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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
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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.
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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
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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.