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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13

Erie on December IL, with repre-
sentatives of the United States Bu-
reau of Fisheries and the Fresh
Water Fish Producers Association,
to discuss uniform legislation. Means
for a better collection of eggs are
also to be taken up.
TO Push Survey-When the State
Commission of Agriculture adjourned
last night 1t had been decided to push
the plan of having the abandoned or
half-worked farms of the safe listed
and to submit the plan of selling land
to soldiers and sailors on easy terms
to some financial experts. The scheme
is for farm buying on the building
and loan association idea.
No Hearings Here-The Public Ser
vice Commission did not have any
hearings here to-day. Members are
sitting in Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh.
To Open Rids-The bids for the new
state bridges authorized short time
ago will be opened in January. it is
expected The final meeting of the
Board of Public Grounds and Build
ings, as at present constituted, will
be held early in January. ~.
big Increase-The Clarendon Re-
flning Company. of Warren. filed no.
tice Of an increase of stock from
100000 to $1.000,000.
Well Known Here-Roger OMara.
the former head of Pittsburgh police
activities. who died yesterday, was
we'll known to many in this city. The
old chief used to come to the city
during legislative Sessions.
Brenckmnn Is Secretary Fred
Brenckman. of Carbon county, who
has been in charge of the State
Grange headquarters here for the last
year, has been made secretary of the
grange as the result of the annual
election at Tyrone. Mr.. Brenckman
was formerly prominent in the Wash
ington party. but of late has been
active in grange affairs. although lhe
picked a bad chance to show 1t when
he undertook to defeat the $780,
900, 900 road loan. He will be in
charge of the grange legislative pro-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13
Ambition
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ForNervousP People

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Anyone can buy box for only SO
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with the first box purchased.
Thousands praise them for gen.
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For any affiicti5n OF the nervous
system. wendells Ambition Pills are
unsurpassed, while for hysteriA,
trembling and neuralgia they are
simply splendid. Fifty cents At II. c.
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Advertisement
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13

list of approved charities must not
sell buttons except during drives
And the Poultry Club is conducting
no special drive.
About 100000 of the buttons. with
their rampant little chickens perch
ed on American shields, have al
ready been distributed throughout
the country and may still adorn the
coats OF their purchasers. Various
branches of the Poultry Club out of
town still have scant supplies of the
emblems, which they will distribute.
But no new ones viii be ordered,
and instead of the button, it is an
nounced, there will be a thoroughly
conventional membership badge.
which will bear this carefully phras-
ed slogan: . -. a
Il am a member of the Poultry
Club of the American Committee for
Devastated France"
The II have chicken in France"
buttons have sold themselves, al
most without publicity, according
to Miss Hewitt. Since last June,
when the distribution began, they
have brought in about $4,000,
which has been used to establish
thirty separate poultry centers in
France. tss
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13

mittee for Devastated France, are to
be distributed. The news broke
here. Miss Lucy Hewitt. who is in
charge of the club. confirmed 1t.
She admitted that the little red,
white and blue buttons, which sold
for 10 cents each had worked Won
ders in the. committees efforts to
rechicken France, had been frowned
on by the National Investigation
Bureau, a charities supervision or
ganization, with headquarters at
Madison avenue.
The bureau. Miss Hewitt eX-
planned. objected to the use of the
button purely on technical grounds.
The use of the littler emblems, the
bureau pointed out. violated its
specific ruling that all organizations
which want to appear sonsits official
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13

To their Library of French Fic-
ton" E. p. Dutton and Company are
preparing to make shortly three new
additions, of which one will be
Mono; Love and the Soil," by Gas
ton Rqupnel, translated by Barnet
j. Beyer. story in which a humble
wine-grower of Burgundy is the
central figure. The authors fine
art reproduces him and his family
and friends with graphic portrayal
and makes his love and sorrow his
frailties and his goodness, dramat-
ically vivid and interesting. The
purpose of this series of French
novels is to bring forth American
readers the work of French authors
who deal with other and more char
acteristic phases of French life than
do those who concern themselves
solely with the more or less decad-
ent features of life in Paris. I'm
fortunately, so much attention has
been paid to these later novels in
stories of the proofs displayed, as
English speaking countries that a
false conception of the French peo-
pie and their character had, before
the war, been spread abroad. The
novels in buttons Library of
French Fiction are all selected with
the purpose of showing how French
novelists depict French life outside
of the bohemian circle of Paris.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
MOON OF ISRAEL: A ., ,s1
TALE OF THE EXODUS

BY II Rider Haggard,. Author of
"She," ALLAN Quartermain,"
Marie" "Child of Storm" THE
Wanderers Necklace" etc. This
book tells the story of the Exodus
of the Israelites from Egypt. as it
might have appeared to an Egyptian,
Ana, who took leading part in the
circumstances which surrounded
that tremendous event. The lines
of the Old Testament narratives are
followed closely. but the narrator,
the scribe and novelist, Anana, or
Ana as he is here called, naturally
puts his own Interpretation upon
some of these happenings. To him
they seem to represent a war be-
tween the God of Israel and the
gods of the Egyptians. of whom
Anon or Amen was the chief. as in
deed they did according to the
Bible. 1t remain to be added that
Anana or Ana really lived in tho
time of Seti II, and was the author,
among other romances, of the fam
Gus Tale of the Two Brothers"
The period is that which is gen.
orally accepted as the date of the
Exodus, at or about the end of the
reign of Pharaoh Meneptah, the son
of Ramesse the Great, and it is
Sir CASTOR M0spero informed its
based on the theory which the late
writer he considered quite probable,
that the usurper. Amenneses, i'm
mediately succeeded Meneptah and
was the actual Pharaoh of the Ex-
odus. The love interest in the tale
is furnished by its heroine, Hebrew
lady named Merapi, Moon of Israel.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13
Mission Leaders Wire
Wilson Message of Cheer

Hartford. Conn, Dec. 1s.-Mis-
sionaries from India, Africa, Tur-
kew and the Balkans were heard at
the sessions of the American Board
of Commissioners for foreign mis-
sions here to-day.
A message of greeting was sent
20 President Wilson on the steam
shin George Washington, wishing
him and party a safe arrival and
expressing the hope that his ideas.
as to peace and a league of nations
might be accepted.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13

Newspaper correspondents have
been sending from Brussels many
soon as the Germans left, of the
patriotism which had steadily burn
ed in the breasts of the Belgians
under German rule. But none of
them gives so complete and convinc-
ing a picture as does Jean Massart
in his little book. THE Secret Press
in Belgium" (H. E. Dutton and Com
pany), in which he tells how the
famous paper, La Libre BeIgique,"
was secretely printed and circulated
and reveals also the methods en-
ployed in the secret reprinting and
circulation of other periodicals,
books phamphlets, pictures and
music. One of the collections of
Raemaker's drawings, for instance,
was smuggled into Belgium and pas
sed rapidly from house to house. 1t
was discovered in a domiciliary
search, of the efficient sort that
frequently happened and confiscated.
But the first person to see it had
made Photographic copies of all the
pictures and these were widely dis
tributed, with, of course, the great
est secrecy. King Albert's Book"
the author says, was translated and
a good many copies had been sold,
the proceeds being devoted to food
relief of the poor. Then the Ger
mans descended on the secret office
and seized the staff. the fonts of
type, the printed sheets, the paper
and the entire plant of the printing
office. They thought" says NJ.
Massart, they had finally got rid
of King Albert's Book when, to
their profound annoyance, only a
week later, 10000 fresh copies ap-
peared on the secret market"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13
TEACHERS HIGHER PAY

Chambcrsburg, Pa, Dec. 10
Chambersburg school board went
on record last night in favor of a
25 per cent. increase in the state
appropriation for school teachers
for the next two years. The schools
may not reopen their sessions until
after New Years because of the
continuance of the "hu."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13

lie service company, in opinion of the
Public Service Commission. The
decision, which was written by
Commissioner 5ohn S. Killing, dis
misses the protest of subscribers of
the Bell Telephone Company, living
in Endeavor and East Hickory, For
est county, against an agreement be-
ing entered into whereby the Bell
turns over to the Endeavor Tele-
phone Company, a local concern, it's
business in that community, MAIN
tanning a connection with the ex-
change at Endeavor and providing
for toll service TO Tionesta.
The decision says that when the
arrangements are complete it will
result 1in a single company serv-
ing East Hickory and Endeavor, fur
rishing a higher grade of continu-
Gus service" under n new schedule
of rates. 1t is stated that the ar
rangement contemplates an improve
ment in facilities and service and
gives an exclusive right to a terri
tory. 1t then says "the fact that the
Endeavor Telephone Company has
in the past rendered inferior service
is not here important. 1t is pub
lie utility and as such is in duty
bound to render adequate service at
reasonable rates. If, after the con-
templated arrangements are COM
pleted, there should be any inferior
service on it's part, this may be cor
reeted upon complaint filed with this
commission"
To Discuss Laws-Commissione
of Fisheries of Pennsylvania, Ohio.
New York and Ontario will meet a
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13

The world of art will welcome
ten more of the charming and vi
vacious pencil sketches by Charles
Huard, official painter to the Sixth
French Army, appearing as illustra-
tions to his wife's most recent war
pictures from France. With Those
who Wait" (Duran), by Frances
wilson Huard, NJ. Charles Huards
drawings through exhibitions, mag
azines, and Madam Huard's books
are already famous in this country.
..rhey have" says the New York
Evening Globe, something of the
mellow effect of certain French
nrints of q generation ago."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13
Chicken in France"
Buttons Under Ban

New York.-No more of the "I
have a chicken in France" buttons,
emblems of membership in the
Poultry Club of the American Com
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13

THE romance of the Red Tri-
angle" by Sir Arthur X. Yapp. K.
B. E., recently published by George
H. Doran Company, is a vertible
storehouse of the incidents which
have made war both a tragic and
humorous thing. o little vignette of
lie Triangle Rouge" is this story;
lone of the funniest sights we saw
in France was that of tiny British
corporal marching behind ten stall
wart German prisoners. escorting
them back to their quarters after
they had finished orderly duty in. one
of our tents. The humour OF the
situation evidently appealed to him.
for he winked as he passed us--quite
an unsoldierly thing to do"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13
MUST GIVE WHAT
THELAW WANTS
Interesting Public Service De-
cision Issued by Commits
sioner John S. Killing

The fact that q
utility company
has not always
rendered satisfac-
tory service in the
past lis not to be
taken as a reas-
son for setting
aside / an agree
ment whereby it
will be required
to meet the obli-
gotionsl of a nuh-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13
NEXv CHEMICAL LABORATORY

New Cumberland, Pa, Dec. fS.-
A chemical laboratory is being con-
structed In the basement Of the high
school.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-01-03
A LITTLE SUNSHINE
Why the Man Was Not Killed.

Charles Morrow, a Muncie contract
or, driving his automobile to Indian
apolis few days ago, saw in the road
a few feet ahead of him, while his car
was going at rapid rate, an object
that seemed to be a man. Unable to
do anything to avert an accident, Nor
row gripped the wheel firmly and
steered the machine In such q way
that though he might strike the pros
trate figure, 1t would not be In vital
part of the body. He and his compan-
ions, however. were surprised that the
machine experienced no shock on
whirling over the spot where the
body" was seen and hurried back to
the place, not knowing what to ex-
pect, but were baffled at seeing not
the slightest trace Of any object In the
road. There was a clear view In all
directions, and the man, even though
uninjured, could not have escaped be-
ing in sight. Finally the mystery was
solved when Ralph Young, member
Of the party, observed scarecrow
Tapping its arms by an apple tree
along the roadside. Young discovered
that on approaching the scarecrow at
the right angle, its shadow falling on
the road made almost an exact figure
of a man lying in the highway.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-01-03
OUR ADVANTAGES

Lynden had to travel to sundry
wells this week, and lug home water
for the dishes, likewise the hands.
And Lynden had to trim wicks for
seven days, and read by the Pickering
candle and lamp.
The return to the primitive proved
an unpleasant hardship, emphasizing
the advantages of modern city life.
Lynden fused and sweated and
whined about it in groups along the
streets.
Advantages of city life, did we say?
Hardly that exclusive nowadays,
when any farm distant from the big
towns can have an electric lighting
plant all it's own!
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-01-03
COURAGE Fer RIGHT.

Sir. ii is not for me. an hum
BILE and uninfllIential individual
at an awful distance from the
predominant influences. to sug-
gest plans of government. But
to my eye the path of our duty
is as distinct as the Milky way
all studded with living sap
phires. glowing with cumulat-
ing light. 1t is the path of ac-
tive preparation. of dignified en-
ergy. 1t is the path of 1776. 1t
consists not in abandoning our
rights. but in supporting them
as they exist and when they ex-
ist-On the ocean as well as on
the land. 1t consists in taking
the nature of things as the
measure of the right of your
citizens. not the orders and de-
crees of imperious foreigners.
Give what protection you can.
Take no counsel of fear. Your
strength will increase with the
trial and prove greater than you
now are aware.
But I shall be told. This may
lead to war" ask. Are we
now at peacew Certainly not.
unless retiring from insult be
peace. The surest way to pre-
vent war is not to fear it. The
idea that nothing upon earth is
so dreadful as war is inculcat-
ed too studiously among us.
Disgrace is worse. Abandon
ment of essential rights is
worse. Josiah Quincy, Jr., in
Congress. 1908.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-01-03
UNPATRIOTIC?'

Are the merchants Of Lynden un-
patriotic?
Government authorities have rec
commended to them the curtailing OF
their delivery systems, the simplif-
ication of their bookkeeping methods.
and the limiting of their credits.
Have the Lynden merchants held
a meeting, and taken united action
on these wartime recommendations?
Not that anyone with extremely sharp
eyes could notice!
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-01-03
A RECOLLECTION

Yes sir, the Nooksack river upped
and changed it's channel at its mouth
at Marietta this week, which may re-
call to some that during the agitat-
ion against a new bridge. the Trib-
une suggested that the structure real
ly should be mounted on ball bearing
casters, so as to follow the stream
when it travelled.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-01-03

YOU MIGHT AS WE'LL TOSS A LOT
OF GOOD MONEY INTO THE
NOOKSACK as to send your mag
azine subscriptions direct to the
publishers. When you have a mag.
azine to renew, ask The Tribune
about -. We can save you from
five to thirty per cent on it.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-01-03
Her Contribution.

"He owes his success to his wife,"
"That so?"
Eyes. Scarcely day goes by but
she keeps him from making fool Of
himself in one way or another"
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-01-03
The Wav of a Wife.

The Man-If you insist on this new
gown, I'll have to get it on credit.
His Wife-As long as it's going to
be charged, dear, may as well get
more expensive Onel
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-01-03
No SeIects.

"You can buy select eggs or packed
fruit"
Well?"
"But in Gnestnuts. seems to me, ev-
erything goes"
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-01-03
She Was Wiiiinu.

Voice at Other End-Hello! Hello!
Miss Emily? VIII you marry me?
Miss Lastchance-Yes yes! Who Is
this, please?
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-01-03

Here it is again-only 357 days
till Christmas. Do your shopping
early.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-01-03
WISE.

Mr.. Jackson-You want to marry my
daughter? Why, she's only child.
Tom Rigby-Wcll, ! thought I'd get
sround early before the rush begins.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-01-03

We haven't seen enough water yet
to float some of these Lynden flood
stories.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-01-03

AS far as we know, nary Lyn-
den citizen but what missed his bawth
Saturday night.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-01-03

IF YOU OWN COWS, you need our
herd records. They are worth their
weight to you in rubies. The Trib-
une.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-01-03
THE NATIONS DEAD.

Beside the army of her dead
Once more the nation stands,
With banners waving at her
back
And blossoms in her hands.
With equal love and grief and
pride.
lmpartially, today
She drops her roses and her
tears
Upon the blue and gray.
Forgotten are the years of strife.
The cause they lost or won,
Each sleeper in the silent tents
Is her beloved son.
The uniforms are ashes now,
The swords and guns are rust.
But memory's eternal green
Is rooted In their dust.
-Minna Irving in Leslie's
Weekly.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-21

if Dan Driscoll was anything he was first ot all loyal to his leader.
 It was this law upon which Judge Jen- nings based his decision. He held that, to be effective it must be mandatory If merely directory, then 1t was of no value, and our elections were still open to fraud, and the returns therefrom susceptible to being "doc- tored" with impunity He held that the ter ritorial law does not infringe upon the rights of congress, that it is merely supplementary to the law already provided by congress in so much that it provides safeguards which were neglected by congress.
 This is the point that is being fought out before the committee If Judge Wickersham is successful, then we have no territorial bal lot Our Australian system is no more. Any body can use any old kind of ballot. with out giving a reason therefor and it will be worth as much as vote of the man who has worked for himself and the territory for the last twenty years.
 "A whole lot of outside issues have been raised to becloud the main one such as the soldier vote, but as member of the election committee declared, if every soldier vote were thrown out it would not affect the status of the case since there was no way of telling how these men voted But the real fact is that Judge Wickersham knows if the territorial election is upheld and is mandatory, as it should be, then he never did have any right to the election certificate And for this req son he based his fight is congress on the ur- constitutionalitv of that law, regardless of the fact that if he is upheld, he has again opened the door by which fraud may enter without 1 fear of punishment into future Alaskan cleo tions Is this the attitude of one who has the best interests of the territory at heart: We are sure that the big ma jority of Alaskans will agree with us in denying it and in refusing to uphold Judge Wickersham in his regret table efforts.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-21

vided, that hereafter so long as the construc- ton and maintenance of military and post roads in Alaska and of other roads, bridges, and trails in that territory shall remain un- der the direction of the secretary of war, he be authorized to submit such estimates for the consideration of congress as are, in his judgment, necessary for proper prosecution of the work" Despite opposition in the com mittee on military affairs to this amendment, the delegate succeeded in passing it and the request and passage of such Alaskan appro- priations for roads and trails as submitted by the war department can now be accomplish jed legally. Simple isn't it, yet it took twelve years to get it done, and if it hadn't been for Mir. Suzer probably wouldn't have been start ed yet. .,. .'#.
 He didn't have to fight to get it done either he simply explained the situation which existed and the opposition ceased to be- It has been thus in other instances. By his quiet campaign of education upon Alaskan matters he has won a high place in the es- teem of administration leaders which places him in position to secure legislation of in calculable value to his constituency and which he will undoubtedly secure as soon as congress can take up such matters when relieved from the pressure of imperative war legislation. We believe that the great ma jority of Alas kans realize this too we'll to injure the terri tory by refusing its support to him in the coming election.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-21
INFLUENZA IS
 TOW SPREADING
 OUTSIDE CAMPS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.-Outsid' of the army camps the Spanish in fluenza is spreading but. in the army camps it is steadily decreasing. The public health service is. now direct ing the fight against the epidemic and it is thought that it will soon be under control. Direct control is being carried on in thirty-three states, New England and the Dis trict of Columbia.
 Officials, while worried over the present situation, are not greatly alarmed over the future and believe that the crest will soon be over The camps of the soldiers were the most difficult to deal with and were the first to catch the disease. The control in the camps has been car ried out for a longer time and it is believed that when the control of the various states has been carried on for similar period the results will be more satisfactory than in the case of the army.