread cooperation of all the
people and this cooperation may
easily be had through a general pro-
gram that will invite the aid and sup
port of the people in all sections of
Harrisburg. 1t would not be difficult
for the leaders of the Civic Club 30
block the city in such a way as TO
form groups In every section, these
groups to have a simple organization
with officers to whom the members
would look for guidance in their work.
For instance, it would seem to be
comparatively easy to interest the
residents of given territory in the
placing and planting of window and
porch boxes along harmonious lines
In this way whole streets might be
decorated in such a manner as to at
tract the attention of all visitors and
create an interest in floral decoration
among our home people.
This would not involve great expense
and would harmonic community eff
fort OF course, the plans would
necessarily be worked out during the
winter so that with the opening of
Spring the boxes could be placed and
the flowers planted.
For several years the Telegraph
Building has been decorated from
top to bottom with boxes of flowers
on window lodges and these flowers
have attracted wide attention, having
been the subject of comment in a
number of leading magazines through
out the country. The blocking of the
city for community cooperation would
not require much time and the several
subcommittees to supervise each block
could be chosen from among the good
women of each locality. These com
mittees could obtain the names of all
residents and obtain their aid in work.
ing out a general plan of decoration.
II would be wise certainly to treat each
block or consecutive blocks of houses
in harmonious fashion so as to obtain
the best results.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02
UNPREPAREDNEss IN 1870
[Kansas CitY Star. ]

The game is pretty near up"
Washington wrote to his brother In
the midst of the Revolution. 1t would
have been quite up if France had not
come to the aid of the American cause
in order to settle with England on its
own account.
The unpreparedness of the colonies
did not deter them from bringing on a
war which they were not equipped to
prosecute. Unpreparedness doesn't
prevent war. 1t makes IL humiliating
or prolongs 1t.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Fred T. Chandler, Philadelphia
broker, is making arrangements for
a big banquet to the winning Phila-
delphia team.
George w. Guthrie, American am
bassador to Japan, will be the Presi-
dents personal representative at the
coronation of the Mikado.
w. H. Donner, active man in
Pennsylvania and Cambria Steel, has
taken a residence in Philadelphia.
C. D. Barney, Philadelphia bank
er, has returned from Put in Bay on
Lake Erie, his summer home.
Ex-Governor Pennypacker, who
appeared in court with his arm in
sling, insists he will return to his
duties this coming week.
Walter Wood, Philadelphia iron
man, is a vice-president of the Amer
lean Foundrymen's Association.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02

out the business wherever possible.
The interest in the contest has
spread beyond the immediate confines
of the three counties and the friends
of Judge Woods are concentrating
their forces In order to meet the on
slaught of the enemy from the OUT
side as we'll as the forces of liquor
within the district. Having served as
a State Senator from the Miffiin district
some years ago, Judge Woods is we'll
and favorably known throughout Gen.
trail Pennsylvania, and it remains to
be seen whether the temperance peo-
pie will overlook an opportunity to
defend one of their champions in an
open conflict.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02
THE GOVERNORS VIEWS

n LII Harrisburg will endorse the
L \ views of Governor Brumbaugh
relative to the development of
the Capitol Park extension area as
expressed through the columns of the
Telegraph yesterday. The Governor
went into this important subject at
some length, but his thought on the
matter was summed up in the follow
ing closing paragraph of the inter
view:
/ have in mind the greater Har-
risburg of the future and the
greater Capitol of the years to
sSo1d be ana so ReSe as e svs
to this city and to this Common
wealth the very finest setting for
delightful park for the enjoyment
and enlightenment of the people
who reside here and who from time
to time come here.
That is precisely what Harrisburg
has had in mind ever since the incep-
ton of the Capitol Park extension idea
and the people of the city are delighted
that there is in the gubernatorial chair
at this critical period man of high
ideals and whose broad vision extends
out over the years that are to come
and takes in a prospect of the city as
ii ought to be.
The Governor asks for the CO.
operation of the city, and he will have
it. He and the other members of the
Board of Public Grounds and Build
ipgs will find the Harrisburg Planning
Commission and Harrisburg people in
general with them heart and hand in
this great project
One of the interesting suggestions
thrown out by the Governor is the
possibility of union passenger station
fronting on the new park. Such a
depot has been talked of for years, but
has never got past the rumor stage.
II ever the plan is to mature, it must
be within the next two or three years
The development of the park extension.
must be harmonious. and, as the Gov
ernor suggests made along permanent
lines.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02
TELEoRAPH'S PERIScOPE

Heaven is a place where news
papers are printed without typo
graphical errors.
It's strange but true that when the
political pot begins to boil somebody :
sure to get roasted.
This military touch" of which
the fashion magazines are talking ism t
SO new. For years and years women
have known how to make a rolling-pin
look more dangerous than fourteen
inch gun.
There will be some people heart
less enough to grin over the packing
house prediction that the war will
cause pork prices to go down to
"ruinous levels
What is it that makes a man hang
around when he thinks he may hear
somebody say things about, him he
doesn't like to hear?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02
GIANT WAR HAWK OF THE
GERMAN AERIAL CORPS

War correspondents are describing
the appearance in northern France
of q German battle aeroplane" of the
dual-tractor, twin-engine type which
has all but driven it's enemy from the
sky. A page view of this great ma
chine is feature of the October Popu-
lar Mechanics Magazine. 1t is BIZ
plane of loft wing spread. 1t has
two separate fuselages, in each of
which is installed a 100-horsepower
motor. and between these an armored
nacelle which mounts machine guns.
1t maintains a six-hour patrol safely
out of firing range at height vary
ing between 1000 and 5000 IT. While
awaiting the appearance of prey it
sweeps the sky in broad circles. Then
1t swoops down like a hawk and gives
battle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02

1t is expected that the annual meet
ing of the Chamber of Commerce at
the Masonic Temple auditorium on
Monday evening will be one of the
most important sessions of that body
during the present year. In addition
to the distinguished speakers. who Will
discuss topics of unusual interest, there
will be an election of FIVE directors and
other matters of much interest for all
the members.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02

the
to front
is all fana the in
~ Mrs Boder is
breeches n service
wounded
head
o to
bued to
he of
than anything else I o."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02
SATURDAY EVENING, OCT. 2.

oh send out thy light and thy truth; i;
let them lead me: let them bring ME
unto thy hoEy hill, and to thy taber-
ndcleS-PS. 1873.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02
GODCHARLEs AT HOME

Senator Godcharles has many
friends in the West Branch Valley who
would be pleased to hear of his ap-
pointment to high place In the State
service. If the announcement is made
this week, as is said to be the plan,
these will feel assured that the ap-
pointment is one made on merit as we'll
as availability. - Williamport Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02
EDITORIAL CO1r1ENT

Seems to be use for an international
marine police to protect inoffensive
submarines from malignant liners
Wall Street Journal
The present war will not only
change the map of Europe but also the
European conception of the map of
America.-Chicago Herald.
It's getting so nowadays that a near
sighted man can't tell the difference
between strict accountability and
watchful waiting.-Boston Transcript.
What has become of the man who
used to be always telling us that we
ought to train our diplomats like the
Europeans? s?-Charleston News and
Courier.
Some short sighted persons may re-
joice at the successful demonstration
of sciences power to make the human
voice audible across a space of $500
miles but the thoughtful will be ap-
palled when at the opening of the
political campaign they consider the
possibilities of this dreadful gain. -
New York Sun.
1t seems useless to expect an agreed
statement of fact" from Paris and Ber-
lin.-Kansas City Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02
FEAR OF THE LORD
BRINGETH KNOWLEDGE

Then shalt thou understand the fear
of the Lord, and find the knowledge of
God. For the Lord giveth wisdom: out
of his mouth cometh knowledge and un-
derstanding. He layeth up sound wis
dom for the righteous: he is a buckler
to them that walk uprightly. He
keepeth the paths of judgment, and
shalt thou understand righteousness.
and Judgment, and equity; yea, every
good path-Proverbs ii, to 8.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02
CONTRARY WEATHER
BY Wing Dinger

Amt no use in walking round, folks,
In your snort length b. V. DIS,
Wishing that 'twould get much warmer
And bring comfort to your knees.
Only way to change the weather
Is to don the heavyweight
Then the mercury will fly up.
In the shade. to ninety eight.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02

Harry Rose, of Johnstown, was the
first to reach him.
There is profound dissatisfaction
among the parents because in the
eight minutes which the teacher can
give to each pupil, she does not give
them all a liberal education" is the
editorial comment of the Erie Times,
in speaking of the school situation
there.
The State Health Department pre-
sents statistics showing that in the
month of June there were two births
to each death in this State. This is a
fine tribute to the medical profession
as we'll as to those who appreciate
their responsibility to humanity.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02
JUST Sc.

JUST Str.
What do you
think of these
h ere summer
furs?"
IT. 3 carrying
things pretty fur.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02
Our Daily Laugh
a LONG TIME.

a LONG TIME.
Willie: Y o u
once said you'd
love me till I was
an old man.
Lulu: Yes, but
I never thought it
would take you
so long to get
old.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02
Can't Locate Them
The State From Day to Day

Wilkes-Barre Is about ready to put
the new jitney ordinance into effect,
though the owners of the same are
fighting strenuously against 1t. One
of the features of the ordinance is the
required filing of "a bond amounting
to $2500 or casualty insurance double
that amount.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02
DO YOU KNOW

That hundreds of people from
distant counties are visiting the
State Capitol on special excn-
sions?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02

Undying fame has come to a Johns
town boy who performed the much
to be -envied feat of ripping the pants
from the president of the Sophomore
class at the University of Pennsylvania
in the famous annual bowl fight" The
Sophomore president is surrounded by
hundreds of his class and the Freshies
attack him with the full intent of re-
moving the garments mentioned
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02

The big Lancaster County Fair at,
tracted on Thursday sixty thousand
people, the greatest crowd ever gath
cred at an agricultural exhibition in
that county.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The site of Lochiel furnace used b.
be an Indian camp.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-02

1t seems useless to expect an agreed
statement of fact" from Paris and Ber-
lin.-Kansas City Times.