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MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 5.
Trust in nothing but in Providence
and your own efforts: never separate
the two. —Dickens.
WILLIAM PENN HIGHW AY
THE new secretary of the William
Penn Highway will find plenty
with which to occupy his time
and energies. The movement, al
though well started, is only in its In
fancy. The early consummation of the
plan for a 'cross State road, with feed
ers from all important population cen
ters along the way, means
N more than the selection of
a series of existing highways as a
route. It means the rebuilding
of hundreds of miles of roads that are
now in use, but not fit to be a part
of such a great and comprehensive
system. This will cost money and
money is to be had in sufficient amount
only by the passage of a State road
loan. The William Penn Highway As
sociation should be one of the great
factors in the adoption of such an
amendment to the constitution. It is
here that the new secretary should be
able to get in his most effective work.
NEW TYPES OF HOMES
THE real estate columns of the
Telegraph, especially those of
Saturdays when builders lay be
fore the public advertisements show
ing what they have to offer, are
worthy of careful attention. The pic
tures and the descriptions of the new
types of houses in Harrisburg have a
meaning far beyond their advertising
value for those who knew the city
twenty-flve years ago and who have
watched its growth In that period. A
quarter of a century back there were
scarcely two dozen residences in the
city worthy of more than a passing
glance. The charm of architecture
was marked in Harrisburg by its ab
sence. Men built rows of brick or
frame boxes and called them houses.
But with the birth of the new civic
spirit came a change, and builders of
to-day vie with each other to make
their developments attractive from
every standpointA>f the buyer or renter
and scores of! people who have "made
money" in the city are spending some
of it as they should, in beautifying
their home town by the erection of
beautiful homes.
THE BREWERS' BULLETIN
WE have read from "stem to
stern" the latest issue of the
Bulletin of the Pennsylvania
State Brewers' Association. So far as
we have been able to decide the Bulle
tin is opposed to prohibition because
prohibition always increases the con
sumption of alcoholic beverages. In
other words, the Bulletin appears to be
striving mightily to prevent the adop
tion of prohibition laws because the
brewers are opposed to increasing the
output of their own breweries. A sim
pler and lees expensive way, it occurs
to us, would be for the brewers to close
tha breweries.
REALITIES OF SOCIALISM
IN the House of Representatives the
other day, Meyer London, of New
York, the only Socialist member,
■was discussing a bill to regulate the
government of Porto Rico, and he said
that the terms of the measure were
such that Porto Ricans would be
justified in assassinating the officers
whom this country might send down
there. There was much commotion
at this declaration, the words were
"taken down'' preparatory to a vote
of C3nsure, and London withdrew
them in order to escape this punish
ment.
Shortly thereafter Beimer, Socialist
nominee for the Presidency, was mak
ing a speech in New York and he de
clared that'if this country should find
itself in war the Socialist laboring
me" would see to it that the munition
factories were not allowed to work,
thus paralyzing the attempts of our
forces to do battle.
These utterances are the stern
realities of Socialism. They represent
the ultimate of Socialistic doctrine.
Whoever embraces Socialism, even
philosophically, may to find
himself sooner or later occupying the
came position as London and Beimer.
It is well, therefore, to avoid the
tendency to evil. Such a tendency is
found very markedly in some of the
legislation which the present ad
ministration is endeavoring to force
through Congress. The shipping bill,
the armorplant bill, and other pro-
MONDAY EVENING,
posals eagerly espoused by the Presi
dent and some of his party, are
socialistic perhaps not extremely
harmful in their socialism but so
cialistic, nevertheless, and constituting
the first steps toward the ultimate
views which London and Beimer lead
one to believe Inculcate murder and
treason as reputable weapons.
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JUSTICE HUGHES
JUSTICE HUGHES may or may not
be nominated by the Republicans
at Chicago. But that possibility
—probability, perhaps—gives Interest
to Mr. Hughes' attitude on matters of
public moment. There are those who
look upon the nomination of Hughes
as something corresponding to the
proverbial "pig in a poke." But these
do not know the man. His views on
"preparedness," for instance, have
been questioned, and this is the only
point that can be generally in serious
doubt, for the Justice is a staunch Re
publican on matters of party princi
ple as a whole. There is no reason
for uncertainty, however, even in re
gard to preparedness, for he is on
record as far back as 1908, when few
Americans were thinking seriously of
our military and naval delinquencies,
as expressing himself on that subject
in these no uncertain terms:
We are devoted to the interests
of peace and we cherish no policy
of aggression. The maintenance of
our ideals is our surest protection.
It is our constant aim to live in
friendship with all nations and to
realize the aims of a free Govern
ment secure from the interruptions
of strife and the wastes of war. It
is entirely consistent with these
aims, and it is our duty, to make
adequate provision for our defense
and to maintain the efficiency of
our army and navy, and this 1 fa
vor.
This is precisely the attitude of the
Republican party to-day, and of a
vast number of voters outside the
party lines. If Justice Hughes stood
for proper military preparation then,
how much more so must he feel the
need of adequate defense plans now.
On other topics of popular interest
his position is equally clear and strong.
His reasons, for Instance, in not be
coming an active candidate for the
Presidency, in addition to a natural
reluctance to step from the bench into
the political arena, may be cited in
this extract from an address to stu
dents of Yale University on "Political
Office":
Work in your chosen field to the
best of your ability; enter into poli
tical activities without thought or
demand of reward; do your duty as
a citizen because it is your duty and
not because you expect office; keep
yourself free from embarrassing
obligations; be ready to take office
if it comes your way and you can
take it. but never let the thought
of your selection stay your efforts
in aiding the community to better
things.
Again, as to his views on the rights
of the people, one need seek no farther
than his speech in support of the New
York Public Service Commission bill
when he made his famous fight from
the Governor's office for its passage by
the Legislature. On this occasion he
said:
I am here retained by the people
of the State of New York to see that
Justice is done and with 110 dispo
sition to injure any investment, but
with every desire to give the fullest
opportunity to enterprise and with
every purpose to shield and protect
every just property interest. I
stand for the people of the State of
New York against extortion,
against favoritism, against finan
cial scandal and against everything
that goes to corrupt our politics by
interference with the freedom of
our Legislature and administration.
1 stand for honest government and
effective regulation by the State of
the public service corporations.
No honest corporation manager
could find fault with that and even the
most radical of reformers could ask no
Justice Hughes is far from being a
"pig in a poke" candidate. True, he j
has not spoken recently, but his views
on every important issue now before
the people are well known to all who j
have followed his political career, and
in none of them has he fallen below
the high ideals held by all true Ameri
cans nor short of the purposes of pat
riotic citizens expressed in the pre
paredness program now so generally
advocated.
FOOLISHNESS OF "GETTING MAD"
EVERY once in so often you lose
your temper.
Yes, you do. We all do. Nobody
has a monoply on "getting mad." With
some it is an every day diversion. With
others it is reserved for a rarely pro
voking occasion.
You may justify yourself as you
like, but "getting mad" is utter folly.
Scientists tell us that when a man
is in anger the body is flooded with
a poison exuded by the blood and
that an angry man is not quite sane.
So when you are angry you are not
yourself and the other fellow has all
the advantage. Raving never got any
body any place sut into an asylum.
There may be "righteous wrath" but
if there is it ought to wear a badge
for identification purposes.
"Getting mad" at your friends or
your superiors leads only to .loss of
esteem and prestige. "Getting mad"
at a subordinate does not help much
and often hurts a lot. It you must
"cuss" somebody, "cuss" yourself.
Chances are you need a "dressing
down."
But don't "get mad," whatever you
do; or, what Is nearly as good if you
do become Angry, don't show it. The
man who shows his temper often
makes a show of himself.
DANIELIZING THE NAVY
To get officers and men for the
three new dreadnaughts, the Ne
vada. Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania,
Secretary Daniels ordered to-day
that six battleships be placed in re
serve with 40 per cent, comple
ments.
Here we have the full significance
of Danielizlng the United States Navy.
When Josephus Daniels came out
of a newspaper office in the South to
preside over Uncle Sam's first line
fighting machine, he declared it to be
his purpose to convert the fighting
machine into a "university a,float." He
has reduced the general, efficiency of
our Navy to a point where, if the fleet
were called upon for quick action,
the result would be the biggest
scandal In naval history. How well he
liar, succeeded with his schoolmaster
nostrum is shown through the present
tying up of the alleged university
alongside a dock for want of both
teachers and pupils.
The Danlellzlng of the United
States navy Is sure to he a foremost
ltsue in the coming campaign. Demo
crats, recognizing the political serious
ness of Mr. Daniels' inefficiency rec
ord, are at a loss how to provide him
an adequate crutch. Action on the
naval bill was delayed largely for this
reason, and, finally, the aenunlstration
pushed it through in a form that will
give us a navy sometime, perhaps,
but not for five years at least.
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—Some of the "booms" are about
to go bang.
—Going to the national conventions
isn't what It used to be in the days
of annual passes.
—"Airships for the navy," says a
newspaper headline. Yes, and after
looking over the Democratic vote of
Friday on the naval bill, we would
beg leave to amend by preceding the
noun airships with the qualifying ad
jective, hot.
—lndications are that the high
school freshmen class of next year will
do its studying on the roof.
—"Justice Hughes continues silent,"
says a dispatch from Chicago. And,
let's see, what's that about "Silence
giving consent?"
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY
[Questions submitted to members of
the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their
answers as presented at the organiza
tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."]
What is the approximate cost of the
sewerage system of the city?
Approximately $1,600,000.00
Summer Winds
Of all the winds of summer-time that
blow,
I think the sweetest are the ones that
go
At early morningtide adown the hill
And up the vale, while yet the world
is still:—
Bending the tops of trees a bit to pass
And ripple into waves across the
grass.
Surely the very spirit of the year.
Incarnate Summer, from the hill-top
here.
Had breathed Into the air a lilting
song
That gathered sweetness as it passed
along!
And out into the valley, unconfined,
Swept on and on, till It became a
wind!
And sometimes, from a vision
haunted night
I waken at the morning's faintest
light,
Or murmur of that gently-moving
breeze,
Stealing at dawn across the listless
trees.
And wander through the forestland,
until
I hear the song of Summer from the
hill.—Garnett Laidlow Eshew,
In Book News Monthly.
Postmaster General and Congress
[From Philadelphia Inquirer]
In spite of the appurent willingness
of Assistant Postmaster General
Blakslee to be the "goat" in the con
tioversy between Congress and the
Post Office Department the Issue is
really one between the Legislative
branch of the government and the
Postmaster General. Mr. Burleson
hcs assured Senators Bankhead and
Townsend that he sincerely "regrets"
the activities of his assistant in
creating a lobby to defeat Congres
sional measures, but every person
familiar with the situation is aware
that the measures in question are the
ones that have met with the disap
proval of the Postmaster General.
The truth of the matter is that Mr.
Burleson has assumed to be an auto
crat and a dictator when in reality
he is merely an appointive officer who
Is bound to abide by the actions of
Congress. But the head of the Post
Office Department is not to be too
severely censured. He has merely fol
lowed the lead of the President who
has time and again whipped Con
gress Into line whenever that body has
not bent itself to his sweet will.
Hen Adopts a Quail
[Alton (Kan.) Empire.]
Last summer one of W. D. Lem
ley's old hens stole her nest out on
the creek. Evidently she chose a
quail's nest, for when her brood came
oft' there was a young quail in the lot.
The old biddy mothered the stranger
with a mother's care, and though it
ofttn vexed and astonished its mates
by flying away like the wind, all went
weli with the happy family. To this
day the quail prefers to stay among
the chickens; roosts in the barn in
bail weather, and is as tame as the
ordinary pigeon. Mr. Lemley says it
whistles around the place like it was
the only bird on the farm.
Home Economies
[Buffalo News]
The American housewife is under
Indictment.
The crime of which she is accused
is wastefulness, and the garbage can
is being subpenaed as chief witness.
Senator Smoot, speaking in the
Senate the other day on the subject
of preparedness, stated that the Am
erican garbage can was the fattest in
the world.
The charge is no new one. The
world over Americans are noted for
their extravagance. Large hearted
ness, free handedness are well-known
American. characteristics.
The American standard of living is
the highest in the world. It Is also
an established fact that it is not the
high cost of living that causes distress
so much as the cost of high living,
and the appalling waste is so common
in most homes.
Interesting investigations of gar
bage cans have been made in some
of our cities and the waste uncovered
has been a revelation.
In many cases nourishing, palatable
and wholesome food has been found
la the refuse—despised "left-overs"
I that should have been used.
The answer to this indictment may
be that "John abhors rejuvenated
dishes." To a certain extent that may
be true. Few men love "resurrected
rcast" in the form of "hash." But
there are a thousand and one little
tricks in culinary art and kitchen cun
ring that insure the using up of these
unconsidered trifles.
The fault lies not altogether in
"John,'.' but in the Ignorance of the
housewife In this kitchen craftsman
ship.
Senator Smoot said that in a short
Investigation he found that domestic
science was not taught In any one of
six nationally known colleges for
women. "And In nearly all these." he
said, "four years of Latin is positively
required." The moral is obvious.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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%j the Ex-Committeeman
The Pennsylvania delegates to the
Chicago convention grot away yester
day, In two bodies. The Penrose dele
gates, under the direction of' Secretary
W. Harry Baker, passed through here
early in the afternoon aboard two spe
cial cars and were joined at this point
by Delegates Stamm and Coleman.
The Governor's private scretary, W. H.
Ball, came as far as this city with the
Penrose people and explained that the
Governor would have joined the spe
cial here but for the fact that he did
not want to break an engagement at
Gettysburg college, where he preached
to the student body yesterday. The
Governor left the city with Mr. Ball
last night at 6.50 and was joined en
route by a number of his delegates and
friends.
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—Among Senator Penrose's callers
at Chicago yesterday were Senator
George T. Oliver, E. V. Babeock, G. L.
Gillespie, of Allegheny county, who ar
rived there yesterday with a number
of delegates frojn Western Pennsylva
nia. Penrose learned from these men
that the sentiment was that a major
ity of the delegates from Pennsylva
nia were disposed to vote for ex-Sena
tor Knox on the first ballot. Penrose
said that he understood that Knox's
name would not be formally presented
to the convention.
When asked how many votes Gover
nor Brumbaugh would receive Penrose
replied "He will get between 20 and
30. The other delegates will appar
ently vote for Knox, Hughes and
Roosevelt. The likely Roosevelt votes
will come from William Potter, of
Philadelphia; Mr. Moore and Mr.
Flinn, of Pittsburgh; Mr. Beacon, of
Greensburg, and Air. Phillips, of But
ler."
—Concerning the situation general
ly, Senator Penrose said: "The great
majority of the delegates are still of an
open mind and are ready to do the
thing that is best for the nation and
the party. It will probably be Friday
or Saturday before a ballot is taken.
In order to prevent the convention
from running over Sunday, night ses
sions will be held if necessary."
"Is there anything in the story that
the Old Guard leaders are charging
you with flirting with Roosevelt?" he
was asked.
"There is no truth in that. I am
still of an open mind, and want to do
what is best for the party and the
country. I hope that this convention
after due deliberation and conference
will name as its candidate for Presi
dent a man who will unite the party
and carry it to success in November.
It is my purpose in keeping aloof from
any candidate to be able to aid in the
naming of such a candidate when the
time arrives."
—Concerning the chairmanship of
the Pennsylvania delegates, the Sena
tor said that he would have between
55 and 60 votes and would not be sur
prised if he was unopposed for the
position, which has always been ac
corded the senior senator of Pennsyl
vania by the Republicans.
—Congressman Orlest and his col
league in the convention four years
ago voted for Justice Hughes, and it is
known that the Congressman is very
much inclined to do the same in this
convention. If it shall appear that no
nomination is likely to be made on an
early ballot the two Lancaster dele
gates may give a complimentary vote
to Governor Brumbaugh.
—Lieutenant Governor McClain in
commenting upon the situation, said:
"After chatting with a number of my
friends in the Pennsylvania delegation
and from other States I am convinced
that the atmosphere is strongly tor
Justice Hughes, and I would not be
surprised to see h'm become the nomi
nee. There are not enough delegates,
however, for any one to form a posi
tive judgment, and developments of
the next two days may change the as
pect of the situation."
—Senator Oliver, of Pittsburgh, who
will probably be unopposed as Penn
sylvania's member on the resolution
committee, in chatting with State Sen
ator Brown, of New York, predicted
that Pennsylvania would likely de
mand radical changes in the primary
laws affecting the election of delegates
jto national conventions.
"The only people we find in Penn
sylvania who favor the popular system
of selection of national delegates are
the A. B. C.'s, or those whose names
begin with letters at the top of the
alphabet, and are fjiven the exception
al advantage. Under the law the
names of candidates are printed al
phabetically on the ballot and on a
lengthy list such as we had in Penn
sylvania in the recent primaries. Many
voters marked the first 12 names rath
{er than go through the entire list to
-make selections."
—A bitter fight for party supremacy
was settled here on Saturday when at
a meeting of the Democratic standing
committee of Cumberland county, at
Carlisle, County Treasurer Robert W.
Peffcr, of Boiling Springs, was elected
chairman for the year by a vote of 33
to 24 over D. P. Finkenbinder, Plain
field, the former official. The contest
began two weeks ago, when a meeting
was called, but was adjourned because
the proper certificates of election had
not been issued, and has been bitter--
ly fought on both sides. Peffer repre
sents the younger wing of the party.
John E. Myers of Camp Hill, and E. P.
Conley, of Lower Allen, were re-elect
ed secretaries, and James E. Caroth
ers, of Carlisle, treasurer.
The Call of the Road
[Toledo Blade)
A young woman student of a Wis
consin college has published her ambi
tion. She would be a tramp, she says.
Winding roads fascinate her. Camp
sracke is the sweetest of perfumes. If
she could have her way she would
spend long, beauty - absorbing days
"lingering in quiet, woody groves."
Few men, just at present, would
condemn her. On these mornings of
sublimated glory, they feel very much
tht same way. They are troubled by
the suspicion that of all mankind's
mistakes, work is the stupidest. If
they were not enslaved by responsi
bilities. hobbled by conventions, hamp
ered by doubts as to the source of
next week's bread and-potatoes, they
would, most of them, tell the boss to
go to bliuses and just tramp away to
the handiest, fishing stream.
To be a tramp is to be free. That
i 3 the one priceless thing about such
a life. But to be a tramp, one must
also have a dull conscience, indiffer
ence toward dirt, something that,
amounts to talent at enduring cold
rains, the sleeping accommodations of
jails and the hard soles of railway
brakemen. The person who can
weigh the vagrant's freedom against
the vagrant's discomforts, distresses
and chances at hard labor entorced,
and vote for freedom is cut out for
a tramp. All other persons are dis
qualified. ,
THE CARTOON OP THE DAY
STRANGE HOW YOUR HUSBAND, USUALLY SO CAPABLE,
CAN BE SO INCAPABLE
—From (hi* C ol it mini* Dispatch.
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TORNADOES
By Frederic J. Haskin
THE tornado season is well under
way. The Mississippi valley is
just regaining its equilibrium
after a siege of storms that took heavy
toll of life and property. The dazed
people are now engaged in adjusting
insurance claims and rebuilding their
dwellings. Yet the next week may
bring another destroying gale.
Although the tornado is a familiar
occurrence in the Mississippi valley
and the southern States throughout
the period from April to September, so
Bwift and dynamic IS its approach that
it always finds many unprepared. It
is the one kind of atmospheric dis
turbance that is impossible to predict.
The government weather bureau may
warn the people that heavy storms
are headed In their direction, but the
tornado is so largely a matter of local
occurrence that the specllic indica
tions are usually apparent only a few
minutes before it happens. Thun
derstorms are frequent in this sec
tion of the country, but the tornado
accompaniment is only occasional. It
is therefore unreasonable to suppose
that at the first sign of every thunder
storm the people are going to leave
their various occupations and seek
seclusion in eaves, dugouts or cellars.
Yet this would seem to present the
only absolute means of safety.
The day on which a tornado oc
curs is always calm and sultry, the
air hot and moist. By the end of the
afternoon, usually great quantities of
this moist hot air have risen and
formed dense clouds. But as this air
rises, the gravity of the earth is pull
ling masses of cool a:r from the strata
, above the storm clouds to its surface.
.This rising and descending of air
causes an energetic eddy of air cur
rents forming a whirlwind or a tor
nado; in the case of the whirlwind,
the rotating motion is usually hori
zontal, while in the case of the tornado
it is vertical, taking the form of a
funnel-shaped cloud which writhes
and twists as it glides along the earth's
surface.
The appearance of the funnel cloud
is the obvious indication of the torna
do. Just before it forms the clouds
almost always show an ominous
greenish-black tint, moving and whirl
ing about with great rapidity. Then
comes the black funnel cloud, some
what resembling an elephant's trunk,
drooping until it touches the earth's
surface where it begins the whirling
dance that leaves a wide path of de
struction.
Five minutes generally mark the
period of the tornado's activity, al
though it may be anywhere from one
second to 20 minutes. The funnel
shape cloud is the personality of the
tornado. It has all the sardonic hu
mor. malicious coquettisliness and
vindictive imagination of a fiend. It
dri\cs straws into wood, boards
through trunks of trees; casts digni
fied boulders weighing over a ton from
their ancient resting places; divests
fowls of their feathers; and trans
ports various things, including cattle,
horses, roofs, steeples, and sometimes
men and women, long distances. The
air is filled with flying debris. Some
things lisappear altogether and are
never recovered. A year later a man
is apt to find his piano in the house of
a family living 50 miles away, while
his own house is probably adorned
with articles which were left in his
front yard by the passing tornado
In the big tornado that struck St.
No Room For Triflers
[Kansas City Star]
Boys and girls and young men and
Tionien by the thousands are to be
graduated from high schools and col
leges in the next fortnight. Upper
most in their minds to-day is the won
der whether they will make good in
the world where they are going to
earn their living.
They have seen other generations
of students go out. None of them
starved. But many failed to make the
success which they had hoped for.
What, to-day's students are asking, is
the difference between success and
failure? Can the qualities that pro
duce success be cultivated or are they
inborn? Old subjects, all of them.
But they come to every generation of
graduates with new force.
Captains of industry are born, not
made. But men of ordinary capacity
may be trained to bo lieutenants. No
amount of training would have pro
duced a Napoleon. But the right sort
of training made a good share of his
officers. Every employer knows of
plenty of employes who might rise,
who have the ability, but who lack thu
disposition to use the ability they pos
sess.
Ask any employer what was the
matter with the man he discharged
and the chances are he will say: "He
was too trifling for any use: I saw "he
wasn't going to get anywhere, so I
fired him."
"Trifling" Is the word. The unsuc
cessful man ordinarily isn't dishonest,
or lazy. He Is trifling. He doesn't
think. He does his work mechanically,
and is glad to get through
with it. He is interested in outside
things, perhaps in flirtations, perhaps
in gambling, perhaps In the society
stunt. His energy is so much absorbed
that there is none left for his work.
You get a rise out of him when you
mention the latest musical show, but
JUNE 5, 1916.
|Louis in 1896, it was noted by one
newspaper that all the churches had
j been stricken and all the saloons left
| untouched. The saloonkeepers were
disposed to attach a prophetic signifi
| cance to this mysterious distinction,
; but a scientific explanation was also
j published. Besides Its wind velocity,
! the tornado has an explosive action
due to the sudden decrease in barom
etric pressure . Now when this pres
sure is suddenly reduced one-half, sev
en pounds per square inch is added to
the interior of buildings containing air
for which there is no rapid means of
| outlet. Thus the windows of churches
'and other unventilated places, are
j pried outward by the power of the
heavier air within.
The tornado, which, by the way, is
a Spanish word meaning "whirl" is
peculiar to the United States, being
practically unknown elsewhere except
in modified form in a few places where
there are frequent and violent violent
thunderstorms. The theory has been
advanced that tornadoes occur oftener
| of late years than they did in the past,
but this is unlikely, the only difference
being that now they are reported and
then they were not. Some years, of
; course, there are fewer than others.
On the 19th of February, 1884, North
I Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia,
! Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Ten
nessee, Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana
were devastated by 60 tornadoes or
more. This time the funnel-shape
'cloud killed 800 peopls, wounded 2,-
500, left 15,000 persons homeless de
stroyed 10.000 buildings and hundreds
I of horses, hogs and cattle.
In September of this same year Min
nesota and Wisconsin were visited by
tornadoes in which six people were
killed, 75 wounded and four million
dollars in property destroyed.
Again in July of 1877, Ercildoun,
Pa., was attacked by a tornado which
killed five people, wounded 50, de
stroyed GO buildings and tore up by the
roots forty acres of heavy timber. Here
pillars decorating buildings were hurl
ed from their places and half-buried in
the earth; a cow was tossed over a
20-foot wall, and the surrounding
country was Strewn with school books
letters, carriage wheels, quilts, blank
ets, etc., while many bushels of grain
were snatched from barns and sown
extravagantly over many acres.
These instances show that while the
Mississippi valley Is supposed to be the
home of tornadoes, they occur In the
east Atlantic States also. As a mat
ter of fact, they occur occasionally as
far North as New England. Here
they became the subject of a poem bv
I Oliver Wendell Holmes, in which he
describes the erratic flight of shirts
and petticoats from the clothesline in
the backyard, and, most lamentable of
all, his Sunday breeches. They, also
snow that the tornaao does not alwavs
"■ ?"ack to the period from
April to September, but may appear as
I early as February.
The tornado is'still a little explored
.phenomenon. Few people are inclined
d . own » nd mane deliberate and
n no t® s on the progress or pe
'. ,f ts the funnel-shape cloud
nrlhii f » gto the loU(1 ominous
rumble of its approach. Instruments
for testing the barometric pressure oc
terecl" tL" B hav , e at °^ e been shat
tered. rhe most accurate details <>n
| record have been supplied bv terrified
spectators who have been able to Jot
ISStoS" ot &
none if you mention some possible
! business development.
There is no reason in the world why
tr°im n a * nd Th r '? ? Ut ," ch °ol be
rining. That is a disposition that is
, acquired, not inherited. If thev delib-
Hlnft K if » WOrk for al ' there
is in It, if they try to see Its broader
wlfnln gS h so Ket an '"terest in the
whole scheme, if they are constantly
on the lookout, to Improve and to lie
usetul. they will And that they get up.
Success has no mystery about it
attain it by jiggling out
iigntning lods for it to strike. It
I conies as a result of earnest, intelligent
trll!ersl° r ~~ 80 11 doeHr),t to
OUR DAILY LAUGH
' AN ABSENTEE,
Bangs: I never
| see you at the ball ,'*J t \
Karnes any more. ' 1 '
Whangs: No. '
The way the C ;
home team is wTw*'
playing now, I
find it less de- S
pressing to read
about the games Wy
than to see them.
SARCASM.
a ,uck '
JLJ > ? I Yes, indeed. ll*
jiX ' always manages
to be ivtli,
lit wix * n opportu
nlty calls.
Ebettittg (Eijat
Local coal dealers are a bit reticent
In talking- over the increase In anthra
cite coal prices since the operators
have granted the demands of the min
ers. A number of retailers are still
waiting before adding to their pres
ent price, but it is said that the ma
jority expect to charge at least 45
cents more by October X for all grades
of hard coal. One dealer who haa
already added ten cents a ton to the
various grades, said' he does not be
lieve many retailers will be able to
keep the price down much longer as
they have been charged more since
May for hard coal from the mines and,
look for a regular ten cents a monial
increase in wholesale prices.
• » •
Hundreds of people in the city will
soon receive checks for money which
they have saved in the Vacation Funds
in several banks in Harrisburg it was
announced this morning.
The Union Tru*t company an
nounces that checks from that bank
to persons in the vacation fund will
be sent out June 22; the Security
Trust company funa will close June
10.
Other banks in the city have adopt
ed (he idea but not on the same
basis. In one instance the Commer
cial bank—the time extends over a
period of sixteen weeks and at the
end of that time the person receives
the fund.
* » »
Brisk winds that ruffle the surface
of the Susquehanna to the frequent
dismay of sailor-canoeists do other
damage occasionally, too. For in
stance when an especially high wind
tears across the river—and Harrisburg
has experienced some pretty stiff
gales during the last rew months—the
great globes on the river wall lights
on more exposed promontories suffer
J somewhat. On one or two occasions
| inspection of the lamps revealed the
] fact that several had been shattered
and the luckless small boy was blamed
of course. An investigation, how
ever, showed that the wind had quite
j evidently loosened those which hadn't
been securely and eventually
they fell off.
Of especial interest to Harrisburg's
citizens, particularly those who are
interested in the proposed movement
for the erection of a new high school,
will be the annual report of Dr. F. E.
Downes, city school superintendent. It
is in course of preparation and of
course, the Information will not l>e
given out before the report is pre
sented to the board. Just the sail.a
a hint or two has filtered out t'o tho
effect that the statement will contain
a mass of valuable data that will bear
directly on the new high school prob
lem.
« » ♦
Flowers were a glut on the markets
Saturday, and many were carried back
to the farm, Harrisburg people are
fond of flowers but they refused to
pay some of the prices asked in the
local markets.
At the opening of tho markets,
peonies sold for one and two cont3
each. There was a rush on the part
of buyers. Then the price went up
to three cents each and by 9 o'clock
five cents each was asked. The buy
ing stopped. Those who held to the
low prices sold out. early.
« » «
Amateur baseball players have
found out the location of the head
quarters of E. R. Dematn, local
weather observer. When it rains in
the morning, or the skies are cloudy,
telephone calls are quite numerous.
The small boy is quite original in his
inquiries. One query the other day
was, "say mister weather man can wa
play ball this afternoon? I belong to
the Boas Street Juniors." He did nd
play ball. It rained. A frequent
inquiry is. "How's the weather going
to be for baseball today?" While not
able to attend games observer Demain
is interested in the Natinal game and
knows what is going on in the baseball
world.
A stretch of white sea sand, wind
ing through a cooling grove of palm
tiees, under which are spread little
tab es, shaded by vari-colored seaside
umbrellas, twinkling electric lights
that rival the weird spell of the sum
mer moonlight, pennants, streamcrg
ai'd insignia floating lazilv in the
breeze, and from some distant, se
cluded bower the strains of orchestral
music lending its charm to a sceno
of entrancing beauty," that's the way
Ralph W. Dowdell describes it.
Panama, say you or Hawaii''
Nothing like it. Thus he feebly del
scribes the great plaza of Music Hall
at Cincinnati as it will appear on the
evening of the grand ball given by the
International Association of Rotary
Clubs oil (he evening of July 20, the
linal day of the 191(1 convention. Car
loads of sea sand from Palm Beach
and other cars loaded with palms and
[palmettos from Miami, packed in ice,
will arrive in Cincinnati the day be
fore the grand ball. A large force of
decorators will immediately strew the
sand about Music Hall and arrange
the great palm garden. The im
mensity and beauty of the garden
will be realized when it is noted that,
the facade of Music Hall is over half
a city block in length and ninety feet
deep. The palm garden is but one
of the features of an entertainment
accorded to 7,000 visitors at the Ro
tary Convention which will be epochal
for its lavishness even for a city noted
as -Cincinnati is for great hospitality.
Aliout 100 Harrlsburg Rotarians are
preparing to attend.
1 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR]
MORK OF LEMOVXE SCHOOLS
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
In fairness to the Telegraph's sub
scribers in the Lemoyne district, we
hereby try to answer the letter to the
Bailor in Friday night's issue entitled
Lemoyne School Matters.
There is no wish on the part of
"the few of her citizens who are dis
satisfied because tljey. could not have
things their own way," to detract from
any teacher's character or ability.
This young man is recognized as a
young man of good character an<£
high ideals by all, but we think a
mistake was made when he was
elected as a supervising principal to
head a system of ten schools. We do
not think it good policy to have *
man in charge of such important
fairs who has had so little experience,
Tc b$ put in authority over te»
other teachers who have taught fronj
two to eighteen terms seems pre
posterous. The assistant to this prin
cipal has had eight terms' experience
and possesses by far greater scholar*
tic qualifications.
The "few of her citizens" who are
so ungrateful as to question the wis
dom of this august body have signed
a remonstrance to the strength of
over one hundred fathers, taxpayers
arid voters. This petition asking for
an experienced principal will be pre
sented at the regular meeting of the
Board on Tuesday evening, Juno 6.
We earnestly hope that the bonrd
at this time can lay aside all personal
feelings and matters of personal
friendship and act wisely and
judiciously. If this cannot be done, we
expect all these men, who have taken
such an Interest at this time, will re
member conditions on a certain date
in November.
i ANOTHER CITIZEN.