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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14
RUSSIA NO HELP
[From the Scientific American

[F'rom the Scientific Americana
so long as we speak in general
terms, Russia as a source of sup
plies for Germany appears formid-
able indeed; but when we descend
to details, and particularize as to just
what supplies the Boche is to get
from Russia, and how he is to get
them, we discern a great light.
is 1t food that is to be supplied
by the new republic? We think not
The summer just past has not been a
season of hard labor in Russia; her
workers have been working in the
same way that her fighters have
been f1ghting-with fine phrases. All
men of all factions have been too
busy with talking to pay much at
tention to the sordid details of work
Even now the Bolsheviki cry for
bread, and whence is it to come?
Already the food situation in Mos
COW and Petrograd is reported as
desperate. Hungry already, Russia
will be hungrier before she is fed,
and the thought of Germany draw
ing sustenance from her is lu-
dicrous cne.
But, persists the calamity howler,
think of all the other resources of
Russia! Germany can come in and
help herself to coal and iron and
petroleum and platinum and copper
and all the other things of which
she has such need. Again we beg
to differ. Until coal and oil and
metals are able to take legs unto
themselves and walk from the Urals
anu the Caspian to the Rhine. Ger
many will do nothing of the sort. 1t
takes railroads to move all these
things-railroads with tracks and
rolling stock, and above all. loco
motives in good shape. The fact
that Russia is crying for 1900 en-
gines to save her from ruin is but
faint measure of her transportation
conditions. Materials of which there
has been most urgent need have
lain for two years at Archangel be-
cause they could not be moved.
Transportation conditions in
France are bad. In Germany they
are worse. In Russia they are in a
state of indescribable demoraliza-
tion. At the worst, then, the Rus
sian situation does not threaten us.
Nothing which can happen in Russia
can by any possibility afford Ger
manySa source of supply for any of
the things of which she stands in
such dire need.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14
FATE'S HAND AT HALIFAX

Not the least astonishing aspect of
the Halifax disaster is the seeming
ly trivial and avoidable cause of the
vast amount of ruin. The colliding
vessels were both in charge of ex-
perienced harbor pilots and were
moving under control in fair wealth
er. Signals were exchanged, "and
as the outgoing boat, the Mont
Blanc, did not seem to get the 9TH
er's signal, it was repeated" Then
came the fruitless effort to go astern,
the crash, the fire and the devastat-
ing explosion.
What went wrong? Did the hui
man faculty fail at this critical mo-
ment in men of long training in sea
life? Was the mistake in giving the
signal or in receiving it, in the man
on the bridge or on the part of the
man in the engine room? Was it
due to a defect in the signal appa-
ratus?
Whether the human or the me-
chanical element failed, the disaster
appears to have, been due to a con-
spiracy of circumstances such as
WESChS runway lIdlHS, SlIlhS OCedH
liners and wreaks havoc in spite of
all intelligent precaution. The psy-
Geological moment arrives and
something goes wrong which pre-
viously has always gone right.
Chance, as the French saying goes,
is the business agent of God. And
certainly that was the grimmest
conceivable work of chance which
made the ruin of a great city and
the loss of thousands of lives de-
pend on the narrow margin of a few
yards of seaway between two ships
and the momentary failure of hu-
man brain cell or an lnanlmate sig
nal wire to act.-N. Y. World.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14
Well Are You?

A RE you a civic mendicant, re-
~ ceiving the unequaled benefits
of American citizenship with
out giving anything but the taxes
forced from you? Are you a civic
wilmer, always complaining about
the way they" who govern you do
things, despite tEe fact that they"
is really you?
Are you civic coward, afraid of
losing worthless friends, or of 'in-
terfering with business" if you call
attention to inadequate service or
poor methods in public school ad-
ministration. or in the street clean
ing, or in some other portion of the
public service?
Are you civic sneak, trying to
avoid just taxation by evasion or
downright dishonesty, and thus put
ting upon your neighbor part of the
burden which is yours? Are you a
civic waster, considering that the
water supply, the food and fuel you
buy, the service of collecting garbage
and refuse, the city's parks, and in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14
Over tie Top
tM PexMa..

Marie Romanoff, one of the ex-
Cars daughters, is learning stenog-
raphy now and a Western Pennsyl-
vania newspaper comments: I'VE
bet the little girl will have more fun
sticking her gum under the office
chair than she would under the
throne"
The oldest minister of the Lu-
theran Church died recently at Mar
tinsburg, w. Va, the Rev. DIR. Will
liam Gerhardt, who was one hundred
years old in October. He was born
in Hesse- -Darmstadt and came to this
country at one year of age. He was
also the oldest living graduate of
Gettysburg College.
Tighter and shorter" is the order
for next springs styles in women's
raiment issued by the National
Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers
Association. Shorter and tighter
skirts and palmer garments of all
kinds are advised.
1--WE go to church. Do your" is
the sign posted generally over a GER
tain town of Pennsylvania and one
was stuck UP in the window of the
ders If this means the sheriff's fam
lily or the prisoners.
Five schools in Cambria county
have had to close because there are
no teachers.
Hobo Wins Heiress" is the head
line in a Reading paper which star
tied the society folk of that city. The
&c q aY.,.ia sof
line Cramer Steinmetz. one of the
wealthiest society girls of Reading,
to John w. Schweitzer, who describes
himself as Soldier of fortune" He
| is identified with an association
which publishes magazine for
tramps, that is "the rejuvenation of
the disinherited of the earth" The
brides friends in the d. A. r. were
greatly shocked.
The roster of enlistments in Penn
sylvania shows many volunteers of
a literary bent and occupation. These
have always done their bit. even
poets not having the reputation of
slackers. This recalls the reply of
the Artist Whistler who was found
deficient in chemistry and turned
down for the English Army. When
asked about it he said: "If silicon
were gas, 1 would be a soldier"
| The biggest war cake ever baked
was recently completed in the Wal
dorf kitchen in New York and is
now on the way to France as a
dessert for 2,400 soldiers and sailors
on Christmas Day 1t is a fruit cake,
four feet in diameter. weighing $50
pounds. Hope the Hun periscopes
don't get q Whit of this.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

President Pro TEN. Buckman
giving his services as chairman
one of tho draft legal advisd
boards.
Judge Barber, of the Carl
courts, has asked the saloonkeepI
to close on Christmas.
DIR. william T. Ellis, of Swar|
more, the traveller, is in England
ter tour of Russia. He thinks
Bolsheviki will win out in the e|
Robert Fl. Norgang, the new
phans' court clerk of Lehigh, is
Allentown schoolteacher.
Banking Commissioner LAID
says that he is awaiting the rea|
of the bank call this week with
terest because he thinks 1T will shI
some big savings.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14

lef. them to face alone the hope
less task of staying the British ad-
vance On the ancient city.
All through Russia there will go
up mighty rejoicing when the cap
ture of Jerusalem becomes known,
and, as some writer has pointed out.
IL the British continue their advance
the Turks may find it necessary to
fight their last decisive battle at
Armageddon, thus fulfilling in a
measure Biblical prophecy. The
capture of Jerusalem, followed by
such a victory for Christian arms as
described, would have a powerful
political and moral effect upon mil
lions of people in favor of the allies.
Jerusalem from earliest times has
hoen a center of religious and mill
tary activity. Early authors trace
the lame to a phrase meaning
vision CT peace" and while there
may be some doubt as to the authen-
t;city of this, certain it is that the
Arabs were wont to call 1t Bette
Makdis. which means 1.-The sane
tuaryS' There is a big gap in Its
Biblical history. but enough mas
been learned from various sources
concerning its earlier days to war
rant the assertion that from its very
foundation it was. a city highly re-
garded as a place of worship ana
forever the object of conquest oy
covetous rulers or peoples. from
the time when Ptolemy laid low
its walls to the present it has been
fought over, captured and recap
tured, and it's walls and buildings
have been so frequently thrown
down and mingled with the dust
that the modern city is built upon
the vast debris of dead and gone
generations and the exact lines OF
tho original town are in doubt. one
cannot but remark the difference oe-
tw cen the military methods of these
early conouerors and those of The
British who surrounded the city
and decided to make no direct at
tack upon it because of their fear
that scme of the ancient shrines
might be damaged. Germans might
also find food for reflection when
this and comparing
English military manners with their
own astrocious destruction of price
less relics in France and Belgium.
But the most important effect viii
he upon the minds OF those MIL
lions of devout souls to whom Jeru-
salem is a place of holy pilgrimage
and to which if man goes once in a
lifetime his profoundest desire has
been atta.ined. Turks, Armenians,
Greeks, Jews, Russians, native peas
ants and countless others yearly
wend their way to the city, each to
worship in his own way, and the
PRAYER Of millions of Christians in
the Near East has been that the
Holy City might be wrested forever
from the control of the Infidel. Con-
British arms have won a
great moral victory in the takiag of
the city and the allied cause has
gained nightly in prestige. Also,
the Turkish threat against the Suez
canal has been nullified.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14
BULLETS IN BLOOD,
[From the Literary Digestl

DTs B5II
Cases where shell fragments or
bullets have been carried through
the body by the circulation of blood
are occasionally reported from the
war hospitals. In one, described re-
Gently in the Lancet (London). a
bit of shell migrated from a vein in
the thigh to the heart, being unsus-
pected until the autopsy. This story,
according to a last issue, has been
capped by a German surgeon who
found a she'll fragment in the left
ventricle at an autopsy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14
LABOR NOTES

To equalize unemployment in the
winter months, members of Seattle
Wash.) Painters Union will work
five days week. Saturday will be
the offday.
An immediate effort will be made
to organize mattresses, stenogra-
piers, telephone workers, cracker and
confectionery workers and all other
industrial lines in Philadelphia.
An investigation of the conditions
surrounding woman workers in big
industrial plants engaged on war
contracts for the Government will be
made by the Pennsylvania State Com
mittee of Women in Industry.
The United States Shipping Board
has opened a shipbuilding school at
Newport News. Workmen from steel
shipyards in all sections of the coun-
try will attend.
Since last April. when this country
declared that a state of war exists
with Germany, the United States Gov
ernment has inaugurated a definite
policy of recognition of organized
labor.
A point on the credit side of muni-
tions factories is that in populous
districts of England they are helping
to solve the slum problem by elimi-
mating the slums, for as fast as fac
tories spring up and extend sfums
come down.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14
BUSINESS AND THE WAR

-HROUGH a species OF hysteria
in some quarters the impress
- sion has gotten abroad that
economy should be practiced to such
an extent as to practically eliminate
business. One of the business
authorities of the country says that
economy alone is not sufficient; tilat
each one must bend to his daily task
with renewed vigor, ability and with
determination to work more and
earn more. He says further:
A prosperous nation can win
the war far sooner than II reg
ular industry Jagged. The great
and small businesses must be
spurred to larger profit-making
by every legitimate employment
of skill, industry and ingenuity.
The country must be made pros
porous and kept prosperous, not
business as usual, but business
and profits more than usual. IL
possible - WHENEVER THIS
DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH
THE INDUSTRIES OPERATING
FOR THE WAR.
President Wilson is believed now
to be fully advised as to the business
situation and Congress is also hear
ing from the people so that it may
be expected that conservative ac-
ton will be taken with respect to
any matters affecting the business
interests of the nation.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo,
in his report to Congress. sounds a
more hopeful note in this paragraph:
1t Is my earnest conviction that
the general economy of the coun-
try should be permitted to re-
adjust itself to the new revenue
laws before consideration should
be given to the imposition of ad-
ditional tax burdens.
1t is his judgment that further
revenue legislation ought to be SER
iously considered only in the face of
situation making it impossible to
sell controvertible and partly tax
empt bonds upon a four per cent.
basis.
In short, it is dawning upon those
at Washington, as well as the people
generally, that business cannot be
hamstrung without seriously impair.
ing the revenues of the country and
the credit necessary to a forcefu
prosecution of the war. The people
of the United States are ready to
give to the utmost, but we must bC
reasonable in our attitude toward
business and industry, so that We
shall not ignorandy or otherwise
destroy the fountains. of the coun
try's prosperity.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14

A man on the car this morning told
us that this snow storm was nothing
as compared to the kind they have up
North. but that didn't make us a bit
jealous.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14

These are the days when the street
car man and the jitney driver wonder
why they didn't go to France months
ago and take an easy job in the front
line trenches.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14
OUR DAILY LAUGH
HER NEXT JOB.

HER NEXT JOB.
"Is your wife knitting for the SOL
diers."
Eyes. That is she intends to just
as soon as she finishes lovely pink
and yellow sweater and few other
little things she needs for herself"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14

We see no reason why the coal ad-
ministrator says present coal prices
are the maximum; everybody knew
that before he spoke.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14

We used to rejoice in heavy snow
because that permitted US to go
sleighing; now we complain because
we have to put the automobile up.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14

1.-THE Kaiser" says an exchange is
a modern Nero" which, we submit, is
pretty hard on Nero.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg is manufac
turing dozens of things that ar,
used for national defense and Il
doing its bit and more?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
This place was a depot for
airy during the War of 1925 l
campaigns
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14
FRIDAY, DECEMBER II, 1917

Drudgery is the gray angel Of
SUcceSS.-DR. GANNET.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING Co.
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14

E. ]. sTACKPoLE,P PrsTt s Editsr-i"- Chief
F. r. OYSTER. Business MGndger.
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ, M0ndging Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-14

Louis A. Watres, former LieuteI
ant Governor, who was here yestd
day will retire on st. Johns Day
grand master of the Masons of PEN
sylvania and while here met nuj
Der of friends who congratulated hl
upon his administration of affai
Mr.. Watres has been very actl
official and has a host of friends
this part of the state.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-17
Nelv Suits Filed

The following suits have recently
been filed In Court Clerk Mrs. Wat
kins' office: A. J. Burris VS.. j. B. by
afs, breach Of warranty; X. y. 'Hanley
and Gertrude Hanley VS.. A. f. Mecca
leb, B, b. Foster, ct al, breach Of con-
tract; Fannie Billy and Wilson Billey
vs. w. M Pursley, ]. II. Pursley and
J. G Fisher possession of lands; r.
G. Morris VS.. A. Anderson and Lottie
Estella Andrews, suit on notes; A. r.
Holland, J. E. Holland and j. H. VIII.
liams for Chickasha Camp No. GA, w.
O. W., VS.. Ashbel Haight and Hattie
Haight, foreclosure; John Wampler
VS.. Ira M Johnson ct al, Co. commits
sioners of Grady county, F. f. Reed,
ct al; Fred M. Hurst VS.. Mansfield, 7.
f. Major, Minter Bros. and Davidson,
First State Bank OF Pocasset, State
Bank of Amber, ]. B. Mansfield, ]. S.
Brock and e. Layton, foreclosure;
Standard Savings and Loan Associa-
ton, corporation, VS.. M. A. Chestnut.
of the estate Of Moda L.
Chestnut, deceased, o. W. Chestnut
and VIM. Cameron & Co.. incorporate
ed, corporation, foreclosure; w. II.
Whitley VS.. Mittie E. Whitley, divorce;
R. 9. Searcy VS.. Mrs. Francis Fryrear,
suit for attorneys fee; The Interstate
Mortgage and Trust Co., a corporation.
vs.. Joel L. Mann, Ola R. Guthridge
md ]. B. Guthridge, foreclosure; Au.
yusta Campbell VS.. w. A. Campbell.
,olored, divorce.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-17
Subsea Fighter Launches Torpedo OF
American Coast But Disappears From
Surface and Escapes
MEASURE TO PROTECT
NEW YORK HARBOR
Enemy Submarine OF Jersey Coast May
Attack Outer Town But HarbGr
Protected by Nets
By United Press.

BY United Press.
Boston, April IA German torpe-
do was launched at an American war
vessel from a submarine in the first
engagement in the war between Ameri-
ca and Germany, according to wire
less message to the Charleston navy
yard.
The torpedo missed its mark and
the submarine disappeared. The de-
stroyer Smith at which the shot was
fired was unable to locate the diver
The message was sent first to Fire
Island Off the eastern Long Island
coast and was relayed by the cruiser
Chester
The report of the presence Of sub
marine In coast waters created great
stir in shipping and navy circles. The
Fire Island waters are under the ju-
risdiction of the New York navy yard.
The navy department at Washington
called upon the New York yard for de-
tails and confirmation of the report
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-17
BEN COFF ENLISTS UNDER
HIS COUNTRY'S COLORSTO
SERVE WHERE HE NEEDED

to the government mounts.
"a special call is expected soon au-
thorizing the standard Of applicants
for examination to be lowered. We
need thousands Of men and are only
getting hundreds" said Sergeant
Coone today "and we are working day
and night to accomplish this in
crease."
Twenty-three men were enlisted yes
terday and left this morning for head
quarters at Oklahoma City-John r.
vangilder, Robert v. Carter, John G.
Proper, Fred Swan, William o. Thorn
as, Andrew j. Carter, Charles f..
Lindsey, Claude B. McAdams Thomas
]. Doyle, Charles e. McDuffie, Elyin
|. woodard, Henry r. Tucker. Daniel
c. Jones, Ernest r, Bolen, William 0.
Marshall, Forest L. Stevens, Charles
w Graves, Charles Standridge. Dewey
G. Zones, Elmer S. Shirley. Jesse A.
sessums, Charles II. Kelly Giles G.
johnson.
At the Navy Station.
Six applications were received at
the navy station yesterday. Several
men were at the office early this
morning to be examined and a num-
ber are expected to arrive from differ
ent towns in this section today.
Those who were sent from the local
station yesterday are. C. W. Wynn, F.
B. Ray. R. Culbertson. C. Baxter, H.
10. Enochs and W. B. Davis,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-17
Bankers VIII Aid Farmers
to Plant Bumper Feed Crops
With Which to Feed Nation

a view to doubling the production Of
poultry as the first step necessary in
relieving the present high prices of
meat and to further advance the stand
ard of poultry one hundred percent
during the present yea.
The entire convention took part in
the balance of the proceedings and
the following program for the bankers
delegations was discussed.
nsdydtnhge haofbatecprocedin 12345 2
A plan Of cooperation through the
extension forces was carefully consid-
cred, led by James A. Wilson, state
agent, who outlined what he regarded
the most feasible plan
From the bankers standpoint Harry
E. Bagley, secretary Of the Oklahoma
Bankers association, spoke on the
plan Of cooperation and organization
The correlation of the commercial
and agricultural interests o fthe state
was the topic of an address by John
Fields OF Oklahoma City.
One of the most important matters
which are being discussed this after
noon is that of collecting information
as to the demands of farmers relative
to the necessary seed supply with
which to plant the crops in these four
teen counties. On the other hand
plan win be considered whereby the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-17
Assistant County Attorney Feels Ii Is the
Duty Of Every American to Fight for
Greatest Country on Earth
APACHE PATRIOTS DO
NOT REPORT FOR DUTY
Are Waiting for Governments Permission
to Use Their Ponies Instead Of
Regular War Mounts

Among those who enlisted at the
army station yesterday was Ben Goff,
assistant county attorney.
"I feel said he. that it is the duty
Of every true American to enlist and
fight for the greatest country on
earth. Put me wherever you can use
me 70 the best advantage he said
asking at the same time TO be allowed
few days in which to arrange some
personal business. which was granted
The band OF full blood Indians who
we're to have enlisted at the local ar
my station yesterday have postponed
their application pending the consent
of the government to allow them to
use their Indian ponies in preference
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-04-17

bankers will be organized upon a
county unit plan for the purpose of
ascertaining the amount seed on
hand among the farmers and the
amount required for the coming crops
and the bankers propose to finance
this supply of seed.
It was after II o'clock before the
meeting was called to order at the
Sugg theater by District Agent f. f.
Ferguson but not until the noon hour
approached did the train for which
the convention waited arrive with
Frank NJ. Gault. president of the state
board Of agriculture, and other lights
from Oklahoma City board.
This afternoon, however. the dele.
gates are making up for lost time.
Among those in. attendance are
James A. Wilson. state agent. J. S.
Malone. assistant state agent. Harry
E. Bagleys secretary Of the Oklahoma
Bankers association. andother high in
both banking and agricultural lines in
the state. It is a meeting in which
the county agents and agricultural ex-
perts are the instructors and the bank
ers compose the student body.
Almost the entire convention wore
carnations which were the gift Of
President ". E. Smith of the Grady
County Free Fair association.