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The Washington times., 1918-11-01
D. c. OFFICIAL ASKS
NEW Fairgrounds

Opening Of the p'syErounds OF
Washington al night. provision for In.
door swimming pools, opening OF two
more playgTOunds, and extension OF
vocational opportunities TO play
ground children are recommendations
made by Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, su-
psrVis9T Of Fairgrounds, in her an
Bual report TO the OommlssIonerL
'Ths Fairgrounds are more impor-
tRnt now than ct any time In his
tory" Mrs. Rhodes says "The father
who leaves his family to uphold the
honor OF this country expects and has
the right to expect that his country,
in turn, will use all means to protect
his family. and extend to them every
possible advantage TO develop them
physically, mentally. and morally"
Among q fsW other Tscommenda-
tioas made in her report Mrs. Rhodes
urges:
THAT branch libraries be opened on
ali Fairgrounds. ,
"That shelter houses or open-air.
halls be put on all grounds now in
operation.
That a playground be opened in
Meridian Park
That Snow court be made into q
playground and athletic field-
THAT school kitchens be opened in
summer vacation and near by play
ground children be given cooking les
sons as an occupational recreation
THAT the shops OF the elementary
schools be opened so the children at
tending the Fairgrounds near BY may
have elementary wood work and sim
pie carpentry"
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
LADY NICOTINE IN
FIGHT UPON FLU"

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. Con
Vinced that Nnhuenza bugs" have a
pronounced aversion for tobacco
smoke, DR.. H. W. Reis. of the general
emergency hospital stan. has laid
aside his gas mask" and now smokes
black cigars continuously while pre-
scribing for 'tdu" patients.
There is no question" says Doctor
Reis, regarding the prophylactic
powers OF nicotine. It is a we'll
known fact that the mouth and
throat of a smoker are freer from bac-
terra than those of O man who never
uses the weed. The juice from the
cigar butt has considerable antisep-
tic powers, while the smoke. though
irritating to the throat mem
branes OF some people, has a deter
rent action on any bacteria which
may be seeking 10 gain a foothoId." ="
Doctor Refs smokes from seven to
eight black cigars a day.
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
BAKER APPEALS TO
D. c. HOUSEHOLDERS

In 4 letter ts iAe tHItsa States
Homes HegistratIeh Service, sf tbs
Department Of LzbsE, seefstsFS
Baker to-day psiHts cut that ths War
Depafll llHsnt Is seriously handicapped
because il eanHst secure hasgSAts
clerical assistance
This handicap he says, Is que
iArseiy 10 The difficulty which new
surisyes find In ebtziEiHs sztIsfss.
terry hsHes, tie urges every heuss-
hsIdeF in WashiHstgH ts speH their
houses ls Accommodate ths war
workers.
sesretzry bakers letter TO EaniA
4, t4eEe, az the Hsmss BeslstFstisA
Service, &c i4I4 II street northwest,
fslisws;
~ heartily inderse every effort
new being made by the tinted states
aemes lsEistrstiea ssrNies to Ia
euee every householder Ia WesAlRs-
ten to reat HE guest room % oeH-
OfameAt sffiss workers. The war
Department 10 seriously handicapped
by the fact that it eannet secure ads-
sHAte clerical assistance, and tAis Ia
ability, l AM informed, IL based, .
Q substantial extent, upon the diff
Guilty which employees find In seear-
iAg satisfactory iiViRg sSeommodA.
dnAs, The condition Is net peculiar
70 the War DepaFtmeHt-it IL shared
BY ell these departments on which
depends the successful prosecution
of the war, ], therefore, most earn.
Sstiy urge upon every householder
this opportunity 10 participate per-
HenAiiy Ia the common undertaking
IN which Ws are engaged"
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
FAIR WIDOW SLAPS
TOMBS PRISONER

NEW YORK, Nov. How a 25-
cent Thrift stamp led to the arrest
OF a man alleged TO have stolen S2,100
in Liberty bonds and jewelry valued
at $500 from young and pretty
widow was revealed in the TOmbs
here when Mrs. Margaret Leopold
was asked to pick out the man she
accuses from a lineup OF prisoners.
That's him." Mrs. Leopold cried.
when she saw Edward Thomas.
With that Mrs. Leopold leaped at
Thomas and slapped him across the
face. So incensed was she that she
clung to Thomas, belaboring him, un-
til she was pulled away by a deputy
warden.
william J. Morton. OF East Orange.
a bellboy at the WaldOrf-Astoria. is
also held in connection with the case.
He is charged with criminally receiv-
ing $3.50 worth Of the stolen Liberty
bonds, which he pawned for S45.
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
WOMEN CLEAN LIGHTS

GREEN BAY, Wis. Nov. Green
Bay citizens were startled when Mrs.
Cecily Beaucourt, armed with a box
OF tools and cleaning rags, passed
from corner to corner in the down
town district cleaning arc lights. She
is one OF five women doing this work
here.
at won't be long before women are
doing every sort OF work that men
have been doing" said Mrs. Beau
court.
Every time I clean one Of these
globes I pinch the X. ser on the nose,
and II IT annoys him I would just as
soon clean globes every day of my
life"
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
STEAL WHISKEY

WATERBURY,, Conn. Nov. l.-SsV-
srai saloon keepers In this city and
brakeman in the employment OF
the New Haven road. have been
arrested on suspicion In connection
with the Sensational theft Of S6,ooI
worth et WhlAkay from the local freight
yards.
The Whi8key was carted boldly from
the frelEht yards and distributed to a.
loon keepers, who bought 1t at various
prices. Il included thirty barrels, eight.
cen Of which have been recovered. AL
ef the accused are held under 500
bond1. pending Investigation.
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
MUST WEAR MASKS

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. IAN ordi-
nance compelling the wearing OF
gauze masks by every person in San
Francisco as a means of preventing
the spread of the influenza epidemic
was passed by the board OF supervis-
ors at the request of the board Of
health. Penalties for violation are
fines ranging from IS to 500, or ten
days Imprisonment, or both.
The ordnance Is effective immedL
ately. Masks may be discarded only
in homes or during meal times.
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
Indiana Judge Becomes
Mlliner as State Goes
Dry and Fines Fall Off

GARY, Ind. Nov. The de-
feat II John Barleyeorn In In
diana, where he was dethroned
last April, has convinced Judge
John A. Gross, ]. p, that there Is
more money In millinery than in
dispensing Justice.
Fines have been growing
scarce since drunks have disap-
peared and the Judge has opened
a millinery shop.
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
WOMEN RUN FOR OFFICE

TOPEKA. Kan, Nov. More
women are running for State and
county Offices IN Kansas this year
than IN any previous election. The
State Is certain to have a woman a.
superintendent of public instruction
While II Is not the first time that
women have made a contest for this
position, It will be the first time for
one to hold It. Miss Lizzie Wooster
IS the Republican candidate. Mrs.
Cora G. Lewis is the Democratic can
didate, and Miss Ella
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
SWHVDLERS GET $4,000

NEW YORK, Nov. lit has been
disclosed here that sums ranging
from $50 to Sis have been gouged
from several hundred Spanish-Ameri-
cans through the purchase OF passage
on the "Helvetia," a phantom ship OF
the Neutral Line" a phantom COM
pany. According to the officials here,
$4,000 worth OF passages were sold.
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
ADD u.s. COURSE

PAHA Nov. IA course IN Amer
lean IraarAture and civilization has just
been t.stitutsd At The Bsrbonns Cthe
UHiVsrSt1V Of PariS) By the French min
isseF Of public instruction
Its purpose u TO promote in tho
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
ARTILLERY ACTIVE

PARIS. Nov. 1.-rDuring ~ n|le
there were violent artillery aetion1 II
the GuIss region aad west Of "
FsrSnsux." the Trsneh war otneo ~
nouneed today.
'rhers Is nothing to report else
where"
The Washington times., 1918-11-01

sphsrs Of intellectual interests the same
close and cordial relations between
Francs and the United States that arO
now binding Ehs two republics In other
nsldE It y hoped TO transform this
course into . regular profsssorShip and
equip Il with funds for q library ~ vsn
ASSt0 institute research travels In Amar-
lea.
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
DR.. Johnston
PersOnaHySuperVises
All Dental Work
Done in His Office
Decayed and Neglected

The worlds foremost dental sur
geonS and advisors have repeatedly re-
minded the public of the fact that great
majority of the common human ailments
are IN most cases, due to DECAYED. IN
FECTED and NEGLECTED TEETH.
The sole purpose Of this announce
ment is to encourage and prompt these
persons who have neglected their teeth
heretofore to visit AT ONCE and obtain
a FREE EXAMINATION from
The Washington times., 1918-11-01
The Most Complete
EquiippedDe
South Of New York
h--The Main Cause of Many Human Ailments!

DR.. Johnston does not claim that his dental
work is the best in the world and without an equal
but he does stand ready to claim and prove if
necessary, that his dental work is PERFECT,
PAINLESS, WITHOUT A FLAW AND GUAR
ANTEED TO GIVE LIFETIME SERVICE.
He especially wants war-workerS to become
acquainted with his work and, above all, with his
very moderate prices.
Don't put it off any longer-for every day you
let slip by without visiting him. if your teeth are in
bad condition. means that you will have to spend
more time and more money.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-27
Women Should Be Welcomed

Three methods of training work.
ers for war jobs in England are f.
nanced exclusively or in part by the
ministry of Notwithstanding in
technical schools, training in in
structional factories. and training in
instructional bays of Industrial fac
tories. The last two methods are
used in teaching women mechanical
processes.
The Training and Dilution Service
of the United States Department of
Labor is profiting by the experience
of the British in working out meth
DDS and practices.
One thing that is emphasized in
Great Britain is the necessity for
making the difficult transition from
household occupations to mechanical
work as easy as possible for women.
To accomplish this a warm welcome
from the skilled men already at
work in their trades counts heavily.
The women appreciate thoroughly
the good will of the other workers
and are not satisfied IL they feel that
their presence is considered an in
trusion.-Committee on Public In
formation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-27
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Senator william c. Sproul, NOM
inee for Governor, had birthday
a few days ago, but no one knew it.
Senator Clarence ]. Buckman,
who will be president of the next
Senate, is not yet forty.
Col. G. G. Richards. command
ing the 112th infantry, writes home
about heavy captures of German
stores in the Marne region.
Bishop Thomas ]. Garland, of
Philadelphia, has been visiting at
the seashore.
-Adjutant General Beary. who
spoke to students here this week.
is to address boys in towns in East
ern Pennsylvania next week.
p. P. Reising, of Rochester, has
been elected head of the association
of yardmasters of the big Pitts
burgh district.
Lieutenant Arthur Nelson, of
Kane, home on leave after the
Marne campaign, has been promoted
to be captain and detailed to Camp
Sherman as an instructor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-27
Will Mr.. Wilson attend to This?
From the New York Sun

if he is allowed to keep on as he is
going than a dozen Prussian and
Bavarian divisions.
Who will suppress him, before his
reckless damfoolishness gets in it's
deadly work? There is little hope
of Vance McCormick's doing the pa
triotic job, for the name of that po-
tentate of adjourned politics appears
legibly as an indorser of the docu-
ment from which we have quoted.
Tumulty, sitting at the closed door
of adjourned politics, might do the
squelching; but from what we know
of Tumulty we fear he won't, at
least of his own motion.
A single word, however, from be-
yond that closed door to either Nc
Cormick or Tumulty would be
quickly effective.
About half of the American citi-
zens standing behind President Will
son for the winning of the war are
those Republicans whom the min
compoop would shut out, if he could,
from representation in the Federal
legislature while the war lasts. Ger
tainly one-half of the wealth of the
nation is in the pockets or bank ac-
counts or personal property sched-
ules of those Republicans whom the
nlncOmpOOp would eNcluQe from lle
rights and privileges of American
democracy while they are assisting
| the President to win the victory that
| is to insure the future safety of
world democracy.
1t is inconceivable that the Presi-
| dent should regard this as an oppor-
tune time for the exhibition. in his
name, of such unscrupulous politics,
such shamelessly narrow and reck-
less partisanship.
The same sense of dignity and
responsibility to a united nation of
Democrats and Republicans which
impelled him to veto the plan for a
Presidential swing around the circle
in this Liberty bond month in the
interest of Democratic candidates in
doubtful districts will prompt him
now to speak through the closed
door the word which shall cause
Tumulty to communicate with Nc
Cormick, and shall thereupon cause
Vance Mccormick TO take his min.
compoop by the left ear and prope
him inexorably to the Tower o.
Silence.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-27

A CAMPAIGN circular signed in
~ autographic facsimile by w. D.
Jameson, Assistant Treasurer
of the Democratic National Commit
tee, and countersigned in ordinary
Roman capital letters by Vance c..
Mccormick, Chairman, serves to i'll
lustrate the adjournment of politics
in this extraordinary fashion:
You know the glorious record of
achievement of our party since Pres
ident Wilson was elected. You know
the constructive and progressive laws
which have been passed affecting
our domestic and economic concerns.
You know our glorious war rec
ord. We stayed out until the full
ness of time, but since going in we
have amazed the world and amazed
ourselves with what we have done
in every line of activity. President
Wilson has handled the whole stu
alton in such a way that he has not
only won the loving and enthusiastic
admiration of our own people, but
/ he has by the very force of merit
won the place of world leadership
among the peoples who Believe in
freedom and democracy.
"Is he not entitled to the support
of a Congress that is with him on
the 100 per cent. basis. not only
on war matters, but on his other
programs?
"You realize a Republican Con-
gress means a divided authority. Do
you want him to be blocked in this
great world enterprise by any such
obstruction? Don't you realize that
any such division of authority or
any such hampering means lessen
ing of our war efficiency?
"The election of a Republican
Congress in November would be
| viewed as a defeat for President
Wilson by our allies. and particularly
by our enemies. 1t would be viewed
in Germany as q proof of their un'
warranted claim that our country Is
mot behind our war President. Il
would be a source of comfort and
elation to the Kaiser and his CO.
horts."
This is the production of min
compoop, but he is a nincompooI
who requires the prompt and Wig
orous application of the snuffers
He is capable of doing more harm
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-27
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
BREWER OFFERS DEFENSE

To the Editor of the IeiegTGph:
The press has in the past few days
given much space to the fact that
certain American brewers loaned the
sum of $3.50 600 to Arthur Brisbane,
which sum he used in the purchase
of the Washington Times.
In many publications referring 20
this matter the word German" is
applied to the word brewer" and
there is continued and persistent CT
fort to create in the minds of read
ers the impression that the brewers
are as a class unpatriotic. The at
tempt to create and foster this i'm
preston is TO give birth to and nour-
ish what is a malicious and coward
ly lie! -,
More than ninety per cent. of all
the brewers in the United States
are American born. And in a very
large proportion of cases their par
ents were American born.
What money they have has been
made in American business and in
vested in America. Since the begiu-
ming of the war brewers have been
among the largest purchasers OF
every Liberty Bond issue, the total
of their subscriptions amounting to
many millions of dollars. They have
contributed in large amounts to the
Red Cross and other war activities.
Brewers themselves are wearing
the uniform of service and the sons
and grandsons of brewers are hght-
ing under the Stars and Stripes.
In the many acts of disloyalty dls-
covered by the Department OF Justice
prior to and during the war. there
is not one single instance where any
brewer, directly or indirectly, has in
any way been found guilty of any act
which could be considered disloyal.
Much publicity has been given to
the fact that before the war COM
menced brewers of the country con-
| tributed money to the German
American Alliance for the purpose
| of contesting prohibition. Not one
! single dollar was ever paid to the
German-American Alliance by any
brewer after the declaration of wal
between Germany and our country
and this fact is we'll known to every
man who has investigated this sub
ject.
1t has never been shown and car
never be shown that any American
! brewer has contributed, directly ol
indirectly, TO the dissemination o
any unpatriotic propaganda!
i A few days ago our President is
sued a proclamation forbidding th
manufacturer of beer after Decem
ber 1. Despite the fact that thi
order destroys a billion dollars
worth of property, it has been ac
cepted by the brewers without com
plant, because they realize that Il
the judgment of our President suc'
ruling is necessary to the success
of the war program.
, Are certain politicians, disappoint
ed in their ambitions, and those VIII
: are opposed to the consumption o
any beverage with the slightest trac
of alcohol, so powerful that they ca
use the horrors of this distressin
war to heap odium and disgrace upo
class of citizens whose loyalt!
) measured by whatever standard,
one hundred per cent. American?
We are not making this appeal /
behalf of our property or our produc
but as American citizens appealin
to you to help protect the good nam
of ourselves and our families.
c. w. FEIGENSPA
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-27
SLAVE AND EMPEROR

T"Our cavalry have rescued Naz-
areth from the enemy whose SUPER
men described Christianity as a creed
for slaves."1
The Emperor Knocked at Nazareth
In his almighty hour.
The Slave that bowed himself to
death
And walked with slaves in Nazareth.
Before that will to power
Yet, in the darkest hour of all,
When black defeat began,
The Emperor heard the mountains
quake,
He felt the graves beneath him shake.
He watched his legions rally and
break,
And ne whimpered as they ran.
ct hear a shout that moves the earth,
A cry that wakes the dead!
Will no one tell me whence they
come,
For all my messengers are dumb?
What power is this that comes to
birth
And breaks my power?" he said.
Then, all around his laundering guns,
Though dawn was now not far.
The darkness filled with a living fear
That whispered at the Emperor's ear,
"The armies of the dead draw near
Beneath an eastern star"
The trumpet blows in Nazareth.
The Slave is risen again!
Across the bitter wastes of death,
The horsemen ride from Nazareth,
And the Power we Knocked as wasted
breath
Returns, in power, to reign;
Rides on, in white, through Nazareth,
To save His world again.
ALFRED MOVES.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-27
Kaiser and His OUn Tonic
LFrom tho Kansas City star.l

lFrom tho Kansas City Star'I
Why, what is this, the kaiser in q
nervous breakdown and respondent?
Let him turn Immediately to the
kaiser's speech before the Krupp
workers, delivered no longer ago
than last Thursday, and there read
the cheering and comforting words
uttered for the cure of just such
cases. Some of the workers had
been feeling a little down in the
mouth, but the kaiser told them that
to doubt was to show ingratitude
to Gott.
The kaiser ought to read that
speech. Then maybe he will know
whether the workers felt any better
when they heard it. He will find
he told them Germany was sure
to come out all right because Ger
mans sang Zine Feste Burg Ist Un-
ser Gott." If the kaiser's Gott is, a
fortress into which he has consider
ately allowed the German people to
take refuge with him, he ought to be
as well able to feel its strength as
they. Is the kaiser beginning to
doubt the fortress? If so. he must
doubt the kaiser, too, which is worse
than ingratitude of Gott-it is lese
majesty to the kaiser.
Really, unless the kaiser bucks
| up the Krupp workers may have to
go over to Potsdam and make him
q. speech. And 1t has always been
thought to be a bad sign for kings
when their subjects do that. Louis
XVI heard some oratory of that
sort and never seemed to have any
luck afterwards.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-27
GIVE US THE TRUTH

~ OCCASIONALLY George Creel,
the administrations press
agent, does a good stroke of
work toward the winning of the war.
But taken by and large his efforts as
chairman of the Committee on Pub
lie Information have been eXpen-
sive and of small value. Creel has
been getting into hot water on an
average of once a week ever since
his appointment. He has cost the
government hundreds of thousands
of dollars in white paper and print
ing that have gone unused into thou
sands of editorial wastebaskets and
it is a question If he has not done
more harm than good.
The Philadelphia North American
takes him severely to task for his
latest break, the official Endorsement
of a book called 1.-TWO Thousand
Questions and Answers About the
War;" which turns out to be such
a vicious bit of Hun propaganda
that it has been withdrawn from cir
culation.
This volume has attained un-
usual notoriety," says the North
American. The book carries an in
PRODUCTION written by Creel. in which
he recommends it as giving 'the
background of difficulties out OF
which the war rose" and declares
that in his judgment it CONSTITUTES
a vital part of the national Defense u
But the National Security League, a
patriotic organization. charges that
it is "a masterpiece of Hun propa-
ganda," and that the German gov
ernment itself could not have de-
vised anything more insfdious. more
calculated to destroy our faith in our
Allies and to insinuate into the
american mind excuses for Ger
many"
'HThe author, or compiler. Is J.
W. Muller" continues the North
American. HE says that OF the g.
600 answers there were only thirty
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-27
EASY TO BUY BONDS

-HE banks of Harrisburg will
borrow money, if necessary, TO
- Accommodate the people of the
city who want loans to cover their
purchases of Liberty Bonds" said
William Jennings to the industrial
committee of bond campaigners the
other evening, and Donald McCor-
mick and Andrew S. Patterson, the
other chairmen present, expressed
the same views.
Any bank in Harrisburg will loan
money on your Liberty Bonds. II
will finance your purchase and help
you carry the load for a period OF
ninety days, while you save the
money to cancel the remainder OF
the debt.
Or. if you prefer to buy at the rate
of 81 a week for fifty weeks for each
$50 bond for which you subscribe
you may do it that way.
Is there any wage Garner or sal
aried man in Harrisburg so poor he
cannot buy bonds under those con
ditions?