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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
The mole toouId HUe beneath the
ground and Nature closed its eyes,
HENRY DRUAIMoND.
LET US HAVE A GUN

NE AYOR KEISTER wasted no
lVI time in applying to the War
Department for one Of the
German field-pieces captured in such
large numbers by American troops
recently in France and which Cen
eraI Pershing proposes to send to
this country as trophies of the war.
1t is to be hoped that his re-
quest will be granted. Harrisburg
was the first city to be exempt from
the first draft call by reason of its
volunteers. 1t has an unusually
large proportion of its young men in
the service. 1t has given more to
the Red Cross, the Y. M. c. A. and
the Knights of Columbus than was
asked. 1t has been an honor city
in every one of the Liberty Loan
drives. 1t would be a fine inspira-
ton to further patriotic service to
have in front of the federal build
ing German cannon taken from the
Prussian Guard by Pennsylvania
boys.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
GOVERNMENT WIRES
New York Sun.


Since midnight the United States
government has been managing the
telephone and telegraph lines of the
country with the Postmaster Cen
eral, Mr.. Burleson, as it's active
agent. President Theodore N. avn
of the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company, who has con-
ferred with Mr. Burleson at length
concerning this new application of
Federal authority, is satisfied that
Mr.. Burleson intends ito maintain
the wire service at the highest pos
sible efficiency, conserve and pro-
tect the property that it may be re-
turned to the owners in as good con-
dition as received, and to pay a
compensation that will be just and
fair"
Mr.. Vail knows more about the
wire communication system of the
country than anybody else; he would
rot use the words highest possible
efficiency" loosely; and his optimism
should comfort all those who have
| dreaded the intrusion of politics In
an industry that has been notably
efficient in the past.
Mr.. Burleson receives from the
| officers of the telephone company
one of the most, If not the most
skllIully organized industries in the
| world. Nowhere outside of the
United States has the telephone in
| dustry been developed as it has been
here. In no other country is the
use of the telephone as common; in
no other country is the service as
good as it is here. Every American
returning from abroad to his home
has rejoiced on being able to make
use of the superior faRilities pro-
vided by the telephone companies
here, after his patience has been
wor nthin by foreign system. The
telephone service in the United
States has been a triumph of initia-
tive, intelligent direction and public
spirit.
The telegraph companies, in a
different field, have also provided a
good service. If their success in
winning public approval has not
been as conspicuous as that of hte
telephone corporations, they have
certainly shone by comparison with
the Post Office. Should Mr.. .Burle-
son be able to keep all the services
up to tn estandard they have set for
themselves he will not be assailed
Mr.. Burleson will not be able to
do this If the methods of accounting
in force in the Post Office Depart
ment are introduced into the offices
of the telephone and telegraph COM
| panies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
Germans in Spain Angry at Tirpitz

ing the best road to ALLEVIATE and de-
stroy the last sympathies for the
German people that may still exist
some place in the world"
The writer than gives an account
or the holding up some six weeks
before of a Spanish steamer by a
German submarine, which compelled
n military mission from Uruguay
bound for France to board the u
boat, and only put its members
aboard a neutral ship en- route for
Spanish port after having extorted
a promise from them not to visit the
French front, which promise was af-
terWard annulled by the German
government under pressure from
Uruguay. and continues:
But here in Madrid, where the
mission from Uruguay is still stopp-
ing the affair is the leading topic
OF conversation, also in German cir
cles. If the German Embassy were
TO transmit to Berlin all the 'compli-
ments' that the Germans in Madrid
would like to send to Herr Won Tir-
pitt and his fellows, Prince Ratibor,
the always intoxicated with victory
ambassador, would be called home
at once.
Furthermore, our diplomatic rep
resentatives in Madrid don't earn
any compliments from the military
of the Germans living in Spain. His
Highness Ratibor and his Worship
ful spouse only swarm about the
Austrian star of the Court, the Queen
Mother, something which, in view OF
the Entente sentiments of the
King and his wife, often occasions
quite unpleasant discords. A particu.
lar disgrace for us Germans in Spaiu
was the involuntary departure of the
German naval attache. Captain Won
Konig. which occurred under the
unfortunate circumstances general
Iy known, his passage through
France having been, you might say
obtained by begging.
"In conclusion, let me say that Die
Freie Zeitung is. as you are in a posi-
ton to know. constantly being read
by more Germans here and in Bar
celonia. We Germans abroad believe
with you that Germany will only re-
gain the. sympathies of the world
when 1t frees itself from the clutch
es OF its wild militarism and returns
to pure democracy and respect for
international law"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
OWN YOUR OWN HOME

tFrom the Real Estate Journal
A noted sociologist has said,
Give every family a home, with
lawn and flowers and trees in front
and a garden in the rear, and crime
will disappear in two generations. d"
Dark, crowded and insanitary
housing conditions are among the
most prolific sources and causes of
immortality and crime, and consti-
tute most serious menace to So
ciety. In every crowded city it Will
be found that the dark, unsightly,
illy-ventilated, repellant conditions
of tenement-house life drive the
boys of families thus housed to the
saloon and the gambling den, and
the girls to the public dancehall and
the wineroom for amusement and
recreation; and the rest of the road
to immortality and crime is a short
path which is too often quickly trav-
eled.
Unfit housing conditions quickly
undermine the physical fitness of a
people. The plan on which our
Army has been selected was in fact
making an inventory and appraise-
ment of the value of the physical
lives of our young men, as a national
asset.
In many communities the result
was disheartening. One of the Of
ficers after some weeks service in
examining the selected soldiers in
New York, and appalled, by the high
ratio that had to be rejected, said:
These men are ound-shouldered
fiat-chested, flat-footed, slab sided
and suffering from hernia, weak
lungs, kidney trouble, defective
hearts and a dozen other maladies
| that are the result of wrong living
''If the nation wishes healthy. up.
standing citizens to fight its battles
let 1t produce such citizens; but II
it denies millions of poor children
pure air, proper food, decent home
surroundings, everything that chill.
dren ought to have, it must expect
lust such harvest of defective hu-
manity as we are now reaping."
The slogan, Gown Your Home
! is a rallying cry calling for a reform
of all these great evils, and should
rouse every loyal citizen to the need
for vigorous cooperation to aid In
the work of making the movement
O success.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
Mr.. Lenine LdmentS
By BRIGGS

In ordinary times the loquacious
Mr.. Trotzky is entrusted with the
not uncongenial task of doing the
talking for the proletariat revolution
now in operation in Russia. But
there are periods of stress when
the Yelled Prophet. Lenine himself,
must come out and reassure his wor-
ried devotees. Such times are these,
and such words of assurance were
those which he gave to the Govern
ment Conference of Factory Com
mittees at Moscow. "It was easy
for Russia to begin revolution" ,"
he told the committeeman, but eX-
traordinarily difficult to continue
and conclude it." Any German bat
terry commander can knock down a
Gothis cathedral, but to put up some-
thing of equal merit in it's place is
a difficult task. And, while the old
Russian edifice was no masterpiece,
there is little admiration in the tenn
porary shelter which Lenine has
knocked together over its ruins
N Y Times
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
HOUR BY HOUR

One single day
Is not so much to look upon. There
Is some way
OF passing hours of such a limit. We
can face
A single day; but place
TOO many years before sad eyes
Too many days for smothered sighs
And we lose heart
Just at the start.
Years really are not long, nor lives
The longest that survives
And vet, to look across
"A future we must tread, bowed by a
sense of loss,
Bearing some burden weighing down
so low
That we can scarcely go
One step ahead, this is so hard
A view so stern to face; unstarred
Untouched by light, so masked with
dread
If we would take a step ahead,
Be brave and keep
The feet quite steady, feel the breath
of life sweep
Ever on our face again,
We must not look across, looking in
vain,
But downward to the next close step,
And up. Eyes which have wept
AtuSb iOOh a AltLl6 way, hOL IdT.
God broke our years to hours and
days
That hour by hour
And day by day
Just going on a little way,
We might be able all along
To keep quite strong.
Should all the weight of life
Be laid across our shoulder, and the
future rife
With woe and struggle. meet us face
to face
At just one place,
We could not go;
Our feet would stop; and so
God lays q little ,on us every day,
And never, ] believe on all the way
Will burdens bear so deep,
Or pathways lie so threatening and
so steep,
But we can go, If by Gods power
We only bear the burden of the
hour.
GEORGE KLINGI,F-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03

age is the only means of labelling
goods of this class. so that the pro-
ducer may be identified.
Ali manufactured and producers
should be urged to label their goods
in some unmistakable way so as to
protect the interests of American
products against the advance in our
midst of any German product. with
its origination cleverly concealed or
merely lacking any evidence of Ger
man identification. Labeled or de-
clared goods will be in demand as
never before. The unnamed or un-
identified goods will be looked on
with suspicion and classed as doubt
full.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
THE SEMAPHORES

THE Kiwanis Club, in offering to
purchase semaphores for the
guidance of vehicular and Pc
destrian street traffic in the con-
gested districts of Harrisburg has
performed a very distinct service
which council should not be slow to
accept. The opinion of the Kiwanis
Club that these semaphores will 60
a long way toward. making the
streets safe is shared by a very large
number of Harrisburgers, no matter
what certain police officers may
think about 1t. The Kiwanis Club
is composed of businessmen OF
standing in the community, and in
making this offer the members are
prompted only by a desire to serve
the city. 1t is to be hoped that the
proffer will not be permitted to go
begging.
Semaphores marked Go" and
stop" In letters that may be read
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
A WASTE OF PAPER

ID ULINGS and more rulings have
IN been made by the War Indus
tries Board regarding the vari-
Gus grades of papers and paper
products. 1t is stated that the
boards experts believe that the saw
ings which banks, stores and busi-
ness offices could make in their pa
per bills by eliminating wasteful and
uneconomical uses and substituting
less expensive for heavier and more
expensive grades would amount in
the aggregate to an enormous sum,
But not a word is said about the
enormous waste by the governmen
itself in printed matter and extrava-
CANT use of paper of all grades,
Fewer rulings and more efficiency
would help a lot.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
COALLAND ASSESSMENTS

T ITHER the coal companies are
~ or they are not paying their
share of the taxes in this coun-
ty and years of debate ought not to
be required to decide the facts in
the case. So much dust has been
raised over the issue that the County
Commissioners would be justified
in the expenditure of a reasonable
amount for an unbiased expert re-
port on the subject.
If the assessments are reasonable
and fair to all concerned the old
buGaboo will have been laid to rest
for all time. If the land assessrn ents
are too low 1t is high time we know
about it. Dauphin county people get
small enough returns on the vast de-
posits of anthracite with which ma
ture has so bountifully endowed
them. They should not in addition
be deprived of any taxes that may
be equitably levied against the own
ers of coal lands. Let us have a
decision on the subject, learn the
truth and end the proftless debate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
MADE IN AMERICA

n JADE in America" will be a
1Vl slogan and purchasing guide
most faithfully followed in
this country after the war. Whether
1t is a paper of pins. pen knife. silk
hat or carton of sugar, the purchaser
will look for the copyrighted trade
mark or brand for Identification
Label, sealed carton. stamp or plate,
or whatever may be appropriately
used to carry evidence of orlgina-
ton, will be used wherever possible.
The bulk goods offered in the re-
tail store may or may not have been
produced in this country. The pack
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

DIR. Paul II. Krauss, a chaplain
In the army, and lately at Pitts
burgh, has been chosen as pastor of
st. Johns Lutheran Church, Allen
town.
Col. Herbert r. Laird, a member
of the Governors stah, has been
appointed to take charge of all DEM
onstrations to be held in Williams
port for drafted men.
Ernest T. Trigg, president of
the Philadelphia Chamber of Com
merce, was chosen as president OF
the National Association of Build
ers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
A Silent Joker

Wandering over field one day,
a man came across a large stone in
scribed: "Turn me over"
After much difficulty he succeed
ed in turning 1t over and found on
the under side of the stone the
words: Now turn me back again,
so can catch some other IDIOT
From the Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03

a black away are the signposts that
guide hundreds Of thousands of peo-
pie in cities all over the land where
traffic problems are much greater
than they are here. There is no rea-
son why they cannot be used as sat-
isfactorily in Harrisburg, The club
has undertaken a good work and It
will have the support of the public
in what 1t is endeavoring to do.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
In the Bush League

The Hartford Courant voices a
gentle protest at being addressed in
two letters from the Department OF
Agriculture as the Hartford Cur
rant. Probably the department has
long been recommending 1t as among
the hardest of it's species.-From
the New York Evening Post,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
ENCOURAGEMENT

Dey so many folks 'magin' dey's
all in wen all dey needs is a iii
'couragement. Nah folks turnt
ole mule loose in de wood lot t. die
en- she got'n a hawnet's nes' 'en to-
down fo' panels o. fence!-From the
Louisville Courier-J Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
A Continuous Celebration
(From the chicapo Nawsl

(From the Chicago News)
There are, at this writing, twenty
four of us Allied nations, and this
column looks forward with JOY to
the future celebration of all ma
tional holidays We figure on about
three hundred holidays. not count
ing Sundays.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
Fine Chance

These are great days for the ulti-
mate consumer. He is being pro-
tected against extortion on the one
hand and against his own appetites
on the other.-From the Chicago
Nswa
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03

DO you believe marriage brings
ympathy?"
Most assuredly. I believe every
woman feels sorry for some other
Homan's husband"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03

Member of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication of
all news dispatches credited to 1t or
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, 1918-08-03

There is one thing you've got to ad-
nit about the Kaisers family; they
are all great believers in the principle
of safety First"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
OUR DAILY LAUGH
NOT IDENTIFIED.

Teacher-When did Horatius hold
the bridge?
Pupil-Nobody of that name has
given any bridge parties in our
neighborhood for ecveral years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03

'Prussian Guards smashed by U. S.
troops" says a headline. All Huns
look alike to the Americans.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03

The Kaiser may not get his place
in the sun. but it's certain there is a
fine hot spot being prepared for him.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
The Lords Promise

Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord
OF hosts, and l will turn unto you.-
lZechariah, 1. 3.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING co.
Telegraph Building, Federal Square
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03

Thank goodness that mo sugar"
order didn't go into effect until after
the raspberry pie season ended.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
DO YOU KNOW

THAT one hundred years ago a
dozen toll roads converged ON
Harrisburg? There are none
near the city now.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Creation of the river front al a
park and for wharfing was one Of
the first ideas of John Harris in lay
ing out the town
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03

Joe" LeCompte, the assistant
cashier of the State Treasury, who
has been running the finances of the
State, does not look like a man who
hands out millions. The other day
the man from Bradford sat down
and figured up a few things. When
ne got through he discovered that
he had signed checks calling for
about $2,000,000. well, I'm glad
1t was the States money. I'd have
trouble getting enough to meet that
call myself" said he.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03

Bore-Timc is money.
Troubled Man-Yes, and l wlsl
you'd go somewhere else to spen,
you're.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
E. J. STACKPOLE
President and Bditor-in- Chief

F. r. OYSTER, Business Manager
GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor
A. R. MICHENER, Circulation Manager
Executive Board
J. P. MCCULLOUGH,
BOYD NJ. OGELSBY,
F. r. OYSTER.
GUS. NJ. STEINMETZ.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03

Sportsmen who write letters to
people at the Capitol declare this
year should furnish good second
test for the game code of 1917 and
there have been few objections made
to it. Some men in the northern
part of the State are not disposed
to speak kindly about arrangement
OF seasons owing to the difference
between the climatic conditions of
Potter, for instance, and the Bed
ford district, but the balance seems
to be fair in the eyes of people here
and the fact that the bird season is
over before the deer hunters get
into the woods is important.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-31
RESPONSIBILITY IS
WITH LOCAL BOARDS

To Local Boards of Health:
Since the time is approaching
when the subsistence of the influen-
70 epidemic will be so marked that
il will be safe to withdraw all quar-
antine regulations. the State Health
Commissioner hereby announces that
since he can not possibly know To-
cal conditions as well as can the 10
cal health authorities, he will not as
sumo the responsibility for removing
the quarantine restrictions. This
must be determined by the health
authorities of each municipality and
county; and upon them must rest
the responsibility for the results of
their action.
Respectfully yours.
S. l.. JEPSON,
State Health Commissioner
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-31
BERKELEY co, MAN
ELUDES MD. OFFICER
Was Being Held Pending Auto
MiShap Investigation.

a colored man named Steve Lips.
comb from Bunker Hill. driving a
Ford automobile, with his wife and
child. and the automobile of Jacob
Barnhart. Hagerstown, were in an
accident at Huyett's Cross Roads
Wednesday evening, in which both
cars were damaged and several oc-
oupants of the machines slightly hurt
including the baby of the colored
family.
Officers were notified of the occur
renee and Officer Winders had the
colored man in custody pending an
Investigation as 10 who was in fault
IT. the accident However, he manag-
! ed to get away and up to late Wed
nesday night had not yet been ap-
pretended.
He took to the fields on foot and
as he was headed towards William
sport. Officer Hawbaker was notified
and kept watch. Before long he saw
The man approaching and was with
in several hundred yards from him
but he managed TO out-distance the
officer. Lipscomb is known to have
managed to cross the river.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-10-31
ROOSEVELT AND TAFT
URGE THE ELECTION
OF ALL REPUBLICANS
Issue Joint Statement Giving
Their Reasons Why.
tsy international News service.)

New York. Oct. 3l.--For the first
time in American history, two form
el Republican presidents Theodore
Roosevelt and VIM Howard Taft
today issued u joint SIGNED state.
ment advocating the election OF a
Republican Congress and the win
ming of the war through uneondition-
al surrender on the part Of Germany
The signed statement of the only
two living ex-presidents was given
out here today.
During the period of the next con
gress, the ex-presidents say:
Il. The war must be fought to
unconditional surrender unless this
il achieved before.
80 The terms OF world peace
must be settled
%. The Democratic administra.
lion. after spending billions OF trea-
sure and exercising more absolute
power than any administration in
our history must give an account of
heir stewardship.
"a. The change from war condi.
tons to peace must be brought
about with the least disturbance and
he work of reconstruction must be
broadly begun.
"A Republican congress will be
much better qualified to aid the
country in adopting the measure
needed for the great task"