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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
Our First War Scandal
GChicago Tribune. ]

For cold -blooded profiteering 1t
would be hard to beat the present
manipulation of coal prices. 1t Is
the first big scandal of the war.
A 800 per cent. increase in prices
is unwarranted and dishonest. There
is no shortage of coal; in fact, some
of the mines are not being operated,
the purpose being, it is said, to cut
down the supply. Neither is there
the slightest warrant for anything
like such a price advance on account
of war conditions.
The mine owners first added 65
cents to last years price to take
care of increased operating expenses;
recently they gave it still bigger
boost by adding $1.20 more. In the
opinion of impartial observers this
Is nothing more nor less than an
effort to gouge the public. 1t is an
unscrupulous attempt to get rich
quick through war profits.
Meanwhile the government needs
thousands of tons of coal to make
rife barrels. Some harsh things
have been said and some harsh things
out to be done. The indictment Is
very simple: In a time of national
crises the coal men. for their own
profit, are holding up not only the
public but the. government itself.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
The Shields of God

We have constant need of the
shields of God.
And here is one of them-a
healthy sense of the hideousness of
sin. That is one of the greatest
shields of the soul. Cardinal New
man wrote, in one of his devotional
letters, 'It is a great security against
sin to be shocked at it." The body
finds a protective in its repulsion
from putrid and nauseous food. Our
moral rec6fls are splendid securi-
ties. The patriarch Job laid his hand
on one of his defenses when he said:
Cannot my palate discern perverse
things" So long as the palate re-
tains this power of discrimination,
and loathes the unclean, it's very
lcathing is part of the armam ent
which will safeguardoit along the
foulest road. Our moral repulsion Is
one of the shields of God.
And here is another healthy
sense of the beauty of holiness. This
sense is a correlative OF the former.
They may even be regarded as the
two sides of the same shield. 1t is
our likes which determine our dis
likes. Our attractions always sug-
gest our repulsions. 1t is mighty de-
tense for the soul to have a passion
ME love of the lovely, to go along
the road eager for every sign of the
Kings presence, and to love his ap-
nearing. There is very significant
line in. the portrayal of the charac-
ter of Barnabas, which tells us that
"when he saw the grace of God he
was glad" When our emotions kim
die at the sight of the things of
grace we have a piece of splendid
armor. It is one of the shields of
God.-The Rev. ]. II. Jowett. in the
Christian Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
TIGHTEN PURSEsTRINGs

TIME slicing away of revenue from
the bill which the Senate has
had in hand need occasion no
alarm. Senator Weeks. the best finan-
cier in public life, has said that the
administrations estimates for war
expenses are far too high and that
there is no immediate need for rails
ing some of the gigantic sums which
McAdoo and others are demanding.
The appropriations of Democratic
Congresses have been notoriously
lavish, even in peace periods. With
the excuse of war and its exigencies
nothing is more natural than that
the ardor for spending money which
they do not have to provide should
seize upon the Southerners who now
control legislation in the House and
should lead them into unbridled esti,
mates and expenditure.
Even with all the prudence which
Republican Senators can instil into
their Democratic colleagues, the ex.
penses of the war will be enormous
and there will be plenty of time
before this Congress comes to an end
to make further appropriation
which may be studied and analyzed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
A Scientific Showdown
tCleveland Plain Dealer.1

A clearing house of scientific prod
ucts of the war has been established.
The French and British scientific
mission has laid before our own
scientists all the devices and devel-
opments that the Allies have brought
into use in the great struggle. The
devices and models and drawings,
we are told, filled forty great pack
ing cases and constituted what an
American man of science called IA
complete showdown"
In the collection were devices il
Illustrating developments in the use
of field wireless apparatus, in the i'm
provement of field telephones, in gas
masks, in submarine destroyers, in
war planes. in scores of minor de-
vices calculated to advance the APP
plication of science to war.
The American war devices so far
perfected were shown the foreign
scientists in return, but they were
comparatively few in number.
One of the most valuable devices
credited to American scientists is
one which locates the exact position
of the enemy's heavy guns. 1t was
perfected by a prominent earthquake
observer, who developed a special
recording instrument that would
catch the tremors caused by the ex-
plosive shock of distant guns and by
q nice computation show the dis
tance and direction of the artillery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
THE AMERICAN ENGINEER

TIME sending of Americans to
i Russia to reorganize and re-
construct the railroad system
of that country is a repetition of his
tory-for it was an American.
George Whistler, who, seventy-five
years ago, went over to Muscovy to
build the railroad which the then
Car had projected between ST. Pet
ersburg, as it then was, and Moscow.
That road, like others, was laid out
to take in the main cities along the
route and the tradition is that the
Car, on looking over the map, laid
his ruler down upon it and drew a
straight line between the two ter
mini. Build it there" he said.
Since then American engineering
and constructive genius has been
seen in many another foreign piece
of work. Other nations have develop
ed their talent in war preparation;
we have developed ours in the arts of
peace.
1t is curious reversal of things
that we are now able to make so
large a contribution to our allies in
furnishing them engineering and
construction forces to rebuild and
develop their transportation and
manufacturing elements, which are
showing themselves to be the larger
half of modern warfare.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11

tina is an unknown factor, and how
ever our allies may economize they
Will have to rely very largely on
North America
Uncertainties regarding the food
supply. it is pointed out by the ex-
ecutive committee of the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States,
should be reduced to their lowest
extreme. The same report points
out that for us to close our markets
to our allies as a means of protect
ing our own food supply would be
unfair and unfriendly and unthink-
able. But should they be permitted
to buy without control. the result
would be imitation of races, scarcity
of food and social disorganization.
So it is that national control of
the distribution of food is absolutely
necessary.
Here in Harrisburg the Chamber
OF Commerce, the Committee on
Public Safety and other organizations
are doing their part in preparing the
public mind for reasonable accept
ance of necessary war regulations
with respect to food and the han
ding Of food products. Every form
of speculation will be crushed wher-
ever it is possible to do so. Food
spectators will get short shift.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
THE EFFECT OF THE WAR
UPON RELIGION

To those who contend that the
war has brought a new lease of life
to religion, and to those who be-
lieve that the old forms of worship
must go after the war, Papers
From Picardy," to be published
shortly by Houghton Mifflin Com
pany will be of intense interest. The
book is written by two army chap
lains, T. w. Pym and Geoffrey Cor
don, and deals with the practical
religious effects of the war upon
the men of the fighting forces. APP
parently the effects of the expert
ence have been of distinctly reli-
gious nature, and these two chap
lains, who have been serving at the
front for months past believe that
religion has come to take on a new
significance and has bEcome a
source of deep spiritual comfort to
many men in the trenches, to whom,
In the ordinary course of their lives,
1t meant little or nothing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
Stimulation of Industry
Washington Post. ]

Something more than $500, ,0OO,-
900 is to be raised by direct taxation
of the people. This Is more than has
ever been raised by the government
in any one year in the past from all
sources OF revenue. Two billion dol
lars In addition is to be raised from
the people through subscriptions to
the Liberty Loan. Billions more will
he needed for the development of
the great industrial, producing and
manufacturing concerns, for extern
sions of plants, extension of the rail-
roads and new activities to meet war
needs. Where is this enormous cap
ital to be obtained?
Meanwhile. department heads are
trying to pare down every bill for
war supplies. They are urging the
big manufacturers and producers of
raw material to supply the govern
ment without asking for the profits
which would be obtained in ordinary
business contracts. So far there has
been no policy OF stimulation pro-
posed or put into effect by the gov
ernment. Congress. the heads of de-
partments and the committees of the
Council of National Defense are
working at cross purposes. There
is no set policy with respect to in
creasing the Industrial energy of the
country.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Bishop McCort off1ciated at the
dedication of church at Doyles-
town yesterday, the eighth ceremony
of the kind he has conducted this
year.
Mayor Armstrong, of Pittsburgh,
heads marches of recruits when they
go to the stations to leave for con-
centration points.
Mayor Newell, of New Castle,
will not arrest people who work in
war gardens" on Sundays.
james A. Gardner, the Lawrence
county official who has studied third
class city affairs, says that in a short
time there will be thirty-three cities
of that class.
Prof. Leroy Weller, has resign
ed from the presidency of Beaver
College after eleven years service.
Joseph Wayne, Jr., who recon-
mends that banks subscribe for ten
per cent. of assets in war bonds, is
president of the Girard National In
Philadelphia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
DUINO, KEYTO TRIESTE

came into their possession from the
bishop of Pola in 1899 and was held
by them until the fourteenth CEN
tury.
A mile and a half from Duino is
San Giovanni, where the River
Timavo or Timavus gushes from the
ground in such volume that vessels
can sail to its very source. This is
supposed to be the River Reka
which disappears among the grot-
toes of SAINT sFanzian many miles
away. The source of the Timavo is
place of pilgrimage for tourists
on account of the many classical al
lusions to it, Virgil in his Aeneid
says that it rushes out of the noun
tain from nine noisy mouths, but
six of those streams have now dis
appeared and the remaining three
come from the hills in q very or
derly fashion. unite and make their
way TRANQUILITY to the Adriatic a mile
and a half away.
Until quite recently Duino was a
possession of Prince Hohenlohe, but
at the time of it's occupation by the
Italians it's villagers owed allegiance
to Prince Alexander of Thurn and
Taxis.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
Genesis of Hard Times

Among the toilers of the earth no
one is more directly dependent upon
the providence of God than the
farmer. All his plowing and plant
ing, sowing and tilling is lost labor.
II heaven does not send him fruit
tuI seasons. He mustypatiently wait
for the early rain and the latter
rain. God must temper the wind for
his growing and ripening crops. This
is such plain fact that we imagine
no husbandman could fail to recog-
nize 1t. In rural districts, therefore,
piety should be the rule. Where ev-
cry task breaches trust in the Lord,
we imagine religion should be in n
most f1ourishing condition But there
Is forgetfulness of God also among
country people. Sometimes a farmer
will think more readily of enlarg-
ing his barns and building q fine
country home and acquiring the
most modern implements of agricuI-
ture than of repairing the old diiapi-
dated church in which he worships.
Then the Lord begins to teach the
forgetful farmer a lesson. The les
son comes in the form of a twofold.
disappointment: the crops do not
turn out according to expectations
Instead of twenty bushels the acre
yields but ten. Also in the preserva-
ton of his garnered crops the farm
er may experience difficulties. There
is unlocked for waste the grain does
not keep, the potatoes go to waste
Not only the individual farmer, how
ever, whose heart has not been right
with God, but the entire nation, also
the dwellers in the cities. who are
always dependent upon the products
of the field, should learn a lesson
here. When the kingdom of God and
his Righteousness ceases to he n mat
ter of serious concern to men, God
sends them droughts and famines
to rouse them out of their worldli-
ness. When men forget God and his
church, they are preparing for hard
times.-The Christian Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
DO WE REALLY KNOW THE
FRENCH?

There has been much talk of
France having been reborn through
the agony of this war;" says Alex
ander Powell in Brothers in Arms" "
(to be published on June 18th by
Houghton Mifflin Company }
Therein we are wrong. 1t is mere
ly that we Americans have known
the French only superficially. We
have believed them lacking in seri-
BUSINESS and perseverance. What
have we known of the sober, simple
hearted, industrious, frugal, plain
living, deeply religious people who
are the real France? France has
not been reborn. 1t is an affront to
her to say it. She has not cast
aside the glittering garment which
she wore for the qualification OF
strangers in order to free her sword
arm"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
.UINO, which the Indians are re-
! norted to have taken recently in

NUINO, which the Indians are re-
ported to have taken recently in
their renewed drive toward
Austria's great Adriatic seaport of
Trieste. is described in the following
war geography bulletin issued by the
National Geographic Society.
Many American travellers are fa-
miliar with the environu of the lit
tie hamlet of Duino with it's 500 in
habitants,. its quaint old chateau and
its ruined castle by the sea. 1t nes-
ties on the eastern shore of the Bay
of Panzano, northern arm of the
Gulf of Trieste, and is 12 miles in
an airline from the important Adri-
attic seaport.
Travelling by rail from Trieste. in
a northwesterly direction on the line
which runs to Venice. the tourist de-
trains at Dunno -Sistiana, the station
which serves both the village of
Duino and that of Sistiana. 1t is a
walk of less than a mile to Duino.
Back in the middle ages Duino
was the seat of the Counts of that
name who occupied the castle now
in ruins and who held sway over con-
siderable territory in this vicinity,
including the town of Fiume. which
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
EDITORIAL COMMENT
By BRIGGS

The Russian soldiers on the east
ern front are beginning to suspect
the olive-branch the Germans are
holding out is observation-disclosures
City Star.
Herbert c. Hoover may be interna-
tional food-dictator And probably
his mother only expected him to be-
come President-Philadel North
American.
When Germany first announced
that she was waging a war of de-
tense she never thought she'd see the
day when the statement would be
one of fact.-Macon Telegraph.
In view of Turkeys reported wear
mess with the war it might be wise
for Chancellor Won Bethmann- Holl-
veg to switch wine-glasses with the
Vizier when he visits him in Con-
stantinople this summer.-Kansas
City Star.
The Chicago Tribune thinks the
kaiser's hurry call for an American
dentist was prompted by discovery
That his crown is loose, while the
Philadelphia Public Ledger sees in
it belated realization on the Kaisers s
part that he has bitten off more than
he can chew.-New York Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
HARRISBURG OvERsUBsCRIBEs

HARRIsBURG oversubscribed its
IL Liberty Loan allotment for two
reasons-because of the pa
triotism and thrift of its people and
because of the organization and CO.
operation of the citizens who COM
posed the campaign committees.
Again the Harrisburg Plan" of thor
oughly organizing the community
and engaging its men to give their
time and energies to the work OF
canvassing the city in thorough
manner has worked out most ad-
mirably. So good have been the re-
suits that the attention of the whole
nation has been drawn to the work
of the local campaigners and the
likelihood is that what we have in
augurated in the way of selling Lib
erty bonds in Harrisburg will be
copied elsewhere.
The success of the Liberty Loan
the country over is only slightly at.
tributable to Secretary McAdoo. The
Treasury Department, as a matter OF
ract' mad registered collapse in han
ding the bond issue. when the spon.
taneous and united efforts of the
banks, trust companies. insurance
companies, bond statesmen and Other
agencies took hold of the matter
advertised the loan. turned over the
strength of their organizations with.
out expense to the government and
marshaled the financial resources OF
the nation to meet the nations needs
The great. patriotic citizenship OF
the nation, regardless of party, came
to the rescue, as was its duty. and
is putting across" the big loan In
a manner that, Notwithstanding
gloomy predictions from Washington
doubtless will far oversubscribe the
amount desired.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
ANYTHING BUT TANINiANY


TIME indications from New York
! City are that Mayor Mitchell
will be renominated on the
Fusion ticket for the municipal cam
paign this fall. The Mayor used to
be Mr.. Wilson'S collector of customs
at New York and gave up that job
to run for mayor. The larger part of
his support came from the Repub-
licans of Greater New York, who
have always contributed the largest
share to the union which has defeat
ed Tammany and who are never per-
mitted TO name the man who shall
head the ticket which they must
elect. 1t is doubtless true that it is
better to have almost any kind of a
Democratic mayor of New York in
preference to a Tammany man-but
there is an element of justice which
must not be overlooked in consider
ing the situation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
How to Shorten the War

lhNoAaSetS CiNS PNoi
There is one way for the United
States to contribute toward the
speediest possible ending of the war.
That is TO make a supreme effort to
make itself felt in overwhelming
force at the earliest moment.
If we prove to the enemy that we
are going to nullify her submarine
campaign, that we are going TO keep
the ocean lanes open, and that we
are ready to throw into France mill
lions of we'll equipped troops--then,
and then only, will Germany begin
to appreciate the meaning of the
entrance of the United States into
the war. Preparations made effec-
lively and on a gigantic scale are our
best insurance against an undue
dragging out of tho struggle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
"HOW TO MAKE THE GARDEN
PAY"

Now that the hoe is as mighty
as the sword, many people who have
never before planted a garden have
gone back to nature as an evidence
of their patriotism. For these be-
ginners, How to Make the Garden
Pay" a Manual for the Intensive
Cultivation of Home Gardens will
prove invaluable, especially for the
suburbaniteAwho has only a small
plot of ground. The book is by Ed
ward Morrison and Charles Thomas
Brues, assistant professor of econo-
mic entomology at Harvard.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
Late Spring

Dip down upon the northern shore,
O sweet new-year, delaying long;
Thou doest expectant Nature
wrong,
Delaying long, delay no more.
Bring orchids, bring the foxgIove
spire,
The little speedwell's darling blue.
Deep tulips dashed with fiery dew.
Laburnums, dropping-wells of fire.
o thou, new-year, delaying long,
Delayest the sorrow in my blood.
That longs to burst a frozen bud.
And flood a fresher throat with song.
-Pennyson in In Memoriam."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
Conserving FOOD sUPPLY

CONSERVATION of food is now
~ occupying the attention of the
people of this country more
than ever before. owing to the legis-
lation which is now pending before
Congress which has to do with proper
regulation of foodstuffs.
Our allies on the other side of the
Atlantic will require millions of
bushels of food grains. owing to the
difficulties in transportation. which
will result in the curtailment of i'm
ports from India and Australia. The
usual supplies from Russia and the
balkans are entirely cut off. Argen-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
Seems That Way

Not Dragging. or anything, bu.
you'll notice that soon after those
American jackies sat in the game
there was a decided Improvement in
he U-boat situation.-Macon Tele-
graph. ~ ~, .
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11
Prominent Ghouls

While the nation arms for defense
machine politics. like a skulking
camp-follower and robber of the
slain, continues it's search for NUM-
cipal loot.-Chicago Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11

Those Springfield kidnapers missed
a great opportunity by failing to en-
list with the Kaiser for service in
France and Belgium
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11

Vancouver (B. c. Boilermakers'
Union has established the 44-hour
week in shipyards.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11

Colonel Roosevelt addressed rail-
road engineers" says a newspaper
headline. All very proper. The Colo
mel always has been pretty good en-
gineer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11

Louisville (Ky.) hodcarriers have
been successful in enforcing their
new rate of 45 cents an hour.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11

Competition of American linoleum
factories is every year decreasing
Scotland's export to this country.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11

Organized laundry workers en-
ployed in French laundries at Frisco
have secured a nine-hour day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11

1t takes Harrisburg to put over
big job in a big way.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11

The German feet is expected to
come out soon, according to reports
from Europe. And we are perfectly
indifferent as to whether its next
move after that shall be up or down.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11

Women are fast replacing men in
the various positions with the Penn
sylvania Railroad.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11

Only war veterans are to be ap-
pointed to the Brantford (Can.) Po.
lice Department.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11

Wichita (Kan.) Bricklayers' Union
has raised wages from rs to s7h
cents an hour.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11

Women who clean engines are a
new arrival in the engineering world
in Britain.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11

Women farmers and laborers in
the United States number a million
and a half.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11

Seattle (Wash.) organized team
owners have raised wages of their
drivers twenty-five cents a day.