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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14

/" HE zone system of parcel post
rates was a Republican meas
ure, devised after many months
of study of the subject by the Re-
publican chairman of the Senate
committee on post offices and post
roads, and adopted by a Republican
Senate as a substitute for the in
complete and impracticable expert
mental parcel post scheme proposed
by the Democratic House.
With the exception that the first
two zones have been consolidated.
the original system is still in use.
1t has proved satisfactory. The sug-
gestion is now made by Republicans
that the parcel post zone system be
adapted to the computation of
charges for the sending of kilograms.
Since there is postoffice wherever
there is telegraph office, the charts
and guide books now in use for the
postal service could be readily used
in computing telegraph charges.
Business houses making many
shipments have accustomed them
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
REASON TO CELEBRATE

ABOR has very good reason to
- celebrate this year. and the pa
rade proposed for Harrisburg
is in line with what is being planned
in many other cities.
Labor Day, 1918, should be a time
for renewal of patriotic pledges; for
balancing of books and for scan
ming the future insofar as the posi-
bilities of the coming twelve months
may be foreseen. Labor in Harris
burg has nothing to regret and much
OF which it may be proud. 1t has
prospered nightly the past year,
but it has worked hard, too. Nearly
every mill and all the railroads have
broken production or traffic records
since last Labor Day. There have
been no strikes locally and little dis
turbance of any kind. Labor has
gone steadily about its business of
helping win the war, and if it de-
sires a day on which to celebrate it's
achievements and to generate enthu-
siasm and pep" for twelve months
more of the steady grind that has
made Harrisburg a bright spot on
the war supplies map. there will be
none to say it nay.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
RISE, YE LOYAL SONS

A ND now it is to be "sugarless
II applebutter!"
Is it any wonder men are
chucking their jobs and rushing off
to France in the hope of getting
potshot at that sourfaced old kill-joy,
the Kaiser?
''Sugarless applebutter!" After
while, we suppose, it will be apple
less" applebutter. OF course, they
say we are to be allowed corn syrup
as substitute. but we never did
like our applebutter mixed with mo-
lasses and we face the experiment
with fear and trembling.
To trif1e with applebutter is to
violate. the sacred and inalienable
rights of every American whose line
age goes back to the supper table in
a farmhouse kitchen. Dear reader,
are you one of these elect? If so you
will sympathize; If not, we sympa-
thize with you.
Life on the farm is a desert waste
without applebutter. A crisp autumn
evening, newly-baked bread of the
homemade variety-big of loaf,
light of texture and crisp of crust;
fresh-churned butter and recently
boiled applebutter. and nobody
hanging around to yell Stacker" at
the third slice. Those were the happy
days. AS round after round was
stored away beneath an overnight
ening belt we blest all creation for
the mere joy of living and even for
got the smarting gusts of smoke
that drove our eyes to tears when
the delicacy was in the making, and
we manipulated the 1ong-armed stir
handle while the neighbor's boys
were off gathering walnuts. How the
picture does come back, grandmoth-
er, presiding mistress of the occa-
sion-big fire. big kettle, big stir
rer." great quantities of apple
''snits," sweet cider in proportion,
sugar-and spices. oh, yes, spices;
just so many; not a teaspoonful more
or less or the thing would be ruined.
And then. boil. boil. boil. until the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
''MISSING"

CECRETARY OF WAR BAKER
y offers the belief that many Amer
lean soldiers reported as miss
ing" may be alive. Doubtless this is
true. Missing in military par
lance means simply that the enlisted
man has not reported with his COM
pany at roll call and that no men,
Der of his company can explain his
absence.
When fighting is on such a vast
scale as in France at present men
often become detached from their
organizations and sometimes do not
get back for weeks. Sometimes they
are captured or lie wounded in Brit
ish or French hospitals. Meantime
they are reported as missing"
Missing" may cover almost any
fate, but it holds the possibility Of
ultimate restoration, and amid its
uncertainties there is always a hope
for the best. Many soldier marked
up as missing" during the Civil
War is alive and vigorous to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
AN ECONOMIC PROTEST

(From the Whisky Trust.)
To laws that imperil our product
We promptly will rise to object;
The profit we've made from legiti-
mate trade
Our countrymen ought to protect.
We want to continue in business.
% In spite of the stress of the war.
And If you refuse to let us make
BOOZE,
We cannot make DRUNKS any
more.
For years we have labored, unham-
pered,
Investing inordinate sums,
And we spent every cent upon plants
that were meant
To fabricate souseS and buns.
But If our young men are forbidden
To toy with the highball and
seidle,
If they cannot hoist in any brandy
or gin,
Our plants will be useless and idle.
The jails and the pens and asylums
Are filled with the work we've
turned out.
If you go on the rounds of the bury
ing grounds
You'll see ii we'll scattered about.
And If any form of red liquor
They will not permit us to use,
We shall just have to bust and give
up in disgust.
For we simply CAN'T run without
booze.
And what will become of the poor
house
Ava tbo x,o r{a,,s doc oura raaor+z
And the judges and clerks and the
army that works
In the thousands of criminal
courts?
We hope you won't think we are
selfish,
But industry should not be curbed,
And, whatever is done that the war
may be won,
OUR business must not be dis
turbed.
JAMES j. MONTAGUE.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
LIBERTY LOAN LESSONS

That the Liberty Loans have been
success is due to the businessm en-
of the country; to the banks; the
banking houses; and to the associa-
tions of advertising men throughout
the land.
There has been no government
money available to cover the expenses
of selling campaigns. 1t has been
thought in Washington that funds
fol this purpose were unnecessary.
Experienced businessmen and bank
ers, however. knew from the start the
necessity of wide publicity and ad-
vertising and the necessity of per-
sonal and persistent solicitation.
The fact that there were no funds
available for the purpose has made
no difference. The thing had to be
done, and was done. and the three
Liberty Loans have been a success;
made so h.. the enthusiastic, whole
hearted. upselhsh patriotism of the
inen who knew how to do 1t.
It Is to these men that the credit
of successfully floating the Liberty
Loans belongs.
Within a short time we will be
asked to subscribe to fourth war
loan bigger than any of the others
1t is just as necessary that this should
be success as 1t was in the other
cases. But the bond will not sell
themselves. 1t is going to require
the most strenuous, persistent CO.
operative work en- the part of the
same class of men who made the
former loans a success before these
new billions can be subscribed.
No estimate has ever been made OF
the value of the work donated BY
these agents in the pat. 1t would be
Impossible to make su,'h en- estimate.
Measured on the basip cf compensa-
tion fer work of a simi'ar character,
the sum might easily reach into the
millions OF dollars. Add to this the
loss [, other business that might havo
been hs ndied probably while so on
gsged. and the sum total would be
greatly Increased.
The government can AFFORD to pay q
fair and equitable compensation to
the men who devote their trained en-
ergies to the task of making its war
loans possible. Ability to do these
things is the capital, the stock in
trade of these men and these insti-
tutlons. Have we reached that des-
psrare stage where 1t Is necessary
that rhe government "commandeer"
the services of these trained experts7
This may be putting 1t STRONGLY. but
the failure of the government to pro-
vide compensation for such services
amounts to command deering" for they
are going to see 1t through anyway;
they are going to see that every war
loan is a success, pay or no pay:
their patriotism will see to this
From American IndustrieA
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
GOODNIGHT, SIR KNIGHT!

a" HE Louisville Courier-Journal
has changed hands, and Marse
Henry Watterson, perhaps the
most forceful, certainly the most
picturesque, editor of the times has
practically retired from active serv-
ice in the Fourth Estate. Like a
brook the career of Watterson has
been in turn troubled, tortuous, cas-
cading. swift, deepening into pools
of beautiful philosophy, sparkling in
rainbows of wit and humor, gurgling
with laughter, trickling with tears,
but it never babbled, nor sullied its
environs with muck. And now, with
its journey nearing completion 1t
debouches silently into the cool,
pure, placid lake of profound con-
temptation, whence we may hope to
see emerging now and again some
pretty swirl of reminiscence, or a
bubble of the old Wattersonian mer-
rim ent
The period of Col. Henry Waiter
sons activities in the field of jou--
nalism covers a distinct era in the
history of the United States, and he
seeks retirement at a time when this
country is on the Threshold of a
new epoch. Watterson was born in
1S40. His first newspaper employ
ment was on the Washington States,
a Democratic paper, 1S5S-61. He
was a casual volunteer staff officer in
the Confederate service. and in 1867
he purchased the Louisville Journal,
with which he merged the Louis
willie Courier. He was temporary
chairman of the Democratic national
convention Of 1876, served in the
Forty-fourth Congress and was a
delegate to various Democratic con-
ventions. He was among the first to
acknowledge the error of Southern
secessionists and since the surren-
der at Appomattox none has been a
more loyal American than he.
While Watterson has always been
an opponent of the protective prin-
ciple. he has been a bitter assail-
ant or the autocracy-temporar at
1east-into which this country has
been drifting since 1918.
Watterson is one of a very few
real Democrats remaining. The
principles upon which that party
was founded have every one been
demolished since 1913. The Demo-
cratic party, as such. has ceased to
exist, and in its place we have a
horde of men who apparently can
not think for themselves, whose in
dividuality is nil, and who have be-
come fawning courtiers. The states
men of the controlling majority
could be counted on the fingers of
one hand; the sycophants are legion.
May the Lore spare watterson for
some years yet. He still has the
ability to do good work in the serv-
ice of popular government
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
Unseen Pover Working to Poison the
Mind and Soul of Our PEOPLE

the world its poisoned thoughts and
to control men and women who have
no conception of the fact that they
are under the domination of such
an evil influence, and, therefore,
yield willing obedience to it.
We are facing q situation where
Germany is putting forth the most
tremendous effort in it's history to
extend the influence of this mental
control, or hypnotic power, over
other people, in order to secure
peace without punishment.
Men who think that they are talk
ing peace from high and holy no-
tives are, in many cases, without re-
alizing it themselves, being used by
this German hypnotic work, exerted
directly upon them through some
pro-German skilled in the use of
mental suggestion or hypnotism.
German psychologists, through
American universities, in which they
held positions of honor, for years
sought to bring American thought
under their control, just as other
Germans have been engaged in sim
liar work all over the world.
If we accept the doctrine that the
devil sends out into every corner of
the earth his unseen workers of evil,
that he puts into every human heart
suggestions of sin, and dominates all
the earth where the power of God is
not superior, and where men do not
look wholly unto God for safety from
the wiles of the evil one, then we
have an exact illustration of the
work of the German propaganda of
hypnotism and mental suggestion or
control. The menace is a real one
of tremendous import. Watch care
fully every suggestion of peace
with an uncrushed, unrepentant
Germany, and know that it comes
from pro-German hypnotic power or
from German financial operations to
influence by money, where Germany
cannot control by mental sugges-
tion "
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
TENTAL suggestion. hypnotism


used by Germany with per-
sistance and power incomprehensi-
Bile to people who have not under
stood the campaign by which for
years Germany has been poisoning
the wells of thought all over the
world.
For some years Germany, In a
way that is nothing less than Satanic
in its wide sweep throughout the
world and its tremendous power for
evil, has been utilizing mental sug-
gestion and hypnotism upon people
who do not themselves realize that
they are becoming possessed of the
devil.
Many a man stands in the pulpit
and breaches peace without punish
ment, many an editor shapes an ed
itorial or a headline, many a man in
public and private life makes state
ments calculated to weaken the mo-
rale of America and of our allies
without himself realizing that he is
under the domination of the work OF
mental suggestion and the hypnotic
power which Germany is exerting.
Impressions come to many people
lessening their hostility to Germany,
or lessening their determination that
there shall be no peace with an un-
beaten Germany, who have not the
slightest idea that these thoughts
have been put into their minds by
the devil-work of German mental
suggestions or hypnotic activities.
The tremendous power of this in
fiuence is not grasped at all; men
scoff at the power of mental sugges-
ton or hypnotism without realizing
that there is a fearfully dangerous
power in the possession of some peo-
Pile to control the thoughts and acts
of others. Germany has developed
this power to the fullest extent. 1t
is a power from the devil himself.
For years Germany has been util-
izing it in order to plant throughout
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14

applebutter was thick and our faces
were red. But the torture over, the
treasure was slowed away in big
crooks, ample reward for our brief
suffering.
And now. 1t is proposed that this
ancient and time-honored family rite
be cluttered up with a corn syrup
barrel as an interloper at the cere-
mony. Rise, ye sons of Pennsylvania,
and smite this Kaiser person cheek
and jowl. Chuck him into one of
your own applebutter kettles and boil
him in the molasses he would foist
upon US.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
TRICKET HALL

THE dedication of Trickett Hall
at Dickinson College Friday
marks another step in the prog
ress of the law school of that insti-
tuition. Dean Trickett made Dick
irson Law School famous and it is
proper the new hall should be
named for him. Nor did it come be-
fore it was needed. The result of
arduous and devoted effort on the
part of gratefh alumni of the
school, the hall was erected from
funds collected largely from those
who procured their legal training
under the noted master for whom
the building is named. 1t stands as
z monument to the success in life of
the schools graduates and a testi-
monial of their faith in it's future.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14

selves to the parcel post zone sys-
tenn. They could. therefore, readily
understand and use the same sys-
tenn for telegraph purposes. Econ
omy in government service and con-
venience to the public would be pro-
NOTED by the uniformity of plan in
computing charges FOR transporta-
ton service by either mail or wire.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
Quality Seems High Also

A month ago a million American
soldiers had embarked; now General
Pershing has a million American
soldiers under his command. Even
in this war it is an arny.-Spring-
field Republican.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
AppedI.to Lady Patriot

From the Grand Rapids Press)
We suppose the hole in our knife
pocket would have gone unrepaired
all summer had we not had the hap
py inspiration to tell the lady COM
mander at the house that our salient
needed attention.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
Doing Its Bit

[From Lifel
Look here. neighbor, I hate to
complain, but your baby keeps us
awake most of the night"
Yes sir. and that pet pig of yours
gets us up early in the morning"
But our pig is helping to win the
war"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

John s. Gayley, Jenkintown
banker, who was seriously hurt by a
fall, is prominent in county club life
near Philadelphia.
DIR. ]. d. KEEPER. one of the
Cambria draft board members, has
gone into the army as a captain.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
His Possible Reference

[From the Phila. North American1
I'VE are masters" exclaims 'Luden-
dorff theatrically, referring perhaps
to the unarmed hospital-ship situa-
tion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
Wedthernldn the Guesser

Hot waves come and hot waves
go, but never lettin' the guesser
know.-From the Baltimore Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
You Bet It's Important

Are we to understand that paper
suspenders go with these paper
suits the Germans are now wearing?
It is an important question.-From
the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
Bulgdrid'S Portion

(From the Philadelphia Inquirer1
Bulgaria is paying the penalty of
an alliance with her two traditional
enemies. She gets cholera, starvation
and typhus.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14

Now if we could only cut a few
chunks of hot weather and store them
away far future use as we do ice in
the winter. how We would laugh at
the coal administrator next winter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14

Austria is preparing for another
drive against Italy. evidently deter
mined to upset the old theory that a
burned child breads the fire."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
A Strong Probability

[From the Cleveland Plain Dealer1
Before this drive is over, the Ger
mans will not only be accepting
American troop figures but will prob
ably be inclined to exaggerate them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14

What the Kaiser said at the Crown
Council this week is not given to
the public. Probably 1t wasn't fit
for print
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
LABOR NOTES

Carpenters at Salt Lake City have
secured the S-hour day. :.
On September 1 Cleveland slate and
tile roofers will get so cents an hour.
ST. Louis (Mo.) hodcarriers and
building laborers' unions have 1900
members.
Milwaukee meat cutters have es-
tablished an S-hour day with 10
hours pay.
Ironworkers in Brooklyn shipyards
make from $50 to 500 a week.
In 1918 Hamburg Germany. had
$4,000 union workmen. 1t now has
$4,000
Over $4,000 coal miners. have been
called to the United States colors.
There are now $4,000 men engaged
in shipbuilding in this country.
Women in England have entered
almost every trade except carpentry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
Mdny in That Fir

System is a good thing in busi-
ness, unless you've got more system
than usiness.-From the Bing-
hamton Press.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
Higher Up

why are you leaving us, Bridget7
Something private?"
mo, mum-sergeant."
From the Lamb.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
Estimate of CroWn Prince

The Dodge City Globe says the
Crown Prince made little progress
until he shifted his gears into re-
verse.-From the Kansas City Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg seems to
have more people ON the streets
these evenings than ever before?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14

The only difference betioeen nut
and rut is its depth; one toho is
in nut long enough toiH soon ind
himself in 1raue.-REv. Dr. NEHE-
MIAH BoYNToN.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
changed

Am I the first girl you ever
oved?"
mo, you are the sixteenth. and
my taste has been improving right
along"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
HISTORIC HARRIsBURG

One hundred years ago as high
as dozen Conestoga wagons used TO
be parked In Market Square ct night
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14

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, 1918-08-14

The country being ready to ac-
cept the new draft age regulations,
why should Congress hesitate?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14

Ironworkers in Brooklyn shipyards
make from $50 to 500 a week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14

Over $4,000 coal miners. have been
called to the United States colors.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14

Women in England have entered
almost every trade except carpentry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
TELEGRAM ZONE SYSTEM

Trot. Trotzky, trot-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14

There are now $4,000 men engaged
in shipbuilding in this country.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14

Carpenters at Salt Lake City have
secured the S-hour day. -.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-27
McVEY-JOHNSON BATTLE.

Sam McVey and Jack johnson min
gled in a Los Angeles ring fifteen
years ago tonight, Black Jack having
the better of the twenty-round argu-
ment with the California negro. This
vas McVey's first real battle, and he
put up an excellent display for a
novice. Sam was then in his eigh-
teenth year, while Johnson was TWEEN
ty-five, and had at least a score of
bouts under his belt. McVey had
developed his muscles by working as
a lumberman, cutting and loading
railroad ties. After his fight with
Johnson he took on the veteran Kid
Carter, a great fighter in his day bu.
then slipping back and knocked him
out in the eleventh round. Sans
next triumph was over Denver Ell
Martin, who stayed less than round
with the black boy. Sam then
thought he was ripe to fight Johnson
again, but Jack whipped him in the
twenty-round affair at Los Angeles. A
third meeting in San Francisco result
ed in Sans defeat by knockout in
the Goth round. After that McVey
went abroad, and he was one of the
pioneers who popularized boxing in
France, where for many years he was
popular idol.