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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-27
MODERN WARFARE
kansas City Star.1

Senator hamberlain--An untrain-
ed army never could have resisted Ger
many on the French frontier, could
it?
General Wood-They never would
nave known what hit 'em. e.
And more in detail here is how
Henry Breckenridge, assistant secretary
of war. describes what an American
soldier would have to face in modern
war.
TO face destruction by the enemy's
artillery when he is five or six miles
from point where he himself can in
met injury in return, suffer casualties
IN advancing over great stretches of
ground without firing a shot. to face
the thunderbolts of large caliber guns
and howitzers, to endure the rain of
death of shrapnel and high explosives,
to meet the whitening hail of hell
splitting mitrailleuse, to face the steel
Jacketed sheet of rifle fire, even to suf-
fer death at the hands of ones own
supporting artillery, cut the wire en-
tanglements, mount the parapet, to
give or receive the death thrust of the
bayonets cold steel That is what
modern warfare requires of an infan-
tryman."
1t is the duty of the Nation, if it
ever has to send its sons against an
enemy, to give them a chance for
their lives and they can be given that
chance only by the training that goes
with. preparedness.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-27
REAL ESTATE IDEALS

A MOTHER of the get-together
n meetings which are making
Harrisburg known far and wide
as livewire city was held at the Har-
risburg Club yesterday when a dis
tinguished real estate expert adj
dressed the monday luncheon meet
ing of the new Harrisburg Real Estate
Board. This speaker brought a mes
sage of good fellowship and service
such as has actuated and emphasized
all that has gone before along this
line at the various public functions of
the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary
Club and similar organizations.
lie gave expression to his pleasure
over the cleanliness of the city. its
unrivaled river front, the evidence of
civic pride and public spirit every-
where manifest and in eloquent
phrases dwelt upon the other MANY
good points of Harrisburg.
Every member of the organization
and the guests, who included the Citv
Planning Commissioners and men,
bers of the City Council, gathered
from the address and the incidental
good fellowship fresh inspiration for
the attainment of that greater Har-
risburg toward which every IovaI
citizen is pressing.
This city is peculiarly fortunate in
the fine spirit of helpfulness which
pervades all classes of the com
munity. The civic bodies, the news
papers, the religious and other organ.
izations, the fraternal societies-all
are doing their part in fostering the
community feeling which has already
accomplished so much in recent
years. Those who visit the CITY al
ways leave with fine impression of
the physical attractions of Harrisburg
and what is still better it's increasingly
fine type of citizenship. "A good name
is rather to be chosen than great
riches" says the Good Book, and the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-27
DAUPHIN COUNTY ROADS
7 TNDER an act of the Legislator
of 1913 authority is granted t


7 TNDER an act of the Legislature
of 1913 authority is granted to
boards of county commissioners
townships, boroughs and incorporated
towns of the Commonwealth to incur
such Indebtedness as may be neces.
sary TO reconstruct sections of State
highway. This local aid is provided
so that sections of the great highway
system of the Commonwealth which
cannot be improved owing to the
present lack of funds may be put into
condition through the cooperation OF
the State Highway Department and
the local authorities. Dauphin county
other counties are now doing, and we
believe the County Commissioners are
eady and willing to cooperate with
the State Highway Commissioner in
improving n number of the important
highways which enter the city.
Several of the counties already
have done a great deal in this direc-
lion and Dauphin county, as the seat
of the State government, must not fail
behind in this important work. Gov
ernor Brumbaugh and the staff of the
State Highway Department have for
program; it is the duty of the local
authorities to show proper interest by
earnest cooperation.
1t were folly 10 imagine that a sys-
tenn covering more than 10000 miles
of highway could all be improved by
the State within a few years without
enormous and almost impossible ex-
penditure of public funds. 1t is mani
festly the duty of the counties and
townships to assist in this work. Good
roads are no longer regarded as the
luxurious expression of an extrava-
CANT idea. They are the essential
lines of communication between cities
and towns and communities, and Gov
ernor Brumbaugh is determined that
there shall be no lack of energy SO
far as the administration on Capitol
Hill is concerned.
Dauphin county can afford to pro.
vide for more good roads and il is Ia
he hoped the commissioners will lose
no time in taking up this subject and
agreeing upon reasonable plan oi
action.
With respect to the Narrows be.
tween Clark's Ferry and Dauphin il
would appear to be up to the North.
ern Central Railway to provide the
remedy. II 1t has encroached upon
the established highway, as now ap.
pears, it is clearly the duty of the
railroad corporation to provide a safe
and adequate road in that particular
district
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-27
MODELLING INDUSTRY
(New York Worldl

Five American technical organiza-
tions are asked to propose members,
by appointment by the President, for
a board to plan the mobilization of
industries in case of war.
Such preparation is Of first import
ance. Every great war since the rail-
way was introduced has been on land
a railway war; now we have also the
factory war. Germany is using so
per cent. of her productive power for
war supplies. Great Britain had to
establish Ministry of Munitions not
long after she had centralized her
railway management for war
Eighteen months have revolution
ised all ideas of the mobility of heavy
guns The long-range bombardment
of Lille now answers on the Entente
side to the long-range shelling of
Dunkirk. The huge field mortar has
gained on fixed fort ordnance; but 1t
means railways, permanent and tenn
porary, to place and feed it. AS for
miscellaneous factories, there are 500
in New Jersey alone that must be
taken over in case of war. 1t is well
to have them listed and mapped
Engineers naturally lead in this
work of planning. The chemist will
almost rank with the engineer if an
other great conflict ensues.
Preparedness along these lines costs
little and might save much If the
emergency should come. Not the least
of its advantages is that it can hardly
fail to benefit the grouping and core
lation of industries for peace.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-27
LEE AND THE RAILROADS

TN his speech at Philadelphia, Ivy
l.. Lee, a former Pennsylvania
railroad official, made some
straight from the shoulder statements
regarding railroad conditions in this
country. He referred to the fact that
public opinion is omnipotent; that
American public opinion can be de-
pended upon to be fair once the merits
of situation are made clear; that if
condition thus created is more injur-
ious to the public than to the rail-
roads. Mr.. Lee pointed out that the
difficulties OF the railroads to-day may
become a barrier to national progress
Tomorrow; that sound public policy
toward the railroads requires that
regulation be fair and equitable.
Perhaps nothing said by Mr.. Lee eX-
cited more interest than his
statement that the railroads
are moving more traffic than
ever before in their history, yet there
at any time since the Civil War. In
dustriaI companies are making enor-
nous extensions TO their plants, while
the railroad corporations are embar-
rassed by lack of funds and shortage
of equipment. Railroad managers un-
derstand the situation, of course, but
the period of legislative and inquisi-
torial hysteria through which this
country has passed for the last few
years has checked investment in rail-
road securities and rendered the badly
needed extension of transportation fa-
cilities almost impossible. Notwith-
standing that since 1907 the railroads
have invested $4,000, 100000 in new
facilities they received in 1915 a net
revenue of only about $4,000, 900 more
than in 1907. Less than one per cent.
was earned on the new money neces-
sary to provide the increased service.
Mr.. Lee dwelt upon the fact that the
American people are constantly de-
manding a higher standard of rail-
roading, which makes the cost of each
unit of service steadily greater. EN-
President Taft admitted in a speech a
day or two ago that he and others
had erred in pressing too far the mat
ter of railroad regulation and from
many sources now comes the argu-
ment, based upon experience, in favor
of more consistent, harmonious and
definite attitude of the government
toward these common carriers.
AS a result of the hectoring of the
railroad systems through experimental
legislation and unnecessary regulation
there comes the appeal for govern
ment ownership. The present admin
istration at Washington seems to have
run mad on the question of public
control of everything in the way of
public utility, overlooking the newt
lably disastrous consequences of inter-
fering with private enterprise and
initiative.
Railroad managers have had their
lesson. 1t remains to be seen whether
they will profit by the hard expert
ence of recent years. 1t must be ad-
mitted that now and then they show
the same old attitude of arbitrary dis
regard of public interest, but for the
most part we believe the railroad
leaders are ready and willing to CO.
operate and to so manage their great
properties that there may be no rea-
sonable protest from the public.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-27
BROADWAY

The time. Eternity; the scene, A Street
Hung between hell and heaven, Row
on row,
The lamps burn, and the burning
thousands go
To serve the turn of passion, and re
peat
The Comedy that life leaves incomplete
And death remembers. Shame and
beauty meet
With laughter, and unreasonable
woe
Lies in the arms of joy; and tn cir
dreams throw
Gold in their eyes. and gloom before
their feet.
May not some player. hearing in his
heart
The murmur of an immortal audience
From the dark House beyond that
golden mist.
Look over his own. lines, to question
whence
An action sprang, and trace from part
to part ...
The vision of the living Dramatist? ?
Brian Hooker. in Harper's Weekly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-27
TEMPERANCE

A lengthy discussion relative to the
temperance question would be un-
profitable here. AS a general rule,
however, it may be said that for a
healthy person whisky and other
strong drinks are bad. There is no
doubt but that less alcohol is being
consumed every year; people are
gradually getting away from liquor.
This is so because through popular
education people are beginning to
realize the harmful effects of strong
drink employers take it for granted
that their workers are temperate. and
finally, the number of States in which
liquor is being legislated against is
constantly increasing. There is nc
real strength in alcohol despite the
belief of some to the contrary. Liquor
may brace up a person temporarily
but it is like whipping tired horse
and there is bound TO be a reaction
From Good Health
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-27

reputation of a city is quite as i'm
dividual.
Harrisburg has grown phenomenally
in everything that constitutes a
modern and attractive industrial,
commercial and residential COM
munity. Our people are standing to-
gether admirably for everything that
means the betterment and the welfare
of the city. 1t is because of this fact
that the stranger is impressed with
the good fellowship and the public
spirited attitude of our citizens. He
could hardly escape a good impress
sion if he would. But 1t is UP to our
officials, and our businessmen, and our
real estate and other active spirits to
promote planning for the future so
that what we have to-day may be re-
garded as the starting point of bet
ter tomorrow.
Perhaps in no better way can the
real estate organization benefit the
city than in the creation of a senti-
ment which will make impossible
solid blocks of houses without proper
air space and, ventilation and disre-
gard of lawns and esthetic features,
which are, after all, the things which
contribute most to the health and
happiness of all who live here. Co
operating with the City Planning
Commission the real estate men can
exercise a powerful influence for good
in the years to come. and we believe
they are ready for the test.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-27
DODGING THE LIGHTNING
By Frederic J. Haskin

shelter under tree and lightning gets
that tree, your chances are slim. They
are still simmer If you happen to be
walking about in the open, and play
leadlng part in conducting the flash
from the cloud to the ground.
1t is possible to minimize further the
FISK you run inside a house, by keep
ing away from dangerous places A
uratt is bad, as almost everyone has
heard. Near the telephone is a poor
place to be caught during a thunder
storm, and unless there is something
particularly urgent to communicates
| 1t had better wait until the flashes are
over. Perhaps the most dangerous
place in the house is one whose ex-
lstence you hardly suspect. 1t lies be-
tween some mass of metal on the out
side of the building and some mass
! on the inside; for instance, the line
between a waterspout and a radiator
!This is dangerous because the light
ming will probably strike the water
spout If it strikes the house, and run
ming down the metal. it often leaps
TO some other nearby path, such as
! that furnished by the radiator If YOU
are in between the two, you may regret
Your intrusion.
Chimneys are also danger spots dur
ing a thunderstorm, and it is best to
7 keep away from any metal that COM
building, such as a ventilator pipe or
a screen door. Lightning is a freak
ish and eccentric phenomenon, and its
path through a building may include
almost anything, but these are the
channels it is most likely to follow. In
any event, the chance of being injured
while sheltered in a house is so small
that 1t is hardly worth worrying about
Those who are constitutionally timid
in the matter can reduce the slight
hazard by bearing in mind the facts
mentioned above, but most of the
lhghtning-risk comes out-of- DOORS
The statement that house is a
safe place in a thunderstorm must
not be taken as applying also to barns
Lightning seems to have a particular
fondness for trying it's hand at long
range shots on barns. Some experts
claim that this is due to the fact that
warm dry air in barn favors the pas
sage of electricity. At any rate, a
barn is a very poor shelter. Even
worse is a tree that stands out by it
self, in a meadow or on a bald hill
side. If the lightning hits anything
in that neighborhood, it will probably
pick the tree. For the same reason,
lit is poor policy to wander around in
an open field, or even q treeless plain
when lightning is abroad; for in that
case, you, yourself have the doubtful
Continued on Page 11.)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-27
FRENCH STILL FRIENDS

Whitney Warren, who went ia
France "as one who would go to his
friends in trouble" declares that the
French "are our friends, you know,
in spite of what some people say"
1t is a welcome reinsurance, for we
have been somewhat oversupplied Gas
Mr.. Warren seems to realize) with as
surances that French sentiment to-
wards us had progressed through the
stages of affection, expectation, and
disappointment to disaffection and
despise Mr.. Warren won't have 1t
so. He says:
The fact that the United States
did not protest when Belgium was
violated is a question they consider
q Government 'one and not in any
way rejecting upon our friendliness.
The people are deeply thankful for
the interest that we have manifested
in their sick and wounded. They
know the people of this country are
with them at heart in their fight for
the right.'-bife.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-27
shared by everyone in practic-
allY the same degree irrespec-

ITHERE is only one peril that is
shared by everyone in practic-
ally the same degree, irrespec-
tive of age, sex or occupation. That is
the danger from lightning. You can
avoid the risk of being run over by
| keeping to quiet streets, you can shun
all chance of contagion; If you fear
railway accidents you can abstain from
travel, but when the lightning begins
to flash and strike, everybody must
run a certain risk. 1t is possible to
minimize that risk, however, by knowing
what to do in a thunderstorm, and
that is what gives a wide interest to
the results of a searching investigation
of lightning just completed.
Every year at least 1.50O people are
struck by lightning, to a greater or
less, degree. 1t may seem anamolous
| TO speak of some one being slightly"
struck by lightning. but as a matter of
fact the popular idea that lightning
never has to strike twice in the same
| place is largely erroneous. Only
about one-third of the 1900, or 500
people, a year are killed outright by
the thunderbolt. The remaining,
1000 however, are subjected to grave
| injuries that often prove permanent.
Most of them could have saved them
selves by taking proper precautions.
There is no place in the path of a
thunderstorm that is not liable to be
struck by thunderbolts. 1t is possible,
however, for people to be absolutely
secure from lightning stroke even
| though the bolts fall about them, If
| the shelter which surrounds them is
| of such a nature that they will be
protected even should the shelter it.
self be struck Any spot that is COM
paratively surrounded by network of
metal is absolutely safe, and hence a
steel-frame building obviateS the need
for anxiety during thunderstorm.
An underground chamber of any sort
is also absolutely secure, but with the
exception of places such as these, there
is always some slight risk.
| The degree of safety is found in
houses properly protected by lightning
rods. If the protective system is
properly installed, a high degree of
safety can be attained, though for the
person troubled by an instructive fear
of lightning, there is enough risk left
to make things interesting. Any sort
of a house, protected or unprotected
is better than a shelter under a tree
or in a barn. or a position out in. the
| open.
! Even when lightning hits a house,
there is at least one chance in two
that ii will not hurt anybody inside
Even If the occupants are hit, they
are more likely to be injured than
killed. On the other hand, IL you
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-27
MILITARY SCHOOLS

Under n military regime everything
must be uone exactly on time and ac-
cording to fixed standards. Hands and
face must be clean, the hair combed
the shoes brushed the linen immacu-
late. If there is any neglect or de-
hciency in these respects, a definite
penalty is assigned. No cadet ever
talks back in regard to any of these
matters; the superior officer decides
without debate whether or not a cadet
has conformed to the requirements
If the cadet is ten seconds behind time
at any exercise; If he shows the slight
est discourtesy toward any officer; il
he becomes negligent or Indifferent
either in the classroom or in his mill
tary exercises, he is detected and
penalized. He cannot interfere with
the rights or activities of any other
cadet or he will suffer for it. If he
thinks he has been dealt with uniustly
by an officer, he may appeal to
higher officer; and his case may be
heard. But it is a fundamental mill
tary principle that any cadet is under
the control of his immediate superior.
The conditions in modern life often
make it difficult to bring up child so
that he will readily and ioyfully adapt
himself to the necessary rules and
regulations of home and school and ar
range his daily program in accordance
Herewith. For this reason the mill
tary school becomes a necessity for
some boys.
1t would not do to have the typical
boy spend his whole time under mill
tary regime. When the day comes that
the home and the school will CO.
operate to train children in good habits
so that they may be sensitive to and
respectful of authority, then the mill
tary school as separate institution
may not be so necessary. But until
the day arrives. 1t would be better to
take boys who are becoming wholly
irresponsible in the public schools and
subject them to the disciplinary in
fluence of a military school.-M. V.
O'Shea, in the March Mothers Maga-
zine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-27
THE SEARCHLIGHT
A QJININE FAMINE

The need for quinine in the war hos
pitals is so keen that shipments to this
country have been almost shut Off
Practically all the quinine used in this
country heretofore has come from the
Island of Java, which is under a British
embargo. No new stock has been put
on the New York market for months
The price has increased from fifty cents
a pound year ago to from $125 to
$3.50 at present according to grade.
During the Civil War. quinine in this
country once reached a price of $3.50
and grave fears are entertained that IL
may do so again in the near future A
small quantity of the cinchona bark is
raised in South America and also in
Ceylon and India, but fully so per cent.
from Java. which is no longer avail
able as a source of supply. The in
creasing difficulty in obtaining the drug
is causing. druggists and physicians
some anxiety. - -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-27
TELEORAPH'S PERIScOPE

Highway Commissioner Cum
ningham in the Millersburg road case
has demonstrated that while there
may be something significant in the
first part of his name the last syllable
has absolutely no part in his make
up.
DIR. Cook wants to cultivate the
North Pole for profit Well, the Doc
is living example of how to make
the North Pole pay.
Chairman Hills apparently be-
ieves President Wilson politically
bankrupt with Col. Bryan to be named
as receiver.
The request of the New York
censors for the nymphs in the Rus
sian ballet to lengthen their skirts a
little indicates that while the critics
may favor high art they don't want it
too high.
The Du Pont family is living up
TO its best traditions as producers of
nigh class explosives.
A glance at the newspapers ap-
pears TO indicate that while Teddy
has been transformed and is now
Colonel Roosevelt, Perkins is still
Perky in more senses than one.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-27
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Representative John W. Wicker.
man, of Allegheny county, active ir
local option affairs, is a newspaper
publisher.
John Ferguson has been reelected
president of the Philadelphia DRUG
Exchange.
John n. Jacobs, the retiring con.
troller, of Montgomery county, says
he is proud of its report. 1t shows
a balance of $190,000.
General C. b. Dougherty is urging
military training in WillIes-B Barre
schools.
Henry c. Mercer, who designed
the tile pavement in the Capitol, is
the new president of the Bucks Coun-
ty historical society.