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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16
NEW HEARING
IN STEELTON CASE
Compensation Opinions Hand
ed Down by Commissioner
Leech

The State Compensation Board in
a decision handed down by Commits
sioner Leech reverses Referee r. ].
Dunn, of Pittsburgh, in refusing COM
pensation to Peter J. Kihm, who suf-
fered injuries while lifting shells in
the plant of the Westinghouse Elec-
trio and Manufacturing Company,
holding an injury produced by strain
is an accident in the course of en-
ployment. The decision says it is IAN
unexpected, fortuitous event as dis
tinguished from the contraction of a
disease"
In a decision ordering a new hear
ing in the case of Marko VS.. Bethle-
hem steel Company, a Steelton case,
Commissioner Leech holds that as the
claimant held that the interpreter did
not correctly represent what he said
and the matters in question are ma
terial he is constrained to give a new
hearing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16
Believe in Yourself
and in Your Goods Is
Advice Given by Doyle

Hundreds of Harrisburg's business
men and salespeople last evening heard
BARLEY ]. Doyle, vice-president of the
Worlds Salesmanship Congress, talk
in the Technical High School Audi
torium on Craftsmanship" The lecture
was given under the auspices of the
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce.
Optimism-a belief in the goods one
is selling and in oneself-together with
common sense in manners and dress,
were declared to be the big factors in
business life to-day. Mr.. Doyle pointed
out that salesmanship figures largely
in all lines of endeavors, including the
professions not usually associated with
business.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16
U-Boat War Will Soon
Have Favorable Effect
on Housewives Purses
By Associated Press

New York, Feb. 16.-Germany's un-
restricted submarine warfare will soon
have a favorable effect on the pocket
books of housewives, according to food
investigators acting for Joseph Harti-
gan, commissioner of weights and
measures.
There are indications that consign-
ers and consignees of perishable food
freight on piers, in boats in yards and
in storage here" the Commissioner
York market to-day or tomorrow. They
will do this not only because of the
perishable nature of the products, but
because of the demurrage, insurance
and other high charges they are in
curing"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16

days session of the convention of the
National Association of Merchant Tai
lors of America at the Bellevue.
Puppies, lavenderS and blues are
suitable for Transforming present-day
men into Lovelaces, Mr.. Dreimeyer
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16
Tailors Look For Colored
Evening Clothes For Men

Philadelphia, Feb. 16. = Merchant
tailors are experimenting with colored
evening clothing for men. This in
formation came yesterday from
George +. Dreimeyer, fashion ex-
bert from st. Louis, at the closing
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16

thinks. And once men emancipatt
themselves from the walters black
they will quickly take to knickerbock.
ers, Mr.. Dreimeyer believes, with col.
ored silk hose, lace frills and satin
pumps with gilt heels, etc.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16
BOROUGH MEN ADJOURN

After planning to keep a close watch
on legislation for boroughs that was
Association of Boroughs, the 800 dele
gates who attended the two-day con-
vention here adjourned last evening. A
rsburg in the near future to press the
conventions ideas upon the House and
Senate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-16

Saturday Sale of

Regular SOC Bulb Syringe ........ $50
Regular 75c Bulb Syringe ....... $50
Regular $1.00 Bulb Syringe ....... $50
Regular soc Aton1izers ......... csc
Regular 75c Atomizers ........... $50
Regular $1.75 Combination Fountain
Syringe NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SIPS
Reg. $1.25 Hot Water Bottle, qts., $50
Reg. $1.50 Hot Water Bottle, qts., $50
Reg. $1.75 Hot Water Bottle, qts., 9Sc
Reg. So Hot Water Bottle, qts., SIPS
Reg. $100 Fountain Syringe .... 4Sc
Reg. $125 Fountain Syringe .. CSC
Reg. $1,5O Fountain Syringe ...... 1Sc
Reg. $l.75 Fountain Syringe ... 81. .2S
$l.5o Combination Fountain Syringe, 9Sc
$1.50 2-quart Fountain Syringe =. 9Sc
$500 Marvel Whirling Spray 80. $3.50
$500 Kant Leak Water Bottle :. S1.3S
$500 Kant Leak Fountain Syringe, ST .3S
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21

insult our own government. They must
do as Attorney General Gregory sug-
gested-"Obey the law and keep your
mouth shut
Thousands of foreign-born citizens
are now Loyalty supporting the govern
ment of the United States. Many ma
tives of Germany who are now citizens
of this country are among our most
loyal people.
1t need not surprise some of those in
dividuals who are wasting their ad-
miration on the Kaiser to find them
selves under restraint should they con-
tinue to disregard Attorney General
Gregory's hint
1t is certain that our residents of
Teutonic birth will be given protection
and friendly treatment so long as they
conduct themselves as to deserve such
treatment by the government of the
United States. 1t is pointed out, how
ever, in recent statement, that hos
tile acts will meet with forceful sup
preston, as the war must be carried
forward without interior menace and
the administration of government
must proceed in it's usual way. 1t is
therefore the duty of all German citi-
zens in this country to observe the
obvious pIoprieties.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21
"The Little Grandmother of the
Revolution" A Type For Americans

XXYHILE we are bubbling over
wv with patriotic fervor and en-
thusiasm it may not be amiss
for us to consider for a moment the
type of patriotism that can Withstand
the rigors of Siberia and come out of
that awful life of penal servitude as
ardent and as vigorous in the defense
of it's cause as it went in. When the
Car was overthrown recently and the
men and women of Russia who had
been banished to Siberia because they
had been outspoken in the cause of
freedom were permitted to return to
their old homes and their families,
there came back with them Gather
inc Breshkovskaya, known affection
Little Grandmother of the Revolu-
ton" She is the idol of the people
now and is greeted affectionately
wherever she goes. Il am glad to
have had my part in bringing free
dom to my people" she said to an
American newspaperman. The price
paid was not too heavy. 1t is all
wiped out by the great thing that has
happened in Russia"
Two years ago there was published
in America newspapers the follow
ing remarkable account and letter of
the experience and sufferings of this
brave little woman:
'Baboushka' Nittle Grandmoth-
err, as she has been affectionately
named, the Little Grandmother of the
Russian revolutionists, Catherine
Breshkovskaya, has written a letter to
Alice Stone Blackwell, daughter of
Lucy Stone, saying that the rigors of
her lifelong exile to Siberia have been
made even more severe than before.
1t is a coincidence that this word from
the brave old fighter for the liberty of
her people should come during the
celebration in memory of Lucy Stones
fight for the liberty of her sex.
Mime. Breshkovskaya's letter is
written in no complaining tone. APP
parently her spirit Is as unbroken at
seventy-two as when, a girl in her
fathers estate in the province of
Chernigoff into the imprisonment
which has been her fate through most
of her life. Her eyes are dimmed by
cataracts now, and her great solace,
reading, is taken from her. She can
just see to sew for little while each
day on white materials, and that is
her one diversion. Yet, she writes al
most cheerfully, dwelling on the joy
she has from Miss bIackwell's letters,
which bring her into touch with hu-
manity, and explaining that her ad-
dress will henceforth be Yakoutsk, ST.
beria. But this place is much fur
ther north than her former place of
exile, and it had been the hope of her
friends that she might be removed to
u part of Siberia where the climate
would be less rigorous instead of more
so.
This is the letter:
"I can now tell you with certainty
what my future address will be: va
koutsk, Siberia, Asia, via Japan. The
efforts of my friends to have me al
lowed to live in a more southerly part
of Siberia have failed, and I shall be
two thousand versts further north
than at Kirensk. where L have been.
1t Is hardly a surprise to me, and life
at Kirensk was so hard that no change
will frighten me. am only sorry for
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21
VACANCIES IN COUNCIL

T<WO vacancies now exist in the City
Council of five and the three re.
naming members are confronted
with grave and important duty. They
must realize the peril of unwise action
and we believe that they are awake to
the importance of choosing as success
sors to Mayor Meals and Mr.. Bow
man men of high character, expert
ence and aptitude for public service.
There is no excuse for playing politics
or doing anything which will reflect
upon the community or retard in the
slightest degree the progress of the
city. Harrisburg stands alone among
the municipalities of Pennsylvania as
a progressive and attractive city of
wide-awake and intelligent people.
There is abundant material for the
selection of two high-class men for the
vacant chairs in the City Council. They
ought to be chosen with consideration
only of their fitness for the service to
be rendered and their devotion to the
public interests.
1t is regrettable that such public
spirited men as William Jennings and
John A. Affieck, who have declined to
consider the offices in question, are so
engaged with their own affairs that
they find it impossible to respond to
what is generally believed to be uni
Versal call. There are, however, many
excellent men who should be willing to
give the city the benefit of their ex-
perience and training in the conduct
of the municipal administration.
All that the people expect is the fill
ing of the vacancies with representa-
tive Harrisburg citizens who are inn
bued with the importance of disinter-
ested and intelligent service in the in
terest of all the people.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21

the two additional months that 1 have
mad to spend in prison here during
our short summer; for the convoy
with which / am to travel does not
start for the Lena till July.
"'At Yakoutsk the cold goes down
to 55 degrees. Winter lasts fully
eight months. There is hardly any
spring, for in May the ground is still
covered with snow, and in August
there are sharp frosts at night. The
two months of summer are very hot,
and make it possible to raise a few
vegetables and a little grain.
But, as it is the capital of the
province of Yakoutsk, which stretches
in every direction, there are a few doc
tors there, and more people than at
Kirensk, where there was often no
medical aid. There are also some po-
litical exiles there. I shall try not to
lose what is left of my health, and 1t
is not improbable that L shall sue
ceed, thanks to the care that all my
friends take of me.
Your letters and papers bring me
near to you, and make me share in. the
interests of another world, and that is
or great interest to me, as love to be
in touch with human life. The longer
live the more fully understand that
the deepest thing in me is an invin-
chile and ardent love for the human
AoSOf "iliSh L dtn COuNlIlCGu contains
within itself all the germs of intellec-
tual improvement to an indefinite ex-
tent, of an ascent to a mural life
which will make it infinitely happy.
This habit of living in the life of
humanity as a whole has so associated
me with the universal psychology that
L lost myself in it, and | care very lit
tie about my individual fate, which is
not dear to me when separated from
the general course of things. History.
studies in the past and present of the
human race, are present with me in
their smallest details. Thus / look
upon the entire globe as worthy of our
attention and devotion
1T is now ten years since Nine
Breshovskaya came for brief time to
America, where she met Julia Ward
Howe and Jane Adams and other
notable women, and left an impression
so strong that movement was start
ed, when she returned to Russia and
was again imprisoned, to intercede
for her release. She had been urged
to stay here, but her heart was with
her peasants in Russia. 1t is consider
ed marvellous that she has so long
survived, for she was gently bred
and the hardships to which she has
been subjected are almost unbeliev-
able"
Here is the kind of patriotism that
America has known in the past: II is
the kind we must have now. if we
are to win this war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21
SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 21
THE SCHOOL BOARD TANGLE

TT is apparent that neither William
3. Ittner nor c. Howard Lloyd is
the choice of the school board as
architect to design the new high
schools under the loan approved by
the voters last Fall. Laying aside
whatever elements of difference lie
between the directors and giving no
consideration as to whether or not
they all voted in strict accord with
their sincere convictions, it now be-
comes the duty of the board to get to-
gether as quickly as possible on a
third man of unquestioned ability.
Just how this shall be done remains
to be developed, but whatever the
solution of the unfortunate con-
troversy shall be it must be reached
without delay. The high schools are
badly needed and every day conditions
grow worse and building materials go
higher in price. Every moments de-
lay costs the taxpayers money and
robs the boys and girls of Harrisburg
of advantages to which they are en-
titled and for which the people have
ready has been lost.
That there may be no chance of a
continuance of the dispute it might
be well for the board to select three
architects of note to pass upon COM
petitive plans, the directors to be
guided by the judgment of these eX-
perts. This has been done with sue
cess elsewhere and certainly no charge
of favoritism or personal animosity
could enter into such an arrangement
The people of the city are not inter
ested in this or that architect, as SUCH
what they desire is the best that can
be procured for their money and they
are not going to be content with any
thing less. Also, they are looking to
the directors to do something decisive
and do it quickly. 1t will go hard
with directors who persist in setting
their own personal feelings or interests
in open opposition to a proper solu-
ton of this important question.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21
OUR DEBT TO FRANCE

NOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH has
NJ done well to call our attention to
the. debt which we owe France
by setting aside April 26, anniversary
of the date upon which Lafayette set
sail for America, as France Day" in
Pennsylvania.
OF all the incidents of our national
history none is more appealing than
that having to do with the brave young
volunteer from France who threw in
his lot with the American Revolution
lists for the sake of mankind, and
afterward had such large part in
making France an ally of the
struggling colonists.
But nineteen years old. able TO
speak the English language only in "a
very broken manner, he was at first
received somewhat coldly by men,
bers of Congress- Lafayette. on
learning the situation. instantly asked
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21
EDITORIAL COMMENT

If you haven't but git-up -and git
enough to raise one little radish. raise
1t and lay 1T upon the altar of your
country.-Houston Post.
Villa has announced that he will be
IAN incorruptible neutral" The ad-
jective seems to contain an anxious
challenge.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The women of the Navy League are
organizing knitting groups. Logically
enough, each group is to be known as
a Unit.-Boston Advertiser.
Wonder If these big shell-rimmed
spectacles worn by college students
make their fathers think they have
strained their eyes studying nights
Albany Argus.
Girls with red hair, blue eyes and
white skin will be sure to cause the
patriotic boys to stand at attention.
New Orleans States.
In all probability a man caught
stealing chickens these days would be
indicted for grand larceny.-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
This country has always been able to
find place in the sun without
slaughtering women and children
Toledo Blade.
OF course, President Wilson is not
compelled by any law to follow all of
the advice that is given him.-Los
Angeles Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Col. Edgar Jadwin, United States
army officer stationed at Pittsburgh,
is raising a regiment of engineers.
III. c. Huber, president of the
Scranton Board of Trade and we'll
known here, is engaged in a campaign
to stimulate membership in the or
ganization so as to make it more effec-
tive.
Judge J. A. McIlvanine, of Wash
ington county, put three breweries out
of business in his county by injunc-
ton because they violated the law re-
lative to soliciting business.
C. r. Lantz, who was marshal of
Lebanon's patriotic parade, is
former State Senator.
William J. Peck, prominent
Pittston man, has been chosen presi-,
dent of the Red Cross. organiza-
ton in his city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21
oBsERvE THE PRopRIETIEs

CONSIDERABLE criticism has
~ grown out of disloyal sentiments
expressed by individuals here and
there against our own government and
in favor of Germany. Generally speak
ing. there is disposition to treat with
friendliness German subjects who are
living in this country while the United
States is at war with their country.
But these aliens must realize that they
cannot stay here and at the same time
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21
I Didn't Raise MY Boy to
DO His DutU

7 DIDN'T raise darling boy to be a trooper tough;
/ For early did L realize that out of finer stuff
made therefore
To be about useful a specked setter
So, let this be fought by other mothers
Let them get shoulder caouses from carrying horrd
1t would be painful for behind the trudge
And when he matted milk fudge
didn't a soldier bold;
To his epidermis shrunk by
oifacory o
To do without his manicure; also without his
And march out senrys and it, in the
And he shall never, be a sodier-Or
m be a marine;
To a
m sod
clambering through the
rails a o n .
nc his o a
whoever surely shall
at home and train his massive intellect.
ga Sol. L. Long.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21
Labor Notes


A factor in the ultimate relief of
the paper shortage may be the action
of the Chinese government, which
has decided to have papermaking
taught in government schools.
Dallas (Texas) Typographical Union
has signed a five-year agreement with
creased wages and improved working
conditions are assured during this
period, T
Candy workers in Chicago are dis
contented and are holding trade
union agitation meetings. They are
protesting against unbearable work
conditions, long hours and low wages.
wentworth County (Canada) Coun-
ell has passed a resolution disapproV-
ing of the action of the government
In passing the teachers pension bill
because no provision was made for
other workers.
If the Tennessee State Legislature
adopts a proposed measure il will be
criminal offense for detective agen-
cies or individuals to eavesdrop or
use a dictagraph in spying on trade
unions.
The American labor movement will
not be represented by a delegation at
the fifth anniversary celebration of
the Yu-Ai-Kai, or Laborers' Friendly
Society of Japan, to be held in Toxic
this month.
Through the efforts of the British
Minister of Labor who will endeavor
to eliminate women drivers. a threat
ened strike of the drivers of buses,
teams and taxis in London has been
averted.
A clause has been added to the re-
vised constitution, of Holland making
women eligible to all government Of
fices and giving them a chance to
get the ballot as soon as the govern
ment in power will grant it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Those Vacant Plots

To the Editor of the Telegraph
The newspapers of the city have
been advocating the use of all vacant
lots for garden purposes. There is a
plot of ground between Curtin and
Seneca along Jefferson street, that
Is not in cultivation and do not sup
pose 1t will be as, the agent saws 1t
cannot be used for gardening pur-
poses. How then can children or per-
sons, wishing to plant gardens do so
when this is the case7
S, Jefferson Street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21

To-day's great parade is a fine dem
onstration of the real patriotism of
Harrisburg, but it simply visualizes
what has been the inherent character
of a patriotic community from the very
beginning of the John Harris settle
ment
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21

Berlin having assured us that there
are no German submarines in American
waters, we are now firmly convinced
that there is a whole flock of 'em how
aring about.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21
Neighbor Women II Tell,
Though
[Rogers, (Ark.l Pressl

IINUbOIoi Nz1Ih'I IVSS1
Miss Ferbe Low has been in this
vicinity the past week, introducing
a new line of corsets. Several of our
young ladies are trying to walk as If
they had bought one.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21
Damp Life

I never saw submarines;
never hope to lamp one;
But from the pictures l have seen
The life must be damp one.
The Green Book Magazine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21

Hamilton (Ontario. Canada) plumb
ers and Steam Filters Union has Sc
cured three-year agreement and
raised wages from 4219 cents an hour
to AN cents for the first two years
and so cents an hour for the third
year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21
DO YOU KNOW
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

That Dauphin county steel is in
helmets of fighters in France?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21

General Zachary Taylor was Wis
itor to the State Capitol on the occa-
sion of demonstration after the Mex
lean war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21

A factor in the ultimate relief of
the paper shortage may be the action
of the Chinese government, which
has decided to have papermaking
taught in government schools.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21

Candy workers in Chicago are dis
and are holding trade
union agitation meetings. They are
protesting against unbearable work
conditions, long hours and low wages.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING co..
Telegraph Building. Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-21

T.. j. J.STACKPOLE. Prest and Editor-is-C Chief
+. r. OYSTER. Business MGnager.
GUS M. STEINMETz, Managing Editor.