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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
NOT TOO LATE TO MEND

AS the people of Harrisburg bet
n Ter understand the meaning of
the school boards action re-
specting the architectural work un-
der the imposing building program
authorized by the people, a strong
undercurrent of resentment is de-
veloping. When the big loan was
under discussion there was a general
understanding that the million or
more expenditure would be made in
the most intelligent way, to the end
that the school facilities of the city
should be adequate to a growing
school population.
The wholly unsatisfactory conclu-
sion of the controversy over the
architectural work has still further
aggravated public sentiment, but it
is not yet too late for the school
directors to rectify their error.
There is neither rhyme nor rea-
son to the boards selections. The
five directors who now dictate its
affairs, Messrs. Boyer, Boil, Keen,
Bretz and Werner, are in full con-
troll. They have demonstrated their
power TO overrule the special COM
mittee upon which the taxpayers of
Harrisburg had pinned their faith.
Now let them display ordinary COM
mon sense by reconsidering their
reckless disregard for public interests
and throw the whole architect ques-
tion into open competition, so thai
the public may have some assurance
that 1t is to get proper return fol-
the vast amount of money to be ex.
pended. To do that would set the
directors now under fire before the
people of the city as sincere and in.
tent only upon the best interests oi
the public. To allow the present
hodge-podge program to stand will
label every one of the directors re,
Eponsible for it as men careless Of
their own regulations in the com.
munity and absolutely WITHOUT re.
gard for the rights of the people
they were elected to serve.
When the plan to borrow $780,
600 for the erection of new higf
schools was proposed the schoo
board did not stand any too well il
the estimation of the public. Ii
order to allay any misgiving tina
might exist in the minds of th'
voters and to assure the people o
the sincerity of the directors as I
whole, verbal agreement wa
entered into between the board ant
the public that the board should ac
cept the services and advice OF I
citizens committee made up entirel.
of representative businessmen. Tha
was the understanding upon whicl
the loan was approved. 1t would no
have been approved otherwise. Ye
Notwithstanding this pledge TO tn
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16

public the Ave directors who are re-
sponsible fer the present deplorable
condition of affairs wilfully and
knowingly repudiated this pre-elec-
ton agreement and have insisted
upon following a course that unless
a miracle happens will seriously mar
the efficiency of the school system
of Harrisburg for more than a gen.
Grafton to come and make the tax
payers chary of giving the school
board power to borrow more money
as the needs of the city demand.
No business firm or company would
for moment think of spending a
million and a quarter dollars in the
reckless manner in which these men
propose to squander this vast sum.
1t is little wonder that the taxpayers
are indignant. 1t is not conceivable
misuse of power entrusted to their
chosen servants, The directors who
hold the balance of power in the
board can restore themselves to
public favor in just one way-by
resembling their action of last week
and reopening the architectural COM
petition upon a fair and business
basis. Otherwise they stand con-
vlcted of being unworthy OF the trust
reposed in them and as marked men
time shall roll around again,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
WEDNESDAY, EVENING, MAY ie
There is no charity equal to
The charity that is charitable
TO the unchdritdble.-Anon.
A GOOD LAW

MHEN. Senator Beidleman'' bill
wv to fill vacancies in city coun-
Gil, by authorizing the re-
naming members to make the selec-
tions, was presented, those politicians
in Harrisburg whose chief purpose in
life is to tear down rather than build
up, and whose particular delight is
10 stir up community strife for their
own Interior purposes, attacked 1t
upon the score that il was designed
for purely political ends and was i'm
possible OF achieving good results for
the city. How false these assertions
were is shown by the results.
Since the Beidleman law went into
effect council has chosen three men
to fill vacancies-John A. Affleck,
who found it impossible to accept
the trust, but who is a high type of
businessman, qualified by training
and experience TO be head OF the
water department; Samuel F. Dun
kle well-known manufacturer and
skilled in mechanics, we'll fitted for
the place Mr.. Affeck found it i'm
possible TO assume. and Charles A.
Miller, yesterday elected mayor, af-
ter a long term in the city service
and in every way ideally situated to
render the city excellent service at
his new post.
Will anybody have the temerity to
suggest that the popular elections
which the opponents OF the Beidle-
man law insisted upon could have
had better results?
The Beidleman measure has not
only resulted in representative men
being chosen to fill responsible posi-
tions, but it has saved to the people
OF the city and the county $4,000 for
q special election to choose a success
sor to the late Commissioner Bow
man and another $4,000 for the
choice of a mayor who would have
little more than six months to serve.
If this is a purely political meas
ure" let us have more like 1t.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
What Is the Kaiser2

Booth Harrington in the June
American Magazine makes the fol-
lowing comment on the Kaiser's re-
ligion:
I'VE read him in vain for any
symptom of Christianity. With some
show of friendly Difference. as to an
ally and intimate, he referred con-
tinually to something he called
.Gott;' but in all his writings, his
letters, his speeches, and in reports
of his conversations-all so speclSled
with this Gott of his-we never
found that in any single instance, OF
in any way or form, had he men
toned, or used, or once referred to
the name of Jesus Christ. Who
then. was this Gott of his? The
Kaiser, though cousinly and affec.
tionate to Islam, was not O Moham-
medan; he did not seem to be G
Jew. What was he? Mr.. Will irwin
appears to have aided us by the
mention of Odin."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
a New Britannica Volume to Deal

A New Britannica Volume to Deal
With the War-Every one who owns
The Encyclopaedia Britannica or is
thinking of ordering the work will
be interested in the announcement
by the publishers that plans are un-
TINE which will be principally de-
voted TO the war.
The feature of this New Volume
which will strongly appeal to all
Americans, is the fact that the pub
fishers will apply to the preparation
of the New Volume the same high
standards of impartiality and accu-
racy and thoroughness of treatment
tnat mark the parent work itself
The New Volume will be, so to
speak, complete reference work
on the greatest war of all history.
AS is well known, the editor and
contributors to the Britannica have
unusual facilities for gathering Off
Cial information from all the bellig-
erent nations-the kind of informa-
tion that will make the New Vol
ume, Notwithstanding its wide scope
as planned, just as good a book as
the Britannica itself
The publishers announce that the
New Volume will record any
changes, geographical. political or
otherwise, that may follow upon the
making of peace. 1t will also give
now maps wherever necessary: and
another feature will be the inclusion
of biographies of the leading person.
ages of each nation, military, naval
and diplomatic, wht nave played a
prominent part in the war. Many
oil them were practically unknown
when the war started. The history
of our own Civil war affords many
examples of comparatively obscure
men who won immortal fame on one
side or the other of that conflict.
In this connection it is interesting
to note that when the present war
began in August, 1914, Sir Douglas
! Haig, now Field Marshal. was in
charge of the military camp at AL
| dershot; General Petain. the new
| Chief of Staff of the French armies
: in the field, was retired colonel;
! the mighty Won Hindenburg was en-
! joying life as n private individual
in a small town in Germany; Lvoff
the new Russian Premier, was prac-
tlCally unknown OUTSIDE OIL OHlcla
circles in Petrograd.
While the greater part of the con.
tents of the New Britannica Volume
will be a connected narrative of the
war, the less spectacular results will
be covered also. 1t will tell of any
new discoveries or progress in the
industries and sciences, especially II
fields that have been directly af
focted by the war, such as surgery
aviation, the development of the sub
marine. the utilization of man-pow
er in the naturalization of indus
tries, new developments in publ,
hygiene, and in any other directions
found necessary. This in effect wil
make the New Volume a supplement
to the Encyclopedia Britannica it
self-a virtual revision of the work
which will bring it abreast of tht
worlds knowledge as it stands a
tho end of the war.
The New Volume will be issued II
bindings to match the Britannica
and the price at which it will be sole
to present owners of the Britannica
will not exceed the per-volume pric'
OF the Britannica as now sold.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
John Nj. Phillips. State :

John NJ. Phillips, State game
commissioner, is wealthy Pitts
burgher and traveller who gives of
his time as commissioner out OF
love for nature.
Provost Edgar f. Smith, who
was here yesterday on the University
of Pennsylvania appropriation bill.
says the Joffre reception was one of
the greatest ever held in Philadel-
phia.
Col. T. l.. Lanard, who as head
of the State Fencibles, has offered
that regiment for foreign service,
used to be in the National Guard.
r.. b. Scandrett,. Pittsburgh
lawyer, suggests that only sons be
exempted from the draft.
Since DIR. E. E. Sparks became
president of State College, the en-
rollment has risen from 1,151 to
3,72S.
Chairman w. D. B. Ainey. of
the Public Service Commission,
spoke at the big. Hazleton meeting
in the interest of the Y. M. c. A.
war fund.
Magistrate sRobert Carson, of
Philadelphia, has forsaken court
and gone to Fort Niagara.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
TRAINING FOR PROMOTION

TINE election OF r. Ross Seaman
TO succeed Charles A. Miller as
city clerk is Il lesson any young
man might consider with profit.
The office OF city clerk requires
extensive knowledge and careful
training. You can't make city
clerk over night. Casting about for
future, Mr.. Seaman as a very young
man saw that eventually Mr.. Miller
would step out, creating a vacancy
that would be difficult TO fill, for
there was nobody in the employ of
the city at that time qualified for
the place. He entered the employ
of council in a minor capacity and
began pains-takingly to thoroughly
equip himself for the city clerkship.
That was years ago. Early and
late since then he has profited by the
tutelage of the veteran city clerk un-
der whom he served until yesterday,
when Mr.. Miller was rewarded for
long service by election to the
mayoralty, there was but one choice
for city clerk to succeed him-and
Seaman was the man.
There is no secret about this Sc
lection. Political influence did not
enter into 1t. Seaman had no power
ful friends to intervene for him. He
won his election simply by putting
himself in the way of promotion and
then working steadfastly and intel
ngently to prepare himself for it
when the time should come. Any
young man can do likewise. but few
have the foresight and the courage
and the perseverance to persist un-
til success at last crowns the efforts
of years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
Remained Seated

At a church adjacent to a. big mil
itary camp a service was recently
held for soldiers only.
Let all you brave fellows who
have troubles stand up" shouted the
preacher.
Instantly every man rose except
one.
"Ah!" exclaimed the preacher,
peering at this lone individual. You
are one in a thousand"
1T amt that" piped bacs the
only man who had remained seated
as the rest of his comrades gazed
suspiciously at him, Somebody
PUT some cobblers wax on the seat
and I'm stuck" st. Louis Republic
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
What Counts

There may not be much In the
things that you say-it's the way
that you say them;
The kind of the games that you play
doesn't count; it's the way that
you play them.
In palace, or cottage. In office or
ditch or whatever you're work
ing,
The test of your manhood Is answer
ing this. Are you striving or
shirking?
And Life at the best only gives back
again to you that which you
give 1t,
So high life or low life means moth
ing at all-it's the way that you
live 1t.
Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
Charles NJ. Schwab 7ays =

There has never been so much SEN
OF cooperation between employers
and men. as there is to-day. 1t is
time for Americans to realize the
falseness of the cry that we are a
nation of money-g -grabbers. The diff
ference between us and other ma
tions is that we know how to earn
money, while they, in the main, know
how to save it. The sordid. hoard
ing miser. who makes every sacrifice
to accumulate, is so scarce with us
as to cut no figure. while abroad he
is everywhere
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
From Now On"

"A marshal was taking a couple
of negro prisoners to the Federal
prison in Atlanta" said Captain l..
p. Woodford, of Georgia. THE un-
fortunates were from different towns
and were strangers to each other
until they had been rounded up by
the minion of the law.
AS they were travelling south
ward to begin their prison sentences
they engaged in the following col
loquy:
How long did the judge send
you down for?'
Three years.
"'How long you goin' down To- .?
From now on" - Washington
Post.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
At the College Exercises

who is that quiet looking fellow
over there nobody seems to be no.
ticing?"
81 forget his name; he's won sew
eral scholarships, believe"
And who is the one they seem to
be going crazy about?"
That's Jabbs; why. everybody
knows him-he's the football cham
pion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16

IOttN ADAMS, writing 10 MS wire
in July, 1875, delivered himself
of a prophecy that has been
amply fulfilled when he said:
1 am apt to believe that the
Fourth of July will be celebrated
by succeeding generations as the
great anniversary festival. 1t
ought to be commemorated as the
day of deliverence by solemn acts
of devotion to God Almighty. 1t
ought to be solemniZed with pomp
and parade, with shows, games,
bells, bonfires and illuminations
from one end of this continent to
the other, from this time forward
forevermore.
And so it has been, even down to
this day; and so it should be for all
time to come. Particularly oppor-
tune now is this reminder from the
sturdy old patriot who was among
those who wrote the Fourth of July
in bright red letters on the page of
history and made the day immortal
in the annals of freedom. Harris
burg, capital city of the State, should
set an example in Pennsylvania thi.
year. BY the time the season rolls
around hundreds of our young men
will have responded to the call to
defend that liberty which John
Adams and his coalpatriots so valor-
ously won. They will have gone
forth to do battle with the arch
enemy of the democracy of the
world which was brought forth first
on a great scale upon this continent
and it is meet that we who remain
at home should do honor to then
and to the day.
The time is short for preparation
Some steps have been taken in thai
direction. Definite arrangement.
should be made as soon as possible
Whatever the nature OF the cele.
bration, announcement should not
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16

or course, the little men who live
in the reflected glory of a national Rd-
ministration are embarrassed when
attention is called to the defections
OF their national leaders in support
OF the President. but Republicans can
scarcely be accused of disloya!ty when
they applaud their own party for
stepping into the breach in national
crisis to save the Presidents defense
measures.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
Awaiting an Explanation

We are waiting for some opponent
of the universal service to explain
why, If so many men are willing to
volunteer, it wouldn't he better for
the government to exercise sele.tive
conscription to reject those who
ought to stay at home.-Philadel-
phia North American,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
Take and Hold the Sea (!
kansas City Times.l

hdHSub lily liHies
The program of the shipping board
calling for the expenditure of a bill
lion dollars in the construction of a
merchant fleet indicates an apprecia-
ton of the size of the job before
the country in maintaining the free
dom of the seas that will have the
best effect upon public opinion. The
American people have had gradual
awakening to the immensity of the
task they have undertaken. but they
arc awake to 1t now and they want
to feel confident that Congress is
equally awake.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
A Stacker Congress

Congress is the one branch of the
government that has broken down
in the war and failed of it's duty.
our neighbor the Sun does not over
state the gravity OF the situation
when it says, There is no respon-
sible leadership in either House or
enate."-The New York World.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
What They Deserve

The performances OF some of the
returned Radicals to Russia show
that in a few instances the auto
cratic government gave that sort
about what they deserved.-Chicago
Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16

be postponed until more forehanded
communities have completed plans,
drawing Harrisburg people away
who should be at home on that occa-
sion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
Another Chance

Having failed in its plots to ex-
cite the riots of India, Germany now
has a chance to see what it can do
with the riots of Berlin.-Chicago
Herald
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
Can Ask For Peace

II the War Department accepts
Governor Philips offer of q Wis
consin brigade, the Germans will
have reason to ask for peace.-Mil-
Maukee News
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16

About the only reliableI fashion
note for the coming SUMMER is to
the effect that khaki is going to be
much Washington Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrlsburg's proposed
sewage disposal plant will be as
much of n model I'm its way as is
the filter plant?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
Crops Out Elsewhere
Fashion Note

The bravest. though, are never the
tenderest- footed.-Columbia State.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
HISTORIC HARRIsBrRc

The first banking house in Harris
burg was located in South Second
street, then the leading business
thoroughfare.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
Labor Notes

Government control and operation
of all railroads, telegraph and tele-
phone lines during the period of the
war and the drafting into the mill
tary service OF the country of the
employees of such common carriers
iss authorized in a bill approved by
President Wilson.
In the public service in Mexico it
is obligatory for the workers to give
ten days notice before a strike to
the Commission of Cancellation and
Arbitration. Strikes are considered
illegal only when a majority of the
strikers exercise acts of violence
against property or persons or in
case of war If the workers belong
to government establishments.
In one typical British munition
factory it is estimated that $500
hours per week are saved by prompt
attention to slight accidents and ILL
nesses. while another factory, which
has increased its output by ten per
cent, reports that a substantial pro-
portion of this increase is directly
traceable to the lessening of fatigue
by the introduction of chairs in the
women's shops.
The year after the signing of the
Declaration of independence the Sc
lectmen of Newburyport, in Massa-
chusetts-the colonies being at war
and workmen being few-thought 1t
advisable to establish scale of
wages. A carpenter by their action
in no instance was to be paid more
than S1.33 a day, the length of
which was from sunup to sundown.
The gift of 100000 by r. ].
Thomas, Holyhead, towards estab-
fishing a School of Agriculture In
Wales, has been supplemented by an
anonYm ous subscrintion of $50 0On
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16

Published evenings except Sunday By
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO..
TeiesrapA Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16

@J, ,sTAcKPoLE, Pvst = sd,orls.c Chief
- n. OYSTER, B~risess MsaaSey.
cts AZ. STEINNiETz. Aunasinx EIts,y,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16

Governor Brumbaugh plans to at
tend the Memorial Day exercises at
Antietam. The Governor is keenIv
interested in the exercises because
OF the large number of men which
pennsylvania contributed to the
Union army in that tremendous bat
tie. The Governor will likely make
me TRIP down the Cumberland VAL
ley by automobile.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
OUTCASTS.
MATCHLESS.

stockson- n-Bonds-Still holding on
to your war babies?
Tickertape-Yes. Poor little fond
iings! Nobody wants 'em.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16

Col. Lewis f.. Beitler. who 1,
prominently mentioned for field sec
retary of the Defense Commission,
used to be private secretary to Gov
ernor Hastings and has been active
in various lines. He became ma
tionally known because of the splen-
did manner in which he handled the
Gettysburg semicentennial reunion
of 1913. He was secretary of the
commission and its working spirit
from the start to finish,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16

Lemuel Ely Quigg, the noted New
York lawyer, who was here yester-
day in the insurance requisition case,
used to be in Congress. In his time
Mr.. QuiSg has been engaged in news
paper work and has peen an active
hgure in New York. From all ac-
counts he put up an interesting argu-
ment at the hearing at the attorney
generals office.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
CELEBRATING "THE FOURTH"

TOHN ADAMS, writing to his wife
in July. 1875, delivered himself
of a prophecy that has been
amply fulfilled when he said:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16

The manner in which the State
House of Representatives adopted a
resolution 1ate yesterday protesting
against the use of The Star Spangled
Banner" in what was termed ''sIan-
stick patriotism" was rather signif-
cant. Members of the Legislature
have upon more than one occasion
commented upon the manner in
which the national air has been used
at shows. The effect of the resoIu-
ton will be to tone down some OF
the alleged patriotic exhibitions and
II taken up properly will result in
the hymn being rendered in a
dignified manner.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
OUR DAILY LAUGH
BY BRIGGS

What's Dropkick doing. since he
left college?"
wishing he was back"