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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27

of their carrying arms. Young and
bashful married men will seize
upon it eargerly as an excuse for
leaving baby at home"
There is a difference between baby
carriages just as there is between
the pushers of the same, and COM
parative prosperity has nothing
whatsoever to do with it. The
first usually costs from $50 to
$50 and is bedecked with all
manner of laces. frills and fancy
painting. after the manner of a
royal coach or a circus bandwagon.
The fifth or sixth is of the col
lapsible variety and the head of the
house complains bitterly If it costs
a penny over $3.50. So do we pro-
gress in our economies as our fam
lilies grow.
The first baby is as wonderful as
it's carriage. and its father stands
ready to shamelessly admit the fact;
yea to bawl forth the news on the
slightest provocation, that ali may
hear. But even the proudest parent
is a poor, timorous soul as he ven-
lures forth behind the baby carriage
for the first time, and the gaudier
the carriage, the deeper ais en-
barrassment. The eyes of the world
are upon him. he feels. He ts a
marked man. The weight of mis-
responsibility bears heavily upon
him. He shrinks in his own estima-
ton until in comparison the BABY
carriage attains the dimensions of an
ice-wagon. But let a passing friend
pay a compliment to the baby
within; let a pretty girl tell the
riding cherub it ought to be proud
of such a father-and presto, the
situation changes and the baby-cart
pusher takes on the dignity of a
Mexican general and the importance
OF a traffic policeman. All Leads
out of the way, there. Clear the
street, the baby carriage approaches!
Good ne@s for the railroad men
means good news for Harrisburg
which is prosperous only as railroad
r,aD are DrOsperOuS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27

ficer of the Commonwealth, that
where utility is shown by extraor-
dinary conditions to be entitled, in
order to make a living, to charge
more than specified in its franchise
grant, the Commission will permit
the advance. And similarly. valuable
trackage and other rights. suggestion
OF which would have met storms of
protest only year or so ago. are
now granted. The Commission nat
urally provides that these allow
ances shall be for the period of the
war only. or until conditions become
normal, but the fact that they are
authorized and the authorization ac-
cepted by the public is one of the in
teresting signs of these times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
BEER AND GOAL

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
I wish respectfully to call yonr
attention to the fact that you forgot
to put the brewers and saloonkeep-
ers at the head of the useless en-
ployment list 1t is Germany's prin-
ciple to abuse women and children.
Thousands of us are proud of Old
Glory and the principle Ger which it
floats. We don't want German prin-
ciple mixed in with it. Tear out those
kettles and make respectable works
out of the building. Clean out the
saloons so when coal is scarce other
places there is no rendezvous foc
husbands to go when their wives
and children are freezing. Give those
poor wives and babies the coal to
burn that the brewers consume.
With a soul of patriotism for true
principle.
MRS. E. B. SCHLOSSER.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27
WARTIME DECISIONS

n BSERVERS of decisions which
are being given these days by
courts and bodies like the Pub
lie Service Commission in dealing
with such delicate subjects as liabil-
ity to taxation and rates for service
can hardly help being struck with
the manner in which they are ac-
cepted by the public. They are not
only taken without comment, in spite
Of the wide effect they may have, but
their justice is being recognized.
For some years there has been a
disposition to fight taxation and ad-
vantage has been taken of techni-
calities TO raise questions which have
puzzled judges and called for deci.
sions which were criticised, some.
times without cause. Now the feel.
ing that the government. national,
State or municipal. is entitled t.
what the trainers of taxing legisla.
ton meant it to get is uppermost ant
there is less effort to contest, and
where litigation is brought there il
heWing to the line OF elementa
justice that is striking.
In the matter of rates, the though
that a public utility company woulC
dare to raise its schedule of charge.
cent above an amount specified IL
an ordinance or franchise or con,
tract would have caused a howl from
the locality affected and echoes from
every part of the State. And yet tn,
Public Service Commission takes tn,
position, backed by the chief law of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27
THE PRUSSIAN SWORD
BY Kenneth L. Roberts.


Answer Wilson with the sword"
-Koelnische Volks-Zeitung.
What is the Prussian sword? A
flaming blade
That leaps untarnished from its jew
eled sheath
And strikes for truth, and honor's
laurel wreath
A glorious weapon, strong and un-
afraid!
All no! The Prussian sword is but a
name
For tactics foul and agencies OBJ
scene:
for poison gas and ruthless sub
marine!
For towards blows and deeds of
burning shame;
For nurses smitten down at Mercy's
post;
Polluted wells and sunken Red Cross
ships,
And food snatched out of starving
childTen's lips.
And crimes that hell would hesitate
to boastl
The Prussian sword is treachery and
lust:
God grant that it be trampIed in the
dust
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27
Over tie 1eFs
IT. PsM~a.

Snakes, say the state zoologist, are
a valuable asset as rodent destroyers,
which ruin crops at a percentage Of
50 for each citizen AT the same time
there are only seventeen of the many
varieties of snakes in America that
are poisonous, and none of them will
attack a human being except in self
defense. Long live the RATHER!
"ChauVinism" - pronounced sho-
vin-ism-is originally a French term,
derived from the name of Nicholas
Chauvin, a soldier in the army of
Napoleon, noted for his unreasoning
patriotism. Hence the term came to
be applied to anyone exhibiting blind
and unreasoning patriotism" The
American and English equivalent of
the word is "jingoism."
The bill compelling the reading of
the Bible each day in the public
schools of the whole state of Mary
land has been advanced to third
reading in the House. and a, test vote
Indicates that it will pass, the vote
being 57-36.
II. Lang, the well-known fur
rier of Altoona, met with an accident
on Catfish Ridge yesterday, plungins
his new rs" touring car into a
fence" Better try the Sunfish
Ridge next time, old boy.
DO you really go to church every
Sunday morning to pray?" We'll
to watch and pray"
Playwrights have their troubles.
You'll have to compose small part
for Tottie Pinktights," ordered the
manager. "I promised it to her"
80 Fudge!" howled the author.
Just the line" agreed the manager.
Short, and about all she can man.
age"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27
LABOR NOTES

immigration to the United States
last year totaled 100000, a decrease
of a million under 1916.
Farmerettes are likely to provide
partial solution of the farm labor
shortage in Canada.
bill signed at Albany prohibits
the employment of girls under 21 as
messengers in large cities.
Krupps' German gun and munition
factory employs over 125,000 work
ers, of whom 10000 are women.
Two municipal butcher shops have
been opened in Paris. Meat will be
sold without bone and prices fixed
weekly.
Pennsylvania teachers are urging
that teachers who reach the age oi
62 years should be retired on annu-
tiles.
The Farmers Union of Gloucester
shire, England, will run a farmers
candidate for the Cirencester and
Tewkesbury division.
Jesse Martin, an S3-year-old farm
worker of HurstmonceauX, Sussex
England, has twenty-one children
and 100 grandchildren.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27
CHEERING NEWS

1.-TWO items in Saturdays Tele-
graph will bear repetition. The
- first is from a report to Con-
gress on the progress of our prepara-
tions for war. and it is so filled with
optimism and encouragement that
it ought TO be kept handy for ready
reference when the ''wet-blanket
citizen comes around, with his long
face and sad countenance, TO relate
the latest shortcomings of the
American people and the hopeless
ness of the country ever becoming
a real lighting factor in the war.
Says the report in part:
Quantity production of the
heavy Browning machine gun mas
been reached; more than l,OGo
Liberty motors have been ouilt
suit planes are now being punt
in the United states, with LID
erty motors for their DRIVING
power; French .5s are oelhs oulIt
in this country in large numbers
rifle production has reached the
point where a division of l5,OVO
men can be equipped in three
days. ,s
tured here during the last month,
more than loo are now IN france
being given their tests under ac-
tual field conditions. work on the
light browning is getting under
headway, although the competed
gun is not being turned out IN
quantities. II is understood that
a particular part for 10000 light
Rrownings has been completed,
and many other parts are nearly
as well along, but under the
quantity production system COM
pleted guns are not turned OUT
rapidly until all the parts are
ready for assembly.
More than one hundred De-
Haviland combat planes have been
built in the United states, ana
have been delivered to the Army.
Quantity production on these IS
Just getting under headway.
Slightly more than half OF the
/ 600 Liberty motors of the army
airplane type have been turned
over 10 the War Department.
Nearly 200 of these Liberty en-
gines have been sent to England
and and more than 100 others are
either on the way overseas or are
enroute to American ports for
shipment
Doesn't that make you want to
cheer? Don't YOU feel the old boy
hood pride in the Stars and Stripes
and the belief that America can
lick the world we'll up again within
you?
But" the blanket" citizen
will remind you, how about ship
ping; what's the good of all this
without ships?"
And then you will read him this
dispatch from Washington:
Steel ships completed thus far
in Nav exceed the output of any
previous month in the history of
the shipping board. The total
output. up 20 and including May
%, was 20 vessels. OF ia. .66l tons.
Four steel steamships, totaling
2s,20O tons, were delivered on
Thursday.
We have the men, we have the
money, we have the ships-and we
are going to get the Kaiser. Ms
takes of administration may have
held us up for time, but nothing
is going to stop US now.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27
TURKISH, YET GENTLE
d. NeIson EEL in Asial

NE. NeISOn FeII IN AslaJ
When the Bolsheviki threw Russia
into the scrapheap they certainly
had no thought for the Kirghiz and
few people are thinking of them
now. But they are there; millions
of them. and their condition is very
precarious. 1t Is sad to think of
this happy. gentle people thrown in
to the seething struggle and, unless
re-fortified Russia or Great Britain
comes to their rescue, 1t is hard to
see what they can do to save their
existence, except to fall into the
hands of Germany, who will protect
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27
WHY WE SHALL WIN

n NE of the reasons why We ac-
cept, with no opposition and
little remark, the tremendous
demands of the war is because we
are so much in earnest. Within the
year we have given up vast sums in
taxes. purchased billions of dollars
worth OF Liberty Bonds and millions
more Of War Savings Stamps. We
have raised a hundred million dol
lars for the Red Cross and more than
duplicated the same. We have given
more millions to the Y. NJ. c. A,
knights of Columbus and other forms
OF war work. We have enacted draft
law and put ii into effective opera
ton. We talk of extending its provi-
sions 10 men of greater age, and
everybody agrees that if the coun-
try's needs demand it our last man
and our last dollar must be sacri-
feed.
That is what will make US a win
people in the world-in man-power,
money, natural resources and manu-
featuring capacity. But all that
would be as nothing without the
Will to do-without the determina-
ton to go through with this Job
If it takes all we are and all we have.
But that, com bined with our other
vast possessions constitute US an
invincible force against which all the
arms and deyiltry ever made in
Germany" will strive in vain.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Henry K. Boyer, former State
Treasurer, is again actively directing
the Montgomery county fuel and
food administration work.
John Crooks, well-known min
ing engineer, will direct the Pardee
mines.
The Rev. Isaac T. Williams has
been elected head of the Congrega-
tional denomination meetings in this
state.
The Rev. ]. A. Maxwell, Will
Transport minister, will assume a
charge in Chester.
Hugo r. Thomas becomes su-
perintendent of Johnstown city
parks.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27
BABY-CARRIAGE FAMINE

nETTER think twice before con-
signing the battered family
baby-coach to the junkheap.
Even with the ear-marks of hard
usage upon it and sagged in the
springs by the athletic efforts of a
generation Of ambitious toddlers, 1t
may be worth a lot of money; the
reason being that the government
has decided to curtail the perambu-
lator supply in the interests of war
material production. Experienced
married men will see in this order a
German conspiracy to ruin their
place of mind and wreck the muscles
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27

them as she is protecting Belgium
to-day. Whatever faults the I'm
perial regime had, it cannot be de-
MED that the Turanian races were
happy under it's paternal Incidence.
It's yoke was easy and it's burden
light. Its fall was a calamity for
the Kirghiz.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27

And l repned with rlSlns neat
Flat feet"
The talk veered round to safer
We spoke of sammies - kaiser
bound.
They'll git him, too" says Sam to
me,
His fat sides shakin' in his glee.
"WelI, Sam" says I. why amt you
in?
I thought you would be, sure as sin. -
He sighed and rubbed his shining
pate" lover weight"
Flat feet and over weight, indeed.
We both had long since gone to seed,
But each, in vanity, ignored
The real cause-in our conscience
stored
OF why we'd failed to qualify
To tote" a gun or learn to fly
Along with younger men enrolled,
TOO old"
The night wore on. The fire was low.
Twas gittin' time for Sam to go.
When Sam" says ], lets jine the
ranks
OF those who serve with scanty
thanks.
We both can do our bit at home
AS well as those across the foam.
Let's you and me help pay the
"In sacrifice"
Lets bind the wounds the gun.
have wrought,
BY plankin' down our last 10-spot.
For some must work as we'll as
fight,
TO win for freedom and the right.
And, every nurse we send to France,
Will give the boys better chance.
Let but one thought our hearts
engross,
Red Cross"
Now Sam and me work side by side,
To check that rising crimson tide.
And on Picardy's shell swept plain
We strive to hush the cries of pain
Is some three thousand miles away
Old Sam and me we pitch right
And grin"
God help the cause. God help the
men
Who fight that-right shall live again
God bless the noble Red Cross nurse
God bless the man with ready purse
Get out upon the working line
And let your latent talents shine.
What If we fill q pauper's grave?
What Il we suffer. staFve and slave ?
If but a single boy we save,
cit busyl"
TWill FerrelI.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27
DO YOU KNOW

That gun carriage steel made
in Harrisburg is on the firing
line in Europe?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27
SAM AND l

I met Sam Brown, a friend of mine
And took him home with me to dine
We talked at length of this and that
AS friends will do in random chat
Sam says to me, How comes it, Joe
You're not arrayed agin the foe?'
And l replied with rising heat,
Flat feet"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27

II it is true that packers are ship
ping unit meat to soldiers. the best
punishment would be to send the meat
back and force those responsible to
do the eating of it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27
OUR DAILY LAUGH
ANYTHING BUT THAT.

Mrs. Fussbody-If L don't get Q
letter from you every day I'll feel SO
lonely I'll come right back home.
Hubby-Never fear. I'll write
fyuicaNa daV4
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27
MONDAY, MAY %, 1918

He kno1S not his oton strength that
has not met ddUerSity-BEN JOHN
son.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27

"The U-boat menace is fading" says
the French Minister of Marine, and,
he might have added, along with it
the hopes of Germany.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27
A PATRIOT.

"what is a patriot?"
"a patriot is one who does all that
he can for his country without ex-
pecting the other fellow to do more
than he can"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The first state arsenal was estab-
lished here soon after the Capitol
was built.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27

Alexander Simpson, who sits for
the first time to-day as justice of
the states highest court, is we'll
known here as he has frequently ap-
peared at hearings at the Capitol
and in the Dauphin county court. He
succeeds Justice w. p. Potter, who
was law partner of William A. Stone,
who named him. Justice Simpson is
the first justice to assume his seat
here in a long time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27

Good ne&s for the railroad men
means good news for HARRISBURG
which is prosperous only as railroad
r,aD are DrosperOus.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.,
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27

Ell. .STACKPOLE,P PrsS'f s Ediior-iH-C hiSf
F. r. OYSTER. Business MdHdEsr.
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ, Managing ESitor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27
HER FIRST SILK DRESS

MRS. e. B. sCHLOSSER.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-11-07

Va utGI8 TOO WVCU OVI1SOIItVs - We
CHARGED he had punished BIly, . ten
year-old boy.
However, had Jimmie not repeated
the process of punishing BiIly the cas-
might never have been brought 70
light.
Whfle playing near North avenus
and Fortieth street Billy spled . pue
OF cement blocks and not seeing any
one near he proceeded TO smash up
one Of the blocks. That Was his Mn.
Jimmie, the ardent protector q
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-11-07
new IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR

Prince Macmillan of Berlin, the
new imperial chancellor Of Germany,
has been known a. the chief Of tho
Delbrueck moderates and opponents Of
the pan-G Germans. Once before. upon
the fall Of Chancellor Michaelis, No
;vember /, 1917, he was put forward as
the moderates' candidate for tho
chancellorship. His name. however,
did not go before the emperor. a.
Prince Maximilian objected for dynas-
tic reasons.
At that time there were vague
run,ors concerning Prince Macmillan
to the effect that In moderate circles
there was under way q movement hav-
ing for its ultimate objective the de-
thronement Of Emperor William and
the choice Of Prince Macmillan az
his successor. These rumors, how
ever. were never confirmed, although
there seemed to be some foundation
for them. @a'I". 5la
In his book, my Four Years IN
Germany" former Ambassador James
milan and expressed admiration for BIZ
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-11-07
DID GREAT WORK FOR BRITAIN
Lieut.. Col. J. 8. wardlaw Milne

Lieut.. Col. J. 8. Wardlaw Milncs
I. D. F., who has been making speak
Ing tour Of the United States 1t tho
request of Lord Chelmsford, viceroy
OF India, has done some very remark.
able work for the British government
since the war started In 1914.
Colonel Milne II commander Of the
artillery garrison ut Bombay, India !;
president of the advisory Indian ship
ping board, q member Of the viceroys
council, head Of the largest shipping
concern In Bombay and one OF the
largest individual ship owners In the
near East.
Having his experience. knowledge
and executive ability, Colonel Milne e
the outbreak Of the war was called
upon BY the British government toyoe-
xanize q deep-sea transport system
between Indian ports and France. His
nrst work was the shipping to tho
west front men and supplies nom
India. He went to work with tre-
~ A. =
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-11-07
BRITISH LITERARY ENVOY
where he resumed hts law studies, and

Lord Charnwood. traveller, writer
and home rule advocate, has come to
this country at the invitation Of the
Illinois centennial committee. An au-
thor Of a book on Abraham Lincoln.
the British peer delivered a lecture
October 8 on the martyred president
at the celebration in Springfield.
Lord Charnwood's trip is Of more
than usual Importance, for he IL chair.
man of a subcommittee Of the. COM
mittee for promoting an intellectual
entente among the allied and friendly
countries, recently formed by the Roy
al Society Of Literature. Lord Charm
woods committee was formed for
American relations. He will remain
until next January.
A liberal, supporter Of Gladstone
and home rule, an ardent admirer OF
Lincoln and a student Of his life and
times, the British peer II peculiarly
fitted to promote mutual understand
Ing and sympathy between his country
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-11-07
Akron Deaf-Mute's Experience in an Army Camp

that has
n that reported Of Hinton
rubber by local tire company who for month
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-11-07

questions
contemplate Stacker
the paid visit to ne camp
changed and treated me
usually connived to get me IN tne
observer
might have the advantage OF initiating tne p d
landed
Rawlings out
forward while the rest Of me
executed q face u #
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-11-07
.LINCOLN'S SURVIVING SON /

Robert Todd Lincoln, the only
surviving son Of President Abraham
Lincoln. who recently celebrated his
seventy-fifth birthday anniversary.
now makes his home In Washington.
Robert T. Lincoln was the eldest
son of the president. His early
schooling was received at an academy
in Springfield, Ill. BY the time he hal
attained college age his father was en-
abled to send him to the University
of Illinois. His graduation from that
institution was followed by a, term at
Exeter academy, after which he en-
tered Harvard university, where he
was q student during the greater part
Of the Civil war period. %
Completing his course at Harvard
in 1864. young Lincoln applied for ad-
mission to the military service and was
commissioned captain, serving on the
staff Of General Grant throughout the
final campaign Of the war. IS.
Following the assassination of his
father, Mr.. Lincoln returned to Chicago
In 1867 was admitted to the bar.
Mr.. Lincoln was appointed secretar
In 1881. In 1889 he was again called i
son appointing him as United States m
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-11-07

Ambassador w. Gerard
milan for him.
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box az candy packages tss from
xocer several
escaped from the home
other day 70 obbng Jews store saS ,
yes old swearingns nine years Old 4s4
house" in the back yard OF $40 Locust
the stolen articles
years. Ernest told the judge I've sot mol
don't be hard Jimmie ana
to blame" -. 80.
Home
Jimmie Paul werep their mothers
"16rs Buck and want % tnanA
!.
.f.uann sFrnes