10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Pounded rSji Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.. Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACKPOL.E, Prei't and Editorin-CVf F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. SHEINMETZ, Managing Editor. « Member American Newspaper Pub- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Assocl*>V Esstern gfflce, Has- Brooks. Fifth Ave nue Building, New- Brooks, ' People'# Gas BuMding. Cbl- Entered at the Post Office in Harrli° burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week; by mall. $3.00 a year in advance. Snom dally average rlrcnlntlon for the tbree months ending May 31, IDIU, "ST 22,189 These figures are net. All returned, unsold and damaged copies deducted. THI RSDAY EVENING, JUNK 8. Tomorrow is not, yesterday is not, Tomorrow is not, yesterday is not, Today alone is — and today (a thine. —lna Coolberth. WEST SHORE HIGH SCHOOL WORMLEYSBURG has set a good example for other West Shore school boards by voting in favor of a central high school for the towns of that district. It is to be hoped that Lemoyne, Camp Hill. Shirenianstown, West Fairview and East Pennsboro township will lose no time in joining hands with Wormleys bnrg for the creation of a joint fund tor this purpose. Nothing has held back the West Shore so much as lack of school facilities. So far as they go the schools of that vicinity are good, but the "Three R's" no longer suffice in the public schools and the parent hesitates to remove to suburbs that do not afford educational facilities for his boy or girl equal to those offered by the city. A Central High School, embracing the latest ideas in public education, would give an impetus to building on the West Shore that could not be brought about In any other way. In a few years it would pay for itself in taxes raised on newly built up land. There is no doubt of thie. Harrisburg has proved in dol lars and cents that any needed public improvement will more than carry any investment that may be entailed. Next week the West Shore Fire mer's Union—the one real, live or ganization embracing a membership that takes in all the towns—will meet to discuss the inauguration of a de partment to be known as the Public Forum, which will be something in the nature of a municipal league. One of the first moves of this organization ought to be the endorse ment of the central high school pro posal. Here is a fine opportunity for constructive work. It is rumored that several school | hoards—viewing the immediate effect) on the tax rate and letting the fu- ; ture take care of itself—will decline ' to go Into the central high school j plan. If those who are pledged to the movement are wise they will not urge the "hold-back" element, but; will go ahead and build, taking in as j many as will come. It will be cheaper! that way, for the law permits the: pupils of districts adjoining that in which such a high school is located to go to school there and the honje district must pay the bills. From j that standpoint alone it would appear ! economical for all the communities! to co-oporate for the erection of one j adequate school, as has been sug- j gested. TT WILL BE ATTENDED TO THERE ought to be some power or influence in a self-governing country by which the House of; Representatives could be brought to! its senses and made to serve the na- ' tional welfare. It is intolerable that i a Congress should be so blind and so j stupid, so soddenly indifferent to its grave responsibilities and duties." j This harsh language Is from the New i York World, one of the let-ding organs ! of the Democratic party and regarded I as an especial spokesman for the ad- ) ministration. The moving cause of the "World's heat and harshness is the re fusal of the House to accept the Sen- j ate's proposals for an enlargement of j the standing army and the general j attitude of the Democratic Represen- j tatives In opposition to reasonable j plans for national defense. However, we bid the World to cheer ! up. There is indeed in this country j exactly the "power and influence"! which it longs for and which will bring the House of Representatives to its senses and cause it to serve the ' national welfare. That power will soon be exercised and that influence will soon be Invoked at the polls, next election day. Then the present majority in Congress will he set aside In favor of a Republican majority. The Democrats In the present House, whom the World so justly regards as blind, stupid and soddenly indifferent, will give place to Republicans. In place of stupidity we shall then have alertness of mind. In place of blind ness we shall then have clearness of vision, in place of sodden Indifference wo shall then have a sympathetic re sponsiveness to the national needs. What the World Is calling for is THURSDAY EVENING, ro'. being overlooked by the people of the country. It is an Important mat ter —but It will be attended to at the first opportunity. ROTARY CLI lt AND CITY THAT was a ringing; call to service which President Howard C. Fry gave to members of the Harris i burg Rotary Club Tuesday night when he said in his inaugural address: Prom time to time in our city and vicinity there arise projects and occur events, the import of which Is sufficient to warrant organized and concerted effort in order to accom- Ellsh success for whatever it might e. Publicity is the most power ful force that acts to-day In the world of public affairs. The pub lic wants to know. The public wants to know just exactly what facts enter into every public af fair. Our Rotary Club should take an active part In these affairs. Our club Is not what we say It is—lt Is what we, who are membevs of it, make it. Our meetings should at all times be a forum in which to hear public affairs discussed, and with untiring vigor and zeal should we get behind such measures as are for the public good, and with equal force decry sinister schemes that should be made unable to stand the public limelight, at the same time taking advantage of the opportu nity to broaden the general public's concept of Rotary and our own local club. In a civic way, let's resolve to do something big for dear old Harrisburg next year. President Fry scored a bullseye In every sentence. Harrisburg is very badly In need at thie very moment of the efforts for civic betterment of Some such organization as the Rotary Club can be if It puts Us heart into the great work of arousing the people to the deficiencies and needs of their city. The spirit of municipal progress that has done so much for Harrisburg is not dead. But it is asleep. It has no leader among the people. The city is standing still for the lack of Indi vidual interest and activity. The Ro tary Club can do little of itself, per haps, but it at least can point the way. And it can get behind every plan for city betterment that arises and it can, with perfect propriety, suggest such things as are for the public welfare and take means to create public senti ment in their favor. "He profits most who serves best" is the motto of the club. This is no .mere high-sounding platitude. Every man who "served best" during the critical period when Harrisburg was in the process of being made over has profited thereby actually in dollars and cents. What is true of the past will be true of the future. The Rotary Club can play a big part in the further development of Harris burg along proper lines and it is to be hoped that the new president will waste no time in putting his service ideas into effect. CHINA AND VS FOR ways that are dark and tricks that are strange, the heathen Chinee is peculiar," but there is nothing peculiar about the fact that during the nine months ended March, 1916, China increased her hold on the American market "4 per cent., com pared with the similar period ended March 1915, beause we have a Demo cratic near-free-trade law on the statute books, and with a wage scale that wouldn't buy a package of smoking tobacco for an American laboring man, the Chinese find it an easy matter to unload on our market. We imported from China during the nine months ended March 1916. $47,- 790,000 worth of goods, compared with 27,500,000 worth for the nine mcnths ended March 1915. The Oregonians and Washingtonians got their share of these imports in eggs that were laid when the dodo was the barnyard fowl of old Cathay. As a Chinese restaurant keeper on the Pacific Coast was heard to say: "No can catchee flied can catchee sclambled." They wouldn't stand the strain. HILL AND HIS ESTATE JAMES J. HILL, wrested millions from the mountains and plains of the Great Northwest, and he keeps them, even in death. Hill's estate is to he administered by his family and he left no will—which means that not a single one of the many very worthy public enterprises in the district in which he made his fortune will receive from Hill directly one penny of his vast wealth. In this Hill is unlike almost every one of the very rich men of the period. It Is becoming more and more under stood that great wealth entails great responsibilities and that the possessor of the big fortune is merely Its steward and that he owes something to the community wherein his possessions were accumulated. Handing down immense sums to one's family is often anything but commendable. A father is to be ex cused for placing his daughters beyond want and in giving his sons a start in life, but the possession of unlimited, unearned wealth is more frequently a detriment than a help to the develop ment of character and the encourage ment of those homely virtues that make for real success In life. The Goulds, the Vanderbilts, the Thaws and a score of other families might be cited as instances. On the other hand, the public has a right to expect something at the hands of its wealthy citizens, and the man who in death fails to fulfill his duty in this respect may expect to go down in local history "unwept, un honored and unsung," a self-convicted money-grabber, with thoughts no higher than the pile of dollars he has accumulated. After watching the sturdy forms and the quick step of the veterans as they passed, we understand why the Grand Army Is opposed to abandoning the pa rade feature of their State encamp ments. If Enola doesn't watch out. Ruther ford Is going to take her railroad yard laurels away. Harrisburg is badly In need of a housing code. This long self-evident fact is emphasized by the inability of the Health Department to make certain property owners Improve unsanitary houses. Samuel Gompers says that a man who Is not ready to flght for a republic in no,t nt to live In It. which is a stinging rebuke to those labor unions that have been opposing preparedness. §LcUii(ftyJU 0)V 1 at Cfvlca Baby arrived jj His dad, as Jok- Got off this joke. ]}l about hta M(J I He named the IJe L *aby BUI. Up* 1 JUNE 8, 1916. asked the hardest questions of the navy yards, and the navy yards re taliated by doing the same thing. This was ail very good for the cause, since if for any reason a man was un able to answer a fair question dealing with his special line of work, it was referred to a sort of umpire who made it his business to find out why. Any apparent lack of efficiency was imme diately investigated, for under actual war conditions the work of each man is tremendously important and the slightest mistake may cause the great est blunder. Communication was established by long distance telephone over thou sands of miles of wire with naval sta tions at New York, Chicago, Norfolk, Pensacola, San Diego and Puget Sound. Secretary Daniels sat at his desk and called up the U. S. Battle ship New Hampshire which was sta tioned at Hampton Roads. The tele phone operator at the Navy Depart ment transmitted the communication to the Arlington wireless stations, where the Secretary's voice was pro jected into the ether by wireless and carried to the battleship where the wireless operator received it and trans mitted it through the telephone to the captain. Thus the voice of Secretary Daniels in Washington was clearly heard by Captain Chandler on board the New Hampshire lying off Hampton Roads. The secretary of the navy told Cap tain Chandler that the enemy had been righted off the coast and that he was [Continued on Page 2] 1 THE STATE FROM m TO PftT "Two intoxicated Sayerites were ar rested while jag-slceping In a gutter during a heavy rainfall and It was feared that they might meet death by drowning:," quoth the .North American, and added, "Water is dangerous." The North is consistent throughout. Severn P. Ker, president of the Sharon Chamber of Commerce, is much in demand as a speaker. Mr. Ker addressed the Butler trade or ganization at a "get together" dinner last evening and delivered some real ideas. A Warren man's carpenter flirted too freely with John Barleycorn and consequently the owner's house Is not going up with dispatch. In describing the situation the newspaper tells how the owner "scours th« town for a car penter and then after the man has worked a few days he gets Into the 'pogey' on a charge of intoxication." Every day we learn something! • • • The graduating class of Muhlenberg College, in AUentown, has two mar ried men and tradition prevents the planting of the ivy when such a de plorable condition exists. So the class donated the entrance gate to the new athletic field instead. • • * Love of music (?) certainly proved too much for John Stewart, who was filled with ecstatic joy when he was returned to the pen from Middletown for stealing a suit, of clothes. His return meant that he could again sound his faithful trombone with the penitentiary band, and he is very happy. • • • Judge Garman, of Wilkes-Barre, has refused to serve as a delegate to the Democratic national convention to fill up a vacancy because he is opposed to the renominatlon of Wilson. What a pleasure to find the judicial mind so sanely appreciative of the fitness of things. » • • "Mr: Blank called on his trade here Monday," says a small town dally. The question is, did It come when he called, as Hotspur so pointedly remarked when Glendower was boasting how he could call up vasty splrtta from the L deep? lEimtittg CCljat Boy Scoutß in Harrisburg and sur rounding: towns are putting in a few very busy days this week. The fiftieth encampment of the Pennsylvania De partment of the Q. A. R„ the thirty first convention of the Ladies of the G A. R,, and the twenty - seventh gathering of the Women's Relief Corps of the Department of Pennsyl vania Auxiliary of the G. A. R. being held here, the Scouts volunteered to guide the visitors about the city and niuke themselves useful generally. Tliey met delegates at the railroad stations and piloted them about, in addition to carrying grips, suit oases and traveling bags for the visitors. The appearance of the youngsters alongside of the gray-haired veterans recalls the reunion of the Blue and Gray at Gettysburg In 1913 when the Scouts worked so faithfully in the in terests of the veterans from the North and So^th. * * • 1 he hundreds of Civil War veterans from all parts of Pennsylvania who are here attending the fiftieth annual encampment appear to be enjoying themselves every minute of their spare time. They are taking trips through the parks and many of theni are visiting the towns surrounding Harrisburg. Each day this week scores of the warriors of fifty years ago could be seen In Capitol Park. It did no> take them long to learn that the squirrels there are tame and now the little fur animals are getting so many peanuts that they appear to be al ready getting their stores ready for next winter. The veterans are tak ing- a great interest in them and it is certain that the squirrels will not be hungry as long as the veterans are here. The visitors are strolling through the big building too and not a few of them are asking permission to sit in the Governor's chair. • • « Not all sermons are preached from pulpits, take it from the stroller on the Market street bridge the other day. Halfway over Ho the Cumberland shore he noticed a bit of paper wedg ed between the plates on top of the girder railing. It was so fastened as to be readily extracted, safe from va grant winds, and easily noticeable ta the passerby. And the stroller, like those who had passed before, picked up the bit of penned note paper, read the message, smiled thoughtfully— and tucked It back into place. And thio is what he read: God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever (that means you) believeth In Him shall not perish but have everlasting Life. You are of the world. "Who soever" means you. • » • While many Harrisburg residences, business places, hotels, etc., are gay these days with bunting and flags of the American colors in honor of the city's veteran guests of the Grand Army, some of the mercantile and other establishments have gone in for decoration in other ways. At least I one hotel, the Commonwealth, has ar ranged for adornment In a way that defies wind and rain and darkness. Thir hotel by the way is one of the Market street stopping places for many of the higher officers of the State encampment organization, j Around the portico a string of red, white and blue electric lights hav® I been strung and over the doorway in ! a blaze of twinkling red. white and blue electric flashes, "Old Glory" waves through the night. * • • How would you like to travel 8, 114.4 miles every year—just a part of your daily work? Quite some trip you say? Yes, you could come from Hong Kong to Honolulu and then on to San Francisco, wjth a little side trip from, the Pacific coast town down to sunny Panam , and you would cover but a few more miles. Tet "Benny" Brady, chief figure of this yarn, doesn't move a foot—lf his corns don't bother him—to accom plish this fact. And "Benny" yearly tells some thousands of passengers the last inning's score, who's ahead in the las hour of the war, just how Kitchener went down, and oh, a thousand-and-one other Interesting bits of information as he runs his car up and down. "Benny" is the elevator man in the Ttlegraph building. * • « The Morrell Apartments, In the Franklin building, have worked out a clever scheme to prevent the theft of a refuse can. In big black letters the management has had painted the words: "Stolen From the Morrell Apartments." It would take a good bit of nerve to use that garbage can in your back yard, whatdaye think? Living Expenses While the cost of living is getting higher all the time, it doesn't seem to reduce the amount of money spent for fun, fashion and amusement. Here is the great anomaly of modern life—pay ing more to live on and having more money to spend for them. The cost of the common necessities of life are 25 per cent, higher than they were two or three years ago, when we had a hard time getting along, and yet people spend 2li per cent, more now for things they don't need. Where does the money come from? From nowhere else but economy and wages. There are two Important helps In tl\e domestic economy. People don't drink as much red liquor as they used to and they don't pay for as much bottled medicine as they did formerly. Both of which omissions save money and health, too. But these explanations don't fully explain why people have so much money to spend for follies these days. And there are the women—they cost a heap more than they used to, God bless 'em, and what they want is more necessary than bread and meat for the larder. And so It goes, the expense of liv ing going higher and higher and the expense of fun, folly and fashion go ing higher and higher, too, so that It Is getting quite impossible to tell any difference between the essential andi the ephemeral, what Is real and what is volatile. —Ohio State Journal. f War and Free Trade "War is Hell," but job-destroying, home-wrecking, happiness-demolish ing, comfort-killing is Free Trade. Free-Trade taxes home industry to make up for the present it hands to foreign industry. Why not. reverse such an un-American scheme? The South has some able statesmen, but they hamper their usefulness to the nation by hanging to the old, rot ten hulk of Free-Trade. How much better It is to support the government on Protection wages than be compelled to keep the pot boil ing from the savings out of past wages? An empty Treasury is a Banquo's ghost 'hat rises up and confronts th® present Free-Trade administration. The Free-Trade Tariff has proven a dismal failure as a revenue pro ducer. It permits 71 per cent, of our Imports to come In free and thus makes our shores the dumping ground of the products of foreign cheap labor, which gives a bllck ey« to our own workmen. —The American Economist,