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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

"A-B-C OF Electricity" by william
H. Meadowcroft, is published this
week by Harper & Brothers. It de-
scribes clearly for the amateur the va.
rious ways by which electricity is OBJ
tained and how it is applied to pro
duce the useful results that we see
around u.s. 1t begins at the beginning,
with the explanation of the terms,
"ampere" "ohm," etc. Then come
explanations of a short-circuit, of the
important principle of resistance and
magnetism. The telegraph, wireless
telegraphy, the telephone, electric
light as used in arc lamps and incan-
descent globes, switches, electric
power and batteries, are all treated
clarity. "A-B-C of Electricity" is the
fourth volume published in the new
Harper's A-B-C Series.
"Pageantry." said, not long ago.
Constance Darcy Mackay, author of
the just-published book. plays of the
Pioneers" "is the new community art
of the twentieth century" Miss Mac
kay herself has recently been asked
to plan community recreations, in
cluding music and drama, for sew
eral towns in the West. THE desire
for drama" she believes, ''is certain
plays as well as to see them" While
many pageants need expert leadership,
there is q demand, she finds, for plays
which can be acted by schools and
communities that cannot afford such
directorship. So plays of the Pio-
neers' was the result of her effort to
fill this need.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
P. r. r. at San Francisco
BY Herman p. Miller, Jr., OF Harris
burg, Pa.

BY Herman p. Miller, Jr., OF Harris
burg, Pa.
NNE of the most interesting exhi-
bits that 1 saw at the San
Francisco Exposition was. that
of the Pennsylvania Railroad system
in the Transportation building. In
passing through this building the
other day. happened to notice two
red, familiar looking. railroad coaches
surrounded by signal posts similar
to those used on the "Pennsy." 1 i'm
mediately became curious to see what
this railroad had to show its visitors
and approached one of the large re-
lief maps in the exhibit.
Happening to ask one of the uni
formed attendants who was standing
nearby If there was any representa-
tive there from Harrisburg, I was de-
lighted to learn that it was his home.
He told me that his name was Samuel
passenger conductor on the run be-
tween Altoona and Harrisburg. He
and his wife are now living in San
Francisco for the Exposition period.
Mr.. Spengler kindly offered to
show me AROUND the exhibit and start
ed out by indicating the points of In
terest on the map of New York City,
He explained that the purpose of the
map was to show the method of en-
tering New York. 1t is wonderful
map showing on a table twenty-siX
feet square very realistic view OF
the city which can thus be seen from
all angles. The important buildings
were quite prominent, being illumin-
ated with small electric lights. The
light on the Statue of Liberty in the
harbor is said to be the smallest
made. In opposite corners of this
map are models of the Pennsylvania
Station in the heart of the city and
He'll Gate Bridge which connects the
city with Long Island. Mr.. Speng-
Ter said that this map always tickles
Californians because it gives such a
comprehensive view of the city.
The next object Of our interest was
a still larger relief map showing the
entire Pennsylvania System. This
map is forty-two by twenty-six feet
and is claimed to be the largest ever
constructed. 1t shows the country
from the Atlantic Ocean as far west
as st. Louis and from the Great Lakes
down to Washington. 1t was con-
structed according to the government
maps on a scale of one inch equal to
two miles so that one can easily rec
ognize the smallest geographical fea-
lures. The tracks of the Pennsylva-
MIA System are indicated by silver
strips and the junction points by silver
buttons. The important cities along
the road are named with their popu-
lation by small electric lights. The
capitals of the different States are in
dicated with blue flags and historical
points with small American flags. On
the Great Lakes can be seen the
boats of the Anchor Line" showing
their routes of travel.
From this map we went to inspect
the two steel passenger coaches near
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
THE LANSING APPOINTMENT

nREsIDENT WILSON has made a
wise choice in the appointment
of Robert Lansing to the post of
Secretary of State recently vacated by
Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Lansing is not only a trained
diplomat, a student of world history, a
scholar and in thorough sympathy with
American ideals, but he is conversant
with the present situation in all of its
phases. A new man, no matter how
we'll equipped for the place, would
have had many odd ends of the badly
tangled skein to pick up and in that
way would have lacked the thorough
efficiency which Mr.. Lansing brings to
the office.
Then, too, the appointment will give
encouragement to young men in the
service. Not always is it necessary to
go outside to. choose a man for head
of the department. Talent within
does not always have to content itself
with subordinate positions. This is one
of the most encouraging features of
the Lansing selection.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24

life. and the first step to real citizen
ship, that every illiterate immigrant
should learn to read and write so that
he can read American newspapers and
attend personally TO his business mat
ters: and that adults and children, ma
tive and foreign born be given civic
training in both evening and day
schools. so that everyone in our coun-
try will understand the functions of
our government, the principles Of
democracy and for what America
stands"
During the Flag Day exercises on
June IA. the schools of the country
largely furthered the movement for
Americanization Day and 1t may be
that the outpouring on July 4th will
be so inspiring that the idea, which Is
given nationwide consideration this
year for the first time. will be carried
to still further success with each sue
ceeding year.
In addition to the organized cele-
brations in the cities, neighborhood
meetings of the foreign-born are
planned in the smaller communities, at
which American employers or neigh
bors will be hosts. Hafrisburg's cele-
bration has been determined largely
by the bringing of the Liberty Bell to
the city, but organizations of foreign
born citizens might be invited to
participate in the parade that is be-
ing arranged in honor of the bell.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
GRANDFATHERs NOT so BAD

n MONG the numerous hot shots
IA President Wilson hurled at the
Republican party not long ago
was his remark that one of the prin-
cipal faults of that party was that II
Follows the advice of men old enough
to be grandfathers."
Although he is himself grandfather
to two children. he probably does not
feel so old. and sometimes forgets his
accumulation OF years and new rela-
tonships. Most of the young men
OF the Republican party have been
glad to take counsel of their elders,
whether grandfathers or not. Youth
for action. age for advice.
But recent events have doubly demon
strated the inappropriateness of the
Presidents criticism. w. ]. Bryan,
who was chosen as the President
chief counselor. although old enough
to be grandfather. is younger by sew
eral years than Elihu Root. who occu-
pied the same position in a Repub-
hcan administration. Certainly Presi-
dent Wilson's experience has not con-
hrmed his prejudice against the coun-
sci OF old men and quite likely further
reflection will cause him to change his
mend as to the incapacity of grand
fathers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
"ASIERICANIzATIoN DAY.

T<RIENDS OF the safe and sane"
method OF celebrating ought to
be pleased to hear that advices
from almost every quarter of the
country indicate that a widespread
enthusiasm has been aroused among
civic leaders over the plan to make the
Fourth of July this year an Amer
icanization Day." Mayors commit
tees in more than fifty cities. large and
small, have been appointed and have
agreed to carry out in part at least
the ideas of the National American
ization Day committee, whose head
quarters are in New York.
The idea, as already set forth in
posters and in instructive literature
distributed in mills and factories,
schools and colleges and civic and
commercial organizations, is, roughly,
to round up a great proportion of the
fifteen million foreign-born residents
of America on Independence Day and,
aside from the time-worn patriotic
exercises of the day. to Undue newly
naturalized citizens and aliens with
L means
to them.
The Americanization Day commit
tee evidently already has stirred civic
leaders. educational authorities and
employers, particularly, to a new
sense OF what the foreign-born popu-
lation means to America. The man
ner in which the Americanization Day
program will be carried out will vary
somewhat in the different cities, but
a large number of them will follow
the suggestion of the general commit
tee as to holding a reception to which
the foreign-born, whether citizens or
not, will be invited to meet their city
Of1cials and other prominent citizens.
Arrangements are being made in a
number of cities for the use of audi
toriums with large platforms, on
which the most recently added citi-
zens will have special seats of honor.
A special feature of the occasion will
he the recitation in unison of the
oath Of allegiance to the United
States. as the American flag Is un-
furled. Pageants and patriotic motion
pictures will be a part of the program
in some cities.
The United States Commissioner OF
Education, o. P. Claxton. who has is
sued an official circular endorsing the
movement, says that among the things
which the speakers on Americaniza-
tion Day should emphasize are: THAT
every foreign-spealklng person in
America should learn English by at
'tending the public schools. because
the English language is the master
key to American opportunities and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

w. C. Coffin. well-known Pitts
burgh steel man, has been elected
president of University of Pittsburgh
alumni.
e. F. Heffner, of Lock Haven, is
presiding over the meeting Of the
State pharmacists at the annual meet
ing.
&C. s. Hooper, of Erie. has been
elected q Nce-president of the ma
tional president of boiler manufac-
turers.
President w. II. Crawford, of AL
legheny college. was given gaNel
made of a stone picked up at Mt.
Sinai by friend.
j. M. Coughlin, member of the
State Board of Education and head
OF Wilkes-B Barre schools, was given an.
honorary degree by Bucknell univerH
sity.
"A. B. Dunning. prominent Scran-
ton engineer. will make his home in
Florida.
Judge w. H. Ruppel. of Somerset
county Is seriously Ill.
COL Henry w. Shoemaker, the
Altoona publisher, has been elected
director of the Wild Life League OF
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
FREE SPEECH
0ROF. SCOTT NEARING, who is
raising a great disturbance over

.nROF. SCOTT NEARING, who is
II raising a great disturbance over
his failure of reelection to a
place in the faculty of the University
of Pennsylvania, accuses those respon-
sible for what amounts to his dismissal
of attempting to throttle free speech
at the university.
This is rather surprising to many
who have felt that free speech some-
times has been exercised at Pennsyl-
vania almost to the point of abuse.
From time to time Philadelphia news
papers have reported and commented
upon public utterances of professors
that, to say the least, could not be
defined as conservative. Very radical
doctrines indeed have been taught by
mon high in the university from the
public rostrum in Philadelphia, If not
from the lecture platforms of the class
rooms. Some of these have been so
far outside the bounds of generally
accepted thought as to approach, If
not pass, the borders of Socialism, but
we have not heard of any dismissals
or even reprimands on that account.
Free speech is a good issue for any
body in trouble. 1t is one of the
fundamentals of the American Gov
ernment and it is bound to gain
sympathy wherever it is used as an
excuse for alleged persecution. Mr..
Nearing and his friends have not been
slow to note this or to avail them
selves of it as q means of beclouding
the issue.
Mr.. Nearing has been for years very
free of speech in his classes. Personal
opinions, original and entertaining, it
is true, have formed the basis of many
lectures before students that might
have been employed profitably in text
book work. He has not hesitated to
use his class rolls for the advertise
ment of his own books and other
writings. He has used the university
as a means of furthering his own per-
sonal interests, and he now falls back
on the old, wornout charge OF
"throttling free speech" when the
university at last resents, in the only
manner it could, of his intrusion upon
its rights and those of it's students and
graduates.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24

shoes in good times will encourage
them to go barefoot when money is
scarce.
All this makes dull times for the
dealer in shoes. who. by making his
clothes wear twice as long. cuts down
the trade OF the clothing merchant
The clothing dealer makes up his loss
by. letting his house go another year
without painting. and the painter and
paint dealer must economize in some
other respect.
III Is simple process OF elimination
oil business. but II could not be under
stood by the tariff tinkers who started
all the trouble in 1918 by enacting a
law which invited the cheap labor of
Europe to come in and take the trade
that belonged by right to the work.
men of the United States.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
TELEGRAPH PERlSCOPE

.-Thaw says Pittsburgh banks cashed
his checks and gives that as an evidence
of their faith in his sanity. Faith in
the size OF his fortune would more
nearly hit it.
A Connecticut girl killed a four
FOOT rattlesnake. the other day, @fter q
hard fight. Another argument for the
ballot.
IF the Germans keep on capturing
Russians, who's going to stand guard
over them?
THE knocker has been succeeded
by the electric bell" says an architec-
tural magazine. There are still many
knockers in Harrisburg.
What a pity that the fellow who
rocks the boat doesn't wait until he
goes out alone.
Wheat at a dollar a bushel is too
cheap" says market observer. Not
for us.
We haven't heard anybody suggest
ing the formation of a league Of do
mestic peace,
A Greene county man was arrested
Monday for choking his wife Very
appropriately his name is /. NJ. Kill
linEer
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
THE DEFENSE ONCE MORE
IBoston HeraId-1

lOOSlOh
If this war is teaching one lesson
any more distinctly than another, it
is the superior position of the defense.
The slow and costly task which the
allies are finding in the Dardanelles
affords a fresh striking example Of
1t. In Belgium the Germans are on
the defensive. and the allied force
is making painfully slow work of
clearing them out. At the present
rate the population of the allied pow
ers would be exhausted long before
the Germans could be expelled from
Belgium. And even II that could he
done, the still harder task of mall
ing any headway on German soil
would tnterpose an obstacle to the
crushing of the Kaiser's emnira
Meanwhile, the impoverishment of tho
nations proceeds apace. The end will
eventually come with the wearing out
OF poor human nature, unable or nm
willing to go further in the bootIess
slaughter. What an additional indict-
ment of the war system as a means
of settling disputes would be its fail
ure even to show conclusive resultsl
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
A REPUBLIC AT LAST
New York World.1


The Fifteenth Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States was
reafirmed Monday by the unanimous
judgment of the Supreme Court. 1t
provides that "the right of citizens of
the United States to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by the United States
or by any state on account of race,
color or previous condition of servi-
tude."
This fundamental law of the repub-
lie has been nullified in various south
ern States for many years and in the
political branch of government there
has not been of late either the courage
or the sense of justice in any political
party to challenge the offenders. To
defeat the purposes of the law we have
had what are called grandfather
clauses" by the terms of which ilit-
crates are excluded from the ballot box
unless they were qualified voters, say,
in 1866. or are the descendants of
voters who then were qualified.
Mondays judgment relates to con-
ditions in Maryland and oklahoma,
but 1t covers every law. constitutional
or statutory. in every state south of
Mason and Dixon's line in which man
hood suffrage has been denied and the
color line drawn. It is more than q
mere assertion of right. 1t holds to
responsibility under the law all who
deny the right.
The republic is to be congratulated
upon having at last a Constitution that
Is alive in all its parts. For forty-five
years, first by violence and then by
legislation. we have endured the re-
proach that one article OF the funda-
mental law was blank paper wherever
It pleased a local sovereignty to ignore
II. To-day, by the unanimous decree
of court presided over by a great
chief Justice who was once Confed-
crate soldier. we have q Constitution
that for the first time since the Civil
War guarantees equal rights to all,
irrespectiVe of race or color.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
INDIRECT TARIFF EFFECTS

HANY people. overlook the in
Nl direct effect of industrial de-
preston upon every line Of
business. Just now. for instance, at
tention has been directed to the fact
that although this country has re-
ceived enormous orders for shoes for
the warning nations of Europe. yet the
shoe industry is experiencing excep-
tionally dull times.
The reason is not difficult to md.
A pair of shoes may easily be made
to wear a double length of time. The
man who, in good times, would discard
a shabby pair of shoes and buy a new
pair. will. in hard times, have a small
patch put on the uppers and a new
half-sole nailed on. and then wear the
repaired shoes until he gets thoroughly
ashamed OF them. Children whose
parents would encourage them to wear
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24

There is an inconsistency bordering
on hypocrisy in the demand for the pur-
chase OF articles "Made-in- America"
when we also advocate throwing down
the bars which have kept out OF our
markets goods made in Germany,
or made in England, or made in
Italy. 1t is very plain and
simple proposition, which has been
recognized by the majority OF the peo-
pie of the United States in every cleo
tion except two since Abraham Lincoln
stated the facts in his plain and simple
language, when he said that If we buy
an article from a European producer,
We get the article and the resident OF
Europe gets the money. while if we buy
from an American producer, we set the
article and also keep the money.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
AWAY!
BY Jane Mclean

You are a child of fortune. and the
surge Is in your veins
OF life wild and unbounded and the
drive of heavy rains;
The pot of gold fast hidden where the
rainbow cuts the blue
The lure OF wild adventure, for the
winds are calling you.
The tears that sting your eyellds and
the sob that chokes your throat
Are Natures golden dowry when you
answered to the note
OF the throb of the life within and the
swallows winging south
And the wild lift of the ocean and the
salt spray on your mouth.
Take up your cloak OF wanderlust, the
minstrelsy that lies
Within the wide marsh spaces and the
CLINT of quiet skies,
And know that there are myst'ries in
the lure you never knew
Along the gypsy roadway-for the
winds are calling you'll
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

If you don't know yourself. ask your
neighbor.
Women will fall for any new wrinkle
except one in the face.
Light opera--an excuse for putting
on airs and putting off clothes.
When the fool is not rocking the
boat he is flying upside down in an
aeroplane.
Having your fortune told by palm
ist has already diminished that fortune
by dollar.
A poor excuse amounts to nothing,
but money. the rich mans excuse.
amounts to everything.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
BRYAN NOT MENACE

LFrom the New York Americana
The danger to the United States
of the agitation upon which Mr..
Bryan has entered is evidently to be
measured only by the number of
people who will listen to him without
weighing his utterances. Mr.. Bryan's
arguments are shallow, even when he
condescends to argument. AS a rule
he contents himself with dogmatic as
sertion of theory, holding that his
authorship of 1t gives to it something
like divine sanction.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE

The situation in respect to Amer
lean shipping has become confusion
worse confounded." When the regu-
lations were relaxed permitting the
purchase of foreign ships to be placed
under the American flag those who
desire the restoration of our merchant
marine took heart. But the enact
ment of the bill introduced by La
Toilette and backed by the seamen's
union, with its drastic requirements,
has made it simply impossible to OPP
crate American vessels in competi-
ton with foreigners. Robert Dollar,
James ]. Hill and other authorities
declare that the enforcement of this
measure will hand over the trade of
kha Pacific to the japanese
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24

Democratic newspapers are insisting
that Republicans shall not discuss poll
tics while controversies with foreign
countries are pending. but they lose no
opportunity to give widest publicity to
every political speech made by mem
bers of the Presidents Cabinet. By
what right do Democrats claim the ex-
elusive privilege to talk politics?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
IEGISLATING PATRIOTISM

Parliament contemplates passing a
bill to stop strikes in the British
munitions plants. Neither morality nor
patriotism can be legislated into a
heart wherein 1t does not already burn
Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24

The determination OF the administra-
tion to keep things in the family re-
ceives new proof in the appointment of
Secretary Wilson's daughter as special
representative OF the Department of
Labor. She is to go to the San Fran
cisco Exposition to supervise the de-
partment's exhibit.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
THERE AMT NO. SIGH THING"

We read that wooden sandals are
now being worn to a great extent bv
Mexicans of the laboring classes" but
we can't understand what is meant nv
Mexican ''laboring classes.
pkia Inquirer
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
NAVAL EXAMINATIONS

The regular examination was not
nearly so hard as the one some of the
young men at Annapolis are now un-
dergoing.-Washingt Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
TURKEY AND BULGARIA.

Bulgaria receives the bid of the
allles, and then invites Turkey to make
roposals.-Philadelp Record.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
EDITORIAL COrN1ENT
CIRCUMsTANTIAL EVIDENCE

The jury sometimes fails to convict
on circumstantial evidence, but the
neighbors never do.-Topeka Canitai
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24

The Haverhill (Mass.) Gazette wants
to have President Wilson's America
first" slogan so interpreted that it will
include Americas industries.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-24
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg's election this
Fall will attract much attention
among other third-class cities?