8 HARR!SP"TO TELEGRAPH A :.£■ . ..-sit FOR THE WiUB Founded ISJI Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PIU\TINO CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACK POLE. Pres't and Editor-in-Chi?f IT. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. SHEINMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American Newspaper Pub « Ushers' Assocla •ylvanla Assocl^S- Eastern office, Has- Brooks, Fifth Ave nue Building. New Gts Building, Chs« Entered at the Post Office In Harriot burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week; by mall. $3.00 -gagifctv- a year in advance. Sworn dally nvernge rlrrulntlon for the ttoree uiontli* eliding May 31, 1010. * 22,189 if These figure* are net. All returned, unsold nnil damaged coplea deducted. TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 13. Make up your mind what you want and then go after it, and keep after it until you get it. —John W. Gates. COLONEL HARVEY'S PROPHECIES IN his keen analyses of political con ditions and his prophetic con- | elusions regarding the thought and purpose of the American people, Colonel George Harvey occupies a unique position among the great ; editors of the country. In the May i issue of the North American Review Its brilliant editor correctly diagnosed the situation in its relation to the dis tinguished personalities involved in the speculation as to the Republican na- j tional convention, indicating the tre- | mendous trend toward Justice Hughes and the inevitable choice of theeem- t nent jurist as the party's standard j bearer. Upon the eve of the conven tion. in the June number of his maga zine, Colonel Harvey further empha sized his conviction by predicting the nomination of Justice Hughes upon V the second ballot. That was substan choice was not made until the third roll call. Thus the mantle of the prophet falls | comfortably upon the shoulders of the magazine editor who has established a remarkable record for accuracy in foreshadowing the outcome of political campaigns. With such regularity has he named the wihner since 1904 that political leaders must hereafter invoke his assistance in charting their course. Turning from the candidate whose selection has confirmed the correct ness of his vision, Colonel Harvey now says the main issue of the campaign this year is America: that all other issues fade into insignificance. Hear him: There is no exaggeration in say ing that this is the one supreme issue, the only one worth thinking or caring about in this year's cam paign. It is no question of this party or of that party; but of America. It is no question whether this candidate or that candidate is the most available: but of America. It is no question of this petty prin ciple or of that picayune policy: but of America. The question of robust, unwavering, unhyphenated and fully prepared Americanism is the one by which every candidate is to be tested in an acid test. It is the one upon which every party convention will be expected un equivocally to declare Itself. Colonel Harvey has justified his reputation as the country's leading po litical prophet and pre-eminerlt diag nostician. One statistician has compiled a list of fourteen questions upon which President Wilson has changed his mind since he was elected to the Presidency. The list does not include "pitiless pub licity," which makes the total at least fifteen. FOREST FIRE LOSSES REPORTS submitted to the chief forest fire warden for the year up to June 1 indicate that the IOES from forest fires in Pennsylvania this Spring will be considerably less than for the same period in 1915. But the figures are still too large, by far. For instance, the total area burned over by the twelve largest tires was about 57,000 acres. Think of it 57,000 acres of valuable wood land, the product of years of growth and not to be replaced for years to come, wiped out because twelve people were careless, for the forestry officials say that "as usual the great majority of the fires are caused by careless \ ness, pure and simple." It would seem that the for carelessness of that kind ought to be made punishable by long terms of im prisonment. No fine that could be collected would be sufficient to pay for the enormous losses entailed. Under the head of "Business Situation Reviewed," the Christian Sclenoe MonU tor says that "The business world lately has been somewhat agitated by renewed rumors of early peace." This is a pretty plain Indication that the business world has a due appreciation of the effect of the war on American industry. s TWO MILLIONS IN FEES IN the first half of 1916 the auto mobilists of Pennsylvania paid into the State treasury in license fees more than J2.000.000, This means that the automobile owners are pay ing far more than their share in State road taxes, for most of them pay an additional road tax on property. The Legislature did not deal fairly by the automobile owners last session. By a Juggle In the wording of the ap- TUESDAY EVENING, propriation bill the State Highway Department got far less than It should have received and the motor license fund becomes merely a part of the general appropriation, instead of being in addition to it. Next time the automobilists 'will know how to guard themselves against an injustice of this kind. Automobile owners have become a mighty army in Pennsylvania and legislators who value their jobs will be slow to trifle with them. In his history of the American peo ple, President Wilson describes the agi tation against Chinese in this country and says that Caucasian laborers could j not compete with the men of the yellow j race, who lived in such a debased man | ner and on such a small pittance. But j what difference does it make whether the American laborer must compete with the yellow man in this country or compete with him across the sea? Tear | ing down our tariff wall admitted the | products of Chinese labor, and other | cheap labor, to compete with the pro -1 ducts of the high wage labor of ! America, and the President helped to I tear down the wall GOOD WORK TIME was when the college boy, "working his way through," had hard sledding indeed. About [half of his school year he spent worry j ing over an effort to get a "job" where by he might not only keep himself during the summer, but at the same time might lay up money to help tide him over the following winter. The announcement of the State Bu reau of Employment that it has posi tions for more than 1,800 young men and women for the vacation period, shows how conditions have changed. This is a great work the Bureau is do ing. The college student who wants work during vacation Is usually a ser ious-minded, earnest boy or girl whose services are well worth having In any one of the numerous lines that de mand efficient help during the vaca tion period. If the Bureau had done no more than this it would have justi fied its creation. BREAKING DOWN" CIVIL SERVICE THE last great Democrat to grace the White House, Grover Cleve land, thought "A public office is a public trust." In 1903, Senator Bay ard, a distinguished Democrat of Dela ware, describing the conditions which made necessary the development of the civil service, said: No man obtained an office except he was a violent partisan, and the office was given to him as a reward for party services: Rnd so things went on until the offices generally were filled under that system—a system which is; absolutely fatal to the integrity of republican institu tions, I care not what party or under what name It may be organ ized and carried on. But the Democratic statemanshlp—■ to use a questionable term—of later years, Is of a distinctly different brand. Not only do Democrats raid the merit system with an effrontery never equaled before, but in 1916, they bold ly step forth and boast about It. Congressman Thomas of Kentucky, a Democrat who has served in the last ' four Congresses, states, with not a word of censure from his Democratic colleagues: I am utterly opposed to this so called civil service or merit system, except, perhaps, in the departments in Washington City. I believe that a Congressman knows more about his district than any civil service commission that ever existed. I be lieve a Congressman is better quali fied to name the postmaster and rural route carriers in his district than anybody else. So I am against the whole business. Call me a spoilsman if you wish, but I am one of those Democrats who believe that to the "victor belongs the spoils," and I believe there is a competent Democrat in this country to fill every office in it. Immediately after this unworthy denunciation of the civil service by Congressman Thomas, the Democrats rose in their might and defeated a proposal to place employes under the proposed shipping law in the merit system. Woodrow Wilson by his unprece dented number of executive orders, has set the pace in the Democratic as sault on the merit system; but Presi dent Wilson, while committing the fault, vet defends the principle. Mr. Thomas, who has not had as wide an experience in diplomatic usage speaks out bluntly, and expresses the real at titude of Democracy. Surely times have changed and Democrats have degenerated since the days of Cleve land and Bayard. "CANNING" PROSPERITY AS an instance of the indirect ef fect of the European war on the prosperity of our industries, that of the canned goods industry may be cited. The war has boosted the price of sugar from two and a half to three cents a pound higher than nor mally. Canned goods dealers depend on this fact to seriously curtail the amount of fruit put up by the house wives of the country who will conclude that it is the part of economy to buy the commercial product rather than go to the trouble and added expense of canning at home. The direct effect of the war on this industry is shown by the fact that our exports of canned fruits increased about 300 per cent., comparing the seven months, August, 1915, to Feb ruary, 1910, with the seven months Just previous to the outbreak of the war. This is another sample Dem ocratic prosperity. Down in Louisiana a solidly Demo cratic State Senate adopted a resolu tion reciting that "under the leader ship of the President of the United States. Woodrow Wilson, and of other patriotic citizens, the people of our country are being awakened to the necessity for adequate preparedness." Leadership. Indeed! Many, many months aftr other patriotic citizens had been demanding adequate preparedness, President Wilson was making speeches declaring that we had not neglected this essential. Woodrow Wilson was a mighty poor follower in the prepared ness movement. In fact, the only par ticular In which he has demonstrated leadership was in the smashing of the planks of the Democratic platform. He has led all other citizens, patriotic and otherwise, in that. We're beginning to revive our faith in June weather. UW 'PowwOijCtfCUua Sy the Ex-Commltteeman Organization of the campaign for Hughes and Fairbanks and the elec tion of a United States Senator, Con gressmen and Legislature firmly Re publican, will be undertaken by Sen ator Penrose and State Chairman Crow in Philadelphia in a short time and it is planned to make it very ef fective throughout the State. The Democratic campaign will be started as soon as National Committeeman Palmer and State Chairman McLean return from St. Louis. The Progres sive or Washington campaign is de pendent upon the decision of the Sage of Oyster Bay. The bulk of the Pro gressives throughout the State, not withstanding some local efforts here and there to show otherwise, are in clined to follow the Roosevelt lead, although many will vote for Hughes and work for him regardless of what may come from Sagamore Hill. Wil liam Flinn has put the brakes on the Progressive organization until he gets word from the Colonel. The general endorsement of the Chicago ticket and platform is being interrupted by some typical Philadel phia claiming of credit for swinging the State delegation for Hughes. The Penrose men say that the Senator did it, but the Vares claim the flag. The continual claims are becoming tire some to the rest of the State, which is satisfied with the ticket and in clined to praise every Pennsylvanian who had a hand In it. The great bulk of the State Republicans are not in terested in what this or that man did to hold the Roosevelt strength or to line up the delegation for Hughes any more than they are in what date State Chairman A. Nevin Detrich may pick for the Bull Moose State com mittee to meet. —Bedford county's Republican county committee held its annual meeting yesterday at Bedford and re elected County Chairman Harry C. James, of Bedford, over Samuel Mul lin, who was rated as an antiPenrose man. The meeting was very largely attended and the Penrose men were in a big majority. The committee adopted resolutions endorsing the ticket and platform. The Philadelphia Democratic committee last night named Edgar C. Lank as temporary chairman and ad journed to light out some contests. —Morning papers say that betting in New \ork is favorable to Hughes and that George von L. Mever is out for the former justice. —Senator Penrose went to New \ork yesterday from Chicago and will be back in Philadelphia to-dav to take up local matters. p,m S « muel C, roth ers. Philadelphia tsuil Moose chairman, is said to favor coming out for Hughes. A number of eastern Democrats passed through this city last night on their way to St. Louis to attend the convention, in the trains being Phila delphians who had remained for the meeting of the city Democratic com mittee. Pennsylvania seems to have at tracted attention early in St. Louis. The delegation is at the Plaza, which has no bar, but has headquarters at , „. J .? ffersoni w hich is noted for its facilities for allaying thirst. J. Denny O'Neil, former countv commissioner of Allegheny county, is frivins - his fifteenth annual picnic to the children of McKeesport to-day. Last year the attendance was 45 000 ;and this year it will break records. : The picnic is the greatest affair of its ! kind in the State. Philadelphians and Pittsburghers of all walks of life ore quoted in the newspapers as endorsing Hughes and Fairbanks. The ticket seems to have been generally acceptable. . —Webster Grim seems to have been ignored by the Palrr-er machine In the line-up of the delegation at St. Louis. Mr. Grim was the Democratic candi date for Governor in 19X0, when some noted Democrats bolted the party and ran for delegate-at-large without per mission. The roller is rolling again. Walter J. Christy, writing from St. Louis in the Pittsburgh Gazette- Times, says: 'Mrs. Frank M. Roessing of Pittsburgh, first vice-president of the National American Woman Suf frage Association and chairman of'the National Congressional Committee is here directing the fight for a suffrA'e plank in the Democratic platform. She is being assisted by Miss Hanna J Patterson, of Pittsburgh, national sec retary, and a number of prominent women from all sections of the coun try. Mrs. Roessing says a delegation' of Pittsburgh women will arrive here Wednesday morning. Following is the plank the women want the Democrats to adopt: 'Believing that governments derive their just powers from the con sent of the governed, we acknowledge the right of women to participate in government and favor their enfran chisement'." —The Butler Citizen, the leading Progressive party paper in Butler county and a strong supporter M Colonel Roosevelt, in its leading edi torial yesterday morning declared for Hughes and Fairbanks, the Repub lican nominees for Fresident and Vice- President. The editorial says of Hughes: "The platform, the man and his declarations are broad enough, big enough and fair enough and American enough to satisfy all; and any men who ever laid claim to the proud title of the party of Lincoln, Grant or McKinley can all get together and make an aggressive fight for Repub lican principles and Americanism." The Burglar and the Pup The burglar, stepping across the cel lar, kicked something soft. It yelped, then barked ecstatically, as the Pup discovered a living presence in the lonesome dark. The burglar stuffed the little dog under his arm, and listened, while the pup squirmed up his chest and licked his chin. Except for the rasping of the little tongue on the stubbly chin, there was no sound. Dropping the puppy to the floor, the man began work on the house door. Behind him came the pup, flopping up on its fat little feet. Again the Burglar seized it, and again the pup licked his face. » "What'll I do with you?" whispered the man. "Go to bed, won't you?" The pup would not. "Let's have a look at you." The hurglar sat down, balanc ing the puppy on his knees. "You're just a little feller. It's a shame to put you in the cellar." The pup blinked and snuggled down. "I got work to do," objected the bur glar. He set the pup on the stairs. It protested, and was hastily picked up. The crying ceased. For some time the burglar sat on the stairs with the pup on his knees. Then, putting the sleep ing dog in a capacious pocket, the man set 10 work. Next morning, in the puppy's bed, they found the loot, and this note: "To pay for the pup. Tou don't know how to treat him." —D. Q. Applegate. in Life. Explaining a Note "Never had habit of note-writing." His letter to Harrlman was not a note, but an ultimatum.—New York Evening Post. Stands First In naval rank the United State* Is a poor third, with France and Japan rapidly shoving It into fifth place. But in pork and postofTtoes this nation stands first.—Chicago News, HA rrisburg i&fo TELEGRAPH '/ . r "\ t When a Feller Nee By BRIGGS I rNO ICHASOfc y' VoO CAM-f^oT / dFF Ybuß / f=LANNELS YET- \ / Tneße'Li., BE m \ / I some COOL. M \ TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE —There are indications that T. K. stands also for truly repentant. —Gerard may be punished for tell ing Europe that President Wilson stands for what all America hopes he advocates—the early end of the war. Secretary McAdoo wants a power plant erected in Washington where the smokestacks will disfigure the landscape, figuring, probably, that so far as he's concerned, he won't be there after the plant is built. —There's no danger of Bryan forc ing Wilson on the Democratic conven tion this year. —Recent happenings confirm the belief that Senator Smoot might with perfect propriety add an h to his name. Roosevelt and Hughes [North American Review.] "I have not expressed and do not in tend to express myself as being for or against any man," he declared as late as May 1. And three days later, allud ing to the World's assertion that in private cortversation he had referred to Mr. Hughes as "that Baptist hypo crite." he said flatly. " This is just us preposterous as if it had been said that Mr. Hughes had called me a Dutch Reformed dinosaur. One statement would be just as true as the other and just as ridiculous." Granting that this denial would lack conclusiveness if it could be shown thai the learned and discriminating Justice has in fact in stanced Our Colonel as a rare speci men of archisaurian reptiles with am bulatory feet, two-headed ribs, per forate acetabula and no interclavicle, of the Dutch Reformed persuasion, the point must be heeded that no evi dence to that effect has been adduced. What we do know Mr. Hughes said of Mr. Roosevelt, not in private conver sation to be sure, but in a public speech in 1908, is this: President McKinley, a victim of insensate passion, laid down his life, trusted and beloved by all the people. To the difficult task then devolved upon him, with the prob lems created by an unparalleld prosperity came a new leader, dear to the people's heart. He entered upon his work with courage and determination, and four years ago he received an overwhelming vote of popular confidence. For seven years, with lofty aim and uncon querable spirit, he has labored for the people, and to-day, by virtue of his sincere devotion to their wel fare, his valiant attack upon evil in high places, his zeal for the com mon interest, whether in the pro tection of the public domain or In insistence upon the freedom of In terstate trade, or in the mainte nance of high standards of adminis tration, or In the recognition of the rights of labor, or In the care of our natural resources, the forceful and representative leader is typified to the popular imagination in the person of Theodore Roosevelt. And he added, as if having in mind the very situation existing to-day, these significant words: The business of the great national departments has been In worthy and competent hands. The mention alone of Hay. Root and Taft suf fices to call attention to the honor able conduct of affairs in which all our citizens take Just pride. The dignity and honor of the nation have been maintained and trouble some difficulties have been ad justed with an access of prestige. And every American has been grati fied by the possession of world wide Influence attained by the President both by reason of his personal qualities and because of the distinction in our International relations of which he has been the head. While admitting that the imme diate question is not what Mr. Hughes thinks of Mr. Roosevelt, but what Mr. Roosevelt thinks of Mr. Hughes, the fact nevertheless is patent that Our Colonel could not easy put himself at loggerheads on matters of principle ( < NEW CLOTH FIBERS By Frederic J. Haskin j WOOL is now scarce, and a posi tive shortage of the fiber will probably exist within two years. This prediction has created alarm in the American textile trade, and caused scientists in all parts of the world to renew their investigations of the veg etable and mineral kingdoms for a substitute. Every time a man in the trenches discards his woolen uniform, it is burned and a new one supplied him. This is a tremendous tax on the pro duction of wool—a fabric that was none to plentiful when the war start ed. Fabrics of all kinds have been more " less affected by the war. The large flax fields of Belgium were wiped out just as the demand for linen in hospital supplies became enormous. Only cotton has survived the war strain with anything like an increase, and in this country even its production has been curtailed by the introduction of diversified crops In the South. Goat's hair and camel's hair have already helped us through a couple of winters and provide a possible answer to the problem. Camels and goats are not so numerous as sheep, how ever, so that the real answer must come from the vegetable kingdom. Nettles, pine needles, seaweed and the leaves and stalks of various plants are with one who held his own adminis tration in so high esteem. » * » ~ hen further he expressed the earnest hope that the delegates will nominate some man on whom all Re publicans and all Progressives can unite, he not only placed an im passable barrier 'before both himself and Mr. Root, but he practicallv left a clear path for only one man—Charles Evans Hughes. Theodore Roosevelt as President never did and never could render so great a service to his country as he is now rendering as a patriot. The evan gels of which he has become the fore most herald are neither fantastic nor dubious; they are true and splendid and are recognized as such gladly and gratefully by millions whose regard is priceless. That he would or will per mit impairment of this unique and in estimable possession through common self-seeking is simply inconceivable. That he would or will strive for the perpetuation of a government which he considers ignoble by conniving at the defeat of Charles Evans Hughes as a candidate for President on a plat form embodying the very "great and vital principles" which he himself is upholding so admirably is the acme of absurdity. OUR DAILY LAUGH find out whether a man is a molly. Call htm one to jggj hiß face and see jKfEk whether he'll jjl "" AT THE SHORE. She has a pretty I /V| And she hag a | I /\\ / J pretty face, % \/ \ B And she uses her V 7 ."I pretty para- Wlth quite ef- H iectlve grace. JUNE 13, 1916. being experimented with by European scientists in the hope of discovering a new fabric that will have the warmth, the impenetrability to dampness and the close, soft weave of wool. At present there are seven textile fibers on the American retail market, including cotton, wool, linen, silk, ramie, jute and artificial silk. Cot ton, the cheapest of these, has short fibers with a peculiar spiral twist which are adapted to spinning, but produce a fuzzy thread preventing lus ter in the cloth. This disadvantage is in part overcome by the mercerizing process introduced about a decade ago, which imparts to cotton cloth a luster seen in some inferior grades of silk. Silk is the most valuable of fabrics, owing to the length of its fiber, often over a hundred yards. While the mulberry tree upon which the silk worm lives may be grown success fully in the United States, the amount of hand labor required in raising and handling the cocoon precludes the probability of our ever developing a raw product industry here. In re moving the long silk fiber from the cocoon much shorter fiber is also de tached which is made up into a fabric known as "spun silk," having a some what fuzzy thread and without the [Continued on Page .1] THE STATE FROM m TO DM The acme of spectacular achievement will be reached at the coming "Ad." men's convention in Philadelphia, when a steeplejack will stand on the out stretched fingertips of William Penn, atop City Hall, and after a short dem onstration and confetti shower he will slide down a rope to the observation platform while men will gasp and wo men faint, no doubt. The publication of the Knit Goods bulletin is authority for the statement that the high price of Skirts demands that the bathing suits for girls this summer be cut higher and lower, at the bottom and top. respectively. More over, it is rumored that the price of silk stockings will go up, which we think is taking a mean advantage. A Uniontown 15-year-old driving a machine the other day turned aside to avoid a dog and killed a baby and possibly Injured the other occupant of the car so that she too may die. The State Is Just revelling in school commencements, than which there is no more serous time, proportionately, In the schoolboy's life. "Good old gol den rule days" are occasions for great reminiscing, whether the rule happened to be golden or merely hickory. "Wellsboro'g new glass factorv will blow in about September 1 with 250 hands." Well, that is emphatically pref erable to blowing up, and as for blow outs. *.hey may be confined to the auto mobilist and banquet promoters. Headline "Commissioners Discuss Bridge." Evidently these officials are getting their pleasure confused with business. - "How much are five-cent cigars?" was the inquiry heard across the counter yesterday from one of our most Intelli gent citizens who had heard that to bacco had gone up." Thus the Johns town Tribune makes famous among the originators of Irish bulls one of Johns town's sons. 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."] Is food inspection self-sustaining? The entire cost of food Inspecton i is covered by the amount recelvod I from licenses. 1 . I iEbpning (Eljal It is doubtful if any section of Penn sylvania can funish a greater variety of scarecrows than the fertile valleys of the Juniata, Cumberland, Lebanon and Susquehanna, known as the Sus quehanna basin. They are singular to this district, a geographical feature to speak. There is nothing like the traditional stick wearing the cast oft coat and the old hat. The stuffed figure of the stage is not to be found in the fields about Harrisburg. In stead the thrifty and Ingenious farm er of this part of Pennsylvania uses a nag, a plain ordinary flag. It may be the red of our Socialist friends or it may be the green flag of the railroad men or a plain white flag or the yellow of the suffragists, perchance. Anyhow, its a Hag. The flags are to be seen ii many fields and from all accounts thai can he learned over a fence or from a barnyard they are just as efficacious in scaring off the crows as the effigies which have furnished so much enter tainment for the cartoonist and pab ulum for the playwrights. In some districts there are high poles which have muslin squares tacked to them. Some have two or three flags, resemb ling the old style weather bureau 01 signals or the yard arm of a battleship asking the flagship for permission to shoct up the seascape. There are oth er flags fastened to bean poles or oth ers which look like those wielded by a [crossing watchman and which have ; seen better days. The farmers say ,'nat any wind will cause the flags to , wave and that the crows will shy off ithem quicker than they would an in animate tigure no matter how much it may look like a man. In other words the crows have become famil iar with the old trick of a figure in a field which does not move and have concluded that signals from flags mean danger. "If your country needed you in tima of war, would you ask to be excused from service because you were behind with the work of your office and want ed to catch up?" "Why certainly not, sir. Not In time | of war." ! "No? Well, tliis is a request of your country for service—in time of peace.' Is there any difference? Isn't it all service to your country?" "That little colloquy occurred yes-j terday morning at the opening of June quarter sessions between President Judge George Kunkel and an upper county juror who wanted to be excus ed from jury service because he was a "little behind in his work and want! Ed to catch up." 4 At the eastern entrance to the Mar-J ket street bridge a' youthful "extra'* gateman stepped out to receive the] toll from a couple of promenaders. "Notice that youngster?" inquired one of the strollers, nodding to the boyish gateman. "That's Sutch, the| Technical high school champion long distance runner." "So?" Yes, he can do a mile in, well in mighty wonderful time—What are yoii grinning at?" he broke off to ask. "Nothing much," grinned his com-j panion. "I was just thinking of the) chance a fellow would have who might! try to 'beat his way' by running across this bridge without paying toll!" i One of the difficulties in the countrjl districts in the Central High move on the West Shore, is the edu cation of the country lad. Many res idents of those districts say that the which they wish their offspring to become educated is farming. One of the strong points brought out against this by one of the promoter? of the move in a conversation is that when the country lad nowadays comes into the city he is termed a "rube" by lawyers, doctors and other city folk. "Why not send your young to a high school that is equipped with an agrl4 culture course and educate him in that' line with the lawyer, doctor, school! teacher and other prominent person^ l of the every day life? said he. if the, boy graduates with persons following more remunerative walks of life he will be up with the standard. Aftel i he has completed liisagriculture course he can return to the farm and.appl] his knowledge scientifically, ancl will be recognized by his fellow classmates in the city who are taking other positions, not as they saw him before but as one of their classmates, who is in the same position in the hall of fame as they are." Pennsylvanians who attended the Chicago convention are awaiting witH I interest a display of films of one of thq ! Griffith productions to be given in this city because one of the participants was Miss Marie Diller, who was sten ographer for the Brumbaugh head quarters In Chicago. Miss Diller spent ! over two and a-half years with the [Griffith people in Los Angeles and | took part In a number of productions, WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Levi L. Rue, the Philadelphia banker, is spending part of June at the seashore. —'Ex-Judge R. E. Umbel, of Un-j iontown. is one of the Democratic na tional delegates at St. Louis. . —Lieutenant A. E. Ahrends, United] States officer at State College, ha si highly commended the military work] of the class at the college. —Harry A. Mackey, chairman of] the Compensation Board, delivered ara address at the presentation of a flag aM one of the Philadelphia churches. —E. V. Babcock, nie Pittsburgh, lumberman, is being strongly boosted' for governor since his return from Chicago. DO YOU KNOW | i_ ' That Harrlsburg Is noted for the speedy repairs it makes to rail road cars sent here? HISTORIC HARRISBURG Harrisburg had a national con vention here in 1839 when William Henry Harrison was nominated. Finis • There is no reason to believe thai any of us will live to see the end of the war. At the present rate of fifteer feet slx-and-one-half inches gain pet day it will take the Germans a hun dred and thirty years to reach Paris, Likewise, at the same rate it will take the Allies some four hundred and twenty years to reach Berlin. So that at the end of five hundr