8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HAMS Founded iSti Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACK POLE, Pris t and Editor-in-Ch>-/ P. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STYEINMETZ, Managing Editor. * Member American Newspaper Ptib t Ushers' Assocla- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania AssoclfV Eaatern office, Has- Brooks, Fifth Ave- Brooks, People' 9 Gcs Bunding, CbV. Entered at the Post Office In Harrlfta burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week: by mail, $3.00 a year in advance. Snorn dnll.v nvrragr circulation for the three month* endlnit May 31, 11)10, ■JT 22,189 it Thene flsurcM are not. All returned, Untold and dnmnged copies deducted. MONDAY EVENING. JUNE 12. I thank Thee that I learn Not toil to spurn; With all beneath the sun It makes me one; — For tears, whereby I gain Kinship with human pain; For Love, my comrade by the dusty ways, I give Thee praise. —Emily Read Jones. HUGHES AM) FAIRBANKS A FTER a week of leaden skies and the muttering* -of Impending storm the mists rolled away at Chicago on Saturday and a new day dawned for the Republican party and ' the nation as a whole. The nomination ' of Justice Hughes, the "conditional"! declination of Theodore Roosevelt and the ringing response of the new stand ard bearer constitute a chapter in American history than which there are few brighter. As the political atmosphere clears it becomes more and more evident that I great wisdom was exercised in the ' making of the ticket. While the rad ical element of the Progressive party insisted upon the nomination of | Colonel Roosevelt and no other, the, consensus of party opinion was in ! favor of a selection which would not further estrange the Progressive voters, but -would still represent the more conservative attitude of Republicans ! generally throughout the country. I From the very start of the convention I extreme care was exercised at every stage of the proceedings. Leaders of both -wings of the party realized the importance of a real getting together for the defeat of the incompetent ad- j ministration at Washington. There j was no bitterness at any time. Stal- I warts were ready to concede even the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt in the interest of party harmony. Progres sive leaders were likewise willing to take up a candidate other than the militant and dominant spirit of their party. With peace and unity in view, both factions labored throughout a strenuous and trying week. When it became evident that the pressure from within and without was toward Justice Hughes, the leaders no longer could resist, the manifest senti ment of the party, and as the final conclusion of the whole matter gave the predestined nominee a unanimous vote. Of course, the Progressives, resent ful over the failure of the Republicans to nominate Colonel Roosevelt, de clared they would oppose any other candidate, and in spite of the hint from Sagamore Hill placed the stand ard of their party in his hands. There appears to be little doubt that Colonel Roosevelt will make definite his "con ditional" refusal to lead the third party movement any farther. He un derstands quite well that a further division of the party would mean the perpetuation of the Wilson experi ment. He will hardly risk responsi bility so serious. Indeed, it would be difficult to find any reason why Colonel Roosevelt should do other than heartily support Mr. Hughes. His one reason during the convention for withholding ap proval of the nomination was that he did not know where the Justice stood on the great questions of national pre paredness and Americanism. Mr. Hughes has left nobody in doubt on that score—or on any other of the big issues, for that matter. His statement accepting the nomlnatlqn Is so vigor ous and clear-cut on the national prob lems so near to the Colonel's heart at MONDAY EVENING, ' this time that they might easily have been written at Sagamore Hill. More than that, Mr. HugAes was chosen as the Colonel has protested a presidential candidate should be chosen—by the delegates and not by the leaders. He made no flght for support. Not for a moment did he drag the United States Supreme Court in the mire of politics. He was drafted to make the run against his own de sires. If ever an office sought a man, this Is the occasion. A careful study [Of his career discloses that his state ment on Saturday is merely a concise review of convictions he has had tor many years and which he is on record . as having expressed on numerous oc casions. Not one of the views therein so vigorously set forth is new wit* Justice Hughes, and al! of them are In strict accord with the Roosevelt i tenets. While yet too close to the Chicago outburst to properly appraise the real attitude of the Progressives, it is be lieved that a large majority of those j who have been the consistent and enthusiastic supporters of the Colonel i will accept his view of the situation I and line up behind the Hughes! | standard. It was not an easy matter to adjust I the differences between the radicals on | both sides, but the feeling of those who are in close touch with the wider and more important matters of party control is that substantial reunion has been achieved In the nomination of Hughes and Fairbanks. Justice Hughes had nothing to do with the deplorable division of 1912, and this fact renders abortive and Im possible any opposition to him upon the ground that he is a representative in any sense of the interests, political | and otherwise, which have always been denounced by the more violent supporters of the Colonel. In short, the selection of the ticket, after care ! ful and conscientious deliberation, has , met with the approval of men of all factions everywhere. It is a disappoint ing outcome for the Democratic bosses, who had hoped the party disruption might go on. They realize now that a continuation of the "policies" of the Wilson regime will be terminated ! within the next few months.' Of course, as in every great national j campaign, there will be those theorists | who will decline to accept the judg- ! ment of the majority and find, instead, j an outlet for their activities under some , special banner of their own choosing. This has always been so, but the comparatively few leaders who still persist in a third party movement will find themselves In a woeful j minority when the battle alignment is | made. Justice Hughes and his colleague, ! Mr. Fairbanks, represent the safe and sane policies of the. American people I without regard to party. They are not the selections of bosses or groups of Individuals banded together for the promotion of their own selfish in terests. They meet the expectations of a great political party and suggest the rededication and the reconsecratlon of j the nation to the principles of Lincoln 1 and the great train of statesmen who have followed him. It is altogether a happy solution of a most difficult party problem. The work of the Chicago convention marks a new epoch in the history of the Re publican party and it will have the approval of a vast majority of the voters. A brighter day has dawned for the American people. One of the outstanding features of the Chicago convention was the common sense attitude of the one-time ultra radifal Mr. Perkins and the readiness with which ' the usually adamantine Senator Penrose went half way to meet him. GOOD BASEBALL IF the proposed New York State base ball League team will give Harris burg good fast baseball it need not fear for patronage. Harrisburg dem onstrated last year, when an Interna tional club that could not make ends meet in a bigger city was placed here merely for the purpose of increasing gate receipts, that it will turn out in large numbers to see the game played well. It is not up to the city, it is up to the management and the players. If John K. Tener is really supporting the new HarrlsKurg New York State League team, then we believe it will be a success here. The ex-Governor always was good at picking winners. Over in China a certain Mr. Ma seeme to be wielding a great deal of influ ence, which just goes to show how dif ferent China really is. Over here it is Mrs. Ma who Is Influential. You know It is not too late to put up flower boxes. The florists still have plenty on hand and flowers are cheaper now than a month ago. "Strawberries are not so good this year as last," says a York county cor respondent. If they were any better we'd founder. "Peace and Prosperity" is to be the Democratic slogan. The only trouble is that with the coming of peace we're not going to have prosperity. After a few more scraps with those Canadians, maybe the German desire for trouble with the United States may not be so keen. Canadians are Ameri cans, you know. The dog-catcher who gave a little New Jersey girl her dog the other day because she cried Xor it was a better man than he who framed the dog pound ordinance. If neighbors knew how nice the little boy's dog next door really Is on better acquaintance there never would be any dog-catchers. 'Pe.KKOij&rcuua the Ei-Committeeman The result of the Chicago conven tions in Pennsylvania will be that the meeting of the Washington party Mate committee will be still further postponed and that there will be a gradual disintegration of the Armaged don hosts within the Keystone Com monwealth. State Chairman A. Nevin Detrich said yesterday that he did not know when the committee would be called and was engaged in a very apparent effort to get a line on the inner thoughts of the delegates and alternates and boosters of the party from this State. With exception of a few radicals the sentiment of the Pennsylvanians who attended the comention and who voice the party sentiment was that there should be nothing done until the National com mittee decides whether the Colonel sbculd stick. The general belief among the Pennsylvanians at Chicago is that the Colonel will line up with Hughes when "satisfied on some points." In that event they will go along, while the radicals will go off by themselves and continue the party of protest on an orbit that will probably be like that of the Greenback and Populist parties of recent erratic memory. The bulk of the Bull Moosers will go quietly along with the ticket. —Penrose men are thoroughly .pleased over the results of the con vention and declare that notwith standing what may be said to the contrary the Senator was a big fac tor in the nomination of Hughes. T hey claim that the Brumbaugh-Vare people did not scent what was going i on and that by the Governor's urging of delegates to turn in for Roosevelt he made an error. Congressman Vare, however, says that he was the factor in getting the Keystone votes for Hughes. As a matter .»of fact Governor Brumbaugh did not leave Roosevelt until just before the third ballot, although he had been asked by I- rank H. Hitchcock to swing in. —The Pennsylvanians are taking great credit for the part they played in_ the Fairbanks nomination and Mr. Wanamaker reecived many telegrams on Saturday at Chicago. —Many people will regret that the serious illness of Jere S. Black, the \ ork Democrat, will prevent him from attending the national convention at St. Louis. He was the leader in the Democratic vote and a very popular man. „ —Loudly heralded as the special of the reunited Democracy the train bearing the Keystone State party to the St. Louis convention passed over the Western State line last night with the Pittsburgh contingent on board. A. Mitchell Palmer appeared to be the whole thing, leader, chairman of this- and that subcommittee, conduc tor, basrrage master and other things. Thi special was joined here by Dele gates W. L. Gorgas and E. M. Biddle, Jr., Henry Opperman and O. J. Men from central counties also mobil ized here and boarded the train. Every nov arid then the train would stop to allow a statement about a reunited party to be put off. The Democrats are making much fuss over the dele gation to St. Louis and hope for bet ter things than happened at Balti more. —The Republican special passed through here yesterday with the Philadelphlans' cars and several men from this section left it here. The Republicans spent some time in Pitts burgh yesterday and a couple of them missed the train. —One of the jokes on the Republi can special train was the discovery that some of the men who sat in the Chicago convention had received votes for delegates on the Prohibition ticket. This was notably true of the Berks-Lehigh district. —Louis Emery, Jr., the McKean county independent, was the big sub scriber to the Progressive war chest on Saturday before the news came that the Colonel was undecided. He gave SIO,OOO and William Fiinn of fered $5,000 as did Gifford Pirichot. H. D. W. English gave SI,OOO. After the convention ended the Pennsyl vanians were game and said the sub scriptions would stand. Mr. English was indignant that the Republicans did not take Roosevelt. —Alexander P. Moore, the Pitts burgh editor who moved to make the Hughes nomination unanimous, voted foi the Colonel to the last ditch. So d<d Charles L. Brown, Philadelphia judge and William Potter, former ambassador to Italy. Mr. Brown's vote was especially irritating to some of the Brumbaugh people who had claimed Roosevelt as their own. —C. H. Rowland. Clearfield Con gressman and A. H. Gaffney, Kane delegate, were the official entertainers of the Keystone delegation at Chi cago and gave several fine dinners. Mr Emery was the chief dinner giver to the Progressives from this State, one evening having a party of 100 which was a lavish entertainment. —The vote for Burkett for Vice- President given on Saturday in the Coliseum was cast by Harry K. Daugherty, of Mercer , a former legislator. He is a personal friend of the Nebraskan. Governor Brum baugh would have liked to have had his old school friend. Governor Frank B. Willis, of Ohio, nominated for Vice-President, but when he saw the drift to Fairbanks he joined the crowd. —Among the suffragists who were in Chicago most of the week watch ing the treatment of the suffrage planks were Miss Hannah J. Patter son. Mrs. Frank M. Roessing, Mrs. J. D. Miller, Pittsburgh; Mrs. George B. Orlady. of Huntingdon, and Mrs Downing of Philadelphia. Ex-Secre tary of the Commonwealth Robert Mc- Afeo and George E. Tenner of Pitts burgh, were also there for the con vention sessions. Pennsylvania papers regard the-platform adopted as one of the strongest in years and claim that it will not only meet all desires of radicals, but that it places the Democrats squarely before the nation on the issues. Senator .George T. Oliver ,of Pittsburgh, was the Penn sylvania member. The Pennsylvania delegation was not strong on standing on chairs and yelling. Its members were mainly subtantlal business, pro fessional men and officials. The man ner in which the delegation set through the cheering storms impressed a good many people. FROM JOY TO SORROW By Win* Dinger Democrats were joyous When they got the word From Chicago telling Just what had occurred. Hughes and Teddy running, Things seemed pretty soft For returning Wilson, Hopes all went aloft. Then along came Teddy, Stating he'd not run. If Hughes satisfied him— Democratic fun Soon gave way to sorrow— Now they're feeling blue Out there in St. Uoufs, Don't know what to do. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH — » When a Feller Nee . By BRIGGS yT HE'S MAM A'S GREAT Bl<s BOO'ful BOV HE IS— MAMA'S AKJ66L PET- |||||||zS. Jy?' HE'S <SOIrJ6 OUT / * N,D Plav WITH THF }/ ® oYS - MAMA'S W *-^ r ~ _. -• " TELEORAPH PERISCOPE —There is an unconfirmed rumor that President Wilson would rather not have accepted Justice Hughes' resignation. —One thing is certain, the Colonel has not Increased his popularity in Democratic circles. —"Billy" Sunday tells Kansas City It is a "hell hole," for which choice bit of information and others in kind, Kansas City will pay the "Rev. Billy" some- $20,000. -—Somebody "pussy-footed" when it came to our Fourth of July celebra tion. —Charles Warren Fairbanks got back to the old job more quickly than his erstwhile running mate, and didn't use up half the energy. "I Am Out of Politics" [From New York Sun.] No, Colonel Roosevelt, you are not out of politics. Yoi? have not quitted the unique position your abundant vi tality and intelligent ambition have created for you. Nor do you want to quit it; and if you seriously harbored a desire so to do, your neighbors in forty-eight 'States, two Territories and the island possessions of this Union would not permit It. You will continue to participate In the domestic and international affairs of your country with undiminished force and vigor. Your lively interest in the problems that perplex your fel low citizens will exercise an irresisti ble fascination for you, to which you wi'l yield without false pretence and without reluctance. Your inspiring curiosity and philosophic disposition will compel you to activities Involving the consideration of political matters, the condition of the nation, the poli cies of parties and the idiosyncracies of individuals, and you will not be per mitted to withhold the fruits of your observations and cogitation from a public that since your first appearance among its counsellors and leaders has shown no sign of wearying of you. It may be in your mind that thirty four years In the public service is enough for one man. Of certain indi viduals this might be true. Of you It is not. If it were, you would be ap prised of that fact from without; you would not achieve the Information from within. We are aware of the fate that awaits those who deny your statements. But this knowledge does not deter us from contradicting your declaration that you are out of politics. In this in stance, we are better Informed, more capable of arriving at a correct Judg ment than you are; and you will admit it soon. Newspaper Waifs. [From the Boston Transcript.] Belle—"Marie married a genius." Mil lie—"You don't mean it?" Belle "Yes. but she has talent and can sup port him."—Judge. At the races.—Mother—"Tommle, vou ought to let your governess have the fleldgiasses first." Tommie "Why, mother! you know you said she was to look after me."—Life. "When I don't want a man's attention and he asks me where I live, I say in the suburbs." "Ha, ha! Excellent; but where do you really live. Miss Brown?" "In the suburbs, Mr. Short."—Atlanta Journal. THE SWE FROM Dflf TO C^Y Fifty years ago Baron William Henry Steigel died and stipulated in his will that "one red rose annually in the month of June forever" is the pay ment for the plot of ground on which stands Zlon Evangelical Lutheran Church In Manhelm, wlitch the baron founded. William H. Earnest, the Harrisburg attorney, made the pay ment this year, ar.d Miss Annie L. Boyer. of Harrisburg. a descendant of the baron's, received the rose. • * • To-morrow at Olympia Park, near ,McKeesport, will be held the now ( THE ENGINEERS' RESERVE By Frederic J. Haskin \ J THE hardest of all military posts to fill In a time of emergency is that of an officer in the Engin eers. It takes a long time to train a soldier, and longer still to train an of ficer of the line. But as for making a man into an engineer—it simply can not be done in less than years, un less you take .an engineer to start with. It is this fact that makes the big preparedness movement among Ameri can engineers of first importance. The trained technical men of the United States are one of our biggest military resources, once they are put in a posi tion where they can be called on when needed. The engineers have set out of their own accord to learn something of the military side of their business, so that they will be ready in case of war to do the work that has to be done. The European war lias shown the Importance of the engineering arm more clearly than ever. The Ger mans have always laid stress on this branch, and went into the conflict well supplied with engineering- companies; yet since the war began the propor tion of engineers to total troops has almost been doubled. It is easy to see where field engineers are essential, |in a war of trenches, of bridges quick ly built and destroyed, of big guns jcontinually being moved and dis counted, of mines and counter-mines, I of wire entanglements and bomb-proof | dug-outs—a war, in a word, such as all modern war bids fair to become. In any sort of a war worth men tioning. the United States would have to call for half a million troops, wheth er these troops were actually called upon for active service or not. At present. It is estimated that the strength of the engineering troops should be about six per cent of the to tal strength. Thus the army of half a million would call for thirty thou sand engineers, and these thirty thou sand engineers would need twelve hun dred officers. At present, the army possesses about 240 engineer officers, and only a few more than half of these men are engaged in actual military work. The rest are employed on gov ernment projects such as the Panama canal, which call for a high degree of engineering skill, but are really civ ilian engineering work, except for the small portion dealing with the con struction of works of defense. The engineers' preparedness move ment had its beginning in New York. The engineers' work as a rule is such that he lives, or at least makes his headquarters in a big city. Hence the <dea as it spread, went from one met ropolis to another, until the list now includes such places as Chicago, Pitts burgh, Philadelphia, Detroit and Buf falo. The latest recruit is San Fran cisco. About one-fifth of all the engineers n the United States either live or have their headquarters in New York. The headquarters of the national en gineering associations—the civil, me chanical. mining and electrical engin eers' societies—are also located here. Thirty-five hundred men are enrolled famous picnic which J. Denny O'Nell, prominent local option advocate of this State, gives every year for the 8.000 scnolars and teachers of the McKeesport public schools. The an nual affair has become a firmly rooted tradition In the minds of the McKees port folk. • • • Sharon Is In the midst of a prize birdhouse building contest which has aroused great enthusiasm among the bird lovers of that active community. If we could understand the bird lan guage, no doubt we would sit in at some interesting conferences met for the purpose of expressing gratitude to the kind-hearted people who make their homes for them. .* * * One of the features of the coming convention of the Associated Adver tising Clubs of the World that will meet In Philadelphia in a few weeks is the water pageant on the Schuylkill river, when 800 canoes are registered as escorts. A beautiful display' is assured. jtJNE 12, 1916. in this city alone for the lectures, readings and conferences on the du ties of a military engineer. J Like many another of the prepared jness movements whlcji are sweeping the country, the project had for Its basis the idea of making known a | need that would confront the country |ln case of war. The engineers took up the scheme with an enthusiasm jthat surprised even the men who con jceived it. The lectures which were jlhe first step in the program were de ilivered under the sanction of General (Wood, who himself addressed one of the meetings. General Wood asked j for an assurance that at least a hun- Idred men would attend the first meet ing. Over two thousand were pres ent, and It was necessary to turn sev en hundred away from the doors. The training given the engineers consists in a series of lectures on mili tary engineering problems, the sugges tion of useful reading along the same lines, and a series of conferences on the works thus read. Besides this, hundreds of the men are actually drilling, with the intention of attend ing the next Plattsburg encampment. They would like to have the govern ment arrange for a special encamp ment for engineers, as the Plattsburg camp comes at a time when most en gineers find it impossible to leave their work in the field, but so far this has proved impracticable. The lectures are delivered by staff officers of the army and engineering corps, who man age to find time for the extra work in addition to their regular duties. In the short time since the project has been under way, seven lectures nave been delivered, covering many of the problems that an engineer en counters in the field in time of war. It has proved necessary to give each of these lectures three times over in or der to give all the men who want to ?. ear , tl ?« m a chance to attend. As for the drill work, theleadersof the move ment are confident that a thousand en g neers would turn out in this city alone if an encampment were provided at a time when their regular profes sional work was not too pressing irnlnL"."" 1 .!' 0 /' 8 , of tne engineers and trained technical men in any big citv comes as something of a surprise to anybody who has never investigated i° n '» * The city of New York employs about four thousand engineers mtmlo?n»i P WOrk " Flfte en hundred municipal engineers work on the sub way alone, exclusive of hundreds more employed by private contractors As an instance of what a. reserve corps of engineers could do in time of war the vital question of the defense of New nm-miinf 0886 ° f i invaslon arises as a pertinent example. The defenses are of course already elaborately planned ? n PaP", covering a line more than a hundred miles long. i n an gency, civilian engineers who had taken the necessary training and studv such as the engineers of New are giving themselves to-day, could take over those plans from the army ensin eering corps and see that they yyere carried out. leaving the regular armv men free to go with the troops [ OUR DAILY LAUGH 1 Man who Wf bull<s alrcaa will buy cold TM 1H Ji Waff \ C*A»U» WOW The e r a d 1 e manufacturer la naturally out for tha rocks. |B,£T : T lEbttttitg (ttljal Captain Frank E. Ziegler. member of the Dauphin county bar and one of the official court reporters, had hts hands more than full Friday aft* noon at the first annual picnic of the Dauphin county bar association at Inglenook. One of the features of the enter tainment program was a rifle and pistol target match. Some of the lawyers, most of them In fact, hadn't handled rifle or revolver for years and i ears not since the days when they ?h« t «,M >a £ r ?TI w,th a flobert or used tn « K . "bull dog" and blanks ° C J e ~ bra te the advent of Independ ent they j° ined la the gen vn?v r ' a,s . with both rifle and re fill- I 1 much Kusto. Incidentally* ••If*. *I la r' <Bm anshlp showed the re- Bniin passage of the years sans £ ms practlce - The shooting, as ? e ex P ec ted, was just a trifle erratic to say the least. r-r,vL nd ap T ta ' n Ziegler, commander of Company I, Eighth Regiment, N. G. f»U, Waß ?, offlcl al "inspector of small nnT„r ra £H C u e - Hl " Job was t0 wa tch and mark the "hits!" • • • „* A .F? ropos of the flrst annual picnic ot this same county bar association members who saw President Judge George Kunkel play ball realized to their secret amazement that the pre siding jurist of the county Is some ining more than a mere "fan." When the game was organized Judge Kunkel was one of the flrst to shed his coat, i . t sleeves - and heft a bat. Additional Law Judg<» McCarrell, it is true, dldn t actually get into the game but he offered sage, kindly and Instructive advice to the president P' aln baseball language Judge McCarrell, so admiring mem bers of the bar have it, helped wonder fully in "coaching." • • • Ab°ut all folks have been talking about In the streets, in the offices, in the- elevators, street cars and railway trains—and yes, even in the churches Sunday—is the Republican conven !L on V J road o great ammunition for the barbers and Saturday morning in a six chair barber shop a keen listener would have found all six barbers talk- Inr convention to the chaps on the chairs. • • * City police this year have forgotten all about their thin blue shirts and littic bow ties, which were the favor- Hen last year about this time. Cool damp weather during the last few weeks according to several of the downtown traffic officers, makes "the blue coat with brass buttons," feel mighty comfortable. One or two of them even went over to the side of the Berks county weather prophet who predicts cool weather all sum mer and declared that they do not ex pect to get a chance to discard their coats. Charles T. Fleck, desk officer at the police station, is up to more tricks thfese days, since the red and pink roses are in bloom. Nearly every day "Charlie" brings in a bunch or has seme given to him and when a stray child is picked up or a visitor admires them "Charlie" begins his little trick, lie has a small piece of tin and a bit of sulphur. Lighting a match, the desk officer melts a drop or two of the sulphur on the tin and then holds a red rose over the fumes. The process bleaches the rose partly white if not continued too long. In the course of a morning, "Charlie" has a large as sortment of roses with a big variety of beautiful tints. Try it. • • * Notwithstanding the fact that many of the veterans who will attend the annual meeting of the Middle Division Veteran Employes Association in this city next Thursday, travel on passes, they seldom get away from their home towns. According to one offi cial of the association there are on his list of acquaintances no less than fifty pensioners who get away from home once a year, and then to attend the reunion. They have passes, good anywhere between Pittsburgh and New York City, but prefer home circles. One veteran, according to reports has a pass that takes him anywhere and boasts of two trips each year, one to the reunion and the other to visit relatives in Philadelphia. They spent so many years on the trains they are tired of riding. • • • "While not officially reported, it is understood that A. Wilson black, a retired Pennsylvania Railroad pasenger conductor, and past commander of Post 58, G. A. R., will be one of the delegates to the National Encamp ment of the G. A. R. at Kansas City. Conductor Black, while not a dele gate, has been prominent at Grand Army encampments. He is also a popular man at other conventions ana has a record of having visited nearly every State In the United States. In railroad circles he seldoms misses an annual meeting of veterans, and -will be one of the prominent pensioners at the. big gathering in Harrisburg next Thursday. Some of the foremost colored men In the country spent almost a week in the city attending the centennial ses sion of the Philadelphia A. M. E. con ference, in the Bethel church. This conference is the oldest in existence, and leaders of the colored race ap peared here to make addresses on big: church campaiKn plans. Among these were Bishop Evans Tyree, of Nash ville, Tenn.; Bishop W. H. Heard, of Philadelphia; the Rev. R. C. Ransom, of New York City, editor of the A. M. E. Church Review, one of the fore most colored religious papers in the country; Or. B. F. Watson, of Wash ington, D. C., secretary of the Gen eral Conference Church Extension Society; the Rev. B. B. Wright, Jr., of Philadelphia, editor of the Chris tian Recorder; the Rev. George W. Woodson, dean of the Payne Theo logical Seminary, Wllberforce, Ohio. With the forming of a Community Forum in connection with the work of the West Shore Firemen's Union which is under way by the firefighters, residents of that section will have a Kood opportunity to assist in the up buidlng of that community. The forum according to preliminary plans will mean better schools, better safety appliances, better roads, and many other minor helps, which the district Is badly in need of. Should this pro* ject go through, the move In actio*, new by the school boards of that se* tlon in the Central High would be greatly benefited by ri;' assistance of the new organization The plans of the Forum would not ** the least conflict with those of *.J»« boards. A Central High School for tK* West Shore looks brighter every The promoters of the plan are greatly encouraged over the move now under way by the firemen. WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB * LEARNED OF THE CITY [Questions submitted to member* of the Harrlsburg Rotary Club and their »nswers as presented at the organiza tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."] How are officers and employes of the city chosen and dismissed? By the City Council. Some Do; Some Don't [From the Toledo Blade.] Our own confidential advice on plan ning a picnic lunch Is not to wear white Sants. —Ohio State Journal. He remem ers the blackberry jam of yesteryear.
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