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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-10-19

James Duncan, secretary of the
Seattle Central Labor Council, will
represent that body at the conven-
ton of the American Federation of
Labor to convene at Buffalo, ~ Y,
on the 18th of next month.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
Why Send Guard South7

The War Department with in
scrutable wisdom is about to send the
National Guard regiments into
southern camps for intensive train
ing. The First Minnesota, with sum
mer torridity at It's height, is about
to entrain for Deniing, N NJ. Other
training camps have been establish
ed throughout the South, where the
guardsmen are to be hardened" for
service abroad.
they are to be sent to Mesopotamia
or Palestine. when they are ready TO
fight. Why else should they be train
ed in the South, unless they are to
serve in the tropics?
The climate of Northern France
is much like that of northern United
States. In winter 1t Is cold and snowy
and altogether rigorous. Who does
not remember the dispatches from
the front last winter, with their tales
of sheepskin clothing, frostbitten
fingers and toes, and other injuries
by freezing?
One would suppose that our own
northern fall in winter would be a
better preparation for campaigning
in France than the enervating heat
of the south. But the War Depart
ment knows better. It knows that
the statesmen who rule the commit
tees of Congress are all from the
South. That is an argument for in
tensive training in southern camps
that outweiehs all considerations of
cltmate.-Minneap Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
Poem Rich With Thouhgt

No single poem in the English Ian
guage, perhaps. has contributed so
many lines that have passed into
currency of quotations as Grays IA
nous Elegy. 1t Is a veritable mine
of epigrammatic nuggets that have
enriched The language of orators and
property that their origin is almost
forgotten and they seldom now re-
ceive the credit even of quotation
marks. Here are a few of them that
Will be recognized as old friends:
The short and simple annals OF
the poor"
"Rich with the spoils of time"
The paths of glory lead but to the
grave"
And freeze the genial currents OF
the SOUL"
Full many a flower is born to
blush unseen and waste its fragrance
on the desert air."
Some mute, inglorious Milton
some Hampden guilty of his coun-
try's blood.
Hands that the rod of empire
might have swayed."
THE applause of listening senates
to command"
THE noiseless tenor of their way"
Far from the madding crowds
ignoble strife"
Even in our ashes live their
wonted fires
"A youth to fortune and to fame
unknown"
ITO wade through slaughter to a
throne"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUG. 8
PROFIT FROM GARBAGE

TY HILE city councilmen are
wv looking about for methods OF
disposing of city garbage sat
isfactorily and economically they
might investigate the suggestion
thrown out by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, which has
data showing how at least one city,
Hull, Mass, has solved its garbage
problem by feeding the offal of the
city to hogs.
This town, the Department ofAgri-
culture says, has a herd of 325 hogs
which are turning the garbage into
pork, and providing a cheaper dis
posal OF. the waste than was possible
under the former garbage reduction
methods. Hulrs municipal or COM
munity piggery has been undertaken
in response to appeals for more meat
production, and officials of the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture
and of the Massachusetts Agricultur-
al College report the system as prac-
teal.
The towns committee of public
safety advanced the money to buy
the young pigs, which were taken at
cost by citizens. The land for pastur-
ing and housing the hogs was given
free, so the only cost was for two
large hog houses. One man feeds and
manages the entire herd. Each day
the uneaten garbage is taken away
before any more is fed; all hogs are
tnoculated against cholera and are
kept under sanitary conditions.
When the hogs are ready for mar
ket the unit cost of care and feed
ing will be shared equally by the
owners, and this sum, plus the orig
inal cost of the pig, will be the only
expense to the owners. The public
safety committee is holding a sur
plus of young sows for breeding,
since it plans to continue the sys-
TEN. Citizens of this town extol the
advantages of it's garbage disposal
and recommend it for other places
of similar size,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
THE GRoCERs' PICNIC

THE conservation of food is go
ing to receive an awful blow
tomorrow. But it will be in a
good cause. The grocers will hold
their annual picnic then and 4
grocers' picnic without the biggest
kind of a big dinner would be an
utter failure.
There are no more hard-worktng
or obliging tradespeople in Har-
risburg than the grocers. Are you
caught with company coming unex-
pectedly after closing hours? The
grocer may be relied upon to leave
his dinner to help you out. Do you
want an article he does not carry
in stock? Surely. the grocer may
be depended to get it for you.
All summer the grocer provides
picnic lunches for the other fellow
and tomorrow he is going to have
one of his own. The public will not
begrudge him his hard-earned out
ing. but will wish him the good
time that is his due.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
Coal Profits

One war certainty for the United
States is a reduction of inflated prof
its obtained from circumstances i'm
posing upon the necessities of peo-
pie. Unavoidable circumstances will
be bitter enough. Man made difficult
ties. selfishly contrived by war prof
iteers to take ADVANTAGE of extra
ordinary conditions, will be remov-
ed. we think.
That idea may penetrate the
minds of the coal operators finally,
as well as the minds of other ex-
ploiters of abnormal conditions. The
temper of the people will not permit
submission to outrageous imposts
The government will not submit to
It, Profits taken out of distress and
suffering are scandalous and damn
able. Nof-o, who flddled while Rome
burned. was humanitarian as com
pared with the man who plays the
cash register while brave men give
up their hves.-Chicago Tribune
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
Whv We Stand

with the air filled with patriot
, andI with the universal obser-
wance of the unwritten law that
Americans shall rise to their teet
when the Star Spangled Banner
is played, it is interesting 70 know
the origin of the custom whlcn Is
given in Burrows OF Mlcnlsan anu
the Republican Party. py WIiIiani
Dana Orcutt, to be issued py Long
noans Green & Co. in October.
II was in 1891 when Senator
I,,Iius q BURROWS was the orator
of the day at the closing exercises
of the graduating class at West
point Toward the close OF the
snaach he said: Soldiers should not
he needless to the sentiment OF their
songs and to the music OF their oands
i would like to see every true
American soldier or cltizen' "hen
he hears the grand notes OF our
National air, rise to his rect IN pat
.',atio recoenition and uncover"
Almost Instantly Nthe band began
90 1,Iav the "Star' Spangled Banner"
and Colonel Wilson, the Superinteh-.
dent and the entire Battanon OF
Cadets responded to burrows pat
r;otic suggestion by springing 10 their
faet with a common impulse, which
aotton was followed by every person
in the audience. and all stood WIN
bowed heads until the last note had
ceassd II was an impressive sight,
and attracted much public attention.
1atsr g burrows had his custom made
compulsory at West Point, but 1t
reo,ired no legislation to have the
custom become universally popular.
ne Senator Burrows then belongs
I've cradit of first suggesting what
has now become nm unwritten law of
| the MISUNDERSTANDING
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
The German Press Here

The existence of German language
publications is a direct menace to
this nation. All of them should be
suppressed. Is not there almost as
great a menace in publications In
some other languages? We may not
be at war officially with Austria
Hungary, but Austria-Hungary and
Bulgaria and Turkey are at war with
this nation when they continue to
fight by the side of Germany. Every
publication under the control of the
countries allied with Germany is al
heart antiAmerican.
Authority to exercise a strict CEN
sorship over all such publications
should be inherent in the war power
that belongs to the President when
the nation is at war. The fiction
that we are at war only with Ger
many should not blind us to the OBJ
vious fact that Germany's allies are
at war with us.
Public opinion can be trusted to
deal with the reptile" press pub
lished in English, but only the, gov
ernment can deal with that portion
Of the foreign language press that
is aiding the enemy. 1t is the duty
of the government to deal drastically
with the menace 1t presents.-New
York Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08

and under allowed to leave school
to go to work. But England awaken
ed to her mistake, and America must
not initiate it.
Predatory interests demand the
repeal of laws against child labor as
a patriotic act. There is danger of an
increase of youthful crime due to
the lack of parental care when faith
ers are at war and mothers at work.
During wartimes the stress on the
nerves of children is particularly
great, especially in sections where
labor conditions are acute or enemy
attacks are made.
Therefore there are more than the
usual reasons why September 8
should be observed even more widely
than formerly as a Day of Prayer
for Schools. Since this day was sug-
gested by the National Reform AS
sociation, which has it's headquar.
ters in Pittsburgh, Pa, fifteen years
ago, it has been approved by many
religious organizations and is more
widely recognized each year because
at this time the schools are opening
and 1t is realized that the years
work cannot be better begun thar
by praying for the children and
youth and considering their mora
as we'll as their intellectual needs.
Active local interest in a Prayer
Day for Schools is urged by loca
clergy, who have indorsed the idea
and 1t is the hope that the observ.
ance will be universal. Prayers will
be offered on that day in thousand.
of churches and homes throughout
the country. and many ministers oi
all shades of belief will deliver ap.
propriate sermons on some phase Of
the important relations between
morality and education.
Methods of adequately meeting the
moral and intellectual needs of the
schoolchildren will be further con-
sidered by the leading educators OF
the world at the Third Worlds
Christian Citizenship Conference
which is to meet in Pittsburgh, Pa,
in July. 1918.-Exchange
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
Sacrifice

The crown prince sacrificed his
picked mon and persisted in his at
tacks until his troops were ex-
hausted.-Battle report.
When a prince is heir apparent to a
rather shaky throne,
And his prospects might be
brighter than they are,
Do not ask him to consider other in
terests than his own.
If his royal stock is e'er to go to
par.
If he sacrifices others, others hum
bier far than he,
There is method in his madness,
doubt 1t not,
For no democratic menace can those
soldiers ever be
Who lie still upon the field of bat.
tle-shot.
No; there cannot be neater way to
make throne secure
Than to sacrifice potential revo-
luton;
If the losses total high enough. then
Right Divine is sure
It has found a quite infallible
solution.
So, should you read of Sacrifice 81
'persistency" and such
On the part of one who hopes to
be a king.
Pray, remember he is sacrificing
nothing as murh
AS he's doing quite another, subtler
thing.
When a prince is heir apparent to a
rather shaky throne,
And his prospects might be
brighter than they are,
Do not ask him to consider other in
terests than his own,
If his royal stock is e'er to go to
par.
"A. H. Folwell, in New York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
]. Hams Vision
BY BRIGGS

Senator Lewis speech indicates
that he has just awakened, and that
he knows nothing of the condition
OF things throughout the world. 1t
indicates that he has been too busy
combing his whiskers to realize that
we are in war where a compro-
mise cannot be agreed upon, and
wherein defeat would mean the ruin
OF our country. We are fighting to
make this world a safe place for
democracy. according to President
Wilson. The Presidents eloquent
words are true. We are fighting for
liberty and self-government. A
peace compromise with Germany to-
day would mean that ten millions
OF lives have been sacrificed without
any advantage coming to civiliza-
ton.
Think of it, fellow men!-think
of it!-we must depend upon such
men as j. Ham Lewis to protect our
great interests and preserve a great
country.-Des Moines Capital.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
No Petrol For Pleasure

Probably the council of national
defense is right in insisting that
pleasure riding should be curtailed
sufficiently to prevent too great a
draft upon the reserve of crude oil in
storage. A better remedy, however,
is to increase the supply. These
gentlemen say themselves that
there is oil to be had If producers
in the oil business will redouble
their efforts to get 1t out of the
ground" 1t has been found in Eng
land that recreation, sports, and
pleasure-gi giving entertainments are
essential to promote the recovery
of soldiers overcome by the strain
of trench warfare. Similarly. the
enjoyment derivable from motoring
may have. and we think undoubtedly
has, an affirmative sanitary value in
this country.
Let us have more gasoline rather
than less motoring for health-giv-
ing pleasure.-New York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
A MORALITY LEAGUE

IRIS. GRACE HUMISTON. the
M New York lawyer who solved @
the murder of Ruth Cruger
by Alfred Cocchi through finding her
body buried In his shop after the
police had failed, has announced her
intention of Incorporating the Mo-
rality League of America. The pur-
poses. as set forth. are to inform the
public throughout the United States
in regard to dangers to women and
girls, to report to the authorities
complaints as to immoral conditions
and to work for legislation to further
the aims OF the league.
Mrs. Humiston has shown herself
to be well qualified to head such an
organization. Unquestionably, thou
sands Of women and girls go the way
of Ruth Cruger every year in the
large cities, due to their ignorance
of the wiles OF the white slavers and
their ilk whose business it is to
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Samuel II. Layton, new superin-
tendent of Altoona schools, comes
from Lancaster, Ohio.
H. T. Noon, named on one of
the draft appeal boards, is a promi-
nent farmer of Bucks county and q
member of the State Commission of
Agriculture.
james B. Bowman, well-known
Altoona resident, was seriously in
jured by lightning at his summer
home in Maine.
Captain C. c. McGovern, COM
mander of Pittsburgh cavalry, is in
structing home defense men in Allie
gheny county towns.
Councilman p. Lavelle, is the
acting mayor of Johnstown, in the
absence of Mayor FRANKIE, who is a
member of draft board.
Judge John w. Kephart gave
$25 for the fire company making the
best appearance in the Cambria
county firemen's parade. The Judge
is a member of company himsaif,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
German Language Press

1t is said to be the intention of
the government to find some method
OF dealing firmly with the German
language press. If the rights of free
speech and of opinion be invaded in
this particular. the German lam
guGge press will be obliged to reflect
that the situation was created by
its own lack of consideration, by its
own lack of wisdom and of restraint.
A great deal of tolerance has been
accorded many newspapers printed
In the German language and the
damage they may be able to do II
they impose upon this tolerance can
be foreseen by any one. In our
mixed society. incentives to disorder.
grumbling. whining, and rebellion
must be discouraged. They cannot
be tolerated. If the German lam
guage press has lost all sense of pro
portion and fitness. 1t may have to
be dealt with in a fashion which or
dinarily would disagree with Amer
lean Ideas of liberty.-Chicago Tri-
bune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
A MERICA will mobilize two great

A MERICA will mobilize two great
n armies in September. One will
= be an army of more than 500,-
900 and the other of more than 2o,-
100000. The one contains the war
riors of to-day, the other those of
tomorrow and the future hope of
the country. The first is organized
for destruction, the second for in
struction. On the success of both the
future of the world depends.
There is no more appropriate time
than September 8, when the mobili-
zation of the armies of American
manhood and American youth is
taking place, for the people to join
in serious thought and prayer for
the 20,000,000 schoolchildren OF
America.
1t is a great task to mobilize over
SOC, 900 men in a few months. Six
teen training camps are being pre-
pared in different parts of America
wooden houses are being erected, and
in a few weeks the equivalent of q
city of the size of Pittsburgh, Balti-
more, San Francisco, Los Angeles
or Milwaukee springs up ready to
receive it's inhabitants and to meet
all their needs. These men must have
their moral and religious lite
maintained at any cost OF sacrihce
to the Christian people of America
The larger army of 100000 will
mobilize in almost a day. 1t will be
brought together not by the sounc
of the bugle, but by the ringing OF
the schoolbell. 1t will prepare no'
for war, but for peace, under the
superintendents and teachers, The
generals and captains of the educa-
tional battalions. :.
Not since the days of the Civil
War have our. schoolchildren stood
in more need of Christian help, our
prayers and watchful interest, than
now. Many ere in danger of losing
their education owing to the pressure
of work in agriculture and manufac-
turing. In England the age at which
children entered school was raised
from five to six and thousands twelve
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08

traffic in humanity. Acquaint the
women and girls of the country with
the traps that are laid for them and
hundreds will escape. If the league
saved only one girl from this un-
happy fate all the efforts and ex-
penditures it proposes would be we'll
worth while.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
WANTS A FOOTBALL ARMY

~ ENERAL PERSHING wants a
Ut football army in France. Any
person familiar with football
knows what that means-the snap
piest kind of team work, with ability
for brilliant individual effort in any
crisis. No men in the world have
been able to stand up against the
youth of America at football and II
they fight the same way they play II
will be a sorry day for the Germans
When the American soldiers go
against them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
OFFICIAL ExAGGERATIoN

TOO many little men are now 60
ing about the country as
seventh sons of seventh sons,
uttering prophecies regarding the
war which make Jobs lamentations
look like humorous sayings in COM
parison. They pretend to have a
knowledge of events, present and fu-
ture, which would be amusing under
other conditions. This awful struggle
in which we are engaged is appalling
enough without increasing the
horror through exaggerated state
ments. Manifestly. something of
this thought was in the mind of the
Philadelphia Record when it de-
clared:
Secretary Baker should not seek
to alarm the country over the idea
that we may not have ships
enough to carry our troops To
France. Ships can come back and
be used. over again. can't they?
Have any OF the transports that
carried the first division to France
been sunk? II they have not the
same vessels that carried
division in June can carry an
other in July and another in each
succeeding month A dozen or 10
transports used over and over
would suffice, and we have navy
enough to convoy them.
AS the Record is one of the most
influential and fair-minded of the
Administrations supporters, 1t will
hardly be accused of partisanship in
thus warning the Secretary of War
against unnecessary and alarmis,
statements. There has been entirely
too much OF this sort OF thing and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08

a censorship of official exaggeration
may be more to the point than the
attempt to muzzle the newspapers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg is helping
make equipment for soldiers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
A California Suggestion

II man thinks a woman will not
be efficient in assembling the parts in
an industrial plant, let him try dress
ing the baby while he carries on a
conversation with his moukh full of
pins.-Chico Enterprise.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
MODELLING GREAT ARMY OF
TWENTY MILLION AMERICANS

Day of Prayer For Schools This Year-Nation-
Wide Observance in Churches, Schools and
Homes September
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

The town was first lighted about
1900 when Market and Second street
businessmen contributed for lans
terms
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
OUR DAILY LAUGH

A COOL HAND.
Sergeant (to re-
cruit): w h a t
would be the
first thing you'd
do If you were
on guard duty
at the powder
magazine a n d
the thing blew
up?
Recruit: The
first thing I'd
do, sir, would be
to fire a shot to
give Nho alarm
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
GIVE 1T TIME,

"Go.l my egg thrco minutes"
"'Scuse me. Dat aig is jes' out o.
cold storage an three minutes won't
much more dan jes' thaw itH
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08

AN ORIENTAL PUNsTER.
Lady-So your wife wants ALI
mony.
Chinese Laundryman-Yep; alice
money me gottee.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08

1t has been arranged that skilled
shepherds serving with the British
home forces be granted agricultural
furlough If their commanding officer
can spare them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08

IL. j. STACKPOLE,P PreSf s. Editor-in- c hief
F. r. OYSTER. BHsiHssT Manager.
GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
Labor Notes

The last half-yearly report of the
Glasgow (Scotland) Council Shows a
very marked decrease in pauperism.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08

published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING Co..
telegraph building, Federal square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08

Detroit now has several wireless
classes organized by the Detroit
branch of the National League for
Woman's Service. where women may
qualify as radio operators.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08

Wisconsin State Commission has
prohibited all work for women in
manufactures and laundries between
6 p. m. and a. m. except in pea-can-
ming factories.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08

Twelve thousand German workmeA
recently attended a meeting at Biele.
fold. the center of the Westphalia
linen industry, and adopted resolu-
tion demanding peace annexations or
indemnities.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08

OF the coal produced in Great Brit
tain in 1913. 1S9.092.269 tons were
retained for home consumption. rep
resenting 4.10S tons for each of the
population.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08

The British Columbia Electric Rail-
way has raised wages of its electrical
workers from $3.50 to s490 for an
eight-hour day. Wiremen employed
on a monthly basis are increased $40.