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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
OUR OWN CIVIC CENTER

VTTHEN a civic center is prac-
Wv tically presented to a city as
Is now being done by the
State in the case of Harrisburg 1t
would seem that all in official po-
sition would gladly cooperate in
working out the details of such a
movement insofar as they relate to
the city itself.
Just naturally, the city is going to
erect upon the streets fronting Cap
itol Park plaza tho important build
ings which will from time to time
be constructed for public purposes,
Already we have the Technical High
School, the 7. w. c. A. the Federal
building and the cathedral of the
Scottish Rite bodies on streets abut-
ting on the Capitol grounds. Should
any argument be necessary to con-
vince the school directors vino now
have the question under congidera-
ton as to the availability of the pro-
posed site on North street for the new
hign school building? No more at
tractive park can be imagined than
the stretch which will be created
east of the Capitol. 1t would con-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
Value of Discipline

AT this distance, the thing that
most forcibly impresses the reader
of the account of the mutiny of
Negro soldiers of the Twenty fourth
United States Infantry at Houston,
Tex, is that there was q glaring
lack of discipline. The press reports
say that the trouble began when a
policeman arrested a Negro woman
and refused to surrender her to one
of the Negro soldiers. In the
promiscuous shooting that followed,
II persons were killed before the
mutiny was quelled and order re-
stored. There is an intimation that
the trouble was aggravated by racial
bitterness, and the announcement
was made in Washington yesterday
that the regiment will be withdrawn
from Texas Immediately. In loss of
life the incident is the most serious
of its kind since the mobilization of
troops began. From a military
standpoint the breakdown of disci-
pline is still more serious, and Mai.
K. S. Snow, in command of the
regiment, VIII find Ii difficult to ex-
plain to his superiors how he per-
mitted the situation to get out of
hand.
And by the way, the incident may
we'll be pondered by some hundreds
of newly-appointed young officers
from training camps who may be
entrusted with the enforcement of
rules of discipline as applied to small
units. TO avoid being classed as
martinets, or for some temperament
tai reason, they may be tempted to
relax the requirements of the Man.
ual in individual instances; but the
ru.es and regulations provided are
the result of the best thought in the
making of military machine de-
pendable under all conditions. A
defective unit may throw the ma
chine into confusion. There may be
palliating circumstances of latitude
and color, as in the Houston. case;
but under perfect discipline of the
individual unit, incipient troubles of
that kind will never develop into
serious mutiny.-Pittsburg Gazette
Times
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
Russia and Moscow

If Russia should remove it's seat
of Government from Petrograd to
Moscow, under the threat of a Ger
man advance from the direction of
Riga, there would be no cause for
serious alarm. France abandoned
Paris as its capital in September,
1914, and the Government moved to
Bordeaux, without any loss in eff
cheney. During our own Revolution
the British occupied Philadelphia,
where the Continental Congress held
its sessions. and in the war of 1912
they captured Washington, where
they burned the capital, but the
American Government survived these
shocks. Russia's greatest troubles
seem to be more from within than
from outside. If it's Provisional
Government could get away from
Petrograd with its Socialistic and
anarchistic atmosphere, to the
calmer air of Moscow the change
might bring about great permanent
benefits.-Philadelphia Record.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
BOYS ON THE JOB

rOTHING has been more i'm
M pressive regarding the posi-
- bilities of boy labor in this
country than official reports of the
garden and fruit farms during the
last few days. Right here in Har-
risburg over seven thousand dollars
worth of food has been raised on va
cant lots through the activities of
the Chamber of Commerce, exclusive
of the thousands of bushels of po-
tatoes and other vegetables which
have been produced by school chill
dren and individuals throughout the
city.
So important is this development
of labor among those who are not
old enough to go to the defense OF
the country at the front that the ma
tional government, through properly
organized agencies, is now mobiliz-
ing the boys between the ages of is
and 21. Many younger boys are also
aiding in this conservation move
ment. Thousands OF bushels of
fruits would have been absolutely
lost this year had it not been for the
boys organized in camps by those
competent to get the best results
from their labor.
It is for this reason that the Y.
NJ. C. A. in Harrisburg is being
placed upon a good working basis to
the end that the boys and young
men of this community may be
given opportunity to make the best
use of their energies in this time
of national crisis. Without much
flare of trumpets the directors of
the big institution at Second and Lo-
Gust streets are quietly going ahead
with the working out of a budget
that will insure increased equipment
and facilities for the development
of the boys of Harrisburg.
If you are at all interested in this
work, the Telegraph suggests that
YOU get into touch with the
secretary of the Y. NJ. C. A. and do
your bit in this direction.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
Universal Military Training

The youth of the land to-day must
come to the aid of their country.
just as they did In the Civil War, in
the opinion of Lieutenant General
S. b. NJ. Young, U. S. A. (retired)),
who is commander in chief of the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
of the United States. Bluntly, he de-
clares that the United States must
depend upon the young and unmar-
ried men to fight its war with Ger
many.
simultaneously with the statement
of General Young came an announce
ment from the National Security
League that it would Immediately
undertake an intensive campaign for
the adoption of the Chamberlain bill,
which provides for universal military
training.
The draft law is totally inadequate
to provide for the situation in which
the United States finds itself, General
Young thinks.
I'm the Civil War;" his statement
says, "the greatest army that had
ever been recruited in the history
of the world up to that time was
made up almost entirely of young
men twenty-one years of age and
ounger. The exact figures show that
there were 2,159,79S men of twenty
one and l, 1,151,4SS men eighteen years
of age and under in the army at that
time. In addition there were 844,-
S91 boys under seventeen serving
their country.
"Of mon above the age of twenty
one-the age at which the govern
ment is now trying to build up its
new army--there were only 61S,511
who were twenty-five years or over,
and above twenty-five the total army
registration amounted to 46,626."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
ALLIES SPEND TEN
MILLION DAILY IN AMERICA

TN an article about Edward R.
Stettinius, the biggest buyer in
the world, the September Amer
lean Magazine says:
AN official statement made in the
British House of Commons reveal
ed that the allies purchases in
America reached ten million dollars
daily. Think of It! OF these pur-
chases, figure without parallel in
HISTORY, the banking firm of ]. P.
Morgan e. Company had to handle a
large share. In no previous year
had all the foreign countries of the
world combined taken any such
quantity of American products. And
on one man, Edward r. Stettinius,
quiet, unohtrusive, untrumpeted
American citizen. fell the burden
of marshaling and managing the
practical, nonfinancial end of the
task.
After careful study says Mr..
Stettinius, we decided that in plac-
ing war contracts we would have to
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
Loyal Navy Yard Men

The disloyal attempt to delay war
preparations through a shipbuilding
strike has failed. The address of
the men employed in the League
Island Navy Yard to the Secretary of
the Navy is a manifesto of true pa.
triotism:.
I'VE desire by our example to
stimulate all others to the fullest
performance of their duty to the
country at this time. We promise
to stand by you shoulder to shoulder
in carrying out measures for the de-
velopment of our navy. We
promise to notify our superiors of
any indication of disloyalty on the
part of any employe working for the
government. With the full
est confidence that our country is in
the right in this war. and relying
On the wisdom Of President Wilson,
we earnestly pray for a speedy sue
cess for our cause and we pledge you
by our work to do our full share to-
ward the victory which will ulti-
mately be ours"
So every honest citizen feels. The
men in the navy yards are doing
work of as great value to our cause
as the soldiers can do. So are the
men in all the shipyards. SO is every
mechanical worker whose services in
his trade exempt him from the mill
tary draft.-New York Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

be guided less by the nature of any
concerns product than by the char
acter of the men at its head. We
figured that the layout of any plant.
the design of the buildings or the
kind of machinery in II was of minor
importance to The degree of success
that had been exhibited in running
it. In other words, bricks and NOR
tar, machines and tools, were not
what We went by, but the brains
that administered these things.
Through the knowledge and eX-
perience and ramifications of those
in the Morgan firm, We had a good
idea of who was who and what was
what throughout the manufacturing
world. We knew the men who had
demonstrated unusual ability in diff
ferent lines, and we got into touch
with them, no matter what they were
producing. Meanwhile, we were Sc
lecting men to negotiate for the pur-
chase of tho varied materials we
were required to purchase; and in
three months had perfected an or
ganization.'
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

stitute of itself campus without
price for the students who attend
the Technical High School and those
who should be permitted to attend
the High School on North street.
To place the new educational in
stitution at Front and Boas streets
would be q lamentable mistake for
more reasons than one. Primarily,
1t is on the edge of the city and
inconvenient for many who in the
nature of the case would be required
to attend the Girls High School. The
North street site would be easily ac-
cessible for the Allison Hill district as
well as the other sections of the city
through street railway connec-
tions.
May we not hope that the gentle
men of the School Board will give
this matter most serious considera-
tion before reaching any conclusion?
The first cost is not the most i'm
portant item in this situation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
Bathless Berlin

Berlin, ruthless for three years.
gasless for some days, is now, it ap-
pears, to be bathless. The list of
things verboten and curtailed is al
ready long. The prohibition of bath
ing in the home, to save water and
fuel, will not entail the suffering a
shortage in foodstuffs and various
other commodities means. The Ger
man who practices total immersion
nowadays generally does so not in a
bathtub, but in a boat. The German
stih has much to learn in this way
of personal ahlution from his cleanly
ally the Turk. with whom cleanliness
is not merely next to godliness, but
an integral part of the religious
ritual. The German vapor bath has
proved, however, useful innovation.
and it has been found possible to use
the surplus product in State docu-
ments. Though 1t is a crime to bathe
within doors, Germany still has the
River Rhine. But the derogatory
verse is recalled.
"The River Rhine, as is we'll konwn.
Doth wash tho City of Cologne;
Tell me henceforth, ye nymphs di-
vine,
What power shall wash the River
Rhine?"
Those who still persist in the use
of the matutinal tub might go to
Bulgaria, where the people get up at
dawn to patronize the great mu-
nicipal bathhouse in Sofia. There
would be a further saving of SOAP
and water If Berlin would forbear to
wash dirty linen in public.-Phila-
delphia Public Ledger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

Stockholm" cry the Socialists.
stick home" their governments all
reply.-New York Sun.
America only entered the war to
deprive Germany of victory.-Frank-
furter Zeitung. 1t is a delight to
quote from German newspaper an
exact statement of fact-Syracuse
Post-Standard.
The Louisville chap who, when
drafted, threw out his chest and
cried to the crowd: God help the
Germans; they have drawn mel"
gave the best keynote to the country.
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Since at the very outset the Pre-
mier of France has shown Michaelis
to be liar and a Russian minister
shows he is a falsifier, it becomes
evident that Michaelis is the sort of
chancellor the Kaiser and the Crown
Prince have been looking for all
these years.-Kansas City Star.
Doubtless he has heard that there
is many a slip 'twixt the cup and
the lip, but it seems difficult to con-
vince the Kaiser that his cup has al
ready slipt.-Kansas City Star.
Governor Ferguson. of Texas, who
has been indicted, and now faces i'm
parchment, has just announced his
candidacy for another term. 1t seems
to be all over but the Inauguration.
Boston Transcript
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
Hearten Others

The true patriot will not spread
gloom now. The real hero will hold
all sadness out of sight If the grue-
some war news gives you narrowing
emotions. stop reading it.
There is no limit to the influence
of the individual who has splendid
courage now
This is the hour that calls for vol
unteers in the army of greater
achievement, recruits in the navy
of common sense. Tt is our human
duty to hearten others now.-The
Silent Partner.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
Annual River Fete at Toxic

Several of the Toxic journals crit
else the manner in which newly
rich Japanese are spending their
money. Especial mention is made
of the annual celebration on the
Kawabiraki festival along the Su-
mida river, which separates the two
parts of the capital. Jollity centers
about the Ryogoku bridge over the
Sumida, but both banks of the river
are brightly illuminated and the
stream is filled with boats, all deco
rated with bunting and lights.
The celebration this year, July 21,
exceeded in brilliancy previous occa.
sions. All rooms in the restaurants
for miles along the river were en-
gagged ten days ahead, which never
has been the case before. The Japan
Advertiser, describing the event. de-
nounces the extravaganza indulged in
by the "narikin" (get-rich-quicks)
at a time when the people of the
country are complaining of the in
creased cost of living. "It merely
attests the prosperity of a certain
class" says the editor, "and is not
a wholesome exhibition to the masses
of the people. AS it were an auction
sale, one man of the 'nariliin' class
secured a large number of rooms in
several restaurants at a high price.
ltiSt S"A'Cl' "ItOtHSl SPSSllteIi VI lhe
ncwly-rich offered better terms and
the restaurant keepers closed with
him. This led to controversy that
was not pleasant for other patrons.
Some OF these persons had as many
as seven or eight boats on the river,
made very prominent by fireworks.
Along the river banks. for miles on
both sides of the historic bridge, an
immense throng of men, women and
children assembled to see the fire.
works and the gaily lighted barSes,
many having music aboard Most
of the people thought they were en-
joying themselves; but when they
got home, very late at night and
dreadfully tired. they wondered why
they had gone to the Kawabiraki."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

Just when enlarged equipment and
up-to-date facilities are most needed
the railroads of the United States are
crimped as a result of a prolonged
policy of governmental regulation.
But just the same. the Atterburys and
the Lovetts and the other big railroad
men are giving Uncle Sam the bene-
fit of their long experience in solving
the tremendous transportation prob
lens which now confront the nation.
our railroads and their employees
now have an opportunity to show
what they can do for their country in
q great emergency" is the way one
of the railroad heads stated the case.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
Effect of War on Morals

1t is said that so much war is
making hard the hearts and con-
sciences OF the people, and we are
about ready to accept that statement
as an absolute truth. in the light of
our own experience. We notice of
late that we can eat as we'll and
sleep as soundly after feeding a
pound or so OF Paris green to the
we had fed them on waffies and put
them in the best bed in the house.
Liberty Press
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
PROSTITUTION"

~ r. HENRY VANDYKE, former
minister to the Netherlands, is
one of those who believes we
should dwell especially upon "resti-
tuition" in all discussion of peace
terms with German. He is entirely
willing that annexation" and "in-
IDENTITIES" should be dropped, but
restitution" strikes him as about
the most appropriate word to cover
the ground when we reach a settle
ment. Another writer on the same
subject says:
That means, return of all that
has been stolen and destroyed, and
with penalty for damages to
put the condition back, as far as
money and property can do IN
where 1t was before the pillage
and destruction began. Restitu-
tion: to restore-"the act of re-
storing anything to it's rightful
owner or of giving an equivalent
for any loss. damage or injury:
that offered in return for what
has been lost, injured or de-
stroyed; indemnification. repara-
tion; amends" Restitution in its
broadest sense is what justice de-
mands of Germany, not in any
spirit of hate or Nndictiveness.
which is. however. well justifed
but in calm. Impartial Judgment
of the right and the wrong Of the
matter.
Restitution" is the proper word
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
Boy. Page Dulcinea !

The young lady across the way
says she's afraid business must be
feeling the pinch of war, as she
overheard her father say that II
these conditions kept up six months
longer all his liabilities would be
wiped out.-Cartoons Magazine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

united Mine workers have q men,
bership of almost 100000 in 2,S23
local unions.
In 1897 the brotherhood of Car
penters had 2S,2O0 members. They
now have over $4,000.
Coal beavers at Hammond, Ind,
are now getting as high as $40 and
S12 day.
In Augsburg, Germany, $500 tex
tile workers are receiving unem-
ployment relief.
Owing to the shortage in male
labor, Paterson IN. J.) munition fac
tories employ women.
Wages of almost 100000 train
service employees in this country
average $1,331 a year.
Peoria (Ill) Typographical Union
Will receive an increase in pay start
ing January 1 next.
Owners of foundries in Tennessee
must provide shower baths for their
employees.
Fifty thousand union miners in
Scotland have protested against the
high price of food.
International Hod Carriers and
Common Laborers' Union has voted
to erect an office building.
Over 1000 organized BARRIERS at
Chicago, ILL.,, have received an in
crease of SO a week.
Guelph (Canada) firemen will get
20 cents a day increase until three
months after the war.
The number of women acting as
substitutes for men in the field in
France has passed the 100000
mark.
Frisco BARRIERS Union is work.
ing for a law requiring all BARRIERS to
take a course in ordinary sanitation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
YOU

An little Herbie Hoover says. when
the fire burns low,
An the vitamines are creepin' from
the shadows. sof' an slow,
You better eat the things the Food
FSlks say they's plenty of
An cheat the garbage pail, an Civ e
all butchers meat the shove,
An gobblo up the corn-pohe an
vcg'tf les an fish.
An save yer dripping's an yer
svt cts, an lick clean y"- dish
An dCni get fresh a-taIkir' of what
you Won't do without.
OR the Calories'll git you
Eff
you
don't
watch
out!
--Soph!e Kerr III Life.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

educational institutions will hereafter
take the form in part. at least. of
military training. Most of our boys
would be the better for it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
DO YOU KNOW

That during the Civil War there
was an cncampment of soldiers
guarding the Market street and
Cumberland Valley bridges al
most directly opposite from the
encampment on the bluff below
Lcmoyne, placed there to guard
these same structures7
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST %

Lord, for tomorrow and its needs I
do not pray;
Keep me from stain of sin, just for
today;
Let me no tCrong or idle ioord I'M
thinking say;
Set thou a seal upon my lips just for
today
CANON WMBERFoBcE.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
Labor Notes

United Mine Workers have a men,
bership of almost 100000 in 2,S23
local unions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
Little Herbie Hoover

Little Herbie Hoover's come to our
house to stay,
To make US scrape the dishes clean,
an keep the crumbs away.
An learn us to make war-bread, an
save up all tho grease.
For the less we eat of butter, the
sooner we'll have peace.
An all us other chil'ren. when our
scanty meals is done,
We gather up around the fire an has
the mostest fun
A-listenin' to the proteins that Her.
bic tells about,
An the Galleries that git you
Eff
you
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

In 1897 the Brotherhood of Car
penters had 2S,200 members. They
now have over $4,000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

Coal beavers at Hammond, Ind,
are now getting as high as $40 and
S12 a day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

E.J. J.STACKPoL.E,P Pres't s. Editor-ia-c chief
q. r. OYSTER. Business Manager.
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING Co.,
telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

In Augsburg, Germany, $500 tex
tile workers are receiving unem-
ployment relief.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Stockholm" cry the Socialists.
Stick home" their governments all
reply.-New York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

The number of women acting as
substitutes for men in the field in
France has passed the 1000, 900
mark.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

Guelph (Canada) firemen will get
20 cents a day increase until three
months after the war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

Owing to the shortage in male
labor, Paterson IN. J.) munition fac
tories employ women.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

Frisco BARRIERS Union is work.
ing for a law requiring all BARRIERS to
take a course in ordinary sanitation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

IMPORTANT
POINT.
She. W o Id
you marry a
woman who had
s u eG another
man for breach
of promise?
II @: H ow
m u ch did the
court q W ard
your.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

Wages of almost 10000 train
service employees in this country
average $1,331 a year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

ARRISBURG welcomes to-day
delegates to the annual con-
vention of the Third-Class City