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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
Lunatics as Soldiers
[New York Heraldl

The official report of one of the
great German lunatic asylums has
just made it very clear that the con-
scription of the insane into the Ger
man armies has been attempted. but,
as might we'll be imagined, without
success. The lunatics proved to
be ever so much more bother than
they were worth. and, indeed, to be
sources of such trouble to the army
officials as to cripple efficiency in
many ways wherever they were.
The attempt to conscript lunatics
into the armies may we'll be taken
as an index of the straits in which
the Central Powers feel themselves
for men. 1t is, however, much more
than that. 1t represents the tendency
on the part of Teutonic militarism
to think that a man is a man and
that any one who can physically hold
rifle can be counted as soldier.
In this the French have taught
them some marvellous lessons. The
spirit of the French soldiers has
fairly multiplied their numbers in
offensive as well as defensive action.
At Verdun and elsewhere they have
demonstrated very clearly that it is
the whole souled, clear visioned man,
whose mind, cast in heroic mould, is
ready for emergencies and quite
capable of thinking for itself, even
under fire, who counts in the battle
1iDe
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
The Kaiser and Revelations

Those who accept literally what
is written in Revelation read there
certain doom for the Kaiser on or
before February 1, 1918.
About two years ago | first print
ed this strange prophecy and now re-
peat it. In Verse A, Chapter XIII, 1t
is written:
"Who is like unto the beast? Who
is able to make war with him ?"
In the following verse appears the
length of time the fight may go on:
And power was given unto him to
continue forty and two months
from August /, 1914.
Then in the last verse of the chap
ter you discover who 1t is:
Let him that hath understanding
count the number of the beast, for II
is the number of a man. And his
number Is six hundred three-score
and six" Which is 666.
And here is how the Kaiser com es
in: The alphabet numbers of the
letters in that name are eleven, one
nine, nineteen, five and eighteen
which, If six be added after each
will total 666.
Who can tell? Perhaps the Ameri-
can army which registered on Tues.
day is to be the very one to prove
that the Kaiser's number is 666.-
Girard in Philadelphia Ledger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
Bill Comes Home

Yesterday Bill came home from the
war.
He was thin and pale,
And his hand shook when he lifted
the teacup.
My mother and my aunt were glad
to see him.
1t was refreshing, so they said, to
meet man
Who did not dwell upon horrors and
morbid things,
But who realized that war must
have its brutal side
And who saw things in their true
perspective,
And forgot about them.
Then later, in my room,
Bill showed me his war trophies and
told me tales.
A paper for gallantry in action;
A German majors field glasses;
German bullets of brass;
A French helmet with three shrapnel
holes in the top of 1t.
Wounded infantrymen in an ambu-
lance
An American ambulance. by the
The road was visible from the Boche
trenches.
1t was a dull day.
They placed shells fifteen feet be-
hind the ambulance
All the way down the open road,
Then hit it just before it reached
cover.
Some of the wounded called for help
And the Boches could hear them.
Sc they turned a machine gun on
the wreckage,
Until there were no more cries"
Bill looked at me with his fine
smile.
When are you going across?" he
asked.
New York Tribune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
PROBING

1t has been stated so often that
there is plenty of potash available
If somebody will only discover a
means of getting it out of the in
soluble feldspar that the subject
bids fair to grow tiresome if some
body doesn't come along with the
results pretty soon. William r.
Ross, of the United States Bureau of
Soils, contributes a paper to this
months Journal of Industrial and
Engineering Chemistry of the Amer
lean Chemical Society that sheds
some light and makes step toward
the solution. There are over 100
patents already granted on methods
to get potash from feldspar. but the
industry has not been begun. Mr..
Ross notes that potash feldspar is
treated with about II times its
weight of lime and is digested with
water at $50 to 225 pounds pressure,
then the potash dissolves out as
caustic potash and the remainder
has the composition of Portland ce-
ment clinker. This suggests making
Portland cement from feldspar and
looks attractive. The next step will
be to try it out on small factory
scale to test the economy of the
OOerati0n
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
SCIENCE
POTASH
CHEMICAL
OR. CURTIS H. THwING of the

nR. CURTIS II. THWING of the
II University of Washington, has
been examining the ashes
found in the incinerators of lumber
mills in the Northwest with a view
to conserving the potash from the
ashes. He found the fiue dusts con-
tanned only about Z per cent. The
reason why this was so slight a pro-
portion and the amount of ash was
so small was due to the fact that
the type of incinerators in use calls
for strong draught, and this causes
good deal of the potash to go off
in smoke. DIR. Thwing did not see
how the present incinerators could
be improved upon so long as the
present methods of numbering OBJ
tain.
OF course, the amount of wood
that goes to waste in the lumber in
dustry is a scandal and a shame to
all of us, but until we have worked
out ways of using the vast waste of
sawdust, small branches and stats,
there is no use in blaming the lum-
herman. And from the review in
question it hardly seems likely that
the lumber manufacturers will fur
nish us with potash.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
Cuba's Sugar Crop

[From the Providence Journal.
Cuba's contribution to the war
promises to be a bumper sugar crop,
Notwithstanding the recent depreda-
tions upon some of the plantations
by the lawless element stirred to re-
volt by few disgruntled politicians
The governments official estimate IL
this seasons production of sugar is
now placed at two million eight hun
dred thousand tons, an amount sec
ond only to last years. crop, which
was the largest in the history OF the
island. The statement is made by
Eusebio S. Azpiazu, private secretary
to President Menocal. IT sets at rest
the pessinistic reports that the crop
would fall far below the normal and
encourages the refiners to believe
that they will have raw sugar enough
TO keep their refinerieg going and
sunply our market demands.
We need the sugar, and If Cuba
can supply us she is entitled to
praise for doing her bit. Her men
can be as effectively employed in
growing and harvesting sugar cane
as in military service
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
HOOVER HANDICAPPED
TTOOVER, the man who fed Bel
GUM and who has been picket

TTOOVER, the man who fed Bel
GUM and who has been picked
out now to feed the United
States and her allies, finds himself
in disagreement with the administra-
ton at the outset.
with the approval of the admin
istration," a Democratic Congress-
man from South Carolina is trying
to get Congress to sanction meas
ure which gives the President the
right to fix prices for food. Hoover
says this has been tried in Europe
and found to be a failure.
Yet the bureaucrats at Washing
ton remain skeptical. What the hard
experience of warning Europe has
found too difficult to formulate and
apply presents no terrors for the
hordes of deserving Democrats who
have been summoned to Washington
to attach themselves to the govern
ment payroll in one capacity or an
other.
Hoover, however, has demonstrat-
ed in Belgium that he is no gutter,
and it is safe to say that he will not
ab;Hdon his position, fortified as it
is by truth and experience. at the in
sistence of any of the amateurs who
are at present trying to run this war
as a personally-con political
excursion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
OSTRACIZE THEM

IT is pity that the management
= of the Liberty Loan campaign
has decided not to make public
the names of the "slackers"-or
worse-who refused to buy bonds on
the grounds that they did not believe
in the purposes for which the money
is to be expended.
The public ought to know the
names of these men in order that it
might ostracize them.
Such utterances smack of treason.
The concentration camps for alien
enemies are the places for such.
1t is conceivable that there are
those whose financial circumstances
dIe SUCH lHdC even SoU DOnQ
bought on the instalment plan is an
impossibility. These are to be
pitied, for usually they are good citi-
zens, whose only regret is that they
cannot buy many of the bonds.
But there is absolutely no excuse
for the prosperous "slackers" who
will neither fight nor buy bonds. If
you know any such. keep your eyes
on them. They will bear watching
But be careful of your dealings with
them. They are not to be trusted
They should be ostracized.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
The Monitor Comes Back

IFrom the Buffalo Express.
British monitors are playing an
important part in the Italian advance
toward Trieste. The monitors have
again proved themselves in this war.
They appear to be the only type of
craft that can carry big guns into
shallow water and lombard coast
fortifications successfully. Subma-
rines cannot follow them into these
shadows, and they have so little
freeboard that they present diff
cult mark for the enemy to hit.
Monitors took up the sea work at
the Dardanelles. after the battleships
had been lost or had been driven by
submarines to seek protected ports
Monitors shell the Belgian coast
when attacks are made on the Ger
man bases there. Now they are
shelllng the Austrian coast ahead of
the Italians. And so far there has
been no report of a single monitor
lost
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

DR.. J. George Becht, secretary
of the State Board of Education, is to
make six commencement addresses
this month.
Col. Bonnafon, who was guest
at the executive mansion yesterday,
is a neighbor and intimate friend of
Governor Brumbaugh.
Col. S. w. Miller, in charge of
the training camp at Fort Niagara,
says that training the Pennsylva-
mans is one of the honors of his life.
james e. Groome, Yardley resi-
dent, is the new head of the Bucks
flremen's organization.
The Rev. H. c. Stone, Philadel-
phia clergyman, will speak for pro-
hibition during the war at Philadel-
phia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
WOMEN DOING THEIR BIT

M 1.,. Of the he 'hronloally ro "sari, tlred
ly asking for work, with no
intention of accepting it, are now
taking advantage of the general
theory of labor shortage.
A contractor of Harrisburg said
the other day that there was a good
deal of fub-dub in this sort of talk;
that he had no difficulty in getting
men for steady jobs and that many
had come to him for employment.
There will undoubtedly be a de-
mand for all classes of labor as the
armies are called into the field, but
it is outrageous that chronic loafers
should take advantage of the present
situation to avoid honest toll when
they ought to be helping in the inn
portant industries which are now
contributing to the great work OF
preparation.
The girls and women of the Unit
ed States are going to fill a large
gap in the ranks of labor and in
dustry within the next few months.
Already the banking institutions
here and elsewhere are giving places
to girls who are filling vacancies
created by the enlistment of men
for their country's service. England
and France both found it necessary
to mobilize the women for the
work which they can do and it seems
that there is little that men have
been doing in the past that women
cannot undertake. even to the plow-
ing of the field, the gathering of the
harvest and the making of war mu-
nitions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
Labor Notes

Workers in Portugal have an
eight-hour day.
Paris dressmakers have won in
creased pay.
New York has 500 schoolteachers
not naturalized.
New Jersey factories employ 2S2,-
600 operatives.
Russian municipalities are about
to engage in the boot and shoe busi-
ness.
The Japanese work seven days a
week, and many work from sunrise
to sunset.
Dallas (Texas) Brewery Workers
Union has raised wages SO week
and reduced working hours.
On June II, at New Haven, Conn,
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
of America will convene.
In Michigan BARRIERS apprentices
must serve two years before they can
secure a State license.
There are more working women in
New York State than in any other
state in the Union.
The British Government is con-
sidering the issuing of medals to mu-
milton workers at the close of the
war.
At the present rate the losses by
accident in Pennsylvania this year
will aggregate S7,000,000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09

There are indications OF a better
rendition in distracted Russia. 1t was
not surprising that this people, just
emerging from despotism, should have
interpreted liberty for license. But we
must not forget that it required sew
,eral years for this nation to get it's
bearings after the Revolution. We
must be patient with the baby re-
public, trusting that Elihu Root and
those with him may point the way to
real freedom and self-control.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09

A number of communications and
personal messages have reached this
newspaper commencing our editorial
discussion of the street paving situa-
tion in this city. especially the ref
erence to the growing use of Front
street as a traffic highway. This
driveway is primarily park street
and should only be used by heavy
drays and trucks when it cannot be
avoided. Perhaps the Civic Club can
lend it's aid to some reform in this
matter, but it is primarily the duty of
the City Council to place restrictions
upon unnecessary use of the city's
main driveway for general traffic.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
A PROPER TRIBUTE

T<HE tribute paid to ]. l.. Cum
ningham, who has just retir-
ed as master mechanic of the
Philadelphia division of the Penn
sylvania railroad in this city, was
worthy the man and his associates
in the railroad service.
This recognition of Mr.. Cunning
hams fitness and loyalty was also
an appreciation of his just attitude
toward those who were under his
direction and control. There is a
growing good feeling among all rail-
road employees and it is a significant
fact likewise that the relations be-
tween the company and it's army of
men are so generally satisfactory.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
EDITORIAL CONVENT

Blest is the bond that draws a
man closer to his ountry.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Ireland should give support to a
king who will hoe potatoes.-Wall
Street Journal.
How Hindenburg must wish he
could move the Masurian Lakes to
the western front!-New York Sun.
Russia is beginning to understand
that a separate peace means separate
pieces as far as She is concerned
Chicago Herald.
AS we understand it, a retreat to
victory and beating it while the beat
ing is good are so much alike you
can't tell 'em apart.-Macon Tele-
graph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09

MIA, which has demonstrated its 10y
atty to the country in every crisis,
there is a strong sentiment in favor
of making the battlefield easily and
comfortably accessible to the thou
sands who would go there under
proper road conditions.
Governor Brumbaugh is awake to
the necessity of a permanent State
highway between Harrisburg and
Gettysburg and it may be hoped that
before his administration ends some
definite steps will be taken to pro-
vide such road as shall be worthy
the State and desirable connecting
link between this city and the ground
consecrated by the blood of reunit-
ed people.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
THE LITTLE BROWN BROTHERS
TWENTY- FIVE SAND

F'ilipinos to Fight for Ameri-
ca" is newspaper head
line. The president of the Filipino
Senate has declared in a state
ment that his people are ready to
stand on the democratic principle
that he who is unwilling to serve his
country in the hour of need as a
soldier is unworthy to help govern
his country as a citizen"
There is no division of opinion
among our people," he continued, "as
to the duty and the privilege of
standing by the United States. now
arming to fight to victorious finish
in the cause of human liberty"
With such facts constantly forcing
themselves upon the public mind
can we longer doubt that out of this
ruck of bloodshed and suffering will
come still greater America?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
ROAD TO GETTYSBURG

NTTHEN Governor Brumbaugh
wv and his distinguished guests
motored to Gettysburg yester-
bay they must have been impressed
with the Importance of making a
permanent highway between this
sity and the famous battlefield, and
khence to Washington.
Gettysburg is bound to become
more and more a patriotic shrine
and here In the center of Pennsylva-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
Poe;t;cA in
Pe~~u4eOoio
By the Ex-Committeeman

Governor Brumbaugh has acted
upon exactly 500 bills to date. There
are hundreds more pending and
within the next few weeks it is prob
able that the appropriation bills will
be sent to him. The number of bills
acted upon is smaller than at pro-
portionate period of the 1915 ses-
sion. OF the bills acted upon 206
have been signed, including those
announced yesterday, and sixty have
been vetoed. The veto list is some
what higher than usual. In the bills
signed were thirty-four appropria-
tion measures.
The Siggins bill approved yester-
day to fix the salaries of county COM
missioners in counties having less
than 100000 population establishes
classification which 1t is planned
by legislators to make a model for
any future changes in county offic-
ers' salaries and duties. The list runs
as follows: Less than 10000 popula-
ton, $500, and where commission
ers are also directors of poor, $500;
population between 10000 and 50,-
600, $1,000 and where also poor di-
rectors, S1,S00; between $4,000 and
$4,000, $1,000, and where also poor
directors, $4,000; between $4,000 and
100000, $4,000 and where also poor
directors, $4,000; between 100000
and 100000, $2,500 and where also
poor directors, $4,000.
The new laws relative to time of
filing nominating petitions for such
offices as are to be filed at the Of
flee of the Secretary of the Common
wealth, will become effective this
year. There are a number of judges
to be elected and the first day upon
which petitions may be circulated is
July 2. They must be filed within
forty days instead of sixty as here
tofore. State officers. congressional
and legislative candidates will be
nominated next year.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, dis
cussing the proposed direct inheri-
tance tax says that legislators, ma
tional and state, seem to have q craze
for direct taxation.
philadelphia newspapers appear
to think that the reporting out of
the small council bill was the an
swer of the Penrose people to the
Ware attempt to kill the move, and
predict a bitter fight in the House
over it.
The salary increase bill vetoed
yesterday could not have affected
any of the present members, several
legislators pointed out to-day, The
Burke bill, which the Governor sign
ed, means an increase of 100000 in
the Pittsburgh payroll, it is claimed
in that city, and there is resentment
shown by some Pittsburgh papers
over the approval of the bill as an
interference in local affairs which
are held to be purely under the con-
troll of council.
An attempt to revive the salary
board bill, defeated in the House
during yesterdays lackadaisical ses-
sion, will be made on Monday.
Philadelphia warning factions
are to get around a table and thresh
out their differences next Friday
The Wares have clipped a couple of
ward leaders from the McNichol peo-
Iple.
The Lehigh judgeship bill, ve-
itoed yesterday, is taken to mean that
there is small chance of any similar
bilF getting by this year. AS soon as
the courts uphold the bill making
Clinton county a separate judicial
district the Governor will make an
appointment
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
COPPERHEADSl

NURING the Civil War those who
IL were not in sympathy with the
Union cause were frequently
characterized as copperheads. Dur
ang the Liberty Loan campaign in
this city a number of men have
talked about our course in the pres
ent great war much as the copper
heads talked during the Civil War.
Patience may cease to be a virtue
Rs to some individuals and the Sc
crecy which has thus far shielded
men of this type may give way soon
10 the blazing publicity which their
conduct and their sentiments would
seem to justify.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09

you have here another Venice and
all the energy and enthusiasm of your
people ought to be manifested in
of the Susquehanna Basin a
great asset for Harrisburg"
This is the opinion of Frank A.
Vanderlip, whose impressions of Har-
sent him away with high
opinion of our public spirit and civic
ideals
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
A CHANCE FOR RETRENoHS1ENT

TIME cry for economy In view OF
the pinch of war is far-reaching.
Members of Congress are echo
ing it for the benefit of their con-
stituents. Yet, like many a man
who fixes his gaze on star only to
stumble over the gem in his i'm
mediate path, these Congressman
are taking very little thought for
economy on a national scale such as
they alone can initiate.
For instance, there are many items
OF governmental expenditure which
are now consuming money which
might we'll be done away with or at
least postponed until after the war,
Among these Is the project for maxi
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
Richmond P. M. Prices I'm

Beginning June the Richmond
Wa) News-Leader and the Evening
Journal sell for 2 cents, the high
cost of paper necessitating the adj
vance. These two afternoon papers
have been charging out-of-town pa-
irons 2 cents for some time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09

Please take notice that the TELE-
GRAPH, and the TELEGRAPH only.
of all the newspapers printed in Har-
risburg or that came to Harrisburg
yesterday, was the only one to carry
the story of the destruction of San
Salvador.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09

Those railroad men of Harrisburg
who have shown their patriotism by
investing their earnings in the war
bonds have set an example for all
wage-earners here and elsewhere.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

This place took the lead in move
ments for publication of the Sus-
quehanna fifty years ago.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg can furnish
parts for almost any kind of ma
chinery needed for munitions?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.,
Telegraph building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-09

Ell. .STACKPoLE.P Prss't s. Editor.in. C Chief
F. r. OYSTER. Business Manager.
GUS M. STEINMETZ. Mondsing Editor.