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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18
REGENERATION OF PHmA.
PHILADELPHIA has been com
mitted through approval O

PHILADELPHIA has been COM
mitted through approval of
loans involving many millions
of dollars to a progressive program
which will place the metropolis of the
Commonwealth at the very forefront
of the important cities of the United
States. Too long it has been hampered
and hamstrung by little men who have
been permitted to exercise a power
far beyond their size, to the serious
detriment of the best interests of the
city which they profess to love.
With the cooperation of the great
newspapers of Philadelphia and the
united efforts of the people generally
the metropolis of the State should
speedily go forward toward its newt
able destiny. notwithstanding the in
tolerable political atmosphere which
has stifed the better impulses of a
great community 1t is reasonable to
expect that conditions will now quick
" change for the better and that the
people themselves will assert their au-
thority in all matters affecting their
welfare.
AS this newspaper has frequently
declared. there is in Philadelphia the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18
Service

He worketh on and on with busy
fail,
He heedeth not the burning rays Of
summers sun;
Nor mindeth cen the stony brow of
mist-encircled mountains;
For he findeth all his solace and his
great joy, and all the great reward
In the tasks immensity and the serv-
ice done.
The busy housewife and the children
too, give each a gladstone share
Of lifes full strength, the recompense,
that great Release which cometh
Unto them, and unto him who yieldeth
all his vigor for his fellowmen
1t is a kind and holy fate which wills
that all shall labor. labor on
Until the setting sun proclaims the
day is done, for there remaineth
Unto him a sweeter JOY, a greater
ecstacy. Lo! the Master Workman
Calleth from the fields of peace, and
summoneth him unto that field
ElYsian
Where only workers dwell, and these
alone God calls His Saints,
Yea, all the hosts of Heaven acclaim
the title just, for Service, Labor,
Love,
Have made 1t thus.
e. J. Decevee, member OF the Har-
rishurg Rotary Club.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18
EXPLORING THE ATMOSPHERE
By Frederic J. Haskin

corded by pens which are actuated by
hollow springs. That is, a piece of
steel tube Is slightly fiattened and bent
TO form spring, shaped something
like horseshoe. The more the spring
is bent, the flatter it becomes, and COM
sequently the smaller it's capacity. Now
this hollow spring is filled with alcohol
under pressure, thus forcing its ends
farther apart, and increasing it's ca
pacity. If the balloon reaches a
stratum of hot air. the rising tenn
pcrature will expand the alcohol still
more, forcing the ends of the springs
stlll wider apart. On the other hand,
if the temperature falls, the alconoi
VIII diminish in volume and the ends
of the spring will be allowed to come
together Thus in the movements of
the spring every change of temper
ature is recorded.
The end of the spring is connected
with little steel pen, the point of
winch rests upon a sheet of smoiSed
aluminium, on which the pen scratches
the whole temperature record for the
hight Smoked aluminium must be
used because ink would freeze in the
upper spaces.
The aluminium sheet is wrapped
ABOUT revolving drum, which is actu-
ated by clockwork so that it will make
one revolution per hour.
Air pressure is measured by this
| same principle of the hollow spring.
In this case it is filled with air at the
surface of the earth, and as the pres
sure diminishes or increases the air
inside the spring expands and con-
tracts, exactly as the alcohol responds
to temperature. The same kind of a
pen records the results in its own
column on the aluminium blackboard
For the measurement of the amount
Of moisture in the air exactly the same
principle is employed that makes a
girls hair curly in wet weather. A
number of human hairs are stretched
between two points, one of which is
delicately movable. Their suscepti-
bility to the influence of humidity is
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18

inherent elements of great American
vantages. plus the high quality of
thousands of its citizens and the other
fact that 1t is the only seaport of a
great State. justify the faith of those
promoting its substantial interests.
But 1t must be understood now and
always that the purely political activi-
ties of many of the citizens must be
subordinated to the greater interests
which demand the best thought and
cooperation of all Philadelphians. 1t
is hardly to be expected that the rest
of the State will enter whole-heartedly
into any movement having for it's
purpose the expansion of the CONNER
cial and industrial interests of the me-
tropolis so long as the city is restrict
ed in its natural growth by selfish con-
tractors and others who have persist
entity exploited the community for
their own benefit. without regard to the
welfare of the people.
The big loans authorized this week
will go far toward placing Philadel-
phia at the head of the progressive
municipalities of the country. 1t
should be a leader in every important
municipal advance and nothing ought
to be allowed in the future to inter
fere with its development.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18
THE COAL SITUATION
BY Wing DInEer

Some weeks ago, when weather was
stu cold, noticed bo,
That my supply OF furnace coal
Was very, very low.
I hoped that 1t would warmer get
Quite soon, and hard did try
To make the pile reach, but in vain,
Some more / had to buy.
Just two days after, in the bins,
The new supply / got
The weather changed. and furnace fire
Made home too bloomin' hot.
But, when coal prices upward went.
said to me, said I:
you're lucky, bo, down in the bins,
You have a good supply"
And now. by jove, along there comes
This bloomin' wintry spell.
I've had to start the furnace up,
Which knocks my hopes pelI nell.
The coal piles dwindling down again
And after all. I'll bet
When next Fall comes around this way
Some more Ill have to get.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18
THE JEWISH MARK TWAIN

CHOLEM ALEICHEM, the Jew
ish Mark Twain" is dead. Very
likely that means nothing to you.
But to the throngs of the huddled and
labor -burdened East Side of New York,
$4,000 of whom crowded the streets
and stood in solemn silence to watch
with sorrowing hearts and streaming
eyes his funeral cortege go by, it means
a great deal, indeed.
There is not much material Tor
laughter in the crowded quarters of
the East Side, but the Jews are an
emotional and an optimistic people
and they love merriment even when
surrounded by poverty and facing a
constant struggle for existence. Sholem
Aleichem was a lover of men. He
knew the need of laughter and the
beneficial influence of good humor
among the people of his race packed
together in the crowded tenement
houses of New York. So he turned mis-
ready pen to merriment and his song
TO words of cheer. Thirty volumes he
wrote, and the East Side read and
laughed and forgot for a time its
troubles. Sholem Aleichem became to
them what Mark Twain is to the world
at large, and the East Side loved him,
and he loved #; so much so, indeed,
that when he passed way he asked
that his body. enclosed in a plain pine
coffin, be inferred among the graves of
the poor whose hearts in life he mad
lifted for moment from tears to
laughter
Little wonder the $4,000 stood silent,
with heads uncovered, as the dead
body of their idol was carried by. But
Sholem Aleichem, buried in an obscure
grave, will live on through the years
in the hearts of those who will get
message of gladness from the books he
has left.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18

IF you should see a rubber balloon
about ten feet in diameter wander
- ing over your farm or your lat,
keep your eye on it until it either falls
or disappears. In due course it will
blow up, and an aluminium box con-
tanning complicated scientific instru-
ment and message will be gently
waited to earth by parachute. The
message will be from the United States
Weather Bureau and will inform the
finder that for the return of the in
strument and the remains of the bal
loon he will receive 81 and the thanks
of his government.
These rubber balloons are the means
by which the government meteor
ologists are exploring the great upper
spaces far above the most daring
flights of aircraft. They are sending
their instruments higher than any
thing from the hand of man has ever
gone before and are discovering hith-
erto unsupported facts about the winds
and temperatures of the upper atmos-
phere. Some of these exploring bal
looms have been twenty miles above the
surface of the earth. Some of them
travel 800 miles and some of them not
more than 20 before bursting. Ninety
five per cent. of them are found and
returned.
Each balloon is made of the finest
rubber and when 1t starts on It's travels
is about seven feet in diameter. AS it
rises the diminishing pressure of the
atmosphere causes the gas with which
il is filled to expand until the balloon
is nineteen or twenty feet in diameter,
and finally ii bursts.
Over the balloon is draped a para
chute, which is flung wide open by
the bursting gas bag, and bears the
precious records of the fight safely to
earth.
The machine which makes these
records has been worked out by the
government men in their own labora-
tories and is most ingenious device
1t can be sent on long fight all alone
and trusted to make accurate records
of temperature, pressure and humidity
Temperature and pressure are re-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18
MEANING OF THE PRIMARY

n Ii newspaper deductions and
n comment of yesterday, based
upon what appeared to be the
accuracy OF early but complicated re-
turns of Tuesdays primary elections
in Pennsylvania, must be considerably
revised to-day. For instance, it de-
Velops that Governor Brumbaugh has
not only been elected q delegate at
large to the national convention, but
appears to lead in the vote cast all
other candidates for delegate. This
is not only fine compliment to the
personal popularity of the Governor.
but indicates that the Republicans of
Pennsylvania disapproved the methods
of attack and discounted the charges
made against him during the cam
pa.gn.
The Governor personally has been
indicated in the mind of the public
and the primary vote must be reckoned
as one of confidence in him. The
fact that he received such a large vote
indicates also that the Republicans of
the State believe in his administration
and in the policies he has advocated
since ne became Governor.
His choice as a delegate by such a
heavy vote is all the more remarkable
in view OF the fact that incomplete re-
turns point also TO the nomination OF a
majority of the regular organization
candidates and the selection of Senator
Penrose as national delegate-at- large
by a vote quite as decisive as that of
the Governor.
Political observers in analyzing re-
suits from an impartial standpoint
doubtless will agree that the selection
of the Governor and Senator Penrose
to represent the Republicans of Penn
sylvania at Chicago reflects a strong
party protest against indefensible fac
tionalism on the eve of the most i'm
portant national campaign since the
Civil War. There has been under
meath the whole unfortunate contro-
versy a strong current of opposition
throughout the State to the injection
of Philadelphia factional differences
into the activities of the Republican
organization. Manifestly thousands of
voters decided to express no choice be-
tween Senator Penrose and Governor
Brumbaugh, preferring TO send both
to Chicago as a recognition of their
dominant position in the affairs of the
State and the nation. There also may
he read into the results a vigorous
protest against further personal as
saults of the kind so freely indulged
in by both sides during the recent
campaign.
But above and beyond all else, the
Republican party of Pennsylvania by
electing the two opposing leaders to
represent 1t at Chicago has given no.
tice that these leaders and all others
must put behind them all selfish am
bitions and personal considerations
and devote themselves to the perfec-
ton of party alignment which will
he invincible in the onslaught of No
Vembe-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18
THE PREPAREDNESS DEBATE

TINE debate at the Technical High
School Auditorium last evening
presented an interesting contrast
in the personalities and characteristic
arguments of the two speakers. On
the platform together were three types,
the inventive engineer and firm be-
liever in fighting fire with fire, the
somewhat milder pacifist with implicit
faith in the conquering virtue of Chris
tianity, and the manufacturer of mu-
nitions who in practical way is bring
ing financial prosperity to this country
all three equally patriotic and all
desirous of maintaining peace, but by
entirely different methods.
The sentiment of the audience was
wholly with the speaker on prepared
ness although the pacifist had logical
thread of argument that before or
after the war might have proven more
convincing than under the present
stress. Everything that he said was
granted by his hearers, but the ma
jority concurred in the opinion that
the theoretical views therein expressed
are inapplicable to the present world
situation.
Henry A. Wise Wood, who has an
inside knowledge of conditions and
knows whereof he speaks. placed one
OF his strongest plans for preparedness
on the universally supported opinion
that we must prepare against the COM
mercial incursion of Germany in South
America at the end of the present war.
He believes that our navy must be in
creased to the point where we will be
enabled to enforce our national will,
and we believe that the majority of
sane-thinking Americans will endorse
this view if they have not already
done so.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Joseph f. Guffey the Pittsburgh
Democratic leader, is vice president of
the National Natural Gas Association.
Congressman S. II. Miller, the Re
publican member who lined up with
the Democrats for the administration
shipping bill, is the member from
Mercer county.
james M. Rhoads, prominent in
Philadelphia banking for years, will
make his home in California.
Col. Henry Hall, Washington
newspaper correspondent we'll known
here, says that the old fight between
city and country members is COM
mencing to crop out in congress.
j. Banks Kurtz. nominee for con-
gress in the Blair-Cambria district, is
one of the leading lawyers of that part
of the State.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
PREPAREDNESS DEMONSTRATION
To the Editor of the Telegraph:

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Are we lacking in patriotism?
Harrisburg is usually foremost in
anything big or worth while. Our
great cities are holding immense
demonstrations of preparedness. Why
not Harrisburg? We have always
furnished our quota of fighting men
and they always did honor to us. With
our Grand Army, that grand old or
ganization of heroes, whose deeds are
ever in our memories, the boys of the
United Spanish War Veterans who
floated Old Glory in China. Philip
pines. Cuba and Porto Rico, the
magnificent body of men composing
Companies d and | and the Cover
nors Troop, the Boy Scouts. Patriotic
orders and other organizations, why
not have a preparedness demonstra-
ton worthy of our Capital City. Start
the ball rolling.
Yours truly,
OPTIMIST.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18
The Price of Liberty

Elihu Root, in Leslie's1
We have enjoyed liberty and order
so long that we have forgotten how
they came as the air comes. They
have assumed that they will of their
nature and by their own force con-
tinue forever without effort. All, no!
Liberty has always been born of
struggle. 1t has not come save
through sacrifice and the blood of
martyrs and the devotion of mankind
And it is not to be preserved except
by jealous watchfulness and stern
determination always to be free. That
eternal vigilance is the price of liberty
is so much a truism that 1t has lost
its meaning, but 1t is an eternal truth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18
EDITORIAL COMMENT

When Senator Cummins of Iowa. says
that Charles e. Hughes would not ac-
cept the Republican nomination for
President ''if 1t came as the result of
convention fight" he may reflect the
mental attitude of Justice Hughes, but
beyond doubt the wish is father to the
thought.-New York Sun.
The Dublin rebellion is, or was, a re-
bellion of Irish people, not of Ireland
Springfield Republican.
One difference between Sir Roger
Easement and some others is that he
had nerve enough to go back.-Indi-
annapolis Star.
Leaders who would deliver" the
German American vote might consult
those who have tried to deliver the la
Dor vote.-Wall Street journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY

TQuestions submitted to members of
the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their
answers as presented at the organiza-
tion's annual Municipal Quiz."1
What will be the total cost to the
city of a loan for $500, 100000, provided
for by bond issue, covering thirty years,
at the maturity of the loan?
Principal, $4,000 Interest.
$190,000.00. State tax, $1S,000.00.
Total, $50S, 100000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18
Tesus Casts Out a Fever

And forthwith, when they came out
of the synagogue, they entered the
house of Simon. But Simon's wife's
mother lay sick of a fever, and anon
they tell him of her. And He came
and took her by the hand. and lifted
her up; and Immediately the fever
left her, and she ministered unto
them.-Mark /. 90 to 81.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18
Looking Forward
Your Vacation

Your vacation: A delightful
island of leisure completely sur
rounded by hard work.
You can not, by taking thought,
add a day to it's quantity; but
YOU can nightly increase its
quality by needing vacation sug-
gestions in the advertising col
umns of this newspaper.
There's a wealth of such suE-
gestions day after day regarding
routes and resorts, camp equip
ment, comfortable duds. fishing
tackle, and all the other items
that spell vacation pleasure.
Your vacation is most import
ant occasion. 1t means health
and strength and increased vital
ity. Don't minimize it's beneficial
powers by failing to read the
ads.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18

Luther Burbank has certainly
succeeded in coaXinE nature to do
some queer things. His latest is to
grow grapes on a fig tree. Here
after it will be a wise grape that
Will know it's own origin.-Wash-
ington Herald
And how about the figs and thistles
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18

Again the West Shore people are pro-
ceeding along sane lines. They now
propose to have a consolidated high
school, which VIII include all the mod
ern appliances and provide facilities for
several of the towns across the river.
This would mean economy and effici-
ency,f and it ought to be easily possible
to bring about such a consolidation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18

Children of Harrisburg who were
barred from the Sunday schools of this
city during the recent epidemic of
measles will sympathize with the chill
dren of Lancaster, who were not per-
mitted to attend a circus in that city
for the same reason
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18

A. Mitchell Palmer will be one OF the
guests of honor at the big Democratic
dinner in this city tonight. Mr.. Palmer
is an orator of reputation, and he has
demonstrated his political prowess in
the rough -and-tumble conflicts of re-
cent vears
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18
Trouble Nearer Home

TFrom the Boston Transcript.1
After President Wilson has listened
to the woes of the Russian subjects,
the citizens of Texas. who are fleeing
for their lives from their homes I'm the
United States would like to engage his
ear for a moment
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18

81 believe in the right of the majority
to control" says Governor Brumbaugh
And this is the conclusion of the whole
matter. Under the laws regulating
elections in recent years the real effort
seems to have been to place the mi
nority in control through fusion
schemes and unholy political alliances.
The Governor is absolutely correct; the
majority must control.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18

Senator Penrose and Governor Brum-
baugh appear to have divided the hon.
ors in the list of delegates-at-large to
the Chicago convention. The question
that will naturally occur to most Re-
publicans is, why couldn't this result
have been accomplished without a Bit
ter factional quarrel?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18

mitted that there is still lot of night
in the Republican party. But the COM
bativeness should be exercised hereafter
in defeating the common enemy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18
TELEORAPH'S PERlSCOPE

There are times, when gazing over
the business end of a lawnmower, we
wonder If Greenland is such a bad
place after all.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18

Certain statements relative to the
real size of the reorganized Regular
Army would indicate that somebody
put one over on the House members
of the conference committee.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18

There is entirely too much wrecking
of fire apparatus in this city to suit the
average tax payer. One of two things
is evident-either the apparatus is not
of the right quality, or the machines
are not being properly handled.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18

Steubenville (Ohio) Herald -Star-And
all this Mexican muddle is due to the
dislike of Huerta by President Wilson.
A personal grudge.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18
Spring Lamb

Mary had little lamb
With fleece as white as snow;
1t never took 'em off too soon
Like other fools we know.
New York Sun
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18

The army may be the detestible
and unnecessary thing the pacifists
say but it would be hard to convince
the Texan border residents that way
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18

The open season for killing along
the Mexican border appears to be any
time the Regulars and the Rangers
are not about.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18

DO a little scrubbing now and
avoid a lot of scrubbing after while.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18

Recent international diplomatic
incidents might lead to the belief that
it would be all right if he spelled it
Won Burntstorff.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18

Huron County CMich) Tribune-wiI-
son usually starts in wrong and doesn't
get anywhere.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-18
The Voice of the PeonIe

Savannah tGa) Tribune-Presldent
Wilson's TOO proud to fight" is heap
ing upon him much ridicule and fun.
Foreigners are not taking the Presi-
dent. seriously and losing respect ac-
cordingly for our country