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wrecked. colonel Psrrr1cr Is mot an

wrecked. Colonel PRENTICE Is not an
advocate Of promlscuous air raiding
In war, but he thinks the dirigible Of
the future will be more efficient for
bombing than were the dirigibles used
In the war. for "hclium filled bal
looms will not be frightened away like
the Zeppelins were by n few incen.
diary bullets"
The case made out for the lighter
than air machine Is interesting, and
there seems to be no doubt about the
diriglble's usefulness in peace as well
as in war. But suppose the covenant
Of the League Of Nations. including
Article VIII, should be accepted? If
the Council, in which \the United
States has but one votel should de-
eide that a dlriglble balloon Is per Sc
armament this Governments produc-
ton or purchase of dirigibles would
be- regulated by plans formulated by
the Council "for the consideration and
action Of the several governments !;
and after a limit had been put on
American dirigibles it could not be
exceeded except by the concurrence
Of the Council.
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American Medical Missions Abroad.

A Paris despatch refers to an ex-
petition under command OF Colonel
HARRY L. GILcHRIsr of the Medical
Corps of the United States Army to be
sent into Poland as "the most i'm
portant medical expedition ever organ
lied to fight typhus." This dreaded
scourge. which follows in the wake of
war and famine, is reported now to
be epidemic from the Baltic to the
Black Sea, and it Is to exterminate
the cause OF the disease before cold
weather permits 1t to become more
virulent that this American mission
was undertaken.
An instance OF the need of help in
the fight against typhus Is furnished
by the recent arrival In Paris of a
Cossack, in astrakhan cap and faded
long coat, who had sold all that he
possessed in order that he might re-
port the condition OF the people in
the Caucasus region. That he should
make this long journey across Europe
was in itsslf an evidence Of the de-
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THE CASE FOR AMERICA.
Let the Government Be Responsible
Only to Its Own People.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-ST: II
the nations are going TO behave them
selves the League of Nations is super
fluous. II they intend to misbehave the
League OF Nations is useless and perni-
ton will not be guided by the acts
of the present II those acts are con-
trary to human nature.
The League OF Nations is I'M
American. The United States will guard
its own integrity and preserve its own
freedom. II any other people want
America to guard and preserve 1t let
that people apply for American citizen
ship, help pay American taxes and up
hold American institutions, and Ameri-
can protection will automatically be ex-
tended to that people.
What Americans want is to remain
American citizens - cosovereigns ac-
knowledgiug no ruler, but only self
chosen servants. and not 10 be delivered
as subjects, to any foreign Power or
concert OF Powers.
America loves peace enough to hgh.
for It. Peace at the price OF sur
rendered freedom, at the cost of citizen
ship EXCHANGED for however velveted a
subsection, woodland ought to-break
the heart Of the United States.
American citizens are subject TO no
will but their own. The Government OF
the United States is responsible to none
but the citizens that constitute that GOV
eminent. Louis KENT.
New YORK, July 10.
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The Navy Departments Silence
About the Mexican Incident.

A peculiar thing about the assault
and robbery of American sailors in
Mexico Is that although a report OF
the outrage reached the Navy Depart
ment on July Z, the day after the
occurrence. the news was not trans
mitted to the state Department until
last Saturday, twelve days later.
Perhaps the officials at the Navy
Department had in mind what hap
pened in 1914. when American blue
Jackets on peaceful errand in
Tamplco were arrested by Mexican
soldiers. when President WILSON de-
manded an apologize salute, when
HUERTA sneered in reply. when our
Consul at Monterey was thrown into
Jail and his fiag-our fiag-trampled
In the dust. and when, after occupy
ing Vera Cruz, our forces were taken
out of Mexico without the salute hav-
ing been given.
4. Remembering all that, remembering
that the Administration failed to back
up Admiral MAYo's energetic action
after the incident Of April 0, 1914,
the Navy Department perhaps con-
sidered 1t useless to transmit to Presi-
dent WILSON. who runs the State
Department, report Of the new Tam
plco incident, the new outrage upon
American sailors again on n harmless
errand. The men in the Navy Depart
ment cannot have forgotten the
-watchful waiting" policy.
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noralised governmental situation IL

moralized governmental situation in
eastern Europe. The investigat ton by
a Red Cross official made this still
more evident, for It showed that there
were 100000 cases OF typhus on the
slopes OF the Caucasus and that
throughout the Kuban district there
was a lack OF all drugs and medical
supplies. The report says:
Not only were the people dying
OF disease but the wounded soldiers
OF the army engaged in frontier fght-
ing were without dressings or anes-
thetics for even major operations.
Not in the whole OF Kuban was there
a single ounce OF ether or chloro-
form"
The Red Cross Immediately fitted
out relief expedition for t. Black
Sea region.
The success OF the American relief
expeditions In Serbia and the ener.
getic methods which the American
doctors and nurses took to stamp out
'typhus and to improve the sanitary
and medical conditions OF that coun.
try give reason for the belief that the
present undertakings will accomplish
their purposes. They are not alone
expeditions Of mercy to the people OF
the Baltic and Caucasus regions, but
missions from which the world will
benefit by the removal OF the peril
OF most dreaded epidemic.
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Smoking on Train Platforms.

One curious result Of the war Is a
disregard Of the rule against smoking
on the elevated and subway platforms,
and particularly the former. 1t was
a rule which was fairly well kept until
two years ago. when soldiers from
other places, unfamiliar with the pro-
hibltion, smoked their cigarettes while
waiting for trains. The Interborough
employees Loyalty winked at the vio-
lation. Civilians quickly observed that
the barrier was down and have taken
advantage Of 1t ever since. Nowadays
they walk boldly past the ticket chop
pers with burning tobacco.
Probably the only harm that comes
of it Is that anger which always burns
in the righteous when n law is not
enforced. The respecters of the rule
regard with indignation sometimes
mixed with envy the fellows who
seized upon the precedent which the
soldiers established.
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Acknowledgement informs the COM
manding general at Camp Lewis that
ut Is impracticable to approve your
recommendations In their entirety"
He states that 1t Is the first duty OF
the Regular Army to maintain itself
In such state Of military efficiency
MS Will enable II TO respond promptly
and effectively to calls for any kind
OF field service. This cannot be ac-
complished, he states, If one-half Of
each day ls devoted to other than
military work." and he declares that
pending further investigation at is
deemed impractlcable to devote one
half OF each day to vocational train
Ing even though adequate material
for such training exists and can be
counted on to continue" And then
the suggestion comes that the soft
pedal be applied to the educational
advantages Of the army: you are
further informed that opportunity for
educational or vocational training Of
fered as an inducement to enlistment
must be such as can be actually OBJ
tained In the camp"
As, according TO the testimony of
the recruiting officer ana the COM
manding general at Camp Lewis, no
opportunities for educational or vo-
cational training are to be had there
1t appears that prospective recruits
cannot he shown what they are. The
Adjutant.General warns officers that
the utmost cnre must be exercised
to prevent these opportunities for self.
improvement from being overstated."
Yet the War Department is doing this
very thing when It advertises oppor-
tunitles for self-improvement that do
pot actually exist.
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THE WEATHER.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.


STANDARD Time
sun rises ..s:l AN Sun sets. ;..S;2s n
Moon rfses......12:A A NJ
Eastern New YORK ana Southern NEG
England-Cloudy, showery weather to-
day and tomorrow; not much change
In temperature: gentle to moderate
southerly winds.
New Jsrssy-Cloudy, showsry weather
to-day and tomorrow: not much change
in temperature; gentle to moderate SOUTH
Northern New Ensisnd---Psrtly cloudy
to-day and tomorrow: not much change
western New fork-Partiy cloudy with
local showers probably to-day and to-
morrow; not much change In temperature;
gentle variable winda
WASHINGTON. jury zo.-Pressure 70
mains high OF the Atlantic coast and Il
tricts except the north plains States, where
Il 10 somewhat above normal and rising
T ssts IA ns sssn no t1s snnas in
hours except in the north plains States
where there have been showers. Showers
have also fallen throughout the Atlantic
and Gnlf States, the Ohio Valley, Texas
southeast Colorado and New Mexico. There
have been heavy local rains In southern
FioriSs' NorsS 'a and south car Sitsa' VII,
ginis, north New Jersey and extreme south
srn New York and eastern Pennsylvanis
seneraily throughout the United States
except In the interior of the Pacific States
where the weather has become warmer
normal The outlook for Monday and
Tuesday 10 for generally unsettled weather
and local rains, with no material change
In temperature over much of the country
east of the Mississippi River.
ob.ervstion. a. United states w.athcr
Bureau stations taken NJ P. NJ. yesterday,
seventy-hfth meridian time:
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American Use OF the DIrIgibIe in
Peace and War.

The transatlantic round trip of the
R-34 evidently has stirred new inter-
est on this side of the ocean in
dirigible balloons. These machines
ae class, received black eye dur
ing the war. Not only was the Yep
pelin the instrument Of brutal and
Illegal warfare directed against civil
ian populations, but the German gas
bag was popularity considered to be
a disappointment to It's originators.
In the hatred of things Prussian, peo-
pie were inclined to overlook the fact
that the German dirlgibles,. sailing
over the allied front at height where
they were safe from most planes, did
efficient work in reconnaissance.
Now the Zeppelin. If not Its foul
work, is passing out of the public
mind. The British .dirigible, built to
bomb Berlin but saved from that err
rand by the end of the war, has ex-
cited admiration by It's steady long
distance performance. 1t has caused
the dirigible to be accepted as far
superior, at least in the immediate
future, to the plane as carrier OF
passengers. 1T was a terrible Jour-
ney," said ALCoCK, alighting in Ire
land after his plane flight. That told
the whole story to the prospective air
passenger; cold, noise, cramp, lack Of
proper food and sleep, and constant
danger. All these handicaps are miss
ing from the balloon ships; and that
is why in peace the ordinary man,
who admires the plane but does not
banker to be strapped into 1t, turns
bis thoughts to the floating car,
Colonel JAMES PRENTICE of the
, United States Army, writing In the
Air Serrice Magazine, declares for
the dirigible as part of our Govern
ment equipment The great size of
this country Is given as one reason.
The balloon ship can transport Off
Gals, mail and light supplies to Puget
Sound, TO Mexico, to Alaska quickly
and reliably. Storms, fogs.. snow and
foods could not stop 1t as they can
stop any other form Of transporta-
ton. The dirigible, with its climb
ing qualities, can ride across the
Rockies nj height beyond the swift
winds that torment the peaks. 1t is
not only in war, Colonel PRENTICE
says that the balloons Indifference
TO height and weather would be of
advantage. He believes that men
would go more willingly to remote
fields of enterprise. like Alaska, If
they knew that they could be sure to
get medicine, mail and food quickly
and regularly.
AS a tool of the army, says Colonel
PRENTICE, the dirigible may be used
10 watch and lombard enemy landing
bases, munitions centres. shipping
ports, bridgeheads and mountain
passes. 1t will also serve as n mother
ship for planes, as Photographic
map making headquarters or as the
rescuer of crews OF naval airplanes
and seaplanes which have been
r
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It took joint resolution Of the
House and Senate to admit to West
Point two students from China, TAO
HUNo CHANG and ZoNo TIE WoNo,
These two youths were sent to West
Point by their Government at the in
vitation of this Government. but after
their arrival it was discovered that
the general invitation issued by Con-
gress some years ago was for the re-
ception OF only one Chinese student at
time. The resulting wonder OF the
two young gentlemen. now safely on
their way to learn inside football and
baseball and other useful accomplish
ments, over the delay in their entrance
will soon be exceeded by their greater
wonder at the names their classmates
will tag on them for purposes of con-
venience and brevity. Slide, ZoNG
TIE WoNG," would never do for quick
and scldierlike action.
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A FRANC FOR FRANCE.
To Send II Costs Much More by Postal
Order Than by EXPRESS.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Hav-
ing occasion TO send fifty francs TO
France, | was informed at a post office
branch that | should have TO pay 1911.
4 "hunch" led me to investigate further
and | found l could obtain the same
results on payment Of $3.50 only at the
American Express Company. Market
quotations indicate price Of about 81. O3.
II ! remember rightly, And In addition
it seems TO be a much easier proposi-
ton to do business at the express ONCE
than at the post office Am | expecting
too much of the postal service?
New YORK, July 10. CASUAL.
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Charmers Celestial.

Since Ferdie's took to flying in
biplane that goes up
So high that he can queneh his thirst
From the Dipper's silver cup,
He does not bring me candy on
4 sunday any more,
Nor finger late as one A. NJ.
Nor kiss me al the door
He talks about the glorious sheen
OF Berenice's Hair,
And tells me that the Pleiades
Are sisters bright and tair
And, oht know those horrid things.
As brazen as can be.
Have stolen with their wicked wiles
My Fsrdis's heart from me.
hINSA ILyISd.
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A Lesson Learned From Philip Dru.'

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: The
Pres dents method OF privately intor-
viewing Senators one at time seems
cribbed from the creator OF John Thor.
al doth more fully and at large appear
on page 6s of Philip Dru: Admins
traitor" book by pioneer Texas citi-
zen, who lays naked therein certain orig.
inal principles OF political economy and
economics. READER
ScRASroe'. Pa, July 10.
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Military Nomenclature.

From the Brid9ehedd sentinel
We have learned on good authority that
our popular "Y" dispenser is named Miss
Cannon and not Miss whiII- bang. as was
generally thought by the solda,s BY care
full study Of the names you will doubtless
see. gentle reader. how this mistake was
made
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Belgian Independence Day" celebration
oY beigians or Greater New York at the
CITY College Stadium. $50 p NJ
Mayor Hylan's peoples concerts The
MAIL Central Park. p. NJ.
chapel service, Columbia University; ad-
A VI. "'
Open air concert on the green. Columbia
pPniMMeF'''y' New York Mniipi!sry, Band. s;l5
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with an Overwhelming vote against
the League polled in an amateur con-
test in the Sunfiower State. 1t seems
there's nothing serious the matter
with Kansas.
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The Lost Arkansas Chord.

Prom the Newport Independent.
While on his way to the dance Friday
right Mr.. Csrlin left the tune in the mud
where he broke on the neck OF his violin
when he fell.
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1t may be that the back to the land
movement will get a terrific push by
the provision in the Volstead prohibi-
ton enforcement bill which exempts
hard cider from the intimate atten-
tons by law officers with which fla
voring extracts are to be favored
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These are the days when being
either dyspeptic or baldheaded is an
enviable state OF misfortune from the
economic standpoint.
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II. as the Illinois Department oil
Agriculture declares to be a fact.
there are stored in Chicago alone
$50 100000 dozens of eggs. 1t is self
evident that were these to be turned
over to the Honorable JOSEPH W.
FoRDNEY to be fried and sold on Gov
eminent account at the prevailing
price in these parts for two fried eggs
with bacon. which is TO say six bits
or three quarters OF a dollar. he would
have a tidy sum in the safe of the
House Ways and Means Committee to
be applied to this years Federal eX-
penses. A simple demonstration will
show, indeed, that Mr.. Chairman FORD
SEY would have 81, 500, 900. 900 to turn
over to Mr.. Secretary GLASS. The
bacon to go with these portions to
justify the restaurant charge quoted
above can be brought home as con-
veniently as the eggs and in the same
way.
The sun., 1919-07-21

Motor Judge HUGO lays speed to beer
Headline.
At last, the long sought substitute
for gasolene!
The sun., 1919-07-21

II that bill to make the country
practically dry is 10 be drastic it
should prohibit more than 2,75 per
cent. rain.
The sun., 1919-07-21

Does the Crown Prince cunningly
prefer the United States to the Allies
as his Judge because of the well
known American trait OF being in
terestedly indulgent to freaks and
ouriosities?
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LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.
EVENTS TODAY.

HIsHest temperature, y. at P. u.
Lowest temperature, IS, at A N
Average temperature, 20.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-26
BANON HAS IT'S DUTCH TEC MEREDITH BEATEN GRUNG RI
est End and Hill
Forming City League

subject. Since. none OF the organi-
cations had an opportunity to in
struct their managers as to how to
vote on the extension of the league,
it was decided to hold the matter
over until next Tuesday night when
another meeting will be held at
which all representatives will come
instructed with their votes.
Karl f. Peters, president of the
Rosewood club, requests that all
members come to a meeting to be
held at his home, 1877 North Thir-
teenth street, next Monday night at
8 O'Clock. The Rosewoods will take
action at this time. Attending the
meeting last evening were: Rose
wood, President Karl E. Peters, Cap
tain Bill Shafer, Manager Il. w. Kill
linger; Reading, Manager G. III.
Pressler, Bill Euker, II. S. Pressler
and Captain McCurdy; Hick-A-
Thrift, Murray Washburn, Birdie
Hinkle and Captain Bob" Clark;
Galahad, Secretary and Treasurer
A. II. Fritz, and President p. f.
Knauss, together with Tim" Euker
representing West END.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-26

ed, Is feet; fourth, A. C. Brown,
Newark High School, 10 feet. Time,
7.2 seconds.
Seventy-yard Dash, Invitation -
First heat. Won by B. Wefers, Jr,
New York A. c.; second, Wingate
Rollins, Massachusetts, Institute Of
Tech. Time. 7.2 seconds.
Second Heat - Won by Loren
Murchison, st. Louis A. A; second,
Lieutenant Roy Morse, 18th Infan-
try Time. 70 seconds.
Final Heat - Won by Loren
Murchison, st. Louis a. A; second,
B. Wefers. Jr., New York A. c.;
third, Wingate Rollins, Massachu-
setts Institute of Tech; fourth.
Lieutenant Roy Morse, 18th Infan-
try. Time. 7.2 seconds.
10O0-Yard Run Handicap-First
heat, won by It. B. Penfield, Jr.,
Princeton, 40 yards; second, Jack
Sellers. New York A. c.. 10 yards;
third, j. j. McCauley, Knights of St.
Anthony, 20 yards. Time, 2.17 S-5
seconds.
Second heat, won by Reynolds
Longfeld, unattached. 45 yards;
second, n. r. Brown, unattached, 20
yards; third, D. S. Bush, unattached,
60 yards. Time. 2.16 AS seconds.
Match One Mile Relay-Meadow-
brook Club, Philadelphia VS.. Mill
rose A. A, New York, won by Mill
rose, w. Dieckman, Il. Safarowic,
Thomas Dempsey, NJ. A. Devaney.
Second Meadowbrook, Frank Gillen,
E4 K. Esser, r. Jones, f. Bright
more. Time, 3.44 1-5 seconds.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-26
LEBANON HAS HER
DUTCH UP" FOR
FRIDAYS GAME

Realizing that they must win
the contest Friday night against
Tech to stay in the Central Penn
pennant hunt. Lebanon is COM
ing here at the end of the week
with the do or die spirit. Ru-
NOR has it that the Lebanonites
will charter q special train to be
run on the Reading road to bring
their enthusiasts to this city.
When Lebanon has a winner
there is no better sporting ele-
ment than is to be found in the
Lebanon community. The Dutch
are back of their Red and Blue
lads to a man. York, with a tail
end team, brought a hundred
rooters to the city last Friday.
A shell was dropped into the
Tech camp sto-day when it be-
came known that some of the
Maroon athletes are likely to be
found on the casualty" list fol-
lowing last weeks examinations.
That the team will be minus some
of it's element when Lebanon
plays here was admitted this
morning by Faculty Director
Grubb. To play, an athlete must
maintain fifteen hours of class
work with an average in each of
over 20 per cent. This rule is
rigidly enforced at Tech where
more than one player has been
disqualified because of poor class
standing.
The Juniors and Seniors will
be pitted against each other in
the interclass league as pre-
1ininary to the Tech-Lebanon
fray. The teams are evenly
matched and will make a good
battle against each other. Dane
ing will follow the contests.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-26
Carried Fortune In
Jewelry; Confesses
Robbery After Arrest

York. Pa, Feb. 26.-Millard G..
Holland. a former York jeweler late
ly employed in Steubenville, Ohio.
was arrested here yesterday with
more than $4,000 worth of mounted
and unmounted diamonds and rings.
brooches. and Liberty bonds in his
possession. To Detective Charles S.
White, who arrested him on suspi-
cion. he showed the jewels and con-
fessed that he stole them from his
former employer, I. e. Cohen, Steu-
benville, Ohio. Holland formerly. was
an engraver in jewelry store in
this city. He returned Saturday and
suspicion was aroused when he sold
an unmounted diamond for $475.
This stone was recovered. together
with scores of Others which he car
riad with him
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-26
First Day at the
White House Busy
One For President

Washington, Feb. 26.-On the first
day of his return to the capital,
President Wilson put in more than
ten hours at his desk, signing twenty
eight bills and JOINT resolutions,
making a score of nominations, dis
cussing government business for
three hours with his cabinet, and
winding up the days work by q
conference on the legislative situa-
ton with Democratic Leader Mar
tin, at which the President announc-
ed his decision not to call an extra
session of Congress until after his
return from Europe.
Altogether. it was one of the bust
est days in recent years at the White
House. President Wilson resumed
work with a rush, surprising execu-
tive attaches by being at his desk
when they reported this morning.