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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-21

Cor. Georgette Crepe
- blouse in flesh and
white. This style has larger
collar and REFERS are edged
with tilet and frill Of Crepe
to match.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-21
Shore Walters Threaten Strike

ATLANTIC CIT( March 21.-Plans have
oeen outlined here by William F. Cozart
FORMER president of the Head Walters Ma
tional Association, for movement of
disanected faction of the colored hotel wait
ers to take advantage Of the Easter season
rush to force bonifaces to agree to an ad-
vance In wages. Cozart called meeting
Tor Thursday night to discuss action.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-21
TumuRy Dined by Friends

NEWARK, N. j., March 21.-Friends Of
Joseph p. Tumulty. Secretary to President
wilson. gave him a testimonial dinner here
81 Republicans. Speeches were made by
senator's James. of Kentucky; Hughes. Of
&ew Jersey. and Representative. Hef1in. Qf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-21
NEGRO SHOOTS PHYSICIAN
Slayer Alleges He Found Maine Doctor
in His Home

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, March 2l-pr
v, j.. Murch, Of Bangor. Me-. was shot and
Killed here. The police are holding
George Thompson. n negro. who is alleged
to have declared he fred on Murch when he
found him in his home
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29
SHOULD BE TACTFUL


According to complaints that
reach New York papers information
comes in private letters from some
of our men in France that there is
an unpleasant disposition manifested
by class of American soldiers, not
excluding officers, to boast that they
have come to save France" the I'M
plication, even the direct intimation,
being that the Allies would be de-
feated without us. 1t is form of the
old Dragging assertion that America
can lick" the world.
1t is not at all likely that this
boastfulness is general, however, or
that where 1t is INDUCED in 1t is any
thing more than the careless talk
of boys who do not mean what they
say seriously and are unconscious
OF the offense that may be given in
case their Jokes" are not under
stood.
The majority of our fighting men
are modest enough, 1t is safe to say.
They know they have much to learn
from the French and British armies
and are ready and willing to learn.
They hope to gain the friendship and
respect of these associates, and 1t
should be the aim to suppress any
individuals of the boastful order,
whose idle talk may make a dis
agreeable impression that will in
terfere with this friendship.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29

leisure hours in the service of the
country.
Large numbers OF books undoubt-
eoly will be given to the council, but
unfortunately 1t has been found that
many of the books thus donated by
~ell-meaning persons have been un-
suitable, have represented the inter-
ests of propagandists, have been
works on important subjects so old
as TO have lost their value, or have
been of a character which would fail
to appeal to the men whom the War
Department and the Library War
Council hope to serve.
Besides the desirabilty of provid-
ing cur valiant youth with appealing
literature for their own entertain
ment, there are tremendous reasons
why these young men should have
placed in their hands books which
will tend to make them more patri-
otic, abler and better citizens upon
their return to civil life. This can
he accomplished only through the
raising of $1,0O0,00O, which, consid-
erirg the needs and the purpose, is
n most modest sum for the nation to
raIse.
AM sure that there are thousan is
of citizens who will respond to the
appeal of the War Council once they
understand the full details as to
what it plans for our young men.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29
THREE OF A KIND
[From the Milwaukee Journal. !

IFrom the Milwaukee Journal
Arthur Shattuck, the brilliant Wis
consin pianist, has given his entire
income, 100000 annually, for the
maintenance of European musicians
pauperized by the war. His private
yacht he has offered to the American
government. His splendid apart
ments In Paris, which he has main
tained for years, he has turned over
to Belgian refugees. He is now liv-
ing on what he earns from his work
as a musician.
Wright Patterson, a sailor, whose
parents live in Chicago, was in Syd-
ney, Australia, 10000 miles away,
when he heard of Americas entrance
into the war. He started back i'm
mediately, and has enlisted at the
Great Lakes training station, to do
his bit in the great fight for democ-
racy.
o. b. Perry. general manager of
the Yukon Gold Company, Canada,
has just quit a $b0,0O0-a-year job to
volunteer in Uncle Sans cause. He
is now serving as. major in the
United States Army at a salary OF
| $4,000.
Three of kind, these men are. II
is the spirit which rules the breasts
of such patriots as these that will
win the war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

r. K. Shryock. former Altoona|
resident, now of California, has pre-
sented the Blair County Historical
Society with portfolio of Pennsyl1
vania newspapers dating from IVA
DIR. S. S. Leopold, of the UNI
versity of Pennsylvania, who has
been studying infantile paralysis,
says that the germ is still battling
The Rev. w. n. Schwartz, the
new president of the Moravian His
torical Society, is one of the promi-
nent clergymen of that denomina-
ton in this state.
Highway Commissioners O'Neil
was the chief speaker at the Somer-
set fair yesterday.
DIR. r. t. Hayes. superintendent
of Pittsburgh parochial schools, Is
urging children to join the Red
Cross.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29
EAT POTATOES

TAT potatoes!" That's the latest
advice from the food conserva-
tionists, and gladly we wigwag
back the answer, You bet your life
we will" There's a reason. Pota-
toes are plentiful and, as compared
with last spring, prices are low.
Therefore. save wheat by eating po-
tatoes. It's not such hard sentence
the court imposes, now is it?
Somebody has said that the saddest
sight in the world is a fat man eating
a potato. but we know of many fat
men who cheerfully. yea with great
and unconcealed glee, thus daily con-
tribute their share of sorry spec
tacles to the world. For what is din
Ier without potato. and what is
life. especially to fat man. without
dinner
We don't know what Europe did
before the early explorers brought
in the first potatoes from South
America. but it's perfectly evident
that lack of potatoes y Germany IS
one OF the factors in the coming de-
feat OF Prussian auto.tAcy. Thus,
for lack of potato The Kaiser Will
falL So is the importance OF the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
How Wrecks Occur
he Editor of the Telegraph:

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
I draw your attention to a condi-
ton that one of these nights is going
to cause q serious accident. 1 was
bowling along through the rain
THURSDAY night on the road between
this city and Reading. Suddenly we
approached grade crossing.
slowed up and when 1 got within
80 feet Of the tracks 1 was able to
make cnt a slowly moving freight
train. ] stopped quickly and was
not in danger. After the train
passed, the watchman came from his
little office and signaled me to cross
over. Suppose 1 had been a stran-
ser to the locality or had not had
my car under immediate control,
what then? Ought not the watch
man have been out to warn me, or,
that being impossible. ought not
some light signal be swung when
trains are passing crossings? II this
is not done. fatalities are bound to
occur.
AUTOMOBILIST.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29
GIVING. NOT. GETTING

I'VE arc to Judge men hencefor-
ward" Secretary Lane said in an ad-
dress yesterday, mot by what they
have, but by what they give"
Apply that principle in Kansas
city. The men who are Making
this city are the fellows who are do
ing things for the town, not taking
things from 1t; those who devote
themselves to giving, not to getting.
Service is the big word.
The selfish man who is absorbed
in squeezing out dollars for himself
Is no asset to the community. It's
the man who considers service first
of all-how he can serve his Gus
toners, how he can serve his city,
his state, his nation-that counts.
The city where every man is
simply looking out for Number
is in a bad way. Natural location
may make il prosper, but it will
prosper in spite OF itself. 1t is i'm
possible to keep taking out without
putting back in. :
A mans citizenship depends, as
Secretary Lane says, on what he
give, not on what he has.-Ex-
change,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29
UP TO THE PRESIDENT

n REPRESENTATIVE Dixon, of
n, Indiana, one of the Democratic
members of the Committee on
Ways and Means, is quoted as saying
that the Democrats of the House arc
not indisposed" to establish the
Joint Committee on War Expendi-
lures which Senator Weeks and Con-
gresham Madden have been bat
tling for. The disposition of Congress,
however, on both sides of the politi-
cal fence and at either end of the
Capitol, is of little consequence SO
long as President Wilson opposes
the creation of the committee and
can use his veto power.
The increasing demands for money
which are being made upon Congress
and the deplorable conditions which
are developing thus early in con-
nection with the high cost of the
war-to say nothing of the disclos-
ures of defective ammunition which
has been supplied to the troops IN
France-make such a committee a
necessity.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29
AGAINST THE WORLD
[Chicago News ]

Infatuated apologists for Germany
may well ask themselves why so
many governments, including gov
ernments of the Western Hemisphere
that heretofore have consistently
held aloof from European quarrels,
are gradually ranging themselves on
the side of the enemies of that pow
erful empire. The reason is, of
course, that Germany persstently
manifests a ruthless disregard for
the rights of mankind and of neutral
nations, thus making neutrality i'm
possible to self-respecting peoples
except in certain special cases of
peoples united to the Germans by
close commercial ties and overshad-
owed by the remorseless German
sword.
Cuba, in declaring war against
Germany, may have been influenced
largely by the example of the Unit
ed States. But the other countries
of the Western Hemisphere have
their own reasons for disliking and
fearing Germany. Some of them
have no particular fondness for the
United States. Costa Rica, which
severed diplomatic relations with
Germany last week. acted because
of the discovery that German resi-
dents of that country were conspiring
against the government. The Argen-
tine Republics reasons for consid-
ering hostile action against Germany
have been, made plain.
Germany and its autocratic allies
stand at bay, facing a world defen-
sively armed against them and de-
termined to break their arrogant
spirit, because they have exalted
force and greed over justice and hu-
manity.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29
TESTING OUR MODESTY

Americans have been too busy
doing it to realize just what they
really have accomplished since they
determined to go. to war, but from
some foreign observers we are learn
ing a little. Giving these friends OF
ours. who have looked over the
ground with critical eyes, credit with
sincerity, and we have again aston
ished the world. Such swift celebrity
OF preparation as we have shown
was not expected; our national ten
dency to muddle and moil over de-
tails has been discounted by our
friends, consequently the business
like methods adopted and results
achieved have astounded them. In
five months we have gotten an army
Of million and half of men into
preparation, organized and under
going intensive training; have made
provisions on a scale so elaborate
that eveE Europe accustomed to war
on gigantic scale, says we have
done wonders, and have brought
public and private enterprise into
close and effective cooperation for
the further prosecution of enter
prise of war. All this has impressed
our friends from abroad, even If II
does not seem so very much to us,
now that we finally have started
However, they will find our national
modesty equal to the test, Just as
our valour and devotion has been
proved.-Omaha Bee.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29
HALLOWEEN FRANKS

TFR1FTY people long have de-
plored the custom of throwing
-four and corn about on Hal
loWe'en, and the use of cabbage
heads as battering rams for front
doors on that occasion of pranks and
horseplay, but this year prohibition
of such waste should be made man
datory At a time when half the
world is hungry our plentiful crops
and abundance of garden supplies
should be no excuse for the use of
provisions in any way except for
foCu
Thousands of bushels of corn,
Countless pounds of -four and hun
dredS of heads of cabbage will be
ruined by Halloween celebrators un-
less measures are taken to prevent.
The matter should be made the sub
ject of police regulation. 1t is seri-
ons enough to warrant the attention
of City Council and the adoption of
an ordinance giving the chief of po-
lice full authority to arrest and pun
ish violators,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29
BOOKS FOR SOLDIERS
New York Sun. ]


The great drive for $1,000, 900
with which to provide Libraries for
our soldiers in the field, both abroad
end at home, is well launched. 1t
deserves complete success and the
support of those who, while forced
to stay at home, recognize their OBJ
legations to contribute to the COM
fort of the soldiers at the front
Much of the soldiers time is idle
time. Lack of occupation is his sor-
est trial, for it is in the hours of
idleness that homesickness and wor-
ry attacl him most cruelty. A book
that WI engross his mind and take
it far from the problems or the sor-
rows of the moment is the surest
antidote.
People are already giving books
by the tens of thousands through
the Y. NJ. c. A. and other established
helpful organizations. This is a use
full service and must not be neglect
cd. But the movement to establish
regular Libraries of new books for the
soldiers is an official action, author
lied by the Government, and prose-
cuted by the American Library War
Council. 1t will not only supply
books from a carefully prepared
catalog, but will establish library
quarters and supply librarians. The
long professional experience of those
in charge gives assurance that the
nature CT the books will be suited 10
the men who are to read them.
Those books which Charles Lamb
described as books which are no
books" and books which no gentle
mans library should be without"
will be rigidly excluded.
In time when the demands upon
patriots money seem to be illimit-
able this is one of the causes which
deserve generous support. We call
attention to Judge O'Brien's letter
III another column.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29
LABOR NOTES
By Briggs

Mobile (Ala.) machinists have Sc
cured an eight-hour day.
international Brotherhood of
Bookbinders has 1850 members.
Australia has declared the 1. w.
w. an illegal organization.
Textile workers at Chattanooga,
Tenn, have the union shop.
Women have not proved a success
as section hands.
Los Angles (Cal.) garment work
ers have secured increased pay.
Messenger boys in Kansas City
Mo-, get $40 a month.
Leather workers at Dallas, Tex,
ask 81 day.
Women bookbinders in Philadel-
phia have rased wages 20 per cent.
Membership of the Brotherhood of
Boilermakers is almost 10000.
Peasant women are harvesting the
crops in Italy.
Women are employed as coachmen
In London, England.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29

Foreign-language newspapers will
be forbidden to refer to the Govern
ment Of the United States or any OF
its Allies, international relations or
the war unless they file with the local
postmaster a sworn translation, and
at the head of each article in ques-
tion print a statement to this effect.
Why not eliminate foreign-language
newspapers and be done with it. Many
OF the pecifsts and anti-American
groups in the United States to-day
have been encouraged by the foreign
language press through mistaken
leniency on the part of our Govern
ment. After this war there must be
no hyphenated Americans.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29
Books For the Soldier Bows
BY Judge Morgan j. o'Brien, of \

T HE national slogan, "A Million
Dollars for a Million Books for
Million Men," appears by
some to have been misunderstood.
We seek in the nation S1,000,000 to
provide for the young men who have
joined our National Army and who
are distributed among the thirty-two
cantonments provided by the Gov
ernme'lt and to provide for the. SOL
diers overseas and the sailors of the
Navy suitable, abundant and proper
reading matter.
We do not propose to spend ST.
100000 fer 100000 books in the
literal sense. Arrangements have
been made for the purchase of large
quantities of books of the sort ap-
proved by the council, for much less
than 81, contrary to some misappre-
hension among the general public.
The $l,000,000 Is needed not only
to purchase the books but to provide
temporary library buildings at each
cantonment and elsewhere for them,
and to provide capable persons 70
care for the books and to act as Ii
brarians fer the young men of our
Army and Navy, who will be so
sore-y in need of both relaxation
aud mental stimulus during their
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29

potato in the scheme of world affairs
demonstrated.
But above being a necessity, the
potato is a luxury. We didn't dis
cover that until last spring, when
the banks began taking EN- as col
lateral and John d. Rockefeller was
caught one day on Wall street trying
to trade a bunch of Standard Oil
certificates for a quarter-peck of the
tubers. But we know it now. For
we have found that roast beef and
gravy count for little without mashed
potatoes, that chicken and waffles are
sadly lacking when there are no po-
tatoes on the side and that even the
tuiciest of tender broiled steak has
lost its flavor when not accompanied
by dish of French fried. Why, we
even stand for the word German on
the menu when it precedes the words
fried potatoes"
We used to groan and grumble as
we toted the baskets and bags of
potatoes down cellar to be. slowed
away in the bin for winter use. and
the potato bin was the most despised
place in the whole catalog of winter
stores. But now we whistle as we
toll and when visitors come of an
evening the first thing we do is to
boast about how many potatoes we
have land away, and then we take
EN- down among the dust and cob
webs to show 'em the goods and
prove we are not "spoofing."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29
BULLY FOR THE COLONEL

TOLONEL ROOSEVELT is talk
l ing straight from the shoulder
when he calls LaFollette a "neo-
copperhead" and advances the idea
of sending him as a present to the
Kaiser. LaFollette is as disloyal as
the Haywoods and their ilk, how
ever much he protest otherwise But
LaFollette is a copperhead with a
rattle. He makes a noise. We know
where he is. There are thousands of
silent, slippery copperheads whose
presence we know not of until they
strike. 1t is these we must scotch II
the nation is to escape their venom
Gus fangs.
Every community should have its
Vigilance Committee. The American
Defense Society. of New York, is
urging the formation of local bodies
of this kind. The Vigilance Commit
tee will play the part of snake-hunt.
ers during the present war. The cop.
perheads must be searched out
America, with hundreds of thou
sands of her brave young men ir
arms, is no place for traitors, oil
even lukewarm patriots.
Bully for the Colonel! He i.
preaching from a popular text and G
doctrine vital to American victory.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29
TOO SYMPATHETIC

This story is told by man who
has an old negro working round his
place on Long Island. On the day
after the United States declared war
Uncle Ben came bright and early to
do his chores.
We'll, Mistah john" he said. "I
hope youse gwine ter be kind to pore
ole Germany now"
why, Uncle Ben, what are you
talking about? Don't yon know we're
at war with Germany"
II knows II: 1 knows it." the old
fellow persisted, shaking his head
But suttinly dat country'll need a
frien nowr--Saturday Evening
Post.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29
In Good Hands
the Editor of the TeIegroth i:

TIC the Editor of the Telegraph:
Have you noticed how energet-
ically the work on the long delayed
post office building is moving? That
is because the Government has put
n reliable local contractor-August
Wildman-on the job, and Harris
burg workmen are employed. If this
course had been followed from the
first, there would have been no de-
lay and the post Office would have
been completed. Wildman has a
reputation for getting things done on
time.
MAIL MAN.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29
MILITARY TRAINING

UNIVERSAL military training is
now pretty generally accepted
as a policy which will become
fixed in our system of government.
There seems to be little doubt that
our entrance into the war might
have been unnecessary had the
United States been prepared for
such an emergency through uni
versal military training of its young
men.
1t is not too late to consider the
subject with relation to our local
institutions. Through the Harris
burg Reserves the citizens of this
community are demonstrating their
faith in proper preparedness. These
are patriotic citizens, giving of their
time and effort to the organization
of force which is designed for the
home defense. No argument is
needed to prove how important is
this public service. Nor should any
argument be necessary to demon
strate the need of universal mill
tary training, to the end that the
country may always be prepared for
invasion or defense against any foe.
After the war thousands of our
young men will be thoroughly
trained and will constitute of them
selves a great national bulwark, but
the country ought not to drop back
into the old atmosphere of com
placency and Indifference as to pre-
paredness for any eventuality.
At the recent great conference OF
business men at Atlantic City a res
olution was adopted unanimously
favoring military training. Writing
on this subject the other day an
expert declared that we need a lit
tie foresight, a keener appreciation
of the necessity for providing for
future contingencies. He said fur.
ther:
Since the boys may at any time
be called upon to depend our
country and our flag, we owe it
to them to provide them with a
careful pertaining so that they
tional function both efficiently
and as safely as possible. We
must not be asleep at the switch.
Tho responsibility is up to the
] American citizen and the voters
of this country to demand the
! passage of the Chamberlain bill or
some similar measure by Congress
at it's next session. 1t has already
been postponed too long. It's time
now for action.
Let us not delude ourselves witt
the thought that we may never hav,
another war and that therefore mil
itary training would be waste Of
time and effort and money. The bes
preparation for peace is preparation
for war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29

City Commissioners Lynch and
Gross will doubtless make every eff
fort to complete the outdoor work be-
fore the severe weather of the winter
compels a stoppage of outside opera
tions. There is considerable yet to be
done on the streets and in the parks,
and Commissioner Gross has prom
ised to complete the riprapping of the
river slope. While we are in war and
our thought and energy are being di-
rected in that channel. we must also
understand that the city should have
constant attention. Our boys are COM
ing back some day and the old home
town must not go to seed during
their absence.