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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-20
Van DYKE Lauds France in Poer

The first poem to be published by
DR.. Henry Van Dyke, American Min
lister to Holland, since his resignation
was announced appears in the De-
cember issue of the Art World and
bears out his statement that the main
reason for his resignation was my
wish to return to work as a writer.
with full freedom to say what 1 think
and feel"
The poem. dated September 2S last.
is called THE Name of France" 1t
runs:
Give us a name to fill the mind
With the shining thoughts that lead
mankind
The glory of learning, the joy of art
a name that tells of a splendid part
In the long, long toll and the strenu-
Gus fight
OF the human race to win its way
From the ancient darkness into the
day
OF freedom. brotherhood, equal
right
A name like star, name of light:
| give you, France!
Give us name to stir the blood
With a warmer glow and a swifter
flood
At the touch of courage that con-
quers fear
A name like the call of trumpet,
clear
And silver-sweet and iron-strong,
That brings three million men to their
feet,
Ready to march and steady to meet
The foe who threatens that name with
wrong
A name that rings like a battle-song; I;
/ give you, France!
Give us a name to move the heart
With the strength that noble griefs
impart-
A name that speaks of the blood out
poured
To save mankind from the sway of the
sword
A name that calls the world to share
The burden of sacrificial strife
Where are cause at stake is the
worlds free life
And the rule of the people every
where
A name like a VOW, a name like a
prayer;
/ give you, France!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-20
NOW GET BEHIND IT

.DLANs that have been under way
nation of the Harrisburg Y. NJ.
.C. A.. radical changes in policy and
broadening of the scope of the work
to meet existing conditions and place
1t in position where it can render the
greatest service to the greatest number
are outlined on another page of this
newspaper to-day. 1t is with pleasure
that the Telegraph notes the decision
of the board to canvass the entire
situation in regard to the activities and
membership of the association. with
the intention of adequately meeting
the requirements of the city so far as
the Y. NJ. G. A. is concerned
/ 1t will be the duty of the community
to get behind the board of directors
and see to it that they have proper
support when the time comes to act
There can be little doubt this will be
forthcoming. The Harrisburg of a
few years ago is not the Harrisburg
of to-day. The Y. NJ. C. A. that met
the needs of that period is insufficient
now. This the board has come to
recognize. We have become a great
industrial community Hundreds of
young men have come here in the past
few years to accept places in the offices
of the big corporations, especially
those employing technical men, and
at the Capitol. A building that was
ample for the needs of the community
when it was erected years ago may be
found too small when the association
! puts it's new program into operation.
Perhaps the people of the city will be
called upon for contributions toward
the erection of such an addition as
will meet the requirements of an en-
larged membership. We have no doubt
the response would be as ready and as
generous as it was when the Y. w. C. A.
went before the people a few years
back with similar project.
Certain it is that the directors with
their new program in operation will
require full and hearty support on the
part of the men of the city. The board
naturally resents outside criticism at a
time when it had its own plans well
matured, only awaiting the completion
of it's program to make public an
] nouncement, but the people will judge
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-20
LIQUOR ARG UMENTS AS THEY
APPLY TO DRY STATES

A FAVORITE contention of the
~ liquor interests and their sup
- porters is that prohibition does
not prohibit; that. under prohibition,
all sorts of disreputabe secret and eva
sive methods are resorted to in order
to obtain and to supply intoNicants.
and that the false pretense attendant
upon such farcical enforcement of dry
laws is more harmful morally than the
open sale of liquor, under proper regu-
lation, could possibly be. Look at
Mane" they say, as a clincher to their
argument. They used to add, And
look at Kansas!" but they have drop
ped that.
Well look at Maine. Maine adopted
the policy of prohibition by State law
just seventy years ago. 1t passed even
more stringent laws for the exclusion
of liquor siXty-five years ago, and,
with the exception of the years 1856
and 1857, the later statute has been in
force ever since. For years it was the
only prohibition state in the Union,
and upon ii the liquor interests of the
Nation concentrated all their strength
and ingenuity. They have endeavored
for more than half century, by in
Producing Illicit liquor into the State,
by promoting blind pigs by en-
Icouraging "bootlegging," and by other
means. to bring prohibition into con-
tempt and ridicule, and they have sue
ceeded at times, and to degree
throughout the country, in gaining
their object, but they have never sue
ceeded in turning the great mass of
the people of Maine from a policy which
has, on the whole, despite all under
handed proceedings on the part of the
liquor traffic, worked out for the well
fare of the Commonwealth.
Maine is more firmly attached to pro-
hibition to-day than at any other time
in the last quarter of century. The
State has just elected a governor COM
mitted to strict enforcement of the
prohibition law. 1t will not be help
full to the liquor traffic ii the fair
minded people of the United States look
at Maine.
! But why not continue to look at Kan
sas? Exactly the same tactics that
were employed in Maine by the liquor
| interests were used for several years
| in Kansas, and with like purpose. In
stead of retreating before the almost
ceaseless attacks of an unScrupulous
enemy, Kansas proceeded to tighten the
! lines about the traffic, finally making
| 1t a misdemeanor punishable by fine
and Imprisonment, to dispense or ia
obtain liquor from an apothecary shop
even on a physicians prescription. II
you look at Kansas you will find a
State with the largest per capita wealth
the least poverty, crime and insanity
the greatest freedom from disorder
the largest opportunity for the average
worker, or any in the sisterhood.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-20
Municipal Dividends

Charles b. Hill. finance commissioner
OF Buffalo, we'll says that the dividends
earned by the business of city are re-
turned to the community not In dollars
and cents, but in service. In terms of
public welfare the business of city
may pay well or ill., depending upon the
manner in which il is conducted.
Just now the government of Kansas
City has an opportunity to pay in pub
lie service by finding a way to supply
the needy with coal at cost. Undoubted-
ly there are obstacles in the way of
bringing these needful things about.
Yet nobody doubts they can be brought
about by the right kind of municipal
ability, purpose and perseverance.
The results in service to people who
otherwise might suffer from cold will
be the right sort of municipal dividends.
Kansas City Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-20
By BRIGGS

! Look at any of the prohibition States,
as compared with the nonprohibition,
and you will find the condition of the
mass of the people in the former vast
ly better. Look at Colorado, one of
the youngest of the prohibition States,
and what do you find? That 1890
washerwomen in Denver have turned
over their work to the laundries, be-
cause, since prohibition became effec-
tive, their husbands are supporting
them; that the criminal court of the
city has dismissed one judge, and one
judge now takes care of the entire
criminal docket; that the breweries are
making soft" drinks and that one of
these establishments is making soap;
and that the decrease in the prison in
mates, since Denver became dry, is
33 1-3 per cent. All this could not be
if the Illicit sale of liquor were going
on.
The argument Is advanced that the
Illegal sale of liquor in Boston would
surely result from no license. In Bos-
ton from 1901 to 1915, under license,
there were over 5000 liquor raids, and
in 25 per cent. of these, seizures OF
liquor were actually made. Statistics
for the State of Massachusetts estab-
.ish beyond question that the Illicit sale
Of liquor flourishes in license towns and
cities.
Boston, arrests for drunkenness
increased from 1S,601 in 1900 to 57,S11
in 1915. The only inference is that Ii
cense has been making habitual drink
! ers at a terrible rate. Figures show
that the arrests for drunkenness in
license cities of Massachusetts are two
and a half times greater than in no.
license cities.
1t is contended that license con-
| tributes handsomely to the public reve-
nues. On the contrary, it is establish
! ed that, in the whole State of Massa-
/ chusetts, license costs three times as
much as it brings in, and that in Bos.
! ton, license means for every dollar
paid by the liquor traffic. the eXpendi-
| ture of 81 toward the repair of the
! havoc which the traffic has created. II
! is held that the saloons help business
/ They harm any neighborhood in which
, they are located; they impair the pur-
chasing power of the masses; the
drinking mans family rarely has the
means of meeting its needs. Finally
| it is asserted that the closing of the
breweries, distilleries. and saloons ol
| Boston will throw thousands of meI
out of employment The breweries, dis.
tilleries and saloons of Boston have
costs tens of thousands of men theil
employment. No-license will open uT
| forced out of the liquor business
Nothing but evil proceeds from the
, liquor traffic. nothing but good can re
suit from its eXtirpation. - Christian
Science Monitor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-20
OUR NEW SHIPS
; A MERICANS are alternately chesty
"A with confidence over the prep
aratinns the nation Is m q king To

: A MERICANS are alternately chesty
IA with confidence over the prep
arations the nation is making to
resist the attack of an enemy or
shuddertng with dread over the coun-
try's feebleness when compared with
the assured strength of Europe After
learning from the Governors as
sembied at Washington last week tkat
the National Guard is hopeless as a
part of the first line of defense and
that the national military policy must
be wholly revised if we are not to re-
main a second China among the ma
tions, it is solacing to note the pen
dulum begin to swing in the other
direction for a moment. Just as our
spirits are at lowest ebb, along comes
a noted naval authority to tell us that
our new battle cruisers, the construc-
ton of a division of six having been
authorized, "are without exaggera-
ton in their combination of size, speed
and power, TIE most novel and sensa-
tional ships designed for any navy
since the day of the British dread
naught." These new giants of our
navy have the length of the largest
transatlantic liners, the speed of the
fastest destroyers. and the gun power
of modern battleship. On one point
only, that of armor protection, is in
formation lacking. The thickness and
distribution of this armor is not given
out; for if there is one feature of
warship design more than any other
upon which the naval constructor is
silent, it is that of the armor plan of
new ships
To come down to details, the new
battle cruisers are $50 feet between
perpendiculars and S74 feet over all;
their beam is ninety-one feet, and
their draught is over thirty feet. Now
$50 feet between perpendiculars is
just 100 feet greater than the length
between perpendiculars of tn ia.
nous Lusitania, and it is exactly
equal to the length between perpen-
diculars of the Hamburg-Americau n
liner Imperator.
In view of these figures it is sur.
prising and very significant to learn
that the displacement of the battle
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-20
CHRISTMAS AND YOU!

NENTLENESS and consideration
~ for others are the first character
istics of the Christmas spirit Love
is tie essential quality of the Great
Holiday. Peace on earth; good will to-
ward men" are its watchwords. There
is no place in the season of yule for
the harsh word or the selfish act. Santa
Claus is a jolly elf whose very exist
ence is based upon the truth that it is
more blessed to give than to receive.
Even the arctic coldness of Old
Scrooge melted before the CHEEKY
countenances of Tiny Tim and
Scrooge's nephew-we've forgotten his
name, but not his Merry Christmas,
Uncle"
MERRY Christmas - that's the
word-MERRY! Be merry, and you
can't be merry and cross at the same
time.
Remember all this when you go
shopping these busy days, and let the
tired clerks know that YOU at least
have caught the divine glow of the
true Christmas spirit.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-20
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

F. M. Kirby, prominent Wilkes
Barre man, has been elected a trus-
tee of Lafayette.
Judge Raymond MacNeille, who
resigned from the Philadelphia NUM-
cipal court, was formerly counsel for
the dairy and food division in that
city
Highway Commissioner Frank B.
Black is starting a new coal operation
in partnership with his brother near
Somerset
Councilman Robert Garland is
working out a new plan for a tunnel
for Pittsburgh traffic and the city
may build it.
Ex-senator J. II. Thompson, here
this week in insurance cases, says
practicing law is more strenuous than
serving as a major in Pennsylvania
militia at the border.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-20

hart, who will succeed him. Mr.. Pow
ell has generally been credited with
an ambition to run for Judge in Allie
gheny and will also engage in cor
poration tax settlements.
-Governo" Brumbaugh is getting
tlred OF denying rumors about men
being asked to resign and the story
about Commissioner Dixon and Secre-
tary of the Commonwealth Woods to-
day brought forth a reiteration of the
statement that the Governor had no
such thought. Attorney General
Brown said that in the case of the
utterly baseless report about William
NJ. largest that some one was trying
to make trouble.
Some singular rumors are being
printed in the newspapers of the State
about dismissals of men connected
with the State government. A situa-
tion like this brings out of holes every
talebearer and backbiter and the man
with a grudge is in clover. The 10y
atty and fidelity of men whose attach
ment to the governor and his cause is
sincere is assailed by weasels who
dare not come out into the open. How
ever, the Governor and the men about
him are not losing as much sleep as
the snappers at the heels who are sc
busy giving mysterious tips to news
papers.
Edwin r. Cox, while here last
evening declared that things were
looking up for him and that he eX-
pected to make a fine showing with
votes from the anthracite region.
james McKirdy, assistant director
of the Legislative Reference Bureau
who resigned yesterday, will leave
January l. Mr.. McKirdy has been en-
gagged in preparation of important
| legislation for the coming session
which is about ready for submission
Pittsburgh City Council has chang
ed the name of Grant Boulevard tC
Bigelow Boulevard in honor of Ed
ward Manning Bigelow. the former
State Highway Commissioner, who laiG
it out. Mr.. Bigelow is being giver
unusual honors in his home city.
E. r. Dissinger has been named
as the postmaster at Mt. Gretna ano
Pen Mar has been put into the presi-
Dental post office class. Summer re.
sorts simply can't be kept down.
i. B. Kirk, one of Coatesville'S
, councilmen, has taken charge of the
citys affairs until it elects "a new
, Mayor.
Bethlehem will erect three new
! schools.
In Pottsville the Mayor and Coun-
ell who had repairs made to the city
hall without asking for bids, may be
| forced to pay the bills.
Mayor Jermyn has refused tC
name more than one magistrate fol
that city. The Mayor will likely BIZ
taken into court.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-20
WHEN THE TROOP COMES HOME

HARRISBURG will give the men
of the Governors Troop as
cordial a welcome home as it
gave them an enthusiastic send-off
when they marched away last sum-
mer in response to the Presidents call
to arms. They have made their
sacrifice to the common good-not the
supreme sacrifice of life or limb, to
be sure, but that is not because they
were not ready and willing if the
need arose.
They went to the border fully be-
1ieving they would be called upon
either for service in Mexico or to re-
sist invasion. They knew, as no
civilian can know, how poorly equip
ped they were for the rough work
they thought was ahead of them. But
for all that not man faltered, and
they are just as truly military heroes
as though they had fought through
a dozen campaigns. Theirs was the
will to do and in that lies the test of
courage and conviction.
Harrisburg can always trust its
safety in the hands of such men and
is proud to number them among it's
citizenry. So it is but natural that
the whole city should celebrate right
joyfully when Johnny comes march
ing home again."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-20

cruisers will be only $4,000 tons. This
is several thousand tons less than
the full-load displacement of the
Lusitania, and about 10000 tons less
than the full-load displacement of
the Imperator. The apparent dis
crepancy is explained by the relative
ly moderate beam. ninety -one feet, of
the battle-cruisers, and the remark
able fineness of their model.
The question of the type of gun GA
inch or 16-inch) to be mounted in the
main battery of the new battle cruisers
las been decided in favor of the new
14-inch, 50-caliber gun, and ten of
these will be mounted in four turretS,
two of them carrying three guns and
two of them two guns each, the n0m-
ber of guns and their method of en-
placement being similar to that of the
battleships Nevada and Oklahoma. The
total energy, however, is considerably
greater. the 50-caliber gun of the bat
tie cruisers developing 5000 foot-tons
of muzzle energy as against $4,000
foot-tons for the 45-caliber guns as
mounted on the Nevada. This means
that a broadside salvo from the bat
tie cruisers will have n total muzzle
energy of 100000 foot-tons, or suffi-
cient to lift 1000 tons 700 feet into
the air. Defense against torpedoes
will be intrusted to a battery of
twenty 5-inch guns, sixteen of
which will be mounted amid
ships on the upper and superstructure
decks. No less than eight torpedo
tubes for firing the new 21-inch tor
pedo with a range of 10000 yards will
be emplaced, four of these being
above water and four below.
The new ships, because of their
great size, will naturally carry large
complement, greater. indeed, tkan that
of any ship afloat. The total number,
including officers and men, will be
1874.
These descriptions have a soul
satisfying sound for timid, peace-lov-
ing folks. They smack strongly of
the most effective kind of peace in
surance policies now being written.
The more of them between Europe and
America and Asia and America when
the war in Europe ends the greater
our own security will be.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-20
The Name of France

Give us a name to fill the mind,
With the shining thoughts that lead
mankind,
The glory of learning, the joy of art,
A name that tells of splendid part
In the long, long toll and the strenu-
Gus fight
OF the human race to win it's way
From the ancient darkness into the
OF freedom, brotherhood, equal right.
A name like star, a name of light,
| give you France!
Give us a name to stir the blood
With a warmer glow and a swifter
flood
At the touch of a courage that con-
A name like the call of a trumpet,
clear
And silver-sweet and iron strong,
That brings three million men to their
feet
The foe who threatens that name with
wrong
A name that rings like a battle song,
l give you France!
Give us q name to move the heart,
With tie strength that noble griefs
impart-
A name that speaks of the blood out
poured
To save mankind from the sway of
the sword
A name that calls the world to share
The burden of sacrificial strife
Where the cause at stake is the worlds
free life.
And the rule of the people every
where
A name like vow, q name like a
prayer
] give you France!
Henry Van Dyke.
September %, 1916.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-20
LEMoYNE WELFARE LEAGUE

TIME new Lemoyne Welfare
Leagues first work will be the
conduct of a municipal Christ
mas tree celebration. Tie league has
undertaken to raise money for the
tree and to arrange the program.
This is the kind of public spirit
that makes for the betterment of any
community. No town is better than
it's people and any town is a good
town exactly in proportion to the eff
forts of it's people in that direction.
The new league will do much or
little, as its members may determine.
Certainly it is headed in the right
direction and Lemoyne already is feel
ing it's beneficent influences.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-20

only by results. and the little furry
occasioned thereby will be quickly for
gotten when things begin to hum at
the association building.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-20

The whole of Harrisburg will SYM
pathize with City Solicitor Seitz and
Commissioner Bowman in their illness.
1t is hard enough to be sick at any
time, and harder by far at the ap-
proach of the Christmas season. All
their many friends hope for their early
recovery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-20

A western girls seminary is debat-
ing the wisdom of studying biology.
Why not make it unanimous by spelling
it boyology?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-20

No surprise is attached to the decision
of the Allies to reject the German
peace proposal. There was no other
course open to them. Peace, without
reparation and a guarantee of perma.
nency, for a generation or two at least,
would be intolerable from the entente
point of view.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-20

It's almost a public disgrace to be
seen on the streets these days without
at least a half-dozen bundles.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-20

Girl Awarded $4,000 Against
Wealthy Recluse for Breach of Prom
ise."-Newspaper headline. But think
what she might have cost him if he had
married her,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-20

Villa promises to give the Carranza
forces something for Christmas-prob-
ably the proverbial bunch of switches.