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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05
LEATHER STRAP
DIRK AND PISTOL
TR|0S|NS|GNA

FORT WORTH, Tex, Nov. 5.--The
appeals of three officials of the Farm
ers' and Laborers' Protective associa-
ton. Convicted a year ago in Abilene,
Tex, after a trial that stirred the
whole Southwest. will be presented be-
fore the United, States circuit court Of
appeals here this month.
The men were convicted of consptr-
acy against the. government, and their
organization had for its insignia, &C
cording to District Attorney Odell, a
leather strap TO represent the slavery
OF the worker, a dirk as an incentive
TO self protection and a pistol as q
mark of enmity to capital. f.
The original trial of the three men,
G, 7. Bryant, state organizer; E. l..
Risley, president, and Samuel j, Pow
ELL, secretary; lasted six weeks and
more than 500 witnesses were exam
ined, Thirty-seyen others named In the
Indictment We're acquitted,
The count on which the three were
found guilty charged conspiracy to
overthrow and destroy by force the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05

900, 600 pounds of shells and fruit stones
that the government production schod-
ule calls for. The government cannot
buy mor% than one-third the necessary
shells at present. I'M fact, they declare,
that the shells Of all the coeonuts
grown in the West Indies and Central
America, II they could be obtained.
would not I'll the needs. They are
making arrangements to get the shells
from the East Indies. but II will be
mouths before this plan can be put into
operation. In the meanwhile they must
mix the available shell charcoal with
wood charcoal This is not to the best
Interest of the men, because the wood
charcoal settles, makes breathing diff
ficult, and It has not the absorptive
qualities OF shell charcoal,
The people, because Of the smaiiness
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05
MAY ALLOW
SALE OF HORSE MEAT

CALGARY, Alberta. Can, Nov. s.
"A movement to permit the sale OF
horse meat In butcher shops through
out Canada has received the indorse-
ment of all leading live stock organixa-
tions In this section of Canada and
soon will be formally placed before the
Dominion government In the form Of a
recommendation, according to the AL
berta Horse. Sheep and Swine Breed
ers' association.
Horse meat sold under the same regu-
lations as obtained In various Euro
pean countries would result In a great
economic saving, the association says,
adding that thousands Of light horses
that have ceased to be Of economic
valle consume large quantities OF feed
anr ually."
Figures dealing with the sal. of horse
meat In Europe we're made public, They
showed that one-sixth of the 500, 900
families in Paris eat horse flesh, and
that Germany, as far back as 1909, used
79, 900, 900 pounds OF horse meat annual
ly, In 1909 Germany also consumed
$500 dogs, the figures showed
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05

Of the task asked of them, failed 70
realize its Importance, and aid not re
spond well to the appeal made during
tho fruit season. What the help OF
each person means Is shown by the
fact that two peach stones or two large
nuts turned in each day by each per
son In the nation would supply the
needs, II ia hoped, however. hat no
one win hold TO this schedule as there
will be many unthlnking persons quota
to I'LL.
Gas harrATes for some time have
been one Of the principal factors in Ger
man warfare. Their mustard gas. with
its horrible after effects. is one VI
the worst atrocities of the war. Even
now. In their retreat, the Germans arc
using a nonexplodIng, perforated gas
and which makes the entire district
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05

Of H%untynge," composed by a prioress
of st. Adams. Charles d'Orleans, the
gay French captive, composed a NUM-
Der of delightful Anglo-Norman cham
sons while languishing In prison in 14l5,
but he was not regarded as a sponsor Of
the word carol as we know 1t. The
term is ordinarily significant of joy or
exultation; and OF devotion. according to
Shakespeare Milton.
There are three types of csrol-ec-
cleslastical, popular and festive. One
OF the first ecclesiastical ones, and n
with which we are all familiar, is the
beautiful old Portuguese hymn, Come,
All Ye Faithful" and no more inspir-
ing example of the devotional coral
Is to be found. The Ambrosian Te
Deum, Charlemagne's hymn and Vent
Creator Spiritus are also good types Of
the sublime, glorious chants. Among
the festive carols are THE Bears
Head" with which all England sings
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05

The exact origin Of the word "carol'
Is somewhat obscure and has been the
subject of much discussion and ~investI-
CATION, with no positive results. The
majority Of us are perfectly willing to
let the seers do the clubbing over the
matter, split hairs, as It were, and ac-
cept the word and it's implication for
what they mean to US. Concerning ar
claimed by some, who claim they know,
to be OF Latin derivation, by others
equally sure to be Welsh, and again by
some students the idea is. brought, for
ward that 1t crept into the French Ian
guage from the speech of the Gauls, and
thus was carried to England.
Among the earliest relics are some
carols which must have been written
before the reign Of Elizabeth, The very
first n we know about is "a Carroile
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05
HERB GARDENS PAY.

LONDON, Nov. 5.-Herb gardens
started during the early part of the
to chemists in various parts Of the
country. Lady ~Elphinstone stated a
garden in the grounds Of Carberry
Towers, from which she distributed
seeds to c%ottagers in the district, with
the result that these gardens are now
producing herbs in abundance which
before the war were only imported
from Germany and Austria.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05
PROVING CASE.

MY wife is an expert at Juggling
knives and forks" stated q husband
to the court.
What would you call expert in
]terroRated the Judge.
well, she threw a knife at me the
other morning and here's whore 1t hit
mo" reiterated the man, pointing TO
Il lacerated forehead. Il wouldn't call
that the throw OF an amateur"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05

its way through the night before Christ
mas, and another equally popular one,
God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen
Good King Wenceslaus' and Royal
Day That Chaseth Gloom are two ex-
amples Of the popular carols, many OF
which have Crept into usage for church
celebrations
The custom Of caroling on Christmas
eve is primarily a practice belonging to
England, particularly In the western
and northern sections; indeed there Is
eastern parts OF England, We have In
the states adopted the idea Of singing
carols in churches, but the more at
t~ractive custom Of going from house TO
house is not in general use. Too bad it
isn't done more universally, for there is
not a much prettier sound han one of
the quaint songs ringing out on the still
frosty air, to the accompaniment of
tinkling instruments.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-05

INTO which they are thrown a section
# death fer days a%fterward.
This can all he successfully combat
ed II Americans viii turn In their hlck-
Try. Brazil. walnut and butter nut shells
and peach, apricot. prune, plum, olive.
date aud cherry stones, for gas masks.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
HOMEWARD BOUND

Lap. softly, 'waves, the high gray
prows.
Blow gently, winds, through joy
Gus days,
Nor any slumbering Sea King rouse,
To peril safety, cause delays.
Watch, stars, through silent, bliss
full nights!
Sun, with q newer splendor shine!
Bring nearer rapturous delights
Loved exiles bring, for whom
hearts pine!
Glad hours, move swiftly, till once
Home faces dear those dear ones
greet!
Speed, tides, the ships toward this
proud shore,
Where flags will wave and drums
will beatI
Hide, Mercy, all the hurts and scars
That War so ruthlesslT has left!
Assuage the pain that triumph mars,
For those of hero-lads bereft.
Sky, sea. com mbine! Safeguard the
Through oceans tinted
foam.
''Victors returning" men will say,
But we-"Our boys are coming
home!"
ELLA A. TANNING, in New
York Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02

less than our total imports from all
Europe for the same period-$1Os,-
600, 900 more than from Great Bri-
tain, and sf7s,OO0,000 more than
from France.
Japan realizes that with the COM
ing of peace the United States, un-
der the present tariff policy, will
suffer greatly increased cOmpeti-
tion from Europe. and particularly
from Germany, which, according to
Mr.. Wilson's third principle, is to
receive just as much benefit from
Democratic tariff legislation as our
Allies will receive.
But still the Jap can rely on satis-
factory profits. because his goods
cost no where near as much to pro-
duce under the Japanese wage scale
as do similar goods of European
manufacture. Japan has had mar
velous run of trade with the United
States since the war broke out, the
total aggregating about sS16,000,OO0
worth of sales to us.
Where, in 1918, less than 4 per
cent. of our import trade came from
Japan, to-day about 10 per cent.
originates from that source, and it
is growing all the time.
The period of reconstruction calls
for serious study of the competi-
ton coming from the Orient, par
ticularly Japan, and how best to
regulate it to the end that the
American wageearner and manu-
facturer may not have to yield too
much to Oriental encroachment.
Certainly, that study will show the
fallacy of a tariff law now averaging
less than six per cent. ad valorem on
all imports.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Insists on Compensation
To tic Editor Of the Telegraph:

TO the Editor of the Telegraph:
Your correspondent, jeff Wilson,
is impatient concerning my plea for
compensation for distillers, brewers,
winemakers and the like If pro-
hibition is adopted as a national
policy.
That is his privilege, but I still
contend that nothing short of full
compensation will comport with the
dignity, the history and the national
honor of the American people.
1t is true that some people abuse
whisky, wine and beer, even as
some abuse tobacco, the right to
own firearms, the right of free
speech and innumerable other privi-
leges, but that does not alter the
fact that for over one hundred years
people have been encouraged to
build distilleries, breweries and win
cries by demands on the part of the
people and by the laws of our ma
ton, our states. and our municipali-
ties.
To destroy this vast industry
without compensation, is as unjust
as it would be to destroy the tobacco
business, without compensation, II
anti-to bacconists gained temporary
political control.
Prohibition provides for the man
ufacture and sale of Whiskies, wines
and beers for medicinal. govern
mental, scientific, mechanical, sacra-
mental and industrial purposes, and
the people will want and very
greatly need these commodities, but
who would invest his money in such
enterprises in the future If confisca-
ton, without compensation, is to
follow il the extremists gain a
majority later?
Wisky has proved and is daily
proving it's great value in the intiu-
enZa epidemic and to save lives the
general government and the states
have swept prohibitory laws tenn
porarily into the discard, but Mr..
Wilson, no doubt, would prefer see
ing thousands die than to see
whisky employed as a means of
cure.
What the world needs and soon
will have, no doubt, are blue laws"
lifted from the statutes of Con-
necticut and Massachusetts.
It's wrong to enjoy life, because
some will go to excess. In the
meantime, however, il Mr.. Wilson
will make diligent inquiries he will
find that the leading men in Har-
risburg and in our cities generally.
including our lawmakers, wet" and
dry, have stocked up their cellars
with whisky, wine and beer, and
big wine list might possibly be
made up from the supplies in the
White House cellars.
Yours very truly,
r. NJ. GILMORE,
President National Model License
League.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
JUSTICE CRIES OUT

AS President Wilson is deter
n mined to go to Europe to par
ticipate TO some extent in the
peace negotiations, those who ques-
toned the propriety of his doing so
must accept the situation and trust
that his presence will prove helpful
rather than embarrassing to the
peace commissioners. 1t may be
we'll for the President to see the
results of the Huns visitations in
France and Belgium, that his heart
may be steeled against any pacifistic
tendencies in the making of the
terms of settlement.
1t is intimated in dispatches from
Washington that France and Eng
land and Italy are looking to the
President to say whether or not
with regard to the IIohenzollerns
and their ilk-it shall be thumbs
up" or thumbs down"
With the rising tide of feeling
among the belligerent nations
against the Kaiser and his group of
cut-throats and thieves, there Is not
likely to be any attention given to
the sophistries of paciflsts who have
had no part in the struggle save as
they have exercised their tongues in
telling men of courage and convic-
ton what ought to be done.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
Governor-Elect VIM. G. Sproul
Outlines Some of His Plans

and there is a strong masculine
quality in it, tempered by a genial
refinement. A man would like it
because of its frankness and verac-
ity, and woman might trust it be-
cause she would be likely to see in
1t the graciousness of a gentleman.
1t is a face of an essentially Amer
lean type. The lines of a nature
energetic and mobile are plainly
impressed on it. If Sproul were in
q crowd of all sorts of European
foreigners who had never seen him
and knew nothing about him it is
doubtful whether there a would be
one who would not Immediately rec
ogniZe him as an American, so diff
ferent is the face from any Euro
pean type and so much is it charac-
teristic of the evolution which is de-
veloping q distinctive American one,
Poise without stiffness, dignity with
out solemnity, cheer without flip
pancy, and comradeship or affabil-
ity without sloppiness, are in the
figure and the bearing. He might
be taken at first glance to be a pros
porous man of affairs who is a live
wire" and who smackS something of
a hearty, genteel sport.
'Sproul is engaged in a variety
of enterprises, financial, Journalistic,
patriotic and social, performs his
part in each of them without either
irksomeness of fuss. and readily
grows in favor among even those
who may have only cursory ac-
quaintance with him. In politics he
has been ambitious since he cast
his first vote, but he has not been
noisy or pretentious. Until it is
rem embered that he made his start
in public life when he was still
q very young man, it cannot be
readily understood how it is that
looking younger than he is, he
should have been continuously in
the State Senate for twenty-five
years. There are some men who
are always refreshing; their voices
sound good at any hour of the day
or night; their glad countenance
doeth good like a medicine; and
Sproui is ono of them"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
Hughes on Reconstruction

Former Justice Charles E. Hughes
in a speech on reconstruction says:
1t has seemed to me that at this
time it would be we'll to have a
quick survey of all the important
public work in the various states
and municipalities which has been
held up during the war, and that
intelligent efforts should be made to
set it going as rapidly as possible
all over the country to take up the
labor slack. / assume that this is re-
ceiving the attention of officers off
the Government.
The only real assurance of the fu-
ture lies in the spirit which brought
England to the side of France, and
Italy to the aid Of both, and then,
at last brought America to the de-
fense of liberty and while that spirit
animates these great peoples, the
small nations and the interests of
international justice will be secured.
There is no hope for the world in
IN America which loses its virility,
it's intense national consciousness,
and its patriotic ardor. Let us cher
ish and stimulate the love of coun-
try so finely evidenced in the great
war for there is no cause for des-
pair in a republic for which men
are willing to die.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
AN IMPORTANT WORK

vrYITH respect to the selection
wv of Governor Brumbaugh as
the historian of the State in
the matter of an adequate record of
Pennsylvania part in the war there
is less concern as to who shall do
the work than that it shall be done
well. 1t ought to be a comprehen-
slve and accurate story from begin
ming to end. Under no circum-
stances should it be a mere treatise
or the expression of personal views,
nor should it be dragged over q long
period of time in the preparation.
1t is highly important that the
groundwork should be we'll laid
while the memories of those who
were participants in the great
drama are fresh as to the immediate
happenings here and abroad.
Pennsylvania has suffered to some
extent in previous histories-espe-
cially in school teXt-books-and
there can be no excuse now for any
failure to prepare an adequate and
worthy record of the States share
in safeguarding the liberties of the
world.
No history can be complete which
does not deal with all the activities
of the war. Pennsylvania's part was
so important in men and measures
and materials that the undertaking
of such a work calls for the high
est ability and the exercise of the
greatest patience and accuracy in
collecting the facts.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
MONDAY DECEMBER 2, 1918
AS TO THE TREES

TF the City Council does not think
it advisable to Great Shade Tree
Commission for reasons best
known to the members, it ought to
be possible to take some action look
ing to the preservation of the shade
trees we now have and to increase
their number through system of
planting before the winter is farther
advanced. There has been some lit
tie planting here and there, but
there ought to be hundreds and
thousands of trees set out before the
old trees, which are fast disappear
ing, shall have left Harrisburg a
treeless city.
When the snow falls and the trees
are burdened with icicles, those
Indifferent persons who never can
see the use" of Shade Tree Com
mission or anything of that sort
will probably realize through the
discomfort of having their hats
knocked from their heads and
branches of overhanging trees
sweeping their faces that the tree
matter is not joke.
Now is the time to attend to
these matters, and we are still hope
full that the disposition to "let
George do it, will not further delay
the shade-tree program.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
FOCH'S DECISION
New York Timesl

The German Armistice Commits
sioners complained that they found
Marshal Foch cold, stern, implac-
able. He read the terms, that
seemed to them ruthless, in voice
in which there was no consideration
for them as representatives of the
Imperial Government and its SELL
powerful army. They expected o
show of courtesy, even If it were
formal, but the man who had Ger
many's destiny in his hands wasted
no time in prelimiIlaries and empty
forms. lie was doing his duty with
out sparing them or himself. He
was not even tempted by a great
ambition. A correspondent of the
British Wireless Service in France
now asserts that IL hostilities had
lasted ten days more Marshal Foch
would have brought about the sur
render of the entire German army,
and won the greatest victory "of all
ages" Says this correspondent:
THE Marshal renounced that
great victory deliberately and with
his eyes open, because continuation
of the struggle would have cost q
certain number of French and Brit
ish lives, and he could not have it on
after 1t was in his power to make
peace on terms of victory"
Hence the armistice requirements
were expressed in terms of decisive
victory. Marshal Foch knew that
the Germans came to him with no
Illusion about their military condi-
tion. There was nothing to nego-
tiate. They might have expected
something less than an inexorable
ultimatum, but the Marshal's words
and manner signified, Surrender or
be destroyed" At the time of the
reception of the German commits
sioners there was q story current in
Paris that the great strategist had
said a few days before: II have not
vet fought my battle" 1t was plaus-
ible. Some day he may write the
history of the campaign and reveal
his plans for striking the last deci-
slve blow. What we already know
is that his snare had been laid and
the net was being drawn closer
every day. Rapidly he was narrow
ing the only gap through which the
million and a half of Germans with
their cumberous transportation could
escape. Most of their trunk lines
were in his hands or under the fire
of the guns of the Allies.
The enemy could not break
through in the south or in the north.
lie was an imminent danger of en-
velopment, and apparently only q
part of his army could have es-
capped capture or destruction. A
man of Napoleonic lust for glory
would have found some way to de-
fer negotiations for an armistice
while he struck the blow that would
end all. Ferdinand Foch was never
greater than in the hour when he
decided that he would choose the
lesser victory and renown rather
than shed the blood of thousands
more of his soldiers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02

There was printed in the Telegraph
a day or two ago fine letter from
q Harrisburg soldier to his mother
He concluded with the following beau
tiful verse, adapted as his own senti-
ment:
We fight for every mother as she
sings
Her babe to sleep upon her throb-
bing breast;
We battle for the womanhood Of
Earth
For Liberty. for Honor and for
Right;
Be proud, o Mother dear, that
you gave birth
To one who lived to enter such a
fight.
Is it any wonder that the American
army in France gave so fine an ac-
count of itself when the fighting
forces are composed OF boys with such
ideals.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

General Hunter Liggett is to
be invited to Reading, his birth
place. when the war ends.
Ex-Governor John K. Tener has
been travelling in eastern states
lately
-Brua C. Keefer, who was ten
dered dinner by Williamsport
friends, is well known to many peo-
pie here.
John NJ. Phillips, State Game
Commissioner, active in the walnut
planting movement, says thousands
of young trees have been moved to
roadsides.
William Perrine, the editor OF
the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin,
who has attended every inaugura-
ton here for years, plans to come
to the Sproul ceremonies.
Senator Charles H. Kline, men,
toned for judicial position, is an In
diana countian.