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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
Over tie lob
cN Pe~na-

Sounded just like the cash regis
ter in our store ringing up" writes a
Pennsylvania boy whose tin hat was
struck by German bullet, bouncing
off without doing any damage.
Poor Sandy. No soldier has
fought more gallantly than the
Scotchman, but even as Harry Laud-
er himself found so much fun in
"spoofing" him, so dpes every one
else. Latest is Sandy and Tommy
Atkins in a train-car. a pretty girl
opposite. DO you know her 2" from
Tommy. 20, yes, very we'll" al
say, then, introduce me-" "Ah. wait
q bit, cautioned Sandy, She hasna
paid her fare yet"
In IT years William Won Media
Mohn, of Shillington, Berks County
has not missed a Sunday school ses-
sion at the Emmanuel Reformed
church. For years he has been su-
perintendent.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
THE FOX-TROTTER

What! the girl 1 adore by another
embraced,
What! the balm of her life shall an
other man taste,
What touched in the twirl by
another mans knee,
What! pant and recline on another
than me?
Sir, she's yours. From the grape you
have pressed the soft blue;
From the rose you have shaken the
dew,
What you have touched you may
take.
Pretty waltzer, adfeu. Byron
Have you ever stood by and
watched your best girl, or your wife
or your daughter, fox-trotting with
some other man? Can you recall
your thoughts and your feelings
Were you inspiring. soulful
Or when bear-hugging with some
other mans wife or daughter, what
were your thoughts, your sensations
and your feelings toward the mod
ern dance?
You may recall descriptions OF
sensuous dances that were prevail
ent in Rome just previous to. its
fall. They were of the fox-trot style
and became the rage. In those days
intemperance was also fashionable
and was indulged in to the limit
OF course they didn't have our old
Monongahela rye, or the fancy
drinks served at fashionable balls
but they made out pretty we'll with
their wines.
While the social situation is bad
enough there is some satisfaction
in knowing that 1t might be worse
And it may ibe worse before 1t Is
much improved, for the war spirit
certainly does prompt excitable peo-
pie to go the limit, even to hang ov-
er the ropes.
While our conduct as a people Is
far from being outrageous, the fact
remains that the spirits of pride
vanity and selfishness are much in
evidence, with signs of their becom.
ing still more so.
These always go before fall OF
a great reform, or change in So
cial conditions.
Before the call to the service oi
the country the idle element in soci,
ETY. was being put to it to find some.
thing strenuous and daring enough
to do, the highways to Paris anC
other European cities being closed
However. ways and means were be,
| ing provided here at home to sat
isfy the growing demand.-Erasmu.
Wilson in the Pittsburgh Gazette
! Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
FOOD PRICES UP

From January Is. 1917, to Janu-
ary Is, 1918. the price of food as a
whole increased 25 per cent. All
articles show decided increases. with
the exception of potatoes, which de-
creased 16 per cent. Corn meal
shows the greatest price change, an
increase of n per cent. Bacon in
creased GA per cent, lard SO per cent,
pork chops "a per cent, ham AZ per
cent, milk S5 per cent. hen 20 per
cent, butter Q per cent, eggs 2s per
cent. bread 10 per cent, sugar 1 8 per
cent, and flour II per cent.
A comparison of prices as between
January, 1918, and January. 1913,
shows that corn meal increased 1876
per cent, lard ia per cent, potatoes
1O7 per cent, flour 100 per cent, ba-
con 81 per cent, pork chops S3 per
cent, eggs 81 per cent, bread 66 per
cent, sugar SO per cent, hens 62 per
cent, and milk 81 per cent. Food
as whole advanced 63 per cent
From the Labor Statistics Review.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
TEN REASONS

Rev. DIR. Lewis Seymour
Nudge, pastor of Pine Street
ID Presbyterian Church, recently
wrote, at the request of the Liberty
Loan Committee, ten reasons for the
purchase of Liberty Bonds. DR.
Nudge has covered the ground sc
effectively that IL you have not pur.
chased as yet and you will not after
reading his reasons you are hopeless
The Telegraph has asked the Liberty
Loan Committee for permission tc
publish them as final argument a
the close of the big drive in Har.
risburg, and here they are:
You will be approved il you do,
and suspected if you do not. To
be approved is better than to be
You win be thrifty If you do,
and improvident if you do not. To
be thrifty is to think of others
and the future.
You will be business-lilke IL you
do. and unbusiness-!ike if you do
not To be bustness-iike is to
place your money judiciously.
You will be wise if you do, and
1OOIlSh IL you 90 DOT. 10 De wise
is to realize that to-day. the Hun
Is more than holding his own.
You will be broad minded il you
do. and narrow minded il you do
rot. To be narrow-minded now is
to be a Prussian sympa thtzer. and
a peril to your country.
You will be unselfish IL you do.
and selfish if you do not. To be
selfish at this juncture will assist
in Germanizing the globe.
You will be setting a good ex-
ample if you do, and a bad ex-
anpie If you do not. To be an
exemplary citizen Here Is to back
the boys over There.
You will be patriotic IL you do,
and unpatriotic IL you do not. To
be unpatriotic with your pocket
book is treason:
If you d0 and helping our enc
mics If you do not. To do the
latter at any time is to be
traitor to your country.
You will be doing right IL you
do, and doing wrong II you do
not. To do right in this matter
should be easy. You are 1eing ing
YOUR life; and for 'he loan of your
money and not for the gift of 1t.
These are ten real reasons VIII
you should buy all the Liberty Bond
your income will permit. Can yo
give one real reason why you shoul
not? Remember that doing our bi
in this case means doing your. bes
The man who is miser is helpin
the Kaiser.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
Record in Transportation

The derailment of troop train at
Central Islip emphasizes the safety
with which hundreds of thousands
of soldiers have been moved about
the country in the past year.
While not more than 100000 men
have been called to service, each has
taken more than one railroad jour-
ney and some have Travelled between
home and camp scores of times.
Therefore, in considering the matter
of safety, it must be remem bered
that the number of soldiers trans
ported in companies or singly has
climbed well into the millions. And
railroad accidents have been very in
frequent.-BroolSlyn Standard I'm
ION
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26

outlet for investing their savings.
They pay Az 20, which is slightly
better. than the savings banks. They
mature in 10 years, and the interest
is payable semi-annually. In addi-
ton the Government is setting aside
fund to take up bonds which pur-
chasers cannot afford to carry And
above every other factor in the sit
uation is the knowledge that our
Government will meet it's obligations
The investor will receive his money
regularly; and in 10 years will have
his money back. There is no other
investment with so strong a guar
antee.
Every man cannot fight for his
country. Few women can avail
themselves of active participation in
the service of the nation. But every
man and every woman in Pennsyl-
vania, rich and poor, can help in pro-
viding the sinews of war-by sub
scribing for bonds in the Third Lib
erty Loan.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
HOW WILL 1T SEEN?

How will it seem when Peace comes
back once more,
After these desperate days of shat
tering pain
How will it be with all of us again,
When hushed forever is the thunder
of War ?
There still are primroses by many a
shore,
And still there bloom, in many a
lovely lane.
Hawthorne and 1ilacs; and the
roses stain
Is red against full many a garden
door.
oh, days to be! oh. honeyed nights
of sleep.
When the white moon shall mount
the quiet skyi
Shall we be wholly happy when buds
creep,
Rem mbering those who dared to
bleed and die
Can v, clad again Or shall we
For 49, who told this sad. glad
world good-by?
-Chas. Hanson Towne. In Harper'R
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
Great Thoughts on Peace

Peace is liberty in tranquility
Cicero.
have never advocated war, ex-
cept as a means of peace-U. S.
Grant
Nothing can bring you peace but
yourself. Nothing can bring peace
but the triumphs of principles-Em-
erSon.
1 am a man of peace. God knows
how love peace; but hope 1 shall
never be such a coward as to mis-
take oppression for peace.-Kossuth.
Peace, above all thing, is to be de-
sired, but blood must sometimes be
spilled to obtain it on equable and
lasting terms.-Andrew Jackson.
Peace ? A brutal lethargy is
peaceable; the noisome grave is
peaceable. We hope for a living
peace, not a dead one.-Carlyle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
PREPARE FOR PEACE

4 BRIGHT newspaper paragraph
"A er remarked the other day that
one of the encouraging signs
of the times is that people are be-
ginning to talk about how to win the
war, instead of what we shall do
after the war. And yet, just as in
time of peace we should have pre-
pared for war, so in the time of war
we should prepare for peace. While
the great bulk of our effort should
be directed toward defeating the en-
emy by force of arms, a thoughtful
and energetic element of the nation
should be set to work to prepare to
meet his organized efforts on the
field of international trade and in
dustrialism after the signing of the
peace treaties.
However much the Germans may
fear American military prowess, and
+ indications are not lacking that they
are growing very uneasy as to the
might we shall exert in France, they
are far more fearful of the economic
retaliation in which we may. and
probably will, indulge after war.
do not be deceived" says the VI
emma Arbeiter Zeitung, newspaper
that for its outspoken opinions is in
high favor among Germans of pro-
gressive ideas and tendencies. Ger
many's victories will never force the
entente to accept a peace of vio-
lence. If the Germans could take
France and Italy to capitulate, then
there would remain the English,
safe in their island. and America,
protected by the ocean. They can
always continue the war by sea, and
the greatest victory on land cannot
impose a peace of force on America
and England" And then the same
editorial points out that with Eng
land and America controlling the
seas, blocking German overseas
trade and holding control of the
worlds supplies of raw materials
the economic existence of Germany
would be in a precarious state and
in the end the war would be lost tc
the Central Powers.
Conservative German newspaper
take the same view, and even oil,
yon Tirpitz himself. according to the
Literary Digest. sheds tears over
thoughts of our economic retalia.
ton. The German organ of finance
the, GRANDMOTHER zeitung. adds it
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
Correction of Injustice

A grave injustice to Army officers
serving abroad and having depen-
dants at home has been corrected by
the commutation of quarters bill
which has been signed by President
Wilson. Quarters are to be provid-
ed for such dependents or commuta-
ton In money is to be paid. Such
allowances hitherto have been made
only in the case of officers serving at
home. The passage of the bill was
an obvious duty to brave men who
are serving their country in a peril
Gus work and whose pay at best is
but meager compared with the ex-
penditures they are compelled to
make for equipment and mainte-
nance.-Philadelphi Telegraph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

George S. Pomeroy. well-known
here, made one of the addresses at
the get together" meeting of the
Reading merchants.
Governor Brumbaugh will visit
the camp at Allentown on Sunday.
The Rev. F. w. Beekman, Beth
lehem clergyman. is now in France
on religious work among soldiers.
Judge George B. Orlady, of the
Superior Court, was among those
honored by State College on occa-
sion of the fiftieth anniversary of his
graduation.
Frank A. Vanderlip will speak
to war savings people in Philadel-
phia next month. He is the man
who is commonly believed to have
originated the plan.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
I LedUe IT to You

One may be led. blindfolded, into
a boiler factory, stamping mill a
Broadway cabaret, or even a Demo-
cratic convention. and perhaps be
unable to cry out while sightless the
nature of the institution; but let one
be led. sightless, into a gathering
where one overhears the stock ques-
ton, II leave it to you. AS man to
man, am L right or am 1 wrong?"
then one isn't possibly or probably
in a barroom. 1t is a barroom.-
Frank Ward O'Malley in the Gen.
tury Magazine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
LABOR NOTES

Montreal, Can, painters ask As
cents an hour.
Teachers throughout Ireland de-
mand increased pay.
Toronto, Can, machinists have a
minimum of So cents an hour.
The United Kingdom has about
100000 members of labor unions.
ShipbuilSers and boilermakers at
Toronto are 100 per cent. organized.
Vancouver, B. c., policemen have
been increased $40 a month.
Land Army women in Canada are
being trained as mole catchers.
Women are to be taken on as rural
mail carriers.
Oregon has a law which prevents
women from serving as messengers.
The average age at which women
marry in Great Britain is &c.
Women of Michigan have united
to tender their services for farm
work this summer.
Rhode Island deputy sheriffs may
have their salaries raised from SO to
$5 day.
Belfast, Ireland, Teachers Asso.
citation has affiliated with the Bel
fast Trades and Labor Union.
There has been a general 10 pei
cent. wage increase in Rhode Island
woolen mills.
Coal miners in Nova Scotia are de.
manding that the corporations recog.
] niZe the various unions there
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
RESERVES GOOD WORK

-HE Harrisburg Reserves have
undertaken a very excellent
Il and vitality necessary work in
deciding to devote a portion of their
activities to the rounding up of Sc
dition spreaders and disloyal per-
sons in the community. The inten-
ton is to place one of the officers in
charge of this branch of activity
keep a regular system of reports and
to run down in a very quiet but ef-
fective manner every hint of pro-
Germanism in this locality.
The time is long since here when
we can look with tolerance upon
lukewarm supporters of the cause
America represents in this war.
Those who are not intensely for us
are against us. We have been mer-
cifully spared from the incendiaries
and murderers who have set fire to
factories and blown up munition
plants in other parts of the country,
but that is not because there is no
disloyalty here. There are very
strong indications that in Harris
burg and nearby towns are many
who industriously circulate gossip
and reports designed for no other
purpose than to break down the con-
1idence of the people. to mislead
them as to our aims in the war and
to create a desire for an inconclu-
sive peace.
These and others who will not buy
Liberty Bonds, or support the Red
Cross, the Y. NJ. c. A or knights of
Columbus war work must be smoked
out. They ought to be listed and
then ostracised. The making of
such list has been assumed by the
Reserves. It is a worthy undertake
ing and the members deserve the
thanks of the community for having
volunteered for such a disagreeable
task.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THANKS TELEGRAPH
To the Editor of the Telegraph:


Dear Sir: I wish to take this op-
portunity of thanking you in behalf
of our Liberty Loan committee and
our employees for the very favorable
editorial comment and accurate
news item covering demonstration
last Saturday in the interest of the
Third Liberty Loan.
The result attained at our plant is
very gratifying to the officials of the
company and hope the spectacle of
so many men of all classes parading
in the interest of the loan may, be
of some assistance to the general
committee in securing Harrisburg s
quota
Permit me also to extend my
thanks, and with best wishes, 1 beg
to remain,
Yours very truly,
ROBERT H. IRONS,
President
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
Right to ReDoke Citizenship

The man who Isl not with us in
this war-no matter who the man
may be-is against us. Every. loyal
American must realize the justice of
this sentiment. and for that reason
there Wilt be genuine interest in the
suit which has been brought in one
of the United States courts to revoke
the citizenship of neutralized
American who is alleged to have
said that he would do nothing to
aid this country in the present war
and who is charged with having ex-
pressed the hope that Germany
might win. 1t goes without saying
that such a person is not worthy to
be clothed with the rights and priv
Eileges of citizenship.-From the
| philadelphia Inquirer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
Making of Experts

Tt is announced that the govern
ment has established six weeks
courses of intensive training in en-
ployment management. and that the
men so trained are to be distributed
among the various industries in or
der to solve the problems which will
come up in connection with business.
THIS training, it is stated, will con-
sist of an intensive study of methods
to promote activities affecting hui
man relations of the workers.-From
the Philadelphia Press.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
Liberty Editorial
By EDWARD E. BEIDLEMAN
STATE SENATOR FOR DAUPHIN COUNT!

WYE all know that the United
w States of America will win
the war.
But we must put all our man pow
er and all our resources in the battle.
In time when everything is I'M
settled businessmen hesitate about
starting new ventures. Investors
hesitate about putting their money
into new concerns
But in Liberty Bonds of the third
Notation we are presented with the
opportunity of investing our savings
in q concern-a going concern,
which has been in existence 129
years; and which has never default
ed in a debt, which has always paid
in full, and which will always pay in
full.
Liberty Bonds of the present issue
are the soundest business investment
of the present time.
They provide the people with an
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
Names in the NeLUS

Emplacement is a military term
applied to a position made of earth
or sandbags, in which a machine
gun is stationed, invisible to the en-
enmy.-Exchange.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
DO YOU KNOW
HTSTORIC HARRISBURG
That Harrisburg steel is being
used in Delaware shipyards?

Early British officers used to say
Harrisburg was a strategic point in
Central Pennsylvania and that is
why Fort Harris was built by John
Harris in the French and Indian
War.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26

And now let us have a list of those
able to buy Liberty Bonds who refuse
to do so.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26

What are you going to tell the. boys
If they come home and find you have
no Liberty Bonds? Also. what are
they going to say to you?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26

It's not Liberty Day for you unless
Won own a Liberty Bond.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING co.
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26

There are signs that Germany 1
about to get "in Dutch"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26

Ell. STACKPoLE.P PreS't s. Editor-in- C Chisf
II. r. OYSTER, Business Munger.
GUS M. STEINMETZ. MdHdging Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
OUR DAILY LAUGH
Her EXCUSE.

HER EXCUSE.
I'm surprised
that you'd let a
man kiss you on
such short ac-
quaintance.
Well, he said
It was my own
fault that I
hadn't met him
sooner.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
CHANGED,

The W orld
owes me q liv-
ing.
The world is
conserving its
food s upply
nowadays, and
you'd better get
out and hustle
for your meals.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26

All days come that are to be.-DICK-
EMS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26

Tt is expected to begin painting the
names of pennsylvania municipalities
that ego over the top" in the sale of
Liberty Bonds on the big board at
the State Capitol. Daniel f. Lafean,
commissioner of banking, is the di-
rector general of the list
The Sentinel=record., 1918-05-24

basic idea of new photoplay making a compromise. In the first part of the story he is bad man and becomes reformed, and during the remainder of the picture he favors law and order
 The result of these two heads is
 wolves of the Rail" which met with instant approval when shown yester- day at the New Central See it to- day and you'll be a booster for liar. pictures forever after. Also don't for get "Saucy Madiline," the twelve cylinder speed comedy from the Mack Sennett studios Ben Turpin. the efoss-eyed beauty of Keystone fame. and Polly Moran, the western dare devil lady demon, enjoy two reels of the biggest surprises and funny antics they have yet shown A James Mont gomery Flagg comedy will also be shown, making a total of eight big reels of solid fun and entertainment Admission 10 and 25 cents
The Sentinel=record., 1918-05-24
ELLA HALL SHINES .
 AT ROYAL THEATRE
PRETT YLITTLE SCREEN STAR IN BEAUTIFUL HUMAN INTER. EST DRAMA AND KEY
 STONE COMEDY

Ohe or the screens most favored stars pretty little Ella Hall. is inc
 central figure today at the Royal the-
 ater in an entrancing drama of love and human sympathy, "A Mothers
 Secret A riotous two-part Keyston4
 comedy with all the big makers
 or that company is also on the same
 blll today as an extra added attrac-
 ton
 Miss Ella Hall is one of the really great stars in the motion picture world. Like Mary Pickford. Marguer- lte Clark and others. she has held q place all her own. Her style of talent Is distinctively her own: she does not try 10 copy from aonther screen art ist The Blue Bird company upder whose banner Miss Hall plays has featured that child artist in many successful and appealing photodramas. but the feature today. "A Mothers Secret is considered one of her very best efforts 1t is intensely interest ing, and Miss Hall plays a part that burns into the sympathies of the spec tators in a manner never to be for gotten
 Saturday comes Eddie Polo in an other smashing episode of The Bulls 5ye'' and Marjory Wilson. the pretty girl with the big brown eyes, in a big Triangle feature.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-05-24
ISrJohnston forbes Robertson ! tn
 Passing of inc IhlrdFloor BeclJ

the eminent English actor, and his own chosen company in "The Passin2 of the Third Floor Back.
 It was this great stage play that brought Robertson to the fore as one of the worlds greatest actors, and his ability was recognized by the ruler of England with signal royal honors
 ''The Passing of the Third Floor Back with Sir Johnston Forbes Rob ertson in the title role, gained world wide reputation as stage play. It h. been picturized for the first time with the man who made it famous in the leading role.
 Princess patrons. who have never seen this wonderful play of deepest human interest play that has moved the world to laughter and tears. will be surprised at the richness of the piece in human interest, both in the light comedy and the deep emotional parts.
 The prices for today are 10 and 20 1 cents, war tax included
The Sentinel=record., 1918-05-24
Wasserman Flood Test.

Laboratory of the Hot Springs Sanitarlum. 6l9 Central avenue.