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THIEVES ROB PoRCHEs

Thieves on Tuesday night visited the
homes of II. c. Quigley, E. b. Bing-
ham and Walter jenkins, all of whom
reside in Eighteenth street, near
Derry. At the Jenkins home they stole
a velocipede, at the Bingham home a
large fern was taken from the front
porch and rubber plant was stolen
from the Quigley porch. Milk has fire.
quently been stolen. The residents
have evidence which they believe will
lead to the canytctton Of the thieves.
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DAM READY FOR
RIVER REGATTA
Remaining Slabs in Place by
Labor Day; Fill Gap in
Creek Invert

Finishing touches will be added to
the city dam across the Susquehanna
at Dock street just as soon as the
river recedes to a stage sufficiently low
to permit the placing of the remaining
thirty or forty concrete slabs.
The work will be pushed along as
speedily as possible in order that the
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COKE PRODUCTION FALLS

Connellsville. Pa, July 81. - Hot
weather and a scarcity of labor re-
duced coke production in the Con
nellsville region during the week 10
$4,000 tons. a decrease of 6 1000 tons
when compared with the preceding
week. At times it was impossible to
secure enough men to draw ovens, and
$50 were shut down.
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May Never Recover Bodies
of Gas Explosion Victims
By Associated Press

Cleveland, Ohio, July 81. The pos
sibility that the city may be compelled
to abandon not only search for bodies
of workmen still entombed in the
water works tunnel here in Monday
nights explosion, but all further work
on the tunnel itself, loomed here to-
day as the result of investigations by
L. NJ. Jones of Pittsburgh, govern
ment mining expert. Jones believes a
gas well of uncomfortable proportions
has been uncovered under the bead of
the lake by the explosion
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Mother Who Drowned Her
Baby Dies at Hospital

Alice Gutshall, aged 26 years, 2147
Atlas street, who one week ago at her
home drowned her 1S-months-old
baby boy in bath tub, and then took
several bichloride of mercury tablets,
with suicidal intent, died this morning
at the Harrisburg Hospital
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SIGNS A PORK" BILL


Washington, July 27. - President
Wilson to-day signed the rivers and
harbors appropriation bill carrying ap-
proximately s42,000.000. Most of the
money is to be spent on existing i'm
(provement projects.
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GEN. JAMES c. LEE DIES
BY Associated Pr

New York, July 27. - Brigadier
General James C. Lee. United States
Army, retired, died at Lake George,
N. Y, yesterday. He was so years old,
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BLACKLIST NOTE OFF
Rn Ar.nrintr1 prnsr

Washington, July 81. A note tc
Great Britain objecting to the black
listing of American business firms a.
an Invasion of neutral rights" wa
cabled to London late last night b
the State Department.
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ASK REPRIEvE FOR EASEMENT
BY associated Press

London, July 27.-A. deputation of
Nationalist members. of the House of
Commons have presented a petition,
signed by thirty-nine of their col
leagues. asking for a reprieve for Sir
Roger Easement. whose execution is
set for August 8. Premier Asauith
promised to give careful consideration
to the petition.
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FLOOD LIGHTS
ON THE 'BASTN''
Jovian League Enlists in NAVY
AMI Co-operates For Great
Carnival

illumination of the Susquehanna
basin" during the night of the
Labor Day regatta will be in the
hands of electrical experts if the sug-
gestion adopted to-day by the Jovian
League of Harrisburg be carried out.
The League, TO a man, enlisted in
the Greater Harrisburg Navy de-
cided to enter such a float as has
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BIG STOCK INCREASE
~ .4ssoeiated Press

Trenton, n. j., July 27. = The pub
lie Service Corporation of New Jersey
to-day filed notice that it proposes to
increase its capital from $25, 1000, 900 to
S50,O0O.0OO. -.
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OLD MEN AND STRIKE-BREAKERS
BOTH RUN CARS THROUGHOUT DAY

New Wage Scale and Improved Working Conditions Agreed
Upon by Railways Directorate and Committee of
"LoyQP Employees; Orders GiUen to Recrew Cars;
Additional Suburban Lines Opened Up; Big Union
Demonstration Planned For Tonight
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FOUR WARSHIPS
PATROL PATH OF
BRITISH CRUISER
American Boats Haunt Allied
Men O. Warsmen Who Await
Sailing of U-Boat
DUCKS
Captain Koenig Makes 1t Evi-
dent That He Isn't Planning
to Sail So Soon
By Associated Press

Norfolk, Va, July 81. - The arm
ored cruiser North Carolina and three
destroyers just outside Cape Henry
near the allied warship patrol line
worked slowly up and down to-day
close to an English cruiser.
supplemental reports on the mys-
terious appearance OF an unidentified
British cruiser within the capes Mon
day night were being prepared by
naval officers here to-day for the Navy
Department.
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Dublin, July 26. = William Butler
Yeats, the poet. has sent a letter to
Premier Asquith appealing for Glenn
ency for Sir Roger Easement. Mr..
Yeats says American friends have in
formed him that the executions in Ire
land shocked American public opinion.
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Two Cruisers Sighted

Beaufort, NJ c., July 27. - Two
allied warships appeared off Beau
fort inlet last night following reports
that the German merchant submar-
inc Bremen was headed this way
Nothing was seen or the submarine
but the warships continued their pat
rol to-day, cruising about Is miles
off shore.
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COUNCIL TAKES HAND IN STRIKE

COUNCIL TAKES HAND IN STRIKE
HARRISBURG - CITY COUNCILS SHORTLY
BEFORE 4 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON WENT $
INTO CONFERENCE WTTE PRESIDENT FRANK B. /
1IUssER OF THE HARRISBURG RAILWAYS COM T
PANY WITH a VIEW TO SETTLING THE TRoL- !
LEYIGENs STRIKE SITUATION IT IS UNDER s
? soOD THAT MAYOR MEALS PRESENTED THE !
PROPOSED NEW AGREEMENT OF THE MEN !
; THE SESSION WAS HELD BEHIND CLOSED
DOORS.
FAKERS SOLICIT UNION MONEY
Harrisburg Strikers session at their headquarters
this afternoon passed resolution asking the public not to
give funds anyone claiming to represent them unless
the person shows union card union badge or other
proper credentials It was reported to the men this after
that unauthorized persons were collecting money s
under the pretsnae of giving it 20 the strikers.
100000 FOR SOLDIERS RELIEF {
Washington, July 27.-An appropriation of 100000
for relief of dependent families men in the or
ganized militia and regular army service in the Mex
emergency agreed by the Senate to-day
amendment the army appropriation bill
ARREDoNDo AND POLK CONFER s
Washington, July 27.-Eiseo Arredondo the Mexican
SOaSS"uoT ueSisnHt conferred tocay with Acting Secre
tary Polk It is understood he discussed matters =
and still without final instructions from his govern
m0nt regarding the plan for naming joint commission to
adjust border difficulties. G
KILLED AT STEEL MILLS {
stsslton. Charles Pierce, 5gsd l9 years $40 swatars
street steeeon employed locomotive crane at til,
Bethlehem steel plant instantly killed this afternoon al
l3O He blocking the with timber when his foot
slipped and he plunged head FIRST to the tracks fractng
his skull The young mans father was killed in similar
manner three years ago. s
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STRIKERS WILL NOT INSIST ON FORMAL
RECOGNITION OF AMALGAMATED, MAYOR
TO TELL MUSSER; WAGES RAISED 2 CENTS

Division 7O9 Asks Cys Chief Executive to Take Up New
Agreement With Company Officials; Thorpe and Me-
Loughlin Make Joint Statement in Which Plea Is Made
That Jitneys Be AlIowed to Remain in Operation
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General Conditions


The slight depression that was CEN
tral over the Susquehanna VAL
ley, Wednesday morning, is now
central over New England, NOV
ing slowly nOrtheastwnrd. 1t has
caused showers in New England
and in New York State in the last
twcnty-four hours.
Slight falls of = to degrees have
occurred In temperature in the
Southeastern States and in West
Nebraska, Northern Colorado and
n few other points in the West.
Elsewhere temperatures have
risen slightly.
Temperature; n. M, 76.
sun; Rises, 4i59 n. nj; sets, Z ;23
d. m.
MoonI New moon, Saturday, O:15
u. IN.
River Stage: 60 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature, SO.
Lowest temperature, II.
Mean temperature, az.
Normal temperature, 75.
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Denies Presence of Cruisers

London, July 81. - At the Admir-
atty to-day it was stated that no in
formation had been received there re-
garding the reported mysterious visit
made at night of a British cruiser
within American territorial waters of
the Virginia Capes
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PARALYSIS KILLS THIRTY-oNE
Only Slight Decrease in Number
Gases in New York To-day
By Assoeidted Press

New York, July 81. - Only a sligh
decrease in the epidemic of infantil
paralysis was noted to-day in tn
health departments report for tn
"a hours ending at 10 a. m. Durin.
that period there were were 81 death
and ISL new cases.
More than 700 children now hav
been killed by the plague since it's in
ception on June &c and there havt
been more than 5000 cases reported.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-27

The North and West Branches will
begin to fall this afternoon or to-
night and continue to fall Fri
day. The main river will rise
somewhat or remain nearly sta
tionary tonight and fall Friday.
A stage of about 7.5 feet is indi-
Gated for Harrisburg Friday
morning.
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THE WEATHER

For Harrisburg and vicinity; Fair,
continued warm Tonight and FRI
day.
For Eastern Pennsylvania; Fair,
continued warm tonight and FRI
day; gentle shifting winds.
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Deutschland Sailing Delayed?

Baltimore, July 81. If Captain
Paul Koenig of the merchant sub
marine Deutschland plans to start to-
day on the return voyage to Germany
there was nothing going on this morn
ing at the pier where the submersible
is berthed that was any more indica-
tive of the departure than has been
the case for the last few days.
overnight developments, in fact,
tended to increase the probability of
a report late last night that it had
been decided to hold the Deutschland
here until some word has been receiv-
ed concerning her sister ship, the
Bremen.
consul here announced that the re-
ception to Ambassador Won Bern
storff which he had planned at his
home for last evening had been in
definitely postponed, he was asked
when the Deutschland would leave.
She will not leave for a week."
Mr.. Lueder1tz. st.s
Washington, July 27. = The armor-
ed cruiser North Carolina and three
United States destroyers we're on neu-
trality duty to-day outside the Vir-
ginia capes, where allied warships are
lowering in wait for the German sub
marine Deutschland about to leave
Baltimore for Germany. and the SUBJ
marine Bremen, expected hourly from
across the sea. The American war
vessels went to sea yesterday on ord
ers from the Navy Department after
a vessel purporting 70 be a British
warship had passed into Chesapeake
bay and out again in the early morn
ing hours.
Denies Presence of Cruisers
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-11
GIFTS FROM SPACE
Wonderful Meteorites That Drop
TO Us Out Of the Sky.
ONCE REGARDED AS SACRED.
In tho Early Days They Were OBJ.
jects OF Reverence and Worship.
as 10 tho Famou, Stone at Mecca To.
day--Their Fiery Flight 90 Earth.

In considering The wonders OF the
universe have you ever realized how
conspicuous among them are the me-
tcorites, those wonderful messages
dropped from the sky for US to wonder
at and study? They are the only ma
terlal objects which come TO the earth
from the vast outer world
Among the collections shown in the
National museum at Washington is a
remarkably tine exhibit Of meteorites,
II includes complete metcorles rang
ing In size from the mcrest pebbles to
great bowlder.like masses and casts re-
producing giant forms like that of Ba.
cubirlto. which has been estimated to
weigh twenty-five tons aud still rests
where It fell In Mexico
The National museum has issued n
handbook and descriptive catalogue Of
the meteorte collections In the mu.
scum, written by Or, George r. Mer-
rill, head curator Of geology, from
which the following is an abstract;
Although meteorites presumably have
fallen since time immemorial. skep.
ticism was felt at 1rst by both the
popular and scientific minds regarding
the possibilities Of stones falling from
space. In the few early recorded cases
where meteorites seen TO fall were re-
covered they were regarded as objects
Of reverence and worship A stone
which fell In ancient Phrygia. In Asia
Minor, about 200 years before Christ
was worshlped as Cybele. the mother
Of the gods Another, which dates
hack to the seventh century. In stlll
preserved at Mecca, where It Ia built
into the northeast corner Of the Kn'n.
In and revered M one OF the holiest OF
relies. The great Casas Grandes Iron,
weighing about 5000 pounds. now In
the national collection at Washington
was found In an ancient Mexican ruin
swathcd In mummy clothes In man
ner to indicate that II was held In
more than ordinary veneration by the
prehistoric inhabitants
The earliest known undoubted me
teorites still preserved are those Of
Elbogen, Bohemia and Enslsheim, Up.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-11

IN the library or congress. who knew
TINT Matlack wns the best pcnmnn em
ploycd by Thomson. made compan
son OF General WaShington's commis
sion, which was known 10 have been
written by him. with the Declaration
The first peculiar letter IN the com
mission II the capital ~" IN New
Hampshire. and We find lis counter
part IN Natures" IN the second lin" ~
the body of the Declaration The
graceful flourish Mt the top of the 49,
In the word ITO" IN the commission l.
repeated IN the second Of the SENTENCES
beginning "'rhrt" In The Declaration
In the word "oIlcr" IN the commission
there Il marked +" ullrlty III the
double "f. The first ~ " made Ike
the old fashioned long ~ II appear,
In the word effect" IN the Declaration,
then IN suffer" aud "sullcrablc" That
is the most noteworthy pccnllnrity IN
Mntlncks writing, The capital IN" In
the commission and IN the Inst line OF
the Declaration, the capital ~ IN the
commission and IN the word British
In the Declaration. the whole word
Congress IN both documentS-thoer
aud other details established beyond a
doubt thnt the writer OF the great Dee
laratlon was Timothy Matlnck
In 1924, when John Quincy Adams
was secretary Of state. a skilled on
graver William J. Stone, nadc q cop
perpatc fac-simile OF the Declaration
That ls the only one that has ever been
nude. II was distributed 10y order OF
congress and Is familiar TO us all. II l.
perfect reproduction IN every partic
nlnr OF the original document and Is n
finc specimen ~ the engravcr's art.
Gaillnrh Hunt In Youths comrailcn
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-11
An Anccdote of Handel.

On one occasion Handel was caught
In shower OF rain and was obliged to
seek shelter In a blacksmlth's forge.
Either Handel was In silent mood or
else the blacksmith showed no conver.
sational symptoms. for In little while
the latter began hammering away at
his anvil, accompanying his work with
a song. Handel was listening all the
time to the strokes OF the hammering
on the anvil. which. by producing two
harmonic sounds, according In time
and tune with the tune the man sang.
formed bass accompaniment. Handel.
on reaching home. remembered the air
and the hammer accompaniment He
wrote down both. and so we owe to a
shower OF rain the composition known
as 'The Harmonious Blacksmith"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-11

per Alsacc. The arst mentioned is
iron. the second stone, The iron was
found somewhere about the year 400
OF our era The EnsIsheim stone. seen
10 fall on Nov 10. 1902, about the time
Columbus made bis discoveries. was
accompanied with loud crash like
thunder Portions OF this stone are 70
be seen In the National museum ex.
hibit.
The fall OF n meteorIte IN usually nc.
companlcd by noises vnriously descrlb.
ed ns resembling the fire Of musketry.
cannonading or even thunder. II the
fall takes place during the periods OF
darkness II is also accompanied by a
fash OF light and followed by lumi.
nous rocket-like trail These phenome.
ma are due TO the rapid passage Of the
objects through the air and conse.
quent rise In temperature, sufficient TO
produce fusion OF the outer surface
and even ignition. thus giving rise to
the thin. dark. glasslike crust which
IN found TO cover all stony meteorites.
The time OF passage through the at.
mosphere Is. however. too short TO per.
nit the heat 10 penetrate TO great
depths, and nearly all meteorites are
quite cool, or scarcely warm. on reach,
Ing the surface OF the ground. II Is
to the sudden rise In temperature and
pressure OF the atmosphere that the
breaking up Of mctcorte aud Its
reaching the ground a. shower Of
fragments rather than single individ
ual are due.
We have little TO guide us In estimat
Ing the speed ut which meteorite
reaches the earth and Its consequent
power OF penetration. The velocities
az given by various observers vary be.
tween two and forty.ilve miles a sec.
ond The greatest recorded depth Of
penetration OF meteoric stone Ia that
OF Knyahinya. Hungary, where a 660
pound stone penetrated to depth OF
eleven feet, On the other hand. still
heavier masses have been found under
such conditions as 10 lead one TO infer
that they scarcely buried themselves
All statements relative to the temper.
ature NJ meteorltes Immediately after
reaching the ground must he accepted
guardedly, owing to their extremely
contradictory character Some stones
which fell In Styria In 1850 are stated
70 have remained IN a state OF incan.
descencc for over nve seconds and for
n quarter ~ nm hour were too hot to
be banded On the other hand. the
DhurmSala stone Is said to have been
intensely cold when picked up immedi
ately after falling,
The largest known metcoric mass Is
that brought by Commander Peary
from Cape York. Greenland. II weigh.
cd $4,000 pounds The next largest
lies In the plain near Bacuhirito In
Mexico, and has been estimated to
weigh some 10000 pounds, while the
third Is that OF Willamette. Ore.
weighing 3i,107 pounds These are all
iron meteorites, The largest known
individual aerolite Of meteoric stone IL
that Of Knynhinya, Hungary, weighing
some $50 pounds now In the Vienna
National museum
DR. Merrill says that all known me
ieorltcs were produced by tho action
of hcat and have yielded no traces OF
animal or vegetable life, although parts
of their peculiar structures were At
onc time mistaken for organic remains
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-11

The Pace vsriss With the Quality and
Sire IL the Command.

The Pace vsriss With the Quality and
Size ef the Command.
The "Army Drill Book" tells that
trained and hardened infantry can
cover from twenty to twenty-five miles
q day when IN small bodies. As the
size OF the command increases the dis.
lance covered becomes less, as the rate
Ii lowered and time Is needed 20 get all
the units Into and out OF camp.
With a regiment or less Of average
troops regulars marching over aver.
age roads the rate should he from two
and three-quarters to three miles an
hour Large bodies will travel from
two 10 two and bali miles an hour.
while division cannot be expected to
accomplish more than twelve and one
half miles day.
Of course all these figures will vary
with different conditions Of roads and
weather. Unframed troops could not
approach them until hardened Though
they might do better for day or two,
they coull rot ler? ~ the steady pace
OF the scIacr ed rgulars for long dis.
tance.
Marching with full equipment Is hard
physical work and. like every other
form OF labor. requires proper period
OF training. The seasoned force win
keep up a steady pace with ten minute
halts every hour. fifteen minute stop
being made at the end OF the first half
or three-quarters Of an hour. Green
troops are apt to straggle badly.--out.
ing.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-11
A Deadly Weapon.

There Is a horrible weapon favored
by certain Of the nill tribes In the
Ghauts or western Asia. which con
sists Of four sharp. curved blades hid.
den under the fingers and securely held
In place by rings passing over two OF
them With such u contrivance Shi'
vail, the Maratha hero rs credited
with having dsemboweled his Mo.
hnmmednn overload when making n
pretcnse OF rendering him his humble
submission
The vnguuks t"tigcrs "lnws",, az
they are called, are distinctly more
brutal than their western prototype,
the "knuckle duster" Wide World
Magazine
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-11
Witherina.

Enoch Eastman, an old time Iowa
lawyer, on one occasion appeared be-
fore young judge and to enforce n
point he desired TO make brought with
him and attempted to read Blackstone
to the court. whereupon the young
judge. after moving uneasily about In
his seat for awhile, said, mfr. East
man. I've read Blackstone"
"Oh, hev YET" responded Enoch.
looking at the judge over the top OF
his spectacles with an air OF surprise.
Case and Comment
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-11
EARLY Morninn Ialka.

He is always doing something that
causes II lot Of talk"
why, never heard any OF It."
"Tle is the only one who hears It.
He Is always staying out at night later
than his wife wishes him to."--Hous'
ton Post
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-11
TIME CARD
The California and Oregon
Coast Railroad Company

(The oregon caves hOute)
Effective Monday. May /, 1916. y
Train l lv. Grants Pass. 200 am.
Arrives Waters Creek-.....S:00 am.
Train 4 lv. Waters Creek. ....5: 90 p. m.
Arrives Grants Pass.....6:0 90 pm.
Daily except Sunday.
All trains leave Grants Pass from
the corner Of G and Eighth streets.
opposite the Southern Pacific depot.
For all information regarding
freight and passenger service call at
the office OF the company. Public Ser
vice building. or phone lS1 for
same.
Train will stop ON flag at any
point between Grants Pass and
wa'o-~ Creek. Passc::s: service
every da, In the week.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-11
Consoljno,

what did you say your age wasr'
be remarked. between dances.
"Well. didn't say" smartly return.
ed the girl. but I've just reached
twenty.one."
"ls that so?" he returned consoling.
ly. what detained youT'-Exchange.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-11
Black Opala.

The gem most sought after is the
Australian black opal. which is found
nowhere else In the world II appears
In limited quantities In the matrix Of
ironstone and sandstone In the Light
ming Ridge district nf New South
Wales.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-09-11
Wonderful Tree Roots,

The jand, tree which grows pro.
fusely In the Indian Punjab. a very
dry region. Is chiefly remarkable for
It's very long tap root. which was
eighty.four feet In one remarkable
specimen and which descended verti
cnlly sixty.four feet into the earth