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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
CONGRESSMAN KREIDER

t is to be hoped that Congress
will enact Congressman Kreid-
er's bill amending the soldiers
relief act so as to include such
worthy cases as that of the Aurands
in this city, whose only son and sole
support was killed in France, but
are deprived of government aid
through the loose construction of the
original relief law. The wonder Is
that Congress ever should have
adopted such a measure, which, by
failure to include certain classes of
worthy dependents, leaves uncared
for many it was intended to protect.
The corrective amendment is typi-
cal of the legislation for which Mr..
Kreider has stood sponsor at Wash
ington. He has proved himself a
man of vision and practical ability.
He is student of the nations busi-
ness and thoroughly posted on every
phase of Congressional activity.
Furthermore, he is a through going
Republican and thoroughly repre-
sentative of the district he has so
long served. 1t goes without
saying that he will be renominated
as long as he desires the office.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
DR.. GORGAS NOT NEEDED
(New York Times)

1t seems astonishing, in fact mex
plicable, that the advice of the sur
geon who combatted and by scientific
discoveries triumphed over yellow
IeVer at Havana, and who made the
Panama Zone sanatorium for the
canal builders, should have been dis
regarded. The result was an unnec-
essary increase in the death rate of
soldiers committed to makeshifts of
hospitals without heat, proper equip
ment, and trained attendants. It is
shameful argument that, after all,
the death rate PEE. thousand was not
nigh, 1t prove aothing but inde-
cent partisanshfP: Can there be q
doubt that If the cantonments had
to be built over again the construc-
tion of hospitals would not have kept
pace with them?
But the waste of life, which was so
unnecessary and is such a reproach
to the War Department, had another
salient cause than the lack of ade-
quate hospital facilities, and that
was overcrowding the camps. Cen
eral Gorgas urged as the minimum
of floor space forty-flve square feet
his preference. was sixty feet as a
sanitary precaution. I'VE were en-
| deavoring," he told the committee
to account for the compromise, Ito
meet the questions of expenses and
| the feasibility in various ways"
| What happened? When General
! Gorgas made his inspections he
| found nine men crowded into floor
| spaces large enough Cor five only.
| He had heard that as many as
| twelve men were compressed into
space intended for five.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
Over he Toh
IT. PewNa.
BY BRIGGS

Three hundred Altoona residents
volunteered their services to shovel
the railroads out of the snow. We
did not observe any such zeal in
Harrisburg.
Ten feet cf snow does not kill a
copperhead snake. Man at Mill
Hall, Pa, found two while digging
we'll and they gave him the battle
of his life.
Declaring that she was writer
OF moving picture scenarios and
that the only way she could turn
out lively stuff" for the screen
was to fill herself up with dope"
well-dressed woman was arraigned
before the Federal court in Pitts
burgh and held for trial. She beg
ged for some dope" and cried that
she could not pursue her profession
without its inspiration. There must
be a good many more scenario
writer's in her class.
Miss Louise Stockert, of Lansdale,
had five needles removed from her
body. IT can't for the world think
how they got inside of me-" she
sighed, as they pried out the last
enc.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
THEN AND NOW

called the coal man on the phone
When summer wheeled her flow-
cry flight
And made my modest wishes known,
To-wit: a ton of anthracite.
His voice was soft. his voice was
kind
(Remember, this was last July)
And quite to set at rest my mind
He made the following reply:
"A ton of coal? Sure! Right away.
I'm grateful for your order, sir;
I'll have 1T in your bin to-day,
And twenty more, If you prefer!
You can't afford so much right now?
Don't let that trouble you at ALL
I'll send it up there, anyhow,
And you can pay some time next
fall"
I called the coal man on the phone
When it was twenty-five below,
And all the shivering temperate
zone
Was buried under ice and snow,
His voice was rough, his voice was
rude
(Remember, this was Yesterday,
His speech was coarse and Grass and
crude;
And this is what he had to say:
"A ton of coal, you bone-roofed
simpi
A ton of coal? Well, I guess not!
Somebody ought to put a crimp
In such a nerve as you have got!
Say, I've been pestered quite enough
BY guys like you. 1t makes me
sore!
Hang up the phone. you dippy stun,
And don't you call me up no
more!"
Boston Advertiser.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
TEAM WORK
kansas City Timesl


Tell the truth and speed up the
war;" is the slogan Colonel Roose-
velt wants the country to adopt.
And that is what the country wants.
1t wants the truth, and it wants
speed for our war preparations.
1t is no fault of the people that
there IS grave uneasiness as to the
war situation. They know only that
war preparations have been ,unrea-
sonably delayed. They know that
we are not in the war, and that
there seems no immediate prospect
of our getting into it effectively.
The apologists for this situation
say. "Of course, there have been
mistakes" 1t is not the fact that
there have been mistakes that causes
the uneasiness existing In the pub
lie mind. II is the fact that there
seems to be lack of team work ev-
erywhere, up to this present time.
Lack of team work does not win
wars. Confession that mistakes
have been made does not help re-
store confidence unless the confess
sion leads to correction.
The country is concerned only
with one thing-winnlng the war.
And it knows that it Will take team
work to in it. When 1T sees every
department engaged iii the conduct
of the war doing real team work, ii
will be satisfied.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
KILLING THE VARMINTS

JUDGING from the reports made
= by officers in charge of the
bounty division of the State
Game Commission, a pretty good
share of the States revenue from
hunters licenses is going toward en-
couraging the killing of weasels,
wildcats, foxes, minks and other ami
mails classed as vermin and upon
whose heads a price is placed be-
cause of the damage they do to the
farmers. There have been some
scandals in the past in the way the
minor judiciary and the counties
handled the bounty question, but the
Game Commission and the Auditor
Generals staff have cleaned up that
situation, although the legislature
did a rather queer thing in legaliz-
ing some of the claims which had
caused the State officers to protest
There were a good many brick
bats thrown at the hunters license
law and some people sat on the
fences and scoffed at the idea oi
farmer in the catching of nuisances
Yet in the last year 44,270 weasels
alone were caught and paid for
while 393 wildcats. one of the wors
pests in the woods, were scalped
And a choice collection of foxes ant
minks were also rounded up ant
killed.
After all's said and done no lesl
than $4,000 of the revenue from
the licenses went for bounties, which
is a pretty fair share.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
EDITORIAL COMMENT

The Russian revolution would be
all right If it could stop revolving
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Bolshevilsi baby sqawked
when the Kaiser tried to take too
much of his candy.-Newark News.
The Kaiser's faith in his super
dinlomats must suffer a bit when he
realizes that even the Bolsheviki can
see through them.-Chicago Even
ing Post.
"Allies must not desert Russia"
To the average man it looks much
more as If Russia Is desefting the
Allies - Charleston News and
Courier.
Possibly Germany. after a little
more experience with the Bolsheviki,
NAV pass Russia back TO the Allies.
Kansas City Star.
Late reports from the Far East in
dicate that unless Russia Is careful
she will experience a Jappy new
year.-Nashville Southern Lumber
man.
One cheerful thing about the Rus
sian situation is that the only food
supply that can possibly help the
| Germans is in Southern Russia and
i'm the hands of those opposed to the
olsheviki.-Boston Herald
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

great barrier to hungry diners
getting all there is in the dish has
been cleared away.
"Of course. Anthony one doesn't
have to be crude in the method of
getting the bowl at any angle where
the last drop of soup may be dipped
up and started on its way to serve
the purpose for which is originally
was cooked. One not bold enough
to break off with the old polite So
ciety rule openly and with scrap-of-
paper technique may conceal the
move. Take for instance the little
trick of putting the bowl down upon
fork or folded napkin. In this way
the dish is slanted sufficiently to roll
the last drop into the waiting spoon
with an extra effort by the diner.
But seldom will one have to re-
| sort to clever methods in this line
of little food and less money. Tilt
ing the bowl is almost universally
being done. Unless one be dining
| at the home of some profiteer, where
food is as common and as plentiful
as in the old days. one will find the
| diners are all doing the same when
1T comes TO going after the last
| drop"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
THE MINUET

A sonnet's like a measured minuet
That poets step in, statelily and
slow.
Forward and back its powdered
couplets go;
It's quatrains keep their own ap-
pointed set.
With formal grace the company is
met,
In periwig. grisette, and furbelow
Scented with abergris and berga-
mot,
And no more free than finches
in q net.
So when It's done, like to fling my
stiff,
High heels away and run outdoors
to find
Adventure far from candled halls;
and il
A thorn should prick me or peb.
BILE hurt
Or bramble- bushes tear my silker
skirt,
AT least I'm going where I have
q mind.
by Dorothy Leonard.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Walter S. Buckley. long promi-
nent in Chester industries, has re-
tired.
w. G.. Rice, connected with the
philadelphia Bourse for years, has
become connected with the Sea Serv-
ice Bureau of the United States.
Harry A. Blakslee has been ap-
pointed food administrator for Car
bon county.
Charles w. Mould, former Ches-
ter councilman, has been appointed
one of the city assessors.
William NJ. Coats has. been re-
elected president of the Philadelphia
Board of Trade.
The Rev. DR.. ]. G. r. EWING
missi sionary, well known here, Is de-
Iivering a series of lectures at Pitts
burgh.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

ATONE of us believe in the
IN Grounding as weather fore
caster. No, indeed Most GER
tainly NOT!
BUT, there is no gainsaying that a
lot of foolish persons ARE super
stitious enough to place faith in
Groundhog Day. This is silly. We
know it is, because an official of the
Weather Bureau once told us that
the Grounding has nothing more
to do with the weather than he has
to do with the price of pork, and
this Weather Bureau man is a coldly
calculating, scientific person, who
can prove by geometry and trigo-
nometry that the only way to fore
cast weather is by figuring it out in
curves on a map. We are the more
inclined to think he is right from
the fact that no self-respectine
Groundhoe would dare hold himself
fsponsible for such vile winter a:
we have teen having.
AS we have said, the belief in the
Grounding is a matter for the ignor-
ant and the superstitious. But just
tho same most of us will breath a
bit more easily if the coming Satur.
day be so overcast that the sun does
not reach a shadow-casting stage
OF course, this has nothing, oh abso.
lutely nothing whatsoever, to dc
with the fact that Saturday will b,
Grounding Day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
LIQUOR IN COURT
To the Editor of the Telegraph:

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
The following is taken from the
Big Run Tribune of Jefferson
county. If the report is correctly
given of the occurrences in the
Clearfield county court, have been
wondering whether it be not in har-
mony with the course of reasoning
in man, another court. The Court
of Heaven seems to be at dis
count sometimes in earthly courts.
May it not be that the present dis
tress of nations, our own Nation
included, is the result of thus try
ing to count God out Man may as
well understand first as last that it
pays to give heed to the laws of
the Almighty; and earthly courts
should never forget that upon en-
trance upon their duties they have
made solemn covenant before the
Court of Heaven. Here is the Tri-
bune statement:
According to a report in the Du-
Bois Courier, Judge Bell makes the
preachers shut up when they bring
Bible arguments to bear against the
booze business. The report informs
us that the Rev. Henderson, of the
Presbyterian Church at Boardman
appeared before the court as a re-
monstrant against Andrew Yavor-
slxys application for a license at
Kellytown. Ex-Judge Reed was us
ing his influence in favor of the Ii
cense. The Rev. Henderson made
an effort to show that it is sin to
give anyone a license to make
drunkards. Ex-Judge Reed demand
ed authority of the Rev. Henderson
| for asserting that liquor license is
conducive to sin. When the minis
ter proceeded to give divine author
| ity for his position he was inter-
rupted by Judge Bell, and informed
that such arguments would have no
| bearing on the question at issue.
80 there you have the whole
| matter in a nut shell. Rum-making
booze sophistry is welcomed at a
liquor license court. but Bible ar
guments are rejected. The reason
| for this is evident. Where the court
listens to and heeds righteous argu-
ments no liquor licenses will be
| granted"
Sincerely yours,
B. L. p, PRUGH,
I Prohibition State Chairman.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
MIR. BAKERS DEFENSE

~ ECRETARY OF WAR BAKER
- is past master of glittering and
convincing generalities and his
defense before the Senate Military
Committee smacks strongly of his
address in Harrisburg last year,
which sounded we'll, but has not
been entirely borne out in all its
particulars by the developments to
which the Secretary then looked for
ward so confidently. Neverthe-
less, in al fairness to him, it must
he said that he has made q better
showing than was expected. He
came out of the hearing with little
or none of the cross-questioning to
which other witnesses were sub
jected and without having to go in
TO particulars as to matters con-
corning which thousands of Amer
leans would like to have informa-
tion. But he has lost q very con-
siderable bit of that cock-sureness
which has been his greatest weak
ness and which led him into many
errors in the past, and he has very
recently displayed a willingness to
listen to Congressional advice, even
though he has been careful to an
nounce that his reorganizations and
appointments were made merely as
a result of his own plans.
Nobody has denied that the War
Department has had to tackle the
biggest job in the world. Nobody
has denied, either, that it has not
accomplished a very great deal
That is not the question. Public in
dignation, reflected in the Senate and
House, has been the result of need
less blunders-blunders which have
cost the lives of hundreds of Amer.
ican soldiers and sent others to
France poorly equipped and depen.
dent upon the bounty of England
and France for arms. The fact thai
we have 100000 men now on tn,
fighting line and 100000 more tC
90 this year is very gratifying, bu
it does not explain away the awfu
negligence which has brought Who'll,
regiments of soldiers down witt
pneumonia or which has failed t.
provide the necessary sanitary ant
hospital equipment for which Gen
eral Gorgas has pleaded in vain
Nor does it explain the lack of warn
underclothing for the soldiers, no
the lack of overcoats. nor the lacl
of shoes for the men sent abroad
The Secretary may have accom-
plished great things. and for thos
he is to be praised, but he himsel
admits many shortcomings and ask
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
GettingLdStDropofS Soup

TTERE is a little bundle of infor-
nation you can carry home,
Anthony" said the man with
the dyspeptic look as he pushed in
TO chair at the Rush Lunch and
turned in an order for a bowl"
Even members of our best families
are t1lting their bouillon cups nova
DAYS to get the last drop. You know
one can't hearken to etiquette's de-
mands when food prices are up-
ward bound and going SO fast that a
lone dollar won't flag enough gro
ceries to make a 1-course meal for
a sick man.
never was enthusiastic about
this rule whereby one was supposed
to leave lot of good soup in the
powl rather than tilt it. Many times
i've been out where I liked the cook
ing and had to see real nourishment
go back to the kitchen just because
1t wasn't good table manners to try
10 get more out of the dish than
would come by letting it recline ma
turally upon the table.
Now, thanks to the war prices
and Mr.. Hoover's plea to save food,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
H0lU Great Is His Goodness

And the Lord their God shall save
them in that day as the flock of his
people; for they shall be as the
stones of a crown, lifted up as an
ensign upon his land. For how great
is his goodness, and how great is his
beauty tx. 16 and II.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

Popular government is on trial
and the contest is to determine
whether or not free government can
wage war, defend itself and its in
stitutions, and defeat an attacking
autocratic government. We are in
1t, the future OF free institutions, of
free government and of the liberty
of mandkind, are at stake. so there
is nothing to be done but fight to
the end--no matter at what cost nor
for how long.-Easton Free Press.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
THE STATE PRESS

An unmistakable sign of Scran-
tons progress and future great
prosperity is seen in the announce
ment that 375 different enterprises
are in communication with the
Bureau of Industry of the Scranton
Board of Trade relative to the wis
dom of locating plants in this city.
Twenty-Five of these are considered
very good ospects.-Scranton Re-
publican.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
SMILEAGE BOOKS
a sMILEAGE BOOK is a book of
II tickets to recognized places of
- - fox spIIiarc

- IlChtlS W lSOO7lliSCo pAoSNS "a
amusement for soldiers.
The pay of the soldier is small. The
life of the soldier is hard and mo-
notonous.
' You buy the book-for one dollar
or five dollars-and send it to a SOL
der. He uses the tickets to see a
show hear a concert or lecture and
thus drive dull care away.
That's where the "smileage" comes
in-one smile for you and quite a
few for the soldier.
The members of the Daughters OF
1917 and the Rotarians are back OF
the movement here. All the stores
will sell the. books. The government
has endorsed the idea.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

to be excused on the ground that
mistakes are bound to occur in such
woighty undertakings as that under
way. This is a good sign. Hereto
fore the Secretary would admit of
no errors. 1t indicates that he is
broadening, and, therefore. becom-
ing more efficient.
Every good American will hope
that this very refreshing and bene-
fetal shake-up in the War Depart
ment will not have to be followed
by others, but there is no positive
indication that the difficulties are
at an end. Indeed. there are bound
to be fresh f1are-ups until the Presi-
dent surrounds himself with such a
war cabinet as will take from his
shoulders some of the burden of
detail that rests there largely by
reason of the fact that the men
whom he has associated with him do
not all measure up to the size OF
the Jobs they are asked to FILL.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

"Forty-seven men, women and chill
dren killed in London by German air
raid" Hurry up, Kaiser, and get out
more Iron Crosses for the brave avia-
tors.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg makes
thousands OF cigars every day
and that they go over the seven J
seas?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

A number of Hertfordshire (Eng.)
women are now employed in the
running of motor plows.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY so, 1918

Happy and strong and brave shall
zoe be-d6le to endure all things,
and do all things-if zoe believe that
every day, every hour, every mo-
meRt of our life is in His hands
HENRY VAN DYKE.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

Practically every factory in Tor
rington, Conn. has established the
eight-hour day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

Don't listen to any peace talk that
does not include the surrender OF
Prussian autocracy. Any other kind
is made in Germany"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

Reconsideration of salaries for our
letter carriers has only happened
once in about half a century.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
LABOR NOTES

The mining industry in British CO.
lumbia has experienced a very sue
cessful year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

A strike has been declared by the
Dublin (Ireland) job carriage dri-
vers and the coffin makers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

The United States loses sixty-nine
ships by U-boat sinkings and gains
107 by seizure during the year, which
is our answer to Germany's claim that
the U-boat campaign has been sue
cess.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

1t is showing in York to-day. This
is only another reason why we are
glad we live in Harrisburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

Connecticut State Compensation
| Commission reports that 45,O93
workers were injured in that state
last year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Picnic parties used to be held on
the knoll where Sylvan Heights or
phanage stands.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

A strike of the tenters in Belfast
(Ireland) power loom factories has
rendered nearly 10000 operatives
idle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

B.J. .STACKPoLE,P PrsSt g. Edifsr-iH- Chisf
+. r. OYSTER, BHsisesS Munger.
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ. Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING Co..
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

George C. Jack, former command
er of the Governors Troop, mount
ed guard yesterday. Captain Jack
is in charge of the field force of the
State Capitol Park and 1t made an
attack upon the roofs of the build
ings, while Captain Jack kept the
curious p0pulace out of danger. The
snow gathers on the roofs and makes
much trouble and the Capitol force
goes to the roof after every fall and
throws it off. The throwing always
attracts a crowd.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

Forty three Parliamentary can
didates will be run by the British
Miners Federation at the next gen.
eral election.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

Many lovers of horses in Harris
burg will regret the passing of
Bob" Brubaker, who was buried
this afternoon. Years ago, back in
the days when Amos little, Edwin
X. Meyers A. B. Commings and 9TH
ers who figured as owners of speedy
horses. Bob" Brubaker's Judgment
was often called in. He was stu
dent of horses and had a love for
them that made him one of the best
known horsemen in the city.