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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-01-18
The Prussian DrilE-Ser{yeant i'm
The u. S. Army.
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define the rights of man, in his relation to the
Federal Government.
The American citizen cannot be legally con
scripted into military service, in time of
peace; nor can he be legally subjected to any
form of physical torture, as punishment for
disobedience.
If he voluntarily enlists, and signs himself
away for term of service, he can be ar
rested for violation of military regulations,
can be placed in the guard house, and can be
tried by court-martial.
But when the Supreme Law of the land
declares that "unusuaF' punishments shall
not be inflicted, even for crime, what defense
can be made for the cruel officer that fortunes
a boy, by spreading him out on large wheel
and lashing him to it with cords?
Visitors at the armory saw the young man
undergoing that torture: what sort of i'm
preston was it calculated to make on their
minds?
Can the young soldier ever recover his self
respect, after such public degradation?
During the recent presidential campai On,
it was stated by the leading supporters Of
the new military law had been hastily in
serted, and would be eliminated at this ses-
sion of Congress.
Senator Smith of Georgia. made such
statement in his Atlanta speech, and perhaps
in Others
Has the compulsory clause been eliminated
according to promise? 1t has not.
Did they intend to eliminate it? They did
not.
VIII they eliminate it? THEY WILL NOT
Senator Smith knew perfectly we'll that
the Compulsory Clause was not the result of
haste, but of premeditated purpose.
Senator Smith knew perfectly we'll that he
asked support for Wilson upon the assurance
that the Prussian principle would be removed
from the law.
The Prussian principle is here to stay,
unless the plain, common people arouse them
selves to the dangers of it.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-01-18
How the Priests Got Buffalo Bill.

A PICTURESQUE figure was that of Col.
A William Cody, known the world over as
Buffalo Bill"
The first time I was attracted to him was
when he killed the Indian Chief, Yellow
Hand, in one of our little wars, some 25 years
ago.
I alluded to this incident in 1910, when
the Poet-scout, Captain Jack Crawford was
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-01-18

There can be no more friendship and CO.
operation between the two, than between
black snake and a moccasin, or between a
mongoOse and a cobra.
Set the two down at the same place, and
then there is but one possible question, and
that is, qchich aoW Kill the 0therY
Anybody who will take the trouble to read
the y. S. Constitution will realize that it
was not intended to create a government Of
soldiers not meant for military camp not
designed to breed foreign wars.
There IS not a single line III it which can
be distorted or stretched into a justification
of Standing Army, IN time Of peQce
Every law made for such an unauthorized
purpose, will be the law of usurpers.
Every appropriation made for such pur-
pose, will be a governmental larceny after
trust
Every interference with the personal free
dom of the citizen, in the creation and main
tenance of such an Army, will be an infrac-
ton of the Supreme Law Of the United
States
The men who have gone wild on Prepared
ness, and who believe that universal COM
pulsory training should be adopted, claim
that the .. S. Constitution gives Congress the
power to do anything, if thereby 'the general
welfare" is promoted
That contention is as old as the Govern
ment; and [ regretfully admit that the doc
trlne has been pleaded to excuse an enormous
amount Of vicious legislation.
But the doctrine was never sound, and was
never, until now, accepted by the Democratic
Party.
1t should be apparent to all, that if 'the
general welfare" clause means what is
claimed, the remainder Of the Constitution is
useless surplusage.
Washington Franklin, Lee, Rntledge, Ran
dolph, Madison, Hamilton, and the other
makers of the Constitution, could have saved
themselves world of trouble, by the simple
adoption of "the general welfare" clause, and
an immediate adjournment, sine die,
Ii under 'the general welfare" clause, we
can stamp out the balance of the COnstitu-
ton and revolutionize our military system,
why wont the Catholics be able to revou-
tionize other features of the Government,
when they get control, as they are striving so
hard to do?
The Catholics can say that "the general
welfare" will be enhanced, by the union of
Church and State; by the appropriation of
public money for sectarian institutions; by
the suppression of free press; and by the
abolition of public schools
If they gain control, and put forward their
own papal code of laws as best calculated to
promote "the general welfare" what reply
can you make?
If we have no restrictions upon the ma
jority, and no law higher than 'the general
welfare" as viewed by the majority, what is
to become of the minority?
If we have no limits save ''the general well
fare" and If a ma ority vote decides what
that is, away goes the system of checks and
States; and of personal liberties, inherited
from of old and imbedded in the Supreme
Law.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-01-18
PAGE FIFA

i X III III
Cor+o;I, 49, +I;,, Voc ,(,,a.1t ,7 =;
the fight. and he may have been one Of the
five shooters.
' nm avu' t5o F;oh+;oa .l;, pe, IN, ,,..
CONDUCTING his wild West show, hp rode
through Thomson. ON his wav to Auo,lsta. aed
I saw him through the car-window, and con-
sidered him the finest locking OF men
He was at New Orleans. with what vas
left of his show. when we Democrats held d
were earnestly endeavQrlng to convince our
selves that we knew erhy we were there.
and impulslyely went up to him. and told him
who | was.
He stared If me steadily. and narrowed nv
feelings by saving that he had never heard 0f
me before.
tsT1xcnco mo y, r cola o,,;l+i1, and s.l,,nE~
off
h ~ meyer once 'ecolle' 70 l'!e 'lI}l ne N%s
la[u Oh nearing W We, 20 ask hlih "4eliler 4
I"o ever heaIo OIL " lillalll 'e'iA'1'5 bryan
VI late years Col. CODY seemed to retire
from publlc view, after ms snow ceased to oe
d success
1t was said that partner III the business
ruined him financially; but he appears to
have been in at least comfortable crcum-
stances to the end
His home was in Denver. at the time of his
last illness; and the daily papers kept the
public Informed of his falling condition.
Who, bie ,b,e;o;ons fo1+ = tho;r d,,+,, to
tell him that there was no hone for HIM to
mil thronoh, he asked
u11o 7s=,1o,,
T w." s"mGo +,,+ = woe c.,oa+;o,, of
fo, 10y h9x nel'i'e'' '''' ~ was q 40e''10l %
loT "oul'
lie then said
"Let the EItS and the WaS0nS tate charge
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decision become Every other bgren had something immediate
and tangible gain by participating and to lose by not parci
Either they invaded threatened with
Either they dreaded the loss of prestige territory
kind degree national aggrandzemen Even
Australia Canada who had little nothing gain from fight
ing could have refused to fight without sverng their
nection with the British Empire and behaving which
would considered treacerous by their fellow Bons
But the American people not forced into the either by
previously recognized obligations. On the
trar the ponderab and tangible realities of the immediate ua
on couneed neutrality They revoted by the hdeous
brutality of the and its colossal Participation must be
purchased with similarly colossal diversion of American
from constructive destructive work. the imposition of similarly
burden the future production American labor 1t
implied the voluntary surrender of of those advantages
which had the Atlantic and settle
the New World AS against these certain
equally tangible compensatons The legal rights of American
citizens being violated and the structure of inter-
national with which American security aditonay
being shvere but the nation had weahered similar
during the Naponic Wars and that time participation
the conflict had been wholly Improbable
President Wilson'S Genius
"The United States might have bunderd into the
during the last years. but have entered
doing, at the right time and in the clear interest of purely
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-18

Th American nation is entering this under the influence
of moral verdict reached after the utmost dberaton by the
thoughtful community. They gradually to
decision that the attack made by Germany the order
sufficiently agran and dangerous to justify this country in
abandoning cherished bring
about German defeat But these thoughtful people always
small minority. They able impose their will
indifferent majority partly because the increasingly ofn
military diplomatic policy made plausible
opposition American participation difficult but still more
the overwhelming prepondeance of pro conviction in
intellectual life the country If the several important profess
na and social could have voted separately the question
of and the list of college professors would probably have
yielded the largest majority favor of except perhaps that
contained the Social Register fighting anGerman spirit
among physicians lawyers and cergymen than
business those with Wall Street and bank
ing connections Finally it less general writers
magazines and in the newspapers They popuard what the col
ege professors had been thinking Owing this of nfu
opposition proAy orthodoxy became intellectually
what dsrepuabe and when final decision had to be made this
factor counted with unprecedented and overwhelming force Col
ge professors headed by President who had himself col
e professor contributed effectively to the decision in favor
of than did the farmers the business the politicians
When considers the obstacles American into
the the remarkable and unprecedented does the final
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-18

IT Was Not Until American LiUes We're Lost and
the Succeeding KnOtty International Prob
lens Came Up for Settlement That the
Average Person Came to Realize Fully That
5000 Miles of Ocean Is After AL an Insig-
nifc1ut Protection
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-18

AT the Beginning of the War the Majority of
Americans at Home and Abroad Felt That
Interest in the Submarine Cantpdign Was
Limited to Munitions Makers, Shipping Cir
cLes and an EXCLUSIVE FeJu in the Financial
Snhere
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Republics tribute President
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-18

E0ME have lived for many years idea that
only the United Europe
Many people, especially those in the Middle West have had the
only the big shipping interests
rect the affairs the But when Germany
beoan to lives the high sub
treat American ships like all other begeren
sells began people here that this country very
closely connected to Europe by blood ties well by
bonds taken the United States learn that
was not after miles moral
issues live international policies Before Congress declared
found many Americans crczing President Wilson
cng While do know what
was during still the impression which
had American officials that President Wilson would
have support of united people which he has today
before all question Of doubt regarding the
haddi disappeared.
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"Who WHIed American Participation"

In of April Ia of this year the New Republic New
York in editorial Who Wed American Participation"
M interesting light upon the for intervention the
War;
"Pacif agators who have been courageouy opposing
against heavy Odds American participation the
been natural but considerable mistake
New Republic "They insisted that the chief
American participation would be the munitonmakers bankers
in general the capitalist that the chief sufferers would
petty business and the They have consequently
considered classes to be consprng favor
now they condemn the work small but
powerful group profeers Senator Norris had such
ing when he asserted that dearatof would be
equivalent sampinghe dollar mark the American flag
explanation of the great decision absurd mistake,
pacss have had for making it. They have
great democratic nation gradually forced into in spite of
they rightly attributed the successful
ability small but influential minority to impose its will
the Of the country But the numerically insignificant
influence successfully exerted favor American
participation consist of the bankers and the capitalists
Neither will they be the chief beneciares of American participation
bankers the capitalists favored but they
favored without realizing the extent to which would jure
their interests their has been the for
mdab political obstacles American participation The effective
decisive behalf has been accomplished by
loosely described as the 'intellectuals.'
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Copyright. 1917. George H. Doran Company.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-20
Lack of Reserves Felt
by Ferman Commanders:
Had Called 13,13O,OOO

Paris. June 20.-General de la Crofx
publishes in the Temps the results Of
his study. supposedly from authori-
tative sources, of the present number
OF German reserves. He estimates
that the grand total of German troops
of all kinds and classes up to June 1
reached 13,130,000. and that this total
was depleted by losses of 3.63O.OO0
100000 rendered unfit by wounds
and 100000 prisoner in foreign coun-
tries.
General de la Croix estimates that
OF the remainder, nearly $500, 900 are
employed as first line, rear line and
balance of reserves of about 775.OOO
of which 100000 are attached to front
depots, $4,000 in interior depots and
10000 in process of formation. This
number will be increased in Novem-
Der by $4,000 of the class of 1919
These troops will not. however. ne
available before that for any service.
any more than those in formation,
On this basis. General de la Croix
figures that Germany has SIS. 900 re-
serves with which to cover her losses
until November. or $4,000 a month
plus 5000 monthly of those who re-
cover from their wounds. a grand
total of 100000 a month. The general
points out that German losses in
April and May have been at least 3OO.-
900 monthly. making a debit balance
which he says has been met by
shortening of the German front and
fewer attacks. The absence of re-
serves has caused, he claims, an OBJ
vious shift from the old tactics OF
the German general stan.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-20
NOT A MAN MAY
BE TAKEN FROM
HERE IN DRAFT
County Gets Credit For All
Who Have Enlisted; Nearly
Meets Quota
G U ARD SMEN COUNT
Men in Various Branches of
Service From Dauphin
to Be Deducted

Let us work together that no men
may be drafted from Dauphin coun-
ty," is the new slogan adopted by
the local recruiting station in the
campaign for unit enlistments.
According to an order received
this morning from the War Depart
ment not only the men who have
enlisted in the regular army since
the first of April but every man in
any branch of the service, including
the National Guard will be credited
to his own county when the first
draft is made.
THAT means" said Captain Har-
rell, "if Dauphin county continues
at the present rate until the actual
draft begins not man will be called
from Dauphin county," Including as
the order does the National Guard
it is expected to bring this county
perhaps above the first apportion-
ment for the draft.
Several hundred men from Har-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-20
Continued on Page 81
Lad Gives Red Cross
Highly-Prized Dollar
He Won on Tag Day

Ira P. Romberger Jr.. 2223 North
second street, has the real Red Cross
spirit. He is ten years old. He
knows that he can't go along with
the boys In khaki to far-off France.
So he is giving to the local fund n
dollar bill he prizes very highly, be-
cause he won it in a Tag Day con-
test Instituted some time ago by Mrs.
j. K. White.
Treasurer George Reilly, of the
local campaign committee, this
morning received the following let
ter from Ira Romberger:
Dear Mr.. Reilly:
Enclosed find one dollar for
the American Red Cross. This
is the same dollar that I won
as prize given by Mrs. White
a few weeks ago on Red Cross
Tag Day. | can't 20 to France
to help the boys, as 1 am only
ten years old, so / will send this
dollar to you for them.
Yours truly,
RA p. ROMBERGER, JR."
u consider that mighty fine work
on the part of Ira Romberger," said
Treasurer Reilly, as he credited the
boy with the dollar.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-20
800 Girls Missing in Six
Months, Searching Probe
in Police Circles Is Ordered
By Associated Press

New York, June 20.--More than
500 girls between the ages of 10 and
20 years have disappeared from
their homes here since January |.
it transpired to-day, coincident with
an announcement by Police Commis-
sioner Arthur Woods that he had or
dered begun the most searching in
quiry into police conditions since
that conducted after the Rosenthal
murder.
The investigation is a direct out
come of the finding of the body Of
Ruth Cruger, a High school gradu-
ate. buried in the cellar of motor
cycle shop conducted by Alfredo
Cocchi, for whom the Italian govern
ment authorities are searching at the
request of the State Department.
Spare no one" was the Commis-
sioners order to-day. in directing the
investigation. All the officers who
worked on the Cruger case we're in
structed to report to headquarters
at once. The reports regarding the
missing girls are on file at police
headquarters, it was learned. It was
conceded that the police were with
out accurate figures as to the num-
ber of these which had returned
home.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-20
Saxon Radicals Favor
Fight For Indemnities

Copenhagen. June 20.-A conven-
ton of the RadicaI party in Saxony
was held in Dresden on Sunday.
Herr Wiener, a Reichstag deputy.
declared that while the party was
opposed to boundless anneXations,
extensions of frontiers on both east
and west were desirable for the bet
ter protection of German soil against
invasion.
Deputy Wiener said the question
of colonies must also be taken under
consideration in peace negotiations
and that a war indemnity to cover
part of Germany's expenditure was
highly desirable. For these reasons
the deputy said he condemned the
Socialist propaganda for peace with
out anneXations or indemnities.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-20
Roosevelt Appeals TO
U.S.. to Aid Red Cross

Oyster Bay, June 20.-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, in a speech for
the Red Cross, denounced as traitors
those who expressed the sentiment
that the United States was lighting
England's war" These persons
should be thrown out of the coun-
try" he said.
The Colonel also demanded that
Americans curtail their pleasures
and amusements for the period Of
the war. The money they might use
in such frivolities no wanted turned
over TO the Red Cross and other such
relief work.
Colonel Roosevelt referred to Ruth
CruPer's death and pointing to the
fashionable girls and women before
him. said: Similar fate. would be
staring you in the face tonight IL
you were not protected by our al
lies
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-20
Belgian Men and Women
Are Deported by Germans

Havre, June 19. - Information
reaching the Belgian government
daily from occupied territory con-
firms the statement that the Ger
mans have begun again to carry off
by force Belgian civilians and COM
pei them to perform work useful to
the enemy. According to forms for
classification of the inhabitants of
Mons, prepared by the German au-
thorities and in possession of the
Belgian government. Belgians have
been divided into five categories:
Men from IS to 40; from Is to II,
and II TO 60; women from Is to 35;
and from 36 to so.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-20
Ex-King Constantine
Arrives in Switzerland
By Associated Press

Lugano, Switzerland. June 90
Former King Constantine of Greece
arrived here to-day. Officers and
delegates of the Swiss government
met him at the frontier and well
comed him in the name of Switzer-
land. A large number of German
personages waited for the king at
the depot, ipcluding Prince and
Princess Won Buelow- and DIR. Won
Muehlberg. German minister to the
vatican. The Greek minister to
Berne was also present. Constantine
and his suite drove directly to the
hotel where rooms had been reserved
for them as soon as he left the train.
The immediate future movements
of the former monarch are unknown,
but II Is believed he will shortly
go to Germany to visit the emperor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-20
School Directors Are
Holding Special Meeting

City school directors met this af-
ternoon in a special committee ses-
sion to take up the contracts to be
made with c. Howard Lloyd and
Nerus T. Ritter. two of the four
architects elected to make plans for
the new high schools and alterations
to the present building.
Before the meeting officials said
they did not expect any action on
the election of a successor to the
Rev. DR.. William n. Yates, who re-
signed because of the action of five
members of the board in naming
architects.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-20
Two U. S. Destroyers Save
Eighty Survivors of
Torpedoed Merchantmen
BY .4ssactatcf Prcst

The Base of the American Flotilla
in British Waters, June 20.-Two
American destroyers have returned
here with eighty survivors of two
torpedoed British ships. The ships
were sunk at the farthest point
westward in the Atlantic the U-boats
have appeared at since the ruthless
campaign began and the response of
the American destroyers to their S.
o. s. was a run of more than a hun
dred miles.
When the American warships ar
rived on the scene they found the
ships were gone and for many hours
they groped about in the dark in
search of the survivors. The crew
of one OF the sunken ships, thirty
one in number, were found in one
lifeboat, while forty-n1ne survivors
from the second ship were picked up
from two small boats. Four sailors
from the latter ship were killed by
the explosion of the torpedo.
Admin al Sims and other naval Of
hcers met the destroyers on their re-
turn and complimented the COM
manders on their work. American
correspondents were present. having
been invited here through an agree
ment between the United States and
British governments. The British
government assigned an official pho
tographer to take pictures of any
thing desired by the newspapermen.
Many pictures were taken showing
the American tars fraternizing with
the British sailors. The Americans
presented a splendid appearance, be-
ing as fine a body of lighting men
as could be found anywhere.
Although there are no wartime
restrictions on the sale of liquor in
this point, the saloons are not the
rendezvous of either the Americans
or Britishers. One of the diversions
of the Americans is initiating their
British colleagues into the mysteries
of the American national game.
When the correspondents arrived
in the port they were taken to the
beautiful old English home where
Admiral Sims has his headquarters
The house is 800 feet above the
town, and from the wonderful gar
dens which surround il several
American destroyers could be seen
riding at anchor. The admiral chat
ted with the newspapermen for half
an hour, after which they were taken
to inspect the harbor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-20
Regular Zeppelin Trips
to u. S. Is German Forecast

Copenhagen, June 20.-A German
technical weekly calculates that reg
ular Zeppelin trips to America are
a possibility of the not far distant
future. The paper says only a mod
crate increase in size over the pres
ent type would give the necessary
lifting capacity for an airship maxi
ing a trip in four days.
The article was apparently written
with peace and not wartime voyages
in mind.