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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10
UNCLE SAM PATHETIC WORLD
FIGURE, SAYS EMERSON BROWNE

fashioned enough to put a wife and
children above dollars, and our honor
above shameless supineness, no bet
ter commentary than Pascuaps could
be made on this, the New Freedom"
that has come to US through Woodrow
The Weakness of Wilson
God knows. we don't want war. No
more do we want disease. War may
never come to us. Nor disease. Only
do we demand that should either come,
we be strong, and clean, and firm to
combat 1t.
This Wilson has failed to make us,
failed because he does not understand
and cannot seem to learn. And four
years is a long time for a nation of a
hundred million people to stand and
wait while one man goes to school.
Wilson has failed 10 make US strong
because he himself is weak. He has
answered a blow with note: he has
replied to insult with more notes. and
to inquiry with yet other notes. He
has left American citizens. whom he
was pledged to protect, to the mercies
of any and all who cnose to rob, to
dishonor and to kill.
The ocean is laden and the land is
fringed with the corpses of American
men, American women, American chill
country, found that their country would
give them nothing. No written word
of man ever restrained Nubian lion,
Mexican bandit or a German subma-
rine. They live by force alone and
the only thing that they respect or un-
derstand is a greater force.
Words may be met with words. But
deeds can be checked only by deeds.
This. Woodrow Wilson in four shame
full years has failed to learn; nor, ap-
parently, will he ever. He has said,
America first" But he has meant only,
safety first" hiding the while behind
the miasma of his own grandiloquent
periods while his countrymen have red
dened sea and land with the blood of
their bodies. and America, last. head
down. eyes sunk in shame, has followed
in the dust of his defeats.
The Strength of Hughes
Hughes has been strong. die has said,
America first and America efficient,
America great and America honored.
He thinks 1t not enough to talk of
America being first. She must be
made first. He knows that to do this,
her citizens must not be strong in word
only. but in deed. great not only in
council, but in action, calm in thought
and In speech. jealous in honor, Jealous
in the protection of American lives and
American liberties, willing to talk when
talk is wise; but ready and powerful
to act when words fail and deeds must
take their place.
May we not, then. nope and believe
that through him Can we once again
become strong and cream and firm,
strong as was Washington, clean as
was Lincoln. firm as was Grant, strong
and clean and firm as were those line
men from whom we sprung, who won
for us. and left to us. this great and
wonderful heritage that is alike our
country and our trust?-Porter Emer-
son Browne, in Golfers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10

tration at Washington. We must meet
with courage and honesty the obliga-
cations of our day, says this same
writer. and we must resist with all our
might every influence making for ma
tional disintegration.
Intelligent labor leaders themselves
are realizing now, and much sooner
than the President had anticipated,
how adversely they will be affected
by the reaction of public opinion
growing out of increased living cost
and other results of excessive legisla-
ton to cure the alleged ills of society.
The only result of loose and hasty leg
islation is to stimulate agitation and
unrest, and real friends of labor are
not disposed to involve the working
man in endless controversy and dis
content. Capital and labor must go
hand hand; it cannot be otherwise.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10
DOING THEIR DUTY

MOT many fully realize what the
IN railroads are doing to make
Harrisburg what it aspires to be
THE Heart of Distribution. Really
great developments are under way.
The railroad managers see farther
than most of our own people. They
are spending their companies money
! to make their visions come true. They
are building not only for to-day, but
for the future.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany is erecting a great freight depot
and constructing immense freight
yards adjoining. The Cumberland
Valley is spending three-quarters of a
million to give itself a double track
entrance to Harrisburg and much
more on subways and yard room. The
Reading is increasing it's trackage to
Rutherford and preparing to handle
more freight in the yards there.
The city and the railroads are
growing and developing together. This
is as it should be. The railways and
the community they serve are in
reality partners in business. The
owners of local commercial concerns
are all working for the prosperity of
their own individual enterprises. The
sum of their progress represents the
advance of the community as a whole,
and each one of them to that extent
is working for the benefit of the COM
munity, even though he may con-
tribute nothing to public spirited
movements. Intelligent self-interest
prompts the railroad to be an active
partner in the work of community
development. and in Harrisburg the
railroads are realizing their duty in
this respect to the full-and are do
ing it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10
SECRETARY GREGORY

MERE appeared in the Telegraph
last evening the picture and birth
day greeting of Frank II. Gregory.
The Telegraph delights in paying
homage to such as he.
Mr.. Gregory is typical of the best
citizenship of Harrisburg. 1t is an old
saying that there is risk in building a
monument to any man still alive. A
memorial might be erected to Mr..
Gregory With absolute assurance that
he would live up to it. But he needs
no monument at the hands of his
fellows; he has built his own. 1t is the
Pennsylvania Railroad Y NJ. C. A.
Mr. Gregory took charge of that in
stitution when its future was in doubt
and when its quarters consisted of an
obscure suite of rooms in a rented
building. To-day it occupies a beauti-
full structure of it's own and has set the
pace for the rest of the city by in
stalling the only swimming pool in
town. 1t is great and growing force
for good in it's sphere.
The reporter carelessly, or carefully.
we don't know which. omitted to note
which birthday it was that Mr.. Gregory
yesterday celebrated. but it is no mat
ter of consequence. Men like the Sec
retary measure their lives by deeds.
not years. and they never grow old In
spirit. and but slowly in body. The
Telegraph wishes him many more
of 'em.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Col. c. c.. Allen, who commands
the First infantry. is a United States
army officer on leave.
Judge ]. w. Ray, of Greene coun-
ty courts, has been taking some auto
mobile tours of the southern coun-
ties according to the newspapers.
Judge Charles l.. Brown, of the
Philadelphia municipal court, will be
the speaker on Juvenile court work
when the State Federation of Women's
phia.
Charles M. Schwab gave $4,000
to the big Bethlehem bridge project.
-Ex- Senator Charles A. Amber
will give a dinner to Northern Mont
gomery Republican leaders this
month.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10
Dust Throwing Phrase
IKansas civ Starl

The defense of the President, "He
kept us out of war" sounds good as a
campaign cry. But 1t Is becoming in
creasingly apparent that it is being
used to cover up failures in foreign
policy and to divert attention from
the real issues.
What those failures have been were
catalogued by Colonel Roosevelt in
his reply to Secretary Lane printed
yesterday. The outcome of the ad-
ministration's submarine policy and of
it's Mexican policy was there set forth
in detail. The record is one that no
American can contemplate without
humiliation.
1t Is in an effort to keep this record
in the background that the campaign
orators are attempting to center at
itention on the sentence, HE kept US
out of war;"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10
CLEAN LANGUAGE,

NIFTY thousand men and boys
l. marched along the principal thor
oughfares Of Philadelphia yester-
day carrying banners of Holy Name
societies and giving visible evidence
of their pledge against perjury, bias
phemy, profanity and obscene speech"
This movement of the Catholic
Church is an example for all denomi-
nations. Profanity is all too common.
Obscenity too often masquerades as
hunor. The oath is the signpost of a
deficient vocabulary. Profane language
is weak language. 1t conveys no other
meaning than that of ungoverned
temper. 1t inspires neither respect nor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10
CAPITAL AND LABOR

NOTHING has SO encouraged pes
IN simism in the United States as
the attitude of President Will
son in the matter of the so-called
eight-hour law. But pessimism as to
the inherent soundness of American
character generally. one writer points
out, is not warranted. We have not
forgotten how the voters smashed the
sixteen-to-one foolishness of William
Jennings Bryan and the people will
just as certainly crush the tendency
toward paternalism which has char
acterized the present weak admins
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10

VTON BERNSTORFF blandly as.
v sures President Wilson that
Germany's pledges will be
kept" the while the German govern
ment is blockading our ports against
neutral shipping, sinking neutral ship
along our coasts without search and
disregarding nearly every policy of
submarine warfare laid down by the
Wilson administration.
THE lives of non-combatants can
not lawfully or rightfully be put in
jeopardy" President Wilson himself
declared and added that to put them
in small boats and leave them to the
mercy of the sea" was placing them In
the very peril which the President as
serted the United States would not
tolerate.
Only the presence of American
naval vessels in large numbers pre-
vented loss of life following the whole
sale destruction of shipping on Sunday.
Passengers, regardless of nationality
and without inquiry as to whether or
not they were American citizens, were
hurried into tiny boats and left to the
mercy of threatening fog and a rough
sea. All day long the reckless COM
mander of the submarine used his one
mounted gun to spread terror and de-
struction about him. Whether his
shells struck an American vessel or
warship in the otfing or whether they
flew wide and destroyed property
ashore mattered naught to him. He
was without the ridiculously made
quate three-mile limit and he cared
not a hoot for anything but the ac-
complishment of the purpose on which
he was bent. The safety of American
shipping and American lives was moth
ing to him, nor to the government that
sent him.
The result was a slump in the Amer
lean stock market that wiped out
values of millions and panic among
shippers that has demoralized the ex-
port business of the whole Atlantic
coast. The effect is an attempt-more
or less effectual-to blockade Ameri-
can waters against neutral shipping.
Our naval officers have been placed in
the ignominious position of life-savers
in the wake of German men, of war.
Our business has been struck a terri
BILE blow. American lives have been
placed in danger and, if the operations
of the submarines are not brought to
prompt halt, we shall awaken some
fine morning soon with another Lusi-
tania horror on our hands and at our
very doors.
Yet President Wilson sits supinely
by with bolded hands, enraptured by
the siren song of Won Bernstorff, who
tells him that 'Germany's pledges will
be kept"
The people, however. are of another
mind, and it will go hard with the
President in November if he does not
take steps to guarantee the safety of
American lives and neutral shipping
in American waters. This latest exam
pie of German insolence is intolerable
We must sec to it that the American
flag is supreme in American waters or
we may as we'll haul down the Stars
and Stripes and hoist the German
standard on every American ship of
war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10
TUESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER IL

In all things be prompt. Get the
thing done. Do it no,U. Delay is fatal.
The only tody for busy man to get
through his cork is to take up one
thing at a time and stick to it until
he puts it through. Neper mind if the
cork IS diHcuIt-it must be done
Walter II. Cottinghdm.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10
THAT OLD GRAY COAT
BY Wing Dinger

This morning 1t was taken
From out the wooden chest,
Where for six months it's hidden
And had a peaceful rest.
And out upon the clothes line
It's hung the livelong day
In order that the breezes
Might round about 1t play.
For odors strong of camphor
And moth ball. too, so round,
In every crease and wrinkle
Dc certainly abound.
I'll tell you something. brother.
The old, old billy goat
Has nothing on the flavor
OF last years overcoat.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY

lQuestions submitted to members of
the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their
answers as presented at the organiza-
lions annual Municipal Quiz"I
What property taxes do public SER
vice corporations pay city?
Public service corporations only
pay property tax on real estate not
actually used in the operation of
their business.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10

A relative of the President" writes
for the Public Ledger a long article
brimming with tears about ''the lonely
man in the White House." but most of
us feel that he knew how to dispel his
loneliness and didn't pause long in
doing 1t.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10
Species of BlackrnaiI

We have discovered that 1t is pos
sible to get lot of attention around
home by threatening to sing.-Toledo
Blade.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10

Many an investor learned yesterday
that he doesn't know as much about
Wall Street as he thought he did.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg book binding
machinery is in use i'm the big
gcst publishing houses in the
land?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10

After to-day it will be hard to make
anybody believe that Harrisburg is
not enthusiastically for Hughes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10

1t begins to look as though New
York's little trick in favor of Brooklyn
had been played in vain.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10

II you can't find a business man
with whom you have an engagement,
go look for him before one of the base.
ball bulletin boards
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10
BLOCKING OUR PORTS

Those U-boats should have been NAM
ed o k-boats
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10
ERATE.

Smith: When
you came home
and found a
burglar in your
house what did
you do?
Briggs (who is
English: What
did I do? Why.
n o I h ng o {
course. I didn't
know the bally
sotter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10

The suffrage plank was urged by
delegation of the Pennsylvania Woman
Suffrage Association. which asked the
subcommittee to indorse specifically
the national Republican woman sut-
frage plank. Although the platform
committee did not act upon the sug-
gestion. the executive board of the as
ISOLATION, in a statement last night
signed by Mrs. Mary j. T. Orlady. the
president. and Mrs. Lucy X. Miller,
party chairman, said that ii was not
to be supposed that the State commit
tee intended to discredit the suffrage
plank any more than other planks in
the national Republican platform, to
which no reference was made in the
platform adopted by the State COM
mittee. On the other hand. the ex-
ecutive board argued that the State
committee doubtless believed that all
Republicans accept. as not debatable
or to be questioned, all those planks in
the national Republican platform. in
Guiding the Monroe Doctrine, rural
credits, rural free delivery, conserva-
tion and civil service reform. not men,
toned in the platform adopted by the
Republican State committee yesterday.
The State committee adopted a re-
port OF the subcommittee on rules. of
which ex-Judge w. D. Wallace, of
Lawrence county. was chairman, and
in which was a provision that vacan-
cies in the office of member of the
Republican national committee shall
be filled by the State committee, and
that the national committeeman shall
be ex off1cio q member of the State
committee and the executive and
finance committee thereof.
Ex-senator Knox attacked the
Democratic administration for its
claims. pretensions and spurious pro-
gram of legislation" He called 1t an
administration of pleasant phrases. y
Mr.. Knox declared that the COMING
cam paign is one of the most important
| in the nations history. The policies oi
the Wilson government. so far as they
relate to the external world. he as
serted, have been repudiated
Senator Oliver said following the
close OF the European war the men II
charge of our national affairs will bt
confronted with problems which will
transcend in importance anything tha
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10

Confessions are good for the soul;
also they cut down court costs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
1t took three months for the offic-
ial proceedings to put Harrisburg on
the map to be consummated.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10
Our Daily Laugh
CHECKERFD.

CHECKERED.
Earle What
do they mean by
a C h e C k cred
career. Dad?
His Dad-Al-
ways on the
move. I reckon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-10

MOT many fully realize what the
IN railroads are doing to make
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Washington Journal., 1916-01-07
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Gines Der int~ere1anteften beuti6en
Observation-Disclosures

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Washington Journal., 1916-01-07

befaus, Isle Fnb bod erit Dor asbH
Sasen beimgereift."
~Da miiiIen Sic fi9 irren, 9err,"
fagt er freunbli9, Dpabrf9einli4
Dsrpe8feln Sic mid nit einem ans
BERN"
rglein. nsin, sic fparsn es, Der
uns eraGbIte, tpie sic Sbren 2euten
0rouben 5ron8Oiii6 eaben unO 8u9s
fiibrung." :.
r4IIhbings, ober bamaIs mar es
eben, ooB i'd auf llrIaub sing, ieBt
aber fobr i9 tpieOer beim. "
n9eim9 MObin2"
Isl, gu meinem Regiment nod
Pr5osnpf3."
Inns allen i'm GiIenbabnabteiI bat
es cine MeiIe bic gebe berI9lagen.
9eim gu feinem &egiment na4 pr5ass
npf3. 9eim gu feinen 2euten in bic
S9ibengrGben. !9eim gu feinen &as
meronen bon ben Sturmtolonnen.
9eim gum 8udfiibrungsunterri6t
spif9en ben S9lu9ten. 9eim gu ben
MrtiIleriepferben, bic iebt feline lans
gen @interbaore mehr batten, 10
lange tpie fein Mtttelfinger, fonoern
friiblingsglatt ergldnSten.
Seim, beim = spei 9eimaten bat
in bie1em langen &riege unfer Webrz
mann nod unb mad betOmmen. Cine
brinnen:
.@obin fGbrft bu?" = rGi, hOim
our SHUTTER brinnen." llnb cine
brouBen:
.Wobin fabrif bu ieBt2" st,
bOim gu meinen 2euten brouben."
Der Solbot BON beute bat es gut.
Or mag tommen OOer gehen, INNER
fdbrt er 9eim, nur betm.
so? l1nb tpenn i'm nun bic IeBte
Rugsl trifft unO i9 i'm frasen mir
be: DObin gebt bic &eife ieBt, Serr
Ramerao?" u9oim," piirbe ct
nit feinem IeBten @usenaufi4Iag faz
gen, rbOim, Serr."
Washington Journal., 1916-01-07

@Drfi9tig. 0antbarer pa>
tent: -. unb i'm iibrigen ipdre es
mir fe6r ongenebm, 9err Dottor,
tpenr Sic mir Sbre liquidation re4t
balb auisnben piirben!
8eriibmter Mrat: .. bas bat
pirtli9 nod 3eit! - Sd fenoe metz
nen patienten bic &e9nung INNER
erit Damn, tpenn iie pieoer gana frGf>
tig geporoen fino!