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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03
A NOISY BLOCK
-TNew YORK Tribune. |

New 0Fk Tr1Dune.I
All summer long our block has been
A noisy one. Early and late
Boys clad in khaki have hung out
Around the corner, where the store
That offers candy and ice cream
Served splendidly as meeting place
Under my windows, in the dark
OF summer nights they made rude
love.
Their voices rose, as, unashamed.
They paid their court
And mingled with them, strident,
shrill.
Were girlish giggles, mocking laughs
=. They sang; they danced; they
played upon
Seemed always worst when l had
need
or greatest quiet to do my work.
Their sentries paced the block. But
Were without nerves. or else they
liked
The noise that little children made
Riding cock horse upon the shafts
OF combat wagons that were lined
In a long row across the street.
The night before l went away
More pairs of lovers were below
Than l had seen for many nights,
And midnight struck, and one, and
two,
Before peace came, and sleep :. .
Now l am back. The block is quiet.
The combat wagons have gone out.
No lovers send their voices up
Into my windows. Not shout
Skaters the silence. All is still
God-send them back! All-every
one
safe-shouting-dancing-singing-
Soon!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03
GOOD-BY

There's a lump in my throat and
catch in my voice,
And gone are my spirits gay,
And deep in my heart an ache abides
For Johnny Who's-Going-Away
oh, the fates will be kind and soon
he'll return,
And well smile in the same old
way.
But tits tears and not smiles that
clamor just now
For Johnny -Who's-Going-Away.
The sun may keep shining although
he is gone
And the same old moonbeams
play,
But what are the sun and the moon
to me
without Johnny Who's : Going
Away?
There's place in his arms where
myself just fits.
And / snuggle my griefs to bay,
And q glSam in the eyes and q place
in the lips
OF Johnny Who s. s-Going-Away.
Yet though there'll pe none now to
cheer and to kiss.
anu COlQ dTe lHo ulStdlCoS gray,
Sure, It's not with a sigh and a sob
that I'll part
From Johnny-Who's- -Going-Away
With head held high and a wish in
my eyes, tf
I'll smile him good-by to-day.
For love is beacon. and we have
love.
oh, Johnny Who's -Going-Away
-Paulina Nichthauser in the New
York Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03
CHILDREN'S HYMN

Now the world lies down to sleep
Under Gods almighty wings.
Froy Thy trusting children keep
Wicked and unholy. things,
Who would thrust from out His
o. throne
Our Lord Jesus. Thy dear Son!
Selfishness and Hate, and Fear
Shut us in their prison wall.
When our prayers to Thee draw
near.
Come. and overthrow them all!
%Who would thrust from out His
throne
Our Lord Jesus, Thy dear Son.
Guard our soldiers day and night,
In their danger. bend to bless,
Make them wise and strong to fight
All the powers of wickedness.
Who would thrust from out His
throne
Our Lord Jesus, Thy dear Sonl
Make us humble unto Thee.
Make US proud to face Thy foes,
Make us purpose steadfastly
Never to be found with. those
Who would thrust from out His
throne
Our Lord Jesus. Thy dear Son.
sThese two lines taken from old
London Westminster Gazette.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03

Of 1917 are's10Q 900, 900 greater than
for the same period in 1916. Japan
has been asking us to pay our debts
in gold.
But, as stated above, this is not
merely a wartime condition. In
time of peace, If we buy from ma
ton more than we sell to it, either in
commodities or service, we must pay
the balance in money. Many people
overlook this fact when they study
the tariff question.
Under the Republican protective
tariff purchases abroad were dis
couraged, and the balance of trade
was in our favor. From the day the
Democratic tariff law was enacted
in 1913, we increased our purchases
abroad-in both Europe and Asia
and decreased our sales. Our ia
vorable trade balance gradually di-
minished until the balance was writ
ten on the wrong side OF the ledger.
That situation caused consterna-
tion to American business men and
the economic results were declared
by President Wilson to be purely
psychological" The results were ex-
actly what anyone with ordinary
business acumen should have antici-
pated. The outbreak of the war
effected what was for all practical
purposes the highest trade barrier
In our. history. 1t was a more effec-
tive bar to imports and a greater
stimulus to exports than any tariff
could possibly be. The consequence
was that we enjoyed the greatest
trade prosperity in our history.
But don't overlook the fact that
before the war, and now. and after
the war, we shall be governed by
the laws of trade and if we buy
more than we sell, we must pay the
difference.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03
TREES AM. HIGHWAYS

CTATEf HIGHWAY COMMIS-
- sIoNER o'NEIL believes that
the next Arbor Day, which win
be Friday. October rs, ought to be a
real tree-planting day in Pennsylva-
MIA. He advocates the planting of
trees along the roadside, and as this
is in harmony with a suggestion
thrown out by Governor Brumbaugh
on his automobile tour of the State
last October. there ought not to be
much difficulty in having something
done in this direction.
Just a little encouragement will
start such a tree-planting campaign
as has never been known in the
State, but it must be done in some
organized way. and there is little
time to be lost. Commissioner OfNeil
might very properly indicate the
character of. the planting and the
State, Highway forces could be placed
in charge of all such trees.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03
WASTING TIME

If time be of all things the most
precious. wasting time must be, as
Poor Richard says, the greatest
prodigality; since, as he elsewhere
tells us, lost time is never found
again; and what we call time enough,
always proves little enough. Let us,
then, be up and doing, and doing to
the purpose; so by diligence shall we
do more with less perplexity. Sloth
makes all things difficult. but indus
try all easy; and he that riseth late
must trot all day. and shall scarce
overtake his business at night; while
Laziness travels so slowly. that Pow
erty soon overtakes him. Drive thy
business, let not that drive thee;
and early to bed and early to rise,
makes a man healthy. wealthy and
Franklin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03
THE SILVER SICKLE
[From the Milwaukee Journall

[From the Milwaukee Journal
And now the silver sickle of the
Autumn moon.
Autumn is like age; it steals up
on us before we know it. So silent
ly, so stealthily, it creeps on the
heels of summer that we are hardly
aware except from reference to the
calendar, that it has come. But
some afternoon we look about us
to find the sunshine has paled since
morning. The forests far and near
fame with crimson and gold. Be
meath our feet the purple leaves
rustic in mournful reminder of the
summer that has gone. The shocks
of corn stand in the brown fields
like Indian wigwams; the air fills
the nostrils with whiffs of burn
ing leaves; the horizon flashes with
darts of pickering flame; in the skies
the battle line of wild geese moves
swiftly to the long winter home. Au-
tumn is here before we know sum-
mer had gone.
Autumn is like age; it fills men
with memories. There were a
thousand things we had thought to
do in the warmth of the open air.
There were a thousand things that
went wrong when summer was here.
But memory gilds them all with
the gloss of forgetfulness, leaving
only the joys of the sunshine and
Gods out-of-doors to brighten the
months of fall and win
ter. Natures way this, of compen-
sating for the rigors of winter and
what time has taken away.
Autumn is like life; it promises
life. Nature has cast aside
it's beautiful decorations. 1t has
gathered it's harvest. 1t has wrap
ped itself in it's blanket, in protec-
ton of itself for another spring
time, a rebirth, a bigger planting
and a bigger harvest.
In the spring the silver sickle of
the crescent moon!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03
MEN OF THE CAMP

They're a first class set of fellows,
These Keystone men in camp;
And no need for folks to grumble,
If here and there's n scamp.
They are cultured, clean and manly.
AS a rule they pass at par
These Keystone men at Hancock
Who are training for the war.
We have met good fair sample.
Generals, Colonels. Majors too,
With a solid line of privates-
These Keystone men will do;
With Captains, Sergeants, Corporals,
And don't forget the Cooks,
While Lieutenants in their glory,
Are surely some for looksl
Georgia greets you, Pennsylvania!
For. your coming here is great.
You're a splendid set of fellows,
And a credit to your state.
Yes, we greet you Pennsylvania!
You'll be winners, sure as fate:
Here's a heart and hand in Dixie
Land.
With a Tiger" for your state.
"A greeting by DR.. J. e. Bushnell,
pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church, Augusta, Ca. (Reprinted
from Augusta Chronlcle.l
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE

r1 HERE are some economic prin-
ciples that are as eternal as the
= sun in it's course through the
sky. War may obscure some of those
principles, or emphasize them, but it
can't overthrow them. One of these
principles is that If you buy more
than you sell. you must pay the diff
ference or accumulate a debt. Re-
Gently this has been emphasized by
large shipments of gold to Japan.
The shipments were so large as to
alarm government authorities. The
cause for the increased exports of
gold may be ascertained by reading
ythe report of exports and imports
Just issued by the Department of
Commerce. Our exports to Asia re-
manned practically the same as last
year. while our imports from that
continent for the first seven months
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03
BRINTON CHAIRMAN

NALEB S. BRINTON has been
l chosen by the Republican Com
Smittee Of Cumberland county as
its chairman. succeeding Josiah w.
Kline, who resigned. Chairman Brin-
ton Is widely known throughout the
Cumberland Valley and will continue
the direction of Republican affairs
across the river to the satisfaction of
all who favor a strong party organi-
zation. He has the confidence of men
of all parties and his personal ac
qoaintance throughout the Cumber-
land district assures a cohesive and
effective organization. So
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03
SAFEGUARDING FINANCES

TT will be hardly be charged that
the Democratic Chairman of the
House Committee on Appropria-
tions at Washington is playing par
tisan politics when ne demands that
there should be central BODY in
Congress to keep tabs on appropria-
ticns. He points out the sIipshod
methods which have characterized
enormous appropriations and mani
festly fears that in the great rush for
money scandals may arise. His reso-
luton offered in the House the
other day provides that all appro-
priations shall go through a central
committee. He denounced his party
as extravagant and warns the Demo-
Gratis that if the appropriations were
not more carefully scanned there
%orlA be scandal.
Representative Fitzgerald wants
all appropriations to originate in and
be reported from a single committee,
>ad sil estimates for the support of
the various governmental establish
ments to be referred to that commit
tee. He calls attention to the fact
tDat since Congress convened in
April the Committee on Appropria-
tons has passed upon estimates ag-
gregatins more tharss10 0. 900, 90 0. 900.
Ha also suggests that it would be dis
astrous to the nations finances If. in
the coming session. control of all ap-
propriations be not concentrated in
ore committee. E
AS head of the Committee. on APP
preparations MIR. Fitzgerald has been
in close touch with the enorm ous
grants for war uses. But notwith-
standing his protest there are those
n administration circles at Washing.
IN who belieNa any provision
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Senator w. C. Sproul, who is
attending the State Firemen's Con-
vention at Butler, has been a mem
Der of a fire company at Chester
since he was boy.
w. L. Owens, the Pottsville
schoolteacher, who completed fifty
years of teaching on October L, has
had many prominent Schuylkin
men as his pupils.
-Ex- Representative William Ward
will be one of Chester's representa-
tives at the waterways convention.
Judge Joseph Burlington, OF
Pittsburgh, has been making seriesV
of addresses in the state and is on a
tour of the camps. He has been
speaking for the Y. M. c. A.
Dion Martinez, named as one
of the Philadelphia transit engineers.
formerly resided here and was in
the steel inspection business.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03
WEDNESDAY EVENING. OCT. 3
BOOKS FOR SOLDIERS

r EISURE without books is death
and burial of a man alive"
wrote Seneca, and over the en-
trance of a library of the ancient
Greeks was inscribed-"The Medi-
cine of the Soul"
Our boys in the training camps
will have many leisure hours and
they will be far from home. amidst
many temptations and sorely in need
of the soul tonic to be found in the
Soldiers Libraries for which one
million dollars is being raised.
One week more has been allotted In
which to complete the subscrip-
tions.
Have you given your mite?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03
END OF THE DELUGE

And God remembered Noah, and
every living thing, and all the cat
tie that was with him in the ARK:
and God made a wind to pass over
the earth. and the waters assuaged
And the ark rested upon the noun
tains of Ararat. Noah opened the
window of the ark, And he sent
forth a raven. Also he sent forth
a dove from him., But the dove
found no rest for the sole of her
foot. and she returned unto hims
And he stayed yet another seven
days; and again he sent forth
dove out of the ark; and the dove
came in to him in the evening; and
10, in her mouth was an olive lear
plucked off; so Noah knew that the
waters were abated from the earth.
Genesis vii, to IL.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03

for restricting or supervising these
expenditures is in the nature of a
reflection upon the administration. It
is high time that this atmosphere of
cant be dispeHed. Men are human
and likely to err and every safeguard
should be thrown around the outgo
of the funds of the people.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03
ASH COLLECTIONS

~HATEvER shall be done by
w City Council regarding a gar
bage and ash contract, care
should be exercised that no such ex-
perience as the city is now passing
through shall follow another private
contract. The people OF Harrisburg
are thoroughly disgusted with what
they have undergone in the last few
years and they have a right to de-
mand that there shall be no repeti-
ton. The health of the community
and its comfort depend largely upon
a proper solution of this problem.
Specifications and conditions of a
contract amount to little unless they
are strictly enforced, and the trouble
in this city has been that the contrac-
tor has not been held to either the
letter or the spirit of the agreement
with the city.
Admitting that the contractors
compensation was not sufficient, it is
still due the people that any new
contract shall be of such character
as to safeguard the interests of the
householders.
The garbage and ash nuisance has
reached the limit of patience so far
as our citizens and taxpayers are
concerned and City Council should
do nothing to aggravate an already
serious situation.
We believe the municipal authori-
ties want to do the right thing and
no final action ought to be taken until
there is positive assurance that what
shall be done will correct the present
unsatisfactory conditions. 1t isn't a
question of helping contractor; it is
altogether and solely a matter of re-
lief for the community at large.
The great trouble of the past few
years has been lack of adequate regu-
lation by the city. The work of su-
pervision has been entrusted to the
local health department, which is
under and in no position to
keep track of the oversights and de-
of the collectors. The
constant tendency of even the most
of contractors is to get
his money with the least possible ef-
fort compatible with what he re-
CARDS as proper service, but his idea
of service is apt to be biased and
considerably at variance with the
views of the parties of the second
part. What is needed is daily su-
pervision of ash and garbage collec-
tions, and this will necessitate the
creation of a separate bureau, which
should be under civil service rules,
but subject to the same councilmanic
authority as is the health depart
ment. The city should be districtcd
and every move of the contractors
should be constantly under the eye
of a city employe. Only in this way
will the work be well done.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03
A TRANSPORTATION CENTER

= UST below Harrisburg. along the
81 main line of the Pennsylvania
railroad, is the aviation and mo-
tor vehicle depot of the United States
Army. From it will be distributed
motor driven machines for the Army
the country over.
Above all else the government de-
sired for this station a central point:
a place from which quick action and
sure transportation would be guar
anteed to all parts of the country
1t had the whole United States to
choose from, and it selected Harris
burg.
There is a reason, and it lies in our
fortunate geographical location, COM
bined with our uneXcelled railroad
facilities.
. Private business seeking a dis
tributing point please take notice.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03

The German Crown Princess has
given birth to a girl. according to
is that. Berlin advice was to give
birth to. boys.--Chicago Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03

Kansas City (Mo.) Factory Com
missioners have ruled that women
working in the factories of-that city
can wear overalls If they choose.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03

Colonel House continues to be the
mysterious man of the Wilson admin
istration. An entirely private citizen,
with no official connection with the
Government, he is nevertheless called
upon in every crisis to do the things
which ordinarily would be referred to
important officials at Washington
Official or unofficial. however, If this
mysterious counsellor of the Presi-
dent will give such advice as will aid
the President in steering a straight
course. he will have the good wishes
of men of all parties and shade of
political belief
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03

Butcher shops, meat merchants
and fish stories in Victoria, British
Columbia, are exempt from the pro-
visions of the weekly half-holiday
act.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03
LOST BALLS.

LOST BALLS.
We ought to
have that pond
on our links
nlled UP.
= Give 1t time.
The members
are filing 1t
with golf balls
at = rapid rate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg boilers fur
nish heat for Iowa school
houses?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03

But for the ract that German Sc
cret diplomacy Is neither secret nor
diplomatic it would appear to be
Transcript
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03

Wichita Falls (Kan.) Broommak-
ers' Union has signed up scale with
the employers which provides for an
increase of II per cent.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03

The soldiers as a rule are of an
accomplishing disposition, but the
$4,000 worth of footballs recently
sent them by Harvard students win
give them something to kick about
Nashville Southern Lum herman.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03

No experienced woman can now be
employed in any mercantile estab-
lishment in California at a salary less
than $40 per week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03

Bootmaking and brush manufac-
turing In Italy have been developed
extensively since the war began.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03
EDITORIAL. COMMENT.

We still believe the Russians will
win in the long run.-Toledo Blade.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Harrisburg rifiemen used to prac-
tice on the bluffs which mark the
beginning of Allison Hill
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03
LABOR NOTES

Metal polishers at Toronto, Can
ada, demand 60 cents an hour.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03

A French cabinet nowadays looks
more like a. whatnot.-Boston Tran
script.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03

Ell. STAcKPoLE.P Prsst s. Editor-in- Chief
r. r. OYSTER, Business Manager.
GUS NJ. STEINMETz. MGndgimg Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03

The trades unions of Hamilton.
Canada, want the government to ap-
point labor representatives to the ex-
emption tribunals.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.,
telegraph Building, Federal square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03

Regina (Canada) carpenters have
secured a minimum wage of $S0.25
q week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-03

Among visitors to Harrisburg
yesterday was the Rev. Dr. Luther
DeYoe, the man who built up Mes
siah Lutheran Church and one of
the best loved of the clergymen who
have ministered here. DIR. DeYoe is
now pastor of one of the largest
churches in Germantown.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-08
ARMOR PIERCING SHELLS.
They Proved Their Superiority Over
the Gasl,r1anr Explosives.

The late Louis Gathmann, the inven-
to-. who died OF the nge of seventy
four years labored Ions and hard and
with real and enthusiasm to bring
about the development Of the high ex-
plosive shell which bore his name.
1t was Mr.. Gathmann's belief that it
was not necessary to carry the high
explosive shell through armor plate
and into the interior Of a ship. but that
If sufficient quantity were detonatcd
against the outside Of a ship it would
be equally If not more destructive.
He secured from congress an appro-
priation for nm eighteen inch gun capa-
bic of throwing shell containing 800
pounds OF guncottOn. Our army and
navy officers held that the only eifec-
tive shell would be one of the armor
piercing type provided with n delayed
action fuse, which would burst the
shel! back of the arnor.
Both types were tested at Sandy
Hook about score of years ago. The
arinor piercing shell penetrated an
eleven inch plate and tore the backing
to pieces. The Gethmann shell burst
against the face of the plate, but failed
to 10 more than dent It in the earlier
rounds, finally cracking it in two In
the last round. The superiority of the
armor piercing shell was thus estab-
lished.-Los Angeles Times.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-08
She Was Fired.

In Hudson Maxim's Dynamite Sto
ries' is the following sad narrative:
1--WE once had servant girl whom
we nicknamed Jeopardy because she
could not be prevented from pouring
kerosene directly from the can upon u
lighted fire. One day Jeopardy left us
very suddenly, and she never came
back. We were sorry she left, as Jeop-
ardy was a good girl 1t developed
that she had Glanced to find a fifty
pound case of dynamite sticks In the
wOodshed, which she had been using
to start the fire In the kitchen stove.
dynamite will work all right
for such purpose, but 1t Is nOtional
stuff and cannot be depended upon
merely to burn. 1t was during one of
those intervals that Jeopardy went"