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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19
U. s. LEGATION
 ROBBED OF s10O, 900

Washington, Dec. 19-The Amer ican Legation of Bucharest, Rumania, has been robbed, apparently by Ger mans, with loss of more than s10e.- 900 in goods. according to State De- partment advices.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19
A PRACTICAL GIRL.

Some men have a family tree
 And loud of 1t descant; But shall wed a man who has
 A good-sized business plant.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19
CONGRESS LIMITED
 TRAIN GOES ON JAN. 1

Washington, Dec. 19-The Congress sional Limited is to be resumed Jan uary as the fast train de luxe be- tween Washington and New York.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-19
GERMAN CARP?

London Daily Mirror-I hope" his lordship continued, that we shall exact our pound of fish"
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-04-12

Notice to Reader: When you
finish reading this magazine place
a one-cent stamp on this notice,
hand same to any postal en-
ployee and i. will be placed in
the hands of our soldiers and
sailors at the front. No wrapping
no address.-A. S. BurleSon,
Postmaster General.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-01

Capt. Theodore S. Cox, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. v. Cox,
Emery place, Brightwood, DC.
With field artillery in France.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30
THE CURB MARKET

tFrom the Pennsylvania Farmer1
The curb market offers the most
direct route from the farms to the
consumers. 1t eliminates the mid
dlemen and dealers in the products
handled and should save money for
both producers and consumers. To
oe successful 1t must yield advan-
tages to both interested classes. The
producer must receive more for
what he sells at the curb than he
can realize by sale of the same prod
ucts to the dealers. The consumer
must be able to buy at the curb at
a sufficient saving to pay for a long
er trip to market and for the trou-
bic of carrying goods home. II
products at the curb are of a higher
quality than those offered by the
grocers, the buyers may be trusted
TO appreciate that point and give
added preference to the curb mar
ket. But farmers cannot expect to
build business upon prices that Of
fer no inducement to buyers to
come to their wagons. On the 9TH
er hand, town and city consumers
cannot expect farmers to bring their
produce to the curb and spend the
time of parceling 1t out in small
sales unless such marketing brings
them a commensurate increase in
price over what the dealers are pay
ing.
Curb markets are only a partial
solution of the bigger marketing
problem. They can be served only
by those farmers living within haul
ing distance. But they benefit all
farmers when they help increase the
bulk OF the produce bought and
consumed. The real market prob
lem is not to get higher prices for
a short period. but to get the prod
ucts to the consumers in such 4. way
that more will be consumed and a
higher range of prices made pos
sible over the year. The article on
the first page of this issue tells how
curb markets help to this end. 1t
also discusses some of the funda-
mental requirement in the develop
ment of curb markets. There is op-
portunity to repeat the success of
the towns discussed in many more
of our eastern cities.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30
COL. HARVEYS VIEWS

NOLONEL GEORGE HARVEY
~ continues to ring the changes
on the Presidents suggestion
that politics has adjourned" In the
current number Of the North Amer
ican Review he presents in full the
correspondence with Vance C. Nc
Cormick, chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee, and VIII
H. Hays, chairman of the Repub-
1ican National Committee, responsive
to his suggestion that there should
be no campaigns in certain Repub-
lican or certain Democratic Congress
sional districts this year. He figures
that the elimination OF such sure
districts would cut down the cam
paigns for Congress more than fifty
per cent. In short, that the number
of Congressional elections would be
reduced from 435 to less than 100.
and probably by supplementary mu-
tual agreement, TO not more than
seventy-five.
Colonel Harvey Is quite pleased
with the prompt and satisfactory re-
ply of Mr.. Hays to his proposal, the
Republican chairman intimatjnp
that a conference of the two party
heads might make more surely ef-
fective our determination to whack
any disloyal head that may show
: up" But he is not happy over the
apparent sidestepping OF Chairman
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30
Soldiers Chances in War
TSpokane Spokesman-Review ]

lSpokane Review ]
Great as the danger and large as
the losses in the aggregate. the indi-
Vidual soldier has plenty of chances
or coming out of the war unscathed,
or at least not badly injured.
Based on the mortality statistics
OF the allied armies, a S0ldier's
chances are as follows:
Twenty-nine chances of coming
home to one chance of being killed.
Forty-nine chances of recovering
from wounds to one cnance of dying
from them.
One chance in 500 of losing
limb.
VIII live five years longer because
of physical training, is freer from
disease in the Army than in civil
life. and has better medical care at
the front than at home.
In other wars from ten to fifteen
men died from disease to one from
bullets; in this war one man dies
from disease to every ten from bull
let's.
For those of our fighting men who
do not escape scatheless the govern
ment under the soldier and sailor in
surance law gives protection to the
wounded and their dependents and
to the families and dependents of
those who make the supreme sacri-
fee for their country.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30
A Pennsylvania Convention

lFrom the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Last week the Democrats of New
York held a state convention at Sara
tosa. The week before the Repub-
licans gathered. There were several
hundred delegates in each body.
Now these conventions are power
less TO nominate tickets. They may
suggest and indorse candidates, but
there are primaries in New York as
there are in Pennsylvania, and candi-
dates are actually nominated at these
primaries.
OF what use. then, these conven-
tions? OF great use. They assemble
the party thought OF the state. They
discuss events and men and they is
sue a declaration of principles, which
declaration virtually becomes the
party platform. Thus the Repubh-
can convention placed the winning
of the war above all else and sound
ed a patriotic and never-surrender
note that rings throughout the ma
ton.
We have nothing like this in Penn
sylvania- Sometime ago the Penn
SylNanld state COmGnllIee met III
Philadelphia and sought to arouse
enthusiasm. But such a meeting was
only a makeshift for a dignified as
sembly representing the people. II
had its value. of course, but this
value was exceedingly limited.
There are many things about our
election laws that need changing
One is the abolition. as at present
practiced, of assisting" voter al
the polls This is source OF de-
liberate crime. Another is simpli-
fication of the system of marking
the ballot so that If a cross is made
against a party title the ballot will
not be thrown out if the voter makes
a cross against the name of a candi-
date in another column. The inten-
ton of the citizen to vote a straight
ticket with the exception of the
cross made elsewhere is plain. In
New York and other states this inten-
ton Is recognized by law. In Penn
sylvania the voter is disqualified. II
is a deliberate scheme to swindle.
When these changes for the better
have been achieved in our election
laws. provision should be made for
the choice of delegates to state
convention where party principles
may be declared-not to choose can
didates. but to represent party SEN
timent in speeches and platform.
We have much to learn from New
York in these respects.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30
JUP. ON THE JOB

JUPITER PLUYIUS is taking a
81 hand in the fighting along the
Marne river. The Germans
have been forced TO abandon many
of their guns in the mud and the
Americans close upon their heels are
using these pieces in accelerating
the retirement of the enemy.
A significant feature of the fight
ing of the last two weeks is the
growing confidence of the French
and the Allied forces. Prestige of
the German strategists has been bad
ly upset and the French military
leaders now believe that the Ger
man soldiers also are realizing the
failure of the German high COM
mand. Deprived OF oveswhelmine
brute force. the Prussian highway
men are no match for the Allies on
any front
If the Frenchmen. who comprise
seventy per cent. of the forces which
have been keeping the Germans on
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30

Mccormick, who promised In hi:
letter Of May 18th that the sugges-
ton would have his most careful
consideration"
There the matter stands" says
Colonel Harvey. THE prompt re-
sponse OF Mr.. Hays is undeniably
frank, unequivocal and. to our mind
worthy of the highest commenda-
ton" The Colonel thinks. however,
that. after five weeks OF dallying
with the suggestion ito which he
Mccormick had already given
careful consideration" he is war
ranted in making a direct appeal to
the leader of the Democratic party
the only man who can meet the
country's demand and resolve into
accomplishment his own duties that
politics shall be, as 1t ought to be,
adjourned.
Manifestly. Colonel Harvey is de-
termined TO smoke out the insin-
cerity and hypocrisy which seem to
environ those Democratic bosses
who favor nonpartisanship and pol
itics adjourned" when it is to their
interest to do so, and play politics
to the limit when it suits their pur-
poses.
In his War Weekly" the Colonel
quoting from the New York Times.
asks. What is the use of wasting
time, money and energy on a minor
ity candidate in districts now
clearly Republican or Democratic
and represented by men OF undoubt-
ed Patriotism" To which Colonel
rejoins:
There is no use. OF course; there
never was; but it has taken the
Times long time to find it out
about as long. in fact, as it took Mr..
to consider the advisa-
oility of considering what he had al
ready considered"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30
10 VICTLS!

I sing the hymn OF the conquered,
who fell in the battle of life
The hymn of the wounded, the beat
en-, who died overwhelmed in
the strife;
Not the jubilant song of the victors,
for whom the resounding ac-
claim
OF nations was lifted in chorus,
whose brows wore the chap
let of fame.
But the hymn of the low and the
humble, the weary. the
broken in heart.
Who strove and who failed, acting
bravely a silent and desper-
ate part;
Whose youth bore no flower on its
branches, whose hopes burned
in ashes away,
From whose hands slipped the prize
they had grasped at, who
stood at the dying of day
With the wreck of their life all
around them, Implied, un-
needed. alone,
With death swooping down DER their
failure, and all but their faith
overthrown.
While the voice of the world shouts
its chorus,-its paean for
those who have won;
While the trumpet is sounding tri-
umphant. and high to the
breeze and the sun
Glad banners are waving. hands
clapping. and hurrying feet
Thronging after the laurel-crowned
victors, stand on the field
of defeat,
In the shadow. with those who are
fallen, and wounded. and dy-
ing. and there
Chant requiem low. place my hand
on their pain-knotted brows,
breathe prayer,
Hold the hand that Is helpless, and
whisper-"They only the vicJ
tory win,
who have fought the good fight
and have vanquished the de-
mon that tempts us within;
who have held to their faith unse-
duced by the prize that the
world holds on high;
who have dared for a high cause
to suffer, resist. fight-if need
be to die"
Speak, History! who are Life's vic
tors? Unroll thy long annals,
and say.
Are they those whom the world
called the victors-who won
the success of a day?
The Martyrs or Nero The Spartans
who fell at Thermopylae's
| tryst,
Or the PersIans and Xerxes2 His
judges or Socrates? Pilate OF
Christ?
-Wm. Wetmora JStaxx.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30

HARRISBURG has become about
i J. hopeless regarding the very
much needed and frequently
promised Shade Tree Commission
Meanwhile the trees are dying and
the city promises in the not distant
future 10 be as shadeless as the Sa-
hara Desert
Other places are showing more
sanity in this important matter and
tree planting is receiving the same
attention as other important NUM-
cipal functions. Dispatches state that
the Chamber OF Commerce OF Nor
risville. a New Jersey town, is pre-
pairing a planting program in
honor of every man from that place
in the war service. Each tree planted
is to bear the nameplate Of a soldier.
with his military unit and date OF
enlistment A patriotic rally will be
a feature Of the event.
On several occasions the Tele-
graph has suggested some such pro-
gram for Harrisburg, but it has not
yet received official approval. If the
civic or municipal bodies are no;
sufficiently interested perhaps the
people themselves may care enough
for the trees 10 honor the hundreds
Of young men who have left Harris
burg TO serve their country.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30
BOARDS OF INSTRUCTION

n kONOST MARSHAL GENERAL
CROWDER is backing a move
ment for the appointment of
boards OF instruction throughout the
United States in a plan 10 instruct
drafted registrants before they go TO
camp. 1t is hoped through this ar
rangement TO save months of train
ing through home knowledge Of
discipline and war aims. Already the
Harrisburg Reserves have offered
their services in the training and
drilling OF men who are registered
and likely 10 be called at any time.
These boards of instruction, which
are organized with the thought OF
making better soldiers and citizens.
Will be designated through the local.
draft organizations and q conference
will be held here this week to fur
ther the work in Pennsylvania.
General CrowGer says the plan in
cludes all such measures as are best
calculated to prepare the selectives
TO go to camp willing. loyal, intelli-
gent, clean and sober, and thus bet
ter TO fit them for rapid progress in
their military education after joining
the army" i. .r.-
OF course, the board OF instruction
will be under the authority of the
local draft board and will consist of
an appropriate number OF citizens OF
high character and ability. enjoying
the confidence of the community.
Subject 10 the ultimate authority Of
the local board, says General Crow
der, each board of instruction will
perform its work by individual in
terview and group meetings with the
selective, by giving advice and in
struction on all subjects that are
necessary or useful to future soldiers
and by arranging for preparatory
military drill and instruction where
feasible.
Local boards are authorized and
directed to furnish TO the boards of
instruction access TO the records for
the purpose of compiling lists of
names and addresses and to send out.
in the name of the local boards, any
notices of meetings or interviews as
desired and requested by the boards
Of instruction.
Few of the selectives have had
military training before reaching
camp and it is believed through
these boards of instruction much en-
barrassment will be saved the men
themselves and great good shall be
accomplished in advancing their fit
ness for service.
1t Is not generally known that in
the mobilization of the great citizen
army defects have frequently been
largely mental and It has been found
that the proposed boards of instruc-
| ton are useful in overcoming the un-
fortunate mental attitude that upsets
the new soldier. Personal instruction
will have much TO do with the re-
moving OF imaginary troubles and
placing the registrant in a better at
titude of mind. Men who leave home
mentally and morally fit are in bet
ter shape to become good soldiers
when they arrive in camp.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30
CENERAL SHUTS. the Boer SOL vi
" dier and statesman, predicted o.


" der and statesman, predicted
in London a day or two ago
that eventually the American Army
in France would be numerically
stronger than the combined armies
or France and the British Empire;
that is 20 say, the allies would have
more than 100000 men, perhaps
100000 men, in the field. Only
with such host could we expect to
achieve a military victory over Ger
many alone. But when is America
10 forge ahead of her allies in fight
ing man power? There will be no
prospect of it until the draft ages
are extended, and that is a matter
that Congress has put over. Con-
gress is waiting upon the President
and Secretary Baker. A dispatch
from Washington yesterday said
that they had not yet agreed about
the draft age limits. There are signs
that when at last Congress takes up
this pressing question it will be de-
oated interminably. This war"
Chairman Pou of the Rules Com
mittee is quoted as saying, Should
be fought by men and not by bows. ;
1t is not fair to call upon young men
not of age to fight the battles of this
country, and I shall oppose any such
legislation" From what war ever
fought since the dawn of time were
young men not of age" excluded d?
II the American people are in earn
est in the prosecution of the mo-
mentous conflict they have entered.
they Will put the extinguisher upon
politicians whose objections, If sus-
tanned. would be a ''gottsend" to the
Germans. In the ranks of every
combatant nation in Europe are
young men, not of fighting age in
Mr.. Pou's opinion. If Great Britain
and France had refused to train and
equip their youth for the front, Ger
many would long ago have been the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30
The Telegraph Adventure
INew York Tmes.l


The railway experiment was much
less of a leap into unknown prob
lens than the wire adventure, and
was undertaken under greater ne
cessity. Railway rates and finances
were as we'll understood as anything
can be after thirty years of regula-
ton. The telephones and telegraphs
have not been equally regulated,
their finances have not been so con-
trolled. and their efficiency rivaled
that of the railways, although the
railways were at the topnotch of
their public service. During the de-
bate on the subject in the Senate it
was said that the officials advising
the President were bursting with
ignorance" and names were men,
toned unkindly. But the wires have
been taken into the hands of the
government and the thing has passed
beyond debate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Senator T. L. Eyre has been
elected director of the United
Sportsmen of the state.
DR.. J. w. A. Haas, head of
Muhlenberg College, is advocating
military training as a part of the
course of the college.
Captain ]. Kirk McCurdy, a.
Swarthmore, has organized an EntaS
sedition committee. He is lfANA o.
the militia company at that pikA.>
j. w. Bouton, prominent BnlSth.-
port oil man, has been cbosea NecA
of the Northwestern PenncysS4kaA
Producers Association.
Senator f. H. Ware prcsSnSeSs
the flag at the opening of the Ware
playground, named for the SenaAAs's
late brother, George A. Vase. ~
Philadelphia.
e. T. Noble. wefSAAaowa ESkss-
burgh attorney, has beee @@anas-
stoned a major in the juSc9 ~
cate generals department.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30
German Idea of q Joke
kansas City Times1

lhduodS lily lHlcSl
e Here is the way the official Ger
man report softens TO the folks back
home the news of the German re-
treat from the south bank of the
Marne:
"On the southern bank of the
Marne after four hours of artillery
preparation and under cover of a
heavy fire and with numerous tanks
the enemy made combined attacks
against positions which had been
evacuated by us during the previous
night which attacks uselessly beat
against empty positions"
I'VE fooled EN-" says the high
command. Great joke on the Allies.
They attacked positions from which
we had retreated."
Thus is the German to be per-
suaded to overlook the defeat while
bursting. out laughing over the joke
said to have been played on the
victors.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30
THE PARTY CONVENTION
FLSEWHERE on this page is re-
u printed from the esteemed In

IL ELSEWHERE on this page is re-
L printed from the esteemed In
quirer OF Philadelphia some
thoughtful comment upon the recent
convention of Republicans in New
York. Since the new-fangled ballot
reform schemes have been put into
operation in this State the old-time
convention has ceased 10 exist.
No one who knows anything about
party enthusiasm will contend that
the present system is an improve
ment upon the old convention ar
rangement. Party committees meet,
OF course, but these do not arouse
the widespread interest OF the con-
vention Of other days.
If We can't havea real nominating
convention, let us at least have an
assent blags every year which will
give expression TO the party senti-
ment in the State.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30
TWo FdtherS-d Contrast
[From the Los Angeles rimes1

LFrom the Los Angeles Times1
There is a very distinguished and
widely known father in Germany
who is not at all in doubt as to
whether his sons have been killed or
captured. Eh, wilhelm!
Whatever else has been said of
him in the past or is to be said of
him in the future, Colonel Roose-
Welt is no piker as patriot The
Roosevelt boys could have easily
found something soft" in the way
of Army headquarters Jobs either on
this side or in France. Every one
of them has gone in where 4bA tnoli-
BILE Is the thickest
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30
Worlds Mednest Nan

This is a great big world and 1t
is hard to say who is the meanest
man in 1t, but when we recall our
thrilling boyhood days we feel like
giving our vote to the Nodaway
county watermelon grower who has
bought a machine gun.-Kansas
City Timea
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30
Mrs. WiLletS Is Out Again

We are glad to learn that Mrs.
Willets is able to be out again. 1t
is nearly two months since she
kicked at the cat and broke her
kneecap against the door. Society
has missed her very much.-Home-
town (Penn.) Banner.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30

OF course, Harrisburg must have
bathing facilities. When the susque-
hanna basin shall have received the
attention it deserves the thousands Of
men. women and children here who
are entitled 10 fair consideration will
have bathing beaches and lighthouses
under municipal supervisorship. This
should be an issue of the next munich
pal election.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30

the jump in the present drive. are
"bled white" as Prussian advices
have frequently declared. then we
must believe that the whittier they
are bled the harder they fight.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30

Russia will come back" says a
Petrograd dispatch. and our advice is
that IL she wants 10 set there in time
she better start soon. for she has
gone long way in the wrong direc-
tion.