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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
TEACHERS RETIREMENT

PROBABLY not many people paid
much attention to the item that
appeared yesterday to the effect
that the State Teachers Retirement
Fund Board had organized. Never
theless, it marked the commencement
of one of the biggest movements to
do justice to faithful workers for the
public that has been undertaken by
any state. Pennsylvania has a habit
of doing big things. 1t launched its
Workmen's Compensation system
when students were doubtful, and it
has done wonders for conservation of
health and resources. Even now it is
planning systematic study of old age
pensions, health insurance, better
prison methods; reform in banking,
insurance and penal laws and other
subjects of which other common
wealths speak with a megaphone.
The teachers retirement fund
marks the establishment of a system
for which band of devoted instruc-
tors, some of whom live here, have
struggled for years. Time and again
they were rebuffed and more than
once beaten when success seemed al
hand, But last season the plan was
put before the lawmakers so sue
cinctly and with such backing that
they approved the system, provided
for an organization and paved the
way for the State to give third of
the funds. Teachers are to contribute
and so are school districts. 1t will be
a foundation with millions OF dollars,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
AN IDEAL CAMP SITIE

VYTHEN the plans made by Ad-
wv jutant General Beary and
State Forestry Commissioner
Conklin for the planting of trees in
and about the States military reser-
walton in the Conewago hills are
half completed Pennsylvania will
have a site for encampment of its
troops which will be a place in
which the whole State can take more
pride. When the work is finished
along the lines approved recently
the tract will be unrivalled as n
point for concentration and training
of troops. Mt. Gretna has long
been known for it's natural charm
and is considered by experienced
military men to be ideal. Improve
ments along a dozen lines was all
provided for and would have been
carried out this year If the national
government had signified a desire.
No one can understand why the
National Guard of Pennsylvania was
not modified at Mt. Gretna when
called to the colors or why tho
splendidly located camp site was not
utilized as training point for
drafted men. Beside it the sand and
trees OF Camps Meade and Dix are
not to, be mentioned, and as for
Yaphenk it is not to be discussed at
the same time. But we are not find
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
BOARDING GOLD AN EVIL
To the Editor Of the Teirgrabh:

Carlisle, Pa.
To-day an honored and respected
neighbor, township official and di-
rector in progressive bank, re-
quested that I assist him to secure
$1,000 in gold. This he intends TO
place in a safe deposit box This
reminded me that another man who
stands as high In the esteem of his
Fellows a member of an honorabl
profession, and old enough to know
better, has n safe deposit box liter
ally stuffed full of currency.
The standing of these men leads
me to believe that there are many
people who are probably doing the
same thing, and ] write to you in
the hope that your able pen may
point out to your readers the folly of
boarding money in the strict sense of
the word-and helping to dry up the
blood not only of prosperity, but, in
our complex life, of existence.
The man with the safe deposit
box stuffed with hard cash bought a
paltry $50 Liberty Bond of the
second loan; none of the first. The
retired bank director farmer is will
ing and eager to grab 81 900 in gold,
yet he owns not one Liberty Bond.
These two men live in a community
of about 5000 population. There
must be ten more ike MN. II one
In every thirty of the people of the
United States is holding back $1,000
or $500 in cash, not saving 1t in a
commendable way by investing it in
any legitimate enterprise, Liberty
Bonds, etc, but by hiding it away,
how long will there remain any me-
dium of exchange?
If 100000 citizens of the United
States are hiding $1,000 or $500 each,
fearing, or hoping, that the country
/ Will soon be ruined and that they
can then come forth with their ready
money and profit by the disasters of
their more patriotic and unselfsh
| brothers, 1t is about time for a con-
scription of wealth here as well as in
France and England.
| believe that the quiet, sneaking,
hypocritical money hoarders are
more dangerous to the country Just
now than the talkative pacifists.
They are the fellows we must fight
in the dark. Your next door neigh
Dor may be one of them. Mine hap
pened to be. Let us not be over
, confident, but let us not be doubtful
! of the courage of our men and our
Allies. Let us destroy the jackals
who wait for disaster to their friends
and by that very act make our fight
the harder, Yours. j.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
.IJBERTY BOND VALUES

"HE man who pawnsd a $50 Lib
erty Bond yesterday for $3.50
- was foolish. The bond is worth
face value. If he wanted to borrow
money on it in an emergency, he
might have taken it to any bank
where he would have been able to
raise much more than $16.5O and at
a much lower rate of interest than
pawnbrokers ordinarily are accus-
toned to charge. Don't part with
your Liberty Bonds for trifle. They
are as good as gold, and better, for
gold coin does not draw interest
whereas the Liberty Bond does.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
SCORES SOME" MEN
Harrisburg. NoV.

To .hc Edi,o, of the Telegraph;
If you will allow me space in your
interesting paper, | would like to
give my opinion OF some OF the men
of Harrisburg. | have trayeled in
many states, both East and West.
but | must say | still have to travel
to find men so indifferent as to their
manners as they are in Harrisburg.
l boarded a car on Monday, and, as
all seats were filled with both men
and women and children, | had to
stand. A very elderly lady boarded
the car. and not one offered her a
seat. The car gave a jerk and she
fell full-length across, the floor of
the car. l have since made inquir-
les and find she is at home with one
arm broken. the other badly bruised,
and injury to her leg and possibly
other injuries. i hope some of those
men who were on the car will stop
and think for moment, then make
up their minds that in the future
they will at least honor old age.
Yours.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
A FRIEND OF THE AGED.
WHAT Y. M. C. A. DOES

To tie Editor of the Telegraph:
l am sending under separate COW
er a copy of Trench and Camp"
published by the Army Y. NJ. c. A.
You will notice the Harrisburg COM
pany as usual in the limelight with
it's social activities and athletics.
would appreciate very much If you
will tell the folks back home in the
columns of your paper the wonder
full work the Army Y. M. G. A. is
doing at Camp Hancock. Words
cannot express how thankful we are
to have their buildings to go to, sta
tionery, moving pictures and prac-
tically everything that could be found
for their comfort and amusement,
absolutely free. | will put you on
the mailing list, so you can see what
work is really being done down here
and you will find 1t in Trench and
Camp" Thanking you for your
kindness, i am, sincerely yours.
CY HECKER,
nj. 8. II. 103, Truck Co. NO. /.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
LABOR NOTES

After the war British workers viii
demand a six-hour day.
Canada had only one new strike
In August.
Housemaids at Seattle. Wash.
have organized.
Toronto (Canada) letter-carriers
ask increased pay.
A $4,000 labor temple is planned
In Chicago,
Dressmakers in Italy receive 60
cents a day.
Bookbinders in Winnipeg, Canada,
get an increase of $3.50 a week.
Women chauffeurs in the British
army number 400.
One million New York women are
to be enrolled in a food-saving army.
Calgary (Canada) painters are
asking for so cents an hour, an in
crease of 10 cents.
There are 10000 unorganized
women and girl workers in Seattle,
Wash.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03

for which some share of taxes will
have to be paid. but when one comes
to think about it, the teacher is
among the most deserving of those
whose serve us.
Everyone will rejoice to know that
the preliminaries for a proper teach
ers' retirement system are at last
under way
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Hindenburg claims Germany was
forced into the war, and now here's
General Haig slowly but surely fore
ing her out of it!-Chicago Herald
A professor of the Sorbonne es-
capped from a German prison by
feigning blindness. Just think what
Senator La Toilette might escape by
feigning dumbness!-NewY York Tele-
graph.
The Austria Hungarian Foreign
Minister declares that the Central
Empires can carry on the war as
as long as the other side can. They
used to- say they could carry il on
longer.-Dallas News.
Describing the British capture of
Foelcappelle, the war correspondent
cables: "A German detachment
clunS tenaciously to a brewery in the
eastern outskirts and fought until
the end."-New York Telegraph:
when Washington announces an
American destroyer attacked an Ital-
ian submarine by mistake, infltcting
severe damage. it's safe bet many a
German U-boat has suffered up TO
the present time.-New York Tele-
graph.
OF course, they may give General
Iiaig credit for recent Allied sue
cesses If they wish, but you know,
and we know, that the German lines
are weakened simply because we got
busy and carried our own packages
from the stores last month.-Kansas
City Star.
Speaking of barometers, the Kali
ser went into the war with mus
taches like this ' /; now he wears
them like this - -; by Christmas
they will be like this + Boston
Transcript.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
MISPLACED PRoDUCTIvENEss

What is the matter with the Ship
ping Board2 Reports from Washing
ton are to the effect that Admiral
Capps is proving persona non grata
to some of his associates and that
an effort will be made to displace
him as president of the shipping
corporation. II the Shipping Board
could only produce ships as prolifi-
cally as it developes controversies,
we could sing, Columbia, the Gem
of the Ocean" with both truth and
feeling. And If it fulfills its promise
to complete million tons of ship
ping by April l we will sing it that
way.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG

A Il the risk of mourning the ill
~ favor of Washington, may the
Telegraph ask Commissioner
Garfield how it happens that Penn
sylvania towns, at the very doors of
of the coal regions, are compelled to
pay more for certain kinds of coal
than are charged elsewhere and that
a shortage is permitted to exist here.
while far-off communities have
plenty of fuel?
In our humble opinion there is
something radically wrong with a
system evolved to reduce prices
which has no other effect than to run
them up, and which leaves the CON
sumer in worse plight than before,
both as regards cost. and supply.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
THE PEOPLES FORUM
OBJECTS TO MOVIE" TAX
10 the Editor of the Telegraph:

2 F''V t'"F'V " IIIt ItIESIuFW.
Moving picture sign on Market
street: Come on now. Be patri-
otic. Pay your war tax. Help your
country" l am perfectly willing to
pay my war tax, but why should
give the movie man four cents more :?
If | should ask my boss for a fifty
per cent. raise, he would fall dead.
How about the cigar dealers, who
were charging six cents for nickel
cigars, when the tax only started to-
day? l am for the U. S.. first, last
and all the time, but / am against
such as these. Your paper repre-
sents the people, and L hope you
roast them good and proper.
JAMES L. F,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
REGISTER

VXToMEN have been asked by the
wv President and the Governor
to register for such war work
as they may feel able to perform.
Many Harrisburg women have re-
sponded. More will do So If you
are in doubt as to where to go or
how to proceed call at the Red Cross
headquarters in Walnut street. Wo-
men who want the ballot should not
lose this opportunity to prove that
they are as ready as men to give of
their time and energies to the well
fare of the community. BY all means
register. Every woman can do some-
thing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03

that he was the only man the So
cialists are really expecting to land
in a job at City Hall. The nearest
man to him fell about 700 votes short
or his total, 500. to be exact.
-Scranton's Mayoralty contest is
one of the kind in which the an
thracite region has always delighted.
Notwithstanding the second-class
city nonpartisan law there is very
definite alignment of men, accord
ing to parties and the Republican
and the Times. both virile sheets, be
IL said, were never stronger party or
gans than now. The Republican is
behind A. r. Connell and the Times
behind John Durham.
The Wilkes Barre Record looks
fol a Republican triumph in Bu-
zerne. Friends of Judge IL. A. Fuller
say he will win easily for judge, not
withstanding the fuss being made by
tho Shea people.
The Altoona Tribune has been
making a great fight in the Council
manic contest in the Mountain City
where the city managership issue Is
uppermost. The Tribune says IL Will
win, too.
Cambria county party leaders
very carefully sent to the camps
complete party tickets already print
ed for the convenience of the SOL
diers. 1t is said that was also done
in Erie.
Meanwhile the cards for j.
Denny O'Neil for Governor continue
to float about the state. The latest
boosting card urges the man who
gets it to tell his neighbors that
O'Neil would be the best candidate
and also to tell j. Denny O'Neil
saws he does not know who Is doing
1t. but the movement is corrugating
some brows in Philadelphia, Harris
burg and Pittsburgh.
Meetings are being held in Phil
adelphia morning. noon and night
ana the whole state is watching to
sec what 1T is going to amount to.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
LOOKS THAT WAY

Is it possible that the chiefs of
the miners labor organizations are
giving orders with fingers crossed?-|
Rochester Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
NEW SOURCE OF Taxes

IF Bridgeport factory employees ara
earning wages of $50 and $40 week.
the government at any rate should
profit from the new crop of income
taxpayers-NewY York World,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.,
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
HJSTORIC HARRISBURt

In old days Harrisburg voted at the
Courthouse. the Burgess Office and
the schools.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
OUR DAILY LAUGH
ENOUGH
BALD.

Mable We
c q n It imagine
what the hard
ships of the
trenches m u 8 I
be.
Harry can,
| went on n all
day picnic yester-
day,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03

Ell. STACKPOLE,P Prest s. Editor-in-C Chief
F. r. OYSTER. Business Manager.
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ, MdndgiHg Editor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
A REDEEMING

- - - = a -
VIRTUE.
Yes sir. I'm
strictly q self
made man.
Really. y o u
mustn't expect me
TO compliment
your workman
ship but it's hne
and manly of
you to admit 1t
and not try to
put the blame on
someone else.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03

MemJer of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication OF
all news dispatches credited to it or
not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news published
herein.
All rights of republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
NSCRUTABLE!
"HE Telegraph is in receipt OF q
letter from a Harrisburg wo-
man, in which she asks:


man, in which she asks:
If. as the President and Mr..
Hoover tell US, food will win this
war. and we are told to- save
wherever possible, to eat less that
our limited store may be con-
served and IL the President has
power delegated to him by Con-
gress to stop the waste of ma
terial for 100000 loaVes OF
bread that go into the making of
beer daily, why does he not stop
the manufacture of beer and save
this food for us and our allies
who need it so badly?
Dear reader you have propounded
question that would have stumpa(
the Oracle of Delphi The ways ot
the national administration are mys.
terious and past all finding out, Ever
that all-knowing, all-wise agency. The
Official Bureau of Information, ma!
been unable to offer a satisfaL tory
explanation All that the humble
American can do in the circum.
stances is to sit idly on the bank!
of the amber river as it flows un
ceasingly from brewery to bar and
while he munches reflectively upor
his dry crust of rye bread, marvel ir
ever-growing wonder upon the in
scrutable wisdom of the powers tha
bp
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg is making
parts of machinery for big cx-
cavatlons for war purposes?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER ,. 1917

Because right is right, TO follOW right
Were lCiSdom in the score of conSc.
quence. -TENNYSoN.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
SOURCE OF
INSPIRATION.

Mana ger-How
did that dramatic
critic come to
write such an
unqualihed roast
OF our new play =?
Author-Maybe
he ov r heard
some of I h q
things you said to
me about It.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03

NO FEATHERS.
The umpire calls
a foul, said
she,
Yet not a feather
do 1 see.
Correct! he an
swered; even
so!
But this is q
picked one,
you know!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03

Quite few people who took part
n the Liberty Loan Campaign have
laid away their badges and buttons
and other materials used In the Bell-
ing Of the bonds to keep for years
to come. When one comes 10 think
OF it there is going to be much In
terest in the future in what we are
doing now and how we are doing 1t
in Harrisburg. We have been plunged
into so many lines of activity of
which we never dreamed that con-
sidering it from the standpoint of q
few years the interest will be ap-
parent
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03

that he was the only man the So
cialists are really expecting to land
in a job at City Hall. The nearest
man to him fell about 700 votes short
OF his total, 699. to be exact.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03

The Reading Eagle prints an in
teresting statement regarding the
Socialist vote in that city in view of
the tremendous fight being made by
the Socialists to get control of Coun-
Gil. The burden of the article is to
show that registration does not mean
much to the Socialist voter, The
Eagle says:
'The registration and the high
vote in the three parties in 1915 COM
pared as follows:
Dem mocratic-Ringler polled 5,S4S,
registration was S,1S3.
publican-Plowfield polied o.
14I. registration was 7,412.
"Socialist-Maurer polled 6,109,
registration was 1,040,
"The Socialist vote is always high
er than the registration. The oppo-
site is true of the Democratic and
Republican vote.
"a significant feature of the So
cialist vote at the September pri-
mary was the nearly 1000 difference
hetween the high and low Socialists
vote. The high man got 4,041 and
he was the only one who came near
the 1900 mark, leading TO a report
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03

Hindenburg claims Germany was
forced into the war, and now here's
General Haig slowly but surely fore
ing her out of it!-Chicago Herald.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-08
WESTERN.

The Wyoming National guards are
Aow at Fort Russell.
An Ell Paso. Tex, dispatch states
that Villa is reported dead.
The Second Iowa infantry started
home from Brownsville, Tex. 1t will
be mustered out at Fort Des Moines.
Fire destroyed $4,000 worth of
print paper when the Franzen paper
warehouse burned at Milwaukee. Wis.
Braving the deep SHOWS in Pulpito
pass. the main body Of the Sonora ex.
pedition crossed the Sierra Madre
mountains.
A bill passed recently by both
Houses of the Montana Legislature to
permit boxing In Butte was vetoed by
Gov. Samuel Stewart.
Gen. Francisco Murguia has Or
dered all Mexican families to leave
Parral and Santa Rosalia and concen.
trate in Chihuahua City.
Reports submitted to the bureau of
food inspection of the health depart
ment show that there are more than
bO,OO0.000 pounds of beef in the var.
ious cold storage warehouses in Chi.
cago.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-08

dent Monroe, acting on the advice Of
Chief Justice Marshall, set a prece-
dent and took the oath Monday.
March 5. Gen. Zachary Taylor fol-
lowed this precedent when he was in
augurated in 1S49 March 4 again fell
ON Sunday and he postponed taking
the oath until the following Monday.
President Hayes, however. took pre-
cautions against any opportunity for
charge of irregularity. The final vote
of the tribunal which gave to him the
high office and thus ended the Tilden-
Hayes controversy was announced
Saturday, March 3. 1877. Mr.. Hayes
at once took the oath in the red room
of the White House. Gen. Grant and
other notables were present. The
oath was administered by Chief JUS
tice Waite.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-08
SPORT.

Jack Britton and Tommy Robson
fought twelve-round draw at Law.
renee, Mass.
D. H. Osborne was elected president
of the Denver Revolver Club in the
annual election of officers.
Saying he had decided to quit base
ball, Harry Clark, formerly Of the
Milwaukee American Association
Club, has refused an offer to man.
age the Sioux City Club this year.
Two meet records were made at the
New wEnglandamateur indoor track and
field championships in Boston. Harry
F Mahoney of the Boston Athletic AS.
sociation lowered the time for 1000
yards to min. 10 4/5 sec. The sec.
ond record was made by another B.
A. A. runner when ]. w. Ryan led q
fast field over the line iv the 2-mile
run in 9 min. 40 4/5 sec.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-08
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
fRoA ALL SOURCES
oAvINGs, DOM q Q, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERINGs. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union news service
ABOUT THE WAR.

The japanese press has for some
time been urging the United States to
declare war on Germany.
A British destroyer was sunk with
an hands. In the North Sea. the ad-
miraity announced at London.
The cabinet decided that China
should Join the United States in
breaking off relations with Germany.
On the east bank Of Narayuvks
nvef. IN 0alicia. German storming de-
tschments blew up Russian positions
and took ITO prisoners.
The British troops in their forward
movement in the Ancre area in France
have made another advance east of
0ommecoart along two-Gile front OF
about tWo-thirds of a mile. according
to the official report from London
headquarters. Nearly 200 prisoners
were captured.
In the Val Putna, Berlin records the
Russians made five fruitless attacks
against Austro-German positions on
the heights north of the valley. Petro-
grad says the fighting continues north
OF the Jacobeni- -Kimpolung high road.
Rumantan detachments were forced
to withdraw. Petrograd says. from
height. north Of the river laval.
British headquarters in France re-
port: During February we captured
1888 German prisoners. including
thirty-siK officers. The following vii
lagos also were either captured, or sur
rendered to us by the withdrawal Of
the Germans: Ligny. Thilloy, Lebar-
qua Warlencourt. Pys, Miraumont
Petit Miraumont Grandcourt. Puisi.
sux-Au-MOnt. Serre and Gommecourt."