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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07

American government officials and ac-
cepted after they had found favor in
the sight of supposedly less progress
sive governments. we nave reason
enough to applaud any sensible meas
ure which will enable us to make
the most of our national ingenuity and
which will insure at least SYM
pathetic hearing for the inventor.
Most of the revolutionizing mechan-
isms which have made the modern
army and navy possible, which have
reduced the soldier to the level of a
machinist, sprang from the brains Of
civilian engineers and inventors of the
Edison, Lake, and Wright type.
Naval and military officers developed
their crude instruments of destruction
to their present pitch of deadly per-
fection. 1t is the same in industry.
Pioneer inventions are rarely practical
in commercial sense they must be
moulded into usable form by trained
engineers with minds less imaginative
than those of a Bell or a Morse. And
the history of every one of these in
ventions, whether they relate to new
way of shaving chin bristles or q new
way of blowing a regiment to atoms
at a distance of five miles, is the usual
history of a bitter, hearr-renderlng
struggle against self-sufficiency and
prejudice.
But will a board of inventors be
more sympathetic than a board of
admirals? 1t may be doubted. Ericsson
submitted the plans of his Monitor"
to Napoleon, only to have them re-
jected by Dupuy de LONE. one of the
most brilliant, imaginative intellects
that ever lowered in France. Why?
Because Dupuy de Lone was himself
the inventor of an ironclad. Will an
American inventor of rorpedoes, who
happens to sit on the Daniels board.
view with enthusiasm plans of a
torpedo better than his own?
Inspired by Edison, cne Secretary
of the Navy speaks of establishing a
laboratory in which merlror1us inven-
tions may be tested and developed.
That is the one real constructive sug-
gestion that has come out or this
tumult. There, working under the
guidance of the master minds of such
men as Edison, the great defensive
forces of the country will be devised.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07
THE COST OF THE WAR

TIME end of the first year of the
European war brings with it no
indications that any of the
belligerents are weakening in resolu-
ton or running short of men or money.
review of the financial drain upon
the various countries at war proves
especially interesting at this time,
showing, as 1t does. the gigantic cost
of war.
Excluding Italy, the w1T :oans have
aggregated approximately s15,500,-
900 900 for all the other belligerents.
To this must be added the total in
debtedness of the warning nations at
the outbreak of the war, including the
debts of the several States of
the German Empire, which was ap-
proximately $4,000, 100000, and the
resulting s4S, 500, 900. 900 shows what a
stupendous burden these countries are
now bearing.
The cash expenditures of Gres
Britain are larger than those of any
other country, as service in the army
and navy is voluntary and the pay and
allowances are much higher than In
the continental countries. IN March
the extraordinary expenditures of
Great Britain were stated TO be about
SO, 900 a day, but the Chancellor
of the Exechequer recently stated that
they had reached $15,Uo0,0OO and
were still rising.
The expenditures of the German
Government are probably next to those
of Great Britain. The Government
has realized $8,490, 100000 by means
of two loans, which it is understood
will carry the war into the coming
Fall, but as its expenditures have
been growing, it is probable that they
are now as much as 100000 per
day. Altogether the estimate of s5O,-
000,0 per day for the outlays of all
the governments engaged in the con-
fiict is seen not to be improbable, but
on the other hand quite probable.
The sums are staggering. but they
will shrink into insignificance COM
pared with those that VIII represent
Europe's Indebtedness If this blood
madness is continued for another year
or two.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07
MIR. WANAMAKER's MIRACLES
LKansas CitY Star.1


Mr.. John Wanamaker ought to hire
a good clerk to sift and sort his ideas
They don't hitch up. They are jum-
bled. For example:
1. We should have protested against
Germanys invasion of Belgium; yet we
should recognize its validity by buying
Belgium from Germany and paying
100, 200, 100000 dollars-enough to
make Germany's invasion of Belgium
the most profitable venture any nation
ever entered
2. We should prohibit world trade
and put a Chinese wall of tariffs and
embargoes around us; yet we should
resent any effort to keep our ships and
commerce and people off the seas.
3. We should labor always for
peace; yet we should assume that Ger
many insulted us in her notes on the
Lusitania incident and should resent
these insults.
Just how Mr.. Wanamaker would ac-
complish his miracles, even If they
weren't conflicting. is not clear, either.
Mr.. Wanamaker had better hire the
clerk to set his ideas in order.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07
LUs1TANIA INSPIRES A SONG
Welsh Singers Who We're Survivors
Sing It In Chautauqua
[From the Brooklyn Eagle.l

from Lne bTOOhlyA GdSlSsJ
The members of the Gwent Royal
Welsh Singers have reorganized on
account of the loss of three OF their
number in the Lusitania disaster, The
organization returns to fulfill engage
ments on a tour of chautauqua meet
ings in the West that will take the
singers to the Pacific Coast.
The most striking feature of their
repertoire is a poetic and musical COM
position descriptive of the scenes that
followed the Lusitania's sinking after
receiving a fatal wound from the Ger
man torpedo. Both the verse and the
music of this composition were written
by T. Risca Williams, a baritone singer
OF the organization, one of the five
survivors.
1t was while Williams and his four
colleagues were singing Nearer, MY
God, to Thee" abide With Me"
Praise God. from Whom All Blessings
Flow" etc, in response to the requests
of men. women and children who were
escaping with them on raft after the
Lusitania went down. that he obtained
the inspiration for the poetical and
musical composition.
This Is scheduled on the program as
"The Loss of the Lusitania." Its sing
ing requires about fifteen minutes, and
those whose have heard 1t pronounce
it both beautiful and stirring.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07
10 the Editor of the Telegraph:

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Marysville, Pa, Aug. 5, 1915.
1 was surprised to see in your paper
this evening a letter to you by G. A.
Herring, of 2130 Penn street, asking
who should fear God as described by
the Christians He also stated that in
the light of modern science you can
not believe the dogma of Christianity.
To the first question l wish to say that
any man who has any intelligence at
all will admit that there is a Supreme
Ruler. History tells us of Him, his
tory tells us of Christ, history tells us
that He was the Son of God. To deny
Christ we must deny history.
To the second question modern
science also teaches of God. Let G..
A. Herring go to our leading universl-
ties and find out what they have to
say.
What has infidelity done for the
moral uplift of the world? 1t cannot
compare with the gospel of Christ.
Facts are facts. The best men OF
our day are Christians. Any man who
does not believe the Bible and in the
God the Christians uphold, surely
needs an intellectual house cleaning
Any brainless man can deny it, but il
takes a man of intelligence to believe
and understand the Bible.
Yours,
THE REV. C. A. PARSON,
Marysville, Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07
ENCOURAGING INVENTIONS

n TUCH is expected of the newly
Nl constituted national board of
invention and doubtless much
will be realized, but, as Waldemar
Kaempfrert managing editor of the
Scientific American, points out, good
results will depend most likely not so
much upon the encouragement of in
ventors as the encouragement of in
ventions.
That inventors should be encouraged
no one would be foolhardy enough to
deny. When we remember that the
Maxim machine gun, the Wright flying
machine, the Janney n-elevating
mechanism, the Lewis gun, Harveyized
armor--to mention only few great
Inventions -- were frowned down by
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07
NOT VERY ENvIoUs
By Wing DinEer

I envy not the chap who owns
A great big motor car
And has the coin to drive it, friend,
To points both near and far.
I care not that some other chap
Can take a trip to shore
Or lake or mountain to have fun
For, say. Two weeks or more.
1 am not jealous of the one
Who doesn't have to work
AS hard as I. no feelings gainsf
Him. In my bosom lurk-
The only one 1 envy Is
The chap who owns a block
OF nifty shares of Bethlehem
Steel Company's stock. -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07
EDITORIAL cOr1r1ENT

One reason that the Russian army
feels so perfectly free to make a strate-
gic retreat is that 1t has so much
traversable territory behind it.--Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
Herman Ridder characterizes the
German reply as Sound" and for once
we find ourselves in full agreement
Columbia State.
Mr.. Won Jagow SENS to have thought
that what we wanted to know especi-
ally was how wicked England is-Ohio
State Journal.
can leaders would much rather fight
for Constitutional Government than
to get one.-Chicago Herald.
When Colonel Roosevelt decided to
support Hi johnson, of California, for
President the Johnson forces were
doubled.--New York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Fred T. Chandler, Philadelphia
broker, is in Chicoutimi, Que.
-Ex-Mayor r. j. Black, of Nc
Keesport, is again in politicaklife. He
is a candidate for director of the poor
in Allegheny county.
james NJ. Mckee has been elected
president of the Butler county oil pro-
ducers.
d. N. Craft, of Uniontown, has
returned from Arizona.
William Conner, former legisla-
tor and register of wills of Allegheny
county, underwent an operation at
Pittsburgh.
IT. Dewitt Cuyler Philadelphia
financier, is home from the Pacific
coast.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
BLAMES THE TELEGRAPH

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Dear Sir: 1 wish this merely as a
personal communication. L enclose
a clipping Letter to the Editor" sign
ed by one G. A. Herring. While 1
perfectly understand that letters to
the Editor" are printed with the writ
er's responsibility assumed, yet 1 can
not refrain from taking exception to
your printing in a respectable news
paper such atheistic, ignorant, Chris
tian-insulting jargon. I feel that
every decent citizen of our community
would voice the same opinion, and
hence 1 feel that it is a pity to let a
fool and an ignoramus have the honor
of space in your columns. 1 remain,
Very truly yours,
T. B. JOHNSON.
Z 1o16
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07
The Heart Appeal

All of us marry sooner or later
and some-both sooner and later.
Which is just another way OF
saving that all the great aims
of life center about the making
of home.
ANY news that helps the home
is good news and interesting
news.
That Is one reason the adver-
tising columns of a live news
paper like the Telegraph are
such good reading.
There is a personality to the
sive chord in the average heart.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07
SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST Z.

The toGy to make the best of any sit.
atdtion is to make it better.-Cope.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07
TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE

circumstances may alter cases but
they do not alter international law. as
Germany and England are now finding.
Japan is as good friend as she is
a staunch enemy. She is now giving
to Russia the big guns she turned on
her few years ago in the Russian
Japanese war.
Napoleon Bonaparte has been ap-
pointed Russian military attache at
italian headquarters. And now we
know there is nothing in a name.
1t is reported that Villa is coming
to this country to reside. He might
take the house next to Bernstorff and
thus save the secret service men watch
ing two places.
The man with a criminal bent is
naturally a crook.
We seem to be getting quite a
roast in this Frye case.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07
Our Daily Laugh

BY NO MEANS.
Do you believe
matches are made
in heaven?
Not the kind
where the heads
fly Off every time
you light 'cm.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07

This is hardly a fair statement of
the case. For instance, it might be
easily possible to have a volunteer
corps in the high schools, just as
some courses are elective in the high
schools. Beside, the compulsory school
age does not reach the high school.
Even those who are for peace at
any price" cannot deny certain value
physical, mental, or even moral
to military drill. Nobody should de-
preciate the work of those men who
have given their lives to the upbuild-
ing of the character of boys in mill
tary institutes. To act together, to
act promptly, to obey orders - all
these may constitute the best of train
ing for young men. All this has a
value wholly outside of war. 1t has
nothing to do with unwilling con-
scription.
Enforced military service of grown
men bears the same relation to mill
tary discipline of willing students that
stoking a furnace bears to building
ones own campfire in a forest. The
successful military school has SYM
pathetic teachers, men to whom the
end of the work is character er-build-
ing 1t deals with boys at that age
in which order and obedience furnish
the best lessons. 1t is as far away
as possible from the atmosphere of
barracks and brothels. the chief fea-
lures of the idle standing army. This
a corps as the Telegraph recommends.
Knowing how to use a gun is one
thing. and carrying it about con-
tinually is another. That is mainly
the difference between national pre-
paredness and a big standing army,
which nobody in his senses wants.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07
DO YOU KNOW
DO YOU KNOW?

That Harrisburg is sending quite
q few people to the Panama-Pa-
cific Exposition?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07
THAT MILITARY CORPS

A CORRESPONDENT. in a Ions
"A letter to the Telegraph, object
ing to a recent editorial in thi;
newspaper urging the organization OF
a military corps in conn ection with
the Harrisburg high school, says:
You cannot get away from the
fact that such a corps as you sug-
gest would be a step toward COM
pulsory military service, for edu-
cation is compulsory in this State
and therefore the drill which you
recommend would be compulsory.
You are evidently one of those who
stand for a big army in this coun-
try Of freedom from any but yolun-
tary military service and 1 tell you
that is a step toward acknowledge
ing the failure of liberty as we
know 1t. England is facing that
condition right now through some
fault of government or of her peo-
pie to feel the patriotic thrill that
has always sent our own young
men to arms when needed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07
Battle From Train

of $4,000 people. Here the revolu-
tionists got their first taste of Yam
kee fighting. They met the incoming
train and started battle. The Amer
leans had machine guns mounted on
the front of the train and they NOW
ed their way into Leon with them.
Revolutionists were killed by the
score. So deadly was the fire of the
Yankee guns that the men took to
their heels
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07

The man with a criminal bent 1
naturally a crook.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07

We seem to be getting quite
roast in this Frye case.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07

Farmers at the city markets this
morning said that the loss to the
cornfields as a result of the storms
that swept over the State lately will
run very heavy and that one of the
most promising crops will be seriously
curtailed in some sections Whole
fields in this district have been beaten
almost flat,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-07

Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building.
New York City. Hasbrook, story &
Brooks.
Western Office. Advertising Building.
Chicago, ILL.,, Allen & Ward.
The Meeker herald., 1915-03-13
csuIdn~ Fssi Him.

Sir Thomas Dewar, Sir Thomas Lip
ton. Kennedy Jones and one Of the
Armours Of Chicago were yachting Oh
the Scottish coast and landed at a
good sized village. They found a big
general store there and visited It. Lip
ton asked for some Of his tea and was
told grumy they kept q rival brand.
Dewar had the same experiences when
he asked for q bottle Of his whisky.
Kennedy Jones, then one Of the impor-
tant men on the London Mail. was
told the store handled only the Lon
don Telegraph.
After the men left q man who was
In the store said: 'You were pretty
rude to those men. Don't You know
they were Sir Thomas Upton. SIR
Thomas Dewar. Kennedy Jones and
one Of those Chicago Armeusef'
"Huh," the merchant repiied. II 80
they have fooled you. but they cart
fool me. Likely enough they were
planning to steal something. but they
got no satIafaction from me "-Sat1s.
day Evening Post
The Meeker herald., 1915-03-13

the next presidential election. feel q
strange citation. II Mira B0wssr stays
Q month l shan't kjck.
.Wsdnssdsy.-Was ont late iast
1iGht u the Rabbit club. When Il
came u O'Clock did not have to grab
for ny hat and overcast and rush for
homs and wonder what Afs. BOwDsf
was going to say.
AT midnight several member e.
pressed surprise that had not d.
parted gave them to understand
that no wife could run ne
AT O'Clock several other fellows
cams around aud said they hoped my
staying wouldn't ssad 10 divoeca l
told EN- didn't care bow burned
quick MFs. Howser applied fos 0ne.
.Homs at 2 In the morning. No one
leanlns ovss the banister ~ opened
the front door. No one 10 remark the
hour and say that such carrytngs ON II
my age were shameful. Didn't have to
creep upstairs like thief. Didn't have
IN take anything on but my coat to 81
into bed
Thursday. - No sarcastic hooks q
words at the breakfast table this morn
ing over my being out late last night,
and never enjoyed q breakfast better.
No one To ask me for money. No one
10 caution ~ NOT to buy balloon u
. diamond mine during the day. Took
IN vaudeville show. Never knew b.
fore that there was 20 much fun IN
them Roars Of laughter from start 10
finish sauntered around the town b
moonlight after the performance. Net
Q cop that | knew. and be chuckled
and poked ne In the ribs and said
was = xay old boy. Home some tims
IN the morning Didn't even have TO
oake my coat Oh to 90 to bed. II
makes me mad to think Of the ysars
have wasted In undressing.
Cook said she was awake at 4
O'Clock In the morning and heard some
one coming upstairs. ! easily convinc-
ed her that she was mistaken. This
= life. this h. By thunder. why does
any man ever marry1
"Frsday. again last night !
cannot tell the reader what . relief It
b for me to pot on my hat and coat
aftef dinner and walk out without BE-
ting Questioned and cautioned % hurry
right bark
Went to . bowling alley. Went 10
q club Dr0pped In to zee the moving
pscturea Hadn't one single thought ot
the house. No chiIfs went creeping up
my back ~ ! thought Of Mn. BOwsef
meeting me In the hall and saying that
she was glad We had NO son to follow
In his fathers footsteps Thought the
cook might have a0De remark to make
At breakfast. hut on the contrary she
RAve me Al encouraging smile When
] woke up ! found that was fully
dressed. evss to my shoes. but I never
slept better In my nfe America b
noted for rapid transit. and yet mil
Hons and millions Ut people win spend
The Meeker herald., 1915-03-13
Risnt - ths psInt.

One Of the shortest summings up on
record b believed to be that delivered
BY the mte Commissioner kerr a. the
Old Bailey In Z case where q man was
charged With being IN the uuiawsn.
possession Of guild watch and chain
The appearance Of the prisoner ces
tatnly did not correspond with the "
climate possession Of such costly orua
mentr. but he asserted his innocence Of
the charge and declared that he had
found the watch and chain ON the
pavement The Judge looked lat the
man In the dock and then At the men
In the box "Gentiemen Of the Jury.
be said. 81 have walked over the pave
ments Of London DURING the last fort.
yearr. and I've never found COLO
watch and chain there yet Consider
your verdlctr' .
The Meeker herald., 1915-03-13
4 RESTRAINING HAND.
~ Ast,sn Wss Fsiisssd BY . velss
That Warned

~ Aet,sn Wss Fslisvssd BY . velss
That Warned.
patrick n. McCarren once told Of Q
funny incident that happened IN
Rome" said Brooklyn lawyer. NC
Cafren said that On bis 6rst visit 70
Rome. utter hs had seen the E oihssum
and the Forum. be visited Nhe Ara
Coeii church. on the left Of the Capi.
toline hill. He climbed the grand
stairway leading to the church. the
finest open air stairway In the world.
He pushed back the heavy leather cur
tain. and. entering. be found q service
In progress. 30 be put his bat On the
marble door at his stds and took .
seat
.After ten minutes or 70 be decided
he would 60 and reached down for his
hat But q restraining hand was laid
The Meeker herald., 1915-03-13
II, Fr.neh FersIsn Legion.

No other regiment In any existing
army underRoes such Spartan training
n the French Foreign legion. When
at their headquarters. Sidi.bei.Abbes.
the DICTIONARIES are marched oif for oc
casional training trips Of 800 miles o.
more. in continuous daily stages OF
twenty four miles. with only I'VE min
utes' halt every si1 miles. General de
Eegrier. who commanded them IL
Madagascar. said. '.Some soldiers eau
6ght: the segtoparies can die" Their
rss.Ufd shows how they fall In action
In the Crimea. In Mexico lighting fos
Macmillan and IN Spain their losses
wers enormously heavy. Ut 1000 10
gionar,es sent to aid Queen Christina
in ltt,a against the Carltsts. only 6tN
returned 10 Algeria.
The Meeker herald., 1915-03-13
Hi. New Aesu.int.nes.

When John D. Rockefeller's motor.
car stopped In front Of 4 store In Yon.
kers the other day Thomas Murphy. a
iabOrer. recognized the occupant Of the
car. As Mr.. Rockefeller sat watching
the crowd Murphy went up to the
auto. and. stretching out his hand. ex-
claimed:
"Put her there. John. old manr'
Mr. Rockefeller started. smiled and
then shook hands and chntted with
Murphy few minutes until the foot
man came out Of the store As Mr..
The Meeker herald., 1915-03-13
Msrs enc ,.s Moisture.

Science now seems to bold that the
moisture In the atmosphere OF Mars b
not uniformly distributed which We
had right to expect bot also that. on
like the earth. whose tropical air n
laden with moisture. bot whose temper
ate and polar regions are comparatively
dry. Mars has little moisture at the
equator. while the water vapor IN
creases very largely near the borders
Of the snow cap. II 10 therefore the
evaporation Of moisture from the melt
Ing snow which repienisbes the dry
air Of Mars With IL aqueous vapor.
The poles are the storehOuses OF the
water supply on Man. There are 20
equatorial oceans and therefore no
source Of supply W evaporation under
= tropscal sun. To the polar snows
MARI must look for IL water