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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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