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FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 2
Let .the man who would be grateful think of
repaying a kindness, even while receiving it.—
Seneca.
ANOTHER GHOST LAID
ONE of the periodic scares of the
financial community relates to
the sale of American securities
by European investors. The fear of
such selling on a wholesale scale was
the primary cause for the closing
flown of the New York Stock Exchange
last summer and for the imposition
of minimum prices when trading in
securities was resumed.
Within the past few weeks reports
that heavy sales of this sort were to
begin shortly have been Bpread. Mean
while a committee of prominent rail
road men has been at work trying to
determine how large the European
holdings of American securities really
are. The sum has been estimated
variously at six to eight billion dollars.
I'he Inquiries of the committee, al
though confined to railway securities,
Indicate that the total sum that we
live to Europe is much less than this,
fhey found that the grand total of
railway obligations held abroad was
nbout $2,500,000,000, or only two and
one-half times the trade balance in
favor (ft the United States during the
past year.
As many of these securities are held
by estates. Insurance companies and
persons of great wealth, the prospect
of a volume of selling sufficient to
disturb the financial balance here is
not very serious.
BRYAN AND THE PRESIDENT
I A T any rate. President Wilson is
not In position to pass any ad
verse criticism upon Mr. Bryan.
It was Bryan alone who took Wilson
from a minority place In the Balti
more convention and won the nomi
nation for him over Champ Clark,
the majority candidate.
In each of his three campaigns
for the presidency, Bryan polled
more votes than did President Wil
»on, though the population of the
United States was much less when
Bryan ran.
BOOM IN SHIPBUILDING
THE United States might as well
be without gun factories or car
tridge factories or powder works
fts without ocean shipyards in this
fateful year of the Lord 1915.
Fifty steamships, ranging in capacity
from 4,000 to 12,000 tons, have been
contracted for by American shipyards
for salt water service since December
J, 1914. This is an unparalleled record
of activity In the merchant shipping
business. Several American coast yards
have all the work which they can
handle for two years to, come. Others
can undertake more construction and
ere busily negotiating for it, and every
week brings the announcement of Im
portant new orders for large vessels
Icr the coastwise, West India or other
ocean trades.
Since the New Year a sudden change
has come over this particular Ameri
can Industry, which, up to the end of
3914, was sharing to the full the severe
depression that lay upon all of the
great productive industries of the
United States. It can be said of Ameri
can ship plants as a whole that they
are lpusler and more prosperous than
any 1 industrial concerns in this
nation, except those devoted to the
day-and-night production of guns and
explosives for the belligerents of
Europe.
The American people are In a pe
tition to realize as never before that
• In their ocean shipyards they possess
a national asset of the very first magni
tude. It Is a strange fact, but a true
ore, that only three nations in the
world possess the skill and capacity to
construct at home all the ships re
quired for their own merchant navies.
One of these nations Is Great Britain
and the other is Germany—both ab
sorbed in a great and desperate war.
" !The third Is the United States.
The shipyards of Germany are now
unavailable, and so, in another way,
are the shipyards of England, Scotland
and France. They are either occupied
In construction and repair work on
warships and transports or are build
ing merchant craft on home account,
and cannot undertake any foreign or
ders. Moreover, the war and its dis
tractions have so abnormally forced
"" FRIDAY EVENING, - - . H&RRISBURG JULY 2, 1915.
up the rates Qf wages and the costs of
materials that for the first time tn
sixty years the price of ships from
British shipyards is virtually equal to
the price in the United States.
Some foreign merchants, whose na
tional policies have compelled them
to depend upon British or German
yards for ships, are now making in
quiries in America.
In the vivid light of this great Euro
pean war the American people are
being taught the impressive lesson that
great and prosperous ocean shipyards
are Indispensable, not only to their
commercial Independence, but to their
national security. It is perfectly safe
to assume that, if those senators of the
United States who voted last August
to admit forelgn-bullt ships indiscrimi
nately to the coastwise trade of the
United States—and thereby to deprive
our shipbuilding Industry absolutely of
national protection and encouragement
—were given another opportunity, nine
out of ten of them, tn the light of this
European war, would reverse their
action and Join the two-thirds of the
Senate who voted against such a
suicidal course.
THE OLD-FASHIONED FOURTH
EXERCISES designed to welcome
newly enfranchised citizens of
foreign birth will be the feature
of Fourth of July celebrations in a
large number of towns throughout the
country this year, but, as has been
the case with niany another idea that
literally swept the country at its incep
tion, it is a question if Americanization
day In Its present form will be adopted
permanently. An annual ceremony to
welcome aliens who have come to
make this country their future home
would commend Itself to all patriotic
and intelligent Americans, but there is
a fundamental flaw in the proposition
to huve it occur on the Fourth.
That day is for all Americans, and
anything that has a tendency to nar
row or obscure its basic meaning
should be discouraged. A feeling that
this is so Is certain to make itself
apparent as soon as the first, en
thusiasm over Americanization day
has spent its force.
Yet nothing could be more charac
teristic than the way in which this
novelty has made a hit with the public.
We are the great "try anything once"
pecple, restlessly seeking for some
thing new. And when it comes to
patriotism we are apt to make our
outward display of it take the form of
wicrd and Impracticable legislation re
garding desecration of the flag or the
adoption of State flowers and em
blems. On the great national holiday
a majority seein to prefer watching
eighteen or more paid performers swat
a ball around a lot to attending any
formal observance of the day.
Nevertheless, we are a profoundly
patriotic people. Plenty of men who
would not go across the street to hear
a Fourth of July oration remove their
hats when the national ensign is car
ried by, and in countless other unob
trusive ways attest the faith that is in
them. That Is the kind of patriotism
that really counts. It is neither hol
low form nor mere emotionalism, but
deep-seated and essentially lnteUig«nt
reverence for America and the na
tional ideals and aspirations. It is
because Americans have this kind of
patriotism that we say Americanization
day, while highly desirable in Itself,
may be found to come in conflict with
the national idea of a Fourth of July
celebration. Assimilating foreigners is
one of America's Important duties, but
after all it Is but a detail of the na
tional labors.
Fourth of July programs should
make no distinctions. They should be
so drawn that they will be inspirational
In the highest degree to citizens of all
classes; to the great army of young
men who become of age and assume
the responsibilities of citizenship each
year; to mothers and sisters; to mem
bers of families that have been here
for many generations as well as to the
lately arrived. After all, the Old-
Fashioned Fourth, minus the noise
and the tetanus hazard, is the best
Fourth.
At most the Americanization day
idea should be no more than an inci
dent in any Fourth of July celebration.
NOT A TRIFLING MATTER
DR. ALBERT A. SNOWDEN, of
the National Association of
Manufacturers, has collected
data showing that 22,000,000 persons
depend directly for their livelihood
on the manufacturing industries of
the United States. This includes the
9,000.000 employes of the various
establishments and the members of
their families.
The total investment in the indus
trial plants of this country is $24,-
000,000,000 and their normal yearly
output aggregates $28,000,000,000,
exceeding largely the amount of
Great Britain and Germany combin
ed.
This is the great structure of In
dustrialism the foundations of which
have been sapped by Democratic ex
perimentation. '
RUM AND WAR DO NOT MIX
SPECIAL correspondence Just re
ceived in this country from Ber
lin indicates that rum and war
do not mix well, even though there be
some who doubtless believe that one
is little worse than the other. At a
conference of German societies es
tablished to deal ifrith inebriates it
was reported that all but a few of p,
large number of men treated by these
organizations and sent to the front
had to be dismissed from the ranks, as
neither their nerves nor their physical
condition enabled them to stand the
strain.
An important point brought out in
the discussions of the conference was
the deteriorating effects of even mod
erate drinking on military efficiency.
The investigations made by officers,
surgeons and chaplains went to show
that in the vast majority of cases the
moderate drinker was subject to col
lapse at a much earlier stage than the
man who had led a temperate life.
Most of the speakers, supporting their
remarks by reports from the front,
agreed that the very worst preparation
for doing his duty at the front which
a young soldier could be subjected to
was indulgence in alcohol. The more
closely he approached total abstinence,
especially in the period before en
gaging in active operations, the better
soldier he became. •
All this is not very new. Every
man admits down In his heart, if not
openly, that alcohol Is debilitating and
that he who indulges in It must
lack in physical fitness and, there
fore, In efficiency. The remark
able thing is that the fact is admitted
in Berlin, the home of efficiency and
also the fountainhead of German army
orders which specifically permit Ger
man soldiers to indulge In limited
quantities of alcoholic beverages.
[ teleoraphTeriscope
—We believe In a "safe and sane"
Fourth, but we also confess to a linger
ing sympathy with the boy who has a
hankering for firecrackers.
—Do you remember how you counted
the yellow and green firecrackers that
were mixed with the red? The yellows,
you know, were "queens," and the green
ones "kings."
—lf we remember rightly there used
to be more fun and excitement landing
a four-Inch "sunny" than there now is
in catching a two-pound bass—and it
was much less expensive.
—lf the Russians keep on running
they may get the Germans so far from
home they won't be able to find their
way back.
—"No more American fetes for
Huerta," says a news dispatch. Such is
fate.
—"Can American officers resign?"
asks Daniels. .The best evidence that
they can is that they do.
1 EDITORIAL COMMENT ]
What is one to do about one's neu
trality when one sees, at 1329 Amster
dam avenue, the office of the German-
American Exterminating Company'?—
New York Tribune.
The Tennessee Congressman who
telegraphed the President, "The people
are with you and they never resign,"
takes the prize. His name is Sims.—
Springfield Republican.
Great Britain continues her sentimen
tal policy of blocking shipments to
Germany without killing steamship
passengers. Where's her manhood?—
Philadelphia North American.
The Republic of San Marino, which
recently abandoned neutrality, seems to
be more successful than the other bel
ligerents In keeping its campaign-plans
and the movements of its armies secret.
—New Orleans-Picayune.
KAISER'S BIG WAR FOUNDRY
Krtipp Works Divided Into Five
Groups of Large Size
Five separate groups of works are
comprised in the Krupp organization.
The first of these is the Essen steel
works, with proving grounds at Mep
pen, Tanger-Huette and Essen, con
sisting of some 60 departments and
covering an area of about 500 acres.
Here are housed 7,200 machine tools,
17 roll trains, 187 hammers, 81 hy
draulic presses, 397 steam boilers, 569
steam engines, more than 2,200 elec
tric motors and 900 cranes. The total
coal consumed in this entire estab
lishment last year alone was 3,000,000
tons. In this group Is included also
the Mllhofener-Huette, with its four
blast furnaces; the Hermann-Huette,
with three blast furnaces, and the Say
ner-Huette, with coal and Iron mines.
The second group consists of the
Frledrlch-Alfred Iron works, at Rheln
hausen, with six blast furnaces, 15
blowing engines, and Siemens-Martin
steel works.
The third group Is the Annen steel
works, producing principally steel cast
ings up to 25 tons.
The fourth group is the Gruson ma
chine works at Magdenburg-Buckau,
made up of more than 50 different
shops. These cover an area of 75
acres and house 1,850 machine tools
and nearly 500 cranes.
The fifth group is the naval section
of the Krupp works, the Gerinanla
shipyards at Kiel. These works cover
60 acres, containing eight building
slips (four of them roofed), the two
largest of which can accommodate
vessels up to 725 feet long and 130
feet wide. Two acres are devoted to
forge shops. The main bay of the fit
ting shop is 475 by 78 feet, and the
boiler shop Is 400 by 212 feet.—Re
view of Reviews.
N A POLEON 'S SUPERSTITION S
All human nature holds within it
self superstition in some greater or
less degree. Perhaps no two persons
have ever held the exact same fatalis
tic thought. With Napoleon there was
a dread of the poor, harmless letter
"M." He Imagined all persons, places,
events that came within the scope of
his life beginning with this letter had
a wonderful effect in shaping his ca
reer.
Looking this up. we cannot fail to
see that this otherwise harmless let
ter followed htm always, playing the
game of life with him. It was Mar
boeuf who was the first man to sus
pect his genius and to shove him
ahead; it was Moreau who betrayed
him; Marseilles was the place where
he encountered the greatest difficul
ties at the beginning of his wonderful
career. He had six marshals, whose
names were Mortler, Moncey, Mar
mont, Murat, Massena, Macdonald.
Among his most famous battles
were: Montenette, Millesimo, Man
tera. Malta, Marengo, Mondovl, Mont
Thabor, Montmlrvil, Mery, Mormans,
Montereau, Montmartre and Mont St.
Jean (the last named at Waterloo).
At the siege of Toulon his first at
tack was Fort Malbousquet, and there
he fought Muiron; Milan was the cap
ital of his rfew kingdom; Moscow was
the last capital that he took; It was
Menon that made him lose Egypt;
Malet conspired against him; Metter
nlch beat him in diplomacy; Maret
was his secretary; Monalivet was his
minister; Montesquin was first cham
berlain; In March. 1796, he married
Josephine; in March, 1810, he married
Marie Louise; in March, 1811, the
King of Rome was born; Malmalson
was the unlucky house that was his
last residence In France; he surren
dered to Capt. Maltland; Montholon
was his companion and Marchaud
acted as his valet. And he died in
May, 1821. —Chicago Journal.
• " 11 \
Buttons on
Stockings
"Button, button, who has got
the button?"
Why of all things—this time
It 1b the stockings.
Fashion evidently found her
self at a loss for any more
vagaries in women's shoes so she
turned her attention to hosiery.
And she has evolved some nov
elties that are certainly inter
esting.
Have you kept posted on the
changes? Do you know what the
stores are showing?
The advertising In the Tele
graph Is always a barometer of
the ever-changing modes.
IK
'PtKJtOIf&KUUO.
Br the Ex<
The time for candidates for coun
ty and municipal nominations to cir
culate petitions for nominations open
ed in Pennsylvania to-day and
throughout the State, which Is al
ready stirred up by contests for some
thing like thirty judicial places, pa
pers are flying. The petitions for coun
ty and municipal nominations must be
filed by August 31. while those for
judicial nominations are due on Aug
ust 34.
The crop of candidates for county
and city nominations throughout the
State will break all records, it Is be
lieved. In many counties, as in Dau
phin, aspirants have been going about
for months. The campaign for the pri
maries will run until September 21,
and there will be some strenuous
work done as the presidential cam
paign next year looms up injnany dis
tricts.
Next week will probably see nu
merous announcements by aspirants
for nominations in the third class
cities and It will be interesting to
note how many mayors will try to
succeed themselves.
President Judge Charles L. Brown,
of the Philadelphia municipal court,
is now being boomed for mayor of
Philadelphia along .with Judge Gor
man and Director Porter. Mr. Brown
was formerly senator.
Senator Oliver Is back In Pittsburgh
and yesterday had a long conference
with Mayor Armstrong.
—Revenue Collector B. F. Davis
has started making room for more
deserving Democrats. Four of the
outside deputies have been dropped,
Milton C. Karns, of the Harrisburg
district; M. C. Myton, Altoona dis
trict; J. F. Norton, Mechanicsburg dis
trict, and H. R. Skiles, Lancaster dis
trict. It is stated that the removals
have been made on the score of econ
omy, but It Is generally believed
among Democrats here that when the
presidential campaign opens there will
be some openings.
—The greater Pittsburgh movement
is on again. This time it has been
taken up by the civic bodies and the
smaller boroughs are being memorial
ized as to the advantage of Joining
the city.
—Blair county Democrats appear to
be having a fine contest under way
for county commissioner nominations.
This is the only office of which the
Democrats are sure and they are In
this county fighting over the place.
—Democrats and Bull Moosers in
this part of the State are watching
with considerable interest the result
of the latest flirting match between
the Democrats and Washlngtonlans
in this county. Neither party has a
ghost of a show this year and even
If they combined they could not do
as well as they did last fall on gov
ernor. Now the scheme is to get
E. N. Lobo, a Bull Mooser, to run for
sheriff on the two
it Is said that the Bull Moosers will
not bother about filling county com
missioner nominations.
A Cape May dispatch says: "Phil
ander Chase Knox, one time Secretary
of State, according to friends here will
be a candidate for the United States
Senate to succeed Senator George T.
Oliver. Mr. Knox, when seen at the
Cape May Hotel here, where he was
addressing the Pennsylvania State Bar
Association, would not confirm the re
port. The announcement by his ad
mirers was the occasion of much
speculation. 'I have made no an
nouncement,' said the former Sena
tor, 'nor have I authorized any an
nouncement. And I have heard of no
announcement being made. Neither
can I be responsible for what my
friends may say. Besides just as it
Is a long, long way to Tlpperary, it
is a long, long way to March, 1917.
The primary election does not take
place until next may.' When asked
what reply he would make to a direct
question, Mr. Knox smiled broadly and
replied: 'I would make exactly the
answer expected—that I had nothing
to say. And further deponent sayeth
not.' He added that he had always
maintained his voting residence in
Pittsburgh and that there was noth
ing strange In his absence from Valley
Forge."
A SUBMARINE TOIIPEOO
I am the sea devil's daughter/
Spawned where the dead men dwell,
I snoot through the hissing water,
A lanes from the prince of hell!
And ever I come tq slaughter
As mermaids ring a knell!
The pride of the seas of Britain
Is the wreck of a huckster's cart—
Smitten «s whales are smitten
When the swordtUh dares to dart.
The little gray shark has bitten
A hale In the kraken's heart!
I am the eel of lightning.
I blast whatever I strike.
The sea top fishes frightening
As the shark affrights the pilce! -
Oh. but the bones are whitening
Of things I did not like!
I am the babe of the devil!
Deep hidden I skulk and lie.
Till a liner laughs in revel
And then I dart on high
And kiss with the kiss or evil.
And what I kiss must die!
—John O'Keefe In Onconta Star.
Our Daily Laugh
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1 THE .DUMP
By Wing Dinger
I see that some prizes are offered
To those who perform best the feat
Of writing an essay describing
The public dump 'way up Thlra
street.
I live Just about a block from It;
I see It and smell It each day,
And I think I could write a few verses
That would send the first prize up
my way.
But ere I describe it tn poetry.
On this point will some one advise?
Will essays in such form submitted,
Be given a chance at the prize?
And also, in speech how much freedom
Will one be allowed? Let me know,
And if they will give me full leeway
After one of the prizes I'll go.
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| THE ONE-TERM
[From the Baltimore American]
WHETHER Woodrow Wilson will
succeed himself as president of
the United States is a matter of
doubt. It is more than probable that
a Republican will occupy the place
now filled by him. But there is no
doubt whatever that William Jennings
Bryan will not achieve his ancient
ambitions to be President, nor will he
have the naming of the next Demo
cratic candidate for the presidency.
The retirement of the Secretary of
State from the cabinet upon an al
leged point of principle is now seen
to have been in reality upon a low
point of personal politics. But as
principle is the one gauge of his
lofty activities, he will in due time
announce that the platform of the
Baltimore convention drawn up by
himself and for himself declares in
favor of a single term occupancy of
the presidency. He will then unctU- •
ously point to this Democratic prin-1
ciple—ln reality a Bryan self-seeking
device —and call upon his party the
country over to hold the impeccable
doctrine by which the present Incum
bent of the White House would be
made ineligible for another term.
As Jackson sat upon the inaugural
stand when his successor Van Buren
was inducted into the presidency and
remarked with low satisfaction that
he had made Van Buren president,
so William Jennings Bryan has acted
in a manner to give the Impression
that Wilson was Bryan's man. It
has so turned out that despite the
regrettable evidences of a radical and
fantastic viewpoint of some domestic
policies, that could be directly trace
able to the solicitude of the Presi
dent to be decent to Mr. Bryan, Mr. |
Wilson has in fact been no man's |
man. When matters came to the is
sue of a deep underlying principle of
action affecting the honor and influ
ence of the nation in the affairs of I
the world, the President set his face j
as a flint in a direction antipodal to i
that of his Secretary of State. This |
in the mind of a man of the type of i
Mr. Bryan, constitutes a mortal of
fense. Hence, while the smooth pala
ver of high regard for the President
trickles from his lips he has set about
in a business-like manner apparent-1
A RAINY NIGHT
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
(Copyright, 1915, Star Company)
When the fingers of rain on the window
pane
Tap, tap, tap,
And the feet of the Tain run over the
roof
In the dark of a summer night,
Then out of their graves old memories
creep
And they steal up into the house of
sleep
And they rap, rap, rap
On the door of the heart till It sets a
light
And opens the portal and spreads the
board
For the waiting horde.
Then the great wide world seems all
astir
With the ghostly shapes of the things
that were.
A Pleasure that perished, a dead De
spair,
An old Delight and a vanished Care,
A Passion that bullded Its funeral pyre
From the worthless timber of brief de
sire,
A Hope that wandered and lost its way
In the dazzling beams of Its own bright
ray.
With long-gone Worries and long-last
Joys.
Come stealthily creeping with never a
noise
(For the things that have gone on the
road to God
When • they turn back earthward are
silence-shod);
And they enter the heart's great
room
When the rain beats down from a sky
of gloom
In the dark of a summer night.
And thev tell old tales and they sing
old songs
Tliat are sweet, sweet, sweet:
While the fingers of rain on the window
pane
Beat, beat, beat.
And they feast on the past and drink
Its wine
And call It a brew divine.
But when In the east the darkness
pales
And the edge of the cloud shows light.
The ghosts go back with a silent tread,
And onlv the heart knows what they
said
In the dark of the summer night.
SPOOFING HIM
Recruiting is responsible for a good
story from Carmarthenshire. One 'of
the latest accessions to Kitchener's
army Is a stalwart man 6 feet 2 inches
in height, from the heart of the coun
try, and on joining he expanded his
chest with pride and ejaculated, "Now
for the Germans."
The following day he received frum
London a telegram: "Heartiest con
gratulations.—Kitchener."
This was duly shown jjound, but
next morning his pride bound
less on'receiving the royal message:
"The empire is proud of you.—
George."
It was not until the third day, when
he received a wire, "For heaven's
sake, keep neutral.—Wllhelm," that
he realized a waggish friend had been
■pulling his lftg.— Tlt-BIU. *
STILL AFLOAT
ly, to knife Mr. Wilson in case of his
entertaining aspirations for a second
term. The President has never pub
licly subscribed to the one-term idea,
but has expressed himself sensibly
to the effect that the head of the
people is the chief servant of the
peope and is there to do their will
as long as they care to retain him
in his post. Hence the one-term
schism that is already rupturing tho
Democratic party is not bred of brash
advance renunciations of ambition.
In which a prior president indulged.
The effect of this split in the party,
which has only minority rule, through
the grace of the Bull Moose defec
tion from the Republican ranks, will
be to give further impetus to the
selection of a Republican for tho high
office. The Republican party has
unity and when It comes to naming
its candidates it will display unanim
ity. It has credit for ability to deal
with great questions and to keep the
phip of State upon a stable keel. The
people are fully prepared for a change
in the White House. They realize
that the domestic business of the
nation as well as its international se
curity will be best cared for In the
hands of a party that can rally to
the support of its head, as the di
vided and discredited Democracy can
not support the present Chief Exec
utive. Mr. Wilson has proven too
resolute a man for his fiarty associ
ates and the split of Bryan will fur
nish a center for defectants upon
other counts, to pull away from him.
Thus the Democrats will display their
old-time ability to do the wrong
thing at the wrong time and the Re
publicans will reap the benefit.
Mr. Bryan is a constitutional
wrecker. He wrecked his party when
he first sprung into the arena with
his, absurd silver and Populist alli
ance. Its nearest approach to re
covery has been the present. Now
the same Bryan is preparing to
wreck the party once more. The dis
comfiture of the Democrats, however,
insures to the good of the country
through its reliance upon competent
Republicans. The list of Republican
avallables is large and imposing.
The country is prepared to make its
\ choice for the party of sanity and
I ability.
Wife of New
Secretary of State
E BHBIPBt < '^^3l
MRS. ROBERT LANSING
Mrs. Lansing, wife of the new sec
retary of State, Is well equipped for
the leadership of the cabinet circles in
social affairs. The social duties are
not new to her, for her father, John
W. Foster, was Secretary of State dur
ing the Harrison administration.
Mrs. Lansing Is a striking and pop
ular woman. Much of her husband's
success is attributed to her helpful
ness and rare tact.
FINANCIAL NOTATION
(Columbia State.) ) *
The President, in short, has renewed
&is note.
iEbmttg (Eljai
' Harriaburg will probably be one of
the first of the school districts of the
State to have a continuation school
under the new act providing for edu
cation of the youngsters while they
are working. There are a number of
youthful wage earners in this city
and the way they have attended night
schools has attracted attention. Just
now some studies in the enrollment ~
of youngsters in schools and the num
ber who are working under State cer
tificates is being made and when it "
is finished definite calculations can be
made. It is pretty generally believed
that a couple of schools will be open
ed early in the coming year and that
they will be only forerunners. This
city, the center of the State educa
tional system, will probably have a
chance to establish some models and
can be assured of the friendly inter
est of those at the head of the school
system and of the people active in
the vocational education end of the
Government
• • •
The wardens selected yesterday by
the State Game Commission, who will
be ad'ded to the force already chosen
If Governor Brumbaugh approves the
names, were chosen from the largest
list of applicants ever known to the
commission. There were something
like two and a half dozen additional
wardens authorized by the last Legis
lature, to be paid out of the revenue
from hunters' licenses. Over 100 men
applied for the places in a short time
and this number was weeded out.
Then more came in and the commis
sioners finally decided to sek the aid
of game associations, men interested
in hunting and in game propagation.
The result was that some excellent
recommendations were secured. Then
the commissioners adopted the plan
of having personal reports on the ap
plicants. In the list of applicants were
a number of men who had served in
the State police and who had left the
force to get married. Several others
were men with good records in the
United States army, and it is expected
that the force of wardens when com
plete will be the best the State ever
had. The question of how far game
wardens, who are paid out of the
hunters' license fund, can be called
upon to work as fish and forest ward
ens, is to be settled by the Attorney
General. The Game Commissioners
are willing to have the men work in
cidentally, but refuse to assign men
to other departments until they are
sure they can do so under the law,
which specifically sets aside income
from hunters' licenses for payment
of men employed in game protection
and other work connected with the
game commission.
• • »
Congressman Thomas S. Crago, of
Greene county, who was here yester
day between trains, is the only mem
ber of the Pennsylvania delegation in
Congress who is an officer of the Na
tional Guard. He is lieutenant-col
onel of the Tenth, and takes a big
interest in the work.
• • *
Public Service Commissioner W. D.
B. Ainey, a former congressman, is a
former officer in the- National Guard
and still retains a great liking for It
and deep interest in its work.
* • •
Among' Visitors to the city yesterday
was General H. S. Heudlkoper, noted
Philadelphia veteran, who has been
connected with a number of State .
boards and commissions. The general f
recalled while here that it was Just V
fifty-cyie years since he had been
wounded.
• • • '
The executive committee of the
State Bar Association as elected at
Cape May yesterday contains the
names of a number of men who are
very well known here. Among them
are Public Service Commissioner John
S. Rilling. Ex-Deputy Attorney Gen
eral F. W. Fleitz, Judge Davis Brod
head. Agnew Hice, of the Geological
survey; Thomas H. Greevy, John A.
Nauman and John M. Rhey.
• * *
While Assistant City Clerk Ross R.
Seaman has established a splendid sys
tem for filing and indexing copies of
city ordinances, the installation of a
new ordinance filing case and cabinet
in City Clerk Miller's offices will add
greatly to the facility of handling these
measures. The cabinet is a huge piece
of furniture and is so arranged with
shelves as to make it Invaluable for
filing not only ordinances but most
any other city papers of the kind.
• • •
"Something wrong with the calendar
this year." remarked a farmer in mar
ket this week. "I don't know what
happened, but it's all mixed up. The
crops are not suffering, to be sure, but
we have had a number of city folks
visiting lately and the complaints about
the freaky weather are amusing. Ac
cording to one of those city persons,
the calendar runs along, January, Feb
ruary, March, July, April, May and
September mixed, instead of the usual
order of the first six months."
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—John McFadden, of Philadelphia,
visit Holland this month.
—Elias B. Johns has been elected
head of the Colonial Trust Companv.
of Philadelphia.
—Charles L. Huston, of Coates
vllle, will take an active part in the
national conference against the liauor
traffic.
—John F. Whalen, of Pottsville, is
the new head of the Schuylkill Bar
Association.
—William Plinn says he tfcinks
woman suffrage is going to win.
—John M. Freeman, prominent In
Pittsburgh affairs, is at the seashore.
| DO YOU KNOW 1
That Harrisburg people have
a great reputation as library
patrons.
BUFFALO CROSS ROADS
Buffalo Cross Roads, a village four
and a half miles from Lewlsburg, in
Union county, is so named,'according
to historians, because the last buffalo
killed in the great Buffalo valley of
Union county was shot near the place.
The skull of this beast, a large bull,
was hung on a pole at a point where
public highways crossed, hence the ™
name. This buffalo was killed, It is
asserted, in the early part of 1800.
This village of Buffalo Cross Roads
was the home of a tanner by the name
of Chamberlain, who is said to have
been the first person in the United
States to start the canning of fruits
for commercial purposes. Mr. Cham
berlain began this fruit preserving as
, an experiment for his own use. The
. products were pleasing to the taste,
and he made shipments of goods to
i New York city, where a demand soon
. arose for all the surplus fruits he was
able to supply.—Philadelphia Record.
CIVIC CLUB "
Fly Contest
June 1 to July 31
5 Cents a Pint
Prises of $6. $2.50 and several
SI.OO ones
I duplicated by Mr. Ben Stronae