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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-14
By BRIGGS

postal aeronaut expects to run a pas
senSer and express service.
There are many sections of the coun-
Try that would be greatly benefited by
a swift mail service which would be
practically impossible except by air be-
cause the route would lie over noun
to Shale, Cal. for example, the distance
is not over fifty miles as the crow flies,
but over the mountain range. that sepa-
rates them It takes two days for the
mail to travel AS important oil inter-
ests are located in, each of these towns,
the siowness of the mail is a great
distance from Gallup, n. M, to the In
dian agency at keams Canyon, Ariz.,
which Is less than 100 miles, in a little
more than an hour. while under the
present system it requires two davs for
The the mail to arrive by wagon. Again,
Phoenix and Globe. Ariz... are only
of twenty-four hours lies between
thenl. The rapid development of the
aeroplane is watched with much inter-
est In these places, where a national
aerial mai service would be distinctly
The great stumbling blocks in the
way of national aerial corps of mail
carriers are the tremendous cost of
such system. There have been sew
eral reports recently that the import
ance of the aeroplane in the European
war has been greatly exaggerated, but
these are hardly borne out by the speed
with which, the European powers are
are working full capacity. Predictions
of future aerial battle at Essen have
long been current and it is a we'll
known fact that all the belligerents are
spending large sums in increasing their
aerial forces. According to one mill
tary authority, the war will end only
when one nation succeeds in inventing q
weapon that is capable of destroying
the cnemys aerial power
Under these circumstances, it is i'm
possible for ore army to make a single
move that is not spied upon from the
air by it's opponent. If German COM
mander decided to flank 100000 men
scout is a weak position. the French
army is Immediately apprised of it "
its airmen and moves up men to meet
the air scouts flying overhead-difficult
targets of the most proficient marksmen
"a surprise attack is out of the ques-
! tion
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-14
Great Partnership
LPhiladelrhia Ledger.

There can be no question about it,
that the conception of the Allies that,
after the war, Europe, so far as they
can speak for il, will be erected into a
great partnership which will insure a
''freer and fuller life for the countless
millions who are making such tremen-
dous sacrifices, is a very inspiring
thought. And in voicing this thought
Premier Asquith is simply paralleling
what the French and Italian and Rus
sian leaders have said in commenting
on the close of two years of war. There
is everywhere throughout the length
and breadth of France and Great Brit
ain especially q feeling that some
nobler concept of nationalism and of
international relations shall grow out
of the great conflict. The old misun-
derstanding must go. and all the COM
memorative utterances of the last few
days have taken this fine tone. 1t is
natural that the coming great partner
ship of Europe may have its more sor-
did business side for which we must
trim our sales. but there is in the
thought something uplifting, an idea
and an ideal that may we'll inspire all
who hold it to do their best. In the
very nature of it, it is conceived in
humanity and is horn of the travail of
war without pride, but with great
hone
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-14
Too Few Army Depots
Toledo Blade.1

One cause of the scandalous delays
in the mobilization of the National
Guard was the small number of depots
maintained by the government for re-
serve equipment. Some of the New
England troops received their clothing
and arms from Philadelphia. The
Middle West was virtually all supplied
from st. Louis The mobilization put
an enormous strain upon these few
depots. Consider what the strain
might have been, how much more con-
fusing the mobilization would have
been. If the country had suddenly been
called upon to repel an invader.
It would probably be unnecessary
and a very expensive thing to es-
tablish depots in every state. But
there should be many more than there
are now. They should be located
where there is every facility for ship
ping and handling supplies, where
forces can be trained to handle equip
ment with something of the speed and
efficiency that have been developed in
industrial plants, such as automobile
factories.
The lessons OF the mobilization are
plain enough. II would demonstrate
our entire unfitness for military serv-
ice If the lessons are neglected.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-14
AERIAL MAIL ROUTES
By Frederic ]. Haskin

TIME United States is soon going to
have an aerial mail service. EARLY
\ in May the. Post Office Depart
plane service Throughout Alaska, in
answer to which the owner of three
powerful aeroplanes is now on his way
contract. This mans bid. which is for
S49,50 year, was accepted by the de-
partment for the reason that it was the
aircraft and skilled operators in Eu-
rope is so great that very few aero
planes, aside from the comparatively
are allowed to remain in this country. A
service from New Bedford, Mass, to
offered to undertake it.
The question of an aerial mail ser.
vice in this country has been in process
mail pouch was carried by aeroplane to
the New York post office from the
steamship Kaiserin Victoria, which was
no less than sixty-seven attempts were
made to show the practicability of car
rying mail through the air. The propo-
sition was the subject of so much popu-
lar interest that it was adopted by vari-
Gus municipal Boards of Trade as an
adyertSng featTre fro The plan was to
to. carry the mail by aeroplane a spe-
cific distance for a certain number of
days thus attracting great crowds Of
incidentally accelerate business in the
town. In the space of six years. these
successful that the Government decided
to adopt the plan in stretches of coun-
try where the usual method of trans
Under the circumstances, the first
choice was Alaska, where the mail is
carried by dog-sled, which is costly
and inadequate. During the winter
months no mail at all is Transmitted in
the northern interior, where the last
mail sled in the Fall and the first mail
sled in the Spring are events to be
celebrated like the Fourth of July and
Christmas. The present contract for
aeroplane service at $49.500 is $25 600
more than the dog-sled system costs
but the aeroplane will carry 1000
pounds of mail, as compared to the
sled's 200, and bring Seward, Nome and
other cities three weeks nearer the
United States. In addition to mail. the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-14
THOSE FARM TOURS

3 TOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH has
" added more variety to govern
mental life on the Hill since he
assumed office than has any other
Governor in years. Last Fall, for ex-
ample, he made Seeing Pennsylvania
First" popular and greatly encourag-
ed automobile touring in this State by
spending a week with a party of
friends on the road. This year he is
to have three tours, covering 1900
miles, for the special purpose of bring
ing town people and the officials of
the Department of Agriculture into
closer touch with farm life.
The Governor believes by this means
better relations and a clearer under
standing will be established between
the farmers and those branches of
the State government which have
most to do with them and that in turn
the officials will learn more of the
needs of the farmers in a way that
will be beneficial when next terms
legislative program is framed. In this
he is right. The only way to admin
lister the Department of Agriculture
is by keeping in close touch with the
FARMERS and their problems. The Gov
ernor has hit upon a UNIQUE and
pleasant way of bringing this about.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-14
THE VALUE OF pLArrsBURG

.T<HE popularity of Plattsburg and
its kindred camps demonstrates
better than all that has been
written of them both their need and
the keenness of American men and
boys for a taste of life IN the open
and a better understanding of military
fundamentals. 1t is a far cry from
the few score who attended the open
ing student camp at Gettysburg to the
more than 10000 who have spent or
are spending a month at Plattsburg
this summer.
For the businessman or college
student who has given the matter no
thought there is new consideration
offered in planning next years vaca-
ton. Shall he go to the seashore and
rest his weary soul hardening to the
music of the waves? Shall he ascend
to the mountains and ENJOY the cool
ness of the nights? He can get both
at Plattsburg and, in addition, familiar
ize himself with army conditions and
so far remove himself rom the class
of ignorants in military science that
he will be a valuable factor in the
defense of his country should the oc-
casion arrive; and he VIII return to
his work freshened in mind and BODY,
with a healthy coat of tan, clear eyes
and iron grasp, and with a new and
necessary appreciation of the duties
which manhood suffrage places upon
him and the obligation which rests
upon him as a citizen of the United
States.
Every man of reasonable age who
can afford it should experience a
month at Plattsburg. Universal military
training is no bugaboo. 1T is a desir-
able asset to any country in the in
dividual and collective good that re-
suits whether there be war or peace.
and although this country has been
slow to realize its backwardness in this
respect, it is fast AWAKENING and if
the Swiss system is net adopted by
the Republican administration that
will supplant the present Intellectual
governmental organization at Wash
ington, then some other equally effect
i've system will be installed and the
people will have what they want.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-14
A Youth With Speed

IFrom "Krujer Hobbs" by Marjory
Morten in the Century Magazine
"Oh, I make friends with people
whenever I like" he had explained,
"and they never object. They like it.
They all like it."
"And you speak to strange young la
dies?"
THE last one spoke to was in Lon
don last month. was standing on the
steps of house in Piccadilly, watch
ing some visiting potentates drive by,
when the door opened, and out came
the prettiest girl l ever saw in my life,
She stood for a moment looking up
and down the street and said to her:
DO you know who that fierce, fat man
in the, last carriage. is---the one who
looks like walrus? She said: oh
that's my Uncle Ethelbert.'"
But that was the end of it," Mary
broke in-"you didn't go on talking t.
her?
"The end of it," Krujer Hobbs had
concluded. taking off his glove and Of
fering a slim bony hand-"the end was
that we had tea at an A. 3. c. shop
and she said she was sorry she was en-
gagged to marry her cousin. whose
name, think, was Lionel"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-14
The Fight on Whisky
kansas City Start

The fight against John Barleycorn in
this country is led now by the heads
of industries, big and little. it used
to be that the principal fighter against
the saloon was the professional temp
erance lecturer, usually a reformed
drunkard with picturesque vocabu-
larry, such as John B. Cough and
Francis Murphy. But in these days
Americas captains of industry are
leading the war on drink, not for
moral reasons, but because the liquor
drinker is not a good workman; he
Sights his work and causes accidents
that are costly.
Burton ]. Hendrick, in Harper's
Magazine for August, tells of writing
one hundred letters to different manu-
facturers of iron and steel in this
country asking for their attitude on
the liquor question. and each one
answered that drinking, even in
moderate amounts, decreases eff
cheney increases accidents and is alto
gether demoralizing to the workmen
and to the plant.
The Illinois Steel Company, the
Carnegie Steel Company, the American
Steel and Wire Company, the Ameri-
can Tin Plate Company. the American
Manganese Steel Company, the Amer
lean Car and Foundry Company, the
American Bridge Company, and a
score of other big companies, employ
ing upwards of one hundred thousand
men, are conducting a great campaign
against booze. They fire instantly a
man who drinks, either on or off duty.
Many of the railroads have the same
rules. 1t is not a very encouraging
outlook for John Barleycorn.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-14
TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE

Tut, tut, Taggart, don't you know
the President signed the pork barrel
bill?
Ice water for the militia" is a
newspaper headline. Well, it wouldn't
be the first time the militia had cold
water thrown on it.
These New York Democrats are
actually talking about dragging the
bench into politics"
The administration is boasting
that it is going to place sixteen-inch
guns on the new battleships, but it
should not forget that it is "the man
behind the gun" that counts.
Just at the present both capital
and labor seem to have lost sight OF
the vital fact that they must stand or
fall together.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-14
POei;cA in
Pe~~o4eOo~io
By the Ex-Committeeman

The Lycoming County Republican
Committee at it's annual meeting Sat
urday, indorsed Hughes and Fair
banks and all the local party candi-
dates in resolution offered by Emer-
son Collins, Deputy Attorney General,
who placed the name of Governor
Brumbaugh in nomination for the
presidency at the Chicago convention.
George P. Stryker was elected chair
man of the committee and George w.
Dunlap, Deputy Factory Inspector,
secretary.
The Republican committee of
Snyder county met at Middleburg
Saturday and elected these officers:
Chairman, John A. Wetzel of Beaver
town; secretary, A NJ. Aurand Of
Beaver. Springs; treasurer, w. c. Shaf-
fer of Shamokin Dam.
William S. Mclean, State Chair
man of the Democratic hosts, so far
has given no outward sign of calling
another meeting of the Democratic
State committee. 1t is strongly sus-
pected that the Pennsylvania democ-
racy is not any too anxious to get
together again soon. Another meet
ing of the State central committee
might cause unpleasant complications
about a platform. The State Demo-
Gratis have no platform to speak Of
at this time. They appear quite will
ing to let the State Senatorial and
Assembly races be go-as-you- please
affairs. with each candidate cham
pioning whatever issues happen most
to appeal to him. Resolutions were
adopted at the meeting of the central
committee in this city .ast May, when
ii met to elect Mclean and otherwise
organize. but they were confined to
general Endorsement of President Will
son and the national administration
The committee at the same time de-
cided to meet again somewhere around
Labor Day, leaving the exact date to
the State chairman. This move orig
mated with James I. Blakslee, fourth
assistant postmaster general. 1t is
suspected that Blakslee had a general
idea OF holding another meeting at
the start of the active campaigning
period. This may yet transpire. Nc
Lean can call a meeting of his State
central committee almost overnight,
should he wish. The party rules re-
quire notice of only few days.
That all policemen and municipal
officeholders might be guided accord
ingly Mayor Smith of Philadelphia let
it be known last night that he had re-
signed his membership in the Thomas
b. Smith Republican Club, of the
Twenty eighth ward, Philadelphia. and
severed his connection with every
other political organization in that
city. The announcement was made in
an interview in Atlantic City, and am
plified his declaration two days ago
that he intended that one of the most
important features of his reorganization
of the Philadelphia Police Department
would be an order that all policemen
should relinquish their membership
in political clubs. The Mayor believes
the influence eXerted in these clubs
frequently diverts policeman from
the course of his duty. The Mayor
also said that the clubhouse property
which was in the name of his wife,
had been sold to the club. The Mayor
was for long time president of the
organization. This office, however, he
relinquished when he became post
master of Philadelphia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-14
WOMEN AND DRINK

TIME Catholic Total Abstinence
Union of America has gone on
record in opposition to the use
of intoxicants by women and girls.
The Union for many years has done
an excellent work among the men of
the Catholic church and has set an
admirable example for members of all
denominations. Doubtless in emphasiz-
ing the disfavor in which it holds
drinking by women anG girls it has
in mind the influence the gentler sex
wields over masculinity. At a time
when the drink habit shows signs Of
being on the wane and when religion,
medicine and business all have COM
bined to condemn it, when State after
State is being added to the prohibition
column and when big breweries are
turning their attention to the manu-
facture of soft drinks" to replace
their failing trade in alcoholics, it is
especially important that women set
an example for men by total abstin-
ence.
Women suffer more from the
ravages of alcohol than men. When
the sodden wreck that was once a
man drifts into the oblivion of the
gutter or death he leaves behind him,
nine times out of ten, some woman
to suffer and mourn. Wnen the weekly
wage goes into the saloon it is the
woman at home who must go hungry,
cold or in rags. The Abstinence Union
will have done a wonderful work for
humanity if it persuades women to
leave intoxicants alone and to frown
upon their use by men.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-14
"WATCHFUL WAITING

MIR. WILSON is making great
Nl to do about the British blacklist
which aims to cut off the for
eign trade of American merchants,
whose principal offense is that they
bear names of German origin. Notes
are to be written to the London Cabi-
net and these communications, we are
told, will be sharp" or ''peppery" or
vigorous"
Yet the 'crisis" involves nothing
new, either in principle or in practice,
or even to the knowledge of the ad-
ministration.
Fully seven months ago Mr.. Lans-
ing-and, presumably, Mr.. Wilson, all
so-knew exactly what the British
government had in mind to do with
reference to American business men
who were suspected of maintaining
any kind of connections with German
houses; and the order in council upon
which the present published blacklist
is based was signed by King George
November 10, 1915. Yet no effective
action was then taken. None has
been taken now. None will be taken. if
we may judge from the history of our
foreign relations as conducted at pres
ent.
An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure. Had the administra-
ton, seven months ago, dealt firmly
with the first sign of the British pur-
pose to hamper the freedom of move
ment for American commerce it is
most unlikely that the present diff
Guilty would have arisen. Yet the poll
icy Of 'watchful waiting" which has
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-14
THE HIGH SCHOOL REPORT

GO much hangs upon the best solu-
y ton of the high school problem
with which the city is now con-
fronted that the school board does we'll
in going slowly. There is a great deal
to think about in the report of the ex-
pert submitted last Friday. and it
would not have been wise to accept it
as it stands without going into every
phase of the situation. The board has
done well in placing the work Of re-
view and recommendation in the
hands of President Stamm and Sup
erintendent Downes. Both of them
are thoroughly conversant with the
situation and needs and between them,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-14
DEMOCRATIC FALSE pRETENsE

h lnClQ6nL
~ in the Senate the other day Sem
ators Penrose and Oliver gave
the Democratic defenders of the Presi-
dent an uncomfortable hour. Senator
Penrose charged that the issue was not
the removal of Mr.. Durand so much as
1t was the statement of Secretary Red
field that Durand's resignation had
been voluntarily rendered, when the
fact was that he was removed against
his desire and his will.
He didn't blame the Democratic
party for being spoilsmen; he never
expected anything else, but the SEN
ator declared that what he abhorred
in the whole transaction was the hy-
pocrisy which characterized it. Calling
attention to the pledges of President
Wilson In his campaign and his declar
ations in favor of the Civil Service, the
Senator pointed out that under the
present administration there had been
greater raid upon the merit system
than at any time in the history of the
country since the time of Andrew
Jackson.
With sledge-hammer blows Senator
Penrose indicated one instance after
another of hypocritical pretense of
maintaining the civil service when
every transaction showed a deliberate
purpose to break down the regulations
of the merit system. Postmasters and
other Federal officials had been re-
moved without cause and before the
expiration of their terms, while the
President and his apologists continued
to prate of efficiency and all that sort
of thing.
1t was an unhappy experience for
the administration senators, but Sem
ator Penrose made it clear that he
was not objecting so much to the re-
moval of Republicans to make room
for Democrats as to the false pre-
tense of observing the Civil Service
rules when in fact they were ruthless
ly violated in every case.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-14
LEAST OF HIS WORRIES

A1OW that the President has named
IN his Carranza commissioners and
after they have done their
work, or failed in it, someone will have
some bills to pay. There will be COM
pensation for the commissioners and
for their secretaries and other en-
ployes; there will be travel bills, and
hotel bills, and telegraph bills, and so
on. 1t will require an appropriation for
all this-unless the President intends
in this case to do as he did with John
Lind and Col. House and the other
personal representatives" whom he
has sent to Mexico and to Europe,
namely, to pay the bills out of the
private appropriation of the State De-
partment But this is probably the
least of the Presidents worries. Spend
ing money and laying taxes are spec
ialties of Democratic administration
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-14

with the experts report as a basis,
they no doubt will be able to present
to the board findings that will lead to
the formulation of an adequate build
ing program.
The Forster street building was a
colossal blunder. The city cannot af-
ford to repeat it. The new building
or buildings should be planned with a
thought for the distant future as we'll
as to meet the present urgent needs.
Upon the manner in which our high
school problem is met will depend
the efficiency of our high school sys-
tenn for the next quarter century to
come, possibly longer. Not only vast
sums of money are involved, but the
welfare of countless boys and girls as
well.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-14
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Driving of the allies is good, but the
putting is yet to come. - Wall Street
Journal.
Mexico is now at peace with all hel
enemies save those at home.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
So far, no substitute for gasoline has
been discovered cheaper than shoe
leather. - New Orleans States.
The Italians seem to be in possession
once more of all the most desira BILE
telegraph ofhceS. - Boston Transcript.
The movies" certainly take the
cake. Judging. from the recent sur
prise in Westchester county n. Y,
when bolt of lightning shattered d
house which the villain of the plot was
on the point of demolishing with a
stick of dynamite, the motion picture
industry may lay claim to one of two
things-either a double-alliance with
Joye himself, or a press agent extra
ordinary.