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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25
A Year Of Fighting
[From the New York Sun.

ltrOm the new 1Ofk sun
1t was only year ago to-day (Oc-
tober 21) that the first of the Amer
leans entered the trenches. A week
later their people at home heard of
their going over the top, side by side
with FTenchmen, not far from Lune-
Vile. These were General Sibert's
men, the first division of Regulars.
In the year that has passed we
have heard often of our troops in
the field, and so has Germany. At
Cantigny, Seicheprey, Chateau
Thierry, Fismes. st. Mihiel-wher-
ever Foch asked Pershing to break
a German line our men were not
only ready but able to equal the
work of the best soldiers of Europe.
Those who doubt may consult the
ghosts of the Prussian Guards.
We had few more than 100, 900
men in France year ago; we have
100000 now. In this Year of Real
ity we have made it evident to Ger
many that America not only could
but would stake everything on the
winning of the war. A year ago to-
day America was to Germany trifie
and Germany was sending her SOL
diers to the Italian front to wrench
from Cadorna the fruits of his pa
tient work. Since then Italy has lost
and won, and Germany has won
and lost.
The casualties of the American
army since Sibert's men began the
real business of war have been per-
haps $4,000; a small number when
compared with the average losses of
our Allies in a year. If 1t be the Ger
man decision that the war shall go
on. then it has been just the begin
ming for America of her fighting. But
Americas army is trained. fresh,
eager and increasing in number at
the rate of 10000 day, so for Ger
many it is the beginning of the end.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25
FIRE PREVENTION

There will be no special observ-
ance of fire prevention day, a week
from next Saturday, but fire losses
to the extent of nearly $23,000,000
in Pennsylvania during the year 1917
give us reason to think about elimi-
mating unnecessary risks. Accumu-
lation of infiammable material that
might as we'll be thrown on the dump
heap, carelessness with matches and
with cigar and cigaret s5ubs-these
are some of the things to be avoid
ed, and it does not take much time
or incur much trouble to- avoid
them.-Wilkes-B Barre Record.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

Republicans throughout the coun-
try are determined that the recon-
struction period following the war
shall have the careful consideration
of men big enough for the job, and
with this view of the matter they are
going to give special attention to the
election of members of Congress next
month. Pennsylvania has a particular
interest in having strong representa-
tion at Washington. Already the
Democrats, in a hypocritical appeal to
stand by the President" are en-
deavoring to line up voters who may
be deceived by this sort of tommyrot.
II it hadn't been for the Republicans
at Washington. who stood by the
President, the war measures would
have been seriously jolted at a critical
stage in our war preparations.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

Interest in the Congressional cleo
tion is increasing as the campaign
draws to a close. and the verY-fact
that it has been a short canvass is
rapidly developing interest in the
next House at Washin' ton. So far as
Congressman Kre,ier IS concerned. he
has no opposition and will get a fine
vote of confidence from the people of
this district. other districts are like
wise showing evidences of interest in
the election of Republicans as the i'm
portance of the after-war period is
brought home to the people. There
must be a great constructive program
at Washington when the hostilities
cease. and Pennsylvania is vitality in
terested in the kind of men who will
be in Washington for that work. i.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

manner that shows up Bonniwell
simply as trying to round up few
rum votes,
However, had it been true that
Senator Sproul was back of the
closing movement the fact would
have reflected credit upon his good
judgment and regard for public well
fare. The epidemic is being checked
largely because of the efforts of the
health authorities and had the
quarantine not been placed the death
rate unquestionably would have been
much larger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25
EXCELLENT CHOICE

UDGE KUNKEL'S choice of John
81 F. Dapp to be school director
for the unexpired term of DR..
William n. Yates, resigned, will be
generally commended. Mr.. Dapp is
the type of man Harrisburg should
have in it's public life. He has been
identified with all manner of civic
movements, is active in war work
and deeply, interested in education,
having been for years one of the
trustees of Gettysburg College. Judge
Kunkel in the selection of such men
as j. William Bowman for Mayor
and Mr.. Dapp for school director
has set an .xcellent example for his
fellow citizens as to the type of men
they should elevate to places of pub
lie trust.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

DR. COTTON has discovered that
bad teeth cause insanity and
that bad teeth are often caused
by kissing.
Therefore-no more kissing, no
more insanity.
But there will be those who will
argue, and far be it from us to deny
the truth of it, that a man who
won't kiss a pretty girl when the
chance offers is already crazy-so
there You are.
Or, if we have to keep out of the
asylum by re1raining from kissing,
there will be many who will hunt
up a girl of their choice, lug her off
to a sanitarium and go rip-tearing,
raving crazy It's poor choice, this
remaining sane and kissless or going
crazy with kisses, and there will be
oodles and oodle sof men who
would follow the first young woman
who comes along singing Frank
Daniels old ditty-
I'm going crazy I'm going crazy.
Don't you want to go along;
Well live in the madhouse over
the hills
And playin the fields with the
daffydills;
I'm going crazy; don't you want
to go along2
If kissing pretty girls is insanity
then the bulk male population ought
to be in the violent ward, with
plenty of straitjackets around for
the worst cases.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

The same gents" of small caliber
who conducted the campaign of 1916
on the slogan HE kept us out of war. ="
are now piping up with the other
slogan. stand by the President" in
the hope of electing enough Demo-
cratic members to Congress to control
that body and perpetuate their parti-
san domination. Republicans all>over
the country have stood by the Presi-
dent in the most patriotic fashion,
and it comes with poor grace from
many Democrats to emit that sort of
appeal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25
Sort of Books Sent to Camps

One of the results of the campaign
for gift books last spring was an in.
flux of reading material of the type
which careful mothers take pains tt
remove from the environment OF
16-year-old daughters.
That the gift horse had to be in.
spected carefully was demonstrated
number of times. To one camp Ii.
brary came copies of Zola's LAS.
sommoir," Daudet's "Sapho," and De
Maupassant's "Bel-Ami."
From the reading room in
church were sent copies of SnappI
Stories.
An offer of file of the Undertake
er's Review, was graciously rejected
School readers antedating the Civf
War were received.-American Lii
brary Association News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25
Rejoice and Do Good

HE hath made everything beau
tifuI in it's name; also he hath set
eternity in their heart, yet so that
man cannot find out the work that
God hath done from the beginning
even to the end. 1 know that there
is nothing better for them, than to
rejoice, and to do good so long as
they live. e."-Eccles. 3: IL, IL.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25
A PROPER QUARANTINE

-. OVERNOR BRUMBAUGH feels
1 - called upon to deny the state
~ ments of Judge Bonniwell to the
effect that Senator William C. Sproul
was responsible for the influenza
quarantine orders closing the
churches, schools, amusement places
and saloons Of the State. II must
be self-apparent to anybody that
Senator Sproul could have had Moth
ing whatsoever to do with this order,
emanating as it did from the State
Health Department, with the ap-
proval of Governor Brumbaugh, but
the Governor nails the obvious lie
of the Democratic candidatel in a
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25
Unidentified
(From the Detroit Free Pressl

(From the Detroit Free Press)
Recently, during the operations of
the British Egyptian expeditionary
force in Palestine. a town to the
south of Beersheba was captured
and in it was discovered a splen-
did example of mosaic pavement.
The excavation of 1t was placed in
charge of chaplain, and while the
work was proceeding some human
bones were discovered.
Elated at the find the padre i'm
mediately wired to great headquar-
ers:
Have found the bones of saint"
Shortly after the reply came
back:
unable to trace Saint in cas-
ualty list. Obtain particulars of regi-
mental number and regiment from
his identity disc"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25
Didn't Haze Time

At II the other night one of
our aviators who had liberty until
1890 was hot footin" it back from
a hop harbor in a neighboring Vile.
He passed the tracks, the "Y," and
then started on the double past the
sentry at the gate.
Haiti commanded the sentry.
Halt nothin'," yelled the COB.
I'm two hours late now."-From
the Panillac Pilot, France.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

Senator Sproul has no reason to
feel disturbed over the noisy activi-
ties of his repudiated Democratic
Not even the hysterical
effort to Great the impression that
the closing of drinking places as an
epidemic emergency would enor-
mously increase Bonniwell's strength
will disturb the Republican candidate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

Member of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication of
all news dispatches credited to 1t or
not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news published
herein.
Iii rights of republication OF special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

One would imagine from reading the
last German note that the Hun
U-boats have been indulging in a
Yachting cruise and that France and
Belgium have been strewn' with flow-
ers as the German armies retired.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

The headless
horseman used to
be q favorite
character with
novelists.
I don't know
much about head
l Q 5 s horsemen.
but plenty of
people run auto
mobiles that way.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

With the apidly-changing condi-
tions in Russia. it must not be for
gotten that the Y. NJ. C. A. has had
much to do with maintaining the
friendship of the Russian people for
America. They have not forgotten
what was done for the common SOL
diers in the tragic winter of 1917-1S.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25
Hard Luck

Bill-This war is fierce.
Jill-What's wrong now?
why, l got a letter from my
girl who is Over There to-day, and
the censor cut out sixteen of the
nineteen postscripts in it."-From
the Yonkers Statesman.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

Wonder what Colonel House thinks
about the last note? AS Adviser Ex-
traordinary. he must have his ear to
the ground and a fair Interpretation
of the undulations would spell "Un-
conditional Surrender"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

Dauphin county farmers learned
this week that pigs is pigs" only
when kept in pens. and that when
turned loose to pasture they are as
clean as any other animal
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg mattresses
were used to take care of people
in state emergency hospitals
this month?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING co.
Telegraph Building, Federal Square
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25
A PUBLIC
BENEFACTOR.

Patriot - I'm
starting q move
ment to establish
q m u n 10 tp a !
rink.
Mayor - Why
a municipal rink ?
Patriot To
md some use for
the cheap skates
that are running
the town.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

We are all agreed that there
can be no peace obtained by any
kind of bargain or compromise
with the Governments of the
Central Empires, because we have
dealt with them already, and
have seen them deal with other
Governments that were parties to
this struggle at Brest-Litovsk
and Bucharest. They have con-
WINGED us that they are without
honor, and do not intend justice.
They observe no covenants, ac-
cept no principle but force and
thei:' own interest. We cannot
come to terms" with them.
They have made it impossible.
The German people must by this
time be fully aware that we can
not accept the word of those who
forced this war upon US. We do
not think the same thoughts or
speak the same language OF
agreement.
Germany cannot or will not un-
derstand our view and under the
the President would
seem to be entirely justified in put
ting an abrupt stop to any further
correspondence with the outlaws.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

Janitors Of Seattle (Wash.) thea
ters have secured union recognition.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25
EVIL COMMUNICATIONS

wv insincere and double -tongued
communications of the Berlin
bandits he cannot doubt that Presi-
dent Wilson was absolutely right
when he said last September:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

Bookbinders' International has a
of almost 10000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

There is not child under 16 en-
ployed in the cotton industry in Ohio.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

Butchers workmen at Madison
Wis, have secured a 10-hour day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

Franklin (Pa.) bookbinders have
raised wages to s25 a week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The first time troops camped on
the big island in the Susquehanna
was in the War of 1912.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25
LABOR NOTES

Street Railway Employees Union
of Staten Island, N. Y, has gained
better conditions and a 20 per cent.
wage increase.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25
VALUABLE
GUIDANCE.

Are your chill
dren much of a
help and comfort.
Yes, indeed. I
can always de-
pend on them to
tell me where tho
best moving pic
lures are to be
found.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

Brewery Workers International
was organized in Baltimore Augu st
29, 1886.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

Don't sit in the corner grieUing
For the praise you are denied;
Take netG hope and be GchieUing
What shall bring you future pride.
S. E. KiSer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

Milwaukee society women are TAX
ing temporary Jobs in canneries.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25

Major Walter T. Merrick, former
senator and northern tier lawyer,
was here yesterday with a number
of friends. They visited the Capt.
tol and called on officials. The ma
jor said he was renewing old ac-
quaintances. He has many.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25
WE'RE ALL CRAZY

DR. COTTON has discovered that
bad teeth cause insanity and
that bad teeth are often caused
Evening star., 1918-01-12
NEW TELEPHONE BUILDING
FOR WAR Department
Three Story Structure Ordered to Be
Built Near 18th and F Streets
on Government Property.

Immediate construction Of building.
three stories in height, on the narrow
strip of land owned by the United
States, on F street near 18th street,
next to the old Winder building on the
corner, has been directed by the Secre-
tary of War.
1t is designed for the exclusive use
of the telephone systems of the War and
Navy Departments. AS the naval au-
thorities prefer to retain their present
quarters in the State. War and Navy
Department, the new building will be
used by the War Department telephone
system alone.
Heretofore the telephone system of
the War Department has been combined
with the telegraph system, under the
direction of Capt King Of the Signal
Reserve. with quarters on the second
floor in the northwest section. The two
systems now have been separated.
Capt. King remains in charge of the
telegraph force, which will remain in
its present quarters. A. D. seovel of
New York. a telephone traffic expert,
serving the government for 81 year. has
been placed in charge of the entire tele-
phone service of the War Departmnt.
Evening star., 1918-01-12
D. C. BOYS JOY CLOUDED
BY HIS MOTHERS ILLNESS
Sylvan Taylor, Cited by Gen. Per-
shing for Goodness and Bravery in
Action, Writes Home.

Illness of his mother at home clouds
the joy and triumph of Sylvan Taylor,
a Washington boy, with Gen. Pershing's
troops in France, who was cited in Of
fetal orders for GOODNESS and bravery
in action.
Since Taylor's enlistment his mother
has moved from the family home in
Cleveland Park to spend several months
in a sanitarium. In recent letter
home, in addition to his description of
the battle in which he took part, he
wrote of his shock and sorrow at his
mothers illness.
In characteristic boyishness he wrote:
Mother, the news OF how you are has
just shocked me cold. I don't know
what to say. You, who were always so
well.
please just hold on until your soldier
boy comes back from France. I know
you'll get better then"
Taylor's sister, Lady George Chum-
ley, is one of many English noblewo-
men of American birth who are carry
ing on relief work in France. Her hus-
band is member of Gen. Allenby's
staff in Palestine. A year ago she took
charge of a large canteen near Paris
and has driven an ambulance motor
car for the French Red Cross, in addi-
ton to her other war tasks.
Taylor is a member of Company F,
1st United States Engineers.
Evening star., 1918-01-12
EFFECT PLANS FOR SALE
OF WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
Catholic Schools, Colleges and Con-
vents Combine for Work Under
One General Chairman.

Catholic schools, colleges and con-
vents of the District now have been
completely organized for the sale of
war savings and thrift stamps, accord
ing to report made to Director Daniel
]. Callahan by Joseph I. Weller. chair
man in charge of that particular work,
A schedule has been arranged for the
holding of meetings in all such Cath
olic institutions.
Chairman Ord Preston of the third
district reports to Director Callahan
that all authorized agents in his dis
trict now have war savings and thrift
stamps for sale. In addition to these
agents there are ten persons in this
district selling stamps.
The postmen who have been selling
stamps from an automobile on the
downtown streets during the week,
sold approximately SO worth of
stamps one afternoon and evening.
They will resume their work in front
of keiths and the National theaters
this afternoon.
A speaker from the war savings
speakers committee will talk before a
meeting of the Coal Custodians and
Janitors' Union of the Public Schools
this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in Typo
graphical Temple, G street between 4th
and 5th streets.
Evening star., 1918-01-12
CAT TALES.
Snowy Weather

The snow is deep where'er |
walk, and there is ice beneath,
and now and then I fall like dead,
which sprains my ankles and my
head. and jars my wooden teeth.
The snow is spread upon the lea
some two feet deep or more, and,
though the children yell with glee,
it doesn't make a hit with me; in
fact, it makes me sore. For snow
brings out all lurking rheumatic
ills which plague the human
frame, inaugurates rheumatic
thrills, and makes a man invest in
pills, and boost the druggists
game. When snow is deep, up to
my knees, my friends all wall and
zip; they talk of nothing but dis
ease, describing all the maladies
that have them on the hip. Each
talks with violence absurd of all
ments that are his, of aches the
worst you ever heard, so I can
scarce get IN word about my
rheumatic. One talks about his
trifling cough, how tough it makes
him feel, how he laps nostrums
from trough-and thus you see
where | get off; l cannot make
my spiel. One talks of tonsils on
the bum, that hurt him day and
night, OF aching tooth and throb-
bing gum; cheer up, the worst is
yet to come! There is more snow
in sight! The snow is good for
winter wheat, and wheat will win
the war; SO let's forget rheumatic
feet, and give three cheers for
snow and sleet; that's what our
lungs are for.
WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1918-01-12
BLAZE CAUSES $1,000 LOSS.
Dental Offices in Southeast Wash.
ington Damaged.

Two newsboys discovered fire about
o'clock this morning on the second
floor of 500 sth street southeast, where
John McClain and George L. Edmonds
have dental Offices. Special Policeman
Ronspies sounded an alarm. Several
companies of firemen and a number of
policemen responded
Water was poured through the Win
dows. The fire burned through the roof,
but did not reach the lower floor, where
there was a barber shop. Water and
debris reached the barber shop, how
ever, and did considerable amount of
damage.
Origin of the fire was not determined.
Firemen estimated the damage at
$1,000.
A defective fiue was blamed for S400
fire that occurred last night in the
house of Alexander Scott, 1901 Kenyon
street. The house of Harry A. Little,
1908 Kenyon street, was damaged to
the amount of S25.
Evening star., 1918-01-12
GUIDE TO u. S. FIGHTERS,
Book to Tell Them Where to Eat
Sleep and pray.

Guide books. to assist soldiers, ma
rines and sailors in learning where to
eat, where to sleep and where to pray,
will shortly be issued by the District
war service commission to all soldiers
in the camps about Washington and
sailors on ships here.
The books. in the form of a condensed
vest pocket encyclopedia, are expected
to be issued the latter part of next
week. They will contain addresses of
places of public interest, such as the
Public Library, art galleries, buildings
of the government departments,
churches which hold weekly services,
entertainments for men in the service
and all organizations or institutions Of
fering educational or recreational ad-
vantages to men in uniform.
1t will contain, in addition to these
features, a map of Washington to en-
able strangers in the city to find their
way about easily. The book will be is
sued semi-monthly if possible in order
that it may be kept up to date.
Evening star., 1918-01-12
DENIES GUILT FOR DEATH.
Percy E. Edwards Answers Indict.
ment on Manslaughter Charge.

Percy E. Edwards, in the District Su-
preme Court. yesterday entered a plea
of not guilty to an indictment charging
him with manslaughter in connection
with the death of Mary E. Taylor June
"a last.
The indictment charges that Edwards
ran into Mrs. Taylor with his automo-
bile while she was waiting for a car at
the intersection of Nichols avenue and
Summer road, Anacostia, June % last,
injuring her, which resulted in her
death the following day. Attorneys
Hawken & Havell appeared for Ed
wards.
Mrs. Annie Daniel, sister and admin
istratrix of Mary e. Taylor. October 16
last, filed suit against Edwards for
$4,000 damages in. the District Su-
preme Court, alleging that the de-
ceased was the sole support and her
next of kin. and that her death removed
such support and caused the loss to
them of her services. Attorney Maurice
D. Rosenberg appeared for Mrs. Daniel