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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22

oughness, which means long prepa-
ration and often coercion or subor-
dination of the individual. But we
shall excel in the far more important
matter of bringing forth individual
initiative. And our national organ
iZation-in proportion as we build up
national organlzation-will prove
sunerior because so many individ-
uals in all ranks-too much not be-
ing demanded of them-wfll give
more than is demanded
Again the Germans have produced
an efficient government. But they
have produced it by physical, mem
tai, and moral compulsion of the in
dividual. The state is everything, it
shapes the very thoughts and aspira-
tions of the people. AS result the
state is worshiped, but only for
what 1T is but also for, what is not.
The state can do no wrong-at least
abroad. At home 1t may not be om-
niscient, but 1t is omnipotent. 1t is
fate; resistance is inconceivable, rev.
olution an outworn theory. How can
| the great bulk of citizens develop
either courage or intelligence in their
attitude to such a state?
The democratic governments of
the world also have been assuming
vast industrial functions since the
war-and it is possible that some of
these functions will be permanent.
Rut these activities are not based
on any state doctrine taught by the
people by governments. When the
people have felt q need, the state
has been their servant to supply that
need-whereas in Germany it is the
people that are the servants of the
state. In America it is our state
and we are fighting to show not only
that it can do everything that the
German state has done, but can sue
ceed where autocracy has failed.
This is what we are fighting for
However humiliating it may be, we
did not seriously aim at the maxi
mum of national efficiency in gov
ernment and industry in time o
peace. Only the frightful punish
; ment and curse of war could brinI
the democratic peoples to eXer
themselves to the maximum as ma
: tions. Not only are we obliged t
do our best now to remove ever,
, national weakness. The enemy gain
still more from the baseness that ha
: fingered among us-the betrayal o
our own democratic principles.
We are fighting, then, not for wha
i democracy was ait its worst, but 70
what dem ocrH"v can he at its best
=; this is not negative war.
is q war to ADVANCE democracy. An,
! the only way we can advance democ
racy-even in war tims-is to de
= velop it. Only in this way can w
r administer to the enemies of democ
: racy lasting physical, mental an,
moral defeat.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
CHRISTMAS

= EFT us not slight the. celebration
- of Christmas this year. Let us
not lose sight of the significance oi
the great Christian holiday in the
midst of our thoughts of war. If the
soldiers in the trenches have their
Christmas trees and their Christmas
dinners, why not we?
| Christmas was born in the spirit
of sacrifice-the greatest sacrifice
humanity has ever known. Yet it was
surrounded by the joy of a world in
the process of salvation. Heavenly
hosts sang hymns of praise and even
| the stars rejoiced. So 1t is for us to
remember that we are fighting a good
fight and that we should take joy
therein and find courage to go on in
the thoughts that surround the origin
of our Christmas customs.
We are making war, not so much
for ourselves, as for our children.
Little folks cannot know the suffer-
ing war entails nor feel the emotions
that come to those who have sent
forth their dear ones to the hard
ships and uncertainties of battle.
Christmas is pre-eminently the chill
dren's holiday. Let US make merry
for their sakes. If there be a vacant
chair at the Christmas dinner, let us
rejoice that one has gone out in the
spirit of the great Founder of Christ
mas, even though we may entertain
melancholy recollections of those
happier days when the family sat
united about the yuletide tree.
The boys in the trenches would not
have it otherwise. They will be think
ing on Christmas Day of holly
wreaths and holiday cheer back
home and it would give them no
pleasure to know that we were sit
ting disconsolate about a dreary
board mourning their absence. They
are fighting for the preservation of
all the customs we hold dear and it
is for us to see to it that we perform
our part by keeping the Christmas
fires burning bright on our hearths
and in our souls.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
NO CITIZEN OF WORLD"

1t sounds loftily grandiloquent to
call ones self "a citizen of the
world" The phrase is mouth fill
ing. Tagore, the Bengah poet, de-
cries nationalism also. and would
have world citizenship; nevertheless
his grievance against Great Britain
is that she gives India no aid toward
becoming a nation.
But just what does our street car
orators phrase mean? Simply be-
ing free from all local attachments.
being ION his own" having no stand
ing in any country; If wronged or
injured having no redress save by
grace of the authorities, yet amen
able to the law of any land where he
happens to be; unable to travel un-
challenged through lack of passport
and unable to get one because OF
claiming no rights as citizen of any
nation.
Such would be the status of "a
citizen of the world" at present were
there any such thing. The phrase
is meaningless. A man is a citizen
of some country in spite of himself.
The country in which he is born is
his country He may repudiate it,
may dishonor it. nevertheless 1t is
still his country.
The sentence of Philip Nolan, Ed
ward Everett Hale's Man Without
a Country" was that he should never
again Set foot upon or hear the
name of the country he had damned.
Thus he learned what it meant to
be without home, a flag, and the
hopes, associations and memories
which belong to ones own country.
Yet there is a fate more dreadful
than this-that of the men exiled
because they have attempted the
ruin of their country. Benedict Ar
mold. disappointed and remorseful,
cut to the quick under Franklin's
charge that he sold himself for "thir-
ty pieces of silver" and dying in the
endeavor to drag on his old bun and
blue Continental uniform. is at once
one of the most execrated and path
etic figures in American annals
Detroit Free Press.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

General Lewis T. Bryant, attend
ing the welfare conference, is New
Jersey Commissioner of Labor.
John Fisler, well known here,
has been elected president of the
West Philadelphia Manufacturers
organization.
Chaplain T. w. Davis, of the
State Senate, is to make the memor-
ial address before the Chester Elks
next month.
-Representative Fred c. Ehr-
hardt. of Scranton, who was here to-
day, says he likes to come to Har-
risburg
Senator w. C. Mckee, command
ing the First Artillery of Pennsylva-
mia, is taking his men out on hikes
at Augusta.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
THE STATE AND FOOD LAWS

" HIS winter should demonstrate
whether Pennsylvania's cold
storage laws governing food are
too drastic, as claimed by men in the
provision trade. or whether they per-
init food juggling as has been charg-
ed upon a number of occasions. Much
was heard in the last Legislature
about the necessity of altering the
laws because of the outbreak of war
and 1t was asserted in some of the
discussions on Capitol Hill that
when the pinch comes the cold stor-
age laws would be found to be more
or less of hindrance.
To-day conference is being held
in Philadelphia between representa-
tives of the national and State
flood officials and the State Com
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
GIFFORD OUT AGAIN

n IFFORD P1NCHOT has re-
IT signed his place on Mr..
Hoover's committee. He Is not
in accord with Mr.. Hoover's policy.
Pinchot is not often in accord with
his superiors; but it is unlikely that
his differences with Hoover will have
the far-reaching effects of his row
with Secretary Ballinger in the Taft
administration.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
OUR DAILY LAUGH

A CONFUSED
IMPRESSION.
How do the
German sol =
diers get Iron
Crosses?
They have to
win 'en.
Win EN-! I
knew they were
right plentiful.
But I had no
idea the boys
were usin' 'em
for poker chips.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER %, 1917

No soul can preSerVe the bloom
and delicdcy of its eTiStence tCithout
lonely musing and silent prayer
FARRAR.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
A QUEER RULING

1t sounds funny, but Gen. Crow
ders revised draft rules make first
class men of those who fail to sup
port their wives and children.-New
Orleans States. ---t-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
BEYOND THE
PALE.

ABOUT THIS TIME.
Doc Goose-Goodness, Mr.. Turk,
you're thin as a rail. You run about
too much.
Gobbler-You bet I do, want to
get thin. It's the fat, tender thing
that gets 1t In the nsclk1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
WISDOM OF THE WORLD

The wisdom of this world is fool
ishness with God. For 1t Is written.
He taketh the wise in their own
craftiness.-I. Corinthians, Ill, 10.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
FOR AND AGAINST

Though we are not technically at
war with Austria, the fact doesn't
prevent our hallelujahing on the side
or ltaly.-From the Toledo Blade.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg men are
among those on Uncle Sans
patrol feet I'm the Atlantic and
the Philippines?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
HIsTORIC HARRIsBURG

The site of the Penn-Harris was a
hotel one hundred years ago when a
tavern which stood there was called
the State Capital.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22

controller has found that it will swell
the roll by $144,000 year over what
it is at present. The increase will
affect S39 employees of the county.
Postmaster w. II. Strauss, of
Johnstown, says that his post office
will not employ women mail clerks
during the holiday season, unless ne
cessity compels it. The postmaster
said that probably fifty men would be
added temporarily to the force, but
that these would be mostly college
and high school students, who are
glad to work during the holiday sea-
son.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO,
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22

Ell. STACKPoLE,P Pres't s. Editorin- Chief
r. r. OYSTER. Business Mdndger.
GUS M. STEINMETZ, Mdndging Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
A KICK.

Angry Bird
See here, Mr..
Nj 6 h tin gale,
you've 6 tt q
stop singing aft
er sundown. or
else move out OF
this apartment
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22

H. II. Baish, who will be the ac-
tive man in the State Teachers Re-
tirement Fund Board, was for years
superintendent of schools of Altoona,
and has recently been at Washington
engaged in educational work for the
United States government He was
formerly president of the State Edu-
cational Association.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22

-AntlcIpating that the county
commissioners will soon start work
on the annual budget, County Con-
troller John p. Moore, of Allegheny,
sent letter yesterday to heads of
the various county departments re-
questing them to submit their esti-
mates for the coming year. The con-
troller has prepared figures derived
from records in his own office for the
guidance of the commissioners, par
ticularly in instances where acts of
Assembly require the commissioners
to make the appropriation, regard
less of whether they so desire.
One of these is the increase in nav
provided for In the Burke bill, which
makes 1t mandatory on the county
to add $3.50 to salaries of all employ
es receiving $1,000 or less year. The
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-08

Mr.. and Mrs. T. Mathews, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. S. Edmundson, Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff"
Edmundson, Moscow; Misses Brown,
Cornwall; X. Frantz, York, Friedman,
H. Frantz, Waring, Putnam, Sampson,
Gronsdale, Sweeney, Burns, Spaulding,
Anderson, Peterson, Jones, Saltar,
McKenna, Millick, Willis, Hamilton,
Dewey, F. Richardson, Snyder and
Bowers. The patrons and patronesses
were: DR.. and Mrs. Dodd, Prof. and
Mrs. Hills, Dean and Mrs. Hume and
Mrs. Villa Ross.
One of the most graceful informal
affairs of the season was held last
night with Phi Delta Theta as host.
The festivities Opened with delight
full five-couse dinner served in the
dining hall of the chapter home. The
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-08

I tsSs<Ss-@1
room was decorated in patriotic colors
while the fraternity colors predom-
mated in the reception room. The
feasting lasted till $50 when the
for two hours of delightful dancing.
Prof and Mrs. Gail chaperoned the
party. The guests were: Misses
Glindeman, Anderson, Erb, Kendall,
McCallie, Upton, Sholes, Wiley, Din
gle, Gronsdahl, Taggert, Bloomquist,
Frantz, Friedman, Hoover, Elder,
Richardson, Soulen, Bowerman and
Morley, and Messrs. Green, Johnson
and Burger.
Ward Costley has been in town for
the past few days on business. Dur
ing his stay he has several times been
the guest of his sister, Miss Margaret,
at the Kappa house.
Miss French entertained at dinner
at Ridenbaugh hall President and Mrs.
Lindley, Dean and Mrs. Hume, Lieut..
and Mrs. Felker, and Lieut.. Herbert
Martinson, Lieut.. Sam Stillinger and
Alden Hyde, Wednesday evening of
this week.
Lloyd Ellington, '16, who came, to
Moscow to pass examination for en-
trance into the officers training camp,
has been guest at the Beta Theta Pi
this week.
Adna Boyd, lieutenant in the ma
chine gun division at Camp Lewis, is
in town on four days furlough and
is a guest at the Beta Theta Pi house.
President and Mrs. Lindley and fam
ly and Dean and Mrs. Hume and
Miss French were dinner guests at the
Gamma Phi Beta house Thursday eve
ling.
Mary Noble, one of last years grad
lates who is teaching in the Lapwai ,
public schools, was a weekend guest
It Chi Delta Phi.
Mrs. H. B. Illingworth was hostess G
It a dinner Wednesday evening in d
lonor of Lieut. ]. T. Ross who is Wis L
ting in Moscow for short time. Gov '
rs were laid for nine. The guests
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-08

For the past several years, the
Kappa Sigma Thanksgiving house par
ty has been one of the most looked
forward-to events of the season. 1t
took place Saturday afternoon aand
evening of last week. A first class
Pullman College orchestra furnished
music throughout the afternoon and
evening. Dinner was served between
1 and 2:30 The list of guests is:
Messrs. Decker, Barker, D. Mathews,
Howell and Misses Green, Whiting,
Pollard and Armstrong from Pullman;
Messrs. Barnard, ]. G. Mcdonald, A.
Knudson, Edministon and Misses Ken
evan and Latta from Spokane; Rus
sell Cunningham, Grangeville; l.. B.
Moore, Bovill; Alden Hyde, Boise;
Miss Smith, Lewiston; Lieutenant j.
T. Ross, Lieutenant and Mrs. Albert,
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-08
4 Great Voice

unusual richness and color, and with
great range and power" testifies the
Kansas City Times, in reporting a re-
cent appearance of Leonid Samoloff,
the noted Russian tenor, in that city.
The appearance of Samoloff and his
assisting artists will be one of the dis
tinctly great musical features of the
present concert season. High school,
Monday evening
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-08

were: Mrs. Villa Ross, Stuart Ross,
Miss Edna Dewey and Lieut.. j. T.
Ross.
Gamma Phi Beta had an open house
Wednesday afternoon and served tea
to about 25 of her friends. The af-
fair was in honor of the young men
who have received commissions.
Miss Marie Cramer and Olivia Chap
man were dinner guests at Chi Delta
Phi Monday night.
Mr.. and Mrs Sherman Gregory of
Wallace were mid-week guests at the
Delta Gamma house.
Miss Abbie Mix, who has been Wis
iting in Orofno, stopped for a brief
visit in Moscow on her way to her
home in Northport, Wash.
Another get-together Thanksgiving
pdlI llC lllCHllOu VI WulSu was I'LL
avoidably omitted from last weeks
paper, was held at Prof Fishburn's |
home. Mr.. and Mrs. Butterfield and |
Mrs. Addy and daughter, Miss
Dorothy, Mr.. and Mrs. Little and |
Judge and Mrs. Forney were guests at
a delightful six-sourse dinner.
Mrs. F. L. Barrows entertained the
members of the Pleiades at charm +
ngly appointed luncheon this noon
The Phoenix Bridge club met with
,Irs. F. L. White last Wednesday aft
srnoon Mrs. VIM Wallace was the
guest of honor The club has in
crested itself in war work and has.
dispensed with refreshments and
prizes. The money thus saved sup
,orts a French war orphan.
The regular meeting of the Pleiades
vas held Thursday at the home of
lfS. Hume. II
Misses Dorothy and Aida Wethered
a number of their friends
t their home on Thursday evening H
l honor of Mrs. Charles Wethered of II
Wallace. The evening was spent in
taking a quilt for the Red Cross Red II
ross sandwiches occupied a prom II
lent place in the dainty lunch that II
as served. Those present were: !.
esdames d. Wethered, C. Wethered
orson, the Misses June Miller, OF
ess, Dickinson, Lindahl, Johnson,
atkins, Winifred Calkins, Wethered,
orothy Wethered and Charles Weth-
ed.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-08

Mrs. H. B. Illingworth was hostess
at a dinner Wednesday evening in
honor of Lieut.. j. T. Ross who is Wis
iting in Moscow for short time. Gov
ers were laid for nine. The guests
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-08

The regular meeting of the Pleiades
was held Thursday at the home of
Mrs. Hume
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-06-28
AGITATION FOR
LIBERALIZATION
GERMAN NEWSPAPERS ARE URe.
ING MANY REFORMS.
REICHSTAG TO REOPEN JULY 5
Constitutional Committee Headed by
Phillip schneidman Majority Lead
err of the Military House VIII
Make Report.

Berlin, June 27-Agitation for i'm
mediate liberalization of Germany /,
growing daily. Every newspaper here
tofore strongly against it are urging
reforms.
Such newspapers as the Vorwaerts
(the socialists organ, the Tageblatt
and the Vorrische are paving the way
| for liberalization.
In statement issued to-day by
Professor Huntz he said:
I'VE Prussians cannot continue lone
in the midst of Germany and in the
whole Europe in this worlds war with.
out liberalization"
The Reichstag will reopen it's ses.
sions July 5, on that date the so called
constitutional committee will make its
report.
This bodp is headed by Phillip
Scheidman the majority leaders and
chairman of the military house. The
committee has ben authorized to
make recommendation of liberaliza.
tion by the Kaiser himself.
Phillip Scheidman and his body of
men of the constitutional committee
made suggestions on liberalization the
latter part of May and they were hail
ed with certain elements, that are GER.
tain to lead the immediate liberaliza-
ton of the government.
The suggestions made May 81, were:
To make the Imperial Chancellor re-
sponsible to the Reichstag as well as
to the Emperor
Re-districting of Germany so that
the Reichstag may not be altogether
responsible.
After they made the recommends.
ton to the Chancellor the commit
tee proceeded to Vitiate all the re-
forms of the nature of this suggestion
by declining to give the Reichstag any
power as to the removal of the
Chancellor.
The constitutional committee head
ed by the procurement socialist
leader Scheidman is dominated by
ProtGerman forces-that is by the
Chancellor and the autocratic German
machine.
The committee is to hold further
sessions in July to determine just what
will be further done toward immediate
liberalization in Germany.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-06-28
POISON BEANS COME TO iowa
Graettinger Grocer Gets Batch of
Nine Bushels of the Burma
From Minneapolis.

Des Moines, June 27.--H. N. Oshur,
food dealer at Graettinger. Ia, has
submitted samples of beans answering
the description of the Burma bean,
against which statewide warning
was issued by Henry c. Wallace a
few days ago, to the state college at
Ames and has been informed that the
beans are of the poisoI GUS variety.
He was told over the telephone by
state college authorities not to sell
any of the beans.
Mr.. Oshur also submitted samples
of the beans to Mr.. Wallace, who said
last night that he believed them to be
the dangerous Burma bean, against
which he issued warning.
Oshur says that he purchased nine
bushels of the beans from Minneapo-
lis firm, and had sold none of them.
The beans in question resemble the
ordinary navy bean in some particu-
lars, but are darker in color, and net
ted similar to lima beans.
A further investigation of the mat
ter will be undertaken by Mr.. Wallace
and the state agricultural college.
It is not known whether other ship
ments have been made into Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-06-28
FOUR CLASSES TO Be EXEMPT
Regulations Given Approval by Pres
dent Wilson To-day Covers Fifty
Printed Pages.

Washington, June 27.-Four classes
of men are named as exempt from
military service draft In the regula-
tions today which President Wilson
gave final approval today. These
classes are:
Men physically unfit.
Men employed in essential positions
in war industries.
Men with certain religious beliefs.
Men with wives and children that
are wholly dependent upon them for
support.
The regulations covered fifty print
ed pages. They will be made public
at a date to be fixed later and prob
ably will be given the press to be held
for release tomorrow or Friday.
The rules provide that the local ex-
emption men of the exemption board
will have the power to exempt the
unphysical and unfit, and members of
certain religious sex. The appellate
board in the judiciary district will al
so have the power to exempt men of
certain occupation on reasons and men
with families wholly dependent upon
them.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-06-28
ll4,000,00O
FOR RED CROSS
UTMOST PUBLICITY WILL BE
GIVEN EXPENDITURES.
AID TO THE AMERICANS FIRST
The Over Subscription of the Mercy
Fund Means Much Relief Work
For Our Allies Also, Says
Dawson.
AID TO THE AMERICANS FIRST

Washington, June 27.-The nations
contributions to the Red Cross in re
Spouse to the call for 0,000, 00O
war fund were estimated at $114,000,.
900 today, by Henry P. Dawson, chair.
man of the Red Cross war council
This figure assumes" Mr.. Dawson
said, that stockholders in compan-
les which have declared special divi.
dends amounting to some 100000
600 will turn their dividends over to
the Red Cross" The policy of the
Red Cross in expanding this big sum,
Mr.. Dawson said in a statement
thanking the millions of contributors,
will be to conduct all our work with
the utmost publicity. and to take the
public as completely as possible into
our confidence"
Prir'arily the fund will be devoted
to needs of American soldiers and
sailors. and secondarily to relief
work among the allies.
Dr.. Frank Billings of Chicago will
head the Red Cross commission of
more than twenty experts to be sent
to Russia to study needs there, Mr..
Dawson announced.
Over-subscription of the 100000
600 originally sought was accomplish
ed largely in the final roundup when
nearly $20,000,000 in new subscrip-
lions was secured.
More than 1000 of the larger cities
raised more than their allotments.
Among the states which exceeded
their quotas were: Delaware, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New
York (outside New York City,, Ohio
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin. Connecti-
cut, Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado,
wyoming. Utah, Idaho, Maine, New
Hampshire, Maryland, New Jersey
and West Virginia