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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19
NY America

Thou land of beauty, land of peace,
Where freedom opens wide the
door;
Sought out by all who seek release
From tyranny and hate and war.
Thy stars have been the wanderer's s
guide
From outworn customs, narrow
creeds;
Thy stripes, the blood of those who
died
To save thy vision by their deeds.
Let not our faith grow weak; thy
stars
Be dihmed by greed or hate or
fear.
Let not thy sons forges thy scars
Nor hold the Visions price too
dear.
For, as thou keepest that high trust,
That vision thou alone canst give,
Tho states be leveled into dust
And nations perish, thou shalt live.
o, brotherhood of all the world!
o, heritage our fathers gainedi
Be ours to keep thy flag unfurled,
Be ours to keep that flag un-
stained.
BY Constance johnson, from Pic
toral Review for July.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19
OUR BIG CORPORATIONS

MOT so long ago we heard much
M of the awful corporations and
the need of repression and reg
ulation of these Industrial giants.
Now these corporations are being
lauded everywhere as second only to
the Liberty Loan on the first line of
defense. Without these great, COM
binations the United States would
be in the most deplorable condition
imaginable in the face OF a powerful
foe. With them we may look with
some degree of confidence to a solu-
ton OF the problems of equipment
and general munitions which now
confront the government.
The theories of government own
ership and paternalism are breaking
down under the overwhelming evi-
dence OF a great national need, which
can be supplied. only through the
organizations of private capital
which have been built up on the
basis of efficiency and skill through
years OF peace.
Right here in Harrisburg we are
having exemplifed. the importance
of sustaining in every proper way
these great corporations organized
for the promotion of trade which is
beyond the limits of the individual.
Let us be more sensible in our con-
sideration of the future attitude to-
ward industrial and commercial and
railroad development. We shall suf-
fer in this crisis for our drastic eff
forts to destroy, but if we learn the
Importance of more rational view
of these things through a hard
school of experience much good may
result.
Then, too, it must be remembered
that these great corporations are
giving impetus to the nationwide
movements for the relief of suffer-
ing and the maintenance of the Red
Cross and other organizations which
will fill the role of the Good samari-
tan throughout the struggle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19
THE POLICE SURVEY

w HAT has become of the police
w survey report?
The survey was made at the ex-
pense Of the Harrisburg Chamber of
Commerce. A few weeks ago its re-
suits were made public. The TELE-
GRAPH published a digest of the
findings and recommendations and
Mayor Miller discussed them at some
length. Aside from that nothing has
been done.
1t is true that as a result of the
survey many changes were made for
the improvement of the police rec
ord system, which is now one of the
best in the country, but the survey
report contained many suggestions
that council should consider imme-
diately.
There is, for example, the vice
suppression section. The way is
plainly shown whereby the sex evil
may be given a severe blow at the
hands of the police. What does
Council intend to do about this? Are
we to have continuation of the
conditions of which those who made
the survey complain? Councilmen
stand under the accusation that
commercialized vice exists in the
city and they are told how it may
be broken up. Do they mean to
stand idly by and do nothing? We
cannot believe it. Whatever may be
said of lack of efficiency in govern
ment under the commission act, it
has never been insinuated that Har-
risburg councilmen are not men of
high morals. Their duty as such
is plain.
But there are many other features
of the report that ought to have
consideration. Council would do we'll
to appoint committee of it's mem
bers to give the report thorough
study, with the idea of early action
looking toward the betterment OF
conditions.
Otherwise the money expended for
the survey will have been wasted and
Council will have neglected another
opportunity for public service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19
CROP PEST LETTER
By Prof. J. @. Sanders, State
Economic Zoologist
GRAIN BIN SANITATION


GRAIN BIN SANITATION
T VERY year large quantities
n of stored grain are destroy
- ed or rendered unfit for
human food by some of the forty
or more insects which are COM
monty known as weevils.
Much of this damage can be
prevented by proper storage con-
ditions, cleaning the bins, thor
oughly fumigating them or
spraying them with 10 per cent.
kerosene emulsion. Destroy any
weevil that might be present and
be the cause of an infestation of
the newly stored crop. Grain
bins for storage should be we'll
built and separate from the barn
so they can be treated IL the
grain becomes infected and fur
ther, grain is not as liable to be-
come infested with weevils when
stored in a separate building. In
spect the grain every week or
two and if the weevils are pres
ent, remove the grain, passing it
out through a cleaner, If possible.
Weevils do not thrive in stored
grain if 1t Is moved and aerated.
Preventing future trouble by
thoroughly cleaning the empty
bins and destroying possible Vice.
vii infestation by spraying with
a 10 per cent. kerosene emulsion
is as important as treating the
grain after it becomes infested.
Stop the waste of stored grain
through the lack of care and
proper storage.
The prevention of one-half of
the loss of / per cent. of 24,-
100000 bushels of wheat and
$4,000 bushels of corn rendered
unfit for food each year after it
is stored. is worth while con-
sidering. The average loss of
stored grain on the farm is
per cent. If the producers of
Pennsylvania will practice clean
methods and endeavor to lower
the average loss one-half, it will
mean yearly saving of nearly
three-quarters of a million doll
lars on wheat and corn alone.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19

ernment to conserve all the food
products possible. Most jams, jellies
and marmalades are easy to make.
Many fruits are now in the market
that lend themselves readily to the
making of homemade products. II
each housewife will do her bit. she
will be aiding considerably in the
conservation of foods.
The use of wood-hber containers
by such women will also be the
means of aiding the manufacturers
of such foods that are necessary to
pack in glass; II will help to make
possible a greater Quantity of glass
available for necessary purposes; be
the means of lower retail prices. II
Is time for all to consider and to act
for relief in the food situation. not
only for the present but also the
future.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19
NEY DEAR HOwELLs: I have
MI just received this letter from

MY DEAR HOWELLS: I have
N just received this letter from
Orion-take care of 1t, for 1t
is worth preserving. l got as far as
nine pages in my answer to it, when
Mrs Clemens shut down on 1t, and
said IL was cruel, and made me send
the money and simply wish his lee
ture success. said couldn't lose my
nine pages-so she said send them to
you. But I will acknowledge that I
thought 1 was writing a very kind
letter.
Now just look at this letter of
Orion's. Did you ever see the grotes-
quely absurd and the heart breaking
ly pathetic more closely Joined to-
gether? Mrs. Clemens said Raise his
monthly pension" So wrote to Per
kins to raise it trifle.
You must put him in a book or q
play right away. You are the only
man capable of doing 1t. You might
die at any moment. and your very
greatest work would be lost to the
world.
Observe Orion's career-that is, a
little of it: He has belonged to as
many as five different religious de-
nominations; last March he with
drew from the deaconship in a Con-
gregational church and the superin-
tendency of its Sunday school, in q
speech in which he said that for
many months Git runs in my mind
that he said thirteen years., he had
been confirmed infldel, and so felt
1t to be his duty to retire from the
flock.
After being a Republican for years,
he wanted me to buy him a Demo
cratic newspaper. A few days before
the presidential election. he came out
in a speech and publicly went over
to the Democrats; he prudently
"hedged" by voting for six state Re
publicans also. -
His next project was to write a
burlesque upon Paradise Lost.
Then, learning that the Times was
paying Harte 800 a column for
stories, he concluded to write some
for the same price. 1 read his first
one and persuaded him not to write
any more Then he read proof on the
New York Evening Post at $40 a
week and meekly observed that the
foreman swore at him and ordered
him around like a steamboat mate"
Being discharged from that post,
he wanted TO try agriculture-was
sure he could make a fortune out OF
a chicken farm. I gave him 5000 and
he went to a 10-house village two
miles above Keokuk on the river
bank-this place was a real way sta
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19

Mark Twain's brother, Orion
Clemens, caused the great humor-
list infinite amusement throughout
his life. Orion seems to have
been a ne'er-do-well, visionary
chap with all kinds of crazy
schemes in his head. He was as
unstable as water, always
broke yet talented after a fash
ion. His brother loved him. When
Mark Twain was in Munich in
1879, he received a letter from
Orion announcing his intention of
lecturing on religion. The letter
inspired the following epistle
which Mark Twain wrote to Will
liam Dean Howells in Boston. 1t
is published in Harper's Magazine
with many others and a commen-
tary by Albert Bigelow Paine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19

glass, and offer some advantages not
found in the use of the ordinary
tumblers. Each dozen, including the
covers. come in a sealed carton; they
are delivered sterile. Precaution
against breakage unnecessary and
the fear of splintered glass is en-
tirely eliminated. Because they are
OPAQUE light cannot get to their con-
tents, thus stopping capitalization.
When empty they nest taking little
ROOM a dozen weigh but a few
ounces. Some of them are beauti-
fully decorated, and by no means
look unsightly on the table. When
filed. they may be sent by parcel
post or express with the least pos
sible chance of breakage or dam
age.
Women are requested BY the gov-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19
RAIIEYIGM

T" HIS from Warren Worth Bailey's
Johnstown Democrat in COM
ment upon an editorial ap-
pearing some time since in the
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH hav-
ing to do with the mission of Elihu
Root to Russia:
Root may be able to expound
real freedom to the Russians, but
he never was able to expound IL in
this country. II he can establish his
Chicago convention control at
Petrograd he will be all right.
The Russians should be able to
appreciate Root. Doubtless they
know him as the man who trim
med Roosevelt.
This is the type OF patriotism one
might expect from the Democrat,
prone as it is to look through a glass
darkly and to view all things with
the chronically jaundiced eye of one
whose liver works on the instalment
plan. This disposition to biliousness
is probably caused by diet of di-
luted pacifism and half-hearted
Democracy, although there are signs
that the defect is constitutional.
II the HARRISBURG TELE-
GRAPH remembers rightly, the
Democrat is on record as pronounc-
ing President Wilson a statesman of
parts and a patriot of the first rank.
That being so and Mr.. Wilson hav-
ing selected Mr.. Root above all other
Americans to lead the Russian COM
mission, how does the Democrat
Justify itself in casting reflections
upon the Americanism Of Mr.. Root?
We shall expect to hear that the
Democrat does not attempt to Justi-
fy itself. The chronic dyspeptic sell
dom does,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19

OF course. you are going to have
part in the Red Cross drive of this
week. Harrisburg has a reputation
TO maintain and the outlook Is favor
able for a still higher standard of
public and private response to a
further appeal in behalf of those who
are upon the firing line in defense of
the rights and liberties of those they
have left behind.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19

No longer do we hear the peace
without victory" slogan. All realize
now that the only peace which will
count for anything must be the abso-
lutte crushing of the Beast which is
ravaging a large part OF the habitable
globe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19
Same, Only Different

After reading this new version of a
famous quotation as given by the
London Chronicle, no one can fairly
say that the English are not cour-
teous race. It reads: America Is. too.
proud to fight. Army and Navy
Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19
Labor Notes

Honduras mas but one sugar fac
tory.
Telephone girls at Paris have re-
ceived increased pay.
Policewomen in Kansas work only
eight hours day.
Tennessee has a new law regulating
private employment agencies.
Kingston, Canada, has raised the
wages of the fire department.
There are 100000 women working
Tor living in Germany.
- Alaska and nineteen States of the
Union produce copper.
A large Glasgow shipbuilding firm
employs women to build ships.
Carpenters at st. Louis, Mo-. will
get seventy cents an hour July l.
Banking and financial institutions
In England employ $4,000 women.
Strikes in all branches of industry
throughout Finland are reported.
Painters at Knoxville, Tenn, have
peen increased to forty-five ceits an
Twenty per cent. of the employees
IN the French munition plants are wo-
men.
The French railways employ $500
women in places formerly held by
men.
Youngstown (ohio) sheet metal
workers have been increased Sh cents
an hour.
British leather and allied trades
~ TT.,E.
Jack Club, London.
Establishments under Government
control in Ireland are now employ
ing about $4,000 people.
There are 87s women to every 1000
workers employed in the British in
dustrial plants.
The British Government has given
a pledge to reinstate every trade
union practice now suspended.
Sixty miles OF thread woven from
the fiber of a species of Italian nettIe
weighs only two and half pounds.
An Atlanta (Ga.) bank has opened
a scnool TO train women for the posi-
tions formerly held by men.
on July Q. at Detroit. Mich. Glass
Bottle Blowers Association of the
United States and Canad will con-
vene.
The British Government has enact
ed a law granting a Saturday half
hohday to about 100000 women.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19
ANNOYED.

Mother" said
little Marion
while riding in
. street car.
what is 1t,
dear" replied
the mother.
"I wish you'd
pay my fare in
the future. 1
hate to have my
age discussed in
oublic"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19
Unto Thee Will I Prav

Give ear to my words, o Lord, con-
slider my meditation, hearken unto
the voice of my cry, my king. and
my God; for unto thee will I pray
Psalms 8, 1 and 2.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING Co.
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19

Ell sTAcKPcLE, Prss'i s. Editer-in.c hief
F. r. OYSTER. Business Mdnogsr.
GUS NJ. STEINMETz, MGnasing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19

HISTORIC HARRISBURG 4
The first train was greeted by a
drum and fife corps when it reached
in 1885.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Short Weight

To fhs Editor of the Telegraph:
Upon returning from market the
writer tested several articles bought
and found that he had been pretty
badly fooled in the matter of weight.
A half-peck of potatoes weighed
only 6h pounds instead of IN
pounds, legal weight; pot-roast was
five ounces short. The potatoes,
however, were sold by measure"
but with the present prevailing
prices every buyer should insist upon
buying by weight only, as the law
provides. Again, when buying cheese
and bacon, the sellers imposed a
large amount of wrapping paper at
fabulous prices. Is not It about time
that consumers should be aroused
and protect not only themselves but
other unsuspecting and poor people?
PRO BONO PUBLlCO.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19
TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 10
Sail on, o ship of State!

Sail on, o ship of State!
Sail on, o Union, strong and great !
Humanity iCith all its fears,
With all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging bredthleSs on thy fate!
-LoNGFELLow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg is shipping
large machinery for big building
operations these days?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19

Sixty miles of thread woven from
weighs only two and a half bounds
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19

The British Government has given
a pledge to reinstate every trade
union practice now suspended
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19

An Atlanta (Ga.) bank has opened
a scnool TO train women for the posi-
tions formerly held by men.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19

There are 376 women to every 1000
workers employed in the British In
dustrial plants.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19
WE NEVER
THO'T OF
THAT.

D o C ( o r
You've had q
pretty C | o $ Q
call. It's only
y o ur strong
constitution that
p u IL e d y o u
through.
Patient-Well,
doctor, remem-
Der that when
ycu make out
vcCr b!u.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19

On July Q, at Detroit, Mich. Glass
Bottle Blowers Association of the
United States and Canad will con-
vene.
The British Government has enact
ed law granting a Saturday half
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19

Establi ishments under Government
control in Ireland are now employ
ing about $4,000 people.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19
BY BRIGGS
THE GRADU-
ATT,

KNEW FROM
ExPERIENCH-
Maude-That
Mr.. Gotrox is q
forbidding sort
of person
Tr an X - I
know 1t I once
asked him to let
me marry his
daughter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19

The crowds which usually gather
for the closing weeks of Legisla-
tive session are commencing to be
in evidence about the Capitol and
there are many people here now
who are on tenter hooks regarding
the fate of measures in which they
are Interested. Others are here out
of curiosity as the Legislature Is an
object of great interest to people all
over the State. Within the next ten
days there will be hundreds of peo-
ple here to see the Legislature.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19

Kingston, Canada, has raised =,
wages of the fire department..
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19

Mrs. NJ. Foss. of 4217 Washington
avenue, st. Louis. has asked Govern-
or Brumbaugh to help her find her
son. 1t is some task, but the Gov
ernor says he will he glad to try.
The sons name is John A. Foss and
twenty-siX years ago he left home.
He was then fourteen and a messen-
ger. She has not heard of him since
and wants to see him before she dies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-19

There are 100000 women workin
for living in Germany.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-25
NOTICE

FrsstDin Street West sjds,nslk sIossd from Madden stsrs to s0ptb side Of Willow street
 Willow Street Sjsssd bstwssa Trs1kllO aOd Chestnut fer VSbisglaT traffic. South Sidewalk left 0pss for feet passenger trSf6e.
 Chestnut Street te be enc War Street fer seuthbeu1s traffic oBly, Frepp Chestnut Avenue to Willow Street,
 No lettering or ee5SFsgsti5g of people in groups will be allowed 0n Franklin Street between Chestnut Avenue and Willow Street. on open sidewalk on Willow Streets on Chest nut Avenue and Willow Street.
 GEORGE z. FELLOWS
 Street Commissions
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-25

plot of poor land with insufficient fertilization.
 Don't forget to cultivate your gar den.
 any time you have nothing else to do to your garden, take your hoe or rake and move the soil little
 This committee considers it of equal importance to caution people against starting gardens on poor ground and under improper conditions as it does to encourage the growth Of more crops.
 B. A. Armstrong. president of the Brainerd Armstrong Co. has made 1t possible for employees of the New London plant to have their own gar dens this summen MT. Armstrong owns several acres of land in Led yard street. in New London and vii posal of the mill employees
 The employees have been notified of Mir. Armstrong'S offer and they have been requested to make application the plot to be allotted will be regu- lated hS the number of applications of which there have been numerous already.
 Applications for assignments of land Cor gardening purposes are being received in large numbers hy John Humphrey at the rooms of the New London Chamber or Commerce. As yet there haS been no assignments, Elmer E, kenerson. who is in charge of the work in getting the ground prepared for planting. Is having sat- isfactory results and at the end Of this week 1t Is thought that applicants for land win be considered Applications filed first will of course be given the preference
 Enroliments for services are also coming in large numbers Miss Helen ], Starr of the Dau Shters of the Amer foAn Revolution has charge of this part of the movement,
 A meeting of the committees will be held this morning st the rooms of the New London Chamber of Com merce when County Agent Warner win speak.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-25
HAS OPTION ON
 BROWNING BEACH LAND.
New York Concern May Construct Marine Engines Tbsre.

The Gas and Power cOrnpany Of
 Morris Heights, New York, through Charles g. Seabury, who formerly built engines and boats at Nyack on the
 Hudson and later consolidated with
 the Morris Heights company, has ee-
 cured from E. J. Eaton an option on
 the Browning Beach properly. The
 buying the beach and establishing q
 plant to turn out marine engines and steel hui1g.
 A si1ort time ago E. J. Eaton pur-
 chased the land from Ezra J. Hemp
 stead Of Waterford. At the time of
 the purchase Mr. Eaton stated that he contemplated building similar con- Heights company
 Brownfng's Beach is especially well fitted for such an establishment. If Mfr. Seabury buys the beach he said that his company would immediately start the building of whaFves as far would allow. The cottages on the property. about ten in number, will be torn down.
 Mir. Eaton was asked just what the company planned in the event that the
 land was purchased anr he said that from what MT. Seabury told him he gathered that marine engines and steel asked about how big the huIls would probably be. MT. Eaton stated that he believed Mir. Seabury's company would accept any order rendered. Whether Mir. Seabury purchases the
 land or not, a marine plant fs 10 be
 establ:shea at BrowDing,s Beach, as
 sell the land he would Immediately
 himself