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THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 24. I
That lead becomes light which is cheerfully
borne.—Ovid.
THE LANSING APPOINTMENT
PRESIDENT WILSON has made a
wise choice in the appointment
of Robert Lansing to the post of
Secretary of State recently vacated by
Mr. Bryan.
Mr. Lansing is not only a trained
diplomat, a student of world history, R
scholar and in thorough sympathy with
American Ideals, but he is conversant
with the present situation in all of its
phases. • A new man, no matter how
well equipped for the place, would
have had many odd ends of the badly
tangled skein to pick up and in that
way would have lacked the thorough
efficiency which Mr. Lansing brings to
the office.
Then, too, the appointment will give
encouragement to young men in the
service. Not always is it necessary to
go outside to choose a man for head
of the department. Talent within
does not always have to content Itself
with subordinate positions. This is one
of the most encouraging features of
Ihe Lansing selection.
There I* an inconsistency bordering
ion hypocrisy In the demand for the pur
chase of articles "Made-in-America"
when we also advocate throwing down
the bars which have kept out of our
markets goods made In Germany,
or made in England, or made in
Italy. It is a very plain and
simple proposition, which has been
recognized by the majority of the peo
ple of the United States in every elec
tion except two since Abraham Lincoln
stated the facts in his plain and simple
language, when he said that if we buy
an article from a European producer,
we get the article and the resident of
Europe gets the money, while if we buy
from an American producer, we get the
article and also keep the money.
"AMUR ICANIZATION DAY"
FRIENDS of the "safe and sane"
method of celebrating ought to
be pleased to hear that advices
from almost every quarter of the
country indicate that a wide-spread
enthusiasm has been aroused among
civic leaders over the plan to make the
Fourth of July this year an "Amer
icanization Day." Mayors' commit
tees in more than fifty cities, large and
small, have been appointed and have
agreed to carry out In part at least
vthe ideas of the National American
ization Day committee, whose head
quarters are in New York.
The Idea, as already set forth In
posters and in instructive literature
distributed in mills and factories,
echools and colleges and civic and
commercial organizations, is. roughly,
to round up a great proportion of the
fifteen million foreign-born residents
of America on Independence Day and,
aside from the time-worn patriotic
exercises of the day, to imbue newly
naturalized citizens and aliens with
the full sense of what America means
to them.
The Americanization Day commit
tee evidently already has stirred civic
leaders, educational authorities and
employers, particularly, to a new
sense of what the foreign-born popu
lation means to America. The man
ner in which the Americanization Day
program will be carried out will vary
somewhat in the different cities, but
a large number of them will follow
the suggestion of the general commit
tee as to holding a reception to which
the foreign-born, whether citizens or
«ot, will be invited to meet their city
officials and other prominent citizens.
Arrangements are being made In a
number of cities for the use of audi
toriums with large platforms, on
which the most recently added clti
ssens will have special seats of honor.
A special feature of the occasion will
bo the recitation in unison of the
oath of allegiance to the United
States, as the American flag is un
furled. Pageants and patriotic motion
pictures will be a part of the program
In some cities.
The United States Commissioner of
Education, O. P. Claxton, who has is
sued an official circular endorsing the
movement, says that among the things
which the speakers on Americaniza
tion Day should emphasize are: "That
every foreign-speaking person in
America should learn English by at
tending the public schools, because
jtbe English language is the master
ikey to American opportunities and
THURSDAY EVENING,
Uf«, and the flrat step to real cltlmen
"hip. that every Illiterate Immigrant
should learn to read and write ao that
he con read American newspapers and
attend peraonally to hla business mat
ters; and that adulta and children, na
tive and foreign-born bo (riven civic
training In both evening and day
schools, so that everyone In our coun
try will understand the functions of
our government, the principles of
democracy and for what America
stands."
During the Flag Day exercises on
June 14, the schools of the country
largely furthered the movement for
Americanization Day and it may be
that the outpouring on July 4th will
be so Inspiring that the idea, which Is
given nation-wide consideration this
year for the first time, will be carried
to still further success with each suc
ceeding year.
In addition to the organized cele
brations in the cities, neighborhood
meetings of the foretgn-born are
planned in the smaller communities, at
which American employers or neigh
bors will be hosts. Hafrisburg's cele
bration has been determined largely
by the bringing of the Liberty Bell to
the city, but organisations of foreign
born citizens might be invited to
participate in the parade that is be
ing arranged in honor of the bell.
The determination of the administra
tion to keep things in the family re
ceives new proof In the appointment of
Secretary Wilson's daughter as special
representative of the Department of
Labor. She is to go to the San Fran
cisco Exposition to "supervise" the de
partment's exhibit.
FREE SPEECH
PROF, SCOTT NEARING, who is
raising a great disturbance over
his failure of re-election to a
place in the faculty of the University
of Pennsylvania, accuses those respon
sible for what amounts to his dismissal
of attempting to throttle free speech
at the university.
This Is rather surprising to many
who have felt that free speech some
times has been exercised at Pennsyl
vania almost to the point of abuse.
From time to time Philadelphia news
papers have reported and commented
upon public utterances of professors
that, to say the least, could not be
defined as conservative. Very radical
doctrines Indeed have been taught by
men high in the university from the
public rostrum in Philadelphia, if not
from the lecture platforms of the class
rooms. Some of these have been so
far outside the bounds of generally
accepted thought as to approach, if
not pass, the borders of Socialism, but
we have not heard of any dismissals
or even reprimands on that account.
Free speech is a good issue for any
body in trouble. It is one of the
fundimentals of the American Gov
ernment and it is bound to gain
sympathy wherever it is used as an
excuse for alleged persecution. Mr.
Nearing and his friends have not been
slow to note, this or to avail them
selves of it as a means of beclouding
the issue.
Mr. Nearing has been for years very
free of speech in his classes. Personal
opinions, original and entertaining, it
is true, have formed the basis of many
lectures before students that might
have been employed profitably in text
book work. He has not hesitated to
use his class rolls for the advertise
ment of his own books and other
writings. He has used the university
as a means of furthering his own per
sonal interests, and he now fails back
on the old, wornout charge of
"throttling fre« speech" when the
university at last resents, in the only
manner it could, of his intrusion upon
Its rights and those of its students and
graduates.
Democratic newspapers are insisting
that Republicans shall not discuss poll
tics while controversies with foreign
countries are pending, but they lose no
opportunity to give widest publicity to
every political speech made by mem
bers of the President's Cabinet. By
what right do Democrats claim the ex
clusive privilege to talk politics?
THE SAFE EAST
EARTHQUAKE shocks in Cali
fornia may not deter many who
have planned to visit the San
Francisco exposition this year, but the
shaking up reported yesterday doubt
less will send a few shivers of appre
hension up and down the spines not
only of those who have purchased
their tickets west, but of the exposi
tion managers who will fear the ef
fect on the crowds they hope will at
tend later in the summer.
This gives rise to the thought that
the East should be the polqt of visita
tion next summer. Nearly all of the
big conventions and other attractions
have been In the West during the two
years past. In 1916 the tide should
turn in the opposite direction and it
should be heavy, for the reason that
bumper crops are giving the farmers
of the Central West plenty of money.
The East may not be "wild and
woolly" but it Is "safe and sane" and
It has just as many attractions of its
own peculiar kind for the westerner
as the West has for the easterner.
The Haverhill (Mass.) Gazette wants
to have President Wilson's "America
first" slogan so Interpreted that it will
include America's industries.
INDIRECT TARIFF EFFECTS
MANY people overlook the In
direct effect of industrial de
pression upon every line of
business. Just now, for instance, at
tention has been directed to the fact
that although this country has re
ceived enormous orders for shoes for
the waning nations of Europe, yet the
■hoe Industry is experiencing excep
tionally dull times.
The reason is not difficult to find.
A pair of shoes may easily be made
to wear a double length of time. The
man who, in good times, would discard
a shabby pair of shoes and buy a new
pair,' v/ill, in hard times, have a small
patch put on the uppers and a new
half-sole nailed on. and then wear the
repaired shoes until he gets thoroughly
ashamed of them. Children whose
parents would encourage them to wear
shoes In good times will encourage
them to go barefoot when money Is
scarce.
All this makes dull times for the
dealer In shoes, who. by m&klng his
clothes wear twice as long, cuts down
the trade of the clothing merchant.
The clothing dealer makes up his loss
by letting his house go another year
without painting, and the painter and
pnint dealer must economise In some
other respe<*.
It is a simple process of elimination
of business, but It could not be under
stood by the tariff tinkers who started
all the trouble in 1913 by enacting a
law which Invited the cheap labor of
Europe to come in and take the trade,
that belonged by right to the work
men of the United States.
GRANDFATHERS NOT SO BAD
AMONG the numerous hot shots
President Wilson hurled at the
Republican party not long ago
was his remark that one of the prin
cipal faults of that party was that It
"follows the advice of men old enough
t> be grandfathers."
Although he Is himself grandfather
to two children, he probably does not
feel so old, and sometimes forgets his
accumulation of years and new rela
tionships. Most of the young men
of the Republican party have been
glad to take counsel of their elders,
whether grandfathers or not. Youth
for action, age for advice.
But recent events have doublydemon
strated the lnappropriateness of the
President's criticism. W. J. Bryan,
who was chosen as the President's
chief counselor, although old enough
to be a grandfather, is younger by sev
eral years than Elihu Root, who occu
pied the same position in a Repub
lican administration. Certainly Presi
dent Wilson's experience has not con
firmed his prejudice against the coun
sel of old men and quite likely further
reflection will cause him to change his
mend as to the Incapacity of grand
fathers.
[ TELECJRAPH PERISCOPE"!
—Thaw says Pittsburgh banks cashed
his checks and gives that as an evidence
of their faith in his sanity. Faith in
the size of his fortune would more
nearly hit It.
_—A Connecticut girl killed a four
foot rattlesnake, the other day, a
hard fight. Another argument for the
ballot.
—lf the Germans keep on capturing
Russians, who's going to stand guard
over them?
—"The knocker has been succeeded
by the electric bell," says an architec
tural magazine. There are still many
knockers in Harrisburg.
—What a pity that the fellow who
"rocks the boat" doesn't wait until he
goes out alone.
—"Wheat at a dollar a bushel Is too
cheap." says a market observer. Not
for us.
—We haven't heard anybodv suggest
ing the formation of a league of do
mestic peace.
—A Greene county man w«s arrested
Monday for choking his wife. Very
appropriately his name is I. M. Kil
linger.
J EDITORIAL COMMENT "
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
The Jury sometimes fails to convict
on circumstantial evidence, but the
neighbors never do.—Topeka Capital.
TURKEY AND BULGARIA
Bulgaria receives the bid of the
allies, and then invites Turkey to make
proposals.—Philadelphia Record.
NAVAL EXAMINATIONS
The regular examination was not
nearly so hard as the one some of the
young men at Annapolis are now un
dergoing.—Washington Star.
"THERE AINT NO. SICH THING"
We read that "wooden sandals are
now being worn to a great extent by
Mexicans of the laboring classes," but
we can't understand what is meant by
Mexican "laboring classes."—Philadel
phia Inquirer.
LEGISLATING PATRIOTISM
Parliament contemplates passing a
bill to stop strikes in the British
munitions plants. Neither morality nor
patriotism can be legislated into a
heart wherein it does not alreadv burn
spontaneously. New York Evening
Sun. *
THE DEFENSE ONCE MORE
[Boston Herald.]
If this war is teaching one lesson
any more distinctly than another it
is the superior position of the defense
The slow and costly task which the
allies arc finding in the Dardanelles
affords a fresh striking example of
it. In Belgium the Germans are on
the defensive, and the allied force
is making painfully slow work of
clearing them out. At the present
rate the population of the allied pow
ers would be exhausted long before
the Germans-could be expelled from
Belgium. And even if that could be
done, the still harder task of mak
ing any headway on German soil
would Interpose an obstacle to the
crushing of the Kaiser's empire
Meanwhile, the impoverishment of the
nations proceeds apace. The end will
eventually come with the wearing out
of poor human nature, unable or un
willing to go further in the bootless
slaughter. What an additional indict
ment of the war system as a means
of settling disputes would be Its fail
ure even to show conclusive results!
Our Daily Laugh
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June's coming.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
THIS IS THE KIND OF BA CK YA RD THA
THIS is the kind of backyard that Is possible In ©very part of Harrlsburg. It is the kind of thins the Telegraph hoped to encourage when it offered
SIOO In cash prizes through the Harrlsburg Civic Club for the beautifloation of backyards, front yards, lawns, porches and windows. These yards
might be filled with tin cans and ashes. They might bo as ugly as are many others in various parts of town. Instead they are not only the pride
of theft- owners, but they are the admiration of everybody who sees them. The residents have worked out a very pretty scheme of landscape gardening
and there are many much more pretentious houses that cannot approach this group In artistic effect. The whole thing is lovely and Is a tribute to the
civic spirit and home-pride of those who ajro responsible for It. The Telegraph Is proud to publish pictures like this. They put the city before the neoDla
of other towns in & good light and are an encouragement to others of our people to go and do likewise. These backyards are located in Park street h«
tween Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets. 8 reet 130
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By the Ex-Commltteemaa
Circulation of nominating petitions
for candidates for Judicial nominations
will begin in many counties of the
State to-morrow, it being the first day
allowed under the act of 1913. The
petitions must be Hied by August 24.
More Judges are to be nominated this
year than for a long time, in the
number being three candidates for
superior court, while there will also
be nominations in the big counties.
Much interest attaches to the con
tests In nearby counties. Entrance of
Sylvester Sadler Into the race in Cum
berland county Is expected. E. M.
Blddle, Jr., and John W. Wetzel are
already candidates. In Franklin,
Judge Gillan will be a candidate for
renomination with Senator John W.
Hoke and D. E. Long as contestants.
In the Adams-Fulton district Judge
Swope will be opposed by Ex-Senator
D. P. MePherson and J. E. Butt.
• Papers in behalf of Superior Court
Judges Orlady and Head will be In cir
culation in many sections.
The Lebanon county Democratic
committee has been called to meet at
Lebanon on July 6 to talk over things
and elect a chairman. As in most
counties of the State the Democrats
of Lebanon are split up the back and
although Chairman Hartman claims
re-election will be easy, harmony is
said to be out of the question because
of the fights of the last h£klf dozen
yeurs.
Reports about the Democracy of
Schuylkill county show it is in almost
the same situation the candidates
brought about by Bryan's resignation
having made the Job of uniting the
factions w)iich were created last sum
mer well nigh hopeless.
Thomas M. Reese, chief of the
Lackawanna county detectives, has
entered the race for city council In
Scranton. Mr. Reese, who has been
here upon a number of occasions, says
he thinks the time Is ripe for him.
T. W. Tobies, the county controller
of Blair, has announced that he will
run for the full term. He Is the man
whose selection resulted In a test suit.
F. K. Lorenz, of Roaring Springs, will
also be a candidate.
John H. Fow, former member of
the House from Philadelphia, now
counsel for Philadelphia Jitney own
ers, says that councils have no
authority to regulate Jitneys at all.
Friends of Louis J. Kolb, who is
being mentioned for mayor, will give
him a dinner, in honor of his fiftieth
birthday to-night.
Robert J. McGrath, of Pittsburgh,
prominent in labor circles and one of
the speakers here against local option
at the legislative hearing in April, is
a candidate for the Republican
nomination for clerk of the courts in
Allegheny county.
Harry A. Englehart, prominent
Cambria Democrat, has been named
postmaster at Ebensburg.
Morgan Thomas, one of Lacka
wanna's county commissioners, was
hurt yesterday when his automobile
was hit by another.
Joseph E. Nlemund has been se
lected as postmaster for Miffiln.
County Chairman John R. Halsey,
who has been mentioned from time
to time the past few weeks for the
Luzerne Republican nomination for
district attorney will formally an
nounce his candidacy within the trext
ten days. In view of the fact that
John H. Dando is not likely to aspire
there will be no fight worth mention
ing among Republicans for this
nomination and the placing of Halsey
on the ticket seems a foregone con
clusion. For three years Mr. Halsey
has been Luzerne's Republican county
chairman and his service to the party
makes him a strong candidate.
The Altoona Tribune says: "District
Attorney Marlon D. Patterson will
probably have no opposition for re
election. unless It shall come from
Democratic sources. It has been a
long-established custom In the county
to give the district attorney two
terms."
AWAY!
By Jane McLean
You are a child of fortune, and the
surge Is in your veins
Of life wild and unbounded and the
drive of heavy rains;
The pot of gold fast hidden where the
rainbow cuts "the blue
The lure of wild adventure, for the
winds are calling you.
The tears that sting your eyelids and
the sob that chokes your throat
Are Nature's golden dowry when you
answered to the note
Of the throb of the life within and the
swallows winging south
And the wild lift of the ocean and the
salt spray on your mouth.
Take up your cloak of wanderlust, the
minstrelsy that lies
Within the wide marsh spaces and the
glint of quiet skies,
And know that there are myst'rles In
the lure you never knew
Along the gypsy roadway—for the
winds are calling you!
BRYAN NOT MEN"ACE
[From the New York American.]
The danger to the United States
of the agitation upon which Mr.
Bryan has entered is evidently to be
measured only by the number of
people who will listen to him without
weighing his utterances. Mr. Bryan's
arguments arc shallow, even when he
condescends to argument. As a rule
he contents himself with dogmatic as
sertion of a theory, holding that his
authorship of it gives to it something
like divine sanction.
P. R. R. at San Francisco
By Herman P. Miller. Jr., of Harrls
burg, Pa.
ONE of the moat Interesting exhi
bits that I saw at the San
Francisco Exposition was- that
of the Pennsylvania Railroad system
in the Transportation building. In
passing through this building the
other day, I happened to notice two
red. familiar looking, railroad coaches
surrounded by signal posts similar
to those used on the "Pennsy." I im
mediately became curious to see what
this railroad had to show its visitors
and approached one of the large re
lief maps In the exhibit.
Happening to ask one of the uni
formed attendants who was standing
nearby If there was any representa
tive there from Harrisburg, I was de
lighted to learn that It was his home.
He told me that his name was Samuel
C. Spengler and that he was an extra
passenger conductor on the run be
tween Altoona and Harrisburg. He
and his wife are now living In San
Francisco for the Exposition period.
Mr. Spengler kindly offered to
show me aroymd the exhibit and start
ed out by indicating the points of in
terest on the map of New York City,
by which we happened to be standing.
He explained that the purpose of the
map was to show the method of en
tering New York. It is a wonderful
map showing on a table twenty-six
feet square a very realistic view of
the city which can thus be seen from
all angles. The important buildings
[ were quite prominent, being Ulumln
'ated with small electric lights. The
light on the Statue of Liberty in the
I harbor is said to be the smallest
j made. In opposite corners of this
map are models of the Pennsylvania
Station in the heart of the city and
Hell Gate Bridge which connects the
city with Long Island. Mr. Speng
ler said that this map always tickles
Callfornians because it gives such a
comprehensive view of the city.
The next object of our interest was
a still larger relief map showing the
entire Pennsylvania System. This
map Is forty-two by twenty-six feet
and is claimed to be the largest ever
constructed. It shows the country
from the Atlantic Ocean as far west
as St. Louis and from the Great Lakes
down to "Washington. It was con
structed according to the government
maps on a scale of one inch equal to
two miles so that one can easily rec
ognize the smallest geographical fea
tures. The tracks of the Pennsylva
nia System are indicated by silver
strips and the Junction points by silver
buttons. The Important cities along
the road are named with their popu
lation by small electric lights. The
capitals of the different States are in
dicated with blue flags and historical
points with small American flags. On
the Great Lakes can be seen the
boats of the "Anchor Line" showing
their routes of travel.
From this map we went to inspect
the two steel passenger coaches near-
A REPUBLIC AT LAST
[New York World.]
The Fifteenth Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States was
reaffirmed Monday by the unanimous
Judgment of the Supreme Court. It
provides that "the right of citizens of
the United States to vote shall not be
donled or abridged by the United States
or by any state on account of race,
color or previous condition of servi
tude."
This fundamental law of the repub
lic has been nullified in various south
ern States for many years and in the
political branch of government there
has not been of late either the courage
or the sense of justice in any political
party to challenge the offenders. To
defeat the purposes of the law wo have
had what are called "grandfather
clauses," by the terms of which Illit
erates are excluded from the ballot box
unless they were qualified voters, say,
in 1866, or are the descendants of
voters who then were qualified.
Monday's judgment relates to con
ditions in Maryland and Oklahoma,
but It covers every law, constitutional
or statutory, in every state south of
Mason and Dixon's line In which man
hood suffrage has been denied and the
color line drawn. It Is more than a
mere assertion of right. It holds to
responsibility under the law all who
deny the right.
The republic is to be congratulated
upon having at last a Constitution that
Is alive in all Its parts. For forty-five
years, first by violence and then by
legislation, we have endured the re
proach that one article of the funda
mental law was blank paper wherever
It pleased a local sovereignty to Ignore
It. To-day, by the unanimous decree
of a court presided over by a great
chief justice who was once a Confed
erate soldier, we have a Constitution
that for the first time since the Civil
War guarantees equal rights to all,
irrespective of race or color.
AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE
[From the New York Herald.]
The situation In respect to Amer
ican shipping has become "confusion
worse confounded." When the regu
lations were relaxed permitting the
purchase of foreign ships to be placed
under the American flag those who
desire the restoration of our merchant
marine took heart. But the enact
ment of the bill introduced by La-
Follette and backed by the seamen's
I union, with Its drastic requirements,
| has made It simply Impossible to op
erate American vessels in competi
tion with foreigners. Robert Dollar.
James J. Hill and other authorities
declare that the enforcement of this
measure will hand over the trade of
Uhe Pacific to the Japanese ,
JUNE 24,1915.
by. On entering: one of these I found
that they formed a large auditorium
which is used for the purpose of
showing moving pictures of the sys
tem. Mr. Spengler explained that
these two coaches had been built in
the shops at Altoona and had been
brought out In a regular train to the
Exposition. Here they had been
placed side by side, the two sides re
-1 oved, the celling roofed over, and
the floor laid between them. Like
most of the other things in this ex
hibit, these cars will be fitted up for
regular use after the Exposition is
over. The windows have been re
placed by transparencies showing the
seals of the State through which the
Pennsylvania System operates together
with a view from each State. Next to
the seal of Pennsylvania there is a
picture of the Broad Street Station in
Philadelphia.
The moving pictures show scenes of
the country through which the lines
run. They have all told about thirty
four reels of film which they show at
the rate of seven reels a day. In this
way a person is pretty sure of seeing
something new each time he may go
in. It would take a person about
four afternoons to see all of the pic
tures and Mr. Spengler told me of a
young schoolboy who did actually
hang around until he had seen them
all.
The pictures are not shown In the
morning so I decided to return that
afternoon to see what they were like.
I was very glad that I did so, for
through the kindness of H. T. Wil
kins, the special agent in charge, I
was able to see the pictures of the
Middle Division. Mr. Spengler told
me that on the end of the reel show
ing the Altoona Division there were
some pictures of the Enola Yards,
Rockvllle Bridge, and the Pennsyl
vania Railroad station at Harrisburg.
Before leaving on our trip it was
necessary to procure tickets from one
of the attendants. These were du
plicate tickets half of which were
collected and punched by the con
ductor and the rest retained by the
passenger as a souvenir of the ride.
This method is used to prevent more
than 114 persons, the seating capacity
of the cars, from entering and to make
It more realistic. Starting off on our
ride under the guidance of a husky
throated announcer from the New
York station, we were taken to the
capitol at Harrisburg where we saw
ex-Governor Tener leaving the grounds
on his way to New York. We then
left the station and proceeded on our
way to Steelton where we saw the
Steel Mills and coke ovens in oper
ation. Going on we passed through
Lancaster county, the richest in the
United States. Stops were made at
Mt. Joy, Coatesville, and some of the
suburbs of Philadelphia. The jour
ney ended by our entrance Into the
Broad Street Station at Philadelphia.
These pictures were exceptionally
well taken and showed In a very real
istic manner the more important of
the sights to be seen along the road.
BOOKS AND MAQAZINES
"A-B-C of Electricity," by William
H. Meadowcroft, Is published this
week by Harper & Brothers. It de
scribes clearly for the amateur the vs.
rlous ways by which electricity Is ob
tained and how It is applied to pro
duce the useful results that we se«
around us. It begins at the beginning,
with the explanation of the terms,
1 "ampere," "ohm," etc. Then come
explanations of a short-circuit, of the
Important principle of resistance and
magnetism. The telegraph, wireless
telegraphy, the telephone, electric
light as used in arc lamps and incan
descent globes, switches, electric
power and batteries, are all treated
In separate divisions with the utmost
clarity. "A-B-C of Electricity" Is the
fourth volume published in the new
Harper's A-B-C Series.
"Pageantry," said, not long ago,
Constance D'Arcy Mackay, author of
the Just-published book, "Plays of the
Pioneers," "Is the new community art
of the twentieth century." Miss Mac
kay herself has recently been asked
to plan community recreations. In
cluding music and drama, for sev
eral towns In the West "The desire
for drama." she believes, "Is certain
ly on the increase. People want to act
plays as well as to see them." While
many pageants need expert leadership,
there Is a demand, she finds, for plays
which can be acted by schools and
communities that cannot afford such
directorship. So "Plays of the Pio
neers" was the result of her effort to
fill this need.
| DO YOU KNOW
Tliat Harrlsburg's election this
Fall will attract much attention
among other tlilrd-claas cities?
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
If you don't know yourself, ask your
neighbor.
Women will fall for any new wrinkle
except one In the face.
Light opera—an exchse for putting
on airs and putting off clothes.
When the fool is not rocking the
boat he Is flying upside down In an
aeroplane.
Having your fortune told by a palm
ist has already diminished that fortune
by a dollar.
A poor excuse amounts to nothing,
but money, the rich man's excuse,
amounts to •varythlnK. ,
lEbentng dhat I
The use of plug streams to dislodge
"Nick" Hager from his home fortress
yesterday morning, which stirred up
the whole upper end of the city, re
calls a couple of instances In which
water proved more effective than
bullets In carrying out some polica
projects. In times gone by there have
been stories of angry crowds dispersed
by plug streams and chasing of people
back at a fire by a swish of a column
of water Is not unknown. But the use
of water as an auxiliary to arrest or
ejectment has been so rare as to make
interesting reading. About fifteen
years ago County Detective James T.
Walters captured a supposed "bad
man" from the West with some assist
ance from a plug stream. This man
had been "cutting up" a lot and when
chased by police went to the top story
of a house in Forster street and seat
himself at the head of the attic stairs
drew a gun and waited. When the
officers arrived he opened fire. So did
they. He held the fort or the kopje
or the trench or what ever one may
choose to call It for a couple of hours
and then some one put a ladder
against the building and got the as
sistance of a fire company. A line of
hose was laid and a couple of fire
men got to the top of the house and
were able by means of a rear window
to get a line on the lone defender of
the stairway, who never dreamed of
an attack in the rear. They drew a
bead on his head and signalled for the
water to be turned on. The man was
knocked half down the stairs and
before he could recover or grip his
gun Walters had him down. In an
i other instance a man had some un
desirable tenants. The house was
near a flrehouse and after some fruit
less efforts to get his rent and to throw
out the parties he told the firemen
about it. Just what agreement was
made my informant sayeth not, but an
a summer's night around about mm
night four hose lines were laid and
when a policeman's whistle was blown
as a signal four streams were poured
in as many sides of the house. And
the water continued to pour until the
tenants fled. Then the owner took
possession and threw out the belong
ings of his late annoyers. It made a
great story at the time, but It was
years ago and the man who owned
the house is dead. But rumor has it
that some of the firemen who figured
In the fun are alive and could tell in
teresting stories of it to-day.
The Seniors of the Central high
school Just before commencement held
a voting contest to determine Senior
likes and dislikes. Ninety-six of the
163 members balloted, answering ques
tions about their favorites. Some In
teresting results were obtained. Ger
man was chosen as the favorite sub
ject; Latin the hardest; history the
easiest, and English the most valu
able. Technical high school was vot
ed the favorite school next to Cen
tral. Dickens was chosen as the fav
orite prose writer, Robert Burns as
the favorite poet; "Ben Hur" the best
novel; "A Man's a Man for a' That,"
the favorite poem; Abraham Lincoln,
favorite character in history; Sidney
Carton, best character In fiction; Wel
lesley, favorite college for girls and
Penn State,for boys. Last, but not least,
came the favorite amusement, motion
pictures winning by a four vote mar
gin over tennis. Charlie Chaplin was
chosen as the favorite actor and
Maude Adams, the favorite actress.
Dancing as a favorite amusement re
ceived only four votes.
Although it Is many weeks until
the primary elections are held there
is considerable buttonholing already
going on and candidates for the num
erous nominations, which appear to
grow more numerous every two years,
by the way, are getting on the Job.
The candidates cannot start the peti
tions for awhile, but they are getting
ready and many of them are keeping
little books of the people they meet.
This Is evidently going to be a very
busy political year from all signs.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—W. C. Coffln, well-known Pitts
burgh steel man, has been elected
president of University of Pittsburgh
alumni.
—E. F. Heffner, of Lock Haven, is
presiding over the meeting of the
State pharmacists at the annual meet
ing.
—C. S. Hooper, of Erie, has been
elected a vice-president of the na
tional president of boiler manufac
turers.
—President W. H. Crawford, of Al
legheny college, was given a ga*el
made of a stone picked up at Mt.
Sinai by a friend.
—J. M. Coughlln, member of the
State Board of Education and head
of Wilkes-Barre schools, was given an
honorary degree by Bucknell
sity.
—A. B. Dunning, prominent Scran
ton engineer, will make his home In
Florida.
—Judge W. H. Ruppel, of Somerset
county, la seriously 111.
—Col. Henry W. Shoemaker, the
Altoona publisher, has been elected
a director of the Wild Life League of
Pennsylvanla.
CIVIC CLUB '
Fly Contest
June 1 to July 31
5 Cents a Pint
Prises of $5, #2.50 and several
91.00 ones
duplicated by Mr. Ben Stroose