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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-20

He Broke Off in Confusion
was the determining factor in his
life.
He had wronged one Of his boon
companions. The mans wife, who
had a poor reputation, had become
infatuated with the young fellow and
they had gone away together. They
separated a week later. She had
spoken of a divorce and asked him
to. marry her; but somehow the
judge found that he was of finer cal
iber than he had thought. They
separated, and he never saw the
woman or her husband again. Years
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-20


THE UNWRITTEN LAW
. BY Basil T. Andrews
. . > =  = =
do you believe in the unwritten
law" asked counsel of the juror.
The judge raped his gaVel upon
his desk. There is no unWTitten
law except the common law" he an
nounced, "and the juror will take his
law from the court, not from his
conscience. The duty of the juror
is to bring in verdict upon the
facts. If man shoots another it
is murder or manslaughter."
The counsel bowed, the juror sat
down in the box, accepted. Only the
prisoner eyed the judge and smiled
cynically. Hardened as he was to
his duty, the judge fedt disconnected
by the prisoners gaze.
The case was simple one. The
prisoner had shot the man who ran
away with his wife. He was willing
to take the woman back and she had
already created a scene in the court
room. But the judge was a stickler
for law, and every one knew that,
if he could help it, the universal SEN
timent in favor of the man should
not permit the jury to bring in any
lesser verdict than murder in the
second degree.
The judge went home that night to
be greeted by his smiling wife and
little girl. The judges home life was
exemplary. Nobody dreamed of the
judges past, least of all the woman
who shared his home.
Until the age of 25 the judges life
had been anything but exemplary.
He had run away from home, Ioafed, |
drunk and generally been "a good |
fellow" What a singular phrase! |
However, there had been good at the |
bottom, and at 25 somehow the |
judge changed. Perhaps the change
had been working in him for years,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-20

was not greatly troubled about his
past. He thought it was the aver
age past of a young man. He had
never been in prison, he had never
stolen. The thing that sometimes
caused him bitter regret was an
event which had happened when he
was four and twenty-in fact it had
been the reaction from this which
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-05
German COLLAPSE

In Denmark there is no doubt
whatever expressed as to the out
come of the war. Whatever the pes
simistic feeling in this country may
be, over there where they are con-
stantly, getting inside information
from commercial travellers and 9TH
ers coming fresh from Germany
there is little expectation that Ger
many will last longer than next sum-
mer. They figure that the present
crops being harvested may last till
then, but that afterwards the case
is hopeless.
No longer is the question asked
among the Danes who will VIM"
The only question that you hear
there is How long will Germany
hold out?"
German conditions as they are pic
tured by people coming into Den
mark, are intolerable, especially in
the German cities. There are almost
daily outbreaks among the dissatis-
fed people and the authorities have
to be terribly strict to keep things
in hand. Arrests are being made
freely and rewards are offered for
the apprehension of people who voice
dissatisfaction.
Lots of Germans are coming to
Denmark to live because they can't
stand conditions at home. People
have come there and have been
made sick because they were not
used to the comparative abundance
of food. In Berlin they say that they
are supposed to get one egg a month
per person and that this costs a
mark, while $50 marks is the cost
of fowl like a goose.
People have been forced to sub.
scribe as much as 10 per cent. OF
their total worth to the immense
war loans. Police come in to value
their property and even the UNI
brellas in the halls are counted.
Not that there is any law compelling
subscription, but black and white
lists have been prepared and those
not contributing are placed on the
blacklist which involves a practical
hOvpott
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-05

consider what readjustments after
the war must business prepare.
1t promises.to be one of the most
important gatherings of business
nen ever held in the United States
and the great responsibilities which
are now resting upon the business
world justify the most serious con-
sideration of the problems which are
going to be discussed at this meet
ing. The business men of the Unit
ed States have entered into the war
with patriotic devotion to the in
terests of the country and it is be-
lieved that one of the outcomes of
the stupendous struggle will be a
better understanding among those
who are engaged in the development
of our economic resources.
Notwithstanding the terrific upset
| that has come by reason of the war
conditions, there is inspiration in the
thought that the men and women
of the United States are emerging
from their SNUG acceptance of old
conditions and together are going
forward to a higher plane of en-
deavor in every line of activity.
The Atlantic City convention will
mean much for the United States
and the coming together of leaders
of the business world for an ex-
change of thought upon the big
problems of the day must result in
widespread benefit for all classes of
our citizens.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-05
PATRIOTIC UPPER END

THE patriotism of the people, of
the upper end of Dauphin
county was demonstrated again
last evening when they joined to-
gether at Elizabethville to do honor
to the young men who will leave
shortly to go into the new National
Army The attendance and enthu-
siasm would have done credit to
community of much larger popula-
ton.
The upper end always arises to the
occasion. Millersburg set the pace
last spring with preparedness pa
rade that put to shame many OIL
similar celebrations in larger towns.
Then followed the Liberty Bond and
the Red Cross campaigns, in which
upper end people gave of their means
in large sums to the cause of liberty
and the successful prosecution of the
war. When the history of recent
events is written the people who re-
side north of the mountains will have
no reason to blush for their part in
them,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-05
SINKING IN
TIME very rage to which the Ger
man press gives vent in its conf

"HE very rage to which the Ger
man press gives vent in its COM
ment upon the Presidents peace
message is an evidence of 1unker-
dom's fear of its effect on the popu-
lar mind of Germany. One striking
execution is Vorwarts, which sees in
Mr.. Wilson's proposals an open door
to honorable peace upon grounds
which would satisfy the demands of
progressive Germans for a govern
ment responsive and responsible to
the will of the people. This fear
less and radical journal in this IN
stance, at least expresses the views
of that wing of the Reichstag for
which Matthias Erzberger is spokes-
man. The peace sentiment and the
desire for a representative, democra-
tic form of government appear to be
growing together and there are in
dication' that Erzberger, who forced
a crisis in the Reichstag a few
weeks ago by the presentation of
resolutions that were in effect a dar-
Ing dIldCh hpOh L ho5lellAolAlg VIII
lead a majority of delegates to even
more radical action when that body
meets again shortly.
~ Erzberger is said to have been
profoundly impressed by the Presi-
dents reply, and if that is true, as
there is no reason to doubt, and If
he is able, as is predicted, to swing
into line a coalition of the liberal
forces of the Reichstag, it will be
because the members have heard the
voice of the German people and are
more fearful of public opinion than
they are of their imperial masters.
That there is a gradual change of
opinion in Germany there can be lit
tie doubt. Even German-American
newspapers which have been as radi-
cally pro-Prussian and as strong IN
their support of the Kaiser as the
journals of Germany itself, have dis
played some indications of returning
reason and an appreciation of the
advantages of popular government
totally absent since the beginning of
the war. The New York Stats Zeit-
ung expresses the belief that democ-
racy is a growing force among Ger
mans, who have been impressed re-
Gently with the fact that their coun-
try is surrounded by self-governed
people whose will to sacrifice and
military prowess are in nowise Sec
ondary to those of subjects of the
much vaunted Prussian system of
state. control.
Revolution is still long way off
in Germany, despite growing discon-
tent and slow starvation, but demo-
cratic reforms may be forced
through the Reichstag at an early
date. The extent of these and the
length of time required to bring
them about will be determining fac
tors upon the length of the war and
the eventual peace demands of the
allies, America included.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-05
Cuirassiers of France
By Briggs

lowing to changed war conditions,
the crack cavalry corps of the Euro
pean nations have been in large
measure dismounted and sent to the
trenches to act as infantry.l
We Cuirassiers of Francel
oh, the bugles would bray as we can
tered by,
With our brides low and our sabers
With onr @iFAs Black plumes Haunting to
the sky
From the tips of our helms, with
our plates aglance.
And our hope was an open plain and
free.
With the squadron laundering knee
to knee;
Of the swish of our keen, straight
swords dreamed we.
We Cuirassiers of France.
We Cuirassiers of France!
A burrow worms through our chosen
plain.
Unmailed, we hold it, now count il
That the squadron drop, if the ditch
remain
AS the boundary-line of our French
advance.
But beyond our dream ourselves we
see.
Though our harness rust for g
mockery.
OF the steel they took from oul
backs are we,
We, the Cuirasse of France!
BY Thomas Jeffries Belts in Serb
nerS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-05
IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS THE
HEAD WENT WITH THE CROWN
The Modern King Who Loses His Job Is Much More For
tunate Than His Predecessor = Now the ROYAL
Vagrant Usually Is Pensioned

1T is poor year for kings, says the
Boston Globe. Who would have
guessed. a year ago, that Nicholas
Romanoff would be dating his letters
somewhere in Siberia? A railroad
ticket to Tobolsk IS an Improvement
eHpunged Charles in the Seventeenth
century. and on the guillotine with
which the French dismissed Louis
XVI in the Eighteenth century.
Either the Twentieth century is
learning to dethrone it's monarchs
humanely, or the Russian people are
gentler than their western cousins.
To the ancient Greeks the fall of a
king was tragic. To Americans it is
comic. The picture of king hang
ing his crown. on the hatrack of pri-
vate life and putting his scepter in
the umbrella stand of political i'm
potence is one that we peculiarly
relish.
Kings hire themselves. The people
fire" them. For this France holds
the record. In fffty-five years. be-
tween 1915 and 1870. the French auc-
toned off no less than four: Ma
poleon in 1916, Charles x in 1880.
Louis PHILIPPE in 1S4S and Napoleon
III in 1870. 49,.
Fnte of French Kings
Charles X, when his services were
no longer required in Paris, made a
march to the coast and sailed for
England, with the French people
merely watching to make sure that
he went. Louis Philippe skunk out OF
a back door of the Tuilleries and
started for the sea and England as
plain "Mr. Smith," carrying a cotton
umbrella in place of his scepter. Queen
Victoria staked him to his meals.
Napoleon III, captured after the Ger
mans defeated the French at Sedan,
was deposed by his own people and
went to live at Chislehurst in England
and ended his days tinkering with
some sort of patent stove.
England, in fact, has ever been the
Happy Hunting Ground of monarchs
out Of a job. Napoleon. in 1915,
sought refuge there. but was quickly
passed on. Lord Liverpool has hau
the credit of the idea of sending him
to st. Helena, but the scheme really
originated with Pozzo di Borgo, q
Corsican neighbor of Napoleon, who
had waged an unceasing family feud
against him throughout his career
When one government would make
peace with Napoleon. Pozzo would
move on to another which was maxi
ing war against him, and, with a de-
vction worthy of better cause. he
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-05
Military Training Helps

The beneficial results of military
training are already to be noted
among our sons and brothers who
have Joined the army. Daily there
are to be seen young men who stand
I'D straighter and walk better, whose
skins are healthier and whose eyes
are brighter and steadier as the re-
suits Of their active life. If these
results can so quickly be obtained,
what may we not expect as a result
of eight or ten more months of
preparation?
Military life, too, is having an
other highly beneficial result. 1t is
tuning up the mental paraphernalia
of numerous easy-going young men
and teaching them to be alert, re-
sponsive and self-reliant. They are
learning the lessons of discipline.
When this war is over several mil
lion young Americans will have had
a schooling which will always stand
them in good stead. They will be
infinitely more capable in business
and industry, in art or the profes.
Bions, than they otherwise would
have been.
The military camp is not without
its danger, both moral and physical
Some of our men will not pass
through these without damage. But
as time goes Oh the various military
and civilian agencies which are to
safeguard the young men from phys
ical and moral deterioration will be-
come more and more efficient. What
has been accomplished in a few
monts toward transforming soft
young men into fine, outstanding SOL
diers of the nation speaks volumes
for the future, and for the success
of the system of training.-Cincin-
natl Times-Star. e.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-05
American and Foreign Labor

[From a speech of Senator Hard
ing in the United State Senate on the
war revenue BILL
Senator's. ii any taxation less than
actual paralysis would more equit-
ably distribute the profits of Ameri-
can production and tend to bridge
the great gap in our social-economic
life, 1 would greatly urge 1t. But
unnecessary taxation only halts and
hampers the needed activity of cap
ital, and appeals to envy rather than
encourage requirement by industry
and thrift. 1t would be better to
equalize by creation than to seek to
level by destruction.
/ believe some measure looking to
the fairer division of the profits of
production in this country is abso-
lutely necessary to continued prog
ress and abiding tranquility. wish
1 knew the solution. only know
taxation will not effect 1t.
l know that thrift, genius, pluck,
talent, and industry make capital,
and I know that idleness, improvi-
dence, and incapacity halt millions
of men to whom the way is inviting
ly open. Perhaps we should accom-
plish more by legally regulated hab-
its of living and, expenditure; but
no one would dare to propose that
amid the boasted freedom of DEM
ocracy.
1 know life is very bitter strug-
gle to the unfortunate and to the un-
derpaid. 1t Is even more bitter to the
envious and the improvident. We
need more knowing economists in
everyday life, and less theorists on
the soap boxes. and fewer advocates
of legislative remedies. because first
aid is to be found in the home. This
does not argue against the American
standard of living. 1t is the highest
in the world, and 1 rejoice to boast
it, because 1t proves we have out
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-05
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

j. NJ. Justice, prominent Phild
delphian, will go to California.
H. A. jerks, Phoenixville ban4
er, will retire after twenty-five year
service.
Samuel Gompers. head of til
State Federation of Labor. in
speech at Erie. declared that labd
had been recognized by governme1
for the first time in history in TIL
country.
james I. Blakslee, fourth assisI
ant postmaster general, is making
series of addresses at convention
of rural mail carriers.
james T. Hardy, new secretaI
of the Oil City Chamber of Com
merce, was formerly connected wit
commercial organizations in Ithad
and other New York places.
Bishop w. f. Oldham, formd
pastor of a Pittsburgh MethodiI
Church, will return to preach at II
anniversary exercises.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-05

stripped all other peoples in attain
ment. however far we may be from
the highest ideal. And we must go
on; but l think it is good sometimes
to stop to measure our progress.
Only a day or two ago, reading in
the press of the eagerness of the
Austro- Hungarian people for peace,
l noted the statement that Hungary
was feeling deeply the failure to re-
ceive $S,0O0,000 yearly which Hun
garian workmen in the United States
were in the habit of sending there
out of their wage savings. There was
no information as to how many Hun
garians were on American pay rolls,
and nothing as to their rate of wage.
1t is fair guess that q goodly pro-
portion Is engaged in the less skilled
employment. and therefore drawing
the lower scale of wages. Born to n
| different standard they toll and save,
and have given to the needy in the
land of their nativity a reflex of
! American opportunity, however little
1t may be valued here at home.
There is scarcely a Senator enroll
ed on this membership-I will not
restrict it to my few hearers-who
lives in an industrial center, If he
will step to the money-order depart
ment of his post Office on pay night
| in his community. who will not find
scores and scores of the representa-
tives of the lowly and the industrious
of foreign lands turning their pay
envelopes into money orders to send
to the lands of their origin. I de-
| light to think of 1t, because to me IL
is the most substantial proof in the
world of the progress America has
made in opening opportunity and
extending encouraging compensation
| for activity and industry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-05

finally obtained his chance. Before
the British sent Napoleon to Elba
Pozzo told them that it was too near
hcme. The next time, after Waterloo
they took no chances and listened to
Pczzo's advice, which was ST. Helena
Even as recently as 1910, England
was the asylum of a deposed king
when Portugal wearied of paying fol
the expensive upkeep of Manuel II
He fled to the arms of his uncle, the
old Duke of Orleans, Bourbon pre-
tender to the throne of France, anc
the London Tory papers sentimen-
talized over him extensively.
Abdul HamId in Exile
Since 1909 crowns have been slip
ping Off royal pates with encourag-
ing frequency. In 1909. Abdul Hamit
IL was petitioned into involuntary
bankruptcy as sultan by the young
Turks and packed off to Saloniki
What has become of him since the
war began no one seems to know, anC
few to care.
His neighbor, King Constantine oi
Greece, was given his discharge Jun,
IL of the present year, though the
Kaiser, who has a strong family pref
udice in favor of kings keeping theil
Jobs, has promised to restore him t
the throne of Greece.
Since China went republican" W,
have had, within the last month, {
spectacle of the Manchu empero,
popping out of box and popping II
again." The status of the boy EN-
peror is the amusing one of an en-
peror of q foreign country ~ visi
to China with an allowance of a few
odd millions on condition that he re
main a tame king in the politica
backyard.
Dom PedrO's Merry Exit
The last king to be dismissed from
American soil was Dom Pedro, de-
posed in 1889, but so pleasantly that
as he was set aboard the steameg t.
Portugal, his Brazilian friends peltec
him with Aowers.
Kings are baing jostled aside be-
cause they no longer fit the moderr
ideas. Many of them have less power
than an elected president. But tC
blame a king personally for the fol
lies and crimes of his rule is a gros:
misconception. His acts are dictated
by the interests in whose behalf h'
governs. Nicholas Ronanoff coulC
not have liberated Russia If he haC
tried. He was. like all kings, th'
willing tool of a conservative elemen
which controlled the country. WheI
they fell, he fell. And. as kings real
glory they do not deserve. they alst
reap scorn and hatred which they
do not deserve.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-05

been such as to greatly inconveni-
ence the people of that locality de-
string to do business in Harrisburg.
Unless better service is provided the
trade that is coming to Harrisburg
and the friendly relations which the
city is endeavoring to foster with its
neighbors will be transferred to
Pottsville. The matter is worthy of
immediate and vigorous attention.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-05
Grandmother Knows It

Not all good conundrums are
modern. Our grandmothers teased
one another's wits with excellent
ones. Here is one that we remem-
her:
There is a word of plural number,
a foe to peace and human slumber;
Now how strange this metamor-
phosis:
BY adding as" what plural was is so
no more,
And sweet what bitter was before.
Youths Companion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-05
AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE

IN URING the third week of the
IL present month an important
war convention of American
business will be held at Atlantic City
under the auspices of the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States.
Il is proposed at this convention to
consider the duty of business to the
government. how the business of the
country may render greater service
ir winning the war, how we may
best provide for and protect our
forces on land and sea and those
dependent upon them at home; what
may be done to control prices, how
greater efficiency in land and water
transportation may be developed and
the ways and means by which busi-
ness may most readily adjust itself
to the conditions produced by the
war. 1t is also on the program to
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-05

known in politics at Easton, is dead
aged 81.
Scranton City Council has pro-
tested against the increase of troll
ley fares to six cents.
E. C. A. Meyer, one of the
Montgomery candidates for prothon-
otary, tried to withdraw. He was told
he was too late.
Controller Kay, of Chester, is
making an inquiry into witness fees
and has started to cut expense bills.
He is not a candidate FOR a full
term.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-05
WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. ;

There are three kinds Of people in
the 1oorld--the 1CillS, the toontS and
the cdntS; the first accomplish eU-
erything, the second oppose every
thing and the third fail in every
thing-WM. T. ELLIS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-05

Because the United States Supren
Court has recently held that tf
workmen's compensation law dot
not apply to employees under mar
time contract, water front and shiI
ping employers and employees at Sd
Francisco are attempting to evoll
their own compensation system.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-05
BETTER SERVICE PLEASE

:" ERE is a suggestion for the
Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce. Recent changes in
railroad schedules connecting Harris
burg with the Lykens Valley have
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-05
Some Cross of Honor

A MISSISSIPPI blacksmith, encour-
aged by the mounting ire of his
friends and customers, is said to
have hammered out an iron cross
weighing fifty pounds and sent it to
Senator Vardaman as a badge of hon
or conferred upon him by the kaiser
for helping to prevent the Senate's
adoption of the Presidents armed
neutrality plan in the closing days
of the Sixty-fourth Congress- The
cross reached Washington, but it is
not on record that Vardaman appre-
ciated it, gave thanks for it or wore
1t on his rounded and swelling chest.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-05

William Penn's sons and grand
sons were frequent visitors to job
Harris ferry where they held col
fcrences with people from this SCI
ton.