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TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 28.
He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
—Bunyan.
SUSQUEHANNA'S GRANT)EC K
MORE and more the people of
Pennsylvania are having their
eyes opened to the picturesque
grandeur of their own State. It was
customary until recent years to talk in
eloquent terms of the wonderful New
England hills and valleys, the mar
velous beauty of the Adirondacks and
Catskills, the unsurpassed scenery of
the Hudson and the other famous
places of Interest throughout the
United States, but the coming of the
automobile and the opening up of the
highways of this imperial Common- 1
wealth have brought about a change
in the dreams of those who appreciate
the beauties of nature. Now the
Juniata Valley and the Susquehanna'
Valley and the many other wonderful
places in this State are having rhe
attention to which they have been
sntitled all these years, but which was
denied them because the tourist was j
Beeking his pleasure elsewhere.
In an interesting little volume which
has just come to the Telegraph with
the compliments of its writer, the Rev.
Dr. H. C. Pardoe, there is contained
an appreciation of the scenery and the
historical and legendary lore of the !
Susquehanna Valley. This volume is
% compilation of summer letters from
the Chesapeake Bay to Otsego Lake
and is of special interest at this time ■
In view of the study of the Susque
hanna region by some eminent his- j
torians, who are about to make a canoe
trip from the head waters of the river j
to its outlet in the Chesapeake Bay.
We of Harrisburg know somewhat
of the impressive scenery of the Sus
quehanna basin right at our doors.
Many of us have toured the banks of
the river north and south of this city,
but comparatively few of our own
people realize the romance of the
river from the early days until the
present time.
Because the Susquehanna basin,
which is now becoming so popular with
Harrlsburgers.lsbuta small part of this
great river, we can understand the en
thusiasm of such men as George Gray
Barnard, Warren H. Manning and the
many other distinguished persons who
have made a study of the stream in
this vicinity. There is nothing finer
than the stretch of river and moun
tains between Harrisburg and the
Dauphin Narrows. All that we need
is a great summer hotel situated some
where on the mountains north of the
city and overlooking the river to make
of this section a far more attractive
resort than the Delaware Water Gap.
the Pocono Mountains or any other of
the famous places in Pennsylvania.
WLCTED PATRIOTISM
WITHIN a few days a New York
writer has called attention to
the potential value of the in
terned German ships in this country.
He believes that with the termination
of the war the German merchant fleet
will be required as never before to re
establish the demoralized commercial
interests of the Kaiser's empire. Nor
Is this writer the only one who sug
gests the danger to American trade
of a sudden dumping on our shores of
the cheaply manufactured products of
Europe. It is the judgment of men in
position to form accurate conclusions
that these interned ships, having a
value of many millions of dollars, have
been the restraining factor In Ger
many's modification of her submarine
activities.
Immediately upon the conclusion of
the war everything that will float will
be utilized to restore the trade of the
belligerents with the United States and
then will come the tug of war between
commercial giants in their effort to
obtain the cream of the richest nation
in the world.
These are the reasons given by
statesmen and patriots in their propa
ganda for military and naval pre
paredness. Unless and until this coun
try is ready to protect its vital in
tereets we shall constantly be menaced
by the powerful nations on the other
side of the ocean.
Meanwhile Congress is frittering
away valuable time in an effort to de
ceive the people with a pretense of
preparedness. Fortunately for the
United States, there are enough pa
triotic men In all parties to force the
Senate and the House at Washington
to provide an adequate navy and an
TUESDAY EVENING,
army strong enough to protect the
interests of this country in any and
every direction.
THE FATHERLAND'S ATTACK
THE sinister influence of The
Fatherland, the organ of the
Imperial German government in
the United States, is displayed by its
comment on the recent preparedness
parade in New York city, in which
140,000 patriotic Americans marched.
The Fatherland, which has been
fighting German battles of public
opinion under the banner of the Stars
and Stripes, protesting the while its
true Americanism, violently attacks
the preparedness demonstration and
terms those who chose to march
therein the puppets of one of the big
New York financial houses which has
been instrumental in supplying the
allies with munitions. The Father
land has been the foremost exponent
of German militarism —"prepared-
ness," if you please—in the United
States and its Insincerity is shown
when it berates Americans for the
very things which it holds as virtues
in the German nation.
Many Americans, with due consid-
I eration for the feelings of patriotism
in the German bosom, have been loath
to believe all the charges that have
been made against The Fatherland,
but no better proof is needed that the
i journal is pro-German to the extent of
; being anti-American than this latest
! outburst of wrath against Americans
] who desire nothing but to be put tn po
i sltlon to defend themselves against any
nation that may have designs on them
—Germany included. If The Father
land keeps on. even conservative people
may begin to believe some of the lurid
stories of German plans against the
peace of the United States that Eng
lish sympathizers have been feeding: us.
THE EASY JOB
THE advent of the commencement
season recalls the story of the
college student responding to
the inquiry of a professor who asked
his boys what they planned to do for a
living, by writing this: "I am going
home to take a good easy job that
father has cut out for me."
The father who "cuts out" an "easy
job" for his son does the lad an in
jury. The "easy job" is the front door
to ruin. It stifles the intellect and
stunts initiative. The man with the
"easy job" has time on his hands, and
"Satan finds some mischief still for
idle hands to do." The "easy job"
breeds easy habits and easy morals and
an easy conscience.
The "easy job." however, is rare,
and It is well that it is so, for fathers
are prone to smooth wherever possible
the paths their sons must go and the
position that pays well and requires
small effort is a iding temptation
when it is open.
Work is the hope of the world, and!
the clean-minded, energetic young
man is the instrument by which the I
best that civilization has in prospect j
is to be realized.
Don't look for an "easy Job," you j
boys who have won your sheepskin by
hard work. The world is even a hard
er taskmaster than the school or the
college and the big rewards are for
those who work hardest and best.
GERMANY IN SERVIA
PRESS dispatches from Nish, if
they are not colored by press
agents of the Kaiser, Indicate
that while the occupation of Servia
by the Germans was a very bitter pill
for the people of that country, like !
some other disagreeable forms of
medicine it may have a good effect. ,
Thousands of Servians who fled upon
the advance of the Central armies are
reported to be returning, amazed at
the changes wrought by the invaders, j
A year ago Servia was in the 1
clutches of a terrible epidemic of
typhus, typhoid fever and other dis- (
eases. These, it is asserted, have been
completely wiped out. The occupa
tion troops compel the population to
obey the sanitary rules established by
the military authorities, with the re
sult that Servian villages have never
been so clean. The mud of decades
has been carted away, and the streets j
have been covered with gravel and:
crushed rock. Sanitation in the home
is effected through thorough inspec
tion.
Civil government already has been
established in the Austro-Hungarian
and Bulgarian spheres In Servia and
the Bulgarian territory in Macedonia, J
but the districts held by the Germans
are still under military rule, because
it Is said, no permanent occupation of
the territory is contemplated. Railway
traffic and postal service are in the
hands of the military authorities, but
the Servian population is permitted to
use them. Schools and churches have
been reopened In many parts of the!
country.
Havana and Manila had little love
for the Americans who came to make
them clean up, and while the cases are
by no means similar, the occupation of
Servian cities, notorious for their filth
and disease, by the Germans in the
end may be as beneficial as was the
occupation of the Cuban and Philip- !
pine towns by Americans.
W HERE THE CREDIT IS DUE
TREASURY DEPARTMENT offi
cials estimate that the United
States government receipts In
the current fiscal year ending June 30
will be from $90,000,000 to $100,000.-
000 more than estimated when Con
gress convened. Lest our Democratic
friends grow boastful of this condi
tion of the treasury it may as well be
pointed out In advance that they are
In nowise responsible for the big in
crease in revenues, except for the fact
that they caused to be enacted the ob
noxious so-called "war tax" measures.
Back of this large increase in receipts,
aside from the money raised by the "war
tax," is the general prosperity of the
country due to the immense war or
ders placed here by Europe. That the
Democrats can claim no credit for the
excellent showing of the treasury is
amply proved by their frank admis
sion of surprise over the figures as
announced.
| TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE~
—Those who sigh "for the good old
days" are careful not to go back quite
as far as the time when dinosaurs and
other monsters of the kind roamed the
! earth.
, —Now that "Clean-up" week Is over,
! keep right on cleaning up.
—A cheap substitute for gasoline has
; been Invented again. The trouble with
■ these substitutes is that they won't
| stay Invented.
j —A Beloit woman complained to the
police of scantily clad track athletes
appearing tn the stre'ets, and we bet
; she never took a look at one of her
own daughters togged out for a dance.
\ —One of the things we can't under
! stand is why Senator Smoot should be
; opposed to suffrage.
j —A modest little New Cumberland
j girl has demonstrated that one need
! not be a high-flyer to fly high.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
A former ofltcer of the Swiss army,
; speaking before the Academy of
I Political Science in New York, de
j clared that Switzerland's prepared
ness on the outbreak of the war in
] Europe was the only thing that pre
served the country's Integrity. It
seems Impossible to make the Swiss
understand that helplessness Is trie
best guarantee of "peace.— Kansas City
Times.
What We should See
[From the New York Sun.]
President Wilson remarks that the
world Is seeing red. All the more rea
son why Americans should see nothing
but Red. White and Blue.
Interesting Contest
{From the Chicago News.]
Indiana, the mother of Vice-Presi
dents, has ail interesting contest for fa
vorite sohship between Mr. Fairbanks
and Mr. Marshall.
Roosevelt and Hughes
The New York Evening Sun, formerly
an anti-Roosevelt paper and an admirer
of Justice Hughes, prints an editorial in
part as follows In last night's issue:
"Once again the veering weathercock
of national politics points in the direc
tion of Theodore Roosevelt. Who can
wonder? The frank courage and pa
triotic wisdom of his great Detroit
speech put to shame the hesitations
and the reticence of his competitors.
When politicians go into the silence on
the eve of a Presidential election they
can hardly expect great armies of
voters to follow them with enthusias
tic shouts, nor yet remain i n the misty
outride waiting' for tt.em to hatch out a
thought or a conviction.
"There is a kind of preparedness
which always attracts 'the citizenry.'
It is that shown by the man who has
definite and concrete views on the prob
lems of the day who Is convinced in his
own soul, can give reasons for the faith
that is in him and Is ready to lead in
what he considers Ihe good cause. He
appeals to the minds of the masses,
stimulates their imagination and
arouses their admiration. Out of these
elements are born faith In him. confi
dence in his leadership and enthusiasm
for his personality. Thus the Colonel
has declared himself on the one great
question of the hour with patriotic pur
pose, historic foundation, logical argu
ment and transparent earnestness In
a breath the wavering and dumb tribe
of Burtons and Falrbankses and Cum
minses, who either stand nowhere or
dare not say where they stand, begin
to look like Impossibilities.
"The Detroit speech may almost be
called an epoch-making utterance, and
it Is not surprising that out of the
sensation which it has created conies
a new movement to force the nomina
tion of Colonel Roosevelt. * * *
"The followers of Justice Hughes,
who seems to-day more than ever the
only man In the field who can contend
in the lists on favorable terms with the
Colonel, has apparently taken alarm at
the new conditions created by the Colo
nel's speech. We learn from several
morning newspapers that they have de
termined to 'smoke the Justice out." *
"But the country has no light upon
his attitude. He has not spoken a
word, and his friends either have no
light to give or are restrained from
giving It. To us. it seems not really
fair to the people. It seems most un
fortunate that perhaps the most suit
able man they could turn to in their
emergency is so veiled in mystery as
to his most essential principles that
voters are deprived of the opportunity
of deciding rationally upon his availa
bility. Cat) the people be reasonably
asked to pick a President in the dark?
"The new strength which Colonel
Roosevelt exhibits to-day, as between
him and Justice Hughes, almost alto
gether the outcome of the latter's per
sistent shyness in revealing his opin
ions, and if In the long run the Colonel
becomes the Republican nominee and
the next President, the future historian
will have small difficulty in figuring
out the reason for his victory."
Tillman Formulates a Platform
[New York Sun]
We welcome the return of Senator
Benjamin R. Tillman to his old
form in a good cause. On Saturday
he spoke his opinion of the river and
harbor bill with a vigor and direct
ness refreshing and effective. He ex
posed It without mercy:
"T do not want my share of the
stealing in this river and harbor hill.
"It is criminal to discuss it at all.
"Think of it! Forty million dollars
to be wasted and taxes to be in
creased.
"That forty millions would build
two battle cruisers. No one knows
how many submarines it would build."
And the South Carolina Senator is
in favor of appropriating every cent
that is needed to provide the battle
cruisers and the submarines:
"The one essential and all Import;
ant expenditure confronting us. the
one to which we should bend all tlie
nation's energies. Is an adequate navy.
By that I mean a navy second to none
except England's, both in number of
ships and In armament. I want us
to have the very best types of ships
and armament possible to obtain.
"Not as many ships nor as powerful
a navv as that of Great Britain, but
equalling Jt in Individual units, and
if possible surpassing it In every es
sential of modern warfare. This will
cost hundreds of millions of dollars:
but. no matter what it costs, we ought
to have it—we must have it—and we
ought to set about obtaining it in a
hurry, for It takes time to build battle
ships and battle cruisers."
Senator Tillman will vote against
the steal, and for an army and a navy
strong enough to defend the United
States and protect its interests. A
good platform, well stated; may his
fellow partisans have the sense tor fol
low his lead!
Boosting Coal Prices
Inquiry into the reasons for the ad
vance in price of a necessity like an
j thraclte should not wait upon the
ability of the public to produce evl
i dence of a. conspiracy, which is the
■ most difficult charge to prove. The
| price-boosters, whether acting Indivi
dually or In combination, should be re
quired to-show cause for their action,
and In the opinion of many students
i of the law there Is ample power in the
district attorney and grand Jury to
i make such an without
further legislation. This Is one of the
Instances where the power of the
| "grand Inquest." generally neglected
land sometimes misused, might be em
| ployed for the public welfare. —Phila-
delphia Bulletin.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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"Pe.KM>ijtccuiia
St the Ei-Oomrulttoemnn
It is a week since Pennsylvanians
voted at the direct State-wide primary
and no one knows to-day with any
degree of accuracy the result of the
various elections, while* the honors
over which men battled are still in
doubt. The dissatisfaction expressed
in this city last week and noted In this
column is growing; all over the State
and there are demands for remedies
which range all the way to a return
to the old vest pocket ballot which a
man might take home the night be
fore and mark at his leisure after
studying: it to the convention system.
Efforts are being made to hurry along
the count, but in each county commis
sioners have their own troubles over
it.
The report of the elections law com
mission, for which the State spent over
$50,000, went into the discard. It
represented the ripe judgment of such
men as William U. Hensel, David H.
Lane and others well known in politics
and it is believed would have removed
many of the causes for irritation now
so freely pointed out.
Just what attitude will be taken by
the Governor on one stde and Senator
Penrose on the other regarding a
change in the law is not known, but
something will be done. A flock of
bills for changes from the systems
enacted ten years ago and tinkered
with since are certain when-the gavels
fall on Capitol Hill next year.
—Justice Emory A. Walling, does
not appear to be disturbed about the
vote for Palmer for supreme court
Justice nomination and the friends of
the Erie jurist point out that It will be
impossible for Palmer to become the
sole nominee. Under the law and the
decisions of the Dauphin county court,
a candidate to be sole nominee must
not only have a majority of all votes
cast for the office to which he aspires
under the nonpartisan act, but he
must also have a majority of all votes
cast at the primary. As the total non
partisan vote may not reach fifty per
cent, of the primary vote, as computed
for nominees getting high vote, it
will be impossible for any one to he
sole nominee. Hence, both names will
go on the ballot.
—The Reading Eagle, among other
State newspapers, voices the dissatis
faction of the voters of its community
with the operation of the personal reg
istration and primary laws. The Eagle
says that while the vote was fair at
the primaries in Berks there
is generally heard objection to the
cumbersome restrictions and a prefer
ence for a change which will simplify
matters.
—From all accounts Governor
Brumbaugh is as fixed in his deter
mination to be a candidate for chair
man of the Pennsylvania delegation to
Chicago as he was three months ago.
The Governor is being urged by his
advisers to fight for the chairmanship.
It is likely that this ambition will
bring him into direct conflict with
Senator Penrose.
—Pittsburgh men are said to he
urging the Governor to throw tip his
candidacy for President unless he can
get all of the votes In the delegation
and to announce himself as a candi
date for chairman of the delegation
instead, a move, which it is believed
by the western men, will give him
Roosevelt delegates In the fight with
Penrose.
—Local option men, who have been
scanning returns, say that as a result
of the primaries the Governor has
lost supporters in Jefferson, Somerset.
Luzerne, Washington and Allegheny
counties. The men defeated, they say,
were backed by the administration
and on a known local option platform.
—Senator Charles A. Snyder, who
was here yesterday afternoon, appear
ed to be supremely confident of the
outcome of the primary for Auditor
General. The Senator did not make
claims or give figures, but he said
that he was satisfied with the result.
—The Philadelphia North American
quotes Henry G. Wasson as saying that
he is not a candidate for re-election as
national committeeman and that he
will abide by the State committee's
selection of his successor.
—Beaver county returns show
Mayor Armstrong high man In the
delegate-at-large fight with the Gov
ernor next.
—Roosevelt got 303 written-in
votes for President in the Tioga county
primaries. The Governor, whose name
was printed on the ballot, got 1493,
and Ford, who had stickers, got 13.
—Judge Brumm threw out the re
sults In the Lost Creek voting last Fall
because of fist fighting.
—Philadelphia is now having a row
over the loans.
—R. B. Scandrett, Western Pennsyl
vania delegate, predicts ten Roosevelt
votes from Pennsylvania on the first
ballot
—The Philadelphia Record says
that the Brumbaugh leaders will have
a meeting to-day or to-morrow to take
stock account and to arrange their
plan. It looks as though Attorney
General Brown had already arranged
il —Congressman Coleman got over
1.4 50 majority over M. Clyde Kelley in
his district.
—Snyder leads Ambler in Allegheny
county by over 11,500.
Ade On Preparedness
[From the New York Tribune]
George Ade, putting aside his reputa
tion for "Fables In Slang," discussed
with seriousness the national political
situation as he saw it in Indiana. "The
! thinking and traveling people of the
[ Middle West are all as strong for pre
paredness as the people of the East."
i said Mr. Ade. "Who will be nominated?
Well, the Republicans want somebody
who can and will win; they want what
!Is popularly described as a 'winner.'
| Roosevelt will be supported In the Re
i publican convention by a very active
and loyal minority, but I think they
have got tob many hand-picked dele
gates for him.
"Personally, I don't think the Demo
crats have a ghost of a chance unless
there Is a split among the Republi
cans. It l« my opinion that the Repub
licans and Progressives will get to
gether. and if so they will unite on
some candidate the Progressives can
really support."
Asserting that in Indiana and all
through the Middle West the people
were thoroughly aroused to the neces
sity of adequate preparedness, Mr. Ade
said:
"It is criminal to be indifferent to
the needs of the nation. Personally. I
am In favor of the Swiss system of
military training. I would make mili
tary service universal and compulsory.
I would have the term short.
"Let me tell you that, while the youth
of this country has a lot of pep, it has
come to have an appalling lack of re
spect for authority. You see it par
ticularly In small towns all over the
country—contempt for their elders, coif
tempt for the laws and for institutions,
j That creates a dangerous possibility.
Youngsters should be taught obedience
and respect for those over them. It Is
my belief that something like military
training is absolutely necessary to keep
these boys and young men within
bounds."
| XHE CARTOON OP THE DAY
BOTH—"I THOUGHT I HEARD HIM KNOCKING!"
—From the 1-Hr Dispatch.
A TEST FOR WATCHES
By Frederic J. Haskin
J
AT the United States Bureau of.
Standards, in Washington, (
there is a big cabinet with a
glass front in which are 38 watches of
all shapes, sizes and grades, and all j
vigorously ticking. The temperature [
in this cabinet is controlled by a ther- !
mostat which automatically shuts off i
an electric current when the tempera- |
ture gets too high. The variation, if
there be any, is recorded by a thermo- j
graph, which draws a line red line up
on a piece of paper.
In front of this cabinet there is j
erected a small telescope. At regular j
intervals a man takes his seat behind
this instrument, and studies the face 1
of each watch at a distance of about
six feet. At his side is an ordinary
Morse telegraph key. This is con- j
nected with a chronograph, which in
turn is connected with the Bureau's
standard time clock. As the hands of j
each watch indicate the fifty-eighth, (
sixtieth and second seconds, the ob
server taps his telegraph key, and j
make a record on a chronograph of
the reading of that particular watch as
compared with the standard clock. |
The record of the watches can after
wards be read at one's leisure.
This is an official, free-for-all watch
test conducted by thrf United* States
government. Any manufacturer of
watches, any jeweller, Jobber or Indi
vidual watch-owner may send his
watch to the bureau at the time of
these periodical tests, and have it test
ed In three positions for three dollars
or in five positions for five dollars. It
will take fifty-four days to complete
the latter test. When you get your
watch back, however, you will know
exactly what it can do standing up
and lying down, hanging by its stem,
in hot weather and in cold, by day
THE STATE FROM WTO DOT ['
The Charleroi Mail reprints editor
ially a little tribute by a writer in j
Harper's Magazine to the country j
newspaper, telling of the soul of the
little sheet that lacks the power of
the mighty press and yet contains in
proportion just as much of the sweet
ness of life and the earnestness of
effort in the making as the big city
daily. It takes a bit of sentiment
like that sometimes to blot out the
touch of cynicism that occasionally
clouds our horizon.
Erie is attempting to "clean up" the
loafers who stand around and do noth- t
ing but stare and stare, and pass in
sulting remarks. "Clean-up Week"
; does not always mean cleaning up the
material rubbish. Human rubbish
stands in just as great a need of re
moval.
The recent call for the State De
partment of Agriculture to observe 1
|"Rooster Week," which party will be,
i celebrated by the removal of the heads
'of one rooster a day for a period of
a week, May 20 to June 3, sounds il-
I logical, but the execution is demanded
by the fact thaf there are too many
non-fertile eggs being produced, to the ,
detriment of the poultry industry.
' Thursday of this \veek is "Good
| Roads Day." Let there be rejoicing
and much chewing of the rag in order
| that the sentiment in favor of better
oads may bear fruit and make it
! possible in time to come for us to
; celebrate "Best Roads Day" as an in- |
'dication of supremacy.
Our doctors had better look to the |
welfare of their brethren in the pro- i
fession who are advocating for men
either no hats at all or else hats with
bows tied under the chin. Egad,
would they make Buster Browns of
us all ?
Many papers are giving space to the
statistical problems which proves that
out of 365 day» in the year man works
but three. If you haven't heard it al
ready, don't worry. It is like the
combination of terms and relationships
which proves that through intermar
riage and heredity a man may be his
own grandfather.
Respectfully Submitted
[Kansas City Btar]
Here are a few figures that the gen
tlemen who expect to do the nominat
ing in Chicago next month might
profitably bear in mind:
Wilson 6,293,019
Roosevelt 4,119,507
Taft 3,484,956
Without getting the bulk of those
4,119,507 Roosevelt votes next No
vember the G. O. P. has no more
chance of winning the election than
it has of going to Heaven In a body.
Et Dona Ferentes
[From the New York Herald]
Perhaps Count von Bernstorff's action
Is nothing more than another round
about effort to hoodwink the Depart
ment of Justice into surrendering those
letters into his hands. It is Just as
well for the government at Washing
ton as well as the munitions makers
,to be "on guard."
MAY 23, 1916.
,nnd by night. You will know to a
' riot, how much it gains or loses and
how much its rate varies in the 24
hours. If you are a manufacturer or
Jeweller, you may win a certificate
which you can sell with your watch,
and you may receive the Bureau's re
i ports which will help you improve
I your product.
Government watch tests have long
, been regularly held in Switzerland,
France and England. The chief ob
servatory in the world is that at Ge
neva, Switzerland. These government
' tests have been of the greatest valuo
to the European watch makers. They
(have set a standard of performances
for watches of all grades and have al
so caused the standardization and im
; provement of materials. For exam
ple, the Swiss government discovered
through its watch tests that invar, an
alloy of nickel and steel, is much bet
,l?r material for the balance wheel than
any other metal. The Swiss watch
! makers are now using this material
regularly, but the Americans have not
yet taken it up. Most of them know
nothing about it. Now the Bureau of
Standards proposes to test American
| watches, standardize them, and fur
jnish the manufacturer with the ex
i pert guidance which is necessary to
every industry. Incidentally, it will
also make a test for any individual
; who wants to know what kind of a
j watch he is getting for his money,
and whether it is really well adjusted
or not.
Specifically, the test consists in run
ning the watch in five different posi
tions (or in some cases, three), at
several different temperatures, and of
an isochronism test. Every high
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WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY
[Questions submitted to members of
the Harrlsburg Rotary Club and their
answers as presented at the organiza
tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."]
What has Harrlsburg done In Play
ground development? What is cost per
year?
Harrlsburg has in operation
14 playgrounds; J city owned; 2 in
city parks; 6 on school grounds, and
3 leased grounds.
All playground work is under the
supervision of trained instructors
paid by the city, and all grounds are
equipped with practical equipment.
Cost, about $5,000.00 per year.
Example of Senator Lodge •
lFrom the Public Ledger. J
It Is a sound principle of statesman
ship to take what you can get rather
than get nothing at all. Senator
Lodge acted upon this principle when
he voted for the army bill as reported
out of conference. All that his col
leagues had to say against it was per
fectly true. It is at best a half-hearted
attempt to deal with a question of vital
importance to the nation. Yet its op
ponents put themselves in a false posi
tion by an endeavor to defeat it at this
stage. Mr. Lodge, who may fairly be
regarded as the Republican leader in
the Senate, did not commit that error
in tactics. The responsibility for the
passage of the bill does not lie with
him or with his party. Neither he nor
any other Republican can he accused of
inconsistency in continuing to criticise
sham preparedness and to urge real
preparedness. The Senate had to sub
i mit to the House because there was no
possibility of carrying through that
; body any better measure.
I The quality of Mr. Lodge's leadership
ils demonstrated by this episode as by
many others during the past three
I years.
The Other Boot
, TProm the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.]
Mr. Bryan always supports the Demo
cratic ticket, but he cannot understand
why Republicans should be so hide
bound as to support theirs.
I 1 OUR DAILY LAUGH
SHE'D FOUND
rifgv, (« /g> A NAME.
.J) coins to name
your summer cot-
I* IbII The view from
; the porch Is so
kjS*' -*• If I thought
■ ®7? w#,<l 't San
Francisco Villa
/ y|/§|ft? I — the paper* have
much about.
Ebentttg QXhal
Officers of the State Board of Edu
cation, who have been making a care
;ful study of the manner in which the
public schools are meeting the require
ments of the hour for the training of
youths for the professions and busi
ness, say that in the lust few years
there has been a marked change in
the attitude of school men. directors
as well as teachers. In quite a num
ber of districts the authorities have
asked the businessmen of their com
munities what they thought the young
sters needed most to make them use
ful in business. In Doylestown, for
instance, special efforts were made to
get the viewpoint of the merchants as
t.o what they thought the young men
and maidens needed in the way
instruction to tit them to earn livings.
In some of the western communities
the school directors have made can
vasses of their people to get the
thought of the bankers, merchants,
doctors, lawyers and others and have
compared notes with the teachers who
have done considerable scouting about
on their own account. The result is
in a number of places that graduates
of high schools can step right into well
paying places instead of having to
grind away a couple of years learn
ing business ways at small salary to
themselves and more or less annoy
ance to their employers until they are
"broken in."
In the same connection it is inter
esting to note that the demand for
books as a result of the industrial and
transportation activity has increased
in every part of the country and a
writer in the Philadelphia Public
Ledger of yesterday calls attention to
the marked increase tn the use of li
braries for general information. In
brief he gives exactly what has be
come the situation at the Harrisburg
PublicxLibrary. The collection of
books here is being used more and
more as a supplement to education
and practice. Young men, and older
ones, too, have taken up mechanical
work in some of the mills or railroad
shops and are now turning to the.
book to add to what they get in every
day work. The library is asking the
heads of industries to suggest what
books are needed to furnish this infor
mation and will do the same with the
businessmen. In the language of
the Philadelphia writer libraries are
no longer collections of books, they
I are disseminators of information.
The defeat of Representative "Bill"
Adams in the contest for legislative
nomination in the First Luzerne dis
trict will remove a picturesque tigure
from legislative halls. Adams is a
J former United States soldier and has
! a fine record for over seas service, lie
wrote a book and lectured. He es
poused the cause of the big Bull Aloose
in 1912 and came hrre for the tumul
tuous session of 1913, returning for
1915. He never failed to attend ses
sions, although he cut a variety of
capers on the side, one of his feats be
ing to wade the Susquehanna which
won for him the nickname of "Colonel
of the Gold.stream Guards." He head
ed the list of members on roll calls
for two sessions and when he voted
for local option he startled the whole
general assembly. Adams was named
to a place in the State Insurance Fund
but bumped aguinsr the constitution
and had to give it up. But he took
that as good naturedly as he did other
flings of fortune in his strenuous ca
reer.
The record of $12.80 per vote, paid
by the county of Dauphin as expenses
of the election officers for the primary
election in Rush township comes pret
ty near being a record for the State
in the recent primary, which was dis
tressful because of the queer things
that happened and the uncertainty inly
which we have all been plunged TO
know results. There have been other
elections which have cost the taxpay
ers about $lO per vote, but Rush now
holds the record and quite a few peo
ple have commented upon the increas
ed cost of holding primaries under the
new law and the fact that now the
county has to bear tne whole expense
instead of the State shouldering the
burden. It would be interesting to
know the whole cost of the Rush
township election, counting in print
ing, expressage, supplies and other
| items.
I Five hundred petunias are being
! set out in the long line of flower beds
j which border the Capitol plaza. These
(plants will take the place of the tulips
which bloomed with such rare beauty
this Spring and will last most of the
summer. They will in turn be suc
ceeded by some late blooming flowers.
Beds of cannas will be placed in the
recesses of the Capitol and the beds
| about the park will be filled with
geraniums and other summer flowers.
• • *
I There were two new faces at the
'ends of the bench of the supreme
| court when it met yesterday. Justices
I Robert S. Frazier and Emory A. Wall
| ing occupying the places filled by Jus
tices John Stewart and Robert Von
SMoschisker for a number of years.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
,
I Dr. William J. Crookston, of Pitts
burgh, just home from a medical tour
|of Austria and Russia, is a Pittsburgh
| National Guardsman.
I —Ex-Judge Ellis L. Orvis, of Belle
ifonte, is one of the Incorporators of
la company which will dig for zinc in
j Muncy mountain.
—The Rev. Dr. John A. Marquis,
moderator of the general assembly of
'the Presbyterian church, Is the 22nd
graduate of Washington and Jefferson
college to hold that high church of-
I fi ce - ,
—Charles A. Palmer, who is running
hi*#i for supreme court, is a Quaker.
--The Rev. Robert O'Boyle. grand
chaplin of the Templars, is one of the
well-known ministers of the State and
has long been a Templar.
DO YOU KNOW ~]
Do You Know
That Harrisburg used to make many
cars for the Pennsylvania railroad and
that it is advantageously located for
such work today?
Historic Harrisburg
French and Indian traders used La
make this point their great trading
place with the English from Ches*».
oeake Bay.
For His Own Profit! I
A
When a storekeeper offers to
sell "something Just as good" in
place of the staple article you
asked for he has a reason.
He prefers temporary profits
to your satisfaction.
It is an unfair practice, be
cause it hurts not only the cus
tomer. but the reputable manu
facturer.
Happily It is a practice thrown
Into the discard by up-to-date
storekeepers.
Tou are protecting your own
Interests in insisting on getting
what you ask for.
The brands advertised by this
newspaper are made by reputable
concerns. Remember the names
and ask for them by name.