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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15
THE WAR AND PALESTINE
By Frederic ]. Haskin

ment of European confusion, mainly
upon America.
Remittance Men Cut on
Besides those who are unable to
work, Palestine holds five thousand
Jews temporarily INDECENT, because of
the cutting off of remittances from
Europe, on which they were former
ly dependent. These people are be-
ing cared for by means of relief works
which permit them to earn the bare
minimum sufficient to keep life in
themselves and their children. There
is also a class of the new settlers who
are under ordinary circumstances
comparatively well-to-do, but who
find themselves penniless for the mo-
ment because communication with
their families in Europe is cut off.
They are being supported by small
loans which enable them to buy a
few necessaries of life. Relief COM
mittees find that the amount essential
for monthly distribution among the
900 penniless is at least $14, 900, or
about 40 cents per capita per month.
There is little likelihood that any
one will accuse the relief experts of
setting a high minimum.
In addition to cash contributions,
Jews in America provisioned a relief
ship, the S. S. Vulcan, which was
loaded with nine hundred tons of
food and sent to Palestine some time
ago. Food carried in the Vulcan was
distributed to all the hungry without
regard to creed, but the Jewish colon
lists received about 90 per cent. of the
cargo.
Jews in Palestine are about equally
divided between the city of Jerusalem
and the farm colonies. Before the
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15

.NNE of the most acute problems
brought up by the world-war is
~ the precarious position of the
$1,000 Jewish colonists in Palestine.
With their exports entirely cut off,
the price of imports tripled, donations
from Europe greatly diminished, and
the ravages of a plague of locusts to
contend with, many of the colonists
face hunger and want, STAYED off from
day to day by energetic relief meas
ures which are directed and princi-
pally financed in the United States.
The entrance of Turkey into the war,
too brought a train of complications
for the Russian Jews of the colony,
of whom there are 10000.
The world has followed with inter-
est the attempt of the Hebrew race
to re-establish a center of national
life in the land 1t held twenty CEN
turies ago. The peculiarly religious
and racial character of the colonial
tion, however, made the new move
ment less able to look after itself than
is the case with most pioneering en-
terprises. Instead of men animated
by restless ambition and the spirit of
adventure, many of the colonists have
gone to Palestine driven by persecu
tion, or led by religious sentiment. 1t
was hoped to make the new land self
supporting. but the Jews of all ma
tions stood ready to help If neces-
sary. Thus a combination of war,
blockade, and locust plague finds
Palestine with 10000 Jews who are,
according to Jewish authorities, alb
solutely INDECENT and unable to work
They are old and infirm; their pres
ence in the Holy Land is due to reli-
gious motives. The problem of their
support devolves upon the charity of
the world at large, and at this mo-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15
NEWSPAPER MEN IN CONcREsS

Senator George T. Oliver, of Pennsyl-
vania, has. been engaged in the news
paInn paper, business since 1900. He is the
Gazette Times and Pittsburgh Chron-
icle-Telegraph. ]. Hampton Moore. of
the Third Pennsylvania district, was
for for. more than fifteen years employed on
Philadelphia newspapers, being the first
editor of the labor department of the
philadelphia Public Ledger John r.
Farr. of the Tenth District. mentions
nRews69y,, ast st ~, printer and publisher" as
or the Seventeenth District, has been
editor of the Saturday News, publish :
ed at Lewisburg. since IS years Of age"
and is now the editor of the Saturday
News Publishing. Company. Warren
Worth Bailey. of the Nineteenth Dis.
trict. at the age of 20. entered the
office of the Kansas Ill.) News to learn
the printing. trade. In. 1877 he engaged
in the publishing business at Carlisle,
Indiana, in partnership with his
brother, later purchasing a newspapeT
at Vincennes. Removing to Chfca 20.
Mr.; Bailey served on the staff of the
Chicago Daily News for nearly six
years and then removed to Johnstown,
Pa, to take over the Daily Democrat
of which he has since been the owner
editor and publisher.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15
THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY

NHE organization OF a Pennsyl-
vania Society, made up of
heads of departments and COM
missions in the service of the State,
is step in the right direction.
At the suggestion of Governor
Brumbaugh, the Commonwealth is do
ing what most large corporations have
found it very beneficial to do. The
purpose of the society Is to bring the
department chiefs and other officials
included in the membership together
once a month in a social way for the
purpose of talking shop" Large in
dustrial establishments with many de-
partment heads who do not meet in
the ordinary work of the day have
discovered that many of the differ
ences between officials, many of the
problems of administration and many
wasteful practices have been elimi-
mated by bringing together in a social
way, for discussion of the work in
which all are engaged, men who are
working toward a common end, but
often by divergent means. Economy
and efficiency are promoted thereby
and the personal relations of those
who thus rub elbows are improved
and made closer, to the end that the
whole service is bettered.
of course, Harrisburg is proud that
it Is to be the place of such distin-
Igushed monthly gatherings, but 1t
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15
THE STATE FROM DAY TO DAY

A young and good-Iooking dispenser
of soda water in West Chester phar-
macy is wanted by the local authori-
ties there for slight appropriations
made from the till and other sections
of the store. Many tender love letters
to many a sentimental girl in the
town were found in Beau Brummels
trunk, and now, they say, a chatter
less, giggleless silence prevails in yon
soda fountain. far away.
Eight inches of snow covered the
State with its white blanket yester-
day, and out came mittens, sleds,
skates, skis and toboggan caps. Old
Man Winter is here at last. "Praises!"
say some. "Curses!" others.
They are eating horse meat out
Hazleton way, to keep down the cost
! of living. 1t costs four cents pound,
but IL you should ask me, l would
tell you that bread and jam would
suit me perfectly, thank you.
In the face of the criticism which
we know will be heaped upon us for
printing the following, we offer 1T for
your consideration: large hog,
probably the largest ever raised in
Lancaster county, is on exhibition in
Marietta. 1t tips the scales at 900
pounds, is still growing. is being fed
on the ordinary diet, and makes just
as much noise under a fence as any
normal pig would make.
"If you know of better newspaper
than the News" says the New Castle
News, modestly, 1--WE do not blame YOU
for subscribing to il" We feel our
selves forced to comment at this point,
to the effect that the News is a very
live and readable paper and we derive
much pleasure from perusal of its
pages.
"Extree! Wuxtree Peace de-
clared!" was the cry that rang out all
over the streets of Collingdale, Sharon
Hill, and other suburbs of Philadel-
phia yesterday. 1t was only two news
boys, who thought business a little
slack and decided that they might as
we'll forestall Henry Ford and get the
boys out of the trenches themselves
before he had reached the other side.
Prayer meeting was nearly turned
into panic at Waynesboro this
evening Eve say this evening because
it gives the impression that we are an
active, to-the-minute newspaper)
when a little, harmless mouse ran
across the floor and got rise out of
the women of the congregation. Some
brave brother captured the offending
beast and order was restored with diff
ficulty.
An explosion which threw hun
dreds from their feet and shattered
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15
EVERY YEAR
BY Wing Dinger

o, the trimmin' of the tree
VIII be shortly up to me.
And know what will take place on
Christmas eve.
Kids will go to bed at eight,
TIL they're sleeping / must wait,
Then I'll be right up against it, get me-
Steve?
f rst the tree upstairs I'll bring
And brush every bloomin' thing
OFT the walls. and chandeliers and
tables. too.
Then I'll search an hour in vain
For the tree stand. then again,
Like last year. I'll sit down and wonder
what to do.
And when once it's in its place
Smiles again will wreathe my face,
To the cellar for the ladder 1 will go.
Then to attic will chase
And brin~ from their hiding place
All the ornaments, ct cetera, you know.
On the ladder I will stand.
Tryin' hard to think it's grand.
AS for hours 1 try to make things uni
form.
But 1 know when 1 am through
At the top there'll be too few,
While below the ornaments will fairly
swarm
About one A. NJ. or two,
With my duties I'll get through,
Then to bed I'll HE me. tired, sore and
lame,
And I'll sing this short refrain:
Never. never, bo. again."
But next Christmas Ill go to it Just
the same.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15
THE BUSINESS SITUATION

From Dun tteNleW.1
There is no longer complaint of de-
ferred buying, but of difficulty In meet
Ing the steadily expanding require
ments. Consumptive demand exceeds
supply in some lines and distributing
channels are obstructed by the conges-
ton of freight, rail and oversee ship
ping facilities still being Inadequate to
cope with the rush of traffic. This
tends to act as a brake on commercial
progress, yet the forward movement
has not perceptibly slackened. either
in domestic or foreign commerce. On
the contrary, exports, in spite of the
shortage of vessels and other obstacles,
continue in notably heavy volume, while
internal trade is further swelled as the
holiday season approaches. Develop
ment of Christmas business fulfills the
most optimistic expectations, and the
greater spending power of the masses
Is demonstrated both by the magnitude
OF the purchases and the preference
shown for the more costly grades OF
merchandise. This condition Is gem
eraI, every important center reporting
a marked growth in retail dealings, but
II is most apparent in the sectior,J
where the industrial boom has giv%&
employment to thousands of men th1t
were formerly idle. Moreover, in mar
Instances increased wages operate q
Offset the enhanced cost of commodi-
ties. and 1t is of Significance in this
connection that the rise in foodstuffs
has been less pronounced than in other
articles.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15
BURGOMAsTER BLANKENBURs

IF anybody thinks a Mayors office Is
bed OF roses he suffers from a deIu-
sion." said Burgomaster Blankenburg.
"A man In Canada asked me to find n
wife for him. A beautiful, magniflcently
gowned woman came to my office and
demanded that l keep other women
from running after her husband. I was
asked to make a wife and daughter be-
have more respectfully to the husband
and rather. | was requested by phone
to hurry to n certain place and remove
dead cat was asked to stop roost1
ers from Growing at night Three young
women wanted me to adopt them, A
woman demanded that / run to her
home and make. the water stop flowing
into the house"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Mrs. Horace Brock, president of
the organization opposed to suffrage,
says that it Is time to forget about
votes and think of the poor.
Percy Grove, active in Philadel-
phia port development, has started a
campaign to interest Philadelphia
businessmen.
The Rev. DIR. ]. D. Moffatt, promi-
nent Western Pennsylvania clergy
man, is urging one general assembly
for all Presbyterians.
C. r. Armstrong, prominent Lock
Haven man, is seriously Ill.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15
EDITORIAL CONTENT

The Presidents railroad program is
does anybody know what the program
is?.-kansas City Times.
Ffrmness based on justice always vim
dicates itself 1t would have done so
in the Lusltania case.-New York Sun.
Russians Falling Back Again.
Newspaper headline.
Again or yet?-Brooklyn Daily Times.
Single men first" is the cry of the
recruiters of the British army. "Wo-
men and children first when a ship
sinks. Well, married men first" will
ring from the lips of st. Peter when
the meek and the lowly are to be let
into the Kingdom of Heaven to get their
everlasting reward. - Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15
[PhiladelphIa Rulletin.l

The statement in which Mayor elect
Smith announces his intention to keen
his administration out of contractor
politics and factionalism. is a credit
able outline of an independent policy in
political matters.
1t relieves him of the imputation OF
having tied up his hands in one
sided surrender to the Wares. gives due
tional leader of the Republicans In
Pennsylvania, and upsets the calcu-
lations of politicians who were count
ing on the early opening of factional
rupture between the bosses in both the
city and the State.
The Mayor-elect ought to be the
master OF his own administration. His
latest utterance indicates that he is
going to make determined effort to
be so; and he should be encouraged
and upheld in that purpose by all citi-
age of factional politics to the broad
interests of the city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15
MIR. SMITH. OF PHILADELPHIA

Mayor-elect Smiths declaration
against contractor government must
be judged by the event; his recognition
of Senator Penrose's domination in the
State implies a purpose not to allow
his Administration to be dragged into
ficance does not obscure the wisdom
of his intended aloofness. 1t is well
that he recognizes the danger of inter-
ference in State politics. Whatever the
causes which have led to this wise de-
cision, his one hope of making his ad-
ministration a success and of securing
that harmonious cooperation from
City Councils which will be a vital fac
tor in that success rests in his ability
to adhere steadfastly to his present de-
termination.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15
WHO HAS A REMEDY?

! WHO 1AS A REME Ell
lTHE shameful fact is set forth very
! forcibly in the series of articles
from the pen of Mrs. Anna II
Wood, now appearing in the Tele-
graph, that scores of boys and girls
go to school in Harrisburg ill-nour-
ished and hungry every day in the
school year.
We force these children into school
and compel them to compete in theiI
studies with pupils who are we'll fed
and we'll cared for. We ignore the
fact that nobody can work we'll when
the stomach is crying for food and
when the brain is dull for lack of
nourishment, and require just as much
at the hands and minds OF these un-
fortunate little ones as we do from
those physically and mentally equip
ped to respond to the spur of the
teacher.
| The human body is an engine. 1t
must have fuel If it is to operate eff
ficiently. We do not expect a loco
motive fired with slate and Stag to
haul the load that is small burden to
the engine burning coal rich in gas
and carbon. We would not expect an
automobile to respond at all to mix
ture of water and gasoline. Yet we
try to force the ill-fed, hungry child
to pull the load that is sometimes bur-
densome even for the most favored
pupil.
Mrs. Woods articles are not fanci-
full tales of the imagination. They are
not even overdrawn. They are writ
ten after a careful and painstaking in
vestigation of conditions as the writer
found them, and after interviews with
many teachers and social workers.
They set forth the bald, ugly fact
that while we have been preening our
selves over the material accomplish
ments and achievements of Harris
burg in recent years, and have been
reading with comfortable self f-satisfac-
ton the complimentary things that
have been written of us and our city
b., c>bsaryap ~ 1-;eitors wa Iava bean
neglecting woefully some of our little
ones-some of the future citizens to
whom we are to entrust the welfare
of the city we love so well when we
shall have passed along.
You who have boys and girls of
your own-how would you like to
think of them plodding hungry and
hstless to school each day, instead of
skipping off to study well-fed, rosy
checked and abounding in health and
good spirits?
In these poorly-cared-for, ill-nour-
ished children Mrs. Wood writes
about, we find the potential criminals
of tomorrow. We owe it to society
as well as to them to remedy their un-
called-for condition. We MUST find
remedy.
The Telegraph does not pretend to
know just how the problem is to be
solved. 1t only knows that there must
be u way. 1t invites the people of
Harrisburg to discuss the matter
through its columns. Certainly, there
is a way to correct the evil. The thing
to do is to find 1t.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15

of hectoring and interference with
legitimate industry and transportation
is at an end. This may be due in
some measure to the approach OF
the presidential campaign and the
national tendency of political leaders
to defer to public sentiment, but most
persons prefer to believe that 1t is
symptom of returning sanity in high
places.
Whatever the moving causes OF
motives, however. there is undoubted-
ly a better feeling and everywhere
confidence is taking the place OF
doubt in the public mind, especially
in all matters affecting business. II
is not too much to say that this feel
ing is in part due to an increasing
belief that the protective tariff system
is to be upheld in the United States
through the return of the Republican
party to power next year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15

Public sentiment rather favors the
conclusion of the sculptor that the
Donate statuary should be placed on
the River Front, where it may be seen
by a large part OF the city's population
and the visitors to Harrisburg. If this
statuary is as meritorious as has been
represented by the critics, then it would
be most unwise to place it in an out
of-the-way part of the park system. We
trust that the City Council will make no
mistake on this score.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15

bushes for the hint thrown out that
the yearly banquet. which is to be a
feature of the society. may be held
elsewhere for the reason that this city
has no hotel adequate for the purpose.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15

windows all over the town occurred
at PunXsutawney early this week,
when molten iron touched a pool of
water in the cinder pit at the plant
of the PunXsutawney Iron Company
forming carbon monoxide gas, which
ignited. Ten thousand dollars dam
age resulted and towns eight miles
distant had windows broken from the
shock
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15

Secretary Daniels wants $500,O00,000
to cover a period of FIVE years of naval
reconstruction. All over the country
the people are awakening to the fact
that we must be ready with the zig
stick, not for aggression, but for self
protection.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15
Go to See the Toys

Age and grouchiness have GER
tainiy laid a heavy hand on the
individual who does not want to
look at the toy shoys at Christ
mas time.
There the holiday spirit finds
full vent.
There childish laughter makes
merry music for the heart.
If the youth of your own fam
lily has not yet dragged you to
Toyland plan a trip yourself.
Take this issue of the Tele-
graph. Look at the advertising.
Note where the toys are to be
seen, and go and see them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15
TELEORAPH'S PERISCOPE

Yuan. it is said, at first refused
to accept the throne of China. Al
that Julius Caesar had him beaten.
Russians are fighting desperately
for passes in Persia. Almost as bad
over there as circus day in a news
paper office.
Our idea of perfectly useless
labor is thinking up New Years
resolutions.
An unknown man shot a Steu-
bensville woman as she was playing
the piano. If the police really want
to find the fellow who did it let them
arrest the tenant of the floor above.
Sidney Brooks says Americans
are blind, staggering, drunk with
money" Sid must have been watch
ing a Harrisburg Christmas club
cashing its checks.
-England's idea about the free
dom of the seas seems to correspond
pretty we'll with Germanys notions
about the freedom of the land.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15
GOOD PLAN

Perhaps Mr.. Ford plans to disrupt
the armies by Offering all the men Jobs
in his factory.-Kansas City Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg steel is used
in mining appliances in the far
west?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15

German book laying bare intrigues
between Belgium and England before
the war shows that the scheming
Britons enticed Germany into laying
Belgium waste, so that England would
nave an excuse to enter the war.-Wall
Street IOnrnal
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
One of the first Republican State
conventions in the country was held
here.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15
Our Daily Laugh
SAFE.

II I ever catch
you kissing an
other girl our en-
gagement is off.
I'll see you
don't catch me.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15

An explosion which threw hun
dreds from their feet and shattered
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-15
VIEWPOINT.

You shouldn't
be dissati s fl 9 d.
Look at all you
have.
Yes, but look at
all 1 haven't.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1915-07-30
zAPaTA AGAIN HOLDS THE CAPITAL
carranza Controls Mexico City Less
Than Two Weeks.

Washington. - Dispatches to the
state department from Mexico City
announced that Zapata forces rsoccu.
pied the capital Sunday, following the
evacuation by the Carranza army un.
der General Gonzales.
Zapata officials we're said to have
resumed full control of the city from
which they were driven ten days ago
by Gonzales who has gone northward
to meet an advancing Villa force.
This unexpected development came
as a surprise not only to officials Of
the Washington government but to
both the Mexican agencies. 1t had
been supposed that the Zapata army,
Dictated and harrassed on retreat was
operating along the railroad TO Vera
Cruz waiting an opportunity to form
a junction with the villa column ap
preaching from the north
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1915-07-30

posed OF an Intricate device OF gold.
work, set with a ruby, the emblem Of
exacted love. The gold cevice repre-
sents all the symbols OF the Passion
In the center is the crucified Savior.
on one side the spear with which the
side was pierced and the rod Of reeds
OF the flagellation. On the other is q
leaf of hyssop."
In the work OF William Jones, Fin.
ger-ring Lore" published in London in
1877. he describes the ring as fol.
lows:
Beneath are the dies with which
the soldiers cast lots for the garment
without seam, and below are the three
nails; at the back may be distin-
gulshed the inside OF the atonement;
the whole so grouped as to make a
large cross. surmounted by the ruby
the most salient feature Of the device.
"On the inside of the ring the In
scriptions are still perfect. They con-
tain the names of the betrothed pair
and the date of the wedding day In
German-13 Junij 1926. This was the
ring presented to the wife at the be
trothal and worn by her after mar
riage."