12 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH i. NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph Building, Federal Square E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER. Business Manager GUS. M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor A. R. MICHENER, Circulation Manager Executive Board J. P. McCULLOUGH. BOYD M. OGLESBY, F. R. OYSTER. GUS. M. STEINMETZ. Members of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub lished herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. A Member American rl Newspaper Pub _Ab*x-raJT lishers' Associa -1.-Jy tion, the Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn- Avenue Building. Western office £ 1 Gas Ruilding - Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post OfTice in Harris burg. Pa„ as second class matter. . By carrier, ten cents a week ; by mail. $3.00 a year in advance. THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1919 Endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.—2 Tim. 11, 3. AN EXCELLENT CHOICE DR. FINEGAN. chosen by Gover nor Sproul to be State Super intendent of Public Instruction, made a most favorable impression upon those with whom he met at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon yesterday. His address matched up 1 fully with all that has been written | and published of him. His reception was most enthusiastic and he will have the full co-operation of the people of Harrisburg in whatever plans he develops for the up-build ing of the public school system of Pennsylvania. His welcome yester day is only an earnest of what is to come in the way of public support for the constructive program it is, his purpose to evolve. Some of the newspapers of the] State have expressed surprise that ; Governor Sproul thought it necessary to go outside of Pennsylvania for an educator of sufficient strength and ability to reorganize the Depart ment of Public Instruction, but the point 's not well taken. There are many men in this State who would have graced the office and who would have done work above reproach. But the Governor, by going to New York for an appointee, gives full assurance that his choice is without political significance and that he is actuated only by a desire to give Pennsylvania the best school system that money and brains can develop. Also, he has brought new blood, new ideas and new energy into the conduct of' our public schools by the choice of a man of Dr. Finegan's caliber, who comes here free from personal obli gations or prejudices to do a big job in a big way. CThambersburg is about organizing a board of trade and the metropolis of the Cumberland Valley is certain to feel the impulse of development that invariably follows the getting together of the public-spirited peo ple of any community. Harrisburg has never been able to fully measure the substantial benefits that have been derived from the activities of a live Chamber of Commerce and the incidental co-operation of the ener getic citizens banded together for the public welfare. PRESIDENT AND BOOZE PRESIDENT WILSON has brought down upon his own head the wrath of the anti-liquor ele ment, who are intensely angry over his recommendation for the repeal of war-time prohibition. But the temperance people should not have been surprised. A glance at Wilson's career will prove con clusively that he never has been friendly to prohibition, but has al ways played close to the liquor in terests. His attitude on war-time prohibi tion is an illustration. Congress gave him power to shut breweries and distilleries early in the war. in order to save foodstuffs at a time when Wilson's own food administra tion Was telling us that the world was on the verge of starvation and when millions, of tons of coal were going into the making of booze thht were needed to heat homes and keep the wheels of industry turning. He declined to take advantage of this opportunity until forced to do so by public opinion, universally and vig orously expressed. Naturally, at his earliest oppor tunity, he drifts back to the defense of the bar room. Yet there are those who would have us believe that Mr. Wilson is a great and good man. actuated only by the highest principles and the purest morals. Harrlsburg is an exceptional city in anything that involves the generai working together of all classes „f our people for the upbuilding of the community as a whole. Men and women, as well as the girls and hoys, are ever ready to touch elbows in every movement having for its pur pore the Improvement of the city. Individual readiness also finds ex- _ If ' THURSDAY EVENING, pression in the constructive efforts of the several civic organizations, including the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, the Kiwanis Club, the Civic Club and other associations | whose common purpose is the push- I ing forward of every substantial in • terest of Harrisburg. GOOD NEWS CHARLES M. SCHWAB breezes into the dull atmosphere of stag nated steel mills like a spring j zephyr into a closed room, and with | equally refreshing results. With his | coming doubt and depression vanish j and in their places are confidence in I the future and a lively faith in the - | great iron master's ability to make ! his visions of prosperity and ex- I j pansion come true. Mr. Schwab's visit to Steelton yes i terday was worth thousands of dol ' lars to the people of this community. | His cheerful forecast of better days ! ahead for the steel trade in general i and for the local mills in particular I | will-have a stimulating effect on ; business throughout all Pennsyl- I t vania. And why should it not? Men follow great leaders without much question, and Mr. Schwab is such, i If Schwab, with his inside knowledge of world conditions and his un doubted ability to apply knowledge of the present to conditions of the future, has faith in'the midst of a period bf depression in the steel trade to spend his millions in preparation for a great revival of the Industry, less favored business men in other lines are naturally influenced in the same direction. It was foolish ever to have thought that Mr. Schwab meant to abandon or minimize Steelton as a steel pro ducing center. He would not have bought the Pennsylvania Steel Com pany's plants there had he not in tended them to be a part of his general scheme of development for the Bethlehem Company. Nor, hav ing them, would he have spent millions more In modernizing and enlarging them. From the very first he has predicted great things for Steelton and again he has set at rest the gloomy views of the pes simists by announcing further ex tensions for the mills that mean so much to that town. Mr. Schwab is always the bearer of good news. Both Harrisburg and Steelton hope he will make his visits more frequent Some of the tilings said of Mr. Wil son in Japan must make him wish his sedition law could be enforced in that country. Why not incorporate such a law in the League of Nations, so that the people of any member nation will be forbidden to say what they think of the Chief Executive of another? COMMUNITY HOUSES IT IS reported by a Now York committee of a Nation-wide character, that some four hun dred cities and towns in the United States have either made definite plans for the erection of community houses as war memorials or are seriously considering the proposal. Harrisburg has not yet come to the final consideration of its memorial in honor of the soldiers of the great war, living and dead, but this com munity may be trusted to give care ful consideration to the form which its memorial shall take. Obviously, the sentiment through out the country is increasingly hos tile to the stilted designs which have served as memorials of an earlier day. Communities everywhere are being urged to exercise care in the selection of those who will be en trusted with the duty of planning war memorials. It is pointed out in a recent dis cussion of war memorials by a lead ing municipal magazine, that where it is decided to erect a memorial the first step of the individual or committee having the matter in charge is to seek the advice of some one trained in the arts to act as an advisor and to confer with him in regard to the location and type of memorial and all other important considerations. An Interesting feature of thp pres ent drive for the Home Service Fund of the Salvation Army is the interest which "is being shown by the business community. Kx-Mayor Bowman is acting chairman of the fund and the expenditures "will all he made under the direction of a local committee. As the giving of the community has been placed upon more of a business basis since the war. there is an In creasing liberality which is believed to be due to public knowledge that the money given will be wisely ex pended. Having selected a supervisor for all the schools along the West Shore, our neighbors across the river are certain to see a marked improvement in their educational progress. Harris burg is greatly interested in all that concerns the welfare of the West yhcre communities. Inasmuch as these districts must eventually be a part of the Greater Harrisburg as. in deed. they are to-day. i fotiiZc*. in, "PutKOi^cuiia By the l£x-Committeeman Members of the Legislature are not taking kindly to the course that has been mapped out in regard to tho Philadelphia bills, which have held up legislation more than any thing else this year, and are inclined to be insustent that while the amendments agreed upon are being put into shape that the revenue pro gram be outlined and the appropria tion bills started. It is possible that some appropriation bills for hospit als may be started out next week to quiet the impulsive. The resolution for June 19 may be insisted upon and any attempt to extend it will be resisted in the House, although when it is realized that a close on the nineteenth means killing many bills, some may decide not to object when the roll is called. The situation is, that the Phila delphia bills are to be amended ac cording to the ideas of the commit tee picked out by the Attorney Gen eral, next week and that will bring the bills up for linal action after Decoration day. The only things not agreed on are the size of council and control of contracts. —The listlessness of the House yesterday, which was also noticeable the day before, was claimed by some observers of the Legislature, to be the result of the irritation of mem bers at the dragging along of the session and the fact that so many members of the House went home before 2 P. M., and prevented an afternoon or night session, was much commented upon. The House ac tually adjourned before the Senate for the week, the first time this session. —Opposition to the Hess bills, to remove the Supreme and Superior < ourts to this city, is being worked up among lawyers in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and some resolutions and other things may be expected in a day or so. The bills will he acted upon by committee next week. r —An odd coincidence is that Dr. Nathan C. SchaefTer, the late State Superintendent of Public Instruc tion, was a Democrat and held of fice most of the time tinder Repub lican governors. Dr. Thomas E. Finegan. the new superintendent, was also raised a Democrat, but does not work very hard at it. —Governor William C. Sproul, in discussing municipal legislation, late yesterday, said that what he was interested in seeing Philadelphia secure, was the right to regulate its own affairs and get a good work able charter which its people, if they saw fit to register and vote un der, could correct conditions which might be complained of. The Gov ernor said that he thought it a mistake to put on too many limita tions and that he did not expect the Republican organization in Philadel phia to be entirely satisfied with what was enacted. The size of coun cil, he did not regard as one of the essentials. The Governor said that he had not made up his mind about the bill to repeal the third class city non partisan law, but remarked that some cities had had experience un der it. He said that if he should sign the repealer, it did not neces sarily mean that he would sign a similar bill for second class cities. —ln regard to compensation amendments, one of the big propo sitions of the session, the Governor said that he hoped to see the com pensation bills now pending in the Senate, passed. There is decided opposition to these bills, which de veloped at the hearing. Tuesday, and which will be manifested more next week. —With the departure of Miss Eliza D. Armstrong, of Pittsburgh, bead and front of the campaign against the woman suffrage amend ment resolution for Washington, the fight against the resolution ends in the Senate as far as the "anti" or ganization is concerned. Miss Arm strong will take part in the national battle. The resolution, which passed the Pennsylvania House, is now in the Senate and it is believed that it will pass without difficulty. —"Wet" and "dry" leaders claim that President Wilson's recommen dation to lift the ban on the war time prohibition law. which was to go into effect July 1, would have no effect upon liquor legislation in the Assembly. While the liquor legisla tion has been shelved at the insti gation of Governor Sproul the lead ers of the opposing forces plan to try and force action. "I expect to call up my prohibition enforcement hill at a favorable opportunity," said John W. Vickerman, leader of the "drys" in the House. "It is going to be passed. The State will need such a law beginning next year no matter what Congress does." Rep resentative William T. Ramsey, the "wet" floor leader, also is optimistic. "My bill defining beverages contain ing not more than 2 3-4 per cent, alcohol as being nonintoxicating, is not affected in any way that I can see by the action of the President. My bill would not take effect until next year and I expect to call it up." Schools For Soldiers More than 200,000 soldiers in the American forces overseas are en rolled in the schools which the Gov ernment has established to equip them for better positions and wages when they return to civil life. To most of these young men these schools offer a greater opportunity for cultural and vocational training than would have been theirs if they had not entered the army. These schools are so graduated that they afford instruction in ele mentary subjects, academic courses and training in a great university established near Paris, and post graduate careers in the foremost French and British universities. While serving their country as sol diers, these young men may at the same time benefit themselves as stu dents. They are combining mental -improvement with physical well-be ing and wholesome discipline that will safeguard them from the evils of life in barracks. Reports to- jthe War Department show that these young Americans are testifying to their appreciation of the advantages presented to them hy their attention to their studies. Those whose commands are ordered back to the United States may apply for transfers to continue their edu cation. This is the first time in history that provision lias been made by the United States for the education of its soldiers.— the Scranton Times. Warship Worship Ended With her navy practically done away with, and with no prospect of being allowed to build it up, doubt less Germany will now give her at tention to something more truly constructive and forget ( her former growing worship of the' warship.— From the Boston Transcript. HARXUSBORG TELEGRAPH AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEEUtPt .... -J- ... ... 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