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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24
a MILLION, PERHAPS MORE

n MILLION men for the army is
n the decision Washington ap-
pears to have reached. A mil
lion, yes, perhaps many more. In ad-
dition to the Regular Army the Ma
tional Guard and the volunteers. men
to be used as the first line of defense,
there must necessarily be a large and
efficient home guard" made up of
men beyond the ordinary enlistment
age, to relieve younger men of the
duty of guarding munition plants,
railroads, bridges, tunnels. armories,
supply depots, wharves, hospital, pub
lie buildings, etc.
The Germans have not been able to
get q single man across the English
channel, much less make a landing
on Canadian soil, so it is reasonable
to suppose that in the course events
in Europe appear to be taking there
will be small danger of actual inva-
sion of America. To what extent our
troops will be needed elsewhere it is
difficult to say, although it is certain
that not a few of them will be as
signed to the region of the Rio
Grande.
The greater peril to America lies
within. The snakes in the grass
which the Imperial Government has
turned loose upon America have
shown that they will strike hard and
without warning, regardless of life
or property, if the opportunity is pre-
sented. Pennsylvania, it is suspected,
is alive with these representatives of
Berlin. DR.. r. F. Bacon, director of
Mellon Institute, at Pittsburgh, and
chairman of the national industrial
preparedness committee, in 4 report
Issued to-day says Pennsylvania alone
is capable of supplying the entire
needs of the nation in time of war.
1t would appear then vitality necessary
to the national welfare to guard most
carefully the vast industries of the
Commonwealth, and to this duty q
home guard" could be assigned. One
of the first steps to be taken should
be to insure the safety of these vast
industrial resources. \ million men
may suffice for the Army, but a vastly
larger number will be required to pro-
test our mills and factories, our rail-
roads and shipping.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24

TINE death of Ambassador Guth-
rie at Toxic leaves an impor-
tant diplomatic post to be fill
ed at a time when the delicacy of our
foreign relations demand the best
service that can be rendered. The
Presidents selection for this post will
demonstrate whether he is really dis
posed to act himself in the spirit of
his second inaugural address wherein
he adjured his fellow citizens to be-
ware of the faults of partisanship.
If he should designate some man
of diplomatic training-like Henry
White or David Jayne Hill, for exam
ple-the country would at once know
that our first line of defense is no
longer to be entrusted, at its most ex-
posed points, to tyros and politicians.
But if he takes one of the numerous
lame ducks" who now infest Wash
ington clamoring to be taken care of,
we shall know that the next four
years will be no different from the
last and that we shall continue to be
at the mercy of deserving Demo-
Gratis"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

George A. Baldwin, the Beaver
judge who cut down licenses, is Il
former legislator.
james n. Lightner. captain of the
Lancaster company of the National
Guard. will drill Franklin and Mar
shall students.
Robert e. Glendinning, the Phil
adelphia aviator, who stirred up the
city by dropping imitation bombs on
City Hall, is a wealthy banker.
Major Clenon N. Berntheizel, Dis
trict Attorney of Lancaster county,
who was here yesterday, is judge ad-
vocate of the National Guard.
Captain Archibald Mackrell,
chief of the detectives in Pittsburgh,
wants the officers in that city to take
care and grow thinner.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24
Parade of the Auto

My auto tits of thee,
Short cut to poverty,
OF thee 1 chant.
I blew a pile of dough
On you one year ago,
Now you refuse to go,
Or won't or can't.
Through town and countryside
You were my joy and pride,
A happy day
I loved thy gaudy hue,
Thy nice white tires so new,
Now you look bum Nfor true
In every way.
TO thee. old rattle box
Came many bumps and knocks;
For thee 1 cry.
paid for thee a price,
'Twould buy a mansion twice,
Now they are yelling ice,
] wonder why.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24
Shakespeare's Prestige

(Toronto Mail and Expressly
In Stratford, during one of the
Shakespeare jubilees, an American
tourist approached an aged villager in
a smock, and said:
who is that chap Shakespeare,
anyway"
Here were a writer. SIR"
"Oh, but there are lots of writers.
Why do you make such an Internal
fuss over this one2 Where 1 turn ]
see Shakespeare hotels, Shakespeare
cakes, Shakespeare chocolates. Shake
speare shops. What the deuce did he
wrie-magazine stories, attacks on the
government, shady novels?"
mo, sir; oh, no. SIR" said the aged
villager. II understand he writ for the
Bible, SIR
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24
Sun Didn't Stand Still
philadelphia North American,

(PhiIadelphia North American. }
Joshuas command to the sun and
moon to stand still' only mean that
they should be "eclipsed," according
to DIR. Thomas Dick Wilson. professor
of Hebrew at Princeton Theological
Seminary. The word usually translat-
ed stand still' in the Bible is the Heb
rev damu said Doctor Wilson, which
really means eclipse When my
students come to me-" he said. with
doubts as to whether God actually up
set the laws of gravitation at the re-
quest of Joshua, l say: Don't worry.
Nothing Of the kind took place."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24
READ AND COMPARE

NE wish that every American
w voter could read the Congress
sional Record for those days
when the so-called "filibuster' was
being carried on in the Senate. We
wish that every voter could read and
ponder upon the speeches made then
by Republican senators such as
Poindexter. of Washington. and Weeks
and Lodge. of Massachusetts. to men
ton two extremes both in geography
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24
BUYING MORE FROM FRANCE

n n HANUFACTURES of silk were
Nl imported into this country
during the calendar year 1916
to the value of over $4,000
600, gain of nearly so per cent.
over the year before, the great
est gains being recorded from France
and Japan. OF woven silk fabrics, $4.-
$4,000 worth came from France, and
SS,S15 5000 from Japan in 1914, and
S5.657,000 from France, and $6,4S5,-
600 from Japan in 1916. French en-
broideries increased from $2,672, 900
in value in 1914 to ss.6s9,OOO in
1915; Japanese silk wearing apparel
from $SS6,O0O in 1914 to s7s3.OOO in
1915. War cannot offset tariff-for
revenue-only, it appears.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24

TNHE total value of breadstuffs
imported into this country dur
ing the calendar year 1916 was
s26, ,3S5, 600, Notwithstanding the fact
that 1S,000,0O0 non-producers on the
European firing lines had to be sup
piled from food-producing countries.
In 1912, a full year under the pro-
tective tariff law, we imported $19,-
27I0O0 worth, and in 1913, three
months of Democratic disaster, our
imports totaled S25, 100000, the last
three months of 1913 the total being
S1S.S90,6OO compared with SS,SS2. 900
during the last three months of 1912.
If any farmer believes that free
trade does not affect his business let
him paste those figures in his hat for
his brain to absorb. And there has
never been time since the passage
of the Democratic tariff law free-list-
ing most of those breadstuffs when
the bakery man sold his oven-prod-
ucts at less than the 1912 price, so
the consumer got no benefit and the
loss in revenue had to be taken out of
the pockets of the American public.
The Democratic tariff did give US
bread line before the war broke out,
but the American workingman who,
prior to the passage of that law, had
three squares day of American wit
tles' did not relish the idea of living
by bread alone.
When the great war is over, the
tide of breadstuffs imports will again
turn in this direction, if the present
policy is persisted in, and they will
not come down on us as gently as
mama from heaven either.
The Socialist party has split on the
question Of defending the nation. Those
who don't want to defend it might be
put to digging trenches for those who
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24
Certainly. something should be don

Certainly, something should be done
to commemorate the vast and lasting
impress DR.. Houck made upon the
public school system of Pennsylvania.
He was influential in the movements
for compulsory education, free text
books. longer terms in rural schools,
living salaries for teachers and many
improvements of lesser Importance.
His memory should not be permitted
to fade with the generation that knew
him best.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24
Labor Notes

San Diego (Cal.) Pressmen's Union
has raised wages $1.50 for the first six
months of the year and an additional
90 cents a week will be paid during
the remaining six months.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24
SATURDAY EVENING. MARCH "a

The scientific spirit means the hd-
6itHaI determination to see straight, to
report erdctIy and to oive an dbSo-
luteIy honest reaction upon the Situd-
tion in tohich one finds himself.-H. c.
KING.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24

John Harris gave the Jail and
court house lot to the county as the
first gift to the new town of Harris
burg,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24
DO YOU KNOW
UISTORIC HARRISBURG

That Harrisburg coal wagons
are in use all over Pennsylvania?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24

Steps have been taken to insure that
almost every available foot of tillable
land in England and Scotland next
year Will be under cultivation. To
accomplish this women must be put
in the fields to take the place of men
of military age who are giving serv-
ice to their country in France or else
Whnrn
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24
y TEST OF SINCERITY

Uneasy lies the head from which the
crown has been lately removed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24
BREADsTUFFs AND THE TARIFF

April will doubtless be observed as
All Fools Day for Germany.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24

The Valley Times-Star suggests
that a fund be started at once for
the erection of n monument to his
memory, and that each child now in
attendance at the public schools
throughout the State of Pennsyl-
vania be asked to contribute one
penny toward this worthy object
and let the honor be theirs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24
THE CITIZENS DUTY

Our culture, therefore, must not
omit the arming of the man. Let
him hear in season, that he is born
unto the state of war. and that
the commonwealth and his own
well-being require that he should
not go dancing in the weeds of
peace; but warned, self-coHected,
and neither defying the thunder,
let him take both reputation and
life in his hand. and with perfect
urbanity dare the gibbet and the
mob by the absolute truth of his
speech and the rectitude of his be-
havior.
So wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson in
his essay on "Heroism." The senti-
ment is peculiarly applicable to the
in which the American peo-
pie find themselves to-day. Read it
again.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24

The International Molders' Union
of North America recently concluded
an agreement with the Central Mold
ers' Association of Scotland by which
the two organizations will in the flu
ture interchange membership cards.
This agreement is similar to those al
ready in existence between the l. NJ.
L. and all other European molders'
unions.
Private employment agencies in
Ohio will be subject to strict regula-
ton at the hands of the State Indus
trial Commission If the House follows
the lead of the Senate in passing a bill
which aims to put an end to the i'm
portation of strikebreakers and to pre-
vent fee-splitting between employers
and agencies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24

The Socialist party has split on the
question of defending the nation. Those
who don't want to defend it might be
put to digging trenches for those who
do
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24
HENRY HOUCK

TIME Valley Times-Star, of New
vile, suggests a monument for
the late Secretary Henry Houck,
for thirty-eight years deputy superin-
tendent of public instruction. Says
that newspaper editorially:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24

L. j. J.STACKPoLE. Prest and Editor-in- Chief
F. r. OYSTER, Business MdnGger.
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ. MGnagiHg Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-24

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.,
Telegraph Building. Federal Square.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-02-17

it averaged close to $3.50 each-is de-
posted in bank to their credit. In
case an employee leaves the company
he can draw his bonus, and death. of
course. automatically gives it to his
heirs. But the employee is permitted
to draw his bonus for three reasons,
First, if he desires to invest it in a
home, and then our real estate expert
makes an investigation of the pro-
posed investment to see that the en-
ploye is not getting 'stung': second,
he may withdraw his savings-for
that is what the bonus really amounts
to-if he wishes to buy life insurance,
and third, he may get it in case of ex-
IRENE distress. as continued illness or
death. Accident and health insurance
the company provides"
Since the plan was adopted the
business has increased amazingly.
The employees are all interested in it,
do their full share, avoid waste of
time and material, and willingly work
hard so as not to increase the num-
Der that will share the profits.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-02-17

ington with bands of Indians. The
first to arrive was Rev. Anselm Weber,
o. F. M, the well-known missionary
to the Navajos, who came with dele
cation of nine Navajos-all pagans.
They were in the city trying to have
their reservation extended, in order
to obtain protection and relief from
the intrusion of white cattlemen.
While in the city, one of the Indians,
named "Hatali" contracted pneumonia
and died in Providence Hospital. Be-
fore his death he was baptized Cath
Ollie, and he was buried in Mt Olivet
Cemetery.
Rev. Bonaventure Oblasser, o. F. NJ,
at the special request of the Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs, came to Wash
ington with a delegation of Papagos,
who opposed the opening up of their
Reservation. Rev. Fridolin Schuster,
| o. F. NJ, the missionary to the Lo-
guna Pueblos, Of N. NJ, has been in
Washington with a delegation of Lo-
guna Indians, who came on business
Of Importance to their tribe. Rev. l..
Taelman, S. j., the Superior of the
Missionaries on the Grow Reservation,
Mont, at the request of the Commits
sioner OH Indian Affairs, is in Wash
ington with large delegation of
Crows, who are opposing the opening
up of their reservation.
These missionaries with their bands
of Indians, have attracted much atten-
ton throughout the city.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-02-17
ARCHBISHOP HEALY DYING,
Most Rev. John Healy, D. D., Arch
bishop of Tuam, Ireland, Not
Expected to Live.

Many prayers have been offered for
the recovery Of the learned Archbish-
op of Taum, Ireland, Most Rev. John
Healy, d. d., author of "Ireland's An
cient Schools and Scholars and other
important works. His Grace, who has
been seriously i'll for the past two
months, has recently become weaker,
and is at present in serious condi-
ton. The following telegram has been
received from Rome: 1.-The Pope ex-
presses concern and sympathy, and
sends the Archbishop the Apostolic
blessing"
Archbishop Taum was consecrated
Coadjutor Bishop of Clonfert, in Au-
gust, 1884, and succeeded to the do
cese in August, 1896, and February,
1903, was made Archbishop of Taum,
succeeding the Most Rev. John Mac
Evilly.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-02-17
THE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
PLAN.
As Adopted by Col. Callahan of Louis
vile for His Employees.

Washington. D. c.. Feb. 10.-P. H.
Callahan of Louisville, KY, was in
Washington the other day and told
of his firms plan of limited partner
ship with it's employees. This plan
was made up with the help of Rev.
Father Ryan. of the Catholic Univer-
sity. Mr.. Callahan, who is a Knight
of Columbus, says:
I'VE give our employees a bonus of
Is per cent of the gross profits of the
company. On this basis last year we
gave them bonus of IS per cent OF
their wages.
Until two years ago we gave the
bonus to the employees outright. We
have changed the plan now, so that
the bonus, whatever it is-and in the
case Of the factory employees last year
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-02-17
SINSlNAWA DOMINICAN SISTERS
TO MOVE TO CHICAGO.

The Dominican Sisters, whose moth
erhouse is at Sinsinawa, Wis, have
for ten years conducted a complete
college at Saint Clara College. Sinsin-
ava. This college is affiliated with
the Catholic University of America.
1t ranks also with the best private
colleges of the state of Wisconsin,.
college of such distinction natur-
ally grows. The need of new build
ings to accommodate college women
and the disadvantage of erecting ex-
pensive buildings on a site so remote
from railroad facilities as is their
beautiful property at Sinsinawa. deter
mined the Sisters to consider the mov-
ing of their entire college department
to site near some large city. This
determination having been made
known to Archbishop Mundelein, of
Chicago, who knew of the high stand
ing maintained by Saint Clara College,
cordially invited the college to Chi
cage, says the New World.
The Sisters consented gladly. They
have since purchased a tract of nearly
twenty acres in the northwest sub
urbs of the city, and they are now
planning the erection of three build
ings of future college group of sew
eral buildings.
Archbishop Mundelein will be the
Honorary Chancellor of the college.
Priests who are specialists in certain
lines of college work will give lecture
courses carrying definite credit Be-
sides the usual college courses in let
ters and arts with at least the eight
departments each presided over by
Sister who has her degree of master
or doctor. there will be a school of
and social service. of mu.
sic, a school of painting and school
of domestic science. In addition to
the advantages of American univer-
sity study. several of these Sisters
have studied in Europe, music, paint.
ing. the Greek and Latin classics and
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-02-17
WAGE PROBLEM SOLVED BY REV.
DR.. JOHN RYAN OF THE
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY,

p. N. Callahan, of Louisville, KY,
with the assistance of Rev. Dr. John
A. Ryan, of the Catholic University,
has evolved a plan of partnership with
his employees, which is regarded by
many Of the leading sociologists as a
solution of the wage problem. 1t has
worked so we'll with Mr.. Galatians
company that the company has shown
the greatest increase in profits since
its organization Is years ago, and it
is said the employees all have bank
accounts.
Mr.. Callahan. who was in WASH
ington last week, attending the United
States Chamber of Commerce meet
ings, explained the system as follows:
1T is not profit sharing, but limited
partnership. Until 1913 we gave all
our employees every year bonus of
approximately ten per cent of the
gross profits of the company, and
until two years ago we gave it to
them outright. We have changed the
plan now. so that the bonus, whatever
it is land in the case of the factory
employees last year it averaged close
to $3.50 each) is deposited in bank to
their credit. In case an employee
leaves the company he can draw his
bonus. and death, of course, automati.
cally gives it to his heirs. This bonus
may be drawn for three reasons-if
he desires to invest in home; if he
wishes to buy life insurance, and in
cases of extreme distress. We do not
consider our plan benevolent one
by any means, but purely a business
method that insures greater efficiency
and profits. Every employee is just as
much interested in the affairs of the
company as am.
Father Ryan, in my opinion. is the
best informed man in the world on
the wage problem, and it was due to
his efforts that we evolved plan that
has worked so WE'LL"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-02-17
OF CONGRESS Ap-
VOCATES FREEDOM OF
IRELAND.

Washington, ID. c., Feb. 1. 1911
Congressman James A. Gallivan of
Massachusetts has introduced in Con-
gress the following resolutions:
Whereas the president of this Re-
public. in a recent address before the
senate of the United States, pro-
claimed in no uncertain terms the
right of small nationalities to govern
themselves; and
Whereas it is one of the funda-
mental principles of this nation that
all governments should derive their
just powers from the consent of the
governed; and
Whereas, Ireland, the cradle land
very materially in the establishment
and upbuilding of this country, has
for centuries heroically struggled for
justice and for freedom; and
Whereas. we learn with regret that
the people Of Ireland are now living
under a cruel system of martial law
and are actually suffering for the nee
essaries of life because of such harsh
treatment at the hands of self-styled
champion of small nationalities, be it
therefore
Resolved. That it is the sense of
the American Congress that no peace
can last. or ought to last. which does
not recognize and accept the princi-
pie that governments derive at. their
just powers from the consent of the
governed; that in whatever peace me-
gotiations which may follow the pres
ent war in Europe the rights of the
people of Ireland should be fully rec
ognized, to the end that a brave,
worthy, liberty-loving and God-fearing
people, who have long suffered from
oppression and tyranny, shall have re-
stored to them the fullest measure of
national liberty and independence"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-02-17
IRELAND'S RIGHTS
Are RECON IzED

Hon. James A. Gallivan of Massa-
chusetts, on January Both, introduced
the following resolution into the
House of Representatives, which was
referred to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs:
Whereas, the president of this Re-
public, in recent address before the
Senate Of the United States, pro.
claimed in no uncertain terms the
right of small nationalities to govern
themselves, and,
Whereas, it is one of the funda-
mental principles Of this nation that
all governments should derive their
just powers from the consent of the
governed; and
Whereas, Ireland, the cradle land
of millions of people who have helped
very materially in the establishment
and upbuilding of this country, has
for centuries heroically struggled for
justice and for freedom, and
7" hOA Ouo, VIC AOhAu Will AC6IOt IudL
the people of Ireland are now living
under cruel system of martial law
and are actually suffering from the
necessities of life because of such
harsh treatment at the hands of a
self-styled champion of small nation
alities. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of
the American Congress that no peace
can last, or ought to last, which does
not recognize and accept the principle
that governments derive all their Just
powers from the consent of the gov
erned; that in whatever peace nego-
tiations which may follow the present
war in Europe, the rights of the peo-
pie of Ireland should be fully recog-
nized, to the end that a brave, worthy,
liberty-loving and God-fearing people,
who have long suffered from oppres-
sion and tyranny; shall have restored
to them the fullest measure of ma
tional liberty and independence"