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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09

The Imperial Chancellor
\ dr.:,u nf world d"mirion uhSess.
~ tur uuud "r Emperor William
plunged tho world into war. Upon
aim aud the, trcm"nduuS military en-
s.r". "f destruction Of which hr WIS
tina. ..urIwd ,urrut. the rNponcut and the
...ui,.i rrSiS the responsibility Of de-
ihrrnt,ly planning and hiring about
.ur gr"utvst conflict the wnrId has
.,rr >""u.
% did not matter g." tn" world
hat ill" rmp-ror's personal ~liuy" in
he SWIFT events Immediately pre-
s,diug ,H" war had been Unsecured.
-uc world rouvir,"d him of organic
~. directing and maintaining at the
np notch uf efficiency the great Ger
nan military machine. 1t Tvmembrr-
,d that Ny signed tine order fur the
irrmHn mobilization. II remembered
hat ne stood ~UouSur for the terror
em aud hriguUduGc which. under the
;IiSc at warfare. riviShvd I'"ig giuuI.
Hid wuSiC the cities uf France. de-
populated aud outraged Serbiu and
3,-nt tho LUSitJnia with her freight
bi women and children to q grave in
lie Atlantic
MIninnS kiII Edith Cavcm
civilization viii nev"r forget that
WAS the mfuiouS OF the Empcrur
vho officially shot To- death Edith
,lVell. the English girl who hcfrirnd-
ii The BclgtanS in Brussels
Against these his cry 4 did not will
h. war" awaited as nothing Before
It, bar Of humanity William WIS adj
judged guilty of the greatest crime
ince the rrucitNion. In him human
~ saw the last of the autocratS. the
iual Caesar Assertions that ha was
sffarHf . 10 atfs
iIlatcd for years as tu give them
he stamp uf German propaganda. he
anne branded aS certainly false. He
sho had long proclaimed himself the
irincc Of peace stood revealed as hu-
nanttyS scuurge. and against him
nd all that he represented rose the
CIV world Of democracy and freedom.
Many doubt whether William was
ntircly sane. He said repeatedly that
tc possessed divine mandate to
Ulc, that the Almighty was his ''un-
onditional and aVuwed ally" II is
tot entirely clear whether such out
,ivings were the product OF a disor-
Tered brain or We're due to unbound
d egutism and an effort to impress
lis subjects with the idea OF reverent
J nd unquesttoning submi ssion. His
-peechcs To his armies in which he
asserted he and they were ''instru-
nents Of divine judgment upon Ger
ndnyS enemies We're regarded bV
many outside of Germany as pieces
1f rhetoric. intended only TO deceive
lis own people
Claims Affinity With God
Williams claim to close affinity
With God was the burden of dozens
II his speeches long before as well
~ after the beginning of the war
Cf these, perhaps, none more clearly
iefined his claim that his notorious
divine righth" speech delivered at
3randenburg in 1890. in which he said
lie regarded the German people as "a
responsibility conferred unon hin,
~ God and that il was my duty to
Increase this heritage for which one
lay ] shall be called upon to give
account. Those who try to Interfere
With my task I shall crush"
In all this the world saw before
he war not a menace but a comedy.
{ laughed with the then Captain
Joseph y. Coghlan of the United
states Navy when. returning from
lie war with Spain and telling of the
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ASH COLLECTION
CONTRACT TO BE
LET BY THECITY
Hassler Says Present System
Satisfactory Although
Slow

Council will be asked. in a week
or two to take action TO provide for
ash collections next year. Commits
sioner S. F. Hassler said to-day. The
present agreement with private
company ends December 81 and II
contract must be arranged or some
other method decided upon to pre-.
vent a repetition OF the conditions
which ex x.sted in the city last win
ter.
According to Dr.. Hassler bids fot
collection .ot ashes and refuse will
be asked before the end ot the pres
ent month. The present arrange
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of World
Dominion That
Started War Is
Foreuer Gone
PARIS, November 9. ---6:15 Pm. -
The addiction of Emperor will am is
officially announced from Basel.

London, Nov GA German wireless message
received in London this afternoon staes:
The German Imperial Chancellor, Prince
Max of Baden, has issued the following degree:
= The Kaiser and King has decided to re-
nounce the throne. The Imperial Chancellor will
remain in office until the questions connected
with the abdication Of the Kaiser, the renouncing
by tn Crown Prince of the throne Of the German
empire and of Prussia and the setting up of a
regency have been settled.
For the regency he intends appoint Deputy Ebert As
imperial ne that bill shall be brought
in for establishment Of law providing for the immediate
pronunciation u general suffrage and constitutional German
national a~scubl which viii settle finally the future OF form o
government the German nation and ot those peoples which
miy hi he, ,c~ir,uS % coming within the empire.
BERLIN November O. 1918
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288 DRAFTEES TO
LEAVE FOR CAMPS:
GO NEXT WEEK
140 Harrisburg Registrars Go
TO Camps Meade, Crane
and Greenleaf

Two hundred and eighty-eight
men from Harrisburg and Dauphin
county will leave for three camps in
the five-day draft movements begin
ming Monday. From the city, 10 men
will go to Camp Greenleaf. Lytle.
Ga; % to Camp Meade, Admiral.
Md, and 43 to Camp Crane, Allen
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THE WEATHER

For Harrisburg and vIcInltyi Un-
settled. probably ocenSIOnnI
Hight rulnA this afternoon, to-
night and sundays colder sun
day.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES

Howard AIsoH prEntsG
Mes NiaEeh HaHburgt WHam
Hey sheridan ClRVu p VO HaFFtHhurgt
Jobs w. UIhek olive HarFshuVg
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delivered and the enemy had been given Y hours in which
to send his
Details of Armistice Withheld
Few details Of the have been divused any
the dramatic elements o the the Allied dcommaudern
chiefs headquarters been repOed Nothing but the br4rst
dispatches have told OF the consequences which will
affect the whole subsequent history OF civilization.
Bavaria has been declared republic and The Wittelshac
dynasty headed by King Ludwig ILL., drposed Emperor Viii
iam adcauon has been demanded by the Socialists, hats
been emperor tears to quit uficc
at such critical JuiIcture III the history oil temeny.
he [syouIon Is seemingly rapidly Spreading through the
ot tie kIupp works beng the latest place reported
to be drsateced.
Prince Henry Prussia the empcrors brother who visited
IN 1872 has e from kiel under fire from munous
guards
Max OF Baden the German chancellor is reported to
resigned but the has acceptance resignation
trmce MaN mdca,ed to-day will communicate terms
the arnstlce to committee o Reicfsag party leaders
Virtually all = North Sea and part of the Baltic
ntoraI now is IN ll hnds ol the revolutionists.
Entire German Empire Peril
Not only has The German army been crushed the nav of
but the whole ucture vi the German empire about
% be enguied.
condition ....t.
Bose,k Eastern Siberia seems to be broken
O%'o announces
Paris Nov 9Gemany armistce delegates were received
by Marshal Foch yesterday morning nine O'Clock railroad
which the the Allied forces has his
headquarters according the Petit Journal When the Ger
mans credentials had been uened and verified Matthias Err
berger Leader OF the enemy delegation speaking French
nouneed that the German had been advised by Pre
dent Wilson that Marshal toh qualified
them the Allies conditions and had appointed them penpoen
arieS take cognzance OF the and eventually sign an
armsce
Realize German Defeat
Marshal Foch then made the ms IN loud voice DIV elng
each word The Germans prepared by semi official
communications Tor the pulaos, whole but hearing set
forth detail the demands bring to them for
the rs meul realization t the the German
They made lew observations. ey Inlg out material
dHicutes standing the OF carrying quite sec
onday cau Then l:rzerger asked suspension Of
tes in the interests humanity This request Marshal Foch
ilatly refused.
Foch Advices Clemenceau ,e.t
The delegates having obtained PERMISSION
Spa and communicate with that place by wireless withdrew
Marshal Foch immediately the proceedings
and them aid Premier Clenenceau who ecciyedi
them
The German delegates lodged country atl
Rethumdc>. Mules Compegne aud thirty
Marshal fuchS hca'IIuaIier
With the commander -inchlef OF the interview
Major General Maxmime Wygand his assistant
lCOninued o
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THESE TWO MEN
REFIT THE ARMY

taught his men to accept any scrubbed
memorandum on the back of an envel-
ope or bit of wrapping paper, tell the
applicant for supplies to come back
in half an hour, and, then, when here
turns hand to him perfectly arranged
form of reQuisition, stating all his
needs with military exactness, and at
the same time directing him to store
house where his supply is already
waiting.
The interior traffic of the camp has
increased until 100 big motortrucks
are tearing through the streets from
dawn until dark, and half of them
work far into the night. The more the
camp speeds up the more troops Major
Fawcett invites the war department to
send through the camp. The ideal of
seeing to it that no man crosses the
seas for service with clothing and
equipment which is not new, or as good
as new, has just about been reached.
Troops are detrained from the interior
in dusty, faded clothing, patched and
pulled out of shape, and go onto their
ships in an incredibly short time dress
ed up like show window display.
His lieutenants in charge of money
disbursements, subsistence, construc-
ton, transportation, and reclamation
are at his door with brand-new COM
plications every few minutes. Bewil-
dered supply officers, who have como
to the camp without the slightest idea
of what is expected of them (and who
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would have resigned before coming had
they known) appear at his door look
ing scared; they listen for a few min
utes to the general run of his tele-
phone conversation, forget their scare.
answer his questions with a prompt
ness and a definiteness which seem 10:
surprise the men themselves. and go
out with their heads up, smiling conf
IDENTIFY, and accomplish changes and
reittings and substitutions such as
they had never dreamed of.
Work Well Divided.
The work under Major Fawcett sub
divided itself naturally so that no dis
proportionate burden falls on any one
department, with one exception. For
accounting purposes it is absolutely
necessary that one man should have
charge OF what, in quartermaster lam
guage, is called property" He must
sign every invoice and assume respon-
sibility for it financially. This job
under Major Fawcett is that of Capt.
G. b. Thrall, @. M. R. @. Captain
Thrall has counted it big night when
he has had more than four hours sleep
since the war started.
Captain Thrall has never been
caught ratified. He swears now and
then, but laughs at himself when he
swears and he never let's anybody else
get ratified. Captain Thrall is much
more tired looking man than he was a
year ago-but like his chief he has
found that the best way to keep men
moving is to meet ignorance and stu
pidity alike with a friendly grin and
straighten them out as they go along.
Major Fawcett left the regular army
IL years ago and was for many years
purchasing agent for the Philippine
constabulary. Captain Thrall came
from the ranks of the regular army.
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American Telephone Operators
Now Serving in France.
Hundred Who Were Sent Over Civ
ing Such Efficient Service More
Will Be Sent.

| Washington.-To the 100 girls from
America now doing service as military
telephone operators in France, 100
more in training schools here may soon
be added, leaving a reserve force of
400 more on file out of about 5000 APP
| plications.
The telephone is referred to as the
nerves of the army" and the young
women who have been accepted for
| this work have undergone tests as Sc
we're as those to which a soldier at the
front is subjected.
The telephone exchanges often are
only a short distance behind the
trenches, and the operator must pos
sess both courage and calmness under
dangerous circumstances.
"These girls" said Capt E. J. Wes-
son, who recruited the unit, are going
to astound the people over there by
their efficiency. In Paris it takes from
40 to 60 seconds to complete one call.
Our girls are equipped to handle 800.
calls an hour"
Other reports that have reached the
war department IrOIu france SHOW
that the American hello girl is making
good rapidly in task as difficult as is
to be found back of the front line
trenches.
The first group of operators entered
training school here on January II
for instruction in advanced telephony.
They received practice in the largest
New York exchanges and were then
tried out at military environments. The
course included talks upon personal
hygiene.
The first contingent sailed on March
2. Other groups sailed in March and
April and were stationed at supply de-
pots and debarkation bases.
In addition to speaking both French
and English fluently, every one of
these girls has stood loyalty test
which proved that she could be trusted
with military information.
The uniform prescribed consists of
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She soon ran through the money she
inherited, and, to obtain more, commu-
nicated with Greek living in Spain.
an agent of the spy bureau established
in Barcelona by the Germans.
When mother and son were arrested,
the boy was just about to engage in
the aviation service in order to obtain
information to be supplied to Germany
A writer in the Paris Midi identifies
the Greek as the head of German prop
uganda in Spain and director in par
ticular Of the service for arranging ex-
plosions in factories. He was a reg
ular visitor to the girls school at Bar
celona, where he went to see three
little girls whose guardian he was
supposed to be. One of the youngest.
about eleven years old, handed over
to him, on each visit, several letters,
which he carried away.
These three little girls weresFrench,
being the daughters of Mime. M. The
merry Widow" used to pass on any
that she obtained to her
son, who wrote it to his young sister,
placing it In the middle of his letters, \
which were never really examined,
when it was seen that they were let
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-07-05
aWAR BRIDES DUPE SOL DIERs
Women Fortune Hunters Arrested for
Having More Husbands Than
Law Allows.

San Diego, Cal.-Almost since the
United States entered the war soldiers
have been victims of women fortune
hunters. Girls at various camps are
being arrested charged with having an
over quota Of soldier husbands, and
In every case the question Of insur.
ance was the motive.
This city has been no exception to
the rule, and with the thousands Of
soldiers and sailors in training at the
camps near by federal officials are
always on the alert, and as result
two girls are under arrest. They gave
their names as Miss Mae Smith and
Mrs. Elsie Byrnes, and both are
pretty. They were caught In the act
of mailing about 20 letters to sailors
and soldiers asking for money for
clothes and travelling expenses. In
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-07-05
OLD RAILWAY Is DISMANTLED
Rails Once Used for Carrying Freight
In Mine District are Sold
for Junk.

Redding, Cal.-The railroad from
Cuargo on the Southern Pacific to the
Quartz Hill mine on the east side OF
the river, near the Old Diggins. four
and one-half miles long, has been sold
as old junk by the Mammoth Copper
Company of Kenneth which built it In
1907 at cost of 100000. The mine
was shut down In 1918, for then the
Mammoth Copper company was able to
get the fiuxing ore at better profit
elsewhere. The bridge across the river,
made Of steel, is 700 feet long.
The wrecking company bought the
railroad steel, ties, bunkers, trestles
and bridge. Acetylene gas will be used
to cut down the steel bridge.
The railroad was In active service
for seven years. The Mammoth COM
pany took 10000 tons of ore from the
Quartz Hill mine in q single year and
made use of 100000 tons of ore in Gil.
The Quartz Hill mine, a great body
of low grade quartz, is owned by
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prospects They do so because they know Won
will be glad that things have gone SO nicely with
your boynood home and friends The pessimists
WIN ne 70 you ABOUT how Internally dead the town
thing has gone to slaves and nobody has Iife
enough left to do anything but feebly try "a skin.
each other. OF those Who have gone away nona
have done any particular good, and there are r,,-
mors that most of them are in jail or ought 70 no
rms is to make you rejoice and be exceeding Glad
that you escaped from the old town in time Tins
y VIII De seen that both kinds have your welfare
at heart.-Kansas City Star. 's'
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MERRY WIDOW TO Die.
French Woman Found Guilty by
Court-Martial.
Sold Military Secrets to the Germans
In Letters to Her
Children.

Paris, France.-Brief announcement
has lust been made that Paris court
martial has condemned to death as
a SPY Nine. M, thirty-seven years
old. Her son. Noel, sixteen years old,
who was accused of being her accom-
plice, was ordered to penitentiary
colony until he comes of age. The
court believed he was too young to be
held responsible for his acts.
AS the case was not heard in public
only a few details have become known,
such as that Nine. Ms husband was
killed at the front in March, 1916. and
that the wife soon started life that
earned her, in the circles she frequent
ed, the name of "The Merry Widow"
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Lively Work of Major FaWcett
and Captain Thrall at
Camp Blank.
SPRUCED UP FOR OVERSEAS
Hungry and IlI-cIad Soldiers Well Fed
and Made Spick-and-Span for
the Voyage to Battle
Front in France.

Washington.-Maj. George W. Faw-
cett is the camp quartermaster at an
American embarkation camp. 1t is his
first business to see that troops going
overseas find comfortable, healthful
temporary quarters, and have plenty Of
food. The camp is more than a rest
resort for travellers. When it was
established less than a year ago in
coming troops were warned that they
must not rely on getting any of their
overseas outfit here. This is so COM
.pletely changed under Major Fawcett's
administration that there is nothing
an organization can possibly need
which this camp will not supply nearly
as fast as the men can be marched
up to his warehouses to take the sup
plies away.
Major Fawcett has q ten-foot square
office in an implanted shack. He sits
at little desk with two clerks, one be-
hind him and the other at his side. A
telephone receiver is strapped over his
head all the time. The officers requir-
ing supplies for the present and flu
ture who come into this camp make
big and little, but not one
of them has ever got anything worse
than an amused or an astonished grin
from the camp quartermaster.. SIT is
easier and quicker to give a man what
you know he wants." the major says,
than to waste your time, his, and the
governments, by quarreling with him
because he has not put his needs in
proper shape"
Makes 1t Easy for Them.
Army regulations require particular
printed formulas for acquisitions, pre-
pared with scrupulous attention to
small details. Major Fawcett has
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-07-05
Roumanian Diversions

MANY hands make light work" is proverb Of
the Roumanian peasant often put into practice
Almost every night there is a neighborhood gath
ering like the old-fashioned apple-cutting or ap-
ple-butter boiling In early American rural his
tory. The houses have their turns at these par
ties and there is always kettle of eornmeal
.mush and baked pumpkin and potatoes and pop-
corn ready for the occasion. All hands Join
in the evening program Of combing, carding, and
spinning the household supply of wool or fiax
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-07-05
DUKE" JUST A HORSE,
JOINS RED CROSS BODY

Seattle, Wash.-The life and
services of Duke will henceforth
be devoted to the Red Cross.
Duke is a pet horse and be-
cause its owner, Frank Larson,
had no money to contribute to
the Red Cross, he gave Duke.
The animal was brought to the
Red Cross headquarters and
dulytreceipted for.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-07-05
WHILE OVER THERE He
GETS DIPLOMA OVER HERE,

Knoxville, Tenn.-Although
Clay Barber, Knoxville lad, is
"over there" a formal presenta-
ton Of a diploma to him as the
only boy graduate of the Carter
High school occurred here. Pa
irons attending the schools ex-
ercises beheld the seat of the
only boy graduate draped with
Old Glory.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-07-05
GIRLS DO GOOD WORK

coat and skirt of navy blue serge,
shirtwaist of navy blue Palm Beach
cloth and straightforward hat of blue
felt, while the regulation orange and
white cord on the left sleeve is used to
designate their rank, as operator, SUI
pervisor, chief operator and so on.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-07-05
THE PHILANTHRoPIsTs.

When you go back to the home town for brief
visit all your old acquaintances lie to you The
opdmists boast Of how well they and all the rest
OF your former cronies have done tell how the lads
who have gone away have invariably made good.
and brag of how lively the old burg has grown In
the last few years and how refulgent are all its
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-07-05

every letter written by the girls was
the phrase: Il wish you. oceans of
love with kiss on the top of every
wave" The girls also received is
letters from ardent lovers and each
letter contained money.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-07-05
Where sardines Are Found.

"HeTe OdrUIHeS Are OUnd.
Sardines are abundantly found OF
the Galician, Andalusian and Canta-
brian coasts. This fish varies in length
from approximately Az to 7h inches
and weighs from "a to 6S grams (O.S64
to 2.39S ounces); occasionally larger
specimens are caught.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-07-05

while the neighborhood gossip passes current
among the elders and OCCASIONAL words of love
or childish jest among the more youthful mem.
bers of the party.-Geographic Magazine
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Beaaar Had $500.

Memphis. Tenn.-John Johnston. a
professional beggar, cursed white
woman when she refused to buy pen
ell from him. He was arrested. At
the city Jail when. he was searched
5000 In currency was found in his
clothes.
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tiers from brother to little sister
at school.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-07-05

Every man who rises in any profess
sion must tread path more or less
Dedewed by the tears of those he
passes on his way.-Bayne,
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company composed of Polish priests in
Chicago. The Pope was said to be a
large stakeholder.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-07-05
BY RALPH e. CROPLEY,
In New Work Tribune

ECENTLf we have had another rec,
ord of German barbarity in the tor
pedoing of the hospital ship Rewa,
made dramatic because the missile
of destruction struck her where the
red cross of mercy was painted on
her side, as, if it were a buli's-eye
for just such murderous shots. 1 was
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Passed on the wav.

SaeAsAeAeAetens A.a.u,t.