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New-York tribune., 1918-02-11
Tuscania Lifeboat Hit U-Boat

LONDON, Feb. 10.~-Thc Tuscanias
second officer had remarkable expert
ence, according to reports from Glas-
gov. He was in boat with forty
others. He said:
"All at once we bumped into some
thing hard, and when l looked around
there was submarine lying awash to
look at his dirty work. What could we
do? We simply carried on and got
New-York tribune., 1918-02-11

picked up. The tin fish submerged i'm
mediatcly after
"The Sunday Tines to-day says it is
finally established that the Tuscania
sank while an attempt was being made
to tow her toward the Irish coast. The
fact that no submarine attack was made
either on her or on the towing boats is
regarded as confirming the belief that
the submarine was destroyed by the
conveying warships.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-11

WASHINGTON. Feb. lO.-Thc East
VIII observe tomorrow what fuel ad-
ministration officials tonight predict
ed would be its last hcatless Monday
Already the closing order has been sus-
pended in so far as it applies to eight
Southern states, and officials believe
the good weather Of the last few days
with its consequent improvement in
railroad traffic conditions will make en-
forcemcnt unnecessary anywhere after
this week
New-York tribune., 1918-02-11
THE WEATHER

Fair to-day and to-morFsw; little
change in temperature; mod
erate west winds.
Full Report on Page II
New-York tribune., 1918-02-11
Americana Patrol Trapped;
FiveKilled; F our Captured
New 7usca1iia Lists on Page =
Germans Shout ''Kamerad!" as
They Open Fire on Americans
fBY The Associated Pressl

Associate Prss
With THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN FRANCE
OF
the
patrol cried "Kamerad
Iels from the the American
accuracy O i'm of the Amerc
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-02
1T HAPPENS EVERY DAY

Mrs. Katherine Killjoy turned
around from the telephone and re-
marked to her friend that the tele-
phone service was awful; that she
had been trying to get Mrs. Nohurry
for the past three minutes. The last
part of her statement was true.
Meanwhile. Mrs. Nohurry was care
fully sewing a ribbon on a hat, with
in sight and hearing of the tele-
phone. Why lay aside new hat to
answer the telephone bell? When
1t became annoying enough, she
would answer and probably tell Mrs.
Killjoy, why, / have been sitting
right alongside of the telephone for
the last hour!'-which might also
be the truth.
Henry L Knockemdead was furi-
Gus. The operator had Just given
him a don't answer report on a call
to his residence. He knew there
was somebody at home all the time.
and furthermore he was certain his
wife was at home at that very min
ute. She was-but she was out in
the back yard watering the pansies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-02
What the Printers Are Doinq
kansas City Star1

Kansas City STAR
Newspapers. of course, are espe-
cially interested in the achievements
OF that large body of their employees
organized as the International Typo
graphical Union. But the operations
of that union under war conditions
are so noteworthy that they are mat
ters of public interest.
Here is an organization that has
sent five thousand members into
army and navy service, that has paid
death benefits of s22. 900 to the rela-
tives of the seventy-five members
who have died in the service, and
that at the same time kept up its
pension system for members disabled
by old age, and it's home for printers
at Colorado Springs. 1t has backed
its patriotic service at the front with
patriotic service at home. Its offt-
GERS as they put it, are volunteers
in the army for the preservation of
industrial peace for the duration of
the war at least" and have pledged
themselves. to do their level best to
give full effect to the earnest rec
made by President
Wilson in his proclamation creating
the National War Labor Board;
there should be no strikes or lock-
outs during the war.
1t is one of the great public
achievements of the international
typographical Union that in con-
functions with the newspaper pub
fishers it has been able to work out
a policy of arbitration of industrial
DISPUTES TO take the place of indus
trial war. Under the machinery
which is always in readiness to take
up grievances and settle them, the
war involved in a strike has become
almost unheard OF.
In its comprehension of the prob
lems. in its responsibility toward its
own members. in it's work for perma-
nent Industrial peace as well as in its
service to the government In the en-
ersency of war the International
biographical Union has made an
Important contribution toward Amer
ican life
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-02
From a Soldier in France to His Mother

You have asked me. Mother dearest,
Just what our boys have done!
Have they snatched their share of
glory as the golden moments
run?
Have they met the great adventure
with a smile and passed along
Through the fields of desolation. ever
steadfast, ever strong?
Have the waning fires of freedom
burnt into brighter flame?
Has the spark brought into being a
new luster for our name?
Have we lent our little effort-made
the bid and paid the price?
Are the scales of Duty balanced by
the weights of Sacrifice?
Has the echo of tradition, sounding
high above the guns,
Found it's fullness in the bosoms of
our lands heroic sons?
l can answer, yes, old sweetheart-I
can tell a wondrous tale
OF hands that carry on the work and
hearts that never fail;
And each day has its story, its glory,
toll, and pain,
It's madness. sadness, gladness, its
sunshine, mist, and rain;
Its song of blind devotion to the pur-
pose of our trial,
Its hymn of wild emotion. breathing
truth or stern denial.
Emotion wrought of sorrow. wet
with tears of blind despair,
Emotion wrought of pity for the
widows empty chair,
Emotion wrought of terror in the
drum fires steady roll.
Emotion wrought of hunger in the
heart. the mind, the soul.
Emotion wrought of memories of
children killed in bed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-02
STABILIZING LABOR

~HAT the administration at Wash
ington realizes the Importance
of protecting the business in
terests of the country is shown in
the recent proclamation of the Presi-
dent in which he called attention 20
the fact that industry plays as cs-
sential AID honorable role IL :hls
great struggle as do our military
armamen's
Beginning August first there will
be inaugurated a movement to CEN
tralize the recruitment of unskilled
labor through agencies established
by the government. This plan is
intended to overcome the stealing"
of labor and the waste and disorgan-
ization which follow that practice.
There has been a tendency for sew
eral months to rob one industry to
help another and the conditions have
become so intolerable in many local
tiles that the government seeks to
intervene so as to stabilize IaDor ror. :
ditions. The whole plan contem-
plates the. bringing together of work.
ers and employers who need their
services
1t is the theory of the Secretary
of Labor that 1--WE can no longer leave
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-02
Dealing With PruSSianiSm
kansas City TimesJ

hdHSdS lily IlnleSJ
A captured German officer. asked
If the Germans would quit il this
summer failed to bring them victory
is quoted by an American corre-
spondent as replying, I'VE are going
to win or we are all going to hell
Another Germon prisoner on hearing
something said about a distinction
between the German government and
the German people declared, THAT
is the same thing"
While we may hope that the war
Will teach Germany something in the
end, we have got to find some les
sons in 1t too. One of them that
ought to be plain by this time is that
the poison of Prussianism is absorbed
into the blood of the whole German
people. They are fighting us, it does
not matter whether willingly or un-
willingly, and we may be sure they
will continue to fight us as long as
they believe, with or without reason,
that they have a chance to win.
A nation of people impregnated
with Prussian teaching and held,
through whatever means, to win
or go to hell" policy can have no
place in democratically governed
world. Prussianism must be licked
out of them before the world can live
with them, nor can we stop during
the process of licking it out to in
quire of each subject whether his is
bad case of Prussianism or whether
he took 1t lightly. We must as
sumo, as the German boasted. that
| he and his government are the same
thing
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-02
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

-Ex-Judge Dinner Beeber has
gone to the seashore to remain for
the week.
William I. Schaffer, the new
president of the State Bar Associa-
tion, and looked upon as the next
Attorney General, started in life as
reporter.
Congressman E. E. Robbins, the
Greensburg Congressman, who has
the best record of responses to roll
calls in the Pennsylvania delegation.
has Western Pennsylvania history as
a hobby.
-Ex- x-Representative Frank G.
Roose, of Pottsville, who is crusad-
ing on the coal output, says that bad
housing prevents efficient mining
Robert e. Richardson was re-
elected secretary of the Reading
school board.
IT. J. Savage, who has been ac-
tive in mediation work and well
known here, has been assigned to
the Midvale strike.
Albert Davis, who wins the SEN
atorial nomination in Lackawanna,
is a former legislator.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-02
WANTED-COAL MINERS

II ECAUSE of the competitive bid
X ding of one contractor against
another and the wasteful move
ment of labor from one industry to
another the government is arranging
to stabilize wages for both skilled
and unskilled labor in war work. It
is also going to necessary for
the administration at Washington.
through the proper department, to
prevent in some definite way the rob-
bling of the coal mines of skilled
workers.
Advices from Pottsville indicate
that the anthracite operators and
manufacturers are going to appeal
to the government to stop the bid
ding for workmen by munition fac
tories in the anthracite region. These
industries are taking men away from
the mines by offering an increased
daily wage over that now paid by
the mine operators. 1t should not
be a question of wages; it ought to
be matter of maintaining a suffi-
cient supply of coal. 1t is quite as
important to take care of the fuel sit
uation as to do anything else for the
prosecution of the war.
If the operators are not giving the
miner the wages which they can
obtain elsewhere, then the mine
wage scale should be revised upward
at once. 1t is also a grave question
whether the government should not
exempt from the operations of the
draft-for the present at least-all
miners.
Furthermore, it is said the housing
conditions in the mining regions are
so wretched that the men are leav-
ing the mines to work under more
comfortable conditions elsewhere.
Fuel Administrator Garfield is justi-
fed in appealing to the miners to cut
the Fourth of July holiday as short
as possible. so that fuel may be pro-
vided for the country, but it should
also be the aim of the administration
to overcome any conditions which
Htend to reduce the mining forces at
this time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-02

OF bristling, barren crosses, bearing
witness to our dead,
Silent crosses. calling, calling, find
ing answer in the breast,
Linking up our pulse and passion
with the boys who travelled
west"
Aye, emotion wrought of memories,
across the tragic sea. '
OF all we know, of all we love, of all'
we hope to be-
OF parent, wife, and children, of
liberties we prize.
OF smiling sweet contentment be-
meath our sunny skies.
Emotion tells the story when life
hangs on a hair
'Tis fed on exaltation or crushed by
sheer despair.
1: is not the fear of dying that wears
your heart away
It's the weary life you're living. and
living every day.
1t is not the final shell-burst, bring
ing your eternal rest
It's the trying, ever trying. still to do
your very best
Carrying on with faith unbroken,
when all your pals are gone,
For to carry on with smiling face is
half of victory won.
And we'll carry on. by grace of God,
'gainst all the Imps of He'll,
And the place where the savage Hun
broke through will be where
our last man fell.
For the word has traversed the west
ern front, and echoed across
the shore
THE Hun shall never cross the lines
which he could not cross be-
fore!"
WILLIAM V. V. STEPHENS,
In New York Times
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-02
OUR EUGENE FIELD

WAS Hoover the first American
who thought of saving food?" ques-
toned the Boy Scout scribe of the
family circle.
well. I believe Ben Franklin
MADE some thrifty remarks" vol
unteered father.
Little Ann, loyal Missourian that
she is. hunted busily for her worn
book of children's poems and bade
the family listen to what Eugene
Field said to all children when even
Mr.. Hoover was quite little boy.
She read proudly, Inscription For
NV Little Sons Silver Plate. by Eu-
gene Field"
When thou doest eat from off this
plate,
I charge thee be thou temperate;
Unto thine elders at the board
Do thou sweet reverence accord;
And. though to dignity inclined,
Unto the serving folk be kind;
Be ever mindful of the poor.
Nor turn them hungry from the
door:
And unto God. for health and food
And all that in thy life is good.
Give thou thy heart in gratitude.
EUGENE FIELD.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-02

Whatever the purpose, the manner
of turning back about LOO short
line railroads to private management
by the Railroad Administration a few
hours before Congress passed legisla-
tion intended TO prevent the relin-
quishment of many of.them, makes a
bad impression upon the public mind.
This thing of beating Congress to
il" by all sorts of administration
bureaus and departments has become
quite a game at Washington, and it
would appear that the so-called "ad-
journment of politics" might also ap-
ply to the legislative branch of the
Government indefinitely. inasmuch as
the present theory of government in
certain quarters appears to be CEN
tralization of power and all activities
without regard to the fundamental
division of responsibility and author
ity.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-02
A BULWARK OF FREEDOM

the con-
M slant batting of newspapers by
a few persons in official posi-
ton here and there, there is an in
creasing appreciation of the value
of an independent press in this coun-
try. Only the other day Edwin NJ.
Hurley, chairman of the United
States Shipping Board and former
member of the Federal Trade Com
mission. referring to the high price
of print paper and the difficulties of
the newspaper industry under war
conditions, said:
The patriotic newspapers and
magazines of this country are in
dispensable to victory. Where
the cause is right. as ours is, sue
cess depends upon the fullest and
fairest statement OF the facts to
the people. The Government
controlled press of Germany has
confined itself merely to what the
Government wanted it to say, but
while the militarists may claim
that this has made possible the
complete subsection of the Ger
man people, il is my firm convic-
tion that no nation ever grew
stronger by being fed on false
hoods.
Mr.. Hurley has given expression
to the opinion of many other public
men of character and foresight. So
long as the newspapers of the United
States are free and independent there
is little to fear for our institutions,
but once the press becomes the mere
mouth-piece of the government or
subsidized for improper purposes the
breaking down of government of
the people, for the people and by the
people would not be far away.
Owing to the enormously increased
cost of newspaper production there
has been a growing tendency toward
consolidation and merger of news
papers in the interest of conservation
of newsprint, labor and other neces-
sary supplies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-02
AFTER THE WAR

A LREADY the Imperial War con-
~ ference at London is devoting
its attention to the various
phases of the postwar economic
policy of the empire. 1t is proposed
to eliminate British dependence upon
Germany at every point with meas
ures necessary to obtain for the en-
piIe and its allies the command of
certain essential raw material to en-
able them to repair the effects of the
war as soon as possible and to safe
guard their industrial requirements,
ard with the appointment of COM
mittee to consider possible methods
by which these essential raw ma
terials might be obtained.
AS a result of Germans inability
to procure raw materials many of
her industries have been closed down
and Great Britain does not intend
that the after-war period shall be
characterized by confusion through
failure to prepare now for what is
inevitable in the economic field. Be-
fore the war Germany imported
f250, 100000 pounds worth of raw
materials to keep her trade going
and here is a lesson for the United
States. Unless we, too, prepare for
the protection of our own industries
we shall suffer untold loss after the
war.
There is also a lesson in this sit
uation for Harrisburg. With the ex-
pansion of the city's business in every
channel it is highly important that
we set about planning for better
conditions, so that labor may
be invited here and the working man
as well as the employer may have
the consideration which the situa-
ton demands. Procrastination will
get us nowhere. Action is absolutely
necessary.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-02
RIDING FOR A FALL
philadelphia Record

OF course Kuehlmann will have to
go. but equally of course the things
he said had to be told to the coun-
try. No one who understands the
nature of the German government
believes that the Minister for For
eign Affairs, who is merely bureau
chief for the Chancellor. who in turn
is solely responsible to the Kaiser.
made his speech without the direc-
tion of his superiors. But then. his
business was not only to tell un-
pleasant truths to the German peo-
ple. but to stand between them and
the Kaiser.
The German government knows it
cannot conquer the allies this year,
and has very little idea that II ever
can. It must ask peace terms, or.
If the people will stand 1t. protract
the war through another winter. The
people must be prepared for the
truth that the German armies can
not win n German peace" and
there must be negotiation with the
enemy or prolongation of the war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-02
LABOR NOTES

Carpentry is said to be the only
trade which English women are not
entering.
Steam shovel and dredge men in
the 500 district ask 5000 month.
At the close of 1917 Canada had
1874 local trades-union bodies.
Women are proving to be excellent
paperhangers in New York.
Alabama coal miners have raised
their day wage scale 75 cents.
A 90 per cent. increase has been
given civilian workers in United
States navy yards.
At the woolwich arsenal in Eng
land $4,000 women workers are en-
ployed.
The Labor party of Queensland,
Australia, has been returned to
power.
Over a quarter of a million ship
yard workers have enrolled in the
last two months.
Toronto Iron and Brass Molders'
Unions are seeking an increase in
wages.
A branch of the Canadian inde-
pendent Labor party will be organ
ized in Kitchener.
Three thousand six hundred
women are now employed on the
Great Eastern Railway of England.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-02
WHAT'S IN A NAME?

~ PLENDID. indeed, is the program
which the shipbuilding author
tiles plan as their part in the
celebration of independence Day and
we are confident of their ability to
not only carry out the launching of
between eighty and ninety ships, and
possibly more, but we rise in the
center of the State which is furnish
ing much of the steel and the men
and the yards to build them to ask
why and whence some OF the names.
The names bestowed upon some of
them remind us of fishing smacks
or the craft that used to be dragged
up and down the Pennsylvania canal
in the days when we used to dive
off the bridges at Herr or Paxton
streets and throw stones at the boat
men in the Walnut street lock.
Pennsylvania which is contribut-
ing so much to the shipbuilding pro-
gram is certainly entitled to more
names in the list. We find Sc
wickley, which reminds us OF the
great Pittsburgh district, and we find
William Penn and Brandywine. Like
wise in the list we discover the
names OF Cumberland and Falmouth.
but they are English. so endeared
TO early settlers that they are to be
found in dozen States. Maybe
War Compass and Western Comet
are names with some association or
sentiment attached to them. but we
can not help wondering why a shin
building program. which is supposed
to stimulate the war spirit in every
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-02

Germany has been bluffing once
more. The insincerity of the Potts
dam gang is so transparent in every
move looking toward peace that it is
surprising intelligent people would
any longer give heed to the everlast-
ing hypocrisy of the Berlin Govern
ment. There appears to be no doubt
now that Kuehlmann's recent palaver
in the Reichstag was nothing more
than a bait for pacihcist gudgeons
Americans on the firing line give no
serious consideration to the German
peace talk and they hardly expect
the home folks to do differently.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-02

Auditor General Snyder has reached
out with the long arm of his
department and has collected half
million dollars during the last six
months from delinquents. He seems
to have touched almost five thousand
corporations in clearing up back
taxes. and has set as his mark for the
close of the year one million dollars.
That's going some. and is likewise a
fine record of efficiency.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-02
TO THE WEATHER MAN

For what we surely shall receive.
For sultry heat and lightning
prankful,
For storms you may have up your
sleeve,
We pray thee, Boss, to make us
thankful.
July and August come apace.
The burning days that veX us
greatly;
The sky will show no April face
Such. as. our hearts rejoiced in
lately.
But though we stew with beaded
brow,
And crave the self-destroying
pistol;
We shall Eve hope) remember how
You gave us days so cool and
crystal.
Whate'er you send to wilt and
grieve-
Humidity and heat together
We thank thee, Boss, for this re-
prieve,
This spell of mild and joyous
weather.
Among useless occupations might
he included that of Ludendorff,
Fastening by special train to Vienna
to show Kaiser Karl how to accept
defeat more gracefully.-The Even
ing Public Ledger, Philadelphia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-02
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Keuhlmann's thanks to the Aus
trians for having PINNED down large
and important enemy forces in Italy
reminds one of the American hu-
morist who threw the other man
violently down on top of him and
fiercely thrust his nose between the
fellows teeth.-New York World.
1t is a vast pity that Helen of
Troy is not still alive. We need her
badly for the Fourth of July cele-
bration. According to the consen-
sus of opinion of her time, she had a
face that launched a thousand ships.
columbia State.
To the Kaiser: Tell your peace
stories to our marines.-Chicago
Tribune.
Riveters are punching holes in the
U-Boats.-Wall Street Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-02

our labor supply to the unregulated
forces of competition nor even to
patriotic efforts of diverse agencies
of the government unrelated to a
comprehensive policy and unified di-
rection." In order that there may
be no shock to existing conditions
the time for the plan to go into effect
has been postponed until the first
of August.