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The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11

There were some interesting episodes
in the life of Sir Charles Euan-Smith.
Once in the market place Of an At
ghanistan town he was fred at by q
native He lodged a compla'H' with
the ameer, who appeared to take no
notice OF the incident, merely remark
ing, That's all right" Sir Charles
complained again and met with the
same reply. He still thought that the
ameer was treating a serious matter
with less consideration than it deserv
ed, but thought it advisable to say nc
more on the subject About a week
afterward he was invited by the ameer
to ride with him. They rode for some
distance outside the town. and they
passed gibbet after gibbet. At length
Sir Charles said, Your highness has
Seen busy of late" "Oh, no." replied
the ameer: they are your little lot"
He had seized all the members of the
would be assassin's family and hanged
every one of them.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11

Gladstone would probably have pro-
tested II any official document had de-
scribed him as one Of the principal Sec
retaries OF state, for he was keen on
correctness I'm such matters. When CIV
Ing evidence in a trial he was asked
whether he was first lord OF the treas
ury. He demurred at once to this de-
scription and explained that he was
one OF the commission for executing
the Office Of lord high treasurer. "and
l believe my name stands first ON the
list" In the same way 1t could be ar
gued that Gladstone was never prime
minister, for that post was first recog-
nized officially eight years after his
death. Sir Robert Walpole told the
house of commons that he claimed no
such title. and Lord North would not
permit its use even I'm his own family.
London Spectator.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
Poisonous Flowers.

Flowers Of the jonquil, white hya-
cinth and snowdrop all possess a poi
Bonous nature, the narcissus being also
particularly deadly, so much indeed
that to chew a small scrap of one Of
the bulbs may result fatally, while the
Juice Of the leaves is an emetic.
The berries Of the yew have killed
many persons, and 1t Is known now
adays that it is not safe to eat many
peach pips or cherry kernels at once.
The lobelias are all dangerous
Lady's slipper poisons in the same
manner rs does poison ivy. The bulbs
seem to be the most harmful. Lilies
Of the valley are also as much SO.
There Is enough opium In red poppies
to do mischief, and the autumn crocus,
if the blossoms are chewed, causes
vomiting and purg1ng.
The leaves and flowers Of the oleon-
der are deadly, and the bark Of the
catalpa tree is very mischievous. The
water dropwort when not In flower re-
gembles celery and ls virulent-Coun-
try Gentleman.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11

Texel, the low lying island at the en-
trance to the Zuyder Zee. was the
scene OF much fierce fighting between
Dutch and English in the seventeenth
century. 1t was OF Texel that one of
the greatest Of Dutch admirals. Van
Tromp. lost his life I'm 1853 In nm en-
gagement with the British under
Blake, and near the same spot, almost
exactly twenty years after. De Ruyter
was defeated in a desperate conflict
with the British and French under
Rupert and D'Estrees. On Oct. IL.
1897. Texel again witnessed a heavy
defeat Of the Dutch, this time by Ad-
miral Duncan.-London Mail.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
The Primrose.

The primrose has suffered injustice
from the poets. who seem to regard Ii
as q floral weakling. Shakespeare
wrote of pale primroses" that die "ere
they can behold bold Phoebus in his
strength" Spencer regrets $50 fair n
flower should perish through ''untime-
ly tempest" Milton laments the "rathe
primrose that forsaken, dies" and
many later poets have written of 1t in
similar strain. Why? For the prim-
rose Is hardy plant and will be found
where few other flowers can exist, on
the mountain heights of Europe and
Asia and even on the highest ranges OF
the Himalayas. And Disraen recog-
nized its color in the fried eggs upon
his breakfast table.-EOndon Notes and
Queries.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
RukevxIna'a Stormy HI.terx.

Bukowtna. the Austro Hungarian
province, has undergone sundry polid-
Austrian authorities, It was wrested
from Transylvania In the fifteenth cen
tury by Moldav1a. but It not long be-
fore that formed an integral portion OF
the latter state, to which 1t belonged
until It was ceded to Austria by the
Turks In IT'S. Bukowina. which
means Beech Land" abounds In wood.
land and mineral wealth and rears
large numbers OF cattle and horses
London Globe.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
He Was Right.

A man rushed to the entrance OF a
lunatlc asylum In the middle Of the
night and yelled to the keeper to let
him In.
Let me in!' he cried Il have sud
denly gone insane"
The keeper woke up. thrust his head
out Of a first story window and bel
lowed down In a rage:
What? Come here at this time Of
night? Man. you must be crazyP'-
Brooklyn Eagle.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
GERMANY
continued from Page
considered.

considered.
Reports from Danish and Dutch
sources declare the feeling OF bit
terness toward America in Ger
many is increasing. War insur-
ance brokers at Lloyd's, who were
disinclined to regard the situation
seriously, are now alive to the pos
sibilities of a German-American
break.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11

'T wonder how Flubdub can afford
an auto. Don't your
mo, don't wonder how he can af-
ford an auto. / know he can't afford
an auto. But how do gazaboes like
him manage to get hold Of autos
That Ia what dabbergasts me."-Louis-
vile Courier Journal.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
The Un0Xp0ekad.

Amateur Photographer (touring In
the CONTEMPLATION me, sir. but
would you object to my taking your
daughter just as she IS? Farmer Green
Well, this Is sudden: but take her,
and be happy. Keep yer eyes on him.
Sal, till scoot round for the parson.--
London Mail.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
just m Sucdeation.

I'm still waiting for you to pay me
that $5 you owe me, Dubson-"
"Oh, don't let that worry you"
That's what I'm trying to do, bat I
would feel greatly encouraged IL you
would let it worry you occasionally."-
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
BrIar 10 Really Heath.

Brier pipes are not made from the
wild rose brier. The name is a cor
ruption of the French word bruyere
(heath). The earliest brier pipes were
introduced into England in 1859 and
were made from the roots of the
French white heath erica arborea).-
New York World.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
Curious Fishinq Plant.

There LIN a strange vegetable growth
under the sea called the fishing plant,
which opens and shuts periodically.
like big mouth When fishes are near
enough to this wonderful plant, all Of
a sudden it closes Its mouth" and
swallows them.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
Good Likenaaa.

Did Miss Sourg1rl have her photo
graphs taken yesterdayT
"Yes."
Good llkenessT'
"Yes, must have been, for she re-
fused to have them and demanded an
other sitting. Globe.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
Suitable.

What kind OF an apartment did the
singer get?''
81 suppose nothing less would satisfy
her than suite thing In A fat"-BaIti-
more American.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
Very AnnoyinC,

The eldest daughter says she wishes
dishes were made Of rubber so they
ing them and she has an early evening
caller.-Florida Times Union.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
Wise Girl,

Maud-WOuld you object to a hus-
band who smoked in the house? Marie
Most decidedly. But / shall keep quiet
about it until l get one.-Boston Tran
script.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
Shockind.

They tell me Dubbs Is In the hos
pital. What happened to him"
"oh, he saw a piece Of wire lying
In the street and tried to pick it up"
"Yes, and then?"
"He discovered that the wire was
busy."-St Louis Post-Dispatch.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
INVENTORS
Continued from Page l

Va. G. Ayers, Altoona, window
shade and curtain support; Jno.
c. Backus, Smethport, sashlock;
Jno. S. Bancroft, Allentown, gal
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
The Best Hour.

Bobby why aren't you playing
with your cousin EthelT'
Gee whiz. mother! Don't I get an
hour off at noon :"-Puck
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
Pnnr ErneriencA.

Experience IS de best teacher" said
Uncle Eben. "but gittin' arrested ain
no way to study law.'-Washingto
Star.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11

Truth does not change. What chanT1a
Is merely our understanding of the
eternal fact.-Youth's Companion.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
Cashmere ShaWls,

Weayers of Cashmere shawls take
two or three years to finish a pair OF
the very finest.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11

Gravity is the ballast Of the soul
which keeps the mind steady.-FuIler.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
DinSnnoreBr0S.

fresh. It will also make tender a
tough piece of stewing meat
It will sweeten milk which is about
to turn.-New York Sun.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
The Aim Of the Foreign Language Papers
Of America

To HELP PRESERVE THE IDEALS AND SACRED TRAD
ITIoNs THIS, OUR ADOPTED COUNTRY, THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA; To REVERE LAWS
sPIRE OTHERS THEM; To STRIVE UNCEAsING-
QUICKEN PUBLIC's CIVIC DUTY;
In ALL WAYS TO AID MAKING THIS COUNTRY GREAT
BETTER THAN FOUND
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11

RaddOppiate il vostro dena-
70 Ia g'iOrnata del Dollaro
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-11
Two Men Drowned;
Identity Not Known

Two men drowned in the susque-
hanna river shortly before noon to-day,
when their boat was drawn intp the
undercurrent of the dam near the west
shore and capsized.
Witnesses said that the men strug-
gled to get away from the current
which brought them back, but they
finally disappeared. Mrs. F. B. Huber,
1877 Hanna street, whose son, William
Huber, together with Joseph Rakovsky,
527 Race street went out hshing this
morning said that her son told her he
was going to fish near independence
Island. She went over in boat with
searching parties. but no bodies were
found. 1t was also rumored that the
drowned men were George Givens. Race
street, and Oscar Banford, South Front
street but this could not be confirmed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-11

MEETING HERE TO
ENDORSE HUGHES
State Ticket Will Be Taken
Down; Attendance at
Session Small

Considerably less than half the
members of the Washington party
State committee were present when
state Chairman DIETRICH opened what
may be the final meeting of the COM
mittee at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon.
He stated that the committee was not
called earlier because he had found
men had not been elected in some dis
tricts and had secured consent of those
chosen to postponement. The roll of
names showed many absentees and
vacancies and then Mr.. DIETRICH said
the meeting was open for discussion,
remarking that the future of the SOM
mittee was in the hands of the men
present.
B. F. Ruth wanted to know whether
Republicans were to be permitted to
take part in the discussion. The chair
man said the discussion was open to
all present.
Mr.. DIETRICH then read letter from
William Draper Lewis suggesting that
Hughes be endorsed, but that the local
committees be maintained. He said
he endorsed what Mr.. Lewis wrote.
Mr.. Finn, the rational committeeman,
was then asked to make a statement.
Some Kick Left
However, signs that there was still
some kick left in the Bull Moose We're
noted between 1 and o'clock this
afternoon when the Washington party
State committee began to assemble for
what may be the final meeting.
The plan of William Finn, State
Chairman DIETRICH and others to with
draw the State ticket met with some
opposition from George l.. Holmes,
Philadelphia city commissioner, who
has lot of registrars to look after;
eX-Congressman a. r. Rupley. w. P.
Continued on Page 131
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-11
Grand Lodge of Elks
Opens Business Sessions
By Associated Press

Baltimore, Nd. July 1.-THE first
business session of the Grand Lodge OF
the Order of Elks was held to-day
The records of the registration bureau
showed that Z 800 people had regis.
tered and officials estimated that twice
that number actually arrived in the
city. According to Grand Exalted
Ruler James r. Nicholson, of Boston
the total number of Elks now in the
order is $4,000 and there are 1,340
lodges.
Unless the weather prevents, there
will be floral automobile parade to-
night. Later grand ball will be given
in honor of the grand lodge officers at
which there will be a prize drill con-
test between uniformed visiting dele
cations
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-11
FINDS GIRL HE
LOVES AFTER IA
YEARS. SEARCH
Interned German Officer Weds
Sweetheart Whom Long He
Sought at Steelton
WAR GOD AIDS CUPID
Romance Begun Aboard Ship
Ends Happily to British
Cruisers
WAR GOD AIDS CUPID

Sixteen years ago in the month of
May, when sixteen-year-o Albertina
Dehner tearfully followed a solemn
procession across the green hills to
the little graveyard that nestled on the
hilltop overlooking her home in
Hohenzollern, Germany, she began to
live the romance of her life.
Griefstricken, she watched the last
formal rites as the body of her wild
owed mother was laid away, and the
next day she bade farewell to her girl
hood friends, took train for Bremen
and few days later boarded a North
German Lloyd Line steamer for Amer
lea where she was to live with her
uncle, Otto Dehner, whose fame as a
brewmaster is known hereabouts.
While steaming smoothly along
across the Atlantic that pretty Miss
Albertina forgot her grief just long
enough to engage in a filtration with
Tobias Voskuhl, a stalwart and cheer
full petty officer, who showed more
Continued on Page III
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-11
1876 NEW CASES,
81 FATALITIES
IN EPIDEMIC
Large Increase in Numbers of
Deaths and Outbreak of
lnfantile Paralysis
By Associated Press

New York, July II. - A large in
crease in the numbers of deaths and
new cases in the epidemic of infantile
paralysis was reported to-day. During
the last "a hours 1875 new cases de-
yeloped in the five boroughs of New
York City and there were 80 deaths.
270 Deaths So Far
This Is an increase of more than
100 per cent. in the number of deaths
resulting from the plague in the "a
hours ending at 10 o'clock this morn
ing compared with the previous "a
hours record. In BROOKLYN. IS new
cases were reported yesterday as
against 155 to-day There are now a
total of 1,27S cases of infantile pa
ralysis in the Greater city. Deaths
since the outbreak of the scourge
number 270.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-11
NAVY OFFICERS
SHOWN THROUGH
DEUTSCHLAND
U. S, Experts Given Privilege of
Learning All Secrets of
Underwater Freighter
UNLOADING THE CARGO
Dyestuffs and Chemicals Being
Placed in Bonded Ware
house at Baltimore
BY associated Press

Baltimore, July II. American
navy officers, detailed by the Navy
Department to determine the status
OF the German submarine Deutsch-
land, went aboard the craft to-day.
Captain Paul Koenig, commander of
the Deutschland was not there to re-
ccive them but they were shown
through the vessel by the marine sup
erintendent of the North German
Lloyd Line, with her commanders
permission.
The officers. Captain C. F. Hughes
ano two submarine experts, Lieut. ].
o. Fisher. of the Bureau of Steam En-
6ineering and Naval Constructor Her
bert S. Howard, accompanied by the
collector of the port, boarded the
Deutschland at her pier from a tug
O IA cially they were to determine
whether the submarine was an armed
vessel, but they were given permits
TCnnfirnaI nm Dooo
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-11
AUTOS MAY PARK
ONLY 10 MINUTES
Council to Consider Supple.
mentary Traffic Measure
For Business District

Adoption of additional traffic regula-
tons for the more congested streets
of the business district will be off,
cially considered by City Council at
its meeting next Tuesday when sup
Elementary traffic ordinance embody-
ing the suggestions of Chief of Police
J. Thomas Zeil and the Firemen's IS
Union is read for the first time.
At the same meeting a new measure
authorizing one-way travel to the
eastward in Strawberry street from
Third to Fourth streets, petitioned for
by all the leading department stores
and businesshouses in that district
Continued on Page II
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-11
Penna. Guardsmen to Be
Detailed to District at Which
Latest Villa Raid Is Aimed
Bv Associated Press

Ell Paso, Texas, July 11.-Pennsyl-
yania national guardsmen soon will he
detailed to the Marathon district, Ii
was announced to-day, although In
what force was not made known.
Marathon was the base of the force
which pursued the Glenn Spring raid
crs last May. II is ninety miles north
of Boquillas, which has been mem
toned as the objective of a new Villa
raid, warning of which was given to
Washington by General Carranza.
The Fifth Massachusetts Infantry
to-day was ordered to the border for
patrol duty, tile first of the eastern
organizations tc see active service
The euardsmen will be stationed be-
tween Fort Quitman, Texas, and Noria,
New Mexico.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-11
DONATE DANCERS
DISCUSS DELAYS
City Council Could Have Heard
if Not Seen Some Kicks"
in the Warehouse

The snappy music of a military
band lifted through the gloomy ware
house; husky draymen in shirt sleeves
and perspiration ran to the doors.
Another trainload going through to
The border" shouted one. "I'll say
that's some one-step that band IS
playing. It's a bear Fellow can't
keep his feet STILL"
So the storeroom was soon emptied
the crew was out on the steps watch
ing the troop-trains pass; the music
grew louder; above rne hacking
racket of locomotive exhausts and
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-11
THE WEATHER

For Harrisburg and vicinity; Gem
orally fair tonight and NVednes-
dayt normal temperature.
For Eastern Pennsylvania: Gener-
ally fair Tonight and Wednes-
days gentle south winds.
River
The Susquchanna river and its
tributaries Will remain about sta
tonary during the next twenty
four hours. A stage of about 4.B
feet Is Indicated for Harrisburg
wednesday morning.
General Conditions
The influence of the tropical storm
that has caused unsettled
weather throughout the eastern
part of the country, Is slowly
disappearing. 1t is raining, how
ever, this morning in Tennessee,
ChattnnoOgn reporting los
inches for the last tyventy-four
hours. Lynchburg reported 2.46
The pressure Is low over the Gem
trnl states, but as vet, has not
developed into a definite storm
nrea, except that It has caused
thnnderstorms. The tempera-
half of the country, and over the
Northern Rockies.
Indications are that generally fair
weather, with seasOnabIe tenn
perature, Will continue during the
next thirty-Six hours at Hnrris-
burg and vicinity.
Temperatures a. M, "a.
Sun' Rises 4'48 n. M; sets, 7,35
u. m.
MOOni Full moon, July ii, 6,33
p. m.
River, 4.7 feet above low water
mark.
Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature, so.
Lowest temperature, 90.
Meau temperature, "a.
Normal temperature, "A.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-11
Capture ContalmaisOn, Mark
ing Notable Progress in
Work of Smashing Teu-
tonic Salient Extending
From ThiepUal and Mon
tauban, North of Somme
BRITISH TAKE 500
MORE PRISONERS
French Within Mile of
Peronne; Take I 800 Cap
tiUes in Last Two Days;
Crown Princes Forces Oc-
cupy First Line Verdun
Trenches, but Are Elected

The British lines north of the
Somme are gradually being brought
up to a level with those of the French
further south
London to-day announced the cap
ture of Contamination, marking nota-
BILE progress in the work of crushing
the German salient extending from
Thiepval on the north and Montauban
on the south.
This process has been further ac-
celerated by the taking of several
lines of German trenches in Mametz
wood southwest of Montauban, while
the struggle of the British to regain
possession of Trones wood in the Mon
tauban sector, is continuing.
British Hold Montauban
The entire village of Montauban is
now in possession of the British while
the greater portion of the Mametz
wood is in their hands, the official
carried by the British in the initial
rush of their offensive but subse-
quently was lost. This time it has
been held against a strong counter at
tack.
500 More Prisoners
Nearly 500 additional prisoners and
four pieces of artillery, including a
heavy howitzer, have been taken by
the British troops
While the British were achieving
these ersults, the French forces on
their right flank Iapsed into momen-
tary inactivity after having yesterday
pushed TO within a mile of Peronne
and captured u hill commanding the
Somme in. this region. They have
taken more than 1900 prisoners in
the last two days.
Continue Ncrdun Attacks
German attacks at Verdun con-
tinue. Paris reports the temporary
success of one of the German charges
in the vicinity of Fumin Wood but
declares the Germans were imme-
diately elected from the advanced
trenches they had captured. Near
Reillon, in Lorraine, German troops
captured portions of French first line
trenches on a 200-meter front.
The Austro-Hungarian admiralty
announces the sinking by the scout
cruiser Novara of a fleet of four or
five armored British patrolboats at
the lower end of the Adriatic. Only
[Contil ued on Page 1Sl
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-11
Brilliant Spectacle When
Shriners Escort Imperial
Divan to Headquarters
By Associated Press

Buffalo, N Y. July II. - The most
brilliant spectacle of the 42nd annual
session of the Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine was presented to-day when the
Imperial Divan was escorted from
headquarters to the theater by Har-
risburg patrol and band, where the
opening session of the Imperial Coun-
ell was held. In the escort were TO-
900 Mobiles.
George K. Staples, past potentate OF
Ismalia Temple, of Buffalo, presided
and j. Putnam Stevens, of Portland
Me-, delivered the annual address as
Imperial Potentate
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-11
By .4ssociated Press

Washington, D. c., July 11.-Gen-
eral Carranza has been notified that
negotiations for the settlement of the
border difficulties need not await the
return of Secretary Lansing from his
vacation.
1t is expested here that Carranza
will propose joint formal conference
rather than informal conversations be-
tween Ambassador Arredondo and the
State Department. American officials
will accede to any plan which assures
quick action.
War Department officials had no re-
ports upon and discounted rumors of
[Continued on Page 121
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-11
CANOEIST NAVY
WILL ORGANIZE
Water Sportsmen to Boost
Basin; Plan Annual
Carnival

Harrisburg's great navy" of canoe
lists, motorboat men and other river
patrons will organize permanently
within the next few days for the pur-
pose of boosting the proposed i'm
provement and development of the
Susquehanna basin" and at a meeting
tomorrow evening of the committee
CT arrangements the date for the big
gathering of river sportsmen will
likely be fixed.
The purpose of the meeting pri-
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