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The Washington herald., 1917-06-08

try in California, ard other agricui-
ture, lumber has again attained su-
premacy among the Industries Of that
State.
Those expert forecasters who vers
persuaded that the early reports of a
this year would not be justified by
the event, now have the satisfaction
Of knowing their forecasts were better
than those of the government and
that the chances are that we shall
have 5,ooo.oo0 bushels of wheat for
export, ipstead Of none at all.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08

II there is such q thing as double
exemption 1t will probably 60 to the
Connecticut man who stated he had
I wife and family in Russia and an
,thsr wife and family here and was
supporting them both. Still he may
,ot be exempt from the enforcement
II other laws.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08

RumanIa is ready to accept the Rus
sian formula Of no annexations and
no indemnitfes." Her own soil being
In the grip of the invader and her own
cities being indemnined to meet Ger
man debts, Rumania is not altogether
to be blamed.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08

Billy Sunday says II hell was turn
ed upside down 1t would be stamped,
Made in Germany" Probably thai
is why patriotic saloonkeepers hest
tate to accept It when the evangelist
hands It to them so often. . CO.,.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08
Valuation Hearing Tomorrow.

The toImal public hearing to de-
termine the rates of return II he Al
lowed upon the fair value Of the prop
erty OF the Washington Gas flSht
Gompany and the Georeetown Gas
ta ns company was postponed yes
Iem s10s Of the District j Building.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08

Germany reports that the resistra-
ton was q failure. With more than
n,oos, 900 men listed and only four ar
rests thus far for evasion OF the law,
We fondly hope that the United States
makes the same sort Of q failure in
he world war. ...-,- -. .
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08

From the Newport correspondence
Of the Boston Post: Miss Moreland,
the prettiest girl here, wears no
gown twice" Can IL be that beauty
unadorned Is best adorned prevails
At this fashionable watering place?
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08

Just for curiosity, 1t would be in
t.resting 10 know how much some
Of these dependent mothers who were
convenient answers to question Il
receive from their sons pay envelope
every week.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08

While the country Is trying to make
the world safe for democracy, the
Fusionists in New York City are do
ing their best to defeat Democracy
In the next municipal election.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08

Lord NorthclI1e will be certain of
q warm reception in the United
States. For Britisher he makes a
noise more like an American than any
other man we know.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08

The way IN which the Russians are
getting into. trouble these days is only
equaled by the way in which they
clip out Of II. Witness the settlement
Of the Kronstadt imbroglio.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08

50 far as is known there were no
blank ballots on registration day or
no defective ones. Nor no applica-
tons for q recount.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08

Gen Gosthals seems to have q con-
genital antipathy to wood. either In
ships or IN skulls.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08

Instead Of getting the boys out Of
the trenches by Christmas, the War
Department hopes to have a million
there by that time.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08

THE MEASURE.
When day Is done,
At set Of sun.
'fis well to think ere comes the night
II you've abused
Or rightly used
Your daily need Of golden Hight.
Since early dawn
How much has gone
10 ease the shadows and despair
OF some poor soul
Whose stock Of dole
Has overburdened him with care7
How many tears,
How many fears,
Has your surplusage turned away?
The answer true
VIM give to you
The honest measure OF your day.
tCopyright, ls1I.)
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08

Has anybody heard OF George syI-
vsster Viereck lately?- We wonder II
he Is within the registration age1
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08

Only one week left to get your
name on the liberty bond roll of
honor.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08

Our idea of the essence Of incon-
sistency Is q pacinst meeting that
Invariably ends up in a fight.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08

To the old question what is 30 rare
a. q day in June, we might answer,
two days.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08
THE ToTYGRATT ALBUM
By FRANK WING.

By FRANK WING
Dor while mamma
Copyright Yu y n. Mscnw s.-.p.ps syuaiais,
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08
A LINE o. CHEER

Written especially fur The Washington HS.iId.I
b John KeadrIek BaagA-
The Washington herald., 1917-06-08

HOTEL KENTUCKY
NTTH FIREPRooF ADpITIoN.
ksstupky IW-, Near Beach. casaelty. 1as.
= Rooms with hot snd cold rlnninF vHtrr. 4
Stth pntate bath. Telephone and electric hrhfl
N every rnon- ElevataT from streel lrvIil
Amer1an Plan. Rate. including good meah
y 10 y Daily: tie 10 ti7.so NssEiy.
lHntic City.
n. 3. KEENGpY. Prupds,.r.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
ONCE MORE A CONVENTION CITY

AIO effort of the Harrisburg
IN Chamber of Commerce is more
praiseworthy than the promised
campaign to make the State Capitol
of Pennsylvania once more the con-
Vention city" of the State.
There are dozens of reasons why
Harrisburg should stand out pre-
eminently as a meeting place for or
ganizations throughout the Common
wealth. Easy of access upon the
great Pennsylvania, Northern Central,
Philadelphia and Reading and Cumber-
land Valley Railroads and their
branches, the city is approachable
within few hours of travel from
every corner of the Keystone State.
For such organizations as have State
business, the capitol is. certainly tie
logical place for holding conventions.
AS city of recreation it is unsur-
passed with it's beautiful parks, well
paved streets and scenic splendors of
river and mountain.
During the latter years one thing
has stood in the city's way as a gath
ering place, it's lack of hotel accom-
modations. But with the erection OF
the new million-dollar Penn-H Harris
this summer, that objection will have
been more than adequately met.
Only one other obstacle stands in
tie way of handling extraordinary
crowds-the lack of suitable con-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
VIOLATING THE Jaw

n NEWSPAPERS reported recently
IN that one of Henry Ford's
secretaries the one who
managed the peace-ship fiasco of a
year ago-has cabled the German
foreign office pleading for modifica-
ton OF the U-boat decree. From the
same source we learn that an inter
view from Mr.. Bryan, which is in sub
stance a communication to the Ger
man government, has been transmit
ted to Europe by wireless, Secretary
Daniels having relaxed the censorship
to permit the interview to be sent.
These acts, if they took place, are
contrary to the law. The penal code
of the federal government provides
that no citizen of the United States,
whether he be here or in another
country. shall, directly or indirectly,
commence or carry or communication,
oral or written, with a view to infiu-
encing action in connection with any
controversy in which the United States
may be engaged. Fine and imprison-
ment are provided as the penalties for
infraction of this law.
We do not look to see Mr.. Bryan or
Henry Ford's secretary hailed into
court for what they are reported to
have done. But we do look for all
such attempts by private individuals
TO act as mediators and plenipotenti-
aries to cease. 1t may be, even, that
Col. Houses usefulness will be cur
tailed by the operation of this law. If
so, we shall miss a pleasing element
of mystery out of current affairs, but
the law will be maintained.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Intolerance
ear MAX Robertson:

Dear Max Robertson:
l feel that 1 must thank you for your
excellent criticism upon Intolerance in
this evenings Telegraph. My enjoy
ment of the magnificent photography
and historic incident of the film was
marred this afternoon by the general
laissez-faire tone, to quote your own
apt phrase. The film seemed to me
destructive in tendency, with a keen
eye to that swelling of the box office
receipts which notoriety usually in
duces.
There was too much criticism of
philanthropic and charitable endeavor,
which, even if it is sometimes misdi-
rected or overdone, is at least con-
structive work and points the way TO
something better than the life of an
cient Babylon, which is so vividly por-
trayed on the screen. An occasional
sop thrown in the shape of a homily
or some Biblical quotation, injected
into the descriptive wording failed to
gloss over the fact that film like In
tolerance works no good to the Asso-
ciated Charities and similar organiza-
tions.
A Patron of the Movies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
WASHINGTON

GORGE WASHINGTON, without
~ the genius of Julius Caesar or Ma
poleon Bonaparte, has n far purer fnme,
as his ambition was of higher
and hoIier nature. Instead of seeking
to raise his own name or seize supreme
military and civil, to the establishment
of the independence and the perpetuity
of the liberties OF his own country.
In modern history no man has done
such Ercat things without the soil of
seIGshness or the strain of a grueIling
ambition. Caesar, Cromwell, Napoleon
attained n higher elevation, but the
love of dominion was the spur that
drove them on. John Hampden, William
RUSSELL AIEcrnon Sydney may have had
motives as pure. and an ambition rs
sustained, but they fell.
To George Washington alone in mod
ern times hHs 1t been given to accom-
pIish n wonderful revolution, and yet to
remain to all future times the theme of
"A peoples gratitude and an example
of VIrtuous and bcnefcent power
Lord John Russell, Life and Times Of
Charles James Fox,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22

NNE of the differences between
" government in the French re-
public and our own is that they
do things while we talk about them
Recently there was held in New
York a national daylight saving" con-
vention. The National Chamber of
Commerce took up the movement, the
newspapers approved it and the pub
lie joined enthusiastically in its sup
port. A bill was drawn and presented
to Congress-and right there the mat
ter stopped.
On Saturday in Paris, without furry
or worry the French Chamber of
Deputies adopted a bill permanently
advancing the legal time one hour
during the summer. The setting for
ward of the clocks is to begin the
first Sunday in April and this time
will be in force until the first Sunday
in October.
We are a great people - in some
ways; and efficiency is our watch
word-sometimes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22

leans in no uncertain tones, it is clear
that in this crisis the foreign-l Ian
guage press is living up to all its
promises. The general spirit of 10y
atty is as the Liberty puts it:
mo one witnessed the noble
efforts of President Wilson to cut
short the horrors Of war with
deeper gratitude and a sincerer
desire for their success than did
those Americans whose sorrow
over Europe's self-destruction
was enhanced by the bonds of
kinship.s Every American knows
that the United States is undivid-
ed in its desire for peace, and in
the worship of national unity
there is not and never was any
difference between American and
American. The Hungarians of
America know their duty, and as
part of the American nation
they stand by their country
In view of this attitude and the
sheer Americanism of such periodicals
as the American Leader, which is
guide, philosopher and friend to the
foreign-language press the country
over, the exceptions can be viewed
with indifference.-Phila Pub
lie Ledger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
Heroic Books

Life is not habitually seen from my
common platform so truly and un-
exaggeratedly as in the light of lit
erature. Books, not which afford us
covering enjoyment, but in which
each thought is of unusual daring;
such as an idle man cannot read and
a timid one would not be entertained
by, which even make us dangerous to
existing institutions-such | call good
books The heroic books.
even IL printed in the character of
our mother tongue, will always be in
a language dead TO degenerate times
and we must laboriously seek the
meaning of each word and line, con-
jecturing a larger sense than common
use permits out of what wisdom and
valor and generosity we have-Tho-
Feau.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
THE FOREIGN-LANGUAGE PRESS

TVEN before the present tense in
n ternational situation developed,
IL there were those who took q
somewhat hostile or skeptical view Of
the possible patriotic functions OF tie
foreign Language press in the matter
of Americanization. Without gettlng
at the facts, it was assumed offhand
that any continued use of a foreign
language was in itself check to IN
culcating American ideals, the critics
forgetting that for the adult lmml-
grants the language of their birth
place is the only medium by which
any ideas relating to America can be
communicated. 1t is not sufpflsins'
IL erefore, that Max Henrici, in a re-
cent number of the American Lead
er. makes out n strong case Tor the
use of the foreign-language newspa-
pers as factors in that social amalga-
nation for which all true Americans
are striving, and he calls attention TO
the fact that it was that apostle OF
common sense, as we'll as uncommon
science, BENJAMIN Franklin, who was
the first to recognize the value of us
ing q foreign tongue for the purpose
of Americanizing the newcomers,
Franklin's Philadelphia Zeitung,
Which came out in 1892, being the
first foreign Language newspaper pup
lished in America.
To-day more than $50 foreign
language newspapers are printed IN
the United States and Canada in thir-
ty different languages, reaching eight
million people and having a combined
capital of $27,0Q0,000. Those who
would ignore the influence of these pa
pers over their constituents, especially
in preaching simplified American
ism, are blind to the facts of the sit
uation, since for the most part every
one of the foreign periodicals printed
in tie United States sets out its OBJ
iect in a sort of confession of Amer
| lean faith, as follows
ITO help preserve the ideals
and sacred traditions of this. our
adopted country, the United
States of America, to revere its
laws and inspire others to re-
spect and obey them; to strive
INCREASINGLY to quicken the pub
| lies sense of civic duty; in all
ways to aid in making this coun-
try greater and better than we
] found it,"
This is certainly sound doctrine,
| and when the greatest Hungarian pa
per in the country, the Szabadsag, or
Liberty, printed in Cleveland, voices
the loyalty Of all Hungarian Amer
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Edward e. Loomis, the new presi-
dent of the Lehigh Valley, was great
personal friend of Mark Twain.
-Monsignor George Bornneman,
Reading rector, has just completed
fifty years in that office.
Roy Hatfield, well known here,
has been elected president of the
Montgomery county supervisors and
urges more attention to repairs.
IS. b. Fares, who has been in
charge of various educational pro-
iects at Wilkes Barre, has gone to
Philadelphia to assume direction of
Sunday school work.
Congressman L. e. Robbins, of
Greensburg, who presided at the
banquet of the Sons of the American
Revolution at Pittsburgh, favors the
State buying more historic sites.
IS. P. Ker, the Sharon steel man,
will build a new plant for the COM
pany which he is developing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
Editorial Suggestion

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
For the benefit of the contributor of
Trash" and of others of like mind, |
suggest that you devote a bit of your
editorial space to an article as 20 the
effects of the historic Embargo and
Non-Intercourse Acts.
Also, who fought for the German
king of England in tie ReYoluticn?
Weren't they mostly Irish and Ger
mans?
Very truly.
w. G. RICHARDSON.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
Urges An Embargo
Editor of the TeIserabs:

To The Editor of the Telegraph:
Dear Strive are shipping hun
dreds of millions of dollars worth of
foodstuffs to Europe, thus putting the
prices up on our own people and
starving the poor. and all because the
money interest. the rich manipulators
and spectators want it so.
Why not stop the exports of food
stuffs TO Europe, making our own peo-
pie happy and giving the poor people
a chance to live?
Yours very truly.
4, A, STARK.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
State That Has Everything

we'll at Sour Lake is producing oil of
a gravity of 81. Drillers and oil men
were sure no such oil was to be had in
this territory. This does not prove that
everything is possible in Texas-and
the home prophet will continue to be
without honor here.-Houston Post.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
DAIRY INSPECTION

TO-OPERATION between the city
. and the State in guarding the
city's milk supply is needed at all
times" says DR.. Raunick, city health
officer, wisely. and adds-is forthcom-
ing only in times of an epidemic. State
dairy inspection should be preventive
rather than corrective. The Livestock
Sanitary Board has neither the men
nor the authority for efficient service
in this direction. So long as the Leg
islature withholds the means of dairy
regulation so long must the people of
the cities suffer for the carelessness
of some of the people in the country.
L. fn
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22

In the light OF events of the past
two years we are more inclined than
ever to believe that Washington re-
mains our greatest President.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 81, 1917.

Affer yoar death yoH acre better haze
a bad <tii1bh, than III report srtiis you
fUed.-SHAKEsPFARE
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22

Mr.. Hoover asks us to save Belgium
from starvation. but who is going to
save us?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg machinery is
used In many big plants in Phila-
delphia?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
HTsTORIC HARRISBURG

Over 100 years ago the city fathers
planned to make the islands in the
river recreation places.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22

One of these days we are going to get
real reckless and order a dish Of pota-
toes for dinner.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22

merce Chamber is already planning
to make this negligible.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22

Representatives of the proposed
chamber of commerce at Springfield,
Ohio, have asked the Trade and Labor
Assembly to become officially identi-
fed with the new organization.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22

The International Ladies' Garment
Workers Union has launched a cam
paign in Toronto and Montreal to
standardize wages and conditions in
both cities.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
Geo1ae Na0k;~qto~
The Man
By BRIGGS

Quiet in taste, a lover of the soil,
Content to live out his allotted days
Under his own rooftree in fellowship
With kindred souls in homely, simple ways
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
The Soldier

His was the armor of fearlessness
Born of eternal faith in just God.
Through blood and misery and through battle smoke
His flag became the banner of his Lord.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
OUR DAILY LAUGH
THEY CAN'T
HELP 1T.

Tall Actress: I
like to act in a
play that brings
tears.
Short Actress:
Won't any play
you're in do that?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
Labor Notes

Brotherhood of Carpenters has in
the neighborhood of 800 trade move
ments planned for the coming spring,
averaging an increase in wages of five
cents per hour.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22

United Mine workers of America,
the largest organization attached to
the A. f. of L.. is now formulating
plans for q pension system.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22

Maintenance of way employees on the
Canadian railways have been making
splendid progress for the last three
months.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22

Seven hundred thousand inhabit-
ants of the invaded regions in the
north of France are engaged in forced
labor for the Germans.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
The Patriot

The call OF country was sacred trust,
Her need was ever deepest in his soul.
Home, family, even life itself were small
To sacrifice to win her needed goal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22

Brotherhood of Carpenters has in
the neighborhood of 300 trade move-
ments planned for the coming spring,
averaging an increase in wages of five
cents per hour
The International Ladies' Garment
Workers Union has launched q cam
paign in Toronto and Montreal to
standardize wages and conditions in
both cities
Representatives of the proposed
chamber of commerce at Springfield,
Ohio, have asked the Trade and Labor
Assembly to become officially identi-
fed with the new organization.
Seven hundred thousand inhabit-
ants of the invaded regions in the
north of France are engaged in forced
labor for the Germans.
Wives of Vienna tramway en-
ployes who have gone to the front
have appealed to the mayor to in
crease their pensions to prevent them
and their children from starving.
Most of the carpets made in India
are woven by boys, who are told by
men watching them how many knots
of each color to tie to the warp, a
single row at time.
The women's movement in Germany
has led to the training of a large num-
Der of women in public work.
Miss Helen L. Summer, assistant in
the United States Children's Bureau,
is indexing children's laws in all
States.
Springfield. Ohio, molders have es-
tablished their new wage scale at $3.50
and a nine-hour workday.
The proposed property and educa-
tional qualifications for Porto Rico
would disfranchise 100000 workers
out of the 205,000 voters.
United Mine workers of America,
the largest organization attached to
the A. f. of L.. is now formulating
plans for a pension system.
Maintenance of way employees on the
Canadian railways have been making
splendid progress for the last three
months.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22

THE HIGH COST
OF LIVING.
Gasoline keeps
going up.
1t does so. A
few gallons put in
trust for my in
fant SO ought to
net him a fortune
by the time he is
of age.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22

The proposed property and educa-
tional qualifications for Porto Rico
would disfranchise 100000 workers
out of the 205, 200 voters.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
TIE DIFFERENCE

Many man leads a fast life even in
Lent.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22
The President

Steady and sure, with firm hand at the helm
And irmer faith in what she yet would be,
He led the newborn Ship of State through paths
OF torturous winding to the open sea.
Anna Hamilton Wood,
For the Telegraph
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22

Springfield. Ohio, molders have es-
tablished their new wage scale at $3.50
and a nine-hour workday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22

Wives of Vienna tramway en-
ployes who have gone to the front,
have appealed to the mayor to in
crease their pensions to prevent them
and their children from starving.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-22

The women's movement in Germany
has led to the training of large num-
Der of women in public work.