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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
Growing Grass With Wheat?


of this is said to be a strengthening
of root-growth. The protection from
frost given to the roots of the cereal
by the covering of turf is further
said to cause an earlier start of nor
NAL spring growth, more heads to
be thrown up, more rapid develop
ment of the plant, and earlier ripen-
ing of the grain.
THE harvesting is proposed to be
done by means of an ordinary NOW
ing-machine fitted with an extra
knife at the proper height above the
grass to cut the heads of the grain.
The lower knife is to cut the hay as
usual, and the upper knife to act as
a header Special arrangements are
proposed for separately collecting
the grain and the straw.
"It would be easy to enlarge on
the advantages of the method IL it
materialized, but expectations should
be represt until a definite trial has
been made and seen by competent
observers. Agricultural experiments
are just as full of pitfalls as any
others, and agricultural literature
contains many proposals for revolu-
tionizing crop production which, un-
fortunately, never matured.
mere Is great ueal OF evidence
to show that growing grass has a
pernicious effect on wheat sown in
the ordinary way. as careless farm
ers have often learned to their cost.
Mr.. Pickering's experiments at the
Woburn fruit farm further demon
strate the incompatibiiity of grass
and crops. 1t will be well, therefore,
to await definite and unexceptionable
evidence before attaching impor-
tance to the new claims"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10

n OMETHING like the discovery
~ that two telegraph messages at
once may be sent over the same
wire, which startled the scientific
world a good many years ago, is the
announcement in the London Times
(April 20 and May u that the same
land may be used for raising grass
and wheat at the same time. Nature
(London, May %, from which we
excerpt the following comments, is
somewhat cautious; and doubtless
the recent "Americanization of the
London press, which is deplored by
all good Britons, makes caution de-
sirable, and even necessary. Never
theless the articles in the Times are
described by the reviewer as .caus-
ing some little excitement in agri-
cultural circles" as "the method, if
well founded, would revolutionize
agriculture and overcome some great
difficulties in food-production." We
read on:
AT present it is impossible to ex-
press an opinion. as no sufficient
statement of detail has yet been
made. 1t was stated in the article
that the government experts had
been much imprest by the method,
but inquiries of the Food Production
Department put rather a differen,
complexion on the case. According
to the article, the method consists
in delivering mixture of wheat, or
oat-seed and artificial fertilizers un-
der the surface of grass land in July.
BY September or October the cereal
Is stated to have grown from eight
inches to ten inches high. Live stock
are then run on to the field to eat
down the corn and grass; the effect
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
HoW Autos Are Stolen

A writer says in the July Farm
and Fireside:
THE car-thief system or organi-
zation has at work a company of
spoilers whose duty 1t is to make a
note of when and where cars are
left by their owners. They soon
find out whether the car owners
carry any protecting devices, wheth-
er they lock their ignition switches,
and anything else that might pre-
vent a speedy and safe getaway.
Sometime the engine number is
defs ced. or the engine may be trans
ferred to chassis of another num-
ber. Various things are done when
tho thief organization is prepared
to make changes in a car in q spe-
cial garage of their own. The
greater number of cars stolen seem
to be taken soon after the owners
leave them.
"The smooth thief in taking an
automobile knows how to get round
the ordinary switch.
For this reason the owner should
make use of reliable means to foil
the thief. Removing some invalu-
able part, like part of the distribu-
tor. or the conductor bar of the
magnetic"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
A GOOD SPEECH

THAT President Wilson's Fourth
i of July speech was better even
than appeared at first reading is
indicated by the furious wrath with
which it has been greeted by the sub
sidized newspapers of Germany and
Austria
The President, expressing the
thought of the whole American peo-
pie, said bluntly that the war must
he continued until the peril of
Prussianism has been crushed. He
left no doubt as to where America
stood on that question. He made it
perfectly clear that victory on the
field of war is the only means Amer
lea will consider in the bringing
about of a safe and permanent
peace.
It's nothing more than a new
declaration of war;" cries a terribly
injured Junker newspaper, and an
other adds: America means to crush
the power of the Central Empires"
Correct on both counts. That is just
what America means to do. The
Germans realize that nothing but a
miracle can save them from defeat.
They realize that neither America
nor England can be beaten by force
of arms. All the striving in Europe
this summer has been with the hope
of winning such a decisive advan-
tage in France as to weaken the
morale of that people and so bring
about peace by negotiation, which
would mean German peace.
No wonder, then, that the Ger
man press complains so bitterly
against the Presidents Fourth of
July speech. He has sounded the
keynote of the death knell of Ger
man imperialism, and they know it.
A few hot days would help the corn
crop a lot, Mr.. Domain.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
SAVING THE WILD LIFE

~ EAL sportsmen in every part of
X Pennsylvania will applaud the
action of the State Commission
yesterday in closing practically the
whole State to the hunting of ruffed
grouse for a year. This was done by
the commissioners, all of whom are
lovers of wild life and experienced
hunters, at the petition of the sports
men. many of whom backed up the
prayers by personal letters.
For several years grouse has been
the pet object of many hunters and
If stories are true some pot hunters
hunted 1t SO closely that the bird
was virtually extermiRated in loeali-
ties. The severe winters which have
fallen upon the Keystone State of
late further diminished the numbers
of the grouse and about year ago
movement was started In Pitts
burgh to have the whole State
closed. Two acts of the Legislature
give the commission authority to
suspend for certain periods the hunt.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
Treatment of Shell Shock

AS for the treatment of sufferers
from shell shock, the French have
found wonderful efficacy in the SIM
pie expedient of refusing pensions to
men iuvalided because of this ma
lady. This does not prove them to be
malingerers. They are not, but re-
covery is due to the suggestion oon-
tanned in knowledge that the alter
native to recovery Is not ease and
safety out of the war.
Prevention, however, is better than
cure by this or less harsh methods.
Company officers with some under
standing of the subject, by paying
close attention to their men and TAX
ing with each, at the first appear
ance of nervous instability, Just the
tone OF encouragement, explanation
or reproof suited to individual tenn
perament, can prevent most of them
from breaking down.
None of these remarks, of course,
applies to cases of real shell shocks
the physical effects of explosions
only few feet away.-New York
Times,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
ANOTHER VICTIM

m HE enforced resignation of DR..
Richard Won Kuehlmann as
German secretary of foreign af-
fairs, reported from Berlin to-day,
brings with it no surprise. Ever
since the world turned coldly upon
Won Kuehlmann's peace speech it
was evident that the foreign minis
ter would have to go. Not only were
his remarks received badly abroad,
but even before they had failed to
arouse interest in belligerent coun-
tries they had caused storm among
the pan-Germans at home. Perhaps
the speech was put out as a feeler,
with the approval of the Kaiser, who
is known to be more or less weak
kneed as to the outcome of the war
and requires constant heartening on
the part of the Junkers, but when
tries and caused such a storm at
home Won Kuehlmann's end was
plainly in sight.
The particular part of the address
which proved so offensive to the pan
Germans was that in which Won
Kuehlmann declared "in view of the
magnitude of the war and the num-
ber of powers, including those from
overseas, that are engaged, its end
can hardly be expected through
purely military decisions alone and
without recourse to diplomatic nego-
tiations." The foreign minister put
the hopelessness of Germany's posi-
ton so badly that even his friends
ly what might have been expected
for a trained diplomat unless he had
deliberately meant to sound out the
sentiment abroad with regard to
peace negotiations, and there are
many who strongly suspect that even
in the face of his resignation by re-
quest. the speech was inspired by his
imperial master and that Won
Kuehlmann was merely puppet.
OF course, Won Kuehlmann's many
enemies are pleased. They had been
trying hard for years to dethrone
him. Like Won Bernstorff, Won
Kuehlmann is a man given to gross
immortality in his private life. Even
now he is in the midst of a libel
suit against certain Berlin newspa-
pers which accused him of open as
sociation with disreputable women
and of conduct unbecoming gentle
man while representing the govern
ment at Bucharest; but the public
paid small attention to this and his
retiremen cannot be traced to his
personal indicretions, which have
been no greater than those of many
another famous German diplomat
who remains in high favor with
throne and public. The answer TO
Won Kuehlmann's reported retire
ment lies in the necessity of finding
another sacrifice to save the face
of the Kaiser.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
FROM THE FRONT LINE

Lieutenant Grantland Rice needs
no introduction to baseball fans and
lovers of sports of all kinds. His
comment was ever sound and enter
tanning and his verse ever attractive.
In a letter from behind the fight
ing lines in France he tells of the
part that sports are playing in en-
teitaining our men and in keeping
up their morale.
in verse which he inclosed,
written on a drum head, so to speak,
he accurately typ.fies the spirit of
ou~ men who are fighting the great
fight for liberty and democracy, and
incidentally his own.
The verse follows:
If II should be we will not come
Your way again,
When Peace comes with muffied
drum
Some day again;
IF 1t should be we will not know
The old. old ways
The hearth of home-the twilight
glow
OF waning days
If it should be that Fate. at last,
Should call us in,
Beyond the great shells hurtling
past
The endless din
Or If it happens from the hosts.
Our times at hand
To leave and join the haunting
ghosts
OF no mans land
Think not of us as Scared and
manned
Beyond the foam
Nor those whom sullen death has
claimed
So far from home
Think not of us with tears that
creep,
Nor hearts that ache,
But rather as q child asleep
Till dawn shall break.
Yes, as a child who heard the call,
Who saw at night
The glow of home beyond the wall,
The waiting light;
Beyond the last and dread alarms
or steel and lance,
Safe now within the sheltering arms
or MOTHER FRANCE.
BY Lieut.. Grantland Rice.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

pr. C. S. Foos, the Reading
school superintendent, has urged
military training in the schools of
that city.
District Attorney Slattery, who
eneineered the Sunday raid In
wilkes Barre. did 1t without con-
suIting the mayor.
David McArt, the new president
of the States Post Office Clerks As
sociation, comes from Scranton and
is we'll known in that city.
Mayor Heidenreich. of Hazle-
ton, is planning a celebration of Bas-
tile Day in his city.
pr. Charles B. Penrose. chair
man of the State Game Commits
sion, who was here yesterday, spends
some time every fall hunting in the
Senator P. C. Knox has return
ed from a southern trip.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
The Proof of War

Now we know that our bodies are
mere flimsy shells, in which our souls
are paramount. We can fling them
aside any minute; they become
igpcble the moment the soul has de-
parted. We have proof. Often at
zero hour we have seen whole popu-
lations of cities go over the top and
vanish, leaving behind them their
bloody rags. We should go mad if
we did not believe in immortality.
We know that the physical is not the
essential part. How better can a
man shake off his flesh than at the
hour when his spirit is most shin
ing? The exact day when he dies
does not matter--to-morr or fifty
years hence. The vital concern is
not when, but how.-Coningsby
Dawson. in The Glory of the
Trenches.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Perhaps this, from F. P. Adams
column in The Stars and Stripes, will
help us visualize the war: THE diff
ference between American and
French automobile driving is this:
In America when your tire blows up
you say, Good Heavens!> There goes
our tire! and in France you say,
'Hooray! That was only the tire. -
Kansas City Star.
If those U-boats have a base on
this side they'd better stick close to
it and not try to steal home.-Nash-
Vile Southern Lumberman.
Maybe Mr.. McAdoo's health would
be better if he had some sort of work
to keep his mind oocupied.-Nash-
vile Southern Lumberman.
A small bit of Germany territory
is now in the keeping of a small bit
of the United States Army. Both
bits will grow.-Springfield Repub-
lican.
Under the new control our rail-
roads are saving everything but
time.-Boston Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
OUR STATE WILL RATIFY
[Dr. B. e. P. Prugh, State Chair
man


Tune-"The Kings Business.
This is the keystone State
She must not hesitate
To rise in all her might
And join the glorious fight
That now is being fought
To rid us of the blot
Upon Old Glory's Stars and Stripes,
Chorus
This is the war-cry that we raise;
To do the right most surely pays;
o Pennsylvania men
Just vote you right and then
Our state will surely ratify.
Let Prohibition man
And dry" Republican
Join with dry" Democrat
And be true patriot;
For If hand join in hand
And we united stand
No old machine" can us defeat.
The candidates are named
For whom your votes are claimed;
Between the "wets" and "dTys"
The battle must arise;
A neutral you can't be,
For surely you must see
To try to be lines YOU up wet"
With Legislature dry"
Our state will ratify;
Well cling again the bell
That will all captives tell
OF liberty to come
From the old demon rum,
Where'er the Stars and Stripes shall
wave.
The numbers multiply
OF states that ratify;
Each one writes down its name
Within the Hall of Fame;
o Pennsylvania hear,
And with a mighty cheer,
Join The Immortal Thirty-six."
Chorus
This is the war-cry that we raise;
To do the right most surely pays;
We Pennsylvania men
Will vote just right and then
She'll join them IN the Hall of Fame
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10

ping UP a few of the ratholes in
Washington, down which public
funds have been flowing all too
steadily in recent months.
But one wonders how the versatile
and scientifically curious attaches of
the United States Department of
Agriculture missed adding another
half-miliion to investigate the raw
ages of 'cooties" in France and the
presence of weavels in limburger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
Jou For Geo. and Mary

King George and Queen Mary had
their first taste of buckwheat cakes
a few days ago. This is important as
marking an epoch In the lives of
two prominent persons. But the
King and Queen will not be truly
democratic until they have consum-
ed enough buckwheat cakes to give
them the doorjam itch.-From the
Toledo Blade.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
MISSED A FEW

CENATOR PENROsE objects to
- the appropriation of a half
million dollars by Congress to
investigate squirrels and cottage
cheese"
Perhaps the Senator believes the
money might be well used in stop
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
PRO-GERMAN WEATHER

CLEVELAND ABBE, JR., of the
" United States Weather Bureau,
has been dropped from the
service because of his pro-German
sentiments.
Now we know what's been the
matter with the weather. It's been
'doped out" by a pro-German fore
caster. who insisted on cold when
it should have been warm, and wet
when it should have been dry. and
windy when it should have been
calm.
If only the Secret Service had dis
covered this early last winter, what
a lot of trouble would have been
saved. We always suspected it was
pro-Ger erman weather We were hav-
ing, but we didn't know why.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
He Wants Blood, by CORY!

What Does Wilson Want?" is the
title of a book published in Ger
many. If any further information is
really desired. there are a million
American soldiers, in round num-
bers, over there to furnish the an
swer.-From the New York World,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
LABOR NOTES

Japanese railways are largely op-
Grated by women.
Bookbinders at Rochester. N. z,
secured SO a week increase.
Nearly one million female clerks
are employed in England.
Philadelphia shipyards employ
over $4,000 workmen.
Kansas City. Mo-. has conduct
resses on its trolley cars.
France is importing 10000
Chinese coolies a month.
Women are employed as coal
miners in West Virginia.
BARRIERS at Independence, Mo-,
have formed union.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
THE ELUSIVE TIME TABLE

a CORRESPONDENT writes the
n New York Sum of his request
for a railroad time table, ant
asks therein a pertinent question. q,
follows:
went to the new Railroad Ad-
minstrel tion office in the Stewart
Building. 1t won't be ready for
the public until July %.
1 rushed across the park to a
tourist agency. Alas. 1t was out
OF business so far as the railroads
were concerned. The kindly clerk
directed me to the Pennsylvania
ticket office at ITO Broadway.
There I found the people wait
ing three deep at the counter.
Not a time table in the racks.
Not a chance to ask for one for
at least half an hour.
Why did Mr.. McAdoo wreck the
old machinery before the new was
ready2
Why? To impress upon us, W
suppose, that Government control o
railroads can be quite as efficien
here as in Europe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10

The Pottsville man. home after
twenty years absence, who hired a
band to make his presence known,
had no false ideas about the length of
time required to forget a, familiar
face.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
Sub-Sed SOcietv

If the truth could be discovered
probably 1t would be found that
swordfish are as popular with meri-
maids as lieutenants are with regular
girls.-Dallas News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
Too Much to Hope

The Teuton birth rate is falling off
so rapidly that I'm beginning to hope
that maybe, as it were. respectable
Germans at home are ashamed to
face posterity.-From the New York
Telegraph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE

GO FAR as. the men in uniform
~ are concerned, the country is
dry" National prohibition is
in full force SO far as they are con-
cerned.
We are gravely told by Govern
mental authorities that liquor is not
good for the soldier.
If not good for the soldier, then,
pray, why good for the civilian?
What is sauce for the goose is
sauce for the gander.
By all means, let us have national
prohibition bill, rider or otherwise.
Kola sounds suspiciously like the
tail-end of a hot-weather drink, and
very properly. it is up among the
icebergs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
FABLES DOWN

FABLES DOWN
TO DATE.
Do you know
the fable of the
grasshopper a n d
the ant?
oh, yes. T h Q
g r a s s h Q p p Q r
danced while the
ant toiled to get
the money to take
= few lessons
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10

A New York man was sentenced to
a year for oleo frauds. but we haven't
noticed any arrests recently of those
who sell garlic c-favored butter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
A Word to Drunkdrds

Awake, We, drunkards. and weep;
and howl, all ye drinkers of wine,
because of the new wine; for it is
cut off from your mouth.-Joel 1, s.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1913

Nothing Is impossible; there are
tcGys t0hich lead to everything; and
II zoe had sufficient toiH zoe should al
tDGys haze sufficient .mednS.-LA
RoUcHEFoUcAULD
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
He's a WASTE al Moneu

Creel has denied he is a Socialist,
but that isn't what was worrying the
public.-From the Pittsburgh Ca
zette-Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

Harrisburg's first sanitary i'm
proyement and first loan was getting
rid of the lands mill damSin Paxton
creek
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
a Pile or BRICKS.
REMARKABLE

REMARKABLE
FoRETHOUGHT
Proprietor: Here
is a fine cigar, II
you like a mild
smoke.
Customer: No,
give m e t h Q
strongest brand
you have, they're
for my mother
in-laW.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg furnishes many
blanks for army records?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10

The Shipping Board to date has built
223 ships; 22S for us and "23" for the
Kaiser.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10

ANGULAR HIT.
All, in spring.
time I suppose an
artist like you
wanders out to
admire the cow
slips and the vio-
lets.
Ssh, I'm q cu-
bist. Just now the
thing to admire is
a pile OF bricks.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10
OUR DAILY LAUGH

GRATEFUL.
George: Some
men, you know,
are born great,
some a C HE We
greatness.
Evelyn: e K
actly! And some
just CRATE upon
you.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10

COMPREHEN-
6IVE DEMANDS.
oh, men we meet
most every
where
With ego far
from small,
Who don't believe
they h av o
their share
Unless they've
got 1t all.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10

James B. SAMSON. who came from
Pittsburgh to see that the State
Game Commission got all the papers
in the movement to close the coun-
ties to hunting of grouse, was one
of the sponsors of that campaign.
Mr.. SAMSON is secretary OF the State
Wild Life League and very keen
about Pennsylvania's native birds.
He was one of the men who saw the
shortage of the grouse coming and
helped organize the crusade to close
the counties.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10

A few hot days would help the corr
crop a lot, Mr.. Demain.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10

E.J. sTACKPoLE, PrsIs & HSasrin- Grief
F. r. OYSTER. Bmsinsss Manager.
GUS M. STEINMETZ. Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10

The damage done to the cover
ing of the Capitol dome which was
discovered when "Steeplejack" Has
sler climbed up a day or so ago is
supposed to have occurred during
the big storm a short time ago. The
wind is presumed to have ripped out
some of the tile which had become
loosened in the course of the last
dozen years because some parts of
them were found over in Capitol
park extension. The work of re-
pairing the dome will be undertaken
at once.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-10

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING Co.,
telegraph Building. Federal Square.