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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
MARVELLOUS MECHANISM

"HE marvellous mechanism of
the news gathering associations
of the country and the vast op-
erations of the telegraphic compan-
les were never more brilliantly dem
onstrated than by the draft draw
ings in progress the past two days in
Washington.
Take the HARRISBURG TELE-
GRAPH, for example. When yes
terday's edition went to press it car
ried every number drawn at Wash
ington up to an hour previous. AL
most as soon as the numbers were
known they were flashed by wire in
to the TELEGRAPH Office. When
the extra editions of the paper were
printed at and 10 p. m. all the
names drawn up to those hours
were included in the lists, this being
made possible by concentration of all
the mechanical forces OF the Office
to that end.
In thousands of newspaper Offices
all over the country the progress of
the great lottery was recorded as it
was by the TELEGRAPH. The
achievement is all in the work-a-day
routine of the newspaper office.
Every day, in some manner or an
other, it is duplicated. Nevertheless
it is a marvel of facility and enter
prise made possible only by the re-
markable development of the tele-
graph and the vast improvements OF
recent years in printing machinery
and news gathering.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
THE ARMY IN FRANCE
- -

vertised "a chance to see the world"
That was another inducement. The
opportunity to get into the greatest
conflict in the worlds history, to
play an active part in the epoch
making drama, counted in the scales
for or against enlistment. Then
there was one big, broad shouldered
chap from Nebraska. He probably
summed it up when he said these
words: You see, these poor devils
have been having a pretty tough
time, and 1 guessed it was up to me
to give 'em a hand If 1 could. Sc
here 1 am"
And the Yankees are going to
give 'em a hand"
Where will the Americans "hit
the 'front.'? General Pershing knows
and the General Staff in Washington
1t is a question that was thoroughly
discussed when Marshal Joffre ano
Lieutenant General Bridges, of Eng
land, were here with the French and
British commissions. They know
just where the entire American or.
ganization will be used. The Wal
Department, however, has requested
that there be no discussions of the
front, and particularly that there bt
ments.
1t may be said without infringing
on the topics now taboo that France
wants relief, and she wants 1t as soor
as possible. Official circles in Paris
say their older men must have rest
They must be withdrawn perma.
nently from the front and be re.
turned to their farms and their vine.
yards and their shops. Many of them
forty years and more of age, have
been lighting necessarily for three
years.
1t is these men America will re.
lieve. French man power is on its
ebb. We must supply the deficiency
Not only must we meet this def
cheney but we must make certain
that the allied numerical superiority
over the Prussian organization in
creases.
That is the big task of the United
States in the field.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
MUNICIPAL SINGING

TT ARRISBURG is tagging behind
II other progressive cities of the
country in the matter of mu-
niclpal singing. Here and there over
the land cities are organizing their
singers into choruses of mighty di-
mensions for outdoor choral concerts
during the summer and for festal oc-
casions the year around.
The slopes of Reservoir Park or
the Front Steps" along the river
would afford an excellent setting for
community singers. The organiza-
ton of such a chorus would be with
out expense. 1t would do much for
the life of the city. Nothing makes
for contentnant and physical and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Thanks the TELEGRAPH

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
I want to think you for the very
fine cooperation you are giving our
nationwide, drive for the canning
and drying of fruits and vegetables
and that you have given the garden
planting campaign as we see from
the clippings from your paper thai
came to-day.
We appreciate this very much and
trust you are getting our dying and
canning lessons regularly for by
printing them We can imagine nc
greater service you can do your
reader and your country at this time
Yours very truly
P. S. RIDSDALE,
Secretary National Food Garden
Commission.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

DIR. ]. II. Mcneil, selected for a
$4,000 post as chief of the bureau
of animal industry in New Jersey,
is O Philadelphia.
&C. A. B. Zook, Of Lancaster,
heads an organization to free Ian
caster county of toll roads.
General F. w. Stillwell says that
the National Guard will hardly be
ready to sail much before Novem-
ber.
DIR. william Mcclellan. Univer-
sity professor, assisted at the draft
at Washington.
DIR. ]. b. Carnett, the former
college football player, has been ap-
pointed a major in the medical
corps for the war.
Morris Knowles, Pittsburgh en-
gineer. has been named to have
charge of southern camp construc-
ton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21

the draft, came the news that not
one man would be drafted from the
city and only a handful from the
county at large, and with it as
surance that for three or four
months more industry may go for
ward uninterrupted until the second
call for troops shall be lhade.
This is a big thing for a COM
munity so clearly allied with many
of the lines OF trade and transpopta-
ton upon which the nation relies for
the speedy prosecution of a success
full war. 1t means there will be no
let-up in the railroad service and
that the munition and steel mills can
continue with capacity unabated and
with skilled workmen guiding tho
whirling wheels.
But though Harrisburg may re-
joice that its men have volunteered
to the number required as it's quota,
1t has no thought of reproach for
other communities where the young
men have awaited the draft. Ever
since the passage of the conscrip-
ton law the citizens of enlistment
age have gone about their business.
doing a full days work and carry
ing on as cheerfully as may be their
usual every day activities, fully
realizing that any time they might
be called upon to lay aside their
tools or their pens for the accouter-
ments of the soldier. They also
serve who only stand and wait" and
some times it is harder to linger On
the sidelines awaiting the call to go
into the game than it is to rush in
where the contest is hottest. All
honor to the thousands who will re-
ypond to the call of the government
for men to make up the first Ma
tional Army 1t will consist of the
flower of the youth of the land.
Years hence its veterans will have a
place in affections of the people SINH
lar to that which the venerable men
of the Grand Army enjoy to-day,
They may hold up their heads AS
Americans chosen for the glorious
task of making the world safe for
democracy. To them has been ex-
tended the enviable privilege of
knocking kaiserism into a cooked hat
and of putting the perpetrators of
the Lusitania outrage where decent
men may mete out proper punish
ment for them.
All hail the men of the First Ma
tional Army!
Hats off as the heroes of 1917
rally to the Stars and Stripes!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
East St. Louis Riots

East ST. Louis, though a suburb of
of the great Missouri city, is itself in
Illinois. In that State the Chicago
Tribune, which, as it reminds us,
has failed the evil of lynching and
especially reproached its countrymen
of the south for their failure TO
stamp it out, does not propose to
offer any palliation of this outrage
in Illinois," 1t continues:
The blood of victims spatters the
State. The riot will burn as an un-
forgetable dishonor in our memories.
We do\not propose to talk now about
race hatred or economic rivalry or
any other learned aspect of the of
fense. There is just one truth, one
sickening, shameful truth-in an
American city, in q city of Illinois,
there has been loathsome irruption
of the brute, and neither civilized
public sentiment nor constituted
authority was capable of arresting
it.
The East st. Louis riot is nothing
to be covered with official white
wash. Illinois stands shamed before
the world. Her authority has been
proved futile. Her name will be a
byword if she does not establish
that authority, so it will never be de-
fed again."
A leader of the negro race, Booker
T. Washington's successor at Tus-
kegee, expresses his pain, chagrin
and discouragement at these riots on
the eve of independence day, at a
time when the nation is calling upon
negroes as well as whites to join in
the war for democracy and the
square deal'' for weak peoples
Major Motion adds, in a letter to the
New York World:
There is room in America for the
various racial groups to work out
their Valuation. Killing and manning
men because they are seeking Geo.
nomic salvation is not, in my opinion,
credit to our civilization or to our
boasted doctrine of fair play. With
all her faults, the south, at least, can
not be criticized for killing men seek
ing employment and a better eco
nomic status"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
OUR VOLUNTEERS

HE volunteer system is not a
failure so far as Harrisburg is
concerned. IF men had volun-
teered the country over in the num-
bers they have in Harrisburg since
war was declared there would have
been no need of a consumption law
to raise the first National Army
which was called to the colors yes
terday. Harrisburg was one of four
districts in the State to have the
honor of a full quota before the
draft was begun. The honor is great
and it belongs entirely to the men
whose patriotism summoned them TO
duty even before the federal author
tiles in their wisdom deemed the
time ripe for calling out the hun
dreds of thousands who will go to
make up the first great citizens army.
This response of the men of the
city to the need of the hour is heart
thrilling to those of us who wit
ness it and a proud heritage to hand
down to future generations. 1t proves
that here. at least, the spirit of the
fathers lives in the sons. This Is in
deed a red letter day in the history
of Harrisburg.
But the fact that the first draft
leaves the city untouched has a value
not merely sentimental. The read
Justment OF Industrial forces made
necessary by the enlistment of large
numbers of men into the Regular
service, the Marines and the Navy
has been so gradual that it created
little or no disturbance. The call
ing of the National Guard had been
discounted for months. and so
created little or no hardship. But
the draft was quite another matter
Nobody knew where or who it would
hit. Every employer found himself
liable to the loss OF large percent
age of valuable workmen, but not
one OF them, pending announcement
of the drawings, could take a ster
to protect the business at stake. All
men liable to draft were in similar
quandary. They were not able to plan
a week ahead. Then. on the day ot
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21

mental well-being more than song
People who sing together are the
better for the experience. They be-
come better citizens and better
neighbors. Some patriotic Harris
burger with a talent for organiza-
ton and ability as a musician could
do a wonderful service for the city
by popularizing such a movemen
here.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
PENNA,s. PROUD PLACE

PENNSYLVANIA occupies the
proud position of leaderS in the
recruiting of a great national
army. Up to and including July IS
this State had enlisted 17,1S4 men
since the first of April for the Regu-
lars.
This is a fine showing for this
grand old Commonwealth, and the
figures stand out luminously, repre-
senting more enlistments than the
combined total of eleven other States
as follows:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
Fighting Other Vernin
By BRIGGS

An applicant who was described
as an insect exterminator' was
granted conditional exemption by
the Birmingham Military Tribunal
last week. He is a house disinfec-
tor, and it was stated that his serv-
ices were of the utmost importance
to the health of the community
From the Times, of London.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
Our Honest People
To the Editor of the Telegraph;

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
I take it as tribute to the hon
esty of our people that the hundreds
of home gardens all about Harris
burg have been so free from moles-
tation. With vegetables ripe and
ripening there has been little or no
vandalism and so little theft that 1t
is not worthy of the name. 1t is a
pretty good old town where so many
valuable things can be left Lying
around loose" without being ap-
propriated by somebody not their
.rightful owner.
HARRISBURGER.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
169S7

These figures do not include the
National Guard of the State nor the
many men who are in the officers
training camps, the Navy, the Marine
Corps and other branches of the
service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
CROP PEST LETTER
BY Prof. ]. @. Sanders, State
Economic Zoologist
CHERRY LEAF DISEASE

n NE-HALF of Pennsylvania's
sour cherry crop is lost each
year, because of a leaf dis
ease commonly known as shot
hole" fungus" which causes pre-
mature yellowing and dropping
of foliage, so necessary to de-
velopment of fruit buds for the
next year.
Few growers appreciate the
absolute necessity of holding
foliage on fruit trees to furnish
the sugars and starches, so i'm
portant in tree growth and pro-
duction of fruit. r'
Spray cherry trees at once af-
ter picking the fruit, with Bor-
deaux mixture, 3-4-50 formula,
or with self-boiled lime-sulphur
solution. Plum trees should be
sprayed in similar manner. Full
ler instructions on request.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
Many Do

More advice is given and less fol-
lowed on the subject of marriag .
than on anything else. A woman
teacher who has preached against
teachers marrying has acted con-
trary to her own advina. - Buffalo
Commercial =, d"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
SATURDAY, JULY 81, 1917

God nothing does nor suffers to be
done
But Whdt thou toould'st thySelJ-
cou1d'St thou but see
Through all events Of things as
DeH as He. ANON.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg is manu-
featuring immense quantities of
steel plates for government
storehouscs, shipyards and
camps2 n
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21

Bass fishermen throughout the
State are writing to State officials
complaining that their sport has
been ruined by the continued wet
weather and asking what steps the
state intends to take to propagate
bass for next year. Some of these
letters bring out the interesting fact
that the trout fishing season has been
unusually good. In many cases the
smaller streams were not much af-
Iected and the rains soon ran off.
The late spring caused the trout sea
son to be late and at the time when
people ordinarily give up angling for
trout, the gamy fish were biting bet
ter than for long time. On the
other hand the high state of the
streams spoiled the bass angling.
Salmon fishing will not be very good
this year. =
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21

Brazil contemplates a system OF
labor exchanges.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21

Women operate taxicabs in Wash
ington, D. c.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21

Weather conditions have been in
terfering with raising of quail in a
number of sections of the State, ac-
cording to what game commission
officials have been hearing. Many
quail have been distributed and have
been carefully looked after in State
preserves. In the country districts.
however, the weather conditions
have been unfavorable.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
THE REASON

Man Philos-
opher What
makes woman
$ o incompre-
hensible is that
she acts on i'm
pulse and with
out. motive.
Girl Observer
Not SO much.
Most of the
queer things a
woman does are
done to reduce
the weight and
| m p T ov e the
nom nlaYinn
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21

Trieste, in Austria, is a center o
the meerschaum pipe industry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21

/. Members of the States farm coun-
selor corps who were detailed for
advisory work to help farmers gath
er their crops and to stimulate the
planting of grain and other food
stufts for 1918 have been almost
overwhelmed by the number of let
ters that have been sent them by
farmers and other people throught-
out the State who want information
on various phases of husbandry.
The farm advisers are now under the
direction of the State Defense Com
mission which has taken over the
schedule prepared by the State De-
part OF Agriculture and plans to
send them throughout every county
In the next four months. When the
counselors finish their tours they
VIII go on the farmers institute lee
ture platforms to advise about next
years crops. The commission has
appropriated $4,000 for their ex-
penses.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21

u. ]. J.STACkPOLE,P PrsS't s. Editoy-in- c Chief
F. r. OYSTER. BHsiHess Mcnagsr.
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ. Mdnaging Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21

The "car barn" car is the latest
to make its appearance on the lines
of the Harrisburg Railways Com
pany and the familiar Special"
sign which has been used on every
occasion from a funeral to a run for
the barn at l a. m, is now replaced
by the more sensible Car barn"
designation. 1t has been funny to
see so many cars bearing the leg
end Special on the street. Peo-
pie have been wondering what was
going on. Picnic car" and "Car
barn" are sensible signs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21

Published evenings, except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING co.,
Telesrnph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21

Holland will establish a govern
ment service for unemployment In
surance and public employment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21

Men of the National Guard units
are having considerable fun with
friends in the city over the results
of the draft. Some of them were in
forming men who were selected that
they would be glad to initiate them
when they got to camps. Others told
selected men that it was not too
late to join the Guard and "go with
your friends from your home town."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
Ehrntng Ulrat

Harrisburg's stir over the an
nouncement of the draft numbers
yesterday and last night, which fur
nished the city with more thrills
than it has had for a long time,
called to the minds of older residents
OF the States capital the days when
the men were drawn for the Union
army in the Civil War. The draft
was put into operation rather early
and there were some stirring scenes.
Fortunately, this community did not
have anything like the disturbances
which occurred in New York and
other places. One resident recalls
how the old jury wheel was mount
ed on a platform and used for the
first drawings in Market Square.
Another man says that the drawings
took place at the courthouse and
still another says that the slips con-
tanning the names were taken from
the wheel by q blind man, who was
also blindfolded as an additional
precaution. The old wheel with some
of the slips containing names which
We're left in the wheel when the last
| draft was over Is now preserved
IL the Dauphin County Historical
Society rooms.
To keep up a smiling front when
telephone messages are insistent and
frequent, to answer a dozen tele-
grams in five minutes and handle
al the minute details of a PROPOSE
tlon affecting most of the families
IN state of 100000 people is the
TASK OF Colonel Frank G.. Sweeney,
the officer in charge of the federal
registration bureau. The colonel has
Two assistants as good as himself
T4lonel Hutchins and Mr.. Murdoch.
they have been working sixteen
hours day and never slipping a
cog; Colonel Sweeney presides at the
table which handles as much busi-
ness as a railroad and has the happy
faculty of being able to see the fun
IN many Of the situations which
arise.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
SOMW
ETIQUETTE.
JUST IN
TIME.

Crab How
Fortunate! Just
as 1 wish for q
bit more to eat,
t h a t obliging
fisherman helps
me TO a nice
worm.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21

OLTeSL railway eElplOySS at NdL-
couver, B. c., have received an in
crease in wages.
Trieste, in Austria, is a center of
the meerschaum pipe industry.
| Engineering work is for the first
time being offered to women in Eng
! land.
Holland will establish a govern
ment service for unemployment in
surance and public employment.
The Pullman Company is the larg-
est single employer of colored labor
in the United States.
London (Eng.) Munitions Tribunal
| has decided to impose heavier tneS
! on munitions smokers.
Philadelphia Slate and Tile Roof
ers' Union mas raised wages from
56A to So n cents an hour.
Georgia will employ prisoners to
work on the farms.
Plumbers at st. Johns, N. B., de-
mand an increase in pay.
Frisco Iron Trades Council has
twenty-five affiliated local unions.
Hendon (England) schoolteachers
will receive an increase of $50 a
year.
Bethlehem. Pa, is constructing
$500 new houses for workingmen,
There are 100000 female workers
in Russia subject to factory laws.
Boilermakers at Honolulu are ask
ing for an increase in pay.
There are 1900 savings banks in
] the United States.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21

The Pullman Company is the larg
est single employer of colored labo
in the United States.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21

London (Eng.) Munitions Tribunal
has decided to impose heavier fines
on munitions smokers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-16
NO NEWS OF
ANY DISASTER
War Nor Navy Department Has
Heard Anything About
American Troops
Wounded.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-Neither
the war nor navy department had
any confirmation of disaster to
American troops in France. Answer
ing a report taht wounded Americans
had been transferred to an English
hospital, both departments said they
had received nothing of any form OF
trouble for the Americans, but prom
ised to make such tews public as
soon as it arrives, If not tncompat.
ible with the military situation.
F., The bureau Of public information
announced no confirmation by the
departments.
Authorities thought the story might
have originated from transfer OF sick
or convalescent sammies from France
though they had not been advised any
were taken to England.
The bureaus announcement reads
1.-THE war department has author
lied the statement to the committee
on public information that no infor
nation has been received concerning
the wounded Of any American sol
diers or the arrival of wounded at
any English or other port, or OF any
battle. accident or disatser In which
American soldiers might have been
injured, In all cases such informa
ton will be given to the public as
soon as possible