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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
Land of Afterwards

N ROM my new edge of conscious
ness l looked about. Back in
the distance. leaning against a
wind, went cid Sergeant Death
through the blown powder smoke
mounting to the posts of cinnabar.
The Father of the Regiments''-
how we had walked with him and
talked with him, chaffed with him
and laughed with him, until we had
learned the goodness beneath his
grim old face and he had barred cur
soldier souls! He was n comrade go
ing, and / saluted his back with sor-
row I'll see him again perhaps,
parading the souls trooping here
from the war.
''Is this heaven? Where is this ?"
asked of white horseman on q
white charger.
'This?" He looked down at me
thoughtfully. This is Afterwards, i"
he smiled; and wheeled off towards
waiting squadron of fair chivalry.
In this Afterwards I've found the
boys. You know who everyone is
here without being told. The boys
of the air and of the sea, you meet
them; light thrills-You know them
and their legend; they know you.
Often we look up and find Lord
Michael himself, leaning on his
sharp, subduing sword, listening
when the yearns are precipitous and
there is through them the wif-waf Of
guns and the CLEAN of bayonets. lie
is all ruddy and very handsome, the
Archangel of War, with level lidded
eyes. Once he sang for us q sword
song, sharp, winged song.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
A PLACE TO COUPLE UP

A MOST amazing lack of uni
~ fornlity in regulations for the
control of smallpox between
the States east OF the Mississippi has
been revealed by the efforts of Penn
sylvania's State Department of
Health to check the outbreaks which
have occurred in western and GEN.
trail counties. There is more SMALL
pox in the State now than known
for years, In spite of all the efforts
being made, and new patients are be-
ing reported almost daily. The in
ftefion has spread from place to
&c and is so readily traceable that
zte remedy appears to be plain.
81 Men have come from communi-
ties in Ohio. Michigan and some
southern States where smallpox exists
without let or hindrance. In fact,
in ono instance a whole crew of la
borers went from Cleveland to near
Pittsburgh when smallpox prevailed
and authorities had to employ guards
to round up the whole party Small
pox has appeared in people from
Akron to Detroit frequently and
some OF the southern negroes do not
seem to mind the disease except that
1t prevents them from going about.
Uniform regulations regarding dis
eases are as necessary to proper con-
ssrvation as pooling of railroads.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
Up TO THE COUNTIES

TDR years the farmers of Penn
! sylvania have been complaining
that it was improbable to raise
sheep because when the market
prices for wool and mutton were
satisfactory dogs raided the flocks
by night and the owners had all
kinds of trouble to collect the money
tho State allows and requires the
counties TO pay. Between dogs with
out domiciles and Democratic doc
trine in wool tariff form the sheep
raiser had troubles of his own. The
war has nullihed the evils of the
Democratic wool tariff and the NUT
ton chop is a delicacy. Pennsylva-
mia has provided dog code.
Under the terms of the dog code
every Pennsylvania canine outside
OF Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and
Scranton, and there are some hun
dreds of thousands of them, will
have to wear tag after January
15. Furtherfore5 every owner of q
dog must have it penned up or tied
up after dark. Experience has
shown that dogs raid sheep at night.
BY thus establishing ownership it
is held that on the same principle
that dictates the method of dog
catching in cities the unlicensed
dogs will be destroyed. The law
makes it the duty of constables to
kill unlicensed dogs and requires
that County Commissioners pay the
costs for each killing. The proceeds
of licenses go to the county treas
ures.
1t is thus up to the County Com
missioners to enforce the dog law.
1t may be hardship on some own
ers to pay the license and it may be
= difficult to kill some dogs, but there
are too many. it must be admitted.
And it must also be allowed that il
the State is to raise sheep dogs must
be kept under control. 1t will be
expensive for a few years, but if the
counties do not act the State can
send in its policemen, clear out the
ownerless dogs, many of which are
half wild in some counties, and
charge up the cost to the Commits
sioners.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
FINEST CLUB IN WORLD"

The front line trench is the street
of adventure. No matter how quiet
the day or night, there is always an
air of imminency and expectancy.
on this front line street of adven-
ture one meets the truest men of
his time. There there is a real de-
mocracy antl real brotherhood.
The mere fact that each is there de-
mands respect from the other.
Among my priceless memories of
the real front is that of junior head
quarters mess in the line. Among
ourselves we often referred to this
mess as the Finest Club in the
World" and it's young members have
perhaps made a good bid for the
title.
The junior headquarters mess in
cludes the scout officer, machine gun
officer. bombing officer, trench NOR
tar officer, intelligence officer and
forward observing officer. Member
ship in this, the "Finest Club in the
World" is not apt to be of long
duration, as it's members frequently
Ego west" During the period of
their active membership they repre-
sent many of the stars on the stage
of the world war. OF course, the
generals names are splashed across
the biilboards, but we who have
really been there know that these
mere boys are the leading actors on
the stage. Generals may direct the
scenery, but it is for the junior Of
ficers to carry out the drama. Hence
the saying. "This is a ,subalterns'
war."-Captain Arthur Hunt Chute
in Harper's Magazine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31

n ERGEANT EMPE4, speaking IN
y Harrisburg Friday evening
said:
The soldiers in the field will
|, cheerfully do 60 per cent. of the
lighting; it is for you at home to
do the rest, lighting the German
effort in this country to nullify
our determination to win the war.
] am out after this type of Ger
man-American. AS Roosevelt said,
use the big stick on them. If you
tap the wrong one apologize after
the war, but get after all of them
now.
The arrest of a German who had
tampered with parts of torpedoes he
was engaged in turning out in a gov
ernment factory for the use of the
American fleet, illustrates the danger
Empey had in mind. The folly of our
too trusting confidence in every Ger
man who pretends to be friendly may
cost us a frightful disaster one of
these days. German agents by the
thousands swarm over the country,
and the Roosevelt big stick as
Empey says, is none too good for
them. Indeed, about the only per-
suader" the present day German can
understand is the kind Empey him
self displayed during his demonstra-
ton of trench warfare-a wire
bound, lead-loaded, two-handed
club, as long as n baseball bat and
designed to be laid across the backs
of the skull with the full force of o
two armed blow. The sneak in the
dark, the poisoner of Red Cross
bandages, the thrower of bombs, the
slayer of women and children, has
sunk so low that there can be no
argument with him save that of
brute force. Ambassador Gerard once
told the Kaiser that there is A lamp
post for every disloyal German
American in the United States, and
the time is rapidly approaching when
some of them may be put to use.
With full knowledge of German
capabilities for intrigue, plotting and
treachery what folly it is to permit
them in our munition and war sup
ply factories.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
WON'T SLACK HERE

--ARRISBURG's reputation as a
city which does what it sets out
to do will not be dimmed as a result
of the Forthcoming campaign to raise
$4,000 for the Knights of Column
bus War Camp Fund. In his state
ment of several days ago Bishop Nc
Dewitt called attention to the great
good being accomplished by the
knights of Columbus through their
activities in all training camps; and
from time to time the Telegraph has
published letters from Harrisburg
soldiers who praise the knights of
Columbus and the Young Mems
Christian Association in no uncer-
tain terms for the great good they
are doing.
"All war and no play" it might be
said, makes Jack dull boy" And
these recreation centers in the train
ing camps are going to go a great
way toward keeping the United
States soldiers clean morally and
physically.
The sum of s25,O is not large
one. Harrisburg owes it to all its
several thousand soldiers to be lib
eral in its contributions to the K, of
C. fund. And it is a peculiarly re-
freshing thing to note that in the
of this campaign the
knights of Columbus have been en-
Joined by prominent
men who are not members of the
Catholic church, as the Y. NJ. c. A.
workers were Joined by
prominent Harrisburg men not be-
longing to evangelical churches.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
CRINOLINE DAYS

Grandmother sits in her old rock
ing chair
Telling the stitches so daintily there,
Draped in shawl of an ancient de-
sign,
Features all wrinkled with love in
each line,
Tuckered and ruffled in old-fashion-
ed grays,
Knitting and dreaming of crinoline
days.
All, crinoline days in her flowery
dreams
Dimple and ripple like meadowland
streams;
Over some moment all golden she
throws
The loop of her yarn as she stitch
ingly goes
Into the dream laden memory haze,
Back to the pleasures OF crinoline
days
Here is a dream of an old-fashioned
dance,
Dream of a lover and stealthy ro-
nance,
Dream of moon on an arbor,
where low
A soldier boy whispered to her long
ago;
Dreaming she knlts, and dreaming
she strays
Back to the pleasures of crinoline
days.
All, soldier boy, soldier boy, lost
long ago,
Grandmother stitches her love for
you so
Into a gift for a soldier of mine,
Looped in the stitches our love
shall entwine,
Warmly enfold you and keep you
always
Fit for the maidens of crinoline
days.
BY Jay B. Iden.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Now that a few mutinous soldiers
have been hanged, what's the mat
ter with a cheerful execution of a
German spy or two?-Chicago Her
aid.
Roumania, deserted by the Rus
slams, registered it's opposition to a
separate peace, but decided that il
didn't want separate war.-Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
The fact that British bulldog ten
acity won Jerusalem after 700 years
makes Germany's peace feelers seem
tritle re.-Philadelphia
North American.
U. s. Boys "over there" are re-
ported to be in fighting form. The
nets Will continue to be encouraging
as long as France has a gun to give
us.-Philadelphia North American.
The Government, it is said, is
planning to take charge of German
patents With a view, probably, TO
taking charge of the German royalty
eventually. - Nashville Southern
Lumberman.
Emma Goldman complains that
the Draft Law encroaches on relig-
ious liberty. This must hurt Emma
who never was known to encroach
on anything religious.-Philade
North American.
For forty years the German autoc-
racy has refused to let the German
people rule themselves and at the
same time constantly nssured them
they ought to rule the rest of the
world.-Chicago Herald.
Even the Kaiser'S best friends in
Congress are willing to declare wal
on Turkey and Bulgaria. The Bull
garian and Turkish vote isn't impor-
tant.- Emporia Gazette
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

John F. Short, the Clearfeld cd
itor. has been named on the FOOD
for his county.
Chester Il. Albright, VINO Is
northumberland countian, is work
ing on plans to house the thousands
of workers at Hog Island:
DIR Elwood Il. Kirby. we'll
known here. is the new consulting
surgeon to the Eastern penitenttary.
H. w. Dodd, head OF the coun-
ty superintendents department of the
state Educational Association, comes
from Allentown.
Victor II. Wieand- former sher-
III of Lehigh. is seriously Ill he Is
,,resident of the Allentown Fair AS
sociation.
III. A. Acker, Reading fuel ad-
ministrator, had to threaten arrests
before some merchants would ex-
tinguish electric signs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
THE MARCHING MEN

The brown lads, the brave lads go
marching down the street;
1t sets ones head a-whirling-the
motion of their feet
Their legs go swinging, swinging, in
row on rhythmic row,
AS down the street, down theh street
the marching soldiers go.
The yare stepping, stepping, step
ping as If they hummed a song
That soon must burst in thunder a
mighty million strong.
The Kaiser. oh. the Kaiser, if he had
seen this hour
When first he dreamed a van
quished world lay sprawled be-
meath his power,
Had taken thought, had taken
thought, and then had paused
again
Before he reused the valor of all
these marching men!
Harry Kemp in the New York In
dependent.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
APPLE A DAY

The apple industry in the United
States to-day represents a stupendous
commercial achievement. 1t had
grown to GO million barrels in 1896;
it dropped to % million barrels in
1911, and went up again to 40 mill
lion barrels in 1912. From this date
forward there is a continual increase
in the production, for the great cit
les of the world are crying for ap-
ples, and people everywhere are Just
beginning to apprehend the actual
value of this delicate fruit. We are
turning backward to our heritage,
for in the days of our great-grand-
fathers the common adage was:
"An apple n day will keep the doc
tor away" Fruit as a part of the
diet represents a most health-giving
element-From the Christian Her
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
HAVE A PUNCH TO EN-

Suggestions as to how Germany
should be treated have recently been
set forth by the Marquis of Lans-
downe. But the real rules for the
proper treatment under the circum-
stances have been laid down for all
time by the Marquis of Queensbury.
From Golfers Weekly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
THE EASY WAY

The crown prince to the Kaiser said:
"Our front Is getting jagged.
oh, say, shall we retreat again,
and run the Allies ragged?"
Zach, nonsense said the Kaiser
then. NOW what's the use of
flying,
When we can win more victories
by keeping up our lying"
4 Kansas City Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31

truck is replacing the local freight.
so Twill the motor bus replace, in
mdny localities, the rural accom-
mediation" trains. All this, of course,
being dependent upon the improve
mSnt OF roads.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31

ciated with his brother in the law
i1rm of Buckman & Buckman and
VIII be reelected easily say his
friends.
Mayor Thomas B. Smith says
Philadelphia Councils must repass
the budget so that there will be no
questions about it.
William ]. Rorke, a lawyer,
has announced himself as a candi-
date to succeed Senator JAMES p.
McNichol
Governor Brumbaugh, while in
town yesterday met a number of his
friends, with whom he discussed the
matter of filing the vacancies on
the State Public Service Commission,
says the Sunday Inquirer. Retiring
City Treasurer William McCoach.
who is the Ware leader of the Thir-
tieth ward, is an aspirant for a place
and his friends are confidently pre-
dieting his appointment. There is a
report from Pittsburgh that former
Mayor William A. Magee, who re-
signed from the Public Service
Commission to run for Mayor and
who was defeated for that Office by
e. V. Babcock, the Penrose choice,
is being considere for appointment
to his old position. There are now
two vacancies to be filed by the
Governor on the Commission.
William +. Palmer, former
Media postmaster will become chief
sheriff's deputy of Delaware county.
Representatives Cyrus NJ. Pal
mer and r. ]. Graeff have ambitions
to succeed Auditor General Snyder
IN the Senate. Palmer would also
like to be District Attorney.
Joseph Van Dyke, Of Carbon
county. brother of Warren Van
Dyke, secretary of the Democratic
State Committee. has been selected
as revenue collector for the Bethle-
hem district
-Ex-Representative G. C. Her
man, of Kutztown, has been appoint
ed clerk to the Berks county CON
troller.
Congressman -at-Large NJ. NJ.
Garland, of Pittsburgh. will try con-
clusions with M. Clyde Kelly in the
old Dalzell district.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
ONE ESSENTIAL

Brain foods some dealers advertise,
But of this fact take heed,
No food for brains will make us wise
Unless we've brains to feed.
Boston Transcript.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
TRANQUILITY

Better is an handful with quiet
ness, than both the hands full with
travail and vexation of spirit.-Ec-
cleSiasteS 4:6,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg had moro
money distributed IN Christmas
savings than ever before?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
HISrORIC HARRISBURC

Tomorrow marks the beginnins
of the 133d year OF Dauphin county.
The act erecting 1t was passed irI
1885,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
MONDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1917

Adver$ity borrotCS its ShdrpeSt
sting from our impdtience.-
HORNE.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31

international Boilermakers' Union
has signed an agreement with tbs
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf RAN
road.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
LABOR NOTES

The average pay of women typist,
in England is $40 per week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31

War breeds disease. There should be
little difficulty about compelling iso-
lation of smallpox.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
OUR DAILY LAUGH
MADE IN
GERMAN Y.

NJ 0 t h Q T
What do you
mean by beat
ing your little
sister and taxi
ing her candy
away from her.
Small Son-I
was fighting her
for my very ex-
istence and the
candy I took
for indemnity.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
CONFLICTING
OPINIONS.

The Corporal
How did the
examining sur
geon come to
pass a soft
headed thing
like you?
The Rookie
Soft headed, ch.
The top SER
geant said my
head was solid
bone.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.,
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31

L. ]. STACKPOLE,P Pres't s. EditeT-iH. Chief
+. II. OYSTER, Business Mdndger
GUS NJ. STEINdETZ. Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
OIT WITH THEM

~ ERGEANT EMPEY, speaking in
- Harrisburg Friday evening,
said:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31

Member of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
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herein.
All rights of republication of special
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31

Senator Penrose and Il number
of prominent Republicans will at
tend the dinner to Mayor Joseph G..
Armstrong just before he retires
from office at Pittsburgh. 1t is eX-
pected that it will have an impor-
tant bearing on the Mayoralty.
Judge Swartz, of Montgomery
has held that a man who voted the
straight Socialist ticket and then in
the Democratic column voted for
justice of the peace for which
there was no Socialist candidate cast
valid ballot, to be counted for all
the candidates voted for. The case
is similar to that of a straight vote
for the Town Meeting ticket in Phil
adelphia, last November, and a mark
in the Republican column for Dis
trict Attorney Rotan.
Col. Henry II. Foote, Wellsboro
lawyer, is out with an announce
ment of his candidacy for Congress
in the Fifteenth district.
Senator Clarence j. Buckman
on Saturday announced his deter
mination to be a candidate to sue
ceed himself as Senator from Bucks
county. Senator Buckman Just prior
to the adjournment of the last ses-
sion of the Senate was elected to
succeed IL. E. Beidleman, of Dau-
phin county. He has been a men,
ber of the State Senate since 1910.
He had previously served one term
i'm the State House of Representa-.
tives. He is a native of Bucks coun-
ty. having been born in Middletown
township in 1879. He is a graduate
of the law department of the Uni
vetsity of Pennsylvania and is asso-
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
Wife's Job as Cook
Keeps Him from Jail

Kansas City, Mo, July H.-That the
road to a mans heart Is through his
stomach was borne out in Judge Ralph
Latshaw's court, the judge personally
furnishing the proof Uf the proverb.
John Jones, negro employed at
the Latshav LONE, was before the
court charged with wrecking the
judges motor car while on an I'M
authorized joy ride. Justice Shepard
was called in to sit on the bench in
Judge Latshaw's stead.
After bearing the evidence Justice
Shepard whispered with Judge Lat
shaw and then announced that the
sentence would be six months in Jail
but that In view of "extenuating
cireumstances' parole would be
granted.
What were the extenuating circum-
stances?' Justic Shepard was asked
later.
Jones wife's biscuits" he said.
You see, she is the cook for the
Latshaws, and the Judge was afraid
she'd go on strike II We sent her hus-
band to jail"
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
McAdoo Plans Personal
Appeal for Economy

Secretary of the Treasury Nc
Adoo will make a personal can
vass of the division heads of his
department to obtain their sigma
lures on the economy meal pledge.
Pledges are being circulated in
practically all governmental de-
partments. In many cases all en-
ployes OF the branch service have
signed. Newton D. Baker, Secre-
tary of War, was the first man in
the War Department to place his
name on the pledge. Attorney
General Gregory is urging all OF
his employees to sign.
The pledge reads: Wishing to
aid my country during the war. /
promise
Il. To eat one wheatIess meal a
day;
%. To eat beef, mutton, or pork
not more than once a day;
"3. To economize in the use OF
butter;
"a. To cut my daily allowance
of sugar in tea or coffee and in
other ways;
"5. To eat more vegetables,
fruit, and fish;
&c. To urge in my own home or
the restaurants frequent the
necessity of economy"
The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
CITIES ASK DECREASE
IN SIZE OF QUOTAS
Objections Reach War Department
from MANY Sections.

Indignant cities sent objections to
the War Department yesterday be-
cause of the quotas they must raise
for the national army.
The population estimates of all
cities, used in fixing the quotas for
the national army. were based not
on the census figures but on the fig
ures as indicated by the registration.
For example. Detroit admits $4,000
population, but her registration was
so heavy-because of the undue pro-
portion of young men who have gone
to Detroit to work in the automobile
factories-that she must furnish con-
scripts on the basis of 1.521 ,sI2 popu-
lation.
Chicago Is increased from 2,547, ,eoI
to 36ss.957; New York from $3.50, 6,O44
to 6,5o4.1s5 Cleveland from s90,sS7 to
lis, ,1S5; st. Louis from 7es. $50 to ST.
264. and Canton. Ohio. from 62,5s6 to
I77,5s6
Cities with slack registration show
ed the reverse. Portland, Ore, was
cut from 30s. .3s9 to 2O4, 1872, and Dem
yer from ees,o 900 to $4,000.
The District is favored in the as
signment of quotas, as 1t must fur
nish men on the basis of SAG, ,S56 pop
ulation. though the District admits
3ss, ,2s2 population.