>*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.
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