8 FLOOD CONTROL IS NOW CONSIDERED Pittsburgh Commission Pre sents Its Plans to the Governor Today Governor Brumbaugh to-itay asked a delegation representing the city of Pittsburgh, Allegheny county and the Flood Commission of Pittsburgh to submit to hint drafts for legislation to bring about co-operation between the city, county and commission and tho national government in the con struction of Hood prevention reser voirs on the Allegheny and Mononga liela rivers. The plan is to establish seventeen reservoirs in this Stale and in Maryland and West Virginia to im pound the flood waters, a project which will call for the ultimate ex penditures of $20,000,000. The sur veys have already been made through the work of the city and the com mission. The Governor assured the commission of his interest and asked that he be informed of the bills be fore the next Legislature meets. In the delegation were President J. P. Kerr, of Pittsburgh city council; Councilman J. H. Dailey, Chief En gineer X. S. Sprague; E. K. Morse, Morris Knowles, J. B. Eichenauer and W. M. Jacoby, representing the Flood Commission and County Commissioner Frank J. Harris. Governor Brumbaugh to-day ap pointed the following mothers pension trustees for Bedford county: Mrs. L. B Shaw, Riddlesburg: Miss L. D. Shuck, Mrs. A. C. Blackburn, Bedford; Mrs. E. L. Smith, Schellsburg; Miss Carrie Wagner, Hyndman and Mrs. H. Frank Gump, Jr., Everett. David H. Styer was to-day appointed justice of the peace for New Holland borough, Lancaster county. Twelve complaints against illegal operation of jitneys were filed with the Public Service Commission to-day by the Scranton Railways Company find four from the Allegheny Valley Railway Company. Both companies have filed complaints heretofore. The State Livestock Sanitary Board to-day ordered that all dogs in Dela ware county, Downingtown and Nantyglo boroughs be placed under quarantine because of outbreaks of rabies. The quarantine period is for 100 days and dogs must be kept pen ned up or muzzled. The board also ordered in Culnberland and Franklin counties for failing to regard the restrictions for prevention of the spread of hog cholera, in Lancaster, Chester and Somerset counties for violation of inter-State cattle ship ment laws and in Lancaster for sale of meat unfit for food. C. Sylvester Jackson of this city, was appointed a notary public to day. Governor Brumbaugh plana to spend the week-end in Philadelphia If the weather improves. None of the Important appointments was an nounced by him to-day. The State Board of Pardons has three Dauphin county cases listed for nexc week, being those of Mendel Gross. H. M. Gibson and Albert Heagy. The Thomas E. Patterson case from Cumberland and the Jacobs cases from Ferry are also listed. AVord was received at the Capitol to-day of the death of James F. Mor rison, secretary of the State Soldiers' Orphans' School Commission and one o flhe oldest members of the commis sion in point of service. Mr. Morrison had been ill at his home in Philadel phia for some time. He was one of the prominent Grand Army men of the State. SCHOOLS FOR SOCIAL CENTERS ARE URGED [Continued From First Page] ndopt the recommendations of the teachers' committee relrtive to vacancies and new places on the Cen tra! High School faculty staff. Miss Anna Williams King was se lected to succeed Miss Lorena G. Evans as instructor in German in the Central High faculty. Her salary will lie SBOO per year. Miss Evans, one of the oldest in the city's service will retire In the Fall. Other new teach ers elected to the Central faculty are: Misses Elsie Yount, $750; Pearl V. Elmer, $750; Eleanor C. Leonard, $750; Paul B. Smith, Joseph Leswing and Clarence E. Zorger, at $950 each. P. L. Hocker, principal of the Melrose school building will be transferred to the principalship of the new W. S. Steele building when it opens in the Fall and will serve at his present salary of $1,250. Edward D. Keiper will succeed Prof. Hocker as principal of the Melrose. • Some Ideas Most of the ideas to which Dr. Pownes gives hearty endorsement have been advocated from time to time by the Telegraph. One of the more im portant is the community center scheme. Dr. Downes has this to say on the subject: "I am heartily in favor of using our valuable school property to the fullest degree, but I am greatly op posed to using it at haphazard and without competent paid supervision r.nd direction. I hope the time will scon come when the board may find ways and means to inaugurate and develop this important work. "The fact that the schools are used for the usual school purposes but six hours a day, five days a week, and nine and one-half months a year, and that they are generally idle the re mainder of the time, is a convincing argument in favor of this present day campaign for open schoolhouses. "We have for a number of years brought this matter to the attention of the board. We have consistently contended that our schools are not adeo.uately used and that they might be made more efficient agencies look ing toward the education, the social uplift, and the general happiness of the community. I do not know that any member of the hoard has ever opposed the theory of these conten tions. The difficulty has always been financial. • "What is needed is expert supervision nmammamammsmmmmtmrnant Efficiency INCREASE the profits or your business by aiding your skilled help ers to make the best use of their time. Use the proper blanks, blank books, stationery and ad vertising matter. Get the right kind of deigning, engraving, printing »,nd binding at the right prices from The Telegraph Printing Co. Federal Square i' FRIDAY EVENING, ONLY ONE BRIEF IN HARDSCRABBLE Supplementary Paper Yet to Be Filed For Court in Con demnation Case With the fxceptlonr of a "supplemen tary" brief which Attorney George R. Barnett wishes to file, all the papers in the Hardscrabble condemnation pro ceedings are ready for the Court's per usal and It is the general impression in legal circles that the delay in submit ting this brief is naturally delaying an opinion by the court on the subject. Mr. Barnett salu to-day that he ex pects to file the "supplementary" brief within a day or two, and It Is expected that this will mean that Dauphin's judges will have the papers immediate ly after June Criminal Court is fin ished. Property owners in the section in question are eagerly and anxiously awaiting' a decision on the subject, as they arc rather at sea as to what to do with their properties, and practically ail of them hope for a decision before the lawyers and judges leave the city for their vacations. CITY BRIEFS —To Observe Rnrhers* Ony—Harris burg barbers will be In line in the ob servance of 'Barbers' Day" all over the country, June 26. Large preparations are being made for the affair by a com mittee composed of J. Burrows, R. Gamble, H. M. Beard, Harry Poison and James Fesley. The committee is made up of Journeymen, which will have mem bers of the master association as their guests that night. A reception will be held in Maennerchor Hall, in North street. Held On I.nreenjr Charge. J. H. Given, Wallace street, was held for court at a hearing before Alderman HJlton, yesterday afternoon, on a charge of larceny, preferred by Daniel Kline. MePARLASiD TO SPEAK ,T. Horace McFarland, president of tho American Civic Association, will ad dress the members of the Harrlsburg Academy of Medicine, Friday evening. June 23, at 8:30 o'clock, on "Play, Health and Prosperity." HARMSH TO TAI.K Leray Bowers Harnish, State super intendent of the World's Purity Federa tion, will speak in the Duncannon United Brethren Church, Sunday even ing, on "Leper Spots.'" and direction, and this means not only funds sufficient to employ a competent person to take the whole matter in charge, but enough to supply trained assistants, to provide facilities in the various centers for the education, rec reation, and amusement of those at tending." Manual Work in Grades Upon the subject of manual train ing and domestic science in the gram mar grades Dr. Downes discusses these needs at some length. "There ought to be courses in at least woodworking, cooking and sew ing in the grammar grades. Should it be decided to provide for junior high schools In connection with the general high schools plan now being devtsed by the board, facilities will then doubt less be provided for pursuing these subjects in connection with the junior high school plan now being devised high schools are not to be established, the work should be inaugurated at an early date in the grammar grades as at present organized." Wants Physical Director What Harrisburgs school system really needs in tho development of physical education, in Dr. Downes' opinion, is a general physical super visor. Incidentally discussion of the physical educational problem suggests the superintendent's views on the mili tary question. He says: "What is really needed is a director of physical education, whose duties would include the supervision of the athletic activities of the entire school system and the direction of physical education in general. An investigation would indicate, I think, that such an officer is a part of most city school systems. "During the past two years the ques tion of military training in the schools has received considerable attention throughout the country. While many advocates of such training may be found,.a still greater number, doubt less, may be found who believe that the best contribution to preparedness that our schools can make is a system of physical education that will lit the youth of the country for such tests of physical endurance as would be re quired in actual service. To my mind, our schools cannot neglect at least this much looking toward our nation's safety. "A few weeks ago the president of the board suggested that the work of physical education should begin with proper ventilation, temperature and sanitation in the schoolroom. To this I heartily subscribe, and I hope that these important matters may receive the attention which they deserve." Training Schools The teachers" training school ques tion is touched upon as follows: "It has been our custom, since the establishment of the teachers' training school, to supply the needs of the dis trict in the elementary grades, as far as possible, from tne list of graduates of this school. By tnis plan it is prac tically impossible for graduates of state normal schools or other insti tutions, presumably as well equipped as our own school for preparing stu dents for the profession of teaching, to secure employment in Harrisburg. "I believe that fome plan can be devised that will protect the interests of the training school and at the same time offer opportunities for the best candidates from without the city school system. My proposal would be to reduce th»> number of admissions to each class of our training school, ap proving applicants in the order of their general excellence until the pre scribed list has been reached, ahd to admit outsiders as needed, after the training class list has become ex hausted. in the order of their merit, as determined by competitive exami nation." Would Beautify Buildings The Telegraph window box cam paign is suggested in the school super intendent's recommendations relative to beauttfication of the school grounds and buildings. On this subject Dr. Downes says: School Benutification "It is a fundamental principle of school government that physical en vironment has much to do with a child's development and may even have an important bearing upon his conduct and character. The entire spirit of a school is oftert changed by changed surroundings. A schoolroom should be as bright and cheerful as the best of homes, and an example in cleanliness and attractiveness to the poorest of them. There is no reason why a school yard should not be as well kept as a public park, and no rea son why the interior of the school building should be any less attractive and stimulating than the interior of a well-ordered home. We refer here to clean floors, dustle3s benches and pol ished windows, as well as to fresh paint and decorated walls. The Returns "Anything that will eventually be done to make the school environment more agreeable and attractive will bring manyfold returns for the pains taken or the money expended." In discussing the high school ques tion Dr. Downes shows by a table that the percentage of pupils who attend the high school is Increasing each year. During the year Just closing nearly 13 per cent, of the city's entire orudent body attended the high schools. ISLAND CAMP OPENS JULY 5 [Continued From First Page] \ J ' ' * S • MISS KATHERINE M. SMITH Re-appointed Reservoir Cooking Teacher camp Mr. Sourbter win nave entire charge and chaperones who will have no part in the athletic worn for the girls, will assist in the girls' camp. Miss Smith who has been re-ap pointed to teach at the Reservoir cooking school Is a graduate of the j 1916 class in domestic science at Drex- j el Institute, Philadelphia. She was ai member of the 1913 class of Central I High School. Open Season Monday With the exception or the bath- ] house guards, all the recreation and ] playground instructors have been se- I lected and announcement of the ap pointments was made last evening by I J. K. Staples, supervisor. The season will be formally opened | Monday and the Reservoir cooking J classes will start Wednesday. Sep- j tember 1 will be Romper Day. All ! the instructors will meet with Mr. ' Staples at 8.46 o'clock Monday morn- j lng in the city council chamber. The Instructors The instructors follow: Green and Forster, Louis K. Shaf fer and Margaret B. Cover; Marion i and Calder, George Potter; North and Cowden, Martin E. Miller and Helen Robinson; Fourth and Hamilton, Mar- | garet Johnson; Fifth and Emerald. Leslie Hall and Olga Meloy; Sixth and ' Hamilton, Anna P. Harris; Race and J Vine, Daniel E. Burkholder and Hat- | tie Weidenhammer; Seventh and Kel- j ker, Frank L. Gipple; Fourth and i Peffer, Margaret May and G. Dixon Garner; Seventh and Cumberland, j Anne E. Zudrell and Dorothy Steele; i Reservoir Park. W. E. Strawinski and Evelyn Joyce; Thirteenth and Sycamore, David M. Heffelfinger and Mararetta. Dougherty; Twelfth street, C. W. Britsch, V. Cordelia Brennaman and Mark C. Braxton. Sewing instructor, 'Jane Balthaser, cooking instructor, Kathryn M. Smith; Raffia instructor, Esther Bren neraan; Reservoir Park tennis court keeper, Floyd Keener. RAILROADERS TO VOTE ON STRIKE [Continued From First Page] to discuss further their stands on this J point, but when they met the men they I not only refused to make a specific of fer covering the compensation rules, but advised that their differences be submitted either to the Interstate Commerce Commisison or to a board of arbitration to operate under the pro visions of the Newlands act. The men declined both offers and the decision to take a strike vote followed. The leaders and the 500 delegates of ! the four brotherhoods of trainmen, en gineers, firemen and conductors who at- i tended the conference decided on the ! necessity for the strike vote at a secret meeting following the break. A. B. Garretson, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors, , announced later that the ballot will be drafted and distributed to all railroad men, whether members of the brother hoods or not, before the '•lose of next week. The canvass will consume at 1 least three weeks, the leaders agreed. 5 and before August 1 the result will be j known If the men vote for a general ! strike the leaders will return here and i again present the demands of the men i 'o the railroads In an effort either to j "ain their demands In full or a com promise offer without the necessity of putting the strike actually Into effect. | S»y Water* AVnnld Re Reduced Elimination of the "double compen sation rules." the railroad men contend, would not only impair but limit their I earning power. It would wipe out wage ; Increases that the men have fought for j and gained during the last twenty-five years from individual railroads and systems, they assert. The monthly re muneration of certain engineers would be reduced by $75, they claim, while • ertain firemen would suffer cuts aver aging $.lO to S4O per month. Under the present rules, the men state, an engineer or brakeman, for ex ample, now receives pay wor two full days for performing a duty other than that prescribed in his class of work witl'ln one working day of ten hours. Under the railroads' tentative compro mise offer he would receive pay for only one day and eiirht hours and the new I overtime rate for overtime, no matter j what the varieties of duties assigned I him. Tech High Seniors Given Diplomas by A. C. Stamm Fifty students of the Technical High School received diplomas last night at tl c annual commencement exercises in the School auditorium. The pre sentation was made by A. Carson Sttmrn, president of the school board. Dr. John L. Stewart, of Lehigh Uni versity, spoke to the graduating class and highly commended the Technical High School. E. O. Russell Lowry wat valedictorian of the class and Charles S. Gerberick salutatorian. The auditorium was decorated In black and gold, class colors; potted plants and flowers. Dr. Charles B. Fnger, principal of the school, an nounced that beginning with this year, senior members of the school or chestra will be given medals. Daniel Roberts, saxophone player, in the giaduating class was the first person to receive a medal. May Shipments of Anthracite Shipments of anthracite for May, 1916, as reported to the Anthracite Bureau of Information at Wilkea- Barre, show that the business recover ed somewhat from the low point of 4,528,784 long tons In the preceding month of April, but was still 407,060 tons short of the record of May, 1915. The shipments last month amounted to 5, 547,899 tons, an increase of 1,019,115 tons, or 22.4 per cent over April, and a decrease as compared with May, 1915, of 407,050 tons, or 6.9 per cent. In spite of the smaller tonnages for both April and Mai' as compared ylth the corresponding months In 1915, the total shipments for the first five months of 1916 show an incre*.se of 915,309 tons over the preceding year, the shipments being 26,869,381 tona in 1916, and 27,784,690 tons in 1916. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ▼ VVVVVVVVVWVV Tf TTyyT'TTTTTffy?'W WV V * T"^ 1 : © You Pay Less For Better Quality at Miller&Kades ® \ ► There's m Wealth of Charm and Practicability * Besides Introducing Furniture Styles That Are Unusual In the Display of ' ; Miller & Kades FURNITURE ; ► i ► There is an added grace in form and elegance of No matter what room you desire to completely fur- < ► finish about our furniture and contrary to the impres- • nish or replenish, that is if furniture of durability is < ► sion it makes, you'll find the prices are not a bit ex- wanted, comparison will instantly convince vou that < ► horbitant. _our furniture is the right sort. 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