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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12
~ HEERFULLY as he looks upon :
the soldiers prospects on the

~ HEERFULLY as he looks upon
l the soldiers prospects on the
whole, Eergeant Empey has no
hope of an early end of the fighting.
Il can't see any sign of peace for
three years." he said. at will be q
long war, and every one will be
needed. About 40 per cent of the
work will he done by the men in the
trenches. The rest must be done at
home by the women, by those too
old for service, and by those physi-
cally unfit for fighting. The sooner
we realize this the better. And we
must realize, too, that we are not
just fighting Prussianism and mill
tarfsm; we are fighting Germany and
everything that has to do with Ger
many. The American soldier in the
trenches fights German soldiers; it
isn't the Kaiser it's a German SOL
dier, who is aiming bullet at him."
On the other hand, the soldier has
the most complete confidence in the
American troops and the work that
they will do. He went on:
'The fighters on the other side are
absolutely wonderful. But my firm
belief after thirteen years of service
in the United States Army is that
the American soldiers are going to
Copyright, Ne
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12
sTEELToN's HOME DEFENSE

TORMATION at town meeting
in Steelton last night of a home
defense unit along the lines of
the Harrisburg Reserves will not only
make the third such organization in
Dauphin county, but provide the bor-
ough with support in case of emer-
gency for the Reserve Militia and the
special policemen of the Public Safe
ty Committee and the various indus
tries. The plan adopted for Steelton
is to have an organization which can
train young men of draft age for
service and at the same time put the
older men in possession of knowledge
of military discipline and what is ex-
pected when trouble occurs.
These home defense organizations
are being formed all over the State.
In every case public spirit is what has
actuated the preliminary meetings
and the same thought is behind the
work they are doing. In the face of
many discouragements these organ
izations have been working for
months. No aid, not even recogni-
ton, has come from Washington, and
the State authorities have never
indicated that they knew such
bodies were in existence. The time
is coming rapidly, however, when the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12
NO TINIG TO WASTE

A S Commissioner Lynch has
~ pointed out repeatedly to Coun-
Gil there is no time to waste in
deciding upon a method of garbage
collection and disposal. Some deci-
sion must be reached and that soon,
if the city is to be in position to take
over the collections upon the expira-
ton of the present contract. 1t is no
small task the city faces. Even after
the contract is let time must be given
the new contractor to get ready to
take up his work, and this will be
quite an undertaking, the scarcity of
labor and the condition of material
markets considered.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

General c. NJ. Clement, who is
back in camp at Augusta, is holding
close inspections of his men.
Frederic Courtland Penfield,
former ambassador to Austria, will
make his home in Philadelphia.
Mayor Joseph Armstrong, of
Pittsburgh, is one of the incorpora-
tors of a big new realty company in
that city.
-Ex-Senator Ernest L. Tustin, of
Philadelphia, is making a series of
addresses on patriotic subjects in
eastern counties.
DIR. ]. T. Rothrock the veteran
forestry commissioner, has been
elected president of the State Fores-
try Association again.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12
Over he 1oh
tn Pe~Ma.

Fred NJ. Fowler, of Altoona, q
sailor on the U. S. S. Connecticut, is
the proud possessor of a sweater
made by Miss Cornelia Pickett, of
Tampa, Fla, the daughter of Ma
jor-G General Pickett, of "Pickett's
Charge" Fowler mas been offered
all kinds of money and exchanges
for this precious sweater, but there
is nothing doing"
Here's thrift Instead of taking
our screen door off this fall" writes
a Pennsylvania housewife, "my hus-
band covered the wire screen by
tacking on the outside of the frame
over the wire an old window shade,
making an inexpensive storm door,
for no wind can find its way in"
Cambria county is to have its
greatest tree planting campaign
next spring, and this years record
is a hummer. In 1916 the state
planted 10000 and in 1917 14S,O00
trees. This is to be exceeded in
1918.
Disloyalty has been so common in
the neighborhood of HaZleton that
the following notice has been post
ed conspicuously wherever pro-Ger-
man sentiment exists:
warning, disloyalists and aliens!
To all disloyal in this county mes
sage will be sounded which they can
understand through the criminal
courts. May God have mercy on
them, for they need expect none
from an outraged people and an
avenging Government Nigllantes,
all of them volunteers, are being or
ganiZed everywhere.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12
A NEW YEAR THOUGHT

AS round the hearth at eve we meet,
With Christmas thoughts still
lingering near,
And wait with anxious hearts to
greet
The coming of the Glad New Year.
Let's take an inventory true
one,
And from the past bring forward,
too,
The little good things we have
done.
Then everybody this coming year
Resolved that this shall be our
plan,
A kindness shown, a word of cheer,
Be true to self, to God and man.
BY H. b. Ehatto. Camp Hill. Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12

anxious for non-partisanship and for
patriotism. let them join the Re-
publicans in nominating-as the laws
of Wisconsin permit-and in elect
ing-as their protestations would in
dicate-a sound. Republican to fill
the vacancy which has so tragically
occurred.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12
STARTING WORK

Park Extension zone, decision to be-
gin work upon the widening of Third
street and the establishment of a
circle at Walnut and Third streets
are long steps toward beginning de-
velopment of the enlarged park
tract. The Board of Public Grounds
and Buildings, all the members of
which are ardent supporters of the
park extension plan, voted for the
start of the work and to them the
city owes its thanks. The widening
of Third and Walnut streets are mat
ters of real importance, for with the
diversion of street car and other ve-
hicular traffic from the zone east of
the present Capitol grounds, more
room will be required on the high
ways adjoining.
In return, the State will ask the
city to establish future building
line along North street, widening
that street to take care of traffic in
the years to come. This the city no
doubt will agree to do. since setting
back the building line there would
mean that as rapidly as the present
structures come down frontage
would be changed to meet the new
requireme of the wider street and
the cost to the city would be spread
out over period of years, just as
the State plans to carry on its own
building and developing program
over a long term. Such projects as
the Capitol development are not to
be accomplished in days, or months,
or even a few years. They are de-
signed to stand for generations.
Much money will be required and the
labor of thousands of men. The
members of the present board are
intent upon laying the foundations
upon firm grounds. They want to
make no mistake at the beginning.
Upon their decision will rest largely
the success of the whole enterprise.
After mature deliberation and con-
sultation with the most expert minds
in the. country, they have decided to
ask the city to relocate the bridge
for Walnut street and to
join with the State and the railroad
in the erection of a monumental
viaduct at State street, with proper
entrances from the Walnut street
section of the Hill and driveways and
sidewalks to Walnut street from the
slope of the bridge in the park. This
can be accomplished in one of two
ways. Either the loan approved for
Walnut street can be diverted by
popular vote or it can be thrown
into the discard and an entirely new
loan placed before the people for
the construction of bridge over the
railroad at State street, in confor-
nifty with the desires of those who
represent the Commonwealth.
The State is giving the municipal
ity so much that the city cannot
refuse any reasonable request. In
the end the city will be great gain
er and it must meet the Board of
Grounds and Buildings, as it has in
the past, halfway on any proposal
that may be made.
STEELTON'S HOME DEFENSE
FORMATION at town meeting
X Cfaalfon In 81 OIL nf ~
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12
THE STATE PRESS

Silk and jewel anklets to be
worn above low shoes is a winter
style fad of women! There is one
sort of slavery that's as Iow-down as
anything of the political sort 1t is
the sort that drives some women to
freeze, waste, look the fool and kiss
the hand of any fashion that be-
comes the vogue. And woman alone
can put down that form of slavery!
Sharon Telegraph.
Often there are fleas on the best of
dogs. So it is that we are wor-
ried at this time with the chronic
pessimist, who may be a patriot who
can see nothing but the risks, the
obstacles and the mistakes.-Sun-
bury Daily.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., says
compulsory immersion in baptism
should be abandoned, asserting that
it keeps out of the churches good
men and women. He calls INNER
sion a "man-made rule" To a large
extent Mr.. Rockefeller represents
the view of the layman as we'll as
many of the clergy.-Johnstown
Tribune.
There is no excuse for coal fam
inc. Countless millions of tons of
hard and soft coal developed by the
ages are to be found in Pennsylva-
mia, West Virginia, Illinois and
other states. There must be some
thing wrong with the system that
causes a diminished supply of coal
at a time of. greatly increased need.
Scranton Republican.
"Our faithful allies to whom we
have been drawn" said Chancellor
Won Hertling. It's enough to make
the crowned heads of Austria, Tur-
key and Bulgaria snicker with glee.
The Kaiser "drawn!" Ho! hoy hee!
Somebody hold us! - Washington
Herald.
Next spring we want every avail
able acre planted in Pennsylvania,
and we need every acre to bear
abundantly to its full possibilities,
and for this reason our farmers and
all others who plant on a smaller
scale should make sure to get the
proper kind of seed. No corn should
he planted unless it has first been
thoroughly tested, while it will pay
every farmer to purchase corn from
neighbors who have good seed,
rather than to send away to get seed
which may not be suited to this
climate and soil.-Pottsville Repub-
lican.
Our Canadian neighbors are the
greatest players of politics on earth.
Canadians may give up such things
as work, love, religion and schooling.
| but they will hang on to politics to
their last kick. This explains the
recent break of Lord Lansdowne,
who had long experience in Canadian
politics He stirred the political pot
and was happy.--Erie Herald.
| O.
Anything that is not straight out
American is the reverse. Keep this
fact in mind and judge accordingly
of the talk you hear. whether in
public OF in private.-York Despatch
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12
EDITORIAL cOr1nENT

Every enemy alien at LARGO offsets
a soldier at the front.-Wall Street
Journal.
General He'll is prominent offic-
er of the German army. Wonderful
how one can inspire an entire ma
Post,
Russia apears to be making scram-
bled history.-Chicago Daily News.
With no less than 1000 food sub
stltutes, Germans can not complain
of the monotony of their MENU
San Francisco Chronicle.
Russia will please take note that
nothing was ever said by the allies
about making the world safe for an
archy.-Chic8go Herald.
The German bishops who have just
come out against democracy are
helping President Wilson clarity the
issues of the war.-New York Even
ing Post.
The British newspapers that were
demanding Lloyd Georges resigna-
ton have calmed down since they
have begun to wonder who would
take his place.-Kansas City Star.
One of the first things the Russian
anarchists have discovered in Petro-
grad is that the worst thing about
free food is that there's never enough
of it to go around.-New York Morn
ing Telegraph.
The German imperial chancellor is
getting to be a Professionalism
Journal.
Now that Villa is moving, suppose
we SeafCn Ior ms l4ei man DdunS4 -
Wall Street Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12
WISE ACREAGE

Medill Mccormick says Germany
is not winning the war and neither
are the Allies. Perhaps not; but
can't he tell us which is not doing it
the aster?-Kansas City Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12

home defense man will come into his
own. Sheriffs and chiefs of police
have in many cases complimented
the members on what they shave
done.
Steelton is right in line, as usual.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg is making
steel for new government Yes-
sells?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12

An official report from the Control
ler of Great Britain shows how de-
pendent England has become upon
the farm labor of women, for in one
county alone over 1900 women are
employed in farm labor of some sort.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12
Published. evenings except. Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING co,
telegraph Building, Federal Square.

E.J. .STACKPoLE,P Pres't S. Editor-im- Chief
r. r. OYSTER. Business Manager.
GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12

A seven-hour' day instead of eight
hours Is part of new wage scale
submitted to employees by the Sacra-
mento (Cal) Typographical Union.
Rates are increased 20 per cent, to
become effective the first of the year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
In every war this place has fur
nished foodstuffs for the Army and
often for the Navy,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12

Member of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication of
all news dispatches credited to it or
not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news published
herein.
All rights of republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12
1AROR NOTES

1t is estimated that the wages paid
out in the eastern part of this coun-
try double the amount paid out in
1914.
The United States Supreme Court
has ruled that seamen are not "la-
borers" within the meaning of the
United States contract labor law,
which makes 1t illegal to import con-
tract laborers into this country.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12

Now that Villa is moving, suppose
we SeafCn Iof nls lIei man DdunS4 -
Wall Street Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12

The German imperial chancellor is
getting to be procession.-Albany
Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12

Nearly 100000 men in the lumber
industries in the western. states are
on the fence as between the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor and the
1. w. w. They will go to the side
that is able to help them secure the
eight-hour day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12

Anything that is not straight-out
American is the reverse. Keep this
fact in mind and judge accordingly
of the talk you hear. whether in
public OF in private.-York Despatch.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER IL. 1917

II 1 iUe my politics into the
rhetoric Of prayer, cannot cast q
partisan Vote.-JowETT.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12

NOT MUCH.
I can only be
a sister to you,
John.
Then give me
back my pres
ents.
Why, John,
who ever heard
OF q sister do
ing such a fool
ish thing az
that.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12

BUY A LIB
ERTY BOND2
Wife MrR
jackson told me
the state gave
her q Liberty
Bond to day.
Hubby-How
so?
Wife oh.
she received her
divorce today.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12
OUR DAILY LAUGH
ANOTHER
ANGLE.

All the world
loves a lover.
And we also
get lots OF inno-
cont pleasure
out of seeing
married people
scrap.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12

Often there are fleas on the best of
dogs. So it is that we are wor-
ried at this time with the chronic
pessiniist, who may be a patriot who
can see nothing but the risks, the
obstacles and the mistakes.-Sun-
bury Daily.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12

"Our faithful allies to whom we
have been drawn" said Chancellor
Won Hertling. It's enough to make
the crowned heads of Austria, Tur-
key and Bulgaria snicker with glee.
The Kaiser "drawn!" Ho! hoy hee!
Somebody hold us! - Washington
Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-21

that would RESULT If care We're eXef.
cised in disposal of refuse. Thus far
the department has saved upwards of
$2,O0O,O00 on waste materials.
The garbage from the mess Of from
10 to Is soldiers, 1t Is estimated, will
feed one hog day. Hogs will gain on
an average Of one pound a day on this
ration for the first $50 days, govern
ment experts have determined. The
refuse from each cantonment will be
sufficient to feed 1000 hogs day.
This means an increase Of 1,46O,OOO
pounds of pork for the country each
year.
Colonel Ellison has injected into
camp life a certain class distinction
in the disposal of garbage. At the
camps the care of the garbage Is a
regular ceremonial. Waste material
is divided into classes, and a special
receptacle is provided for each class.
There Is a can for bones, one for rope
and Irvine, another for rags, one for
paper, one for fats and tallow, one
for bottles, one for tin cans, another
for sweeping and pieces of tobacco,
and still another for garbage.
Practically all of the refusal Is sold.
Cans, bottles, bones, fats, paper and
rugs have a ready market, and the
garbage proper is carted away for g
hogs banquet. The worthless refuse Is
burned in order to adhere to the strict
sanitary regulations of the camps.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-21

MT WAS Christmas eve in Durgan's
department store, and to the hap
py children who accompanied their
parents to see the glittering lights and
the gorgeous Christmas toys the big
store was a palace of splendor: But
1T was not one to poor little Edna
Gray, the tired little cashgirl: .s.
This Christmas eve Edna Vas very
sad. She had PLANNED to give her
mother nice Christmas present, and
to crown it all she was going to hide
the present in one Of a pair of new
stockings to hang on the chair beside
her widowed and sick mothers bed.
q: "A well dressed man and women
:smiled as the little girl took a pack
age sof gloves to the bundle counter.
She looks like Beatrice" whispered
1.-THE woman softly, and the man nod
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-21

God grant no little child may 90
With hungry heart or empty hand
Give this thy ,0orld one radiant day
~ TO understand, to understand. J.
Glue US the fitting .oord to- say,
The spendthrtft smile, the brave ca
ress;
Disclose our hearts and 0ive US no'o
The courage of our tenderness! d
Lord, 4oe are old .oith toll and tears,
Our souls are veiled 10ith vartons art,
Yet still the little children keep
Thine ancient sinspleness OF heart
And they alone OF all thy breath
May bind the burning angels eyes
And, striking laughter from the st0ord,
Retrace the gears to paradise.
Then are so brave sotth 1ove and
Dreams, -.
So eager eyed and, ah, 80 dear!
I thtnk zoe must return then, non
The faith they bore across the year
/ think that zee must Igipe them noto
.,., The spendthrttt smile, the kindly
.DQrd,
That edrtk may keep its ancient hope
And we thy full commandments
Lord.
v ,~ Dana Burned.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-21
SAVES ARMY WASTE
Uncle Sam Makes. Money Of
4 Refuse From Camps.
War Department Has Saved Upwards
Of 100000 on Waste Materials
... of All Kinds.

Washington.-Waste material is be-
ing conserved by the war department,
and money is being made out of it.
At every National army and Ma
tional Guard camp special officers
have been detailed to have an eye
to the penny to be saved through
careful conservation of waste mate
rails. Refuse from the mess halls are
being placed in separate receptacles,
fertilizer from the stables is to be
sold to farmers living in the territory
Of the camps to save freight rates,
and garbage likewise is to be disposed
of to the highest bidder among stock
men raising hogs.
Lieut.. Col. J. Austin Ellison has been
placed in charge of the division of
conservation. He has the distinction
of having called the attention of the
war department to the vast saying
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-21
Courtesy and Appreciation.

To make courtesy popular 1t must
be shown that it pays, pays IN COLLARS
and cents as we'll as in happiness, IN
exchange says. Appreciation makes
for greater effort and creates one OF
the most valuable assets and builds up
q spirit of team work. Much good al
ways results when people think more
about their obligations and less about
rights. There are many discouraged
hearts everywhere that would be
helped wonderfully by a word OF ap'
probation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-21

Into Her Hand. sack and stock
.lngs and tea and other nice things "
Is Full Of happiness, she tucked the
money away in her pocket and grasped
= package handed over the counter BY
IAN impatient clerk. %2.,.., , .~ ~, -
y CASH took the package, and II
dropped from her tired fingers TO- the
1 door, She: stopped to pick, It up, ana ll
"a she aid SO her fingers came IN con-
; =ta,ct with small square leather
:pocketbook such as men carry: one
! ,fonnd : corner of the stairway quite
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-21

ded, with a SILL
ing recollection of
the little daugh-'
ter. tucked be-
tween the sheets
at home dream
ing Of S n t a
Claus.
"Poor child"
he murmured.
And when Edna
returned W / t II
their package he
slipped some
thing crisp and
green into her
little hand.
"Merry Christ
mast" he laughed
as they disap-
peared in the
crowd.
ooh, h a n k
you!" breathed
Edna as sh e
peeked at the Bill
in her thin hand.
Nov ] can get
nofhor'S dressing
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-21

vacant Of shop
.pers, and GU t
there she peeked
; into the pocket
4 book. 1t wa s
Graz m e d With
n salty folded
bills. inside was
a name statnbed
in gold Nttefs;'
George B. law:
ton" with an adj
dress below it
Edna's h ear t
sank as she went
Back to her work.
@ course she
must RETURN the
to its
owners, and she
IS Inspect e d it ;
might have been
Tthe mann who had
given the money
and wished her
"a Merry Christ
mas - the lovely
lady with him
had called him
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-21
Picked Into The
Pocketbook. -

George yet if she went to that
address she would not have time to
buy the things for her mother.
y When she was outside the store at
the closing hour she found herself in Il
mist of flying sDowflales. A friendly
policeman told her how to reach the
address she wanted.