>*wmwwwwniiy her* lot alone because prlcea are loner, hut because qualities are hetleri»w%%%w>%wvw Our Ist Monday Millinery Sale in 1916 Fashionable Millinery For Women & Children at Extra Low Prices For Monday Only $2 to s3l Actual Value. Special Announcement] sltosLsoA c tu a | Va ' u « Ladies Black Lyons Silk r Children s Trimmed Hats. Velvet Hats. Mon- AQ n We have J ust received a Monday O'C day price »OC new lot of Smart Tailored price slto $ 1.50 Actual Values l' y " s , in R^ dy " ,0 " Wear r„ r S1 ' 1 v.1.. Ladies' Silk Velvet, Velour Hats lor m,ds " SOn w « r ' 5 ° C t0 51 Ac,Ual Values and French Felt Hats, in black Fashionable colors. Millinery Trimmings in a and colors. Monday At Our Usual Low Prices varied assortment. 1 A price JC J Monday price, choice, XVf SOUTTER'S" 1 c to 25c Depart men t Store WHERE EVERY DAY IS BARGAIN DAY. 215 Market St. Opp. Courthouse FIGHT DESPERATELY TO HOLD RUSSIANS [Continued from l'irst Page. ] controversy over compulsory military; service. The capture of a portion of :i 1 trench from the French sit Hartmans-1 "Weilerkopf in a surprise attack i.s; announced by the German War Office. : Air Craft Bus.v Austrian air craft are busy in the I Neighborhood of Cattaro, which an | Austrian flotilla lias been making: a base for Adriatic sea raids. Mount I .lovcen, a height nearby held by the I Montenegrins has been bombarded by; Austrian aviators, who have also j dropped several bombs on Cettinje,; the Montenegrin official states. Two hundred Montenegrins are • announced in a Paris dispatch to have BANK STATKMKNTS REPORT UF THE CONDITION of •THE XT E EI.TON \ ATIO> VI. Ilnnk, al Bteelton. in the Slate of Pennsylvania., t Ht the close of business 011 December j 31, 1915: RESOURCES 1. a Loans and discounts (except those shown on b) -... $580,337 SI; 2. Overdrafts, unsecured. 4 50 i •1, I . S. htinilN: a U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation i par value i 110.000 »0 . •J. Ilonrlfi, Meeiirttlcft. ftp.i b Tt on d s oth e r than U. S. bond s p 1 e dpe<l to secure postal Us a v ings mm deposits,. $19,818 ~t e S c curities other than U. S, bonds (not In c 1 u d inn I. St O cks I own e d unpledg ed 745,344 66 Total bonds, se curities, etc 765.663 II ti. Subscription to stock of I** e d cral It e serve Bank. ... $ is, 000 00 a Less a m o unt unpaid, . 9.000 00 9,000 00 | 7. Value of banking; house 'if unen cumbered) 27.000 0v , V Furniture and fixtures, 6,500 00 > 10. Net amount due front Federal Reserve Rank 3H.000 00 j 3 1. a Net amount due from approved re serve ascents in New York, «' h icago. :ind fcM. | Louis, ... $24,285 S7 b Net amount due from approved re h e rve agents in other res erve cities. .. 35,5&& &:i jD. Net amount due from banks and bankers (other than includ ed in 10 or 111 2,772 30 i 1 IS. Exchanges for clearing house : . . 15.966 14 15. a Out side c he e Us and other cash i items, ... $8.4."17 82 1 b Fraction al cur - •ren c y . ii 1 c kels, and cents. 664 95 16. Notes of other na tional banks P. 0.125 00 | 17. Federal Reserve notes, 350 00 IS. Coin and certificates,. 75,4::S 75' 19. Legal-tender notes. . . 6.800 00 J 20. Redemption fund with I'. S. Treasurer ami flue from U. S. Treasurer 7,500 00 j Total J1,779,735 38 i LIABILITIES 24. Capital stock paid in.. $150,000 00 25. Surplus fund 150,000 00: 26. Undivided profits 56,775 74 27. Circulating notes out standing 150,000 00 So. Due to banks and hankers (othersthan included in 2S or 291 IMS 4 75 | S2. Individual deposits subject to check... 576,897 70 j I*, ('ashler's checks out . , _.*Unding 2.74 4 74 i " -i savings de posits 13.935 61 I Total de mand de pos 1 ts. Items 32. 33, 34. 35. 36. 37. 3S. u and 39.. .$593,578 05 Time deposit* (pay - able after 30 days, or subject to 30 days or more notice i: *o. Certificates of de- ), posit, 677,196 84 i Tot al of time de pos 1 t.'. Items 40. 41 and 4 $677,196 84 Total $1,779,735 38 ! Btate of Pennsylvania, County of Dau- I ohin. ss: j! I, N. W. Stubbs, Cashier of the ! above-named bank, do solemnly swear i that the above statement is true to the Ii brst of my knowledge and belief I N. W. STUBBS. K Cashier. i Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7"h dav of January, 1916. WILLIAM F. HOUSMAN. It Notary Public. Mv commission espjres March 25 ' Jjj: CVi rect -Attest: W. K ABERCROMBJE. ROBT. M. Rt'THWTtFORD, SAJIU>"' -OL-KFER, _ -v. sir «e ton. ' SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JANUARY R, 1916. ~ 1 t i lost their liv es when an Italian steam ier carrying them struck a mine and ! sunk in the Adriatic. ' A Berlin dispatch reports that the 1 Greek Island of Melos. off the Greek i southeastern mainland has been oc- j i c.tpieii by entente forces "for naval j j purposes." Zeppelin Wrecked j Khig Constantine, in an interview | j reiterated his declaration that his i | position in the international sit.ua- j ' tion was pro-Greek. He disclaimed] (a pro-German attitude. A news agency dispatch front j ; Amsterdam reports the wrecking of i ' a Zeppelin which became entangled ; in the telegraph wires at Namur. j I Belgium yesterday, two members of ( the crew losing their lives. Italy has called additional soldiers] |to 'he colors, the newly summoned I I men belonging to various classes of j I artillery. ' .—— ' Teuton Allies' Losses Now Total 7,000,000 Special to the Telegraph j London. Jan. B.—The losses of the I I Teuton allies to date total more than j | 7.000.000 in killed, wounded and miss ing. according to an Exchange Tele- j .'graph Company dispatch front Zurich. | i The dispatch gives the Nouvelle Ga- i — ' BANK STATKMKNTS REPORT OF THE CONDITION of , THE MEIU HANTS' NATIONAL IIANK. at Harrisburg, in the State of Penr.syl- : vania, sit the close of business, on De- i ■ .ember 31. 1915: RESOURCES | 1. a Loans and discounts (except those shown on bl .. $608,159.53; 1 2. Overdrafts, unsecured . 252.34 ' j 3. U. S. Bonds: i a U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) 100,000.00 | 4. Bonds, securities, etc.: b Uonds other than U. S. bonds pledged to secure pos- , tal savings , deposits . . $5,000.00 e S e e u rlties other than U. S. bonds (not in cluding stocks) owned un pledged .. 230,124.75 Total bonds, se curities. etc 235.124.75' i 6. Sub scription to stock of Federal Reserve Bank .... $19,500.00 a Less amount unpaid ... 9.750.00 I 7. a Value of banking i house (if unencum bered) 30,000.00 5. Furniture and fixures. 18,000.00 9. Real estate owned oth er than banking house 3,850.00 !0. Net amount due from Federal Reserve Bank 18,000.00 11. a Net amount due from approv . Ed reserve agents In New York, ! Chicago, and St. | Louis $40,336.75 | b Net amount due from approv- i i ed reserve agents iin other reserve i cities 39,846.64 „ „ 80,183.39 12. Net amount due from banks and bankers (oth '•!■ than included in 10 or 111 • , 27,184.3S ! 13. Exchanges for clearing" i house 13,923.70! |ls. a Outside 1 checks and I other casli i items $9,453,32 ; b Fractional cur rency, nickels, and cents 1.166.64 !,„ „ 10,619.96: ■ 16. Notes of other national i banks 5,000.00 ; 18. Coin and certificates .. 48.095.00' 19. Legal-tender notes .... 19,640.00' ; 20. Redemption fund with i 1.. S. Treasurer and due from L*. S. Treasurer .... 5,000.00 Total $1,232,813.05 j , „ LIABILITIES 1-4. Capital stock paid In .. $100,000.00 i Lj. surplus fund 225,000.00 ; 26. Undivided profits $51,245.97 ' Less current ex penses, inter est, and taxes Paid 12,158.24 27. Circulating notes out- .087..3 J ..standing 95.700.00 31. Dividends unpaid 837 00 Demand deposits: 32. Individual deposits sub ject to check 436.671.64 JJ4. Certified cheeks 644.34 ; 35. Cashier's checks out standing 4.#43.12! .... Postal savings daßosits, -.474 69 I Total demand de- ■ nosit« Items ;i2, 33, 34, 36, 36, 37. 38. and 39..5444,633.79 .r\ C . e, ' t i f L < ; atea of deposit. . 324,554.53 rotal of time de posits. Items 40. 41. and 42. $324,554 53 c T ? tal . - | State of Pennsylvania, County of Dau- i ohin. ss: I. H. O. Miller, Cashier of the above- j named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best ! of my knowledge and belief. H. O. MILLER, Cashier. Subscribed snd sworn to before me this Sth day of Januarv, 1916. li. G. POTTS, Notary Public. My commission expires April 5, 1919 Correct —Attest: W. M. DONALDSON. JOHN F. DAPP, LOUIS deixon'e, Dlr#ctor«. 1' T ' zette as Its authority and estimates the j losses as follows: Germany, 3.JOO.OOO: Austrians, ! 3.100,000: Turks and Bulgarians, 1 600,000: killed and permanently crip- I pled, Germany, 990,OOO: Austrians, | 840.000: Turks and Bulgarians, 150,000. Germans Said to Fear Rule of Crown Prince j Paris. Jan. 8. — The Matin publishes la dispatch from Madrid which states jthat owing to the Kaiser's illness the i rulers of all the German States have j heen called to Berlin. There is great ; anxiety, the dispatch says, about what | may happen if the Crown Prince as | sumes the governing power. 40 Cent Gasoline Is Near Due to Oil Famine Dallas. Tex., Jan. 8.-—M. N. Buker, prominent Texas-Oklahoma oil opera •tor and chairman of the Dallas Park ! Board, has returned from Oklahoma alarmed over the decreased oil pro ; duets, lie predicts gasoline at 40 | cents a gallon in the near future and 1 oil by-products 35 to 50 per cent. | higher than at any time In the his tory of the United States. Bodies of Five Killed in Ship Explosion Recovered New York, Jan. S. The bodies of I five men were removed to-day from the hold of the partly sunken oil tank ! steamship Aztec on which an internal j explosion occurred last Monday, while i the vessel was at a Brooklyn dock. Deaths and Funerals JAMKS GRAY \ James C. Gray, aged 74 years, died j last night at his home, 649 Boyd ave- I ntie. after a lingering illness. He Is I survived by a wife, two sons and two I daughters. Funeral services will be .held Monday %tfernoon from the • The Rev. E. E Curtis pastor »- • -■>♦ the v cutuiinster : Presbyterian Church, Reliy and Green streets, will ojciate. Burial will ! be made in the East Harrisburg ceme [ t ery. ItICHAHD KKKSKK Funerla services for Richard Reeser, 12335 North Fourth street, who died J yesterday afternoon after a short ili |ness, will be held Monday afternoon at ; 2 o'clock. The Rev. E. E. Snyder, pas , tor of the St. Matthew's Lutheran I Church, will officiate. Burial will be ; made in the Harrisburg cemetery. A •wife and three children survive. ; UNDERGOES OPKRATION John A. Diehl, 336 Harris street, son of Luther Diehl, passenger engineer on the Williamsport Division, was oper ated on for appendicitis Friday even ing at Ihe Keystone Hospital. VOORHEKS' CONDITION SERIOUS Rochester, Minn.. Jan. B.—The con dition of Theodore Voorliees, president of the Reading Railway, who under ' went an operation here last Tuesday, continues serious, it was said late last ! night. Sun Yat Sen Implicated in Latest Chinese Rebel Plot: - v. ■ j Shanghai. Jan. 8. Sun Yat Sen, the rebel leader who was made the : tlrst provisional president of China after the overthrow of the monarchy, is said to be the leader of the latest rebel plot, which resulted in the seiz ing of the gunboat Chaoho last Sun day. At the trial of the rioters, testi mony was given that commissions signed by Sun Yat Sen were left be hind on the ship when the rioters were captured. These commissions were seized by the Chinese olliciulu who boarded the Chaoho. MOB KILLS IN RIOT AT YOUNGSTOWN [Continued from rirst Pajrc.] I building occupied by the tube com -1 pan.v's employment bureau. A little I later the> fired a small warehouse and | ihen turned their attention to private j property. A saloon stood on a corner and a •rush was made for the door. In a ' minute the shouting crowd filled the j little room and helped themselves to ) what they saw. When the looting was . complete the match was applied and ; fhe mob went wild. Kauftnian's clofh ! Ing store, near by, was next entered and the stock passed out to the con stantly growing crowd in the street by j those Inside. Clerks fled for their 1 lives and when the looting was finished I the place was set on fire. l.oot Saloons ! By this time the mob was in a I frenzy. Men danced and sang and i women joined them. L.iquor was j passed around freely and those who I had no cups scooped it up in the hol ! lows ol' their hands, for within half an hour other saloons had been looted and the fire was spreading rapidly. Wilson avenue, the main street, parallels the railroad tracks at the foot of the hill and streets led out of it tip the hill to the residence district. For fully an hour or more the mob was content with the small shops and | sjiloons on the side streets, but then it turned its attention to the moro pre tentious stores on Wilson avenue. By this time it had lost all sem , hlance of leadership and. splitting up into bands of a dozen or more, went ! madly about the work of destruction. Saloon after saloon was broken into. , looted and fired, the flames spreading to the other business blocks on the | street. Fanned by a strong wind, the I tire tore its way up the hill and many , residences, some occupied by the riot- I ers, were burned. Throw lied I'cnWer Mayor W. H. Cunningham and ten policemen who make up the protective force of the village, early realized the situation was beyond them and gath ered at the police station at the west, end of the business district or wan tiered along the streets unable to do anything. Sheriff .1. C. Umstead earlier in the evenig had been blinded tem porarily by red pepper thrown In his eyes by a rioter and later conferred with Mayor Cunningham, who ad mitted he was unable to stop the riot ing. This condition the sheriff reported to General Speaks, who had heeti sent to look over the situation, and to I.ieu tenant-C'olonel Charles Teybrecht, of Alliance, who "accompanied him. It was then the call was sent for State troops. Meantime the rioting had been in progress for several hours and it was seen that the business section could not be saved. Every minute the crowd seemed to grow until there were hun dreds of drink-crazed men and women roaming the streets. The Are depart ment had been called out at the tlrst. alarm of fire, but the hose was quickly cut to pieces and the firemen helplessly called on the Youngstown fire depart ment. Thief Joseph Wallace had men and equipment ready to send from the city, but found it was useless to risk lives and property as long as the mob held the (own. Whole Village in Flames Scenes of the wildest disorder were everywhere enacted and the fires mounted higher and higher until toward 10 o'clock Wilson avenue, the entire length of the village, was in flames. Absolutely no attempt, was made to extinguish the flames or save (lie thousands of dollars' worth of property being carried away or de stroyed. Early in the evening the mob had attacked the post office. It was a small building and the dozen or more men who entered it made short work of it. Additional excitement, if such were possible, was created by the report that the mob had dragged the safe I into the street and blown it to pieces. Eater it was stated that the men had counted on robbing the strong box be fore applying the torch to the building. One of the handsomest buildings in the village was the banking house of G. V. Hamwry. Vila mob paid no at tention to it nnttl after 10 o'clock. | Then it was recalled that a saloon had i stood in that section and there was a rush to the place. The saloon was quickly looted and fired, and the (lames, spreading to the bank, soon doomed the structure. A dry goods store near Seventh street and Wilson avenue shared a building with a saloon. The particular party of rioters -who selected it for their prey made the mistake of attack ing the dry goods store first. As they | approached the door a man appeared at a window in the living quarters above the store and lired one shot. ! from his revolver. A rioter who had I not been identified this morning fell dead in the street and the rest fled. They withdrew to the other side of Wilson avenue and after a conference ! tossed a brick through-one of the plate glass windows. No shot came from above and, encouraged, they stormed the place. Tap Whisky Barrels Ala dozen or more places in Wilson avenue barrels of whisky with the heads gone stood in the roadway and surrounding theni were many men and women gulping down the raw liquor or passing it to friends in the crowd who could not get close enough to help | themselves. A number of clothing stores fell a prey (o the rioters and almost immediately men 'iegan ex changing their old clothes for the loot (liey had seized, the change of apparel iieing made in tlie street, lighted al most to noonday brightness by the f'.ames from half a hundred burning buildings. Once (lie rioters were frightened. A passenger train, steaming along the railroad tracks at the. foot, of the bill, slowed down as it approached the burning buildings. A shout, "The militia is coming!" rang out, and for a minute or two there was a pause. But when it was seen the train did not stop the orgie went on. By this time so much property had been destroyed and the mob had be come so inflamed that (he better citi zens of the town had fled. Jlany fami lies came to Youngstown and others took Ihe street cars to communities farther away, and the conviction was growing (hat if the disorder spread to Youngstown nothing could save the city. Finally a dozen or more citizens led by Oscar Diser, city solicitor of East Youngstown and former member of the Ohio legislature, gathered at the police station (the tire had not been carried closer than a block to that structure) and pleaded with police and other city officials to attack the rioters. It was almost midnight before a force of some forty armed men had been gathered in Wilson avenue. Then with Diser to lead them they moved down the street. One Hundred Arc Arrested Only a block away the rioters were looting the last building in the block and the citizens fired over their heads. They broke and ran, but, finding no one had been killed, they turned and sent shot after shot toward the posse. .Vo one was hurt and the posse fired again. This time half a dozen or more rioters went down and the mob tore down the street. The panic gathered strength and scores of men, their pockets bulging with loot, stumbled over each other in a mad rush to get away. The posse followed closely and wherever possible chased the rioters into side streets, men being detached froin among the citizens to round them up. Withjn half an hour Wilson avenue had been almost cleared of the mob. but small squads were scattered about the hillside. As fast as possible these men were driven by main force to the police station and automobiles took them to Youngstown. Some were taken to the Malioning county Jail and | others to the city prison. By 2 o'clock | Clothes Do Not Make the Man If the past year had been devoted to dressing up this store —interior and exterior—upon which we might depend for greater business, what a pitiful mistake it would have been. Folks tell us, daily, the store front and store interior are beautiful, and it is gratifying to hear. But they were made so, to be an inviting place to visit and to work, as well as to be a credit to the city. GREATER BUSINESS HAS COME, AND THE GOOD TIMES ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO A CER TAIN DEGREE. Something else, however, deserves more credit Living up to certain sound- principles that were written in red ink before rebuilding started; to be followed to the letter, after rebuilding was completed. These were the few: —To give better service —BETTER than the GOOD SERVICE which other stores in our line are giving better than they have attempted to give. —To make the best use of our equipment, that our store will deserve a city-and-country-wide reputation for giving the best service. —To foster such pleasant relations between those em ployed in this business that harmony, happiness and suc cess will prevail. —To follow old customs, only as long as they appear good customs to follow. —To introduce new methods to replace those that have become impracticable and non-service-giving. —And above all, merchandise must be dependable. J2oama4& CAM. 1881—ANY PHOMJ POINDED IN7I (his morning more than a hundred had been rounded up and brought here, while the little police station in East Youngstown was filled to over flowing. The majority of the men taken were armed and many of them were under the influence of the liquor they had stolen from the looted saloons. Wreck Is Complete Clearing the streets gave the Youngs town fire department an opportunity to get into East Youngstown and men and equipment made the run of three miles as quickly as possible. There was still some work for them to do and water was thrown on the ruins the remainder of the night, but the wreck wrought by the mob was most com plete. By daybreak the walls of many of the brick buildings burned began to fall ajnd the principal streets were roned off and sightseers excluded. What, became of the mob when it fled before the bullets of the posse has i not yet been determined, although it is known that hundreds of men streamed along country roads leading out of East Youngstown, while many others made their way into Youngstown. At 4 o'clock it was reported that the mob was reforming on the hills back of the village determined to attack again and the posse, which had been helping (he fire department, was reassembled, this time with reinforcements, and guards were set until the soldiers arrived. Militia in Charge General Speaks had been in com munication during the night with Gov ernor Willis at Columbus and anxiously awaited the coming of the troops at daybreak. The troop trains came with out any definite announcement to the j public and not until persons passing 'along Front street saw the long trains stretched out along (he tracks did they realize that the militia had taken the situation in hand. State Will Make Efforts to Settle Labor Troubles Columbus. 0.. Jan. S.—The Slate Industrial Commission decided to-day to send Fred C. Croxton, head of the State. Statistical Bureau, to Youngs town to act as mediator in the strike situation, lie will confer with employers and strike leaders to-morrow. tie will leave to-night, accompanied by W. J. Boesel and George Miles as deputies. ONE COMMITTEE ON HIGH SCHOOL [Continued from First Page.] committee of three or five well-known business and professional men. President Stamm suggested that he would not urge the adoption of his plan until Dr. Yates returns. The min ister was confined to his home yester day. In all likelihood President Stamm's suggestion will be adopted at the next meeting two weeks hence. Kennedy Truant Officer Ex-School Director George W. Ken nedy was appointed assistant attend ance officer at a salary of S7O per month. lie will serve until the first Monday in July. In addition to his regular duties as truancy officer Mr. Kennedy will serve as an inspector of tire alarms, extinguishers, and fire drills in the schools. Miss Lottie R. Haehfilen, assistant principal of the Maclay building, who was retired after 33 years and S months' service, will receive an annuity of $4 75. The board's cash balance, according to the treasurer's monthly report, to tals $138,351.98. In the retirement fund there is a balance of $5,238.15. The sinking funds amount to $187,- 407.30. To Revise Rules Early revision of the school board rules was decided on. Director Houtz raised the question of changing the method of ordering school supplies and suggested the revision of the rules to cover this point. Director Boyer thought the time appropos for a com plete revision. Dr. Keene declined to vote approval of a bill for new dic tionaries. He said the matter should have been referred first to the text book committee. President Stamm sounded a note of warning as to the advisability of care in expenditures. All of the recommendations of Dr. jF. E. Downes, superintendent ot 'echooli relative to the continuation - r _. schools were adopted. Two schools will be opened February 1. The sal aries of the teachers will bo SI,OOO annually. In order that local teachers may have a chance to qualify for the new positions the board decided upon motion of Mr. Boyer, to give the local teachers tirst chance to try for the places. Mr. Stamm was interviewed to-day by a Telegraph representative regard ing the preliminaries of the now Cen tral high school movement. He said: "This high school question is one of magnitude and importance. I don't know that there is any difference of opinion as to the necessity for the re- i lief of the Central high school build- | ing. There hardly could be when it j is remembered that we are now trying j to teach 950 young men and young I women in that building, although It was designed and is adapted for only 530. Questions Involved "The question Isn't simply one of ; going out and getting a lot and putting I a building on it. There is involved, ! for instance, the question of whether | the two sexes shall be taught in the j same school or whether there shall be ■ separate schools. There is involved, I also, the question of whether the 1 Junior high school system shall be j adopted in Harrisburg, a junior high j school being one which shall include j in its course what is now the tirst year j in the high school and ihe iast two | years in the grade schools. There is further involved the question, growing | out of these questions, whether there shall be one new building or more, j and as well the size and equipment of | the building or buildings. Then therol is tlie question of the location of the building or buildings, and the question : of raising the necessary funds." Not a Pipo-Siuoklnj; Matter "Have you any plan for getting the data necessary to enable the board to solve all these questions'."' Mr. Stamm was asked. "Xo, I have no particular plan," he j said. "It is important, as I said at the ! School Hoard meeting yesterday, that i we make the right kind of a start. If i we do, we will get better results and j get them more quickly. The matter obviously can't be disposed ol' as one t i smokes a pipe. It requires to be j looked at from a great variety of j angles. I did suggest yesterday, for j the consideration of the board and for the. consideration of the public, that it 1 might be well for the School Board to j appoint a committee of three or live | to make a thorough investigation of J all the questions involved and a full ] and complete report thereon, with a definite recommendation, this for the ; consideration of the full board. I also I suggested the advisability of the se- i lection by the board of a committee of | lepresentative citizens, perhaps three I or five, to aid and advise with the I committee of the board. The School Board appreciates its responsibility. 1 | don't know of a single member of the ; board who is disposed to do anything i else than his full duty in this matter, | as well as in everything that lias to do with the affairs of the school district. Co-operation Needed "They are entitled to, and i bespeak for them, the intelligent and sympa thetic interest and co-operation of every citizen interested in the schools, and that ought to include everybody. In this particular high school matter, we are entitled to, and we ought to have, and i think we will have, tlie especial assistance of trained and suc cessful businessmen, who are not afraid to think in large ilgures, and who at tlie same time know the impor tance of avoiding extravagance and how to avoid extravagance. We need the assistance of tlie best pedagogic and architectural skill available. We need the carefully thought-out suggestions of parents and pupils and citizens gen erally. We need and will welcome the advice and co-operation of every or ganization in the city whose purpose is the material and moral betterment of our people. While In the last Instance the responsibility belongs to the school board, I know I am not wrong in say ing that every member wants to do what will be for the very best good In the district and what will appeal to the people as the very best thing. Character, Real End in View "And in this connection may I say a word that at first sight may not seem to have any necessary relation to the ! high school building question, but it has? In considering this question it is : just as important as in the consid- I eration of any other educational ques- j tlon that we keep in mind, clearly and | constantly and actively, or else it won't.! be effectively, that the real reason for our high school and all our schools i and our whole school system is not primarily that men may lie tilted to earn money or women to bake and lo brew. The real end of education is character. First off and at the bottom the lioys and girls as they go through the schools should learn to see things that they can't see with their eyes. "Where there is no vision the people perish.' ff they imbibe right ideals of life there will be no difficulty about the other things—opportunities for work and helpfulness. And tlicy won't miss any of its real Joys, either. It is the privilege of every one of us— teachers, school directors, parents. I everybody—in the consideration of | this high school matter and In every | school matter to help the boys and j girls by putting the proper emphasis lon the importance of a right ideal of life. I have here somewhere —yes, here it. is—an extract from a recent address by an English schoolmaster that is interesting when one is think ; ing about this kind of thing. He said: I "'T look forward to a not far dis i tant future when the public school boy I shall be what we each of us in our (inmost hearts, if we ever take the I trouble to think, always meant him I to be: upright, pure, honorable, truth ! ful. full of a divine, restless power, \ which will make for tlie amelioration j of the lot of mankind over whom he | will have sway. I look forward to a time when snobbery, the mad pursuit |of wealth, the incessant search for transient pleasures, undue athletic \ prominence, slackness of aim. brain lessness, blindness to beauty, tacit con i sent to pain, bullying—all these and a i million other present-day vices shall |be wholly eradicated from our sys tem, and in their place be substituted generosity, esthetic appreciation for j whatever things are honorable, pure, and of good report, indulgence and compassion toward the weak, the en couragement of the intellectual, a real ) understanding for the things that niat i ter, and a turning away from ihe I things that matter not. Powder Plant Workmen ; Have Narrow Escape When Fire Destroys Building Special to the Telegraph Alt. Union, Pa.. .Tun. B.—With a jfla.e discernible in most of I-Tunting- I don county, Solvent Recovery Build | ing, No. S, at the Aetna Explosives ; plant, near Mt. Union, went up in I (lames last night, destroying tliou j sanrls of pounds of powder and ; much costly machinery. The loss is j StiO.COiO. Xo one was seriously in | jured. Gets Bicycle as Gift; Carries Arm in Sling Special to the Telegraph Duncannon, Pa.. Jan. B. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hunter gave their son. Thomas, aged 10, a bicycle as a [ Christmas present, Thursday afternoon he was learning to ride it and ran into n fence, fracturing his left arm. lie also sustained a gash on the left side of his head. Ills injuries are not ser ious. but it will be several weeks be fore he can take another lesson on his bicycle. CONTAGION* GREATER DURING IP 15 THAN YEAR BEFORE "Grip" Is not classed as a com municable disease by the city health department. That fact alone pre vented 1013 from being considered h record breaker for the number of con tagious diseases reported. This is shown by the annual report of the bueau of health and sanitation. Seven teen more cases were reported in 1915 than In the previous twelve month. Following arc the figures: Typhoid fever, 93: scarlet fever, 38; smallpox, 1: cliickenpox. 248: diphtheria, 139; measles, 28: German rneasuWs. 10; whooping cough, 325: pneumonia. 34: erpsipelas, 42: mumps, 229: infantile paralysis, 1: scabies. 5: opthalmin, 16; impetigo, 10, and tuberculosis, >III.K SUPPLY CLEANER Reports of milk and cream tests made by the city during the pas; month indicate to Dr. J. M. j. Raunlck city health officer, that milk dealers are t o-c.perating in every possible uay with the city health officers in the campaign to purify ITarrisburg's supply. L>r. Rauniek says he. con* sic!ere the supply as generally good. 3
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