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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-23
NE TEUTONS
| )N DEFENSIVE
hMANS AGAIN TAKE OFTEN.
s'E AGAINs GERMANS,
RhiARIANS AND TURKS.
||lGE BEATEN OFF
VIC aaacks We're Defeated In
fudJa Region-German
var Office Claims Success
for Teutonic Troops.

-''poS, Sept. 2s.-The Ruma-
| ave again taken the offensive
''eia Marshal Won Macken-
|. "ly OF Germans, Bulgarians
e. ''iSs after beating off hostile
= the Dobrudja region
"''clai statement from the
sa var office reported that the
4. ''als attacked near the pa-
h, ~ y southwest of Topraiser
!. - ae dermans claimed a vic
n. = s.Au'sday's fighting. N soth
I. ,as a' attacks we're repulsed.
i ,,a''. bulgarian war office reported
| - a' : 10000 Rumanians attack
i s.. sa'ian wing Thursday,
-. VA.
kspss ). sais eounter-attacked and
~. ,ns humanians until Thurs-
E.sh 'len the Rumanians ap-
(s.t ,,a v'sanized !. during the
kg 'umed the offensive yes
ssssl, ~ 'snia and Macedonia
j w., "a . office announces a vie,
ss,s ~ ~ ali'es. German forces
f,,,,''a 'aikan pass through
r., -. 'ania Alps and now
S'a'nia With invasion 1c,s or
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-23
'AluEO PATROLS RA|O
STRUMA FRONT TRENCHES

LONDON, Sept .23.-"On the
Struma front our patrols successful
lv raided enemy trenches in the
neighborhood of Komorjan. causing
casualties" says today's official re-
pert In regard TO the Macedonian
campaign. "Our naval aircraft bonn
tarded an enemy's transport near
Drama, apparently with good results
On the Doiran front we raided enc
my trenches at three, points"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-23
BIC FOREST FIRE
RACES IN CANADA
FOUR HUNDRED SQUARE MILES
OF VALUABLE TIMBER LAND
BEING SWEPT BY FLAMES.
Large Tracts in the Blueberry
Mountains Have Already Been
Cleared OF Timber-Pall OF
smoke Hangs Over District.

CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 20
About four hundred square miles OF
timber land in the oeace river coun-
try in northern Alberta is burning
Large tracts in the Blueberry noun
tains west of the Esprite river nave
been cleared by the fire. Wild ami
mails flee to places of safety as the
black clouds of smoke settle over
the entire district.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-23
AMERICAN GIRL MARIsIES
ENGLISH ARMY OFFICER

LONDON, Sept. 23.--Gertrude
Aims Lincoln OF Los Angeles. Calf.
was married at Hel'ingiy. near east
Bourne, today to Ln.her Lett Haines.
OF the royal field artillery. Local
newspapers say she IS . grand
daughter OF Abraham Lincoln.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-23
DUTCH STEAMER CAPTURED
0Y GERMAN NAVAL FORCES

THE HAGUE. Sept. 23.-The Ger
mans have captured the Dutch stea-
mer Prinz Hendrick, bound from
London to Flushing, and have taken
her into tho port of Zeebrugge with
her eighty passengers and heavy
cargo.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-23

The Colchester. 1920 tons gross.
was built at Hull in 1888 and owned
in Harwich.
This is the third time the Ger
mans have announced the capture
of British steamships engaged In
traffic between England and the con-
tinent. On June 16 the steamship
Brussels was captured by German
destroyers and taken with her pas
sengers into Zeebrugge. The Brus-
sells captain. Charles Fryatt, was
put to death on the charge that he
had attempted to ram a German
submarine. Early in July the Brit
Iish steamer Lestris. from Liverpool,
was seized by German warships not
far from the English coast.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-23

Woman differs from man In that
she may regard a reception az forni
OF entertainment.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-23
STEAMER COLCHESTER CAP
TURED THURSDAY NIGHT BY
GERMAN NAVAL FORCES.
.TOWEO INTO PORT
The Vessel Was Taken to Zeebrugge
Where ID Will Probably BE Held
As a Prize of War-ln the
Channel Service.

BERLIN, Sept. 23.--(By wireless
to Sayville) The capture by Ger
man sea forces of the British steam
ship Colchester on Thursday night
was reported today by the Overseas
News Agency. The Colchester was
taken to Zeebrugge, Belgium.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-23

Opposition is the life Of trade and
the target Of abuse.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-09-23

The Daily Light gives tho rers
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-01
A GETTING TOGETHER

DUFING ,ess the last year , ,ti there a,,v has sn
association of railroad men
which is founded upon the principles
of harmony and unity and cooper
alton. 1t is designed to bring together
under more satisfactory conditions the
employer and employe with the DOM
inant thought that through better
understanding of each others plans
and purposes the general relations of
the railroad management and railroad
men will be improved.
This organization is said to be grow
ing rapidly and the meetings from
time to time, which are addressed by
those interested in cooperative effort
looking toward the promotion of a
spirit of good fellowship, are having a
wide influence for good. The meet
ings are attended by railroad officials
and all classes of employees and already
there is manifest a feeling of conf
dence and fraternity which augurs
well for the future.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-01
RAILROAD PROBLEMS

lust when the great railroads with
terminals at Philadelphia and New
York were getting ready to enjoy
a share OF the returning prosperity of
the country the congestion at these
terminals is so great that it is impos-
sible to move traffic with any degree
of certainty. An official of the Penn
sylvania Railroad stated a day or two
ago that there is an average of $500
loaded cars clogging the system in the
vicinity of Philadelphia and New York
AS fast as these cars are moved in
snail fashion through the inadequate
terminal facilities other loaded cars
take their places and thus the condi-
tions continue to worry and embarrass
the transportation companies. OF
course, this result is largely due to the
big exports of war materials and sup
plies and the fact that New England is
at the present time an enormous work
shop, with most of the product going
to these shipping points.
This congestion of traffic has be-
come a problem which the railroads
were never. before called upon to meet.
AS the main arteries of internal COM
merce the railways are necessary to
the prosperity of the country and
when the normal flow of traffic
through these arteries is impeded or
stopped altogether there is certain to
be serious effect upon business.
The transportation experts are
wearing their gray matter to a FRAGILE
in an effort to overcome this situa-
ton. 1t Is thought possible, however,
that the normal weather conditions of
the Spring will render less acute the
congestion which has continued for
months without material improve
ment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-01
A New Literary Hope

The touch of romance that has been
wanting in the great war has been sup
plied-an irish rebellionl There is moth
ing more romantic than an Irish rebel
lion. 1t has the best literary traditions
OF any form of rebellion Known. 1t has
more of poetry, oratory, saga and min
strelsy than was ever boasted by lost
cause. The hoofbeats and saber rattles
in Dublin are but a faint echo of 1t.
Charley over the water never held a
candle to it. No plot, no conspiracy.
no sedition that did not have the smell
of peat smoke about 1t ever had an
equal chance OF Immortality.
One regrets to hear from Mr.. Birrell,
chief secretary for Ireland. that the sit
uation is under control. 1t seems
hardly fair to the interests of ro-
nance. One could have hoped that 1T
would remain beyond control long
enough at least, for a Charles Lever
to take a few hasty notes. The Eng
tsh government in times past has con-
sidered a decent patronage of literature
to be one of its prerogatives. How
good and how pleasant IL would be If
1t could see it's way to go a little easy
now and let our pallid literary era be
refreshed with new chapter of Irish
rebellion!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-01

To the Editor Of the Telegraph:
Carlisle, Pa,
May /, 1916.
Recently there appeared in our
Carlisle dailies a communication call
ing attention of the public road at
Lemoyne and Camp Hill, and giving
sixty days in which to remedy condi-
tions. May we add the conditions at
Camp Hill are exceedingly bad and
should be remedied at once. Now
may we call attention to our Capital
City streets between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth streets. April 2S, on Boas
street between Eighteenth and Nine
teenth streets conditions were so bad,
with Ford car capable of going any
where, we sunk into mud so deep it
was necessary to employ four men to
dig us out, taking an hour to do
the work. Should there be occasion
to order at short notice cannon from
the State arsenal it is doubtful
whether they could get them out at
any cost as these road conditions
exist a stones throw from the State
arsenal. There is positively not a
public thoroughfare in Cumberland
county equal to the present bad condi-
tion right in Harrisburg. Have some
one look it up.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-01
PILATTSRURG

n S the summer draws near and the
n schools and colleges make
ready to disgorge their thou
sands whose tremendous plans for
the summer vacation, if carried out,
would require months of time and
mint of money, there are many young
men whose personalities are a sensi-
BILE mixture of serious purpose and
wholesome appreciation of the out
doors, 1IIft eyes toward tire
opportunities for physical develop
ment. For such young men the War
Department several years ago in it's
wisdom provided a means for the out
let of suppressed steam and months
work and pleasure combined. The an
swer is Plattsburg, New York.
Discipline, obedience, cultivation of
muscle and an erect bearing, pleasant
association with men and boys of like
mind, health, appetite, toughened
sinews. military knowledge, apprecia-
tion and acquisition of authority, a
healthy sunburn and a stimulated
love for America and all she stands
- are only a few of the characteris-
Tic things which a month at the beau
tiful camp along Lake Champlain
brings. The sight of hundreds of
young men, representing some of the
best blood of the country, units of a
machine that in short time attains
to remarkable efficiency, marching
across the drill plain on parade. in
kperfect step. heads erect eyes flashing,
while the regimental band plays stir
ring martial music, is a picture that
is never forgotten by the many civil
ians who daily visit the camp to watch
the volunteers on dress parade.
The decision which has been
reached by dozen or more of the stu
dents of the Harrisburg Academy who
are Interested in the idea of a months
training at the combination play and
work camp at Piattsburg. will never
be regretted The enthusiasm dis
played by every man who has in years
past spent month at this summer
military camp is sufficient proof of the
advantages which IT offers and the
benefits which accrue therefrom. II
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-01
HARRY c. wRIGHTs DEATH

TN the death of Harry c. Wright
president of the Municipal
League, member of the School
Board and widely-known citizen,
Steelton loses one of its real assets.
or Mr.. Wright 1t may be said that
he did more perhaps than any other
one man TO bring Steelton out of
tho slough of municipal indifference
Into the very first rank of progressive
boroughs in the State. He was one
of the first men to urge the paving
of Front street, the principal thor
oughfare, which improvement is gen.
orally recognized as the commence
ment of Steelton's awakening. AS
president and one of the guiding
spirits in the Municipal League he did
much to obtain passage of the various
Improvement loans which have
marked Steelton's advancement to
its present enviable position among
boroughs.
Aside from his constructive work in
strictly municipal circles, Mr.. Wright
has always been an ardent advocate
of adequate recreation facilities. AL
ways a booster for development of the
Luther r. Kelker Park, Mr.. Wright
was one of the first to see the ad-
\ vantage of a Fairgrounds system for
the borough and up to the very day
hat he was taken i'll, worked
trenuously to induce council to pass
Pan ordinance creating a Parks and
Fairgrounds Commission to get the
recreation work under proper ad-
ministrative control.
AS member of the Steelton
School Board Mr.. Wright did MUCH
TO place Steelton schools in their
present high position. While he was
a member of the board politics in
school affairs was unknown. He was
also a constant advocate OF a bigger
and better Steelton. Not only did he
urge outside capitalists to invest their
money there, but showed his faith in
the town by investing practically every
cent of his own money in Steelton
real estate.
Mr.. Wright's career has been a
constant source of inspiration and
help to the constructive civic forces in
Steelton and his sudden death will be
deeply mourned by all with whom he
came in contact.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-01
Can Teach Us Something
IPhiladelphia Public Ledgerl

Philadelphia Public LEDGER
Like other cities that have suffered
severely from fire, Augusta, Georgia,
has plans for rebuilding of an
ambitious kind. The new business
center of Augusta will be far finer
than the old. Better architecture,
broader streets, more parks - these
are things the energetic inhabitants
intend to provide. Thus in a sense
the great fire was a blessing. Yet 1t
is pertinent to ask why so many
American communities should wait
for the disaster carelessness has in
vited before they make a serious effort
in the direction of more beauty and
security. This is the land of wasted
opportunities in many ways-in none
more than in civic development We
permit re-traps to exist in crowded
sections, we ignore the possibilities
of improvements that would mean
financial advantage as well as greater
attractiveness, we persist in hap
hazard construction and tolerate lack
of enterprise. Cannot Philadelphia,
at least, learn from the misfortunes
of others the lesson they SO plainly
teach?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-01

no examiner in the port where the
tea arrives, samples of the product
are sent by parcel post to the nearest
federal examiner.
When the tea is up to government
standards it is Immediately released
by the examiner and resumes the us
ual course OF trade. When it is not
up to the standard, however, and is
rejected by the examiner, the inn
porter is given a period of six months
in which to remove the tea from the
country; at the end of that time, it
VIII be confiscated by the government
and destroyed. Samples of rejected
teas are always furnished the Super
vising Tea Expert at Washington, who
also puts them through certain tests
with the privilege of correcting the
decision of the examiner il it should
appear that he is wrong.
In the event that the tea is rejected
by both experts, the importer may
still take the matter to the United
States Board of Tea Appeals, which
has been created by congress for the
purpose of trying tea cases. Upon the
decision of this board, which tests the
tea in open court and hears the testi-
mony of any witnesses in the case. de-
pends the fate of the tea. The num-
ber of cases appealed to this board
however, are negligible, the decisions
of the port examiners being accepted
without complaint in almost every in
stance. As every tea merchant is fam
iliar with the government standards
and in buying tea is able himself tc
make the tea tests that the examiners
make in ascertaining it's purity and
quality, there is little excuse for q
shipment of poor tea ever reaching
this country.
The government has selected twelve
| tea standards which it considers the
lowest maximum of purity and quality
that should be sold to people of the
| United States. In comparing the sam
pie of tea shipment with these stan
dards, the tea examiner brews a cuL
of each of them and tastes it. To the
| layman who drinks whatever tea is
placed before him, and prefers coffee
anyway, this seems rather in
adequate method of deciding so i'm
portant question as the destiny o.
several thousand pounds of tea. Blu
when you have sampled as many kinds
of teas as many times a day as do the
tea examiners, your tea-taste comes
pretty near to being infallible and yor
are qualified TO judge as to it's quality
at least.
In determining its purity the exam.
liners employ what is known as Tho
Read Test" invented by a woman
scientist of the Department of Ag
riculture. A small sample of the tea
Is placed in a sieve, where the dust i.
shaken over a piece of white paper
When approximately one grain of dus
has been accumulated it is pressed on
to the paper so that any particles o.
coloring matter contained in it will
streak the paper The dust is then re
moved and the sheet of paper is in
spected through a magnifying glass
when the presence of Prussian blue
soapstone or adulterating material il
at once revealed.
Thus the government has -naade-i 4
impossible for us to drink an impur,
and inferior cup of tea, and the gov
ernment experts enthusiastic in thei
work, want us to discard coffee anC
become a tea-drinking nation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-01
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Becoming more and more evident that
T. r. now stands for ITO Run."-Co-
lumbia State.
The T. Coleman Du Pont boom for the
Presidency blew up as soon as Roose-
welt spark fell into the magazine.-New
York Sun.
Russia having engaged Americans to
build a submarine. evidently expects
the war to last two or three years yet.
Pittsburgh Gazette Times.
Ford's selection in the Michigan
Presidential preference primary will
doubtless be regarded as a victory for
the Ford machine.-Chicago Herald
Doubtless Villa had nothing to do
with the attack on Columbus. n. NJ. A
sketch drawn by him will show that 1T
was another town at the same place
New York World
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-01
Riding Power of a Nickel

IFrom the Electrical RAILWAY Journal
one of the advertisements which the
Chicago Surface Lines has now been
running about year called attention
to the fact that the power of the nickel
for street railway rides in Chicago had
Increased about 1925 per cent. in fifty
years, although in the same period the
buying power of the nickel as applied
sugar, shoes, cotton and wool-has in
creased but n per cent. That there
was any increase at all is due to the
prices For twenty years the value of
the nickel I'm terms of commodities has
steadily declined. but 1t has gone up
enormously in terms of street car SER
vice.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-01
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

-Reniamin Thaw. Jr., prominent
Pittsburgher. has passed the eXamina-
tion for the diplomatic service.
The Rev. II. c. Stone, who started
the Stonemen's movement, is a Phila-
delphia clergyman.
C. II. Priestly, whose purchase of
Petty's Island in the Delaware. has
interested Philadelphia, is prominent
The Rev. DR.. w. o. Thompson
will dedicate the new administration
building at Western Theological Semi
nary, Pittsburgh.
Henry Hornbostel, architect of
the Pennsylvania building at San
Francisco exposition, is the expert in
charge of plans for the Johnstown
High School.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-01

is to be hoped that members of the
Senior classes of both the Central
and Technical high school will arrive
at the same conclusion as the Academy
boys. The big universities of the
country predominate the Junior camp
in July. but the percentage of high
school and preparatory school students
is not small. Businessmen of Harris
burg, you who are always talking
about getting out in the open and re-
ducing, but who never do 1t, now is
your chance! Follow Mayor Mitchels
example and take a month off this
summer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-01

He sought out news in the places where
news grew. He poked his long nose
into queer corners of the town that
in those days after the Worlds Fair.
He struck and held acquaintance with
walters and cab-drivers, and bartend-
ers He Travelled beats with friendly
patrolmen. He found the Pilots Club,
in South Water street, and the Goose
Grid in Milwaukee avenue. In a city
that editors knew only by mas and by
gossip Tommy Trant came to know
real people. men and women who were
showing Chicago up to the 100000
made stories of them. He wrote stories
out of the strange gift within himself:
The city editor read all of them and
used some of them. One week, after
Tommy Trant had drawn more money
for space writing than the citv editor
drew on salary. The Record put the
"The Sandals Of His Youth" by May
Synon in the May Scribner.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-01
A CITY OF FLOWERS

E<NERYwHERE throughout Harris
T. burg the campaign for window
and porch boxes this season is
arousing great interest. Since the
clouds have ceased to weep daily the
work in the gardens and among the
flowers has been taken up earnestly
in all parts OF the city. Likewise many
of the most important business houses
have decided to join in the floral dec
Grafton scores of persons in the resi-
Dental districts are falling into line.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-01
COAL STRIKE AXERTED

a PPARENTLY the threatened coal
"A strike is to be averted. Both
sides have yielded something and
if the operators and the mine work
ers approve the award of the joint
committee the danger of a summer of
idleness and fuel famine next Fall
and winter will be avoided. But the
public will pay the freight. Be sure
the operators will not shoulder the
cost of additional wages and shorter
hours. They will charge it up to the
retailer and the retailer, if he is to
continue in business, must pass it
along to the consumer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-01
EXPERIENCE UNNECESSARY

~
wv ton lacks in knowledge of
government service it makes up
in egotism. In the opening paragraph
of his latest annual report, the First
Assistant Postmaster General says:
The plans for emproving, develop
ing and extending the post office
service laid down at the outset of
this Adminlstrat1on have
been followed consistently to the
present time.
Mr.. Roper became First Assistant
Postmaster General without a single
days experience in the postal service
"a service that expends $2S3,OOO, 900
year. Mr.. Roper's own bureau
spends practically one-half of this
amount and has control over nearly
1000 post offices.
Without days experience Mr.. Ro-
per says that "at the outset of his ad-
mir .tration he made plans for inn
proving, developing, and extending the
service and has followed those plans
consistently to the present time. -
What great opportunities are being
missed by such corporations as the
United States Steel Company, the
Standard Oil Company. the great New
York banks, or the large manufactur-
ing establishments of Chicagol What
pity they should go on employing
supervisory officials who have worked
UP in the service when they could just
as we'll employ man like Roper who
without a days experience. could lay
out plans for Improvement and devel-
opment.
But, on the other hand, perhaps
large business enterprises have OBJ
served the results of consistently fol-
lowing plans thus laid out and prefer
their own policy of employing men OF
experience rather than men whose
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-01
A Real Newspapernan

Tommy Trant came to Chicago with
his eVes He came from fndIana 81, n
tall stoohing. awkward. heavily spec
tacled boy. to stand by the desk Of the
city editor Of The Record. seeking a
lob. The city editor told him. as city
editors have told hundreds of other
solemn eyed youths from Indiana, that
for newsKatherers. Tommy Trant took
the hint that most Of the other aspir-
ants for journalistic fame had ignored