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SPECIAL SCHOOL
ACTIVITIES PUT
ON NEW BASIS
John H. Brickley Elected Su
pervisor by the
Board
By electing John H. Bricklev, :i
Technical High school and Lehigh
University graduate, as supervisor
of special activities, the city school
board yesterday approved another of
the reorganization recommendations
made some time aco by Clt'v Super- •
intendent F. K. Bownes. Mr. Brick- j
ley will come here in September and I
will have charge of all special school .
work, social center and community J
activities, parent-teacher meetings
and any other special club work.
His salary will be $2,000 a year. Mr.
Brickley was graduated from Tech
nical High school in 1911, and later
from Lehigh, where he has been en
raged since 1915.
The dismissal of Prof. H. A. Lei
big, instructor at the Technical High :
school, for pro-German tendencies,
was approved by the board.
The success of the school for
stutterers and stammerers conducted >
by Prof. O. 11. Ennis, was reported.'
fll the directors showing an interest
In the results which were obtained.
It was suggested that one of the city,
teachers should be trained to con
tinue this work so that in case any!
other pupils were found to be suffer- !
Ing from impediments of speech they
could be given special training.
A fund of SSO to purchase music'
for the schools was appropriated.!
and It was also decided to purchase
h new piano for Technical High'
school.
The recommendation of Purchas-,
Ing Agent Frank C. Foose to award:
the contract for book covers to the|
Holden I'over Company, was approv- j
ed. Mr. Foose also stated he Intends!
to purchase supplies for the various i
school laboratories, domestic science!
| Young People
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sum with unfailing regularity in this institution, i |
which assures absolute
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tcrest, compounded three
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SATURDAY EVENING, hahrisburg TELEGRAPH ' FEBRUARY T6, t^l&
J kitchen and Technical High school
; lunchroom by monthly contract.
Railroad Demands to Be
Closely Scrutinized;
New Eastern Committee
By Associated Press
Washington. Feb. 16.—Proposed ex
penditures of railroads for exten
sions and improvements this year
' I will be carefully scrutinized by tech
nical and financial experts of the
railroad administration before being
approved, according to a plan an
nounced yesterday by Director-Oi n
eral McAdoo.
One of the first steps toward par
ing down individual railroads" estl
. mates and rearranging the program
for capital expenditures is the ap
pointment of a committee of railway
; f-ngrineers to investigate eastern
; | roads' proposals.
The eastern committee consists of
: Francis Lee Stuart, a New York en
i gineer, chairman; A. T. Hardin. New
j York, chief engineer of the New York
I Central; A. C. Shand. Philadelphia,
chief engineer of the Pennsylvania,
and H. A. Lane. Baltimore, chief en
gineer of the Baltimore and Ohio.
The railroad administration plans
to consider every proposal for ex
tensions and improvements in the
light of its necessity under war con
ditions. In some cases railroads are ,
1 said to have proposed insufficient
extension of facilities, particularly in
terminals, and the Government man
agement probably will insist on
i building of many additional tracks
i in yards, construction of new shops,
I roundhouses and repair stations not i
planned by the private manage
! ments.
: Y. M. C. A. PLANS RECEPTION
A reception will be given to the
new members of the Y. M. C. A. in'
) Fahnestock Hall next Tuesday night, i
Special features of an interesting
and entertaining program are being l
arranged, and. in addition to the,
hundreds of new members, there will |
be a large number of the old mem- 1
bers present. It is expected that,
' the crowd will be the largest ever
I assembled in the building. All the;
, departments and rooms will be open..
i and new members will enjoy every |
privilege. Following the program, j
II efreshments will be served.
FRENCH-SPEAKING
GIRLS WANTED
U. S. Plans to Send Corps of
Telephone Operators
"Over There"
■'Parlez vous Francais?" askj
Uncle Sam of the women who are
• to operate his army telephone sys-,
•, terns in France, and he doesn't
1 simply take "oui" for an answer.
. The prospective military operator
i must have a great deal more than a
smattering of French: she must be
able to speak it fluently, and she is
■ given tests over the telephone which ,
1 immediately indicate whether she j
is capable of holding up her end of
a conversation in native French. j
Uncle Sam wants to have his tele
phone system in France operated,
by the most efficient operators in
the world, and that means by
American young women. The Sig-1
: nal Corps have asked the telephone j
companies in the United States to)
secure these "switchboard soldiers" j
, for them.
Just because you are or have been
a telephone operator, dou't think;
i that you therefore can easily se.
cure a position in this expedU ;
tionary operating force. The first
and fixed requirement is an ability i
to speak and read both French and j
• English fluently and be able to j
1 Understand readily French spoken
over a telephone line. The Ameri
can telephone system in France not
; only links General Pershing's head
, quarters with various points of mili
j ta'-*- importance, but it also connects
directly with the French government j
| telephone system, and so unless your I
I French is very, very good, do not'
' consider yourself a qualified appli
cant. •
j Knowledge of switchboard is also j
1 necessary, but if you do not have |
(-this knowledge and if all the oper
i ators needed are not obtained from j
! those already having experience, yo'i
may be accepted without previous
experience and given the necessary |
; training by some telephone com-1
pany.
There are already a number of
women in training for this force. •
They are given special training at!
local, toll and private branch ex- i
change work and spend a certain
>ime at a cantonment central otlice!
to become familiar with certain of j
the features of military operating.
Therefore, if you can handle the'
French language as well as you do ■
; the English and are dependable, re- '
sourceful and able, if necessary, tj '
' go it on your own," as the soldiers j
say when the tide of battle compels j
prompt, individual action to meet a '
serious situation, then by all means
apply. Nearly a hundred young
women have already been selected
and .judging from them, this unit
! will meet with all those require-1
ments and be one of the most dem- i
ccratic and truly representative i
American forces sent abroad.
In every respect these young worn- '
en will be soldiers coming under j
j military restrictions at all times. :
1 The pay will be S6O a month for op
erators. with corresponding rates
for supervisors and for chief oper
ators, in addition to which allow- !
ances will also be made for rations j
and quarters when these things are
not provided by the Army.
PLAN ENTERTAINMENT
| The best cooka In the city will be j
there, at the big vaudeville and dance!
oqpttoMonday evening, in Chestnut I
Street Hall given by the Central j
i Branch Emergency Aid for the bene- |
' fit of the soldier boys in camp. The j
J entertainment is a double affair, for |
, the chicken-and-watlle supper will i
be served early as 4.30 In the after- 1
noon, continuing until 5.30. The
vaudeville show will get under way'
: at precisely 8.30; this to be foi- ■
lowed by dancing. The officers of
the aids who have this jubilee night l
I in charge are Miss Bertha Zedricks, 1
Mrs. A. H. Cuffln. Mrs. H. Smith, I
j Miss Ethel Fields, Miss Annie Potter
■ and Mrs. G. Callahan.
FOREIGN TRADE
CUT TO GET SHIPS
FOR SOLDIERS
Half Million Tons of Shipping
Commandeered For
War Needs
! Washington, Feb. 1G. —The Presl
; dent yesterday assumed absolute
control over the commerce of the
country by placing: all foreign trade
under license of the war trade
board.
The primary purpose of the two
; proclamations by the President re
quiring licenses for all imports and
exports, is to conserve shipping in
| order that tonnage now engaged in
trades may be withdrawn for the
trans-Atlantic service for war re-
I quirements.
Embargoes on imports are to be
! ordered by the war trade board and
| the outcome will be curtailment of
| industrial activity. The board has
been preparing for the President's
action for more than a month, and Is
; ready to put its program into imme
j diate effect.
The trade with the Orient is ex
| pected to be the first affected, and
| there was strong Indications that the
: silk mills would suffer heavily. The
I imports of wool also may be reduc-
I ed very substantially, it was stated
i last night. The importation of essen
| tial ores from South America will
continue, but the ban is to cover all
' manner of commodities which might
I be classed as luxuries or which are
I not immediately essential in the pres
ecution of the war.
The War Trade Board made no
' announcement of the restrictions
j to be placed on import trade and it
is not likely to do so, as the policy
of the board is to issue licenses for
j exports and imports as cases arise
| without issuing any blanket rule to
I cover all commodities under all con-
I ditions. It was intimated the em-
I bargoes would not be ordered at
I once.
The extent to which the board is
i expected to go in the restriction of
| imports is indicated by the fact that
j Chairman K. N. Hurley, of the Shlp
j ping Board, hopes to withdraw 500,-
! 000 tons of shipping from the im
| port trade and to put it in the trans
| Atlantic service.
Will Feci K fleet Immediately
Otticials of the board admitted,
, however, that industries dependent
| wholly or in part on imports may be
j expected to feel the effects of the
! orders, and the nation's export trade
jis to be immediately under the
; thumb of the boafd.
Trade agreements with neutral na
tions have been under consideration
j for many months, having been start-
I ed before Vance McCormick, chair
| man of the board, went to Europe
j with the House mission in the fall.
I Satisfactory adjustments have been
| made with Switzerland. Denmark
t and Holland, but sharp hitches have
occurred in the negotiations with
Spain and Norway.
The War Trade Board will seek
! under the new system of licenses to
prevent American products reaching
i South American houses which are
.suspected of trading with Germany
or her allies. It is generally known
! here that the War Trade Board has
extensive information on the connec
| tions of many such concerns.
The American exporter will be re
! quired to send his products to the
I points approved by the board.
Officials were silent as to the ex
' tent of domestic industrial curtall
; ment, but it was learned that the
policy is to follow lines of luxuries!
I first and nonessentials thereafter. Itj
is admitted that 500,000 tons of
; shipping cannot be withdrawn from !
, trades, and devoted as extensively as
i possible to the transportation of raw
; materials for war purposes, without'
1 cutting deeply into manufactures.
8010 Pasha Appeals From
Sentence of Court-Martial
Paris, Feb. 15.—8010 Pasha, who
was convicted by a court-martial of ,
. treason and sentenced to death, has i
appealed from the verdict to the j
Court of Cassation.
! 8010, much to his surprise, was
j dressed in prison garb and taken to j
| the death cell on his return to Sante
I prison. He passed a restless night,
| but was apparently hopeful that the
decision might be reversed on appeal.
■ He said to the guards:
j "I am perfectly tranquil. I have
a thousand grounds for appeal."
One of these is supposed to be the
allegation that a witness for tho
prosecution was seen during a recess
j in the trial in conversation with the
president of the court-martial and -
the government counsel.
Bolo's first inquiry yesterday
morning was whether t.is neighbors
in prison had been informed of the
j verdict. He was told that Joseph
j Caillaux, former Premier, was aston
| ished at his conviction. There were
i many callers at the prison, but none ;
was admitted, as 8010 w*.i sublected ]
I to strict prison regulations and was
constantly under the eyes of the :
! death watch. He was handcuffed
when taken out for exercise and \
! when brought into court.
Hawaiians Decide to "Eat
Bananas and Win the War"
New York, Feb. 16.—"Eat bana
nas and win the war" has been]
adopted as the slogan of the Hawai
ian Vigilance Corps of the Amer
ican Defense Society, it was an- j
nounced last night. The "bananst'
consuming propaganda committee"
of the corps has sent to headquar->
ters of the league here a statement;
i advocating wider use of the fruit.'
The committee contends that not:
only are banunas cheap, but that
| they provide more actual food for'
! the money than fresh vegetables,
fruit, fish, meat, eggs or milk. They
can be eaten as a fruit, cooked as a
i vegetable, used as a salad, or dried
and made Into flour. The assertion
is made that thousands of bunches
now are rotting on the ground in
j Hawaii.
S. T. H. S. SOCIETV MEOTS.
At the meeting of the 8. T. H. S.
Literary Society on Thursday night
the subject for debate was: "Re
solved, That Military Training
Should a Part of the Curricu
lum in Secondary Schools." The
speakers on the affirmative side
were Estella Richards, Mae Rowe
and James Roberts; on the negative
side. Zella Rebuck, Sarah Beck and
George Gruber. The negative side
won.
Members of the society contribut
\ ed to the entertainment of the eve
ning with "Drowsy Waters," song;
i recitation, Mae Rowe; essay, Emily
Miller: vocal solo. Sara Beck; read
ing. Virginia Palmer: recitation
j Myrtle Murphy: reading, Marie Ger
j hart; piano solo, Mary Van Dyke;
recitation. Honora Llneberg; cur
rent events. Virginia Palmer; address
T. O. Smith.
Grain Supply Is Cut Off
Breweries by U. S. Order
Owners of breweries all over the
country were of the opinion to-day
that the order of Herbert Hoover,
promulgated yesterday would result
sooner or later in closing all brew
eries. Hoover's dictum forbids mal
sters to purchase any more barley
or other grains for malting. There
is no malt producing establishment
in Harrisburg, breweries here secure
the commodity from Philadelphia or
the West. Many of them have enough
barley and other grains on hand to
supply tho breweries for perhaps
two months but after that if the or
der is not revoked, it will serve for
an additional war prohibition meas
ure. Brewers of Harrisburg to-day
said they could" not make out
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I whether Hoover has taken this stepj]
| merely to allow tho government a J
,! chance to take accurate census of I
Its grains or whether it will be per
: inanent and thus force the breweries
to close. j
l/ODGE TO MEET
A meeting of Dauphin lodge. No.!
, 2,456, Fraternal Aid Union nnd thej
I. O. H. will be held In the Grand!
I Army Hall in North Third street, i
; Monday evening. John I). O'Keefe
j and Frank E. Plutner will address
i the meeting.
! TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
II The public is cordially invited to
1 attend the anniversary exercises at
1 the Children's Industrial Home.
Nineteenth and Swutura streets, next
Friday afternoon, at 2.30 o'clock. In j
the morning of that day the board of j
directors will hold its annual meet-|
ing at the Y. M. C. A. ■
Belief of Big Naval
Fight Based on Finding
of Dead German Sailors
By Associated Prtss
London, Fob. IS.—Belief that a na
val engagement lias occurred la ex- |
pressed In a dispatch received In
Stockholm from Gothenburg and for
warded by the correspondent of the
Morning Post. The dispatch reports
tne recovery of a large number of
bodies of German sailors who appar
ently belonged to a warship.
Gothenburg Is on the western
coast of Sweden and Is near the
Skagerrak, one of the bodies of wa
ter connecting the North and Baltic
seas and the one nearest the North
sea. Thf North sea In the vicinity
of the Skagerrak has been the scene
of previous nuval engagements, the
great battl.o of Jutland having been
fought there,
Distinguished Orator
to Speak at Forum
Leslie P. Hill, Harvard graduate,
and one of the most distinguished
colored men In publte life will bo the
speaker to-morrow afternoon at tho
meeting of the People's Forum in
Wesley Church, Forster and Ash
streets. Mr. .Hill Is principal o£
Cheney Institute.
TO GIV1? OOSCERT
Tho Mason's Jubilee Singers will
give a concert In the St. I'aul's Bap
tist Church, State and Cameron
streets, next Thursday evening. A
program of old southern songs anil
melodies will be given by the sing
ers.