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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26
ASK GOVERNMENT AID
TO HOUSE OHIO WORKERS

Cleveland, 90. June 25.~-With
the housing situation daily becoming
more Of a problem a the city's war
industries continue to bring more
workers 10 the city, the Cleveland
war board and members of the hous-
ing committee of the chamber OF
commerce are claiming to ask the
government TO set aside 81 900, 600
with which TO build homes to be rent
ed 70 employees Of local factories, II
is said that more than II 600 homes
are needed here al once
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26

modern times has' been converted
a hospital.
"The inhah hit ants OF <Haxebrl
before the war were largely empl
of the railwaysswhich made this
junction point.
Eight niles from. Hazehrouc1
a southeasterlY' direction, Is the
city of Lillers s, NOTED IA the /
where the first, ar tesian we'll was
TO a depth of 65 feet in the LIT
13th century. Artesiarf derives
name from theS1;act that this is Il
Artois district ST France
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26

Springfield IN. June pa special
casket. three times the size of an
ordinary one, was required for the
burial OF Jessie Hill, negress She
weighed $50 pounds and measured
six feet in height and thirty-two inches
aeross her body from arm 10 arm
The woman was forty years old and
died from dyspepsia
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-26
"pry- CarnpaiEn OPENED by s~.

Mimi ca polls. y linn. June 2%-l
Minnesota state vide dry campI
was opened bert today by EvangI
Billy Sunday, W no declared that n
already had - 20 strikes chalked
against II and the third was abou1
be slippedaovs the plate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30
A Privileged Class

The Food-Control Law provides
that any storing or holding by any
farmer, gardener or other person of
the products of any farm, garden
or other land cultivated by him shall
not be deemed to be a. storing or
holding withing the meaning of this
act"
For other persons boarding is an
offense punishable by rather per-
emptory methods. 1t is to be noted,
however, that the Food Administra-
ton has warned all farmers that
they must market their wheat before
May 10 at the prices fixed by law, on
pain of requisition by the authori-
ties in case of failure. BY the fur
ther provisions of the act, grain re-
auisitioned in this fashion is to be
paid for at a rate satisfactory to the
owner, and failing in that, he is to
recover such further sum as may be
fixed by a Federal District Court.
In spite of price-fixing which has
doubled the earnings of most grain
growers, there has been much
boarding on their part, for which the
severest penalty imposed by Con-
gress is a lawsuit to determine their
rights. other profiteers are dealt
with summarily and put out of bus
mess. Are the food-hoarders a priv
iieged class?-From the New York
World.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30
RdDingS of q Recruit

Te the Editor of the Telegraph:
l am a Harrisburg boy, formerly
from 1850 Hummel Street, Harris
burg, Penna." I enlisted last No
vember s, 1918. 1 was stationed at
Columbus Barracks, Columbus, o.,
and at Kelly. Field, San Antonio,
Texas, and now at Eberts Field, Lo-
noke, Ark. was recently appoint
ed Sergeant First Glass of the 125th
Aero Squadron. remember quite
few things that happened while
yet a recruit, and from that have
formed a small poem. Would ap-
preciate very much if you would
publish it for me, so as to give the
folks back home an idea of Army
life. Was a steady reader of the
Telegraph while in Harrisburg.
No more ham and eggs or grape
fruit
When the bugle calls for chow,
No more apple pie or dumpIngs-
Cause you're in the Army now.
And the drilling makes US warm,
But you can't cool off on liquor
Cause you wear the uniform.
No more shirts of silk or linen.
We wear the o. d. stuff,
No more night shirts or pajamas-
Cause our pants are good enough.
No more feather ticks or pillows,
But we're glad to thank the Lord
Wee got cot and blankets
When we might just have a board.
They told me not to be drafted,
But to join and get my pick;
Then l came to L oily Field
And got my pick and shovel quick.
The only time I have left the ground
Was to mount a truck and throw
wood down.
And the only time I've been in the
air
Was when the sand blew everywhere
And they feed US beans for break
fast,
And at lunch we get them too,
And at night they stuff our 'tum-
With that D. Old Army Stew.
But we will lick old Kink the Kaiser
When each one of us learn how,
Cause D. him. he's the reason
We're in this "One Mans Army
now.
Herbert B. Daniels. Sergeant 125th
Aero Service Squadron, Eberts Field,
I,onoke Arkansas
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30
THE PEOPLES FORUM
BOOZE AND SOLDIERS

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Will you kindly spare me a little
space in your esteemed newspaper
to express my views as we'll as the
views of the many thousands of
Harrisburg good thinking and law
abiding citizens, concerning the ac-
tions of the liquor dealers of this
city at a recent meeting held for the
purpose of voting on the request of
our Honorable Mayor to refrain
from selling liquor in bottles over
the bar, during the present war cri-
sis. What could have been more de-
moralizing than the result of their
vote. Surely our Chief Executive
did not ask anything but what was
good for the cause. He has been
trying to help our fair city come out
with clean title and ] think under
the present conditions he should be
encouraged and assisted, instead of
being voted down and a defiance
hurled at him. when the United
States Army to-day is trying to edu-
cate their soldiers to abstain from
the use of rum and all its agents.
Considering the defiance these
rum agents and lust for gold mer-
chants of the Capitol City of the
greatest Commonwealth of all the
states has hurled into the face of
Mayor Keister let us hope that the
Government of the United States
will just go another step further and
order these wine mongers to close
their doors and keep them closed.
1t was anything but patriotic move
and their actions belittle their mem
bers. No doubt some of the mem
bers of the Association did vote yes
but the rough element, like their
business. got the majority and the
better of the good element. The
same as the booze will do il you get
it in quantity. such as the majority
of the liquor men of Harrisburg
would like you and the soldier boy
to get.
We are proud of our mayor and
his manly principles not only in this
case in particular but in everything
that carries with it the scent of vice.
He has rid our city of its houses of
ill-repute and while perhaps some
have moved in uptown districts and
are trying to carry their trade to a
respectable neighborhood, the Po-
lice Department will soon rid them
from whence they have gone and
criminal actions will follow as this
can be and / know will be done, but
the whisky man can take a man in
the gutter quicker than any of these
and laugh and chuckle with glee and
get away with 1t. Let us pray that
they overstepped the bounds of pro-
priety in their late action and will
live to regret their dishonorable ac-
tions in saying "Yes we will bootleg
in face of the war and defiance OF
the honorable request of Mayor
Keister.
Respectfully,
"One who believes in harnonv -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30
THE ROD OF LOVE

We had to punish our lad one day,
Though it grieved us more than we
can say;
We knew if we did not the child
would go
On and on in his wrong and would
naughtier grow;
Till too late we would realize that
our little son.
Was not the same smiling, sweet,
innocent one
Who had played at our feet, and
had prayed at our knee
So we knew we must punish him,
hard though it be.
We punished with aching hearts.
For we had fear,
That why We should treat him thus
would not seem clear.
And twas so. for the lad in his linn
tied ken.
Could only sob out I'll not do it
again :"
That night when we laid him down
to his calm rest.
The dear little man laid his head
on my breast,
And said in his simple and beauti-
full way,
I'm sorry that I was so naughty
to-day"
And his penitence made us just love
him far more,
Than ever we'd loved our wee darl-
ing before.
Through this struggle with our
little one dear,
Our Heavenly Fathers Love became
clearer,
When oft he will not let us have
our own way
And to things that we wish for he
says to us Nay"
How for our own good it is all be-
-.. ing done.
AS our punishment was for the good
of our son.
And just as in pity my heart did
melt,
When our lad was sorry; so I knew
God felt,
When oft in the paths of sin we
have roamed,
And in penitence deep we have come
back home.
And just as our baby's soft pitiful
cry
"Oh Father. dear father. so sorry
am :"
Had made us love him so much the
more,
So know God opes the Forgive
ness Doori
When in sorrow we knock. and with
eyes all dim,
Say Forgive dear Father, and take
us inv'
God holds us close in His Gentle
breast.
And there we may safely and sweet
ly rest.
BY Mrs. Edna Groff Delhi, Pax.
tang. Pa
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30
LET Us BE CONSTRUCTIVE

/" he Telegraph very much fears
that Mr.. O'Neil. in his contest
for the governorship of Penn
sylvania, is weakening his own can
didacy by a mistaken choice of cam
paign methods. When Mr.. O'Neil
speaks it is almost invariably to at
tack some one of his opponents,
rather than TO make a straightfor-
ward statement of his own attitude
on public questions. In this he has
clearly erred as to the temper of the
voters. Unless all indications are
at fault. the public is interested much
more at this time in what each of
the candidates personally is and
what he stands for rather than in
what he is not or does not stand for.
In other words, the voters want to
know from the lips of the several
candidates themselves just what
might be expected of. them should
they be elected to office.
Mr.. O'Neil has planks in his plat
form that might be enlarged upon and
discussed with enlightenment to the
public and advantage to the candidate
himself. The voters want to hear
Mr.. O'NeiPs views on state questions
but they are in nowise concerned as
to what he chances to think about
Senator Sproul, or Mr.. Habgood or
any of the other aspirants for office.
They are quite as we'll qualified as
is Mr.. O'Neil to pass judgment
upon the character and standing of
his fellow candidates. They are
likely to resent uncalled-for attacks
upon men of high standing in their
several communities.
Senator Sproul has been much
more discriminating in his selection
of means for putting his candidacy
before the Republicans of the State.
He has correctly interpreted the
though of thousands of people
when he says that it would be wrong
and unpatriotic at this time to thrust
upon the public anything in the ma
ture of a personal campaign; that
llC OIlg pldAAOiA nOElh Willie Is
based on the winning of the war,
the solving of the great moral and
economic problems that the war has
brought to the front and planning
for the reconstruction period that
must follow the attainment of a vic
torious peace.
Comparatively few people are Civ
ing more than superficial attention
to State politics. outside of the cleo
ton of prohibition candidates to the
legislature. and they are in no mood
to be bothered by the everlasting
twaddle of those who cannot or will
not see beyond their own personal
or factional interests. The candi-
date who hopes to win public conf
dence and support will devote his
attention to the discussion and pro-
motion of constructive policies. Vio-
lent personal attacks and defama-
ton of character will not win many
votes this year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

e. l.. Fell, who becomes head of
the committee to prevent waste in
the state, is head of one of the big
printing companies.
-Ex-Mayor Joseph Armstrong of
Pittsburgh, is prominent on one of
the Sproul committees in that
county.
Senator w. C. Mcconnell Is at
the head of the Liberty Loan COM
mittee for Northumberland.
Charles T. Davies, Reading food
administrator, has urged people with
more wheat than needed to give it
to the orphanage of Berks county.
DIR. Wilmer Krusen, Philadel-
phia health director, says people may
have to be drafted to make them un-
derstand what a cleanup means.
The Rev. Samuel Henry Stein,
chaplain of York's fire department.
preached the AID memorial sermon
to the firemen of that city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30

n NE of the most effective means
of arousing sentiment for the
Liberty Loan was the choral
singing by church choir volunteers
after midnight Tuesday. Coming en-
tirely without announcement it was
all the more enjoyable. The message
of the singers carried by the breezes
reached thousands of sleepers and
aroused them not only from their
dreams but to a recognition of their
duty. 1t is impossible to reckon in
dollars and cents the results. but
beyond question they. are registered
substantially in the Libery Bond re-
turns now being filed by the COM
mitteemen with the general com
mittee.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30
NEW NATIONAL SPIRIT

VTY1EN it became apparent that
wv Harrisburg had over-sub-
scribed its Liberty Loan quota
the big assemblage of voluntary
statesmen gathered to hear the re-
ports spontaneously broke into the
very appropriate chorus-"Praise
God From Whom All Blessings Flow" /"
This was not on the program. II was
not prearranged. The hymn simply
happened to express precisely what
was in the hearts of those who had
worked earnestly for the success Of
the loan and so it came out as an
unprecedented feature of the big
demonstration.
The occurrence is not without its
significance. It marks the growins
reverence OF the American peopIe
We are convinced that we are fight.
ing the good fight: that we are on
Gods side. We have placed ourselves
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30
THE STATE PRESS

1t has taken the men and women
of this country a long while to
awaken to the meaning of this war,
but now they are fully aroused and
ready to fight and to suffer to the
limit until the cause in which they
have enlisted is successful. The men
who sing while they fight and the
women who smile through their tears
never intended to bow before the ad-
vance of the barbarians.-Philadel-
nhia Inouirer
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30
REGISTER TOMORROW
n EGISTER tomorrow.

ID EGlSTER tomorrow.
IN 1t is your duty to vote at the
party primaries in May.
At that time candidates for the
Legislature will be nominated who,
i: elected, will vote either dry or
wet" when the National Prohibi-
ton Amendment comes before the
law-making body of Pennsylvania
next year for adoption or rejection.
The "wets" will use their utmost
efforts TO nominate men who will
he pledged against the amendment.
You who believe that trade in
strong drink should be abolished
can prevent this # you go TO the
polls and vote for dry" candidates
But yoI 'en't vote at tie prma-
ries unless you are registered and
enrolled as a member of a party.
Tomorrow is the only day on
which you can register and enroll in
Harrisburg. Unless you registered
and enrolled under a party heading
last fall you must do so tomorrow
or lose your primary vote.
The 5000 who are unregistered or
unenrolled in Harrisburg can turn
the tlle locally for prohibition.
VIII they do it?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30
PUTTING ONE OVER"

4 WELL-KNOWN Harri b ur E
n physician too modest to permit
the use of his name. suggests
that the Telegraph make a cam
paign in behalf of the humble dande.
lion. the narrow-leaf dock, shep-
herds plant and other edible greens.
Says he:
My practice takes me into the
suburbs occasionally, and last
more men and women busy with
knives, baskets and bags in
a big field just outside the city.
On closer investigation l found
them TO be people of foreign birth
gathering great bags of dandelion.
narrow-leaf dock and shepherds
plant, which looks and tastes
much like dandelion. | thought
over this matter and 1 have con-
cluded that these harvesters of
greens are putting one over on
most of US. Not only are they
conservin~ food, but they are get
ting a very desirable spring tonic
into their stomachs as we'll. Why
not encourage dandelion parties2
1t has not been so very long ago
that the "dandelion party" was part
and parcel of the life of every we'll
ordered American family. 1t came
as regularly as spring and house
cleaning season and was regarded
more in the light of a festivity or
celebration than a duty. 1t was
joined in by young and old. Before
the snow was all off the fields the
dandelion squad was busy with its
first spring offensive and the results
were highly gratifying to the stom-
ach and soothing to the system long
confined to a diet of stored foods.
Later came the narrow-leaf dock
as nourishing and as pleasant to the
taste as spinach and to be had for
the gathering.
Greens" in those days formed a
staple of spring diet and there were
cooks who could make a dish OF
dandelion-by the aid of a rasher OF
bacon. couple of hard boiled eggs
and a dash of vinegar-fit for the
proverbial king, and a blame sight
better than some kings of European
vintage are going to have on their
menues before the present racket
is settled.
1t was a great day when mother
took her pairing knives in hand
swung her basket over her arm, put
on her old sunbonnet and invited the
little folks to ''go along for green's. -
The skies were blue in those days and
the appetite was keen; and tastes
were simpler and life not nearly sc
complex. We agree with our CORE
spondent that the foreignborn har-
vesters of greens were putting one
over on most of us. We hav,
learned a lot of things we ought to
unlearn and have acquired a lot oi
habits not half so beneficial as those
we no longer practice. We used to
go out in search of dandelion and
prize it as a dainty. Now we dig II
out of the lawn and toss it over the
back fence; thereby offending oul
stomachs and needlessly adding tc
our grocery bills.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30
Veru Little, RedIIu

Women do not have much to do
with war; they only bear the men
who go out to fight. nurse the ones
who are wrecked while there. live
with the ones who come back and
mourn for the ones who do not
From Life.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30
DoLpn to Business at Last

One of the indications is that peo-
pie have quit speculating on what is
going to happen after the war and
have got down to business figuring
out how to win the war.-Detroit
Free Press.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30

Lebanon people appear to think
that a little disinfection by means of
tar applications, followed by a period
in which to think the matter over in
iail. is a likely cure for pro-German
outbreaks.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30
LABOR NOTES

To prevent labor shifting, stand
ard wage scale for shipbuiders has
been put in effect at all Atlantic and
Gulf ports.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30

The ten-hour day rule for British
Columbia logging camp employees
has been changed to the eight-hour-
day rule by the Loggers' Association.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30

Wage advances granted since Au-
gust l, 1915, at the Bayonne, IN. j.
plant of the Standard Oil Company
total from 70 to 9S per cent.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30

Representatives of 100 women's
organizations in New York are de-
manding passage of legislation COW
ering women's working conditions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30

Let's hope the sugar shortage is at
an end before the strawberry short
cake season opens.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30

The New York Legislature turned
down proposal to investigate mini
mum wages for women and children
in New York state.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30
all the faults.

A PLEA.
81 amt kicking at these meatless
dayc. nam, you understand"
We'll, them"
"Only let's have a p-uneless day.
100, once in awhile"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30

Mr.. Creel's boast that America
went to war unprepared presumably
will not be made a conspicuous fea-
ture of the next Democratic national
platform.-Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30

as a tool in His hands. to be used
for the preservation on earth of
those principles for which Christ
died. Consciously or unconsciously,
we have as a people made ourselves
more nearly as one with His doctrine
of supreme sacrifice than ever before
we have been as a nation.
When We shall have learned to
sing with true submissiveness of
mind and heart, Praise God From
Whom All Blessings Flow" we shall
become an invincible host before
whom the Hun will be no more able
to stand than were the Canaanites
before the Israelites of old.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30

Why did Fate put those two is
lands so close together and yet so far
apart?-New York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30

The Kaiser isn't so many. The
National Ancient Free and Accepted
Councillors and Princesses of Joshua
of the World was lately Incorporated
at Little Rock, Ark.-Kansas City
Star
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30

Ny doctern is to lay aside
CoHtenSi ions, and be satisfied:
Jest do your best, and praise er
blame
That folIers that, counts Jest the
same. Riley.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30
OUR DAILYLAUGHl

ST suppose you and your wife
share everything?"
"Not at ali. She insists that have
all the faults"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30

Member of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled 70 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.
All rights OF republication OF special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30
EDITORIAL COr1r1ENT

Emperor Charles is a Dual Mon
arch, all right.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30

What Harrisburg businessman be-
yond the draft age will lay aside his
own affairs for six months to become
a war worker for the Y. NJ. c. A. in
France?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30
ALL STUCK UP.

AIb bIUOh UF.
He-The last place 1 played the
manager got stuck on one of my
tricks.
she-He told me that he got stuck
on the whole act.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30

THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.,
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30

. Ell. STACKPoLE,P Prss't s. Editor-in- c hisf
F.. r. OYSTER. BnsineS5 Managsr.
GUS M. STEINMGTZ. Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg is earning
the gratitude OF many soldiers
by the work of the womcn's or
ganizations whose members
meet the trains passing through
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30
STREET SINGING

Next to a bull in a china shop is
cat in a war garden.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-30

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
April has been the big month for
soldiers to go to war,
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-03-08

Anything from a Visiting Card TO
a Newspaper.
Engraved Wedding Invitations
and Announcements.
Autographed or Engraved Busi-
ness Stationery.
Special Ruled Forms, with or
without printing.
"EVERYTHING IN PRINTING"